[b. 9:05 AM - Public Hearing to allow Public Comment regarding Proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget - This budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $13,581,864 which is a 19.87 percent increase from last year's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $3,397,800.]

PROPOSED TAX RATE. WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH WAS ALSO SCHEDULED AT 905.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027. THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY THE AMOUNT OF $13,581,864, WHICH IS A 19.87% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL FOR THIS YEAR, IS $3,397,800.

AFTER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. I WON'T REPEAT MY. WELL, I GUESS I CAN REPEAT MYSELF.

AGAIN. PROPERTY TAX RATES, YOU KNOW. GENERAL OH POINT. LET ME GET BACK TO REAL QUICK.

0.244810 CENTS. ROAD AND BRIDGE SPECIAL 0.06883 $0.04. AND THEN THE INS RATE 0.04531 $0.07.

THAT'S A COUNTY TAX RATE OF 0.358961 CENTS. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE ABATEMENTS COME OFF THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW IT'S A BIG FACTOR AS WELL. WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IN OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE BUDGET, 4.5% COLA FOR ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, A COUPLE OF BIG TECH. WE ALSO HAD A MARKET, THE SALARY SURVEY THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS YEAR, A COUPLE OF OTHER BIG TICKET ITEMS, ONE BEING THE JAIL ROOF.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, INMATE HOUSING EXPENSES NOT TO PICK ON THE JAIL, BUT THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S, THIS IS OUR, OUR BUDGET FOR 2027. ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PROPERTY TAX. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. LAST CHANCE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING, NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:12 A.M. AND RECONVENE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS DELIBERATION CONSIDERATION FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEM. FIRST OF ALL, THE TABLE OF MINUTES. WE NEED TO TABLE THESE MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY SIKORSKY. RIGHT OR YARDLEY TO TABLE THE MINUTES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MEETING SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE SIGN DIDN'T STAND UP IN TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO UP THERE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES THE TABLE. MINUTES. OKAY. GO AHEAD. SORRY.

NEED TO WAVE THAT FLAG SOMETIME. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS. JUDGE, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU SEE WHAT THE NEW TAX STATEMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I HAD TOLD Y'ALL BEFORE DURING MY BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE FORMAT. SO I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU Y'ALL A LITTLE PREVIEW ALONG WITH THE, THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. ONE OF THE BIG IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SEE ARE THESE EXEMPTIONS ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT. IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT EXEMPTIONS YOU HAVE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR PERSON, THEY'VE GOT HOMESTEAD OVER 65 AND 100% EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS. SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT. WHEN THE TAX BILLS COME OUT. PEOPLE LIKE, DO I HAVE MY EXEMPTION? I DON'T SEE IT. THEY USED TO JUST SEE THE BREAKDOWN, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT EXEMPTION AMOUNT. SO NOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, DID I GET MY EXEMPTION? AND IF NOT THEN YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND SET THOSE UP. SO IT ALSO HAS ON HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THIS IS 2025 INFORMATION. OF COURSE IT'LL BE UPDATED WITH 2026. BUT IT GIVES YOU THAT IT SAYS THE 2025 TAXES ARE DUE NOW. AND WE'LL BE CONSIDERED DELINQUENT FEBRUARY 1ST OF THE YEAR. SO OUR OTHER STATEMENTS THAT ARE DUE UPON RECEIPT. SO I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER. CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT? THEN IT HAS OUR OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO LOOK ONLINE. THIS PARTICULAR PERSON HAS THE OVER 65 EXEMPTION AND THEY HAVE THE QUARTER PAY. THEY STILL WILL BE

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ABLE TO SEE WHEN THEIR PAYMENTS ARE DUE AND HOW MUCH WILL BE DUE. AND THEN OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHERE TO SEND YOUR TAX MONEY TO. SO IT'LL HAVE THAT ON THERE. WHO TO MAKE THE CHECKS PAYABLE TO. AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FRONT. AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE, IT GIVES YOU THE FIVE YEAR SUMMARY LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO UNDER THE LEGISLATURE. CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE? AND SO THEN IT'LL GIVE YOU INFORMATION FROM LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE, KEEP ON GOING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN. ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID WANT TO CHANGE, CAN YOU GO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT WAS BECAUSE NOW SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE SEVEN LINES OF TAXING UNITS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I HAD TO CHANGE THAT. SO BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE LAND VALUE IS. IF IT'S QUALIFYING, NOT QUALIFYING, IT'S GOT SOME MORE DETAILS ON THERE AND WE'LL ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET WHEN FOLKS GET THEIR BILL AND THEY'RE CALLING AND ASKING ABOUT CERTAIN DETAILS. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ANSWER, YOU KNOW, MORE THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A CALL. SO CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, JOSH, A LITTLE BIT MORE? LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN THERE. IT'LL TELL YOU HOMESTEAD, IT'LL BE THE DAY THAT IT'S DUE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. KEEP ON GOING.

I THOUGHT, I THINK I HAD ANOTHER ONE DOWN THERE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN. KEEP ON GOING.

OH, OH. CAN YOU. I THINK IT'LL TELL YOU THERE. CAN YOU. IT SAYS AG OR OTHER. AND IF YOU HAVE A CAP. SO THAT USUALLY AS WELL THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE A CAP, BUT IT'LL TELL YOU THERE'S AG IF PART OF YOUR PROPERTY IS LAND AND AG AND THEN THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT ON THE SECOND ONE, I THINK YOU SHOWED IT HAD A CAP ON IT THAT. YES, SIR. THAT THE CAP AMOUNT IS ANYTHING THAT THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME, BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY TAX YOU ON A 10% INCREASE AND ANYTHING AFTER THAT, IF THE VALUE HAS GONE UP MORE THAN THAT, IT SERVES AS AS A CAP LOSS. SO IT'LL SHOW YOU THAT THAT CAP. NO, I THOUGHT I HAD ONE IN THERE. SAY CAP. LET'S SEE. THERE IT IS. OKAY. SO YOU SEE THAT CAP VALUE. SO THEIR INCREASE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT WAS MORE THAN THE 10%. SO ANYTHING OVER THE 10% CREATES A CAP VALUE AND IT AND IT LOWERS YOUR YOUR TAXABLE VALUE. SO YOU'D HAVE YOUR ASSESSED VALUE MINUS YOUR CAP VALUE. AND THEN YOU SEE YOUR TAXABLE VALUE. SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW MUCH OF A OF A REDUCTION YOU GOT THERE. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE. SO IT'S GOT MORE DETAIL. SO WE REALLY LIKED WE REALLY LIKED THIS THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT. SO HOPEFULLY ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR FOLKS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. Y'ALL LIKE IT. OH ONE MORE THING. KEEP ON SCROLLING DOWN. IT SAYS FREEZE. IF YOU HAVE A FREEZE, IT'LL TELL YOU YOU HAVE A FREEZE. LET ME SEE. KEEP ON GOING. YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS FREEZE AMOUNT? I THINK THERE'S ONE AT THE VERY END. JOSH. IT SAYS FRZ ON IT. OH, RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS FREEZE AMOUNT. I MEAN UNDER THERE IT SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE A FREEZE FOR TAFT ISD IN THE CITY OF TAFT. SO IF IF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, ARE MY TAXES FROZEN, YOU KNOW, AND IT'LL BE THE SAME FOR THE COUNTY IF YOU'RE OVER 65 BECAUSE THE COUNTY FREEZES IT AND SO DOES THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT. SO NOW IT'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE A FREEZE. OKAY, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE NEW ASPECTS OF THEM. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? EVERYBODY LIKE THEM SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I WOULD ASK WHO'S THE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEVEN TAXING ENTITIES. THE PEOPLE BACK THERE IN SOMERSET. OKAY. IT'S A LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND VISUALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S VERY EASY. OKAY. AND I APPRECIATE ANYTHING. OKAY.

GLAD WE DIDN'T MISS THAT ONE. YES. OKAY. MINUTES FOR TABLES. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO INTO

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

OUR FINANCIAL AGENDA. THE FIRST ONE IS EXAMINATION, CONSIDERATION, ACTION OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY MOVE TO PAY THE BILLS. SECOND MOTION SECONDED BY YARDLEY. PAY THE BILLS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY BILL PRESENTED THIS MORNING? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 2.2 B IS CONSIDERATION

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

ACTION ON BUDGET LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. WE DO HAVE THREE THIS MORNING. FIRST ONE IS OUT OF THE ELECTION OFFICE TRANSFERRING FUNDS. NUMBER ONE FROM FURNITURE, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT INTO POSTAGE. AND THE SECOND PART IS TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM PUBLIC NOTICES INTO UTILITIES. NEXT ONE IS OUT OF JP PRECINCT EIGHT, TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM GENERAL SUPPLIES

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INTO MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES. AND THE LAST ONE IS OUT OF BUILDING IN YARDS, TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE INTO EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, INSURANCE BONDS AND PREMIUMS, MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES AND CHARGES, REPAIR MATERIALS AND GENERAL SUPPLIES. I MOVE TO APPROVE BUDGET LINE TRANSFERS. SECOND MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY YARDLEY. ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THE THREE? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 2.2 C IS

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

CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON TREASURER'S REPORT. BANK RECONCILIATION. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. THIS WEEK'S TOTAL HEALTH TRANSFER IS $143,800. MOVE TO ACCEPT JUDGES REPORT SECOND MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECONDED BY GONZALES. ANY QUESTIONS? MISS GARCIA THIS MORNING, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 2.2 D IS FISCAL YEAR 2027. BUDGET AND RELATED MATTERS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO. YEAH, I DO, YOUR HONOR. I'M WORKING ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRECINCT ONE AND PRECINCT FOUR. I'LL HAVE IT IN PROBABLY BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY THIS WEEK. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE SOONER, BUT WE DID HAVE THE CONFERENCE, SO. WELL, IT'S NOT DUE TILL JANUARY, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I THOUGHT THEY WANTED IT FOR THE BUDGET INCLUDED FOR THE PLANNING. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. NO.

ANYWAY, THAT WAS FOR MR. KEITH AND MR. ROBLES THERE. YEAH. I GUESS THE MAIN THING IS IT'S GOING TO BE CONTINUED FOR 27. THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

STATED NO BODY ELSE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO RELATE ON THE 27 BUDGET? OKAY. WE GOT

[d. Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and related matters: ]

THAT ONE. OKAY. 2.2 D IS CONSIDERATION ACTION ON ORDER ADOPTING ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES, COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. YOU DO HAVE A COPY ON YOUR PRINTED OUT OF THE BUDGET. I MEAN, THE SALARIES FOR THE COMING YEAR 2027. ARE UP THERE ON THE BOARD. SO. AND THIS IS ALL INCLUDING WITH THE 4.5% COLA, IT'S INCLUDED IN ALL OF THEM. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, GOT A MOTION. SEE MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECONDED BY GONZALES.

ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 2.2 DIC. THAT WAS ON THE ELECTED SALARIES. OKAY THAT'S D TWO

[1. Presentation, discussion, consideration and action on revisions to Proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget that the Commissioners Court considers warranted by the law and required by the interest of the taxpayers.]

MISS. GOT THAT ONE. OKAY. LET'S GO BACK UP TO D ONE. BUDGET PRESENTATION DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON REVISIONS TO THE PROPOSED 27 BUDGET THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT CONSIDERS WARRANTED BY LAW AND REQUIRED BY THE INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS. THIS IS NEW. SO THERE WERE AS FAR AS REVISIONS GO, THERE WERE NONE. THERE WERE NO REVISIONS FOR THE BUDGET. THERE WERE NO REVISIONS, NO REVISIONS, NO ACTION FROM THE PROPOSED. THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH. FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET. OKAY. VERY GOOD. LET'S GO TO 2.2 D THREE IS CONSIDERATION

[3. Consideration and action on Order adopting Budget for Fiscal Year 2027.]

ACTION ON ORDER ADOPTING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. PATRICK. I THINK HERE WE'RE JUST NEEDING TO FOR Y'ALL TO I GUESS ACT ON ON ADOPTING IT. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. SECOND MOTION SECONDED BY SIKORSKY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE BUDGET THIS MORNING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. SO JUDGE, I SEEM TO RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS WAS ALMOST LIKE DEJA VU THREE YEARS AGO, MY FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS WEEKEND TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE THINGS WE'VE APPROVED SINCE WE STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE KIND OF DO THIS PIECE BY PIECE, BUT I DON'T THINK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS SEEN THE ACTUAL FINAL BUDGET. WE'VE SEEN THE INPUTS, WE'VE SEEN THE LITTLE PIECES

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WE'VE VOTED ON. BUT AS FAR AS ACTUAL SEEING, HERE'S OUR ACTUAL FINAL BUDGET. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. IT'S THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS BEEN ON THE WEBSITE FOR SINCE AUGUST THE PROBABLY THE 14TH OR 15TH 14TH. SO OKAY, SO I LOOKED AT THAT THIS WEEKEND. SO THAT THAT IS THE FINAL. THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL. YES, SIR. THAT'S PROPOSED UNTIL WE GET TO HERE TO ACT ON THE FINAL ON THE ADOPTED. I'M NOT SURE WHICH PART OF THIS THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD FALL UNDER. SO I'LL START WITH THIS. AND IF IT'S NOT UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM I'LL SAVE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

WE HAVE THE TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT, WHICH ESSENTIALLY FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR FOR THE MEDIAN HOMESTEAD OF 165,000, WENT UP ABOUT 92 BUCKS. AND YET WHEN I LOOK AT THE STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 2.71% AND WILL RAISE TAXES ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $8.28. SO IF $100,000 HOME IS $8.28. BUT YET OVER HERE, $165,000 HOME IS GOING UP BY $92. SO IS THIS ONLY THE MAD? OH, YES, THERE THERE IS MARCY. I BELIEVE THE MAD. OH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE IMPACT STATEMENT THAT HAS EVERYTHING CORRECT. MARCY IMINO AND INS ARE JUST. OH YEAH. SO MARCY, YOU MIGHT. YEAH. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING. SO YOU YOU SEE WHAT THAT 372516 WAS LAST YEAR'S AND THE 35896 WAS WHAT WAS PROPOSED. RIGHT. THAT NO NEW REVENUE WAS A 303476. THAT'S ONLY THE MAD.

OH CUZ IT DIDN'T PICK UP THE INS RATE. DID PICK UP THAT. 303 BUT IF YOU'RE WANTING COMPARED LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE THE 628 AND THE 594 ON THAT 165. SO FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, WHAT IS THEIR INCREASE? WHAT IS THEIR EXPECTED TAX BILL GOING TO GO UP? WELL, WELL, IT'S GOING TO FOR THE FOR JUST THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S RIGHT. SO FOR THE PROPOSED RATE, IT'LL ACTUALLY GO LET'S SEE THE THREE 628 TO 594 ACTUALLY GO DOWN $34. AND SO THERE'S. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WHO'S PROBABLY CONFUSED WITH THE HOW THE WORDING HAS TO BE ON THE BUDGET. AND SO THERE'S THE EFFECTIVE RATE, RIGHT? THAT HAS TO BE INCLUDED. AND THERE'S A 2.5 OR 2.71% INCREASE. BUT THE EFFECT OF WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WAS, I'LL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF RIGHT HERE OVERALL, OVERALL. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FROM THE WHAT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE ADOPTED RATE. SO THE ADOPTED RATE WOULD BE, I GUESS 2.53% OVER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICALITIES INVOLVED WITH THE WORDING THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE ON THE, ON THE BUDGET. WELL, I THINK TO CONFUSE THINGS EVEN MORE, WE WENT WITH THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND WITH THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE ON TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT'S CORRECT. WE WENT WITH A NO NEW REVENUE RATE ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE PORTION, AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVED RATE ON THE GENERAL FUND. NO. AND INS. SO THE SYSTEM THAT I USE FROM ACT LETS ME PUT IN THE PROPOSED RATE. SO BUT ON THE N AND R THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES. THERE'S YOU KNOW, NEW IMPROVEMENTS, THERE'S REFUNDS, YOU KNOW, THE TIF IS INCLUDED IN THERE. SO HE'S LOOKING AT IT OVERALL, WHICH WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO. SO WE'RE RAISING OUR TAXES. WE'RE OUR REVENUE BY 13 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR. 3 MILLION SOMETHING OF THAT IS FROM NEW NEW PROPERTY COMING ON NEW PROPERTY. YES. WHICH MEANS 10 MILLION IS BEING RAISED FROM THE TAXPAYERS. WE ALREADY HAVE. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WE HAVE ALL THIS INDUSTRY THAT WE'VE WE'VE GRANTED TAX ABATEMENTS OVER THE YEARS. AND OVER TIME, THOSE TAX ABATEMENTS START TO DECLINE OR EVENTUALLY ROLL OFF ALTOGETHER. THAT'S CORRECT. SO I USED TO HAVE THIS CHART THAT MR. WINDELL WOULD PROVIDE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

SO THIS ONE IS IT IS DATED. IT'S PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS OLD. BUT IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS FROM 2026 TO 2027, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN INDUSTRY PAYING MORE TAXES BECAUSE THE TAX ABATEMENTS WERE DECREASING AND THAT THIS THIS IS 2026. THAT'S 2027. SO THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE. THERE WAS SO AS THAT'S OCCURRING, I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD BE REDUCING THE TAX BILLS ON THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER.

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AND SMALL BUSINESS AS INDUSTRY IS PAYING MORE, IS THAT NOT SOMEHOW BALANCING OUT IN THEIR.

WELL, I WOULD ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOUR YOUR BUDGET IS SET, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BUDGET, OUR BUDGET INCREASED. CORRECT? RIGHT. WHICH KIND OF BRINGS ME BACK TO WHERE I STARTED. SO. I WON'T SAY WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE'VE RAISED OUR REVENUE, 13 MILLION, 3 MILLION OF THAT BASED ON NEW PROPERTY ON THE ROLLS, THAT MEANS $10 MILLION. WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR OR WE'RE WE'RE RAISING THE REVENUE INCREASE IN REVENUE BY THAT. RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT THAT IS FIGURED ON 160 000, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED TO USE THAT MEDIAN VALUE. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON 100,000. SO THAT THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. NOW WE'RE WE'RE DOING MEDIAN NOW MEDIAN INSTEAD OF AVERAGE. SO IF YOU DID 100,000, I'M SURE IT WOULD BE LESS THAN THAT. SO I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE AS A COURT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO.

DEFEND OR EXPLAIN WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE APPROVED. RIGHT? SO I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO MY VOTERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY, BE ABLE TO TELL THEM, YES, YOUR YOUR YOUR TAX BILL HAS GONE UP, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR THAT OR SOMETHING. I NEED TO BUILD A TUBE. WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING DOWN. IT'S GOING DOWN, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING DOWN BY $34.

RIGHT. IT'S GOING DOWN. BUT WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE, PEOPLE, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT. SO VALUES AT HOME WENT UP. RIGHT. SO. RIGHT. CORRECT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO IF WE DON'T SET THAT, THAT'S THAT'S THE THERE'S RIGHT. SO THERE'S THREE PIECES OF THIS, THE APPRAISED VALUE, WHICH HOPEFULLY IF I OWN PROPERTY, MY APPRAISED VALUE IS GOING UP.

I'D HATE TO OWN PROPERTY THAT MY VALUE IS GOING DOWN. THAT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD INVESTMENT.

SO. RIGHT. HOPEFULLY MY APPRAISED VALUE IS GOING UP. BUT IS THAT APPRAISED VALUE IS GOING UP? WHEN WE GO TO SET OUR TAX RATE, WE ADJUST OUR TAX RATE IN A MANNER THAT BETWEEN THE APPRAISED VALUE AND THE TAX RATE, WE GET X AMOUNT OF REVENUE. THAT AMOUNT OF REVENUE IS REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING THIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR BUDGET. SO WE DETERMINE WHAT OUR BUDGET IS AND WE SAY, OKAY, WE NEED THIS MUCH REVENUE TO, TO SUPPORT OUR BUDGET. AND YOU CAN KIND OF BACK ENGINEER THAT TO THEN SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT OUR TAX RATE NEEDS TO BE BASED ON THE APPRAISED VALUE, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE MORE TAX MONEY IS COMING IN IS WHY WE LOWERED THE TAXES. WE DID WELL. WE LOWERED THE TAX RATE, WE LOWERED THE TAX RATE. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOUR TAX BILL WENT DOWN. THAT'S RIGHT. NOT NECESSARILY. YOU'RE CORRECT.

AND AND ANOTHER VARIABLE IS THE LITIGATION. THAT'S PRETTY HIGH AS WELL. WE'RE PUTTING MONEY AWAY FOR THE LITIGATION THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING. AND THAT'S IF YOU LOOKED IN YOUR ON YOUR WORKSHEET THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU THERE, THERE'S IT'S SUBSTANTIAL. SO THAT WE HAD TO PUT AWAY AS WELL. AND PEOPLE ASKING WHAT LITIGATION IS. BASICALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT PROVIDE US NUMBERS, WHAT THEIR VALUES IS, AND WE TAX THEM ON THAT, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND SUE US, THEY SUE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, SUE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, CORRECT? YEAH. WE BASICALLY COLLECT THESE TAXES. AND THEN THESE INDUSTRIES, THEY ROLL OFF OF THEIR ABATEMENTS. THEN THEY DECIDE THAT THEIR PROPERTY IS NOT WORTH AS MUCH AS THEY ORIGINALLY SAID IT WAS TO GET THE ABATEMENT. SO THEN THEY FILE AGAINST THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO HAVE THEIR RATES REDUCED AND THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY IS REDUCED. SO WE HAVE TO BANK THAT MONEY. WE CAN'T SPEND IT.

IT'S EVEN WORSE FOR SMALL CITIES WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPEND ON THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T SPEND THAT MONEY. IT'S GOT TO BE PUT BACK IN CASE WE LOSE THE CASE AND HAVE TO REFUND IT TO THE INDUSTRY. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WHICH BASICALLY IN YEAR BY YEAR, THEY PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS EVERY YEAR OF WHAT THEIR PROPERTY IS WORTH. AND THEN WE'RE TAXING THEM ON IT AND THEN THEY SUE US. CORRECT? YEP. THAT'S EXACTLY THAT'S RIGHT. WIN WIN FOR THEM. DON'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. BUT WE GOT WE GOTTA LOOK AT THAT. WHEN WE LOOK AT FUTURE ABATEMENTS. I MEAN IT'S JUST. OH YEAH. SO PART OF OUR BUDGET IS WE'RE SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR THOSE PURPOSES OR REASONS. SO I GUESS LET ME ASK MAYBE THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY AND SEE IF I CAN PUT MY HEAD AROUND THIS. SO. WE'RE GOING TO RAISE 13.5 MILLION MORE THIS YEAR IN REVENUE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT. SO IS THAT THE SAME AS SAYING WE'RE SPENDING $13.5 MILLION MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. DOES THAT EQUATE THAT WAY? NOT NECESSARILY. NO. NOT NECESSARILY. THAT'S RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY SPENDING 13.5 MILLION MORE BECAUSE WE WE ARE SETTING MONEY ASIDE FOR THESE REASONS RIGHT HERE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE. SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN SOME OF THE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES AS WELL. AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU'RE STILL

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PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITH JOE ROOF, INMATE HOUSING, SALARY INCREASES FOR STUDY. SO SHOWN RIGHT HERE ON THE BUDGET. WE DO HAVE WE HAD AN ESTIMATE OF 2026 OF 49.5 MILLION EXPENDITURES AND 2027 62.268 EXPENDITURES. SO AS A AS A AS A BUDGET, I'M SORRY, BUDGET OF 59.7 MILLION. SO WE'RE ABOUT 10.2 MILLION MORE BUDGETED FROM 2026 ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I HAVE A HARD TIME IS WE DO ALL THESE THINGS IN LITTLE PIECES. SO THE SALARY STUDY, THE COLAS, THE NEW EMPLOYEES, ALL OF THESE THINGS WE KIND OF DO IN PIECES. AND EVERY TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I'M THINKING, WELL, NOW OUR OUR TAX WILL BE GOING UP. MAYBE NOT THE TAX RATE. I GET THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HOW I CAN GET A HOLISTIC VIEW ON THINGS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT, RIGHT? SO EVERY TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE PIECE, I KIND OF NEED TO SEE HOW THAT IS IMPACTING US OVERALL. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO I DON'T KNOW THE SOLUTION. I JUST KNOW RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO EVERY TIME WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING. FIGURING OUT HOW THAT REALLY IMPACTS US OVERALL. RIGHT. AND I, I'VE, I'VE HAD COMMISSIONER IS, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR CERTIFIED VALUES, OUR HARD NUMBERS, JULY THE 25TH. THAT'S RIGHT. HERE WE ARE. RIGHT. WE HAVE A MONTH, BARELY A MONTH, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO HAVE SOME DEADLINES AND SOME TIME RESTRAINTS. IT'S HARD TO BREAK THAT DOWN AND IT'S HARD TO BREAK IT DOWN REALLY QUICKLY. I REALIZE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY'S AT 10 MILLION PROBABLY COMING FROM INDUSTRY, IF I WOULD ASSUME THERE'S YEAH, WE HAD TWO BIG ABATEMENTS COME OFF HERE ENDS OF 26. THERE ARE TWO TRAINS COMING FROM FROM HOMEOWNERS. IT'S COMING OUT OF INDUSTRY. SO YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS I'VE SEEN IT'S WE DO HAVE I DO HAVE A THE CAPABILITY OF BREAKING DOWN WHAT THOSE VALUES ARE. I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IT IS INDUSTRY? BECAUSE IN THE PAPERWORK THAT WE DO GET FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, IT'LL. IT THERE'S CATEGORIES. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT PART OF THE VALUE IS INDUSTRY AND WHAT PART OF IT IS HOMESTEAD APARTMENT BUILDINGS. SO WE DO HAVE I DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF GETTING YOU THOSE THOSE. AND I CAN DO IT NEXT YEAR AND SEE, I'M GOING TO FIGURE OUT IN THE FUTURE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO GET FOR YOU VOTERS IS HOW MUCH THAT 10 MILLION IS COMING OUT OF INDUSTRY AND HOW MUCH IT'S ACTUALLY. WELL, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT VALUES TO START OFF WITH HOW MUCH VALUE. I MEAN, WE KNOW THE INDUSTRY HAS A BIGGER VALUE FOR SURE, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU SOME HARD NUMBERS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN THE FUTURE HOW WE CAN DO THIS PROCESS THAT WELL. AND, AND I CAN DO THAT FOR NEXT YEAR A LITTLE CLEARER. SURE. OKAY. SO OKAY, THAT'S NO PROBLEM.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME THIS WEEKEND TRYING TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS AND, AND KIND OF RECONCILE WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE GOT HERE, ALL THAT. SO YEAH. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. FOR NOW. I THINK THAT'S IT. WE'RE ONLY ON THE FIRST ITEM. SO CALL THE QUESTION. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 20? DO YOU HAVE A MOTION A SECOND? YEP, I SURE DO. YEAH.

WE HAD COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE AND YOU SECOND. YEAH. YES. FOR THE. YES, SIR. ANYTHING ELSE PATRICK? NO, SIR. OKAY. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE. OKAY. LET'S GO TO TWO POINT D 2.2 D

[4. Consideration and action on Order adopting 2026 Tax Year Property Tax Rate supporting Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.]

FOUR WHICH IS CONSIDERATION ACTION AND AN ORDER ADOPTING THE 2026 TAX YEAR PROPERTY TAX RATE SUPPORTING FISCAL YEAR 2027. MOTION TO APPROVE. WAIT A MINUTE. THERE'S GOT A ALL RIGHT.

YOU GO AHEAD AND SET IT AND READ SOMETHING. THERE'S GOT IT'S GOT TO BE SAID A CERTAIN WAY, COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU SEND YOUR MOTION. OKAY? OKAY. I DON'T HAVE A SECOND ANYWAY. THAT'S FINE. LET IT DIE FOR LACK OF A SECOND, COMMISSIONER. ALRIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF TAX RATE OF 0.358961, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 2.53% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE IS COMPRISED OF GENERAL FUND M AND O OF 0.244810. ROAD AND BRIDGE M AND O OF 0.068834, AND I AND S OF 0.045317. I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SECOND OF COURSE, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION. HEAR NO QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 2.2 D FIVE.

[5. Consideration and action on Order ratifying the Property Tax Increase reflected in the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027.]

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CONSIDERATION ACTION ON ORDER RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. AND I THINK THERE'S A SPECIAL READING FOR IT. PATRICK. NO, SIR. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO SPECIAL ONE FOR THIS ONE. SPECIAL ONE FOR THAT ONE. SO THE BIG ONE. OKAY, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDER RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. THANK YOU. MOTION SECONDED BY SIKORSKI. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. I THINK WE DO THE BUDGET STUFF. YES, SIR.

[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:]

THANK YOU. MR. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET'S GO INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THIS MORNING. WE DO HAVE 32.3 A'S EXCEPT AND RECORD THE 2026 CONTINUOUS EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MARCELLA THORMAHLEN, TAX ASSESSOR. COLLECTOR HOURS MET DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. EDUCATION HOURS MET FOR PPC AND THE TAX ASSESSOR.

COLLECTOR 2.3 B IS ACCEPT AND RECORD COMPLETION OF THE REGISTERED ELECTION OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION. THE RIO PROGRAM FOR FOR VICTORIA PEREIRA, ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND TITANIA. ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR AND 2.3 C ACCEPT AND RECORD COMPLETION OF CERTIFIED ELECTION REQUIREMENT. ADMINISTRATOR CERA CERTIFICATION FOR VICTORIA PEREIRA AND THEN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR TITANIA PENNA, ASSISTANT ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, MOVE TO APPROVE 2.3 A THROUGH C SECOND, A MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECOND BY YARDLEY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. GOING INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL

[a. Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from Chesca Jennings, Procurement Specialist, to award IFB2026-002, San Patricio County Portland Offices, to Progressive Structures in the amount of $502,493.15, consisting of a lump-sum base bid of $477,389.15 and Additive Alternate A in the amount of $25,104.00, as recommended by N. Martinez & Associates, Inc., project engineer.]

ACTION ITEMS. FIRST OF ALL WE GOT 2.4 A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM JESSICA JENNINGS, PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST TO AWARD IFB 2026-002 SAN PATRICIO COUNTY PORTLAND OFFICES TO PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES IN THE AMOUNT OF $502,493.15, CONSISTING OF A LUMP SUM BASE BID OF $477,389.15, AND AN ADDITIVE ALTERNATIVE, A IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,104, AS RECOMMENDED BY ED MARTINEZ AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED PROJECT ENGINEER. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD FOR THE PORTLAND OFFICES BUILD OUT. AND THEY SUGGESTED A PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES AND WE HAVE THE ENGINEERING FIRM HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS FOR PORTLAND, RIGHT? YES, SIR. I'LL DEFER TO COMMISSIONER YARDLEY. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE WORKS.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN LITERALLY WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER TWO YEARS, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD. I WILL REMIND THE COURT THAT THIS REALLY IS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION UNTIL SOMEDAY WE CAN FIND A PERMANENT HOME FOR ALL OF THE COUNTY OFFICES IN THAT AREA. BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY A GOOD STEP FORWARD TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT TO THIS POINT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY SIKORSKY SECONDED BY YARDLEY FOR APPROVAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMENT. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

[b. Discussion, consideration, and action request from the IT Department, regarding implementation and enforcement of CJIS Security Policy requirements for workstation security, configured to automatically lock or activate a password-protected screen saver after no more than 30 minutes of inactivity]

JESSICA. 2.4 B IS DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CJIS SECURITY POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKSTATION SECURITY CONFIGURED TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCK OR ACTIVATE A PASSWORD PROTECTED SCREENSAVER AFTER MORE THAN 30 LESS THAN, LET'S SAY, 30 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY AND ACTIVITY. STEVEN. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. PART OF OUR SECURITY POSTURE. WE LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THIS SIEGES FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT COUNTY WIDE.

SO BASICALLY 30 MINUTES WITHOUT ACTIVITY. IT'S JUST GOING TO GO TO THE SCREEN SERVER. AND THEN

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YOU LOG BACK IN MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION A SECOND. BUT I WANT TO HAVE THE SAME QUESTION THAT THE SHERIFF HAS. IF WE DO IT IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IT'S GOING TO CREATE PROBLEMS. YES, WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE OBJECTION OF. THIS IS ON THE DISPATCH SIDE, SIEGES. FBI DOES ALLOW FOR THE EXEMPTION TO BE EXEMPT AND DISPATCH, BECAUSE IF THE COMPUTER DIES 30 MINUTES LATER, YOU HAVE A 911 CALL. YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO REBOOT AND HAVE IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

AND WE CAN'T TAKE THE EMERGENCY CALL UNTIL THE COMPUTERS BACK UP AGAIN. SO IT REQUIRES IT TO BE SECURED, WHICH IT IS. NO ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IT IS. IT'S IN A LOCKED OFFICE. SO WE WANT TO EXEMPT THE DISPATCH AS AS ALLOWED IN SIEGES FOR DISPATCHERS. I AGREE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE BLOCKED. WELL THAT'S FINE, I'LL ADD THAT TO MY MOTION THEN. THAT'S EVEN. IS THIS POSSIBLE TO DO? YEAH. I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE THE REQUEST.

I MEAN, FOR ANY DEPARTMENT THAT KIND OF FALLS INTO THE SAME AS THE SHERIFF, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST PART OF JUST AGAIN, JUST OUR CYBER CREATES A PROBLEM FOR DISPATCHERS. AND I'LL JUST AMEND MY MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISPATCHERS AREN'T INCLUDED IN THAT. AND I'M IN MY SECOND. OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THE 30 MINUTES IS THAT THE RECOMMENDED? I MEAN, YES, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE EASIEST INSTEAD OF I REALIZE IT'S EASY, BUT I KNOW 30 MINUTES SOMEBODY'S BEEN AWAY FROM THEIR WORKSTATION. WE TRIED 15 AND IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK. SO THE REQUIREMENT IS 30 MINUTES. SO OKAY, OKAY, GO WITH THE REQUIREMENT THEN. YES, MOTION AND A SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HEAR NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. 2.4 C IS

[c. Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from the IT Department to enter into a three-year service agreement with CTI for the recommissioning, maintenance, and support of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Audio/Visual (A/V) system. This is through the DIR cooperative # DIR-CPO-0579. The total cost of the three-year agreement is $27,468.49 and will be funded through the IT Department budget.]

DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON REQUEST FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CTI FOR THE RECOMMISSIONING MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM. THIS IS THROUGH THE DIR COOPERATIVE DIR NUMBER CPO-0579. TOTAL COST OF THE THREE YEAR AGREEMENT IS $27,468.49 AND WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE IT DEPARTMENT. BUDGET. DEPARTMENT MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY.

GOT A MOTION SECONDED BY GONZALES. ANY QUESTIONS? SO I READ THROUGH THE CONTRACT. I MEAN, IS THIS. WHAT ARE OTHER OPTIONS? I MEAN? WELL, THE ONLY OPTION WOULD BE I MEAN DEPENDING ON THE VENDOR, WE STILL GOT THE RECOMMISSION, THE EOC AND THE. AND PRIORITY HERE IS IN CASE WE HAVE A DISASTER SITUATION, WE SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING. SEAMLESSLY. SO WHEN WE BUILT THE EOC AND WE OUTFITTED IT WITH ALL THIS AUDIO VISUAL AND ALL THE STUFF, NOW PERIODICALLY YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND RECOMMISSION ALL THIS. NO, THIS IS JUST ONE TIME. AND AFTER THAT, THE CTI WOULD DO THE SUPPORT AND SERVICE TO KEEP THAT RUNNING. WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS IN PLACE BEFORE, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. NO ONE ELSE HERE. AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SCOTT AND THEN HE AGREES WITH THIS. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST I READ THROUGH IT AND IT'S LIKE WE'RE SPENDING TEN GRAND A YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT GETS US BESIDES TWO NEW KEYBOARDS. BUT OKAY, I GOT IT. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, 2.4 D IS DISCUSSION,

[d. Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from the IT Department requesting a 7-month extension on RFP 2025-004 for Data Backup and Recovery, service agreement with FreeIt at an annual cost of $199,567.62. Executive session possible to consult with an attorney pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 551.071 and negotiate a contract pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 551.0725.]

CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT REQUESTED SEVEN MONTH EXTENSION ON RFP 2025-004 FOR DATA BACKUP AND RECOVERY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH FREE IT AT A ANNUAL COST OF $199,567.62 AND EXECUTIVE SESSION POSSIBLE IF REQUESTED. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. DUE TO THE CHANGE OF THE DATES ON THE SERVICE AGREEMENT, THERE'S A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 202,824 AND $0.67, WHERE. SO THAT IS IN ADDITION OR THAT'S THE REVISED THAT IS

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THE REVISED. OKAY, TAMARA, IF YOU'LL COME UP, PLEASE. DO WE NEED TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ANYTHING OTHER. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONTRACT IN YOUR OFFICE FOR QUITE A WHILE. LOOKING AT IT STUFF, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU NEED TO TELL US BEFORE WE VOTE? THIS ONE? YES, YES. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS ON ON THIS, AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR ONLY CONCERN, OUR CONCERN WAS THE AMOUNT BECAUSE IT WASN'T A IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THE YEAR. YEAH. AND THEY WANTED US TO START BACK UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR WHEN WE RENEWED THE CONTRACT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO CAN I JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD A AN ANNUAL COST OF 199,567. WE'RE EXTENDING IT FOR SEVEN MONTHS. AND THE REVISED TOTAL IS NOW $202,824. SO THAT WE'RE GOING ANOTHER SEVEN MONTHS FOR VERY LITTLE EXTRA MONEY. IS THAT HOW I'M READING THIS? JUST SO THAT WE CAN EXTEND IT. IT'LL BE A YEAR, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO ADD THAT THAT OTHER EXTRA MONTH. SO THEN WE CAN GO TO RFP AGAIN. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE THE EXTRA AMOUNT. I'M STILL NOT SURE IF I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MORE THIS HAS COST. SO IS IT REALLY COSTING US THE DIFFERENCE OF 202,000 -199,000. SO THREE GRAND DIFFERENCE. IT'S COSTING THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T START THE THE PROJECT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. THEY STOPPED US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND SAID THAT THEY WOULDN'T PROVIDE THE SERVICES UNLESS WE WENT IN ON THE YEAR, ON THE YEAR PAYMENT. AND NOW THEY'VE WE'VE GOT IT WORKED OUT TILL IT'S WE'LL START A NEW YEAR IN JANUARY. RIGHT. SO WE'RE DOING A SEVEN MONTH EXTENSION. YES. AND HOW MUCH IS THAT SEVEN MONTH EXTENSION COSTING THE COUNTY. THIS IS A YEARLY. SO THE THE YEARLY WOULD BE THE 202,000. SO WE'LL COME BACK. WE'LL COME BACK NEXT YEAR AT THE SAME TIME TO RENEW IT. THE EXTENSION IS TO COMPLETE A WHOLE YEAR OF SERVICE. AND THAT THAT PRICE WAS 199, 567. AND NOW WE'RE CHANGING IT TO 202824. AND THAT'LL GIVE US SEVEN MORE MONTHS OF SERVICE SO WE CAN BE ON THE RIGHT CYCLE IN SEPTEMBER OF, OH, OKAY, I THINK I UNDERSTAND, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY SIKORSKY AND SECONDED BY YARDLEY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION IS CARRIED.

[e. Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, to apply for the Enbridge Community Investment Grant Vibrant Communities through the Benevity portal for the Parks Department Master Plan in the amount $7,000.00. ]

OKAY. WE'RE DOWN TO 2.4 E. DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE REQUEST FOR MELANIE COOPER GRANT MANAGER, TO APPLY FOR ENBRIDGE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GRANT. VIBRANT COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PORTAL FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,000 MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION WAS SECONDED BY YARDLEY. ANY QUESTION FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? SO WE'RE OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 F IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON APPROVING THE BRW

[f. Discussion and Action on approving BRW Contract Amendment No. 4 in the amount of $25,500.00 for services related to the Justice Center's Fire Suppression Storage Tank.]

CONTRACT. AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,500 FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE JUSTICE CENTER'S FIRE SUPPRESSION STORAGE TANK. JOHN. YES, THE ADDITIONAL COST. AND THERE'S A BREAKDOWN WITHIN THE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS. THERE'S A SUBCONSULTANT. JOSE GUERRA OF.

THEY'RE CHARGING ABOUT $13,800, AND THAT WAS TO SIZE THE STORAGE TANK AND PROVIDE THE ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THERE'S THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. THAT'S GESSNER

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ENGINEERING. THEY'RE CHARGING $2,000 FOR THE FOUNDATION DESIGN. AND OF COURSE, THEN THERE'S BRW FOR WORKING WITH THE FULTON AND THE PLANS AND GATHERING TOGETHER. AND THAT WAS $9,700. AND SO THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER FOR FOR BRW IS THE AMOUNT OF $25,500. RECOMMEND APPROVAL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY VALESKY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN YOU BACK UP AND GIVE US THE BIG PICTURE ON THIS? I KNOW I'VE BEEN OVER THERE AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, BUT PLEASE INFORM THE COURT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS TANK AND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. OKAY. AS YOU RECALL. FULTON CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED THE CIRCULAR LOOP OF THE WATER EXISTING WATER LINE, THE PROPOSED WATER LINE FOR THE FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER. AS OF TODAY, BY CODE. THE JUSTICE CENTER MEETS WATER PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS. THIS WHAT COURT APPROVED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FOR THE FIRE STORAGE. THAT'S A SUPPLEMENTAL FIRE STORAGE SYSTEM, AND THAT'S TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FIRE PROTECTION UNTIL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR IN CASE THERE'S A FAILURE IN THE EXISTING WATER SUPPLY. THE COUNTY HAS A WATER STORAGE SYSTEM TO PUT OUT THE FIRE THAT WAS APPROVED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THAT WAS APPROVED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND NOW WHAT'S THIS ONE DOING? OH, THIS IS FOR THE ENGINE. THIS IS FOR THE ENGINEERING, FOR THAT STORAGE SYSTEM. SUPPLEMENTAL STORAGE SYSTEM. THERE'S NOT A CHANGE ORDER. THIS IS JUST PAYING FOR THAT, THAT TANK OR WHATEVER THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE. THIS IS THE ARCHITECT'S FEE AND THE. THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO BRW. IT'S FOR ALL THE ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURAL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TANK. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO BE AN ARCHITECT, NOT A. YES, SIR. OKAY. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 2.4 G IS REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CURRENT

[g. Review and discuss the current procurement process for the proposed new county jail, including the selected construction delivery method, procurement requirements and evaluation process, project scope and requirements, and overall project status; and take such action as deemed appropriate, including possible termination of the current Design-Build procurement process and consideration of direction for a new procurement process. This item may be moved to executive session under the Government Code, Section 551.0745, Consultation with Attorney. ]

PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE PROPOSED NEW COUNTY JAIL, INCLUDING THE THE SELECTED CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD, PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION PROCESS, PROJECT SCOPE AND REQUIREMENTS, AND OVERALL PROJECT STATUS, AND TAKE SUCH ACTIONS AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING POSSIBLE TERMINATION OF THE CURRENT DESIGN, BUILD, PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND CONSIDERATION OF DIRECTIONS FOR A NEW PROCUREMENT PROCESS. THIS ITEM MAY BE MOVED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0745, WHICH IS CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. SO. SO JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER 5510745 CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY. I GOT A MOTION BY YARDLEY, SECONDED BY SIKORSKI.

YES. MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 2.4 H. DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON CHANGING A FULL TIME

[h. Discussion, consideration and action on changing a full time regular Heavy Equipment Operator II position, grade 106 to a full time regular Heavy Equipment Operator I position, grade 105, for Road & Bridge Pct. #1, effective September 1, 2026.]

REGULAR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TO GRAY UP POSITION. GRADE 106 TO A FULL TIME REGULAR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ONE POSITION. GRADE 105 WITH ROAD AND BRIDGE NUMBER ONE. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY GILLESPIE. DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. OKAY, 2.4 I. DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON

[i. Discussion, consideration and action on approving a new full time regular Road Superintendent, grade 117 for the County Engineer Department. ]

APPROVING A NEW TIME. A FULL TIME REGULAR ROAD SUPERINTENDENT, GRADE 117 FOR THE COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. MR. RIVERA, I'VE ATTACHED THE NEW JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER FOR THE NEW ROAD SUPERINTENDENT THE COURT HAD REQUESTED A FEW MONTHS AGO DURING BUDGET. IT IS. THE MONEY IS IN THE FUNDING FOR 2026. WE'RE ANTICIPATING IF THE COURT DOES APPROVE THIS, WE WILL START LOOKING, ADVERTISE AND HAVE IT FILLED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. WE DO HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED IN FOR 2027 ALSO. IS THERE. OH GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR DISCUSSION AND BASICALLY DISCUSSION PART DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT WHO'S GOING TO DO THE INTERVIEWING FOR THIS POSITION. OKAY. MOTION. I'LL SECOND THAT. I GOT A SECOND. OKAY. CAN WE TAKE THAT

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DISCUSSION? I'M TAKING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OR. NO, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS COMING UP TODAY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT AS WE'RE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF. BUT I THINK THE THE, THE COURT AND THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR THIS WOULD BE THE ONE TO DEAL WITH THE INTERVIEWS FOR THAT ROAD SUPERINTENDENT. I CAN GO BACK TO MY INTERVIEW OF 2002, WHERE I WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE WHOLE COURT OVER THE PHONE, AND I THINK YOU REMEMBER THAT IT WAS DONE BEFORE AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER. BUT IN THIS POSITION BEING THE FACT THAT IT'S ROAD AND BRIDGE AND ALL FOUR PRECINCTS ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS, THIS POSITION, I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE THE INTERVIEW SHOULD BE DONE BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. SO I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. AND I'D EVEN BACK UP FARTHER THAN THAT. I MEAN, THE VERY FIRST LINE IN THE JOB SUMMARY SAYS THE ROAD SUPERINTENDENT WORKS UNDER THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN ASSISTING WITH ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ETC. SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD INPUT ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION HERE. IN FACT, THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE SEEN IT. IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE IT BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND THE ATTACHMENT OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION. PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING FOR REVIEW, I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALLS ABOUT QUESTIONS ON IT. SO MY REAL QUESTION REALLY BECOMES I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON WHAT ROLES THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO HAVE VERSUS WHAT ROLES THE COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO ROADS, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORKSHOPS OR DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS. SO I'M NOT CLEAR ON ME AS A COMMISSIONER WHAT I WILL BE DOING VERSUS WHAT OUR NEW ROAD SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE DOING. YEAH, I AGREE, I, I'VE GOT 68% OF THE COUNTY. I'VE, I'VE HAD NO QUESTIONS, NO INPUT ON IT. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP OR KIND OF MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS. AS FAR AS HOW I THINK I'VE STATED THIS BEFORE, I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION TO A ROAD SUPERINTENDENT. IN FACT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL UNDER THAT SYSTEM. BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS. AND BY THAT, I MEAN RIGHT NOW AS COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE IN CHARGE OF CERTAIN THINGS IN OUR PRECINCTS FOR ROADS. YEAH. AND Y'ALL GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE JOHN HERNANDEZ. WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DO TODAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING BECAUSE JOHN IS GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND STUFF. THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH Y'ALL ON THE ROADS. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OR YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU GO TO HIM INSTEAD OF JOHN. SO IT'S IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE JUST HAVING JOHN. WE'RE HIRING A ROAD SUPERINTENDENT, AND THEN JOHN WILL NO LONGER BE OUR ROAD ENGINEER, I GUESS IS THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. IT GIVES HIM A LOT OF HELP IF HE'S OVERRUN WITH WORK RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY THE JOB DESCRIPTION, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT IS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER, NOT ON COMMISSIONERS COURT. HE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE OF THE ROAD PART OF IT. BUT IT'S WHAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT JOHN IS DOING RIGHT NOW. THIS PERSON IS GOING TO BE PICKING THAT UP SO JOHN CAN CONCENTRATE ON OTHER AREAS IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. IF Y'ALL WANT ADDITIONAL INPUT, OR IF Y'ALL LOOK AT THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND WE DID NOT DO ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, DIDN'T AFFECT EMPLOYEES, WE DID NOT TOUCH THAT. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE BEFORE WE MADE SURE THAT WAS NOT PART OF IT. ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GIVING JOHN SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SUPERINTENDENT POSITION. WE DID NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT JUST FOR ROAD SUPERINTENDENT. THAT'S WHY THE JUDGE AND JOHN TALKED ABOUT IT, AND WE THOUGHT IT'D BE BEST TO PUT IT UNDER COUNTY ENGINEER.

AND ALL I'M SAYING BASICALLY IS I'D LIKE TO SEE INPUT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS WHEN WE DO THE INTERVIEWS FOR THESE POSITIONS, TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GETTING A PERSON THAT PROBLEM WITH THAT, BECAUSE Y'ALL GOING TO BE WORKING WITH HIM. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

NO, I'VE SEEN THE JOB DESCRIPTION. I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER. AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GORSKI THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN INPUT ON THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. AND THERE WAS PRECEDENT FOR THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED TO AGREE.

AND I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE JOB DESCRIPTION. AND AS WE GO OUT FOR THIS OR WHATEVER, IF WE FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT, WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND IT AT THE FUTURE TIME. WE JUST NEED TO KEEP MOVING ON IT. AND I AGREE WITH THAT. SO SO ARE WE SHIFTING TO THE ROAD SUPERINTENDENT ROAD SYSTEM OR ARE WE JUST. NO SIR. NO NO NO NO NO. WE'RE OKAY.

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WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE BASICALLY ALLEVIATING FOR JOHN TO BE ABLE TO WORK SOME OF THIS JOBS THAT HE'S DOING WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER, THE ANIMAL CONTROL BUILDING, THE JUVENILE CENTER, THE COURTHOUSE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE COMING UP RIGHT IN COURT. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NOTHING TO A POINT WHERE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, NEEDS HELP. WE AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE IN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT HAVING A ROAD SUPERINTENDENT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO US, BUT THAT OUR PEOPLE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK FOR US. HE WOULD JUST HELP WITH PLANNING AND MAYBE SOME EXECUTION, BUT ALSO ADVICE ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING OR WE SHOULD DO, AND WHICH ROADS REALLY ARE WORSE. I MEAN, IT'D STILL BE UP TO US. OKAY, SO IT JUST BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE A HIGHWAY ENGINEER THAT KNOWS ABOUT ROADS AND BRIDGES AND CAN ASSIST.

WELL, I ALSO HAVE SOMEBODY I'D LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS ON THERE. AS FAR AS FOR THE INTERVIEW FOR I THINK WE ALL SHOULD BE ON AN INTERVIEW. I THINK WE ALL OUGHT TO BE ON ALL OF WE ALL BE INVOLVED IN THE INTERVIEW. YOU KNOW, I WORK IS A PROGRAM THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON. AND. AND THIS NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. ALSO, WE HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS NOT BEING COLLECTED IN FUNDS THAT I KNOW OF. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON IT. AND HOPEFULLY THAT PERSON CAN CAN GO AFTER THOSE RIGHT AWAY MONIES AND SO FORTH. I MEAN, ONE TIME WE WERE COLLECTING 100,000 A YEAR AND YOU KNOW, THIS THESE ARE GOOD THINGS. YEP. THEY ARE. SO LET'S, LET'S BRING IT ABOUT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. I DID NOT LOOK INTO THE INTERVIEWING PART AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I JUST NEED A JOB DESCRIPTION FIRST. SURE, YOU GET IT POSTED AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON THE INTERVIEW. SO ANY INPUT IS ACCEPTABLE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT. I JUST WANT I JUST WANT IT TO BE SAID. YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED, BUT BY ASKING AHEAD OF TIME. SO THIS WAS A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT JOHN HERNANDEZ OFFICE AND MYSELF WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT FOR Y'ALL FOR REVIEW. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. LIKE I SAID, I PUT IT ON THIS PAST WEEK. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WAS AT CONFERENCE. NOT EVERYBODY HAD THEIR COMPUTERS, BUT THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. THIS POSITION MOVING FORWARD. IT'LL BE UNDER THE COUNTY ENGINEER, THOUGH. SO DO WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THIS DESCRIPTION ABOUT DOING RIGHT OF WAY WORK THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, THE RIGHT OF WAY PART. Y'ALL MAY WANT TO DISCUSS THAT OR MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. JOHN AND I DID NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING ABOUT RIGHT OF WAY. IS IT PART OF YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION ON RIGHT OF WAY? YEAH. HIS HIS. ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE DOING NOTHING? I MEAN, HOW MUCH HAVE WE DONE ON RIGHT OF WAY ITSELF? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR THAT OR SHOULD IT BE UNDER THIS. I BELIEVE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UNDER, YOU KNOW, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COURT THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT THE FURTHER JOB DESCRIPTION NARROWED DOWN IF WE GET A PARTICULAR APPLICANT DOWN THE ROAD, WHO WHO'S ABLE TO ASSESS THOSE AND MEET THE JOB REQUIREMENTS? WELL, MY MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE COLLECTING ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY? NO, SIR, I DIDN'T THINK SO. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. EITHER UNDER YOU AND NOT BEING COLLECTED OR PUT IT UNDER SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY DO IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE COUNTY TO GET THAT REVENUE BACK IN. YES, SIR. JOHN, IF. EXCUSE ME, IF YOU HAD THIS THIS ROAD SUPERINTENDENT, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS IN YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION AS FAR AS COLLECTIONS AND STUFF? WELL, YES, IT WOULD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURES IS GROWING. IT'S EXPLODING A LOT OF MANY PROJECTS GOING ON AT THIS TIME. AND ANY ASSISTANCE THAT THE COURT DEEMS REASONABLE WOULD BE CERTAINLY APPRECIATED ON MY PART. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. 2.4 J. DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON TO ACCEPT 90 DEGREE BENEFITS.

[j. Discussion, consideration and action to accept 90 Degree Benefits proposal for Medical Claim Administration, Dental Claim Administration, Care Navigation Services and Cash Pay Point of Service Claim Adjudication.]

PROPOSAL FOR MEDICAL CLAIM. ADMINISTRATION. DENTAL CLAIM. ADMINISTRATION, CARE, NAVIGATION SERVICES AND CASH PAY. POINT OF SERVICE CLAIM ADJUSTMENT. OH. SO I HAVE WITH OUR WITH US WILLIAM AND MARTHA WESTERBERG, OUR CONSULTANTS, COMMISSIONERS. JUST PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RATES IN THE PROPOSALS ARE RESULT OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL REQUEST PROCESS THAT WE DID HAVE. ALL THE PROPOSALS ARE NOT PUBLIC RECORD UNTIL THE PROCESS IS

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DECLARED CLOSED OR AN AWARD IS IS SET UP. SO YOU'LL SEE THE ATTACHMENT OF THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND GIVE THAT TO YOU AT THIS POINT.

SO. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MORNING, MORNING. WE WENT OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. AND AS NORMAN JUST MENTIONED, THAT PROCESS IS DIFFERENT FROM A REQUEST FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR BIDS. THE BIDS ARE DUE AT A CERTAIN DAY AND TIME, AND THEY'RE MADE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY.

AND THERE'S NO NEGOTIATION AFTER THAT. IT IS WHAT IT IS UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS. IT'S DIFFERENT. THE CONTENTS OF THE PROPOSALS ARE KEPT SECRET UNTIL EITHER THE PROCESS DECLARED CLOSED OR THE AWARD IS MADE. SO THIS PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED CLOSED AND THE AWARD HAS NOT BEEN MADE. SO THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE PUBLIC, DOES NOT HAVE. WE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE FROM THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. WE GOT SIX THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATORS, ALL VERY REPUTABLE, AND WE BID OUT FOR THE FULL PROGRAM. AS YOU KNOW, YOUR PLAN IS SELF-FUNDED, HAS A LOT OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS TO MAKE IT WORK. SO WE WENT OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR MEDICAL CLAIM, ADMINISTRATION, DENTAL CLAIM, ADMINISTRATION, CARE, NAVIGATION, WHICH WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT WE DISCONTINUED THAT APRIL 1ST.

IT'S OUR GOAL TO REINSTITUTE THAT ON RENEWAL, CASH PAY, POINT OF SERVICE CLAIM ADJUDICATION. WE WENT TO BID FOR THAT COBRA ADMINISTRATION AND THEN YOUR PHARMACY BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION UNDER A SELF-FUNDED PLAN. THESE VARIOUS PARTS CAN BE MIXED, MIXED AND MATCHED. SO WE BID EVERYTHING OUT SEPARATELY. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE MEDICAL CLAIM ADMINISTRATION, DENTAL CLAIM, ADMINISTRATION, CARE, NAVIGATION, CASH PAY, POINT OF SERVICE CLAIM, ADJUDICATION TO 90 DEGREE BENEFITS. 90 DEGREE BENEFITS IS A BLUE CROSS COMPANY. GO BACK TO MEMORY LANE. WHEN WE WENT TO BID LAST YEAR, 90 DEGREE BENEFITS CAME IN A VERY CLOSE SECOND. THIS TIME THE EVALUATION PROCESS, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS NUMEROUS MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS WE MET, NORMA. PROBABLY TEN HOURS. EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF ALL THE PROPOSALS. WE HAD A POINT SYSTEM WHICH WE APPLIED INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER. I ALSO APPLIED MY OWN POINT SYSTEM. MY MY VOTE DOESN'T COUNT. THE NUMBER ONE POINTS IS 90 DEGREE BENEFITS, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEM. WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING A CHANGE YET OR A DECISION YET ON PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT. WE'RE STILL STUDYING THAT. IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING ABOUT IT RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING. COBRA ADMINISTRATION. WE RECOMMEND THE AWARD MADE TO CREATIVE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS. THAT'S YOUR CURRENT TPA FOR COBRA ADMINISTRATION SERVICES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT 90 DEGREE BENEFIT PROPOSAL FOR MEDICAL CLAIM, ADMINISTRATION, DENTAL CLAIM, ADMINISTRATION, CARE, NAVIGATION SERVICE AND CASH PAY, POINT OF SERVICE CLAIM ADJUDICATION. ALSO CONSIDERATION TO ACCEPT THE CREATIVE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATIVE COBRA PROPOSAL FOR COBRA ADMINISTRATION AND THE TABLE.

THE CLAIM ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION. SO DO THOSE NEED TO BE THREE SEPARATE AND CAN'T DO IT IN ONE MOTION. SO THE AGENDA ITEM SPECIFICALLY HAS THE MEDICAL DENTAL PART OF IT. THE COBRA WILL BE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE JUST HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHEN TO. ACCEPT THE 90 DEGREE BENEFIT PROPOSAL FOR MEDICAL CLAIM, ADMINISTRATION, DENTAL CLAIM, ADMINISTRATION, CARE, NAVIGATION SERVICES AND CASH PAY, POINT OF SERVICE CLAIM ADJUDICATION. YEAH, I'LL GET A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE. ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. MAKE A MOTION

[k. Discussion, consideration and action to accept Creative Benefit Admininstrators (CBA) proposal for COBRA administration.]

TO ACCEPT. CONSIDER TO ACCEPT CREATIVE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION. CBA PROPOSAL FOR COBRA ADMINISTRATION. SECOND MOTION BY SIKORSKY. SECONDED BY GILLESPIE. ACCEPT CREATIVE BENEFITS. ADMINISTRATION FOR PROPOSED COBRA ADMINISTRATION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE RCS CLAIM ADMINISTRATION. DUE TO A LATER

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DATE. NOT ON THE AGENDA. NOT ON THE AGENDA. WELL, PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND OFFER TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES AGENDA ITEMS. YEAH. GOING TO PERSONNEL. WE DO HAVE

[3. PERSONNEL-Employment and current employee status changes in accordance with the current personnel policies, County Budget, and State law with notification of such changes to the payroll division of the Treasurer's office.]

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE OSCAR FLORES RESIGNATION HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR THREE ROAD AND BRIDGE. NUMBER THREE, FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 107. STEP FOUR $4,139.20 PER MONTH. EFFECTIVE AUGUST 30TH, 21ST, 2026. MONICA GARCIA OTHER GL CORRECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1.-7 THOUSAND 500. THAT'S 110 2551-7630-1 TEN. CALVIN FAGAN I MEAN CALVIN JERRY FAGAN I KNEW THERE WAS A FAGAN IN THERE. OH OKAY. CALVIN OTHER STUDIES CHANGES. HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ONE ROAD AND BRIDGE ONE PART TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 105. STEP ONE AT $18.47 PER HOUR TO FULL TIME REGULAR NON EXEMPT GRADE 105. STEP ONE AT $3,201.47. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026. JOSE L RIVAS, PROMOTION HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWO ROAD AND BRIDGE THREE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 106. STEP SIX PLUS AT $4,367.98 PER MONTH TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR THREE GRADE 107 STEP SIX PLUS AT $4,549.34 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, I MOVE TO APPROVE 3.1 A THROUGH D SECOND MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY EARLY APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. 3.2 ACCEPT AND RECORD EMPLOYEE

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the San Patricio Commissioners Court may elect to go into Executive Session anytime during the meeting to discuss matters listed on the Agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. To the extent there has been a past practice of distinguishing items for public deliberation and those for executive session, the public is advised that the Court is departing from that practice, and reserves the right to discuss any listed agenda items in executive session when authorized by law to do so. In the event the Commissioners Court elects to go into Executive Session regarding an agenda item the section or sections of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the Executive Session will be publicly announced by the presiding officer. In accordance with the authority of the Government Code, Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberation Regarding Real Property), 551.0725 (Contract being Negotiated), 551.073 (Prospective Gift), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.0745 (Personnel Matters Affecting County Advisory Body), 551.076 (Security Devices), 551.086 (Public Utilities Competitive Matters), 551.087 (Economic Development Negotiations) the Commissioners Court will hold an Executive Session to consult with attorney(s) including matters related to litigation; deliberate regarding real property; prospective gift(s); personnel matter(s), including termination; security devices, and/or economic development negotiations and other matters that may be discussed in an Executive Session. Upon completion of the Executive Session, the Commissioners' Court may in an open session take such action as appropriate on items discussed in Executive Session.]

STATUS CHANGES. WE HAVE NONE THIS MORNING. ITEM FOUR IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE DO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS MORNING ON ITEM 3.2.4 G. SO WITH THAT WE WILL RECESS COMMISSIONERS COURT AT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

1. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGES AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

5. PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:05 A.M. AS FOLLOWS:

2. DELIBERATE AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

2. Financial Agenda:

4. Individual Action Agenda:

Aug 31, 2026 Commissioners Court

1. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGES AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

5. PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:05 A.M. AS FOLLOWS:

2. DELIBERATE AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

2. Financial Agenda:

4. Individual Action Agenda:

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