Jun 08, 2026 Commissioners Court

[1. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGES AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT]

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COMMISSIONERS COURT. PLEASE RISE. WE'LL HAVE OUR TWO PLEDGES AND WE'LL GET STARTED.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. OKAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE WEEKEND. IF YOU WORKED OUTSIDE ANY, YOU KNEW HOW HOT IT WAS OVER THE WEEKEND. SO I GUESS SUMMER IS UPON US WITH VENGEANCE ALREADY, SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO IT. OKAY. I HAVE NO CARDS TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. THE ONE I THINK IS GOING TO DO THEIRS ON THE BUDGET. OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO

[4. Notice of Change in Date for Commissioners Court Meeting originally scheduled for June 15, 2026:  Since there will be a lack of Quorum for June 15th Commissioners Court Meeting due to a training conference; Commissioners Court will be held on Friday, June 12, 2026 at 9:00 am in the Administrative Annex Building at 1301 E. Sinton Street, Suite C, Sinton, TX.]

[5. Report from Judge, Commissioner or Department concerning an item/report of community interest.]

WE HAD MOWERS OUT IN THE AREA. WE HAD A DIRT PATCH TRUCK OUT LAST WEEK ON COUNTY ROAD 17181644. WE'RE IN THE OLD SAN PATRICIO AREA. WE'RE OUT THERE AGAIN TODAY, SIXTH STREET AND WILLIS AND ODOM, WE'RE DOING SOME PATCHING AND COUNTY ROAD 1394 AND COUNTY ROAD 1344 AND SINTON. WE GOT OUR GRAVEL TRUCK PICKING UP BRUSH IN THE LAKESHORE, LAKESIDE, HIDDEN ACRES, STAGECOACH LANE AND MATHIS AREAS. WE GOT SOME ROAD REPAIRS, WASHOUTS THAT WE HAD LAST COUPLE RAINS ON, A COUPLE OF BRIDGES. WE PUT IN LIMESTONE, COMPACTED IT ON COUNTY ROAD 1525, COUNTY ROAD 1726 AND OFF OF COOPER ROAD ON 2249. WE ARE PROCESSING ROADS ON COUNTY ROAD 798. WE LAID 2000 TONS LAST WEEK, FINALIZING THAT LAST MILE THERE ON A 798. WE'RE ALSO PROCESSING COUNTY ROAD 1541 IN THE WEST SINTON, AND WE'RE PROCESSING ALSO ON COUNTY ROAD 2567, THE CENTRAL AREA. WE BROKE AND COMPACTED THAT ROAD. WE GOT SOME SIGN REPLACEMENT DONE ON COUNTY ROAD 600 THERE IN THE SAINT PAUL AREA. WE INSTALLED SOME DELINEATORS FROM COUNTY ROAD 1726 AND THE COUNTY ROAD 1568 AND ODOM, AND WE'RE IN SAINT PAUL MATHIS AREAS. WE ALSO SPRAYED FROM MOSQUITOES ALL WEEK IN THE MATHIS EDROY, SAN PATRICIO SINTON, SAINT PAUL ODOM AREAS. THANK YOU. MR. EARLY MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. LIKEWISE, WE APPRECIATE THE RAIN, BUT WITH THE RAIN COMES ALL THE OTHER WORK. SO OUR CREW HAS BEEN BUSY THROUGHOUT PRECINCT TWO WITH MOWING, POTHOLE REPAIR, MOSQUITO SPRAYING AND A COUPLE SIGN REPAIRS FROM THE WIND. BUT WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING, SO VERY GOOD. LET'S SEE, THERE'S ONE OTHER ITEM I WANT TO MENTION. NOW IT'LL COME BACK TO ME. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I GOT. REMEMBER? WE'RE ROLLING OUT A PENSION FOR AND. 63, 1258, 98 GRAND ESTATES. WE'RE MOVING EQUIPMENT FOR THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT ON COUNTY ROAD 1070 463 FOR A WASHOUT. THREE. FINALLY GETTING ONE OF OUR WORST TRUCKS BACK THIS WEEK. BEEN GOING FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF. THERE'S A GRADUATION CEREMONY THIS THURSDAY. I WANT TO MENTION IT. ADULT LITERACY. IT'S GOING TO BE IN PORTLAND AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BILLY G. WEBB. IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO SEE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE OUT THERE IMPROVING THEMSELVES AND GETTING THEIR GEDS AND SO FORTH. IT'S A PROGRAM I SPONSOR.

I TRY TO HELP AS MUCH AS I CAN. WE GOT A P THREE MEETING TOMORROW, AND OUR DIRT PATCHER HAS BEEN OUT ON 100 AND SEVERAL OTHER ROADS. THE RAIN COMES IN AND WASHES THEM OUT. WE GET POTHOLES. SO YEAH, WE'VE BEEN MOSQUITO SPRAYING TWO. WE GOT TWO TRUCKS OUT AS LONG AS THEY LAST. ONE WE JUST GOT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL WON'T GET UP TO 50 MILE AN HOUR. BUT MOSQUITO SPRAYING WE WE WE RUN SLOW ANYWAYS. HOPEFULLY REPLACE THAT ONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE SIR.

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WHEN THEY COME IN TO READ OVER THE DIRECTIONS AND GO GOES OVER IT WITH THEM. SO I WILL ADD THAT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ATTACK MOSQUITOES, THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. YES, THE LARVICIDE AND THE STANDING WATER SPRAYING HELPS, BUT THAT JUST GOES AFTER THE ADULT MOSQUITOES. CORRECT. THIS PREVENTS THEM FROM HATCHING IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS? WE HAD A GUEST THAT JUST WALKED INTO THE ROOM WITH THIS MORNING. WES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON ON THE PORT COMMISSION THIS MORNING? SURE.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR COMING. IN. GOOD MORNING. I CAME UP TO SUPPORT MILITARY AFFAIRS THIS MORNING, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PORT. AND THE PORT IS PROBABLY. WE WERE NUMBER THREE IN THE WORLD ON EXPORT HYDROCARBONS IN THE WORLD. AND I THINK TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE WAR THAT'S GOING ON, WE'RE NUMBER ONE. AND PORT LIKES TO SAY WE'RE EXPORTING TWO AND A HALF TO 3 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A DAY. I LIKE TO SAY WE'RE IMPORTING ABOUT $350 MILLION A DAY IS WHAT WE'RE IMPORTING INTO TEXAS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THAT, IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO WEST TEXAS. THERE'S A LOT OF PIPELINE JOBS INVOLVED, A LOT OF SUPPORT INDUSTRIES THAT GO WITH THAT. SO THE PORT IS, WELL, THE PORT'S DOING EXTREMELY WELL RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ENGLAND, TO LONDON, I THINK ON A TRADE MISSION. THE GOVERNOR'S OPENED UP A A FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICE OVER THERE OR ECONOMIC EDC. AND SO WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT. SO YOU'LL SEE SOME ACTIVITY THERE PRETTY QUICKLY. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL COMPANIES LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME CONTAINER BUSINESS FOR THE PORT. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSTON PORT IS SO CONGESTED THAT IT TAKES ABOUT THREE HOURS JUST TO GET A CONTAINER OUT OF THE PORT OF HOUSTON. VERSUS IF WE HAD A CONTAINER SYSTEM HERE, YOU COULD GET TO COURT, YOU COULD HAVE ONE TO SAN ANTONIO BY THE TIME THEY GET OUT OF THE PORT OF HOUSTON. SO THE YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

JUDGE AND COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KICKING TIRES OF COMING INTO THE PORT. WE'VE GOT SOME MORE INDUSTRY LOOKING AT COMING HERE, NOT BIG WATER USERS, I MIGHT ADD. BUT SOME FOLKS THAT ARE ARE LOOKING AT COMING IN. SO I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA MONEY LAYING AROUND OVER THERE, YOU JUST WANT TO STORE IT. YOU GOT ROOM. YOU KNOW, WE WE DO HAVE THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING PRETTY GOOD MONEY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT $250 MILLION IN DEBT TO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO RETIRE PRETTY QUICKLY. SO, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT ANY REAL EXTRA, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING SOME MONEY INTO INTO INFRASTRUCTURE. PASSPORT COMMISSIONS DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMISSION, YOU GOT SOME MONEY TO SPEND ACROSS THE STREET AND BUILD SOME THINGS. AND, AND WE'RE GOING BACK AND HAVING TO REBUILD DOCKS. AND ANYTIME WE TOUCH SOMETHING, IT'S $10 MILLION. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE NUMBER. SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT PRIOR COMMISSIONS NEGLECTED ANYTHING.

I'M JUST SAYING THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT. AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK AND HAVING TO REBUILD IN A VERY TOUGH ENVIRONMENT, SOME DOCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE GOT PRETTY GOOD SIZE MAINTENANCE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK Y'ALL. THANKS, JUDGE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. HOPKINS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THIS MORNING? I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DEBORAH SANDERS THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE HER LAST MEETING WITH US AS SITTING IN AND TAKING NOTES AND HELPING US OUT AND EVERYTHING. SO, DEBORAH, THANK YOU FOR THE TREMENDOUS, I THINK, WHAT, 16 YEARS NOW, 17 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND DOING THIS JOB. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AND ASSISTANCE. SHE DOESN'T KNOW

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[a. Examination, consideration, and action on approval of all claims against San Patricio County Pursuant to section 113.064, Texas Local Government Code.]

SECOND, AND GOT A MOTION BY THE SECONDED BY GILLESPIE, ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY OF THE BILLS THAT ARE PRESENTED THIS MORNING, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 2.2 SUCH TRANSFERS. WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM. WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING. OH OKAY. DID I JUMP OVER THOSE? YES, SIR. YES I DID, SORRY. GOOD THING GOT APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST

[1. Approval of minutes]

[b. Consideration and action on Budget Line Items, Transfers, and Amendments.]

[c. Consideration and action on accepting bank reconciliation, investment reports, and related matters by County Treasurer. ]

AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE

[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:]

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[d. Accept and Record Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and San Patricio County for participation in the Texas Emergency Management Assistance Teams Program.]

THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN AND I'LL AMEND MY FIRST MOTION. THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TO APPROVE 2.3 A, B AND E. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECOND UPON THE SIKORSKY APPROVED TWO POINT THREE A, B AND E. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO

[c. Accept and Record Interlocal Agreement between the City of Refugio and San Patricio County for the Appointment of City Fire Marshal.]

COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO PULL THAT TO VOTE ON SEPARATELY. I KNOW WHY YOU KNOW, MY MY QUESTION ON ON THIS I READ THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL IN. I GUESS WE'RE RECEIVING BACK TO THE COUNTY THE FUNDS FOR INSPECTIONS THAT YOU DO. WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SEEN WAS A JUST A CURRENT LIST OF THE WHAT THE CHARGES ARE FOR THAT INSPECTIONS YOU DO AND HOW MANY INSPECTIONS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO THIS IS THE SAME KIND OF THING THAT WE DID FOR WOODSBORO. THEY HAVE TWO PROJECTS GOING ON. THEY DON'T HAVE A FIRE MARSHAL FOR. SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A A RECURRING THING. THE. AS FAR AS THE FEES, THE THE PERMITS ARE 250 FOR A GENERAL FIRE PERMIT. THE SPRINKLER AND ALARM ARE 250 PLUS A DOLLAR FOR INITIATING DEVICE. AND THEN THE INSPECTION IS 150. OKAY. AND YOU SAID WE DID THIS WITH REFUGIO, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. WOODSBORO. WOODSBORO? YES, SIR. LIKE I SAID, I WOULDN'T. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT. DOING THE ONE WITH WOODSBORO. YES, SIR. THAT WAS THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. WE DID IT WITH BOLTON. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM HELPING OUT OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES. I JUST BASICALLY WAS WONDERING HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE GOING TO

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IT'S NOT IT'S NOT FOR FREE. THEY DO PROVIDE SOMETHING. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY SHORT STAFFED. SO IT TAKES THEM A VERY LONG TIME TO DO IT. SO THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE HELD UP FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN. SO HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO, TO DO THESE INSPECTIONS AND BE OUT OF POCKET HERE IN THE COUNTY? NOT LONG. I MEAN, IT'S JUST TWO HOURS. TWO HOURS PROBABLY. PLUS THE HOUR OF DRIVING TIME.

CORRECT. THREE HOURS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 2.3 C. MOTION BY SIKORSKY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. MOTION WAS SECONDED BY THE JUDGE. ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO IS THIS THE SAME AGREEMENT YOU HAVE WITH WOODSBORO? YES. OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION. FOR I. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. YES WE

[a. Consideration and action on declaring June 2026 as Elder Abuse Awareness Month.]

65 AND UP. IS ELDER OLDER THAN DIRT? I SAID IT OUT LOUD. I WANT A PHOTO. YES, PLEASE. OKAY.

STEVE? YES, SIR. THAT'S OLD PEOPLE. OLD PEOPLE SIGNING. I'M THE ONLY ONE OLDER THAN ME. IS

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SUPPOSED TO MOVE OVER THIS WAY. OH, YEAH. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE FLAG IN THERE.

WHAT? WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SEAL IN FRONT. OH, OKAY. OKAY, SO EVERYBODY MOVED DOWN THIS WAY. COME ON. GOOD WORK. OH, YOU STOLE TOM. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL GET YOU NEW. OKAY. OKAY.

[b. Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from Chesca Jennings, Purchasing Coordinator, on awarding IFB2026-001 CR1136 Culvert Replacement for Precinct 3. ]

COMMENTS. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES 2.4. WHO. JUDGE. YEAH. WHO WHO WHO IS GOING TO GET THE CONTRACT THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE MOTION. AMENDMENT MOTION THAT WE AWARDING THE CONTRACT CULVERT REPLACEMENT FOR THE. AR ENERGY MOTION TO INCLUDE CONTRACT. ARE YOU GOOD WITH. YEAH THEY ARE MOTION. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION

[c. Consideration and action on adopting a County cell phone policy, to establish guidelines for employee eligibility, authorized business use, and equipment return]

I MEAN, DO I TURN IT IN OR. NO, NO, THIS IS JUST THIS. THE OTHER PART IS WHEN SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES OR THE EMPLOYEE THAT HAS THE PHONE DECIDES NOT TO CONTINUE, THEN WILL. THOSE ARE THE TWO DATES THAT YOU CAN TURN IN YOUR PHONE. NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE POLICY ABOUT THE APPS I ALREADY HAVE ON MY PHONE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO AMEND THAT POLICY. YES, SIR. YES. I GUESS I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE

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SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD BE ADDRESSING IN THIS. I FEEL I FEEL ALSO THE POLICY SHOULD ADDRESS CELL PHONE USAGE, WHERE WE TELL OUR EMPLOYEES THEY CAN'T USE THEIR CELL PHONE DURING WORKING HOURS, BUT WE REQUIRE THEM TO CARRY THEM AND THEIR THEIR PERSONAL PHONES. CORRECT. BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT. SO IT'S KIND OF A AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE PHONE TO ANSWER THE PHONE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE RADIOS, YOU SEE WHERE THE TRUCKS IS ON THIS. RIGHT? WE CAN AMEND THAT ALL THAT. WELL, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE REQUIRING HIM TO HAVE PHONES, BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THEM. BUT WE'RE TELLING THEM WHEN THEY CAN AND CAN'T USE THEM. HEY. HEY, STEPHEN. I GUESS THIS IS ONLY FOR CELL PHONES THAT ARE ISSUED BY THE COUNTY, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ALLOWANCE ON THIS POLICY RIGHT HERE. BOTH. OKAY. SO WE AGREED THAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO THE CLARIFICATION.

INITIALLY THIS WAS SET. CELL PHONE. THE REASON THIS CAME UP IS WE WERE DOING AN AUDIT ON OUR OUR FILES. WHEN WE BROUGHT SOMEBODY TO THE COURT WITH A PHONE ALLOWANCE, AND THEN WE DID THE $50 PHONE ALLOWANCE, BUT THEN THEY GOT ASSIGNED A COUNTY CELL PHONE. WELL, WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S DONE SEPARATELY. SO NOW WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT GOT THE CELL PHONES. THEY WANT TO TURN THEM BACK IN. BUT THERE'S THERE WAS NO GUIDELINES AS TO HOW THAT WORKED. WE CAN'T PAY THEM A CELL PHONE. AND THEN WE CAN'T GIVE THEM A COUNTY CELL PHONE BECAUSE THAT CONTRADICTS OUR PAYROLL DIVISION. SO THAT'S DOUBLING UP. IT CAME UP WITH ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WERE WANTING TO REDUCE AN EMPLOYEE'S CELL PHONE IN ORDER TO GET A COUNTY CELL PHONE FOR THE OFFICE. WELL, THAT KIND OF THE CELL PHONE IS FOR THE WHOLE MONTH. IT'S NOT. WE DON'T PRORATE IT. SO THAT KIND OF GOT THE CONVERSATION WITH THE TREASURER AND IT AS TO WE NEED TO SEE SOME KIND OF GUIDELINE, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS JUST TEMPORARY THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. BUT I NEED RECORDS ONCE IT GETS THIS IN PLACE AND USES A DATE, BECAUSE THEN I NEED TO BRING THE LIST OF WHO HAS COUNTY PHONES TO THIS COURT SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION. WHEN WE GET AUDITED. THE TREASURER WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE ON THE THE COST FACTOR. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S EMPLOYEES WHO ARE RECEIVING OR MOSTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS OR DEPARTMENT HEADS RECEIVING PHONE ALLOWANCE, WHICH IS A TAXABLE INCOME, RIGHT. AND IF THEY RECEIVE A COUNTY PHONE, IT'S A FRINGE BENEFIT THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THE TAXES ON. SO WE JUST KIND OF NEEDED A GUIDELINE ON, EXCUSE ME, ON EMPLOYEES COMING ON AND OFF. THERE WERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRIAL BASIS, BUT WE'VE EXCEEDED, I BELIEVE, THE 90 DAYS OR 30 DAYS FROM SEPTEMBER. SO WE WERE JUST WANTING SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT WAY. OUR OFFICE HERE AT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE CAN RECEIVE SOMETHING FOR THEIR PERSONNEL FILES. SO TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS. PART OF IT IS PAY AND COMPENSATION FOR GOVERNMENT ISSUE OR COUNTY ISSUED CELL PHONES. AND THEN WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR TRACKING THOSE AND TURNING THEM BACK IN? I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO BACK AND REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER COUNTIES. I MEAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME BEST PRACTICES OUT THERE OF HOW OTHER COUNTIES ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

BUT I THINK WE COULD EXPAND ON THIS POLICY QUITE A BIT. YES. AND WE JUST WE HAD SET SOME DATES IN STONE. WELL, WANTED TO JUNE 30TH OR DECEMBER 31ST BECAUSE WE HAD EMPLOYEES COMING ON AND OFF AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROPER CHANNEL, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WAS GETTING INFORMED AND THEN LETTING ME KNOW. BUT VIA EMAIL, WE WOULD LIKE A PROCEDURE TO WHERE IT GOES THROUGH PERSONNEL OR HR. AND THEN COMES TO ME, I FEEL THIS IS A GOOD START TO, TO A GOOD POLICY. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVE THIS TODAY, BUT I THINK WE NEED A SEPARATE POLICY COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT OVERALL CELL PHONE USAGE FOR THE COUNTY. WHO DOES REQUIRE WHO DOESN'T

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BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES CELL PHONES AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT AND WE'RE REQUIRING THEM TO CARRY IT. I SEE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY REQUIRE THEIR THEIR PHONES TO BE ON AND BE AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT. SO IT'S ALMOST AN OXYMORON. SO YOU JUST BASICALLY WANT TO TABLE IT. NO, I, I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PASS THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A COMMITTEE SET UP TO, TO LOOK AT THIS WHOLE SITUATION, MAKE A BIGGER POLICY, MAKE A BIGGER COUNTY WIDE POLICY. SO THE IDEA OF LIMITING THE TURN INTO TWO TIMES A YEAR, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES THEIR JOB AT ANOTHER DATE IN BETWEEN ALL THAT, RIGHT. I MEAN, WELL, THAT WOULD BE THE EXCEPTION. THEY'D HAVE TO TURN IT IN. SO I MEAN, WE'RE LIMITING IT TO TWO TIMES A YEAR JUST TO MAKE IT SIMPLER TO TRACK ALL THIS. CORRECT. IF AN EMPLOYEE LEAVES, I MEAN, THEY'D HAVE TO TURN IN THEIR CELL PHONE ALONG WITH THEIR BADGE AND THEIR UNIFORMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST FOR NORMAL, JUST DECIDE NOT TO HAVE IT AGAIN. TWICE A YEAR IS FINE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT 15 PEOPLE WHO HAVE COUNTY PHONES, IS THAT CORRECT? ROUGHLY ABOUT 15 EMPLOYEES. OKAY, SO. WHAT? THE COURTS RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 2.4 C.

THAT'S IT. AND THE REST OF IT, I MEAN POLICY OR JUST YEAH, THE CURRENT POLICY, THE POLICY FOR NOW. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT LOOKED AT AND EXPANDED ON. I MEAN, THE MAN HAS TO GET HIS JOB DONE AS FAR AS TURN INS AND TURN IN ISSUANCE. YOU WANT TO ADD? WELL, I WANT TO ADD TO IT THAT WE ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE FOR CELL PHONE POLICY FOR SAN PATRICIA COUNTY. OKAY. OKAY. SO I WILL SECOND THE APPROVAL OF THIS WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE FORM A COMMITTEE AND EXPAND ON THIS POLICY. I WOULD JUST MADE AWARE BY HR WE ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY SOMEWHERE. IT IS. IT'S IN OUR HANDBOOK, IT'S IN OUR PERSONNEL POLICY, AND IT'S THE ACTUAL USAGE OF CELL PHONES.

AND IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT WORKING AND THEN AUDITING BY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. WHEN YOU DO GET A PHONE ALLOWANCE, THERE'S A SPECIFIC WORDING ON THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT FORWARDED TO YOU, BUT WE DO ALREADY HAVE IT IN POLICY. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE BROUGHT UP. SO IS THIS BEING ADDED TO THAT POLICY? YES, WE WILL HAVE TO ONCE THE COURT MAKES A DECISION. SO WE HAVE TO RENAME IT AND BASICALLY MAKE A MOTION TO ADD. CONSIDERATION.

ACTION. ON ADOPTING THE CELL PHONE POLICY, ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES, EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY, AUTHORIZED BUSINESS EQUIPMENT. RETURN TO THE CURRENT CELL PHONE POLICY FOR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. SO THAT'S THE WAY WE DID IT. SO WE'D BE BRINGING BACK TO THE COURT. OKAY, SO I'M CONFUSING WHEN WE WHEN WE FIRST DID THE POLICY, WE DID NOT HAVE COUNTY PHONES. WE JUST HAD A PHONE ALLOWANCE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT STEPHEN BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR AS A TRIAL BASIS. SO SAID SOMETHING NEW. WE WOULD BRING THIS BACK. IF THE COURT APPROVES TO OUR CURRENT POLICY UPDATE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA TO ADD THIS TO THE ADDITIONS TO TO THE CURRENT POLICY FOR THE FOR THE COUNTY. RIGHT. YEAH.

PENDING UPDATED POLICY. OKAY. SURE. THAT'LL WORK. WANT TO APPROVE 2.4 C 2.4 C TO ADD THIS TO THE CURRENT SAN PATRICIO COUNTY POLICY AND STILL HAVE A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE POLICY AND POLICY AND REVIEW IT. SO THE REASON PRECINCT TWO ENDED UP WRITING OUR OWN POLICY WAS BECAUSE I FELT THE ONE FOR THE COUNTY WAS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE. AND I BELIEVE I TALKED TO NORMA,

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SAID IT BEFORE. SAY IT AGAIN. I'VE GOT A CELL PHONE. MY PHONE FORM HAS GOT A CELL PHONE. WE GOT ALLOWANCE. AIRPORT MANAGER GOT A CELL PHONE. HE'S GOT ALLOWANCE. AND WE GOT RADIOS IN THE TRUCKS THAT CAN REACH ALL OVER THE COUNTY NOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. FOUR YEARS AND ONE. NAY.

[d. Discussion and Update by John A Hernandez, P.E. County Engineer, on current activities at the Justice Center.  ]

THIS IS A IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE WE PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO YOU GUYS, BUT HERE'S HERE'S THE LATEST THIS MONTH'S PAY APPLICATION. IS APPROXIMATELY $1.6 MILLION. AND THAT BRINGS THE PROJECT COMPLETION TO APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 92% COMPLETE. SO WE'RE WE'RE IN A 90, 90% COMPLETE RANGE ALREADY. SO THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG VERY WELL. THE PICTURES HERE, IF YOU JUST SCROLL DOWN SLOWLY, MAINLY SHOWS THE PROGRESS OF EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR, WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE AT THE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. THIS ONE HERE IS SHOWING THE LATEST STUFF. SHERIFF MADE A FIELD TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO AT THESE PEOPLE.

CML SECURITY FOR DEMONSTRATION. AND THAT'S THE PARTICULAR SECURITY'S CAN BE COMING AT THE JUSTICE CENTER. THERE YOU GO. THERE'S SHERIFF RIGHT THERE LOOKING. SHERIFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON YOUR FIELD TRIP? YES. I SPENT THE DAY WITH SAN ANTONIO, WITH THE SYSTEM. AND I REALLY LOVE THE WAY HE'S COMING ABOUT. VERIFY THAT THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ORDERED AND IS ON, ON SITE THERE AND BEEN TESTED AND DOES WORK. I WAS ALLOWED TO PROGRAM SOME OF THE DOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT. WHEN ONCE WE GET SYSTEM GOING ALONG WITH ALL THE CAMERA SYSTEMS, THE INTERCOMS. SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH IT. THANK YOU SHERIFF. ALL RIGHT.

SO A COUPLE OF KEY COMPONENTS. I KNOW COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT RIBBON CUTTING LAST WEEK AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THERE'S TWO REALLY CRITICAL THINGS. YOU ALWAYS HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THE CRITICAL PATH AND WHICH CONTROLLING THE THE PROJECT COMPLETION. TWO VERY CRITICAL THINGS ARE OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. ONE BRW, THE ARCHITECT TEAM IS FINALIZING THE THE OFFICE FURNITURE FOR THE DEPARTMENTS AT THE JUSTICE CENTER. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT BACK HERE PRETTY SOON. WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR FINAL REVIEW. ONCE EVERYBODY RESPONDS FOR SAY THEY'RE OKAY WITH THE OFFICE FURNITURE NOW, THE COUNTY'S TEAM WILL VISIT WITH THE AUDITOR TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE'LL COME TO COURT FOR APPROVAL. ONCE COURT GIVES APPROVAL FOR THE OFFICE FURNITURE. FROM THAT TIME, WE CAN ISSUE A PO TO THE FURNITURE COMPANY AND GET THE THE FURNITURE IN PLACE ON SITE.

ONCE COURT APPROVES IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 4 TO 6 WEEKS TO GET HERE. ANOTHER CRITICAL THING, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE COUNTY'S CONTROL. BUT THE COUNTY'S TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE CITY AS LONG AS. AND THE AEP AND THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATION, THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE POWER TO THE SANITARY LIFT STATION. AEP IS FINALIZING THE EASEMENTS THAT HAVE TO GO STAKE IT, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY HAVE TO CONSTRUCT AND PROVIDE POWER TO THE LIFT STATION. THAT TIMELINE HERE IS APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 WEEKS. THE TEAM, WHEN I SAY THE TEAM, THE COUNTY, THE CITY, FULTON RURAL, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH AEP, GETTING UPDATES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THIS IS A

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PROVIDING WHAT THEY SAY A GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY. THIS WATER LINE TIE IN IS SOMEWHAT WITH.

IT'S IN. WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT CITY EASEMENTS, BUT IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE OWNER HAS A FENCE LINE THAT'S ENCROACHING ON THE EASEMENTS. SO FULTON WILL BE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAKE THAT FINAL TIE IN FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT WATER LINE. AND SO RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, JUST SCROLL TO THE END. WHAT? KEEP KEEP GOING TO THE LAST PAGE.

THERE WE GO. SO YOU SEE ALL THOSE RED LINES. THAT'S A CRITICAL PATH. WHAT IS NOT SHOWN ON THERE AND COULD IMPACT THE COMPLETION IS THAT LIFT STATION TIE IN WITH FOR POWER AND THE OFFICE FURNITURE. RIGHT NOW, IF EVERYTHING PROGRESSES AS WE HOPE TO EXPECT, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET US WHAT WE CALL SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AT THE END OF JULY, JULY 31ST, AUGUST 1ST. AT THAT TIME, THE COUNTY HOPES TO RECEIVE WHAT WE CALL A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY. ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT, THAT ALLOWS FULTON TO MOVE IN FURNITURE TO THE JUSTICE CENTER. EACH FLOOR OF THE FURNITURE MOVE IN WILL TAKE ABOUT A WEEK, SO WE'RE TAKING ABOUT MOST OF AUGUST, JUST FURNITURE, MOVING ALL THE OTHER TIE INS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. DURING THAT TIME IN AUGUST, WE WERE ABLE TO GET WHAT WE CALL JAIL COMMISSION INSPECTION AND GET APPROVAL FOR THE MOVE IN BY THE END OF AUGUST. COME SEPTEMBER 1ST, HOPE TO GET WHAT WE CALL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THE COUNTY WILL GET THE KEYS TO THE BUILDING, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE IN FOLKS INTO THAT FACILITY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I'VE GOT A QUESTION RIGHT OFF THE BAT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FURNITURE, WASN'T THIS ON THE DESIGN PHASE WHERE WE PICKED THE FURNITURE AND ALL THAT STUFF? I MEAN, WE'RE WAITING UNTIL THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE TO PICK THE FURNITURE.

I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THIS IS BEFORE MY TIME. SO I WASN'T OUT HERE. NO FURNITURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE COUNTY PROVIDED COUNTY. AND THEN BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS CAN GO IN AND CHANGE ALL THAT AROUND AND MAKE MAY TAKE MORE TIME. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, NOT NOT QUITE. THERE'S A CERTAIN BASIC FURNITURE PACKAGE THAT'S AVAILABLE. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS KNOW WHAT THOSE PACKAGES WERE. YES. SO THEREFORE THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY THEY ASKED FOR. WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE YET. IT DEPENDS ON THE BUDGET. THE ARCHITECT TEAM MET WITH EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD. I UNDERSTAND THE TEAM. THAT WAS A PROCESS THAT TOOK A TOOK A BIT LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND WE TIMED THE COUNTY RECEIVED. FEEDBACK IS WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS ABOUT THE FURNITURE THAT THEY THEY ASKED FOR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE FURNITURE AGAIN. NO, SIR. THE COUNTY, IT'S NOT PART OF FULTON'S CONTRACT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY OWNERSHIP THAT THAT'S A COUNTY SEPARATE FUNDS OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT. THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS SET ASIDE A BUDGET FOR THE FURNITURE PROCUREMENT. SO WE'VE ALREADY PICKED OUT THE FURNITURE. YES, SIR. THE PACKAGES AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE AWARE OF IT AND THEY LOOKED AT THE PROCEDURES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING US THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER AND LOOK AGAIN AND MAY CHANGE THAT.

NO, IT'S JUST FOR FINAL LIKE A 100% CHECKOFF. WE JUST WANTED TO GET CONCURRENCE. YES, SIR.

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IF THEY WANT CHANGES, THEY CAN CHANGE IT AFTER THEY GET THEIR NEXT BUDGET. YES, SIR. FROM THEIR. JOHN, IF I GO BACK TO MY OFFICE AND LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL CRITICAL PATH YOU PROVIDED, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO. YES, SIR. WHAT WAS OUR COMPLETION DATE ON THAT? WAS THAT LIKE THE END OF JUNE? IT WAS AROUND. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID MID-SUMMER, BUT END OF JUNE SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I, I RECALL MANY TIMES I'VE SAID THE END OF JUNE. YES, SIR. SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. SO I GET IT. I GUESS MY CONCERNS ARE, YOU KNOW, I TOOK A TOUR A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK MY COMMENTS AT THE TIME WAS THERE'S STILL A LOT TO WRAP UP IN THAT BUILDING. AND IF WE'RE AT 92% COMPLETION, MY EXPERIENCE IS THE LAST 10% OF A PROJECT IS ABOUT AS PAINFUL TO GET DONE AS THE 50% BEFORE THAT. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO KEEP ON TOP OF ALL THIS STUFF. YOU KNOW, THIS LIFT STATION, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING THAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY OF SINTON HAVE WAITED TO THIS POINT IN TIME TO STILL BE TRYING TO GET THAT THING STRAIGHTENED OUT, THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TWO YEARS AGO. I AGREE, SIR, THE COUNTY WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AGREEMENT IN PLACE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY HAD THEIR OWN AGREEMENT TO INSTALL INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR TWO YEARS. AND AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE HAVE THESE PROJECT MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATE MEETINGS, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN ATTENDANCE AND HE'S SHE'S WELL AWARE OF THE COUNTY'S PROJECT SCHEDULE. AND REMEMBER, THESE ARE JUST PROJECTED TIMES. I MEAN, TIME FINISHED, THINGS HAPPEN BACK ORDERS. I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT.

HOLD SOMEBODY TO MAY 1ST TO MAY 1ST. I MEAN IT'S JUST HE'S A PROJECTED TIMES. I MEAN YOU SEE PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION CREWS THERE EVERY DAY. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE KNOCKING IT OUT. I'M I KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. I USED TO ACTUALLY I USED TO MAKE THOSE CRITICAL PATHS LONG BEFORE THERE WAS COMPUTERS TO DO IT. I KNOW HOW IT WORKS. JOHN. I HAD A QUESTION. ARE YOU WORKING WITH MR. KING ON THE AEP SIDE OF IT? WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. NO, NOT SPECIFICALLY WITH MR. KING. YEAH. I RECOMMEND YOU WORK WITH MR. KING. YOU'LL. HE'LL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR YOU. YES. PATRICK IS A GOOD FRIEND OF THE COUNTY. YES, SIR. I FOUND THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ONCE WE ACTUALLY GET OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND IT'S. THE KEYS ARE TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY AND WE HAVE OUR NEW BUILDING.

WHAT ALL HAS TO OCCUR FROM THAT DATE FORWARD TO ACTUALLY BE OPERATING OUT OF THAT BUILDING.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO GET CERTIFICATIONS FROM THE JAIL COMMISSION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WILL HAPPEN DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. OKAY. ONCE WE GET WHAT WE CALL OUR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND WHAT WE CALL A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, OKAY. SO ONCE WE GET THE KEYS, IT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO IS PHYSICALLY MOVE INTO THE BUILDING. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS HAS TO HIRE MOVERS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN EACH DEPARTMENT WITH ME, BUT WE'LL GET THE KEYS ON FRIDAY AND MOVE IN ON MONDAY AND HAVE EVERYTHING ON IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK LIKE THAT. THERE'LL BE ANOTHER PROCESS, I'M ASSUMING, THINKING FLOOR BY FLOOR FOR THE BUILDING TO GET FULLY OPERATIONAL. WELL, I HOPE WE SAVE SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUR MOVE TO THIS BUILDING BECAUSE THAT DID NOT GO VERY SMOOTHLY. SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE FIGURING SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ONE OTHER TOPIC. THIS ONE HERE IS THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION. HERE AGAIN, THE ARCHITECT TEAM BRW HAS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY AND FULTON WHAT WE CALL 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS THE COUNTY IS REVIEWING THEM. BUT HERE AGAIN, WE ALREADY MET WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND REVIEW. THEIR PARTICULAR OFFICE SPACE. AND NOW WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCESS IS THAT THE COUNTY'S TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE FULTON TEAM, AND THERE'S SOME ONGOING DISCUSSION ON NEGOTIATING A FINAL BUDGET. OF COURSE, FULTON IS GOING TO

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JOHN. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO HANG AROUND. OKAY. TWO POINT FOR CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION AND

[e. Consideration, Discussion and Action on Justice Center proposed Change Order for Pre-Trial / Adult Probation Suite Modifications requested by Jason Woods, Adult Probation Supervisor, in the amount of $44,305.00.]

SWEET MODIFICATIONS REQUESTED BY JASON WOOD, ADULT PROBATION SUPERVISOR, AN AMOUNT OF $44,305. JASON. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OVER SOME PREFERRED REVISIONS AND CHANGES TO OUR LITTLE WING OF THE NEW COURTHOUSE. BUT HERE AGAIN, AFTER TOURING THE FACILITY OURSELVES A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF AGO, WE INDICATED THAT THESE WERE SOME THINGS WE WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HAVE DONE SO WE CAN HAVE AN EFFICIENT PROBATION AND PRETRIAL OFFICE. WELL, MY QUESTION BASICALLY IS THE SAME THING I ASKED JOHN EARLIER. WE HAD THE PRINCE, WE LAID IT OUT. IT'S BEING BUILT FOR A YEAR, AND WE'RE JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT THIS CHANGE ORDER, WHICH IS GOING TO SET US BACK EVEN MORE TIME. I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ORDER BALLISTIC WINDOWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO, TO BRING INTO THE SITE. FROM WHAT I'M READING THROUGH. JUST FROM MY PERSONAL RESPONSE TO THAT GENERAL QUESTION, I WOULD SIMPLY SAY IT'S ONE THING TO LOOK AT A SET OF PLANS, BUT TO GO IN AND THEN PHYSICALLY EYEBALL WHAT A LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE SKETCH IS, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE SOME THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO CLOSER TO COMPLETION. YOU KNOW, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN LOOKING AT A STICK FIGURE, BUT THEN SEEING ME IN PERSON. BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER. YES, SIR. KEEP GOING. YEAH. YOU'RE NOT WRONG, SIR. YEAH. NO, SIR.

IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT THE CRITICAL PATH. FULTON HAS CREWS ON SITE. THEY'RE WORKING ON DIFFERENT FLOOR. MAYBE THE THIRD FLOOR RIGHT NOW. BUT IF THE COURT DECIDES TO PROCEED, NOW IS THE TIME. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, HOW WOULD THEY HAVE IN THE CHANGE ORDER? HOW DID THIS GET MISSED? I MEAN, YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY GET FROM HIS SIDE. WE HAD PRINTS. WE HAD THIS WE LOOKED AT IT BUT WE DIDN'T SEE. AND WE NOW HAVE CHANGES AGAIN. ANOTHER CHANGE.

HOW MANY CHANGE ORDERS WE HAD SO FAR? THIS I THINK, WOULD BE NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THREE. YES, SIR. WAY BACK WHEN. WHEN WE WERE APPROVING THE DRAWINGS, MY CONCERN WAS THAT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE OPERATING OUT OF THIS BUILDING HAD GIVEN THEIR INPUTS AS TO WHAT THEY WANTED IN THEIR IN THEIR AREA, SO THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE HAPPY. AND I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAD REVIEWED IT. AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF ITEMS SOME OF THE JUDGES WANTED, WE ESSENTIALLY ACCOMMODATED ALL OF THOSE INPUTS. SO I GUESS NOW IT'S FRUSTRATING TO SEE THIS COME TO US NOW WHEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED EARLIER, MUCH EASIER AND CERTAINLY MUCH CHEAPER. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND JOHN, YOU MAY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I ASKED YOU THAT SPECIFICALLY. I BELIEVE THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS. YES, SIR. THEY THEY CERTAINLY HAVE. BUT HERE AGAIN, THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

THERE'S A PROCESS THAT THE ARCHITECT TEAM MET SPECIFICALLY WITH EACH DEPARTMENT OR USER OF THE JUSTICE CENTER. IT SEEMED LIKE AT THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION, EACH. THEY'VE MET NOT ONLY. IT WASN'T JUST A ONE TIME DEAL. THEY MET MULTIPLE TIMES WITH EACH DEPARTMENTS. SO WHAT DO THESE CHANGES GAIN YOU, I GUESS? I MEAN, I CAN READ THE CHANGES THEMSELVES, BUT IF WE

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YOU KNOW, I AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DID I ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS? WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'M READING THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T DO THAT. SO LET ME WELL, FUNCTION WE'LL FUNCTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. COMMISSIONER YARDLEY, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY. AND THE TESTING ROOM. WHAT WHAT IS THAT? DRUG TESTING. SO EVEN WHEN THIS IS COMPLETE, ONLY PART OF YOUR STAFF WILL BE IN THIS BUILDING.

YOU'LL STILL HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE IN YOUR EXISTING BUILDING. CORRECT? A SMALL PART OF OUR STAFF. YES, SIR. SO WHEN YOU REMOVE THE LOBBY DOOR TO THE RESTROOM AND BUILD A WALL, ADD POWER, AND THAT A FUTURE OWNER FURNISHED KIOSK AT THAT LOCATION. YES, SIR. AND PAINT ON LOBBY SIDE. WE DIDN'T HAVE PAINT ON THE LOBBY SIDE. AND THAT CERAMIC TILE TO THE RESTROOM ON THE NEW WALL I. JUST I'M JUST WONDERING. I MEAN, I SEE THESE THINGS AND I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE WHAT THAT'S PRECISELY COUNTING THE DOOR. I, I TAKE IT THAT'S FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES. IT'S JUST TO HAVE MORE SPACE IN THE LOBBY. Y'ALL WOULD MIGHT EXPECT WHEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE COURTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. OFTEN WE HAVE TWO DISTRICT COURTS AND TWO COUNTY COURTS, FOUR COURTS. AND ANY BUSINESS DAY WILL BRING A LOT OF TRAFFIC INTO OUR OFFICE. AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR LOBBY SPACE, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE GO TO SPOT AFTER DEFENDANTS COME OUT OF COURT AND THEY'RE EITHER HAD A BOND SUPERVISION OR SUPERVISION. SO IT'S IT'S SIMPLY TO JUST MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM IN THE LOBBY.

WHAT ABOUT THE RESTROOM DOOR? WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? YEAH, IT'S IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE RESTROOM DOORS. AND THAT INCREASES THE OFFICE SPACE FOR THAT EXTRA OFFICE ON THE INTERIOR. I'M SEEING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION EITHER WAY AS JOHN. JOHN, I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO DO THIS? YEAH. AND IT'S ALWAYS CONTINGENCY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TO VISIT WITH THE AUDITOR BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE COUNTY HAS AN AN EXTERNAL BUDGET OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT. RIGHT. AND THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY JUSTICE, JUSTICE CENTER, OFFICE FURNITURE, ALSO COURTHOUSE RENOVATION FURNITURE.

RIGHT. AND SO ANYTHING THAT'S THE COUNTY IS PAYING EXTERIOR CHANGE ORDER WISE IS COMING TO THAT SAME POT OF FUNDS. AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET OR NOT. WE REALLY NEED THE ARCHITECT TEAM TO PROVIDE A FINAL OFFICE FURNITURE BUDGET TO THE COUNTY AT THAT. THIS IS COMING OUT OF OFFICE FURNITURE BUDGET. THESE THESE CHANGES HERE. WELL, IT'S ALL ONE SET. IT'S JUST ONE POT OF MONEY SET ASIDE TO COVER EXTERNAL OWNER PROVIDED. WELL, I KNOW, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE A WALL, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT OUT OF THE FURNITURE FUND. WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY A FURNITURE FUND. IT'S JUST A SET OF MONEY TO COVER ALL THESE EXPENSES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HAVE THEY STARTED THE BUILD OUT PROCESS ON IT OR NOT? HAS ANYTHING IN THE INTERIOR STARTED? YES. YES. OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. I GUESS

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AND THE COST IS THE ACTUALLY THE 44000 IS CORRECT. THE THE EXCUSE ME, THE BULK OF THAT IS THE POWER AND DATA. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK TO TO DO THAT. YES. RIGHT. OKAY. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TEARING OUT A WALL AND BASICALLY, OH, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW AND DOORS NOT, NOT AN EASY THING TO FIGURE OUT. SO JASON, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. THE WAY YOU CURRENTLY OPERATE TODAY. SO I KNOW WHERE YOUR OFFICE IS AT. YES, SIR. YOU AND YOUR STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ALSO HAVE A SPACE IN OUR CURRENT COURTHOUSE YOU OPERATE OUT OF ALSO? NO, SIR.

SOLELY OUT OF THAT, WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET AT 404 WEST MARKET STREET. 100% OF US. OKAY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE THE CENTER ON NORTH VINEYARD, BUT WE'VE GOT A, I THINK, APPROXIMATELY 27 TO 30 STAFF AT THE ADULT PROBATION OFFICE ON A DAILY BASIS. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING SEVEN, SEVEN FOLKS OVER THERE TO THE COURTHOUSE. REALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF LIKE THE TRIAGE PLACE WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT OF COURTROOM, WE DEAL WITH THEM THERE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEND THEM OVER TO OUR MAIN OFFICE. AT LEAST THAT'S OUR PLAN. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND WHEN DID YOU REALIZE THAT THE CURRENT THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT WASN'T GOING TO WORK? ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE WENT AND TOURED THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, MAYBE FIVE, SIX, ABOUT A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF AGO. MAX. AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? THEN WHY WOULDN'T WE BRING THIS UP A MONTH AND A HALF AGO OR A MONTH AGO? WELL, WE KIND OF DID A WISH LIST. AND I SPOKE TO JOHN ABOUT IT AND WE SENT THAT OVER. I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK OUR EMAIL DATES, BUT I WOULD SAY ABOUT A MONTH HAS PASSED, RIGHT? WISH LIST. OKAY. PROBABLY TOOK THEM THAT LONG JUST TO GET THIS CHANGE PUT TOGETHER HERE. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO FUNCTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE OUR OFFICE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE TOO FAR ALONG. WE TEARING OUT WALLS. WE'RE IN THE FINISH STAGE. SO. WELL, SO I'LL, I WILL SAY IT IS FRUSTRATING TO BE DEALING WITH THIS THIS LATE IN THE DAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS BUILDING IS DONE, IT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK OUT OF THAT BUILDING. SO. SO. WHAT'S HOWARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY I HAVE THE JUDGES WEIGHED IN ON THIS AT ALL. HAVE YOU TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT, ABOUT HOW YOUR FLOW IS GOING TO BE IN AND OUT OF THE OFFICE AFTER THEIR COURT APPEARANCES AND STUFF? NO, NO SIR, WE HAVEN'T. I THINK THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE SPACE OVER THERE, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM THEM, NOR HAVE I ASKED FOR IT. OKAY. THEY USUALLY RELY ON ME TO MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS. YEAH. BEEN NICE TO ASK THEM THOUGH, TOO, RIGHT. WELL, OKAY. WELL, I HATE, I HATE TO NOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND IMPROVE THINGS, BUT WE'RE TOO FAR ENOUGH ALONG ON THIS BUILDING TO GO IN THERE AND TEAR WALLS OUT AND EVERYTHING. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THIS. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. GOT A MOTION BY THE JUDGE AND SECONDED BY, OF COURSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. NO. OKAY. GOT A FOUR TO 4 TO 1. SO NOW THE MOTION IS TO DENY IT. OH TO DENY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU APPROVE IT. YEAH. I THOUGHT HE DID A MOTION FOR. OH I'M SORRY. YEAH YEAH. DENY IT. IT'S UNANIMOUS. OKAY. OKAY. SORRY, JASON, BUT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, FAR ENOUGH ALONG. I THINK IF IT HAD BEEN 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO, IT MIGHT HAVE WORKED OUT. I UNDERSTAND. THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, COMMISSIONERS.

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[1. BUDGET PRESENTATIONS - June 8th: Presenters will present in the order they arrive during the Budget Presentation item, Any outside agencies and departments not listed may present FY 2027 Budget Requests in June 22nd Commissioners Court provided they have notified the County Judge Court Administrator for inclusion. Appx 9:20 - 10:00 am * Veterans Affairs - Rudy Guzman * WIC - Meliza Garza * Fairgrounds - Rosa Guzman * Pretrial Diversion, Adult & Adult Probation/Restitution Ctr * Military Task Force UCCC - K. Cook * Airports - Gary Davis * Juvenile Detention - Cassandra Martinez * CCREDC - Aaron Bowman 10:00 - 11:00 am * AgriLife Extension - Bobby McCool * County Court at Law #2 - Judge Vicki Martino * Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries - Kiersten Stanzel * Coastal Plains Integrated Health (MHMR) - Debra Sanders/Tricia Astin * SPCEDC - Debra Sanders/Tricia Astin * Texas RioGrande Legal Aid - Debra Sanders/Tricia Astin * SPC Library - Clifford Edge "Mr. Kippy" * Intoxilyzer - Marie Montoya 11:00 - 11:30 am * Justice of the Peace Pct 6 - Judge Susan Price * Parks - Kimberly Garcia * Commissioner Pct 3 - Ruben Gonzales * PHEP - Kimberly Watson * Constable Pct 2 - Frank Cantu * Constable Pct 6 - Kody Farenthold * Constable Pct 5 - JP Easley Recess - Break for Lunch appx 11:30 am 1:00 - 2:00 pm * District Judges - Judge Janna Whatley * County Treasurer - April Garcia * Community Based Programs Health Dept - Crystal Juarez * Elections - Victoria Pereida * Sheriff, Corrections, Crime Stoppers, Communication, COG, Federal Seizures - Sheriff Oscar Rivera 2:00 - 3:00 pm * Commissioner Pct 1 - William Zagorski Sr. * Commissioner Pct 2 - Tom Yardley * County Judge Office - Debra Sanders/Tricia Astin * IT Department - Steven Gonzales 3:00 - 4:00 pm *District Attorney - Margie Silvas * Indigent Health - Eloise Villarreal *Justice of the Peace Pct 8 - Leslie Pullin * Immunizations - Karry Chavez * Personnel/Records - Norma Rivera * Constable Pct 5 - Sean Orsak]

FOR THE YEAR, WE'VE PROCESSED 55 REGIONAL RESPONSES FOR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. AND WE'RE STILL WORKING SEVERAL OF THOSE. WE'RE ALSO USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERSIFY TO GET AWAY FROM BIG HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WATER USERS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO CALIFORNIA AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO DO A BIOMEDICAL. CONFERENCE OUT THERE. AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH TEXAS A&M ON SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR AQUACULTURE WATER CHALLENGE OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG, BIG HIT FOR US RIGHT NOW. IT'S HITTING US IN TWO WAYS.

ONE IS WATER USERS IN GENERAL, AND THE SECOND IS QUALITY OF LIFE IS THAT COMPANIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH WANTING TO SEND A PROJECT HERE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A BIG, BIG USER BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT CURTAILMENT. WE ALREADY HAVE WATER RESTRICTIONS, SO WE ARE TAKING A HIT FROM THAT PLAN IS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION THAT WILL SHOW, BE ABLE TO SHOW SOME OF OUR PROJECTS COMING ONLINE FOR WATER, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HIT IT HARD WITH MARKETING THE REGION AND GOING OUT AND REDEVELOPING OUR RELATIONS WITH OUR SITE CONSULTANTS. THE GOOD NEWS IS, FOR ALL YOUR PROJECTS HERE, WE DO THE COMPLIANCE ON THEM. THEY'RE ALL GOOD, IN GOOD SHAPE, AND WE'RE WAS ABLE THIS YEAR TO KEEP THE REQUESTS AT THE SAME. IT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR 14 YEARS AND IT'S GETTING TO BE A CHALLENGE. SO NEXT YEAR I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK AND SEE IF I CAN GET HELP, BUT WE'RE REQUESTING TO STAY AT 5000 AND OPEN ANY QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. MILITARY TASK FORCE. JUDGE. MY NAME IS DAVID EDGECOMBE, AND I'M HERE TO STAND IN FOR CRESTON COOK, REPRESENTING THE SOUTH TEXAS MILITARY TASK FORCE. THE TASK FORCE MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. THAT INCLUDES NAS, CORPUS CHRISTI, NAS, KINGSVILLE, THE CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT. AND WE ALSO DO A LOT TO SUPPORT THE US COAST GUARD SECTOR AND THE AIR STATION HERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE PAST FOR OUR WORK, AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR CONTINUED ASSISTANCE AND IN APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE FOR US. WE HAVE A MUG THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. JUDGE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, CRESTON IS IN DC DOING A ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, WITH THE THE NAVY, WITH THE ARMY TO SUPPORT KCAD. AND THAT'S THE MISSION THAT WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE ALSO DO A LOT TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR OUR MILITARY ■INSTALLATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY, WITH ENGAGEMENTS WITH VARIOUS LEADERS WHEN THEY COME INTO TOWN AND ALSO WITH THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. ONE OF THE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST, FUNNIEST THINGS. AND SO I'M A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER. I RAN NES, CORPUS CHRISTI BRIEFLY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE CEO THERE, AND I SPENT SOME TIME AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT SINATRA. AND ONE OF THE FUNNEST THINGS THAT WE DID WAS THE DOVE HUNT, THAT WES IS A MAJOR PART OF TAKING EVERYBODY OUT AND LETTING US REALLY EXPERIENCE WHAT SOUTH TEXAS IS ALL ABOUT AND THAT IT'S IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE JUST HOW FAR THAT GOES IN IMPROVING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL MILITARY MEMBERS. SO I REALLY THAT'S WHY I'M PART OF THE SOUTH TEXAS MILITARY TASK FORCE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND IF YOU CAN. AND I KNOW BUDGETS ARE TIGHT, BUT IF YOU CAN GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, NOISES COUNTY INCREASE THEIR

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THEIR MISSION IS UNDER A LOT OF THREAT FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS. THEY'RE TRYING TO STEAL THEIR PIECE OF THE PIE, TRYING TO DO MORE OF THEIR REPAIR WORK. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HANG ON TO THAT MISSION, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT. IF YOU LOSE KCAD, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HANG ON TO ANY CORPUS CHRISTI, ALL OF THOSE MISSIONS? SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 15 YEARS. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, EVERYBODY WANTS WHAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT THEY WANT THE PENSACOLA WANTS THE AIR WING AND ALL THE OEMS WANT ALL THE WORK BACK. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO TO DC AND WE WHINE AND, AND, AND TRY TO SELL OURSELVES. WE'RE A GOOD VALUE FOR THE MILITARY. WE KNOW THAT. AND WE JUST GOTTA GO UP THERE AND TELL OUR STORY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE USE THE MONEY FOR. MOST OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE PAY THEIR OWN WAY. SO REALLY WHAT THE MONEY'S BEING USED FOR IS LOBBYISTS IN DC, AND YOU GOTTA HAVE THEM AND THEY GET US IN THE DOORS. THEY GET US IN TO SEE PEOPLE. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO EDGE IS HERE. EDGE THAT'S YOUR CALL SIGN. RIGHT EDGE. EDGE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME. AND, AND GUYS, WE'RE PRETTY PRUDENT WITH OUR MONEY. AND IF YOU CAN HELP US, WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE WE KNOW HOW IT IS. THREE OF US UP HERE ON THE COURT ARE RETIRED NAVY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOST INGLESIDE. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S HOW I CAME HERE. THE NAVY SENT ME TO INGLESIDE TO BE ONE OF THE SHIPS THERE. AT THE TIME, THERE WAS A LARGE MILITARY FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, BUT THERE STILL IS EVEN WITH THE LOSS OF INGLESIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SANPETE COUNTY THAT WORK AT SEACAT, WORK AT NAS, CORPUS CHRISTI, COAST GUARD, ETC. STILL HERE TODAY LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY. SO YES, YEAH, I AGREE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE RETIREES STAY IN THE COASTAL BEND, YOU KNOW, SO I'M STILL HERE. YEAH, YEAH. AND THEY'RE PART OF OUR ECONOMY TOO. I MEAN, WHAT YOU DO FOR THEM IS IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE THEY ALSO SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THEY HAD GOOD, GOOD LOOKING LADIES. I MARRIED A LOCAL GIRL. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND GO UP TO THE TOP VETERANS AFFAIRS. RUDY. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS RUDY GUZMAN WITH THE VETERANS OFFICE.

TOO MANY NAVY GUYS IN HERE. RETIRED ARMY GUY. I TWO CAME BACK. I HAVE A SON IN THE ARMY, TOO. ALL RIGHT, JUDGE, I'VE ALREADY PASSED OUT MY SLIDES. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE MY SLIDES.

YOU'RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY FOR TWO THINGS. OUR BUDGET NEARLY STAYS THE SAME. HOWEVER, I'M ASKING FOR A SECOND ASSISTANT VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER. WE ONCE UPON A TIME HAD THIS ASSISTANT. THE SECOND. I SHOULD HAVE KEPT THAT PERSON ON. WE HAD THAT PERSON ON HERE UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I REMOVED THEM. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW WE ARE LIMITED BY SPACE. WE CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY BUSY IN THE OFFICE. OUR APPOINTMENTS ARE ABOUT TWO MONTHS OUT. WE SEE ROUGHLY 1700 PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE PER YEAR SO FAR. THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE AT ABOUT 690 FOLKS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR OFFICE. WE SEE FOLKS FROM AS FAR AS ROUND ROCK. WE GET FOLKS THAT DRIVE DOWN FROM DALLAS, WE GOT FOLKS THAT HAVE TO FLY THEIR PARENTS IN HERE TO SEE US, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT RECEIVING THE SERVICE SOMEWHERE ELSE, NONETHELESS, AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS FOR THE SECOND ASSISTANT VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, AND THEN WE'RE ASKING THAT THE OFFICE COORDINATOR BE MOVED FROM 105 OR FROM PAY GRADE 105 TO 108, WHICH ALIGNS WITH ALL OF THE OTHER OFFICE COORDINATORS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE A 209 NOW. SO NONETHELESS, WHAT YOU'RE VIEWING ON MY SPREADSHEET ACCOUNTS FOR THE SECOND ASSISTANT VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER. AND THEN THERE'S A RED NOTE ON THERE AS WELL. THERE'S A RED ASTERISK TO THE RIGHT OF MY MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES AND CHARGES. THAT INCLUDES ABOUT ALMOST $9,700 OR JUST IN EXCESS OF $9,700, WHICH WAS DONATED TO OUR OFFICE FROM CHENIERE THAT WE'VE JUST NOT YET SPENT. WE ACTUALLY GOT A TOTAL OF 2000. AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACCOUNTING FOR THESE FUNDS THAT WE STILL HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. IF YOU WERE TO TURN TO THE THIRD PAGE, HERE'S A HERE'S SOME LINE ITEMS AS WELL THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE GRANT THAT WE HAVE. AND IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO ACCOUNT FOR FUNDS. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE TEXAS VETERANS FUND FOR VETERANS ASSISTANCE GRANT. IT'S $100,000. WE WERE JUST RENEWED. IT'S GOING TO KICK OFF AGAIN STARTING THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER. SO NONETHELESS, WE'RE DOING VERY GOOD WITH OUR GRANT. I

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OKAY. NEXT ON THE ROLL IS WICK.

ROSA. YOU'LL BE NEXT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FIRST, I WANTED TO LET THE COURT KNOW THAT FROM THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT I APPLY FOR ANNUALLY, I RECEIVED THIS YEAR $1.6 MILLION. AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND THE COURT THAT THE WICK PROGRAM IS 100% REIMBURSABLE. THERE'S JUST A FEW CHANGES IN FROM LAST YEAR'S AS WELL. I AM ASKING FOR A 4.15% RAISE FOR MY EBCLC. THAT'S THE ONLY INCREASE THAT I'M ASKING FOR FOR MY EMPLOYEE.

FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES, THERE'S BEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS. ALSO, MY UTILITIES HAVE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, SO I'M ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT. I DID RECEIVE TWO GRANT FUNDED VEHICLES IN ADDITION TO THE MOBILE UNIT THAT I HAVE. SO I'M ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN VEHICLE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS FUEL OIL AND LUBRICANTS AND AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES. AND THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE ONLY CHANGES THAT I'M REQUESTING. SO YOU SAID YOU ADDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE THAT WERE GIVEN TO ME BY GRANT FUNDS. YES, SIR. ANY QUESTION? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN. MORNING, MORNING. THE ONLY THING THAT I'M REQUESTING IS HOPEFULLY CHANGING OUR FIRE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AT THE SAN PATRICIO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. RIGHT THERE, SIR. I DO NOT HAVE ANY NUMBERS FOR THAT. SCOTT BROUGHT THAT UP TO MY ATTENTION THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY, THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER DONE PROPERLY. FROM THE GET GO, THE SYSTEM GOES OFF AT RANDOM. SOMETIMES WE COULD JUST BE SITTING IN OUR OFFICE AND THE VOICE COMMAND IS TELLING YOU TO GET OUT, AND IT'S ONLY HAPPENED DURING WEDDINGS. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT, SIR? ANY QUESTIONS? SO IS THAT FIRE SYSTEM INCLUDED IN YOUR. NO, SIR. NO, SIR. I DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS FOR THAT YET. AND THE OTHER ARENA ROOF MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT. IS THAT UNDER YOUR BUILDING REPAIRS? NO, SIR. THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME THIS MORNING. IS JOHN TEXTED AND TOLD ME IT WAS $150,000 FOR THE ARENA ROOF. I HAD A GENTLEMAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE ROOF A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO, AND HE JUST CALLED JOHN THIS MORNING AND TEXTED HIM THE NUMBER, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE PAPERWORK ON THAT YET. OKAY, SO THIS SHEET WITH THE ALARM AND THE ROOF IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. PRETRIAL DIVERSION. THAT'S GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, DID EVERYONE RECEIVE A COPY OF MY BUDGET REQUESTS? APPARENTLY NOT. I BROUGHT SOME. THIS ONE, IS IT? I DON'T THINK I HAVE IT. I

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I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I GOT YOU ALREADY. PAPER. NEXT UP HERE. OKAY. NEXT AIRPORTS. HEY GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS STAFF. SO THROUGH THE INGLESIDE AIRPORT FIRST, PRETTY MUCH NO CHANGE OTHER THAN WE JUST ADDED 140,000 TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT I CAN BUILD MY RUNWAY EXTENSIONS IN THAT SAME AS WE DID LAST YEAR. AND WE PUT IN FOR AN ADDITIONAL 45 FOR A VEHICLE, OTHER ONES JUST GETTING OLD AND READY TO BE RETIRED THEN. AND WE STILL HAVE OUR STANDARD RAMP GRANT, WHICH IS AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THAT'S 111,000, WHICH WE GET 90% OF THAT BACK. AND THEN OVER IN SINTON, IT STILL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME OTHER THAN WE ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 55,000 FOR ROOF REPAIR AND SEAL COAT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO REMODEL THE FBO. SO THAT'S WHY THE CONSTRUCTION COST AND THAT ONE ARE PARTICULARLY HIGHER AND THAT WE'VE PUT IN FOR ONE PART TIME REGULAR OVER IN SINTON TO ASSIST WITH THE MAINTENANCE OVER THERE. SUBJECT TO YOUR QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. SO THE TERMINAL REMODEL FOR SINTON IS THAT YOU COMPLETELY REDO THE BUILDING THERE. IT'S THE INTERIOR SIDE. YES. LAST TIME I WAS THERE, IT SEEMED LIKE IT PROBABLY NEEDS AN UPDATE.

NEEDED AN UPDATE 15 YEARS AGO. I'M SORRY. GOOD. THANK YOU. GARY. JUVENILE DETENTION. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING. OKAY. HI. OKAY. SO THE CHANGES FOR US ARE JUST THE SALARY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE SALARY STUDY. AND THEN I MOVED 5000 FROM HOSPITAL MEDICAL SERVICES TO MY FOOD LINE ITEM. THAT'S MY ONLY CHANGE. QUESTIONS. GOOD. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. THIS AGRILIFE EXTENSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MISS. ANYBODY WITH THE.

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GOT IT. COUNTY COURT AT LAW TWO. THAT'S NOT HERE. OKAY. ALSO BEEN BAYS AND ESTUARIES QUESTION HERE. WHAT? OH, SHE'S IN COURT. OKAY. KRISTEN, I THINK WE HAVE A LETTER FROM COASTAL BEND BAYS AND ESTUARIES. WE DO IT ANYWAY. YEAH. BUT THEIR REQUEST. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN DELAYED OR MAY HAVE BEEN HERE AND HAD TO LEAVE, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE THEIR LETTER. SO $50,000, SAME AS LAST YEAR. WHAT IT SAYS.

CORRECT. AND PEOPLE THAT DO NOT PRESENT ARE USUALLY ASKING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT AS PREVIOUS.

HOW MUCH? THE COASTAL BAY ONE 50,000, 50,000. SAME THING. SAME THING AS LAST YEAR, SAME AS LAST YEAR. ON THAT SAME NOTE, JUDGE, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. SOMEHOW I OVERLOOKED IT. BUT SAN PATRICIO SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE A LETTER IN FRONT OF YOU FROM THEM. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN INCREASE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE SAME CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT OF $8,000. OKAY. COASTAL PLAINS HEALTH IS THE ONE. ANOTHER ONE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE COASTAL PLAIN. THE FIRST LETTER YOU HAVE IS FROM COASTAL BAYS AND ESTUARIES. AND THE SECOND LETTER YOU SHOULD HAVE IS FROM SAN PATRICIO SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT 324. 48 TO. OKAY. THE THIRD THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IS COASTAL PLAINS INTEGRATED HEALTH, FORMERLY MHMR. IT'S FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES. AND THEY ARE ASKING TO BE MAINTAINED AT THE SAME BUDGET OF $48,000 ANNUALLY FOR 2027. THEN WE HAVE THE ADC. SAN DIEGO COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE AGAIN, THE ARE MAINTAINING THEIR WANTING TO MAINTAIN THEIR SAME FUNDING OF 150,000 FOR 2027. THEN WE HAVE LEGAL AID. TEXAS, GRAND TEXAS, RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID.

THEY PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES FOR DISABLED, ELDERLY AND LOW INCOME. AND THEIR LETTER, THEY'VE INCLUDED SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE SAME FUNDING IN PREVIOUS YEARS OF $15,000. YOU HAVE THE TRI COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE SHERIFF. OKAY. HE'S GOING TO DO THAT ONE. OKAY. HIS OKAY. OKAY, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE FUN PART. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. NO, NO. WHAT DOES HE SAY? MISTER KIPPY, YOU'RE UP. AND YOU KNOW, I'M USED TO TALKING TO THREE YEAR OLDS. I KNOW YOU'RE USED TO TALKING TO ALL US KIDS. YOU GOT A VERY GOOD TARGET AUDIENCE RIGHT HERE. YES. FIRST, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ALL THE WAY. YOU SUPPORTED

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OH OKAY. YOU DIDN'T DISAPPOINTED RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD READ IT OR NOT.

YOU ALL CAN READ BUT MAYBE I, I JUST LIKE THE FACT WE'RE HAPPY AT THE END. ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A HANDSOME MAN WHO TRAVELED THE LAND TELLING STORIES IN EVERY SCHOOL AND LIBRARY. ONCE A YEAR HE TRAVELED TO THE WISE JUDGE AND EQUALLY WISE COMMISSIONERS, AND REQUESTED MONEY FOR THE NEXT YEAR SO THAT HE COULD TRAVEL AROUND TELLING MORE STORIES.

THOUGH THE STORYTELLER WAS BETTER AT TELLING STORIES TO CHILDREN, THIS YEAR, HE MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE HANDSOME JUDGE, AN EQUALLY HANDSOME COMMISSIONERS, TO GIVE HIM ALL THE FUNDS HE FELT HE NEEDED. NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT ONCE THE STORYTELLER RECEIVED ALL THAT HE ASKED FOR, SUDDENLY THERE WAS ENOUGH WATER FOR FARMERS, INDUSTRY AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS. IT WAS NEVER AGAIN TOO HOT OR TOO COLD. NO ONE IN THE LAND WAS EVER ILL AGAIN. AND, WELL, BASICALLY EVERYONE LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. MISTER, MISTER KP, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR SPEAKING. YOUR MATHEMATICS IS BAD MATHEMATICS. I'D LIKE TO KNOW ON THIS PICTURE, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU SEE? I SEE FIVE TIES AND TIES. YOU ACTUALLY SEE JUST ONE, SIR. THERE YOU GO. I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOOD WITH. YOU. JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL.

STORY. THAT'S A GOOD STORY. A LOT OF SUCKING UP GOING ON IN THAT STORY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

WELL, BECAUSE OF YOU, I WAS ABLE TO DO 1779 PROGRAMS THIS YEAR. IT'S LIKE 50 A WEEK. WE HAD 83,620 PEOPLE ATTEND. WOW. DID ALL THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT WE ALSO DID FILMING FOR THE ALPHABET FILM. I FILMED GIRAFFES, EMUS, CASSOWARIES, CAMELS IN MATHIS AND DONUTS AND PIZZAS IN ODOM AND WENT TO THE PICKLE FACTORY IN TAFT CANDY FACTORY IN SINTON. WE DID HORSES AND TRAILERS, HORSES AND TRACTORS IN ARANSAS PASS IN PORTLAND. I GOT TO GO INTO THE MOVIE THEATER ALL BY MYSELF, WHICH IS NIFTY, AND WE'VE BEEN FILMING A LOT OF THINGS IN THE LITTLE LIBRARY IN PORTLAND, WHICH I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. IT'S A REALLY NIFTY LITTLE LIBRARY, AND I DON'T THINK IT REALLY GETS USED VERY MUCH AT ALL. WE FILMED A NEW PARK IN INGLESIDE. I GOT TO RIDE ON THE ZAMBONI AT A ICE RACE GAME, INTRODUCING THE CEMETERY COUNTY LIBRARY IN MISSISSIPPI, AND I GOT TO RIDE OUT ON THE ZAMBONI, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL. I ALSO DID H HELICOPTER AND MY WIFE AND I AND A CAMERAMAN AND A PILOT ALL GOT INTO A HELICOPTER THAT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A WASHING MACHINE BOX. THEY WEIGHED US ALL BEFORE WE GOT IN THERE. THE HELICOPTER DIDN'T START. THEY TOLD US TO WAIT IN THE LOBBY.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO CHANGE A BATTERY, DROVE UP, CHANGED THE BATTERY. AFTER A WHILE WE SAW IT GET STARTED. AND THEN HE COMES INTO THE LOBBY AND SAYS, WELL, I'M NOT A PILOT, BUT I THINK I GOT IT GOING. AS WE WALK TO THE HELICOPTER, THE CAMERAMAN'S WIFE WAS ASKING HIM FOR HIS INSURANCE CARDS AND HIS CREDIT CARDS AND, WELL, BUT WE MADE IT. WE. IT'S BEEN A REAL ADVENTURE, AND I'VE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. AND WHEN I TELL PEOPLE I WAS AT THE PICKLE FACTORY IN TAFT OR THE CANDY FACTORY, AND THEY SEEMED SURPRISED. AND I THINK SAN PATRICIO COUNTY HAS A LOT OF COOL STUFF. THE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE NEW LIBRARY IN TAFT, BUT IT'S REALLY AMAZING AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DONE A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY, JUST THAT HAVING THAT BUILDING THERE. AND IT'S REALLY NIFTY. I TRIED TO KEEP THE BUDGET THE SAME, BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE IT GOES UP A LITTLE BIT NO MATTER WHAT I DO.

I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THE CLASSIFICATION FOR MY SECRETARY COULD BE CHANGED FROM CLERK ONE

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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. WE. I HAVE THE LITERACY COORDINATOR HERE TOO. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M SORRY FOR MY PRESENTATION. OH, IT'S A HIGHLIGHT. IT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR PRESENTATION.

TO SEE WHAT YOU PRESENT. I'M HAPPY YOU HAVE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT AND YOUR GOALS. AND.

OKAY, INTOXILYZER. WAIT A MINUTE. OH, IS SHE GOING TO TALK? OH, SORRY. I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. CHRISTINA JOLLY, SAN PATRICIA COUNTY ADULT LITERACY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. AND IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOLLOWING. MR. KIPE, I WILL SAY THAT I'M NOT AS ENTERTAINING, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY YOU'LL HAVE MY LETTER. I'M ASKING FOR A $5,000 INCREASE. YOU ALL WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE US 25000 LAST YEAR. I WANT TO USE THAT FUND THOSE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY TO HIRE A PART TIME ADMINISTRATOR. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY SECURE MANY GRANTS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, AND I DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME WITH THE DATA ENTRY TO MEASURE THE STUDENT OUTCOMES. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE SERVED FOR THE 2020 526 SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD 711 STUDENTS. WE HAD 476 STUDENTS IN OUR GED PROGRAM, A TOTAL OF 235 WHO ARE LEARNING ENGLISH. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS THURSDAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR GED GRADUATION. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INVITED, AND WE HAVE EIGHT GRADUATES THAT WILL BE GRADUATING. AND SO I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE CHANGING LIVES THROUGH LITERACY, AND I AM IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THIS, THIS JOB AND THIS ROLE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. SO AGAIN, THE INCREASE WOULD BE $5,000 FROM LAST YEAR.

WELL, I APPLAUD YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THERE'S MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY AND FINALLY GETTING OUT AND GETTING THEIR GEDS AND SO FORTH. AND WHEN YOU GO TO A GRADUATION AND YOU ALMOST SEE THE TEARS IN THEIR EYES WHEN THEY'RE GETTING THEIR DIPLOMAS, THE LAST ONE WAS DOWN IN GREGORY, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, AND THE SHERIFF WAS THERE, NORMA WAS THERE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND WE'RE GRACIOUS ENOUGH. WE'LL BE THERE. AWESOME TO ACTUALLY HAVE SCHNEER THERE GOING TO. THEY ARE OUR SPONSOR FOR OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY THIS YEAR AGAIN. SO THANK YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THURSDAY EVENING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE INTOXILYZER. YOU BRING SAMPLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY, OKAY. GOOD MORNING. SO MY NAME IS MARIE MONTOYA. I AM WITH THE INTOXILYZER PROGRAM.

AND THE BUDGET PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME. SO THE BREAKDOWN ARANSAS COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE, RIGHT? FOR 10% OF THE BUDGET. NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO 45%. SO SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IS LOOKING CLOSE TO 69,000. BUT PLEASE DO REMEMBER THAT CORPUS CHRISTI PD DOES HAVE A SEPARATE CONTRACT, AND THEY PAY US $28,000 EVERY YEAR TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF THE PROGRAM. THE SALARY I INCLUDED THAT 1.4 INCREASE. THAT'S OPTIONAL. THAT WAS JUST WHAT THE SURVEY STUDY HAD SUGGESTED. SO I JUST INCLUDED THAT. ANOTHER SLIGHT INCREASE IS IN MY TRAVEL BUDGET THAT WENT UP 500 BUCKS, BECAUSE I DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRAVEL, BECAUSE I'M DOING A TOTAL OF SIX SCHOOLS THAT I TRAVEL FOR. WHEN I DO OPERATOR SCHOOLS, THREE

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WE'LL MOVE ON HERE. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT SIX. I DON'T SEE HER HERE. PARKS. KIMBERLY.

THANK YOU.

TO. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS. OKAY, SO I'M NOT CHANGING A LOT. A LOT IS STAYING THE SAME. BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES ON HERE. AND MOST OF THE CHANGE COMES FROM THE MAG STUDY, FROM THE EMPLOYEE SALARY. AND ALSO I'M REQUESTING THAT I GET A LEAD MAN FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THE PARK HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO UPGRADE AND DO, AND WE NEED THOSE THAT EXPERIENCE. I DID ALSO INCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT BUDGET. OF COURSE, I'M GRANT FUNDED THIS YEAR AFTER TALKING TO HR. THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DECIDED. BUT OF COURSE THAT CAN CHANGE AT ANY TIME. DOWN TO THE SERVICES AND CHARGES. I INCLUDED EXTRA FUNDS FOR CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL AS THERE WAS DONE PRIOR. I INCREASED UTILITIES JUST IN CASE WE HAVE MORE RV RENTALS. AND ALSO FOR FRED JONES. I ALSO INCLUDED POSTAGE AND PRINTING FOR THE UPCOMING WORK THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR. AND TO SUPPLIES. I'M KEEPING MOST OF THE NUMBERS THE SAME. I AM INCREASING. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. FOR FUTURE EVENTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT I'LL BE DOING. I'M ALREADY DOING SOME THIS YEAR. THERE'S NOT A BUDGET FOR IT, SO I'M GOING TO TRANSFER SOME MONEY, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MORE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. AND THEN THE OTHER SUPPLIES, THAT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE PULLING MONEY FROM. AND THEN I'M KEEPING EVERYTHING ELSE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. ANY QUESTIONS? WHICH MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ARE YOU BUYING FOR THIS YEAR, FOR THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? NEXT YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR? WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY GETTING ANOTHER TRUCK OR DOOLEY IS WORKING WHENEVER IT WANTS. HE WAS MAN AT ONE TIME IN A TRACTOR. YEAH, YEAH. I, I ASKED THE COURT TO CONSIDER THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE ARE WE'RE STARTING FROM NOTHING. AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS PARK WAS NEGLECTED. ALL THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE'RE STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO. WE'VE GOT PUMPS OUT THERE, WATER WELLS THAT HADN'T WORKED IN TEN YEARS. WE GOT TOILETS THAT HADN'T WORKED. AND EIGHT YEARS SHE'S THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO GO TO CATCH UP. THESE ARE OLD. SO SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME MONEY TO GET IT BACK UP. YEAH. YOU KNOW HOW OLD THEY ARE. IT'S THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT YOU HAD. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. SO NOT REPAIRING IT HAS MADE OTHER OTHER PROBLEMS FOR US. YEAH. OUR BACK HOSE DOWN THE TRUCKS WORK WHEN THEY WANT. OH YOU HAD A BRAND NEW BACKHOE IN 2017. THAT ONE STILL WORKS. AND THAT ONE WE HAVE, IT'S THE OLDER ONE AT THE BIGGER PARK THAT DOESN'T WANT TO WORK WITH THE FLAT TIRES BEEN LAST YEAR. YEAH. OKAY.

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. SO I HAVE TWO GRANTS, THE PHIG, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. THAT GRANT ENDS IN NOVEMBER 2027. IT IS 100% GRANT FUNDED, NO COST TO THE COUNTY. THE SECOND GRANT THAT I HAVE IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027, THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT WILL CONTINUE PROVIDING SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES WITHIN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE PROPOSED PAY PLAN INCREASE AND RISING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, GRANT FUNDING ALONE IS NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO FULLY SUPPORT ALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL PREPAREDNESS EXPECTATIONS AND ENSURE CONTINUITY READINESS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS, DISEASE OUTBREAKS, AND RESPONSE OPERATIONS. I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING COUNTY SUPPORT IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 THE REQUESTED COUNTY CONTRIBUTED CONTRIBUTIONS WILL SUPPORT ESSENTIAL OPERATIONAL NEEDS THAT ARE NOT FULLY COVERED BY THE GRANT FUNDING DUE TO THE PROPOSED PAY PLAN, AND GRANT FUNDING IS NOT INCREASING. I AM REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING. SO IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE ON THE 2027, I AM REQUESTING FOR CONFERENCE AND ASSOCIATION DUES, AND THE REASON WHY I'M REQUESTING THAT IS BECAUSE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE GRANT IS NOT INCREASING, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF THE CONFERENCES. THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ME TO GO TO. SO I AM ASKING FOR SOME MONEY FOR THAT. I'M ALSO REQUESTING FOR TELEPHONE, WHICH IS THE MIFI. THAT IS, I DO HAVE THAT AND I MY DEPARTMENT NEEDS IT FOR IF I'M OUT ON MEETINGS OR ANYTHING COMES UP AND I HAVE TO TALK TO DSHS, CDC, I, AND I HAVE TO USE THE COMPUTER. I HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. THE PRINTING. I AM REQUESTING PRINTING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET BUSINESS CARDS AND PRINT FLIERS AND STUDENT MANUALS FOR WHEN I'M TEACHING CLASSES, OR EVEN IF I GO TO THESE CLASSES AND TRAVEL, IF I'M ABLE TO GET THE GO TO THE CONFERENCES TRAVEL, WE NEED TO BE INCLUDED INTO THAT WITH THE HOTELS AND THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES WITH THAT. THE MISCELLANEOUS AND SURCHARGES, I MEAN MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. I AM REQUESTING SOME FUNDING FOR THAT TOO, BECAUSE WHEN I DO MY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE PRINTABLE FLIERS AND STUFF THAT WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL TO THE PUBLIC AND GENERAL SUPPLIES AND FUEL FUEL. EVEN THOUGH I USE THE COUNTY VEHICLES, I STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT GAS INTO THE COUNTY VEHICLES. SO I WOULD NEED SOME FUNDING FOR THAT. AND SOME OF THESE MEETINGS ARE CRITICAL. I ATTEND. SO FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT, THE INVESTMENT WILL ENSURE CONTINUITY OF PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AND PREVENT PRESERVE THE COUNTY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES RESPONSE CAPABILITIES. THE REQUESTED FUNDING SERVES AS A CONTINGENCY. MEASURES TO OFFSET THE FUNDING GAP CREATED BY INCREASED PERSONNEL COSTS, WHILE ALLOWING THE COUNTY TO CONTINUE BENEFITS FROM SIGNIFICANT STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT SUPPORT. SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE TWO. THIS SHOWS ALL THE DISEASES THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO US, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND STATE, AND IT TELLS YOU THE TIMES AND WITHIN THE DAYS OR WEEKS THAT IT'S REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO US. IF YOU GO TO PAGE THREE, AND FOR ALL THE DISEASES THAT ARE

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OKAY, CONSTABLE. PRECINCT SIX. CODY.

THANK YOU SIR.

WANT TO JUDGE? GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. SO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO LAST YEAR'S. I DID MAKE A FEW INCREASES BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC STATE OF THE WORLD. SO I DID PUT SOME MORE IN FUEL AND TRAVEL, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE BIGGEST INCREASE, THOUGH, IS GOING TO BE IN THE SALARIES FOR MY TWO DEPUTIES.

THAT'S BASED OFF OF THE SALARY SURVEY THAT WAS DONE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME. JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, WITH HOUSE BILL 33 AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, COUNCILS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR A LITTLE MORE MONEY IN THEIR EQUIPMENT BUDGETS THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S JUST TO GET US IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCOLE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECK ALL THOSE BOXES WHENEVER THEY COME AROUND TO DO THEIR AUDITS, WHICH SHOULD BE COMING UP HERE PRETTY SOON. NORMALLY FOR MY BUDGET, I MAKE A BIGGER PRESENTATION, BUT I'M GOING THROUGH MY AUDIT RIGHT NOW. SO I SPENT ALL WEEK DEALING WITH THAT. BUT EVERYTHING IS IS PRETTY WELL STAYED THE SAME. JUST SOME MINOR INCREASES HERE AND THERE.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALLY GO CRAZY WITH ANYTHING, NOT ASKING FOR A HELICOPTER OR A SPACESHIP OR ANYTHING. SO I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I NEED ONE OF THOSE. IF YOU WANT TO BUY ME A HELICOPTER, I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ONE. BUT. I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE. BUT I THINK I THINK GARY AT THE AIRPORT CAN HELP ME. SO GO FOR HOVERCRAFT, THAT'S FOR SURE. YEAH, YEAH. YOU

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SO THEY'RE IF THEY IF THEY'RE MEETING NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, AS THEY SHOULD EXPECT SOME MORE UNFUNDED MANDATES. SO YOU HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT IN THIS BUDGET, THOUGH. I INCLUDED IT IN MINE. OKAY. IT'S IN 650. OKAY. SO YOU GOT IT IN THERE. IT'S IT'S IN THERE. AND SO WITH HOUSE BILL 33, THE BREACHING TOOLS AND THE BALLISTIC SHIELD. AND THEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 1701 THERE ARE THINGS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE TO HAVE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT I WANT CLARIFICATION FROM TCOLE ON, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO START CHECKING THOSE BOXES, TOO. THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT EVERYBODY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PAYING ATTENTION TO RIGHT NOW, AND TCOLE IS REALLY STARTING TO HAMMER DOWN ON THIS STANDARD FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. SO. TO QUALIFY AS A INSURANCE TOOL, IT DOES. OKAY. I'M, I'M A BREACHING INSTRUCTOR. SO I KNOW THE KIND OF TOOLS THAT I LIKE AND I'M, I'M COVERED. I ALREADY HAVE ONE BECAUSE I PAID FOR IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET JUST BECAUSE I WANTED ONE, BECAUSE I LIKE TO BREAK STUFF. BUT AND I'M TODAY AS CONSTABLE HUTCHINS'S FIRST DAY BACK. SO AS SOON AS I'M DONE HERE, I'M GOING TO GO HELP HIM WITH HIS BUDGET. SO. I DO. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS CODY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. JAMES.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY BUDGET IS BASICALLY STAYING THE SAME. I'M ACTUALLY $4,000 UNDER WHAT I AM THIS YEAR. I HAVE A FEW SMALL INCREASES CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION DUES. I'M ADDING 200. VEHICLE REPAIRS, A ONE 150 SOFTWARE LICENSING. I'M ADDING 500. I ANTICIPATE GETTING COPS INK BY THE END OF THE YEAR OUT OF THIS BUDGET. IN THE 12, IT'S $1,200 A YEAR FOR THE SOFTWARE FOR FIVE YEARS, I'M TAKING $50 OUT OF MY POSTAGE, $100 OUT OF MY PRINTING. I'M ADDING $200 TO TRAVEL, AND THEN I'M ADDING $1,000 UNDER 650, AND THAT'S TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE HOUSE BILL 33 REQUIRED ITEMS, WHICH I'M ANTICIPATING GETTING THE BULK OF OUT OF THIS BUDGET YEAR. AND THEN WHATEVER I DON'T GET, I'LL GET IT NEXT YEAR. CAN YOU OPERATE ON THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUEL? YEAH, I THINK I CAN GET BY WITH EVERYTHING THE WAY IT IS. OKAY, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I BRING THIS DOWN TO OUR RECESS. WHO'S IN HERE THAT HAS A BUDGET THAT'S READY? COME ON. JOHN.

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WHAT DOES THAT GET YOU? WELL, LAST YEAR I HAD TO GET A NEW SET OF TIRES, BUT THIS YEAR AND MY TRUCK HAS ABOUT 55000 MILES ON IT. AND I NOTICED THE THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS COMING THAT I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THIS YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY ON MY VEHICLE. SO YOU HAVE A VEHICLE REPAIR LINE WITH $1,500, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'VE HAD THIS YEAR, RIGHT? VEHICLE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ZERO BEFORE AND NOW YOU HAVE 3000. SO I JUST OR ARE YOU ANTICIPATING PURCHASING SOMETHING? I NEED TO GET A COPIER. YEAH. THERE WE GO. I THINK I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUYING SOMETHING COPIER AND ALSO, WELL PROBABLY TAKE OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SCANNER, BUT MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S IS THE COPY MACHINE OKAY? MAINLY WHEN I WAS AT THE ELECTIONS, I HAD ACCESS TO COLOR COPY 11 BY 17 PAPER SIZE. THIS YEAR I DO NOT, SO I AND THAT'S THAT'LL BE A MAJOR EXPENSE. JOHN, DO YOU HAVE A DRONE, A DRONE OR ANYTHING? NO, I DO NOT. THESE PROJECTS. NO, THAT THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. SOMETHING YOU NEED TO MAYBE PUT IN FOR THAT BECAUSE WE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS. I KNOW SOME OF MY BRIDGE WORK AND STUFF THAT WE NEED. YEAH. DRONE. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE FLOOD ON 1694. WATER DID TOP THE BRIDGE. PRECINCT THREE DID CLOSE THE ROAD, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A A BRAND NEW STRUCTURE THERE. I MEAN, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DOES HAVE A NICE DRONE. THEY DON'T VOLUNTEER TO HELP WORK WITH Y'ALL. WELL, WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DO FURTHER COORDINATION. YOU GOT LIKE A $50,000 DRONE. EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR OWN TOOLS. YEAH. YES, I KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. JUST BACK TO THE COPIER. PLEASE COORDINATE WITH PATRICK ON THE COPIER. WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE A JOINT THING FOR THE RIGHT. YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THEIR BUDGET READY, CONSTABLE? PRECINCT ONE HAS HE JUST SAID I'VE GOT MINE READY.

BUT, I MEAN, I'M SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON. YOU WANT TO GO? I'D LIKE TO GO TO LUNCH. GOT PRECINCT ONE HERE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK OVER HIS BUDGET TOO, AS WELL. SO WE CAN CHECK HIM OFF.

PRECINCT. PRECINCT, PRECINCT ONE. CONSTABLE. PRECINCT ONE. SUPPOSED TO COME BACK IN MONDAY TO GO TO WORK. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. OKAY, SO WHEREVER HE'S IN, WHERE'S ALL THIS COMING, COMMISSIONER, I THINK. OKAY. I GUESS IF WE'RE READY TO TAKE A LUNCH BREAK UNTIL 1:00. WELL, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RECESS AT 1130. WELL, THAT'S JUST TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM YOU, SO. OKAY, SO WE WILL RECESS BUDGET PRESENTATION, 11:38 A.M. AND RECONVENE AT ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE.

[1. RECESS to June 9th, 2026, 9:00 am, at Commissioners Court Room, 1301 E. Sinton Street, Suite C, Sinton, TX 78387]

[0. RECONVENE June 9, 2026 at 9:00 am in Commissioners Court room, 1301 E. Sinton Street, Suite C, Sinton, TX 78387]

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[1. BUDGET PRESENTATIONS: Presenters will present in the order they arrive during the Budget Presentation item 9:00 -10:00 am * CASA - Jennifer Knapp, Bee County CASA Dir * CACOST - April Anzaldua, Exec Director * Child Welfare Board - Monica Adams *  Environmental Health/Animal Control - Gabriel Arroyo * Buildings & Yards - John Doria * Gov't Legal Affairs/PIO - Chris Dorsey/Tricia Astin/Debra Sanders * Flood Plain Mgmt/Permitting - Susan Boutwell * Auditors - Patrick Kieschnick * Commissioner Pct 4 - Howard Gillespie 10:00 - 11:00 am * County Court at Law #1 - Judge Elizabeth Welborn * Justice of the Peace Pct 4 - Judge Karen Diaz * Constable Pct 4 - Paul Good * Emergency Management/GIS/Safety/N911 - Scott Marion * Justice of the Peace Pct 2 - Danny Garza * County Clerk - Gracie Alaniz-Gonzales * District Clerk - Heather Marks * Justice of the Peace Pct 5 - Judge Nere Villarreal * Justice of the Peace Pct 1 - Judge Leslie DeAses * County Attorney - Tamara Cochran - May]

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CHILD WELFARE BOARD. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MONICA ADAMS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN PATRICIO COUNTY CHILD WELFARE BOARD. WE WE HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED 51 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE CPS CASES THAT ORIGINATE HERE IN THIS COUNTY. ONLY. WE HAVE PROVIDED ANYTHING FROM CLOTHING, FOOD. THIS LAST YEAR WE PROVIDED A CAP AND GOWN. INVITATIONS FOR A CHILD THAT LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN.

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WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW SIGN. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. OKAY? ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. AND ANIMAL CONTROL.

GOOD MORNING. I'M GOING TO USE ANIMAL CONTROL FIRST. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL, IT'S PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I AM ASKING FOR A NEW VEHICLE FOR THIS DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE OVERTIME BUDGET. I ALSO DID INCLUDE THE MAG SURVEY STUDY INCREASE ON THE EMPLOYEE DETAIL SHEET. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY LAST PAGE, I'VE KIND OF BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP BEFORE IN REGARDS TO CREATING AN ON CALL POLICY FOR HOUR AFTER HOUR CALLS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING THIS TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION TO SEE IF I CAN GET THIS, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A POLICY THAT THE COUNTY WILL APPROVE. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. ENVIRONMENTAL. THERE IS SOME SLIGHT INCREASES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUDGET. IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM, I AM ASKING FOR TWO VEHICLES TO REPLACE TWO VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE THAT BOTH ONE HAS 100/140 000 MILES AND ONE HAS, YOU KNOW, LITTLE OVER 100 000. SO 2015 AND A 2017 YEAR MODEL PICKUP TRUCKS. I LIKE TO GET THOSE REPLACED. I ALSO HAD A LITTLE SLIGHT INCREASE GOING FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM IN FUEL DUE TO THE UNKNOWN. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO IF IT'S CONTINUE TO GO UP. SLIGHT INCREASE IN MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL SUPPLIES AND VEHICLES REPAIRS AND ALSO A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE OVERTIME BUDGET AS WELL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. I ALSO DID INCLUDE THE SURVEY INCREASES IN THE BUDGET DETAIL FOR THE POSITIONS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE, NOPE. ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. BUILDING YARDS. BE HERE A WHILE. MORNING. WE GOT 580. THE ADMIN YOU CAN SEE ON 626 WE WENT AHEAD AND MOVED UP ON THE FUEL. OH 25 TO 30% AND ON 740 I'M PUTTING IN FOR TWO NEW VEHICLES. SEE IF WE CAN REPLACE THE OLDER ONES. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? SO I KNOW YOU DO YOUR BUDGET BY BUILDING. YES, SIR. SO ARE THOSE VEHICLES THEN KIND OF ASSIGNED TO THAT BUILDING OR HOW DOES THAT WORK. YES, SIR. YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE KIND OF ASSIGNED TO THAT 580 RIGHT. THE EMPLOYEES, I GET THAT. SO BUT THE VEHICLES ARE TWO AS WELL. OH, WE KIND OF THEY, THEY, THEY'RE ASSIGNED OF CERTAIN VEHICLE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL THE TIME. IF SOMEONE'S HAULING THE TRAILER OR SOME, OF COURSE THEY'LL SWAP OUT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT PRETTY MUCH IT'S ASSIGNED TO THIS DEPARTMENT. OKAY. OKAY. COURTHOUSE 582. I KNOW WE'RE LEAVING THE COURTHOUSE SOON,

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SO IT'S JUST SO MUCH PENETRATION, SO MUCH TRAFFIC UP THERE. YOU KNOW, THE HVAC WATER LINES. GOT IT. IT'S A BIG JOB. ONCE YOU RAISE INSULATION ON ROOFS, THAT THE NUMBERS ARE JUST SO HIGH. WELL, AND YOU DON'T SEE NO MORE GRAVEL ROOFS SINCE OH THREE, YOU KNOW, SO.

OKAY. ARANSAS PASS 225 WHEELER. I WENT AHEAD AND ADDED SOME MONEY THERE FOR THE JP'S WINDOW AND HER WOODWORK AROUND HER COURTROOM. IT'S SWEATING ALL THE TIME. IT'S ALL SWELLED UP.

AND THEN THE BACK DOOR DON'T HAVE NO COVER ON THAT BACK DOOR. AND WE GOT A LOT OF SWELLING ON THAT WALL. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WATERPROOFING, A LITTLE BIT OF MILLWORK AND SOME GLASS REPLACEMENT. THAT'S OH, AND A CANOPY FOR THE BACK DOOR TO COVER IT. SO THAT'S 225 WHEELER.

1212 WHEELER. WE WENT AHEAD AND LEFT THAT ALONE. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET A NEW. SHE'S WORKING ON A BUILDING OR SOMETHING THERE. MATHIS. ON MISCELLANEOUS. I WASN'T SURE WHAT COAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN, BUT ON THE PARKING LOT, IF WE GRAB A MODULAR BUILDING OVER THERE, I KNOW THE JP WAS WANTING TO PUT IT IN A CERTAIN POSITION FACING NORTH FACING EAST. SO RIGHT THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THE BFE TRUCK GOES IN THERE AND GETS THE DUMPSTER AND IT'S A REAL SOFT SPOT. SO I GOT WITH HERNANDEZ AND WE CAME UP WITH THE NUMBER MAYBE TO PUT SOME KIND OF SEAL CODE AND SOME BASE. SO THAT'S WHY WE INCREASED THAT 5000. YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT NOW KIND OF PUT A LITTLE BIT OF BASE ON THE SOFT SPOT AND SEAL COAT IT FOR HER PARKING AND RELOCATE THAT DUMPSTER. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN FRONT OF THE DUMPSTER? I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RELOCATE IT RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO PUT CONCRETE THERE. OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO TEAR UP THAT THAT SECTION OF THE PARKING LOT. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT IN THE WICK SIDE, THERE'S A CONCRETE SLAB. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS FOR. I THINK IT WAS FOR THE RV. THERE'S A CONCRETE PIECE THERE, A SLAB, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY APPROACH THAT DUMPSTER. I THINK THAT WAS FOR THE PARKING OF THE BLOODMOBILE OR SOME KIND OF MOBILE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF THAT BUILDING, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS THAT THAT WE GET ON THAT BUILDING IS, IS, IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT JP CAME IN YESTERDAY AND HAD SOME PHOTOS OF JUST LACK OF MAINTENANCE. WE

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OH YES SIR, MY GUYS WILL VERIFY THAT. AND THE WORK ORDERS THERE. SO. YES, SIR. OKAY. WELL, SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU THERE THEN SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU THERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OH, BUT SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC RIGHT THERE ABOUT THAT, WHEN THERE'S SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, LIKE SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE JP AND THE TAX ASSESSOR, WE WERE DOING A JOB AT THE TAX ASSESSOR, AND THE JP CAME OVER AND ASKED US, WHY DIDN'T WE INFORM HER THAT WE WERE DOING THAT JOB FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR? WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD TO. I MEAN, IT DIDN'T BOTHER NOTHING. THERE WAS NO NOISE. IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A A SEA CHANGE UP.

IT DIDN'T AFFECT HER SIDE. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO, I'LL DO JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT I GOTTA DO. BUILDING. OKAY. THE TAFT. JP. I THINK THE ONLY THING I PUT IN THERE WAS FOR SOME SIGNAGE. I KNOW SHE'S DOING THE ROOF. I KNOW SHE PRESENTED A WAIT A MINUTE BUDGET SIGNAGE. I'M DOING IT RIGHT NOW, SIR. I'M DOING SIGNAGE FOR HER BUILDING RIGHT NOW. ARE YOU OKAY? WELL, I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE I KNOW SHE HAD ASKED ME TO DO IT. SHE HAD ASKED ME TO DO SOME SIGNAGE WORK FOR SOME PRICING BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF HER BUDGET. WE NEEDED WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT WHAT SIGNAGE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'M, I'M DOING A LOT OF SIGNAGE FOR HER RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YES, SIR. YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF UN CLARITY THAT WE HAD, BUT I WAS WORKING ON IT WITH WITH PENNY AND FIND OUT WHAT ELSE SIGNAGE WE NEED TO GET DONE. YES, SIR. SAME MACHINE, UP AND RUNNING. EVERYTHING'S DOING OKAY. WE'VE BEEN MAKING SIGNS. SO, JUDGE, THIS IS ONE OF THE BUDGETS YESTERDAY THAT SHE HAD MAINTENANCE ITEMS IN HER BUDGET THAT I THINK SHOULD BE LISTED ON THIS BUDGET. WELL THOSE OVER.

YEAH. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MONEY IS INCLUDED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE. I KNOW WE'VE LEFT IN THEIR BUDGET, BUT WHEN WE GET INTO THE BIGGER STUFF, WE PULL THAT OVER AND GET IT INTO JOHN'S BUDGET. I'D BE GLAD THAT BILL FOR THE SIGNS. IF YOU CAN HAVE A SIGNAGE, GIVE YOU A BILL.

BUT I THINK SHE HAS HER REPAIRS AND HE'S GOT ROOF REPAIRS ON HIS. I THINK I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE HIM A BILL FOR THE SIGNS, BUT. OKAY, WELL, THAT WAS THE TAFT BUILDING. THE PORTLAND ANNEX 592. I PUT IN THERE 200 FOR THE BUILDING, REPAIRS FOR A NEW ROOF. THAT'S AN OLD GRAVEL ROOF. WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS THERE. LUCKILY, WE STOPPED THE MAIN LEAKS, BUT IT CAN BE REPLACED. YOU KNOW, IT'S DETERIORATING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT THERE.

PORTLAND TAX OFFICE. I KNOW I GOT WITH MARCY ABOUT THE THE 441. I HOPE THAT'S THE CORRECT NUMBER. I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE ACTUAL CONTRACT OR ANYTHING THAT WAS FOR THE RENTAL. AND WE THREW IN SOME NUMBERS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD WORK OUT. SO SINCE WE'RE ON THE PORTLAND TAX OFFICE, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE BUILD OUT OF THAT BUILDING, SIR? WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE BUILD OUT OF THAT BUILDING? THEY JUST GOT IN THE THE DRAWINGS FINALIZED.

OKAY. WELL, THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE LIKE A THREE YEAR PROJECT. YES, SIR. IT SURE HAS. WITH THIS NEW GROUP THAT WE GOT IN MARTINEZ AND ASSOCIATES, THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE HEADING OVER THERE, GIVE ME A HEADS UP AND I'LL MEET YOU THERE JUST SO I CAN TAKE A LOOK. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. INGLESIDE HEALTH CLINIC, 594. WE PUT 5000 IN FOR THE PARKING LOT. ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT SOME SOFT SPOTS WHERE THE GRASS IS GROWING THROUGH THE PAVEMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR A SEAL COAT. HERNANDEZ HELPED ME WITH THAT NUMBER THERE. YES, MA'AM. I KNOW THE CITY OF INGLESIDE HAS KIND OF TORN UP THE PARKING LOT AND STUFF THERE. WHERE DOES THE WICK BUILDING PARKING END? IN THE CITY'S BUILDING. PARKING LOT. BECAUSE ARE THEY TEARING UP SOME OF OUR TORE UP SOME OF OUR. THEN THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT. WHAT THEY'VE DAMAGED THEM, FIXING

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RESTITUTION. 598 EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME. MARKET STREET, ANNEX 600, DOPE PROBATION, NOT MUCH THERE. WAS THIS THE BUILDING YOU HAD TO DO? SUBSTANTIAL ROOF REPAIRS, RIGHT? IT WAS A SECTION OF THE ROOF. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO THE ROOF. EVERYTHING GOOD? GOOD. YES, SIR.

OKAY. I KNOW AT LEAST 4 OR 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT ROOFS. THAT SEEMS TO BE A IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A REPEAT OFFENDER. YES. YEAH. THAT WAS THAT WAS A STRANGE ROOF DESIGN ON THAT OLD ORIGINAL BUILDING. IT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. YES, SIR. VINEYARD EXTENSION. SURPLUS. I WENT AHEAD AND ADDED IN THE BUILDING REPAIRS TO REPLACE SOME OF THE WINDOWS THERE ON THE EXTENSION AGENT, THAT OLD DOCTOR PEPPER BUILDING, THEY HAD THOSE FOLDING WINDOWS, OLD ALUMINUM. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE OLD DPS OFFICE IN THERE RIGHT NOW? I BELIEVE IT'S VACANT BEING USED FOR STORAGE, BUT I GOT A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO FILL IT UP AS SOON AS WE MOVE OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE. I KNOW BOB HAD THOUGHT ABOUT ACTUALLY USING IT IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT. BUT I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD HAVE TO ASK HIS OFFICERS FOR A WHILE. YES, SIR. WE TOOK OUT THAT OLD CARPET AND STUFF, AND THEN WE GOT SLAMMED WITH SOME AUCTIONS, FURNITURE, AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF THE LIKE THE HAND SANITIZER, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. AND THEN THE LAST TIME I LOOKED IN THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS BEING USED FOR STORAGE.

YES, SIR. PRETTY FULL. THAT'S WHAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SIR. MA'AM. OH, THAT'S A GOOD ROOF. THAT WAS ONE OF THEM THAT GOT REPLACED ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO. EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

THE 604 ELECTIONS, EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH. EAST MARKET DPS. REALLY NO CHANGES. THE OLD BUILDING. 608 I PUT SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR SOME BUILDING REPAIRS. THAT MODULAR BUILDING HAD SOME FLOORING THAT'S GETTING SOFT AND SOME WALLS THAT ARE GETTING SOFT AND. WE MIGHT DO A LITTLE ADA RAMP, SOMETHING. WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING WITH THE RAMP OVER THERE. WHAT DO YOU GOT PLANNED THERE IN THE IN THE WHAT DO YOU GOT? WHAT KIND OF WORK YOU GOT PLANNED? SOME FLOORING AND SOME WALL WORK INSIDE THE BUILDING ITSELF. AND THEN THAT RAMP ON THE FRONT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SWING IT TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING NORTH. RIGHT NOW IT GOES WEST AND THEN SOUTH INTO Y'ALL'S YARD. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND SEE IF THE TEX-DOT WILL ALLOW US. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENT THERE, THE SIDEWALK, IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH SPACE. AND I KNOW THERE WAS A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE CUSHION IN THERE JUST TO KIND OF MAKE THAT RAMP, MAYBE TURN IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 610 OH, THIS, THIS BUILDING, THE ANNEX WALMART HERE, THERE AIN'T

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SO. I KNOW WE'RE CLOSING THE COURTHOUSE. SO IT'S THE SAME NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES MOVING FROM THE OLD COURTHOUSE TO THE NEW JUSTICE CENTER. HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH. SO, OKAY, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE IS GOING OUT HERE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I MEAN, YOUR EMPLOYEES. OH, MINE. YES, SIR. MY EMPLOYEES ARE BE HEADING TOWARDS THE JUSTICE CENTER. OKAY. YES, SIR.

BECAUSE IT'LL BE CLOSED. RIGHT. I MEAN, THEY'LL JUST TRANSFER OVER. AND ONCE WE OPEN BOTH, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND SEE WHAT WE GOT TO DO. ONCE WE OPEN BOTH, WE'LL CLOSE THIS BUILDING. SO THAT'LL HELP A LITTLE BIT. BUT YES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BALANCE ALL THAT OUT. YES, SIR. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE, BUT WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.

OKAY. EOC THERE WASN'T MUCH THERE. THE GRANT'S BUILDING. WELL I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT BUILDING THAT IS NAMED, BUT I PUT SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR THE SIGNAGE. WHATEVER WE GOT TO DO TO NAME IT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT. THAT'LL BE A PIECE OF METAL. PICK UP A SIGN. IT WOULD FIT RIGHT ON THAT WALL. YES, SIR. AND ALSO, ONE THING I DID FORGET WAS THAT GENERATOR THAT'S THERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS NATURAL GAS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DIESEL. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NATURAL GAS. PART OF THE GRANT WAS WRITTEN FOR NATURAL GAS. SOMEBODY CHANGED IT BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE AND TURNED IT INTO A DIESEL. AND THAT'S A LOT MORE MAINTENANCE THAN THE GAS GENERATOR. YES, SIR. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A ABILITY TO GET IT. MAYBE MY PREDECESSOR WENT DIESEL. OKAY, WELL, I KNOW AT THAT TIME IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET GENERATORS, RIGHT. EXTREMELY HARD. SO I THINK WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT WITH THE GETTING, YOU KNOW, A SERVICE ON IT. BUT THE ONLY THING I DID FORGET WAS THE FUEL. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A 100 GALLON TANK ON IT. SO DIESEL PRICES RIGHT NOW ARE $5 WOULD COVER IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD 500 TO 6, TWO SIX IF WE COULD ADD THAT ON THERE. IT IS SET UP TO RUN EVERY MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO WANT AN UPDATE ON MY JP BUILDING THURSDAY. UPDATE ON THERE. GET IN THERE. GET GET SOME OF THAT WORK ORDERS AND STUFF KNOCKED OUT. SHE'S GOT SOME ISSUES ON WINDOW LEAKAGE AND RIGHT AND STUFF. AND I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE IN HERE IN ABOUT 30 DAYS. OF WHAT. SURE. WE WALK OUT THERE WHENEVER YOU IF YOU LIKE TO MEET AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BUILDING AND WE'LL GO OVER IT AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE. YES, SIR. SO THE GRANT MANAGEMENT BUILDING, THAT IS YOUR OLD OFFICE BUILDING. YEAH. I MEAN, IT WAS ON SOMERVILLE. NEW BUILDING. SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SORRY. I NOTICED YOU WERE ON YESTERDAY AND YOU WERE IN COURT, SO YOU YOU GOT GO AHEAD AND GO NEXT SO YOU CAN GET BY. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE KREBBS AND AND COMMISSIONERS. THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT I'M REQUESTING TO MY BUDGET CONCERNING SALARIES IS MY COURT ADMINISTRATORS. THE SALARY STUDY THAT WAS DONE RECOMMENDED THAT SHE BE BUMPED TO THE MINIMUM. AND SO THAT IS THAT IS WHAT I AM REQUESTING, WHICH IS I BELIEVE IT'S CLOSE TO $6,000, WHICH GETS HER TO THE MINIMUM THAT IS IS STATED CURRENTLY. THE THE MINIMUM IS 50. EXCUSE ME. 63, 625. SHE'S AT 57. 889 SO I'M REQUESTING IT'S ABOUT $5,500 TO GET HER THERE. MY SALARY WILL INCREASE. I HIT MY FOUR YEAR MARK JANUARY

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AND SO MY POSTAGE WENT DOWN BY, I BELIEVE, $4,000, LET'S SEE, $4,000. SO IT'S KIND OF AN OFFSET THERE FROM POSTAGE TO MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FROM MY CURRENT BUDGET. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU JUDGE. OKAY. UP NEXT WILL BE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND PERMITTING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH OF MY BUDGET EXCEPT FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SOFTWARE LICENSE DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PLANS THAT ARE COMING TO MY OFFICE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME. JUST IN LICENSE ONLY. OKAY, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SORRY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. YOU WERE WANTING SOME. I GOT A FEW OF ME, JUDGE. I CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, NOT RIGHT NOW. I'M BEING NICE, OKAY? I'M BEING NICE. OKAY, OKAY. PATRICK AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT. OH. I'LL GET Y'ALL COPIES OF MINE. JUDGE WALLY KIND OF RAN THROUGH IT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WE DID. WE ARE ASKING A FOR AN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNT PAYABLE CLERK IN THE OFFICE, AND THEN RECLASSING AN ACCOUNT PAYABLE CLERK TO AN ACCOUNT PAYABLE LEAD IN MY OFFICE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT FROM FROM YESTERDAY. WHAT WE DID HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A MOTOR POOL. LAST YEAR, ORIGINALLY THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS TO GET TWO VEHICLES. WE DROPPED IT DOWN TO ONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT GETTING ANOTHER ONE THIS YEAR IN 2027. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO FAIRLY NEW VEHICLES IN IN THE MOTOR POOL. WE STILL HAVE THE 2010 TAHOE, THE 2015 SUBURBAN. AND THEN WE HAVE THE BLAZER AND THE BLAZER WE JUST BOUGHT IN 26. SO LOOKING TO GET ANOTHER VEHICLE HERE IN, IN. 27 SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL WE GOT FOR THE MOTOR POOL. EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH STAY THE SAME. INCREASE THE INSURANCE LOW BID FOR THE NEW VEHICLE. WE KEPT EVERYTHING ELSE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AT. SO YEAH, MY INSURANCE AND MY BUILDINGS INCREASE TOO. YES, I INSURANCE GOING UP. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT.

SO WHAT'S THE UTILIZATION RATE OF THESE VEHICLES? ARE THEY USED FAIRLY? THE NOT OFTEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE MILEAGE ON THE NEXT PAGE, THE 2010 TAHOES BEING USED, OUR OFFICE TRIES TO ROTATE THEM OUT WHENEVER WE GO OUT TO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER ELSE THAT GOES OUT TO DO AUDITS AND WHATNOT. AND SO I THINK I FORGOT WHAT OFFICE IT WAS. WAS IT THE HEALTH WHO USES THIS INDIGENT HEALTH? THERE YOU GO. INDIGENT HEALTH USES IT QUITE A BIT. AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. SO WE TRY TO ROTATE THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE GO ON OUR AUDITS. SO THAT WAY THEY'RE BEING USED. IS THERE A WAY TO CONTACT THESE

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WE'VE LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. WELL, I THINK I THINK WE CAN KEEP LETTING THEM KNOW WE WE SEE IT ON THE BILLS EVERY WEEK. SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING I KNOW. YES SIR. MILEAGE.

YEP. I AGREE AND THEY'RE THEY'RE HERE. LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL ALL HERE. YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE FORD TAURUS. AND IN THAT 2010 TAHOE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP AROUND THE AREA. BUT THEN THE COUNTY, FOR THE MOST PART, IT DOESN'T TRAVEL TOO FAR OUT OF COUNTY. IF IT DOES. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT GETTING ANOTHER ONE TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FEW VEHICLES TO GO OUT OF THE COUNTY OR WHEN WE GET THE NEW VEHICLE, THERE'S ONE OF THESE COME OFF OR YOU JUST ADDING IT. NO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADD ON TO IT. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO. ANYTHING ELSE? IS IT ALL RIGHT. OKAY, COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE OUT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. OH, I KNOW YOU DON'T. EVERY YEAR. DON'T YOU? EVERY YEAR. I MEAN, I, I WAS PROUD TO GO FIRST. I FELT GOOD ABOUT THAT, I GUESS. OKAY. FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE. FORD. THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I HAVE FOR NUMBERS FOR 25 ACTUAL AND 26 THIS YEAR DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE DOUBLE BILLED BY C K NEWBERRY TO DETERMINE ABOUT $174,000 OR SOMETHING THAT WAS MOVED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WHEN WE WERE CREDITED BACK THAT MONEY. SO UNDER SEAL COATING, IT SHOWS 22 TO 62. SO BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THAT WAS A -22. 262 WHATEVER. 362 AND THEN IT SHOULD BE 174 ADDED TO THE. 333 AND THEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, I PUT MONEY IN THAT THIS YEAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY, I MEAN, FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT BECAUSE $67,000 WORTH OF FENCE WORK, WE HAD TO PUT MONEY IN THERE. SO AND THEN MACHINERY, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, CAPITAL OUTLAY, GRAPPLER OURS IS A 1997 AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP. SO AND GET A GOOD PRICE ON ONE.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO THE SAME PEOPLE THAT YEAH YOU GO TO OH SIX WAS A.

THAT'S RIGHT. EXACTLY. NO. YEAH I KNOW, I KNOW I I'M FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD THERE. OKAY. COME SEE MINE. YOU'LL LOVE IT. OH I LOVE IT ALREADY. IT'S ALL GOOD. I TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. AS FAR AS RAISES, I'M GIVEN SOME STEP RAISES TO TWO OF MY PEOPLE ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE CREW AND.

AND THEN REALLY? OKAY. AND THEN I'M REQUESTING ANOTHER 802. AND I HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, TO THE TWO ADMIN ASSISTANTS BECAUSE OF THE, THE STUDY, YOU KNOW, THE LABOR STUDY. SO I DID THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, AND HE DIDN'T PRESENT THIS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. I'M ALSO GIVEN THE AIRPORT MANAGER A RAISE. AND AND I'LL HAVE HIM ADD THAT ELECTRONICALLY, BUT I WANTED TO PRESENT IT BEFORE I ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HAD HIM PUT IT IN THE SENATE AND, YOU KNOW, AND PUT HIS OWN RAISE IN. SO ANYWAY, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. AND I'LL MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS TO THE PAPERWORK HERE AND I'LL FORWARD ON ELECTRONICALLY. YEAH, YEAH. THE ONLY THING ON MY GRAPPLE TRUCK, I'M GONNA HAVE TO BUILD A LITTLE STAND BECAUSE DANIEL'S NOT THAT TALL. RIGHT? YEAH, HE TOLD ME ABOUT THAT. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. GOOD JOB. OKAY, LET'S SEE WHO WE GOT IN LINE HERE. KAREN'S NOT HERE. PAUL. YOU READY? GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. BASICALLY I'M STAYING. EVERYTHING'S STAYING THE SAME. I DO HAVE SOME LEGISLATED UPDATES THAT REQUIRE US TO ACQUIRE SOME EQUIPMENT FOR. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE.

YEAH. AND THE BALLISTIC SHIELD. YEAH. YEAH. YOU PROBABLY HEARD IT PLENTY OF TIMES ALREADY.

ALSO, JUST THE OTHER IS A FUEL INCREASE A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN I'M WORKING ON GETTING A BUDGETING FOR A VEHICLE, BUT I'M WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND I'M HOPING TO GET ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. SO THAT IS MY OTHER. AND JUST THE MAINTENANCE OR GETTING THAT UP TO SNUFF WOULD BE MY ONLY INCREASE IN, IN BUDGET. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD. THAT'S VERY AL. OVERLOOKED YOU. GOOD MORNING JUDGE, HOW ARE YOU

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IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE, THE REASON I PUT MINE ON TOP IS BECAUSE IN THE PAST, BEFORE THE BRIDGE AND SO FORTH, WITH JUST US, MY OFFICE WAS THE ONE THAT RECEIVED MORE CITATIONS BECAUSE OF THE INTERSTATE. AND SO WE'RE BACK THERE AGAIN. I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.

I HIGHLIGHTED THEM FOR YOU BECAUSE I'M PROUD OF THEM. ALL THE OFFICERS WERE INDIFFERENT.

JUST JUST THE OFFICER AND I ARE ABOUT THE ONLY ONES THAT RUN ALMOST THE EXACT SAME BECAUSE WE DO THINGS THE SAME, WE COMMUNICATE, BUT ALL OUR OFFICERS ARE DIFFERENT. JUDGE PRICE USUALLY RECEIVES MORE SYMBOLS THAN WE DO. I RECEIVE MORE CITATIONS. JUDGE PRICE DOES. LESLIE AND I ARE ABOUT THE ONLY ONES THAT RECEIVE EVERYTHING ABOUT JUST ABOUT THE SAME. SO THE ONLY THING I ASKED WAS 500% $500 MORE ON POSTAGE BECAUSE WE ARE SENDING OUT MORE NOTICES. AS SOON AS WE GET THE CITATIONS, WE SEND OUT A COURTESY LETTER. I DID REQUEST A INCREASE ON ON MY SALARY. AND THAT'S JUST IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS, I'D LIKE TO BE INCLUDED. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO INTO THE SUBJECT OF MY BUILDING BECAUSE I'D BE HERE ALL DAY LONG, BUT I'M HOPING THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, RIGHT.

AND I APPRECIATE I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO HOMER AND AND I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM. I DO KNOW THAT THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT WE HAD ALL THAT RAIN COME IN, WE HAD BUCKETS ALL OVER THE PLACE. MY PALM RIGHT NOW IS FLEAS, POSSUMS AND RATS. THE POSSUMS LIVE IN OUR IN OUR IN OUR JUDGE. YOU ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS SOME TIMES THAT HE'S BEEN TURNED AWAY TO DO WORK THERE. NO, I, HE, I HAD ONE WINDOW THAT THE WATER WAS COMING IN AND I SENT HIM A PICTURE AND HE SAID, WELL, I CAN FIX THAT WINDOW. BUT THAT'S ALL HE HAD IN HIS BOOK. I DON'T HAVE MONEY IN MY BUDGET TO HELP HIM. THE FIRST THING HE WILL ASK ME IS, DO YOU HAVE MONEY RIGHT NOW? HE SAID THAT HE WAS TURNED AWAY FROM DOING A WORK ORDER. IT WAS IT WASN'T A WORK ORDER. IT WAS VICTOR WAS THERE BECAUSE OUR CENTRAL HAS NOT BEEN WORKING OR A DOESN'T AC DOESN'T WORK. WE'RE RUNNING ON MANY. I'M GOING TO GET A 30 DAY UPDATE HERE. SO WHEN WHEN HE WHEN I CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM, JOHN, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE WRONG. HE GOES, WELL, I CAN FIX THAT WINDOW. BUT THAT'S ALL HE HAD MONEY FOR. YOU CAN'T JUST FIX MY WINDOW WHEN ALL THE WINDOWS ARE THE SAME. THEY'RE ROTTED, THEIR WATER'S COMING IN.

MY OFFICE GETS USED JUST FOR SERS, MY PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT. I GO IN THERE AND I DO THAT. I DO MY WARRANTS, I DO MY INQUESTS. I CANNOT BE IN MY OFFICE BECAUSE IT SMELLS SO BAD, BECAUSE OF THE WATER IS COMING IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND THE AND SO THE DOOR HAS TO STAY OPEN AT ALL TIMES. SO I'VE LOOKED FOR A DIFFERENT LOCATION TO PUT THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE LOCKED UP BECAUSE MY OFFICE IS. IT'S. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE, BUT I WILL TELL Y'ALL THAT DURING THE WEEKENDS WHEN WE COME IN ON MONDAY THAT THE AC IS OFF, YOU CAN SMELL THE URINE FROM THE POSSUMS. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE GETTING PENETRATED. IT'S IT'S HORRIFIC. AND I'M NOT I WHAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU IS WHEN MY ADDITION WAS MADE, IT WAS MADE FAST. IT WAS DONE QUICKLY. SO THE THE WALLS ARE HOLLOW. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE AC NEVER WORKS, BUT JUDGE KREBS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, LET ME GET A COUPLE MINUTES, MINI SPLITS AND THAT'S WHAT HOLDS US UP DURING THE HEAT. DURING THE WINTER.

IT'S IT'S JUST IN THE 50S. GO IN AND GET THAT POSSUM. I MEAN, THERE'S STUFF THAT CAN BE DONE.

AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENED, JUDGE GONZALEZ WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THE WICK DID THEIR ADDITION. THAT'S WHERE THEY LIVE. SO LAST YEAR THEY TOOK DOWN MAYBE ABOUT 20 BAGS OF WALL THERE, NEST AND ALL THAT. BUT IT'S BACK. IT'S BACK. AND THEY TRAVELED THROUGH THERE. I, I, I LITERALLY HAD TO GET, BUY A NEW REFRIGERATOR BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG MICE DIED IN THE BACK OF MY REFRIGERATOR. YOU CAN GET SMELL OUT. SO I BOUGHT A NEW FRIDGE FOR THE GIRLS, BUT IT'S HORRIFIC. I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. AND MY CLERKS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS. AND AND IT'S JUST AWFUL. YEAH, IT'S NOT THE FIRST YEAR THAT I BRING IT UP JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN PICTURES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT JOHN DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY,

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MODULAR. IF WE BUILD SOMETHING TEMPORARY, IT'LL BE THERE FOR 50 YEARS. TO SEE MY BUILDING I MOVED OUT OF. SINCE I'M IN TAFT, YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'VE GOT INSIDE. A RED TAG HERE IN A CONFERENCE ROOM. BATHROOM. OH. ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. OKAY, THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO FOLLOW THAT RIGHT THERE. SO AS SHE SAYS, MY REQUEST IS ON THERE. THEN AGAIN, LET ME TELL YOU THIS. I'M JUDGE. I'M JUDGE FOR PRECINCT NUMBER ONE HERE IN SINTON. THIS IS OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION 2027. AS YOU CAN SEE ON MY COVER SHEET, I'M JUST ASKING FOR A FEW THINGS. INCREASE IN PAY, ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MY CLERKS SALARIES DUE DUE TO THE STUDY, THE SALARY STUDIES. I AM REQUESTING A FULL TIME CLERK IF POSSIBLE. IF NOT EVEN JUST A PART TIME CLERK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. I HAVE THREE FULL TIME CLERKS RIGHT NOW. BUT I HAVE ONE THAT'S THAT'S BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY DOING CLERK WORK.

SO I'VE BEEN DOING CLERK WORK FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. I'VE BEEN SITTING UP IN THE FRONT. LIKE I SAID, EVEN A PART TIMER WOULD BE GREAT. THERE'S ONLY MYSELF AND THE OTHER TWO CLERKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND IT'S GOOD. I DON'T MIND, I DON'T MIND DOING THE CLERK WORK, BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER PERSON OR ANOTHER HALF PERSON OR FOUR PERSON THERE. ALSO, I'M JUST REQUESTING A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY ON OUR EQUIPMENT RENTAL FOR OUR RICOH MACHINE DUE TO ALL THE CITATIONS THAT ARE BEING FILED NOW, WHICH IS AMAZING. I'M VERY HAPPY WE'RE USING A LOT MORE PAPER AND A LOT MORE STUFF ON OUR MAINTENANCE ON OUR RICOH. SO THEY'RE CHARGING ME A LOT MORE FOR MY PAPER AND MY MY COPIES AND ALL THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUESTING ALSO TO, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT TO GO OVER WHAT JUDGE VILLAREAL SAYS OUR CITATIONS ARE. THEY'RE COMING.

THEY'RE COMING EVERY WEEK. AND WE'RE GETTING AT LEAST 1 OR 200 CITATIONS A WEEK. AND OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T COUNT OUR LIKE OUR CIVILS DEBT CLAIMS, ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUESTING. THOSE FEW THINGS THAT ARE ON MY ON MY COVER SHEET. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF? GREAT. THANKS. ASK NOTHING. I LOVE DATA, I LOVE, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS AND I LIKE PUTTING MY LITTLE STICKIES AND HIGHLIGHTING JUST LIKE SHE DOES TOO. SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. HEATHER. YOU READY? YEAH. WELL, AT LEAST WE KNOW SHE'S NOT GOING TO ASK FOR NEW ROOF. HEATHER. JUST A NEW COURTHOUSE. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,

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AND I'VE ADJUSTED ANOTHER PART OF MY BUDGET TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT OR BALANCE IT. COMPARABLE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY, THEIR THEIR OVERTIME BUDGETS RANGE FROM 6000 TO $20,000. I HAVE $2,000. IT IS NOT ENOUGH. IT NEVER HAS BEEN. SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR THAT SHIFT THERE. ON THE NEXT PAGE ON PERSONNEL, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASIDE FROM HOPEFULLY THE SALARY STUDY SHIFT, THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ATTENTION TO COLA FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ADJUSTMENT IN THE SALARY STUDY, I'M JUST HOPING THERE'LL BE SOME SORT OF SHIFT FOR THEM BECAUSE PRICES HAVE STILL GONE UP FOR EVERYBODY. THERE'S TWO POSITIONS I'M ASKING FOR. WELL, ACTUALLY THE TWO ASTERISKS AT THE TOP IN MY PAPERWORK FROM THE SALARY STUDY GROUP, THOSE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE NOT CORRECT. AND SO I THINK THAT HR KNOWS THAT, BUT I'M JUST PUTTING A STAR THERE BECAUSE I CORRECTED HIM AND PUT HIM AT THE RIGHT SPOT. AND I THINK MAYBE THE PAPERWORK WAS JUST SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DID MARK THOSE IN CASE Y'ALL HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ON THE BOTTOM TWO ASTERISKS. THE FIRST ONE, I'M ASKING TO RECLASSIFY A CLERK, ONE TO A CLERK TWO. SHE IS NOW HANDLING ACCOUNTING AND FINANCES WITHIN THE OFFICE BECAUSE THAT HAS GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN. AND SO SHE'S HANDLING DAILY DEPOSIT, DAILY CREDIT CARD CHARGES, WEEKLY REPORTS AND CHECK PROCESSING MONTHLY REPORTS, A MONTHLY TDC J ACCOUNTING PROCESS THAT TAKES ABOUT FOUR HOURS, ONGOING RESTITUTION PAYMENTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, MINOR TRUST MANAGEMENT, REGISTRY, ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT, AUDITOR REPORTS AND RECONCILIATION, AS WELL AS BEING CROSS TRAINED TO BACK UP OUR CRIMINAL DEPARTMENT, OUR COURT DOCKET CREATION, BOND FILING, MANAGEMENT RECORDS DEPARTMENT. SO I'M ASKING TO TO SHIFT THAT ROLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE NEW RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SHE'S TAKEN ON, ON NEW REQUESTS. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYBODY NEW. SO THAT ONE'S KIND OF A WASH. AND THEN THE LAST PAGE IS MY RECORDS MANAGEMENT BUDGET, WHERE I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR, FOR MANY YEARS NOW. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO, YOU KNOW, WORK ON PRESERVATION AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS THAT PROTECT THE RECORDS. WE'VE GOT A VAST QUANTITY OF RECORDS. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TODAY IS DIGITIZED, BUT THERE'S A LOT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY DAYS THAT WE'RE SLOWLY TRYING TO DIGITIZE AND BACK UP AND DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PRESERVE AND, YOU KNOW, PROTECT THOSE RECORDS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS?

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IT'S. WE DON'T HAVE THE QUANTITY OF CASES. EVERYTHING TAKES LONGER. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR FELONY LEVEL AND YOUR YOUR OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER CASES THAT ARE NOT QUITE AS PLENTIFUL AS THEY ARE ON THE COUNTY CLERK'S SIDE. SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH FUNDS THAT WE COLLECT AND FEES AND FINES AND ALL OF THAT. SO THERE'S A LITTLE LESS TO WORK WITH. BUT HAVING THOSE FUNDS ENABLED US TO MAKE A HUGE DENT IN IT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN YEARS TO DO SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, SCOTT.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. SIR.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, OUR SALARIES WENT UP DUE TO THE SALARY SURVEY. I AM REQUESTING A NEW POSITION. A RECOVERY SPECIALIST. I'M ALSO REQUESTING A STEP UP FOR MY OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR. WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL DUTIES ONTO HER WITH THE COMBINING OF DEPARTMENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, SHE HAS ALSO BEEN THE ADMIN FOR LEPC FOR EVER AND SHE'S. I THINK SHE NEEDS TO BE COMPENSATED MORE FOR FOR HER TIME THAT SHE'S BEEN SPENDING ON ALL THAT OVER THESE YEARS. AND SHE DOES EXCELLENT WORK. SHE DOES. SHE'S, SHE'S A ROCK STAR. OUR CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION DUES THAT INCREASES DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL POSITION AS WELL AS THE TRAVEL, OUR SOFTWARE LICENSE AND SUPPORT THE COST OF THE THE SOFTWARES AND EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. SO WE NEED TO ADJUST FOR THAT. OUR MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES AND GENERAL SUPPLIES. WE'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF THAT DUE TO INCREASE IN COSTS. SAME FOR FUEL, FOOD AND NCO FURNITURE EQUIPMENT. WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR A REPLACEMENT OF ONE OF OUR VEHICLES TO GET A, A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO MORE DURING A DISASTER, BUT IT WILL ALSO GIVE US A BACKUP TO BE ABLE TO TOW THE COUNTY TRAILER THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. FOR. SO REAL QUICK, WHAT IS A RECOVERY SPECIAL RECOVERY SPECIALIST? SO WHAT A RECOVERY SPECIALIST DOES IS THEY WILL BEFORE A DISASTER, THEY WILL WORK WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP BUILD UP OUR RECOVERY ABILITIES. ONCE A DISASTER HAPPENS AND THEN ONCE A DISASTER HAPPENS, THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THOSE SAME AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC AND THE STATE AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THOSE RECOVERY EFFORTS. IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO, FOR OUR FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO SPEED UP THE RECOVERY PROCESS FOR THEM. SO DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY DOING THOSE TYPE OF WORK IN YOUR OFFICE NOW? WE'RE WE'RE ALL KIND OF DOING IT IN

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THANK YOU. YES, SIR. YEAH. SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE DEBRIS REMOVAL, THE MONITORING PEOPLE AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. YES. THE EFFORT THAT'S 100% OF THE TIME.

CORRECT. YOUR MONEY COMES BACK FROM FEMA AND THEY ALSO DO A LOT WITH THE PREPOSITION CONTRACTS AS WELL. SO. IT'S A LOT OF EXTRA WORK. YES, SIR. IT IS A DISASTER. IT IS FOR OUR GIS AND SAFETY AND ADA. OUR INCREASES FOR THIS ARE THE CONFERENCE AND ASSOCIATION DUES.

AGAIN, DUE TO THE COSTS, OUR SOFTWARE WE HAD, ARPA FUNDS WERE WERE FUNDING PART OF OUR SOFTWARE PACKAGE LAST YEAR. THAT IS NOW EXPIRED. SO WE'VE LOST THAT FUNDING FOR THAT. SO WE'VE ASKED FOR AN INCREASE OF $40,000 TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR, OUR ESRI, WHICH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT PROGRAM. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER TOOLS AS WELL. AND THEN OUR GENERAL SUPPLIES, OUR PPE, FOR SOME REASON LAST YEAR THAT THAT LINE ITEM WAS CUT BY $10,000. WE STILL HAVE TO SUPPLY THE PPE TO THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT MONEY TO BE RETURNED. ANY QUESTIONS? FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU SPEND ON SAFETY, YOU SAVE $100 ON. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

YOU READY? OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE WORKING ON IT. SO. JUDGE GARZA, THEY'RE DONE. YEAH, THEY'VE ALREADY GONE. YEAH. YOU'RE NEXT. NEXT. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. OKAY. IN MY BUDGET, WHAT I AM REQUESTING IS IN STAMPS. I AM ASKING FOR 1000 MORE DOLLARS IN MY STAMPS BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY ALMOST GONE THROUGH WHAT I REQUESTED FOR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I'M SENDING OUT LOTS AND LOTS OF COURTESY LETTERS AND FTA LETTERS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THERE I AM ASKING FOR. I AM ALSO ASKING FOR A NEW FULL TIME REGULAR CLERK CLERK ONE 103 POSITION TO BE PAID. THE 38,000 597 PER THE SALARY SURVEY OR STUDY, WHATEVER THAT WAS CALLED. THE REASON BEING IS DUE TO MY OFFICE, MY CIVIL CASES ARE JUST INCREASING. WE ARE GETTING STACKS EVERY DAY. I'M LIKE, I'VE STARTED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF EACH DAY AND I THOUGHT THAT WASN'T NECESSARY. STACKS OF CIVIL, WHICH ARE CREDIT CARD CASES MAINLY. AND THOSE TAKE A WHILE TO DO FOR MY CLERKS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR ANOTHER FULL TIME CLERK. ONE POSITION, AND THAT IS BASICALLY IT. I'M ALSO ASKING FOR A PAY INCREASE FOR MYSELF. I PUT EVERYTHING ON MY FRONT COVER LETTER AND I FORGOT TO GIVE THIS TO EACH ONE OF YOU WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. BUT BUT THAT'S ALL. THAT'S IT. OKAY. WE WERE WONDERING. I DON'T LIKE DOING THIS, I LIKE HELPING. YEAH, I DO. OKAY, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. GARZA. YES.

BETTER TURN IT ON. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY

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SO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF TICKETS. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF TICKETS ON LESS WORK. OR ARE THEY THE SAME? WELL, MORE WORK TROOPERS ARE STILL THERE. TROOPERS ARE ALL STILL THERE. YEAH, THEY'RE STILL THERE. BUT YEAH, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SIX SEVEN IN OUR AREA. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE 4 OR 5 AT A DAY. THAT'S WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN TROOPERS IN OUR AREA NOW. THEY PROBABLY HAVE TWO GIVE OR TAKE. YEAH, THERE'S PROBABLY TWO OF THEM THERE DURING THE DAY. SO WHATEVER PORTLAND WAS GETTING THOSE TONS AND TONS OF TICKETS, WE'RE GETTING THEM NOW. THEY'RE GETTING SPREAD OUT. OKAY. AND SINCE WE HAVE THE BUILDING REPAIRS, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE MADE ALREADY. WE'VE DONE THE BATHROOM WITHIN THE HALLWAY OF THE COURTROOM. AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR NOW IS TO TAKE THE NAILS OUT OF THE HANDICAP RAMP AND PUT SCREWS IN, BECAUSE EVERY TIME THE TRAFFIC GOES BY, ESPECIALLY THE 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE HEAVY, THOSE NAILS KIND OF WIGGLE THEIR WAY OUT AND YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR HAND ON THAT RAIL WITHOUT GETTING A NAIL IN YOUR HAND. I THINK MR. DORY ANNOUNCED, SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IN HIS BUDGET PRESENTATION, AND HE NEEDS TO BE EITHER PAINTED OR STAINED. WELL, HE'S HE'S INCLUDING IN HIS REBUILDING THE HANDICAP RAIL. OKAY. AND ALSO WE NEED THAT SOLID DOOR THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME. THE ONE THAT GOES INTO THE EMPLOYEES AREA, IT'S A HOLLOW CORRIDOR. SO IF YOU PUSH IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, IT'LL OPEN UP.

JUDGE, DID YOU PUT A WORK ORDER IN FOR THAT OR? WE HAVE PUT TWO WORK ORDERS FOR THAT. OKAY, OKAY. AND ALSO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOLAR SCREENS BECAUSE PROBABLY HALF OF THE OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE SCREENS ON THE WINDOWS. AND I'M AFRAID SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GO UP THERE AND JUST PUSH THAT WINDOW UP. ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE CAMERAS ON THREE SIDES OF THE BUILDING TO DO IT. YES. YEAH, WE CAN WATCH THEM DO THAT. AND POSTAGE, OF COURSE IT'S GOING UP. A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS $66 AND THEN IT WENT UP TO 68, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT UP TO 83. AND IN JUNE IT'S GOING UP AGAIN. AND I USUALLY GET 12 ROWS, WHICH IS ABOUT $1,800 MORE OR LESS. AND WE ALWAYS GET 24, 24 ROWS PER YEAR. AND PRINTING, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN PRINTING BECAUSE THE PRICE OF GAS, THE TRAVEL, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER CLERK WE'RE SENDING HER TO, TO SCHOOL ALSO. SO THAT MAKES FOUR OF US THAT ARE GOING TO, TO CONFERENCE AND TRAININGS. AND THEN ALSO FOR MISCELLANEOUS, THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT WE USE BESIDES LINEBARGER. IT'S CALLED LP POLICE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE A SKIP TRACE. WE'LL FIND THEM PEOPLE THAT THAT WE HAVEN'T FOUND IN 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE NEW ADDRESSES ON THEM, SO THAT WAY WE WON'T BE SPENDING THAT MUCH POSTAGE TO. YEAH.

BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. AND WITH THIS NEW SKIP TRACE, WE PRETTY MUCH FIND THEM THE FIRST TIME. AND THAT AVERAGES ABOUT 120 A MONTH. OKAY. AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF IT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU JUDGE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. SEE, JP FOUR IS NOT HERE YET. I DON'T KNOW WHERE KAREN. IS HE ON VACATION? YOU WANT TO GO GET THERE? I DON'T KNOW WHERE FROM HERE. SO ALL THREE HOUSES PROBABLY. KNOW. THAT THIS IS WHAT I WANT. AND I UNDERSTAND

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YEAH. OKAY. WELL WE GOT THE BEST FOR LAST. SIR. LET ME SEE. 42 YEARS. YEAH. BUT. YOU'LL BE BRAGGING. BUT YOU STARTED WHEN YOU WERE 12, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY COUNT. I DID START WHEN I WAS 12, OKAY. THE FIRST PAGE IS MY REGULAR CLERK BUDGET. NOT ASKING FOR A WHOLE LOT. I JUST DID THE SALARIES ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY. AND DOWN THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAD GIVEN UP MY COUNTY PHONE. SO THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A PARTIAL, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT IN HERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND GO BACK TO MY PHONE. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH HASSLE CARRYING TWO PHONES. SO THAT'S WHY I DID THE 1380 BECAUSE I, I, ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES HAS A PHONE ALSO, AND SHE'S TURNING HERS IN. AND YOU'LL SEE ON MY EMPLOYEE PAGE, I DO HAVE THEIR CURRENT SALARY AND THEN THE SALARY THAT THE SURVEY HAD. I DO HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT I'M WORKING WITH, NORMA. THAT WAS THEY WERE NOT ON THAT THE CORRECT SALARY WAS NOT ON THAT BECAUSE ONE GOT RECLASSIFIED HERE IN FEBRUARY. SO SHE WASN'T ON THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT.

AND OF COURSE, IF YOU DO A COLA, THEY'D ALL LOVE IT. BUT MOST OF MY STAFF IS PRETTY APPRECIATIVE.

THEY DID GET QUITE A FEW INCREASES BECAUSE I AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE OFFICES THAT HAS MORE TENURED EMPLOYEES, SO THEY GOT A GOOD BUMP FOR THAT. WHEN WE DID IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE, IT'S MY RECORDS MANAGEMENT BUDGET. I DID KIND OF KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME. THIS YEAR. I JUST WENT UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LAST, I THINK THIS PAST YEAR FOR 2026, THEY GAVE ME 50,000, BUT I'M REQUESTING 80. I'M I AM WORKING ON. I MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT THIS YEAR. I'M TRYING TO CHANGE MY VENDOR FOR MY OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, VITAL RECORDS. THE ONE WE HAVE NOW IS CURRENTLY HAVING SOME ISSUES. SO STEPHEN AND I GOT TOGETHER AND WE HAD A DEMO WITH ONE AND. AND THEY DO FALL UNDER THIS SOURCE. WELL, SO IT'S I DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BIDS FOR IT, BUT ANYWAY, I'LL GET WITH THE AUDITOR IF THAT BECOMES ANYTHING THIS YEAR. AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ON YOUR DESK, THERE WAS A HANDOUT EARLIER FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION REQUESTED SOME FUNDS TO HELP THEM DO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THEY WANT TO. AS FAR AS HISTORICAL MARKERS, SOME OF THE CEMETERY PRESERVATION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS AND STUFF. SO WE'LL CONSIDER THAT AS WELL FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE GROUP. OKAY. I DON'T THINK THE ONLY ONES I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING IS JUDGE DIAZ. YEAH, I THINK WE GOT OURS UP THERE. OH.

HAVE YOU GOT YOURS READY? ALRIGHT, YOU'RE ON THE BALL THEN. OKAY. MIKE'S PRETTY BASIC.

WE GOT THIS, MIKE. YES. I HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR. YOU OFF THE LIST BACK HERE. YEAH. WE PUT SOME EXTRA MONEY INTO SEALCOATING. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE GOT THE LARGEST PRECINCT, GOT 430 MILES, WHEREAS MY PREDECESSOR WOULD SAY 860. SO. SO WE DO WE DO MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR EQUIPMENT STUFF. SO WE'LL, WE PUT IN SOME MONEY FOR A COUPLE NEW TRUCKS, COUPLE ANOTHER TRACTOR IN THERE. ALSO, I ADDED A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE SEALCOATING. I

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ON MY. ONE FROM 30,000 TO 175,000 OTHER PROFESSIONAL. YEAH, WE WE BUMPED THAT UP FOR THE. THAT WAS FOR TOMA. WHAT DID WE DO? WE USE THAT LINE ITEM FOR THE, THE, THE ADDITIVE THE FOR THE SEAL COATING THE STABILIZER. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. YEAH. DID YOU PUT THAT IN THE PRIME. YEAH. FOR THE PRIME COAT. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. WE HAD ADDED THAT FOR THE, THE SEALER THAT WE PUT ON THERE. SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEAL ALL THE ROADS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE MILES AND LONGEVITY AFTER THE CONTRACTORS DO NOW. YEAH, YEAH. SO THAT'S IT. OKAY.

IF YOU CAUGHT THAT WEATHER. YEAH IT KEEPS IT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO. WE'LL HAVE TO. OTHER THAN THAT THAT'S IT GUYS. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. WOW. THAT WAS EXCITING. WOULD YOU LIKE A 860? OKAY. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON, JUDGE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND.

FRIDAY COUNTY ATTORNEYS. FRIDAY IS JP FOR HAVE Y'ALL ON THAT POSITION FOR SILICONE. YOU MOVED THAT ONE UP TO REGULAR, CORRECT? OKAY. I WAS GOING TO BE FRIDAY. SO ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT WHEN THE JUDGE ISN'T HERE? THERE YOU GO. I'LL BE HERE. HE WON'T BE HERE. I'LL HAVE LOTS OF I'LL HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS. OKAY. HOMER, YOU GOT SOMETHING? YEAH. WE HAVE CORRECTIONS TO THE HOSPITAL ONE AND CONSTABLE TWO. OH, BECAUSE OF THAT NEW. OH, THE BALLISTIC THING. OKAY, THE SHIELD. SO WE JUST REPLACED THE THE BUDGET SHEET. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS THE SAME.

JUST. YEAH. I THINK I THINK THE COUNTY, I THINK THE I THINK THE COUNTY JUST BUY THAT PACKAGE AND AND ISSUE. YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. WELL I GUESS. I WANT TO RECESS. YEAH, YEAH. WE CAN TAKE A RECESS, A LITTLE RECESS BREAK JUST IN CASE. SEE IF SHE SHOWS UP. KIND OF A MANDATORY ISSUE. YOU GOT IT. COME ON. RUBEN. RUBEN. OKAY. 1033 WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE BUDGET PRESENTATION. WE HAVE ONE MORE TO THIS MORNING WE GOT JUDGE KAREN DIAZ.

SO KAREN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. MY GRANDSON ASKED ME LAST NIGHT IF THIS WAS A I. I SAID, REALLY, YOU THINK I LOOK LIKE THAT? WELL, THANKS, BUT NOT QUITE. JUST A PICTURE OFF THE INTERNET. WELL GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE KREBS. I LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. I GUESS SHORT AND SWEET HAVEN'T CHANGED VERY MUCH IN THE BUDGET. LET'S SEE ON THE FIRST PAGE FOR THE BUDGET ON 330, I ADDED, I THINK $250 IN CASE I HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE FOR PHYSICALS. I NEVER HAD THAT IN THERE. NOT NOT NEW EMPLOYEE AS IN HIRING A NEW EMPLOYEE. IF SOMEONE LEAVES AND I HAVE TO GET A NEW EMPLOYEE, LET'S CHANGE THAT. 343 I ADDED UNDER TRANSLATOR WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TRANSLATORS IN OUR CIVIL CASES, WHETHER THEY'RE DEAF INTERPRETERS OR DIFFERENT LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS. I ADDED 250, I THINK 250 OR $500 FOR THAT EXPENSE. SOMETIMES AT REGISTRATION WE HAVE TO GET THEM. IF THEY'RE NOT ONLINE, WE HAVE TO PAY. IF THEY COME INTO THE COURTROOM, IF IT'S A CONTESTED CASE. SO I JUST PUT $500 IN THERE TO HAVE IT IN THERE BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE IN

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BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE EXPENSE ON THERE FOR THAT POSTAGE. MY POSTAGE WENT UP FROM I PUT 2000 EXTRA DOLLARS IN THERE. BY THE WAY, IN CASE ANYBODY DIDN'T KNOW, ON JULY 12TH, STAMPS ARE NOW GOING UP TO $0.82. I HAVE ANOTHER $3,000 REQUEST FOR STAMPS SO I CAN GET IT IN AT THE $0.76 THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW BEFORE IT GOES UP, BECAUSE THEY ARE FOREVER STAMPS. SO WHATEVER YOU HAVE IS STILL GOOD. WE HAVE ABOUT 25,000 OUTSTANDING CASES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING TO SEND LETTERS TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO GIVE THEM A NEW COURT DATE, ETC. SO OUR POSTAGE IS KIND OF THROUGH THE WALL, UNDER 650, UNDER THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT. I DID PUT MONEY IN THERE. WE ARE AT BARE MINIMUM. I HAVE ALWAYS GONE TO HOMER FOR ANY FURNITURE THAT I'VE EVER NEEDED. I HAVE ONE, I HAVE PURCHASED ONE CABINET IN 21 YEARS IN MY OFFICE FILING CABINET. SO I'VE ALWAYS HAD USED THINGS FROM THE WAREHOUSE. NOW OUR EQUIPMENT IS KIND OF BREAKING DOWN. OUR FILING CABINETS ARE NOT PULLING OUT. WE HAVE THEM RIGGED UP. SO I NEED TO BUY SOME FILING CABINETS, POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF DESKS. OUR DESKS ARE WEARING OUT CHAIRS. SO I DID PUT MONEY IN THERE TO GET SOME FURNITURE FOR THE OFFICE. AND OUR SHREDDER I'VE HAD FOR 15 YEARS OR 16 YEARS, AND IT'S ON ITS LAST LEG. I, I HAVE TO GET A NEW SHREDDER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SHRED CRIMINAL HISTORIES. WE HAVE TO SHRED PERSONAL INFORMATION ON OUR TICKETS, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. SO I NEED TO GET A NEW SHREDDER FOR THAT.

SO UNDER THE PERSONNEL SECTION DID ASK FOR A RAISE FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. I BELIEVE ALL OF US, JP DID WITH THE EMPLOYEES GETTING WONDERFUL. WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW SALARY SURVEY RAISES AND STEP INCREASES IN COLAS. I THINK THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, DEFICIT GOES UP JUST LIKE OUR EMPLOYEES. DO. YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR INSURANCE. WE HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR GROCERIES. WE HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR GAS. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A LITTLE UPGRADE ON OUR PAY ALSO. SO THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. SO THE ONES THAT ARE JUST WHITE, THOSE ARE SIMPLY THE SALARY SURVEY REQUEST OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR THE SALARIES TO GO UP. I'M ASKING JUST NOT TO CHANGE A GRADE, BUT TO CHANGE A TITLE FOR THE B L. SHE WAS JUST A COURT COORDINATOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HER THE CRIMINAL COORDINATOR AND THAT WAS HER SALARY REQUEST. I MEAN SALARY SURVEY UPDATE. SO HER SALARY WENT UP TO WHAT THEY SUGGESTED. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MY CIVIL CLERK, WHICH IS A GRADE 105, THE CIVIL COORDINATOR, SHE IS DOING MORE AND MORE AND MORE WORK. OUR CIVIL IS THROUGH THE ROOF JUST LIKE OTHER JPR2 CASES ARE BEING FILED EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE HAVE SO MUCH CIVIL. THERE'S SO MUCH INVOLVED IN THOSE CASES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HER THE COORDINATOR. SHE DOES HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT SHE DOES OVERSEE ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THEN HER SALARY BECAUSE SHE CAME DOWN FROM DISTRICT CLERK AT A HIGHER SALARY, DIDN'T HAVE A RECOMMENDED SALARY INCREASE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE INCREASE TO BRING HER UP TO THE CIVIL COORDINATOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CLERK TO GIVE HER A STEP INCREASE FROM A 104 TO A 105. SO THAT HAS THE SALARY SURVEY REQUEST, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 4.15 ON HER. AND THEN MY 103 GRADE TWO CLERK TO A 104. AND THE SAME THING, THE SALARY SURVEY REQUEST PLUS A 4.15 FOR THE ADDITIONAL STEP INCREASE. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY SALARY CHANGES ON THERE ON THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS OUR THE INCOME THAT WE HAVE TURNED IN TO THE AUDITOR ON A WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS. SO I KNOW A QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT SINCE THE HARBOR BRIDGE IS OPENED UP, HOW ARE THE TICKETS? YEAH, OUR TICKETS ARE WAY DOWN AND THANK GOD FOR THAT. BUT WE HAVE 3000 OUTSTANDING TICKETS. SO YOU CAN SEE TWO PLACES IN HERE WHERE I SENT A SMALL BATCH OF COLLECTIONS OUT. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MONEY THAT CAME IN. WE WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, 27,000 TO 52. WE DOUBLED IT, JUST SENDING OUT 300 LETTERS TO PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T PAID. SO THAT'S A LOT OF WORK PROCESSING. THAT'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK. THAT'S A LOT OF CLERK TIME. SO LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR INCOME TO OUR COURT IS ONLY $38,000 WITHOUT 5000 TICKETS. OKAY. SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE COLLECTING MONEY. WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE CASES TO PROCESS. WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE WORK GOING ON, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT RECEIVING AN OVERABUNDANCE OF TICKETS NOW,

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THERE'S STILL WORK ON OUR DESK WHEN WE LEAVE EVERY DAY. OUR WORK IS NEVER DONE. BUT I MEAN, I'M AT ADEQUATE. I WAS UNDERSTAFFED FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT NOW I THINK I HAVE ADEQUATE STAFF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEED OR WHAT THEIR WORKLOAD IS OR WHAT THEY AGREE WITH. HOW MANY DO YOU ALL HAVE? THREE. THREE? THREE. BUT THEY ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES.

AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE MORE CIVIL THAN THEY DO. LESLIE DOES MORE REGISTRATION. LESLIE NEEDS A CLERK JUST FOR HER MAGISTRATES CLERKS. I MEAN, JUST FOR HER MAGISTRATES. SHE NEEDS A CLERK JUST FOR THAT JOB. I WOULDN'T WANT HER JOB DOING REGISTRATIONS EVERY DAY. RIGHT. MARY MAY HAVE MORE TRUANCY, OR SHE MAY HAVE MORE OF SOMETHING ELSE. JUDGE PRICE AND I BOTH HAVE A TON OF CIVIL. WE HAVE EVICTIONS, WE HAVE SMALL CLAIMS, AND WE HAVE DEBT CLAIMS BY THE HUNDREDS THAT TAKE A LOT OF COURT TIME, THAT TAKE A LOT OF CLERK TIME, THAT GET MOTIONS FILED EVERY DAY. THEY HAVE DEFAULT JUDGMENTS. THEY HAVE EVERYTHING GOING ON. THIS IS CONSTANT PAPERWORK. OKAY, SO EVERY ONE OF MY CLERKS WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. MR. YARDLEY CAN ATTEST TO THAT. THEY'RE NOT OUT WALKING AROUND THE OFFICE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. THEY ARE IN THEIR OFFICES WORKING FROM THE TIME THEY GET THERE UNTIL THE TIME THEY GO HOME. AND WE STILL HAVE A TON OF WORK TO DO. OUR JOB IS NEVER DONE JUST LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE. SO UNDER TECHNOLOGY, I ASKED FOR A COMPUTER MONITOR FOR MY CIVIL COORDINATOR. SHE ONLY HAS ONE. SHE NEEDS TWO SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE CALLS WITH A QUESTION, SHE CAN NOT HAVE TO CLICK OUT OF THE TASK THAT SHE'S IN TO HELP THEM, SHE CAN PULL SOMETHING UP ON ANOTHER SCREEN BECAUSE ODYSSEY IS VERY SLOW RIGHT NOW, AND SO THAT WOULD AID HER ON THAT. AND THEN WE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO DESKTOP SCANNERS BECAUSE OUR TWO OF OURS HAVE AGED OUT. THEY'RE JUST BARELY, BARELY HANGING ON, BARELY WORKING. NOW UNDER SECURITY FUND. I'M CURRENTLY BUILDING A NEW ALARM SYSTEM FOR OUR BUILDING. I AVERAGED 150 A MONTH FOR $1,800. THAT'S ABOUT WHAT ADT WAS. BUT ADT HAD A PROBLEM. IT'S TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY NOW WHERE THEY WERE CHARGING US TAXES. WE COULDN'T GET IT STRAIGHT. WE'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND ANYWAY, SO WE WE JUST DID AWAY WITH ADT. WE'RE STILL DESPERATE FOR MORE ROOM AND BETTER SECURITY MEASURES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. WE HAD THE OCA COME IN AND DO A SECURITY EVALUATION OF OUR BUILDING, AND AS I'M SURE A LOT OF THE ANNEXES DID, THEY PROBABLY FAILED MISERABLY, AS DID WE. VERY UNSAFE FOR CUSTOMERS, VERY UNSAFE FOR EMPLOYEES. AT A MINIMUM, WE NEED TO GET SAFETY GLASS BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS AT ALL SERVICE WINDOWS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BADGE ENTRY INTO COURTROOMS AND OFFICES IN OUR BUILDING SO THAT WHAT HAPPENED 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO TO MR. MOORE FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAD AN EVICTION IN MY COURT THAT GOT INTO HIS OFFICE, DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN OUR BUILDING.

SO I'M ASKING FOR FUNDS OUT OF SECURITY FUND. I DID INCLUDE IN HERE FOR YOU, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES DEDICATED FUNDS, SHOWING WHAT THOSE SECURITY FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR. AND THEY COULD BE USED FOR EVERYTHING THAT I'M, I'M ASKING FOR IN THE BUDGET. THE LAST THING IS THAT WE ARE STILL DESPERATE FOR MORE ROOM. I PUT PICTURES FOR Y'ALL SO YOU CAN SEE THAT MY CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA IS A THREE FOOT BY THREE FOOT SQUARE IN FRONT OF MY DOOR. I KNOW MR. YARDLEY SEEN IT. I KNOW MR. GILLESPIE HAS SEEN IT, AND THAT'S UTTERLY RIDICULOUS, FOR A COURT SHOULD DARE TO. YOU DID TOO. OKAY. AND SKI DID TOO. I'M SORRY, MR. ZAGORSKY. AND THAT'S. IT'S JUST NOT ADEQUATE. WITH A NUMBER OF CASES WE'RE HAVING AND WITH THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS, WE HAVE JUST OUTGROWN THAT BUILDING. TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS A DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS COURT AT THAT TIME, BUT THEY DID APPROVE FOR THE TAX OFFICE TO FIND A NEW BUILDING. APPARENTLY, MR. DORSEY FOUND ONE AFTER SIX MONTHS AND, AS HE SAID, WASHED HIS HANDS OF IT AND TURNED IT OVER TO, I GUESS, MR. THORMAHLEN, FOR WHATEVER REASON, MR. THORMAHLEN HAS BEEN DRAGGING HER FEET, AND WE'RE. TWO YEARS. APRIL WILL BE THREE YEARS SINCE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. OUR WORKLOAD HAS INCREASED SINCE THEN. OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE INCREASED SINCE THEN. ONCE WE START COLLECTIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE BACK TO CRAZY. THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING TO DO

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WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYING TO ADDRESS SOMEONE, THE WINDOW WITH TRAFFIC, SO TWO OF THEM ARE ON THE PHONE. THE OTHER ONE'S HELPING A CUSTOMER WITH CIVIL. IT'S JUST CONGLOMERATED AND VERY HARD TO DO THAT IN SUCH A SMALL SPACE. IF WE COULD OPEN IT UP AND USE WHERE THE TAX OFFICE IS TO HAVE MY TRAFFIC CITATIONS FOR OUR THREE TRAFFIC GIRLS, THE SUPERVISOR AND TWO OTHER GIRLS HELPING CUSTOMERS DOING CASES, AND THEN HAVE CIVIL DEPARTMENT IN THE FRONT OFFICE WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. AND THEN THE CONSTABLE COULD HAVE OFFICE. MY CONSTABLE HAS A DESK IN OUR KITCHEN. OKAY. HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE ADEQUATE WORKSPACE OR A SAFE SPACE TO BE.

SO BASICALLY, I JUST GAVE YOU ALL THE PICTURES TO SEE HOW THE OFFICE WAS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY DID REDO THE CHAIRS. THEY DID GET THE MOLDS, FOR THE MOST PART, OUT OF THE BUILDING.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I KNOW THERE WERE FUNDS PUT AWAY FOR THE TAX OFFICE TO MOVE AND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR BUILDING, WHICH HAVE BEEN BEING DONE, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US SO FAR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THE ONE ROOM YOU REFERRED TO AS THE DPS FORMAL ROOM, WE CALL IT THE DUNGEON.

ISN'T THAT AN ACTUAL VAULT? IT'S A VAULT. YEAH. SO WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SHOW ON THE PICTURE WITH THAT ROOM IS THAT THE GIRLS, IF YOU SEE THIS ONE HALLWAY, THE GIRLS THAT ARE IN THAT OFFICE, THIS DOOR HAS TO OPEN. WE CAN'T KEEP IT SHUT BECAUSE OF THE MOLD, BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY CONTAINED. THIS IS WHERE OUR CUSTOMERS WAIT. SO THEY HAVE FREE ACCESS TO OUR EMPLOYEES IN THAT ROOM AT ALL TIMES. AND IT USED TO BE THE VAULT FOR FOR THE BANK THAT WAS THERE BEFORE US. SO IT'S, IT'S A TINY, TINY ROOM. YEAH. SO I'M JUST LOOKING OUT FOR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS AND JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY CAN GIVE US ANY KIND OF UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE TAX OFFICE MOVING, IF THAT'S STILL IN PLAY. I KNOW THE MONEYS WERE PUT BACK TWO YEARS AGO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO OPEN UP AND AND HAVE THAT BUILDING. IF SHE CAN'T GET OUT AND MOVE THEN LET ME KNOW BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO, I COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN. Y'ALL ARE BUILDING A HUGE COURT PLACE IN TWO YEARS. YOU CAN'T MOVE THREE EMPLOYEES OUT OF ONE BUILDING TO A NEW BUILDING IN TWO YEARS. THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. THAT BUILDING WORKS PERFECT FOR OUR COURT PURPOSES. IF THEY MOVE OUT AND WE CAN GET JUST THE UPGRADES FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO BE SAFER WITH THE SAFETY GLASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT BUILDING WORKS PERFECT WITH OUR COURTROOM AND WITH THE STATIONS FOR THE TRAFFIC CLERKS, JUST LIKE AT MOST OTHER MUNICIPAL COURTS, JP COURTS, THAT'S HOW MOST OF THEM ARE SET UP. WE HAVE A PERFECT SETUP IN THAT BUILDING. WE ARE PERFECTLY HAPPY THERE. SO I JUST NEED TO EITHER MOVE US OR MOVE THEM BECAUSE WE'VE DEFINITELY OUTGROWN IT FOR BOTH OFFICES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT HERE. HAS BEEN IN. REUBEN HAS BEEN IN. THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THOSE. LEGAL. SO TRISH LOOKS LIKE WE JUST GOT TWO FOR FRIDAY. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PRESS THAT WE MOVE TO FRIDAY AND THEN WE SHOULD HAVE GRANTS AND THEN YEAH, WE HAVE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND COUNTY ATTORNEY AND GRANTS. MELANIE COOPER, GRANTS WRITER. RIGHT. OKAY. I WENT AHEAD AND WENT TODAY. YEAH. I ONLY GOT YOU ONE AGENDA ITEM. SO WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU KNOW, JUDGE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SO KIND. I'LL TRADE PLACES WITH YOU. CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. AND A SECOND TO JOHN THIS MORNING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I, I, I

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.