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          >>> WE'RE GOING TO GAVEL US IN. OFFICIALLY HERE THIS MORNING. 
          FOR THE CLERK I WILL START DOING THE TIME FIRST, THE TIME WE GO THROUGH EVERYTHING AND SEEMS THAT TIME ELAPSES. 8:32 A.M. I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO RISE AS WE CALL FOR INVOCATION. WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY PASTOR CARVER. 
          WE ASK YOU AFTER INVOCATION TO REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE. 
          AND TO OUR TEXAS FLAG. PASTOR. WELCOME. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND PUTTING UP WITH POLITICS THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED. 
          TEMPORARY. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS AND ASK GOD TO BE INVOLVED. 
          WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN BE HERE LORD YOU HAVE BROUGHT ORDER IN THE COUNTRY BY YOUR PRINCIPLES AT THE BEGINNING THAT WE CAN GATHER TOGETHER AND BRING THE THINGS THAT MATTER. 
          AND THE TEMPORARY WOULD AFFECT THE ETERNAL AND CHOICES MADE HERE, LORD, WOULD BE DONE WITH YOUR WISDOM AND WITH YOUR BLESSING AND WE THANK YOU FOR TEXAS. 
          AND FOR CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE UNITY OF CHURCHES. THE BODY OF CHRIST. 
          THE PEACE IN TIMES OF CHAOS WE HAVE DONE HERE, LORD. WE ARE SO THANKFUL. 
          I PRAY AGAIN YOUR BLESSINGS ON THE MEETING. AND FURTHER MEETINGS GOING 
          >>> I PLEDGE, AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 
          >>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TH TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE 
          AND INDIVISIBLE. >>> AGAIN, WELCOME TO EVERYBODY AS WE START OUR MEETING IN THE D WEDNESDAY, 2022. YESTERDAY WAS 2-2-22. BUT TODAY IS 2-2-2-22. 
          TODAY IS. AS I SAID THERE IS SOMETHING TO THAT. 
          PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD FOR THE CLERK. >>> COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM, 3RD FLOOR, NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 901 LEOPARD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM, 3RD FLOOR, NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 901 LEOPARD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS LOBING AND WE AT COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM, 3RD FLOOR, NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE 
          901 LEOPARD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FRANCES. >> AND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO SEE IF THE COMMISSIONER IS ONLINE, NOT YET. IF HE JOINS WE'LL MAKE THAT TO 
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          THE RECORD. >> AT THIS TIME I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO REBECCA WHO WILL GIVE YOU A SAFETY BRIEFING. PAY ATTENTION FOR THE 
          COMMENTS. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS AND ATTENDEES. 
          OUR BRIEFING FOR TODAY FEBRUARYD IS BEING HELD IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM. 
          AND THE RESTROOMS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE ATRIUM PAST THE HUMAN RESO RESOURCES OFFICE. AND THE YEAR OF THE COURTROOM AND LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE 
          ATRIUM AREA. >> THE PARTICIPATE RESPONSIBLE AND. 
          PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDANCE AND REMEMBER ANYONE CAN RENDER AID AND WILL BE SLOWLY DOWN THE STAIRS. AND OUT THE DOORS LOCATED ON THE STREET SIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY TOGETHER. AND AGENCIES. 
          OUR GUEST SANITIZER WILL BE. OUR TOPIC FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS WINTER FATIGUE. 
          (TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH AUDIO). >>> THANK YOU. 
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          >> THANK YOU. >>> AS WE THE GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS AND THE 
          [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.]
WINTER WEATHER AND FOR NOW AND BEE LINDA TO BRING YOU PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SHARE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND AND YOU HAVE SIGNED UP UP FOR THOSE ON LINE AND WE WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS AND RAISING THE ICON. AND WE WILL CALL ON YOU AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. LET ME SUGGEST THAT WE DON'T REMIND EVERYONE BUT IT IS A GOOD THING TO DO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY HERE. 
          THERE IS SOME POINT UP TODAY IF IT IS UP TODAY YOU WILL SEE YOU KNOW CLOCKS THAT WILL DO A COUNTDOWN AND ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS HOW I VALUE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS IT REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE I WILL NOT BE OVERLY RIGID BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT THAT SHARE THEIR COMMENTS IF YOU JUST BE MINDFUL THAT THE CLOCK IS THERE TO SUPPORT EVERYONE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. THAT WILL BE A GREAT APPRECIATION TO THE COURT. 
          AND A REMINDER THAT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DON'T VISIT BACK WITH YOU. 
          DON'T TAKE THAT AS A SIGN WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY ABSORBING AND LISTENING EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY. IF THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT IS RELATED TO YOUR COMMENT WE SAY WE INVITE YOU TO SAY THE COURT MAY ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR ISSUES AT THAT TIME WHAT THAT WE'LL BEGIN. BRANDON BICKNELL. YANKEE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. >> IF WE ASK ASK YOU FOR THE PURPOSES ONLINE I CAN HEAR YOU FINE. THANK YOU. 
          >> I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSELL MARINE OUT OF CHANNEL VIEW, TEXAS. 
          I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. AND CORRESPONDENT WAS SENT TO THE COURT AFTER THE RECOMMENDATION OF CSP 3187.21 FOR THE PIER DEMO WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT JM DAVIDSON GET THE AWARD. OUR CORRESPONDENCE PROTESTED THAT RECOMMENDATION. I WANTED TO FILL IN A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO IN THE AREA. WE FEEL THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COURT WAS NOT MADE IN THE CONFINES OF THE BID DOCUMENTS. WE FEEL PREFERENTIAL BIAS WAS GIVE TO THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR LOCATION TO THE HOME OFFICE. WITH THAT SAID, WE WERE $100,000 LOW ON THE BID, WHICH WAS A CSP, WE UNDERSTAND, AND BUT THE PROGRAM MANAGER RECOMMENDED US AS THE AWARD AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THE COURT CAME BACK THEY RECOMMEND THE DAVIDSON. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, PRIOR TO THE AWARD OF THE PROJECT, WE WANT TO YOU KNOW WE FULFILLED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE BID DOCUMENTS TO BE AWARDED THE PROJECT. 
          OUR PRICE WAS LOW. WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO DO THE WORK, WE HAVE GREAT REFERENCES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE COURT AND CALL FROM AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK DOWN HERE IN THE AREA FOR 10, 11 YEARS. ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT LOCAL, SINCE OUR INCEPTION WE HAVE DODGE, WE'RE $100 MILLION WORTH THE WORK IN NUECES COUNTY AND CORPUS CHRISTI, SOME OF THAT PUBLIC, SOME PRIVATE, AND BUT THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE HERE IN THE AREA, THE TEAMS HOUSED IN THE AREA AND LOCALLY AND THEY SUPPORT BUSINESSES, WE LOCALIZE THE BUSINESSES AND CONTRACTORS TO HELP US COMPLETE ALL THE WORK. 
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YOU KNOW SO WE FEEL THAT ALL KNOW NOT LOCAL, ABOUT 25% OF THE REVENUES SINCE OUR INCEPTION HAS BEEN IN THE AREA, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOCATED OUT OF HOUSTON. 
          SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WE'RE IN THE AREA AND WE HAVE 15 MILLION WORTH OF WORK GOING WITH THE BUSINESSES. THEY ARE LIVING HERE IN THE AREA, PAYING HOUSING EATING AT LOCAL RECORDS THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T ININFLEX. 
          >> I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THE COMMENTS TO CHANGE THE AWARD AND THEY'RE GOOD GUYS AND PEOPLE AND IN THE CONFINES WE WERE THE WELL BIDDER. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> SIR. >> MARGARET BALDWIN. 
          >> AND WILL YOU ADVANCE THE CLOCK. ONE OTHER AND REGULATION JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANNOUNCEMENT BETTY SHEETS. TAMARA BRENNAN HOW ABOUT GARY VALENCIA. NOW I'LL CALL. NORMAN MORTON. 
          >> YES, THANK YOU. THAT'S ARE GOOD FOR UP CLOSE. NORMAN, WELCOME. 
          >> NORMAN MART UNION AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE I HAVE A SHORT LETTER TO READ TO YOU I GET SIDE TRACKS I'M A LITTLE SQUIRRELED. 
          IT IS A LIABILITY RISK AND LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          FOR TWO YEARS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NAMELY THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE PETITIONED FOR VEHICLES TO PERFORM THE JOB. THE VEHICLES WERE HAND ME DOWNS. WHAT I MEAN THEY WERE OLD PATROL VEHICLES WITH 60, 70,000 MILES. I TRIED ADDRESSING THIS AS PROFESSIONALLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          NOTHING WORKS. I HAVE TAKEN THE ISSUE UP WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE FIRST ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE. 
          NOTHING SEEMS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO REPLACE AND UPDATE THE FLEET. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE OUR OFFICE IS PASSED OVER FOR REASONS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES ONLY CONTINUE TO GROW AND COST MORE EACH YEAR. WE ARE COLD NEW VEHICLES WERE COMING TO THE OFFICE. THIS IS TWO YEARS AGO. THEN THE VEHICLES WERE COMING. 
          NOTHING WAS DONE. WE ARE COLD THEY WOULD BE HERE AND NOTHING WAS DONE. 
          I SUBMITTED REPORTS TO MIKE ROBINSON TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE WAS GOING TO BE $6000. 
          THE VEHICLE ALONE IS WORTH ABOUT 4000 MAYBE AT BEST. WE HAD ANOTHER THAT WAS GIVEN TO US THAT WAS A HAND ME DOWN AND SPEND ANOTHER 4000 TO FIX THAT UP. 
          THERE ARE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. THE COST WE ESTIMATED I JUST, WITH THE MECHANIC RUN IT THROUGH, PROBABLY $25,000 FOR THE VEHICLES. 
          AND THIS IS NOT GOOD USE OF MONEY AND WE CANNOT PICK UP WITNESSES OR VICTIMS FOR TRIALS OR ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID THEY WILL NOT MAKE IT. AND WHEN ARE WE GETTING THEM AND WHY IS THERE A DELAY? I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY HAS ISSUES AND ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLES BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN ARE YOU SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN A VEHICLE IS WORTH THAT'S NOT RESPONSIBLE SPENDING AND NOT VERY SMART ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT SOMEONE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE VICTORY THE LIABILITY FALLS ON THE COUNT. 
          WHAT I MEAN BY LIABILITY I WAS SUED BEFORE WHEN I WAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THEY VEENED ALL THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS. 
          AND EVERYTHING WAS INTACT BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. 
          THEY WILL ATTACK THE MAINTENANCE HOW WELL THEY WERE HANDLED WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE. WHEN YOU HAVE AN OLD VEHICLE THAT HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT, IT'S LIKE HAVING A VEHICLE WITH 300,000 MILES ON IT. WE'RE TOLD THEY ARE ON HOLD. 
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WE CANNOT DO OUR JOBS IF WE DON'T HAVE THE VEHICLES. THAT'S LIKE GIVING US A GUN AND NO BULLETS AND PEPPER SPRAY WITH NOTHING IN IT. IF I DON'T HAVE A CAR I CAN'T DO MY JOB. I'M CONCERNED THIS ISIC TAKING TOO LONG. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY ITEM ON THIS BUT AS I SAID, REST ASSURED WE WILL RESPOND WHEN WE CAN RESPOND WHICH IS AFTER THIS MEETING. 
          AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL THE NEXT WEEKER. >> I WOULD DEFER ON THIS. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> ROLANDO GARZA ON THE GAME ROOM. 
          >> I HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN HERE 62 YEARS IN NUECES COUNTY AND CORPUS CHRISTI. 
          I WAS GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND RAN ACROSS C-2 I SAW THE COMPARISONS IN REGARDS TO GAME ROOMS I DON'T KNOW HOW NUECES COUNTY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THIS BUT MY CONCERN IS SAFETY THAT'S , HOW YOU PUT IT TOGETHER YOU HAVE A LOT INVOLVED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS AND A STRONG ORDINANCE AND WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU CAN HAMMER THIS OUT THE PROPER WAY AND LEARN FROM THE OTHER CITY'S MISTAKES WITH THES HAVE AND HAVE NOTS. 
          WE HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN SUPPORT AND IT IS PALATABLE. WHATEVER WE CAN ADD TO THE COMMUNITY, I LOVE THE IDEA WORKING WITH CCBD AND IMPARTING MONEY WITH THEM TO HELP ENFORCE THE RULES. I THINK THAT'S GRACIOUS TO DO THAT AND WORK WITH THE CHIEF. 
          IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. THAT'S GREAT FOR ENFORCEMENT SO THAT IS AN ADDED BONUS AND HAPPY TO THINKING PROCESS MOVING FORT TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR THE GAME ROOMS. TO MAKE IT WORKABLE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. 
          BEFORE I GO ARE YOU WELCOME YOU HAVE A DOOR AT MAGIC 104.9 AND THE DUAL LANGUAGE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY AND SOME THINGS HAPPENING NOW AND THE FUTURE. 
          THINGS THAT ARE YOU DRESSING AND IT IS THE ONLY MINORITY RADIO AND TV STATION. 
          WE HAVE TWO SISTER STATIONS WE ARE THE ONLY LOCAL ONE HERE AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS HERE. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NICE TO SEE YOU ANY TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD BLESS. >> DAVID LOBE IF WOULD YOU LIKE 
          TO BE NOW OR LATER. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE FEDERAL AID MONEY YOU HAVE GOTTEN. A MONTH AGO I STARTED TALKING TO JUDGE KLINE WHO SHE TALKED ABOUT AN IDEA OF FUNDING ME MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND DIVERSE I STARTED TO WORK ON 
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THIS WHEN THE 25% OF THE ARREST AND 25% OF THE INMATES WERE MENTALITY ILL PEOPLE GETTING 
          ARRESTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> ONE OF THE ISSUES HAS BEEN WE NEEDED TO SUMMON THE WILL TO RAISE THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY BUILD A FACILITY WHERE WE CAN TAKE THE PEOPLE OTHER THAN TO JAIL. AND THE JAIL IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM OR THE OTHER INMATES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR YOU IN THE JAIL. I'M HERE AS YOU ARE STARTING THAT DISCUSSION TO JUST ENCOURAGE TO YOU TAKE A SECTION OF THAT MONEY AND PUT IT ASIDE FOR TREATMENT AND PARTICULARLY WITH PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE YOUR JAIL POPULATION. 
          I REALIZE IT IS A BIG SLUG OF MONEY AND THERE IS A TON OF IDEAS BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IS EVERYTHING IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WE HAVEN'T HAD THE MONEY FOR AT THE TIME NOW WE HAVE SOME MONEY. I THINK WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ONE, NOT ONLY WILL THAT THAT SAVES YOU MONEY. THE JUDGE ASKED ME TO START TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AT THE CITY ABOUT THIS IT IS WHERE THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER. I ENDED UP TALKING TO THE JUDGE'S OPPONENT AND THE FIRST THING OUT OF THE MOUTH WAS IT WAS 81-DOLLAR AS DAY TO HOUSE SOMEONE IN JAIL. 
          HE WANTS TO WORK ON IT. AS I HAVE Y TALKED ABOUT IT PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEEDED A MONEY TO SOLVE. AND SO, AS YOU'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE TO SPEND, I HOPE THAT YOU INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND INVEST IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL PAY DIVIDENDS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TO MAINTAIN IT YOU CAN PAY FOR IT AND REAP THE BENEFITS OF THE COST SAVINGS IN THE FUTURE. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP AN 
          OPEN MIND AND HEART TO THAT. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I HAVE SIGNED UP. DEPUTY ANYBODY ELSE WAITING IN 
          THE HALLWAYS. >> I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE TODAY. HEARING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT,  OF COURSE, WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF THOSE MAKING COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT IS LISTED IN YOUR AS C-2. 
          I DID MAKE ONE ALLOWANCE WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WILL W CATCH A PLANE BUT IS REPRESENTING SPECTRA GLOBAL MANAGEMENT FROM DENVER, COLORADO HERE WITH JASON GREEN. AND. 
          >> WHICH ITEM IS THAT? F-1. 
          [1.  Discuss and consider authorizing execution of agreement with Spectra Venue Management for RFP No. 3159-21 Nueces County Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds Management Services.]
I WOULD LIKE TOED 5 VANCE F-1. THIS IS ONE PRIOR TO THE THIS IS AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH SPECTRA VENUE RFP 3159-21 AND FAIRGROUNDS MANAGEMENT. 
          GIVE US BACKGROUND AND I WILL ASK PURCHASING TO INTRODUCE THE -- HE IS ONLINE BY THE WAY. 
          MICHAEL ROBINSON IS ON THE WAY. 
          WE'LL ASK HIM TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM, GIVE US BACKGROUND 
          SPECTRA AND YOUR ROLER WHO. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. AND THE COURTESY. 
          I'M IN TOWN FOR A WHILE BUT I APPRECIATE. 
          >> YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID THAT YOU WILL TAKE A CHAIR IN THE BACK, SIR. SO CERTAINLY EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY FIRST AND FOREMOST TO TH THANK YOU FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPECTRA. 
          WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR MANAGEMENT AND THE GM HERE HAS BEEN THE LEADER FOR SOME TIME. WE'RE PROUD OF THE EVENTS WE BRING IN BUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH DISASTERS AND COVID RELIEF. BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT. 
          I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE ENJOYED 
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THE PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PROCUREMENT TO THIS POINT SINCE THE RFP WE CAN MAKE A DECISION. YOU KNOW SPECTRA IS AN ORGANIZATION BASED IN PHILADELPHIA. 
          WE OPERATE IN OVER 180 DIFFERENT VE VENUES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WITH THE DIVISIONS FOOD SERVICE, VENUE MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          WE DEPLOY ALL THE SERVICES FOR YOU ALL AND LEVERAGE ALL OF THAT SCOPE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR YOUR BENEFIT AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE'RE STEWARDS OF YOUR FUNDS AND WE HOPEFULLY REPRESENT YOU IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN EVERY DAY. BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW DURING THE RFP PROCESS WE BID A FIVE-YEAR PLUS TWO ONE-YEAR EXTENSES. 
          WE WOULD PREFER THAT. THERE IS SOME COST SAVINGS WITH THAT BUT I WILL LET MICHAEL TALK TO THAT. 
          WE APPRECIATED YOUR PARTNERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU FOR GETTING HERE TO TODAY. 
          IF THERE ARE OTHER PIECES WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT AS 
          WELL TODAY. >> I WILL ASK MICHAEL ROBINSON THE PURCHASING TO LAY OUT THE RFP AND LAY OUT THE 
          RECOMMENDATION TO PURCHASING. >> GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL. 
          >> WE'LL GIVE HIM A MOMENT. THERE HE GOES. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          I MAY HAVE MISSED WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IF COULD YOU 
          RESTATE. >> WE'RE READY TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION ON THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH SPECTRA MANAGEMENT THE RFP THAT IS FOR MOMENT OFFICES AND KELL SER GIVING US A BACKGROUND AND 
          WE'RE PITCHING TO YOU NOW. >> YES. 
          WE WORKED HARD WIT CHARLES AND KELLER AND JASON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO IRON OUT SOME THINGS WITH REGARD TO SHORT AND LONG TERM FACILITIES THERE THAT THEY PROVIDED A BID WHICH INDICATED IT IS CLEAR IN THE AGENDA ITEM THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE WAS PROPOSED AT $145,000. 
          THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER, BOTH OPTIONS HAVE THE SAME BASE MANAGEMENT FEES, THE DIFFERENCES ARE PRIMARILY IN THE LENGTH OF THE TERM, OPTION ONE HAS A FIVE-YEAR INITIAL PERIOD WITH TWO ONE-YEAR RENEWALS AND OPTION 2 HAS A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO ONE-YEAR RENEWALS. UNDER OPTION ONE, THERE IS A CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROPOSED OF $100,000 IN YEAR ONE AND $75,000 IN YEAR TWO AND THEN UNDER OPTION 2. 
          THERE IS A ONE-TIME CAPITAL INVESTMENT AMOUNT OF $110,000. 
          AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THE INCENTIVE FEE. 
          WE WORKED WITH CHARLES TO STRUCTURE AN INCENTIVE BASED PROGRAM WHERE SPECTRA WERE TO HIT SEVERAL ELEVATED MILESTONES THEY WOULD CAREFUL FOR AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF A FEES AND THAT AND OPTION ONE IS CAPPED AT 35% OF THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE AND OVER THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD THEN THE FEE IS CAPPED AT 50% OF THE MANAGEMENT FEE. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT BASED ON THE FACT THE ITEM HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST DECADE AND IN EACH CASE SPECTRA HAS BEEN THE ONLY BIDDER AND IN THE MOST RECENT BID THEY WERE THE ONLY BIDDER. 
          AND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CASE, OPTION ONE, ALTHOUGH IT HAS A LONG INITIAL TERM PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, DOES PROVIDE THE COUNTY WITH THE BEST RATE ON THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE AND INCENTIVE FEE CAP BEING 35% WHICH COULD SAVE US $108,750 OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIRES FIVE YEARS. 
          IN OPTION TWO THE THREE-YEAR WE DON'T HAVE THE CAP THAT IS UP 
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TO 50% OF THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE. 
          IS THIS CONTRACT HAS WON THE THREE YEAR PLUS TWO AND EXERCISED THE OPTION YEARS EACH TIME AND SO THE FIRST OPTION WITH THE FIVE - YEAR IS LONG IS REMAIN WITH SPECTRA OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. AND ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT PIECE AND THE INSTALLS THAT TOTAL AND OPTION 2 WE WOULD ONLY RECEIVE ONE INSTALLMENT OF 110 THOUGHT. 
          SO OVER THE FIRST LIVES OF THE CONTRACT AND HAVE $65,000 IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADD WE CAN SAVE $108,750 ON THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE AND INCENTIVE FEE CAP. 
          I BOTH ARE AVAILABLE, THEY GIVE THE COURT THE. 
          AND THE WE CONSIDER OPTION ONE AND PASS THIS OVER. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE MEETINGS. 
          I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SECTION 4.4 USE OF COUNTY SUBSECTION A AND C REALLY ADDRESS THE TWO UNIQUE FUNCTION THAT'S THE EMERGENCY USE FOR DECLARED EMERGENCIES, THAT WOULD BE IN C AND THE OBVIOUSLY THAT IS KEY AND OUR. 
          THEY ARE ADDRESSED IN THE CONTRACT THERE IS A REFERENCE WITH REGARD TO THE FACILITY RENTAL LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST FOR THE RAPID INFUSION CENTER OR VACCINATION. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN UNBELIEVABLE PARTNER HOSTING EVERYONE FROM THE MILITARY ALL THE WAY TO NURSES AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMPLOYEES AND AROUND THE CLOCK FOR TWO YEARS AT A VARIETY OF STAGES. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY MANY OTHERS IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CONTRACT, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WE DO NOT HAVE A AGREEMENT. 
          AND THAT IS OPERATING UNDER AND IT IS FOR THE AGREEMENT AND WITH THEM AID LONG WITH THAT SO THIS WE DID ON THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WE WANTED TO SPECIFY IF WE HAVE THEY NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO 
          SPECIFY THE TERMS. >> UNDERSTOOD. 
          >> WE HAVE HOW THE COUNTY WILL TREAT THE USE OF THE FACILITY HERE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS IN THAT SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT AND WHAT IS IN THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT HERE THIS PROVIDES FOR A PAPER CREDIT SO LIKE IF WE USE THE FACILITY FOR $1000 A DAY THAT'S A PAPER CREDIT AND AND A PROGRESS TOWARDS EARNING AND FOR THAT AND RATHER THAN FOR $1000. 
          AND THAT'S A KEY DIFFERENCE THAN WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          , THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THE COURT WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS ON. 
          >> I HAVE CERTAINLY. >> I'LL CALL ON COMMISSIONER 
          CHESNEY. >> COULD YOU USE THE MIC? 
          >> I HAVE THE BOOK IN FRONT OF ME. 
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          >> AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I RAISED ISSUE ON THAT'S THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS DONE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS DONE BY THE JUDGE DURING THE EMERGENCY TIMES IS THAT THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? , THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WE STARTED IT IN THE FALL LAST YEAR. AND AS THIS PROLONGED IT. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THE LAST SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS DONE WAS GOING TO CARRY US THROUGH THE END OF THE NEED TO BE HERE. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT PRESENT ON THIS AGREEMENT BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE COURT APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WE WOULD BE BEYOND THE NEED OF THAT FOR THAT PARTICULAR SET OF TESTS THAT ARE LISTED. 
          WHAT THIS DOES IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IF THE COURT WANTED TO CONSIDER ANY SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS AND THOSE TERMS ON THEIR OWN MERIT. 
          >> WHETHER IT IS AN IMAGINE OR NOT IT COMES BACK THROUGH THE COURT. ON THE BASIS OF THE CONTRACT? 
          >> THAT IS CORRECT. CAN YOU POINT THAT OUT TO ME 
          THAT SAYS THAT? >> IT SAYS IT IN SUBSECTION C THAT I QUOTED THAT SAYS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 4.4 C, 
          JUDGE. >> THE LONG-TERM USE OF THE FACILITIES RESPOND TO PUBLIC EMERGENCIES MAY BE PURSUIT TO THE TERMS OF A SEPARATE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT HERE TO MUTUALLY AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES. 
          >> THAT'S A. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THIS IT IS A AS YOU KNOW JUDGE AND IN THE LAW IS VERY -- MAY IS MAY AND SHALL IS SHALL T IS A DIFFERENT TERM IN THE LAW AT LEAST TALK ABOUT CHANGING THAT WORD TO A SHALL PROVISION SO THAT THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT ANYTHING WE DO THEY KNOW WILL COME BACK TO THE COURT SO THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE TO ME I READ 
          THAT AND DIDN'T -- >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT PREPOSITIONED THAT'S THE GOAL TO HAVE IT SUPPLEMENTAL THAT SETS FORTH THE RATES. 
          TAKE TODAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE OPENING UP WITH THE CITY, WE'RE HAVING WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. 
          WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR EVACUATION CENTER BEING THE LOCATION OF THE RICHARD BORCHARD FAIRGROUNDS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT AND FALLING UNDER THE CURRENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BUT WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE A PREPOSITIONED ONE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          WHEN IT SAYS LIKE I SAID IT NEEDS TO BE SHALL. 
          >> IF I MIGHT COMMENT ON THAT PIECE, WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH KENT BROWN ON THIS WHAT WE TRIED TO DRAFT TO THE COUNTY POSSIBLE THAT THE COUNTY UNDER LONG TERM USE OF THE FACILITIES, THERE IS A STRETCH THERE THAT INDICATES WITH THE REPRESENTAL FEE IS AND OPERATING SPENCES AND HOW THEY WOULD BE COVERED. WE BELIEVE WE CAPTURED THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THAT SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT SUCH THERE IS A WAY TO HANDLE THE RENTAL FEE AS A CREDIT AND A CREDIT FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES THAT OCCUR. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. >> AND THERE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS COMING IN THAT ARE BEING USED TO FUND THAT MONEY COMING IN. 
          AND SO AND UNDER THAT AGREEMENT THE SPIRIT OF THAT WAS TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS THAT WERE COMING IN TO SUPPLEMENT THE OVERHEAD COSTS. AND SO TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE USE THE WORD MAY INSTEAD OF SHALL GIVE THE COURT THE OPTION THE CONTRACT TERMS TO HANDLE THAT EMERGENCY SITUATION. 
          AND GIVE THE COURT THE OPTION IF THE COURT FEELS THAT THOSE WERE NOT ADEQUATE TO THEN CREATE A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL 
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AGREEMENT. , THAT'S A THE TERMS YOU KNOW MAY NOT APPLY IN THAT SITUATION SO, I WOULD DEFER WHETHER THEY 
          USE MAY OR SHALL. >> I HAVE A LOT OF SHALLS I 
          WANT TO ADD ON THIS. >> I DON'T BELIEVE INSPECTOR IS THERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY THE COURT CHOOSES TO WRITE THE PHRASE. 
          >> THE GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE THAT I HAVE GOT I WILL ASK THEM ON DIFFERENT THINGS IT IS MORE OF A -- SO -- I HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH THE JUDGE ON WHAT EMERGENCIES ARE. 
          IN MY IN ALL THE CONTRACTS MY CONCERN IS I WANT THE COURT, THIS IS YOU -- ARE YOU JUST IN THE -- I WANT THEM TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THAT EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON OUT THERE THE COURT IS MADE AWARE OF AND HAS THE ABILITY TO SIGN OFF ON BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INPUT NOR DID THE REST OF THE COURT, THE JUDGE FEELS SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT. 
          I'M NOT QUESTIONING HER BELIEF IN THAT,  I HAVE THE SAME SHE DIDN'T BUT THAT'S WHERE I STRUGGLE BECAUSE WE HAD AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED OFF ON WITHOUT THE COURT HAVING TO BE INVOLVED. AND MY QUESTIONS WHEN YOU STARTED WITH THIS ONE ARE WILL BE LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT. 
          I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS ADDED THAT IS ONE THING AND I APPRECIATE JUDGE POINTING THAT OUT. 
          I HAVE CONCERNS OVER YOU KNOW SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THERE SHOULD BE. I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE PAPER CREDITS BECAUSE I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE INCENTIVES. 
          I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE CONTRACT BUT THAT'S THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO KNOW, MICHAEL, EVERYTHING THAT YOU CHANGED IN THE CONTRACT FROM THE LAST CONTRACT THE COURT DESERVE AS RED LINE VERSION BECAUSE THIS IS, THE PUBLIC KNOWS THIS IS A SAY 20-PAGE CONTRACT. 
          IT HAS BEEN HELD UP I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. THERE IS NO WAY THERE IS NO WAY FOR THE COURT WITHOUT HAVING A SIDE BY SIDE RED LINE OF HERE IS WHAT THE LAST CONTRACT WAS WE'RE GOING TO SPEND AN HOUR AND A HALF DOING THIS. I DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE TIME. THERE ARE TOO MANY QUESTIONS THE PAID CREDIT, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT I DON'T 
          KNOW. >> THE PAPER CREDIT HAS EXISTED BEFORE. THAT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT. 
          >> THE DIFFERENCE. >> HAS IT BEEN IN THE CONTRACT? , YES IT IS PART OF THE CONTRACT ON THE CURRENT CONTRACT. 
          >> CAN YOU SEND A RED LINED VERSION. 
          >> THE LONG TERM USE BEFORE THE SECTIONS WERE VERY BRIEF. 
          WHAT WE TRIED TO DO HERE IS GET VERY DETAILED ON EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR SHORT OR LONG-TERM USE OR THE IRT COME OUT WE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE TO THE IRT USE OF THE PROPERTY. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ELIMINATE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT WAS VAGUE. SO WE TRIED TO BE EXPLICIT IN THOSE SECTIONS AS TO HOW THE PAPER CREDIT WORKS AND SO, IT'S NOT DIFFERENT, IT IS JUST BETTER EXPLAINED, I GUESS I WOULD SAY. AND THE -- THE DIFFERENCE IS WAS THE PIECE THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS DIFFERENCE IN THE CONTRACT AND BE PRESENTED AS A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. THAT'S STANDARD LANGUAGE IN ANY OF THE CONTRACTS. WE OPERATE UNDER THE WRITTEN CONTRACT AS STATED IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT, THEY HAVE TO BRING A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT AND REVIEW IT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COME TO COURT AND PRESENT TO YOU GUYS THOSE TERMS AND THE COURT HAS TO DETERMINE 
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WHETHER THEY WANT THE CHANGES TO OCCUR OR SHAPE THE WAY THE SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGES OCCUR. AND THAT WAY I FEEL THAT WE ARE BETTER PROTECTED IN THE VERSION THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE WITH REGARD TO SHORT AND LONG-TERM USE AND EMERGENCY USE. 
          THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY AREAS THAT CHANGED. 
          THE OTHER AREA THAT CHANGED HAS TO DO WITH THE ATTACHMENT ON THE INCENTIVE FEE ADD HOW IT IS CREATED. 
          AND THE PRIMARY CHANGE THERE HAS TO DO, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ATTACHMENT -- I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK IT REAL QUICK. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE. 
          IF THEY HIT CERTAIN MILESTONES ON EARNING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT THEY CAN EARN UP TO AND BUT THEY'RE ALL CAPPED. SO REGARDS OF WHAT MILESTONES THEY HIT, THE MAX THEY CAN MAKE IS AN ADDITIONAL UNDER THE OPTION ONE, IS 35% OF THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE. 
          AND THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE ON THIS IS $14 $145,000 AND SO, 35% OF THAT IS 50750. THAT'S THE MAX EVEN IF THEY FIT 
          THE FILE MEANS. >> WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT. 
          >> WE PAY THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE, CURRENTLY WE PAY $132,000 A YEAR THIS IS $145,000. THAT'S A 9.8% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT ESTABLISHED IN 2016 AND HAD NO INCREASES OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. SO, IF YOU AVERAGE THAT OUT OVER THE FIVE YEARS THAT'S 1.96% INCREASE PER YEAR. 
          >> WHAT ELSE? >> THE INCENTIVE FEE UNDER THE OPTION $50,750. UNDER OPTION TWO, THEY CAN EARN $72,500 PER YEAR. SO THAT -- THAT'S WHY I'M RECOMMENDING OPTION ONE BECAUSE OVER THE FIVE YEARS AND HISTORICALLY WE HAVE DONE THAT. 
          WE HAVE DONE THE THREE YEAR AND RENEWED FOR TWO ADEPOSITION YEARS IF THINGS GO WELL I ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. IF YOU LIE THEM SIDE BY SIDE OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, YOU CAN SAVE $108,750 ON OPTION 1. 
          AND STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO REBID AFTER FIVE YEARS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO EXERCISE OPTION -- THE TWO ADDITIONAL OPTION YEARS PLUS ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT YOU'RE GETTING TWO PAYMENTS, 100,000 IN YEAR ONE AND 75,000 IN YEAR TWO THAT WE CAN USE TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS THERE AT THE FACILITY WHEREAS OPTION TWO, BECAUSE OF THE SHORTER DURATION OF TIME, WE ONLY GET THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMMITMENT 
          OF 11$0000. >> MICHAEL THERE ARE OTHER FEES WE HAVE TO PAY THEM OR THEY WOULD NOT GIVE US 110,000 BACK FOR $145,000 FEE. ARE THE THERE OTHERS THEY MAKE OFF THIS SO WE CAN -- WE CAN PUT THAT OUT TO SHOW WHAT 
          EVERYTHING IS PAID FOR? >> SO, KELLER ,  IT, I CAN ADDRESS THAT, COMMISSIONER IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          >> SO, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WILL ADDRESS THE FEE IF THAT'S OKAY. WHEN YOU LOOK. 
          I RESPECT MAKING SURE THE CONTRACT IS WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INTENT. 
          WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES TO SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. KNOW THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE THAT. THAT WILL NOT CHANGE. 
          KNOW THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS AND AND WELL BELOW WHAT KNOW IT IS FLAT AND LESS THAN FLAT AND THEN THERE THE FINANCIAL COMPONENT AND THE FEE AS YOU KNOW. AND THE ONLY THING SPECTRA 
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MAKES THE FINANCIAL FEE. AND THE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OUT THERE. FUNDING THE SUBSIDY, I THOUGHT 
          YOU SAID THERE WAS A THIRD. >> IT HAS BEEN A PORTION SO THE QUALM TAYTIVE IS RELATED TO TH THAT. 
          THE QUALIFY TAYTIVE IN 5 FACTORS THERE IN EXHIBIT B WE 
          GET RATED ON. >> HOW MUCH TO PAY IN 2021 WE 
          WERE AWARDED 31,000 AND CHANGE. >> THERE IS NO QUANTITIVE. 
          AND THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND GIVES US. 
          >> AND NOT 170 UP FRONT BUT 170. 
          AND $175,000. AND NOW AND NEXT YEAR. 
          THE SPACE OUT THERE. AND YOU WILL HAVE AND GET USED. 
          AND FOR US. AND DRIVING MORE TOP LINE REVENUE AND CONFLICTING THE GUEST EXPERIENCE. 
          THE EASY THINGS IN OUR MIND THAT IT IS TIME TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT AND FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT THEY ARE GOING TO AND 
          CLIENTS. >> I HAVE TO BE. 
          SOMETIMES WHEN IT IS AND AND THE COMPANY MAKES OFF THIS. 
          AND $175,000 A YEAR. I HAVE TO ASK AND WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO. AND IF YOU ARE MAKING 170 DEPENDING ON THE DETERMINE. AND HERE. 
          >> AND AND YOU EARNED MORE. AND DROPPING THE LINE. 
          AND OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY. FOR US. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A FIVE-YEAR DEAL. 
          IF YOU PUT PEN TO PAPER. WE ARE WILLING TO INVEST A YEAR OF THE FEE TO EARN YOUR BUSINESS. 
          >> TO BE CLEAR THERE IS NO MORE QUANTITIVE. 
          QUALITATIVE YOU MADE NO MORE MONEY THAN THE  75 THAT YOU 
          QUOTED. >>   IN 2021. 
          CORRECT, YES. >> I'M I'M NOT TRYING TO TRICK YOU. IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS BECAUSE WHEN WE KEEP RENEWING CONTRACTS OVER AND OVER, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL ASK WHY? 
          WHY DID YOU GO OUT. >> WE WENT OUT ON THIS ONE. 
          THERE WAS NO OTHER BIDDERS OR REQUESTERS AND IF THAT IS ALL THAT IS BEING PAID TO THE FAIRGROUNDS ARE YOU PUTTING MONEY INTO THAT, PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND I NEED CLARITY THAT WAS NOT CLEAR WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH IT. 
          THOSE ARE, I THINK GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. 
          GOING BACK TO THE CONTRACT. YOU SAID YOU EXPLAINED IT MORE IN THE CONTRACT IS THERE A REASON YOU COULD NOT SEND US A RED LINE VERSION OF THE CHANGES FROM WHERE IT STARTED TO WHERE IT ENDED TO THE COURT CAN SEE WHERE THE LANGUAGE IS? I STILL THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE TIGHTENING UP ON MAKING SURE THE COURT HAS INPUT ON EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING EMERGENCIES, WHATEVER THAT HAPPENS OUT THERE I JUST DO. 
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I DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT IS IN 
          HERE. >> THE COUNTY ATTORNEY YOU HAVE SPENT TIME REVIEWING THE CONTRACT AND COMPORTS WITH STATE LAW AND WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE TWO PROVISIONS THAT HAD CHANGES. WE WOULD BRING BACK A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IF NEEDED. 
          I'M NOT OPPOSES TO, OF COURSE, HAVING A RED LINE I'M WONDERING WHY IT WAS NOT ASKED FOR BEFORE GIVEN THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CONSIDER THE QUESTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN RAISED BEFORE. IS THIS TIME SENSITIVE WE CAN BRING IT BACK YOU KNOW ON THE 2D WHERE YOU COULD GIVE THE RED LINES EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND THE RIDGE OF THE PURCHASING AGENT TO BRING THE CONTRACT TODAY THAT IS NOT ONLY STRONGER BUT PROVIDES MORE DOLLARS TO THE COUNTY AT A LOWER INCENTIVE RATE ANDFULLY THE FLEXIBILITY OF HAVING -- THE AND HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY OF HAVING THE OPTION OUT. 
          WHY WE'RE WORKING AGAINST OURSELVES SO HARD WHY WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON THE WAY OUT. 
          IF IT IS NOT TIME SENSITIVE AND SEE A RED LINE THE VERBAL,  I HAVE PERSONALLY HAVE NO OBJECTION BUT THERE IS REALLY SOMETHING STRANGE HAVING THE PROCESS WORK. 
          WHY IS IT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW? 
          >> RESPECTFULLY JUDGE I'M ADDRESSING JENNY. 
          >> KENT BROWN HAS BEEN WORKING A LOT ON THIS WITH MICHAEL AND WITH THE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY ON QUESTIONS THAT HE HAS AND WE HAVE A RED LINE THAT -- THERE HAVE BEEN MANY VERSIONS I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ONE RED LINE THAT SHOWS FROM BEGINNING STRAIGHT TO END BUT GET THE COURT WHAT YOU WANT. 
          IT IS CERTAINLY KELLER, CAN IT WAIT UNTIL 23 SO WE CAN GET THE RED RHINE THE COMMISSIONER I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION I'LL BE HONEST I DID NOT ADVANCE THE IDEA I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE 30 MINUTES OF DISCUSSION I ADVANCED IT I THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER AND THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY OPTION ONE TO HAVE $175,000 INCENTIVE. 
          YOU MAY REMIND THE COURT WE HAD AN $85,000 INCENTIVE THAT WE UTILIZED FOR A NEW CARPETING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          THEY ARE ALWAYS PART AND PARCEL OF THE PROJECT. 
          ARE YOU A NATIONAL EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICECOMPANY, 
          CORRECT? >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WE OPERATE IN MANY FACILITIES HERE IN THE STATE AND NORTH AMERICA OVER 180 DIFFERENT VENUES. 
          AND IT IS IMPORTANT HOW WE OPERATE THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR YOU. WE'RE COG THAT DISTANT OF THAT. PEOPLE' PROUD OF PA WE HAVE DONE THERE. JASON LED THAT TEAM FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE A GREAT AND EVER I DAY I KEPT COMMISSIONER CHESNEY YOU WANT TO SEE DETAILS. 
          WE RESPONDED TO AN RFP AND AWARDED JULY  WE WILL OPERATE LIKE WE HAVE EVERY DAY AND JASON AND HAVE SINCE HAVING A LAPSED CONTRACT. I THINK TODAY IS THE DAY TO MAKE THE DECISION IF THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS, I AM HERE. WE WANT TO BE YOUR GUIDE ON OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST WHETHER DEVELOPING OTHER COUNTY OWNED EVENTS OR BRINGING IN EVENTS THAT AFFECT THE 
          COMMUNITY. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, JUDGE. 
          IF SOMEONE GET MOOSE HE A RED LINE I'M NOT SAYING I NEED TO DELAY IT. I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE HERE. 
          >> THAT'S FAIR. >> I THINK IT IS TO ANSWER WHAT YOU SAID SINCE WERE YOU ADDRESSING IT TO ME THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DID. I ASKED LOTS AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON THIS. I COUNTY GET THE FINAL VERSION 
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ON FRIDAY BUT DID NOT ACTUALLY GET IT UNTIL MONDAY I HAD AN ASSISTANT ON LEAVE. AND THE COURT HAS NOT SEEN WHAT WENT BACK AND FORTH. THERE WERE THINGS SAID THAT BROUGHT ABOUT DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FOR ME WHICH HAPPENS I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE, YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO, BE ANY THAT I HAVE NOT SPENT TIME I SPENT AD NAUSEAM. 
          I AM FINE WITH THE BUSINESS TERMS IT IS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, I HAVE CONVICTION ON. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE ADDRESSED. IF THERE IS A WAY THAT CAN BE AMENDED WITH SOME DIFFERENT STUFF. 
          I THINK WE CAN GET THAT DONE TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE OLD CONTRACT WAS AND BE ABLE TO -- FOR SOMEONE TO INT 
          OUT THIS IS THE NEW LANGUAGE. >> WE COULD HAVE THAT BY LUNCH, COULD WE GET THAT BY LUNCH TIME? WE'RE PREPARING THE OLD AND THE. 
          >> THAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW. 
          >> IT NEEDS TO BE THE LAST CONTRACT. 
          HERE IS IN THIS CONTRACT HERE IS THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE WE ADDED SO THE COURT CAN SEE IT AND WHAT THE PROVISIONS ARE AND THEN IF WE NEED TO TWEAK THE LANGUAGE LATER TODAY. 
          I'M NOT SAYING WE CANNOT GET THIS DONE TODAY I NEED 
          SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. >> THAT'S BEING DONE. 
          THAT IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW. >> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'LL RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR AN APPROPRIATE EXECUTIVE SESSION TIME BUT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND THE LAW NEEDS TO BE THAT IT COMPORTS WITH THOSE ACTS OF EMERGENCY. 
          THERE IS ONE DEFINITIONS THAT IS IF WE HAVE A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENT IS THAT CAUSES TO US GO INTO A LEVEL OF READINESS. 
          THERE ARE DESCRIPTIONS IN THE PLAN WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS T IS CLEAR AND, YOU KNOW IT NEEDS TO COMPORT TO THAT. 
          THAT'S THE LAW NOT SOMEONE'S OPINION. 
          IF WE HAVE THAT, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. 
          LET'S WAIT. >> YOU THREW IT OUT THERE I'LL RESPOND YOU DON'T GET TO THROW IT OUT AND NOT RESPOND. 
          THE RESPONSE I DON'T BELIEVE LONG-TERM LEASE CONTRACTS AND AGAIN NOT YOU I DON'T THINK LONG-TERM LEASE CONTRACTS COMPORT WITH THE LAW. THERE IS AN OPINION THAT INDICATES THE SAME THING THAT THE UNDER THE EMERGENCY POWERS FUNDS CAN NOT BE DESIGNATED WITHOUT COURT APPROVAL. 
          THAT'S THE POINT HERE IS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS CONTRACT ACCURATELY REFLECTS WHAT AT THIS TIME MEANS TO REFLECT IN THAT VAIN OFF DISAGREEMENT AND I DON'T THINK IT COMPORTS WITH THE LAW. THERE IS NO CASE LAW THAT BACKS YOU UP. THERE IS AN OPINION. 
          ATTORNEY-GENERAL OPINION WHICH IS AN OPINION THAT LENDS ITSELF TO SAY DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT YOU SAY. 
          THAT IS THE BASIS OF THE CONCERN OVER THE CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THAT THING WE MAY NEED TO GET A LEGAL OPINION FROM THE COURT ON TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. 
          >> THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS NOT A LONG-TERM LEASE, THIS 
          IS DIFFERENT. >> IT COMMITTED THE COURT TO FUNDS IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AND BROUGHT TO THE COURT. 
          THAT'S THE DEAL. >> THE SPIRIT IS THAT WE NEED TO GET YOU THE RED LINE AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS TOPIC NUMBER EXECUTIVE SESSION, THAT COMPORTS TO DISCUSS A LEGAL QUESTION I HAVE NO PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT IS RED FOR EXECUTION AND THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN EXTRACT ON THAT AGREEMENT BUT LET'S BE CLEAR THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE UNDER DID COME TO COURT. 
          IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COURT AND THE ONE WE'RE OPERATING ON AND FRANKLY IT IS $1500 PER DAY UNDER MARKET VALUE TO DEMOCRAT THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AND PARTNERSHIP WHEN WE NEED TO VACCINATE, TEST AND BOOST WHEN WE NEED TO INFUSE AND TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE WARM, THAT'S 
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          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE IF THEY WERE BROUGHT TO COURT, YOU KNOW THEY MAY OR 
          MAY NOT HAVE BEEN. >> THEY WERE ALL BROUGHT TO 
          COURT. >> THE STUFF NOT BROUGHT MAY BE SUPPORTED BY THE COURT IF IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS 
          THAT. >> I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LEGAL QUESTION MORE LEGAL DISCUSSION AND THE TIME TO HAVE THAT IS WITH ATTORNEYS THAT REPRESENT BOTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          WE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN WE GET TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          >> I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE WE -- YOU MADE YOUR STATEMENTS I MADE STATEMENTS THERE IS AN ATTORNEY-GENERAL THAT IS PUBLIC WE ALL HAD THIS DISCUSSION I DO NOT BELIEVE MORE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT THE SITUATION IS BECAUSE IT IS JUST A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION THAT WE PROBABLY. 
          >> NOT REALLY. >> THE COURT TO DECIDE. 
          >> I THINK WE'LL GET THE RED LINE FOR YOU AT LUNCH WE CAN BRING THIS UP AGAIN. COMMISSIONER GONZALES? 
          >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          BACK IN 21, 2021 YOU SAID THAT THE YOU PAY. 
          >> COULD YOU -- THEY'RE SIGNALING ME. 
          >> $100,$100,000.75000. I SEE THE -- 100,000, AND 75,000 AND WE ARE MAKING THE MONEY WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT 
          MONEY, RIGHT? >> COMMISSIONER I THINK THAT THE SPIRIT AND AROUND THE PICTURE AND OPERATES. 
          >> LOOK AT HOW MOST QUALITY QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS LIKE PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS AND BUILDINGS, THIS THEY OPERATE AT A LOSS FINANCIALLY. ARE YOU ACCURATE LOOKING AT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS, THE FACILITY AS A WHOLE DOES LOSE MONEY AND IT IS SUBSIDIZED BY THE COUNTY. 
          >> IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT MONEY BACK, AT ONE POINT WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT MONEY BACK. 
          THE REVENUES ARE THERE AND DOWN AND WE'RE NOT GETTING $100,000 
          OR THE $75,000? >> WELL, THERE IS A POINT WHERE I THINK THAT, S SUBSIDIZE A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DO THERE, YOU KNOW I THINK THAT WE HAVE EMERGENCY I QUESTION THE COST OF THE EMERGENCY THAT WE HAVE THERE AND IS THERE A THE RIGHT COST OR THAT -- THAT I HAVE A CONCERN SOMETIMES WHEN I LOOK AT THAT. AND BUT AGAIN IF I, THERE IS WHERE WE CAN SAY WITH A THE REVENUES FOR 2021 AND WHAT WAS 
          PAID TO THE COUNTY? >> , SURE. 
          >> SO. DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR 
          FINANCIALS? >> I MEAN. 
          SO, JUST FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT AND YOU LIKELY DO. 
          WE REPORT IN MONTH LIZ WHAT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT OUTLINES ARE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE IS A PORTION OF THAT, RIGHT. I THINK FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR 
          AND. >> PROBABLY RIGHT IN THE 700 WITHOUT HAVING TO IN FRONT OF US. 
          700 THOUGHT LOSS THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF ANY FEES, REIMBURSEMENTS ALL OF THAT. I WOULD NOTE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT COUNTY OWNED AND OPERATED BY PRIVATE MANAGEMENT LIKE US THE FACILITIES LOSE MONEY. THEY ARE QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVES SUPPORT ONLY YOURS THE WARMING CENTER -- 
          >> I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I THINK PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING ARE YOU MAKING THIS OR NOT MAKING THAT. 
          WE NEED TO BE OPEN TO WHAT WE ARE MAKING AND NOT MAKING. 
          YOU KNOW AND I CALL JASON WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS I GET THE REPORTS. I CALL HIM WE'LL TALK AND TO ME THAT'S NOT A REAL CLEAR PICTURE OF WHY WE'RE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY. AND WE HAVE THE EVENT JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTRACT AND I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT. 
          VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU CAN NOT AND WE COME BACK TO COURT AND DISCUSS IT AND APPROVE 
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SOMETHING ELSE. DECIDED TO DO THIS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS CHANGED IN THE CONTRACT BUT THE READ LIN AND IT IS A GOOD THING THE REPORTS I GET ARE ALL RED LINED. THAT'S A GOOD THING TO GET THAT. THE QUESTIONS I JUST NEED AN ANSWER THAT SAYS WHERE ARE WE AT. 
          >> AGAIN. >> OUR BOOKS ARE OPEN EIGHT THE CATEGORIES THAT OCCUR WE HAVE ALL THE RECORDS BACK TO DAY ONE. WE'RE HAPPY TO PUT TOGETHER ANY CUSTOMER REPORT THAT WE CAN REPORT TO, YOU KNOW THE COURT MONTHLY IF YOU SO CHOOSE. OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE AND SO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          >> AND I THINK, TOO. THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS A CAPITOL INVESTMENT IT WAS USED TOWARDS CARPET THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHAT AND WOULD DRIVE IT MORE. 
          BUT THAT DID NOT I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          >> SO. YOU KNOW AND THE MY LAST QUESTION HERE. IS THAT ON THE -- MAYBE IT IS JASON. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTRACT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE REPORTS. 
          YOU KNOW AND THE BOTTOM OF THE -- THE REPORT DOES NOT SHOW THE DETAIL OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT IN AND WHAT WAS LOST AND I SEE AS FAR AS THE REVENUES COMING TO THE COUNTY. 
          THERE IS A LOSS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, TOO. 
          BUT WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT REVENUE IF WE DON'T HAVE 
          INAUDIBLE ]. >> IN OUR REPORTS IT IS EXTREMELY CLEAR BY THE EVENT CATEGORY PERSONNEL COSTS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS IT HAS THE DETAIL IN THERE EACH CATEGORY AS WELL AS WE PAY FOR USE OF THE BUILDING. 
          >> IS THAT A GOOD COST. THE COST IS HIGHER. 
          >> S COST TO HEAT A BUILDING LIKE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW THERE ARE COSTS AND IT IS A COUNTY EXPENSE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. I DON'T WANT TO PAY DOUBLE FOR IT BUT YOU KNOW AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          ANDON OF THOSE DECISIONS MAKE SPECTRA ANY MORE MONEY. 
          WE'RE YOUR STEWARDS. AND WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA HOW THAT OPERATES I TRUST HIM AND THE JUDGMENT. 
          IF THEY SAY THAT'S THE HARD COST TO DO IT THEN I -- YOU KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT ABOUT IT I STAND BEHIND IT. 
          >> SO. >> CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK, 
          JUDGE? >> COULD YOU YIELD TO COMMISSIONER MAZE MAZE MAREZ. THERE IS A DELAY. 
          GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF LEGAL QUESTIONS WE NEED TO LOOK THROUGH SO I WOULD RATHER WAIT UNTIL THAT BUT YOU KNOW IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE THAT I HAVE THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT TO THE FACILITIES THAT REST IN PRECINCT 3 BUT I INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT AND FACILITY AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS 
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PHYSICALLY IN THE MIDDLE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE CARPET AND THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS SOMETHING WE DROVE WITH AND THE TIMES FOR DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND EFFORTS. 
          I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW THIS. WE MET BEFORE. 
          WE HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE. AND JASON DEFINITELY WATCHES AND MANAGESS THAT MONEY AS IT IS HIS OWN AS HE SHOULD. 
          I FEEL LIKE EVERY DOLLAR IS BEING WATCHED. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL PROBABLY WONDERING SOMETIMES WHY GO THROUGH THIS MODEL AND WORK WHEN THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE INTERESTED. 
          THEY CANNOT MAKE THAT WORK. ONE THING I RECALL AND THE COMMISSIONER. MY YEARS BEING ON THE COUNCIL AND THAT MONSTER THAT WE HAVE AND OPERATES UNDER A SIMILAR MODEL. MOST OPERATION DOES MORE FUN THAT ARE YOU INVESTING AS THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE MY COLLEGES LOOKING AT EVERY DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          IF YOU BROUGHT THIS TO THE PUBLIC THEY WILL SAY HOW MANY MILLIONS ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE IT. 
          I KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT WE CAN WATCH IT AND I APPRECIATE THIS BACK AND FORTH THAT WE HAD. I DO AGREE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE MADE WE HAVE ITEMS COMING BACK. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS, YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE THE FACTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION TODAY HERE AND NOW AND NOT WAIT NOT SPRING IT ALONG. WE HAVE TO DO OUR HOMEWORK AND GET IT DONE PERIOD. IF I'M NOT READY, THAT'S ON ME. BUT WHEN THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN DECIDED AND DISCUSSED. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW. THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, THE MONEY THAT WE ARE MAKING UP IS, IT IS AN UNDERSTOOD FACTOR IN GOVERNMENT IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS APPROPRIATE OR NOT WE NEED TO DECIDE THAT AND WHEN WE ARE MAKING RENOVATIONS TO NEW BUILDINGS. 
          SO WHEN WE WANT THE DISCUSSIONS AND SAY IS THERE SOMETHING 
          WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. >> THE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE SCREWY. THERE IS SOME LOSS THERE WE HAVE TO TAKE ON. NOT BECAUSE IT IS RUN 
          IMPROPERLY, IT'S NOT. >> LIKE I SAID LOOK AND WHAT IS BEING DONE. AND THE WORK AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES. JUST IN PASSING I LOOK AT IT AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. 
          I APPRECIATE LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE I KNOW THE ITEM IS IN A BIGGER APPROACH ON HOW DO WE MANAGE AND OPERATE THE CONTRACTS AND SOME OF THE LEGAL WORDING, AND SHALL AND MAY THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A LOT OF DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY AND GOING FURTHER. BUT ONCE AGAIN. 
          FOR ME THIS IS ABOUT MAKING A DECISION THAT IS ABOUT A RELATIVE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONS THAT YOU DO AND THE QUALITY OF WORK, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS PLUS NOW IN THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE THAT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN MANY EVENTS NOT MANY AND IT IS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN BUT THANKFULLY, THINKFULLY, WE HAD IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE AND WE WE HAVE THAT THERE IS A NEW EVENT SOMETHING THAT JASON AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE DRA DRAWING UP AND BRINGING OUT HERE AND GET MORE PEOPLE TO DRIVE OUT TO THE CROSS ROADS. 
          I WANT TO YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I GET IT LIKE I SAID HAVING BEEN THERE ON THE SIDE, I DON'T RECALL THE NUMBERS IT HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS BUT I KNOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH BIGGER PRICE TAG BECAUSE OF THE FACILITIES AND 
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MORE EVENTS. THEY ARE BRINGING IN MORE REVENUE BUT DEALING WITH LOSS AND BE DEALING AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE. I KNOW THAT IS A BIG CONCERN I'M NOT SAYING PUT IT AWAY OR IGNORE IT BUT THIS IS JUST ABOUT RENEWING A CONTRACT THAT IS A VERY LEAN CONTRACT. 
          ONE OF THE MOST LEAN WE CAN GET. 
          WE'RE TALKING TENS OF THOUSANDS IN DIFFERENCE HERE AS COMPARED TO OTHERS THAT, YOU KNOW WE'LL THROW 100,000 OR MORE. 
          MILLIONS INTO OTHER PROJECTS HERE AND NOT BAT AN EYE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IT. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THIS AS WELL. WE'RE TALKING A SMALL AMOUNT I THINK WE NEED TO PUSH FORWARD AND DEAL WITH THIS I WAS SURPRISED A FRIEND SENT ME A TWEET FROM A REPORTER  FROM HARRIS COUNTY. OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE AN AGENDA PACKET OF 406 ITEMS, 406 ITEMS LKY GUARANTEE YOU WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY IN OUR PACKET IT FEELS LIKE THAT. 
          MOST DAYS BUT WE NEED TO CHAOS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AND DEBATE THE ITEMS I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THE JOB EVERY DAY BUT COME AND GRAND STAND AND MAKE POINTS AND NOT GET STUFF DONE THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          WE'RE NOT GETTING THE WORK WE SAY PUSH IT BACK, PUSH IT BACK. LET'S GET THE WORK DONE AND DONE NOW. GET IT DONE SO WE CAN BE OVER WITH IT I'M TIRED LET'S PUSH IT TO NEXT WEEK OR THE NEXT MEETING. WE'RE NOT GETTING THINGS DONE PROPERLY AND BEING EFFICIENT THAT WAY. 
          AGAIN GO LOOK AT HARRIS COUNTY SEE HOW QUICKLY THEY GET THROUGH THE AGENDAS, 406 ITEMS JUST LAST WEEK. 
          WE NEED TO DO BETTER. I APPRECIATE THE WORK I HOPE YOU STAY WITH US FOR YEARS TO COME THIS HAS BEEN A PARTNERSHIP A FAMILY, JASON IS LIKE FAMILY TO US WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING HE IS THERE TO DO IT. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT HE'S TRYING TO GET AN EXTRA DOLLAR OR DIME OUT OF US. HE IS WALKING BEHIND US TURNING THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF WHEN HE WALKS OUT. 
          JASON, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ARE YOU DOING. 
          THANK YOU, KELLER. >> , EXCUSE ME JUDGE, MAY I ASK 
          A QUESTION. >> AND COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ. 
          >> I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS GRAND STANDING EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. I WAS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS WHEN WE WERE DOING THE FAIRGROUNDS THE CHANGE ORDER FOR T THE WALLS AND THE CARPET. $280,000. 
          TO ME THAT'S AN EXPENSE WE WERE NOT EXPECTING. 
          AND BUT IT DIDN'T COME TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IT CAME BEFORE WE KNEW ABOUT IT, THE QUESTION IS, JASON. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FREEZE THE WEATHER ARE THE BOILERS WORKING EFFICIENTLY? YES, SIR, WE HAVE. 
          THERE ARE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT DO NOT. THEY ARE BROKEN AND THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND N OUR PAVILION ARENA WE HAVE A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS EVENT IN THE BALLROOM AN EVENT AND EXHIBIT HALL B THAT DOES NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONER THERE ARE HEATERS THAT WORK ALONGSIDE THE BUILDINGS BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO PUT PEOPLE IN THERE BECAUSE THE RADIANT HEATERS MAY NOT DO THE TRICK TO KEEP PEOPLE WARM. WE HAVE EXHIBIT HALL A AVAILABLE AND THAT WORKS RIGHT NOW FOR HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING. WE WILL GET HEAT AND MAKE A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          WE JUST HAD THE GUN SHOW THIS WEEKEND. 
          THEY'RE BACK IN TWO WEEKS INSTEAD OF A MONTH BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME LATE CHANGES AND IT IS ALL SET UP IN A WAY WITH CUBICLES FOR THE VENDORS, THERE IS NO MERCHANDISE THEYI TOOK EVERYTHING OUT. THERE ARE TABLES AND CHAIRS SET WHICH COULD BE CUBICLES FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN. 
          WE CAN PUT UP PIPE AND DRAPE AND MAKE SURE.  IT IS SANITIZED AND CLEANED THE FACILITY AS WE SPEAK, THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES ARE OUT THERE WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO SET 
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UP STUFF AND GET IT ALL PLOTTED OUT AND READY TO GO FOR THE WARMING CENTER WHETHER IT IS A DAY OR TWO OR THREE. 
          AND WE ARE WORKING WE WORK HAND AND HAND IN A TEAM. 
          NOT EVERYONE OWN AS CAR. AND GET TO THE FAIRGROUNDS HAVE WE MADE ANY PLANS. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY, AND WORKING WITH TROY TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE FACILITY. THEY ARE WORKING ON A SIMILAR REIMBURSEMENT OF ZERO. THEY'RE GETTI GETTING THAT APPROVED THROUGH THEIR DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO THAT PERHAPS THAT CAN BE OFFERED; VERY GOOD. 
          >> WE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE. 
          >> IT IS IMPORTANT WE STAY ON TOPIC HERE. 
          ALL COMMISSIONERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I GO BACK TO YOU NOW AND. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COMMISSIONER CHESNEY FOR HIS HARD WORK ON HIS CONTRACT HE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME WORKING WITH MYSELF AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BOTH ASK QUESTIONS AND WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS IN A DILIGENT MATTER. 
          SECTION 4.4, BY THE COUNTY UNDER LETTER C AND D, THEY HAVE THE LONG-TERM USE ITEMS IN THERE AND IT DESCRIBES THE COMPENSATION DURING THE LONG-TERM USE OF THE FACILITIES TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC EMERGENCIES AND DISASTER. 
          MAY BE PURSUANT TO SEPARATE AGREEMENT HERE TO MUTUALLY AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES OTHERWISE MANAGERS COMPENSATION DURING THE LONG-TERM USE OF THE FACILITIES TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS WILL BE AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT AND INCLUDING AS PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.4 DN 4.4 D IT DESCRIBES HOW THAT FACILITY WOULD BE USED HOW THE PAPER CREDITS WORK AND WE CALL OUT THE IRT PROJECT ONE THE A GREAT DIAL TO DO WITH IT. THE REASON WHY I PUSH TO ARRIVE AT A DECISION, WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE FAIRGROUNDS WHEN WE WILL USE THEIR LOCATION FOR THAT IRT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT I WANT TO SAY AND THAT. AND THIS AND. 
          AND HAD SO MANY AND THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND FROM ONE TO THE END ADD PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENT AND TYPICALLY THAT'S NOT A BIG ASK. AND SO THEY CAN GO TO THE IDEAS. AND IF THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE FROM THE WORD MAY TO SHALL I DON'T AND HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. AND PROTECTION FOR THE COUNTY AND TO DESCRIBE HOW WE'RE GOING TO XEN SAID THEM. 
          AND THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF SOME FUTURE EVENT. 
          I DON'T THINK WE CAN PREPOSITION THAT CONTRACT T IS 
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THIS CONTRACT EACH IS DIFFERENT WE HAD KNOW IDEA WHAT IT WILL DO F AND THAT HAVE OCCURRED. AND. 
          >> IF YOU ARE USING THE VERNACULAR AND THE SENTENCE SAYS OTHERWISE T IS LIKE IF YOU DON'T DO IT THIS WAY YOU DO IT THAT WAY. THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE XEN SAYS ARE YOU GOING TO BRING A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU PAY AND OTHERWISE YOU WILL USE THE AGREEMENT. I MY OPINION RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE DO A HOLD KELLER AND JASON GLAD ARE YOU NOT GOING TO COLORADO WOULD YOU HAVE MISSED THE FLIGHT. 
          THAT GIVES TIME I RESERVE THE RIGHT IF THEY DO NOT COME BACK IN TIME MAYBE 12 BECOMES 1 LET ME BE FLEXIBLE. 
          AND I WILL HOLD UNTIL NOON SKIP THIS FOR THE COURT MANAGER SKIP. 
          [1.  In recognition of February 2022 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.]
WE HAVE THE WOMEN WHO REPRESENT PROTECTION MEMBERS OF THE PURPLE DOOR THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING. 
          LET US MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE RECOGNITION WE'LL MOVE RIGHT TO THE ITEM BUT FEBRUARY IS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. 
          WE HAVE A VULNERABLE POPULATION IS TEENS AND THEY ARE HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE ISSUE WE THANK YOU THEM FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND WE ASK BELINDA TO READ THIS IN THE FORM OF A 
          RESOLUTION. >>  IT IS, JUDGE. 
          >> WE HAVE THE PURPLE DOOR AFTER I READ THE RESOLUTION SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY A FEW WARDS. 
          THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND PREVENTION MONTH BENEFITS YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES REGARDLESS OF SOCIO ECONOMIC STADIUM, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR ETHNICITIES, VICTIMS, YOUNG WOMEN, TRANSGENDER AND GRENNEDDER NON-CONFO CONFORMING YOUTH MAY SUFFER LIFE LONG CONSEQUENCES. 
          MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT REPORT THE ABUSE FOR FEAR OF RETRIBUTION OR EMBARRASSMENT. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE CONTINUES IN FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS. VIOLENT BEHAVIORS OFTEN BEGIN BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND 12TH GRADE AND ACCORDING TO THE CDC IN 2021, ONE IN 11 FEMALE TE TEENS AND ONE IN 14 MALE TEENS HAVE REPORTED EXPERIENCING PHYSICAL DATING VIOLENCE IN THE PAST YEAR. 50% OF TEENS WHO EXPERIENCE DATING VIOLENCE REPORT THE INCIDENCE OF ABUSE TO PLACE IN A BUILDING OR ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AND ONLY 33% OF THE TEENS WHO EXPERIENCE THE DATING VIOLENCE IN THE RELATIONSHIP TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE ABUSE. AND PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS AND BY CHANGING ATTITUDES THAT SUPPORT VIOLENCE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT DATING VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED AND THE PURPLE DOOR'S INITIATIVE LOSE THE RIBBON PREVENT ACTION SEEKS TO PROMPT AND FOSTER SAFE AND HEALTHY TEEN DATING RELATIONSHIP FREE FROM ABUSE. 
          NOW BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COURT OF NUECES COUNTY, THAT IT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PURPLE DOORS INITIATIVE AND ACTION TO END TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. AND TO CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT AND MODEL HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND TO LEARN WAYS TO BE INVOLVED BY FOLLOWING THE PURPLE DOOR ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AT PURPLE DOOR, TX. 
          >> A MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION? 
          >> MOVE. >> SECOND. 
          >> GONZALES AND SECONDED BY CHESNEY. 
          WE WELCOME THE PURPLE DOOR HERE. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS? 
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          >> I'M A LITTLE SHORT I HAVE TO MAKE THAT SHORTER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU MAKE TO MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT THIS TOPIC. 
          ESPECIALLY  WE BROUGHT OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TALK MORE ABOUT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE THAT THE PURPLE DOOR NOT ONLY PROVIDES SERVICES FOR ADULTS BUT CHILDREN AND FOR TEENS. TODAY WE ARE HERE TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT EVENT IS HAPPENING AND IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT HANDLE THE SITUATION AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE NOT JUST PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE PURPLE DOOR AND BE FOLLOWING THE SOCIAL MEDIA. INSTAGRAM AND GET MORE INFORMATION. WE HAVE IF IT IS OKAY WITH TIME WE HAVE THE WELLNESS FOUNDATION IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING REGARDING THE SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR THE YOUTH BUT, AGAIN IT IS NOT JUST THE PURPLE DOOR BUT A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. 
          BEYOND THAT PROBLEM THE PREVENTION AND THE SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY HERE IN THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M ANNA SANCHEZ WITH THE 
          PURPLE DOOR. >> WE WELCOME COASTAL. 
          MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS HERE TODAY. 
          >> I'M JACKIE FROM THE WELLNESS FOUNDATION. 
          AND HIGH SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE COASTAL BEND. 
          WE SEE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE A PROBLEM IT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. AND A RESOURCE FOR ALL OF THE TEENS WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE? WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE. 
          >> AND THE COASTAL BEND AND WE PROVIDE. 
          AND EACH YEAR WE SERVE 1500 CHILDREN. 
          AND AND REFERRALS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES AND. 
          THE COMPENSATION AND LEGAL AID. 
          WE SEE. WE SEE SOME ADULT VICTIMS AS WELL WE SEE A NUMBER OF TEENS. AND DUE TO DATING VIOLENCE. 
          >> PLAYING A ROLE AS YOU SAID AND. 
          AND EMBODY IT HERE TODAY AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF COASTAL WELLNESS BECAUSE OF THE WORK IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WHICH IS DIRECTED. YOU COMMIT VIOLENCE. 
          THERE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS AND OUR PARTNER NOT HERE WHO ENGAGES. AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE RESOLUTION FORGIVE ME. WE'LL GET EVERYONE TO SIGN. 
          WE INVITE YOU HERE AND MAYBE THOSE OF US AND STAND FOR THE 
          AND COMMISSIONER CHESSNY. >> , HE HAS NOT SIGNED EITHER. 
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          >> THE RESOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALES. 
          >>> AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO ADVANCE AN ITEM THAT WE STATED EARLIER THAT WE WERE GOING TO D DO. 
          WE NEED TO VOTE. >> ALTHOUGH WE DID A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RESOLUTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          >> CATHY I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD ON THE GENERAL INFORMATION IF YOU NEED TO ATTEND TO THE WEATHERKY TEXT YOU BUT IF YOU CAN STAY I ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE SAME FOR THE THOSE WAITING FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA A 
          [2.  Discuss Game Room Regulations in accordance with Chapter 234 of the Texas Local Government Code.]
PROMISE IS A PROMISE. WE'LL MOVE CHIEF COOK YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION REPRESENTING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TODAY. 
          , SORRY THE PAPER IS STUCK T IS ITEM C 2 DISCUSS GAME ROOM REGULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 234. 
          I INVITE THOSE WHO ASK QUESTIONS AND OFFER COMMENTS RECALL THAT I HAVE OVER FIVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ITEM BUT SEEMS TO ME LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND SO, WE'LL ASK YOU TO PROCEED, SIR. 
          >> I THINK THE. SHERIFF. 
          >> CAN YOU PUT UP THE PRESENTATION. 
          >> GIVE US A MOMENT TO PULL UP THE PREPARATION. 
          >> THERE IT IS. >> THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, WE HAVE A TELEVISION HERE AND IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. THERE WE GO. 
          >> COMMISSIONER AND JUDGES GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. 
          WE'LL COME BRING YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE GAME ROOMS WITHIN THE NUECES COUNTY AND ISSUES RELATED TO THAT. 
          AND SO THAT CAN YOU HAVE A FRANK DISCUSSION, I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THE ORDINANCE TODAY SO -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. GAME ROOMS THAT FOR PROFIT BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE CONTAINING SIX OR MORE AMUSEMENT REDEMPTION MACHINES. YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE ELECT ELECTRONIC OP-ED MECHANICAL FOR THE CONSIDERATION AFFORD THE PLAYER TO PLAY OBTAIN A PRIZE OR A THING OF VALUE SOLELY BY CHANCE WHETHER IT IS MADE, ADOPTED 
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SOLELY FOR THE AMUSEMENT PURPOSES. 
          A MACHINE THAT YOU PUT MONEY INTO AND YOU TAKE A CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE. NEXT SLIDE. 
          GAME ROOMS ISSUED A VALID PERMIT. 
          IF THEY ARE LEGAL. THAT ARE ISSUED A VALID PERMIT ONCE IT IS PASSED WOULD BE LEGAL AND THEY OPERATED IN THE CONFINES OF 47 THE GAMBLING IN THE PENAL CODE THAT'S THE AREA THAT ENPASSES GAMBLING AND THE CONFINES OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          IT MUST BE UTILIZED AND REWARD THE PLAYER WITH NON-CASH LOW VALUE AND LOW VALUE THAT'S IMPORTANT THEY WITH NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU CANNOT HAVE A PRIZE MORE THAN $5. 
          WORTH MORE THAN $5 YOU HAVE ILLEGAL GAMBLING. 
          THE LAS VEGAS OPINED THAT TICKETS AND STORE VALUE CARDS ARE ILLEGAL. NONE OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE GIVEN AS PRIZES TO GET AROUND THE LAW. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. >> SECTION TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 234132 PROVIDES THAT CERTAIN TEXAS COUNTIES CAN REGULATE GAME ROOMS, NUECES COUNTY IS PROMPTED TO REGULATE GAME ROOMS UNDER THAT SECTION. 
          AND 234133 PROVIDES THAT THE COUNTY MAZE REQUIRE GAME ROOMS TO BE PERMITTED, RESTRICT THE LOCATION TO SPESZFIED AREAS AND THE PROHIBIT IN CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A SCHOOL, REGULAR PLACE OF A REDISTRICT THE NUMBER OF GAME ROOMS THAT OPERATE IN A SPECIFIED AREA OF THE COUNTY. 
          WE LOOKED AT COUNTIES THAT HAVE ORDINANCES. 
          >>   THEY HAD VARYING LEVELS OF SUCCESS. 
          AND CALDWELL COUNTY SO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. 
          AND LOCKHART AND MARTIN DALE. THEY PASSED AN ORDINANCE IN JANUARY 2020. THEY DESIGNATED CODE ENFORCEMENT IS THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
          WHEN I REACHED OUT AND TALKED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT NOT ONE OF THEM HAD A CLUE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          THEY DIDN'T NOSE WHAT THE ORDINANCE WAS. 
          I GUESS WE HAVE AN ORD NONSENSE I DON'T KNOW. 
          THE ATTORNEY SAID THEY HAD AN ORDINANCE. 
          SOMETHING I FOUND IS TYPICAL. THE COURT DID NOT ISSUE FUNDS. 
          THEY ARE PASSING ORDINANCES BUT THEY ARE NOT FUNDING THEM THEY ARE SAYING WE'LL HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND TASK SOMEONE WITH MANAGING THE GAME ROOMS AND FOLLOWING UP AND ISSUING PERMITS AND WE EXPECT ENFORCEMENT BUT WE'LL NOT FUND IT. THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTIES DID. 
          BELL COUNTY KILN AND TEMWELL BELTON HARKER HEIGHTS. 
          THEY DESIGNATED THE FIRE MARSHAL AS THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
          I TALKED TO IRFIRE MARSHAL HE SAID THAT HE'S IT. 
          HE'S THE ONLY ONE. HE HAS NO EMPLOYEES. 
          NO ONE ASSISTING HIM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID TRANSPIRE THERE WERE SEVERAL BUSINESS WHOSE COULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED OR DEFINED AS ROOMS, TOUGH HAVE AT LEAST SIX MACHINES TO BE DEFINED AS A GAME ROOM. 
          THEY REDUCED THE NUMBER TO LIKE FIVE AND THEY CONTINUE OPERATION SO THEY WOULD NOT COVERED BY THE ORDINANCE. 
          WHATEVER SMALL BUSINESS THEY COULD PUT IN PLACE AND HAVE THE MACHINES. COMMISSIONERS COURT DID NOT 
          FUND ANY FU FUNDS. >> WE LOOKED AT VICTORIA COUNTY THEY ARE CLOSE. THEY PASSED THE ORDINANCE IN 2019 AND IN DECEMBER OF 2019. THEY DESIGNATED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS THE ADMINISTRATOR. THE SHERIFF HOOPER TALKED TO THEIR SHERIFF HE SAID THAT THE COURT DID NOT DESIGNATE FUNDS. 
          THERE IS A UNIT THAT ENFORCES THE GAME ROOMS. THEY DO THE UNDER COVER STUFF. THEY WERE NOT CONDUCTING ANY INSPECTIONS THAT THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT. 
          I TALKED TO THE CHIEF AT VICTORIA PD HE SAID THEY ARE 
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NOT DOING ENFORCEMENT. THEY HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE WHICH IS JUST A CLASS C VIOLATIONS HE SAID THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY. HE IS SHORT OF PERSONNEL AND DOING NO ENFORCEMENT. TARRANT COUNTY WHERE FORTH WORTH AND ARLINGTON AND SOUTHLAKE. 
          EFFECTIVE APRIL 2020. THEY DESIGNATED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE COURT DID NOT FUND ANY RESOURCES. THEY ARE RELYING ON INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. FORT WORTH, I TALKED TO A SERGEANT FROM FORT WORTH. THEY HAVE A SERVICES OR UNIT THAT DOES ENFORCEMENT. THEY DO THE UNDER COVER WORK FOR THE ILLEGAL GAMBLING. THEY WENT OUT AND TRAINED THEIR FERS TO DO INSPECTIONS. HE COULD NOT GIVE ME A NUMBER OF HOW MANY INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED AND NOT COMPLYING WITH THE ORDINANCE OR FAILING TO BE PERMITTED IF THEY WERE 
          OPERATING AS A GAME ROOM. >> AND TARRANT COUNTY HAS 50 GAME ROOMS AND RECEIVED THREE APPLICATIONS AND ISSUED ONE PERMIT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          DECEMBER 2020 AND A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY ADVISED SINCE 2015 CCPD CONDUCTED 96 INVESTIGATIONS ON GAME ROOMS AND FILED 20 CASES. 
          THEY DID NOT INDICATE HOW MANY CONVICTIONS HAD BEEN OBTAINED. 
          SHERIFF HOOPER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THERE HAD BEEN SINCE 2015, 23 GAMBLING CASES FILED HERE IN NUECES COUNTY 20 HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THE CITY REFER TO AND AUTHORITY AND STATED REGULATIONS AND THE PD COULD ADMINISTER PARTS OF THE SCHEME AND THE CITY WOULD NEED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE DEVOTION AND THE RESOURCES AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE GAMING ORDINANCE. 
          STATED THE CITY HAD TALKED TO THE COUNTY OFFICIALS BUT OFFERED NO, NOT OFFERED COMPENSATION. 
          I SPOKE WITH THE SHERIFF YESTERDAY HE STATED HE HAS HAD NO CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY REGARDING COMPENSATION FOR ENFORCING A COUNTY GAME ROOM ORDINANCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. >> THERE APPEARS ING TO SIX ACTIVE GAME ROOMS HERE IN NUECES COUNTY TO INCLUDE TWO LOCATED IN ROBS TOWN. CCPD PROVIDED ME WITH A LIST OF 67 GAME ROOMS I WAS ADVISED THAT THE LIST WAS NOT LIKELY ACCURATE BECAUSE THERE IS NO STATE. 
          COUNTY OR CITY STATUTE TO REGISTER WITH CORPUS CHRISTI. 
          THEY COME AND GO ON A REGULAR BASIS MAKING THEM DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF. THERE ARE MORE GAME ROOMS OPERATING IN THE CITY LIMITS THAN THERE ARE, THEY ARE AWARE OF. AND I HAD SOME EXSTEPSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMAND STAFF AND CAPTAINS AND THE CHIEFS AND THE STAFF PERSONNEL THERE ARE AT LEAST 100 ACTIVE GAME ROOMS AND FIVE OF THOSE ARE KNOWN TO BE OPERATED BY GANG MEMBERS. NEXT SLIDE. 
          >> HERE IS THE SOME INFORMATION ON SOME HISTORY. 
          SOME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WE HAD, H 2021. 
          NUECES COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A GAME ROOM AT 2924 COUNTY ROAD 93 IN REFERENCE TO A ROBBERY WITH A WEAPON. TILT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS NO ROBBERY. 49 MACHINES WERE LOCATED ON THE PRE PREMISES. NOVEMBER 25TH, 21. 
          0400, DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO RACHEL LANE ROBSTOWNMENT WHICH WAS A KNOWN GAME ROOM FOR A SHOOTING. 
          THE VICTIM ENCOUNTERED A SUBJECT TRYING TO BREAK IN AND SHOT IN THE HAND. JANUARY 29, 2022. 
          0900 CCPD RESPONDED TO A GAME ROOM AT AIRLINE ROAD. 
          NUMBER 113 FOR A ROBBERY WITH A GUN. 
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AND UPON CONTACT WITH EMPLOYEES WHICH WAS A MANAGER, SECURITY GUARD AND TWO ATTENDANTS THEY WERE VERY UNCOOPERATIVE THEY HAD SOME CELL PHONES TAKEN FROM THEM. 
          THE MANAGER AND GUARD WERE CONVICTED FELONS. 
          ONE WAS DETERMINED TO BE 17 YEARS OF AGE AND A LOADED GLOCK FIREARM WAS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OFFICE. 
          REPORTS FOR A ROBBERY AND FAILED TO IDENTIFY AND FIREARMS GENERATED AT THAT LOCATION. AND FINALLY THERE WAS A CASE FILED IN AUGUST OF 20, US VERSUS NICHOLES WHO IS A PERSON WHO WAS OWNED MULTIPLE GAME ROOMS WITHIN THE COUNTY WAS CHARGED WITH INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING. 
          IT HAS NOT GONE TO TRIAL. SO, IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A ORDINANCE BENEFITS AND WOULD PROVIDE PROVIDE STRONGER ENFORCEMENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. YOU MAY CHARGE THE GAME ROOM OPERATORS WITH A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR A MAXIMUM OF ONE YEAR IN JAIL AND FINE FOR EACH VIOLATION. 
          THE COUNTY MAZE FILE FOR INJUNCTION FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESULT UP TO A $10,000 FINE PER VAY LYINGS PER DAY AND COVER ATTORNEY'S FEES. THE COUNTY MAY PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES AND THE CIVIL INJUNCTION TO SEEK RELIEF. 
          MY THOUGHT IF YOU PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE NOT ONLY CRIMINAL CHARGES WHEN WE FIND VIOLATIONS BUT WE PURSUE THE RELIEF AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BE SUCCESSFUL? , BUY IN FROM ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN NUECES COUNTY. 
          WHEN I SAY THAT, ONCE WE ARE UP AND RUNNING AND HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR AND ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS AND STARTED -- STARTED ISSUING PERMITS THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO TRAIN THE CONSTABLES, DEPUTIES. AND THE AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY HOW TO CONDUCT A PROPER INSPECTION ON A PERMITTED LOCATION WE PROVIDE THEM WITH TEMPLATES FOR WARRANTS IF THEY NEEDED TO GET A WARRANT TO MAKE ENTRY TO DO SEIZURES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. WE NEED A COMMITMENT FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE CASES FILED WITH THE OFFICE. 
          AS I SAID, THE SHERIFF FOUND SINCE 2015. 
          20 HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. THAT'S NOT AGGRESSIVE AND IF WE ARE GOING TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT THE ISSUES AND CRIMINAL ISSUES IN THE COUNTY WE NEED TO BE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING PROSECUTION. OTHERWISE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE RESPONSE THAT THE COURT IS LOOKING FOR. 
          WE NEED A COMMIT TO PURSUE THE RELIEF. 
          AND THE COURT TO FUND THE OFFERS OF ADMINISTRATOR. 
          GIVE YOU GIVE ME THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING IT HAS BEEN MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HIRE AND THE GAME ROOM THEY WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE FIRST YEAR SALARY IS 52322 FOR DEPARTMENT 3, OUT WOULD HAVE TO FUND FOR DEPUTY 3 IF WE HIRED AT THAT LEVEL. 
          EVENT FORCEMENT AND THAT TYPE OF THING THAT'S 44,000 SALARY AND 177,000 THEN TOUGH FIGURE THE BENEFIT FOR THE SALARIES. 
          AND THAT'S $50,000 AND THE FIRST YEAR AND 281,000 AND THE GAME ROOM OFFICE AND I TALKED TO AND THE COUNTY. 
          AND NEED AND TWO PERSONNEL AND AND WE NEED OPPORTUNITIES AND COST. AND AND VIDEO AND LEASE A MOTEL 
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TO A LEASING MOTEL THAT'S 33,000. 
          AND SO THAT'S 3 FIRST EACH YEAR A LEASE AND COST A MAJORITY OF THE COSTS ARE BUILT INTO LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          AND THE EQUIPMENT TO THE COUNTY IF YOU FUND IT AND IT IS $46,000.4. YOU PASS AN ORDINANCE YOU DON'T FUND THE OFFICE FOR YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING MORE THAN PASS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE NOTHING WILLING CHANGE. 
          MINIMAL ENFORCEMENT WELL TAKE PLACE. 
          AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PRESENTLY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE THAT'S FACT. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE IF SO I'LL HOLD ON REVENUE, THE AND 
          PERMITS. >> I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE WE'RE ALLOWED TO RECEIVE $1000. PER YEAR AND THEN THE VICTORIA ORDINANCE ALLOWS I DON'T KNOW HOW LEGAL BUT THEY GET. 
          THEY PUT THEIR OWN STICKERS THEY GET 25%. 
          >> 25% SO THEY DO NOT. >> THERE IS A STICKER AND WHAT IT IS. THEY HAVE A CITY STICKER THAT THEY COLLECT TAX ON, PER MACHINE. 
          THERE ARE 100 GAME ROOMS WHAT DOES THE TYPICAL HAVE ON 
          QUANTITY OF MACHINES? >> THAT DEPENDS I HAVE NOT BEEN UPSIDE HERE IN CORPUS CHRISTI BUT I HAD A PREVIOUS SLIDE THEY SAID THEY FOUND. YOU MAY HAVE 15 OR 20. 
          AND THERE IS AN ORDINANCE AND THE MAXIMUM OF 50 YOU HAVE TO HAVE 15. HAVE WINDOWS THAT YOU SEE. 
          HOURS OF OPERATION. AND MANY THINGS AND. 
          AND ARE YOU NOT GOING TO GET THE ENFORCEMENT. 
          >> AND THE AGENCIES ON BOARD. AND AND THEY GET REIMBURSED. 
          , I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO NOT RESOURCE IT. 
          AND I'M I'M CONFUSED WHEN WE WENT OVER. 
          AND THE AND WE DON'T SUGGEST THAT IN THE COUNTY THAT IF THERE IS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE TO RESOURCE. 
          AND RESPOND TO THE ACTIVITY AND. 
          >>> AND IT IS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND RESOURCE THAT. 
          WE'RE HERE, IF WE GET A CALL FOR SERVICE, WE RESPOND. 
          WE'RE THERE. WE TAKE THE REPORT AND. 
          IF YOU PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT YOU NOW AND THE GAME ROOMS AND YOU WANT US TO DO THE INVESTIGATION THE PERMIT THE INSPECTIONS AND BE ABLE TO GO OUT. 
          GO TO LOCATIONS WHERE WE KNOW IF THEY ARE PERMITTED. 
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AND THE ACTION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND TO HAVE SHUT THEM DOWN. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          THAT WE WILL NOT GO AND WE DO. >> AND YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, THAT WE HAVE AND IN PLACE THAT'S THE KEY TO LET YOU NO WITHOUT HAVING A WARRANT, YOU WILL TO BACK AND CHECK THE BUILDING, WE NEED THE RESOURCES. WE HAVE THE SOURCES FOR THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE SECOND YEAR AND AND CAME FROM THE PERMITS FOR THE SECOND YEAR AND BE PAID AND MAKE UP FOR THE RESOURCES WE NEEDED TO HAVE. 
          AND I DID NOT ADDRESS THAT IN THE PRESENTATION I DON'T HAVE ANY FACTS TO BACK THAT UP. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT SAYS IF WE START ENFORCING. 
          AND THE CASES AND SEIZING THE FUNDS IT WILL PAY FOR US. 
          I CANNOT SAY THAT. I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU AND YOU HAVE COME BACK TO PEE A YEAR LATER AND SAY, YOU COLD US THIS, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT AND. 
          >> THERE IS MONEY COMING IN. YOU HAVE 100 MACHINES. 
          YOU NEVER KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE LEGAL JUMBLE AND WHATEVER IT IS. IS THAT LEGAL TO DO THAT. 
          >> AND THE COUNTY HAS IT. HE DEFER TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE. WHAT DO THEY CHARGE? 
          >> DO YOU NOSE WHAT THEY CHARGE? 
          >> WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS THEY CHARGE 25% OF THE COST OF A 
          STATE STICKER. >> I LOOKED THAT UP IT IS $25. 
          WE GET 25% OF $25 FOR, AND WE HAVE 100. 
          >> THE LAST THING IS CHIEF. AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO, I GUESS WENT TO WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU WHATEVER IDEAS THEY HAVE. AND IT COULD BE A RESOURCE. 
          AND I HAVE A WORK CELL NUMBER AND GIVE YOU MY CARD AND NUMBER. AND I'LL MEET WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL. 
          SOME OF THE IDEAS ARE GOOD AND SOME, YOU KNOW. 
          AND ADD PARTNERING. AND FEED BACK WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER ALL ALLOWS AND TO HAVE MACHINES. 
          THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD AND. AND AND THE HEADACHE. 
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AND SPENDING MONEY LIKE IN VEGAS THEY ARE PUMPING MONEY INTO MACHINES THEY'RE NOT PUMPING THEM IN BECAUSE THEY EXPECT A 5-DOLLAR RETURN. I CAN ASSURE YOU. 
          >> ONE MORE QUESTION. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IF WE REGULATE IT'S NOT A GAME ROOM ADD WIN SUPPORT MAYBE REGULATING THE GAME ROOMS. AND IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE LAW THAT SAYS YOU WANT TO ISSUE A PERMIT AND GAMING ROOM BUT IN RETURN YOU WILL DONATE SOME OF YOUR FUNDS TO THE NON-PROFITS? 
          >> I HAVE NO CLUE. I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN ANY OF THE ORDINANCES. THESE ARE PRIVATE BUSINESSES, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT NON-PROFITS. 
          >>  I CAN'T SAYS FOR CERTAIN. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YES, SIR. >> SO, REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO VISIT WITH US. 
          I'M GOING TO CALL ON THEM NOW THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE DISCUSSION IS OVER WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT. 
          >> I'M FINE. >> I'LL HAVE YOU TAKE A SEAT. 
          BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET OUR GOVERNMENTAL FOLKS FIRST AND THEN CALL ON EVERYBODY ELSE. , THANK YOU I APOLOGIZE THAT I GET TO GO FIRST BECAUSE I'M A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL I'M TRYING TO GET A MEETING MY DAUGHTER IS SPEAKING I'M PROUD OF HER. 
          I JUST, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC BUT WANTED TO COMMENT QUICKLY TO SAY THAT ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE BEING HELD AT RICHARD BORCHARD. WE DEAL WITH SPECTRA I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. 
          THEY ARE TOP NOTCH WE HAVE EVENTS WITH 1150 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WE WERE THE FIRST TO HOLD THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          IT WAS A FREE EVENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          WE HAVE OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE COME DOWN FOR IN-PERSON TRAINING. THEY DID OUR SNACKS OUR LUNCH AND IT IS TOP NOTCH WE WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE OF SPECTRA. FOR WHATEVER IT IS WORTH I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. I SUPPORT WHAT NORMAN SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE VEHICLES JUST ASKING TO YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SINCE JULY OF 2020, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ISSUED A VERY PUBLIC CEASE AND DESIST IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING GAMBLING IN CORPUS CHRISTI. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CHIEF MIKE MARKLE AND CAPTAIN SOSA AND SENT OUT THE LETTERS TO NUMB OUS GAMING FACILITIES TELLING THEM THAT THE NUECES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD PROSECUTE CASES THAT CAME TO US AND THAT WE WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE OPERATIONS IF THEY WERE OPERATING CONTRARY TO FEDERAL LAW AND STATE LAW. WE ATTACHED TO IT AN ARTICLE WHERE A LOT OF THE GAMING CASES, IF THEY ORIGINATE THEY ARE GOING FEDERAL. AND THE CEASE AND DESIST YOU HAVE TO GET WITH THE CCPD CAPTAIN BUT OUT TO NUMEROUS AGENCIES T IS NO SURPRISE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH THE OFFICE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DISTRICT A-- DISTRICT AV TORN HAS PROSECUTED THE GAMING CASES, WE WORK WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO PROSECUTE THE CASES. 
          WE MET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          IT WAS OUT OF CORPUS CHRISTI. AND WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION ON THE CEASE AND DESIST LETTERS THAT'S WHAT THE OFFICE DOES. 
          WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WANT TO DO THIS, THEY REACH OUT TO THE OFFICE WE DROP EVERYTHING TO SET THE MEETINGS UP TO WORK IN COLLABORATION. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT WORK WHEN ONE AGENCY WANTS TO STEP OUT ON THAT PLATFORM BY THEMSELVES. 
          IT TAKE AS VILLAGE T IS A TEAM EFFORT. 
          WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE TO SIT AT A TABLE AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM FROM NOW IT WILL WORK WITH WARRANTS TO CEASE AND DESIST TO PREPARATIONS IT IS A LONG ENDEAVOR. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          CRIMINALS ARE GETTING SMARTER, HOW TO WORK THE SYSTEM. 
          THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO GET AROUND IT. 
          WE HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. 
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WITH THAT BEING SAID WHEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WANTS TO SIT DOWN WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HOW WE BEAT THIS MAYBE AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT LIKE AND THE CITY AND WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE'LL DO THIS ALL TOGETHER. 
          WE SPLIT THE COST WITH THE CITY. 
          WE, YOU KNOW WE MAKE IT A JOINT EFFORT. 
          I THE CITY HAS GOT SOMETHING GOING, WHY NOT TACK ON TO THAT. I MEAN THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FRUITFUL. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US. FOR THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN 2021 THAT SAID THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD AN EVENT THAT THEY ISSUED THE CITATIONS. 
          THE CITY CALLS US. THEY CALL MICHELLE OR ME AT 2 IN THE MORNING. 3 IN THE ARRANGE. 
          4 IN THE MORNING WE WALKED INTO A FACILITY WE HAVE 40 MACHINES WHAT DO YOU WANT TO US DO. I'M WONDERING WHY WE DID NOT SEIZE THEM FRANKLY. GET THE 48 MACHINES. 
          MAYBE THE DETECTIVE ASSIGNED THE CASE IN NOVEMBER OF 21, MAKE WE CAN DO A WARRANT ADD GRAB THE MACHINES THEM OUT OF CIRCULATION. AND THAT IS HOW IT WORKED. 
          AND GET THEM OUT OF AND LET'S TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          WE'RE ON BOARD; THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> AGAIN I'LL CALL IT IN THE ORDER MARGARET BALDWIN. 
          >> I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WE GET TO ASK. 
          >> I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, LET ME CALL ON MARGARET. 
          I'LL GO TO THE QUESTIONS. YOU WANT TO ASK HIM. 
          >> THE CHIEF. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS I'M MARGARET BALDWIN. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON WHY GAME ROOMS SHOULD BE REGULATED WHY IT IS A GOOD IDEA. 
          EVERY BUSINESS NO MATTER WHAT IT IS AND REGULATIONS. 
          THERE IS A LIST I WOULD LIKE TO READ. 
          ADULT DAYCARE, AMUSEMENT AND REGULATION FACILITIES. 
          BAIL BONDSMAN. AND MEDICAL SERVICES. 
          FUNERAL HOMES. EXCUSE ME GUN SHOPS. 
          LANDFILLS. VENUE MACHINES. 
          I WENT ONLINE AND PULLED UP THE 2022 BUSINESS LICENSE IMPROVEMENT NO MATTER WHAT IS OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. THEY ARE REGULATED. 
          AND IF A NURSING WHOM HAD NO REGULATIONS AND DO WHAT THEY WANTED. AND FOR A FUNERAL HOME AND HOW THEY HANDLED. EVERYTHING IS REGULATED. 
          AND WE ASK THEY BE REGULATED JUST AS IF THEY HAD GANG MEMBERS RUNNING THE GAME ROOMS. THEY HAVE TO REGISTER, THEY WOULD NOT BE RUNNING THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO THEY COULD NOT PASS THE BACKGROUND CHECK. THE REGULATIONS AND SOME THEY SAY SOME OF THE ORDINANCE IN WHAT THEY SAID WOULD HANDLE THE ISSUES. NONE OF THE BUSINESSES WOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN THEIR DOORS WITHOUT GETTING LICENSES AND PERMITTED. TO FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH FOR THE BUSINESSES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE SAME OF THE GAME ROOMS. THEY ARE OPERATED WITHOUT REGULATION AND GUIDELINES. THEY DO NOT HAVE STRUCTURE TO OPERATE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          AND A NO STRUCTURE HAVE A PICTURE WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT IS ILLEGAL AND LEGAL R WITH GAME ROOM REGULATIONS IT IS BETTER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND SERVICE THE COMMUNITY IF THEY WERE REGULATED. RIGHT NOW I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE SOME GAME ROOMS THAT HAVE THEIR DOORS LOCKED. 
          THE THEY'RE BOARDED UP AROUND THEM K NOT SEE IN THEM. 
          YOU DON'T NOSE WHAT IS HAPPENING. 
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          >> THEY'RE A CASH BUSINESS. HAVING THEM REGULATED WOULD ALLOW FOR THE COUNTY AND THE CITY TO LOOK AT THE BOOKS AT ANY TIME. YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM. IT IS BETTER TO SEE THEM. 
          >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FUNDING WHERE TO GET THE FUNDING. AS AS OF 1989, BINGO WAS APPROVED TO OPERATE. AND SINCE THEM THE BINGO HALLS HAVE BEEN PAYING COMBINED TO THE CITY 2.5% OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN CLICKED. I WOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ALL THE WAY FROM 89 TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU HAVE COLLECTED. IT WOULD BE MILLIONS. 
          IN B 2019 AND THE CITY AND COUNTY THERE WERE THOUSANDS COLLECTED N 2020 THERE WAS 535,. IN 2021, 808,253-POINT 55. 
          HERE IS THE FUNDING. HERE IS THE FUNDING TO REGULATE GAME ROOMS. WHERE IS THE MONEY BEING USED? THIS IS THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO USE TO FUND THIS. 
          THIS WOULD FUND THE OFFICERS THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS, WE WILL TALK INDIVIDUALLY WITH ANYBODY ABOUT THIS AT ANY TIME. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH; RONNIE 
          BAKER. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, CHIEF, CHIEF. LET ME READ A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS REAL QUICK. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BELIEVE THAT WHAT IS OCCURRING IN THE GAME ROOMS IS GAMBLING, VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. 
          SHERIFF HOOPER. NOW YOU ARE BRINGING IN GANGS TO OPERATE THE ROOM WAS BETTER WAY TO MAKE THE MONEY. 
          KATHERINE GARZA. THE PERMIT PROCESS PROVE IT IS HAPPENING THE MONEY LAUNDERING IS HAPPENING AND ORGANIZED CRIME IS A NEXUS. SHERIFF. 
          I WANT THE PERMITTING REGULATE IT. 
          JUDGE BARBARA CANALES I HOPE THE PROCESS IS NO GOOD PERSON WOULD APPLY FOR THIS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN STEP IN. 
          ON BEHALF OF BOTH SHEAVES SHERIFF HEAVER IS THAT IS ACTUALLY TAKEN TIME TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. I KNOW HE'S ON A LIMITED BUDGET. AND CHIVE COOK, CHIEF COOK DID A GOOD JOB.  IT IS OBVIOUS HE RECOGNIZES THERE IS AN ISSUE. 
          I KNOW IT IS FUNDING. TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND IN THAT TIME, SHERIFF HOOPER CITED 51 GAME ROOMS. CHIEF COOK HAS SAID THERE IS AS MANY AS 100 GAME ROOMS; IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING THERE WILL BE 150 GAME ROOMS. IF BINGO GOES AWAY THEY PREY ON VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THAT GO IN AND TAKE THEIR CHECKS PUT PUT THEM INTO MACHINES AND GET A PERCENTAGE BACK TO KEEP COMING BACK. 
          IN THE HALLS THERE IS SIGNAGE THAT RECOGNIZES THE CONTROL FROM THE STATE AND IF YOU HAVE A GAMING ISSUE. 
          YOU WILL FIND NONE OF THAT IN GAME ROOMS. I'LL DEFER BACK TO THE STATEMENT BY THE MANY NON-PROFITS OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS THEY WILL CEASE TO EXIST. SHERIFF HOOPER WAS ASKING TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO FOR HELP. I ASK THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY CHARITABLE BINGO TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE GAME ROOMS. I PRESENT YOUR TIME -- I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          >> SUE TAYLOR. >>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE 
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OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          I'M THE TREASURER THAT RERIFES MONEY FROM BINGO. 
          IT WAS THE COURT THAT SOME GAME ROOMS TO AVOID DETECTION OPERATE IN LOCATIONS WITHIN INADEQUATE STORE FACE AND FIRE EXITS AND IN LOCKED ROOMS WHICH POSE A HEALTH AND SAFETY THREAT IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OR A NEED TO EVACUATEET PREMISES. 
          SINCE THEY OPERATIONS ARE CASH BASED,  IT IS IMPORTANT TO THOSE WHO OWN OR OPERATE THE GAME ROOMS THAT THEY ARE OF GOOD CHARACTER TO PROTECT THOSE WHO PLAY THE GAMES FROM CHEATING FOR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY OR ANY OTHER FORMS OF CONDUCT. SO. 
          WE COME BACK TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THE SHERIFF HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT GAME ROOMS PAYING OUT CASH ARE ILLEGAL BUT THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE WITH NO OVERSIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF MAN POWER. 
          IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COURT AND YOU THE COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE WITH REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. 
          WE ARE ARE LOOKING AT YOU, THE COURT, YOU HAVE OUT ABILITY T IS MORE THAN THAT. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO 
          HELP. >>> THE GAME ROOMS HAVE CONTINUED FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. 
          WE BROUGHT IT TO THE COURTS THIS WAS HAPPENING. 
          THEY ARE OPERATING IT IS ILLEGAL. 
          I CANNOT BELIEVE WE ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE IN OUR COMMUNITY 100 GAME ROOMS. THAT'S HOMING TO THINK IT IS ALLOWED TO GET TO THIS POINT. WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS FIGURING OUT FUNDING AND CHARGE THE GAME ROOMS. AND THE BINGO PAYS FEES. THE CITY AND STATE GET MONEY. 
          INCREASE THE FEES CHARGE $1000 A MACHINE IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO FUND IT. THEY SHOULD FUND THEIR OTHER HE OWN REG -- REGULATION. THE ROOMS SHOULD BE CHARGED THE FUNDS TO OPERATE THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I PRAY THAT AT THIS AND TAKE IT INTO YOUR HEARTS AND DO SOMETHING, DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> BETTY SHEETS. 
          >> THANK YOU, JUDGE THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRESENCE. I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING HOPING AND PRAYING THAT WE PERFORM SOME WORKS OF MERCY HOW THAT DAY AND SOMEONE IS HUNGRY AND SOME ARE THIRSTY I KEEP TRYING EVERY DAY TO DO THIS ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE CAN IS NOT JUST ME, I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING I'M NOT PROUD OF IT BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. 
          I HAD A JUDGMENT PUT ON ME FOR CREDIT CARD BECAUSE I SPENT ALL THIS MONEY WE WERE NOT GETTING MONEY I WILL NOT LOOK AT A MOTHER'S EYES ANYBODY HERE IF YOU NEED HELP I'LL GET YOU THAT HELP. I PROMISE YOU THAT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING I HOPE YOU LISTEN TO THE BINGO COMMISSION; THANK YOU, MISS SHEETS. 
          >> GARY VALENCIA. HE LEFT. 
          OKAY. MISS TAMARA BRENNAN. 
          >> SHE HAD TO LEAVE. AND NORMAN MORTON. 
          HE SPOKE EARLIERMENT THEN I DO BELIEVE THAT RENTS EVERYBODY, CONNIE CAN YOU DO A DOUBLE CHECK. 
          COMMISSIONER YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS THE CHIEF WE'LL TURN TO 
          YOU NOW. >> AND SOME QUESTIONS AND 
          COMMENTS, TOO. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          SO, WILL YOU PUT FORTH A LAW ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SAY HERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WE THINK WOULD WORK. AND THAT'S -- IT CAN BE SOMEONE ESDOES IT I'LL COME TO YOU AND SAY IS THIS REALISTIC OR YOU CAN GET WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND PROPOSE IT BECAUSE TO ME L LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO SIGN OFF I GET THE POINTS. 
          BUT ASSUMING WE GIVE YOU THE FUNDING MECHANISMS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU PUT FORWARD SO WE CAN LOOK AT? , I NEED TO DESERVE TO THE FAVOR. 
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WE'LL HAVE TO PASS YOU A MIC, I DON'T KNOW IT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT'S LAW TO WRITE A LAW. 
          THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO WRITE THE LAW WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY. IF YOU DO THAT, WE'LL STAY IN OUR LANE AND DO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO. 
          THAT IS INTERESTING IF THE CLERK HAS SOMETHING THEY WANT CHANGED OR THE DISTRICT CLERK I ASK THEM TO DO THE SAME NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT GET WITH THE ATTORNEY AND GIVE US SOMETHING THAT MODELS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. 
          >> WE WILL PARTICIPATE. >> BECAUSE IT IS A VIOLATION WE NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE THE LEAD TO GET WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO DO THIS. SOMEONE FROM THE COURT MAY WANT TO BE THERE. I'M WAITING FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE SHARED WITH US SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND FIGURE IT OUT I AM NOT THE PERSON TO WRITE IT THE ORDINANCE THAT'S WHY YOU GOT VICTORIA AND BELL THE REFERENCES TO LOOK AT SO THAT SOMEBODY CAN START THAT PROCESS SO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE. 
          I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT SIGNING OFF ON ANYTHING UNTIL YOU TELL ME THIS IS DOABLE FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          >> I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS DOABLE IN NUECES COUNTY? 
          >> ANY ORDINANCE? >> NOT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. 
          >> TELL US WHY. THAT MAY -- OKAY. 
          >> SO, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR CORPUS CHRISTI BUT WE ARE THAT URBAN COUNTY AND WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. IT WAS A WORLD RECORD YEAR FOR HOMICIDES, WORLD RECORD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES. WE HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES IN THE REGION. GAME ROOMS IS NOT ONE OF THEM AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. THE REASON WE LO LOOKED AT THOSE OUR ORDINANCES IN THE OTHER COUNTIES IS TO SEE IF THEY WERE EFFECTIVE AND THE LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT IN ALL OF THEM. NONE ARE BEING ENFORCED. 
          THE C CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS A ORDINANCE AGAINST FIREWORKS HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT. 
          HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT? IT MAKES NO SENSE TO MAKE A LAW THAT CAN NOT BE ENFORCED. THE GAMING INDUSTRY IS A FLUID OPERATION. NOW TOE ARE TRANSITIONING TO ONLINE. YOU CANNOT WATCH A GAME WITHOUT BEING SOLICITED INTO SOME ONLINE BETTING OPERATION. 
          THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH THE GAME ROOMS IT IS GOING VIRTUAL. SO CREATING AN ORDINANCE THAT IS ADDRESSING THE GAME ROOM INDUSTRY AS IT LOOKS AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. IT WILL BE PRIVOUS THEY WILL ADAPT AND ADJUST AND THEY WILL MODIFY TO THE POINT IT CAN'T BE ENFORCED. SO, IN THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL MADE, THE CHIEF JUST MADE, AND IT SAYS WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, HE POINTS OUT FOUR DIFFERENT POINTS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BE SUCCESSFUL THAT WOULD IMPLY TO ME THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES, WHICH IS PRESENTED BY HIM AND I THOUGHT THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACT BUT TO SAY YOU DO NOT THINK, I DON'T BUT IF THE DIRECTION IS FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD TO HIRE SOMEONE TO GET THIS MOVING WE WILL PARTICIPATE. I AGREE THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. AND THE TAX COLLECTOR WITH THE STAMP ON THE MACHINE. THERE IS A THE FIRE MARSHAL AND A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND TO ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          >> WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL WE TRY. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I'M NOT THE ONE I THINK WE NEED TO SAY SEE IF THIS WORKS AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR STYLE TO MOVE IN OTHER DIRECTION IT IS WORKING BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND CHANGING THEIR 
          [02:35:02]
TITLE AND OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE TO SAY, IT IS MONEY, FIND THE MONEY WE SHOULD HAVE THE MONEY LET'S FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE. WE NEED TO GO TO THE TABLE, GIVE IT A SHOT. GIVE IT A SHOT. 
          , THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING GO WITH IT, WE'LL GO WITH IT. I KNOW THAT IT LOOKS DARKER THAN BRIGHTER. IF WE HIT HALF OF THOSE AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE HEARD. 
          AND START SHOOTING DOWN 1, 2, 3, MAYBE THE WORD WILL GET OUT I THINK THE ANSWER IS NOT, THE ANSWER IS FIND A SOLUTION. 
          THE SOLUTION IS WE CAN TRY. WE CAN TRY. 
          WE NEED YOUR HELP. WE NEED YOUR HELP. 
          >> ANOTHER QUESTION, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, TOO, THE REGULATIONS LIKE HOW IT WORKS WITH INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. 
          OUTSIDE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FROM I KNOW THERE IS THE ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT PROHIBITS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REGULATING, REP REGULATE THE COURTS IF THEY SEE FIT. 
          WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OR INTERLOCAL WITH THE CITY. 
          MAYBE THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION. HOW WOULD THAT WORK IF YOU 
          KNOW? >> THERE IS NO LEGAL ISSUE IT IS A MATTER OF ASSETS AND ABILITY. 
          WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AS AN AGENCY. 
          AND WE ARE NOT THE BIG DOG. >> IF THE COURT DETERMINED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE AND THAT YOU HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU DON'T THINK IT WILL WORK, FAIR ENOUGH. 
          I RESPECT THAT. I DO. 
          BUT YOU WOULD PARTICIPATE IN GOOD FAITH I KNOW YOU WOULD I KNOW THE KIND OF MAN YOU ARE. IF YOU GIVER YOUR WORD YOU HELP. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT MET FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT. 
          KUDOS TO YOU. IF THEY CAME UP AS A PART OF REGULATION A FEE SEE WHERE I WAS GOING, TOO, TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES. AND THAT WE MADE A FEE PER MACHINE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          IT WOULD PROVIDE 100 GAME ROOMS AND 150. 
          WHATEVER IT IS BECAUSE ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL. 
          I'M NOT PUTTING ANYONE OUT THERE. 
          BUT ILLEGAL NOBODY WANTS IT. THE LAW CHANGES AND THERE IS GAMBLING IN MEXICO. THE LAW IS WHAT THE LAW IS. 
          THE LAW IS THAT IT IS ILLEGAL. WE PROVIDED THOSE FEES AND THE R REGISTRATION TO THE OFFICE OR SOME CONTRACTING WITH SOMEONE TO DO IT. IT WOULD HELP AND $2000 A MACHINE AND WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE THAT DOESN'T INTENTIONALLY RUN THEM OUT OF BUSINESS BUT MAKES THEM UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO PAY THE FEE. 
          IF WE HAVE MONEY TO ALLOCATE TO ENFORCEMENT FOR ENFORCEMENT WOULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THE RESOURCES WERE PROVIDED TO YOU, THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES? , WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH 
          THAT. >> COMMISSIONER I WANT YOU TO BE MINDFUL THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          >> JUST TO THROW IN I GET TO BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER ON THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING, IF YOU HAD A 100-DOLLAR FEE THAT WOULD BE AND YOU HAD A 100 GAME ROOMS WITH 25 GAMES ON AVERAGE, THAT'S THE $250,000 THAT IS NEEDED THAT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDING THE 100,000 THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PERMITTING ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS BUT RAISE IT AT $2.5 MILLION THAT'S A GAME CHANGER. 
          THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. >> I THINK YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL, I THINK THAT THE CODE LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF THE FEES THAT YOU CAN CHARGE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ATTORNEY WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS BUT I BELIEVING THAT THE CODE 
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          MAY LIMIT. >> IT IS INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ADVISED UNTIL WE FOUND OUT ONE COUNTY IS NOT ABIDING IT. 
          ASK THE AG WHAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGISLATION IS. YOU READ THE GOVERNMENT CODE IT APPEARS IT IS VAGUE AND IT SPEAKS TO THAT ANNUAL THAT IS WHAT GOT ME. I THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY DOLLARS HERE TO WORK WITH. AND THEN AND SOME OTHER ADD NOT INDIVIDUAL I'M WITH YOU. I LOVE CLARITY AND THE ABILITY TO BE A PART OF THAT EQUATION. FORGIVE ME. 
          GO AHEAD. I'M TRYING TO KEEP MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. WE NEED TO THIS MAY FALL TO YOU TO START THE PROCESS AND THE GETTING WITH THE BINGO AND DESERVE AS CHANCE TO HAVE A SAY AND THE NICE IN THE BACK ABOUT WHERE HAS THAT MONEY GONE. THAT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE SAME TIME AND TO PUT IT IN PLACE WITH NO RESOURCES AND IT IS JUST ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE. 
          AND I AGREE WITH THAT. WE HAVE TO PUT RESOURCES AND SO WE CAN MOVE IT AND IT IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          I AGREE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT AND CHECK ON THAT FUNDING MECHANISM AND SEE WHAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS. 
          THE HELP OF THE LEGISLATIVE TEAM BECAUSE THE BINGO, THE ONCE WE DON'T HAVE. AND AS A CODE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE FEES AND OUTLINES THIS THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY AND GIVEN TO IT AND THAT WOULD BE ASIDE FROM THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT WOULD BE A STATUTORY CHANGE THAT WOULD PERHAPS NEED TO BE THERE. 
          >> AND WE HAVE A RELATIONS LIAISON THAT COULD DO RESEARCH ON THAT THAT IS IN-HOUSE AND BECAUSE WE CAN NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THAT AND AND THE TEAM IN PLACE. 
          >> AND I'M GOING TO SMILE AND JUST MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER 
          HERNANDEZ; THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD AND THERE IS A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES GOING UP AND IF WE CONTINUE TO LET THE PEOPLE KEEP OPENING, AS IT IS I FEEL WE HAVE LOST CONTROL OF OUR CITY. 
          THERE IS SO MUCH CRIME GOING ON. 
          PEOPLE ARE KILLING PEOPLE EVERY WEEKEND. 
          OKAY. AND WE NEED TO GET THE CONTROL BACK TO THE CITY AND TO LET OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT GIVEN THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO TO THEIR JOB. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD A BUSINESS AT ONE TIME. 
          AND I HAD TO PAY THE FEES AND PERMITS, LICENSES BUT THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE LEGAL AND THEY JUST COME UP AND POP UP THE BUSINESSES AND THAT'S A PART OF ORGANIZED CRIME. 
          >> AND YOU LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. 
          IT KEEPS GOING UP. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL. 
          AND I AM SUPPORT TOTALLY SUPPORT WE SHOULD MAKE THEM PAY SOME KIND OF FEE AND THAT WE CAN FOR THEM TO PAY AND WITHIN THE BEING LEGAL WE'LL SEE HOW MANY SURF. 
          THAT'S MY THOUGHT. , AND ONE IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS DO IT RIGHT THAT IS FUND IT. 
          I WAS WONDERING AND WORRIED HOW CAN YOU PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY 
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ON THE GOVERNMENT AND NOT PUT ANYTHING TO BACK IT UP. 
          WE GET TO THAT POINT I SUPPORT THAT. 
          I WOULD HOPE, JUDGE THAT YOU THE NUMBERS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WE CAN JUSTIFY THAT RIGHT THROUGH THE FEES AND THAT WOULD COVER THE COST OF THAT. THAT'S HALF OF A MILLION BASED ON PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH TO FIND ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW IF WE MAKE THE DECISION IN A WEEK OR A FEW MONTHS. 
          THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS. THE ISSUE IS AN ISSUE OF AND SEEMS OPERATE AND THERE ARE SOME IN A STICKER AND OPERATE THEY ARE ACROSS THE LINE AND INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT PER VIEW AND THE PARTS WHAT WE CAN DO AND SUPPORT YOU AND THE RESOURCES GIVE US ADD OUT THERE. 
          AND THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED. 
          AND AND SOME THAT CAN BE AND ON THERE AND WHAT THEY WILL BE AND STICKERS AND THE COVER FOR THAT. 
          AND MATCH A NEED WHAT ARE YOU SAYING IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS WHERE DOES THIS FALL. THERE HAS BEEN SERIOUS CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED THAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED AND I SUPPORT AND BELIEVE THAT WE NEED ANOTHER LIEUTENANT AND A FEW OTHERS TO SUPPORT THAT I WILL BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. >> JUST TO CONTINUE AS THEY SAY THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COURT MY ONLY COMMENT THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED IS THAT I'M AWARE THAT WE HAVE OUR FIRE MARSHAL HERE WITH US TODAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WE CAN SIT DOWN IF THEY RECALL BEEN BROUGHT TO COURT I DO SUPPORT AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS YOU KNOW AT LEAST YOU WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE CONSENSUS ON THE DOCUMENTED. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING AROUND CONSTANTLY AND MY ISSUE IS TO WE HAVE A MECHANISM IF THOSE -- IF A THEN B. DO YOU DOABLE THAT YOUR OFFICE. 
          AND I DO IN SHORT I WILL BE SHORT AS POSSIBLE I HAVE SPOKE TON THE CHIEF THEY ARE SUPER BUSY. 
          >> YOU HAVE THAT IN THE WORKS. >> I HAVE BEEN ON AND GAME ROOM AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHEN WERE YOU A POLICE OFFICER. 
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ED I HAVE BEEN WORRYING ON IT IF YOU GUYS. 
          >> WE NEED TO GET DO THE NITTY-GRITTY AND THE ORDINANCE AND MAKE IT WORK AND TWO OR THREE OF THEM. 
          WHAT IS THE BEST YOU GET 1, 2, 3. 
          AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. AND TODAY I THINK WE CAN MAKE SO WE CAN START MAKING PROGRESS. 
          AND WE TALK AND THE PROBLEM I THINK IT IS TIME TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND THEY ARE HERE TODAY YOU TALKED ABOUT THEM. 
          AND YOU COMMITTED AND AN EXAMPLE SO I THINK WE NEED TO LET THE SHERIFF. LOOK AT IT. 
          AND LOOK AT THE OTHER TWO THEY HAVE AS THEY TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND I THINK WHICH IS THE BEST ONE; I HAVE AN ORDER REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT. 
          I THINK THE SHERIFF REVIEWED THAT. 
          I HAVE NOT SEEN IT WE CAN BE INVOLVED. 
          WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSION IF THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE I WOULD WANT THE OFFICE INVOLVED IN HAVING SOME INFLUENCE ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE AND LEGALLY THERE. 
          AND MAKES THE JOB EASIER. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE'LL START OUT WITH PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY NEED EVERYTHINGS BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CONDUCT INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE IN COMPLIANCE ONCE WE GIVE THEM AND IF THEY'RE OPERATING AND WE HAVE TO DO THE UNDER COVER WORK TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT PAYING OWL ILLEGALLY. IT WILL BE NON-STOP. 
          SAY WE HAVE 20 GAME ROOMS, 25, 30 AND WE'LL STILL HAVE TO DO ENFORCEMENT AND WORK AND THAT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          THAT'S A FUND THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY FOR IT. 
          AND IT IS CONVOLUTED I KNOW THIS I MANAGE NARCOTIC VICE OPERATION FOR FOUR YEARS. IT IS VERY RESOURCE INTENSIVE. 
          IF YOU MOVIE FORWARD AND PROVIDE THE ASSETS, THE FUNDING FOR IT, WE'LL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT THE DIRECTION. 
          AND WE NEED TO TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION. 
          >> I THINK YOU HEARD THE WILL OF THE COURT IS THAT -- CAN YOU SORT OF SEE WHERE THE DIRECTION IS GOING. 
          MARSHALL SHARE AND YOU GUYS CAN GET TOGETHER WITHOUT US AND YOU KNOW COMPARE THE NOTES, IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TO EACH OTHER. EVERYONE WILL HAVE, I'LL CALL ON YOU. EVERYONE WILL HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT TWEAKS THE PIER SAID OR GONZALES, I DON'T RECALL IT CAME FROM THE RIGHT HERE. IS THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO SHARE, RIGHT. THE ADVANCE YOU HAVE A CONCERNED GROUP OF CITIZENS WITH US FOR TWO YEARS. 
          WHY NOT OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER WITH THEM LIKEWISE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD OPERATE SHARE 
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THAT DOCUMENT WITH THEM. IN THE MEANTIME AND A FEW MORE QUESTIONS WHAT WE CAN. AND I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT IT OPENS UP A COOR DOOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. AND IT IS A MATTER WHAT WE DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT YOU SO WELL IF YOU COULDN'T WANT TO GET PERMITTED AND WHAT THEY CALL THAT FRUIT AND THAT IS THE OPERATIVE AND DO THAT CORRECTLY AND AGAIN MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THE STEP IN 2019 AND HAVE A FIRE MARSHAL. WE WERE NOT THINKING ABOUT THEM. AND THEY WERE ACROSS TEXAS. 
          AND WHY? AND THEY INSPECT THINGS AND THEY ESTABLISHES AND THE BUSINESS PRACTICE THE FEES AND COMPL COMPLIANCE. IF WOULD YOU JUST IF YOU GET A COPY IMMEDIATELY TO EVERYONE AND CIRCULATE IT AROUND. 
          IT'S NOT A SECRET JUST SICK EYE LATE IT AND I NEED TO CALL ON, HE WANTED TO GO FIRST; BRING THE WONDERFUL FANCY BUTTON SO I WILL SEE I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE CHAMELEON EYES WHO WANTS TO 
          VISIT FIRST. >> , I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO HELP. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SEND THE MEMO. WHEN WILL YOU GET THE CERTIFICATION? , I HOPE TO FINISH OFF AT THE 
          END OF THE SEMESTER. >> MAY? 
          >> YES, MA'AM. >> I WISH YOU LUCK SO -- CAN 
          YOU GET ALL THIS GOING. >> I NEED IT. 
          >> A PRAYER WOULD HELP. 
          , THANK YOU VERY MUCH; COMMISSIONER CHESNEY. 
          >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I THINK WHAT WE DID AT THE LAST MEETING FOR THIS ONE PUT IT ON AS AN ACTION ITEM I THINK THE JUDGE OR SOMEONE ELSE PUT IT ON FOR TODAY TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION TO GET THIS STARTED. 
          >> I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL VERSIONS. 
          I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL VERSIONS I LOOKED THROUGH AND WHAT I'M ASKING TO HAPPEN AND IT'S NOT A MOTION WE CANNOT DO IT TODAY. 
          IT WAS TO GET IT STARTED GET THIS IN PLACE AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT BY THE 23RD OR WE HAVE A MEETING IN MARCH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF CAN GET THE ORDINANCE DRAFTED BY THE 23RD. WE WANT TO GET THAT DONE AND WE WANT TO GET THE RESOURCES IN A MANNER EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE. MY TENDENCY IS TO THINK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO BE BUT I'LL LISTEN TO WHATEVER COMES UP. I DON'T -- I DIDN'T SEE IN THE PRESENTATION ALL THE UNDER COVER WORK AND THE COSTS. 
          AND THAT IS A LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR WE NEED TO GO ON THAT BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS INVOLVED AND GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          AND THE DA NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS TO MAKE SURE IT IS PRACTICAL AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME BACK ON THE 23RD. 
          IF NOT. JENNY LET THEM KNOW THAT ARE YOU HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THINGS DOWN THAT YOU NEED TO DO. THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, WE GIVE THEM THINGS TO WRITE UP WE'LL GET IT BEFORE THE KAY. 
          >>> IF YOU CAN NOT AND PUSH IT TO MARCH 2ND THEN THESE 
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FINE -- THAT'S FINE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S A PRESENTATION OF AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE WE CAN PASS AND NOT BE TALKING ABOUT IT BUT WE'LL TAKE ACTION. 
          THAT'S MY SUGGESTIONKY NOT MAKE IT TODAY BUT LET'S, AGREE WE 
          WANT TO GET SOMETHING GOING. >> I WILL MOVE FORWARD, ONE MOTION TO TABLE IF WE ARE GOING OFF.  IT IS A DISCUSSION. 
          ON OTHER ITEM. >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> I WANTED TO I DON'T KNOW WHY YOUR MIC. 
          >> I'M TRYING ALMOST. >>  IT IS BETTER WHEN YOU DO 
          THAT. >> I CANNOT GET ANY CLOSER I'M GETTING UP. IRK THE. 
          [5.  Discuss and consider action on limiting the ability for the County Judge to unilaterally sign contracts that the Attorney General’s opinion indicates is not allowed; discuss and consider filing a court action to get a definitive legal answer on this issue.]
          I WANTED TO TABLE 3 A 5. >> MOTION AND A SECOND ALL 
          THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          >> AND ALL RIGHT. >> I FEEL LIKE IT IS INCUMBENT TO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET US THROUGH H 1 AND THE CONSENT AGENDA BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM THAT REQUIRES AN ATTORNEY'S PRESENCE AND HE'S AVAILABLE AT A CERTAIN TIME SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE LUNCH HOUR I THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SMART. 
          IT WAS SMART YESTERDAY THAT WE HAD TIME TO TAKE OUR LUNCH BREAK BUT DO IT DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I WILL TRY TO DO THAT BUT TO APPEAL TO THE OTHER GOOD PEOPLE HERE FOR REGULAR AGENDA I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COURT TO TAKE JUST THAT ONE SESSION ITEM OUT FOR THAT ATTORNEY AND AT NOON. 
          IT IS OUR INSURANCE CASE HOW IT IS STYLED RIGHT NOW.  IT IS THE LLOYDS OF LONDON ITEM A THAT ATTORNEY IS KIND OF EXPECTING US AROUND THE LUNCH HOUR TO ACCOMMODATE HIS SCHEDULE THAT'S CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING ARBITRATION CASE LLOYDS OF LONDON VERSUS CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS SEE HOW FAST WE WOULD WORK. HE CAN ACCOMMODATE A 12:15 IF BEE LINDA MAY TEXT HIM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SMALL SESSION BREAK AROUND 1:15 TO TAKE THAT LAWYER'S COMMENTS FOR US THEN IF WE HAD TO COME INTO THE AGENDA AND COME OUT INTO EXECUTIVE. HAVING SAID THAT LET'S MOVE. 
          >> CAN WE GET ALYSSA OUT OF HERE. 
          >> THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED. >> MR. ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE 
          THAT DESERVE I KNOW. >> AND, CAN WE DO H 1 TO MOVE THAT, WE WERE GOING TO TALK TO ONE OF OUR SERVING DMAC MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEE IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD MOVE ON OR YOU NEED 
          MORE TIME. >>   THERE IS A RELATED REGULAR SESSION ITEM YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE THEM UP TOGETHER. 
          >> LET'S DO THAT TOGETHER. FOR THE AUDIENCE WE'LL GG 1 AND 
          [1.  Receive a presentation from Alyssa B. Mason, Executive Director, Corpus Christi Downtown Management District on FY 2020-2021 activities; and approve FY 2021-2022 contract.]
H 1 I'LL COME TO THE CONSENT WHEN WE RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM 3 A 1. SHE IS FROM ALYSSA MASON AND THE BEING JUST THE VERY BEST AND SHE HAS A CONTRACT THAT NEEDS TO GET APPROVED TODAY SHE IS HERE TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU I HAVE LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AND ASK FOR A SECOND. 
          DURING THE DISCUSSION RECEIVE HER PRESENTATION. 
          >> MOTION AND A SECOND. LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR CURRENT 
          AND PAST ACTIVITIES. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOUR INVITATION TO BE HERE. 
          I HAVE A HARD COPY OF THE 2021 IMPACT REPORT I WOULD HAND OUT. WE HAVE PRODUCED A THAT CAPTURED WHAT WE HAVE AND YOUTUBE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PULLED UP AND PLAY AND HAND OUT THE IMPACT 
          [03:05:03]
          REPORT. >> FORGIVE ME, THIS WILL BE YOUR PRESENTATION THE THREE MINUTE VIDEO? 
          >> YES, MAYBE WE SHOULD GET YOU TO BE THE TEMPLATE. 
          VISUAL AND AUDITORY ARE GREAT WAYS TO LEARN AND THEY SAY THAT'S THE ATTENTION SPAN OF MOST PEOPLE. 
          LET'S PRESS PLAY. >> LET'S START IT. 
          >> START UP AGAIN WITH HIGH AUDIO. 
          , 30-YEAR-OLD PROPERTY OWNERS BANDED TOGETHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CREATE THE CORPUS CHRISTI DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. 
          AND 30 YEARS LATER THE IMPACT REPORT SHOWS HOW IT HAS BEEN CARRIED FORWARD. WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND LEADER ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT WE HAVE ADVANCED THE REQUEST TO WORK COLLABORATIVE LIVE TO CREATE A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN ON THE GULF. 
          AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE DOWNTOWN. 
          2021 WAS A RESTORATIVE YEAR FINDING WAYS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER AFTER A YEAR LONG BREAK DUE TO COVID-19. OUR BOARD AND THE ENERGIZED TEAM WORKED TO MAKE THE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          BY PROVIDING CLEANING. BEAUTIFICATION SERVICES. 
          DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC MARKET AND MARKETING AND PROMOTING AN EXCITING DISTRICT AND BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE DOWNTOWN ORGANIZATION THAT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT MOVING DOWNTOWN FORWARD. THE AREAS ARE WHAT KEEPS THE ENGINE TURNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 
          >> IN THE DISTRICT OPERATIONS OUR TEAM AND 365 DAYS COLLECTING 40,000 BAGS OF TRASH AND 55,000 FACES AND SPENDING 17,000 HOURS. AND WE BROUGHT THE SPARKLE BACK TO THE HISTORIC MAIN STREET AND ELIMINATING THE TREES AND THE DOWNTOWN INITIATIVE AND PRESENTED BY THE MEDICAL CENTER. AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WE INVESTED OVER $400,000 TO CONVERT FIVE ONE-WAY STREETS AND NOW CONNECTS THE SHORELINE PAY FRONT TO THE AREA. 
          AND WE INVESTED $150,000 INTO AND REFRESHING OVER 1800 FLOWERS AND PROVIDING 11,000 PLANTER UP KEEPS. 
          AND TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE IN 2021 THE BUSINESSES AGAIN FLOURISH WITH THE OPENING OF TEN NEW BASESS AND NO CLOSURES. WEE AWARDED AND PAID $540,000 TO BUSINESSES FOR COMPLETED PROJECTS WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE DOWNTOWN REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO PEND $50,000 IN THE CARES ACT FUNDING TO PROVIDE POP UP PATIOS TO BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN NEED OF HELP DURING THE PANDEMIC. MAKING IT AN ICONIC OUTDOOR DINING DESTINATION AND EARNING RECOGNITION. 
          TO UNDERSTAND POST COVID DEMAND WE STUDIED RESIDENTIAL AND PARKING DEMANDS IF THE AREA. FINDING DEMAND IS STRONG AND WITH 1700 NEW UNITS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND INCREASE IN PARKING UTILIZATION AND IN THE DOWNTOWN MARINA AND WATER EDGE DISTRICT. 
          WE REACHED 2.4 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA USERS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE. WE HOSTED EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. DRAWING OVER 100,000 VISITOR TO THE AREA. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT ENABLES US TO ATTRACT ATTENDEES IN THE AREA UTILIZING THE PHONES. 
          THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK POST COVID IN THE TWO CLOSURES WHICH IS KNOWN AS ART WALK. 
          THIS BRINGS 20,000 PEOPLE TO AN ART WALK EVENT ON THE FIRST FRIDAY. WE LAUNCHED A RUN CLUB AND A NEW SEGMENT OF DOWNTOWN WHILE LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCES IN THE BAY FRONT. THAT PROGRAM HAS BROUGHT OVER 1200 RUNNERS TO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE A RUN ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WE ELEVATED THE DOWNTOWN VISITOR EXPERIENCE BY ENHANCING OUR DECORATIONS AND HOSTING HOLIDAY EVENTS WHICH GREW IN OVER 32,000 PEOPLE AND REACHED 190,000 PEOPLE. 
          THIS INCLUDES THE 66-FOOT TREE WITH THE LIGHTING AND WATER EDGE PARK AND THE HOLIDAY TREE AND THE ILLUMINATED PA RATE SPONSORED AND THE DOWNTOWN DECORATION COMPETITION AND POSTED AND BY NRG AND THE WONDER LAND WHICH GIVES WR 
          [03:10:05]
RECOGNITION TO POURERS. THANKS TO THE MERCHANT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WE HAD SUPPORT AND CO COORDINATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THROUGH THE HOLIDAY AND OTHER EVENTS. 
          AN ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT OUR TEAM MANAGED $788,000 IN REINVESTMENT FUNDS AND 314 IN INTERLOCAL SUPPORT AND FUND RAISE 228,000 FROM THE SPONSORSHIPS AND EVENTS. 
          OUR PROPERTY OWNERS APPRECIATE THE FUNDS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE DMVLEVY. AND OUR WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS THAT INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN CORPUS CHRISTI. OVER THE COURSE OF 2021, WE HAVE RECRUITED FIVE TEAM MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BUILD OUT A TEAM OF DYNAMIC, PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALS AS NONE OF OUR 2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEAM. THE GREATEST WAS THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF THE NEW FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT SET AS CHALLENGING AND AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION. THIS PLAN INCLUDE AS NEW VISION STATEMENT. THE VISION OF THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS TO CREATE THE MOST VIOLENT ON THE GULF AND INSTITUTING A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT CREATING A WELCOMING WELL DESIGNED WATERFRONT, DEVELOP AGRO BUST SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. PROMOTING REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES AND GROWING OUR TEAM CAPACITY TO APRINTER 
          THAT. >> AND WHILE WE AIM TO LOOK FORWARD OUR ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OUR TEAM DELIVERS. 
          AND SO WHAT IS THE STATE OF DOWNTOWN IN 2022? WE'RE FEELING MORE COLLABORATIVE AND ENERGIZED THAN BEFORE. AND. 
          , I SERVED IN 96. >> AND WE HONORED HER AT OUR OWN PARK AND WE WOULD HAVE PROVED. 
          THE TRUTH IS THAT WHAT I SAW IS THE HONOR. 
          THAT'S WHAT SHE DREAMT OF, WE SEE IT FOR INTHAT IS FROM OUT OF TOWN THEY WANT MORE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          GO AHEAD AND SHARE THAT VIDEO. >> AND BLOWING UP HERE AND WE WANTED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND, SHE WILL ACCEPT MORE AND PUT IN MORE AND WHEN I WAS THE MEMBER AT THE TIME IT WAS DOWNTOWN I HAD A CHANCE THAT'S PART OF THE VISION. 
          ARE YOU MAKING IT YOUR OWN. I WAS WORRIED AND YOU WERE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR. AND IT WAS ANOTHER ONE OFMANY HATS THEY WERE WEARING AND FROM THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS. 
          I HOPE THAT HELPS AND THERE ARE HEAD HUNTERS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLING OR WILL TO SEE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE 
          [03:15:01]
GOING ON DOWNTOWN. I LOVE GOING DOWN AND ENJOY IT THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND TO ENJOY LIKE YOU WERE AND SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DID NOT PUT THE FEATURES AGAINST ANY BIG CITY. IF YOU BROUGHT SOMEONE THAT USED TO LIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND BROUGHT THEM TO A VENUE AND THE COMMISSION THAT YOU AND THE CONTINUING AND I LOVE THE FACT AND BE ABLE TO GET A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY AND TODAY. 
          TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND YOUR STAFF. 
          SINCE THEN, I WANT TO MAKE IT A IT'S NOT PART BUT BEING NOSTALGIC AND COMMITTED I WANT TO PUT MY MONEY INTO SUPPORTING THAT WE DO. THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND GO OUT AND SEE IT DURING THE DAY. 
          AND TERESA AND WILL -- AND ASK YOU FOR THAT. 
          WE CAN BRING THAT BACK IF YOU LIKE. 
          DID I HEAR SOMETHING. AND 10,000 AND COMMISSIONER 
          CHESNEY. >> I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE FLIP I DON'T REPRESENT THE AREA I'M NOT SAYING EVERY YEAR THIS IS TODAY BUT AND DONE A GREAT JOB AND IT IS NOT MY AND HELP THAT 
          AREA GROW AND. >> SO, WE HAVE GONE FROM 10 TO 20, 30 AND 40. AND FROM OUR REVENUE. 
          LET ME JUST SAY THE VIDEO IS BEAUTIFUL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS MENTIONED IN THE MEETINGS IS THAT WOULD YOU NOT BELIEVE THE EFFORT ON CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT IS UNFORTUNATE IN THE COMMUNITIES. THE FUNDS ARE NOT JUST FOR FLOWERS ADD FOR PATIO FURNITURE. 
          WE LOVE THAT. LET ME SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THIS IS A PART OF OUR OWN SAFETY, HEALTH AND SAFETY THAT THE WORK THAT THE THEY DO. THE REASON IT LOOKS CLEAN IS 
          BECAUSE IT IS CLEAN. >> WE HAVE TO THANK THE TEAM THAT IS OUT THERE KEEPING SOME OF THE MOST UNATTRACTIVE THINGS OFF THE STREETS THEY WORK HARD AND DESERVE GREAT THANKS. 
          >> WOULD YOU NOT SEE US DO THIS. >> THE WAY THEY RETURN AND WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE GROWTH. AND SO IF YOU KEEP THIS UP PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU SEE IN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT IT IS TOUGH TO COME UP. THIS COMES FROM OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME FROM ANYWHERE WE BELIEVE IN YOUR RESULTS. 
          IF WITH YOU NOT MIND WOULD YOU TAKE THEM AND COME BACK AND, I DON'T KNOW, 3, 4, 5 MONTHS LET US KNOW HOW WE USED THEM. 
          >> AND THE COMMISSIONER IS RIGHT. 
          SIMS WE DON'T BUT THE WAY TO GET IT IS TO SHOW US WHAT YOU DID WITH IT. I HOPE THAT INSPIRES YOU AND AS THEY SAY THE PATIENCE WAS REWARDED TODAY. 
          , AND. >> THAT WAS THE APPROVAL OF THE 
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CONTRACT AND THE COMMISSIONER AND WOULD BE TO APPROVED THE CONTRACT THE NEW FUNDING SOURCE AS $50,000. 
          AND 10,000 EACH. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL COME BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IS DONE WITH JENNY. 
          >> IT NEEDS TO AND A, QUOTE, BUDGET CHALLENGE IF EVERYONE DOES NOT DO IT THE SAME WAY IF WE ARE ONGOING. 
          >> I THINK WE WANT TO MEMO IT A $10,000 CONTRACT FROM THE BUDGET WITH THE REMAINING DOLLARS COMING FROM THE SPECIAL REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE FUND HERE AND PROVIDING COMING FROM THE REVENUE FUND. IF THERE IS A CONTINUATION FROM 
          NEXT YEAR WE'LL DO IT AGAIN? >> 10 AND DO IT. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT WE PREFER. BUT GIVE US ANOTHER VIDEO WE'LL 
          SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> AND WE MADE THE MOTION WITH THE FUNDING SOURCES TO BE AS ESTABLISHED. 
          >> AND IT IS AT THE END OF THE CREW. 
          THE END. >> AND WHERE KEEP READING. 
          I MISSED IT, TOO. >> AND THE MOTION THAT WE MADE WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT AND ALL WE HAVE DONE IS THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH THE NEW DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE APPROPRIATED IN THE WAY THE COURT ARTICULATED FROM EACH OF US. 
          >> WHAT I WILL DO IS RUN NOT BE WALK OUT OF HERE. 
          GO TO A DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT GET CHAMPAGNE AND TREAT YOURSELF 
          AFTER 5. >> OKAY. 
          >> THANK YOU. >>> AT THIS TIME REMEMBER THAT WE'RE MOVING H 1 AROUND. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN 
          [2. CONSENT AGENDA: The following Agenda Items are of a routine nature, and the Commissioners Court has received supporting materials for consideration. All of these Agenda Items will be passed with one vote without being discussed separately, unless a member of the Commissioners Court or the public requests that a particular Agenda Item be discussed. If so, that Agenda Item will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed as part of the regular Agenda at the appropriate time. One vote will approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda.]
ACCOMPLISH IN SHORT ORDER. I HAVE A-0. 
          [L.  Authorize execution of agreement with JM Davidson, Ltd. for CSP No. 3187-21 Bob Hall Pier Demolition.]
I ASK THAT WHAT WE CAN REMOVE L. 
          >> I MOVE TO TABLE THAT ONE. >> I THINK SO. 
          >> AND BUT WHAT I'M HOPING CAN WE TABLE IT BRING IT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND GIVE US THE INFORMATION SHE WANTS TO 
          GIVE US. >> WE CAN BUT NOT DO ANYTHING TODAY BASED ON WHAT JENNY ASKED US TO TABLE IT. 
          >> THAT'S FINE. I NEED TO -- 
          >> AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IT IS THE 23RD OR EARLIER. 
          >> I ASK TO PUT IT ON THE ONE ON THE 9TH. 
          THAT'S FAIR. I HATE TO DO THAT. 
          >> IT'S NOT GIVEN YOU SAID NO, RIGHT. 
          , ARE YOU OKAY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE. I DIDN'T WANT TO I DON'T THINK 
          WE HAVE A CHOICE. >> TABLE TO FEBRUARY 9. 
          >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> I WOULD LIKE JENNY ADDRESS IT NOT OPERATING UNDER THIS MUCH INFORMATION CAN YOU GIVE US A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. 
          HOW ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE HERE? I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO 
          APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> A THROUGH O WITH THE EXCLUSION OF L. A- O. 
          A QUESTION ON K. >> QUICK QUESTION ON K I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE A-0 EXCEPT FOR H BUT FOR K AND L. 
          IS THERE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVORITE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ONE HERE BUT WE CAN GET IT. 
          WHAT IS THE QUESTION? >> , I'M CONFUSED HERE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS AND 
          >> SO, WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT, IT WAS A CONTRACT 
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THAT CAME TO COURT MAYBE A FEW COURTS AGO WITH STAUDER ENTERPRISE FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS CLK ARCHITECTS. 
          THEY WILL BE THE CONTRACTOR. THAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE OUT OF COS. WE CAN LIVE UP TO THE ADA. 
          >> IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WAITED SO LONG TO PAY IT. 
          IT IS SIGNING THE AGREEMENT TO START WORK. 
          >> OKAY. NOT A PAYMENT. 
          >> MICHAEL IS ON THE PHONE. HE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          >> YES, OF COURSE. >> IS THAT A MOTION? 
          >> MOTION AND A SECOND. >> SECOND. 
          A MOTION AND A SECOND. SAY AYE. 
          >> OKAY. AND THEN K, COMMISSIONER 
          CHESNEY. >> A QUICK STATEMENT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BECAUSEKY DID HAVE CALLS ON THIS WHAT WE WERE DOING IS GOING OUT FOR COMPETITIVE SESEALED BID PROPOSALS FOR THE PROJECTS IN NUECES COUNTY. 
          AND INSTEAD OF JUST USING SOMEONE THAT WE USED BEFORE AND NO COMPLAINTS THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE BUT TO GET MORE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LOCALLY NOT LOCALLY TO BID ON PROJECTS AND THIS IS A BIG PROJECT. 
          THERE WERE THOSE WHO WANTED TO LOOK AT IT. 
          I WANTED IT POINTED OUT. >> AND ANYONE THAT IS WATCHING TAKE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE SENDING THIS OUT FOR BIDS. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          I'LL SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          SAY AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [4. EXECUTIVE SESSION: PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the Commissioners Court may elect to go into an Executive Session anytime during the meeting to discuss matters listed anywhere 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, Vernon’s Texas Codes, Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.0745, 551.076, 551.086, 551.087, 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 matters, including termination, county advisory bodies, 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 an Executive Session.]
AT THIS TIME COMMISSIONERS NORMALLY WE WOULD GO INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA BUT AS I SAID WITH THE LITTLE BIT OF INDULL GENTS WE HAD A REQUEST BY ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS REGARDING A SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SCUFF SESSION WE DO SO UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS 551 AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODED A SECTIONS 551, 071, 2, 2, 4, 5, 86 AND 7. 
          WE'RE CONSULTING WITH OUR ATTORNEYS IN SESSION MATTERS RELATING TO LIGS, REAL PROPERTY. 
          THESE ARE PERMISSIVE FOR THE STATUTE AND TERMINATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED. AND ON COMPLETION OF THE SESSION THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY COME INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION AS APPROPRIATE. I'M LOOKING AT LEAST FOR A BUT I'LL INDULGE THE WILL OF THE COURT TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND KEEP TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR US HERE. 
          I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EVERYONE A 10 MINUTE BREAK FOR BATHROOM, ET CETERA AND ASK FOR YOU TO COME BACK INTO THE ROOM IF YOU ARE A PART OF THE SESSION FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE CLEAR THE COURTROOM AND FOR COVID-19 WE WORK HERE SO IF WOULD YOU TAKE US OFF MIC AND OFF VIDEO FOR A MOMENT AND ASK ALL THOSE TO CLEAR THE COURTROOM AT THIS TIME. 
          >>> WE'RE GOING BACK IN THE RECORD AT 4:27 P.M. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SOME ACTION TO TAKE FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE FIRST ACTION TO TAKE IS IN REGARDS TO THE MASTER CASE 
          [C.  Consult with County Attorney and outside counsel in Case: 201863587, MASTER CASE v. TEXAS OPIOID LITIGATION; discuss and consider the settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals, Teva, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, including the Texas State-Wide Opioid Settlement Agreement and Settlement Term Sheet and Texas Subdivision Election and Release Form; discuss and consider adoption of a Resolution approving settlement of opioid-related litigation with Endo Pharmaceuticals, Teva, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson; discuss and consider approval of settlement documents; authorize the Nueces County Attorney’s Office or outside counsel to execute settlement documents; and related matters.]
AND THE TEXAS OPIOID LIGS. THIS IS NUMBER 201-86-3587 FOR THE CLERK. AND IT IS BASICALLY A SETTLEMENT WITH ENDO PHARMECUTICAL AND CARDINAL HEALTH. THIS IS INCLUDING THE OPIOID AGREEMENT AND THE TERM SHEET. THE TEXAS RELEASE FORM. 
          THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE IS TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS AND INCLUDING IN THE MOTION IS TO ALLOW THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OR OUTSIDE COUNCIL THAT HELICOPTERS NUECES COUNTY TO EXECUTE THE SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS THAT'S THE MOTION S THERE A SECOND? 
          >> A SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. 
          [H.  Consult with County Attorney and/or outside counsel regarding potential legal issues at the Medical Examiner’s Office, and related issues.]
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          >>> AND THEN AND SOMETHING WITH REGARDS TO HA MOTION ON 
          RELATING TO H? >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION. 
          I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF DR. SHAKER AND DIRECT OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE FOR A QUICKER 
          RETIREMENT. >> SORRY. 
          >> WRONG WORD; RETIREMENT TO NEGOTIATE A FASTER DATE. 
          >> AND DIRECT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OUTSIDE, THE OUTSIDE 
          COUNSEL TO -- >> PROVIDE THE SPECIFICS. 
          >> AND NEGOTIATE SOME OTHER ITEMS. 
          >> OKAY. SO I'LL MAKE A SECOND AND THAT WAS ACCEPT THE RETIREMENT AND INSTRUCT THE COUNSEL TO DUCT 
          THE TERMS AND BRING TO US. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          >> AND A POSSIBLE EARLIER DATE. 
          THAT'S THE SPECKS INCLUDING POSSIBLE EARLIER DATES.  A MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY BY SAYING 
          [G.  Consult with County attorney and/or outside counsel regarding legal issues regarding the fairground project and amphitheater replacement; including legal issues related to Banc of America Equipment Lease/Purchase Agreement.]
AYE. AND THEN THE NEXT -- THERE IS A BIT OF BUSINESS ON G. COMMISSIONER? 
          >> AND B, JUDGE. >> G WAS THE -- THE MOTION, TWO POSITIONS THE FIRST IS TO RESCIND THE PRIOR MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE PROJECTS ON THE ABM. 
          >> AND REALLOCATE THEM TO OTHER PROJECTS ON THE LIST. 
          I CAN DO THAT. >> THAT'S FINE. 
          >> THE MOTION THAT WAS PREVIOUS WAS FROM ANOTHER COURT. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE DATE. IF YOU LOOK THAT UP. 
          >> AND SORRY. A MOTION TO RESCIND THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE PROJECTS ON THE ABM ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACT AND WE ALLOCATE THOSE TO OTHER PROJECTS ON THE ABM CONTRACT LIST. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          [B.  Consult with County Attorney and outside Counsel regarding legal matters and continued negotiations with the City of Corpus Christi to accomplish the transition to a City-run Health District (CCNCPHD), as voted by the Commissioners Court on December 15, 2021.]
          >> SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> THEN WE HAVE ACTION ON ITEM 
          B. >> I MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL WITH THE WORDING CHANGES PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY 
          ATTORNEY. >> WE HAVE THAT DIRECTION GIVEN TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY S THERE A SECOND? , ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES THE ACTION TAKEN. 
          THE REST WAS A CONSULT ONLY WE'LL GO BACK INTO REGULAR AGENDA FOR THE PURPOSES OF MOVING PEOPLE FORWARD. 
          >> ON BOARD APPOINTMENTS. ON I, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS ON AS PART OF THE RECESS. LET ME ANNOUNCE THAT. 
          ON THE ITEM THAT'S LETTER I RELATING TO THE SPECTRA 
          AGREEMENT -- >> NO. 
          THAT'S ON THE. >> I THOUGHT WERE YOU TALKING 
          ABOUT SPECTRA. >> SO, JUST ON LETTER I IT IS JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT WE ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION. 
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          >> WHAT IT IS TO RECEIVE THE POLICIES OF THE MERIT INCREASES AND INVESTIGATION WHETHER THE EXEMPT EMPLOYEES HAVE MET CO COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR POLICIES, THAT'S NOT ACTION BUT 
          A DIRECTIVE. >> I HAD AT THE REQUEST I SENT THAT TO THE MANAGER SO SHE CAN HELP US GET THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR IN BOX AS A FORMAL REQUEST FROM ALL OF US CAN MAKE THE MOTION. 
          AND SO NOW WE'LL MOVE TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE I WAS 
          JUST REPEATING. >> DID WE TAKE ACTION? 
          >> NO ACTION. >> WE DID NOT TAKE ANY OBJECTION THERE AT ALL. AND SO. 
          NOW I'LL GO BACK TO THE LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ONE HERE. 
          IT IS PROCUREMENT, THE DECISION OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 4:00 WE GOT ALL OF THE NOTEBOOK WITH ALL THE RED LINE AND WE HAVE A NICE THICK PIECE OF HOMEWORK BECAUSE OF THE LATE HOUR IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU BUT THE FULL COURT'S AGENDA. WE MADE A DECISION MOST LIKELY WHAT IS IN THE COURT'S FUTURE IS A RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING SO THEREFORE IN ORDER TO GIVE US THE CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS RED LINE AND BE ABLE TO STUDY IT WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW MORNING TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM BUT IT WILL NOT BE DELAYED PAST TOMORROW MORNING. SO IT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ACTION AT ALL IT WILL BE SKIPPED FOR NOW WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH BUSINESS THE COURT CAN DO THIS ITEM WE HOPE TO TAKE CARE OF TOMORROW. THAT AGAIN IS ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNDER PURCHASING AND YOU WILL SEE IT LISTED AS F-1. 
          F-1. OKAY SO HAVING DONE THAT I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND TRY TO SCOOP UP THE ONE WE MISSED. 
          AND CATHY IS LONG GONE BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT ON YOUR E-MAIL, COMMISSIONERS, AND EVERYONE CALL UNDER GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS THE WEATHER IS LOOKING VERY SEVERE FOR A HARD FREEZE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 
          WE HAVE A JOINT COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WITH RTA TO PROVIDE RIDES WITH HEB TO PROVIDE NOURISHMENT. 
          WE WILL HAVE RICHARD BORCHARD FAIR GROUNDS AS A WARMING CENTER AND FROM THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WILL BE ON HAND TO PROVIDE OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS. 
          THERE ARE MORE THINGS I CAN SAY, I WILL HOLD FOR YOUR COMMENTS BUT THAT'S -- YES, MA'AM. 
          >> I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION I THINK I'M GOING TO SKIP AND LOOK AT IT. E-MAIL IT TO EVERYONE. 
          WE CAN PICK IT UP AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW TODAY. THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT WEATHER AND POPULATIONS. I'M PROUD THIS IS A JOINT EFFORT. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE TWO DAYS AGO, PREPARATIONS, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BELIEVES WE WILL HAVE WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS BELOW FREEZING. THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT LITTLE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. AS WE SAY WAIT IN MOMENT THE WEATHER MIGHT CHANGE. LET'S JUST PREPARE AND NOW YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR IN BOX. 
          FORWARD THAT AS PART OF OUR VILLAGE MESSAGING, WE HAVE THROUGH MAGGIE SENT OUT A DELIVERY NOT YET BUT IT IS GOING OUT TO EVERYONE WITH THE DETAILS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE EXTREME WEATHER? I HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WARM. 
          [1.  Nueces County Beach Management Advisory Committee]
WE'LL GO TO H 1 THAT IS THE NUECES COUNTY BEACH MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. HERE IS BELINDA. 
          >> SCOTT CROSS IS ON THE LINE. >> AND SO IF YOU RECALL, THE LAST TIME YOU MET, YOU WENT AND DID TWO APPOINTMENTS BUT YOU 
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LEFT ONE REMAINING WHICH WAS THE CURRENTLY HELD BY LJ FRANCIS. YOU HAD TWO APPLICANTS WHICH WERE DAWN BISSEL AND FLORENCE TISSOT. 
          [4.  Discuss and consider review and replacement of Beach Management Advisory Committee (BMAC) member for failure to attend regularly scheduled meetings as required by the Committee's bylaws.]
I DID WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ITEM 3 A 4 WHICH IS WHY SCOTT CROSS IS ON THE LINE. 
          SO, I YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE THAT FIRST. 
          >> WE DID WE SAID THAT EARLIER WE WANTED TO HAVE SCOTT SPEAK TO THAT. WE HAVE A POLICY THAT IS SCOTT WANTS TO MAKE THE COURT AWARE OF BECAUSE IT AFFECTS 
          MEMBERSHIP. >> AM I UNMUTED? 
          >> YES, SIR. >> THE POLICY AND BY-LAW ANY THAT MISSES MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS THAT THE -- THAT THE DMA -- BMAC STAFF RECOMMEND THEY BE REMOVED. THE INDIVIDUAL WE'RE DISCUSSING HAVING REMOVED IS NO LONGER IS WITH US. 
          SO, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE WE REMOVE THAT PERSON AND THEN APPOINT ANOTHER PERSON TO FILL THE SPOT SO WE CAN KEEP UP WITH 
          THE QUORUMS. >> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO REPLACE FOR LAUREL TO ATTEND MEETINGS REQUIRED BY THE 
          BYLAWS. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, JUST THE ONE PERSON? 
          >> WAS THAT IT? >> WE HAVE SOME THAT A BORDER LINE. WE WILL WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ISOLATED LIKE THAT. 
          >> WE'RE WATCHING IT. >> KEEP US POSTED N THAT CASE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER POSITION AVAILABLE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADHERING TO OUR OWN RULES AND POLICIES, 
          SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> WITH THAT WE HAVE AN OPENING AND WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION UNTIL WE MAKE A POLICY 
          TO WITH. >> YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THE 
          OPENING NOW. >> LET'S HAVE A MOTION ON THE 
          OPENING THEN, PLEASE. >> I MADE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT LJ FRANCIS AND DEAL WITH THE OPENING. 
          THAT WAS NOT CLEAR. >> YOU SAY UNTIL WE GET A 
          POLICY. >> OKAY. 
          >> AND I AM CURIOUS DO WE DISCUSS IT WITH HIM TO SEE IF HE HAD A DESIRE TO STAY GIVEN HE WAS APPOINTED BEFORE? 
          >> I TRIED TO CALL HIM EARLIER. 
          I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH HIM, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENDANCE POLICY AND THE COMMENTS MADE AND BEING EX-OFFICIO AND THE PLAN AS IT READS NOW THE PUBLIC WORKS WORKS FOR BMAC WE MOVED IT WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE BEACH MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          THERE IS A TECHNICALITY I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANYTHING THAT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER OR NOT BUT THAT IS -- THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE, I DON'T KNOW. NOTHING PERSONAL WE WANT TO 
          KEEP IT STRAIGHT AND NARROW. >> WE NEED, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT BEFORE BEING BROUGHT UP. 
          WE DON'T KNOW AND WE WAITED A WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IF THAT'S AN ISSUE. I WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION 
          ABOUT ATTENDANCE WITH HIM. >> I THINK THAT'S WORTHY. 
          I'M OKAY COMMISSIONER MAREZ THAT WAS A CONCERN IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS REASONABLE. I THINK IT IS REASONABLE. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD PUT PEOPLE WHO ARE MONITORING THEMSELVES. WE CAN DO IT NOW YOU WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND BRING IT BACK. 
          I BET WHAT WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST HE GOES EX-OFFICIO. 
          TAKE THE MOTION TO REAPPOINT LJ FRANCIS. 
          I HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> WHAT ABOUT -- >> CAN I LOOK AT THE RESUME 
          MORE. >> YES, I HAVE TO FIND IT. 
          KY MOVE ON THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. 
          SCOTT STAY WITH US WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON IT FOR A MOMENT. 
          [2.  Discuss and consider hiring of Advanced Construction Management to assist with Task Order development and review, related to Intergovernmental Services Agreement (IGSA) project.]
I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO DISCUSS AND CONSIDERING YOU WANT ME TO 
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          ADVANCE ANOTHER ITEM? >> DISCUSS AND CONSIDER HIRING ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TO ASSIST WITH TASK ORDER TO IGSA ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT IS KNOWN AS ACM. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE FOR THE FIRE H HYDRANT REPLACEMENT AND WE HAD, WE HAD THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT HERE FOR THE REF COURTS S THERE A MOTION TO PURSUE THESE. 
          >> WHAT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE, JUDGE? 
          >> HE IT PAYS FOR ITSELF. WE CHARGE THE GOVERNMENT FOR 
          THIS. >> DON'T WE HAVE TO, WE'RE CONTRACTING WE HAVE TO PAY THEM. 
          THEY REIMBURSE US AND IT IS AN AUTHORIZED USE. 
          >> ALL DIRECTED COSTS ARE SUBMITTED. 
          AND SO THE FUNDING SOURCE IS IG ITSELF. 
          THIS IS A FIRE HYDRANT REPLACEMENT PROJECT BY FIRE HYDRANT IT'S NOT A LARGE PROJECT BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE AND THE IDEA IS OUT OF THE BOX, IT'S THE FIRST ONE. 
          >> WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? >> I'M SORRY, WHAT DO YOU 
          MEAN? >> IT IS ON BASE. 
          ON THE NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI. 
          AND SO, AGAIN THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE MANAGEMENT THAT WE NEED. TERESA WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER HERE. WE HAVE AN IGSA FUNDING A NUMBER. A DEPARTMENT. 
          WHAT IS THAT CALLED? >> 1901. 
          >> AND CAPITAL. 1901. 
          >> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> I'LL DO A MOTION. DO NOT MAKE -- THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO 
          GO BACK. >> LET'S GO BACK. 
          >> I THINK THERE ARE TWO OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS. 
          I MEAN TOWARDS THE GEOSCIENTIST BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL EXPERTISE SHE COULD BRING TO THE BOARD. 
          THAT'S NOT TO SAY THE OTHER ONE WOULD NOT BE EXTREMELY GOOD BUT AT THIS POINT BASED ON I LIKE HAVING MORE TECHNICAL PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE I NOMINATE 
          DAWN BISSEL. >> I HAVE A MOTION FOR DAWN BISSEL S THERE A SECOND? A SECOND. 
          THE ONLY DISCUSSION I HAVE IS FOR THE OTHER QUALIFIED 
          CANDIDATE. >> HOLD ON. 
          >> YOU MAY CHECK WITH US IN A FEW WEEKS BECAUSE THIS MAY CHANGE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE FINDING QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO SERVE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM SAY AYE. 
          IN THAT CASE. I KNOW STEVE BONNER I SAW YOU I WILL LET HIM JUMP OFF. NUMBER 3 IS TO RECEIVE INTO THE 
          [3.  Receive into record Laboratory Services Agreement with Christus Spohn Health System Corporation for laboratory services related to COVID-19 operations.]
RECORD FOR AWARENESS. THE LAB SERVICES THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO WEEKS AND THE CITY WAS ON VACATION AND OMICRON RECEIVED. 
          THIS WAS NOT PROCESS SUBMITTED TO THE PROPER FEMA. 
          >> AND LAB SERVICES. THIS EXISTED BUT EXPIRED THIS WAS TO GET US INTO A NEW CONTRACT. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE USED WHEN OUR LAB IS DOWN. 
          WE TONIGHT HAVE A SUPPLY AND IT BREAKS OUR MACHINE IS VERY SENSITIVE AND THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR LABORATORY SERVICES FOR MOLECULAR TESTING WHICH IS 
          TESTING AT 19THS AND COMANCHE. >> THIS IS JUST ONE THAT I HAD THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COURT I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED IN IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COURT AND NOT SIGNED OFF AS AN EMERGENCY AND NOT PICK A FIGHT. 
          I WILL ABSTAIN I WOULD HAVE APPROVED THIS COMING TO THE 
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          COURT. >> IF WE HAD BEEN HERE CHRISTMAS EVE I MAY HAVE BEEN THERE WITH YOU SINCE THIS OCCURRED ON CHRISTMAS EVE THAT WAS THE ISSUE. 
          WE HAD LAB SERVICES UP TO THE 2. THE 23RD IS WHEN WE WENT OFF LINE. , IS THIS EXPIRED? 
          >> IT IS DONE. THIS IS DONE. 
          IT HAD A NOT TO EXCEED. >> ARE WE EXTENDING IT? 
          >> CORPUS CHRISTI PICKED UP THE NEW CONTRACT I HOPE TO BRING A PREPOSITION CONTRACT BUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS NOT GOTTEN 
          THAT READY. >> THERE IS NOTHING THERE IT IS 
          A TO RECEIVE. >> IS HE MAKING A MOTION TO RECEIVE? , I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE. YOU CAN. 
          >> JUST A DISCUSSION ONLY. >> NO PAYMENT TO PROCESS WITH THIS. YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THAT? 
          >> NO, WE HAVE TO PAY IT. WE HAVE TO PAY IT. 
          THAT'S THE QUESTION. >> AND THE CITY IS GOING TO HELP WITH THIS, THE CITY GETS THE NEXT PIECE. 
          THIS CONTRACT HANDLED THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE CITY WAS CLOSED. BUT THEN MOST RECENTLY THE YOU CITY DID NOT HAVE RESOURCES AT ALL FOR THE PANTHER MACHINE AND RATHER THAN THE COUNTY TAKE THAT UP AGAIN I ASKED THE MANAGER TO HAVE IT TOOK TIME TO GET THE FORMALITIES DONE. 
          THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. 
          WHEN WE WERE SHORT FOR RESOURCES, LAST WEEK, THE CITY 
          IS TAKING CARE OF THOSE. >> AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE 
          IT. >> IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT. 
          I DIDN'T NOTICE IT THAT WAY. CAN YOU DO IT. 
          >> IT IS DISCUSS AND APPROVE TO RECEIVE. 
          >> WHATEVER YOU WANT TO MAKE AS A MOTION. 
          MOTION TO RECEIVE. >> THEN WE CAN PROCESS THE 
          PAYMENT. >> AND DO A SECOND. 
          >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> , ABSTAIN. 
          >> AND MAYBE LATER THAT PREPOSITIONED I DON'T THINK FEMA CALLS IT. WE'RE PROTECTED FOR NOW WITH THE CONTRACT BUT IF GOD FORBID WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT HELPS US I WOULD LIKE US TO PURSUE THAT.  IT IS NO DIFFERENT AND FOR A HURRICANE IF IT COMES. WE NEED TO HAVE THAT. 
          THAT'S A BACK UP LAB. THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES THE CARTRIDGINGS TO THE PANTHER MACHINE IS IN SHORT SUPPLY. 
          AND SO SPON'S LAB USE AS DIFFERENT MACHINE. 
          IF THEY CAN BE HAD THERE. SOUND SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY HAS IT BUT WE OUGHT TO HAVE A BACKUP THAT THE COURT LOOKS AT. THIS IS WHAT WE TRIGGER. 
          I HOPE TO BRING THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS WE DID IT THAT WAS NUMBER 4 AND ON BMAC. 
          WE TABLED 5. >> THIS IMPORTANT IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO HURRY, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO CONSTABLE THAT WAY HE DOES NOT COME BACK. 
          WE'LL HOLD ON 6 BUT LET ME TAKE THE CONSTABLE HERE. 
          WE HAVE THE ITEMS RELATING TO HIS OFFICE CAN BE FOUND IN C 
          [1.  Discuss and approve the transfer of two (2) Mental Health Deputies to Constables Office Precinct 2.]
1. I KNOW YOU CAN REPRESENT WHAT THE SITUATION IS AND ASKING THE COURT IT HAS TO DO WITH TWO MENTAL HEALTH DEPUTIES TO PRECINCT 2. 
          WILL YOU SET THE TABLE FOR US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE TWO DEPUTIES IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE NOW VACANT THEY HAVE NO MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS. 
          I TALKED TO THE SHERIFF HOOPER AND ASKED IF HE HAD AN OBJECTION TO MOVING THOSE POSITIONS  INTO OUR OFFICE AND HE SAID NO THAT'S FINE WITH HIM. 
          SO HE PUT IN HIS ITEM TO MOVE THE POSITIONS OVER TO US SO THEY WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM I GUESS. I WAS LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION ON THAT AND WE CAN GET WITH THE MOVING AND HIRE THE OFFICER SO 
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MOVING THE TWO FROM THE SO TO THE CONSTABLE OFFICE, WE WOULD TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COUNTY FOR HIM FOR THE SHERIFF BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION IN THE JAIL AND EVERYTHING SO HE WOULD NOT HAVE TO MOVE DEPUTIES AROUND. 
          >> WILL YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS EVEN THOUGH 
          PRECINCT 2 -- >> THIS IS A COUNTY ISSUE. 
          WE'RE ASKING TO MOVE WE'RE THE FLAGSHIP RIGHT NOW. 
          I TALKED TO CONSTABLE MENDOZA. AND IT IS NOT JUST ME OUT THERE.  IT IS ALL OF THE OFFICES IT WOULD NOT BE A POSITION FOR PRECINCT BUT A NUECES COUNTY POSITION. 
          WE WOULD BE WE WOULD NOT ONLY -- 
          >> THIS IS A NO COST TRANSFER. >> THIS IS COMING FROM MHID WHO FUNDED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE POSITIONS, WE'RE JUST MOVING 
          THEM TO OUR PRECINCT. >> AND, YOU ARE HIRING TWO NEW 
          PEOPLE. >> AND TRAINED IN MENTAL 
          HEALTH? >> FULLY CERTIFIED CIT AND 
          MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS. >> APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE 
          DOING THAT'S VERY GOOD. >> THEY ARE FUNDED? 
          >> THEY ARE FUNDED. >> PUTTING THEM IN THE HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE. 
          >> , THEY WERE AND THE IN THE JAIL? 
          >> I DON'T KNOW NOT THE LEGALITIES BUT THE MOVING OF THE POSITIONS WHY THEY LEFT I KNOW IN THE OFFICE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THERE -- MOVE THE DEPUTIES TO THE CURRENT TO SERVE IN THE JAIL I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MOVED THEM 
          OR NOT PER SAY. >> IT IS GOOD AND NOT GOOD. 
          AND WE NEED THEM IN THE JAIL. >> HE WILL BE COORDINATING WITH 
          THE JAIL. >> WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE OTHERS. 
          >> AND WHICH IS GOOD I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE ASSIGNED TO THE JAIL ALL THE TIME. YOU THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED THE MENTAL HEALTH. YOU GOT RID OF THEM THEY DON'T 
          NEED THEM. >> THEY MOVED ON TO OTHER POSITIONS WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY. 
          SO THEY DIDN'T STAY THERE. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING IT ON. 
          APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. 
          >>   THERE IS A PROCESS UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT 011 A THAT -- THAT THE PROCESS UNDER LOCAL CODE 86011 A, THE APPLICATION FOR THIS FOR THE DEPUTIES MUST IN WRITING TO THE COURT AND THE COURT MAKES FINDINGS REGARDING THIS WHERE WE JUST NEED TO GET THAT FIXED SO THEY CAN MAKE THE FINDINGS. 
          >> CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE ITEM WITH THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE REQUEST TO THE COURT OF THE FERS TO BE ASSIGNED I MAKE THE MOTION OF THE HIRING SUBJECT TO THE FINDINGS OF THE COURT TO BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT COURT. 
          >> THERE IS A QUESTION THAT REMAINS WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVE THE ONLY IF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT NEED AS DEPUTY TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS ORIGINATING IN THE PRECINCT IF YOU MAKE THAT FIN FINDING TODAY THEN 
          YES. >> CAN YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU NEED THE MENTAL HEALTH DEPUTIES WITHIN THE CONFINES OF YOUR 
          PRECINCT? >> IF WE MAKE A CALL FOR SERVICE AND IT IS A PERSON SUFFERING FROM DEMEAN SHAH AND WALKED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND WE RESPOND TO IT, YOU KNOW THE PERSON THAT IS SUFFERING EXHIBITS TRAITS OF ALCOHOLISM OR BEING INTOXICATED THEY MAY BE INCORRECTLY ARR ARRESTED AND PUT IN THE SYSTEM IF THEY WERE A TRAINED OFFICER THEY WOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT PERSON COULD BE SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA WITH THE CORESPONDER, DIVERT IT AND ADDRESS IT 
          CORRECT CORRECTLY. >> 
          SAY IN THE PRECINCT. >> THEY CAN GO ALL OVER. 
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THEY HAVE AUTHORITY ALL OVER. IT IS JUST THAT YOU NEED TO FIND THAT HE NEEDS THE PEOPLE IN THE PRECINCT. 
          ONCE YOU FOUND THAT, THEY CAN MOVE WITHIN THE COUNTY. 
          >> IS THERE NEED IN THE PRECINCT TO JUSTIFY THE 
          DEPUTIES? >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION AND THE COURT FINDS IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE DEPUTY CONSTABLES TO BE IN THE PRECINCT. 
          >> PRECINCT 2. >> IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH. 
          >> LET'S MAKE THAT A SEPARATE MOTION SO THE COURT CAN MAKE THE FINDINGS A MOTION ENOUGH JUSTIFICATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY THE CONSTABLE. AND A MOTION AND SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HERE? >> FINDING NONE ALL THOSE IN 
          FAVOR SAY AYE. >> NOW HAVING FOUND THE REQUEST AND FINDINGS IN ORDER UNDER THE STATUTE, I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF THE DEPUTIES TO PRECINCT 2. 
          MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY 
          SAYING AYE. >> OKAY. 
          >> NOT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS INSIDE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REALM. YOU WILL BE A MODEL FOR OTHERS. THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE SIM PROCESSES. ONCE THEY GET HIRED AND TRAINED YOU MAY INTRODUCE THEM AND DO A LITTLE PRESENTATION ON HOW WE'LL LET OUR STINTS KNOW THIS IS GREAT NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. CAN YOU COUNT ON THEM TO BE ACTIVE IN MENTAL HEALTH? SIGHING SIGHING. 
          >> AND MY REQUEST WAS TO ADD TWO DEPUTIES. 
          [1.  Discuss and consider two (2) additional Mental Health Deputies for Constable Precinct. 2.]
          >>> NOW THERE IS A RELATED ITEMS WHICH IS THROUGH A LOT OF GOOD ADVOCACY TO COVER THE TERRITORY IN THE COUNTY. 
          H-1 UNDER HUMAN RESOURCES. YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH MHID AND MHID HAD FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2. 
          THAT IS THE REQUEST. IN ADDITION TO THE TRANSFER OF THE TWO THAT WE ALREADY HAD APPROPRIATED, ARE YOU ASKING THE COURT TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL NO COST TO THE COURT OR THE COUNTY AND INSIDE THE BUDGET TO ADD THE MENTAL HEALTH DEPUTIES FOR THIS REALLY AMAZING MENTAL HEALTH 
          TASKFORCE. >> INSIDE THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT 
          BUDGET? >>   THERE IS A BUDGET TO MHID AND THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATION. 
          >> SO MOVED. THESE ARE WAY NEEDED. 
          >> WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO WORK WITH THE CONSTABLE AND THEY CAN SERVE AS A COUNTY WIDE -- 
          >> THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. I KNOW IT IS LATE IN THE DAY, WE'RE TIRED BUT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT THAT WE ARE HIRING, WE ARE APPROVING FOUR MENTAL HEALTH DEPUTIES FOR THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE TO GO UNDER THE CONSTABLE THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING AFTER. 
          I'M NOT SURE I GOT THERE, BUT FOUR HEALTH HEALTH DEPUTIES WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT AND PUT THE EMPHASIS ON THE COURT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY. THIS IS A GREAT. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SETTLEMENTS. 
          I THINK THERE IS A POSSIBILITIES THAT WE CAN TIE IN THE OPIOID USE TO SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH USE THINGS THERE. I THINK AND I THINK WE'LL DO 
          SOME GOOD THINGS. >> HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? 
          >> AND 
          INVOLVED TO HAVE. >> IT IS A TOTAL OF FOUR. 
          >> SIX TOTAL, THE TWO WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE COUNTY. 
          >> WAIT A MINUTE. >> SO WE HAVE FOUR FUNDED 
          THROUGH THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. >> OKAY. 
          >> AND TWO FUNDED THROUGH THE COUNTY. 
          ONE WOULD BE THROUGH CONSTABLE MENDOZA'S OFFICE AND. 
          >> FORGIVE ME IS WAS THINKING THE TWO TRANSFERRING FROM THE SHERIFF. WE DO. 
          WE DID THAT. >> AND THEN MHID WAS GOING TO ALLOCATE TWO. HAVE WE DO THAT. 
          I NEEDED PERMISSION TO GO THROUGH AND CALL MHID I SPOKE 
          TO HE WAS HOPING. >> YOU NEED TO DO THE FOUR 
          FIRST. >> H 1. 
          >> ARE YOU TALKING SIX? >> SIX TOTAL. 
          TWO PAID BY THE COUNTY AND FOUR THROUGH THE HOSPITAL. 
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          >> I DON'T SEE THAT ON THERE. >> , WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. 
          I MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WERE THE MHIDK WE WORK WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA. THERE IS FOR HIRING OF FOUR PEOPLE; THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING DON'T DO THE OTHER TWO IT'S NOT 
          LISTED. >> BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH DEPUTIES UNDER HUMAN RESOURCES ARE FUNDED BY THE HOSPITAL 
          DISTRICT. >>> YES. 
          >>   THERE IS NOT ANOTHER REQUEST FOR TWO MORE? 
          >> THE TWO THAT I PUT ON THE REQUEST WAS TO BE FUNDED 
          THROUGH THE COUNTY. >> YOU MEAN DURING BUDGET 
          TIME. >> CORRECT, THAT'S NOT ON HERE 
          TODAY. >> THE FOUR NOT FUNDED THAT ARE FUNDED BUDGETED OR FUNDED BY THE HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          >> GOT IT. >> I THINK WHAT YOU ARE HEARING LET'S GET YOU THE FOUR. GET YOU A TEAM TOGETHER CREATE THIS. MAU I BE RIGHT WE NEED TWO AND REAL OPPORTUNITIES WE JUST HEARD EARLIER. 
          I DON'T KNOW WE APPROVED AN OPIOID SETTLEMENT WE KNOW WE HAVE DOLLARS COLTING IN. THERE COULD BE. 
          THERE IS A HUGE POT OF MONEY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO AND GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE FORCE SO IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL THE CONSTABLE AREAS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE FOUR AND GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW. 
          H 1 IS FOR THE TWO ADDITIONAL ONES TO BE FUNDED. 
          NOW I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION. 
          IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS THE MOTION. 
          BRENT? >> YES, MA'AM. 
          >> AND I'LL SECOND AND THEN ANY OTHER CONCERNS, ALL THOSE IN 
          FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THE VEHICLES. THE BUDGE AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUT IT WAS NEVER PAID FOR. 
          >> I WILL MAKE A SUGGESTION YOU WORK WITH THE COURT MANAGER. 
          THAT'S A GOOD ISSUE TO WORK ON. 
          IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WE APPROVED THE OFFICER THAT CAME WITH, AS THEY SAY, 5U8 OF -- ALL OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, 
          THEY ARE -- THEIR NEEDS. >>   THERE IS ONE VEHICLE IN 
          PLACE WE HAVE TO MOVE. >> ON THAT PIECE IT IS OKAY TO BRING IT BACK ON A NEW AGENDA IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS BUT I'LL HAVE YOU WORK AND GET THAT SORTED OUT. 
          THAT WAY THEY ARE RESOURCED. >> YES, MA'AM. 
          >> SUPER. BODY ARMOR MAKE SURE THEY HAVE 
          EVERYTHING THEY NEED. >> FOR THE NEW HIRES. 
          >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> WELL DONE. 
          >> I NOTICED BERT CAME IN I WAS TRYING TO DO IT IN ORDER. 
          LET ME SEE HOW WELL WE CAN DO. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. 
          RIGHT. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT ARE QUICKER THAN OTHERS. I MIGHT JUST TAKE A FEW OF THEM 
          [10.  Discuss and consider obtaining an appraisal for county-owned land adjacent to the Richard Borchard Fairgrounds.]
THEY ARE QUICK. NUMBER 10 YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED ON A PREVIOUS IT WAS JUST NOTICED A LITTLE BIT INCORRECTLY NEEDED TO SAY CERTAIN WORDS NOW THE LANGUAGE IS CORRECT IT IS OBTAIN APPRAISAL FOR COUNTY OWNED LAND ADJACENT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS WE APPROVED IT. 
          NOW THE WORD SOMETHING ACCURATE. 
          COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? 
          >> SO MOVED. >> HOW ABOUT A SECOND. 
          >> SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY 
          SAYING AYE. >> I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY OVERTIME PRESENTED BUT I WILL ASK DALE ANY OVERTIME 
          PRESENTED? >> THERE IS NO ACTIVITY ON 
          THIS. >> AND NOTHING ON THE 13. 
          >> AND GOING BACK TO ANOTHER ONE THAT I KNOW IS IMPORTANT FORGIVE ME FOR THE JUMP I'M TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS 
          [2.  Discuss and consider approval of additional hours from 30 to 40 per week for the Associate Judge in Department 3150, County Court at Law 5.]
THAT ARE IMPORTANT. HUMAN RESOURCES H 2. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT NEED AT THIS TIME TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL HOURS FROM 30 TO 40 PER WEEK FOR THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE. 
          DO YOU HAVE A MOTION. >> YES, SIR. 
          >> MOTION AND A SECOND. >> WORKING ON THAT. 
          >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
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          >> WHEN I WAS OVER THERE THEY GAVE ME TEN HOURS AND NOT ANY MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> FAVOR FAVOR 
          [6.  Discuss and consider approving temporary Deputy Medical Examiner or other options to maintain uninterrupted continuance of services of Medical Examiners Office during transition.]
THIS IS NUMBER 6 AND APPOINT A DEPARTMENT MEDICAL EXAMINER AND DURING TRANSITION. AND THERE IS I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE OPTIONS. WE ARE PURSUING OPTIONS. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING TO VOTE ON. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A TEMPORARY DEPUTY ME BUT WE HAVE OPTIONS YOU WILL SEE THOSE COMING UP IN THE ITEMS THAT FOLLOW. 
          IS THERE ANY, ARE WE GOING 6? I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          KY ANNOUNCE THAT THE POSITION HAS POSTED. 
          I CAN ANNOUNCE WE RECEIVED APPLICANTS AND BY THE NEXT COURT WHENEVER THAT IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE SAME ITEM CAN 
          BE BROUGHT FORTH. >> DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THE 
          POSITION IS THAT WHAT WE NEED? >> THE POSITION IS OPEN. 
          >> IT IS OPEN. IT IS OPEN ALREADY. 
          >> WE JUST PUT THIS ON HERE IN OPENS? 
          >> WE DIDN'T KNOW. >> OKAY. 
          THAT'S FINE. >> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL OPTIONS. YOU WILL SEE A QUICK AGENDA 
          ITEM NEXT TIME. >> TO THE 23RD. 
          >> HOW ABOUT A TABLE. >> HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO 
          TABLE. >> TO THE 23RD. 
          >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE 
          [7.  Discuss and consider adopting a budget for the new administrative position in Medical Examiner’s Office.]
IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> HERE IS ONE. ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE THE COURT HAS DISCUSSED THAT IS A DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, THEY HAVE INFORMATION FOR THE COURT. WE DON'T NO. 
          DON'T HAVE THIS IN THE BUDGET BUT WE HAVE THOSE ADDRESSED AND HAVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR IT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION ON, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM OTHER COUNTIES? 
          ,. >> AND I'M WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT THAT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. 
          SHE PROVIDED ME A BUDGET, A NUMBER BETWEEN 1,160,000 TO COVER THE POSITION; THAT'S BASED ON COUNTIES OUR SIZE. 
          >> AND THE CUTES -- DUTIES. >> AND THE DUTIES. 
          AND SO, REMIND ME, WHEN WE DO THIS THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS TO AGREE TO SIBS IT IS PART OF HIS 
          JOB NOW. >> I THINK WE SAID THAT WOULD 
          BE PART OF THE SPECIFICS. >> WAYED ON THAT. 
          >> THE ONE THING IS YOU CANNOT HIRE WITHOUT A SUGGEST; I KNOW THE RANGE IS LARGE BUT I WOULD SAY $120,000. 
          >> WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? , THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE CAN DO THAT. >> WE KNOW THERE ARE VACANCIES WE HAVE FUNDS SOME OTHER PLACES. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO FIND ROOM TO MOVE THAT IN. 
          BUT THERE IS ROOM. >> I MOVE TO ADOPT THAT FOR THE 
          POSITION. >> I'M NOT SO RANDOM ABOUT A 
          DOLLAR AMOUNT. >>  IT IS ON THE FINALITY OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. YOU A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          [8.  Discuss and consider creating a new administrative position in the Medical Examiner’s Office, and posting the job.]
I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING ON IT. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE IT. 
          >> WE CANNOT DO 8. THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE BUT THE COURT WAS READY FOR EVERYTHING. 
          AND SO 8 SHOULD BE TABLED TO FEB 23RD. 
          A MOTION, PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MAREZ AND SECONDED BY CHESNEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY 
          [9.  Discuss and consider fairground amphitheater replacement projects under the ABM Energy Savings contract; determine course regarding replacement of amphitheater projects.]
SAYING AYE. ON IN THE 9. 
          BERT. SINCE ARE YOU HERE EARLIER TODAY, WE CAME OUT OF RECESS AND THERE WAS A MOTION, YOU MAY WANT TO REWIND THE TAPE BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS 
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DIRECTION ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAN WE SAID BEFORE THAT'S TO COMPORT WITH SOME NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CONTRACT. 
          IT CAN BE ON THAT LIST THAT WE HAD AS PROJECTS FOR LOCATIONS AND MORE INFORMATION WILL HAVE THE, WE'LL HAVE A VISIT. 
          DIDN'T WANT TO CONFUSE YOU BUT KNOW THAT WE TOOK THE ACTION ON THAT. IT IS TO GET WHAT THE COURT'S 
          DESIRE IS. >> THAT'S FINE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE -- THERE IS NO ACTION THERE, GUYS, IS THAT 
          CORRECT AT THIS TIME? >> I WILL MOVE ON TO 11. 
          WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT IN THE ACTION WE TOOK COMING OUT 
          [12.  Discuss and consider providing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) premium pay to county employees working at the City of Corpus Christi – Nueces County Health District.]
OF EXECUTIVE SESSION I'LL MOVE TO NUMBER 12. 
          THIS IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVIDING ARPA PREMIUM PAY TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES WORKING AT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. 
          WE ALREADY HAD DONE THE 10% COMMISSIONERS? , WE DID THE ADVANCE PAYMENT. EVERYONE GOT THE ADVANCE 
          PAYMENT. >> , WE HAVE GIVEN DIRECTION UNDER EXECUTIVE ACTION FOR THE ATTORNEY ADDRESS PREMIUM PAY. 
          I'M NOT CERTAIN ANY OTHER, WE GAVE THEM SOMETHING. 
          >> WE HAVE GIVEN DIRECTION AND APPROVED SOMETHING BUT THEY 
          ASKED FOR MORE I THINK. >> SO I THINK THAT, THE ACTION THEN WAS MAINLY TO DISCUSS A GREATER AMOUNT THAN 10, IS THAT 
          CORRECT. >> CAN WE DO THIS TOMORROW. 
          >> I'LL SKIP 12. WE HAVE DONE 13: 
          B-1. >> I WILL NOT BE HERE IN THE MORNING. IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS 12 NOW. 
          , I WILL NOT BE HERE, SHE KNOWS THE NUMBERS. 
          >> THE IDEA WAS THAT THERE WAS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PREMIUM PAY FOR PEOPLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO COVID, THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTION WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER GREATER THAN 10%. 
          THAT'S HOW IT WAS ORIGINATED IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> , THEY ASKED FOR TO BE CONSIDERED LIKE THE SHERIFF'S 
          OFFICE. >> SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10% AND THE CAP OF 20. DALE WHAT WE NEED IS FIND OUT WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS. AND AS IT PERTAINS TO THE 28 
          EMPLOYEES WE HAVE THERE. >> IS THAT POSSIBLE TO GET THAT AND PITCH UNTIL TOMORROW. THE THING IS JUST WHETHER OR NOT THE COURT WISHES TO HAVE THAT CONSIDERATION DONE. 
          >> I WILL NOT HAVE THAT TONIGHT. 
          >> CAN WE MOVE TO THE 23RD? >> TO THE 23RD. 
          >> THAT'S FINE. >> THE ONLY THING I WILL DIRECT THERE IS A TIME SENSITIVE FOR JENNY SO, YES. 
          NOW THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE MOVING TO THE 23RD THAT'S PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SPECIFICS WE HAVE GIVEN YOU ON 
          THE AGREEMENT. >> TABLE IT. 
          >> WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 9TH. >> LET'S TAKE IT TO THE 23RD THAT JENNY KNOWS THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT COMES UP. 
          >> WHATEVER THE COURT CHOOSES TO MAKE PREMIUM PAY. 
          >> GET THE NUMBERS IN ADVANCE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          >>   THAT IS A MOTION TO TABLE. 
          >> THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >>> ALL RIGHT AND THEN NOW THAT MOVES US INTOS B 1 WHICH IS THE WORKFORCE RETENTION WE NOT INFORMATION REGARDING THAT AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE GIVEN DIRECTION AS WELL TO BRING THAT BACK SENDING STATE AGENCIES ANSWERS. 
          >> SO I'LL TAKE THAT TO THE 23RD AS WELL. 
          A FORMAL MOTION. B 1? 
          >> DO THAT TOMORROW? >> LET'S LEAVE THAT ON SEE 
          WHAT. >> IF FRANCISCO HAS LUCK TOMORROW IF NOT WE CAN MOVE TO TABLE T IS A RECESS FOR 
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TOMORROW IF NEEDED. OKAY. 
          OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS ALREADY AGAIN WE ADDRESSED THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND THE DIRECTION ON THAT ONE; THAT'S A RECESS. 
          >> THAT'S A RECESS. WE HANDLED 1 AND 2 AND ON D GRANTS THERE WAS GOING TO BE A VIDEO PRESENTATION IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE VETERAN'S COMMISSION FOUND FOR THE PROGRAM AND JJ, HOW LONG IS THE VIDEO PRESENTATION? 
          >>> GOOD AFTERNOON IT IS NOT LONG ABOUT THREE MINUTES LONG. 
          >> I'LL LET YOU ROLL AND TEE THAT UP. 
          >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE LETTER WE GOT TODAY FROM THE DOCTOR KATE DATED THE 27TH WE JUST GOT IT TODAY. 
          THAT'S WHEN I GOT IT. >> WE JUST. 
          >> IT WAS E-MAILED. THE 27TH IT CAME TO US LIKE 
          YESTERDAY? >> WE GOT IT YESTERDAY. 
          >> IT CAME YESTERDAY, I LOOKED. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHEN. WE JUST GOT IT YESTERDAY, I 
          FOUND IT. >> YES, SIR. 
          HOW WE LOOKING ON THAT VIDEO? >> HERE IT COMES. 
          >> WE CARE. SINCE 2014 NUECES COUNTY WAS AWARDED GRANT FUNDS FOR VETERANS ASSISTANCE WE PREVENTED HOMELESSNESS AND DESPAIR AND HELPING WITH FOOD, TRANSPORTATION. UTILITIES AND RENT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY IN 2021 WE WERE NOT AWARDED GRANT AND THEY HAVE FELT IT; THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT TO TO PAY THE BILLS. 
          GROCERIES AND EXTRAS. AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS FOR SOME OF THE BILLS, YOU KNOW. 
          >> IN THE PAST THIS ALLOWED NUECES COUNTY TO KEEP THE FOOD AND HYGIENE PANTRY STOCKED TO ENSURE VETERANS WOULD NOT GO WITHOUT. WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPLY BUS PASSES FOR VETERANS AND GET BACK AND FORTH TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO FILL THE GAP NOT BEING AWARDED FUNDS THEY COULD NOT FULFILL THE NEEDS OF ALL VETERANS; THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY COULD. 
          AND HOPING FOR SOMETHING MORE. I STILL HAVE A BALANCE LEFT. 
          I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING MORE HELP GETTING IT DONE. I STILL HAVE A BALANCE DUE. 
          >> BY APPROVING THE GRANT APPLICATION NUECES COUNTY CAN PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF WITH GETTING VETERANS AND SURVIVORS ON THEIR FEET. THE PROGRAM IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE FUNCTION AND HELP VETERANS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT NUECES COUNTY WORKED WITH REPRESENTATIVES IN THE PROCESS OF STANDARDISING GRANT SERVICE FOR FOOD BY USING OUR FOOD PANTRY AND VOUCHER PROGRAM AS A MODEL FOR OTHER GRANTEES. 
          THE PROGRAM WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY NETS FOR VETERANS AND CERTAINLY A PROGRAM FOR STRUGGLING VETERANS 
          CAN NOT BEAR TO LEAVE AGAIN. >> AND I SEE A LOT OF THE GRANTS. YOU KNOW KIND OF DESPERATE. 
          I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY AND I DID GET I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I HOPE CAN YOU DO MORE FOR THE REST. 
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          >> JJ? >> COMMISSIONERS WE WORKED WITH THE GR GRANTS DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD SHOW THE VETERANS COMMISSION HOW ACTIVE AND INVOLVED NUECES COUNTY IS WITH THE VETERAN COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT AL SALVI HERNANDEZ DID A GREAT JOB TO SHOW THE GRANT IS. 
          THERE SINCE THE LOSS OF THE PREVIOUS GRANT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND CORPUS CHRISTI LEAGUE AND THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR VETERANS' AFFAIRS. LADIES AUXILIARY. 
          THE VFW 182 AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE LOW INCOME AND HOME BOUND WITH HYGIENE AND BUS PASSES. 
          WE NEED THE GRANT BACK TO CONTINUE WITH THE PANTRY AND EXPAND THE FINANCIAL HELP TO THE VETERANS. 
          AND IT WAS A GREAT JOB AND PULLS ON THE HEART AND MIND STRINGS WE HOPE TO GET THIS BACK. 
          >> JJ I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLE VIDEO. 
          I HAVE NOT SEEN IT BEFORE.  IT IS MOVING TELLING THE STORY FROM THE VETERAN'S POINT OF VIEW. 
          YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. WHEN WILL WE KNOW WHETHER WE ARE THE RECIPIENT OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY?  AND IS THAT FOR THE SAME AMOUNT, $150,000? , I BELIEVE WE REDUCED THE MATRIX. WE REDUCED IT A BIT U I'M NOT SURE. AND I BELIEVE, KEEP US POSTED; I SUGGEST WE PUT THAT MAYBE CAN YOU EDIT IT. 
          , AND HOW TERRIBLE IT IS WE DIDN'T GET THE GRANT BUT THE PART OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND VETERANS IT SHOULD BE ON THE WEB SITE. THIS IS JUST RECEIVE INFORMATION ONLY AND WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE A QUORUM, EVERYONE. BECAUSE OF COMMITMENTS AND SO IF WE ARE GOING TO RECESS SWAGIT WHETHER IT IS 8:30 OR 9. IF YOU LET SWAGIT KNOW AT 9:00. THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS HERE BUT IF YOU COME UP AT 9 A.M. I DON'T THINK YOURS, THEY CAN WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. AND THEN DALE I'M MINDFUL WE HAVE A BUDGET CHANGE ORDER AND ELBA CAN GO THROUGH THAT ONE BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE ERP IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SEND TO US I'LL PROGRAM I WILL READ IT. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING. >> JUDGE, I WILL NOT BE HERE TOMORROW. CAN I MAKE A MOTION 
          ]. >> WE CAN KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE. 
          >> AND KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. 
          >> WHAT NUMBER. >> YOU KNOW IT IS NOT POSTED 
          THAT WAY, IS IT? >> WHAT. 
          >> G-2. >>   THERE ARE FUNDING SOURCES. THAT BID. 
          I THOUGHT YOU MEANT TO BUY THE SOFTWARE. 
          >> BUT NOT BID COMMISSIONER NOT FOR THE SOFTWARE BUT HOW WE GET FUNDING. DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          >>   IN WE NEED TO BID FOR THE SOFTWARE FIRST. 
          >> A WHERE DO WE HAVE THE FUNDING. 
          >> FORGIVE ME YOU WANT TO GO OUT THE MOTION IS TO GO OUT FOR PROCUREMENT FOR BIDS FOR SOFTWARE. 
          >> THE QUESTION WHAT FUNDING SOURCES. 
          MICHAEL BRINGS A REQUEST TO THE COURT TO DO AN RFP AND A REQUEST TO KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. 
          IT'S NOT POSTED. >> IT'S NOT POSTED FOR THAT. 
          >> DETERMINE FUNDING. SO WE CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION TO RING THE RFP. THIS IS GOING OUT FOR BID. 
          >> CAN I STEP IN? >> GO AHEAD, MICHAEL. 
          >> IN THE PAST THE COUNTY HAS MOVED IN MY OPINION TOO SWIFTLY TO GET PERMISSION TO BIDS WITHOUT HAVING ADEQUATE FUNDING IDENTIFIED EARLY. IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE COURT 
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TO DECIDE HOW IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROJECT. 
          WE HAD A GENERAL IDEA OF THE COST AND IF THERE IS A, IF THERE IS AN ITEM LATER FOR ME TO OFFICIALLY GO OUT FOR BID AND FUTURE AGENDA THAT'S NOT WHAT IS ON THERE. 
          >> I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU. GO OUT FOR BID AND 4 MILLION AND WHERE WE GET THE MONEY. I DON'T KNOW THE PROBLEM AND AND TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THIS. 
          NOT JUST THE ONCE ALL THE TIME. 
          I THINK HEARSAYING WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT DO WE NEED. 
          WHAT WILL WE NEED. THIS ENWE CAN FIND OUT WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. THE MOTION IS TO GO AFTER THE BIDS TO FIND OUT THE PROCUREMENT HOW MUCH MONEY WILL 
          WE NEED TO BUY THE SOFTWARE. >> CAN WE BRING THAT BACK ON THE 9TH. WE DIDN'T NOTICE IT THAT WAY. 
          IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. THAT'S FINE BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO NOTICE IT TO GO OUT FOR PROCUREMENT AND THE SECOND THING IS THAT THE BID DOES NOT LAST FOREVER. 
          AND IF WE GO OUT AND THAT BID WILL BE STALE. 
          , WE HAVE FIVE FUNDING SOURCES, AND. 
          >> AND AND THE GENERAL. >> WE WILL HAVE THAT FOR 
          TOMORROW. >> AND OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 
          WE'LL DO THAT. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW. WE'LL STOP RIGHT THERE. 
          WE'LL JUST RECESS SO THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT DOING THE IN MEMORY. 
          IT IS 5:31 P.M. WE ARE
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