Mar 19, 2025 Commissioners Court - Regular

[1. In recognition of Robstown Early College High School's El Mariachi Sol Rojo "Excellent Rating" at the Texas UIL State Mariachi Festival 2025.]

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ALL ARE THERE. MY CAMPAIGN SIGNS, WHEN A RUN FOR OFFICE ARE RED AND WHITE. I COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THIS BETTER BUT NO, CONGRATULATIONS . CONTINUE YOUR SUCCESS . WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR YOU HAVE SO MANY UNDERCLASSMEN THAT WILL CONTINUE THIS TRADITION AND BEST OF LUCK TO THE SENIORS. WILL BE MOVING ON, HOPEFULLY, TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT OUR OFFICE WAS TOTALLY KEPT IN THE LOOP AND APPRISED OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID, EVERY COMPETITION YOU WENT TO HIM EVERY OUT-OF-TOWN TRIP. WE WERE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. WE WERE KEPT IN THE LOOP AND PRAYED OVER IT AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS IN ANYTHING THAT YOU DO IN LIFE. THESE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT STEP THE GREAT THINGS IN LIFE. WE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST AND I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE IN OUR COURTROOM THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION , I KNOW WE TOOK SOME PICTURES WITH SOME PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS BUT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO COME UP HERE AND GET A PHOTO WITH THE COURT AS WELL, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

GOOD MAN OUT THERE. HE'S A GOOD GUY. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB.

[2. Resolution in recognition of John E. Valls for his years of service and contribution to the Nueces County Hospital District Board of Managers.]

>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION AND RECOGNITION OF JOHN FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD OF REGENTS. MS. SANDRA IS GOING

TO READ THAT FOR US. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THIS RESOLUTION COMMISSIONERS COURT RESOLUTION

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>> YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION? >> WITH EMOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY -- ANY OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND I BELIEVE HE HAS A RECOGNITION AS WELL.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS COME OUR BOARD CHAIRMAN AND IF IT'S OKAY, SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A PRESENTATION OF OUR

SERVICE PLAQUE TO MR. VALLS . >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS . IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR AND DEEP APPRECIATION THAT I PRESENT THE SERVICE PLAQUE TO JOHN RECOGNIZING HIS SERVICE ON THE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS FROM 2014 TO 2024 THROUGHOUT THIS DECADE OF MEMBERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP JOHN HAS MADE AN IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND POPULATION OF NUECES COUNTY. HAS UNWAVERING COMMIT TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND DIGNITY OF ALL THOSE IN NEED HAS SHAPED THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH TIRELESS ADVOCACY AND STRATEGIC OVERSIGHT, JOHN HAS HELPED TO ENSURE THE VITAL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED, RESOURCES ALLOCATED AND OPPORTUNITIES CREATED FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED IT THE MOST BECAUSE DEDICATION HAS ENHANCED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AS I PRESENT THIS PLAQUE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, THE BOARD EXPRESSES ITS GRATITUDE FOR JOHN'S CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THIS DEDICATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M GREATLY HONORED TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO MY FRIEND FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

THAT 10 YEARS WENT BY LIKE THAT. IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE DISTRICT BOARD . I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM -- HE IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA , A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND GOT TO WORK WITH MR. DOMINGUEZ AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RESPONSE SYSTEM IS STRONG. IN PART BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP AND HIS LEADERSHIP AND THAT OF THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND I WANT TO THANK MY FORMER BOARD MEMBER, JOHN MARTINEZ WHO IS HERE. WE GO WAY BACK AND JOHN IS A FORMER BOARD CHAIR ., FORMER BOARD CHAIR. ONE DAY YOU WILL BE A PART OF THE HAS-BEEN CLUB, SO , THANK YOU, JUDGE. I APPRECIATED. THANK YOU,

KINDLY. >> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? YOU WENT BACK THERE, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR A

REASON OR SOMETHING. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW

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WAS ALWAYS A DELIGHT WORKING WITH YOU ESPECIALLY WHEN WE -- OR YOU ESTABLISHED THAT MOBILE WHICH SERVICED THE AREA AND THE DISTRICT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP FUND PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND I KNOW IT'S THRIVING TODAY BUT I ALWAYS ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE COURT. THANK YOU, KINDLY. I

APPRECIATE IT. >> WILL HAVE THIS FOR YOU FROM THE COURT AS WELL.

>> THAT IS STILL THREE OF US THAT WE CAN CONTINUE. OKAY, --.

>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT. I HAVE BEEN HERE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE DOING THIS NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE, TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYONE WHO SERVES ON THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE FOR US, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN BRING IT BACK LATER AS AN OFFICIAL ACTION BY THE COURT , THAT WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF POLICY IN PLACE WHERE ANYBODY WHO SERVES ON ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION REPRESENTS THE COUNTY THAT WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION THAT GETS SENT TO THEM TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS

ANYONE. >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

>> MY GOOD FRIEND ON THE CITY COUNCIL USED TO MAKE FUN OF ME ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I WOULD SAY, AT THE COUNTY WE DID IT THIS WAY AND I SENT HIM AN EMAIL THE OTHER DAY AND TOLD HIM, AT LEAST THREE TIMES I SAID, AT THE CITY WE DO IT THIS WAY. BUT I KNOW THE CITY IS VERY JUDICIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER CHESNEY SERVED ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL AND PROBABLY AWARE OF THAT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T

SKIP SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY. >> THAT COULD EASILY HAPPEN FOR

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>> COULD WE BRING BACK SOMETHING IN THE FORM OF OUR POLICY THAT SAYS CERTIFICATES ONLY AND NOT RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE I'M AFRAID WE WILL SET A PRECEDENT WHERE WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WE CAN RECOGNIZE AND TO SINGLE PEOPLE OUT LIKE THAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAD A FORMER BOARD CHAIR JOHN MARTINEZ HERE AND WE DIDN'T DO RESOLUTION FOR HIM . I THINK SINGLING OUT PEOPLE AND NOT -- AND LEAVING OTHERS OUT IS NOT WHAT WE INTEND TO DO SO I THINK OR COMMISSIONER, THAT IS A GREAT SUGGESTION TO DO IT THAT WAY AND COME BACK AND SAY, CERTIFICATES ONLY AND NO RESOLUTIONS. MAYBE YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING ON TO GIVE US SOME LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER FOR OUR

NEXT ONE. >> IT REALLY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE THE CITY, THE MAYOR JUST SIGNS IT.

>> I DON'T CARE HOW IT IS DONE.

>> SIGN IT ON OUR BEHALF AND TAKE CARE OF IT THAT WAY. WE NEED TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT WE DON'T MISS SOMEONE.

>> USING OUR PHRASE, THE WAY THEY DO IT AT THE CITY, THEY DO THE RESOLUTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. WE HAVE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT AGAIN IN ADDITION TO THE POLICY CHATO WHERE WE SET RESOLUTIONS AT 8:30 AND THAT WAY WE CAN , EVERYBODY CAN LOAD THOSE UP HOWEVER THEY WANT TO AND WE CAN OUR BUSINESS PROBABLY AT 9:00. THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO REVISIT AGAIN WHEN WE BRING THAT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING. IF YOU NEED ONE OF US TO PUT THAT ON, WE CAN BUT I AGREE WITH THIS. CAN YOU PUT IT ON FOR SOMETHING IN THE NEXT

MEETING? >> COMMISSIONER DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS AS AN EDIT TO THE COURT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES?

>> YEAH, TO BE CONSISTENT SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WE ARE NOT SINGLING OUT ANYBODY AND NOT LEAVING ANYBODY OUT. WHY DID WE NOT RECOGNIZE HIM? WE ARE GETTING DOWN A PATH WHERE WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY EQUALLY AND SAY THANKS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. NOBODY IS MORE OR LESS IMPORTANT THAN ANYBODY ELSE IS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PUSLEY. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD

[F. 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.]

IDEA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MOVING ON TO ITEM F, PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE SUZANNE GALLAGHER SIGNED UP FIRST JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND, WE CANNOT COMMENT OR TALK DURING YOUR COMMENT. YOU HAVE THREE

MINUTES . >> GOOD MORNING , JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS SUZANNE GALLAGHER, I LIVE IN THE COUNTY JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AROUND CAL ISLAND. I HATE THAT COMMISSIONER MAREZ STEPPED OUT BECAUSE IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH COMMISSIONER PUSLEY AND COMMISSIONER MAREZ. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE AMMONIA PLANT AND I KNOW I'M REPRESENTING MY GROUP -- I'M A PART OF THIS GROUP, CONCERNED CITIZENS . WE ARE LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE THAT WON'T LET IT GO . IT WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT -- STOOD IN THIS COURTROOM AND THEY WERE AT THE ISD AND TOWNHALL AND THEY SAID A LOT OF THINGS . THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT TRANSPARENCY . WE HAVE SEEN NO TRANSPARENCY. I PERSONALLY HAVE CALLED -- I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN OFFICE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ANSWER PHONE TO MEET BUT I HAVE CALLED MULTIPLE TIMES TO -- AS A CITIZEN AND THEY WANTED TO STAY IN CONTACT AND KEEP US INFORMED.

I HAVE NEVER HAD A LIVE PERSON PICK UP THE PHONE OR A CALLBACK OR ANYTHING. MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP HAVE SENT EMAILS AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSES. I KNOW WE ARE NOT FRIENDLY TOWARD THEM AND I KNOW, NOBODY WANTS TO RESPOND TO SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO CALL THEM OUT AND DOESN'T LIKE THEM. I GET THAT. BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY SAID. THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS COMMENTS ARE CLOSED OR COMMENTS ARE NOT RESPONDED TO. WE HAVE NO REASON TO THINK WE WILL BE APPRISED WHEN THEY COME TO YOU OR ROB'S TOWN ISD FOR THE TAX ABATEMENT. THEY SAID LAST YEAR THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING A LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE THAT COULD KEEP US INFORMED AND WORK WITH US , THE COMMUNITY, ON OUR CONCERNS. WERE IS THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE? THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE BUYOUT OFFERS TO MAKE THE RESIDENCE WHOLE THAT LIVE NEAR THEIR. WHERE ARE THE BUYOUT OFFERS? MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP LIVED DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SITE , LIKE LITERALLY I COULD THROW A BASEBALL FROM THEIR FRONT YARD TO THE SITE. NO BUYOUT OFFERS YET. THEY SAID THAT TOWNHALL WOULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY , THAT THERE WOULD BE MULTIPLE TOWNHALL'S. IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR. WHERE ARE THE

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>> THANK YOU. JESSICA VALDES? >> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING HERE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING AND FOR THAT I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. I HAD A LOT TO SAY . IT IS IN MY PHONE . I WANTED TO PRINT OUT PICTURES AND GIVE IT TO ALL OF YOU. MY NAME IS JESSICA VALDES AND I LIVE IN THE -- AREA. WERE CALLED SQUATTERS BUT YET WE ARE RAISING FAMILIES . OUR STREETS ARE UNLIT AND UNSAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN . OUR CHILDREN WAIT FOR THE BUSES FROM 6:30 IN THE MORNING TILL 6:50 IN THE DARK.

THERE IS A COMPANY THAT STARTED WHICH I JUST BARELY -- I'M ALWAYS WORKING. I WORK A 12 HOUR SHIFT. I'M A SINGLE PARENT. WE ARE -- THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS MADE OF THREE STREETS . IT'S DRIVE AND THERE IS TWO BRANCHES WERE I LIVE ON A DEAD-END NEXT TO A HOUSE THAT IS ALMOST FALLING AND I WAS PROMISED IT WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED LIKE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO. IT NEVER HAPPENED. WE JUST WANT, MAYBE SOME SPEED BUMPS , MAYBE SPEED REDUCTION.

THIS PLANT -- I DON'T KNOW , GAS PLACE. THERE IS NOT EVEN A NAME FOR IT . THERE IS 18 WHEELERS GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW WHEN WE ARE ALWAYS ASKING TO GET OUR STREETS FIXED AND WE GET THEM PATCHED UP AS IS. IT SMELLS LIKE GAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAD TO GO FIND OUT WHO THIS PERSON WAS . I ASKED TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER OR SOMEBODY IN CHARGE, A GENTLEMAN CAME AND GAVE ME HIS NAME AND I TOLD HIM, PLEASE LET UP IN THE CORNER, THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL WAITING FOR THE BUS AND IT IS DARK. CAN YOU PLEASE BE MINDFUL AND TELL YOUR WORKERS, TELL SOMEBODY TO SLOW DOWN, PLEASE AND THANK YOU. HE SENT AN EMAIL.

AFTER THIS, YOU SEE ME DRESSED LIKE THIS, I'M GOING TO A FUNERAL BECAUSE MY COUSIN WAS RUN OVER ON 65 AND WE WOULD LIKE ALSO SOME MORE LIGHTING DOWN 65. WE WOULD LIKE THE SPEED REDUCTION FROM SANTA MARIA TO WHERE WE ARE , A SPEED REDUCTION. WHY NOT? I COME DOWN 65 , I TRAVEL, I WORKED ON DRISCOLL AND THE CREEK HAS MORE LIGHTING THAN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT IS SHAMEFUL. THERE IS FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE . IT IS A COMMUNITY. WE PAY TAXES, ALSO. WE JUST WANT TO BE HEARD BECAUSE WE ARE NEVER HEARD. I HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE 1995 AND WE ARE THE SQUATTERS OVER THE SKIRTS AND IT IS NOT FAIR. IT REALLY ISN'T. IT ISN'T FAIR THAT I HAVE TO WAIT THIS LONG TO SPEAK BECAUSE MY COUSIN GOT KILLED ON 665. I JUST WISH THERE WAS A CHANGE , MORE LIGHTING, SPEED REDUCTIONS, SPEED BUMPS FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP? THERE BEING NONE -- . I

[1. Discuss and consider update on status of county boards and commissions, and all related matters.]

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>> CAN YOU GET THE LADIES NUMBER? I WOULD LIKE TO CALL HER AND EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS TO HER.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >>

>> IT'S A TXDOT? >> I DON'T MIND.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE COURT INSTRUCTED TARA TO UPDATE THE COUNTY BOARDS AND GIVE US A LIST OF ACTIVE, INACTIVE, WHETHER THEY WERE MEETING OR WHATEVER. I THINK SHE HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH . THERE ARE SEVERAL IN HERE, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKETS ON THREE A 1, THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE INACTIVE. THERE IS ONE OF THE END THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DISSOLVED THAT SHE SAID THIS MORNING ON THE AND CDC THAT THE COURT ALREADY DID AWAY WITH

. THERE ARE -- >> THERE ARE ADDITIONAL BOARDS.

THEY ARE NOT MEETING BUT THE COURT HAS NOT -- I DID NOT WANT TO MARK THEM AS INACTIVE WITHOUT THE BOARD TAKING ACTION OR

DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT --. >> IT'S THE FIRST ONE. WE MOVED IT UP. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS BEFORE THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE BOARD BUT I THINK YOU SPOKE TO THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT IT. DID YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO MEET

WITH HIM? >> YES.

>> HANG ON. CAN I ASK , YOU BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT THE AND CDC.

I KNOW WE DIDN'T APPOINT BUT DID WE EVER TAKE ACTION?

>> WE CLOSE . WE VOTED TO CLOSE. >> I KNOW WE TOOK ONE STEP TO NOT REAPPOINT AT ALL. I THOUGHT THAT WAS --.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEETING THAT WE VOTED TO DISBAND.

>> I WILL GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK.

>> NCDC . >> DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH YOUR LIST AND TALK ABOUT EACH ONE THAT YOU CHECKED ON INDIVIDUALLY , IF YOU WANT TO VERY QUICKLY?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE GOT THE FIRST ONE, AIR QUALITY , THAT'S A 501(C)(3) NOW . AND HID, THAT IS ACTIVE.

>> WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THEM CAN WE -- OF THIS IS INACTIVE, CAN WE MAKE MOTIONS AS WE GO TO DISBAND THESE BOARDS?

>> I THOUGHT WE WOULD GRAB THE ONES THAT ARE INACTIVE TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THERE IS ONE OR THAT HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE THAT WE HAVE HAD A HARD TIME FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THAT WE ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE LOT TO KEEP THROUGHOUT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

>> I WAS JUST THINKING IF THEY ARE INACTIVE AND IT IS NOT THAT BOARD, CAN WE VOTE TO DO AWAY WITH?

>> IT'S A POTENTIAL DISSOLUTION OF THESE THINGS, IT'S NOTICES TO CONSIDER US DISCUSSING CONSIDERING UPDATES .

>> THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IT ON FOR. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT NOTICED BUT WE PUT IT ON AND PUSHED THINGS BACK TO PUT THIS ON FOR THE VERY REASON OF DOING THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE

LAST MEETING. >> THIS IS ALL RELATED MATTERS.

>> SORRY. I THINK IT IS GERMANE WHEN YOU PUT ALL RELATED

MATTERS. >> IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT

IT, YOU CAN BRING IT BACK. >> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THE AIR-QUALITY SERVICE MONITORING COMMITTEE -- WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD? BE DISSOLVED . GOOD WORD. THE AIR-QUALITY SERVICES MONITORING COMMITTEE BE DISSOLVED AND TAKEN OFF OF THE

BOARD MAIN LIST. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, WE WOULD ALSO SEND A LETTER. ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO THIS OR NOT MEETING ANYWAYS. WE WILL SEND A LETTER TO ANYONE WE HAVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> I HAVE A COMMENT. BEFORE WE VOTE, JUST AS A POINT OF NOTE, SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK WE ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT AIR-QUALITY, THERE IS A VERY ACTIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MEET

ON A REGULAR BASIS . >> I SERVE ON THAT AS WELL.

>> I USED YOU -- TO . I ADDRESSED THESE KIND OF ISSUES, SO I THINK THIS BOARD IS REALLY A DUPLICATION OF THAT.

>> GOOD POINT. >> I THINK IT WAS AN EVOLUTION

OF THAT. >> WE ARE NOT DOING THIS LIGHTHEARTEDLY. WE ARE DOING IT BECAUSE IT IS DUPLICATION OR IT HASN'T BEEN ACTIVE, BUT THAT IS A GREAT COMMENT, COMMISSIONER.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. NOW WE WILL DO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AND HE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES WITH

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>> AND HID IS AN ACTIVE BOARD, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD ON HEALTH AND WELFARE IS NOT ACTIVE AND IT WAS PART OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, PART OF THE CITY COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT AGREEMENT . THE CITY'S PORTION OF IT THAT IS ON THEIR SUNSET REVEAL -- REVIEW LIST. IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE CITY IS LOOKING TO GET RID OF -- IT WAS MADE UP HALF CITY HALF COUNTY THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN

MEETING IN THE LAST --. >> YOU COULD PROBABLY GET WITH

THE CITY. >> LEICESTER CONTINGENCY MOTION SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT GO THROUGH THE CRACKS. CONTINGENT UPON -- MY MOTION WOULD BE TO DISSOLVE THIS INACTIVE BOARD CONTINGENT UPON THE CITIES DOING THE SAME THING BECAUSE THERE IS NO POINT IN US APPOINTING PEOPLE OF THE CITY IS GOING TO DISSOLVE IT. THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THERE ANYWAY.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . EDDIE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THE CITY IS REVIEWING IT

TO CANCEL . >> WE ARE JUST DOING IT IN

ADVANCE. >> OVER THE PAGE.

>> COASTAL BEND COUNCIL GOVERNMENT, THAT IS INACTIVE.

NEXT COASTAL BEND FINANCE CORPORATION BUT NOT AN ACTIVE BOARD . WE ARE THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE FOR THE CORPORATION .

THAT MIGHT BE TRICKY AND DISSOLVING.

>> WE ARE THE FIVE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THAT ONE.

>> NO, THAT IS THE COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE. THIS IS THE --

YES. YES, AND IT INVOLVES --. >> IT'S A DUPLICATE. IF YOU GO

BACK TO THE OTHER ONE. >> THERE IS A COUNTY ONE. THIS ONE INVOLVED OTHER COUNTIES, DO BALL, BROOKS COUNTY AND --.

>> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? >> WHAT IS THE TRICKY PART IF NOBODY IS ON IT. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE RESEARCH ON THIS BECAUSE WHAT'S THE TRICKY PART, IF WE ARE NOT USING IT, HAS NOT BEEN USED IN YEARS, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT. WE WOULD HAVE TO DISSOLVE -- IT WOULD BE A LEGAL DISSOLVING. I WOULD SAY , SAME MOTION, WE DISSOLVE THIS BOARD CONTINGENT UPON THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DOING ALL THE LEGAL WORK NECESSARY TO APPROPRIATELY

DISSOLVE IT . >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES

UNANIMOUSLY . GO AHEAD. >> COASTAL BEND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS ACTIVE. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE , THAT IS NOT AN ACTIVE BOARD . YOU GUYS

WANT TO --. >> MOTION TO DISSOLVE.

>>'S SECOND. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE LOSS CONTROL COMMITTEE , THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN ACTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST YEAR . IT HAD BEEN -- THERE IS TRAININGS. IT'S BASICALLY RISK MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR THE COUNTY BUT THEY DO , THE TRAININGS ARE OFFERED NOW RATHER THAN MEETINGS , THE TRAININGS ARE OFFERED THROUGH WORKDAY

>> WHEN IT WAS ACTIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, WHAT DID THEY DO AND

WHO WAS ON IT? >> IT'S BASICALLY ONE MEMBER FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT OR ONE PERSON FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT. IT WAS LED BY REBECCA RAMIREZ FROM RISK MANAGEMENT AND THEY WOULD BASICALLY HAVE A SAFETY TRAINING ONCE A MONTH.

>> WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING A COMMITTEE FOR IT.

>> MOTION TO DISSOLVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALTHOUGH MY POINT WOULD BE I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS SHOULD BE DOING THIS ANYWAY WITHOUT A COMMITTEE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- BOARD. THAT HAS BEEN STARTED

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A WHILE . >> DIDN'T WE CHANGE THAT ONE OR

IT COULD BE AT-LARGE NOW? >> THEY ARE STARTING TO HAVE

MEETINGS. >> WE NEED TO REFLECT THAT IN OUR DOCUMENTATION , ALL MEMBERS NOW ARE ELECTED AT LARGE.

>> YES, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY . THAT IS ACTIVE BAIL BOND BOARD IS ACTIVE. BEACH MANAGEMENT IS ACTIVE. BISHOP DRISCOLL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE IS ACTIVE. THEY

MEET ONCE A YEAR. >> WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT ONE? I THOUGHT WHEN WE HAD THE LAST DISCUSSION, THE ONLY DRAINAGE DISTRICT WE SHOWED WAS DRAINAGE DISTRICT TWO THAT WAS ACTIVE IN THE COUNTY. AND THREE WAS TECHNICALLY STILL TOGETHER BUT IT'S STRANGE BECAUSE ONE IS ELECTED AND THE OTHER IS

APPOINTED BY US. >> YES. WE NEED TO GET TO

APPOINTING THERE. >> THEY HAVE AN ELECTED BOARD?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REPRESENTS --.

>> THEY NEED TO BE APPOINTED. >> THE ONE YOU HAD THE MEETING WITH, THE COMMISSIONER THAT HAS -- WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST TELL

HIM WHAT YOU FOUND. >> YES, THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK.

THEY WERE LESS APPOINTED -- THEY WERE LAST APPOINTED JANUARY OF 1999 . THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK TO COURT.

>> WE HAVE NOT REAPPOINTED. >> THEY ARE STILL COLLECTING

TAXES? >> YES. SO WE NEED TO BRING THEM TO COURT. WE NEED TO OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO PULL THIS ONE ASIDE AND DO MORE RESEARCH BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.

>> THIS ONE IS TO COME BACK AFTER YOU MET WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND THEY PROBABLY GO OUT THERE AND MEET WITH THEM

AS WELL. >> IF SOMEBODY IS COMING, THEY MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO COLLECT TAX. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE. THAT'S ANOTHER THING. THAT'S A BIG RED FLAG.

MY GOSH, WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE? THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS EXERCISE, AND I'M GLAD WE ARE DOING IT AGAIN, THAT WANTS TO BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE ONLY ONE IN MY WORLD WAS DRAINAGE DISTRICT TWO AND THEN SOMEBODY BUT MAYBE IT WAS YOU WHO MENTIONED, WE HAVE DISTRICT THREE BUT THEY ARE APPOINTED AND THEY REPRESENT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ , BISHOP AND DRISCOLL ? THAT'S RIGHT. WE SWITCHED AROUND. SO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LEARN MORE. I AGREE, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE.

>> THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WORK IN THE AREA AND THEY WORKED IN THE BISHOP AREA BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE BUT NOT THAT ACTIVE.

SO, WE DO NEED TO REVISIT TO SEE WHO IS THERE AND WHO IS NOT THERE. I UNDERSTAND THEY MAKE SOME CHANGES. I DON'T KNOW HOW

THEY DID THAT. >> MAYBE HAVE A MOTION TO BRING THIS ONE BACK FOR REPRESENTATION OF SOME SORT?

>> YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AFTER THEY MEET. DO YOU HAVE

SOMETHING, LISA? >> I CHECKED THAT TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S WEBSITE AND THERE IS A TAX RATE THAT HAS BEEN SET FOR BOTH DRAINAGE DISTRICT TWO AND THREE.

>> NUMBER TWO IS --. >> I REVIEWED THE NUECES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S WEBSITE JUST NOW , BOTH DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER TWO AND THREE ARE COLLECTING A TAX RATE FOR

THE 2024 TAX YEAR. >> WE NEED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT THIS AS WELL BECAUSE WE READ THE STATUTE WHEN TARA BROUGHT IT IN AND IT JUST SAYS WE APPOINT INITIALLY, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US TO ASK TO BE ELECTED SO, WE APPOINTED THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T ASKED TO BE ELECTED, SO THEY WOULD -- THE

ONES ON THREE --. >> AS A TEST OF THE HOLDOVER

CONCEPT. >> EXACTLY. EDWARD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS AS WELL. IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT

BACK AS A SEPARATE ITEM. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT COUNTY ROAD 18 AND 75 FOR A PROJECT THAT -- . IT TURNS OUT THEY HAD ALREADY DONE IT. THERE IS THIS HUGE DITCH ON 75 AND THEY PAID FOR IT TO BE CLEANED OUT. SO, THEY ARE ACTIVE.

>> THEY ARE TAXING. WE WEREN'T DISPUTING THAT. IT WAS JUST ON OUR END ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT AND STUFF. SO WE WILL L■ET THE

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GO WITH THAT ITEM. >> TARA, COULD SOMEBODY OR ANYBODY SEE IF THEY COULD FIND A MAP TO SHOW THE BOUNDARIES OF

THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE ONE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. SEND IT TO THE ENTIRE COURT.

>> YOU WANT TO BRING THIS BACK TO A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING? WHO IS GOING TO DO WHAT RESEARCH TO BRING THIS BACK AS AN AGENDA ITEM SO THAT WE CAN KNOW HOW TO DISCUSS IT?

>> THE COMMISSIONERS PROBABLY NEED TO MEET WITH HER . BOTH OF THEM HAVE THAT, SO ONE OF THE OTHER OFFICE WILL PUT IT ON.

>> TAKE ACTION SO WE CONTINUE TO APPOINT THEM?

>> WE WILL GET TOGETHER AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND SOME TAX

INFORMATION. >> WILL NEXT MEETING GIVE YOU

ENOUGH TIME? >> LET ME OFFER THIS.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND I ASKED TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

>> YES, AFTER YOU MEET WITH THEM.

>> MOTION TO TABLE THAT ONE UNTIL COMMISSIONER PUSLEY IS

BACK ON. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION TO TABLE. MOVING ON TO YOUR LIST. I'M SORRY.

>> I GUESS THERE IS A STATUTORY DIFFERENCE ON WHY ONE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS UNDER US. AND THEN THE OTHER IS NOT. IF I RECALL, ALSO, A FEW YEARS AGO, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT TWO, THEY ASKED FOR A PAY RAISE AND SO THEY HAD TO COME TO COURT TO BE APPROVED , WHICH IT THEN SHOWS SOME SORT OF HIERARCHY AND SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT INCLUDED ON THAT AND ACTUALLY VOTED ON THAT BECAUSE THEY ASKED THEMSELVES, AND WE AS A COURT COLLECTIVELY SUPPORTED IT , SO I'M JUST --. THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION ON BOTH DRAINAGE DISTRICTS IN MY OPINION THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. I STILL TO THIS DAY , I DON'T THINK I EVER ASKED BEVERLY OR GOT A CLEAR ANSWER AS TO WHY THAT VOTE CAME BEFORE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

>> IT IS A WEIRD STATUTE. >> IT ALSO SAYS , AGAIN, THE CHAIRMAN FOR SOME REASON IS NO LONGER THERE. IF THERE IS NOT ONE APPOINTED WITHIN 60 DAYS, COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL APPOINT SOMEBODY . BUT I THINK THE WHOLE DEAL WAS WITH LEGISLATION IN THE

BEGINNING. >> JUST A QUESTION THAT POPPED

UP. >> WE WILL CHECK ON BOTH OF THOSE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT STATUTE.

>> THEY PROBABLY WERE GIVEN A REASON WHY THEY NEEDED TO VOTE, WHICH I SUPPORTED, BUT IT DOESN'T MATCHUP. THE

COMMISSIONERS CAN MAYBE --. >> I BELIEVE THE PETITION --.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM TO GO OUT THERE. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT TO THE CHILD WELFARE BOARD THAT ONE WE JUST RESTARTED. THEY ARE TRYING TO -- THEY ARE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING THIS MONTH. NEXT IS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. THEY MEET QUARTERLY . THAT IS AN ACTIVE BOARD. THE NEXT IS THE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY BOARD . THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY OUR BOARD TECHNICALLY. IT IS A 501(C)(3) IS MY UNDERSTANDING. SO, I DON'T THINK IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ON OUR LIST.

>> DO WE APPOINT PEOPLE? >> WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COURT THAT SERVE ON THE BOARD BUT I DON'T THINK WE APPOINT THEM.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER GONZALES --.

>> I THINK THAT IS FROM THAT BOARD THAT THEY APPOINT YOU

GUYS. >> THE STEPHENS CITY APPOINTEES

? WHEN I WAS ON COUNSEL --. >> THEY WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT

SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT. >> HOW ABOUT WE MAKE A MOTION TO

REMOVE FROM THE LIST? >> THAT IS YOUR PERSONAL.

>> IT IS THE COUNTIES. I THINK IT IS BASED ON INCOME. AND THE INCOME DEMOGRAPHICS WERE CHANGED, IT WOULD NECESSARILY BE A PRECINCT 3 OR PRECINCT TO APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT COMES INDIVIDUAL. WE COULD APPOINT OURSELVES OR WE CAN APPOINT A MEMBER FROM ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY TO SERVE.

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>> BUT THEY APPOINT THEIR OWN MEMBERS IS WHAT SHE IS SAYING.

THEY JUST ASK YOU TO BE ON THERE. WE DON'T HAVE THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY , RIGHT, TARA?

>> THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT. WE CAN LEAVE IT ON THERE.

>> I WOULD SAY WE TAKE IT OFF THE LIST.

>> MOTION TO TAKE IT OFF THE LIST. KNOW, YES?

>> BECAUSE IT IS NOT A COURT APPOINTMENT, SO I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . UNANIMOUS DECISION. THANK YOU.

>> THE NEXT IS THE NUECES COUNTY GRANTS COMMITTEE. THAT IS NOT AN ACTIVE BOARD ANYMORE. IT IS NOT PART OF COURT POLICY. AS PART OF THE GRANTS ADMIN POLICY SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE GRANTS ADMINISTRATION POLICY.

>> WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN THAT? IS THAT COUNTY

EMPLOYEES? >> THEY ARE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, THE COUNTY AUDITOR. IT HAD BEEN -- POINT

>> THIS IS NOT A COUNTY BOARD. >> IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE

NEED. >> WE DO IT AND THAT IS ONE THING BUT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS FROM OUR LIST.

>> SOUNDS GOOD. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS FROM OUR LIST. I WILL SECOND THE MOTION.

>> COMMISSIONER GONZALES SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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>> MOTION TO DISSOLVE BASED ON TO PICKETED EFFORTS AND

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ACTIVITY. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION RESOLVED

UNANIMOUSLY. >> WE MIGHT HAVE TO TALK TO

JENNY ABOUT THIS. >> LET ME SEND KEISHA A TEXT

MESSAGE. >> SHE IS PROBABLY LISTENING.

>> NEXT WE HAVE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, IT IS AN ACTIVE BOARD

. >> YES, VERY ACTIVE.

>> AFTER THAT WE HAVE THE VETERANS LOCAL LAND BOARD COMMITTEE, THAT IS NOT AN ACTIVE BOARD. I CHECKED WITH JJ, IT DATES JJ AND HE IS NOT SURE WHAT EXACTLY THAT DID . THE BOARD MEMBERS I HAVE LISTED ON MY PAGE, ONE OF THEM IS LISTED AS

DECEASED. >> MOTION TO DISSOLVE.

>> SECOND. BUT AS YOU SAID EARLIER, COMMISSIONER, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T SUPPORT OUR VETERANS. WE SPEND A LOT ON

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OTHER WAYS. >> I WOULD SURE HATE TO FIGURE OUT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE THAT WE NEEDED THIS.

>> LET'S JUST GET RID OF EVERYTHING .

>> IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AM OKAY WITH THAT CONCEPT.

>> SINCE OUR VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER RIGHT NOW HAS NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THIS AND DOES NOT KNOW THAT THEY NEED IT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO ME THAT WOULD RELATIVELY ARE NOT

UTILIZING THIS BOARD AT ALL. >> THAT OUR VETERANS REPRESENTATIVE HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THIS, OR DID HE DO ANY RESEARCH ON IT TO SEE IF IT HAD DONE ANYTHING IN THE PAST?

>> I SPOKE WITH JJ JUST YESTERDAY, SO WHEN I TOUCH BASE WITH HIM HE SAID IT IRRITATED HIM, HE SAID IT WAS LISTED IN HIS JOB DESCRIPTION BUT HE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING, THERE WERE NEVER ANY MEETINGS OR ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE HE'S GOTTEN HERE.

>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT. I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION TO DISSOLVE AND GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON IT AND COME BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WITH A RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD RATHER THE RECOMMENDATION COME FROM HIM , THAN US TO FIRE OFF THE HIP AND DISSOLVE THIS BOARD.

>> SO THERE'S THE VETERANS LAND BOARD ON THE STATE LEVEL, SO MAYBE THIS HELPS COORDINATE ANY FUNCTION ON THE STATE LEVEL, OR MAYBE IT'S A DUPLICATION AND WE DON'T NEED IT. BUT I AGREE,

ASK, MAYBE. >> THERE IS NO ONE CURRENTLY

SERVING. >> THERE IS NO ONE SERVING, THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING. VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER HAD SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BUT OKAY. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO WAIT

ON THIS AGAIN, -- >> I DON'T THINK IT HURTS TO WAIT. WE DON'T WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE OUT HERE THAT WE ARE DISSOLVING A VETERANS LAND BOARD IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DISSOLVING. I WOULD RATHER ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

>> YOU WITHDREW YOUR MOTION, SO WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.

WE WILL JUST BRING IT BACK. >> IF YOU WILL JUST TELL OUR VETERANS REPRESENTATIVE WE WOULD LIKE AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THIS.

THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE THE PORT, WHICH IS ACTIVE . AFTER THAT WE HAVE REGIONAL HEALTH AWARENESS BOARD, WHICH IS NOT AN ACTIVE BOARD. IT HAD BEEN ONE THAT WE HAD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY, BUT THE CITY , IT WAS PART OF ONE OF THE CITIES SUNSET REVIEWS BACK IN 21, SO IT IS NO

LONGER ACTIVE. >> YEAH, I WORKED WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO HELP ESTABLISH THIS BOARD IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE AS COMMISSIONER, AND IT OPERATED FOR A WHILE AND THEN IT JUST BASICALLY DISSOLVED ITSELF. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE

DISSOLVE THIS . >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DISSOLVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,

SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE RTA, WHICH IS AN ACTIVE BOARD. THEN WE HAVE SOUTH TEXAS WATER AUTHORITY ACTIVE BOARD. NUECES COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DIVISION SHOULD NOT OF BEEN ON THERE. I WILL CHECK THE MINUTES ON THAT

FOR YOU. >> MOTION ON THAT SO SHE DOES NOT HAVE A GO BACK AND LOOK. I AM HAPPY WITH MAKING ANOTHER MOTION TO TAKE IT OFF AGAIN IF THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR

EVERYBODY. I DON'T KNOW. >> WHICH ONE?

>> I MEAN, I AM 90% SURE WE DISBANDED THIS A LONG TIME AGO.

>> THIS IS INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. WE DISBANDED.

>> IT WAS KNOWN AS THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. THEY WERE INTERCHANGEABLE.

>> THIS IS THE STATUTE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAD TO FORMAT UNDER. IT

DID NOT REALLY MAKE SENSE . >> WE CLOSED IT OUT. WE STOPPED AT AND WE LOOPED OUT OF THE OFFICE, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ANY MONEY FOR IT, WE HAD A BOARD GRANT THEY WERE GIVING. THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. THIS WAS DAY ONE.

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS CLOSE. I THINK IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT ACTIVE, WE HAVE NOT ENGAGED AS A COURT. BUT I DON'T THINK WE EVER TOOK ACTION. BECAUSE IT WAS STATUTORY CREATED. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE JUST CREATED, WAS IT?

>> YES, WE CREATED IT UNDER A STATUTE.

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT. THIS WAS THE COUNTY JUDGES DEAL THAT SHE CAME UP WITH AND SHE FORMED, AND SHE APPOINTED ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND WE ABSOLUTELY, I WILL SAY IT, I AM 100% SURE BUT I WILL HAPPILY MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY THE PRIOR COURT'S DECISION TO

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BECAUSE WE DID CLOSE IT, AND WE DID MAKE A MOTION. BUT I WILL DO

IT AGAIN. >> IF WE ALREADY DID --

>> BUT I WILL DO IT AGAIN. I'M OKAY. SOMEHOW IT STAYED ON THE LIST, SO I GET THAT THAT IS CONFUSING.

>> YES, WE CLOSED THE OFFICE. >> THERE IS NO ACTIVITY

WHATSOEVER. >> I JUST , MOTION TO TAKE IT

OFF THE LIST AND RE-DISSOLVE IT. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR. I'M NOT

TRYING TO BE FUNNY. >> NO, FORMALLY, IF IT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY TAKING CARE OF THE FIRST TIME.

>> I KNOW, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF POLITICAL ANGLE TO IT THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE COURT DID NOT SUPPORT, BUT I FELT I SUPPORTED THIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A WHOLE DEBATE OF THE MERITS OF IT, BUT THE REASON WHY IT WAS BENEFICIAL IS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR A SMALLER FACTOR TO REPRESENT THEM. EVEN ROBS DOWN HAS AN RAD CEDAR REPRESENT THEIR INTEREST, BECAUSE I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND NOT CRITICAL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, BUT I'M CRITICAL OF NOT BEING INCLUDED IN A LOT OF ECONOMIC UPDATES. FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. PARTICULARLY IN MY PRECINCT. WE THINK, I THINK COLLECTIVELY, WE AS PEOPLE WANT SMALLER, CLOSE REPRESENTATION.

THAT'S WHY WE WANT LOCAL REPRESENTATION. I FEEL THAT LOOKING FOR THE COUNTY'S INTEREST, BECAUSE REPRESENTING SAN PAT AND NUECES COUNTY. A WIN TO THEM IS A WIN TO THEM. STILL DYNAMICS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE REGION AND WE STILL REAP SOME BENEFITS, WAS NOT NECESSARILY A REAPING FOR NUECES COUNTY. BUT LOOK AT SAN PAT COUNTY, THEY ARE BLOWING IT GOING BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY BIG PLANTS THERE THAT ARE GOING OFF. GULF COAST VENTURES IS ANOTHER ONE. SO WE, I THINK, NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR NUECES COUNTY INTERESTS. BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE HEY, WE GOT A WIN. AND YES, WE DID. WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE BRIDGE. BUT STILL, WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING TAX, WHICH WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT HERE IN NUECES COUNTY, WE DO AWAY WITH AN ENTITY THAT CAN HELP FOCUS ON THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST WAY TO CREATE IT, BUT IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGE OF THIS COURT FEELS WE CAN START UP, IT IS READY TO GO. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING TO CREATE.

IF IT'S NOT STATUTORY AND WE CAN JUST CREATE IT WHEN THE NEED IS THERE, THEN I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME VERIFICATION. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I KNOW WE DISSOLVED IT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO READ IS ALL THAT TODAY IN A MOTION, OR IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE WE NEED TO REFORM IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO REFORM. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? WE CAN READ IS ALL THAT AND RATIFY THE RE-DISSOLVING AND REMOVE IT, OR IF YOU WANT TO TELL HER TO GO BACK AND LOOK, AND BY SOME CHANCE WE DIDN'T AND YOU WANT TO START IT BACK

UP, I DON'T KNOW. >> THAT REQUIRES STAFF. THAT

REQUIRES LOCATION. >> I GET ALL THE REASONS WHY, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT TO WEAN IT OFF. BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTIES, THEY HAVE IT. SMALLER COUNTIES THAN US HAVE THAT FUNCTION. WE DON'T. WE HAVE ABDICATED OUR CONTROL TO ASSIST HIM THAT REPRESENTS MULTIPLE COUNTIES, NOT JUST NUECES. SO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH TAKING A WIN AS A REGION BUT NOT NECESSARILY SEEING THE BENEFITS FOR OUR COUNTY, THEN I'M OKAY WITH THAT. WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THAT. THAT'S MY POINT ABOUT THE CREATION. I DON'T CARE WHY IT WAS CREATED, WHO CREATED IT, WHATEVER. I KNOW THE MONEY IS A BIG DEAL. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE CONCEPT OF IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE STILL CONSIDERING. MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT. MAYBE IT COMBINES WITH THE RAD SOMEHOW. MAYBE JUST WORK ON REGIONAL STUFF. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, IF IT'S ALREADY

DONE, I'M OKAY WITH IT. >> I THINK WE NEED TO POINT OUT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ABDICATED ALL. WE GIVE MONEY, A LOT OF MONEY TO WESTSIDE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. DID THE NORTHWEST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION , THE BLACK CHAMBER, ALL IN THE VEIN OF

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. >> THEY ARE NOT TASKED WITH ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND RECRUITING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

>> OH, YES THEY ARE. THAT IS WHAT THEY DO. THEY ARE

ENCOURAGING GROWTH. >> THEY ARE ENCOURAGING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ECONOMIC TOOLS, ANY INCIDENTS.

>> AND WHY ARE WE GIVING THE MONEY?

>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE.

>> WE HAVE NO FUNDING FOR ITS ADVISING ANYTHING.

>> THE MORE GROUPS WE GET -- >> THAT'S THE REASON, RESPECTFULLY I DISAGREE WITH YOU WHEN YOU SAY WE ABDICATED. ONE, COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS NOT SET UP BY STATUTE TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO TECHNICALLY WE ARE NOT EVEN CHARGED WITH THAT

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DO, BUT I CAN TELL YOU -- >> I'M NOT SAYING, EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GO PRODUCE. THIS IS WHAT WE DO WITH THE MONEY TO JUSTIFY IT BY PARAMETERS, BUT DID THAT REALLY HELP IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS? I WOULD ARGUE IF YOU PUT ALL THAT MONEY TOGETHER YOU COULD FUND ONE ENTITY THAT REPRESENTS NUECES

COUNTY'S INTEREST. >> AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT I THINK IT'S BETTER IN THE LOCAL CONTROL OF THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE GIVE IT TO , BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING HARD.

>> HOW MANY GROUPS ARE ADDED ON? HOW MANY MORE ARE COMING IN THE UPCOMING YEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ASKED TO FUND?

>> I DON'T KNOW. GET A REPORT.

>> WE HAVE TO CUT SOME POINT AND MAKE A DECISION.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO GIVE LESS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MANY CAPITAL CREDITS. I THINK WE ARE GIVING TO THE LOCAL ENTITIES. CAN I JUST FINISH? I'VE LET YOU FINISH. PLEASE. I THINK WE ARE GIVING TO THE LOCAL ENTITIES THAT SERVE AND DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VERY WELL. PEOPLE IN THE WESTSIDE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON BRING IT THERE. PEOPLE IN LONDON ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON BRING IT THERE. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST ARE GOING TO FOCUS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO WORK HARD TO GET BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. EXACTLY. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO BRING THAT BACK IS A BIG TEACHER DISCUSSION AND DO AWAY WITH ALL THAT, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, EITHER. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT BIG PICTURE DISCUSSION. BUT I THINK WE ARE 100% GIVING MONEY TO THESE ENTITIES TO HELP US WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT A CHARGE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE WALKING OUT OF YOUR THINKING WE ARE GIVING UP ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE WE GIVE MONEY TO THE RAD C, WE GIVE MONEY TO 10 OR 12 DIFFERENT

GROUPS. >> NUMBER ONE, THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HAD AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS HEARD BOTH SIDES.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE ARE GOING TO CREATE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THIS NEEDS TO COME UP DURING BUDGET. THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR IT RIGHT NOW, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY ALL OF THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE GREAT, BOTH SIDES HAD VALID POINTS, BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY DISSOLVED THIS, IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND RE-CREATE SOMETHING , IF IT BECOMES FEASIBLE, IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT. THE STAFF, THE LOCATION, ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. SO THIS IS A MAJOR BUDGET ENDEAVOR AND THIS WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK DURING BUDGET.

I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLVED FOR US.

WE CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW, AND IT WOULD BE COMING UP, IF WE GET

A BIG INFLUX OF FUNDING. >> OKAY.

>> SO DID WE HAVE A VOTE ON THIS ? TO RATIFY, TO DISSOLVE OR REMOVE? READ DISSOLVE , IF IT IS. BUT WE CAN ALWAYS RE-CREATE LATER. YES. COMMISSIONER PUSLEY, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. ONE LAST COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. I WILL MAKE THIS BRIEF. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THIS COMMITTEE WAS CREATED. I KNOW IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH A GIFT, BASICALLY, FROM THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI , I GUESS. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER MAREZ 'S POINT. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE IN THE CITY, AND THE COUNCIL RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REALLY IS FOCUSED ON BIG DEALS. THE STEEL PLANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THAT'S GREAT. WE VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED THAT. BUT EVEN MIKE CULBERSON CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND SAID WE DON'T LOOK AT SMALL DEALS. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH DOING. SO WE NEED SOME WAY OF LOOKING CLOSELY AT WHAT WE DO WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENTS IN OUR COUNTY THAT ARE NOT STEEL DYNAMICS, EXXON, OR WHATEVER. AND RIGHTFULLY SO, WITHIN A PARTICULAR COUNTY. I WILL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE, I HAD THE NORTHWEST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT COME TO MY OFFICE THE OTHER DAY, AND I GIVE THEM A CHALLENGE. WE GIVE THEM A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE YEARS, AND I CHALLENGE THEM TO GROW THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND GROW THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO SHOW THAT WE ARE ADDING SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE MONEY THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO THEM. SO ANYWAY, THAT IS JUST KIND OF A MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD POINT OF VIEW. I AGREE, YOUR HONOR, BEFORE WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WE HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHARGES GOING TO BE. ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. AND THE LAST ONE

ON THE LIST, THANK YOU . >> THE LAST ONE IS BETTER HEALTH ACT OUTCOMES. THAT IS AN INACTIVE BOARD.

>> PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS OF THE COUNTY, AND MAKE PERIODIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMMISSIONERS COURT.

>> IT IS INACTIVE. IT WAS MADE UP OF JUST MEMBERS OF THE

HOSPITAL DISTRICT . >> MOTION TO DISSOLVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DISSOLVE THIS INACTIVE BOARD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION

PASSES. >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE HOSPITAL DISTRICT ITEMS UP . IF

YOU DON'T MIND. >> I WILL MOVE THEM UP AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH WITH THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS. I THINK THAT'S

ALL WE HAVE LEFT ON THIS. >> BEFORE WE FINISH THIS ONE UP, COULD I ASK THAT WE OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD FROM MARCH 19TH TO APRIL 2ND, SO THAT WE CAN

MAKE APPOINTMENTS? >> THAT'S NOT POSTED, IS IT?

>> NO, IT IS NOT POSTED. UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR THE BOARD UPDATES. IS IT TOO FAR UNDER RELATED MATTERS?

>> WE HAVE NOT DONE IT LIKE THAT IN THE PAST.

[G. BOARD APPOINTMENTS:]

>> WE HAVEN'T DONE IT LIKE THAT IN THE PAST, LET'S PUT IT ON THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU FOR THAT, THOUGH.

>>

>>> THAT IS GREAT , WE HAVE FOUR APPLICATIONS,

>> JUST FOR A NOTE, FOR CLARIFICATION THE MARK THOMAS JACK AND JILL MOWING HAS BEEN DOING THE MOWING OUT THERE FOR FULL AWARENESS AND TRANSPARENCY.

>> HE ALSO HAS A PLANE. I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER TWO I AM JUST NOMINATING TIM BECAUSE I KNOW HIM AND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS

PREFERENCE. >> I DON'T KNOW EITHER OF THE

INDIVIDUALS. >> HE CURRENTLY HAS WORKED WITH

THE COUNTY. >> I THINK HE HAS DONE IT FOR A

LONG TIME. >> THAT DOES NOT COME BEFORE THE

BOARD. >> THAT IS INDIVIDUAL.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE REVIEW OF THAT OR ANY WAY TO IMPROVE OR

ENCOURAGE? >> I THE BOARD I GUESS IS THAT

COME BEFORE THE AIRPORT BOARD? >> TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT IS PURE ADVISORY AND THEY DON'T MAKE THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS.

>> IT IS NOT GO BEFORE THE ADVISORY BOARD AT ALL, IT IS

HANDLED BY PURCHASING. >> I GUESS I WOULD RECOMMEND HE IS A COMMERCIAL PILOT AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE PILOTS THAT SERVE ON THE BOARD ALL THREE WERE PILOTS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. SO IT IS AWESOME WE HAVE APPLICATIONS .

>> MOTION FOR THE MARK THOMAS AND JAMES?

>> I WOULD MAKE IT OR SECOND. >> THERE'S ONLY TWO OPEN

POSITIONS. >> SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GO OFF.

>> TELL THE OTHER GUY TO HANG AROUND.

>> SO THIS TERM IS SORRY BOTH VACANCIES ARE UNEXPIRED TERMS. SO WE HAVE TO REAPPOINT THESE IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR ANYWAY.

>> TWO OTHERS AS WELL. >> SEE WHAT THEIR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION IS LIKE AND IF NOT ENCOURAGE A THIRD PERSON TO COME BACK AND REAPPLY BECAUSE WE APPOINT THREE POSITIONS.

>> FOUR POSITIONS. >> ONLY TWO OPEN POSITIONS.

MOTION AND SECOND MARK THOMAS AND JAMES FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES AND WE THANK MR. LANSFORD

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>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE THEM LISTED FOR THE NEXT MONTH. MARCH 19 TO

APRIL 16. >> SO MOVED.

>> BEFORE SECOND DEADLINE BEFORE SECOND MEETING? OKAY. IS THE

SECOND ? >> I WILL SECOND AND FOLLOW-UP FOR TARA I KNOW YOU GET A LOT OF CALLS OR WE GET CALLS AND THEN REFER BACK TO YOU YOU'RE THE ONE WHO KEEPS TRACK OF ALL OF THIS WE HAVE A PRESENCE ON FACEBOOK FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED

IN APPOINTMENTS? >> I'M NOT SURE WE DO.

>> UPCOMING APPOINTMENTS OR SCHEDULING ON THAT? TOO MUCH TO

ASK? >> I CAN GET WITH PEYTON AND

FRANCIS. >> NOT A LOT I THINK THE CITY DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB BUT THEY HAVE A HUGE TEAM, WE GET QUESTIONS AND A PARTICULAR SKILL SET OR INTEREST THAT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SO THEY CAN GO LOOK UP WHEN THE POSITION MAY BE UP AGAIN OR WHO IS SERVING ON THE BOARD.

>> IT IS NOT HARD TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> I THOUGHT WE HAD IT BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

>> IT IS AWARE LITTLE BUTTON BUT IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT LIKE THAT. ANY OTHER DIRECTION WE CAN SEND PEOPLE TO SHOW THEM IS GREAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POST FOR THOSE OPEN POSITIONS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES AND THANK YOU. MOVING UP THREE A

[4. Discuss and consider adoption of resolution supporting legislation in the 89th Texas Legislative Session relating to the establishment of a grant program to allow the Nueces County Hospital District to recruit and retain certain medical professionals.]

>> WITH ITEM 4 LET ME GO AT THIS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. WHENEVER THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT PURSUES LEGISLATION IN AUSTIN, OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE INSISTS WE HAVE A SUPPORTING RESOLUTION FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO DISCORD BETWEEN DISTRICT AND THE COURT ABOUT WHAT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT LEGISLATION IS TRYING TO DO SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU. THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE RESOLUTION HAS ITS ORIGIN AND THE ISSUE WE HAD IN 2023 WITH EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT STEPPED UP AND FUNDED THAT. PROVISION AND THAT REQUIRED THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO CONDUCT A PHYSICIAN NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES WERE NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE THAT STILL BEING VETTED. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE PRIMARILY NAME ] TO COME UP WITH LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO USE AS FUNDS TO ADDRESS IN THE RECRUITMENT OF PHYSICIANS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCY PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO BILLS FILED THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU. THE FIRST IS HOUSE BILL 4801 BY REPRESENTATIVE SENATE BILL 2666 BY SENATOR BILLS IS VERY SIMILAR. IS A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE GO ABOUT ADDRESSING SPECIALTIES AND STUFF NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU COPIES OF THE DRAFT BILL , THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS , THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE TUESDAY CONSIDERING FURTHER BUT THERE RESULT OF LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES WE HAVE GOING ON, THE DRAFT BILLS ARE SIMILAR. ONE

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EFFORTS TO DO THAT. >> COMMISSIONER CHESNEY YOU HAVE

QUESTIONS? >> I APPRECIATE YOUR INTENT ON THIS AND I THINK IT STEMS FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON AND I WOULD ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO RESPOND ON THIS. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION IT DOES PROVIDE ACCORDING TO YOUR RESPONSE ANYONE AND I SAY ANYONE, IT ALLOWS OTHER HOSPITAL SYSTEMS OR MEDICAL SYSTEMS OR WHOEVER TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT MONEY. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU THINK THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE UNDER

THIS LEGISLATION? >> TO REFINE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMISSIONER. IT CAN BE ANY HOSPITALS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY.

THERE IS DRISCOLL, LEGISLATION IS AIMED AT SERVICES PROVIDED TO ADULTS SO GENERALLY NOT INCLUDE DRISCOLL , BUT THEY COULD BE INCLUDED. SO JESUS FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO USE FUNDS TO GRANT TOWARD THESE GRANTS. WE WOULD HAVE TO STEP THROUGH A COUPLE MORE HOOPS TO BE ABLE TO AWARD FUNDS TO HCA SO THE ONLY HOSPITALS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMS WOULD BE SPOHN AND THE HCA. SO I HOPE I AM ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. IT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL HOSPITALS PRACTICALLY SPEAKING WE ONLY HAVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE COVERED BY MEDICAID AND CHIP. SO THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS WOULD BE GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO THE GRANTS ALTHOUGH THE DISTRICT HAS NOT DEVELOPED THE RULES, WE ARE WORKING ON THEM THAT WOULD APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM IF IT GOES THIS WAY.

>> MY FOLLOW-UP TO THAT IS I THINK I ASKED DOES THIS ALLOW ANY HOSPITAL TO APPLY AND YOU SAID YES SO NOW MAYBE CLARIFY BECAUSE DRISCOLL WOULD BE ON THE LIST OF PEOPLE I WOULD WANT TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE GREAT CHARITY WORK THEY DO IN COASTAL BEND. IF THIS IS LEGISLATION JUST GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THE DAY SPOHN I AM OUT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO INTO MY FEELING ABOUT THAT LEADERSHIP THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DISCUSSION. IF THIS IS SOMETHING CLEARLY ARTICULATED THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER HOSPITAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING DRISCOLL THAN I AM MORE INCLINED TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE GIVEN ENOUGH FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS QUITE FRANKLY TO SET SOMETHING UP THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO DO THAT ONLY FOR THEM , THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M INTERESTED IN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXTRA HOOPS ARE FOR THE HCA I DON'T KNOW WHY DRISCOLL COULDN'T BE INVOLVED, I DON'T KNOW WHY IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS THAT IT COULD NOT BE, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD LIMIT TO JUST DO SYSTEMS BECAUSE WE NEED TO RETAIN DOCTORS, WE NEED TO RECRUIT DOCTORS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO ONE ENTITY OVER ANOTHER WITH LEGISLATION SO TO ME THE WORLD HAS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AS LONG AS IT'S INDIGENT CARE RELATED.

I GET YOU HAVE THE CHARGE BUT I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THIS TO WHERE IT'S EASY FOR SPOHN AND DIFFICULT FOR HCA AND A POSSIBLE FOR DRISCOLL OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT BECAUSE IF IT IS INDIGENT CARE RELATED I CANNOT THINK OF WHO IT MIGHT BE NOW BUT LET'S SAY A&M CORPUS CHRISTI HAS SOME

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>> THE WAY THE BILL IS DRAFTED IT'S OPEN TO ANY HOSPITAL LOCATED IN THE COUNTY AND IT WOULD COME DOWN TO HOW THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD DEVELOPS THE RULES FOR THE GRANTS. SO THERE ARE PHYSICIANS, I AGREE THAT CROSSOVER TREATING ADULTS AND CHILDREN AND THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT RESTRICT IT TO BE ANY PARTICULAR HOSPITAL TO WHAT IS JUST HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTY.

>> WHAT WERE THE HOOPS WITH A DIFFERENT HOSPITALS?

>> WITH HCA BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT WITH

TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS. >> YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SPOHN THAT'S THE ONLY HOSPITAL?

>> FOR INDIGENT CARE, YES. >> TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ANY OF THEM SO THEY COULD UTILIZE THIS? I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE STANDARD CONTRACT IF THEY CAME TO YOU WITH THIS IT WOULD BE SIMPLE TO IMPLEMENT. OR DOES THAT PRECLUDE YOU BECAUSE OF

YOUR OTHER CONTRACT? >> NO THE WAY THE WORDING IS AFTER CONSULTING WITH COUNCIL WE CAN DO CONTRACTS WITH HCA AND DRISCOLL, NOT LIMITED TO SPOHN. WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO MAKE SURE THE WORDING WE PUT IN THE GRANT COALESCES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO DO INDIGENT CARE. THE REASON WE CANNOT DO INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT WITH HCA IS BECAUSE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPOHN IS EXCLUSIVE, BUT WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS TO INCLUDE OTHER FACILITIES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE WAY THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN. ANY HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTY. THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE THREE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS SO WE DON'T INTEND TO ADD LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT RESTRICTS TO ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF HOSPITAL OR ANY NAMED HOSPITAL. A GENERAL BILL THAT APPLIES TO ALL HOSPITALS. COMMISSIONER CHESNEY YOU ARE CORRECT IT COMES BACK TO HOW THE RULES AND STUFF ARE WRITTEN FOR THE GRANTS AND I THINK IT'S VALUABLE WITH REGARD TO THE RULES THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS TO DO THE GRANTS.