* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. READY TO GO? YEAH. [1. Opening Prayer: Pastor Eliseo Garza, My Redeemer Lives Baptist Church.] [00:00:08] GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSION COURT MEETING FOR OCTOBER 28TH, 2025. I'LL INVITE PASTOR EO GARZA FROM MY REDEEMER LIES BAPTIST CHURCH. WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATION. I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR ELZA OF THE MY REDEEMER LIVE, LI LIVES BAPTIST CHURCH. PASTOR GARZA, PLEASE APPROACH ADAAS. PASTOR GARZA HAS BEEN THE SENIOR PASTOR OF MY REDEEMER SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2023. PRIOR TO THIS, HE WAS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR THERE FOR SIX YEARS. MY REDEEMER BAPTIST CHURCH IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. I PRESUME THAT IS PRECINCT ONE. IN ADDITION TO HIS HISTORIC WORK, PASTOR GARZA IS A FULL-TIME VALERO EMPLOYEE AND A MEMBER OF THE GRACE HOUSE ADVISORY BOARD. HE'S A FAMILY MAN. HIS WIFE FOR 20 YEARS WORKED FOR BEXAR COUNTY, AND HIS DAUGHTER IS A FRESHMAN AT ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY. IN HIS WORDS, TOGETHER THEY ALL WORK AND SERVE ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER WITH THEIR CHURCH FAMILY TO MENTOR, GROW, AND EDIFY THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AFTER THE INVOCATION, WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PASTOR FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? LET US STAND AS WE GET READY FOR PRAYER. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS AND CLOSE OUR EYES. FATHER GOD, WE COME TO YOU THIS MORNING. WE ARE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL, LORD FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US. LORD, WE ARE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS COURT AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE FATHER GOD. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS 'EM, FATHER GOD, WITH YOUR WISDOM. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM, LORD, WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR DIRECTION THAT ALL THAT THEY DO AND ALL THAT THEY SPEAK, FATHER GOD IS TO HONOR YOU. THAT THE WAY THAT THEY LEAD, FATHER GOD WOULD INVOKE YOU IN EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, FATHER GOD. AND WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE CONSTITUENTS, FATHER GOD OF OUR GREAT COUNTY, THE GREAT CITY, FATHER GOD, IN OUR GREAT STATE. LORD, WE ASK YOU THAT ALL THE BUSINESS THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF HERE TODAY, FATHER GOD, IN EVERY DAY, LORD, IS ALL DONE TO HONOR YOU. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE FATHER GOD IN EVERY BRANCH. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR, UM, POLICE FORCE, FATHER GOD, AND OUR UM, FIREMEN. LORD, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THOSE FATHER GOD THAT ARE PART OF THE CITY, LORD, THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO ALL THAT HONORS YOU IN EVERY DAY. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGED LORD TO BE CALLED YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS. LORD, WE THANK YOU LORD, UH, ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE COURT HERE TODAY. FATHER GOD, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS, WE PRAY IN ALL SAID AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR. IF YOU WOULD JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. OUR PLEDGE ALLEGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WILL WISH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, PASTOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ORDER OF [3. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items.] BUSINESS IS TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, REQUEST OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO IDENTIFY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND TO APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM, COMMISSIONER CLAY FLOORS. IT'S NOTHING TO PULL JUDGE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. I'M GOOD, JUDGE COMMISSIONER MOODY. UH, 36 AND 45. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING IN ORDER. MEDICAL ORDER 45. AND DID I HEAR 56? COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ALRIGHT THEN LET'S GO. [CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:] IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVE THE REMAINING, UH, ITEMS OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLOORS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED ALL ANY EXTENSION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL TAKE UP NOW THOSE MATTERS THAT WERE JUST PULLED. 45 APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AWARDED FROM THE TEXAS INDIGENT, UH, DEFENSE. WE NEED THE CEREMONIAL FIRST AND THEN COME BACK. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. LET'S, I AGREE WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL, SPECIAL CEREMONIAL EVENTS. LET'S SEE. SO I AM GOING TO COME BACK TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, BUT LET US PICK UP NOW. AGENDA ITEM FOUR, [4. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)] CEREMONIAL, UH, THE FIRST IS FOUR A. LET US RECOGNIZE THE PRESENTATION SERVICE AND RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. THE FIRST DEDICATED EMPLOYEE IS THERESA AND BARTOS FROM THE COUNTY AUDITOR, WHICH YOU, YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR BOSS. PLEASE STEP FORWARD. [00:05:01] GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HONORABLE JUDGE, AKA ON ROLL COMMISSIONER'S COURT. MY NAME'S LEO CALERO, THE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR THE RECORD. UH, AND IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THERESA BARIENTOS, UH, FOR HER 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE WITH BEXAR COUNTY. UH, THERESA IS CURRENTLY A GRANT SUPERVISOR FOR OUR GRANTS ACCOUNTING TEAM. THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOUNTING ACTIVITY FOR MORE THAN 145 LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS. UH, FY 25. THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT OVERSAW OVER 220 MILLION IN FUNDING, UH, INCLUDING PARTIAL THE AMOUNTS OF THE ARPA. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS GOOD FOR OUR COUNTY AND GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. UH, THERESA BEGAN HER CAREER IN AUGUST, 2000 AS A ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, WAS PROMOTED TO THE REVENUE SECTION, UH, JUST SHORT TIME LATER. FOUND HER CALLING IN THE GRANTS DIVISION IN 2002, UH, WORKING HER WAY UP FROM AUDIT ASSISTANT, UH, TO GRANT SUPERVISOR. SO, BEFORE I HAND THIS MIKE OVER TO NORMA, HER GRANTS MANAGER, SAY A FEW KIND WORDS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THERESA, FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. NOT ONLY FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BUT THE CITIZENS OF BARAR COUNTY AND, AND DOING IT WITH ALWAYS WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. SO, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. MY NAME IS NORM NOOSA. I'M THE GRANTS COUNTY MANAGER. UM, AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE AND HONOR OF WORKING ALONGSIDE THERESA FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. AND I CAN SAY WITHOUT HESITATION THAT HER LAUGHTER AND HER POSITIVITY AND HER STEADY PRESENCE HAVE MADE OUR MOST STRESSFUL DAYS MORE BEARABLE. UM, SHE REMINDS US TO FIND THE JOY, UM, IN THE WORK THAT WE DO, EVEN WHEN OUR EXCEL WORKSHEETS ARE JUST NOT COOPERATING. SHE'S JUST A, SHE'S ALWAYS A SMILE. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER. UM, OUTSIDE OF WORK, TERESA HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HER HUSBAND ROGER FOR 26 YEARS, AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, ARIANA, 11 YEARS OLD. UM, THERESA AND ROGER ARE GREAT PARENTS. SHE'S THE KIND OF MOM THAT GOES ALL IN. I THINK ONE OCTOBER SHE VISITED ABOUT 15 PUMPKIN PATCHES, LIKE 15. WHO DOES THAT? RIGHT? SHE'S VERY DEDICATED. UM, SINCE DAY ONE, THERESA HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UM, AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO BEXAR COUNTY. SHE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, RELIABLE, AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP. HER EXPERTISE AND COMM APPROACH HAS BEEN, UM, AN ESSENTIAL TO OUR GRANTS TEAM SUCCESS. UM, THERESA, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE, UH, AUDITOR'S OFFICE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOYALTY, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, AND YOUR KINDNESS, UM, OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. AND I EXPECT TO SPEND ANOTHER 10 YEARS WITH YOU. YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, GIRL. . THANK YOU. IT'S HARD TO, UM, IT'S HARD TO, UH, PUT INTO WORDS WHAT IT MEANS FOR MY, UH, BEAR COUNTY FAMILY. . I DON'T THINK I COULD DO THIS WITHOUT, WITHOUT THE HELP OF MY PARENTS. MM-HMM . MY LOVING HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER. MY WORK FAMILY HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP. AND I DON'T THINK I COULD BE HERE WITHOUT THE MOM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERESA, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY? MY MOM AND MY STEPFATHER. OKAY. MY HUSBAND ROGER, WHO WORKS FOR THE TAX OFFICE FOR 23 YEARS, AND HE'S STILL THERE, AND HE LOVES IT. AND THEN MY DAUGHTER, ARIANA, AND MY FAMILY. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, ACCEPT YOUR PEN. AND CAN WE GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND LET TAKE A PICTURE? WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE THERE. AND ONE, TWO. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT EMPLOYEE WILL BE JANET AMAR RODRIGUEZ FROM THE DISTRICT COURT CIVIL. GOOD MORNING, MS. SHAFFER. GOOD, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO THANK THERESA BARTOS. SHE'S AN AMAZING GRANTS MANAGER. UM, SHE'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE THAT'S LIKE BARBARA ACROSS THE TS DOT, THE I'S AND RESUBMIT, YOU KNOW, SO SHE DEFINITELY KEEPS US ALL ON OUR TOES. BUT TODAY, I WOULD LIKE THE PRIVILEGE OF CELEBRATING JANET'S 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO BEXAR COUNTY AND TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THIS COMMUNITY. JANET BEGAN HER INCREDIBLE CAREER AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY IN THE PROTECTIVE ORDERS DIVISION, HELPING SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FIND SAFETY AND JUSTICE. [00:10:01] SHE LATER CONTINUED HER COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE FELONY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE S HARREL, WHERE HER PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, AND SENSE OF INTEGRITY, MADE HER TRUSTED AND RESPECTED PRESENCE IN A COURTROOM. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, JANET HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART AND MANAGER FOR THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM IN THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS, FOCUSING ON GUN COMPLIANCE AND OFFENDER ACCOUNTABILITY, HER EXPERIENCE, INSIGHT, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO VICTIM SAFETY, CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR MISSION AND INSPIRE EVERYONE AROUND HER. JANET, YOUR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE REPRESENT A LEGACY OF COMPASSION, JUSTICE, AND EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK AND TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE EVERY DAY. WE'RE TRULY HONORED TO CELEBRATE YOU TODAY. JANET, DO YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS? JUST JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS HAS BEEN AN HONOR 25 YEARS. I DID NOT THINK I WAS GONNA MAKE IT , BUT I DID. AND I HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY, UM, AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT I'VE HAD BEHIND ME. I HAVE MY HUSBAND, MY COWORKERS, I DO HAVE THE DA'S OFFICE, PART OF THE DA'S OFFICE HERE TOO. UM, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT HAS TAUGHT ME WHAT I'VE LEARNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND ACCEPT YOUR BID? AND EVERYBODY, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. THERE WE GO. OKAY. ONE, TWO, AND THREE, FOUR. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, JANET. CONGRATS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL GO TO FOUR B. WELL, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL ONE. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, UH, PRESENTATION OF ALGO BOARD, RECOGNIZING JOHNNY GEVA FOR HIS DECADES OF SERVICE TO HIS BEXAR COUNTY COMM COMMUNITY AND THE FREE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD COMMISSIONER, IF YOU ALLOW ME APPOINTED OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. YES, PLEASE. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY GROVE OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS FOR 34 OF THOSE YEARS. I, YOU HAVE SERVED ON THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD AND IT'S, AND I'M, OH, I'M SORRY. THIS IS A LETTER, LETTER LETTER. LET ME READ THE LETTER TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE PETER SAKA AND COMMISSIONER OF BEAR COUNTY. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY GROW OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS. FOR 34 OF THOSE YEARS, I HAVE PROBABLY SERVED ON THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD. AFTER MUCH REFLECTION, I'VE DECIDED THAT NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO RESIGN FROM THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD AND SPEND MORE TIME DOING WHAT I LOVE, WORKING ALONGSIDE MY WIFE, LILLIAN RA, AND GUIDING THE NEXT GENERATION AS THEY TAKE OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SERVED AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THIS COMMUNITY. RESPECTFULLY, JOHNNY RA. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE A SPECIAL AWARD. YES. THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND I KNOW, UH, THIS IS ONE, UH, JOHNNY, WOULD YOU COME UP AND, AND MISS LILY, PLEASE, UH, JOIN HIM. THIS IS ONE THAT, UH, HAS MY NAME AS THE SPONSOR TO THE, TO THE PODIUM FIRST, JOHNNY TO THE PODIUM FIRST. UM, BUT ONLY THE, THE COUNTY JUDGE CAN ISSUE THE HIDALGO AWARD. SO THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL HIGHEST HONOR. UH, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, JOHNNY, LET ME, LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS OF THANKS ON BEHALF OF, UH, NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS OF PRECINCT TWO, BUT THE RESIDENTS OF ALL OF BEAR COUNTY. UM, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR, IN YOUR LETTER, UM, YOU'VE DECIDED TO RETIRE AND, UM, 30, OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO, UH, THE CAB, UH, THE COL, THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD, INCLUDING SIX YEARS AS CHAIRMAN. UM, NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC SERVICE THAT FLOWS THROUGH YOUR HEART, BUT ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND OUR COMMUNITY WHO EMPLOYS, UH, FAMILIES, WORKING FAMILIES, UM, VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN IN SALE THE LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION. THE RODEO HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, ALSO A, A DEVOUT CATHOLIC, AND WE KNOW TOO, THOSE OF US WHO'VE SPENT TIME AROUND, UH, JOHNNY, UM, HIS COMPANION, HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, MS. LILY, UH, FOR OVER 50 YEARS. UH, HE'S, HE'S, HE DOESN'T GO FAR FROM, UH, THEY THEY DO A LOT TOGETHER. AND, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, SOMEONE THAT WE EMULATE IN TERMS OF, UH, NOT JUST, UH, THEIR RELATIONSHIP, BUT IN TERMS OF THEIR SERVICE TOGETHER TO BEXAR COUNTY. UM, SO, SO JOHNNY'S [00:15:01] DECIDED TO, TO RETIRE. UM, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO, TO JUDGE SAKA, AND HE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREED WE HAD TO GIVE, UH, JOHNNY THE HIGHEST HONOR THAT THERE IS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. AND THAT'S THE HIDALGO AWARD, UM, SIGNED BY, UH, P JUDGE PETER SAKA. AND, UH, BEFORE WE HAND THAT OVER TO YOU, JOHNNY, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FEW WORDS. I KNOW, UH, YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN ADDITION TO YOUR LETTER, BUT ALSO SOME WORDS ON BEHALF OF, UH, YOUR, UH, FAMILY'S HERE. NOT JUST MS. LILLY, BUT YOUR CAB FAMILY'S HERE. DEREK'S HERE. I SAW CINDY AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER CAB MEMBERS MADE IT, BUT, UH, LET'S, UH, ALL JOIN IN GIVING JOHNNY A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND MS. LILLY FOR YOUR SERVICE. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, AKA AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS, UH, IT'S, IT WAS A GOOD RIDE. SO, UH, YES, I STARTED, UH, UH, WITH THE RODEO MANY YEARS BACK, MARINE AND WEST ASKED THEY, UH, COULD JOIN THE, UH, THE RODEO. AND, UH, THE RODEO HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT, UH, I, EXCUSE ME, THAT I DID THE VERY BEST TO HELP OUT. AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, UH, THE RODEO GETS WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE THE RODEO IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND ALL THE, UH, UH, HELP THAT THEY GIVE TO A AND M. UH, AND, UH, UH, WE JUST NEED THE RODEO AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE SPURS FOR ONE THING. BUT, UH, UH, I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE THE COURT, UH, HELPING OUT AND EVERYBODY HERE, UH, THE RODEO. AND, UH, IT, LIKE I SAID A WHILE AGO, IT WAS A REAL GOOD RIDE, THE 34 YEARS THAT I HELPED OUT. AND, UH, MY MAIN CONCERN WAS HELPING OUR PEOPLE IN BEAR COUNTY. AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THERE. AND JUSTIN, I DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. I'M THERE TO HELP YOU. AND JUDGE, WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JOHNNY. THANK YOU. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I KNOW. UH, JOHNNY, JOHNNY, BEFORE, BEFORE YOU COME UP, HANG ON. I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MAY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT, UM, DEREK, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO COME UP AND PRESENT A SMALL TOKEN AS WELL. AND I BELIEVE OUR COUNTY CLERK ALSO WANTS TO, TO, UH, PRESENT SOMETHING. SO, AND MR. I WANT MY WIFE TO SAY A FEW. OH YEAH. MS. LILY, OF COURSE. OH, MS. SHE ALWAYS GETS THE LAST WORK. BY THE WAY, MS. LILLIAN ALWAYS DOES GET THE LAST WORK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SUCH AN HONOR TO BE WITH COMMISSIONERS. WHAT A WORD. SO POWERFUL COMMISSIONERS AND MY COMMISSIONER, JUSTIN, WE LOVE YOU. STAY STRONG. YOU REPRESENT US. AND WE HAVE BEEN SO INVOLVED WITH THE RODEO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ALL FOR THE SAKE OF EDUCATION. AND I HAVE A LITTLE STORY FOR YOU, VERY, VERY TOUCHING. UM, CHILDREN WILL RAISE THEIR LITTLE PETS AND THEN BRING THEM TO AUCTION. AND WHATEVER THEY, THEY GET FROM AUCTION IS FOR THEIR EDUCATION. AND WE HAD A LITTLE, WE WERE SITTING THERE AND WE HAD A, A, A LITTLE BOY FIRST IT WAS A YOUNG LADY AND SHE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR HER PET. AND THEN BECAUSE HER FATHER WAS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THEN HERE WAS THE AUCTION FOR THE LITTLE BOY. NOBODY BETTED ON HIM. NOBODY OFFERED HIM MONEY. AND HE STARTED TO CRY. AND IT TOUCHED US, TOUCHED ME SO MUCH THAT I WENT AND I ASKED JUDGE, UH, UH, MARY ANN WEST, WE HAVE TO START A COMMITTEE. [00:20:01] SHE SAID, OKAY. I SAID, OKAY. AND OUR COMMITTEE'S NAME WILL BE IN OINK BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY PIGS GO IN OINK. SO . SO WE WOULD, ANYTIME WE SAW A CHILD THAT NOBODY WOULD OFFER ANY MONEY FOR THEIR PET, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE OUT OUR OWN POCKET AND HELP HIM OUT SO HE COULD TAKE HOME SOME MONIES FOR HER, FOR HIS EDUCATION. IT BECAME SO FAMOUS, OUR COMMITTEE, THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO JOIN. AND SO THAT'S, UH, UH, I SERVED WITH THE RODEOS OFFICE FOR OVER 16 YEARS. TOTAL, SOMETHING LIKE 40 YEARS VOLUNTEERING, SERIOUS VOLUNTEERING. NOT JUST THE NAME VOLUNTEER, BUT SERIOUS, TRULY ENJOYED IT. IT IS A GOOD CAUSE. AND HERE COMES MY HUSBAND. I INVITED HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE CLIMBED FASTER THAN I DID. SO THAT'S OKAY, . THAT'S OKAY. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 70 YEARS AND THAT, THAT WAS OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. AND THE LORD BLESS YOU. BLESS YOU. WE LOVE YOU MOST. LOVE YOU TOO. THANK YOU DEREK. DEREK, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TWO MAJOR PARTNERS ON THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU GUYS COMMISSION, UH, THE RODEO IN THIS FIRST CODY ACTUALLY PRESENTED MR. GAR WITH SOMETHING VERY STRESSFUL FROM THE RODEO, BRIEFLY A WHILE BACK. UH, BUT BOBBY NEEDS YOU TO PLAY IN YOUR UPCOMING GAMES. , ALL YOU, THE JERSEY IN HONOR OF YOUR YEAR DESERVES. WOO. THANK YOU, DEREK. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES. UM, DEREK, YOU DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOURSELF. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, UH, DEREK, HE'S OVER THE FREEMAN COL THERE. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. JOHNNY CIA. AND, UM, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THE CAB BOARD FOR THE LONGEST IN BEXAR COUNTY HISTORY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. WELL, TODAY, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE LOOKING AT WISDOM, HEART AND ENERGY. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM YOU'VE PROVIDED, UH, THE GUIDANCE OF THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD, THE ENERGY YOU PUT IN BOTH OF YOU, UH, TO THE FUTURE EDUCATION AND LEADERS. UH, YOU'VE COME FROM AN ERA WHERE AT ONE POINT THOSE COLISEUM GROUNDS WERE SEGREGATED AND IT WAS NOT A WELCOMING PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTY. AND YOU WERE PART OF THAT BRIDGE BUILDING TRYING TO CHANGE THE OLD WAYS INTO THE NEW ERA. AND YOU'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'RE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE SHOULDERS OF LEADERS LIKE BOTH OF YOU, WE'VE STILL GOT WAYS TO GO. WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, IT FEELS TODAY LIKE THE FARM ANIMALS GET ALONG BETTER THAN THE HUMAN BEINGS. , MAYBE WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM THOSE FARM ANIMALS. UH, BUT THAT'S WHERE YOUR HEART HAS BEEN, IS TO TRY TO BRING MORE OF THE COMMUNITY INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RODEO, THE COUNTY, THE COLISEUM, AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. UH, YOU HAVE SPENT PROBABLY MORE TIME AT YOUR BUSINESS OFFICE, UH, THAN HOME , UH, AND YOUR BUSINESS OFFICE IS LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR. YOU ARE A STAPLE. YOU'RE A PILLAR IN PRECINCT FOUR. SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW YOU. SO MANY PEOPLE LOVE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU, NOT JUST IN MY PRECINCT, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTY. UH, AND YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT YOUR, UH, STRENGTH AND YOUR WISDOM, YOUR HEART AND YOUR ENERGY. I THINK, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 90 YEARS OLD . UH, AND THAT IS YOU ARE AN AMAZING EXEMPLAR OF CIVIC PURPOSE AND CIVIC DUTY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE CALL FROM COMMISSIONER ELIZONDO WHO BEGAN YOUR APPOINTMENT, UH, TO REPRESENT HIM PRECINCT TWO AND CONTINUE THE WISDOM OF OF COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, OF KEEPING YOU THERE, UH, IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK NOT BEING DONE IN VAIN AND YOUR MEMORY AND THE SPIRIT IN WHICH YOU SERVE WILL LIVE ON, AND ALL OF US WHO KNOW YOUR HEART AND WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO, UH, VIVA JOHNNY VIVA LILLIAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. APPRECIATE YOU. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER WARD. GOOD MORNING, COMMERS COURT. AND GOOD MORNING JUDGE. I'M LUC MCCLAR. I'M THE COUNTY [00:25:01] CLERK OF BEXAR COUNTY. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE BECAUSE FIRST COMING INTO OFFICE IN 2019, THE GDA FAMILY ACCEPTED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ALSO EDUCATED ME ON MY PREDECESSORS, MR. ROFF AND MR. GREEN, WHO WE ALL SPENT TIME WITH, BOTH OF THEM. SO I WANNA SAY JOHNNY AND LILY, IT IS AN HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH A FLAG FLOWN OVER THE ALAMO WITH A CERTIFICATE ABOUT THIS CITY SAYING, WITH GRATITUDE TO MR. JOHNNY ERRA FOR OVER 36 YEARS OF FAITH COMMITMENT TO YOUR QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT WE WILL HAVE, YOUR LEGACY WILL BE HERE FOREVER AND SO MUCH MORE TO COME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFELONG WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY CLERKS AND OUR STAFF. BECAUSE YOUR GOALS WAS TO HELP THE MISFORTUNATE PEOPLE OF BEX COUNTY THROUGH YOUR WORK AND YOUR FAITH. AND HE HAS SUPPORTED PASTOR TIKO THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT HE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HOMELESS. YOUR DEDICATION SHOWS THAT THE AREA IS HELD NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. YOU HAVE HELP RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. THE BEXAR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENTS A CERTIFICATE TO LILY AND JOHNNY RA. THE COUNTY CLERK AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THE LIFE AND WORK THAT MR. JOHNNY RA AND LILY HAS DONE TO START AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH A AND A BODY, UH, COMPANY AND FRAME AND PAINT TO BE PART OF THE FREEMAN COLISEUM COMMUTE ADVISORY BOARD. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE, THE ADVISORY BOARD AND FOR THE REPUTATION OF EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY THAT YOU HAVE HELD AND ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOUR BUSINESS AND THROUGH YOUR DEDICATION AND VOLUNTEER WORK TO THE FREEMAN COLISEUM. THIS FLAG IS FOR YOU. IT REPRESENTS BEXAR COUNTY AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR BAYAR COUNTY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. AND MRS. GUERRA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MR. ESTE HAS A PRESENTATION AS WELL, ALBERT. SO MINE'S GONNA BE SHORT. MR. GTA, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GENTLEMAN AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY CLASSIC CONVERTIBLE JOHNNY LILLIAN, LEMME CLOSE THIS OUT. LEMME CLOSE THIS OUT WITH THE READING FOR THE RECORD IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF BEAR COUNTY TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENT SHALL COME. GREETINGS NO YE THAT JOHNNY RA IS HEREBY POINTED ANTONIO UNDER THE LAWS OF THE COUNTY BEAR WITH ALL RIGHTS PRIVILEGES, A MONUMENTS AND PERTAINING TO SET OFFICE AND TESTIMONY WHERE THEREOF. I HEREBY GRANT AND SIGN MY NAME AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY TO BE AFFIXED AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, STATE OF TEXAS. THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025, SIGNED BY ME, JUDGE PETER SAKAI, YOUR COUNTY JUDGE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND ACCEPT YOUR HEIDA VAULT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IS YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR CAB? CAD, WHICH Y'ALL, LET'S COME ON UP. DEREK, CINDY, GABRIEL. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? FAMILY OR, THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. GET THAT SPUR JERSEY, MAN. THAT I'M RA NUMBER ONE, DRAFT PICK, AND ONE, TWO. GOOD. ALL RIGHT, THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT, RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DATE ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2025. COMMISSIONER MOODY OF THE FLOOR COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, JUDGE. I THINK WE HAVE SOME FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE, UH, [00:30:01] IN THE HOUSE TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD. UH, I BELIEVE FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, UH, LOOKS LIKE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS COURT HAS, HAS TALKED, UH, AT LENGTH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK IT'S ONLY, UH, FITTING THAT WE RECOGNIZE NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY TO GO AROUND AND VISIT, UH, MANY OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN PRECINCT THREE, UH, AND ESD FOUR, ESD THREE, AND ESD EIGHT. UM, THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THOSE EMTS, THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES EVERY SINGLE DAY OF PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO THANK THEM, UH, TODAY. BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION, UH, AND THEN WE'LL GET A, GET A FEW WORDS. BUT THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING FIREFIGHTERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO RISK THEIR LIVES DAILY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THESE COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN ARE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AND PROVIDE CRITICAL ASSISTANCE DURING EMERGENCIES, NATURAL DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS, OFTEN PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT OTHERS. AND WHEREAS THE PEOPLE BEXAR COUNTY ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE BRAVERY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND SACRIFICE SHOWN BY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SERVE WITH HONOR, COMMITMENT, AND COMPASSION IN TIMES OF GREATEST NEED. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON OCTOBER 28TH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THESE HEROES WHO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF SERVICE AND PUBLIC DUTY. AND WHEREAS IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY PAUSE TO HONOR AND EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS IN BEXAR COUNTY AND ACROSS THE NATION FOR THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES INPRO CLAIMS OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY SIGNED YOUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOWN, WELL, DID, UH, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK SHERIFF? SURE. UH, CHRIS, MICHAEL, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COMMISSIONERS JUDGE, THANK Y'ALL FOR WELCOMING US TODAY. IT'S ALWAYS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO STAND BESIDE MY FELLOW FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, AND TODAY, YOU KNOW, UH, AS, AS YOU ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE THANKS TO, TO THEM AND TO US AND TO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR RECOGNIZING US TODAY. UH, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, UH, MIKE MARLOW WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UM, APPRECIATE RECOGNIZING THIS, UH, TODAY. UM, I KNOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR AS WELL WHEN WE HAD A GOOD CROWD HERE. UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM, UH, AS MANY CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, ONLY HAVE THOSE TRAGIC DAYS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A FEW TIMES IN THEIR LIFETIME. THESE PEOPLE FACE IT EVERY DAY THAT THEY COME TO WORK. SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE THEM AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS RECOGNIZING THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE WE READY TO TAKE A PICTURE? HERE WE GO. MICHAEL, SHERIFF, WOULD YOU PLEASE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION? THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU. OKAY, YOU GOT A CAMERA UP THERE? SEE, LOOK UP ISAAC'S. GOT IT. GOT IT. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THANKS CHIEF. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION ON PROCLAMATION BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT, RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY MONTH AND HONORING OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGIC TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT ONLINE SAFETY, ENCOURAGING OLDER ADULTS TO TAKE DAILY STEPS TO REDUCE CYBERSECURITY RISKS. COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. [00:35:04] SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, CASEY FROM ONYX AND AARON WHO REQUESTED THIS, AND WE HAVE, UM, A GROUP OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SENIOR PLANET, WHEN I, UM, CALL YOUR ORGANIZATION, IF YOU CAN JUST WAVE YOUR HAND. SENIOR PLANETS FROM ALTS METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES DIGITAL LIFT SA, DIGITAL CONNECTS, DON'T SEE ANY HANDS OPPORTUNITY HOME AND THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES OATS FROM A A RP HELPS OLDER AMERICANS LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS THROUGH ITS FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, SENIOR PLANET OATS WORKS CLOSELY WITH OLDER ADULTS TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT ENCO ENCOURAGE OLDER CITIZENS TO PROTECT THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE. AND WHEREAS OATS WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND HELP OLDER ADULTS BETTER PROTECT THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE AND SECURE THEIR FINANCES, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2025 AS OLDER ADULTS NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU HONORABLE JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THE WORK BEING RECOGNIZED THIS MONTH IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE SAFETY TO OUR DIGITAL HEALTH AND OUR COUNTIES. TO OF OUR COUNTY'S OLDER RESIDENTS, OLDER ADULT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, OR OATS FROM A A RP AND ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROVIDE CRITICAL RESOURCES HELPING OLDER TEXANS LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. THIS COLLECTIVE WORK IS DONE HAND IN HAND WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND QUALITY, COLLABORATING WITH MANY VITAL LOCAL INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE JOINT COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS, THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, ACOG, AND A VARIETY OF HOUSING COMMUNITIES AND NONPROFITS WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TOGETHER OATS AND ITS TRUST PARTNERS HERE TODAY THAT INCLUDE METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES. SA DIGITAL CONNECTS OPPORTUNITY HOMES CONNECT HOME PROGRAM, LEARN AT THE SAN ANTONIO LIBRARY. A A R P'S SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND DIGITAL LIFT CREATE THESE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS TO HELP ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO PROTECT THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE. THIS CRITICAL EFFORT MADE URGENT BY STATISTICS OF EXTREME FINANCIAL LOSSES FROM SCAMS THAT HAVE REACHED A STAGGERING $16.6 BILLION NATIONWIDE, ALARMINGLY TEXAS RANKS SECOND IN THE NATION'S, UH, IN, IN, IN NATIONAL LOSSES, TOTALING $1.3 BILLION, AND SENIORS MAKE UP A THIRD OF THE TOTAL. BY OBSERVING CYBERSECURITY MONTH, WE AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING PART OUR PARTICIPANTS MORE RESILIENT TO ONLINE FRAUD AND SCAMS. AND, UH, AND THROUGH OUR INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL TECHNIQUES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS, HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS BETTER PROTECT THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SECURE THEIR FINANCES FOR A MORE STABLE FUTURE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FLORES AND, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. HELLO. THANK. HOW ARE YOU? CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT, RECOGNIZING THE LOCAL SCI ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA SCI FIVE FRATERNITY INC. 85TH CHARTER ANNIVERSARY AT ANNUAL FOUNDER STATE BANQUET ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, JUDGE. IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE GOTTEN THE CALL FROM SCOTT EARL AND I WANNA WELCOME JIMMY MCMILLAN AND ROBERT OLSEN AS WELL. UH, TO HELP RECOGNIZE AN OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION. THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS RECENTLY APPROVED, UH, SOME SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING FOR ONE OF THE GREAT BROTHERS, UH, JAMES HOWARD, WHO, UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH, AND OF COURSE, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE PROBABLY KNEW, UH, BUT, UH, [00:40:01] WE WANNA RECOGNIZE OMEGA SCI-FI WITH A PROCLAMATION WHICH READS OMEGA SCI-FI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED. S ALPHA CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 1940 BY EIGHT DISTINGUISHED MEN. DR. WILLIAM VIGIL HEARD VAL MO BELLINGER, ERNEST M FOX, DR. MADISON L PREACHER SAMUEL DAININ, G ING JR. JOHN PAUL KIAN AND DR. RICHARD D KID ALL WERE LEADERS IN EDUCATION, MEDICINE, BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE. AND WHEREAS THESE CHARTER MEMBERS, MOST OF WHOM WERE EDUCATED AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DURING A TIME OF SEGREGATION ESTABLISHED S ALPHA CHAPTER TO EXTEND THE FRATERNITY'S PRINCIPLES OF MANHOOD SCHOLARSHIP AND PERSEVERANCE. AND WHEREAS FOR 85 YEARS, S ALPHA CHAPTER HAS SERVED AS A PILLAR OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE IN BEAR COUNTY, SUPPORTING CIVIC PROGRESS, MENTORING YOUTH, AND AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH ITS FOUNDATION. THE CHAPTER'S LEGACY IS DEEPLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY WITH MEMBERS WHOSE NAMES AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE HONORED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025 S ALPHA CHAPTER WILL CELEBRATE ITS 85TH CHARTER ANNIVERSARY AND FOUNDER'S DAY BANQUET COMMEMORATING BOTH ITS OWN CHARTERING AND OMEGA SCI FI'S 114TH FOUNDER'S DAY. AND I'LL JUST SAY IT'S NOT IN THE, IN THE PROCLAMATION, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE UH, WHITE PARTY THAT YOU PUT ON IN AUGUST. I HAD THE BEST TIME WITH 2000 OR HOWEVER MANY FRIENDS THAT YOU ALL HAD AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. AMAZING JOB THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNTY AS WELL. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS BEAR COUNTY AS THE HOME OF ALAMO CITY QS, WITNESS. OUR SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICE IS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT. WE'D BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM YOU. GOOD, GOOD. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, THANK YOU, UH, JESSICA AND THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE COURT. UH, ON BEHALF OF THE SI ALPHA CHAPTER, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. ACCEPT YOUR PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PICTURE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL CONTINUE ON. PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSION CORP. RECOGNIZED IN OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS. UH, MARK MONTH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, JUDGE. CAN WE HAVE THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION COME FORWARD, PLEASE, MARTHA AND OTHERS AS YOU COME FORWARD. LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ DOC THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A SERIOUS AND PERVASIVE ISSUE THAT CONTINUES TO IMPACT ADULTS, CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING. ONE IN THREE WOMEN AND ONE IN FOUR MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE FROM AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND WHEREAS THE, THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS ESTABLISHED TO UNITE LOCAL LEADERS, JUDICIARY HEALTHCARE, BEXAR COUNTY'S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH RESEARCH, POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS IN OCTOBER, BEXAR COUNTY JOINS THE NATION IN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, A TIME TO HONOR SURVIVORS RE REMEMBER LIVES LOST SUPPORT ADVOCATES, AND REAFFIRM OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO BUILDING SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS IN OBSERVANCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, WE CALL ON BEAR COUNTY TO JOIN THE PURPLE PORCH CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES. WE ASK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PLACE A PURPLE BULB IN THEIR PORCH LIGHT, OR HANG A PURPLE WREATH ON THEIR DOOR TO SIGNIFY SUPPORT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO MAY EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN AND MUST BE PREVENTED, REQUIRING A UNITED COMMITMENT TO AWARENESS, INTERVENTION, AND DISMANTLING OF SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT PERPETUATE VIOLENCE, HELP US HELP IS AVAILABLE. AND TOGETHER WE RISE TO CREATE A SAFER, MORE JUST AND VIOLENCE FREE COMMUNITY FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, HEREBY PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 25TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOCK. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OUR ADVOCATES. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, JUDGE, OTHER [00:45:01] COMMISSIONERS, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. THE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME REPRESENT DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN WORKING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HELPING THOSE IN NEED. YESTERDAY WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO HOLD A VIGIL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST PARENTS BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND SO WE LATER READ THAT. UM, SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY. THERE WERE MANY OTHER BEXAR COUNTY DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED. UM, UH, COUNTY CLERK LUCIA, DOMINIC CLARK WAS THERE AS WELL. AND IT WAS A VERY SOLEMN OCCASION BECAUSE IT, IT'S RECOGNIZING THE DEVASTATION THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN HAVE ON A COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ON A FAMILY, BUT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. UM, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE VERY PROUD TO TAKE A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO IT. IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ISSUE, IT'S NOT AN INDI INDIVIDUAL FAMILY ISSUE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. UM, AND AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND WE CAN EXPECT MORE STRESS ON FAMILIES, UM, HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, LOSS OF SNAP BENEFITS, THESE, THESE STRESSORS THAT CAN SOMETIMES LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE, UM, AMONG FAMILIES AND IN COMMUNITIES. AND SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM, AND EVERYONE WATCHING THIS LIVESTREAM NOW, UM, PROBABLY KNOWS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN A, A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND SO IT OCCURS EVERYWHERE AND IT IS ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION, UM, TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING ABUSE AND ALSO TO, UM, TO SUPPORT FOLKS AND FOR US TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO, UM, AND BE RESPONSIBLE, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I WANNA SAY THAT, UM, OH, JUDGE DIAZ IS RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. I SEE ON THE SCREEN. UM, UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THIS COURT, UH, FOR, UM, CREATING THE STAR PROGRAM, WHICH IS BEXAR COUNTY PROGRAM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY, UM, SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PLANNING WITHIN AN HOUR. UM, FOR FOLKS WHO CALL BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN NEED OF HELP WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, WE'VE JUST CELEBRATED A YEAR AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, SHOW THIS, HOLD THIS. UM, THIS IS A POSTER THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY OUR ASSISTANT, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, JENNIFER LUNA, UM, WHICH HAS RESOURCES, NUMBERS, AND THESE WILL BE UP ALL OVER COUNTY FACILITIES. AND IT HAS A QR CODE THAT TRACKS TO OUR STAR PROGRAM. SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IN AN EMERGENCY WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CALL 9 1 1, BUT THERE ARE, AND FOR OTHER RESOURCES, YOU CAN CALL 2 1 1. UM, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO OUR STAR PROGRAM FOR, UM, FOR REFERRALS TO ANY KIND OF RESOURCES. JUDGE DIAZ, WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I'M LATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOCKET. UH, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TODAY, UH, AND ALL OF THEIR INCREDIBLE EFFORTS THAT THEY UNDERTAKE EVERY DAY TO HELP US BETTER RESPOND TO AND PREVENT FAMILY VIOLENCE. AND WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU JUDGE SAKA FOR JOINING US YESTERDAY. WE HELD A SOLEMN CEREMONY TO HONOR, UH, THE, UH, TRAGIC 32 LIVES THAT WERE LOST LAST YEAR TO FAMILY VIOLENCE IN BEXAR COUNTY. UH, THAT INCLUDED 16 ADULT WOMEN, 13 ADULT MEN, ONE MINOR FEMALE, AND TWO MINOR MALES. UH, SO ALTHOUGH WE KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM THAT TENDS TO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT WOMEN, UH, IT DOES AFFECT MEN AS WELL. UH, IT AFFECTS AN ENTIRE FAMILY. AND THE RESOURCES THAT THIS COURT HAS PROVIDED US ARE RESOURCES THAT HELP THE ENTIRE FAMILY, THAT HELP SURVIVORS, THAT HELP VICTIMS THAT HELP THEIR CHILDREN AND HELP THOSE WHO HAVE USED HARM AND ARE READY TO CHANGE TO GET THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME ARE REALLY THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, GETTING THIS HARD WORK DONE, TALKING TO THE VICTIMS, TALKING TO THE SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED HARM, AND THEY'RE REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL ACKNOWLEDGING NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH TODAY AND ALL MONTH, INCLUDING YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR SIXTH ANNUAL FAMILY VIOLENCE SYMPOSIUM THAT WAS IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED IN PERSON AND ON ZOOM. THERE IS A NEED, THERE IS A DEMAND FOR INFORMATION, FOR RESOURCES, FOR ACTION, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT MOVEMENT BEING POWERED BY YOUR SUPPORT. SO I REALLY WANNA THANK YOU AND I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE BEHIND ME TOO. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, MR. CALVERT. THANK YOU ALL. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CO. DO YOU HAVE MORE? WELL, [00:50:01] I ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF LOVE FOR ALL THIS GREAT GROUP. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK, UH, THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT EASY AND YOU ALL TAKE, UM, IT TAKES A TOLL ON YOU ALL AS WELL. SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AS YOU GO THROUGH TAKING CARE OF OTHERS, BECAUSE THE STORIES THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UM, TEAR AT THE HEART AND THE SOUL. UH, THANK YOU JUDGE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THESE YEARS OF GUIDING THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION. UM, IT HASN'T BEEN EASY, UH, DEALING WITH ALL OF THE CHALLENGES FROM PANDEMIC AND, UH, BEYOND, BUT WE NEED IT. AND, UH, EVERYONE IN THIS GROUP HAS STEPPED UP, UH, IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, UH, THIS WORLD JUST BEING A PLACE OF HEALING. AND THANKS FOR BEING HEALERS OUT THERE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MOODY. JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, EVERYONE, ALL THE ADVOCATES, UH, FOR WHAT YOU DO AND IN DEALING WITH THIS AND SUPPORTING, UH, THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND THEN JUST, UH, A CHARGE RIGHT TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY. SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, RIGHT? WE TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE DEAL WITH COUNTER-TERRORISM. WE TALK ABOUT IT IN, UH, CRIME PREVENTION. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS, IS NO DIFFERENT. SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. AND IT'S EASY TO SAY, IT'S NOT ALWAYS AS EASY TO DO AND INTERVENE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT IF WE WANT TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS ISSUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU JUDGE. UH, JUDGE DIAZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. UH, ALL OF YOU REALLY, NOT JUST, UH, THIS MONTH, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE WORK, BUT YEAR ROUND AND MARTHA AND NA PATRICIA AND OTHERS THAT DO THIS WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT, UH, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. UM, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE COUNT OUR BLESSINGS, UH, THERE'S SO MANY FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT ARE IN NEED AND, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON, AS YOU MENTIONED, THOSE STRESSORS ARE GONNA BE EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE EVEN MORE, UH, DILIGENT IN, IN SUPPORTING YOUR WORK. UH, AND, AND WE HAVE YOU, YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL DO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, JUDGE COMMISSIONER CLIFF FLORES. YEAH, I JUST WANNA ECHO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK WE'RE DOING. WE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A COMMITTEE OR PUTTING OUT A REPORT, BUT REALLY, UM, BRINGING AWARENESS TO MAKE IT STOP BECAUSE IN THE END, IT'S THE CHILDREN WHO SUFFER, UM, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A CHILD, UM, GROWING UP IN, IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. SO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS REALLY, REALLY VITAL. AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP FIGHTING. SO ANTE, LET ME MAKE SOME FOND REMARKS. YESTERDAY WAS A VERY SOLEMN DAY. IT WAS A DAY OF REFLECTION AND REVERENCE FOR THOSE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I SAID YESTERDAY THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T WORDS TO TELL THOSE VICTIMS EXCEPT WE MUST MOVE FORWARD AND WE MUST MOVE PAST WORDS TO ACTION. AND SO YESTERDAY, ALTHOUGH A VERY SOLEMN DAY, TODAY'S A NEW DAY, A NEW DAY OF HOPE, AND A COMMITMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT BEAR COUNTY STANDS READY TO UNITE AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, TO GIVE THEM GREAT RECOGNITION AND RESPECT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE REASON WHY THOSE TWO DAYS COME TOGETHER. SOMETIMES WE MUST GRIEVE AND BE IN SORROW FOR THE VICTIMS, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN'S AND FAMILIES MOST EFFECTIVE. BUT THEN WE GOTTA GET UP, WE GOTTA WAKE UP AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO TODAY, THANK YOU TO THE CLOUD OF COMMISSION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE JUDGE, MODIC DIAZ CO-CHAIR, ALONG WITH MARIA VILLA GOMEZ FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE SUPPORT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT. SO LET'S COME TOGETHER UNITED AS A COMMUNITY TO KEEP WORKING FORWARD, TO GIVE RESPECT AND DIGNITY TO THE VOICES OF THOSE VICTIMS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? YEAH. YES. WE'RE GONNA GET PICTURE. HEY. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? YEAH, NO, WE'RE STAYING, WE'RE STAYING RIGHT HERE. OKAY. COME ON, COME ON. SQUEEZE IN. [00:55:44] ONE, TWO, AND THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO, AND THREE. ONE MORE. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUDGE. HOW ARE YOU? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. UH, PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION. ON BEHALF OF COMMISSION'S COURT, RECOGNIZING UP PARTNERSHIPS FUTURE. READY TO READY WEEK? COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU JUDGE. CAN WE HAVE THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE FUTURE READY WEEK PROCLAMATION, APPROACH THE PODIUM AS YOU DO. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START READING. I KNOW WE'VE GOT CHRISTINE MARTINEZ FROM SAID AND OTHERS. SO THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS A PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAS LAUNCHED FUTURE READY WEEK AS A COUNTYWIDE INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN BEXAR COUNTY AND FUTURE READY WEEK OCCURRING NOVEMBER 1ST TO THE EIGHT OF 2025, DESIGNED TO CONNECT YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH ESSENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT. WHEREAS FUTURE READY WEEK SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN EVENTS DESIGNED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE AWARENESS AND AWARENESS OF MULTIPLE POST-SECONDARY AND WORKFORCE PATHWAYS, COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND STUDENT SUCCESS STRATEGIES. WHEREAS THIS COMMUNITY EFFORT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE FUTURE READY NORTH STAR GOAL OF INCREASING POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT INTO AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, BACHELOR'S DEGREE, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO 70% BY 2030, WHICH WILL FOSTER GREATER EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE, THE BEAR COUNTY'S COMMISSIONER'S COURT RECOGNIZES THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE HAS A CLEAR ACCESSIBLE PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE AND COMMENDS A PARTNERSHIP AND THEY'RE OVER 100 FUTURE READY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO MAKING OUR YOUTH FUTURE READY. NOW THEY'RE BE RESOLVED. THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES FUTURE READY WEEK AND IT'S SIGNED BY THE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD MORNING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE SAKAI. I'M DR. KATHY JONES, CEO OF UP PARTNERSHIP. AND ON BEHALF OF UP PARTNERSHIP, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING FUTURE READY WEEK AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY SUCCEED. THIS PROCLAMATION REINFORCES THE SHARED COMMITMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND MORE THAN 100 COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORKING EVERY DAY TO ENSURE EVERY YOUNG PERSON IS PREPARED FOR THEIR FUTURE. FUTURE READY WEEK IS TAKING PLACE NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH EIGHTH, 2025. IT'S A COUNTYWIDE EFFORT DESIGNED TO CONNECT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO THE OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES, AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, YOU'LL SEE EVENTS LED BY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, NONPROFITS, AND EMPLOYERS. EVERYTHING FROM COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIRS, TO FAFSA COMPLETION EVENTS, MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND WORKFORCE EXPLORATION DAYS. OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE TO MAKE SURE EVERY YOUNG PERSON IN BEXAR COUNTY CAN SEE A CLEAR PATHWAY TO WHAT COMES NEXT, WHETHER THAT'S COLLEGE, A CERTIFICATION, MILITARY SERVICE, OR A CAREER. THIS WORK IS GUIDED IN OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE READY NORTH STAR GOAL TO INCREASE POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT INTO AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, BACHELOR'S DEGREE, OR PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION TO 70% BY THE YEAR 2030. WE KNOW THIS GOAL ISN'T ABOUT NUMBERS, IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT EVERY YOUNG PERSON, NO MATTER THEIR ZIP CODE, HAS ACCESS TO THE SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT HELP THEM DISCOVER THEIR PURPOSE AND REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. WHEN WE INVEST IN HELPING OUR YOUTH BECOME FUTURE READY, WE'RE STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL, WE'RE STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, OUR WORKFORCE, AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY IS MORE THAN JUST A RECOGNITION. IT'S AN INVITATION. WE INVITE EVERY ORGANIZATION, EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY LEADER IN BEXAR COUNTY TO JOIN US DURING FUTURE READY WEEK TO HOST AN EVENT, OPEN YOUR DOORS TO STUDENTS OR SHARE YOUR STORY [01:00:01] ABOUT WHAT BEING FUTURE READY MEANS TO YOU. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE BEXAR COUNTY A PLACE WHERE EVERY YOUNG PERSON HAS A PLAN, A PURPOSE, AND THE SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE IT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND FOR STANDING WITH US TO MAKE OUR YOUTH FUTURE READY. YES, COMMISSIONER AVA. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ FOR, UH, BRINGING THE UP PARTNERSHIP IN RECOGNIZING THIS FUTURE READY WEEK. UH, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, GOAL THAT, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU WITH IN OUR OFFICE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRISTINA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON S-C-I-S-D, UH, THE BOARD AND PUSHING US ON THE HOUSING ISSUE IN PARTICULAR. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME GOOD NEWS COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND MONTHS. UM, CERTAINLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S A HUGE GAP OF KNOWLEDGE WITH RESPECT TO FAFSA AND THE WHOLE PROCESS OF GETTING INTO EITHER COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE YOU CAN GET TRADE CERTIFICATIONS OR, UH, HIGHER, UH, LEVEL EDUCATION. SO THIS IS A VERY PIVOTAL, UH, PROGRAM TO HELP YOU GET THE WORD OUT. SO WE STAND READY, UH, IN OUR OFFICE TO MOVE YOU AROUND THE BIG OLD PRECINCT FOR AND, AND ELSEWHERE IN BEAR COUNTY TO GET THOSE PROGRAMS SET UP. UH, THAT CAN REALLY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF POVERTY THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, GRAPPLING WITH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, DOCTOR. THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. NO. OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU COME FORWARD? ACCEPT YOUR PROCLAMATION. YES. OH WOW. THANK YOU DOCTOR. NICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, TRICK OR TREAT? OH MY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHRISTINA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK Y'ALL. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. CONTINUE WITH SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, LET'S [5. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ITEM(S)] CONTINUE WITH FIVE, A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, PRESENTATION COMMISSION COURT ON BEXAR COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. MIKE MORLAND, YOU'RE BACK. I'M BACK. GROUND TWO. GROUND TWO. I THINK WE'RE GETTING EVERYBODY UP FRONT. UH, GOOD MORNING JUDGE. UH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. UM, CHRIS WOULD'VE BEEN HERE THIS MORNING, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY OUT SICK TODAY, SO, UM, SO HE UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. UM, BUT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, THE BEAIRD COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS MADE SOME, UH, TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN STRENGTHENING AND MATURING OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. TODAY, I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT OUR PROGRAM HAS OFFICIALLY ACHIEVED, UH, NATIONAL ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. THIS ACCREDITATION REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR BEXAR COUNTY. IT MEANS THAT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MEETS NATIONAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, UH, ACROSS ALL PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND MITIGATION. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT REFLECTS THE COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATION OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE HERE, UH, WE ARE THE FIRST, UH, STANDALONE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO RECEIVE THIS ACCREDITATION. THIS ACHIEVEMENT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. UH, IT TOOK SOME STEADY PROGRESS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AND A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP. I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE MANY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME, EXPERTISE, AND SUPPORT TO HELP US REACH, UH, THIS POINT. THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS MORE THAN JUST OUR OFFICE. WE'RE MERELY JUST THE FACILITATORS OF IT. UH, AND THIS WAS TRULY A COUNTYWIDE EFFORT. I PROMISE WHEN I READ THROUGH THESE, IT'S NOT AS LONG AS MY LAST LIST WHEN I WAS UP HERE. SO, UM, SO I'LL BE QUICK. UH, THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, BEXAR COUNTY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, BEXAR COUNTY, ESD, FIRE CHIEFS, BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, BEXAR COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, BEXAR COUNTY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, BEXAR COUNTY MILITARY AND VETERAN SERVICES, EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER, REGION 20, THE BEXAR COUNTY PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, BEXAR COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT, THE BEXAR COUNTY BUDGET AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BEXAR COUNTY, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER AND BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE, BEAR METRO 9 1 1, TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT, SALVATION ARMY, SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, UNITED WAY VIA [01:05:01] THE BEAR COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, BEXAR COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE, AGRILIFE, CPS SAS, AND THE SAN ANTONIO HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY MANAGER COMMITTEE. ALL OF OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HELPED US WITH OUR PLANNING TO REACH, UH, WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OUR OFFICE HAS SUPPORTED THE COUNTY AND THE REGION THROUGH SOME INCREDIBLE RANGE OF, UH, INCIDENTS. CVID 19 WINTER STORM JURY HURRICANES, HANNAH, LAURA MARCO, MULTIPLE DAYS OF EXTREME HEAT AND COLD AND NUMEROUS WILDFIRE INCIDENTS, INCLUDING TWO THIS YEAR THAT RESULTED IN EVACUATIONS AND EVEN ONE FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER. WE'VE ALSO RESPONDED TO THREE SEPARATE MASS FATALITY INCIDENTS, INCLUDING OUR WORK IN UVALDE, THE HILL COUNTRY FLOODING AND QUINTANA ROAD TRAGEDY. AND THE WORK DOESN'T NECESSARILY STOP THERE. OUR TEAM NOW SUPPORTS MORE THAN 60 DAYS OF SPECIAL EVENTS EACH YEAR. AWA CONTINUING TO GROW A RELATIVELY NEW AND EXPANDING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF AND MANAGING THE ONGOING DEMANDS OF DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. ACHIEVING ACCREDITATION IS NOT OUR FINISH LINE, IT IS OUR FOUNDATION. DISASTERS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT, MORE COMPLEX, AND MORE COSTLY. THIS RECOGNITION MARKS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT PROGRAM FOR BEXAR COUNTY. WE'RE STILL BUILDING THE HOUSE ON THAT FOUNDATION AND THIS MILESTONE GIVES US A SOLID STRUCTURE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I'D LIKE TO THANK DAVID SMITH, JUDGE WITH COMMISSIONER'S COURT. YOUR SUPPORT HAS MADE, YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP HAS MADE THIS, THIS HAPPEN. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND WELCOME, UH, MRS. JODY FERGUSON, THE INCOMING COMMISSIONER CHAIR FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. WHO'S HERE TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS? WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME'S JODY FERGUSON AND I'M THE RETIRED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR FROM PIERCE COUNTY AND WASHINGTON STATE. AND I HAVE TO SAY, WHAT AN UPLIFTING MORNING. IF ANYBODY WOKE UP IN A BAD MOOD THIS MORNING, THEY CAN'T BE IN ONE. NOW. SEEING THE BEST OF THE BEST IN BEXAR COUNTY HAS JUST BEEN, IT'S MADE AN AMAZING MORNING, SO DOWN TO BUSINESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME CELEBRATE THIS TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT WITH YOU TODAY AS A NEWLY RETIRED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL AND INCOMING CHAIR OF THE EMAP COMMISSION, IT IS BOTH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO JOIN YOU IN RECOGNIZING THE BEXAR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND REALLY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AS WE JUST HEARD FROM THIS LIST FOR ACHIEVING ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. NOW, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT EAP. WHEN WORK BEGAN IN 1997, FEW COULD HAVE FORESEEN JUST HOW VITAL IT WOULD BECOME TO ESTABLISH SOUND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY STANDARDS USED AROUND THE GLOBE. NOW, THE ACCREDITATION FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WE COMPLETED IN 1998 REFLECTED A REMARKABLE COLLABORATION AMONG LEADING ORGANIZATIONS UNITED BY THE VISION OF PROFESSIONALIZING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THE EMAP COMMISSION WAS FORMALLY SEATED IN 2002 AND BEGAN ACCREDITING PROGRAMS THE FOLLOWING YEAR. A MAJOR MILESTONE CAME IN 2007 WITH A PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDARD. IN 2008, EAP ACHIEVED RECOGNITION AS A STANDARDS DEVELOPING ORGANIZATION BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE OR ANSI. THIS WAS A PIVOTAL STEP THAT SOLIDIFIED EMAPS ROLE IN FORMALIZING AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDARD THROUGH A VOLUNTARY CONSENSUS BASED PROCESS. BY 2010, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDARD WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD, AND IT IS NOW INTERNATIONAL. SINCE THAT TIME, MEP HAS CONTINUED TO GROW ACCREDITING PROGRAMS OF ALL SIZES AND CONTINUALLY REFINING THE STANDARD AND ACCREDITATION PROCESS TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE. THE STANDARD IS BOTH RIGOROUS AND ADAPTABLE. IT PROVIDES A SCALABLE FRAMEWORK THAT PROGRAMS, WHETHER THEY'RE STAFFED BY A SINGLE PART-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGER OR A TEAM OF HUNDREDS CAN USE THIS AS A BLUEPRINT FOR IMPROVEMENT AND EXCELLENCE DEVELOPED COLLABORATIVELY THROUGH WORKING GROUPS THAT INCLUDED GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR, AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS. THE STANDARD REPRESENTS THE BEST OF OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND CONTINUES TO INVOLVE AS THE DISCIPLINE ADVANCES. THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT BY BEXAR COUNTY IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR TEAM'S UNWAVERING DE DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM. THE EAP COMMISSION CLEARLY SAW YOUR COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO MEETING THE STANDARD, BUT TO EMBODYING ITS SPIRIT. YOUR PROGRAM'S WORK DEMONSTRATES A DEEP RESOLVE TO PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO BUILD LASTING [01:10:01] RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF DISASTER. AS YOU KNOW, EAP IS VOLUNTARY. THESE FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR THIS REALLY TOUGH PROCESS, SO KUDOS TO THEM. IT'S ONE THAT REQUIRES ADHERENCE TO 73 STANDARDS AND A TRUE COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOUR PROGRAM DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE, COLLABORATION, AND INNOVATION SETTING IN EXAMPLES THAT OTHERS WILL LOOK TO EMULATE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP THAT MADE THIS ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE. FIRST, THE HONORABLE PETER SAI COUNTY JUDGE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, AND THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. YOUR STEADFAST SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS ENSURED THIS PROGRAM HAS REMAINED A PRIORITY FOR BAYAR COUNTY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNTY MANAGER, DAVID SMITH, WHO HAS GUIDED THIS EFFORT WITH ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEDICATION. AND FINALLY, YOUR ACCREDITATION MANAGER, DEPUTY CHIEF MIKE MORLAND AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, AND FIRE MARSHAL CHRIS LOPEZ, WHOSE LEADERSHIP ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ACHIEVING THIS SUCCESS. MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING YOUR TEAM AND DRAWING THIS EFFORT FORWARD. I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN THANK JUDGE SAKAI BECAUSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIKE EAP DO NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT VISIONARY LEADERSHIP. YOUR SUPPORT WENT BEYOND ENDORSEMENT. YOU INVESTED IN YOUR PEOPLE, AND YOU FOSTERED A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE. YOU ALSO STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL BENEFIT BEXAR COUNTY FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS FAR MORE THAN COMPLIANCE WITH A SET OF STANDARDS. IT REFLECTS YOUR RESILIENCE, YOUR VISION, AND YOUR DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE. WHAT TRULY DISTINGUISHES BEXAR COUNTY'S PROGRAM IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS AT ITS CORE ABOUT PEOPLE, YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND YOUR VISITORS. THAT FOCUS IS WHAT MAKES YOUR WORK MEANINGFUL AND WHAT MAKES THIS RECOGNITION SO WELL DESERVED. AND WHILE TODAY'S CELEBRATION MARKS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE, IT IS NOT THE END OF THE JOURNEY. EMAP ACCREDITATION IS NOT A ONE TIME ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. IT REPRESENTS A PROMISE. A PROMISE TO YOUR COMMUNITY, TO YOUR PARTNERS, AND TO YOURSELVES THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS, IMPROVE, AND LEAD WITH INTEGRITY AND PURPOSE. SUSTAINING THIS STANDARD REQUIRES THE SAME DEDICATION, CURIOSITY, AND TEAMWORK THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY. SO AS WE CELEBRATE THIS SUCCESS, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND INNOVATION THAT WILL KEEP BEXAR COUNTY AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR PROFESSION TODAY. WE HONOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR DEDICATION, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING THE FIELD OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ON BEHALF OF THE EMAP COMMISSION, IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL OBELISK. AND MIKE, I'LL HAVE YOU COME UP AND GRAB THIS. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A SYMBOL OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE BEXAR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DO WE? ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S BRING, TAKE A PICTURE IF WE COULD COME FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH FIVE B AUTHORIZATION APPROVAL OF BEAR COUNTY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS, A GIFT CARD FROM CO FILE TO BE GIVEN TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR RESIDENTS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE KIRK COUNTY FLOODS THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS, UH, THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,050. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. MS. SAT CLARK, WE GOT A MOTION. WELL, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. AND GOOD, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. [01:15:01] WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S THE SECOND PORTION OF THE LAST COLLECTION THAT WE COLLECTED IN THE PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR, ALBERT RESTED. AND IT WAS BEING LED BY YOU COUNTY JUDGE PETER SAKA. WE ARE HERE TO GIVE $7,050 THAT WAS DONATED BY CO FILE THAT WAS COLLECTED AMONG THEIR EMPLOYEES AND TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED AND STILL IMPACTED BY KIRK COUNTY WHO ARE TRYING TO RECOVER AND MOVE FORWARD. SO, THE BEX COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE, THE TAX ASSESSOR, AND YOURSELF FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. JUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS. AT THIS POINT, I'LL PASS IT ON TO MR. ORESTE ALBERT. UH, IT'S BEEN A BIG HONOR TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT, YOU KNOW, HELPING THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOOD BANK AND, UM, GOODWILL. AND SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST HONORED TO BE, HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. THANK YOU. LANCE. WOULD YOU SAY A FEW WORKS? UH, GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS LANCE GONZALEZ. I'M ONE OF THE, UH, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES AT COFI TECHNOLOGIES. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING ON BEHALF OF OUR COFI TEAM. UH, WHEN WE AT COFI LEARNED OF THE FLOODING AND WITNESSED BEX COUNTY'S RAPID RESPONSE, WE WANTED TO DO OUR PART TO HELP. UH, WE HAD THE COMMU OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES, UH, JOIN THE RELIEF INITIATIVES BY, UH, DOING A COLLECTION. UM, AND WITH THAT COLLECTION, COFI MATCHED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS DONATED BY OUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE PROVIDED SOME GIFT CARDS TO HELP SUPPORT FAMILIES IN KIRK COUNTY WHO WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING. AND I WANT TO THANK LUCY AND GLORIA AND THEIR STAFF FOR INVITING US TO PARTICIPATE AND FOR LEADING WITH SUCH COMPASSION AND PURPOSE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. I DO WANNA GIVE CREDIT TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. THEY DID ALL THE AUDITING AND THE MONEY, AND THEY DID A SECOND AUDIT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS CORRECT. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE MR. MIKE FROM THE RED CROSS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD. SURE. HOLD WHAT? OH, HE'S FROM CALL FILE. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER JOB. WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU. COURT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. SO WE NEED A MOTION. WE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. TAKE THE PICTURE REAL QUICK. THANK YOU. WHAT PICTURE? ALRIGHT, COME FORWARD. COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LUCY. NO, THANK YOU ALL. OH MY. I, NO, LET'S GO. COME ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LEO'S BEHIND US. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT THROUGH OUR CEREMONY PRESENTATION. LET'S GO BACK TO THEN THE TAKE UP INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FROM CONSENT. WE DID GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT, RIGHT? WE DID. THAT'S, UM, 45 APPROVE. JUST TO CONFIRM, IT'S 36 AND 45. WAS IT 36 OR 45? ALRIGHT. PER 50. IT'S NOT 56 THEN. 36. 36. I STAND CORRECTED. ALRIGHT, LET THE RECORD REFLECT. I MIGHT HAVE PUT ON THE RECORD, 56. 56 WAS NOT PULLED, CORRECT, KATE? CORRECT. I'M, IT'S 36. SO 56 WAS APPROVED BY, UH, UNANIMOUS CONSENT. WE WILL NOW TAKE UP THOSE MATTERS. PULLED, I STAND CORRECTED. IT WILL TAKE UP ITEM 36 [36. Approval to make Federal Asset Forfeiture expenditures consistent with prior and similar expenditures from the District Attorney's Federal Asset Forfeiture budget and authorizing the same expenditures for the remainder of the current DA's term of office, as is similarly done with the State Asset Forfeiture funds in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure 59.06(d-1)(6)(A), as more fully detailed on the submitted budget and such expenditures will not exceed the maximum anticipated amounts without an amendment approved by Commissioners Court.] APPROVAL TO MAKE FEDERAL ASSET FORFEITURE EXPENDITURES CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR AND SIMILAR EXPENDITURES FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S FEDERAL ASSET FORFEITURE BUDGET AUTHORIZED, AND SAME EXPENDITURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CURRENT DA'S TERM OF OFFICE. AS SIMILARLY DONE WITH THE STATE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. 59.06 D ONE SUBSECTION SIX SUBSECTION A AS MORE FULLY DETAILED ON THE SUBMITTED BUDGET AND SUCH, EXPENDITURES WILL NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ANTICIPATED AMOUNTS WITHOUT AN AMENDMENT APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER COURT. COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU PULL IT. SO I'M GONNA LET YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANKS, JUDGE. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, UH, REPRESENTING THE, THE DA'S OFFICE. UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS BECAUSE THE, THE DA'S, UM, NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION, THEN THIS HAS TO COME TO, TO COURT [01:20:01] TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF THESE ASSET FORFEITURE AMOUNTS. WELL, THE STATE ASSET FORFEITURE, YES. BECAUSE UNDER CODE, UNDER CHAPTER 59 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, THERE IS SPECIAL, THERE'S A SPECIAL SECTION THAT DEALS WITH THIS SITUATION WITH THE FEDERAL ASSET FORFEITURE AMOUNTS, WHICH IS WHAT WAS PULLED. UM, IT'S REALLY A COURTESY BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMPARABLE SECTION OTHER THAN THERE'S A PART IN THE EQUITABLE SHARING GUIDELINES THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WE SHOULD FOLLOW ALL THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AT THE JURISDICTION. OKAY. AND I, FOR THE RECORD, I'M JAMA JARMAN, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE ATTORNEY WITH THE BEX COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. AND I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, BOTH THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR. I JUST PULLED THE, THE ONE, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AND WAS AROUND THE, UH, THE ITEMS LISTED, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND STUFF WAS, WAS THAT REQUESTED IN THE BUDGET OR NO? NO. UM, EVERY YEAR UNDER ASSET FORFEITURE RULES, WE HAVE TO FILE A BUDGET FOR RECORD. BUT THAT'S IT. THIS IS A SPECIAL SITUATION BECAUSE JOE GONZALEZ IS NOT RUNNING. AND WE HAVE TO, IN THAT SITUATION, WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL TILL THE END OF HIS TERM TO USE THOSE FUNDS. YEAH. I GUESS THE, THE ONE PART THERE I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET AT WAS WHETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THERE'S GONNA HAVE ASSET FORFEITURE AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FUNDING FOR THESE ITEMS, OR WHETHER WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THEM IN THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SUPPLIES AND THE SOFTWARE AND THE WITNESS SERVICES, I MEAN, SEEMS LIKE IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OFFICE. BUT DO WE EXPECT THAT THE FUNDS ARE COMING IN SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET? OR THESE ARE JUST ADDITIONAL FUNDS ON TOP OF WHAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET? I THINK THE RULES ABOUT, UM, USING THESE FUNDS IN PLACE OF OUR GENERAL FUNDS OR THE BUN, THE FUNDS WE GENERALLY GET, THESE ARE JUST ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THE DA'S OFFICE CAN USE AS IT SEES FIT. OKAY. AND FROM COUNTY STAFF OR THE BUDGET OFFICE, ANY FEEDBACK ON THOSE? UH, THOSE CATEGORIES AND KIND OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY, UH, SET UP IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO THEY ARE NOT FORMALLY CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL. I AM NOT ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW TO EVEN, AND I QUOTE, CONSIDER ASSET FORFEITURE DURING OUR DELIBERATIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S LEGALLY POSSIBLE 'CAUSE I JUST CONSIDERED IT RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT. BUT THAT'S WHAT STATE LAW SAYS. I ASSUME THAT APPLIES TO FEDERAL ASSET FORFEITURE AS WELL. OKAY. WELL, AND, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND LIKE FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHETHER THESE WERE ADDITIONAL NEEDS OR THAT WEREN'T COVERED IN THE BUDGET OR, OR HOW WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THEM. I, I GUESS THE OTHER ISSUE I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING UP AND, YOU KNOW, I SAW YOUR EMAIL AND, AND MAYBE IT'S MORE ON THE STATE ASSET SIDE VERSUS THE FEDERAL, BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR POSITIONS OR PARTIAL FUNDING FOR POSITIONS FROM AN HR STANDPOINT, UM, HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THIS AND OR, UH, PARTIAL POSITIONS? OKAY. SO THERE ARE THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE BECAUSE WE CAN'T FUND POSITIONS THROUGH THE FEDERAL ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS. SO THROUGH THE STATE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS, THERE ARE THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE FULLY FUNDED AND THREE POSITIONS, THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAY PARTIALLY FUNDED, THEY'RE PLUSING UP THEIR COUNTY SALARY OR THEY ARE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES? TWO POSITIONS ARE FUNDED THROUGH STATE ASSET FORFEITURE AND FUNDED THROUGH THE PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM FUNDS. AND THEN ONE POSITION IS FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH STATE ASSET FORFEITURE. AND THE REST OF IT, JUST A SMALL PORTION OF IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. AND JUST TO ADD, THERE ARE FIVE POSITIONS I THINK THAT HAVE JUST AN ADDITIONAL LITTLE STIPEND. FIVE. FIVE. UM, AND JUST WITHOUT GOING TOO DEEP, I GUESS FROM A COUNTY STAFF STANDPOINT, WHEN IT COMES TO HR, THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO JUST BE, BE AWARE OF, RIGHT? IF THROUGH THE ASSET FORFEITURE WE ARE PROVIDING MERIT BONUSES OR PLUS UPS, AS, AS YOU SAID, AND YOU DIDN'T SPECIFY EXACTLY WHAT THOSE AMOUNTS WERE. BUT THAT, THAT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY UNDUE STRAIN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR HR PROCESSES AND, AND HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LIKE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, DIFFERENT PAY GRADES FOR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES, THAT THEY [01:25:01] DON'T HAVE AN EXPECTATION NOW THROUGH THIS ASSET FORFEITURE AND BONUSES BASICALLY, THAT ARE BEING PAID BY THE DA'S OFFICE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UH, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE? WELL, I'LL, I'LL JUST DEFER TO, TO COUNTY STAFF MAYBE TO SPEAK. AGAIN. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY DISCRETION TO STOP THEM FROM DOING THIS WITH APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE. UH, I THINK STATE ASSET FORFEITURE, UM, IF THEY, IT'S NOT UNLIKE GRANT FUNDS IF THESE MONIES GO AWAY AND THEY COULD ANY GIVEN YEAR BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON ASSETS SEIZED. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IF THEY GO AWAY, THIS PERSON SHOULD HAVE, THESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE NO EXPECTATION THAT THESE SUPPLEMENTS WOULD CONTINUE BECAUSE THEY WERE NEVER APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE BY THIS COURT. MM-HMM . OKAY. WELL, COMMISSIONER, THESE WERE APPROVED BY THE COURT AT THE LAST MEETING. SO ANY SUPPLEMENT IS APPROVED, IT'S SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, BUT IT IS A MORE MINISTERIAL ACT BECAUSE THE DA CAN USE THOSE FUNDS AT HIS DISCRETION. BUT BECAUSE IT IS A SALARY SUPPLEMENT, THE STATUTE DOES REQUIRE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO, AS A MINISTERIAL ACT, OVERSEE THAT, WHICH THE COURT DID IN FIVE. ALL OF THOSE COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT. AND THE ONES SHE'S TALKING ABOUT DID COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHEN HE SAYS THEY COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT. YOU HAVE NO DISCRETION ABOUT IT. YEAH. THAT'S WHY IT'S ADMINISTERED LACK. YOU ACCEPT THAT BUDGET. THAT'S ALL YOU DO. WELL, FOR POSITIONS THEY SPECIFICALLY COME OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET, WHICH THEY DID LAST MEETING. YEAH. I I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA OVER-INDEX. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE FIVE SUPPLEMENTS ARE. YOU JUST SAID SMALL AMOUNTS. UH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE? UM, TOTALLY, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 25,000 A YEAR FOR ALL FIVE. FOR ALL FIVE. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER RUDY IS A POINT OF ORDER. I'M, I'M LOOKING AT GENERAL, UH, COUNSEL. YES, COUNSEL, I HEARD THE WORD MINISTERIAL. I'VE HEARD THE SAME COMMENT FROM OUR COUNTY MANAGER. WE HAVE, THE COURT HAS NO DISCRETION. I HAVE, I'M NOT TRYING TO CUT ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS OFF, BUT WITH THAT, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON. IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SO MOVED. COMMISSIONER SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CAL. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. I YIELD BACK TO COMMISSIONER MOODY. OKAY. WELL, I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, WITH PROVING, UH, THIS ITEM, I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT, AND IF THERE'S NOT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE DA'S OFFICE AND COUNTY STAFF AND HR ABOUT WHAT THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE BONUSES MAY BE AND, AND THE IMPACT ON PERSONNEL, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THOSE TAKE PLACE GOING FORWARD. UH, BECAUSE I JUST THINK THAT ON THE HR SIDE, THAT CAN BE, UM, CHALLENGING AND CAN CAUSE, UM, ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE MAY NOT BE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER [45. Approval of resolution awarded from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, FY 2026 Grant Program for an amount of $986,153 to assist in paying Bexar County's indigent defense costs for the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, responsibility for the appropriate expenditure of funds, and authorizing the electronic signature of the County Judge.] MOODY ASKED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OF 45 APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AWARDED FROM THE TEXAS INDI DEFENSE COMMISSION FY 26 GRANT PROGRAM FOR AN AMOUNT OF $986,153 TO ASSIST IN PAYING BEAR COUNTY'S INDIGENT DEFENSE COSTS FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE APPROPRIATE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE OF THE COUNTY JUDGE COMMISSIONER MOODY, I YIELD TO YOU FOR THE FLOOR. WELL, I CAN MAKE THIS SOMEWHAT EASIER. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL FOR THE GRANT MOTION MOODY. NOW, UM, MY MY REASON FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS TODAY IS JUST THAT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE SUPPORT THE, THE GRANT FUNDING, WHATEVER GRANTS WE CAN ACQUIRE HERE, UH, FOR THE COUNTY TO, UH, TO HELP US SUPPORT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IN GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE NOTES AND LOOKING AT THE TOTAL EXPENSE BETWEEN THE PDO OFFICE AND MANAGEMENT ASSIGNED COUNSEL, I LOOKED AT 2021 TO 2025. SO OVER FIVE YEARS, UH, I'M GUESSING YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED BY THIS, BUT THOSE TWO COMBINED WENT FROM $9.3 MILLION TO $20.1 MILLION. SO THEY MORE THAN DOUBLED BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS. AND, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE. [01:30:01] AND I THINK WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS HERE IN COURT BEFORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REDUNDANCIES, UH, THE, THE OVERHEAD BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS. I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THIS COURT ABOUT THE INCREASES IN LEGAL FEES AND THE STIPENDS THAT ARE PAID TO ATTORNEYS IN THE PROGRAM. BUT I MEAN, MY POINT IS REALLY THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE, RIGHT? WE CAN'T SEE THESE KINDS OF INCREASES YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. UM, AGAIN, IN FIVE YEARS IT'S DOUBLED MORE THAN DOUBLED. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS OR, OR RESPONSE AND, AND WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THIS GOING FORWARD TO REDUCE THE GROWTH AND EXPENSES IN THIS PROGRAM. GOOD MORNING, JIM BETHKE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE BEX COUNTY MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNCIL PROGRAM. UM, COMMISSIONER MOODY, HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONER'S STAFF REGARDING THIS. THE YEAR WHEN YOU START COUNTING AND WE'RE STARTED, LIKE ON 21, UM, IS A LITTLE MISLEADING. WE'D REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO LIKE 2019 OR 2018 PRIOR TO COVID. SO THE NUMBERS REALLY HAVEN'T DOUBLED, BUT I WASN'T PREPARED TO, TO GO INTO THAT. 'CAUSE THIS WAS THE FORMULA GRANT. UM, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET WITH THE OFFICES AND KIND OF LOOK AT SPENDING. HECK, WE CAN GO BACK 10 YEARS AND, UM, WE'RE CONCERNED JUST LIKE CARRIE, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA WASTE, UM, PUBLIC MONIES ON THIS. AND WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO IT, UM, AS EFFICIENTLY AND AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. WELL, UM, POINT TAKEN. RIGHT? AND I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT 10 YEARS AND, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE JUST SAW THE LOW YEAR THERE. BUT REGARDLESS, EVEN IF YOU GO TO 2021 OR 2022, THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES BETWEEN THE PROGRAMS. AND I, I KNOW SOME OF THIS STEMMED BACK FROM AN INCREASE IN, IN THE LEGAL STIPENDS THAT WERE PAID. YEAH. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN, WE CAN MANAGE THAT BETTER GOING FORWARD. I, I THINK WE NEED TO, UM, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS PROGRAM'S GONNA JUST CONTINUE TO, UH, TO EXPAND AND, AND WE KNOW IT, IT'S GOING TO EXPAND LIKELY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO, UH, EXPAND AT A, A RATE THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. AND, UH, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THAT I SAW FOR THOSE FIVE YEARS, IT DOESN'T LOOK SUSTAINABLE. SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS AND HAPPY TO HAVE STAFF WORK WITH YOU ON LOOKING MORE 10 YEAR PROJECTION AND ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE ON HOW WE COULD BETTER, UH, BETTER OPERATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. LET ME FINISH OUT. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES KATE, THE CONSENT AGENDA. [6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary:] LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM SIX, FILING FOR THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT, DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY FOR THOSE LISTED A THROUGH H SEVEN [7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, October 14, 2025.] COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION? ABSOLUTE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? YES, SIR. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD SIGNED UP. ANY CITIZENS BURDEN YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. LET US NOW, UH, GO OUT OF ORDER. AND [77. Discussion and appropriate action related to granting an exception to Administrative Policy 1.2 to authorize the consideration of the following late filed Agenda Item #77a.] I'M ALERTING EVERYBODY THAT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 77 IN OF INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO GRANTING AN EXCEPTION TO ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1.2 TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSIDERATION OF FOLLOWING LATE FILE AGENDA. ITEM 77 A. IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORIDAS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? LET US NOW TAKE UP 77. A DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION DIRECT STAFF TO IDENTIFY $129,500 TO PROVIDE UP TO TWO MONTHS OF EMERGENCY STOP GAS SUPPORT FOR MEALS ON WHEELS, SAN ANTONIO, AND TO BRING FORWARD A CONTRACT FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU'VE ASKED TO HAVE THE FLOOR HERE. YEAH. THANK YOU, UH, JUDGE, AND THANKS FOR MOVING THIS UP. UH, VINCENT'S HERE FROM MEALS ON WHEELS. VINCENT, CAN YOU COME UP, UM, WANTED TO HAVE JUST A, A, A BRIEF DISCUSSION IF WE COULD THIS MORNING ABOUT, UH, A LOT HAS TRANSPIRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. I KNOW YOUR, YOUR HEAD IS PROBABLY SPINNING, UH, FASTER THAN, THAN OURS. UM, AND, AND JUST TO KIND OF RESET A LITTLE BIT THIS DISCUSSION, WHEN, WHEN, UH, I ASKED THIS TO BE ADDED AS A LATE FILED ITEM, UH, KIND OF AN EMERGENCY ITEM BECAUSE WORD HAD TRICKLED DOWN TO US, UM, AND NOT JUST MY PRECINCT, BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 350, UM, SENIORS THAT WERE GONNA BE IMPACTED IN BEX COUNTY, [01:35:01] POTENTIALLY AT THAT TIME, WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE MEALS, THE SERVICE, UH, BEGINNING THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. UM, SINCE THEN, A FEW THINGS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE SHIFTED AND CHANGED. UM, WISH IT WAS MORE STABILIZED, BUT AT LEAST VINCENT, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, YOU HAVE NOW AT LEAST TEMPORARILY FILLED THAT FUNDING GAP, UH, THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT I WANTED TO, I GUESS, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, AND, AND, AND MAYBE THIS BECOMES A, A DIS A DISCUSSION THAT WE CONTINUE, IS, UM, I GUESS TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE GAP THAT THAT CAME, ABOUT THE LAST, UH, FEW WEEKS AND HOW THAT'S BEEN FILLED. AND THEN I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK FOR THE COURT, UM, WHAT THE OUTLOOK IS FOR 2026 AND YOUR, YOUR, UH, NEED FOR, I GUESS MAYBE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE. YES, SIR. UH, EVERY YEAR, VINCENT FERRIS NIELSEN WILL SAN ANTONIO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. UH, ONE OF OUR FUNDING STREAMS IS PASSED THROUGH FEDERAL DOLLARS. IT AMOUNTS TO, UH, ROUGHLY 30% OF OUR OVERALL FUNDING, UH, AT MAX ON A YEAR. UH, THIS YEAR, UH, WE WERE, UH, UH, PLANNING ON FLAT FUNDING. THAT IS ALL THE INDICATION THAT WE HAD FROM, UH, UH, OUR, OUR FUNDING SOURCES. WE WENT INTO THE YEAR WITH THAT, EXPECTING A $3.2 MILLION TO BE FLOWING THROUGH. UH, WE FOUND AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE REDUCED BY 1.2 MILLION. UH, WE, UH, MADE THE DECISION THEN TO, UH, UH, TAKE QUICK STEPS TO, UH, PULL BACK ON OUR EXPENDITURES BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY A LOSS OF A, A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH IN, IN REVENUES TO US. UH, GIVEN THE BACKDROP OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ALSO WORKING, WE KNEW WE HAD TO, TO ACT FAST. ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS ARE VERY NEEDY. UH, WHAT WE LOOKED AT THE LEAST NEEDY OF THOSE, UH, 3,600 OR SO FOLKS THAT, THAT WE'RE, UH, SERVING. UH, AND WE HIT UPON A NUMBER OF 350 INDIVIDUALS TO SUSPEND THEIR SERVICES THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. THIS WOULD BE AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF ROUGHLY $770,000. UH, WE NOTIFIED, UH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COURT, UH, OUR, UH, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, PARTNERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS WAS A BIG DEAL. WE HAD NEVER SUSPENDED SERVICES TO ANY, UH, CLIENTS BEFORE IN OUR ALMOST 50 YEAR HISTORY. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS, UH, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR CONCERN FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, WHAT OTHER SERVICES COULD WE DO? UH, MAKING SURE THEY WOULD BE OKAY. BUT, BUT THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY UNCERTAINTIES FOR US TO CONTINUE, UH, PROVIDING THEM, UH, MEALS AT THIS TIME. MUCH TO OUR PLEASANT SURPRISE. THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED. UH, THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED IN, IN A BIG WAY. WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER, WHEN YOU AND I FIRST TALKED, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT COULD WE DO TO GET THESE FOLKS BACK HOME? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT $64,000 A MONTH COULD, COULD SUSTAIN THOSE 350. AND WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS, UH, BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS STEP FORWARD. AND THIS WAS NOT A FUNDRAISING EFFORT BY MEALS ON WHEELS. THIS WAS THE PUBLIC COMING TO THE AID OF, OF MEALS ON WHEELS CLIENTS. AND, UH, TO DATE, $641,000 HAVE BEEN RAISED. AND SO THAT WILL ENSURE THAT NO, NO CLIENT IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR SERVICES SUSPENDED AT THIS TIME. THIS WILL GET US INTO THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. OKAY. AND, AND SO JUST SO JOE, JUST TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, IF, UM, WE, FOR EXAMPLE, DELAYED, UH, THIS ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH OR DECEMBER, NO, UH, CURRENT CLIENT WILL BE IMPACTED, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THOSE CLIENTS IF WE DON'T DO THIS TODAY? THAT IS CORRECT. MR. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE. UM, POINT NUMBER TWO, I GUESS IS, UH, IN ADDITION TO, I GUESS THE, UM, THE FUNDING THAT, THAT IS NOW, UH, A SHORTFALL, UM, YOU ALSO HAVE, UH, FOLKS, UH, ON YOUR WAITING LIST, HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE ON THE WAITING LIST CURRENTLY, THERE'S ALMOST 950 INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO RECEIVE MEALS. YEAH. AND THEIR CURRENT WEIGHT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR GRANT FUNDED MEALS. THE CURRENT WEIGHT IS 10 TO 12 MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAN EXPECT TO, TO BE EVALUATED TO RECEIVE MEALS. YEAH. SO, SO I I, I, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE, THE YOU OR OR THE COMMUNITY TO BELIEVE THAT IF WE DELAY THIS, WE'RE NOT, UH, IGNORING THAT SIGNIFICANT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK, UH, AND THE JUDGE AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW, JUDGE, UH, THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU ARE, UM, UH, CONTEMPLATING A FOOD INSECURITY, UH, DISCUSSION, A SUMMIT, UH, WITH NOT JUST, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS, BUT OTHER PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. [01:40:01] SO MY THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD KIND OF, UH, PUSHED, UH, THIS DISCUSSION INTO, UH, WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING, I THINK, UH, UH, VINCENT, IF WE, UM, DECIDE TO SAY, TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH, OR, OR, OR, OR EVEN DECEMBER, YOU'LL HAVE HOPEFULLY A BETTER IDEA. I I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT, AND I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALSO, UM, SUPPORTED MEALS ON WHEELS. THEY'VE DELIVERED THE MEALS, UM, THAT WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS IN HELPING FIND A SOLUTION BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED OUT THERE. AND, AND, AND IT, IT'S, AND LIKELY NOT GOING AWAY, IT'S JUST GETTING, UH, IT'S GROWING. YES, SIR. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO TO, TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. AGAIN, THINGS HAVE, UH, CHANGED FROM WHEN I CONTEMPLATED THIS TWO WEEKS AGO. I THOUGHT, OKAY, WE CAN, WE CAN HELP OUT IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT THOSE, UH, SENIORS TO GO WITHOUT. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, DAVID SMITH, UH, FOR TRYING TO, TO WORK SOMETHING OUT. BUT I THINK WHAT, WHAT'S PRUDENT PROBABLY TODAY TO DO IS, IS TO TABLE THIS, UM, LET'S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. LET'S STAY IN TOUCH AND FIGURE OUT PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY THAT THE COUNTY CAN BE, UM, A, A A, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS A MORE SUSTAINABLE TYPE OF, UH, UH, SOLUTION TO THIS. UH, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. EVERYTHING'S IN FLUX. I WAS IN, UH, DC AS A MATTER OF FACT LAST WEEK, TRYING TO FIND, UH, SOME OTHER SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. AND, AND NO ONE HAS ANY ANSWERS AT THIS POINT. SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. UM, UH, JUDGE, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION, BUT, BUT I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO TABLE THIS. UM, AND THEN LET'S BRING IT BACK. LET'S CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS. BUT AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, YOU, UH, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THERE ARE NOT FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE LEFT OUT BECAUSE WE'RE DELAYING THIS DECISION. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SERVING ARE GOING TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THEIR MAILS. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO I WOULD MAKE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION JUDGE TO TABLE BOARD MOTION COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CLAY FLOSS. YEAH, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. UM, AS I'VE GONE OUT TO DELIVER IN MY, UM, PRECINCT, YOU HAVE WONDERFUL STAFF WHO REALLY CARE. I THINK WE JUST REALLY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE MEALS. AND THE WHEELS ISN'T JUST FOOD, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S THE ONLY CHECK-IN OR WELLNESS CHECK THAT SOME OUR SENIORS HAVE. PERIOD. UM, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TALK, TALK ABOUT IN AN OUTRAGEOUS MANNER THAT CUTS ARE BEING DONE. AND THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY, ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SUFFERING. SO WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP OUR, UM, AND WORK WITH OUR, UM, NOT ONLY OUR ORGANIZATIONS, BUT TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND, UM, LET'S KEEP FIGHTING TOGETHER. AND ALSO, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT IN THE NEWS, THEY SAID THAT ACOG, UM, MADE THE CUTS. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, FEDERAL DOLLARS PASSING THROUGH, IF YOU CAN JUST CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE OF COURSE, ACOG IS ALSO DEALING WITH CUTS. YES. ACOG IS MERELY THE CONDUIT FOR THE FEDERAL PASS THROUGH DOLLARS. SO WE WERE NOTIFIED BY ACOG. ACOG IS A, A GREAT PARTNER OF MEALS ON WHEEL SAN ANTONIO. THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CUTS. CORRECT. SO THIS REALLY CAME FROM THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE NOTED THAT BECAUSE THE NEWS SAID ACOG, UM, AND I SIT ON THE ACOG BOARD, AND IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS WE TALK ABOUT THE CUTS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU, VINCENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE OF THE, UH, URGENT NEEDS. AND I, I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION TODAY. VINCENT, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION OF CLARITY ON THE 1.2 MILLION THAT WAS, UH, IDENTIFIED AS BEING CUT. THAT WAS IN ESSENCE A NEW FISCAL YEAR REDUCTION, RIGHT? THAT WILL BE SUSTAINED REGARDLESS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. RIGHT? THAT IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. AND, UH, THAT REALLY, I GUESS AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD SAY PLANNING NUMBERS SINCE CONGRESS HAS NOT ADOPTED ANY OF THE, OF THE SPENDING BILLS. OKAY. YEAH. SO, SO THE ONE, AGAIN, TALK TO ME, DIAL DOWN INTO A REDUCTION OF 1.2 MILLION, THE IMPACT FROM A STAFFING AND MEALS STANDPOINT. SO A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, UH, WHEN THE, UH, UH, VARIOUS, UH, PANDEMIC MONEY STARTED, UH, BEING USED UP, UH, WE, AGAIN, THIS WAS FOR FY 25, WE, UH, LOST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, IN, IN FUNDING CUTS. AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS REDUCE STAFFING. A YEAR AGO, UH, WE HAD OVER 22 STAFF POSITIONS THAT, UH, WE PULLED BACK ON AS WELL AS 20 CONTRACTORS. [01:45:01] AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE, UH, CHANGES IN OUR MEAL DELIVERY. WE WERE SERVING RIGHT AT 4,200 INDIVIDUALS, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE PULLED BACK TO, UH, THROUGH ATTRITION TO ROUTE AT 3,600. UH, WHAT WE ALSO HAD TO DO AS OPPOSED TO DAILY DELIVERIES TO ALL CLIENTS, SOME CLIENTS WERE, UH, SERVICES WERE REDUCED TO TWO DAYS A WEEK, AND SOME WE REDUCED TO ONLY ONE DAY A WEEK. THOSE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE NOT ON THE HIGHEST NEEDS, BUT, UH, THEY COULD SUSTAIN THEMSELVES WITH THE MEALS THAT WE WERE DELIVERING AND THE CHECK-INS THAT WE WERE DOING WITH THEM. BUT WE HAVE HAD A, A PULLBACK. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO YOUR, THE ONLY WAY I CAN EQUATE THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION IS TO ASSUME THAT THE REDUCTION OF 1.2 MILLION EQUATES TO 22 PEOPLE REDUCTION IN A DECREASE OF SERVINGS FROM 4,200 TO 36. SO IS THAT GOING TO BE THE IMPACT OF THE LETTER YOU GOT AS WELL? THIS, THIS 1.2 MILLION REDUCTION WILL NOT, WELL, FOR THIS COMING YEAR, IS, IT MAY HAVE SOME STAFFING CUTS, BUT IT WILL NOT BE TO THE MAGNITUDE THAT WE HAD IN FY 25. SO THERE WILL BE STAFFING CUTS. UH, FOOD IS, I MEAN, HERE'S WHERE, WHERE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT'S MY GROCERY EXPERIENCE IS THAT FOOD COSTS IS, UH, GOING UP. UNLESS MAYBE YOU'RE A SOYBEAN FARMER IN AMERICA, YOU PROBABLY ARE RAISING PRICES. UM, SO YOU'VE GOT A SITUATION WHERE YOUR COST OF FOOD IS GOING UP AND YOU'VE GOT A $1.2 MILLION REDUCTION FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SERVICE OR, AND OR STAFFING, UH, UH, DECREASES STILL. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO, UM, NOW, UH, JUST USING THE SAME LOGIC, THE THE BROADER PUBLIC IS SEEING THEIR GROCERY BILL INCREASE AND THEIR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES ON A FIXED INCOME, A SENIOR CITIZEN ON A SOCIAL SECURITY OR A FIXED INCOME, UH, THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE MEALS LAST FOR THEMSELVES IS DECREASING AS WELL. WHAT DOES THAT IMPACT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR ACCOUNTING? YEAH. 16 TO, UH, 16% TO SOME CASES, 35% ON SOME OF OUR MORE POPULAR, UH, ITEMS THAT WE PREPARE. UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR SUPPLIERS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF, OF COMMITTING TO, UH, PROTEINS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WITH OUR, OUR, OUR PRIMARY SUPPLIER WITH BEEF AND CHICKEN GOING THROUGH THE ROOF, AS YOU MENTIONED THERE. UH, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE, AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WHILE STILL MAINTAINING OUR EFFECTIVENESS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE. SO FOR THE COURT, YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A HUNDRED DOLLARS INCREASE IN RENT GOES UP, I THINK IT'S A 10% OR 9% INCREASE IN FOLKS WHO ARE, UH, GOING ON THE STREETS INTO, UH, BECOME UNHOUSED. SO FOR THESE DOLLAR INCREASES TO PEOPLE'S FOOD BILL, WHAT DO YOU SEE, UH, AS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE? THE, UH, NUMBERS OF THE FOOD INSECURITY IN BEXAR COUNTY IS, IS TREMENDOUS, AND IT IS GROWING, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLDER ADULTS. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE, UH, UPCOMING, UH, UH, NUTRITION SUMMIT THAT WE HAVE THERE. UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT INDIVIDUALS ARE THOSE WHO CAN'T GET TO THE GROCERY STORE, WHO CAN'T, IF SHOULD THEY GET GROCERIES, CAN'T STAND LONG ENOUGH TO PREPARE THEIR MEALS, AND THERE ARE MORE AND MORE OF THOSE OUT THERE. UH, SO IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR THEM. IT'S HARD ON US AS A PROVIDER. I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC, UH, UH, PERCENTAGES FOR YOU, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GET THE DETAILS TO YOU, COMMISSIONER. WELL, LET'S WORK ON THAT. SO WE ALSO HAVE 284,000 PEOPLE IN BAYAR COUNTY WHO RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS. MANY OF THEM ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF, OF THE AGE THAT YOU SERVE. AND THAT'S, AND LET'S NOT FORGET, MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE AND RELYING UPON GRANDMA'S INCOME TO MAKE THINGS WORK. AND SO IN THE HOME, 284,000 HOMES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE SENIORS ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED. SO LOOK, HERE, HERE'S MY COMMITMENT, UH, AND I THINK IT WILL BE THE COMMITMENT OF THIS COURT. WE ARE OPENING A NEW FARM FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY AG EXTENSION SERVICE VERY SOON. UH, AND I'VE ASKED THAT THEY BEGIN TO EXPEDITE THE HARVEST SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HELP ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS. SO WE'LL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET A MOU. AND IF WE HAVE TO RAISE SOME CHICKENS AND SOME COWS, THAT'LL BE FUN. WE'LL GET THE, MAYBE THE RODEO TO COME AND HELP US AND , UH, GET SOME, SOME LOWER COST, UH, ITEMS TO OUR, TO OUR SENIORS, BECAUSE IT MATTERS, UH, [01:50:01] FOR THE LIFE SUSTAINING OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER 300,000 IMPACTED PEOPLE, MORE THAN LIKELY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MO, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. WELL, VINCENT, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH MEALS ON WHEELS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. UH, WE'VE BEEN OUT AND, AND DELIVERED, UH, MEALS AND FANS WITH YOU, AND, UM, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER AND A GREAT NONPROFIT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, I WANT TO THANK PUBLICLY, UH, THE DONORS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME UP. YOU SAID ALMOST $700,000 NOW. YES. THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING. AND, UH, IT'S HEARTWARMING TO, TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO CONTRIBUTE, UM, ARE STEPPING UP AND DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND THEN I WANNA THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND, UH, I THINK A THOUGHTFUL WAY OF, UM, PURSUING THIS AND EXPLORING IT, MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, THE DUST KIND OF SETTLES HERE, AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GAPS THE REMAIN ARE, UM, AFTER THOSE, UH, PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS ARE EXPENDED. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO LOOKING AT THIS HERE AS WE GO FORWARD. UM, I THINK EVERYONE HERE SUPPORTS MEALS ON WHEELS, UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE RIGHT NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO SEE WHERE, WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. VINCENT, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN HERE. UH, I WANNA APPLAUD COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IN TRYING TO MEET AN IMMEDIATE NEED. WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ACUTE NEED THAT REALLY DID NOT. WE BEAR COUNTY DID NOT WANT ANYBODY TO GO HUNGRY. SO, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON. THAT SHOWS HOW AGILE AND QUICK BEAR COUNTY CAN REACT. AS COUNTY JUDGE, MY PRIMARY DUTY IS TO PROTECT THIS COUNTY. I TAKE REALLY SPECIAL INTEREST TO PROTECT THE LEAST OF US, THE MOST VULNERABLE, IT'S THE CHILDREN, IT'S THE FAMILIES, IT'S THE SENIORS, IT'S DISABLED, IT'S THE VETERANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE FIXED INCOME. AND VINCENT, UH, I'LL ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP MEALS ON WHEELS FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. YOU'RE KIND OF THE UNSUNG HEROES. UH, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE MEALS ON WHEELS. I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT WITH MY PERSONAL VEHICLE, ALONG WITH MY WIFE, RACHEL SAKA, TO GO DELIVER THOSE MEALS TO THE SENIORS. UH, IT WAS VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT. IT IS THE, IT'S A GREAT USE OF THE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS AND THE REVENUE Y'ALL RECEIVED. I'M A LUCKY GUY IN THE SENSE THAT AT THE END OF THIS LAST BUDGET YEAR, I HAD SOME DISCRETIONARY MONEY. AND VINCENT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I GAVE TO OTHERS, BUT THE MEALS ON WHEELS ORGANIZATION WAS CERTAINLY AT THE ONE OF THE TOP ORGANIZATIONS, AND I WAS ABLE TO GIVE YOU A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, OF MY DISCRETIONARY, UH, BUDGET MONEY. BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ENOUGH AND IT WASN'T GONNA COVER THIS POTENTIAL DEFICIT. I'M ALSO STRUCK THAT COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME HEADWINDS. UH, WE'VE GOT PUBLIC POLICIES, UH, AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT WILL FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO SNAP, WHICH IS THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, UH, CUTS TO MEDICAID, WHICH IS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, AND MANY OTHER POLICIES THAT WILL FALL UPON LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO, AGAIN, BEXAR COUNTY STEPS UP READY TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PARTNERSHIP, VINCENT. AND I'D LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD THAT, UH, THE, MY OFFICE STAFF, THE COUNTY JUDGE STAFF ALONG WITH THE FOOD BANK, UH, HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS. AND I'M PUTTING, LIKE, TO PUT ON RECORD THAT ON NOVEMBER 5TH WE WILL HAVE A FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT AT THE FREEMAN COLISEUM, AND WE'LL BE GETTING NOTICES OUT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, VINCENT, I'M GONNA ASK THE COMMUNITY AND PUT ON PUBLIC RECORD THAT I'M CALLING FOR FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT, CHOOSING TO LOOK AT THE POSITIVE OF HOW WE COME TOGETHER. THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE HAS SHOWN THE POWER OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT, VINCENT? YES, SIR. OUR CORPORATE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY STEPPED UP TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS. AND SO WHAT THIS SUMMIT IS ABOUT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IS THAT CAN WE PARTNER UP AND CAN WE LEVERAGE, CAN WE PUT THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE WITH COUNTY [01:55:01] TAXPAYER MONEY TO LEVERAGE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE CORPORATE, AND TO PUT OUT A CALL TO THOSE THAT WOULD DONATE TO THESE, TO THESE WORTHY UH, CAUSES. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I WANNA APPLAUD YOU. YOU'VE ALSO PUT HOUSING AND SECURITY ON AN ISSUE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND COUNTY STAFF TO DEVELOP THE STRATEGIES AS TO HOW WE CAN HELP PROVIDE SUPPORT THERE. SO LET US PREPARE. I DO NOT WANT ALARM THE COMMUNITY IN THE SENSE OF WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE HAVE A CRISIS, BUT WE'RE COMING THERE AND WE'RE COMING THERE VERY QUICKLY IN LIGHT OF THE CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN CRE CREATED BY THESE POLICIES AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL. SO WITH THAT, I SUPPORT THE MOTION TABLE IN ORDER THAT WE CAN TRULY COME UP WITH AN EFFECTIVE PLAN AND A PROCESS AND THE ABILITY TO MEET THE LEADS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO AT THIS TIME, IS THERE, UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO TABLE SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. VINCENT WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. Y'ALL ARE THE BEST. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK TO [71. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the approval of adopting an Order Restricting Outdoor Burning, effective on the date of adoption of the order.] INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE'LL START 71. DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF ADOPTING AN ORDER RESTRICTED, AN OUTDOOR BURNING, EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THE ORDER. MICHAEL MORLAN, OEM. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF JOHN ORTEGA HERE FILLING IN FOR FIRE MARSHAL CHRIS LOPEZ, WHO TOOK ILL TODAY. UH, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FROM THE COURT AN EXTENSION OF THE BURN BAND, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 10TH FOR 90 DAYS MOVING FORWARD. FROM THAT POINT, UH, WE ARE STILL IN A VERY HIGH HAZARD, UH, CONDITION AS FAR AS FIRE WEATHER GOES OUT IN THE COUNTY DUE TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS. A MATTER OF FACT, TOMORROW WE'RE, WE'RE RAMPED UP IN PREPARING FOR A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER DAY, UH, THAT THAT SHOWS TO BE, UH, FAIRLY HAZARDOUS. SO WE WOULD ASK THAT, UH, RESPECTFULLY THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER EXTENDING THE BURN BAN. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLIFF FLORES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS. WE HAD A, A BULLDOZER THAT WE USED TO, YOU KNOW, BERM OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DUGOUTS TO STOP FIRES FROM GOING THAT I THINK, UH, EITHER THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS OR SOME SORT OF FLEET MAINTENANCE, IT ENDED UP GETTING OUT OF OUR COUNTY SYSTEM. SO THEY'VE REQUESTED A LOOK AT, UH, OUR ABILITY TO GET A GRANT OR FUNDING IN THE BUDGET. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M REFERRING TO? YES, COMMISSIONER. UH, YOU'RE CORRECT. UH, WE DID HAVE A, UH, BULLDOZER AT ONE TIME, SPECIFICALLY TO BE USED FOR FIRE INCIDENTS AND IT, UH, GOT, UM, TRANSFERRED OUTTA THE COUNTY INVENTORY AT SOME POINT. UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPLORING OPTIONS WITH, UH, UM, THE COUNTY STAFF TO, UH, PURCHASE, UH, ANOTHER ONE EITHER USING FIRE MARSHAL'S, OFFICE, FIRE CODE FUNDS, UM, OR POSSIBLY GRANT. UH, I'D LET DEPUTY CHIEF MICHAEL MORELAND, WHO, UH, HAS BEEN KIND OF OVERSEEING THAT PART OF IT. DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, COMMISSIONER. UM, SO WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT AS A GAP. UH, THAT GAP SHOWED UP TO US EARLIER THIS YEAR, RIGHT BEFORE THE DUKE FIRE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO, UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING CURRENTLY WITH, UH, BUDGET TO, UH, PUSH FORWARD AN A CF, UH, THAT WOULD, UM, LOOK TO PURCHASE SOME OF THAT WILDLAND FIRE EQUIPMENT. YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING, LITERALLY, I THINK WE HAD A COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING TWO DAYS BEFORE THE DUKE FIRE. AND I REMEMBER I SAID TO SOMEBODY, MY STAFF OR SOMEBODY, IT WAS, THERE WAS ALSO THE FIRES. IT WAS EITHER A FIRE IN BASTROP OR A FIRE IN CALIFORNIA. I CAN'T REMEMBER. THERE WAS A BIG FIRE. AND I, I LITERALLY SAID TO SOMEBODY, WE GOTTA GET PREPARED 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE THE SAME VULNERABILITY OF LAND, BIG FIELDS OPEN, UM, AND WE COULD HAVE SOME VERY BAD FIRES. SO I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF PUT SOME PEP IN OUR STEP. WE'RE IN A SEASON WHERE WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE RAIN, BUT VERY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC DROUGHT AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OPEN LAND WITH GROWTH OF PEOPLE COMING OUT THERE WITH CIGARETTE BUTTS JUST, YOU KNOW, HITTING THE GRASS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO LET'S TRY TO RESOLVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE FOR OUR FIRE BECAUSE, UM, WE JUST HAVE A TREMENDOUS VULNERABILITY THERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER AND, UH, THE ESD FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, HAVE BEEN COORDINATING, UH, WITH US WITH THE FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE AND ALSO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, UH, WITH RESPECT TO [02:00:01] RESPONDING TO, INTO THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE, WHICH ARE THOSE AREAS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UH, FOR BOTH, UH, WILDLAND AND, AND REGULAR GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES. UH, THEY'VE WORKING WITH, UH, OEM, THEY'VE STOOD UP SEVERAL, A COUPLE OF STRIKE TEAMS AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF. SO, UH, THAT'S GOING WELL AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THAT AND COORDINATE, UH, WITH THEM. ALSO, UH, WANT TO MENTION THE COUNTY PIO OFFICE, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN, UH, PUTTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO OUR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, ABOUT THE BURN BAND. AND WE'VE, WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN GRASS FIRE SINCE, UH, SINCE YOU ALL IMPLEMENTED THE BURN BAND BACK IN AUGUST. LET ME JUST SAY THE BIGGEST THING WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST FOR THIS, UH, EQUIPMENT WILL BE NEW YEAR'S EVE. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A CULTURE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEAR COUNTY WHERE FIREWORKS ARE HUGE AND, UH, IT, IT, IT, IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT, I REMEMBER WE DID A PRESS EVENT TOGETHER A COUPLE YEARS AGO OUT OFF OF 87. AND LITERALLY WE HAD ON TELEVISION OUR DEMO WENT WRONG AND WE HAD TO PUT OUT THE FIREWORK FIRE, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE ON LIVE TV. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF VULNERABILITY AND IF MONICA'S SHAKING HER HEAD, YOU REMEMBER THAT WE, IT WAS, IT WASN'T PRETTY, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. IT WAS VERY, VERY, UH, TELLING OF THE DANGER. SO LET'S JUST TRY TO GET THAT THING BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE SO WE CAN, UH, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE OF MIND. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, JUDGE COMMISSIONER MOODY. UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SUPPORT THE, UH, THE, THE REQUIREMENT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, BUT WHEN, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RAIN FALLS, LIKE WHAT'S THE, UH, THRESHOLD WHERE YOU GUYS TURN THE BURN BAN OFF, RIGHT? SO IF, IF WE GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RAIN, WE REACH A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, THEN IT'S 90 DAYS YOU'D COME BACK TO COURT AND REMOVE IT, RIGHT? YEAH, CORRECT. UH, COMMISSIONER, SO THE WAY THE STATUTE READS IN THAT PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE, UH, BURN BAND IS ONLY TO BE IMPLEMENTED WHILE WE'RE UNDER DROUGHT CONDITIONS, WHICH WE ARE RIGHT NOW USING THE, WHAT THEY CALL THE KBDI, THE KE BY DROUGHT INDEX. UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, LOOKED AT BY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE. SO EVERY DAY WE, WE CHECK THAT WE'RE AT 569 AS OF THIS MORNING. UM, AND, UH, DROUGHT IS AT LIKE 250 ON, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN ABOUT 40 POINT SHY OF A SEVERE DROUGHT, IS HOW THEY CATEGORIZE IT. WE'RE IN A HIGH DROUGHT CONDITION RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, WE'RE, EVEN IF WE HAD A LITTLE, I MEAN THE RAIN THAT, THAT WE GOT A FEW DAYS AGO, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SIGNIFICANT IN CERTAIN AREAS, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO AMELIORATE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. UH, BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, THE BURN BAN CAN ONLY BE IN PLACE WHEN THE COUNTY IS UNDER DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS DEFINED BY THE, BY THE KBDI INDEX. SO, UM, AT THAT POINT, GENERALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST IS THE FIRE MAR THE COURT GRANTS, THE FIRE MARSHAL THE AUTHORITY TO BASICALLY DISCONTINUE THE BURN BAN, UM, AT, AT WHEN THE, WHEN THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ANYTHING ELSE? LET ME DISCLOSE WITH THIS, UM, SINCE I'VE BECOME COUNTY JUDGE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND HAS PAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND TODAY'S REPORT IN REGARDS TO THE BURN BAN IS ONE REFLECTION OF US BEING PROACTIVE. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO MORE INVESTMENT FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE TO THAT OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS THE EQUIPMENT, AND THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCE WE FACE AS A RESULT OF THE DROUGHT AND POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS. BUT ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THIS ALSO MERGES IN WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM THIS MORNING, AND THE RECOGNITION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US, UH, WHICH REFLECTS THE PURSUIT OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING, PREPAREDNESS, AND RESPONSE. AND AGAIN, I'LL REPEAT THAT IS MY PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO SERVE, TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY. AND AS IT RELATES TO FOOD INSECURITY, GOES TO THE REALLY JUST BASIC PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND I SEE OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS READY TO GO FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT WE MUST ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE ARE PROTECTED, AND THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN DO IT. SO I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THAT WE CONTINUE. SO UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK Y'ALL. ITEM 72, [72. Discussion and appropriate action related to the approval of an Operation Agreement between Bexar County and the Bexar County Sheriff's Office regarding the transfer of operations of the Bexar County Firearms Training Center from the Facilities Management Department to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, and authorization to take all necessary administrative actions to support the transfer, including a budgetary transfer, if necessary.] DISCUSSION AND APP ACTION RELATED TO THE APPROVAL OF AN OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF OPERATIONS OF THE BEXAR COUNTY FIREARMS TRAINING CENTER AND THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AUTHORIZATION TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE [02:05:01] ACTION TO SUPPORT THE TRANSFER, INCLUDING A BUDGET TRANSFER IS NECESSARY. SHERIFF, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. UH, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. UH, YOU HONOR, ON ANY GIVEN YEAR, UH, WE HAVE TO RUN ABOUT 1700, UH, ACTIVE DUTY, UH, DEPUTIES THROUGH ANNUAL FIREARMS. WE PUT RE QUALIFICATIONS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED DETENTION CADETS THAT HAVE TO BE RUN THROUGH AS PART OF THE, UH, STATE MANDATED JAILERS COURSE. UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, UPWARDS OF A HUNDRED, UH, PATROL CADETS THAT HAVE TO COME THROUGH. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S, IT'S QUITE LITERALLY A SEVEN DAY OPERATION IN MANY CASES. ADD TO THAT, THAT SOME YEARS, UH, AS PART OF OUR TCO MANDATED TRAINING, WE HAVE TO CHANGE UP HOURS. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE NIGHT SHOOTING, UH, WITH LOW LIGHT SHOOTING, WHICH WE HAVE TO ALSO FACTOR IN. AND SO TO US, IN, IN ADDITION TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS, WE'VE, IT JUST MAKES IT MORE SENSE IN, IN OUR OPINION, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BETTER CONTROL THE, OUR, OUR OWN ACCESS. UH, NOW WITH, WITH THAT, NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE FACTORING IN, UH, THE SEVEN OTHER ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY. ALL OF OUR CONSTABLES, UH, THE DA'S OFFICE HAS THEIR, UH, INVESTIGATORS AND OF COURSE, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FIRE MARSHALS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL SAID AND DONE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES, BUT ADDITIONALLY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERS AND, AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, UH, THAT, THAT NEED TO BE FACTORED INTO THIS. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL GET THE BEST TRAINING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'D LIKE, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE A QUESTION. HOLD UP. COMMISSIONER MOODY. I I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND, COME BACK, COMMISSIONER MOODY. UM, APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE BACKGROUND THERE. UH, SHERIFF, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ME THIS MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS, BUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE MAKES UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE WHO ARE GONNA USE THE FIREARMS TRAINING FACILITY. UM, SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE A GOOD PARTNER FOR THE OTHER AGENCIES. SURE. UM, SO I, I TRUST THAT YOU ALL WILL, WILL DO THAT, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND USE THE, THE RANGE. YEAH. UH, REALLY ENJOYED IT. UM, IT'S A, A GREAT FACILITY. IT'S A GREAT, GREAT ASSET FOR THE COUNTY. SO, UM, YEAH, I SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK OUT THERE AT SOME POINT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I AGREE. I THINK THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND, UH, YEAH, I SHARED THE SAME, UH, SENTIMENT THAT COMMISSIONER MOODY JUST EXPRESSED. WE JUST, UH, BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU'VE ALL, YOU'VE ALREADY STATED THAT SURE. CERTAINLY OUR COUNTY BROTHERS AND UH, UH, PEACE OFFICERS ARE, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO HAVE THOSE, UH, HOURS AS WELL. AND SO, UH, WE, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION THAT YOU'VE COME TO COURT WITH OF COURSE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, GOOD, GOOD MAINTENANCE OF EVERYTHING THERE. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CLAY FLOS. UM, HI J, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, HOW ARE THE CONSTABLES OR SPECIFICALLY CONSTABLE, THE HEATHER FOR PRECINCT ONE, HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE PRIORITIZED WHEN THEY NEED TO DO THEIR PRACTICING? WELL, YOU KNOW, ALL TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS, WE ALL HOLD THE SAME LICENSE AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME SHOOTING REQUIREMENTS. AND SO, UH, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, ANYTIME THAT THEY NEED TO COME IN AND SHOOT, ALL THEY GOTTA DO IS, IS, IS COORDINATE WITH OUR STAFF AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE GET THEM IN AND OUT AS AS, AS CONVENIENTLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE THEM MISS A DEADLINE ON TRAINING, UH, OR MISS OUT ON THEIR REGULAR DUTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING ON A, ON, ON, ON A RANGE, UH, AVAILABILITY. AND SO FOR US, WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACCOMPLISH JUST THAT. SO YOU OR YOUR OFFICE HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THEM, THEY UNDERSTAND THE TRANSITION AND HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK. WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE WAITING UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAD KEYS IN HAND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT YES, I HAVE A FIREARM STAFF THAT CURRENTLY, UH, WORKS OUT OF OUR TRAINING ACADEMY. THAT FIREARM STAFF WILL NOW BE WORKING OUT OF THE, THE FIRING RANGE OFFICE, AND THAT'S WHO WILL BE HANDLING THE, THE SCHEDULING. AND SO STARTING TODAY, WE'LL START MAKING THOSE CALLS AND MAKING SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT, THAT, UH, NEEDS TO SHOOT GETS IN THERE AND DOES. SO, YOU KNOW, IT BENEFITS US ALL. UH, TRUTH BE TOLD ON A, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THERE'S AN, THERE'S A A CRITICAL INCIDENT, WHICH NONE OF US EVER WANTS TO HAVE, BUT YOU KNOW, TRUTH BE TOLD, UH, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT MIXED BAG OF FIRST RESPONDERS ARE GOING TO RESPOND. AND SO TO US IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH THE SAME QUALITY SHOOTING. OKAY. UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN FOR THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE THERE. SO HOW, HOW'S THAT GONNA TRANSITION? UM, I HAD ASKED DAN TO COME FORWARD ALSO. DAN, YOU WANNA STEP UP? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CURRENT COUNTY EMPLOYEES. ABSOLUTELY. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S ONE FULL-TIME AND TWO PART-TIME. IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES. AND IN THIS AGREEMENT, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSIONER. AND AGAIN, OUR FIRST CHARGE TO [02:10:01] MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WE'RE TAKING CARE OF AS WELL AS DAVID SMITH'S MANTRA TO ME DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. SO WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR TWO PART-TIME RANGE SAFETY OFFICERS, AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY TRANSFERRING OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPARTMENT WITH THAT OPERATION. OUR RANGE MASTER WILL BE ACTUALLY COLLAPSING BACK TO OUR LIFE AND SAFETY DIVISION TO HELP US WITH THIS. I'M SORRY. SO THE ONE ONE, SO THE TWO PART-TIME ARE GONNA GO INTO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS PART-TIME, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME JOBS, CORRECT. SHERIFF? CORRECT. SO THEY'LL BE DOING VERY SIMILAR DUTIES. THEY, THEY COVERAGE SCHEDULING, LATE NIGHT SHOOTS, THOSE, THOSE HOURS. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONE FULLTIME MAINTAIN RANGE BASE AND THE ONE FULL-TIME WILL COLLAPSE BACK INTO OUR DEPARTMENT TO HELP US WITH SOME THE LARGER COUNTYWIDE SECURITY GUARD CONTRACT AND SOME OTHER SKILL SETS HE HAS. HE'S A LICENSED PEACE OFFICER, SO HE HAS SOME, SOME SKILLSET THAT WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE ON OUR SIDE OF THE HOUSE WITH OUR SECURITY GUARD. OKAY. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HIS SKILL SETS ARE STILL BEING UTILIZED AND HE'S NOT GONNA GO TO, YEAH. THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE CHARGE OF, OF THIS, THIS STARTING OFF OF THIS CONVERSATION WAS TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN CARE OF. SO, OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT COMMITMENT PUBLICLY FROM BOTH, UH, THE SHERIFF AND DAN TO MAKE SURE YOU WORK, WORK TO MAKE SURE OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE TAKEN CARE OF. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THE, THE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REMAINING WILL BE EXPECTED TO WEAR COWBOY HATS, THOUGH. JUST THAT'S JUST, UH, A HOUSE RULE. I'M KIDDING. COMMISSIONER , I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. . UM, AND THEN ARE, ARE YOU GONNA NEED, IS THIS GONNA IMPACT THE BUDGET AT ALL? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, MA'AM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING FLOOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. GET TO WORK GUYS. THANK YOU. WILL DO . UH, [73. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding the estimated cost savings of approving funding for 10 Sergeants in the Adult Detention Center, which was adopted on September 9, 2025, with the change memo.] ITEM 73, PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE ESTIMATED COST OF SAVINGS, APPROVING FUNDING FOR 10 SERGEANTS, ADULT AT DETENTION CENTER, WHICH WAS ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 WITH THE CHANGE MEMO, SHERIFF. WELL, GOOD MORNING AGAIN. UH, YES, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD, VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO STAFF UP AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE, WE COME HERE QUITE FREQUENTLY ASKING FOR, FOR MORE MONEY TO PAY FOR OVERTIME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED SOMETIME BACK, UH, SOUTH TOWER HAD NOT BEEN STAFFED UP TO THE, TO THE LEVEL THAT IT NEEDED TO GET. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW. BUT THE FIRST STEP FOR US IS TO, UH, BRING IN 10 ADDITIONAL, UH, SUPERVISOR POSITIONS, SERGEANT POSITIONS THAT WILL BE HELPING US OUT IN THE SOUTH TOWER AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO ADD DEPUTIES TO THAT, UH, THAT PART OF THE FACILITY AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU, YOU ALL ASKED US TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE COULD DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS WOULD BE, UH, THIS WOULD BRING DOWN OUR OVERTIME. WELL, WHEN YOU'VE GOT 10 SUPERVISORS POSITIONS THAT WILL NO LONGER BE PAID AT TIME AND A HALF, BUT RATHER STRAIGHT TIME, OBVIOUSLY THAT, THAT WILL HELP US OUT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF JOEL JENSEN ACTUALLY HAS SOME DOLLAR FIGURES WITH HIM TODAY THAT HE CAN PRESENT IN FURTHER INTO THAT. IF WE COULD CHANGE THE SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. SO, CURRENTLY, UH, THIS PAST, UH, FISCAL YEAR, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, OVERTIME WE PAID OUT ABOUT 1.2 MILLION, UH, 73,000 AND, UH, WE WERE PROJECTING IT WITH THE 10 NEW POSITIONS. THE COST WILL BE ABOUT 896,534 WITH A COST SAVINGS ABOUT 377,327. SO MATH WISE, I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO GIVE US THE ADDITIONAL SPOTS THAT WE'RE NOT USING THE OVERTIME. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MOODY. SO THE, CAN YOU LEAVE THE SLIDE UP SINCE I DON'T HAVE A PRINTED COPY? MAYBE I DO. I CAN YOU LEAVE THE SLIDE BACK UP PLEASE? UM, OKAY, SO THAT'S THE SALARY FOR SERGEANT BENEFITS MULTIPLIER. SO ALL IN THE 10 SERGEANTS TOTAL, UH, COST IS THE 900,000. YES SIR. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN HELP ME WITH THE, IS THE TOTAL FSA TOTAL OVERTIME PAID? THAT IS FOR THE SERGEANTS OVERALL IN THE JAIL? YES SIR. THAT WAS THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. 23 TO 24. WE ITEMIZED EACH SERGEANT AND THEN TOTALED IT OUT. OKAY. AND SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS THAT THE 3 77, UM, SO HELP ME WITH THE MATH ON HOW YOU GOT TO THE 3 77. UH, IT'S JUST, UM, THE TOTAL COST THAT WE PAID OUT FOR 23 TO 24 WAS THE 1.2, SUBTRACT THE 800, WELL THE 900,000 AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR 3 77 SAVINGS IS GONNA COME ABOUT. [02:15:01] SO COMMISSIONER, IF I COULD CHIME IN, THAT'S THE NET SAVINGS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WE, OVER TIME, 'CAUSE THIS WON'T HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, BUT OVER TIME WOULD BE LOOKING TO SEE IS A $1.2 MILLION TOTAL REDUCTION IN OT AND FLSA FOR THE SERGEANTS, BUT THE NET SAVINGS HE'S CORRECT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. OKAY. I'M STILL JUST, UH, TRYING TO GET AT THE, THE 1.2. SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE FOR 10? NO, THAT'S ALL SERGEANTS YOU SAID? CORRECT. THE 1.2 IS ALL SERGEANTS. WHAT THEY OCCURRED OVER TIME FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 23 TO 24. OKAY. I GUESS I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT FOR THOSE 10 SERGEANTS THAT WERE ADDING THAT, IF THAT WAS ALL, IF THEY WERE GETTING PAID TIME AND A HALF YES, SIR. SO WE WERE ELIMINATING CHIEF THAT AMOUNT OF OVERTIME THAT IT WOULD BE HALF OF THE 900,000 OR FOUR 50, BUT THAT WAS JUST THE MATH I WAS DOING IN MY HEAD. THE 1.2 IS THAT FOR THE 10 SOUTH TOWER POSITIONS OR THAT'S ALL, IT'S ALL SERGEANTS COMBINED, ALL 59. WELL THEN THIS MATH DOESN'T WORK. OKAY. WELL I'M, I'M GLAD THAT IT'S NOT JUST ME. I WAS, YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO GET AT FOUR 50, UM, BUT YEAH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TOTAL SERGEANTS VERSUS THE 10 SERGEANT POSITIONS. UM, MAYBE WE CAN JUST SERGEANT POSITIONS REVIEW THIS OFFLINE FURTHER. WELL, LET'S OPEN UP FURTHER DISCUSSION. SURE. FURTHER DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. YEAH, I I I KIND OF MISSED THE, YOU'RE SAYING THE, SO THE FIRST OF ALL, THE 10 POSITIONS ARE THE ONES THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? UM, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER MOODY. YOU WERE, YOU WERE SAYING WHICH NUMBERS DIDN'T ADD UP OR WAS THAT YOU SMITH, SO IF THE 1.2 MILLION WAS THE OVERTIME AND FLSA BEING PAID TO STAFF THE, THE SOUTH TOWER WITH SERGEANTS, THEN I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ONCE THEY'RE REPLACED WITH FULL-TIME SERGEANTS OVER TIME, AT SOME POINT I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THOSE 10 SERGEANTS REDUCE OVERTIME IN FLSA BY AT LEAST 1.2 MILLION BECAUSE THAT WAS THE COST. BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WASN'T THE COST FOR THESE 10 SERGEANTS, THAT WAS THE COST FOR ALL DETENTION SERGEANTS. IN WHICH CASE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE ANYMORE TO BE HONEST. WELL, YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO I THINK IF, I'M GONNA TRY TO TRY TO, FROM MY LENS, IF I SAID $900,000 IN SALARY FOR THE 10 SERGEANTS, IF EVERY HOUR THAT THOSE SERGEANTS ARE WORKING, THEY ARE REMOVING SOMEBODY WHO'S TODAY GETTING PAID FLSA OR OVERTIME, WHICH WOULD BE TIME AND A HALF, THEN THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 50% OF THE TOTAL COST OF THOSE SERGEANTS, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE FOUR 50. THAT'S WHY I SAW THE TOTAL SAVED AND I WAS TRYING TO DO THE MATH AND, AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. UM, SO I AGREE WITH, WITH, UH, THE COUNTY MANAGER ON, ON THAT ELEMENT. WELL CLEARLY I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S STILL SAVINGS. UM, BUT, BUT I'M JUST NOT, NOT TRACKING ON THE SLIDE HERE. SO I WOULD PUT IN THIS PERSPECTIVE. SO WITH 10 SERGEANTS THAT ARE MISSING, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE ASKING ADDITIONAL OFFICERS OR SERGEANTS TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS BY FILLING IN THOSE GAPS. THEY'RE OCCURRING TIME AND A HALF. THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE 1.2 TO SHOW DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH OVERTIME WE PAID JUST TWO SO SERGEANTS, SO WHEN WE ADD THESE ADDITIONAL 10 UH, SERGEANTS, THE SERGEANTS ARE NO LONGER GONNA BE WORKING OVERTIME, PERIOD. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SHOWING THE SAVINGS OF THE, OF THE ADDITIONAL, THE COST OF ONE 2.1 0.2. THE SAVINGS WILL BE THE THREE POINT, THE 377. YOU'RE SAYING THE 10 SERGEANTS ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE OR SHOULD ELIMINATE ALL THE OVERTIME PAID, CORRECT. FROM LAST. CORRECT. SO THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY MORE OVERTIME SOUTH TOWER PERIOD PERIOD. SOUTH TOWER, YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE MAP NOW. WELL INDIVIDUALS LIKE SERGEANTS HAVE TO WORK MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO IF THEY HAVE LATE REPORTS. THAT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A SERGEANT THAT ACTUALLY FILLING A POSITION FULL TIME AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING UP. SO WHAT I, AND I CAN'T VERIFY THIS SITTING HERE TODAY, BUT WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THEY WERE PAYING OVERTIME BUT NOT JUST 10 SERGEANTS TO WHEREVER THEY COULD GRAB A SERGEANT TO FILL THAT SLOT, THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD PAY OVERTIME. SO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS OVERTIME FOR [02:20:01] SERGEANTS LARGELY WILL BE UNNECESSARY ONCE THESE 10 ARE FILLED OR SO. YEAH, WELL, I MEAN WE JUST, IT'S A MANAGEMENT, UH, TOOL. SO BASICALLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE VACANCIES. SO SERGEANTS WILL NOT BE OCCURRING THOUGH OVERTIME ANYMORE, WHICH WILL BE UPON THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. I THINK WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT, IT MAKES MORE SENSE. YES, SIR. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT SIDETRACKED, BUT THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU, YOU ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR OVERTIME WITH THESE NEW POSITIONS AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE SAVINGS AND YOU'RE JUST SAYING ROUGHLY IT'S GONNA BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OF $370,000. YES. IT MAY NOT BE EXACT, BUT, BUT NO, I MEAN 'CAUSE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, LIKE WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU STAY LATE. AND WHAT I RECOLLECT THAT WAS UM, THE COMMITMENT WHEN WE APPROVED THE POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET CYCLE WAS IT WAS GONNA ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR SOME OVERTIME. MAYBE NOT ALL OVERTIME, BUT SOME OVERTIME IN THE TOWER, THE MAJORITY OF IT. YES, CORRECT. OKAY. FOR SERGEANTS AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE 10 SERGEANTS WAS SUPPOSED TO REMOVE ALL OF IT, NOT SAYING THAT'S IN A PERFECT WORLD FOR THE SERGEANT POSITION. RIGHT. BUT THE 10 SERGEANTS WERE SUPPOSED TO FILL THE GAP ENTIRELY FOR SERGEANTS, CORRECT? CORRECT SIR. SOUTH INSIDE. SO WE, WE EXPECT TO REALIZE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE SAVINGS AND NOT SEE OVERTIME FOR SERGEANTS IN THE JAIL, CORRECT SIR? CORRECT. IN EPTEMBER. THANK YOU. SOUTH IN SOUTH TAR. YES. CAN I TAKE, SO IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MOTION TO APPROVE JUDGE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? ALL SET. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY MOTION CARRIES? GET ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. ONE MORE? NO MORE THERE. . THAT'S WHAT I HEARD TODAY, JUDGE. 74 [74. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to convert existing Public Safety Communications Manager position to Change Management Specialist and to upgrade existing Change Management Technician to Change Management Specialist.] DISCUSSION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL TO CONVERT EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS MATTER POSITION TO CHANGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST, THE UPGRADE EXISTING CHANGE MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN TO CHANGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST SHERIFF OR CHIEF CHIEF Z. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JAMES RADO. I SERVE AS THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR OUR SHERIFF. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR A FEW YEARS. UH, THIS IS A ZERO COST IMPROVEMENT. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TAKING THE SALARY THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S AN UNFILLED POSITION AND WE WANT TO TAKE THAT SALARY AND SPLIT IT OFF AND CREATE A NEW CHANGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITION AND THEN UPGRADE A CHANGE MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN UP TO A CHANGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CHANGE GOING ON ALL THE TIME. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING TIME CLOCK BEFORE WE HAD ODYSSEY. I THINK WE'VE ALSO HAD OUR MHU UNIT COME ALONG. WE HAD OUR SMART UNIT COME ALONG, UH, SOON WE'LL GET A WORKDAY COMING UP. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO TAKE THESE FOLKS AND BUILD UP THE EXPERTISE IN EVERY ONE OF OUR MANAGERS, RIGHT? PART OF THE MANAGEMENT ROLE IS TO PROVIDE FOR PLANNING AND ORGANIZING STAFF AND DIRECTING, SO ON AND SO ON. THIS WILL HELP US COLLAPSE TIME AND BUILD UP EXPERTISE IN THE PLANNING AREA SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THINGS LIKE COST UNIDENTIFIED VARIABLES, TIMED UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, PROBLEM SOLVING. AND WE THINK THIS IS A MUCH BETTER USE. IT WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVE THAT WILL BE HELPING A LOT OF THE CHIEF FUNCTIONS THAT IS TYING UP A LOT OF TIME. IT WON'T BE OPERATIONAL UNTIL THE UNITS GET STOOD UP OR SOMETHING ELSE COMES ONLINE. COMMISSIONER, I AGREE. YES. CHIEF. AND, AND IF I RECALL AGAIN A DISCUSSION DURING, DURING BUDGET, UM, IS THIS ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE BUDGET NEUTRAL? YES SIR, IT IS. THAT'S YES SIR. IT IS A ZERO COST IMPROVEMENT. IT'S BUDGET NEUTRAL. YES SIR. THAT'S WHAT I RECOLLECT. OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE JUDGE. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. YOU GUYS GOT, DO WE GET IT ALL DONE SHERIFF? I HOPE SO. JUDGE . WELL, WE GOT IT DONE FOR THIS MORNING. YES SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. ALL RIGHT, ITEM 75, [75. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval and execution of a purchase order to the lowest, most responsive bid submitted by ABH Pros, LLC (HUB) in the base bid amount of $1,132,291.40, plus contingency in the amount of $50,000, plus alternate one in the amount of $583,602.93, plus allowance one in the amount of $15,000, plus allowance two in the amount of $17,000, for a total award amount of $1,797,894.33 to replace the roof on the Adult Detention Center Towers A & B, as well as four (4) RTU units, as requested by Facilities Management; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record.] DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION, APPROVAL, EXECUTION AND PURCHASE ORDER TO THE LOWEST MOST RESPONSIVE BID SUBMITTED BY A BH PROS IN THE BASE BID AMOUNT OF $1,132,291 AND 40 CENTS PLUS CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF 50,000 PLUS ALTERNATIVE ONE ALTERNATE ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $583,602 AND 93 CENTS PLUS ALLOWANCE. ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF 15,000 PLUS ALLOWANCE TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF 17,000 FOR A TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT OF $1,797,894 [02:25:04] AND 33 CENTS TO REPLACE THE ROOF AT THE ADULTS DETENTION TOWER A AND B AS WELL AS FOUR RTU UNITS AS REQUESTED BY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORIZING THE PERSON AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD. DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD. MR. GALLOWAY, MR. CURRY, YOU HAVE GOOD A AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR. COMMISSIONERS, UH, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE, UM, THE ITEM ON BEHALF OF, UH, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, MR. DAN CURRY DIRECTOR, UM, PRETTY LENGTHY, UH, CAPTION. SO I'LL JUST, UH, UH, WANT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER TO A BH PROS LLC AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,797,894 AND 33 CENTS. UM, THAT CUR HAS THE, UH, OUTLINE FOR YOU GUYS AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. UM, THANK YOU GREGORY. SO REALLY QUICK, THIS IS, UH, UH, IMPORTANT BUT UNSPECTACULAR ONE OF OUR PROJECTS. UM, IT REPLACES A SECTION, THE OLDEST SECTION OF THE A DC ANNEX ROOF AS WELL AS, UH, LIFTING UP SOME MECHANICAL UNITS, UH, ON THAT ROOF AND REPLACING THEM. UH, BASE BID, AS YOU SAID JUDGE, WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE AREAS. AA ONE AND A TWO OF A TOWER AND THEN LIFTING AND REMOVING AND, UH, REPLACING THOSE OLD RTUS. THOSE RTUS ARE ACTUALLY OLD REFRIGERANT. UM, THAT IS TWO EPA, UM, ORDERS AGO TO, TO VACATE. SO THAT'S, WE CAN'T GET THAT REFRIGERANT ANYMORE. WE MAY BOTTLE IT AND SELL IT 'CAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY VALUABLE AT THIS POINT. . UM, AND THEN ALTERNATE ONE, UM, WE HAVE SOME FLASHINGS IN THE B TOWER SCOPE AND WORK AS WELL. UH, WE WORKED WITH, UH, GREGORY'S TEAM TO PUT OUT THE SOLICITATION. 16 CON CONTRACTORS ATTENDED THAT PRE-BID. WE GOT GREAT PARTICIPATION. UH, WE HAD SIX BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED AND THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID WAS, UH, AGE PRO AGE PROS, LLC. SO, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER, MOOD? DAN, IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THE BASE BID VERSUS THE ALTERNATE ONE AND I ASSUME THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WORK. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE 500, 600 K YOU JUST TALK ABOUT YOU'RE STILL RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DO BOTH AT THIS TIME. YEAH, SO, SO AGAIN, WE PACKAGED THIS PROJECT AGAIN, THE MARKET IS VERY UNCERTAIN. WE DON'T SOMETIMES KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN AFFORD, SO WE PACKAGED THE ROOF IN CHUNKS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE COULD BUY OUT ON THE PROJECT AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUY BOTH PORTIONS OF THAT ANNEX ROOF WITH THIS BID PROCEDURE METHOD. SO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE, WE CAN EITHER ACCEPT OR REJECT THAT ALTERNATE. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD IT TO THIS SCOPE OF WORK. IT IS THE SAME GENERAL AREA. IT HELPS US OUT WITH THAT. AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS WERE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO FUND US IN THIS LAST CAPITAL PROGRAM TO REPLACE THE, THE ROOFS ON C AND D TOWER OF THE ANNEX. SO THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT WILL COME UP IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FOR US AS WELL. SO THE ENTIRE ANNEX WILL HAVE A NEW ROOF AFTER THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 76, [76. Discussion and appropriate action authorizing the Purchasing Agent to reject all proposals submitted for Request for Proposal (RFP) #1105 Food Services for Sheriff's Office, and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to re-solicit as requested by the Bexar County Sheriff.] DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION AUTHORIZING PERSON AGENT TO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER 1 1 0 5 FOOD SERVICES FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AUTHORIZED IMPERSON AGENT TO RES SOLICIT AS REQUESTED BY THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF JUDGE? YES, JUDGE. MR. SMITH. I'M SORRY. AND GREGORY, I'M SORRY. UM, THE REASON THIS SOMEWHAT UNUSUALLY WORDED ITEM, OR ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S ON THE AGENDA IS BECAUSE IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION WHEN THIS WAS MOVING FORWARD THAT WHEN THIS RFP FOR FOOD SERVICE FOR THE A DC WAS ORIGINALLY BID OUT, UH, IT CONTAINED LANGUAGE THAT EXPRESSED THE COUNTY'S PREFERENCE THAT WE NOT UTILIZE INMATE LABOR IN MAKING THE MEALS. AND AS YOUR BUDGET OFFICER, I HAVE A REAL CONCERN ABOUT THAT. OKAY? BECAUSE IN MY ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, THAT COULD AS MUCH AS DOUBLE THE COST OF THE COUNTY, WHICH IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS. SO IN WORKING WITH GREGORY'S OFFICE, AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT GREGORY, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE RUDE, BUT THAT WILL SHOCK ABSOLUTELY NO ONE THAT THAT'S COMING FROM ME. IT SHOCKS ME. OKAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE MY CONSTITUENT, I EXPECT BETTER. ALL RIGHT, SO ALMOST NO ONE, UM, ANYWAY, SO WHAT I WOULD HUMBLY, UH, RECOMMEND TO THE COURT IS THAT AS RECOM AS IS BEING SUGGESTED WITH THIS ITEM, REJECT ALL CURRENT BIDS BECAUSE I'M TOLD FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO DO IT. AND THEN REISSUE THAT AT A MINIMUM REQUEST, BOTH APPROACHES, BOTH NOT USING PRICING WITHOUT INMATE LABOR AND PRICING WITH INMATE LABOR FROM ALL THE VENDORS SO [02:30:01] THAT THE COURT HAS A BETTER SET OF INFORMATION TO DEAL WITH AND WITHOUT MR. CALLWAY. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR. UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO REJECT THE BIDS. WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION YOUR RECOMMENDATION AS PURCHASING AGENT. YES SIR. DO YOU GIVE, YOU'RE CONSENTING TO THE COUNTY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION? YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, I MAKE THE MOTION JUDGE TO, UH, GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES AND COMMENT COMMISSIONER CLIFF FLOSS. SO, UM, I COURSE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE BIDS AND SEE WHAT COMES BACK, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO USE THE LABOR OF THE PEOPLE, THE INMATES, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT GIVES 'EM SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO DO AND HOPEFULLY, AS I ALWAYS SAY, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE JUST SITTING AND ROTTING IN JAIL SO WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY CAN EVEN PUT THAT IN AS A WORK EXPERIENCE OR SOMETHING. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE USE INMATE LABOR TO CONTINUE TO HELP. AND THAT'S HOW IT'S BEING DONE CURRENTLY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH COVID, BUT I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT MEALS ON WHEELS AND ALL THE CUTS AND HOW WE HAVE TO FIND MONEY ELSEWHERE TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE WAYS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MOODY. WELL, I'LL AGREE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES ON THAT I THINK THINK WE SHOULD BE USING, UH, AS MUCH OF THE, UH, THE JAIL LABOR AS WE CAN. UM, BUT THE, UH, AND AND YOU SAID CURRENTLY THEY ARE THAT'S CORRECT. A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT. COMMISSIONER, OR I'LL HAVE TO AS MUCH AS AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE CONTRACT CHIEF, WE'RE, WE'RE USING AS MUCH JAIL LABOR AS WE CAN. SO IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE WERE USING, UH, PRIOR TO COVID, YES, WE HAVE INCREASED THE INMATE LABOR, BUT THEY DO HAVE, UH, STAFF CURRENTLY BEING USED ALSO. OKAY. AND THAT'S BEING SHARED WITH ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS, RIGHT? SO WE CAN PUT THIS OUT AGAIN, BASED ON THE NEW SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S BEING INDICATED CLEARLY CONCISELY. SO EVERYBODY'S BIDDING ON THE, THE SAME SCOPE OF WORK. ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER, THAT, THAT'S THE, THE REASONING FOR IT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE REWORK THE SCOPE OF WORK, HAVE BOTH PIECES, THE, WITH, WITH LATE INMATE LABOR WITHOUT, AND THEN, UH, PUT THAT OUT. OKAY. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE CHANGE AND THESE THINGS CAN ALWAYS HAPPEN, BUT, UH, HOW DO WE PREVENT THESE FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? LIKE, WAS, WAS THIS NOT REVIEWED IN TERMS OF THE USE OF JAIL LABOR PRIOR? I THINK THE INTENT, AND I, I AGAIN DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK, BUT THE INTENT WAS TO REVIEW IT AS FAR AS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT THE INMATE LABOR. UH, BUT WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE DISCOVERY CALL UPFRONT IS JUST, HEY, IT'S NOT GONNA HURT TO HAVE THE OPTIONS OF BOTH. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE'LL PREVENT THAT IN THE, THE FORTHCOMING, UH, SOLICITATION. I WOULD, I WOULD ADD THIS TO THIS. I MEAN, NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED COVID AND TWO THIRDS OF THE JAIL TO BE INFECTED. SO AT THAT POINT WE HAD THIS SHUT DOWN, UH, ALL DAY MAKE LABOR AND USE ACTUAL, UH, STAFF FROM THE CURRENT VENDOR. SO OBVIOUSLY IN THE FUTURE WE NEED A PLAN FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT AGAIN. SO WE NEED TO HAVE EITHER A WORK IN THE, THE WORKS. YEAH, I THINK HAVING, HAVING BOTH OPTIONS ON, ON THE TABLE AND AN RFP MAKES SENSE, BUT TWO ISSUES, RIGHT? WITH, WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS HERE TODAY. ONE IS THE SCRUTINY THAT IT BRINGS TO COUNTY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAD BID AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK OUT FOR BID. AND, AND TWO IS JUST THE TIMELINE, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST DELAYING, UH, THE, THE PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT AND, AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET DONE. SO I WOULD JUST BE ADVISED, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO UH, UM, WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE END UP IN THIS SITUATION. AGREED. COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THE DUE PROCESS AND ENSURING THAT THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED, THE, THE CORRECT MATTER AND NOT, UM, OVERSTEP THAT ENSURE THAT WE CLOSE IT PROPERLY, WE REOPEN IT PROPERLY, UH, AFTER BEING ER YEAH, UN UNDERSTAND THAT. WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE WE GET THE SCOPE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. YES SIR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO OFFICER JENSEN, UM, SO I UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE TRYING TO BE PREVENTATIVE IN CASE SOMETHING LIKE COVID HAPPENS, BUT LARRY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU COULD PUT IN THE CONTRACT, LIKE CLAUSES IF THIS HAPPENS OR SOMETHING, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO TRY AND USE AS MUCH INMATE LABOR AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR, OUR FINANCIAL BENEFITS COURSE AND THEN MAYBE JUST NEGOTIATE SOMETHING IN THE CLAUSE FOR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES WITH ALL THE CHAOS GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. POINT OF INQUIRY, LARRY, AS I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IS IN ALIGNMENT AND FULL SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CORRECT? HIS IT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION OR [02:35:01] RECOMMENDATION, IS THAT CORRECT? I, YES SIR. PURCHASING AGENT, WHICH IS YOUR STATUTORY DUTY, THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION? YES, YOUR HONOR. COUNSEL, LEGAL COUNSEL, IS THIS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY AND, AND A PATHWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM? YES. THE STATUTE DOES ALLOW YOU THE COURT TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE LAW AND THAT, YES. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, UH, COURT, I THINK WE CAN POWER THROUGH THIS. YES, IF WE, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I, I FIGURED. SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE UP THE LATE UP, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE. WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ITEM 77, CORRECT KATE? YES. SO COULD I HAVE A GLOBAL [Items 78 - 81] MOTION TO DISCUSS AND APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO THE GRANT AND EXCEPTION TO ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1.2 TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSIDERATION OF FOLLOWING LATE FILE AGENDA ITEMS 78 A 79 A, 80 A, AND 81 A. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. LET US NOW TAKE UP THOSE LATE FILED ITEMS. 78 8 DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF REQUEST FROM BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE PETER AKA. COMMISSIONER REBECCA CLAY LOWERS PRECINCT ONE COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT PRECINCT FOUR TO ALLOCATE OUTSIDE FUND OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 15,002 AND FOR THE AGENCY AND AMOUNT LISTED BELOW 5,000 WILL BE ALLOCATED AS PART OF THE BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE PETER SAKA. CONTRIBUTION OUTSIDE AGENCY FOR GENERAL FUNDS 5,000 WILL BE ALLOCATED AS PART OF COMMISSIONER REBECCA CLAY FLORES CONTRIBUTION OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND FROM THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE GENERAL FRONT AND 5,000 WILL BE ALLOCATED AS PART OF COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT'S CONTRIBUTION TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE ILLUMINATI CONTEMPORARY ARTS FESTIVAL. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE FORWARD? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW TAKE UP 79. A DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION RECRUIT WILL OF A REQUEST FROM BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE PETER AKA TO ALLOCATE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 7,500 FOR THE AGENCIES AND AMOUNTS LISTED AS PART OF THE BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE PETER AKA'S. CONTRIBUTION TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY RECESSION? MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 80 A DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER REBECCA CLAY FLORES PRECINCT ONE FOR THE COUNTY AUDITOR. PAY THE INVOICES OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ONE. APPROVAL FOR THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO PAY AN INVOICE FOR IN ATHLETIC ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,874 6 CENTS AND TWO APPROVAL OF COUNTY AUDITOR TO PAY AN INVOICE FROM DJ CB. SOUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $500. THERE. A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY EXTENSION? MOTION CARRIES TAKE UP. ITEM 81 A DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AND PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AT A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT. $45 MILLION TO GRANT TO SOUTH TAR AT VERANO LC WHICH WE'LL USE THE FUNDS ONE TO PAY FOR A WHAT? A PULL, WHAT IS THAT WORD? WHICH ONE? A WHAT PORTION? PORTION. PORTION. OH, OKAY. LITTLE MISSPELLING THERE. SO ASK THAT. BE CORRECTED OF THE COST OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. TWO. REFINANCE AN ASTOUNDINGLY OUTSTANDING LOAN WITH NOR ONE INCOME OPPORTUNITIES. ONE LLC AND OTHER OUTSTANDING DEBT AS NEEDED. AND THREE, PAY CERTAIN DEBTS OF ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS. THERE'S NO PHYSICAL IMPACT TO BEAR COUNTY. IS THERE A REPORT OR IS THERE A MOTION? UM, IT SAYS TINA DEAN. SHE'S NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UM, THIS IS IS SIMILAR TO THE, UH, PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEMS ON CONSENT. IT WAS JUST A LATE FILE, BUT THIS HAS NO IMPACT. THIS IS JUST TO GET PERMISSION TO ISSUE DEBT. SO, UM, FAB RUTHFORD IS HERE. WHO'S DEVELOPER DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN MY PRECINCT. UM, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING SINCE YOU'VE [02:40:01] BEEN SITTING HERE? YES. YEAH, SO THIS AUTHORITY, THESE ARE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE GROUND. SO THIS, UM, GIVES THE RIGHT TO THE ISSUER TO ISSUE THE BONDS FOR REIMBURSEMENT. UM, ACTUALLY THERE ARE ABOUT $54 MILLION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY IN THE GROUND AT VERANO AND I THINK THIS CAP IS AT 45 MILLION. SO IT'S MUCH LOWER AND IT'S INCREASING ALLOWS US TO REINVEST MORE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE PROJECT OVER THE NEXT, UH, FOUR YEARS. ALL THANK YOU. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FOR A SECOND BY MR. CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE NOW WILL [EXECUTIVE SESSION] GO TO, I BELIEVE, EXECUTIVE SESSION CORRECT MR. ROBERSON OR KATE? WE HAVE, WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE MATTERS UP. THE TIME IS 11:50 AM UH, UH, AT THIS TIME THE COURT WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON IF APPROPRIATE IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNTY COURT'S ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS. 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 AT THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEAR CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL ISSUES IN THE BEXAR COUNTY MILITARY AND VETERAN SERVICES OFFICE. LEGAL ISSUES RELATED THERE TO INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION OF THOSE ISSUES. THE COURT WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MR. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 1250. THE COURT IS BACK IN OPEN SESSION. THE COURT MET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TOOK NO ACTION. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES. COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES. I HAVE NO ADJOURNMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, JUDGE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF JESUS MORENO. PATTY GUST. JOHN LARO AND GONZALO ENGLE. COMMISSIONER MOODY. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN AN HONOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER. SHE'S COUNCIL MEMBER TIM BROWN AND THE MOTHER OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW OF REVEREND KEMP AND, UH, VELMA KEMP, UH, ENOVIA. WILL WILBY I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THEIR HONOR, JUDGE. THANK YOU. AND I'LL MOVE INDUR CRUZ NDI JR. WHO IS AN EDUCATOR FOR FOUR DECADES AT GRADUATE LENIER HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO, DR. PENLEY BENNY POER, WHO WAS AN, UH, EXTENDED FAMILY OF MY CHIEF OF STAFF. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE LUNCH. YES. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.