Jun 23, 2021 Commissioners Court - Regular

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> GOOD MORNING TO ALL, AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL US TO ORDER.

[A. County Judge calls for the Invocation.]

>> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU AS ALWAYS, THANKING YOU FOR YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE TOWARDS US.

HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPIRIT THAT IS DIVINE LEADING OF US. I PRAY HEAVENLY FATHER THAT HE DIRECT US TODAY AND ALL THE PROCEEDINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE. I PRAY IN ALL THINGS THAT WE ARE A PEOPLE THAT TO YOUR WORD, AND IN ALL THINGS THAT WE HEAVENLY FATHER ARE LIGHT AND TRUTH IN THE MIDST OF THIS WORLD.

SHOWING TRULY THE YOUR DIVINE GUIDANCE AND YOUR CALLING ON OUR LIVES. SO WE SUBMIT THAT ALL THINGS UNTO YOU TODAY, IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY THESE THINGS AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

[B. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America and Texas Flags.]

>> HAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE SIR, THANK YOU.

[C. County Judge will call roll, note date, time, and location of meeting, and certify a quorum is present.]

WE ARE HERE IN NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON THE THIRD FLOOR 901 COMMISSIONERS COURT ROOM. I DO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY IS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY AND ON THE LINE HERE WITH US AS ALL OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND SO THEREFORE, HAVING SEEN A FULL SEATING HERE, I DO CERTIFY TO YOU MA'AM THAT

[D. SAFETY BRIEFING]

WITH THE SAFETY BRIEFING. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS WERE MEETING HERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR THE NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 901 LEOPARD THREE.

YOUR LIT RESTAURANT LOCATED ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE FOUR PAST THE DRINKING FOUNTAINS. THERE ARE SIX FIRE EXTINCTIONS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE THIRD FLOOR ATRIUM AREA.

PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THE CLOSEST FIRE STATION NEAR YOU.

AED DEVICES ARE LOCATED ON OR BEFORE THE NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THIS FLOORS DEVICE IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICE.

ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AS YOU EXIT THE COURTROOM.

PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOLLING I WANT TODAY WILL BE CONNIE. PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE CPR CERTIFIED IN ATTENDANCE ARE DALE AND MYSELF ALTHOUGH, ANYONE CAN RENDER AID. IN THE EVENT OF A EVACUATION THIS ESCAPE ROUTE WILL BE DOWN ATRIUM STAIRS AND DISPERSED IN THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM SECURITY PURPOSES.

SHOULD THERE BE A NEED TO SHELTER IN PLACE THE COURT AND ATTENDEES WILL REMAIN IN THE COURTROOM DEPEND UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE INCIDENT THE COURT ROOM DOUBLE DOORS WILL BE SECURED AND REMAIN SO UNTIL FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE NUECES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHARE ESTATE TOPICS FOR TODAY ARE, ELEVATOR CAPACITY WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE HAS BEEN INCREASED TO FOUR AT THIS TIME.

HE SAFETY, ENSURE ADEQUATE HYDRATION, WHERE LIKE WITHHOLDING, AND PERIODIC BREAKS IF YOU'RE WORKING OUTSIDE.

AVOID MINIMIZE CAFFEINE INTAKE OF WORKING OUTDOORS.

IF WORKING OUTDOORS YOU CAN BECOME A HEAT CASUALTY BY WORKING OUTDOORS. THAT'LL BE MY SAFETY WARNING

TODAY. >> I WILL TAKE HEED, THANK YOU

[E. PUBLIC COMMENT: This section provides the public the opportunity to address the Commissioners Court on any issues within its jurisdiction. The Commissioners Court may not take formal action on any requests made during the Public Comment period which are not on the Agenda, but can refer such requests to County staff for review if appropriate.]

PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD I HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON MY SIGN IN SHEET THAT I WOULD AS THE DEPUTY TO LOOK OUTSIDE, AND FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU DO WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IT IS HELPFUL FOR US AT IF YOU SIGNED THIS SHEET.

I ALSO WOULD ASK THAT ANYBODY ON THE LINE IF YOU RAISE THE HAND VIRTUALLY WE CAN CALL ON YOU. SEEING NO MEMBER IN THE PUBLIC IN THE HALLWAY IS ANY MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SIGN THE SHEET, IF YOU SEE NONE I WILL CALL MR. TUTTLE, TO BE FOLLOWED

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BY THE DISTRICT COURT. >> THIS IS OUR FIRST INSTALLMENT OF DOG OF THE WEEK. IN EFFORTS TO FIND HOMES FOR PEOPLE IN THE NUECES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FACILITY WE ARE GOING TO GO TRY TO GET A DOG OF THE WEEK EVERY COURT DATE AND I WILL SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS CHARLIE BY THE LAB MIX AND I WOULD SAY THERE COULD BE A LITTLE PIT BULL IN BUT I AM NO EXPERT CHARLIE COMES IN AT 55 POUNDS SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC INTERESTED IN PROVIDING A FOREVER HOME FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DOG PLEASE CONTACT NUECES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE SERVICE AND ROB SOUND INC. THE PRECINCT BUILDING.

YOU CAN PROBABLY GO BY AND VISIT WITH CHARLIE AND WE HOPE CHARLIE

FINDS A GOOD HOME. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL CALL AND THE DISTRICT CLERK AT THIS TIME.

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, HOW GRATEFUL I AM THAT I HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT I HAVE FROM ALL OF YOU REGARDING MY PLAN OF ARCHIVING THE DISTRICT CLERK RECORDS. TODAY, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU, IT'S A SHADOWBOX THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.

I WILL LET KATHY DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TALKING.

IT SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE FIRST EVER MINUTES OF THE 28TH DISTRICT COURT. NOW THE 28TH DISTRICT COURT IS NOT IS NOT THE 28TH DISTRICT COURT OF NUECES COUNTY, IT IS THE 28TH DISTRICT COURT THAT WAS SET UP IN TEXAS.

SO THOSE MINUTES GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE 1800S.

KATHY FOUND THEM, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT SHE DID.

SO I AM GOING TO HAVE HER COME UP.

I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW THAT IS HOW OLD SOME OF THESE

RECORDS ARE. >> THANK YOU AND AUNT JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH RESTORING AND PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF NUECES COUNTY. AS WELL AS HELPING TO MODERNIZE THE COURT SYSTEM AND THE LAND AND VITAL SYSTEM.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND THIS SHADOWBOX RAIN, I WOULD JUST READ FROM A PREPARED STATEMENT IF THAT IS OKAY. CO- FILED TECHNOLOGY IS PLEASED TO DONATE TO COMMEMORATIVE SHADOWBOX DISPLAYS FOR THE NEW NUECES COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK'S HISTORICAL RECORD BOOKS.

THESE DISPLAYS EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANT INVESTMENT, THAT NUECES COUNTY HAS MADE TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THESE HISTORICAL RECORDS. EACH PAIR OF COVERS, IS MOUNTED ON A MATTE BLACK BOARD, ENCASED IN GLASS, AND FRAMED IN A HANDSOME DARK WOOD. IT IS DARK OAK FROM EAST TEXAS.

THESE MAY BE WALL MOUNTED IN A VISIBLE PUBLIC AREA TO MAXIMIZE EXPOSURE, PROVIDING THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY WITH AN EXAMPLE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THESE CRITICAL GOVERNMENTAL RECORDS. A PROFESSIONAL DISPLAY OF THESE BOOK COVERS WILL DEMONSTRATE NUECES COUNTY'S COUNTY TO COMMITMENT AND ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERMANENT RETENTION AND HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THESE DISPLAYS WILL SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING PUBLIC RECORD. AGAIN, WE ARE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I THINK THAT TYNER COULD AND FAIL AT THIS SHADOWBOX FRAME I BELIEVE THIS IS VOLUME A THAT WE HAVE TWO OF THEM WON IS VOLUME A ONE IS VOLUME B.

THIS IS VOLUME A. THE DISTRICT COURT MINUTES GO BACK TO THE MID- 1800S. SO HERE WE GO THAT IS THE ORIGINAL BINDER WITH DUCT TAPE AND EVERYTHING.

>> IS NOT BEAUTIFUL, MAY WE TURN AROUND FOR THE AUDIENCE TO SEE.

THAT BLACK BINDER IS THE BINDER THAT ALL OF MY ARCHIVE RECORDS

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>> I HAVE VOLUME BE IN MY OFFICE, I THOUGHT I CAN ONLY HANDLE ONE OF THE SHADOWBOX IS TODAY.

>> THAT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. >> KATHY TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT SHE WILL BE TELLING CO- FILE THAT WE ARE READY TO HAVE OUR FIRST GROUP OF ARCHIVED PAPERWORK DELIVERED TO MY OFFICE AND ALREADY HAD SHELVING FOR I WILL HAVE IT SET UP IN MY OF

OFFICE. >> THAT IS SUPER EXCITING.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

AS THE AUDIENCE KNOWS ALL OF THOSE AT HOME WATCHING VIRTUALLY HERE AND WATCHING WITH US WE TYPICALLY DON'T REMARK BACK AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK, BUT I WILL WRITE MY NAME DOWN JUST TO SAY BRAVO, THAT IS SO EXCITING AND AM ALSO VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE COURT THAT DOES NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO HISTORY BUT TO MODERNIZATION.

AT THIS TIME I SHOWED NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT SO I'D LIKE TO

[1. In recognition of Julia Gilliam, 2021 Student Heroes Award for State Board of Education (SBOE) District 2.]

SHE'S RECEIVING THIS WILL OR DISTRICT TO SHE IS HERE WITH US AND TYNER HAS A RESOLUTION TO READ.

>> JULIE IS NO STRANGER TO THIS COURT ROOM.

THERE WAS GOING TO BE ALIGNED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE LAST TIME SHE WAS HERE. THIS IS RECOGNIZING JULIA GILLIAM, RECEIVING THE 2021 STUDENT HEROES AWARD.

WHEREAS JULIA GILLIAM WHO WAS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THE 2021 STUDENT HEROES AWARD, FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT TO WEAR AS THE STUDENT HEROES AWARD PROGRAM, RECOGNIZES TEXAS STUDENTS WHO DO AN OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE THAT BENEFITS THE FELLOW STUDENTS SCHOOLS AND OR THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WHEREAS JULIA WAS ONE OF 12 STUDENTS SELECTED STATEWIDE THIS YEAR WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR THE ACTS OF KINDNESS CHARITY AND SELFLESS SERVICE SHE HAS GIVEN TO OUR COMMUNITY WHERE AS ON FRIDAY JUNE 24, 2021 AT THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GENERAL MEETING.

THE RESOLUTION WILL BE READ AND JULIE IS ON WHEREAS JULIA GILLIAM IS NO STRANGER TO SUCH ACCOLADES, BEING RECOGNIZED BY THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2020 MOBILIZING 300 PLUS 4H AND FFA YOUTH IN ADULTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS FOR A THREE HOUR BEACH CLEANUP SOUTH OF BOB HOPE. NOW IT BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES JULIA GILLIAM FOR HER GOOD DEEDS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND FOR BEING AWARDED BY THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A 2021 STUDENT HERO. FURTHER AT THE COURT ENCOURAGES THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO JOIN THE COURT IN THIS RECOGNITION FOR JULIA'S SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> AND SO MOVED. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND PERIOD I WILL CALL FOR A DISCUSSION AT

THIS TIME. >> WE ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP A PERMANENT SPOT HERE FOR YOU JULIA TO KEEP BRINGING YOU BACK FOR ALL THE GREAT ACCOLADES AND RECOGNITION THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BRING TO NEW NUECES COUNTY AND YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY AND I'M VERY SORRY THAT I'M NOT THERE TODAY IN PERSON, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND SAY HOW CONTINUALLY PROUD WE ARE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. WHEN THE JUDGE READ THIS TO US, AT THE LAST MEETING OR WHENEVER SHE READ IT, THERE WAS NO SURPRISE OR SHOCK IN THE ROOM BECAUSE WE HAD JUST COME TO EXPECT THIS FROM YOU. I REACHED OUT TO YOUR MOM ON FACEBOOK TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND OBSERVE YOUR SHE PASSED ON TO YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ARE A

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SO CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS? WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO

COMMENT. >> I THINK WE SAID BEFORE WHEN YOU'RE BEING HERE, IT IS ALWAYS A RIGHT WAY TO START OFF A QUOTE MEETING WHEN SOMETIMES THE ISSUES GET TOUGH AND THE DEBATES GO LONG AND STRONG I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH A POSITIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY FROM YOUNG PEOPLE, IT JUST ALWAYS IS A PLEASURE FOR ME AND JUST REALLY A TIME OF PRIDE TO CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOW YOU REPRESENT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY AND SO LIKE THE COMMISSIONER SAID WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU HERE OFTEN AND OF COURSE WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE AND HOPE TO

COME BACK. >> ALL THE ATHLETICS, AIR AND THE SUPPORT GUYS AND GIRLS COME HERE FOR ALL THE JOB THAT THEY DO. SOMEBODY WAS DOING GOODING EDUCATION IS REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL.

TO ME. I THINK WHEN SOMEBODY EXCELS IN EDUCATION THEY WILL GO A LONG WAYS KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING KEEP ON DOING IT RIGHT LIKE NIKE SAYS JUST DO IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, A SCHOLARSHIP THERE OUT THERE WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS AND IF YOU CALL ME MAYBE WE COULD PUT YOU ON THE LIST OKAY? SO AGAIN I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I WAS LYLE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS REMARKABLE SUCH A YOUNG LADY WE ARE SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE GET INVOLVED. BUT OF COURSE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR PARENTS ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT DO LIKE YOURSELF STARTS AT HOME. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR FAMILY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> START WITH THE GRANDPARENTS REMEMBER THAT.

JULIA WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU BUT FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW THIS JOB HAS LOT OF BURDENS IT HAS SO MANY BLESSINGS. YOU TOUCHED ME THE MINUTE I MET YOU. I HAVE BECOME A SABBATH THIS LAST YEAR. BECAUSE, YOU ARE THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL THAT TOUCHES OTHER PEOPLE.

FROM THE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN THE ALL-STAR SHOW TO THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY DON'T YOU KNOW HAVE LEFT THEIR TRASH BEHIND THAT WERE THERE TO PICK UP TO THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF US. YOU ARE EXTRAORDINARY.

FOR THE TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REALLY LIKE STOP AND RECOGNIZE YOU I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT YOU YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUR HERO HOW WONDERFUL IS IT FOR THE ENTIRE LONE STAR STATE TO SAY YES THANK YOU JULIA. YOU REPRESENT US SO WELL WITH THE GREEN JACKET, YOU ARE AN AMAZING AMBASSADOR FOR US.

WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE JUST THE BEST AND THE TRULY THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR YOU. LET US JUST THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ALL OF THE YOUNG THE FFA AND THE 4H HOLDS. BECAUSE THEY DO LOOK UP TO YOU.

THEY KNOW NOW, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR NEED OR GAP, THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE ADULTS. YOU YOURSELF CAN FIND TO CREATE NEW PROGRAMS WHICH YOU DID. I KNOW YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT YOU HAD A LOT OF HOPE AND I KNOW THAT IS TRUE BUT

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AND YOU DID THAT, SO WE ARE INDEBTED TO YOU JUST AS THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE REMARKED WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU OFTEN AND BACK AGAIN TO CELEBRATE YOUR FUTURE ACHIEVEMENTS.

WE ARE WISHING YOU THE VERY BEST.

AGAIN, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR YOU WITHIN A FUNCTIONAL COMMEMORATION OF THE RECOGNITION THAT WAS READ.

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY WE WILL ASK THAT MAYBE JULIA WILL COME BACK TO GET YOUR SIGNATURE TO BE PERFECTLY COMPLETELY.

WE WILL PRESENT IT TO HER TODAY AND MAYBE YOU CAN IN THAT BLANK BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN SHE BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY THAT YOU SIGNED ON TO HOW GREAT SHE WAS. I WOULD VOTE FOR YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> ANYWAY JULIA, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WE LOVE TO HAVE THE HONOR OF TAKING A PHOTO

WITH YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

NO MATTER WHAT EVENT I DO, I ALWAYS GET A CALL FROM AT LEAST ONE OF YOU AT LEAST OR ALL OF YOU, TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING IT AND MAKING AN EVENT LIKE THAT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME AND ALWAYS BEING THERE. AND I AM NOT DONE YET I HAVE

ANOTHER YEAR OR SO. >> I KNOW, I KNOW.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE AS WHAT THEY SAY WHAT SHE COMES UP WITH NEXT? JULIA, WHAT WE USUALLY DO, WE WILL INVITE YOU UP THERE WITH US AND TYNER CAN TAKE A PHOTO OR MAYBE FLO WOULD BE SO KIND, WE'D LOVE TO INVITE OR RECOGNIZE ANY SPECIAL PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE HERE WITH YOU WHO YOU HAVE

HERE WITH YOU? >> I HAVE MY PARENTS SUZANNE AND

MARK, AND MY GRANDPARENTS. >> WELL TO THE GILLIAM'S AND THE GREENS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE INTO THIS WORLD AND THANK YOU FOR LIVING IN NUECES COUNTY.

WHY DON'T YOU ALL COME UP FRONT AND WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING NUECES COUNTY -- SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE.

>> OKAY SO I HAVE BEEN UP FOR WE HAVE THE GIRLS CLUB HERE, AND IS MISS BEARD ON THE PHONE OR DO HAVE TO STOP THE LEADER? HI, ARE YOU OKAY FOR ONE MORE? OKAY WE WILL DO THE GIRLS CLUB

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[2. In recognition of the 90th Anniversary of the Hi-Fairnessee Girls Club.]

HI LADIES WELCOME. WELCOME TERRY, WELCOME THE HIGH FAIRNESS CLUB. TYNER WOULD YOU PROCEED?

>> WHEREAS THE HIGH FAIRNESS THE GIRLS CLUB WAS FORMED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HONORING THE GRADUATING SENIORS OF CORPUS CHRISTI HIGH SCHOOL, THE FOUNDERS INCLUDED 13 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITHIN SIX MONTHS THE CLUB DISBANDED AND BECAME KNOWN AS THE HIGH FAIRNESS HE GIRLS CLUB.

THE GIRLS CLUB WAS THEN ORGANIZED WITH MRS. HORTENSIA ZAMUDIO GALLIVAN, SERVING AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE 19311932 YEAR THE CLUB NOT ONLY CONTINUED WITH HIS MOST IMPORTANT TASK OF HONORING THE GRADUATING SENIORS, CORPUS CHRISTI HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY ROY MILLER HIGH SCHOOL BUT ALSO BEGAN HOSTING ACTIVITIES AND DANCES DURING THE YEAR TO PROVIDE WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPUS CHRISTI'S HISPANIC YOUTH.

FURTHER THE GIRLS CLUB IS THE OLDEST HISPANIC AMERICAN GIRLS CLUB IN THE UNITED STATES. WHERE IS THE GIRLS CLUB MEETING FRIENDLY AND GRACIOUS, WAS CHOSEN THE NAME FOR THE CLUB THE NAME OF MINIMIZE IS THE GOALS OF THE FOUNDING CHARTER MEMBERS LORENZO PARALYSIS, BEATRICE FORREST CASTILLO, ANNIE STEVE CASTRO, LUPE'S DABBLER. IN ALITO GARCIA, LUPE GARZA, AND OTHERS. THE GIRLS CLUB AS A DISTINGUISHED HISTORY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE INVOLVING CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS NURSING HOME VISITATIONS FOOD COLLECTION FOR THE NEEDY AND PROMOTING POSITIVE VALUES AS MEMBERS.

FOR 90 YEARS YOUNG WOMEN HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SOCIAL SKILLS EDUCATION VALUES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK. BEING FRIENDLY PROMOTING GOODWILL AND ESTABLISHING LONG-LASTING FRIENDSHIPS ARE THE SAME GOALS TODAY AS THEY WERE IN 1931.

AND ARE THE REASON FOR THE CLUB'S LONGEVITY IT DRAWS ITS ELITE MEMBERSHIP FROM ALL OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND SURROUNDING AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. THE BONDS IT DRAWS ITS ELITE MEMBERSHIP, I AM SORRY, THE BONDS THAT ARE FORMED BY THESE YOUNG WOMEN WILL BE A LIFETIME REWARD OF FRIENDSHIPS AND A SISTERHOOD OF EX- MEMBERS. WHEREAS THE EX- GIRL CLUB AN ALL NIGHT, THANKS ALL THE SPONSORS WHO SUPPLY RESOURCES AND COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO HELP THE CLUB TO CONTINUE 90 YEARS THANKS TO 2021 OFFICERS. A SPECIAL THANKS AND TRIBUTE TO LORI GARCIA WHO HAS BEEN THE SPONSOR FOR THE LAST TEN PLUS YEARS AND WHO HAS GIVEN SO GRACIOUSLY OVER TIME AND EFFORTS TO HELP THE CLUB REACH THEIR GOAL EVERY YEAR.

NOW FOR A BEER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE HIGH FOR AN AC GIRLS CLUB FOR SUCCESS AND CONGRATULATES THEM ON THIS OCCASION OF ITS 90TH

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>> THAT IS WONDERFUL, IS THERE A MOTION FOR SUCH RESOLUTION.

>> SECOND PERIOD. >> MOTION AND A SECOND, I CALL FOR DISCUSSION THAT THE COURT RECOGNIZES LORI GUESS AREA AND TERRY LONGORIA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST INTRODUCE TO US WHO YOU HAVE HERE, I NOTICED THAT MS. MAY NOT GOT UP VERY QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS A MEMBER, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT THAT WORKED OUT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNEW THAT TODAY, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY THAT MY MOTHER WAS ALSO A MEMBER, AND WHEN SHE IS SWEETER? SHE.

>> YES. TEN SHE WAS A SWEET, SHE IS WATCHING SO I BETTER NOT, I WILL NOT SAY THE YEAR MOM.

SHE AS BEAUTIFUL NOW IN THAT YEAR.

LORI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST TELL US WHO YOU HAVE HERE? WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY 90TH ANNIVERSARY.

>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAVE OLIVIA ROCCA, WE HAVE ILEANA GARCIA, EMILY RODRIGUEZ, MELISSA CHAVEZ, JULIANA PAVEMENT, ABIGAIL SAN MIGUEL, EMMA RODRIGUEZ, JEZEBEL VILLAREAL, AND MEGAN VALDES.

WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU HONORING US AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT, I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE 90 YEARS.

I WASN'T IT ON THE 49TH AND 50TH AND 51ST ANNIVERSARY'S.

I NEVER KNEW IT WOULD BE HERE 90 IS MUCH LESS MY DAUGHTER BEING AND IT. AND THEN OF COURSE NOW SPONSORING. SO WE ARE SO EXCITED AND LOOK TO ANOTHER 90 YEARS I AM HOPING TO STILL BE HERE.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. WE ALSO FORGOT TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT RIGHT HERE OF COURSE YOU KNOW MAY MAY USED TO BE A PRESIDENT AND SHE WASN'T IT WERE MY DAUGHTERS WERE IN IT.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF. SO WE HAVE FOLLOWED SUCH A WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL SUPPORT THESE YOUNG LADIES.

A LITTLE SECRET FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THE PERSON THAT ESCORTED THE MOST LADIES WAS JUDGE JACK.

>> YOU MADE HIM BLUSH. WE WENT BACK TO LOOK AT THE

BOOKS. >> GEEWHIZ SHOULD HE BE GIVEN SOME TYPE OF REWARD. WE ARE JUST KIDDING JUDGE.

WE ARE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO STILL BE HERE, THESE YOUNG LADIES IT'S HARD NOW, IT WAS A LOT EASIER BECAUSE WE HAD SIMPLER THINGS TO DO FOR THEM, THEN IT'S REALLY HARD NOW.

THE WEIGHT YOU KNOW THE ECONOMY IS IN THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO WITH IN SCHOOL AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO I COMMEND THEM FOR STEPPING UP AND THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE INSTILLED IN THEM THE SAME PASSION AND BY THE WAY BARBER THAT'S HOW I FIRST MET YOUR MOTHER AND WE DO HAVE A

SISTERHOOD. >> THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY LADIES, THE SISTERHOOD THAT YOU BUILT IT LAST FOREVER AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT MY MOTHER ALL OF YOU ARE STILL FRIENDS IN FACT THEY ADDRESS EACH OTHER 0 YOU KNOW WE WERE IN THE CLUB TOGETHER. THAT IS USUALLY HOW IT BEGINS SO THANK YOU ALL COMMISSIONERS COURT THANK YOU BARBARA FOR WHAT

YOU DID. >> WE ARE JUST SO PLEASED TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I KNOW ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO SAY A QUICK CONGRATULATIONS I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT I TELL MY GIRLS. IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND SISTERS THAT ARE NOT BORN NECESSARILY OF YOUR MOTHER, EITHER IN HER WOMB OR UNDER HER HEART, YOU ARE SO LUCKY.

MY MOTHER, LOVED TO WEAR CHANEL. SO I LOVE THIS ONE QUOTE THAT I'VE CHOSEN FOR YOU. BECAUSE YOU REMIND ME OF MY MONITOR. COCO CHANEL WHO WAS A FABULOUS MOM AND SHE SAID A GIRL SHOULD ALWAYS BE TWO THINGS, I READY? WHO AND WHAT SHE WANTS. DON'T FORGET THAT YOU GET TO DECIDE NOBODY DECIDES FOR YOU. YOU GET TO SAY WHO YOU WANT TO BE WHAT YOU WANT TO ALL OF LIFE. AND MY OTHER ICON FOR WOMEN IS MY ANGELO. BY THE WAY I THINK SHE'S GOING

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TOO NOT BE NORMAL. BE AMAZING.

THAT'S WHY MS. LONGO OREO MS GARCIA HAVE GATHERED YOU IN THE SISTERHOOD TO TEACH YOU NOT ONLY THE ETIQUETTE OF BEING A VERY FINE LADY, BUT TO TEACH YOU HOW TO BE A FIERCE FEMALE WARRIOR I AM PLEASED TO SHARE AT 90 YEARS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CLUB EVER REMEMBER YOUR HISTORY TODAY WE HAVE THE NUECES COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS YOU JUST SAW A LITTLE WHILE AGO THE DOCUMENTS OF OUR MINUTES, YOU REPRESENT HISTORY YOU ARE THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST HISPANIC GIRLS CLUB IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME, DO NOT EVER FORGET IT WILL WE WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE OTHER CLUBS.

THIS IS WHY THIS HAPPENS. HISTORY, IF WE FORGET IT WILL BE REPEATED. THANK GOODNESS WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE TIMES. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR RICH CULTURAL HISTORY, WITH OTHER GIRLS.

NOW WE CAN SHARE HISTORY AND BE PROUD OF IT.

WE ARE NO LONGER SEGREGATED, WE CAN EXPERIENCE A CULTURE TOGETHER. SO YOU REALLY HAVE MADE AN INDELIBLE IMPACT ON CORPUS CHRISTI AND REESE COUNTY, AND DON'T FORGET TO THANK MS. LONGO OREO MS GARCIA, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE AND HELP DURING A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF THE FUN AND EXPERIENCES THAT YOU DID. SO AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMMISSIONERS WHICH ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO THESE

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS? >> JUDGE CAN I JUST SAY WHAT

THEN? >> YES.

>> WE HAVE 90 YEARS OF INVITATIONS, BOOKS, POSTERS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED FOR OVER 90 YEARS.

IT TOOK US FIVE YEARS, BUT THEY ARE IN THE ARCHIVES AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. SO YOU ARE WELCOME ANYONE TO GO AND SEE WHAT ALL WE HAVE GATHERED FROM THAT.

WE HAVE LADIES WHOSE MOTHERS THAT WHO ARE MEMBERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN IT SO IT IS REALLY AN INTERESTING.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY GRADUATIONS TO YOU ALL I USED TO ATTEND THOSE DANCES, WITH RUDY AND THE RENO BOBS. AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMISSIONER JACK AGAIN, BECAUSE HE USED TO BE AND THE BOYS CLUB, AND THAT'S ALL WE GOT THE ADVANTAGE OF WALKING ALL THOSE YOUNG LADIES.

>> MY HUSBAND WAS TOO. >> SO ANYWAY CONGRATULATIONS

AGAIN ON THE 90TH YEAR. >> NOW JOHN A FEW ESCORTED

PEOPLE WERE ALL IN TROUBLE. >> I DO WANT TO WELCOME THESE YOUNG LADIES SHARED THAT CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY AND TO SAY HI TO JESS. I KNOW JEZEBEL.

SO IT IS GREAT TO SEE THESE YOUNG LADIES, AND TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE LEADERS ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO BE IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR ALL OF THAT YOU DO.

AND TAKING YOUR TIME. IT TAKES SOMEBODY LIKE YOU GUYS TO REALLY SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOUNG LADIES TO GET THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 90 YEARS RIGHT? IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU WHAT YOU DO IS WHAT MAKES IT KEEP ON GOING.

IT IS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT GIVING. HELPING SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THE NURSING HOMES THE NEEDY AND ALWAYS IN THERE AND VOLUNTEERING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD NIGHT FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE I WAS ONLY WHEN THERE THAT WAS THERE TEN YEARS RIGHT? I'M NOT A MEMBER BUT TERRY REMEMBERS IS ONE OF MY BEST BEST BALL PLAYERS. I COACH THEIR BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AND BASEBALL THAT'S WHY WAS AN ESCORT GASKET BECAUSE

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SO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WILLING TO GIVE YOURSELF TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE HEART AND I KNOW

YOU HAVE PART. >> THANK YOU LADIES.

>> SKEWS ME JUDGE I LIKE TO ADD, I WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER THE CHAPERONES AS WELL THANKS TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> FOR A FEW YEARS IT WAS JOHNNY WHO WORK IN MY COMPADRES OF MY HUSBAND AND I. MY HUSBAND AS IF THERE'S RETIREMENT THIS JOB BECAUSE I LIKE IT.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING TREY EIGHT.

-- AYE. >> COMMISSIONER CHESNEY'S VIRTUAL YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

THERE WE GO. >> I CERTAINLY WANTED TO ADD, MY PRAISE AND MY SUPPORT AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH AND I AM SO GLAD TO KNOW THE SECRET OF JOE GONZALEZ'S VOTE GETTING BECAUSE NOW I KNOW WHERE HE REALLY GETS ALL OF HIS VOTES OF ALL THE YEARS HE SPENT ABOUT WITH THIS WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.

SERIOUSLY CONGRATULATIONS YOU DO GREAT WORK AND IT'S APPRECIATED

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> THANK YOU LADIES, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, DO I HAVE IT NOW I HAVE BEEN HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT IT TO YOU TERRY, WITH YOUR PRESIDENT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH? >> I RATHER HAVE LORI.

>> THAT'S FINE ALL THREE OF YOU, THERE IS A LOT OF YOU GIRLS, IF WE COULD BE EFFICIENT, IF Y'ALL WANT TO, IT'S TOUGH I KNOW WITH THE COURT ROOM DESIGN THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU WANT TO COME IN HERE BUT IF YOU WOULD BE BACK LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.

' ATTENTION I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE HERE JUDGE, KAREN AND STOP

[2. Receive presentation from Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council related to the Stop the Bleed campaign.]

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>> YES, MA'AM. >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE KAREN BEARD'S PRESENTATION, DO YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THE NUMBER? I AM GRATEFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH IT IS 382.

THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY KAREN BEARD IS RATING TO STOP THE BLEEDING CAMPAIGN, TELL US KAREN, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT

AWARENESS FOR US. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

I AM HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING COASTAL REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE ARE IN ORGANIZATION TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES BOTH AT LOCAL AND RURAL AREAS AND HOSPITALS AND EMS PROVIDERS. STOP THE BLEED IS A COURSE THAT WAS DESIGNED BY THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, TO HELP THE LAYPERSON IN THE CASE OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, AND ATTACK, OR QUITE HONESTLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO HUNTING AND FISHING.

THERE IS A LOT OF WAYS TO HAVE A PENETRATING WOUND.

IF WE HAVE AN ACTIVE ATTACKER ANYWHERE, ONE THING THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW IS THAT EMS CANNOT COME IN AND HELP YOU UNTIL THE POLICE HAVE SECURE THE AREA.

THAT CAN TAKE FROM A FEW MINUTES TO A NUMBER OF HOURS.

SO WHAT THIS COURSE IS, IT IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG COURSE, IT TEACHES THE LAYPERSON THE NORMAL AVERAGE PERSON WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO RENDER AGE TO SAVE A LIFE.

IF YOU HAVE A PENETRATING WOUND, YOU HAVE GOT MINUTES BEFORE A PERSON CAN PLEAD OUT AND DIE. SO AS A NEIGHBOR, AND A FRIEND, AND A CHURCH MEMBER WHEREVER YOU GO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS YOU CAN BE PREPARED BY PAY TAKING THIS COURSE ON HOW TO APPLY A TOURNIQUET, HOW TO PACK A WOUND, AND WHAT TO DO TO RENDER AID TO A PERSON DURING A CRISIS LIKE THAT.

>> THESE CLASSES KAREN, HOW CAN THE PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT THEM? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SIGN UP FOR?

>> YES THEY CAN CONTACT THE COASTAL BEND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THEY WILL SEND ME THE INFORMATION.

WE LOOK AT BUSINESSES, GROUPS, FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND IT IS A INTENSE CLASS. WE COVER A LOT OF STUFF.

SO I REALLY HESITATE ONTO YOUNG OF THE CHILD.

THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT ALL TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS LEARN THIS COURSE. AND THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE THE COURSE. WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO SPREAD

IT. >> THAT IS GREAT, HE'S OUTSIDE, I HEAR MY NAME, TIMOTHY EVERS OUR SAFETY MANAGER, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, WE DO A SAFETY LUNCHEON, WHICH IS OF COURSE ABLE TO BE TAKEN IN AN HOUR'S TIME.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT TIMOTHY WORK WITH CAMERON TO WORK ON A SAFETY LUNCHEON. WHERE WE DO A ONE HOUR STOP THE BLEEDING COURSE. WE CAN'T FIND A SPONSOR FOR LUNCH, AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO LEARN AND MAYBE WE COULD EVEN HAVE THESE TOURNIQUET'S THE WAY WE HAVE OUR DEVICES FOR OUR

CARDIAC DEVICES. >> I HATE TO SAY WE ARE IN A TIME IN OUR COUNTRY AND I WERE HAVING ONE IN YOUR PURSE OR ONE HAND HE IS A SMART THING TO DO. SO YOU ARE PREPARED IN CASE OF

EMERGENCY. >> DO YOU SELL THOSE OR ARE THEY

FREE WHEN YOU TAKE THE COURSE? >> WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU BUY THEM YOU BUY CAN BUY THEM ON AMAZON FOR $15.

YOU CAN BUY THEM CHEAPER BUT YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

SO, YOU WANT TO BUY A GOOD ONE AND THEY ARE GREAT TO HAVE.

>> THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY CAN HAVE HERE AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC RESERVE ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN, AND I BET THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE, THAT WOULD DO THAT.

SO I WILL HAVE YOU WORK WITH TIMOTHY.

I KNOW IT'S NOT OUR FIRST TIME TO OFFER STOP THE BLEED HERE.

>> WE DID ABOUT 100 EMPLOYEES A FEW YEARS AGO.

LET'S CAPTURE MAY BE ANOTHER 100.

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>> IT IS THE MOST UNDER RECOGNIZES ENTITY IN TEXAS.

OURS IS BROKEN DOWN HOUSE CALLED THE COASTAL BEND.

THE REST OF THE STAFF MAKE IT POSSIBLE SO WE CAN ADDRESS THE NEED FOR TRAUMA, THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

THEY ARE ABLE TO SECURE A NEW BUS FOR US RECENTLY.

THE WORK THAT THEY DO, TALK ABOUT UNSUNG HEROES, THESE GUYS ARE THE UNSUNG OF THE UNSUNG. IT'S WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF OUR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS, COVID-19, THEY WERE OUR PPE SUPPLIERS. THEY MADE ALL THINGS POSSIBLE FOR US. FROM THE MEDICATION, TO EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE USE DURING THE COLD 19 HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE DO OUR BEST.

>> STOPPED THE BLEED, IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN BECAUSE IT IS TOO COMMONPLACE.

SO AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TIMOTHY THE THIRD FLOOR AND THE FIFTH FLOOR BE READY WITH TOURNIQUET'S ALL THE STUFF THAT SHE SAYS WE NEED. WHEN WE START SEEING WHO IS CPR IN THE COURTROOM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY IS STOP THE BLEED CERTIFIED. IS ANYBODY CURRENTLY STOP THE BLEED CERTIFIED? OKAY MELISSA AND TIMOTHY, GOD FORBID, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE, THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY AND CERTIFIED. WE NEED MANY MORE.

THIS IS A BIG COURTHOUSE. THANK YOU KAREN, I HOPE WE GOT

YOU TO. >> YOU DID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE ARE FOCUSING ON KIDS AND HOT CARS THAT IS WHAT WE DO NEXT.

>> BOY, WHEN YOU GET INTO A CAR AND GET UP 220 DEGREES PLEASE

[1. Ratify the acceptance of a Notice of Grant Award from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for Veterans' Assistance for the Veterans Treatment Court Grant.]

LISTEN TO KAREN ON THE NEWS. >> THE COURT IS GOING TO MOVE ON AND RECOGNIZE A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM AND MARIA IS HERE TO BUY BACK BACKUP DOCUMENTATION. IF SOMEONE COULD ASSIST ME BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING OUT OF ORDER THIS IS THE VETERANS ASSISTANT COURT ITEM. THREE B AS IN BARBARA ONE.

WE HAVE 3B1 IT IS UNDER GRANTS COMMISSIONERS.

JUDGE, TELL US THIS IS GOOD NEWS AGAIN.

>> YES, MA'AM IT IS GOOD MORNING IS LIGHT NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY.

>> LIKEWISE. >> WE'VE HAD 39 COURTS AROUND THE STATE TO RECEIVE MONEY IN THE PAST APPLY FOR MONEY THIS YEAR. ONLY GRANT MONEY FOR 19 OF THEM IN $25,000. SO CONSIDERING COBURG LAST YEAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE THE COURT MANAGER, I WANT TO SEIZE THE PROSECUTORS AMOUNT OF PROBATION. AND HE HELPS VETERANS WHO.

SO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SHE PUT THIS GRANT TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT SHE IS HERE.

>> THANK YOU AMANDA WELCOME, LET ME OPEN THE FLOOR, COMMISSIONERS THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PROUD OF THAT AMANDA CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THE DETAILS TO THE ITEMS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? >> WHAT DOES IT PROVIDES, WHAT DOES OF THE SCENT OF THINGS THAT PRICE?

>> THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THE GRANT IS TO PROVIDE CLIENT SERVICE TO THE PARTICIPANTS. WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH MONITORING DEVICES WHETHER IT IS A GPS WE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR ONE-TO-ONE COUNSELING THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THEIR UNDERLYING ISSUES WITH PTSD. YOU KNOW TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY THAT WAS A RESULT FROM THE SERVICE.

>> THIS IS ONLY FOR THE CLIENTS, THE COURT SYSTEM RIGHT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT, IT IS A DIVERSIONARY COURSE SO THEY DON'T GO TO THE REGULAR JUDICIARY SYSTEM THEY GO TO THE COURT TO RECEIVE THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.

>> THE ONLY THING THAT I MIGHT ADD WE RECENTLY AND WE MIGHT BE AWARE HAVE A REGIONAL HEALTH COORDINATOR.

DR. GONZALES, HE OFFERS AT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AT TOWER TWO.

JUST FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND HIS INVOLVEMENT IN ANY WAY, HE IS SUPER INTERESTED IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DIVERSION,

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>> IF I CAN GET HIS CONTACT INFORMATION I CAN.

>> WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AMANDA.

>> ALL IN ORDER TO SET THE RATIFICATION IN THIS GRANTS I HAVE A MOTION AND I WAS SECOND PERIOD IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD KNOW JUDGE? AT THIS TIME?

>> I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL. >> I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >> IF YOU HAVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GREAT GRANT AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING ALL OF THESE SPECIALIZED COURTS, CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED PLANS FOR JUSTICE. THIS IS WHAT BEING A JUDGE IS ALL ABOUT I THINK IF FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.

>> I WILL GO BACK AND REGULAR ORDER NOW, AND SEE US THROUGH

[3. In recognition of the month of June 2021 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.]

FOR THIS TYNER WILL READ A RESOLUTION I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE SPECIAL GUEST. AND WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU RECEIVE THIS RESOLUTION, ON THE BEHALF OF SO MANY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE, TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

TYNER? >> I WILL BEGIN JUDGE, WHEREAS THERE IS RESPECT FOR THE VALUE AND DIGNITY OF EACH PERSON IN APPRECIATION FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR QUALITY AND FREEDOM.

AND AFFIRMATIONS THAT ALL ARE WELCOME AND NUECES COUNTY TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE SAFE, HAPPY, AND FEEL RESPECTED AND SUPPORTED; AND WHEREAS THERE MUST BE RESISTANCE TO PREJUDICE, AND UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES AS AN AFFRONT TO OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH BEGAN IN JUNE OF 1969 ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL UPRISING IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER LGBTQ IA AND ALLIED FRIENDS ROSE UP AND FOUGHT AGAINST POLICE HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATORY LAWS. WHEREAS, THE MOSAIC PROJECT OF CELL TESTERS WAS CREATED FOLLOWING THE ORLANDO PAULS NIGHTCLUB TRAGEDY AND DEDICATES ITSELF TO HONORING THE LIVES LOST IN PUBLIC SHOOTING, COMMEMORATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S MARRIAGE EQUALITY RULING; IN HONORING THE PAST CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CELEBRATE THEIR FUTURE OF THE LESBIAN GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, INTERSEX, ASEXUAL PLUS COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY THAT THE MONTH OF JUNE 2021 BE DECLARED LGBTQ IA PRIDE MONTH END OASIS COUNTY AND URGED RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF

EQUALITY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AT THIS TIME I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND I HAVE MULTIPLE SECONDS. THAT IS NICE WE WILL CALL FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. THE COURT RECOGNIZES TOM TAGLIABUE WHO WAS HERE AND ALSO RECOGNIZES DR. AND BRAD, AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING EQUALITY TEXAS AND SO WELL.

IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION THAT NOT ONLY RECOGNIZES LOVE IS LOVE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT THE PARENTS ALSO ARE WELCOME IN THIS MOVEMENT OF EQUALITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AS WELL.

>> WE ARE VERY HONORED THAT YOU WOULD BLESS US WITH THIS RESOLUTION, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US I WANT TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US, WE ARE PRIDE NIGHT AT THE HAWKS GAME TOMORROW NIGHT. IT'S AT 6:35 P.M.

AND THEN JOIN US OVER PORT RAINS, WHERE THEY ARE HAVING A PLAY WHERE I AM MY OWN LIFE WHICH IS ABOUT WAR WERE TO TRANSGENDER SURVEY INDIVIDUAL. IT IS A ONE-PERSON PLAY, THEN WE WAIT TILL OCTOBER WE TAKE A LITTLE BREATH, AND WE COME BACK IN OCTOBER FOR OUR PORCH UNITE AND BIG EVENTS THE PRIDE PARADE AND BLOCK PARTY AND I INVITE THE COUNTY AND ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE PARADE. MARK WALK AND MARCH WITH US ON OCTOBER 9, AT 2:00 P.M. DOWNTOWN.

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WE WILL GO NORTH THIS TIME, WE WILL GO FROM AROUND I 37 AND SHORELINE UP TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THEN OVER INTO THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY. WHERE A BLOCK PARTY WOULD TAKE PLACE FROM THREE TO SEVEN. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR

THIS HONOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR EXCUSE ME, DISCUSSION FOR ANYBODY? I WILL JUST THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MONTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE OUR NATION. AS WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE ON ALL PEOPLE.

I AM PROBABLY IN SUPPORT OF DECLARING THAT NUECES COUNTY IS IN FAVOR AND SUPPORTS OUR PRIDE COMMUNITY AND GAY COMMUNITY, AND LGBTQ IA PLUS COMMUNITY. THERE IS A LOT OF MEANS FOR INHALING THROUGH THIS ISSUE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GROWING AND STRUGGLING AND I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE IN ONE VOICE LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE SUPPORT THIS BUT ALSO STATE THAT THERE IS STILL SO MUCH MORE TO DO SO I THINK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU LEAD, I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE ESPECIALLY IN OCTOBER IS OB MORE EVENTS AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER ALSO SO THANK YOU.

>> I MYSELF OF BEING AN UNCLE TO WHEN YOU GUYS WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY LIVE IN AUSTIN.

I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM THEY ARE BOTH WELL EDUCATED AND I SUPPORT THEM WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND IF I COULD, I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER THAT JUST ANNOUNCED AND IF I COULD, I WOULD BUY ONE OF HIS JERSEYS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO FOR TRYING TO EDUCATE

THE PUBLIC. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEDAY THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZE US WHAT WE ARE AND WHO WE ARE AND JUST WORK TOGETHER AS INDIVIDUALS FOR THE SAME COMMON GOAL FOR THE SAME VISION AND JUST TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY BETTER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> A JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS MAY I RECOGNIZE OR INTRODUCE SOME OF

MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE? >> ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU.

>> TO MY RIGHT IS SYLVIA SHE IS A BOARD MEMBER AND SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DELMAR STUDENT BODY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. ATTENTION TO HER RIGHT IS CARLA IS AN ALLY AND FRIEND IS STRONG SUPPORTER AND VOLUNTEER WITH US.

JOAN KING, WITH THE TEXAS RIVIERA EMPIRE A 50 PLUS YEAR ORGANIZATION, 40 YEARS AND THEY ARE A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY DO AMAZING WORK. HER HUSBAND BRAD SNYDER APPEAR, SO IF YOU KNOW BRADFORD'S MOTHER WORRIED THAT HE DOES WITH THE COUNTY. SO THANK YOU ALL KNOW THAT.

AND THEN SCOTT WITH EQUALITY TEXAS, WHO'S BEEN A LONGTIME ADVOCATE AND VISIONARY IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR SCOTT'S PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT.

DID I MISS ANYBODY? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO AND THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ALL THOSE

IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> YES JOIN US AND I WILL COME DOWN.

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY WAS TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I WAS HOPING TO GET JUDGE AND THE COMMISSION, I WAS JUST HOPING HE WOULD SING FOR US BECAUSE HE IS THE MOST TALENTED MAN IN THE ROOM.

[4. In opposition to Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Rate Increases.]

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>> I AM NOT CERTAIN IF THERE IS ANYBODY PRESIDENT OR IF THAT IS JUST SOMETHING WE ARE DOING WITH THE COURT.

THERE WAS A VERY LARGE PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY REGARDING TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE AND ALL YES YOU KNOW WAS DISTINGUISHED VISITORS DAY FOR THE MILITARY MISSION SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. BUT WE THINK TYNER FOR ATTENDING ON OUR BEHALF AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR DELEGATES AND CONSULTANTS AS WELL. TYNER, WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE US THROUGH AND THEN WE WILL ROLL RIGHT TO THE HISTORICAL

COMMISSION NEXT. >> YES KLEIN AND I DID IN FACT GO TO AN EVENT WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, AND IT WAS A SUCCESS AND A COUPLE OF BILLS RELATED TO WINDSTORM TW IA, THERE IS AN UPCOMING MEETING IN JULY I BELIEVE MAYBE AUGUST, THAT THERE MAY BE A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE AND ELLA BEGAN.

WHEREAS ON DECEMBER 8, 2020 THE TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, HELD A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND VOTED TO RAISE RATES ON COASTAL POLICYHOLDERS RESIDENT AND BUSINESSES. ON JANUARY 6, 2021, THE NUECES COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT ADOPTED A RESOLUTION OPPOSING ANY INSURANCE RATE INCREASES AND REQUESTING SUCH INCREASE BE ABATED. WHEREAS ON JANUARY 8, 2021, THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTIFIED THEM THAT THE RATE FILING FOR A 5% INCREASE IN BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL RATES WAS REJECTED AS IT LACKS SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

WHERE AS TW IA NEXT QUARTERLY MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 2021. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE STILL ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER FROM THE ECONOMIC DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO REBUILD AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY. WHEREAS THE LEGISLATOR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, RENEWED IN THE 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MAKE STILL BE APPOINTED AND GIVEN TIME TO EVALUATE TW IA'S ADEQUACY. WHEREAS THERE ARE SUFFICIENT PREMIUMS AND ASSESSMENTS AND REINSURANCE TO COVER THE LIABILITIES FOR 2021 AND 2022. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY IS OPPOSED TO WINDSTORM INSURANCE INCREASES AND ENCOURAGES THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SHOW RESTRAINT AND ALLOW THE WILL OF THE LEGISLATURE TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED BEFORE VOTING FOR A RATING INCREASE THAT COULD FRUSTRATE THE REBUILDING RECOVERY EFFORTS OF THOSE LIVING AND WORKING ALONG THE TEXAS

COAST. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS A VERY NORMAL AND COMMON SENSE THING TO BE FOR.

TWO KNOTS YOU KNOW. >> SO MOVED.

>> I AGREE WITH NOT GOING INTO DETAIL WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMON SENSE APPROACH. I WILL HAVE A SECOND PARIKH I HAVE A SECOND FROM THE COMMISSIONER, WHILE THOSE IN

FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE TEJ ALRIGHT I I HAVE TWO

.>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE ONTO G1, RECOGNIZING THE NUECES

[1. Recognizing the Nueces County Historical Commission for the 2020 Distinguished Service Award as presented by the Texas Historical Commission for its active and well-balanced preservation program.]

YOU PROCEED. >> YES JUDGE YOU KNOW OUR HISTORIC COMMISSION GETS THIS EVERY YEAR.

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HERE ARE A BUNCH OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND I THINK KATHY IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. YOU ALL CAN STAND UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE. AS PART OF THE RECOGNITION I THINK YOU GOT A CERTIFICATE JUDGE SIGNED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION.

I HAVE A STATEMENT THAT IS PROVIDED IN THE MATERIALS THIS COMES OUT OF AUSTIN. IT IS THE NUECES COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN AWARDED A 2020 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION.

THIS ANNUAL AWARD AFFIRMS NUECES COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION APPOINTEES FOR MANAGING A WELL ROUNDED HISTORY AND PRESERVATION RELATED PROGRAM THAT ENRICH TEXAS COMMUNITIES IN NUECES COUNTY. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT THE HISTORIC COMMISSION GOVERNING BODY, WILL WORK WITH HISTORIC COMMISSION TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE IN COURT TODAY.

OUR PRESERVATION PARTNERS, FACE GREAT CHALLENGES FROM THE PANDEMIC. THAT THEY REDIRECT EFFORTS, AND ENSURE THAT THEIR HISTORY PROGRAMMING AND PRESERVATION PROJECTS CONTINUED IN THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS.

THE THC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARK WOLF SAID THAT.

THE NUECES COUNTY HISTORIC COMMISSION HAS DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE RESILIENCY AND INNOVATION AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HONOR ITS EXTRAORDINARY VOLUNTEERS WITH THE 2020

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD. >> THANK YOU WILL RECOGNIZE KATHY AS SHE IS REPRESENTING NUECES COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION YOU ARE JOINED BY OTHER MEMBERS.

WE WERE JUST WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU RECOGNIZE AND ALL OF THEIR

ACHIEVEMENTS. >> YES THANK YOU JUDGE, WE HAVE WITH US TODAY COMMISSIONERS, I'M SO PLEASED YOU ALL ABLE TO GET OUT. I KNOW TIMES ARE UNSETTLING AND I APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE DEBBIE, WE HAVE DR. JEFF KLEIN, DR. LORI TURNER, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL MIKE CARLISLE.

I WILL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT MOMENT.

AND ALSO WE HAVE MY RIGHT HAND PERSON ALSO PENNY.

THESE PEOPLE ARE GREAT, THEY HAVE HELPED ME TO KEEP HISTORY ALIVE HERE IN NUECES COUNTY. DURING THIS VERY TERRIBLE.

, TRYING TO KEEP HISTORY ALIVE WITH THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO. A VERY SPECIAL MIKE CARLISLE HAS

JUST BEEN APPOINTED IS IT CEO? >> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

>> I NEED HELP, MIKE CARLISLE IS A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEXAS TROPICAL TRAILS. I TOLD HIM HE COULD NOT GIVE UP ANY OTHER POSITION HE NOW HAS. IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT WE HAVE ROSE TO THE OCCASION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE A FEW WORDS THIS MORNING THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH. >> KATHY HAS WE EVER HAD ANYONE NUECES COUNTY LEAD TROPICAL TRAILS BEFORE? IN THE POSITION THAT MIKE IS TAKING?

>> NO. >> KNOW, THAT IS GREAT.

>> PENNY ALSO SERVES ON THE TROPICAL TRAILS AND MIKE DID,

BUT NOW HE'S GOT A JOB. >> I MYSELF USED TO WORK IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE, AND I FELT WHEN I WAS WORKING THERE, I AM AN INDUSTRY. I WAS WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIKE NORM KENNEDY, AND JUDGE BARNES AND A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS REAL KIND AND KINDA SHOW ME THE ROPES WAS MR. CHAPELLE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND I DID NOT KNOW WE HAVE THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION HERE. AT THE COURTHOUSE UNTIL WE MET THAT. SHE WENT TO PURCHASING TO BUY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED SO THANK YOU ALL.