Jan 07, 2025 Commissioners Court

HELLO, GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOOD TO GO?

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GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR JANUARY 7TH, 2025.

[1. Opening Prayer: Minister Vincent Crosby, Covenant Community Church (Grant Moody)]

OH, I'M BEING CORRECTED BY SIRI.

OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE OF THE NEW YEAR.

I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, AND HOPE THAT THIS IS A NEW YEAR OF GREAT THINGS TO COME FOR OUR COUNTY.

WITH THAT, I'LL ASK COMMISSIONER MOODY TO PLEASE INTRODUCE MINISTER CROSBY AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE PASTOR VINCENT CROSBY, WHO SERVES AS THE MINISTER AT COVENANT COMMUNITY CHURCH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

HE EARNED HIS MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

HE'S PREVIOUSLY VOLUNTEERED AT OUR BEXAR COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, MINISTERING TO INCARCERATED YOUTH FROM 2014 TO 2020.

HE'S A PROUD VETERAN RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I BELIEVE HIS SON IS ALSO A VETERAN, HAVING SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

VINCENT AND HIS WIFE, YVETTE, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER 32 YEARS, AND THE LORD HAS BLESSED THEM WITH TWO CHILDREN AND ONE GRANDSON.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

AND FATHER, WE ALSO COME ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU ARE THE HEAD OF ALL AUTHORITY, AND IT WAS YOU WHO INSTITUTED GOVERNMENT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE POWER AND EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU ORDAIN TO CARRY OUT THE GOVERNANCE OF BEXAR COUNTY.

WE PRAY LORD.

WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE FEAR TO THEIR HEARTS, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM FEAR TO THEIR HEARTS, TO FEAR YOU, TO REVERE YOU.

WE ALSO PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM WISDOM AND CAPACITY.

WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE OFFICES OF THE POSITIONS IN WHICH YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED THEM.

WE PRAY ALSO, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BEFORE GOD AND MAN, AND NOT TO BE MOTIVATED BY SELF-INTEREST OR PERSONAL GAINS.

YOU TELL US IN YOUR WORD, LORD, THAT WHAT IS GOOD, AND ALSO WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US TO DO JUSTICE, TO LOVE KINDNESS, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOU, OUR GOD. HELP THEM, FATHER, TO DO YOUR WILL.

WE PRAY RIGHT NOW, LORD, THAT YOU WILL BLESS THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER AND PROTECT THEM.

BLESS ALL THE STAFF AND ALL WHO ENTER, AND WE PRAY ALL THIS BY FAITH IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, ALL RIGHT.

[3. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)]

RECOGNITION AND OATH OF OFFICE OF THE FOLLOWING.

GRANT MOODY TO SERVE AS BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT THREE, FOR A TERM TO BEGIN JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND EXPIRED DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONER MOODY, PLEASE PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE AND HOLD UP YOUR RIGHT HAND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

I GRANT MOODY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

PRECINCT THREE OF THE OFFICE OF BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

PRECINCT THREE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD.

THANK YOU.

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DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE. REALLY QUICK.

A FEW WORDS, COMMISSIONER.

WE'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.

I KNOW WE GOT A LONG AGENDA TODAY, BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE BEXAR COUNTY IN PRECINCT THREE THESE LAST TWO YEARS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FOUR MORE, AND THE WORK THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH HERE LOCALLY IN BEXAR COUNTY AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITY EVEN BETTER.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY STAFF.

THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COURT AND EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED US IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER.

LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU'VE ASKED FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

YEAH. COMMISSIONER MOODY, THE ONE TIME I WANTED YOU TO SPEAK LONGER SO THAT I COULD HAVE TIME TO GET MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER AND CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO I HAD MY SWEARING IN CEREMONY LAST THURSDAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME INSTEAD.

WELL, ONE, I GOT SWORN IN FOUR YEARS AGO IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID, AND SO IT CAN ONLY HAVE TEN PEOPLE AT MY CEREMONY, AND ALSO BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THIS TIME TO READ A STATEMENT SO THAT MY EMOTIONS DON'T GET THE BETTER OF ME.

DURING MY EXTREMELY LONG CAMPAIGN SEASON LAST YEAR, WINNING THREE ELECTIONS IN FIGHTING AGAINST FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND LIES BY MY MANY OPPONENTS AND POLITICAL ENEMIES AND EXPERIENCING BLATANT RACISM AND SEXISM AT THE INSTIGATING OF THE SHERIFF'S UNION LEADERSHIP.

TO BE CLEAR, NOT THE SHERIFF NOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, BUT UNION LEADERSHIP.

WHAT NO ONE KNEW WAS THAT I WAS FIGHTING TO GET THROUGH EACH DAY BECAUSE I WAS NOT FEELING WELL ALL YEAR, AND I KNEW SOMETHING WAS OFF WITH MY BODY.

SO IN BETWEEN KNOCKING ON DOORS, MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND LIFE'S OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, I WAS ALSO UNDERGOING TREATMENT.

DURING THE RUNOFF THAT NEITHER MY STAFF NOR MY CAMPAIGN TEAM KNEW ABOUT, BUT I STILL WASN'T GETTING BETTER.

SO THROUGH MONTHS OF DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND LABS DRAWN AND TREATMENTS, THE WEEKEND WHEN EARLY VOTING WAS STARTING FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COLON CANCER.

IN THOSE LAST FEW WEEKS OF A GRUELING CAMPAIGN YEAR.

WHILE I WAS GIVING SPEECHES AT POLITICAL RALLIES AND GIVING MEDIA INTERVIEWS, I FINALLY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY BODY.

WHILE I KEPT SMILING FOR PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS, AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND WAS THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY DID I HAVE A LARGE TUMOR IN MY COLON, BUT IT WAS BLEEDING.

IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINTY, FEAR, AND HAVING A MILLION QUESTIONS, THE DOCTORS COULDN'T ANSWER MOST OF THEM UNTIL AFTER SURGERY AND AFTER THE TUMOR WAS SENT TO PATHOLOGY.

THE ONLY ANSWER I KNEW FOR SURE THAT HAS SUSTAINED ME THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF MY LIFE WAS MY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST AND TRUSTING HIS SOVEREIGNTY.

I UNDERWENT A SIX HOUR SURGERY AND SPENT FIVE DAYS AT US OUR UNIVERSITY HEALTH COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

THANK YOU TO MY TEAM OF DOCTORS FROM THE MAYS CANCER CENTER, AND TO THE MYRIAD OF NURSES AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO WERE SO KIND AND PROFESSIONAL TO ME, FROM THE WOMAN WHO CAME TO CLEAN MY HOSPITAL ROOM EVERY DAY, TO THE NURSE TECH WHO HELPED ME TO BATHE.

I AM CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATING FOR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, WHICH IS WHY I FOUGHT SO HARD TO HAVE OUR SOUTHSIDE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS BEING BUILT ACROSS FROM TEXAS A&M.

I HAD PEOPLE WHO COULD DRIVE ME 40 MINUTES IN TRAFFIC TO MY APPOINTMENTS AND CT SCANS AND MRIS WHEN I WAS TOO WEAK OR DIZZY TO DRIVE MYSELF, BUT MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS THAT I DO, SO THEY SKIPPED PREVENTATIVE HEALTH APPOINTMENTS AND SCREENINGS.

THEY IGNORED THINGS IN THEIR BODIES WHEN THEY TOO REALIZE SOMETHING'S OFF.

SO EVEN IN THE MIDST OF MY CANCER, I WAS GRATEFUL THAT GOD GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCELLENT CARE OF OUR UHS PROFESSIONALS AS THEY CONTINUE TO CARE DAY TO DAY.

AS MATTHEW 25, VERSES 39 THROUGH 40 STATES.

CARING FOR THE LEAST OF THESE.

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WHEN I ASKED MY GI DOC IF I HAD ANY RISK FACTORS, HE SAID ONLY YOUR RACE.

THOUGH I AM BLACK AND MEXICAN.

HE WAS REFERRING TO ME BEING BLACK.

SO IF YOU ARE IN YOUR 40S AND BLACK, YOU HAVE A HIGHER RISK.

PLEASE CALL RIGHT NOW TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR DOCTOR TO SCHEDULE YOUR COLONOSCOPY.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD A COLONOSCOPY AS A PREVENTATIVE SCREENING, AND THE REALITY IS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME PERSONALLY, I AM SUPER SQUIRMISH AND SCARED OF NEEDLES, SO I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PROCRASTINATED ANYWAY IN ORDER TO NOT FREAK OUT.

DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF MY ELECTION WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING, I HAD TO REFRAME MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY CANCER TO REALIZE THAT THOUGH I DID NOT CHOOSE CANCER, GOD ENTRUSTED ME WITH IT.

SO NOW I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

IN ADDITION TO MY CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH ACCESS, I WILL BE A FIERCE PROPONENT FOR COLON CANCER SCREENINGS.

YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS WORK IN THE MONTHS TO COME.

I MAY STILL MISS SOME CONSTITUENTS, SOME COMMISSIONER COURT MEETINGS DEPENDING ON FUTURE LONG TERM CARE, BUT TO MY CONSTITUENTS, KNOW THAT MY STAFF AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR PRECINCT ONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET BIG THINGS DONE DURING MY SECOND TERM.

DO NOT PROCRASTINATE.

COLONOSCOPIES SAVE LIVES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF YOUR PRECINCT.

THANK YOU JUDGE. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW GO TO THE PRESENTATION OF SERVICE PINS RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES FOR 25 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE.

I BELIEVE COMMISSIONERS WILL STAY ON THE DAIS.

THE FIRST EMPLOYEE, MIGUEL AVILA, 25 YEARS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

SO SHERIFF, THE CHIEFS AND MIGUEL AVILA.

WELL, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. WAS THAT YOU, SHERIFF? THIS IS ME. OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE SERGEANT MIGUEL AVILA FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COUNTY.

HE WAS BROUGHT ON IN 1999.

HE PROMOTED TO CORPORAL IN THE JAIL IN 2003.

PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2008, BUT THEY TRANSFERRED TO PATROL IN 2010 AND GAVE UP HIS RANK TO TRANSFER OVER TO THE OTHER BRANCH OF THE AGENCY.

HE PROMOTED TO INVESTIGATOR IN 2015, AND THEN IN 2018, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT.

ASSIGNED TO PATROL.

I KNOW HE WORKED IN TRAFFIC FOR SOME TIME.

HE DOES HOLD A MASTER JAILER CERTIFICATION AS WELL AS WELL AS A MASTER PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION.

NEITHER OF THOSE ALONE IS A MINOR FEAT, SO HAVING BOTH OF THEM IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO BE COMMENDED.

HE'S ALSO ATTENDED COLLEGE AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL.

HE CURRENTLY IS ASSIGNED TO DISPATCH AND HELPING US OUT WITH THAT VERY KEY FUNCTION IN THE AGENCY.

SOME WOULD SAY THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE AGENCY, WHICH KEEPS US RUNNING OUT THERE, AND SO WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO COMMEMORATE HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO US, AND WE CERTAINLY THANK HIS WIFE, DONNA, AND HIS CHILDREN, THOMAS, MATTHEW AND LILY, 27, 23 AND 21 YEARS OF AGE, RESPECTIVELY FOR THEIR CONTINUED YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AGENCY AS WELL.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SERGEANT MIGUEL AVILA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COUNTY.

I APPRECIATE IT. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE TIME.

SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. DO YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE WITH YOU? YES, SIR. WHY DON'T YOU BRING THEM ALL UP? OKAY. BRING THEM ALL UP. LET'S GET THEM RECOGNIZED.

ONE IS AT HOME, BUT THESE GUYS ARE UNFORTUNATE TO COME WITH ME.

IF YOU WOULD, SERGEANT, I HAVE YOUR 25 YEAR PIN, AND WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE HERE AND WE'LL STAND RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

THERE YOU GO, SHERIFF, AND YOUR CHIEFS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS.

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

ONE. TWO. THREE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT EMPLOYEE IS JOSHUA GUTIERREZ WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK.

SO WOULD JOSHUA, THE DISTRICT CLERK, STAFF, FAMILIES, PLEASE ALL COME FORWARD TO BE RECOGNIZED.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONER.

GOOD MORNING.

THIS IS JOSH.

JOSH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. WELL, ON BEHALF OF JOSH GUTIERREZ, THANK YOU, JUDGE GUTIERREZ, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

WE VALUE YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

I APPRECIATE JOSH, HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WHERE HE'S AT.

HE'S A SUPERVISOR IN THE CIVIL SIDE AND IS DOING TREMENDOUSLY.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR JOSH BEING HERE WITH US.

THANK YOU JOSH, AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. MARTINEZ HERE WITH CONGRESSMAN.

CONGRESSMAN. CONGRESSMAN CUELLAR.

SORRY. ANYWAYS, GO AHEAD.

MR. MARTINEZ, GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.

ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR, WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT A CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO JOSHUA GUTIERREZ FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

IN HONOR OF YOUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE OFFICE OF GLORIA A.

MARTINEZ, BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DISTINCTION.

TO CONTINUING SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIGNED ON THIS DAY.

HENRY CUELLAR, YOUR CONGRESSMAN FOR THE 28TH US DISTRICT OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU, JOSHUA.

JOSHUA, DO YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS OR CAN YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU? I THINK JUST ME JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL THE ONES I MET THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

WORKED WITH A LOT OF FINE, EXPERIENCED COUNTY WORKERS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE, BUT I STILL REMEMBER THE STORIES, AND THEY ALL THE TRAINING THAT THEY GAVE ME, AND SO THERE'S SO MANY TO MENTION, AND IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY, PRETTY PROFESSIONAL AND GET ALONG WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, AND SO, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

SO I THANK EVERYONE FOR THE THANK YOU.

WE HAVE YOUR PIN HERE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO ACCEPT IT? AND WOULD EVERYBODY WHO WISHES TO BE IN THE PICTURE PLEASE COME FORWARD? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR SERVING.

THANK YOU. THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, GLORIA. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT EMPLOYEE, LINDA CUELLAR.

25 YEARS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT FOUR.

LINDA CUELLAR? THERE YOU GO.

GOOD MORNING, COUNTY JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS ARMANDO CRUZ, AND I AM THE JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATOR AT THE JUSTICE COURT, PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.

I STAND HERE ON BEHALF OF JUDGE GARCIA, WHO UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY, BUT DOES SEND HER GREETINGS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

JUDGE GARCIA HAS ASKED ME TO READ A FEW WORDS HONORING LINDA'S 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BEXAR COUNTY.

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LINDA HAS DEVOTED 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND ALL 25 YEARS HAVE BEEN TO THE JUSTICE COURT, PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.

STARTING HER CAREER AS A CASE AIDE, THEN MOVING UP TO JUVENILE CASE MANAGER TO A LEAD COURT CLERK, AND NOW ASSUMING THE POSITION OF COURT MANAGER.

AS WE LOOK BACK AT HER INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, IT'S CLEAR THAT LINDA HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A VITAL PART OF OUR TEAM, BUT A TRUE PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY, CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, EXPERTISE AND A GENUINE DESIRE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE CONSTITUENTS.

THANK YOU, LINDA, FOR YOUR DEVOTED SERVICE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 25 MORE YEARS.

LINDA, WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE. DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS HERE? DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS WITH YOU? YES. WELL, BRING THEM UP.

COME ON UP. COME ON UP.

I THINK MOTHER'S CODE.

SO SHE'S LIKE, OH. THIS IS THEIR DAY TOO.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, AND I THINK, LIKE OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE SAID I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF GREAT STAFF, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGH THE LONG HOURS, WEEKENDS AND TO TOUCH BASE ON WHAT COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES SAID.

I THINK WE'RE ALL PUT HERE TO SERVE.

SO NO MATTER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, WE KEEP GOING.

BEFORE THAT DEVOTION TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER.

THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND ACCEPT YOUR PIN AND WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE HERE AT THE DAIS.

SURE. THERE YOU GO.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, MOM, YOU GET IN THE PICTURE. ONE.

TWO. THREE. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANDREW RAMOS, 25 YEARS JUVENILE PROBATION.

ALL RIGHT, MISS MATA, GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANDREW RAMOS FOR HIS 25 YEAR SERVICE TO THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, AND I HAVE HIS SUPERVISOR, ROCHELLE GUERRERO, WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SAFE UNIT, WHICH IS THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND FAMILY ENRICHMENT UNIT.

THE DEPARTMENT, AND I'D LIKE HER TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIM.

THANKS. GOOD MORNING.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

SO ANDREW RAMOS STARTED WITH BEXAR COUNTY WHEN HE WAS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD, BACK IN 1999.

HE STARTED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE, WITH THE ADOPTIONS DEPARTMENT, AND THEN IN 2002, MOVED OVER TO JUVENILE PROBATION WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE UNIT. HE SPENT ABOUT 13 YEARS THERE MONITORING THE KIDS WHO WERE IN THE COMMUNITY, PERFORMING SERVICE HOURS AS PART OF THEIR SANCTIONS, AND THEN IN 2015, WE WERE BLESSED THAT HE CAME OVER TO OUR UNIT, AND HE'S BEEN THERE SINCE AND HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

HE'S A TEAM PLAYER.

HE'S VERY DEDICATED TO THE DEPARTMENT AND SERVING THE CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT JUST OUR UNIT.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS IF THEY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH SOMETHING, THEY'RE GOING TO COME ASK ANDY.

NO MATTER WHAT UNIT, NO MATTER WHAT DEPARTMENT.

IN JUVENILE PROBATION, THEY'RE GOING TO COME LOOK FOR HIM.

SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HIS HARD WORK AND HIS MANY YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND HIS SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN, AND SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION. THANK YOU, ANDREW.

ANDREW, DO YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE? MY WIFE. WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THEM ALL COME UP? WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? 25 YEARS STARTED OFF AS A RUNNER FOR YOU.

REALLY? IN THE ADOPTIONS DEPARTMENT WHILE YOU WERE PRESIDING.

WHEW. YEAH, MANY, MANY MOONS AGO.

YES, SIR, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

A LOT OF STORIES.

JUST GRATEFUL TO DO ALL MY 25 YEARS HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE YOUR PIN HERE.

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A LOT OF HIS UNIT IS HERE TODAY, TOO.

SO A LONG TIME AGO.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, NO, THE UNIT, EVERYBODY.

THIS IS Y'ALL'S PICTURE, AND YOU GET IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

IN THE MIDDLE THERE. THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO. BALANCE IT ALL OUT THERE.

THERE WE GO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANOTHER 25, ANDREW.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ELIZABETH C.

GARCIA, 30 YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK.

GLORIA, COME ON BACK WITH ELIZABETH GARCIA, AND THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE DIAMOND.

THOMAS. WOW.

IT'S A REAL DIAMOND? REAL. WOW.

WE AIN'T CHEAP, RIGHT? ONCE AGAIN, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

GLORIA MARTINEZ, DISTRICT CLERK, AND HERE, ON BEHALF OF MISS ELIZABETH GARCIA.

MISS ELIZABETH GARCIA HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EMPLOYEE.

SHE ALWAYS GOES THE EXTRA MILE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

SHE'S ALWAYS PREPARED, ALWAYS READY TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SHE'S AWESOME.

IN RECOGNITION TO MISS ELIZABETH GARCIA.

THANK YOU, ELIZABETH GARCIA C.

GARCIA, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

WE VALUE YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

WE REALLY AND TRULY DO APPRECIATE HER AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL STAY ON LONGER.

WE ALSO HAVE CONGRESSMAN CUELLAR'S OFFICE HERE.

MR. MARTINEZ IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ELIZABETH'S BEHALF.

HERE YOU GO. SORRY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU AGAIN.

WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESSMAN, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO COME HERE.

MY NAME IS JESUS TORO MARTINEZ.

I AM HERE REPRESENTING CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR.

TODAY I PRESENT A CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO ELIZABETH C.

GARCIA FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

IN HONOR OF YOUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE OFFICE OF GLORIA A.

MARTINEZ, BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DISTINCTION, DEDICATION TO CONTINUE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND COMMITMENT TO SOUTH TEXAS.

THANK YOU. SIGNED BY YOUR CONGRESSMAN, HENRY CUELLAR ON THIS DAY.

THANK YOU. ELIZABETH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, OR IS YOUR FAMILY HERE WITH YOU? YES. WE'LL BRING THEM ON UP.

COME ON. FAMILY.

YES.

FAMILY. STAFF.

FRIENDS. EVERYBODY.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

TO THE COMMISSIONER.

FOR ALL THESE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT I HAVE DONE, AND IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, AND I'VE ALWAYS LOVED WORKING HERE.

THIS IS THE PLACE TO WORK, AND I THANK EVERYONE THAT I HAVE PASSED THROUGH THEIR DOORS AND ALL THE JUDGES AND THE STAFF AND THE CLERKS, BECAUSE WITHOUT ALL AND OUR DISTRICT CLERKS THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH, ESPECIALLY MISS MARTINEZ, SHE'S BEEN AWESOME TO ALL OF US.

I REALLY LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK THE GOOD LORD.

ELIZABETH, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD? WE HAVE YOUR PIN, AND WITH, IT'S GOT A LITTLE DIAMOND IN IT AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, GLORIA.

LET OUR FAMILIES GO NEXT TO HER.

THERE YOU GO. OH, THE ONE THAT RECRUITED ME.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

JOHNNY.

SO SHE KEPT AN EYE ON YOU, JOHNNY? YES, SHE DID. OH, I BET SHE DID.

I BET SHE DID.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.

OH, WHO?

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RAYMOND ANGELINI.

IF I CAN SPEAK REAL QUICK, JUDGE.

RAYMOND ANGELINI I WAS ONE OF HIS CLERKS, AND SO WAS MISS ELIZABETH.

IT WAS WONDERFUL WORKING WITH HIM.

HE'S AN AWESOME JUDGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, JUDGE.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. WE GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE.

RAYMOND, WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN? GOOD TO SEE YOU, JUDGE.

HOW ARE YOU? COME ON, TORO, GET IN HERE.

SORRY, SORRY.

SO RAYMOND WAS AT THE 187TH DISTRICT COURT.

JUDGE.

CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, THOMAS, I UNDERSTAND JACQUELINE WAS GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR 35 YEARS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT SHE'S NOT AVAILABLE.

WE'LL DO IT AT A LATER DATE.

SO LET US NOW MOVE ON TO C PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING ABIGAIL VILLARREAL FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND INSPIRATION FOR PEOPLE WITH RARE DISEASES.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU, JUDGE THOMAS.

DO YOU HAVE THAT PROCLAMATION OR AS IT COMES UP? ABIGAIL, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? I WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE ABIGAIL VILLARREAL AND I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION BUT SHE IS REALLY A LOCAL HERO HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SHE HAS SHOWN REMARKABLE COURAGE AND RESILIENCE WHILE LIVING WITH.

I'M GOING TO TRY AND PRONOUNCE THIS PHENYLKETONURIA, WHICH IS ALSO PKU.

IT'S A RARE METABOLIC DISORDER AND OVERCOMING GASTROSCHISIS, A RARE PHYSICAL DEFORMITY REPAIRED AT BIRTH.

BECOMING A DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR THE RARE DISEASE COMMUNITY, SHE USED HER PLATFORM IN 2021 AS MISS REINA LATINA SAN ANTONIO TEEN TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR RARE DISEASES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NEWBORN SCREENING THROUGH HER BE RARE INITIATIVE, INSPIRING OTHERS THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY.

SO LET ME READ THIS, ABIGAIL, AND THEN I'LL TURN THE FLOOR TO YOU.

IT READS. WHEREAS ABIGAIL VILLARREAL, BORN JUNE 9TH, 2006, TO BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEE ELIZABETH LEOS.

ABIGAIL HAS SHOWN REMARKABLE COURAGE AND RESILIENCE WHILE LIVING WITH PKU, A RARE METABOLIC DISORDER, AND OVERCOMING A RARE PHYSICAL DEFORMITY REPAIRED AT BIRTH, BECOMING A DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR THE RARE DISEASE COMMUNITY.

AS WAS MENTIONED, SHE USED HER PLATFORM IN 2021 THROUGH HER BE RARE INITIATIVE, INSPIRING OTHERS THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP.

WHEREAS ABIGAIL HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, KENS5 CARES AND LOCAL LEADERS FOR HER EFFORTS SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTING AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS LIKE LIGHT UP FOR RARE AND HOSTING EVENTS SUCH AS BE RARE SPIRIT DAY AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHEREAS IN 2024, ABIGAIL RECEIVED THE MOSAIC SCHOLARSHIP TO ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE AND WAS NATIONALLY HONORED BY THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISEASES AS THEIR FIRST EVER YOUTH CHAMPION AWARD WINNER FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL ADVOCACY AND WHEREAS ABIGAIL'S COMPASSION, DEDICATION, AND LEADERSHIP SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION, EMBODYING THE CORE VALUES OF BEXAR COUNTY AND LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE COUNTY OF BEXAR RECOGNIZES ABIGAIL VILLARREAL FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES SIGNED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ALL OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS.

LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

ABIGAIL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

RECOGNIZING MY HARD WORK AND EFFORTS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE RARE DISEASE COMMUNITY.

THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT I HAVE RECEIVED.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR EVERY PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY WHO HAS SHOWN RESILIENCE, COURAGE AND STRENGTH WHILE BATTLING A RARE DISORDER THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME OR JUST BEGINNING THEIR JOURNEY.

AS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS MODEL STATES ALONE, WE ARE RARE.

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG.

FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025 IS RARE DISEASE DAY, AND I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE EVERYONE HERE AND THOSE WATCHING LIVE TO PARTICIPATE BY WEARING STRIPES IN SUPPORT OF THOSE WITH RARE DISEASES.

PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER LIGHTING UP YOUR HOMES FOR THAT EVENING FOR LIGHT UP FOR RARE CAMPAIGN.

THANK YOU AGAIN COMMISSIONERS, AND TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. PLEASE COME UP AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.

WE'LL GIVE YOU THE PROCLAMATION.

I KNOW YOUR MOM'S HERE.

ANYBODY ELSE? FAMILY THAT'S HERE THAT WANTS TO COME UP.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

FAMILY AND FLOWERS, TOO.

WOW. BEAUTIFUL.

HOLD ON. ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE.

GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

GOOD SEEING YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND COMMISSIONERS FOR RECOGNIZING MY GRANDDAUGHTER.

OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES CEREMONIAL.

WE'RE YET TO GO TO TIME CERTAIN.

SO LET'S MOVE ON.

[5. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items. (Part 1 of 2)]

APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, ARE THERE ANY MATTERS TO PULL FROM CONSENT? NONE AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

NONE TO PULL. JUDGE, BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW ABSTAINING ON 78.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF FIRMS IN THERE THAT I WAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED BY, SO JUST SHOWING ABSTAIN.

SO COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ ABSTAINS ON ITEM 78.

ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER MOODY, ANY MATTERS TO PULL? YES, JUDGE.

ITEM 56.

HOLD ON.

56, OKAY.

60. 60.

81. 81 AND 82.

82. ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. JUDGE, ACTUALLY, STAFF WAS GOING TO ASK TO DEFER ITEM 82.

WHICH ONE? ITEM 82.

STAFF WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND DEFERRING THAT.

82 IS DEFERRED TO BE CONSIDERED.

I'M SORRY, 86.

I APOLOGIZE. I APOLOGIZE.

86. JUDGE I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR APPROVAL THIS TUESDAY OF THE CITY, MLK COMMISSION SPONSORSHIP AND THE CESAR CHAVEZ LEGACY AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP.

I SAW OUR CHAIR, DWAYNE ROBINSON, A FORMER COUNTY EMPLOYEE, IS HERE FOR THE MARCH AS WELL.

THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING, AND WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING YEAR ROUND.

SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND, DWAYNE, YOU'VE ASKED TO SPEAK.

SO IF THERE'S NO LET'S GET THROUGH CONSENT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER MATTERS TO PULL? COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I DIDN'T.

OKAY, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA?

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

LET'S SEE.

WHAT WAS IT? 78.

78. OH.

ALSO TWO, AND, THOMAS, LET ME ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.

I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME ON AGENDA ITEM 84, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES HASSLACHER AND BRETT SCHNEIDER TO THE METRO 911 DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS.

THERE SHOULD BE A CORRECTION THAT BRETT'S CORRECT NAME IS STEVEN ROBERT SCHNEIDER.

DOES THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED BY MOTION OR CAN WE JUST TAKE NOTE? I WOULD RECOMMEND CORRECTING IT AS PART OF THE MOTION.

LET'S GET THROUGH THE CONSENT.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT? SECOND. MOVE FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON CONSENT? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

SO NOTED WITH COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

OH, FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, I BELIEVE.

LET'S SEE.

IN REGARDS, I NEEDED TO NOTE AN ABSTENTION.

STAFF HELP ME OUT.

WHICH ONE IS THE ONE? I ALERTED YOU THAT I MIGHT.

I MAY COME BACK TO IT FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD RIGHT NOW.

SO THE CONSENT THAT CALL FOR A VOTE.

YES. SO ALL THE MOTION PASSES.

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COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOUR FIRST WAS ITEM 56, APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTION OF A BUDGET.

[56. Approval of the execution of budget adjustments for the Texas Defense Commission's Improvement Grant Program Grant Budget Adjustment Request for Year Two, FY 24-25 for the Bexar County Public Defender's Office Non-Citizen Unit. Year Two acceptance upon approval is as follows, $328,199.43 from TIDC and $140,656.90 in County match funds, for a total project cost of $468,856.33 for a term beginning October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025.]

GRANT BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUEST FOR YEAR TWO, FY 2425 FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

NON-CITIZEN UNIT.

YEAR TWO ACCEPTANCE UPON APPROVAL IS AS FOLLOWS $328,199.43 FROM TIDC.

$140,656.90 IN COUNTY MATCH FUNDS, FOR TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $468,856.33 FOR A TERM BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

COMMISSIONER MOODY.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

I DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION, AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DIVE DEEP HERE.

THIS IS A PROGRAM WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BEFORE, AND I'VE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT BEFORE.

JUST CONTINUING TO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW, STILL WANTING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING ONLY CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED SERVICES AND I KNOW I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSES TO OUR QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I STILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT'S THE CASE.

THERE'S ALSO, I THINK, A SECONDARY QUESTION KIND OF AROUND DUPLICATION OF SERVICES AND WHETHER IT'S REQUIRED OR NOT, BUT JUST FOR THOSE REASONS, I'M GOING TO STILL NOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED A PRESENTATION OR TO GO ANY FURTHER THIS MORNING.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE ONLY DOING WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED AND WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US BY THE SUPREME COURT, AND I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AGAIN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL WHAT WE ARE DOING AND AT ANY TIME.

SO JUST LET ME KNOW, COMMISSIONER, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT.

MOTION TO APPROVE, JUDGE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ONE.

NO. ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT MATTER TO.

EXCUSE ME, JUDGE. I'M SORRY. SOMEBODY LEFT THEIR PHONE UP HERE.

SOMEBODY LEFT A PHONE.

GIVE IT TO STAFF.

WE'LL LET STAFF TAKE CARE OF IT.

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU ALSO ASKED FOR AGENDA ITEM 60.

[60. Approval and execution of a Grant Agreement between Bexar County and Alameda Theater Conservancy to provide funding for operations and program development in the amount of $250,000 for FY 2024-25 and $250,000 for FY 2025-26, for a total amount not to exceed $500,000 from the Venue Project Fund.]

250,000 FOR FY 25-26, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 FROM THE VENUE PROJECT FUND.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING AND KIND OF OUR STAFF DOING THE RESEARCH HERE IS, IS THAT SOME OF THIS DATES BACK TO A BUDGET APPROVAL BACK IN 2021. IS THAT CORRECT, DAN? YOU HAVE ME AT A LOSS HERE.

I HAVE SOME STAFF WITH SOME EXPERTISE ON ON HIS WAY RIGHT NOW THAT PROBABLY ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS BETTER THAN I CAN.

IS THAT TONY? YES.

OKAY. YEAH. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY, BEFORE SOME OF US ON THE COURT EVEN TOOK OUR SEATS, AND EVEN AFTER JUST BEING REELECTED, I STILL HAVEN'T EVER SEEN THE PRESENTATION.

SO I'M HOPING WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND JUST UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OPERATING BUDGET LOOKS LIKE. I DID GET A COPY OF THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS ONLY $50,000 AND OBVIOUSLY MUCH LESS THAN THE 250 THAT'S BEING REQUESTED FOR THE NEXT TWO FYS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST OVERSHOT WITH THE ESTIMATE THERE OR WHETHER WE EXPECT THAT BUDGET TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE FROM WHERE IT WAS IN 2023, BUT JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHAT THE REQUEST IS.

I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TOUR THE ALAMEDA THEATER.

I KNOW THERE'S MANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WELL-RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE.

SO NOT OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT, THE RENOVATIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THIS KIND OF TOOK ME BY SURPRISE AND WASN'T REALLY FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THAT OPERATING BUDGET LOOKED LIKE IN THE INTERIM, BEFORE WE'VE ACTUALLY EVEN STARTED ANY OF THE RENOVATIONS ON THE THEATER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO ANY OF THAT NOW OR WHETHER WE NEED TO PUSH THAT.

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JUDGE, IF YOU GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES, I THINK I'LL HAVE STAFF HERE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS APPROPRIATELY AND COME BACK TO IT.

OKAY. WELL, LET'S WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM SIX.

MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU, AND LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY TO DO THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WITH THE TIMELINE.

DAN, WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN TO GET THIS THING HEARD.

THE NEXT MATTER THAT NEEDS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS ITEM 81, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

[81. Authorizing for staff to negotiate with Project Quest for a professional services agreement to provide workforce training, wraparound services, and job seeking and placement services for County residents; and, direction to staff to identify funding in the amount of $400,000.]

COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU'VE ASKED FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.

JUDGE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYONE FROM PROJECT QUEST HERE TODAY.

OKAY, AND OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM LAST NIGHT, AND THEY PROVIDED SOME MORE BACKGROUND ON WHAT YOU ALL ARE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH WITH THE 400 K.

CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THE BACKGROUND HERE AND THE INTERSECTION WITH READY TO WORK AND YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN AVOID SOME OF THE PITFALLS OR FAILURES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS IN THIS SPACE? ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER FRANCISCO MARTINEZ, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PROJECT QUEST.

WELL THE GOAL IS TO HELP FILL THE NEED THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING SERVED BY CURRENT FUNDING AND READY TO WORK AND OTHER DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO SERVE THOSE FOLKS UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY, AS WELL AS THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO SERVE THROUGH THE CITY'S DEFINED EITHER DEMOGRAPHIC INCOME OR CAREER TRACK, AS WELL AS TRAINING PARTNER SERVICES OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT.

SO THE EFFORT WILL BE TO SERVE UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS NOT CURRENTLY SERVED THROUGH CITY FUNDING OR OTHER KIND OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, AND MAY I ALSO PROVIDE ONE OTHER BRIDGE THAT I THINK PROJECT QUEST IS BRIDGING THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ENROLLMENT FAILURE, BECAUSE I THINK PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE DATA IS THAT THERE WAS UNDER ENROLLMENT, A LOT OF MONEY SPENT UNDER ENROLLMENT.

THE PROJECT QUEST PROPOSAL, SPECIFICALLY, IS ATTUNED TO MAKING SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED QUEST ACADEMY.

A LOT OF THE REASON WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THESE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS IS THE LITERACY RATE.

SO THE QUEST ACADEMY, THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH PROJECT QUEST, IS GOT A SIXTH GRADE READING LEVEL.

SO THEY CREATED QUEST ACADEMY TO HELP THEIR LITERACY GET SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE, THE HEALTHCARE, IT, OTHER OFFERINGS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO I THINK THAT IS A VERY UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT BRIDGE THAT THE COUNTY AND PROJECT QUEST ARE PARTNERING TO SERVE.

IS THAT IS THAT TRUE? CORRECT. MOST PARTICIPANTS COME TO US AT AVERAGE AGE OF SIX TO EIGHTH GRADE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO SERVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO NOT TURN AWAY INDIVIDUALS THAT CURRENTLY WE WILL HAVE TO TURN AWAY, GIVEN THE LIMITED FUNDING OUTSIDE THE CITY RESOURCES.

YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, I HEARD GOOD THINGS FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM ON ON YOUR PROPOSAL, BUT CAN YOU ALSO HELP ME WITH THE 400 K? I SAW A KIND OF VERY ROUGH BREAKDOWN OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS VERSUS TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.

SO HOW MUCH OF THAT IS SCALABLE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'RE SERVING? RIGHT. SO THE 400,000 IS FOR 120 INDIVIDUALS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FIXED COSTS.

SO IF YOU DON'T SERVE ANY INDIVIDUALS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE, THEN WHAT WOULD JUST THE COST TO THE COUNTY BE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD? SO THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS FIRST TO GET US STARTED TO WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE PARAMETERS OF THAT.

UP TO $400,000, OF COURSE, DELINEATE TARGET OCCUPATIONS, TARGET PARTICIPANTS, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AS WELL AS DIRECT EXPENSES, BUT BOTH PERSONNEL AND TUITION REIMBURSEMENTS, AS WELL AS WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR ONLY THOSE WE SERVE.

IF FOLKS DO NOT GET SERVED AT THE RATE THAT WE'RE WANTING TO SERVE, OF COURSE FUNDS WILL NOT BE EXPENDED.

YEAH, NO, THAT'S GREAT, AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF BRING THAT INTO THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT WE'RE FUNDING RESULTS, RIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST FUND FOLKS COMING IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THE RESULTS THAT WE EXPECT, AND, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND ANY KIND OF FUTURE CONTRACT, AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF MAKE THAT YOU KNOW, KNOWN FOR THE RECORD, I ASSUME THAT YOU AGREE AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. OF COURSE, OUR GOAL AND OUR HISTORY OF PROJECT QUEST OVER THE 32 YEARS IS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF PUBLIC DOLLARS, AND ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A DEMAND A

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GREAT. THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO BRING UP HERE, AND WHY I THINK YOU KNOW, WHY I PULLED IT, AND WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION IS YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AND I ALSO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE OF SIX AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS - ALAMO.

I'M GOING TO BE THE NEW CHAIR, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION AND THE OVERLAP BETWEEN ALL THESE PROGRAMS. RIGHT. READY TO WORK AND PROJECT QUEST AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ALAMO COLLEGES AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.

ALAMO, AND SO WE CAN KIND OF COMPREHENSIVELY THINK ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEST PRACTICES.

MAYBE THERE'S BEST PRACTICES THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS - ALAMO THAT CAN MAKE THAT ORGANIZATION BETTER, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION FLOW, AND SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF WANTED TO JUST HAVE THIS BRIEF DISCUSSION HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE GOING FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY. THIS TYPE OF FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR COLLABORATION WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY COVER 13 COUNTIES.

THE ALAMO COLLEGES, WHICH COVER SIMILAR REGIONAL AND THEN PROJECT QUEST THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY FOCUSED WITHIN THE CITY BUT WANTS TO EXPAND CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUTSIDE THE CITY AND WE PLAY WELL WITH EACH OTHER.

WE'RE KIND OF FORCED TO WORK TOGETHER, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE A TEAM EFFORT, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

YEAH, SURE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BECAUSE IT IS SEEING MORE AND MORE POVERTY MOVE INTO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, AND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS TO HELPING WITH THAT COHORT OF PEOPLE.

IN PARTICULAR, WE SEE THAT BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS POLICIES, WITH RESPECT TO WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDITS ARE GOING, IT'S GOING TO SOME OF OUR MORE PERIPHERY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY DON'T WANT, QUOTE UNQUOTE, YOU KNOW, FAILING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

SO JUDSON ISD, SCHERTZ UNIVERSAL, CIBOLO ISD, EAST CENTRAL ISD, YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] ISD, ALL THOSE ISD'S THAT I REPRESENT, ABOUT 11, 12 OF THEM IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE IN THE PERIPHERY.

THEY'RE GETTING THESE DEVELOPMENTS IN FOR EXAMPLE, THE JUDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE POVERTY IS ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE BY ABOUT 10%.

SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING, PARTICULARLY AS GENTRIFICATION MIGRATES POPULATION FURTHER OUT INTO UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY.

WE'LL NEED TO DO MORE SERVICES LIKE WHAT PROJECT QUEST HAS AVAILABLE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO JUST APPRECIATE THE VISION FOR.

ABSOLUTELY. POVERTY AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE, SEASONAL BOUNDARIES.

SO HOPEFULLY OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THOSE SHOULD NOT EITHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CLAY-FLORES. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK I KNOW I HAD ALLOCATED FUNDING ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THANKSGIVING BEFORE LAST, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE COUNTY HAD GIVEN YOU GUYS FUNDING.

YOU KNOW WELL. YES, MA'AM. SO WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO MAKE SURE MORE GETS DONE.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO.

APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, MR. RODRIGUEZ, AND I'LL JUST CHIME IN.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING TOGETHER.

I TALKED TO FATHER JIMMY PRETTY REGULARLY.

I KNOW HE'S A BIG ADVOCATE.

JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUDGE.

I KNOW WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND BE GOOD PARTNERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. I'M SORRY.

ONE MORE THING. I'M NOT BACK TO MY TO 100%, SO NOT AS SHARP AS I USUALLY AM.

CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP MY OFFICE INFORMED AS YOU WORK WITH CONSTITUENTS? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE STATS ON CONSTITUENTS OF PRECINCT ONE POLICING SERVICES.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY, AND WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AS TRADITIONALLY DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LET ME ASK DAVID TO STEP FORWARD TO IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

LET ME PUT ON THE RECORD THAT AS COUNTY JUDGE I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PROJECT QUEST, COPS METRO AND THE LEADERSHIP THERE.

I'VE GIVEN MY PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO TRY TO FIND A CONTRACT THAT WILL UTILIZE THE SERVICES AND THE SUCCESSES THAT PROJECT QUEST HAS BROUGHT TO THE WORKFORCE ISSUES.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DAVID MARQUEZ AND HIS GROUP WITH THE COUNTY STAFF.

I KNOW FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE COUNTY HAS HAD A PRIOR CONTRACT AND HAS HAD A PRIOR RELATIONSHIP WITH PROJECT QUEST.

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METRO DID BRING THIS TO MY ATTENTION, SO LET ME PUT THIS ON THE RECORD.

I BELIEVE IT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND DAVID, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, THIS ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY STAFF TO IDENTIFY FUNDING AND TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT QUEST FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, AND JOB SEEKING AND PLACEMENT SERVICES FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS.

PROJECT QUEST WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN OUR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WHICH EMPHASIZES UPSKILLING WORKERS TO MEET THE DEMAND IN THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SECTOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT SECTOR IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

THAT IS A BOOMING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PRECINCT ONE, AND I THINK ALSO IN PRECINCT FOUR.

THIS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT IS A KEY PART OF THE MEETING.

THE DEMAND OF JCB, OUR NEWEST MANUFACTURER, TO COME TO BEXAR COUNTY.

TOYOTA AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE EXISTING AND EXPANDING IN BEXAR COUNTY.

PROJECT QUEST HAS BEEN ENGAGED BY HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS FROM UNINCORPORATED BEXAR AND REMEMBER SUBURBAN CITIES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WORKFORCE TRAINING.

HOWEVER, THESE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING FUNDED BY THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM.

WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP INCREASE THEIR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL, AND THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH.

PROJECT QUEST RECENTLY RELEASED A 14 YEAR STUDY, WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT THAT WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE ORGANIZATION'S EFFICACY AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

IT IS A DATA DRIVEN SOLUTION.

INVESTING IN AND UPSKILLING OUR RESIDENTS IS A KEY TO BUILDING OUR ECONOMY, MEETING THE INDUSTRY DEMANDS FOR OUR WORKFORCE.

THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT DUPLICATE READY TO WORK.

IT WOULD PRIMARILY COVER RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED BEXAR AND SUBURBAN CITIES WHO CANNOT ACCESS READY TO WORK FUNDING.

ALSO, TOO, I THINK IT ALSO TIES IN, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, TO THE REENTRY PROGRAMS AND ALSO TO OUR CURRENT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAMS OF TEXAS FAME AND TEXAS FAST TRACK, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING STAFF FIND THE FUNDING, COME UP WITH A, HOPEFULLY, A MULTIYEAR CONTRACT THAT WE CAN ENGAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.

SO, DAVID, IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD OR TO NOTE FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM, I THINK YOU COVERED IT PRETTY WELL, JUDGE.

I MEAN, OUR GOAL IS TO ALIGN OUR WORKFORCE INITIATIVES WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS, AND FOR US, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IS A KEY.

HOWEVER, ANY RESIDENT OF BEXAR COUNTY THAT'S PURSUING THAT WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING, AND THEN FOR THOSE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF OTHER FIELDS AS WELL. THAT QUEST IS VERY CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING.

SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DEVELOPING A GREAT PROGRAM FOR YOU AND BRINGING IT BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

LET'S GET THE DEAL DONE.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ON THE 10:00 POINT.

IF I MAY COURT, LET ME ASK.

[5. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items. (Part 2 of 2)]

SO, AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I ASK DWAYNE ROBINSON FROM THE MLK COMMISSION TO COME FORWARD.

DWAYNE, ARE YOU STILL HERE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE APPROVED A SPONSORSHIP FOR YOU, AND WE'D LIKE SOME UPDATES WITH THE WORLD RENOWNED MLK MARCH COMING UP.

THANK YOU, JUDGE SCOTT.

AGAIN, GOOD MORNING, AND FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DWAYNE ROBINSON, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND HONOR OF SERVING AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

COMMISSIONER, AND THIS IS MY LAST YEAR, FOR THE RECORD, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME THIS MORNING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE COMMISSION.

WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP.

AS I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE JUDGE AND WITH COMMISSIONER CALVERT, AND I THINK I MAY HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THE M.L.

KING COMMISSION WAS FOUNDED AS THE CITY COUNTY COMMISSION, AND IT IS ONE OF MY GOALS TO GET IT BACK IN ITS PROPER PLACE.

SO ALTHOUGH I WILL BE LEAVING AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION, I WILL STILL BE AROUND AND WILL BE WORKING ON TRYING TO MAKE THAT RELATIONSHIP BACK TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IF ANYONE WANTS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE M.L.

KING ACTIVITIES, SIMPLY GO TO SA.GOV/MLKING AND ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE THERE.

JUDGE COMMISSIONER CALVERT WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT OUR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT, WHICH WILL BE ON THAT SATURDAY, JANUARY THE 18TH.

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I WANT TO CLOSE WITH THIS JUDGE, IF I MAY.

I'M GOING TO DO YOU ALL A FAVOR.

I'M GOING TO ANSWER A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

SO WE GET A QUESTION ALL THE TIME OF WHY OR HOW DO WE HAVE THE LARGEST M.L.

KING MARCH COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES I GET THAT QUESTION ALL THE TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE MAKE THE ASSUMPTION, BECAUSE OF THE SMALL POPULATION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY, THEY SAY, WELL, HOW DO YOU HAVE THE LARGEST MARCH IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST MARCH IN THE WORLD? I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU IN THIS WAY.

SO WITH THE COMMISSION THAT MARCH IN AND OF ITSELF TO ORGANIZE 200 TO 300,000 PEOPLE TO MARCH IS NOT EASY TO MOVE THOSE PEOPLE ALONG TO KEEP THEM SAFE.

IT'S NOT EASY.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE LINE UP.

SO DAVID, IF WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE PORTAL AND THEY HAVE TO REGISTER TO ACTUALLY MARCH, AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHY DO WE DO THAT? WELL, WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE.

SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE A SPONSOR THAT CONTRIBUTES $50,000 TO THE COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND THEY GET TO THE MARCH, AND WE HAVE THIS LINEUP.

WE HAVE THESE INDICATORS THAT TELL YOU WHERE YOU LINE UP IN THE MARCH, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT AREAS OR CATEGORIES THAT YOU LINE UP IN.

ALL RIGHT. SO I GIVE $50,000, COMMISSIONER MOODY, AND I GET THERE THAT MONDAY MORNING AND I FIND OUT I'M IN SECTION FIVE, AND I SAID, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, I JUST GAVE YOU $50,000 AND YOU WANT US TO LINE UP IN SECTION FIVE.

SO THEY HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION WITH OUR MARCH MARSHALS, AND THEN THEY SAY, OKAY, WE'LL GET IN SECTION FIVE.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE LARGEST MARCH IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THEY DO EVERYTHING IN A MANNER THAT REFLECTS WHAT KING PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO DO FOR ALL OF US, AND AS I HEARD YOUR TESTIMONY THIS MORNING COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THIS JOURNEY ISN'T GIVEN TO THE SWIFT, BUT TO HIM WHO ENDURETH TO THE END, AND YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP ON ENDURING. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

I WANTED TO PERSONALLY MAKE SURE I CAME INTO THE COURT TO TELL YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN KIND AND GENEROUS FOR THE THREE YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED AS CHAIR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING JUST A REGULAR MARCHER IN THE FUTURE.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED OF ME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

SO, CHURCH AND I'LL GET SOME CREDENTIALS TO YOU SOON.

YES, SIR. DWAYNE, FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE MARCH AND THE TIMES? AND WHERE DOES IT START AND WHERE DOES IT END? ALL RIGHT, SO THE MARCH WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, JANUARY THE 20TH, WHICH WILL BE THE SAME DAY AS THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT THE MARCH TRADITIONALLY ALWAYS STARTS AT THE M.L.

KING ACADEMY.

FOLKS USUALLY START LINING UP ABOUT 8:00 IN THE MORNING, AND THEN THE MARCH TAKES PLACE AT 10:00 IS WHEN WE TAKE OFF FROM THERE AND THEN WHERE DOES IT END? AND IT ENDS AT PITTMAN SULLIVAN PARK, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAM AND AMONGST OTHER THINGS, OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER THIS YEAR WILL BE MISS ANDREA WATERS KING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S DAUGHTER IN LAW.

SO WE HAVE A SIBLING THAT WILL OR A DIRECT MEMBER OF THE FAMILY THAT WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER THIS YEAR, AND YOU'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTIRE PUBLIC AND THE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT OUR MLK MARCH, OUR RECEPTION AND RECOGNITION FOR THE GREAT THINGS MARTIN LUTHER KING DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.

ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOUR WIFE.

SHE CAME TO THE ORIENTATION AND SHE WAS THERE FOR THE WHOLE TIME FOR THAT PORTION OF IT.

THAT IS REALLY KIND OF HER.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING HER THERE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YOU NEED TO THANK HER.

OKAY. WE'LL DO THAT, AND THE SHERIFF.

EXCUSE ME. THE POLICE CHIEF MADE SOME COMMENTS LAST NIGHT AT OUR MLK COMMISSION MEETING.

WE KNOW AS A RESULT OF THE UNFORTUNATE TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS, THAT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

SO YOU WON'T HEAR ME SAYING MUCH.

WE'LL HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER SPEAKS TO SAFETY.

THANK YOU, DWAYNE. ALL RIGHT.

YES. LET ME JUST THANK AGAIN, DWAYNE, FOR THESE MANY YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN A LITTLE LONGER THAN MAYBE YOU ANTICIPATED PUTTING IN, AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS WHO WORK SO HARD THROUGH THE COMMITTEES TO MAKE ALL OF THE MANY EVENTS A SUCCESS.

I'LL BE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE INTERFAITH SERVICE AS WELL WITH THE PASTORS, AND SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE POURING IN SO MUCH, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS

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REVEREND KHALIS AND HIS CHILDREN STARTED OUT ON THE CORNER BASICALLY BY THEMSELVES, MAYBE 4 OR 5 FOLKS IN ABOUT 1974 AND WERE MARCHING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO GET DOCTOR KING HOLIDAY.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS NOT POPULAR IN AMERICAN CONVERSATION POLITICALLY TO HAVE A MARCH AND OF COURSE, IN 1978 AND THAT WAS OUT AT THE CORNER OF MLK AND NEW BRAUNFELS STREET WHERE HE HAD A FOLGERS COFFEE CAN RAISING MONEY FOR STATUE AND OTHER MONUMENTS TO DOCTOR KING, AND IN 1978, 50 PEOPLE BEGAN WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE 1ST MARCH AND MANY OF THEM ARE PEOPLE THAT FOLKS ON THE DAIS KNOW AND HAVE SINCE GONE HOME TO GLORY.

THERE ARE A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE STILL HERE WITH US, AND OF COURSE, THAT MARCH KEPT GROWING FROM 50 PEOPLE TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THAT IT HAS NOW, WITH AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE OF 1986, WHEN HENRY CISNEROS WAS MAYOR AND COMMISSIONED THE JOINT BEXAR COUNTY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMISSION, WITH AARONETTA PIERCE SERVING AS THE FIRST CHAIRWOMAN OF THAT JOINT COMMISSION.

AGAIN, IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT'S GOING ON, THE MARCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROTEST MARCH.

THE MARCH IS NOT A PARADE.

WE DO NOT DO WHAT ATLANTA DOES, AND WE PROUDLY DON'T DO A PARADE BECAUSE DOCTOR KING NEVER PARADED.

DOCTOR KING MARCHED, AND WE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE BEST WAY TO HONOR HIS LEGACY WAS NOT TO DO ANOTHER FIESTA EVENT, BUT TO MARCH ON THE ISSUES THAT HE CARED ABOUT.

SO THERE ARE ISSUES OF PEACE AROUND THE WORLD THAT HE WOULD, AS A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER, WOULD BE, WE BELIEVE, MARCHING FOR TODAY. THERE ARE ISSUES OF ANTI-VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR STREETS.

SO WE THINK HE WOULD BE WORKING TO HEAL THE BRIDGE OF VIOLENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES TODAY.

THERE ARE ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM THAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WITH TOXIC COCKTAILS, OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS.

ONLY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HE, WE BELIEVE WOULD BE MARCHING FOR TODAY.

THERE ARE ISSUES OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND EMPLOYMENT AND IN CONTRACTING THAT WE KNOW HE FOUGHT FOR.

THERE ARE ISSUES OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE THAT HE DIED FOR GARBAGE WORKERS IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, FIGHTING FOR THAT CONTINUE, AND SO PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR SIGNS ON VOTING RIGHTS ON ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO RAISE.

THE SPIRIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IS WHAT WE DO.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR CARRYING ON DOCTOR KING'S LEGACY AND ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS THAT THEY POSSIBLY COULD IN THIS MARCH.

SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL MARCH 2025.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IN ALL OF MY COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY, THAT THE M.L.

KING COMMISSION IS BY FAR THE BEST AND THE THING THAT I TAKE PRIDE IN THE MOST, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, I TELL YOU, WHEN I LEAVE, I DEFINITELY WILL BE ON EMPTY.

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT IN THE TANK.

ALL RIGHT. BLESS YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALSO TAKE NOTE SOME OF THE SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP WANTED TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE CONSENT ITEMS. PAMELA ALLEN, I'M GOING TO LET YOU IF YOU STILL HERE.

AGENDA ITEM 93 WAS PASSED BY CONSENT, BUT I'LL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK IF YOU WISH.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

THIS IS ON BEHALF OF EAGLE'S FLIGHT ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH, AND COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US AND FOR JOINING THE FIGHT.

THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE FED OVER 115,000 THAT HAVE COME TO OUR OUTREACH CENTER, THAT WE'VE MET IN THE STREETS, AND THAT WE HAVE JUST EXTENDED A HAND OF HOPE TO.

WE ARE IN EVERY DISTRICT.

WE ARE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED THAT YOU'VE JOINED US IN THIS SURGE IN HELPING TO REACH THE COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND WITH ALL OF YOU.

WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING THOSE WHO ARE HURTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PURSUING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BURY THE LITTLE ONE THAT WAS BORN AT THE WHATABURGER

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COMMISSIONER CALVERT AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS IN WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE INTEND ON DOING THROUGH THESE NEXT YEARS AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 12TH YEAR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU PAMELA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND WE'VE GONE A LONG WAY BACK TO, I BELIEVE OKAY.

CAN WE HAD ONE MATTER, THOMAS, TO CORRECT THE WHICH AGENDA ITEM IS IT 84 TO CORRECT THE NAME OF BRETT SNYDER TO STEVEN ROBERT SCHNEIDER? IT'S THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BEXAR 911 METRO TO CORRECT THE NAME.

IS THERE A MOTION TO AMEND? SO MOVED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

LET ME ASK FOR A PAUSE.

COMMISSIONERS. LET US NOW GO TO TIME.

CERTAIN. I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT RATHER QUICKLY.

THE 10:00 NINE TIME CERTAIN.

[4.a. 10:00 a.m. - Discussion and appropriate action regarding the following: I. Public Hearing - on the proposed allocation of the U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) FY 2024 Program funds in the amount of $873,940 for the Fiscal Year 2024 - 25 to be shared between Bexar County and the City of San Antonio. II. Immediately following item 4(A)(1) - Discussion and appropriate action regarding the FY 2024 JAG program recommended allocations and ratification of the submission of the final application to the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ); execution of the Certifications and Assurances document by the County's Chief Executive Officer; permission to apply the digital signature of the Bexar County Judge to the electronic application, and to accept the grant funding upon award.]

IT IS NOW TIME.

THE TIME IS NOW. 10:17 A.M..

I'M CALLING TO ORDER A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FY 24 PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT.

ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? IN REGARDS TO THE ALLOCATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JAG JUSTICE ASSISTANT GRANT FOR FY 2024 PROGRAM FUNDS? HEARING NONE.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS NOW.

THE TIME IS 1017, AND WE WILL BE CONCLUDING OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION.

MISS TANYA, IS THERE ANY UPDATE FROM STAFF? YES, SIR. JUST A QUICK PRESENTATION.

THE OVERVIEW OF THE JAG ALLOCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

THIS YEAR THEY RUN ON A DIFFERENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ON 2024.

THIS YEAR WE'RE RECEIVING $873,940.

THIS IS A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR OF ABOUT 12%.

WE DO SPLIT THIS 60% TO THE COUNTY AND 40% TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE RECEIVING $524,000, AND THEN WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE CITY WILL BE RECEIVING $349,000, AND JUST TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE, I APOLOGIZE FOR SKIPPING THAT.

THIS IS A TIMELINE FOR THE LOCAL APPLICATION PROCESS.

THIS IS DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THE RELEASE THE SOLICITATIONS BACK IN SEPTEMBER OCTOBER.

THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE CONVENE MET ON OCTOBER 18TH.

WE HAVE THE DEADLINE FOR THE 22ND OF OCTOBER, AND THEN WE RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION IN DECEMBER.

SO NOW WE'RE HERE PRESENTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

ONCE WE GET THIS APPROVED, WE'LL THEN SEND IT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MONEY.

SO WHAT WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE JAG COMMITTEE IS PROPOSING IS CONTINUING THE SAME POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FOR THE PERSONNEL REQUESTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL ALLOCATIONS $524,000 WITH THE EXISTING STAFF.

THE WITH ALL THE COLAS AND THE INCREASES THAT WE HAD, IT WILL BE $617,000.

SO THERE'S A SMALL THERE'S A SHORTFALL OF $93,000.

HOWEVER, WE HAD SAVINGS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR THE JAG ALLOCATION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THAT SAVINGS TO ALLOCATE FOR THAT SHORTFALL.

SO WE DON'T NEED TO ACCESS ANYTHING IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO TODAY STAFF IS ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE JAG RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I JUST PRESENTED TO YOU.

RATIFICATION OF THE SUBMISSION OF THE ELECTRONIC GRANT APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 JAG FUNDS AND APPROVAL TO BE SIGNED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, WHICH IS THE COUNTY JUDGE.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, SO CAN YOU JUST TELL US HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO PREVIOUS YEARS THEN? HAS HAS THIS GRANT I ASSUME IT'S AN ANNUAL BASIS AND HAS IT INCREASED OR IS IT GOING DOWN? IT'S GOING DOWN. SO LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A TOTAL ALLOCATION OF $994,000, WITH 596 BEING ALLOCATED FOR THE

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IN 2022 WAS LESS AT $899,000.

SO IT'S FLUCTUATED UP AND DOWN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THIS YEAR IT'S GOING DOWN.

OKAY, AND DO WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE, OR IS IT JUST BASED ON FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR, FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM OR.

I BELIEVE SO. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO PREDICT THE AMOUNT.

I THINK IT'S JUST WHATEVER THEY ALLOCATE, AND I ASSUME THESE THESE POSITIONS WOULD CONTINUE.

THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY BE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND IF THE GRANT DOESN'T SUPPORT THEM IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S CORRECT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND, AND HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN A 60/40 SPLIT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CITY, OR HAS THAT CHANGED OVER TIME? I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT PERCENTAGE, BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN 60%.

COMMISSIONER. IT'S FOR DECADES BEEN 60/40.

HOWEVER, THE VERY FIRST ALLOCATION, THE CITY WANTED TO USE EITHER ONE ALL OF ONE YEAR OR ALL OF TWO YEARS FUNDING TO PURCHASE SAPD A HELICOPTER AND SO THAT WAS THE DEAL.

THEY GOT ALL THE MONEY IN THAT FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IN EXCHANGE, WE WOULD GET 60% THEREAFTER.

OKAY, I AND APPRECIATE THE HISTORY THERE.

I GUESS I WAS JUST AS THIS IS FOCUSED ON COURTS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE COUNTY FOCUSED EVEN THAN 60/40.

CAN YOU JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY? MAYBE TO THE 40% THAT GOES TO THE CITY? WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY USING? YOU KNOW, DOJ FUNDS FOR? I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THAT ANSWER.

DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON? IT'S IN THE BACKUP, TANYA.

IT'S THE CHILD WELFARE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TASK FORCE, SPECIFICALLY TWO FULL TIME INVESTIGATORS AND TRAINING.

OKAY. OKAY.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT? LET ME ASK THIS, TANYA.

IN THESE GRANTS, AND I WAS ON THE DISTRICT COURT SIDE OF IT ASKING FOR GRANTS THROUGH THIS, THE ED BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM.

RIGHT? YES, AND SO IT'S AN ANNUAL PROCESS THAT THE COUNTY GOES THROUGH, AND WE HAVE A, I BELIEVE, A GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND GOES THROUGH A VETTING, SO TO SPEAK.

THAT'S CORRECT. I'M CURIOUS FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE FUNDING OF ALL OUR SPECIALTY COURTS OUR DRUG COURTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE CRIMINAL OR CIVIL SIDE.

HOW MANY OF THESE COURTS ARE DEPENDENT ON THIS PARTICULAR GRANT? AND AS THE FUNDING DECREASES, IS THAT ANOTHER FACTOR THAT I'M ALERTING THE COURT THAT WE MAY WELL HAVE TO CONSIDER SUPPLEMENTING? CORRECT.

SUPPLEMENT OR SUPPLANTING THAT FUNDING? DO WE DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THAT? SO IT'S ABOUT IT'S THE DWI COURT.

THE MISDEMEANOR DRUG COURT, AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE AND THE WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH COURT.

SO THERE'S THREE COURTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THIS GRANT SPECIFICALLY, AND HOW MUCH, IN AN AGGREGATE, IS THAT ON AN ANNUAL BUDGET YEAR? WITH THIS SPECIFIC GRANT OR THE ENTIRE GRANT? WELL, THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.

THIS IS ABOUT 500 TO 600,000 FOR THIS GRANT.

SO DEPENDING OBVIOUSLY WITH THE NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION COMING IN, WE HOPEFULLY THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME ONGOING.

IT'S A IT'S HOPEFULLY BEEN INGRAINED SO THAT BUT WE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GETTING REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY OVER THE YEARS. CORRECT. YEAH.

SO IT'S FLUCTUATED UP AND DOWN THIS YEAR.

IT'S GOING DOWN, AND THERE COULD BE A TIME WHERE CERTAIN GRANTS COULD TERMINATE.

YES, SIR. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, AND IN ORDER FOR THESE COURTS TO CONTINUE, THE COURT'S GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER FUNDING THESE, SUPPLANTING THESE GRANTS WITH GENERAL REVENUE.

IS THAT DAVID? IS THAT ALL PART OF THAT ARPA DISCUSSION OF FUNDING COURTS, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE GRANTS THAT PERHAPS AT SOME POINT WE MAY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND, CONTINUE THE FUNDING.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH. OBVIOUSLY, THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANTED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THEM USING GENERAL FUNDS OR NOT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION.

I BELIEVE, BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE 10:00 HEARING.

ALSO, AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I NOTE THAT TWO OTHERS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM UP.

MARK VOJVODICH, LET ME GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT, AND THEN CONSTABLE TEJEDA, YOU'RE AFTER CONSTABLE

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN 2024.

WE HAVE A DIVERSE COURT.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU ALL BRING TO US HERE.

REBECA CLAY-FLORES BRINGS THAT EXPERIENCE FROM NONPROFITS ALSO TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ IS AN ACCOMPLISHED ATTORNEY, SPENT TIME AS A CITY COUNCILMAN BEFORE HE CAME INTO COMMISSIONERS COURT, AND ALSO AS A TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

OUR JUDGE WAS A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.

HE'S NO STRANGER TO THIS COURTHOUSE OR EVERYTHING THAT OPERATES HERE.

GRANT MOODY, HIS MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCORPORATE, ALL OF THESE INCLUDING COMMISSIONER CALVERT IN HIS EFFORTS TODAY AND HIS EXPERIENCES BRINGING UP TO HERE, BRINGS A DIVERSE COURT, SOMETIMES OPPOSING OPINIONS, BUT IT ALL COMES TOGETHER AT SOME POINT IN TIME SUCCESSFULLY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THAT PROCESS.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT.

WE HAVE HAD EXCELLENT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES.

WE WANT TO RESOLVE THOSE DIFFERENCES.

AS A GROUP OF CONSTABLES WITH YOU ON ANYTHING WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ON AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRESS IN THE COURT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I WANTED TO THANK YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR EAGLE FLIGHT.

IT'S AN AREA THAT WE WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU ON, AND WITH EAGLE FLIGHT IN THEIR TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION, AS WELL AS RECEIVE ANY TRAINING THEY MAY HAVE FOR US.

A PARTICULAR INTEREST OF MINE IS THE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND THAT'S A LARGE ISSUE AREA THAT WE CAN WORK ON ADJACENT TO AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC EXCEPT TO WELCOME YOU INTO THE NEW YEAR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAST SERVICES.

WE DO HAVE ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO RESOLVE WITH OUR CAPTAINS POSITIONS AND OTHER AREAS THAT WILL COME OUT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, BUT WE KNOW THEY'LL BE RESOLVED AS THEY HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO IT AND TAKING THE TIME OUT TO LISTEN TO US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU TO RESOLVE THESE OTHER SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

FIRST THING, COMMISSIONER, I'M WITH YOU.

I PRAY FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS IT WAS ITEM NUMBER 57.

ITEM 57.

THIS YOUNG MAN WAS HIRED IN NOVEMBER AND WASN'T APPROVED OR PUT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE HE WAS A REHIRE UNTIL TODAY. SO Y'ALL APPROVED HIM.

MY STATEMENT HERE IS I'VE ALREADY HIRED THREE P01 DEPUTIES, AND THERE IS A CONFUSION ON THE CAPTAIN POSITION, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS COMING UP, BUT I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH SOMEONE FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE, ALSO SOMEONE FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES, AND GET THE EXPLANATION DONE, AND LIKE THAT, WE CAN SOLVE THIS MATTER.

MY CAPTAIN HAS BEEN DOING HIS WORK FOR 15 YEARS, SO THERE'S NO WAY I CAN PUT HIM INTO AN EXEMPT POSITION WITH LESS MONEY.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

SO THERE'S THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE, AND WE HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED VERY WELL WITH THE BUSINESS PARTNERS AS THEY'RE CALLED. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND IRON OUT WHATEVER PROBLEMS ARE COMING UP.

ALL FOUR CONSTABLES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CAPTAIN POSITION NONEXEMPT.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED IS FOR IT TO BE EXEMPT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THE DECISION OF IT BEING EXEMPT OR WHAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION THEY GOT THIS FROM.

BECAUSE THERE'S NO CAPTAIN IN BEXAR COUNTY THAT IS EXEMPT.

THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE EXEMPT ARE THE CHIEFS.

THE CHIEFS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THE CHIEFS, YOU KNOW, SO THE.

I KNOW THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE EXEMPT.

SO THE THING IS THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO IRON OUT AND KIND OF STAY ON COURSE OF HOW WE'RE GOING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SUPPORT MY DEPUTIES IN THEIR ENDEAVORS AND HOW THEY DO WORK.

THE OFFICERS THAT I HAVE HAVE BEEN DOING VERY GOOD FOR MANY YEARS, SO I'M JUST ASKING THE COURT FOR A MEETING.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CONSTABLE.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TRY TO FINISH OUT THE CONSENT.

WE JUST HAVE, I BELIEVE, A COUPLE MORE COMMISSIONER MOODY.

I BELIEVE WE ARE ON ITEM 60.

WE HAD CALLED IT UP FOR APPROVAL.

EXECUTION GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY ALAMEDA THEATER CONSERVANCY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND 250,000 FOR FY 24-25.

$250,000 25-26 FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 500,000 FROM THE VENUE PROJECT FUND.

YES, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, I FOUND MY EXPERT.

I'M GOING TO TAG HIM IN RIGHT NOW.

SO HERE IT IS. ALL RIGHT.

TONY. ALL RIGHT.

MY APOLOGIES. COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE ARE MOVING TOO FAST.

YEAH. TRUE MIRACLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ME IN BEFORE LUNCH.

THAT'S AWESOME. SO, YES, I UNDERSTOOD YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ITEM.

YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM IS A ROUTINE ITEM WE'VE HAD OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, SINCE EARLY 2017, WHEN WE FIRST DID THE FIRST INITIAL FUNDING AGREEMENT, AND AGAIN, IT'S IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, WHICH IS A SMALL BOARD.

RIGHT NOW, THE BOARD IS A FOUR PERSON BOARD.

CONSISTS OF A MEMBER FROM THE COUNTY, WHICH IS MYSELF, A MEMBER FROM THE CITY, FROM TPR AND FROM LA FAMILIA CORTEZ OR FAMILIA CORTEZ.

THE CORTEZ FAMILY, AND SO WE HAVE A CURRENT EFFORT TO BUILD THE THEATER OR RENOVATE THE THEATER, AND THAT WE'RE CARRYING A COUPLE OF CONTRACTS, A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND A PROJECT, A PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.

THOSE ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE CAPITAL FUNDING THAT WE'VE COMMITTED.

WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH CONSULTANTS, A GENTLEMAN NAMED TREY JACOBSON, WHO'S BEEN RUNNING OUR DAY TO DAY FOR US AS THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY DIRECTOR, AND WE HAVE BOOKKEEPER.

WE HAVE A LEGAL PERSON ON RETAINER.

SO THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT THIS FUNDING IS INTENDED TO COVER.

THERE'S INTENT IN THE FUTURE.

AS WE GET CLOSER TO OPENING TO HIRE STAFF AND TO BEGIN DEVELOPING THE OPERATIONS OF THE THEATER, WE FEEL THAT THESE NEXT TWO YEARS ARE THE CRITICAL TIME.

WE'VE HAD SOME DELAYS.

THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE INTENDED TO BE OPEN MUCH SOONER THAN WE ARE, AND WE HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT PUTS US IN CONSTRUCTION THIS SPRING THROUGH ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN PREPARING FOR A SEASON OF PERFORMANCES IN 2026.

THAT'S THE CURRENT.

YEAH, AND I THINK I GENERALLY UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND AND THE RENOVATIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF ONGOING.

THAT'S STILL AT LEAST A TWO YEAR KIND OF TIMELINE.

CORRECT, BUT I GUESS JUST HELP ME WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU SHARED WITH US IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 23, BUT IT WAS ONLY 50K, I BELIEVE.

YEAH, BUT WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR TODAY IS 250 FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.

SO IS THAT AN OVERESTIMATE AND YOU ASSUME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO STAY MORE IN THAT LOWER RANGE? OR ARE THERE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND EXPENSES THAT ARE NOW COMING ONLINE BECAUSE WE'RE FURTHER DOWN THIS PROCESS? YEAH, AND I APOLOGIZE, I WAS FOCUSED ON THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THE NUMBERS, BUT WE DID.

IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS, THERE IS A TWO YEAR CAPITAL OR TWO YEAR OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD THAT DOES IDENTIFY THE USE OF THE FUNDS, AND, YES, THERE IS AN INTENT THAT AS WE GET INTO THE FINAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION AND INTO INTO THE PREPARATIONS FOR OPENING, THERE WILL BE ADDED COSTS FOR AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A HIGHER STAFF OR TO ENGAGE OPERATORS, AND SO THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE EXHIBIT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT IS BEING APPROVED.

OKAY. WAS THAT IN THE BACKGROUND THEN IT WAS IN THE BACKGROUND.

IT SHOULD BE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE ITEM THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

YES. I JUST REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE ONE THIS MORNING THAT YOU SENT THAT HAD THE BREAKDOWN.

THAT WAS THE ACTUAL EXPENSES.

SO SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS IS THE NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER.

THEY MONTHLY PROVIDE A SUPPORT ON WHAT THEY HAVE USED FUNDING FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO VALIDATE, AND CERTAINLY THEY'VE BEEN UNDER FOR THE WHOLE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, THEY'VE NEVER I THINK FOR THE TOTAL THEY HAVEN'T REACHED $250,000 IN THE CUMULATIVE, BUT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN COGNIZANT OF NOT SPENDING WHAT'S NOT NEEDED, AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY INTEND TO GET THIS PROJECT IN A POSITION WHERE IT WILL BE AS REPRESENTED WHICH IS OPEN FOR PERFORMANCES.

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I THINK SOME OF THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN TO GO FORWARD.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE REALLY HAD A DISCUSSION ON IT.

SO I KIND OF WANTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND OBVIOUSLY GOING FROM 50K TO THE 250 REQUEST FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A GOOD BOARD AND THERE'S HIGH HOPES FOR THE PROJECT THERE.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION AS WE GO FORWARD SO WE CAN JUST UNDERSTAND IT AS THESE THINGS COME UP PRIOR TO COURT. YES, AND WE'LL EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ANY MEMBER OF COURT.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE THEATER.

WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN VISITING, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL KEEP YOU ABREAST, AND AS WE MOVE INTO PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. I'LL MOVE. APPROVAL.

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOONEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, JUDGE TONY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION RELATED TO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE I DID MY MOST RECENT TOUR.

WE'VE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES.

THE BACKGROUND SAYS NEXT MONTH THAT THERE IS POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN.

IS THAT, AND YOU SAID SPRING.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNEW WHEN TO EXPECT SOME MOVEMENT THERE.

IS IT AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH OR IS IT? AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH. YEAH, I THAT WAS THIS.

I'LL BE HONEST. I WROTE THE ACF, I WROTE IT WAS I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT END OF LAST YEAR WHEN I STARTED, YOU KNOW, UPDATING IT.

I MAY NOT HAVE I KNOW WE HAD A MEETING THIS LAST IN DECEMBER AND THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF IN MY HEAD I GOT THE SPRING, SO MAYBE IT SLIPPED A MONTH OR TWO, BUT I KNOW THAT.

YEAH. FOR CERTAIN WE INTEND TO BE IN CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. IN THE EARLY PART OF 25, AND AGAIN, THE IDEA BEING THAT WE'LL NEED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR TO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION FINISHED TO WHERE WE CAN BE READY FOR.

OKAY, AND THEN I KNOW THERE WAS ALSO A YOU KNOW, I GUESS A PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITMENT TO RAISE SOME FUNDS.

I THINK IT WAS CHAIRED BY EDDIE AND CHRISTINA ALDERETE.

HOW ARE THOSE EFFORTS GOING? I HAVE NOT REALLY KEPT UP WITH WHERE THEY ARE, BUT HAVE THEY RAMPED UP THAT FUNDRAISING TO HELP WITH THE PARTNERSHIP? SO WE HAVE WE HAVE BEGUN WE'VE RAISED ABOUT 10% OF OUR GOAL THUS FAR, AND WE ARE MOVING INTO, INTO THE, THE FULL BORE INITIATION OF THAT.

WE'VE ADDED MEMBERS TO OUR BOARD.

THE BOARD, THE ALAMEDA BOARD HAS EXPANDED AS WELL.

SO SO THERE CERTAINLY IS GOING TO BE SOME, SOME ADVANCEMENT TOWARD ALL THAT.

THE ANTICIPATED IS AGAIN, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL, AND THAT ALSO AFFECTS THE TAX CREDITS, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER BIG PART OF THIS BUDGET, IS WE HAVE A HISTORIC STATE AND FEDERAL TAX CREDITS, AND THOSE NEED TO BE BACKED BY THE FULL THE FULL BUDGET, AND SO THAT'S AGAIN WHERE WE'LL HAVE A FULL USE OF ABOUT $18 MILLION OF FEDERAL, STATE AND FEDERAL TAX CREDITS.

OKAY, AND SO, YEAH, ALL THAT IS, IS ALL BEING WORKED INTO THE PLAN OF HOW WE GET FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW TO, TO.

OKAY, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME FITS AND STARTS ON THIS PROJECT.

SOME OF IT OBVIOUSLY DUE TO COVID BUT IT'S A LONG ANTICIPATED REHAB, AND I KNOW CERTAINLY MY PREDECESSOR, COMMISSIONER ELIZONDO, WAS A CHAMPION FOR THIS PROJECT, AS WAS JUDGE WOLFF.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE BY THE MIDDLE PART, IF NOT THE FALL OF 2026, THAT'S WHEN POTENTIALLY WILL BE THE LONG AWAITED UNVEILING. IS THAT. YES.

OKAY. DAN, SHAKING HIS HEAD.

YES, I'M GOING TO HOLD HIM TO IT AS WELL.

OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, TONY, AND I THINK TO COMMISSIONER MOODY'S POINT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OCCASIONAL UPDATES AS THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS UP WOULD BE, I THINK WELCOME.

WE APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE THE COURT'S SUPPORT ON THIS.

WE KNOW THAT JUDGE SAKAI HAS ALSO EXPRESSED GREAT, GREAT SUPPORT ON THIS, AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUDGE.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS? YEAH I JUST WANT TO TELL TONY.

SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING ON THIS.

IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET THE ALAMEDA THEATER UP AND GOING, AND THEN JUST ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU JUGGLE FOR THE COUNTY.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ OR COMMISSIONER MOODY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

LET'S CONTINUE ON.

[82. Authorization for staff to negotiate the terms of a professional services agreement with BGR Group for federal lobbying services to represent the legislative interests of Bexar County in Washington, D.C. before members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as well as before certain federal agencies and commissions as may be necessary, for consideration of Commissioners Court once the terms of a final proposed agreement are reached.]

82, AUTHORIZATION FOR STAFF TO NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BGR GROUP FOR FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES TO REPRESENT THE LEGISLATIVE INTEREST OF BEXAR COUNTY IN WASHINGTON, DC, BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE UNITED STATES SENATE AS WELL AS CERTAIN AS BEFORE, CERTAIN FEDERAL

[01:35:03]

COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU ASKED THAT IT BE PULLED.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES, JUDGE.

I JUST WENT AHEAD AND PULLED THIS ITEM.

YOU KNOW, I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH LEADERSHIP AT BGR AND DISCUSSED THEIR THEIR PROPOSED SERVICES AND EVERYTHING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I DID NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH OR ANY QUESTIONS OF THEIR ABILITY TO FULFILL THE CONTRACT.

OBVIOUSLY, JUST BEING CONSISTENT WITH MY CONCERNS AND OPPOSITION TO TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING AND THIS OBVIOUSLY BEING A LOBBYING CONTRACT FOR BEXAR COUNTY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPPOSE THIS MEASURE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT AFTER MEETING WITH THE GROUP, NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALISM OR CAPABILITY OF THE GROUP, BUT RATHER THE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT IS IN PLACE WITH THIS CONTRACT.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? JUDGE I'D MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE AND PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ MOTIONS.

SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUDGE, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF THROW A SUGGESTION.

I HAVE STUDIED BGR NOTE OF HALEY BARBOUR.

THEY'RE A BIG FIRM.

THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED. ONE OF THE BEST.

I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FEDERAL LOBBYING TEAM DID ACCOMPLISH QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST SESSION, AND THEY'RE ALSO BIPARTISAN, AND I WONDERED IF WE COULD EXPAND THE BUDGET FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES TO GET MORE IN TANDEM.

SO THERE'S NO NO OBJECTION TO.

I'M SORRY, I'M SAYING HALEY BARBOUR.

BGR, BUT TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE DONE SOME GOOD WORK TO WORK AS A TEAM BECAUSE IT IS A BIG PLACE, DC IS A VERY, VERY BIG PLACE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THOMAS, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES.

HAVE I MISSED ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT? NO, SIR. LET ME ALERT.

[4.b. 10:30 a.m. - EXECUTIVE SESSION (DISCUSSION ONLY: CLOSED TO PUBLIC) (Pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code) EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION. I. §551.071 Consultation with Attorney for advice regarding: a. Pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers in the matters of: i. Augustin Pruneda, et al v. Bexar County, Texas b. A matter in which the duty of the attorney to the government body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Government Code, specifically: i. A Memorandum of Understanding by and among Bexar County, a Texas political subdivision, the City of San Antonio, a municipal corporation and San Antonio Spurs, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company owning the National Basketball Association franchise for the professional basketball team known as the San Antonio Spurs; ii. A resolution designating the San Antonio Spurs proposed arena as a venue project under local government code chapter 334 and designating methods of financing for the proposed project, subject to voter approval at an election called for such purpose; iii. Joint creation of Bexar County and City of San Antonio San Pedro Creek Development Authority, a local government corporation; and iv. Potential litigation related to allegations involving certain insulin and semaglutide manufacturers, and pharmacy benefit managers. II. §551.087 Economic Development Negotiations regarding: a. A Memorandum of Understanding by and among Bexar County, a Texas political subdivision, the City of San Antonio, a municipal corporation and San Antonio Spurs, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company owning the National Basketball Association franchise for the professional basketball team known as the San Antonio Spurs. b. A resolution designating the San Antonio Spurs proposed arena as a venue project under local government code chapter 334 and designating methods of financing for the proposed project, subject to voter approval at an election called for such purpose.]

WE ARE.

THE COURT WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TIMES 10:43 A.M..

EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE COURT'S ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.

A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN THE MATTERS OF AUGUSTINE PRUNEDA ET AL VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS.

B, LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY FOR BEXAR COUNTY UNDER TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND AMONG BEXAR COUNTY, A TEXAS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS.

I2 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS PROPOSED ARENA AS A VENUE PROJECT UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 334 . III, JOINT CREATION OF BEXAR COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SAN PEDRO CREEK DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION AND 4I POTENTIAL LITIGATION RELATED TO ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING CERTAIN INSULIN AND SEMAGLUTIDE MANUFACTURERS AND PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, SPECIFICALLY, SUBSECTION I, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND AMONG BEXAR COUNTY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, AND II, A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS PROPOSED ARENA AS A VENUE PROJECT UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 334.

THE COURT IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL ASK IF, WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION, I'LL ASK THAT THE COUNTY MANAGER, THE LEGAL COUNSEL AND CO-COUNSEL REMAIN. I'LL ASK THAT MY CHIEF OF STAFF ALSO REMAIN IN REGARDS TO THE SPURS DISCUSSION.

JUDGE SAKAI, FOR THE RECORD, SINCE I WASN'T HERE AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF WAS IN SOME MEETINGS, I REQUESTED THAT SHE WOULD STAY HERE ONLY FOR THE SPURS DISCUSSION AS WELL.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEN THOSE CHIEF OF STAFF'S WILL REMAIN.

[01:40:04]

ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 12:18 P.M..

THE COURT HAS COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL TAKE UP THE FOLLOWING, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO RECESS FOR LUNCH FOR 30-45 MINUTES.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO AS BEST WE CAN IN ORDER TO THEN GET TO THE AFTERNOON MATTERS ON INDIVIDUAL.

AT THIS TIME, DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO THE JOINT CREATION OF THE BEXAR COUNTY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

[4.c. Immediately following Item 4B: Discussion and appropriate action related to the joint creation of the Bexar County and City of San Antonio San Pedro Creek Development Authority (the "Authority"), a local government corporation to act on behalf of the County and the City in developing, financing, owning, and leasing a multi-purpose recreational and civic facility to be used, in part, for minor league baseball, as well as for college and high school sporting events, other non-professional sporting events, conventions, meetings, festivals, special events, and other community events and purposes and consideration of a resolution authorizing and approving the creation.]

OTHER NONPROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENTS, CONVENTIONS, MEETINGS, FESTIVALS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PURPOSES AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE CREATION.

MOTION TO APPROVE. JUDGE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? JUDEGE? COMMISSIONER MOODY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT THIS ITEM, THIS TO ME APPEARS TO BE, YOU KNOW, AN ADMIN REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THE DECISION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MADE BY THE COURT, AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TASK THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED IN ORDER FOR THE COURT TO MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING.

LET ME GO AHEAD, AND FOR PURPOSE OF THE RECORD TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM SIX.

[6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary:]

DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTION, IF NECESSARY, FOR SUBSECTIONS A THROUGH H.

LET'S TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COMMISSIONER.

[7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, December 10, 2024.]

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? WE DID. WE WENT OUT OF ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE ELECTEDS AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON CONSENT.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT HAS SIGNED UP THAT I DON'T HAVE YOUR SLIP? HEARING NONE.

LET US TAKE A RECESS.

WE WILL COME BACK AND TAKE UP THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND HOPEFULLY BE DONE IN A RELATIVELY SHORT FASHION.

SO AT THIS TIME. COURT IS IN RECESS.

BE BACK AT? 1:00.

LET'S COME BACK AT 1:00.

THAT'S 40 MINUTES.

HE SAID ONE. [CHUCKLING] ITEM... THAT WAS 4C, WHICH WAS ISSUED IN REGARDS TO SAN PEDRO CREEK DEVELOPMENT.

THE BASEBALL ISSUE.

OTHER THAN THAT, NO OTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN IN OPEN COURT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT ON RECORD, LARRY.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE NOTED FOR THE RECORD, THAT WE TOOK ACTION ON 4C, WHICH WAS THE BASEBALL ISSUE, AND NO OTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN ON ANY OTHER MATTERS BROUGHT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT OF FACT? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE GOT THROUGH CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

NO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. 96 REQUESTS APPROVAL OF 27,391 HOURS OF PAID OVERTIME FOR UNIFORM OFFICERS WHO WORK MANDATORY OVERTIME HOURS, HOURS IN

[96. Request approval for 27,391 hours of paid overtime for uniformed officers who worked mandatory overtime hours (MOT) in the Adult Detention Center between October 15, 2024, and January 31, 2025.]

SHERRIFF OR SHERIFF'S STAFF.

THERE WE ARE.

[01:45:02]

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS BACK UP.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OVERTIME FOR THE JAIL.

I BELIEVE WE'RE ASKING FOR 27,000 HOURS TO COVER THIS NEXT PORTION OF OVERTIME, AND WHILE WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO STAFFING.

THE INMATE POPULATION CONTINUES TO BE WAY AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

WE WERE SITTING ON 800 ADDITIONAL BODIES AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

CHIEF JENSEN HAS SOME MORE SPECIFICS AS FAR AS STATISTICS GO, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.

SURE.

SO, CHIEF, I MONITOR THAT JAIL REPORT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO ACTUALLY PUTS THAT OUT, BUT IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THAT JAIL POPULATION HAS AT LEAST NOW DROPPED BELOW THE 5000 MARK OR.

WELL, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 4980 HOUSING OUT.

OKAY. SO TOTAL INMATES IS 5100 AND OUR CAPACITY IS 5075.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.

CHIEF, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION? NO. JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING AND WHATNOT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE ONLY 98 VACANCIES CURRENTLY THROUGH THE JAIL.

SO WE'RE DOING VERY STEADILY.

WE'VE BEEN GOING DOWN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR'S.

PAPER READY, WE HAVE ABOUT 143 RIGHT NOW.

WE WERE RUNNING ABOUT 200 TO 300.

THE STATE DID COME IN AND TAKE ABOUT 165 ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

SO THAT'S A BIG PLUS FOR US, AND JUST ONE OTHER THING.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OVERTIME ONE OF THE DRIVERS IS OUR HOSPITALS.

WE ARE AVERAGING ABOUT ANOTHER 200 INMATES THAN WE DID THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU.

JUDGE, AND IT MAY BE MORE FOR BUDGET STAFF.

I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCREPANCY IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT BUDGET IS RECOMMENDING.

DO YOU HAVE A OPINION ON THAT? IS IT LINE UP WITH IT IS OKAY.

I SEE TANYA SHAKING HER HEAD, AND IF YOU CAN COME UP.

WHEN YOU COME UP, TANYA, DO YOU HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THIS? YES ITEM AS WELL, $1.5 MILLION FOR THIS ALLOCATION AND IT SHOULD PAY THROUGH, THE END OF DECEMBER.

OKAY, SO WHERE DOES THAT TAKE US FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ON OVERTIME? DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? SO THIS IS THE FIRST BATCH THAT YOU'RE ALLOCATING FOR THAT ONE, AND WITH FLSA WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME.

MAJORITY OF THE HOURS THAT ARE WORKED ARE BEING EARNED.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT MONTHLY.

OKAY. AS USUAL WE'LL PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION.

WE HAVE ABOUT $12 MILLION IN CONTINGENCIES RIGHT NOW FOR OVERTIME, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR.

WHAT WE'VE DONE. OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF THE HOURS AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BUDGET IS IN AGREEMENT ON THAT AMOUNT.

YES, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, JUDGE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOODY. JUST A FEW COMMENTS HERE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO SUPPORT, BUT I WOULD JUST MAKE A NOTE FOR FOR THE COURT THAT MENTIONED WE'RE STILL OVER THE CAPACITY OF THE JAIL, AND THAT'S WITH A REDUCTION OF 160 PAPER READY INMATES THAT JUST RECENTLY LEFT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A LOW LEVEL OF PAPER READY INMATES, AND WE'RE STILL OVER THE JAIL POPULATION TODAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HEARD THAT, AND I WOULD JUST ALSO ASK THAT KIND OF IN THE REPORTING FOR THESE ITEMS. YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE VACANCIES TODAY.

I KNOW YOU HAVE KIND OF THIS THE STORY WITH THE FYS OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, AND HOW IT'S COME DOWN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A LONG WAYS FROM 226, WHICH IS THE LAST NUMBER IN THE GRAPH.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, 98 IS A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN THE AVERAGE OF 226, WHICH WE HAVE ESTIMATED OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORE ON THE FLSA REPORTING, BUT THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO ITEMS, OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THERE'S A TRADE OFF BETWEEN OVERTIME AND THE FLSA, AND SO WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE A LOT OF TIMES IN OVERTIME, BUT AN INCREASE IN FLSA, BUT ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE JAIL AND THE OVERALL COST, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO THINGS.

SO IT'S HARD IF WE DON'T KIND OF COMBINE THEM OR AT LEAST SHOW WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IN A COMBINED COMBINED PICTURE.

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UNIFORMED DETENTION OFFICERS.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE A COMPETING ISSUE THAT'S DETRACTING FROM THE GAINS THAT WE MAKE ON THAT SIDE, AND THAT'S THE JAIL POPULATION. RIGHT.

SO JAIL POPULATIONS CLIMBED WHILE WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN OUR VACANCIES GO DOWN, AND SO THOSE KIND OF PROBABLY CANCEL THEMSELVES OUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS.

IS THAT FAIR? YES.

SO COMPARISON TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR I HAD SEVEN UNITS CLOSED AND NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY.

SO. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT DIFFERENCE.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

WELL I'LL JUST SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO HAVE A A CONVERSATION HERE IN COURT SIMILAR TO THE SASH STUDY THAT WE HAD LAST COURT SESSION WHERE WE REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THOSE HOUSING OPTIONS ARE.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT HOUSING OPTIONS AND IN THE SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM.

BECAUSE I STILL THINK I MEAN, SHERIFF, YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.

LOOKING AT JUNE AND JULY OF 2025, WE'RE OVER CAPACITY TODAY WITH ONLY 140 PAPER READY INMATES.

THAT'S CONCERNING.

IT'S GOING TO BE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SYSTEM WIDE BY THE SUMMERTIME.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 7997.

[97. Discussion and appropriate action regarding an update on design progress of certain projects within the Facilities Management Capital Program and requesting authority to advertise Invitation for Bids for the Adult Detention Center Slider Replacement project and the Adult Detention Annex Elevator Replacement project.]

REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE ADULT DETENTION CENTER SLIDER REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE ADULT DETENTION ANNEX ELEVATOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

MR. CURRY. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME TO PRESENT THIS TODAY.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR LITTLE BACKGROUND DURING OUR 20 2425 BUDGET PROCESS.

WE HAD A CAPITAL PROJECT WORK SESSION, AND THAT WORK SESSION, THE COURT RELAYED TO US AS STAFF THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS, CASE BY CASE, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ISSUING THOSE OUT AND FORBID FOR CONSTRUCTION IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE LONG TERM COUNTY DEBT.

SO WHAT I'M DOING TO YOU DOING TODAY IS BRINGING TO YOU THE FIRST OF WHAT I HOPE IS A QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR MY DEPARTMENT FOR FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN GIVING YOU RECOMMENDATIONS OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COMPLETED DESIGN, BUT WE SHOULD GO TO BID IMMEDIATELY, AND SOME THAT MAY WAIT THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, MAYBE THEY PUT ON THE SHELF OR OTHER ONES, AND AGAIN, YOU AT YOUR DISCRETION, WE CAN HOLD BACK OR BID ANY OF THESE PROJECTS NOTED TODAY.

SO HERE'S THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE COMPLETED IN THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR FROM OCTOBER TO JANUARY.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE ADC DETENTION SLIDERS REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

IT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION.

IT REPLACES ALL THE DOOR OPERATORS FOR THE MOVEMENT DOORS WITHIN THE JAIL.

SO THESE ARE THE DOORS THAT KEEP INMATES FROM EACH OTHER.

KEEP INMATES FROM THE PUBLIC ET CETERA ET CETERA.

IT DIRECTLY CORRELATES TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH AN EXISTING PROJECT WE HAVE UNDERWAY.

SO WE THINK THERE'S A GREAT ECONOMY OF SCALE AND TIMELINESS ON THIS PROJECT.

SECOND ONE IS THE JDC EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

IT INCLUDES RENOVATIONS TO THE MODS, WHICH ARE THE HOUSING UNITS FOR THE JUVENILES, THE SHOWERS, THE MEDICAL AREA, A RECHARGE ROOM AND THE BUILDING ENTRANCE IN THE PARKING LOT.

NOW. THE THIRD PROJECT IS THE ADC LOCKER ROOM RENOVATION PROJECT.

THIS IS UPDATES TO DEPUTY LOCKER ROOM IN THE BASEMENT OF THE ADC WITH NEW FINISHES AND NEW LOCKERS, AND THE FOURTH ONE IS THE ADC ANNEX ELEVATOR REPLACEMENT.

SO THESE ARE THE MOVEMENT ELEVATORS FOR INMATES IN THE TWO-STOREY SECTION OF THE ADULT DETENTION ANNEX C AND D TOWER.

SO OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TWO OF THESE BECAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE CRITICAL TO THE OPERATIONS.

NOW I WANT TO GO BACK FOR JUST A SECOND AND TALK ABOUT THE JDC INTERIOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WE THINK IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.

AGAIN, WE DON'T ASK FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS DURING OUR PROCESS UNLESS WE THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION OF EITHER THE USERS OR THE COUNTY ITSELF.

PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTY ASSETS.

OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE LIST, AND MY CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY WITH JILL MATA AND THE JUVENILE STAFF, THEY REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SEE SOME OF

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SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR JILL ON THIS POINT, BUT THOSE ARE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.

IF YOU SO WOULD CONSIDER ADDING THAT TO THE RECOMMENDED LIST TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE AS WELL.

SO BUT GOING BACK TO THE TWO ARE RECOMMENDING THE SLIDERS THAT SCOPE DIRECTLY OVERLAPS WITH THE CONTROLS WORK WE'RE DOING NOW.

WE'RE IN THE JAIL DOING THAT PROJECT NOW.

SO THOSE TIE INTO THAT EXISTING SYSTEM.

WE THINK THERE'S ECONOMY OF THAT PROJECT BEING BID OUT, AND WE'RE CATCHING THE SAME KIND OF WAVE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION, AND OF COURSE THE VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION IN THE ANNEX IS DIRECTLY IMPACTS INMATE MOVEMENT.

SO IF THAT ELEVATOR IS DOWN, THEY'RE POSTING GUARDS AT THE STAIRWELLS, AND THAT'S AS YOU JUST APPROVED.

THAT'S OVERTIME. THAT'S ADDITIONAL POSTS.

THAT'S THINGS. SO THE CRITICALNESS OF THOSE ELEVATORS WORKING ALL THE TIME IS OF PREMIUM IMPORTANCE TO THEM.

SO AGAIN, SO OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR PROJECT ONE AND FOUR TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'RE JUST REALLY ASKING THE COURT FOR KIND OF PERMISSION TO GO WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND IF THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE ON THIS LIST AND GIVE US DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL.

YES, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

DAN, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO TWO AND THREE? I ASSUME ALL OF THESE ARE ON A CAPITAL PROJECTS LIST? RIGHT. SO WHAT'S THE PLANNED TIMELINE FOR THOSE OTHER ITEMS IF THEY'RE NOT BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY? SO IF WE DON'T APPROVE THEM TODAY, THEY'LL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE.

SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE KIND OF ON A HOLDING PATTERN.

SO THOSE WILL BE THE TOP TWO ITEMS ON THE NEXT LIST THAT SAYS THESE ARE STILL PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED DESIGN THAT ARE WAITING AUTHORITY TO BID.

SO WE'D BRING IT BACK, AND THOSE TWO ITEMS WOULD BE ONE AND TWO ON OUR LIST, AND THEN THREE, FOUR AND FIVE OR WHATEVER WE HAVE, LIKE THE ANIMAL CARE FACILITY WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE NEXT UPDATE. THAT ONE WON'T BE ONE OF THE ONES ON THE UPDATE.

OKAY, AND ARE THERE ANY I MEAN, WITH TWO ARE THERE ANY KIND OF SAFETY OR OPERATIONAL CONCERNS WITH ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? YEAH. SO SO THE PROJECT WE'RE DOING AT JDC, AND I KNOW JILL CAN COME UP AND SPEAK MORE INTELLIGENTLY ON IT AS FAR AS THE OPERATIONS, BUT IT IT UPGRADES THE SHOWER UNITS THAT WE HAVE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE SOME COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES WITH TJJD, AND SPECIFICALLY IT DOES THE MOD CEILINGS.

SO THE CEILINGS ARE TRADITIONAL PLASTER OR SHEETROCK, AND SOME OF THE JUVENILES CAN PUT HOLES IN THESE WITH EITHER THEIR FISTS OR OTHER CONTRABAND AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE CEILINGS ALMOST ON A DAILY OR WEEKLY BASIS, AND SO TARGETING THOSE CEILINGS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE LESS REOCCURRING WORK IN THAT RESPECT. SO SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE REAL THINGS THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO OPERATIONS ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF JUVENILE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF JILL WANTED TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH. VERY MUCH.

IT IS, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD SAY DIRECTLY RELATED TO SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FEWER CHILDREN THERE THAN YOU SEE AT THE JAIL, THE KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF THINGS, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE CEILINGS, THEY CAN REGULARLY GET IN AND DAMAGE THOSE CEILINGS.

THEY CAN HURT THEMSELVES AND THEN STAFF GET HURT WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GO IN AND SECURE THE KIDS.

THERE'S A LOT MORE LIMITS IN PLACE ON THE STAFF WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND HOW THEY MANAGE AND PHYSICALLY ENGAGE CHILDREN, AND SO THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE INJURY FROM THAT THAN THE CHILDREN END UP IN MEDICAL.

THEN WE HAVE A MEDICAL PROBLEM IN MEDICAL WITH TOO MANY KIDS THERE.

SOME KIDS COME IN ON SOME FAIRLY LOW LEVEL OFFENSES, BUT THEN THEY GET INTO THESE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY THEN HARM STAFF, THEN IT BECOMES A FELONY.

NOW WE HAVE THEM LONGER, OR IF THEY'RE 17, THEY GET SENT TO THE JAIL.

THEN THE JAIL HAS THEM TOO, AND THEY CAME IN ON A VERY SMALL MAYBE FAMILY SKIRMISH THAT TURNS INTO A MUCH BIGGER EVENT.

SO I THINK IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS, AND THE SHOWERS ARE ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CONCERNING US BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING SOME COMPLIANCE ISSUES BECAUSE THE KIDS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

I WANT TO SAY PRIVACY, BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS UNDER STAFF SUPERVISION, BUT THE SHOWERS ARE SET UP IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR WHAT IS CONSIDERED VERY HUMANE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN THAT ARE YOU KNOW, USING THE BATHROOM OR SHOWERING.

SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK.

NO, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

DAN, IS THERE ANY KIND OF CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS ON BEING ABLE TO WORK ON, YOU KNOW, FOUR DIFFERENT CONTRACTS SIMULTANEOUSLY? SO FROM A FROM OUR STAFF PERSPECTIVE, NO, I MEAN, THE ONLY THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BE COGNIZANT OF THE COURT'S DIRECTION, WHICH WAS THEY WANTED TO TAKE THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS BEFORE THEY HIT THE STREET, BEFORE WE SPEND MONEY ON CONSTRUCTION.

SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH WITH MY BOSS, THE COUNTY MANAGER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US OPINE ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SAY, DAN, YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN OR DAN, YOU NEED TO SPEED UP, AND SO THAT'S I'M REALLY JUST BRINGING YOU GUYS TODAY A RECOMMENDATION AND ALLOWING YOU GUYS TO GIVE ME DIRECTION ON WHICH WAY TO GO.

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IS THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO SUPPORT ALL FOUR? YEAH I CAN. OKAY.

I'LL SECOND JUDGE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

JUDGE? YES.

DAVID. OVER HERE.

BEFORE YOU VOTE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, DAN, THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE JAIL IS FULL, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS. IN OTHER WORDS, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO EMPTY PODS FOR YOU TO WORK ON OR NOT? SO THAT IS THAT IS THE $24 MILLION QUESTION.

SO AGAIN, THE ONE THAT RELATES TO IT IS THE ANNEX.

ELEVATORS WILL DO ONE AT A TIME.

IT'LL PUT A CONSTRAINT ON THE OPERATION, BUT THAT COULD BE DONE.

WE DO EVERY EVERY JOB WE DO IN THE JAIL OR THE JAIL.

ANNEX IS AN OCCUPIED FACILITY.

SO WE KNOW THE SLIDER PROJECT.

WE WERE HOPING TO PAIR UP WITH THE EXISTING SECURITY ELECTRONICS PROJECT, WHICH NOW WE HAVE A REAL WE CAN WE ARE FOR THE COURT'S BENEFIT.

SCHEDULE OF OUR SECURITY ELECTRONICS REPLACEMENT.

YOU APPROVED ALREADY. IT WAS A $17 MILLION REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE ELECTRONICS, CAMERAS, DURESS, DOOR CONTROLLERS, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE JAIL.

WE'VE BEEN STEADILY WORKING ON THE BACKBONE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE WERE GOING TO GET INTO THE HOUSING UNITS PROBABLY IN MARCH, AND AGAIN, THE PLAN WAS TO EMPTY FOUR PODS AT A TIME, AND THAT'S UP TO 288 INMATES, AND YOU GUYS AND I KNOW FROM OUR RECENT DISCUSSIONS THAT ISN'T PROBABLY DOABLE ON THE HORIZON.

SO WE, AS DAVID HAS APTLY MENTIONED, IF WE DO THIS, IF THE UNIT IS EMPTY, WE CAN DO THE SLIDER PROJECT, NO PROBLEM, AND WE WANT TO REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY PAIR THAT VENDOR WITH THE EXISTING ONE.

SO THEY WORK TOGETHER. SO THERE'S NO MISSING OPPORTUNITY IN THOSE UNITS, BUT IF IT COMES LATER, IT COMES LATER.

THERE ARE MOVEMENT DOORS THAT WE COULD DO, BUT ONCE WE GET INTO THOSE HOUSING UNITS THAT THE POPULATION IS THE REAL CONSTRAINT.

YEAH. I WOULD SUGGEST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SCALED DOWN LIKE TWO PODS PER TIME OR ONE POD PER TIME, WHATEVER THE MINIMUM IS, AND SEE HOW MUCH THAT WOULD DELAY THE PROJECT BECAUSE AS IT EXISTS TODAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET ENOUGH INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE JAIL TO SURROUNDING COUNTIES OR ANYWHERE ELSE AND BE ABLE TO GET TO FOUR PODS.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS WE'LL REVISIT WITH THE WITH THE CONTRACTOR BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THAT COST EXPOSURE AND TIME EXPOSURE IS.

THAT'S WHAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING WHEN THIS PROJECT STARTED, WHEN THE POPULATION WAS LESS DOING THE FOUR PODS AT A TIME, BECAUSE IT SAVED US ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND ROUGHLY ABOUT $3 MILLION. $3 MILLION SAVED ON THE PROJECT.

YEAH. WOW. BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO TWO AT A TIME, WE HAVE TO CREATE REDUNDANT ROOMS. IT'S A DEEPER DISCUSSION, BUT THEY'RE CONTROL ROOMS THAT ARE WITHIN THE PODS AREAS.

WE DO FOUR AT A TIME. WE DO ONE ROOM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE SET OF EQUIPMENT.

WE DO TWO. WE HAVE TO DO TWO SETS OF EQUIPMENT.

SO THERE'S SOME DESIGN CHALLENGES WITH THE TWO POD SYSTEM, BUT AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT ACCOMMODATES THE CURRENT JAIL POPULATION.

IF THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IT HAS TO HAPPEN.

OKAY YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS.

QUICK QUESTION JUDGE, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE OF THE MOTION.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING CLARIFYING REMARKS AND QUESTIONS, I GUESS.

SO THESE ARE BASICALLY JUST AUTHORIZATION FOR YOU TO BID THESE THESE PROJECTS.

DO WE HAVE A SCHEDULE YET FOR DELIVERY OR.

THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL GOING TO VARY, I WOULD IMAGINE.

YEAH. SO ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THEM VARY IN DURATION.

I MEAN, WITH YOUR AUTHORITY, WE'LL RELEASE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO PURCHASING TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY AND IT USUALLY AGAIN, IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6 MONTHS TO GET THOSE BIDS OUT AND THEN RECEIVED AGAIN, AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE KNOW THAT THE SLIDER PROJECT WILL PROBABLY BE 24 MONTHS BECAUSE WE'LL DO PIECES AT A TIME.

THE ELEVATORS WILL PROBABLY TAKE A YEAR.

THE JDC IMPROVEMENTS 14 MONTHS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING EXTERIOR WORK AND INTERIOR WORK, AND THEN THE LOCKER ROOMS IS PROBABLY A QUICKER JOB.

MAYBE THAT'S 6 TO 9 MONTHS OF DURATION.

SO ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE STAGGERED OUT IN THE DELIVERY.

ARE THESE ALL LOW BID CONTRACTS OR.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE AUTHORITY TO BID THEM TODAY, WE'D BID THEM TODAY AS LOW BID.

OKAY, AND DAVID, THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WE PASSED THIS SUMMER.

YES. THEY WERE.

OKAY. THEN ARE THEY NECESSARILY FINANCED THROUGH DEBT, THROUGH DEBT, THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, OR. THESE ARE GENERAL FUND? NO, THESE ARE DEBT FINANCED.

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I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

I'M FINE WITH IT, BUT WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT SLOWING DOWN SPENDING AND REDUCING DEBT, AND NOW WE'RE BASICALLY GOING $6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL AND THEIR CAPITAL NEEDS AND THEY'RE REQUIRED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE JUST PUT A FOOTNOTE ON THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY WANTS; THEY ARE NEEDS, AND THAT'S PART OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ISSUE DEBT IN ORDER TO FINANCE SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

JUDGE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOODY, AND JUST ONE CLARIFICATION, DAVID.

SO THE FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN THE BONDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.

RIGHT. THESE FUNDS WILL DRAW FROM THOSE FUNDS.

RIGHT. WE'RE NOT ISSUING ANY NEW DEBT FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, CORRECT? OH, OKAY.

YES, YES.

WE WOULD DRAW DOWN ON THE DEBT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.

OKAY, AND I AGREE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN THESE ARE OPERATIONAL SAFETY YOU KNOW, NECESSITIES THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO INVEST IN, BUT I SHARE THE CONCERNS AROUND DEBT.

OBVIOUSLY I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IT MANY TIMES FROM THE DAIS HERE, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO, AND AGAIN, AS YOU SAID, IF WE DIDN'T DO IT HERE TODAY, WE'D DO IT IN THREE MONTHS.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY, I BELIEVE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

[98. Awarding a contract to the lowest and most responsive bid submitted by J3 Company, LLC to provide for the purchase of roadway construction services for the Old Fredericksburg Road Project, Precinct 3, in the amount of $13,252,837.22, as requested by the Public Works Department; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record.]

AWARDING A CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST AND MOST RESPONSIVE BID SUBMITTED BY J3 COMPANY, LLC TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURCHASE OF ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE OLD FREDERICKSBURG ROAD PROJECT PRECINCT THREE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,252,837.22, AS REQUESTED BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD.

MR. REINHARDT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE IN COURT.

I DO HAVE A BRIEF POWERPOINT. THERE WE GO.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PROJECTS WE'LL BE ASKING FOR AWARD.

THIS IS OUR OLD FREDERICKSBURG ROAD PROJECT ON THE NORTH PART OF BEXAR COUNTY, AND PRECINCT THREE PROJECTS ROUGHLY ONE AND A HALF MILES IN LENGTH, AND THE SCOPE OF THE WORK INCLUDES THE COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY AS WELL AS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'S ALSO ABOUT A 360 FOOT LONG BRIDGE AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, AND AN EXISTING LOW WATER CROSSING, AS WELL AS A ROUNDABOUT AT THE LOWER END OF THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES JOINT BID WATER AND WASTEWATER, BOTH WITH SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS AS WELL AS FAIR OAKS RANCH WATER.

THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS ROUGHLY TWO YEARS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING COMPLETE BY MAY OF 2027.

THERE WILL BE OBVIOUSLY BE PHASES CONSTRUCTED THROUGHOUT AND SOME AREAS COMPLETED EARLIER THAN OTHERS.

A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROJECT.

SO IN ADDITION TO JUST REBUILDING THE OLD ROAD, THIS INCLUDES SOME SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS BEING WIDER SHOULDERS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF A SIDEWALK AND TURN LANES AT KEY INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND MOBILITY.

WE RELEASED BIDS AND OPENED THE BIDS IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

WE HAD FIVE BIDDERS, WITH J3 COMPANY BEING THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT.

SO OF THE $13.2 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY 11 MILLION OF THAT IS BEXAR COUNTIES, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THAT IS OUR JOINT BID INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE REIMBURSED THROUGH THE PROJECT. SO THE MOTION WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY IS RECOMMENDATION OF THE AWARD TO J3 COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $13.2 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, AND I WILL SAY THE PROJECT IS WITHIN OUR BUDGET THAT WE ESTIMATED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

SECOND, BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

AGENDA ITEM 99.

[99. Awarding a contract to the lowest and most responsive bid submitted by Alamo City Constructors, Inc. (SBE) to provide for the purchase of roadway construction services of the Ventura Heights Subdivision Project, Precinct 4, in the total base bid amount of $6,739,746, as requested by the Public Works Department; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record.]

TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURCHASE OF ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OF THE VENTURE.

NO. VENTURA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION PROJECT PRECINCT FOUR, IN THE TOTAL BASE BID AMOUNT OF $6,709,746, AS REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AUTHORIZING PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENTATION FOR RECORD.

MR. REINHART. YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. JUDGE.

SO THIS IS OUR SECOND PROJECT, AS YOU MENTIONED.

THIS IS FOR OUR VENTURA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION PROJECT.

THIS IS ON THE EAST SIDE NEAR WALZEM ROAD AND FM 78, SO WE'LL BE COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

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IT'S COMPLETE STREET RECONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, AS WELL AS SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING UNDERGROUND STORM STORM DRAIN.

THERE'S ALSO JOINT BID SAWS WATER AS WELL.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS ONE TO LAST JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR, SO WE'RE FORECASTING A MAY 2026 COMPLETION.

WE ALSO BID THIS PROJECT IN THE FALL.

WE OPENED BIDS IN LATE NOVEMBER.

WE HAD TWO BIDDERS WITH THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER BEING ALAMO CITY CONSTRUCTORS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BID THERE.

OF THE 6.7 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY 5.9 MILLION OF THAT IS BEXAR COUNTY FUNDS.

THE REMAINDER WILL BE THE SAWS WATER FUNDS TO BE REIMBURSED AS PART OF THE JOINT BID.

SO THE MOTION WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY IS APPROVAL OF THE AWARD TO ALAMO CITY CONSTRUCTORS FOR THE VENTURA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION PROJECT.

THANK THANK YOU, ART, AND THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THANK YOU FOR THE PHOTO OF THAT STREET WITH THE FLOODING IN FRONT OF IT.

LOOKS LIKE LAKE VENTURA OUT THERE.

SO I KNOW THESE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY TO GET THAT FLOOD.

ANOTHER STREET REHAB DONE.

SO I MOVE. APPROVAL.

MOTION. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 100.

[100. Awarding a purchase order to the lowest responsible and most responsive bid submitted by Addison Prime, LLC (DBE, ESBE, HABE, MBE, SBE, WBE) to provide for the purchase of construction services for the Bexar County Krier Center Improvements Project, in the base bid amount of $1,721,842, and $69,300 for Alternate 1, plus $151,350 for Alternate 2, plus $270,250 for Alternate 3, plus $65,200 for Alternate 4, plus $25,000 owner's contingency, plus $30,000 for Allowance 1, plus $10,000 for Allowance 2, for a total award amount of $2,342,942, as requested by the Facilities Management Department; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record.]

MR. CURRY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR READING THAT CAPTION FOR ME.

SO I'M JUST. DONE, DON'T REPEAT IT.

I WILL NOT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES WE PUT OUT TO THE MARKET IN BID BEFORE OUR WORK SESSION, AND AGAIN, THE PROJECT IS AT THE KRIER TREATMENT FACILITY WHICH IS OUT ON FARM ROAD.

AGAIN, YOU GUYS MOSTLY KNOW THAT FACILITY WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 90S, AND AGAIN, IT REVOLVES WITH THE TIME AND WITH THE TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT.

SO SCOPE OF WORK IN THE BASE BID IS CONSTRUCTION OF A 1200 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ADDITION ON BUILDING B, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN RENOVATIONS OF BUILDING B AND E INTERIORS INCLUDING THE FLOORING, REPLACEMENT, CEILING REPLACEMENTS, NEW LED LIGHTING, ETC.

THE SCOPE OF WORK ALTERNATES IS WHICH YOU WELL NOTED.

ALL THE ALTERNATES ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR ARE LARGELY REMOVE AND REPLACE EXISTING CEILINGS, REPLACING LIGHT FIXTURES, CONVERTING THEM TO LED FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND REMOVING EXISTING MILLWORK COUNTERS IN THE NURSES STATION TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY.

SO THE SOLICITATION WENT OUT IN OCTOBER 1122 WAS ISSUED BY PURCHASING 417 SUPPLIERS PER THEIR NOTES.

THE BIDDING CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE BID, BUT THAT BID WAS WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

ADDISON PRIME LLC, WHO IS ALSO CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM, AS RENEE WATSON REMINDED ME, AND THE BID WE RECEIVED WAS WITHIN THE BUDGET.

SO AS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED MOTION AS DICTATED BY JUDGE SAKAI.

I WOULD LIKE AUTHORITY TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT AS IN PRIME FOR 2.3429.

42. MOVE.

APPROVAL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED MOTION.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT? JUST NOTE THAT THE COMPANY ADDISON PRIME, IS A PRODUCT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.

YES, AND THAT COMPANY HAS DONE WORK FOR THE COUNTY.

YES, AND DOES HIGH QUALITY WORK.

SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THAT HAS GOTTEN TO MAKE OR START THROUGH OUR SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT IS GETTING NOW HOPEFULLY TO ANOTHER LEVEL, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNAL BY SAYING I.

I. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

[101. Discussion and appropriate action regarding Bexar County's Legislative Program and the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature.]

APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING BEXAR COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AND THE 89TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

MISS SHANNON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS MELISSA SHANNON, COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SO THOMAS IS HANDING OUT TWO DOCUMENTS TO EACH OF YOU.

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DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I COME IN AND GIVE YOU A UPDATE.

SO I HAVE A STANDING ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA DURING THE SESSION.

SO WE JUST STARTED THE STANDING ITEM TODAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE TO THE PROGRAM.

SO FIRST OFF, LOOKING AT THAT MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENT, LOOKING AT PAGE TWO UNDER INITIATIVES JACKIE HAD CAME BACK TO ME AND ASKED THAT WE ADD AN INITIATIVE TO BE WORKED ON, AND I BELIEVE THIS CAME UP DURING THE ELECTION CANVASS, AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ WAS THERE DURING THAT, AND I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT IT, AND BETWEEN BACKGROUND FROM JACKIE AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ RECOMMENDING IT.

SO I'VE ADDED THIS TO YOUR PROGRAM AS AN INITIATIVE THAT I WILL WORK ON A BILL TO GET FILED AND HOPEFULLY PASSED.

SO FEDERAL.

PARDON ME. WHAT IS IT? FEDERAL POSTCARD APPLICATION REGISTRANTS ON EARLY VOTING LIST.

SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE MILITARY WHO ARE SERVING AWAY FROM THEIR HOME BASE, FROM THEIR HOME PRECINCT, THEY CAN GET AN APPLICATION BY MAIL, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE THEY GET THAT, ONCE THEY ARE A RECIPIENT OF AN APPLICATION BY MAIL, THEIR NAME COMES OFF OF THE EARLY VOTING LIST, WHICH IS FINE AS IT SHOULD BE.

HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE IN TRANSIT AND THEY END UP COMING BACK TO THEIR HOME AND THEIR HOME PRECINCT AND THEY GO AND TRY AN EARLY VOTE WHILE AT HOME, THEY ARE NOT ON THE LIST AND UNABLE TO DO SO.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE VERY SIMPLE FIXES.

WE THINK IT'S A SIMPLE FIX.

SHOULD BE NON-CONTROVERSIAL.

HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST ALLOWING THOSE MILITARY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON THE WHAT THEY CALL THE FPCA TO ALSO TO HAVE THEIR NAMES REMAIN ON THE EARLY VOTING LIST.

SO IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY IT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES, AND IT WAS JACKIE BROUGHT IT UP AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ THEN HAD ASKED TO ADD THAT.

SO IF THAT'S ITEM NUMBER ONE.

SO LET ME JUST GO THROUGH THE ITEMS. THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS NOT ON ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE JACKIE AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY.

LIKE YOU ALL DO WITH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

JACKIE AND THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS AND CLERKS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE A LISTSERV WHERE THEY SEND THINGS OUT AND SHARE ISSUES AND INFORMATION.

SO ONE OF THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, HAS APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE ELIMINATION OF COUNTYWIDE POLLING.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BILLS FILED ALREADY IN PRE-FILING.

TO ELIMINATE COUNTY WIDE POLLING.

SO THAT IS THE NEXT ISSUE THAT IF YOU ARE AMENABLE TO IT, I WILL ADD THAT TO YOUR POLICY SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT TO OPPOSE THE ELIMINATION OF COUNTYWIDE POLLING.

DO YOU MEAN THE FACT THAT OUR MACHINES NOW CAN YOU CAN VOTE ANYWHERE? YES, SIR. OKAY. GOT IT. YES, SIR.

THERE THERE HAVE BEEN BILLS FILED TO NOT ALLOW THAT VOTER SUPPRESSION.

I THINK WE SHOULD OPPOSE THAT, MELISSA.

I'LL GO ON RECORD.

OKAY. I MEAN, WE'VE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY APPROVED BY THE STATE, NO LESS, THAT WE COULD BUY THESE MACHINES TO HAVE THIS CAPABILITY, AND THEN IT'S FOR NAUGHT.

THAT'S JUST. COMMISSIONER, DON'T ASK ME TO TRY AND MAKE SENSE OF.

YEAH. LASTLY, THE LAST ITEM ON MY LIST ARE UNDER YOUR CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 83.

JUDGE SAKAI PRESENTED SOME ITEMS TO ADD TO THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH I WILL I WILL ADD TO THIS DOCUMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAVE APPROVED THAT. SO JUST FYI ABOUT THAT HOWEVER, UNDER THOSE ITEMS, THE JUDGE HAS THE INVESTING IN REGIONAL FORENSICS, BEDS, BEDS, FACILITIES AND SAN ANTONIO STATE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT.

SO AT YOUR LAST MEETING, I THINK IT WAS COMMISSIONER MOODY THAT HAD ASKED MYSELF AND DAN AND ANDREA ABOUT SASH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU RECEIVED YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE PLANS THAT WERE PRESENTED, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THAT

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SO THAT'S WHAT THE SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE, THE SINGLE DRAFT DOCUMENT, THE APPROPRIATIONS PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THIS DOES NOT THIS DOCUMENT JUST TALKS ABOUT SASH REUSE.

THIS IS NOT THE REGIONAL APPROACH THAT JUDGE SAKAI HAS BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT.

SO WHAT I AM ASKING FOR, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER TWO ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, IS TO START SHARING THIS DRAFT, TO START SHARING THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH IS IN DRAFT FORM TODAY, BUT SHARING THIS DOCUMENT WITH LEGISLATIVE OFFICES AND TRYING TO GET HELP FROM THEM TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION IN THE STATE'S BUDGET FOR REUSE OF THOSE SEVEN BUILDINGS THAT DAN MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION TO YOU AT LAST COURT MEETING.

NOW HERE HERE IS WHAT I NEED CLARIFICATION FROM, FROM YOU ALL ON.

I AM RECOMMENDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT I NEED TO, WE NEED TO, I NEED TO GET DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSAL, THIS IS THE COUNTY SAYING STATE, WE THINK YOU NEED TO INVEST THIS $100 MILLION IN THIS FACILITY AND YOU NEED TO RUN IT, AND THIS IS JUST WHAT I'M THROWING OUT.

I AM NOT AT THIS POINT ASKING FOR THE STATE TO INVEST THE MONEY IN THE COUNTY TO RUN IT.

NOW, IF YOU ALL FEEL DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT, THEN I JUST NEED TO SWITCH MY APPROACH, BUT CURRENTLY WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS WE ASK THE STATE TO INCLUDE $100 MILLION IN THEIR BUDGET TO REDEVELOP THOSE SEVEN PLAZA BUILDINGS AT SASH, TO REUSE THOSE FOR FORENSIC BEDS, BUT THAT THEY WOULD RUN IT AND THAT THEY WOULD HIRE IF THEY WOULD RUN IT WITH THEIR PERSONNEL, OR THEY WOULD ENGAGE SOMEONE TO RUN IT FOR THEM. IF YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY THAT WE WANT TO RUN IT, THEN THAT'S I JUST NEED TO SWITCH THE APPROACH.

WE DON'T HAVE TITLE TO THAT PROPERTY THOUGH, RIGHT? PARDON ME. WE DON'T HAVE TITLE TO THAT PROPERTY.

THAT'S STILL STATE HOSPITAL PROPERTY, SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. I AGREE, AND THE OTHER SO AND THE OTHER ISSUE THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT COMMISSIONER.

THE OTHER ISSUE OF WHY I TOOK THIS APPROACH IS WE ARE NOT AND I DO NOT KNOW THE WORD WORDS.

WE'RE NOT WE DON'T DO THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS.

WE AREN'T MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

WE DON'T HAVE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THESE FACILITIES.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ENGAGE SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR US, AND THAT IS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE MONEY.

SO, COMMISSIONER MOODY, LAST TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WAS APPROPRIATED LAST SESSION, THE 15 MILLION FOR THE REPAIRS AT THE ALAMO HALL FACILITY. FOR TO TURN THOSE 40 BEDS INTO A MAXIMUM SECURITY UNIT.

THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO, YOU KNOW, WE CAME TO A ROADBLOCK WITH THE STATE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO RUN IT, RUN THE PROGRAM FOR US.

NOW WE WILL HAVE AN, I GUESS, AN ISSUE WITH CAPACITY WITH RESPECT TO NO CONTROL OVER WHETHER THEY'RE BEXAR COUNTY, IT'LL BE REGIONAL SOUTH TEXAS OR WHEREVER, MAYBE STATE THEY'LL BE IN THE IN THE STATE HOSPITAL SYSTEM LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.

COMMISSIONER, THE REASON THIS IS IN OUR INTEREST IS AT ANY GIVEN TIME, WE HAVE BETWEEN 100 AND 200 PEOPLE IN THE JAIL WHO NEED THESE BEDS, AND IF THEY PERCHANCE ARE BEING CONSUMED BY OTHER COUNTIES' INMATES OR OR POPULATIONS, THEY'RE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US, AND IF WE DON'T RUN IT, WE DON'T CONTROL THE PRIORITIZATION.

WOULD IT FOR THE FUND.

LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS.

WE PUT IN FUNDS, RIGHT, FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION OF IT, OR WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT? NO WE HAVEN'T. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THINGS OVER THERE.

WE'RE ASKING THE STATE IF THEY DON'T FULLY FUND IT, WE'LL HAVE TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE.

GOT IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MY PROPOSAL IS TO ASK THE STATE FOR ALL THE FUNDING, BUT.

YEAH. OKAY.

FAIR ENOUGH. NEVER MIND. OKAY.

LET'S CARRY ON, AND AS OF DECEMBER OF 24, THE LAST NUMBERS THAT ANDREA WAS ABLE TO GET FOR ME, WE'VE GOT 129 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE ADC CURRENTLY.

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ULTIMATELY, WE'RE KIND OF JUST TALKING TALKING ABOUT TRIPLING DOWN ON WHAT WE DID LAST SESSION IN TERMS OF GETTING 15 MILLION FOR THE STATE TO INVEST IN THAT SPACE, BUT IT IS A STATE ASSET, A STATE RESOURCE.

THIS WOULD JUST BE ASKING FOR MORE INVESTMENT, $100 MILLION INTO THAT SAME STATE ASSET.

HOWEVER, I GUESS FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT AND WHAT'S FEASIBLE.

THE STATE TODAY MANAGES THOSE STATE FACILITIES FOR THOSE FOUND MENTALLY INCOMPETENT, I GUESS.

IS THERE ANY EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, A CITY COUNTY MANAGING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FROM THEIR OWN JAIL AND, YOU KNOW, FORENSIC BEDS TODAY? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF UNLESS ANDREA OR DAN HAVE HEARD OF ANYTHING IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE JAIL BASED PROGRAM SHE'S SAYING IS THE CLOSEST WE'VE COME TO.

YEAH. IN THAT RESPECT, I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT BEXAR COUNTY, BUT I'M TALKING STATEWIDE.

STATEWIDE, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF IT.

NOT THAT ANY OF US ARE AWARE OF, AND MATTER OF FACT.

LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES, I THINK LAST SESSION IT WAS 300 MILLION.

SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.

SO AND I'M NOT THE EXPERT HERE, BUT THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SECURITY FOR THOSE MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS, I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT FORENSIC BEDS BEING, YOU KNOW, TRUE, YOU KNOW, SECURE BEDS, LIKE IN A JAIL SETTING, BUT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT CIVIL BEDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LEVELS IN BETWEEN.

SO WHEN I THINK WE TALK ABOUT A REGIONAL FACILITY OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTROL, THAT WOULD HELP RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE JAIL.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IF GETTING INTO THAT CIVIL BED INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, TAKES US A STEP REMOVED FROM THOSE KIND OF FORENSIC BEDS THAT THE STATE HAS ALWAYS MANAGED, OR WHETHER THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT OURSELVES OR WHETHER THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A FOOL'S ERRAND. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY MORE INFORMATION ON IT, BUT THAT'S JUST IN MY MIND HOW I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT MORE ON THE LOWER END OF SECURITY, MORE JUST MENTAL HEALTH BEDS THAT YOU KNOW ARE CIVIL VERSUS FORENSIC? OR IS THERE ANOTHER OPTION? COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SO, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS REPEATEDLY, AND FRANKLY, I DON'T CARE WHO RUNS IT, AS LONG AS WE HAVE MORE BEDS IN BEXAR COUNTY FOR BOTH FORENSIC AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TALKING TO US TO RUN IT.

THEY DID THE INITIAL STUDY, CORRECT, DAVID, OF HOW WE COULD RE DO THIS AREA TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS.

SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION WITH US, AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, I'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO MORE WITH MENTAL HEALTH. THAT'S WHY THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE BUILDING, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MEDICAL PREVENTATIVE HEALTH BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT, THAT IS BEING BUILT CURRENTLY NEXT TO THE SOUTHSIDE HOSPITAL.

THE THIRD FLOOR IS SOLELY DEDICATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, SO I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO SEE IF AND WHEN WE GET THESE FUNDS ALLOCATED, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN TAKE OVER.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOODY AND DAVID, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU HAD NECESSARILY BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE STUDY, BUT I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES THAT I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO INCORPORATE US INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS. I ACTUALLY SHARED THAT STUDY WITH US LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I THINK THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN, IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IN WHAT WE DO IN THIS MENTAL HEALTH FORENSIC BED SPACE.

IS THAT CORRECT, DAVID? JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WERE PART OF THAT STUDY.

THEY WERE? YEAH, BUT IT WAS MEADOWS, RIGHT? YEAH, IT WAS THE MEADOWS GROUP THAT ACTUALLY DID THE STUDY AND FUNDED IT.

OKAY. SORRY.

DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT, COMMISSIONER? NO, I SAID UHS DID DO ONE.

I MET WITH THEM. THEY TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.

OKAY. WELL, WHEN I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM THE STUDY, SO I SHARED IT WITH THEM.

I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THIS BRINGS BACK TO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THAT STUDY, THOUGH, WHICH POTENTIALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, I MEAN, USE THE TERM KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

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SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY AN OPTION.

I HOPE WE TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT.

SO BEYOND WHAT WHAT GOES ON AT SASH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE A STATE FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY EITHER AT THAT JAIL THAT COULD SERVE A DUAL PURPOSE, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER SORT OF CIVIL BED OPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY COULD HELP LEAD THE CHARGE ON FOR A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, AS THE JUDGE HAS TALKED ABOUT? THAT'S ALL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO MELISSA, DID YOU YOU ASKED FOR FEEDBACK.

DID YOU GET IT OR IS THERE.

YES. MORE DISCUSSION I THINK MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS SASH REUSE BECAUSE I'M STILL NOT CLEAR.

I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT THE COURT WANTS.

IF IF YOU'RE READY FOR ME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ASKING OR SENDING THIS PROPOSAL OUT.

I'M NOT CLEAR.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MEET WITH EACH COMMISSIONER SO THAT YOU GET A DIRECT FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS AND PROCESSES ARE, INCLUDING ME AND MY STAFF. OKAY, AND THEN I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST, JUDGE, I DON'T KNOW.

THE SESSION STARTS NEXT WEEK.

YEAH. SO WE'RE SO YEAH, I MEAN, ASSUMING WE DON'T MEET AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FEW WEEKS, I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK PRETTY QUICKLY TO I KNOW WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW WITH SOME FOLKS IN THE DELEGATION.

SO I DON'T KNOW, JUDGE, IF YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE DIRECTION FROM YOUR OFFICE ON ON HOW TO BEST APPROACH THIS.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT CAN WAIT FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE.

SAY, IN FEBRUARY, BECAUSE THE THINGS WILL START MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY.

DAVID. ONE APPROACH WOULD BE SIMPLY TO ASK THE LEGISLATURE THIS SESSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.

RIGHT? NOT WORRY ABOUT THE ISSUE OF NECESSARILY OF WHO'S GOING TO RUN IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO BUILD THESE OUT ANYWAY.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO JUST ASK FOR FUNDING TO REUSE THOSE SEVEN BUILDINGS AT.

OKAY I CAN THAT'S MUCH CLEARER.

OKAY. YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO CONFER WITH CONFER WITH MY STAFF.

YES, SIR. AS TO GET CLARITY FROM MY.

OKAY, SO WHAT I AM ASKING YOU FOR IS TO ADD THE FEDERAL POSTCARD APPLICATION INITIATIVE ITEM.

ADD A STATEMENT ABOUT OPPOSING THE ELIMINATION OF COUNTYWIDE POLLING, AND THEN I HAVE THE DIRECTION I NEED ON MY APPROPRIATIONS PROPOSAL, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE INCLUDED WHAT WE PASSED ON CONSENT TODAY.

YES. SORRY. YES, THE JUDGE'S ITEMS WILL BE INCLUDED.

YES. SO I WOULD MAKE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION THEN.

THANK YOU. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 102.

[Items 102 & 103]

WHAT WE CALL LATE FILED ITEMS. SO PURSUANT TO OUR POLICY, WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW 102 IS DISCUSSION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO GRANTING AN EXCEPTION TO POLICY 1.2 TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING LATE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 102 A.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER 102 A AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS IT ALSO APPLIES TO 103, AND SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER 103 A AS A LATE FILED MATTER.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

UNDERSTAND? WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO CONSIDER THESE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTIONS CARRY ON BOTH 102 A AND 103 A.

LET US NOW TAKE UP 102 A.

AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP TO PERFORM AUDIT SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE DISTRICT CLERK REGISTRY FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.

WITH THE OPTION OF AUDITING ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REGISTRY FUNDS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE FISCAL YEAR TERM PURSUANT TO AN AMENDMENT APPROVED BY

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BEGINNING JANUARY 7TH, 2025, AND CONTINUING UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE AUDIT SERVICES AS REQUESTED BY THE BEXAR COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD.

IS IT MS. TORRES? WHO'S BRINGING THIS MATTER TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION? GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE SAKAI.

WE BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD FOR QUICK, IF YOU LIKE.

I COULD PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE A QUICK POWERPOINT IF YOU WANT A POWERPOINT OR NOT.

I WAS TOLD NOT TO, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARISE WITH THIS LATE ITEM.

IF THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, IF I CAN ASK, JUDGE, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS.

HOW WE GOT HERE. I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF LEO OR SOMEONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GOT TO THIS RECOMMENDATION.

ABSOLUTELY. WE PUT WE PUT OUT AN RFP FOR AUDITING SERVICES BACK IN AUGUST 2ND OF 2024.

IT WAS RELEASED TO 840 SUPPLIERS THROUGH THE [INAUDIBLE] PORTAL.

THE CLOSED DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 13TH OF 2024.

THERE WERE 77 RESPONDENTS TO THIS RFP.

AFTERWARDS, AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS.

CREATED FOR THE EVALUATION OF ALL SEVEN RESPONDENTS.

ONCE THOSE CONSIDERED WERE EVALUATED BY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM BUDGET OFFICE.

COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

AFTER MEETINGS AND CONSIDERATION FROM THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE DECIDED TO ASK FOR A BEST AND FINAL OFFER FROM ALL SEVEN RESPONSES, AND THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER 5TH OF 2024.

ON AFTER THAT, WE DID END UP THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE SCORED THE HIGHEST RANKED OF CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN, AND THUS BRINGS US INTO OUR RECOMMENDED MOTION OF AWARDING 50 NORTHERN IRELAND FOR THE AUDITING SERVICES OF COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND COUNTY CLERK AND DISTRICT CLERK REGISTRY FUNDS.

OKAY, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT FIRM HERE.

YES, THEY ARE HERE.

JEFFREY AND BRIAN ARE HERE FROM CLA.

CAN YOU MAYBE JUST COME UP AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE? BECAUSE I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.

ABSOLUTELY. SO JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AWARD FOR THE AUDIT SERVICES THAT WE LOOK TO HAVE WITH THE COUNTY.

MY NAME IS JEFFREY PEEK.

I AM A PRINCIPAL IN OUR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUP WITH CLA, AND CLA IS A NATIONAL FIRM.

WE'RE CURRENTLY RANKED NUMBER EIGHT IN THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE AROUND 9000 EMPLOYEES, BUT CLA ALSO FOCUSES ON SPECIALIZING INTO INDUSTRY, AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OF MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE ACROSS THE FIRM THAT SPECIALIZE INTO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, AND WE PERFORM OVER 4200 AUDITS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

IN THE 130 OFFICES THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW, WHILE WE'RE A LARGE NATIONAL FIRM, I DO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE CERTAINLY DO FUNCTION MORE LIKE A LOCAL FIRM IN TERMS OF HOW WE APPROACH OUR CLIENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE LIKE TO TRY TO, THAT WE TRY TO BUILD WITH OUR CLIENTS, AND SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HOPE TO HAVE HIGH COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY COMMUNICATION ACROSS ALL OF THE KEY INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT IN A TIMELY FASHION AND MEET ALL OF THE COUNTY'S NEEDS FOR THAT AUDIT PROCESS.

I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE OR ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON CLA.

I GUESS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR YOUR GOVERNMENT, YOU SAID IT WAS A GOVERNMENT PRACTICE.

SURE. WHAT OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN TEXAS DO YOU DO AUDITS FOR? SO WE CURRENTLY DO WORK WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS ON THE STATE OF TEXAS SINGLE AUDIT, AND THEN WE ALSO DO SOME WORK WITH CITY OF AUSTIN AS

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NO OTHER TEXAS COUNTIES, THOUGH.

SO WE DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE ANY TEXAS COUNTIES AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, WE AUDIT MORE THAN 200 COUNTIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND INCLUDED IN OUR PROPOSAL, WE DID PRESENT THAT WE AUDIT QUITE A FEW COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT ONLY IN SIMILAR SIZE TO BEXAR COUNTY, BUT ALSO LARGER THAN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THE COUNTY APPROPRIATELY.

OKAY, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY LOCAL PRESENCE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY? YES WE DO. WE HAVE AN OFFICE RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

OKAY. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES? 45 EMPLOYEES, AND FIVE WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE ACTUAL STATE.

I'M SORRY. CAN YOU. YEAH. CAN YOU? 45 EMPLOYEES IN OUR SAN ANTONIO OFFICE, AND THERE WILL BE A TEAM OF FIVE DEDICATED ACTUALLY TO THIS ENGAGEMENT IN SAN ANTONIO.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I'VE GOT FOR YOU.

LEO, LET ME ASK IF YOU DON'T MIND WHERE WE ARE IN OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR AUDITS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE THIS IS LIKE A MARCH APRIL TIME FRAME, RIGHT? YES, COMMISSIONER.

SO WE'VE GOT A DEADLINE.

WE'RE UP. YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY PAST WHAT? WE USUALLY START THE AUDIT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SINGLE AUDIT, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED A SINGLE AUDIT TO RECEIVE GRANTS, FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS.

USUALLY THAT STARTS IN NOVEMBER.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED YET, BUT WE HAVE A MARCH DEADLINE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FILE WITH THE SEC OUR AUDITED FINANCIALS THROUGH EMMA SYSTEM, AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME STATE AND FEDERAL DEADLINES THAT REQUIRE OUR AUDITED FINANCIALS BY THE END OF MARCH.

OKAY. SO HOW DO WE ANTICIPATE DEALING WITH A CHANGE WOULD BE A CHANGE FROM OUR CURRENT AUDITOR AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE, WHEN I WOULD ASSUME THE CURRENT AUDITOR HAS BEEN DOING SOME WORK LEADING UP TO, YOU KNOW, THESE MARCH DEADLINES. SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE CHANGE, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU CAN GET UP TO SPEED PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 MONTHS BEFORE SOME SIGNIFICANT DEADLINES COME.

GREAT QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, OUR, YOU KNOW, PRIOR AUDITORS, GARZA GONZALEZ, THEY HAVEN'T STARTED FOR THIS YEAR, SO THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY WORK DONE. WE DID THROUGH PURCHASING REACH OUT TO CLA AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE COMING UP ON A DEADLINE.

HOW CAN YOU ALL STILL ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, US HITTING THAT MARCH DEADLINE AND GIVEN THE SIZE OF THEIR STAFF, AS YOU'VE HEARD, COMMISSIONER, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD APPLY ALL RESOURCES NECESSARY TO GET US UP TO SPEED, TO GET US, YOU KNOW, GOING WHERE WE NEED TO, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PREPARING OUR STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE THIS.

OKAY, AND WE WOULD HAVE LIKED IT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SOONER.

THIS IS NOT MY ITEM. I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOME BACK AND FORTH IN REGARDS TO THE CONTRACT WITH SOME INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT KIND OF DELAYED THINGS A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU AGAIN, HAVING HEARD THAT ANY CONCERN ABOUT COMPLYING WITH THE DEADLINES THAT ARE APPROACHING PRETTY QUICKLY HERE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH CLA'S CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO JUMP IN AND COMPLETE THE WORK ON TIME.

I WOULD I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT, THAT CERTAINLY REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO AUDIT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPRESSED FOR THIS FIRST TIME PERIOD, BUT WE ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO GET THAT DONE AND THEN IN FUTURE YEARS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE ANY LONGER.

OKAY THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR PURCHASING, BUT WAS THERE A REASON FOR THE DELAY IN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS GETTING THIS, YOU KNOW, RFP OUT OR GETTING THE RESPONSES, THE EVALUATIONS DONE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE ACCORDING TO OUR AUDITOR, IT'S NOT REALLY A TYPICAL CYCLE WHEN WE MAKE THESE KIND OF CHANGES.

YEAH. LIKE HOW LEO MENTIONED ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE INSURANCE ONCE THE DA'S THE ASSISTANT DA ASSIGNED TO THE CASE, GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT KIND OF DELAYED US ON THIS. OKAY.

IS THAT IMPACTING SOME OF THE OTHER RFPS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL? THERE'S IT ALL VARIES DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT'S IT VARIES.

OKAY. SO AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, I GUESS BACK TO LEO, AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH GARZA GONZALEZ I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR THE COUNTY.

IN FACT, I THINK I PROBABLY HAVE KNOWN THEM SINCE I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD 20 YEARS AGO.

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I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME GENERAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND HAVING A FRESH SET OF EYES.

LOOK AT YOUR NUMBERS.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, LEO? SURE, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION.

YES. SO TYPICALLY YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INDUSTRY STANDARD.

AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU GO TO ANOTHER EXTERNAL AUDITORS TO, YOU KNOW, GET A FRESH EYES ON YOUR BOOKS.

GARZA GONZALEZ HAS BEEN OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR 25 YEARS.

WE DID HAVE SOME A FEW YEARS BACK, SOME FEDERAL AUDITORS ACTUALLY QUESTIONED WHY WE HAD GARZA GONZALEZ SO LONG AND REALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO OUT FOR RFP AND REALLY TRY TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS.

NOW, ALONG THOSE LINES, COMMISSIONER, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE HAD A GREAT WORKING RAPPORT WITH GARZA GONZALEZ THEY USE US AS A REFERENCE.

WE GIVE THEM EXEMPLARY YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS TO OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENTS THAT THEY GO OUT FOR.

SO WE'VE HAD JUST A REALLY GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

AS YOU HEAR, THIS WOULD BE A LOT MORE WORK ON MY STAFF, OBVIOUSLY.

YOU KNOW, TO ACTUALLY GO TO NEW AUDITORS, BUT FOR OUR STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTH IT IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S FINANCIALS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET AUDITED WITH NEW FRESH SET OF EYES AND ALL THAT GOES, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THAT. OBVIOUSLY WENT THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.

WE DO HAVE A $3 BILLION BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER. SO YOU KNOW, TO HEAR A FIRM OF THAT SIZE AND, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND RESOURCES THEY HAVE.

ALSO WILL OBVIOUSLY AID IN, IN FUTURE AUDITS GOING FORWARD.

OKAY. I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TERM.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S A THREE YEAR THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO, ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT THAT.

ARE THOSE AUTOMATIC OPTIONS, OR DO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER YEAR THREE FOR COURT ACTION? IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT TO FOR APPROVAL AS AN AMENDMENT FOR ADDITIONAL FOR THE ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY. RENEWAL. OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR NOW. JUDGE.

JUDGE, I HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN OUT.

SO WAS THIS INFORMATION ON THE FIRM GIVEN TO MY STAFF AND MY ABSENCE? YOU KNOW.

SO I BELIEVE IN REGARDS TO THE PURCHASING SIDE.

NO, NOTHING WAS GIVEN TO EACH COMMISSIONERS.

I DID REACH OUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER.

I ACTUALLY SPOKE ON SOME IN REGARDS TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND OR THEIR STAFF.

I DID REACH OUT. COMMISSIONER TO YOUR STAFF? BUT I DIDN'T HEAR A RESPONSE BACK.

OKAY. SO CAN YOU JUST TELL ME MORE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN? BECAUSE IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, RIGHT.

SO THERE IS NO SCORING NUMBERS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT RIGHT THERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IF IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE MATRIX THAT WAS CREATED AND I HAVE A COPY OF THAT SCORING MATRIX IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY.

YES. CAN YOU GIVE THAT TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF PLEASE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IT'S NOT BASED ON HIGHEST BID OR ANYTHING.

RIGHT OKAY. SO YOU HAVE THE SCORING BUT THEN YOU GUYS LIKE THE TEAM MAKES THE DECISION.

YES, AND MY QUESTION IS THIS.

SO WHENEVER POSSIBLE I PREFER TO GO WITH A LOCAL COMPANY.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

IF WERE THEY SO MUCH FURTHER FURTHER AHEAD THAN ANY OF THE LOCAL COMPANIES? WERE THERE NOT OTHER LOCAL COMPANIES WHO COULD HAVE TAKEN IT? I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF USING DIFFERENT AUDITORS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING CARE OF THE COUNTY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT NONETHELESS HOW WERE THEY CHOSEN? OKAY, SO WE DID EXCUSE ME.

SO WE DID FOLLOW THE RFP PROCESS.

SO WE ISSUED THE SOLICITATION.

SO IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UNDER THE DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION.

RIGHT. SO THERE WAS AN EVALUATION.

THERE WAS EVALUATION CRITERIA AND WEIGHTS PROVIDED.

SO THERE WAS THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND THAT EVALUATED EACH RESPONSE INDEPENDENTLY, AND THERE WAS A SCORING MATRIX.

SO WE DO HAVE THE SCORES? YEAH. NO, I PRETTY MUCH JUST JUST SAID THAT.

MY POINT IS, WHEN THE MATRIX, WHEN THE TEAM GOT TOGETHER, THEY SCORED, AND THEN THEY DISCUSSED HOW WAS THAT THEN DECIDED AS OPPOSED TO LOCAL COMPANIES.

OKAY. SO WHEN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE PROVIDED THE INDEPENDENT SCORES TO US, WE CALCULATED THE MATHEMATICAL SUMMARIZATION.

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IT'S A MATHEMATICAL EQUATION.

OKAY. SO HOW MANY COMPANIES HOW MANY COMPANIES RESPONDED.

SEVEN. HOW MANY WERE LOCAL? 6 OR 7. I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS LOCAL, BUT WE CANNOT PROVIDE AN AWARD BASED ON LOCAL.

OKAY, BUT I CAN ASK THE QUESTION, THOUGH, RIGHT? SURE. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW THAT? AND IF I COULD.

COMMISSIONER, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY.

YEAH, THEY DO HAVE AN OFFICE HERE LOCALLY THAT HE MENTIONED, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY EMPLOYS 45 EMPLOYEES LOCALLY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SO THAT'S HOW WE EVALUATE IT, AND THE HIGHEST RANKED WAS WAS CALCULATED.

OKAY. SO DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY LOCAL COMPANIES SUBMIT IT WITHIN THOSE SEVEN.

APPROXIMATELY FOUR.

LOCAL? LOCAL.

FOUR OUT OF THE SEVEN. COMMISSIONER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU ALL HAVE THE SLIDE WITH THE SCORING? I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER IF WE STARTED WITH THAT [INAUDIBLE] THE WHOLE PACKET OR.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET A CLEAR ANSWER FROM US WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

JUST GIVE IT TO ME. IS IT ONE FOR EACH? SO THIS LITTLE PACKET CONSISTS OF THE QUICK POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BY THE SCORING MATRIX IN WHICH YOU'RE REQUESTING, AS WELL AS THE COST PROPOSAL FROM CLA, AND THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER FROM CLA.

IS THERE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS EVERYONE COMPARED? THERE YOU GO. IT SHOULD BE THE GOTCHA.

THE SECOND TO THE LAST SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE COMPOSITE EVALUATION FORM.

SO OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND AN ONGOING PERSONAL CONFLICT WITH WITH CLA, I'M NOT I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN ON THIS ITEM AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE.

I SO, YOU KNOW, NOT SITTING ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO REHASH THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE EXTENDED THE TIME UNDER THE CONTRACT A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND SO WE ALWAYS KNEW WE WERE RUNNING UP AGAINST THAT GENERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD, THAT WE HAD TO CHANGE AUDITORS AT SOME POINT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY JUST REACHED THAT FINAL POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO BE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD. SO I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

JUDGE GOT THREE VOTES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

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THIS CONTRACT WAS ROUTING BY THE TIME OUR DUE DATE FOR AGENDA ITEMS WERE DUE, BUT CONSIDERING THAT THE 119TH U.S.

CONGRESS HAS COMMENCED AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS COMING IN, WE SOUGHT THE EXCEPTION, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH MR. SARNOFF FOR FEDERAL CONSULTING SERVICES.

MOVE APPROVAL.

JUDGE. IF I COULD PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND AND CHANGE MY VOTE FOR ITEM 101 TO NO.

SO NOTED.

FOR CORRECTION ON THE VOTE ON 101 VOTE CHANGED TO NO.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOONEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND THE VOTE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER NOTATIONS FOR OTHERS? I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF ADOLFO HERNANDEZ AND JUNE JOHNSON, MOTHER OF MELISSA SHANNON, OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEE.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, AND I'LL JOIN IN ADJOURNING ON BEHALF OF MELISSA'S MOTHER.

WE SEND OUR CONDOLENCES.

I ALSO HAVE JOSEPH GONZALEZ, SARAH CASTANEDA AND HENRY TREVIÑO, A LONGTIME SAN ANTONIO FIREFIGHTER.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF FORMER MAYOR HOWARD PEEK.

ALSO [INAUDIBLE] AND ALEXIA ROSALES.

THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE STRUCK BY A VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE EXCEL MONTESSORI SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 19TH.

WE JOIN IN MOURNING.

MRS. JOHNSON, MELISSA SHANNON'S MOTHER, WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF PRECINCT FOUR, AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR THE FAMILY.

I ALSO AM PRAYING FOR CONSTABLE BRIAN KEMPKER OF PRECINCT FOUR.

HE LOST HIS BROTHER, A NEW BRAUNFELS POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER, SERGEANT ANDREW KEMPKER.

SO THOSE ARE WE'D LIKE TO ASK THE COURT TO ADJOURN IN THEIR HONOR.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO JOIN IN ON THE MOTION TO ADJOURN IN REGARDS TO MELISSA'S MOM.

I BELIEVE, MRS. JOHNSON, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO SAY TODAY IS A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE LATE AND GREAT MAYOR HOWARD W PEEK, WHO WAS A TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY LEADER.

MAYOR PEEK HAD THE VISION TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM THAT NOW COVERS MORE THAN 100 MILES.

HE ENVISIONED AN EMERALD NECKLACE OF LINEAR TRAILS THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS SAN ANTONIO, PROTECT GREEN SPACES, PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND TO THIS DAY, BEXAR COUNTY IS A VITAL PARTNER IN FUNDING AND EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY'S WORLD CLASS TRAIL NETWORK.

MAYOR PEEK ALSO PUSHED FOR THE BALLOT INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM, WHICH PROTECTS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LAND OVER THE AQUIFER TO LIMIT DEVELOPMENT THAT IMPACT OUR DRINKING WATER.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND HIS POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

I EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE, MARGIE, AND TO THE PEAKE FAMILY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

OH, YES.

ITEM 103.

I DIDN'T GET THE FULL VOTE ON THAT ONE.

I GOT THE MOTION AND THE SECOND.

OH, THEN IF I COULD THEN MOTION TO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO REOPEN? LET'S CONTINUE, JUDGE. OH CONTINUE IT.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL IT IN FOR A VOTE ON ITEM 103A.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

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SO NO MOTION CARRIES.

DOES THAT NOW CONCLUDE ALL THE BUSINESS FOR TODAY? IF NOT FOREVER. HOLD YOUR PEACE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.