Aug 08, 2023 Commissioners Court

PETER SAKAI: ALL RIGHT GUYS.

[1. Opening Prayer: Hi Leigh Gatlin-Mc-David]

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I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR AUGUST 8TH, 2023, WHICH IS TODAY, MY SON'S BIRTHDAY.

I JUST REMEMBERED.

HE'LL PROBABLY EXPECT A CHECK IN THE MAIL.

TOMMY CALVERT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I BELIEVE YOU'LL INTRODUCE FOR PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

TOMMY CALVERT: YES, THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY. PETER SAKAI: NO, MY SON.

TOMMY CALVERT: OH, YOUR SON I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T HEAR.

SORRY ABOUT THAT [OVERLAPPING] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR SON.

PETER SAKAI: HE'S GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE'S GETTING FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, ALTHOUGH HE'S 39 YEARS OLD.

[LAUGHTER] TOMMY CALVERT: WE'D LIKE TO ASK HAILEY GATLIN MCDAVID TO COME TO THE DAIS.

I THINK SHE IS THE YOUNGEST PERSON I'VE EVER HEARD GIVEN HER INVOCATION FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

COME ON UP HERE.

HAILEY IS 14 YEARS OLD AND WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO.

HER PARENTS ARE KENNETH MCDAVID AND LORETTA GATLIN MCDAVID.

I MET HAILEY ABOUT A DECADE, WELL, ACTUALLY LONGER THAN THAT AND SHE'S BEEN CAMPAIGNING WITH ME ON NUMEROUS CAMPAIGNS AND SHE'S ACCOMPANIED HER MOTHER AT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS.

WITH THAT EXPOSURE, SHE HAS DEDICATED HER YOUTH TO BEING A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

A LEADER IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CONNECTING WITH OTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN POSITIVE CIVIL ACTION, CIVIL SERVICE, AND GOVERNANCE.

THIS PAST SUMMER SHE WAS A JUNIOR COUNSELOR AT A CAMP AND HER FAVORITE SPORT IS TRACK.

RECENTLY, SHE ACHIEVED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE BY SECURING A FOUR-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND ST.

STEPHEN'S BOARDING SCHOOL IN AUSTIN BY SUBMITTING HOW HER VALUES ALIGNED WITH THE REVEREND DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING. SHE WILL BEGIN THIS VENTURE THIS FALL.

HAILEY IS EXCITED ABOUT STARTING THIS NEW CHAPTER IN HER LIFE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO MAKING THE MOST OF ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME HER WAY IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, AND I WANT TO THANK HAILEY FOR JOINING US TODAY AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE, SHE'S GOING TO LEAD US IN PRAYER.

HAILEY GATLIN MCDAVID: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER COURT.

I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU, REPRESENTING MY FAMILY.

MY COUNCIL MEMBER, JAY MICKEY RODRIGUEZ, AND MY COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MR. TOMMY CALVERT. LET US PRAY.

I THANK GOD THIS MORNING FOR ALL THE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT I'VE HELPED ME GET AS FAR AS I AM EDUCATIONALLY AND CIVICALLY.

I ASK FOR GOD TO CONTINUE BLESSING ME SO THAT I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF OTHERS.

ALSO CONTINUE BLESSINGS FOR THE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO KEEP AND REPRESENT PEOPLE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR WORK.

IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN. ALL: AMEN.

TOMMY CALVERT: IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE]. SHE IS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, SHE'S OFF TO AUSTIN SO COME ON IN.

WE'LL JUST TAKE A PICTURE STANDING REAL QUICK.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST STAND, TURN AROUND HERE? WE'LL GET ONE PICTURE WITH MOM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING THIS MORNING.

EVERYBODY SMILE. [LAUGHTER].

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.

TOMMY CALVERT: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU, HAILEY.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU AT SCHOOL, GOOD LUCK IN YOUR TRACK.

HOPE YOU CAN MAKE THE NEXT SET OF OLYMPICS TO REPRESENT BEXAR WELL.

OUR FIRST ITEM, LET ME ALERT THE COURT.

[3. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S):]

LET US TAKE UP THE FIRST TWO UP ON A DAIS AND THEN COMMISSIONERS, I THINK THE FOLLOWING CEREMONY WILL COME DOWN AND I'LL LET THE COMMISSIONERS MAKE THEIR INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS.

AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE PRESENTATION OF SERVICE PINS, RECOGNIZING THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES FOR 25 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE.

COY WU FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 25 YEARS.

ROGELIO GIL, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 30 YEARS.

WOULD YOU ALL BOTH JUST COME, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS AND ASK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD OR ELECTED OFFICIAL COME WITH YOU.

IF YOU'VE GOT FAMILY, THEY ARE ALSO INVITED TO COME WITH YOU.

THIS IS YOUR DAY. I WANTED TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT OBVIOUSLY WE DO A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS HERE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT THE WORK GETS DONE BY OUR EMPLOYEES, AND FOR THAT, I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.

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LET'S DO SHERIFF GIL BECAUSE HE'S THE 30 YEAR.

HE IS. GOD BLESS THEM AND SO WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT MR GILL? JAVIER SALAZAR: ABSOLUTELY, WELL, A GREAT GUY STANDING IN MY LEFT HERE.

TYPICALLY WE ASK DEPUTIES WHEN WE ARE GOING TO HONOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE, WE SAY PERFECT CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH A BIO OF YOUR CAREER AND DEFINITELY A MAN OF FEW WORDS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE'S A GIANT IN OUR AGENCY, BUT HIS BIO IS ABOUT YAY LONG BECAUSE HE PREFERS JUST TO NOT TALK ABOUT HIMSELF TOO MUCH.

BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT ROGER'S CAREER.

HE STARTED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON JUNE 3RD OF 1993.

HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE ANNEX AND THE MAIN JAIL UNTIL MARCH OF 2000.

THEN HE TRANSFERRED TO THE COURTHOUSE FROM MARCH OF 2000 UNTIL AUGUST OF 2008.

HE WORKED AT TRANSPORT CIVIL CRIMINAL COURTS.

IN AUGUST OF 2008 UNTIL JUNE OF 2020, HE WORKED EAST AND WEST PATROL SO DEFINITELY WORKED EVERY CORNER OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED FROM JUNE 2020 THROUGH AUGUST 2021 TO APPLICANT PROCESSING AND I CAN TELL YOU HE DID A STELLAR JOB OF RECRUITING AND RUNNING PEOPLE THROUGH THE INTAKE PROCESS.

THEN FROM AUGUST 2021 TO PRESENT, HE'S AT COURT SECURITY AND MY FAVORITE ROGER GIL STORY IS WHEN I VERY FIRST MET HIM.

HE CAME TO ME AND SAID, SHERIFF, I CAN LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND TELL YOU YOU WILL NEVER NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU SERVE, YOU'LL NEVER EARN MY VOTE BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

[LAUGHTER] BUT MY HEART DID DROP FOR A LITTLE BIT THERE.

IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO, ALTHOUGH I'LL NEVER EARN HIS VOTE, TO HONOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.

ROGER, CONGRATULATIONS BROTHER.

ROGERS GILL: I APPRECIATE IT.

JAVIER SALAZAR: YES, SIR.

[APPLAUSE] ROGERS GILL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A LONG RIDE, AND I'LL BE HANGING IT UP PROBABLY IN MAY SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S BEEN MY HONOR. PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU, MR. GIL. [APPLAUSE] PETER SAKAI: SHERIFF MR. GIL WHY DON'T YOU ALL JUST STAND TOWARD THE BACK AND LET ME MR. GAGER, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR 25-YEAR EMPLOYEE, MR. WU. MARK GAGER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, I HAVE COY WU HERE.

HE STARTED IN JUNE 29, 1998, AS A PROGRAMMER.

HE WORKED NUMEROUS YEARS AS A PROGRAMMER.

IN FEBRUARY OF 2006, HE WAS PROMOTED TO AN ANALYST PROGRAMMER AND THEN IN 2013 JULY, HE WAS PROMOTED TO A PROGRAMMER ANALYST TOO.

HE CURRENTLY WORKS AS A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER TOO, FOCUSED ON DATA MINING AND DATA MIGRATION SUPPORTING NUMEROUS OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

IN HIS TIME AS A PROGRAMMER, HE DEVELOPED THOUSANDS OF LINES OF CODE, HELPED WITH EFFICIENCIES IN BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE COURTS, NUMEROUS OTHER OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS. COY, I LIKE TO SAY I TOLD MY WIFE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, NOT EVERYBODY IN NBCIT WAS AS SUPPORTIVE AT THE BEGINNING AS THEY ARE NOW WHEN I FIRST JOINED IN 2006.

BUT COY IS SOMEBODY WHO ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND IS ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC AND ALWAYS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES AND WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST SUPPORTERS WHEN I FIRST STARTED AND REALLY HELPED GET ME INGRAINED INTO THE COUNTY.

HE EMBODIES EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS ABOUT BEING A BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEE AND A BCIT EMPLOYEE.

HE ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION AND THE VISION AND THE VALUES OF BEXAR COUNTY, SO COY THANK YOU FOR YOUR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

COY WU: THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] MARK GAGER: DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? PETER SAKAI: MR. WU, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

COY WU: MY NAME IS COY WU AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR LIKE 25 YEARS IN THE STATE.

I'VE BEEN HERE LIKE 43 AND I MIGHT WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING.

I CAN BUT STOP.

I WILL SAY ONLY ONE THING IT MATTERS TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN AND ASK WHAT THEY THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGHT.

I JUST CLOSE MY EYE, OPEN IT UP, IT WAS 25 YEARS [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE.

PETER SAKAI: I HOPE IT'S THAT WAY FOR ME, MR. WU. [LAUGHTER] COY WU: I REMEMBER WHEN I WORKED IN A REFUGEE CAMP FOR ONLY TWO YEARS I SPENT OVER THERE.

IS THAT LIKE TWO WHAT MY LIFETIME ALREADY? THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.

THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU, MR. WU. IF I COULD ASK MR. WU- [APPLAUSE] PETER SAKAI: -YOUR FAMILY OF IMMIGRANT I PRESUME WAS THE COUNTRY VIETNAM? COY WU: NO.

MY PARENTS HAVE 14 CHILDREN, SEVEN BOYS AND SEVEN GIRLS AND THEY'RE ALL HERE IN THE STATE.

WELL, BOTH OF THEM LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT IS IN SAN ANTONIO.

PETER SAKAI: WELL, YOU'RE THE LUCKY ONE.

COY WU: YES, SIR. [LAUGHTER] PETER SAKAI: WELL, AGAIN, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE IMMIGRANTS THAT COME IN HERE TO WORK HARD AND

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COY WU: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] PETER SAKAI: DO WE WANT TO TAKE PICTURES? MR. WU, MR. GIL, IF WE CAN, ELECTED OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT HEADS, DO WE WANT TO COME DOWN, COMMISSIONERS? LET'S COME DOWN AND Y'ALL DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES.

[NOISE] THANK YOU.

AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS.

[BACKGROUND] TOMMY CALVERT: CONGRATULATIONS.

[BACKGROUND] PETER SAKAI: NOW WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND DO THIS WITH GUYS.

[NOISE] WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NEXT ONE FROM THE DIAS AND THEN WE'LL STEP DOWN AND DO THE REST FROM THE FLOOR. THIS TIME, WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSION'S COURT RECOGNIZING THAT PROCLAIMING AUGUST 8, 2023 AS BARE BIO PITCH DAYS FOR EVERYBODY WITH THE BEXAR BIO PITCH DAY.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND I WILL DO THE HONORS TO INTRODUCE YOU A REDOC PROCLAMATION.

COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM.

MR. RANDY, HERE, BECAUSE I SEE YOU BROUGHT YOUR TEAM WITH YOU.

COME ON UP. DON'T BE SHY, WE DON'T BITE.

WE MAY HEAL BUT WE DON'T BITE.

PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS VELOCITY TEXAS HELPS EARLY STAGE BIOSCIENCE COMPANIES LAUNCH INNOVATIVE BREAKTHROUGH THAT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE AND SAVE LIVES AT A GLOBAL LEVEL, AND WHEREAS VELOCITY TEXAS RECOGNIZED IN A BIOSCIENCE AND HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY, CONTRIBUTED $42 BILLION TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY IN 2019 AND HOSTED THE 2023 BEXAR BIO PITCH COMPETITION, WHICH FOCUSED ON BIOMEDICAL STARTUPS.

WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED $150,000 TO SPONSOR THE 2023 BEXAR BIO PITCH COMPETITION.

WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE BIOSCIENCE INDUSTRY.

WHEREAS THE FINALISTS OF THE 2023 BEXAR BIO COMPETITION ARE NEURO REHAB VR, HERA BIOTECH, BETTY'S COMPANY AND NEURO STATUS FOR THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE BIOSCIENCE INDUSTRY OF BEXAR COUNTY.

WHEREAS BEXAR BIO PITCH DAY IS AN OCCASION OF PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE MANY INNOVATIVE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE THE FUTURE OF THE BIOSCIENCE INDUSTRY AND BEXAR COUNTIES.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSION COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND PROCLAIMS AUGUST 8TH 2023 AS BEXAR BIO PITCH DAY SIGNED BY ME AS COUNTY JUDGE, COMMISSIONER REBECA CLAY-FLORES, COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ, COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. DAVID MARQUEZ. DAVID MARQUEZ: THANK YOU, JUDGE.

THE ONES WHO DESERVE CONGRATULATIONS ARE THESE AMAZING COMPANIES BEHIND ME.

THIS WAS BUILT ON OUR SUCCESSFUL TECH FUEL PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

RECOGNIZING COMPANIES AND HELPING THEM WITH SOME FUNDING TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR GROWTH AND EXPANSION INTO BEXAR COUNTY.

THIS ONE, WE PARTNERED WITH VELOCITY OUR FRIENDS THERE, RANDY HERE IT IS AMAZING TEAM RENEE DOMINGUEZ AND THE REST.

TO PUT THIS ON, THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SAY THEY'VE SET A VERY HIGH BAR FOR THEMSELVES, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE PRODUCTION JUDGE, YOU WERE THERE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. IN TERMS OF THE COMPANIES AND HOW IMPRESSIVE IT IS THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS THIS TYPE OF COMPANY.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU'VE BEEN TOTING THAT 2D IN THAT HOME FOR QUITE AWHILE AND TO SEE IT IN ACTION IS REALLY GREAT.

IF I COULD, I'D HAVE THE LEADERS OF EACH COMPANY THAT'S HERE TO COME UP AND GIVE THEIR COMPANY NAME.

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I DON'T WANT TO GET AWAY WITH HERE, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

PETER SAKAI: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID MARQUEZ.

DAVID MARQUEZ: THANK YOU FOR THAT.

PETER SAKAI: HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU SPENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY? DAVID MARQUEZ: I'VE BEEN HERE 26 YEARS, AND I'M 60 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY.

PETER SAKAI: BEFORE WE PASS TO RANDY, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOUR WONDERFUL AND GREAT STAFF THAT YOU HAVE? DAVID MARQUEZ: MY TEAM? SURE. DEBORAH CARTER, OF COURSE, IS MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JORDAN KANSAS, DOES AT LEAST MOST OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR US, MARSHALL HOOK AS WELL AS WORKING IN HERS TEAM AS WELL.

THAT'S THE EXTENT OF OUR TEAM AND THAT COMPARES TO A STAFF OF ABOUT 30 OR 40 AT THE CITY.

WE DO A LOT. PETER SAKAI: I THINK BUDGET TALKS ARE COMING UP COMMISSIONERS.

DAVID MARQUEZ: NOW, WE'RE DOING WELL.

I APPRECIATE, WHAT IT REALLY IS THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING AND THEY [OVERLAPPING] THIS WORK.

THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US JUDGE.

RANDY HARIG. RANDY HARIG: YES SIR.

PETER SAKAI: I WANT YOU TO COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE, I ASSUME THE HONOREES.

RANDY HARIG: I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ABRUPT FOR EACH ONE OF YOU WE JUST PRODUCED OUR STATE OF THE COMPANY FOR THIS YEAR LAST WEEK.

I BROUGHT A COPY FOR EACH ONE.

ALSO I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ONE-BY-ONE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.

FEMALE_1: BEFORE WE INTRODUCE EVERYBODY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VIDEO OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE'D LIKE TO RUN.

IF AIVEE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STARTING THAT, THROW THE TAPE PETER SAKAI: YOU'RE ON THE SHOW.

DAVID FONSECA: MY NAME IS DAVID FONSECA AND I SERVE AS THE CEO FOR VELOCITY TEXAS A SUBSIDIARY OF TEXAS RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY TO PROVIDE $100,000 NON-DEGENERATE FUNDING TO THE BEST COMPANY.

WE HAVE A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD MODEL, WE CONNECT, WE SUPPORT AND WE FUND ANY COMPANY THAT IS IN THE BUSINESS.

SOMEBODY HAS SEEN US SAVING LIVES.

HOW WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THOSE COMPANIES.

RANDY HARIG: THESE COMPETITIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO BRING THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE TOP.

THEN GIVING THEM A LITTLE SEED MONEY WILL PERHAPS GIVE THEM A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.

THEN WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY AS A FOUNDATION AND PERSONALLY TO INVEST IN THEIR FUTURE.

PETER SAKAI: I AM COMMITTED TO INNOVATION, I'M COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IF WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE NOT BUILDING, WE'RE NOT ADAPTING TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT BEHIND.

I WANT BEXAR COUNTY TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY INNOVATION, ESPECIALLY THE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE BRINGING.

JENNIFER NEWELL: AM JENNIFER NEWELL, I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF BETTY'S CO, AND I'M A FINALISTS FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL BEXAR BIO PITCH COMPETITION.

AS A FIRST-TIME ENTREPRENEUR, HAVING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP STARTUPS TO REALLY GET THEIR FOOTING, GET FUNDED, AND GET SUPPORT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. FOR BEXAR BIO TO BE THE EVENT THAT IS PROMOTING THE LIFE SCIENCES AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, I THINK JUST SIGNALS THE IMPORTANCE THAT IT HAS ON THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S REALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE.

IF WE CAN MAKE STRONG CONNECTIONS IN SAN ANTONIO, IN BEXAR COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE OPERATIONS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY LOOKING FOR WITH AN EVENT LIKE THIS.

SOMER BABUREK: MY NAME IS SOMER BABUREK AND I'M THE CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF HERA BIOTECH.

WE'RE PARTICIPATING AS A FINALIST IN THE BEXAR BIO PITCH COMPETITION.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN'S HEALTH COMPANIES IN SAN ANTONIO.

SAN ANTONIO HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF WOMEN'S HEALTH WITH THE MAZE CANCER CENTER AND ALL OF THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH THAT HAPPENS HERE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION PAID TO THAT.

IT'S REALLY FUN TO BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT WITH TWO OF THE FINALISTS AND THE FOCUS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH COMING OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.

VEENA SOMAREDDY: I'M VEENA SOMAREDDY THE CEO OF NEURO REHAB VR.

WE BUILD VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY EXERCISES FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WHO'VE HAD A STROKE, BRAIN INJURIES, AND ARE WORKING ON GETTING BACK THEIR LIMB FUNCTION. WE MAKE THERAPY MORE FUN AND ENGAGING AND MOTIVATING WITH GAMIFIED THERAPY EXERCISES ALONG WITH DATA TO TRACK THEIR PROGRESS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WINNING THE BEXAR BIO PITCH, AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO SAN ANTONIO FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR COMPANY.

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US TILL NOW.

[MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] RANDY HARIG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE'LL HAVE THEM INTRODUCE.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE SUMMER DID NOT MAKE IT THIS MORNING SHE JUST HAD HER BABY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED IN THE VIDEO [LAUGHTER] .

SHE THANKS YOU VERY MUCH.

VEENA SOMAREDDY: HI, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO VELOCITY TEXAS AND BEXAR COUNTY FOR BEING SO GENEROUS AND BRINGING ALL THE LIFE SCIENCES COMPANY TOGETHER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

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THIS IS MY COMPANIES AND MY FIRST TIME BEING PROCLAIMED.

IT'S ANOTHER FEATHER IN OUR HEART.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND BEING SO GENEROUS AS A COUNTY.

PETER SAKAI: WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR COMPANY AND WHAT DO YOU DO? VEENA SOMAREDDY: THE NAME OF MY COMPANY IS NEURO REHAB VR AND WE BUILD VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY EXERCISES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD STROKES, BRAIN INJURIES, SPINAL CORD INJURIES, AND TRYING TO GET BACK THE LIMB FUNCTION, WE TRY TO MAKE IT MORE ENGAGING AND FUN AND TO REACH THEIR FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES FASTER.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

KIRT GILL: HELLO, MY NAME IS KIRT GILL.

I'M THE CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF NEURASTASIS, WHERE OUR MISSION IS TO USE NEURAL STIMULATION TO HELP STROKE SURVIVORS RECLAIM THEIR LIVES.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY AND ALL THE RESOURCES THAT YOU DO PROVIDE LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES.I THINK IN THE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM, FOR STARTUPS TO FLOURISH, YOU REALLY DO NEED FERTILE SOIL.

AND I THINK IT'S PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT GIVE US THAT VALIDATION EARLY ON AND ALLOW US TO GROW.

THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

JENNIFER NEWELL: HI, I'M JENNIFER NEWELL, THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF BETTY'S CO.

WE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE.

WE'RE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING GYNECOLOGY, MENTAL HEALTH, AND WELLNESS CARE FOR WOMEN IN THEIR TEENS AND 20S.

WE'RE BASED RIGHT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY AND WE ARE TWO TIME BENEFICIARIES OF PROGRAMS LIKE BEXAR BIO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR STARTUPS, IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AND IT'S GOING DIRECTLY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

RENE DOMINGUEZ: JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, I'M RENE DOMINGUEZ AS THE PRESIDENT OF TRTF.

ON BEHALF OF TRTF AND THE VELOCITY TEAM, WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THIS REALLY HELPED US HIT THREE PRIMARY GOALS THAT WE'VE BEEN PURSUING.

NUMBER 1, AS YOU SAW, PROVIDES GREAT NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING TO THESE COMPANIES TO HELP THEM GROW.

SECONDLY, IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE TREMENDOUS RESEARCH AND BIO-SCIENCE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN BEXAR COUNTY NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY.

THIRD, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT, TRTF IS A 40-YEAR-OLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CREATING JOBS, ATTRACTING COMPANIES. THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO ATTRACT SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST MINDS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO RETAIN GREAT TALENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE THIS INVESTMENT IN VELOCITY.

THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU ALL.

ARE WE READY FOR PICK? THERE'S ANY COMMENT IN COURT? TOMMY CALVERT: CAN I JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT? PETER SAKAI: GO AHEAD. TOMMY CALVERT: I WANT TO THANK RANDY AND RENE AND THE ENTIRE VELOCITY TEXAS TEAM FOR BRINGING US THIS IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION.

THE HEALTHCARE AND BIOSCIENCES HAVE A $44 BILLION IMPACT IN SAN ANTONIO AT LEAST.

I JUST THINK THAT BESIDES, THE DOLLARS AND CENTS, THE HUMANITY OF WHAT YOU DO TO HELP PEOPLE IMPROVE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES IS HEART-WARMING, AND IT REALLY FILLS THE SOUL TO SEE THE INNOVATIONS THAT YOU-ALL ARE MAKING IN HEALTH CARE, BIOSCIENCES, AND PROLIFERATING NATIONALLY.

I THINK THAT THE GOAL FOR THE COURT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT GOING FORWARD IS TO INCREASE THE PRIZES.

OBVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP AND COST AND THE COST OF LABOR IS HIGHER THAN EVER AND IT'S HARD TO REALLY, MANAGE A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION THAT MAY TAKE A DECADE OR MORE TO GET TO MARKET BECAUSE OF FDA APPROVALS, AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IF WE CAN MAKE SAN ANTONIO YOUR HOME WHERE YOU CAN THRIVE AND REALLY GET THE OTHER RESOURCES.

I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A COUNTY THAT HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THE TRACK RECORD THAT YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED IN THE COMPETITION THAT WE ATTENDED, JUDGE, GIVES CONFIDENCE TO A LOT OF PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTORS.

THAT YOU'VE GOT A PANEL OF VETERANS WHO CAN VET THROUGH SOME OF THE SCIENCES THAT WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY BECAUSE MAYBE SOMEBODY INVESTED IN ENERGY OR WAS IN CONSTRUCTION, BUT WANTS TO BE SOMEONE WHO'S IN VENTURE CAPITAL TO HELP BUSINESSES LIKE THIS THRIVE IN SAN ANTONIO.

I WANT TO THANK RANDY FOR JUST HIS CONTINUING PARTNERSHIP TO GROW THE INNOVATION DISTRICT IN MY PRECINCT.

THE TEXAS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION HAS A LONG LEGACY, AS RENE JUST MENTIONED, FOR 40 YEARS, STARTING WITH GENERAL MCDERMOTT OF USAA AND YOU'RE CARRYING ON THAT LIGHT AND TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ANNOUNCING FOR SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, THAT ARE HISTORIC ALREADY HAVE, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION,

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WE NEED TO SUPPORT YOU GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN A HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA.

FROM THE DAY WE TOOK MY BOOTLEG REAL ESTATE TOUR AND ROAD IN YOUR CAR, I WAS GOING TO DRIVE YOU BUT YOU DECIDED TO DRIVE AND I ENJOYED YOUR WHEELS.

YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESSES LIKE THIS, BUT BECAUSE YOU HAD A HEART FOR CURRICULUM TO HELP KIDS IN SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAVE EXPOSURE TO THINGS LIKE THE FOURTH LARGEST STEM CELL RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHICH HAPPENS RIGHT ON HOUSTON STREET AND CHERRY STREET IN EAST SAN ANTONIO.

THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, YOU WERE BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY INTO THE FUTURE WHERE SOMETIMES WE HAVE LAGGED BEHIND IN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE.

IT NEEDS TO HAVE A SPECIAL NOTE IN THIS COURT ON THE RECORD THAT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL IS HAPPENING AT VELOCITY TEXAS AND TEXAS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORTIVE OF TEXAS IN SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PETER SAKAI: ANYBODY ELSE? WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AND OFFICIALLY MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

RANDY HARIG: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

TOMMY CALVERT: SHOULD WE ALL STEP? THERE'S TOO MANY, REST WILL STAY UP ON TOP HERE.

RANDY HARIG: I THINK YOU'LL BE SEEING OVER ME.

[LAUGHTER] PETER SAKAI: HERE. RANDY HARIG: THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES WILL STEP DOWN AND MAKE THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

RANDY HARIG: THANK YOU SO MUCH. JENNIFER NEWELL: THANKS.

RANDY HARIG: I SEE YOU AGAIN.

[BACKGROUND] REBECA CLAY-FLORES: REPRESENTED FROM BOEING HERE TODAY.

JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS ON THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO, OF COURSE, IN OUR PRECINCT.

I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OFF TO THE RADIO PERSONALITY TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.

TOMMY CALVERT: [LAUGHTER] I'M GOING TO READ IT OUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE BOEING COMPANY ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THEIR COUNTY, THE BOEING SITE PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION OF COMMERCIAL AND DEFENSE AIRCRAFT AND ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FACILITY.

WHEREAS CONTINUING THE REGIONS LEGACY OF AVIATION, THERE ARE MANY MODIFICATION PROGRAMS AT THE BOEING FACILITY, SUCH AS THE C-17 GLOBEMASTER THREE INTEGRATED SUSTAINMENT PROGRAM, LOGISTICS SUPPORT, SUSTAINMENT WORK FOR THE FA-18 SUPER HORNET SERVICE LIFE MODIFICATION PROGRAM, AND THE PILOT NEXT TO US RIGHT HERE OF THOSE AND MANY MORE.

WHEREAS THE COMPANY'S PORT SAN ANTONIO SITE IS ALSO THE SUSTAINMENT AND MODERNIZATION HUB FOR THE US GOVERNMENT'S EXECUTIVE FLEET, SUCH AS THE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY THE PRESIDENT.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE AIR FORCE 1 OVER THERE Y'ALL.

THE SITE HAS WORKED ON AND DELIVERED BACK MORE THAN 1,130 C-17S AND MORE THAN 2,100 MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT TO OUR US MILITARY AND OTHER GLOBAL ALLIED CUSTOMERS.

WHEREAS BOEING COULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ANY OF THIS WITHOUT ITS WORLD-CLASS EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SHARED DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE, BOEING AND ITS EMPLOYEES GET BACK TO COMMUNITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY BY WORKING WITH VARIOUS NON-PROFITS LIKE GIRLS, INC.

OF SAN ANTONIO, GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SOLDIERS ANGELS, AND THE TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR MINORITIES AND ENGINEERING AND MANY OTHERS. WHEREAS BOEING HAS A KEY FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND HAS MADE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT WITH THE BOEING CENTER AT TECH PORT AND THE KELLY HERITAGE FOUNDATION TO ENSURE THE YOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO CAN REACH FOR THE STARS.

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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZED AS BOEING SAN ANTONIO FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO BEXAR COUNTY AND CELEBRATES AUGUST 10, 2023 AS BOEING'S QUADRANTS CENTENNIAL.

I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME EVER SAID THAT WORD [LAUGHTER] QUADRANTS CENTENNIAL.

WITNESSES SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICES, 8TH DAY OF AUGUST 2023, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR A FEW WORDS FROM WHOEVER WANTS YOU WANT TO.

[APPLAUSE] TYLER SCHROEDER: COMMISSIONER THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'LL TRY AND CHANNEL YOUR RADIO VOICE.

I'LL BE SHORT, BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES JUST TO THANK YOU-ALL ON TO THANK OUR COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES FOR HELPING US RECOGNIZE THIS GREAT MILESTONE OF OURS.

VERY PROUD DAY FOR US AT THE BOEING COMPANY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AS WE CELEBRATE A QUARTER CENTURY IN THIS CULTURALLY RICH, PASSIONATE, AND BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF MILITARY CITY USA. BOEING COULD NOT REACH THIS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE WITHOUT TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS.

THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE SHARE.

THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHO IS WONDERFULLY REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.

I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, MARGARET WILSON-ANAGLIA, AND THEIR VISIONARY CEO, JIM PERSCHBACH, HERE WITH US TODAY AS WELL.

WE ARE HONORED THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS CHOSEN TO RECOGNIZE, NOT JUST THIS ANNIVERSARY, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES.

OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FELLOW SAN ANTONIO'S WHO SHOW UP WITH ME EVERY SINGLE DAY ON A MISSION TO CONNECT, PROTECT, AND EXPLORE OUR WORLD WHILE INSPIRING OUR COMMUNITY AND THE GENERATIONS WHO FOLLOW US AS WE DO IT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR ENDURING PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL AND WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO TO BUILD UPON A LEGACY OF AEROSPACE INNOVATION THAT BEGAN IN 1917 AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MILITARY AVIATION.

WHAT A WONDERFUL LEGACY OF AEROSPACE THIS COMMUNITY HAS TO THE APPLIED TECHNOLOGY IN THE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS THAT WE STILL CONDUCT HERE TODAY.

TOGETHER WE HAVE CREATED THOUSANDS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD FROM RIGHT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

THIS FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES ISN'T SOMETHING WE JUST SAY.

IT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR MISSION.

IT'S WHY WE'VE ANNOUNCED OVER $3.5 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS IN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AND VETERANS SERVING NON-PROFITS JUST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

IT'S WHY EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE INVESTED A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT PORT SAN ANTONIO TO CREATE THE BOEING CENTER AT TECH PORT.

HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AN OPEN INVITATION TO EACH OF YOU.

IT IS A HOME FOR STUDENTS TO PARTAKE IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF TOMORROW WITH PARTNERS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE WAX FOUNDATION WHO'S HERE TODAY AS WELL WHILE COLLABORATING WITH JOB CREATORS WISHING TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TODAY.

THEY ARE CREATING A PATHWAY FOR THEM TO BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF AEROSPACE TALENT.

IN ADDITION, THIS YEAR WE ALSO ANNOUNCED OUR SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT AND EDUCATION IN THIS REGION.

THE $2.3 MILLION GRANT TO THE PORT AFFILIATED ACHILLE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

AS WE'VE BUILT UPON THE HERITAGE OF AEROSPACE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE ARE BUSY ESTABLISHING THE NEXT LEGACY TO COME AFTER US AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT SAN ANTONIO'S ARE A PART OF THAT FOUNDATION. WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW OUR COUNTY VALUES THIS MISSION.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES AND TEAM RECOGNIZED FOR THE GOOD THEY DO FOR OUR WORLD RIGHT HERE FROM OUR BELOVED SAN ANTONIO.

I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, OUR COMMISSIONER AND PRECINCT ONE FOR HELPING US RECOGNIZE THE MISSION THAT WE PLAY IN HER SUPPORT FOR THAT MISSION AND RECOGNIZING OUR EMPLOYEES HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PASSION FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JOB OPPORTUNITY AND TO EACH OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HERE TODAY WHO HAVE SUPPORTED OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OUR EDUCATIONAL MISSION SINCE OUR INCEPTION.

WE ARE INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND REMAIN HOPEFUL FOR TAILWINDS INTO OUR NEXT QUARTER CENTURY.

ON BEHALF OF OUR BOEING SAN ANTONIO TEAMMATES I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JIM PERSCHBACH, THE CEO PORT SAN ANTONIO, TO MAKE JUST A FEW REMARKS.

PETER SAKAI: COME ON UP HERE, JIM. JIM PERSCHBACH: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE.

THANK YOU, TYLER. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

YOU KNOW I'M A LITTLE BIT BIASED WHEN IT COMES TO BOEING AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE GREAT B757232 [LAUGHTER] FANTASTIC AIRPLANE, LITTLE TOUGHER TO FLY THAN AN FA-18.

BUT BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, IT WAS THE BOEING COMPANY.

IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES TO STEP UP.

I STILL REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO JUST CAME HERE, TOOK IT ON A WING AND A PRAYER, THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING.

I SO LOVE THE PROCLAMATION SPEAKS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THE BOEING COMPANY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BOEING WITHOUT THE PEOPLE.

WE'VE WATCHED OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN 758 CONSECUTIVE ON-TIME DELIVERIES IN THE CASE C-10, STILL A WORLD RECORD ON THAT PROGRAM.

THE AIR FORCE 1 PROGRAM COULD HAVE COME ANYWHERE AND IT CAME TO SAN ANTONIO.

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IT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

I'M PROBABLY STEALING SOMEBODY'S.

WHAT I POINTED OUT THAT BOEING PUT THE BOEING CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO ON THEIR GLOBAL ANNUAL REPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING BOEING.

HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO HOST BOEING FOR ALL THESE YEARS AND IF YOU THINK THE PAST 25 YEARS HAVE BEEN GREAT, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.

THANK YOU-ALL SO MUCH. FOWLER TAKE YOUR TIME.

TOMMY CALVERT: MARGARET, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY ANYTHING SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. MARGARET WILSON-ANAGLIA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK, I WANT TO BE LIKE A MINISTER AND BE HERE FOR THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT.

BUT WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT OF BOEING, FOR COURT SAN ANTONIO, WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE.

WE ARE THE ECONOMIC DRIVER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE THE ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW.

OUR GENERATIONS WILL RUN STRONG IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE KNOW IS WE HAVE THE TALENT IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE TALENT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT.

TOMMY CALVERT: I JUST WOULDN'T BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE ONE.

THERE'S SO MANY INCREDIBLE AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS AT BOEING HAS DONE BUT THERE'S ONE HISTORICAL ONE THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO UP TO ST.

LOUIS AND SEE WHICH, IS IT T-7? MALE_1: T-7.

TOMMY CALVERT: T-7, I'M SORRY.

TO THE T-7, RED TAILS RATHER.

THAT'S AFTER THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO BE FLOWN AT RANDOLPH AND PART OF OUR TRAINING MISSION HERE.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A FEW LOCAL TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ON THE SIDE OF THE PLANES AT SOME POINT, FOLKS WHO LIVED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

BUT NATIONWIDE, THAT IS A VERY HISTORIC THING THAT YOU'LL GET TO SEE ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND, OF COURSE, BOEING IS BEHIND IT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR NATION.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ONE, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, JIM.

[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU. HEY JIM, I GOT A QUESTION.

WHEN IS YOUR NEXT ROCK AND ROLL CONCERN WHOSE COMMON? JIM PERSCHBACH: THE NEXT ROCK AND ROLL CONCERN IS UNDERWAY JURISDICTION, SIR.

[APPLAUSE] TOMMY CALVERT: I'D LIKE TO INVITE RENEE WATSON AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO COMMEMORATE THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL.

WE ARE DEDICATING THIS IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT TERRY WILLIAMS, AN ESTEEMED ANGEL IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHO MANY PEOPLE ARE MOURNING HER LOSS, BUT IT IS HEAVEN'S GAIN.

SHE'S WORKED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HER SON, I THINK HER HUSBAND AS WELL.

SON THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME BUT LOVED YOUR MOM, AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE CALLED TO SEND THEIR CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FAMILY, AND WE THANK HER FOR BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO HELD FLORIDA AT NORTHEAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AND WORKING IN NUMEROUS WAYS. BUT IN PARTICULAR RECENTLY, THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

THANKS, HER FOR WHAT SHE DID AT THE PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER AT UTSA.

SHE HAS A HUGE LEGACY AND WE WILL COMMEMORATE HER MANY TIMES OVER.

THANK YOU AS A FAMILY FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RENEE.

THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS ANTONIO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL CELEBRATES ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES IN SAN ANTONIO AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

WHEREAS AS A BOC WILL BE HOSTING A TRAINING WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 15TH WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS, AND TO PROVIDE THOSE FIRMS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO STIMULATE THE GROWTH OF THEIR BUSINESS IN GOVERNMENT MARKETS.

WHEREAS SABOC'S MISSION IS TO ASSIST AND GUIDE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS TO ENSURE THEY ARE PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY, COUNTY STATE AND NATION, WHICH WILL BENEFIT FROM THE SPIRITED GROWTH OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

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HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS ZONES AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH TEXAS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS TUESDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 2023 AS SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL DAY IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL AND ATTEND THE TRAINING WORKSHOPS, WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SYLLABLE OFFICES EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST 2023, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, RENEE, AND ANYONE ELSE YOU HAVE.

RENEE WATSON: GOOD MORNING.

RENEE WATSON. I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR, BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR SABOC.

THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR US.

THE EVENT IS NEXT WEEK.

SHEENA LITTLE WITH THE SBA WILL BE HAVING A FEW WORDS TO TALK ABOUT, SIBOC.

BUT THEN JIMMY HOMES IS HERE BECAUSE WE'LL ALSO, THE PUBLISHER OF SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL, WILL HAVE A FEW REMARKS BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH. ALL MONTH, EVERY WEEK WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AFRICAN-AMERICAN-OWNED BUSINESSES THAT DO BUSINESS WITH THEIR COUNTY.

THERE'S ONE ON THE AGENDA TODAY, JL BASS, THAT WOULD BE FEATURED AND HE IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING FOR A WAR TODAY AS A PRIME CONTRACTOR.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. AS A PART OF THIS.

I'VE BEEN AT THE COUNTY 23-YEARS.

IN EACH YEAR TERRY HAS COME AND STOOD WITH US FOR SIBOC.

SHE RECENTLY PASSED ON THIS WEEKEND, AND I AM SO HONORED THAT HER FAMILY IS HERE TO STAND IN HER STEPS, AND HOPEFULLY AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW, THEY WOULD TAKE ON THE WORK THAT SHE HAS SO ELOQUENTLY DONE WHEN SHE STARTED AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGHOUT HER MOST RECENT AT UTSA OUTSIDE OVER ALICE WHO IS STILL HERE.

HE'LL HAVE A FEW MARKS ON BEHALF OF UTSA.

SHEENA IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

SHEENA LITTLE: THANK YOU.

HONORABLE SAKAI AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

MY NAME IS SHEENA LITTLE, AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO COUNCIL, AND WE CALL THIS SIBOC [LAUGHTER] I'M ALSO A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF SIBOC, I HUMBLY ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND I'M SO VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED FOR ITS EFFORTS IN SUPPORTING THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS FOR OVER 38 YEARS.

BUT ON AUGUST 6TH, WE LOST A PILLAR, A SISTER, A FRIEND,A ICON IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS WORLD, MS. TERRY WILLIAMS, WHO HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF SIBOC ON SEVERAL TERMS. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE OUR PROCLAMATION TO HER MEMORY AND JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, AND HOPE THAT WE ALL SEE YOU OUT ON AUGUST 15TH AT OUR NEXT EVENT, WHICH IS SMALL BUSINESS IS BIG BUSINESS IN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JIMMY HOMES: THANK YOU.

JIMMY HOMES. PROUD TO BE HERE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL.

IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT MISSIONS AT THE BUSINESS JOURNALISTS TO HELP BUSINESSES GROW, ADVANCE THEIR CAREER, AND SIMPLIFY THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT FOR ALL TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND ALL DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

LAST YEAR WE WORKED ON HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, TOGETHER WITH RENEE.

WHEN RENEE TELLS YOU TO SHOW UP, YOU SHOW UP.

SHE'S INTRODUCED THE PEOPLE THAT WE OUR NEWSROOM HASN'T MET YET, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE COVER. THE SECTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING EACH WEEK IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

AS RENEE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON 4-7 DIFFERENT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS IN YEARS TO COME AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU. TOMMY CALVERT: DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE? MALE_2: THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR HONOR, AND, COMMISSIONERS, WE WERE SADDENED WHEN WE DID GET THE NEWS THAT OUR DEAR COLLEAGUE FRIEND PASSED THIS WEEKEND.

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SHE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COMMUNITY VERY MUCH IN THE SHAPE OF HELPING INDIVIDUALS, CREATING JOBS, AND CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE REALLY THAT SHE TOUCHED.

UTSA HAS HONORED TO HAVE HER BUILD THE LEGACY OF SMALL BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT SHE MANAGED VERY WELL.

SHE WAS KNOWN REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO.

THE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS HONORED HER MANY TIMES AND I HAD THE OCCASION TO BE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ASSOCIATION AND WE INVITED HER TO COME IN AND SHARE A LOT OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE HAD IN THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING BUSINESS.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER AND CERTAINLY WILL REMEMBER HER FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE ARE REALLY JOYOUS THAT THROUGH ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS, WE KNOW THAT THE GATES OF HEAVEN HAS ACCEPTED HER, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH RENEE FOR OPENING YOUR HEARTS, AND YOU ALL, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. TOMMY CALVERT: THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE, MAYBE THIS.

THANKS SO MUCH [OVERLAPPING] RENEE WATSON: HIS SON WANTED TO JUST SAY A FEW WORDS.

JONATHAN WILLIAMS: MY NAME IS JONATHAN WILLIAMS, I'M HER SON.

TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU.

TO UTSA, THANK YOU, AND TO BEXAR COUNTY, THANK YOU.

SHE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL MOTHER, WONDERFUL WIFE, WONDERFUL BEST FRIEND TO ME.

ONLY THING I WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE AND SAY IS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS AND I BELIEVE THAT I AM.

ALSO AS A PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, THAT'S WHERE I'M CURRENTLY WORKING AS NOW.

AS SHE'S DONE HERE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THEIR PREVIOUS POSITION WHEN SHE WAS WORKING THERE.

SHE ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, HELPED MODEL SMALL BUSINESSES OUT, MADE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CAN HELP TO BRIDE WEALTH FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND GENERATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE I WANT TO CONTINUE AND LEGACY I DO INTEND ON PASSING IT TOWARDS ON AND CONTINUE AS WELL WITH MY FAMILY AND MY SON AND MY FAMILY AS A WHOLE AND THE COMMUNITY.

EVEN THOUGH I MAY NOT BE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT I'LL BE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOING SIMILAR THINGS MY MOTHER HAS DONE.

RENEE WATSON: THANK YOU.

JONATHAN WILLIAMS: THANK YOU.

TOMMY CALVERT: YOU MAKE YOUR MOTHER VERY PROUD.

[APPLAUSE] TOMMY CALVERT: LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE AT&T CENTER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE.

I'VE ASKED RENEE WATSON TO WORK WITH ME ON CREATING AN ACCELERATOR RESTAURANT, AN ACCELERATOR PLAN NEARBY AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO GET THOSE CONES WHICH BARRICADED OUT A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC AT THE AT&T CENTER FROM CIRCULATING AMONGST THE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES AND BARS FOR YEARS. I SEE A LOT OF SHAKING HEADS BECAUSE THOSE CONES HAVE BEEN LIKE A BERLIN WALL TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.

BUT I THINK THE COUNTY CAN DO MORE TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY UNDER-SERVED.

THERE'S ALSO THINGS IN TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN BE DONE.

I NOTICE A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS RESTAURANTS ARE NOT ON UBER EATS AND DOORDASH AND ALL THESE THINGS AND LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM GET DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.

BROTHER WILLIAMS, WE GOT A SPOT FOR YOU SOMEWHERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME BACK HOME.

[LAUGHTER] OKAY, BROTHER, SO COME ON UP, Y'ALL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

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GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE'VE GOT A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN DEALING WITH THE ISSUES FACING HOMELESSNESS THIS PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS THE UNDER THE BRIDGE PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED IN 1998 BY ELLEN OTT, WITH THE SIMPLE ACT OF PROVIDING A HOME-COOKED MEAL TO THOSE IN NEED UNDER THE 281 HIGHWAY ON SAN ANTONIO'S NEAR EAST SIDE.

HER EFFORTS SOON EVOLVED INTO A NETWORK OF GOOD SAMARITANS AS SHE BEGAN COORDINATING BETWEEN DIFFERENT GROUPS TO ENSURE THAT A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WAS THERE AT THE USUAL TIME AND LOCATION.

WHEREAS UNDER THE BRIDGE INCORPORATED HAS CONTINUED TO THIS DAY UNDER THE DIRECTORY OF CURL BILL AND PAM HOLLER, REGULARLY HELPING IT TO FEED BETWEEN 100 AND 175 PEOPLE AT A TIME.

THAT'S A LOT OF OUR FOOD.

FOLLOWING THE PRECEDENT SET BY ELEANOR, BILL AND PAM WORK WITH GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY, ENABLING THEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WEEKLY INITIATIVE AND TO EXPERIENCE THE SENSE OF FULFILLMENT THAT COMES FROM HELPING THOSE IN NEED.

THE ORGANIZATION ALSO REGULARLY PROVIDES BLANKETS, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, AND CLOTHING.

THROUGH THIS APPROACH OF COLLABORATION UNDER THE BRIDGE HAS SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF SERVICE AND ALTRUISM TO RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND DEMOGRAPHICS REGARDLESS OF RELIGION OR CREED.

WHEREAS, AS OF JULY 2023, UNDER THE BRIDGE HAS PERSEVERED IN ITS MISSION FOR OVER 35 YEARS.

DESPITE CHALLENGES, IT NOW CONDUCTS ITS SERVICE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE COMMERCE STREET BRIDGE IN SAN ANTONIO, NEAR WESTSIDE.

WHEREAS HOMELESSNESS AND FOOD INSECURITY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR BEXAR COUNTY, AN ESTIMATED 3,155 PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY LIVE WITHOUT SHELTER, REPRESENTING A 5% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF COUCH SURFERS OUT THERE.

UNDER THE BRIDGE OFFERS A TEMPORARY ALLEVIATION TO A SMALL PORTION OF THE IMPACTED POPULATION BY REACHING OUT TO THEM WITH A MEAL, NECESSITIES, AND KIND WORDS. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE INVALUABLE SERVICE UP UNDER THE BRIDGE INCORPORATED, AND WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICES, 8TH DAY OF AUGUST 2023, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

COME ON NOW. DON'T BE SHY.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SHY. COME ON.

[APPLAUSE] MALE_3: I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT AVERSE TO THE SPOTLIGHT.

I AM THE SON OF BILL AND PAM HOLLER.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WITH THEM SINCE THE 1990S.

IF ANYTHING, THE MESSAGE OF UNDER THE BRIDGE IS VERY IMPORTANT AT THE CURRENT MOMENT, WE'RE ALL ALONE LOOKING AT OUR SCREENS ALL DAY, AND WE TEND TO FORGET THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL KINDNESS.

AS YOU SAID, ABOUT 150 PEOPLE EVERY WEEKEND COUNT ON THESE MEALS EVERY SUNDAY, AND ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE IS ALSO LOOKS FORWARD TO DOING IT EVERY SUNDAY.

THEY'RE SHOWING THE MESSAGE OF INDIVIDUAL KINDNESS, AND WE HOPE THAT INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE STATE, FULFILL THEIR ROLE IN MITIGATING POVERTY AND ALLEVIATING OF FOOD INSECURITY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE UNDER THE BRIDGE TO HELP THOSE WHO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AS WELL SYSTEMICALLY.

[BACKGROUND]

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WE HAVE A LOT OF CEREMONIAL, I GUESS IT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVEN'T MET IN AWHILE.

WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF MAX GONZALES, OUR SAN ANTONIO SPURS ARE IN THE HOUSE.

THERE'S SOME REALLY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF RECOGNITION OF NATHANIEL MEXICANS ALICE AND DANIELA RODRIGUEZ WHO REPRESENTED THE SPURS REGION AT THE 2023 NBA MATH HOOPS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON JUNE 22ND AND 23RD IN NEW YORK CITY AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU ALSO ARE CO-SPONSORING PROCLAMATION.

I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE CERTIFICATES.

I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS OPEN UP TO THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE COMPETITION FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GET SOME CERTIFICATES.

PLEASE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. ALEX CARDENAS: THANK YOU, TOMMY CALVERT AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR INVITING OUR AMAZING MATH HOOP IS OUT HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS ALEX CARDENAS AND I AM THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS SENIOR COORDINATOR WITH SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AND GETTING TO KNOW OUR GREAT MATH HOOP AND MAX AND DANIELA.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL FAMILIES AND THEIR EDUCATOR AND MS. LIA. OUT OF 6,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SPURS MATTHEWS PROGRAM AND EVEN MORE, THE TEXAS ACE PROGRAM, MAX AND DANIELA WERE SELECTED OUT OF ALL THOSE STUDENTS TO REPRESENT THE SPURS REGION AT THE NBA MATH HOOPS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN NEW YORK CITY.

BUT BEFORE THEY WENT ON THEIR TRIP, MAX AND DANIELA MADE A NEW FRIEND IN RISING SUPERSTAR BLAKE WESTLEY AND GOT TO GO ON A LITTLE SHOPPING SPREE TO GET ALL SWAGGED OUT BEFORE THE TRIP. UPON THE TRIP, MAX AND DANIELA VISITED THE LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ATE ALL THE PIZZA YOU CAN IMAGINE.

IT'S IN ALL THE FUN THINGS YOU DID.

OH, AND THEY ALSO WENT TO THE NBA DRAFT.

THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AS WELL.

THEY GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE VIP RED CARPET EXPERIENCE AT THE DRAFT AND THEN GO TO THE STANDS AND WITNESSED THE SPURS MAKE THE NUMBER ONE PICK IN VICTOR WEMBANYAMA.

UPON THE NBA MATH HOOPS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP, MAX AND DANIELA EARNED A FIRST ROUND BY DUE TO THEIR FIRST GAME PLAY BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST ON AN ABSOLUTE ROLE. MAX AND DANIELA MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL FOUR.

BUT AS MANY OF THE OTHER NBA TEAM REPRESENTATIVES AS THEY WERE COMPETE AGAINST 26 OTHER STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE LEAGUE.

SINCE WE GOT THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK, WE COULDN'T WIN EVERYTHING.

BUT MAX AND DANIELA DID A GREAT JOB IN REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO BY FAR WAY MORE THAN WE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED AND REALLY EXAMPLE TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP AND MADE LIFELONG FRIENDS, SO REALLY PROUD OF THESE TWO STUDENTS REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO SO WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

[APPLAUSE] TOMMY CALVERT: THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU EITHER WANT TO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. NO. GO SPURS, GO.

HOW ABOUT THAT? LISTEN, BUT I THINK BOTH FISHER, CALVIN, AND I HAVE CERTIFICATES TO PRESENT TO MAX AND DANIELA.

WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SHINING EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE PRODUCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT IS CHAMPS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COME UP WITH A PICTURE, PLEASE.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] TOMMY CALVERT: TEAM, WE'VE GOT SPECIAL CERTIFICATES FOR THE

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COME ON UP. WE HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS.

HOW ARE WE DOING THIS OR BECAUSE WE ARE IT'S NOT A PROCLAMATION IS JUST CERTIFICATES.

COME ON UP Y'ALL, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THESE CERTIFICATES.

HELP ME OUT HERE. I NEED YOU TO HOLD THAT FOR A SECOND.

COME ON UP. I THINK YOU WANT TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE WINNERS CHEF.

GO AHEAD. MILAS WILLIAMS: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.

THIS IS 8TH ANNUAL JUNE CHEF COMPETITION.

THIS YEAR WAS VERY MONUMENTAL BECAUSE OF COURSE IT GIVES, YOU COULD SEE IT WAS THE FAMILY ADDITION AND WHAT WE WANTED TO PROMOTE BECAUSE WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS OF SUCCESS WITH THIS AND WE WANTED TO PROMOTE MORE ENRICHMENT IN THE FAMILY OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT WAS MORE PROFOUND IS THAT THE DADS WHAT ACTIVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN THIS YEAR.

TOMMY CALVERT: AWESOME. WELL, THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

MS. PERRY, COME ON UP.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE UP TO YOU.

COME ON UP. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO TOGETHER.

HELP ME GET THOSE DISTRIBUTED.

DESTINY, I THINK I READ OFF EVERYBODY.

YOU GUYS WILL GET IT.

IT'S LOOKING SHARP.

[NOISE] PERRY 01:01:39] LUCY I APOLOGIZE. I'VE BEEN JUGGLING A LOT THAT HAS BEEN FLOWN OVER THE ALAMO AND SO YOU ARE PRESENTING THAT TODAY.

LUCY ADAME-CLARK: THANK YOU FOR [APPLAUSE] TOMMY CALVERT: YOU WANT TO MALE_5: THREE, TWO, ONE.

[NOISE] PETER SAKAI: [BACKGROUND] ARE WE ON TIME CERTAIN NOW? YES. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO NUMBER FOUR, SPECIAL PRESENTATION ITEMS.

[4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ITEM(S):]

MS. ADAME-CLARK.

LUCY ADAME-CLARK: GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE MY PREDECESSOR, MR. GERRY RICKHOFF DID THE SAME THING.

HE USED TO TAKE DONATIONS FROM PERFORMING WEDDING CEREMONIES HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE.

WE DO A FREE WEDDING CEREMONY AND WE REQUIRE OR IF THEY WANT TO DONATE $20, WE'VE TAKEN DONATIONS OF SMALLEST $1, $20, $100. I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF BECAUSE MY STAFF WORKS SO HARD TO RECEIVE THESE DONATIONS, TO BE DONATED TO THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.

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WITH THE COMMITMENT THAT I ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH WAS TO DONATE THIS MONEY TO THE BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHELTERS AND THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE NOW IS MY PREDECESSOR ACTUALLY DONATED OVER $40,000 IN HIS 24 YEARS OF BEING IN OFFICE.

WE'VE ALREADY DONATED CLOSE TO A LITTLE OVER $8,000 IN FOUR YEARS OF MYSELF BEING IN OFFICE.

BUT WE DON'T DO THIS ALONE.

DURING THE VALENTINE'S WEDDINGS, WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED A LOT OF THESE FUNDS SINCE VALENTINE'S IN FEBRUARY.

WE MARRY OVER 300 PEOPLE OR MORE, BUT IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE LOVE THAT'S IN THE AIR.

THE BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1977, 46 YEARS WHERE IT FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS THANKS TO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO DID THIS AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I WANT TO SEE A QUOTE THAT MY PREDECESSOR ACTUALLY HAD A PLAQUE PUT ACROSS THE STREET THAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FORGET ABOUT IT BECAUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A VERY HARSH THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALAN ALEXANDER MILLAN SAID THIS, "TO THOSE WHO ARE FACING ADVERSITY, PROMISE ME YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU'RE BRAVER THAN YOU BELIEVE AND STRONGER THAN YOU'VE SEEN, AND SMARTER THAN YOU THINK." THIS IS TO ALL OUR VICTIMS FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE, KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE SUPPORTING YOU FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

FORMER JUDGE CHANDLER, CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT? AND THEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE FOR MS. MARTHA PARLOUS AS WELL.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR $1,630.77.

THIS IS FOR YOU. ALSO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, IS SHE HERE? PETER SAKAI: NO. LUCY ADAME-CLARK: SO WE'LL HOLD THIS FOR HER.

PETER SAKAI: YOU MAKE SURE THE CHECK GETS OVER TO HER.

LUCY ADAME-CLARK: BUT SHE WAS ALREADY LIKE THERE.

[OVERLAPPING] I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

PETER SAKAI: LUCY ADAME-CLARK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE JUDGE SAKAI, YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM AND MYSELF BEING WITH THE COUNTY OVER 26 YEARS, GOING ON 27 YEARS, I'VE SEEN MANY PROGRAMS BEING BUILT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

IT'S AN HONOR TO PERFORM THESE CEREMONIES AND DONATE THIS MONEY STRAIGHT TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO ASSIST THEM WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE FACING WITHIN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, TOO. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THIS FROM US.

YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? FIRST, THANK YOU TO MY STAFF.

GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.

THANK YOU. MS. CHANDLER.

[APPLAUSE] PETER SAKAI: MR. GONZALES, YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD TOO? THERE YOU GO. JOE GONZALES: GOOD MORNING, COUNTY JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. SORRY, HAD TO SPRINT UP HERE.

JUDGE, ON BEHALF OF THE FGC AND THE BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS YOU KNOW, I SERVE AS THE EX OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE BOARD. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR THANKS, OUR GRATITUDE TO LUCY ADAME-CLARK AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THIS VERY GENEROUS GIFT.

THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING US DO WHAT WE DO IN BEXAR COUNTY.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PASS IT TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE CRYSTAL CHANDLER, AS I CATCH MY BREATH.

[LAUGHTER] CRYSTAL CHANDLER: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR, YOU DON'T JUST TALK THE TALK, YOU WALK THE WALK, AND YOU DO IT WITH YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND THANK YOU TO THIS COURT FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE CENTER AND HELPING US HANDLE THE AVERSE, NEARLY 6,000 SURVIVORS THAT WE SERVE ANNUALLY.

WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST TWO FRIDAYS.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME OUT TO THE ASTRAL BOWL THIS WEDNESDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LIVING ON ABOUT 42 KIDS THAT ARE RECEIVING SERVICES OR WHO THEIR CARETAKER IS RECEIVING SERVICES.

THANK YOU. THESE FUNDS GO TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM AND ARE THERE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AT THE CENTER.

THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: COULD WE GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? [APPLAUSE] PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

LUCY ADAME-CLARK: YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM REAL QUICK, JUDGE? PETER SAKAI: WHAT'S THAT? LUCY ADAME-CLARK: YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM REAL QUICK? PETER SAKAI: SURE. CAN WE ALL STAND? LUCY ADAME-CLARK:

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PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU GUYS.

AT THIS TIME, LET ME ALERT THE COURT THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A RECESS AND WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE FOR AS BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BEXAR

[5. Recess Commissioners Court a. 10:00 a.m. - Convene as Board of Directors, Bexar County Housing Finance Corporation. (Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (Board) Reconvene Commissioners Court]

LET'S TRYING TO ALERT EVERYBODY WHERE THE COURT'S GOING.

AT THIS TIME, THE JUDGE WILL TAKE A RECESS OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.

I'LL PASS THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: GREAT.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND THE TIME IS 10:18.

WE WILL CONVENE AS THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BRIEF AGENDA ITEMS, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE VERY LONG.

THE FIRST ONE IS CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

ITEM A, THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 11TH, 2022.

SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET, WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: MOVE TO APPROVE.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: MOTION OF A SECOND.

GRANT MOODY: SECOND.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

PETER SAKAI: AYE. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 1B, REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.

JIM, THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.

ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 1B? JIM: THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS THAT ITEM 1B ON PAGE 2 SHOWS A GRANT AMOUNT FOR THE CURRENT MONTH OF $1,081,000. THAT IS A MISTAKE.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS COOPERATION HAS AUTHORIZED ANY GRANTS IN THAT MAGNITUDE, OR AT LEAST I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.

I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU WHEN LOOKING AT THIS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S A MISTAKE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: WE NEED TO STRIKE THAT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT PAGE 2, STRIKE THE 1,081,000? JIM: YES, SIR. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: DOES THAT IMPACT THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER JIM THAT [OVERLAPPING] WE'VE SEEN? JIM: YES.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: CURRENTLY, WE'VE GOT UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS OF 3,324,965? JIM: YES, SIR.

THAT'S CORRECT. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM? IF NOT, WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT.

IS THAT RIGHT? JIM: YES, SIR. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT WITH THE CORRECTION.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: MOVE TO APPROVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT WITH THE CORRECTION.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? GRANT MOODY: SECOND. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. TOMMY CALVERT: AYE.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES. LAST ITEM JIM, IS TWO-WAY CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING BOND ISSUES.

ITEM A, IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MULTIFAMILY, REVENUE BONDS, THE PAVILION AT CULEBRA APARTMENT SERIES 2023, OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THERE WITH.

I BELIEVE THAT'S IN MY PRECINCT, IS THAT CORRECT? JIM: YES, SIR. IT IS. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY? JIM: WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A BOND ISSUE FOR A LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECT.

THE PROJECT IS 199 UNITS LOCATED ON CULEBRA ROAD NEAR SOUTHWEST RESEARCH.

THE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF 90% OF THE UNITS, WILL BE RESTRICTED TO 60% OF MEDIAN INCOME AND 10% OF THE UNITS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME IS 30% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS FOR THIS PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHO WILL BE INVESTING $1,750,000 OF THEIR FUNDS INTO THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, WHO WILL SERVE AS THE GENERAL PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT, AND THAT WILL ENABLE THE PROJECT TO BE TAX EXEMPT.

YOU WILL ISSUE THE BONDS.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SAY THAT THESE ARE NOT BONDS OF THE COUNTY, THESE ARE BONDS OF THE CORPORATION AND THEY ARE ONLY PAID FROM

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THE 3,000,000 THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED IN YOUR FINANCIALS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO PAYING THESE BONDS, THEY'RE BEING PAID SOLELY BY THE PROJECT.

THEY WILL BE AAA RATED BONDS BECAUSE THEY ARE PATCHED COLLATERALIZED.

THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN AMOUNT OF CASH AVAILABLE TO THEM EQUAL TO THEIR PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SO THAT THEY CANNOT DEFAULT.

IT IS AN EXTREMELY SAFE BOND ISSUE AND IT ENABLES US TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: WHAT'S THE FEE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE FOR THIS, JIM? JIM: IT WILL BE $25 MILLION OF BONDS, SO YOU WILL RECEIVE $250,000 FROM THIS.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: THAT'S NOT OBVIOUSLY INCLUDED YET IN THE FINANCIALS THAT WE JUST APPROVED? JIM: THAT IS CORRECT.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JIM ON ITEM 2A? COMMISSIONER MOODY? GRANT MOODY: COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THE OVERALL EXPOSURE THEN FOR THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF GRANT FUNDING? YOU'RE EXPLAINING THE BONDS THAT ARE BEING ISSUED, BUT THEY'RE BEING PAID FOR BY THE CORPORATION THAT'S CREATING THE PROJECT, CORRECT? JIM: YES, SIR. GRANT MOODY: WE'RE RECEIVING A FEE FOR THOSE BONDS, BUT CAN YOU JUST NET-NET, WHAT ARE THE COUNCIL CONTRIBUTIONS HERE? JIM: YOU WILL HAVE NO CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROJECT.

YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ANY GRANT MONEY INTO THIS PROJECT.

YOU ARE SIMPLY AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE STATUTE TO ISSUE TAX EXEMPT BONDS FOR THE PROJECT.

FOR THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE A FEE OF $250,000 AND THE CORPORATION IS NOT AT RISK ON THESE BONDS NOR IS THE COUNTY AT RISK.

SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN AND THE PROJECT FAILS, THE BOND HOLDER WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK TO A POT OF MONEY THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THAT IS EQUAL TO THE BOND AMOUNT FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE FINANCING INVOLVING HARD FINANCING TECHNIQUES AND THERE IS NO RISK OF A DEFAULT UNDER THESE BONDS AND THEY'RE ONLY IN PLACE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

GRANT MOODY: THANK YOU. JIM: SURE.

PETER SAKAI: JIM, YOU BRIEFED ME ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRIEFING AND FOR THE RECORD, YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY AND I'M AN ATTORNEY, SO WE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, RIGHT? JIM: YES SIR.

PETER SAKAI: I WANT TO JUST ALERT THE COURT THAT IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. PLUMMER, I AS THE NEW COUNTY JUDGE, WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, NOT NOW, WE'VE GOT A LONG MEETING TODAY, BUT A MEETING PERHAPS AT A WORK SESSION IN THE FUTURE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT OF THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IS CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED OR PERHAPS LEAD THAT CONVERSATION AS TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND WHAT NEW THINGS WE CAN DO IN BEHALF OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT WAS SOMETHING I RAN ON AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON.

MR. PLUMMER, BE PREPARED WITH YOUR TEAM TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LEGAL QUESTIONS.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: YEAH, GEORGE, GREAT POINT.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION JIM, IT'S LONG OVERDUE, PARTICULARLY NOW THAT WE'VE GOT TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE COURT, INCLUDING A NEW JUDGE, HOUSING STUFF CAN BE A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED.

WE'VE GOT THE HFC, WE'VE GOT THE PFC THAT WE ESTABLISHED A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.

WE KNOW THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GEORGE, I WOULD SECOND THAT AND CERTAINLY SUPPORT MAYBE THROUGH A WORK SESSION DISCUSSING WHAT OUR ROLE IS GOING FORWARD IN PROVIDING STABLE HOUSING FOR POOR FAMILIES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THEN I NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS 2A.

WE HAVE A MOTION. REBECA CLAY-FLORES: MOTION APPROVED.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: WE HAVE SECOND.

MOTION IN SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

PETER SAKAI: AYE. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: ANY OPPOSE? THAT MOTION CARRIES.

JIM, I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR JIM: YES, SIR. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: THAT IS IT.

THE TIME IS 10:26.

WE'LL ADJOURN AS THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

JUDGE, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU.

PETER SAKAI: THOMAS, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT?

[5. b. 10:30 a.m. - Discussion and appropriate action regarding the final selection of projects to be funded with Community Development Block Grant ($2,470,541), HOME Investment Partnerships Program ($745,092), and Emergency Solutions Grant ($209,147), funds for Program Year 2023-2024. (Presentation Time: 10 minutes)]

AS I ALERTED YOU EARLIER, WE'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE FINAL SELECTION OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, $2,470,541, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, $745,092 AND EMERGENCY

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MR. MARK'S [OVERLAPPING] DAVID MARQUEZ: WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION.

YOU CAN PULL THAT UP, PLEASE.

WELL, IT'S COMING UP ALL RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE RECOMMENDING TODAY HERE.

WE HAVE OMAR PACHECANO OF THE CITY OF SOMERSET.

KRISTEN BRAD MCMURRAY AND WALTER MARTINEZ ARE HERE REPRESENTING PROSPERA HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICES THE INIMITABLE MARIO OBLEDO IS HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK AND JASON ARECHIGA FROM NRP GROUP ARE HERE.

[NOISE] TODAY. WE'LL BE DISCUSSING OUR FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE IN THREE CATEGORIES.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, THE HOME PROGRAM, AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICE GRANT OR ESG GRANT.

THESE ARE PROGRAMS WE'VE ADMINISTERED THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OF COUNTIES HAVE A LONG-STANDING, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ROBERT REINA. BUT HE'S OUT OF TRAINING TODAY, SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT HE'S THE ONE WHO'S LED ALL OF THIS EFFORT, SO I RECOGNIZE HIM AND HIS TEAM FOR THAT.

[NOISE] THE TOTAL FUNDING WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM PROGRAM YEAR 23 IS $3,424,780.

THAT'S A CUMULATIVE ACROSS THE THREE PROGRAM AREAS.

THAT'S A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

ON JUNE 20TH, WE BROUGHT YOU THE INITIAL PRELIMINARY LISTS, THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET STATEMENT TO USE THOSE FUNDS, AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION, THAT TRIGGERS A 30 DAY STATUTORY REQUIRED COMMENT PERIOD FROM HUD, THAT COMMENT PERIOD HAS NOW CEASED.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AND SO OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BACK IN JUNE, WE'LL STAND AND PRESENT THOSE TO YOU NOW.

I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALL BEEN BRIEFED ON THESE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN, WE'VE GOT FOLKS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEM.

IN THE AREA OF CDBG, WE RECOMMEND SOMERSET SENIOR CENTER FOR A SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS SUPPORT A $40,000.

GRASP, THE GREATER RANDOLPH AREA SERVICES PROGRAM FOR THEIR SENIOR CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT FOR $35,000.

RESTORE EDUCATION FOR THEIR PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY PROJECT FOR $30,000.

EACH ONE TEACH ONE, A HYBRID LEARNING PROGRAM AT $80,000, AND THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK FOR THEIR PROJECT HOPE SENIOR MEAL DISTRIBUTION FOR $100,000, THAT'S $285,000 IN TOTAL.

ALSO UNDER CDBG FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCATEGORY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE CITY OF SANDY OAKS FOR THE RED MOUNTAIN RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT $300,000.

THE CITY OF SOMERSET FOR THE CITY PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT $117,280.

THE CITY OF BALCONES HEIGHTS, CRESTVIEW DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHASE 2 FOR 582,720.

THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY, VISTA DEL REY SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT 246,900.

CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY AT HILLVIEW DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT $300,000.

MERCED HOUSING, TEXAS AND THEY ARE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM AT $144,533 FOR A TOTAL OF $1,691,433.

ON THE HOME RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE ONE PROJECT ELIGIBLE AND THAT'S THE NRP LONE STAR DEVELOPMENT, LLC FOR THEIR OSO APARTMENTS MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $670,583, THAT IS IN PREACHING FOR.

FOR OUR EMERGENCY SERVICE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS, WE RECOMMEND THE AMOUNT GO TO THE SAMMINISTRIES FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.

THE TOTAL THERE AT $193,461.

WE'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OUT OF THE GRANT AMOUNT, THAT'S WHAT WE PAY FOR THE STAFF SALARIES THAT COVER THIS, INCLUDING MOST OF MR. REAGAN'S TEAM, AND THAT'S A TOTAL OF $584,375 FOR THIS YEAR.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE FINAL SELECTIONS OF THE PROJECT TO BE FUNDED WITH CDBG, HOME, AND ESG FUNDS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2023.

PETER SAKAI: ANY COMMENTS COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES? REBECA CLAY-FLORES: WELL, REBECA CLAY HERE, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM FOR WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS IN FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS FOR THINGS THAT ARE REALLY NEEDED.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

I MOVE TO APPROVE. PETER SAKAI: THERE'S A MOTION BY MRS. CLAY-FLORES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET ME ALERT THE COURT AND LET MR. MARK IS IF YOU'VE STEP ASIDE, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

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I WILL ASK FOR PERMISSION OF THE COURT TO ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON.

LET ME MAKE SURE MR. MARIO OBLEDO, ARE YOU HERE? YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? WELL, HOLD ON, YOU'LL BE FIRST BUT IS ON THIS PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM? HOW ABOUT DEBORAH SILLER-CRUZ? ARE YOU TALKING ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM? DEBORAH SILLER-CRUZ: YES. PETER SAKAI: HOW ABOUT MR. OMAR PACHECANO? IS THIS ALSO ON THIS ISSUE? THE OTHER TWO THAT WE HAVE IS THE ELANA AND STEEP PRICE.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ON THIS ITEM OR IS IT SEPARATE BECAUSE I'LL CALL YOU UP OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

MR. MARIO OBLEDO. LET ME ALLOW YOU THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.GO AHEAD.

PUT HIM ON THE CLOCK. GO AHEAD.

MARIO OBLEDO JR.: THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY MANAGER, COUNTY STAFF, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARIO OBLEDO JR., CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT YOUR SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK.

ON BEHALF OF ERIC COOPER OUR PRESIDENT, CEO, OUR BOARD, OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GAVE TO THE CITIZENS HERE AND BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SUPPORT TODAY.

WE KNOW THAT TIMES ARE TOUGH.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECT HOPE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FIGHTING HUNGER AND FEEDING HOPE TO A VULNERABLE POPULATION LIKE SENIORS.

WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOLKS THAT TOOK CARE OF US.

WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE USED IN AN EQUITABLE AND TRANSPARENT AND FAIR FASHION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE GROCERY PRODUCTS TO SENIORS IN THE COUNTY. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TAX ASSESSOR OUR COUNTY CLERK, I KNOW JOE WAS HERE EARLIER, THE DA, ALL OF Y'ALL, EACH ONE OF YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN TO THE FOOD BANK IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.

YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERED, YOU'VE RAISED FOOD AND KNOW THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT'S CRITICAL AND VITAL THAT WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY THIS COUNTY, BUT THE REGION. AGAIN, JUDGE, THANK YOU.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ROBERT REINA.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS TEAM.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE DAVID MARQUEZ AND MS. CARTER AND EVERYONE.

WITHOUT THEM, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO..

FOR FOLKS OUT IN SOMERSET AND GRASP, THEY'RE VITAL TO OUR MISSION AND OUR ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING AND FOR THE FUNDING.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU, MARIO. DEBORAH SILLER-CRUZ YOU'RE NEXT,, AND AFTER THAT WILL BE MR. PACHECANO. THREE MINUTES.

DEBORAH SILLER-CRUZ: GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COURT.

MY NAME IS DEBORAH SILLER-CRUZ AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT EACH ONE TEACH ONE.

ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF AND THE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT THAT EACH ONE TEACH ONE HAS RECEIVED THROUGH CDBG FUNDING OVER THE YEARS.

WHILE NOT HIDDEN FACT, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF BEXAR COUNTIES ADULT POPULATION POSSESS READING, WRITING, OR MATH SKILLS AT OR BELOW THE FIFTH GRADE LEVEL. THIS STATISTIC MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE TO MANY RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT TAKE FOR GRANTED TASKS LIKE READING THE NEWS, WHETHER IN PRINT OR DIGITAL FORMAT, COMPLETING JOB APPLICATIONS READILY, INDEPENDENTLY OR UNDERSTANDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEDICATION.

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT DECADE, BEXAR COUNTY IS POISED FOR SUBSTANTIAL POPULATION GROWTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.

HOWEVER, THESE OPPORTUNITIES COULD REMAIN OUT OF REACH FOR THE 31% OF ADULTS IN BEXAR COUNTY WHO ARE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE AND LACK THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO BE OF LITERACY AND WORKFORCE SKILLS TO SUCCEED.

CURRENT CITY AND COUNTY INITIATIVES AIMED AT TACKLING POVERTY THROUGH WORKFORCE TRAINING MAY NOT FULLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

IT IS DISHEARTENING TO FIND THAT EVEN INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS OFTEN STRUGGLE WITH FUNCTIONAL LITERACY, RENDERING THEM INELIGIBLE FOR MANY OF THE AVAILABLE TRAINING PROGRAMS. THIS CHALLENGE IS PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED IN COMMUNITIES WITH HIGHER PROPORTIONS OF RESIDENTS OF COLOR.

EACH ONE TEACH ONE STEPS IN TO ADDRESS THIS GAP BY PROVIDING TAILORED ONE-ON-ONE AND SMALL GROUP LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ADULTS WHO ARE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE OR STRUGGLE IN LARGE GROUP SETTINGS.

WE ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EFFORTS IN DELIVERING PERSONALIZED AND INTENSIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING SUPPORT FROM LITERACY INSTRUCTORS AND SUPERVISED VOLUNTEER TUTORS.

THESE SERVICES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OPEN DOORS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ADVANCED VOCATIONAL TRAINING, OR EVEN COLLEGE EDUCATION, FOSTERING ECONOMIC

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I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY.

IN MAY OF 2022, ALEX AND KATE EMBARKED ON THEIR JOURNEY WITH US, ENROLLING IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE OR ESL CLASSES.

HAVING SOUGHT REFUGE FROM THE TURMOIL IN UKRAINE, THEY POSSESS SOME ENGLISH SKILLS, YET LACKED FLUENCY AND CONFIDENCE.

UNDETERRED, THEY REMAIN COMMITTED TO THEIR STUDIES, ATTENDING CLASSES CONSISTENTLY AND INVESTING EARNEST EFFORTS.

THROUGH THEIR PERSEVERANCE, ALEX AND KATE ACHIEVED REMARKABLE PROGRESS WITH ALEX ADVANCING BY TWO LEVELS IN KATE, UNIMPRESSIVE THREE LEVELS IN OVER A YEAR.

PRESENTLY ALEX'S GAINFULLY EMPLOYED IN A FULL-TIME CAPACITY WHILE KATE UTILIZES OR IMPROVED ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS IN A PART-TIME ROLE.

THEY'RE INSPIRING TRANSFORMATION REFLECTS THE ETHOS OF EACH ONE TEACH ONE, WHERE COUNTLESS NARRATIVES OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE ALEX AND KATE ARE ETCHED INTO OUR MISSION.

AMID THE DIVERSE TAPESTRY OF STORIES, THEIR JOURNEY EXEMPLIFIES THE POSITIVE IMPACT WE STRIVE TO MAKE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WE SERVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE MEANING FULL IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THOSE ADULTS WE SERVE.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU, MS. SILLER-CRUZ. MR. PACHECANO, THREE MINUTES.

OMAR PACHECANO: HONORABLE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONER SCHELVER, MOODY RODRIGUEZ, CLARE FLORES.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SOMERSET, MAYOR LEADER HERNANDEZ, AND THE CITIZENS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER CLARE FLORES BECAUSE IT WAS AT HER REQUEST THAT WE HOSTED A TOWN HALL PUBLIC HEARING KIND OF MEETING IN WHICH WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO GRANT US, WE TRUST SURFACE TO THE TOP, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION COMMISSIONER FLORES.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

GRANT MOODY: THANK YOU, JUDGE. DAVID, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT ON THESE PROGRAMS ARE THESE COST SHARES FOR THE PROJECTS OR IS IT PURE GRANT OR? DAVID MARQUEZ: SOME OF THE HOUSING ONES ARE CERTAINLY COST-SHARING.

THERE WERE NOT BUYING APARTMENTS FOR THOSE KINDS OF DOLLARS THESE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS TO A MUCH LARGER PROJECT, A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.

ON THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SAY FOR THE SENIOR MEALS OR THE GRASP TYPE OF PROJECT THAT'S JUST PAYING FOR AS MANY MEALS OR SERVICES CAN PROVIDE.

BUT IT IS OFTEN LEVERAGED FOR OTHER DOLLARS AS WELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL, ROBERT'S STAFF IS HERE.

LAURA MONTAIGNE AND ALEX ALVAREZ, THEY'RE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

GRANT MOODY: THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

ALMOST $600,000 YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE STAFF OF THE ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

DAVID MARQUEZ: JUST THIS SPECIFIC TEAM.

THE TEAM THAT WORKS ON THESE GRANTS IS FUNDED FROM THESE GRANTS I BELIEVE 100% NOT ROBERT.

I BELIEVE WE'RE PAYING SOME PORTION OF HIM OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THE STAFF THAT WORKS ON THESE GRANTS IS APPROPRIATELY FUNDED OUT OF THE GRANT ITSELF.

IT DOESN'T FALL OVER INTO OUR GENERAL BUCKET.

IT FUNDS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT GRANTS.

GRANT MOODY: SOME STAFF ARE FUNDED BY THE COUNTY OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT SOME ARE FUNDED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ON THESE PROGRAMS. DAVID MARQUEZ: THE TRICK ON HAVING IT FUNDED BY THE GRANT IS THEY CAN ONLY WORK ON THE GRANT.

WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WORK ON OTHER PROGRAM AREAS THEN WE CAN'T USE OUR FUNDING FOR THOSE DOLLARS.

WHEN WE WORK ON, LET'S SAY THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION OR OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO HER THEN WE SHOULD BE FUNDING THOSE WITH FUNDS BEYOND THE HUD FUNDS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME ARPA-FUNDED POSITIONS AS WELL OR CUT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THESE SO WE WERE CALLING TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY OVER WHERE PEOPLE CAN WORK AND WHAT PROJECTS WE CAN USE THEM ON.

GRANT MOODY: DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY STAFF THAT ARE FUNDED BY THIS IN PARTICULAR? DAVID MARQUEZ: WANT TO SAY SEVEN.

GRANT MOODY: SEVEN. DAVID MARQUEZ: YES, SIR.

THAT INCLUDES AN OFFICE ASSISTANT AND A COUPLE OF COORDINATORS, A MANAGER.

IT'S A DIVISION WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT.

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DAVID MARQUEZ: IT'S FRANKLY, COMMISSIONER, IT'S NOT A TON OF MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE OF THE SALARIES THAT WE NEED TO ADMINISTER.

THIS PROGRAM, UNLIKE ALL FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, HAVE AN EXTENDED TAIL OF MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE THAT THIS TEAM ALSO HAS TO UNDERGO OVER MANY YEARS.

WITH THE VERY GENEROUS TABLE STUDY THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE'RE OFTEN RIGHT UP AGAINST THE CAP OF WHAT WE CAN USE WITH THESE FUNDS, SO SOMETIMES WE LEAVE POSITIONS VACANT IN ORDER TO HAVE ENOUGH CAP ROOM TO PAY THE SALARIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.

OF COURSE, THIS IS A VERY SPECIALIZED AREAS OF FINDING QUALITY STAFF IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO FIND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CFR 200, THAT THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, ETC. THESE ARE WELL-PAID POSITIONS AS IS APPROPRIATE BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT ALSO EATS INTO THAT BUCKET OF MONEY. IT'S NOT GENEROUS FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE.

IT'S APPROPRIATE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK WITH A LOT OF JUGGLING THINGS TO HELP FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE AS WELL.

GRANT MOODY: THANK YOU, DAVID.

DAVID MARQUEZ: BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.

WE CAN GIVE YOU AN ORG CHART BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THAT.

NONE OF ITS SECRET IT'S ALL KNOWABLE.

GRANT MOODY: OKAY. THANK YOU. DAVID MARQUEZ: YES, JUDGE.

PETER SAKAI: YES. TOMMY CALVERT: I JUST WANTED TO PICK UP ON THESE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE PRACTICES, THEY ARE 10% OR LESS IS A TYPICAL GUIDESTAR.

I THINK THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT DOES THOSE.

THERE'S A 10% OR LESS SO WE HAVE 15 PROJECTS MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN THE SAME FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE GRANTS THEY'RE GIVING US REPORTS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE, YES, SURE THEY READ IT THEY GO OVER IT BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU CONSIDER THAT THE AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT WE'RE PAYING OR RECEIVING OUT OF THESE FEDERAL FUNDS IS MORE THAN WE'RE GIVING TO OUR SOMERSET SENIOR CENTER OR TO OUR RANDOLPH SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM OR TO RESTORE EDUCATION, BY THE WAY, LET ME AND EACH ONE TEACH ONE AND OUR FOOD BANK AND SANDY OAKS IN SOMERSET AND UNIVERSAL CITY IN MERCEDES THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROBABLY UTILIZE BY TAKING IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR SUPPORT AND PUTTING IT BACK ON THE STREETS FOR PROGRAM.

I MEAN, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES GRANT IS ONLY AT 15,000 SEEMS LIKE THAT GOES IN ONE MONTH.

ACTUALLY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE AT BEXAR COUNTY THAT WE HAVE SO MANY HOMELESS FOLKS, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO GET TO OUR OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR ON 15,686.

THAT SEEMS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE PAST YEARS.

DAVID MARQUEZ: IF YOU LOOK BACK ONE SLIDE, THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE [OVERLAPPING].

BUT IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY SMALL WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED AS BEXAR COUNTY A VERY LARGE ALLOCATION OF ESG GRANTS.

IN FACT, WE HAVE CONSIDERED MANY TIMES DROPPING IT BECAUSE IT IS, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PROJECTS ON WHICH WE USE AT HOMELESSNESS, ETC, IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY LABOR-INTENSIVE.

IT'S HARDLY, I HATE TO SAY WORTH THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE FUNDING SAM WILL DO GREAT WORK WITH THIS BUT FOR OUR TEAM, IT'S A BIG AMOUNT OF EFFORT FOR RELATIVELY SMALL ADMIN DOLLARS THAT WE GET FROM IT, AND RELATIVELY SMALL PROGRAM DOLLARS THAT GO OUT FOR IT.

[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S OUR ALLOCATION FROM HUD IT'S NOT SET BY US IT'S FORMULAIC.

TOMMY CALVERT: WITH ALL THE FOLKS IN THE STREETS AND ALL THE COMPLAINTS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA ABOUT IT AND ALL OVER THE COUNTY, I CAN'T FORESEE US, ESPECIALLY IN UNINCORPORATED, I CAN'T FORESEE US GIVING UP THAT PROGRAM.

I JUST THINK THAT THE ISSUE REALLY THE COURT HAS TO CONSIDER IS, SHOULD WE BE GIVING MORE THAN 10% FOR THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE OSTENSIBLY PAY FOR THE SALARIES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? YES MAYBE THIS COMES BACK IN A WASH SOMEHOW, BUT WE ARE PAYING THE SALARIES OF THE GENERAL FUND.

DAVID MARQUEZ: WELL, NOT IN THIS INSTANCE FOR THESE FEDERAL GRANTS, THERE'S LARGELY SELF-CONTAINED.

WHEN THEY'RE NOT SELF-CONTAINED IS BECAUSE WE'RE DESIRING SOME FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO USE SOMEONE LIKE ROBERT OUTSIDE OF THE HUD AREA BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERTISE AND LAURA AND ALEX AND THE REST OF THE TEAM ROW TELL THE REST OF THE TEAM.

BUT THIS IS LARGELY A SELF-CONTAINED FEDERAL GRANT AND I WOULD SAY, COMMISSIONER, IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF READING REPORTS AND THIS PROGRAM PARTICULARLY REQUIRES THEM TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD REGULARLY TO DO INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE FOR A DAVIS BACON, LABOR, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE TEAM.

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TOMMY CALVERT: WELL, IT'S A WORTHY CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE.

BUT I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER MOODY PICKING UP ON THAT AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

DAVID MARQUEZ: WE'LL BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU THOSE DETAILS ABSOLUTELY.

IT'LL COME UP IN THE BUDGET. YOU'LL GET TO REVIEW IT AGAIN BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR BOTH OF YOU NEXT TIME WE BRIEF AND THE REST OF YOU AS WELL, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

PETER SAKAI: ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. GRANT MOODY: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

I APPRECIATE. PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 6 REQUEST OF COMMISSIONERS COURT, TO IDENTIFY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND TO PROVE THE

[6. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items.]

PETER SAKAI: FIFTY-THREE? REBECA CLAY-FLORES: SIXTY-THREE.

TOMMY CALVERT: ITEM 11 FOR CORRECTION.

PETER SAKAI: HOLD ON 63.

ITEM 11, WHAT COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

TOMMY CALVERT: ITEM 63.

PETER SAKAI: SIXTY-THREE TOMMY CALVERT: I'M SORRY 11 THANK YOU.

I WAS PARROTING WHAT I HEARD SORRY ABOUT THAT.

PETER SAKAI: OKAY, 11.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. COMMISSIONER MOODY.

GRANT MOODY: NO PULSE, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 66.

PETER SAKAI: ITEMS 66.

PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER'S MOODY'S ABSTENTION.

FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE NOTE FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE HIS ABSTENTION TO ITEMS 44 AND 45? PLEASE NOTE MY ABSTENTIONS.

LET'S TAKE UP THEN THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THERE WAS A NUMBER 11.

[11. Approval of Tax Assessor-Collector's Report of Taxes collected in June 2023 and approval of the order transferring tax collections for the month of June 2023 from unallocated receipts.]

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THIS IS STRICTLY A CORRECTION FOR THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S ITEM.

IT'S CURRENTLY ON YOUR AGENDA REACH JUNE 2023 FROM ALLOCATED RECEIPTS AND THAT SHOULD BE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023.

FOR THE RECORD, WE JUST CORRECTED. PETER SAKAI: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MALE_7: PETER SAKAI: NOTED MOTION TO CORRECT ON THAT MOTION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: AYE. [OVERLAPPING] PETER SAKAI: ANY OPPOSE? ITEM 11 STANDS CORRECTED.

ITEM 63, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

[63. Approval of a request from Economic & Community Development Department (ECD) to schedule Scientific Management Techniques (SMT) training for Bexar County's new Workforce Development Administrator(s) to gain certification to instruct their proprietary manufacturing technician content. Training will not exceed $54,000.]

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE YOU ARE ON THIS AND THEN I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

DEBORAH CARTER: SURE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I'M DEBORAH CARTER, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

MY TEAM SUPPORTS A BOARD OF 17 EMPLOYERS AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CALLED THE TEXAS FEDERATION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING EDUCATION.

IN 2020, BEXAR COUNTY PREMIERED THE TEXAS FAST PROGRAM, WHICH IS A 10-WEEK ACCELERATED TRAINING PROGRAM LOCATED IN BROOKS, THAT HELPS INDIVIDUALS GAIN THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE INTO A MULTI-SKILLED TECHNICIAN ROLE WITH ADVANCED MANUFACTURERS.

THIS ITEM IS TO PAY FOR PROPRIETARY CONTENT TO BE TRAINED UP TO TWO NEW ADMINISTRATORS TO FACILITATE THAT PROGRAM.

THE ADMINISTRATORS WILL BE ABLE TO TRAIN UP TO 96 STUDENTS PER CALENDAR YEAR.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M SUPPORTIVE OF.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BE $54,000 FOR IS IT A TWO-WEEK TRAINING? DEBORAH CARTER: IT'S UP TO $54,000.

THEY OVERESTIMATE A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRAVEL AND SUCH SO THAT WE CAN BRING IT TO COURT WILL MOST LIKELY BE UNDER THAT AMOUNT.

BUT YES, THEY WILL BE CERTIFIED TO TRAIN THE 10 WEEKS OF CONTENT WITH 10 DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS, AND IT ALSO CERTIFIES THEM TO DO THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL APTITUDE ASSESSMENTS.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: BUT THE TRAINING IS TWO WEEKS LONG? DEBORAH CARTER: YES, MA'AM. REBECA CLAY-FLORES: IT'S TWO COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

ARE THESE LONGTIME EMPLOYEES, OR WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WE'RE SENDING TO TRAINING? DEBORAH CARTER: WE HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN, SEAN MCMILLAN THAT RECENTLY JOINED OUR TEAM.

HE'S A VETERAN OF THE US AIR FORCE WHERE HE WAS SELECTED BY OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT WAS ALSO SELECTED BY INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET IN THERE.

IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO BRING HIM ON IN TIME, IT'LL JUST BE ONE IN WHICH WILL LOWER THE EXPENSES AS WELL.

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MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME COMMITMENT OR CONVERSATION AS WE TALK TO THESE STAFF, AS WE'RE SPENDING SO MUCH ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THEN IN TURN, THEY HAVE A COMMITMENT TO STAY HERE WITH THE PROGRAM AT THE COUNTY FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME.

THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND COMMITMENT.

DEBORAH CARTER: ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND WE PLAN ON SEAN TO BE WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO HELP SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF OUR BEXAR COUNTY NEIGHBORS.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: MOVE TO APPROVE.

PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

DEBORAH CARTER: THANK YOU.

PETER SAKAI: I HAVE BEEN ALERTED.

[56. Approval and Execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Bexar County and the Center for Health Care Services ("CHCS") for the County to contribute $3,062,949 in general funds to provide mental health and support services in order to restore mental health to a mentally ill person, to divert persons from incarceration, and to facilitate their entry into treatment, including the appropriate budgetary transfer.]

TOMMY CALVERT: YES. PETER SAKAI: I YIELD THE FLOOR TO YOU.

TOMMY CALVERT: IF I COULD ASK MS. JAMISON TO COME TO THE DIOCESE, PLEASE, FROM THE CENTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE AND YOUR STEWARDSHIP OVER MANY YEARS IN SAN ANTONIO.

I RECEIVED A CORRESPONDENCE FROM MARCH 28TH, 2018 FROM U2 OR COUNTY MANAGER IDENTIFYING THE SB292 FUNDING FOR A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY.

THE CENTER WAS ASKED, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TO FILL IN SOME GAPS IN TERMS OF THE INTAKE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAVE STAFF THERE TO DETERMINE VARIOUS HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES.

CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO THE COURT WHAT THAT BEGINNING OF, I GUESS, IT'S A PART OF OUR THERAPEUTIC JUSTICE, BUT JUST EXPLAIN TO THE COURT EXACTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A FAIRLY NEW COURT WHAT THE PROGRAM'S INTENT WAS, AND THEN I'LL GET INTO SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.

JELYNNE JAMISON: YES.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. GOOD MORNING.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT AROUND THE SP292.

[NOISE] THE CENTER HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY TO PROVIDE PRESENCE AT THE BOOKING FACILITY AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SEVERAL MENTAL HEALTH COURTS, AND WE HAVE BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IN ADDITION, THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO BUILD A NEW WEST-SIDE OUTPATIENT CENTER ON BEHALF OF THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES.

THAT CLINIC IS PRESENTLY AT 928 WEST COMMERCE STREET.

AS A PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES NEEDED TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SERVICES FOR BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE TO BUILD THAT FACILITY.

WHEN I CAME ONTO THE CENTER, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE LEGISLATURE TO APPLY FOR A JUSTICE DIVERSION GRANT.

IS CALLED SENATE BILL 292.

THERE WERE SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND GAPS AND SERVICES IDENTIFIED BY BEXAR COUNTY STAFF AS WELL AS THE CENTER STAFF.

ONE BEING THE EXPANSION OF INPATIENT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO INCREASE THE STAFF AT THE BOOKING FACILITY BECAUSE BEXAR COUNTY WANTED TO TARGET AT LEAST 1,500 INDIVIDUALS A MONTH AS THAT WAS THE VOLUME WE WERE SEEING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE BOOKING FACILITY.

THEY ADDITIONALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR STAFF ASSESS 100% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SCREENED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AS HAVING SOME MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ISSUE.

TOMMY CALVERT: THEN YOU SAID THEY, THAT BEING [OVERLAPPING] BEXAR COUNTY.

JELYNNE JAMISON: YES.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEEDED TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO BE THERE 24-7.

TO PROVIDE 100% ASSESSMENTS, WE NEEDED TO CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR INPATIENT SERVICES AS THE CENTER IS NOT LICENSED TO PROVIDE INPATIENT SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, BEXAR COUNTY SOUGHT TO HAVE AN ASSERTIVE ASSESSMENT TEAM, WHICH IS A TREATMENT MODALITY THAT IS VERY CASE INTENSIVE, AND IT WOULD FOCUS ONLY ON FORENSIC PATIENTS.

INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH JUSTICE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE HAD AN ACT TEAM, BUT IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE HAD NO FAT TEAM, FORENSIC ASSERTIVE TREATMENT TEAM.

ALL OF THAT REQUIRES STAFF AND ALL OF THAT REQUIRES MONEY.

WE PUT TOGETHER THE GRANT WE HAD TO SUBMIT AS THE LMHA DESIGNATED AND FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT WE NEEDED A LOCAL MATCH, AND SO CASH WE DID NOT HAVE.

WE CAME TO OUR TWO SPONSORING ENTITIES; BEXAR COUNTY AND UHS, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

I ASKED FOR A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FROM BOTH.

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JELYNNE JAMISON: IT WAS SIGNED BY MR. SMITH, AS WELL AS MR. HERNANDEZ.

IT BASICALLY SAID, IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THIS GRANT FROM THE STATE, WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE INNER CITY AGREEMENT, NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT ALLOWING US TO USE THE CASH WE HAD TO SET ASIDE IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AS THE CASH MATCH FOR THIS STATE GRANT. IN ABOUT THE MATCH TIMEFRAME, WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT, THE LARGEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, I MIGHT ADD, WHICH THEN BEGAN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOSPITAL AND INCREASING THE STAFF TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

WE HAVE CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS, BUT WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT.

WHAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING IS THAT BEXAR COUNTY RECOGNIZED THOSE SERVICES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

WE SHARE AUDITORS.

OUR AUDITOR HAS RECOGNIZED THAT ISSUE IN OUR CURRENT AUDIT.

UNFORTUNATELY, I BELIEVE THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE A LIABILITY IN THE BEXAR COUNTY AUDIT.

WE'VE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR RECENTLY.

WE'VE BEEN EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR.

I AM HOPEFUL THOSE DISCUSSIONS WILL EVOLVE TO INCLUDE MR. ROBERTSON SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE THE MOU AND RESOLVE ANY DISPUTES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNIZE THE SERVICES.

TOMMY CALVERT: I READ THE AUDIT LAST NIGHT.

IT INDICATES "FROM GARZA, IT INDICATES THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 REFLECT THE RECEIVABLE FROM THE CENTER AND THE AMOUNT OF 4.9 MILLION FOR RENTAL PAYMENTS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE DUE FROM THE CENTER.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE OBLIGATION THAT THE COUNTY HAS, IS IT THE 4.9 OR IS IT 4.2? JELYNNE JAMISON: 4.9, I BELIEVE IS THE AMOUNT RECOGNIZED BY THE AUDITOR.

TOMMY CALVERT: THAT IS IN TERMS OF SERVICES RENDERED BY THE CENTER? JELYNNE JAMISON: YES. TOMMY CALVERT: THAT WE HAVE TODAY A REQUEST FOR 3,000,062.

HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THAT GAP? IS THIS FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS? JELYNNE JAMISON: THE THREE MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE GENERAL FUND CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR '23, SO IT WOULD COVER SERVICES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU FROM OCTOBER OF '22 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30 OF 2023.

TOMMY CALVERT: OKAY.

JELYNNE JAMISON: THAT CONTRACT IT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN PAID.

TOMMY CALVERT: THIS IS A REAL ISSUE FOR MANY OF US ON THE COURT.

WE TYPICALLY HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS THAT WE PASS.

WE PASS A BUDGET IN MID-SEPTEMBER, PERFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, AND I HEARD LAST NIGHT FROM AN ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT HAD BEEN WAITING YEARS IS YOU APPARENTLY HAVE EXPERIENCED AS WELL.

IT'S A REAL ISSUE IN TERMS OF, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL IN THE CIVIL SIDE.

I'VE READ THE INITIAL MOU, IT'S A TWO-PAGE DOCUMENT.

I'M SURE THE OTHER CONTRACTS ARE MORE REPLETE, BUT IT TYPICALLY AS A COUNTY ORGANIZATION WHICH THE CENTER IS YOUR RR COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY, WE SHOULD HAVE, I THINK A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESPECT AND RECIPROCITY FOR MOVING A CONTRACT THAT IS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT YEAR-BY-YEAR ON PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT ON THE COURT.

THE ONLY LEVEL OF DETAIL IS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THAT YOU MAY SERVICE.

I THINK THAT AS THIS CONTRACT GOES FORWARD, I'M PULLING THIS IN PART TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE COURT, OUR ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO GETTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRACTS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

IT IS AUGUST, AND I READ THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACKGROUND MATERIAL.

THERE'S BEEN SOME BACK-AND-FORTH IN TERMS OF RESPONSES, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE BEEN SENDING, AS REQUESTED, NET MONTHLY UPDATES WITHOUT RESPONSE FOR SOME TIME.

WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT THE COURTS' EXPECTATIONS, AND I THINK THE COURTS' EXPECTATIONS HAVE FALLEN SHORT IN TERMS OF CONTRACT SERVICE DELIVERY FOR SMALL BUSINESS, FOR NON-PROFITS, FOR COUNTY PARTNERS, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THESE THINGS WORK BETTER, AND ALSO, I KNOW THAT GENERALLY WANTS TO AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS AWARE OF THESE THINGS, I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH YOU ALL MOVING THINGS WHEN THEY NEED TO BE MOVED, SO THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY

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IT'S AN INCREASE OF $800,000 TO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT.

ALL WE'VE ASKED FOR IS THE JUSTIFICATION WHICH THE AUDITOR NEEDS AND WE NEED TO PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA.

WE GOT THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA RAPIDLY.

JELYNNE JAMISON: COMMISSIONER, IF I COULD, [OVERLAPPING] THAT LINE ITEM.

PETER SAKAI: MS. JELYNNE, LET ME JUST SAY THIS BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE TAKEN AN ACTIVE ROLE.

YOU HAVE CERTAINLY ALERTED THE COURT AS TO THE CONCERNING ISSUE AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE FIDUCIARY TWO-YEAR ENTITY CHCS FORCE.

THEY PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICES FOR WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE, AND YOU'RE AN ESSENTIAL PARTNER IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. I AM AWARE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.

I TOO SHARE YOUR OPTIMISM THAT THESE MEETINGS WILL, AND I WANT TO ALERT THE COURT THAT I HAVE SET UP MEETINGS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND BRING IN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED.

MY COMMENT TODAY IS IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN I WILL EXPECT US TO PULL THIS AT TABLE.

BUT IF WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

I WANT TO GET CHCS FORWARD.

HOWEVER, I WILL HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.

I WILL BRING THE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK IT OUT, MS. JELYNNE. WE'LL GET THE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO.

I BRING MY HAT AS COUNTY JUDGE AND I'LL ALSO BRING MY HAT AS AN ATTORNEY TO LEND MY EXPERTISE SO COMMISSIONER HOWARD, [OVERLAPPING] I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'M INVOLVED.

TOMMY CALVERT: I APPRECIATE YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF SENDING AN EMAIL WITH AN OUTLINE OF YOUR AGENDA FOR THE MEETING THAT WILL BE COMING.

IT'S VERY CONSTRUCTIVE AND I THINK IT WILL LEAD US TO HAVE BETTER BUSINESS PRACTICES WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT.

MS. JAMISON, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR AND THEN I BELIEVE THE STAFF HAS SAID THEY'RE READY TO MOVE THIS.

IT'S GONE THROUGH ENOUGH SETTINGS.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION, BUT I'LL ALLOW YOU TO FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.

JELYNNE JAMISON: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THREE THINGS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FOR THE GENERAL FUND CONTRACT APPROVAL TODAY AND EXPEDIENT PAYMENT.

OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS AT THE END OF AUGUST, AND SO ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE, THERE WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

SECONDLY, I WOULD ASK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER PLACING OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 CONTRACT ON YOUR AGENDA WHEN YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING YOUR BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN BE POSITIONED TO HAVE OUR STAFF READY TO SERVE ON OCTOBER 1.

WE ARE REALLY VERY FEARFUL OF THE CONTINUED DELAYS.

IT APPEARS TO BE A HISTORICAL ISSUE WITH THE CENTER NOT HAVING CONTRACTS APPROVED TIMELY, OR PAYMENTS.

THIRDLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MEETINGS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING AND BRINGING THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE BUDGET THAT MR. SMITH IS REFERENCING, HE ACTUALLY HAD AND IT'S ACTUALLY MORE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THAT $859,000 BUDGET IS THREE YEARS OLD, AND THE COSTS ARE MORE TODAY.

BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

TOMMY CALVERT: THANK YOU.

WE HEAR THESE CONCERNS THROUGH A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND I'M CONCERNED THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE OUT ANY LOANS WITH RESPECT TO MAKING YOUR BUDGETS WORK BECAUSE, IN ESSENCE, AGAIN ACCOUNTING TAXPAYER INTERESTS IN OBLIGATION THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PAID BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING.

JELYNNE JAMISON: WE HAVE MAINTAINED A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR BANKER, FROST BANK, AND OUR BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECENTLY AUTHORIZED US TO PURSUE A LINE OF CREDIT SO THAT WE COULD MEET OUR CASH FLOW OBLIGATIONS AND CONTINUE THE SERVICES FOR THE CENTER UNTIL WE CAN GET OUR CASH FLOW.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING INVOICE FOR BEXAR COUNTY BECAUSE WE USE YOUR GARAGE AND OUR EMPLOYEES PARK THERE, AND WE HAVE NOT PAID THAT INVOICE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CASH TO PAY. AS SOON AS YOU PAY US, WE WILL PAY YOU.

TOMMY CALVERT: SHORT OF THESE ADMINISTRATIVE SNAFUS.

I WANT TO SAY WE SHOULD BE PROUD THAT WE ARE TAKING A THERAPEUTIC JUSTICE APPROACH TO OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JAIL DIVERSION AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE GROWN AS A COMMUNITY SINCE WE BUILT THE JAIL BY OVER A MILLION PEOPLE, BUT WE'VE HAD ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT, YOUR PROGRAMS OF DIVERSION WERE CRITICAL IN THAT, AND THOSE TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT WERE AFFORDED TO THOSE WHO MAY BE COMING THROUGH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY FUNDED.

THIS COURT DOES NOT WANT TO BE THE COURT THAT DROPS THE BALL BECAUSE OF ANY CASH FLOW ISSUES SO THAT IS WHY I TOOK THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE

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I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT.

I MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 56.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: SECOND. PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. GRANT MOODY: JUST TWO BRIEF COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS DISCUSSION, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN AS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE DETAILS HERE IN THIS INSTANCE.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND AND A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE MEETING ON THAT.

BUT I DO THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SWIM-BE WE TALK ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT FOR THEM.

WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT JUST HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE SMOOTH AND EXPEDITED.

BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS AND HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES OR FIVE EMPLOYEES, YOU CAN'T WAIT MONTHS OR YEARS TO GET PAID, AND SO I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AS A CORD AND AS A STAFF GOING FORWARD.

YOU DID MENTION UHS, AND I JUST THINK THAT, AS WE GO FORWARD, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT HOW YOUR ORGANIZATION AND UHS PARTNER IN THE FUTURE AND HOW UHS TAKES A LARGER ROLE IN THIS SPACE THAT WE ALL AGREE, I THINK NEEDS ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT AND SUPPORTING WHEN IT COMES TO THE MENTAL HEALTH, AND SO I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AS WELL.

JELYNNE JAMISON: THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. WE DO HAVE A VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH UH, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT OUR CURRENT DISCUSSIONS ARE WITH UH, IN TERMS OF GROWING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERTS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. JELYNNE JAMISON: THANK YOU.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU. LET'S GO BACK AND I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT FOR AGENDA ITEM 7.

[7. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. Citation directed to Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, Re: Vantra Barrera vs Bexar County, Texas, Case Number 2023CI13099 b. Summons in a Civil Action directed to Honorable County Judge Peter Sakai, Re: Jeanette Lawrence as dependent administrator of and on behalf of the estate of Julius Price, et al. VS Bexar County, Texas, Civil Action No. 5:23-cv-844. c. Summons in a Civil Action directed to Office of the County Manager, Re: DigitalDesk, Inc. and R. Greg Gomm v. Bexar County and LiftFund Inc., Civil Action No. 5:23-cv00886 d. FY 2023 Budget for Sheriff's Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (July 3, 2023) e. FY 2023 Budget for Sheriff's Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (July 26, 2023) f. Chapter 381 Grant Agreements with twelve (12) non-profit organizations, approved May 2, 2023:Tobin Center for the Performing Arts; i. San Antonio Museum of Art; ii. San Antonio Little Theatre (Public Theatre of SA); iii. Youth Orchestras of San Antonio; iv. American Indians of Texas; v. Woodlawn Theatre; vi. Las Casas Foundation; ]

ALL THOSE LISTED THROUGH SUBSECTIONS A THROUGH F.

NUMBER 8 COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES.

[8. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, July 11, 2023 & Tuesday, August 1, 2023. ]

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, BUT LET ME ALERT STAFF.

[9. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak. ]

WHICH MEANS WE'RE GOING TO GO PASS 1:00.

I WILL CALL A BRIEF RECESS FOR LUNCH SO EVERYBODY CAN THEN MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS AT LEAST TO GO TO THE TAKE WHATEVER PERSONAL NEEDS OR TIME TO GET A LITTLE BITE TO EAT.

WE'LL TAKE A SHORT RECESS DURING THE LUNCH AND TRY TO GET THIS MEETING FINISHED ON A TIMELY MATTER.

AT THIS TIME. IS THAT ELANA PRICE, STEVEN PRICE, ARE YOU-ALL TOGETHER? AND MR. PRICE, YOU WANT TO STEP FORWARD.

IS THIS A SITUATION YOU WILL TALK SEPARATELY OR IS THE TIME BEING YIELDED TO YOU? STEVEN PRICE: I HEARD YOU, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR YOU ALL THE WAY.

YOUR HONOR. I'M SORRY.

PETER SAKAI: DOES BOTH SPEAKERS WANT TO SPEAK? STEVEN PRICE: WE'RE GOING TO YIELD TIME AND THEN THE REST OF THEM ARE EMILIO AND A REPRESENTATIVE, JOSIE GARCIA STAFF IS HERE TO REPRESENT THE TEAM.

PETER SAKAI: THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP ARE ELANA AND STEVEN.

STEVEN PRICE: I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, EMILIO IS HERE IS THE LEADER OF THE NEWLY FORMED TEXAS VETERANS AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATIVE [OVERLAPPING]. PETER SAKAI: I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM STANDING WITH YOU, BUT THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ARE ELANA AND STEVEN PRICE.

STEVEN PRICE: THANK YOU, SIR. A LOT OF IT HAS SOME FOLDER SHE'S GOING TO PASS OUT FOR YOU ALL.

PETER SAKAI: GIVE IT TO THE BAILIFF, PLEASE.

STEVEN PRICE: THESE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE PAST AND MAY HAVE SENT YOU AN EMAIL.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY AT SURE WE HAS GOOD MORNING.

PETER SAKAI: GOOD MORNING. STEVEN PRICE: COMMISSIONERS TOMMY GRANT, JUSTIN.

THANKS FOR HAVING US. REBECA, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I DIDN'T SEE MARCUS IN THE ROOM TODAY.

I WAS LOOKING FOR MARCUS TO REPRESENT TOO.

WE'VE SPOKEN TO TOM AND WE'VE SPOKEN TO JUSTIN FOR YEARS ABOUT VETERANS ISSUES IN THE COUNTY.

[02:05:05]

SO AS YOU KNOW I REPRESENT THE STATE AS A CENTER DISTRICT POINTS SIX PLATFORM COMMITTEE MAN.

I'VE TAKEN WHAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE STATE AND BROKEN IT DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND ALSO TO THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.

WE HAVE SOME RATIONAL BILLS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

YOUR HONOR, WHAT I'M ASKING IS AND I'VE ASKED BEFORE, IS THAT WE COME TOGETHER AND POTENTIALLY MEET WITH COMMISSIONER MOODY. I ASKED THIS LAST TIME, COMMISSIONER MOODY BECAUSE SHE'S MY VETERAN BROTHER.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET AT THE WELL WITH HIM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDESHOW THROUGH THE PACKET, YOU'LL FIND A SLIDESHOW.

SLIDESHOW ON THE FRONT HAS THE TEXAS DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOLKS THAT WE JUST MET AT THE SESSION UP AT THE HOUSE.

YOU ALL MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT LUCKILY, AFTER SIX YEARS OF DAWN OF THE HOUSE AND TESTIFIED OVER 100 TIMES ON SEVERAL BILLS AT THE HOUSE.

THOSE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FOLDER THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.

WHAT WE BROUGHT TO THE STATE THAT THE LAST VIDEO SESSION.

SOME OF THOSE TRICKLED DOWN.

WHAT WE DID IS WE FORM THIS COALITION TO BRING TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THIS IS FROM THE STATE AND WE SEE REFLECT TWO THAT ARE CRITICAL TO US OR THE WINKLE COURT MILITARY VILLAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

JUSTIN IS WELL AWARE OF AND ADJUSTED.

ACTUALLY HELPED US WITH SOME OF THE REIMBURSEMENT ON THE COST OF THE FENCE OUT THERE.

THERE'S 19 VETERANS ON SITE THAT HAVE COME FROM THE AMERICAN GI FORUM, FAMILY ENDEAVORS AND SOME OF THE LOCAL ENTITIES THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF ON THE SITE AT WINKLE COURT. THERE IS A WIDER THAT YOU'LL SEE IN HERE ATTACHED TOWARDS THE BACK THAT LIZ COMPOST AND WHILE MEDINA WROTE TO SUPPORT THE PILOT PROJECT THAT WE CAN COURT.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE METHOD AT THIS POINT TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.

BUT THERE ARE FUNDS OUT THERE YOUR HONOR.

YOU CAN SEE THE WRITER IN THE BACK.

I WON'T QUOTE THE NUMBERS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I'M LYRIC WHO MAY OR MAY NOT GET TO THOSE FUNDS BEFORE WE DO BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN PLACE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS AS OF YET. WHY THE COALITION? IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDESHOW.

WE'VE GOT THREE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HERE.

ELANA WAS ASKED TO JOIN AS THE LEADER OF THAT COALITION SO WAS EMILIO.

EMILIO REPRESENTS AS THE 19TH TO HALLOW DEMOCRATS AND AS D26 AS YOU ALL KNOW HE'S WELL-VERSED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH WHAT WE DO IN TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR CITIZENS.

IN THE CENTER OF THIS DIAGRAM FOR PURPOSES AT GRANT THIS IS FOR YOU.

SPECIFICALLY SERVED IN THE CENTER OF THE DIAGRAM.

THERE'S THREE PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZERS GROUP.

THIS ONE SLIDE HERE.

THE NEXT SLIDE WITH THE COLORS ON IT, BRINGS THE TEAM TOGETHER.

YOU CAN SEE YOUR HONOR WHAT WE DID WAS ALL THOSE PIECES OF THE CIRCLE SENATE DISTRICT 26, SENATE DISTRICT 25, THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS RESEARCH, BETTER COUNT. ALL THOSE ENTITIES CAME TOGETHER THIS LAST MONTH AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE FOR THE SECOND TIME ON JULY 22ND.

WE HAVE FORMED THE TEXAS VETERANS AFFAIRS LEGISLATIVE ACTION COALITION.

THE LEADERS OF THAT GROUP, ELANA, EMILIO, AND JOSIE GARCIA HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD.

THE VOICES AND TAKEN THE LIBERTY TO STEP ASIDE IN OCTOBER, I WILL BE 64 YEARS OLD AND I'M LOOKING TO RETIRE YOUR HONOR. IF I DO ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL KEEP FIGHTING FOR LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS THE GENOMES THAT ACTUALLY I'M AFFECTS ME DIRECTLY.

AM I ASKING YOU AGAIN PETER, PLEASE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE JANUARY THAT WE'D MADE THE FIRST TASK WE ALSO BROUGHT GUN COALITION IN JANUARY, IF YOU REMEMBER. I CAME WITH A GUN COALITION GROUP THAT EMILIO IS A PART OF TWO.

WE SUBMITTED A RESOLUTION RECENTLY TO THE STATE.

ASKING FOR YOUR HONOR POTENTIALLY RECOGNIZE JUNE 22ND AS GUN SAFETY AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION DAY IN TEXAS OR IN THEIR COUNTY TOO.

HERE'S THE FOLDER MAYOR. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN HERE IS THE RESOLUTION TO THE STATE THAT WE DRAFTED AND ALSO A PROCLAMATION THAT THE BEST PRACTICE THAT WAS PASSED OUT AT CALIFORNIA.

A PROCLAMATION THAT CALLS OUT FOR THE COUNTY AND LET COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE JUNE 2ND AS GUN SAFETY AND GUN

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WHILE THE 22ND KERNEL [BACKGROUND] .

COMMISSIONER BUDDY. THE 22ND OF JUNE HAS IMPLICATIONS.

WE ALL KNOW WHY THE 22ND.

PETER SAKAI: MR. PRICE CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP? STEVEN PRICE: EIGHTEEN TO 22 VETERANS TAKE THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR JUNE 22ND ALSO TO REFLECT NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO GUN CONTROL AND GUN VIOLENCE, BUT THE VETERANS ON THAT SAME DAY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. I HAVE VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMISSIONER CALVERT, JUSTIN, REBECA, THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION.

I THINK IT IS TIME THAT WE WOULD BRING IT TOGETHER, IF YOU WOULD, YOUR HONOR.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

STEVEN PRICE: THANK YOU.

PETER SAKAI: THAT CONCLUDES CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

LET US CONTINUE TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. [BACKGROUND] I BELIEVE ON PAGE 18.

[78. Presentation, discussion, and appropriate action regarding an Economic Development Innovation Grant to Silotech Group, Inc. ]

MR. MARQUEZ, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE NEXT TWO ARE BOTH WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN REGARDS TO SUPPORT A CERTAIN PROJECTS.

DAVID MARQUEZ: THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS AND I'LL PULL THAT UP FIRST.

WHILE WE'RE WAITING, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SILOTECH CTO BELIEVE.

IS THAT RIGHT OR CIO? CHRIS IS THAT YOUR TITLE? CHRIS HANNIFIN: CHIEF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.

DAVID MARQUEZ: ALL RIGHT, BOTH [LAUGHTER].

THAT'S A LOT OF LETTERS. CHIEF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER CITO CHRIS HANNIFIN'S HERE WITH THEIR COMPANY.

YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SLIDES IN FRONT OF YOU.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED BY WAY OF BACKGROUND.

WE CREATED THE INNOVATION FUND FOR SMALL COMPANIES TO MOVE HERE, TO GROW HERE, EXPAND HERE, REMAIN HERE AND BEXAR COUNTY AND BRING THESE VERY WELL-PAYING JOBS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

HELPING THESE INNOVATORS TAKE THEIR PRODUCTS TO MARKET AND THEN SCALE THEM HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE FUND TALENT COMPETITIONS, ETC.

SILOTECH IS A CYBERSECURITY COMPANY BASED OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, PROVIDES COMMERCIAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CLIENTS AND THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD I-T, CYBER INTELLIGENCE MARKETS, BUT TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS BASED ON DATA, SERVICES, ENGAGEMENT, AND CUSTOMER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

THEY'RE PLANNING ON EXPANDING INTO AN 11,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY FOCUSED ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS INNOVATION AND ADDING UP TO 200 R&D JOBS WITHIN THE FACILITY AS FACILITY IS LOCATED IN PRECINCT 3 AND COMMISSIONER MOVIES PRECINCT I BELIEVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND VISIT WITH THIS COMPANY.

THEY ARE RAPIDLY GROWING AND A VERY BIG PART OF OUR FUTURE GROWTH AS A TECH INDUSTRY.

AS A RESULT OF THAT WERE RECOMMENDED AN INCENTIVE OFFER INNOVATION GRANT OF $500 PER JOB THAT EARNS A MINIMUM OF $75,000 PER YEAR OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHICH ARE KEPT AND WE KEPT THE AWARD AT $100,000 TOTAL.

OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SILOTECH GROUP INCORPORATED.

AS I SAID, MR. HANNIFIN IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR MY TEAM.

GRANT MOODY: JUDGE I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: SECOND. PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GRANT MOODY: IF I COULD JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO TOUR SILOTECH'S NEW HEADQUARTERS OUT THERE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH EVERYONE I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET.

THEY'RE BRINGING SOME VERY INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND NEW CAPABILITIES HERE TO BEXAR COUNTY AND CREATING JOBS, GOOD PAYING JOBS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THAT THIS IS WARRANTED.

AGAIN, I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING, IT'S $500 PER JOB.

THE MORE JOBS THEY CREATE, THE LARGER THIS GRANT WILL BE.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

CHRIS HANNIFIN: I'D SAY WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO THE INNOVATION PORTION OF BRINGING THAT TO SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE ALREADY WON A FEW AWARDS ON THE AIR FORCE SIDE, WE ARE LOOKING AT REVAMPING AND RESTRUCTURING THE WAY WE DO PILOT SCHEDULING ACROSS THE AIR FORCE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT ACROSS THE AIR FORCE AS A WHOLE TO INCLUDE ALL THREE BRANCHES, ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE AND THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD.

WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE ARE EXPANDING RAPIDLY.

WE ARE CREATING SEVERAL TOP-SECRET FACILITY SKIPS HERE IN THE 2811604 FOR AREA AND SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT SAN ANTONIO.

[02:15:09]

OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. I'M 79 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION PROPRIA ACTION REGARDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION GRANT.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $130,000 TO TECHBLOC IN SUPPORT OF THE 2023 FUELED TALENT DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION.

MR. MARQUEZ.

DAVID MARQUEZ: THANK YOU AGAIN.

AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM TECHBLOC CHARLES WOODSON, THEIR CEO, AND ILIANA WHO'S BACK AT TECHBLOC.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT WE CREATED THE INNOVATION FUND.

I WON'T READ THAT AGAIN BECAUSE WE JUST MENTIONED IT, BUT THESE ARE BOTH INNOVATION FUND GRANT PROPOSALS, RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.

WE'VE BEEN FUNDING TECH FUEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THEY ARE A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHOSE MISSION IS INCLUDING THE SUPPORT OF GROWTH FOR TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM.

THEY WILL BE THE HOST OF TECH FUEL AGAIN THIS YEAR, A STARTUP FUNDING COMPETITION THAT WE SPONSORED BY BEXAR COUNTY THROUGH ITS INNOVATION FUND AND EXECUTED BY TECHBLOC.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS. IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO, I CANNOT MORE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO GO.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES MARCUS WENT LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, AND I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN THERE AS WELL.

IT'S JUST REALLY A REMARKABLE PROGRAM COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOLLOWING AN OPEN CALL FOR STARTUP APPLICATIONS UP TO 25 COMPANIES WILL BE SELECTED AS SEMI-FINALISTS BY THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, THE COUNTY IS NOT INVOLVED IN SELECTING THE WINNERS, AS IS ALSO THE CASE WITH THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WE BROUGHT YOU BEFORE ON THE BEXAR BIO.

A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISED OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL VENTURE INVESTMENT EXPERTS WILL SELECT FIVE FINALISTS FOR THE STARTUP PITCH EVENT.

JUDGES WILL SELECT THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION.

BUT HALF OF THE MONEY WILL BE AWARDED ON THE BASIS OF VOTES FROM THE AUDIENCE REACTION TO THE PITCHES.

THIS INDUSTRY THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS OF THE COMPETITION.

I THINK JULIANNA CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WILL BE HOLDING IT DURING THE SAN ANTONIO STARTUP WEEK THIS YEAR, IT'S A WEEK LONG PROGRAM FILLED WITH A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AROUND A TECH STARTUP ECOSYSTEM.

AS ALWAYS, THE PITCH COMPETITION EVENT WILL BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE MOVING INTO PORT THIS YEAR, IS THAT? YES. IT'S BEEN AT THE TOBIN CENTER AND WE'VE ACTUALLY OUTGROWN THE TOBIN.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT MOVING INTO BOEING TECH BOARD THIS YEAR.

THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR $130,000.

I WON'T READ YOU EACH LINE ITEM, BUT THE PRIZE MONEY ALONG WITH ALL OF THE PRODUCTION COSTS ARE IN THERE.

THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PRIZES, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE BEFORE, OVER THE TOP PRIZE OF $50,000, 20,000 FOR SECOND PRIZE, EXCUSE ME, 10,000 FOR THIRD PRIZE, 7,500 FOR HONORABLE MENTION.

THERE ARE FIVE FINALISTS AWARDS OF $2,500 FOR A TOTAL OF $100,000.

WE RECOMMEND AN INNOVATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $130,000 WITH TECHBLOC TO HOST THE TECH FIELD COMPETITION THIS YEAR.

PETER SAKAI: IS THERE ANY MOTION? TOMMY CALVERT: I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF INNOVATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 130,00 FOR TECHBLOC.

I DON'T KNOW IF JULIANNA WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: SECOND.

PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? TOMMY CALVERT: I DON'T KNOW IF MS. GONZALEZ. GONZALEZ: NO, THANK YOU.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE SIXTH YEAR, SUPER EXCITING AS THE BEST OF IT THAT EVERYBODY ATTENDS DURING SAN ANTONIO STARTUP WEEKEND.

WE HOPE THAT YOU COULD ALL MAKE IT.

I'LL PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE SIXTH YEAR TO DO THIS.

GRANT MOODY: CONGRATULATIONS ON STEPPING IN YOUR NEW ROLE.

PETER SAKAI: IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SHOW THAT YOU PUT ON OVER THERE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

I HAVE A REQUEST BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

CAN WE PLEASE GO OUT OF ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE SOMEBODY? I WANT TO TAKE UP ITEM 85, DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES, ALLOWANCES FOR

[85. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the recommendations from the Citizens Advisory Committee on Elected Officials' Salaries and Allowances for FY 2023-24, FY 2024-25 and the Elected Official Salary Grievance process]

WHO'S HERE IN REGARDS TO THAT.

TINA SMITH-DEAN: JUDGE, WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES, WHICH IS A COMMITTEE THAT'S MADE UP OF YOUR APPOINTMENTS.

THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, '24, AND FISCAL YEAR 2024, '25.

PETER SAKAI: CAN WE GET EVERYBODY ON THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO STEP FORWARD? IF THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

GO AHEAD. PALOMA AHMADI: GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.

COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY MANAGER, COUNTY JUDGE, MY NAME IS PALOMA AHMADI AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES.

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BEVERLY WATTS DAVIS: GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS IT'S MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE ON BEVERLY WATTS DAVIS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT WESTCARE FOUNDATION. IT TRULY, HAVING SERVED AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR 11 YEARS, I RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLIC SERVICES, JUST THE UTMOST SERVICE TO COMMUNITIES. YOU-ALL ARE ASKED TO DO AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT REALLY YOUR LIFE IS LIKE ONCE YOU TAKE THAT OATH, YOU TRULY HAVE COMMITTED YOURSELF TO COMMUNITY WORK IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE CANNOT UNDERSTAND.

YOUR TIME IS NO LONGER YOURS AND IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THIS COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF REALLY GREAT PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT.

WE WELCOME TO THE WORK.

IT WAS WONDERFUL WORKING WITH THEM.

THANK YOU. PALOMA AHMADI: WANT TO ALSO EXTEND MY THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

IT WAS A PLEASURE, AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR ABLE SUPPORT.

TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO SHARE TO RECOMMENDATIONS.

ONE REGARDING AN INCREASE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND TWO, REGARDING WHAT WE'RE CALLING REGULARIZATION OF COMMISSIONER COMPENSATION.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST SHARE HOW WE GOT THERE.

WE APPLIED GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHICH WERE ATTACHED TO THE MEMO THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU ALL.

I JUST PULLED OUT A COUPLE OF THEM HERE ON THE SLIDE.

FIRST IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE BENEFITS PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE COMPARABLE TO OTHER BENEFITS PACKAGES OFFERED IN THE STATE THAT ARE CHARGES TO EVALUATE POSITIONS AND NOT OFFICE-HOLDERS.

THEREFORE, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING POSITIONS AND NOT INDIVIDUAL OFFICE HOLDERS.

WE ALSO BELIEVE IN PARODY AND MAINTAINING PARODY THROUGH REGULAR INCREASES.

WE DON'T WANT TO FALL BEHIND.

WE DON'T WANT COST OF LIVING TO BE IGNORED.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER ANNUAL WAGE INCREASES APPROVED FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHEN RECOMMENDING INCREASES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THERE IS, AS I SAID, A FULLER RECITATION OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THE MEMO THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU ALL.

BUT I WANTED TO PULL OUT THESE FOR PARTICULAR DISCUSSION TODAY.

NOW TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A 5% PAY INCREASE SUBJECT TO STATUTORY MAXIMUMS. IN EACH OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THAT'S 23,24 AND24,25.

COMMISSIONER PAY STANDARDIZATION AT A BASE OF $150,000 PER YEAR AND A CESSATION OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING UNILATERAL PAY REJECTION.

I'M GOING TO DISCUSS EACH OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR THINKING BEHIND THEM JUST TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU ALL.

FIRST, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PARODY AND COMPARABILITY.

WE PULLED OUT TARRANT COUNTY SALARIES AND BEXAR COUNTY SALARIES HERE ON THE SLIDE FOR COMPARISON, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE AVERAGE OF THE FIVE MOST POPULAR COUNTIES FOR COMPARISON.

HERE'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS TODAY'S COMPENSATION AND AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, IT DOES SHOW A GAP.

WE HAVE PULLED OUT THE POSITION WHERE WE'RE AT THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM.

THERE'S NOT EVERY POSITION REFLECTED ON THE SLIDE.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A GAP AMONG THE FIVE MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES IN TEXAS, WHICH ARE OUR PEERS, AND TARRANT COUNTY, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST IN TERMS OF POPULATION, WE HAVE PRETTY MEANINGFUL GAPS.

IF OUR RECOMMENDATION IS IMPLEMENTED, THIS IS WHAT YOUR ONE LOOKS LIKE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE FAR CLOSER TO PARODY FOR THE FIVE MOST POPULOUS TEXAS COUNTIES.

STILL BEHIND OUR MOST NEAR POPULATION, PEER TARRANT COUNTY.

HERE'S THE COMPARISON IN BOLD THERE.

THAT'S FOR YEAR 1 OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR '23, '24, INCLUDING BOTH THE BASE PAY IMPLEMENTATION AND THE RECOMMENDED INCREASE.

THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS UNILATERAL PAY REJECTION.

THERE HAS BEEN A PRACTICE IN THE PAST, THAT WHICH CREATED DIFFERENT PAY FOR THE SAME POSITION WITH THE SAME TITLE.

FRANKLY, THIS CREATES A LACK OF HORIZONTAL EQUITY, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO BEXAR COUNTY.

WE DID NOT FIND THIS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

IT INTRODUCES UNPREDICTABILITY, WHICH IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND FRANKLY MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PAY IS.

YOU CAN'T LOOK BY TITLE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK BY PERSON.

THIS AGAIN, SEEMS TO BE LOOKING MORE AT THE OFFICE HOLDER THAN THE OFFICE ITSELF.

IT ALSO INTRODUCES PROCEDURAL INCONGRUITY.

IN EFFECT, ALLOWING CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SET THEIR OWN COMPENSATION, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY ALLOW.

FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT CREATES AN APPEARANCE OF INEQUALITY BECAUSE IT IS NOT WORTH LESS TO REPRESENT ME THAN TO REPRESENT MY NEIGHBOR WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE OVER THE PRECINCT LINE, IT'S NOT.

FRANKLY, FOR ME, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN PRECINCT THREE, I DON'T THINK IT IS WORTH LESS TO REPRESENT ME AND WOULD APPRECIATE SEEING THIS REGULARIZED.

I WANT TO ALLOW MS. WATTS TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON THAT AS WELL.

BEVERLY WATT DAVIS: AS WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE UNUSUAL PRACTICE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS COURT AND NO OTHER PLACE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

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IF THAT COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT OUT IN NON-PROFIT CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT WILL BE WONDERFUL.

I'M SURE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE THAT LOOP AND DO NOT ALLOW THAT INCONGRUENT PRACTICE TO OCCUR AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE WHO COME BEHIND THAT PERSON BECAUSE THAT PERSON WILL HAVE STOPPED TAKING A SALARY WHEN SOMEONE WHO MAY BE ELECTED AFTER THEM WILL END UP BEARING THAT BURDEN.

SO WE ASK FOR THAT TO BE ENDED.

PALOMA AHMADI: JUST TO FOLLOW UP THERE, WE HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WILL ACT AS CUSTODIANS OF THEIR OFFICE IN THIS RESPECT, THAT WE CREATE A BASE SALARY THAT IS EQUAL AND FAIR, THAT WE ACCEPT INCREASES CONSISTENTLY WITH AN AYE TOWARDS THE FUTURE OFFICE HOLDERS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PRACTICE IN THE PAST CAME FROM A GOOD PLACE AND WAS PROBABLY WELL-INTENTIONED, IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT CREATES, AGAIN, THIS PERCEPTION OF UNFAIRNESS.

IT CREATES THE APPEARANCE THAT IT'S WORTH LESS TO REPRESENT CITIZENS OF ONE PRECINCT THAN ANOTHER WHEN AS WE ALL AGREE, IT IS NOT.

WITH NOTHING FURTHER, I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

PETER SAKAI: ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES? REBECA CLAY-FLORES: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS AND THE POINTS THAT YOU MADE TODAY.

I JUST APPRECIATE THE TIME, THANKS.

PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, JUDGE.

THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN DOING THIS.

I KNOW IT'S PRETTY TEDIOUS WORK.

WE APPRECIATE IT. LET ME ASK YOU JUST TO PUT SOME CONTEXT AROUND THE 5% PROPOSAL.

I CAN'T REMEMBER AND MAYBE DAVID, YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THAT COUNTY EMPLOYEES RECEIVED BACK IN, WAS IT 2021? DAVID: IT WAS LAST YEAR.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: WAS IT LAST YEAR? DAVID: THEY RECEIVED TWO 5% INCREASES.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: RIGHT. THIS IS BASICALLY MIRRORING WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES GOT OVER THE PAST [OVERLAPPING].

DAVID: WELL, IT'S HALF OF WHAT THEY GOT.

WELL, IF YOU WANT TO COUNT THIS YEAR, THEY GOT AN ADDITIONAL 2%.

YOUR 10%, WHICH COUNTY EMPLOYEES GOT IN ONE YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN OVER TWO YEARS.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE POINTED THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE LIGHTLY IN TERMS OF OUR SERVICE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT COUNTY EMPLOYEES HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST YEAR.

THAT'S ALL I GOT, JUDGE. THANKS. PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONER MOODY.

GRANT MOODY: WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

I THINK YOU BRING UP A GREAT PERSPECTIVE, AN HR PERSPECTIVE, A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF THE PRACTICES WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU ARTICULATED THAT.

I HAVEN'T HEARD IT THAT WAY BEFORE.

THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU INCLUDED HERE WAS THE DATABASE APPROACH.

LOOKING AT THE OTHER BIG FIVE COUNTIES AND WHERE DO WE COMPARE BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST REFERENCE FOR US GOING FORWARD.

SO TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH TARRANT COUNTY, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF PAY, THOSE ARE PRETTY RICH.

BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE NON-COMPETITIVE EITHER.

SO THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

TOMMY CALVERT: THANK YOU, JUDGE.

MR. MOODY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR IN TERMS OF MAKING IT VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANOTHER ROCKSTAR RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, YOU GUYS MAKE A GREAT BAND, IS BEVERLY WATTS DAVIS, FORMER DRUGS SA OF THE UNITED STATES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE HEAD OF THE TEXANS' WAR ON DRUGS IN THE STATE.

THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN A VERY GOOD COMMITTEE.

THE PEOPLE REPRESENTED ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE CIVICALLY MINDED AS A PART OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS, PEOPLE LIKE ALVA ADAMS, ANDY RODRIGUEZ, ALBERT BELL.

YOU HAD A VERY STRONG CITIZEN COMMITTEE THAT HAS ITS EAR TO THE GROUND OF A LOT OF THINGS.

I APPRECIATE THE COMPARATIVE RESEARCH THAT HAS GONE ON.

THIS ISSUE FIRST CAME TO ME FROM DONNA MCKINNEY, THE FORMER COUNTY CLERK OF BEXAR COUNTY, WHO POINTED OUT THE DISPARITY OF WAGES FOR BEXAR COUNTY ELECTED LEADERS.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES IN TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

THE REASON THAT MATTERS IS BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON ALL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SALARIES.

EVERYONE WHO WORKS AT THE COUNTY AND HOW THEIR PAY IS PEGGED IS LINKED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, QUITE FRANKLY, AS THE TOP OF THE LEADERSHIP IN THE COUNTY.

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WE KNOW EVERYTHING IS NOT PERFECT BUT WE'RE STILL GOING.

ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES IN FUTURE YEARS NOT NECESSARILY ADDRESSED, MAYBE IT WASN'T.

I DIDN'T LOOK IN GREAT DETAIL, WAS THE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE COUNTY JUDGE.

WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, THERE WAS NOT THE GAP THAT THERE IS TODAY BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE COUNTY JUDGE.

PART OF THE REASON THAT WE SIT ON THIS DAIS AT AN EQUAL LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO THE JUDGE UP ABOVE US AND THE REST OF US IS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSIDERED EQUALS.

YES, THERE ARE CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS THAT ARE YIELDED TO COUNTY JUDGE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS ARE YIELDED TO COMMISSIONERS IN TERMS OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES FOR A 500,000 PEOPLE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TO THE ROLE OF OUR COUNTY JUDGE.

THAT DISPARITY CAME ABOUT PROBABLY IN AROUND 2016, 2017, WHERE ACTUALLY THE COUNTY JUDGE'S POSITION WAS GIVEN, I THINK A $40,000 OR MAYBE $50,000 INCREASE BY COMMISSIONER LOZANDO FOR JUDGE WOLF SOME TIME AGO.

THAT WASN'T THERE WHEN I STARTED ON THE COURT.

IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN ASPERSIONS ON ANYBODY OR ANYTHING.

THESE THINGS PRE-DATE THIS COURT EXCEPT FOR ME.

BUT I THINK THAT YOU HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE'S TIME AND DETAILS ON THIS SERVICE OF COMMUNITY. I MOVE APPROVAL.

PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: SECOND. PETER SAKAI: SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

LET ME ALSO JUST GIVE MY THANKS.

AS A FORMER JURIST, I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT THE PAY ISSUE IS A HARD ONE.

IT'S A HARD ONE FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT ELECTED OFFICIALS.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU ON THE JUDICIARY, THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP GOOD PEOPLE IS TO PAY THEM WHAT THEY DO.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK OF THIS COURT.

I'M NEW SO I'LL TAKE THE PAY RAISE.

BUT THESE COMMISSIONERS WORK HARD AND THEY REPRESENT THEIR PRECINCTS AND I RELY ON THEM TO TELL ME WHAT THEIR NEEDS OF THEIR PRECINCT ARE.

SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE, I APPRECIATE.

NOTE THAT IT WAS A PRETTY DIVERSE COMMITTEE, AND SO I APPRECIATE THE DIVERSITY THAT THE COURT PUT ON THERE.

WE HAD A RIGHT-OF-WAY OF OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES, AND TO THAT, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY WATTS DAVIS.

BEVERLY WATT DAVIS: JUDGE, TRULY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTY LEADERSHIP.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THINGS FLOW FROM THE TOP DOWN.

WE HAD AN AMAZING STAFF.

I'D RECOGNIZE MR. GONZALEZ. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? HE WAS AMAZING.

AGAIN, TO POUR OVER ALL THE DATA, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT WE, BOTH THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR, HAPPEN TO BE DATA PEOPLE.

WE DO THAT AS A PART OF OUR JOB.

BUT PORING OVER ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO EQUITY, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I WANT TO JUST THANK THE STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTY WHO SETS THE TONE FOR HOW STAFF IS GOING TO RESPOND.

SO THANK YOU [OVERLAPPING]. PETER SAKAI: WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT STAFF TOO.

THANK YOU, MR. NEI AND MR. SMITH. WE HAVE A MOTION IN FOR DISCUSSION.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

LET ME ALERT WHERE THE LONGFORD IS.

I WILL TAKE A BREAK ABOUT NOONTIME, BUT LET'S GO AND TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

[80. Presentation, discussion, and appropriate action regarding negotiating an Innovation Fund Grant with Forward Edge-AI for $50,000, Inc., Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. for $50,000, Irys Technologies, Inc. for $14,511.19, Leaptran, Inc. for $50,000, and Elevan LLC dba Elevate Systems for $37,517.83. ]

FOR 50,000.

IRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

FOR 14,511.19.

LEACH TREND INC.

FOR 50,000.

ELEVAN LLC DBA ELEVATE SYSTEMS FOR $37,517.83.

MR. MARCUS. DAVID MARQUEZ: THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I WILL GO QUICKLY. THIS IS ANOTHER INNOVATION FUND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE RUN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, RELATES TO COMPANIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED A SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH GRANT OR A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR DESIRE TO HELP THEM CONTINUE TO GROW IN SCALE AND RECOGNIZE THE SUCCESS OF GETTING THOSE TYPES OF GRANTS MORE AND MORE, THIS IS BECOMING A VERY POPULAR TYPE OF PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM.

THIS YEAR ON MARCH 21ST, WE OPENED A APPLICATION WINDOW FOR COMPANIES TO REQUEST FUNDS.

COMPANIES WHO HAVE RECEIVED AN SBIR OR STTR MATCHING GRANT IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR OR THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS PROGRAM

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IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE AS A NON-PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY WHO'S HEADQUARTERED OR PRIMARY BUSINESS OPERATIONS ARE HERE FOR AT LEAST 36 MONTHS WITH A MINIMUM REVENUE OF $1 MILLION AND A MINIMUM LOCAL EMPLOYEE COUNT OF FIVE.

70% OF THE EMPLOYEES MUST BE EARNING THE HIGH INNOVATION WAGE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY $32.58 AN HOUR, AND NO ONE EARNING LESS THAN THE CURRENT LIVING WAGE, WHICH IS $15.43 AN HOUR, AND THEY HAVE TO BE CURRENT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX OBLIGATIONS TO THE COUNTY.

THE COMPANIES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE DURING THE 22 CALENDAR YEAR THAT'S WHERE I MISSPOKE EARLIER, THEY COULD REPLY FOR THIS GRANT OF UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $50,000.

OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THE SCORING ARE THE ONES YOU MENTIONED EARLIER JUDGE, LEAPTRAN, IRYS, FORWARD EDGE AI, ELEVATE SYSTEMS, AND ASTROPORT.

YOU CAN SEE THEIR HEADCOUNT, THEIR AMOUNT OF THEIR SBIR OR STTR AWARD, THE NUMBER OF YEARS THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS, AND THE RECOMMENDED MATCHING AWARD ON THE END, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU ALSO READ OFF.

THIS IS THE COMPANY, AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I WON'T READ ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THESE ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE TECH COMPANIES IN OUR COMMUNITY DOING VERY IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE DOD AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, FORWARD EDGE IS WORKING ON AI, LOOKING FOR COMPLEX SOLUTIONS FOR THE COMPLEXITIES AND THE DEFENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEY RECEIVED A $1,225,000 SBIR ON PHASE 1 GRANT AND 2 STTR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UTSA AND SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FROM THE US AIR FORCE. SORRY ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR 50,000, IT'S NOT THE NAVY, SIR.

FOR $50,000 FOR FORWARD EDGE AI, IRYS TECHNOLOGIES IS ALSO RECEIVING AN US AIR FORCE SBIR GRANT OF $49,729. WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO MATCH THAT WITH THE GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $14,511.19.

ASTROPORT TECHNOLOGIES, INTERESTING COMPANY THAT IS WORKING ON INNOVATION THAT WILL INVOLVE POTENTIALLY FUTURE PERMANENT BASES ON THE MOON OR OTHER PLANETS AND USING TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN USE THE NATIVE MATERIALS THAT IT FINDS THERE TO DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR SOME PERMANENT BASE THERE. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING IN MATCHING THEIR $149,000 STTR GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UTSA AND NASA, A MATCHING GRANT OF $50,000.

LEAPTRAN, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SMART GRID AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO INCREASE RESILIENCY AND ENERGY INNOVATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

THEY RECEIVED $125,000 SBIR GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO MATCH THAT WITH $50,000.

ELEVATE SYSTEMS, ALSO KNOWN AS ELEVAN LLC, IS PROVIDING SUPPORT THROUGH A $250,000 STTR PHASE 1 GRANT WITH UTSA AND THE US SPACE FORCE.

THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WE'VE KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY THEY'VE BEEN LONGTIME CHAMPIONS, SCOTT GRAY AND HIS WIFE, WHO RUN AND OPERATE THIS COMPANY, DO A FANTASTIC JOB, MARCELLA GRAY.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING A $37,517.83 GRANT FOR THEM.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT FOUR OF THE FIVE COMPANIES ARE MINORITY ON BUSINESSES HERE AS WELL.

SO THIS IS, I THINK, A VERY GOOD AND DIVERSE GROUP OF COMPANIES AND WE RECOMMEND THESE GRANT AWARDS FOR THEM.

PETER SAKAI: DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? DAVID MARQUEZ: YES, SIR. PETER SAKAI: ALL RIGHT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE OR THERE'S A MOTION TO PROVE.

GRANT MOODY: YEAH, ONE COMMENT PLEASE JUDGE.

PETER SAKAI: OH, I'M SORRY. GRANT MOODY: SORRY.

JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO DO A LOT OF THE WORK, A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS, EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT ADMIN, AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE BENEFITS OF THESE COMPANIES THAT HAVE ALREADY MET THE BAR FOR THESE FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT AND THANK YOU FOR ADMINISTERING THIS.

DAVID MARQUEZ: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ELEVATE USES THESE DOLLARS TO HIRE INTERNS.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD A STEM WORKFORCE.

THEY'RE GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY, AND HOW TO GET IN.

SO THESE ARE MULTIPLE WINS ON ANY NUMBER OF FRONTS, WORKFORCE, GROWTH, ETC.

GRANT MOODY: IT'S GREAT PROGRAM. I WISH YOU GOOD.

TOMMY CALVERT: JUDGE, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE RECIPIENTS AND THE STAFF FOR THE VETTING.

THE ONE THING I THINK WE SHOULD DO FROM HERE IS TO GET A PRESS RELEASE OUT ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

IN PART, NOT JUST TO SAY TO THE WORLD THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY HAS INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES LIKE YOURS, BUT ALSO IT SIGNALS TO THE STUDENTS COMING UP TO THE WORKFORCE.

[02:40:02]

SO IF WE MARKET THAT IN A STRONGER WAY TO THE BROADER PUBLIC, WE MAY ATTRACT OTHER SUPPLIERS AND BUSINESSES.

SO I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE MARKET THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS SOME INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES AND IF MORE WANT TO JOIN US WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU AND THE ECOSYSTEM AND THAT YOUNG WORKERS AND OTHER WORKERS WHO HAVE TALENTS IN THE AI, SPACE TECHNOLOGY, WHATEVER YOU'RE WORKING ON, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN THESE COMPANIES AND KEEP INNOVATING.

SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FOLLOW-UP FROM THIS AWARD.

DAVID MARQUEZ: THANK YOU.

JORDAN REMINDED ME IMITATION BEING THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS PUT A PROGRAM TOGETHER THAT'S LARGELY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL, I WOULD SAY, BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN EVEN BUILD ADDITIONAL SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS. PETER SAKAI: SO WAS YOUR ENTIRE TEAM INVOLVED WITH THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA? DAVID MARQUEZ: IT WAS PROBABLY PETER SAKAI: THOSE THAT ARE HERE WOULD YOU JUST COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? ERIC ADOLPHE: I'M ERIC ADOLPHE, I'M CEO AND FOUNDER OF FORWARD EDGE.

WE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE NAVIGATED THAT.

I WANTED TO THANK COMMISSIONER FLORES.

I LIVE IN YOUR PRECINCT AND COMMISSIONER MOODY, WE'RE EXPANDING INTO YOUR DISTRICT.

ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT THE COMPANY.

NOT ONLY DO WE HIRE INTERNS, WE ALSO ARE SKILLED BRITISH COMPANY, SO WE BRING IN TRANSITIONING SERVICE MEMBERS, AND LAST YEAR WE HAD A BIG DISTINCTION.

WE HAD SEVEN STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY GOT THE FIRST PATENTS BEFORE THEY GRADUATED, FROM COLLEGE.

WE'RE BUILDING THAT STEM WORKFORCE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. EVAN GRAY: GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS EVAN GRAY WITH ELEVATE SYSTEMS. WE ARE A SMALL BUSINESS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DOING SOME REALLY COOL STUFF WITH THE DOD IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS GRANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE OUR ROBUST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

INTERNSHIPS CAN BE VERY TRANSFORMATIVE, AND I FOUND MY PATH IN INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF AN INTERNSHIP.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PAY IT FORWARD AND OFFER THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SAM XIMENES: HELLO, I'M SAM XIMENES WITH ASTROPORT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES.

WE BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE MOON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

SAN ANTONIO IS PART OF THE SPACE PROGRAM AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO NICHE AND THE SPACE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF SPACE EXPLORATION.

SO WE'RE A THREE YEAR OLD COMPANY, BUT WE'VE BEEN GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS WE GOT STRONG ENDORSEMENT FROM NASA.

THIS LAST THE STTR WE WON, WE JUST RECEIVED AWARD THAT WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL ONES FROM NASA AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD ENDORSEMENT OF THE BODY.

WE'RE MAKING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ESSENTIALLY MAKING BRICKS TO GO TO THE MOON, NOT TO GO TO THE MOON TO BE MADE ON THE MOON.

SO OUR STEM PROGRAM IS STRONG WE JUST COMPLETED THE SECOND STEM SUMMER OF STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, MIT STUDENTS COME TO US.

STUDENTS FROM RENOWN UNIVERSITIES, EVEN FOR INSTANCE, COME TO JOIN US AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A PRESENCE AT PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHERE IN THE INNOVATION CENTER THERE WITH AN EXHIBIT TO SEE SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGIES, ALSO A LABORATORY IN OUR FACILITIES ARE THERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. LET'S GO TO THE MOON.

TOMMY CALVERT: IS YOUR THEME SONG, FLY ME TO THE MOON? SAM XIMENES: THAT'S GOOD.

[LAUGHTER] PETER SAKAI: IS THERE A MOTION.

ONE MORE. MALE_8: HI, MY NAME IS I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONER.

I'M A CHINESE-AMERICAN, BUT TO BE PROUD OF AMERICANS.

WE OFTEN ATTEND DC WASHINGTON PROGRAM REVIEW.

INNOVATION IS MY BLOOD.

I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH FOR 30 YEARS.

WE OFTEN USE THE TERM C COMPANY FROM SAN ANTONIO IN THE DC, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SBIR TAKE AWAY YOUR HEART, HOW THE PROGRAM IS ONLY 10% CAMPAIGN TO GET THIS INEQUALITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHEN I WENT JORDAN AS TEAM APPROACHING ME, I WAS VERY SURPRISED, VERY GRATEFUL TO HEAR OUR COUNTRY ARE DOING SOME MATCHING FUND, SBIR OR STTR.

THE TREND HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SIX YEARS WITH STAFF FROM DOING SMARTER BUILDING AND NOW MOVE TO SMART GRID AS REALLY WALK WITH UTSA AND THE CPS AN EDGE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE INTELLIGENCE, DATA INTELLIGENCE FOR YOUR TDT TRANSFORMATION AND DIGITALIZATION.

REALLY APPRECIATE AND WE WILL KEEP GOING AND MAKE A PROUD TO BE SAN ANTONIO BASE THAT COMPANY IN THE FUTURE.

[02:45:04]

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: CAN I JUST COMMENT? WHEN GEORGIANA PRESENTED THIS AND I ASKED ABOUT DIVERSITY AND IF WE HAVE DIVERSE PEOPLE APPLYING.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALL MEN, BUT I'M USED TO WORKING WITH A LOT OF MEN.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY PRESENT HERE AND BEXAR COUNTY AND HOW WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE TO GET SOME THINGS DONE.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

DAVID MARQUEZ: COMMISSIONER ELEVATE SYSTEMS IS ACTUALLY A WOMAN NAMED AS WELL, IF YOU JUST MR. GRASSIA REPRESENTING THEM TODAY, BUT IT IS WOMEN AND MINORITY AS WELL.

PETER SAKAI: IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BACK TO MR. CALVERT, SECOND BY, MR. MOODY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES CONGRATULATION.

[BACKGROUND] REBECA CLAY-FLORES: DEBORAH, DO YOU WANT TO COME HERE FOR.

PETER SAKAI: WE WANT TO GET THIS ONE IN BEFORE THE NOON TIME AND I WILL CALL A RECESS AFTER THIS.

I'M ALERTING STAFF AND CHIEF OF STAFF, TAKE CARE OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS.

[81. Discussion and appropriate action for the orders necessary for the conduct of the Tuesday, November 7, 2023, Joint Amendment, Special, Charter, and Bond Election to include: a. An Order to Conduct the Joint Amendment, Special, Charter, and Bond Election; b. An Order designating the main early voting location and branch polling places; c. An Order setting compensation for the deputy early voting clerks for early voting; d. An Order adopting a resolution designating the rate of pay for up to three temporary employees at the Auditors; e. An Order adopting a voting system to be used; f. An Order adopting the resolution designating the number of clerks authorized; g. An Order adopting a resolution for the rate of pay for Election Day judges and clerks; h. An Order setting voting times for Saturdays and Sundays for the November 7, 2023 Election; i. An Order creating an Early Ballot Board and appointing Presiding Judge; j . An Order establishing the Central Counting Station. ]

MS. JACKIE: THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I APPRECIATE THIS. WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM FOLLOWING THIS.

WE'RE IN AN UNUSUAL PLACE RIGHT NOW.

THE ORDERS FOR THIS ELECTION, IT'S A STANDARD ELECTION.

IT'S THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

I'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE 14TH AMENDMENT'S.

THEY HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE ORDER THEY WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.

HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT SIGNED THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE ELECTION YET.

I'M PRESENTING THIS TODAY BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS THAT WE MUST HAVE EVERYTHING APPROVED BY AUGUST 21ST AND YOUR NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST 22ND.

THESE ARE OUR STANDARD ORDERS.

NOW FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WE KNOW SO FAR WE HAVE SOME PLAYERS ARE SOME ENTITIES AS WE CALL THEM.

WE KNOW THAT THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY HAS TWO DIRECTORS AT LARGE.

THE CITY OF CONVERSE IS GOING TO HAVE A CHARTER AMENDMENT WITH 12 CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

WE'LL HAVE A LONG VALID AS YOU KNOW.

THEN WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS FROM HELLO DOES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SHIRTS WHEN CREST MAY BE KIRBY.

AGAIN AUGUST 11TH IS THE FILING DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE WE REFER TO THEM AS THE BABY.

THERE'S THE CITIES IN SCHOOLS.

AGAIN, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ONCE IT IS FINAL.

BUT THESE ARE THE STANDARD SET OF ORDERS THAT WE GO THROUGH.

IT HAS THE PULSE SITES, IT HAS THE DAYS AND TIMES FOR OUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ELECTIONS FOR EARLY VOTING.

IT SETS THE COMPENSATION FOR EARLY VOTING ELECTION DAY.

ALL OF THE EARLY BALLOT CORD CENTRAL COUNTY STATION.

IT NAMES THOSE PEOPLE.

IT LISTS THE VOTING SYSTEMS THAT WE MUST APPROVE.

WE STILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE SAME VOTING SYSTEM, ES&S.

WE WILL BE USING THAT.

ALSO WE HAVE ONE OF THE ORDERS IN HERE IS FOR THE AUDITORS TO HIRE TEMPS STAFF TO HELP GET THE ELECTION DAY PAYROLL OUT.

THE ITEM FOLLOWING THIS IS FOR THE PAYROLL SERVICE FOR THE EARLY VOTING JUDGES, BUT THE AUDITOR'S PAYS THE ELECTION DAY STAFF.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE STANDARD ORDERS.

TOMMY CALVERT: WHAT IS THE PAY NOW FOR THE ELECTION JUDGES? JACKIE: GREAT QUESTION.

THE JUDGES, THE PRESIDING JUDGE IS $17 AN HOUR.

THE ALTERNATE JUDGES 16 AND THE CLERKS OR 15 WITH A $25 PICKUP FEE.

WE ALSO YOU-ALL AGREED WITH I THINK TWO TERMS AGO, THAT WE WOULD PAY FOR TRAINING.

THEY HAVE A $25 PAY FOR TRAINING.

TOMMY CALVERT: THANKS FOR PUTTING SOME ELECTION LOCATIONS AND CONVERSE WITH CHRIS AND KIRBY AS YOU MENTIONED, THE ACTIVITY IN THE ELECTION BALLOT THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE ANOTHER QUESTION.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: I HAVE NOT QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

I KNOW SINCE I'VE GOTTEN HERE, I'VE BEEN WORKING TO PUT MORE SITES AND MY PRECINCT AND NAMELY THE PART THAT'S GOING THE FASTEST ON NORTHWEST SIDE, INCLUDING OUTSIDE OF 1604, NORTH OF 90. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT WAS INCLUDED THIS TIME.

JACKIE: THANK YOU. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: MR. JUDGE, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, JACKIE.

I KNOW SEVERAL FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED MORE SITES, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FEWER SITES RIGHTS?

[02:50:06]

JACKIE: WE HAVE SIGHTS ON HERE TO 59.

AGAIN, IN THE LAST 12 YEARS, THIS ELECTION HAS NEVER HAD A TURN UP OVER A 10%.

I HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE OUR RESOURCES FOR 2024.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: THAT'S THE ELECTION DAY SITES.

WHAT ABOUT EARLY VOTE? JACKIE: YES, 38.

AGAIN, I WOULD THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS DONE SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB ON THEIR BOND PROJECTS.

THEY'VE BEEN RENOVATING THEIR LIBRARIES.

AS WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE BACK INTO MEMORIAL LIBRARY WHEN THEY FINISHED THAT ONE MISSION LIBRARY.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RENOVATING THE GREAT NORTHWEST LIBRARY AND MAVERICK LIBRARY.

HOWEVER, THEY HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW IT TO BE OPEN FOR VOTING, WHICH IS HUGE.

WE DO APPRECIATE THEM FOR THAT.

THE THREE SITES FOR THE LIBRARIES THAT WILL BE CLOSED WITH NO VOTING IS GUERRA , JOHNSTON AND LES PAUL MUSE.

FOR LES PAUL MUSE WE SHOULD SAY WE MOVE TO OUR LADY OF THE LAKE.

IN ELECTION DAY.

FOR JOHNSTON, WE MOVE TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

WE MOVED TO MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: I KNOW THIS ELECTION TIMEFRAME TYPICALLY IS A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TURNOUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CANDIDATES REALLY, EXCEPT FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND THOSE TYPES.

BUT IT'S ALL A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

IF YOU COMPARE, I GUESS THE LAST CYCLE WHICH I GUESS WOULD BE NOVEMBER 21, I THINK WE HAD 284 SITES. IS THAT RIGHT? JACKIE: RIGHT, IN 21, WE HAD A 7% TURNOUT.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF USING RESOURCES AND PUTTING THEM WHERE WE NEED THEM.

I STILL THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION BY DOING FEWER SITES, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT'S STILL YOU SAID HOW MANY EARLY VOTING SITES? JACKIE: THIRTY-EIGHT. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: WHAT WAS THAT IN 2021, THE SAME? JACKIE: YES, AND 65% OF OUR VOTE COMES IN THOSE EARLY VOTING SITES ARE ELECTRIC, JUST LOVES EARLY VOTING.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, JACKIE.

IF ON ELECTION DAY WE ARE REMOVING SOME SITES, MAYBE WE ADD MORE TO THE EARLY VOTING SITES BECAUSE THAT 65%.

MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE KNOW THE NEXT BIG ELECTION NEXT YEAR FROM NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT BEING INNOVATIVE AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS.

APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT.

THANK YOU. JACKIE: ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: JACKIE. I WANTED TO ASK GUERRA LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE LIBRARY THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN ABLE TO FIND? JACKIE: NOT AT THIS TIME.

WE STILL HAVE NOT. WE'RE STILL LOOKING.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: ONCE THE DEADLINE THAT WE CAN COVER, BECAUSE I HAVE MY SAP LOOKING FOR A SITE IN THAT AREA TOO.

WHEN'S THE LAST DATE WE CAN ADD? JACKIE: AGAIN WE WILL WORK ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: OKAY.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK? JACKIE: THERE'S STILL TIME? REBECA CLAY-FLORES: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'VE BEEN JUST VERY RESPONSIVE WITH MY STAFF WHEN WE HAVE WORKED ON DIFFERENT ISSUES.

THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF IN THE ELECTRON'S DEPARTMENT.

JACKIE: THANK YOU. REBECA CLAY-FLORES: THANK YOU.

GRANT MOODY: WELL, THANK YOU, JACKIE FOR BEING HERE AND FOR PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

AGAIN, THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB USING DATA AND PAST VOTING TRENDS TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT ON WHAT THE NEED ACTUALLY IS FOR THE SELECTION.

I'D BE SHOCKED IF WE GOT TO 10%.

JUST BECAUSE I THINK 80% OF THE COUNTY WILL HAVE NO NAMES ON THE BALLOT, WILL ONLY HAVE PROPOSITIONS.

THAT'S JUST HARD TO DRIVE PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE.

BUT I APPLAUD YOU USING THAT DATA TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT.

I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY I'VE NEVER WAITED IN LINE FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES TO VOTE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

I THINK THAT OUR SYSTEMS WORKING ESPECIALLY WITH THE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE.

THOSE ARE JUST THE COMMENTS I WANTED TO MAKE.

THANK YOU. JACKIE: THANK YOU, SIR.

PETER SAKAI: IS THERE A MOTION? TOMMY CALVERT: MOVE.

PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: SECOND. PETER SAKAI: SECOND.

BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

[02:55:01]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSE? GO TO WORK AND MS. AT THIS TIME, AS I PROMISED, WE ARE TAKING ABOUT 30-45 MINUTE BREAK.

GO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: HOW MANY? CAN YOU JUST GIVE THE EXACT TIME TO BE BACK SO WE CAN BE COGNIZANT [OVERLAPPING] HERE AND WAIT.

PETER SAKAI: ALL RIGHT. REBECA CLAY-FLORES: SO 12:47.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE SITTING THERE GOING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE.

AM I RIGHT WALTER? PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONERS, YOU-ALL GET BACK ON TIME.

I'LL BE HERE ON THE BACK.

EATING LUNCH.

COURTS AND RECESS. WE'RE STILL HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

LET ME RESTATE WHERE AN ITEM 82 AWARDING OR REQUIREMENTS CONTRACTED THE LOWEST BID SUBMITTED BY TRISTAR PERSONNEL, LLC, SBE WB,

[82. Awarding a requirements contract to the lowest and best bid submitted by Tri-Starr Personnel, LLC (SBE, WBE) to provide for the purchase of temporary labor payroll services for an initial two-year term, beginning October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2025, for an estimated annual amount of $1,543,766.70, and providing for three (3) one-year options for renewal, as requested by the Elections Department; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute a contract renewal in accordance with the terms of the original contract if provided for in each fiscal year appropriated budget; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file appropriate award documents for record. (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes) ]

MIKE MITCHELL: AN AFTERNOON, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

MIKE MITCHELL WITH PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS FOR THE TEMPORARY LABOR PAYROLL SERVICES FOR THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

WE SENT OUT TO IFB BACK ON JUNE 2, 2023.

IT WAS RELEASED TO A 112 SUPPLIERS.

THE CLOSING DATE WAS JUNE 30TH.

WE HAD A RESPONDENT'S HUMAN CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, TRISTAR PERSONNEL, SORIA, INCORPORATE IT ATTEND THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING, SO THEY'RE BASICALLY NON-RESPONSIVE, AND LK JORDAN OF SAN ANTONIO, THIS BASICALLY GOES OVER. THE SCOPE OF WORK IS TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY LABOR, PAYROLL SERVICES FOR THE ELECTIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE FOR EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY POSITIONS. THE EARLY VOTING COSTS MAY RANGE 30,000-400, 000 AND ELECTION DAY COSTS FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT MAY RANGE 20,000-40,000. AGAIN, THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS, MS. JACKIE WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS AND A LIST OF QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED WORKERS AND ASSIGNMENT LOCATIONS FOR THESE POSITIONS TO THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER, WHICH WOULD BE TRISTAR PERSONNEL SERVICES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITIONS AND THE HOURLY RAGES, AND THIS TRISTAR IS RESPONSIBLE TO GIVE US A MARK-UP POWER FOR THOSE SERVICES.

THE RECOMMENDED MOTION IS TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO LOWEST AND BEST BID SUBMITTED BY TRISTAR PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE THE TEMPORARY PAYROLL SERVICES ON YOUR REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT BASES.

TOMMY CALVERT: I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE PROFIT FEE FOR THE SERVICE FOR TRISTAR PERSONNEL.

WHAT IS THEIR CUT OF THIS? MIKE MITCHELL: THAT IS THE MARKUP FOR EACH POSITION WHICH IS NOT IN THERE.

IT WAS IN THERE, BUT NOW IT'S NOT.

BUT IT BASICALLY GOES OVER SAY, LIKE THE DATA ENTRY VOTER REGISTRATION POSITION IS AT $3.15 MARKUP ON THAT.

TOMMY CALVERT: THE POSITION IS 15 BUCKS.

IT'S 18 SOMETHING TO THE COUNTY? MIKE MITCHELL: YES, SIR. TOMMY CALVERT: WE HAVE PROBABLY 400-600 WORKERS, MAYBE MORE, SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THERE.

BUT THEY WERE THE LOWEST OF WERE THERE OTHERS HAVE MATCHED IN PRICE.

MIKE MITCHELL: NO THEY WERE THEY WERE THE LOWEST.

TOMMY CALVERT: LOW BID. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: SECOND. PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND.

BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, ANY FURTHER QUESTION OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. REBECA CLAY-FLORES: THANK YOU.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

WE WILL PROCEED TO ITEM NUMBER 83, PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING RENOVATION AND BUILD-OUT FOR PROBATE

[83. Presentation, discussion, and appropriate action regarding renovations and buildout for Probate Court #3 courtroom, including approval of the appropriate budgetary transfer. (Estimated Presentation Time: 15 minutes) ]

TOMMY CALVERT: MR. CURRY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

DAN CURRY: JUDGE SAKAI, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

[03:00:01]

I'M DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECORD.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE NEWLY ADOPTED OR NEWLY CREATED PROBATE COURT NUMBER 3.

THE 88TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION SAW THE CREATION OF A NEW PROBATE COURT FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

WE WORKED WITH THE JUDICIARY AND THE EXISTING PROBATE COURT JUDGES ON THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR COURT, AND WE DISCOVERED THAT IT'S PROBABLY ACROSS THE HALLWAY FROM PROBATE COURT 1 AND 2 FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES OF ADJACENCIES IN THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IF WE BEAT THAT SPACE AVAILABLE FOR PROBATE COURT 3, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THESE DOMINOES THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE TO THAT NEW COURT.

STEP 1 IS GOING BE RELOCATION OF THE LAW LIBRARY FUNCTION FROM THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE AND THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE CHILD SUPPORT COURTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THAT FIRST FLOOR SPACE UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR WHERE THE LAW LIBRARIAN WAS AND THEN WE'LL RENOVATE THE SPACE APPROPRIATE WITH THE PROBATE COURT REQUESTS.

TO GET A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS THE LAW LIBRARY IS EVOLVING OVER TIME.

TO BEGIN, IT'S PIVOTING AWAY FROM HARDCOVER BOOKS TO ACTUALLY DIGITAL RESOURCES IN LARGE PART.

THIS LARGE SPACE WE HAVE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE FOR ALL THE VOLUMES OF BOOKS, ISN'T NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE LAW LIBRARY ANYMORE.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT EFFICIENCY.

IT'D BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE RESOURCES DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE IN SOME PLACE WE CALL AFFECTIONATELY AS THE TRAIN STATION.

IT'S A LARGE WAITING AND CONFERRING AREA NEXT TO PRESIDING CORNER ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

WE CAN MAKE SIX OF THOSE TERMINALS AVAILABLE FOR THE LAW LIBRARY FUNCTIONS AND THE COUPLE HARD BOUND VOLUMES THAT HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF CERTAIN TEXAS STATUTES WILL BE IN BOOKSHELVES IN THAT SPACE AS WELL.

WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THE LAW LIBRARY STAFF AND THERE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO PRO SAY LITIGANTS THERE IN THE SPACE, PROVIDE THEM PACKETS FOR DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER THINGS RIGHT THERE IN THAT SPACE INSTEAD OF GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE TERMINAL END OF THE COURTHOUSE, WHICH IS THE FIFTH FLOOR.

WE THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE SPOT.

THAT'S STEP 1. ONCE THAT'S LAW LIBRARY SPACES VACATED, WE CAN TAKE THE CHILD SUPPORT CORD FUNCTION AND MOVE IT UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR.

CURRENTLY, CHILD SUPPORT DOCKET USES THE OLD COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE JUDGE CATOE WAS AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE APPOINTED BY CITY HALL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE, TO RUN A CHILD SUPPORT COURT DOCKET WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

THEY DO IN-PERSON, NOT FREQUENTLY.

THEY DO IT A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK.

THEY HAVE NO MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE.

WE CONFIRMED WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ABOUT OCCUPANCY THEN BEING ON THE FIFTH FLOOR SHOULDN'T POSE A PROBLEM.

WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT EXITS AND THE CAPACITY UP THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN 40 PARTICULAR PEOPLE ON A DARKER COLOR.

WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO BE AS THEIR DOCKETS WILL BE, WE BELIEVED AS LESS TRAFFIC, THAN THE FUTURE PROBATE COURT.

THOSE TWO STEPS, THOSE TWO THINGS WHICH I'M CALLING STEP 1 IS ABOUT $175,000 WORTH OF EFFORT.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO YOU TODAY BEFORE THE BUDGET CYCLE BEGINS IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO START ON THIS IN EARNEST, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THESE READY.

THE COURT IS CREATED SEPTEMBER 1ST, ALONG WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION.

BUT AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THE OTHER ENTITIES OTHER THAN MINE ARE WORKING ON THE SELECTION OF THE JUDGE, APPROPRIATE STAFFING AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE SPACE ACCELERATED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN SO IT'S AVAILABLE FOR WHOEVER YOU GUYS SELECT.

STEP 2 IS GOING TO [OVERLAPPING] REBECA CLAY-FLORES: CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE FROM THAT PART.

IF YOU'RE RELOCATING, PUTTING MORE STUFF IN THE TRAIN STATION, THE TRAIN STATION IS STILL GOING TO HAVE AMPLE SPACE FOR CLIENTS TO MEET WITH ATTORNEYS OR WHATEVER? DAN CURRY: YES. WE WALKED THIS SPACE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE FOR THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS, AS WELL AS THEIR STAFF, ATTORNEY STAFF WHO'S HERE TODAY, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE LAW LIBRARY STAFF, AND WE THINK IT STILL HAS APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR ALL THOSE FUNCTIONS.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SPACE HERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS TO INVEST SOME TIME AND BEAUTIFYING THE TRAIN STATION. IT'S REALLY A SAD PLACE.

SOMETIMES CHILDREN ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY, MARRIAGES ARE ENDING.

I KNOW I'VE PARTNERED WITH LIKE A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MY PRECINCT TO PUT UP CHILDREN'S ARTWORKS OF YOU GUYS CAN JUST PUT SOME ART OR SOMETHING BECAUSE MANY OF YOU GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE TRAIN STATION.

DAN CURRY: IT'S JUST IT'S PRETTY VANILLA.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: IT FAILS IF THAT IS AS IT IS IF YOU CAN.

DAN CURRY: ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL GO WITH YOUR OFFICE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PIECES OF ARTWORK, WILL FORGET THEM FRAMED AND GET THEM IN THAT SPACE.

YOU'RE RIGHT, IT NEEDS A LITTLE CHEERING UP, SO TO SPEAK.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: THANK YOU.

DAN CURRY: THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO BACKFILL THAT SPACE THAT'S VACATED BY THE CHILD SUPPORT CHORD FUNCTIONS.

AGAIN, MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OLD COMMISSIONERS COURT SPACE.

THAT SPACE HAS LARGE CONFERENCE ROOMS AND OPEN SPACES.

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THAT IS ABOUT A $500,000 EXERCISE.

AGAIN, WE'RE COMING TO YOU TODAY TO TRY TO ACCELERATE SOME OF THAT TIMEFRAME.

THOSE TWO THINGS COMBINED ARE ABOUT $675,000 TOTAL PROJECT COST.

SO TODAY, WE'RE ASKING FOR DIRECTION TO PROCEED WITH STEPS NECESSARY TO CREATE SPACE FOR THE NEW PROBATE COURT 3, INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY TRANSFER.

TOMMY CALVERT: WHAT'S THAT TIMELINE DID YOU MENTION FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PROBATE 3.

DAN CURRY: PLEASURE I HESITATE TO COMMIT THICK IN OPEN COURT TO A TIMELINE.

I CAN SEE THIS PROJECT TAKING UP TO THREE MONTHS TO DO.

WE WILL WORK AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BY STAFF ALREADY WORKING ON GETTING PROPOSALS FOR THE FIRST DOMINO.

WE CAN GET THOSE DONE AS SOON AS THE BUDGET TRANSFER IS EXECUTED.

TOMMY CALVERT: ABOUT HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE IS JUST GOING TO BE? REBECA CLAY-FLORES: THE COURTROOM SUITE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET, AND SO ALL COMBINED COURTROOM AND OTHER STUFF NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO TEAR OUT ALL THE FINISHES.

SOME OF THOSE PLACES ARE PERFECTLY GOOD.

THE DIOCESE IS A PERFECTLY GOOD SHAPE, BUT A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF, THERE ARE SOME WEIRD AV PIECES THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OUT OF THAT OLD SPACE BECAUSE IT JUST NOT CONGRUENT WITH THE FUTURE FUNCTION.

DO YOU THINK WE MAY COME UNDER BUDGET? IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR I MEAN, ARE WE TALKING TO ALL THE SPACES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED? THAT'S THE CUMULATIVE BUDGET OF ALL OF THEM? DAN CURRY: YES. THE WORK ON THE FIFTH FLOOR? TOMMY CALVERT: DAN CURRY: YES, AND THEN THE LAW LIBRARY? TOMMY CALVERT: THAT'S WHERE I WAS JUST SAYING IT WAS AT ONE, BUT IT'S MULTIPLE.

DAN CURRY: AGAIN, WE'LL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO DO IT AS, AS ECONOMICALLY AS WE CAN.

BUT WE WANT TO GO ALSO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AS WELL.

TOMMY CALVERT: WHAT ABOUT THE MARKET FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IS IT TIGHT RIGHT NOW? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.

DAN CURRY: SO IT'S ALWAYS THE MARKET, AS YOU KNOW, FLUCTUATE, SO IT'S TIGHT.

WE SEE LOTS OF PARTICIPATION.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN PARTICIPANT JOBS THAT ARE $7 MILLION.

WE JUST DON'T SEE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL HAVE TO REACH OUT DILIGENTLY THROUGH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUTREACH OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE.

PETER SAKAI: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TOMMY CALVERT: I MOVE THE APPROVAL.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: HERE.

TOMMY CALVERT: SORRY. PETER SAKAI: GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: NOT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET A NEW PROBATE COURT, BUT I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

THERE'S ISSUES FOR SOME OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN TERMS OF SPACE.

IN APPROVING THIS, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER PERHAPS OUTSIDE.

I KNOW THE JUDGE AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL OUTSIDE SPACE THAT WE EITHER PURCHASE OR LEASE AS YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR STAFF TO WORK ON CONFIGURING OUR SPACE SO THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE COURTHOUSE AND ALSO OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

IF WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME OTHER SPACES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE.

THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: SECOND. PETER SAKAI: SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT? I GOT SOME QUESTIONS, MR. CURRY. DAN CURRY: SURE. PETER SAKAI: OBVIOUSLY, AS A FORMER JURIST, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MANY OF THE RENOVATIONS IN THE COURTHOUSE, REMODELING AND ESPECIALLY THIS PLACE HERE, AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT BRINGS AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE JUDICIARY.

I THINK I REACHED OUT TO YOU AND ASK THAT YOU MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE WITH THE JUDICIARY.

I THINK THE JUDICIARY HAS STEPPED UP.

I JUST WANT TO PUT ON RECORD THAT YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE, JUDGE SID HARLE.

YOU HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATOR JUDGE, JUDGE RANGEL, CIVIL DISTRICT COURT OR LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT COURT, JUDGE ALVARADO, AND THEN I BELIEVE, JUDGE MELISSA VARA, AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE OF COUNTY COURT, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PROBATE JUDGES.

I'VE ASKED MY STAFF TO REACH OUT TO THEM SO THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING.

I BELIEVE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, I THINK, JUDGE OSCAR KAZEN INTO THE HOUSE.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUDGE VERONICA VASQUEZ ALSO, WHO I UNDERSTAND IS ATTENDING TO SOME PERSONAL ISSUES.

ALSO TOO, YOU HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I WANT TO APPLAUD DAN, HIS OFFICE AND THE JUDGES BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS SIGNED OFF ON THIS AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE OF EVERYBODY HAVING SEPARATE OPINIONS ON THIS AND WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD UNLESS EVERYBODY COMES TO AN AGREEMENT.

MR. CURRY, DO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT ABOUT EVERYBODY THAT I'VE MENTIONED? DAN CURRY: IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THEM HAVE APPROVED THIS PLAN.

YES, SIR. PETER SAKAI: ALSO TOO HAVING BEEN IN THIS PROCESS BEFORE, IT DOESN'T MOVE QUICKLY AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO IN PHASES. THE PROBATE COURT IS NOT GOING TO BE READY UNTIL WE GET THE CHILD SUPPORT COURT READY.

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IT'S WHAT I CALL THE DOMINO EFFECT.

NOTHING HAPPENS ALL AT ONE POINT.

I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, JUDGES TO UNDERSTAND, ATTORNEYS TO UNDERSTAND, WE'RE GOING TO WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO GET THIS COURT ONLINE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LET'S DO IT RIGHT, LET'S DO IT UNDER BUDGET, AND LET'S BE WISE WITH THE SPACE.

AND COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS OF HOW WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE THE FUTURE NEEDS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO THE JUDGES TO LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE CAN FUND IT AND BUDGET FOR IT. THANK YOU, MR. CURRY. THIS IS REALLY A PROBATE COURT-DRIVEN PROCESS, BUT AS I INDICATED, THERE ARE PHASES THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

HAVE WE LEFT ANYBODY OUT, THE DISTRICT CLERK, THE COUNTY CLERK, THE PROBATE CLERK? I DON'T WANT ANYBODY, I DON'T SEE MR. DOMNIC CLARK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL PART OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SPACE FOR CLERKS, SPACE FOR COURT STAFF, SPACE FOR ATTORNEY STAFF.

A PROBATE COURT CARRIES A STAFF FOR WHICH THEY NEED TAKE CARE OF THEIR DOCKETS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES. GET TO WORK.

GET THAT COURT. JUDGE I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU SNEAK OFF. MALE_9: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

PETER SAKAI: YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE IT.

[84. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to adopt an Order Restricting Outdoor Burning, effective on the date of adoption of the Order. (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes) ]

PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN APPROVAL TO ADOPT AN ORDER RESTRICTING OUTDOOR BURNING.

THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THE ORDER, MR. CHRIS LOPEZ AND COMPANY.

CHRIS LOPEZ: JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY.

THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE MAKING IS THAT YOU VOTE TO ENACTED BURN BAN.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AS OF THIS MORNING OUR KBDI, WHICH THE KEETCH-BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX IS AT 692, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE 575 THAT IT IS REQUIRED TO BE AT IN ORDER FOR US TO EVEN REQUEST THE BURN BAN BE ENACTED. JUST AS A NOTE, LAST COMMISSIONERS COURT, IT WASN'T HIGH ENOUGH FOR US TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION PER 352 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. WE ARE AT THAT LEVEL AND WE DO REQUEST THAT THE COURT AND YOU GUYS PLEASE VOTE TO ENACT OF BURN BAN.

PETER SAKAI: REALLY QUICK.

COMMISSIONER, MOODY. GRANT MOODY: IF I COULD, I SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE RISKS OUT THERE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK MICHAEL AND CHRIS AND YOUR TEAMS FOR THE SUPPORT.

LAST FRIDAY WE HAD AN INCIDENT IN PRECINCT 3.

A HOME WAS A TOTAL LOSS IN A FIRE THAT TOOK PLACE JUST EAST TO 281.

I ALSO WANTED TO JUST THANK THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO RESPONDED TO THAT FIRE THAT YOUR OFFICE PROVIDED ME WITH.

ESTS 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, SCPD, LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, TEXAS FOREST SERVICE, ACADIAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, MYSELF, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS ON THE LIST, BEXAR COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND FIRE DISPATCH, BEXAR COUNTY OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER, AND BEXAR COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE OR CASUALTIES WITH THIS FIRE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW QUICKLY WHEN CONDITIONS ARE AS DRY AND AS HOT AS THEY ARE, THINGS CAN GET OUT OF HAND AND OUT-OF-CONTROL REALLY QUICKLY.

AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO RESPONDED TO THAT FIRE AND SAVED MULTIPLE OTHER STRUCTURES CLOSE BY BY THEIR QUICK RESPONSE.

BUT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. TOMMY CALVERT: I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, CHRIS.

IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF THESE FIRES THAT HAD THESE HUGE ACREAGES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTIGATIONS, IS IT CIGARETTE BUTTS, PEOPLE THROWING THOSE THINGS, OR WHAT IS IT? CHRIS LOPEZ: OFTENTIMES THEY ARE ACCIDENTAL FIRES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BURNING OUTDOOR TRASH AND THEY ARE NOT

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WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO PUT OUT THE MESSAGE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BURN HOUSEHOLD TRASH AND YOU DON'T HAVE A TRASH SERVICE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT YOU USE A BARREL WITH A PIECE OF EXPANDED METAL OVER THAT TO ACT AS A SUPPRESSOR SO THAT ANY TYPE OF DEBRIS OR ANY KIND OF EMBER OR ANYTHING DOESN'T COME OUT OF THAT BARREL AND MOVE INTO THE FUELS, THE DRY GRASSES AND THOSE TYPES OF SMALL LIMBS AND LEAVES THAT ARE AROUND THOSE AREAS. WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR HOMES ARE FIRE READY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT KEEPING PILES OF WOOD UP AGAINST THEIR HOME, THAT THEY'RE NOT STORING ANY TYPE OF DEVICE THAT YOU COOK WITH OR PROPANE CYLINDERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT UP AGAINST THEIR HOME, ANYTHING THAT COULD, NOT EVEN MAYBE CAUSED THE FIRE, BUT MAKE IT WORSE IF A FIRE DOES OCCUR.

KEEP YOUR GRASS SHORT AND IF YOU CAN, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO, WATER THE AREA AROUND YOUR HOME AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO YOUR RESIDENCE.

LIVING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, WE DO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTAL FIRES THAT DO OCCUR ON THE ROAD SIDES FROM PEOPLE THROWING OUT CIGARETTE BUTTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH PULLING THEIR TRAILER DOWN THE ROAD AND MAYBE THEY'VE GOT A BRIGHT THAT IS CAUSING FRICTION AND YOU'VE GOT PIECES OF SLAG THAT COME OFF, THE SAME THING WITH VEHICLES.

WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LOOK IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE AND YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT SAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD, PLEASE DON'T DRIVE IT DOWN THE ROAD.

THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO BLOW OUT AND A HEATED UP RIM CAUSE A FIRE, BUT BREAKING DOWN AND GETTING OFF INTO THE GRASS.

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM ON VEHICLES, THAT'S INTO THE THOUSANDS OF DEGREES WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE ROAD WITH SOME OF THESE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND IT CAUSES A FIRE.

WE DIDN'T SEE IN OUR OWN COUNTY VEHICLES ON TRAFFIC STOPS THAT CAUSED GRASS FIRES IN THE YEARS PAST.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DO ENACT SAFE AND DO THOSE THINGS.

THEN WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UNFORTUNATELY INTENTIONALLY STARTING FIRES.

TOMMY CALVERT: THAT WAS SUPER INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. PETER SAKAI: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET ME ASK THIS, CHRIS.

MR. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

LET ME SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, CLIMATE CHANGE HAS REALLY CREATED AN EFFECT, AT LEAST LOCALLY.

CORRECT? CHRIS LOPEZ: YES, SIR.

PETER SAKAI: WITHOUT GETTING UP TO THE DISCUSSION OF THAT, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IT'S HOT AND IT'S CREATED A DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY. MY QUESTION TO YOU AND MIKE IS, DON'T WE HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF THIS NOW, LIKE WE TRIED TO DO WITH GUN SAFETY, TRY TO GET OUT AHEAD AND BE PROACTIVE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY? ARE WE AT THE STAGE WHERE WE NEED TO BE YEAR-ROUND? WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE THE CLIMATE AND THE WEATHER OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TOLD ME IN DISCUSSIONS THAT THIS CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN THAT WE'RE IN NOW WITH 105 PLUS DEGREES WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 3-4 WEEKS.

CHRIS LOPEZ: YES, SIR. PETER SAKAI: THAT THERE'S NO CHANCE OF RAIN PROBABLY UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

IF WE'RE SEEING FIRES EVERY DAY AND IT APPEARS THAT THE NEWS DOES A GREAT JOB ABOUT COVERING IT, WE GOT A PROBLEM.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HEAT WAVE TO START ALERTING AND I'LL PUT UP THE ALARM, SO TO SPEAK, NO PUN INTENDED, ABOUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE SHOULD PERHAPS LOOK AT THIS YEAR ROUND, AND IN FACT, FIGURE OUT HOW YOUR OFFICE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND JUST TELL PEOPLE WE NEED TO BE SMARTER.

ESPECIALLY OUR UNINCORPORATED AREAS, THE TRULY RURAL AREAS THAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY BURN THEIR BRUSH, THEY BURN THEIR TRASH, AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS, AND THAT WON'T TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHTS TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO DO IT RESPONSIBLY, WE NEED TO DO SOME EDUCATION ON HOW TO BUILD RESPONSIBLE, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORD, FIRE PITS OR APPROPRIATE CONTAINERS THAT WILL BURN THEIR TRASH OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT OR AM I BEING A LITTLE TOO HYPERSENSITIVE TO THE HEAT? [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, IT IS TOO HOT FOR ME.

CHRIS LOPEZ: YES. NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, JUDGE.

I KNOW THAT EVEN IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ALONG WITH A MANAGER'S OFFICE, HAVE TAKEN THOSE PROACTIVE STEPS TO CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF BRUSH AND GRASS AND THESE

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THAT LOWERS THAT DANGER, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THE MESSAGE FOR THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IN THE COUNTY WE SEE EVERY PRECINCT HAS THIS NOW, BECAUSE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS AND BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, WE HAVE HOMES THAT ARE LITERALLY BUILT NEXT TO WOODED AREAS WHERE IN THE PAST WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT THE WAY THAT WE DO TODAY WITH LIKE, I HEARD THE 500,000 POPULATION.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE 18 YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT POPULATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

YOU CAN LOOK JUST IN THE ALMA RANCH AREA ALONE AND YOU SEE THAT THAT IS A SMALL CITY.

THOUGH THEY MOVED OUT INTO THE COUNTRY, THEY MOVED OUT INTO ALL OF THAT WOODED AREA, AND IF THEY'RE NOT BEING EDUCATED, WHICH WE DO PROACTIVE EDUCATION. WE DO GO TO THE HOAS.

WE DO TRY TO GET OUT THERE, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUR PIO OF GETTING THAT MESSAGE TO THESE FOLKS THAT, LOOK, GUYS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WHENEVER YOU'RE BUILDING THAT YOU HAVE A FIRE SAFE HOME.

WE CONCENTRATE, AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO ADMIT, BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITED IN OUR SCOPE, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES UNDER THE 352 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, BUT THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES ARE THE ONES THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE THE REGULATORY AND PERMITTING AUTHORITY OVER.

WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE BUILDING THOSE HOUSES RIGHT NEXT TO THE WOODS.

IT'S TRUE. PETER SAKAI: YOU BRING UP AN ISSUE COMMENT THAT PERHAPS WE NEED TO BRING PEOPLE LIKE PUBLIC WORKS WHO LOOK AT THE PLOT DEVELOPMENTS, AND AT LEAST ALTHOUGH WE DON'T CONTROL IT OR REGULATE IT, WE CERTAINLY CAN PUT OUR OPINIONS AS TO WHAT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENCY USE OF AND AT LEAST FOR THE PROTECTION OF FIRE. CHRIS LOPEZ: WE DO.

PETER SAKAI: THEY SITUATE AS HOMES ARE GETTING BUILT UP RIGHT NEXT TO VEGETATION AND TREES.

WELL, THANK YOU. THERE'S MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? REBECA CLAY-FLORES: I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

YOU HAD MENTIONED METAL BARRELS.

FOR SOME OF OUR MORE RURAL AREAS, OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE A LARGE PART IN MY PRECINCT.

IS THERE A PLACE THAT WE CAN MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PURCHASING THOSE OR SUPPLYING THOSE TO SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT? CHRIS LOPEZ: SURE. REBECA CLAY-FLORES: IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU BUILD OR IS THERE ACTUALLY A PLACE WHERE WE CAN PURCHASE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? CHRIS LOPEZ: NORMALLY, FOOD GRADE BARRELS THAT ARE USED BARRELS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PURCHASE TO BURN THEIR HOUSEHOLD TRASH, AND RATHER THAN ANYTHING THAT HAD ANY PETROLEUM DISTILLATE OR ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORED IN IT. YES, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION THAT I'D LOVE TO HAVE AND THEN LET YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE FOLKS CAN FIND THOSE.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES: THANK YOU.

PETER SAKAI: YOU COULD MAKE A BARBECUE PITS TOO, RIGHT? CHRIS LOPEZ: YES. PETER SAKAI: ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, COMMISSIONER MOODY. GRANT MOODY: SORRY.

SHE JUST MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING.

IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY WITH EITHER YOUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE LIKE SUPPORT OR DROP-OFF FOR TRASH PICKUP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY OR HAS THAT EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE? CHRIS LOPEZ: WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT CURRENTLY.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES DO HAVE LOCATIONS WITHIN THEIR PUBLIC WORKS WHERE THEY HAVE ROLL-OFFS AND PEOPLE CAN JUST BRING THOSE ITEMS TO A LOCATION AND THEN DROP THEM OFF.

CURRENTLY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, ENVIRONMENT, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.

PETER SAKAI: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. PUT THAT BURN BAN, GET THE PIO.

TELL THE [OVERLAPPING] CHRIS LOPEZ: THANK YOU-ALL.

PETER SAKAI: PUBLIC, DON'T BURN YOUR TRASH IN BEXAR COUNTY.

ITEM 85 HAS BEEN TAKEN UP AND APPROVED.

ITEM 86, DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF FALLING BUDGET TRANSFER.

[86. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of the following budget transfers: a. Budget transfer in the amount of $412,619 to replenish the Court Appointed Attorney's budget through August for the Civil District Courts; b. Budget transfer in the amount of $1,319,309 to replenish the Court Appointed Attorney's budget through August for the Criminal District Courts; c. Budget transfer in the amount of $139,486 to replenish the Court Appointed Attorney's budget through August for the Juvenile District Courts; d. Budget transfer in the amount of $117,462 to replenish the Court Appointed Attorney's budget through August for the County Courts at Law. (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes)]

BUDGET TRANSFER IN AMOUNT OF $1,309,309 TO REPLENISH THE COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY'S BUDGET THROUGH AUGUST FOR THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS.

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FINALLY, BUDGET TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $117,462 TO REPLENISH THE COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY'S BUDGET THROUGH AUGUST FOR THE COUNTY COURTS OF LAW.

MS. SMITH TINA, I'LL JUST PUT ON RECORD THAT DON'T KNOW WHO'S HERE IN BEHALF, BUT I HAD ASKED THAT THE APPROPRIATE JUDGES FOR THOSE COURTS COME.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PERHAPS THAT MESSAGE WASN'T GIVEN.

WITH THAT, WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION, BUT I HAD QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED THAT PERHAPS ONLY THE JUDGES CAN GIVE ME SOME.

MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WHOEVER ELSE IS HERE ON THAT ISSUE WILL TAKE IT UP.

TINA SMITH-DEAN: YES, SIR. TINA SMITH-DEAN WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE REQUESTING COURT'S APPROVAL OF FOUR BUDGETARY TRANSFERS TO COVER SHORTFALLS IN THE COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY COST LINE ITEMS FOR THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS, THE JUVENILE DISTRICT COURTS, THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS, AND THE COUNTY COURTS OF LAW.

THIS IS THE AUGUST TRANSFER, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING ANOTHER ONE NEXT MONTH WHEN WE GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE BE AT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

PETER SAKAI: DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE FOR SEPTEMBER? TINA SMITH-DEAN: NO.

PETER SAKAI: HAS THE COURTS GIVING YOU ANY PROJECTIONS? TINA SMITH-DEAN: NO, SIR.

PETER SAKAI: THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANT THAT INFORMATION.

BECAUSE THIS IS OUT OF CYCLE REQUEST, ISN'T IT? TINA SMITH-DEAN: YES, SIR. PETER SAKAI: OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY, WE WILL PAY IT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S MY FINAL BILL GOING TO BE.

TINA SMITH-DEAN: WE'RE ESTIMATING 16.5 ACROSS ALL OF THE COURTS.

WE BUDGETED 12.2. PETER SAKAI: HOW MUCH? TINA SMITH-DEAN: WE BUDGETED 12.2 AND WE'RE ESTIMATING 16.5 BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

PETER SAKAI: WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF THAT? TINA SMITH-DEAN: PERCENTAGE, 30.

PETER SAKAI: OKAY. TINA SMITH-DEAN: YEAH, 30.

PETER SAKAI: ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MOODY. GRANT MOODY: THE $2 MILLION TODAY IS JUST FOR THE MONTH? TINA SMITH-DEAN: CORRECT. GRANT MOODY: THEN YOU ESTIMATE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TWO MILLION-ISH FOR SEPTEMBER? TINA SMITH-DEAN: YES.

THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD ESTIMATE.

GRANT MOODY: ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AND I'M NOT SURE IF I MISSED IN THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL, AND THIS ISN'T NEW.

I ASK THESE QUESTIONS WITH MANAGER ASSIGNED COUNCIL AS WELL.

BUT WHEN THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THESE COURT COSTS FOR ATTORNEY FEES, THERE'S FOUR DRIVERS THAT ARE POSSIBLE.

BUT WITHOUT THE DATA, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE DRIVERS ARE OR WHETHER WE COULD IMPACT THOSE.

THE NUMBER OF TOTAL CASES THAT THEY'RE DISPOSING OF, THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CASES THAT REQUIRE A COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY, THE COST PER HOUR, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP, ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, IS THAT THE RIGHT NUMBER? ARE WE OVERPAYING? THEN THE HOURS PER CASE.

BUT WITHOUT SEEING THE HISTORICALS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE ANY DETERMINATION ON WHETHER WE'RE OVERPAYING OR I DON'T THINK WE'RE UNDERPAYING. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER THE LAST IN THE 24 MONTHS.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THAT DATA.

TINA SMITH-DEAN: YOU'RE CORRECT.

WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DATA ON DISPOSITIONS, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THE NUMBER OF DISPOSITIONS HAS GONE UP. THAT IS GOING TO BE A DRIVER.

I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOURS PER CASE.

I COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH AN AVERAGE COST PER CASE.

GRANT MOODY: HAVE THE COST GOING UP THE SAME PERCENTAGE ACROSS THE DIFFERENT COURTS OR IS THAT VERY DISPARATE IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT? TINA SMITH-DEAN: I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

GRANT MOODY: WELL, WE JUST NEED TO BE CAREFUL.

OBVIOUSLY, I THINK NOT WRITING ANY BLANK CHECKS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S THE PROPER OVERSIGHT AND TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT.

BUT AGAIN, ULTIMATELY, I NEED THE DATA IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DRIVERS BEHIND THESE CHANGES AND THESE OUTER CYCLE BUDGET REQUESTS.

TINA SMITH-DEAN: YES, SIR.

PETER SAKAI: OUT OF FAIRNESS, ARE ANY OF THE JUDGES HERE OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, WHY DON'T YOU ALL COME UP HERE? [NOISE] ANA AMICI: GOOD AFTERNOON.

ANA AMICI. PETER SAKAI: YOU'RE ANA AMICI, BUT YOU'RE NOT A JUDGE, SO LET ME HAVE THE JUDGE WHO'S HERE.

I THINK I'M OUT OF PROTOCOL.

THAT'S YOU. HOW ABOUT THAT? YOU'RE ALL BY YOURSELF.

WHERE ARE YOUR COLLEAGUES? ROSE SOSA: I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS IN COURT AND WAS SUMMONED BY MS. ANGELINI TO COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR THIS.

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IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE HERE.

[BACKGROUND] ROSE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY IN BEHALF OF- ROSE SOSA: CONCERNING THE JUVENILE COURTS, WE ARE REQUESTING SLIGHTLY UNDER $140,000 TO BE TRANSFERRED TO PAY VOUCHERS.

I CAN TELL THE COURT I TOOK THE BENCH JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

I RAN OUT OF MONEY PAYING VOUCHERS IN MAY.

APPARENTLY, WHEN I LOOKED AND TALKED TO MS. ANGELINI ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, THE BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR MY COURT WAS ABOUT $170,000, $180,000 AND THIS IS JUST ROUGHLY MY HEARSAY FROM TALKING TO MS. ANGELINI. THE PRIOR JUDGE ONLY PAID ABOUT $74, $75,000 IN VOUCHERS.

THERE WAS ABOUT $100,000 IN VOUCHERS OR $100,000 THAT WAS GIVEN BACK FROM MY QUARTER LAST YEAR.

WHEN I TOOK THE BENCH IN JANUARY, I HAD A LOT OF VERY ANGRY DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WHO HADN'T BEEN PAID.

THEIR VOUCHERS HADN'T BEEN PAID.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT LOST IN THE SYSTEM.

I HAVE NO IDEA. ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN I TOOK THE BENCH, I STARTED SIGNING VOUCHERS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE FOR CASES THAT HAD HAPPENED LAST YEAR.

BY MAY, I WAS INFORMED BY MS. ANGELINI THAT I WAS OUT OF THE FUNDS THAT I HAVE BEEN BUDGETED SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WE ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS.

I CAN TELL THE COURT THAT I GOT TWO VOUCHERS FOR TWO CAPITAL MURDERS THAT CAME IN IN APRIL THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, THAT TOTAL ABOUT $40,000 THAT ARE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN PAID. THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PART OF THE $140,000 THAT IS BEING ASKED TO BE TRANSFERRED.

I CAN ALSO TELL YOU ALL THAT IN JUVENILE WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE RATES.

I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ABOUT INCREASED RATES.

THAT'S NOT WHERE THIS $140,000 WE'RE REQUESTING.

I'M REQUESTING MONEY BECAUSE I NEED TO PAY THE ATTORNEYS WHO DID WORK LAST YEAR AND WERE NOT PAID IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE CASES THAT WE HAVE SOLVED THIS YEAR.

SINCE I'VE TAKEN THE BENCH, I'VE DECREASED THE DOCKET 40% FROM WHAT I HAVE TAKEN ON INITIALLY IN JANUARY, SO ALL OF THOSE OLD CASES THAT WERE PENDING HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

I THINK AS I STAND HERE TODAY, I PROBABLY HAVE LESS THAN 10 CASES THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO 2023.

WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH THE BACKLOG AND MY COURT IN PARTICULAR, I KNOW THAT I THINK I AM THE GIANT OFFENDER IN JUVENILE COURTS.

I THINK MUCH OF THE BUDGET HAS GONE TO PAY FOR THE VOUCHERS THAT I HAVE SIGNED OFF ON ON CASES THAT WERE NOT PAID PRIOR TO ME TAKING THE BENCH BECAUSE I HAVE TALKED TO JUDGE VALDEZ AND JUDGE SHAW ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE MONETARY ISSUES IN THE COURTS.

I AM ASKING FOR THAT TRANSFER BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN BACK LAST YEAR BECAUSE VOUCHERS WERE NOT PAID.

I HAVE NOW PAID THOSE VOUCHERS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY UNHAPPY ATTORNEYS THAT I'M AWARE OF AT THIS TIME WHO ARE OWED MONEY AND WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO DRIVE DOWN THE DOCKET, AS I STATED, ROUGHLY 40% FROM WHAT I TOOK THE BENCH ON.

THAT IS WHY JUVENILE IN PARTICULAR IS ASKING FOR THESE FUNDS TO BE PAID CONSIDERING AN AMOUNT I CAN TELL YOU FOR NEXT MONTH, I DON'T KNOW.

I SIGNED A BUNCH OF VOUCHERS THIS MORNING IN COURT.

EVERY DAY IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

IT DEPENDS ON WHO FILES THE VOUCHERS AND WHEN.

AS THE COMMISSIONERS ARE AWARE, ATTORNEYS HAVE UP TO A YEAR TO SEND IN THEIR VOUCHERS AFTER THEY FINISH THE CASE SO IT'LL BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO GIVE YOU AN ACTUAL AMOUNT OF WHAT WE ALSO WILL BE REQUESTING NEXT MONTH IN SEPTEMBER.

PETER SAKAI: HOW OLD ARE THE OLDEST CASES YOU HAVE TO PAY IN THIS LAST CYCLE? I RECOGNIZE YOU TO START IN JANUARY 1, AND APPARENTLY YOU HAD A BACKLOG.

HOW ARE THESE CASES? ARE THEY GOING BACK ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS? ROSE SOSA: THE CAPITAL MURDER CASE THAT I DID SIGN THE VOUCHERS ON THAT WAS FINISHED AT SOME POINT LAST YEAR.

I THINK THE ATTORNEYS ON THAT CASE HAD BEEN ON THAT CASE FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS.

I MIGHT BE MISTAKEN. BUT THAT CASE WAS A CAPITAL MURDER, SO IT WAS CERTIFIED AS AN ADULT AND SO IT WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM SO THAT CASE WAS ONE OF THE LONGER ONES, BUT THERE WERE SOME CASES THAT WERE TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD, BUT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH ALMOST EVERYTHING NOW.

PETER SAKAI: ON THOSE CASES, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE PUBLIC'S NEED, THOSE CASES GOT MOVED OVER TO THE ADULT COURT, SO WERE YOU PAYING THE FEES IN THE ADULT COURT TOO? ROSE SOSA: THAT CASE WAS KEPT.

SOME OF THE CASES WHEN THEY ARE CERTIFIED TO STAND TRIAL AS AN ADULT, SOME OF THE JUVENILE JUDGES DECIDE TO KEEP THE CASES IN JUVENILE COURT BECAUSE THEY CAN BE HEARD IN JUVENILE COURT AS WELL. THAT WAY YOU SAVE MONEY BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME PROSECUTORS WHO KNOW THE CASE FROM THE GET GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME ATTORNEYS AND SO SOMETIMES IT ACTUALLY GOES FASTER BY KEEPING THESE CASES IN JUVENILE COURT.

THE CAPITAL MURDER I'M REFERRING TO WAS KEPT IN JUVENILE COURT, WHICH IS WHY THE VOUCHER WAS SO LARGE.

BUT THAT CASE, THE ATTORNEYS HAD THAT CASE FOR A WHILE.

PETER SAKAI: YOU RAISE AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE PAYING FEES THAT ARE FOR CASES THAT HAD BEEN OFFICIALLY TRANSFERRED TO ADULT COURT BUT THE JUVENILE COURTS HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION, SO THEY'RE HOLDING ONTO IT.

ROSE SOSA: JUST THAT CASE. PETER SAKAI: THEN DOESN'T CAPITAL MURDER CASES ON ADULT SIDE HAVE A DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURE THAN A JUVENILE SIDE.

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THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT OFTEN IN JUVENILE CASES, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE THEY ARE JUVENILES, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A SECOND CHAIR.

IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF CASE AND WHETHER OR NOT A JUDGE HAS GRANTED A SECOND CHAIR.

BUT THE FEE SCHEDULE PER HOUR IS IDENTICAL AS MY RECOLLECTION.

PETER SAKAI: AM I TO UNDERSTAND IT TOOK FOUR YEARS TO TRY THAT CASE FROM START TO FINISH? THAT SEEMS TO BE A LONG TIME.

ROSE SOSA: I THINK FROM WHEN THE CASE WAS PICKED UP TO WHEN IT INITIALLY WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE DA DECIDED TO TRY AND CERTIFY IT TO STAND TRIAL.

IT WENT THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND THEN EVENTUALLY IT WASN'T DIED AS AN ADULT CASE IS MY RECOLLECTION.

PETER SAKAI: BUT IT STILL TOOK FOUR YEARS? ROSE SOSA: OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, YEAH.

PETER SAKAI: SOMETIMES JUSTICE DOESN'T GO VERY QUICK AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

ROSE SOSA: YES. PETER SAKAI: ARE YOU AUDITING YOUR OWN BILLS? THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANTED THE JUDGES.

DO YOU AUDIT YOUR OWN ATTORNEY BILLS THAT COME TO YOU? ROSE SOSA: YES. MOST OF THE VOUCHERS, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT ITEMIZATION.

I CAN TELL VERY FEW ATTORNEYS ACTUALLY ITEMIZE.

MOST OF THE CASES ARE FLAT FEE CASES.

THE ITEMIZATION CASES GENERALLY ONLY COME UP WHEN CASES ARE TRIED OR IF YOU HAVE A VERY CONVOLUTED OR COMPLICATED CASE THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TIME FOR DISCOVERY OR EMOTIONS IN COURT. BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 90% OF OUR VOUCHERS ARE FLAT FEE VOUCHERS, THEY ARE NOT ITEMIZED.

THE QUESTION ABOUT HOURLY RATES WE'RE PAYING, THAT IS A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE.

I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I DO LOOK AT THE VOUCHERS WHEN I SIGN THEM TO VERIFY THAT EVERYTHING IS CORRECT.

PETER SAKAI: WHO CHECKS FOR THE ACCOUNTING ERRORS THAT ATTORNEYS MAKE LIKE DOUBLE BILLING? ROSE SOSA: I LOOK AT THEM, MY COORDINATOR LOOKS AT THEM.

IF WE HAVE A QUESTION, IF IT'S THE CASE THAT HAS BEEN ITEMIZED, WE USED TO SEND THEM TO THE VOUCHER COMMITTEE, BUT WITH THE MAC COMING ONLINE AND WE'RE IN THIS NEBULOUS AREA WHERE THE MAC ISN'T NECESSARILY REALLY INVOLVED AT THE MOMENT IN JUVENILE QUITE YET.

THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN JUVENILE.

WE USED TO SEND THEM TO THE VOUCHER COMMITTEE.

THE VOUCHER COMMITTEE WOULD VERIFY THAT THE HOURS WERE CORRECT, THE ACCOUNTING IS CORRECT, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

PETER SAKAI: WHAT YOU DESCRIBED AS CAN YOU SAY JUDGE SHAW AND- ROSE SOSA: JUDGE VALDES.

PETER SAKAI: ARE THEY DOING THE SAME THING? ROSE SOSA: I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT I WOULD ASSUME SO.

PETER SAKAI: OKAY. MS. ANGELINI, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER JUDGES? LAURA ANGELINI: WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF POINT OF CLARIFICATION FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AS AN ADMINISTRATOR.

ONE, WE DO HAVE THE SAME FEE SCHEDULE ON THE ADULT SIDE THAT THEY DO FOR MISDEMEANORS AND FOR FELONIES.

BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE DEATH PENALTY CASES IN JUVENILE, EVEN IF YOU'RE CERTIFIED TO STAND TRIAL AS AN ADULT, THE DEATH PENALTY CAN'T BE IMPOSED, SO WE NEVER GET TO THAT HIGHEST FEE STRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE ON THE ADULT SIDE IN THE JUVENILE WORLD.

THAT WAS JUST ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP.

PETER SAKAI: SO HOW DOES ONE CASE COST $40,000 THEN? LAURA ANGELINI: BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME, WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY WORKING ON THE CERTIFICATION AND THEN WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY WORKING ON THE TRIAL.

[OVERLAPPING] THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROCEEDINGS, BUT THEY'RE BEING PAID AT THE JUVENILE RATE ON ONE AND THEN THE ADULT RATE ON THE OTHER ONE.

THE SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW ARE THESE CASES WAITING FOR YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN IN A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH THE PANDEMIC.

THESE CASES WERE FILED, AND THEN WHILE WE WERE NOT IN PERSON, PEOPLE WEREN'T HAVING JURY TRIALS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONFRONT YOUR ACCUSER AND ALL THAT STUFF SO YOU WEREN'T HAVING JURY TRIALS. THE FLAT FEE CASES WERE GOING ALONG.

BUT THE TRIALS, THE THINGS THAT REQUIRED THIS CONFRONTATION PROCESS DIDN'T HAPPEN AND SO THEY SAT, BUT ATTORNEYS WHO WERE STILL WORKING ON THE CASE, THEY WERE STILL MEETING WITH DAS. THEY ARE ACCRUING HOURS ON THE CASE, EVEN THOUGH THE CASE ISN'T FINALLY DISPOSED TILL THAT END OF THE YEAR.

THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED, AND THIS IS NO FAULT OF ANYBODY.

IT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT WHEN WE REQUEST FUNDING FOR COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS FEES, WE BASE IT ON WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOUR PROJECTIONS.

HOW MANY CASES HAVE YOU SEEN COME THROUGH? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS LIKELY TO COME THROUGH IN THE NEXT YEAR? WE REQUEST THAT AMOUNT, BUT WHEN BUDGET GIVES US THE FUNDING FOR IT, THEY BASE IT ON OUR YEAR-TO-DATE EXPENDITURES AT A SIX-MONTH PERIOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND SO DURING THOSE YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC, SINCE THESE CASES WEREN'T GOING THROUGH, THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR CAME LOWER.

IF WE REQUESTED 250,000 THEY ONLY BUDGETED 160,000 FOR THE COURT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T PROCESSING THAT MANY CASES AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

WHY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THAT MONEY SITTING THERE IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED, BUT IT'S NOT.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE PERCEIVED THAT WE'RE NOT PROJECTING CORRECTLY OR WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ASSESS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE TRY TO DO THAT AS PART OF THE EXERCISE, BUT THEN BUDGET CAN ONLY GO BY WHAT THE REAL EXPENDITURES ARE.

EVEN WITH OUR PROJECTIONS, AS JUDGE SOSA BROUGHT UP, THE COURTS CAN'T CONTROL NECESSARILY WHEN AN ATTORNEY IS GOING TO TURN IN THEIR VOUCHER.

THEY COULD FINISH THEIR CASE TODAY AND NOT TURN IN THEIR VOUCHER FOR 364 DAYS AND STILL BE ENTITLED TO BE PAID.

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IN ORDER TO HELP COMMISSIONER MOODY, ARE YOU ALL ABLE IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR PROCESS TO TELL US THE NUMBER SHE'S REQUESTED? CAN YOU ALL GIVE US THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER.

LAURA ANGELINI: WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

PETER SAKAI: NOBODY'S GOT THAT IN REAL-TIME? LAURA ANGELINI: NO. WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE MAKE A PROJECTION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS AND THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE'VE DISPOSED OF BASED ON THE PRIOR YEAR'S DATA.

WHAT I TRY TO DO THIS BUDGET CYCLE WHEN I ASK FOR MONEY, IS I BASED IT ON THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC SO THAT THE NUMBERS WOULD BE MORE REFLECTIVE.

PETER SAKAI: BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT COMMISSIONER MOODY IS ASKING FOR? LAURA ANGELINI: I DO. PETER SAKAI: I WOULD JOIN IN HIS REQUEST.

LAURA ANGELINI: I DO UNDERSTAND IT AND I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER FIGURES YOU WANT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE ARRIVED AT THESE FIGURES.

PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. MS. ANA. ANA AMICI: JUDGE, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TWO REAL MAIN POINTS AND THEN I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

I FIRST JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT AROUND THE TIME JURIES OPENED UP AGAIN, THE COURTS ACROSS ALL CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS HAD CLOSE TO 10,000 PENDING ACTIVE FELONY CASES.

RIGHT NOW, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE 4,600.

SO TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MOODY, YES, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF CASES.

JUST TO ECHO WHAT JUDGE SOSA AND MS. ANGELINI SAID. RIGHT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THE BUDGET FOR THE COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY FEES FOR FELONY, AND I'M TALKING 2017, 2018, TAKE THAT BACK, I'M TALKING 2018, 2019 WAS $8.4 MILLION.

THIS YEAR, THE ADOPTED BUDGET WAS SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT JUDGE ANGELINI IS SAYING.

BASED ON ALL THE PANDEMIC STUFF, IT LOOKED LIKE OUR NUMBERS ARE REALLY LOW OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE HAD NO JURY TRIALS.

I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THESE BUDGET TRANSFERS NEEDING TO HAPPEN.

WE WERE BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC BUDGETED AMOUNTS FOR COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY FEES STARTING OFF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY WORKING THROUGH ALL THOSE CASES, THERE'S NO WAY WE WERE GOING TO COME IN ANYWHERE CLOSE TO EVEN THE PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS.

THERE ARE STILL SOME CHALLENGES WE HAVE.

I SAID TWO POINTS, THERE'S ONE MORE POINT.

EVEN THOUGH OUR NUMBERS NOW ARE REALLY LOW AND I WOULD SAY HISTORICALLY LOW, LIKE PRE-PANDEMIC BEYOND I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 6,000 PENDING CASES PRE-PANDEMIC, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AT 4,600 NOW, WHAT WE SEE, THE MAKEUP OF THOSE CASES IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WE HAVE CASES THAT ARE OVER A YEAR OLD, ABOUT TWICE AS MANY AS WE HAD PRE-PANDEMIC.

THOSE CASES, BECAUSE THEY LINGER A LITTLE BIT LONGER, THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.

THERE'S MORE TIME TALKING TO WITNESSES, CLIENTS, ETC.

I THINK SOME OF THOSE FACTORS MIGHT LEAD TO SOME OF THE JUMP IN THE FEES THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS YEAR AND IT IS HARD TO PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE DO TRACK DISPOSITIONS, WE TRACK CLEARANCE RATES.

ALL COURTS ARE APPROACHING 200% CLEARANCE RATES, WHICH IS OBVIOUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THESE SUPER LOW NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.

ALL THE DISTRICT COURTS ARE TRYING BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN TRIALS EVERY WEEK.

PRE-PANDEMIC, THAT WAS 3-4.

SO THE TRIALS COST MONEY.

SO I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS ARE LEADING TO THIS BUDGETARY ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

PETER SAKAI: OUT OF FURNACE TO YOU AND I'LL ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS.

DO YOU HAVE THE STATISTICS THAT COMMISSIONER MOODY'S ASKED FOR? ANA AMICI: YEAH. I THINK I HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT WE DON'T HAVE AS GOOD A DATA AS WE'D LIKE TO HAVE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS A COUNTY, BUT I HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS, I THINK, JUDGE.

PETER SAKAI: WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE IT TO THE BUDGET OFFICE SO THEY COULD PROVIDE IT TO US? ANA AMICI: WE'LL DO. PETER SAKAI: THANK YOU.

ANA AMICI: THANK YOU. PETER SAKAI: MR. RYAN, WHO DO YOU COVER TODAY? RYAN ANDERSON: GOOD AFTERNOON. I GUESS I'M COVERING CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE CHILDREN'S COURT.

PETER SAKAI: [OVERLAPPING] I PROBABLY HAVE TO ABSTAIN MYSELF BECAUSE OF MY PERSONAL OPINION.

RYAN ANDERSON: OR YOU CAN CORRECT ME.

[OVERLAPPING] PETER SAKAI: I GOT PROBABLY A LOT TO SAY, BUT I REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL.

GO AHEAD. RYAN ANDERSON: THE BULK OF OUR BUDGET IS CHILDREN'S COURT.

THAT'S THREE MILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO IN THE BUDGET 25,000 FOR THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS, AND MOSTLY THAT'S BECAUSE THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS, WE DON'T HAVE MANY APPOINTMENTS.

WE ONLY HAVE TO DO IT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE CIVIL CONTEMPT AND SOMEONE COULD FACE GOING TO JAIL, AND THAT'S TINY.

THE DRIVER AND ALL OF THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S COURT.

I'M NOT SURE. I WAS TALKING TO TANYA GHATAN THIS MORNING AND THEIR BUDGET OFFICE IS ESTIMATING US TO BE AT 4.2 MILLION

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I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM BECAUSE I HAD ELISA RUN OUR NUMBERS AND WHAT WE'RE AVERAGING IS ABOUT 320,000 A MONTH, AND THAT COMES UP TO ABOUT 3.6, 3.7.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE EXTRA HALF MILLION IS COMING FROM.

PETER SAKAI: SO REALLY THE JUDGES HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

RYAN ANDERSON: NO.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE BUDGET IS COMING UP WITH, IT ISN'T CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE AVERAGING.

PETER SAKAI: THESE ARE REAL NUMBERS, RYAN? RYAN ANDERSON: WELL, RIGHT. PETER SAKAI: THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING.

I WANT TO BE FAIR.

RYAN ANDERSON: THE REAL NUMBERS WE'RE AVERAGING 320,000 PER MONTH.

THAT DOESN'T GET UP TO 4.2 MILLION.

[OVERLAPPING] PETER SAKAI: I KNOW.

BUT TODAY YOU'RE ASKING 412.

RYAN ANDERSON: EXACTLY.

BUT THAT 412 IS PART OF TRYING TO COME UP WITH, GETTING TO WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

PETER SAKAI: WE'RE PAYING PROJECTED COST? RYAN ANDERSON: NO. I THINK THERE ARE INVOICES.

WHY OUR INVOICES ARE UP, THEY FLUCTUATE.

WE HAVE LAID INVOICES TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE INVOICES.

BEFORE AN INVOICE IS PAID, IT IS REVIEWED AND SIGNED OFF ON BY THE JUDGE.

PETER SAKAI: SO THE JUDGE ARE AUDITING AND APPROVING THEIR OWN VOUCHERS IN CHILDREN'S COURT.

RYAN ANDERSON: IN CHILDREN'S COURT, YES.

PETER SAKAI: I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN THERE.

JUDGE BURLEY AND JUDGE MONTEMAYOR.

RYAN ANDERSON: VERY MUCH SO.

THEY WORK VERY HARD AT IT.

OCCASIONALLY, I'LL GET QUESTIONS.

THIS WAS A BIGGER YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE COURTS NOW.

WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AND WE'RE RUNNING MORE TRIALS.

WE'RE RUNNING JURY TRIALS, WE'RE MOVING MORE THINGS THROUGH.

SO I THINK THAT HAS LED TO THE INCREASE.

PETER SAKAI: BUT I BELIEVE YOUR CHILDREN'S COURT KEEPS REAL-TIME STATS, DON'T THEY? RYAN ANDERSON: WE DO KEEP REAL TIME. PETER SAKAI: WE ALL REPORT TO THE COURT.

AT LEAST I WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THAT.

AREN'T THE NUMBERS SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY? THEN THE OTHER QUESTION AS OPPOSED TO THE CRIMINAL COURTS, CHILDREN'S COURT KEPT GOING FULL BLAST AS I RECALL WHEN I WAS THERE BECAUSE THEY WENT TO ZOOM IMMEDIATELY.

WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR? IS THIS THE FEE INCREASE? WHAT IS THIS? RYAN ANDERSON: WE ESTIMATE THAT THE FEE INCREASE WILL INCREASE OUR BUDGET BY LESS THAN 10%.

THAT WAS DOING SOME SPOT CHECKING GOING BACK A FEW MONTHS, RE-RUNNING INVOICES WITH THE HIGHER RATE JUST TO SEE WHAT IMPACT.

I DON'T THINK THAT EXPLAINS IT COMPLETELY.

I THINK THAT WE ARE RUNNING MORE CASES THROUGH.

WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE LATE INVOICES, BUT WE DON'T WAIT A YEAR.

WE'RE NOW IMPOSING A 60-DAY LIMIT IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR INVOICE IN WITHIN 60 DAYS.

PART OF THAT IS JUST THE PRACTICAL EFFECT AND IT'S VERY HARD FOR A JUDGE A YEAR AFTER THE CASE TO REVIEW AN INVOICE AND GO, I REMEMBER THIS EXACT CASE THAT'S REASONABLE. WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE FEE INCREASE.

GOING TO COMMISSIONER MOODY'S POINT, WE CAN GET ALL THOSE STATS.

WE TRACK THAT, AT LEAST FROM CHILDREN'S COURT WE ALREADY DO, FROM THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS, THOSE ARE PRETTY EASY NUMBERS.

I WILL SAY THAT ON THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURT INVOICES BEFORE A JUDGE SIGNS OFF ON IT, IT'S REVIEWED BY MY STAFF, IT'S THEN REVIEWED BY ME PERSONALLY, AND I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER THERE IS SOME QUESTION THAT THE JUDGE SHOULD LOOK AT WHERE I THINK A RATE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HIGH OR I THINK THE HOURS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HIGH.

ULTIMATELY IT'S THE JUDGE'S CALL, BUT WE HAVE A THREE-TIERED PROCESS THAT WE TRY TO GET TO HIM.

HAVING BEEN PRACTICING JUST A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO, I'M FAIRLY IN TUNE WITH WHAT THE RATES ARE.

PETER SAKAI: ANY QUESTIONS? RYAN ANDERSON: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PETER SAKAI: GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

GRANT MOODY: I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP AND SAY, I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT COURTS HERE IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, IN TERMS OF THE BACKLOG OF CASES, THERE'S ALSO A FEE ISSUE.

THERE'S DIFFERENT DRIVERS AND THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT DRIVERS FOR DIFFERENT COURTS.

BUT ULTIMATELY WITHOUT MORE COMPLETE DATA, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE DRIVERS ARE AND WHETHER YOU CAN IMPACT THEM OR NOT.

OR JUST IMPROVE THE BUDGETARY PROCESS SO WE CAN FORECAST BETTER AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND MY STAFF CAN REACH OUT, BUT WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU TO TRY TO PROVIDE THAT DATA AND BE ABLE TO HELP ANALYZE IT.

RYAN ANDERSON: I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.

I THINK SOMETHING ELSE YOU MIGHT CONSIDER JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE IS YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE GROUPS ADMINISTERING THEIR OWN COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS FEES. CONSOLIDATION MIGHT BE A WAY THAT YOU CAN GET BETTER EFFICIENCY AND BETTER CONTROL.

IT'S JUST A THOUGHT. PETER SAKAI: YOU'RE SPEAKING TO BREAKING DOWN THE SILOS OF BUREAUCRACY, RYAN [LAUGHTER] SO YOU HAVE A FAN, A SUPPORTER THERE.

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NO. FEMALE_2: HELLO, JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS.

[OVERLAPPING] PETER SAKAI: EXCUSE ME FOR THE INFORMALITY TO ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS.

FEMALE_2: I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL.

PETER SAKAI: I JUST KNOW YOU ALL AS, DEEDEE, ANA AND RYAN.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW YOU AS AND LAURA, WHEREVER SHE WENT.

SHE'S GOT HOMEWORK. [BACKGROUND] FEMALE_2: KEVIN COURTOIS COUNTY COURT ADMINISTRATION PREPARED SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL.

SIMILAR TO WHAT WE GAVE YOU LAST MONTH, BUT THIS IS JUST UPDATED NUMBERS.

WE MENTIONED ONCE AGAIN THAT THE COURTS HAVE MOVED BACK TO ORGAN IN-PERSON AND WE DO HAVE JURIES AVAILABLE BACK IN-PERSON AS WELL, WHICH HAS HELPED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JURY TRIALS. BUT AS LAUREN ANGELINI MENTIONED AND ANA LAST YEAR FOR THE 22/23 BUDGET, I DID REQUEST 2,265,000 BASED ON WHAT WE HAD SPENT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT WE ENDED UP GETTING ONLY 2,087,000.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALREADY AT A SHORTFALL.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT II AT THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN JULY OF 2019, WE HAD ALREADY SPENT 2.1 MILLION AND COMPARE IT TO JULY CURRENTLY WITH THE VOUCHERS PAID, IT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO MILLION.

IF YOU GO TO PAGE 2, WE DID PREPARE OUR EXPENDITURES.

THE EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 ARE ONLY THROUGH JUNE, SO THE 22,625.

IF WE SAY THAT'S A NINE MONTH ESTIMATE, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY HIT ABOUT 30,166 BY END OF SEPTEMBER.

ON PAGE 3, WE DID THE AVERAGE PAYMENT PER VOUCHER, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE AVERAGE PAYMENT PER VOUCHER IS ONLY SLIGHTLY INCREASED IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND JUNE SINCE THE NEW ADOPTED FEE SCHEDULE.

OF COURSE, OUR NEW FEE SCHEDULE ONLY APPLIES TO CASES WITH AN OFFENSE STATE AFTER MAY 1ST OF 2023.

IT'S NOT GOING TO APPLY TO CASES, WHAT WE CALL READ FILES THAT DON'T HAVE INFORMATIONS THAT MIGHT BE FILED SO THIS WILL ONLY APPLY TO CASES THAT ARE FILED OR WITH AN OFFENSE STATE OF MAY OR LATER.

WE WENT OVER OUR DISPOSITIONS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE, 5,000 CASES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPOSED.

JUST THE VERY LAST PAGE, PAGE 4, WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW HAS ACCOUNTED FOR 12.7 OF THE OFFICE OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENTS REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS A RESULT OF COURT APPOINTED FEES COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE SO.

WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S A MINIMAL AMOUNT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONER MOODY? GRANT MOODY: SORRY, I JUST CAN'T PASS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FIRST OF ALL, HIGHLIGHT THE IMPRESSIVE RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE FAMILY VIOLENCE DISPOSITIONS GOING FROM 6,300 DOWN TO 1,300.

THAT'S REALLY A TREMENDOUS WORK AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WORK OF THE IMPACT COURTS IN HELPING MOVE THOSE CASES.

FEMALE_3: YES. GRANT MOODY: I DO THINK IN TALKING WITH SOME COUNTY STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES, THERE'S PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION HERE SOON ABOUT WHETHER ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE IMPACT COURTS MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT SPACE TO ADDRESS OTHER CASES THAT HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES, BACKLOGS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ANSWER IS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE AND TALK ABOUT.

FEMALE_3: THANK YOU. YES, WE'RE WILLING AND READY TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE CAN.

PETER SAKAI: MR. RODRIGUEZ. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW JUDGE IS OUT OF TOWN.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE.

I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR THE JUDGES WHEN THEY HAVE A DOCKET TO BE HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM THEM AND I APPRECIATE THAT JUDGE HAS ALSO MADE IT.

JUDGE, FOR PURPOSES OF MOVING THIS ALONG, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE IT TILL THE NEXT MEETING.

I KNOW THAT NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE A LOT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE JUDGES ON SOME OF THIS AND MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE TABLE IT TILL THE AUGUST 22ND MEETING.

PETER SAKAI: IS THERE A SECOND? TOMMY CALVERT: I HAVE A QUESTION. PETER SAKAI: GO AHEAD.

TOMMY CALVERT: ON THE MOTION. IF WE TABLE THIS, I CONSIDER THESE IN THE NON-DISCRETIONARY CATEGORY OF FUNDS.

DOES THIS JUST MEAN THAT THE THOUSANDS OF VOUCHERS HAVE TO WAIT LONGER TO BE PAID OR WHAT DOES THIS EFFECTIVELY DO FOR THE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COURT SYSTEM?

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I MEAN, THESE ARE VOUCHERS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THAT'S ALSO THE OTHER POINT THAT LAURA ANGELINI BROUGHT UP.

SOMETIMES THESE ATTORNEYS DO TAKE A WHILE TO TURN TO THEIR VOUCHERS OR MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER DELAYS THAT PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING PAID AND OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE IAN VOICING YET BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME WITH A TYLER SYSTEM.

RIGHT NOW THE MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY HANDLING OUR VOUCHERS.

THE SUBMISSION OF OUR VOUCHERS AND THE REVIEW OF THEM AS WELL.

PETER SAKAI: WELL, LET ME ASK THAT, YOU JUST OPENED THE DOOR.

WHO'S AUDITING AND APPROVING THE VOUCHERS IN THE COUNTY COURTS OF LAW? THE JUDGES? [OVERLAPPING] FEMALE_3: THE MANAGER ASSIGNED COUNCIL AS OF THIS LAST MONTH FOR ALL THE COUNTY COURTS.

PETER SAKAI: DID THE JUDGES APPROVED THAT? DID THE COMMISSION APPROVE THAT? FEMALE_3: YES, THE JUDGES APPROVED THAT.

PETER SAKAI: I ASSUME IT'S WITHIN THEIR STATUTORY.

FEMALE_3: YES.

PETER SAKAI: WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COMPLIANT.

OBVIOUSLY, MR. LET ME ASK YOU THIS, MR. LEO, ARE YOU PAYING THESE VOUCHERS ARE ALL SITTING THERE BECAUSE YOU NEED AUTHORIZATION FROM US? LEO CALDERA: NO, JUDGE. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A COURT ORDER TO PAY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE PAYMENT ON IT.

[OVERLAPPING] THERE'S TIMES OBVIOUSLY BUDGET, WHERE WE DO REQUEST BUDGET TRANSFERS AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST [OVERLAPPING] BUT FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE PAYMENT. PETER SAKAI: I KNOW.

WHAT IT SAYS IS IF WE DENIED TODAY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR A REFUND AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THOSE PAYMENTS HAVE ALREADY PROCESSED AND ARE GOING OUT OF YOUR OFFICE? LEO CALDERA: YES. WE'VE GOT A COURT ORDER SAYING SO.

TOMMY CALVERT: I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY.

I REMEMBER SEEING IT STATISTICALLY, THERE WEREN'T REALLY THAT MANY LAWYERS TAKING COURT APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE OF THE FEE STRUCTURE WAS SO LOW, WAS IN 50 SOME LAWYERS [OVERLAPPING] FEMALE_3: IT'S DEFINITELY LESS THAN 70.

TOMMY CALVERT: RIGHT, SO IT WAS LESS THAN 70 [OVERLAPPING].

FEMALE_3: FOR THE MISDEMEANOR. TOMMY CALVERT: PARTICULARLY IN YOUR AREA, SO WE HAVE AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE OTHERS, BUT I THINK THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION TO ASK IF LAWYERS DON'T GET PAID FOR THEIR WORK, HOW MANY WILL DROP OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND WHAT THAT DOES TO THE INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM.

IN GENERAL, CAN ANYBODY RESPOND TO WHETHER LAWYERS WILL BE DISCOURAGED FROM REPRESENTING INDIGENT CASES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID ON IT.

FEMALE_3: I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DISCOURAGED BY THE LOW FEW SCHEDULE IN THE PAST.

WHEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE CASES, YOU HAVE MORE BODY CAM VIDEOS, YOU HAVE JUST A LOT MORE COMPLEXITIES WITH DWI'S FAMILY VIOLENCE, WHICH IS WHY THE JUDGES MOVE TO AN ITEMIZATION ON THOSE PARTICULAR OFFENSES.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE MR. THERE'S ALWAYS FOLKS WHO NEED TO TAKE THE APPOINTMENTS OR WANT TO TAKE THE APPOINTMENT SO IF SOMEBODY DROPS OFF, THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER LAWYERS THAT CAN STEP UP AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THAT'S HOW IT USED TO BE BACK [OVERLAPPING].

FEMALE_3: THAT'S HOW IT USED TO BE. WE USED TO HAVE OVER 200 ATTORNEYS ON THE WHEEL AS OF PRE-PANDEMIC AND SO, AND IT USED TO BE EVEN LARGER THAN THAT BEFORE THEN.

NOW IT HAVE LESS THAN 70 ATTORNEYS AND SO ALL OF THESE ATTORNEYS ARE GETTING SO MANY MORE APPOINTMENTS.

SOME OF THEM ARE GETTING OFF THE WHEEL BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE VOLUME, IT'S JUST A LOT MORE STRESS, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT MORE APPOINTMENTS.

PETER SAKAI: DOESN'T THAT MEAN THAT PEOPLE WILL LANGUISH IN OUR JAIL LONGER IF THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTING THE CLIENTS IN COURT? FEMALE_3: OR THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE AND TO MANAGE THEIR CASES.

PETER SAKAI: LET ME ASK.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD SEGUE.

WE HAVE MR. COME UP HERE, JIM. JIM BESKY: JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONER.

PETER SAKAI: WOULD YOU JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND I HAVE HAD TO TAKE? JIM BESKY: YES. FIRST, I'LL START WITH THE DATA QUESTION COMMISSIONER MOODY RAISED.

OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY THE LAST MONTH, TWO MONTHS.

I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THAT EXACT REQUEST AND WORKING EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH ANA AND DEEDEE, BOTH NOT SO MUCH WITH THE JUVENILE COURT YET.

THAT'S GOING TO LAUNCH IN THE FALL.

ONE THING, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A FULL-BLOWN PRESENTATION ON AUGUST 22ND.

I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THOMAS.

WE WERE GOING TO DO IT EARLIER, BUT WE FELT THE TIMING WOULD BE BETTER AUGUST 22ND.

BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, YOU REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE THE DATA AND SHOW THE TRENDS.

I THINK LAURA, DEEDEE, ANA HAVE ADDRESSED WHY WE'RE SEEING THESE INCREASES WHICH REALLY AREN'T INCREASES WHEN WE COMPARE TO PRE PANDEMIC.

AGAIN, YOU'D HEARD SOME OF THE STATS AS FAR AS THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS BACKLOG.

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I THINK THE TIDE HAS TURNED.

THE FEEDBACK I'M GETTING FROM OUR TRIAL DIVISION ATTORNEYS THAT ARE IN THE COURT EVERY DAY PROVIDING SUPPORT, THE FEEDBACK IS GETTING STRONGER AND BETTER.

THE MEETINGS AT THE SAN ANTONIO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION BETTER.

WILL PEOPLE LANGUISH IN JAIL LONGER? YES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IS COORDINATION WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE ON A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES.

THEY'RE SENDING US A WEEKLY LOW BOUNDLESS.

LIKE LAST WEEK, WE HAD 50 PEOPLE INCARCERATED WITH A BAND OF LESS THAN $100 AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE 120.

NOW SOME OF THESE PERSONS ARE BEING HELD BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OR A SERIOUS FELONY CONVICTION IN THE PAST, BUT SOME DON'T. WE'RE WORKING EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH DR.

GREENFIELD AND HER TEAM AND HER ANALYST ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO LESSEN THAT JAIL POPULATION.

ONE OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WHEN WE STARTED WAS TO WORK WITH CHIEF JANSEN AND OTHERS AT THE JAIL TO REDUCE THAT POPULATION.

WE HAVE ACCESS NOW TO WE'RE ABLE TO DIG INTO THE LEGACY SYSTEM.

WE'RE OPTIMISTIC AND WHEN WE MOVE FROM THE LEGACY TO THE CLOUD-BASED THE REPORTS QUICKER. BUT WITH A LEGACY SYSTEM, REPORTS STILL CAN BE GENERATED.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE TIME-CONSUMING, BUT WE WILL, IN COORDINATION REALLY WITH THE TWO COURT ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR TEAM, PUT TOGETHER A PACKET. I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH JACQUELINE LAMBERSON, THE INTERIM CHIEF DEFENDER SO WE'LL BE DOING A JOINT PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT AND I'VE LISTENED JUDGE 04:02:12] AND SOME OF THE PREVIOUS COURTS AND THIS IS MY FAULT.

THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR OFFICE, THAT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER.

HOW DOES THIS RELATE IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL? WE WANT TO DEMYSTIFY THAT AND THAT REALLY IS INCUMBENT UPON OUR OFFICE TO CLARIFY THAT.

[OVERLAPPING] TOMMY CALVERT: JIM THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I JUST WANT TO RECLAIM MY TIME.

I NEED TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

BEFORE I BECAME COMMISSIONER, MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS SENATE TALKED TO ME ABOUT OUR POOR INDIGENT DEFENSE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

THEY HAD READ ARTICLES AND EXPRESS NEWS IN SAN ANTONIO CURRENT ABOUT HOW BAD INDIGENT DEFENSE IN BEXAR COUNTY WAS AND ASKED US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I BELIEVE THAT THE NEW JIM CROW OF KEEPING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM ON THE NECKS OF MINORITIES WHO ARE PREDOMINANTLY GOING THROUGH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WAS LIVE AND IN EFFECT IN BEXAR COUNTY. I HAVE A REAL CONCERN WITH AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T MERIT SOME SORT OF SLAVE MENTALITY OF PAY, THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ARE GOING TO SLOW IT DOWN AGAIN AND DISCOURAGE THE JUSTICE THAT PEOPLE IN OUR JAILS DESERVE, AND THE VICTIMS ALSO DESERVE.

I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT WHEN THE DATA THAT I'VE SEEN TODAY IS MOVEMENT AND DISPOSITION OF CASES, GETTING THINGS MOVING, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S DUST SETTLING UNDER THE GRAPHS THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THERE'S NOT.

I'M GOING TO TABLE IT TO REWARD.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST THERE, I'M LOOKING OBJECTIVELY AT WHAT IS THE POINT WHEN OTHER THAN GUESS MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK TO A FEW MORE JUDGES, BUT OVERALL, THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS, I HEARD THE METHODOLOGY FROM THE JUDGE AND I'M SURE STAFF AS WELL WAS OFF, IT MADE SENSE TO ME HOW IT GOT OFF.

I UNDERSTAND WHY THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT DID IT THAT WAY, BUT IT WAS OFF, AND SO YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR US, WHEN YOU HAVE DATA, WHAT'S THE WORD FOR IT? IT IS A ANOMALY IN THE DATA.

YOU EXPLAINED WHY THERE WAS AN ANOMALY MAKES SENSE TO ME AND IT'S BEEN CORRECTED AND WE ASKED YOU TO DO THAT.

WE ASKED YOU TO DISPOSE OF THESE CASES.

ANYWAY THE COURT CAN VOTE ON IT ALL THEY WANT, BUT ULTIMATELY, THESE ARE NOT REALLY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF LEVITY OVER, STATUTORILY I CONSIDER THESE NON-DISCRETIONARY ITEMS AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

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INSTEAD OF BELABORING THIS ISSUE, I SUPPORT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION TO PROVE COMMUNICATIONS SO THAT AND I'LL SAY IT OUT LOUD SO THAT YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS UNDERCUT EVERY YEAR ON THE BUDGET OFFICE AND THEN WE CAN GET PROJECTIONS, AND WE WILL THEN MOST ACCOMMODATED IN A PROACTIVE WAY.

BUT I'VE BEEN HERE TOO LONG AND I SEE THAT WE DON'T COMMUNICATE, WE'RE ALWAYS REACTIVE AND IT'S SOMETIMES CAUSES PROBLEMS AND HARD FEELINGS.

I LOOK AT THIS AS A OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, THAT WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, THAT THE JUDGES UNDERSTAND.

WE'VE GOT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, WE PAY THE BILLS AND I WAS ON THAT SIDE, SO I KNOW HOW IT FEELS FOR YOU ALL TO BE ON THAT SIDE AND TO BE QUESTIONED BY THE COMMISSIONERS AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COMMISSIONER PAUL ALEXANDER WAS THE TOUGHEST AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL I HAVE AN OBLIGATION NOW AS A COUNTY JUDGE TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING TO DO AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BE HERE SO THEY UNDERSTAND, THEY ULTIMATELY HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS, JUST AS I AS COUNTY JUDGE AND THESE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU STAFF ARE NOT, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I HAVE ASKED, I THINK BUDGET.

MR. SMITH AT THE LAST MEETING, I ASKED FOR A TASK FORCE.

I THINK MS. GREENFIELD ABORDI WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH DR.

JUARDO AND SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT A TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT THE JAIL POPULATION.

WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND CERTAINLY INCLUDE THE ATTORNEY'S FEES AS MR. CALVERT HAS CORRECTLY POINTED OUT.

THE INDIGENT POPULATION THAT IS OVER JUST PARTIALLY POPULATED WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR NEED TO HAVE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE, AND I WILL GUARANTEE THEY HAVE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANT, AND I WILL GUARANTEE THAT THE ATTORNEYS ARE PAID A REASONABLE FEE, I JUST NEED TO HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND I THINK COMMISSIONER MOODY HAS REALLY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE NEED.

SO I WILL SUPPORT A TABLE, BUT I RESPECT THE MAJORITY OF THIS COURT.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. GRANT MOODY: I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION TO TABLE, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS COURT HAS ANY EXPECTATIONS THAT ANYONE WILL NOT BE PAID, THEY WILL BE PAID.

WE WILL HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT A TWO-WEEK WINDOW OF TIME TO TRY TO GET MORE DATA WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DETERMINE IF YOUR INITIAL ASSESSMENTS AND THOUGHTS PLAY OUT IN THAT DATA AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER FACTORS AT PLAY.

AND I THINK DD, WHICH YOU PROVIDED IS PROBABLY AN 80% SOLUTION, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD DATA THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I LAID OUT IN WHAT YOU PROVIDED. BUT IF WE COULD GET THAT ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT COURTS AND MANAGE ASSIGNED COUNCIL, PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN BEING ABLE TO MAKE ASSESSMENTS ON THIS GOING FORWARD.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT TWO WEEKS IS GOING TO IMPACT THE STATE OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN BEXAR COUNTY.

I WOULD JUST SAY, LET'S TAKE THE TWO WEEKS AND LET'S TRY TO GET CLEAR ANSWERS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, NOT JUST MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT IT.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT WHAT COMMISSIONER MOODY IS SAYING, THE DELAY TODAY IS DELAYING SIMPLY THE BUDGETARY TRANSFER.

LEO, I THINK TESTIFIED THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID.

SO IT'S JUST DELAYING THE INTERNAL TRANSFER THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, I THINK WE CAN GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

COINCIDENTALLY WHEN YOU COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION.

JIM, WE HOPE JUDGES SHOW UP AS WELL, SO WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

AGAIN, JUDGE, JUST RENEW THE MOTION TO TABLE.

PETER SAKAI: ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GURGI, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

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ALL THOSE TO FAVOR THE MOTION TO TABLE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

LET ME MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT AS I THINK THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT CONVERSATION, A CONVERSATION THAT PERHAPS DOESN'T ALWAYS GET HEARD ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIME AND THE LATENESS OF THIS AFTERNOON, SO I APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THE CHAIR IS STILL HERE.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COURT HAVE STAYED FULLY ENGAGED.

I THINK WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION, I WILL EXPECT THAT WE HAVE MORE FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS.

ULTIMATELY, I EXPECT COUNTY STAFF AND JUDGES STAFF TO BE COMMUNICATING SO THAT OUR QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED WELL IN ADVANCE AT THESE MEETINGS. WITH THAT, YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON. ITEM SEVEN, DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL INTERLOCUTORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF BEXAR AND COMAL INDEPENDENT

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (DISCUSSION ONLY: CLOSED TO PUBLIC) ]

WE NEED TO CONVENE EXECUTIVE FIRST BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN EXECUTIVE.

PETER SAKAI: ARE WE AT THE POINT, MR. ROBERTSON, WHERE THE REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS 87, 88, 89, 90.

WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ROBERTSON: YES, JUDGE. PETER SAKAI: WOULD YOU GIVE ME MY SCRIPT? [BACKGROUND] AT THIS TIME THEN THE COURT WILL CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS MAYBE DISCUSS AND ACT UPON IT FOR APPROPRIATE IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE COURTS ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS, A, DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN THE MATTERS OF ONE, MARIO CHINCHILLA VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY DIGITAL DESK INC AND GREG GUM VERSUS BEXAR AND LIFT FUN INC, BEXAR COUNTY, STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA.

DERENA WILLIAMS AND LARRY HORN VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY AND NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LARRY JOHNSON, WENDY WALKER, ET AL, VERSUS JACKIE JACQUELINE F.

CALLIN IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS BARRICADED ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, AND FINALLY, STEVEN MACIAS ET AL VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY.

CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, THAT A STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEAR CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO LEGAL ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED THEREOF.

WITH THAT, ARE WE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? TOMMY CALVERT: NOT QUITE.

PETER SAKAI: NOT QUITE.

THE COURT IS RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.

THE TIME IS 03:11 PM.

MR. ROBERTSON, WE TAKE UP THE AGENDA ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY.

ROBERTSON: JUDGE, ITEM 88 IS JUST APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

[88. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the approval of an agreement with the City of San Antonio related to the property held in trust on behalf of certain taxing jurisdictions within Bexar County for the potential removal of unauthorized persons, cleaning of the premises, and removal of one or more dangerous structures currently located on the premises at NCB: 10266 BLK: 7 LOT: 4, more commonly known as 766 F St, San Antonio, Texas 78220, following consideration by the Building Standards Board. (Presentation Time: 5 minutes)]

GRANT MOODY: I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LEGAL TO THE PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST ON BEHALF OF STATE TEXAS IN JURISDICTIONS WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY FOR POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS, CLEANING THE PREMISES, REMOVAL OF ONE OR MORE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE PREMISES OF 766F STREET.

PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. DO WE GO TO NUMBER 89, MR.

[89. Discussion and appropriate action regarding a settlement offer in the matter of Bexar County, Texas and The State of Texas vs. Volkswagen Group of America, LLC, et al.\ Cause No. 2015CI18947; In the 45th Judicial District Court of Bexar County, Texas, to include authorization for the Bexar County Judge to execute settlement documents if approved. (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes) ]

DURING EXECUTIVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FIRMS WHO ARE CURRENTLY REPRESENTING BEXAR COUNTY IN THE VOLKSWAGEN LITIGATION, RECOMMENDED SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER OF BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, LLC ET AL, ANY AMOUNT OF $150,000, LESS EXPENSES OF $5,610.66 AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE SETTLEMENT.

TOMMY CALVERT: MOVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SETTLEMENT, $150,000.

PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

TOMMY CALVERT: AYE. PETER SAKAI: AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[90. Larry Johnson, Wendy Walker, Amelia Pellicciotti, National Federation of the Blind of Texas, The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities v. Jacquelyn F. Callanen in her Official Capacity as the Bexar County Elections Administrator and Bexar County, Texas. (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes)]

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[87. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the approval of an Interlocal Agreement between the County of Bexar and Comal Independent School District ("District") for the provision of law enforcement services from Bexar County Constable, Precinct 3 for the assignment of eight (8) uniformed deputy constables to the District to serve as School Resource Officers for a term of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, in the reimbursement amount from the District of $44.69 per hour for each hour worked. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes) ]

GRANT MOODY: I DIDN'T LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND COMAL ISD FOR EIGHT TOTAL DEPUTY CONSTABLES TO SERVE AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS CONTINGENT UPON PROOF OF INSURANCE THAT IS PER THE CONTRACT THAT RECEIVES SIGN-OFF BY OUR RISK MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL COUNSEL.

TOMMY CALVERT: SECOND.

PETER SAKAI: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING.

TOMMY CALVERT: AYE.

PETER SAKAI: AYE. ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE AGENDA, COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE COURT OR THE JUDGE HAS OMITTED OR OVERLOOKED? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? REBECA CLAY-FLORES: I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CLIFFORD WASHINGTON, HOSEAWARD MEDAL, LYDIA GOMEZ, AND HOSEA RODRIGUEZ.

PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND I MOVE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF JULIA ENRIQUES, RAYMOND MENDOZA JUNIOR, ROSA HERERA, GILBERT GOMEZ, AND ABA ROCHA.

PETER SAKAI: COMMISSIONER MOODY.

GRANT MOODY: I HAVE A FEW NAMES.

NORMALLY I DON'T HAVE MANY, BUT I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JAKE ROSALES, WHO IS A NAVY FA TEAM PILOT, A NAVAL ACADEMY GRAD, AND TOP GUN GRADUATE AND INSTRUCTOR.

HE HAS BEEN A MENTOR AND A TREMENDOUS LEADER FOR OUR COUNTRY.

HE WAS TAKEN FROM US FAR TOO SOON.

ALSO, JOE SAN MIGUEL, A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, AND PHILANTHROPIST WHO FORMERLY TAUGHT AT THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AS WELL AS HARVARD. HE HAS GIVEN BACK SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TWO FRIENDS, DANTE DAVIDS, AND MIRANDA BRENDAN, WHO BOTH DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BY A DRUNK DRIVER LAST SATURDAY NIGHT ON I35.

TOMMY CALVERT: JUDGE, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN IN HONOR OF BILLY MAHONE, THE THIRD, WHO WAS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AT THE SOUTH ALMA REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.

SANDY SENDER AMBROSSE THE THIRD, WHO WAS A PRECINCT FOR CONSTABLE FOR 31 YEARS.

KENNETH THE KNIGHT, PATRICIA DAVIS, CHARLES BULL, ALICE NEAL, DONALD MANDEVILLE, LUCILLE BECKHAM, SARAH THOMAS, ROCKY SANDERS, MARYANNE DION, THOMAS ANDERSON, ARTHUR FIKE, EARNEST HOLLAND, REMENY BORROW, THE FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF UNDER PRECINCT 4, CONSTABLE STAN RAMOS, ILMA HARRIS, AND TERRY WILLIAMS OR DIRECTOR OF UTSA, INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING.

PETER SAKAI: I WILL MOVE ON BEHALF OF HOWARD E.

BEN DAVIS AND DISTINGUISHED TRIAL ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY BOW WOOD, A DISTINGUISHED ATTORNEY IN THE CHILDREN'S COURT, AND ALSO LIKEWISE, ANDREW LOCKSOME WHO WAS A LONGTIME DEDICATED COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY IN CHILDREN'S COURT, AND FINALLY DR.

MARGO SELTZER, A RENOWNED PSYCHOLOGIST IN BEXAR COUNTY, WHO WORKED WITH CHILDREN AT THE COMMUNITY GUIDANCE CENTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSE? MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.