[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.]

GET US STARTED FOR THE SEASON. MOVING ON ITEM G , PUBLIC

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COMMENT. LET ME JUST SAY THAT WHEN YOU GO UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, THERE IS A TIMER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. WE WILL HAVE

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I CAME TO AND FROM THE NUECES COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, NUECES COUNTY PARKS AND KINGSVILLE COMMAND WILL HOST A VETERAN CEREMONY AT ARMISTEAD VETERAN PARK IN BISHOP, TEXAS FRIDAY, JUNE 21 AT 10:00 A.M. WEATHER PERMITTING. THE PURPOSE IS TO REACH OUT TO VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS THEY ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTIFUL PARK AND THE VETERAN MONUMENTS ERECTED A FEW YEARS AGO. WE HAVE FLYERS ON THE BACK TABLE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING. PLEASE JOIN US.

>> THANK YOU.

THE 4218 4218 HERNDON ST. I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL JUDGE AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE SHOWN IN MAKING SURE WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN NUECES COUNTY. MYSELF AND A LOT OF FOLKS GOT INVOLVED AFTER THE CHAOS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION. AS A RESULT OF SOME CHANGES YOU MADE SUCH AS GOING TO PAPER BALLOTS, I WORKED EVERY ELECTION SINCE 2020 AND WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, I AM A REPUBLICAN JUDGE AND WORKER, THERE HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE PAPER BALLOTS THAT YOU INSTITUTED. I KNOW IT COST A BIT OF MONEY. AS WE PREPARE WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF RELATIVELY SMALL ELECTIONS THIS SPRING AS WE PREPARE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WHICH YOU ANTICIPATE HIGH TURNOUT THE ITEM YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA TO INCREASE THE PAY FOR THE WORKERS , FOR THE ELECTIONS GOING FROM 12 AND 14 TO 15 AND 18 TO 15 AND $18 IS NEEDED AND WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A EDUCATED AND EFFICIENT WORKFORCE, PLUS A LARGE WORKFORCE REQUIRED FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING OUT TO VOTE SO THEY CAN BE HANDLED FREELY AND FAIRLY WITH AN ELECTION OF GREAT INTEGRITY. THANK YOU ALL AND OUR COUNTY CLERK FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB WE HAVE DONE IN NUECES COUNTY MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE PLAGUED A LOT OF OTHER PLACES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. VICTORIA HOLLAND.

>> HELLO MY NAME IS VICTORIA HOLLAND. 235

>> HELLO MY NAME IS VICTORIA HOLLAND. 235 OHIO AVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS. I WANT TO ALSO GO AHEAD AND THANK THE WORK OF THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT. THIS BODY AND THE EXCELLENT COUNTY CLERK , FOR THE WORK YOU DO IN ENTERING WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS AVAILABLE TO ALL VOTING CITIZENS EVERY SINGLE GO AROUND. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL YEAR AND AS WE DO SO, IT IS SO IMPORTANT WE ARE ABLE TO RETAIN THE SKILLED ELECTION WORKERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE GOING AND DOING THE NEEDED WORK. THERE ARE NOT BUT SO MANY FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW PROCESS NOW THAT WE HAVE NEW MACHINES THAT UTILIZE THE PAPER ELEMENT. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE MOTIVATED TO LEARN THE NEW SYSTEM AND I THINK THE PROPOSED INCREASE TO THE FUNDS PROVIDED TO ATTRACT ELECTION WORKERS WILL DO A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK. MYSELF AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE TRYING TO GET OUT THE VOTE. WE EXPECT A HUGE TURNOUT WHICH MEANS WE NEED MORE ELECTION JUDGES AND MORE ELECTION CLERKS. SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK COUNTY JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY CLERK SANDS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN HELPING US GET OUT THE VOTE TO MAKE IT A VERY SUCCESSFUL

ELECTION YEAR. >> THANK YOU. BARBARA JONES.

>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

TO SPEAK TODAY. I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE FIREFIGHTERS.

>> NAME AND ADDRESS. >> 7032

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HERE REPRESENTING THE FIREFIGHTERS UNITED AGAINST ALLEGED CORRUPT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE ESD 4 UNIT TO.

THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS OF STATUTES AND LAW ARE THE REASON THE FIREFIGHTERS AT THE FIREHOUSE ARE PROPOSING A VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE IN THE EXISTING BOARD. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM PLACED ON ADMINISTERED OF LEAF WHILE BEING INVESTIGATED PENDING A FORMAL INVESTIGATION AND CRIMINAL CHARGES TO BE FILED WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE LAW.

WE WOULD LIKE RESTORED AND I HAVE A LIST OF SEVERAL ITEMS THAT I WILL GO THROUGH, THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE LIST. JANUARY 12 , THE BOARD WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TERMINATED BOARD MEMBER STATED HE HAD BEEN QUALIFIED 30 PLUS YEARS AND THE BOARD HIRED HIM AS A PAY CHIEF A YEAR AND A HALF EARLIER, THE BOARD STATED CHIEF ALLOWED FIREFIGHTERS TO DRIVE EQUIPMENT WITHOUT A CLASS NEW TRAINING ON THEIR LICENSE LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT OPEN TO LAWSUIT. CHIEF OR TO THE BOARD FOR CLASS NEW TRAINING AND WAS DENIED EACH TIME. AFTER TERMINATION, THE BOARD HAD A FILL IN CHIEF THAT TOLD FIREFIGHTERS THEY COULD DRIVE WITHOUT CLASS B TRAINING ON A TANKER. BOARD MEMBERS ADDRESSED AND HOSTILE MANNER IN THE PRESENCE OF FIREFIGHTERS. ON 13 JANUARY, WARD MEMBERS STILL HAD NOT ALLOWED TRUCKS WITH CLASS B EXEMPTION DRIVERS TO DRIVE TO THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK PARADE.

TRAINING OFFICER AT A RESTAURANT OVERHEARD A LIEUTENANT ON THE PHONE WITH A FORMER BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSING FIREHOUSE RULES. I MEAN FIREHOUSE BUSINESS. THE BOARD MEMBER WAS NOT YET REAPPOINTED OR SWORN IN, THE TRAINING OFFICER IS WILLING TO SIGN A SWORN STATEMENT TO THIS EFFECT.

ON 18 JANUARY THE BOARD HELD A MEETING NOT POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO THE PUBLIC. THREE BOARD MEMBERS WERE SWORN IN, CONDUCTED BUSINESS MEETINGS FIVE DAYS BEFORE SWEARING IN.

HUMVEES HAD ISSUES WITH PLATES BEING TRANSFERRED .

>> I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP. THREE MINUTES.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE JULIE WASHINGTON.

>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING TO JUDGE SCOTT AND COMMISSIONERS. BY NAME IS JULIE WASHINGTON AND I AM THE COORDINATOR, SELFLESS COORDINATOR FOR AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND I AM VERY PROUD TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY IN PLACE OF DR. NANCY VERA , THE PROUD PRESIDENT OF CORPUS CHRISTI AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS. IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ONE WORD, IT WOULD BE PROUD TODAY. I AM PROUD OF THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE MADE WITH JUDGES, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, WITH PROBATION DEPARTMENT, WITH NUECES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE UNION. TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH GOING TO THE PROGRAM. THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR AND I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST GROUP OF CHILDREN EVER. I AM SURE WHEN YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK, YOU WILL CHOOSE THE

WORD PROUD, ALSO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ISAAC HERNANDEZ.

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS AND A BONUS.

ISAAC HERNANDEZ A JUNIOR AT , I WILL TALK ABOUT HOW OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND HOW I WISH TO CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER. HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE TOO HIGH TWO CAUSING FINANCIAL STRESS AND EVERYONE SHOULD ACCESS TO PORTABLE HEALTHCARE,

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CURRENTLY 50% OF U.S. ADULTS STRUGGLE WITH HEALTHCARE COST AND ONE IN FOUR HAVE TROUBLE PAYING MEDICAL BILLS. HIGH COST DELAYED TREATMENT AND WORSEN HEALTH ISSUES IMPROVING HEALTHCARE WOULD KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHIER, REDUCE COST AND LOWER STRESS. WE CAN MAKE IT CHEAPER, REDUCE MEDICATION COST, IMPROVE ONLINE ACCESS, INCREASE CHECKUPS AND PROMOTE HEALTHY HABITS. HEALTHCARE NEEDS URGENT REFORM TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

TIME. >> THANK YOU.

CORRECT. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I AM 17 YEARS OLD, I WILL BE A SENIOR AT AND ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE HYGIENE OF , INSIDE OF OUR NUECES COUNTY JAIL. ONE THING I NOTICED WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE YOUTH GOVERNMENT ACADEMY WAS THAT A LOT OF OUR INMATES HAD POOR HYGIENE. WAS NOT REALLY TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES, SOME OF THEM MAY NOT HAD THE MEANS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. MEANING FOR WOMEN HYGIENE, SPECIFICALLY, A LOT OF TIMES OUR BODIES ARE DIFFERENT AND THEY FLUCTUATE. WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PERIODS, DIFFERENT FLOW AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO I THINK THAT ONCE AN INMATE, ESPECIALLY FEMALE IS BEING BOOKED IN AND SHE IS STAYING OVER 72 HOURS, SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN A PAPER THAT TELLS HER WHEN IS YOUR FLOW, WHEN IS YOUR NEXT PERIOD? WHEN IS YOUR NEXT CYCLE AND HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT PADS OR TAMPONS YOU NEED AND GIVEN THE PROPER TOOLS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES THAT WAY WHEN THEY DO GO OUT TO THE WORK FIELD AND THEY MAKE IT OUT ONE DAY, THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. THEY KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY CLEANSE THEMSELVES, PROPERLY POSITION THEMSELVES TO BE BETTER. THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM, IN THE LONG RUN IN GETTING JOBS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO ONE THING WE NEED BETTER AND JUST PROMOTE HYGIENE OVERALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE ELSE. MINIMUS SENIOR AT, ONE OF THE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HOMELESS PEOPLE. PROVIDING PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS TO HELP THEM GET JOBS AS WELL AS PROVIDING HOUSING ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY , THAT CAN BE ADMITTED INTO SENIOR ASSISTANCE FACILITIES TO HELP THEM OUT. ALSO PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL CLASSES FOR THE ONES WHO DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EDUCATION IN THEIR LIFETIME. WE CAN ALSO NOT FORGET OUR VETERANS LIVING IN THE STREETS. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFESTYLE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE. ALSO, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE IN THE STREETS EVEN IF THEY HAVE GOTTEN KICKED OUT OR IF THEY ARE RUNAWAYS, WE SHOULD HELP THEM GET JOBS TO GET THEM OFF THE STREETS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> KIM BRIDGES.

>> HI MY NAME IS KIM BRIDGES. 14882, TESORO DRIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TO TALK ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY WHICH WILL BE STRENGTHENED BY THE RAISE YOU ARE CONSIDERING.

ALSO WANT TO THANK KAREN FOR COMING UP WITH THE IDEA TO GIVE US A RAISE AND FOR YOU ALL CONSIDERING IT. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WORKING ELECTIONS IS A 12 TO 14 HOUR DAY. MOST OF THE TIME. SOMETIMES GETS UP TO BE 16 HOURS. UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK THEM ARE EITHER UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE OR RETIRED. SO WHEN I RETIRED I DECIDED I'M GOING TO DO MY CIVIC DUTY. WELL, THIS RACE WILL DO A LOT FOR US. ONE THING IT WILL DO IS KEEP RETIREES LIKE ME INVOLVED IN WORKING THE

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ELECTIONS. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE DOING THIS 10 TO 20 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO WORK WITH ME AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING TO OTHER LOCATIONS, AS WELL THIS NOVEMBER. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS THAT GO INTO DOING THIS JOB THAT ARE NOT PAID. I HAVE TO GET ON THE PHONE, EVER TALK TO 5 TO 10 TO 20 PEOPLE BEFORE I CAN FINALLY GET THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE PER DAY TO HELP ME IN MY LOCATION. AND THEN I'VE GOT TO WORK TO THE SCHEDULE OF WHO CAN WORK AND WHEN. AND THEN I HAVE TO GO PICK UP THE KEYS AT WHATEVER LOCATION WE ARE RENTING. THEN I HAVE TO GO AND SET UP , AND FREQUENTLY WE HAVE TO SET UP ON DAYS THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING PAID. SO THIS RAISE WILL DEFINITELY HELP EVERYBODY'S ATTITUDE. IT WILL HELP KEEP GOOD PEOPLE AND IT WILL HELP ELECTION INTEGRITY IN

NUECES COUNTY. THANK YOU. >> BARBARA WILLIAMS.

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. I NAME IS BARBARA WILLIAMS, 4023 4020 3A, OAK BAY DRIVE. HERE TO TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, IT HAS BEEN MOSTLY A PLEASURE WORKING THE ELECTIONS. I HAVE WORKED IT SINCE 2013 AND AS ONE LADY SAID YES MOST OF US ARE RETIRED. WE ARE THE ONES THAT WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE ELECTIONS WITH INTEGRITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT WITH MAKING PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE, COMING TO THE ELECTIONS, ALSO GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE FOR GIVING US AN INCREASE IN PAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS KARIS HANDS FOR WORKING FOR US AND WITH US, SHE MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO WORK INTO GIRL ELECTIONS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FROM ME AND MY FELLOW ELECTION WORKERS, THANK YOU

VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE HERE WHO DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP THAT WISHES TO DO SO NOW? PRISCILLA. I WILL WRITE YOUR NAME IN FOR YOUR.

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR THE RESIDENCE , THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP SOME SANDBAGS AT NUECES COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT 603 EAST AVE. A STARTING TOMORROW MORNING WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. THIS IS TO PREPARE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN THAT'S EXPECTED TO COME. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE IN THE AREA, PLEASE PASS THE WORD AROUND, THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE SANDBAGS AT THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT 603 EAST AVE.

A. >> THAT IS ACTUALLY TODAY ,

JUDGE SORRY. >> TODAY, OKAY.

>> ANYONE ONLINE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? IF YOU DO, RAISE YOUR HAND. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER. IF NOT, THAT WILL END OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

MOVING ON, BOARD APPOINTMENTS, LET ME LET YOU GO OUT. JUDGE,

DID YOU WANT A COMMENT? >> IS THERE ANY WAY THAT KIDS CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS?

>> ABSOLUTELY, COME ON UP.

[1. Nueces County Emergency Service District No. 6]

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>> NOW, MOVING ON ITEM H1 NUECES COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT 1 , THIS IS FOR A BOARD APPOINTMENT. DISTRICT 6, I'M SORRY. ONE RESIGNATION LETTER OF RESIGNATION RECEIVED MAY 7 . WE HAVE A PARTIAL TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31 DECEMBER 31, 2025 WITH ONE APPLICATION RECEIVED FROM MATTHEW EVANS.

H1. THE VERY BEGINNING. SORRY. THIS IS THE BISHOP AREA.

>> I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I AM MAKING THE MOTION .

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OUTPOST SAME SIGN? THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. ARE WE GOOD?

[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.]

SORRY. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY ITEMS THAT ANY OF YOU WISH TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL GIVE YOU A

SECOND TO DO THAT. >> I WANT TO POINT OUT THOSE WERE BOTH RESIGNATION THE REASON WE ARE NOT OPENING APPLICATIONS FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS JUST FOR THE RESIGNATIONS SORRY N ONE AND TWO. I DON'T NEED TO PULL IT, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT, THANK YOU.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OUTPOST, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES.

MOVING ON , OUR REGULAR AGENDA . ITEM 3 -A. IS FOR THE PRESENTATION? OKAY YOU CAN BRING HIM NEXT OR I WILL

[1. Discuss and consider executing a letter of support for the Driscoll Health Plan and all related matters. ]

BRING THEM UP NEXT I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM FIRST. IF HE IS NOT IN THE COURTROOM WILL GO ON ITEM NUMBER ONE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EXECUTING LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN AND ALL RELATED MATTERS. I BELIEVE CRAIG SMITH IS HERE.

OH, HELLO. >> HELLO, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN HERE TO REALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BRIEFLY , THE DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN IS KNOWN AS A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION TO HELP MANAGE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF MEDICATED LIVES ACROSS ALL TEXAS WE'VE BEEN DOING SO 20 YEARS IN THIS REGION AND WE ARE PROUD TO SAY WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP HEALTH PLANS IN THE STATE. UNFORTUNATELY THE REASON WE ARE

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HERE TODAY IS THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION AND THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN STARTING SEPTEMBER 2025. THIS IS PART OF A PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WE THINK IS FLAWED FOR EXAMPLE IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE HEALTH PLAN THAT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR DECADES NOW. SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PROTESTING THESE RESULTS AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO STATE AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE ENTIRE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO KEEP DRISCOLL AS ONE OF THE HEALTH PLANS OPERATING HERE IN NUECES COUNTY. THE IMPACT WOULD BE 350 JOBS IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH PLAN THAT WOULD GO AWAY.

SERVING 78% OF THE MEDICAID LINES IN THIS PART OF NUECES COUNTY. SO, IT WOULD BE AN EXTRAORDINARY DISRUPTION TO THE HEALTHCARE IN THIS HEART OF THE STATE. SO WE ARE SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE TO THE STATE THAT DRISCOLL SHOULD REMAIN PART OF THE SOLUTION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I ASSUME WE ALL AGREE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. ANY OUTPOST SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

[1. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving Nueces County’s Employee Self-Funded Group Health programs and ancillary services renewals for the plan or 2024-2025 as presented by the County’s Insurance Consultant, McGriff Insurance Services, LLC: Ancillary Benefits Renewal rates by product Third Party Administration (TPA) Self-Funded Group Health plan design and contributions]

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP ITEM G1 AND RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ONLY FROM PULL THOSE ITEMS INTO EXECUTIVE, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO ALL RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION FIRST.

SO WE ARE AT G1 A PRESENTATION AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK THE TWO ITEMS WE WILL BRING BACK AFTER EXECUTIVE.

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS NAME ] WITH MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES. THE FLOOD BENEFIT CONSULTANTS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COUNTY. WE HAVE BEEN ON BOARD 90 DAYS AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. THIS FIRST SERIES OF SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE COMING OF THE HARDCOPIES IN FRONT OF YOU. IT IS JUST CONFIRMING THE RENEWAL AND OFFERING FROM THE VARIOUS CARRIERS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2024, FOR THE NEXT PLANNED YEAR. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THESE ARE THE CURRENT VENDORS IN PLACE. MOON CHAPMAN CURRENT THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR PROCESSING MEDICAL CLAIMS, SCRIPT CARE IS YOUR PHARMACY VENDOR WITH NO CHANGE FOR THOSE. JUST TO REMIND THE COURT WE WERE FORTUNATE I BELIEVE LAST MONTH THE COURT APPROVED A MOTION TO INCREASE THE PHARMACY REBATES THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT BEGINNING MAY 1 WHEN THEY DO THE PHARMACY REBATE CALCULATION SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. EMERITUS IS YOUR DENTAL AND VISION CARRIER. REQUESTING AN 8.6% INCREASE. WE HAVE REVIEWED FINANCIALS, COMING OFF A TWO-YEAR RATE GUARANTEE WITH 8.6% REASONABLE BASED ON THE CURRENT FINANCIALS, AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION , THAT REALLY EQUATES TO LESS THAN TWO DOLLARS A MONTH INCREASE FOR AN EMPLOYEE. A RELATIVELY NOMINAL AMOUNT. NO CHANGING YOUR VISION PLAN, NO CHANGE IN BASIC LIFE, SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE RATES. THE COUNTY RECEIVED A DECREASE IN ITS PORTION FUNDING FOR LONG-TERM DISABILITY AND SHORT-TERM DISABILITY. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE BOTTOM IS A SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $39,000 A YEAR TO THE COUNTY. AS WE KNOW, EMPLOYEES MAY BUY UP TO A MORE RICHER DISABILITY PROGRAM LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM AND THOSE RATES WILL STAY THE SAME. AND THEN NO CHANGE FOR WHAT I WOULD CALL THE WORKSITE PRODUCTS CRITICAL ILLNESS ACCIDENT AND HOSPITAL INDEMNITY. ALL THOSE PROGRAMS THROUGH AFLAC WITH NO CHANGE IN THOSE RATES. THE NEXT FEW PAGES YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF, THE SPECIFICS FOR BOONE CHAPMAN, A COUPLE OF NOTES HERE. AND APOLOGIZE FOR ONE ITEM. WE DID SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE NO CHANGE IN THE CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE FROM BOONE CHAPMAN SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. AT NOW

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WANTED A SMALL INCREASE FOR ACCESSING THE PROVIDER NETWORK SO WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN. NO CHANGE ON ALL THESE OTHERS AS WELL. MY APOLOGIES, THE NETWORK WHICH IS NOT LISTED HERE, THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THAT NETWORK THAT'S ALSO OFFERED AS EPO, NO CHANGE IN THE NETWORK ACCESS FEE THERE. SO NO CHANGE IN YOUR CURRENT COST STRUCTURE FOR BOONE CHAPMAN. THE NEXT HANDFUL OF PAGES ARE THE ACTUAL DENTAL AND VISION RATES , YOU CAN SEE THE SMALL INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEDUCTION, WHICH ON A BIMONTHLY BASIS IS $1.02 PER PAYCHECK FOR DENTAL FOR EXAMPLE EMPLOYEE ONLY. LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS FOR A FAMILY. RELATIVELY NOMINAL INCREASE WITH NO CHANGE IN YOUR VISION PROGRAM. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

NO CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAMS AND SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE PROGRAM. GO TO THE FOLLOWING PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE WEEKLY RATE COVERED PAYROLL DOWN SLIGHTLY. SO THOSE ARE GOOD GUYS TO THE COUNTY AND THEN IF YOU SCROLL THROUGH THE ACCIDENT AND HOSPITAL INDEMNITY AND CRITICAL ILLNESS, YOU HAVE THE SPECIFIC RATES THAT ARE CHARGED WITH THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS. THEY ARE EMPLOYEE PAY ALL OR VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED AND THOSE HAVE NO CHANGE IN RATES, EITHER. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL IN ALL AS WE HAVE TALKED WITH TIM AND THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE AND OTHERS, MOST OF THE CONTRACTS FOR THE CURRENT VENDORS ARE UP AS OF 9:30 , 25. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH TIM AND OTHERS AND ASKING FOR THE COURT APPROVAL TO DO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR ALL LINES OF COVERAGE NEXT YEAR. SO IN THE LONG TERM I THINK THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTY AND GOOD FOR OFFERING A STRONG COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE FOR SUCH A QUICK TURNAROUND. I KNOW WE HAVE MET SEVERAL TIMES, MEETING WITH THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE, WITH THE JUDGE, WITH HELPFUL, RELATIVELY SEAMLESS TRANSITION CONSIDERING PREVIOUS WHICH HAD BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG AND HAD A GREAT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WAS GOING ON WITH ARE WORK, BUT I WANTED YOUR TAKE MAINLY ON PAGE 3 OF THE PRESENTATION. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RATE ACTION, IS THAT STANDARD? YOU LISTED ALL THE DIFFERENT CARRIERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WE HAD FOR TPA, PHARMACY, DENTAL, MOST HAD NO CHANGE, ONE WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE AND THE REST WERE SIGNIFICANT DECREASES. SO IS THAT JUST A MATTER OF NEGOTIATION, PERSUASION, YOU WANT TO BE MODEST, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE CREDIT? IS THIS STANDARD? BASICALLY MY QUESTION IS , IS THIS STANDARD ANYONE CAN COME IN AND NEGOTIATE IN MY OPINION I HAVE BEEN AROUND INSURANCE COMMITTEES FOR YOU WHILE AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS KIND OF RESPONSE. FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON. IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH INCREASING RATES ACROSS THE BOARD AND EVERY YEAR YOU ADD ON MORE, HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO US AS THE COUNTY AND

FOR INDIVIDUALS ? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I WILL START BY SAYING WE SIMPLY WENT TO EACH OF THE CARRIERS , TALKS THROUGH THE CURRENT PROGRAM. REQUESTED THAT THEY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIALS. SOME DID MORE EXTENSIVE REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO YOUR DENTAL PLAN, WE HAD UNDERWRITERS LOOK AT IT. THE INCREASE IS REASONABLE COMING OFF A TWO YEAR GUARANTEE. YOU CAN ARGUE THE DENTAL TREND IS IN ESSENCE 46% INCREASE. 8.6% IS REASONABLE. WITH RESPECT TO BOONE CHAPMAN FEES, THOSE FEES ARE REASONABLE . THOSE HAVE BEEN LARGELY THE SAME FOR THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS AND THE LIFE RATES YOU CAN ARGUE MORTALITY COST, IN ESSENCE ARE GOING DOWN MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER. LIFE RATES ESPECIALLY TERM LIFE RATES ARE FLATTENING OUT AND HAVE BEEN.

DISABILITY RATES ARE LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON YOUR EXPERIENCE

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AND ALSO THE BOOK OF BUSINESS FROM AFLAC. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I WILL GIVE AFLAC CREDIT. THEY CAME TO MCGRIFF AND SAID WE ARE WILLING TO REDUCE THE COUNTY COST FOR YOUR PORTION OF SHORT AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY SO I GIVE AFLAC CREDIT. AND REALLY YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF CHANGE IN RATES FOR WHAT I CALL THE WORK SITE PRODUCTS, ARTICLE ILLNESS, ACCIDENT AND HOSPITAL INDEMNITY. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE COUNTY. LONG-TERM, TO LOOK AT THESE. THE BEST WAY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF A PROGRAM IS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. THAT'S WHEN WE WORK WITH PURCHASING AND WITH TIM AND THE A TEAM AND INSURANCE COMMITTEE AND WE DO A STRONG DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK AT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL PROGRAMS, NOT ONLY JUST THE FINANCIALS, BUT THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE, IS IT THE RIGHT TYPE OF BENEFIT FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES? WHAT'S THE UTILIZATION OF EACH PROGRAM? ET CETERA SO I SORT OF AM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE MAY HAVE MORE IMPROVEMENT AS WE GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN BRING GOOD NEWS, BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND LET THE MARKET RESPOND BACK TO THE COUNTY RFP.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE DON'T HAVE A VOTE, WE WILL TAKE THIS TO EXECUTIVE AND BRING THIS BACK. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LIVING ON ITEM 3 A 2 .

>> HE HAS ANOTHER PRESENTATION.

>> THE OTHER PRESENTATION, YES GO AHEAD, SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT TO EXECUTIVE?

>> COUNTY ATTORNEY? >> I WOULD HAVE TO KNOW , I MEAN I CAN STEP OUTSIDE AND ASK HIM WHAT IT IS HE IS

REFERENCING. >> RIGHT HERE.

>> EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATES 24-25.

>> IN ORDER TO GIVE GUIDANCE I WOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION.

>> OKAY. WHILE YOU ARE STEPPING OUTSIDE WE WILL BRING IT BACK

[2. Recommend the court's approval of a plan to return or surplus the two trailers to Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council (CBRAC), or place them in surplus status for transfer to another governmental entity. Draft emergency contract(s) for temporary refrigerated storage capacity with local funeral homes willing to assist during a declared disaster situation for a period not to exceed the declared disaster.]

IF WE NEED TO. MOVING ON ITEM 2, RECOMMEND COURT APPROVAL OF THE PLAN TO RETURN THE TRAILERS TO COASTAL BEND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. I WILL LET YOU TAKE OVER.

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE. THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY IS WE HAVE TWO MASS CASUALTY TRAILERS ISSUED OR GIVEN TO US BY THE COASTAL BEND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL COUNCIL HE ADVISE OH. WE HAVE HAD THESE 15 ALMOST 20 YEARS. THEY ARE ENDING THEIR SERVICE LIFE DESPITE BEST EFFORTS TO GET THEM READY IN ADVANCE OF A HURRICANE SEASON NEITHER ARE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL. SINCE THIS WAS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO LEGAL AID AGREEMENT COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO SEEK PERMISSION TO RETURN TOTAL THOSE TO THE AGENCY THAT GIVEN TO US FOR THE PURPOSES OF MASS CASUALTY. IN THE INTERIM I WOULD PROPOSE SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE COURT TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SHOULD WE NEED ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR REFRIGERATED STORAGE TO WORK WITH LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION OR DECLARATION OR DISASTER.

>> UNDERSTAND OUR NEW FACILITY WILL BE MUCH LARGER SPACE. TWO PLACES OR SOMETHING FOR STORAGE FOR THIS SITUATION AND THE TWO ALREADY HAVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER FUNERAL HOMES AND I GUESS THE MOU'S WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR SOMETHING OVER HERE.

GOING BACK AND FORTH IT'S NOT GOING TO PUT US IN A BIND TO EVEN GET RID OF THESE WHILE THEY ARE NOT WORKING, THEY NEED A LOT OF WORK BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT

COMES. >> YES THAT'S CORRECT, THE NEW FACILITY WE BROKE GROUND ON LAST MONTH WILL HAVE TWO COOLERS WITH EXTENDED CAPACITY. SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE WON'T NEED THESE, AS WELL. WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

>> MOTION TO PASS. WITH A SERIOUS THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO

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DONATED THESE. AND COMMISSIONER MAREZ WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

>> OBVIOUSLY I GET IT, THEY ARE PASSED THEIR LIFESPAN. A COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE, I KNOW YOU MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE. USUALLY UNANNOUNCED EVENTS, UNPLANNED EVENTS, A HURRICANE OR EVEN A TORNADO, OR A MAN-MADE ACTION. LOOK AT UVALDE, OKLAHOMA CITY, PLACES LIKE THAT. YOU NEVER ARE QUITE REPAIRED. I KNEW PEOPLE WHO WERE FROM THE AREA THAT GOT CALLED TO UVALDE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. GOD A BIT THAT EVER HAPPEN . I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ON A LEVEL WE WOULD NEVER EXPECT. DO YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD STRATEGY WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THIS? WE WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR LOCAL RESOURCES.

>> THESE TWO, THESE TRAILERS ARE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE IN EXCESS OF $100,000 EACH. PRICED THEM OUT $140,000 EACH. IF WE EXCEED OUR CAPACITY, LOCAL CAPACITY WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO REACH OUT TO PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AT THE STATE LEVEL WHO COULD POTENTIALLY GET US ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, IF NEEDED.

I WOULD PARTNER IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> WE HAVE STATE LEVEL SUPPORT IF WE HAVE A MASS CASUALTY.

>> MICROPHONE PLEASE. >> WE COULD REQUEST RESOURCES THAT WOULD HELP TO FILL THOSE GAPS, IN ADDITION TO HAVING MOU IN PLACE WITH LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES. PART OF THE PROBLEM, THESE WERE GIVEN AND THERE WERE ALREADY 20 YEARS OLD WHEN WE GOT THEM. IT IS COSTING 6000 OR $7000 EVERY TIME SOMETHING BREAKS, SO THAT'S AFFECTING BECAUSE THE MOU STATES AS LONG AS WE HAVE THEM, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR THEM. SO THIS IS ONE WAY TO GET OUT OF THAT LEAKING MONEY PIT AND PUT THINGS IN PLACE THAT WILL HOLD US OVER FOR THAT YEAR UNTIL THEY ARE UP AND RUNNING TO HAVE THAT CAPACITY.

>> I GUESS MY OVERALL QUESTION , MORE OF A SCENARIO TO SAY WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE. THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHENEVER IT MAKES PLANS , WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY AND STATEWIDE WILL PROVIDE THOSE ASSETS. IF WE EVER NEED IT. AND I TOTALLY AGREE. WE HAVE TO CUT OFF ANY EXPENDITURE OF FUNDING THAT'S KIND OF GOING INTO SOMETHING WE ARE NOT QUITE USING. INFRASTRUCTURE OR VEHICLES THAT ARE PAST THEIR SHELF LIFE. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.

>> TRYING TO SAY EARLIER, THE 20 YEARS, THAT'S A LONG TIME.

I THINK, LIKE THE TRAILER WE HAD BEFORE THAT WE TOOK OUT AFTER HE WHILE THE EXPENSE IS HIGHER IN FIXING IT THAN TRYING TO GET A NEW ONE. ANYWAY, WE STILL MANAGE TO HAVE IT. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WE HAVE A CONTRACT LOCAL WITH FUNERAL HOMES I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT SAFER WITH PROBABLY MORE SURE WE WOULD PRESERVE THOSE BODIES ANYTHING ELSE. IF WE HAVE BODIES IN THE TRAILER AND SOMETHING HAPPENS NOW WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE. SO, I AGREE WITH THE SCENARIO AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE DO THIS. SO, ANYWAY MOTION AND SECOND. I

AGREE WITH YOUR REQUEST. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN, THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. CONTINUING

[3. Discuss and consider award and execution of a Contractor Agreement with Callan Marine, Ltd. for Bob Hall Pier Reconstruction (IFB No. 3275-24), in the amount of $22,710,869.00 and all related matters.]

STILL OUTSIDE, MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER THREE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH MARINE LIMITED FOR THE PIER RESTORATION. COMMISSIONER

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CHESNEY THIS IS YOUR ITEM. >> MICHAEL ROBINSON.

>> THAT WILL START AND I WILL JUMP IN.

>> I WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ON MAY 22 THE COURT SELECTED FOR BOB HALL PIER RECONSTRUCTION CONTINGENT ON VALUE ENGINEERING. THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE RESULTING AGREEMENT. RECOMMENDATION AWARD AND EXECUTE CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR BOB ALL PIER RECONSTRUCTION 3275-24 AMOUNT OF 22 MILLION $22,710,869 AUTHORIZING COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER DIRECTING PROGRAM MANAGER AND COASTAL PARKS TO MEET WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO ISSUE A NOTICE TO PROCEED.

COASTAL PARKS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

>> JUDGE, MOTION TO PASS FOR DISCUSSION.

>> SECOND, MOTION AND SECOND?

>> DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK. >> EITHER WAY. I WILL JUST DO IT REAL QUICK AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS ANYBODY MAY HAVE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. JOHN MICHAEL, SHANE IS HERE, SCOTT CROSS AND WE APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO GET THIS DONE AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE PEOPLE I MENTIONED. PARKS INVOLVED, HENCE IN ENGINEERING, BIG PLAYERS IN THIS, SCOTT HARRIS AND SCOTT CROSS, MYSELF WE WORKED ON THIS AND A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE WHEN I WAS GONE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS AND WE ARE NOT EVEN DONE. THIS IS ROUND ONE, WE WILL CONTINUE VALUE ENGINEERING WHEN WE GET THE CONTRACT SIGNED TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL SAVINGS. ONE OF THOSE AREAS I AM INTERESTED IN, SWITCHING FROM STEEL TO CONCRETE AND WE BELIEVE THAT WILL REDUCE THE COST, BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN , TO GET THIS BACK ON TO SIGN A CONTRACT AND CONTINUE TO DO THE VALUE ENGINEERING .

THERE WAS A LOT OF BACKUP PROVIDED FOR YOU IN THIS AGENDA ITEM. THE MAIN ONE THAT CAN CUT TO THE CHASE IS JUNE 14, THE LETTER TO MR. ROBINSON PROVIDED TO THE COURT THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE COST SAVINGS ARE AND WE VALUE ENGINEERED THIS TO THE POINT WHICH WE HAVE NOT CHANGED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, THE QUALITY OF THE TOP OF THE PIER. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DIAMONDHEAD WAS KEPT IN PLACE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT ONLY A COOL DESIGN, BUT IT IS ALSO GOING TO HELP WITH STORM SURGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE . TO HELP PROTECT, THIS IS A 100 YEAR STORM DESIGN PIER WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL NOT HAVE A LOT OF 100 YEAR STORMS, BUT THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL OF DESIGN STRUCTURE. IT IS WIDER WITH A LOT OF FEATURES THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO PUT THIS OUT FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY DO IT.

ELIMINATION OF COST SAVINGS WERE 1.539, WHICH PUTS US TODAY AT 76,900 $46,000 UNDER BUDGET AND WE INTEND TO AGAIN GO BACK AND LOOK AT OTHER THINGS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING WORK AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET ANY FURTHER TODAY. WE HAVE HAD PROGRESS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND AGAIN I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED, JACOBS AS WELL AND I APOLOGIZE I DID NOT MEAN TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT. SOMETIMES WHEN LISTING PEOPLE YOU FORGET TO LIST PEOPLE. THIS COMMUNITY HAS WAITED FOR A LONG TIME AND WE ARE FINALLY READY TO GO FORWARD AND GET THIS MOVING. IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TO ANSWER AND IF NOT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. SORRY.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKS GREAT TO ME. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OUTPOST? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES, THANK

YOU VERY MUCH. >> ITEM NUMBER 4. DISCUSS AND

[4. Discuss and consider acceptance and approval of a no cost and no match grant award from the Texas General Land Office in the amount of $3,346,183.00 for the expansion of public boardwalk access and additional birding habitat at the Packery Channel Nature Park.]

CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF NO-COST AND NO MAGIC GRANT AWARD FROM THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. FOR THE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC BOARDWALK ACCESS AND ADDITIONAL BIRD HABITAT AT THE NATURE PARK.

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL, DOES NOT COST ME ANYTHING.

>> MAKE THE MOTION. >> JUDGE I WOULD MAKE THE

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MOTION TO PASS. >> SECOND SORRY.

>> A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

>> AGAIN, LIMITING SCOTT AND THE EFFORTS OF THE PARKS BOARD IN REGARDS TO GETTING THIS GRANT , I DON'T OVERLOOK.

3.346 MILLION THE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC ACCESS WITH ADDITIONAL BIRD HABITAT AT THE NATURE PARK WITH NO COST TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE GRANT THAT SCOTT CROSS AND HIS STAFF WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WE CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT EFFORTS OF THE PARKS BOARD AND

PARKS DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON SOME OF THE GRANTS FOR YOU WHILE AS THEY COME AND YOU HAVE GRANT ADMIN STUFF TO BE DEALT WITH. IF I DON'T FIND SOMEBODY TO DO IT THEN WE HAVE TO DO AND GRANT ADMIN'S HEAVY LIFTING. NOT GOING TO SEE IN A BUDDY COMING IN WITH MANY MORE ANYTIME SOON.

>> APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL

[5. Discuss and consider final change order and payment to Mako Construction LLC for work completed to restore the IB Magee Multipurpose Facility. The final payment in the amount of $203,496.93 will close out this project.]

THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED TO SAME SIGN? THE MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FINAL CHANGE ORDER AND PAYMENT TO CONSTRUCTION FOR WORK COMPLETED TO RESTORE THE MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY.

>> YES MA'AM WE'RE READY TO CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT, COMMISSIONER. ANYHOW, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE FINAL CLEANUP CHANGE ORDER WITH ALL THE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP LIKE UNKNOWN CONDITIONS WHEN WE GOT IN THE BUILDING. AS YOU KNOW WE JUST MOVED IN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS ACCURATE. SCOTT HAS LOOKED AT THIS, I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AND I HAD A MEETING WITH QUESTIONS ON THE ITEMS AND THEY REMOVED THEM ON OUR BEHALF AS A RESULT OF NEGOTIATING THIS. IT HAS REDUCED THE COST, BUT THIS ENDS EVERYTHING AND THE BUDGET IS THERE. THIS IS PART OF THE INSURANCE MONEY WE HAD SO THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER

THIS. >> MOTION .

>> PLEASE REPEAT THAT AGAIN. >> THE BUDGET IS THERE.

>> INSURANCE. >> THE INSURANCE MONIES THESE WERE FROM INSURANCE PROCEEDS WE MOVED OVER AND YOU ALLOWED ME TO MOVE SOME FROM PADRE TO FIX THOSE BUILDINGS AND THEY WERE ALL RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY.

>> JUDGE A MOTION TO PASS AN APPROVED FINAL CHANGE ORDER AND

PAYMENT. >> DID YOU SECOND THAT? OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY

[6. Discuss and consider approval of No Dune Protection Permit Required for Nueces County Bob Hall Pier Replacement Project, Corpus Christi, TX DPP-20240321.]

OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL NO DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT FOR NUECES COUNTY REPLACEMENT PROJECT . CHAIR

RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. ANYTHING

YOU WANT TO ADD? >> SINCE YOU ARE HERE.

>> AGAIN, THIS IS CLEARLY ARTICULATED IN THE BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY COASTAL PARKS. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROTECTION PERMIT FOR NUECES COUNTY BOB HALL PIER

REPLACEMENT PROJECT . >> I WILL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN

[7. Discuss and consider approval of No Dune Protection Permit Required for proposed single family residence at 162 La Concha Blvd Unit 9, Corpus Christi – DPP-20240423.]

FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN, THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF NO DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT REQUIRED PROPOSED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE . 162 AND THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL , AS WELL. MAKE THE MOTION TO

PASS. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?

>> WANTED TO GET MY MONEY'S WORTH.

>> MOTION PASSES AND GOOD NOTES . APPRECIATE THAT.

>> ITEM NUMBER EIGHT RECEIVE PRESENTATION OF THE 2022-23 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE COURT BY LISA

DAVIS. >> CAN WE DO NUMBER NINE REAL

QUICK? >> OKAY.

[9. Discuss and consider setting the rate of pay for the November 5, 2024, General Election in accordance to Section 32.091 of the Election Code.]

>> PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

>> LET'S BRING UP ITEM 3 >> LET'S BRING UP ITEM 3A-9 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PAY RATE NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 5, 2020 FOR GENERAL ELECTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

[8. Receive presentation of the 2022-2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report to the court by Lisa Davis, First Assistant on behalf of Dale Atchley, Nueces County Auditor.]

NOW GOING BACK ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE CONFERENCE OF

FINANCIAL REPORT. >> COMMENT I DO WANT TO SAY I

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APPRECIATE THE COUNTY CLERK TAKING THIS ON AND DOING THIS WITH ALL THE FOLKS WHO TALKED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTY AND WE NEED TO PAY THE WORKERS SO I APPRECIATE THAT. MY APOLOGIES.

>> JENNY IS COMING BACK ARE WE GOING TO RECEIVE THE OTHER

PRESENTATION OR HOLDING OFF? >> IF I CAN HAVE FIVE MINUTES

WITH YOU JUDGE. >> LISA START THE PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSION'S. I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THE PRESENTATION FOR THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. CONFERENCE OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES AS REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD AND HAVE BEEN AUDITED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS IN THE UNITED STATES BY LICENSED CPA FIRM. NEXT SLIDE. DURING THIS PRESENTATION I WILL DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL REPORTING OBJECTIVES, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, GOVERNMENTWIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE POSITION , THE NET PINCH IN LIABILITY GOVERNMENTWIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR CHANGES IN NET POSITION, REVENUE AND EXPENSES. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS , CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE BY FUND AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, FUND BALANCE, IMPACT FOR THE FUTURE AND I WILL LET A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SPEAK REGARDING THE EXTERNAL AUDIT RESULTS. OKAY.

THE FINANCIAL REPORTING OBJECTIVE REMAINS THE SAME EVERY YEAR. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PRIOR YEAR REVENUE FOR SUBMISSION TO PLAY PRIOR-YEAR EXPENSE TO DEMONSTRATE WHETHER RESOURCES WERE OBTAINED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNTY LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGET AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COUNTY FINANCIAL POSITION HAS IMPROVED OR DETERIORATED AS A RESULT OF THE YOUR OPERATION. NEXT SLIDE.

THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTWIDE TOTAL ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOW EXCLUDING COMPONENT UNITS AT THE FISCAL YEAR END EXCEEDED LIABILITY AND DEFERRED INFLOW OF RESOURCE BY 114 MILLION BY 114,252,000 BY $114,252,823 AS A RESULT OF A INCREASING OR INCREASED IN THAT POSITION OF 7 MILLION THAT POSITION OF 7,877,000 THAT POSITION OF $7,877,740 OR 7.41% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. GENERAL FUND TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF 25,000 OR 25 MILLION OR 25,782,000 OR $25,782,284 REFLECTS A VERY SLIGHT DECREASE OF $17,238 FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. THE BALANCE OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT WAS 186 MILLION WAS $186,185,766 WITH A DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE AT YEAR END 4,487,000 WHICH IS 28.9 % OF THE NEXT YEAR DEBT SERVICE

FUND REQUIREMENT. >> BUT WAS THE ACTUAL FUND

BALANCE? >> I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE WITH ALL THE FUND BALANCES FOR EVERY FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND. THE GOVERNMENTWIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BROAD OVERVIEW OF COUNTY FINANCES IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT OF A PRIVATE-SECTOR BUSINESS. THEY PRESENT FINANCIAL PICTURE OF THE COUNTY FROM AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE MEASUREMENT FOCUS USING THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING, THE STATEMENTS INCLUDE ASSETS OF THE COUNTY AND LIABILITY. ADDITIONALLY CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS HAVE OCCURRED TO ELIMINATE DUPLICATE DUPLICATIONS REGARDING FUND ACTIVITY SUCH AS PREMIUM CHARGED BY THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND, TRANSFERS, RECEIVABLES AND PAYABLES. THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTWIDE ASSET EXCEEDED LIABILITY AT THE CLOSE OF FISCAL YEAR FOR A TOTAL NET POSITION AS PREVIOUSLY STATED

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OF 114 MILLION 114,252,000 $114,252,823. AGAIN INCREASE OF 7.41% OR SEVEN POINT OR $7.877 MILLION FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. NET POSITION MAY SERVE OVERTIME AS A USEFUL INDICATOR OF GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL POSITION. THE NET PINCH IN LIABILITY BALANCE MEASURED AS OF DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, 2022 WAS 27 MILLION WAS 27,033,000 WAS $27,033,691. THERE WERE NO CHANGES IN EXEMPTION OR OTHER INPUTS THAT AFFECTED MEASUREMENT OF THE TOTAL CHANGE IN LIABILITY DURING THE MEASUREMENT PERIOD WITH NO CHANGES OF BENEFIT TERMS AFFECTING THE MEASUREMENT OF THE TOTAL CHANGE IN LIABILITY DURING THE SAME MEASUREMENT PERIOD. NEXT SLIDE. BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE INCREASED WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR WITH TOTAL REVENUE INCREASED BY 2.636 BY 2.636 MILLION WHILE TOTAL EXPENSE INCREASED BY 5.842 MILLION. THE NET POSITIONING AND ULTIMATELY INCREASED 7.877 MILLION WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR END FOR A TOTAL BALANCE OF 114.252 MILLION. THE TOTAL REVENUES AS STATED HAD INCREASED THE 2,636,000 THE $2,636,621 WITH THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORS TO THOSE INCREASES , THE PROPERTY TAX THAT INCREASED A TOTAL OF 9 MILLION 9,455,000 $9,455,212 DUE TO VARIOUS INCREASES IN PROPERTY VALUES. THERE IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS OF 8,973,000 8,973,700 $8,973,792.

THIS INCREASE IS MAINLY EXHIBITED TO THE EFFECTS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISING THE FEDERAL RATE TO HELP REDUCE INFLATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. OPERATING IN CAPITAL GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS ACTUALLY DECREASED BY 4.4 MILLION AND SO DID THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES THAT DECREASED 8.96 MILLION. THE TOTAL EXPENSES INCREASED BY 5 MILLION 5,842,000 $5,842,356 WHICH IS 2.66% THE LARGEST INCREASE IN EXPENSES WERE IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH ARE DUE TO INCREASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF 96. THE NEXT SLIDE IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF BOTH PROGRAM REVENUE AND EXPENSES BY FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSES FOR MOST AREAS EXCEED THE PROGRAM REVENUE AS PROPERTY TAXES OF MAIN REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE . COMMISSIONER, THIS IS THE TABLE I WAS REFERRING TO. THIS IS A TABLE REPRESENTING , A REPRESENTATION OF A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OPERATING FUNDS AND CAPITAL FUND ENDING FUND BALANCE AT 9/ 30, 22 AND THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THE FUND BALANCE AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE 9/30/23 FUND BALANCE IS A BUDGETED REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN. AS YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE 9/30/23 WAS 25 MILLION 9/30/23 WAS 25,782,000 9/30/23 WAS $25,782,284 WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF $17,240.

>> THE NEXT SLIDE IS A PIE GRAPH VISUALLY DISPLAYING THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE. AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE LARGEST GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCE IS PRETTY TAX. THIS SLIDE IS A

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FOCUS TO LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND , THE FUND BALANCE OVER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS , FUND BALANCE HAS REMAINED CONSISTENTLY AROUND 25 MILLION. OUR CURRENT TARGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 9/20/23 WAS 28 MILLION ENDING 9/20/23 WAS 28,163,000 ENDING 9/20/23 WAS $28,163,793 SO OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE FELL SHORT BY APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION. IN COMPARISON TO WHETHER COUNTY SIMILAR TO US, EVERYONE ELSE FUND BALANCE IS SIGNIFICANTLY

HIGHER. >> YES.

>> DON'T UNDERSTAND BACK HERE NUMBER 11.

>> GENERAL FUND 25 9/30/23 THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH DIFFERENCE. THIS IS A TRANSFER IN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN TRANSFER IN?

>> I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BUDGET REVENUES AND TRANSFERS IN. SO THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ENDING FUND BALANCE OF YOUR TOTAL BUDGET, FOR BOTH REVENUE

AND TRANSFERS IN. >> I'M NOT ADDING ANYTHING ELSE TO IT.

WHEN YOU HAVE, SO THEY ARE ALL ABOVE EVERYTHING LIKE THE STADIUM , THE FAIRGROUNDS. IS THAT 1,305,000 WHAT IS IT? 24%

IS THAT A LOSS? >> I'M SORRY WHERE DO YOU SEE

24%? >> STADIUM AND FAIRGROUNDS.

>> OKAY I AM ON PAGE 11 THE STADIUM AND FAIRGROUNDS, 9/30/22 ENDING FUND BALANCE WAS 1.901 MILLION WITH INCREASE OF 95,000 TO THE ENDING FUND BALANCE 9/30/23 OF 1.99 1.997 1.997 MILLION. THE PERCENTAGE THE FUND BALANCE IS FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS AND REVENUES AND TRANSFERS IN IS THE 1000 305 305.25% BECAUSE REMEMBER WE DECREASED THE TRANSFERS IN , TO THE STADIUM AND FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR?

>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IN THE RED AND WHAT'S UNDER.

THE PERCENTAGES . I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS IN THE RED WHO IS NOT. FROM YESTERDAY FRIDAY. HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN THIS WHOLE THING. I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH REVENUE TALKING ABOUT 25 I KNOW WE LOST THREE.

FOR THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT GETTING THREE WE PUT 3 MILLION SOMEWHERE ELSE AND NEVER GOT THE ANSWER. SO IT'S

REALLY CONFUSING TO ME. >> IT IS ONLY A PRESENTATION WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.

IT'S GOT TO BE MORE CLEAR THAN THIS TO ME.

>> YES OR. >> ASKING FOR INFORMATION FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT I NEVER GOT IT ASKING TWO OR THREE TIMES AND

>> INFORMATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR END?

>> YES YEAR END ON FUNDING ESPECIALLY ON THE FEES SELECTED AND REVENUES.

PRESENTATION IS. SHOWING YOU THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES THAT

WAS SLIDE 12. >>

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VERY CLEAR. >> THAT INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN FORWARDED TO YOU I HAVE THAT PREPARED AND I CAN FORWARD THAT TO YOU AGAIN. I JUST RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED THAT AT THE BOARD OF JUDGES MEETING SO I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AS WELL.

>> IMPACTS FOR THE FUTURE. AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE ON DECEMBER 14, 2022 NUECES COUNTY DID SIGN A CONTRACT TO BEGIN CONVERTING ITS ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE FROM ONE SOLUTION TO WORK DAY. THEY NUECES COUNTY HAD AN 11 MONTH CONVERSION PERIOD ENDING WITH IMPLEMENTATION DATE JANUARY 1, 2024. THIS CONVERSION DID AFFECT AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MONTHLY, QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL REPORTING DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, NUECES COUNTY WAS COMPELLED TO IMPLEMENT THIS CONVERSION WITH A SHORTER TIMEFRAME THAN RECOMMENDED I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER.

>> HOLD ON, LET ME SAY I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED THAT WE GET LATE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT AAA AWARDS AND ALL THAT WHEN YOU ARE ALWAYS LATE TO US, ALWAYS BEHIND. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHO IS WRITING WHAT OR WHO IS WRITING WHO.

THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE TO ALL OF US AS FAR AS THE WORKDAY THING. I CAN'T EVEN GET THE REPORTS I WANT FROM PEOPLE. WE MADE A BAD CHOICE, I WOULD THINK IF WE CAN'T GET WHAT WE WANT , WE USED TO GET WHAT WE WANT NO PROBLEM NOW IT'S TIME TO GET WHAT WE WANT SO SOMEBODY MADE A BAD CHOICE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOFTWARE TO GET THE SAME THING WE WANT. SO YOU KNOW WHEN I ASKED FOR SOMETHING I LIKE TO HAVE IT , I DON'T WANT TO WAIT A MONTH FOR IT OR COME TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND SAY I DON'T HAVE IT. THAT'S JUST ME.

>> I THINK WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT WORK DAY NOW BUT I BELIEVE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE FEELS SIMILAR . MAY HAVE DONE A LOT OF HOURS ON THAT, HOPEFULLY WE ARE ON THE END OF THAT TRANSITION AND ARE GOING TO BE REPORTS AND EASIER ON YOU AND PROVIDING INFORMATION WE NEED. I KNOW IT WAS A QUICK

TRANSITION. >> IT WAS EXTREMELY QUICK WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CONVEY. 11 MONTH IMPLEMENTATION IS EXTREMELY FAST AND WHENEVER YOU ARE IMPLEMENT IN SOFTWARE THAT QUICKLY IN ORDER TO SAVE FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

>> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I'VE GOT TO SAY IN DEFENSE AS WELL

WE HAVE TO HAVE INFORMATION. >> I COMPLETELY AND 100% AGREE.

>> I AM GLAD HOPEFULLY WE ARE ON THE DOWNHILL SLIDE OF THE TRANSITION AND WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION QUICKLY. I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAVE DONE AND MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND WE CANNOT MAKE

DECISIONS WITHOUT NUMBERS. >> EXCUSE ME. THE WORKDAY CAME FROM YOU WILL EITHER RECOMMENDED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER AND WE WOULD GET INFORMATION FASTER. IT HAS NOT

WORKED OUT THAT WAY. >> ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE IN THE END WHENEVER WE LOOK BACK FIVE MINUTES FROM NOW INFORMATION WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO ACCESS. THAT IS THAT TRANSITIONAL PERIOD WHEN YOU GO FROM AN OLD HISTORICAL LEGACY SYSTEM. A LOT OF THE REPORTS YOU'RE USED TO RECEIVING WERE NOT MADE IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM. SOMEBODY TYPED ALL OF THE REPORTS BY HAND EVERY WEEK, SO WE HAD THE SAME INFORMATION GETTING KEYED IN BY FOUR OR MORE DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES IN NUECES COUNTY. IT IS EXTREMELY REPETITIVE AND A WASTE OF YOUR RESOURCES.

>> ALL ABOUT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. WE HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY ON THIS AND IT HAS TO WORK MOVING FORWARD. WE ALL HAVE GREAT FRUSTRATION WITH THIS, BUT WE NEED IT TO WORK.

>> I AGREE, IT NEEDS TO BE ACCURATE AND WORKS CORRECTLY.

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>> A COUPLE COMMENTS. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING SET FOR THE RECORD. NUMBER 11 ON PAGE 11 IT SHOWS WE HAVE INCREASED OUR FUND BALANCE IN A LOT OF CATEGORIES, THE MAIN DECREASE IS CAPITAL PROJECTS IS THAT BECAUSE WE PERFORMED?

>> YOU ARE SPENDING THE MONEY YOU HAD IN THE FUND BALANCE SO YOU HAD A HIGHER FUND BALANCE, YOU SPENT MORE THAN WHAT CAME IN SO THEREFORE YOU ARE SPENDING THE FUNDS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT'S THE PURPOSE TO SPEND DOWN.

>> THAT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT. LOOKING AT THIS, IT CAN LOOK RECEIVING LIKE WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG ON CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING DOWN. THAT WAS THE POINT THAT IS A NATURAL OCCURRENCE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAJORITY OF THE CATEGORIES SAVING PARKS AND I THINK COASTAL PARKS THEY DID THE 15% BUDGET DECREASE LAST YEAR . THEY DID THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE ASKED DEPARTMENTS TO DO SO THAT WENT DOWN FOR REASONS RELATED TO THE BUDGET, INLAND PARKS WENT DOWN WITH OTHER CATEGORIES GOING UP ON FUND BALANCE ON THE AIRPORT, WE WENT UP ON THE LAW LIBRARY AND WE WENT UP ON THE STADIUM, WE WENT UP ON THE FUND BALANCE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE, WE WENT UP ON FUND BALANCE ON THE DEBT SERVICE AND WE WENT UP FOR GENERAL FUND, NOT VERY MUCH MIND YOU SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, BUT I THINK AND I DON'T MEAN ANYBODY DID IT ON PURPOSE, BUT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU KNOW WITH THIS NUMBER I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE ASTERISK TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS BECAUSE THAT ONE SHOULD BE GOING DOWN. SO TO PUT IT IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS OTHERS THAT SHOULD BE GOING UP IS A LITTLE , IT'S A LITTLE DECEIVING AND MAKES IT LOOK AS THOUGH WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG WHEN WE HAPPENED BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE DOWN AND AS THEY GO AWAY YOU WON'T HAVE A FUND BALANCE SO I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THE REPORT MAY BE PUT A STAR BY IT OR SOMETHING. BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT THAN

THE REST OF THEM. >> THE PERCENTAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHANGE. THE PERCENTAGE DISPLAYED IN THE FOURTH COLUMN ON SLIDE 11 IS A PERCENTAGE OF THE 9/30/23 FUND BALANCE TO THE BUDGET REVENUES AND TRANSFERS IN.

>> UNDERSTAND. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE DECREASED THE FUND BALANCE AND IT'S A BAD THING BUT IT'S A NATURAL THING. AND OTHERWISE 14 MILLION MAKES UP THE BULK OF THE FACT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCES AND THE BULK OF THAT

SHOULD'VE BEEN DECREASED. >> THE REASON FOR THE 38,000 PERCENT OF THE BUDGETED REVENUE AND TRANSFERS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO BUDGETED REVENUES OR TRANSFERS IN MATERIAL FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO, IT IS ALL YOU DO, YOU SPEND THE FUND BALANCE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.

>> IT NEEDS TO BE PULLED OUT ON A DIFFERENT SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS DECEPTIVE TO THE PUBLIC TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG WHEN WE HAVEN'T, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I WOULD APPRECIATE WE LOOK AT HOW WE PRESENT AND POINT THINGS OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE OFF TO ME. MY SECOND QUESTION OR COMMENT ON 13 OUR POLICIES TO HAVE 25% FUND BALANCE RESERVE OR I CALL THEM RESERVES, THE SAME THING. I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

WHAT IS THE GENERAL FUND , 103 MILLION OR 105 MILLION, WHAT IS

THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET? >> FOR THE BEGINNING OR THE END

OF LAST YEAR? >> THE FUND BALANCE AND THE TARGET , I CAN DO THE MATH ON OR SOMEONE GET HIM IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS HOW MUCH?

>> 9/30/24? >> TO GET TO THE TARGET 28 MILLION. 110 MILLION? IN OTHER WORDS THE POLICIES THAT HAVE

25% FUND BALANCE. >> WE DID NOT MEET THAT.

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>> THAT'S CORRECT SO WHAT'S THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET? I CAN SIT HERE AND DO IT I FIGURED YOU WOULD KNOW THAT. SO,

>> 116? >> 110 MILLION MAYBE, I'M JUST KIND OF GUESSING TO SEE. .25, ABOUT 110 OR 112 MILLION.

GENERAL FUND BUDGET. >> THAT WOULD'VE BEEN 9/30/23 GENERAL FUND BUDGET YES, THE REVENUES.

>> 111 OR 112 >> 111 OR 112 MILLION WHICH IS UP BECAUSE 25,000,007 82 USED TO MEET THE GOAL OR IT WAS CLOSE. SO THE FUND , THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WENT UP.

>> YES THE BUDGETED REVENUES DID GO UP.

>> WAS THAT ALL GROWTH? WE PASSED THE NO NEW TAX RATE.

>> THAT WAS IN 9/30/24 THAT WE PASSED THE RATE. 9/20/33 WE DID THE FULL ROLLBACK RATE , PLUS THE TERM LET ME, THE UNUSED INCREMENT. IN 9/30/23 WE SIGNIFICANTLY, IT WAS, WE INCREASED THE TAX RATE 9/30/20.

>> EVEN THOUGH WE INCREASED TAX RATE IN 23 WE DO NOT INCREASE ENOUGH TO HIT THE RESERVE BUDGET OF 28 MILLION? SO THIS IS 23 NOT 24 SO WE DON'T HAVE THE EFFECT OF 24, THIS WAS THE NEW TAX RATE SO THIS IS WITH RAISING TAXES IN 23 . WE STILL DO NOT MEET THE 25% IN 23. OKAY THAT'S WHAT I'M CLARIFYING.

EVEN RAISING TAXES WE DID NOT MEET THE 25% THRESHOLD.

>> WE STILL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL DISCUSS SLIDE 15. DISCUSS SLIDE 15. EXTERNAL AUDITORS THEY ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THEIR FINDINGS AND RESULTS.

>> GOOD MORNING. JACOB BOWMAN AUDIT SUPERVISOR. HERE TO PRESENT RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. EVERY YEAR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REQUIRED TO SEE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND THE OBJECTIVE IS FOR US TO ISSUE OPINION ON THE FINANCIALS IN FRONT OF YOU WITH STATEMENTS, NUMBERS ENCUMBRANCE OF FINANCIAL REPORT IS ACCURATE AND FREE OF MISTAKE. THROUGHOUT MONTHS, WEEKS WE LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS AND DO PROCEDURES AND ANALYSIS. APPLY GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS ON THE BOOKS AND STATEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. FOR THIS YEAR ONCE AGAIN THE COUNTY RECEIVED UNMODIFIED OPINION OUT OF THE FOUR KINDS OF OPINIONS THAT WE OFFER, UNMODIFIED IS THE BEST.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE LOOKING AT EVERY DOLLAR OR EVERY TRANSACTION, I'M SURE THEY WOULD GIVE ALL OF US HAVE REDID THAT THE ACCOUNTING STANDARD SAY WE ARE PROVIDING REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE FREE FROM MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH INTERNAL CONTROLS RELATED TO FINANCIAL REPORTING BECAUSE IF THE PROCESS GOING INTO THE NUMBERS CANNOT BE TRUSTED SO WE DO A VARIETY OF TESTING, DISCUSSION WITH COUNTY OFFICES AND HAPPY TO SAY WITH INTERNAL CONTROL , NO FINDINGS OR ISSUES , THE THING IS GOOD WITH NO MATERIAL WEAKNESS OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY. AN OBJECT OF THE ANNUAL AUDITS ARE THINGS WE CALL SINGLE AUDIT, IF THE COUNTY EXPENDS ENOUGH FEDERAL GRANT MONEY WITH STATE GRANT MONEY WE AS AUDITORS GO IN, LOOK AT THE BIGGER GRANTS AND TEST THEM IN DEPTH LOOKING AT DETAILED TRANSACTIONS, FEDERAL AND STATE COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND REGULATION AND FOR THE ONE FEDERAL PROGRAM WE TESTED WHICH WAS OUR AND THE ONE STATE PROGRAM WE TESTED DID NOT SEE ISSUES OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH NO FINDINGS, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT

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DEFICIENCIES EITHER. ACROSS THE BOARD FROM A AUDIT PERSPECTIVE, ALL GOOD NEWS FOR ALL THREE OPINIONS WE ISSUE. A LOT GOES INTO THE AUDIT. WE ASK A LOT OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR LOOKING AT DOCUMENTATION. VARIOUS MEETINGS AND IT IS A BIG TASK SO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR. ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR GETTING US WHAT WE NEED AND AS IF IT'S NOT DIFFICULT ENOUGH , CONVERSION MAKES THINGS TRICKY AND IF LAMENTING SIGNIFICANT NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS LIKE THIS YEAR LIKE , AND I WOULD ADD THE CHERRY ON TOP SPEAKING ABOUT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. LAST YEAR THE REPORT ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM THE FINANCER ASSOCIATION. REALLY GOOD AND ROUGHLY THIS ONE WILL TOO. A LOT GOES INTO MAKING THE REPORT, QUITE IMPRESSIVE. TO GET THE AWARD YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THAT WAS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT. I WILL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE AUDIT ANNUAL

CONFERENCE OF. >> WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE OR THE STANDARD CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICE FOR TIMEFRAME TO GET AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTY

LEVELS? IS THERE A STANDARD? >> USUALLY IT IS SIX MONTHS AFTER YEAR END FOR THE REPORT TO BE REVIEWED BY THE REPORTING BODY FOR THE REPORT ITSELF. CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE COVID CHANGED THE TIMELINE THE LAST FEW YEARS. SOFTWARE CONVERSION, ABLE TO GET EXTENSIONS AND NEW STANDARDS. FROM THE YEAR END ON AVERAGE FOR MOST LARGE ENTITIES, IT IS SIX , BUT THE LAST FOR YEARS THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD HAS BEEN LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS AND I CAN SAY THAT FOR MULTIPLE ENTITIES. SO THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THERE, BUT IN THE END, THINGS LOOKED GOOD AND WE WOULD PREFER THAT.

>> SO I GUESS I MEAN I SURE CONCERNS WE WANT TO GET THE NUMBERS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE CONSIDERING WHAT NUECES COUNTY HAS TRANSITIONED OVER TO IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR SO IT IS REASONABLE TO SAY BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE, A COUPLE MONTHS PROBABLY AN AVERAGE INDICATOR OF WHAT OTHER GOVERNMENTS DO.

>> YES AND ESPECIALLY WITH SOFTWARE CONVERSION GOING FROM A OLD SYSTEM TO A NEW SYSTEM. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE OVER THE YEARS, VARIOUS ENTITIES FROM SMALL SCHOOLS TO LARGE CITIES AND IT'S A LOT ESPECIALLY GETTING INFORMATION TO GO INTO THE PORT, LINED UP, ENSURE IT IS A SMOOTH TRANSITION, THAT'S A HUGE TASK. WHAT WE SEE HERE WITH THE COUNTY AND THE TIMELINE I WOULD SAY GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES IS

NORMAL AND EXPECTED. >> THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT UP. NOT A PERMISSION SLIP TO ALLOW DELAYS, AND I DO SHARE CONCERN WITHOUT THE FUNDING WAS REPORTED FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT OVERALL, WE KNOW WE ASK THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT TO DO A LOT AND CONSIDERING CHIEF AUDITORS OUT OF POCKET, THAT ADDS MORE OF A BURDEN. SO, APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY ARE DOING. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AHEAD AND MOVING FORWARD ON FORWARDING DOCUMENTING AND ENSURING IT IS ACCESSIBLE AND GOOD TO KNOW THOSE REPORTS WERE BEING DONE BY INDIVIDUALS AND HOPEFULLY, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY WILL BE EASIER AS WE GO THROUGH THE TRANSITION TIME NOW THAT'S WHEN WE NOTICE IT THE MOST AND THAT'S WHEN IT'S THE MOST OF A BURDEN. I THINK WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE GOING INTO THE FUTURE, HAVING THAT ACCESSIBILITY TO THE DATA.

PRETTY MUCH AT A MOMENTS NOTICE BASED ON WHATEVER WE WANT.

>> EXACTLY. >> THINK IT.

>> ANYMORE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU AGAIN. >>

>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. >> YES SIR.

>> EXTERNAL AUDIT RESULTS, IN MY POSITION YOU WOULD PROBABLY

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BE THINKING THE WAY I'M THINKING BECAUSE YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU NEED IT NOW. I CAN'T AGREE WITH SOME OF THE AUDIT RESULTS, SORRY. NO PERSONAL OFFENSE. WHEN YOU SAID NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR COMPLIANCE INTERNAL CONTROLS, YOU HEARD US ALL MORNING TALKING ABOUT DEFICIENCY AND CONTROLS. SO THERE IS ISSUES HERE, SOMEBODY IS NOT LOOKING INTO NOT MAKING A THOROUGH AUDIT SO I MEAN IF YOU WERE SITTING IN THE SHOES I'M SITTING IN YOU ISSUE ANOTHER BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL SIX MONTHS LATER, FOR ME WE MIGHT AS WELL WORK TWO BUDGETS AT ONE TIME. IT'S HARD FOR US TO MAKE DECISIONS. NOT LIKE IT IS A BIG CITY GOVERNMENT IT IS A COUNTY BUT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. WE CANNOT TAKE CARE BUSINESS NOW THAN SIX MONTHS OR IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THINGS BEFORE US BEFORE SIX MONTHS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY, IT'S OKAY EVERYBODY , THAT'S THE PROCESS. AT WHAT POINT, WE NEED TO HAVE THE NUMBERS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE RIGHT THINGS FOR THIS GOVERNMENT. SO PERFORMED TEST CONTROLLED SUCH AS DISBURSEMENT, I CANNOT DISAGREE MORE THAN I DID THIS MORNING.

BECAUSE DISBURSEMENT HAD NOT BEEN WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU OR WHO IS GIVING IT TO YOU OR WHATEVER BUT I THINK THE AUDIT DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. TO CHECK WHAT ARE THE CONTROLS WE ARE DEALING WITH

HERE. JUST MY OPINION OKAY? >> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT. WITH CONTROLLED TESTING RELATED TO FINANCIAL REPORTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE LOOK AT SAMPLES. WE ARE NOT TESTING EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT OR TRANSACTION, WE LOOK AT A SMALL SAMPLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR AS A HOLE AS STANDARDS REQUIRE. THIS YEAR IN TESTING DETAILED TESTING IN A TRANSACTION LEVEL WE DID NOT SEE ISSUES OF INTERNAL CONTROL NONCOMPLIANCE , THAT MIGHT BE THE SAMPLE. WE CAN ONLY SPEAK TO WHAT WE SAMPLE AND DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH STAFF.

IN OUR EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR AND PRAYERS WE COULD ISSUE A CLEAN OPINION OVER INTERNAL CONTROL, BUT IF IT FEELS THAT'S NOT THE CASE, CERTAINLY EXPAND THAT DETAIL OR SPECIFIC REASONS AS YOU MENTIONED, BUT FOR THIS YEAR, WE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING IN THE SAMPLE WE TESTED THE MULTIPLE SAMPLES.

>> OKAY THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I THINK WE ARE GOOD. >> ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE? CONTINUE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? THAT WE STOPPED YOU ON.

>> WHILE WE ARE WAITING TO PULL UP THAT PRESENTATION.

>> THIS IS ITEM G1 HEALTHCARE THE PRESENTATION.

>> THE OTHER ONE. YES MA'AM.

>> THAT ONE? >> YES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY, GOOD MORNING AGAIN JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. REALLY, MY TIME HERE IS TO HELP THE COURT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS CURRENTLY FUNDING ITS GROUP MEDICAL PLAN ON BEHALF OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND COVERED DEPENDENCE. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SLIDE. JUST SOME BACKGROUND AS WE LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION, MCGRIFF IS TAKING HISTORICAL INFORMATION FROM THE CURRENT TWO PRIMARY VENDORS, BOONE CHAPMAN AND SCRIPT CARRIER PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER AND WE ARE LOOKING AT HISTORICAL CLAIMS, HISTORICAL TRENDS, REALLY WHAT THE PREMISE OF TODAY IS TO HELP THE COUNTY TO SET ITS FUTURE FUNDING RATES, INTERNAL FUNDING RATES, TO FUND SELF-FUNDED MEDICAL AND PHARMACY PLANS. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTES ROUGHLY 85% TO THE TOTAL COST OF THE PLAN. THE REMAINING IS 15% WHICH IS QUITE GOOD COMPARED TO YOUR PEERS.

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BASED ON RESEARCH THE COUNTY HAS NOT INCREASED ITS MEDICAL PLAN FUNDING RATES SINCE 2021 AND I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME THE INCREASE WAS ELECTIVELY MODEST. AGAIN FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, REACHING BACK INTO THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS WE RECEIVED, EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT HAD TO INCREASE COST FOR THE PROGRAM, PAYROLL DEDUCT SINCE AS FAR BACK AS 2016. AND THEN, OF COURSE YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT AND MEDICAL INFLATION, ON AVERAGE IS TRENDING ROUGHLY 6.5% , YOU COULD SAY FIVE OR SEVEN, BUT ON AVERAGE, 6.5% AND 10.5% FOR THE PHARMACY. SO AGAIN, MEDICAL COST TREND IS ANOTHER WORD FOR INFLATION.

INFLATION IN THE INCREASE OF THE UTILIZATION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES. SO, TO FUND YOUR PLAN TO GET THE TOTAL PLAN COST, REALLY , THE INPUTS ARE, WHAT ARE PAID CLAIMS? WHAT IS YOUR ADMINISTERED OF COST? COST FOR PREMIUM FOR STOP LOSS INSURANCE OR EXCESS RISK AND THEN, PHARMACY REBATES IS THE GOOD GUY, A CREDIT TO THE FUND BALANCE WHICH MAKES UP MEDICAL FUNDING RATES. SIMPLY I AM HERE TO HELP THE COUNTY AND THE COURT UNDERSTAND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SET FUNDING RATES TO ADEQUATELY FUND PLAN COSTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA AND LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL CLAIMS AND WE ARE USING OUR UNDERWRITING PROJECTIONS TO PROJECT THIS YEAR PLAN COST ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 FOR THE COUNTY WILL LIKELY HAVE A DEFICIT, OUR PROJECTION IS NOT QUITE $2.5 MILLION SO THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO TRANSFER , THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE ET CETERA SO WE ARE SIMPLY SUGGESTING THERE WILL BE A DEFICIT PRETTY CONFIDENT, REAL CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE A DEFICIT. HOW MUCH? THE QUESTION IS IF THE COUNTY WILL AT LEAST LOOK FOR THE NEXT PLAN YEAR WITHOUT CHANGE IN YOUR FUNDING RATES THE DEFICIT WILL REMAIN WITH HEALTHCARE INFLATION CONTINUING, ET CETERA THAT DEFICIT IS LIKELY GOING TO RISE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE UNDER RECOMMENDATIONS WORKING WITH TIM AND THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE AND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE INVOLVED, THEY SIMPLY ASK FOR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNTY AND THE COURT TO DECIDE HOW BEST TO FUND THE MEDICAL PLAN MOVING FORWARD. IF THE COUNTY WANTED TO RIGHT SIZE THE MEDICAL PLAN IMMEDIATELY, TO FUND APPROPRIATELY, IT WOULD BE ABOUT $3 MILLION INCREASE BEGINNING 10/1. AND WE ARE SUGGESTING THE EMPLOYEES SHARE THE INCREASE OF 7.5% WHICH IS RELATIVELY MODEST ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE HAS BEEN NO INCREASE TO THE EMPLOYEE COST. THAT IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF ROUGHLY $150,000 ON A ANNUAL BASIS. AGGREGATE REVENUE ADJUSTMENT OF A LITTLE OVER $3.1 MILLION, THAT IS SORT OF THE FUND , FUND NOW. THE SECOND INCREASE OR SECOND OPTION IS POSSIBLY TO DO THIS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS DIFFICULT, POSSIBLY WITH THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS TO MAKE THAT TYPE OF BUDGET INCREASE. SO COME INCREASE THE COUNTY RATES GRADUALLY. SO, OVER THREE YEARS, THE PLAN CAN OPERATE IN THE BLACK. AGAIN, WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE COUNTY CONSIDERATION EMPLOYEES SHARE THIS A BIT, 7.5% INCREASE, BUT ONLY FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THE COUNTY COST CONTINUES TO ESCALATE UP UNTIL OVER THREE YEARS AND THEN THE PLAN IS RUNNING IN THE BLACK. AGAIN THESE ARE SIMPLY RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT FUND PLAN ADEQUATELY. TO MAKE IT SELF-SUSTAINING. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CLIENTS THAT PURPOSELY FUND ON DEFICIT BUT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE OPERATING RESERVES TO COVER. THIS IS AN INTERNAL DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO PARSE UP THE FUNDS TO FUND SELF-FUNDED MEDICAL PLAN. WE SIMPLY ENCOURAGE THE COURT TO HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION ON HOW BEST TO DO THIS AND IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? NONE OKAY I THINK THAT WAS BAD ENOUGH NEWS,

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THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND

COMMISSIONERS. >> WE APPRECIATE IT.

[10. Discuss and consider adopting and issuing a 60-day Burn Ban Order, pursuant to Local Government Code §352.081, and any related matters.]

>> MOVING ON, ITEM NUMBER 10 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTING AND ISSUING 60 DAY BURN BAN PLACED ON THE AGENDA NOW IF YOU WOULD GO UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT. I AM INCLINED TO PUSH THIS SINCE WE HAVE THE WEATHER COMING IN AND WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS AT ANY MOMENT IF THE WEATHER FOR SOME STRANGE REASON GOES IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND WE DON'T GET THE RAIN WE ARE ANTICIPATING, BUT AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GETTING RAIN.

>> LOOKS LIKE WE ARE, BUT PERCENTAGES HAVE FALLEN ALREADY FROM THIS MORNING'S BRIEFING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GOING DOWN TO EXPECTED 6 TO 8 INCHES INSTEAD OF 8 TO 10 INCHES. THE CONDITIONS ARE DRY NOW, RAINING LAST NIGHT AND IT STILL ROSE BY SIX POINTS AS OF TODAY. BUT WE ROSE 5 POINTS TODAY SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS FIRING FIRES ALL WEEKEND. IT IS GETTING A LOT WORSE THAN IT WAS. THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE RAIN WILL NOT MAKE THE DEAD GRASS GREEN WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE WEEKS TO REVIVE. I WOULD URGE YOU TO IMPLEMENT THE BURN BAN AND WE CAN TAKE IT OFF, BUT WE ARE AT 596 AS OF TODAY, AT DANGEROUS

LEVELS. >> THAT IS UP 11 POINT FROM

YESTERDAY. >> SORRY.

>> JUDGE, THIS IS GOOD LUCK EVERY TIME WE DO THIS WE GET

SIGNIFICANT RAIN. LET'S DO IT. >> IF A DROP BELOW 500, YOU CAN RETRACT , BUT TO PUT IT BACK IN EFFECT YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT COURT 60 TO 90 DAYS. RAIN MAKES PEOPLE THINK IT'S OKAY TO BURN EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT.

>> WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING TO COURT WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TO RATIFY. SO WE CAN ISSUE ONE AT ANY TIME.

BUT I AGREE WE SHOULD GO FORWARD AND WE CAN ALSO PULL IT

BACK AT ANY TIME. >> CAN WE ISSUE ONE UNTIL THE NEXT COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING AND DO THEM MEETING BY MEETING?

>> GIVE THE JUDGE AUTHORITY TO LIFT IT?

>> YOU MEAN TO LIFT. I WAS SAYING WE COULD KEEP LOOKING MEETING BY MEETING. OR EITHER WAY, YOU COULD SAY 30 DAYS AND IF IT DROPS BELOW 500, THE JUDGE CAN LIFT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I AGREE. I HATE TO NOT DO ONE, I HOPE IT RAINS AND WE GET BELOW 500 REAL FAST, BUT I WOULD ALSO HATE.

>> MOTION TO DO THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE WILL READDRESS TO EXTEND . I ASSUME BY THAT TIME WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED IT. I WAS HOPING WE COULD POSTPONE FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO ISSUE THE BURN BAN UNTIL JULY 17 MEETING COMES BACK AND WE CAN REISSUE.

>> JULY 17? >> IS IN THAT?

>> WE ARE NOT MEETING UNTIL JULY 17?

>> JULY 17. OKAY. JULY 17 EVERYBODY. IS THAT OKAY?

>> YES MA'AM, SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. >> PRAY FOR A LOT OF RAIN.

[11. Accept renewal notification request for the Harbor Island Lease agreement with Martin Operating Partnership, LP, for the second, five-year option for the period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029.]

>> THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 11 AND THANK YOU CHIEF FOR BEING HERE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE APPRECIATE IT. ACCEPT RENEWAL NOTIFICATION REQUEST HARBOUR ISLAND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MARTIN OPERATION PARTNERSHIP.

THIS IS THE SECOND FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL.

>> JUDGE A MOTION TO PASS. TO ACCEPT. RENEW, SORRY RENEW.

>> TO RENEW WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY . ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. I'M NUMBER

[12. Discuss and consider participation in the unclaimed capital credits received by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts from electric cooperatives under Section 74.602 of the Texas Property Code, and acknowledge the purpose of the funds in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Local Government Code Section 381.004.]

12 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN THE UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDIT RECEIVED TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS FROM THE ELECTRIC OPERATIVES AND YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR BACKUP.

THE, WE WOULD HAVE TO ALSO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE PURPOSE OF WHAT TO USE THE FUNDING FOR. I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS AND USE FOR THE APPROVED USES UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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CODE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. FOR? >> DO YOU WANT TO TELL THEM?

IT'S IN THE BACK UP. >> THIS YEAR WE USED FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS. THE MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE

CAPITAL CREDITS FOR COUNTIES. >> WHAT WE USE . WE USED IT .

>> THE BACK SHOWS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

YES. >> WE SPENT LIKE 235,000 THIS

YEAR. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND

[13. Receive update on American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund balances for individual precinct and county wide projects through May 31, 2024 from Grants Administration.]

SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY . ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON ITEM 13. RECEIVE UPDATE ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARE BOTH FUND BALANCES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COUNTYWIDE PROJECTS. AND THEN WHO IS HERE?

>> HELLO. LOOKING ALL AROUND I DID NOT SEE WHO WAS HERE.

SORRY. THAT CAMERA IS BRIGHT IN MY FACE.

>> I AM HERE, HI EVERYONE. IT IS LOVELY TO SEE YOU GUYS. I HAVE A QUICK REPORT OF OUR UNALLOCATED BALANCE IS CURRENTLY. SO, AS OF THE END OF MAY , WE HAVE AN UNALLOCATED BALANCE FOR ARPA PRECINCT 1 WE HAVE $22,423. PRECINCT 2 WE HAVE $25,000. PRECINCT 3 WE HAVE ZERO DOLLARS UNALLOCATED.

SO, THE FULL BUDGET IS ALLOCATED. PRECINCT 4 WE HAVE $210,000 UNALLOCATED AND JUDGE, WE HAVE 128,000 AND JUDGE, WE HAVE $128,595 AND JUDGE, WE HAVE $128,595.61. FOR THE COUNTYWIDE WE HAVE CURRENTLY AGAIN AS OF THE END OF MAY WE HAVE 537,000 WE HAVE $537,297.

>> WEIGHT, COUNTYWIDE MEANING NOT PRECINCT? HOW MUCH IS IT?

>> 537,000 >> $537,297.

>> ARE WE GETTING MORE BACK OR IS THAT WHAT WE THINK IS IT?

>> POSSIBLY GETTING MORE. I HEARD FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER THEY MAY NEED MORE MONEY FOR EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THE ARPA FUNDS CONSTRUCTION IS EATING UP THEIR ARPA FUNDS SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO BUILD A NICE NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER FACILITY WITH ARPA MONEY AND HAVE NO EQUIPMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS.

>> I HAVE IT AND IT'S GOING ON THE NEXT AGENDA. 250 OR 300.

THEY HAVE A WISH ITEM LIST BUT I SAID WE WOULD FOCUS ON THE

NEEDS. >> GOING ON AS ARPA? OKAY

GREAT, THANK YOU. THAT HELPS. >> THE OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEM IS

$450,000 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. >> OKAY I GUESS WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT ARPA. >> OKAY SO LET'S ASSUME FOR ARGUMENT SAKE THAT IS A LEGITIMATE REQUEST AND I DON'T ARGUE IT WOULD BE BY THE CURRENT MEDICAL EXAMINER AND HIS STAFF, THEY MAKE LEGITIMATE REQUESTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE THINK WE WILL GET BACK AND WHERE WE THINK THAT WILL BE SPENT, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS.

>> X-RAY MACHINE. >> THE ONE THAT WAS BROKEN?

>> THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ONE OF THESE. IT DOES THE WHOLE BODY

THING THAT EVERYBODY HAS. >> OKAY SO JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW , LIKE I SAY I SAW ITEMS COMING UP AND I DID NOT SEE THEM PUT ON. I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE ARE PIECE MAILING SOME OF THIS AND IF WE OUGHT TO BRING EVERYTHING BACK AT ONCE , NOT LOOKING AT YOU IT'S NOT YOUR CALL BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD NOT DO THIS AT ONE TIME AND BRING EVERYTHING BACK AND LOOK AT EVERY COUNTYWIDE DOLLAR AND DETERMINE WHERE WE ACTUALLY NEED 100% NEED THINGS BECAUSE WE CAN ALL COME UP WITH A REQUEST WHICH IS WHY WE HAD

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PRECINCT FUNDS TO DO THINGS IN THE PRECINCT, BUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE MAY BE BIG PICTURE ITEMS WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE GOT COMING BACK, I'M NOT PRIVY TO THAT YET AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT CRITICALLY, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS COMING UP THAT WE WILL POTENTIALLY SPEND A LOT OF IT WHERE WE MAY NEED THINGS FOR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HIGHER PRIORITY, NOT THAT WALKING TRAIL IS NOT HIGH PRIORITY OR.

>> SOMETIMES WATER VERSUS WALKING TRAIL WATER IS MORE OF

A NEED. >> YEAH. I'M REALLY LOOKING AT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. THAT IS A BIG NEED. SO MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THAT. SO I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK WE SPENT A TON OF MONEY AND I KNOW THE COURT HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE MEDICAL EXAMINER FACILITY AND WE WANTED TO BE TOP-NOTCH AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM HANGING IF THEY FEEL THEY NEED IT. I HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE VERY DILIGENT AND PRUDENT IN THE REQUEST AND THEY DON'T COME ASKING IF THEY DON'T NEED IT. THAT IS SOMETHING I LOOK AT WHEN PEOPLE MAKE REQUESTS AND THEY ARE ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT. SO JUST TO THROW IT OUT TO THINK ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND I DON'T WANT TO THROW THE NUMBER OUT IF WE

DON'T KNOW. >> IN LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE COMING LATER IN THE AGENDA, MUCH LESS OUR UNALLOCATED PERSONAL FUND MONEY LEFT OVER, THE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ASKING FOR FUNDING I WAS GOING TO ASK THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PUT THE ITEMS ON, IF THEY WOULD POSTPONE UNTIL THE JULY 17 MEETING SO WE COULD HAVE A TRUE BALANCE BECAUSE THERE IS ONE ITEM ON HERE THAT IS POSSIBLY GOING TO GIVE US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE VOTE GOES TODAY. SO I CANNOT SAY FOR SURE WHAT THE AMOUNT IS, BUT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FUNDING NOW AS WE SPEAK FOR THE TWO ITEMS ASKING FOR COUNTYWIDE AND I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THEM BACK AND ADDRESS THAT TOGETHER AS A

COURT, MY OPINION. >> NOT TO MENTION WE KNOW THERE IS $750,000 WORTH OF REQUEST FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO IT AT ONE TIME AND PUT IT OUT IN A CHART AND SAY HERE'S WHAT EVERYBODY REQUEST AND I HELD BACK MINE ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I HAD TO SEE WHAT BOB HALL'S WOULD DO AND WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND AFTER SEE WHAT POOLS. MINE IS ABOUT TO GET SPENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW.

>> I THINK , IN LIGHT, WE CAN ADDRESS EACH OF US TO GO BACK AND WORK OUT MAJOR NEEDS OF THE COUNTY VERSUS WISHES, AS WELL AND BRING THOSE FORWARD TO THE NEXT AGENDA BECAUSE AND AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND YOUR URGENCY BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING TO THE TIME FRAME WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS. BUT I THINK JULY 17 IS NOT A BAD IDEA TO PUSH THIS TO COME BACK.

NOT YOUR PRESENTATION, THE ITEMS ASKING FOR MONEY FROM

ARPA FUNDING RIGHT NOW. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

>> THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION, TO TABLE.

>> WHICH NUMBERS? >> I THINK IT IS ITEMS 16 AND

17. >> 15 AND 16 ONLINE.

>> 16 AND 17. YOU HAVE AN OLD AGENDA.

>> ACTUALLY 15, 16 AND 17. >> THAT'S NOT ARPA, OH, IT IS, YES, ALL THREE. SO, 15, 16 AND 17, MOTION TO TABLE.

>> 15 IS NOT. >> 15 IS NOT.

>> I MISREAD THAT MY FAULT I APOLOGIZE.

>> 6917, YES. I MADE A MOTION TO BRING THEM BACK JULY 17.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES, THANK

YOU. >> SEESMIC JUDGE. I KNOW WE HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK ON THE 17TH, BUT I REALLY WISH. REALLY WISH YOU WOULD CONSIDER MY ITEM 17 BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A

NEED. >> CONTAMINATING THE WATER AND THE YOUNG KIDS MOST OF THE TIME OR

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DRINKING WATER. >> IS THAT OUR SYSTEM? IS IT A

COUNTY SYSTEM OR? >> IT IS UNINCORPORATED.

>> WATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE AREA A

SEPARATE BODY. >> SEPARATE ELECTED BODY NOT

NUECES COUNTY. >> THEY HAVE FUNDING

MECHANISMS? >> KNOW THEY DON'T THAT'S WHY I PUT IT ON. THEY DO NEED TO HAVE IT.

>> THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION WE WOULD BRING BACK, BUT WE HAVE

TABLED IT FOR THE 17. >> JUST ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO REALLY CONSIDER AND HELPING THOSE PEOPLE.

>> CONTINUING WITH OUR PRESENTATION.

>> THAT IS ALL THAT I HAD FOR THE AMOUNTS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE GOING IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR ANY OF US WITH ITEMS WE WANT TO PUSH FORWARD TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND MAYBE PRIORITIZE THE ONES THAT WE CAN DO QUICKLY AND

EASILY OR WHATEVER IT IS. >> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA, AN IDEA TO CONSIDER IN OTHER COUNTIES SOMETIMES WE DO PROJECTS SELECTION COMMITTEES . IF THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, WE CAN HELP SET IT UP, USUALLY WHERE WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE COURT AND EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY THAT COME TOGETHER AND WE TALK THROUGH PRIORITIZATION .

>> NO. >> OKAY THAT'S FINE.

>> WE WILL VOTE AND DEAL WITH HOW IT FALLS, THANK YOU. LULU , ANYTHING TO ADD ? THANK YOU. MOVING ON, ITEM NUMBER 14.

[14. Discuss and consider rescinding the Court's reduction in force of April 10, 2024, (Item 4.D) related to the Social Services Department FY 2024-2025; and all other matters.]

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESCINDING COURT REDUCTION APRIL 10, 2024 ITEM 4D SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT .

>> I WANTED TO TAKE THAT TO EXECUTIVE. I HAVE QUESTIONS. ON THE STUFF SURROUNDING. IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> I HAD IT HIGHLIGHTED. MOVING ON. GO AHEAD, SORRY.

>> DO WE HAVE TO GO BEHIND DOORS?

>> IF YOU HAVE, IF THE COURT HAS A LEGAL QUESTION , THEN.

>> TALKING ABOUT , THE BEST I CAN TELL TALKING ABOUT RESCINDING A VERY SIGNIFICANT MOTION WE MADE IN REGARDS TO A DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION THAT I DON'T

WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUT HERE. >> IF THERE IS A LEGAL QUESTION, THEN YES IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE IN.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO BE LEGAL OR NOT.

>> WE WILL BRING IT BACK OUT. >> IT'S NOT LIKE IT GOES AWAY.

>> THE ACTION SEEMS TO INDICATE YOU WANT TO RESCIND WHAT WE DID AND REINSTATE THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT? OKAY. THERE IS

NOTHING. >> THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN AND

TAKE IT INTO EXECUTIVE. >> NOTHING IN THE COURT MINUTES THAT I SAW SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. THAT'S WHY

I'M TRYING. >> THE MATTER IN QUESTION HAS ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

>> I GUESS MAYBE IF YOU CAN ARTICULATE WHAT IT IS, ALL I HAD WAS THAT DESCRIPTION AND THE REGULAR MINUTES.

>> I PUT IT IN THE AGENDA CONSIDER BRINGING BACK. 19 STAFF, NOW MAYBE THREE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE GRANTS AND THE BURIALS AND YOU DON'T HAVE GRANTS, THEY DON'T HAVE NO JOB. WITHOUT DRAWING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND , THEY ALREADY GOT PAID FOR. THE SALARY IS ALREADY PAID. WE WILL REDUCE 15 SALARIES THAT'S A BIG SAVINGS.

>> IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE DEPARTMENT IN PLACE WANTING TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE DESIRE TO KEEP A DEPARTMENT IN PLACE. FOR REASONS WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHY

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OR WE CAN GO IN THE BACK AND I CAN FIND OUT IF THERE'S NEWS , DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, THAT'S DIFFERENT. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO BECAUSE THAT'S NOT

THE MOTION. >> THAT'S ALL OTHER MATTERS.

THAT'S WHERE THIS COMES IN. WE CAN CONTINUE THE GRANTS SO PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS CAN BE BENEFITING FROM THE GRANTS.

>> WHERE DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THEM TO?

>> DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. >> IT CAN BE UNDER THE UMBRELLA

MONITORING SUPERVISORS. >> CAN WE NOT CALL IT VETERANS SERVICES COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR SOMETHING?

>> THEY ARE OUT HERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THAT HAS NOTHING

TO DO WITH THOSE GRANTS . >> WHAT KIND OF GRANTS ARE YOU

TALKING ABOUT? >> THE RENTAL GRANTS. THE FOOD

GRANTS . >> DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND

TALK ABOUT THIS? >> WHY WOULD THAT NOT BE UNDER GRANTS? THAT'S NOT HEALTH. IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU ARE SAYING YOU WANT TO POTENTIALLY AND I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH THIS TOO. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT.

>> SOCIAL SERVICES AS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION, THEY PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS. THEY HAVE EMERGENCY FOOD SHELTER PROGRAMS THAT COMES THROUGH THE UNITED WAY. THOSE PROGRAMS ALSO OFFER RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY.

>> THAT COULD BE UNDER GRANTS, NOT , I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING

PEOPLE FOOD. >> IT'S ALL GRANTS. WE HAVE A GRANTS DEPARTMENT. WHY WOULD WE DISCUSSED PUTTING IT UNDER GRANTS? I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T.

>> MOST SERVICES WE NEED ARE IN THE RURAL AREAS. THIS IS WHY THEY WERE HERE TO BEGIN WITH. I KNOW YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN THE

WESTSIDE. >> WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT? IF I WAS AGAINST IT I WOULDN'T BE SAYING WHY NOW MOVING TO GRANTS, YOU JUST WANT TO GREATER KINGSTOWN TEST MAKING THEM IN ROB'S TOWN PUT UNDER DR. GONZALEZ YOU CAN CONTROL THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. I HAVE VOTED FOR EVERYTHING.

>> THAT'S WHERE THE RURAL AREAS ARE.

>> THEY CAN BE UNDER GRANTS I DON'T CARE WHERE THEY SIT. HOW IN MY AGAINST THIS? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SAY CRAP LIKE THAT? I'M TRYING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT TO PUT IT UNDER SOMETHING.

>> OKAY. >> THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT, WE APPLY AND REPORT. WE USUALLY DON'T MANAGE THEM.

>> COULD YOU WITH ENOUGH PEOPLE , COULD YOU? IF YOU HAVE THREE

OR TWO PEOPLE? >> WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THESE GRANTS ARE DONE RIGHT. WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS.

>> LET ME BE CLEAR. HOW MUCH ARE THESE GRANTS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE TO ADMINISTER? I HAD A MEETING EARLIER AND ONE GRANT WAS ONLY $150,000 AND THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE THREE PEOPLE TO ADMINISTER IT. WE CANNOT HAVE THREE PEOPLE ADMINISTER FOR ONE YEAR LONG GIVING $150,000 OUT. WE HAD TO

STREAMLINE THAT OR SOMETHING. >> SO EFSP AVERAGING THE LAST THREE YEARS 30,000 PER YEAR. WE RECEIVED 39,300 FROM , THE

VETERAN GRANT , 124,600. >> TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WOULD STAY GOING TO VETERAN SERVICES.

>> TITLE FOR. IT IS ABOUT 30,000 DIRECT ASSISTANCE.

>> OTHER THAN JJ FOR THE VETERANS HOW MUCH IS THAT TOTAL GRANTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YOU WANT TO PEOPLE TO DO THAT?

>> SORRY. >> THE BURIAL AVERAGE IS

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150,898 PER YEAR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

>> I THOUGHT WE ALREADY SAID THAT.

>> WE SENT OUT TO PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE VETERAN SERVICES CAN'T DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR VETERANS. AND IT IS NOT JUST A VETERAN SERVICE. IT IS FOR ANYBODY, PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> EXCUSE ME JUDGE. I DON'T THINK IT'S SO MUCH THE AMOUNT OF MONIES , IF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL APPLY FOR THE MONIES. THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU HAVE TO LOOK OVER AND SEE WHO QUALIFIES AND WHO DOESN'T, THAT'S WHAT WILL TAKE THE

TIME. >> IT IS THE CASE MANAGEMENT.

THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT DOES NOT DO CASE MANAGEMENT DETERMINING WHO IS ELIGIBLE OR NOT FOR THE GRANT AND THEN WE DO A LOT OF OUR OWN REPORTING WITH ONLY SOME GRANTS GOING TO GRANTS FOR FINAL REPORTING. SO IT IS CASE MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION,

ELIGIBILITY. AND PROCESSING. >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE IN HERE WITH CHECKS AND BALANCES AND WE DID HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND STILL FELL SHORT WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT? WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, 19 EMPLOYEES AND WE STILL FELL SHORT SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE TO MANAGE 75,000 100,000 .

>> IT DEPENDS . I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEPARATE THINGS. ABOUT THREE PEOPLE IN A ROBSTOWN OFFICE AND

THE TWO GOING TO THE JJ. >> THAT SEEMS TO BE THE

PROPOSAL. >> IF YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP AND BURIAL 150 PLUS 3180. YES, 250,000 WOULD BE WHAT YOU WOULD

HAVE. >> INCLUDING GOING TO VETERANS?

>> NO THAT'S INCLUDING THE BURIAL. TAKING OUT?

>> WHICH WE HAVE SENT. ALREADY ALLOCATED.

>> DID WE DO IT OFFICIALLY IN COURT? WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

>> WE NEED A CLERK. >> FOR THE BURIALS WE HAVE CASEWORKERS, THEY DO THE BURIAL CASES, AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PLAN IS, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. I DON'T KNOW HOW.

>> IF WE HAD TWO CASEWORKERS IN ROBSTOWN WITH ONE CLERK , THE CLERK CAN BE SPLIT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP AND WITH SOCIAL SERVICES, WOULD THAT BE ABLE TO HELP PROCESS THE

GRANTS? >> YES.

>> DO WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP?

>> ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP .

>> SO YOU KNOW TWO WOULD BE THE LIMIT, TO ME WITH CASEWORKERS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE AND THE CLERK.

>> I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNTYWIDE GRANTS DEPARTMENT THAT OVERSEES NOT ALL, BUT MOST GRANTS, SHORT OF ALL THE ONES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WORK WITH COASTAL PARKS. OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT HAVE DONE THEIR OWN GRANTS AND THEY DON'T ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AND THEY GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GRANTS AND THEY DON'T ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO ADMINISTER THEM, THEY MAKE DO WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND WE JUST SAW WANTED A 3.3 MILLION. THEY DID NOT ASK FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO GET THAT 3.3 MILLION WORTH OF GRANT. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS UNDER GRANTS. WHETHER IT IS SURE THERE IS SOME CASE MANAGEMENT, BUT IT IS STILL GRANTS AND MAKING SURE WE DO THE GRANTS RIGHT AND IT'S $250,000 AND I GET PEOPLE HAVE TO APPLY SO MAYBE THERE IS MORE POWER WE NEED FOR THE SIX OR EIGHT OR 10 MILLION WE GET GRANTS WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FOR COASTAL PARKS, BUT I STILL THINK THE BETTER PART AND THEY CAN SIT IN ROBSTOWN, I DON'T CARE WHERE THEY SIT. WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE UNDER GRANTS BECAUSE WE NEED A CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THE GRANTS FOR THE MOST. AND I DON'T

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KNOW, WHO ELSE, WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO GRANTS?

>> WELL, WE HAVE GRANTS MANAGED BY THE DA OFFICE, GRANTS ARE MANAGED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE HAVE GRANTS AND WE APPLY FOR THEM. WE BRING THEM TO COURT, WE ACCEPT, IF WE HAVE TO REPORT THEN WE REPORT ON THEM. WE GET INFORMATION FROM THEM. SO THE GRANTS ARE MANAGED BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

WHOEVER IS REQUESTING THE GRANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR WITNESS PROTECTION OR YOU KNOW THEY MANAGE.

>> DO SOME GRANTS PAY FOR ADMINISTRATION?

>> PAY FOR WHAT? >> ADMINISTRATION. VERY FEW.

>> I THINK THE TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE , THE COORDINATORS, THE PDO PAYS FOR ADMINISTRATION. ALL OF THE SALARIES. TRUANCY.

JP . TRUANCY.

>> MAYBE WE OUGHT TO DECIDE IF WE NEED TWO PEOPLE AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT THEM WHEN WE HAVE BUDGET HEARINGS OR WHATEVER. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT THEM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY GRANTS CAN DO CASE MANAGEMENT BUT OKAY IF YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T. RIGHT, YOU DON'T CURRENTLY, BUT IF YOU GOT TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO DO IT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.

>> PEOPLE WHO REPORT TO THE GRANTS OFFICE NEED HELP .

>> THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL GOES

ON. >> AND THEN YOU DO ENVIRONMENTAL. IT IS ALL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.

>> I DON'T KNOW TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL, SOMETHING ON THAT NOT ON THE AGENDA I DON'T KNOW. I AM ASKING.

>> THAT IS TO COME BACK AND NONE OF THAT STARTS UNTIL AFTERWARDS SO THAT US TO COME BACK DURING BUDGET.

>> THE HEALTH STUFF, OKAY. >> THE OTHER CLARIFICATION I WOULD LIKE IS ABOUT THE CPS TITLE FOR E AND IF YOU CONSISTING DESPERATE CONTINUE ASSISTING THE FOSTER CHILDREN.

TITLE FOR E FOSTER CHILDREN THAT COMES TO MY DEPARTMENT. I NEED CLARIFICATION OF WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THAT WHERE

IT SHOULD GO. >> I WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO GO BUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WILL NOT LIKE IT. THEY HANDLE CPS

CASES FOR THE COUNTY. >> COMMISSIONER, WITH ENOUGH STAFF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL YOUR NEEDS.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE ARE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING SOMEBODY TO DO THIS AND IT'S A MATTER OF WHERE TO PUT THIS SOMEBODY. CPS STUFF I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN OBVIOUS PLACE UNDER THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WITH APPROPRIATE I GET IT IF IT'S A STAFF PERSON WHO GOES WITH IT BECAUSE YOU HANDLE CPS CASES, YOU KNOW THE LAW. IT IS JUST A SUGGESTION.

>> WE CAN SIT DOWN AND IF WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE ARE ASKED TO DO, WE CAN THEN FIGURE IT OUT AND IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF CONFLICT, WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO

DO. >> NONE OF THESE JOBS END UNTIL SEPTEMBER. DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO BRING IT BACK AND GIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THEN ADDING TWO OVER THERE AND ADDING TO

THE OFFICE. >> AS LONG AS THEY GO UNTIL

SEPTEMBER. >> WE VOTED UNTIL SEPTEMBER SO WE CAN DECIDE ON THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS AND IF WE DO ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE AND IF IT'S IN ROBSTOWN. MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ANY QUESTIONS IS A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE.

>> WE ASK IN THE MEANTIME THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY LOOK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ONE TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE

POSSIBLY A GOOD FIT? >> STARTING THAT NOW, YES.

>> EXCUSE ME. WOULD YOU HAVE SPACE FOR THREE MORE PEOPLE?

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>> ONLY TALKING ABOUT ONE PERSON.

>> WE ARE GETTING TIGHT, BUT WE HAVE SPACE.

>> OKAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TALKING ABOUT THE RURAL AREA IN ROBSTOWN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RESOURCES. COMMUNITY ACTION IS THERE BUT THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST, THEY ARE NOT TAKING APPLICATIONS UNTIL JULY. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE YOU INFORMED OF THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER RESOURCE FOR RENTAL UTILITY AND FOOD IN THE AREA.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF CLIENTS WALKING IN. SO THERE MAY BE A MEETING COMING UP TO HELP THE COMMUNITY ABSORB SOME OF OUR CLIENTS .

>> IN YOUR OPINION THE ROBSTOWN AREA WOULD BE THE BETTER LOCATION IF WE CONTINUE? NOT THAT WE ARE DOING THAT TODAY, MOVING FORWARD IS THAT YOUR OPINION?

>> BOTH AREAS NEED ASSISTANCE BUT IT WAS THE OPINION OF THIS COURT THAT THERE WAS PLENTY OF RESOURCES WHERE YOU THOUGHT IN CORPUS SO I WOULD SUGGEST THE RURAL AREA WITH LESS RESOURCES.

>> OKAY THANK YOU. SO, I GUESS WE WILL BRING THIS BACK DURING THE BUDGET OR A MIXED MEETING.

>> WHEN YOU ARE ACCEPTING A GRANT OR ADMINISTERING THERE IS ALWAYS ADMINISTERED OF COST ATTACHED WEATHER IT IS SOMEBODY'S SALARY AND TIME AND MONEY ATTACHED TO ACCEPTING THE AWARD TO HELP PEOPLE. SO ONLY THE TBC GRANT HAS A SMALL ADMINISTERED ALLOWANCE USED ON AN EMPLOYEE. SO THAT'S

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. >> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE?

>> TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING OR WHEN DO WE START?

THE BUDGET MEETING. >> IN AUGUST.

>> THE BUDGET MEETING. ) MOTION TO TABLE AND BRING IT BACK.

DURING THE BUDGET MEETING >> AUGUST . ANY IDEA?

>> I DON'T HAVE THE CALENDAR.

>> ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION WITH THE CALENDAR.

>> THE FIRST BUDGET MEETING IN AUGUST BRING IT BACK? OKAY I

WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

>> AUGUST 12? >> AUGUST 12.

[15. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving execution of an agreement with Musco Lighting, under BuyBoard Cooperative Contract No. 677-22, for the purchase and installation of Lighting Structures at Lyondell Basell Ball Park in the total amount of $385,000.00, and related matters.]

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH LIGHTING UNDER THE BOARD CONTRACT AND THIS IS ANOTHER I HAD A MEETING ABOUT AND I WAS HOPING WE COULD PULL BACK AND CHANGE THIS TO OUR FUNDING TO GO FORWARD, BUT I WILL LET YOU

PRESENT. >> ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROJECT IN LIGHTING TRYING TO LIGHT A COUPLE FIELDS WITHIN THE AREA OF NORTHWEST AND I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH A JUDGE, MILLING -- WILLING TO CONSIDER WITH ADDITIONAL STEPS A DIRECT CONTRACT WITH THE ARBOR ROUTE THE DEAL IS AND THIS IS OFF THE BOARD ARE BUT DOES NOT WORK OUR CONSULTANTS SAY THAT THE BOARD IS NOT THE BEST PROCUREMENT BOARD FOR THIS SO WE WOULD GET ADDITIONAL COST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ENGINEER. THIS IS ENGINEERED AND DONE , I DON'T THINK THEY ARE ON ANOTHER PROCUREMENT BOARD SO WE HAVE TO ENGINEER AND REDO THE WORK AND PUT IT ON

THE ARPA PROGRAM. >> OF THE CEO ALLOCATED TO YOU

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SPENT? >> ABOUT 400,000.

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>> THIS WOULD BRING IT UP TO ALMOST 700. ALMOST HALF THE BUDGET WE GAVE YOU.

>> IS THERE A RUSH FOR THIS? IS THIS NECESSARY ITEM ?

>> NECESSARY , ONE OF THOSE DEALS WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE ME PLAYING ABILITY OF THE GROUPS. WE HAVE A FOOTBALL GROUP, A SOCCER GROUP THAT PLACE AND THEY HAVE COME TO THE COMMISSIONER AND SAID WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY . THAT'S GENERALLY WHEN SOCCER PLAYS . THE OTHER IS FOR THE BALL FIELDS , THEY HAVE DONE US A FAVOR WHERE THEY WILL ALLOW US TIME ON THE FIELDS SINCE WE ARE DOING IMPROVEMENTS , IN ORDER TO HAVE FALL BALL THEY ARE ALLOWING US TO USE THOSE COUNTY FIELDS, NOT PLANNING ANY GAMES SO THE OIL BELT CAN USE THEM. THOSE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS .

>> YOU PUT THIS ON BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO USE YOUR

CEOS ON? >> YES.

>> JUDGE? >> I ASK IN LIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION SHOULD WE BRING IT BACK?

>> WELL, WE CAN ADDRESS WHATEVER LEGAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN EXECUTIVE AND BRING OUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.

>> IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT AN ATTORNEY QUESTION. I JUST ASKED IF IT WAS A NECESSARY ITEM. I KNOW WE HAD SWITCHED OUT SO WHEN WE ALLOCATED HIM 6 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING FOR PARKS AND WE TRIED TO PUT THE ROOF IN ONE TOGETHER WE SWITCHED OUT SOME OF OUR CO TO DO THAT AND GIVE IT TO HIM. I ASKED IF IT WAS EMERGENCY BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THAT BECAUSE OF ARPA HAVING A DEADLINE I ASKED HIM TO SPEND HIS ARPA MANY FIRST AND FOCUS ON THOSE PROJECTS BECAUSE COS DO NOT END. MY HESITATION IS IF THE COUNTY WERE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY OR ANOTHER LARGE TICKET ITEM WE ARE USING FUNDS ON A PARK FOR LIGHTS THAN THAT'S GOOD AND GREAT FOR PARKS AND COMMUNITIES AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF VERY EXPENSIVE THINGS IN THESE BUILDINGS THAT COULD BREAK AT ANY TIME AND WE ARE DEPLETING FUNDS. I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK AND IN THE NEXT YEAR FOCUS ON ARPA MONEY AND THESE HAVE DEADLINES THAT NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON. THAT WAS MY REASON FOR ASKING TO POSSIBLY SWITCH OUT ONE OF THE PARK PROJECTS IF THIS WAS NECESSARY WITH ARPA FUNDS ON THIS PARK AND COME BACK TO THOSE WITH THE ASSURANCE AND I'M SAYING THIS IN COURT, NOT TRYING TO TAKE BACK MONEY FOR THE PARKS, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE DILIGENT IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY AS WELL AHEAD OF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT OR SOMETHING IN LIGHT OF THE REPORT WE GOT WITH THE GENERAL FUND BEING DOWN BELOW WHAT WE

EXPECT. >> YOU ASKING TO TABLE?

>> I ASKED IF YOU WOULD TABLE AND BRING IT BACK WITH ARPA FUNDS, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED PERSONALLY, BUT IT IS NOT MY ITEM IT IS COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ DISTRICT. THAT WAS MY REASONING AND THAT'S THE REASON I GAVE MORE OF AN

EXPLANATION. >> YOU KNOW WE REALLY NEED MONEY THAT'S REALLY NEEDED. ALWAYS GO TO THE PIER WHERE THE

RESTAURANT. >> OR THE HILLTOP. THERE IS THE

HILLTOP. GOOD TRY. >> I THINK IN ALL FAIRNESS WE DO GIVE BACK SOME MONEY , USED MORE THAN WHAT I GAVE HIM, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW I DID.

>> WE BOTH DID. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE SITTING CAN YOU DO ONE PARK VERSUS THE OTHER?

>> THAT'S WHAT I ASKED, TENURE TRADED OUT?

>> ALL OF MY ARPA MONEY , I HAVE DONE WHAT YOU ASKED BECAUSE I LOST 700,000 ON THAT. PUSHING OUT ALL THE PROJECTS WHICH WERE IN DESIGN, SOME BEING CONSTRUCTED NOW. I HAVE USED UP ALL OF MY ARPA MONEY SO THE NEXT GOAL WAS TO USE UP THE

TRENTO MANY. >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM

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USING CO. >> I DON'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME, THE JUDGE ASKING ME TO HOLD OFF WHICH I CAN DO. IS IT TO

SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER? >> CAN YOU DO ONE NOW AND ONE

LATER? >> YOU'VE ALREADY GOT YOUR PROJECT GOING, YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND WE'RE GIVING A LOT OF PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE OVERWHELMED. IF THIS IS A NECESSITY, THAT WAS MY THOUGHT TO CHANGE OUT ONE OF THE OTHERS, DO YOUR TIMELINE.

IT'S NOT GOING AWAY,. IT IS YOUR MONEY. IF THE COURT VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD THEN GO FORWARD.

>> DO IT OR GO ON, YOUR CALL. DO BOTH IF YOU WANT TO DO BOTH.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO DO BOTH BECAUSE IT SEEMS

>> WE ARE DOING THE SAME PROJECT. THE LIGHTS ARE BEING DELIVERED IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY. ALL THE STRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWED ME TO ORDER IS BEING DONE IN JULY. SO IF WE ROLL OUT THE PROJECT WE ARE HOPING TO ROLL IT OUT SO I HAVE THESE PROJECTS LIKE THE JUDGE SAYS BUT I HAVE THEM IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR DIFFERENT PLACES. SO I MEAN IT'S THE WILL OF THE COURT. IF YOU WANT ME TO HOLD OFF I WILL HOLD OFF. I JUST NEED TO KNOW.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PROJECT.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. ANY OPPOSED , SAME SIGN? THE MOTION PASSES.

[18. Discuss and consider unallocating and allocating Commissioner Pct 2, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds as follows, and other related matters: Unallocating: $17,636.07 - Constable 1 Deputy Constable III (Estimated remaining balance) $31,396.78 - Co. Attorney Legal Secretary I (Estimated remaining balance) $10,000.00 - Animal Control $100,000.00 - Petronila Estates 1 & 2 Drainage Improvements $159,032.85 Total Allocating: $8,100.00 - People Assisting Animal Control (PAAC) $6,400.00 - Gulf Coast Humane Society $4,664.67 - Nueces County Mobile RV Unit (Generator) $9,472.66 - Operation Health and Wellness Project $100,000.00 - Amistad Veterans Memorial Park $128,637.33 Total]

>> THANK YOU, COURT. >> ITEM NUMBER 18 BECAUSE WE TABLED THOSE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UNALLOCATED FOLLOWING PROJECTS AND ALLOCATING THE NEXT GROUP OF PROJECTS UNDER COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 2 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARPA FUNDS. THERE IS A LIST WHICH WOULD LEAVE YOU COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE WITH 30,000 , $395.52 IN YOUR ARPA FUNDS. YOU WANT TO

MAKE THE MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE

[19. Discuss and consider authorizing a letter of support for a Foreign Trade Zone for Cimbar Resources Inc. to include Nueces County as well as Farm to Market Taxing entity and any other related matters. ]

IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ITEM NUMBER 19 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A LETTER OF SOME OR FOR A FOREIGN TRADE. WE DID THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE FOR CIMBAR RESOURCES WE JUST FELT TO INCLUDE THE FARM TO MARKET TAXING ENTITY. WE WANT THE MOTION TO INCLUDE IN FACT I WILL MAKE MOTION TO INCLUDE ALL TAXING ENTITIES WITHIN CONTROL OF THE COURT IN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN TRADE

ZONE FOR CIMBAR RESOURCES. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO

HOSPITAL DISTRICT. >> WE CAN SAY ALL TAX ENTITIES JUST INCLUDING FARM TO MARKET. THEY ARE A SEPARATE ENTITY. I

GUESS THEY GO THROUGH. >> YES.

>> THAT'S MY MOTION, DID YOU GET THE CORRECTION ON THERE? THIS IS TO CLEAN UP A MOTION WE HAD ALREADY DONE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE FARM TO THE MARKET . THANK YOU. MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

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

MOTION PASSES DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UPCOMING COMMISSIONERS

[1. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving an agreement with Rockdale Country Ford, under BuyBoard Cooperative Contract No. 724-23, for the purchase of a one (1) 2023 Ford Police Interceptor Utility (K8A) AWD in the amount of $49,029.00 funded with Sheriff Federal Forfeitures (#1329), and related matters.]

COURT MEETING DATES. QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? MOVING ON ITEM BE ONE THE SHERIFF DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH ROCKDALE COUNTRY FORD UNDER COOPERATIVE TO PURCHASE POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLE THIS WOULD BE FUNDED WITH THE SHERIFF FEDERAL FORFEITURE FUNDS AND I WOULD

MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

[1. Acceptance of Grant Award Announcement from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for $150,000.00 (no cash match) towards the General Assistance Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). ]

ITEM C1, ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION FUND FOR 150,000 , NO CASH MATCH TOWARD THE GENERAL ASSISTANT GRANT PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024-25. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

[2. Acceptance of Grant Award Announcement from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for $200,000.00 (no cash match) towards the Veterans Treatment Court Grant for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025).]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION FUND 200,000 NO CASH MATCH TOWARD THE VETERAN TREATMENT COURT GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25.

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MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER

[3. Ratify Grant Agreement and Grant Conditions from the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)/Texas Coastal Corridor Initiative. (No Cash Match) ]

THREE RATIFY GRANT AGREEMENT WITH GRANT CONDITIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY FOR THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA TEXAS COAST CORRIDOR INITIATIVE THERE IS A NO CASH MATCH. REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THE MOTION

[1. Discuss and consider award and execution of a Contractor Agreement with ARGIO Roofing and Construction, LLC for Courthouse Roof Improvement Project (IFB No. 3264-24), in the not to exceed amount of $6,439,000.00.]

PASSES. ITEM D PUBLIC WORKS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WITH COS ROOF AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE COURTHOUSE ROOF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE

AMOUNT WHICH IS WRONG . >> YES MA'AM 4,658,000.

>> 4,658,000 WHICH IS THE AMOUNT.

>> JUST THE BASE BID. >> EXACTLY. I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> THAT FOR THE BASE BID FOR THE COURTHOUSE ROOF ONLY? OKAY.

>> ONLY FOR THE BASE BID. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY , ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN? THE MOTION PASSES. GOING BACK TO THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE YOU AND I GAVE OUR CEOS SO YOU MIGHT BE TAKING SOME MONEY BACK.

>> MAY BE. >> TERESA NEEDS TO CHECK ON THAT SO WE MAY HAVE MONEY COMING BACK FOR THAT.

>> CAN I JUST ADD, WAS THERE ANOTHER, WAS THAT THE ONLY BID?

>> REMEMBER THE FOUR. THE FIRST PERSON DID NOT INCLUDE THE SKYLIGHT, THE SECOND DID NOT ASSIGN THE BID AND HAVE THE LIGHT BEAM SO WE WENT WITH THE THIRD .

>> DIDN'T I PUT SOME OF THAT MONEY IN THE COURTHOUSE ROOF?

>> I WILL LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.

>> CHECK AND SEE IF I DID TOO, JUST FOR FUN. OH, SHUT UP, GIVE

[2. Discuss and consider authorizing and approving Job Order Authorization No. 001-PW-24 in the amount of $106,175.24 under Job Order Contracting (JOC) Agreement No. 20240167-4/10 (RFP 3256-23) with Grace Paving and Construction, Inc. for the replacement of the existing pavement at the CR 35/37 Intersection at Saratoga Blvd.; and related matters.]

ME A BREAK. ALL YOU DO IS GIVE ME CRAP.

>> ITEM NUMBER TWO. MOVING ON. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING APPROVING JOB ORDER AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 001 AMOUNT OF 106,175 UNDER JOB AGREEMENT WITH GRACE PAVING IN CONSTRUCTION EXISTING PAVEMENT COUNTY ROAD 35 AND 37 INTERSECTION AT SARATOGA. CAPITAL PROJECT CHANGE ORDER MOVING FUNDS TO FUND. MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

[3. Discuss and consider execution of ARPA Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to Work Authorization No. 1 with Govind Development for the Stonegate Drainage Improvements.]

THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER THREE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EXECUTION OF ARPA SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER ONE WITH DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STONEGATE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS EXTENSION FOR THE NEW EXPIRATION? EXTENDING DECEMBER 20, 2024. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION I WILL SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ITEM

[4. Discuss and consider approval of Amendment No. 1 to Work Authorization No. 2 between Nueces County and Govind Development, LLC, for the Nueces County Courthouse and Jail Wastewater Line Replacement Project.]

NUMBER FOUR DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER TWO BETWEEN NUECES COUNTY AND GOVIND FOR NUECES COUNTY COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND JAIL WASTEWATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT THIS IS TIME EXTENSION FOR COMPLETION SO ARE WE GOING TO WANT, WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE WE SEND IT OUT FOR BIDS?

>> THIS IS THE BACKUP WORK PREVIOUS DATE.

>> YES MA'AM. >> OKAY THIS HAS NOT GONE OUT FOR BID YET? WE ARE THINKING IT GOES OUT THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK? NEXT WEEK? OKAY. TO HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION .

>> IT SEES ME EXTENSION IS THROUGH 25? JUNE 13 JUNE 13, 2025. SPELL YES MEN FOR THE END OF THE PROJECT.

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>> WHO WILL BE OVERSEEN? >> I THOUGHT HE WAS RETIRING

>> YES, YOU WILL STILL. >> STILL GOING TO DO THIS?

OKAY. >> OKAY MOTION AND A SECOND.

WITH EMOTION AND A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED

[5. Discuss and consider approval of Change Order No. 1 (Deductive) for the Nueces County Veterans & Social Services Renovation Project.]

SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE DEDUCTION FOR THE NUECES COUNTY VETERAN AND SOCIAL SERVICES RENOVATION PROJECT. I BELIEVE YOU MET WITH JJ AND HE WANTS THE THIRD FLOOR AND REALLOCATED 400,000, TO THE THIRD FLOOR AND DOWNSTAIRS. SO THIS DEDUCTION WOULD MEAN THAT THE BID CAME IN.

>> YES MA'AM, 200 SOMETHING THOUSAND AND ENDED UP DOING THE FIRST AT 40 SOMETHING THOUSAND.

>> ONLY COMBINED? >> YES.

>> THE MONEY ALLOCATED WAS 200 FOR EACH.

>> YES MA'AM BUT THE BIDS THAT CAME IN WAS 200 SOMETHING.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THE DOWNSTAIRS NOW SO WE WILL BE RETURNING THAT MONEY WITH ANOTHER ARPA COUNTYWIDE MONEY

COMING BACK. >> NOT ALL OF IT BECAUSE OF

DESIGN. SOME OF ITS GONE. >> YES BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OKAY. WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP AND MAKE SURE. MOTION TO

APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. SMOKING ON. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. WHAT ARE GOING TO DO DOWN THERE ANYWAY? I KNOW WE ARE NOT PUTTING THEM DOWN THERE, BUT SHOULD WE RENOVATE FOR

SOMETHING ELSE? >> IT WAS PLANNED TO BE RENOVATED FOR JJ USING WITH A WINDOW AND STORAGE. THEY USED THAT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES ALREADY AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE THINGS MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY WANT. IF YOU WANT TO PAINT IT AND PUT A NEW FLOOR AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER PEOPLE DO CLASSES, MAYBE EVEN CARA HAS DONE SOME TRAINING

TOO. >> ANY NEED FOR ANY RENOVATION?

WHILE WE ARE DOING IT. >> MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO

LEAVE IT AS OPEN SPACE. YES. >> OKAY.

>> AT LEAST A TABLE AND CHAIRS.

>> OKAY MAKING SURE WHILE WE HAVE SOMEBODY UNDER CONTRACT.

[6. Discuss and consider approval of Change Order No. 3 for the Nueces County Courthouse 6th Floor Public Defenders Office Renovation ARPA Project.]

THAT'S FINE. >> ITEM NUMBER SIX, WE VOTED.

WE ALREADY VOTED. >> WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND

. >> I MAY HAVE SAID STOP.

>> I DID THE MOTION, YOU MAY THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DON'T NUMBER SIX. HERNANDEZ.

>> WHY DID YOU VOTE? >> I MEAN, WE SPEND MONEY ON A PROJECT THAT WE WERE NEVER GOING TO DEVELOP . MAKING PLANS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH SOCIAL SERVICES, HAVE A

PROBLEM. >> THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE.

>> THIS IS DONE IN BUDGET TIME.

>> THIS IS JUST TO DEDUCT THE CHANGE ORDER.

>> A CHANGE ORDER WHEN PUTTING MONEY INTO.

>> WE ARE GETTING IT BACK. >> WE ARE PAYING SOME OF IT.

THAT'S MY CONCERN. WE ARE SO CAREFUL TO BE CAREFUL WITH ALL OF OUR MONEY AND I APPRECIATE THAT , BUT . THAT MONEY GETS SACRIFICED BACK THAT WE NEVER TRULY WILL GET USE OUT OF.

>> JUDGE I'M SORRY , BUT I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MAREZ.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE CHANGE ORDER AND GET THE MONEY

BACK? >> I HAVE AN ISSUE OVERALL.

>> TO SING THE NOBLE MEANS YOU DON'T WANT THE MONEY BACK THAT WE ARE GETTING BACK. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS A DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER MEANING WE GET $48,000 BACK.

>> NOW I UNDERSTAND. >> TENDING YOURS? YES OR NO?

>> WE ARE GETTING MONEY BACK. WE DON'T NEED TO PULL IT BACK.

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>> OKAY. >> ITEM NUMBER SIX. I WAS ASKED TO TABLE BECAUSE THERE IS STILL SOME.

>> NOT THIS ONE. THIS ONE WE STILL HAVE TO DO A CHANGE

ORDER. I HAVE IT. >> IN MY NOTES IT WAS THIS

ITEM. THAT I PASS ONE UP ? >> IT WAS IN THE BILLS BUT THAT'S FINE. IT WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

>> ITEM NUMBER SIX . DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE SIXTH FLOOR PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE AND I KNOW THEY HAD TO VALUE ENGINEER AND THEN IT CAME UNDER BUDGET SO THERE IS STILL FUNDING. AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ALSO FOR KEYS WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH ADA RENOVATIONS WE CHANGED EVERYBODY'S DOORS NOW AFTER BUDGET TIME , I KNOW , WE ARE COMING BACK TO CHART ALL DEPARTMENTS FOR THE KEYS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE KEYS TO GET IN YOUR OFFICE. SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ADA BUDGET RENOVATION AND IF NOT THAT

SHOULD BE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. >> I AGREE.

>> THANKFULLY, THEY HAVE THE MONEY. I HAD ANOTHER CALL FROM A JUDGE THAT DID NOT GET A KEY THAT NEEDED A KEY THAT YOU DID TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEY WERE TOLD THEY CANNOT HAVE ONE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET AND YOU DID NOT HAVE IT SO I HAVE A BIG CONCERN, WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE COURTHOUSE AND ALL ITEMS ARE NOT INCLUDED AND WE CAN'T COME BACK INTO THIS. SPELL YES MA'AM, THERE ARE SOME REQUESTS ON THE PREVIOUS KEYS COME ON THIS ONE JUST TO KEY THE DEFENDERS. JUST TO KEY , FOR THEM TO HAVE KEYS FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER. TO THE NEW SYSTEM THAT'S CORRECT.

>> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT, IN THE FUTURE , THAT ADDRESSED. WE CANNOT DO THAT TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE IMPOSE THE CHANGE YOU DON'T WALK AWAY AND NOT GIVE THEM THE KEY.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM

[1. Discuss and consider conditional selection of Leinneweber Concrete Construction for Petronila Estates Drainage Improvements (IFB No. 3280-24); and related matters.]

NUMBER PURCHASING DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SELECTION OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. PRECINCT 2 ARPA FUNDING THEY ARE AVAILABLE SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION.

I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES I DON'T

[2. Discuss and consider conditional selection of DLF Two Inc, dba DLF Texas for Parker Pool Maintenance Repair Project (IFB No. 3276-24); and related matters.]

NUMBER TWO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONDITIONAL SELECTION OF DLF TWO INC FOR PARKER POOL MAINTENANCE REPAIR PROJECT AND

>> OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION. I WILL SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THE

[3. Discuss and consider conditional selection of Grace Mortuary Services, LLC for Morgue Transportation Services (RFP 3282-24); and related matters.]

MOTION PASSES. I DON'T OVER THREE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONDITIONAL SELECTION OF GRACE MORTUARY SERVICES FOR MORGUE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. AND THE RFP ANYTHING?

>> THIS IS RFP WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE CONDITIONAL SELECTION OF GRACE MORTUARY SERVICES FOR THE MORGUE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES MEDICAL EXAMINER

OFFICE. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES .

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MOVING ON . THE AUDITORS. I THI'M GOING TO BRING CAN I BRING THE AUDITORS? YOU HAVE ANOTHER THING TO DO CAN I BRING IT BACK AFTER EXECUTIVE SINCE WE ARE RUNNING LATE? ALL THE AUDITOR MOTIONS AFTER THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND IS THAT OKAY?

>> YOU ARE THE JUDGE. >>

>> I'M SORRY WAS EVERYBODY HERE FOR THE AUDITOR? OKAY.

MOVING ON ITEM G HUMAN RESOURCES , WE , SINCE WE DID NOT TAKE IT IN TO EXECUTIVE ARE WE STILL GOING TO TAKE IT? WE HAD DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION DO WE NEED TO TAKE IT INTO

EXECUTIVE? >> NOT UNLESS THERE IS A QUESTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED AND IF THERE IS

THAT'S FINE. >> WE HAVE THE AUDITORS, LET'S

BRING IT IN. >> WHAT IS THAT?

>> HUMAN RESOURCES ONE AND WE HAVE , SO THIS ISN'T, WE CAN

DO THIS ONE. >> THEY GO TOGETHER SO WE WILL

BRING THEM BOTH. >> THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE MY

[2. Discuss and consider approving leave without pay for the Facility Administrator of the Robert N. Barnes Regional Facility from August 2024 to October 2024.]

NOTES ARE NOT SHOWING. ITEM 2 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FACILITY, THE REGIONAL FACILITY FROM AUGUST OF THE FACILITY, THE REGIONAL FACILITY FROM AUGUST 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 2024. YOU ARE UP, DO YOU WANT TO? I KNOW YOU HAD THIS AND THE POLICY DOES NOT STATE ANYTHING, SO YOU CAME UP WITH A WAY TO DO THIS

YOURSELF, YES. >> WE WANT TO MAKE DO. I AM REQUESTING LEAVE WITHOUT PAY PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL.

>> NOT INCREASING THE SALARY OF THE PERSON BEHIND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY FOR THAT TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S FOR ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. MOTION AND SECOND

[3. Discuss and consider ratification of employee request for leave without pay while on military duty. On May 5, 2024, County Judge Scott verbally approved Antonio Lozano's request for leave without pay.]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER THREE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RATIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE REQUEST FOR LEAVE WITHOUT PAY WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY MAY 5, 2024 COUNTY JUDGE APPROVED THE REQUEST FOR LEAVE WITHOUT PAY , HE GOT CALLED IN FOR ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS AND THIS WAS HIS REQUEST FOR LEAVE WITHOUT PAY.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. THE MOTION PASSES.

[4. Discuss and consider unfreezing a Micro Computer Specialist (25/01) frozen indefinitely on 10/19/2022; delete one Senior Network Specialist (33/01) to fulfill an employee accommodation request submitted on Personnel Changes Report dated 11/15/23.]

ITEM NUMBER 4. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UNFREEZING MICROCOMPUTER SPECIALIST FROZEN INDEFINITELY ON 10/ 2022 AND DELETING ONE SENIOR NETWORK SPECIALIST TO FULFILL EMPLOYEE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. DO YOU WANT TO DISCUSS?

>> THIS WAS PRESENTED LAST NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 15. SO IT

WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY DONE. >> BROUGHT TO COURT BUT DID NOT

GET PROCESSED. >> IT WAS NOT PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL SO THE ACTION COULD BE TAKEN TO RECLASSIFY THE PERSON FOR THE ADA PURPOSES GOING FROM A SENIOR NETWORK SPECIALIST TO MICRO COMPUTER SPECIALIST WHICH WOULD BE A DECREASE IN SALARY.

SO IT WAS ACCOMMODATION. SO WE NEED APPROVAL SO THAT IT CAN

MOVE FORWARD. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. , THE MOTION PASSES. BEFORE GOING INTO , WE SHOULD BE GOING, WE WILL BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE AND DO AUDIT AFTERWARDS BUT WE NEED UNANIMOUS VOTES ITEM 4 SEED CONSOLE WITH KENNY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE VILLAGE TAKING ACTION OPEN SESSION IF NECESSARY . MOTION AND SECOND AND UNANIMOUS VOTE TO TAKE IT

INTO EXECUTIVE. >> WHERE WE TAKING IT? I DON'T

KNOW WHY WE ARE BACK. >> FOR THIS ONE I DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS DECISION ON MY END, I AM UNDER 551071 MERELY AN UPDATE ON THE ISSUES WE ARE DEALING WITH. SO I'M NOT SURE

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OF THE BUSINESS DECISION PART OF THAT. THAT MEANS I AM UNAWARE OF THE BUSINESS DECISION DISCUSSION THAT MIGHT

NEED TO TAKE PLACE. >> OTHER COUNTEROFFERS?

>> THERE HAVE BEEN NO COUNTEROFFERS I AM AWARE OF. I AM BRINGING AN UPDATE TO THE COURT ON OUR WORKING THROUGH TO GET AGREEMENT FOR THE COURT TO SIGN.

>> SO IS THERE A PROBLEM? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, IN THE BEST INTEREST TO GO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY . WE HAVE ALREADY DONE NEGOTIATIONS IN THE BACK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY NOT TO BE HAD, ARE THERE MORE?

>> THE UPDATE I HAVE MAY BE HARMFUL TO HAVE DISCUSSED IN

PUBLIC. >> THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO HEAR, I'M GOOD NOW. NEEDED SOME JUSTIFICATION.

>> MOTION AND SECOND AND THIS HAS TO BE UNANIMOUS TO BRING THE FORWARD ITEM. INTO EXECUTIVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ SECOND . DIDN'T YOU DO THAT WAS THAT THE LAST ONE? SORRY, BACK TRACK. DO I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND?

>> THAT WAS THE I.T., YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. >> GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.

MOTION AND SECOND, NOW ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AND THEN ON 4 F DELIVERY BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATED WITH THE COUNTY AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION RATES FOR

THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. >> SAME QUESTION. NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION IS. ARE WE DISCUSSING?

>> 4 F. I THINK WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.

>> YOU ALL HAD FIVE MINUTES OUT OF THE ROOM I DO NOT HAVE. IF THERE'S SOME JUSTIFICATION I JUST NEED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO TELL ME WHAT THAT IS SO I KNOW.

>> AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY THING I AM AWARE OF THAT WOULD BE THE DISCUSSION UNDER ATTORNEY-CLIENT LEGAL DISCUSSION, NOT THE BUSINESS DISCUSSION. SO INSTEAD OF 551-0725, UNLESS SOMETHING HAS CHANGED, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE 55107 IT WOULD BE 551071 ATTORNEY.

>> WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE. THERE YOU GO.

>> NOW WE'RE READY TO GO TO EXECUTIVE.

>> ONE REQUEST. INSURANCE CONSULTANT HAS TO LEAVE BY 2:00

IF POSSIBLE. >> WE THOUGHT HE ALREADY LEFT.

WE WERE NOT PLANNING ON HIM BEING HERE THAT'S WHY WE

BROUGHT HIM UP EARLY. >> HE WANTS TO PRESENT THE SECOND PRESENTATION. THE SECOND PART OF IT. HE PRESENTED THE

FIRST, THERE'S A SECOND. >> I STOPPED ON SLIDE FOUR.

THERE WERE 20 MORE SLIDES TO GO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> IF THE COURT WANTS TO DISCUSS AND IF THE COURT HAS LEGAL QUESTIONS I CAN CONVEY THOSE OR ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM THE CONSULTANT. I CAN ASSIST, BUT BASED ON PRIOR DISCUSSION I DO NOT FORESEE HIM DOING A PRESENTATION IN EXECUTIVE.

>> OKAY. YOU CAN TELL THEM HE CAN OR JENNY WILL ASK A QUESTION. OKAY.

[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.]