[A portion of this video is without audio] [00:00:10] TODAY ARE PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH PLAY BY PLAY MEMO OOPS. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM 1. AGENDA 1 COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING CITIZENS WHO SIGNED THE REGISTER TO SPEAK AND REPORTS. ARE THERE ANY? IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WAS WANTING TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? IF YOU YOU NEED TO SIGN UP RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW GO INTO PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED BEXAR COUNTY [2. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding the potential changes to the proposed Bexar County Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital Budget documented in the memorandum from the Budget Officer dated September 8, 2025. (Part 1 of 2)] FISCAL YEAR 25-26 OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET DOCUMENTED IN THE MEMORANDUM FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE DATED SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025. MS. TANYA GAITAN. YES, SIR GOOD AFTERNOON. TANYA GAITAN BUDGET AND FINANCE DIRECTOR. TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING YOU ALL THE DRAFT CHANGE MEMO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25-26 PROPOSED BUDGET. AS YOU RECALL, WE PRESENTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE COURT IN AUGUST. ON AUGUST 12TH. AND TODAY, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THAT DOCUMENT TODAY. I WILL ONLY GO INTO DETAIL OF ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT THE FUND BALANCES FOR THE FUNDS TO INCLUDE THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE REMAINING ATTACHMENTS. OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DIRECTION, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY FROM THE COURT. YOU SHOULD HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHANGE ORDER IN FRONT OF YOU IN A WHITE BINDER. WE PASS THOSE OUT EARLIER. SO THE FIRST PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER INCLUDES. I'M SORRY, CAN I JUST INTERRUPT REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU GET STARTED? SO MY LAST DRAFT SAID DRAFT AS OF 9.4. THE ONE YOU'RE PRESENTING TODAY SAYS DRAFT AS OF 9.8. ARE YOU GOING TO TELL US WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE THEN? NOTHING HAS CHANGED IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT. WE JUST CHANGED IT TO TODAY FOR THE PRESENTATION. OKAY SO THEN WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE DRAFT AS OF THE COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THE FIRST PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER DESCRIBES WHAT THE CHANGE ORDER DOES. AND JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, THIS CREATES THE ACCOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR THE AUDITORS TO UPLOAD INTO THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM. AND IT DETAILS OUT APPROPRIATIONS AND THE ACCOUNTING UNITS FOR EACH OF THE OFFICES. MOVING ON TO THE LAST PAGE IS WHERE I'M GOING TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL. THE FIRST ATTACHMENT IS THE CHANGE MEMORANDUM. WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON EACH OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE'RE CHANGING JUST VERY QUICKLY. ATTACHMENT 2 IS ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES. THESE DO NOT IMPACT ANY OF THE FUND BALANCES. THESE ARE JUST MINOR CORRECTIONS TO THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. WE ALSO INCLUDE THE AUDITOR'S DRAFT REVENUE PROJECTIONS. FROM THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. ATTACHMENT 4 IS THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT LIST. WHAT THAT WILL PROVIDE IS THE COMMITTEE THAT PROVIDED THE RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT LIST FOR ALL VEHICLES COUNTYWIDE. ATTACHMENT 5 IS OUR TAKE HOME VEHICLE LIST ACCORDING TO OUR POLICY. WE ALSO ARE INCLUDING AN ATTACHMENT 6 THE PROPOSED CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2026. COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS COMPENSATION IS ATTACHMENT 7, AND ATTACHMENT 8 INCLUDES ALL OF THE PAY PLANS, THE STEP PLANS, AND THE CAREER LADDERS COUNTYWIDE. SO MOVING ON TO ATTACHMENT 1. GOING INTO THAT DETAIL ON THE FIRST PAGE, WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND. SO AS WE PRESENTED IN AUGUST, OUR ENDING BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 WAS $223.8 MILLION. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL $3.6 MILLION IN ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, AND WE RECEIVED $10 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 FROM THE AUDITORS, FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $14 MILLION. WE MADE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO OUR GENERAL FUND ESTIMATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $118 MILLION. AND WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY AND I WILL GO INTO DETAIL IN THIS AMOUNT FOR $12.1 MILLION. WE WILL BE ENDING OUR FUND BALANCE AS OF AS PRESENTED TODAY $225.7 MILLION. TANYA. YES, SIR. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SLIDE THAT'S UP BEFORE YOU START READING? YES, SIR. SO THE SLIDE THAT WAS PRESENTED THAT'S UP ONTO THE SLIDE, ONTO THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST. WE PRESENTED THIS ON AUGUST 12TH. SHOWING WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING SINCE THEN, RECEIVING THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, AS WELL AS THE CHANGES THAT I'LL BE PROPOSING TODAY TO THE COURT, YOU WILL HAVE THE GENERAL FUND STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 29 AT $20 MILLION. WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $14 MILLION. WE HAVE SPENT MAJORITY OF THAT AND A LOT OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT ABOUT 15% HAS MOVED INTO OUR CONTINGENCIES FOR EITHER THE APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE OR OUR UNDESIGNATED FUNDS, WHICH WE PUT 1% OF. [00:05:02] SO WE HAVE PROPOSED THIS TO SPEND THAT $14 MILLION. SO WHEN WE SHOWED YOU THIS SLIDE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, IT HAD A GAP IN 28-29 IN THE RED, A $28 MILLION. IF YOU ADOPT THE CHANGE MEMO AS WE'VE PROPOSED IT, WE'LL ACTUALLY REDUCE THAT GAP BY ABOUT $8 MILLION DUE TO THE $2 MILLION WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR RESERVES THEY COMPOUND OVER THAT TIME. AND THAT BUYS DOWN THAT GAP A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE NUMBERS 28-29 YOU WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY $20 MILLION TO BRING IT BACK INTO BALANCE. WHEN WE SHOWED YOU THAT SLIDE A MONTH AGO WHEN WE SHOWED THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IT WAS $28 MILLION. THE REASON FOR THAT IS UP TO $14 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THE CHANGE MEMO YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU RECOMMENDS ALLOCATING ABOUT $2.1 MILLION OF THAT TO INCREASE RESERVES, NOT SPENDING. THOSE RESERVES COMPOUND OVER THE YEARS, AND IT BUYS DOWN THAT BALANCE BY ABOUT $8 MILLION. BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE, DAVID IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE TIMELINE IN WHICH WE SEE. IT'S STILL THAT 28-29 BUDGET YEAR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WHERE WHERE THE REVENUES ARE NOT NOT MEETING THE EXPENSES. AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE THESE ARE, BASED ON OUR ESTIMATE, ESTIMATED GROWTH IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, WHICH IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST ONE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. SHOULD WE RETURN TO MORE ROBUST REVENUE GROWTH? THEN THIS GRAPH WOULD CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. OKAY, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE YEAH, SURE AND THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED, IS THAT IF THAT ADDITIONAL $14 MILLION MINUS THE $2 MILLION WAS NOT SPENT IN THIS CHANGE MEMO OR PART OF IT WASN'T, AND THAT WOULD GO TO BUY DOWN THAT GAP ALREADY, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YOU MIGHT IT MIGHT, GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $14,000,000 COMPARED TO $20,000,000 IT MIGHT PUSH IT OUT AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. IT MIGHT BUY YOU A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR. YEAH NO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR THE COURT, FOR THE PUBLIC THANK YOU. AND SO WHAT TANYA WAS STARTING TO DO IS GO LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM THROUGH THE ACTUAL CHANGE MEMO, AND YOU PROCEED. OKAY DIRECTLY ONCE WE PROPOSED THE BUDGET. SO I'LL GO INTO DETAIL FOR EACH OF THESE. THE FIRST CHANGE IS FOR THE BEXAR HERITAGE AND HERITAGE AND PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE'RE INCREASING THE APPROPRIATIONAL APPROPRIATION TO FUND HOLIDAY EVENTS SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,672. CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 WERE INCREASING ABOUT $28,000 FOR SAFETY SUPPLIES TO REPLACE TEN BODY ARMOR VESTS FOR THEIR STAFF. COUNTY COURTS WERE INCREASING THEIR OFFICE FURNITURE TO REPLACE FOR 15 COURTROOMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,500. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE INCREASING VARIOUS CONTRACTS BASED ON NEW NEW ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $373,145 NON-DEPARTMENTAL. WE ARE INCREASING THE CONTINGENCIES TO FUND THE CENTURY SOFT SOLUTION OUTPATIENT SOFTWARE FOR ADULT PROBATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $134,064. THIS IS A CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO IMPLEMENTING FOR THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT. NEXT OFFICE IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE'RE INCREASING THEIR TRAVEL APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THEIR FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT. AND THE AMOUNT OF $27,104. SHERIFF'S LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE INCREASING THEIR OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR VARIOUS ACCOUNTS TO INCLUDE COUNTY SPONSORED EVENTS, FOR MARKETING EVENTS FOR THEIR SCORE UNIT, LICENSE RENEWALS FOR THEIR OFFICERS, ENFORCING THE NEW BOAT SAFETY LAWS FOR TRAINING IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,910. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THEIR SUPPLIES APPROPRIATIONS TO INCLUDE SAFETY SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CADETS TO INCLUDE VISIBILITY VESTS, MOUTH GUARDS, ETC. TOOLS AND HARDWARE FOR THEIR OFFICE, OFFICE FURNITURE, MINOR EQUIPMENT FOR THE ACADEMY, AND WEAPONS FOR OUTDATED WEAPONRY, INCLUDING NIGHT SCOPE, [00:10:06] NIGHT SCOPES. NIGHT VISION SCOPES, EXCUSE ME, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $305,044. WE'RE INCREASING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUPPORT DIVISION. THEIR SUPPLIES, APPROPRIATION FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES AND OFFICE FURNITURE TO REPLACE 12 CABINETS FOR AN AMOUNT OF $12,540. SWITCHING OVER TO THE NEXT PAGE. I WILL NOW MOVE INTO A SECTION ON PROGRAM CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS. TANYA. YES, SIR OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO READ THROUGH EACH LINE ITEM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LIKE. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO FINISH THE WHOLE LIST AND THEN OPEN IT UP? FINISH THE WHOLE LIST, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP. AND I DO NOW HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK SO LET'S CONTINUE. YES, SIR. THE FIRST OFFICE FOR PROGRAM CHANGES IS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS. AND YOU WILL SEE THESE FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICT COURTS. IN THE COUNTY COURTS. THE COURT APPROVED THEIR SALARY APPROPRIATIONS. THAT WAS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO WE'RE SIMPLY ALLOCATING THE MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR TO CONTINUE ON THEIR SALARY INCREASES. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY JUDGE SALARY SUPPLEMENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $277,170. THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS, WE ARE INCREASING THEIR PERSONNEL AS WELL IN THE AMOUNT OF $114,977. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE AUTHORIZING THEIR MAGISTRATE JUDGE JUST ONE OF THEM, AND AUTHORIZING ONE ASSOCIATE JUDGE IN RESPONSE TO THE SENATE, ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS THAT WAS APPROVED SO THEY CAN SEE CERTAIN BONDS. THEY'RE CHANGING AND ALSO INCREASING THE SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR ONE CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE MAINTAINING THAT SAME POSITION. THAT'S THE COST OF $63,978. THE NEXT OFFICE IS A CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL MAGISTRATION. THIS WILL BE ON AUTHORIZING 3 FULL TIME MAGISTRATES AND 13 PART TIME MAGISTRATES, AND FUNDING THE SAME AMOUNT AS ASSOCIATE JUDGES AND PART TIME ASSOCIATE JUDGES FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $323,142. NEXT OFFICE IS COUNTY COURTS. THIS IS INCREASING THE PERSONNEL APPROPRIATION FOR THE JUDICIAL SALARIES, AND THE AMOUNT OF $835,444. FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS THIS IS THE SAME CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,021, AS WELL AS FOR JUVENILE DISTRICT COURTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,935. MOVING ON TO NON-DEPARTMENTAL, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO INCREASE CONTINGENCIES FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR A TOTAL OF A 3% COLA IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION. THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL COST I BELIEVE TO $8 MILLION. NEXT IS INCREASING THE CONTINGENCIES FOR ELECTION VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,538,936. WE'RE INCREASING CONTINGENCIES TO ADD TWO MORE DEPUTY CONSTABLES FOR EACH OF THE PRECINCTS, FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR. THIS IS CONTINGENT UPON EACH CONSTABLE'S OFFERING A WRITTEN PLAN TO THE COURT ON HOW THE FOUR NEW POSITIONS WILL BE SERVING RELATED TO WARRANTS, COURT SECURITY AND THE RESPONSE TO SENATE BILL 38. WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WILL BE AGREED UPON AS PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. THE TOTAL COST WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $775,504. WE'RE INCREASING CONTINGENCIES TO ADD 700 EXPRESS VOTE BALLOT PRINTERS FOR ES&S TO BE USED FOR THE ELECTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $560,000. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO INCREASE THE TO FUND MARKETING CAMPAIGN AGREEMENT WITH KGB, KGB TEXAS MARKETING AND THE AMOUNT OF $200,000. THIS IS RELATED TO BIBLIOTHECH. WE'RE INCREASING CONTINGENCIES FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES, AS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $135,810. WE'RE INCREASING INTERFUND TRANSFERS FOR THE SCHOOL SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $500,000, WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO CAPITAL. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING, AS THE COUNTY MANAGER MENTIONED, UNDESIGNATED FUNDS TO INCLUDE A 1% CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $403,118. MOVING ON TO PROBATE COURTS SIMILAR TO THE OTHER COURTS, WE'RE INCREASING THE PERSONNEL APPROPRIATION RELATED TO RELATED TO THE JUDICIAL SALARIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $173,054. FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ADULTS ATTENTION WE ARE FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING 10 DEPUTY SERGEANT POSITIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN CONTINGENCIES TO BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE SOUTH TOWER. IN LIEU, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THEY PROVIDE A PLAN FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO REDUCE ADC DEPUTY SERGEANT OVERTIME, AS WELL AS WELL AS FLSA PAYMENTS FOR APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION. [00:15:06] THE TOTAL COST OF THIS IS $1 MILLION. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING THE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE A PLAN FOR THE SERGEANTS. SINCE WE ARE AUTHORIZING THOSE POSITIONS. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, SHERIFF LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL COST FOR THE HELICOPTER AND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000. WE'RE ALSO FUNDING AN AUTHORIZING FOUR LE INVESTIGATORS FOR THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION THE AMOUNT OF $460,049. WE'RE ALSO FUNDING AN ADDITIONAL TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATORS FOR THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $230,025. THAT'S THE END OF THE GENERAL FUND. I WILL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR OTHER FUNDS. THE NEXT FUND I'LL BE DISCUSSING IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. SINCE WE ARE AUTHORIZING THE POSITIONS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO FUND 4 NEW SEDAN VEHICLES FOR THE INVESTIGATORS TO INCLUDE AN INTERFUND TRANSFER TO THE FLEET ACQUISITION FUND, WHERE THOSE VEHICLES ARE PURCHASED, AND THE AMOUNT OF $256,992. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO FUND 16 NEW TAHOE VEHICLES, CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THOSE DEPUTY CONSTABLE POSITIONS THAT I PRESENTED EARLIER. ALSO, TRANSFERRING THAT FUNDING TO THE FLEET ACQUISITION FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $918,672. MOVING ON TO THE COUNTY CLERK RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND, WE ARE INCREASING THE INTERFUND TRANSFERS TO CASH FUND, A PART OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT. THIS WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO CIP TO HELP PAY FOR THAT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $847,700. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE INTERFUND TRANSFER FOR A TAHOE, FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO THE FLEET ACQUISITION FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,700. NEXT FUND IS THE COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. WE'RE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL APPROPRIATION TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE SUPPLIES APPROPRIATION TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, OF THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, AND THE AMOUNT OF $2.6 MILLION. MOVING ON TO THE DISTRICT CLERK RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND. WE ARE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSE APPROPRIATION FOR THE DISTRICT CLERK'S ADDITIONAL AI MICROFILM PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000. NEXT FUND IS THE FIRE CODE. WE'RE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL APPROPRIATION TO FUND OPENGOV PERMIT PROCESSING. THIS WILL ALLOW ONLINE SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,395. AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING TO INCREASE THE TRANSFERS OUT APPROPRIATION FOR A UTILITY TASK VEHICLE AS PART OF THE FIRE MARSHAL'S WILDFIRE URBAN AREA INITIATIVE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000. THE NEXT FUND IS THE FLEET ACQUISITION FUND. AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE TRANSFERRING FUNDING FROM THE CIP FOR BOTH THE COUNTY CLERK'S VEHICLES AS WELL AS THE FIRE CODE, AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO, FOR A TOTAL OF ONE $1,314,364. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM CIP FOR BOTH THE SEDANS, FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE 16 TAHOES. CONTINGENT UPON AUTHORIZING THE POSITIONS, AS WELL AS THE FULL SIZE CHEVY TAHOE COMING FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S FUND AND THE UTILITY TASK VEHICLE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THE FIRE, FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR FIRE MARSHAL EXCUSE ME. THE NEXT FUND IS THE LAW LIBRARY FUND. WE ARE DECREASING OR ADJUSTING THE REVENUE ESSENTIALLY TO MATCH THE AUDITORS FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF $19,021, AS WELL AS INCREASING A PART OF THE OTHER REVENUE AT $8,986. THE ROAD CAPITAL FUND WE ARE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE TRANSFERRING $500,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO CASH FUND, A PART OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. THIS ADDS ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE ROADS CAPITAL FUND. THE NEXT FUND IS STORMWATER. WE'RE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR REVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,500 TO MATCH THE AUDITOR'S REVENUES. AND THE LAST FUND IS THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT FUND. WE ARE INCREASING THE TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,580 TO PURCHASE A LAPTOP FOR THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. AND THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR THE CHANGE MEMORANDUM. I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. IF I MAY, CAN I ASK THAT WE NOW GO BACK TO ONE WHICH IS [1. Communications, including citizens who signed the register to speak, and reports.] CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? I HAVE ONE PERSON DOCTOR TREVINO LORETTO. DOCTOR TREVINO? THERE YOU ARE. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, MR. SMITH. MY NAME IS ROBERTO TREVINO, AND I'M WITH THE SOCIAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER. AND I'M A PHYSICIAN, AND I HAVE TWO SPECIALTIES INTERNAL MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. [00:20:05] AND MY SECOND SPECIALTY, I RAN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF SANTA ROSA BAPTIST AND SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE COST TO PAY FOR A PATIENT ON DIALYSIS IS $80,000 A YEAR. THE COST TO TREAT A PATIENT WITH DIABETES UNCOMPLICATED IS $13,000 A YEAR. AND IF WE DON'T START INTERVENING RIGHT NOW WITH EARLY AGE INTERVENTIONS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN ALL OUR MEDICAL CENTERS, IN THESE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH TO PAY FOR ALL THE COSTS, MEDICAL COSTS THAT'S COMING AT US. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PROBLEM. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A SOLUTION. AND THE NIH HAS AWARDED OUR CENTER. OR I'M THE PI $18 MILLION IN THE LAST 20 YEARS TO CONDUCT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS. WE'VE DONE THESE IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS NATIONALLY. WE'VE DONE THIS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND WE JUST FINISHED A STUDY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN PRE-K CHILDREN. AND THESE STUDIES WE PUBLISHED IN NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS, AND JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH. WE HAVE LOWERED GLUCOSE IN CHILDREN. WE HAVE LOWERED INSULIN IN CHILDREN. WE HAVE DECREASED ADIPOSITY IN CHILDREN. WE HAVE IMPROVED THE CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS IN CHILDREN. THESE ARE RANDOMIZED TRIALS. AND THESE STUDIES, THESE REFERENCES I HAVE SHARED WITH THE JUDGE, THE COMMISSIONER AND WITH MR. SMITH. WE SUBMITTED A BUDGET OF $860,000 OVER THREE YEARS TO GO TO 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, REACH 750 CHILDREN OF AN EVIDENCE BASED CURRICULUM RECOGNIZED AS EVIDENCE BASED BY THE NIH, THE USDA, AND THE CDC. THE COST PER CHILD. IF WE IMPLEMENT THIS CURRICULUM, THIS EVIDENCE BASED CURRICULUM IS LESS THAN A WATER BURGER $4. SO I ASKED THE JUDGE, TO COMMISSIONERS, MR. SMITH TO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE MOSTLY AFFECTED. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO RESPOND. THANK YOU DOCTOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT CONCLUDE? AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE WE'LL DO A NOFA. I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF IT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT IN CONTINGENCY FOR THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR FOR THE NONPROFITS. AND SO YOU WILL KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THEN YOU CAN HOPEFULLY APPLY FOR SOMETHING THERE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGE MEMO? [2. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding the potential changes to the proposed Bexar County Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital Budget documented in the memorandum from the Budget Officer dated September 8, 2025. (Part 2 of 2)] I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, SOME QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE ITEMS AND VOTE ON THEM. BUT WHAT DOES THIS PROCESS LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, CAN WE JUST START ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR HOW DO WE WANT TO PROCEED? THE FLOOR IS YOURS. OKAY. LET ME JUST START BY GOING BACK TO THE FINANCIAL FORECAST. DO WE HAVE THAT SLIDE? SO I THINK THIS IS A IS AN IMPORTANT SLIDE, BECAUSE IF WE THINK ABOUT THE BLUE LINE VERSUS THE RED LINE, WHEN THAT GAP IS DECREASING BETWEEN THE TWO, THEN OUR RESERVE FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED. IS THAT CORRECT TANYA? THAT'S CORRECT. SO GOING INTO THIS NEXT FY WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN OUR RESERVE FUND. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT AT LEAST THREE FYS. WELL ACTUALLY IN PERPETUITY UNTIL WE WE MAKE SOME FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURAL SHIFTS IN THE BUDGET. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT COMMISSIONER THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO NOTE AND KIND OF HIGH LEVEL HERE, IS THAT WE HAVEN'T HIT THE ARPA CLIFF YET. THAT WILL BE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. RIGHT? WHEN ALL THOSE FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED AND THOSE PROGRAMS WILL NO LONGER HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS FUNDING THEM. SO I STILL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS HIGH LEVEL, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO DETERMINE WITHIN THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM SPEND IN [00:25:07] ARPA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE VERSUS ENDING. DO WE HAVE KIND OF A BALLPARK PERCENTAGE OR NUMBER ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE, BUT IT'S ABOUT $12.3 MILLION ANNUALLY. TO CONTINUE? CORRECT. AND THAT'S OUT OF A TOTAL AMOUNT IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS THAT THAT WE? THE MAJORITY OF IT IS PERSONNEL. I THINK ABOUT $8 MILLION OR $9 MILLION PERSONNEL. I WOULD HAVE TO I THINK IT'S ABOUT THREE OF PROGRAMS. AND I WASN'T TRYING TO DERAIL US HERE. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE $12 MILLION THAT WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO. THAT WAS THE NUMBER WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FUND BASED ON THIS? THAT'S OUR ASSUMPTION. OF COURSE, THE COURT HASN'T MADE THAT FINAL DETERMINATION. AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE $12 MILLION VERSUS TODAY WE'RE SPENDING $50 MILLION NEXT YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING. I WANT TO SAY IT'S CLOSE TO $90 MILLION, RIGHT? FOR ARPA. ARPA PROJECTS YEAH. AND AND IS THAT ALL PROGRAMMATIC OR IS SOME OF THAT ONE TIME EXPENSE CAPITAL? A LOT OF IT'S THE PROGRAMS ARE PROPOSED TO BE OR THE CONTRACTS ARE ENDING THE NORMAL AMOUNT OR THE NORMAL TIME FRAME FOR ARPA, WHICH WAS DECEMBER 2026, I BELIEVE. OKAY. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. SO THE $90 MILLION NONE OF THAT IS ONE TIME EXPENSES. THOSE ARE ALL LIKE BUT THE PERSONNEL IS ASSUMING THAT IT'S RECURRING. AND YOU KEEP THE PROGRAMS LIKE THE SMART PROGRAM, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE THAT'S MAJORITY OF WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING ARPA. OKAY. BUT I WOULD SAY COMMISSIONER THAT MAJORITY OF IT IS THOSE ARE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE CARRYING OVER. SO A LOT OF IT COMMISSIONER IS CONTRIBUTION OR CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES FROM OTHER AGENCIES. SO IT'S NOT LITERALLY OUR OWN PERSONNEL, BUT WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH AN AGENCY TO PROVIDE SERVICES. AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO VIEW THOSE AS A RECURRING OR NOT, THEY DO HAVE A CONTRACTUAL END DATE, BUT THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION. WE'RE EITHER GOING TO IDENTIFY GENERAL REVENUE TO CONTINUE FUNDING THAT CONTRACT, OR WE'RE GOING TO LET IT EXPIRE. UNDERSTOOD SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COURT, JUST AS WE GO FORWARD TO LOOK AT THAT LIST OF WHAT'S ASSUMED TO CONTINUE TODAY BASED ON OUR BUDGETING PLAN AND THIS FORECAST, VERSUS EVERYTHING THAT WOULD END BASED ON THIS FORECAST. RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE MAY BE THERE LIKELY WILL BE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON WHAT SHOULD CONTINUE AND WHAT SHOULDN'T CONTINUE, WHETHER THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST OR NOT INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST. AND SO THOSE COULD OBVIOUSLY NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE LONG RANGE FORECAST FURTHER. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SOONER WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE CAN START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE NEW YEAR, I THINK WILL BE GOOD. [LAUGHTER] LET'S SEE MINUTES YOU KNOW, APPARENTLY ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE, WERE FOUND. AND THOSE FUNDS CAME FROM JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT ACTUAL REVENUES WERE, WERE COMING INTO THE COUNTY? SO MAJORITY OF IT IS COMING FROM PROPERTY VALUES. OKAY. FROM THE AUDITORS. I DON'T KNOW IF LEO HAS DETAILS ABOUT THAT, BUT MAJORITY OF THAT $14 MILLION IS COMING FROM AD VALOREM. OKAY SO REGARDLESS, WE FIND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS. BUT AS AS IT APPEARS, LIKE IN THE CHANGE MEMO, WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO SPEND ALL OF THAT MINUS THE $2 MILLION. DAVID MENTIONED THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO RESERVE CONTINGENCY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST COME FROM A PLACE WHERE YOU GET A WINDFALL. YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT, LIKE WHAT WE NEED TO WHAT WE NEED TO PUT AWAY, WHAT WE NEED TO SAVE OR INVEST FIRST. AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR NEEDS VERSUS OUR WANTS. TAKE CARE OF OUR NEEDS. AND THEN WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THERE. BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS. WELL, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND FIND A WAY TO SPEND THEM IN THE CHANGE MEMO. AND JUST TO BE FAIR, THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE CHANGE MEMO, AND I'M NOT THROWING THE WHOLE THING OUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS IN HERE THAT WE COULD YOU KNOW, CUT OUT. AND THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SPENT ON NEEDS FOR THE COUNTY. BUT WE COULD ALSO HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE IN THIS RESERVE FUND TO HELP IMPROVE THIS GRAPH AND IMPROVE OUR LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST. [00:30:10] SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF MY MY HIGH LEVEL THOUGHTS THERE. TO SPEAK TO SOME SPECIFICS IN THE CHANGE MEMO. FIRST OF ALL YOU MENTIONED THE 16 TAHOES FOR THE CONSTABLE'S. THE NEW CONSTABLE'S. HAVE WE ENGAGED WITH EACH OF THE CONSTABLES REGARDING HOW THEY. WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR FOR A MEMO TO EXPLAIN THEIR PLANS FOR THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT WHETHER THEY NEED FOUR TAHOES? BECAUSE I KNOW WE OUR CONSTABLE'S TALKED BEFORE ABOUT HAVING TWO DIFFERENT SHIFTS THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDE REDUCTION IN THE COSTS OF VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY'RE SHARING A VEHICLE. RIGHT? AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH OTHER CONSTABLES ARE DOING THAT AND WHETHER ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD END UP ON A SHIFT, BUT THAT COULD ULTIMATELY SAVE THE THE COST OF THOSE ADDITIONAL TAHOES. SO IF IF WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT TO JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER WE NEED ALL THOSE TAHOES OR NOT. YES, SIR. NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE 10 DEPUTY SHERIFF SERGEANT POSITIONS FOR THE SOUTH TOWER. AND THE SHERIFF HAD SOME OTHER ASKS AS WELL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THAT $1 MILLION IN A PERFECT WORLD, WHICH WE'RE NOT IN A PERFECT WORLD, WOULD SUPPLANT $1.5 MILLION IN OVERTIME OR FLSA COSTS. CORRECT? CORRECT. HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALIZE AS MUCH OF THAT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BCSO AND THE SHERIFF KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH A MORE DETAILED LIKE OVERVIEW AND MANAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO FLSA AND OVERTIME, WHETHER THAT'S I WOULD THINK, START BY DOING BY RANK IN TERMS OF THE OVERTIME FOR SERGEANTS, CORPORALS WHERE MAYBE WE COULD GET A BETTER HANDLE ON SPECIFICALLY. HEY, WE INVESTED ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AT THIS RANK. LET'S SEE IF THEY ELIMINATE THE OVERTIME THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP US GET A HANDLE ON IT. BUT BUT CLEARLY THIS IS AN INVESTMENT. IT MAKES SENSE. BUT ONLY IF WE ACTUALLY START TO REALIZE THOSE SAVINGS AROUND OVERTIME IN FLSA. IF THOSE COSTS CONTINUE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST ADDING ADDING TO IT. COMMISSIONER YOU'RE RIGHT AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE LANGUAGE WE USED IN THE CHANGE MEMO. I REALIZED THAT BY FILLING 10 SERGEANTS, YOU MAY BE CREATING 10 CORPORALS OR 10 DETENTION OFFICER VACANCIES. THAT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE FILLED IN ORDER. THAT'S WHY WE SAID, AT THE VERY LEAST, IT SHOULD OFFSET DETENTION SERGEANT OVERTIME IN FLSA BY FILLING THOSE TEN. BUT THAT'S WHY WE WANT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO COME FORWARD TO THIS BODY WITH A PLAN TO DO JUST THAT. YEAH AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S CHANGE ITEMS HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, $13,000, YOU KNOW, $5,000, YOU KNOW, AND IT ALL ADDS UP. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT AFFECT OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WAS IT $20 MILLION IN OVERTIME COSTS AT THE THE JAIL LAST YEAR? YES YEAH, IT'S ABOUT 20 YEAH ABOUT $20 MILLION. SO EVEN IF WE'RE JUST GETTING THAT FROM ONE AND A HALF TIMES PAY DOWN TO STANDARD LIKE ONE TIMES PAY, RIGHT. THAT'S $7 MILLION THAT WE COULD BE SAVING, RIGHT? SO JUST TRYING TO STAY FOCUSED ON THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT THAT CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE BUDGET. THE LAST THREE THINGS I'LL TALK ABOUT IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL. THE THE FIRST IS THE THE INCREASE IN THE COLA TO TO 3%. I KNOW AS YOU HAVE HERE, JUST THAT 1% IS ANOTHER $3 MILLION ON THE BASE BUDGET, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT. DAVID, HAVE WE EVER DECREASED ANY SALARIES, COLAS, ACROSS YOUR HISTORY AT BEXAR COUNTY? NO AND YOU'VE ALSO NOT DONE ANY ACROSS THE BOARD LAYOFFS, RIFFS. [00:35:02] YOU WOULD CALL THEM IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT EITHER. PARTLY BECAUSE THE COURT DOES TAKE A FORWARD LOOKING PLANNING APPROACH TO YOUR BUDGET. YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT ASIDE RESERVES AND WHEN HARD TIMES HIT, WE'RE ABLE TO JUST FREEZE VACANT POSITIONS WITHOUT LAYING PEOPLE OFF. AND WE'VE NOT HAD TO REDUCE PEOPLE'S SALARIES THAT I CAN RECALL. YEAH NO AND THE POINT JUST BEING THAT ONCE ONCE THOSE INVESTMENTS ELEVATE THE BASELINE ACROSS THE BOARD, THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK. THEY'RE ONLY GOING ONE WAY. AND THAT $3 MILLION WILL BE IN NEXT YEAR'S BASE BUDGET ON TOP OF ANOTHER COLA, WHICH ON TOP OF ANOTHER COLA ON TOP OF ANOTHER COLA AND CONTINUES TO GROW THE BASE BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY. NOW WE ALL KNOW WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT 3% IS ABOVE THE CPI, ABOVE THE CURRENT PCE. YOU NAME YOUR FAVORITE INFLATION MEASURE. IT IS ABOVE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS DAVID, I THINK WAS ALLUDING TO, THERE'S SOME OTHER BENEFITS THAT COME WITH ACCOUNTING IN TERMS OF JOB SECURITY, IN TERMS OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO HERE, JUST BEING SECOND TO NONE HERE, HERE AT THE COUNTY. AND COMBINE THAT WITH WITH OUR HEALTH INSURANCE AND SOME OF THE OTHER BENEFITS THAT ARE OFFERED HERE THAT ARE REALLY INCREDIBLE. I JUST THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION ABOVE INFLATION. BUT I THINK GIVEN ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS THAT COME WITH THE COUNTY AND GIVEN OUR CLEAR CHALLENGES WITH OUR LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST, IT'S IMPRUDENT RIGHT NOW TO INCREASE THE COLA FURTHER. LAST TWO THINGS I'LL I'LL MENTION ON THIS. ONE WAS AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE $1.5 MILLION CONTINGENCY FOR THE ELECTION VOTER SYSTEM I THINK IS PREMATURE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T EVEN DETERMINED WHETHER WE WE NEED IT OR NOT. BASED ON NOT HAVING SEEN WHAT TEAMS IS CAPABLE OF OR REALLY ENGAGING AT THAT LEVEL WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S $1.5 MILLION THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. COMBINE THAT WITH THE OTHER $700,000 ADDITIONAL EXPRESS VOTE BALLOT PRINTERS. SO TO BE HONEST, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE COURT AGENDA FOR TOMORROW. SO WE'RE BEING ASKED TO INCLUDE IT IN THE BUDGET TODAY SO IT CAN BE VOTED ON TOMORROW. AND I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE NEED THAT. I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU? SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, MICHELE CAREW COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT BETTER. A WHILE AGO. I WANT TO SAY AT LEAST LAST YEAR, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH HOW, LIKE A BARCODE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE WAS TRYING TO CHANGE. AND I BELIEVE THIS THIS EQUIPMENT WILL HELP ASSIST WITH THAT. SHE WAS TRYING TO PAY FOR IT THIS YEAR, BUT WE WERE. SINCE IT'S TOMORROW, IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT THIS WOULD GET PURCHASED IN TIME, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GET DETAILS FROM MICHELE AND PROBABLY TOMORROW. BUT WE CAN TRY TO GET IT TO YOU SOONER. WELL, AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ADD ON COMING FROM THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON IT. THE OTHER THING, JUST READING THE THE SENTENCE AS IT'S WRITTEN IN THE CHANGE MEMO, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TIED BACK TO THE PURCHASE POLE PADS. WHEN THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT CAME AND ASKED US FOR FUNDING FOR THOSE, AND WE WON'T GET BACK INTO THAT ITEM, BUT AT THE TIME, YOU CAN'T PUT A PURCHASE PRICE ON THIS AND THEN COME BACK LATER AND SAY, OH, WAIT, WE ALSO NEED ANOTHER $700,000 FOR PRINTERS. SO I THINK THAT'S NOT NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE DOING DOING BUSINESS THERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT A NEW TECHNOLOGY, A NEW PROCESS AND BRING THAT BEFORE THE COURT. WE SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR IDEA ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT IN TERMS OF COST, AND CLEARLY THAT JUST WASN'T THE CASE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND STOP THERE, JUDGE THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOODY BUT I KNOW YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CHANGE MEMO ITEMS COME FROM FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET FROM THE COURT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH THE WORK SESSIONS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, POOF, YOU PULLED THESE OUT OF THE HAT. I MEAN, THESE THESE WERE THINGS THAT EITHER THE COURT MEMBERS SPOKE UP AND THOUGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH WITH THE COLA. I KNOW A FEW OF US VOICED THE CONCERN THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU AND BUDGET STAFF LOOKING AT THAT AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. [00:40:04] I THINK THERE'S A REASON THAT WE HAVE FOLKS ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEK WHO ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR LONGEVITY 25, 30 YEARS. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY THERE IS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE RISING COSTS OF HEALTH CARE. AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK THE FULL IMPLICATION OF THAT. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A MATTER OF MAKING SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, KEEPING UP WITH WITH RISING COSTS AND INFLATION, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THAT IF THERE IS AN INCREASE AT SOME POINT WITH HEALTH INSURANCE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE AT LEAST MAKING THEM WHOLE. SO I THINK I APPRECIATE YOU DIGGING DEEP AND FIGURING THAT OUT. WITH RESPECT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW I MET WITH THE SHERIFF AND HIS TEAM A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND HE HAD A LONGER LIST OF, OF ITEMS, AND WE ASKED HIM TO PRIORITIZE THOSE. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE WERE, I THINK, WHERE WE LANDED WERE MAYBE THE ONE OF THE TOP THREE THAT THAT REALLY MEANT THE MOST TO THE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO PICK. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE I TOLD HIM PICKING WHO YOUR FAVORITE CHILD IS, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE THAT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S HOW WE LANDED ON SOME OF THESE, THESE ITEMS FOR THE CHANGE MEMO. SO AGAIN, IT'S IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF BUDGET STAFF TO TRY AND GET WHERE WE NEED TO TO PRIORITIZE THE SPENDING ITEMS. AND I GUESS THE LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT GRAPH, THE ONE THAT YOU LAID OUT AT THE BEGINNING. WHAT. DAVID, I THINK YOU SAID AT THE OUTSET OUR FUND BALANCE WAS IN THE WAS AT THE $200 MILLION? NO. WHAT WAS THE NUMBER YOU SAID THE RESERVES? $2 MILLION OF THE $14,000,000. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL. GENERAL GENERAL FUND. THE BUDGET APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR. OH, FOR NEXT YEAR? $261 MILLION. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE BEING VERY PRUDENT WITH MAKING SURE WE'RE WE'RE SAVING FOR THOSE RAINY DAYS, SO TO SPEAK. I THINK OVERALL, THE COUNTY'S FISCAL HEALTH IS VERY GOOD. BUT BUT AGAIN, I THINK THESE BUDGETS, AS THEY COME YEAR TO YEAR, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AND MAKE TOUGH CHOICES ON ON HOW WE TAKE CARE OF AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THE WHAT I, WHAT I SAY ARE THE NEEDS. I KNOW WE ALL HAVE WANTS A LOT OF MY WANTS DID NOT MAKE IT IN THIS BUDGET. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ADDING CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EITHER EVEN OTHER PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES THAT WE THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT. IT'S A GOOD PLACE. WE NEED TO KIND OF GET THROUGH YEAR BY YEAR ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD SOLID BACKGROUND. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'VE GOT A GOOD FUND BALANCE AND WE'RE AND WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. SO I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE WILL BE ANSWERED TOMORROW, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT MICHELE'S VISITED WITH WITH OUR, MY STAFF AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THOSE ENTAIL. AND SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE LANDED ON THIS. I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE CHANGE MEMO TODAY? NO, WE DO NOT. IT'S JUST TO GET DIRECTION I'M COMFORTABLE THAT IT WAS LISTED AS AN ACTION ITEM, SO I THOUGHT WE HAD TO. SHOULD WE MOVE? I MEAN, I GUESS YOU CAN DO A MOTION. IF THERE WAS AN ACTION ITEM MOTION. YOU CAN DO IT EITHER OKAY I MEAN, IF IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT IN HERE, BUT I WOULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CHANGE MEMO AND INCLUDE IT IN PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET TOMORROW. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES SO I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT MY CONSTABLE IN PRECINCT 1 NEEDS THE FOUR VEHICLES FOR THE NEW FOUR DEPUTY CONSTABLES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING. SO NO NEED TO REVIEW PRECINCT 1 THEY NEED TO GET THEIR VEHICLES. SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU WERE GOING OVER THAT, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO WAITING FOR YOU TO FINISH, I WAS GOING TO ASK TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN YOU ALL APPROVED FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE VEHICLES WEREN'T INCLUDED. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? YES. AND I HAD INCLUDED IT. SO I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ADDED THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE FOUR VEHICLES, FOR THE ADDITIONAL FOUR DEPUTIES, FOR PRECINCT 1, FOR OUR CONSTABLES DAIS MAKES THE BIG DECISIONS THAT PUSH THIS COUNTY BOARD, AND THEN MY STAFF AND THE REST OF [00:45:02] THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE. SO IT'S NOT MY JOB, NOR DO I HAVE THE TIME OR THE ENERGY TO GET INTO THE WEEDS TO MICROMANAGE THE SPECIFICS. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A 3% COLA, YOU SAID IT'S A TOTAL OF WHAT, $8 MILLION? $9 MILLION CORRECTION, COMMISSIONER. $9 MILLION IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO ALMOST $3 BILLION BUDGET. SO IF IT TAKES $9 MILLION TO ENCOURAGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE WITH THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND CONTINUE THEIR MORALE AND CONTINUE TO LET THEM GO TO GROCERY SHOP AND BUY GAS WHEN IT GOES UP WHEN IT CONTINUES TO GO UP, THEN $9 MILLION AND A $3 BILLION BUDGET IS, I THINK, VERY GOOD. SO I APPLAUD YOUR TEAM, YOUR SMALL TEAM. THAT GETS A LOT DONE. THE BUDGET PEOPLE, HI BUDGET PEOPLE, THEY NEVER SMILE [LAUGHTER]. BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE 3% COLA FOR OUR, OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. AND I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THIS CHANGE MEMO FOR THE BUDGET. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU DAVID, IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE PRECINCT 4 SECURITY BRIEFING, WE HAD GIVEN DIRECTION TO KEEP THE TWO TEMPORARY OR, I GUESS AT THE TIME, THEY'RE TEMPORARY SECURITY GUARDS. DO YOU RECALL IF THAT IS STILL TAKING PLACE OCTOBER 1ST? IT IS? OKAY WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE FOUR AND WE HAVE TO LOSE TWO TO THE FRONT DOOR, THEN WE'RE PLAYING BEHIND. SO OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNDING FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION VR SOLUTIONS I DO HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE STATE SECRETARY OF STATE SYSTEM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE, AND IT'S PROVIDED OVER 35,000 BEHIND VOTER REGISTRATIONS THAT WE CANNOT PROCESS. IT HAS PROVIDED NINE MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS OF TRAVIS COUNTY'S INABILITY TO WORK WITH IT. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE. ACTUALLY, I WOULD HAVE US AS A COURT MEET SOONER SO THAT WE CAN EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGISTERED PRIOR TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, THAT MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE SOME INTEREST IN VOTING IN, BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN A REGISTRATION CARD BECAUSE WE HAVE 30. I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY BY THE WEEKEND WE PROBABLY HAVE 37,000 THAT ARE SITTING THERE, WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW, BY THE WAY. SO IN ANY EVENT, I'M GLAD WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS. THERE ARE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BUDGETED BEFORE FOR THE VOTECH SYSTEM THAT WE ONCE HAD, AND WE NEED TO WE NEED TO EXECUTE. I WOULD EVEN RECOMMEND THAT THIS COURT RATIFY IT, THAT WE GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE IT AND COME BACK WITH A VOTE FOR RATIFICATION. BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW WITH RESPECT TO REGISTRATIONS. NOW, THE OTHER THING THE TEAM SYSTEM HAS SHOWN US THAT IT CAN DO IS IT CAN INCREASE BY TWO DAYS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO PROCESS MAIL BALLOT VOTES BECAUSE OF THE INCOMPATIBILITY. IT WILL TAKE THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TWO ADDITIONAL DAYS TO COUNT MAIL BALLOTS. SO WE'VE SEEN WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE SYSTEM CAN DO AND WE NEED NOT TO USE IT. THANK YOU JUDGE. COMMISSIONER MOODY. I JUST HAD A FEW COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, WITH WITH RESPECT, THE 35,000 VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROCESSED IS BECAUSE OF OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT WITH VOTECH AND THEIR INABILITY TO SUPPORT IT, NOT BECAUSE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S TEAMS PROGRAM. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS. AGAIN, LET ME BE CLEAR. I'M NOT MICROMANAGING YOUR STAFF, TANYA, TO BE HONEST. WHAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF THE COLA, WHEN YOU FIRST MADE THE THE PROPOSED BUDGET? 2%. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS 2%. YOU MADE CHANGES AND THIS CHANGE MEMO BASED ON POLITICAL WILL AND COMMENTS MADE FROM THE DAIS. BUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS 2%. I'M ONLY SUPPORTING YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAD JUST A FEW FINAL QUESTIONS. [00:50:01] DAVID, YOU MENTIONED $261 MILLION. CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHERE'S THAT NUMBER COMING FROM? OKAY IF OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN. OKAY. I'M LOOKING AT A PROPOSED AMOUNT FOR THE END OF 2024. OH NO THIS IS 25-26. SO THE PROPOSED AMOUNT THAT I WAS LOOKING AT ON THE SPREADSHEET THAT WAS SENT TO ME WAS $207 MILLION. SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WHERE THE GAP THERE IS IF I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A DIFFERENCE IN THE REVENUES IN TERMS OF ESTIMATED VERSUS ADOPTED. AND IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE HIGH LEVEL SPREADSHEET THAT WE SENT YOU THAT EXCLUDED ARPA, SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE DIFFERENCE. BUT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IT'S THE ENDING BALANCE. AS WE PROPOSED, IT WAS 222 POINT, I'M SORRY, $223.8 MILLION. AND THAT'S INCLUDING THE ARPA PROJECTS AND THE INTERFUND TRANSFER OF 190. THAT'S SO THAT CARRIES OVER INTO NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WITH OUR CHANGES TODAY, IT'S $225.7 MILLION. OKAY. BUT WHAT I'M SHOWING IS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT ACTUAL AMOUNTS FOR THE TOTAL ENDING BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND, WE WENT FROM. AND LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THESE ARE ACCURATE. WE WENT FROM $206,000,000 TO. IN 21-22, $206,000,000 TO $251,000,000 TO $297,000,000 AND 23-24. RIGHT? SO THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE SETTING ASIDE FUNDS FOR RAINY DAY. WE WERE PREPARING FOR THE ARPA CLIFF, IF YOU WILL. WHAT I'M SHOWING IS THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT FOR 24-25, THOUGH, COMES DOWN TO $284,000,000. AND THEN AFTER YOU STRIPPED OUT THE ARPA FUNDING FOR THIS PROPOSED AMOUNT FOR 25-26, IT DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO $207,000,000. IS THAT STILL? I THINK IT WAS WISE AND PRUDENT FOR THE COUNTY TO SET ASIDE THE FUNDS THAT THEY DID WHEN WE HAD THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THROUGH ARPA THAT WE HAD AND BUILD UP, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT RESERVE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE UTILIZING IT IN THIS BUDGET AND WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE IT GOING FORWARD. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'LL COUNTER SOME PERSPECTIVE UP HERE THAT CLEARLY IF WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN WE'RE TAKING IN THAT'S NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIX THAT OVER THE COMING YEARS. AND I THINK WHEN ARPA HITS NEXT YEAR, IT'S GOING TO GET REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT, REALLY, REALLY FAST. SO THE SOONER WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THESE TOUGH DECISIONS AND START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GET BACK TO A STRUCTURAL BALANCE IN BEXAR COUNTY, THAN THEN WE'LL BE IN A BETTER, BETTER SPOT. BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE THE BUDGET NUMBERS, THE RESERVES THAT WE HAVE, HOW QUICKLY WE'RE SPENDING THEM DOWN AND ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT MEANS WHEN THE RESERVE FUND IS GONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, JUDGE THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? LET ME MAKE SOME COMMENTS TO CLOSE IT OUT. I'M CALL THE VOTE. DAVID, IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGE MEMO THAT WE ARE SHORTLY GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON AND HOPEFULLY SEEK APPROVAL OF. OVERALL AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS PROBABLY MORE OF A DISCUSSION FOR TOMORROW, BUT TOMORROW IS A FULL MEETING, AND WE MAY BE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE AGENDA AS FAST AS WE CAN, BUT IN ORDER THAT WE HAVE JUST THE STAFF HERE, THE COMMISSIONERS AND MYSELF, IN REGARDS TO THE TOTALITY OF THIS BUDGET, YOU HAD MADE A COMMENT EARLIER, I BELIEVE, AND I WANTED TO REITERATE IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S A CORRECT STATEMENT THAT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THIS BUDGET, WHICH IS ABOUT $2.8 BILLION TOTAL. CORRECT? IS IT PRETTY MUCH A FLAT TOTAL EXPENDITURE FROM LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE, I BELIEVE, WAS THE REDUCTION ABOUT A 5% REDUCTION FROM ABOUT A $3.0 BILLION. SO WE TEND TO KIND OF ROUND THINGS OFF. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC AND AND FOR THIS COURT TO RECOGNIZE HOW WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO BE GOOD [00:55:03] STEWARDS. AND WE'RE KIND OF HOLDING THE LINE ON EXPENDITURES. SO IN REGARDS TO TOTAL AMOUNT EXPENDITURES, CAN YOU BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS FOR TOMORROW OR WHAT WILL BE FOR TOMORROW'S APPROVAL? YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE TO ADD THIS TO THAT AND GET YOU THE NUMBER. BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A BALLPARK. IT'LL BE ABOUT $2.8 BILLION. SO IT'S BASICALLY A FLAT FIGURE OR TOTAL AMOUNT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS? YES. WE HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING THE TAX RATE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THE PAST 30, NEARLY 30 YEARS OF EITHER A FLAT TAX RATE OR LOWER IN A TAX RATE. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO WOULD IT BE STILL A FAIR STATEMENT THAT TODAY'S CHANGE MINIMAL? AND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TOMORROW IN TOTALITY, THAT THE COUNTY IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND? I BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE IT IS. I WOULDN'T HAVE RECOMMENDED A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING IN THIS MEMO ARE A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL SIZE OF THAT BUDGET. SO I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IN THIS MEMO WOULD MAKE IT UNSOUND. AND IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGE MEMO, IF WE LOOK AT IT IN TOTALITY, IT IS VERY FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY, MINISTERIAL OBLIGATIONS LIKE ELECTIONS, THE COURT SYSTEM, THE PAY TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND PAID TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE JUDGES THAT ARE MANDATED BY STATE LAW? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO TOMORROW WE WILL COME BACK FOR A PUBLIC. DO WE PUT DO IT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, I BELIEVE. AND ALSO TO DAVID, YOU PARTICIPATED. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS OR THEIR STAFF MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOWN HALL BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE HAD IN EACH PRECINCT. AND I THINK THERE WAS WELL ATTENDED. IT WAS ROBUST DISCUSSION. A LOT OF IT DID NOT DEAL WITH BUDGET, BUT ISSUES WITHIN THE PRECINCT. AND SO, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME RESPOND TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND I THINK IT WAS JUST A EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COURT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC. BUT, DAVID, YOU WERE THE STAR OF THE SHOW, SO TO SPEAK, IN THE SENSE THAT YOU PRESENTED THE BUDGET. AND THE REASON WHY I'M CALLING YOU OUT ON THAT IS I BELIEVE IN. AND YOU WERE THERE LISTENING TO THE CONSTITUENTS WHO HAD PERHAPS SPECIFIC BUDGET ISSUES. BUT I THINK THIS BUDGET IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE HEARD AT THOSE BUDGET MEETINGS. AND I THINK WE'VE DONE OUR VERY BEST. I WILL TAKE NOTE WITH DOCTOR TREVINO, ROBERTO TREVINO, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL IN THE ROOM OR NOT, BUT HE HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN REGARDS TO DIABETES AND THE DEVASTATING EFFECT OF DIABETES. I HAVE PLEDGED TO HIM THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO MY BEST TO SUPPORT HIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM. IT'S AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH. HE'S HAD SUCCESS WITH THIS AND HE'S HAD PRIOR FUNDING, BUT I THINK HE'S AT A POINT NOW. SO WHAT I'D ASK THE COURT IS OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE ABLE TO PUT HIS SPECIFIC REQUEST IN THE BUDGET, BUT I'D ASK THAT IN REGARDS TO OUR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HEALTH. AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY THE ADVOCATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, ESPECIALLY MENTAL HEALTH, BUT THOSE ARE ISSUES, I THINK, THAT WILL FALL ON COUNTY GOVERNMENT MORE AND MORE IN REGARDS TO FOOD INSECURITY, IN REGARD TO ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THOSE BASIC SERVICES ARE GOING TO INCREASINGLY FALL AS THE POLICY ISSUES THAT COME OUT OF WASHINGTON, DC AND AUSTIN, TEXAS START IMPACTING US. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, AND I HOPE THE COURT WILL RECOGNIZE, THE BUDGET OFFICE'S ATTEMPT TO PLACE LUMP MONIES INTO CONTINGENCIES THAT I HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS AS THEY COME UP. AND I HOPE WE DON'T GET HIT WITH THEM SOONER THAN LATER. BUT WE DO NEED TO BE PREPARED THAT WE MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH FOOD INSECURITY. WE MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE. WE MAY HAVE THOSE MEDICAL ISSUES THAT DOCTOR TREVINO HAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AS TO WHAT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY AFFECT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. SO I WANT TO APPLAUD THE COURT. I WANT TO APPLAUD OUR BUDGET OFFICE AND THE LEADERSHIP THERE AND THE BUDGET OFFICERS. [01:00:05] I WILL TELL YOU IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH ELECTEDS, I TOLD THEM THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP. AND I AM TRUSTING AND I THINK DAVID AND THOMAS AND TANYA WERE IN THOSE MEETINGS. WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO INCREASE THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE ELECTEDS WITH OUR BUDGET OFFICE. I KNOW SOMETIMES Y'ALL HAVE VERY TOUGH DISCUSSIONS, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE A PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE HEARD. OUR ELECTEDS ARE HEARD. WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT ALL THESE NUMBERS THAT WE USE OR THEY USE, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME CONSISTENCY AND WE GET SOME HOPEFULLY BETTER COMMUNICATION SO THAT THIS BUDGET PROCESS. BUT I WILL SAY THIS HOPEFULLY TOMORROW'S TOMORROW, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS PROCESS WILL GO AS WHAT IS GONE TODAY. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS AND WE'VE HAD OPINIONS PUT ON RECORD. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS COURT HAS MOVED IN A VERY EXPEDITIOUS WAY AND WITHOUT A LOT OF EXCUSE MY WORD, WITH A LOT OF DRAMA. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE COURT AND TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS MADE THAT HAPPEN. SO WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL THE VOTE COMMISSIONER MOODY YES, SIR. JUST ONE COMMENT. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IF WE'RE TAKING THEM AS A AS A GROUP, ONE VOTE? ONE VOTE FALL INTO THE NEEDS CATEGORY. I THINK I HIGHLIGHTED THE ONES I HAVE CONCERN WITH. WITH REGARD TO THE ADDITIONAL BEYOND WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF COLA INCREASE AND THE TWO ITEMS FROM OUR ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR. THAT'S $5 MILLION ON OUR OPERATING BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY $700,000,000. SO ALMOST 1% OF THE BUDGET. SO I'M GOING TO BE A NO ON THE CHANGE MEMO, BUT CLEARLY SUPPORT THESE INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR COURTS. BUT THERE WERE ITEMS WITHIN THAT THAT I OBVIOUSLY NEED TO NEED TO OPPOSE THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY NOPE. HEARING SO MOVED OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GOOD DAY WE'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW, 09:00. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.