[1. Proclamation - Women's Equality Day August 26, 2023 in honor of the League of Women Voters Corpus Christi and in celebration of the 103rd anniversary of women's right to vote in Nueces County, Texas.]

ON TO E ROAR, ADOPT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. AND I THINK -- I WILL MAKE THE MOTION FOR THIS. IF I CAN GET A SECOND.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: SECOND. >>>JUDGE SCOTT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND PEYTON WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR BEING

HERE. >> OKAY.

WOMEN VOTERS, A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION IN 1920 DURING THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION CONVENTION.

THE CONVENTION WAS HELD JUST SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED AND CERTIFIED GIVING AMERICAN WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AFTER A CENTURY STRUCTURE.

WRRZ THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CORPUS CHRISTI AREA WAS FORMED IN 1945 AS DOROTHY GREENE SERVING AS ITS FIRST PRESIDENT AND THE LEAGUE HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVISTS GRASS-ROOTS ORGANIZATION WHOSE LEADERS BELIEVE THAT CITIZENS SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNANCE, ADVOCACY AND VOTING.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ACTS WITH TRUST, INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM. OPERATES IN AN OPEN AND EFFECTIVE MANNER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH VOTERS GUIDES AND CANDIDATES FORUMS, ENGAGES VOTERS AND DEFENDS DEMOCRACY AND THE LEAGUE'S HERITAGE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CORPUS CHRISTI AREA HAVE BUILT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION WITH PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND STUDYING COMMUNITY AND STATE ISSUES.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY THAT WE HEARBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 25, 2023 IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY. OF IN HONOR OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE IN NUECES COUNTY.

DULY NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THIS 23RD DAY OF AUGUST

2023. >>JUDGE SCOTT: A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. DO Y'ALL HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANT TO SPEAK? YES, MISS HAWKINS.

>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. JUDGE SCOTT AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THAT ARE PRESENT.

WE CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THIS DECLARATION.

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WE ARE A GROUP OF WOMEN. WHAT HAPPENED?

>> SOMEBODY UNMUTED THEMSELVES. >> OH, OKAY.

SO TO SORRY. >>JUDGE SCOTT: THAT'S OKAY.

>> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MESS UP.

[LAUGHTER] OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT FIRST AND THEN I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AREA IS A NONPARTISAN GRASS-ROOTS CIVIC ORGANIZATION THAT ENCOURAGES, INFORMED ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT. WORKS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY, ISSUES AND INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR GIVING THUS DECLARATION.

WE ARE HERE TO BRING MORE VISION -- MORE -- THAT WE CAN BE SEEN MORE AND BE MORE VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR. WE ARE NONPARTISAN, NOT BIPARTISAN. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. AND WE THANK EVERYONE WHO IS HERE FOR EMBRACING US. ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO JOIN THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME.

WE ARE ALSO HAVING OUR ANNUAL FUND RAISING BANQUET ON THURSDAY AT ERAS STEAK HOUSE AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE SOLD OUT.

THANK YOU. AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR FUNDRAISER IS FOR OUR VOTER GUIDES.

AND I AM SURE THAT MANY OF YOU, AS YOU POLITICKED ALONG THE WAY FOR YOUR JOBS, YOU WERE GIVEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU STAND FOR, AND THE VOTER GUIDE IS THERE TO EDUCATE ALL OF VOTERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND THIS IS MY WONDERFUL GROUP HERE.

THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR BEING HERE TODAY WITH US.

>>>JUDGE SCOTT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

PROCLAMATION. IF -- DO YOU ALL WANT TO DO A PHOTO UP HERE OR SOMETHING? WE HAVE THIS FOR YOU.

>> ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES.

GOOD JOB THAT YOU DO. >>>JUDGE SCOTT: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

LET THEM CLEAR OUT. MOVING ON TO ITEM F.

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PUBLIC COMMENT? NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE HERE TO WISHES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP? THERE BEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.

[13. Discuss and consider appointment of election judges and apportionment of election judges for voting centers per Commissioner Precinct pursuant to Section 32.002 of the Texas Election Code.]

I WOULD ASK BEFORE WE START ON THE NEXT, I HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE TABLED. ITEM 3-A-13 NEEDS TO BE TABLED.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE -- TABLE INDEFINITELY.

IT IS NOT COMING BACK -- I NEED 3-A-13 TABLED.

IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THERE.

>> COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: AN ELECTION ONE?

>>JUDGE SCOTT: I NEED A TABLE. AND KARA IS AWARE.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANYONE IN FAVOR.

[1. Discuss and consider approval of HireRight background services contract, and related matters.]

OPPOSED? SAME SIGN, THE MOTION CARRIES.

THAT IS TABLED. I NEED TO TABLE 3-F-1 BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS NOT READY. WE WILL MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. THAT IS ON THE HIGHER RIGHT AND

UNDER HUMAN RESOURCES. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: SECOND

-- >>JUDGE SCOTT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I WANT

TO TABLE F -- >> TO WHAT DATE?

>>JUDGE SCOTT: THE NEXT MEETING AVAILABLE.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUST FOR F-1.

THE OTHER ONE IS INDEFINITELY? >>JUDGE SCOTT: YES, F-1.

[2. Discuss and consider a $900 car allowance for Fiscal Year 22/23 for the Clinic Program Coordinator position.]

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I WANT TO TABLE F-2 FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WHAT I REQUESTED IS NOT THE

RIGHT THING. >>>JUDGE SCOTT: THE BACK-SUN IS

NOT CORRECT? >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: SECOND.

>>JUDGE SCOTT: A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

NOW WE WILL MOVE -- OH, ANY OTHER ONES? ANYONE WISHES TO TABLE ANY CONCERNS ON THE AGENDA? WE CAN ALWAYS TABLE IT WHEN WE GET TO IT IF NECESSARY, BUT I

[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.]

KNEW THOSE ARE WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

AND ON THE CON SEASON SENT AGENDA.

ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA YOU WISH TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION

TO PASS. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: SO MOVED.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: SECOND. >>JUDGE SCOTT: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES.

[1. Discuss and consider proposal for 2023 Tax Rate for Nueces County, NC Farm to Market, and NC Hospital District; Commissioners Court must take a record vote and authorize publishing appropriate notices.]

WE MOVE ON A 3-A-1, THE REGULAR AGENDA.

CUSS AND CONSIDER PROPOSAL FOR 2023 TAX RATE FOR NUECES COUNTY, NOE HINOJOSA, ESTRADA HINOJOSA & COMPANY FARM-TO-MARKET AND NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. COMMISSIONERS COURT MUST TAKE A