[00:00:09] ORDER. THANK YOU. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THE NAME OF GOD , THE MOST GRACIOUS. TODAY, WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNTY JUDGE, CONNIE SCOTT AND OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, JOE GONZALEZ, JOHN MAREZ, BRENT CHESNEY . LORD, OPEN THE DOORS OF YOUR MERCY UPON THEM AND SEND OUT YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THEM. KEEP THEM HUMBLE AND FULFILL YOUR COMMANDMENTS. OBEDIENT TO YOUR AUTHORITIES AND RIGHTEOUS IN THEIR DEEDS. OUR LORD, KEEP THIS MEETING A SOURCE OF GOODNESS AND BLESSINGS. GRANT THEM THE BEST GUIDANCE AND ENABLE THEM TO DO WHAT PLEASES YOU. OH LORD, GUIDE THEM AND KEEP THEM STEADFAST UPON THE TRUTH ON THE STRAIGHT PATH OF GUIDANCE. ELIMINATE -- ILLUMINATE THEIR HEARTS WITH FAITH AND CERTAINTY, GIVE THEM HONORABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY LEADERS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. KEEP THE INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE AND OUR NATION, HELP THEM FULFILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH JUSTICE. KEEP THIS LAND SAFE AND PROSPEROUS, SPREAD YOUR MERCY AND PROTECTION WITHIN IT, KEEP IT STRONG THROUGH THE BELIEF IN YOU AND ENDURANCE TO YOUR LAWS. KEEP THEM AMONG THOSE -- RELATIVES, NEIGHBORS , THE POOR, THE NEEDY, IMMIGRANTS, AND WAYFARERS. KEEP THEIR ACTIONS SINCERELY FOR YOUR NOVEL CONTINENTS AND COMMUNICATION BEFORE THE PUBLIC GOOD AND SERVING PEOPLE INDEED , YOU ARE THE ALL HEARING, THE ALL-KNOWING , AND THE RESPONSIVE. YOU ARE PEACE, FROM YOU COMES PEACE, PEACE AND BLESSINGS BE UPON MOSES, JESUS, AND MOHAMMED. AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED YORK MR. GONZALEZ IS OUT AT THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE COURT ARE HERE, IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH. I WILL CERTIFY THAT A QUORUM IS [D. ANNOUNCEMENT ON DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Any Conflicts of Interest or Appearance of a Conflict of Interest with items on this agenda shall be declared at this time. Members with conflicts will refrain from voting and are asked to refrain from discussion on such items. Conflicts discovered later in the meeting shall be disclosed at that time.] PRESENT AND MOVE ON TO ITEM D, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS ON DISCLOSURE OR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT THIS POINT? THERE [2. In recognition of Jason Green, General Manager of the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds.] BEING NONE, YOU CAN ALWAYS ANNOUNCE LATER IN THE MEETING IF AN ITEM COMES UP. MOVE ON TO ITEM D, IN RECOGNITION OF JASON GREEN, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE REGIONAL FAIRGROUNDS. WE ARE SKIPPING ONE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT HERE YET, WE WILL BE BACK TO HER WHEN SHE GETS HERE. DO WE HAVE THAT RECOGNITION OR -- PROCLAMATION, ANYTHING? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME. WE SIMPLY WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME, WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OVER THERE AT THE ORCHARD FAIRGROUNDS, THIS COURT IS GOING TO MISS YOU DEEPLY, WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE AND WE KNOW THAT GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OUT THERE, BUT WE THINK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION WITH THE COURT, YOUR COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH WITH US. WE ARE VERY SAD TO SEE YOU LEAVE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOME THINGS OR ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, I KNOW COMMISSIONER WAS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WILL BE MISSED. YOU ARE A TRUE ADVOCATE FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR NUECES COUNTY, FOR THE COMMUNITY, JUST FOR ATTRACTIONS YOU CAN BRING. YOU HAVE BROUGHT SOME PRETTY [00:05:03] AMAZING EVENTS , ONE OF THE MORE OUTSTANDING ONES, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SPORTING EVENTS, YOU BROUGHT DIFFERENT NAMES OF MUSICIANS AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT, THE FACILITIES HAVE JUST BEEN RUN ALWAYS TO THE BEST , WHENEVER THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE, I'VE ALWAYS GONE TO YOU AND YOU ALWAYS GOT IT RESOLVED. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A TRICKY BUSINESS TO BE IN BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC FACILITY THAT YOU HAVE TO RUN , YOU WORK FOR A FOR PROFIT COMPANY. ARE ABLE TO STILL WORK WITH US AND BE INVESTED AS A COMPANY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, JUST TO PUT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS, NO NEW BACK WHEN YOU'RE -- YOUNG MEN WERE LITTLE AND WERE AT THE JCC WERE MY MOM CONTINUES TO TEACH AT, I HAVE JUST KNOWN YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, YOU'RE A GREAT MAN. OUR COMMUNITY WILL TRULY MISS HAVING YOU HERE . HOPEFULLY WHEN YOU ARE TIRED OF THOSE COLD NEW YORK WINTERS, YOU WILL COME BACK DOWN HERE TO THAW OUT A LITTLE BIT. >> PLEASE COME VISIT ANYTIME. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE , ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW YOU STRIVE TO HAVE THE FAIRGROUNDS UP AND ANYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED FOR REPAIR, OR NEEDED TO BE REMODELED BETWEEN YOU AND EDWARD HAVE KEPT OF FAIRGROUNDS LOOKING GREAT . I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RETIREMENT, ENJOY YOUR STAY IN NEW YORK, I KNOW YOU WILL BE STAYING WITH FAMILY, THANKS AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE. GETS VERY SAD TO LEAVE, BUT I AM GOING BACK TO MY HOMETOWN AND MY PARENTS ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, MY RATHER -- BROTHER. MY YOUNGEST SON GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL IN TWO DAYS, LUCKILY AM ABLE TO TAKE THE TRIP DOWN HERE AND MOVE HIM BACK HOME FOR FAMILY REASONS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL BACK THERE. IT IS SAD BUT HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF MIXED EMOTIONS. IT IS TOUGH. I HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT I'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE WITH REALLY GOOD HANDS, THANK YOU ALL TOO FOR EVERYTHING OVER THE YEARS, I'VE WORKED WITH A FEW ADMINISTRATIONS AND THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS . IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE, I LOVE THE FAIRGROUNDS. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID IT'S A SPECIAL , MAGICAL PLACE. I WAS THINKING THIS MORNING SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE, WE HAD WELL OVER 2000 EVENTS AND 2 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MY TENURE, THAT'S BIG NUMBERS I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO, THE FAIRGROUNDS AND NUECES COUNTY WILL BE MISSED, HOPEFULLY MY KIDS TONIGHT, THIS IS HOME FOR THEM. HE WILL MAKE IT BACK TO VISIT, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR US. >> I THINK EDWARD WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. HE ASKED IF HE COULD SPEAK. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THIS MAN HAS BEEN A PARTNER. THROUGH THICK AND THIN, THROUGH HURRICANE, THROUGH FREEZE. THIS MAN WAS THERE WITH US. YOU CANNOT HAVE ANYTHING BETTER. >> WE AGREE. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FAMILY, JASON AND TO YOUR SON FOR GRADUATING. >> CAN WE GET A PHOTO WITH YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE? BRING YOUR FAMILY UP IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME. [1. In recognition of Margaret Sayers 22 years of service to Nueces County.] [00:12:24] [1. In recognition of Port Aransas Tennis State Champion. ] SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY SO WE WILL MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING. A MOTION TO TABLE IT TO THE JUNE 7, I THINK . CAN I GET A SECOND? THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES . ON ITEM F , ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS OF RECOGNITION OF TENNIS DAY CHAMPIONSHIP, I BELIEVE YOU WILL READ THAT FOR US. SANDRA? COMMISSIONERS COURT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING TEXAS CHAMPION, MS. CAROLINA WILLIAMS WON THE REGIONAL FOR GIRLS SINGLES TITLE IN CORPUS CHRISTI IN APRIL. WILLIAMS WON THE FINALS EASILY, 6-1, 6-0 SAID THE COACH, WON THE STATE TOURNAMENT HELD IN SAN ANTONIO WITH A 2 1/2 HOUR MATCH IN THE FINALS. TO TAKE THE FIRST STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL SINCE 2000, THE FIRST GIRL TO SINGLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1984. WHEREAS WILLIAMS HAD AN UNDEFEATED TENNIS SEASON WITH WINNING ALL SIX TOURNAMENTS WITH A 22-0 RECORD, THE STATE TITLE MATCH WAS THE LAST OF HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER , TENNIS IS NOT OVER FOR WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN TYLER WITH THESE SCHOLARSHIPS TO CONTINUE HER TENNIS CAREER. NOW THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES CAROLINA WILLIAMS ON HER OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THAT ACHIEVEMENT, AND WISHES FOR THE BEST IN HER FURNITURE NEVERS. ADOPTED BY VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS COURT IN THE COUNTY OF TEXAS ON THIS 24TH DAY OF MAY, 2023. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING THAT. CONGRATS, I THINK BRETT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS. >> I WANT HER TO TAKE A FEW WORDS, WHAT A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT . LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN TEXAS AT ANY LEVEL, IT IS AN AMAZING [00:15:01] ACCOMPLISHMENT CONSIDERING ALL THE GREAT ATHLETES WE HAVE IN TEXAS, I WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT TEXAS IS THE BEST ATHLETIC STATE IN THE UNION . IT'S VERY MUCH THE BEST STATE PERIOD, FOR ATHLETICS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO ARGUE. CONGRATULATIONS , THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE HAD TWO STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE HAD ANY IN A LONG TIME ANYWHERE, TO HAVE TWO WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE HIM LATER, THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU AND WE ARE REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOUR GOING ON TO PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL, THAT IS A COOL ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT IS A JOB AT THAT NEXT LEVEL, IT'S NOT QUITE AS MUCH FUN AS HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS, IT IS DEFINITELY AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF. WE WANT TO LET YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TODAY AS WELL, THIS IS ABOUT YOU, WE REALLY APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS, CONGRATULATIONS. >> THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT HAS BEEN GREAT, COMING BACK FROM A TOURNAMENT WE HAD AS POLICE ESCORTS FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SCHOOL. >> CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? >> PULL IT UP A LITTLE BIT. THERE YOU GO. >> WE HAD A POLICE ESCORT COMING BACK FROM THE TOURNAMENT IN SAN ANTONIO , THEY ESCORTED US BACK TO THE SCHOOL, THERE WAS A WHOLE SIGN WAITING FOR US. IT WAS REALLY CRAZY WITH THE SUPERINTENDING CAME, THE PRINCIPAL CAME, COACH DIAMOND. OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY HOW THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATIVE COMES TO SUPPORT YOU AND EVERYTHING. THIS, BEING RECOGNIZED WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IS REALLY COOL . THEY'LL DO THAT FOR ONE PERSON WHICH I THINK IS CRAZY. >> IT IS WELL DESERVED. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK COACH DIAMOND, HE COACHED MY MOM TOO. HE'S BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR A WHILE. I WANT TO THANK HIM ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVING ME ALL THE WAY UP THERE AND ALL THE WAY BACK, SAN ANTONIO, 2 1/2 HOUR DRIVE. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WELCOMING ME HERE AND GIVING ME ALL THE SUPPORT, IT HAS BEEN A REALLY FUN RIDE. >> EXCELLENT, GETTING A POLICE ESCORT CAN BE BAD OR GOOD, THIS IS A GOOD ONE. I'VE SEEN POLICE ESCORTS YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF. THAT IS VERY COOL. >> IT WAS A GOOD ONE. CONGRATULATIONS, SUPER HAPPY AND PROUD FOR YOU, WOULD LOVE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR COACH. CONGRATULATIONS, AGAIN IT'S QUITE AN HONOR. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM F2, IN RECOGNITION OF THE LONDON STATE TENNIS [2. In recognition of the London State Tennis Champion.] [00:20:07] CHAMPION, SANDERS WILL READ THAT ONE AS WELL. >> RECOGNIZING LONDON STATE TENNIS CHAMPION, WHEREAS MR. BUCHANAN IS THE BOYS STATE TENNIS CHAMPION OF 2023. BUCHANAN HAS WON THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND HAVE STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW. WHEREAS BUCHANAN WON ALL THREE OF HIS MATCHES SINCE. BUCHANAN IS THE FIRST LONDON BOYS PLAYER TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2017 . BUCHANAN DEFEATED HIS OPPONENT 6-2 , 6-0 IN THE FINAL MATCH OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT. BUCHANAN IS A SENIOR AT LONDON IST AND WILL CONTINUE HIS TENNIS CAREER AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL UPON GRADUATION. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, HEREBY RECOGNIZES BUCHANAN ON HIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND WISHES SOME THE BEST IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. NEWLY ADOPTED BY VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS ON THIS, THE 24TH DAY OF MAY, 2023. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE LONDON SCHOOL? >> WE WILL TRY TO GET TO THAT BEFORE THE WEEK, WE WILL GET THAT RECOGNIZED AGAIN, A SUPER GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY, THIS IS THEIR THIRD YEAR I THINK IN THE FINALS AND WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT THIS YEAR, THAT'S A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. JUST AS IT WAS FOR MS. WILLIAMS, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS PRETTY AMAZING. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM AND HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR SUCCESS AS WELL. [3. In recognition of the week of May 21st, being Search and Rescue Week. ] >> ABSOLUTELY. MOVING ON TO ITEM F-3, IN RECOGNITION OF THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST BEING SEARCH AND RESCUE WEEK. >> OKAY, COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION OF SEARCH AND RESCUE WEEK. WHEREAS IN 2022, THERE WERE 47,670 MISSING PERSONS REPORTS IN TEXAS, WITH 12,842 OF THEM BEING ADULTS AND 34,828 OF THOSE CHILDREN. WHEREAS COMMUNITIES ACROSS NUECES COUNTY COUNTY ARE IMPACTED BY MISSING PERSONS, LOVED ONES AND DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS DUE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, MEDICAL ISSUES, OR NATURAL CAUSES. ORA SEARCH AND RESCUE RESOURCES BRING CLOSURE AND AID IN THE RAMIFICATION OF FAMILIES AND WHEREAS SEARCH AND RESCUE PROFESSIONALS PERFORM BLOOD AND SWIFT WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS , TECHNICAL RESCUES, LOCATE MISSING CHILDREN AND IN AGED ADULTS. THEIR OTHER COMMUNITY EMERGENCY NEEDS, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST AS SEARCH AND RESCUE WEEK. IT OFFERS ITS THANKS TO ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS AGENCIES, AND SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCIES THAT SUPPORT AND WORK TIRELESSLY ON FINDING THOSE WHO ARE LOST AND BRINGING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES OF THE MISSING. DULY ADOPTED BY VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IN TEXAS ON THIS 24TH DAY OF MAY, 2023. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIDE, THE MOTION PASSES AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> I'M HERE WITH TERRY, AND TIM. MY NAME IS JONATHAN MCCOMB NMI PART OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE CREW, AS YOU KNOW, THIS MORNING, EIGHT YEARS AGO I WAS IN A RIVER HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH MY FAMILY. AS EIGHT YEARS TOMORROW, I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, KNOWING MY FAMILY WAS LOST. I HAD NO CLUE WHO THESE GUYS WERE BEHIND ME , I GOT TO KNOW THEM VERY WELL JUMPED IN WHEN I WAS ABLE TO ABOUT A YEAR LATER TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP OTHER FAMILIES GO THROUGH TRAGEDY AS I DID MYSELF, WE WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT SERVICE ABOVE SELF TO GO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT THIS WEEK ACROSS COUNTIES OF TEXAS , RECOGNIZING THOSE THAT VOLUNTEER AND GIVE THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS, AND ENERGY TO HELP THOSE IN NEED, THANK YOU VERY [00:25:01] MUCH FOR THAT. OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS ARE WITH YOU GUYS, THANK YOU. >> SORRY. ANYWAY -- WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE, THERE IS STILL SO MANY PEOPLE THAT PRAY FOR YOUR FAMILIES, THAT WAS AN AMAZING PROCESS TO BE A PART OF AND NOT ONE THAT I WOULD EVER WANT TO BE A PART OF AGAIN, WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION DOES AND I KNOW YOU ARE MORE THAN EVER, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT THIS ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS, WE TRULY DO. >> THANK YOU, ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS I CONTINUE TO DO THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WE KNOW IT IS NOT IF, IT IS ONE, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, WE ARE VERY ANKLE FOR YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS KIND OF STUFF. >> WE GO THROUGH ALL THE SAME TRAINING AND CLASSES, AND EVERYTHING TO BE CERTIFIED, QUALIFIED, AND CALLED OUT. WE DON'T JUST GO JUMP IN THERE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WANT TO. WE GET CALLED OUT BY AGENCIES AS A HELPING HAND. IF YOU EVER NEED IT, LET US KNOW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE HAVE DO THE -- WE DO HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS NOT HERE, I KNOW HE WOULD WANT TO HAVE HIS SIGNATURE ON THERE, WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AS SOON AS HE RECUPERATES A LITTLE BIT AND IS ABLE TO COME IN AND DO THAT.. THANK YOU ALL. >> HAPPY TO DO A PHOTO, I HATE TO JUST SAY DO A PHOTO [4. In recognition of "National Stop the Bleed Day", May 25, 2023.] RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL STOP THE BLEEDING DAY , MAY 25TH, 2023. >> COMMISSIONERS COURT COMMISSION, IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL STOP THE BLEED DAY, MAY 25TH, 2023 WHERE AS WHEN A PERSON IS LOSING BLOOD EVERY MINUTE COUNTS AND TO STOP THE BLEED CAMPAIGN IS WORKING TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT VITAL MEASURES TO A TRAUMA VICTIM . WHEREAS BECAUSE A TRAUMA VICTIM CAN BLEED TO DEATH WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, BEFORE PROFESSIONAL EMERGENCY CARE ARRIVES. THIS PROGRAM TEACHES CITIZENS BLEEDING CONTROL METHODS DEVELOPED BY THE MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS TO HELP BYSTANDERS OFFER SWIFT ASSISTANCE AT THE SCENE OF A MASS CASUALTY OR OTHER INCIDENTS, WHERE AS BLEEDING CONTROL.ORG , AN INITIATIVE OF THE AMERICAN [00:30:05] COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND THE HARTFORD CONSENSUS ALONG WITH PRIVATE PARTNERS CAN PREPARE CITIZENS IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE WITNESSES TO ONE OF THESE UNSPEAKABLE EVENTS. WERE AS THE ADVISORY COUNCIL IS PARTNERED WITH BLEEDING CONTROL.ORG TO TEACH THE STOP THE BLEED TRADING TO CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES STOP THE BLEED DAY ON MAY 25TH, 2023 AND ENCOURAGES CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO GET TRAINED , BE READY, AND BE EMPOWERED TO SAVE LIVES AND SITUATIONS WHEN TIME IS OF THE ABSOLUTE ESSENCE . DULY ADOPTED BY VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THIS 24TH DAY OF MAY, 2023. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES AND THIS IS -- I KNOW WITH OUR NEW CPR TRAINING THAT THEY ARE TRAINING FOR THAT DOWNSTAIRS. YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU NEED IT, BUT IT IS A GREAT TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. >> SORRY, KAREN BEARD , I'M ON THE BOARD WITH THE COASTAL REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE BRING THIS PROGRAM TO THE REGION , THE FIRST RESPONDER CANNOT ENTER A BUILDING UNTIL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY IT'S SAFE , THIS ALLOWS REGULAR, NONMEDICAL PEOPLE TO HELP LITERALLY SAVE A LIFE, THIS IS A WONDERFUL TRAINING. WE HAVE A DOCTOR HERE THAT ALSO SPEAKS TO IT. >> I'M NOT GOING TO REITERATE EVERYTHING. I'M FROM NEW YORK , CAME HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO REBUILD THE SHORELINE. LIKE JONATHAN, I WAS A PATIENT BEFORE WAS A SURGEON. A THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST TRAUMA CENTER, WE HAVE TWO IN TOWN, YOU COULD HAVE THE FASTEST SURGEONS UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DO BLEED OUT IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. MILITARY THINK WE PARTNERED SINCE 2012, BLEEDING CONTROL SAVES LIVES. THE PROBLEM IS IF NOBODY IS THERE TO DELIVER THAT CARE, THE PATIENT STILL DIES, WE KNOW IT IS IN SHOOTINGS AS CLOSE TO 90 MILES AWAY, THE COURT RECOGNIZES THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT MATCHES FROM A PROFESSION BUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. THE CITIZENS HERE HAVE A BIGGER PART IN THE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY THAN THEY KNOW, MORE PUBLICITY TO DO MORE , I THINK THE BETTER WE ARE AS A WHOLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. AT OUR RECENT HURRICANE CONFERENCE. THEY HAD THE STOP THE BLEED OF TRAINING. I GOT THE CERTIFICATE, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE GIVING EVERYDAY CITIZENS SUCH AS MYSELF IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN ANYWHERE. >> JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, NUECES COUNTY HAS MORE COURSES THAN THE MAJORITY OF COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. >> WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION ALSO OR YOU PICK WITH THE OTHER ONE, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS NOT HERE, HE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU BOTH DO AND FOR THE TRAINING YOU PROVIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE HELP THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE IN THE FUTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO? WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION WE CAN HOLD UP, WE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU LATER. >> IT IS OKAY TO SAY NO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. IT'S A KIND OF PRESSURE. [00:35:23] GO. [5. In recognition of "Disabled American Veterans Memorial Day", May 29, 2023.] DISABLED -- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY , MAY 29TH, 2023. COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION OF DISABLED -- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY . WHEREAS ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO GAVE LIFE AND LIMB IN THE WORLD WARS KOREA, VIETNAM, THE PERSIAN GULF AND MANY MILITARY CONFLICTS THAT ENGAGED OUR DROOPS -- TROOPS . WHERE AS WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO DEFENDED THIS GREAT LAND OF OURS, THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE HORROR OF WAR, THOSE WHO CAME BACK SICK AND INJURED, THOSE WHO TOOK HER LAST BREATH IN BATTLE. WHEREAS OUR DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN SURELY GAVE UP THE EASE AND SECURITY OF CIVILIAN LIFE LEAVING FARM AND FACTORY, HOME AND CLASSROOM TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES ITEMS WE ENJOY EVERY DAY. WHEREAS ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, WE REMEMBER AND HONOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS. WE RECOGNIZE THOSE GIVING THEM AN INJURY AS A'S DEVICE OF OUR READ HIM. NOW THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 29TH, 2023 THE COURT HONORS OUR DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS AND URGES ALL CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO OFFER GRATITUDE FOR MANY SACRIFICES OUR VETERANS FOR THE FREEDOM PROVIDED TO EVERY CITIZEN OF NUECES COUNTY. NOW DULY ADOPTED BY VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS ON THIS, THE 24TH DAY OF MAY, 2023. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES AND WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR VETERANS , ESPECIALLY DISABLED VETERANS , AND THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AS THEY -- THE LIFE OF A VIETNAM VETERAN, I AM THANKFUL THAT OURS TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE SERVICE OF OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO TAKE THIS RISK EVERY DAY. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. ON BEHALF OF THE VETERANS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HONOR AND REMEMBER ALL VETERANS WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY. UPON THE PROCLAMATION BECOMING AVAILABLE, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE DISABLED VETERANS RECEIVE IT IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY. THANK YOU. [G. 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.] COMMENT. DO WE HAVE -- FIRST UP IS SUE MORRISON , IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TOO AS WELL. >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS SUE MORRISON, 1833 MICHELIN DRIVE, I ALSO WORK ACROSS IN THE AUDITORS OFFICE. MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN ME IF YOU TIMES BEFORE AND HERE BUT I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF MARCH OF DIMES. I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO AN EVENT TONIGHT , OR THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR LUNCH AT THE PETER PIPER PIZZA ON SARATOGA FROM 11 TO NOT -- NINE. WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER, IF YOU MENTION MARCH OF DIMES, I WILL GET 15% OF THE SALE FOR MARCH OF DIMES, FOR MY FUNDRAISING. MARCH OF DIMES DOES A LOT BOTH FOR PREGNANCY, DURING PREGNANCY, AND HELPING [00:40:05] MOMS AND FAMILIES AFTER BABIES ARE BORN. MY BIG PROMOTION USUALLY IS PREMATURITY . LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE ADVOCATES THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO INVITE EACH OF YOU TO COME JOIN US TONIGHT. I WILL SHOW UP ABOUT 6:00, LIKE I SAID, IT IS HAPPENING FROM 11 UNTIL NINE AND YOU JUST MENTION MARCH OF DIMES AT THE REGISTER WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER. >> THANK YOU, SUE. >> I HAVE FLYERS FOR EVERYBODY IF YOU WANT ONE, YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> THANK YOU. MICHAEL RUCKER . >> IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. >> I LIVE AT 5918 SOUTH OSO PARKWAY . I AM A CITIZEN OF NUECES COUNTY, IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS COURT IS CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FOR PROPOSED BY THE NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE AN UNLIMITED CREDIT CARD FOR COUNTIES TO FINANCE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO WITHOUT APPROVAL, THE ACT WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE COUNTIES SOME FLEXIBILITY TO FINANCE EMERGENCY REPAIRS. YOU GET INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUBLIC FACILITIES BY CALAMITIES SUCH AS A MAJOR STORM. THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED TO FUND THE BUILDING OF A $45 MILLION PROJECT WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL. CEOS ARE FOR ITEMS THAT CANNOT WAIT FOR ELECTION TO SEEK VOTER APPROVAL. A $45 MILLION HOSPITAL PROJECT CAN WAIT FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE ON. $45 MILLION WHEN YOU TACK ON 4.58% INTEREST FOR 40 YEARS, BECOMES OVER $85 MILLION. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE FOR KEEPING DEBT ON THE BACKS OF TAXPAYERS FOR A PROJECT THAT THEY DID NOT GET A VOTE ON. THIS PRACTICE HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PUT FORTH WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CURB YOUR ABILITY TO SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY WITHOUT VOTER INPUT, THAT MEASURE IF PASSED WOULD LIMIT MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND HOSPITAL DISTRICTS MUST USE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SIX THOSE ENTITIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TAXPAYERS BY NOT GIVING THEM A BILL ON PROJECTS. I NOTICED THAT THE NUECES COUNTY HAS LISTED HB 1429 AND SENATE BILL 2490 AS PRIMARY WATCH ITEMS. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THEY OPPOSED THOSE MEASURES. THE BILL MAY NOT GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE DURING THE SESSION, I ASSURE YOU THAT THERE ARE MANY CITIZENS WHO ARE JUST NOW FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS METHOD OF FINANCING PROJECTS, THEY ARE NOT HAPPY. AS OUR ELECTED COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES, YOU SHOULD GOVERN YOURSELVES AND USE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AS THEY WERE INTENDED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU PERK -- VICTORIA HOLLAND? >> MY NAME IS VICTORIA HOLLAND, I LIVE AT 235 OHIO AVENUE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM FIVE, THE ATTORNEY PROPOSAL FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY GONZALEZ DEFENSE. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME TODAY, I WANT TO FIRST COME OUT AND REMIND EVERYONE THAT IN THIS CASE, THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS COURT IS TO THE PEOPLE OF NUECES COUNTY AND NOT TO ANY ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL. I ALSO WANTED TO PUT OUT THE GREAT CONCERN THAT WHILE I DID LOOK AND DID NOT SEE ANY BACKGROUND INCLUDED IN THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL, THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS REQUESTED. THIS MAY BE MOOT IF I AM SAYING SOMETHING AND IT IS ALREADY ADDRESSED WITHIN THE PROPOSAL, FORGIVE ME. MY CONCERN IS SIMPLY THIS. ANNIE LAWYER PUT UP FOR THE DEFENSE OF MARK GONZALEZ DID SO [00:45:01] I ASSUME UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD BE ACTING IN THE CAPACITY OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER . AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER, WE HAVE TO USE PUBLIC FUNDS VERY WISELY AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE NEED TO ALSO NOT FAVOR ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE LITIGATION. THEREFORE, IT IS MY STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT THAT WE LOOK AT THIS PROPOSAL AND MAKE SURE THAT THE HOURLY RATE MATCHES THAT OF COUNTY ATTORNEY JENNY DORSEY IN HER EFFORTS IN PROSECUTION. TO GO OVER THAT RATE OF HER PARTICULAR HOURLY RATE THAT SHE WOULD SPEND ON THIS PROJECT WOULD BE TO UNFAIRLY COMMIT COUNTY FUNDS AND SUPPORT TO ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER, SABOTAGING THE PROSECUTION AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COUNTY TAX PAYER. UNDERSTANDABLY, I ASSUME THAT MATT MANNING IN HIS CAPACITY UNDERSTANDS THAT HE IS ACTING AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER AND HAS NO INTENTION TO DEFRAUD THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY OF FUNDS THAT COULD BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE. WITHOUT SEEING HIS PROPOSAL, I AM NOT SAYING THAT HE IS CHARGING EXORBITANT FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO PUT IT TO YOU, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU KEEP IN MIND THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE TO THE PEOPLE AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID BEFORE, FAIR IS FAIR. ONE SIDE IS NOT SABOTAGED OVER THE OTHER WITH AN INFLUX OF CASH. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? YES SIR . HOW ARE YOU? >> GOOD, HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING TODAY? >> ALREADY YET? DUSTIN CRONIN, 5026 YORKTOWN BOULEVARD. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD MORNING, ACTUALLY. JUDGE SCOTT AND COMMISSIONERS , TODAY I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE AUTISM AWARENESS FOR AUTISTIC INDIVIDUALS . I DO HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING WITH THE BISHOP POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR A PRESENTATION I SHOULD SAY. I ALSO GOT ONE ON JUNE THE 19TH OVER AT THE D.A.S OFFICE IN FRONT OF THE NARCOTICS PEOPLE , THEN I WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE BOARD OF JUDGES ON THE 19TH, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS THAN I HAVE EXPECTED IN THE COUNTY. WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING THIS ADVOCACY ESPECIALLY EVEN WITH MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL, I'M UP TO 41 SUBSCRIBERS AND 1044 VIEWS , 100,000 44 VIEWS . IT WAS KIND OF UNEXPECTED, I WAS HOPING SINCE MEETING -- MAKING MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL IN NOVEMBER, I WAS EXPECTING ABOUT MAYBE 10 SUBSCRIBERS AND NOW I'M UP TO 41. I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE FOR HELPING MAKE THIS EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE MORE WORK TO BE DONE. WE ARE MOVING AND MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU SIR. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU, THEN MOVING ALONG. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM H, BOARD APPOINTMENTS, H1, THE SOUTH TEXAS WATER AUTHORITY . I KNOW THAT THIS LOOKS OLD , SORRY BUT I THINK IT GOT PUSHED ONE TIME, WE [1. South Texas Water Authority] OVERLOOKED IN MEETINGS . WE DID HAVE TWO PEOPLE HAVE LETTERS OF INTENT THAT ARE ALREADY OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE REQUESTED TO CONTINUE THAT CAME UP IN MARCH. WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE NOW. THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT DID SUBMIT THEIR LETTERS, THEY ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT. >> THERE IS NO OTHER APPLICANTS, CORRECT? >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE TWO INDIVIDUALS AND WE HAVE A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WILL BE ABSTAINING. I ALREADY ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY MY DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT. >> YES, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THAN SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. [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.] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, CONSENT AGENDA . ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY COMMISSIONER WISHES TO PULL? >> YES, JUDGE. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM E. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM F AND M . >> JUDGE, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION [00:50:15] TO ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, E, F, AND M. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A [E. Authorize payment of bills - Special Motions List for Lockwood Andrews & Newnam dated May 24, 2023.] SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, COMMISSIONER MOVING TO ITEM E, PAYING BILLS. YOUR -- >> HE STEPPED OUT TO MAKE A PHONE CALL, REGARDING THIS ITEM TO SEE IF THE AMOUNT OF THAT I BELIEVE IS BEING PUT POST WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THAT BILL. >> I BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ WHO HAS BEEN REVIEWING THESE IN DETAIL HAS APPROVED THIS AMOUNT . I THINK IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED. >> GOOD MORNING. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS , RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SOME INVOICES . I THINK THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IS 55,000 TO 74 AND $.15. THERE IS RECOMMENDATION LETTERS FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THESE PATHS, HOWEVER, COMMISSIONER REQUESTED THAT WE ONLY PAY 247,000 . IT IS UP TO THE COURT TO DETERMINE WHO THEY WANT TO PAY AT THIS TIME. >> WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSIONER? >> HE TALKED TO ME AT THIS TIME, EARLIER TODAY SAYING THAT HE JUST WANTED TO PAY 247,000. >> I DID DISCUSS IT AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY WANT TO GET PAID IN FULL. SO, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ HAS APPROVED THESE. >> I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION HE APPROVED THIS AMOUNT BEFORE, NOW YOU ARE SAYING THAT HE'S ONLY APPROVING UP TO 45,000 OF THIS? >> 47,000, SORRY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INVOICES, IT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST TWO INVOICES WILL BE THE ONES THAT WILL STILL BE OUTSTANDING. THE TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE $47,020.52. >> HOW MUCH IS OUTSTANDING? >> ABOUT 6000, 67,000. NO, 67,000 PICK SORRY ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONER. >> 45,000 IS APPROVED, AND 67,000 IS -- >> SIX TO 7000. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT IS OKAY, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO PAY THE UNDISPUTED AMOUNT WHICH TOTALS HOW MUCH? >> IT IS $47,020.52 , I CAN READ OUT THE INVOICES, COMMISSIONER. >> WE PROBABLY NEED THEM. >> YES PLEASE. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT IS WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE, INVOICE 55, ZERO 55 . WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER ONE, WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE , 51 WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE, ZERO 52 ARE . WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE , 53 AND THEN WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE, 54 AND THEN WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER ONE, 58. UNDISPUTED AMOUNTS AS ARTICULATED BY THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ON THE RECORD. >> FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 40 FOOT -- $47,020 AND TWO CENTS DID YOU SAY? >> 47,000 , SECONDED TO WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE, INVOICE 51. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONER. >> MY MOTION TO PASS OR TO PAY THE UNDISPUTED AMOUNTS AS ARTICULATED AND AMENDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR . >> YOU ARE SECONDED YES, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED ? THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. I PULLED ITEM F [F. Authorize payment of bills - Special Motions List for Hagerty Consulting Inc. dated May 24, 2023.] [00:55:03] JUST BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTION SAYS AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF BILLS, SPECIAL MOMENTS FOR HAGGERTY BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY ASKING US TO AUTHORIZE PAYING 72,413 , NOT THE REMAINING 112,000 HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AND STATED IN HERE, WE ARE ONLY AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF 72,000 113 TO HAGGERTY. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, IS THERE ANY OTHER [M. Authorize execution of updated hoopla® Digital Media service agreement with Midwest Tape, LLC, for Nueces County Public Libraries.] DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN, THE MOTION PASSES. ON ITEM M, AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF A DATED HOOPLA DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH MIDWEST TAPE , I KNOW THIS IS CONSENT, IT HAS GONE THROUGH IN THE PAST, I ASKED -- THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AS I WAS OKAY WITH THIS AS LONG AS THERE WAS SOME PARENTAL CONTROLS FOR WHEN YOU'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, I HAD TWO PHONE CALLS YESTERDAY, ONE PERSON INDIVIDUALLY CALLED ME TO TELL ME THERE IS A PARENTAL CONTROL BUT IT IS ON JUST A TOGGLE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE THAT THE CHILDREN CAN TOGGLE OFF JUST AS EASILY, THERE IS NO REAL PARENTAL CONTROL. I WOULD NOT MIND PASSING THIS WITH THE WORDING IN THERE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF PARENTAL -- WHEN YOU'RE A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND YOU HAVE MULTI-USES FROM SMALL AGES TO LARGER AND HAVING GRANDCHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF MY OWN. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME PARENTAL CONTROL FORMAT TO IT . >> HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT THOSE PARENTAL CONTROLS -- >> I DON'T HAVE A CLUE, MAYBE WE NEED TO TABLE IT AND BRING IT BACK UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD. >> JUDGE, GOOD MORNING. IF YOU DO GO ONLINE ON THE APP, IT DOES HAVE PARENTAL CONTROLS AND THE PARENT HAS TO LOG ON, THEY WANT TO HAVE A CHILD, TRY TO LOG IN AND GET A MOVIE OR A BOOK, IT DOES HAVE A SPECIFIC BUTTON THAT THE PARENT PRESSES AND IT WILL GO TO GREEN AND SHOW THEM THAT THE PARENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY ARE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PARENT AND THE CHILD WILL ONLY REVIEW ITEMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF ZERO TO 15 OR 18, WHATEVER THE AGE LIMIT IS. THERE ARE PARENTAL CONTROLS ON THE APP. >> UNDER -- UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, MY QUESTION IS WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IS THAT AS THE PARENT JUST TOUCHES IT AND IT TURNS GREEN, A CHILD COULD TOUCH IT AND IT WILL BE THE SAME WAY, THERE IS NO AGE PUT IN THERE, ANYTHING, THERE IS NO IT SAYS PARENTAL CONTROL, THERE IS NO ACTUAL CONTROL OF IT, THE INDIVIDUAL TOUCHED IT AGAIN AND IT TURNED OFF. >> WE CAN REVIEW IF YOU WANT TO TABLE IT FOR THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE CAN DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO -- >> THIS IS A GREAT TOOL, ABSOLUTELY. I'M NOT OPPOSED, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE WEARY OF WHAT WE ALLOW FOR CHILDREN TO JUST HAVE ACCESS TO, IT'S A PARENTS DECISION, NOT OURS TO OPEN THE WINDOW AND DOOR FOR ANYONE. I PREFER TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. >> DOES THIS IMPACT ANYTHING , FUNDING OR THE SPECIFIC DATES? >> WE HAVE BEEN USING HOOPLA FOR 6 TO 7 YEARS, THEY RESUBMITTED A CLARIFICATION , A NEW RENEWAL CONTRACT THIS YEAR, THEY JUST ADMITTED, WE FOLLOWED THROUGH AND SUBMITTED IT TO LEGAL FOR REVIEW. NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN DONE . WE USE IT EVERY YEAR AND HAVE THE FUNDING TO PAY FOR IT. >> YOU CAN GET THESE CONCERNS ADDRESSED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS? >> WHENEVER THE JUDGE NEEDS TO HAVE CLARIFIED WITH LEGAL, WE CAN FORWARD IT BACK TO THE VENDOR, WE WILL SUBMIT IT BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR APPROVAL. >> IS IS A MOTION TO TABLE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? TO TABLE AND BRING BACK TO THE JUNE 7TH MEETING. >> I'M SORRY, THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED ? THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. MOVING ON [1. Discuss and consider revising the funding source for the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Robstown related to improvements at Diaz Park, as approved on March 8, 2023; Discuss and consider revisions to the Interlocal Agreement; Discuss and consider approval of the use of current funds and revised Interlocal Agreement.] TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM , ITEM THREE A1, DISCUSS AND [01:00:03] CONSIDER REVISING THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROB STONE RELATED TO IMPROVED IT'S AT DIAZ PARK AS APPROVED ON THE MARCH 8TH MEETING, THIS IS YOU, COMMISSIONER JOHN MAREZ. YES. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL WE NEED NOW , IS THAT CORRECT? >> WITH THE CHANGE IN FUNDING SOURCE, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT THE COURT HAS SET. >> CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. WE ARE ABLE TO MEET THAT THANKS TO JENNY AND HER TEAM FOR HELPING POINT THAT OUT. OF COURSE THE CITY OF ROB STONE IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD, I AM JUST EXCITED TO BE PARTNERED WITH THEM. >> YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE CURRENT FUNDS OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . ANY OPPOSED, SAME [2. Discuss and consider the authorization of premiums for a one-year policy term for Property and Casualty Insurance, per Broker of Record.] [3. Discuss and consider the insurance findings for the restaurant space at Bob Hall Pier and related all other matters. ] SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. 382, DISCUSSING THE AUTHORIZATION OF PREMIUMS FOR A ONE-YEAR POLICY TERM FOR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE PER PUBLIC RECORD, >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE WE GET HERE, I SENT YOU THE ANALYSIS ELECTRONICALLY THIS MORNING, I HAVE PAPER COPIES HERE, I WILL BE PASSING THOSE OUT, I HAVE ONE FOR EVERYONE UP HERE. >> YOU HAVE SOME IN THE BACK FOR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE? WE NEED TO HAVE IT IN THE BACK FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS IT AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. THERE IS A FEW HANDOUTS IN HERE, I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS THIS SPREADSHEET THAT DOES SHOW OUR RENEWAL PREMIUMS , JUST AS AN UPDATE TO THE COURT, WE DID MEET ON MAY 1ST WITH THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE , WE GAVE THEM A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE SEE IN THE MARKET OVER THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER THIS YEAR. HOW WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD AFFECT THE RATES FOR THE COUNTY, WE DISCUSSED OPTIONS WE WOULD BE PRESENTING TODAY, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RESENT THOSE OPTIONS. THERE IS A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THE SPREADSHEET, I WILL TRY TO BREAK THIS DOWN AND MAKE IT SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THAT SPREADSHEET, YOU WILL SEE OUR TOTAL INSURED VALUES, TAV FOR THE 2022 TO THE 2023 PERIOD THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS 340 MILLION IN VALUES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DISCUSS IN THE INTEREST COMMITTEE MEETING WAS THE NEED TO RE-EVALUATE OUR BUILDINGS. WE DID ENGAGE A SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE A NEW EVALUATION ON THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY AND THAT CAME OUT TO THE NEW VALUES WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT BELOW OF 387 MILLION IT WAS ABOUT A 12 1/2 PERCENT INCREASE ON EVALUATIONS FOR REPLACEMENT COST ON THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY. WHEN WE DROP DOWN TO THE BULK IN THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES OF THIS ISSUE, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE DID DISCUSS BRINGING TO THE COURT FOR CONSIDERATION ON PROPERTY INSURANCE, JUST FOR REFERENCE, LAST YEAR, THE COUNTY PURCHASED $100 MILLION WORTH OF NAMED COVERAGE. WE PROVIDED AN OPTION THIS YEAR FOR 50 MILLION DOLLAR LOSS LIMIT, AND 100 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY PURCHASE LAST YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREMIUMS ASSOCIATED, IF YOU WOULD BUY THE 100 MILLION WE BOUGHT LAST YEAR, IT WOULD BE ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE TO THE COUNTIES, WE ARE NOT , IT'S PROBABLY NOT AN OPTION WE CONSIDER TODAY THAT ON THE TABLE, I WILL TELL YOU WHY WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AS WELL. THE $75 MILLION OPTION IS 1.3 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE TO THE COUNTY, WE WILL NOT FOCUS ON THAT. OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON THE $50 MILLION OPTION OF COVERAGE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOSS LIMITS, WE DID BRIEFLY DISCUSS THIS LAST YEAR , WE WASTED 175 MILLION, THE IDEA BEHIND THE LOSS LIMIT IN THE EVENT OF A HURRICANE ACTIVITY, THE ODDS THAT WE HAVE A HURRICANE COMES THROUGH OVER $390 MILLION OF COUNTY PROPERTY IS SLIM TO NONE, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE MAY HAVE EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TOTAL DISASTER WITH ALL 390 PEOPLE WIPED OFF THE COUNTY AND WE HAVE TO REBUILD. >> WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE CALLED ITEM THREE ALSO SINCE IT'S KINDA RELATED TO THIS WITH THE INSURANCE WE WILL TALK ABOUT, SO WE DON'T MESS UP AND INTERMINGLE, BUT IT OKAY TO HAVE TWO AND THREE CALLED AT THE SAME TIME? I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THAT RELATE TO THIS BUT THE OVERALL PICTURE -- IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. [01:05:03] >> THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE INSURED DISCUSSING INSURANCE FINDINGS FOR THE RESTAURANT BASE. >> PERFECT. AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE LOSS LIMITS, THE GENERAL OBSERVATION WE LOOK AT AS WE TYPICALLY HISTORICALLY HAVE BOUGHT BETWEEN 25 AND 40% OF WHAT THE TOTAL INSURED BY WOULD BE. BASED ON THE GLOBAL LOSSES AND WE SEE, THAT SKILL HAS SLID DOWN, WE ARE SEEING LARGE COMMERCIAL CLIENTS BUYING LOWER THAN THE 25% , JUST FOR REFERENCE, IN OUR AREA, THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALL BOUGHT WITHIN THE SEVEN TO 18% RANGE THIS YEAR. THE OTHER TOOL WE USE ARE WHAT WE REFER TO AS CATASTROPHIC RISK MODELS, THESE ARE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT WE USE, THE INPUT ALL YOUR CONSTRUCTION DATA , BUILDING DATA, THE VALUES AND LOCATIONS, THAT SYSTEM RUNS A MODEL OF WHAT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WOULD HAVE AT THE STANDPOINT OF THE COUNTY PROPERTY, THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT ONES, THERE IS ONE CALLED RMS AND THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED AIR, THOSE MODELS GENERALLY, BUT LOOK AT 250 YEAR EVENTS, THE 250 YEAR EVENT ON THE AAR MODEL SAYS THE COUNTY WAS SUSTAINED $19 MILLION OF DAMAGE AND IT SAYS HE WAS SUSTAINED $33 MILLION OF DAMAGE. THE RMS IS A LITTLE HIGHER, WE DID SUSTAIN ABOUT 35 MILLION, THERE WOULD BE 55 MILLION. I THINK IF WE BLINDED THOSE TWO MODELS TOGETHER, WHAT WE WOULD FIND IS THAT WE ARE IN THE RANGE OF THE 50 MILLION LOSS LIMIT THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING THIS YEAR, AND ONLY FROM A COST-EFFECTIVE STANDPOINT BUT ALSO DUE TO THE MODELING AND REPORTS THAT WE HAVE, WE FEEL THAT WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THE 50 MILLION RATHER THAN GOING OUT AND SPENDING ANOTHER MILLION VERSUS THE HUNDRED MILLION LAST YEAR. >> THIS IS NOT INCLUSIVE IN ANY INSURANCE ON -- ANY OF OUR PEER STRUCTURES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, IS -- RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SOME , WE STILL HAVE SOME INSURANCE ON THE MCGEE STUFF . I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TAGLINE IS OUT THERE, WE STILL HAVE INSURANCE OUT THERE AT LEAST. >> YES SIR, I BELIEVE -- ALSO IS A COPY OF YOUR SCHEDULE WITH THE PROPERTIES AND VALUES LISTED. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF, WE HAVE THE VALLEY PARK OFFICE, THE NEW BATHHOUSES. WE HAVE THE KING PAVILION, STORRS, BOARDWALK ET CETERA. WHEN WE JUMP OVER TO MCGEE, THAT IS ON THE NEXT PAGE. >> I THINK I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU TOO, ONCE THAT RENOVATION IS DONE, WE ARE WAY UNDER INSURED, WHEN THAT IS DONE, WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND. >> ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, WE WILL ENDORSE THE POLICY TO REFLECT THE PROPER COST. >> OKAY, THAT'S GOT FOUR OR 500,000? >> I BELIEVE IT WAS BRISCOE KING PAVILION ON HERE FOR 449,000. >> OKAY, AGAIN, REPORT THAT AS WE LOOK FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS, ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE ADDING TO -- I GET THE COASTAL STUFF IS MORE EXPENSIVE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, LIKE HILL TOP. WE'RE GOING TO FIX TO DO A HUGE INCREASE IN VALUE ON THAT PROJECT ALSO, WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE SOME INCREASES THERE ALSO. >> BACK TO THE SPREADSHEET WITH THE PRICING AND THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT CONSIDERING THIS YEAR, THE $50 MILLION OPTION IS WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS UNLESS SOMEBODY SAYS DIFFERENTLY , WE FOCUS ON SOME HIGHER LOSS LIMITS, THAT'S WHERE THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE. THE AOP WHICH IS OUR PARALLEL DEDUCTIBLE REMAINING WITH $25,000, FLOODING, EARTHQUAKES, FIRE, LIGHTNING, THEFT WILL BE $35,000. THEY DID MOVE FROM 2% LAST YEAR UP TO 3% THIS YEAR. VERY COMMON IN WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE MARKET GOING UP RIGHT NOW, STILL A MANAGEABLE DEDUCTIBLE. EXCEPT THEY ARE APPLYING A 10% DEDUCTIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE ON THE BARRIER ISLAND, THOSE PROPERTIES WE MENTIONED WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE DEDUCTIBLE ON THOSE PROPERTIES. IN THE EVENT OF A HURRICANE, OR A TROPICAL STORM, OUR DEDUCTIBLE WOULD BE 10% OF THE VALUE OF THE BUILDING AT THOSE LOCATIONS, SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE REVERSE [01:10:03] 3% WHICH IS THE REST OF THE COUNTY, IF SOMEONE HAPPENS IN ROBSTOWN, IT IS 3% FOR THAT LOCATION, ANYTHING ON THE BARRIER WILL BE 10%, IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE WAY THE MARKET HAS CHANGED. THE UNDERWRITERS RISKS AND THEORY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS AGO. THEY DO NOT WANT TO SIT ON THE BEACH ANYMORE. THE CARE THAT WE ARE WITH RIGHT NOW, THE PRIMARY CARE IS ACTUALLY CAME TO US AT THE RENEWAL AND SAID WE WILL SEND YOU RENEWAL, BUT WE WILL EXCLUDE EVERYTHING. THAT DID NOT WORK. >> EVERYTHING? EVEN OVER LAND. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE GOING WITH. WE RENEGOTIATED, I SAID THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, WE WILL REPLACE YOU AND PULL YOU OUT. THEY ARE WILLING TO DO IT WE WENT BACK TO HIM AND TOLD HIM, HE SAID OKAY FINE. WE WILL DO IT BUT WE NEED A 10% DEDUCTIBLE. THE OTHER CARE THAT WOULD HAVE DONE THAT FOR US, THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT AT THE 3% DEDUCTIBLE BUT THEIR PRICING WAS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE CARE THAT WE WILL DO NOW IN THE 10%. WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION IF YOU DID WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, BUT AGAIN KNOWING THE PREMIUMS ALREADY GOING UP 36%, I FELT IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO TAKE THE LOWER PREMIUM AT THIS POINT. THE DEDUCTIBLE ON THE THINGS THAT ARE COVERED. I.V. MCGEE AND BOB HALL, ANY PERTAINING THERE. YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS A 10% DEDUCTIBLE, THE POTTERY VALLEY BUILDING . EVEN THOUGH THAT IS ON LAND . THAT IS EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SAY, HILL TOP . I KEEP SAYING THAT WRONG BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE THREE, IT'S GOING TO BE 10 FOR THE ONES THAT ARE COVERED. AT THIS POINT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THERE IS NO COVERAGE FOR THE STUFF OVER THE WATER . NOT NO COVERAGE, YOU TOLD ME LAST NIGHT I HEARD ON THE NEWS $850,000 A YEAR. >> I WILL JUMP INTO THAT. >> I'M NOT TRYING -- OBVIOUSLY I'M ASKING QUESTION ABOUT THE WHOLE THING BUT HOW IT PERTAINS TO MY PRECINCT. >> THAT IS -- PREDOMINANTLY , I KNOW. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IF YOU LIVE ON THE ISLAND. WE HAVE PROPERTY ON THE ISLAND AND PROPERTY IN THE NORTHWEST, THERE'S NO COMPARISON INSURANCE. >> DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY ON THAT ISLAND. WE ALSO GENERATE MORE RISK. >> WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, OPTION THREE WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY COVERAGE FOR THE NEW FACILITIES OR THE RESTAURANTS, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE . I DO HAVE AN OPTION THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND A SECOND. >> I JUST WANT TO MIX AND MATCH AND NOT START WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS. >> ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROPERTY INSURANCE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? >> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THIS 50 MILLION OPTION IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ON THE PROPERTY OPTION THREE. RIGHT, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT IS A DECREASE. >> AN INCREASE OF $600,000. >> IT'S AN INCREASE TO THE COUNTY. THAT ALONE , THAT IS I'M SORRY, YOU TALK SOMETIMES FAST, I HAVE TO CATCH UP. TELL ME AGAIN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE MILLION. WE REDUCE OUR COVERAGE BY $50 MILLION AND INCREASE -- IT'S FUNNY. I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE IT IS STAGGERING. WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE OUR INSURANCE JUST ON THINGS THAT ARE INSURABLE. READILY INSURABLE, AND WE ARE INCREASING THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR THOSE THINGS ON THE COAST BY 10%. FROM THREE TO 10. >> YES SIR, THAT IS CORRECT. I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT IS, THIS IS NOT ISOLATED IN NUECES COUNTY BY ANY MEANS. BROWNSVILLE ISD, THEY HAVE A 1.3 BILLION IN TOTAL INSURED VALUE, YOU HAVE 390 MILLION SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER AND THEY BOUGHT $50 MILLION. THAT IS ALL THEY COULD AFFORD. YES, IT SEEMS DRASTIC SAYING THAT WE WANT 100 LAST YEAR, NOW WE WILL ONLY BUY 50, THAT'S HALF. AT THE SAME TIME, IT STILL FITS THE MODELS, THAT 50 MILLION , THEY ARE NOT BUYING ENOUGH COVERAGE. AGAIN, IT IS ALL WHAT IS IN BUDGET . THE CITY DID THE SAME THING, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE SAME THING. EVERYBODY'S PREMIUMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER RATE -WISE HAVE GONE UP 25 TO 95% . >> WHEN YOU'RE TALKING CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SEE CIC? OKAY. WE ARE KIND OF ON PAR, BUT EVENTUALLY THIS TREND IS GOING TO -- WE COULD GET INTO SOME [01:15:06] SERIOUS TROUBLE JUST -- THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF, FOR INSTANCE, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS 850 MILLION IN VALUES, THEY LOST 15 MILLION OF COVERAGE. THEY HAVE 390. CSST , I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT THAT IS ONE $.8 MILLION SCHEDULE. I THINK THEY PURCHASED 100 MILLION OF COVERAGE. THEY HAD 200 OR 400 MILLION THE YEAR BEFORE. THE MARKET IS A DISASTER. IF YOU CAN'T ALREADY FIGURE THAT OUT BY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT IS A COMPLETE DISASTER, I WILL SAY AGAIN, WE ARE GETTING LESS COVERAGE ON PREMIUMS GOING UP, OVERALL RATE INCREASES ABOUT 19 1/2%. PART OF THAT TOTAL COST INCREASES 34%, TO 1/2% OF THAT WAS PEOPLE BUYING MORE INSURANCE AND THE FACT WE RAISE THE VALUES OF ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES JUST TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED TO BE IN FOR THE REPLACEMENT COST DUE TO THE INFLATIONARY COST OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND LABOR THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. >> THIS IS NOT YOU, CARLISLE, THIS IS GLOBAL. >> THERE'S ANOTHER PAGE THAT HAS ALL THESE COLORED BOXES. THAT'S HOW WE BUILD OUT YOUR PLACEMENT FOR THAT 15 MILLION. IF YOU SEE I THINK THERE IS 13 OR 14 DIFFERENT INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAST YEAR WE HAD 17 BY 100 . IF YOU LOOK AT THE 100 MILLION OPTION THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO -- WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOT ONLY THE REDUCTION OF CAPACITY, THE REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF CARRIERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW, THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY STAYING IN THE MARKET ARE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF INSURANCE THAT THEY WILL GIVE US, THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN US 10% LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR THEY ARE COMING IN AND SAYING -- 10%, WE GIVE YOU 5%, THAT CREATES A VOID, WE HAVE TO FIND NEW CAPACITY TO BUILD THAT OUT, THAT BECOMES EXPENSIVE VERY QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK -- QUESTIONS. >> SORRY? I WANT TO KIND OF FOCUS MORE ON THE PEER QUESTION, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THAT TIES IN, I'M NOT GOING TO GET US TOO FAR OFF FROM THE SUBJECT, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISINTERPRET WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, THIS IS HAPPENING FOR ALL INSURANCE. WE, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT THAT. I THINK YOU INDICATED THAT THERE ARE -- WE CANNOT ENSURE, OR WE CAN UP TO AN EXTENT THAT REMIND ME. >> IN REFERENCE UP HERE, THE CONCESSIONS RESTAURANT BUILDINGS, WE HAVE APPROACHED NUMEROUS MARKETS GLOBALLY, THE VOICE OF LONDON, WE'VE GONE TO ARMORY MARKETS AT CORPUS CHRISTI. TO SEE WHO'S WILLING TO DISAPPEAR, WE LOOK AT WHAT THIS $250 MILLION OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THOSE ARE SENT ON THE BEACH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, THAT HAS THE WAVE INSURGENT ACTIVITY WE ARE ALL USED TO, IT CREATES A VERY BIG CHALLENGE. TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT FOUND A MARKET THAT IS WILLING TO INCLUDE IT ON OUR REGULAR PROPERTY INSURANCE POLICY SUCH AS THIS ONE OR GO RIGHT AS A SEPARATE POLICY. WHAT WE DO HAVE IN HAND IS WHAT WE CALL A PARAMETRIC INSURANCE OPTION, PARAMETRIC POLICIES IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU BUY INSURANCE, THE THEORY BEHIND A PARAMETRIC POLICY IS IT IS DICTATED AND WE STRUCTURE THE POLICY ON PREDETERMINED PARAMETRIC'S , WIND SPEEDS, SURGE ISSUES, IN THE INSTANCE THAT I GAVE , IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE WRITING THE POLICY ON A PARAMETRIC BASIS , WE STRUGGLE TO TRIGGER COVERAGE PAYOUTS AT CERTAIN WIND SPEEDS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART. ANYTHING FROM ZERO TO 70 MILES AN HOUR, THERE'S A 0% PAYOUT AFTER 75 MILES AN HOUR, 400,000 . AS WE GET DOWN TO THE HUNDRED 20 MILES AN HOUR, IT PAYS 100% OF WHATEVER LIMIT WE BUY. THE PREMIUM. A $5 MILLION LIMIT, OR A $10 MILLION LIMIT, I DID OVERESTIMATE A LITTLE BIT ON THOSE. THEY WOULD PAY OUT SOONER ON THE WIND BEADS RATHER THAN LATER, I THINK THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION TO BE HAD. WE HAD THE BUILD AND HOW IT IS GOING TO. WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FACILITY. I CAN SEND A LETTER, 180,000 WE BUY THE [01:20:07] CADILLAC PLAN IT PAYS QUICKLY 10 MILLION BUCKS, THAT WOULD BE 800 OR HE HUNDRED AND $50,000. >> GO BACK, GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND. TIM CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, ON THE PEER , THE PREVIOUS PEER THAT WAS DESTROYED , THAT WAS NOT INSURED? WAS IT EVER INSURED? >> THAT WAS NOT INSURED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TIMOTHY. THE CONCESSIONS SPACE IS ON TOP. >> THAT IS CORRECT, THE PEER ITSELF WAS NOT, BUT THE CONCESSION STAND WAS INSURED DURING THE HURRICANE. >> FOR HOW MUCH? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? >> OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK I HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, I WANT TO SAY THE TOTAL VALUE WAS RIGHT AROUND $400,000 . ABOUT 450, WE CAN LOOK ON THE HISTORICAL SUVS . HOW MUCH WAS IT INSURED FOR . IN THE EVENT OF A TOTAL LOSS. >> THAT WAS ONLY PART OF THAT BUILDING BECAUSE WE ADDED THAT EXTRA PART OF THE BUILDING. I THINK YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND SEE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK, WAS THAT BUILDING INSURED BY THE COUNTY? THAT PART THAT WAS INSURED. >> IT WAS INSURED BY THE COUNTY. THAT'S THE CONCESSION. >> YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK. >> ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE TODAY? I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER GONZALES LOOKING AT THIS IS I DON'T KNOW, WE WILL HAVE A FULL-COURT . I'M JUST ASKING. IF NOT, YOU CAN GET THAT TO US IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. >> THE REASON THAT WE GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY WE BUY INSURANCE ON IT, WE GO BACK FOUR, FIVE, THREE YEARS . WHATEVER PERIOD YOU WANT TO PICK, THOSE STRUCTURES, THAT SHOULD BE SANDED. THE WATERS DID NOT COME UNDER THE STRUCTURE VERY OFTEN. DUE TO THE BEACH AND I GUESS, THAT IS SITTING OUT IN THE WATER NOW. THAT BUILDING, UNDERWRITERS IN THIS MARKET ARE HONING IN ON THIS TYPE OF THING WHEREAS FIVE, SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN THE MARKET WAS SOFT, THEY WERE NOT LOOKING AT THESE TYPES OF THINGS. THEY SAW THESE TWO BUILDINGS AND SAW THE ADDRESS, THAT WAS ON PADRE VALLEY PARK BUT EVEN KNOWING IT WAS SITTING ON THE PIER EXTENDED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. NOW THEY ARE LOOKING OVER EVERYTHING WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB. >> I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS PARAMETRIC THING AGAIN. WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS IF THE PAD IS BETWEEN ZERO AND 70 MPH, THAT WILL BE MORE THAN A CADILLAC. THE 120 DOES NOT, KNOCK ON WOOD WE DON'T GET TO 120 AS EASILY. YOU'RE SAYING THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT TO WHERE IF YOU SAY ZERO TO 150 MILES AN HOUR LET'S SAY BECAUSE THAT'S A CAT FIVE , 150 I THINK -- THAT'S IN THE CAT5 RANGE, LET'S SAY 150 . IF YOU INSURE FROM ZERO TO 70, IT IS LESS PREMIUM YOU SHOULD GO TO 150, BUT IT IS BASED ON THE TRIGGER. >> IT WILL COST MORE MONEY OF THE POLICY TRIGGERS AT A LOWER WIND SPEED. WIND BLOWS ON A CONSTANT BASIS 35 MILES AN HOUR, THERE'S NO QUESTION TO ASK IF THAT DENOMINATOR HITS THAT SPEED AND YOU GO OVER THE LINE THAT THE PAYOUT IS 450,000. WHETHER YOU SUSTAIN DAMAGE OR NOT, THAT POLICY WILL TRIGGER THE PAYOUT. WE CANNOT FIND ANYBODY, IT STARTED AT 70 MILE AN HOUR WIND AND GOES UP TO 150 MILE AN HOUR, WHATEVER WE PICK . THE WAY THAT ITS PRICE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE WANT TO PAY AT THE LOWER SPEEDS, VERSUS HIGHER SPEEDS WILL COST MORE. THE ODDS OF US HITTING A 70 MILE AN IF WE WANT REDUCE THE COST, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MUCH PAYOUT AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. >> 70 OR LESS. >> IT WOULD TRICKLE OUT AS WE GOT TO THOSE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS, THEY ARE LESS FOR PAYOUTS OF THE PREMIUMS. >> DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE CURRENTLY THAT'S EVEN WILLING TO DO THIS PARAMETRIC THING ? [01:25:02] >> YES. >> LET ME JUST SAY, I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT BECAUSE I HAVE BUGGED THE HECK OUT OF YOU. PLEASE FIND ME INSURANCE SO I HAVE OPTION SO WE CAN POTENTIALLY BUILD THIS THING. I KNOW YOU'VE TURNED OVER EVERY STONE, TALK TO EVERYONE. 10 TIMES MORE BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ANYTHING ABOUT PARAMETRIC. I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT, I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR REASON. WHEN THE COUNTIES WISH TO AN INSURANCE CONSULTANT, WE PAID CARLISLE A FEED TO GET US OUR BEST DEAL. THEY ARE NOT GETTING COMMISSIONS OFF WHAT WE SELL, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE MADE AS A COURT, A VERY PRUDENT'S DECISION TO NOT PLAY COMMISSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO BRING THE STUFF, THERE COULD BE , NOT SAYING THERE WAS BUT THAT COULD BE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SELLING MORE. WHEREAS WE PAY YOU A FEE, AND YOU COME UP WITH THE BEST DEAL AND YOU DON'T GET COMMISSION'S OFFICE. THAT IS IMPORTANT. ON THIS PARAMETRIC STUFF, THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST GIVING THE COURT AN OPTION TO CONTEMPLATE . TO ME, IT MAY BE WE NEED TO HAVE THESE NUMBERS AND DIGEST. IT WILL BE A HECK OF A CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE VOTE ON ANYTHING THAT HAS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES OTHER THAN I KNOW WE HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE RIGHT. TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU FOUND IN THIS PARAMETRIC AND THE SPECIFIC TRIGGERS, SO THE COURT CAN GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO WITH IT. >> IT'S HARD TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IT'S VERY CUSTOMIZABLE. BETWEEN 285 A.D. HUNDRED AND 50, I THREW IN $150,000 DEPENDING ON HOW WE STRUCTURE THE POLICY. IT GOES BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION, DO WE WANT $5 MILLION OR 10 MILLION? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT, IF YOU TELL ME YOU WANT 5 MILLION, BASED ON THE 5 MILLION IF WE PICK THE POLICY. IF WE WANTED THE 10 MILLION, THE TRIGGERS AT LOWER WIND SPEEDS. NOW IT'S UP THERE WITH THE $800,000 PREMIUM. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT NUMBER, ON THE CONCESSION SIDE , WE HAVE THE SPACE THAT WAS A RESTAURANT. WE HAVE GOT THE PIER DESIGN THAT HAS A CONCESSION STAND IN IT, IT IS FOR BAIT. I GUESS THAT ALSO WOULD BE IN THE SAME PROXIMITY, WE WANT COVERAGE THERE. IT'S PART OF THE PIER. >> A THING ABOUT THE PARAMETRIC IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO A CERTAIN PROPERTY. WE ARE SAYING HEY, HERE'S THE LOCATION, THE GPS LOCATION OF WHERE WE WANT OUR WIND SPEED TO TRIGGER. LET'S SAY WE HAVE THE WIND COMING THROUGH, NO DAMAGE TO THE PIER. THE KING PAVILION IS BLOWN OVER, NOW WE NEED MONEY ON THAT BECAUSE WE BUY INSURANCE. THE POLICY PAYS OUT THE $500 MILLION BECAUSE WE HAD THE TRIGGER, WE CANNOT TAKE THAT 500 MILLION, WHEREVER WE NEED TO USE IT. IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THE STRUCTURE. >> DOES IT INCLUDE THE PIER? >> YES SIR. IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THE RESTAURANT OR CONCESSION. ALL WE ARE SAYING THIS THERE IS A LIMIT THAT TRIGGERS THESE WIND SPEEDS AT THAT GENERAL LOCATION. THE WIND HITS 100 MILES PER HOUR IN THAT VICINITY, WHEREVER THE MANOMETER IS. IT'S GOING TO PAY THE PENALTY -- COUNTY. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COMING DOWN SAY -- >> CAN WE SWITCH TO PARAMETRIC ON EVERYTHING? >> WE ARE SAYING WE DID NOT SEE MUCH WHEN DAMAGE, AND HOW THAT WILL GO. IT'S TRIGGERED AND PLAYS OUT. IT HITS WHATEVER NUMBER IT HITS, THEY WRITE THE CHECK AND SEND IT TO 2 TO 3 WEEKS, 12 TO 14 MONTHS OF PEOPLE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS DAMAGE AND HOW WE GET PAID. >> THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING -- >> IT CAN BE USED FOR LOSS OF REVENUE. CLEANUP OF THE BEACHES AND FACILITIES IN THE STORM, IT IS A VERY BROAD COVERAGE. >> THE COUNTIES NOT BEING USED HOW TO USE THE MONEY. >> AS LONG THE WIND SPEED [01:30:01] HITS. >> YOU CANNOT BUY A NEW VEHICLE, IF WE CAN JUST JUSTIFY WE NEED THIS MONEY AND $5 MILLION FOR BEACH CLEANUP TO THE BOARDWALK , DAMAGE TO THE. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. >> I'M GLAD , I'M REALLY GLAD WE DELAYED THIS BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION THREE WEEKS AGO. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I CONTINUE TO BUG YOU, I KNOW YOU WOULD'VE FOUND IT ANYWAY. I'M THE FIRST TO TELL YOU WANT TO BUILD THE SPACE, I UNDERSTAND BUT THE COURT IN A POSITION TO HAVE NO INSURANCE ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS A DIFFICULT POSITION TO BE IN . THE FACT THIS PARAMETRIC MIGHT PROVIDE OR WOULD PROVIDE INSURANCE NOT ONLY THESE BUILDINGS. I.E. IF THE COURT -- WE CAN FUND THAT. OKAY, SEE HOW LITTLE TIME SOME TIMES WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO DO THINGS RIGHT. I CAME IN HERE DISCOURAGED . >> IF YOUR MEMBER AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY, WE TOOK A REALLY BIG HEAD, WE SPENT OVER $3 MILLION IS RECOVERING AN RV PARK BECAUSE WE ARE SELF-INSURED WITH THIS COVERED. WE SELF-INSURE SO MUCH THAT OUR RV PARK AT SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND PEDESTALS , WE CAN. THAT IS IN OPERATION, YOU CANNOT MOVE ANY BLACK OR GRAY WATER. WE THROW THAT IN THERE, WHAT WOULD BE PRUDENT ON THREE WOULD BE COMMISSIONER IS RIGHT. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS NOT HERE, THIS IS REALLY ENCOURAGING. WE NEED TO SEE SOME -- IT'S STILL COSTLY AS HECK. WE HAVE 610. I KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE IT FOR THE 600 AND THOUSAND WE HAVE GOT THE $610 INCREASE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY . I GET THIS IS MORE, I WOULD LIKE THAT WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND PUT THIS INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS . >> WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR INSURANCE RENEWAL? >> WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE ENTRANCE WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE PIER TODAY. I THINK THERE IS A VALUE IN IF POSSIBLE, AND I MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ON THE PIER TODAY IF YOU CAN FORMALIZE THESE PARAMETRIC'S AND DRILL DOWN TO WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD WANT TO SEE, THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE COURT AND SAY OKAY, HERE'S OUR PLAN. HERE'S HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO NOT ONLY FUND MAY BE LOSSES TO THAT FACILITY, ALSO MAYBE SUBSIDIZE AROUND THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE A 3% DEDUCTIBLE EVERYWHERE ELSE. THIS CAN ALSO SUBSIDIZE THAT DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTIES PROPERTIES, 300,000 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM JUST TO THAT PROJECT, THAT POLICY IS GOING TO BENEFIT THE REST OF THE COUNTY'S INSURANCE. >> I WAS GOING TO BRING IN THE -- PIER METRICS ACTUALLY DON'T REPLACE YOUR INSURANCE PROGRAM , THEY ENRICH IT. IT ALLOWS YOU -- KIND OF LIKE AFLAC . THAT'S WHAT I GOT UP HERE, THEY ARE RELATIVELY NEW IN THE MARKET. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT PURCHASED THEM BECAUSE WE DO SO MUCH PROPERTY. WE ARE PROPOSING THEM, THE REASON WHY GOT APPEAR IS IF YOU BUY PARAMETRIC, THAT IS WHEN YOU ALSO LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN RELATION TO DEDUCTIBLE . SAVING MONEY, DO YOU UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU ARE BUYING ANOTHER POLICY THAT CAN HELP YOU SUBSIDIZE THAT . >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE THAT ANALYSIS TO INCLUDE IN OUR BUDGET. FOR THE OTHER, BECAUSE IT IS AN ENRICHMENT IN OTHER WORDS. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT COVERING AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS NEW TO ME, I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT TOO. THIS COULD END UP SAVING US MONEY, I KNOW IT COULD COST US MONEY NOW. IF WE DO THIS RIGHT, AND WE DO IT AND WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THIS COULD HELP US WITH FUNDING DEDUCTIBLES DEPENDING ON THE WIND SPEED. I GET IT. NO ADJUSTER, DEPENDING ON WIND SPEED THAT THIS COULD HELP US [01:35:05] IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. NOT JUST ON THE COAST, CERTAINLY MORE ON THE COAST BECAUSE OF THE 10% DEDUCTIBLE AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGHER RISK STUFF. IF THERE'S A HURRICANE THAT KNOCKS DOWN SOMETHING IN HILL TOP OR ROBSTOWN, AS LONG AS THE WIND SPEED TRIGGERS IT. THIS COULD HELP IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE COVERED, WE ARE GOING WAY DOWN ON COVERAGE, WE ARE GOING ON 100 MILLION AS ACCOUNTING, WE ARE REDUCING OUR COVERAGE IS A LOT. THAT IS SCARY, I GET IT BECAUSE IT 610,000 MORE FOR $50 MILLION IS COVERAGE . THIS OTHER POLICY MIGHT BE MORE, OR WILL BE MORE BUT IT COULD NOT END UP SUPPLEMENTING . I DEFINITELY WANT SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THE PARAMETRIC. NOT TO DELAY NUMBER TWO, BUT TO COME BACK TO NUMBER THREE. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, I CAME IN SUPER NOT ENCOURAGED, I'M LEAVING SORT OF ENCOURAGE . I GET IT, ANYWAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. >> IS THIS THE WIND SPEED FROM THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE? >> IT DOES NOT MATTER. IT HAS TO HIT THAT AREA FOR IT TO HAPPEN. >> AGAIN, THIS IS MY MAY NEED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF STRUCTURING. WE CAN ALSO SET IT UP , THERE'S TWO GPS LOCATIONS ON THE BEACH. IF THE EYE OF THE STORM ENTERS THOSE, IT PAYS OFF AND DOES NOT MATTER. THEY ARE VERY CUSTOMIZABLE IN THE WAY WE WANT TO LOOK INTO A STRUCTURE. >> WE NEED TO BRING THIS BACK , A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM. WE CAN TALK PURELY ABOUT PARAMETRIC'S AND WHAT WE WANT TO DRILL DOWN. LET COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ GET RECOVERED AND SEE WHERE WE GO. YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE HOPE. >> WE WANT TO MOVE TO BRING ITEM NUMBER THREE BACK TO JUNE 7TH MEETING? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL GIVE HIM ENOUGH TIME. >> WE WILL TABLE ITEM THREE UNTIL YOU GET BACK. IF YOU GET BACK -- >> 30 DAYS AS WE CAN GET SOME MORE CONCRETE ANSWERS AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? >> I WANT TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD. THERE'S BEEN THIS UNDERGROUND EFFORT , I'M GOING TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. THERE'S BEEN A UNDERGROUND EFFORT TO DISCREDIT THE COURT, WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD THIS THING. IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, THAT IS FINE. WE WANT TO GET THIS BILLED IF WE CAN. REGARDLESS OF ALL THE GARBAGE GOING ON, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY WATCHING. IT'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH, I AM TELLING YOU ALL THAT IS DOING IS MAKING THIS HARDER BY GIVING THIS COURT GRIEF ABOUT THE FACT THEY THINK WE ARE NOT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. WERE GOING TO DELAY THIS BUT FOR GOOD REASON, THE DELAY MIGHT ACTUALLY GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET . IF IT GETS PERPETUATED OTHERWISE, PEOPLE WANT TO THROW OUT MISINFORMATION, THAT IS OKAY. WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT THIS COURT HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO DOING THIS AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE $27.3 MILLION ON THAT ISLAND AND I -- TAKE IT BECAUSE I REPRESENTED, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT. MY HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT THIS IS, WE FINALLY HAVE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE ON THIS INSURANCE ISSUE . WE HOPE THAT IS HOW THAT'S PERPETUATED. PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY SPENDING IT THE WAY THEY WANT TO SPEND IT. I HOPE THEY ARE LISTENING, THEY WANT THIS THING TOO. I'M TIRED OF IT TOO, THOSE IMPORTANT PEOPLE. THEY WORK THEIR TAILS OFF AND CATCH A LOT OF GRIEF, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE TOO. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM NUMBER THREE? WE HAVE A SECOND UNTIL CARLISLE IS READY TO BRING IT BACK POSSIBLY IN 30 DAYS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. GOING BACK UP TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE REGULAR ONE YEAR POLICY TERM AND THE SUGGESTED -- >> IF YOU DO NOT MIND, WE WANT TO POINT SOMETHING ELSE OUT. WE WORE A MEMBER OF THE INSURANCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. HAVE MY SURVEY AND WHAT OTHER PUBLIC COMMUNITIES, ALL THE WAY AND MIAMI. JUST FOR REFERENCE, HARRIS COUNTY HAS $7.2 BILLION OF TOTAL INSURED VALUES AND THEY HAVE 250 MILLION OF WINDSTORM COVERAGE. THAT IS [01:40:01] ABOUT 3% OF WHAT THEIR TOTAL EXPOSURE IS. THAT'S 13% OF YOUR TOTAL EXPOSURE, JUST FOR REFERENCE. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT BEFORE YOU MOVE ON ON THAT TOPIC IS 50 MILLION. THAT'S 50 MILLION ALL NOT ONLY FOR WIND AND HAIL, BUT FOR FIRE INSURANCE. WE DO HAVE BETWEEN THIS BUILDING AND THE GEL NEXT DOOR, JUST FOR REFERENCE ON THE COURTHOUSE, WE HAVE INSURED FOR 140 MILLION. GOD FOR BID, WE HAVE A FIRE OR SOMETHING THAT TOOK ONE OF THESE DOWN. JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE. WE CAN LOOK AT AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE IT DONE TODAY. THEY DID NOT GET FINISHED UNTIL THIS MORNING, WE ARE STILL WAITING ON QUOTES, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE MARKET AND PURCHASING ADDITIONAL FIRE ONLY COVERAGE, THEY WERE TALKING . >> LIKE YOU SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING UP WITH THIS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THESE TOUGH DECISIONS AND KNOW THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS. >> THEY ARE SAYING OTHERS WAY LOWER. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT AGAIN, THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO OTHER THAN PLAYING GOD WHICH WE CAN DO, YOU HAVE A CHANCE OF IT HAPPENING ON LAND. YOU CAN'T REALLY PREDICT, YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE BUILDING. IT SAYS THAT WE WOULD SUSTAIN $5 MILLION OF DAMAGE, WE WOULD SUSTAIN $33 MILLION OF DAMAGE. 35 MILLION AT 55 MILLION, THAT IS WHERE WE WISH WE HAD THE CRYSTAL BALL. >> WHAT IF -- YOU KNEW THE COURT WAS DOING THE PARAMETRIC? IS THAT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO COVER? >> JUST ASKING. >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS -- IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ITEM. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THAT. IF YOU MAYBE PUT SOMETHING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE PACKETS, COMPARISONS BECAUSE WE HEARD IT AND THOSE OF US WHO WERE PAYING ATTENTION, ANYONE THAT'S TAKING A SOUND BITE FOR LATER ON TODAY OR FOR AN ARTICLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT HAVE YOU. IT'S GOING TO BE SENSATIONALIZED. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING, THE AMOUNT. IT'S WHAT THE MARKET IS, WE NEED TO SHOW REALLY WHERE WE ARE AT PROPORTIONALLY DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN SOME OF OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE AREA AND EVEN OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA. WE COULD DO FOR WHATEVER WE WANT, THAT'S WHAT WE MAY WANT. WHAT CAN HE ACTUALLY AFFORD ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ACROSS , WE GET EVERY SINGLE CONSTITUENT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING OR TEXTING WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE COMPARISONS? >> THERE IS NO DOUBT, EVEN CONSIDERING THE $50 MILLION YOU GUYS ARE PURCHASING AHEAD OF WHAT YOUR PEERS ARE DOING. IT'S WORSE LATER IN THE YEAR, THE CAPACITY OF AVAILABILITY WILL CONTINUE SHRINKING. THIS PRICE WILL CONTINUE GOING UP, SIMPLE ECONOMICS PRINCIPLES. THE SUPPLY LESSONS, THE DEMAND IS STILL THERE. I WOULD ECHO YOUR POINT, Y'ALL ARE DOING BETTER THAN YOUR PEERS ARE DOING BASED ON COMPARISONS. >> JUST THIS MORNING, WE TRY TO PUT TOGETHER OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED. IT'S HAPPENING WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR MORE WHEN YOU COME BACK IN 30 DAYS SO WE CAN SEE HOW TO BEST TACKLE THAT. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? >> YOU WANT ME TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON IT? I DON'T MEAN TO STAND UP HERE ALL DAY. WE BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE OTHER LINE ITEMS IF YOU DON'T MIND, THE REST OF THE ITEMS, EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY THE SAME. TAKING THE FLOOD INSURANCE, WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY. THE OTHER ITEMS ARE SUCH MINIMAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS. [01:45:10] ON THE AUTOMALL BILL LIABILITY, THAT WE DO HELP THEM GO THROUGH TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTIES, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A $16,000 INCREASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TIMOTHY. THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL COUNTY MEETING. >> PER MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. >> EVERYTHING ON THAT LOOKS IN LINE WITH THIS AS WELL. A SLIGHT UPTICK IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY AS WELL. AGAIN, PRIMARILY BASED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOSSES. THAT DRIVING RATES UP AS WELL. OVERALL, THE COST AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE $645,000 THIS YEAR BETWEEN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE. >> FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LESS COVERAGE. >> HIGHER DEDUCTIBLES. >> INSURANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? >> YOU WANTED TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE, DIDN'T YOU JOHN? >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN PUT THIS OFF WITH THE NUMBERS CHANGING LIKE THEY ARE, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN AT THE COST OF MYSELF, SINCE I AM ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND , IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER CHESNEY? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. KENNY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU ALL. [4. Discuss and consider execution of an agreement with Hanson Professional Services, Inc. for Engineering Services for Briscoe King Dune Walkover to complete engineering design and specifications for the rebuild of Briscoe King Dune Walkover, in the amount of $113,800.] >> I SAY TOMMY, I KNOW CHASE DID MORE WORK. >> MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AGREEMENT WITH HANSEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES . >> WE'VE GOT TO GET BRISCOE KING TO WALK OVER FIX, IT NEEDS TO BE RAISED, IT DOES NOT EVEN COMPLY WITH THE RULES THAT WE ENFORCED. >> SECONDED IN >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ANOTHER WAS A BIT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE BUILDING THAT THIS HAS TO BE REDONE. WE WILL IMPLEMENT THIS INTO OUR FUTURE PLANS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES . [5. Discuss and consider approval of a Dune Protection Permit for large scale construction of a single-family residence (DPP-202210-02p) located at 102 Mariners Drive, Corpus Christi, TX.] ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DUE PROTECTION PERMIT FOR LARGE-SCALE CONSTRUCTION. >> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THE LAST MOTION? >> ON THE BRISCOE KING, I THINK THAT I AM -- YOU MADE THE MOTION. I WAS POINTING DOWN THERE, I AM PRETTY SURE IT WAS HERNANDEZ. WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON -- WE HAVE A MOTION AND [6. Discuss and consider approval of request for a Dune Protection Permit for the removal and replacement of an existing Dune Walkover (DPP-04012023-DW) at Admirals Row - Mustang Island, Nueces County, Texas.] SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. KENNY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. >> WE WILL HAVE TO TABLE. LET ME EXPLAIN WHY. YOU KNOW I HAVE WORKED REAL HARD ON THIS ONE. SO HAS CHRISTINE, THE PUBLIC NOTICE , THEY WENT OUT FOR THE MEETING AND GOT MISTAKEN BY THE APPLICANT, THEY DID NOT SEND OUT THE PUBLIC NOTICE 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING, THAT IS A CATCHALL, WE HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK. >> MAKE SURE JUNE THE SEVENTH, YOU GET THE 10 DAY NOTICE DONE PLEASE. EXPLAIN THAT TO THE APPLICANT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO BRING THIS BACK ON JUNE THE SEVENTH, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> THAT IS BASED ON OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION. [7. Discuss and consider executing an agreement with the City of Port Aransas for lifeguard services along the beach at I.B. Magee Beach Park as authorized under Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code for time frames listed in the agreement for Spring Break, Spring and Summer/Fall seasons of the year 2023.] >> I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. BOTH OF YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK. >> ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSING AND CONSIDER EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ALONG THE BEACH. >> THIS IS A LITTLE SLOW GETTING TO US , I TYPICALLY TRY TO GET THESE THINGS DONE IN FEBRUARY, MARCH. ANYHOW, WE HAVE GOT IT. THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE, COMMISSIONER CHESNEY. THERE IS A QUALITY PROGRAM, THEIR PROGRAM IS ONE TO EMULATE UP AND DOWN THE [01:50:06] TEXAS COAST. THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE, IT'S WITHIN BUDGET. >> THEY DO IT PHENOMENAL JOB ON THE BEACH. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. >> I AM DONE. [8. Discuss and consider approving an agreement with SmartAdvocate, LLC for a case management subscription for the Public Defender's Office.] >> THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT , DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH SMART ADVOCATE LLC FOR A CASE MANAGEMENT SUBSCRIPTION FREE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE. I BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF YOUR BUDGET AND THE GRANT, THIS FUNDING WOULD COME FROM THAT . COMMISSIONERS. WE DID A LOT OF SHOPPING FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WE DID DEMOS WITH A NUMBER OF THEM, SMART ADVOCATE WAS REALLY VERY CUSTOMER FRIENDLY AND CAME IN AT THE BEST NUMBER FOR US. >> THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL THING? IT'S NOT A CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS OR ANYTHING ? IT'S AN ANNUAL RENEWAL. >> WE OPT OUT EVERY YEAR IF IT IS NOT WORKING OUT. >> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THE PASS. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? [9. Discuss and consider approving $10,000 in funding for the Coastal Bend Field of Honor at Richard M Borchard Fairgrounds, and related matters. ] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED , SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER NINE , DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING 10,000 AND FUNDING FOR THE FIELD OF HONOR FAIRGROUNDS AND RELATED MATTERS. >> SECOND, A MOTION IN A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> IF THE COURT COULD DESCRIBE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE, I BELIEVE THAT JJ CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE TOURISM THAT THE EVENTS BRING TO THE COUNTY. >> I THINK JJ IS NOT IN HERE. I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU ON THE CORNER, HER YOU ARE STANDING AT THE MICROPHONE. A LITTLE SHORT. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS SAYING. >> THANK YOU, JJ. WE BRING A LOT OF TOURISM TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE COASTAL BENEFIT , WE HAVE PEOPLE FLY IN FROM ALL OVER VIRGINIA, HOUSTON, THE REAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IT BRINGS IN DOLLARS TOWARDS THE COUNTY, THEY RENT HOTELS AND THEY VISIT OUR RESTAURANTS, THEY SHOP AT OUR BUSINESSES. IT IS A BIG IMPACT TOWARDS OUR ECONOMY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND . >> WE NEED A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS. >> THE FUNDING SOURCES THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND . THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN MY MOTION. >> WHO'S -- YOU TELL ME. >> THE LAST TIME, THE BOARD DECIDED TO DIVIDE THE 10,000 UNDER SPECIAL REVENUES. >> YOU SAID LAST NIGHT WE ALL CONTRIBUTED. >> IT'S 2000 APIECE. >> AM FINE WITH THAT, I AGREE. SPECIAL REVENUE. >> WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THIS IS A BUDGET CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE YEARS. AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? LEGALITIES . I CAN'T EVEN -- I CAN'T TALK . >> WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION [10. Discuss and consider authorizing an extension through September 30th, 2023 for Legislative Consultants, Joel Romo and Patricia Shipton for services related to the 88th Texas Legislative Session, strategic planning, consulting, and governmental relations services.] PASSES. >> ITEM NUMBER 10, DISCUSSING AND AUTHORIZING AN EXTENSION THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 FOR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTS, JOEL ROMO LOOKS LIKE THAT MAY NOT BE LONG ENOUGH. I'M HEARING RUMORS THAT THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO CALL THEM BACK IN SEPTEMBER. >> I LOVE OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM, IT IS THE SPECIAL SESSION HAVING ANY EFFECT ON US? DO WE NEED TO MONITOR? >> WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES WHAT HE'S GOING TO PUT IN IT. >> I DON'T WANT TO PAY HIM IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL PAY THEM FOR. WE HAVE IN THE REGION, CAN WE WAIT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? WE STOPPED AFTER JUNE, TOOK A BREAK AND THEN WE REHIRED THEM DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH . WE DID NOT FEEL LIKE IT AT THE TIME, THERE WERE ENOUGH THINGS TO KEEP YOU COPY BY -- OCCUPIED. DURING INTERIM, WE PAID LESS, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE ON SPECIAL SESSION IN HIS SCHOOL VOUCHERS, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE GO ON TO SPEND ANY TIME ON. >> IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING? THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HEARING. >> IF THIS EXPIRES IN JUNE, I KNOW WHEN I WAS THERE WHEN THE SESSION ENDED, THEY WILL LET [01:55:01] HIM OFF JUNE AND JULY, YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES. >> BACK ON THE AGENDA, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL PAY THEM $5000 A MONTH FOR JUST FOR I DON'T NEED TO PAY HIM IN JUNE. >> DOES A GO THROUGH JUNE, OR THE BEGINNING OF JUNE? >> THE END OF JUNE. >> JUNE, THAT IS CORRECT. THE END OF JUNE. >> IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO, THAT'S OKAY, IF WE DO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO REDUCE RATE. FOR FIVE MONTHS, 24 SEVEN , SPECIAL SESSIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, VERY -- >> ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION, DO YOU WANT TO TABLE THIS? AT A LATER DATE INDEFINITELY UNTIL WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK. >> I WANT TO TABLE IT UNTIL A SPECIAL SESSION IS CALLED. WHEN IT IS CALLED, BUT IT BACK ON AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT. SECOND, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> HOPEFULLY WE WILL KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID THERE ARE RUMBLINGS OUT THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M SURE AT SOME POINT, THE GOVERNOR WILL SHOW HIS HAND OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, WE NEED TO COME BACK IN JUNE, I WILL NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CONTINUING FOR NOW AS LONG AS IT'S NOTHING THAT STIMULATES IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT WHERE WE NEED TO RENEW WITHIN A CERTAIN CLAUSE OR ANYTHING, I WILL MAKE THAT DECISION. I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER EVEN IF WE TOOK OFF SAY THE MONTH OF JULY, IF THERE WAS A SEPTEMBER SPECIAL SESSION, I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH HEADS UP. LET'S FACE IT, THEY LIVE AND BREATHE THIS , YOU KEEP MONITORING THE MATTER WHAT . YOU CONTINUE TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO US, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON . I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM, I REALLY DO. >> REMEMBER, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE DID TOO. WE REDUCED -- AND OFF SESSION AND ON SESSION, WE BRING IT BACK ON AND LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE . >> MAYBE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN JULY OR AUGUST, OR SEPTEMBER . >> I HAVE KEPT IN CONTACT WITH THEM, WE DO OUR WEEKLY CALLS AND I HAVE TO SAY, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM. WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT TEAM WORKING ON OUR BEHALF. >> IT'S ALL ABOUT SAVING MONEY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK UP IF THERE IS A SPECIAL ANNOUNCER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES . MOVING -- [12. Discuss and consider allocation of ARPA funds in the amount of $400,000 for costs related to ARPA position payroll through FY 23/24 budget, and all related matters.] >> I HAVE A COUPLE TO TABLE. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 12 UNTIL THAT NUMBER IS FIRMED UP AND YOU'RE READY TO PUT IT BACK ON JUDGE . >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 12, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? [14. Discuss and consider allocating an additional $300,000 for capital improvements or permanent purchases of assets for school safety for London, Port Aransas, Seashore, Flour Bluff and CCISD schools in Precinct 4 from Precinct 4 ARPA funds.] WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION NUMBER 14 GOT ON THERE PREMATURELY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE 14. WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THAT WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 14, DO WE HAVE A SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. IT PASSES. THAT'S ALL. >> THAT'S ALL , THANKS MAN. >> I THINK OUR ATTORNEYS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, ARE THEY HERE YET? THEY ARE NOT HERE YET. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT , JUST TO GET STARTED. THEY ARE HERE? >> I BELIEVE THEY ARE HERE. DO WE WANT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE -- 11:30 , WE HAVE 25 MORE MINUTES. DO WE WANT THEM TO WAIT OR DO WE WANT TO MOVE ON AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? >> PROBABLY SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL WE -- >> WE WOULD LIKE JUST A MOMENT [11. Receive update regarding American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund balances, and related matters; discuss and consider reallocation of ARPA funds for potential projects, and related matters.] OF SILENCE AT 11:30 AS THE GOVERNOR HAS CALLED FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE SCHOOL. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN [02:00:02] ACT FUND BALANCES, RELATED MATTERS , JEFF AND LULU. I KNOW THAT YOU PASSED OUT SOME DETAILS INFORMATION, THERE IS -- GONZALES WANTED A DETAILED LIST OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE IN PROGRESS, IT'S OUTSTANDING AS WELL, JUST WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECTS WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA WITH ALL OF THE ALLOCATIONS. I ALSO ASKED FOR ANY HIGH RISK AND PENDING ALLOCATIONS THAT I THINK THAT THE COURT NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR AT SOME POINT, WE WILL MAYBE POSSIBLY WANT TO VOTE ON THOSE ON WHETHER WE WANT TO CONTINUE OR WHETHER WE WANT TO MOVE. YOU USE THOSE FUNDS. I BELIEVE IF WE LOOK AT THE , I GUESS IT IS ON THIS THING TOO. THE UNALLOCATED FUNDS , IT IS ABOUT 3 MILLION SOMETHING. I WOULD LIKE GIVING THE SITUATION THAT THE COURTHOUSE HAS BEEN IN . I HOPE THAT I CAN DISCUSS THIS, I DID ASK LULU TO CHECK ON FUNDING , WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SO MANY IN EVIDENCE. WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE, WITH AN OVERFLOW. WITH THE SEWER SYSTEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I HOPE THE COURT WOULD SEE THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY ISSUE AND THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP FACILITATE SOME CHANGING IN THE PIPING AND ALLOCATE $1 MILLION TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR US TO ELIMINATE THESE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S THE ONE THING I WANTED SHOWN IN HERE, THERE IS FUNDING. I HOPE THAT WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PATH. REPORT , AS TO WHERE IT IS, IT IS COMPLETED OR NOT . CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 14 . 14 MILLION, 369,987 EXPENSED . >> THAT HAS BEEN PAID OUT. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCATED, MOVE FORWARD THE PROJECTS, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HIGH RISK PROJECTS AND HOW MUCH IS THERE , YOU THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE PROJECTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW FURTHER AS FAR AS THE FUNDING, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 4,060,000 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW ON SITE TO THOSE LOCATIONS. ARE THEY ON THIS LIST? >> ACTUALLY, IT'S ON THE LIST THAT I JUST PASSED OUT >> THE ONE WITH ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS. YOU WANT TO REVIEW. HOLD ON. THAT WILL BE FOR THE 134,000. >> JUST A LIST, KEEP GOING.. ALSO, ALSO UNDER EC TO. >> HOW ABOUT JUST GO PAGE BY PAGE , PLEASE. IS THERE ANOTHER [02:05:05] COMMISSIONER JAGGED NEEDS TO REVIEW? >> ON THE FIRST PAGE. WHAT ABOUT PRECINCT 2. >> NOT ON TWO. NOT ON THREE. NOT ON FOUR . JUDGE? YES. >> WHICH ONE? WE GO DOWN TO COUNTYWIDE PROJECTS. UNDER EXPENDITURE CATEGORY, AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO CONDUCT THE -- >> TRANSITIONAL RECOVERY NEXT PAGE. IT SAYS MENTAL HEALTH RESTORATION PROGRAM. THAT IS CORRECT. ANYTHING ELSE? >> THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE WC I.D. NUMBER THREE, THAT WOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE, EXPENDITURE CATEGORY NUMBER FIVE . WHERE ARE YOU? I DID NOT NUMBER THE PAGES, EXCUSE ME. >> EC THREE ? EC FIVE, GO ALL THE WAY TO FIVE. >> THE BOOSTER PUMP STATION. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT IT? THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE -- SAME PAGE. OH , IT WOULD BE THE FOURTH ONE, CITY OF O'DRISCOLL. >> UNDER EC FIVE, CITY OF O'DRISCOLL DRAINAGE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? >> DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR WC I.D. NUMBER FIVE AS WELL. >> ARE YOU SAYING THESE PROJECTS ARE AT RISK? >> I WOULD LIKE TO DO FURTHER REVIEW. >> THEY ARE EITHER MISSING DOCUMENTATION, MISSING PAPERWORK. THERE IS A LARGER SCALE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM WHEN I ASKED YESTERDAY, COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ SAYS THAT THERE IS A PROJECT THAT COSTS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE ALLOCATED AND THEY ARE NOT SEEING WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO FINISH THE PROJECT, WE CANNOT GIVE A PORTION TO FUNDING THE PROJECT. IF WE GIVE OUR MONEY TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT CAN BE DONE, STARTED AND COMPLETED. YES. >> WE DISCUSS THIS NOW, LIKE THE DRAINAGE -- WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WE HAVE 2.5 FOR THE SEWER AND WATER. YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, ARE YOU? >> THERE'S 2.5 , HIS STUFF DOESN'T HAVE THAT FOR DRAINAGE. >> YOU HAVE A LOCATION -- 2.9 . THAT IS TO HILL TOP . I WAS NOT REFERRING TO THAT PROJECT. WE NEED TO DO A REVIEW. >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SEWER AND RODDAR PROJECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAD THE AMOUNT THAT WAS ALLOCATED. WE ARE RECEIVING THOSE OTHER FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT. >> I WAS TOLD THAT 2.5 WOULD COVER THE WHOLE PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH. IS ONLY AN [02:10:07] ALLOCATION TO 1 MILLION. YOU HAVE ONE .5 IN YOUR CDBG MONEY, WAS THAT WHERE YOU ALLOCATED MONEY? >> SOME TIME AGO , WE HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH. >> CAN I SPEAK TO ONE REGARDING THAT PROJECT? >> COULD YOU PLEASE? >> YES. PLEASE HEAR THAT SHE IS SAYING ARE NOT OFF THE TABLE YET, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE QUESTIONABLE THAT SHE NEEDS TO GO BACK AND VERIFY SO THAT WE DON'T JUST KEEP THEM ROLLING ALONG. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. KNOWN A LONG TIME AGO, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS SINCE LAST YEAR. I HAVE A ONE .5 FIRST, THEN WE ALLOCATED ANOTHER MILLION WHICH IS 2.5 AGAIN. TO START AND FINISH THE PROJECT. >> WE NEED TO TALK TO PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING THIS PROJECT. >> YOU GET TOGETHER. >> THIS IS JUST AN UPDATER, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF YOU, ANNIE -- LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR YOUR REPORT . QUICKLY, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WILL BE DO WITH THAT MONEY. >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT CONTINUES TO BE USEFUL AND WE DON'T LEAVE IT SITTING SOME WHERE AND DON'T GET ALLOCATED TO SOMETHING ELSE, THIS WILL NOT WORK. >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, HAVE YOU BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH DRISCOLL? >> WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THEM, I WANT TO SAY THE BUSINESS MANAGER. I BELIEVE IT WAS MISS WAKEFIELD . WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION. WE PUT THE MONEY OUT THERE TO HELP THEM. >> IT'S UP TO THEM TO DO THEIR PART. THANK YOU. [13. Discuss and consider allocating $49,500 in ARPA funds to Hope Unlimited.] >> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 13, DISCUSSING AND CONSIDER ALLOCATING $49,500 IN FUNDS TO OPEN LIMITED. BRENT CHESNEY ? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU GOT THAT ONE APPROVED. MAKE SURE. YES, COMMISSIONER CHESNEY. THERE'S DOCUMENTATION WE STILL NEED, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM. >> THIS IS FROM MY PRECINCT FOR ALLOCATION, MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER ALLOCATING $49,500 TO OPEN LIMITED, PROGRAM IS IN YOUR PACKET. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, I WILL MAKE THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. MOOTING ON -- MOVING ON TO 15, ALLOCATING $144,441 FROM PRECINCT 3 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS TO THE CITY OF ROB STONE UTILITY. COMMISSIONER MAREZ? >> I APOLOGIZE, GOING BACK TO MINE. I PUT 45, NOT REMEMBERING IT CAN BE 50 OR BELOW. >> 49,000 . >> IT HAS TO BE BELOW 50? >> RIGHT. >> I DID THAT RIGHT, OKAY, ALL [15. Discuss and consider allocating $144,441 from Precinct 3, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to City of Robstown Utility Systems (CORUS) for Waste Water Line Rehabilitation Project D and related matters.] RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> FOR THE BENEFICIARY INSTEAD OF THE RECIPIENT. OKAY, NOW ITEM 15, COMMISSIONER MAREZ. >> THIS ITEM IS A PARTNERSHIP IN WANTING TO WORK WITH THE ROB STONE UTILITY SYSTEM 40 WASTEWATER LINE REHABILITATION . THIS HAS BEEN CLEARED, HAS THIS BEEN CLEARED? >> WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION, THEY PROVIDED EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT. >> THANK YOU ALL, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, I CAN'T IMAGINE FOR ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS GOING ON. THANK YOU. IF IT IS READY, I MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOCATE $144,441 TO PRECINCT 3 TO THE CITY OF ROB STONE UTILITY SYSTEM FOR WASTEWATER LINE REHABILITATION PROJECT D. I THOUGHT YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THE 441 ON THE END, THAT'S A PRETTY ODD -- [02:15:02] >> IT WAS ALREADY SPECIFICALLY A PROJECT, THEY WENT FOR THE ONE THAT I COULD AFFORD WITHIN THE MONEY. >> VERY GOOD, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND OR GOT THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. [16. Discuss and consider authorizing notification to public utilities and common carriers of Tesla Inc.’s proposal to close, abandon and vacate portions of County Road 28 and County Road 79; and related matters.] ITEM NUMBER 16, ARE WE DOING 16? I THINK IT WAS READY TO GO. DISCUSSING CONSIDER AUTHORIZING NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND COMMON CARRIERS OF TESLAS PROPOSAL TO CLOSE, ABANDON, AND VACATE PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 28 AND COUNTY ROAD 79. >> JUDGE, I KNOW THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I ASKED FOR THIS ITEM. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION TO MOVE FORWARD CLOSURES , VACATING A PORTION . I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO STARTED TODAY, HOW MANY DAYS IS IT? NOTICE TO THE COMMON CARRIERS AND UTILITY FOR 30 DAYS. >> YOU NEED A MOTION. YOU PROCEED WITH THE AUTHORIZING NOTIFICATION. VACATE PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. >> THAT NOTICES ALREADY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR [17. Discuss and consider moving ceremonial resolutions to 8:45 am and the regular meeting time to 9:15 am and all related matters. All ceremonial resolutions would not require a quorum of the court and would no longer be voted on.] SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN, THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 17, DISCUSSING CONSIDER MOVING CEREMONIAL RESOLUTIONS , AND THE REGULAR MEETING TIME TO 9:15. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE A LOT. >> I WAS TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO STREAMLINE RESOLUTIONS AND ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY AS WE SO CHOSE. A LOT OF TIMES, OUR RESOLUTIONS, IT SOMETIMES TAKES AN HOUR OR HOUR AND A HALF. IF I JUST DO IT ON THE AGENDA , THAT'S JUST ONE IDEA, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY. HOW WE CAN AND CAN'T DO IT, THAT IS GREAT TOO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER. >> WE ARE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND WORK WITH AWARDING THAT WILL MATCH WHATEVER SITUATION IS AT HAND . I BELIEVE THEY ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT CALENDARING THINGS AHEAD OF TIME THAT ARE PERENNIAL, THOSE CAN BE PUT POSSIBLY A CONSENT AGENDA AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. >> WE ALL SIGN AS A GROUP, THEN YOU ARE DOING A STATEMENT THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE COURT APPROVED. >> IF YOU CHANGE THE RESOLUTION, IT IS JUST CEREMONIAL. IT IS NOT ACTION, IT IS A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT ON BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY OTHER THAN TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. >> WE HAVE, WE CONTINUE TO GIVE DEVELOPING, WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER ENTITIES TO FRAME THIS IN A WAY THAT ACCOMPLISHES WHAT THE COURT WANTS TO DO WHILE AVOIDING ANY TYPE OF VIOLATIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, SO, WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT TO DO? WHAT'S THE RULE OF THE COURT? I AM JUST -- ARE WE DOING THEM BEFORE THE REGULAR MEETING? >> I'VE ALWAYS HAD THE CONCEPT OF MAYBE SCHOOLS ARE HARD TO GET HERE ON TIME. MAYBE WE CAN JUST START THE PROCESS EARLY AND READ IT OUT . IF WE WANT TO SHARE COMMENTS AND 2 FEET -- PICTURE. TRY TO OFFER , I'M OFFERING ANYTHING THAT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS. MAYBE THEY WILL HELP, SOMETHING THAT INTERNALLY , THE CLERK'S OFFICE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE JUDGE TO KIND OF COME UP WITH AN IDEA., FOR THAT. I KNOW THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DOES IT WELL, THEY DO NOT HAVE AS MANY NECESSARILY. THEY DON'T VOTE ON US. >> THOSE ARE ACTIONS OF THE MAJOR, I DON'T BELIEVE THE MAYOR IS SPEAKING FOR THE COUNCIL. THERE IS ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO STRUCTURE THIS. [02:20:01] >> I THINK A COUPLE OF WAYS WE COULD STREAMLINE IT WOULD BE AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER THAT SHARES THE PICTURES. YOU CAN DO IT ONCE A MONTH, THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH , THESE KINDS OF THINGS FOR EACH MONTH. THERE'S GOT TO BE A DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S KIDS THAT COME IN. THEY ARE HONORED TO BE IN THIS COURT, I HATE TO TAKE THAT AWAY AS WELL. >> WE MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT , THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE HAVE A DESIGNATED TIME, THAT RESOLUTION WILL BE AT NEXT TIME. THE RESOLUTION WILL BE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING, IT DOES NOT START UNTIL NEXT TIME . IT CAN BE NINE, 9:15. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE OR REMEMBER, DID WE CHANGE THAT FROM AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY COULD GET HERE AND GET OUT ALREADY. PEOPLE ARE NOT SITTING HERE WAITING TO GET BACK TO CLASS. >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE START, THAT STILL DOESN'T. FOR THE RESOLUTIONS IN THE BUSINESS MEETING, YOU HAVE TO SIT AND WATCH AN HOUR AND A HALF. IF YOU HAD A DESIGNATED TIME, PEOPLE WOULD KNOW IF YOU COME FOR RESOLUTION, IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T COME AT THAT TIME. IT'S BECAUSE IT STARTED 20 MINS BEFORE THE MEETING, I SHOWED UP A LOT, JOHN WAS THERE A LOT, APPARENTLY, THE HANGUP IS SIGNING RESOLUTIONS WHICH I DON'T GET THAT IT IS NOT, THERE IS NO ACTION OR BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, I STILL LIKE MY NAME ON THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE I THINK IT IS COOL. I DID NOT LIKE IT WHEN HE WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THERE, I WANT TO BE ON THE RESOLUTION. IT IS NOT ACTION, IT IS NOT BUSINESS, MAYBE WE KNOW QUALITY RESOLUTION, WE DON'T CALL IT A CERTIFICATE OF HONOR SO IT'S NOT, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO VOTE ON A RESOLUTION. IT IS ALL CEREMONIAL. IT'S NOT A CONTROVERSIAL -- SOMEONE HAS TO PUT THAT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, CONGRATULATIONS. >> YOUR IDEA IN MY IDEA OF CONTROVERSIAL. >> IMAGINE THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE JUST DESIGNATE A SIGNIFICANT TIME FOR RESOLUTION. >> ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE THIS TODAY? DID YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL TECHNOLOGY ON THE SIGNATURE FORM TO GET BACK TO US? >> WE HAVE BEEN CHECKING, IT CHANGES AS WE GET FEEDBACK. DESIGNATED A TIME FOR THESE, NO PROBLEM, NO ISSUE. IT IS THE -- I AGREE . WHAT WE DON'T WANT WANT TO ENCOURAGE IS ANY TYPE OF QUORUM ISSUES THAT ARE NOT NOTICED. >> WHAT IF WE SET FOR TODAY THAT WE START THE MEETINGS AT 8:45 WITH THAT BEING DESIGNATED AS RESOLUTIONS ONLY IN REGULAR MEETING STARTING AT 9:15. I DON'T KNOW. SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST TO GET THIS STARTED. START THE FEET -- MEETING WITH RESOLUTION. >> THAT IS AN IDEA, WE ARE FIXING TO HAVE TO STOP FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. IT IS 11:29, IF WE CAN TAKE A BREAK AND PAUSE REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE, THIS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE DISCUSSION. >> THE MOTION OF SILENCE IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS. >> THE GOVERNOR HAS CALLED FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO VIVALDI -- UVALDE. LET'S OBSERVE FOR THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO TO ALL [02:25:10] THE FAMILIES WHO WILL BE DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU GET OVER, WE DEFINITELY SEND PRAYERS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES. YES. >> MOVING BACK TO OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17, HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO BEGIN THE COMMISSION COURT MEETING ONLY AT 8:45 WITH NO INDICATION, NO PLEDGE, NO RESOLUTIONS. WITHIN THE START TIME, BEING 9:15 FOR THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING TO START , THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION FOR NOW. WE CAN KEEP LOOKING AT IT LATER. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. KENNY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE MOTION PASSES , WE CAN [18. Discuss and consider next Commissioners Court meeting date, and related matters.] ALWAYS TRY IF IT DOESN'T WORK . ITEM NUMBER 18, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING DATE . I BELIEVE THE NEXT COURT DATE IS JUNE THE SEVENTH. ANYONE HAS ANY [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.] PROBLEM WITH THAT? OTHERWISE, THERE IS NO DISCUSSION OR VOTE NEEDED. I THINK OUR ATTORNEYS ARE AVAILABLE NOW, I AM GOING TO MOVE AHEAD TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 11:32, I AM GIVING NOTICE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY VOTE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ANYTIME DURING THE MEETING TO DISCUSS MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. TO THE EXTENT THERE HAS BEEN A PAST PRACTICE OF DISTINGUISHING ITEMS FOR PUBLIC DELIBERATION AND THOSE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED THAT THE COURT IS DEPARTING FROM THE PRACTICE AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISCUSS ANY LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN AUTHORIZED TO DO SO BY LAW. IN THE EVENT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ELECTS TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING AN AGENDA ITEM, THE SECTION OR SECTIONS -- >> EXCUSE ME, JUDGE. IF THE COURT IS GOING TO DISCUSS THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, YOU NEED TO BOW ON THE OTHER ITEM. THE 551 0725. >> HAD THERE BEEN A MEETING? >> WE ARE AT THE END , OUR ATTORNEY WANTS TO TALK TO US PRIVATELY. WE ARE GOING TO -- >> YOU NEED TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT , IT HAS TO BE VOTED FOR US TO GO INTO, 4-0. GOING BACK TO ITEM G1, THANK YOU FOR STOPPING ME. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DISCUSSING AND CONSIDER WHETHER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.0725 DELIBERATION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE NUECES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ASSOCIATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 174 . TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> WHAT NEEDS TO BE THE MOTION EXACTLY? >> THE MOTION TO DELIBERATE A SESSION. >> YES, THERE IS A FINDING THAT WAS SUPPLIED BY THE NAVARRO FIRM WHERE YOU WILL FIND THAT DOING THAT DISCUSSION OUTSIDE WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE NEGOTIATION. >> WE DO THIS EVERY TIME? >> THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . THAT IS 4-0, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED. NOW I WILL MOVE BACK INTO GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, PUBLIC NOTICE. DO HAVE TO REPEAT ALL THAT? THE SECTION OR SECTIONS OF THE MEETING ACT AUTHORIZING EXCESSIVE -- EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED WITH THE PRESIDING OFFICER WITH AUTHORITY OF GOVERNMENT CODE, VERNON'S TEXAS CODE, SECTION 501.071, 551.072, 551 POINTS 73, 551 POINTS 77 -- 551.076, 551.086. 551.087. THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL HOLD A IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO A CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS RELATED TO LITIGATION, DELIVERY REGARDING REAL PROPERTY PERSPECTIVE GIFTS, PERSONAL MATTERS INCLUDING TERMINATION. COUNTY ADVISORY BODIES, SECURITY DEVICES, AND/OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY IN AN OPEN SESSION TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ITEMS . ITEM A, CLOSE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 OF ONE [02:30:07] .0725 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONTRACT . ITEM B, CONSULT WITH AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL AT -- ATTORNEY FEE OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO THE REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS NUECES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY. TEXAS CODE 551.071. ITEM C, CONSULT WITH COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS OF THE COUNTY OF NUECES COUNTY VERSUS PURDUE PHARMA. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY AND RELATED IS -- TEXAS CODE 551.071. CONSULTING WITH THE ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO 2:21 CV 00235, MARGARET MARY SMITH, TEXAS CODE 551.071 . ITEM E, CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO 221 CV ZERO THREE 25 , MARGARET MARY SMITH VERSUS NUECES COUNTY. TEXAS CODE 551.071. ITEM F, CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS. NUMBER D1 GN 16 00370 REGARDING VOLKSWAGEN CLAIM DIESEL LITIGATION, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071. ITEM G, CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTER RELATING TO PADRE VALLEY PARK RELATED TO TEXAS CODE 551.071. [B. Discuss, consider, and take action regarding settlement participation and release forms regarding settlement offers in the matter of Texas opioid multi-district litigation, County of Nueces v. Purdue Pharma, Inc., et al., Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Pretrial Cause No. 2018-63587, in the 152nd District Court of Harris County, Texas; authorize the Nueces County Judge, Nueces County Attorney’s Office and/or outside counsel to execute necessary settlement documents; and related matters.] BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE A FEW THINGS WE NEED TO DO BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ON ITEM B, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION WITH SETTLEMENT PARTICIPATION AND RELEASE FORMS REGARDING SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN THE MATTER OF TEXAS OPIOID DISTRICT LITIGATION OF OASIS VERSUS PURDUE PHARMA. IT'S TO ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT WITH ALLERGAN AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SIGNING, I GUESS WE CAN DO THIS . AUTHORIZE THE SIGNING AND EXECUTION OF THE RELEASE DOCUMENTS. I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. CAN WE COMBINE THOSE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT OFFER AND AUTHORIZED THE SIGNING AND EXECUTION OF THE RELEASE DOCUMENTS. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. IT'S MONEY WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING UNTIL THEY GET IT, YES. >> YOU WILL FORWARD THAT OVER WHEN IT COMES. >> WE HAVE TO REPORT ON IT. >> AS WE RECEIVE IT, IT WILL COME THROUGH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT AND ANOTHER MOTION IN ANOTHER COURT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY [C. Discuss, consider, and take action on settlement demand and negotiation in Cause No. 2022CCV-61163-3; Manuel Mota, et al. v. Nueces County, et al., in the County Court at Law No. 3 of Nueces County, Texas; and related matters.] AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN, THE MOTION PASSES ON ITEM C, CAN -- DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON DEMAND AND NEGOTIATION, AND CAUSE NUMBER 2022 CCV 61163 DASH THREE. MANUAL , WE ARE PROJECTING THAT OFFER, AND ADVISE OUR COUNSEL TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE AND AUTHORIZE THEM AND ALLOW THEM TO GO TO MEDIATION AND IF SO, AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT FOR THE MEDIATION WOULD BE THE MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> WE WOULD ALSO ASK YOU AUTHORIZE THE EXPEDITING OF THAT CHECK TO THE MEDIATOR. >> YES, WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT IN MY MOTION TO EXPEDITE THE MEDIATOR FOR , YOU ACCEPT THAT FOR THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN [02:35:06] FAVOR SAY AYE ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. [D. Discuss, consider, and take action on settlement in 2:21-cv-00235, Margaret Mary Smith v. Nueces County, Texas, Gage Matthew Hinojosa, Individually, Wellpath Recovery Solutions, LLC, Wellpath, LLC, et al. in the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division; approve Settlement and Release documents; authorize the issuance of settlement check; and approving all related matters to accomplish settlement and payment herein; and related matters.] ITEM D, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND TAKE ACTION ON SETTLEMENT MARGARET MARY SMITH VERSUS NUECES COUNTY, ARE YOU DOING THAT ONE? THERE'S A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH GAGE HINOJOSA. AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SETTLEMENT CHECK. APPROVE RELATED MATTERS TO ACCOMPLISH THE SETTLEMENT BEING IN PAYMENT SENT OUT , EXPEDITING THE . IN THE AMOUNT OF 33,000, THIS WILL HAVE TO DO. >> FOR THE PAYMENT TO BE RELEASED BY COMPLETION. THE COUNTY CLERK GETS THE NOTICE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE THE MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND , ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ITEM HE , DISCUSS CONSIDERATION ON ACTION [E. Discuss, consider, and take action on Master File No. D-1-GN-16-000370; In Re Volkswagen Clean Diesel Litigation: TCAA Enforcement Case; 353rd District Court of Travis County, Texas. Transferred from: 2016DCV-0164-B; Nueces County, Texas and State of Texas v. Volkswagen Group of America, et.al.; 117th District Court of Nueces County, Texas; Authorize substitution of counsel and signing of waiver of potential conflicts; and related matters.] MASTERFILE D/GN 16 00370. REGARDING THE VOLKSWAGEN CLEAN DIESEL LITIGATION. >> THE MOTION AUTHORIZES THE SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH RICHARD . IS THAT A MOTION? >> SECOND. >> AUTHORIZE SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL, SIGNING A WAIVER OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, APPOINTING RICHARD . >> IS THAT ALL WE NEED ON THIS ONE? >> THAT IS -- WE ARE FINE WITH SUBSTITUTING. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> ABSTAIN. >> THE MOTION PASSES, 3-1 ABSTAIN. NOW, GOING BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. I BELIEVE WE STOPPED ON PUBLIC WORKS , 3B1 . ARE YOU ALL NEEDING SOMETHING ELSE? THREE B1, PUBLIC WORKS. WE ARE GOING [2. Receive report on ABM remaining projects and percentage completion, and related matters.] TO DO ACTUALLY ON OUR AGENDA, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL DO TWO FIRST. IT WAS REQUESTED WE DO TWO FIRST, REPORT ON ABM REMAINING PROJECTS AND PERCENTAGE COMPLETION AND RELATED MATTERS. I THOUGHT SOMEONE WOULD BE HERE FOR THAT, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP. WE DO INCLUDE THE EMAIL WE RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE COMPLETION. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK OUT. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO TO TALK ABOUT. >> AS FAR AS THE PROJECT STATUS. THE PROJECT. CONGRATS -- CONTRACTUALLY IS COMPLETE TO A POINT OF PARTIAL ACCEPTANCE THAT WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THE REMINDING ITEMS THAT ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 90% COMPLETE. HOW THE WEATHER HOLDS UP FOR US, WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT PORTION. THE HAS A TWO WEEK ITERATION. PARKING, IT'S ONE ITEM WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING. OVER AT THE JAIL, MY SECURITY. COMPLETED A PORTION OF WORK. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE RECONDITIONED, [02:40:08] THERE ARE THREE ITEMS LEFT IN THE GENERAL AREA. PROBABLY WITHIN TWO WEEKS. >> OVER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, THERE WAS TWO LAST POLES INSTALLED. ROUTED THE ELECTRIC, UP IN THE TOWER AREAS. THAT NEEDS TO BE PAINTED, OF THOSE ITEMS, I WOULD LIST THEM AS CONTRACTUAL ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED VERY SHORTLY. THE REMAINING ITEMS REMAINING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. FOR THOSE ITEMS, SUCH AS BOILER LIGHTING, WATER CONSERVATION WORKS WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT. >> ONE IS HERE IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS VERY QUICKLY, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. I KNOW YOU SENT A LIST HAS THE INCOMPLETE -- I THINK ALL OF YOU COMPLETED THIS EMAIL WITH THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED INCOMPLETE ITEM. THINGS YOU HAVE PARTIALLY COMPLETED. >> WE SENT THAT -- >> THE BIGGEST THING THAT I CAN SEE ARE THE AIR HANDLERS IN THE JAILS, THE LARGEST ITEM LEFT ON THIS WHOLE ENERGY CONSERVATION. >> YES. >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ? IF THERE ARE NO [1. Discuss and consider approval of Change Order No. 5 with ABM relating to the Energy Savings Performance Contract; and related matters.] QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL . ACTUALLY NUMBER ONE ON YOUR AGENDA, WE FLIP THEM. APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FIVE, IT IS IN YOUR PACKET, I BELIEVE TERESA IS HERE. HE HAS DONE EXTENSIVE WORK WITH CHECKING ON THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID OUT. THE JOBS, AND THE INVOICES AND EVERYTHING. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE AN UPDATE BEFORE YOU GIVE THAT, WE WILL LET HIM TALK. JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. JUST AN UPDATE ON THE BALANCE THAT REMAINS FOR THE BANK OF AMERICA. THAT AMOUNTS TO BE 5 MILLION, 86 5 TO 62.21 CENTS. THE COUNT REMAINING BALANCE IS 32,005 1377 . THE TOTAL FOR COMPLETION THAT HAS NOT BEEN INVOICED IS 5,000,001 19 0 75 AND $.98. HERE TODAY, THE COUNTY HAS PAID 9,000,006 11 971 95. BANK OF AMERICA HAS PAID 18 MILLION 160 2337 79. THE TOTAL EARNED THAT IS RETAINED IS 27 MILLION, SEVEN 743-0972. THAT'S JUST A RECAP. >> ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, AND EVERYTHING. THE CHANGE ORDER WILL COME BACK, STARTED TO GO BACK AND FORTH. I LIKE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US BEFORE. >> CHANGE ORDER FIVE WHICH WAS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO DISCUSSING YESTERDAY. CHANGE ORDER FIVE, DESPITE CONTINUATION OF INSTALLING A TOTAL OF 10. SO, WITH THAT CHANGE ORDER INCLUDES A COMPONENT WHICH WE LIST AS TEMPORARY UNITS. THAT WAS TO SECURE UNITS, WE HAVE THEM STORED IN STANDBY . THEY ARE READY TO BE INSTALLED AT ANY NOTICE, THE TEMPERATURES ARE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE OR OUT OF RANGE. >> THAT WAS 225,000 , IT WENT DOWN BECAUSE WE TALKED TO THE SHERIFF AND THE JAILERS, THEY ALLOWED US TO DO THESE CHANGES AND EVERYTHING. >> THAT NUMBER JUST TO STORE THEM IN THAT INSTALLMENT AT THIS TIME IS LISTED IN CHANGE ORDER FIVE AS 108,000. WE HAVE A UNIT COST THROUGHOUT THE CHANGE ORDER THAT IS ONE 11,000 $700 DEPENDING ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, IF WE NEED TO INSTALL THEM IN ONE ROOM, THAT WOULD BE THE LEAVEN SEVEN. IF WE DO NOT NEED TO ADD ANY ROOMS, HE WOULD BE STORING THE UNITS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ON STANDBY PER JAIL STANDARDS WITH OUR AGREEMENT. THE EXTENSION ON [02:45:05] THERE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US? THE 282,000. >> THE SECOND ITEM DOWN WAS THE PREMIUM TIME. SECOND SHIFT, THE COST IS RELATED TO ANYTHING. IT'S PROBABLY SELF-EXPLANATORY. THE TIME EXTENSION IS -- RELATES TO TIME. THAT IS TIME FOR SITE SUPERVISORS, MANAGEMENT, TIME. ANY SIDE COSTS WE HAVE, YOUR PROJECT . EXTENDING FROM WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED UNDER CHANGE ORDER FOUR, CHANGE ORDER FIVE IS LISTED AS TWO WITH ANOTHER DISCUSSION OF DOING IT ONE AT A TIME. IF WE LOOK AT IT IN THE WAY OF THE WAY WE ARE DOING A PROJECT. WE ARE DOING ROOFS AND WINDOWS, WE ARE GOING TO DO EIGHT BUILDINGS. THOUGH THE BUILDINGS HAVE CREW MEMBERS ALONG WITH MATERIALS. THAT'S NOT THE PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER. IT'S A PART OF MANAGING THAT PROJECT. IF WE ARE GOING THROUGH EIGHT BUILDINGS, TWO PLACES ARE ON HOLD. YOU HAVE ON SITE SUPERVISORS AND MANAGEMENT , WE ARE GOING THROUGH. IF IT WAS DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THESE BUILDINGS. THAT PROJECT WAS PRICED , DOING THE PROJECT AND AN EIGHT MONTH PERIOD WITH THE OFFENSES HE -- OF EFFICIENCY OF THE TEAM. HAVING SOMETHING ON HOLD AND PLACED BACK TO GET STARTED, THAT IS WHAT IS THIS TIME EXTENSION RELATED TO UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT >> YOU DROP THAT AMOUNT AS WELL AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH ME , YES. >> THAT WAS REDUCED DOWN. >> I WISH YOU WOULD DROP IT EVEN MORE. THAT IS HAVING OUR BOND, OUR BOND INSURANCES, THAT WORK WHICH IS BEING EXTENDED TO THE COMPLETION. IN FRONT OF YOU IS CHANGE ORDER FIVE . WHAT TRANSPIRED FROM A PHONE CALL AND EMAILS YESTERDAY, THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW IS A STEP THEY ARE LEANING TO DO ONE UNIT AT A TIME. YOU'RE BASED ON DOING TWO UNITS, THERE IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT ONE UNIT AT A TIME WHICH I WOULD CALL CHANGE ORDER FIVE DAY. THAT DOES HAVE AN UPTICK TO IT. >> I SEE WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE JAIL, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT OR ANYTHING? IF TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. >> I AM HERE FOR OTHER PURPOSES, I'M ASKING -- I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING IN. I FIGURED IT WOULD BE -- >> ONE THING I DID SUGGEST , JUDGE . MOST THINGS RELATE TO TIME, IF WE ARE TO EXTEND A GOAL ONE AT A TIME. IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT TWO MORE MONTHS TO THE PROJECT. THE TEMPORARY COST WILL HAVE AN UPTICK, PREMIUM TIME. EVERYTHING WILL HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT TO IT . IF WE WERE TO GO THROUGH A CHANGE ORDER FIVE WHICH IS FOCUSING ON TWO UNITS AT A TIME. IF WE MOVE FORWARD TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, I CAN COME UP WITH THE UPDATED NUMBER FOR FIVE A. DO WE GO FORWARD TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, IF WE CAN PICK UP SOME ECONOMIES, THINGS ARE GOING, MAYBE WENT TO JAIL WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE CAPTAIN. WE SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, IT MAY NOT BE AS INVOLVED WITH THE ESCORTING AND MOVING IN OR OUT, THEY RE-EVALUATE AT THAT TIME IF WE CAN SEE THAT, WE CAN STILL GET THE PROJECT DONE. I WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS, IT IS JUST SOMETHING TO THROW OUT IF THAT IS AN OPTION. >> WHAT IS YOUR SCHEDULED DATE TO START ON THIS NOW? I KNOW WE HAVE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD QUITE A BIT, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A HARD START DATE AND MOVING FORWARD. >> TO BE PROACTIVE, THE TEMPORARY UNITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED. WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED -- STORED FASTER [02:50:05] THAN WE EXPECTED. STARTING YESTERDAY, THEY ARE BREAKING DOWN THE NEW UNITS THAT WILL BE GOING UP FOR INSTALL. THAT WILL BE TODAY, TOMORROW, AND FRIDAY. WE HAVE 51, 52, AND 53 LOCATION. WE HAVE CIRCLES SCHEDULED FRIDAY COMING UP TO DISCONNECT THE SMOKE DETECTION OR SMOKE DETECTORS WHICH WILL START KICKING IN THE FIRE WATCH THAT THE JAIL STAFF WOULD BE MONITORING. TUESDAY, RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAY WE ARE GOING INTO START UNIT 51. WE HAVE IT ALL PLANNED TO CONTINUE MOVING AS WE ARE WORKING THIS. ONE THING THAT CAME ABOUT TODAY, UNIT 73 HAS AN ISSUE THAT JUST HAPPENED . I THINK WHAT WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO DO IS CONTINUE WITH 51, THAT'S HOW WE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THEN IS SWITCH FROM 51 TO 73, TO GET THAT UNIT UP WHICH IS MOVING ALONG RIGHT NOW. IT WAS THE COIL. >> THIS MORNING , THIS ISSUE, WHICH SHOWS HOW URGENTLY WE NEED THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD. GIVE THESE TEMPORARY MEASURES WERE SUCH A LARGE ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION THAT I WAS ON CALL WITH TOO. >> WE HAVE SEVEN DASH THREE. FIX THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. >> OUR PLAN OF ATTACK IS TO KEEP THINGS AS TO WHEN WE HAVE THINGS MEASURED WITH THE BREAKOUT TO CONTINUE STARTING FOR TUESDAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 51 THEN ROLLED RIGHT INTO 73. BUT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION . IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN, IF WE NEED TO PULL OFF 51 TO GET TO THERE. WE WILL MAKE THAT SWITCH QUICKLY IF NEED BE, WE CONTINUE THAT A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS. >> ONCE YOU START 51, YOU WERE SHUTTING DOWN ANOTHER UNIT SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WHERE YOU ARE IF YOU LEAVE THAT TO TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER JOB. >> IT'S A MATTER OF A TEMPORARY FIX . >> A BAND-AID OR REPLACEMENT. >> OKAY. THIS TOTAL AMOUNT IS FOR 550,000, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO A FIVE A CHANGE ORDER. I HIGHLY STRESSED THE COUNTY HAS SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW FOR THESE KINDS OF FUNDS TO COME UP WITH THIS. I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER SIMULTANEOUSLY WELL BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER PART OF FUNDS THAT WE CAN SCROUNGE AROUND TO FIND FOR ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER. WE ARE AT THE END OF THIS JOB, WE NEED TO FINISH IT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THIS JOB AND IT IS A VITAL PIECE FOR OUR JAIL IN JAIL STANDARDS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. LET'S PLEASE, I DO BELIEVE LISA, WE HAVE FOUND THE FUNDS IN THE INTEREST FOR THE 550 MOVING FORWARD. IF WE BOTH, TO DO THIS CHANGE ORDER TODAY. >> THAT IS CORRECT, THERE IS INTEREST EURLINGS AVAILABLE -- EARNINGS AVAILABLE . AMONGST ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, IN THE AMOUNT OF 573,000. JUST BARELY COVERED. >> WE ARE SPENDING 550 ON THIS. LIKE I SAID, I HOPE THAT THIS PROVES FRUITFUL AND THIS IS THAT GOOD SHOULD BE WERE COSTLY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A GO ON THE NEXT ONE. >> WE HAVE A WEEKLY CADENCE CALL WHICH INCLUDES THE STAFF ALONG WITH THE JAIL PERSONNEL. WE GO THROUGH THAT, WHICH I BELIEVE WE WILL CONTINUE THAT CADENCE CALL AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO WORK AS A TEAM, LET'S SEE RATHER THAN MAKING THE ASSUMPTIONS TODAY. WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE , LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN GO. IF EVERYTHING IS TIMED, WE CAN KEEP THIS ALL WRAPPED UP IN A TIME PERIOD. I WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THAT, WE WILL KEEP YOU ABREAST TO THAT. IT WILL NOT STOP US FROM CONTINUING TO THERE. >> YOU ARE WORKING ON YOUR SCHEDULES, YOUR START DATE IS -- >> PRE-WORK IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK, THEY WILL BE READY TUESDAY AFTER THE HOLIDAY . >> I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FIVE WITH UTILIZING THE INTEREST ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. [02:55:01] >> SECOND. >> THE $550,000 WITH YOUR START DATE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [3. Discuss and consider authorizing Public Works to obtain cooperative bids as the method of procurement for development of a second courtroom for County Court At Law No. 5. ] ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING PUBLIC WORKS TO OBTAIN COOPERATIVE BIDS FOR COUNTY COURT AT LAW FIVE. >> COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO -- FOR FEDERAL WORKS TO OBTAIN BIDS AS A METHOD OF PROCUREMENT OF LAW NUMBER FIVE ERIC >> MOVED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THE OTHER DISCUSSION? SAY AYE, ALL THOSE [1. Discuss and consider awarding and execution of a contract with Texas Pack & Load ER Sales, Inc. in the amount of $519,279 (ARPA Funds) for the purchase one (1) new hydro truck with tanks and hoses (RFP 3212-22 C).] IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. ITEM C1, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARDING AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH TEXAS PACK AND LOAD SALES . HOW ARE YOU? >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. ON FEBRUARY 8, 2023. WE WERE CONDITIONALLY SELECTED FOR OUR P 3212, THIS ITEM IS TO REWARD AND EXECUTE A CONTACT WITH TEXAS PACK AND LOAD. THIS IS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. PUBLIC WORKS FOR CUMMINS APPROVAL. >> MOVE. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A [2. Discuss and consider approval for method of procurement IFB (invitation for bids) for Nueces County Courthouse 6th Floor Renovations - Public Defender's Office, and authorize the Purchasing Agent to publish a notice.] SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. C2, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR METHOD OF PROCUREMENT LETTER IFB FOR RENOVATIONS. >> ON MARCH 22ND, PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT TO CREATE OFFICE SPACE ON THE SIXTH FLOOR. THIS ITEM GIVES PURCHASING PERMISSION TO PUBLISHING IFB TO RENOVATE THAT PORTION OF THE COURTHOUSE. >> MOVED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? [3. Discuss and consider award and execution of an Agreement with Progressive Structures, Inc. for the Hazel Bazemore Splash Pad Project for Precinct 1 (IFB No. 3231-23).] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM C3 , DISCUSSING AGREEMENT FOR THE HAZEL BAYS . SELECTED PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES FOR IFB 3231. THIS ITEM IS TOWARD AN AGREEMENT TO PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES FOR THE PROJECT. EXPENSE IN THE AMOUNT OF 498,709 $9.17 IS TO BE PAID WITH OUR REVENUE, THE COUNTY OFFICE AND OUR ADMINISTRATION CHECK THE CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY. PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDS A APPROVAL. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [4. Discuss and consider award and execution of an Agreement with Brizo Construction, LLC for the Hazel Bazemore Park New Restroom Building (IFB No. 3229-23).] ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH -- CONSTRUCTION. GO AHEAD. >> I'M SORRY, ON APRIL 26, 2023 COMMISSIONERS COURT CONDITIONALLY SELECTED. THIS ITEM IS TO REWARD AN AGREEMENT TO THEM FOR THE PROJECT. EXPRESS IN THE AMOUNT OF 555,000 -- $537,000 AND $90 -- TO BE PAID WITH OUR LOST REVENUE FUNDS. THIS CONTRACT WAS REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY. PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> MOVED. >> I SECOND THAT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY [2. Discuss and consider ARPA-funded purchase of eCitation County Law Enforcement Civil Service Management & Reporting Application from Tyler Technologies for Constable Precinct 2.] MUCH. AND I THINK I WILL SKIP DOWN TO F2 VERY QUICKLY, JUST BECAUSE OF OUR ATTENDANCE . DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FUNDED PURCHASE OF A CITATION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CIVIL-SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING APPLICATION. FROM TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, FOR CONSTABLE -- IS DARRELL HERE? I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS EARLIER, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I KNOW IT'S BEEN APPROVED. >> IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS AND WE HAVE GOT THROUGH [03:00:02] IT, EVERYTHING HAS GONE WELL, AND REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY A FEW TIMES AS WELL AS I.T. WE KEPT THE COST AND GOOD CONTROL. COMING IN QUITE WELL, WE JUST GOT THE FUNDING HAS STAYED THE SAME , IT WAS ALLOCATED TO IT, THE FUNDING FOR THE BUY-IN AMOUNT. >> THIS AMOUNT IS A LOT LARGER THIS FIRST YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR'S USAGE IS FOR MONITORING WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH. I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY. >> THE TOTAL OF $150,483 IS THE -- THAT'S THE BUY-IN AMOUNT, THE FIRST YEAR AMOUNT FOR IMPLEMENTATION. ONE THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE WORKED OUT IS THAT AFTER WE DO THIS INITIAL BUY-IN, IT'S GOING TO BE 18 MONTHS BEFORE WE EVEN START THE ANNUAL PAYMENT, BECAUSE I HAD A VERY LENGTHY MEETING WITH TECHNOLOGIES , ABOUT EIGHT OF THEM ONLINE. IT WENT PRETTY WELL, THEY WOULD NOT CHARGE US ANYTHING WITH THE LIMITATION PHASE. TRYING TO SEE THAT, ALSO FROM THE 5% INCREASE ANNUALLY , TO A 3%. THEY KNOW WE WERE UNDER, CONTROLLING THE COST AS WELL. THIS AGREEMENT ALSO, >> I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE [1. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving a Texas DIR Contract No. DIR-TSO-3763 with DELL Technologies in the amount of $159,878.15 for the purchase of computer hardware for annual warranty replacements for Information Technology.] MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. MOVING BACK , SORRY. >> THERE IS ANOTHER I.T. ONE . AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING APPROVING THE TEXAS DIR CONTRACT WITH DELL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $159,878 JUST FOR YOUR COMPUTER . >> THIS IS THE ANNUAL WARRANTY REFRESH THAT WE DO . THEY ARE LITTLE DIFFERENT, ONE IS THAT DELL NOW HAS THEIR OWN DIR CONTRACT , THEY ARE COMING IN VERY WELL ON THIS, AND THE THING ABOUT IT WITH HIS WARRANTIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN HIT WITH EVERY YEAR, KIND OF PRICEY BUT WE NEED TO DO IT. ANYWAY, WE ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP, THIS TIME FOR NEXT YEAR, WORKING WITH TERESA ON THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS TIME , FOR APPROVAL AND IT IS GOING TO BE LAWYER -- LOWER . WE ARE LOOKING AT $50,000 LOWER THAN THIS, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP, SO ANYTHING AFTER THAT WILL BE MUCH OLDER THAN THAT. WE SHOULD GET CAUGHT UP IF WE EVER SEE PRICES LIKE THIS. WE HAVE A MOTION. >> SECOND. MOVED, THAT SECOND. WE MADE THE MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, [1. Approve Budget Change Order No. 14 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.] SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. MOVING BACK TO THE ONE AUDITOR APPROVED BUDGET CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 14 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2022 2023. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COURT. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE ORDER NUMBER 14 THAT IS BROUGHT FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY. WE ARE REALLOCATING CAPITAL IN THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER THE WARRANTY YOU JUST APPROVED AS WELL AS THE AED ADDITIONAL UNITS. WE ORDERED 36 ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT . THERE IS ALSO REALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM COURT ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE ANCILLARY RECORD TO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THAT CAPITAL THAT THEY NEEDED TO START UP. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE . ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. >> JUST REAL QUICK, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FORMER COMMISSIONER THAT'S HERE WITH US. I'M SURE HE WAS BORED AND HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND SAY [2. Approve Capital Project Budget Change Order No. 121.] HELLO. ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE YOU, SIR. HE HAS MY FAVORITE COLOR ON. >> ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVING CAPITAL PROJECT TO CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 121 . >> NUMBERED 121 IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL, WE [03:05:03] ARE REALLOCATING FUNDS THAT WERE ACCESS OVER , EXCESS FUNDING AVAILABLE AFTER EXPENSES WERE PAID AND THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED. AS WELL AS PREVIOUSLY UNALLOCATED RESOURCES, AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. TO THE NEW PROJECTS CREATED FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS FACILITY AS WELL AS WHERE THE DIAZ PARK IMPROVEMENTS WERE APPROVED EARLIER TODAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 121? >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN . I BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO TABLE NUMBER THREE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE NUMBER THREE AS PER LISA'S REQUEST. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [3. Approve a Monthly Financial Report for the month of April 2023.] AYE , THE MOTION PASSES. TABLE TO NEXT MEETING, JUNE THE SEVENTH I ASSUME. YOU'RE ON THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, JUNE [1. Discuss and consider approving an increase in salary supplement for three (3) positions within the Sheriff's Office in the amount of $5,000 per year plus benefits, funding will come from the Sheriff's Inmate Benefit Fund (1324).] 7TH. ITEM E1 , HUMAN RESOURCES. DISCUSS IMPROVING AN INCREASE IN SALARY SUPPLEMENT FOR THREE POSITIONS WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF 5000 PER YEAR PLUS BENEFITS, FUNDING WILL COME FROM THE SHERIFF'S INMATE BENEFIT FUND 1324. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BEEN -- IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY HR AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS, THIS IS A LEGITIMATE USE OF THOSE PRIVATE FUNDS THAT THE SHERIFF HAS IN HIS CONTROL. FROM THE COMMISSARY FUNDS. >> WE PREFER -- CONFIRMED THOSE ARE COMING FROM THE COMMISSARY FUNDS. >> BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF DEALING WITH FUNDS THAT WE GAVE IS A ONE-TIME THING THAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE DIFFERENTLY , MY CONCERN ON ANY OF THESE SUPPLEMENTS IS EXACTLY THAT. >> HE IS FULLY AWARE THAT THIS IS ON HIM, HIS COMMISSARY EVERY YEAR FROM HEREAFTER WITH THIS INCREASE . >> WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE FULLY AWARE OF THINGS TOO, ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE , PEOPLE CHANGE. THINGS GET TWISTED UP, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS CLEARLY ON THE RECORD HERE THE ONLY WAY THAT THESE SUPPLEMENTS GET PAID I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR EVERYONE. I'M NOT PICKING ANYBODY. I AM SO BEFUDDLED THAT SOME OF THE RESPONSES WE HAVE GOING ON GIVING ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTS INTO GOODTIME SUPPLEMENTS AND PEOPLE FORGETTING THOSE THINGS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEARLY ARTICULATED FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO GOING FORWARD. THIS IS NOT RELATED TO A GENERAL FUND, WE ARE NOT APPROVING IT BUT THAT WE WOULD NOT IN THE BUDGET. THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS A SUPPLEMENT AND I THINK IT IS GREAT THIS SHERIFF IS DOING THIS. THE PEOPLE DESERVE IT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE GENERAL FUND WILL EVER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOR IN ANY OF THE OTHER GRANT MONEY WE HAVE GIVEN FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. NONE OF THAT HAS EVER INTENDED TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN A ONE-TIME GIFT OR ONE TIME THING. THAT'S THE FEDERAL RULES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEARLY ARTICULATING THIS AND I WANT TO DO IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN SEE COMING FORWARD BECAUSE IT COMES BACK TO BITE YOU EVEN WHEN YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING NICE. I'M SUPPORTED ABOVE THIS -- SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT WOULD NOT MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS THIS. IT WON'T BE TIED TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND WILL ALWAYS BE TIED TO THE SHERIFF'S BENEFIT INMATE FUND. SECOND THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF PEOPLE. >> EVERYBODY IS GONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, [2. Discuss and consider approval to reclassify the two (2) Environmental Enforcement positions from Pay Group 20 to Pay Group 23; salary increase will be funded by deletion of the budgeted Sr Clerk position, Pay Group 13 which remains vacant. ] SAME SIGN. I DID NOT REALIZE COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ HAD WALKED OUT. MOVING ON TO E2, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL TO RECLASSIFY TWO ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER POSITIONS FROM PAY GROUP 20 TO PAY GROUP 23, SALARY INCREASE WILL BE FUNDED BY DELETION OF THE SENIOR CLERK POSITION, PAID 13 WHICH REMAINS VACANT . >> PUBLIC WORKS IS [03:10:03] RECOMMENDING RECLASSIFYING THE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY PROPOSING THIS, THERE WILL BE IN $1000 SALARY SAVINGS. >> I WILL COME BACK AND ASKED FOR THIS POSITION, TO COME UP WITH THESE FUNDS. >> THIS AGAIN , THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONE. THIS FALLS WITHIN THE POLICIES OF THE COURT AND THE LAWN WHICH WE OPERATE WHICH IS IF YOU ARE GOING TO ASK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THERE HAS TO BE A PERMIT DELETION BECAUSE THIS IS DURING A BUDGET LOSS AS WE CANNOT ADJUST THE BUDGET. WHAT THIS IS DOING IS PERMANENTLY DELETING A POSITION AND CREATING A COST SAVINGS FOR THE COACHEE. GETTING THESE FOLKS PAID LIKE THEY -- NOT PAID ENOUGH, WE GET IT. GETTING CLOSER. I MAKE A MOTION TO DEFINITELY PASS THIS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO PASS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PASS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION . GO AHEAD, LISA. >> ARE THESE ONE OF THESE POSITIONS FUNDED THROUGH ARPA. >> THE POSITION IS VACANT AND WE WILL BE REQUESTING THAT. >> THAT'S NOT THIS POSITION. THAT'S HIS CURRENT POSITION ELIMINATING. GOOD QUESTION. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. [3. Discuss and consider approval to purchase of a 25-employee license for LinkedIn Learning for 6 months at a cost of $2,644.75, to be paid out of 1280-5311 (Employee Benefits) in the current fiscal year.] >> WE MISS YOU WITH YOUR DOG. THAT IS REALLY -- >> E3, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A 25 EMPLOYEE LICENSED FOR LINKEDIN LEARNING AT A COST OF $2644.75 TO BE PAID OUT OF 1280-5311 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. >> I WAS HOPING MICHAEL WOULD BE HERE, BUT I CAME HERE IN CASE HE WASN'T. LINKEDIN LEARNING IS A REALLY EXTENSIVE LIBRARY THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STAFF . THE REQUEST FOR THIS AMOUNT IS CONSIDERATION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION IN ORDER FOR US TO LOCK IN PRICING IN OCTOBER WHEN IT IS COMPLETED PICK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND UTILIZE THESE FUNDS RIGHT NOW TO GAIN 25 LICENSES . LINKEDIN HAS AN EXTENSIVE COLLABORATE , AS I MENTIONED. IT WILL ENHANCE EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY. CAREFULLY DISPORT IT, I RECEIVE MYSELF 14 DIFFERENT CERTIFICATES . STRATEGIC RESOURCES , THIS TYPE OF CERTIFICATE THAT EMPLOYEES CAN RECEIVE NORMALLY A CERTIFICATE LIKE THIS COSTS ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO 700,000 WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS WE CONDUCTED WITH LINKEDIN, WE CAN AFFIRM WE NEGOTIATED A RATE WITH THE INTEGRATION SUPPORTED. INK ABOUT THAT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 37,000 WHICH I KNOW WE WILL BE PRESENTING IN OCTOBER. I JUST WANT TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM . EVEN IF WE PAID $35,000 FOR 1500 LICENSES, WHICH IS WHAT THE ESTIMATED COST WILL BE. IF WE HIRED A LEARNING AND TRAINING SPECIALIST, THE RATE FOR AN EMPLOYEE IS ABOUT 70,000. ALMOST DOUBLE THE BENEFIT THAT WE ARE PAYING AND TO HIRE A MANAGER WOULD BE $110,000. THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN THIS PROGRAM, I FULLY SUPPORT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE REQUEST >> I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING ON THIS. GIVING OUR EMPLOYEES TRAINING THAT THEY MAY NOT PAY OUT-OF-POCKET OR COULD AFFORD TO, ALSO TO SHOW AN ADDED BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT THEY GET WITH THEIR EMPLOYMENT WITH US. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH IN PAPERS AND WE CAN OFFER , BENEFITS AS FAR AS INSURANCE, TIME, AND LEAVE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE, HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE SOME BENEFITS INTERNALLY WERE PEOPLE CAN USE THESE TO HELP MAYBE ACCELERATE ADVANCEMENT WITHIN OUR STRUCTURE HERE. I HOPE TO, I HATE TO BE IN AN ORGANIZATION [03:15:02] WHERE YOU TRAIN SOMEONE AND LOSE THEM FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. HOPEFULLY THIS IS A WELL-TRAINED ORGANIZATION, WHICH I KNOW IT HAS BEEN. TO BE ABLE TO PERFECT YOUR SKILLS IS SOMETHING I THINK EVERYONE TRIES TO DO AND REALLY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO. BEYOND WHATEVER THEIR EDUCATION IS, IT'S CONSTANT LEARNING, CONTINUAL LEARNING EVEN AS A PROFESSIONAL. THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS. >> IS THAT A MOTION? >> SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, ON AND I THINK -- DO WE HAVE ANY ADJOURNMENTS? OH YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I WANT TO SHARE THE PASSING OF AMBER NICOLE ROSALES, DAUGHTER OF THE CORPUS CHRISTIE COUNCILMAN. SHE PASSED AWAY AND LEFT BEHIND TWO CHILDREN, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE HER PARENTS -- AND HER MOTHER, KIMBERLY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE PASSING OF CATALINA CARMEN PEÑA WHO WAS THE MOTHER OF OUR COMMUNITY -- OVER AT COMMUNITY SERVICES. SHE PASSED AWAY ON MAY THE 11TH AT THE AGE OF 92 , SHE HAS A REALLY RICH HISTORY OF LIFE AND HER FAMILY MISSES HER . THE SERVICES WERE HELD LAST WEEK WITH A ROSARY AND BURIAL, LAST MAY, 16TH. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HER AND HER FAMILY. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD. WAS A SOPHOMORE, MIA WAS THE MOST LOVABLE AND HAPPY, AND FUNNIEST SWEET GIRL. MIA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER GRANDPA , AND RODOLFO HERRERA SENIOR. SHE'S THE NEEDS OF ESPERANZA HERRERA , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF -- ARTS AND EDUCATION. >> CAN HEAR YOU. >> SORRY. BAD HABIT. DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN? MIA, SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE , SHE WAS THE MOST LOVABLE AND HAPPY, AND FUNNIEST SWEET GIRL. MIA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER GRANDPA , AND RODOLFO HERRERA SENIOR. SHE'S THE NIECE OF ESPERANZA HERRERA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ANTONIO E GARCIA ARTS AND EDUCATION CENTER. THANK YOU. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY -- >> I HAVE ONE, JUDGE. IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COURT ALSO BE ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF MARIAM ASHLEY, AGE 89 WHO PASSED AWAY ON MAY 21ST AT 2023. SHE WAS ONE IN DECEMBER 19TH , 1933 IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA TO FRANK AND ADELE BUCKMAN. SHE WAS THE OLDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN AND CAME TO TEXAS IN THE MID-50S, AND MET AND MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, BURRELL ON OCTOBER 3RD, 1958. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER HER WHOLE LIFE, SHE LOVE TO SEW AND CROCHET. SHE LOVED TO DANCE, SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER BROTHER, AND TWO SISTERS AND HER LOVING HUSBAND. SHE SURVIVED BY HER SIX CHILDREN, VALERIE CHRISTENSEN, VAN AND VICKI ASHLEY, LINDA WILLIAM KNITTEL, LORI AND DAVID , DALE AND VICKI . DARREN AND ALLISON , SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN -- GREAT GRANDCHILDREN , EXCUSE ME. VISITATION AND FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HER MOTHER WILL BE HELD FOR SATURDAY , MAY 27TH AT MEMORIAL GARDENS FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 12 TO 2, THE SERVICE WILL BE FROM 2 TO 3. >> THANK YOU, LISA. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADJOURNMENTS IN MEMORY? IF NOT, [A. Discuss and consider attorney's fees proposal from outside counsel to represent District Attorney Mark Gonzalez in the litigation involving the Petition to Remove him from office.] I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. >> GO AHEAD, SORRY. ON ITEM FIVE A DID YOU GUYS TABLE IT [03:20:03] OR DISCUSS IT? >> THERE WAS NO ACTION TO TAKE ON IT. WE DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION. YES. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. GO AHEAD, CONNIE . WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.