[1. Opening Prayer: Pastor Chris Johnson, First Baptist Church of San Antonio. ] [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. IF I COULD GET YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR MAY 13TH, 2025. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INVITE PASTOR CHRIS JOHNSON FROM THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. PASTOR. THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SHORTLY AFTER THAT. BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PASTOR CHRIS JOHNSON, SENIOR PASTOR, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE GREW UP IN CARRIZO SPRINGS. SO YOU'RE A SOUTH TEXAS GUY, RIGHT? PASTOR GRADUATED FROM CARRIZO SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE GETTING A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN RELIGION FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. HE LATER COMPLETED A MASTER'S OF DIVINITY IN THEOLOGY AND A DOCTOR OF MINISTRY IN SPIRITUAL FORMATION FROM THE TRUETT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT BAYLOR. FROM THE LOCAL WORK OF CHAMPIONING THE CHURCH'S HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PRESENCE TO GLOBAL MISSIONS AND ENGAGEMENT, PASTOR CHRIS WORK IS BOTH THE REACHING AND DEEPLY IMPACTFUL. JUST LIKE TO AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, PASTOR. MY MOM, ROSIE SAKAI MOVED UP HERE IN SAN ANTONIO A LATER YEARS AND LIVED WITH MY SISTER, AND SHE WAS A REGULAR ATTENDANCE OVER AT FIRST BAPTIST WHEN YOU HAD THE HONORABLE SENIOR PASTOR DON GUTHRIE. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO DON AND HOLLY WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE BECAUSE MOM TOOK ME TO CHURCH LIKE SHE DID WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID. AND SO IT WAS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORSHIP IN YOUR CHURCH. AND SO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DOES HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. SO THANK YOU. WELCOME TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE OPENING PRAYER? PLEASE STAND. LET'S PRAY. OUR FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. LORD, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN BEXAR COUNTY. LORD, IT'S. IT'S A JOY TO LIVE IN THIS, THIS WONDERFUL PLACE. AND, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERS THAT YOU HAVE PLACED IN CHARGE, LORD, OVER BEXAR COUNTY, FOR HOW YOU'VE GUIDED THEM, HOW YOU'VE PROTECTED THEM, AND US AS A PEOPLE. LORD, YOU HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF US, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU'VE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF US THROUGH THESE LEADERS. AND, LORD, WE PRAY TODAY AS THEY CARRY ON WITH THE BUSINESS LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM, GIVE THEM INSIGHT, LORD, THAT TRUTH WOULD RISE TO THE TOP. LORD, THAT'S WHAT WE LONG FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND IN ALL OF THE BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THIS COUNTY. LORD, WE PRAY THAT TRUTH WOULD ALWAYS COME TO THE FRONT AND LORD, THAT AS THESE LEAD US, IT WOULD BE CLEAR THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO, LORD, WHO WE NEED TO BE. AND LORD, WE WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROVISION AND INTERVENTION AND WISDOM AND ALL OF IT. AND OVER THIS COURT TODAY, LORD, WE PRAY PEACE, HOLINESS, JUSTICE, TRUTH, LORD, FOR YOUR CHARACTER TO PREVAIL IN ALL THAT WE DO. IT'S IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. WE PRAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU PASTOR. AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, I YIELD THE FLOOR TO YOU. THANK YOU. JUDGE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE SOME FINE STUDENT LEADERS HERE THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND THE PODIUM. THESE ARE STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERS FROM SAINT PAUL'S IN PRECINCT TWO. MY FRIEND DAVID MAYORGA BRINGS THEM EVERY YEAR. AND SADLY, THIS MAY BE THE FINAL YEAR. I THINK THAT THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED HERE IN COURT BECAUSE WE HEARD THAT THE ARCHDIOCESE IS CLOSING SAINT PAUL'S. BUT THESE YOUNG FOLKS, THEIR PRINCIPAL, MISS WALTERS, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO SHEPHERD THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. WE KNOW I TALKED TO A FEW OF THEM AS WE TOOK PICTURES BEFORE COURT, AND THEY'RE ALREADY EYEING SOME OF OUR SEATS. THEY WANT TO RUN FOR OFFICE. FUTURE LEADERS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE THEM, TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE. IF WE COULD ALL JOIN IN A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU ARE EXCITED TO GET BACK TO CLASS. THE JUDGE ALWAYS SIGNS A PERMISSION SLIP IF YOU WANT TO STAY ALL DAY. [00:05:04] RIGHT, JUDGE? MAYBE NOT. MAYBE NOT. SURE, COMMISSIONER. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. DAVID, THANK YOU FOR FOR MAKING THE TRIP. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. KIDS. STUDY HARD. BE WELL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PROCEED WITH CEREMONY. HOLD ON. DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE THAT WE DID ALREADY? OH, OKAY. DID WE GET A PICTURE? NO. IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP CEREMONY ITEMS. [3. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)] PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION BY COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH IN BEXAR COUNTY. MISS JACKIE BARR, YOU AND YOUR GROUP UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSION OF ELDERLY JOINT COMMISSION MAY BE HERE. SO WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM AS I READ YOUR PROCLAMATION IN THE NAME AND BY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT, ORIGINALLY ENACTED IN 1965, SUPPORTS A RANGE OF HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES THAT KEEP OLDER ADULTS HEALTHY AND INDEPENDENT. AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY AND THE NATIONAL NATION RECOGNIZE MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH TO HONOR OUR OLDER AMERICANS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO THE NATION, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES FACING OLDER AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS, BEXAR COUNTY HELPED CREATE A CITY COUNTY JOINT COMMISSION ON EARLY AFFAIRS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SENIORS IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF SENIOR SERVICES AND RESOURCES, ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH. AND WHEREAS, THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN THEME IS FLIP THE SCRIPT ON AGING, WHICH ENCOURAGES TO TRANSFORM HOW SOCIETY PERCEIVES, TALKS ABOUT, AND APPROACHES AGING. AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY SUPPORTS AND DEPENDS ON THE COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS FOR ITS ADVOCACY ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR SENIORS, AND IS PROUD TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY HELP AND ENCOURAGE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE ARE AGING UNBOUND. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH IN BEXAR COUNTY, SIGNED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT. WELCOME, FERNANDO. THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS FERNANDO CARRINGTON. I'M CHAIR OF THE JOINT COMMISSION, AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE HERE AND FOR THIS HONOR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO ONE OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS, WHICH IS MISS BETTY. OH, MISS BETTY IS HERE. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. AND GOOD MORNING. WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD A GREAT COMMISSION AND WE'RE LOOKING VERY, VERY FORWARD TO THIS YEAR ACCOMPLISHING MANY THINGS FOR OUR SENIORS IN BEXAR COUNTY IN SAN ANTONIO. THERE ARE MANY ISSUES AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE OUR COMMISSION. WE TRULY APPRECIATE BEXAR COUNTY BEING PART OF IT. I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF THE LAST 20 YEARS OF SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION. I HOPE TO SERVE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE ON THIS COMMISSION. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY BEST ALL THE WAY FOR EVERY SENIOR IN BEXAR COUNTY. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEXAR COUNTY DOING THE SAME. I WANT TO THANK TOMMY CALVERT. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY TOMMY CALVERT. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR AREA, AND I CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN WATCHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOMMY CALVERT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AGAIN AND TO YOU, JUDGE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR YEAR FOR THIS COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD. LOOK FOR US TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. AMEN. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. FERNANDA, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS? DID YOU WANT TO? YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. ANYBODY ELSE? OH, YOU YIELDED YOUR TIME. I YIELDED MY TIME TO HER. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW ON TODAY'S AGENDA I HAVE APPOINTED DOCTOR PAUL FURUKAWA TO BE JOINING YOUR COMMISSION. SO AFTER HE GETS APPROVED TODAY I'M SURE HE'LL BE SHORTLY JOINING THE COMMISSION AND BEING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF OUR OLDER AMERICANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS GREAT COMMISSION. YES, COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. JUDGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS COMMISSION AND THIS COURT FOR THEIR SUPPORT. TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME IN, WE WERE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF ELDER FINANCIAL FRAUD. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THIS COURT HAS SUPPORTED INVESTIGATORS TO FIGHT AGAINST ELDER FRAUD AND PROSECUTORS TO PROSECUTE ELDER FRAUD, [00:10:07] FINANCIAL FRAUD. AND THAT IS A BIG EVOLUTION BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS OF FAKE CALLS AND ALL THESE KINDS OF FINANCIAL ISSUES. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOME HEALTH CARE AND AGING IN PLACE. AND THE COURT HAS DONATED OR ALLOCATED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TOWARDS GROUPS LIKE MERCY HOUSING WHO HAVE DONE OUR OUR RETROFITTING AND HELPING AVERAGE AGE 60 PLUS INDIVIDUAL IN BEXAR COUNTY AND UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY. AGE IN PLACE. AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. BUT WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO ON THOSE THINGS. AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE FUNDS FOR FEEDING SENIORS ARE BEING HELD UP, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY COUNTY MUST CHALLENGE. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ADVICE ON APRIL 18TH FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THESE FROZEN FUNDS, BUT WE VERY MUCH HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO DEPEND UPON THESE FUNDS EVERY EXCUSE ME, THESE MEALS EVERY DAY. AND WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO FIGHT ON THEIR BEHALF. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR GUIDE THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU MORE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE COME FORWARD AND TAKE A PICTURE FERNANDA COMMISSION AND I'LL PRESENT TO YOU THE PROCLAMATION. YES. GOT MY CAMERA? YES. YES. YES. YES. SHE'S GOING TO TAKE PICTURES. GOOD MORNING. HEY, HOW ARE YOU, TERRY? I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO. TAKE A PICTURE. I DIDN'T HAVE GRAY HAIR BACK THEN. ALL DAY. FERNANDO. THERE YOU GO. COME ON. JACKIE. DAVID. STAFF. COME FORWARD. GOOD MORNING. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. SEE YOU. APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, IT STARTED WITH KIDS. I MEAN. WE'RE WE'RE ALL KIDS AT HEART, TERRY. WE'RE ALL KIDS AT HEART. WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE. WHAT'S THAT? YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE IN JUVENILE VIP? AND THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S DO THE PRESENTATION ON PROCLAMATION BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING BEXAR COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OTHERS. THIS PROCLAMATION COVERS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND ALSO RECOGNIZES MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICER, MEMORIAL DAY. COMMISSIONER MOODY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. JUDGE. WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE SHERIFF AND AND OUR REPS FROM DSBC TO MAKE IT TO THE PODIUM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD MORNING. YES, MA'AM. YOU DO? DON'T YELL AT ME TODAY. YOU ALWAYS YELL AT ME WHEN YOU SEE ME. YES, SIR. LET ME GET YOUR INFORMATION AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS JUDGE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. YES. AS YOU AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT WE DREAD. BUT WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY HOMAGE TO THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY SINCE 1731. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS, OF THIS AGENCY HAVE PROTECTED AND SERVED THIS COMMUNITY, AND UNFORTUNATELY MANY HAVE PAID THE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE NAME OF, OF LAW AND ORDER STARTING IN 1840 SHERIFF JOSEPH HOOD LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY RIGHT ACROSS WHERE THE OLD WHERE THE OLD COUNCIL HOUSE USED TO BE. AND EVERY MONTH WE GET TOGETHER HERE ON THE ON THE STEPS OF THE COURTHOUSE AND WE HONOR OUR OWN. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION. SOME FOLKS CAME WITH ME. IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL PASS THE MIC OVER TO THEM AS WELL. SURE. I GUESS IT'S ME. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR PEOPLE. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE ARE THE BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE WORLD. AND EVERY DAY WE STRIVE TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR PEOPLE. [00:15:06] IT GOES A LONG WAYS. THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. SHERIFF AND RON, DEREK, RENEE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR FOR YOUR WORK AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS. THE PROCLAMATION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT. WHEREAS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962 WHEN PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY SIGNED A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY, AND THE WEEK IN WHICH THAT DATE FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IS OBSERVED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGEOUS PEOPLE WHO SERVE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, DURING THIS WEEK, WE COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OFFICERS UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND COURAGE, AS WELL AS PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE OFFICERS WHO HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE, ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS. I'D JUST LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND LIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS. FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SHERIFF JOSEPH L HOOD, SHERIFF EDWARD A STEVENS. DEPUTY DANIEL MCCLUSKEY. DEPUTY JOHN T HOLLOWAY, DEPUTY GEORGE L MANGOLD, DEPUTY. FRANK ACKERMAN, DEPUTY GEORGE PETRULLO, DEPUTY WYNFORD O. PATIO. PATIO. DEPUTY VINCENT L WALKER. DEPUTY JOSHUA B RODRIGUEZ. JUNIOR DEPUTY ELWOOD GROFF. DEPUTY GEORGE R GARZA, DEPUTY ARTURO RODRIGUEZ, DEPUTY ADRIAN S AGUILAR, DEPUTY DAVID CASTILLO, DEPUTY NATALIE ANN SORIANO, DEPUTY JESUS GARZA, JUNIOR SERGEANT KENNETH G. VANN, SENIOR DEPUTY TIMOTHY DE LA FUENTE, DEPUTY RONALD BUTLER. WE ALSO HAVE BEXAR COUNTY CONSTABLE, PRECINCT THREE SERGEANT MARK LUIS SERNA AND BEXAR COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DIRECTOR IN KYLE COLEMAN, AS WELL AS CANINES CHUCKY, VEGAS, DUKE AND HADES. WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CHALLENGES INHERENT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION AND APPRECIATES THE VITAL ROLE THAT OFFICERS PLAY IN OUR COUNTY TO INCLUDE THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2025 WILL TAKE PLACE FROM MAY 15TH TO THE 21ST, 2025 AND BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE DEDICATION AND SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS MAY 15TH THROUGH MAY 21ST AND MAY 15TH, RESPECTIVELY, AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY. SIGNED YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. SHERIFF, I BELIEVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS GOING. OFFICE IS GOING TO HAVE A CEREMONY THIS COMING WEEK. CAN CAN YOU PUT AND I PRESUME THE PUBLIC IS INVITED. SO WHEN IS THAT CEREMONY? IT'S THURSDAY MORNING, SIR. OUT HERE. OUT HERE ON THE STEPS. AT WHAT TIME? WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU AT 930. 9:00, SIR. AND IS THE PUBLIC INVITED? YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND THE EVENT, IF YOU CAN. AND IF NOT, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE FALLEN HEROES? AND AT THIS TIME, JUST ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND TAKE A PICTURE HERE, SHERIFF? THANK YOU. AND THE CHIEFS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF. THANK YOU. CHIEF. YES, SIR. SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ONE, TWO. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO A [00:20:01] PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZED IN MAY 2025 AND MAY 16TH, 2025, RESPECTIVELY, AS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH AND BIKE TO WORK DAY. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. CLEVE MATTHEWS HERE FROM THE MPO. SO IN ABOUT A MONTH I WILL BE. I'M THE CHAIR ELECT OF MPO. IN ABOUT A MONTH I WILL BE THE CHAIR. SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE. OH, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE. MORE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR MPL. GREAT. THANKS FOR COMING. OKAY. SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL BIKE MONTH. WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2025, BEXAR COUNTY WILL OBSERVE MAY AS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH TO SUPPORT BIKE TO WORK DAY ON MAY 16TH, 2025 TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CYCLIST MOBILITY, SAFETY AND ACCESS. AND WHEREAS CYCLING IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS A HEALTHY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT CAN HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH, ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENCE ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER AND OLDER POPULATIONS, AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS, A TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN TITLED MICHAEL, THAT MEANS MY STREET, YOUR STREET WITH A MISSION TO REDUCE SEVERE AND FATAL CRASHES FOR MOTORISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ON ROADWAYS IN UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO ACHIEVE ZERO TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES, PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH SAFETY INFORMATION, AND TO ADOPT AND PROMOTE SAFER PRACTICES. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION INCLUDES THE ANNUAL BIKE TO WORK DAY, IN WHICH LOCAL BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES HOST ENERGIZER STATIONS TO PROVIDE CYCLISTS WITH RESOURCES, REFRESHMENTS, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE PRIZES ON THEIR MORNING COMMUTE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS MAY 2025 AND MAY 16TH, RESPECTIVELY, AS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH AND BIKE TO WORK DAY. WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE, MYSELF AND YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS COURT IN FORT APLAUSO, POR FAVOR. MATTHEW, THE TIME IS YOURS. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MATTHEW MORENO. I'M THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNER AT THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. WE REPRESENT COMAL, GUADALUPE, KENDALL, AND MEDINA COUNTIES, THE ENTIRE SAN ANTONIO REGION. WE ARE A FEDERALLY FOCUSED AREA FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, MEANING WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH RATE AND THAT BLEEDS OVER INTO OUR CYCLIST SAFETY AS WELL. WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ACKNOWLEDGING BIKE MONTH, AS WELL AS BIKE TO WORK DAY THIS COMING FRIDAY. A LARGE PROPORTION OF OUR SEVERE INJURY AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES MAKE UP THOSE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS IN OUR REGION. SO WE ARE GLAD THAT BEXAR COUNTY IS ACKNOWLEDGING BIKE MONTH THIS MAY. WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO SEE WHICH WAYS WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IS THROUGH FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE. SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE BIKE TO WORK DAY THIS COMING FRIDAY MORNING. THOSE ENERGIZER STATIONS WILL BE OUT FROM 7 TO 9 A.M. AS WELL. AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO ALLOW JOEY POLLACK WITH ACTIVATE ESSAY TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. THANK YOU MATTHEW. MY NAME IS JOEY PAVLIK. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACTIVATE ESSAY, A LOCAL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSIT AND LAND USE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING MAY AS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH. AND THIS WEEK AS BIKES WORK WEEK AND FRIDAY AS BIKE TO WORK DAY. THE BICYCLE IN SOME CASES OR TRICYCLE, IS AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY FOR A FELLOW BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS TO GET TO THE PLACES THEY WANT TO GO, WHETHER IT HELPS THEM TO GET TO SCHOOL, WORK, THE GROCERY STORE AND OF COURSE, BETTER PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. AS A REGION, WE HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS FROM BUILDING SOME BIKE LANES ADOPTING NEW POLICIES SUCH AS IN SAN ANTONIO, THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN, VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, AND COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TRAIL SYSTEM ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITY, CONNECTING COMMUNITIES, CITIES AND OUR REGION. SO WE ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVESTING, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TRULY REGIONAL CONNECTED SYSTEM ALL ACROSS OUR REGION, AND EVEN CONNECTING TO PLACES LIKE AUSTIN THROUGH PROJECTS LIKE THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT. SO WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE INVESTING IN THAT GOING INTO THE FUTURE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, TOO, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY MENTIONED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE SAFER FOR ALL AND NOT JUST SAFER, BUT COMFORTABLE. FROM 2019 TO 2023, 43 CYCLISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED ON OUR ROADWAYS IN BEXAR COUNTY, WITH ANOTHER 159 SERIOUSLY INJURED. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME OR ARE SERIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THOSE CRASHES. SINCE CYCLISTS ALONE DIED IN 2024, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO CONTINUE DOING TO MAKE OUR ROADWAYS SAFER IN OUR AREA. SO WE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THE SAFE STREETS, FOR ALL GRANTS AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND MAKING AN APPROACH TOWARD ERADICATING ROADWAY DEATHS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO PUSHING FOR AND ADVOCATING FOR STREETS THAT ARE BUILT AND MADE MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. [00:25:08] WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE ALSO MAKING IT SAFER FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MOTORISTS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY BIKE MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT MPL DOES. WE HAVE A SMALL STAFF, BUT WE GET A LOT OF GOOD WORK DONE. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR A PICTURE? GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. PERFECT. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL PRESENTATION IS A PROCLAMATION BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY WEEK FROM MAY 12TH. MAY 17TH. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUDGE. BRAD AND YOUR GROUP, WOULD YOU MAKE YOUR WAY ON UP TO THE PODIUM? AS YOU DO THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION. IT READS, WHEREAS THE SALVATION ARMY HAS BECOME HAS BEEN A BEACON OF HOPE AND COMPASSION IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1904, OFFERING VITAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. AND WHEREAS, DURING NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY WEEK, WE CELEBRATE THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF THE SALVATION ARMY'S COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. AND WHEREAS THE SALVATION ARMY OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING SHELTER, MEALS, REHABILITATION PROGRAMS AND DISASTER RELIEF, DEMONSTRATING UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO IMPROVING LIVES. AND WHEREAS, THE SALVATION ARMY'S VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE, SELFLESSNESS AND COMPASSION, ENRICHING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS, THE WEEK OF MAY 12TH TO MAY 17TH, 2025 IS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL SALVATION SALVATION ARMY WEEK. WE COMMEND THE SALVATION ARMY FOR ITS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, INSPIRING ALL OF US TO LIVE WITH COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY WEEK, SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR FOLKS FROM SALVATION ARMY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS JOSH ROBINETTE. I'M THE AREA COMMANDER FOR THE SALVATION ARMY IN THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO AREA. AND IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE AMONG YOU TODAY, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PROCLAMATION GIVEN TODAY. AND IT'S HUMBLING TO BE INCLUDED ALONG OTHER SUCH WORTHY PROCLAMATIONS THAT WERE HEARD TODAY. SO THANK YOU. THIS PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY WEEK IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN A TRADITION OF CELEBRATING THE SALVATION ARMY'S WORK AND ITS COMMITMENT TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE EXIST. IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN 1954 AND DESIGNATED NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY WEEK BY PRESIDENT DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, AND WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNTY'S RECOGNITION, WHICH I BELIEVE UNDERSCORES THE IMPACT OF OUR MISSION OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN MEETING HUMAN NEEDS IN HIS NAME WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION. WE'VE BEEN FULFILLING THAT MISSION IN BEXAR COUNTY FOR 136 YEARS. THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, WE'VE PROVIDED OVER 54,000 NIGHTS OF SHELTER, FACILITATED OVER 247 SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS OUT OF SHELTER INTO HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ONCE LIVING ON THE STREETS. WE'VE SERVED OVER 337,000 MEALS, AND WE'VE PROVIDED OVER A HOST OF OTHER VERY IMPORTANT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE SALVATION ARMY REMAINS STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE FOLKS AND THE NEIGHBORS IN NEED IN BEXAR COUNTY AND ALONGSIDE WITH ME. I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY INTRODUCED THEM FIRST. WE HAVE SOME VERY DEDICATED STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD MEMBERS, AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GREAT WAY TO HELP US CELEBRATE NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY WEEK THIS SATURDAY NEAR THE HISTORIC WOODLAWN PARK AREA, WE'RE HOSTING MIKE TAYLOR BARBECUE THAT IS BENEFITING THE OUR THE SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD YOUTH CENTER THAT SERVES AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO KIDS THAT ARE IN NEED. AND SOME ARE PROGRAMING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THAT'S FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND PLEASE RELAY OUR THANKS TO ALL OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS AND THOSE WHO ARE A PART OF THE SALVATION ARMY FAMILY. WE APPRECIATE IT. WOULD YOU COME UP FOR A PHOTO? [00:30:10] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. HEY, IS THAT COCO CHANEL? COCO. COCO CHANEL. THE ROYALTIES IN THE HOUSE. THERE YOU GO. GET READY. AND ONE. TWO. THREE. 1 MILLION PHONES. OH! COME ON. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET'S TAKE UP A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ITEM. [4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ITEM(S)] PRESENTATION. INTRODUCTION OF 2025 GENERATION NEXT BEXAR COUNTY ARTS FUND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. NICOLE ERFORD. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS NICOLE ERFORD, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER. TODAY WE HAVE THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2013. SO THIS IS THE 13TH YEAR IN EXISTENCE. BEXAR COUNTY HAS SUPPORTED 133 INTERNSHIPS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS INTERNSHIP IS TO HELP BRING TOGETHER COLLEGE STUDENTS TO HAVE THE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE OF INTERACTING WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ALSO PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO THESE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY CAN HELP WITH SPECIAL PROJECTS AND EVENTS AND THINGS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PRODUCER GRACE FEATHERSTON, WHO'S THE COORDINATOR FOR THE OCTOBER PROJECT AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN SHE. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING TODAY? GREAT. EXCELLENT. MY NAME IS GRACE FEATHERSTON AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING GENERATION NEXT AND THE TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR LETTING ME ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM TODAY. IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE HAVE ADMINISTERED THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, THIS IS MY FIRST AND I AM VERY HONORED AS AN INTERN THAT HAS BEEN INTERNING BEFORE. I RECOGNIZE THE VERY GREAT, POWERFUL TOOL THAT AN INTERNSHIP IS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WITH ME TODAY IS OUR SENIOR VP AND CFO, JEFF LISANTI, OUR EDUCATION DIRECTOR, DOCTOR KIMBERLY STEPHENSON, AND CHARLES BARRETT, JUNIOR VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR ELECT OF THE TOBIN CENTER BOARD. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO YIELD TO MR. LISANTI. HELLO, I'M JEFF LISANTI, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO FOR THE TOBIN CENTER. THE TOBIN IS PROUD TO FACILITATE THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. IN THE PAST, WE'VE ASKED WHAT BEXAR COUNTY CAN DO FOR THE ARTS. THIS YEAR, WE'RE ASKING WHAT THE ARTS CAN DO FOR BEXAR COUNTY. THE 14 SELECTED INTERNS, WHILE LEARNING THE ROPES OF WORKING IN THE WORLD OF FINE ARTS, WILL MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK ON BEXAR COUNTY. UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR INTERNSHIP, WE'LL ANALYZE THIS IMPACT AND HOPE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND JUST HOW FAR THIS PROGRAM REACHES. ON AUGUST 7TH, WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING ALL OF THE INTERNS AT A LUNCHEON, AND THEY WILL BE EXPANDING ON THEIR EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE INTERNSHIP. FOR NOW, GENERATION NEXT IS PLEASED TO INVITE EACH REPRESENTATIVE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE THEIR ORGANIZATION AND THEIR INTERN. THE INTERN WILL THEN SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE STUDYING, WHAT THEY ARE STUDYING, AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M CORY MCRAE WITH ALAMO CITY ARTS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ARTS IS NOT JUST A LUXURY FOR US. IT'S A IT'S A IT'S IT'S A NECESSITY FOR OUR COUNTY. SO THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS SARAH GRACE ZAMORA AND I'M CURRENTLY STUDYING AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE UNDER THE KINESIOLOGY MAJOR. AND I'M JUST HOPING TO GET MORE EXPERIENCE AS FAR AS WORKING IN A COMMUNITY AND JUST BUILDING OFF OF THAT. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING. I'M MADELINE ELIZONDO. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH OPERA SAN ANTONIO. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES US THE VITAL SUPPORT OF AN AMAZING INTERN EACH SUMMER TO HELP FACILITATE OVER 20 EVENTS THAT WE DO OVER THE SUMMER FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MADELINE PHIPPS, OUR INTERN FOR THE SUMMER. HELLO, MY NAME IS MADDIE PHIPPS, ALSO A MADDIE. I AM SO EXCITED. I GO TO UTSA. I'M A VOCAL PERFORMANCE MAJOR, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OPERA SAN ANTONIO AND ESPECIALLY THE EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO KIDS AND EDUCATING THEM ABOUT OPERA. [00:35:01] SO THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SARAH COBB, AND I'M THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT THE WONDER THEATER. WE ARE SO THRILLED AND EXCITED TO HAVE THIS LOVELY YOUNG LADY ASSISTING US THIS SUMMER WITH OUR EXTENSIVE PROGRAM OF MUSICAL THEATER SUMMER CAMPS. SHE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR OWN ACADEMY STUDENTS WHO IS NOW GOING TO BE WORKING FOR US IN A TEACHING CAPACITY. SO IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE GWEN DE LA ROSA. HI THERE. GOOD MORNING, I'M GWEN DE LA ROSA. I'M CURRENTLY A THEATER BA MAJOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON. I'M HOPING THIS SUMMER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TEACHING PERFORMING ARTS TO OUR COMMUNITY'S YOUTH. AND WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COURT FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE FOSTER ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK TO HELP THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI, I'M CHLOE WALKER, I'M THE EDUCATION ASSOCIATE AT ARTPACE SAN ANTONIO. OUR INTERN, OLIVIA RING, IS FINISHING UP FINALS AT UT AUSTIN, WHERE SHE'S A DOUBLE MAJOR IN ENGLISH AND SUSTAINABILITY. OVER THE SUMMER, SHE'LL BE FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AS WE PLAN FOR OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY. SHE'S PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT, AND SO SHE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, ORGANIZATION PROGRAM PLANNING, AS WELL AS ORGANIZING FOR THE BIG GIVE. SO. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CARA GUERIN AND I'M THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR A MOMENT FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND FOR HELPING PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLEGE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO START THEIR OWN CAREERS IN THE ARTS. WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE ALYSSA WITH US THIS SUMMER HELPING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS DURING OUR 210 FESTIVAL. HI, MY NAME IS ALYSSA AND I AM A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MAJOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD. I'M VERY EXCITED TO CAPSTONE MY EXPERIENCES AT UW TO HELP THE CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE IN THEIR CULTIVATION. OF ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE MUSICAL EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY. HOWDY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARK ANTHONY. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS FASHION INDUSTRY INITIATIVE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO SAN ANTONIO, WE GET NUMBER ONE IN A LOT. WE'RE FOOD CAPITAL. WE ARE AMUSEMENT PARK CAPITAL. AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO THE FASHION CAPITAL OF TEXAS. SO WE HAVE OUR GREAT INTERN, VIOLET, WHO'S GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR SPRING FASHION WEEK FROM MAY 26TH UNTIL JUNE 1ST, WHICH THEN LEADS UP INTO OUR OUR AUTUMN FASHION WEEK, WHICH COMES UP IN THE FALL. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HER. SHE'S GOING TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SHE'S DOING IN SCHOOL, AND WE'RE JUST SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HER A PART OF THE TEAM. GOOD MORNING. I AM VIOLET BLAIR SAPIEN, AND I AM A MARKETING BBA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO. WITHIN THIS INTERNSHIP, I HOPE TO I HOPE TO GAIN EXTENSIVE OPPORTUNITY, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO PREPARE ME WELL FOR A CAREER AND FUTURE WITHIN THE FASHION INDUSTRY. HI THERE. MY NAME IS OMAR ELADIO. I'M WITH SAN ANTO CULTURAL ARTS AND WE ARE THE EL PASO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AND TEEN MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ALYSSA MEDELLIN, WHO IS OUR SUMMER INTERN AND IS GOING TO BE HELPING US OUT WITH CLASS MANAGEMENT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER. HI, MY NAME IS ALYSSA MEDINA. I WILL BE ATTENDING SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL FOR PSYCHOLOGY AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO START WORKING WITH OMAR AND THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER THIS UPCOMING SUMMER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I'M DOCTOR SAMI SERRANO. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR THE CLASSIC THEATER AND SAN PEDRO PLAYHOUSE, AND I'M HERE WITH ELIA, WHO WILL BE OUR MUSICAL THEATER EDUCATION INTERN FOR THE SUMMER. HELLO, I'M ELIA CONTRERAS. I CURRENTLY ATTEND THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC. I'M STUDYING VOICE AND OPERA PERFORMANCE, AND I'M MOST EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE AMAZING BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT GOES INTO THEATER EDUCATION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I'M ALYSSA AVENATTI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF SAN ANTONIO. OUR PROGRAMS CHANGE LIVES FOR INFANTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AGE 18, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ARTS AND THE YOUTH IN SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS OUR INTERN FOR THIS SUMMER, MISS MOLINA SOSA. HELLO. MY NAME IS MOLINA SOSA. I'M A MUSIC EDUCATION MAJOR AT UTSA, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M SINCERELY GRATEFUL FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND THIS COURT FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. I KNOW THIS PROGRAM, FOR SO MANY OF US INTERNS TAKES TIME, [00:40:04] RESOURCES, AND HEART TO MAKE POSSIBLE. SO I'M TRULY GRATEFUL NOT ONLY FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MY EDUCATION, BUT FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY AND OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY AND IN MUSIC. AND I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING USAGE IN THE ARTS, AND TO WORK WITH CSAS, FREE SUMMER CAMPS. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE ALL OF THAT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE INTO MY OWN CLASSROOM AND CHOIR PROGRAM SOMEDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LAURA GARZA. I'M THE EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR TEATRO SAN ANTONIO. WE ARE LATINX THEATER COMPANY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DEDICATED TO AMPLIFYING UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES. AND WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE OUR RICH CITY CULTURAL HISTORY. SO WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY TO OUR WONDERFUL INTERN HERE, LIAM MEISTER. YES. HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LIAM MEISTER. I AM A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, PURSUING A DOUBLE MAJOR IN BFA IN PERFORMANCE AND A BA IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, AS WELL AS A MINOR IN PERFORMING ARTS MANAGEMENT. AND I AM BEYOND INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH SUCH A TALENTED AND INSPIRING GROUP OF PERFORMERS TO HELP NOT ONLY SUSTAIN, BUT TO REVITALIZE CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT STORIES. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LISA DUNN. I'M THE PROGRAMS MANAGER AT CHILDREN'S BALLET OF SAN ANTONIO AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS. THIS GRANT GAVE US THE CHANCE TO HAVE A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT WHEN WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS US FROM THE ARTISTIC SIDE, AND IS NOW READY TO USE HER COLLEGE EXPERIENCE TO GIVE BACK TO US AND HELP US FURTHER OUR MISSION. MY NAME IS NOELLE RUBIO. I AM A JUNIOR AT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU TO THE BURKE COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO AN AMAZING TEAM THAT BRINGS DANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF EVERYBODY THAT SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO NOW. COME TAKE A PICTURE. WITH ME. HOW ARE YOU? WELCOME. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU CAN HAVE EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF SCOOCH IN. NO, I DON'T WANT TO. I'M GOOD. GOOD. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MR. BERRY. OKAY. OKAY, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP. AGENDA ITEM FIVE. [CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ] REQUEST THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. IDENTIFY ITEMS. JUST CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES ANY MATTERS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ 15 1515. COMMISSIONER MOODY. I HAD 15 AS WELL. AS WELL AS 31, 36, 31. 36. YES, 38, 38 AND 49. HAPPY TO TAKE UP 36 AND 38 AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. 36. 38. 49. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ALL RIGHT. THOMAS. I WAS ALERTED THAT THE STAFF IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT ITEM 15 BE PULLED AND DEFERRED. DEFERRED? NOT DEFERRED. PULLED FOR CLARIFICATION, PULLED FOR CLARIFICATION. AND JUDGE STAFF WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PULL AND DEFER. ITEM 39. 39. ALL RIGHT. [00:45:12] SO LET ME JUST ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU STILL WISH TO TAKE UP 15 YOU AND COMMISSIONER MOODY OR THE FACT THAT IT'S PULLED? WE CAN PASS. WELL, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT'S STILL GOING TO BE CONSIDERED. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AMENDED. IS THAT RIGHT? THOMAS. THAT IS CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. SO WHENEVER IT'S IN ORDER, JUDGE, WE'LL TAKE IT UP. WE'LL TAKE IT UP IN ORDER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL MATTERS TO BE CONCERNED, BUT IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. LET US NOW TAKE UP THOSE MATTERS INDIVIDUALLY. [15. Authorizing the continuation of month-to-month services with Imnate Calling Solutions, LLC for the purchase of Imnate Video Visitation Support Services in the monthly amount of $14,584; and Public Coin and Imnate Phone Services in the monthly revenue amount of $175,000; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to re-advertise a Request for Proposal based on revised scope of work, combining Imnate Video Visitation Support Services and revenue-generating Public Coin and Imnate Phone Services, as requested by the Sheriffs Office, and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record. ] LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 15. SO THOMAS, YOU HAVE. THE STAFF HAS ASKED THAT THE MATTER BE PULLED TO CORRECT. ARE WE DOING THAT NOW? YES, SIR. WE'LL ASK GREGORY TO COME UP AND PRESENT THE ITEM. MR. GALLOWAY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. COMMISSIONERS ITEM NUMBER 15. WE ARE CORRECTING THE CAPTION. THERE WAS AN ERROR. A CLERICAL ERROR THAT WAS UNCOVERED BY MR. LEO'S TEAM, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, REGARDING A REFERENCE TO REVENUE INSIDE OF THE CAPTION, WHICH WAS AN ERROR. SO THE THE CAPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO REMOVE THAT REFERENCE OF THE REVENUE. AND THEN I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ HAS SOME QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE, THE AGENDA ITEM THAT THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU, MISTER GALLOWAY. JUST JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON YOUR, YOUR AMENDMENT. SO WE'RE BASICALLY THEN STRIKING THE LANGUAGE THAT REFERS TO MONTHLY REVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. THERE WAS AN FCC MANDATE THAT REMOVED REVENUE GENERATING FROM THE SERVICE. SO I GUESS I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO AMEND THAT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. CLARIFICATION POINT OF CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER, IS, IS ARE BOTH THE WORDS MONTHLY AND REVENUE STRICKEN OR IS IT MONTHLY AMOUNT? SO I BELIEVE IT'S THE IT'S THE LINE THAT IT'S THE MONTHLY REVENUE AMOUNT OF 175. OKAY. THAT WHOLE PHRASE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO THERE IS A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER MOODY OR COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? YEAH, I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. JUDGE. GREG, JUST REAL QUICK, I WANTED TO JUST GET A CLARIFICATION ON WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME. FIRST OF ALL, THE ITEM NOW IS JUST TO CONTINUE ON A MONTH TO MONTH WITH THE CURRENT VENDOR, WHICH IS INMATE CALLING SOLUTIONS. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT I GUESS WHAT IS NOW THE TIMELINE FOR GOING OUT? I UNDERSTAND IT'S YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT NOW FOR SOLICITATIONS. AND WHERE ARE WE WITH BOTH TIMELINE AND DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS PARTICULAR? YES, COMMISSIONER. SO WE ARE THE 98% DONE WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK. THE TIMELINE SHOULD BE NOT THIS FOLLOWING COMMISSIONERS COURT, BUT I BELIEVE JUNE 10TH COMMISSIONERS COURT SHOULD BE THE TARGET DATE FOR US TO PRESENT FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO OUT AND RE-ADVERTISE. OKAY. AND AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR BOTH VIDEO VISITATION SERVICES AND PHONE SERVICES, WHICH HAS BEEN COMBINED TOGETHER. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO JUST ASK IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK. I KNOW THE SHERIFF, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME STRONG FEELINGS ON THE TABLET ISSUE IS AT THIS POINT WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND I'M I DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I JUST THINK THAT IT OUGHT TO BE PART OF THE OPTIONALITY FOR THE PROPOSAL. SO IS THAT BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE PROPOSAL? I DON'T KNOW IF, SHERIFF, YOU'RE GIVING INPUT ON THE SCOPE OF WORK ON THIS OR YOUR OFFICES OR. WE CERTAINLY WILL. YOU KNOW, WITH WITH REGARD TO THE TABLETS, I CAN'T SAY I'M ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THEM OR OR, YOU KNOW, HUGELY IN FAVOR OF THEM. IT'S I'M KIND OF TAKING A WAIT AND SEE. SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT AN OPTIONAL TYPE THING. YEAH. I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T MIND HAVING IT IN THERE. AND IF WE SEE THAT IT'S CREATING SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, MORALE ISSUES WITH REGARD TO DEPUTIES OR DESTRUCTION, [00:50:04] WHICH IS COSTING MORE MONEY OR USES A WEAPON, THEN WE COULD WE COULD CERTAINLY NIX IT. BUT IF WE IF YOU WANTED TO PUT IT IN THERE AS AN OPTIONAL THING, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T OPPOSE THAT. YEAH, THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION. SO MR. GALLOWAY, IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF WORK IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS AN OPTION THAT'S PRESENTED AS PART OF THE PROPOSAL AND WE'LL YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT UP TO THE SHERIFF AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WHETHER OR NOT TO INCLUDE THAT. BUT IF THAT COULD BE PART OF THE PROPOSAL, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM DIFFERENT FOLKS. MAYBE YOU KNOW, JUST AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT ADDS TO THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF SERVICES WITH THAT. SO NO PROBLEM. NO ISSUE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, JUDGE. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MOODY. I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK ON THE HISTORY ON THIS ITEM. DO WE REMEMBER WHEN THIS LAST CAME TO COMMISSIONERS COURT? CAN SOMEBODY PROVIDE THAT? I CANNOT, COMMISSIONER. I DON'T HAVE THAT. THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU. YOU GOT TO BEXAR COUNTY. WHEN? WHEN IT WAS LAST PRESENTED. YES, SIR. IT'S ALL RIGHT. MY TEAM TOLD ME IT WAS 18 MONTHS AGO. IT'S POSSIBLY WHICH, I MEAN, BEGS THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS TAKEN SO LONG IN TERMS OF BRINGING THIS BACK? AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU HAVE HAVE JUST BEEN AT BEXAR COUNTY FOR A FEW MONTHS. BUT IF IF STAFF CAN PROVIDE ANY BACKGROUND ON ON WHY THIS IS DRUG OUT SO LONG. SO COMMISSIONER, IT WAS A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE WE WERE CONSOLIDATING BOTH THE VIDEO AND THE PHONE, BUT BCIT HAD TO GET THEIR INPUT. SO THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME. BUT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT WITH THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'M I'M FINE WITH MOVING FORWARD. I JUST REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE WERE BIDDING ON ONE. WE WERE BIDDING ON THE OTHER. SOME PEOPLE SAID, WELL, IF YOU MAKE THE OPTION OF BIDDING ON BOTH COMBINED, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT FOR FREE. THE SERVICE. SO THAT MADE SENSE TO THE COURT. WE AGREED WITH IT, BUT THAT WAS 18 MONTHS AGO. OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE CONTINUING ON THE MONTH TO MONTH SERVICE AT 15,000 A MONTH AND WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE GETTING THIS AS A FREE SERVICE. I WANT TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. SO THAT'S JUST THE THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE. MR. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU. JUDGE. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY STRICT TIMELINE. MR. GALLOWAY, YOU MENTIONED 98% THERE IN TERMS OF SCOPE OF WORK. SO I'M GOOD WITH MOVING THIS FORWARD, AND I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. JUDGE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. SO IS THIS GOING UP FOR AN RFP? MR. GALLOWAY? YES, YOUR HONOR. IT. WILL IT BE A LOW BID OR IN WHAT PATH WILL THIS PROCESS GO THROUGH? NO, THE RFP IS EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT'S BEEN SET, THE SCOPE OF WORK BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE WILL EVALUATE ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS. SO WHO'S GOING TO SCORE THIS OUT IN BEHALF OF THE COUNTY? I DON'T HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, YOUR HONOR, BUT I CAN. IT LOOKS LIKE CHIEF. CHIEF JANSEN. SO IN THE PAST, IT'S MEMBERS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUDGET OFFICE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BEXAR COUNTY, BUT ULTIMATELY IT COMES TO THE COURT. AND THEN YOU GUYS MAKE THAT DECISION. SHOULD THE PUBLIC BE INVOLVED? I KNOW THIS IS AN INTERNAL MATTER, SHERIFF, AND OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S ISSUES OF COURTS SECURITY, I DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THE COUNTY IN ANY WAY, BUT THIS IS A SERVICE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT TOTALLY APPRECIATE IN REGARDS TO ACCESS OF INMATES, PEOPLE THAT ARE INCARCERATED WITH THEIR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO LOOK AT IT AS A BASIC DIGNITY ISSUE OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THEIR FAMILIES. SURE. AND SO MY CONCERN IS THE COST OR BURDEN PUT UPON THESE FAMILIES AND NOT IT BE DISPROPORTIONATE IN ANY WAY. I'LL BE REAL BLUNT. I'LL GO ON RECORD AS COUNTY JUDGE. THIS IS NOT A MONEYMAKER FOR THE COUNTY. IT SHOULD NOT BE CORRECT. IT SHOULD NOT BE. AND SO I WANT ASSURANCES THAT WHATEVER VENDOR COMES IN IS THE PERSON THAT CAN BEST PROVIDE, CONFORM WITH WHATEVER SECURITY ISSUES THAT IT HARMONIZES, SO THAT YOU HAVE DISCIPLINE AND ORDER IN YOUR JAIL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT MEANINGFUL ACCESS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED, ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES TO THEIR FAMILIES. OR THEY MAY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ATTORNEYS OR THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASK HOW HOW DO Y'ALL STRATEGIZE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INPUT IS CONSIDERED IN SCORING OUT WHO THE WHETHER [00:55:01] THE CURRENT VENDOR IS GOING TO CONTINUE OR WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW VENDOR? WELL, JUDGE, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO A MONEY MAKING VENTURE, BECAUSE THE FOLKS THAT ARE SHOULDERING THE COST OF THIS ULTIMATELY ARE THE FAMILIES. SO ASIDE FROM CREATING POTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES FOR, FOR THE INMATE POPULATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DON'T IT'S ALREADY A STRESSED POPULATION. WE DON'T WANT TO ADD TO THAT STRESS BY ISOLATING THEM FROM THEIR FAMILIES. BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT THEIR FAMILIES PAYING EXORBITANT FEES FOR THE THE ABILITY TO TALK TO THESE FOLKS. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THAT'S THAT'S ABSOLUTELY BEEN ONE OF MY TALKING POINTS EVERY TIME THIS ISSUE COMES UP WITH REGARD TO THE CIVILIAN REPRESENTATION, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO IT. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM WOULD BE TO GET THAT, TO GET THAT IN. NOW, YOU AND I, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT CONTACTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE THAT WOULD JUMP ALL OVER THE CHANCE TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS. SO CERTAINLY I COULD, I COULD MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS AND SEE. BUT I'D BET DOLLARS TO DONUTS THESE FOLKS WOULD JUMP ALL OVER IT. COMMISSIONER MOODY. WELL, I JUST I AGREE WITH YOU, JUDGE. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE, HOPEFULLY IN THE RFP. YOU KNOW COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED OPTIONS. I THINK HAVING THE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF BIDS FOR THE DIFFERENT SERVICES IS GREAT, BUT ALSO PROVIDING THE GUIDANCE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE THE COSTS ON INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE NOT INCREASED WITHIN THE CONTRACT. SO, I MEAN, IF WE CAN PUT THOSE GUARDRAILS UP, THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH WHATEVER COMES BACK. COMMISSIONER? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED. SO CURRENTLY, IF I WANT TO GO SEE SOMEBODY IN JAIL, I DO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT SERVICE OR I DO NOT KNOW CURRENTLY ANYONE WITH VIDEO VISITATIONS. FREEMAN. I'M SORRY. VIDEO VISITATION IS FREE. OKAY. SO THEN WHY ARE WE SAYING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOWER THE COST FOR THE FAMILIES, AND AND THEY'RE THE ONES INCURRING THE COST. SO IS THERE GOING TO BE A FEE FOR THIS? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WHAT THE FEE COMES INTO PLAY IS THE PHONE CALLS. THE INMATES INSIDE THE JAIL ARE MAKING PHONE CALLS. THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE CHARGED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [31. Authorization for the County Judge to execute a funding agreement between Bexar County and Build San Antonio Green (BSAG) in the amount of$75,000 to provide services and programs in the area of energy efficiency for the period of October I, 2024, through September 30, 2025. ] 31. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY. BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN THE AREA OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR A PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. MR. CURRY. MR. COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IS YOURS. WELL, DAN. LISTEN, I KNOW WE'VE WE'VE HAD THIS IN COURT BEFORE AND WE'VE KIND OF GONE DEEPER INTO TO THE PROGRAM AND THE HISTORY HERE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. OVER TIME, THERE'S CONTINUED TO BE A REEVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION, BOTH FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT THE. THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION HAS GONE DOWN OVER TIME OR THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING A LOWER AMOUNT? IS THAT CORRECT? THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF A STEP DOWN PLAN TO GET TO ZERO. SO AGAIN, WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE GIVEN $85,000 A YEAR. THIS YEAR WE'RE GIVING 75,000. AND THEN IT WILL GO DOWN EVERY YEAR. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS ALSO A FUNDING PARTNER ALONG WITH CPS, CPS DID NOT CHANGE THEIR CONTRIBUTION, WHICH IS 90,000. THE CITY WENT FROM 85, WHICH PARTNERED WITH US TO 50, IN ONE FELL SWOOP. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR WAY DOWN TO THAT LEVEL $50,000 TO BE EQUITABLE TO CITY SAN ANTONIO OVER TIME. SO WE HAD THAT STEP DOWN PLAN IN PLACE, TO YOUR CREDIT, AS YOU RECOMMENDED FOR US TO DO LAST YEAR. SO WE HAVE THAT THAT PROGRESS IN PLACE. AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT STEP DOWN PLAN. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S MY CHOICE, WE WE'D MOVE MORE QUICKLY. IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS MOVING MORE QUICKLY THAN THAN WE ARE ON THAT, THAT STEP DOWN AND EVERYTHING. BUT THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERNS HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS NECESSARILY A COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY OR FUNCTION. AND OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS STARTING TO SEE IT THAT WAY AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE THOSE POINTS HERE. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. ANY OPPOSED? NO. ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL TAKE UP. [36. Approval and execution of an agreement between Bexar County and San Antonio Nexus Connection (SANC) in the amount not to exceed $489,488 from the Bexar County Opioid Settlement Fund. This funding will be used to expand harm reduction services within the Bexar County community. The Agreement will be effective for one (I) year, beginning on the date of execution of this Agreement. To include a budgetary transfer. ] [01:00:01] ITEM 36. APPROVAL EXECUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO NEXUS. ACCESS CONNECTION IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 408,000 $900,488 FROM BEXAR COUNTY OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND. THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO EXPAND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, TO INCLUDE A BUDGETARY TRANSFER. DOCTOR. GUERRERO. COMMISSIONER MOODY. OH. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE COURT WILL ALSO PULL UP AGENDA ITEM 38. APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT FROM BEXAR COUNTY CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES, INC. IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $35,000 FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND. THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO EXPAND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES WITHIN THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS. THE AGREEMENT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, TO INCLUDE A BUDGET TRANSFER. SO I PULL PULLING UP 36 AND 38 FOR ONE CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONER MOODY, I BELIEVE YOU PULLED THESE MATTERS. DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR? SURE, JUDGE. APPRECIATE IT. AND GLAD WE CAN TAKE THESE UP SIMULTANEOUSLY, BECAUSE THE CONCERNS ARE WITH BOTH THE CONTRACTS. AND AS MY TEAM READS IT, THEY INCLUDE THE THE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE, WHICH INCLUDE THE SAFE SEX KITS OR CONDOM KITS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE THEY'RE DESCRIBED, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IN TERMS OF TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES. I JUST WISH THAT BOTH OF THESE THESE CONTRACTS WOULD HAVE JUST EXCLUDED THOSE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT AND AGREEMENT AROUND THE VALUE THERE OR WHETHER THE COUNTY SHOULD BE NECESSARILY FUNDING THOSE ITEMS VERSUS PRIVATE INDUSTRY OR NONPROFITS IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN. ANYWAY. THOSE THOSE WERE MY CONCERNS WITH THESE CONTRACTS AND WHY I PULLED THE ITEM. SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DOCTOR GARRETT, DO YOU NEED TO SAY ANYTHING? WE'RE READY TO VOTE. OKAY. NO. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OH FOR PURPOSES, FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE 36 AND 38 AT THIS TIME, AND BOTH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY MAJORITY OF THE COURT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I PUT THIS ON THE RECORD, BUT THOMAS, ON 39, THAT MATTER'S BEEN DROPPED AND DEFERRED FOR FURTHER [39. Approval and execution of the Third Amendment to the FY 2021-2022 Management Agreement between Bexar County and The Health Collaborative, to extend the term to begin October I, 2024 and end on September 30, 2025, for a total amount not to exceed $500,000 during the renewal period from the General Fund. ] CONSIDERATION. 39 IS DROPPED. ITEM 49, APPROVAL OF REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY. [49. Approval of a request from Commissioner Grant Moody, Precinct 3, to allocate outside agency funding in the total amount of$100,000 for the agency listed; as part of Precinct 3's Contributions to Outside Agencies from the General Fund. ] PRECINCT THREE TO ALLOCATE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR THE AGENCY LISTED AS PART OF PERSHING II'S CONTRIBUTION TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND. COMMISSIONER MOODY. THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND I THINK WE HAVE. SOME FOLKS WITH US WHO CAN SPEAK TO TO THIS PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SOME CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON THE ITEM. BUT I'LL JUST TEE IT UP IN THAT. THE SUMMER BOOST PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE CONTRIBUTING $100,000 TO OUT OF OUR OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDS, IS A SUMMER PROGRAM THAT HAS TOUCHED, I THINK, UPWARDS OF 10,000 KIDS HERE IN OUR OUR SAN ANTONIO SCHOOLS. AND IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE CONTINUED. AND IT LEVERAGES THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS THAT THAT PAY FOR THIS ARE PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS, NATIONAL FUNDS THAT THAT ARE GOING INTO OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE HELPING BRIDGE THE GAP FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CONTRIBUTED $150,000 LAST YEAR TO TO THIS PROGRAM. I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS AGAIN. BUT BUT I'LL I'LL SAVE SOME FINAL THOUGHTS AFTER WE GET A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AND FROM THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M MARGARET DAVIS, I'M THE CEO OF THE TEXAS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. WE RECEIVED FUNDS FOR OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IN 2024. SO I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU FOR THOSE FUNDS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TODAY THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THOSE FUNDS. FIRST, REPRESENTING OUR EIGHT SITES, OUR EIGHT SCHOOLS LAST YEAR IS MISS TABITHA ACEVEDO. SHE IS THE PRINCIPAL OR HEAD OF SCHOOL AT WOODLAWN HILLS ELEMENTARY. AND SO SHE'S REPRESENTING BOTH THE JEFFERSON FEEDER PATTERN, THE BURBANK FEEDER PATTERN, AND OUR SCHOOLS IN EDGEWOOD ISD. [01:05:06] WE ALSO HAVE AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM HER IN A MINUTE. MISS TABITHA RAMIREZ. SHE IS A NINTH GRADE STUDENT AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER BOOST LAST YEAR AND MISS ESTELLA CARMONA. SHE IS A TEACHER AT BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL AND TAUGHT IN SUMMER BOOST LAST YEAR. FINALLY, FROM THE STAFF IS DOCTOR MATT WEBER. HE IS OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS FOR SAN ANTONIO. YOUR GENEROUS FUNDS LAST YEAR ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY SUMMER PROGRAM AT EIGHT SITES IN SAN ANTONIO ISD AND EDGEWOOD ISD. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE FUNDING IN SCHOOLS, AS YOU KNOW, IS CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW. AND THERE WERE NOT FUNDS FOR ANY SUMMER PROGRAMS EXCEPT THOSE LEGALLY REQUIRED. SO YOU PROVIDED FUNDS THAT PROVIDED A HIGH QUALITY MATH PROGRAM, A HIGH QUALITY READING PROGRAM, AND ENRICHMENT CLASSES FOR THESE STUDENTS. THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR LOOK LIKE THIS. THERE WERE EIGHT SITES JUST FOR US 56 TEACHERS, 15 ENRICHMENT TEACHERS, 23 INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, EIGHT SITE ADMINISTRATORS, EIGHT SITE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATORS, AND EIGHT NURSES AT ALL OF OUR SITES. EVERY CLASSROOM AND EVERY SCHOOL MET THEIR ATTENDANCE GOALS, AND ALL BUT TWO INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS MET THEIR ACHIEVEMENT GOALS. WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING FOR SUMMER BOOST THIS YEAR. WE WORKED IN THE FALL IN ANTICIPATION OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN APPLY. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT WE'VE HAD AN ORGANIZED PLAN. WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED NINE SITE ADMINISTRATORS FOR OUR TEAM THIS YEAR. WE'VE IDENTIFIED STAFF. WE'VE CREATED BROCHURES. WE'VE WRITTEN THE GRANT. DOCTOR WEBER DID THAT. WE'VE ENROLLED STUDENTS, WE'VE PURCHASED MATERIALS, AND WE'RE PRINTING MATERIALS. BUT NONE OF THIS MATTERS UNLESS IT MAKES AN IMPACT ON THE LIFE OF A STUDENT AND THE LIFE OF A TEACHER. SO I AM DELIGHTED RIGHT NOW TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR TEACHER, MISS CARMONA, AND OUR STUDENT, MISS RAMIREZ. AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SUMMER BOOST LAST YEAR. AND AFTER YOU HEAR THEIR STORY, I WANT TO TELL YOU WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE A CONTINUATION OF THE FUNDING THIS YEAR. MISS CUE THAT I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FROM THE GROUP YOU'VE IDENTIFIED. MISS TABITHA RAMIREZ AND ESTELLA CARMONA. Y'ALL DID SIGN UP ON CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. ALSO, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. I WANT TO KNOW IF THEY'RE PART OF THIS GROUP. DANIEL FISHMAN. YES. OKAY. YOU'RE HERE. IS CHRISTY RATCLIFF PART OF THIS? MONIQUE SANCHEZ AND MARGARET DAVIS. AND I'M MARGARET DAVIS. OKAY. SO FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, DO Y'ALL WANT. I'M YIELD. I'M TRYING TO YIELD TO YOU AND YOUR PRESENTATION AND NOT DICTATE. BUT YOU'VE ALSO SIGNED UP. I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU SPEAK TWICE. SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THIS GROUP. THAT'S THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PARTICULAR. SO MISS DAVIS, DO YOU WISH TO I'M JUST ASKING YOU, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE FACT THAT I'M BASICALLY ALLOWING YOU TO CALL UP ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP IN THE ORDER YOU WISH? UNDERSTANDING. I'LL GIVE YOU THE THREE MINUTES AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. IS THAT IS THAT APPROVED? OKAY. SO YOU COORDINATE THAT SO THAT WE HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION. GOT IT. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. SO, MISS DAVIS, YOU HAVE MADE YOUR PRESENTATION. WHO DO YOU WISH TO GO NEXT? MISS CARMONA, PLEASE. MISS CARMONA. ESTELLA. CARMONA. HI. MISS CARMONA. SO I'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR 19 YEARS IN CISD, AND LAST SUMMER, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE READING TEACHER FOR SUMMER BOOST. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL TOUCH ON JUST QUICKLY. A COUPLE OF BULLETS. ONE THING FOR SURE IS THAT TRADITIONALLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE A VERY FAST PACED CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE AGENDA VERY QUICKLY. SO SUMMER BOOST ALLOWED US THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RELAXED, TO HAVE MORE ONE ON ONE STUDENT CENTERED ASSISTANCE. I HAD OTHER AIDES WITH ME. SO THAT WAS AND IT WAS ALSO HELPING US REINFORCE THE SKILLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TEACHING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO A LOT OF IT WAS SKILLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THEY HAD A QUICK KIND OF LIKE A PRE-TEACH A A PRECURSOR TO IT. AND SO THAT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO KIND OF HELP TO CLOSE SOME OF THOSE LEARNING GAPS FOR THE KIDDOS. ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, WE GOT TO BUILD SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE KIDDOS THAT WE'D BE HAVING IN OUR OWN CLASSROOMS. [01:10:03] SO EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING ALL OF THESE STUDENTS IN MY CLASSROOM, I HAD JUST A COUPLE. MANY OF THEM WOULD PASS ME BY AND SAY HI AND GREET ME AND COME AND CHAT WITH ME, ASK ME FOR HELP. SOMETIMES, ASK ME HOW TO GET TO CLASSES. IT WAS ALSO I THINK, VERY HELPFUL TO THEM IN BUILDING AND HELPING THEM GET SOME COMFORT IN THAT MILESTONE OF GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL. I'M SURE YOU GUYS MIGHT REMEMBER GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL YOURSELF. AND THOSE NERVES, THOSE EXTREME NERVES OF THAT TRANSITION PERIOD. I GOT TO SEE KIDDOS JUST BEING REALLY ENGAGED. THEY CAME EVERY DAY EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO. AND I ASKED ONE OF MY KIDDOS, WHY? WHY DID YOU COME EVERY DAY LIKE IT WAS YOUR SUMMER? YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME EVERY DAY. AND HE SAID I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO AT HOME, SO IT WAS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME. LIKE THAT WAS HIS HONEST ANSWER. HE ALSO ENJOYED THE INCENTIVES BECAUSE WE KEPT RAFFLING THINGS. IF THEY CAME, WE KEPT GIVING THEM TICKETS. SO IT KEPT THE KIDS COMING. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS THEIR SUMMER THAT THEY COULD HAVE ENJOYED AT HOME. SO THAT ONE KIDDO I HAD I GOT TO SEE HIM IN ACTION IN THE SUMMER. I GOT TO EXPERIENCE HIS POTENTIAL. AND I WAS ABLE TO CREATE APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT KIND OF LEARNING GOALS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. ESPECIALLY WHEN I WOULD SEE IN SOME OF HIS ASSESSMENTS IF HE DIDN'T DO TOO WELL, I, YOU KNOW, WOULD TALK TO HIM LIKE WHAT HAPPENED, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED THIS DAY. AND I KNEW THAT THIS WASN'T HIS FULL POTENTIAL. AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THOSE MORE RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE LEARNING GOALS. AND EVEN THOUGH AT THAT TIME ON HISTORIC TEST, HE WAS PERFORMING AT APPROACHES LEVEL, I WAS ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW YOU CAN DO MEETS AND MASTERS, AND I NEED YOU TO KEEP WORKING HARD BECAUSE I'VE SEEN YOU IN ACTION. AND HE WAS. SO HE WAS ALSO JUST REALLY, REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT ENVIRONMENT. SO IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDDOS. AND I'LL BE THE TEACHER AGAIN THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. STELLA. STELLA. TABITHA RAMIREZ. HELLO, I'M TABITHA RAMIREZ. I GO TO THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND SUMMER BREEZE HAS HELPED ME A LOT IN MY ALGEBRA CLASS. SO EVERYTHING THAT I LEARNED IN THOSE TWO WEEKS I'VE LEARNED THE WHOLE, LIKE, SCHOOL YEAR. AND IT'S HELPED ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PERFORMING, LIKE, AT, LIKE A HIGHER LEVEL THAN EVERYBODY ELSE ON ALL MY EXIT TICKETS AND STUFF. I'VE GOTTEN 100 BECAUSE OF MY ALGEBRA TEACHER THAT I MET IN SUMMER BOOST. SHE'S HELPED ME A LOT AND I WOULD LIKE THAT FOR OTHER STUDENTS, LIKE INCOMING EIGHTH GRADERS TO JUST FEEL LIKE SAFE AND HAPPY AND. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS DAVIS. DO YOU WISH TO GO NEXT? YES. DANIEL FISHMAN, MONIQUE SANCHEZ OR CHRISTY RATCLIFFE, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF. THANK YOU. IT'S CHRISTY RATLIFF. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M CHRISTY RATLIFF, A LONGTIME KIPP PARENT COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, AND I'M A NEW PRECINCT THREE RESIDENT. MY DAUGHTER IS A KIPP GRADUATE NOW SERVING IN THE US NAVY. AND MY THREE SONS ARE CURRENT HIPSTERS AT SOMERS COLLEGIATE IN PRECINCT THREE, ESPERANZA AND ASPIRE AND PRECINCT ONE. IN OUR FAMILY, EDUCATION IS EVERYTHING. IT'S THE KEY TO BREAKING CYCLES AND BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR SUMMER BOOST AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR COMMITMENT BECAUSE WE'RE THAT COMMITTED. SUMMER BOOST ISN'T JUST A SUMMER PROGRAM, IT'S A LIFELINE FOR WORKING FAMILIES LIKE MINE. MY BOYS STAYED ENGAGED, SAFE AND EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING. BEING ON THEIR HOME CAMPUS GAVE THEM A SENSE OF FAMILIARITY AND GAVE ME PEACE OF MIND. WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM EVEN MORE POWERFUL IS THAT IT SERVES CHILDREN ACROSS BOTH PUBLIC ISD AND CHARTER PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. IT'S A RARE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY GO TO SCHOOL. I HAD THE HONOR TO SPEAK TO BLOOMBERG FOUNDATION LAST YEAR ABOUT THE IMPACT SUMMER BOOST HAD ON OUR FAMILY, AND I TOLD THEM THE TRUTH. WITHOUT IT, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLING. WE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TRADITIONAL SUMMER PROGRAMS, AND EVEN WITH HALF DAY OPTIONS, THE REST OF THE DAY WAS A CONSTANT WORRY. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STEM CAMPS. THANK YOU SAMSAT. BUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE RARE, AND THEY DON'T COME CLOSE TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. FOR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY LIKE MINE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HARDSHIP, ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. PROGRAMS LIKE SUMMER BOOST ARE ESSENTIAL. AFTER EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS YEARS AGO, I'VE LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO FIND SAFE, ENRICHING OPTIONS THAT DON'T BREAK THE BUDGET. [01:15:02] SUMMER BOOST HELPS US KEEP OUR KIDS LEARNING, ENGAGED, AND CARED FOR DURING A TIME THAT CAN BE ESPECIALLY STRESSFUL FOR WORKING PARENTS. IF WE BELIEVE EDUCATION IS A PATHWAY TO OPPORTUNITY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PATHWAY DOESN'T PAUSE OVER THE SUMMER. SUMMER BOOST KEEPS KIDS MOVING FORWARD, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO EXPAND THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MORE FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. ARE YOU MONIQUE SANCHEZ? MONIQUE SANCHEZ. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MONIQUE MORNING. SANCHEZ I AM A SINGLE PARENT OF THREE AMAZING KIDS, A FULL TIME STUDENT IN THE FIRE ACADEMY AND A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN PRECINCT FOUR AND I'M HERE TODAY. EXCUSE ME. MY CHILDREN ATTEND PROMESSA ACADEMY AND ADA JUDSON. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSION, ADDING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE SUMMER BOOST PROGRAM. MY KIDS ARE 12, TEN, AND EIGHT YEARS OLD. THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER BOOST LAST YEAR AND ARE ALREADY ENROLLED FOR THIS UPCOMING SUMMER. I ENROLLED THEM TO KEEP THEM ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN SOMETHING POSITIVE, RATHER THAN STAYING AT HOME ALL DAY. IT ALSO GAVE ME A PEACE OF MIND TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION, KNOWING THAT THEY WERE THEY WERE IN A SAFE, ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT AT THEIR SCHOOL. THEIR EXPERIENCE LAST SUMMER MADE ME FEEL CONFIDENT AND HAPPY. THEY CONTINUED LEARNING, EXPLORE NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVEN WENT ON FIELD TRIPS TO PLACES, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM MYSELF. ONE PART OF THE PROGRAM I REALLY APPRECIATED WAS THE FOCUS ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. MY DAUGHTER NATALIA HAD SOME TYPICAL GIRL DRAMA WITH FRIENDS, AND INSTEAD OF ASKING AN ADULT TO FIX IT, SHE TOOK THE INITIATIVE, GATHERED HER FRIENDS, AND SOLVED IT TOGETHER. I WAS SO PROUD TO SEE HER GROW IN CONFIDENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. NATALIA ALSO STRUGGLED WITH READING BEFORE THE PROGRAM, BUT LAST SUMMER SOMETHING CHANGED. SHE CAME HOME EXCITED ABOUT BOOKS, READING ALOUD TO ME AND USING NEW VOCABULARY. HER PASSION FOR LEARNING CAME BACK TO LIFE. SUMMER BOOTH HAS BEEN A BLESSING NOT JUST FOR MY CHILDREN, BUT FOR MANY KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. AND AS A AS ADULTS, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE STUDENTS INSPIRED AND SUPPORTED. THAT'S WHY I URGE YOU TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM. JOIN US IN SUPPORTING SUMMER BOOST. OUR KIDS DESERVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. FISHMAN. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF. LAST YEAR, I CAME BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE WERE SO GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE IT. I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW POINTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM SO YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A SUCCESS BEYOND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THESE PARENTS AND SCHOOL LEADERS AND TEACHERS. LAST YEAR, WE SERVED 8000 STUDENTS, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY ON AVERAGE, THEY GREW 17 PROFICIENCY POINTS IN READING AND 18 PROFICIENCY POINTS IN MATH. AS YOU PROBABLY SEEN, ACADEMIC RESULTS IN OUR COUNTY HAVE SLID SINCE COVID. THIS IS A REMARKABLE RATE OF GROWTH AND THE SORT OF TURNAROUND WE NEED TO BE ENCOURAGING. WE SERVED 8000 STUDENTS LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE UP TO 9500 STUDENTS, DEPENDING ON ENROLLMENT. THE OTHER THING I'D NOTE, THIS WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF BRINGING IN NEW OUTSIDE RESOURCES. IF WE ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE $150,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY TODAY, THAT WILL BE 107 TO 1 MATCH WITH THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL PHILANTHROPY WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING IN. SO ALSO A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING NEW DOLLARS TO OUR COUNTY TO SUPPORT WORK THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND FOR THE SUMMER BOOST PROGRAM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOODY. JUDGE. SO MR. FISHMAN ALREADY COVERED THE THE RESULTS REALLY IMPRESSIVE RESULTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, YOU KNOW, THAT $16 MILLION THAT WE WE CAN BRING INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE EDUCATION OF THESE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO SUPPLEMENT TEACHERS AND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE YOU KNOW, JOBS OVER THE SUMMER, TOO. SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF GOODNESS IN THIS. I MEAN, 107 TO 1 RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS, YOU KNOW, JUST YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE CONTRIBUTING $100,000 FROM OUR OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE IN THE IMPACT IT'S HAVING ON OUR CHILDREN HERE. BUT I DID WANT TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COURT STRONGLY CONSIDER I KNOW WE HAVE A AN [01:20:04] UPCOMING CUTOFF WITH OUR OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDS. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE REMAINING AGENCY FUNDS, IF EVERYONE WOULD BE WILLING TO TO CHIP IN 1.5, WE'D GET TO THE 150,000 NUMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WOULD BE ABLE TO THEN SERVE UP TO 9500 STUDENTS THIS SUMMER AND PRODUCE RESULTS FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT, MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD. I KNOW MY MY CHIEF HAS PROVIDED ALL THE OFFICES WITH A GENERIC ACF FORM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT CONTRIBUTION, I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS. BUT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL FOR MY CONTRIBUTION. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. A FEW QUESTIONS. LET ME JUST PUT ON RECORD, COMMISSIONER MOODY. WE SUPPORTED THIS. I SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM LAST SUMMER, AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM THIS SUMMER. YOU AND I WILL DISCUSS. YOU HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, AND I WILL MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. THANK YOU. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH YOU. SO, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE. I THINK, BROTHER FISHMAN, FIRST OF ALL, COME ON UP. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR THEIR THEIR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. AND GOOD TO SEE YOU, MISS RATCLIFFE. WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET A FEW TIMES. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. DANIEL, TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SELECTION. IT'S ANY ISD SCHOOLS AND ISD SCHOOLS. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S OPEN TO ANY CHARTER SCHOOL OR ANY IN-DISTRICT CHARTER PARTNER SCHOOLS THAT WOULD INCLUDE 1882 SCHOOLS AND IN-DISTRICT CHARTER PARTNER SCHOOLS ANYWHERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. OKAY. SO FROM MY RECOLLECTION, THERE WERE, I THINK, MORE SCHOOLS LAST YEAR PARTICIPATING THAN THIS YEAR. THERE WERE SLIGHTLY MORE SCHOOLS, BUT LIKELY FEWER STUDENTS. OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF JUST LOOKING AT THE DISTRIBUTION IN MY PRECINCT, I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT I NOTED WAS HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL UP IN ANY ISD OFF OF JUDSON ROAD. IS THAT BASICALLY CORRECT? I, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER. I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THE MAP TO CONFIRM WHO IS IN YOUR PRECINCT. SO WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA YOU USE TO SELECT THE SCHOOLS? IS IT JUST ANYONE WHO SIGNS WHO SAYS WE'RE WILLING OR IS THERE SOME OTHER METHODOLOGY? SO THE PROGRAM WE ACTUALLY DON'T RUN THE SELECTION PROCESS. IT'S RUN THROUGH A GROUP CALLED BUILDING HOPE. THEY REACH OUT TO EVERY CHARTER SCHOOL, EVERY IN-DISTRICT CHARTER, AND EVERY 1882 PARTNER THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND ASK THEM IF THEY'D LIKE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. THERE'S MULTIPLE INFORMATION SESSIONS. THERE'S PERSONAL OUTREACH. SCHOOLS SUBMIT A PLAN FOR THEIR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM AND A BUDGET. THEY ARE HELD TO A CERTAIN SET OF CRITERIA, BUT AS LONG AS THEY MEET IT, THEY'RE ALL APPROVED. AND I BELIEVE THIS YEAR EVERY SINGLE APPLICANT WAS APPROVED. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IS THERE TRANSPORTATION? IF YOU ARE IN ANOTHER AREA, LIKE MOST OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE IN THE WESTERN AREA OF THE COUNTY, NOT IN THE EASTERN. SO DO YOU TRANSPORT STUDENTS FROM THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY, OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN MILE RADIUS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION? HOW DOES THAT WORK? ONE ONE ELEMENT OF THE PROGRAM I REALLY APPRECIATE IS SCHOOLS ARE PROVIDED UP TO $2,000 PER STUDENT, WHICH IS DRAMATICALLY MORE THAN THE STATE WOULD PROVIDE. SCHOOLS HAVE REALLY WIDE LATITUDE ON HOW THEY USE THAT. THEY CAN USE IT FOR TRANSPORTATION. THEY CAN USE IT TO PAY TEACHERS. THEY CAN USE IT FOR OFF SITE LEARNING IF THEY WANT TO TAKE STUDENTS ON A CAMPING EXPEDITION. SO IT'S UP TO SCHOOLS TO DECIDE IF THEY WISH TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, BUT THEY IT'S ENTIRELY WITHIN THEIR RIGHT TO USE THE FUNDING TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO JUST LOOKING AT THE SCHOOLS, THE NINE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THE LACK OF PARTICIPATION IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. I MEAN, KIND OF FROM 281 GOING EAST IF WE JUST SPLIT THE COUNTY IN TWO. DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE, MA'AM? MISS DAVIS, I THINK WE'VE COME TO THE. COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. WHAT WE PASSED OUT TO YOU WAS OUR NINE SITES. SO THOSE ARE OUR SCHOOLS. THAT IS NOT THE LIST OF ALL THE GREAT. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE SERVING AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHO YOU'RE TOUCHING. AND WE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE AN IN-DISTRICT CHARTER, WE OPEN THE SUMMER PROGRAM TO ANY STUDENTS IN IN EDGEWOOD ISD OR SAN ANTONIO ISD. AND WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, I CAN PROVIDE YOU YOU WERE EMAILED A MAP AND A LIST OF SCHOOLS, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY WIDE NUMBER. AND MAY I BRING THIS UP? I SEE IT, I SEE IT NOW. COMMISSIONER MOODY PROVIDED IT RIGHT HERE. SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY, I THINK, DOZENS OF SCHOOLS. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. OKAY. I FEEL A LOT BETTER NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S THAT'S I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE LIST AGAIN, BUT I THINK YOUR PRECINCT IS ACTUALLY QUITE WELL REPRESENTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? DAN, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. AND I WANT TO THANK I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL PRECINCT TWO FOLKS HERE. [01:25:05] SO THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE. AND AS THE JUDGE MENTIONED, I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS LAST YEAR. COMMISSIONER MOODY AND I HAD A CONVERSATION JUST YESTERDAY. AND I KNOW, DAN, YOU SENT SOME INFORMATION, I THINK, MID LAST WEEK. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT ALL, BUT WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR FOR THIS YEAR. I KNOW IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. AND WE'VE APPROPRIATED QUITE A BIT OF OUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. AND WE'LL WE'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN CHIP IN. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. MR. CLAY-FLORES, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MAP, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THE BAILIFF. THE BAILIFF OR THOMAS OR. AND SO. THE ONES THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU, SIR. SO THE ONE. THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS YOU SAY, QUALIFY. DO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NO TRADITIONAL ISD PUBLIC SCHOOLS? WELL, I SUPPOSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE THAT. COMMISSIONER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHERE EMPLOYEES OR ISD EMPLOYEES AND THE SCHOOLS ARE OPERATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ISD, BUT THEY ARE 1882 SCHOOLS. OKAY, SO THERE ARE NO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC ISD. PROBABLY NOT IN THE SENSE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE, STAFF. MR. GERARD, WE HAVE CONCLUDED AND TAKEN UP ALL THE MATTERS OF CONSENT. [6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary.] LET US NOW GO TO ITEM SIX, FILING FOR THE RECORD, THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS. DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTION, IF NECESSARY, FOR ITEMS A AND B. COURT TAKES JUDICIAL NOTICE SEVEN COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2025. [7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, April 29, 2025. ] MOTION APPROVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD. LET ME JUST ALERT UNLESS I. THE FOLLOWING ARE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. BUT YOU ALL HAVE SIGNED UP FOR 51 B, WHICH IS A MATTER OF INDIVIDUAL. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT UP SHORTLY. SHORTLY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M SIGNALING. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD OTHER THAN ITEM 51 B? ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP IN ORDER TO SPEAK FOR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. SO LET ME TEE UP THEN WE NEED THE INTERPRETERS FOR WE'LL NOW GO INTO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE COMPLETING CITIZENS TO BE HEARD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. SAVE AND ACCEPT THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM 51 B. SO AT THIS TIME I'M TAKING UP 51 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO GRANT A DISCRETION EXEMPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE [51. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding a request to grant a discretionary exemption to the competitive bidding requirements, to include the appropriate budgetary transfer, for the purpose of awarding a sole source purchase order to KNOWINK LLC for: (Part 1 of 2) ] THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY TRANSFER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AWARDING A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO NO LINK, LLC FOR A PURCHASE OF 750 POLE PAD CELLULAR EXPRESS VOTE ALL IN ONE STAND. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PACKAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $998,500, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. CHAPTER 262. CHAPTER SIX, SUBCHAPTER C, 262 024, SUBSECTION A, SEVEN A AND B PURCHASE OF 350 POLE PAD CELLULAR, CURBSIDE PLUS EXPRESS VOTE ALL IN ONE STAND. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PACKAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $434,000 TO PROVIDE A CURBSIDE VOTING WITH DEDICATED CONNECTIVITY TO DEF LINK SERVICES AT ALL EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY POLL WHOLE SITES. SO FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, I ASK FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I WANT AN LARRY OR STAFF. WE'RE TAKING THIS AS ONE. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A TWO VOTE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE REQUEST. THE MOTION WILL BE FOR BOTH A AND B COMBINED. IS THAT A CORRECT? BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AS TO WHERE THE ACF WAS PRESENTED. SO I WANT CLARIFICATION. LARRY JUDGE YOU SEEM TO BE TWO SEPARATE PURCHASES. JUDGE. AND THAT IS CORRECT. I BELIEVE AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, THERE ARE TWO REQUESTS. ONE IS FOR THE BASELINE. OKAY. ITEM A AND THEN A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL 350. SO IT'S TWO SEPARATE I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE MOTION. [01:30:05] SO WILL IT BE ONE MOTION WITH BOTH LANGUAGES OR WILL IT BE TWO SEPARATE? I THINK I'M TRYING TO GET JUST CLARITY ON THIS. SO LARRY CLEANED THIS UP OR THOMAS CLEAN IT UP FOR PURPOSES OF THE COURT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. IT WOULD BE TWO SEPARATE OKAY REQUESTS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT AND ASK THAT MICHELLE, COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM ALONG WITH ANY STAFF MEMBERS IN SEARCH FOR A NEW ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR. THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION, INCLUDING THE COUNTY CLERK, TAX ASSESSOR, COLLECTOR AND THE RESPECTIVE PARTY CHAIRS MADE CLEAR THE NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS AND GREATER ACCESSIBILITY FOR COMMUNITIES WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES, INCLUDING THE DEAF COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK MICHELLE FOR HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING AND FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THIS CHARGE. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS SET TO REPLACE COUNTY LAPTOPS, VO TECH SOFTWARE, WHICH REQUIRES TWO POLL WORKERS FOR ONE CHECK IN END DEVICE. THESE TABLETS WILL, WITH PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE, WILL SERVE ALL VOTERS AND HELP STREAMLINE POLLING SITE CHECK IN. THEY ALSO HAVE A MULTI-PURPOSE USE, SINCE THEY ALSO BE UTILIZED AS DEDICATED SERVICES FOR CURBSIDE VOTING AND DEAF ACCESSIBLE VOTING. TABLETS WILL ALL BE LOADED WITH THE DEAF LINK APPLICATION, WHICH MEANS EVERY POLLING SITE WILL NOW HAVE A DEVICE TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY. I CONSIDER THIS A MAJOR WIN FOR ACCESSIBILITY. WHEN I BEGAN AS COUNTY JUDGE, ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS WAS ONLY THE ONLY SITE EQUIPPED WITH DEAF ACCESSIBLE EQUIPMENT. IN 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WE PUSHED FOR FIVE SITES AND NOW WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF COMPLETE COVERAGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR GATHERED TWO DIFFERENT QUOTES FOR THIS EQUIPMENT AND HAS GIVEN THE COURT THIS OPTION. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PACKAGE TO PURCHASE THE DEVICES IS NECESSARY WITH THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PACKAGES, WHILE BOTH OPTIONS WOULD FULLY REPLACE THE CHECK AND LAPTOPS AT ALL POLLING SITES. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. SO, MISS CAREW, AGAIN, FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE SUPPORT BOTH MOTIONS AT THIS TIME? I JUST WANT I'M TRYING TO GET CLARITY. MY CURRENT RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST OPTION, OPTION A, WHICH HAD 750 UNITS. THIS WOULD PROVIDE US WITH TWO CHECK IN STATIONS AT EACH VOTING LOCATION. OPTION B WOULD GIVE US A THIRD UNIT AT EACH LOCATION. SO WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? MR.. I'M ASKING THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M GETTING CLARITY. THAT'S THE 750 UNITS. ALL RIGHT. FOR PURPOSES, CAN I GET A MOTION SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TO CLEAR THE CONFUSION? THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES MOVE TO APPROVE. TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION BY OUR ELECTIONS OFFICE. ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE NEW 750 UNITS. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. LET US NOW HAVE DISCUSSION. MISS CAREW, DO YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH WITH ME TODAY. I HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM NO INC. THEY DO HAVE. AND I'LL INVITE THEM UP TO THE FRONT AND LET THEM DO THEIR QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AFTER. WHAT SHE SAID EARLIER TONIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS STEVE SHIPPY. I'M THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER OF NO INC. WE ARE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT'S LOCATED IN SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. SO NOT TOO FAR. AND I'M PROUD TO BE DOWN HERE TO REPRESENT OUR COMPANY AND OUR TEAM TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR SOLUTION THAT'S BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS, STARTED IN 2011. OUR COMPANY'S FOUNDER AND CURRENT CEO IS AS A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF SCOTT LEYENDECKER, FORMER REPUBLICAN DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY OF SAINT LOUIS. THAT WAS THE SAME TIME THAT THE IPAD WAS INTRODUCED IN THE MARKET, AND THEY WERE EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR HOW TO BETTER IMPROVE VOTER CHECK IN, STREAMLINE PROCESSES, MAKE VOTER IDENTIFICATION PROCESS EASIER AND SEAMLESS. TODAY, WE HAVE GROWN AND MATURED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR MICHEL AND BRINGING US HERE. AND LET'S SEE, THIS IS OUR CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF OUR OPERATIONS ACROSS THE US. AND AGAIN, WE STARTED IN MISSOURI, MOVED TO OHIO, KANSAS, INDIANA AND NOW OPERATE IN 38 STATES. WE HAVE 128,000 OF OUR, WHAT WE CALL POLL PAD, WHICH IS AN ELECTRONIC POLL BOOK. AGAIN, THAT VOTER CHECK IN STATION. AND WE'VE WE HAVE OVER 150 EMPLOYEES, ALL BASED IN THE US SUPPORT, ALL BASED IN THE US, AND DEVELOPMENT IS ALL BASED IN THE US. AND OUR MANUFACTURING OF THESE EQUIPMENTS IN CASES IS DONE IN NASHVILLE. [01:35:05] CURRENTLY OUR TEXAS FOOTPRINT. WE HAVE JUST OVER 160 COUNTIES AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT WE SUPPORT. MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE JUST OVER 11,000 POLL PADS DEPLOYED ACROSS TEXAS, WHICH SUPPORT JUST OVER 6 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS. SOME OF OUR LARGER JURISDICTIONS THAT WE SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE PICKUP OF DALLAS COUNTY. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE COMPLETED A CONTRACT VEHICLE FOR THEM IN FEBRUARY AND JUST COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION JUST PAST THIS PAST TWO WEEKS FOR THEM. SO WE'RE THANKFUL TO SUPPORT JURISDICTIONS BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK CITY, AND STILL THE SMALL RURAL COUNTIES IN MISSOURI THAT WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH. WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD TO BE THE FIRST AND ONLY MANUFACTURER TO HAVE COMPLETED THE EAC CERTIFICATION OF THEIR E STEP PROGRAM, NOT TO THROW TOO MANY ACRONYMS OUT THERE TODAY, BUT THE EAC CERTIFICATION SOLIDIFIES AND TALKS ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND THE SECURITY OF OUR PRODUCTS THAT WE DEPLOY. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE AEC'S RIGOROUS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES THE COMPLETE SOURCE CODE REVIEW STANDARDS, INCLUDING ACCESSIBILITY STUDIES THAT WERE CONDUCTED AND PERFORMED AND MATCHED AGAINST. SO OUR PRODUCT IS BUILT ON AN IPAD THAT'S THE GLOBAL LEADER OF HANDHELD DEVICES. AND THEY ARE ALSO FROM AN ACCESSIBILITY STANDPOINT, THOSE DEVICES ARE EQUIPPED. SO YOU'RE NOT RELYING NECESSARILY UPON US TO BUILD ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPLE TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF INDUSTRY LEADING ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. AND THEN THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEVICE ITSELF WERE WERE TESTED AS WELL, INCLUDING THE EAC CERTIFICATION. WE'RE ALSO CERTIFIED BY THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE FOR OUR PRODUCTS USE IN THE STATE AS WELL. THE CASE THERE'S TWO THERE'S TWO CASES HERE AS ALLUDED TO. AND THE AND THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN THE IN THE QUOTES. THE BIGGER CASE IS THE WHAT WE CALL THE EXPRESS VOTE CASE. SO THIS SUPPORTS HOUSING AN ALL IN ONE UNIT FOR POLL WORKERS, EASE OF USE. SO THE CORD DETANGLING AND POWER AND ALL THE STUFF THAT HAS TO BE CURRENTLY PLUGGED IN IS ELIMINATED BY OUR ALL IN ONE STAND. SO THE PICTURE SHOWS YOU, JUST AS A POLL WORKER COME IN ON ELECTION DAY, PULL OUT THE STAND, SET IT ON THE TABLE, AND IT IS IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY OPERABLE. THE HASSLE OF PLUGGING IN THINGS IS IS ELIMINATED THROUGH OUR PRODUCT. THE SMALLER CASE IS WHAT WE CALL A CURBSIDE UNIT OR A KIOSK UNIT THAT CAN BE WORN AS A STRAP OR HANDHELD THAT CAN BE PRESENTED AND WALKED OUT TO CURBSIDE VOTERS TO HAVE A MORE MOBILE PRODUCT TO SERVICE THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE STAND ITSELF. ONE ONE NOTE IS THE PATENTED SCAN ID TRAY THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE THE ONLY MANUFACTURER THAT HOLDS A PATENT IN RELATION TO SCANNING OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR AN EFFICIENT MAXIMIZATION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE IPAD CAMERA TO THAT STAND ITSELF SO IT HOLDS IT SECURELY AND FOR OPTIMAL SCANNING. AND THE STAND IS A KIOSK ITSELF. SO THE SCREEN, AS YOU'RE SEEING, ROTATES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE POLL WORKER AND THE VOTER FOR EASE OF USE, AS THEY USE A STYLUS TO SIGN THEIR NAME WHEN THEY CHECK IN FOR VOTER VERIFICATION. THE PRINTER AT THE BOTTOM IS THE EXISTING PRINTER, TO BE CLEAR, THE EXISTING PRINTER THAT THE COUNTY OWNS TO SUPPORT THE EXPRESS VOTE BALLOT STATION ONE ONE NOTE AS REFERENCED EARLIER IN OUR DALLAS COUNTY SUCCESS, CALLING IN TO THE LAST STATEMENT FROM THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR HEIDER GARCIA IN DALLAS COUNTY IS THAT THEY'VE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE WITH NO INK. DALLAS COUNTY HAD PREVIOUSLY GONE THROUGH TWO OTHER VENDORS PRIOR TO COMING TO US, AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE EARNED THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND EARNED THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORTING DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS. IPULSE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE TOOL AND THE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CENTER THAT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE WILL UTILIZE TO DEPLOY AND MANAGE THESE DEVICES, LOADING AND IMPORTING AND EXPORTING THE VOTER FILE FOR PROPER USE VOTER STATUSES TO ENSURE THE DEVICE IS OPERATIONAL. AND IT ALSO IS KIND OF A HEADS UP DISPLAY TO GIVE THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND AND AND BE MORE PROACTIVE ON ELECTION DAY TO SERVICE THE NEEDS AND IDENTIFY AND BE PROACTIVE. ADDITIONALLY, OUR COMPANY NOT JUST SERVICES ELECTRONIC POLL BOOKS. WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE SERVICED ACROSS THE COUNTRY VOTER REGISTRATION BALLOTS, ON DEMAND FOR PRINTING PAPER, AND ALSO VOTE BY MAIL. AND WE HOPE TO EARN THE PARTNERSHIP OF BEXAR COUNTY AND THE TRUST OF THE VOTERS HERE AND THE POLL WORKERS. SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR MICHEL, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. [01:40:01] JUDGE. I GUESS A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THE CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWED IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SCANNING AN ID? IS THAT. OKAY. SO. AND MAYBE KIND OF HELP HELP ME WITH THIS, TOO. MICHELLE, WALK ME THROUGH THIS. THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY REPLACING THE LAPTOPS THAT THE POLL WORKERS HAVE AT THE SITES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. SO RIGHT NOW, AS A VOTER, I GO IN, SHOW MY VOTER CARD OR MY ID, THEY CHECK IT AGAINST THE INFORMATION IN THE LAPTOP. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE QUICKER, A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S REPLACING IN TERMS OF, I GUESS, VOTER INTERFACE AS A VOTER. WHAT WILL I HAVE TO DO DIFFERENTLY NOW GOING INTO THE POLLING SITE. IS IT THE SAME? THE THE PROCESS WILL STILL BE THE SAME, RIGHT? YOU'LL GIVE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PLACE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE ON THIS STAND AND IT'LL VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY. WITH THAT. THE CLERK WILL THEN PICK IT UP. LOOK AT IT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS YOU IN THE PHOTO, AND PASS IT BACK OVER TO YOU. OKAY. SO WHAT THE TIME SAVING AND OF COURSE, SAVINGS IN GENERAL. THIS IS AN ALL IN ONE. YOU PULL IT OUT OF THE BOX, YOU TURN IT ON. IT'S READY TO GO. CURRENTLY WE HAVE LAPTOPS WITH MULTIPLE CORDS, MULTIPLE PRINTERS, MULTIPLE SCANNERS. IT'S IT'S VERY, VERY CUMBERSOME. AND THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR WORKERS IS 77. SO THIS WILL MAKE THEIR JOB SO MUCH MORE EASIER BY JUST PULLING IT OUT OF THE CASE, TURNING IT ON AND CONNECTING IT TO WI-FI. OKAY. AND SO I ASSUME THE TECHNOLOGY, I GUESS FOR YOU, SIR IS IS ADAPTABLE NOT JUST TO A TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT A MILITARY ID PASSPORT. ALL THE FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION THAT ARE, ALLOWED IN TEXAS. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, MICHEL, THE THE REQUEST I UNDERSTAND THE FIRST ITEM IS 750 OF THE LARGER YES, SIR. ESSENTIALLY, YES. OKAY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO AT EACH OF THE DAY SITES. CORRECT. OKAY. SO I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, I THOUGHT WE HAD CLOSER TO, WAS IT 388 BOAT CENTERS ON ELECTION DAY. ARE YOU ARE YOU GOING TO. WELL, CURRENTLY IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WE HAD 302 VOTE CENTERS THIS LAST ELECTION. LAST NOVEMBER ELECTION. AND THEN IN THE MAY ELECTION, WE HAD 147. SO EACH ELECTION WILL BE RELATIVELY DIFFERENT. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THESE QUOTES IS SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR LARGER ELECTIONS AS WELL. SURE. OKAY. THE OTHER ITEM IS I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED ITEM 51 A APPROVED, BUT ITEM 51 B IS 350 OF THE SMALLER UNITS. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY THAT I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW THAT THE WORDING THAT I USED ON THERE WAS EXTREMELY CONFUSING. CONFUSING, SO I APOLOGIZE. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT YOU APPROVE BOTH A AND B, OKAY. B WOULD GIVE US A UNIT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY USED FOR CURBSIDE AND FOR SERVICES. OKAY. SO THOSE WITH, WITH A RESTRICTION PHYSICALLY THAT CAN'T GET INTO THE POLLING SITE, YOU CAN GO OUT TO THE CURB AND USE THOSE. CORRECT. AND OR THE, THE LINK, THOSE WHO HAVE HEARING IMPAIRMENT. CORRECT. SO CURRENTLY THEY'RE THEY'RE HAVING TO USE A LAPTOP IN ORDER TO USE A LINK SERVICES. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS HELPFUL TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO BALANCE THE LAPTOP IN ONE HAND AND VOTE WITH THE OTHER. SO THIS ONE DOES HAVE AN OTTERBOX PROTECTION AND THEN OF COURSE, A PLACE FOR THEM TO PLACE THEIR HAND IN IT. SO WHEN THEY'RE AT THE POLL SITE OR AT THE POLL, THEY CAN JUST HOLD IT LIKE THIS AND BE ABLE TO SEE AN INTERPRETER THAT'S ASSISTING THEM. OKAY. I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I MEAN, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF INNOVATION, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO GET THESE IN PLACE FOR THE THE MUNICIPAL RUNOFF IN A FEW WEEKS, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, THAT WAS AN OPTION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH YOU THIS MORNING AND I BELIEVE I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE ELSE, THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD PUSH OFF TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE ENTIRE THOUGHT BEHIND IT WAS THAT OUR POLL WORKERS WOULD HAVE TWO ELECTIONS UNDER THEIR BELT WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE BEFORE GOING INTO THE PRIMARY, BUT THAT'S VERY FLEXIBLE. YEAH. I MEAN, I'M JUST CONCERNED MORE ABOUT THE, THE THE TRAINING. I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY USER FRIENDLY AND INTUITIVE, BUT BUT I JUST I KNOW OUR ELECTION WORKERS ARE UNDER A LOT OF STRESS, AND WE'VE GOT A QUICK TURNAROUND FOR THIS RUNOFF. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE PREPARED TO DO. WE ALREADY HAVE OUR LAPTOPS READY FOR THE FOR THE JUNE RUNOFF ELECTION. OKAY. SO WE'RE READY TO GO EITHER WAY. OKAY. SO THE THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY, JUDGE, I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO. [01:45:04] I THINK COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES MADE THE MOTION TO TO, I GUESS, AMEND THAT TO INCLUDE 51 B OR WE CAN DO A SEPARATE MOTION, I GUESS. AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO JUST IN ORDER FOR CLARITY, AND I'M GOING TO BE REAL BLUNT. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS BECAUSE THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR THE MOTION. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A REVISION. SO LET US VOTE ON THAT MOTION. THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP A SECOND MOTION ON THE SECOND REQUEST. BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER MOODY. WELL, I THINK IT WAS WE SPOKE THIS MORNING AS WELL. YES. I, I SHARE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE THE RUNOFF. I THINK WE SHOULD YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE ANY OF THIS AFTER WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH THIS, THIS RUNOFF ELECTION, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR TRAINING, IMPLEMENTATION, WORK OUT ANY BUGS AND KINKS IN THE SYSTEM. SO MY SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM WOULD BE PREDICATED ON ENSURING THAT WE DON'T TRY TO TO FORCE THE ISSUE IN THE NEXT, LIKE TWO WEEKS. SO I HOPE THAT THAT THAT'S KIND OF CLEAR. THE DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YES, SIR. OKAY. THE OTHER THING I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH IS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE. WELL, ARE WE DISCUSSING KIND OF BOTH ITEMS THEY'VE PRESENTED ON BOTH. SO THE THE CURBSIDE OPTION. RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUT DEF LINK SUPPORT. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 750 UNITS CAN PROVIDE THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, SIR. SO EVEN WITH APPROVING A, WE ARE ENSURING THAT EVERY SINGLE VOTING SITE HAS THE ABILITY TO SERVE THOSE FOLKS WITH DEF LINK IN THE CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S, THAT'S CLEAR. AS WE GO FORWARD HERE TO THE POINT ABOUT THE CURBSIDE THOUGH. SO BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS USED DEF LINK SERVICES LAST YEAR, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING THAT WITH THE COURT? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT LAST PART IN THE LAST ELECTION. HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS USED THE LINK SERVICE? LET ME GRAB MY OTHER PHONE BECAUSE I HAVE IT ON THERE. BEAR WITH ME. JUST A MOMENT. OKAY. I HAD 17. THAT WOULD BE CORRECT BECAUSE THERE WERE FIVE AT TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN AT TWO OTHER LOCATIONS. AND THEN THERE WERE OTHERS WHO BROUGHT THEIR OWN INTERPRETERS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO NOT A SERVICE THAT'S USED WIDELY. UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SERVICE IT EVERY LOCATION THAT MAY PROVIDE MORE INDIVIDUALS USING THE SERVICE IN THE FUTURE. BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE OVERLAP WITH THE CURBSIDE AND WHAT THAT IS PROVIDING US. SO IF WE DON'T GO FORWARD WITH THE CURBSIDE OBVIOUSLY ANYONE WHO GOES IN CAN STILL USE SERVICE ON ON THE, THE LARGER UNITS. WHAT WILL WHAT WILL CHANGE FOR THE EXPERIENCE FOR CURBSIDE, IF ANYTHING, THE ONLY THING THAT WILL CHANGE FOR CURBSIDE EXPERIENCE WOULD BE JUST THE ABILITY TO TAKE IT OUT IN A PROTECTIVE CASE AND OF COURSE, HANDLING IT. AND THE BIGGER BOX, IF WE WERE TO TAKE ONE TO CURBSIDE UNIT, IT WOULD JUST BE A PULL PAD THAT HAD NO PROTECTION ON IT. SO THIS GIVES LIKE PROTECTION AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO TAKE A PRINTER OUT TO THE POLLS, TO THE TO THE ACTUAL VEHICLE. BECAUSE IN THIS SYSTEM, ONCE WE CHECK THEM IN, IT PRINTS THEIR BALLOT FOR THEM OR THE BEGINNINGS OF THEIR BALLOT THAT GOES INTO THE EXPRESS VOTE. THIS RIGHT HERE IS AN ALL IN ONE. SO THEY WOULD JUST WEAR IT LIKE CROSS BODY WITH THE PRINTER ON THEIR HIP. BUT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TAKING THAT OUT? ONLY IF THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO USE DEF LINK FROM CURBSIDE, CORRECT. NO. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS THIS IS MULTIFACETED. SO IF THERE IS A CURBSIDE VOTER WHO NEEDS TO CHECK IN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY NEED DEF LINK OR NOT, BUT IF THEY'RE JUST UNABLE TO COME INSIDE, THEN WE CAN CHECK THEM IN FROM THE CURB BY TAKING THIS OUTSIDE. SO ANYONE IN THE FUTURE WHO IS DOING CURBSIDE WOULD HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD, UNLESS WE GOT THE CURBSIDE UNITS OR WE WOULD USE THE LARGER UNITS, WE WOULD JUST CARRY THEM OUT THERE. THEY WOULDN'T. WE WOULD USE THE LARGER UNIT. OKAY. YES. SO I GUESS WHAT WHAT I'M GATHERING AND WHERE WHERE I'M GETTING AT IS IN A PERFECT WORLD WHERE COST IS NOT A CONSTRAINT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE BOTH SETS OF UNITS AT EVERY POLLING SITE, RIGHT? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AS AN OPTION. I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH, IF THERE'S A NECESSITY TO GET THE CURBSIDE SMALLER UNITS AS WELL, GIVEN THE SMALLER VOLUME OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UTILIZING THAT SERVICE. CURBSIDE IS USED A LOT THROUGH THE ELECTION PROCESS. [01:50:02] THE ONE, THE ONE PROCESS THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY USED IN AS MUCH IS THE DEAF LINK SERVICES. SO CURBSIDE WE HAVE MULTIPLE CURBSIDE ALL DAY EVERY DAY. SO IT'S A CONSTANTLY MOVING WHEEL IN THE PUZZLE OF ELECTIONS. BUT BUT IN A BROADER SENSE, IT'S A VERY SMALL FRACTION COMPARED TO THE OVERALL NUMBER OF VOTERS. CORRECT. AND THERE'S THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN STILL SERVICE ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS CURBSIDE. WE'RE JUST USING THE THE LARGER UNIT INSTEAD OF THE HANDHELD. YES, SIR. IPAD. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS KIND OF COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING AND MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZED AND IN WHAT FORM TO WHAT AUDIENCE, AT WHAT LOCATIONS. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE CLARIFICATIONS, BUT I WOULD JUST SUGGEST A SEEMS LIKE IT, IT SOLVES YOUR ISSUES AND MOVES US FORWARD IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY. B SEEMS LIKE A NICE TO HAVE ADD ON THAT ISN'T REQUIRED. AND SO IN THAT REGARD, I. I'M HESITANT TO SUPPORT B AT THIS POINT. I UNDERSTAND, MR.. CLAY-FLORES I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU JUDGE. MY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND THE REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT DECLARATION. SO DOES THE POLL PAD KIOSK TAKE ANY OF THOSE REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT FORMS IN UTILITY BILL, PAYCHECK, GOVERNMENT UTILITY? DOES IT CHECK THOSE? IT DOES. SO INSIDE THIS PULL PAD HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE AT THE CHECK IN STATION, BUT IT'S JUST IN DIGITAL FORMAT. SO REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT IS ON HERE AS WELL. SO SHOULD SOMEONE NOT HAVE AN ID ON THEM AT THE TIME OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEY CAN STILL SIGN ON AS A REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPLETE A PAPER COPY. IT WILL JUST BE DIGITAL. YEAH. BUT OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. SO IT WALKS THE ELECTIONS PERSON THROUGH THE REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT PROCESS AND THE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF ID HOW DOES IT HOW DOES IT DEFINE CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW DOES IT INFORM THE PERSON. WHAT DOES THIS WHAT DOES THAT PARTICULAR FORM LOOK LIKE. SO WHEN SOMEONE IS CHECKING IN, IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN ID AND THEY'RE VOTING REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT. THERE IS A BOX WHERE THEY CAN CHECK MARK, WHICH WILL THEN START A WHOLE PROCESS WITHIN THE TABLET. IT'LL GIVE THEM STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTION, HOW TO PROCESS THE VOTER AND WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE IN ORDER TO VOTE THAT WAY USING THE REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT. DO WE ALSO HAVE A POSTER THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT A BANK STATEMENT OR UTILITY BILL, ETC. CAN BE USED. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE FRONT? WE DO HAVE THE ALL THE ALL THE POSTERS THAT WERE CREATED BY SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, WHICH DOES LIST THAT INFORMATION. WE LIKE TO PROVIDE ONE AT EVERY CHECK IN STATION. SO SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE? THE PERSON WORKING HAS IT READILY AVAILABLE. OKAY, BUT BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS POLL PAD KIOSK DOES IT DOES IT LIKE THE ID CHECK THE, LET'S SAY, BANK STATEMENT OR. NO, IT DOES NOT DO THAT. IT JUST WALKS FOLKS THROUGH THE PAPERWORK. AND THEN IT'S A VISUAL DETERMINATION BY THE ELECTIONS JUDGE THAT THAT IS SATISFIES THE CRITERIA. YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUDGE. MR.. CLAY-FLORES. FIRST, I WANT TO JUST START OFF BY THANKING SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE HEARING IMPAIRED COMMUNITY THAT I SEE HAVE MADE TIME IN THEIR SCHEDULE TO COME BE WITH US TODAY. SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. FIRST OF ALL. SECONDLY, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF HEARING IMPAIRED IN BEXAR COUNTY? IT'S I DON'T HAVE THAT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE 100,000 REGISTERED DEAF VOTERS IN BEXAR COUNTY. OKAY, SO WE DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL SKIP VOTING EVEN IF THEY WANT TO, BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH OF A HASSLE. YOU SAID SOME PEOPLE TOOK THEIR OWN TRANSLATORS. A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES OR SOMEONE WHO CAN GO TRANSLATE FOR THEM. SO SO IT'S A HUGE EFFORT. SO OFTENTIMES PEOPLE WOULD WOULD RATHER SKIP IT. AND WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE VOTING MORE FEASIBLE FOR PEOPLE INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SKIP IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESEARCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING DOWN HERE FROM MISSOURI FOR THIS. AND THEN WHATEVER WE DECIDE ON TODAY, ANYONE CAN USE THE APPARATUS, RIGHT, WHETHER THEY'RE HEARING IMPAIRED OR CURBSIDE OR WHATEVER. OKAY. IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER'S EXPERIENCE WHEN I TOOK HER. WHAT, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO TO VOTE. AND SHE HAS MOBILITY ISSUES. SHE'S IN A WHEELCHAIR. SO THE PERSON WHO WHO TOOK US TO THE POLLING SITE TO VOTE HAS A HUGE TRUCK. SO SHE WAS SITTING IN THE HUGE TRUCK. I WENT IN WITH HER ID TO GET THE ELECTIONS OFFICER TO COME OUT WITH THIS MASSIVE, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS. THEY'RE MASSIVE. HE HAD TO PUSH IT OUT. AND MY MOTHER, WHO'S FIVE TWO WAS AND CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT'S PAINFUL. [01:55:06] IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER TO LEAN OVER, TO TRY AND PUSH WHO SHE WANTED TO VOTE FOR. SO FOR SOMEONE LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER IF THEY HAD THIS IPAD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THE RESEARCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR MY MOTHER. I'M SPEAKING FOR SO MANY CONSTITUENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY AND PRECINCT ONE WHO ARE EITHER OLDER OR HAVE TO USE CURBSIDE. SO I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. I'M NOT SURE. SHOULD I GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE SECOND MOTION OR. WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON THE FIRST ONE THAT I MADE THE MOTION FOR? NO, LET'S LET'S. WE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. OKAY. THE SCANNING OF THE ID. WHY IS IT SCANNED? IS IT GOING TO BE THE SCANNING OF THE ID IS JUST TO PULL UP THE VOTER INFORMATION. SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACK OF YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, THERE'S A BARCODE IN THAT BARCODE IS YOUR NAME AND YOUR BIRTHDATE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING UP TO CONFIRM THE VOTER'S IDENTITY. SO IF IT'S SCANNED THE FIRST TIME, DO I NO LONGER HAVE TO TAKE MY ID THE SECOND TIME? NO. YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR ID EVERY TIME YOU VOTE. IT'S A REQUIREMENT. SO. SO THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF IT'S A FASTER CHECK IN. SO THE POINT OF IT BEING SCANNED. RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE SCANNING THE BACK IT AUTOMATICALLY PULLS UP THE VOTER INFORMATION. BUT THERE IS A SECOND OPTION WHERE WE CAN KEY IN THE VOTER'S NAME IS JUST A FASTER PROCESS, BUT IS IT GOING TO BE STORED? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. IS IT GOING TO BE STORED? NO, WE DON'T STORE THAT INFORMATION. IT'S GOING TO BE A SCANNED COPY OF IT. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOODY. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO YOU YOU SAID 302 POLLING SITES THE LAST ELECTION. IS THAT CORRECT? IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND THE NOVEMBER 24TH ELECTION. THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION? YES. SO THAT WAS PRESIDENTIAL. THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ELECTIONS, RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD STILL GIVE US AN EXTRA ALMOST 150 KEPT THE SAME NUMBER OF POLLING SITES. EXTRA 150 JUST WITHIN A YOU WOULD HAVE TO ALSO INCLUDE EARLY VOTING. SO EARLY VOTING WOULD ALSO GET TWO LOCATIONS OR TWO PER LOCATION. SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER WE HAD RIGHT UNDER 50 EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS. SO THAT'S 100. BUT AREN'T THOSE ALSO ELECTION DAY SITES AS WELL? OR ARE YOU SAYING 302 ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THE EARLY VOTING SITES? IT WOULD BE FOR THE 300 LOCATIONS PLUS EARLY VOTING, WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM EACH TWO. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE ELECTION DAY SITES. AND WHAT'S NOT USED DURING THAT PROCESS COULD BE PUT TO THE SIDE. SO SHOULD SOMEONE HAVE AN INFLUX OF VOTERS OUTSIDE WHO ARE WAITING EVEN LONGER TIMES, WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH AN EXTRA UNIT. SO THERE'S A 10% CUSHION SHOULD WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL UNITS TO A LOCATION, OR SHOULD SOMETHING GO WRONG WITH THE WITH THE POLL PAD? YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK IN TIME AND GEOGRAPHY. RIGHT. SO DURING EARLY VOTING WE HAVE ALL THE IPADS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY USE, RIGHT, WITH 50 VOTING SITES. SO WE CAN HAVE 4 OR 5 AT EVERY LOCATION IF WE WANT ON ELECTION DAY. I'M STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHETHER IT'S 302, INCLUDING THOSE SITES, OR 302, PLUS THE EARLY VOTING SITES, 302 PLUS EARLY VOTING SITES PLUS EARLY VOTING SITES. OKAY. SO THEN THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL EXTRA BUILT IN THERE. BUT AGAIN, FOR THE 70% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING EARLY, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH UNITS FOR FOR EVERY SINGLE SITE AND THEN SOME. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR FOR THE COURT. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? THEN I'M CALLING FOR VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM 51 A. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE THE VOTE. DO YOU WANT CITIZENS? OH. I'M SORRY. OH. WELL WE DO I'M I THINK THERE'S AGAIN, CONFUSION HERE. SO I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS THING GOING. BUT WE DO HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. MOST HAVE SIGNED UP FOR 51 B, BUT FOR PURPOSES, BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF WRAPPED THIS THING TOGETHER, I AM GOING TO ALLOW ASK SPEAKERS. STEP BACK. I'M GOING TO GO TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. [8. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak. ] IF YOU WANT TO RESERVE TILL WE TAKE A 51 B, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. BUT I'M ALLOWING CITIZENS TO BE HEARD TO BE CALLED UP. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS K CHIODO. AND K YOU CAN SPEAK ON WHATEVER YOU WANT. OKAY. WELL LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY BACK. NO. I'M KIDDING. LISTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU, THE COMMISSIONERS. JUDGE SAKAI, YOUR TEAM IS AWESOME. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TODAY I HADN'T PLANNED ON SPEAKING, AND I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. I WANT TO I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, SAY WHATEVER YOU DECIDE ON EQUIPMENT, [02:00:04] JUST KNOW THAT WHEN A DEAF PERSON COMES TO VOTE THAT THEY NEED ACCESS FROM REGISTRATION. AND I SAY THIS AS HAVING BEEN THERE, SEEN IT, AND HAVING TO STEP UP. WHETHER THE PERSON SAYING HOW HARD. READ MY LIPS. DRIVER'S LICENSE I. WELL, THEY'VE NEVER HEARD YOUR VOICE. THEY'VE NEVER HEARD YOUR WORDS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO READ YOUR LIPS. AND WHEN YOU SAID THERE'S WHOEVER HAD 17, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TO HAND OUT THERE. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THERE'S SOME SENIOR CITIZENS HERE THAT ARE DEAF, AND THEY'RE PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS YOU'RE MAKING HISTORY FOR THEM. THIS IS DEAF HISTORY. AND THEY HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME JUST FOR THIS TO BE ON YOUR AGENDA. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. NO, THEY DON'T READ YOUR LIPS, AND THEY DO NEED THAT IPAD TO FOLLOW THEM OR WHATEVER YOU'RE USING FROM REGISTRATION THROUGH. AND AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY'VE COME HERE TODAY TO SHOW YOU THEY WANT TO VOTE. THEY WANT TO BE PART OF OF OUR CITY AND THE PROCESS. AND YOU'RE OPENING THAT DOOR FOR THEM. AND I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TELL ME, OKAY, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFETIME. AND I SAID, WELL, THEY BETTER HURRY BECAUSE I'M 72. I'M PUSHING IT. SO IT IS IMPORTANT. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER, WHATEVER YOU DO PURCHASE, USE IT AT YOUR BEXAR COUNTY JOB FAIR. HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT AND TURN IT BACK IN, OR TAKE AWAY THEIR CAR. THE SAME THING AT YOUR YOUR MARRIAGE LICENSE. IF I GET ONE MORE CALL FROM A DEAF PERSON ASKING ME TO MEET THEM AT BEXAR COUNTY TO GET A MARRIAGE LICENSE, I'M GOING TO START CHARGING YOU MARGARITAS. SO THERE'S THAT DEAL. YEP. SO THERE THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES THAT THEY CAN BE USED THAT NEEDS ACCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOR A MARGARITA AND A STEAK DINNER, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE THOSE PLACES ARE. BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS IT'S CHANGING HISTORY FOR THIS COMMUNITY. A LOT OF DEAF DO NOT GO VOTE, BECAUSE IT'S THE PLACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO FAR FROM THEIR HOME. SO YOU'RE MAKING THEM EQUAL. AND I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK EACH ONE OF YOU ARE AWESOME. TOMMY, I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE YOUR LITTLE BOY. I'M PROUD OF YOU. SO I'M HERE TO HELP ANY WAY I CAN. AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MELANIE CAWTHORN, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? HI, I'M MELANIE CAWTHORN. I'M A RESIDENT OF PRECINCT TWO. I'M ALSO THE PRECINCT TWO APPOINTEE TO THE THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR DISABILITY ESSAY. SO I COME BEFORE YOU WITH MANY HATS. AND I JUST COME TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND MY ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE APPROVAL OF THESE UNITS. IF THEY BRING ACCESSIBILITY TO THE POLLING LOCATIONS, IF THEY MAKE IT EQUAL ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH ALL TYPES OF DIFFERENT DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S IT'S A DEFINITE WIN. IT HAS BEEN A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME STRUGGLE FOR OUR DEAF COMMUNITY TO GAIN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE POLLING LOCATIONS NOT ONLY JUST IN CAMPAIGNING AND THE DEBATES AND GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED IN ACCESSIBLE FORMATS, BUT THEN TO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE LOCATION IN ALL OF BEXAR COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE THE INFORMATION IN THEIR LANGUAGE IS, IS JUST IT'S SAD. AND THEN HALLELUJAH, WE EXPANDED TO FIVE LOCATIONS AND HAD ONE IN EACH PRECINCT IN THIS LAST ELECTION. AND THAT WAS AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF PUSHING AND PUSHING AND PUSHING. AND TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, LET'S BRING ASL AND LANGUAGE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR POLLING LOCATIONS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO YES, IT'S A BIG TICKET, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT BOTH OPTIONS, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE USING ONE OF YOUR CHECK IN STATIONS FOR YOUR ASL COMMUNICATION AS WELL, THAT'S GOING TO REMOVE THAT DURING THE TIME OF CHECK IN SO THAT SOMEBODY ELSE CAN USE IT TO VOTE. AND AT YOUR BUSY LOCATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE REDUCING YOUR CHECK IN DOWN TO ONE UNIT. SO JUST KIND OF THINKING THROUGH ONE OF THOSE MAY BE GONE TEMPORARILY. AND THEN THE CONSISTENCY NOW THAT WE HAVE PERMIT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS WITH PERMANENT DEVICES THAT HOST THIS OPPORTUNITY. [02:05:09] YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE DEAF COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW, WITHOUT A DOUBT, WHEN THEY GO TO A POLLING LOCATION, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION VERSUS A HIT AND MISS. AND WHERE'S IT GOING TO BE? AND WHICH LOCATION AND WHICH ELECTION? THEY CAN JUST GO TO THEIR LOCAL POLLING LOCATION AND BE ABLE TO VOTE. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A LITTLE EQUITY IN OUR VOTING SYSTEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP FROM THE SAME ORGANIZATION, LARRY LEOS AND JUAN KHARKOVA. DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP AND YIELD TIME? THAT IS YOUR CHOICE, LARRY. LEOS. YOU'RE FIRST. HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? THANK YOU. LET US BE CLEAR. YOUR HONOR, THIS IS LARRY SPEAKING. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SEPARATELY FROM THE OTHER GENTLEMAN. WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS OWN FEELINGS? BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE LIMITED VISION. YOUR HONOR AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS LARRY LEOS, AND I AM A RETIREE FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. WHO I SERVED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, FOR BEING OPEN MINDED TO THE INNOVATIONS FROM THE PAST, FROM THE PAST TO NOW. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR ME AS A DEAF CITIZEN. IN ORDER FOR ME TO SUBMIT MY BALLOT AND VOTE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I WANT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE LANGUAGE ACCESS. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OTHER DEAF CITIZENS WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS, NOT ONLY FOR THE ELECTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR THE COUNTY, BUT FOR OTHER ELECTIONS SUCH AS THE CITY AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN HOSTING DEAF. THE DEAF COMMUNITY FOR SINCE 2010 THE CITIZENS HERE OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND OVER TIME, THE STRUGGLE OF TRYING TO SUBMIT MY BALLOT HAS GONE AWAY. BUT NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS THE IPADS THAT WERE BEING SPOKEN ABOUT TODAY. AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT INTERPRETERS DO HAVE TIME LIMITS WHEN WE DO ASK THEM TO COME WITH US TO GO ON TO THOSE VOTING STATIONS. AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE RESOURCES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE. SO IN REGARDS TO THE COST AND THE MONEY AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. MY FIRST TIME THAT I VOTED WAS FOR RICHARD NIXON IN 1972. AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS PAID LOTS OF TAXES FOR MY PROPERTY AND WHATNOT, I DID NOT TEND TO COMPLAIN. BUT THE TIME IS NOW FOR US TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS. AND FOR ME TO BE SEEN AS A TAXPAYING CITIZEN. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY DEAF INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO ARE HAVE MIGRATED FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHO ARE NOW CITIZENS. AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND VOTE BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE ACCESS ISSUE. SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN DO THE BEST POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN OF HAVING PERHAPS LIKE A PICTURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OF WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT SO THAT THAT'S A LOT EASIER TO BE WELL KNOWN. 60% OF THOSE DEAF CITIZENS ARE NOT ABLE TO READ IN ENGLISH. AND SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT SORT OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION WOULD BE BEST. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR A VERY LONG TIME. BUT NOW I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S BEING CONSIDERED. AND THAT YOU ARE TRYING YOUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH DEAF LINK AND COLLABORATE SO THAT OTHER DEAF CITIZENS CAN GO IN AND VOTE AND THE DEAF VOTER POPULATION CAN GO AHEAD AND GROW. JUDGE, THE TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. ONE. ONE MOMENT. JUDGE. YES. MY NAME IS JUAN CARDONA. [02:10:10] THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO IS DEAF AND ALSO HAS A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, THE BRAILLE IS NOT EASY FOR ME TO READ. AND ALSO THE TEXT THAT'S ON THE ON THE VOTING PLATFORM IS NOT EASY FOR ME TO READ. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE CASTLE OR CASTLE GRACE. HERE WE GO. HOW ABOUT YOU? OKAY. HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. YOUR HONOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DISCUSSING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE DEAF COMMUNITY AND THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SPEAKING FROM THE HEART. AND I KNOW THAT JUDGE SAKAI HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT. MY NAME IS KASSEL RICE. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE DEAF BREAKFAST COMMUNITY AND HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND HAD BEEN SHARING AS FAR AS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, I'M ALSO A PASTOR AT DEAF FAMILY CHURCH, AND IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION ACCESS TO BOTH DEAF AND HEARING INDIVIDUALS AS FAR AS WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I ALSO TEACH SOME CLASSES AS WELL. AND I HAVE A SIX CHILDREN AND ALL OF THEM DO UTILIZE SIGN LANGUAGE. WHAT I AM COMING HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE VALUE AND WORTH OF VOTING AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. IT GIVES US A CHANCE IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING AND NOT NECESSARILY SAY SORRY OR APOLOGIZE. WE NEED ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO VOTE, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HAVE THAT INTERPRETER PROVIDED WE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO VOTE. AND THAT WITH THAT OUR VOICE IS NOT ABLE TO BE HEARD. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE NEED THAT EQUIPMENT. THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CHANGE. ONCE WE HAVE THIS CHANGE, THEN THE BETTER IT IS GOING TO BE FOR EVERYONE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THIS SET IN PLACE. AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR IT. THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR THAT COMMUNICATION. THE LAST TIME I BELIEVE I VOTED WAS SOME TIME AGO, AND THERE WAS A VERY LONG LINE OF PEOPLE, BUT I WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT IT WAS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT THEY WERE BEING, OF WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. AND IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY. SO I HAD BEEN I HAD TO WAIT FOR 59 MINUTES IN ORDER FOR TECHNOLOGY TO BE SET UP, WHILE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE ABLE TO GO IN AND VOTE QUITE QUICKLY. FOR ME, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S FAIR. AND SO I AM ASKING THAT THIS EQUIPMENT BE PURCHASED FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY NEEDS. YES. FOR NOT JUST ONE PRECINCT OR ONE PER PRECINCT, BUT FOR ALL VOTING SITES AT THE PRECINCTS. AND THAT'S JUST FOR PEACE OF MIND, SO THAT WE CAN DO THE GOOD THING THAT WE ARE ENTRUSTED TO DO AS CITIZENS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU HONOR ALL, NOT ONLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE, BUT ALL THE INDIVIDUALS EVERYWHERE. SO THE SPEAKER SAID THAT WHEN IT COMES TO JUNE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GRYCE. ALL I CAN SAY IS WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT TO HAVE PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. AND I APPRECIATE THEM COMING TO COURT AND SIGNING UP TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, AND THAT THE COUNTY HAS PROVIDED THEM REASONABLE ACCESS IN ORDER THAT THEIR VOICES CAN BE HEARD. AS A POINT OF ORDER, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. [51. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding a request to grant a discretionary exemption to the competitive bidding requirements, to include the appropriate budgetary transfer, for the purpose of awarding a sole source purchase order to KNOWINK LLC for: (Part 2 of 2) ] AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. BUT AS A POINT OF ORDER, LARRY ROBERTSON, I'M LOOKING TO YOU. I BELIEVE THAT I'VE BEEN ALERTED THAT THERE MAY BE FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THIS MOTION. AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TO, FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, FOR PURPOSES OF LEGALITY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT UPON THE OUTCOME OF THIS VOTE, [02:15:03] IF IT IS APPROVED, THEN I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE RIGHT WITH DOTTING THE I'S AND CROSSING THE T'S. SO IS THERE OTHER ADVICE OF COUNSEL AS TO HOW WE CAN BEST PUT THIS MOTION? AND WE MAY NEED TO AMEND OUR MOTION AGAIN? SO, LARRY, CAN YOU GIVE US INPUT? I BELIEVE THAT, MR. GALLOWAY, YOU AND MR. ROBERTSON HAVE WEIGHED IN. SO IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONVERSATION. BUT LARRY SET THE STAGE SO THAT THE PUBLIC, THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING US AND FOR PURPOSES OF THE MINUTES, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON TODAY? YES, JUDGE. I THINK THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE CAPTION. IT IS NOT AN EXCEPTION TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING. IT'S A PURCHASE FROM THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE, WHICH MR. GALLOWAY WILL READ INTO THE RECORD. AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE NUMBERS IN B IS INCORRECT. AND I THINK THERE'S A REVISED MOTION. SO THE COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, MAY HAVE TO REVISE HER MOTION. AND I BELIEVE I BELIEVE STAFF IS GETTING THAT REVISED MOTION TO HER AS WE SPEAK. BUT LET MISS GALLOWAY PUT ON RECORD YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS PURCHASING AGENT FOR THE COUNTY IN ORDER THAT WE COMPLY WITH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF A COMPETITIVE BID OR WHAT WHAT WHAT PROCESS ARE WE UTILIZING? WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE A CO-OP. TEXAS BY BOARD. CONTRACT NUMBER SEVEN 1023 ELECTION VOTING SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT. THAT WILL BE HOW THE PURCHASE WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH A COOPERATIVE BUY BOARD. AND THAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE. YES, SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. GALLOWAY IS PURCHASING AGENT. SO, LARRY, DO WE HAVE A PROPOSED LANGUAGE OF A MOTION WHICH WILL BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST? CAN WE I THINK LET'S GET THIS RIGHT. LET'S NOT DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. WE NEED A MOTION TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION AND GET A VOTE ON THAT, AND THEN DO THE AMENDED MOTION. I THINK AS STAFF IS JUST GOING TO PROVIDE A REVISED MOTION FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO READ INTO THE RECORD. JUDGE, JUST TO CLARIFY THE THE MOTION, I DON'T I KNOW, BUT THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WHAT DO WE DO? THAT MOTION ON THE FLOOR AS A POINT OF ORDER? DO WE MOVE TO AMEND OR DO WE MOVE TO WITHDRAW THAT MOTION? WHAT DO WE DO FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, IF THE COMMISSIONER IS WILLING TO WITHDRAW THAT MOTION AND READ THE REVISED MOTION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'LL WORK. JUDGE. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, WHO WAS THE SECOND COMMISSIONER CALVERT, WILL YOU JOIN IN THE WITHDRAWAL? ALL RIGHT, LET'S WITHDRAW THE MOTION. LET US NOW PUT A NEW MOTION. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING COOPERATIVE PURCHASES OR PURCHASE. SO WE'RE DOING IT SEPARATELY FROM CONTRACT SEVEN 1023 TO INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY TRANSFER TO NO. INC, LLC FOR A PURCHASE OF 750 POLL PAD CELLULAR EXPRESS VOTE ALL IN ONE STAND, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PACKAGES AND AMOUNT OF 998,500. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FOR A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO JUST SPOKE. IT WAS VERY POWERFUL AND A HISTORIC MOMENT. I AGREE, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED US HERE TODAY. I, I FEEL COMPELLED TO SAY THAT THE THE REQUEST TO HELP IN THIS MAY ELECTION IS AN IMPORTANT ONE OR JUNE RUNOFF, RATHER IS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO ABIDE BY. AND I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COURT, YOU KNOW, MEANT WELL IN TERMS OF NOT WANTING TO HAVE A BLIP OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, BUT I THINK YOU'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR ISH WEEKS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE TRAINING. THERE'S THERE'S A COUPLE OF HYBRID WAYS THEY COULD GO ABOUT. YOU COULD ASK FOLKS TO RAISE THEIR HANDS FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS IN ADVANCE. BUT I THINK THE COUNTY HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN DRAGGING THEIR FEET A LONG TIME ON, ON THE DISABILITY ACCESS. AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IF I'M HEARING THE TESTIMONY FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO TRY AND GET THESE TOOLS SO THAT IT MAKES IT EASIER ON THE ELECTION JUDGES. POOR K, WHO'S BEEN WORKING IN THIS FIELD FOR DECADES. AND YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT THE, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY CLERK ON ON AN APPLICATION WHERE THOSE MARRIAGE LICENSES AND OTHER THINGS. I'M SURE THERE'S MANY COUNTY FUNCTIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE OUR BSIT AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS MAKE, RIGHT? LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY TO MAKE IT RIGHT, TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THE TAXPAYERS. AND I APPRECIATE THE ENFRANCHISEMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN. AND I THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ELECTION, BECAUSE THESE FOLKS SEE A HISTORIC FOUR YEAR [02:20:08] ELECTION THAT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN. THEY'RE HERE STANDING THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING BECAUSE THEY'RE EAGER. AND I THINK WE'LL GIVE A FALSE EXPECTATION IF WE MOVE IT TODAY. AND THEN IT'S A NOVEMBER ELECTION, I THINK THAT WE'LL LET THEM DOWN AGAIN. AND IT MAY JUST KIND OF GIVE A SOUR TASTE TODAY. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE FOR THE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO BE ENFRANCHISED. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT IS ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SECOND, BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. WE'RE VOTING ON 50 1AI BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE A SECOND MOTION AFTER THE VOTE. I'M CALLING FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES IS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? THANK YOU. JUDGE. THIS IS FOR ITEM 51 B, AND THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 350 POLL PADS. CELLULAR CURBSIDE, PLUS EXPRESS VOTE, ALL IN ONE STAND. HARDWARE SOFTWARE PACKAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $355,500 TO PROVIDE CURBSIDE VOTING WITH DEDICATED CONNECTIVITY TO DEF LINK SERVICES AT ALL EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY POLL SITES. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST REAL QUICK, JUDGE. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY ALSO THANK THOSE WHO TOOK TIME TO SHOW UP TODAY. I THINK YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT VOTER APATHY. I KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S JOB TO GET PEOPLE TO THE POLLS, BUT IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT ACCESS IS MAXIMIZED. AND I THINK RATHER THAN CONCEDE THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH 17 FOLKS SHOWING UP, WE OUGHT TO PUSH FOR ACCESS SO THAT 17,000 OR 170,000 SHOW UP WHO WHO NEED IT. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS JUDGE. I THINK IT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT'S OVERDUE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY GETTING IT IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY. I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FROM THE HEARING IMPAIRED COMMUNITY WHO SHOWED UP TODAY. YOUR POWERFUL TESTIMONY. I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT AGAIN IN YOUR TESTIMONY, MICHELLE. ITEM A WILL PROVIDE THAT ACCESS AT EVERY POLLING SITE IN OUR COUNTY GOING FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT'S A HUGE STEP FORWARD. CORRECT. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON 51 B. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. ONE. EXTENSIONS. MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 52. [52. Discussion and appropriate action regarding Bexar County's Legislative Program and the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature. ] DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING BEXAR COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. 89 SESSION, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. MISS SHANNON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS MELISSA SHANNON, COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WHAT THOMAS IS HANDING OUT NOW IS THE REPORT THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING. NORMALLY AT THESE MEETINGS AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ITEMS. SO THE FIRST PAGE, FIRST TWO PAGES ARE THE ITEMS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME SORT OF MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING AND AS OF ABOUT TEN, 11:00 LAST NIGHT. SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT SINCE YOUR LAST MEETING. SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE I ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE BILLS. TODAY IS THE 120TH DAY OF 140. SO 20 MORE DAYS TO GO. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY THAT THE HOUSE CALENDARS COMMITTEE CAN PUT OUT A CALENDAR FOR THE TIMING OF IT ALL. SO IF A HOUSE BILL IS NOT ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR, THAT COMES OUT PROCEDURALLY, IT'S TOAST. FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR HOUSE BILLS TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. AND THEN LAST, LASTLY ON MAY, ON MONDAY THE 25TH. THAT CAN THAT IS IN THE SENATE. ON MONDAY THE 25TH WOULD BE THE LAST DAY THAT A HOUSE BILL. SO IF A HOUSE BILL IS IN THE SENATE AND HASN'T MOVED BY THE 25TH, IT'S PRETTY WELL TOAST THERE AS WELL. ALSO, AS FAR AS THE HOUSE CALENDAR GOES I THINK I GOT HOME LAST NIGHT RIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT. SO THEY ARE MIDNIGHT. I'M SORRY. RIGHT AROUND 11 P.M.. SO WE HAD GATHERED AT QC TO WATCH FLOOR PROCEEDINGS, AND SO THEY, THEY FINISHED LAST NIGHT RIGHT ABOUT 1045. [02:25:04] SO YESTERDAY WAS THE 12TH. THEY ARE STILL AS OF LAST NIGHT, THEY WERE STILL ON THE NINTH CALENDAR. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE BACKED UP. I HAVE NOT THEY WENT IN AT 10 A.M. TODAY AND SO THEY HAD ABOUT STILL THEY HAD GOTTEN THROUGH ABOUT HALF OF FRIDAY'S CALENDAR AS OF LAST NIGHT. SO I'VE NOT KEPT UP WITH WHERE THEY ARE THIS MORNING. SO LET ME GET INTO YOUR LIST THEN. THE FIRST ITEM THERE ON YOUR INITIATIVES. ONE A THAT ITEM IS ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR FOR 512. SO IT WAS ON YESTERDAY'S CALENDAR, WHICH WAS MONDAY, MONDAY IN, IN OUR GUESSTIMATION OF KIND OF THE BACK ROOM MATH THAT WE TRY AND ALL, YOU KNOW, GAMESMANSHIP FIGURE OUT. THERE IS SOME QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT MONDAY'S ITEMS ARE EVEN VALID ANYMORE IF THEY'LL IF THEY'LL GET TO TO MONDAY. SO IT'S IT'S WE SHALL SEE. THE NEXT ITEMS GETTING INTO YOUR POLICIES. HB 2889 HAS MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S STILL PENDING. THAT ONE IS LOOKING KIND OF SHAKY WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. THE NEXT ONE, SENATE BILL 2529. THAT ONE HAS COME OVER FROM THE SENATE TO THE HOUSE, BUT IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. BUT IT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE SINCE THE EIGHTH. THEY HAVE NOT HAD A HEARING ON THAT ONE AS OF YET. NEXT, GETTING INTO TWO A HB NINE. THAT'S A HOUSE BILL. IT HAS GONE OVER. IT IS SITTING ON TODAY'S SENATE CALENDAR. SO THEY WILL I'M ASSUMING THE SENATE WILL PROBABLY VOTE ON THAT ITEM TODAY. THE NEXT ITEM, HB 22, MADE IT THROUGH BOTH BOTH CHAMBERS AND IS NOW MOVING ON TO THE GOVERNOR. THAT WAS EFFECTIVE AS OF YESTERDAY. NEXT ITEM HB 464 WAS RECEIVED IN THE SENATE YESTERDAY. THAT'S A HOUSE BILL RECEIVED IN THE SENATE. TURNING THE PAGE. NEXT ITEM HOUSE BILL 1463. THAT ONE IS STILL PENDING IN COMMITTEE AS OF MAY 1ST. SO THAT ONE'S NOT LOOKING. I WOULD SAY IT'S ON LIFE SUPPORT. IT'S NOT LOOKING TOO WELL. NEXT ITEM, HOUSE BILL 23. ON MAY THE 6TH, IT WAS SENT OVER AND REFERRED TO A SENATE COMMITTEE. SO IT'S JUST AWAITING A HEARING IN A SENATE COMMITTEE. HB 336. TODAY IT'S ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR, BUT IT'S ON FOR 513. SO IT IT'S ON 513 CALENDAR. BUT I'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE'RE BEHIND, SO THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT DIE ON THE CALENDAR. SB 40 THAT ONE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE. AND LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES REAL QUICK, BECAUSE I THINK THAT ONE IS IN HOUSE ALREADY. YES. SB 40, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WRITE THIS. IT HAS BEEN WHAT WE SAY REPORTED FROM THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH CALENDARS AND BE PUT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. SO THAT'S A SENATE BILL THAT'S MAKING PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS. SENATE BILL 330. SAME SAME INSTANCE. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM A COMMITTEE. IT'S A SENATE BILL OVER IN THE HOUSE. SO IT JUST NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR. SENATE BILL 511. THAT ONE. IT'S STILL SITTING ON THE SENATE CALENDAR. SO SENATORS ARE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF BILLS THAT THEY CAN HAVE ON THE CALENDAR. I THINK AT THIS POINT IN SESSION, I THINK WE'RE AT WHERE THEY CAN CARRY FIVE. SO THE BEST I CAN TELL ON THIS ONE IS HE'S HAD ANOTHER. THE SENATORS HAD ANOTHER PRIORITY THAT HE'S BUMPED THIS ONE OFF OF THE CALENDAR. SO IT'S STILL IT'S STILL HANGING OUT THERE, BUT IT'S KIND OF STALLED OUT FOR A WHILE. SO THAT ONE'S GETTING KIND OF IFFY WHERE IF IT'S GOING TO KEEP MOVING. SENATE BILL 1173 HAS GONE TO CALENDARS COMMITTEE, SO IT'S WAITING TO BE PUSHED ONTO THE HOUSE FLOOR. SENATE BILL 2623 HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY. SO THAT'S A SENATE BILL IN A HOUSE COMMITTEE. AND THERE'S A COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY. AND THEN LASTLY IS SENATE BILL 1555. THE HOUSE HAS PASSED THAT. SO IT'S CAME OVER FROM THE SENATE, PASSED BOTH HOUSES. THEN IT NEEDS I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY CHANGES TO THAT ONE. SO THERE WON'T HAVE TO BE ANY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTION. SO THAT ONE SHOULD BE MOVING RATHER QUICKLY AND GO ON TO THE GOVERNOR. [02:30:01] ONE BILL THAT I WILL MENTION, HB 19, THAT WE'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE CEO BILL THAT HAS STALLED OUT. AND I THINK IT'S I, YOU KNOW, NEVER SAY NEVER. BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S IT'S PRETTY WELL, IT'S. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. THAT WAS A HOUSE BILL. HOUSE BILL 19. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT SENATE BILL 1024. I BELIEVE IT IS THAT THERE MAY BE LANGUAGE FROM HOUSE BILL 19 TACKED ON TO SENATE BILL 24 TO HELP THAT THAT LANGUAGE MOVE THAT BILL, THAT SENATE BILL HAD A HEARING MONDAY AND THERE WAS NO AMENDMENTS MADE IN COMMITTEE TO DATE. IT'S STILL PENDING IN COMMITTEE SO THAT THERE COULD STILL SOMETHING IS COULD STILL BE COMING. BUT I, I RARELY I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT. THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT SENATE BILL AS IT WAS PRESENTED IN COMMITTEE. SO IT JUST DIDN'T IT DIDN'T LOOK VERY FAVORABLE AS THE BILL STOOD ITSELF. SO I DON'T THINK IT WILL MOVE THAT IT WILL GET ANYTHING TACKED ON TO IT. SO OUR BIG CONCERNS ABOUT CEOS, EGOS, TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES. I THINK THOSE ARE THEY'RE PRETTY WELL DONE FOR THIS SESSION. NOW, THERE CAN ALWAYS BE THINGS. AS COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ KNOWS, THERE CAN ALWAYS BE AMENDMENTS ON EITHER CHAMBER. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR. BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT I, I DON'T HIGHLY ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING. SO ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER BILLS OF IMPORTANCE ISSUES? COMMISSIONER. REAL QUICK MELISSA, THE UNDER POLICIES, THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU LISTED, HB 2889. YES, SIR. SO IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, THIS WAS GOING TO MANDATE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO USE TAXPAYER FUNDS TO PROMOTE POSITION TO BOND ELECTIONS. BOTH SIDES. YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO USE OUR OWN FUNDING COUNTY TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR. IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE WERE PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT WE WOULD HAVE TO HELP THE OPPOSITION GET COMMUNICATE THEIR MESSAGE AS WELL. AND SO THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. THAT ONE THAT ONE STILL PENDING. AND THAT'S A HOUSE BILL. SO, YEAH, IT'S PENDING. PENDING IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT WAS APRIL 5TH. APRIL, MAY 5TH. THAT BILL WAS HEARD, AND IT'S NOT MOVED SINCE THEN. YES, SIR. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANKS, JUDGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MELISSA, FOR YOUR REGULAR UPDATES. I KNOW YOU SENT THEM AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US AND THE STAFF APPRIZED OF EVERYTHING. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MELISSA. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE NOW TAKEN UP ALL THE MATTERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. [EXECUTIVE SESSION ] WE'LL NOW GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE COURT WILL NOW. TIME IS NOW 1136. THE COURT WILL NOW CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON, AS APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071, 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. SIMILAR SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN A MATTER OF LOPEZ VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY AND THE OFFICE OF CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR, DIGITAL DESK, INC. VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY AND LIFT FUND B LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY FOR BEXAR COUNTY AND THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS IS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBSECTION I. LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE RESOLUTION OF JUSTICE COURTS OF BEXAR COUNTY REGARDING THE COURTROOM AND OFFICES DETERMINED TO BE ESSENTIAL TO COURT OPERATION FOLLOWING REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THE BUILDING'S PHYSICAL LAYOUT AT THE PRECINCT FOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATED AT 8772 EAST LOOP, 1604 NORTH CONVERSE, TEXAS. 78 0109. FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 46.03 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, SUBSECTION TWO I. LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO A POTENTIAL CONFLICT REGARDING THE REPRESENTATION OF BEXAR COUNTY GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM AND GUARDIANSHIP MATTER, SUBSECTION THREE, I. A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY BEXAR COUNTY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO SPURS AND SUBSECTION FOR A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY BEXAR COUNTY SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION. THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD, PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, [02:35:07] SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION I, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED AMONG BEXAR COUNTY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO SPURS HOLDINGS, SUBSECTION TWO I. A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY BEXAR COUNTY, SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION, AND THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD. I THINK ALSO TOO, I JUST UNLESS I'M TOLD OTHERWISE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS LARRY, TO TAKE AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE SHOULD BE GOING DIRECTLY TO ADJOURNMENT. RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S ALL UP TO LARRY. LARRY. ELIZABETH. YOU READY? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 1229 OR 12:38 P.M.. WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION, AND NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. JUDGE. I DO HAVE A FEW ON BEHALF OF PRECINCT TWO RESIDENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY IN HONOR OF HILARIO HENRY GARCIA, A LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST DEMOCRAT. THELMA GARZA, MARIA GAITAN, ANTONIO GALLEGOS, AND OUR FRIEND GILBERT LAREDO LOST HIS AUNT ESTELLA LAREDO. COMMISSIONER MOODY, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF DORIS STIEGLER BERRY. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU. JUDGE. I'D LIKE TO JOIN COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IN HONORING HENRY GARCIA. HE WAS A GREAT MAN. HE GOOD MAN IN HIS LAST YEARS IN LIFE, LIVED JUST ON NORTH ALAMO THERE AND CONTRIBUTED TO SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY RADIO. HE WAS ON THE BOARD OF MY RADIO STATION AND HAD A VERY DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN HELPING LULAC AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND HE'LL BE GREATLY MISSED. I ALSO WANT TO HONOR, THE HONORABLE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, STEPHEN MARQUEZ FROM THE CITY OF WINDCREST. HE WAS IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR OVER 44 YEARS. THAT'S A VERY LONG TIME TO SERVE AS A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. AND HE OBVIOUSLY HAS THE LOCATION, VOTING LOCATION NAMED AFTER HIM THERE. AND MICHAEL JONES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE. I'LL JOIN IN ON HENRY GARCIA, WHO WAS A GOOD MAN AND WAS IN THE, I THINK, THE BROADCASTING BUSINESS AT ONE TIME. AND ALSO JOIN IN WITH JUDGE STEPHEN TACOS OF WINDCREST. ALSO, DOCTOR PHILIP WILLIAM VOLTZ OF NATIONAL RENOWNED TRAILBLAZER AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY, AND SONIA BLUMENTHAL, WHO WAS A CREATIVE SPIRIT AND AN ACCOMPLISHED INTERIOR DESIGNER. ALL THOSE IN MOTION ADJOURNED SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.