Sep 11, 2023 Commissioners Court Work Session

YES. ALL RIGHT.

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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT BUDGET WORK SESSION MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023.

LET ME KIND OF LAY SOME GROUND RULES AS TO HOW WE'LL HANDLE THIS MEETING.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I AM ASKING THAT WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR TODAY THAT WE NEVER, EVER FORGET THE TRAGIC, TRAGIC EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001, THAT WE DO OUR VERY BEST IN OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REFLECT ON THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED HEROICALLY ON THE FRONTLINES OF GROUND ZERO, ESPECIALLY THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS, THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE RUNNING INTO BUILDING TO SAVE THOSE THAT WERE IN PERIL.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO ALWAYS RESPECT AND REMEMBER THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDER FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIRE TO ANY PEACE OFFICER, WE GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT THEIR DUTY IS AND HOW MUCH RESPECT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.

SO IN IN LIGHT OF ALL THOSE LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK ON THE PENTAGON AND TWIN TOWERS, I AM GOING TO ASK A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND A SUBSTANTIAL SILENCE.

THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THAT, I'M ASKING THAT EITHER YOU SAY A PRAYER OR THAT YOU PROVIDE A REFLECTION, OR THAT YOU MEDITATE SO THAT YOU TRULY GIVE AND ARE SINCERE TO THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT OF THOSE THAT WERE MOST AFFECTED.

AT THIS TIME, I ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS HERE.

I HAVE A LIST OF CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

JUDGE, COULD I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT NINE DIVIDED BY 11? YES, YOU MAY. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

JUDGE, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR SEPTEMBER 11TH.

I WAS IN BOSTON AS A STUDENT, A SENIOR, WHEN THE UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHTS LEFT LOGAN AIRPORT AND HEADED INTO A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS.

IT WAS A IT WAS A TIME I'LL NEVER FORGET.

I THINK THAT THESE MOMENTS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO REFLECT.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS IS THAT THE FALSE NARRATIVE OF DIVISION CAUSED THOSE JIHADISTS TO TAKE OUT INNOCENT LIVES AND INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS.

AND I HOPE THAT AS PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, THAT WILL DO MORE TO BRING US TOGETHER AS A AS A HUMAN FAMILY, TO SEE THE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN US AND TO RESPECT ALL CULTURES AND ALL PEOPLES. SO, I THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I HOPE WE'LL USE TODAY FOR THE BEST OF WHAT AMERICA REPRESENTS. WELL, JUDGE, THANKS FOR HONORING THOSE LOST ON 9/11.

ACTUALLY, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLIMB THE TOWER WITH A BUNCH OF FIRST RESPONDERS THIS MORNING.

FIREFIGHTERS DRESSED IN FULL GEAR, SOME WITH TANKS, SOME WITH FIRE HOSES.

GOD BLESS THEM AND GOD BLESS THOSE THAT THAT WE LOST ON 911 AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO STILL ENDURE THE PAIN OF LOSING THEIR FAMILY MEMBER ON 911.

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THERE ARE THINGS BIGGER THAN THAT.

AND NINE OVER 11 JUST REMINDS US OF THAT.

AND SO, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE COMMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE UP THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AND HAVE CITIZENS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

[1. Communications, including citizens who signed the register to speak, and reports.]

LET ME ESTABLISH SOME GROUND RULES SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH CIVILITY AND RESPECT TO THE COURT.

ONE IS YOU MUST SIGN UP.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, I BELIEVE THE ABILITY TO SIGN UP IS STILL OPEN.

AND I WILL ALLOW UP TO ANOTHER 15, 20 MINUTES.

AND THEN I'LL ASK, IN LIGHT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND YOU HAVE A TIME IN ORDER TO SIGN UP.

SO IF YOU ANTICIPATE ANYBODY ELSE, THEY NEED TO GET DOWN HERE AND SIGN UP, TOO.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

I KNOW AS A REGULAR COURSE WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO YIELD TIME AT THIS TIME IN LIGHT OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THE DESIRE TO GET TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER. I AM ASKING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT YIELD THEIR TIME AND THEY USE THEIR TIME TO SAY WHAT THEY NEED.

SO I WILL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES.

YOU CAN TAKE ALL THREE MINUTES OR LESS.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO LET YOU WRAP UP, BUT I WILL BE MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE SCHEDULE.

JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOR 26 YEARS.

AND SO WITH THAT COMES THE FACT THAT I'M STILL A JUDGE IN HEART AND SPIRIT AND THAT I WILL HOLD THIS MEETING IN THE SAME TYPE OF EXPECTATIONS AND POLICY AND PROCEDURE THAT I HAVE FOR MY COURTROOM.

SO I WILL NOT STAND FOR ANY OUTBURST.

I WILL NOT STAND FOR ANY INTERRUPTIONS.

I WILL NOT I'LL ASK CIVILITY AND RESPECTFUL DISCOURSE FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM STAFF, FROM OUR COURT SECURITY AND FROM THE DAIS. SO I HOPE EVERYBODY IS MINDFUL AND WILL RESPECT THE RULES OF DECORUM THAT I EXPECT.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ALL THOSE THAT WISH TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

AND THEN I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS, IF ANY, AT THE END.

SO AT THIS TIME, THE FIRST PERSON I WILL ASK TO COME UP IS JANE GONZALEZ. IS IT JANE? JANIE? JANIE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JANE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND ALL COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS JANE GONZALEZ AND I AM THE OWNER OF MID-WALES INCORPORATED.

AND I ALSO LIVE IN PECAN VALLEY.

I HAVE KNOWN COMMISSIONER CALVERT FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE CONSTITUENTS IN HIS PRECINCT. THE REASON THAT I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I WANT, I'M SUPPORTING HIS PROPOSED BUDGET.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE.

IT ADDRESSES THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT NATIONWIDE.

HOUSING, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MANUFACTURING, ECONOMIC MANUFACTURING, AND ALSO WHAT'S REALLY AFFECTING ALL OF US. WE HAVE FELT AT THIS SUMMER REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND PLANTING OF THE TREES.

SO I ASKED THE COURT, HOW IN THE WORLD IS IT? HOW DO YOU POSSIBLY COME UP WITH AN IDEA ABOUT PARITY OF $10.5 MILLION WHEN IN REALITY, IN PRECINCT FOUR, THE POOR ZIP CODES IN SAN ANTONIO ARE 78202 AND 78208.

THAT IS NOT DISPARITY.

WHAT WE NEED IS THAT WE NEED EQUITY IN THE WAY THAT WE PRESENT THE BUDGET TO HELP OUT THE RESIDENTS IN P4.

AND WHAT I HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF ME IS A MAP.

THIS MAP WILL SHOW YOU THAT PRECINCT ONE HAS THE MOST MILES AT 784.

PRECINCT FOUR IS THE SECOND 355 MILES.

AND THE BUDGET.

THIS IS AMAZING.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING WHERE THE BUDGET IS 62.8 MILLION FOR PRECINCT ONE.

PRECINCT FOUR IS NUMBER TWO AND THEY GOT $7.5 MILLION.

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THAT IS NOT PARITY.

SO THAT WHEN MOST OF THE DOLLARS ARE GIVEN TO PRECINCT ONE AND YET PRECINCT FOUR HAS EQUAL, IF NOT MORE, DEMAND.

I REALLY WISH THAT THE COURT WILL RECONSIDER THE ALLOCATION OF THIS BUDGET BECAUSE REMEMBER, I HAVE TO I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN FLOODED OUT. JUDGE SAKAI, I KNOW THAT YOU RAN A VERY HARD RACE.

I WAS WITH YOU WITH A FEW FUNDRAISING EVENTS.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT ENDORSED YOU.

AND AT THIS MINUTE, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUENTS IN PRECINCT FOUR AND PRECINCT TWO.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

78207 IS THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOOD IN ALL OF SAN ANTONIO.

HOW IN THE WORLD WILL YOU ACCEPT CHARITY AT 10.5 MILLION? TIME HAS EXPIRED. WRAP IT UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE VICTOR JOHNSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, VICTOR.

THERE IS NO MONEY TO PROPOSE TO PROTECT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, OUR SIXTH LARGEST EMPLOYER, FROM SOMEONE RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTY PROPERTY THROUGH THE FENCE LINE AND ONTO THE RUNWAY AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT SAVED RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE FROM CLOSURE.

NOW, THIS RANDOM BUDGET CAP THREATENS OUR MILITARY'S MISSION FOR BARRIER PROTECTION OF THE RUNWAY.

THIS IS MILITARY CITY, USA, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR JOBS COME FROM THE MILITARY, AND OUR ECONOMY IS STRONGER WITH THE MILITARY.

WE NEED TO DO OUR PART AS MILITARY CITY USA TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THOSE THAT ARE PROTECTING AND DEFENDING US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE CARL BOOKER, AND I UNDERSTAND HE HAS SOME HANDOUTS, SO IF HE DOES, I'D ASK STAFF TO ASSIST HIM.

DO YOU HAVE HANDOUTS, MR. BOOKER? YES, JUDGE, I THINK THEY HAVE THEM UP THERE.

GO AHEAD. PROCEED, MR. BOOKER. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT MY NAME IS CARL BOOKER AND WITH THE VISTA PRODUCTS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO THE COUNTY TODAY.

VISTA PRODUCTS CELEBRATES ITS 30TH YEAR OF BUSINESS IN BEXAR COUNTY.

ALONG THE WAY, WE HAVE LEARNED MANY THINGS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE LEARNED WHAT NOT TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

DURING THE 30 YEARS OF OF BUSINESS, WE HAVE SWITCHED FROM FOCUS, FROM FOCUS BASED CLIENT BASE TO A COMMUNITY BASED FOCUS WITH MULTI MEDIA SOLUTIONS FROM OUR NATIONAL AWARD WINNING BLACK BOOK TO OUR WEEKLY PERIODICAL BLACK LIFE.

TEXAS VISTA PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO ADAPT NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN THE COUNTY.

WITH THE COUNTY SUPPORT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO INFORM, EDUCATE AND DOCUMENT OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAVE PROVIDED A SAMPLES TO TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE STAFF SAMPLES OF OUR PAST PROJECTS SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

ALLOW VISTA PRODUCTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND BETTER UTILIZE THE COUNTY'S RESOURCES FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'LL SEE THE 2022 BLACK BOOK IN THE PACKAGE.

THIS IS THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

YES, JUDGE. AND THEN YOU SHOULD SEE A FAMILIAR FACE ON THE COVER.

WELL, IT AIN'T MINE.

WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

OKAY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE THE THE INFORMATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO REALLY IS OUR BIGGEST THING IS DOCUMENTATION.

A LOT OF TIMES WE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO FUTURE GENERATIONS ON WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO.

SO WE DON'T REPEAT OR MESS UP, YOU KNOW, FUTURE MISTAKES OR PAST MISTAKES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. CHARLES BLANC.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, WHO'S ENCOURAGED US TO COME TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF

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I SERVE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND IN 2023, WITH THE HELP OF 700 VOLUNTEERS, WE RECOVERED 120,000 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM THE WATERWAYS OF BEAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO.

WE HOSTED 35 CLEANUPS SERVING 14 ZIP CODES FROM SALADO CREEK IN PRECINCTS THREE AND FOUR TO ALAZAN AND PRECINCT ONE OR EXCUSE ME, IN PRECINCT TWO AND THAT SAN ANTONIO RIVER IN PRECINCT ONE.

WE ADDRESSED THESE HOTSPOTS CREATED FROM LITTERING AND PUBLIC DUMPING AND MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ALONG OUR WATERWAYS.

WE HAVE ALSO TAKEN OVER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF SAN ANTONIO'S 29 YEAR OLD CITYWIDE CLEANUP BASURTO BASH, WHERE WE ACHIEVED MULTIPLE MONTHS OF CLEANUPS IN JUST ONE SINGLE DAY.

WITH THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS CONTINUING TO GO TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF SAN ANTONIO'S GREENWAY SYSTEM, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT WE INVEST IN STEWARDSHIP OF THE NATURAL AREAS THAT THIS PROJECT IS PROVIDING ACCESS TO.

IN 2024, WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE INITIATIVE THAT COMMISSIONER CALVERT HAS PROPOSED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FUNDS FOR RIVER CLEANUP AND CONTINUE TO MITIGATE THE WASTE THAT PLAGUES OUR COUNTY'S WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EVERY YEAR, DECADE AFTER DECADE. ALL OF YOU HAVE USED THE GREENWAY.

I KNOW. YOU KNOW WITH YOUR OWN EYES.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE CAN ROAD.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AS OUR COUNTY AND OUR CITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP INTO ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED COUNTRIES IN OUR CITIES, IN OUR COUNTRY.

WE MUST GET AHEAD OF THIS PROBLEM.

AND FOR NOW, I THINK WE'VE PROVEN WITH OUR PROGRAMS, 100,000 POUNDS IS JUST THE START.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT LEFT OUT THERE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. BLANK.

MR. CALVERT.

THANK YOU. I WON'T TAKE ALL THE TIME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY THAT CAME ON THE BUS TO PLEASE STAND.

EVERYBODY CAME FROM THE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS.

PLEASE STAND. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE TO COME DOWN HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.

YOU STARTED THIS MEETING OFF TODAY IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

ABOUT THE TERRORIST ATTACK THAT TOOK PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY.

WELL, A LOT OF US FEEL THAT YOU.

THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ARE DOING THE SAME THING TO THE PROJECTS THAT COMMISSIONER CALVERT HAS PROPOSED.

WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE COURAGE.

SISTER REBECA, CLAY.

BROTHER JUSTIN.

BROTHER MOODY AND BROTHER SAKAI THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT THE PROJECTS IN PRECINCT FOUR THAT ARE VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE HAVE NO PROBLEM.

SISTER REBECCA CLAY-FLORES WITH YOU GETTING THE BULK OF THE MONEY.

WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF THIS CITY HAS BEEN REDLINED, BUT SO HAS PRECINCT FOUR.

SO YOU AND TOMMY GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY SAY WORK TOGETHER.

WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

AS A TEAM. EVERYBODY SAY AS A TEAM.

AS A TEAM. THIS COURT NEEDS TO WORK AS A TEAM.

LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY POWER RANGER GAMES.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR PETTY JEALOUSY.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR IT.

THIS IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA.

YOU GUYS OUGHT TO BE WORKING AS A TEAM AND NOT DOING TERRORIST ATTACKS ON PROJECTS THAT ARE VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S RIGHT. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING.

LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING HERE.

AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU WORK AS A TEAM.

EVERYBODY SAY TEAM.

AND REMEMBER, HE IS THE DEAN OF THE COURT.

THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CALVERT. I HAVE GABRIELLA, ONLY.

I TAKE THAT. THAT'S THAT SISTER GABRIELLA, THE ONE AND ONLY.

OH, COME ON UP, MISS SISTER GABRIELLA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ASSISTING HER.

I DON'T THINK SHE NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE IN DOING HER SPEECH, THOUGH.

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AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH YOU, JUDGE SAKAI.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE IN THIS COURT.

AND I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, MR. CALVERT, THANK YOU FOR RUNNING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST SIDE.

WHICH PRECINCT FOUR COVERS A MULTITUDE OF THE EAST SIDE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN SOME OF YOU, BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY.

NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE I CAN HARDLY DO IT.

MR. SMITH.

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

SEE YOU AGAIN.

AND I REQUEST ESPECIALLY YOU, THAT YOU FUND MR. CALVERT'S DOCKET.

IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO START.

EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS HOW MUCH I CAN AGITATE AND HOW MUCH I CAN TALK, BUT I'M ONLY GOING TO SAY I SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEY'RE 62 YEARS AND WE'RE SICK AND TIRED.

SICK AND TIRED OF WHAT? GOD IS HARDLY ASKING IT OF US.

BUT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO LIVE IN POVERTY.

I DON'T PERSONALLY LIVE IN POVERTY MYSELF.

I SHOULD, BUT I DON'T.

BUT PEOPLE IT IS IT'S I SEE THE PEOPLE GOING BY THE CONVENT COMING HOME FROM DORIE MILLER.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING? WE USED TO HAVE FAUCETS IN THE YARD AND THE CONVENT YARD IN THE OLD CONVENT WHEN WE LIVED IN THE OLD CONVENT.

AND THOSE KIDS CAME IN OFF THE STREET TO GET A DRINK OF WATER.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

SO MANY OF US ARE DOING SO WELL AND SO MANY ARE DOING SO POORLY.

AND THIS IS WHERE CHANGE CAN HAPPEN.

THIS IS WHERE CHANGE CAN HAPPEN HERE AND AT CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE AT HAVEN FOR HOPE EXCEPT WITH GREAT SUFFERING AND GREAT POVERTY.

SO SUPPORT THE DEAN'S DOCKET OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, DOCUMENT MAYBE SUPPORT THAT SO THAT OUR EAST SIDE WILL AT LONG LAST HAVE EQUITY.

THE THREE MINUTES IS UP.

CAN YOU GO. GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP.

NO, I DON'T NEED TO TALK ANYMORE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M IN GOOD STANDING WITH GOD, SISTER.

SO IF YOU NEED TO SAY ANY MORE, PLEASE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

LET ME HAVE MR. JOSE ASK.

IS IT ARZOLA? OR ARZOLA? GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOSE ARZOLA.

I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN GI FORUM, MIGUEL HERNANDEZ CHAPTER, AND I ALSO REPRESENT A COALITION OF VETERANS AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS CITY HAS RECEIVED A ROTTEN RAP REGARDING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR STREETS.

MANY OF THOSE HOMELESS ARE VETERANS.

VIETNAM VETERANS LIKE MYSELF AND CURRENT VETERANS.

I LIVE IN PRECINCT ONE.

OKAY? I'M AGAINST THE WAY IT'S BEING BEING RUN IN PRECINCT ONE.

I SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CALVERT BECAUSE TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE HAVE MET WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS TO ASK FOR A LOCATION TO HELP AND ASSIST HOMELESS VETERANS AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE VA SYSTEM WHEN THEY FILED THEIR DISABILITY CLAIMS. IF ANY OF YOU ARE VETERANS, YOU ALL KNOW THE BIG CLUSTER THE VA IS.

OKAY, SO I'M ASKING AGAIN.

I SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CALVERT AND WHAT HE'S DOING.

I LIVE IN PRECINCT ONE AND I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, ESPECIALLY IN THE REDBIRD RANCH AREA.

IF YOU TRAVEL ON POTRANCO WEST ON POTRANCO ACROSS 211, YOU WILL SEE EXCUSE ME IF YOU TRAVEL WEST

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THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH.

I TOLD THE PAST COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND HE SAID, OH NO, MR. ARZOLA, WE HAVE A FOUR LANES.

I SAID, NO, SIR, YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF YOUR OFFICE AND COME OUT HERE.

STILL, THE CURRENT THE INCUMBENT DOES NOT VISIT THAT THAT SECTION.

AND WE STILL HAVE WE STILL HAVE REC AFTER REC AFTER REC AFTER 211 OUTSIDE OF REDBIRD RANCH.

SO THEREFORE, UNTIL THIS BUDGET IS IS ADDRESSES ALL THE NEEDS OF ALL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

JUSTIN. COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

OKAY, I WILL STAND BY AND SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CALVERT BECAUSE WE NEED A BETTER WAY OF FUNDING THE REAL NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OUR HOMELESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. CHRISTOPHER FORBUSH, YOUR NEXT.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. AS I HOLD A GOVERNMENT TITLE, I WANT TO HAVE THE RECORD SAY THAT MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE MY OWN AND DON'T REFLECT ANY OF MY ASSIGNMENTS HERE AT THE BEXAR COUNTY GOVERNMENT. SO NOTED.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

COURT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COLLEGIAL PLACE, ONE WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO THINK IS A LONGTIME COMMUNITY LEADER.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS AND TAKING CARE OF YOUR LOCAL CONTROL COMMISSIONER.

CALVERT'S BUDGET LOOKS AT THAT.

BUT AS I HEAR THE IDEA OF PARODY, IT REMINDS ME OF 100 YEARS AGO IN THIS COURTHOUSE THE IDEA OF SEPARATE BUT EQUAL.

AND I FIND IT TERRIBLY OFFENSIVE.

YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE.

MY FAMILY OWNS SEVEN BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENCIES.

ONE OF THEM I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOUSES, SINGLE MOTHERS AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE, AT NO COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.

YOUR PARODY PROGRAM WILL ATTACK THOSE SINGLE MOTHERS WORKING.

AND BY THE WAY, OUR JOBS AS INFRASTRUCTURE CRUMBLES, CRIME GOES UP AND WE HAVE CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING OTHER ISSUES.

THE RIGHT THING HERE TO DO IS TO LOOK AT A PROBLEM ONE BITE AT A TIME AND NOT TO LIMIT OUR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE EVER START.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IS IF THERE WAS SOME DEAL TO WALK SOMETHING INTO THIS THIS AGREEMENT.

JUDGE SAKAI, I KNOW YOU'RE A GREAT LEADER.

WALK IT BACK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. FLORRICK.

MR. FERNANDO REYES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE JUDGE AND HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON THE WHOLE BUDGET.

I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK ON ONE SPECIFIC ITEM THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO ME, THE TRAINING OF OUR INDIVIDUALS TO FIND THE ADEQUATE JOBS THAT THEY NEED IS SO IMPORTANT.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

I'M A TOYOTA SUPPLIER, TIER ONE SUPPLIER FOR TOYOTA, REYES AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS, PLASTIC INJECTION, PLASTIC, VERY SPECIFIED AND SPECIALIZED PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDED PARTS FOR THE TACOMA AND THE TUNDRA.

WE ALSO DO ALL THE CARPETS AND THE DASHBOARDS FOR THE TACOMA TUNDRA AND SEQUOIA.

SO OVER THE YEARS, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, THINGS WERE A LOT DONE, A LOT MORE MANUAL.

BUT IF YOU EVER HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND VISIT TOYOTA SITE AND JUST GIVE THEM LET THEM, GIVE YOU THE TOUR, YOU CAN SEE WHY EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT AND TRAINING IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR INDIVIDUALS AND NOT JUST NECESSARILY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT.

IF YOU SEE IT AND HEAR AND READ ABOUT AI AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZED AREAS, AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

SO, I'M ASKING THAT YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND YOU SEE THE GAP FUNDING FOR THE ADVANCED TRAINING CENTER THAT YOU CONSIDER THE CITIZENS THAT NEED THAT WILL THAT WILL BENEFIT BY GOING TO THE TRAINING CENTER AND LEARNING.

I'VE WORKED WITH WHEN WE FIRST SET UP TOYOTA, I WORKED WITH THE COLLEGES TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

AND LUCKILY AND FORTUNATELY, AS YOU KNOW, TOYOTA'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL OPERATION HERE AND SO HAVE THE 21 SUPPLIERS AND CONTINUE TO GROW.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE CONTINUED SUPPLIERS TO COME INTO SAN ANTONIO, WE BETTER HAVE AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH ISSUE.

I ALSO, AS CHAIRMAN OF YOUR VA, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR BUSSES ARE ALSO BECOMING MORE SPECIALIZED AND REQUIRE A LOT MORE TRAINING FOR OUR MECHANICS.

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RIGHT NOW WE RUN ON NITROGEN AND YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE ANY MECHANIC JUST WORK ON THOSE BUSSES.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL LIGHTS.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUTH THAT ARE COMING UP.

WE RAISED OVER 850,000 LAST YEAR FOR ALAMO COLLEGES FOR FOR KIDS ALAMO PROMISE, WHICH MEANS EVERY KID IN MARIN COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO CAN GO TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE FOR FREE.

AND AS AN ADDED, YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN A FORMER RAFALE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS YEAR WAS A FIRST TIME IN THE 100 SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE GAVE THAT WE ALSO GAVE FOR THE TRADE GROUP.

SO PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO RECOGNIZE, I HOPE YOU SEE THAT AND I HOPE THAT WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

AND THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH JOB.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. REYES. NEXT WILL BE MISS LORNA CHAMBERS.

LAWSON.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. OKAY.

HELLO, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS, FOR HAVING ME.

THIS IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU.

I COME TODAY REPRESENTING THE FAIR CONTRACTING COALITION, FCC, AS THE VICE PRESIDENT.

AND I'M, OF COURSE, HERE TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S BUDGET AS PRESENTED.

SPEAKING OF THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, WE HAVE SO MANY NONPROFIT AND FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY AND OUR CITY THAT ARE SUPPORTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH FINDING HOUSING, ANGER MANAGEMENT, ADDICTION, AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO GET FUNDED, ESPECIALLY IN PRECINCT ONE.

WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT PUT PEOPLE IN JOBS, CREATE WORK AS ENTREPRENEURS THEMSELVES.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE ENTREPRENEURS.

I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEM ALREADY, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE HOMEGROWN.

THEY'RE RIGHT HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN INCARCERATED, AND THEY'RE KILLING THE GAME, AS THE YOUNG FOLKS SAY.

AND THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.

THEY NEED US TO BE CREATING PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM IN ALL SORTS OF THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY LIFT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY, BUT ALSO BRING THAT DIGNITY AND THAT EXPERIENCE TO THEIR COMMUNITY WHERE HONESTLY, QUITE FRANKLY, IT WOULDN'T EXIST.

SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH HERE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD.

THESE TYPES OF SERVICES.

YOU SEE PEOPLE LIKE BRENE BROWN, RIGHT, SIMONE, SIMON SINEK AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES, BUT THEY GET TO CHARGE THE 50,000 TO 70,000, THE REST OF US, THEY WANT US TO DO IT FOR FREE.

AND I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH CLAUDIA SANCHEZ WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM HERE.

IT WAS ALL GOOD BECAUSE I WAS DOING EVERYTHING FOR FREE.

BUT THE MINUTE THAT I STOPPED DOING IT FOR FREE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

WE GOT TO WORK ON THAT.

REDLINING WAS NOT JUST GEOGRAPHIC.

IT WAS PSYCHOLOGICAL.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE US, WE DON'T THINK OF THEM AS BEING EXPERTS.

WE DON'T THINK OF THEM AS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE US SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF A HOT MEAL.

AND I WANT TO BE HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE PROFESSIONALS.

WE HAVE EXPERTISE, AND WE DESERVE TO BE CONTRACTED AS WELL.

I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE FROM SAUL ALINSKY.

HE SAYS, WHAT FOLLOWS IS FOR THESE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD FROM WHAT IT IS TO WHAT THEY BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE.

THAT WAS FROM MR. CALVERT HIMSELF.

HE'S TEACHING ME TO LEARN THE WAYS OF SAUL ALINSKY.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. MISS LAWSON.

LET ME HAVE MR. ROBERT MEDINA AND MR. MEDINA AFTER YOU WILL BE GRACE ROSE.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT. AFTER MR. ROBERT MEDINA.

IS THIS MIC ON? OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND JUDGE FOR I'M HERE REPRESENTING WESTERN PARK SENIOR CENTER.

HOPE AND ACTION. I WANT TO BRING ONE POINT.

OH. THIS CITY HAS GOTTEN A TERRIBLE REPUTATION FOR MORE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR STREETS THAN MOST,

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PUT YOUR BUDGET WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

NOW IS THE TIME.

AND THIS IS THE DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MEDINA. GRACE.

ROSE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS OPEN HEARING TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE AND ALL OF THEIR ISSUES.

I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME, I GUESS, COMMUNITY PERSON SERVING ON MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE TRY OUR BEST. HAVING WORKED ON HAVING BEEN ON BOTH THE PORT AUTHORITY AND BOND COMMITTEES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE BALANCE IS IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING AND THE NEED IS VERY HIGH.

AND PATIENCE IS ONE SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE NEEDS WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.

AND ALSO THE RESPECT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THOSE POSITIONS WHERE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE ALL WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT.

RIGHT NOW I'M HERE AS REPRESENTING THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL CULTURAL CORRIDOR THAT IS SHARED BY PRECINCT TWO AND FOUR ON OUR CORRIDOR, WHICH IS 2.5 MILES.

WE HAVE ABOUT 150 SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND AFTER PANDEMIC, THE TOLL ON SMALL BUSINESS WAS VERY HIGH, WITH AN ATTRITION RATE IN SAN ANTONIO OF 40%.

THAT WAS THAT WAS COVERED BY FORBES MAGAZINE AND OTHER OTHER OTHER PERIODICALS.

SO THIS THIS FUNDING THAT WE USED BEFORE AND I THINK BOTH OF YOU CAME TO SOME OF OUR EVENTS, HIGHLIGHTED THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR PROGRAMS FOR FREE, THE OUTREACH, THE WEBSITE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING VIDEOGRAPHY VIDEOS OF THEM AND POST PUTTING THEM UP ON THE WEBSITE, WHETHER THEY'RE LEGACY BUSINESSES, START UP BUSINESSES LIKE LEMON GIRLS OR MK DAVIS. THEY ARE ALL WITHIN THE SIX HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL EVENT THAT WE'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE.

JUNETEENTH. WE DO HAVE SOME SPONSORSHIPS THAT ARE COMING UP AND VILLA IS VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THE NAME OF OF OF THIS OLD SPANISH TRAIL ON THEIR BUSSES GOING THROUGH DECO DISTRICT.

SO IT'S REALLY FOR THESE BUSINESSES THAT WE ASK THIS AND THAT THEY THAT YOU ALL HELP THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S THE ARPA MONEY OR WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, GOING OUT THERE AND FILLING OUT PAPERWORK, GOING THROUGH A PORTAL, GOING THROUGH WHATEVER, SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE THAT TIME.

THEY DON'T, THEY'RE SHORT STAFFED.

AND TO HAVE FREE MARKETING DOLLARS THAT GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLATFORM WHERE THEY CAN GO AND SHOW WHAT THEY DO IS A WONDERFUL THING. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE YOU PLEASE SUPPORT THAT AND SUPPORT THE SAN PEDRO THEATER AND FILM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS GRACE ROSE.

THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE KATE JOHNSON.

AND AFTER THAT, MARK WITTIG.

AFTER KATE JOHNSON.

MY NAME IS KAY JOHNSON.

I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN BEAR COUNTY SINCE 1981.

I TAUGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND K THROUGH EIGHT FOR 41 YEARS, AND IT WAS MY JOB TO PROVIDE A ROUNDED, WELL THOUGHT OUT AND EXECUTED CURRICULUM. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC AS A CULTURAL GEM THAT WE ARE ASKING TO WAIT TO MATURE.

THEY ALREADY HAVE HAD UNDER THIS NEW NAME.

AND LET ME REMIND YOU, A LOT OF US HAVE TO CHANGE OUR NAMES, BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE WHO WE ARE. AND THAT'S WHERE THE SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC COMES IN.

THEY'VE ALREADY GIVEN TWO FULL FLEDGED SEASONS AT THEIR NEW FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HOME.

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NOT FOR JUST THIS YEAR, BUT LIKE I DID WITH MY STUDENTS FOR THE A YEARS TO COME.

THERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO STUDENTS.

THEY'VE ALREADY SEEN LAST YEAR 20,000 STUDENTS IN THEIR OUTREACH.

AND IF YOU GO TO LANIER HIGH SCHOOL, YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER MULTICULTURAL EVENT THIS FRIDAY.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK OF OUR CITY AS A ENRICHING PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS OF THIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON.

MR. WITTIG. AFTER MR. WITTIG WILL BE ASIA RUBINO.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE ALL KNOW ONE THING I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT HOMELESS IS EVERYWHERE.

WHEN I CAME DOWN TO THE PARKING GARAGE TO GET HERE, I HAD TO WALK AROUND A HOMELESS PERSON JUST SLEEPING ON THE ON THE LANDING THERE.

THERE IS A ENTITY IN AUSTIN CALLED COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE THAT'S ABOUT TEN YEARS AHEAD OF US IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND THEY'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT PEOPLE NOT JUST THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, BUT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MONEY ARE GIVING IT TO THEM AS A LEGACY.

AND THEY'RE ON TRACK TO GET 1900 PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.

SO THERE IS A WAY TO SERVE THE HOMELESS THAT WORKS WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND THE CITIES AND MANY OTHERS.

TOWN TWIN VILLAGE HAS LAUNCHED TODAY.

WE HAVE 43 PEOPLE LIVING ON TOWN TWIN.

TOMORROW WE PICK 15 MORE ON OUR WAY TO 207.

WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, FOOT CARE, DENTISTRY, THE CATHOLIC WORKERS MOVING TO THE DAY HOUSE.

THEY'LL HAVE HOT MEALS.

THEY'LL SERVE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

SO WE HAVE TWO TRACKS.

THOSE WERE HOUSING AND THOSE ARE ON THE STREET.

THOSE ARE ON THE STREET.

WE'LL HAVE HOT MEALS, LAUNDRY SHOWERS AND THE MEDICAL SERVICES THAT I MENTIONED, AS WELL AS THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'LL HAVE.

SO WE'RE LIFTING ALL THE HOMELESS SOME AND SOME MORE WITH THOSE WHO ARE HOUSING.

I'VE TAKEN MANY A PERSON TO AUSTIN, AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION THEY WERE AMAZED WITH WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH VISION AND SUPPORT. AND NOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE HAD MAYBE 80 TOURS, MAYBE MORE THAT I'VE GIVEN AT TOWN TWIN AND ARE GETTING THE SAME RESPONSE AND PEOPLE WANT TO VOLUNTEER.

SO IT IS WORKING.

THE ONLY THING WE'RE SHORT NOW IS THE MONEY FOR THE FOUR APARTMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 80 PEOPLE, AND THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP US. WE'LL GET THAT GOING.

THE OTHER FACILITIES ARE ALREADY THERE.

OUR VISION THAT IS THAT THE CITY WOULD GET AND THE COUNTY WOULD GET 4 OR 5 ENTITIES LIKE OURS THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE TOWN TWIN.

BUT THE NEED IS SO GREAT AND APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THERE FOR THE HOMELESS.

SO I HOPE IT'S BEAR COUNTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WITTIG. MR. SAVIANO. CERVINO.

AND AFTER THAT, MAYNARD GALLOWAY.

YEAR AFTER YEAR, COMMISSIONERS AND BEAR COUNTY JUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC THEATER OF SAN ANTONIO.

MY NAME IS AISHA SERVINO, AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS THE CEO.

AS WE KNOW, THE ARTS ARE IN CRISIS.

THERE ARE SO MANY NEEDS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I KNOW THAT FROM A MENTAL HEALTH AND LONELINESS PERSPECTIVE.

ARTS CAN SERVE THAT NEED.

WE CAN COME TOGETHER IN A RALLY TO BE SUPPORTIVE, ALLOW PEOPLE TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND BE EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE IN ANY MOMENT, AND HELP PEOPLE WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE BUILDING THAT CAPABILITY.

WE DON'T GIVE ENOUGH CREDENCE TO THAT.

THE ARTS DO THAT BETTER THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM.

I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC TODAY.

IF WE DO NOT RAISE $500,000 BY DECEMBER, THIS 111 YEAR OLD ORGANIZATION WILL GO UNDER.

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THAT'S NATIONWIDE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS.

WE NEED BEAR COUNTY TO STEP IN NOW AND SUPPORT US AND SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S AGENDA.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT ALL OF THESE AMAZING PROGRAMS PROPOSED.

PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE ARTS TODAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS MORENO.

MAYNARD GALLOWAY AND AFTER MAYNARD GALLOWAY.

LISA HUNT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS MAYNARD GALLOWAY.

I AM HERE REPRESENTING NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST ALLIANCE.

I'M ALSO A LICENSED PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICER FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

I AM ALSO REPRESENTING THE FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION POPULATION BECAUSE I GREW UP AS A FOSTER KID.

I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR FOSTER CHILDREN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS.

FAIRNESS IS WHAT JUSTICE IS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND UP FOR EQUALITY, FOR THE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING FOR ALL PRECINCTS.

I DO BELIEVE THAT EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE AMERICAN HUMAN LIVES OF BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS.

ALSO, QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS A PRODUCT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, WHO HAD BEEN HOMELESS, WHO HAD BEEN UNEMPLOYED AND WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE, THE REASON WHY I CAN BE SO EXCEPTIONAL AS WHAT THEY CONSIDER A FOSTER CARE EXTRAORDINAIRE IS BECAUSE WE HAD PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS TO GET IN SCHOOL, HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.

ROOM AND BOARD.

LIKE THE FOSTERING FOR COLLEGE PROGRAM THAT WAS INITIATED AS PART OF JUDGE TAKAYA'S INITIATIVE WHEN HE WAS IN THAT ROLE.

IT'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL TO SO MANY.

SO I SAY THIS TO YOU ALL THAT THE COST OF YOU GUYS NOT SOLIDIFYING YOUR SUPPORT AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S PROPOSAL FOR EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING ACROSS ALL PRECINCTS WILL WILL FURTHER WIDEN THE GAP AND DISPARITY OF A HIGHER INCREASE OF CRIME IN ALL OUR PRECINCTS.

I KNOW BECAUSE I USED TO COMMIT THEM.

AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED AND EMPLOYED AND IN SCHOOL AND WHERE THEY CAN FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION.

YOU GOT TO HAVE A CLEAN RECORD TO BE A SECURITY OFFICER FOR THE STATE.

AND I MANAGED TO HAVE A CLEAN RECORD BECAUSE OF PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS HELPED BENEFIT AND IMPACT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF. SO I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS TO DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF NOT ONLY THE AMERICAN HUMAN LIVES OF BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS, BUT FOR ALL CITIZENS ACROSS THE PRECINCTS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYNARD. MAYNARD.

MAYNARD. I'M PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

LISA HUNT, YOU'RE NEXT.

GWEN. GWEN BOLDEN IS NEXT AFTER MISS HUNT.

WELL, ACTUALLY, WE'RE HERE TOGETHER.

HI, JUDGE SAKAI. HI, YOU GUYS.

LISTEN, SPEAK A LITTLE UP CLOSE FOR ME TO GET CLOSER.

I CAN GET CLOSER.

THANK YOU. HOW CLOSE DO YOU WANT ME TO GET? RIGHT THERE. OKAY.

OKAY. I FEEL ALMOST A LITTLE SELFISH SAYING THIS, BUT WE CAME HERE REPRESENTING MILLER'S POINT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE A YEAR AGO IN THE BUDGET, WE GOT SOME MONEY FOR OUR SOLAR LIGHTS TO REPLACE THE LIGHTS WE HAVE.

AND A YEAR LATER, SOMETHING'S GONE WRONG TO WHERE IT'S JUST TAKING WAY TOO MUCH TIME.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

BUT A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS AND IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT ELSE IN THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR STILL HASN'T BEEN DONE.

OKAY. IT'S ONE THING TO GET IT, IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE IT ACCOMPLISHED.

SO RIGHT NOW WE NEED THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE HOLDUP IS.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT HAS BEEN THERE FOR US EVER SINCE HE GOT ELECTED.

WE LOVE HIM. HE'S WONDERFUL.

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YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THESE SPECIAL PEOPLE WITH THESE SPECIAL IDEAS.

SO I FEEL, LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE SELFISH, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE WITHOUT THESE LIGHTS, WE'RE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

WE'RE NOT A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

SO WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR OVER 35 YEARS FOR OUR STREETLIGHTS.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I'VE NEVER LIVED ANYWHERE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE WHERE WE HAD TO PAY FOR STREETLIGHTS.

IT KEEPS US SAFE.

IT KEEPS THE SHERIFF FROM HAVING TO COME OUT.

AND THEY HAVE A 500MI² TO TAKE CARE OF.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED.

AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF IT GOT A LITTLE MORE FAST TRACK THAN A YEAR AND THAT WE START DOING IT.

SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MISS HUNT. GWEN BOLDEN.

AND AFTER THAT, KELLY WALSH WILL BE AFTER MISS BOLDEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE SAKAI COMMISSIONERS.

I WAS HERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME FOR ABOUT 3 OR 4 WEEKS AND VISITS DURING THE BUDGET, AND I'M BACK HERE AGAIN.

I'M HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE PROJECT COMPLETED.

OUR SOLAR LIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN INSTALLED.

WE REQUESTED TO HAVE THEM RETROFIT SO THAT WE COULD USE THE EXISTING LIGHTS, BUT THEN ALSO THE NEW LIGHTS THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED THAT THEY COULD BE PROCESSED AND SET UP.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A HOLD UP WITH LEGAL.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A HOLDUP WITH CPS.

THERE'S NO HOLDUP WITH US.

THE HOLDUP IS GETTING THIS PROCESS DONE.

IT'S IN LEGAL.

IT'S HERE. IT'S THERE.

WE HAVE 700 RESIDENTS THAT NEED LIGHTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

OUR CHILDREN ARE BASICALLY IN THE DARK.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURE UP HERE WITH ME ON HERE.

THAT'S WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL IN.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE LIGHTS.

AND IF WE HAVE TO COME UP HERE EVERY WEEK, WE WILL BE HERE TO WORK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT THERE'S THERE'S A BREAKDOWN AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE IT IS AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO GET THIS ON TRACK.

IF NOT NOW, WHEN? WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2022.

I LIVE OUT IN NORTHEAST SAN ANTONIO.

I HAVE TO WORK AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO COME DOWN HERE EVERY WEEK AND TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS OVER AND OVER.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

WE PAY OUR TAXES, WE PAY CPS, WE'VE PAID EVERYBODY.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO RECEIVE SOME SUPPORT AND HELP TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE, KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE.

WE NEED WE HAVE HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS.

WE HAVE CRASH PRONE AREAS THAT IS ACCENTUATED WITHOUT LIGHTS.

WE ARE IN THE DARK.

HELP US SEE THE LIGHT, PLEASE.

WE THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE NEED AND THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR AGAIN, IS WE NEED TO PICK UPS.

WE NEED A BULK PICKUP IN THE FALL, IN THE SPRING.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING THAT FOR THE PAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.

ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S OUT OF THE BUDGET.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN FIND THE BUDGET, BUT LAST YEAR WE PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.

SOMEHOW IT'S OUT OF THE BUDGET.

SO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COMMUNITY, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A HANDOUT.

WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR LIGHTS AND WE WANT A CLEAN STREET.

WE WANT, WE HAVE PEOPLE DUMPING THAT DON'T LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

IF WE PROVIDE TWICE A YEAR BULK PICKUP, THE PEOPLE WILL COME AND DROP THEIR TRASH.

THE TIME HAS EXPIRED. GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP.

MR. BOLTON. OKAY.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

AND AGAIN, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP YOU, HELP US, LET US KNOW WE ARE HERE.

THANK YOU, KELLY WALLS AND AFTER KELLY WALLS, LENORE WALLER OR WALKER.

EXCUSE ME. GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK ABOUT TWO CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

FIRST, IT APPEARS THE CITY MANAGER AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DID NOT PROPOSE FUNDING FOR LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS ON COUNTY ROADWAYS. THERE ARE OVER 1599 MILES OF COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS WITH LITTLE TO NO ROADWAY LIGHTING.

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LACK OF LIGHTING OFTEN MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR OUR SENIORS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT.

ADDITIONALLY, CRIME THRIVES IN THE DARKNESS.

WE URGE COMMISSIONERS TO KEEP PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FRONT OF THIS BUDGET.

PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR THE CRITICAL FUNDING NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS ON COUNTY ROADWAYS.

SECOND, THERE IS NO ITEMIZED FUNDING IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET FOR THE HIGH WATER LIFE SAVING TECHNOLOGY.

THE HALT BARRICADES ON THE ROAD SECTION WHERE FIVE YEAR OLD ALYSSA LEHMANN AND 52 YEAR OLD ESTHER RODRIGUEZ CONDE DIED IN 2021 WHEN FLASH FLOODING SWEPT THEM OFF THE ROAD AS THEY DROVE TO TRADITION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THERE IS ALSO NO ITEMIZED FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE HALT BARRICADES FOR A ROAD SECTION OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSAL CITY WHERE SCHOOL BUSSES ROUTINELY TRAVEL.

WE ARE FAILING TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN IF THESE BARRICADES ARE NOT INSTALLED.

IT IS DISAPPOINTING AND HONESTLY SHAMEFUL TO SEE THE COUNTY CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS WHO ONLY WANT TO PREVENT FUTURE TRAGIC DEATH.

WE URGE THE COUNTY TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THESE HALT BARRICADES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS WALSH.

LENORE WALKER.

AND AFTER MISS LENORE WALKER WILL BE JOHN CARUBIA.

AWESOME. THANK YOU.

GOOD DAY, COMMISSIONERS.

AND JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO PRECINCT FOUR COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT FOR BELIEVING IN THE VISION OF FREE TEXAS AND ALSO REBECA CLAY-FLORES AS WELL.

AND EACH OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SIGN OFF ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AT FREE TEXAS, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME NUMBERS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGH FREE TEXAS. FIRST OF ALL, WE WORK WITH THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND WE KNOW THERE ARE BIG URGENCIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH INCARCERATION, COMING OUT AND DON'T HAVE SERVICES TO HELP PREVENT.

WE ARE LITERALLY WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.

BEHIND ME, YOU SEE SCHOLARS THAT I HAVE BROUGHT WITH ME.

WE HAVE IN OUR YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE HAVE SERVICE.

18 OUT OF 20 OF OUR SCHOLARS HAVE COMPLETED DURING THAT TIME, 100% OF THEM HAVE NOT RE-OFFENDED.

WE'VE ALSO HAD 100% THAT HAVE NOT VIOLATED THEIR PROBATION OR THEY HAVE NOT VIOLATED ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEEDS THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH PROBATION OR PAROLE.

ANOTHER THING IS THAT WE'VE HELPED THEM GET JOBS, INCLUDING PLUMBING, GOING TO COLLEGE, AND THEY'VE LEARNED HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, GOING TO THE CAPITOL, GOING TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

WE HAVE REUNITED FAMILIES.

AND OUT OF THESE 20 SCHOLARS, WE HAVE ALSO SERVICED THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, WHICH IS 40 PLUS FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE SERVICED.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A BIG CONCERN AT FREE TEXAS BECAUSE WE ARE LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR.

AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH FUNDING THAT IS VITAL TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, VITAL TO THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH OUR FORMERLY INCARCERATED COMING OUT AND VITAL TO THE PREVENTION AND THE NEEDS AND THE OUTCRY OF THE COMMUNITY ARE POSSIBLY ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, AND THAT IS FREE TEXAS AND OTHER GREAT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO, I COME HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER FREE TEXAS AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE HAVE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING FROM OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE GIVING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE ALSO RESTORING FAMILIES.

AND THAT IS WHERE THE HEALING BEGINS.

AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.

I ALSO WANT YOU TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE ALSO OBTAINED SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ALAMO DOME AS WELL AS REENTRY.

SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO HELP EMPLOY OUR FORMERLY INCARCERATED TO.

SO, WE HAVE REALLY A LOT OF GREAT INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE FREED ACADEMY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HELPING OUR SCHOLARS AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER FREE TEXAS AND CONSIDER THE WORK WE DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MISS WALKER.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD.

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YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. JOHN CARUBIA.

LORD. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I'M A FREE TEXAS SCHOLAR.

MY NAME IS JOHN COVARRUBIAS.

I REALLY SUPPORT FREE TEXAS, AND I HOPE YOU ALL KEEP FUNDING THEM BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

IT'S JUST I WISH IT WAS LONGER.

BUT EVEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE NINE WEEKS HAVE HELPED ME IN A LOT OF AREAS THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE AS BEING A FORMERLY INCARCERATED.

WHEN I GOT OUT, WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND RECOGNIZED A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE HAVE HELPED ME A LOT SINCE I'VE BEEN OUT.

I'VE ONLY BEEN OUT 120 DAYS FROM MY 15 YEAR SENTENCE.

AND THIS PROGRAM REALLY HAS HELPED ME, AND I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.

AND ANY VOLUNTEER WORK AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM FOR THERE AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

AND I JUST HOPE AND WISH THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL AS I AM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. CARUBIA LET ME HAVE REBECA SIMMONS AND AFTER REBECA, NICK PENA WILL BE AFTER MISS SIMMONS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE SAKAI COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS REBECCA SIMMONS AND I'M HEAD OF A PROGRAM CALLED LOS MISIONES.

YOU MAY RECALL THAT I SPOKE TO YOU NOT LONG AGO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MISSIONS.

I'M HERE AGAIN TO STRESS THEIR IMPORTANCE TO YOU.

JUST BRIEFLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE OUR MISSIONS.

THREE OF THEM LIE IN COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES DISTRICT PRECINCT, AND ONE OF THEM LIES IN COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S DISTRICT.

BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THE MISSIONS ARE NOT JUST BOUND BY THEIR LOCATIONS.

THEY ACTUALLY ARE PART OF A WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

AND IT'S THEY INFLUENCE SO MUCH IN OUR CITY.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK TO YOUR LEFT OR MAYBE UP ABOVE.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE WINDOW IS THE ROSE WINDOW OUTLINE.

IT'S BEEN ON A MISSION FOR OVER 200 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

THEY ARE ICONS TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THEY RECEIVE OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE AS VISITORS A YEAR.

SO, IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED BY COUNTY BUT ALSO BY STATE.

AND I'D WANT TO SAY IN CLOSING, IN 2021, THE COMMISSIONERS GAVE $25 MILLION TO THE ALAMO.

OUR FIRST MISSION MISSION VALERO.

I ONLY ASKED FOR A 0.02 PERCENTAGE TO PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING TO US SO WE CAN PRESERVE THE ACTUAL STRUCTURES OF THE MISSION CHURCHES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, MISS SIMMONS, NICK PENA AND AFTER NICK PENA ROSE HILL FRONT CENTER.

NICK PENA. HELLO, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I SEE THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT HERE TO THE TO THE PODIUM, JUDGE.

YOU HAVE TWO POLICEMEN HERE GUARDING US THAT WE DON'T HAVE A TEAM.

YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE HAVE 2 OR 3 OF US COME HERE BEFORE THE JUDGE OR THE COMMISSIONERS AND TALK WHAT'S HAPPENED.

SO, AND YOU DON'T EVEN TALK TO US EITHER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW.

BUT ANYWAY, TODAY I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND I SAW THE HEADLINES ON THE PAPER WHERE IT SAYS CALVERT TARGETS FUNDING IN PRECINCTS, AND THAT I HAD TO CHANGE GEARS BECAUSE I HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO TODAY.

BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE COME AND SUPPORT OUR COMMISSIONER.

OUR COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN OUT THERE IN THE FRONT LINES TALKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS, BETTER BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU, COMMISSIONER.

NOW, THE ARTICLE HERE THAT COMES OUT, IT GIVES A LOT OF CREDIT TO COMMISSIONER FLORES FOR WHATEVER SHE'S DOING.

I LIVE IN PRECINCT ONE AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE PAPER GIVES YOU CREDIT FOR.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PROJECT IN COMMISSION WHERE THE HOTWELLS, THEY SPENT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN.

IT'S A WASTED PARK COMMISSIONER WASTED.

I DON'T KNOW WHY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CHICO RODRIGUEZ APPROVED THAT THAT PLAN, BUT IT WAS ALL POLITICAL BECAUSE IT WAS A DEVELOPER THAT NEEDED TO GET RID OF THAT PROPERTY AND THE COUNTY CAME IN AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN IT.

IT HAS NO USE.

SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, CALVERT TSE CALVERT SAID THAT YES, WE LIKE TO SEE TEAMWORK.

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WELL, YOU KNOW THAT IN THE PAST THE WEST SIDE, THE EAST SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE HAS BEEN NEGLECTED TOTALLY.

AND THEN ONLY THE RICH AND THE POWERFUL WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR FUNDS, THEIR THEIR ALLOTMENTS.

AND NONE OF US OVER THERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE REALLY GOT A JUDGE.

BUT NOW, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, IT DOESN'T SAY HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO GET BECAUSE IT ONLY TALKS ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS.

WE NEED SOME OF YOUR MONEY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

SO THAT WAY YOU'RE ALL FOR VOLUNTEERING MY MONEY, NICK, BECAUSE.

NO, IT'S OUR MONEY.

OUR MONEY. NO, IT'S YOUR MONEY.

BECAUSE IN THE PAPER SAYS THAT IT'S EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONG THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

BUT YOU GO TO AUSTIN AND THE LEGISLATURE OVER THERE WHERE THE MAJORITY IS REPUBLICAN JUDGE, AND THEY'RE NOT SO FAIR AS YOU ARE.

THEY CAN WRAP IT UP.

MR. PENA? YES. I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP NOW.

I WANT YOU TO TELL YOU, JUDGE, THAT I APPRECIATE YOU OPENING THIS DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE NEEDED, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. PENA. MISS ROSE HILL.

AND AFTER MISS ROSE HILL WILL BE CAMILLE CAMPOS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE SKYE AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL LIONS NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION.

I'M ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE ALL 30 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS CALLED THE D2 PRESENCE ROUNDTABLE IN DISTRICT TWO.

AND TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAPPING THIS BUDGET.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT A COMMISSIONER CALVERT KNOWN COMMISSIONER CALVERT A LONG TIME, AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE WHEN WE, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, HAVE NEEDED HIM. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A DULL MOMENT OR.

OR NEVER OR. NO, I CAN'T COME TO YOUR MEETING.

I CAN'T COME TO EXPLAIN.

BUT I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SO THAT WE, THE LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY, COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY IS KNOWLEDGE, AND IT'S GOLDEN.

BUT WE, THE LEADERS, CAN'T ARE NOT ABLE TO RELATE THE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITIES IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

WE TALK ABOUT CRIME, JOB TRAINING AND THE HOMELESS.

THAT TOWN TWIN, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SAY THAT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FUND THAT PROJECT BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE CAN SAY HAS BEEN STARTED AND HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.

WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HOMELESS, BUT THE TOWN TWIN I THINK IF WE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE GIVE THEM THE FUNDING TO GET IN THERE AND TO SAY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, WE THE COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE THAT WHAT THEY SAY AND WHAT THEY USE WITH THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE WORK AND TO SEE IF THE HOMELESS PROJECT REALLY IS A SUCCESS OR IT'S GOING TO BE A FAILURE AND WE'LL BE WATCHING.

BUT TODAY I ASK AS A 35-YEAR COMMUNITY LEADER, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND LET'S BE ABLE TO EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY NEED TO DO. AND IN PRECINCT FOUR, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT BUDGET BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.

LET'S BE UNITED AND NOT LET'S NOT BE DIVIDED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ROSE HILL.

CAMILLE CAMPOS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CAMILA FACTORY AFTER THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS CAMILLE CAMPOS, AND I'M A FREE TEXAS SCHOLAR.

AND I'VE HAD THE BLESSING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF FREE TEXAS MYSELF.

I COME FROM ADDICTION, HOMELESSNESS, INCARCERATION IN AND OUT OF JAIL.

CURRENTLY, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM, I AM ON PROBATION NOW.

I HAVEN'T RE-OFFENDED.

I DON'T PLAN ON RE-OFFENDING.

SINCE I'VE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM, I HAVE REUNITED WITH MY FAMILY, WHICH IS A BLESSING.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

I HAVE GOT MY RECOVERY COACH, PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION AND I'M A PERSON IN STRIVING FOR LONG TERM RECOVERY. AND I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT FREE TEXAS.

IT'S BEEN HONEST, HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN A BLESSING, YOU KNOW, FOR TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE FREE TEXAS STAFF, THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ACCEPTED ME FOR WHERE I WAS AT ON MY JOURNEY AND THEY NEVER JUDGED ME.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS CAMILLE CAMPOS.

CAMILA FOR FACTORY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS CAMILA FACTORY AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BLACK FREEDOM FACTORY.

BUT I ALSO HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING THE CIVICS ENGAGEMENT COURSE FOR FREE TEXAS.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST SACRED AND TEACHING EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE TO LEARN THE HARDSHIPS AS WELL AS THE TRUTHS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INCARCERATION GAVE MY LIFE AN ENTIRE NEW MEANING.

EACH SCHOLAR WAS HUNGRY TO LEARN ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, EAGER TO IMPLEMENT AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SOCIETY AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.

MY HEART WOULD BURST WITH EXCITEMENT WHEN THEY WOULD COME TO CLASS WITH CONVERSATIONS, THEY HAD WITH THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED.

MY EYES WOULD WATER AS THEY SHARED THEIR TESTIMONIES WITH ME ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES BEING INCARCERATED, AND I WOULD THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO STAND THERE AND HEAR THEM.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO MEET THEIR FAMILIES WHO WAITED FOR THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE SO BADLY NEED TO CHANGE.

THEIR FAMILIES NEVER GAVE UP ON THEM.

FREE TEXAS DOESN'T GIVE UP ON ANYONE, WHETHER THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR A SECOND CHANCE OR DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY NEED ANOTHER SECOND CHANCE.

EACH SCHOLAR LEFT MY CLASS KNOWING MORE ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS, AND IN RETURN I FELT A VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE THAT I NEVER SAW COMING.

AMONG MANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WERE THE SOCIOECONOMIC SEGREGATION THAT IS HISTORIC TO THIS CITY.

WE LEARNED ABOUT GERRYMANDERING, REDLINING, FOOD DESERTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISES THAT IS EVER PRESENT IN THE COUNTRY'S SEVENTH LARGEST METROPOLITAN CITY.

WE LEARNED ABOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES POWER.

SO TODAY I AM HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT NONPROFITS LIKE FREE TEXAS ARE NOT ONLY BELOVED, BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

FREE TEXAS ARE IN THE WEEDS OF A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT.

JUDGE JUDGE SAKAI, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER COMMISSIONER CALVERT CALVERT BUDGET FOR AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PRECINCT THAT SUPPORT AND FUND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FREE TEXAS.

BUT IN CONCLUSION, I WILL SAY THAT THIS THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME ARE THE PEOPLE POWER.

THESE PEOPLE ELECT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO YOUR SEATS.

YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE FUTURE OF THIS DEMOCRACY.

AND THE FOUNDATION OF THAT IS AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING THAT WILL ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE AND NO LONGER DIE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF NAMES.

I WAS TOLD THAT COUNCILMAN JOHN COURAGE WANTED TO OPPORTUNITIES.

COUNCILMAN. COURAGE.

ARE YOU IN THE COURTROOM? WE HAVE. ERICA CHITWOOD SIGNED UP.

OKAY, LET ME HAVE MY STAFF GO CHECK.

TELL ME. WHO DID? WHAT WAS THE NAME AGAIN? ALL RIGHT.

HAVE A SIGN UP. WAS THE LAST ONE.

WELL, THE ONE I GOT IS CAMELLIA FACTORY.

SO COME ON UP.

IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE.

YES. MY NAME IS ERICA CHETWOOD.

IT'S MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS, SO BEAR WITH ME HERE.

THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, FOR SUCH GREAT LEADERSHIP IN OUR WONDERFUL CITY.

AGAIN, I'M ERICA CHETWOOD.

I'M A LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR AND SERVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S FIRST ALLIANCE BOARD AND HERE TO SUPPORT COUNTY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

IT'S MY. OKAY, SO YOU ALL TALK ABOUT CRIME AND OFFICER SHOOTINGS, BUT YOU WANT TO CUT THINGS THAT CHILDREN LIKE WOODLAWN PARK THAT NEEDS MONEY FOR AMENITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU ALL TALK ABOUT CRIME, BUT YOU CUT PROGRAMS THAT HELP TEACH THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED TO READ AND TRADES LIKE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL HVAC THAT WE NEED.

AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE FEEL HOPELESS WITH MENTAL DEPRESSION AND ARE SHOOTING IN OUR STREETS AND SHOOTING COPS.

THEY DON'T FEEL ANY HOPE.

AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP STAY OUT OF CRIME NEED TO BE BETTER SUPPORTED.

SO IT STARTS HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.

THE COURT WILL TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO PRESENTATION DISCUSSION.

[2. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding the proposed changes documented in the memorandum from the Budget Officer dated September 11, 2023.]

AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I WILL ASK IF THERE IS ANY MOTIONS TO MAKE SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE TABLE.

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IF THERE'S NO MOTION. MS..

GUYTON YOU MAY PROCEED.

YES, SIR. TANYA GUYTON, BUDGET AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.

TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING THE DRAFT VERSION OF THE CHANGE ORDER AS PRESENTED TODAY.

I WILL GO THROUGH EACH ATTACHMENT ONE BY ONE, BUT I'LL GO INTO DETAIL FOR ATTACHMENT ONE, WHICH IS A CHANGE MEMORANDUM.

THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT ACTUALLY CHANGES THE AMOUNTS WITHIN THE BUDGET.

SO THE FIRST PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER PROVIDES SORT OF A NARRATIVE OF THE CHANGE ORDER DESCRIBES THE ACCOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR THE BUDGET, HOW WE UPLOAD IT INTO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES A LIST OF ALL OF THE ATTACHMENTS IN A VERY BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THOSE ATTACHMENTS ARE.

MOST OF THOSE ATTACHMENTS ARE STANDARD ATTACHMENTS, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW NEW ONES THAT I'LL GO THROUGH.

ATTACHMENT ONE IS THE CHANGE MEMORANDUM.

I WILL BEGIN WITH THE GENERAL FUND AND I WILL GO ONE BY ONE ON EACH OF THESE CHANGES.

THESE ARE CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I PRESENTED IN AUGUST OF 20TH AUGUST 23RD, I BELIEVE.

SO THE GENERAL FUND HAD AN ENDING BALANCE AS PROPOSED OF $177,678,288.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO IN THE DRAFT CHANGE MEMO TO ADD $923,505 AND I WILL GO ONE BY ONE ON THIS AMOUNT.

THE FIRST ONE IS CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE.

WE ARE INCREASING THE PERSONNEL APPROPRIATION TO FUND TWO PART TIME TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE CLERKS TO ASSIST WITH THEIR ODYSSEY TRANSITION AND THE AMOUNT OF 19,671. CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO WE ARE AUTHORIZING TO TEMPORARY PART TIME ADMINISTRATIVE CLERKS IN THE SAME AMOUNT.

19,671. CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE WE ARE AUTHORIZING TO TEMPORARY PART TIME ADMINISTRATIVE CLERKS FOR THE AMOUNT OF 19,671. WE ARE ALSO INCREASING THE SUPPLIES APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE REPLACEMENT OF THEIR ARMORY AND UNIFORMS, SAFETY SUPPLIES AND RADIOS FOR THEIR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $68,710.

THE NEXT PRECINCT IS CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR.

WE ARE INCREASING THEIR PERSONNEL APPROPRIATION TO FUND TWO TEMPORARY PART TIME ADMINISTRATIVE CLERKS IN THE AMOUNT OF 19,671.

THE NEXT OFFICE IS THE COUNTY CLERK WE ARE PROPOSING TO FUND AND AUTHORIZE TWO DEPUTY COURT CLERK SPECIALIST TWOS, WHICH ALSO ARE KNOWN AS LEADS AND DELETING TWO DEPUTY COURT CLERKS, SPECIALIST ONES WHICH ARE REGULAR COURT CLERKS FOR A NET AMOUNT INCREASE OF 8473.

WE'RE ALSO FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING ONE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST AND DELETING ONE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR AT NO COST.

NEXT OFFICE WILL BE THE COUNTY COURTS AT LAW.

WE'RE INCREASING THEIR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TO ADJUST THE PRICE INCREASE FOR ONE OF THEIR COPIERS IN THE AMOUNT OF 2171 CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WE'RE TRANSFERRING ONE COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGER FROM THE GRANTS AND AID FUND TO MOVE IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE GRANTS OF THIS FUNDING. EXCUSE ME.

THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS POSITION IS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

THE COST OF THAT TO THE GENERAL FUND IS 83,956.

WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES APPROPRIATION FOR THE LEASE OF A COPIER MACHINE AND TO INCREASE THEIR WITNESS SERVICES, WHICH IS REIMBURSABLE IN REVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF 9292 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING ONE ELECTIONS TRAINING COORDINATOR IN THE AMOUNT OF 79,541.

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

ADULT DETENTION. WE'RE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A RENTAL OF A CHILLER WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON REPLACING THE CHILLERS AT THE ADULT DETENTION CENTER AND THE COST OF $100,000.

MEDICAL EXAMINER WE'RE REGRADING ONE TOXICOLOGY LAB MANAGER FROM AN E-7 TO AN E-9.

THIS IS A BRAND-NEW POSITION THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE NEXT UPCOMING BUDGET.

HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO GRADE IT APPROPRIATELY TO MANAGE THE LEADS THERE.

THE COST OF THIS IS $17,349.

THE NEXT OFFICE IS A MILITARY SERVICES OFFICER OFFICE.

EXCUSE ME. WE'RE REALLOCATING FUNDING FROM CONTINGENCIES TO THE MILITARY SERVICES OFFICE PERSONNEL APPROPRIATION TO FUND ONE MILITARY SERVICE OFFICER AT AN E-6 AND ONE ASSISTANT MILITARY SERVICE OFFICER POSITION AT A COST OF 168,410.

THIS IS NO NET COST TO THE GENERAL FUND AS WE'RE REMOVING THE FUNDING FROM CONTINGENCY AND MOVING IT INTO MILITARY SERVICES OFFICE.

GOING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE? YES, SIR. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OR PROGRAMMATIC ROLE OF THAT OFFICER? THE POSITIONS FROM MOVING FROM CONTINGENCIES? YEAH. WHAT IS THE WORK THEY'LL BE DOING? OH, SO THEY'RE CREATING SATELLITE OFFICES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

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OKAY. IT BEGS A.

QUESTION ABOUT WHAT? ABOUT THE OFFICE WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR AT GRAYSON STREET, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT LATER.

THANK YOU. OKAY. GOING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR NON-DEPARTMENTAL.

AGAIN, REFERENCING EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THE REMOVING THE FUNDING FOR CONTINGENCIES FOR ONE SBA CONTRACT SPECIALIST AND AN SBA DATA COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR POSITION FROM THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET THE COST OF NEW POSITIONS AS APPROVED BY THE PURCHASING BOARD.

THE COST SAVINGS FOR THIS IS $207,823.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR THE MILITARY SERVICES OFFICER OFFICE, WE ARE REMOVING THE FUNDING OF $168,410 AND MOVING THAT INTO THE MILITARY SERVICES OFFICE FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE'RE ALSO INCREASING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TO INCLUDE THE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND TASERS FOR THE NEW POSITION AT THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

THIS GOES ALONG WITH OUR EXISTING AXON AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $268,268.

THE NEXT OFFICE IS THE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE AUTHORIZING AND FUNDING ONE GRANTS MANAGER AT AN E-9 LEVEL FOR $145,552.

WE'RE RECLASSIFYING ONE SANITARIAN ONE TO A LEAD SANITARIAN POSITION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,036.

WE'RE INCREASING THE SUPPLIES APPROPRIATION FOR FOOD EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS TRAINING AND EVENTS THAT WILL BE HELD BY THE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $3,000.

WE'RE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TO FUND REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE AGRILIFE VEHICLES.

THESE ARE THEIR STANDARD OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,300.

THE NEXT DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, CAN WE GO BACK UP TO UNDER NON-DEPARTMENTAL? THE 268.

WHAT PRECINCT IS THAT FOR? CAMERA EQUIPMENT FOR THE COUNSEL'S OFFICE? I BELIEVE IT INCLUDES ALL FOUR PRECINCTS.

SO, I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT.

COMMISSIONER. HOLD ON. OKAY.

DAVID SAID YES.

I DON'T BELIEVE. I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, WE MET WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

I BELIEVE ALL THE PRECINCTS WERE THERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRECINCT ONE.

BUT WE DO HAVE ALLOCATIONS AND EQUIPMENT OF AXON EQUIPMENT FOR THAT PRECINCT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

CONTINUE. MISS GUYTON.

YES, SIR. PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

AS PER THE PURCHASING BOARD'S ORDER, WE ARE AUTHORIZING AND FUNDING ONE ASSISTANT PURCHASING AGENT.

THIS WILL BE THE SECOND POSITION FOR THAT OFFICE AND INCLUDING THEIR SUPPLIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

AND THE AMOUNT OF $138,056.

WE REMOVE AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING OF ONE OFFICE ASSISTANT FOR AS IT'S RECOMMENDED, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND INSTEAD WE'RE AUTHORIZING AND FUNDING AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $18,699.

WE ALSO FUNDING A 9.4% INCREASE FOR THE PURCHASING AGENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $14,062.

WE'RE INCREASING THE TRAVEL APPROPRIATION TO BRING THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO $75,000.

THIS IS AN INCREASE OF $31,928.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT DEPARTMENT.

YES, SIR. WHAT'S I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PURCHASING BOARD ORDER.

WHOSE ORDER? SO, THERE IS A PURCHASING BOARD THAT INCLUDES TWO COMMISSIONERS AND THREE ELECTED DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.

THEY MET, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHERE THE PURCHASING AGENT PRESENTED THEIR BUDGET AND THEY VOTED ON THAT, AND THEY GET A SIGNED DOCUMENT, WHICH IS AN ORDER THAT WE WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE BUT ARE SUPPOSED TO ATTACH TO THE BUDGET.

WAS THE BUDGET OFFICE ALERTED OF THESE BUDGET INCREASES? WE DID. WE DID RECEIVE THE REQUEST AND WE PROPOSED SOME OF THAT.

BUT WE WERE I THINK WHEN THEY INITIALLY CREATED THE MEETINGS, WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY STILL HAD ISSUES AND WANTED TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THEY REQUESTED.

OKAY. THIS IS ACCORDING TO STATUTE.

I BELIEVE SO, YES, SIR.

JUDGE, CAN I CAN I MENTION SOMETHING ON THIS? JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I'M ON THE PURCHASING BOARD ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER CALVERT, AND THEN I THINK THREE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.

THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING AN ATTORNEY POSITION WHICH I UNDERSTOOD EXCEEDED THAT BOARD'S STATUTORY AUTHORITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IS NOT IN THE CHANGE ORDER MEMO, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT AGAIN? YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE ATTORNEY THAT THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES AND THE BOARD APPROVED IS NOT IN THE BUDGET? RIGHT. SO, I'M HAPPY TO, SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR HIM.

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I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS TO YOU.

BUT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE PURCHASING BOARD TO PROVIDE AN ATTORNEY POSITION TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WAS NOT WITHIN THE PURCHASING BOARD'S STATUTORY AUTHORITY UNDER CHAPTER 89, SECTION 89.001. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THAT FOR YOU, AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE DA'S OFFICE OPINE ON THAT.

SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, AND JUST AS I THINK AN ONGOING CONVERSATION IS THAT AND TINA MENTIONED AT THE MEETING THAT DAY, THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DA'S OFFICE ABOUT PROVIDING A RESOURCE, A LAWYER TO THE PURCHASING AGENT IN HER DEPARTMENT, BUT UNDER STATUTORY AUTHORITY THAT SHE'S NOT AUTHORIZED TO HIRE A LAWYER IS WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS.

WELL, WE NEED TO LOOK DEEPLY INTO THE STATUTE BECAUSE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICES ACROSS THE STATE HAVE LOST TWO COMMISSIONERS, COURTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CREATION OF ATTORNEYS.

SO, SO, SO HOLD ON.

I'M AS PRESIDING OFFICER, DO WE HAVE A LEGAL OPINION OR.

YES, COMMISSIONER.

MR. ROBERTSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

SO, JUDGE, THIS HAS COME UP MANY COUNTIES.

AND COMMISSIONER, I DON'T WANT TO SIMPLIFY THE ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS COMPLICATED.

BUT LET'S JUST SUFFICE TO SAY THAT IN BEAR COUNTY, THERE IS A SPECIFIC STATUTE THAT DESCRIBES THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THAT IS SECTION 44.115 THAT SETS OUT THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF BEAR COUNTY.

YOU'RE SAYING A POLICY? NO, THERE IS A STATUTE NOW.

THERE IS A FURTHER STATUTE THAT APPLIES TO SPECIFICALLY COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER $2 MILLION.

AND WHAT THE COURTS HAVE SAID OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS SAID, THAT ANY ENTITY THAT TRIES TO SUPERSEDE THE AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BECAUSE THAT STATUTE SPECIFICALLY GIVES THE AUTHORITY TO HIRE LEGAL COUNSEL TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PERIOD, WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

AND ACTUALLY THE COMMISSIONER DOES.

SO CAN WE ALL HAVE A COPY, PLEASE? CERTAINLY. I'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE ANY COPY TO THE COURT AT SECTION C.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, ITS POPULATION, OVER 2 MILLION, I THINK YOU SAID $2 MILLION, BUT.

OH, I'M SORRY. OVER 2 MILLION.

YES, COMMISSIONER, IT IS ANY COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OVER 2 MILLION.

THE COURT. NO ENTITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THAT DUTY FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE CENSUS INDICATED OUR POPULATION IS 1.9 MILLION, CORRECT? THE CENSUS? WE ARE ACTUALLY OVER 2 MILLION, COMMISSIONER.

I BELIEVE WE ARE. BUT THE LAST CENSUS WAS 1.9 MILLION.

I THINK THE. WELL, WE CAN.

YES, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK IT UP.

THE POPULATION OF BEXAR COUNTY IS WE CAN LOOK IT UP.

IT CHANGES YEAR BY YEAR.

BUT WHEN THE CENSUS WAS TAKEN, IT SAYS 1.9 MILLION FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY BE GLAD TO LOOK AT IT.

WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE OF VIOLATING THAT STATUTE? WELL, THERE'S TWO STATUTES, ACTUALLY.

ONE IS THE STATUTE THAT SPECIFICALLY THE LEGISLATURE PASSED IN 1985 FOR BEXAR COUNTY, WHICH DESCRIBES THE STATUTORY DUTIES.

AND BY THE WAY, WITHIN THAT STATUTE, IT SPECIFICALLY GRANTS AUTHORITY TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT ONLY WHEN THEY'RE ACTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO HIRE LEGAL COUNSEL AND ONLY FOR RIGHT OF WAY ATTORNEY PURPOSES WHICH PUBLIC WORKS IS WELL AWARE OF.

AND I THINK I MEAN, AND THAT'S IN THE STATUTE AND JUDGMENT.

I CAN GET YOU COPIES OF THESE STATUTES.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ YEAH.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND I THINK THE PURPOSE, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I KNOW THE CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE PURCHASING AGENT, HER DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO PROCESS DOCUMENTS, REVIEW DOCUMENTS ON A QUICKER BASIS, MORE RAPID BASIS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES OUT THERE WHO ARE WAITING ON THESE THINGS.

I THINK THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HAVING BUDGET AND THE DA'S OFFICE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT UTILIZING THAT POSITION, A RESOURCE IN THE DA'S OFFICE, A LAWYER TO HELP HER WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IS I THINK KIND OF I HOPE COMMISSIONER WOULD WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERN I THINK WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT AND THAT'S THAT THAT REVIEW.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AUTHORITY STAYS WITHIN THE DA'S OFFICE AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT IT'S NOT IN THERE.

SO, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD BE REMISS ALSO IF I DIDN'T MENTION ONE OTHER ITEM.

AND ETHICALLY, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE RULES REGARDING THE SUPERVISION OF LAWYERS BY NON-LAWYERS.

I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS POSITION IS PRESUMED NOT TO JUST BE A RESOURCE BUT TO REPRESENT.

AND THOSE ARE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO YOU HAVE BOTH ETHICAL AND STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS ON THAT.

AS A LAWYER, THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS PROPOSITION.

JUDGE, I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE RULES AS WELL.

THE QUESTION FOR THE LAY PEOPLE WOULD BE, DOES THIS PARTICULAR POSITION OWE THEIR DUTY TO THE PURCHASING AGENT OR TO BEAR COUNTY?

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SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IS THAT WE NEED THAT FURTHER CLARIFIED IN ORDER.

THAT ATTORNEY WHO'S HIRED DOES NOT SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO ETHICAL CHALLENGES.

IS THAT IS THAT A CLEARER STATEMENT? WELL, JUDGE, THAT'S A VERY, VERY SUCCINCT WAY OF PUTTING IT, IS THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY REPRESENTS THIS COURT AND BEAR COUNTY AND IS ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU.

THIS IS A POSITION OUTSIDE OF THAT CHAIN OF AUTHORITY THAT WOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE.

JUDGE YES, COMMISSIONER, LET'S ASSUME THAT ALL OF THE FACTS ARE CORRECT, WHICH I DON'T ASSUME THAT THEY'RE NOT.

I ASSUME THAT THE LEGAL OPINION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ABSOLUTELY 100% CORRECT.

YOU'VE STILL GOT A PROBLEM IN YOUR OFFICE, LARRY, WITH RESPECT TO HOW SLOW THE CONTRACTS ARE MOVING.

WE JUST HEARD FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS ON ONE ISSUE.

WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR CONTRACTS TAKING A LONG TIME.

SO, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THIS.

AND I'M RECLAIMING MY TIME, RECLAIMING MY TIME.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT HAS THE FLOOR AND I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

CERTAINLY. HOLD ON. THANK YOU.

RECLAIMING MY TIME, WE HAD BROUGHT UP TO THIS COURT THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE BACKLOG, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED IN THE DISPARITY REPORT AND BY NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED IT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, THIS COURT CAN GIVE YOUR OFFICE ADDITIONAL CIVIL ATTORNEYS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS TINA SAID IN THE LAST MEETING.

WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN OF PROPOSAL.

I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN OR PROPOSAL ON HOW WE STAY CONSISTENT AND COMPLY WITH THE NEEDS OF A GROWING OFFICE THAT YOU HAVE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF CASES THE OFFICES NEEDS TO GROW AND AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID IS CORRECT.

BUT WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO ADDRESS IS NOT TOMMY CALVERT SAYING YOU GOT A PROBLEM, BUT THE COMMUNITY SAYING YOU GOT A PROBLEM.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THE SLOWNESS OF CONTRACTS IN THE CIVIL OFFICE? OKAY. MAY I RESPOND? YES. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MR. RIGGS. SO, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST ASK.

IT'S EASY TO POINT THE FINGER AND SAY THERE'S A PROBLEM WITHOUT ANYTHING TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT IF ANY COMMISSIONER HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH A CONTRACT OR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO CAN POINT ME TO THAT CONTRACT.

AND THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH WE HAVE SOMEHOW DEFAULTED IN OUR OFFICE FROM THE TIME WE RECEIVED IT UNTIL THE TIME THAT CONTRACT IS TURNED AROUND, I CAN FIX THOSE PROBLEMS. TO DATE, NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAS DONE SO.

THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND I THINK I TRY.

I TAKE PRIDE IN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONERS AND EXPEDITING ANYTHING I RECEIVE FROM THEIR OFFICES TO TRY TO GET IT DONE.

MY PEOPLE WORK EXTREMELY HARD AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.

I HAVE SIX ATTORNEYS FOR A COUNTY OF OVER 2 MILLION IN POPULATION TO DO ALL OF THE LEGAL WORK.

I HAVE SIX LITIGATORS WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE DOOR FIVE YEARS AGO AND I HAVE SIX LITIGATORS NOW, THE SAME NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS WE'VE ALWAYS HAD, AND WE'VE DONE THE BEST THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO.

BUT LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT EXISTS IN BEAR COUNTY AND THE BUREAUCRACY THAT IS INVOLVED AS A MATTER OF STATUTE, CHAPTER 262 AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO COMPETITIVELY BID EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO PREPARE RFPS AS I COULD GO ON AND ON.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE THE BENEFIT OF AN ACTUAL COMPLAINT, NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO CAN SAY IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM, BUT TO SHOW ME THERE'S A PROBLEM.

AND I ASSURE THIS COURT, ON MY HONOR, IT WILL BE FIXED.

I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER.

THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

AND I'M WEIGHING IN.

THIS IS MY INSTRUCTIONS AS A PRESIDING OFFICER.

THIS IS IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR THE COUNTY.

AND THAT'S MY DUTY, IS TO PROTECT THE FIDUCIARY OF BEAR COUNTY.

I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THIS CHANGE ORDER CONTINUE WITHOUT THAT PARTICULAR POSITION.

BUT I'M REQUESTING I'M NOT ORDERING.

I'M REQUESTING THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THROUGH THEIR APPROPRIATE COUNSEL, PREPARE A FULL LEGAL BRIEFING.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT WISHES TO CHALLENGE THAT, I WILL INVITE THEM TO PROVIDE LEGAL BRIEFING TO THE COURT, TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND WE WILL TAKE IT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I ECHO YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY CONTRACTS ARE BEING PUT THROUGH.

SO PERHAPS LET'S SEE WHAT THE LEGALITIES ARE FIRST, WHICH SETS OUR BOUNDARIES AND THEN TWO, THEN WE'LL FIND OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROCESS OF CONTRACTS, WHICH I AGREE IS PROBLEMATIC.

AND SO AND I THINK OUT OF FAIRNESS TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I BELIEVE I'VE PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S A PROCESS.

IT STARTS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT AND WHETHER THEY PROPERLY PUT A WAS IT A PURCHASE ORDER TOGETHER IN A PROPER WAY

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ONCE THE CONTRACT IS APPROVED, IT THEN GOES BACK TO THE BUDGET OFFICE, WHICH THEN GOES BACK THROUGH THE PURCHASING AGENT AND THEN, OH NO, IT FIRST GOES THROUGH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THEIR APPROVAL, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT, CORRECT? MR. ROBERSON CORRECT.

AND THEN IT GOES TO THE PURCHASING AND THEN IT GOES TO AUDITOR.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE HAD TO LEARN THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS A PROCESS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT IS RIPE FOR THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION, A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING.

AND I INTEND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE RAISED FROM THE VERY FIRST OF THIS YEAR WAS TO LOOK AT THE PROCUREMENT ISSUE.

I HEARD THE ISSUES FROM THE COMMUNITY AND RUNNING FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION.

PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THEIR CHECKS AND THERE IS A DUE PROCESS, RIGHT, THAT THEY GET PAID, AND THEY GET PAID ON TIME.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE COUNTY HAS DONE THAT.

BUT I AM OF THE OPINION THAT WE'RE NOT FIXING IT BY PUTTING BLAME OR TRYING TO FIX IT.

WE NEED A THOROUGH REVIEW, WHICH I'VE ASKED AT EVERY COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, WHETHER IT'S THE AUDITOR.

MR. LEO CABRERA I'VE ALWAYS ASKED YOU, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM OVER AT YOUR OFFICE? MR. LARRY ROBERSON I'VE ASKED YOU WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR OFFICE? I'VE ASKED THE PURCHASING AGENT, WHAT DO YOU NEED? AND THE ONLY THING I WILL TELL YOU IS NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT ALL THESE POSITIONS THAT WERE BEING ASKED OF TODAY.

SO I'M ASKING THAT WE JUST PUT A PAUSE.

I THINK WE CAN FIND RESOLUTION.

I KNOW WE CAN FIND RESOLUTION, BUT I NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE FLAW IN OUR PROCESS IS.

I THINK WE JUST NEED TO CUT TO THE CHASE AND GET PEOPLE ONCE THEY GET THEIR SERVICES COMPLETED, ONCE WE FIND THAT THEY'VE BEEN AUDITED AND IT'S GOOD TO GO, THEN MR. CABRERA, I WANT THOSE CHECKS CUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT FOR THE COURT APPOINTED.

CHALCIS. IF I RECALL, WE GOT THEM PAID RIGHT ON TIME, DIDN'T WE, MR. CABRERA? SO IF WE DO THAT FOR THE COURT APPOINTED LAWYERS, I THINK WE CAN DO IT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND WE GOT ALL I CAN SAY TODAY.

WE GOT MORE WORK TO DO.

SO I WILL ASK THAT WE MOVE ON WITH THE CHANGE ORDER AND THEN WE CAN TAKE UP ANY TYPE OF ACTION WITH THE APPROPRIATE MOTION.

I'LL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IT.

AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO USE THE BUDGET TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS. AND SO, WHAT I THINK THE INTENT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT AND THE BOARD IS TO HELP MOVE THE, THE CLOGS UP.

RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY ASKED FOR AN ATTORNEY IS TO MOVE THE CLOGS UP.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I AM AWARE OF MARK WITTIG IN TOWN TWIN VILLAGE, HAVING ISSUES WITH OUR CONTRACTS.

I'M AWARE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA GIRVAN HAWKINS, WHO HAD A CONTRACT BEFORE THE COURT HAVING A PROBLEM.

I'M AWARE THAT THE PUBLIC THEATER WHO WAS HERE, DENNIS KARBACH, THEIR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, WHO IS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN, WAS SAYING, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AT BEAR COUNTY. I WOULD BE WILLING TO ALLOW A CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO ANALYZE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES, TO TAKE ANY DISAGREEMENT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL OUT OF IT AND ALLOW THE CITIZENS OF BEAR COUNTY TO INSTRUCT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROCESS.

I THINK PEOPLE POWER IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO SHED LIGHT ON OUR ISSUES.

GOOD POINT. LET'S MOVE ON.

CONTINUE THE CHANGE ORDER PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR. THE THE FINAL CHANGE TO THE GENERAL.

OH, EXCUSE ME. TO THE GENERAL FUND IS A SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO INCREASE THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES APPROPRIATION TO FUND DATA CABLING AND PHONE SYSTEM INSTALLATION FOR THE NEWLY LEASED FACILITY FOR THIS OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,048.

MOVING ON TO OTHER FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND.

WE ARE INCREASING FUNDING TO PURCHASE ONE VEHICLE FOR A NEW POSITION FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,000.

WE'RE ADDING FUNDING FOR THE INOVA CASHIERING APPLICATION CLOUD MIGRATION FOR $60,000.

THE NEXT FUND IS A COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND.

THEY STARTED WITH AN ENDING BALANCE OF JUST OVER $9 MILLION.

WE ARE DECREASING THE FUNDING ESTIMATE OF $551,985 AND MOVING THAT FUNDING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO HELP PAY FOR THEIR

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SO THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE ENDING BALANCE FOR THE COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.

THE NEXT FUND IS A FLEET ACQUISITION FUND.

WE'RE INCREASING THE TRANSFERRED REVENUE OF $65,000 THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE CIP FUND FOR THE VEHICLE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

AND WE'RE ADDING THAT THAT VEHICLE IN THAT FUND SO THE FLEET ACQUISITION CAN BE PURCHASED, THE VEHICLE CAN BE PURCHASED OUT OF THAT FUND, AND THE REVISED BUDGET IS A NET ZERO CHANGE.

MOVING ON TO THE LAST PAGE OF THE CHANGE MEMORANDUM, THE NEXT ONE IS THE GRANTS AND AID FUND.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE TRANSFERRED ONE COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGER POSITION FROM THE GRANTS AND AID FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND AT NO COST TO THE GRANTS AND AID FUND SINCE THE FUNDING IS ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SECURITY FUND.

WE HAD AN ENDING BALANCE OF $738,922.

WE ARE INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND A NEW X-RAY MACHINE FOR PRECINCT THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,000 IMPACTING THE APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 TO 706,922.

THE NEXT FUND IS THE LAW LIBRARY FUND.

WE HAD A BEGINNING OR AN ENDING BALANCE OF $1,007,170 AND WE ARE FUNDING TWO PARALEGAL POSITIONS WITHIN THEIR CONTINGENCIES TO REVIEW THE SELF REPRESENTED LITIGANT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE SALARY BENEFITS AND SUPPLIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $158,000 158 $333,000. THE REVISED ENDING BALANCE WILL IMPACT IT TO 848,837.

THE FINAL FUND THAT'S BEING IMPACTED IS OUR TECHNOLOGY FUND.

WE HAD AN ENDING BALANCE OF $262,910.

WE ARE INCREASING THE REVENUE BY $23,432 TO CREATE A SUPPLIES, INCREASING THE SUPPLIES APPROPRIATION FOR THAT SAME EXACT AMOUNT.

THIS IS THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ADDING IN THE CHANGE ORDER SO WE CAN SUPPLY THEIR TECHNOLOGY SO THERE'S NO NET INCREASE OR DECREASE TO THAT FUND.

SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF ATTACHMENTS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GO THROUGH VERY HIGH LEVEL WHAT THEY ARE.

SO ATTACHMENT TWO IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT AS WE.

UPLOAD THE INFORMATION INTO OUR HR SYSTEM.

WE'RE JUST ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT GRADES AND NUMBER OF POSITIONS.

THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY FISCAL FISCAL IMPACT TO ANY OF THE FUNDS AND THEY'RE ORDERED BY GENERAL FUND OTHER FUNDS AND BY THE OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT.

THE NEXT ATTACHMENT IS ATTACHMENT THREE, WHICH IS THE DRAFT CERTIFICATION OF COUNTY REVENUES PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THESE REVENUES SINCE THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

ATTACHMENT FOUR IS THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE VEHICLES THAT WILL BE REPLACED IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

THIS IS FUNDED IN THE FLEET ACQUISITION FUND.

AND WHAT THIS MEMO PROVIDES IS A LIST OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT ARE TO BE REPLACED NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM.

SO THIS INCLUDES ALL VEHICLES FOR THE COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? FOR REPLACEMENT? YES.

IT INCLUDES ALL OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ATTACHMENT IS ATTACHMENT FIVE.

THIS PROVIDES A LIST OF THE TAKE HOME VEHICLES.

THIS IS A CONTINUATION EVERY YEAR.

ANY REQUESTS FROM THE OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS? IT GETS REVIEWED BY THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT AND WE GO ACCORDING TO THE POLICY.

THIS IS A LIST OF THOSE TAKE HOME VEHICLES ON EXISTING COUNTY VEHICLES.

ATTACHMENT SIX IS A LIST OF THE 22,024 BEAR COUNTY HOLIDAYS AND THE LIST AND THE DATES OF THOSE HOLIDAYS.

ATTACHMENT SEVEN AS PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONERS COURT IS THE ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES MEMO, AS WELL AS A LIST OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THOSE POSITIONS AND THE NEW AMOUNT THAT THEY ARE TO RECEIVE.

ATTACHMENT EIGHT IS A LIST OF OR ATTACHMENTS OF ALL THE PAY PLANS TO INCLUDE EXECUTIVE EXEMPT, NONEXEMPT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ATTORNEY PAY PLANS.

THIS IS UPDATED ACCORDING TO THE MARKET.

ATTACHMENT NINE IS A MEMO THAT DESCRIBES HOW THE COMPRESSION IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE MANAGED AND IT PROVIDES DETAILS ON HOW THAT WILL WORK.

ATTACHMENT TEN IS A LIST OR ATTACHMENTS OF THE STEP PLAN AS APPROVED BY THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

WE ALSO INCLUDED THE CORE COORDINATOR STEP PLAN AS WELL AS THE MS HIRING MATRIX.

THIS HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO THE MARKET.

ATTACHMENT 11 IS THE COUNTY CLERK'S ANNUAL RECORDS ARCHIVE PRESERVATION PRESERVATION PLAN.

THIS PROVIDES THE PLAN AS THE COUNTY CLERK HAS PRESENTED IT, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE DISTRICT CLERK'S ON THE NEXT ATTACHMENT.

ATTACHMENT 13 IS A LIST OF THE CURRENTLY FROZEN POSITIONS.

THESE ARE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING.

THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FROZEN IN PAST YEARS WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIND CUTS WITHIN THE BUDGET.

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ATTACHMENT 14 IS A STORMWATER MITIGATION FUND TO CORRECT THE NARRATIVE.

SO WE APPLIED THE ENTIRE ATTACHMENT HERE TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

AND THEN THE FINAL ATTACHMENT IS THE ORDER APPROVING THE COUNTY AUDITOR BUDGET AND THE SALARIES OF THE COURT REPORTERS AS SIGNED BY AND APPROVED BY THE JUDGES.

THAT IS A COMPLETE DRAFT OF THE CHANGE ORDER.

ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CALVERT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR DAVID SMITH.

TINA, THE LAST EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ON AUGUST 11TH FROM MY OFFICE TO DAVID WEGMAN REGARDING CLARITY FOR WHETHER OR NOT $100,000 THAT HE HAD PUT IN THE BUDGET WAS ITEMIZED FOR THE HALT ARMS THAT WE MENTIONED, THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS.

DO YOU KNOW IF THOSE HALT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS BUDGET? I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S YET AUTHORIZED, COMMISSIONER.

TO BE HONEST, I SUGGESTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT THAT BE ONE OF THE PRIORITIES.

SINCE THEY WERE THE TWO, I WAS ONLY AWARE OF ONE, BUT NOW I'M AWARE THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL LOCATIONS IN YOUR PRECINCT FOR HALT.

SO I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? AND SURE ABOUT THE AUTHORIZATION.

IT'S NOT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

IT'S NOT IN THE CHANGE MEMO.

I WAS AWAITING YOUR FINAL DETERMINATION ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE AN ISSUE, COMMISSIONERS, THAT I NEED YOUR HELP WITH.

AND THE ISSUE IS THAT ESTHER RODRIGUEZ, 52 YEARS OLD, AND ALISSA LEHMAN, FIVE YEARS OLD, DIED GOING TO TRADITION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER BEAR COUNTY REMOVED A HALT.

LOW WATER BARRICADE ARM.

NOW IT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE SAINT HEDWIG DID NOT AGREE TO MANUALLY LIFT THE ARM AFTER THE HALT SYSTEM FLOOD BARRICADE GOES DOWN AND NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK UP SO THAT TRAFFIC CAN PASS THROUGH.

THERE'S NOW BEEN RECONCILIATION WHERE BEAR COUNTY HAS AGREED TO LIFT IT.

SAINT HEDWIG HAS AGREED TO LIFT IT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT BARRIER ANYMORE.

BUT A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT ON THE SAME FLOOD PRONE STREET THE FAMILY DIED ON.

SO THE INVESTMENT AMOUNT FROM DAVE WEGMAN IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $100,000.

WE CAN SAVE A LITTLE MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE ALREADY FROM THE PREVIOUS HALT ARM SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT THERE.

BUT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS HALT ARM, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT AT A RAVINE WHERE SCHOOL BUSSES GO IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA WITH WATERSHED CHANGING WHERE THERE ARE NO STREETLIGHTS AND WHERE THERE IS NO HALT ARM.

I NEED YOUR SUPPORT, SO I'LL PUT THAT THERE.

I HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I NEED THE COURT'S HELP WITH.

THIS IS AN ISSUE RELATED TO ROCKET LANE.

WE HAD ABOUT TWO YEARS, NINE MONTHS OF DELAY BECAUSE OF HOW WE PROCURED THE DESIGN OF THE 51 ACRE PRECINCT FOR SATELLITE OFFICE FOR THE COUNTY.

ALL COUNTY SERVICES WERE A PART OF THAT, SOME SOMEWHAT DELAY.

BUT WE DECIDED THE STAFF DECIDED NOT NOT ME, TO BREAK IT UP BETWEEN SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. WHEN WE INSTEAD OF AWARDING ALL THREE PHASES AT ONCE, THAT PUTS THREE MONTHS TIME IN BETWEEN EACH PROCUREMENT PHASE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEND IT OUT FOR BID.

YOU HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE THE COST AS OPPOSED TO NEGOTIATING THE COST UP FRONT.

AS A RESULT, I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO CONSTRUCT ROCKET LANE ACROSS THE 51 ACRES AT 1604 WITHOUT A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

DO I FEEL THAT THE PRECINCT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 10 MILLION CAP THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS IS IT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO SUFFER AND NOT HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE COVERED BECAUSE STAFF DECIDED TO PROCURE IT THAT WAY? NO, I DON'T FEEL IT'S FAIR.

I THINK THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THE STAFF SHOULD HAVE PROPOSED THAT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME HERE AND FIGHT FOR THAT.

JUST TO BE HONEST. THAT'S THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

I TRIED TO ADDRESS THIS ON AUGUST 11TH.

I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE PUBLIC WORKS.

STAFF SAYING WE'RE ABOUT $6 MILLION SHORT TO FINISH THIS ROAD ON ROCKET LANE AND CONVERSE.

I NEED THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HELP SO THAT WE CAN SELL THE PARCELS OF LAND.

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THIS PROJECT WILL REAP MILLIONS BECAUSE IF WE DEVELOP THE ROAD, THEN WE CAN HAVE RESTAURANTS, OFFICE, ALL THE PRIVATE SECTOR USES THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE MASTER PLAN PROVIDE TAX REVENUE TO BEAR COUNTY FOREVER.

IT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF OVER THE LONG RUN.

SO I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT ISSUE WHICH IS UNADDRESSED.

I HAVE AN ISSUE THAT I NEED CLARITY.

DAVID IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SOLAR STREETLIGHT PROGRAM IS NOT IN THE BUDGET.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT A HEAD NODDING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

OKAY. WE HAVE, WHEN I WAS PROPOSING $250,000 FOR STREETLIGHTS FOR THE COUNTY RESIDENTS, IT WASN'T JUST FOR MY PRECINCT. I WAS LOOKING OUT FOR ALL OF YOUR PRECINCTS.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PRECINCTS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR LIGHTING AND IT'S CRIME AND VERY DANGEROUS.

AND I NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN ORDER TO HELP THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT IT ALSO OUR FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

IT WASN'T A SELFISH THING.

IT WAS TRYING TO LOOK AFTER THE 15 HUNDRED AND 99 ROAD MILES THAT ARE NOT LIT IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNTY.

SO THERE'S ABOUT 17, BY MY COUNT, $17.6 MILLION IN CAPITAL COSTS.

LET ME GO OVER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE A MEASURE ON EVERY ONE OF US AND NOT MAKE ANY OF US LOOK GOOD IF WE DON'T GET MONEY FOR IT.

AT BROOKS, WE HAVE PASSED AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTER THAT FERNANDO REYES SPOKE ABOUT TODAY.

THE ESTIMATES WE PUT IN ABOUT $20 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.

WE ARE ABOUT $6 MILLION SHORT BECAUSE WE FOUND OUT THAT OUR COMPETITOR CITIES HAD A TRAINING FACILITY THAT TAUGHT HOW TO BUILD MICROCHIPS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO WE ADDED SQUARE FOOTAGE AND IT ADDED COST TO THE PROJECT.

NOW, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, DAVID, THAT THE BROOKS FACILITY IS NOT IN THE CURRENT THE BUDGET IS THAT NO, THE FACILITY IN ITS ORIGINAL BUDGET IS THE INCREASED AMOUNT IS NOT RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS PENDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT ESTIMATES.

NO, IT WAS PENDING.

THE PRIORITIES OF THE FAME BOARD WERE TO GET THEIR MORE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED LOCATIONS OPEN AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IMPACTS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE NEEDS AT BROOKS, IF AT ALL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IMPACTS IT AT ALL.

I CAN TELL YOU I SPOKE TO THE CEO OF THE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF BEXAR COUNTY, AND HE IS FOR IT.

FERNANDO REYES HAS EXPRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF OF TRAINING.

SO THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUDGET AND CAPITAL BECAUSE WE DON'T PUT ALL THAT OUT AT ONE TIME.

WE FINANCE IT LIKE YOU DO A HOME 15 YEARS OR SO, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO.

SO WE HAVE A $6 MILLION DEFICIT.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE TAXPAYERS IS IF WE TAKE CARE OF IT AND WE'RE AT 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT ESTIMATES AS OF YESTERDAY, WHAT THAT MEANS COURT IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE COSTS.

WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS THAT WE WAIT TILL THE 2024, 2025 BUDGET IN ORDER TO FUND WHAT WE HAVE ESTIMATES FOR TODAY.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND LABOR COSTS INCREASE.

THEY INCREASE OVER THE YEAR.

WE'LL WAIT AND THE TAXPAYERS WILL PAY MORE FOR THIS BUILDING.

WHEN WE STARTED THE FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR THIS BUILDING, THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE 13 MILLION.

NOW IT'S 23 MILLION, 22, 23 MILLION.

SO I'VE REQUESTED I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REQUEST THIS OUT OF.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REQUEST THIS AT THE PRECINCT FOUR BUDGET.

THIS REFLECTS ALL OF US JOBS THAT ARE IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PRECINCT FOR ADVANCED TRAINING, MANUFACTURING.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE IN MY PRECINCT.

SO I PUT IT FORWARD WHEN I ADDED UP HOW MANY THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY STAFF THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET? IT WAS $17.6 MILLION.

SO PEOPLE WALKING AROUND SAYING, TOMMY CALVERT HAS $50 MILLION.

NO, I DON'T.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT STAFF SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE BUDGET BUT ARE NOT IN THE BUDGET, AS YOU'VE HEARD.

SO THE ISSUE FROM FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT IS DO WE ALLOW SAINT LOUIS? LEWIS IN SHANGHAI TO HAVE THEIR PEOPLE TRAINED AT THEIR MANUFACTURING CENTERS.

TRAINING CENTERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEM? OR DO WE GET IT DONE IN BEAR COUNTY THIS YEAR AS WE CAN WITH THE CAPACITY?

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I WOULD LOVE TO HELP MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WITH THEIR BUDGETARY ISSUES.

I HAVE SOME MORE, BUT I WANT TO START WITH THE 17.6 MILLION, WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, BUT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MOODY. WE JUST DISCUSSED.

THIS IS YOUR DISCUSSION ON.

THIS IS YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THESE ITEMS. YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE ANY KIND OF DECISION ON THE FLY.

AND I THINK THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR FOR THESE ITEMS THAT THAT WERE JUST ENUMERATED.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO ON THE OTHER SIDE IS HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN DO FOR FOR TAXPAYERS.

I'VE SPOKEN AT LENGTH ABOUT MY THOUGHTS ON PROPERTY TAXES AND SPENDING FROM THIS DAIS MANY TIMES, AND I VOTED AGAINST SPENDING MEASURES I FELT WERE INAPPROPRIATE OR UNNECESSARY TO PUT ON THE BACKS OF TAXPAYERS.

I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND BE AN ADVOCATE FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT HERE IN BURKE COUNTY.

HOWEVER, TODAY I WON'T GET INTO A BUNCH OF SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, THOUGH, THAT THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET SETS ASIDE APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

IT IS MY OPINION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NEARLY TWICE THE RESERVE AMOUNT REQUIRED BY CREDIT RATING AGENCIES.

SO THIS RESERVE IS NOT ABOUT OUR RATING.

IT IS ABOUT PREPARING FOR FUTURE SPENDING, FUTURE SPENDING THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PRESUPPOSE AND PLAN FOR.

ARPA FUNDING WAS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEEDS FROM COVID, NOT CREATE ONGOING UNFUNDED LIABILITIES AND OPERATING BUDGETS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE EXPANSION OF LOCAL BUDGETS IS A VERY REAL CONCERN IN COMING YEARS.

PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BAKE IN AND PLAN FOR THIS BUDGET EXPANSION IN FUTURE YEARS.

THAT IS WHY, RATHER THAN EXPANDING OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVE BY 20 MILLION, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE GIVE THAT MONEY BACK TO TAXPAYERS AT THIS POINT.

THIS MOVE WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF REDUCING OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE IN BEAR COUNTY AND WOULD HELP US CUT THAT UNNECESSARY SPENDING IN FUTURE FLIES. I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFER TO MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING THE NON DEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCIES FUND $190,000 SET ASIDE FOR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CONSULTING SERVICES.

IT'S MY BELIEF THAT TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING LOBBYING EFFORTS THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH AND THAT THEY CAN'T PERSONALLY SUPPORT.

I ALSO THINK THAT TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING IS ALSO REDUNDANT BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM HERE AT THE COUNTY.

WE EMPLOY THEM TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF AND INTERFACE WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OURSELVES, WE AS YOUR COMMISSIONERS AND YOUR COUNTY JUDGE, ARE THE GREATEST ADVOCATES, WHETHER THAT'S IN AUSTIN OR WITH OUR DELEGATION IN D.C.

AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFER THAT AS ANOTHER ITEM OF CONCERN AND PROPOSE TO MAKE A CUT IN THIS NEW FY BUDGET. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. LET ME FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THIS IS A STILL KIND OF A MOVING, MOVING TARGET DISCUSSION, BUT I WANT TO THANK BUDGET STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK.

I KNOW WE COME HERE TO THE END AND, YOU KNOW, TRY AND WRAP, PUT A NICE LITTLE BOW ON THIS THING.

BUT A LOT OF THE WORK HAPPENED MONTHS AGO IN MEETING WITH DEPARTMENTS AND TRYING TO PRIORITIZE FEEDBACK FROM COMMISSIONERS.

LET ME SAY, FIRST OF ALL, WITH RESPECT TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT PRIORITIES.

HAPPY TO TO WORK WITH YOU.

UM, I THINK PART OF THIS IS HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THESE JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE BEEN A FAULT OF MINE OR JUST A LACK OF COMMUNICATION. BUT AS COMMISSIONER MOODY ENUMERATED, IT'S HARD TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS HEARING ABOUT THEM JUST OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.

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I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THESE ADDRESSED.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A FRENZIED PACE TO TRY AND GET IN THE TAIL END OF THE BUDGET, EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT IN THE BUDGET.

AND IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON A $200 MILLION BUDGET AT SAN ANTONIO ISD AND A $250 MILLION BUDGET AT THE STATE.

THE REALITY IS, I THINK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THIS ADDRESSED.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WANT TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO TRY AND GET THOSE PRIORITIZED AND GET THEM FUNDED.

AND I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT EVEN IF IT'S NOT BY TOMORROW.

UM, THE THE THERE WERE, I KNOW EARLIER SOME CITIES THAT A LOT OF THEM HAD TO LEAVE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND AS I LISTENED TO THEM IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH MONEY, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE OPERATING ON SLIM BUDGETS AND ARE DOING THEIR OWN FUNDRAISING.

BUT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETIMES ARDUOUS, BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, THROUGH THE THE REPROGRAM ARPA DOLLARS TO POTENTIALLY HELP IF THIS COURT DECIDES SOME OF THESE NON PROFITS.

RIGHT. AND I KNOW WE PUT OUT A NON PROFIT GRANT PROGRAM AND BUDGET STAFF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 10 MILLION THAT WE ALLOCATED.

I THINK WE GOT MAYBE 1.5, LESS THAN 2 MILLION IN IN RESPONSES.

IS THAT ACCURATE? OKAY. SO SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE PUT ANOTHER 10 MILLION IN BECAUSE I THINK WE ONLY HAVE 12 MILLION OR SO IN REPROGRAMED DOLLARS.

BUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND THIS COURT DECIDES, I THINK THERE'S THERE ARE WAYS TO HELP SOME OF THESE NONPROFITS, AGAIN, EVEN IF IT'S NOT BY TOMORROW.

UM, THE LIGHTING PROGRAM THAT COMMISSIONER CALVERT MENTIONED ALSO, I THINK WORTHY OF DISCUSSION.

I'VE GOT FOLKS IN MY UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

WHEN A DEVELOPER DOES NOT FULFILL THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T FINISH THE LIGHTING OR THERE'S NO LIGHTING AT ALL.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL.

SO, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I MENTIONED TO SOMEONE EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FIFTH BUDGET CYCLE HERE AND IT'S NOT PERFECT AND IT ALWAYS NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

AND I KNOW, JUDGE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST BUDGET HERE.

IT'S COMMISSIONER MOODY'S FIRST BUDGET HERE.

AND I'M ALL FOR IMPROVING HOW WE GO ABOUT PLANNING FOR THIS, OUR PROCESSES.

THE EQUITY PIECE, I CERTAINLY THINK THEY'RE ALL GREAT AND FAIR POINTS.

MY CONCERN IS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS PERFECT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO WORK.

WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO TRY AND GET THAT DONE.

SO FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY, JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED BY STAFF, AND THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

LET ME JUST PUT ON THE RECORD.

THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PURSUANT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUDGET OFFICE AND THE CHANGE ORDER PRESENTATION MADE TODAY. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? COMMISSIONER RIDDICK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BUDGET OFFICE FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK, NOT JUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL. I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT AS YOU GUYS GO BACK AND FORTH WITH DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS, DIFFERENT PRECINCTS, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THE PRIORITIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR TRYING TO ALLOCATE FUNDING AS BEST AS YOU CAN.

YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK WAS VERY STRESSFUL IN MANY WAYS, BUT I WAS REMINDED OF WHY I RAN FOR OFFICE AND HOW HARD I'VE WORKED FOR THIS PRECINCT.

AND SO I AM CONTENT WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR IN PRECINCT ONE.

BUT THERE ARE STILL SO MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED FUNDING FOR.

SO I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND ADVOCATE FOR THE THINGS THAT THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, NOT JUST FOR PRECINCT ONE, BUT IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

AS I CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO BRING FORTH THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THE FURTHER DISCUSSION.

YES, COMMISSIONER CALVERT. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, WOULD YOU ALLOW A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR PARITY IN ARPA FUNDING? UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PARODY IN WHAT WAY? FIRST OF ALL. AND I GUESS SECONDLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GERMANE TO THIS MOTION, BUT WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT.

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IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD IN TERMS OF FUNDING THE NONPROFITS, THAT WE HAD THIS PRINCIPLE BEFORE IN PREVIOUS COURTS WHERE WE GAVE EQUAL FUNDING FOR THE ARPA PROCESS.

SO IT'S ALL BUDGETARY.

THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE UP FOR THE CUTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED. WELL, I THINK THE ONLY QUESTION OR CONCERN I'D HAVE IS THAT THIS BODY HAS NOT NECESSARILY DELIBERATED ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THE ARPA DOLLARS THAT ARE REPROGRAMED.

I JUST ASSUMED AND THIS WAS JUST A, YOU KNOW, THROWING AN IDEA OUT THAT SOME OF THESE NONPROFITS COULD BE HELPED THROUGH THAT.

BUT IT'S MY IDEA, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THE I GUESS THE CONCERN ABOUT ACCEPTING YOUR AMENDMENT IS THAT, AS YOU POINTED OUT EARLIER, THERE ARE SOME NONPROFITS THAT HAVE AN ADDRESS IN PRECINCT FOUR OR PRECINCT TWO, BUT THEIR SERVICES GO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, RIGHT? SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD CALCULATE PARITY IN THAT REGARD, BUT I THINK IT'S I'M OPEN TO THE DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD DECIDE THAT TODAY.

IT'S JUST DOLLARS. IF IT'S $40 MILLION AVAILABLE IN ARPA, THEN 10 MILLION PER PRECINCT.

THAT'S WHAT PARODY IS.

RIGHT, BUT BUT.

OKAY. BUT DOES THAT ADDRESS, I GUESS, THE CONCERN YOU HAD THAT YOU ARTICULATED EARLIER, THAT IF YOU KNOW, A NONPROFIT HAS AN ADDRESS IN ONE PRECINCT, THEN THAT COMMISSIONER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

WELL, IT'S THE WHAT IS ADDRESSED IS THAT THE PRECINCTS DON'T GET UNEQUAL FUNDING.

IT IT YOU KNOW, FREE TEXAS, FOR EXAMPLE, SERVES I THINK SEVEN RESIDENTS IN IF THEY SERVE 20 A YEAR, SEVEN IN YOUR PRECINCT, SEVEN IN MINE FOUR AND COMMISSIONER MOODY'S FOUR IN OR I AND FOUR IN COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SO I MAY HAVE THE NUMBERS SLIGHTLY WRONG, BUT IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IT'S A PREROGATIVE OF THE COMMISSIONER TO BE ABLE TO SHAPE IN THE CATEGORIES WE PICKED, WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH OR WHATEVER, THAT WE WOULD HAVE EQUAL FUNDING BECAUSE YOU CAN MARINATE ON IT.

LET ME JUST ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.

LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO JUDGE SAKAI IS ARE THE PRIORITIES THE COUNTY MANAGER EMAILED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 500,000 FOR THE JAPANESE TEA GARDEN, THE 10 MILLION FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY OR THE TIMBERWOOD PARK ISSUES, OTHER ISSUES EACH COMMISSIONER HAD IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNTY MANAGER ARE THOSE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ALREADY? I WILL SPEAK TO THE TRUTH.

THE ISSUE IS THERE WAS THERE WAS NOT A DISCUSSION WITH ME AS TO THE SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES WITHIN.

I GAVE PRIORITIES.

MY PRIORITIES WERE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED SOME EXPENDITURES THAT WERE PUT IN MY LINE.

I WILL TELL YOU I HAVE A PERSONAL AFFINITY WITH THE JAPANESE TEA GARDEN.

MY MOTHER GREW UP THERE AND PLAYED THERE.

BUT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE AN AFFINITY DOES NOT MEAN I'M GOING TO COMMIT TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO THAT PROJECT.

IT HAS TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL TAXPAYERS.

I DO NOT REPRESENT A PRECINCT.

I REPRESENT ALL CONSTITUENTS.

AND SO THIS IS A PROCESS.

I WILL TELL YOU AS COUNTY JUDGE, I AM GOING TO ASK THE MINUTE WE ADOPT THIS BUDGET, I WILL START TO SIT WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE AND DEBRIEF THEM AS TO WHAT I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

WE COULD HAVE COMMUNICATED BETTER.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, WE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE CLEARER.

AND I THINK I CLEARLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS BUDGET PROCESS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND THAT IS MY COMMITMENT AS YOUR COUNTY JUDGE.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIX EVERYTHING.

YOU HAVE POINTED OUT CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT FIT WITHIN MY PRIORITIES.

YOU HAVE BROUGHT PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

THE REASON WHY I KEEP THOSE TYPE OF PRIORITIES IN MY BOOK IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COVER THOSE EXPENDITURES WITH OUR NEW PUBLIC HEALTH ENTITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF WHAT DO WE CALL IT, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS CAN BE COVERED ON THAT.

YOU HAVE POINTED OUT, AND I'VE BEEN AT YOUR NEW COUNTY CENTER FOR THE PRECINCT, JP PRECINCT AND CONSTABLE,

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WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE PROPER ACCESS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY HAVE CONVENIENCE TO GET TO THEIR SERVICES, BE IT TAX OFFICE, JP COURT OR CONSTABLE.

SO THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

WHAT I AM PUTTING ON THE RECORD TODAY, I WAS GOING TO WAIT TILL EVERYBODY FINISHED, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON NOW.

I WANT TO MOVE THIS BUDGET FORWARD TODAY OR NO, ACTUALLY TOMORROW.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START NOT ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, I WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO CLEAN UP.

AND PERHAPS WE HAVE MISSED SOME REALLY VITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE TOTALLY FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO I'M WILLING TO RELOOK.

AND IF IT'S PRECINCT FOUR OR IF IT'S ANY OF THE PRECINCTS, I'M GOING TO RELOOK AT EVERYTHING AND PERHAPS WE CAN FIND THE FUNDING SOURCES TO ACCOMMODATE, INCLUDING AND I AGREE, THE ARPA DOLLARS ARE STILL SOME MONEY LEFT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COVER THAT.

I NEED A LITTLE MORE FURTHER BRIEFING ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE THESE ARE LONG STANDING PROJECTS THAT GOT APPROVED BY THE COURTS.

AND SO I HAVE THIS YEAR.

YOUR LITTLE SURVEY HERE.

NO, THAT'S NOT MINE. OH, IS THAT NOT YOURS? OKAY. I AM VERY, VERY INTRIGUED BY THE NUMBERS AND I'M GOING TO WANT A DEBRIEFING ON THAT AS TO WHY THOSE NUMBERS APPEAR TO CREATE A DISPARITY.

MY QUESTION WASN'T REALLY ABOUT.

MY QUESTION WAS MORE ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET FROM THE $10 MILLION CAP.

I WAS SO THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED TIMBERWOOD PARK.

I THINK YOU HAD $2 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE OR SEWAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THAT IN THIS BUDGET ALREADY? OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE RECORD CLEAR THAT PRECINCT FOUR HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INSERT THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THIS CAP.

THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS FOR A MOTION FROM THE COURT, FROM A MEMBER OF THE COURT WHO IS IN FAVOR OF THE CAP BECAUSE A MOTION IN PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS OPPOSED TO THE CAP SHOULD NOT BE MADE BY THAT PERSON.

AND A SECOND, THAT THAT IS THE CAP WHICH WE ARE GOING TO HANDLE THINGS BUDGETARILY.

IS THERE A MOTION? THERE IS A CURRENT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

AND A SECOND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU ACCEPT ANY AMENDMENTS TO YOUR MOTION, YES OR NO? OKAY. WELL, IF HE DOESN'T ACCEPT IT, I DON'T EVEN GO TO I DON'T GO TO SECOND.

LET'S MOVE ON.

SO THE FINAL THING I'D LIKE TO DO, SINCE IT APPEARS AS FROM COMMISSIONER MOODY, HE'S INCLUDED IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GATHER MY COLLEAGUES.

I'LL MAKE POTENTIALLY TWO MOTIONS.

SO I ASK YOU TO LET'S I WANT TO CALL FOR A VOTE THEN, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CLARITY AS TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

I WANT A RULING ON COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER COMMENTS.

I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

MAKE IT FOR THE RECORD.

SO, FOR THE RECORD, MY FIRST COMMENTS WERE AROUND REDUCING THE TAX RATE AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE 20 MILLION THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME, EXCEPT THAT COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, WAS THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR YOU'RE OKAY.

SO HE'S JUST DOING A SEPARATE AMENDMENT.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A JUST TO CLARIFY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE AMENDMENT? SURE. FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SO LONG WE STAY ON YOUR MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, AND LOOK, I THINK YOUR IDEA I AGREE IN PART, AND I DISAGREE IN PART. RIGHT. I THINK IF WE'VE GOT AND I'VE GOT TO PROBABLY SPEND SOME TIME WITH BUDGET STAFF ON WHERE OUR RESERVES ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PRIORITIES. I THINK IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SPENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE OR PUBLIC SAFETY, WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT.

BUT GIVING, I GUESS, THE 20 MILLION YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT THAT BE IN THE FORM OF A REBATE TO TAXPAYERS, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, JUST REDUCING THE NEXT TAX RATE BY AN AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE EQUAL TO THAT $20 MILLION.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAYING WHATEVER THAT AMOUNTS TO, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, 0.00001 OR .0002, YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT MONEY SHOULD BE USED NEXT YEAR OR OR OR THIS YEAR? NO. SO THAT WOULD CHANGE OUR TOTAL BUDGET.

IT WOULD REDUCE IT BY $20 MILLION.

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I THINK 20 MILLION WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT CUT IN THE TAX RATE.

I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT NUMBER FROM STAFF YET ON WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN TERMS OF THE THE DECREASE, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE A $0.01 SO THERE'S AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION THOUGH, BECAUSE I WAS UNCLEAR.

I TEND TO VIEW THAT RESERVE AS A ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCE BECAUSE IT COMES FROM UNSPENT FUNDS AND EXCESS REVENUES BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS.

SO I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT IT'S ALL TAX RELATED.

SO IF YOU CUT 20 MILLION, WHICH STAFF IS TELLING ME IS BASICALLY A PENNY ON THE TAX RATE, THAT THEN BECOMES ANNUALLY, OUR REVENUES ARE $20 MILLION LESS EVERY YEAR, NOT JUST ONCE.

YEAH, THAT BECOMES A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, I THINK.

I THINK, COMMISSIONER, I CAN'T BE SUPPORTIVE IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT I KNOW WE HAD COMMISSIONER CALVERT ARTICULATE AT LEAST 17 MILLION IN IN NEEDS AND WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF OTHER NEEDS IN A GROWING COUNTY.

SO I KNOW YOU WEREN'T MAKING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BUT BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT EVEN THE REGULAR AMENDMENT UNFRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

WELL, AND TO DAVID'S COMMENT, I MEAN CLEARLY THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? YOU REDUCE YOUR TAX RATE UNLESS YOU INCREASE YOUR TAX RATE, THEN NOW YOUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE AT A.

LOWER LEVEL GOING FORWARD.

I MEAN, I ALREADY SPOKE TO IT, BUT BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE BUILDING UP A RESERVE, ANTICIPATING FUTURE SPENDING RATHER THAN AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR THAT SPENDING.

AND I WOULD RATHER GIVE IT BACK TO TAXPAYERS.

BUT I'VE MADE MY COMMENTS.

JUDGE, I DO HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY TO THE COUNTY MANAGER ON THE MOTION.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

DAVID, THE YOU GAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF EACH COMMISSIONERS PRECINCT BASED UPON CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT $10 MILLION FOR CAPITAL AND MAYBE AROUND 400,000 FOR DISCRETIONARY.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MY PRIORITIES FOR PRECINCT FOUR.

I DO HAVE A LIST THAT I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT, AND THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING THE JUDGE WERE THERE PRIORITIES INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND THEN BUT MINE AREN'T. I DID ASK THAT THEY NOT BE AT THIS TIME UNTIL I FILLED THEM OUT.

SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW ARE MINE BECAUSE I, I NEVER RECEIVED FROM YOU A LIST THAT TOTALED 10.5 MILLION WAS MY ISSUE.

I MADE A I SHARED WITH YOU MY THOUGHTS, BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR ENOUGH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING THIS FORWARD AND CUTTING OUT THE TIME, I THINK THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS.

I HAVE TRIED TO WORK FOR, YOU KNOW, PROTECTION OF RANDOLPH AND THE OTHER THINGS I MENTIONED THAT ARE GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I DO HAVE A SECOND MOTION THAT CAN FIT WITHIN THIS UNVOTED ON RANDOM CAP AND IT WOULD LOOK AT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THIS WILL ADD UP TO $10 MILLION.

AND I WILL ASK THE COURT TO PLEASE RESPECT THE RECIPROCITY OF EACH DO UNTO OTHERS.

I'VE GIVEN THIS LIBERTY TO YOU.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE $173,375 FOR SOLAR STREET LIGHTING FOR PRECINCT FOUR.

ONLY 70.

I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY. YEAH, SURE.

173,000. IS THIS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS ON YOUR ORIGINAL? NO, IT'S NOT THE AMOUNT.

IT'S A CUT. IT'S A CUT.

THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS 250,000 FOR COUNTYWIDE FOR PRECINCT FOUR, ONLY $173,375.

A CUT TO THE TREE PLANTING INITIATIVE.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $70,000 FOR PRECINCT FOUR ONLY VFW POST 8541 CUT TO $25,000.

ONLY HOMELESS PREVENTION AT TOWN TWIN VILLAGE FOR PRECINCT FOUR RESIDENTS, ONLY $250,000.

CUT TO HAYS STREET LOFTS.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING, $2.8 MILLION.

HALT ARMS. $70,000 CUT FROM 100,000.

THE 51 ACRE OVER OVERAGES, $5.5 MILLION.

WINCREST SWIMMING POOL CUT $535,000.

SMALL BUSINESS ACCELERATOR.

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IN THE PRECINCT FOR DISCRETIONARY FUND.

THAT WILL BE THE 400,000.

DISCRETIONARY NON VOTED ON FUND A CUT FOR SENIORS FROM 40,000 TO $8000 FOR PRECINCT FOR RESIDENTS ONLY.

CUT TO SALUTE OUR TROOPS.

SPONSORSHIP $50,000.

CUT TO BUSINESS CORRIDOR PROJECT $50,000.

CUT TO THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL CULTURAL CORRIDOR SPONSORSHIP FOR PRECINCT FOUR ONLY $50,000.

CUT TO THE SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL FOR PRECINCT FOUR VIDEO ARTISTS, ONLY $6,000.

CUT TO MARIACHI EXTRAVAGANZA FOR A SPONSORSHIP OF $7,194.72.

CUT FOR THE CITYWIDE RIVER CITY DOG SHOW TO $2,000.

CUT TO RIVER CLEANUP RIVER AID.

SAN ANTONIO $25,000.

PRECINCT FOR RIVER'S ONLY CUT TO THE NAACP SPONSORSHIP.

$500 FOR PRECINCT FOUR RESIDENTS ONLY.

CUT TO THE CITYWIDE WEAPONS EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR PRECINCT FOUR RESIDENTS, ONLY $20,000.

CUT TO THE URBAN CHAMPIONS ACADEMY UNDERWRITING PRECINCT FOR STUDENTS ONLY $15,000.

CUT TO LUMINARIA SPONSORSHIP FOR PRECINCT FOUR ARTISTS.

ONLY $30,000 TOTAL EQUALS $263,694.72.

THAT'S FOR THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

AGAIN, FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A VOTE.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, COULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE THE MOTION? IS THAT A FRIENDLY IF I CAN HAVE MY MY BUDGET.

ARE YOU ASKING FRIENDLY OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR SEPARATE? WELL, I MEAN, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER MOODY'S ASKED FOR A A SEPARATE MOTION.

THAT'S FOR THE RECORD. THAT'S WHY.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

STOP. I'M ASKING FOR Y'ALL TO PLEASE LISTEN.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE AT A TIME.

FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES WHO HAD SECOND THAT.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE VOTING ON? AND I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE.

THEN I WILL PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THERE WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY, AND I WILL ASK FOR HIS MOTION IF HE WISHES TO STILL PRESENT IT.

I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND.

I'LL ASK FOR DISCUSSION AND I'LL ASK FOR A VOTE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I BELIEVE NOW YOU WILL BE MAKING YOUR MOTIONS.

I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND AND ASK FOR A VOTE.

THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

UNLESS Y'ALL ARE TELLING ME THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT.

I JUST WANTED TO BE TREATED THE OTHER WAY.

THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE.

EVERYONE ELSE'S PRIORITIES WERE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

I'M JUST ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO WHAT COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ ASKED.

SO YEAH, I MEAN, SORRY I WASN'T FOLLOWING ALONG EVERY SINGLE ITEM, COMMISSIONER, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU HAD ABOUT 10 MILLION THAT FIT INTO THE FIT INTO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.

AND THEN I THINK THE SMALLER AMOUNTS YOU WERE ENUMERATING YOUR 400 OUT OF YOUR $400,000 60.

OKAY, SO. OKAY. GOT IT.

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

ACQUISITION. I MEAN, ASSUMING BUDGET'S DONE THE NUMBERS THAT.

OKAY. CALCULATING IT.

I COME PREPARED.

WHAT'S ITEM NUMBER TEN, COMMISSIONER? UNDER THE CIP. YEAH, I'M SORRY.

THAT IS FOR.

WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING I DID NOT ADDRESS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.

IT ACTUALLY INVOLVES A PRECINCT TWO BUSINESS.

TWO OF THEM THAT ARE HELPING WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PRECINCT FOUR SATELLITE OFFICE.

THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED TO A FEE REALIGNMENT BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS AND THE COSTS

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AND SO THAT WAS WHAT I WAS HOPING TO DO, WAS WORK TOWARDS WE HAVE A NON-DEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY AS PART OF OUR BUDGET THAT IT COULD BE TRANSFERRED FROM NON-DEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCIES TO THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. WHICH WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THE FOR THE REALIGNMENT THAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY ON THAT THE CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS IN THE PAST HAVE COME TO THE COURT WITH SOME KIND OF EXPLANATION ON THAT.

SO, I MEAN, I'D BE OKAY, HOLD IT OFF.

YOU WANT TO HOLD OFF? YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU COULD HOLD OFF ON THAT, I'D ACCEPT THE REST.

ASSUMING IT LINES UP WITH BUDGETS AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

YOU'VE HEARD THAT. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? I JUST COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

I'M SORRY. Y'ALL BETTER PUT IT REAL CLEAR NOW.

YEAH. SO TELL ME WHAT Y'ALL ARE MOVING FOR THE COURT, BECAUSE I HAD A MOTION TO THE SECOND.

NOW WE GOT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

ARE YOU MOVING? I JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.

I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.

WHAT I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS.

I MEAN. I MEAN ALL THESE OTHER ONES.

I GET IT. THESE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES.

AS THE REST OF THE COURT HAS PRIORITIZED ABOUT 10 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROGRAMS, AND THEN ABOUT 263,000 OUT OF THE PRECINCT FOUR PRECINCT FOUR DISCRETIONARY FUND.

BUT THERE IS AN ITEM UNDER UNDER CIP.

THAT'S ITEM NUMBER TEN.

THAT'S $150,000.

THAT WHAT I WAS SAYING IS IF IT'S RELATED TO CHANGES, AMENDMENTS TO, I THINK YOU SAID THE PRECINCT FOUR OFFICE, WHAT I HAD SAID IN THE IN THE PAST WHEN YOU HAD THOSE AMENDMENTS, THEY'VE COME TO COURT WITH KIND OF AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS SO SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE OFF NUMBER TEN, YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S FINE.

THEN LET ME LET ME CLARIFY, JUDGE, IF I CAN.

MY MOTION, ORIGINAL MOTION.

AND BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE MOTION.

THAT'S MY FAULT. SO WHAT I SAID STANDS THE NINE ITEMS I'VE INCLUDED ALONG WITH THE OTHER TEN IN THE DISCRETIONARY.

OR MAYBE IT'S NOT TEN. IT'S IT'S 12.

I THINK SO. SO MY ORIGINAL MOTION JUDGE WAS THAT THE COURT ADOPT AND TAKE ACTION ON THE CHANGE MEMORANDUM 2023 2024 CHANGE MEMORANDUM AS PROPOSED BY BUDGET STAFF WITH WILL YOU ACCEPT THAT THAT'S THE MOTION.

AND THEN I'M ACCEPTING.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WHICH AMOUNTS TO 10,263,694.72. THOSE ARE HIS PRIORITIES FOR HIS HIS PRECINCT.

DOES THE SECOND ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY? YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A SECOND ON A FRIENDLY.

I'M ASKING. YES.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE NOW HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED? JUDGE, IF I COULD, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT? MY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION STATUS? WE'LL TAKE THAT UP UNLESS YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A FRIENDLY MOMENT.

I AM PRESUMING YOU HAVE YOUR SEPARATE MOTION AND I'LL TAKE IT UP, BUT I WANT TO GET THIS MOTION RULED UPON.

OKAY. I THINK THE STATUS DIDN'T GET A SECOND.

I THINK THAT'S WELL, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

THEN THE SECOND.

OKAY, WELL, I WAS GOING TO DO THAT.

I WAS GOING TO DO THAT.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO.

HERE. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? I DO HAVE DISCUSSION.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER CALVERT ON THE 51 ACRES.

THE 5.5 MILLION.

CAN CAN YOU HELP US WITH EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS? BECAUSE I HAD WASN'T PREPARED TO TO DIVE INTO THIS TODAY.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS FROM RANDOLPH AND JBSA REGARDING SANSE 51 AND THE DEVELOPMENT THERE.

CAN YOU GIVE US CLARITY ON WHAT THAT 5.5 MILLION.

WELL, LET ME LET ME LET ME CLARIFY THAT THERE THERE HASN'T BEEN I MEAN, I'VE MET WITH JOINT BASE COMMANDER AT FORT SAM HOUSTON SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FORT SAM.

THEY ARE GOOD.

I MET WITH RANDOLPH COMMANDER AS WELL.

SO THE CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT LAND USE AND WE AGREED TO THE PROPER LAND USE IN A STUDY CALLED THE RANDOLPH JOINT LAND USE STUDY, WHICH I CHAIRED AND GOT THE CONSENSUS OF UNIVERSAL CITY SCHERTZ, CONVERSE ALL THE NEIGHBORING AREAS TO AGREE TO WHICH WE ARE ABIDING BY IN THAT WHAT THIS IS FOR IS FOR ROCKET LANE, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SUBSTATION GOES THROUGH, OUR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

CURRENTLY, THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE REALIGNED, AND BECAUSE OF DELAYS, THE FINISHING THE ROAD IS GOING TO COST MORE.

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THAT'S WHAT OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO WE HAVE TO REALIGN THE ROAD, GET THE ROADS EXPANDED SO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS A CLEAR OUT AND CLEAR IN NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO BACK OUT OR GET REAR ENDED. SO THIS IS JUST THE COST OF THE ROAD.

THE COUNTY ALLOCATED ABOUT 3.4 MILLION FOR ROCKET LANE.

IT'S REALLY BEEN FULLY FUNDED.

BUT NOW THE COST, BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS THAT I MENTIONED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, HAVE CAUSED THE COST OF THE ROAD TO GO UP.

AND SO THIS IS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR SEWER, WATER, ROAD, ETCETERA, TO TO ALLOW US TO DEVELOP THE ROAD AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. OKAY.

APPRECIATE THE THE ANSWER.

AS LONG AS THIS IS FOR ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M OKAY WITH IT.

BUT I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE ALL ALIGNED ON.

I'LL BRING YOU WITH ME. I'LL BRING YOU WITH ME.

LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. THAT SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

SITTING ON THE MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE AND THE P FOUR, I HEAR CONCERNS SOMETIMES, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING THEM AND THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM. I UNDERSTOOD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT TODAY, GENTLEMEN.

GENTLEMEN, I CALL FOR A VOTE, AND I'M GOING IN REGARD TO SENIORITY.

I WANT A VOICE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT ON THE MOTION, AS SUBMITTED BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, AS AMENDED BY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ACCEPTED BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

WHAT IS YOUR VOTE? IT IS I.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES I.

COMMISSIONER MOODY.

THE JUDGE SAYS I WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO TAKE UP TODAY? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHILE I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON PARTIAL INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY NEEDS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE DIDN'T GET DONE.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE.

$1 MILLION WE DIDN'T PUSH FORWARD.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE BROOKS CENTER AND PUTTING US AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE TO OTHER CITIES.

I HOPE THE COURT WILL DO THE HOMEWORK THAT I HAVE ALREADY DONE FOR YOU.

THERE WAS A TIME WHERE IN PRIOR YEARS I GOT A CHANCE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE COMMISSIONER ELIZONDO.

HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, WE GOT THESE THINGS ALL DONE IN THE PAST AND HE UNDERSTOOD AND RESPECTED.

HE RESPECTED THE KNOWLEDGE OF EACH COMMISSIONER, AS I RESPECT THE KNOWLEDGE OF EACH COMMISSIONER ABOUT THEIR PRECINCT, AND I WILL WORK TO CREATE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE COURT. I THINK ONCE FURTHER BACKGROUND IS DELVED INTO, THEY WILL COME TO SEE THAT THE TRUTH WAS TOLD.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WISH FOR YOUR MOTIONS TO BE HEARD.

I'LL ASK THAT YOU PUT YOUR SPECIFIC MOTION ON THE RECORD.

GO AHEAD. YEAH.

AGAIN, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED THAT WOULD REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES, THE $20 MILLION AND REDUCE THE TAX RATE AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT, THOUGH APPROXIMATELY $0.01 CORRECT.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL CALL AGAIN. IS THERE A SECOND? MOTION FAILS.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TAKE UP? LET ME AGAIN EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THIS WORKSHOP AND OR WORK SESSION AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE.

I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS COMMENT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO PUT MY $0.02 IN.

LET ME REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE DOING SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS.

SO LET'S BE INNOVATIVE AND FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO BE SUPPORTED, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HEARD THAT ARE BASED ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE THAT I BELIEVE ARE PART OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO I WANT US TO REVISIT A LOT OF THINGS THAT PERHAPS WERE NOT WERE ABLE TO BE APPROVED TODAY.

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BUT LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS.

THERE WAS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT TALKED ABOUT ON THE DAIS.

AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES.

I'D ASK US TO INCLUDE THEM IN THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.

BUT I WANT TO ALSO SAY TO THE BUDGET OFFICE, WE WILL CONTINUE IN THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO LOOK AT GETTING EQUITY AND PARITY IN OUR FEE STRUCTURE, OUR SALARY STRUCTURE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OR PERHAPS OPPOSITION TO THE BAKER TILLY STUDY, BUT I WILL ASK THE EMPLOYEES TO PLEASE BE PATIENT.

LET US GET THROUGH THIS.

I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCES FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE THAT WE WILL DEAL WITH COMPRESSION ISSUES TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE INEQUITY THERE.

AND THAT IS ANOTHER THING I WANT ON THE TABLE AND I WANT FIXED.

BUT IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE EMPLOYEES ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND THAT'S MY CLOSING REMARKS.

IF THERE ARE NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND. SECOND BY MR. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

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

AYE. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.