Dec 10, 2025 Commissioners Court - Regular

YES, YOUR HONOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM G G COMMISSIONER.

[GG. Ratify and accept resolution in memory of Lucas Kimmel, previously presented by Commissioner Mike Pusley. ]

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION THAT I PRESENTED AT THE TULOSO MIDWAY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND THIS WAS TO HONOR A YOUNG MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN A VERY TRAGIC ACCIDENT, THE TEXAS A&M BONFIRE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

AND THAT WAS LUCAS KIMMEL AND LUCAS ATTENDED TULOSO MIDWAY GRADUATED FROM THERE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT IN IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST GRADUATED WITH MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.

JUST A FINE YOUNG MAN.

SO WE PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION, OR I DID, ON BEHALF OF THE COURT.

AND WE'RE HAVING WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR THE FULL COURT TO RATIFY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO READ IT VERY QUICKLY IF I COULD.

WHEREAS LUCAS KIMMEL WAS A CHERISHED INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PRESENCE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND WHEREAS LUCAS WAS KNOWN FOR HIS COMPASSION, INTEGRITY AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THOSE AROUND HIM, INSPIRING MANY WITH HIS KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY.

AND WHEREAS, IN HIS MEMORY, WE HONOR HIS LEGACY AND COMMIT TO UPHOLDING THE VALUES HE EMBODIED, INCLUDING KINDNESS, EMPATHY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY THAT THE COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS DAY IN MEMORY OF LUCAS KIMMEL, A BELOVED INDIVIDUAL WHOSE LIFE ENRICHED THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM, DULY ADOPTED BY THE VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THIS DAY, THE 10TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025.

SECOND THAT MOTION, JUDGE.

YES, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

DID WE VOTE ON THIS? NO.

AND I REMEMBER THAT TIME.

YES, COMMISSIONER. AND VERY SAD EVENT AND TRAGIC FOR A&M.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A PART OF OUR HAZEL BASEBALL PARK.

THERE IS A MONUMENT IN HONOR OF LUCAS, AND HE, HE DID AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT AT HAZEL PARK.

AND SO WE HONOR HIM AT THAT PARK AND JUST A FINE YOUNG MAN.

LOST WAY TOO SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I AGREE. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3A1.

[1. Discuss and consider approving Ms. Danielle Wells for appointment as the new Nueces County 4-H Agent effective January 5th, 2026, presented by Donnie Montemayor, District Extension Administrator, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service and all related matters.]

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING MISS DANIEL WELLS FOR APPOINTMENT AS THE NEW NUECES COUNTY, FOUR-H AGENT EFFECTIVE JANUARY THE 5TH, 2026. AND, MR. MONTEMAYOR, YOU'RE HERE.

THE DISTRICT EXTENSION ADMINISTRATOR.

SO I KNOW YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE HER, AND WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS, APPARENTLY, OR SOMETHING.

WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO DO THAT, IF YOU WOULD.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE, BUT IT'S USUALLY WHAT WE MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO WHY DON'T YOU READ IT NOW AND WE'LL VOTE AFTERWARDS. YES. OKAY. WELL I JUST WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE. OKAY. JUST INTRODUCE HER.

OF COURSE I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MISS DANIELLE WELLS.

MISS WELLS HAS BEEN OUR FINALIST FOR THE POSITION TO FILL THE FOUR-H AGENT POSITION HERE IN NUECES COUNTY.

WE HAVE VENTED ALL APPLICANTS AND GONE THROUGH THERE AND INTERVIEW SOME OUTSTANDING APPLICANTS. BUT DANIELLE COMES TO US FROM OKLAHOMA STATE EXTENSION SERVICE.

SHE RECENTLY MOVED TO THE AREA.

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HER HUSBAND HAS TAKEN A POSITION AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE, AND SHE LIVES IN THE BISHOP AREA.

SHE HAS A 15 YEAR VETERAN OF AS AN EXTENSION AGENT IN OKLAHOMA WORKING WITH FAMILY COMMUNITY HEALTH AND AS WELL AS THE FOUR H AGENT IN ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA. AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME LEADERSHIP HERE TO OUR OUR VERY BIG PROGRAM FOR H PROGRAM IN NUECES COUNTY IS IS A VERY BIG PROGRAM WITH OVER 800 YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN 20 SOME DIFFERENT CLUBS IN, IN FOUR H HERE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT MOISES COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW IS HAPPENING NEXT MONTH AND SHE'S GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

YEAH. VERY QUICKLY. WE'VE ACTUALLY DELAYED SOME OF OUR ONBOARDING AT AT TEXAS A&M BECAUSE OF THE STOCK SHOW.

I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT SHE AT LEAST MEETS PEOPLE AND OBSERVES PEOPLE THERE AS WELL. SO JANUARY THE 5TH, WE'D LIKE TO WITH THE SAME BUDGETED SALARY THAT NUECES COUNTY PROVIDES TO THE POSITION.

SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

SHE'LL BE JOINING THE STAFF THERE WITH JAIME, THE AG AGENT, AND DAISY, OUR HORTICULTURE AGENT, AND SOON I WILL BE HERE TO INTRODUCE A CANDIDATE FOR IN THE FUTURE FOR THE FAMILY COMMUNITY HEALTH POSITION THAT NORMA USED TO HAVE.

PERFECT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DANIELLE? NO.

JUST WELCOME. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

THIS IS JUST AS HE SAID.

YOU'RE COMING IN AT A CRITICAL TIME AND REALLY BEING THROWN INTO IT.

A LOT OF US ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THAT LIVESTOCK SHOW AS WELL AND THINGS, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP IN AS WELL AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT? ANYTIME YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEEDS FROM US.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP OR ANSWER QUESTIONS OR SUPPORT IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.

WELCOME. THANK YOU. JUDGE. MOTION TO APPROVE MISS WELLS FOR APPOINTMENT AS THE NEW MOTION.

AND A SECOND. SORRY. WE WERE.

I WAS JUST DISCUSSING.

WE DIDN'T VOTE. WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

YES, BUT THANK YOU. BEFORE.

YEAH. OKAY. WE DID IT BEFORE, AND THEN I STOPPED AND LET HIM.

I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A REAL NEED FOR IT.

BUT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THANK YOU. BUT WELCOME AND GOOD LUCK.

AND WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH.

SO. YES, YES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL. WELCOME ABOARD.

YES. ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTING THE MEETING

[2. Discuss and consider adopting the Meeting Minutes from October 22, 2025, November 5, 2025 and November 17, 2025.]

MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 22ND, NOVEMBER 5TH AND NOVEMBER 17TH.

COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETINGS.

MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS ARE YOU DOING THAT TODAY FOR TIM?

[3. Discuss and consider renewal of the Nueces County Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage for 2026, and any related matters.]

SORRY. IS HE OUT? OH, THERE HE IS.

HE'S HERE. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RENEWAL OF THE NUECES COUNTY WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR 2026.

AND TIM EVEREST, OUR RISK MANAGER.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONERS I KNOW BEEN GIVEN QUARTERLY BRIEFS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RENEWALS FOR THE 2026? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A VERY, VERY BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE INCREASE AND, YOU KNOW, IT WENT UP 86,000, I THINK THAT IS I THINK YOU'VE TALKED TO ALL OF US.

WE'RE FULLY AWARE. THAT'S CORRECT. JUDGE. THERE WAS YES, THERE WAS AN INCREASE.

THERE WAS A 12.6% INCREASE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025 TO 2026.

PREMIUMS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A 12% ESTIMATED PAYROLL INCREASE BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS.

YES. OF COURSE. NEVER MIND.

SORRY, I JUST I JUST WANTED THAT SAID SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS.

YES, MA'AM FOR SOMETHING THAT COSTS GO UP AND THINGS WHEN WE INCREASE SALARIES AND THINGS, OTHER THINGS GO AS WELL.

AND. YES, YES. AND ALSO THERE WAS INCORPORATED WITHIN THAT WAS THAT 10% COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH ALSO IMPACTED OUR NEW PROPOSALS FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL. THAT WAS ONE PARTICULAR AREA.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THOSE THAT WERE.

THAT'S CORRECT, CLASSIFIED IN THE RIGHT POSITION THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S YET ANOTHER WORKDAY ISSUE OR SOMETHING.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO RECTIFY AND ENSURE THAT WHEN THE PREMIUMS COME DUE NEXT YEAR, THAT WE HAVE A GOOD STARTING DATA POINT.

I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. EVERETT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

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ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL

[4. Discuss and consider approving execution of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the City of Corpus Christi for collection by the County Tax Assessor/Collector of special assessments levied by Public Improvement District No. 1; and related matters.]

COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR COLLECTION BY THE COUNTY'S TAX ASSESSOR. COLLECTOR OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS LEVIED BY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. THIS IS KEVIN KIESCHNICK.

IT'S A NEW PUD. IT'S EFFECTIVE.

DATE WILL BE OCTOBER THE 1ST.

HE DOES THESE KIND OF MOU WITH ALL THE COLLECTIONS THAT HE DOES.

IT'S A STANDARD. I DON'T THINK THAT KEVIN IS IN TOWN.

I THINK HE IS OUT OF TOWN.

BUT I'D MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE

[5. Discuss, consider, and take action to approve appointment of Dr. Diane-Ngan H. Trang as Chief Nueces County Medical Examiner, and approve compensation; and all related matters.]

APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR DIANE TRANG AS THE CHIEF NUECES COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION AND ALL RELATED MATTERS.

SHE HAS BEEN ON STANDBY FOR A TRIAL OUT OF TOWN.

SHE CANNOT BE HERE THIS MORNING.

BUT WE HAD ALREADY OFFERED THIS POSITION TO HER A WHILE BACK.

WE LET HER TAKE THE SIX MONTHS TO SEE IF SHE WAS ABLE TO HANDLE IT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO JUST HAVE ONE.

THIS IS WORKING OUT FINE.

SHE. I THINK YOU ALL RECEIVED A LETTER FOR HER.

SHE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER.

HAPPY WITH HER WORK AND EVERYTHING.

SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE HER AS OUR CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

SHE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN.

ITEM NUMBER SIX. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW AIRPORT MANAGER AND

[6. Discuss and consider appointment of new Airport Manager and related matters.]

AND IN THE TIME FRAME, HE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE WHEN WE WERE WITHOUT ONE AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD COMMENTS FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD FROM THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AS WELL.

SO I KNOW YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION PROBABLY COMMISSIONER IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT. YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND ASK COMMISSIONER MORRIS TO SECOND IF HE WOULD.

AS YOU SAID, YOUR HONOR, THIS IS THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US.

WE WE ADVERTISED WELL, OUR AIRPORT, OUR FORMER AIRPORT DIRECTOR BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF REASONS, DECIDED TO RETIRE, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYBODY TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ASSISTANT.

SO WE CALLED EDWARD AND SAID, HEY, HAVE YOU DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN SEND OVER AND HELP US? YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THE DOORS ARE UNLOCKED WHEN THEY NEED TO BE? SO EDWARD SENT A YOUNG MAN OVER WHO HAS JUST STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. SO THE THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE FOUND A VERY GOOD PERSON TO HELP US RUN OUR LITTLE AIRPORT. THE BAD NEWS IS EDWARD'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIND A THANK YOU.

EDWARD. SO. BUT BUT, EDWARD, WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS.

IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.

THE BOARD SUPPORTS THIS APPOINTMENT 100%.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING.

LAST WEEK, I HAD A CALL FROM A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS REALLY UPSET ABOUT THE POTHOLES ON HIS COUNTY ROAD, AND WE HAD A A SPIRITED DISCUSSION ABOUT POTHOLES.

AND AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, HE SAID, OH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE AN AIRPLANE AT YOUR AIRPORT.

AND THE YOUNG MAN Y'ALL HAVE OUT THERE RUNNING THINGS IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO RECEIVE THAT COMPLIMENT ON THE END OF THAT DISCUSSION.

BUT ANYWAY WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE BEN GARCIA SERVE AS THE I THOUGHT BEN WAS GOING TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT I GUESS HE'S TIED UP AT THE AIRPORT.

BUT ANYWAY BEN GARCIA IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW AIRPORT MANAGER, AND HE HAS JUST DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

I SECOND THAT AND JUDGE, I AGREE.

AND EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER SAID IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S NOT MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE AT THE COUNTY TO MOVE UP.

RIGHT? IT'S TYPICALLY YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP IN THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT IF YOU'RE BEHIND SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GOING TO BE THERE A WHILE, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE BEFORE YOU CAN EVER MOVE UP, BUT THIS WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY OUT OF BEN'S EXPERTISE.

BUT HE QUICKLY CAUGHT ON.

HE SHOWED THAT HE'S THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT HANDS ON READY TO LEARN,

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AND HE HAS GAINED AN AMAZING WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN MANAGING THE AIRPORT AND AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY. ALL THE GRANTS, ALL THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND HAS BEEN REALLY CONNECTED WITH COMMISSIONER AND MYSELF AND OUR BOARD OUT THERE.

AND SO TO ME, THAT CHECKS OFF ALL THE BOXES AND AND HE'S DONE EXCELLENT WORK.

SO MY MESSAGE IS IF THERE'S ANY OF OUR, OUR STAFF THAT ARE OUT THERE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WILL THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WHO KNOWS? THERE MAY BE A CHANCE THAT COMES KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR TO WORK IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, BUT JUST BE READY. BE HUNGRY TO WORK AND BE, YOU KNOW, BE COACHABLE. AND HE'S HAD SOME GREAT MENTORS OUT THERE.

SO I THINK THIS JUST SENDS A GREAT MESSAGE FOR HOPEFULLY FOR OUR STAFF THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU MAY, MAY NEVER PLAN FOR.

BUT BEN HAS DONE GREAT WORK.

WE WERE THERE LAST WEEK. WE'VE BEEN HAVING FULL, ROBUST MEETINGS. I MEAN, BEFORE IT WAS JUST STRUGGLING WITH 1 OR 2 MEMBERS TO SHOW UP AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATING OR THEY'RE ONLINE.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH FULL GROUP EVERY TIME THAT WE MEET, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ONCE A MONTH.

SO HE'S DONE GREAT WORK.

SO I SUPPORT HIM AS WELL.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN EDWARD.

YEAH. YES. GREAT RECOMMENDATION.

YES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RATIFICATION AND

[7. Discuss and consider ratification and approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the Texas General Land Office and Veterans Land Board for resurfacing work on roads and the parking lot at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery and adopt Resolution under Texas Government Code Section 791.014; and related matters.]

APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND THE VETERANS LAND BOARD FOR RESURFACING WORK ON ROADS IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE COASTAL BEND STATE VETERANS CEMETERY AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, YOUR HONOR. THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, THE COASTAL BEND, THE STATE CEMETERY FUNDS.

THEY'RE FUNDS. IT'S NOT COUNTY FUNDS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IS IT GOING TO COVER THE COST OF WHAT WE ARE BEING REQUIRED TO DO? YES. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY OPPOSED? I THINK WE SAID EVERYBODY WAS I.

SO IT WAS UNANIMOUS. SORRY.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN ORDER FOR SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE

[8. Discuss and consider approving Order for sole source purchase, under Local Government Code Section 262.024; discuss and consider ratification and approval of a one-year renewal with Hart InterCivic, Inc. for the Verity Voting System software license and support for the County Clerk’s Elections Department; and related matters.]

UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE RATIFICATION OF APPROVAL OF RENEWAL FOR HART INTERCIVIC FOR THE VERIFY VERITY VOTING SYSTEM.

THIS IS THE ONLY SYSTEM.

IT'S AN ANNUAL RENEWAL.

AND I THINK WE DID THIS DURING THE PAUSE.

YOU'RE DONE. JJ, WE'VE ALREADY DONE YOUR ITEMS. THANK YOU. I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

YOU'RE A LITTLE LATE. YES.

MOTION TO APPROVE. YOUR HONOR. SECOND.

AND SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT.

YES. GO AHEAD. WE VOTE ON IT.

YES. I GUESS OF THE TWO WHO'S.

ANYONE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE VOTING SYSTEM OR.

SURE. I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE ENOUGH BACKGROUND ON IT? YEAH. THAT'S WHY I WAS I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN WAIT.

I JUST WANTED JUST TO GET THE REACTION.

I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY VOTING SYSTEM THAT'S PERFECT AND THERE'S HICCUPS.

THAT ALWAYS SEEMS DAY ONE OR DAY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DAY ONE OF EARLY VOTING OR ELECTION DAY. THERE'S ALWAYS HICCUPS THAT HAPPEN.

BUT OVERALL THIS SYSTEM COMPARED TO PRIOR, HOW IS IT I MEAN THAT'S A RELATIVE QUESTION.

SO I MEAN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR DATA, BUT JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND HEARD, DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE? OH YES.

ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'VE ACCOMMODATED US FOR THE UPDATED LEGAL PARAMETERS, SO TO SPEAK, FROM YOU KNOW, HAVING A PAPER TRAIL A RECORDED RECORD, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU'VE SEEN IT AT THE, AT A AT THE POLLING PLACE.

NOW WE HAVE TO INSERT A, A SHEET TO VOTE, AND THEN WE PUT THAT INTO THE BACKGROUND. I MEAN, TO THE SCANNER BOX, I DON'T VOTE, SO I DON'T SEE WHEN YOU. YEAH.

YEAH. NO I AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

RIGHT. THAT NEW REQUIREMENT THAT'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE.

YES. THEY ACCOMMODATE QUICKLY.

SO IT LIKE I SAID, I THINK THE MESSAGE IS THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE HICCUPS.

DAY ONE. IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

THEY'VE DONE GOOD WORK.

CORRECT. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A QUARTER IS MISSING OR THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT BEYOND YOUR YOUR DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL, THAT IT'S A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE EQUIPMENT OR IF WE'RE LACKING PERSONNEL.

I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN PHONE CALLS AND COMPLAINTS ON ELECTION DAYS OR PRIMARY DAYS THAT THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED. SO BUT BEYOND THAT, THAT'S THE PERSONAL THE HUMAN FACTOR TO IT.

YES. IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT THE SOFTWARE.

IT'S NOT THE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID,

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I GET I'M SURE WE ALL GET CALLS WHEN THERE'S VOTING GOING ON.

AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ISSUE.

BUT IT'S MORE JUST PERSONNEL NOT HAVING THE RIGHT PLUG IN PLACE OR JUST NOT KNOWING HOW TO RESET. SO IT'S ABOUT TRAINING, ABOUT MORE INVOLVEMENT, GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO HELP WORK FOR US AS WELL.

THOSE EARLY VOTING DAYS AND ELECTION DAY.

CORRECT. JUST TRYING TO PLUG IN ALL THAT.

SO YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE. APPRECIATE IT. NO PROBLEM. AND THIS IS THIS IS ONE WE HAD TO RATIFY BECAUSE THE DEADLINE CAME UP EARLY.

CORRECT. AND SO THIS IS.

YES. YEAH. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I THINK WE PROBABLY HAD THE LEAST COMPLAINTS ON THE MACHINES.

YEAH. I USED TO GET A LOT OF CALLS BEFORE, BUT EVER SINCE THEN THOSE CALLS HAVE REALLY GONE DOWN, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S.

SO IT'S GOT SOMETHING GOT TO BE WORKING. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO I THINK I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU ALL DO.

OH THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, YOUR HONOR.

YES. IF PLEASES COMMISSIONERS COURT.

[9. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving execution of Job Order Authorization No. NCCP-025, in the amount of $125,317.43, Commissioner Pct. 2 Hurricane Harvey funds under Job Order Contracting (JOC) Agreement No. 20240167-4/10 (RFP 3256-23) with Grace Paving and Construction, Inc. for the Amistad Veterans Park Shade Structure Project; and related matters.]

[10. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving execution of Job Order Authorization No. NCCP-023 in the amount of $70,558.74, Commissioner Pct. 2 Hurricane Harvey funds, under Job Order Contracting (JOC) Agreement No. 20240167-4/10 (RFP 3256-23) with Grace Paving and Construction, Inc. for CR 63A & CR 14 Fence Project; and related matters.]

[11. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving execution of Job Order Authorization No. NCCP-024, in the amount of $45,323.46, Commissioner Pct 2 Hurricane Harvey funds, under Job Order Contracting (JOC) Agreement No. 20240167-4/10 (RFP 3256-23) with Grace Paving and Construction, Inc. for County Road 37 and County Road 26 Pavement Project; and related matters.]

[12. Discuss and consider approval and execution of Amendment No. 3 to Work Authorization No. 1 under the Master Services Agreement with Levy Dykema, PLLC for ARPA Oscar Ortiz Park Additions and Renovations Project, in the additional amount of $17,840.00 allocated with Commissioner Pct. 3 Hurricane Harvey funds and related matters.]

[13. Discuss and consider approval of award and execution of ARPA-funded Contractor Agreement with White Star Services, LLC for construction of the Petronila Estates Drainage Improvements Retention Pond Project, in the amount of $93,389.69, allocated with $37,723.32 ARPA funds and $55,666.37 Commissioner Pct. 2 Hurricane Harvey funds, and related matters.]

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO IT PASSES ONE MOTION.

ITEMS NINE, TEN, 11, 12 AND 13.

I AGREE WITH THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND I CAN. OH. WHO SECONDED IT? SO JEFF COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND I CAN TELL THE COURT THAT THE OFFICE HAS VETTED ALL OF THESE FOR THE FUNDING SOURCE AND EVERYTHING.

THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ITEMS NINE, TEN, 11, 12 AND 13. ITEM NUMBER 14.

[14. Discuss and consider amending the Commissioners Court Policies regarding the Procurement Selection/Evaluation Committees related to the Purchasing Department and all related matters. ]

I BELIEVE THIS IS YOURS, COMMISSIONER MORRIS. DID YOU WANT THIS TABLED OR DISCUSSION? OH, DEFINITELY DISCUSSION.

OKAY. DISCUSS. AND CONSIDER AMENDING THE COMMISSIONERS COURT POLICIES REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT, SELECTION, EVALUATION COMMITTEES RELATED TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND ALL RELATED MATTERS.

SO, MICHAEL, THIS IS YOUR ITEM, NOT MY ITEM.

IT'S NO, IT'S YOUR ITEM.

I DIDN'T PASS IT ON. NO, IT'S YOUR ITEM.

IT DEALS WITH YOU. IT'S YOUR ITEM.

THAT'S THAT'S THE KIND OF MINDSET AND ATTITUDE THAT I'VE BEEN BATTLING WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. YOU JUST SUMMED IT UP RIGHT THERE, MICHAEL. VERY FRUSTRATING WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR, YOUR YOUR RESPONSE TO ME.

AND I THINK THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL.

I MEAN, DO YOU SEE THAT KIND OF REACTION THAT I'M HAVING TO DEAL WITH? LIKE, REALLY, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM HERE. WHAT ARE WE TALKING. YOU DON'T. OKAY.

IF SOME DEPARTMENT HEAD RESPONDED TO YOU LIKE THAT, YOU WOULDN'T TAKE THAT AS DISRESPECT. I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT IT ON THE COMMISSIONER. SO I'M ASKING. I MEAN, YOU GOT ONLY TWO GUYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON TO THE ISSUE AND THE QUESTIONS AND WHAT WE WANT ADDRESSED CHANGE HERE.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A DISRESPECT.

YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

COMMISSIONER. YES. IT WASN'T YOUR ITEM YOU DIDN'T PUT IT ON, BUT IT DOES ADDRESS YOUR OFFICE.

SO ABSOLUTELY. IT'S LIKE SAYING SOMETHING TO INLAND PARKS.

IT'S IT'S THEIR ITEM. SO YES.

SO I WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THIS POLICY.

I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED, WE TALKED ABOUT PUSHING THIS BACK TO THIS MEETING AND WANTED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE RESPONSE THAT YOU HAVE TO THE DIRECTION THAT WAS GIVEN. SO THE DIRECTION I BELIEVE I HEARD LAST TIME IN COURT WAS THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ONE MEMBER SELECTION OR EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS.

AND SO WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED HAVING AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS IN SOME CASES FIVE FOR ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR RFPS.

AND SO ALL OF THE RFPS THAT ARE ON TODAY'S AGENDA INCLUDE THOSE TYPES OF ASSIGNMENTS.

SO WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY MORE COMMITTEES OF ONE.

AND SO WE'VE ALREADY PUT THAT INTO PRACTICE. AND WHAT ABOUT THE SELECTION OF WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LARGER PROCUREMENT ISSUES, WHERE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE COURT AND ONLY ONE MEMBER.

WE DON'T NEED TO OVERLOAD IT OR HAVE TWO, BUT AT LEAST HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE COURT ON THESE SELECTION COMMITTEES VERY CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE WELL QUALIFIED IN SOME ISSUES, BUT NOT IN EVERY ISSUE.

LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, LIKE TYPE OF GRAVEL, THAT'S NOT MY ISSUE.

THAT MAY BE SOMEONE'S ISSUE ON ON THIS COURT, ON THIS DAIS. BUT YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S YOUR ISSUE, THEN, THEN JUMP TO IT. I WOULDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BUT THERE ARE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT WE WILL PROCURE NOT ONLY COMING UP, BUT IN THE FUTURE THAT I THINK THAT OUR SKILL

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SET LIKE IT. I LOOK IMMEDIATELY TO MY LEFT, TO MY COLLEAGUE HERE, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO BE A PART, AN ACTIVE PART OF ANY PROCUREMENT THAT DEALS WITH IT WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH.

I'VE USED THIS EXAMPLE BEFORE.

HEALTHCARE OR COMMUNITY? PUBLIC HEALTH? YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ HAS REALLY MADE AN ISSUE OF THAT. IS HIS PASSION, ONE OF HIS MANY PASSIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS COURT AND SO WE HAVE OUR SKILL SETS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS POLICY IS IN PLACE AND WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, TO GIVE OUR INSIGHT, BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL THAT THERE IS EVERY ISSUE OUT THERE THAT STAFF DRIVEN ONLY PROCUREMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THIS PROPERLY.

THERE ARE SOME VERY DETAILED PROCUREMENT ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE THIS COURT, AND I KNOW THE ARGUMENT IS, WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE COURT AND YOU HAVE THE FINAL, THE FINAL OUTCOME.

BUT REALITY IS, IS THAT ONCE ALL THAT LEGWORK HAS BEEN DONE, ALL THAT EVALUATION HAS BEEN DONE, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO UNDO.

I CAN NOT RECALL. THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF INSTANCES IN MY TIME ON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT WE'VE EVER OVERTURNED ANY ITEM OR, OR AT LEAST TABLED IT.

THAT'S MY CONCERN, IS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON, ESPECIALLY THE ONLY THE BIG ITEMS, RIGHT.

ALL THE OTHER SMALL ONES THAT YOU YOU RUN THROUGH. APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF WORK THROUGH.

BUT ON THESE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE DEFINITELY SKILL SETS ON THAT IMPACT THEIR GREATER GOOD, ESPECIALLY OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INCLUSION FROM THIS COURT ON THERE. SO DOES THE POLICY ALLOW FOR THAT? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INCLUDED FOR ANY UPCOMING PROCUREMENTS? OKAY. LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION.

SORRY, THAT WAS A QUESTION. YEAH.

SO THERE IS NO POLICY IN THE PURCHASING POLICY THAT RESTRICTS THAT ABILITY.

THAT'S SIMPLY A MATTER FOR THE COURT TO DECIDE.

BUT DIDN'T YOU SAY WHEN YOU WERE HERE BEFORE THAT? LIKE THE SHERIFF IS INVOLVED IN HIS.

IF HE HAS CONTRACTS COMING UP, THE COUNTY CLERK AND HERS IF SHE HAS CONTRACTS. SO ALL THE OTHER ELECTEDS HAVE REPRESENTATION.

SO I DO AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER IS SAYING WHEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A DIRECT REPORT TO THIS COURT, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF INSIGHT AND VIEW WHEN IT IS OUTSIDE THE OTHER ELECTEDS PURVIEW.

THEY'RE ALREADY ON THERE, SO WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED AS WELL.

AND I DO AGREE WITH ONLY ONE PERSON.

AND YEAH, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER.

I SEE HIS POINT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING DO WE HAVE TO IS IT GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT OR IS IT SOMETHING. NO, I THINK IT'S A REQUEST.

IF WE CAN'T SERVE ON IT, I THINK IF HE AT LEAST OFFERS IT TO US BEFORE HE GOES OUT AND PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU CAN'T SERVE OR WE HAVE NO ONE THAT'S WILLING TO STEP UP TO THAT ONE, THEN YOU GET SOMEBODY ELSE.

BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ASK ON THOSE.

YES, POLICIES ARE MADE THAT SOMETIMES CHANGE WHEN WE MADE THIS AT THE TIME, WE CAN CHANGE IT, I THINK.

I THINK AT THE IN THE PAST IT WAS A REQUIREMENT AND SO WE WENT TO THE EXTREME RIGHT. SO MAYBE WE CAN JUST GET A GET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT SAYS WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE ON THERE AND A REQUEST MADE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ACCEPT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON THE BIGGER ONES LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAME TO COURT LAST TIME AND SAID ALL THE OTHER ELECTEDS, THEY ARE INTRICATELY INVOLVED IN THEIR SELECTION PROCESS. SO WE SHOULD BE AS WELL, IF AVAILABLE.

AND SOMEONE WISHES TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE, WE MUST BE JUDGE.

I WOULD SAY WE MUST BE. WE ARE THE FINAL AUTHORITY FOR EVERYTHING BUDGETARY, EVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT THAT COME.

THEY ARE GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS.

YES. IN THE END, IT COMES TO US TO MAKE THOSE FINAL FIDUCIARY DECISIONS.

AGREED. BUT BUT I LIKE THE WORDING.

THEY SAID THEY HAVE TO COME ASK US NOW IF NONE OF US WANT.

NO, THAT'S THAT'S MY WHOLE POINT. THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN.

YOU LET THEM HANDLE IT.

I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE MAY, WHATEVER OUR INTEREST IS.

ANYTHING ON THE ISLAND? I WOULD EXPECT COMMISSIONER CHESNEY TO BE A PART OF THAT.

SO Y'ALL KNOW US AFTER A FEW YEARS ALREADY WHERE OUR SKILL SET IS.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, IS THAT WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED. I THINK IT WAS A BAD DECISION THAT THAT THIS COURT MADE AS FAR AS POLICY YEARS AGO.

HAVING ONE MEMBER IS NOT UNHEARD OF.

AND JUST IT'S JUST ONE OUT OF POTENTIALLY THREE TOTAL VOICES THAT GIVE ANY INSIGHT.

AND I KNOW MICHAEL IS NOT A DECISION MAKER.

HE'S THERE TO FACILITATE.

SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT MICHAEL, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A GOOD GROUP TO COMPLEMENT.

IF THERE IS A MEMBER OF THIS COURT ON THERE TO COMPLEMENT THOSE DECISIONS, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO US TO DECIDE.

JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD DECISION AT THE TIME BASED ON WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME, AND THOSE THINGS AREN'T GOING ON ANYMORE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SHALL BE ABLE TO SERVE ON A SELECTION COMMITTEE.

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM A UNDER THE POLICY RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS SERVICE OR SELECTION COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SHALL NOT SERVE ON SELECTION COMMITTEE RELATED TO THE PERSON.

SO WE JUST WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO SHALL BE ABLE TO NOT SHALL NOT.

I'M JUST CHANGING THE WORDS SHALL BE ABLE TO.

BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

YES. SO THE MOTION WOULD BE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SHALL BE ABLE TO, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SERVE ON ANY SELECTION COMMITTEE RELATED TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND DO SO JUST A MOTION.

OKAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON THE WORDING OF THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T.

THAT WOULD LEAVE IT OPEN TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMMISSIONER ON A COMMITTEE.

AND AND WE WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT DOING I THINK I CAN I CAN ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT.

YEAH. ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. HOW ABOUT THAT? WHY DON'T YOU JUST INCLUDE IT WITH YOURS? INCLUDE IT WITH YOURS. YEAH. YEAH, I WOULD AMEND MY MOTION.

SAY ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SHALL BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. ANY SELECTION COMMITTEE RELATED TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT UNLESS PROHIBITED BY LAW. YES, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

OKAY. WE USED TO HAVE TWO.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. SECONDED.

YES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, AND WE USED TO HAVE TWO. YEAH.

THERE WAS A PROBLEM. YES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 15.

[15. Discuss, consider and take action approving amended aircraft tie-down fees and associated Aircraft Tie-Down Agreement for use by the Nueces County Airport Manager and staff; and related matters.]

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION.

APPROVING AMENDED AIRCRAFT, TIE DOWN FEES AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT.

TIE DOWN AGREEMENT FOR USE BY THE NUECES COUNTY AIRPORT.

MANAGER AND STAFF. COMMISSIONER? YES, YOUR HONOR. THIS IS AN ITEM WE'RE KIND OF CLEARING UP SOMETHING THAT AN ONGOING ISSUE WE HAD WERE WE HAD ALLOWED OVER THE YEARS PEOPLE TO PARK THEIR AIRPLANE ON THE TARMAC AT AT NO COST, AND IT WAS OKAY WHEN IT WAS LIKE ONE PLANE.

NOW WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE PLANES AND SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH LEGAL AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEIR HELP. IN OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN DRAFTING UP A NEW POLICY, THE BOARD AIRPORT BOARD HAS REVIEWED THIS AND RECOMMENDED IT.

AND WE WILL NOW START COLLECTING A FEE FOR THOSE TIE DOWNS.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, AND I AGREE.

I LIKE THIS ON THE PER DAY ENGINE OR PURCHASING FUEL.

I KNOW ALL OTHER TINY AIRPORTS HAVE EVER BEEN TO.

EITHER YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE FUEL OR YOU HAVE TO PAY A TIE DOWN FEE.

SO I THINK THIS PUTS US IN WITH EVERYONE ELSE AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT THIS AIRPORT TO GROW AND START.

AND THIS POLICY ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IF PEOPLE ARE FLYING INTO OUR AIRPORT AND AND STAYING A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND TIME AND THEY'RE FLYING BACK OUT AND THEY'RE PURCHASING FUEL, WE CAN WAIVE THESE FEES.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD POLICY.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT, AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER MORRIS FOR HIS INPUT ON IT AS WELL.

I AGREE GREAT POLICY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM NUMBER 16. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOCATING A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE

[16. Discuss and consider allocating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the property to the Port of Corpus Christi to each member of the court for court-approved county projects in the amount of $500,000 each ($2.5 million total) to be used for existing county facilities or pre-existing county-approved needs, and related matters.]

SALE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COURT.

FOR COURT APPROVED COUNTY PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 500,000 EACH, A TOTAL OF 2.5 MILLION TO BE USED FOR EXISTING COUNTY FACILITIES PRE EXISTING COUNTY APPROVED NEEDS AND RELATED MATTERS.

I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON.

WE ARE FINDING JUST AS THE CITY AND EVERY OTHER PROJECT PERSON THAT IS DOING SOMETHING.

OUR COSTS ARE COMING IN HIGHER.

WE ARE NEEDING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CLOSE OUT SOME OF THESE.

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY I KNOW THIS IS YOUR ITEM, SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THIS.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. THIS IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

YOU KNOW, PROVIDED THE BACKUP IN THERE THAT I COULD THINK OF TO PROVIDE.

QUITE HONESTLY, I THINK THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE THING FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT ALL ARE HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COURT AND COURT APPROVED.

BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO CONGRATULATE THE JUDGE ON THIS DEAL, BECAUSE THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS DEALS IN THE HISTORY OF NUECES COUNTY AND WOULDN'T BE IN THIS POSITION HAD SHE NOT INITIATED THIS PROCESS OF LOOKING AT OUR ASSETS AND HOW THEY'RE UNDERUTILIZED AND WHAT WE NEED AND DIDN'T NEED.

SO I DEFINITELY WANTED TO TAKE THAT MOMENT TO TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE JUDGE, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS AGENDA ITEM WERE IT NOT FOR HER INITIATIVE.

AND CERTAINLY THE COURT SUPPORTED IT. SHE CAN'T DO IT BY HERSELF. BUT THIS WAS DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, CREDIT CREDIT GOES WHERE CREDIT IS DESERVED TO GO.

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SO I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO ALLOCATE A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COURT FOR COURT APPROVED COUNTY PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 500,000 EACH TO BE USED FOR EXISTING COUNTY FACILITIES OR PREEXISTING COUNTY APPROVED NEEDS AND RELATED MATTERS, AND OBVIOUSLY FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS, THIS ALL HAS TO COME BACK TO COURT FOR APPROVAL. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A FUND OUT THERE THAT WE CAN JUST GO DO STUFF WITH.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT. BUT THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE'RE IF THIS COURT PASSES IT TO BE ABLE TO REALLY MAKE SOME IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY AND BUILD OUR FINANCIAL RESERVES, WHICH THAT HAS BEEN ANOTHER PRIORITY OF THE JUDGE, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

THIS IS KILLING A LOT OF BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

SO THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND THAT'S MY MOTION. SECOND.

AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE TOO, I WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD UP OUR RESERVES.

WE HAVE TWO OTHER PROPERTIES THAT THE COURT HAD APPROVED THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA LATER, AND STUFF THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD GET SALES FOR.

SO WE ARE NOT NEGLECTING OUR OBLIGATIONS.

AND WITH THIS, THE MONEY THAT'S GONE, OUR RESERVE FUND BALANCE IS STILL GOING TO BE EXTREMELY HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS AND YEARS.

SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

JUDGE. THE BACKUP DOCUMENT.

I GUESS IT'S JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE'S NO CONNECTION IN TITLE WORK.

IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? NO.

IT WAS JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE, BUT YOU'RE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

BUT THERE IS NO CONNECTION IN TITLE WORK. NO, NO, NO. IT'S GOOD TO NOTE THAT ABSOLUTELY NO, I APPRECIATE THAT GO CRAZY WITH ALLEGATIONS. AND I WOULD ABSTAIN IF THERE WAS AND THERE IS NONE. AND MY TITLE COMPANY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, AS JENNY CAN ATTEST TO.

AND AND I PAPERED BACK AND CHECKED AND MADE SURE BECAUSE BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD.

AND SO. YES. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO OPPOSE IT OR NOT. BUT DO YOU THINK THAT I.

I KNOW WE ALL RAISE TAXES AND WE VOTE AGAINST.

I MUST VOTE AGAINST NOT RAISING TAXES.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO, I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS WHOLE AMOUNT RESERVED NOT TO NOT TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO RAISE TAXES? I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? SOME WHAT SOME VOTE FOR TAXES, SOME VOTE AGAINST TAXES.

AND BUT WE STILL GET ALL THE BENEFITS.

SO I'M JUST SAYING IF WE'RE SAFE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO.

AND I THINK THAT'S A VALID QUESTION.

I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK THAT WAS MY COMMENT IN FROM TENTATIVELY WHAT I'M BEING TOLD. AND OUR FUND BALANCE IS WITH THE REMAINDER OF WHAT'S IN HERE IS STILL GOING TO BE WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT.

PLUS, WE HAVE THE TWO OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO LIST FOR SALE.

AND THOSE WILL ALL GO TO OUR FUND BALANCE AS WELL.

WE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT.

SO I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT.

YES, SIR. OKAY. WELL, WE'RE SURE WE DON'T COME NEXT YEAR ASKING.

WELL, I CAN'T PROMISE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR BALANCES.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE TWO FAIRLY NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCURATE NUMBERS FOR SURE, OR BETTER ACCURACY THAN WE HAVE HAD IN A LONG TIME.

YES. SO I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T. MORE FOR PROJECTS.

YES. IT'S NOT FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

BUT I GUARANTEE IF LAW ENFORCEMENT CAME IN FOR WHATEVER REASON AND ASKED, WE NEED TO REOPEN BECAUSE WE NEED TO ASK FOR A RAISE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING RIGHT NOW THAT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY.

SO, I MEAN, I LOVE THE CONCEPT.

NO ONE WANTS TO PAY MORE IN TAXES.

BUT THE REALITY IS EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS VOTE CONTINGENT ON THAT.

WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE WHEN WE GET THERE IN THE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER. AGAIN, JUST THROWING THIS THING OUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT WASTEFULLY SPENDING TO PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO.

YES. I THINK CONSTANCE WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT.

YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TAXES EVERY YEAR, IT IS CONTINGENT ON OUR ASSESSED VALUES.

AND WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL NEXT YEAR. SO THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO GET RID OF TAXES RIGHT NOW. THAT WILL PUT US ON A TAX, RIGHT? YES. CORRECT. SO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE TOO.

CORRECT. SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEES IN ANY OF THIS.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS AND IT WILL NOT PUT US IN A BIND.

SO IS THAT AN I THEN. YES.

SO IT IS UNANIMOUS THEN.

WE'VE ALREADY. EVERYONE ELSE ALREADY VOTED. I'M SORRY IF YOU SAY NO.

CAN I HAVE YOURS? I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOURS ITEM NUMBER 17.

THEN DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOCATING CAPITAL CREDITS ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526.

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, THIS WAS YOUR ITEM, I BELIEVE, JUDGE. IT WAS JUST HONESTLY, I WAS REMINDED BECAUSE I STARTED GETTING A COUPLE OF CALLS FROM AGENCIES AND THAT WE HADN'T DONE THIS YET.

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THIS WAS THIS IS A BASICALLY.

AND TERESA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

I JUST PUT IT IN AND THIS IS THE LIST OF OF THE ONES THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

AND I JUST I JUST REGURGITATED IT, PUT IT IN THIS IS THE BACKUP FOR THAT.

THE I INCLUDE ALSO THE BALANCE IN THAT ACCOUNT.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE, IN THE YEARS PAST OF TRYING NOT TO GET THAT ACCOUNT GUTTED. WE WANTED TO KEEP MONEY IN IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HOPEFULLY USE THIS ACCOUNT FOR THIS PURPOSE.

AND IF WE GOT THIS ACCOUNT AND IT GOES AWAY AND THEN MONEY DOESN'T COME IN.

THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO GIVING THIS OUT OF OUR OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDS, WHICH WE DON'T. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDS TO DO THIS WITH.

SO I, MY, MY MOTION WOULD BE TO ALLOCATE THE CAPITAL CREDITS ADMINISTRATION'S FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 AND ALL RELATED MATTERS AS PROPOSED IN THE BACKGROUND PROVIDED. THAT'S MY MOTION.

SO I WANT TO SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION.

SURE, SURE. SO WE I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY DONE THIS IN THE LAST.

I THOUGHT WE HAD DONE THIS OR WE DID, WE DID.

YEAH, I DID TOO. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T MADE THE FORMAL MOTION.

WE JUST THIS IS ALL THIS IS, IS FORMALIZING IT.

AND THEN THEN YOU'LL HAVE IT TO, TO GIVE TO THESE FOLKS FOR 25, 26, WHICH IS UPCOMING.

SORRY THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME MONEY FOR FOR THE BISHOP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH I'VE NEVER HAD ASKED ME FOR, BUT THEY'VE CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES IF THEY NEED MONEY. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BISHOP AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ONE.

BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY DONE IT.

AND SO SINCE WE HAVEN'T, I MEAN, LIKE THAT, THAT DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE, ALL THE OTHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALONG THOSE LINES? COMMISSIONER AND AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, WE VOTED ON THIS, AND I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BY IT COMPARED TO THE WAY WE HAD DONE IT IN YEARS PAST.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ALLOCATION WAS $67,500 THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING FOR THESE, THIS LIST OF, WHAT IS IT, NINE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL FINE GROUPS, MANY OF WHICH I HAVE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR BEFORE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A NEGATIVE WAY AT ALL, SO I HOPE NOBODY TAKES IT THAT WAY.

$30,000 OF THAT $67,000 IS GOING INTO ONE PRECINCT, AND I WOULD PREFER FOR, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHICH ORGANIZATIONS IN MY PRECINCT THAT I WANT TO GIVE THIS MONEY TO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, TO AMEND THIS MOTION TO SAY THAT WE TAKE THE IF WE WANT TO STICK WITH THAT NUMBER, THE 67 FIVE, THAT WE DIVIDE THAT BY FIVE AND ALLOCATE $13,500 TO EACH COMMISSIONER TO AND THE COUNTY JUDGE TO APPROVE AS THEY SEE FIT.

WELL, AND THEN COMMISSIONER AND I ALSO KNOW ROBSTOWN ALSO GOT $10,000 ALREADY, SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE FACTORED INTO YOUR PERCENTAGES, INTO THE PRECINCT, BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE IN THE LINE ITEM BUDGET.

AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GOT $50,000.

AND THAT COVERS EVERYBODY'S PRECINCT.

SO THAT NEEDS TO BE FACTORED IN. SO IT'S NOT QUITE AS SIMPLE MATH AS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE THOSE AREAS THE CC REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES THE MAJORITY OF THEIR WORK? NOT IN MY PRECINCT. THEY DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY, LIKE YOURS WITH TESLA, THINGS OF THOSE NATURES THAT THEY'VE DONE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THEN WE NEED TO START ALL OVER BECAUSE THAT THAT 50 WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND HE HAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT THEN YOU NEED WE NEED TO START ALL OVER BECAUSE ROBSTOWN HAS ALREADY GOTTEN TEN AND THE EDC HAS ALREADY GOTTEN 50.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER 60. SO THAT'S 60, I WOULD ARGUE GOES INTO YOUR 100 AND WOULD BE 127,500. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO START ALL OVER, THEN THAT MEANS WE WELL, LOOK, WHICH IS FINE.

I'M JUST SAYING. BUT WE DON'T TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS.

NO, NO, I'M JUST SAYING. BUT PLEASE JUST INCLUDE I'M NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO RUN OVER ANYBODY HERE AT ALL. I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT I JUST WAS TRYING TO BE A TEAM PLAYER, AND I JUST SAID YES. SO MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TABLE THIS AND GO BACK AND DISCUSS THE WHOLE THING. AS YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, AND AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO FACTOR THIS IN.

I THIS CAPITAL CREDITS THING.

I JUST I'M SORRY. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY.

AND SO BECAUSE HONESTLY, AND I KNOW Y'ALL MADE THAT DECISION WHEN I WASN'T HERE, I JUST HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANYBODY EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY. WELL, SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS LACK OF FUNDING. WE RAN OUT OF MONEY. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.

WE HAD NO OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING FOR A COUPLE OF THREE YEARS.

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AND SO WE HAD AGENCIES THAT HAD BEEN VERY DEPENDENT ON THESE FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I WANT TO SAY IT WAS THERESA, ACTUALLY, IT MIGHT HAVE COME UP WITH THE IDEA. I'M NOT 100% SURE I'M RIGHT ON THAT SAID, HEY, WE HAVE THIS CAPITAL CREDIT FUND THAT'S MOUNTING, THAT'S BUILDING THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN SPENDING ON.

IF YOU. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THERESA, BUT SOMEBODY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO TO SAY THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN USE THIS, THIS IS A LEGAL WAY THAT YOU CAN USE THIS, AS LONG AS THESE FUNDS ARE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND HOW DOES THE CAPITAL CREDIT FUND GET FUNDED? I MEAN, WHERE DOES THAT ALL? LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, I DON'T REMEMBER, JUST GIVES US THIS MAGIC POT OF MONEY, BUT THEY COME FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND IT'S NOT GUARANTEED.

BUT WE HAVE TO REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, CLOSE TO SEPTEMBER, WE JUST GET WHATEVER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOTTED.

IT'S I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE A SET FIGURE.

IT'S A SPECIAL REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S NOT BUDGETED MONIES THAT WE CAN GUARANTEE EACH YEAR. AND A PART OF USING THE FUNDS, YOU CAN DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

SO THE YEAR THAT COMMISSIONER CHESNEY WAS REFERRING TO THE COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS AND GENERAL FUNDS. SO A LOT OF AGENCIES WAS FUNDED WITH THE CAPITAL CREDITS.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THEM, I THINK EVEN INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WERE IN GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS RADKE WE JUST PUT THEM BACK INTO THEY JUST THIS YEAR, THEY JUST WENT BACK INTO GENERAL FUND.

SO THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED HERE, BUT THEY ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL FUND. OKAY. COMMISSIONER OR SORRY ARE YOU.

AND WE CAN WE CAN ADD IF BISHOP WE CAN ADD IF YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE.

NO, I'M JUST SAYING I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT THAT LONG.

I MEAN, I JUST WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY HANDS AROUND HOW THIS WORKS.

AND SO BUT HAVING ALL OF THE LISTS TOGETHER ON WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY PAID AND HOW THAT IS DIVIDED UP IN THE COMMUNITY IS MAYBE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES ROBSTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NOT JUST ROBSTOWN. IT IMPACTS A LOT OF AREAS.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO DIVIDE THAT UP.

BUT YEAH, I JUDGE I WAS GOING TO SAY I, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE WANTING TO SPLIT THIS UP.

I'D LIKE TO SEE A BETTER PROPORTION OF THIS.

YOU CAN ARGUE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD SOME GET MORE THAN OTHERS, RIGHT, DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF WORK THEY DO. SHOULD THIS BE BALANCED AND BASED ON POPULATION SERVED UP ON PRECINCT? I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PUSLEY ON THIS. SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE SOME CAPITAL CREDITS FOR OTHER GROUPS, BUT YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE A BIGGER CONVERSATION.

DO WE WANT TO PUT MORE INTO THE RADKE PERHAPS? MY, THAT'S MY WORRY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US REPRESENT AREAS THAT MAYBE HAVE A LOT MORE ASSOCIATIONS THAN OTHERS.

AND SHOULD IT ALL BE PROPORTIONAL? I'D RATHER SEE A FLAT AMOUNT RATHER THAN PROPORTIONAL.

YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER SEE SOMETHING LIKE SAY APPRAISAL DISTRICT WHERE BASED ON YOUR ON THE TOTAL VALUATION OF PROPERTIES, HOW MANY VOTES BASICALLY YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE VOTING FOR FOR DIRECTORS ON THOSE SEATS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE LIKE THAT, A PROPORTIONAL AMOUNT.

I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FLAT RATE FOR EACH GROUP.

BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PART OF A BIGGER DISCUSSION, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE FULL LIST AND TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. I MEAN, I GET IT, EVEN AMOUNT 7500.

IT'S JUST. NO THERE'S NO YOU CAN REDUCE THE DISCUSSION ON THAT.

AND I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT AS WELL.

BUT IF WE CAN COME BACK IN OUR NEXT MEETING, UNLESS THERE'S A RUSH THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. COMMISSIONER, IF YOU GIVE ME A GOOD REASON, THEN I MAY SUPPORT IT. BUT IF NOT, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT RIGHT NOW.

AND THE REASON IS, YES, BECAUSE NORMALLY WE DO THIS IN THE BUDGET SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND AND NORMALLY WE'VE ALREADY GOT THIS ALLOCATED.

AND WE THESE, THESE AGENCIES ARE, YOU KNOW, USE THE FUNDS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE REASON YOU DO IT, BUT WE'RE TWO MONTHS BEHIND ALREADY.

CAN WE DELAY IT ANOTHER MONTH. YEAH I MEAN WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.

THAT'S FINE. AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN ALSO ADD IF SOMEONE WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING TODAY TO, TO THAT LIST BECAUSE, I MEAN, I JUST IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

WE CAN WE DON'T IF Y'ALL WANT TO TABLE IT, TABLE IT.

AND THEN I MEAN, IT'S JUST WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE CAN'T TABLE YET BUT I'M.

YES BUT THIS IS DISCUSSION. SO I MEAN I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT. I MEAN THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT I'M SAYING HERE.

I MEAN, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HERE.

IT'S JUST THAT BISHOP HAS NEVER HAD A TAKE HERE.

WELL AND I AND I'VE NOW I NOW HAVE THE CITY OF DRISCOLL AND I WILL DO SEE AND THEY DON'T COME INTO PLAY ON THIS AT ALL.

AND I NEED TO LOOK AND SEE IF MAYBE I NEED TO SEE SOME.

I JUST THINK WE DO. THEY HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENGINES BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO THE COURT, YOU AND I WENT TOGETHER AND WE TOOK EACH.

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YOU AND I TOOK $25,000 EACH OUT OF OUR OWN PERSONAL FUNDS FOR TO BE ABLE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE EDC, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T DOING IT IN OUR PAST.

JUDGE NEAL, BLESS HIS HEART, DIDN'T BELIEVE IN DOING THAT.

SO WE, YOU AND I FUNDED THAT OURSELVES.

AND AND THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.

AND IT GOT US OVER A HURDLE.

AND WE NOW CONTRIBUTE TO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO DO.

SO AND THEY DO SERVE A LARGER PURPOSE.

THEY REALLY DO. BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS AND HAVE A LARGER DISCUSSION ABOUT AND PUT ALL OF THESE TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.

SECOND. WELL, WELL, FIRST WE HAVE A MOTION.

WILL YOU DISCUSS YOUR. IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING.

SO IN OTHER WORDS. BUT WHAT LIKE WHAT PREDICATES A LARGER WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK TO LARGER DISCUSSION, IS READY TO BE HAD? BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AN ISSUE UNTIL RIGHT THIS MINUTE, I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. NO ONE'S REACHED OUT AND TOLD ME THIS WAS A PROBLEM.

I DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS GOING TO. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT BIG PICTURE ISSUE WE HAVE OR WHAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AGAIN AND WE TABLE IT AGAIN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW OR IF YOU NEED TO GO CALCULATE SOME THINGS. BUT, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN VOTE ON IT.

LIKE, WHAT NEEDS ARE YOU GOING TO PUT A COUNTERPROPOSAL ON OR HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK? NO, I THINK YOU BROUGHT AN EXCELLENT POINT UP. YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MONEY GOING TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY BALANCE THIS OUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT. I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T COME TO DISCUSS THIS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS YOUR ITEM, I APOLOGIZE. NO. IT'S OKAY. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW. I TRIED NOT TO VIOLATE THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND I WENT AND ASKED THE JUDGE IF I COULD, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS THIS TODAY, AND.

AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY THAT I DO THAT 100%, BUT I JUST I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BIGGER PICTURE IS HERE AND HOW WE ALLOCATE THIS. AND I THINK IT'S OKAY.

WE USE THIS FUND TO, TO GIVE TO ORGANIZATIONS.

I JUST LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE DO IT, I GUESS. AND I AGREE. WOULD EVERYONE BE OKAY WITH BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY? NOT ANY LATER.

AND FOR DISCUSSION. IF THE DISCUSSION GOES TO DIVISION INTO YOUR AREAS FOR THE CALCULATIONS, I WOULD TAKE MYSELF OUT OF THAT CALCULATION.

AND Y'ALL, I COVER THE WHOLE COUNTY.

SO WHATEVER Y'ALL DO IN YOUR PRECINCTS COVERS ME AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE THIS EASY IS WE COULD SAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN AMOUNT TODAY BEFORE WE TABLE THIS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN AMOUNT AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY EACH COMMISSIONER TAKES 25% OF THAT AMOUNT BECAUSE THE JUDGE IS TAKING HERSELF OUT.

AND WE COME BACK WITH THAT AMOUNT AND WE ALLOCATE IT THAT WAY.

WE'VE DONE IT LIKE THAT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE DONE. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I MEAN, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS. SO IN OTHER WORDS RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT BUT TO BE FAIR, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ALREADY GIVEN.

YOU KNOW, THE 10,000 RADKE HAS TO COME INTO PLAY SOMEWHERE.

IF YOU'RE BASED ON YOUR ARGUMENT THAT 33% IS GOING TO MY PRECINCT, WHICH IT ISN'T, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

AND I'M NOT TAKING OFFENSE.

I'M JUST DEFENDING WHAT YOU KNOW.

BUT IT IS. BUT YOU KNOW BUT THIS FUND BUT THROW BUT THROW THE 10,000 FOR RADKE IN HERE BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE FUNDED THIS OUT OF IT. BUT COMMISSIONER HAS WANTED TO GET IT INTO THE BUDGET RIGHT. HE WANTED IT TO BE A LINE ITEM SO THAT IT DIDN'T EVER GET CANNED.

SO COMMISSIONER, MODEST TO HIS CREDIT, SAID, HEY, I WANT TO PUT IT AS A BUDGET ITEM.

BUT BECAUSE THESE FUNDS ARE, THEY CAN GO UP AND DOWN.

WELL, ROBSTOWN IS COVERED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET.

IF WE DON'T HAVE CAPITAL CREDITS, ALL THESE OTHER ONES GET PULLED OUT, RIGHT? SO AS LONG AS ROBSTOWN IS 10,000 IS CONSIDERED IN THE TOTAL NUMBER.

THAT'S THAT'S THE BUDGET.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER. WELL, BUT A DIFFERENT NUMBER.

COME ON. WELL THAT'S. BUT LET'S BE FAIR.

YOU VOTE FOR THE BUDGET, YOU VOTE FOR THE TAX RATE, YOU GET A SAY.

I THINK WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT FUNDING. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. YOU THINK.

I THINK ALL OF THEM. I VOTED FOR ALL OF THEM. I THINK I SHOULD HAVE MORE OF A SAY TO SUPPORT IT. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME. YOU'RE SAYING NOW THAT SHOULDN'T COUNT IN IN THE ALLOCATION. BECAUSE IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT. I VOTED FOR THE BUDGET.

I VOTED FOR THE TAX RATE.

THEN I'M GOING TO VOTE TO TAKE IT OUT NEXT TIME. PUT IN CAPITAL CREDIT. THAT'S NOT I MEAN THAT'S AND WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND. ALL RIGHT. SO NO THAT'S THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE IF UNDER COMMISSIONER IT'S NOT FAIR IS TO MAKE SOME OF US VOTE FOR THE BUDGET. AND THEN YOU TAKE CREDIT AND USE ALL THAT MONEY FOR YOUR PRECINCT.

THAT'S WHAT'S NOT FAIR. COMMISSIONER. OH, HERE WE OH, THERE WE GO. COMMISSIONER. NOW, NOW.

OKAY, GREAT. YOU KNOW, I SUPPORTED YOUR MOVE TO TO PUT THAT RADKE IN, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK THEY DO ANYTHING. BUT THAT'S OKAY IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DO IT. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GETS, YOU KNOW, HIS COMMISSION OFF THE DEAL. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE, LET'S GO THERE. OKAY.

OKAY. MY SECOND, I THINK I JUST WANT TO ADD BISHOP.

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I WITHDRAW THE MOTION, BUT I WOULD YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

LET'S JUST TABLE IT, BECAUSE I THINK THOSE COMMENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY INFLAMMATORY AND UNAPPRECIATED INFORMATION TO DIVIDE.

BUT IN YOUR PLANNING FOR EACH OF YOU, I COVER THE WHOLE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO I DO NOT NEED TO BE A PART OF THE DIVISION.

RIGHT? I AGREE WITH THAT. YES.

OKAY. SO TABLE TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.

COMMISSIONER. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YEP. YES. AND SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING JANUARY 2ND. OKAY.

BUT ALONG WITH THAT YOUR HONOR, WE NEED TO BEFORE WE GET TO THAT MEETING, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED.

AND WE CAN INCLUDE WHATEVER CAN GET US A LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED AS PER THE BUDGET FOR THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND AND JUST LIKE WE'RE HAVING SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ROBSTOWN AND THEN THE CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL, THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS OUTSIDE OF THERE TOO.

SO THERE'S THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITY THAT THESE PEOPLE DO THAT ARE NOT JUST ECONOMIC. I THINK DID STUFF WITH TESLA AND COVERS ALL THREE OF Y'ALL'S PRECINCTS, MAYBE. SO LET'S LET'S GET THE FACTS AND HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW TO PROCEED. YES. OKAY, TERESA, YOU CAN GET THAT TO EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, WHAT WE'RE GIVING.

AND THEN YOU CAN THINK OF HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED AND A PERCENTAGE, MAYBE 25%, AND YOU DECIDE HOW TO DO IT IN YOUR AREA.

YEAH. JUDGE. EXCUSE ME.

DO YOU ALSO INCLUDE THE GENERAL FUND THAT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED? ALL ANYTHING THAT IS GIVEN TO.

YES. ALL OF THOSE. AND GENERAL FUND IS IT'S ALREADY FUNDED.

BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO CALCULATE ROBSTOWN OUT.

THE ADC COVERS MULTIPLE PRECINCTS AS WELL.

YOU CAN'T HARDLY JUST SAY IT'S ONE.

AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD.

JUDGE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTICULAR GOING INTO MORE THAN ONE PRECINCT BECAUSE I FEEL YES, THERE HAS NOT BEEN EQUITABLE SHARE.

COMMISSIONER I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN PRECINCT FOUR, I GET IT. THERE'S NOT BEEN, WHAT MAYBE AN EQUITABLE SHARE OF FUNDING GOING TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING A LOT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT NECESSARILY.

IT SAYS SINCE THIS ITEM WAS POSTED, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED SINCE THEN.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WAS NOT MUCH OF AN ISSUE UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED SEEING THIS.

AND THERE MAY BE GROUPS THAT WE CAN ADD ON GROUPS THAT SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THIS, THAT SHOULD BE MAYBE RECOMMENDED IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE TO ADD TO THEIR THEIR.

I GUARANTEE YOU THERE WILL PROBABLY BE GROUPS THAT I WILL SUPPORT FOR FUNDING THAT ARE NOT IN MY PRECINCT, BUT ARE FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COUNTY.

SO I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABOUT MY TABLE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL ABOUT THAT. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE I'M THINKING.

A SECOND TABLE TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ON IT. SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

WAIT, I WANT TO I WANT TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION TO TABLE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE I JUST HAD ANOTHER IDEA. SO SINCE IT WAS MY MOTION TO TABLE, I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION TO TABLE. WANTED TO WITHDRAW MY SECOND.

OR DO YOU WANT TO GO ON? YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER ONE. I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING. I WOULD THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY AND AND AND GIVE SOME DIRECTION.

IF NO ONE THINKS WE NEED TO. WE'RE NOT READY TO DO THAT. THEN I'LL PUT MY MOTION TO TABLE BACK ON. I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO. WE'VE GIVEN THEM NO REAL DIRECTION.

CAN. CAN I GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL POINT ON THIS? MY ORIGINAL POINT WAS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR THIS SPECIFIC SET OF MONEY AND JUST THIS SET, ONLY BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS COMES FROM A SPECIAL PLACE.

IT MAY CHANGE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

BUT JUST SPEAKING ABOUT THIS GROUP, THIS FUND OF MONEY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY AS A COMMISSIONER ABOUT WHERE IT GOES.

SO IF WE WANT TO TAKE LIKE THE JUDGE SAID OR LIKE COMMISSIONER SAID A WHILE AGO AND SAY EACH COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO GET 25% OF THIS FUND TO SPEND AS THEY WANT TO, THEN I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I'M OKAY WITH APPROVING THAT TODAY.

RIGHT. BUT THE PROBLEM THAT THERE IS, IS THAT WHEN WE DID THIS WHOLE BIG PICTURE, RADKE WAS IN AND WE TOOK THEM OUT AND PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET, AND NOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BECAUSE COMMISSIONER MYERS OBJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO OR POTENTIALLY OBJECTS.

I'M NOT TRYING TO MISCHARACTERIZE THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THE NUMBER BECAUSE THEN YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, I DON'T.

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WE HAD THIS PLAN. I WASN'T AWARE THAT THE RADKE WAS INCLUDED IN THIS FUND BEFORE.

I KNOW I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT I WASN'T HERE.

I KNOW I'M JUST. SO I'M GIVING YOU THIS. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S STUPID ABOUT THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

YOU CAN'T GO AROUND AND ASK QUESTIONS AND TRY TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THIS SORT OF THING UNTIL YOU GET HERE. YEAH.

YEAH. AND SO ANYWAY. BUT, BUT, BUT AND MY THING IS I AGREE WITH MOST OF IT'S ON THE LIST. THERE ARE SOME THAT I WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK.

BUT SHOULD THEY BE INCLUDED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? NO, THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

ARE THEY WORTHWHILE GROUPS? ABSOLUTELY. SHOULD WE FIND ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THERE ARE GROUPS ON HERE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT TRULY AND SAY, WHAT DID THEY DO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEN.

THEN THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE ARGUMENT COULD BE AS WELL.

SO IF WE WANT TO SPLIT IT UP, THAT'S GREAT.

YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT ALL OF THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO INTO PRECINCTS. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUPS THAT ARE IN THE PRECINCT, ASIDE FROM THE RADKE, WHICH SERVES BEYOND ROBSTOWN.

BUT WE WON'T GO INTO THAT DEBATE.

BUT YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT SOME OF THIS MONEY IS GOING TO GO INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, OR THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD WANT TO DO.

BUT THERE ARE GROUPS ON THIS LIST THAT ARE NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVERS.

THEY'RE JUST SIMPLY NOT.

SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

WELL, AND I WOULD ARGUE AT THIS AND, AND, AND I WOULD ALSO ARGUE AND THIS WOULD BE UP TO YOU GUYS HOW TO DO IT.

NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE ALREADY GIVE THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER TOO.

I MEAN, SINCE WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE GIVE WE GIVE WHAT DO WE GIVE $1 MILLION A YEAR ALREADY TO THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE TOURS.

THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE. BRANT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SINGLE ANY GROUP OUT ON THIS, BUT THERE ARE SOME THERE'S SOME GROUPS ON HERE LIKE COMMISSIONER MORRIS SAID, THAT ARE RECEIVING THIS MONEY. NOW. I REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY OUGHT TO BE GETTING. I THINK WE COULD WE COULD PUT THAT MONEY TO OTHER PLACES THAT ARE MUCH MORE NEEDY THAN SOME OF THESE GROUPS THAT ARE.

AND SO WHAT IF WE TOOK A LARGER AMOUNT THIS YEAR? IT WOULD BE TAKING A BIT OF A CHANCE, BUT TAKING A LARGER AMOUNT THIS YEAR.

AND SOMEHOW AND I DON'T THINK IF THE RADKE TRULY DOES IN DIFFERENT PRECINCTS, THEN MAYBE IT'S SPREAD OUT.

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU UNDO ONE PLAN, WHICH IS FINE, THAT YOU DON'T TOTALLY DISREGARD WHAT WE'VE DONE TO GET HERE, RIGHT? MEANING? BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE PUSHED TO PUT SOME OF THESE IN THE BUDGET AS LINE ITEMS TO.

IF I'D HAVE KNOWN WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE NEED TO DO THAT AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS AT THAT TIME.

BUT I THINK THESE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF THEM, NOT ONLY THIS LIST, BUT THE LIST THAT WE ALL PROVIDE EVERY YEAR FOR OUR OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING. I ALWAYS TELL THEM EVERY YEAR WHEN I PRESENT THE CHECK, HEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T PUT THIS INTO YOUR BUDGET BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT WE MAY NOT HAVE THIS NEXT YEAR. RIGHT? AND I'M FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE IT.

AND YOU NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST A STIPEND.

AND MAYBE WHAT WE DO HOW ABOUT THIS IS WE'RE THINKING OUT LOUD IS THE ONES THAT WE COME BACK WITH FOR FOR THIS YEAR.

WE LOOK AT PUTTING THOSE AS LINE ITEMS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DEPLETING THIS CAPITAL FUNDS ACCOUNT.

AND WE CAN USE FOR OTHER THINGS TOO.

SO WHATEVER WE COME BACK WITH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE EQUITABLE WAY TO DO IT, RIGHT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, THE CORPUS CHRISTI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE RADKE ARE SPECIAL AND THEY'RE DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WELL, THEN WHY WOULDN'T WE PUT THESE IN THERE AS A LINE ITEM TO IF WE DETERMINE THAT THESE ARE ALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENGINES, MAYBE NOT FOR THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT FOR AN AMOUNT, RIGHT. SO BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T HAVE THIS FIGHT EVERY YEAR AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE TELL THEM NOT TO RELY ON IT.

BUT WE'VE NOW TOLD THE EDC AND THE EDC THAT THEY CAN RELY ON IT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN OUR BUDGET, BUT WE'RE TELLING THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE IN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, BUT MAY NOT BE NEXT YEAR.

EVERY YEAR, EVERYBODY, LET'S BE CLEAR.

BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING TO TO EQUALIZE AND MAYBE IT'S AT A LESSER NUMBER.

I'M JUST TRYING TO AGAIN, I WASN'T READY FOR THIS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PRETTY SIMPLE PART OF THE AGENDA.

MY BAD, I DON'T MEAN ANY DISRESPECT BY THAT BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING.

OR MAYBE I COULD HAVE STRATEGIZED A LITTLE BIT BETTER BEFORE.

BUT WHAT IS YOUR AMOUNT IF YOU WANTED TO INCREASE THAT AND JUST DIVIDE IT BY FOUR THIS

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YEAR, SINCE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET USE, AND THAT WOULD BE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE MOTION. JUDGE, IF WE TOOK 100,000 THIS YEAR AND THEN CAME BACK AND WHATEVER AGENCIES WE PICKED FOR OUR PRECINCT, THEY JUST BECAME LINE ITEMS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THEN THAT EQUALIZES THE RADKE ARGUMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE IN AND THESE WOULD BE IN. AND WHATEVER WE COME BACK WITH, WE COME BACK WITH.

AND IF WE WANT TO GIVE EXTRA FOR OUTSIDE AGENCY MONEY, NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT AGAIN, WE CAN DO THAT. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE BEFORE I TRY TO DO A MOTION, I'M NOT. I HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE I'M READY. IF WE'RE GOING TO DIVE OFF IN THE DEEP END LIKE THAT, I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO DO THAT TODAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. GO AHEAD. TERESA.

SO IN 2324, WE SPENT $235,000 FOR CAPITAL CREDITS FOR ALL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS, WHICH INCLUDED EDC, DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT, DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ALL OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE GOT $10,000 EACH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EDC AND THE UNITED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEY HAD A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

AND SO THEN AFTER THAT, RADKE AND THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CAME BACK INTO GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE HAD THE FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE AND THEN BUDGET WAS SHORT. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT AMOUNT WAS ALLOCATED.

BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAD A LOT IN THAT FUND.

WE WERE ABLE TO COVER IT ONE YEAR AND THEN WE STARTED KIND OF TEARING IT DOWN.

SO THAT'S CORRECT. YES, YES.

BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, NO MATTER WHAT WE PUT IN THE GENERAL FUND WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO FUND OUT OF THERE, THAT CAN ALWAYS WE HAVE A LOWER AMOUNT OR WE'RE BEHIND.

AND I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE CUT.

SO ANYBODY THAT'S PAYING ATTENTION, THEY ARE STILL NOT GUARANTEED.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE IS.

YES. SO ARE Y'ALL CONSIDERING ALLOCATING A PERCENTAGE OF 67.5 WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE TOTAL? I DON'T HUNDRED THOUSAND.

I, I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO.

YEAH. BECAUSE THAT WAS MY THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WE DO IT ONE TIME AND TAKE 100 AND THEN LET EVERYBODY COME BACK EVERY COMMISSIONER COME BACK WITH THEIR 25,000 EACH. BUT THAT PART OF MY MOTION WOULD BE IF IF PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH IT, AND IF MIKE'S NOT, WE CAN TABLE IT OR WHOEVER'S NOT JOHN, WHOEVER. AND THEN PART OF THE MOTION WOULD BE TO COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WHOEVER WE PICK FOR THOSE AGENCIES, THEY GO ON TO THE BUDGET FOR LINE ITEM LIKE THE RADKE AND THE EDC IS NEXT TIME.

THAT WOULD BE. THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR NOW.

THEN WE CAN TABLE IT AND COME BACK.

DIVIDING THE 25 I THINK IS A BETTER IDEA.

BUT GOING AHEAD AND SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON FOR A LINE ITEM BECAUSE THERE'S NO GUARANTEES WITH THAT. YOU CAN SAY CONSIDERED FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

ALWAYS. BUT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A ONE TIME THING, IF YOU DO IT THIS YEAR ON A SPECIAL REVENUE, FUNDS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE TO DO THE SAME THING NEXT YEAR. SO EITHER THEY WILL GO INTO GENERAL FUND OR THEY WOULD THEY WOULD BE FUNDED WITH OUTSIDE AGENCY.

THEY WOULD BE IF LIKE IF YOU LIKE IF YOU FUND THEM THE THE $100,000 THIS YEAR.

SO THEN IT WILL REDUCE OUR FUND BALANCE.

SAY WE GET X AMOUNT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR TO SUPPLEMENT.

WE CAN'T BUDGET THOSE THE AMOUNTS AGAIN NEXT YEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE 30,000 LEFT IN THE ACCOUNT. DEPENDS ON THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO 100, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE SOME COMMITMENT TO PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET.

YES. OKAY. SO THESE WILL BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

WE'RE JUST TALKING ONLY TO CAPITAL CREDIT AND CAPITAL CREDITS THIS YEAR.

THE 25,000 FOR EACH COMMISSIONER EACH PRECINCT.

YES. WHICH IS THEY COME BACK.

BUT I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TOTAL POT OF MONEY GIVEN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT SHOULD BE FACTORED IN TO BE COMPLETELY FAIR AND EQUITABLE, WE'RE GOING TO GO THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK. AND I GET THAT THE EDC DOES SOME STUFF IN MY PRECINCT, BUT OUR EDC DOESN'T, JUST LIKE LONDON DOESN'T DO ANYTHING IN Y'ALL'S PRECINCTS. RIGHT. SO SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FAIR AND JUST TAKE THE WHOLE POT OF MONEY AND SAY ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEN LET'S BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE IN SOME WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAY IS, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE TABLED IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO DIVIDE IT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WAY.

I DON'T OPERATE THAT WAY.

I HAVE CONTINUALLY SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN PRECINCT FOUR WHERE THEY BENEFIT MY PRECINCT OR NOT, AND I THINK THAT VICE VERSA IN PRECINCT FOUR BENEFITS MY MY CONSTITUENCY BECAUSE THEY GO AND TRAVEL TO PORT A, THEY GO TO TRAVEL TO THE ISLAND, WHAT HAVE YOU AND VICE VERSA. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME THING FOR YEARS BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN ON THERE. SO WHAT? DO YOU NOT AGREE WITH JOHN TWO? NOT THAT I DON'T SUPPORT YOUR PROJECT. WELL, THAT WE THAT WE DON'T SOMEHOW DON'T BENEFIT FROM SUPPORTING THESE OTHER GROUPS.

IT'S THE COUNTY BENEFITS.

WE'RE ALL BENEFIT. WE ALL BENEFIT.

IT'S A COUNTY THING. YEAH, EXACTLY.

BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DISAGREEING ON. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DIVIDE THAT EQUITABLY TO

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ALL FOUR PRECINCTS. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. EQUITABLY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS SECOND TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. THAT'D BE FINE.

YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. I SUGGEST WE GET YOUR PLANS TOGETHER.

WITH THAT IN MIND, FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

ITEM NUMBER 18. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO CARRY OVER THE 2025 FLOATING

[18. Discuss and consider allowing employees to carry over the 2025 Floating Holiday Day, if not utilized or requested already, to 2026, as a one-time carryover holiday, and all related matters. ]

HOLIDAY DAY, IF NOT UTILIZED OR REQUESTED ALREADY TO 2026 AS A ONE TIME CARRY OVER HOLIDAY. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I WANT TO SPEAK AND LET ME EXPLAIN THIS VERY QUICKLY.

WE VOTED ON THIS FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY FOR 2025 AND A 2026.

BECAUSE WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH PRESIDENT'S DAY.

MANY DEPARTMENTS CANNOT TAKE THIS.

WE HAVE HAD THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LARGE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE TOO MANY EMPLOYEES. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LOSE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THIS WOULD ONLY EXTEND THE FIRST YEAR, 2026, WHERE SOME PEOPLE IN THE SAME YEAR WOULD MAYBE GET THE TWO HOLIDAYS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT TAKE IT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2026, IF YOU HAVE NOT UTILIZED THAT FLOATING HOLIDAY, YOU WILL LOSE IT. THIS IS JUST A ONE TIME CARRYOVER BECAUSE WE DID THIS IN NOVEMBER.

THAT GAVE PEOPLE LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS TO TRY TO PLAN TO TAKE THIS.

I THINK OUR ITEM NEEDS TO REFLECT THAT LANGUAGE, YOUR HONOR, IT NEEDS TO SAY THIS IS A ONE TIME DEAL, FOR IT SAYS A ONE TIME CARRY OVER HOLIDAY TO 2026.

IT SAYS THAT IN THE LINE.

SO I WILL MAKE THE MOTION VERY SPECIFIC.

IT ENDS AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2026.

WE HAVE ONE FLOATING HOLIDAY.

THIS IS ONLY GIVING DEPARTMENTS.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY FILED FOR YOUR REQUESTED HOLIDAY, YOU CAN'T PULL IT BACK AND USE IT AGAIN.

WE'RE NOT DOING THE PAPERWORK FOR THAT BECAUSE WORKDAY IS NOT ALLOWING US TO CALCULATE IT. OUR OFFICE IS HAVING TO TAKE PRINTED SHEETS AND PUT THEM IN A FOLDER, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALCULATE IT LATER.

SO IN HINDSIGHT SOME THINGS WE DO, WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.

THIS IS A CLEANUP. IT IS ONLY A ONE TIME CARRYOVER FOR THIS FIRST YEAR.

THIS WILL END IN DECEMBER 2026 FOR PEOPLE TO CARRY OVER THE ONE FLOATING HOLIDAY THAT THEY COULDN'T. DECEMBER 2026.

IF YOU HAVE NOT USED YOUR FLOATING HOLIDAY, IT DOESN'T CARRY OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? YES.

WHEN IT SAYS OVER HERE, I'VE GOT TWO PAGES HERE.

318. AND THEN THE COVER SHEET.

YES. I COULDN'T FIND WHERE WE ACTUALLY.

WE SAID 25 FOR A HOLIDAY.

I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING IT FOR 26 WHEN WE VOTED FOR THE BUDGET.

WE LOOKED AT 26. I COULDN'T FIND IT.

I LOOKED IT UP TOO, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY ANYWHERE WHERE IT'S 25 AND THOSE.

SO THAT MEANS EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY IS A BUDGET TIME.

ONE OCTOBER THE 1ST CAN HAVE ONE DAY BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR.

THE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS WHAT WE VOTED ON OUR TIME SHEETS AND HOLIDAYS.

THEY GO PER CALENDAR YEAR.

THE COUNTY GOES FOR OCTOBER IS THE END OF OUR YEAR.

SO IT GAVE EVERYBODY PRESIDENT'S DAY THE FIRST YEAR WE TOOK PRESIDENTS DAY OUT AND IT GAVE THEM THE FLOATING HOLIDAY.

BUT THE REASON THIS GOT MISCONSTRUED IS BECAUSE OUR CALENDAR YEAR FOR PAYROLL AND HOURLY WAGES IS DIFFERENT.

IT GOES PER CALENDAR YEAR.

OUR FISCAL YEAR FOR THE COUNTY ENDS IN OCTOBER.

SO AND YOU SAY THE ONE TIME CARRYOVER THAT'S EVERYBODY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EVERYBODY EVERYBODY. OKAY. SO THE ONLY IN THIS PAGE HERE IT SAYS APPROVE HOLIDAY CALENDAR 26 APPROVED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT ON NOVEMBER 5TH.

I DON'T THINK WE DID THAT NOVEMBER THE 5TH.

WE DID. THAT WAS WHEN WE VOTED OCTOBER 22ND, 2004.

IT WAS I DIDN'T FIND IT ON THE FIFTH.

I FOUND IT ON THE 22ND.

ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE A FLOATING PER YEAR.

I'LL GET SOMEBODY TO VERIFY.

BUT MY PEOPLE LOOKED UP.

NOVEMBER THE 5TH WAS THE COURT DATE THAT WE DID.

I COULDN'T FIND IT. ON NOVEMBER, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED BECAUSE I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT 25. I MEAN, IF WE IF WE'RE SAYING 25.

SO EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY GETS A DAY IN 25.

SO IT MEANS EVERY EMPLOYEE FOR THE COUNTY CAN STILL TAKE THAT ONE DAY FLOATING DAY BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER OF 26, DECEMBER OF 26, OUR HOURLY AND OUR WAGE PAY GOES TO CALENDAR YEAR FOR 26.

OKAY. YES. FOR DECEMBER, IT'S NOT THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE COUNTY.

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IT'S THE CALENDAR YEAR.

SO THEY'LL HAVE TWO DAYS TO TAKE FLOATING DAYS NEXT YEAR.

IF THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN IT ALREADY BEFORE THE END OF 25.

SO, YES. CONSTANCE, YOU STILL WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION.

FROM WHAT I HEARD DURING THE MEETING WAS WE WERE CONSIDERING DOING THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND I DON'T THINK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WANTED TO DO THAT TO CLOSE DOWN THE COUNTY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THEY VOTED ON THE FLOATING HOLIDAY. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME UP FOR THIS YEAR. FOR 25.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YES, THAT WAS COMMISSIONER.

VERY GOOD IDEA. YES. YEAH.

WELL, IF YOU LOOK. BUT AGAIN, YOU NEED TO CHECK FOR SURE TO CONFIRM THAT WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT ON THE 5TH OR OCTOBER 22ND BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS 22ND.

SOMEBODY IN MY OFFICE IS CHECKING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM YET.

BUT. YES. YEAH. AND AND HR IS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE PAYROLL AND WAGES AND HOLIDAY CALENDAR IS AN ANNUAL.

IT ENDS WITH THE FISCAL YEAR, THE CALENDAR YEAR, DECEMBER. THE COUNTY'S BUDGET GOES FOR FISCAL YEAR OF OCTOBER.

YES, THE BUDGET DOES. YES.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE OFF. PEYTON SAID SHE IS PRINTING THE MINUTES THAT JUST APPROVED, SHOWING THAT THAT IT WAS NOVEMBER THE 5TH.

SO SHE'LL BE BRINGING A COPY OF THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY IN 20.

ABSOLUTELY. AND WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT, BUT THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND.

DECEMBER 2026. IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN IT, IT GOES AWAY.

EVERYTHING. BOTH OF THEM? ABSOLUTELY, YES. THANK YOU SIR.

YEAH. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

DID WE? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM.

WE. WE JUST NEED THE VOTE.

OH, JUST A VOTE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION TO WHEN YOU DID.

ITEM NUMBER 19, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED 2026 COMMISSIONERS COURT

[19. Discuss and consider approval of the proposed 2026 Commissioners Court Schedule, and related matters.]

SCHEDULE. AND THAT IS IN YOUR BINDERS AS WELL.

LAST YEAR I MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE. RIGHT. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 20. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE UPCOMING COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING DATES,

[20. Discuss and consider upcoming Commissioners Court meeting date(s), workshop date(s), and related matters.]

WORKSHOP DATES, AND RELATED MATTERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE A COURT SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER THE 17TH FOR OUR BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

JUST FOR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE OR THERE ISN'T ANY ACTION NECESSARY FOR THAT.

IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANYTHING, THEN MOVING ON TO ITEM B1.

THE SHERIFF'S YOUR HONOR I WOULD LIKE NOT TO STEAL THE SHERIFF'S THUNDER,

[1. Discuss and consider execution of contract for professional services between Nueces County Sheriff's Office and Coastal Bend Council of Governments (CBCOG) to provide continuing education training for local law enforcement agencies.]

[2. Discuss and consider adopting an Order approving Request-For-Proposals (RFP) under Local Government Code 262.030 as the method of procurement for Nueces County Security Services (Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, Keach Library); authorizing the Purchasing Agent to publish a notice; and delegating evaluation authority to an evaluation committee; and related matters.]

[3. Discuss, consider, and take action on award and execution of an Agreement with Aramark Correctional Services, LLC for Nueces County Jail Food Management Program; and related matters.]

AND HE CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK IF HE'D LIKE TO, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS B ONE, TWO AND THREE AS ONE MOTION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY, OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FIRST.

SORRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM C. COASTAL PARKS AND GRANTS, YOUR HONOR.

[1. Discuss and consider approval of Supplemental Agreement No. 1 between Nueces County and Anchor QEA, for Engineering Services for Packery Channel Living Shoreline Project, extending the termination date to December 30, 2027.]

[2. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving the award and execution of a Contractor Agreement with Derrick Construction Co., Inc., in the amount of $3,578,865.00, for construction of the Packery Channel Nature Park Shoreline Enhancement Project; and related matters.]

[3. Discuss and consider approval of execution of Amendment No. 1 to GLO Contract No. 24-099-008-E382 between Nueces County and the Texas General Land Office for a revision to the work plan and budget for the Packery Channel Nature Park Habitat Creation and Public Access Project and all related matters. ]

[4. Discuss and consider approving execution of Amendment No. 2 to GOMESA Grant Agreement CMP Project of Special Merit (GLO Contract No. 22-131-003-D409) between Nueces County and the Texas General Land Office to add additional funding in the amount of $420,000.00 and revise the project Budget and Work Plan.]

[5. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving the award and execution of a Contractor Agreement with Mako Contracting, LLC, in the amount of $6,640,833.80, for construction of the I.B. Magee and Padre Balli Parks Improvements Project; and related matters.]

[6. Discuss and consider ratifying and approving the execution of the First Amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Colonia Self-Help Program Contract Number CSH22-0202, updating the applicable laws, extending the term, and amending the authorized activities and performance benchmarks, and related matters.]

[10. Discuss and consider approving execution of Amendment No. 1 to the Engineer Master Services Contract with Urban Engineering, LLC for services related to the Council of Governments Method of Distribution/Community Development Block Grant Mitigation-funded drainage projects; and related matters.]

[11. Discuss and approve the grant contract with the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, Criminal Justice Division for the Criminal Justice Grant Program (Law Enforcement Officer Training), FY2026 in the amount of $60,680.00.]

YES. I WOULD LIKE TO, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. ALL THE UNDER ONE 3 IN 1 MOTION.

11. I BELIEVE IT IS. YES.

THE SECOND BUCKET. OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT AND NINE.

OKAY. OKAY, SO MOTION WOULD BE WHAT? COMMISSIONER. POSSIBLY ONE THROUGH SIX AND TEN AND 11.

HE JUST WANTS TO PULL NUMBER SEVEN, SEVEN SEVEN AND 9889.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT'D BE MY MOTION.

AND SECOND, THAT MOTION.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

SO NUMBER SEVEN, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, YOU HAD QUESTIONS ON THAT.

[7. Discuss, consider, and adopt a resolution authorizing the submission of a 2026 Texas Colonia Fund Construction Grant Program application through the Texas Department of Agriculture.]

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A 2026 TEXAS COLONIAL FUND CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM.

YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. WELL, THAT'S THE RESOLUTION.

SO WE'RE OKAY WITH THE RESOLUTION, I THINK, BUT WE'RE LIMITED ON 65,000.

SAY AGAIN, SIR, FOR ADMINISTRATION, IS THERE A LIMIT FOR 65,025% OR SOMETHING ON THE ON THE THE GRANT ADMIN IS ASKING YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT. THIS IS NEW TO ME, THIS THIS PROGRAM.

SO BUT IT WOULD COME OUT OF MAX AWARD WOULD BE, WHICH IS UP TO A MILLION.

OKAY. SO I'M SUBMITTING RESOLUTION NOW.

I GUESS IT'S IN HERE, BUT I THINK MY OFFICE WAS SUBMITTING THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE YOU GOT TO DO THAT BEFORE WE DO THE GRANT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD

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ANY QUESTIONS OR NOT ON THAT, BUT NO, WE WERE WILLING TO PASS IT BEFORE.

I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CHANGES.

AND THAT WAS THE APPLICATION WAS CHANGING TO WHERE YOU COULD DO CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH, WE WERE READY TO ASK.

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT PULLED IT. COMMISSIONER.

MAKE SURE THAT WE GET COMMISSIONER.

NO. COMMISSIONER. I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION JUST TO PASS NUMBER SEVEN.

THE ENGINEERING IS CAPPED AT 65,000, AND THE MANAGEMENT IS CAPPED AT 85,000.

YEAH. OKAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PASS A RESOLUTION.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[8. Discuss and consider adopting an Order approving Request-For-Proposals (RFP) under Local Government Code 262.030 as the method of procurement for Grant Application and Administrative Services for Colonia Fund: Construction Program; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to publish a notice; and delegating evaluation authority to an evaluation committee; and related matters.]

EIGHT OVER 82. SO IT'S 85,000? YES. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT ONE.

IS THAT YOUR MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND A SECOND. THAT COVERS SEVEN AND EIGHT, RIGHT? YES. SO YOU'RE DONE WITH EIGHT.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES OCTOBER 22ND.

HE'S RIGHT. SO WE HAVE NOVEMBER 5TH ON HERE.

NO. NUMBER NINE. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE NUMBER NINE.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. WHAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING?

[9. Discuss and consider adopting an Order approving Request-For-Proposals (RFP) under Local Government Code 262.030 as the method of procurement for Grant Management Services; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to publish a notice; and delegating evaluation authority to an evaluation committee; and related matters.]

NUMBER NINE. SCOTT. NINE IS JUST A GENERAL MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT.

WE'RE GOING OUT FOR AN RFQ OR AN RFP FOR GENERAL GRANT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO SUPPORT THOSE THINGS THAT AREN'T SPECIFIC TO ANOTHER GRANT PROGRAM.

LIKE WE HAVE A SPECIFIC VENDOR FOR ARPA.

WE HAVE A SPECIFIC VENDOR FOR BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

WE WANT THIS FOR ALL ADDITIONAL GRANTS.

JUST SO WE HAVE ADMIN THAT WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR GRANTS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO OUT FOR GRANTS THAT HAVE YOU CAN UTILIZE PART OF THE GRANT AS ADMINISTRATION. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE RFP OR THE NOT ONLY CAN PAY ADMINISTRATION WITH GRANTS, HE'S DONE ALL OF HIS THAT WAY.

WELL THEN DEPENDS ON THE GRANT THOUGH.

WELL YES. SO BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DO THIS FOR I MEAN, WELL WE TOOK IT OUT OF OUR CDBG AND OUR MIP, I MEAN, OUR MOD AND OUR ARPA PAID FOR ADMINISTRATION.

ISN'T THIS THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS THAT WE BUDGETED FOR THESE 250,000? THAT WAS OUT OF OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT UPSTAIRS. WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

YES. WE GOT TO GET THIS.

WELL, I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS ONE FOR A LONG ONE HERE.

NUMBER 90. WE PASSED THIS ONE HERE TO GET GRANT.

THAT WHATEVER GRANT ON THAT ONE DOESN'T PAY FOR ADMINISTRATION.

THAT GRANT. RIGHT. WE HAVE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL TO GO AFTER A GRANT.

IF IT HAS NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, THEN THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE FUNDING. ADMINISTRATIVE CALLS THE COUNTY.

WHAT IF IF WE ALLOW THEM TO GO FOR ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT COMMISSIONER TO YOUR POINT, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE GENERALLY OVERALL.

BUT THERE YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC GRANTS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THAT IT'S SPECIFIC FOR THAT FOR YOUR GRANT.

THAT HAS TO BE BID OUT.

THERE'S SOME THAT IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THESE DEALS.

THAT'S WHY LIKE WE DID THE MID MOD WE DID THE ARPA.

THOSE ARE SPECIFIC AND HAVE TO BE BID OUT.

SOME OF THOSE ARE MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE US INDIVIDUALLY.

BUT THE VAST MAJORITY UNIVERSALLY, WHEN WE HAVE ANY DEPARTMENT THAT COMES AND ASKS TO APPLY FOR A GRANT, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO UTILIZE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE SERVICES.

AND WE WANT TO GET AN ADMINISTRATOR OVERSEEING AND HELPING OUT THE COASTAL PARKS GRANTS DEPARTMENT. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A GRANT THAT I'VE EVER COME ACROSS THAT DIDN'T ALLOW FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

NOW, SOMETIMES THEY'RE CAPPED AT A PERCENTAGE, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.

ALL MY MOST OF YOUR GRANTS ARE COASTAL GRANTS, NOT INLAND GRANTS. WELL, NO, BUT I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM THAT THAT ALLOW FOR THAT. YEAH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING TO SCOTT, I WANT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT VERY HAPPY WITH YOUR SERVICES.

AND YOU'VE GOT THIS CALL YOURSELF THE GRANT KING.

BUT I'M NOT I'M NOT VERY HAPPY EITHER.

I'M GOING TO SAY I VOICE MY OPINION LIKE MY OPINION BECAUSE I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN MY OFFICE ONE TIME.

SEE ME? WHAT? I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN MY OFFICE ONE TIME, AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR ALL OF US.

SUPPOSED TO BE? I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU.

YOU HAVEN'T CALLED ME. YOU'VE MISSED TWO OF MY MEETINGS, AND I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT.

TWO CALL, TWO MEETINGS. YOU WEREN'T THERE. YOU WASN'T THERE.

I WASN'T AWARE YOU HAD TWO MORE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS.

AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT.

SO I'M TELLING YOU, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IT EITHER.

SO, I MEAN, YOU BEEF IT UP, DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I GOT I GOT GROUNDS THAT I WANT TO GET I'M, I'M WORKING ON ONE GRAND. THAT'S WHAT I SUBMITTED THIS ONE HERE BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T.

ISN'T THAT NOBODY ELSE'S GRAND? I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS GRAND FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, SO I'M TRYING TO GET YOU THERE BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT? THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT DIDN'T GET YOU THERE LAST YEAR. WELL, NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONE.

RIGHT. AND BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ME THERE EITHER.

SO. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING FOR ALL OF US,

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RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT. SO DON'T FORGET THAT, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN MY OFFICE ONE TIME. AND WHAT MEETINGS WERE THOSE AT T MR? BECAUSE HE SHOULDN'T BE MISSING MEETINGS. WHAT MEETINGS WERE THOSE? CAN SOMEONE. YEAH.

WE GREG WORKS RIGHT. WELL WAS HE NOTIFIED? WAS HE NOTIFIED ABOUT THEM? SURE HE WAS NO I WASN'T.

YES YOU WERE. CAN YOU CAN YOU SHARE WITH US BECAUSE HE IS THE DIRECTOR? REPORT AS YOU NEED. IF YOU'RE MAKING ACCUSATIONS, THEN I NEED TO SEE THAT HE DIDN'T MAKE A MEETING AND WHY HE DIDN'T MAKE IT AND WHY HE DIDN'T RESPOND TO. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TODAY WHERE THE PROOF WAS THAT HE DIDN'T MAKE IT. AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY.

BECAUSE IF HE'S IF HE'S NOT GETTING THOSE NOTICES, HE'S NOT ON THERE. AND THEN THAT'S ONE THING.

IF HE'S NOT SHOWING UP OR RESPONDING, THEN THAT'S A THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE REQUEST.

SO CAN SOMEONE SHOW SHOW US.

THESE ITEMS CAME UP ON THE AGENDA.

WE CALLED A MEETING IN MY OFFICE SO THAT WE COULD PASS ALL THESE VERY QUICKLY AND GET ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

HE WAS I WAS THERE, AND I DON'T MIND THAT YOU JUST THE FACT I KNOW AND YOU CAN DEFEND DEFEND HIM ALL YOU WANT, BUT I'M SAYING YOUR ACCUSATIONS BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE IF YOU'RE RIGHT, I HAVE NOT SEEN SCOTT IN MY OFFICE ONE TIME.

AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU, COMMISSIONER, WHAT YOU TOLD GONZALO GONZALEZ.

YOU WORK FOR ALL OF US. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MY OFFICE. YOU DON'T COME TO MY OFFICE. YOU DON'T TALK TO ME. WELL, THE SAME THING YOU TOLD GONZALEZ.

I'M TELLING SCOTT. YOU HAVE NOT COME TO MY OFFICE.

YOU HAVE NOT TALKED TO ME, HAVE NOT ASKED ME WHAT I NEED OR WHAT I.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. SO I THINK THAT YOU WERE APPOINTED FOR THAT REASON.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK WHEN WE PUT OUT THE MEETING LIST, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THOSE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW.

OF COURSE. AWARE OF THAT MEETING.

THEN IF I GET NOTIFICATION, I'LL BE THERE SOMEWHERE.

BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE LIST.

YOU WERE ON MY LIST. WELL, THEN CAN YOU.

WHAT I'M SAYING, COMMISSIONER, IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE DIRECT ACCUSATIONS AND THEY'RE TRUE, I'M NOT DEFENDING HIM.

I'M SAYING IF THEY'RE TRUE, HE NEEDS TO.

HE NEEDS TO BE SHOWN WHAT HE WAS NOTIFIED OF AND DIDN'T SHOW UP BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE AN ACCUSATION. SO THERE SHOULD BE PROOF SO THAT THE MAN CAN DEFEND HIMSELF IF HE WASN'T THERE, AND IF HE WASN'T THERE BECAUSE HE GOT NOTIFIED, HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU. THAT'S NOT DEFENDING.

THAT'S SAYING SHOW THE MAN PROOF.

YESTERDAY, WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING, WAS WAITING FOR SCOTT TO SHOW UP.

WHAT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WHAT? IT WAS THE MOD UPDATE MEETING.

YEAH. THIS ONE'S WITH BOTH COMMISSIONER MODS AND WITH.

AND THE MICROPHONE. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU ON THE BACK.

SORRY. WITH THE COMMISSIONER JAG WAS THE MOD UPDATE MEETING.

HE WAS INVITED TO IT. IT'S ON THE CALENDAR INVITE.

WE ALL GOT CALENDAR INVITES, SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER JAG IS REFERRING TO. THE MOD IS ALREADY BEING ADMINISTERED AND THOSE WERE ALREADY PRE-APPROVED, SO I WOULD TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT ONE.

BUT WE ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AND GIVE HIM I THINK I HAD THIS WITH MY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR CONVERSATION WITH THEM TOO, THAT HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.

IF IT'S AN UPDATE, IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE TAKING OVER BLINDLY WITH A GRANTS DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAD NO INFORMATION, NO CONTEXT.

NO SIGN INS. THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE EVEN ARE TO BEGIN WITH.

IT'S BEEN WHAT? LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO OCTOBER.

I MEAN, IT JUST STARTED.

SO ABSOLUTELY. THEY SHOULD ATTEND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR GO AFTER A GRANT FOR YOU.

BUT ATTENDING EVERY MEETING, THEY THAT MAY NOT BE A RESPONSE OR A PERSON RESPOND. ABSOLUTELY. SO CHECK YOUR EMAIL, SCOTT, BECAUSE I HEARD IT FROM UPSTAIRS AS WELL.

I ACTUALLY DENIED THAT ONE.

I TOLD I TOLD THE GLOBE I WOULD NOT BE AT THAT MEETING.

OKAY. THEY CALLED ME PERSONALLY.

OKAY. BECAUSE WATER QUALITY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY DOES NOT IMPACT ME.

OKAY, WELL, WE'RE ALL GOING TO TRY TO DO BETTER, AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BEEN THROWN IN OUR LAPS WITH SOMETHING TO DO. BUT I SUGGEST YOU AT LEAST RESPOND ON THESE MEETINGS.

TRY TO DO THAT FOR THE FUTURE.

YES. THANK YOU. AND MONICA.

MONICA, IF YOU CAN CAN'T GO AT LEAST HAVING SOMEONE THERE, YOU KNOW YOU CAN SIT THERE AND YOU CAN LAUGH ALL YOU WANT, BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY, SCOTT. I'M NOT LAUGHING AT THAT. I'M JUST SAYING, IF I GET YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME MEETINGS WITH ANOTHER VENDOR POTENTIALLY IN YOUR OFFICE, I NEVER GOT NOTIFIED OF THOSE MEETINGS.

I DIDN'T GET INVITED TO THOSE MEETINGS.

I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN ABOUT THIS TDA STUFF THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET READY TO GET THE APPLICATION IN, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING OFF IN THE WEEDS, TOO, BECAUSE THIS WAS OUR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DELETING THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT.

WE MUST HAVE GO OUT FOR PROCUREMENT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT WILL HELP TO DO THE DOCUMENT, THE INPUT, THE FOLLOWING.

EVERYONE YOU KNOW. WE HAVE HAD GREAT RESPONSE AND I HATE TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING WITH GRANT WORKS HERE BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT THEY APPLY FOR THIS AS WELL.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT THAT IS FOLLOWING TO MAKE SURE THE DEADLINES ARE MET, THE DOCUMENTATION, THE PROCUREMENT IS DONE CORRECTLY AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND CHANGING THIS OVER TO THE COASTAL PARK, THAT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE THE SOLE SOURCE

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FOR THIS. THIS IS PART OF THE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WHAT WE DID IN THE BUDGET.

SO GOOD MONEY MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. I'VE FORGOTTEN.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR GOING OUT FOR THIS.

YES. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO. SO, SCOTT KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THIS.

I'VE TALKED TO YOU AND NATALIE.

I THINK I GOT THAT NAME RIGHT MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT THIS GRANT.

YES, WE GOT TO GET. AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM Y'ALL ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE ON THE PROCESS.

WE HAVE TO GET THAT DONE.

WE'VE NOW BEEN NOTIFIED.

WE AND I'M GOING TO HAVE THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR, OUR NEW AIRPORT DIRECTOR WE JUST HIRED TODAY.

WE'LL HAVE HIM CONTACT YOU.

NATALIE. SPECIFICALLY.

WE'VE NOW RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM TXDOT AVIATION THAT THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT GRANT. OKAY.

AND SO WE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES AND WE GOT TO GET THIS THING DONE, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET THAT AIR SYSTEM REPLACED BY A LETTER FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY WILL SHUT OUR AIRPORT DOWN. SO THIS IS LIKE, REALLY IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONER HAS LEFT THE ROOM.

ITEM D, HUMAN RESOURCES D-1.

[1. Discuss and consider the District Clerk's office request for (3) position changes. Reclassify and title change the Court Clerk Coordinator and (1) Accounting Assistant position. Delete the CJIS Secretary and create an Expunction Clerk (New Position). The department's increase of $13,761.85 will be offset by a decrease in the temporary salary budget in the District Clerk's Office, Department (#35300).]

[2. Discuss and consider the Sheriff's request to delete one (1) Captain's position and create one (1) cadet corrections position and reclassify five (5) administrative positions within the Sheriff's Office, resulting in a savings of $216.90. ]

[3. Discuss and consider the reclassification of Pay Groups for County Clerk Filing Manager, Supervisor II and various Election Positions; title change of two "SUPERVISOR II" positions for Department 1160 to "Filings Supervisor"; dissolve one Collection Clerk Position, resulting in a savings of $22,932.78. ]

DISCUSS. CONSIDER THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE THREE POSITION CHANGES.

RECLASSIFYING THE TITLE CHANGE FOR THE COUNTY CLERK.

I BELIEVE IN YOUR PACKETS THAT SHOWS THE DEPARTMENT'S INCREASE OF $13,761 WILL BE OFFSET BY A DECREASE IN THEIR TEMPORARY SALARY BUDGET AND THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE. AND I THINK THERESA, MELINDA, EVERYONE HAS LOOKED AT THIS ONE OR SIGNED OFF ON IT. APPROVED.

ANY. I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T GO AHEAD AND APPROVE ITEMS D ONE, TWO AND THREE EACH ON A ROLL TODAY.

I KNOW I WILL ACCEPT THAT MOTION, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT ALL THREE OF THESE HAVE GONE THROUGH. AND MELINDA HAS VERIFIED THE SALARY ZERO INCREASE TO THE BUDGET OR THE SECOND, IF THAT NEEDS A SECOND.

YES, IT NEEDS A SECOND.

THANK YOU. I ALREADY HAVE A SECOND.

THERESA. OH, SORRY. SORRY. YOU SAID THE SECOND.

YES, MA'AM. DIDN'T HEAR HIM.

THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S STILL A SAVINGS THAT THEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK WENT.

SHE CALLED ME LAST NIGHT AND SHE WENT THROUGH MELINDA, AND THERE ARE STILL CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS TO THAT.

AND THE SAVINGS, LET ME ALSO POINT OUT, COMES BACK TO THE COUNTY.

WHEN YOU DELETE THESE POSITIONS, THEY DON'T GO BACK INTO YOUR FUND.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION GOING FORWARD TO PASS.

D OR IS IT ONE, TWO AND 3 TO $23,000 SAVINGS? IT'S 15 NOW BECAUSE SHE CHANGED BUT IT'S STILL 15.

IT'S A SALARY SAVINGS.

SO YES, I'LL TAKE 15. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONER.

MARTY'S OUT OF HIS SEAT.

ITEM E PUBLIC WORKS. DISCUSSING.

[1. Discuss and consider approval of Change Order No. 6 for the Nueces County Courthouse and Jail Wastewater Line Replacement project, and related matters.]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CHANGE.

ORDER NUMBER SIX FOR THE NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND JAIL WASTEWATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THIS IS MR. PIMENTEL, I SEE YOU UP HERE.

THIS JUDGE, THIS IS COMING OUT OF YOUR 1570 JUDGE.

YES. AND YOU HAD A $1.9 MILLION BUDGET.

AND AFTER THIS, E1 AND E2, YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET, WE'RE ONLY IN DECEMBER IS GOING TO BE LEFT WITH 619,000.

JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, YES, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GO ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO. YES JUDGE.

YES, YES. AND YEAH THERE'S THE MONEY WE NEED TO PUT INTO THAT.

EXACTLY. WE MAY BE DOING THAT WITH SOME FUTURE MONIES OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S ONE TIME YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S A ONE TIME THING.

YES. SO YOU'RE GOOD. YOU THINK YOU CAN STAY WITH YOUR.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER AND JUDGE, WE'RE FINE WITH OUR BUDGETS. AND YOU'VE ALWAYS STAYED WITHIN YOUR BUDGET. I'M NOT. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT YOU, BUT IT'S A GOOD POINT BY THE JUDGE. LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND WITH OTHER PROJECTS.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE OVER, AND YOU'VE UTILIZED SOME OF YOUR BUDGET AS WELL WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THESE TWO ITEMS AS WELL.

BUT YES, YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT UNTIL OCTOBER.

SO. YES, MA'AM. I MEAN, WITH MY STAFF EVERY WEEK JUST TO GO OVER OUR BUDGETS AND 26. YES, MA'AM.

YES. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

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SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WITH COMMISSIONER MARTA STILL BEING OUT.

STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM. ITEM TWO DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND AUTHORIZE. APPROVING EXECUTION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH CIRCLE INDUSTRIES

[2. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving execution of a Supplemental Agreement with Circle Industries, Inc., under the Texas Interlocal Purchasing System Cooperative, for a fire alarm system upgrade at the McKinzie Jail Annex and Substance Abuse Treatment Facility buildings, and related matters.]

UNDER THE TEXAS INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM FOR THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM UPGRADE AT THE MCKENZIE JAIL ANNEX AND SUBSTANCE THE SAME WE HAVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WAS WAITING FOR PUZZLE TO DO HIS SLATE.

I WAS LIKE, I'M HAVING TO READ ALL THESE OUT.

I THOUGHT MAYBE. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO, THREE AND FOUR ALL TOGETHER IN ONE MOTION.

I DIDN'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER, MAN. YOU'VE BEEN ON A ROLL. HEY, I'M.

I'M READY. AND I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON NUMBER FOUR.

ONE. YES. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER, I READ THIS, AND DID WE HAVE Y'ALL.

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. DID WE HAVE A MOTION? ARE YOU TELLING ME MOTION AND A SECOND FOR.

LET'S DO NUMBER TWO FIRST BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY READY TO.

OKAY, GOOD. BUT DID WE VOTE? YES. OH, OKAY. OKAY, SO WE JUST HAVE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR,

[3. Discuss, consider, and take action on award and execution of a Maintenance Agreement with AmeriTex Elevator Services for elevator maintenance at the various County facilities; and related matters.]

[4. Discuss and consider execution of Change Order No. 3 with ARGIO Roofing and Construction, LLC for Courthouse Roof Improvement Project, and related matters.]

AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH OF THOSE IN ONE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

AND THEN YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON NUMBER FOUR.

HAVE YOU HAD THEM DO SOME ENGINEERING ON THAT.

YES, SIR. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THAT'S OVERSEEING THE PROJECT.

YES, SIR. WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TAKE TWO BEFORES AND PROP THE ROOF. OKAY.

OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR.

I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN I READ THAT. OKAY. I'M GOOD.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PIMENTEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS. ITEM F AUDITOR.

[1. Discuss and consider approving Budget Amendment No. 01 for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 and all related matters.]

ITEM ONE. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 AND RELATED MATTERS.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

CONSTANCE AND THERESA HAVE BOTH SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WITH ONE COMMISSIONER STILL OUT.

ITEM NUMBER TWO DISCUSSING.

CONSIDER APPROVING PROJECT BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO AND ALL RELATED MATTERS.

[2. Discuss and consider approving Project Budget Amendment No. 02 and all related matters.]

AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. WHAT'S THE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.

I DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD REAL QUICK.

IF SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO GET TO IT.

OR WHATEVER YOU CAN SAY.

I DID TWO. THERE YOU GO.

I GOT THESE MICROPHONES THAT ARE REAL SPECIAL RATE.

SO COMMISSIONER LOVES THEM.

SO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TRUST ME, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACED FAIRLY SOON. WE'LL GET YOU ONE FOR YOUR OFFICE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU FOR YOUR OFFICE. YEAH.

COMMISSIONER. WE'LL GET YOU FOR YOUR OFFICE. YOU CAN PRACTICE THE TEAK AND THE PROJECT AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAD TO DO WHEN HE CAME WITH.

THEY USED CONTINGENCY ON PUBLIC WORKS LAST FOR SOME OF THE ELEVATORS AND STUFF.

CORRECT? YES. THERESA? YES. Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT.

YES, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I WAS IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO REMEMBER, BUT I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THESE, SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND I GOT A QUESTION.

GO AHEAD. ON THE 2016 CEO PAULSON BUILDING.

BUT IT'S IN THE RED THAT CAME OUT OF WHERE? THOSE WERE AVAILABLE FUNDS REMAINING IN THAT IN THAT PROJECT COMMISSIONER THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLOCATED FOR THE COURTHOUSE.

REROOF ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDER.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT IN THE RED.

I MEAN, IT'S IT JUST SHOWS UNDERNEATH WHERE THE MONEY.

YES. RIGHT. REALLOCATED.

ITEM G, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, YOUR HONOR.

[1. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving Year-2 Pricing Proposal with SHI, Inc. for Microsoft Office M365 Licenses, Advanced Threat Protection and Visio Licenses in the amount of $472,740.96.; and all related matters.]

[2. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving Renewal Agreement with TeamDynamix Solutions LLC, for Information Technology Helpdesk and Project Management Software System, under ESC Region 14 / National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance Contract #01-121 in the total amount of $56,212.77; and all related matters.]

[3. Discuss and consider authorizing execution of Lease Amendment, and associated documents, with Ricoh, USA, Inc. for the lease of forty-three (43) Ricoh copiers under a BuyBoard cooperative contract; and related matters.]

[4. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving execution of a 36-month Service Order with Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Spectrum Enterprise for internet services for the new Records Warehouse facility, and related matters.]

[5. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving execution of a 36-month Service Order with Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Spectrum Enterprise for internet services for the Animal Services facility, and related matters.]

I HAVE MET WITH OUR INTERIM IT DIRECTOR AND GONE OVER ALL THESE ITEMS. THESE ARE COMING FROM BUDGETED FUNDS AND ARE NECESSARY FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS G ONE THROUGH FIVE.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SECOND.

HURRY, HURRY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? AND I APPRECIATE YOU MEETING TO VERIFY THESE BECAUSE I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THOSE EARLIER IN THE WEEK TOO. SO YES.

AND I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE KUDOS TO BRIDGET.

SHE HAS JUST DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKING CARE OF OUR IT

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NEEDS. AND SHE'S DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB.

AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ADD TO THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, COMMISSIONER BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IT NEEDS.

I LEAVE THAT TO YOU. BUT I DID HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I NEEDED RESPONSES FOR, AND SHE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY, INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE TO ME AND INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. SO I WANT TO ADD TO THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE IN THE IT DEPARTMENT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON TIME TO GO TO

[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, 551.089, 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.]

EXECUTIVE SESSION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND JUST BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS, LET ME LET KEPT ARGUING.

WE FINISHED EARLY. IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY.

YES. WE'D HAD TABLED SOONER.

NO. LET ME BE CLEAR TO ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION OR ANYTHING BEFORE I READ THROUGH THIS. EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE TODAY IS GOING TO BE QUITE LENGTHY.

WE HAVE EIGHT INTERVIEWS IN THERE, AND THEN WE HAVE A LENGTHY EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL. SO I ANTICIPATE IT BEING EVERY BIT OF FOUR HOURS.

POTENTIALLY IT'LL BE AFTER 4:00 BEFORE WE GET BACK IN HERE.

I SPOKE TOO SOON. I HOPE I HOPE NOT, BUT I JUST SO THAT YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT US OR NOT COMING BACK.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE LENGTHY.

SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY ELECT TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ANY TIME DURING THE MEETING TO DISCUSS MATTERS LISTED ANYWHERE ON THE AGENDA WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT FIVE, CHAPTER FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

TO THE EXTENT THERE'S 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 CODE, SECTION 551.071551.072551.073551.074551.0745551.076551.086551.087551.089.

THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEYS, INCLUDING MATTERS RELATED TO LITIGATION.

DELIBERATE REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, PERSPECTIVE, GIFTS, 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 THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM A SPECIALTY ITEM SET FOR 12 IS.

CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS FOR APPLICANTS OF THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POSITION AND TAKE ACTION IN OPEN SESSION AFTERWARDS IF NECESSARY.

ITEM B CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL ON LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO CAUSE NUMBER 2024. CCV 6000013 NUECES COUNTY VERSUS JONES FAMILY TRUST AND ALL RELATED MATTERS. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION IN REGULAR SESSION IF NEEDED.

ITEM C CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE LEASE OF 1315 COMANCHE STREET, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

SEVEN EIGHT 401 RATIFY THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DELIVERY AND RELATED MATTERS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND TAKE ACTION IN REGULAR SESSION IF NEEDED.

ITEM D CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO CPS ENERGY AND RELATED MATTERS. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.

TAKE ACTION IN OPEN SESSION IF NECESSARY.

ITEM E CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO A SALARY IRREGULARITY RELATED TO WORK DAY.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND AND REGULAR AND TAKE ACTION IN REGULAR SESSION IF NECESSARY.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 ITEM F CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON POLICY REGARDING RANDOM DRUG TESTING FOR NUECES COUNTY PERSONNEL AND ALL RELATED MATTERS.

TAKE ACTION IN OPEN SESSION IF NECESSARY.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.

ITEM G. DELIBERATE AND CLOSE SESSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OR FUTURE SALE AND ALL RELATED MATTERS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072.

TAKE ACTION IN OPEN SESSION IF NECESSARY.

ITEM H. CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON LEGAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE SALE OF THE NEWPORT PASS LOCATION.

LOCATED AT 11093 STATE HIGHWAY 361, CORPUS CHRISTI,

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TEXAS 78418 AND RELATED MATTERS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.

TAKE ACTION IN REGULAR SESSION, IF NECESSARY, TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO NEGOTIATE WITH A GOVERNMENT ENTITY REGARDING THE TERMS OF THE SALE AND FINAL SALE PRICE PRICE OF SAID PROPERTY PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 272.001. ALLOW THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE ALL RELATED SALE DOCUMENTS IF SELLING TO A GOVERNMENT ENTITY IS UNSUCCESSFUL.

BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY TO A NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITY.

SELECT A METHOD OF. YEAH, I DIDN'T WRITE THIS.

A COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID. LET ME BE CLEAR.

OH, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST LONG AND FOREVER.

BUT IT IS. I KNOW, BUT THEY SAID THEY NEEDED ALL THIS LANGUAGE.

SO IF IT'S UNSUCCESSFUL, BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY TO A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.

SELECT A METHOD OF SALE PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TWO, SIX THREE AND 272. DIRECT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO PUBLISH ALL REQUIRED NOTICES OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING. AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SELECT A, SET A DATE FOR POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEARING, AND PUBLISH A NOTICE UNDER CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE AND RELATED MATTERS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072.

AND ITEM I CONSULT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH THE CHAVEZ LAW FIRM, SPECIFICALLY ATTORNEY MARCIA PETTUS, TO REPRESENT NUECES COUNTY AND RESEARCH TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY'S OBLIGATION TO THE WEST RIVER VIEW DRIVE RESIDENTS RELATED TO AREAS DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE ORIGINAL PLAT FOR THEIR SUBDIVISION AND ALL RELATED MATTERS. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION IN REGULAR SESSION IF NEEDED.

IT IS 1122 AND WE ARE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU. OKAY, WE ARE RECORDING.

WE ARE BACK. IT IS 440 AND WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE INTO REGULAR AGENDA AGAIN.

I HAVE SOME MOTIONS FOR FROM EXECUTIVE ON ITEM C,

[C. Consult with County Attorney regarding legal matters related to the lease of 1315 Comanche Street, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401; Ratify the acknowledgement of delivery; and related matters (Tex. Gov’t Code § 551.071); Discuss, consider, and take action in regular session if needed.]

I BELIEVE. COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

YES, MA'AM. JUDGE, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO RATIFY THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE DELIVERY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE RELATED TO THE LEASE OF 1315 COMANCHE STREET, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78401.

THAT'S MY MOTION. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO ITEM E, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW AN EMPLOYEE WITH WORKDAY SALARY

[E. Consult with County Attorney regarding legal issues related to a salary irregularity related to Workday, Discuss and consider in regular session if necessary. (Tex. Gov't Code § 551.071) ]

IRREGULARITY TO EXHAUST THEIR ACCUMULATED PAID TIME OFF IN EXCHANGE FOR OVERPAYMENT TO PAY THE AMOUNT BACK. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ON ITEM H.

COMMISSIONER. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR US TO.

[H. Consult with the County Attorney on legal matters related to the sale of Newport Pass Park, located at 11093 State Hwy 361, Corpus Christi, Texas 78418, and related matters (Tex. Gov’t Code § 551.071); Take action in regular session, if necessary, to authorize the County Judge to negotiate with a governmental entity regarding the terms of the sale and final sale price of said property pursuant to Local Government Code 272.001; Allow the county judge to execute all related sale documents; If sale to a governmental entity is unsuccessful, begin the process of selling the property to a non-governmental entity; Select a method of sale pursuant to Local Government Code 263 and 272; Direct the purchasing agent to publish all required notices of competitive bidding; authorize the county judge to select set a date for a potential public hearing and publish notice under Chapter 26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code; and related matters (Tex. Gov’t Code § 551.072).]

YES, JUDGE. MAKE A MOTION TO TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE OF NEWPORT PASS PARK, LOCATED AT 11 093 STATE HIGHWAY 361 WITH A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ALLOWS THE COUNTY JUDGE TO NEGOTIATE REGARDING THE TERMS OF THE SALE AND FINAL SALE PRICE OF SAID PROPERTY PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 272.001, AND EXECUTE ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS.

FURTHER, A FURTHER MOVE THAT IF SALE TO A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS UNSUCCESSFUL, TO BEGIN THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS, DIRECT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT TO PUBLISH ALL REQUIRED NOTICES AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE TO SELECT A DATE FOR ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLISH ALL NOTICES IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

AYE. I ABSTAIN ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE FOUR EYES AND ONE ABSTAIN.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM I.

[I. Consult with County Attorney on the engagement letter with the Chavez law firm, specifically attorney Marsha Perez to represent Nueces County, Texas, in research to address the County's obligation to the West Riverview Drive residents related to areas dedicated to the public within the original plat for their subdivision and all related matters; (Tex. Gov't Code § 551.071). Discuss, consider, and take action in regular session if needed.]

AND THAT IS. COMMISSIONER.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MOTION. YES, YOUR HONOR, I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE.

I'D LIKE TO RATIFY THE ENGAGEMENT WITH CHAVEZ, OBREGON, AND PERALEZ FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO THE COUNTY'S OBLIGATIONS TO DESIGNATED PUBLIC AREAS IN THE ORIGINAL PLAT FOR THE WEST RIVERVIEW DRIVE AREA.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION AS WELL.