[1. In recognition of Emergency Service District No. 2, Deputy Fire Chief, J.P. Hominick's lifesaving actions performed at the Commissioners Court meeting on March 22, 2023.]
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AROUND OUR FACILITIES TO HAVE THIS. YOU ARE RIGHT, I SEE THE CHIEF HERE AND HE'S HERE OFTEN. OTHERS HAVE SAID IT WAS AMAZIN TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. PEOPLE WERE TEXT MESSAGING AS SOON AS WE BROKE DURING THAT RECESS. CAN' IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR YO TO DO WHAT YOU DID. FOR US, THERE WAS SOME TRAUMA. IT WAS SOMETHING HARD TO SEE IF YOU NOT TRAINED FOR THAT. YOU DID I PROFESSIONALLY. YOU WERE TWO SEATS OVER. I DON'T BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCES. THAT WAS A TRULY BLESSING TO HAVE YOU THERE. AN EVERYONE THAT JUMPED IN. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.>> I WANT TO CHIME IN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON IT WAS A GENTLEMEN'S FAITH THAT YOU WERE THERE FOR HIM. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED, THE JUDGE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON MAKING SURE THERE'S FIBULAR LEADERS WHERE W NEED THEM AND MAKING SURE OUR PEOPLE ARE TRAINED TO WORK WITH THEM. I WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.
>> WE HAVE THIS SMALL CERTIFICATE AND IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE AND HOW THANKFU WE ARE. WE DON'T SEE THOSE KIND OF THINGS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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MARIACHI BAND? MOVING ON TO ITEM CAPITAL ASKED. 1. IN[1. In recognition of Robstown Early College High School's El Mariachi Sol Rojo "Distinguished Performance" at the Texas UIL State Mariachi Festival 2023.]
RECOGNITION OF ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL'S EL MARIACHI SOL ROJO "DISTINGUISHE PERFORMANCE" AT THE TEXAS UIL STATE MARIACHI FESTIVAL 20223. AT MY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY WILL READ THIS PROCLAMATION AS ONE O HER SONS IS IN THIS GROUP. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS MORNING. DO WE HAVE AMOTION AND A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> IF YOU WANT TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.
>> IN RECOGNITION OF THE MARGIE OUT DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE A THE TEXAS UY L MAJORITY FESTIVAL OF 2023. AS MARIACHI ENSEMBLES FROM ACROSS THE STATE COMPETED FOR TOP HONORS AT THE 2023 UI L MARIACHI FESTIVAL ON FEBRUARY 24TH AND 25TH AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. 77 SCHOOLS PERFORMED AT THE STATE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR. WHERE AS THE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOO
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AND MARIACHI LEAD BY THE DIRECTORS WAS AWARDED AN EXCELLENT RATING FOR THE DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AT TH 2023 UI L MARIACHI FESTIVAL. AS THE MARGIE ALL ENSEMBLE MEMBERS INCLUDE FLUTE, GUITAR, TRUMPET THE VIOLIN . THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE CASE SUBMISSION IS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE MARIACHI MUSICA ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENT AND FURTHER ENCOURAGES THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO JOIN THE COURT AND WISHING THE THE BEST IN THEIR FUTUREENDEAVORS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER JOHN MAREZ WANTS TO SPEAK.
>> I HAVE THE GREAT FORTUNE TO REPRESENT MY PRECINCT . I'VE GONE TO SO MANY EVENTS. WE HAD THE GREAT RIBBON-CUTTING FOR TH NEW EXTENSION, THE NEW PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT ROLLED OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO. MARCH E.R.A. WAS THERE. THEY HAVE MAD A NAME FOR THEMSELVES THROUGHOU NOT ONLY OUR REGION BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME TO ENJOY THEIR TALENT. YOU SEE THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM IN RECRUITING MEMBER AND THEY ARE A TREAT TO WATCH. THEY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WE HOPE WILL CONTINUE THEIR MUSICA PURSUITS. WE KNOW YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT MUSIC PROGRAM OVERALL WITH YOUR MARCHING BAND, DRUMS AND PERCUSSION. YOUR MARIACHIS AND ALL THE OTHERS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE GOOD WORK AND CONTINUE TO REPRESENT NOT ONLY ROBSTOWN BUT NUECES COUNTY AS YOU HAVE. YOU ARE A PRIDE FOR US AS YOU REPRESENT US. I WILL SAY, I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO SING. I REALL WHY'S. WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR IT. WE KNOW YOU ARE ON A TIMEFRAME. THANK YOU FOR YOU DO
AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> DON'T LET THEM OFF THE HOOK
I WANTED TO HEAR IT ALSO. >> I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ON THE SPOT AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
>> DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? BLUE WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND. ALTHOUGH SAY "AYE". THEIR DIRECTOR WANTS TO SPEAK A WELL. WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A PHOTO WITH YOU GUYS BEFORE YOU DASH OUT TH DOORS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOUR HONOR, CONNIE SCOTT AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY.
I SERVE AS ONE OF THE MARIACHI DIRECTORS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDG MY FELLOW DIRECTORS. MY DAD. WE ALSO HAVE THE DIRECTORS FOR THE ROBSTOWN ALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. FRANCIS DID A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING THE PROCESS. IN JANUARY, THE STUDENTS HAVE TO PERFORM FOR A PANEL OF UIL JUDGES AT ROBSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAD TO GET A FIRST DIVISION. THEY DID GET ONE FROM ALL THREE JUDGES. THEY PROCEEDE TO GO TO THE STATE FESTIVAL WHICH HAPPENED IN SO AGAIN. THE GOT AN EXCELLENT RATING. THE HIGHEST RATING IS A SUPERIOR. COMING HOME WITH AN EXCELLENT RATING FROM THOSE WORLD-CLASS MARIACHI JUDGES AND EDUCATORS WAS AWESOME. MAY I MENTION SOM PERSPECTIVE ON THIS FESTIVAL. I USED TO WORK IN LAREDO, TEXAS WHICH WAS MY FIRST JOB IN 2005.
IN 2006, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE. ONE DAY UIL WILL HAVE A UIL MARIACHI FESTIVAL. WHEN EVER. THE FIRST MARIACHI FESTIVAL HAPPEN IN 2016 WHICH THIS GROUP HAS ATTENDED EVER SINCE. I WANT TO MENTION MY GRATITUDE TO THE DOCTOR WHO IS THE UIL MUSIC DIRECTOR AND A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS FOR GETTING THIS BALL ROLLING. PROMOTING THIS BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR CULTURE.
MARIACHI MUSIC IS STARTING TO PICK UP IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. THIS PAST APRIL 13TH, WE HAD A STATE EXCUSE ME A MARIACH FESTIVAL WHERE GROUPS FROM HOUSTON DOWN TO THE VALLEY TO LAREDO AND EVERYWHERE ELSE CAME OVER. WE HAD THOUSANDS OF FANS AND MARIACHI MEMBERS COME TO OU HOMETOWN OF ROBSTOWN TO CELEBRATE THIS ART . WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVITE THIS
MORNING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. CAN WE TRY TO GET
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EVERYONE LINED UP HERE TO TAKE PICTURE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAI"AYE". >> "AYE". ANY A POST? WANT TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO BECAUSE I KNO I DID.
WHO WANT TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
MAKE MY NOTES FOR THAT. >> MOVING ON TO ITEM CAPITAL F
[2. In recognition of Robstown Early College High School's Luna Rossa Colorguard’s Championship performance at the 2023 Texas Educational Colorguard Association (TECA) Championship Contest.]
2. THEY ARE COMING IN AS WE SPEAK. FRANCIS WILL READ THAT PROCLAMATION. LOOK AT THAT TROPHY.>> CAN I GET A MOTION? WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE
>> IF YOU WILL READ IT, WILL GE IT OUT-OF-THE-WAY.
>> IN RECOGNITION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMS AT THE 2023 TEXAS EDUCATIONAL COLOR GUARD ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST. WHERE AS COLOR GUARDS FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH TEXAS ARE COMPETED TOP HONORS AT THE 2023 TECH A CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH AT THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. WHER AS SIX COLOR GUARDS PERFORMED I THE SEHGAL STICK CLASS THIS YEAR. WHERE AS THE ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD LED BY THE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTED BY ANOTHER DIRECTOR WA AWARDED THE FAN FAIR AWARD. FIRST PLACE EQUIPMENT. FIRST PLACE DESIGN ANALYSIS AND FIRST PLACE OVERALL EARNING THE TITLE OF SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONS AT THE 2023 TEC A JUMP SHIP CONTEST. A THE LUNA ROSA COLOR GUARD MEMBERS INCLUDE THE SENIORS AS WELL AS JUNIORS AS WELL AS SOPHOMORES. . FRESHMAN ALSO.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE LUNA ROSA COLOR GUARD'S MUSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENT AND FURTHER ENCOURAGES THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO JOIN THE COURT AND WISHING THEM ALL THE BEST IN THE FUTURE ENDEAVORS.>> MARTINEZ, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE RECOGNIZED A THIS LEVEL. I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK, LOTS OF HOURS INVESTED PEOPLE NOT ONLY IN THE GROUP, BUT ACADEMICALLY AND OF THE GROUPS THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN. THEY STILL TIME TO STAY COMMITTED TO WHAT THEY SAI THEIR GOALS TO HIT IN. HERE WE ARE PRESENTING THE TROPHIES, TH PLAQUES, BANNER SO WE ARE EXCITED. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE FOLLOWING YEARS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FO THIS TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THE WE WILL DO A PHOTO? WE ARE EXCITED. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A MIXTURE PEOPLE. WE HAVE SOME OF THE MARIACHI COME IN. SUCH A GOOD COMMITMENT FOR STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS. WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.
[3. In recognition of Robstown Early College High School's Red Star Indoor Drum Line's Championship performance at the 2023 TECA Percussion & Winds Championship Contest.]
SPEAK. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3. IN RECOGNITION OF UPTOWN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AT STARK INDOOR DRUM LINE CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE, AT TH 2023 TCA PERCUSSION CHAMPIONSHI CONTEST. AND RECOGNITION OF ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL RED STAR, ARE SUPPOSED T HAVE THIS? OKAY?>> YES. >> SORRY. PERFORMANCE AT THE 2023 TCA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST. WHERE AS GERMLINE ENSEMBLES FRO ACROSS THE STATE COMPETED FOR TOP HONORS AT THE 2023 INAUDIBLE ¿ STATIC ] ON APRIL 1 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AS HE ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL REDSTART INDOOR DRUM LIN PAYS THIRD OUT OF THE 10 SCHOOLS. WESLEY ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL REDSTART DRUM LINE LED BY BAND DIRECTOR DAVID HOCH STARTED, ALSO RECEIVED THE FAN FAVORITE AWARD AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION WHEREAS A REDSTART DRUM LINE MEMBERS INCLUDE, TENOR DRUM, CAITLIN BARRERA. TYLER FLOWERS, ISAAC GARCIA, JOHN HERNANDEZ. SYMBOLS, LAURA AND KAYLA
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RAMIREZ. SNARE DRUM, AUDREY GARCIA, AND MARTINEZ. BASED DRUM, ANGEL GARZA, SONIA TOBIAS PROPS ALISA CASTILLE, ELIAS DIAZ, LEE HINTON, ALYSSA LED MY ITIN PARIS, RYAN BASKETS. SHALL BE BARRERA AND JORDAN LOPEZ. NO THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE COMMISSIONER COURT OFCOUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE REDSTART DRUM LINE PHYSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT AND FURTHER ENCOURAGES THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO JOIN THE COURT AND WAS IN THEM ALL THE BEST IN THEIR FUTUREENDEAVORS. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> SECOND. >> WITH EMOTION AND A SECOND.
>> ANY OPPOSING ? CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
SEE THERE IS MORE OF A MIXTURE AS WELL FROM STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN MULTI ACTIVITIES. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, DEDICATE YOUR TIME, STILL MAKE YOUR GRADES AND BE ABLE TO PLAY, IMPRESSIVE. WE HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU AND THE COURT THANKS YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE HAVE A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION TO
>> KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> NICE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[4. In recognition of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis Team for their outstanding season.]
>> IN RECOGNITION OF TEXAS A& M CORPUS CHRISTI NUMBER 4, RECOGNITION OF TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI TENNIS TEAM FOR THEIR
OUTSTANDING SEASON >> JUDGE, I WAS GOING TO TABLE THESE, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING T THE NCAA TOURNAMENT SO WE ARE
GOING TO REROUTE THIS. >> SO THEY ARE GOING ON TO
BETTER THINGS. >> WE WILL ADD MORE LANGUAGE TO THE RESOLUTION, BUT WHAT I WOUL LIKE TO DO IS PASS THE RESOLUTION AND THE ALLOW OR AS THE COURT TO ALLOW ME TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES BASED ON THEIR NCAA TOURNAMENT SUCCESS THEN I WILL GO OUT, ASKED MR. MATOS, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY ALU TO GO WITH ME AND PRESENT THAT ON MONDAY, MAY 8, ANYBODY ELSE IS WELCOME, BUT THAT IS OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT AS IS.
ALLOW THE COURT TO LET ME AMEND WHAT THE ADDITIONAL FLUFF LANGUAGE, IF YOU WILL, HOW GOOD THEY DO AT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.
>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE . >> REALLY, TRULY, WITH THESE RESOLUTIONS. THE SUCCESS THAT STEVE MOORE HAS HAD AS A COACH OUT THERE, PHENOMENAL. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF COACHES OUT THERE, BUT THE SUCCESS HE HAS HAD ON THAT PROGRAM IS
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ASTOUNDING. THEY'VE HAD BOTH THEIR TENNIS TEAMS GOING TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. EVERY OTHER DIVISIO IN THE SCHOOL, THEY HAVE GONE SEVERAL TIMES SO HE HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL COACH. LOVES CORPUS CHRISTI, LOVES TO STAY HERE DESPITE HIS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO IN OTHER PLACES. TEAM IS DONEWELL. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> MS. KING WILL READ THE
>> THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WIL
AT LEAST HEAR THIS. >> I THINK I ONLY HAVE THE NEXT RESOLUTION WHICH IS FOR THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
>> I DID NOT GET THAT NOTICE, SORRY. THE NEXT TWO , COACH, REDO DOING THAT WHEN THE SAME WAY?
>> PULLING IT WAS LIKE DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT?
>> MAKING A MOTION FOR FOUR, FIVE. I WILL MAKE THAT THE SAME
MOTION AS I DID BEFORE. >> MOTION, SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE .
>> ANY OPPOSING ? YOU ARE GOING TO PRESENT THOSE NEXT WEEK AFTE
THIS NEXT TOURNAMENT? >> IT IS MAY 8.
>> WE DO THOSE MAY EIGHT. >> WE WILL PRESENT THEM. I WILL GET EVERYBODY ASSIGNED WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, BECAUSE
[6. In recognition of the month of April as "Child Abuse Prevention Month".]
THEY LEAVE FOR THE SUMMER PRETT QUICK.>> OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 6, I RECOGNITION OF THE MONTH OF APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. >> ANY OPPOSING? NONE OPPOSES, MOTION POSES. MS. KING WILL REA THAT ONE, THANK YOU.
>> NO PROBLEM. >> IN RECOGNITION OF THE MONTH OF APRIL, AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH WHERE AS IN NUECES COUNTY WE BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN THRIVE IN SAFE, STABLE NURTURING FAMILIES AND THEIR OW COMMUNITIES. TO ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS FOR FAMILIES THAT CAPITALIZE ON KELLY OF STRENGTH OF THE PARENTS, THEIR CHILDREN, WE CAN BUILD STRONG, HEALTHY FAMILIES AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES WHERE CHILDREN CAN THRIVE. AS SADLY CHILD ABUSE AN NEGLECT ARE STILL SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. AND FY202 182 CHILDREN DIED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS DUE TO ABUSE OR NEGLECT. TWO CHILDREN BEING FROM NUECES COUNTY DESPITE THE COMPLEX FACTORS THAT CAN LEAD T CHILD MALTREATMENT, IT CAN BE PREVENTED. WHERE AS THE NUECES COUNTY CHILD WELFARE FOUNDATIO HAS SUPPORTED AND ADVOCATED FOR NUECES COUNTY CHILDREN FOR OVER 21 YEARS. ALONG WITH PARTNERIN ORGANIZATIONS, THE NUECES CHILD WELFARE FOUNDATION PROVIDE SERVICES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND NETWORKING TOOLS FOR CHILDREN IN NUECES COUNTY TO STRIVE TO EDUCATE AND A WAYS AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION. ITS YEAR THIS MONT OF APRIL IS DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING THE CRITICAL WORK BEING DONE ACROSS THE GREAT COUNTY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
WHERE AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IS A TASK THAT REQUIRES DAILY WORK AND CONTINUING EDUCATION O EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CAN BE TASKED, CANNOT BE TASKED TO ONE PERSON OR AGENCY OR SYSTEM. WE MUST AL WORK TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN TO COMMUNITIES AND KEEP CHILDREN AND FAMILY SAFE. IT TAKES EVERYONE WORKING FOR GRADING POSITIVE, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS FOR FUTURE LEADERS OF THE GREAT COUNTY AND STATE. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT COMMISSIONE COURT OF NUECES COUNTY DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2023 TO BE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH IN NUECES COUNT , ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO LEARN ABOUT THE MANY ASPECTS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, PREVENTION, UTILIZE THE SYSTEMS AND NETWORK IN PLACE TO PROTECT ARE TO CHILDREN. TOGETHER WE CAN CREAT A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NUECES COUNTY AND ASSURE TOMORROW'S LEADERS HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE, NEE TO STRIVE AND REACH THEIR
POTENTIAL. >> THANK YOU, IS KING. I THINK WE ALL AGREE VERY MUCH ON THIS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WITH THE CHILD WHERE PROTECTION DEPARTMENT THAT WISHES TO SPEAK NUECES COUNTY WELFARE BOARD AN FOUNDATION. LIKE THE PROCLAMATION SAID IT IS NOT JUS ONE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION SO WITH ME HERE TODAY MONICA LIMEY WITH DPS AND OTHER LATEST FROM
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THE FPS. WITH FOSTER AGES OF SOUTH TEXAS HERE, WORLD OF CHILDREN, A COPY RANCH AND HARBOR. WE HAVE 211, SO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IT TAKES MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO WHAT WE DO. IT IS A TASK THAT GOES ON ALL YOUR LONG, BUT WE DEFINITELY FOCUS HARD IN APRIL. SEVERAL OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE DEPARTMENT, CHILD WELFARE, HELP US IN THE PAST. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON CHILD ABUSE PREVENTIO MONTH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.ORGANIZATIONS FOR EVERYTHING YO DO.
>> JUDGE, I DON'T IN THE PAST W HAVE ALWAYS HAD BIG EVENTS, MULTIPLE EVENTS, SOME AT THE COURTHOUSE, OTHER LOCATIONS. AR WE DOING THAT AGAIN? I KNOW EVERYTHING STOPPED WITH COVID, OTHER EVENTS HELD, BUT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT NEXT YEAR AS WE REFLECT ON THIS YEAR, BUT FOR NEXT APRIL, MAYBE REALLY --
>> WE DID LAST FRIDAY HAVE OUR BIG GO BLUE EVENTS. WHEEZE DEBI AT THE COURTHOUSE, BUT WE JUST HAVE IT ON JURY DUTY DAYS WE WOULD GET THE PUBLIC, BUT THAT HAS KIND OF FADED AWAY SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WITH LAME OR HALL, LAST FRIDAY WE HAD 10 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MALL PANTING OUT COLORING BOOKS, YOU KNOW, PARENTING TIPS, ADVISE, LONG WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I MENTIONED. CASA JOINED US, MCA, A COUPLE OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE DO AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INPUT FROM THE COURT. WE WENT UP TO SET UP THAT PARTNERSHIP LIKE WE USED TO HAV BACK IN THE DAY, BECAUSE ANY INVOLVEMENT WE CAN GET FROM THE COUNTY TO TRY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WE WOULD LOVE TO SET THAT UP. ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> MAYBE GET A PICTURE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
APPRECIATE IT. >> NEXT UP, ITEM 7, IN
[7. In recognition of "National Library Week", April 23-29, 2023.]
RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 23RD THROUGH THE 29TH 2023, YOU WANT TO READ THA WHEN AS WELL?>> YES. IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, APRIL 23RD-29, 2023. WHERE AS LIBRARIES RIGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS AND ENGAGE IN LIFELONG LEARNING, ALLOWING THEM TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE. WHERE AS LIBRARIES HAVE LONG SERVED AS A TRUSTED INSTITUTION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, CREED, ABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY O SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS. WHERE A LIBRARY STRIVE TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PROGRAMS AND COLLECTIONS THAT ARE AS DIVERSE AS POPULATIONS AS A SERVE AND ENSURE EQUITY OF ACCESS FOR ALL WHEREAS LIBRARIES ADAPT TO EVER-CHANGING NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, CONTINUALLY EXPANDING THEIR COLLECTIONS, SERVICES AND PARTNERSHIPS. WHEREAS, WHEREAS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, HERE IN NUECES COUNT RECOGNIZE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING AND CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY BY PROVIDING SAY, SECURE AND HUMAN INCARCERATION OF OFFENDERS WITHIN THEIR INCIDENT HE. AS LIBRARIES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE
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IN ECONOMIC VITALITY OF COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY ACCESS, LITERACY SKILLS, SUPPORT FOR JOBSEEKERS, SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURS. TO 12 LIBRARIES ARE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE PLACES THAT PERIPHERAL PROVIDE SENSE OF LOCAL COLLECTION, BEST UNDERSTANDING, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SHARE COMMUNITY GOALS. WHEREAS, LEVERS ARE CORNERSTONES OF DEMOCRACY, PROMOTING FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, IDEAS FOR ALL. WHEREAS, LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY WORKERS ARE JOINING LIBRARY SUPPORTERS IN ADVOCATING ACROSS THE NATION TO CELEBRATE WHEREAS, NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY COMMISSIONER COURT OF ONE COUNTY, THE WEEK OF APRIL 23RD, 2023, THROUGH APRIL 29, 2023 IS RECOGNIZING AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, ALL CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISI THE LOCAL LIBRARY TO EXPLORE THE WEALTH OF RESOURCESAVAILABLE. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A
>> SECOND. >> OF MOTION AND SECOND. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE .
>> ANY POST, MOTION PASSES. WIL YOU SPEAK ABOUT THIS MS. SNYDER COMMISSIONERS WE ARE VERY PROUD AND HAPPY TO BE HERE. RECOGNIZE AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. WE HAVE A LOT OF FUNCTIONS GOING O THIS WEEK. WE HAVE DAY OF THE CHILDREN, PROGRAMS ON THURSDAY, PROGRAMS ON SATURDAY, I COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE GREAT STAFF. ONLY HAVE THREE OF THE LIBRARIANS WITH ME TODAY, BRAND GARZA AND CYNTHIA GARZA FROM TH LIBRARIES. REMAINDER AT THE KID LIBRARY AND THE BISHOP LIBRARY. WE HAVE A BUSLOADS OF KIDS COMING IN THIS MORNING FROM DRISCOLL. THEY WANTED TO HAVE BROWN DAMNING, ARTS, GRAPHS, TECHNOLOGY THIS MORNING. WE ARE DOING THAT THIS MORNING. SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY AND BLESSED TO HAVE MANY PARTNERS INCLUDING MANY PARTNERS IN NUECES COUNTY.
WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE PARTNERS IN NUECES COUNTY AND ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT HELP US DURING PROGRAMMING. YO
>> WE HAVE THIS FOR YOU AS WELL WOULD YOU LIKE A PHOTO?
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ITEM 8, IN RECOGNITION OF
[8. In recognition of "National Correctional Officers and Employees Week", May 7-13, 2023.]
NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK, MAY 7THROUGH THE 13TH, 2023. >> IF YOU WANT TO READ THAT?
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONERS COURT RESOLUTION AND RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK MAY SEVEN, 2023 THROUGH MAY 13, 2023. WHER AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICE EMPLOYEE WEEK WAS FIRST CLAIMED ON MAY 5, 19 84 BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WHEN HE SIGNED A PROCLAMATION 5187 CRATING THE NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK TO RECOGNIZ THE MANY WOMEN WHO WORK IN JAILS, PRISONS, COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK BECAME THE OFFICIAL NAME THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY WHEN AND 19 86 THE U.S.
SENATE OFFICIALLY CHANGE THE NAME FROM NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK. AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK EMPLOYEES WEEK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS WEEK OF MAY 7, 2023 THROUGH MAY 13, 202 BY THAT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS. WHEREAS, NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK HONORS THE WORK
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OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL FOR THEI SERVICE WITH HONOR, RESPECT, AN INTEGRITY AND RAISES THE AWARENESS OF DUTY, HAZARD, SACRIFICES MADE BY THE CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEE. WHEREAS, NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK IN NUECES COUNTY RECOGNIZES CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES FOR THE ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY BY PROVIDING SAFE, SECURE, HUMANE INCARCERATION OF THE OFFENDERS WITHIN THEIR CUSTODY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY COMMISSIONER COURT OF NUECES COUNTY THE WEEK OF MAY 7, 2023, THROUGH MAY 13, 2023, AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK . ALL CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MANY CORRECTIONA EMPLOYEES WORKING IN NUECES COUNTY FOR THE VITAL PUBLICSERVICE THEY PROVIDE. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND THAT. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE .
>> AYE. >> ANY POST, SAME SIGN . MOTION PASSES. SURE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FIRST.
>> THIS IS THE REAL DEAL HERE. THIS IS WHAT CORRECTIONAL
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF NUECES SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE JAIL, TO BE HERE TODAY TO ACCEP THIS RECOGNITION HOWEVER THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOBS RIGHT NOW.
KEEPING THE JAIL SAVE. IN BEHALF OF THE NUECES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.
YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR GEL COMMAND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. YOU KNOW OUR SHERIFF BURWELL, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, ANTHONY PENNELL IS, CORPORAL JARED BENNIS, AMANDA RIGO. WE ALSO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHO HE IS DEPUTY JOHN MARTINEZ, ASSIGNED TO THE JAIL AS WELL. WE COULD NOT DO THE JO THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE DAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE HARD MEN, HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOME AT THE NUECES SHERIFF OFFICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
RECOGNITION. >> NO, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH
>> WE WOULD ALSO LIKE A PICTURE IF THAT IS OKAY.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE YOU EVERY DAY.
>> THANK YOU. >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> MOVING ON TO ITEM, WHAT QUICK SORRY, MS. HENDERSON WANT
[G. PUBLIC COMMENT: This section provides the public the opportunity to address the Commissioners Court on any issues within its jurisdiction. The Commissioners Court may not take formal action on any requests made during the Public Comment period which are not on the Agenda, but can refer such requests to County staff for review if appropriate.]
>> I'M GOING TO THAT RIGHT NOW. EXCUSE ME. DID YOU NEED SOMETHING JUST MAKING SURE YOUR HAND WAS UP.
>> OKAY. >> SHE IS WANTING TO SPEAK IN
THE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I THINK SO.
>> OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO UNMUTE HER?
>> SHE HAS TO UNMUTE HERSELF. >> MS. HERNANDEZ, DID YOU WANT
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TO SPEAK >> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUT ITEM, LET ME'S PICTURE I GE IT RIGHT, 3A NUMBER 13.
SPLITTING OF PRECINCT 8, MY NAM IS LISA HORSE BERGER HERNANDEZ 5826 YELLOW DRIVE. SO I DO NOT LIVE IN PRECINCT A, BUT IT IS LOOKING AT THE TWO MAPS THAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED FOR THE SPLIT. ONE DOES NOT FOLLOW THE MANDATORY OR WITHIN 5% OF EACH OTHER FOR THE PRECINCTS. THE SECOND ONE, HOWEVER, MORE EVENL SPLIT, IT DOES. KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU VOTE ON THAT.
ALSO, IF WE DO THIS ONE PRECINC EVERY TWO YEARS, OR WHEN CHANG EVERY TWO YEARS, IT IS GOING TO TAKE FOREVER TO GET THE COUNTY IN COMPLIANCE. I KNOW STATUTORILY YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO JUSTICE OF THE PIECE, NOR CONSTABLE AREAS, BUT AS LONG AS YOUR REDISTRICTING, LET US DO THAT TOO. I ALSO THEN REQUEST THAT I BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AFTE EXECUTIVE SESSION, TO THE ITEM
>> DISTRICT ATTORNEY. >> THAT IS AFTER EXECUTIVE, YES FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE THANK
YOU MOELLER. BECKY MOELLER. >> MY NAME IS BECKY MOELLER, INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] UNIT EE I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH REGARD TO ACCUSING THE LEGAL COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARCUS ELLIS. ONE OF THE REASON I THINK THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY IS THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE AGENDA ONE OTHER TIME, BUT THAT SCRUB FOR SOME REASON SO IT HAS GONE ON AND ON, BUT THEN HE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO HIRE ZONE COUNCIL COUNSEL BEFORE THE VISITING JUDGE, JUDGE PEEPLES WAS HERE. IF WE HAD DONE THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER, WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS RESOLVED LONG AGO NOT HAD AS MUCH EMOTION INVOLVE IN IT, NOT HAD AS MUCH MONEY PROBABLY SPENT AS WE ARE GOING TO SPEND. SO I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO, PLEASE, HE HAD TO HIRE COUNSEL TO DEFEND HIM IN FRONT OF JUDGE PEEPLES. I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE TO ALLOW HIM HIS OWN COUNSEL, CHRIS GAYLE, TO REPRESENT HIM, PAY FOR THAT. THAT IS MY REQUEST OF YOU TODAY IN MY WORLD, IT APPEARS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED WHEN I WAS WORKING IS YOU CAN SLEEP ON YOUR RIGHT, OLD ARBITRATION THE MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THAT OVER THE YEARS. YOU SLIP O YOUR RIGHTS, BUT I THANK YOU, MISSIONERS, AND JUDDS HAVE SLEP ON YOUR RIGHTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE SO IT SHOULD'V BEEN HANDLED BEFORE THE FIRST COURT CASE. I WOULD ASK THAT YO GRANT HIM THE COUNSEL THAT HE I REQUESTING. I KNOW THERE ARE THREE, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SENT HIM THE COUNSEL OF CHRIS GAYLE WHO PICKED UP THE PIECES AND TRY TO REPRESENT HIM FAIRLY AT THE JUDGE PEEPLES THING. BLESSING I WANT TO SAY ON THIS TOPIC IS AND CORRECTIONS OFFICE STAY, SAY PRAYER FOR THE DANIEL NAGEL FAMILY WHO LOST HIS LIFE AT THE BEETLE PRISON PROBABLY I THE TO THOUSANDS. STABBED BY AN INMATE SO THANK YOU FOR DOING CORRECTIONS OFFICER PIECE TODAY AS WELL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> JOAN KOREA WILL?
>> MY NAME IS JOAN CARRILLO, 4055 CORMAN DRIVE. HERE TO SPEA TODAY ALSO REGARDING THE PETITION AGAINST MR. GONZALEZ.
JUST WANT TO SAY NOT THAT THE COURT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL PAY THE ATTORNEY FEES FOR MR. MARKHAM SOLACE, I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE S EARNESTLY PETITION FOR THIS WEL NOW SUPPORT THE COURT WHEN WHATEVER YOU DECIDE ON HOW TO JUDICIOUSLY SPEND DISCOUNTING MONEY, IN THESE PROCEEDINGS. I ALSO WANT TO STRONGLY STATE THA AFTER LOOKING AND READING OVER THE LINK THE PETITION, THAT MARKHAM SOLACE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE. THE REAL VICTIMS ARE THE FAMILIES O THIS COUNTY WHO HAVE HAD THEIR VICTIMS RIGHTS VIOLATED. WHO WILL NEVER SEE JUSTICE. ALSO I MUST SAY OUR ON COUNTY WILL BE
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VICTIM AS WELL WHO WILL NOW SPEND VALUABLE RESOURCES TO DEFEND HIS LACK OF ACTIONS. LETTER TO COUNTY TO CHOOSE THE ATTORNEY THAT WILL REPRESENT MR GONZALEZ, WHEREVER THAT IS TO BE, TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF MONE AND TIME SPENT ON THIS. THANKYOU. >> THANK YOU. PATRICIA JONES?
>> HELLO, NAME IS PATRICIA JONES, ELEPHANT 4334 ST. GEORGE DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT THE COUR VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING CHRIS GAYLE AS OUR DA MARKHAM SOLACE IS ATTORNEY. I FEEL THAT MR. GONZALEZ SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE HIS OWN, CHOOSE THE ATTORNEY. CHRIS GILL IS ALREADY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATIO SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE OR MAK COMMON SENSE TO JUST KEEP IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. LINDA WHITE? >> MY NAME IS LINDA WHITE, RESIDENT OF NUECES COUNTY IN CORPUS CHRISTI LIVE AT 825 EGYPTIAN DRIVE. I WOULD LIKE T SPEAK IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING MARKHAM SOLACE'S CURRENT ATTORNEY, BECAUSE IT MAKES FISCAL SENSE. SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING AGAIN FOR SERVICES.
THIS MAN HAS ALREADY DONE, ALREADY PREPARED CASES. HE HAS READY WORK WITH THE DEFENDANT. AM GLAD YOU DECIDED TO PAY FOR HIS ATTORNEY, BECAUSE COUNTY EMPLOYEES SHOULD NOT AND ELECTED OFFICIALS INCLUDING YOURSELVES, IF YOU ARE SUED IN REFERENCE TO YOUR PERFORMANCE O YOUR JOB, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY BEHIND YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CAROLYN KEEVILA. SORRY. >> GOOD MORNING, CAROLINE KEEVILA. NOBODY KNOWS HOW PRONOUNCE IT SO THAT ESCAPE.
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I' ALSO THE PRECINCT 5 DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN SO I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO URGE YOU TO CONFIRM DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARKHAM SOLACE' CHESS LOW VOLUME ] IN THIS BASELESS LAWSUIT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DECISION TO PAY FOR HIS ATTORNEY. ALSO I WANT TO MENTION THAT TO ME IT SEEMS ONLY LOGICAL TO ALLOW HIS CURRENT ATTORNEY TO CONTINUE RATHER THAN CHOOSING SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.
>> SEAN FLANAGAN? >> MY NAME IS SEAN FLANAGAN, 4218 ERNEST STREET. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND THE COURT FOR THE MATURE, PROFESSIONAL AND NONPARTISAN WAIT YOU HAVE BEEN HANDING THIS VERY UNPLEASANT ISSUE OF THE RECALL PETITION AND THE ISSUES THAT COME OUT OF THE REFERENCE THE DA MARK GONZALEZ. TWO POINTS. FIRST, A FALSE NARRATIVE HAS DEVELOPED THAT THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE. THE FOLKS THAT SAY-SO ARE DECEIVING THE PUBLIC. THIS IS AN ISSUE O A PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO HAS BEEN SO DERELICT IN HIS DUTY THAT HE IS ENDANGERING OTHER PEOPLE LIVING IN TO THREE. THE RECORD CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MARK GONZALE HAS RELEASED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED ACTS OF FELONY VOLUME ] NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS ACTIONS. EACH ONE OF THESE ACTS OF A FELONY CRIMINAL HE HA A PERSON BEHIND WHO HAS BEEN VICTIMIZED. CONSIDER WOMAN FINALLY CALLS THE POLICE, BECAUSE HER BOYFRIEND HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSING HIM. THE POLICE COME AND ARREST THEM THE THE DA ARRESTED WITHOUT CHARGE.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? DOES HE SAY WELL I GOT AWAY WITH THAT, SHOULD NOT DO IT AGAIN? OR DOES IT GO AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND REPORT TO THE POLICE TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE NEVER DOES THAT AGAIN? THAT GIRLFRIEND HAS HAD NO JUSTICE. WHO PAYS HER LEGAL BILLS? SHE CANNOT COUNT ON OUR DA. WHAT RECOURSE DOES SHE HAVE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE PREDATOR THAT THE DA RELEASE WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY? THIS WOMAN'S STORY IS REPEATED 1000 TIMES IN OUR CITY. THAT HIS WIF MR. GONZALEZ HAS THIS PETITION,
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WHY HE IS GOING TO TRIAL NOT, BECAUSE OF HIS POLITICAL AFFILIATION, BUT, BECAUSE OF HI DERELICTION OF DUTY THAT ENDANGERS EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY THE MOST HELPLESS IN OUR CITY. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT PEOPLE THAT MR. GONZALEZ HAS RELEASED WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY HAVE GONE ON TO COMMIT FURTHER PHYSICAL ABUSE, FOR THE SEXUAL ABUSE, EVEN ESCALATED THE COMMITTEE MURDER. THAT IS THE TRUTH OF THIS RECALL PETITION.SHAME ON ANYONE ELSE THAT SAYS DIFFERENTLY. POINT TWO, LIKE EVERYONE, MR. GONZALEZ IS ENTITLED TO LEGAL CONSEQUENCE HE CAN PAY FOR ANYBODY WHO WANT IF YOU WANT TO PAY FOR IT, BUT HE WANTS WE THE PEOPLE TO FAVORITE THEN HE HAS TO HAPPILY ACCEPT WHOEVER THIS COURT DECIDES TO APPOINT FOR HIM WITH WHATEVER LIMIT THIS COURT CHOOSES TO DO. IF MR. GONZALEZ DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY LEGAL BILLS, THAT IS REAL SIMPLE. HE RESIGNS. THAT IS WHAT HE SHOULD DO IF HE IS WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH HIS LAWYER IS GOING TO COS HIM. LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE IN THE PETITION, THAT WOULD BE A SMART MOVE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. JOE CARTER? >> HELLO MY NAME IS JOE CARTER BEACH COUNTY TEXAS. I KNEW HIM WHEN HE WAS A KID. EVER I WANT TO READ TO THE RECORD. TO EACH OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE. I ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR FUNCTIONS OF BOTH TRUSTEES AND FIDUCIARIES. AS A CURE FOR THE PUBLIC TRUST, HE SAID POLICIES, MANAGE RESOURCES.
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] NEARLY 6 DECADES ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE ME TO GET PRUDENCE AND CARE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF ASSET BELONGING TO SOMEONE ELSE. THE LEVEL OF FIDUCIARY PRUDENCE AND CARE FOR THE ASSETS OF OTHERS I TO BE BEFORE AND ABOUT BR THE CARE OF THEIR OWN ASSETS. I FOUND THAT THE INVESTMENTS SUCH RESPONSIBILITY IS HIGH HONOR, OFTEN THANKLESS TASK. WHILE RESIDING FROM THE COUNTY ABOUT 30 YEARS I HAVE RENDERED SERVIC AND SUPPORT THE COUNTY RECOGNIZE GOOD GOVERNMENT IN NUECES COUNTY CAN AND DOES AFFECTS GOVERNMENT AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES FOR GOOD.
TO THAT END IT IS ALWAYS HOPED THAT THE NEXT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES THAT DELIVERED AS DESIGN IN CONTRACT ON A TIMELY BASIS. HOWEVER SUBSEQUENT REVIEWS OF MONEY AND PUBLIC PROJECTS , CONTRACT FOR SERVICE, ENDED IN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY FOUND, COMMONALITY THAT IN RETROSPECT THE CONTRACT OR PROVIDER IN THI CASE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, WHO YOU HAVE IN QUESTION, SHOULD BE EXAMINED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HAVE FINISHED THE PROJECT, LARGEST MALL WITH THE QUALITY O BEING BOTH FINISHED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND BACK TO BUDGET.
FIDUCIARY DECISIONMAKERS WERE WORD CONTRACTS AND ENGAGE PROFESSIONALS DEPEND ON KEY POINTS. THESE ARE THE DELIVERABLES OR SPECIFICATIONS OF DOLLARS IN TERMS OF PAYMENTS AND DEADLINES. THE COMMON FAILURE HERE AND UNSATISFACTORY OUTCOMES IS THAT THEY DO NOT CONSIDER PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT TANGIBLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER, WHICH IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT PERSON A COMPANY HAS A RECORD OF DELIVERING QUALITY PRODUCT OR SERVICE BOTH AHEAD OF TIME AND BACK TO BUDGET. MANY CONTRACTOR AND SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT SEEK TO GET INTO A CONTRACT WITH NO CONSCIOUS, BUT PERHAPS EVEN PREMEDITATED PLAN OR ACCESS COS TO NOT FINISH ON TIME. NIP IT T ANTICIPATE THE PROVIDER HAS WITHIN BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT A HAND. I URGE YOU TO ALWAYS DETERMINE WHETHER CONTRACTOR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE A RECORD OF RETURNING PROJECTS FINISHED ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. THIS AFTERNOON YOU WILL BE CONVENING AND ITEM KEPT FAC, WITH THE PRUDENCE AND CARE IN MAKING THI DECISION IS MUCH GREATER THAT I MAY APPEAR FROM THE DOLLAR AMOUNT INVOLVED. IN THIS DECISION AND OTHERS I URGE YOU TO KNOW THE RECORD OF THE INTANGIBLE CHARACTER AND QUALIT OF THOSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
AGAIN I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU. >> SAMUEL FEUER?
>> FIRE. >> FRYER, SORRY JUST GOT, COMMISSIONERS, 781414. IS A RETIRED I'M CURRENTLY IN THE ARMY, TREND THINGS OTHER IS A CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. IS FOR SCRIPTURE IS CONCERNED IT SAYS THAT HE HA SHOWN THE OLD MAN WHAT IS REQUIRED, WHAT IS GOOD, BUT WHA IS THE LORD REQUIRING OF YOU, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, TO LOVE MERCY WALK HUMBLY BEFORE YOUR GOD.
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DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SEVERAL CITIZENS ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE REQUEST TO REMOVE MR. MARK â– GONZALEZ FROM HIS OFFICE AS POLITICAL AND ETHNIC ISSUE. LABEL IT A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.IT IS NEITHER POLITICAL NOR WAS IT ETHNIC. IT IS WITHIN THE LAW IN THIS CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. WE CANNOT ENSURE A MORE PERFECT UNION WITHOUT UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE LAND. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS ELECTED TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE. THE BILL OF RIGHTS ALSO GRANTS THE ACCUSED OF CRIMES THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL, PUBLIC TRIAL AND IMPARTIAL JURY, TO BE FORMED IN THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF THE ACCUSATION TO BE CONFRONTED WIT THE WITNESSES AGAINST HIM, TO HAVE COMPULSORY PROCESS OF ATTAINING WITNESSES IN HIS FAVOR. AND TO HAVE THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNCIL COUNSEL FOR THEIR DEFENSE. THE RIGHT O TRIAL BY JURY IS ALSO EXTENDED TO SUITS OF COMMON-LAW. NOW OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE NATURE AND CAUSES, CAUSE OF ACCUSATION AGAINST THEM. HIS REQUEST TO HAVE THE CHARGES DISMISSED HAVE BEEN DENIED. SO HE WILL HAVE, B AFFORDED THE RIGHT, TO A TRIAL BY JURY WHERE HE MAY NOT ONLY CONFRONT HIS WITNESSES AGAINST HIM, BUT PROVIDE WITNESSES ON HIS BEHALF AS BEING REPRESENTED BY A ATTORNEY. SELECTED BY THE COUNTY. THEIR IS ONE OTHER RIGH THAT MUST BE GRANTED TO HIM, TH RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL. AS A TAXPAYER CITIZEN, I IMPLORE YOU TO DO WHAT EVER IS WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY TO PREVEN THIS TRIAL FROM DELAY AND LINGERING. ANOTHER RELATED RIGH WITHIN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT PROHIBITS DEPRIVING A PERSON OF LIFE, PROPERTY AND LIBERTY WITHOUT THE PROCESS OF THE LAW.
UNDERSTANDING THIS, IF AN IMPARTIAL JOURNEY JURY FINDS TH ACCUSED WOULD IT NOT BE JUST TO HAVE HI REPAY THE ATTORNEY FEES TO THE NUECES COUNTY CITIZENS ? WHOM H WILL HAVE BEEN FOUND NEGLIGENT IN SERVING, SO WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU? TO DO JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY, WALK HUMBLY BEFORE YOUR GOD. THE VICTIMS OF CRIMES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROSECUTED. THEY NEED THEIR
RIGHTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. VICTORIA HOLLAND?
>> THANK YOU, COUNTY JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. VICTORIA HOLLAND 235 OHIO AVENUE HERE IN CORPUS CHRISTI . I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM, SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSIO WHETHER IT IS 4 C OR FIVE THAT IT IS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMEN OF A LAWYER PAID TO MR. MARK GONZALEZ . I WANT TO MENTION BRIEFLY THAT MR. GONZALEZ HAS A OF YET NOT HAD TO DEFEND HIMSELF. MR. GONZALEZ AS OF YET NO TRIAL HAS STARTED. MR. GONZALEZ, AS OF YET, HAS BEEN ABLE TO SIT BACK, WATCH THE PROCEEDINGS, SEE IF THE JUDGE DECIDES THAT THIS CASE HAS MERI OR NOT. NOW THIS WAS A NEUTRAL JUDGE CHOSEN BY THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS. I THINK IT IS KEY TO NOTE THAT THIS JUDGE IN THE PAST HAS ALWAYS DISMISSED CASES LIKE THIS. THE FACT THAT HE CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD INDICATES THIS IS NOT A BASELES CASE. NOR IS THIS A CASE WHERE IT WAS FRIVOLOUS OR PARTICULARLY, VICIOUSLY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. I WILL B HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC AND SAY THAT MY NAME IS AGAIN VICTORIA HOLLAND, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM HERE IN NUECES COUNTY. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS SUPPORTED THI PETITION FROM THE BEGINNING. WA APPOINTED, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE I THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY. WE BELIEVE IN RULE OF LAW AND IN VICTIM' RIGHTS. AT THE END OF THE DATE WE BELIEVE THAT THE WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILIES OF THIS COUNTY DESERVE BETTER THAN TO SEE THEIR ABUSES BACK OUT ON THE STREETS WITH THEIR CHARGES COMPLETELY DROPPED. NOW, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT MR. GONZALEZ DESERVES A FAIR TRIAL, A SPEEDY ONE AT THAT. MY PLEA TO YOU HER TODAY IS TO ACT AS FIDUCIARIES
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OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT ONLY DECIDE ON A REASONABLE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR THE DEFENSE OF MR. GONZALEZ, BUT ALSO A TIME LIMIT IN WHICH TO USE THESE FUNDS TO AVOID ANY DELAY TACTICS FROM EITHER SIDE. WE WANT TO SEE JUSTICE DONE. WE WANT TO SEE JUSTICE DONE SWIFTLY. TO AVOID EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WE WOULD PREFER THAT YOU APPOINT A LAWYER WHO DOES NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF SUING THE COUNTY. WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF DESPITE THE FACT THAT MR. GONZALEZ, I'M SURE, WOULD LIKE TO HIRE THE MOST EXPENSIVE TRIA ATTORNEY HE CAN FIND, LET'S BE HONEST. WHEN YOU USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR YOUR DEFENSE, YOU TYPICALLY GET A PUBLICLY APPOINTED LAWYER. THAT IS WHAT IT IS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ON THE MATTER, I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME PRESENT TENSE THIS WILL BE ALLOWABLE, IF HE IS INDEED FOUN GUILTY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM REPAY THOSE MONIES TO THE PEOPLE. ULTIMATELY IT IS THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY, IT'S THEIR STORIES, THEIR SAFETY, IT IS THEIR LIVELIHOODS. MR. GONZALEZ WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL WITH OR WITHOUT THIS POSITION.FULLY BELIEVE HE IS AN INDIVIDUAL OF IMMENSE INTELLECT . HE WILL USE THAT TO RISE REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW WE HAV TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CAROLYN BOND?
>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGMENT COMMISSIONERS. EDIT HARD TIME BACK THERE NOT SAYING AYE , BUT I DIDN'T.
>> YOU COULD HAVE. >> YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN IT.
EVERY DAY YOU SAID UP THERE AND MAKE DECISIONS. SOME THE PUBLIC LIKES AND OTHERS NOT. VERY DIFFICULT. I'M HERE TODAY TO COMMENT ON THE DECISION YOU MAD PRESENTING THE DA MARK GONZALEZ I THINK THAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS ESPECIALLY THE A AND JUDGES SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERESTED TO UPHOLD THE LAW. THE PUBLIC VOTED FOR HIM WHEN H TOOK OFFICE TO DO JUST THAT. I' NOT A FAN OF THE DA, BUT I RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THAT HE WAS ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS. IN AMERICA, IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. WHERE THE LIKE, DISLIKING, DEMOCRAT, LIBERTARIAN, REPUBLICAN, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE REPRESENTATION IF YOU ARE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING. I THINK THE COUNTY SHOULD PAY FOR IT, BUT THAT BEING SAID, I TRUST THAT YOU WILL MAKE CERTAIN CONDITIONS IN HIS REPRESENTATION. I HOPE THAT YO CHOOSE THE LAWYER, BECAUSE THE CITIZENS ARE PAYING FOR IT. YOU KNOW HOW LAWYERS ARE, THEY CAN CHARGE A BUNCH OF MONEY, BUNCH OF HOURS AND THE PRICE WILL GO UP SO I THINK YOU SHOULD GET TO CHOOSE THAT. I THINK A LIMIT SHOULD BE SET. I THINK THAT A STIPULATION SHOULD BE MADE, COUNTY PAYS FOR THE CANNOT COME BACK AND SUE THE COUNTY FOR ANYTHING AFTER THAT.
MOST IMPORTANT IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY OF THE CHARGES, HE NEEDS REIMBURSE THE COUNTY FOR ALL EXPENSES AND ALL THE FEES. IF H IS INNOCENT, HE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH AGREEING TO THAT.
>> WHY MODULE CALL RAY MARJORIE GAL?
>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. HERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE CONCERNING MARK GONZALEZ. WE HAVE A LOT O PEOPLE COME UP HERE, SAY HOW WE SHOULD LIMIT MARK GONZALEZ EXPENDITURES REGARDING LAWYERS, HOW HE SHOULD BE FORCED TO REIMBURSE THE COUNTY WHETHER HE LOSES THIS CASE. NOW WHAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IS THAT A PORTION OF THESE TAXPAYERS ARE FORCED TO SPEND MONEY PROSECUTING THIS FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY I NOT DOING THIS FOR FREE, BUT COSTING TAXPAYERS MONEY. NOW IF IT IS GOING TO COST MARK GONZALEZ MONEY IF HE LOSES, THEN IT SHOULD ALSO COST THE PLAINTIFF MONEY THAT HE SHOULD REIMBURSE THE COUNTY. IF HE LOSES. NOW THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS COME INTO QUESTION ABOUT MR. CHRIS GAYLE, EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN ON THIS CASE SINCE DAY ONE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT I BELIEVE FAILED MARK GONZALEZ AN RESPONDING IN A TIMELY MANNER T
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GIVE HIM THE TEMPTATION THAT HE NEEDED, IN A TIMELY MANNER. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE INITIAL HEARING WITH JUDGE PEEPLES. CAM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO ADDRESS THIS COURT. REGARDING THIS MATTER. HERE WE ARE AGAIN, ALL OVER AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE THREE COMMISSIONERS, GONZALEZ, MORRIS, HERNANDEZ FOR STICKING UP, ATTEMPTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I WILL SAY THI THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS GETTING TIRESOME, YOU KNOW, TO COME BAC HERE, HAVE TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY. HAVE TO FIGHT FOR, YOU KNOW, AGAINST PEOPLE TRYING TO DISENFRANCHISE THE VOTERS OF NUECES COUNTY . MARK GONZALEZ WAS ELECTED TWICE NOT ONCE BY US. FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, TO TAKE IT UPON HERSELF TO DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS, THAT IS BIG NO-NO. SHOULD BE CONSIDERED I WOULD BE REQUEST THAT CHRIS GAYLE BE ALLOWED TO REPRESENTHIM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. RENEE SIGNS?
>> THANK YOU FOR PRONOUNCING M NAME CORRECTLY. I AM A SUPPORTE OF MARK GONZALEZ. I AM REALLY MORE A SUPPORTER OF SOMETHING BIGGER. THE ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE REAL. WE SAW IT ON JANUARY 6, 2021, CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS WAS TAKING PLACE. IT WAS. THEY DID TEMPORARILY STOP IT. AND OF COURSE IT PROCEEDED, NEW PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED. TODAY THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. YOU SEE, THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION LIKE THE REALLY BELIEVE IN IT. WELL, WE KNOW THAT DEMOCRACY EXISTS IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS REAL SIMPLE IT IS 50% PLUS ONE AND YOU WIN.
IF YOU LOSE, YOU HAVE A SHOT TO RUN AGAIN A. THAT IS THE SYSTEM EVERYONE OF YOU ALL GOT ELECTED THAT WAY BY A MAJORITY RULE.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THEY TRIE TO GET MARK GONZALEZ OUT NOT ONLY ONCE, BUT TWICE AND THEY LOST. NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FIN A DIFFERENT WAY. WHAT THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU IS IF MARK GONZALEZ IS REMOVED , THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN APPOINT A NE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WHO WILL VER LIKELY BE A REPUBLICAN, THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT. THEY WANT A REPUBLICAN, THAT IS FINE, BUT YOU HAVE TO WIN THE ELECTION. THAT IS DEMOCRACY. THAT IS OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. WE USE IT ALONG, LONG TIME, BUT I'M ASKIN TO STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY. I'M ASKING YOU TO STAND UP FOR CHRI GAYLE, BECAUSE AS MR. CHESNEY HAS STATED HE IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD ATTORNEY. HE SUES YOU A LOT, VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT HE DID BRAG ABOUT HOW GOOD HE WAS. MAN, WHEN I HEARD HIM TAKE AUNT JENNY DORSEY THE FIRST TIME, HE WHIPPED HER TO PIECES WAY BACK. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT A FOR DEMOCRACY.
THANK YOU >> WOULD YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS
>> RB MCQUEEN? >> DID I SAY THAT WRONG?
>> ANYBODY ELSE I DID NOT GET THE CHANCE TO SIGN UP? YES? IF YOU WILL COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME THEN YOU COULD SIGN DECEPTIVE WORDS. NAME, ADDRESS.
>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS AMY FOUL ON, 6094 PALOMA AVENUE. BISHOP TEXAS, NUECES COUNTY, RULE COUNTY. AND THE HUMIDITY RELATIONS MANAGE FOR A MIGHTY AND HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT AGENDA ITEM ON DECK TODAY IT IS AN MOU BETWEEN THE NUECES COUNTY LIBRARY AND BEATS LABOR AND MHID. AS YOU KNOW MHID IS A DESIGNATED NO-COST INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] DISABILITY SERVICES. APART FROM
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THAT ONE REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO IS RING THE COMMUNIT RESOURCES AND EDUCATION. I THIN IT WAS SAID EARLIER FROM THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENES MONTH GROUPS THEY WERE SAYING I TAKES MANY AGENCIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE JUST ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT WILL BE PARTNERING WITH TH LIBRARY, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE ARE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WITH PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES. WE DO KIGHT FEST. WE DO MENTAL TEAM HEALTH HAS, SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH FOR STATES A PLEASE ALLOW US TO CONTINUE ALL WORK ON THE GROUND HERE IN NUECES COUNTY, SERVING THIS RULE COMMUNITY. HONESTLY THERE ARE NO OR NOT, THERE CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH ORGANIZATIONS TO SERV RURAL SO TEXAS OR THE COUNTY S PLEASE CONTINUE TO LET IS DUE OUR WORK WITH EACH FAMILYLIBRARY. THANK YOU. >> IF YOU WILL SIGN THAT?
>> THAT CONCLUDES OR WE HAVE ON MORE THAT WANTS TO?
>> TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> WHERE'S THE MICROPHONE? >> THANKS.
>> RON STRINGER, 3410 LAGUNA SHORES ROAD, FLOUR BLUFF. IS
THAT GOOD ENOUGH? >> THAT IS PERFECT.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO GET A REPUBLICAN INTO OFFICE WE ARE TRYING TO GET A MAN INTO OFFICE THAT WILL DEFEND PEOPLE OF THE CITY. LOOK AT CHICAGO, LOOK AT ALL THESE OTHER CITIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKING REVENGE INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. WHEN YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE KILL, THERE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WILL HAVE A GUN, GO AFTER THE PERPETRATOR BECAUSE THEIR IS NO LAW. WHEN YOU HAVE A MAN THAT LETS PEOPLE GO THAT RUNS A TIMEOUT SO WELL WE CANNOT PROSECUTE THEM NOW, BECAUSE TIME RAN OUT, YOU CAN SAY HE IS INCOMPETENT, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. HE CAME UP TO THE OFFICE, I WILL NOT PROSECUT CERTAIN KINDS OF DRUG DEALS, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS HE SAID HE WOULD NOT PROSECUTE. HE MADE HIMSELF HIS OWN LEGISLATOR WE NEED TO DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY. WE DO NOT WANT TO TURN INTO ANOTHER MURDER FEST LIKE OTHER CITIES. WE DO NOT NEED TO BE OUR OWN LAW. WE NEED TO HAVE A LAW HERE. IF YOUR DIRECTIVE IS TO PUT A CAP ON TH LAWYER FEES, THEN WE EXPECT THAT, WE REALLY DO. RESPECT TO ALL, BUT WE DO NEED ALL THOSE T FOLLOW OUR DIRECTIVES. IF WE AR OR IF YOU ARE TO CHOOSE THE LAWYER, WE REALLY EXPECT YOU TO DO THAT. WE DO NOT WANT, I HEARD, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU D NOT WANT A LAWYER THAT IS ACCUSTOMED TO SUING THE COUNTY.
SO THIS MEANT SHOULD NOT BE THE LAWYER. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU ALL AND MAKING YOUR DECISION.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
MOVING ON TO ITEM H, BOARD APPOINTMENTS. COMMISSIONER
[1. Nueces County Emergency Service District No. 2]
CHESNEY, DID YOU WANT ME TO HOL OFF AND COME BACK LATER?>> OKAY. >> H1, NUECES COUNTY SERVICES
DISTRICT TWO . >> WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS, TERM EXPIRED. THE COURT IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS. WE DID APPOIN ONE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TWO THA ARE OUT, APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR TWO YOUR TERMS THAT WILL EXPIRE DECEMBER 20, 2024. WE DID GET A LETTER OF INTENT FROM GARY GRAHAM, AND DAVID JACKSON.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER CHESNEY --
>> MOTION TO REAPPOINT GARY GRAHAM.
>> WE HAVE EMOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT GARY GRAHAM. ANY
OTHER DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> JUDGE, MOTION TO REAPPOINT DAVID JACKSON.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECON REAPPOINT JACKSON. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE .
[2. Nueces County Emergency Service District No. 3]
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED, THING SIGN, MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. MOVING ONTO ITEM TWO, NUECES COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVIC
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DISTRICT 3. THERE IS ONE VACANCY AND WE HAD TWO APPLICANTS THAT WERE RECEIVED. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR EITHER ONE OF THE APPLICANTS, RECEIVED FROM CALVIN, CATEGORY AND CALVI KUYPER. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT KEVIN KUYPER. DO I HAVEA SECOND? SEVEN SECOND. >> WE HAVE EMOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT KEVIN KUYPER TO THAT POSITION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.
>> AYE . ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES. MOVING ONTO ITEM
[3. Nueces County Library Advisory Board]
3, NUECES COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. THEY HAVE TWO TERMS THAT EXPIRE ON THAT AS WELL. ONE LETTER OF INTENT WAS RECEIVED FROM TABATHA GREENWOOD NUECES COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORYBOARD . DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO REAPPOINT.
>> WE HAVE EMOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECON TO REAPPOINT TABATHA GREEN WORD ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEVEN
>> OKAY. >> ALDERSON PAPER SAY AYE.
>> AYE . >> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
[4. Nueces County Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Board of Directors]
MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 4, NUECES COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY BOARD O DIRECTORS. THE COURT OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS AND LETTERS OF INTENT, ONLY ONE LETTER OF INTENT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE INCUMBENT BRUCE WILLIS, WILSON, SORRY. FOUR NEW APPLICATION LETTERS FOR INTENT WERERECEIVED. >> MOTION TO REAPPOINT MR.
>> GO AHEAD, SORRY. >> IS THERE JUST ONE POSITION A WELL THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING T ASK.
>> THAT IS WHAT IT TRYING TO READ ON HERE, A DATE. FOUR, FOUR POSITION SO WE NEED TO APPOINT FOUR PEOPLE.
>> WE HAVE THE ONE MOTION FOR BRUCE WILLIS THEN A SECOND. ANY
OTHER DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE. >> BRUCE WILSON NOT WILLIS.
>> I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE BRUCE WILLIS PASSES, THANK YOU. WE HAVE THRE OTHER APPOINTMENTS. HAVE A LETTER OF INTENT FROM SANDRA GOMEZ, APPLICATION FROM JACKIE CALDWELL, APPLICATION FROM CARO HOUSTON.
>> JIMMY RODRIGUEZ. >> REPLACEMENTS, I'M SORRY.
>> JIMMY RODRIGUEZ, RESUME. >> WERE SOME OF THESE --
>> ONE WAS BRUCE WILSON, THE INCUMBENT. FOUR NEW APPLICATION AND LETTERS OF INTENT WERE RECEIVED. THE OTHERS ARE NOT
INCUMBENTS. >> OTHERWISE DO NOT REAPPLY?
>> NO. >> THE ONES THAT EXPIRED, YES.
>> WE HAVE SANDRA GOMEZ, JIMMY RODRIGUEZ, JACKIE CALDWELL, CAROL HOUSTON. WE ONLY HAVE THREE POSITIONS AVAILABLE. DOES
SPEAKERS ] >> MOTION FOR JIMMY RODRIGUEZ.
>> MOTION AND SECOND FOR JIMMY RODRIGUEZ. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.
>> MOTION FOR CAROL HOUSTON . >> THE MOTION PASSES WE HAVE A MOTION FOR CAROL HOUSTON. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> A SECOND FOR CAROL HOUSTON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE. >> AYE, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE HAVE ONE MORE, RIGHT
>> MOTION FOR JACKIE CALDWELL. >> SECOND.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECON FOR JACKIE CALDWELL. ANY OTHER
DISCUSSION? >> QUESTION ON THIS, NOT JUST O THIS APPOINTMENT, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD HELP US WITH THIS IN HERE
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TO ME WHEN IT IS DESCRIBED AS LETTER, WELL, LETTER OF INTENTUSUALLY IS THE INCUMBENT. >> BRIGHT.
>> I SEE THERE IS A LETTER OF INTENT FOR MS. GOMEZ, BUT NO APPLICATION. WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST SHE IS NOT ON THE LIST. I DO NOT KNOW IF WE COULD GET HER TO ACCESS SCREENED THAT OR DO I INTERNALLY TO ENSURE THERE IS A DISTINCTION. MAYBE THAT NAME DOES NOT EVEN GET INCLUDED, MAYBE. JUST TO HELP US WITH THE CONCLUSION, BECAUSE IT IS LIKE TWO PART THING, SENDING A LETTE OR RESUME GREAT, BUT IF YOU'RE NEW YOU HAVE TO PUT IN APPLICATION. THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN ON THIS. I WOULD CONSIDER HER A BIT, BECAUSE I D NOT SEE AN APPLICATION, THEN I WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH WAS CALDWELL THEN.
>> OKAY. GOOD POINT. >> WE COULD WORK ON HER WITH
TWEAKING THAT. >> IN THE FUTURE IF SHE WANTS
IT. >> CONFUSION WHEN YOU GET UP
HERE. >> WE HAVE TORAH, SHE CAN SPEAK UNDERSTANDING, I THINK IN THE PAST OR THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT YOU CAN DO OR PEOPLE COULD SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTENT. I FEEL YOU HAVE THE APPLICATION, BUT GOING FORWARD, IF THEY DO SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTENT, FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY DO APPLICATION AS WELL.
>> IF IT IS A NEW PERSON, THAT IS HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT.
IF IT IS A NEW PERSON, HAS TO B APPLICATION.
>> OR JUST A LETTER. >> JUST A LETTER.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECON FOR JACKIE CALDWELL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALDERSON PAPER SAY AYE.
>> AYE . ANY PO SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. I THINK THAT
[2. CONSENT AGENDA: The following Agenda Items are of a routine nature, and the Commissioners Court has received supporting materials for consideration. All of these Agenda Items will be passed with one vote without being discussed separately, unless a member of the Commissioners Court or the public requests that a particular Agenda Item be discussed. If so, that Agenda Item will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed as part of the regular Agenda at the appropriate time. One vote will approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda.]
TAKES CARE OF EVERYONE ON THAT LIST.>> MOVING ONTO NUMBER TWO, CONSENT AGENDA . ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT A MEMBER WISHES TO PULL? I NEED TO POOL ITEM T FOR
TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING. >> IS AT A MOTION?
>> MOTION TO STAY WITH. NOT READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT
>> NEXT MEETING. WITH A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
>> THANK YOU. THE ALL HAVE ANYTHING?
>> T AS IN DOG. >> WE HAVE EMOTION, I WILL
SECOND THAT. >> WANT TO PULL IT WAS WHAT YOU JUST WANT TO PULL THE FOR DISCUSSION SO YES, YOU'RE NOT
>> D-O, AND M. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL N AS IN
NANCY. >> ANY OTHERS? I WILL WANT TO
SPEAK ON O AS WELL. >> OKAY, WE GOT A PULLED SO WE
WILL HAVE DISCUSSION ON IT. >> COMMISSION HERNANDEZ DO YOU HAVE ANY THAT YOU WISH TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION?
>> IS THAT ALL FOR EVERYONE? I WILL ACCEPT EMOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING ITEM D , M, N, O AND T.
>> T HIS TABLE SO WE DO NOT HAV TO DO IT.
>> WAIT, YOU PULLED P T. >> SORRY.
>> DO NOT NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE LIST.
>> MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING ITEMS D, M, N,
O. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALDERSON
[D. Authorize the payment of bills - Special Motions List, Special Motions List - American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dated April 26, 2023.]
>> OPPOSED? A MOTION PASSES SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM D.
>> ITEM D, I THINK THE LAST MEETING WE HAD LOW VOLUME ] GO BACK AND REVIEW WHATEVER THE AMOUNT WAS THAT WE OWE TO THE LAND, AGAIN, I THINK SAME ONES THAT WERE SUBMITTED LESS TIME, BUT I TALKED TO MR. PATEL THIS MORNING, THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE REQUESTING HAS NOT COME IN YET.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND AGAIN TABLE IS UNTIL WE GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET. HE WAS APPROVED TO PAY, PENDING, BACKUP, SUBMITTED BY THEM, WHICH WAS A DISCREPANCY AS FAR AS THE HOURS AND THE DAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I KNOW THAT WE CONTACTED HIM. I TALKED TO HIM, ONE WAS SICK, TALK TO HIM THIS MORNING.
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HE RECOMMENDS THAT WE TABLE THIS. I RECOMMEND WE TABLE IT TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CLEARED IT YET.>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL MAY 10?
>> WHICH ONE? >> NOT ALL OF THEM.
>> TABLE NUMBER THAT'S PERSON .
>> 35. >> 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 AND
40. >> ALL THE L A IN INVOICES?
>> 25, YOU ARE RIGHT, 25. 26. 34.
>> AUDIT DEPARTMENT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY OWE, HOW MUC WE PAID.
>> COMMISSIONER, WE MET WITH ON AND THE STAFF ON THE ITEM SO THEY DID PROVIDE THE REVISED BILL. THEY VOLUME ] WE WOULD KNOW TO INCLUDE THEM.
>> I TALKED TO HIM OVER THE. THEY PROVIDED THE INFORMATION T
US. >> I'M TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC
WORKS. >> I THINK I WANT TO GO BACK AN SHARE WHAT I TALK ABOUT, BECAUS I TALKING ON THE PHONE.
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. >> OKAY. JUDGE, MOTION TO PASS ALL OF THE OTHER ONES ON HERE OTHER THAN THE ONE SET COMMISSION GONZALEZ JUST RECITE WHICH WERE 25, 26, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 AND 40. THOSE TO BE EXCLUDED FOR THE MOMENT.
>> SECOND OR GO AHEAD. COMMISSION MATA, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE. >> LET ME GO BACK TO THE ONE W HAD BEFORE. MAYBE MY INTENTION AGAIN SEVEN LOW VOLUME ] NOVEMBER, DECEMBER ISSUE SHOULD'VE BEEN IN, RIGHT? ONLY PUT THIS ON WHEN WE RECEIVED THEM FOR OUR OFFICE. W HAD TO RELY ON THE DEPARTMENT T PROVIDE IT.
>> I THINK WHEN HE GETS BACK WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM FIND
OUT WHAT WE HAVE WITH THAT. >> MAKE A MOTION?
>> IS THERE A MOTION? >> NOW --
>> PUSH THOSE TO THE MAY 10 MEETING?
>> YEAH. >> YOU HAVE THE MOTION.
>> MOTION TO THE 10TH. >> SECOND.
>> YOU WILL READ THEM AGAIN, BECAUSE I KIND OF DID THE OTHER
>> CLARIFICATION, JUDGE. JENNY, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS OVERALL PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE ON MANY ISSUES.
>> ONE IS THE DATE, BUT WHEN IS THE., RIGHT? THE TIMING. THAT JUST WORRIES ME SO I SUPPORT MEETING TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN ITEM AND REVIEW MORE, BUT CAN WE ASK , CANNOT DIRECT TO, BUT CAN WE ASK THAT SOMEONE FROM YOUR STAF BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, BECAUSE WE NEED SOMEONE, I MEAN UNLESS YOU FEEL WE ARE OKAY, BU
SPEAKERS ] >> HE MAY BE HERE NOW.
>> HE MAY BE ABLE TO FILL IN FACTS THAT I DO NOT HAVE.
>> BEFORE WE MAKE YOUR NEXT MOTION WE WILL ASK ABOUT THOSE
]. >> YOU ARE IN THE HOT SEAT SO
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. MY QUESTION ON ITEMS THAT COMMISSION GONZALEZ WANTED TO PULL, MY CONCERN IS JUST A TIMING I KNOW WE HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE INVOICE WHEN THEY ARE COMING IN. I'M SORRY AS OPPOSED TO WHEN DO WE NEED TO PAY THEM. THAT IS MY ONLY QUESTION, RIGHT? WE COULD JUST GET THAT ADDRESSED, RIGHT? I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM TABLING IT IF WE NEED TO, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS ADDRESS, BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO GET US IN TROUBLE BY TAKING THIS ACTION. I SUPPORT THE COMMISSIONER, WANT TO REVIEW MORE, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO GET US IN ANY BUYING TO WHERE WE AR HOLDING BACK INVOICES BASED ON WHAT DALE SAID SEVERAL MONTHS ARE READY.
>> I BELIEVE DALE SAID HE ALREADY RECEIVED THE BACKUP SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY'RE READY TO BE PAID?
] BE RESOLVED? >> OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> WE WILL PULL THEM FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE MAY 1.
>> JUDGMENT COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED TO MY STAFF TALK TO THEM YESTERDAY, STILL WAITING ON SOME MINOR BACKUP INFORMATION FOR THESE INVOICES.
SPEAKERS ] >> ANY OKAY TO PAY? JUST ASKING BECAUSE JOHN MAKES A GOOD POINT
>> DEPENDING ON THE BACKUP. >> HAVE WE GOTTEN THE BACKUP ON
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ANY OF THEM OR ARE WE NEEDING T DO ALL OF THEM AND PULL ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF THEM ON HERE, BUT MAYBE YOUHAVE BACKUP ON SOME, BUT -- >>
SPEAKERS ] >> GO HIT LET. I AM JUST ASKING
YOU. >> JUDGMENT COMMISSIONERS, WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE ARE SEVERAL INVERSES OUT, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, THROWING A NUMBER OUT THERE, YO HAVE 30, ALL THE 50 , RIGHT? IF YOU DO SOMETHING ON 30, THIRD ONE, 32, HAVE TO MODIFY THOSE NUMBERS, DOMINO EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING INVOICES. THAT IS A REASON WHY WE CANNOT RECOMMEND OR I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND APPROVING THESE INVOICES UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET THE BACKUP INFORMATION. IS A DOMINO EFFECT IF YOU HAVE TO MODIFY SOMETHING
SOME NUMBERS. >> CAN WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO GET THIS ITEM TAKING CARE OF FO THE NEXT MEETING?
>> YES MA'AM. >> PRIORITY, WE PROPOSE UP RESPONDED TWICE OR IF WE NEED T PAY THEM.
SPEAKERS ] >> I FEEL THE SAME WAY, JUDGE.
WE SHOULD PAY US. WHERE WE PAIN SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT DONE? THAT IS MY QUESTION. I DO NOT CARE PAY THEM. WE PAY THEM WHAT WE OWE THEM, BUT IF THEY GIVE U INVOICES THAT ARE NOT DOCUMENTED, CAN ATTRACT THEM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY THEM? THAT IS THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO THAT BY THE PREVIOUS JUDGE. APPROVE, APPROVED, APPROVED, APPROVED, BUT I THINK IT IS TIME FOR US T LOOK AT ALL THE INVOICES THAT W ARE GETTING HIM SCRUTINIZE WHAT IS GOING ON. WHY IS INFORMATION NOT THEIR? YES FOR DATES AND TIMES, VERY SIMPLE. THEY DID TH
WORK SO IT SHOULD BE THERE. >> I AGREE WITH THE CONCEPT. AL I WAS ASKING WAS DO WE HAVE TO TABLE ALL OF THESE ARE ANY OF
THEM PAYABLE? >> IF YOU WANT TO PAY THEM, PAY
THEM. >> NO. NO. WE ARE WAITING THE BACKUP IF WE ARE STILL WINNING FOR THE BACKUP ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM, BUT TABLING 10 DIFFERENT, 10 DIFFERENT ITEMS, THAT IS ALL I'M ASKING. HAS ANY OF THE OR ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT ANY OF THESE, DO NOT KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHICH ONES I'M TALKING ABOUT, 24, 25, 34, A BUNCH OF THEM, BACK UPON ANY OF THOSE?
>> YES SIR, WE NEED A BACKUP. >> ON ALL OF THEM?
>> ON SEVERAL OF THEM. THE THIN ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS, IT WIL BE A DOMINO EFFECT. THEY DO HAV TO MODIFY DOLLAR AMOUNT, OR DOLLAR AMOUNTS. IT WOULD BE A DOMINO EFFECT TO ALL OF THEM. W HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT IS A DATE WITH LAN, SHOULD HAVE ALL THE
] >> YES SIR, THAT IS CORRECT.
SPEAKERS ] >> WHY DID YOU SUBMIT THEM?
>> I RECOMMENDED THEM , JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, TO GET PAID. I KNOW COMMISSIONER HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, BUT THAT IS THE
QUESTION FOR THIS. >> THAT IS FAIR. THESE ARE NOT REALLY YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT MR. GONZALEZ QUESTIONS?
>> YES. >> CLASSIFICATION I WAS NOT
AWARE OF. >> COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ HAS MADE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEMS 25, 26, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 AND 40 PAYMENTS TO OUR NEXT MEETING MAY 10. IS AT THE DATE?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE
[M. Approve Supplemental Agreement No. 7 for a no-cost time extension to the Engineering Services Contract with Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam (LAN) for the I.B. Magee Multipurpose Office Building to extend the termination date of the contract to June 30, 2023.]
>> AYE. >> AYE . THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER. MOVING ONTO ITEM M, APPROVED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER 7 FOR NO COST TIME EXTENSION TO THE ENGINEERING SERVICE CONTRAC FOR THE IB MAGEE MULTIPURPOSE PURPOSE.
>> WHO WAS ASKING? >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON M.
APPROVAL SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER 7. IS THAT PART-TIME
EXTENDED TIME? >> JUST EXTENDING TIME FOR THE
SPEAKERS ] >> IS THAT LIMIT COMMISSIONERS, IT HAS BEEN A SNAKEPIT PROJECT. ALL KINDS OF UNKNOWN CONDITIONS REALLY IT IS THE CONTRACTOR THA IS STRUGGLING IN SOME CASES TO GET SOME OF THE WORK DONE. HE HAS RFI REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THE ENGINEER ON. THAT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. MANY OF THE QUESTION COME UP WITH UNKNOWN CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF WHERE WE STARTED WIT THE BUILDING AFTER IT SAT SO LONG AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY WAITING ON THE INSURANCE SETTLEMENT. RIG AND THERE, NOW TALKING ABOUT THE END OF JUNE .
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>> IT IS RIDICULOUS, BUT IT IS NO-COST EXTENSION AND LIKE YOU SAID WE DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE, BUT THE WHOLE PROJECT IS
RIDICULOUS. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION --
LOW VOLUME ]. >> UNFORTUNATELY I WILL BE COMING BACK IN HERE WITH A COUPLE MORE CHANGE ORDERS THAT WILL COST US SOMETHING. WE ARE STILL IN BUDGET, BUT DOES PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE. CANNOT GET AROUND IT.
>> TO HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM TODAY?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER 7. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[N. Authorize execution of an agreement with Mott MacDonald, LLC for Engineering Services for Packery Channel Living Shoreline Project (RFQ No. 3203-22).]
>> AYE . >> AYE, MOTION PASSES. THANK YO
>> ITEM N, AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH MOTT MACDONAL LLC FOR ENGINEERING SERVICE FOR ZACHARY CHANNEL LIVING SHORELIN
PROJECT. >> JUDGE, SCOTT COULD INTRODUCE
THE ENGINEER AND MOVE ON. >> YES SIR.
>> MOTT MACDONALD, WE SELECTED MOTT MACDONALD THROUGH VERY EXTENSIVE RFQ PROCESS. WE HAD ABOUT SEVEN RESPONDENTS. MICHAE AND THE REST OF THE SCORING TEA I THINK ITEM WAS ON THE TEAM, BUT WE WORK REALLY HARD TO SELECT THE BEST INTERNET WE COULD FOR THIS PROJECT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT. TAKE IT, EVERYBODY, FOR SELECTING US.
YES, MY NAME IS AARON LINE, RESIDENT HERE IN NUECES COUNTY.
PRINCIPAL COASTAL ENGINEER. OFFICE MANAGER FOR OUR OFFICE HERE. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT FINALLY BE ABLE TO DO WOR FOR THE COUNTY. SURVEY GUYS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. GLAD ABOUT IT TOO
>> TRICKY. WE LIKE THE RESIDENT OF NUECES COUNTY .
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO PASS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
[O. Accept for record purposes the following executed lease agreement for FY 2022-2023 at the Nueces County Airport: 1. Hangar T-16 & Hangar T-17 - Guillermo A. Pliego]
>> ANY OPPOSED . MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ONT ITEM O, EXCEPT FOR RECORD PURPOSES THE FOLLOWING EXECUTED LEASE AGREEMENTS AT THE NUECES COUNTY AIRPORT. THAT WAS YOURS
I THINK YOU PULLED IT? >> YES.
>> I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, ALSO AGAIN I KNOW IT WAS IN THE BACKUP SO WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO TRY DOCUMENTING THE AMOUNT. SOMETHING COMES UP LIKE THIS, THE AMOUNT WE ARE PAYING FOR. SEVEN $250 EACH ACCORDING TO TH BACKUP, BUT IT IS $250 EACH HANGER WE SHOULD PUT $250 BY EACH ONE OF THEM. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH WE ARE DOING OR PAIN. IN THE QUESTIONS ON THE ROAD, THEY SAY HOW MUCH WAS THAT FOR, BUT AS A TALKED ABOUT HER DID WE JUST TALK ABOU THIS AT THE LAST MEETING? ANYWHERE WE WILL HAVE MONEY I
THINK IT SHOULD BE INDICATED. >> IT SHOULD BE INDICATED YOUR WANTING IT ON THE FRONT PAGE WHEN WE LISTED, BECAUSE IT IS LISTED IN THE BACK AND THE CONSIDERATION, BUT YES.
>> PEOPLE DO NOT READ THAT. >> EXACTLY, I AGREE.
>> IS AT A MOTION TO PAST? >> GLAD TO BRING IT UP.
>> I MOTION TO PASS. >> I REMEMBER LAST TIME.
>> PUT THE AMOUNT IN THE MOTION AND I COULD AMEND IT.
>> MOTION INCLUDED THIS AMOUNT BE STATED --
>> YOU COULD STATE IT NOW FOR 250.
>> $250. >> I APPROVE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE HANGAR FOR THE 250.
>> YES. >> I SECOND. DISCUSSION?
>> WE HAVE A SECOND AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
>> YES. >> ON THIS ITEM IN GENERAL. WE ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? W ALWAYS LOOK AT HOW WE OR THE HANGAR, I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN BETTER PROCESS DOWN. I SEE THEM SCATTERED A FEW YEARS AGO. I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN IT BETTER MANAGE NOW, BUT IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE CAN GET THE AIRPORT DIRECTED COME IN? I DO KNOW IF WE HAVE HAD OR WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS IN A WHILE, BUT --
SPEAKERS ] >> I KNOW WE HAVE GOTTEN PRESENTATIONS IN THE PAST, PROBABLY JUST WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE I DO NOT RECALL IF WE HAD ONE DONE. MAY BEEN DONE BY YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE STAFF. SOMETHING WE HAVE ADOPTED, BUT MAYBE JUST SOMETHING OVERALL TO HELP US MAYBE VISIONING. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE MET QUITE IN A WHILE WITH THE BOARD, THAT SUPPORT THAT WE APPOINT. THEY WERE IS A VERY ACTIVE BOARD. ACCORDING TO APPOINTEES WE HAVE ON THERE, THEY HAVE NOT HAD A MEETING IN WHILE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW ACCURATE THAT IS, BUT IF WE COULD GET MR. COX TO START WORKING ON THAT AGAIN. COMBAT, HE WAS A REPORT SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RIGH NOW, BUT ALSO MAYBE HIS CHANCES
[01:55:03]
PREBUDGET TIME THAT HE HAS SCHEDULE SOME TIME, MAYBE WE COULD DO IT DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP SO GIVE US BRIEF OVERVIEW, BUT I THINK THAT IS REAL IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING GOOD WORK THEIR. HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. TURNING THIS AROUND THERE, BUT THE PORT IS NOT CONNECTED WITHIN THAT AT THIS MOMENT. LIKE US AT THE LAS I HEARD WAS RESPONDING ABOUTTHREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO. >> OKAY.
>> I WORK WITH THAT DIRECTOR. >> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD THE IMPLEMENT OF THE SEVEN, LEASE AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH THE EFFORT DIRECTORATE TO MAKE SURE WHERE THE HANGARS ARE READY FOR PAINFUL.
>> GREAT IDEA. HE IS ONLINE, BU I DO NOT SEE THAT HE IS ASKING TO SPEAK OR ANYTHING SO HE MIGH BE BUSY. WE WILL GET THEM IN
HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. >> NOT A RUSH.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
[1. Discuss and consider approval of Memorandum of Understanding between Nueces County Public Libraries and Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities to identify and implement ways in which both parties can collaborate to more efficiently promote programming, services and informational support to mutually benefit the parties, the individuals served and the local community.]
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. MOVING ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
TO TABLE NUMBER 1. >> TABLE INDEFINITELY? WE HAVE MOTION TO TABLE NUMBER 1 INDEFINITELY.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . >> AYE .
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. SORR WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT IF HE ASKED TO TABLE IT. YOU MAKE IT WITH COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ
[2. Discuss and consider approval of a Dune Protection Permit for mitigation and compensation of previous impacts to dunes and dune vegetation in violation of the Nueces County Beach Management Plan and Texas Administrative Code (DPP-202302-02) located at 16562 Park Road 22, Corpus Christi, TX.]
AFTERWARDS TO DISCUSS WHY. >> ITEM TWO, DISCUSSING CONSIDE APPROVAL OF DOOM PROTECTION PERMITS. MITIGATION AND
COMPENSATION. >> JUDGE, SORRY, I MEANT TO ASK IF I COULD HAVE ONE TO TABLE IF PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR IT, JUST TO BE SURE. REGULAR ITEM NUMBER 5.
>> YOU WANT TO TABLE THAT ONE YES, INDEFINITELY. PUT BACK ON WHEN SCOTT TELL US IT IS READY.
>> IT IS MOVING. >> SO MOTION --
SPEAKERS ] >> ITEM NUMBER 5 UNTIL THEY ASKED TO BRING A BACK. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A SECOND . ALL THOS
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES THE TABLE. NOW GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER TRUE. ANY OTHER ONES THAT PEOPLE WIS TO SEE OF THEIR IS ANYTHING ELS THAT ANYONE WANTS TO TABLE?
>> OKAY ITEM NUMBER 2, DISCUSSION VOLUME ] DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT FOR MITIGATION AND COMPENSATION OF PREVIOUS IMPACTS TO DUNES AN AN VEGETATION
>> THIS ONE IT ADMINISTRATIVELY CORRECT AND READY TO GO. THIS I GOING TO FIX UNAUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT TOO PLACE PRIOR TO GETTING A PERMIT IN PLACE. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND? >> SECOND.
[3. Discuss and consider approval of a Dune Protection Permit for large scale construction of a single-family residence (DPP-202303-01) located at Lot 1-A Admirals Row, Corpus Christi, TX.]
>> WOMEN MOTION. SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 3.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL O DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT FOR LARGE-SCALE PROTECTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
>> PRETTY MUCH A STANDARD LARGE PERMIT EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE.
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] DELO HAS LOOKED AT IT AND READY
TO GO AND READY FOR APPROVAL >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE . MOTION PASSES. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN, BUT THE
[4. Discuss and consider approval of a Dune Protection Permit for the repair/replacement of a dune walkover ramp terminating on the beach and additional compensation of dunes and dune vegetation that will be relocated from adjacent to the walkover to the foredune area behind the proposed ramp. The project is located at 6109 SH 361, Corpus Christi, TX.]
MOTION PASSES, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL HERE, SORRY. AND FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL O A DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT FOR TH REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OF A DUNE WALKOVER RAMP TERMINATING ON TH BEACH , ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION OF DUNES AND DUNE VEGETATION THAT WILL BE RELOCATED FROM THE ADJACENT TO THE WALKOVER TO THE BOARD DUNE AREA BEHIND THE PROPOSED RAMP.>> YES MA'AM, JUSTIN HOWARD, YO MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
BEHEADED AN WALKOVER THAT ACTUALLY I HELP THEM FIX THE EN OF IT AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY WITH THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE COULD DO THAT, BUT THEY DECIDED THE EIGHT-WEEK OVER THEIR DECIDED THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT BE ACCESSIBLE WALKWAY GIVING PEOPLE MORE ACCESSIBILIT DOWN TO THE BEACH. THIS IS FULL-BLOWN PERMIT TO DO JUST THAT. READY TO GO, RECOMMEND
APPROVAL. >> JUDGE, MOTION TO PASS, QUICK DISCUSSION UNLESS THERE IS SECOND.
>> WOMEN MOTION AND SECOND. >> ONLY THING, BECAUSE WE WILL GO TO THESE I THINK WE NEED TO THAT IS GREAT, BUT I DO THINK,
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THANK SCOTT FOR ALL THE THINGS HE IS DONE FOR THESE. DIRECTED TO THE THE MAC, WORK THEY ARE DOING. THEIR WORKING OUT, INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] MUCH APPRECIATED TO SCOTT.>> THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE MAJOR WHO WE HIRED AS A THIRD-PARTY
CONSULTANT. >> MUCH APPRECIATED. THESE ARE REALLY CRUCIAL. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CLOG UP THERE, NOT POINTING FINGERS, BUT SAYING WE HAVE SO TRY TO GET --
>> I WILL POINT THEM. >> WE ARE MOVING ON, MOVING
FORWARD. >> THANK YOU ALL. IT IS NOT REA FRUMPY THAT
>> ANY OPPOSED ? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
[6. Discuss and consider approving and executing an Amendment No. 1 to extend the Office Lease Agreement between Nueces County and the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority for housing of the Nueces County Social Services Office and the County Veterans Service Office in the RTA Staples Street Service Center, and related matters.]
>> ITEM 6. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AND EXECUTING AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO EXTEND TH OFFICE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NUECES COUNTY EB AND CORPUS CHRISTI RTA FOR HOUSING OF THE TOOK ONE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE AND VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE. I HAVE BEEN OVER THERE AND LOOKED AT THESE. THIS SPACE IS PERFECT FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION
MYSELF TO PASS THIS. >> SECOND.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
>> JUDGE, I HAVE BEEN ON RECORD I WILL STAY IN RECORD WHAT I KNOW I'M THE ONLY ONE, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT, BUT I STILL THINK THE MORE WE MOVE OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE, WHICH IS COSTIN MONEY WHERE WE COULD PUT STUFF IN THE COURTHOUSE. I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS, BUT IT IS NOT, BECAUSE NOT A GREAT SPACE, BUT NEVER VOTED FOR THIS, BUT I WIL STATE ON THE RECORD TO CONTINUE
SPEAKERS ] >> I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT AT THE MOMENT WE DO NOT HAVE A LOCATION HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> I GAVE SOME OF THAT AWAY, BU WE DO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A THIRD FLOOR, SPACES SO WE DO HAVE SPACE HERE. WE COULD RETROFIT IT, WE COULD PROBABLY USE ARPA MONEY LIKE WE DID WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, LEE SPACE, START FOR, TO SOME OTHERS, BUT WE COULD DO SOME RETROFITTING HERE IF YOU WANTED TO THAT AGAIN, I OF SING THIS SONG FOR LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OVER THERE QUICK SIX, SEVEN YEARS, DO NOT GET ANYWHERE ON IT, BUT I WILL KEEP SINGING IT, BECAUSE I THIN WE COULD PUT THEM IN THE COURTHOUSE AND RETROFIT IT. WE HAVE UPPER MONEY FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER AND WE COULD USE THE SAME MONEY FOR THIS, NOT TO PAY
SPEAKERS ] >> I SUPPORTED IT FROM THE BEGINNING. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD LOCATION, ACCESSIBLE --
>> GREAT LOCATION. >> I WILL NOT JOIN THE CHOIR, BUT I THINK INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] PUBLIC DEFENDER SHOULD BE OUT O THERE SO I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT HOW WE COULD UTILIZE THAT OFFICE SPACE THERE FOR THE VETERANS AND MAYBE SOCIAL WORKERS. I KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO OPEN UP THE CLINIC ARE READY AND CALLED HER ON SO MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE SOCIAL WORK. THE VETERANS TOO HAVE EXTENSION SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING A LOT OF THINGS COMING UP SO I MYSELF INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] 60 $70,000 HERE.
LOW VOLUME ] COUNTY FACILITY. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, I INVITE YOU TO COME BY THE OFFICER SO WE COULD SHOW YOU LIKE WE DID TO THE JUDGE, HOW W WORK WITH OUR BUS PASSES.
VETERANS, EASY ACCESS ESPECIALL OF THOSE WITH ADA ISSUES. JUST JUMP ON THE RTA BUS, OF TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. I LOVE TO SHOW YO HOW WE OPERATE. WE WORK WITH AS
FAR AS THE DA. >> I AGREE WITH ALL THAT, BUT A THE SAME TIME WE RAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND VETERAN SERVICES OUT OF THIS BUILDING FOR MANY YEARS. WAS FINE TOO. ALWAYS A BETTER OPTION YES, BUT EXPENSIV OPTION FOR THIS COUNTY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO UNDERTAKE. I THINK WE COULD ABSOLUTELY USE ARPA MONEY THAT WE USE FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE. I CAME AROUND ON THAT ONE, BUT WE HAVE THIS ONE-TIME CHUNK OF ARPA MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GO, RETROFI SPACE. I THINK WE ARE ABSOLUTEL NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING APPROVING THIS, BECAUSE WE COUL USE THIS MONEY BETTER, BETTER SERVED. WE COULD STILL SO THE VETERANS VERY WELL. STILL SERVE THE SOCIAL SERVICE WELL.
RETROFIT THE SPACE WELL AND THE WAY WE NEED TO. KEEP THEM IN TH
COURTHOUSE. >> COMMISSIONER, I AGREE WITH THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. COLUMN I HAVE THAT IS I THINK WE MAYBE SHOULD DO THAT ANYWAY, THEIR LEASE COMES UP, THEY NEED SPACE NOW. IF WE RETROFIT THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY HAVE NOT EVE STARTED. WE ARE NOT MOVING THINGS OUT ON THE LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION SO THAT TAKES TIME THEY NEED A SPACE RIGHT NOW SO IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT I THE FUTURE, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO
THAT AT ALL. >> I THINK WE NEED TO PREPARE
OURSELVES FOR THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
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>> WE HAVE THE BUS STOP IN FRON OF THE COURTHOUSE.
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WE HAVE RUN THOSE KIND OF SERVICES FOR A LONG TIME. NO PROBLEM WIT IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD START
PREPARING OURSELVES. >> IF I COULD SAY IF WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE IS THE ACCESS POINT, BECAUSE WE HAVE UP VETERANS PANTRY NOW. WE DID NOT HAVE THAT HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE. WE REFILL IT EVERY SINGLE MONTH SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO. WITH THE ACCESS SO IF WE COULD FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACCOMMODAT THE PANTRY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT
AS WELL. >> I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUC WE SPEND, BUT IF WE COULD SPEND THAT MUCH, HERE, IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD DO AS FAR SERVICES FOR THE VETERANS. IF W JUST SAY WE DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING, WE PUT THAT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, JUST SPENT IT IN SERVICES, MAYBE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL I KNOW YOU CAN ALWAYS USE PART-TIME PERSON, IF WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT IN, I AGREE. LISTEN TO YOUR PLAN, SAY NOW, WE WILL START AIMING FOR THAT. STILL MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TIME, BUT I THINK IN THE END YO ARE RIGHT. IF YOU ADDED UP OVER THE YEARS, MULTIPLY CURRENT RATE, A LOT OF MONEY WE COULD PUT BACK INTO SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE VETERANS. HARD PART IS MAKING SURE WE BIND FUTURE COURTS IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE CANNOT, BUT THAT MAYBE THE BENEFIT IF WE DO THAT SO I SUPPORT BEFORE THE JUDGE SAYS, WE ARE JUST AT A TIME, BUT IF W CAN GUARANTEE THAT AMOUNT WHEN WE MOVE YOU BACK, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE DIFFERENCES RICA PUT THAT INTO SERVICES OR SPLIT HALF AND HALF. I THINK THAT WILL HELP YOU ALL OUT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY SO MUCH MORE. JUST MY THOUGHTS, SPITBAL IN HERE, BUT I DO SEE WHERE THERE IS A BENEFIT TO BRING IT BACK IN. IT IS A GREAT FACILITY. GREAT LOCATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOUP THAT MONEY SOMEHOW. PUT IT INTO DIRECT SERVICES.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE 50, 16 PEOPLE WORKING OUT OF OU OFFICE. JJ HAS FOUR, THREE, FOU AT A TIME. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SPACE WOULD BE AVAILABLE HERE, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN
MIND, THE AMOUNT. >> YOU'RE DOING IT VERY WELL, I A VERY CONFINED SPACE. I SAW THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT -- >>
SPEAKERS ] >> NEXT YEAR THIS LEASE --
>> I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANYWHERE BEFORE. THIS IS AWESOME, GREATS
EXTENSION, JOHN. >> WE MAY ADD THAT TO THE
MOTION. >> IF THE MOTION IS TO EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR, MOVE THEM BACK AN RETROFIT SPACE IN THE COURTHOUSE, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION, BECAUSE I JUST THINK
THAT IS THE WAY TO DO IT. >> ALLOCATE ARPA FUNDS TO PAY
FOR IT? >> RIGHT, RIGHT TO THE RETROFITTING. THEN AS JOHN SAID AND TO USE THIS FOR VETERAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES --
>> ALL OF THAT ONE MOTION? >> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. I DO NO WANT TO REPEAT THAT, BUT DID YOU GET A, CARA, BUT THOUGHT I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO. >> I AM FIRED UP, OKAY.
>> DO IT. >> MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
>> MOTION WOULD BE TO EXERCISE THE FIRST OPTION TERM TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR AT THE END OF THAT ONE YEAR BOTH SOCIAL SERVICES AND VETERAN SERVICES WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NUECES COURTHOUSE WITH RETROFITTED SPACE USING ARPA FUNDS FOR THAT RETROFIT.
AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE SPENDING ON THE RENT WOULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN VETERAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE VETERAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ SECONDED IT A. ALL THOSE IN
[7. Discuss and consider authorization of County Judge's remaining ARPA Funds for Oil Belt Improvements.]
>> ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOVING ON
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. ITEM 7, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZIN COUNTY JUDGES'S REMAINING ARPA FUNDS FOR OIL BELT IMPROVEMENTS I HAVE SELECTED THIS PART, BECAUSE I WAS INSTRUCTED BY TAC THAT THESE ARE EASY AND THEY AR ALL VERY MUCH APPROVABLE FOR ARPA FUNDS. THIS IS A LARGE PARK. IT HAS 10 DIFFERENT FIELDS. BOYS AND GIRLS THAT PLA THERE, LITTLE MISS KICKBALL, BASEBALL, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THIS PARK HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR YEARS AND IN YEARS, BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE FUNDING. A COUPLE OF VERY BIG THINGS THAT HAVE BOTHERED ME ABOUT THIS PARK, BECAUSE I DO G THERE. MY GRANDKIDS AND SON-IN-LAW PLAYED AS KIDS OUT I THE AREA, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT ME ABOUT THIS, WAS BIG CONCERN TO ME, I DO KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU DO IN THE PAST WITH TIME AND RESOURCE AND MONEY, BUT RESTROOMS ARE OU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LO FOR LITTLE KIDS WALKING OUT TO
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THE PARKING LOT. ABSOLUTELY SAW THAT AS A SAFETY CONCERN, MAJOR ISSUE OUT THERE. THE CONCESSION STANDS ARE ALL NEEDING TO BE OR THINK THEY HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED, BASICALLY. THERE ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS OUT THEIR SO IT NEEDS LOT OF WORK. I AM REQUESTING THAT ALL OF MY REMAINING FUNDS GO TOWARDS THAT.>> HOW MUCH IS THAT? >> I HAVE $3,187,000, AND $400.
>> INDOOR COMPLEX? >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WE WILL GO OUT, TALK TO SOME PEOPLE. I'M UNDERSTANDING WITH LARGE FACILITY WITH THIS MANY FEELS THAT IT COULD EVEN NEED ADDITIONAL MILLION SO I MAY BE COMING BACK BEGGING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. I JUST THINK THIS IS A PROJECT WE DO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY IN, HAS NOT BEEN DONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU ALL ALLOW ME TO DO THIS
>> MOTION AND SECOND. DISCUSSION.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOIN THIS. WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO THIS COMMISSIONER COURT, PRECINCT 1, I LOOKED AT IT AND SPOKE TO SOME OF THE DIRECTORS THERE, JERRY VITAC, I ASKED HIM HOW COULD I HELP? I KNOW IT IS BEING FIXED. NO WAY I WAS GOING TO HAVE $3 MILLION. I'M GLAD NO THAT YOU ARE HERE THAT WE ARE JOINING FORCES. WE CAN GET THIS PART DONE, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THAT PARK AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A LONG TIME.
WE NEED TO GET THEM UP TO PAR S FROM PRECINCT 1, ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY, YOU COULD COME AND ENJOY THOSE PARKS. A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. LITTLE MISS KICKBALL. OTHER BASEBALL TEAMS
COMING AND. >> SOFTBALL, BASEBALL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE, APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. THANK YOU
>> DID YOU WANT TO PUT A DOG PARK THERE?
>> 1000 KIDS THAT PLAY IN THESE PARTS EVERY YEAR. I KNOW THIS I LEASED TO THE OIL BELT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THEM. THEY HAVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OIL BELT GAMES. PUBLIC AND ADULTS PLAY THEIR.
OPEN TO EVERYONE. HUGE FACILITY I THINK IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY A LOT AND HAPPY TO B SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE . ANY OPPOSED? >> THAT IS VERY COOL.
>> $3,187,400 >> JUDGE, EXCUSE ME, IF I MAY ADD? WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE OIL BELT TEAMS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> SEVERAL YEARS AGO THEY GOT
THE WORLD SERIES. >> WORLD SERIES.
>> THAT IS TRUE. >> WORLD SERIES PARK. THEY GOT THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THOS KIDS PLAY THEIR, REAL GOOD.
[8. Discuss and consider authorizing payment to Hagerty Consulting, Inc., for outstanding invoices related to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding administration, and other related matters.]
MOVED ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING. TO HEGARTY CONSULTING FOR OUTSTANDING INVOICES RELATED TO THE AMERICA RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING ADMINISTRATION. I KNOW THEY ARE RELATED. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, YOU HAVE THIS. LOUIS IS HERE.>> DID YOU GET THE SUMMARY I ASKED FOR?
>> MAYBE, HOLD ON. >> I'M SORRY.
>> YOU WANT THAT? >> I'M SORRY.
>> I'M SORRY, MY BAD. >> JUDGE, I MET BRIEFLY ON THIS YESTERDAY AND SAID COULD YOU JUST PLEASE GIVE ME THE TOTAL O WHAT IS UNDISPUTED SO WE COULD PAY THE UNDISPUTED AMOUNT.
>> VERY GOOD. >> THEN DISPUTE THE REST OF IT.
THAT IS WHAT I ASKED HER FOR. >> WHEN I LOOKED AT IT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DID NOT KNOW OR OH.
>> YOU'RE SAYING $72,000 -- >>
SPEAKERS ] >> THEY DID NOT TELL ME WHAT IT SAYS. SORRY. SHE GAVE IT TO ME EARLIER, BUT I JUST DID NOT SEE
IT SO THAT IS ON ME. >> THAT IS JUST PART OF IT.
>> RIGHT, BUT HOW MUCH OF IT IS UNDISPUTED?
>> THE NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE IS WHAT SHOULD BE PAID. LULU AND JEFF WENT THROUGH THE INVOICES SO THEY COULD EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE INVOICES. DISPUTING THE HUNDRED
12,000. >> MY MOTION WOULD BE TO PAY TH
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UNDISPUTED AMOUNT OF SEVEN $241 TODAY. THAT IS MY MOTION.>> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> OKAY.
>> I WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM -- >>
SPEAKERS ] >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO PAY THE UNDISPUTED AMOUNT OF $72,413. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE UNDISPUTED AMOUNT THA WE OWE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
>> AYE. ANY OPPOSED ? MOTION PASSES.
>> THANK YOU. >> NOW TALKING ABOUT THE
QUESTIONABLE PART. >> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON ON THE OUTSTANDING INVOICES? WHAT
IS THE QUESTION HERE? >> LULU, HE PASSED THIS OUT.
>> RIGHT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED DECEMBER OR HAVE NOT RECEIVED DECEMBER 2022 INVOICE FOR MY REVIEW. WE JUST RECEIVED
FEBRUARY'S ON FRIDAY. >> THEY SKIPPED OVER DECEMBER, BECAUSE WE HAVE JANUARY INVOICE
>> CORRECT. >> ON THE AMOUNTS IN QUESTION, JANUARY 22, MARCH 22, AM I READING THAT RIGHT?
>> YES. >> SOME OF THEM WERE DISPUTED, SOMEWHERE NOT. WHAT IS THE DISPUTE?
>> SO THE DISPUTE IS I NEED DEA PERSON WHAT I NEED TO DO IS WHAT THEY SUBMITTED ON THE MEETING FOR SUMMARY, I WANT TO CORRELATE IT WITH DOCUMENTATION AT WHICH I HAVE NOT SEEN SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT WERE JUST NOTHING WAS CIRCLED O ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT DID NOT HAVE, WAS A PERFORMED ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY?
>> YOU'RE WAITING ON BACKUP TO JUSTIFY, BECAUSE I SAW THESE, I WENT THROUGH THEM, IS A HUGE STACK, RIGHT? REALLY HARD, I SE ALL THE STUFF CIRCLED, SOME CROSSED OUT SO REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. AMOUNT OF ONE OF 58,000 CUT DOW TO 24,000. NOT CUT DOWN, BUT THAT IS THE UNDISPUTED AMOUNT.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ALL STILL NEED SO THAT WE CAN CLEARLY TELL HEGARTY, LOOK, WE ARE NOT TELLING YOU WE DO NOT OWE THIS, BUT WE ARE JUST TELLING YOU WE DO NOT HAVE THE BACKUP WHETHER WE OWE YOU THIS OR NOT. DO YOU BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEE TO GIVE YOU, JEFF? ANYBODY? I WOULD ASSUME THEY KNOW WHAT THE
NEED TO GIVE US, YES YOU -- >>
SPEAKERS ] >> YOU ARE LULU OR I NONE OF YO HAVE GOTTEN WHAT I NEED TO APPROVE THESE BILLS?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> COMMISSIONER, --
>> YOUR WORD ON THAT. >> JEFF, YOU COULD EXPLAIN, ALL THESE INVOICES, WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR ARPA, BUT DID YOU LOOK INTO THE INVOICES? THE ALSO COMBINE CLOMID AND I RAP.
IT IS ISSUED, THEY HAVE TO SEPARATE THAT SO THAT IS WHY WE GO THROUGH IT AND SAID, YOU SHOULD NOT BE COUNTING CHARGING THE COUNTY FOR CHARGING FOR COVID FOR THE ARPA MONEY. TO TO
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. >> MAKE A MOTION TO --
>> SORRY. >> FOR DISCUSSION, JUST WANT TO
MAKE A MOTION, GO AHEAD. >> GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
>> FOR DISCUSSION. >> MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING THIS BACK WHEN YOU HAVE THE BACKUP NECESSARY. IN ANY OF THAT, ANOTHER WITH YOU COULD PIECEMEAL IF YOU WANT TO,
SPEAKERS ] >> WE NEED TO PAY THEM AS SOON
AS WE GET THE BACKUP. >> DO NOT HOLD ALL OF IT, RIGHT SO MY MOTION WOULD BE TO BRING THESE BACK IN WHATEVER MANNER YOU NEED TO BRING BACK PIECEMEA OR NOT, TO PAY AS YOU NO LONGER DISPUTE THEM. THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION.
>> UNDERSTOOD. >> I SECOND THE MOTION.
>> IT IS NOT LACK OF COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE I HAVE MINUTE COMMUNICATED WITH HEGARTY. ALSO YOU SUBMITTED A
>> FAMOUS LETTER THAT OUR OFFIC SENT OUT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH HEGARTY. TRYING TO GET DOWN TO THE
NITTY-GRITTY ON THIS. >> I BELIEVE YOU.
>>. >> JEFF, WANT TO THANK YOU, LUL AND DALIA FOR WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS. I KNOW YOU'VE DON A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF READING HERE. I COMMAND YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS.
- LOW VOLUME ] I KNOW, JEFF, YOU ALSO SENT A LETTER, COUPLE OF LETTERS, AT ONE TIME TO HAGERTY, ADVISING THEM THEY HAD
A TIMELINE. >> THAT IS CORRECT, COMMISSION.
CORRESPONDENCE. >> WELL, THEY SENT US
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INFORMATION, BUT THEY SENT IT PIECEMEAL. THEY DO NOT SEND IT ALL BY THE TO DATE THAT IS ACCURATE. THEY SENT IT PIECEMEAL. IT HAS BEEN COMING AND.>> WE ARE DOING THIS, I'M GLAD YOU SAID PIECEMEAL, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT A DEADLINE FOR THIS. IF WE OWE THEM, SUBMI WHATEVER HE OWE THEM THEN CUT THEM OFF LIKE THE SAME THING WE DID WITH HALL OAK, OWE SOMEBODY THE MONEY, PAY THEM . IF WE DO NOT WANT, DO NOT PAY THEM. IF THEY CANNOT PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, BECAUSE I READ THE DOCUMENTATION, HERE WE HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO WORK FOR US, RIGHT? IF I HIRED THEM TO DO WORK FOR ME, PAYING YOU FOR THE WORK THEY ARE DOING, I EXPECT FOR YOU TO GIVE ME A REPORT, RIGHT? I AM PAYING YOU.
>> THAT IS FAIR. >> YOU WILL COME BACK AND CHARG ME TO DO ME A COPY OF THE REPORT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME THAT ANYWAY. YOU WILL CHARGE ME FOR MAKING COPIES OF THE REPORT. HOW DOES THAT WORK? WHERE WE PAYING FOR THAT? CHARGING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS T MAKE COPIES.
>> INVOICE WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT WE DO NOT
GET. >> WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE INVOICES, SPENDING HOURS. WE AR ABLE TO GET THEM TOGETHER. PAY FOR THE SERVICES SO YOU SHOULD PROVIDE US DOCUMENTATION, RIGHT WHY YOU RESEARCHING, DOING ALL THE RESEARCH? SIX, SEVEN HOURS.
I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEE TO LOOK AT WHAT I DO NOT FEEL W SHOULD PAY FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY OWE US, YOU KNOW. THAT WAS IN THE REPORT, DOCUMENTATIONS. THIS IS ON THEM. WE PAID THEM, DOING THE JOB, PART OF THAT IS GIVING US THE REPORT. THERE IS GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR HAGERTY NAMED KEVIN
] >> MAYBE I WOULD LIKE TO KIND O HAVE A JEFF AND LULU, HAVE A MEETING WITH HAGERTY. COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. LOOK, IF WE CANNOT APPROVE WHAT WE OWE YOU, THIS IS WHAT WE OWE YOU, THAT IS IT. WE NEED TO CUT THEM OFF
AT ONE POINT. >> CAN WE PUT A DEADLINE ON IF THEY DO NOT PRODUCE THE INVOICES? IF THEY DID THE WORK
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> IF THEY DID THE WORK THEN UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE CONTRACT THAT THEY CAN SEE IF WE DO NOT BILL YOU BY A CERTAIN TIME, WE DO NOT BILL
YOU. >> IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD LIKE THAT IN ALL OF THE CONTRACTS WITH PEOPLE. THEY NEED TO HAVE A DEADLINE. THEY HAVE OBLIGATION ON THEIR END AS WELL TO GIVE TIMELY INVOICES. I DO UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES THIS APPLIES, PAPERWORK GETTING TURNED IN, BUT THIS IS VERY OUT
OF HAND. >> WHEN THEY ALSO ARE CHARGING US FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, HE NEVER APPROVED IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. DEALING WITH AND CDC, DEALING WITH THE COMPUTERS, EVERYTHING ELSE, NEVER APPROVED THEM TO DO THAT, BUT THEY WERE
DOING ALL THOSE THINGS. >> I THINK THOSE ARE BEING OR THAT IS BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT, TECHNICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE ARPA STUFF, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT, FILLING OUT THE DIFFERENT WORK ORGANIZATIONS IS
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT. >> EXCUSE ME, I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU RECALL OR NOT, BUT WE HAD THEM ON ZOOM. SOMEBODY HERE ASKED A QUESTION TO HAGERTY. HAGERTY RESPONSE WAS WE ONLY ANSWER TO THE JUDGE, FORMER JUDGE.
>> THAT WAS THEIR ANSWER SO THEY HAVE BEEN VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO THIS COURT. I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY TAKE
THEM TO TASK. >> WE JUST WANT TO CLEAR THIS THING HERE. IT IS LIKE THE OTHER ONES, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE ARE DRAGGING THIS, BUT WE CANNOT BE DOING THIS FOR A YEAR, PIECEMEAL IT. THE HAS TO BE A DEADLINE, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU NEED TO REPLACE PRODUCES FOR THE COUNCIL.
>> THERE IS NO OTHER MOTION ON THE OTHER PART OTHER THAN DIRECTION TO GET TOGETHER TO HAVE A MEETING WITH HAGERTY GET
THIS RESOLVED. >> TO BRING IT BACK AS YOU GET
THE INVOICES RESOLVED. >> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> WE DO NOT NEED A MOTION FOR
THAT OR DO WE? >> THE FIRST PART WE ARE READY
PAID AND GOT THAT MOTION. >> WE MADE A MOTION TO SECOND?
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> YOU ARE READY PAID.
>> THE MOTION IS TO TAKE THE DISPUTED BILLS BACK WORK WITH HAGERTY, GET WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS NECESSARY TO BE UNDISPUTED AND AS YOU
BRING THE BACK AT THAT POINT. >>
]. >> I PROBABLY CANNOT REPEAT
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THAT A THIRD TIME. >> I HOPE YOU GOT THE, CARA.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
>> COMMISSIONS ALL IS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSE, SAME SIGN SAW I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION. AGAIN I WANT TO BRING BACK THE PIECEMEAL THING. WHEN DO WE STOP PUTTING THESE PIECEMEAL TOGETHER?
>> YOU CANNOT PAY SOMEBODY. >> THEY CANNOT PROVIDE A SOMETHING TODAY, BUT HOW DO THEY KNOW THEY DID IT?, BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY DID SOMETHING DOES NOT MEAN THEY DID IT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FIGURING OUT NOW, BUT AS FAR AS A BLANKET RULE ABOUT WHEN DO YOU STOP, THAT'S A VERY INDIVIDUALIZED
BACK SPECIFIC QUESTION. >> HAVE BEEN CLOSED ALREADY. I SAW SOME BILLS, BUT AGAIN IT IS GOING BACK AND TRYING TO PICK UP SOME CHARGES. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, WHAT I SAW IN THE WINTER STORM, IT IS IN COVID AND IT CROSSES OVER TO ARPA. SO THEY WERE CHARGING US FOR IT WITH BARBARA AND DURING COVID, I DON'T KNOW IF WE PLAYED OR PAID TWICE A MONTH, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK GOOD AT THE INVOICES THEY SENT AND THE DATES. AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE
NOT ALSO IN THE ARPA FUNDS. >> WE NEED THE TOTAL SEPARATION
[9. Discuss and consider approving payment of outstanding invoices from International Consulting Engineers for October, November, December 2022, and January 2023, for Engineering Services for TWDB Tri-county Drainage Study pending back up information.]
OF THOSE TWO. THANK YOU. LIVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPROVING PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING INVOICES FROM ICE ENGINEERS FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2022 AND JANUARY 2023 FOR THE TRI-COUNTY DRAINAGE STUDY. THIS IS PENDING BACKUP, I UNDERSTAND THEY RECEIVE SOME OF THE BACKUP. HAVE YOU? >> WE DID RECEIVE THE BACKUP REQUESTED BUT BASED ON THAT IT WAS INCORRECT WHICH CAUSED INVOICES TO BE INCORRECT. I'M COMMUNICATING WITH ICE AND THEY WILL HAVE TO REVISE THOSE INVOICES.
>> I WILL DO THE SAME THING I DID BEFORE THE OTHER ONE SAID, APPROVE PAYMENT DEPENDING UPON INVOICES AND BACKUP.
>> JUST NOT THESE INVOICES ATTACHED BECAUSE THEY ARE INCORRECT ONCE I GET THE CORRECT ONES I CAN SUBMIT A
SPECIAL MOTION. >> THIS IS DIFFERENT. YOU SAY THESE ARE NOT CORRECT INVOICES, IT CANNOT PASS THESE BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT CORRECT. >> NOT THESE BUT WHEN THEY COME CORRECT AND I WILL SUBMIT A SPECIAL MOTION TO THE AUDITORS
AS WITH THE REGULAR. >> THEY SAY THAT THE INVOICES CORRECT, BUT THE BACKUP IS NOT.
>> NOT THESE. >> HOW DO WE PAY THESE?
>> WHAT WE CANNOT AUTHORIZE TO PAY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
CORRECT. >> WHEN WE GET THEM WE WILL
PAY THEM. >> YES SIR COME AS WE GET THEM AND REVIEW THEM, I WILL MAKE SURE THEY ARE CORRECT AND SUBMIT WITH MY COVER LETTER FOR APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO THE
AUDITORS OFFICE. >> THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO
US FOR SPECIAL MOTION. >> YES.
>> IS THIS THE SAME ISSUE AS LAST MEETING WHERE THERE WAS CONFUSION BETWEEN THE INVOICES, OR THIS WAS SEPARATE? WASN'T THERE QUESTIONS ON THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE ON THE INVOICES?
>> WE ARE WAITING ON BACKUP INFORMATION.
>> WE GET ONE ISSUE IN THERE SO MANY PARTS TO IT.
>> IT IS LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT.
>> LET ME ASK THE SAME QUESTION AS I ASKED ON THE OTHER, ARE
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ANY OF THESE CORRECT WHERE WE COULD PAY TO GET THEM PAVEMENT?>> OKAY. THAT IS FINE WE WILL TABLE THIS UNTIL THE MAY 10TH MEETING. I WILL PUT IT UNDER SPECIAL MOTIONS.
>> UNDER SPECIAL MOTIONS ONCE I'VE RECEIVED THE CORRECTED
>> WE WOULD MOTION TO TABLE THIS INDEFINITELY AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT INDEFINITELY AND HE WILL PUT IT ON AS A SPECIAL MOTION. SPENT A MOTION TO TABLE INDEFINITELY AND FOR ANNA TO PUT IT INTO SPECIAL MOTION, DO WE HAVE A
[10. Discuss and consider the Fire Marshal position and whether the vehicle and other assets assigned to this department need to be reassigned in order to be utilized; and, other related matters.]
>> WE HAVE A SECOND I'M ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 10, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FIRE MARSHAL POSITION AND WHETHER THE VEHICLE AND OTHER ASSETS ASSIGNED TO THIS DEPARTMENT NEED TO BE REASSIGNED IN ORDER TO BE UTILIZED AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES ON THIS IS THE JOB DESCRIPTION. IT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH HELP FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE ON THE BASE. COMMISSIONER GONZALES ADDED SOME WORDING FOR THE JOB DESCRIPTION TO GO OUT. IT WAS SENT TO ALL OF YOUR OFFICES FOR REVIEW. THAT IS A SEPARATE MOTION WE WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON AS WELL, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION SINCE WE PRESENTED IT TO ACCEPT THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS CHANGED FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL.
>> I WANT TO TABLE THE POSITION.
>> WE ARE TABLING THE POSITION BUT DOING A JOB DESCRIPTION.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO DISCUSSION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE WANT TO SPEND ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION, IF THE COURT WANTED TO DECIDE WE WOULD GO TO DIFFERENT DIRECTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, DO WE NEED TO HIRE A FIRE MARSHAL, OR DO WE NEED TO CONTRACT WITH A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND LET THEM DO IT? WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING APPLICATIONS OF THE PAY RATE WE HAD BEEN SO NUMBER ONE WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THE PLAY OR PAY SIGNIFICANTLY TO GET QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. OR DO WE SAY TO THE CHIEFS, OR THE NEW FIRE CHIEF AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SAY WE WILL CONTRACT WITH YOU WITH A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, AND YOU BE THE FIRE CHIEF, OR THE FIRE MARSHAL. AND WE PAY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THEM AS A CONTRACTED SERVICE. I DON'T REMEMBER WHO FLOATED IT, I BELIEVE IT WAS JOE THAT FLOATED THE IDEA, OR COMMISSIONER GONZALES. I THINK THAT IS A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO THIS. WE
HAD A REALLY HARD TIME. >> I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. AND THEY WERE THE ONES THAT CAME TO US AND WE AT ONE POINT DISCUSSED UTILIZING THE CITY'S FIRE CHIEFS AND DOING SOME KIND OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THEM. THEY FELT LIKE THIS, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWTH IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE OUTER LYING AREAS, THIS WAS A VITAL POSITION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE AND THE GROWTH. I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT POINT IN GOING THROUGH WITH THEM. IF YOU WANT TO WAIT ON THAT WE WOULD NOT PUT IT OUT FOR JOBS YET. WE WERE WAITING TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS WITH THEM SO IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO MOVE
FORWARD. >> SAYS OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY ELSE SPENDING A BUNCH OF TIME AND DISSECT MORE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, IF ANY FACT, THE COURT FEELS THIS. I GET WE NEED SOMEONE TO DO THESE THINGS, I JUST DO NOT KNOW THAT WE NEED IT TO BE INTERNAL WHEN WE HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALL AROUND US THAT HAVE THE ABILITIES TO DO IT. WHY ARE WE REINVENTING THE WHEEL. WE HAVE SO MANY FIRE PROFESSIONALS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE COULD CERTAINLY CONTRACT WITH ONE OF THEM TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES NEEDED, AND WE PAY FOR THEM. I DON'T HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS.
>> HAS ANYONE MET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY TO SEE IF ANY ONE OF THEM IS WILLING TO TAKE THIS POSITION ON IN THEIR
DEPARTMENT? >> NO. I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME UNLESS I GET DIRECTION OF THE COURT. I'M HAPPY TO SPEND TIME DOING IT BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE COURT DIRECTION DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE COURT VOTED ON BEFORE AND IT IS INAPPROPRIATE.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL WAS THE GAME ROOMS NEEDING THEIR INSPECTIONS DONE. A LOT
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OF THE REASON WHY WE HAD TO POSTPONE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS, THEY LEGITIMATELY CANNOT GET PEOPLE TO COME BY AND DO THEIR INSPECTIONS. THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FIRE MARSHAL.>> THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD, JUDGE. THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING THOSE. SPIRIT NOT ALL ARE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
>> THAT WAS AN UNDERLYING ISSUE WHEN WE DEALT WITH THE GAMING ISSUE, THAT WAS ONE PART OF IT. DEALING WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IT IS JUST SO BIG AND COMPLEX, EVERYBODY HAD INPUT AND GETTING EVERYBODY LINED UP TO GO THROUGH THE SAME TIME WAS DIFFICULT. THAT IS JUST ONE PART OF IT. IN ADDITION, OUR FIRST INITIAL ATTEMPT AT FIRE MARSHAL WAS GIVEN FIREARMS AND
WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR IT. >> IS THAT INCLUDED?
>> THAT IS IN HERE. >> I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS, BUT OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR HAS BIG-TIME CORPORATE EXPERIENCE. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HAD A CRACK AT THIS YET, HE WAS JUST TRANSITIONING IN I'M SURE MOST OF THE WORK WAS DONE I WOULD SUGGEST THAT HE LOOK AT IT AS WELL IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE ARE TAKING. HE HAD SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK OUT, AS MUCH AS IT IS IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND IN HR, THE ARGUMENT IS WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS THAT WE DID BECAUSE HR WASN'T INCLUDED ENOUGH OR DID NOT GIVE US ENOUGH INSIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS BEEN A DIRECT PART OF THIS AND IS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT BEFORE WE GO FURTHER. HE ME ABLE TO PICK OUT THINGS INCLUDED OR SHOULD NOT, AND THAT WILL SET IT UP IF WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION OF KEEPING OUR OWN, OR IF WE WANT TO GO THE DIRECTION WE ARE SAYING. I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITHOUT A DISCUSSION SO WE DON'T SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS WE HAVE SO MUCH ELSE TO DO. I WOULD WANT US AS A COURT TO DECIDE WHERE WE PHILOSOPHICALLY GO. DO WE FEEL WE CAN PAY SOMEONE ALREADY QUALIFIED TO DO IT, OR DO WE SEEK SOMEONE? IF WE GET THE RIGHT JOB DESCRIPTION WRITTEN OUT AND THE RIGHT SET OF EYES TO DO IT, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE IN THE COURT AND OUTSIDE THE COURT, IF WE COULD HAVE OUR HR DIRECTOR REVIEW IT AS WELL, I THINK WE CAN CRAFT A JOB DESCRIPTION AND HELP US WITH RECRUITING. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I SUPPORTED HIM BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO RECRUIT PEOPLE. AND WE OVERALL IS A COUNTY, NOT JUST ANY INDIVIDUAL, IT IS THIS INSTITUTION, AND YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
IF YOU GO TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, OUR EXPERIENCES YOU HIRE A FARM, OR SEES MAKE HIM A FIRM BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BUT YOU GET AT LEAST A DIRECTION FROM SOMEONE WITH SPECIALTY THAT IS RECRUITING AND DOING ALL THE WORK DONE FOR A FIRE CHIEF. WE'VE DONE IN-HOUSE. YOU COULD ARGUE WHAT HAS OUR TRACK RECORD BEEN ON HIRING SOME INDIVIDUALS, NOT ALL, BUT SOME? BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN THOROUGH ENOUGH OR THE RIGHT SET OF EYES ON HOW WE DRAW THIS DESCRIPTION. THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. IF WE COME UP WITH A GOOD ENOUGH DESCRIPTION, I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE BATTLE. I THINK WE CAN REALLY GO OUT TO RECRUIT SOMEONE WE NEED IF WE GO THAT DIRECTION. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT A SHOT FIRST TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. IF NOT, I SUPPORTING OF IT BEFORE AND I SUPPORT GOING OUTSIDE FOR SERVICES AND GOING INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE, WHETHER IT IS SOMEONE INDIVIDUALLY, WHETHER IT IS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI OR SOMEONE ELSE.
>> YOU COULD DO IT SIMULTANEOUSLY. YOU COULD DO IT ON TWO TRACKS. YOU COULD SAY LET HIM START WORKING ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION, AND LET'S START HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH CHIEF CLACK AND CHIEF BISSETT A COME AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING. THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE A FIRE MARSHAL BUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE WILL OF THE COURT, WITH IT BEING THE WILL OF THE COURT, THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS AND THEY WILL DO WITH THE WILL OF THE COURT IS. AND START WITH THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO OUTSTANDING ESD'S. AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THEN LET MR. SOLEIL WORK ON THE DESCRIPTION, WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CC FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF THE DST'S DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT ON OR HAVE THE
MANPOWER. >> THE ESD IS WANTED IT SO MUCH, THEY WERE INTERESTED. THEY WERE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO RAISE THE PAY SCALE SO WE COULD GET SOMEONE .
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>> OR WE PAY THEM. >> WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THEM
EASILY. >> I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO SIMULTANEOUSLY WORK ON BOTH, LETTING MR. SOLEIL TAKE A LONG, HARD SHOT AT THAT DESCRIPTION, GIVE INPUT AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE THE TWO ESD CHIEFS, CHIEF CLACK AND CHIEF WES BESEDA, AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FIRE MARSHAL.
>> DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT ANY INDIVIDUAL TO GO HAVE THE
DISCUSSIONS ON OUR BEHALF? >> YOUR COUNTY JUDGE. YOU WOULD
BE THE NATURAL PERSON. >> MOTION TO ACCEPT.
>> NO DISCUSSION. >> WE CHANGED PLANS . THAT IS
THE MOTION. >> WITH DIRECTION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO BE THAT PERSON, NOT SAYING I WILL NOT HELP. BUT YOU ARE THE LEADER OF OUR COUNTY.
>> OKAY THANK YOU. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE
A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> THANK YOU.
>> DO YOU NEED TO REPEAT? >> IT WAS A SIMULTANEOUS MOTION TO WORK ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO GO.
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE POSITION.
>> BEING CONTRACT. >> YES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE .
>> AYE . >> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
MOTION PASSES. >> THE AGENDA ITEM, JUDGE, I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT THIS ONE ON, WAS THIS YOU?
>> ON WHAT? >> ABOUT VEHICLE AND OTHER
ASSETS. >> OH, THERE IS ANOTHER MOTION.
THE ASSETS. >> THERE ARE OTHER MATTERS
INVOLVED, WITH THE EQUIPMENT. >> YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
>> YES. IS MICHAEL HERE? COME ON OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN
THERE ALMOST ONE YEAR PARKED? >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO UTILIZE THAT VEHICLE IF WE HAVE TO IF WE GET THE FIRE MARSHAL DOWN THE ROAD WE CAN WORRY ABOUT THAT VEHICLE THEN, HE MIGHT NOT BE HERE IN SIX MONTHS.
>> WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE? >> IT IS A TRUCK AND FULLY OUTFITTED AND RED AND STRIPED OUT AS A FIRE MARSHAL VEHICLE
CURRENTLY. >> EVERYBODY WANTS IT.
>> THERE ARE A LONG LIST OF FOLKS WHO HAVE CALLED ME ABOUT
THAT TRUCK. >> WE NEED TO HOLD THE DRAWING.
BATTLE. >> COULD YOU COME GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW WE COULD HANDLE THIS? I DON'T KNOW WHO NEEDS THIS VEHICLE, THE WALKING INSTEAD OF DRIVING. CAN YOU
LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE? >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COURT IS AWARE THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A VEHICLE THESE DAYS, STILL. IF YOU FORESEE THAT YOU WILL NEED THAT VEHICLE WITHIN LESS THAN A YEAR, I WOULD KEEP IT THE WAY
IT IS. >> WE COULD PUT COUNTY JUDGE ON IT AND LET THE JUDGE DRIVE IT AROUND.
>> OH YEAH. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PARTNERED WITH ONE OF THE ESD'S, WOULD THEY TAKE THE
VEHICLE? >> YEAH, THAT IS A GOOD
NEGOTIATING THING. >> SO WE JUST TOLD IT?
>> I COULD HOLD IT UNTIL YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
>> I WOULD HOLD IT FOR 90 DAYS.
>> WHERE IS IT? >> IT IS OUT AT THE ANNEX YARD AND SOMEBODY STARTS IT UP PERIODICALLY.
>> SAY 90 DAYS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
>> JUST SEE HOW FAST THE JUDGE CAN MOVE.
>> GOTCHA. >> THERE ARE ALSO OTHER ASSETS
>> YES I THINK THERE ARE WEAPONS BEING HELD AT PRECINCT 2. THOSE ARE JUST BEING HELD AND NOT USED.
>> THEY ARE UNDER LOCK AND KEY. THE REASON I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS WHEN I TALKED TO THE CONSTABLE, I WAS GETTING READY TO PUT THEM IN INVENTORY AND I WAS LIKE NO, YOU CANNOT PUT THEM IN INVENTORY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GAVE THEM THOSE WEAPONS BUT WE GAVE THEM THE WEAPONS, AND IT IS TWO RIFLES AND TWO GUNS, A COUPLE OF NINE MILLIMETERS AND SOME M-16S.
THOSE ARE REALLY SOMETHING WE CAN KEEP AT THE COURTHOUSE. I WAS THINKING THE SHERIFF COULD HOLD ONE OF THE RIFLES AND THE GUNS UNDER LOCK AND KEY, NOT EVER BE USED BUT IN CASE WE EVER NEEDED SOMETHING, WE KNOW THERE IS A SET. CONSTABLE AT
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PRECINCT 1 UNDER LOCK AND KEY AND NOT TO BE CARRIED ANYWHERE ELSE, JUST IN CASE WE NEEDED. IT WOULD COVER BOTH ENDS OF THECOURTHOUSE. >> WHO ARE THE GUYS REGISTERED
>> THE OPEN FIRE MARSHAL ANOTHER PREVIOUS?
>> WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE PAPERWORK.
>> WE HAVE TO GET THAT CLEARED UP IF IT WAS THE PREVIOUS
>> THEY WERE UNDER COUNTY NAME.
>> IT WAS UNDER PRECINCT 2 BECAUSE POSSIBLE WITHOUT A LICENSE OFFICER, IT WAS BECAUSE WHAT PRECINCT 2 THAT HAD THE LICENSING TO BRING THEM. AND THAT IS WHY IT IS AT 2 AT THE
MOMENT. >> HE WAS A CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICER THAT HELD HIS CERTIFICATION UNDER PRECINCT 2 WOULD BE THE CORRECT ARTICULATION.
>> THAT IS WHAT I THINK THEY ARE AT PRECINCT 2.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT. >> I BELIEVE YOU ARE CORRECT.
>> HE LET THAT CERTIFICATION GO.
>> WE HAVE THE GUNS. >> WE HAVE THEM BUT WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE REGISTERED UNDER. IF IT IS JUST TRANSIT FROM I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BUY A GUN AND REGISTER IT UNDER JUST TRANSIT. I BUY GUNS.
>> WELL LET'S BRING UP THAT REPORT.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS UNDER NUECES COUNTY, WE BOUGHT FIREARMS FOR
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE . >> OH IF YOU BUY IT WITH
PURCHASING THAT MAKE SENSE . >> IT WAS THE SAME DISTRIBUTOR THAT WE AS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PURCHASED FROM IT WAS BOUGHT AS NUECES COUNTY, DESIGNATED FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL . I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK. I CANNOT SPEAK TO
THAT LEVEL OF INTEL. >> AND ON MAY 10TH BRING IT
BACK. >> WHAT IS IT INTENTIONALLY ON THE AGENDA ITEM IN THE LISTING OF ASSETS? SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO WITH THEM?
>> MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT THE COURT WILL DESIGNATE WHO WILL BE HOLDING THESE ITEMS UNTIL WE DESIGNATE. THEY ARE IN A SAFE PLACE RIGHT NOW TECHNICALLY. SO IF THE COURT
WOULD PREFER- >> WELL AND NOT ON INVENTORY.
>> WILL FRANKLY IF YOU WANT TO BE HELD IN THAT LOCATION, ASSET WISE WE NEED TO RECORD THEM AS BEING IN PRECINCT 2 INVENTORY TO POSSESSION. AND I COULD MAKE A MOTION TODAY THAT SAYS THEY ARE IN THE POSSESSION, BUT THEY ARE STILL ASSIGNED TO THE FIRE MARSHAL. THAT WAY THERE IS NO CONFUSION LATER ON WHEN YOU GO TO PULL THEM BACK AND GIVE IT.
>> AND THAT MAY BE THE CASE, WITH ITCHY WE DO SOMETHING WITH THE ESD'S THEY MAY WANT FOR FIRE MARSHAL DUTIES IF WE BOUGHT THEM FOR FIRE MARSHAL, BUT ALL OUGHT TO BE USED FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL IN SOME CAPACITY, WHETHER CONTRACTING
OUT, OR WHETHER WE KEEP IT . >> HAD THE FIRE MARSHAL HAD A SAFE UPSTAIRS FOR STORING THESE, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A FIRE MARSHAL TO WATCH THE SAFE. AND SO THAT IS WHY THEY NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE, EITHER CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 OR THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE. >> THEY ARE NO LONGER SAFE AND WE NEED SOMEBODY TO WATCH THAT.
>> PRECINCT 2 COULD MONITOR THEM. AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT
PUT INTO CARS. >> IF Y'ALL WANT TO DIRECT THE POSSIBLE THEY ARE TO BE STORED ONLY, TO MAKE THAT KIND OF
ARRANGEMENT. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO LEAVE THE WEAPONS WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW AND CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THEM UNDER LOCK AND KEY, STORED ONLY AND NOT TO BE USED FOR OPERATIONS, DAILY OPERATIONS .
>> STORED FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL POSITION, YES.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> 90 DAYS WE WILL ADDRESS THAT.
>> WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIDE. THE MOTION PASSES. THAT TAKES CARE
[11. Receive presentation on Nueces County Hospital District's proposed issuance and sale of Certificates of Obligation for improvements to the former Memorial Hospital campus located at 2606 Hospital Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Texas; improvements include expansion of the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Family Health Center and construction of new clinical and administrative/support facilities.]
OF EVERYTHING ON THAT ONE. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION ON NUECES COUNTY DISTRICT'S PROPOSED ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FORMER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CAMPUS. WE HAVE A MOTION AT A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
>> THAT WAS QUICK. >> GO AHEAD, ARE YOU UP?
>> THANK YOU. >> WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION?
>> THE FIRST IS THE PRESENTATION.
>> IS THAT THE REVISED ONE? IT IS RIGHT THERE. YES. WE DO NOT
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NEED THAT ONE UP JUST YET. >> WE DON'T?
>> NO. WE WILL GET THESE CUTE UPS SHORTLY. GOOD MORNING.
JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU ALL . MY NAME IS JOHN VOSS, PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT THE NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT , AND I HAVE FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, CIVILLY A OLIVER IN ATTENDANCE, MR. GRANADA IS ALSO ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND I THINK Y'ALL KNOW THEM BUT WE ARE PRESENTING A VERY SIDING PROJECT TODAY. AS Y'ALL HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED, OR YOU HAVE TRAVELED BY CROSSTOWN AND YOU'VE SEEN THE FORMER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CAMPUS IS NOW GONE. THE DEMOLITION IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE HAVE JOHN MICHAEL WITH HANSEN ENGINEERING THAT WILL GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE. AND WE DO HAVE MR. KRAMER, ARCHITECT, ALONG WITH MR. DOMINGUEZ AND MR. DESMOND FROM THE SYSTEM TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE HECTOR GARCIA CLINIC AS IT STANDS TODAY AND THE NEEDS FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING FOR THE FUTURE. AND Y'ALL SOME OF YOU ATTENDED THE DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY WE HAD LAST OCTOBER WHEN THEY STARTED DEMOLITION OF THE MEMORIAL CAMPUS. THE PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY AND ALMOST COMPLETE. I THINK THEY EXPECT IT TO BE COMPLETE IN THE NEXT SHORT MONTHS. AND WITH THE HOSPITAL COMING DOWN, CHRIS'S HAS COME TO US OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO AND TOLD US ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND EXPANDING THE CLINIC. WHEN IT WAS FIRST RIVEN CUT AND BUILT IT WAS TOO SMALL FOR THEM AND WITH THE MEMORIAL CAMPUS BEING GONE IT IS TIME TO EXPAND THE HECTOR CLINIC, THERE ARE DESIGNS ON THE DRAWING BOARD AND EXPANSION TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA. AND SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS PROVIDED WITH AND ONE IS A SCHEMATIC OF THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WILL INTRODUCE MR. DOMINGUEZ WITH THE KRISTA'S SYSTEM. HE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE HECTOR P AND THE FUTURE OF IT AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO MR. KRAMER, ARCHITECT. WE WILL HAVE HIM PRESENT SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN SCHEMATICS, AND THEN BEYOND HIM WILL HAVE VICTOR, RFA, AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT BOND FINANCING AND HOW TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT. WE WILL WRAP UP WITH JOHN MICHAEL WITH HANSEN WHO WILL GIVE AN UPDATED TIMELINE ON THE COMPLETION OF THE DEMOLITION. AND ALSO MR. HIP IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. LET ME TURN IT OVER TO MR. DOMINGUEZ.
DOMINIC DOMINGUEZ, I'M BLESSED TO SERVE AS A CO AND PRESIDENT OF THE KRISTA SYSTEM . THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME IN. THANK YOU. WE ARE BLESSED IN CORPUS CHRISTI TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP HERE IN THIS NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL, AND THE COMMISSIONERS YOU JUST WITNESSED THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND MR. HIP. IT IS OUR NOT FOR FACES ARE NOT-FOR-PROFIT. THIS ORGANIZATION COULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY. AND AS WE LOOK AT IT AS CHAIRMAN VOLL SAID, IMMEDIATELY UPON ENTERING, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO GROW. AS WE LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE RESIDED IN THE HOSPITAL, NOW RESIDE IN A CLINIC SETTING. WITH THE TALENT BEING TRAINED, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS IN PLACE AND WITH THE ABILITY TO GET TO PATIENTS. WITH THE ONGOING NEEDS FOR PHARMACISTS IN PARTICULAR AND ADDITIONAL ROOMS THAT WITH THE PATIENT THAT ARE URGENT BUT NOT EMERGENT. WE WORKED WITH THIS COURT, PRIOR TO MY TIME, BUT AWAY I FULLY ENDORSE, TO COMMIT TO THE COMMUNITY IN A MANNER OF EXPANSION OR A COMPLETE REDO.
AND THE CHRISTUS FUND CONTINUES TO GROW WITH YOUR COUNTY COME AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND IT MEETS THE NEED OF ALL OF OUR CITY AND ALL THE COUNTY SURROUNDING THE HUB HERE OF NUECES COUNTY . THE PHARMACY AREA IS IN SORE NEED OF EXPANSION TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE EVER GROWING NEEDS OF PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN HE TO CONTINUE TO BE IN A POSITION TO CARE FOR PATIENTS THOSE AREAS AND MORE URGENT FASHIONS, NOT EMERGENT, BUT URGENT. THOSE ARE THE NEEDS YOU WILL SEE FOR MR. KRAMER. I BELIEVE THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT WILL WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH AND IN A MANNER TO CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE NEEDS BUT THOSE ARE TWO PRESSING NEEDS AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU AND I DO STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS THE PRESENTATION GOES ON. DESMOND IS OUR
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PRESIDENT OF THE SHORELINE CAMPUS, WHICH IS MOST CONNECTED TO THE ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING THE HISTORIC MEMORIAL.>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I AM JERRY KRAMER AND I'M ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS. GLAD TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON SHARING WITH YOU THE PLANS WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THE FUTURE. AS MR. DOMINGUEZ TALKED ABOUT, WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WILL ADDRESS THE NEEDS, NOT ONLY NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE AND WAYS TO DO THAT, HOPEFULLY IN ECONOMIC AND GOOD STEWARDSHIP WAY. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEFORE YOU A PLAN THAT IS A SCHEMATIC PLAN, JUST TURN TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THAT, THE WAY WE WILL LOOK AT ADDRESSING THIS, AS MR. DOMINGUEZ TALKED ABOUT, THERE ARE SEVERAL SERVICES WITHIN THE EXISTING HPG FACILITY THAT ABOUT GROWN THEIR SPACE. THOSE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. HOW WILL WE DO THAT. THE SPACE IS VERY SPECIFICALLY ARE THE PHARMACY SPACE THAT MR. DOMINGUEZ TALKED ABOUT, THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING, THE ENROLLMENT AREA FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AND THE NEED OF SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING AND HOW TO DO THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING HOSPITAL DISTRICT SPACES, EDUCATIONAL SPACES, PHARMACY SPACES, AND THEY ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A QUICK OR URGENT CARE PIECE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING OUT OF THAT BUILDING IN ORDER TO GIVE US SPACE THAT WE CAN USE TO REDEVELOP HPG AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE SERVICES THERE. VERY SPECIFICALLY THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND FAMILY PRACTICE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS GROWN AND HAVE NEEDS. AND ALSO SOME OF THE FAMILY PRACTICE PIECES. WE WOULD IN FILL THAT SPACE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF RENOVATION AREA. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15,000 AND 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL HPG SPACE THAT WOULD BE RENOVATED. AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WE WOULD LOOK AT MOVING SOME OF THESE SPACES TO A NEW LOCATION. THE FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CHRISTUS PIECE.
THAT WOULD BE A BUILDING THAT WE ARE SHOWING HERE ADJACENT TO THE HECTOR P GARCIA BUILDING. THAT WOULD A SPACE THAT INCLUDES SERVICES LIKE THE PHARMACY, INCREASING PHARMACY SIZE, AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES CURRENTLY WITH THE PHARMACY IS THE DRIVE-UP PIECE. CURRENTLY THE PHARMACY HAS ONLY ONE DRIVE-UP WINDOW. IT IS NOT AS EFFICIENT AS IT COULD BE A BIT WERE LOOKING AT MOVING THAT OVER TO ANOTHER BUILDING AND PROVIDING TWO LANES LIKE YOU WOULD SEE AT AN HEB STORE.
BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF SCRIPTS THE RUNNING THROUGH THERE IT WOULD HELP IMPROVE THE FLOW AND EFFICIENCY, AND ALSO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE PHARMACY. SECOND THING WE WOULD DO IN THAT BUILDING WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT NEEDED. EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY WITH DIABETES AND OTHER ELEMENTS WITHIN THE EDUCATION PIECES, WE WOULD EXPAND THAT WITHIN THAT SPACE. FINALLY WE HAVE PROVIDED SPACE TO CREATE AN URGENT CARE KIND OF SETTING AND ELEMENT. THIS WOULD BE A NEW BUILDING, AND THE BUILDING WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 20,000 SQUARE FEET. WE ARE WORKING BACK AND FORTH AS TO WHAT THE SPECIFIC SIZE WOULD BE. BUT IT WOULD BE THAT SPACE. AND THE NUECES COUNTY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE BUILDING AND THAT BUILDING WOULD COMPRISE THE ENROLLMENT PIECES CURRENTLY AT HPG. IT WOULD INCLUDE MOVING THE CURRENT OFFICES THAT ARE DOWNTOWN OVER TO THE SITE SO THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WOULD BE THERE IT WOULD INCLUDE CARPENTRY SPACE AND IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SOME SPACE AS A MEMBER OR MEMBERS MEMORIAL OF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AN AREA THAT WE COULD CREATE TO HELP US REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE YEARS FOR THIS COUNTY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT BUILDING WE JUST HAVE SHOWN A GENERAL LOCATION, IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY SOMEWHERE AROUND 20,000 SQUARE FEET, PLUS OR MINUS. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GROUP THE BUILDINGS TOGETHER SO WE KEEP THE TRAFFIC AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE YET ALONE TRAFFIC FROM HPG TO THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO THE OTHER CHRISTUS BUILDING, TO GO WITHOUT HAVING TO PASS THROUGH ANY SORT OF PARKING AREAS. THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL CONCEPT PLAN . AND THIS TAKES UP A PORTION OF THE ENTIRE SITE BUT NOT THE ENTIRE SITE. WE HAVE SHOWN THE PARKING AREA, SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF THAT, THE NUMBER PARKING SPACES. NOW THE
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SECOND PAGE, IF YOU FLIP OVER , I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE OVERALL SIZE OF WHAT IT TAKES UP IN TERMS OF SPACE. THE SECOND PAGE SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT, HOW THE MEMORIAL SITE, THE CLEAR SPACE THAT YOU SEE TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THAT IS THE REMAINING SPACE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. AND THAT IS A SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS, THAT COULD BE USED FOR SOME OTHER USE IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS THE MODEL THAT WE PUT TOGETHER TO HELP US BUILD THE INITIAL COST OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT. NOT ONLY BUILDING COSTS, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE COST,AND FIXTURES. ANY QUESTIONS? >> IT LOOKS PRETTY AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE WAY THAT JERRY PRESENTED IT, OUR MISSION AND OUR GOAL HERE, WHERE THE HECTOR P IS RIGHT NOW, TO HAVE THAT SOLELY FOR CLINICAL OPERATION. RIGHT NOW THERE IS ADMINISTRATIVE, PHARMACY AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS HAPPENING, THERE ARE CLASSROOMS. WE WANT THE HECTOR P AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW TO BE NOTHING BUT CLINICAL WE WILL CREATE A SEPARATE PHARMACY AREA AND A SEPARATE URGENT CARE AREA, HAD A SEPARATE BUILDING WITH A HOSPITAL DISTRICT OFFICES. RIGHT NOW THE RUNNING ABOUT 15,000 PRESCRIPTIONS A MONTH. CREATING MORE EFFICIENCY WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH WILL HELP MORE FOLKS ACCESS THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS EASIER. AS YOU MISS A PRESCRIPTION, AS YOU KNOW IT IS HARD TO GET BACK ON TRACK. AND SO THE GOAL IS SO THAT CHRISTUS CAN OPERATE THE HECTOR P FOOTPRINT RIGHT NOW IS: A CLINICAL FACILITY. THAT IS WHY WE ARE MOVING THE ADMINISTRATIVE INTO PHARMACY AND THE ENROLLMENT CENTER AND SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES CURRENTLY UNDER ONE ROOF RIGHT NOW TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PATIENT CARE DELIVERY.
NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO VICTOR QUIROGA, HE WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCING PLAN OF THE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. HONORABLE COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY AND FOR THE RECORD I AM VICTOR QUIROGA WITH SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS THE FINANCIAL ADVISER. I ALSO HAD THE HONOR OF MANAGING OUR CORPUS CHRISTI OFFICE AND SAN ANTONIO OFFICE AND HELP THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GO THROUGH THE FINANCING PROCESS. THE PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU THAT WE HANDED OUT WITH A HARD COPY FOR YOU AND IT IS ALSO ON THE SCREEN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, IS THE FINANCING PLAN THAT WAS REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED AND ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF MANAGERS AT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AT THEIR APRIL 11TH MEETING TO START THE PROCESS, AND TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FINANCING ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT. OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOUR TIME, I WILL NOT GO AND REDO A VERBATIM PRESENTATION THAT WE DID AT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. BECAUSE I KNOW THE COUNTY IS USED TO ISSUING WITH THE FINANCING TOOL THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING MOVING FORWARD TO FINANCE A PROJECT THAT WAS RELAYED TO YOU. WE WILL GO QUICKLY SLIDE BY SLIDE, THE FIRST PAGE AFTER THE COVERSHEET IS THE GENERAL OVERVIEW WE SHARED WITH THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. THE NEXT SLIDE IS SHOWING THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT , THE BOND FINANCING THAT IT IS CONDUCTED IN THE PAST, CURRENTLY THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE ANY BONDS OUTSTANDING, THE ONLY TAX RATE IT USES IS ITS M ENDO TAX RATES OPERATE THE SYSTEM. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE TREND , THE OPERATION TAX RATE THAT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT UTILIZES UNDER STATE LAW AND THEY COULD GO UP TO $.75 PER 100 EVALUATION BUT CURRENTLY IT IS A 9.9 CENTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, 10 YEARS AGO, THE TAX RATE WAS JUST UNDER $.15, SO YOU SEE A DOWNWARD TREND. THE REASON FOR THAT, AS YOU KNOW, PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY HAD BEEN INCREASING AT THAT TIME IT IS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP AND AS PROPERTY VALUES GO UP THE TAX RATES SUBSEQUENTLY GO DOWN WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 9.9 CENTS. KEEP THAT IN MIND THERE IS A DOWNWARD TREND. IF YOU GO TO SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, THIS IS A HISTORY LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY VALUE TREND OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AND IN THAT TIME, ON AN ANNUAL AVERAGE BASIS WE GROW ABOUT 7.1% PER YEAR IN PROPERTY
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VALUE GROWTH. THIS CURRENT YEAR WE ARE IN, WE GREW 14.3%, SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN A TREND, NOT ONLY WITH NUECES COUNTY, BUT STATEWIDE. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES OR THE PRO FORMA'S REGARDING THE IMPACT TO THE TAX RATE FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT. WE RAN TWO SCENARIOS, AND WE USE THE AVERAGE GROWTH RATE OF 7.1% FOR PRESENTATION PURPOSES. AS YOU KNOW WANT TO GO PAST ONE YEAR AND YOU TRY TO PROJECT THAT IT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE PROPERTY VALUES CHANGE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, ME SUMMARIZE IT HERE THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PERFORMANCE. WE ARE LOOKING AT A 30 YEAR FINANCING. WE LOOK AT ATTAINING A FIXED INTEREST RATE AND THIS WOULD BE A TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING. THE IMPACT HERE, IF WE WERE TO FOCUS ON A $30 MILLION FINANCE, THE IMPACT TO THE TAX RATE FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TAXPAYERS IS POINT FOR FULL OR .45 CENTS . OR LOOKING AT LESS THAN HALF A PENNY TO SUPPORT A $30 MILLION BOND ISSUANCE. WE RAN THE SAME SCENARIO FOR $45 MILLION FINANCING IF IT GOES TO THAT AMOUNT. THAT IMPACT WOULD BE LESS THAN 7/10 OF ONE PENNY. SO .67 CENTS. WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT TO ME IF I WERE A HOMEOWNER AND A TAXPAYER HERE, IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT TAXABLE VALUES. FOR EVERY $100,000 IN TAXABLE VALUE, IF YOU LOOK AT $45 MILLION FINANCING, MY MONTHLY IMPACT AS A HOMEOWNER WOULD BE $.56 PER MONTH TO SUPPORT $45 MILLION BOND FINANCING. THE NEXT SLIDE IS GENERAL INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT REGARDING THE FINANCING. IT IS OBLIGATION THE COUNTY IS FAMILIAR WITH AND IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT TOOL THAT WE FEEL COULD FINANCE THE PROJECT BEING CONSIDERED. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE NECESSARY STEPS UNDER STATE LAW THAT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL FINANCING. IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE AFTER THAT. ON PAGE 10, THESE ARE THE GENERAL STEPS AND OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, AND WHERE WE INTEND TO BE AS A HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL FINANCING AS INDICATED EARLIER ON APRIL 11, HOSPITAL BOARD RECEIVED AND APPROVED THE FINANCING PLAN BEFORE YOU. AND TODAY THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING INFORMATION ON THIS FINANCING OF THE PROJECT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER, THE END NOTICE OF INTENT RESOLUTION TO FOLLOW STATE LAW AND GIVE THE TAXPAYERS NOTICE WE ARE INTENDING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS FINANCING NOT TO EXCEED $45 MILLION AND THAT NOTICE WOULD BE MAY 1ST AND ONE HALF AND CONSECUTIVELY OVER TWO WEEKS AND IT WOULD APPEAR IN THE PAPER ON MCPHERSON ON MAY 8TH. THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY GET US TO LOCK IN AN INTEREST RATE FOR FINANCING AND THEN ON JUNE 20TH, WE WOULD GO INTO THE BOND MARKET UNLOCK AN INTEREST RATE FOR THE FINANCING, AND THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAVE SPECIAL SPECIAL BOARD MEETING TO FINALIZE THE DOCUMENTS AND LOCK IN THE INTEREST RATE. THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ON THE JUNE 21ST REGULAR COUNTY MEETING TO PROVIDE YOU THE SAME INFORMATION FOR YOU TO HOPEFULLY APPROVE THAT FINANCING AS WELL AND LOCK IN THE INTEREST RATE. THEY STOP THIS, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE FUNDS IN HAND BY JULY 20TH, NO MEETING IS NECESSARY, THAT WOULD BE ELECTRONIC WIRE. THE LAST IS FINANCING GOALS AND WE WILL NOT EXCEED THE $45 MILLION THRESHOLD WHICH IS THE UPPER LIMIT. WERE LOOKING AT 30 YEAR FINANCING WITH A FIXED INTEREST RATE AND LOCKING IN INTEREST RATES ON JUNE 20TH, AND CLOSING ON THE TRANSACTION JULY 20TH. I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THE GOAL IS AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT, TAXPAYERS AND OFFICIALS, WE WILL TRY OUR HARDEST TO MINIMIZE THE TAX IMPACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS. WE HOPE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY BE UNDER THAT. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE LAST 10 YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A DOWNTREND, OR A TREND DOWNWARD ON THE OPERATION TAX RATE HOPE IS BY THE TIME WE GET A CERTIFIED VALUES IN JULY AND IF YOU CONDUCTED FINANCING, THE HOPE IS EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE IMPACT ON THE INS TAX RATE TO SUPPORT THIS BOND, FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT OUR GOAL IS THE TAX RATE AS IT IS TODAY AT 9.9 CENTS WOULD NOT GO UP. THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE THE SAME, IF NOT LOWER. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE STRIVING FOR AND WE WILL BE MINDFUL OF THE TAXPAYER AND TRY TO MINIMIZE IMPACT AS[03:10:02]
MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SPIRIT WHAT IS IMPACT ON INS. SPEED INS FOR $45 MILLION UNDER THIS CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION WOULD BE .67 CENTS, OR 7/10 OF ONE PENNY.>> I KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT DO LEGISLATION, BUT LEGISLATION THAT IMPACTS THE WORK YOU DO I'M SURE YOU STAY ON TOP OF IT, THERE IS A MOVEMENT AFOOT IN AUSTIN TO DO AWAY WITH CEOS.
DOES THAT HAVE ANY BEARING ON THIS IF THIS WERE APPROVED. I GUESS WITH THE TIMEFRAME YOU HAVE IT WOULD STILL FALL WELL WITHIN ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. SPIRIT YES SIR, WE HAD THAT IN MIND UNDER DIRECTION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND DEVELOP A FINANCING PLAN. WE HAD THAT IN MIND, OUR GOAL IS TO ISSUE THESE CEOS AT CLOSE OF TRANSACTION PRIOR TO THE END OF THE BIENNIUM, SO THAT IF THERE ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WE WOULD BE OKAY.
>> WE'VE HAD SO MANY, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF US WERE AS WE HAVE HAD COME HERE PRESENT, IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, IT HAS BEEN VERY CONCISE AND I APPRECIATE THAT FROM CHAIRMAN VOSS AND MR. KAYLA AND MR. DOMINGUEZ. LOOKING AT PAGE NUMBER TWO, MR. KRAMER, THAT YOU PROVIDED WITH THE FOOTPRINT, IT GIVES PERSPECTIVE. IT IS ALMOST HALF OF WHAT THE 10 ACRES THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, WHICH WILL BE EMPTY SOON, AND TOTALLY CLEARED FROM THE OLD SPA MEMORIAL SITE.
RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS THE EXISTING MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR
THE EMPTY SPACE? >> AS OF RIGHT NOW NOT AWARE OF
>> WE DO HAVE SOME DESIGNS ON THAT SPACE FOR THE FUTURE, BUT THAT WOULD BE CONVERSATIONS WE WILL HAVE WITH THE CHRISTUS SYSTEM, AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE JUDGE AND THERE ARE IDEAS OF HOW IT WORKS. WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE CHRISTUS SYSTEM . >> IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO MENTION THIS. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY SINCE 2014, OR THE FIRST STEP TO ALL OF THIS REALLY STARTED. I'VE HEARD THAT FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO VOICED THEIR CONCERNS AS FAR AS WHAT WILL BE LEFT. IT WAS SUCH A VIBRANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A DRAW. THE ROLE OF THESE DOCTORS OFFICES AND OTHER OFFICES THAT MIND AND POPULATED THAT CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE FREEWAY AND THE PORTS, PORT AVENUE. IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THIS. JUST THE CLINIC ITSELF WAS AMAZING WHEN WE WENT AND WE HAD THE RIBBON-CUTTING, TO SEE ALL THAT WAS THERE AND THEN TO HEAR WE ARE OUTGROWING IT, AND THE NEED FOR THE PHARMACY AND THE OTHER OFFICES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR AND WHAT WE NEEDED FOR THAT SPOT. I PERSONALLY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WORRIED ABOUT WAS THIS GOING TO BE FORGOTTEN AND WHAT KIND OF PURPOSE WOULD BE THERE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE LEFT SAYING, GOSH, WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER TO LEAVE IT THERE INSTEAD OF BRING IN SOME SORT OF UNKNOWN? THE FACT YOU ARE WORKING ON THIS IN THE PLANS YOU HAVE SET UP, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO ME AND THE NEEDS I'VE HEARD FROM THE CONSTITUENTS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THE OTHER TWO BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE IT IS ALL DRAWN UP, IF THIS ALL MOVES FORWARD.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT IS VERY FORWARD THINKING ON THIS, AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT SPIRIT OF MEDICAL SERVICES TO PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER AND WE APPRECIATE THAT .
>> PART OF THE CREATING OF MEMORIAL CAMPUS WAS GREAT THE EFFICIENCIES THAT CHRISTUS REQUIRED FROM WHEN THEY SHIFTED IT OVER TO THE SHORELINE CAMPUS AND THEIR MASSIVE EXPANSION THERE WHICH WAS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL, THIS WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND HEALTHCARE DELIVERY TO THAT AREA. LIKE YOU SAID, A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS IT. AND WE DO HAVE SOME DESIGNS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE PROPERTIES, THE BLANK SPACE AND WE HAVE MET WITH THE JUDGE, BUT WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO TALK ABOUT THAT CONCEPT JUST YET. IT IS EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY BUT WORKING WITH THE CHRISTUS SYSTEM I KNOW THAT MR. DOMINGUEZ PERSONALLY HAS ALWAYS PLEDGED THEY WILL HONESTLY BE FANTASTIC STEWARDS OF THE BALANCE OF THE PROPERTY. WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND WE FEEL GREAT ABOUT THIS PROJECT IT IS A VISIONARY PROJECT IN THE ENTIRE BOARD IS BEHIND AND CHRISTUS IS COME TO US THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TALK ABOUT EXPANSION NEEDS AND HOW THEY'RE BUSTING
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AT THE SEAMS THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SPREAD THEIR WINGS AND WILL BRING MORE RESIDENCE AND TRAINING AND MORE SERVICE DELIVERY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT IS REALLY THE FOCUS FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.>> IT IS A GREAT PROJECT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. PART OF THE ACTION ON THE NEXT ITEM IS TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE COURT TO ALLOW US TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE OF INTENT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER WILL BE YET, THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, JOHN MICHAEL WILL COME UP SHORTLY TO GIVE DEMOLITION TIMELINE. THAT HELPS US TO DETERMINE WHEN POSSIBLY COULD WE START DEVELOPING THE SITE? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER WILL SHAKE OUT, BUT IT WILL NOT EXCEED THE 45 NINE DOLLARS AS YOU KNOW HEALTHCARE NOWADAYS IS SO EXPENSIVE, BUILDING A HOSPITAL, BUILDING EXPANSION, BUILDING A CLINIC, THE REQUIREMENTS OF BUILDING CODES ARE SO MUCH MORE COLLOCATED, AND THAT IS WHY THE PRICE TAGS GO UP A LITTLE. SO WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WE ARE TRYING TO SHAKE OUT MOST OF THE WANTS AND THE NEEDS, WE ARE FINE-TUNING IT AND JERRY IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHRISTUS TEAM AND THEIR FINE-TUNING IT . WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THE PROJECT. >> TOLD MR. DOMINGUEZ TO BRING A CHECK WITH HIM, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> ANY TWO SIGNATURES ON THAT CHECK.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS. JUST FOR WORKING TOGETHER. THE TRADEMARK HERE, IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO NEXT, BUT IT WAS A TRADE-OFF AT KNOCKING DOWN THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR THE HECTOR P GARCIA BUILDING, THAT WAS A BIG TRADE-OFF AND SOMEHOW HAD TO BRING TO THE PEOPLE AND SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT WHAT WE WILL REPLACE IT WITH WILL WORK IT HAS WORKED. NOW WE ARE THINKING OF EXPANDING IT . SO IT IS WORKING. ANYTHING WE CAN DO BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THAT AREA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WHAT WE WILL DO IS GROW AND EXPAND, THE FIRST LEGACY WAS WE DID DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED US TO DO, AND WHAT WE TOLD THEM WE WOULD WHICH WAS BUILDING THE HECTOR P GARCIA AND PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF SERVICES AT NO COST AND LOW COST OR WHATEVER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
IT WAS A FIGHT SOMETIMES. I THINK IT WAS VERY WORTHWHILE.
YOU LOOK AT IT NOW AND YOU THINK BACK AND YOU SAY I'M GLAD WE DID WHAT WE DID. I WANT TO THANK YOU CHRISTUS AND THE HOSPITAL AND COUNTY FOR JOINT FORCES AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.
>> COMMISSIONER AND COURT JUDGE, THANK YOU. HAVING GROWN UP IN ROCKPORT TEXAS , BORN AND RAISED, THAT IS SACRED GROUND FOR A LOT OF US. THAT IS WHERE OUR GRANDPARENTS WENT AND THAT IS WHERE NIECES WENT, THAT IS WHERE FOLKS HE PASSED AWAY THAT ARE MY FAMILY, WE WERE GOING TO TREAT THEM, HAS YOU SPEAK OF IT COMMISSIONER, AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY, AS IT IS COLLABORATIVE, NOT JUST HERE BUT WITH YOUR HOSPITAL DISTRICT, JUDGE THEM IN A MANNER BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS ONLY FOR THOSE ON THE MARGINS, THAT IS WHAT WE WERE FOUNDED ON AT CHRISTUS AND THAT IS WHERE THE SISTERS CAME TO THIS AREA OF THE WORLD TO SERVE THOSE ON THE MARGINS AND WE ARE BLESSED TO SERVE
OTHERS. WE THANK YOU. >> JOHN MICHAEL IS COMING UP.
>> I WILL LET YOU CLOSE IT OUT WITH PROGRESS OF THE
DEMOLITION. >> THE BUILDINGS ARE GONE, DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING, I'M JOHN MICHAEL AND I REPRESENT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR MANY YEARS. I WAS THE GUY THAT WAS HERE MANY YEARS AGO ADDRESSING THE COURT WITH THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDINGS, AND IT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME COME INTO THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT , THOSE BUILDINGS HAD LIVED THEIR LIFE AND IT WAS TIME TO TAKE THEM DOWN. I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT CONDITION AND DECISION FOR THE COURT AT THE TIME BUT WITH THE RIGHT DECISION. HAVING SAID THAT, THE BUILDINGS ARE GONE. THEY ARE ALL DOWN, THE ONLY THING LEFT VERTICAL OUT THERE ARE THE TREES IN A LITTLE MAINTENANCE BORN IN THE CORNER, AND THAT WILL BE GONE SHORTLY. WE ARE WRAPPING IT UP OUT THERE QUICKLY AND WE SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP COMPLETELY BY THE END OF JULY. THE ONLY THING WE HAVE LEFT TO DO IS SEND A SURVEY CREW IN NEXT WEEK, IT ADDRESSES WHAT YOU DO WITH THE REST OF THE PARCEL. WE WILL SEND A SURVEY CREW IN NEXT WEEK, AND GEO REFERENCE ALL OF THE DRILLED PEERS IN THE FOUNDATIONS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE LEFT AT OUT AT THE SITE AND IT WILL BE COVERED WITH DIRT. SO WE KNOW WHERE THAT IS IN THE FUTURE FOR WHOEVER WILL COME BEHIND US AND DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY. WE WILL HAVE THAT DONE NEXT WEEK AND MAYBE THE FOLLOWING WEEK IF THE RAIN LEAVES US ALONE, THEN WE WILL BACKFILL WITH DIRT AND THEN WE ARE DONE. THE END OF JULY WE
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WILL BE OUT OF THERE, IT IS A GOOD DECISION, VERY GOOD DECISION. BRENT MCKAY, THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSE DOING A GREAT JOB, JERRY AND I WORK WITH THEM WEEKLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE ON TRACK, AND YOU ALL HAVE A SCHEDULE REFLECTING ALL WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND WITH THAT WE ARE DONE. SPENT WHAT KIND OF MOTION DO WE NEED?[12. Discuss and take action on a Resolution by the Commissioners Court of Nueces County, Texas authorizing and approving publication of Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation for the benefit of the Nueces County Hospital District; and approving an Effective Date.]
>> THAT WAS JUST A PRESENTATION ON THAT ONE AND ITEM NUMBER 12 IS THE MOTION. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT , AND APPROVING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS WHAT RUSSIA DO WE NEED TO ARTICULATE
THAT EFFECTIVE DATE? >> NO. WE JUST NEED APPROVAL, WE HAD THE TIMELINE FOR THE PUBLICATION.
>> TIMELINE WAS ON THEIR GRID >> IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND HIM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE
. >> AYE . SPEW ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
[13. Discuss and consider splitting Nueces County Voting Precinct 8 into an additional voting precinct to comply with Texas Election law (Section 42.031 of Texas election code reviewing precincts for compliance) and all related matters.]
>> COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE OUR ATTORNEY HERE AS WELL AND IF IT IS OKAY WITH Y'ALL I WOULD OUGHT TO GO ON TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND MOVE THE NEXT ITEM.
>> COULD I DO 13 REALLY QUICK?
>> OKAY. >> YES JUDGE, THIS IS A MANDATORY SPLIT, WITH THE PRECINCT GETS OVER 5000, ACCORDING TO THE LAW AS DECIDED BY MISS SANDS, THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF APRIL. AND SO BASICALLY I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT WE SPLIT THE VOTING PRECINCT ON WOOLDRIDGE ROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS A BACKUP. IT PROVIDES BOTH OF THEM WITH PRETTY CLOSE TO AN EQUAL AMOUNT SO THEY BOTH HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, ACCORDING TO PRECINCT 8 ON WOOLDRIDGE ROAD SPENT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> JUST DISCUSSION, I WANT SOME CLARIFICATION WE HAD THAT ONE PERSON WHO SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT REFERENCING THIS ISSUE. IT IS A REQUIREMENT, THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT ARBITRARY BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO ONE PRECINCT OVER ANOTHER, IT IS BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED. I DON'T THINK IF WE HAVE ANY OTHERS, AND IF WE DO THAT WOULD COME FORWARD WITH THE COUNTY CLERK BUT IT IS TOUGH WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WE CANNOT RESPOND BUT I KNOW THAT YOU AND SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE WANTED TO REPLY, THIS IS GOING TO SPLIT THE REQUIREMENTS UP EQUALLY AND IT IS PRETTY CLOSE BY NUMBER AND IT IS JUST HOUSEKEEPING AND NOT MORE THAN THAT.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE NEW PRECINCT NUMBER I THINK CARA HAS IT, IT IS WHATEVER IS NEXT UP, THE NEXT ONE AVAILABLE,.
[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION: PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the Commissioners Court may elect to go into an Executive Session anytime during the meeting to discuss matters listed anywhere on the Agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. To the extent there has been a past practice of distinguishing items for public deliberation and those for executive session, the public is advised that the Court is departing from that practice, and reserves the right to discuss any listed agenda items in executive session when authorized by law to do so. In the event the Commissioners Court elects to go into Executive Session regarding an agenda item, the section or sections of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the Executive Session will be publicly announced by the presiding officer. In accordance with the authority of the Government Code, Vernon’s Texas Codes, Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.0745, 551.076, 551.086, 551.087, the Commissioners Court will hold an Executive Session to consult with attorney(s) including matters related to litigation; deliberate regarding real property, prospective gift(s), personnel matters, including termination, county advisory bodies, security devices, and/or economic development negotiations and other matters that may be discussed in an Executive Session. Upon completion of the Executive Session, the Commissioners Court may in an open session take such action as appropriate on items discussed in an Executive Session.]
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE .
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AHEAD TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE WE HAVE ATTORNEYS HERE. SORRY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SITTING AND WAITING I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. BUT WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW. IT IS 12:29 . NOTICE IS GIVEN A COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY ELECT TO GO INTO 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 PASSED ACTIS OF DISTINGUISHING ITEMS FOR PUBLIC DELIBERATION AND THOSE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED THE COURT IS DEPARTING FROM THAT PRACTICE AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISCUSS ANY OF LISTED AGENDA ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO DO SO. IN AN EVENT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ALEXA GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING AN AGENDA ITEM, THE SECTION OR SECTIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WOULD BE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, RUNNING TEXAS CODE SECTIONS 551.071, 551.072, 551.073 AND 551.07 4, 551.0745, 551.076, 551.086, 551.087, A
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COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS INCLUDING MATTERS RELATED TO LITIGATION, DELIBERATE REGARDING REAL PROPERTY AND PERSPECTIVE GIFTS, PERSONNEL MATTERS INCLUDING TERMINATION AND COUNTER ADVISORY BODIES, SECURITY DEVICES OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. UPON COMPLETION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY TAKE ACTION IS APPROPRIATE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM A, WE NEED TO TABLE THAT.>> ITEM A, WHICH OF TABLE BEFORE.
>> WE WILL DO IT AFTER. >> I WILL READ INTO IT AFTERWARDS. CONDUCT INTERVIEWS OF APPLICANTS AND DISCUSS THEM DELIBERATE AND IT FLEXION A SPECIAL ADVISER FOR GOVERNOR AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MUTATIONS. ITEM B, CONSULT WITH COUNTY ATTORNEY REGARDING APPOINTING HEARING EXAMINER PURSUANT TO THE NUECES COUNTY CAMERA CORNICE IN SECTION 2.3 TO HEAR APPEAL OF PERMIT DENIALS OF HER GAME ROOM PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND ALL RELATED MATTERS TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 ITEM C, UPDATING ON COUNSEL TO REPRESENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARK GONZALEZ AND THE PENDING REMOVAL ACTION DID AND I ASSUME THAT WOULD BE THE SAME
AS 551.071. >> IT SHOULD FALL UNDER THAT AND THAT IS THE ONE WE HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL. SEE ITEM D, UPDATE ON ANY LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE COMPLETION OF ABM ENERGY SERVICES PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH ENERGY SAVINGS GOALS AND FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND RELATED MATTERS. 551.071. THAT IS IT WE ARE GOING OVER TO THE OFFICES FO
[B. Discuss and consider appointing hearing examiner pursuant to the Nueces County Game Room Ordinance, Section 2.3, to hear appeal of permit denials for Game Room Permit Applications; and all related matters.]
APPEAL OF PERMIT DENIALS FOR IMPLEMENTATIONS AND RELATEDMATTERS . >> WE WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT THE JUDGE . AS THE HEARING ADVISOR SUBJECT TO THE TAKING THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON .
>> SUBJECT TO THEM AGREE? >> PENDING THEY AGREE .
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU . IT PASSES . ITEM SEE .
[C. Discuss and consider the selection and approval of counsel to represent the District Attorney in the pending removal action.]
DISCUSS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE PENDING REMOVAL ACTION . JUDGE . BASED ON OUR LENGTHY DISCUSSION. ALSO BASED ON THE LIST PROVIDED BY THE EIGHT DOLLARS . TO US TO CONSIDER. WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT HIM AT THE COUNCIL . HIM AT THE COUNCIL .2. REASONABLE AND ALREADY RATE BEING AN SHE DID. THE PATIENT ALSO HAVE A BUDGET TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER COURT .>> SECOND . >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TOOL . MATT MANNING. HE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ANY OPPOSED? IT
[A. Discuss, deliberate, and make selection of Special Advisor for Governmental Affairs, and External and Internal Communications.]
PASSES, SLEEP . THANK YOU . >> CAN I MAKE A MOTION? WE ARE
GOING TO TABLE A? >> INDEFINITELY.
>> TO HAVE A MOTION AND INDEFINITELY . ALL IN FAVOR .
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THE MOTION PASSES . THANK YOU . GOING BACK TO OUR REGULAR[14. Discuss and consider amending Amended Guidelines for Community Use of Courthouse Common Areas.]
AGENDA . ITEM 14 . DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UNVENTED GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNITY USE OF COURTHOUSE COMMON AREAS . COMMISSIONERGONZALES . THIS IS YOURS . >> WHERE ARE WE?
>> REGULAR AGENDA 14 . THE COMMON AREAS .
>> I THOUGHT WOULD TALK ABOUT FROM THE LAST MEETING . TRYING TO HAVE SOME COMMON AREA DESIGNATIONS. THAT WOULD HELP THE EMPLOYEES. BUT USING PRESENTATIONS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS . I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE THOSE CURRENTLY
. I THINK THE GUIDELINES >> THIS IS THE CORRECTED
GUIDELINES . >> I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ALLOW THE BENEFITS IN THE FUTURE FOR EMPLOYEES . .2 ALLOW SOMETHING TO COME IN AND PROVIDE WILL LEARN OUR PRESENTATION. I WILL THAT WE ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO THE
POLICY . >> WE HAVE A MOTION . .2 ALLOW PEOPLE TO USE THE COMMON AREAS .
>> WE HAVE A SECOND . IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION .
[15. Discuss and consider approval of Prosperity Bank request to host a lunch and learn event for county employees during the lunch hour to learn about a home ownership possibility program specifically designed to help families with their affordable housing needs, and other related matters.]
>>DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROSPERITY BANK REQUEST TO HOST A LUNCH AND LEARN EVENT FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES DURING THE LUNCH HOUR TO LEARN ABOUT A HOME OWNERSHIP POSSIBILITY PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP FAMILIES WITH THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS, AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
>> I THAT WE APPROVE THIS . THE LORD - ALLOWING
PROSPERITY BANK TO COME IN. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES . ITEM 16
[16. Discuss and consider next Commissioners Court meeting date, and related matters.]
.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETINGDATE, AND RELATED MATTERS. >> JUDGE . I WAS MENTIONED EARLIER . WE HAVE SUCH A ROBUST CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITION. IT TAKES UP QUITE A BIT OF TIME . AND I KNOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY START THAT PROCESS EARLY. BEFORE ACTUAL COUNSEL STARTS. MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE. THAT WE CAN START 30 MINUTES EARLIER RECOGNIZED GROUPS . TAKING PHOTOS . WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE .
>> THIS WOULD BE HAVE TO BE A QUORUM OF PEOPLE .
>> AND IT MY OPINION, COULD ALLOW FOR TIME . JUST A SUGGESTION . SOMETHING THAT COULD REQUIRE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER . THAT IS PERHAPS BEST PRACTICES TO CONSIDER .
PRECEDENT OFFICIAL START UNTIL 9 A.M. BUT AT LEAST RECOGNIZE . WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS . I DO NOT WANT TO GET THOSE WE CAN PERHAPS START 30 MINUTES EARLIER. THAT
WOULD HELP . >> IT IS 230 MINUTES TO GET EVERYTHING SET UP AND TESTED AND READY TO GO . WE DO WANT TO BE COGNIZANT IT IS A GREAT IDEA . WE COULD EASILY HAVE IT TO HAVE IT . IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE DID NOT VOTE ON THAT . IF THEY ARE CELEBRATORY IN RECOGNITION . NO CONTROVERSY, OBVIOUSLY THOSE WOULD BE DIFFERENT . WE CAN DO
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THOSE AS PROCLAMATIONS . WE CAN SIGN UP IN ADVANCE WITHOUT A VOTE . IF SOMEBODY CANNOT GET HERE FOR THE DAY:30 RESOLUTION>> LIKE A POLICY? WE COULD INCLUDE THAT DOING POLICY.
ANYBODY COULD BE BEFORE . >> DO YOU WANT TO BRING THAT BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING? BUT I THINK IT IS GREAT .
>> THAT IS WHY I WAS ASKING . TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
IT PROPERLY . >> YOU ARE CHANGING ?
>> IT IS NOT REALLY THE START TIME BUT THE DESIGNATED TIME THAT WE CAN BRING IN GROUP 2ND SPEED UP THE PROCESS .
>> I THINK THAT IT WOULD COMPLETELY HELP .
>> I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THE DIFFERENCE. IF WE GET THEM AFTER THE CITY . THE CITY WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE ONLY THE MAYOR COULD PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA . IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE . BUT THE SITUATION IS THAT YOU HAVE PROCLAMATIONS . AND SHE WOULD DO THE PROCLAMATION . THEY WOULD DO THAT FOR 30 MINUTES. IT WAS NOT EVEN POSTED . BUT THERE WAS NOT A QUORUM REQUIRED BECAUSE IT WAS CELEBRATORY . AND NO VOTES . SO THAT IS A BIT OF A CHANGE .
THE CHANCES ARE THAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE HERE AT 8:30 . BUT TWO CANNOT GET HERE FOR A RESOLUTION . WE DO NOT WANT THE MEETING NOT TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD .
>> IT WOULD JUST BE A PRESENTATION AND IT WOULD NOT
BE AN ACTION . >> AND PERHAPS JUST POST THAT AND THE RESOLUTIONS WOULD BE AT 8:30 . AND THE REGULAR MEETING WOULD BE STARTING AT 9:00 .
>> CORRECT . >> AND WE CAN JUST SIGN OFF ON THE RESOLUTION . THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHAIN . RIGHT? BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT WITHOUT A VOTE?
>> LET ME LOOK AT THAT SEE HOW YOU DO THAT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE THEY WANT TO PRESENT SOMETHING. JUST NOTIFY WHO THEY ARE TALKING TO . AND THAT IS IT.
>> WE CURRENTLY VOTE ON RESOLUTION . BUT WE DID NOT VOTE AT THE CITY. IT INCLUDED A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT.
WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO VOTE ON CELEBRATORY . EVERYBODY WILL SIGN THEM. BUT PERHAPS 8:30 TO 9 P.M. IS A GOOD TIME.
>> I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA AND IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER DATE OR COURT MEETING DATES?
>> I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OFF. MR. GONZALES I SAW YOU CAME IN LATE. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU ARE AT OUR ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE APPRECIATE THE LIST THAT YOU TURNED IN. WE DID HAVE A MOTION AND WE PASSED ON YOUR BEHALF TO SELECT MATTHEW .
MATT MANNING I SAW YOU COME IN BUT I DID NOT WANT YOU TO WAIT.
I THINK WE DID IT BEFORE YOU GOT IN . JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW . WE APPRECIATE YOU SENDING THE LIST.
[1. Discuss and consider approval of resolution in support of an application for the Indigent Defense Improvement Grant Program available through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission.]
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>> THANK YOU. >> MOVING ON TO GRANTS.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE
COMMISSION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE APPLYING FOR THE TEXAS IMPROVEMENT GRANT WITH THE INDIGENT DEFENSE COORDINATOR. THIS WAS TABLED BECAUSE YOU ALL NEEDED SOME HISTORY ON IT. SO I PROVIDED THE HISTORY ON THE AGENDA AS THE FIRST YEAR. THE SECOND AND THE THIRD THAT WE ARE ON IS A 60% MATCH. AND THE ONE THAT WE ARE GOING TO
APPLY IS AN 80%. >> DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY
IS GOING TO COME FROM? >> $139,000.
>> THIS ALL COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
>> I HAVE THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR HERE TO ANSWER ANY ACTION YOU MAY HAVE THAT OPERATE THE GRANT.
>> THERE IS ONE MORE YEAR LEFT.
>> IT WAS FOR APPLICATION. SO THE YEAR WE ARE IN IS WITH THE 60% MATCH. THE RESOLUTION WE ARE SUBMITTING TO AN APPLICATION WILL START OCTOBER 1ST, UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 2024.
>> WHAT IS THE MATCH OF THAT? >> 80%. $139,000.
>> WHAT IS THE INCREASE? >> 80%. 30,000.
>> ANOTHER 30,000. OF WHAT WE ARE ALREADY PAYING? THIS IS
WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT. >> AND THIS WILL BE THE FINAL YEAR THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
>> WHAT DOES THIS GRANT PROVIDE?
>> HELLO. I AM THE COORDINATOR, WE DO ALL THE INTERNET DEFENSE. WE AVERAGE ABOUT
>> COULD YOU PULL THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE?
>> WE AVERAGE ABOUT 900 COURT APPOINTMENTS FOR INDIGENT
DEFENDANTS. >> WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS OFFICE DIFFERENCE? >> THEY ARE GOING TO BE HANDLING MOSTLY MENTAL HEALTH. WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM. AND APPOINTING TO THEIR OFFICE WORK
>> RIGHT. BUT WHEN WE DID THAT . WE TOOK MENTAL HEALTH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EVERYBODY. WE APPLIED FOR MORE AND COMMITTED TO FOR TWO INCLUDED MENTAL HEALTH. BUT THE ORIGINAL WAS
FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS. >> WE ARE APPOINTING THE
ATTORNEYS. >> WHEN THE DEFENDERS WILL GET
ALL OF THEM. >> THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS ARE ONLY GETTING A PERCENTAGE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH. 75%.
>> 25%. OF NON-MENTAL HEALTH . THEY DO NOT GET EVERYTHING.
>> 25% OF NON-MENTAL HEALTH. BUT WHAT I DO NOT GET WHY DO WE NEED THIS? WHY ARE THE JUDGE IS NOT ABLE TO APPOINT LAWYERS. ARE YOU MAKING THE APPOINTMENTS? WHEN I WAS A JUDGE, NOBODY MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME.
>> AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION WE HAVE 24 HOURS TO APPOINT LAWYERS WHEN THEY ARE REQUESTED. WE ARE WORKING WITH
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MENSTRUATION. IT USED TO BE DONE WITH REGISTRATION.>> WHY CANNOT THE MAGISTRATES AND CONTINUE TO DO IT?
>> MAYBE THAT WAS NOT HERE WHEN I WAS THERE. BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE IN A LONG TIME. WE DID IT AND MY COURT APPOINTEE DID EVERYTHING. PERHAPS I THINK WE NEED TO TALK
TO THE JUDGES ABOUT THIS. >> EVENTUALLY , IT NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER. IF WE HAVE PERHAPS ANOTHER STAFF PERSON . I KNOW THAT THE MAGISTRATE USED TO HANDLE IT ALL. BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER.
>> OTHER JOBS THAT WE HAVE PICKED UP. IF CASES ARE DISMISSED PICK WE ARE NOTIFYING THE ATTORNEYS. BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT DONE BEFORE. THAT GIVES THEM THE CHECK TO DO THE
COURT APPOINTMENT FEES. >> AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.
IF A PERSON IS ARRESTED FOR 5 DIFFERENT CHARGES WHICH IS VERY NORMALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IF A FAMILY COMES OUT OF THE COURT BUT THEY CAN ALSO PICK UP THREE MISDEMEANORS. DURING THAT TIME WE APPOINT TO ALL CASES . ALSO ANY PENDING CASES THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY ON.
WITHIN 24 HOURS. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE TO BE ADDED .
THE INMATES NEVER USED YOU A - GOT A COPY. LAST MONTH WE HAD 900 902 MONTHS WE HAD 900 COURT APPOINTMENTS. LAST MONTH WE HAD 1200 FOR APPOINTMENTS . AT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WANT DID NOT REQUEST COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS. WE GO THROUGH THE PAPERWORK. FROM THE COUNTY JAIL ALL THE WAY TO
THE CDC. >> I THOUGHT THE MAGISTRATE'S JOB WAS TO CLASSIFY EVERYTHING. WHY ARE WE DOING
ALL THIS AT THE SAME TIME? >> IT USED TO BE LIKE THAT.
BUT NOW THEY ARE ASKED TO TAKE CARE OF THE FELONIES FIRST.
AND THEN THEY ARE USUALLY REQUESTED TO A PLEA AGREEMENT.
BUT WE DO HAVE CASES WHERE THEY WERE PLAYED OUT IN MISDEMEANOR COURT . AND IT IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF IN FELONY. PEOPLE ARE
HELD IN JAIL . >> THAT IS WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT FIRST. IT WAS EASY . IF THEY CALL THE JUDGE AND THEY SAID THAT THERE IS A FELONY CHARGE. LET THEM SIGN
THE AGREEMENT. >> NOW, THEY WANT TO GO FOR THE BIGGER CHARGE AND THE BIGGER SHARK .
>> WE SHOULD DO WITH MISDEMEANORS FIRST.
>> SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROGRAM? WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW? FORGET ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.
AND HOW MUCH IS THE GRANT FUNDED AND HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING FOR? RIGHT THIS MINUTE.
>> THAT WOULD BE FOR THE 102,000 AND THE COUNTY MATCHES $60,000. THE STATE WILL PAY $69,000 AND THE
COUNTY MATCHES 104,000 . >> $174,000 $880.
>> AND WE STARTED IT HAS GONE DOWN . IT STARTED WHERE THEY WERE PAYING MORE AND WE WERE PAYING LESS.
>> THE FIRST YEAR WAS 168. THE SECOND YEAR, 170. THE
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THIRD YEAR IS 174. >> YOU ARE NOT BREAKING IT DOWN FOR ME. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR. THE COUNTY IS PAYING 104. DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN?
>> YES IT IS IN THE AGENDA. COUNTY, 33. THE SECOND YEAR
WAS 104 . >> I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LIST OF ALL THESE THAT WE HAVE. ANY GRANTS LIKE THIS THAT WE HAVE I WANT TO GET A LIST OF HOW THESE ARE FALLING OFF. THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE BUDGET CHALLENGES. EVERY TO FIND ANOTHER $30,000, $40,000, $50,000.
>> THIS WAS REQUESTED AND PRESENTED TO THE AUDITOR.
>> WE NEED A BREAKDOWN. I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY WHAT WE HAVE. BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL. MAYBE I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A DUPLICATION OF SERVICES
. >> AND THAT IS PART OF IT AS WELL THE TEXAS INDIGENT FUND IS A TWO YEAR PERIOD AND IT
WILL GO TO THE SAME SESSION. >> WITH THE PAPERWORK THAT THEY DO OUT OF THIS OFFICE. DOES THAT HELP WITH OUR NUMBERS? IS
THAT A BENEFIT? >> I THINK IT GETS PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL AFTER. AND HOPEFULLY THE CASES CAN GET RESULTS
QUICKER. >> I JUST TRY TO FIND ANOTHER
EXAMPLE THAT COULD HELP. >> WHEN IS THE DUE DATE ON
THIS? >> MAY 10TH . THE RESOLUTION.
TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION. WE CAN SUBMIT IT. ONCE IT IS AWARDED I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE COURT . YOU CAN DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT OR NOT.
>> IT CAN ALSO JUST GO AWAY. >> CORRECT. THE APPLICATION OF WANT TO SUBMIT WILL BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEXANS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR THE INDIGENT COORDINATORS. IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. WE ALSO HAVE THE FORMULA GRANT THAT WE GET AUTOMATICALLY BASED ON THE
CASES THAT A RECORD. >> I THINK THAT I WOULD WANT TO CHECK WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER. AND ALIGNED BOTH OF THOSE TOGETHER. THEY ARE ALREADY DOING 25% OF THOSE ALREADY.
>> THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THE ATTORNEYS THAT WOULD BE
NEEDED. >> TWO PEOPLE ARE DOING IT
ALREADY. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE CASES . >> SO THE JUDGES ARE NOT
APPOINTING PEOPLE ANYMORE? >> ON OCCASION .
>> OKAY. BUT I AM WITH COMMISSIONER JOE GONZALES. WE HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK. BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS. THE PUBLIC DEFENDER IS ONE GREAT FOR 2
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YEARS. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR THE COUNTY NOT TO GET STUCK WITH A HUGE INCREASE. SHOULD WE TABLE IT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TODO? >> WHY DO WE SUBMIT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE APPLICATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN. HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING. THIS TIME NEXT
YEAR. AND IT EXPIRES WHEN? >> SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
>> AND THE NEXT ONE EXPIRES IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
>> RIGHT NOW, A $30,000? >> THAT IS GOING TO BE ANY
INCREASE. >> THE MATCH FOR THIS YEAR IS
$104,000. >> I WOULD SAY SUBMIT IT. BUT I YOU WOULD HAVE TO UNDERSTAND . BUT IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO GO AWAY COMPLETELY NEXT YEAR. BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO JUST TO BE SAFE. SUBMIT THE RESOLUTION. BY THAT TIME, IT WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE. SPEAK TO DALE. SEE WHAT HE HAS IN
HIS BACK POCKET. >> COMMISSIONER, I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT JUST DO APPOINTMENTS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS ALL WE DO. ALL THE SNOW CHARGES AND DISMISSALS. IN ONE WEEK WE HAD 89 PAGES OF CHARGES AND DISMISSALS. WE EMAIL EVERY SINGLE ATTORNEY. MANY TIMES THEY HAVE CAUGHT THEY WERE IN JAIL. AND THE JAIL DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS DISMISSED. THERE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHERE THERE SITTING IN THE JAIL. WASTING COUNTY MONEY. THAT IS ANOTHER THING WE DO. WE MALE APPLICATIONS FOR THE DEFENDANT . AS OF YESTERDAY, THERE WERE 14 DEFENDANTS IN JAIL WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY. EVERY OTHER DEFENDANT IN COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY OR RETAINED AN ATTORNEY. WE HAVE ANOTHER COORDINATOR THAT GOES TO THE JAIL . ASK THEM WHAT THEY PLAN
ON DOING. >> I DO NOT QUESTION THAT YOU DO THE JOB EXTREMELY WELL ON THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE.
WHAT I QUESTION IS HOW DO WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PAYING FOR THIS IT GOES AWAY. EVERY IDEA WE HEAR UP HERE IS AWESOME BUT THEY ALL COST MONEY. I WE PAY? WHERE DID YOU GET THE MONEY? IT COMES FROM THE TAXPAYER. AND NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR, I QUESTION HOW WELL YOU DO YOUR JOB. WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE GRANTS. WE HAVE NOT EVEN COLLECTED COVID MONEY. WITH $2 MILLION, WE HAVE MANY PROBLEMS. AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS MUCH CLOSER WE ARE TAKING OUR TIME . SOME OF THIS IS GETTING MORE ATTENTION .
INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING PUSHED THROUGH . LIKE IT WAS, BEFORE PLACING A TAKE THIS ANY OTHER WAY. I'M NOT PICKING ON YOU.
BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE NUMBER FIVE, SIX GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO THE SAME TREATMENT. IT IS JUST GETTING DIFFICULT TO FIND MORE MONEY BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO KEEP RAISING TAXES. BUT THANK YOU.
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM ?
>> THE $30,000 WOULD COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
>> I KNOW OUR BUDGET IS VERY EXTENSIVE . BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF KEEPING TRACK OF SAVING. THERE ARE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE NOT FILLED. CERTAIN ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NOT STARTED
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FUND WERE APPROVED FOR 2022, 2023. DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE SAVINGS IN GENERAL. MATCH THIS.THERE IS A LIMIT. BUT EVEN IF THIS IS DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. WE OWE IT TO THE AGENCY AND NEED TO PROVIDE THAT. I JUST THINK THAT IT WAS MY FAMILY . I WOULD WANT THEM TO HAVE ACCESS. BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE COST. I NEED TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE SAVING MONEY, SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE. WE ARE NOT PAYING SALARIES FOR OFFICE, THINGS LIKE THAT .
PERHAPS WE ARE NOT ACTUALIZED, YET. IS THERE A SAVINGS? COULD WE COVER THIS? WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION?
>> WITHOUT A THOROUGH REVIEW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES.
BUT MANY OF THOSE VACANCIES ARE IN THE JAIL. BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING OVERTIME. THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FIRST STARTED THIS YEAR. TREASURY STARTED RAISING THE RATES WE ARE EARNING 1% ON OUR INVESTMENTS.
LAST MONTH WE TRANSFERRED $155,000 INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE . THE RATES ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAVINGS ARE THERE . BUT WE DO HAVE A BUDGET REQUIREMENT .
AND MAINTAIN 25% OF OUR REVENUE AS A RESERVE. LAST YEAR, WE BROUGHT THE NUMBERS TO YOU. WE LOST $500,000. WENT DOWN FROM $25,000. AND I INFORMED YOU THAT WE WOULD, AND WE DID. BUT THE INTEREST HELPED CUSHION THAT BLOW A LITTLE BIT. DO WE HAVE SAVINGS? YES. BUT TO I THINK THAT WE CAN COVER THAT? YES. BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE. WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE GRANT APARTMENT. THEY SUBMIT INFORMATION. WE TRY TO BUDGET SOME OF THEM TO THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE BUDGETED SOME. BUT NOT ALL . WE ALWAYS CARRY A CONTENTION OF APPROPRIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUN. BUT AS YOU SAY, IF SOMETHING CAN CONTINUE? IT COULD BE FACTORED INTO NEXT YEAR. COULD WE DO THIS ONE? YES. THERE IS MORE. I GET IT.
I DO NOT WANT TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. THE MONEY THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD RECOUP FROM THE COVID-19 COST. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COVERED FOR THIS YEAR. I DO NOT WANT TO DUPLICATE SERVICES. IS THIS GOING TO BREAK THE BANK? THE
ANSWER IS NO . >> BUT CONCERNING NEXT YEAR.
WHEN WE ARE FUNNELING A LOT THROUGH FUNDS. WHEN WE GET THE PROCESS OF COMING AND WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. BE READY THIS IS GOING TO BE SURPRISING.
>> WE ARE COVERED THIS YEAR. >> PHILOSOPHICALLY, WE CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE SPENDING. CAN WE CUT OFF SOMETHING FOR RENOVATIONS THAT WE WANT SOMETHING AT OTHER FACILITIES? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER. OUR FIRST OBLIGATION IS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY. THE OTHER STUFF IS NOT FLUFF BUT PERHAPS YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO IN SPECIAL WAYS. BUT WE ALL THE TO CONSIDER . I HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUE. WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME SCRUTINIZING THE SAME VOICES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PAYING EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE. BECAUSE IT ALL ADDS UP. ALTHOUGH WE ARE ALL DOING OUR PART. WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL AREAS OF FOCUS. BUT I
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SAY SEE THIS ONE AND I WANT TO SEE THIS ONE. BUT THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE FIFTH YEAR.>> THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING INTO THE FOURTH YEAR.
>> COMMISSIONER, AS YOU MENTIONED. IF WE NEED A RENOVATION WE HAVE A NOW. BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER. IF WE DO SOMETHING NEED TO MAINTAIN IT.
>> WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE CAN DO BECAUSE IT IS A ONE TIME SPENT. BUT IF YOU NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY. NOT GET TO PAY FOR
THAT PERSON. >> IF YOUR BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS OR RENOVATING. EVEN THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE
BUILDING AND REBUILD IT. >> WHAT ARE THESE INCREASES
FOR? ARE THERE MORE COSTS? >> THIS IS HOW THE GRANT
OPERATES. >> ARE REHIRING MORE PEOPLE?
>> THERE HAVE BEEN TWO COORDINATORS . WITH SUPPLIES
AND TRAINING. >> YOU ARE CORRECT. WE HAVE HAD QUOTAS AND SALARY INCREASES. FOR THOSE
POSITIONS. >> I THINK THE BASIC THINGS YOU NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD. TO WATCH FOR THESE GRANTS AND ANY MATCHING FUNDS. IF IT IS NO COST TO THE COUNTY. .20%, 50,
60, AND ON UP. >> AS MUCH AS I AM AGAINST IT.
HOW MUCH HAVE WE ALREADY FUNDED THIS YEAR? I WILL TELL YOU LADIES THAT YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
>> AS I WAS SAYING. WE FUNDED LESS THIS YEAR SO A BUDGET INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR. $139,000 IS FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> WE STILL HAVE THE REST OF THIS YEAR. AND TODAY IS MY DAY TO SAY NO. BUT I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE.
>> I DO NOT HAVE A MOTION. PERHAPS A MOTION NOT TO SUBMIT.
>> TO FINISH THIS YEAR OUT? >> I WILL SECOND WORK RECEIVE A
[1. Receive a presentation from CLK Architects & Associates regarding the Medical Examiners Facility Renovations Project.]
PRESENTATION FROM CLK ARCHITECTS & ASSOCIATES REGARDING THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS FACILITY RENOVATIONS PROJECT.IF YOU'RE IN BUDGET? I AM REALLY IN A BAD MOOD TODAY. I AM NOT EVEN ANGRY ANYMORE. I GOT TO EAT, AND EVERY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. REGARDING THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS RENOVATION. DID YOU FIND IT?
>> THIS IS PRELIMINARY. >> I NEED TO KEEP A FILE.
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>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS. WE HAVE BASICALLY DEVELOPED A PLAN THAT IS BASED ON OUR BUDGET. WE COULD EXECUTE AND BE ABLE TO MEET OUR NEEDS. CURRENTLY WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO . LET ME GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY. BUT THE IDEA IS TO TAKE THE ASSISTANT FACILITY. 5000 SQUARE FEET AND WE ARE GOING TO RENOVATE THAT AND CONVERT THAT AREA INTO OFFICE SPACE. THEREFORE, THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE ON THE PROJECT FOR RENOVATION IS GOING TO BE LESS.
IF YOU DO NOT MIND, COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE? THAT IS THE COMPLETE PLAN OF WHAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE WOULD BE LIKE. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TAKEN THE EXPERIENCES FROM HIS STAFF WE HAVE CREATED A PROGRAM OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BUILDING. WITHIN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR. WE HAVE SET ASIDE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT AMOUNT OF SQUARE FEET, WITH THE NEW ADDITION AND THE EXISTING RENOVATION WE ARE TRACKING RIGHT WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? WE DO NOT HAVE NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE COST. BUT BASED ON THE DOLLARS AND SQUARE FEET OF THE NEW ADDITION AND RENOVATION. SHOULD I BE SPEAKING NUMBERS
SPECIFICALLY? >> YOU ARE DOING FINE. I LIKE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO NOT TALK ABOUT NUMBERS.
>> SO BASED ON THE SQUARE FEET THAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE MET HIS REQUIREMENTS AS WHAT HE NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE ROOM AND SPACE THAT HE NEEDS. AND SPACE FOR HIS STAFF. NO FLUFF . WE ARE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO BE THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY . WE ARE TRACKING WELL WITH THE SQUARE FOOT FOR THIS. ESSENTIALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY . AND THE DOCTOR CAN SPEAK ABOUT THIS. THE CAPACITY TO SEE THE PATIENT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CASE IN FILE.
IT WILL BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE STAFFING. BUT THIS WILL BE WELL SUITED FOR THE COUNTY. WHAT WE HAVE DONE HAS LEFT AND PLANNING IS TO JUST LEAVE SPACE FOR THE FUTURE. IN OUR REQUEST FOR PROPERTY. WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT WE WILL HAVE SPACE FOR FUTURE ADDITIONS. IF THAT SHOULD EVER BE NECESSARY. WILL NOT BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. BUT THERE WILL BE SPACE FOR IT. WE COULD EVEN ADD ON TO THIS FACILITY IN THE FUTURE. THE SPECIFICS WOULD THIS BE CHANGES AND REQUIREMENTS. BASICALLY ALLOCATING A PLACE WHERE THAT COULD BE DONE IN THE FUTURE.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE NOW. THERE IS ALREADY A DESIGNATED AREA FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. IF YOU DO NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, THERE IS ALREADY AN AREA THAT COULD USE FOR AN
EXPANSION. >> IF WE LOOK AT THE AERIAL
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VIEW OF THE NEW PLAN. >> THE FUTURE IN THE LIGHT BLUE. THAT IS ALREADY PART OF THE PROPERTY.
>> I WAS SPEAKING THAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE. I AM NOT SURE IF WE GOT APPROVAL. TO TAKE THAT PORTION OF THE LAND.
>> ULTIMATELY WE WOULD CONSIDER .
>> THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE LAND IF NEEDED FOR THE
HOSPITAL DISTRICT. >> BUT I NEED TO CONFIRM THAT IT HAS BEEN VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE HOSPITAL
DISTRICT. >> FOR THE BLUE PART?
>> YES. AND IF WE GO BACK. THE PLAN FOR THIS FACILITY IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO . IT DOESN'T SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONS FOR THE ADAPTIVE SUITE. THIS WILL BE BILLED AND COMPLETED. ONCE IT IS COMPLETED, THE EXISTING AREA IN BLUE. MOVE INTO THE NEW AREA. WE WOULD RENOVATE A NEW AREA FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND THE SUPPORTING STAFF.
ONCE THAT AREA IS COMPLETED, THE AREA IN RED WOULD GO TO BLUE. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THREE PAGES. OTHER THAN THE TIMING, THE ADDITION WITH WOULD TAKE 12 MONTHS TO 14 MONTHS. THE RENOVATION WOULD PROBABLY TAKE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE. IT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON HOW FAST WE CAN GET THROUGH MOVING THOSE DEPARTMENTS. IF THAT WOULD EXTEND MORE, OR NOT.
BE FINISHED BY DECEMBER 26. >> YES.
>> YOU WERE SENT 12 TO 14 IS THE FATTEST GETTING PRETTY
CLOSE. >> WE ARE GOING TO GO AFTER BIG
THIS SUMMER. >> WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THE BLUEPRINTS. THIS WOULD HAVE THE FACILITY TO USE TWO FULL-TIME DOCTORS. WHEN WE DO ARRIVE ON MONDAY, WE CAN GET THE CASES QUICKER . AND GET THEM RELEASED TO FAMILIES FASTER. THIS FACILITY HAS A LOT OF CONTROL OF ACCESS . AND MORE SECURITY . AND MORE RESOURCES FOR THE STAFF OF THE POPULATION WE SERVE. EVEN THINGS LIKE DEDICATED FAMILY MEETING SPACES. AS OPPOSED TO NOW HAVE THE BREAK ROOM AS THE MULTIROOM FACILITY. NOW, THESE ARE DEDICATED SPACES IN THIS NEW PLAN. IT IS WITH THE VERY GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS COURT THAT IT IS POSSIBLE AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND EXCITING TO GET STARTED. ANY
QUESTIONS? >> YOU HAD ME AT ON BUDGET.
[2. Discuss and consider the selection of Hanson Professional Services, Inc. for the development of an Affected Property Assessment Report (APAR) for Nueces County; and authorize execution of an Engineering Services Contract with Hanson Professional Services, Inc. ]
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE SELECTION OF HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AFFECTED PROPERTY ASSESSMENT REPORT (APAR) FOR NUECES COUNTY; AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AN ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH HANSON
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. >> WE ARE RECOMMENDING HANSON
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES . >> AND THAT WAS PART OF IT?
>> YES. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING EXECUTING THE CONTRACT FOR $93,000 . THIS WOULD BE ALSO FOR THE MONIES THAT WERE
ALLOCATED A FEW WEEKS AGO. >> THAT IS A DIFFERENT MOTION
AND BUDGET. >> THE CONTRACT IS READY?
>> YES. >> A MOTION TO EXECUTE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR? THIS PASSES. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. DISCUSS
[1. Discuss and consider award and execution of Master Services Contracts for RFQ No. 3232-23 Engineering Services of Infrastructure Projects (ARPA) with the following: LJA Engineering, Inc. Govind Development, LLC International Consulting Engineers (ICE) AG3 Group, LLC]
AND CONSIDER AWARD AND EXECUTION OF MASTER SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR RFQ NO. 3232-23 ENGINEERING SERVICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS (ARPA) WITH THE FOLLOWING: LJA ENGINEERING, INC. GOVIND DEVELOPMENT, LLC INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING ENGINEERS (ICE) AG3 GROUP, LLC>> THIS FIRST ONE. ON THE SECOND PASS
>> TO EVEN MOTION TO PASS AND A SECOND?
>> THESE HAVE ALL BEEN GOOD TO GO BY THE ATTORNEY?
>> YES. >> WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH EVERYBODY AND COLLABORATED VERY WELL. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT THIS IS WHEN WE HAVE DONE A MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT TO ENGINEERING SERVICES. THIS WILL PAY OFF IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE DO OUR REGULAR MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT. THIS WILL
SAVE YOU GUYS TIME. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND? THIS
[2. Discuss and consider award and execution of Master Services Contracts for RFQ No. 3221-22 Architectural Services of Infrastructure Projects (ARPA) with the following: Levy Dykema, PLLC Turner Ramirez & Associates, Inc.]
PASSES. >> DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD AND EXECUTION OF MASTER SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR RFQ NO.
3221-22 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS (ARPA) WITH THE FOLLOWING: LEVY DYKEMA, PLLC TURNER RAMIREZ &
ASSOCIATES, INC. >> TO HAVE A MOTION AND A
[3. Discuss and consider award and execution of Master Services Contracts for RFQ No. 3220-22 Engineering Services of Infrastructure Projects (ARPA) with the following: Freese and Nichols, Inc Hanson Professional Services, Inc.]
SECOND? THIS PASSES. AND ONE MORE. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD AND EXECUTION OF MASTER SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR RFQ NO.3220-22 ENGINEERING SERVICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS (ARPA) WITH THE FOLLOWING: FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC HANSON
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC >> A MOTION AND A SECOND? ALL
[4. Discuss and consider award and execution of a contract with Odessa Pumps & Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of two (2) new 6-inch diesel powered water pumps with trailers (IFB No. 3212-A) for Public Works.]
IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 4? DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH ODESSA PUMPS & EQUIPMENT, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) NEW 6-INCH DIESEL POWERED WATER PUMPS WITH TRAILERS (IFB NO. 3212-A) FORPUBLIC WORKS. >> THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY'S OFFICE. THE ETA WAS 90 DAYS PLUS. AND WE
RECOMMEND APPROVED FUNDING. >> TO HAVE A MOTION AND A
[5. Discuss and consider conditional selection for IFB No. 3229-23 Hazel Bazemore Park New Restroom Building.]
SECOND? MOTION PASSES WORK NUMBER FIVE. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONDITIONAL SELECTION FOR IFB NO. 3229-23 HAZEL BAZEMORE PARK NEW RESTROOM BUILDING.>> ON THIS ONE, WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE BIDS. THE LOW BIDDER
WAS $550,000 . >> WAIT . THERE IS A CHANGE TO THIS. INSTEAD OF USING THE WAIVER MONEY. TO USE HARBOR
>> MORE FLEXIBLE MONEY? >> 1115 CAN BE USED ON
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ANYTHING. WE STILL HAVE CONTINGENCY MONEY . IT ALSONEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED. >> YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS? I CAN HELP YOU FIND A
>> PREVIOUSLY, THE COURT INDICATED THEY WANTED IS WAIVER
FIVE. >> WE HAVE A CONTRACT. BUT WE CAN STILL USE IT FOR LOST REVENUE. AND THE NUMBERS THAT I GOT WAS $7 MILLION UNDER LOST REVENUE
>> THAT HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED.
>> DID SOME OF IT COME BACK? >> IS THE TOTAL.
>> IT IS $4.5 MILLION ON THE CONTINGENCY FUND. AND WE WOULD USE $5000. WE STILL HAVE A $10 MILLION FROM THE LOST REVENUE.
WE CAN USE . BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT IN CASH.
>> PART OF THE 72 MILLION. . THE 10 MILLION.
>> BUT WE ALLOCATED A BUNCH OF THAT OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN AGAIN. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SPENT SOME OF THAT. WE SPENT SOME OF THAT CONTINGENCY A COUPLE OF TIMES.
NUMBERS THAT SHE HAS SHE IS THE ONE FOR LOST REVENUE . HOW
MUCH IS LEFT. >> SHE BROKE IT DOWN.
>> SHE HAS ARRIVED. >>, WHICH IS ON THE 1115
WAIVER? >> PROBABLY $4 MILLION.
>> THOSE WAIVERS CAN ALSO BE SPENT.
>> I THOUGHT THAT IT HAD SOME RESTRICTIONS.
>> NO . >> NOW THEY HAVE TAKEN AWAY ALL
>> AND WE GOT THAT FROM THE PERSON.
>> AS LONG AS IT IS YOUR POLICY.
>> WHAT DOES THIS 1115 TO FIT?
>> IS MORE FLEXIBLE. WHEN WE HAD IT BEFORE IT WAS MORE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. BUT YOU CAN STILL USE IT FOR THAT. BUT IT WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT IS STILL REMAINING. YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COUNTY. THAT IS WHY IT IS
BETTER TO HARPA. >> THAT IS CORRECT WE SHOULD PERHAPS HOLD DOWN ON THE 1115 WAIVER MONEY. A LOT OF FUNDS ARE POPPING UP ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY SQUARED UP WITH THE CITY.
>> THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT 2023, 2024 BUDGET. TWO WHAT'S THE COURT WAS TO DO. THAT IS A DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION. >> THEY WERE ALSO BILLING INCORRECTLY ON THE QUARTERLY AMOUNT BUT IT HAS BEEN TAKEN
CARE OF. >> THEY STILL RECEIVE FUNDS FOR
WAIVERS. >> I MISSED THAT THE 1115 WAIVER HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
>> AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. IF WE CAN'T USE HARPA MONEY , THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO.
>> IS THERE A MOTION? >> THIS IS JUST LOST REVENUE .
IT IS A DIFFERENT PACKET. >> $70 MILLION.
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>> CORRECT. >> WE HAVE ALLOCATED X AMOUNT
>> AND I THINK SHE CAN PROVIDE THE NUMBERS AGAIN.
>> WE DO NOT WANT TO PUT ANYTHING UNDER THE $10 MILLION WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY. SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE CAREFUL WITH LOST REVENUE BUT IT IS ALLOWED. HOWEVER, THE SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS WERE NOT LIMITED. NOT KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO ENCOUNTER THIS. UNDER LOST REVENUE.
BECAUSE IT COULD BE UNDER REGULAR HARPA.
>> THE LOST REVENUE IS THE CATEGORY IN WHICH THE SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS . THE TRADITIONAL HARPA COMPLIANT DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT SECTION OF THE FUND. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND THE REGULAR HARPA THAT ARE NOT FOR LOST.
IT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. >> WITH THIS PROJECT, THERE IS
NOT A REBID. >> AS WE IDENTIFY, IT SHOULD JUST INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE LOST REVENUE FUNDS.
>> JUST GETTING THE FACTS FOR EVERYTHING.
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CHANGE THE FUNDING AND EXCEPT THE CONTRACT . WHO WAS THE AWARD?
>> THEY RECOMMEND . CONDITIONAL SELECTION FOR IFB NO. 3231-23 HAZEL BAZEMORE SPLASH PAD PROJECT PRECINCT #1. TO BE PAID FOR HARPA. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
[6. Discuss and consider conditional selection for IFB No. 3231-23 Hazel Bazemore Splash Pad Project Precinct #1.]
>> THIS NEXT ITEM IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS.
>> ONE OF THE PROPOSALS PROVIDED TWO BIDS. SO WE CANNOT CONSIDER THAT SECOND BID. FOR THE REMAINING, THE LOW BIDDER WAS PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES INC. STRUCTURES INC.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT CONDITIONAL SELECTION FOR IFB NO. 3231-23 HAZEL BAZEMORE SPLASH PAD PROJECT PRECINCT #1.
TO BE PAID WITH HARPA LOST REVENUE FUNDS.
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? IS THERE ANY OTHER
DISCUSSION? >> I WANT TO THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT GOD DOES NOT. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. >> THERE IS ONLY ONE CHANGE FOR
[1. Approve Budget Change Order No. 12 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.]
THAT ITEM. PERMITTING SERVICES . THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TRANSFER. I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.OTHERWISE, APPROVE BUDGET CHANGE ORDER NO. 12 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES . THANK YOU.
[2. Approve the monthly expense report for January, February, March 2023 and unreconciled P-Card transactions for October 2022 to March 2023.]
ITEM NUMBER TWO. APPROVE THE MONTHLY EXPENSE REPORT FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH 2023 AND UNRECONCILED P-CARD TRANSACTIONS FOR OCTOBER 2022 TO MARCH 2023. AND I SAY THAT[04:35:10]
WITH A BIG QUESTION FOR UNRECONCILED>> JUST CATCHING UP, MARCH IS THE MOST CURRENT. THERE ARE A FEW ERRORS. SOME BALANCES WERE SHOWN TO THE ELECTION . THAT IS NOT CORRECT. WE WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE AND FIX THOSE THIS IS SHOWING THE BALANCES IS ALREADY HALFWAY THROUGH.
THE FIRST IS OVERBUDGET IS MY DEPARTMENT. WE HAD SOME STAFF CHANGES AND I HAD TO PAY OUT FOR RETIREMENT I AM NOT THAT FAR OFF . BUT BECAUSE WE HAD A WORKDAY FUNCTION. WE HAD TO DO SOME BUDGET CHANGE ORDERS . THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS. THE NEXT IS ON PAGE 13. LEGAL AID. WITH THE RENTAL AGREEMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. THAT IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING THAT OUGHT TO BE OVERBUDGET. PAGE 20, YOU SHALL THE BALANCES OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALSO BE OVER. AND THE LAST PAGES 25.
WE ARE AT 60%. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LESS OF THAT BUT BECAUSE THESE ARE TRANSFERRED OUT. SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE OPERATING FUNDS ARE THERE. AND OTHER DEPARTMENTAL FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE QUICK AND RELATIVE. THAT IS FOR MARCH 31ST, 2023. I COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TODAY WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU THE UNRECONCILED TRANSACTION. IF ANYBODY USES THEIR CREDIT CARD , WE KEEP THE INFORMATION FROM OUR BANK. AND PUT IT INTO . OUR SYSTEM NOTIFIES THE INDIVIDUALS THEY TRANSACTION PENDING.
SOMETIMES, THESE TRANSACTIONS WERE WE CANNOT POST THESE TRANSACTIONS BECAUSE OF OUR OLD SYSTEM. WHEN WE GET OUR NEW SYSTEM, IT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE. BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH MICHAEL ON THIS. HE WILL NOTIFY THEM CONSTANTLY OF THIS REPORT IS PENDING? SO WILL GO TO EACH OF THESE ITEMS. WHEN WE RENDER THIS, SOME OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECONCILED. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM STILL ARE. HOW DO YOU FIND THESE INDIVIDUALS OF THESE ON RECONCILED BALANCES? SOME OF THESE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 30
DAYS TO 60 DAYS OLD. >> WE PERIODICALLY SEND OUT A REMINDER. AND SO THE SOME TARGETED EMAILS. IN SOME CASES I WILL MAKE A PERSONAL VISIT TO GET THOSE FIGURED OUT. I BELIEVE THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THESE IS THROUGH THE GROUP.
>> YES. I HAVE HAD SOME GOOD RESPONSE. I HOPE THAT WE WILL
HAVE A MUCH SHORTER LIST. >> I STRONGLY SUGGEST IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO GET A RECEIPT . SO THERE IS REALLY NO EXCUSE FOR 60 DAYS. THE THREAT OF TURNING THE CARD
OFF WOULD REALLY HELP. >> WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE
PAST. >> THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD BE MORE SIMPLIFIED. CONSIDER THEM GOING TO GO TO THE OFFICE. YOU CAN TAKE AN IMAGE OF YOUR RECEIPT. BUT THIS RECONCILIATION REQUIREMENT. BECAUSE OF OUR OLD SYSTEM, WE CANNOT POST INTO OUR BALANCES. SOMETIMES IT WILL ASSESS FOR 2, THREE MONTH PERIOD WE WILL CONSTANTLY BE SITTING AT THIS NEEDS TO BE
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>> HOPEFULLY, WITH SYSTEM COMES UP THIS WILL NOT BE AS THICK. THOSE ARE THE MONTHLY REPORTS FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY,
MARCH. AND FOR OCTOBER . >> DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THIS PASSES. THANK YOU.
[3. Discuss and consider approval of funding source(s) for the cost of transporting inmates out-of-county for the Sheriff's Office, and related matters.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF FUNDING SOURCE(S) FOR THE COST OF TRANSPORTING INMATES OUT-OF-COUNTY FOR THE SHERIFF'SOFFICE, AND RELATED MATTERS. >> THEY CAME TO MY OFFICE . AT THE FIRST TIME YOU WERE TRYING TO GET THE FUNDING OUT OF HARPA. BUT WE CANNOT DO THE FUNDING. SO WE TRIED TO FIND ADDITIONAL WAYS OF DOING THIS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A WAY IF YOU COULD AGREE. THE REASON WE CANNOT DO THIS IS BECAUSE THERE
IS NO CONTRACT. >> WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT.
>> THESE ARE IN COUNTY . >> MICHAEL CAN EXPLAIN.
>> TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORT. THE OTHER WAS TO THE TOILET COUNTY. UNDERSTANDING, FOR IT TO IN COUNTY IS DOING FOR TRANSPORT. THE COUNTY DOES THEIR OWN TRANSPORT. SO WE HAVE NO EXPENSES FOR THAT PARTICULAR
TRANSPORT. >> I NEED TO WONDER.
>> WHAT COULD THE COUNTY NOT FILLED THAT?
>> IT IS OUT OF COUNTY. >> BUT THIS WAS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF FUNDING SOURCE(S) FOR THE COST OF TRANSPORTING INMATES OUT-OF-COUNTY FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND RELATED MATTERS. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL ADDITIONAL SITES THAT THE SHERIFF IS UTILIZING FOR THE INMATES THAT DID NOT FIT TIER. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> PROPORTIONALLY STILL NEEDS HELP WITH HIS GENERAL TRANSPORT
OF INMATES. >> SOME OF OUR INMATES ARE OVERFLOWING THEY ARE STORED IN AN ADJACENT COUNTY. THAT TRANSPORTATION IS DONE BY THE SHERIFF STAFF. THE OTHER TRANSPORT THAT IS GETTING TAKE CARE OF OUTSIDE ENTITIES IS THAT PICKING UP ON SOMEBODY WITH A WARRANT. OR A HOLD THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IN OTHER COUNTIES AND EVEN OTHER STATES. THAT IS THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED. IT IS FOR THE TRANSPORT COMPANIES TO BRING THEM FROM OUT OF STATE. OR IN OTHER COUNTIES AND BRING THEM BACK FOR US. WE DO NOT HAVE THE MANPOWER. WE WILL DO SOME OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
SOMETIMES THEY GO TO EL PASO, THOSE ARE OVERNIGHT TRIPS.
>> AND THE CROWDED NATURE IS STILL THE COVID-19 BACKLOG .
>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT.
>> THIS WAS BID OUT AND THERE WERE NO RESPONSES. THE COMPANY THAT TAKES CARE OF THIS TRANSPORT THERE ARE TWO ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING A
CONTRACT. >> THAT IS THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD. THEY DO IT BUT THEY DO NOT WANT A
CONTRACT. >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY DO NOT WANT THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THE FLUCTUATION OF
FUEL PRICES. >> WITH STUFF LIKE THAT.
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>> THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
>> BUT YOU COULD PUT THAT IN A CONTRACT.
>> I WONDER IF WE COULD RENEGOTIATE?
>> IF THEY DO NOT WANT A CONTRACT BECAUSE OF FUEL FLUCTUATIONS. THAT IS HAMPERING.
>> I KNOW THAT PURCHASING HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS WITH BROWN AND ROUND UP IT THAT IS WHY IT IS INSIDE OF THE PURCHASING POLICY. IT WAS BECAUSE IT QUALIFY BECAUSE OF NO
RESPONSIVE BIDS. >> WHEN WE GET SOMEBODY FROM
OUT OF TOWN. >> WE HAVE 10 DAYS FROM WILL REPLACE THE DETAINER IN ANOTHER COUNTY OR ANOTHER STATE. HAVE TO GO PICK UP WITHIN THAT TIME. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WART. A FELONY OR A MISDEMEANOR, OR BOTH.
>> AND THE INMATES DO NOT GET CHARGED?
>> ACTUALLY, WE DO CHARGE THEM.
>> THERE IS A PROBLEM TODAY. BUT WE NEED A SOLUTION.
>> WE DID GET SOME REIMBURSEMENTS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. BECAUSE OF COVID, THEY HAD A GRANT AND WE ARE GETTING BACK. BUT WHEN WE TAKE PRISONERS TO DOMINGUEZ WE GOT $18,000. SO WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT
BAD. -. >> WE NEED TO GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT. SO IF THERE ARE FLUCTUATIONS IN FUEL, THERE CAN BE STIPULATIONS IN THE CONTRACT. THIS IS REALLY
HINDERING US. >> IF YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM TO INDICATE WHAT THE SOLUTION WOULD BE.
>> RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS BEING FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. I WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PROVIDE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT IS NOT SUCH A BIG HIT. IF WE REMEMBER, SOME HAD TO BE PAID BY THE GENERAL FUND. AND WE ALLOWED PUBLIC WORKS OR OTHER WROTE FUNDS SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE BROUGHT IN FOR THE SOFTWARE. I AM RECOMMENDING THE SAME ISSUE. IF WE NEED FUNDS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE CAN USE. AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL OUTLAY. FROM $150,000 $150,000-$500,000. WE COULD EVEN MOVE THIS TO HARPA LOST REVENUE FOR CAPITAL EXPENSE.
WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO TRANSFER GENERAL FUND TO THE AMOUNT.
AND WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ANYTHING WE NEED. THE TWO
SOLUTION IS RESOLVED. >> THAT IS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO A LONG-TERM PROBLEM. THAT IS FINE. BUT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THESE PEOPLE AND EXPLAIN. WE CANNOT GO TO THESE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. TO USE FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS THAT WE MIGHT GET. SOMEHOW WE NEED TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE. IS IT A FUEL FLEXIBILITY COST? BUT IF THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THE CONTRACT? LET'S DO THAT. AND IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT IT CHECKS OUT IT IS OKAY. BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT IT WOULD FIX IT IN THE LONG TERM. WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, TO GET
IT DONE. >> DO WE WANT TO MOTION?
>> CAN YOU STATE IT? >> WE FOUND FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE . SO WE WILL TRANSFER MONEY FROM HARPA TO BE ABLE TO EXPENSE CAPITAL EXPENSES. AND THOSE OF BE
AVAILABLE . >> CAN WE DO THAT ILLEGALLY?
>> WE NEED TO CHECK TO SEE IF WE CAN TRANSFER FUNDS FROM
HARPA . >> IS A CAPITAL EXPENSE.
>> THIS COULD BE WRITTEN UP IN A MOTION. PERHAPS WE COULD
COME BACK TO IT? >> IF SOMEBODY COULD WRITE THAT
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DOWN FOR US. MAKING SURE THAT IT IS LEGAL.>> HE IS BASICALLY STATING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN CAPITAL EXPENSE THAT QUALIFIES FOR HARPA. TO BE PAID IN LOST REVENUE HARPA FUNDS . BECAUSE PUBLIC WORKS WOULD NOT HAVE THOSE FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED OUT OF GENERAL FUND. THEY CAN BE PAID TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
>> I WILL GET THAT. DID YOU GET IT?
>> YES. YOU ARE A GREAT TRANSLATOR.
>> COULD SOMEBODY JUST WRITE IT UP IN A MOTION? OR DO WE
NEED TO DO THIS TODAY? >> IT IS CRUCIAL . TAKE THE FUNDS RIGHT AWAY. AND I THINK SHE HAS IT ON VIDEO.
>> I SERIOUSLY -- >> I MAKE A MOTION TO USE HARPA FUNDS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES . THIS WILL FREE UP FUNDS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FOR THE GENERAL REVENUE THAT WE CAN THEN USE TO PAY FOR THIS. FOR THE TRANSPORT. THAT IS MY MOTION. I'M STICKING TO IT . AND HARPA WILL GO TO LOST
>> $600,000. >> THIS IS NOT GOING TO SHORED
ANYBODY? >> WE ARE ALREADY IN A BIND, IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH? FOR TRANSPORTING? THAT IS ALREADY WITH INVOICES. WE NEED 600 .
>> YOU ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS WORKING AND THIS IS LEGAL?
BECAUSE WE ARE ON RECORD. >> THE OTHER FUNDS ARE OKAY.
>> HONESTLY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF THIS SCENARIO. BUT WHAT IS HE PROPOSING SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL
FLY. >> ALL YOU ARE DOING IS MOVING MONEY AROUND. BUT YOU ARE DOING IT LEGALLY.
>> COMING OF THE ADVICE OF OUR ATTORNEY AND THE OWNER.
>> WE ARE MAKING QUALIFIED HARPA EXPENSES .
>> COMMISSIONER JOE GONZALES? ARE YOU VOTING?
>> WE ARE ALL DOING IS BASED ON THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL.
>> COUNSEL HAS HEARD THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.
>> YOU ARE EITHER SIGNING OFF ON THIS, OR NOT. AND IF YOU ARE SIGNED OFF ON IT. IF YOU ARE NOT SIGNED OFF ON IT, I'M
NOT TO SIGN OFF ON IT. >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. BUT THE IDEA THAT HE HAS PROPOSED. ALL HE IS DOING IS MAKING A LEGITIMATE EXPENSES TO BE PAID FROM HARPA FUNDS WHICH IS ABLE TO BE DONE.
>> IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL. >> THIS IS LEGAL AND IT
FOLLOWS THE HARPA RULE . >> THE SCENARIO ON THE MOTION
SOUNDS LIKE IT IS SOUND. >> DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> AS FAR AS THE PARK. THEY NEED TO COME TO ME AND JUST TO VERIFY IT. THAT IT QUALIFIES UNDER A CERTAIN CATEGORY.
>> LOST REVENUE. >> I WILL VOTE FOR THAT
OCCURRING. >> IF YOU WILL TAKE THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION. AS LONG AS IT QUALIFIES THROUGH HARPA THAT EVERYTHING WOULD QUALIFY. SO, WE HAVE A MOTION . AND IT
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LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH[4. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Alight Solutions for Enterprise Resource Planning Software and Replacement of Timeclocks (RFP No. 3193-22) in order to add automated Workday supported software services to execute the Testing Phases of the Workday Deployment.]
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO THE CONTRACT WITH ALIGHT SOLUTIONS FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE AND REPLACEMENT OF TIMECLOCKS IN ORDER TO ADD AUTOMATED WORKDAY SUPPORTED SOFTWARE SERVICES TO EXECUTE THE TESTING PHASES OF THE WORKDAY DEPLOYMENT.>> WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS CHANGE. THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED. IT WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL COST.
>> GREAT. I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PATCHES THIS PASSAGE. AND
[5. Discuss and consider allowing the District Attorney's Office to utilize salary savings in 3520/5110 to supplement Professional Services/ Special Personnel Services in 3520/5300 for the remainder of this fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00.]
DISCUSS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO UTILIZE SALARY SAVINGS IN 3520/5110 TO SUPPLEMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/ SPECIAL PERSONNEL SERVICES IN 3520/5300 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000.00.>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS. I APPRECIATE THE AUDITORS WORKING WITH THIS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. BASICALLY OTHER POSITIONS . THE POLICY OF THE COURT AND THE LAW OF THE COURT. IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A GENERAL FUND CHANGE IT IS STILL DOABLE. THAT IS WHAT THE NEXT ITEMS WILL DO. BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. IT IS TAKING THE SAVINGS AND JUST SHIFTING IT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES .
THAT IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE AND ALSO A LINE ITEM CHANGE.
TO BRING IN EXTRA PERSONNEL TO FILL UP THE COST.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING WOULD GIVE US A $14,000 SAVING. BUT THIS ONE IS NOT A SAVINGS. I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE EVER DONE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PERSONNEL . WHERE IS THE SAVINGS? WHY ARE WE MOVING
MONEY? >> THE VACANCIES ALLOW IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HIRE A CONTRACT PERSONNEL AND PROFESSIONAL. SO THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY HIRING AN EMPLOYEE.
THEY ARE HIRING CONTRACT LABOR.
>> THIS IS NOT TO GIVE BONUSES, THIS IS OUTSIDE CONTRACT LABOR TO HELP YOUR OVERLOAD.
>> YES. WE HAVE SALARY SAVING . WE ARE ASKING TO USE 75% OF IT.
IT IS A TRANSFER FROM ONE LINE ITEM TO ANOTHER LINE ITEM. WE ARE NEVER GOING TO USE THAT. THE $250,000 IS DUE AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WE HAVE SPECIAL PROSECUTORS AND HER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN OTHER COUNTIES. THE FORMER EMPLOYEES HERE. MICHELLE AND RACIAL - RACHEL MASCOWITZ BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INTAKE ATTORNEYS AT THIS TIME.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE FELONY INTAKE ATTORNEY AT THIS TIME.
TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THE CASES AND DO THE INTAKE. SO THAT IS
WHERE THEY GET PAID. >> AND YOU GOT THIS AMOUNT
FROM FISCAL SERVICES? >> THAT IS JUST FOR THIS YEAR.
IS SHIFTING. >> WAS THERE A POLICY ON THIS,
OR NOT? >> EVERY SINGLE BUDGET I HAVE COME TO THIS COURT AND I'VE ASKED USE MY SALARY SAVINGS TO SUPPLEMENT OTHERS. AND EVERY YEAR, THIS COURT HAS YES.
>> HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. BUT THE
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SAVINGS YOU ARE USING, ARE YOU GOING TO HIRE SOMEONE ELSE.SEVEN $45,000 SAVINGS, YOU $2000 SAVINGS . DO WE HAVE A SAVINGS? HOWEVER, THAT IS MONEY THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU NEED IT OR NOT
BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER. >> IT IS NOT JUST FOR THAT WE ALSO PAY ETHICAL EXAMINERS TO PROVIDE EXPERT TESTIMONY ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. IF WE HAD TO CALL ANY DOCTOR TO TESTIFY IN THE CASE. BECAUSE WE CANNOT PUT DR. SHAKER ON OR DR. FAGAN ON. WE DO NOT WANT THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND MISS CLEANING TO IMPLEMENT OUR HOMICIDE CASES. ALSO PAYS FOR THE MODERNIST. SO IT IS MORE THAN JUST -- AND IT IS MONEY THAT WAS EARMARKED FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WE DID NOT HAVE PRIOR TO TODAY'S DATE. EVEN IF WE FILLED EVERY SINGLE POSITION IN OUR OFFICE TOMORROW, MIRACULOUSLY. I WOULD HAVE ENOUGH IN MY SALARY TO COVER FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I'M ASKING 'S MONEY FOR THE MONEY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE FOR THE
BEGINNING, UNTIL NOW. >> THE SALARY SAVING DOES NOT
REFLECT THE VACANCIES? >> WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. YOU WOULD ONLY DO THIS FOR THIS YEAR? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE THIS FOR NEXT YEAR?
>> NOT UNLESS WE USE IT FOR NEXT YEAR, AND I STILL DOING CONTRACTED LABOR WITH 15 ATTORNEYS DOWN THERE BUT IN TERMS OF BUDGET, IT IS GOING TO BE THE EXACT BUDGET THAT WE SUBMITTED THIS YEAR. OF COURSE THE RACES THAT WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GET. >> AND ADDING $75,000.
>> IF YOU TAKE AWAY, TWO PEOPLE, AND ADD TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. IT WILL BRING MORE MONEY INTO THAT AREA NEXT YEAR.
IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO USE IT, IT IS GOING TO BE SITTING
IN. >> AND HE GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. I CANNOT REMEMBER HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WE WENT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. THIS YEAR, IS GOING TO BE THE SAME THING. YOU WILL PROBABLY GET $200,000 OF SALARY SAVINGS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, IF NOT .
OUR OFFICE IS TO BE OVER BUDGET. WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO COME AND ASK AND INCREASE OUR BUDGET. WE HAVE CERTAINLY NOT ASKED YOU TO FIND $600,000 FOR US. WE ARE ASKING TO USE MONEY IS ALREADY ALLOCATED TO OUR OFFICE FOR THE VERY JEWISH WE HAVE. WE HAVE TWO LAWYERS THAT ARE DOWN.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT OF 124 >> THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IS THE NUMBER THAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT. THE FUNDS ARE THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO EMPLOYEES IN THAT POSITION. PREVIOUSLY, WE DID NOT THE ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT FOR SALARY SAVINGS.
AND IT IS USUALLY BEEN ALLOWED BUT THAT IS A PRACTICE YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT AGAIN. THE SALARY
SAVINGS GOES BACK TO HELP. >> IN PREVIOUS, HAVE WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT? WE CAN DO IT. BUT PERHAPS WE COULD
LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. >> FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU .
AND A SECOND TO ALLOW THE REMAINDER . TO BE USED IN THE DA OFFICE. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES . DISCUSS AND
[1. Discuss and consider creating a Trial Court Coordinator and Witness Supervisor Position at Pay Group 22/01 to assist with the coordination of the heavy trial docket to be funded by the permanent elimination of one Asst. DA - Misdemeanor Attorney I position at Pay Group 31/01. ]
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CONSIDER CREATING A TRIAL COURT COORDINATOR AND WITNESS SUPERVISOR POSITION AT PAY GROUP 22/01 TO ASSIST WITH THE COORDINATION OF THE HEAVY TRIAL DOCKET TO BE FUNDED BY THE PERMANENT ELIMINATION OF ONE ASST. DA - MISDEMEANOR ATTORNEY I POSITION AT PAY GROUP 31/01.[2. Discuss and Consider reclassifying the two Asst DA - Felony Atty V (Child Unit) Prosecutor positions which are currently Pay Group 37 to ADA VI-Violent and High Profile at pay group 39 positions. This is necessary to equalize the salaries of the specialized units. This reclassification will be funded by the permanent elimination of one Asst DA - Misdemeanor Atty II position. Salary savings for remaining FY 22/23 is $31,132.17. ]
>> ALL IN FAVOR? >> DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RECLASSIFYING THE TWO ASST DA - FELONY ATTY V (CHILD UNIT) PROSECUTOR POSITIONS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY PAY GROUP 37 TO ADA VI-VIOLENT AND HIGH PROFILE AT PAY GROUP 39 POSITIONS. THIS IS NECESSARY TO EQUALIZE THE SALARIES OF THE SPECIALIZED UNITS. THIS RECLASSIFICATION WILL BE FUNDED BY THE PERMANENT ELIMINATION OF ONE ASST DA - MISDEMEANOR ATTY II POSITION.
SALARY SAVINGS FOR REMAINING FY 22/23 IS $31,132.17.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? NUMBER THREE.
[3. Discuss and Consider creating an Administrative Secretary III position at a Pay Group 21/01 to be funded with the surplus funds remaining from the permanent elimination of the Asst DA - Misdemeanor Atty I position and the Asst DA - Misdemeanor Atty II position used to fund the Trial Coordinator and reclassification of the Felony V child unit prosecutors.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CREATING AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY III POSITION AT A PAY GROUP 21/01 TO BE FUNDED WITH THE SURPLUS FUNDS REMAINING FROM THE PERMANENT ELIMINATION OF THE ASST DA - MISDEMEANOR ATTY I POSITION AND THE ASST DA - MISDEMEANOR ATTY II POSITION USED TO FUND THE TRIAL COORDINATOR AND RECLASSIFICATIO N OF THE FELONY V CHILD UNITPROSECUTORS. >> ALL IN FAVOR? THIS MOTION
[4. Discuss and consider the approval of reclassifying positions within the Nueces County Clerk's Treasury and Collection Department to be funded by deletion of the Sr Accounting Assistant position in the Treasury Department #1170, effective pay period beginning May 13th, 2023.]
PASSES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF RECLASSIFYING POSITIONS WITHIN THE NUECES COUNTY CLERK'S TREASURY AND COLLECTION DEPARTMENT TO BE FUNDED BY DELETION OF THE SR ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT POSITION IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT #1170, EFFECTIVE PAY PERIOD BEGINNING MAY 13TH, 2023. I BELIEVE WE GOT SOMETHING FROM MELINDA IN THE PACKET THAT THIS WOULD BE FINE.>> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THANK YOU. ITEM
[5. Accept for record purposes the resignation of Nueces County Emergency Management Coordinator; discuss and consider revision of job description of the Emergency Management Coordinator position; discuss and consider authorizing Human Resources to post the position, and related matters.]
NUMBER FIVE. ACCEPT FOR RECORD PURPOSES THE RESIGNATION OF NUECES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR; DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REVISION OF JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION; DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING HUMAN RESOURCES TO POST THE POSITION, AND RELATED MATTERS. IN YOUR PACKETS I DID RECEIVE AND I KNOW IT IS UNDER THE SOUND DECISION . BECAUSE WE ARE COMING UP ON JUNE AND THE HURRICANE SEASON . IT WAS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO GET US MOVING AND GET THIS POSITION INTERVIEWED FOR AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME GREAT CANDIDATES. IN YOUR PACKET , WE DID, WITH THE HELP OF THE NEW HR DIRECTOR. WE DID REWORD THE JOB DESCRIPTION. AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSECHANGES. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR. AND UNLESS I AM MISSING SOMETHING? DO WE HAVE ANY ADJOURNMENTS? WE HAVE ADJOURNMENTS AND MEMORY
PLEASE. >> IT IS GREAT SADNESS TO JANEA LOBELLES HAS PASSED. BABY YOU KNOW HER MOTHER THAT IS A MEMBER OF OR MENTAL HEALTH OVERSIGHT PUBLIC DEFENDERS BOARD. CERTAINLY OUR CONDOLENCES GO TO JANICE AND HER FAMILY SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF 2002 AND WAS EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. SHE LEFT LISTENING TO MUSIC, ENSURE SEE TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY MANY. AND HER FATHER, JASON, AND HER GRANDFATHER.
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AND HER LOVING BEST FRIEND, JENNIFER SCOTT. THIS SERVICE WILL BE AT THE METHODIST CHURCH ON SATURDAY, AND 2 P.M.DEPARTURE HAS LEFT A VOID IN THE HEARTS OF HER FAMILY, FRIENDS WILL BE REMEMBERED BY YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE, SENSE OF HUMOR AND THE LOVE THAT SHE SURROUNDED BY OTHERS.
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND THE LOSS.
>> ANYONE ELSE? >> ? JOE GONZALES?
>> OUR PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY FOR HER PASSING. HE WAS A VERY DEVOTED FAMILY MAN AND HE WAS RAISED ON A FARM OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA. HE GRADUATED ONE OF 13 STUDENTS. HE ATTENDED OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. EARNING A BACHELOR'S AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. LATER HE LEARNED AND EARNED AN MBA IN CORPUS CHRISTI. HIS LOVE OF LIFE WAS HIS WIFE FOR 50 YEARS. AND IN ADDITION TO TRAVEL, HE PLAYED THE STOCK MARKET, PLAYED GOLF AND WAS ATTENDING MAJOR VERBAL GAMES. HE WILL BE MISSED BY HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS . AND OUR PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES GO TO HIS FAMILY. IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT RICHARD GARCIA SR ALSO PASSED. HE WAS BORN IN 1937 IN CORPUS CHRISTI. HE WAS RAISED IN CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S.
ARMY AND SERVED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FROM 1958 TO 1960.
HE WAS MARRIED FOR 57 YEARS. HE WAS A PARTNER OF THE AGNES HILL'S FURNITURE STORE. HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, BROTHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER. HE ALWAYS ENJOYED FAMILY GATHERINGS AND SHARED STORIES. HE MADE YOU LAUGH SO HARD THAT CRY. HE IS REPORTED FOR HIS KINDNESS AND HIS DEVOTION TO GOD AND HIS FAMILY. THIS LAST ONE IS A VERY DEAR FRIEND. VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY. ART GONZALES KNOWN AS COACH WAS 81 YEARS OLD HE WAS BORN IN CORPUS CHRISTI IN 1941. PROCEEDING IN HIS DEATH BY HIS PARENTS. HIS BROTHERS AND SISTER, MARIA. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, PATRICIA, DAUGHTER, MELINDA, HIS TWO SONS AND HIS GRANDSON. THE GRANDCHILDREN . WE ALL WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HELPED WITH FUNERAL AND PARTICIPATED IN
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PALLBEARERS. HE WAS A VERY LIKABLE PERSON. HE WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNTIL HE RETIRED. AND HE CONTINUED TO DO PART-TIME WORK. HE LOVED TO HUNT, AND HE LOVED TO FIND A RELAXING TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND FAMILY. ART WILL MISSED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES. THE PRAYERS GO OUT TO HISFAMILY'S. THAT IS IT. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY? WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP ALL OF THESE FAMILIES IN OUR PRAYERS.
I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. ALL IN FAVOR?
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