[Additional Item 1]
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          COULD WE PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE PASSING OF AN ICON,
A LEADER, A VOICE, A PERSON WHO STOOD WITH DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING AND CARRIED FORWARD THE MESSAGE AND PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY,
JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW FOR THE HONORABLE JESSE JACKSON SENIOR WHO HAS PASSED. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME? YES. COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU JUDGE, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF REVEREND JESSE LOUIS
JACKSON. 
          HE WAS A GREAT FRIEND TO SAN ANTONIO. HE LOVED COMING HERE. 
          HE. SO MY MY FATHER HELPED RUN HIS CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH TEXAS,
AND JOE WEBB WAS A VERY CLOSE. 
          THE LATE COUNCILMAN JOE WEBB WAS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF REVEREND JACKSON. 
          REVEREND JACKSON SHIED AWAY FROM LIMOUSINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND SAID,
YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE ME A VAN, A CAR. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ALL THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, I SEE OUR COUNTY CLERK, LUCY ADAME-CLARK,
SMILING BECAUSE HE CAME TO ALAZAN APACHE COURT AND STAYED IN YOUR HOME. AND AND THAT WAS TO UPLIFT THE CONDITIONS OF FOLKS WHO WERE,
WERE IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND GIVE DIGNITY WHERE THERE OFTEN WASN'T ANY AT A TIME THAT SO MANY WERE
DEHUMANIZED AS LESS THAN HUMAN. HE, HE, HE HAD THE THE SAYING I AM SOMEBODY. 
          I AM SOMEBODY. AND THAT AFFIRMATION WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I KNOW FOR MANY PEOPLE ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY,
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE OF BEING A MINORITY WITHIN A MINORITY, HE IN SAN ANTONIO. AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE INCREDIBLY INSPIRED BY REVEREND JACKSON,
AND MANY, MANY FAMILIES HAD AN 11 BY 17 PHOTO HANGING IN THEIR HOME OF REVEREND JACKSON WITH AN
AMERICAN FLAG. 
          THIS IS A BIG SPIRITUAL LOSS FOR OUR COUNTRY. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT HIS SPIRIT IS WORKING WITH AMERICA NOW IN AN EVEN GREATER WAY TO KEEP US
FROM THE DIVISION AND MOVE US TOWARDS LOVE AND UNITY. THANK YOU. JUDGE. AND IT'S MY 
          [1. Opening Prayer: Pastor Otis I. Mitchell, Mount Zion First Baptist Church]
MY HONOR TO WELCOME PASTOR OTIS MITCHELL OF THE MOUNT ZION FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD, PASTOR MITCHELL,
TO THE DAIS TO BE INTRODUCED FOR TODAY'S INVOCATION? IF I MAY, A RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND KOREAN WAR VETERAN WHO SERVED AS A MILITARY
CHAPLAIN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY,
AND A MASTER'S IN DIVINITY FROM MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF RELIGION. 
          SERVICE INCLUDE THE NAACP BAPTIST MINISTERS UNION AND THE COMMUNITY CHURCHES FOR SOCIAL
ACTION. 
          A DISTINGUISHED LEGACY RECREATING AND BEING AN EDUCATOR OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
SERMONS, AND SERVING AS A PAST CHAIR OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMISSION. 
          PASTOR OTIS LEADS THE MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE HEART OF THE EAST SIDE. 
          ALSO TO THE CHURCH OF THE MOST REVEREND CLAUDE BLACK,
WHERE HE DELIVERED A MIGHTY SERMON EVERY SUNDAY. 
          AND SO, PASTOR MITCHELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING THIS MONDAY MORNING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS OF FAITH AND INSPIRATION,
ESPECIALLY ON THIS DAY OF RECOGNITION OF JESSE JACKSON. 
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SO LET US STAND FOR PRAYER AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THEREAFTER. 
          THANK YOU. JUDGE. LET US PRAY. OH GOD, OUR FATHER,
IN THIS MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF BLACK HISTORY, THIS MONTH IN WHICH A LEADER FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN THE REVEREND JESSE L
JACKSON, WHO HAS GONE ON TO GLORY, WE ASSEMBLE IN THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
HIM, BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US AT THIS TIME. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS JUDGE SAKAI AND EACH COMMISSIONER,
THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN, TO LEAVE UNCHANGED TO THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T,
BUT TO HAVE THE WISDOM, TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND TO DO YOUR WILL. WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE STATE OF
TEXAS, AND I WOULD SAY EVEN IN THE COUNTRY, BLESS US NOW TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL BLESS ALL
PEOPLE, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SOMEBODY, WHETHER THEY'RE AN IMMIGRANT,
THEY ARE SOMEBODY, WHETHER THEY ARE AN ASIAN OR HISPANIC, BLACK OR WHITE,
THEY ARE SOMEBODY AND WE ARE SOMEBODY BECAUSE WE ARE ALL YOUR CHILDREN. THIS IS OUR PRAYER IN THANKSGIVING AND IN YOUR MOST HOLY
NAME. 
          AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE
REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. WE'LL TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          [3. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items.]
REQUEST FOR COMMISSIONERS QUARTET FOR ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION AND TO APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. THE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO PULL,
I THINK HAVE ALREADY BEEN PULLED, SO NOTHING TO PULL THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. WELL,
AT THIS TIME, LET ME LET ME ASK KATE. 
          KATE, ARE THERE MATTERS OF CORRECTIONS OR PULL BEFORE I ASK THE INDIVIDUAL SO THAT WE CAN
MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS PROPERLY REFLECTED? YES, JUDGE. WE'LL BE PULLING NUMBER 45 UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT,
HOLD ON. 
          ITEM 45. CORRECT. WELL, WE'LL BE DEFERRING THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. AND THAT'S A DEFERRED OR PULL OR. WHAT'S THE STATUS? DEFERRED. DEFERRED. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE FIRST ISSUE. 
          OKAY. WHAT ELSE? AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 54, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 54, THE TERM BOARD. CORRECT. THE TERM EXPIRATIONS ON THOSE ARE INCORRECT FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DEREK HOWARD, THAT TERM EXPIRATION SHOULD BE DECEMBER 31ST,
2027 FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF LEO GOMEZ. IT SHOULD REFLECT 1231 2027. 
          AND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF PAUL BAZALDUA, IT SHOULD BE. 
          1231 2026. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THOSE CORRECTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO NOTED ON ITEM 54. STANDS CORRECTED. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I GO BACK COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. 
          DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR ISSUES FOR THE CONSENT? YEAH. NOTHING TO PULL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          I'M GOOD JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 53 AND ITEM 59. 
          53. AND 59. YES. OKAY. AND NOTHING FROM ME, JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. 
          COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING
AGENDA ITEMS AND CONSENT WITH THOSE CORRECTIONS? 
          [CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION. 
          HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE AYE. ANY
OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. I'D LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM 42. 
          NOTE COMMISSIONERS MOODE. ABSTENTION ON ITEM 42. 
          ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP THEN. WE HAVE TWO. 
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OH, YEAH. YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. WELL, THERE'S TWO POINT IF I MAY COURT. 
          [Additional Item 2]
I HAVE TWO POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. ONE IS WE NOW HAVE ADDED A NEW MEMBER TO THE VIA
BOARD. 
          CHRIS, ARE YOU HERE TODAY? WOULD YOU COME TO THE DAIS? IF I COULD? I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THE TO THE COURT AND TO THE PUBLIC CHRIS,
WHO SERVED THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WELL THE FAMILY IS CAN I SAY, A LEGEND? AND SO,
CHRIS WE ARE HONORED THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD, AND I APPRECIATE THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
APPOINTMENT TO THIS BOARD. 
          YOU WILL BE THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE, SO I KNOW THAT YOU WILL TAKE UP THE INTEREST OF NOT
ONLY ALL CITIZENS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE COUNTY RESIDENTS, THE SUBURBAN CITY RESIDENTS,
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD. 
          SO IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU HAD A FEW WORDS. YES,
I DO, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EACH ONE OF YOU. 
          YES, I PLAN TO SERVE BECAUSE TO ME, THE WORD ACCESS CAME TO MY MIND AS SOON AS I WAS ASKED
TO SERVE. 
          BECAUSE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO JOBS,
ACCESS TO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A COUNTY GROWS, GROWS, WE NEED ACCESS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU,
AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. 
          AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT OF AND KNOW THAT I AM VERY COMMITTED TO WHEN I TAKE A
POSITION OF SERVICE, I WILL COMPLETE IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          CAN WE GIVE CHRIS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? AND ALL THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DEREK HOWARD AND LEO
GOMEZ. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ALSO, AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE,
MY COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECORD ITEM NUMBER 50, THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SANCHO. WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING LAST WEEK. 
          COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT PRECINCT ONE,
WHERE THIS NEW JAPANESE MANUFACTURING BUSINESS WILL BE LOCATED. 
          WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT. THIS WILL BRING AS MANY 300 GOOD PAYING JOBS AND BENEFITS
TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SOUTHSIDE. OPEN DOORS FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          SUPPORT OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS. 
          I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, OUR AMAZING TEAMS AT THE BEXAR COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GRANER SACHSE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO HELP BRING MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE MOVEMENTS TO THE SHE'S A HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN
PRECINCT ONE AND IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          I'D LIKE TO ALSO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE LEADERSHIP AT SANCO
PRESIDENT GOTOH FOR POOR SANCO AND SUPPORTING SANCO AND LOCAL PARTNER OPTIC MAX NAVARRO FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THROUGH OUR COMBINED EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A DEAL THROUGH A COUNTY INCENTIVE TO
OPEN A BRAND NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS
ABOUT THE THE OPENING WITH THE WAS IT THE BUDDHIST PRIEST AND YOUR PARTICIPATION? NO. I'M JUST EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BRING MORE JOBS AND GOOD COMPANIES TO
PRECINCT ONE. 
          AND HE HAD ON PURPLE AND GOLD. SO I TOLD HIM HE WAS ALWAYS WELCOME IN MY PRECINCT,
EVEN THOUGH HE'S FROM JAPAN. 
          BUT, OF COURSE, HE WAS A BACKGROUND COLOR. SO JUDGE,
LET'S KEEP WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING SOME GOOD JOBS TO BEXAR COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. YOU KNOW,
WE'RE HERE ON A DAY HONORING A LOT OF IMPORTANT LEGACIES. 
          AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF THE LADIES FROM FUERZA UNIDA,
PETRA MATA, AND OTHERS WHO ARE HERE. 
          FUERZA ONEIDA WAS FORMED AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THE LEVI STRAUSS FACILITY. 
          AND THESE PIONEERING WOMEN HAVE ORGANIZED THEIR OWN COOPERATIVE FOR CLOTHING. 
          I'VE GOT A GUAYABERA THAT I LOVE FROM THEM, AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR STORE. 
          THEY ARE LOCAL ARTISANS. THEY ARE LOCAL TAILORS. 
          THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. AND WE KNOW THAT AFTER NAFTA,
WE HAD A LOT OF JOBS THAT WERE SHIFTED OUT OF THE UNITED STATES TO OTHER PLACES. 
          BUT WE HAVE A LOCAL TALENT THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP THESE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS ALIVE,
AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THEIR FUNDRAISER. 
          THEY'RE BASED IN PRECINCT ONE. BUT I HAVE A LONG HISTORY BECAUSE I WAS AT THOSE MEETINGS
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, TEN, 11, 12 YEARS OLD, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I WAS A LITTLE BOY WITH MY FATHER WHO HELPED
ORGANIZE YOU ALL. 
          SO GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SPIRIT SERVICE AND WE WISH YOU WELL. 
          THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A POINT OF
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
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YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE THIS MORNING. 
          OF COURSE, I WAS GOING TO RECOGNIZE MY CONSTITUENTS FOR PRECINCT ONE,
LAS MUJERES DE FUERZA UNIDA. 
          MUCHAS GRACIAS POR ESTAR AQUI. ESTAMOS EN SU LADO. 
          THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT WE HAVE WILL USUALLY BE IN TWO TUESDAYS. 
          BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S ELECTION DAY. SO WE'RE HAVING IT AFTER MARCH 6TH. 
          AND SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW IT'S RODEO SEASON AND WE TRY TO GET THROUGH
ONE SEASON AT A TIME. BUT MARCH IS COLON CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. 
          MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M RECOVERING FROM COLON CANCER MARCH 6TH. 
          PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS. YOU CAN TAKE OUT YOUR PHONES. 
          MARK IT. THANK YOU. DEBORAH. I SAW YOU DOING THAT. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. 
          ANY COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LISTENING ANY COMPANIES REPRESENTED. MARCH 6TH IS NATIONAL
WEAR BLUE DAY. 
          SO WE WILL BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO
THAT. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SPECIAL GIVEAWAYS TO THE TEAMS THAT HAVE THE MOST CREATIVE
WEAR BLUE DAYS, WHICH YOU GUYS CAN POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE YOU MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MARCH
6TH AND TO WEAR BLUE IN AWARENESS OF COLON CANCER. 
          AND IF YOU ARE IN YOUR 40S, YOU NEED TO START TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT GETTING A
COLONOSCOPY. 
          IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF IT, YOU NEED TO START EARLIER,
PERHAPS IN YOUR 20S AND 30S. 
          AND IT IS RAMPANT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE
OF OUR HEALTH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 26. ALL RIGHT,
LET'S TAKE UP CEREMONIAL ITEMS FOR A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF 
          [4. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)]
COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING MARCH 7TH, 2026 AS BASURA BASH 2026. 
          COMMISSIONER CALVERT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
JUDGE. I WANT TO ASK CHARLIE BLANKEN THE RIVER AID SAN ANTONIO ORGANIZATION TO COME TO THE DAIS. HERE. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU. WE ARE THE RIVER CITY AND IT'S PART OF OUR
LIFEBLOOD. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE WATER, YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY. 
          AND THESE FOLKS ARE OUT THERE. THEY WERE OUT THERE ON VALENTINE'S DAY. 
          I SAW THEY HAD A CLEANUP. I DON'T REMEMBER. YOU CAN TELL US WHERE,
CHARLIE, BUT THIS PROCLAMATION READS. 
          WHEREAS THE 31ST ANNUAL BASURA BASH LED BY RIVER AID SAN ANTONIO AND THE BASURA BASH
PLANNING PARTNERS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, MARCH THE 7TH, CONTINUING THEIR LONG STANDING MISSION TO PROMOTE STEWARDSHIP,
PRIDE AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND ITS CONNECTED WATERWAYS. 
          AND WHEREAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION, BASURA VOLUNTEERS HAVE REMOVED MULTIPLE TONS OF TRASH AND
RECYCLABLES FROM LOCAL CREEKS AND RIVERS, PROTECTING WILDLIFE HABITATS HABITATS, IMPROVING WATER QUALITY,
AND DIVERTING SIGNIFICANT WASTE FROM LANDFILLS THROUGH COLLECTION, SORTING, AND RECYCLING. AND WHEREAS WHAT BEGAN AS A SINGLE TEN MILE CLEANUP ALONG THE
MISSION REACH HAS GROWN INTO A COUNTYWIDE EFFORT SPANNING 24 SITES, REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY'S EXPANDING COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THE SAN ANTONIO
RIVER BASIN. 
          AND WHEREAS THE SUCCESS OF BASURA IS FUELED BY A BROAD COALITION OF SCHOOLS,
NEIGHBORHOODS EXCUSE ME, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES,
CORPORATE PARTNERS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND DEDICATED RESIDENTS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR NATURAL RESOURCES CLEAN,
ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE FOR ALL. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES
AND CELEBRATES MARCH 7TH, 2026 AS BASURA BASH 2026. WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICES. 
          17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. 
          WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, CHARLIE. GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. THANK
YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. 
          AND AS NOTED IN THE PROCLAMATION, NOT JUST THIS YEAR,
BUT FOR 31 YEARS BEFORE THIS IT'S A BEXAR COUNTY IN SAN ANTONIO TRADITION THAT LAST YEAR RALLIED 2130 VERIFIED PHYSICAL SIGNATURE VOLUNTEERS ALL OVER OUR COUNTY TO REMOVE 105,000 POUNDS OF TRASH. 
          SO YOUR SUPPORT, IT MEANS SOMETHING. AND, YOU KNOW,
AS AS COMMISSIONER CALVERT NOTED BASRA BASH. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT. IT'S ANNOUNCING TO THE WORLD THAT SAN ANTONIO THAT BEXAR COUNTY
CARES ABOUT OUR WATERWAYS, AND WE'RE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BUT I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS MISSION AND
THE CARE FOR OUR WATERWAYS IS NEEDED YEAR ROUND. 
          AND MUCH LIKE IT'S NEEDED YEAR ROUND, OUR WATERWAYS CONNECT OUR PRECINCTS IN WAYS THAT OUR
POLITICAL BOUNDARIES FALL SHORT OF. SO MUCH LIKE SALADO CREEK CONNECTING THREE AND FOUR AND ALLISON AND LEON CREEK
CONNECTING ONE AND TWO. 
          THIS IS ALL OF OUR PROBLEM. THIS IS ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO STEWARD. 
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AND OVER 31 YEARS, WE ARE ABOUT TO CRACK 2 MILLION POUNDS RECOVERED FROM THE WATERWAYS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTY SUPPORT, NOT ONLY HERE TODAY,
BUT AT THE COUNTLESS TRIBUTARIES WHERE COUNTY STAFF, PUBLIC WORKS, SOLID WASTE, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ARE RUNNING TWO TRIBUTARIES. 
          I KNOW MANY OF YOU JOINED US LAST YEAR AND I HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU ON MARCH 7TH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          22 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2828, 2026 TO BE ENGINEERS WEEK. 
          DO WE HAVE THE ENGINEERS IN THE HOUSE? PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE DAIS AS I READ THE
PROCLAMATION. 
          WHEREAS ENGINEERS APPLY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES,
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT TO PLAN, DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS THAT PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY. AND WHEREAS ENGINEERS IN BEXAR COUNTY CONTRIBUTE
TO ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSETS INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, FLOOD CONTROL FACILITIES,
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ENERGY SYSTEMS, AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT SERVE RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES AND VISITORS. 
          AND WHEREAS A STRONG ENGINEERING WORKFORCE SUPPORTS RESPONSIBLE GROWTH,
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND EFFICIENT USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES. 
          AND WHEREAS ENGINEERS WEEK IS A NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE THAT PROMOTES AWARENESS OF THE
ENGINEERING PROFESSION AND ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE EDUCATION AND CAREER PATHWAYS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS. 
          STEM AND WHEREAS, STUDENTS OUTREACH, MENTORSHIP AND HANDS ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WILL
BUILD A DIVERSE AND SKILLED FUTURE WORKFORCE CAPABLE OF MEETING THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF BEXAR COUNTY'S ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS. AND WHEREAS, THE 2026 ENGINEERS WEEK THEME QUOTE,
TRANSFORM YOUR FUTURE, CLOSE QUOTE HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY,
AND PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROBLEM SOLVERS AND INNOVATORS. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THAT PROCLAIMS
FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2021, 2026 TO BE ENGINEERS WEEK SIGNED BY THE COURT. 
          THANK YOU. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT MY BROTHER,
MY NEPHEW, OUR ENGINEERS, SO I HAVE HIGH RESPECT FOR Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS? THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. AT THIS POINT IN TIME,
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF MY PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING STAFF WHO'S JOINING ME TODAY. 
          AND THEN I'LL PASS THE MICROPHONE OVER TO MR. HORACIO MONTEJANO, WHO IS REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS FOR THIS
RESOLUTION TODAY. 
          FROM MY STAFF, I'VE GOT MR. JIM BRANNAN. HE'S MY CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION ENGINEER. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON IN YOUR PRECINCTS THAT ARE GOING
BACKWARDS HE'S THE MAN TO REACH OUT TO MR. JESSE GARCIA, ONE OF MY SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS. 
          IS WITH US TODAY. MR. TODD PUTNAM, ONE OF MY FLOOD CONTROL ENGINEERS. 
          NAOKO IKUMA, ONE OF MY FLOOD CONTROL ENGINEERS. 
          ONE OF THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO MY ENGINEERING STAFF. 
          MR. GUILLERMO DELGADO IS HERE AS WELL. SO, HORACIO,
WOULD YOU CARE TO SAY A WORD? THANK YOU. DAVID, SIR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE FOR RECOGNIZING ENGINEERS WEEK
ON BEHALF OF LOCAL ENGINEERS, ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES. 
          WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN INFRASTRUCTURE,
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND K THROUGH 12 STEM OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR OUR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE BAKER COUNTY AND
ARE COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS. THANK YOU. 
          CAN I CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS,
BEING THE CHAIR OF MPO AND THE LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC AREA, 
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AND THERE'S SO MUCH WORK BEING DONE, AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT ENGINEERS. 
          SO I KNOW THERE'S ALL THESE JOKES ABOUT ENGINEERS BEING,
YOU KNOW, TIMID AND STUFF. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE WANT TO SEE YOU MORE AT LEAST IN MY
PRECINCT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S TAKE UP ITEM C PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT,
RECOGNIZING THAT WESLACO EIGHT AND THE ROOFTOP O COMMISSIONER MOODE. 
          THANK YOU. JUDGE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE JOHN MUELLER FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S MILITARY
AND VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND DENNIS BLOCKER FROM THE CONSERVATORS OF THE GREATEST GENERATION WITH US. THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION, AND THEN WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS SAY A FEW
WORDS. 
          PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 18TH,
1943, EIGHT YOUNG MEN FROM WESLACO, TEXAS, FOREVER REMEMBERED AS THE WESLACO EIGHT, TRAVELED TO SAN ANTONIO AND ASCENDED TO THE ROOFTOP OF THE HISTORIC BEDELL
HEIRS BUILDING, LOCATED AT 110 BROADWAY, TO TAKE THE OATH OF ENLISTMENT INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS, PLEDGING THEIR LIVES AND SERVICE TO OUR NATION DURING WORLD WAR TWO. 
          AND WHEREAS THIS UNIQUE ROOFTOP ENLISTMENT STANDS AS A RARE AND SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER IN
BOTH TEXAS AND MARINE CORPS HISTORY, REFLECTING THE COURAGE, RESOLVE, AND PATRIOTISM OF A GENERATION WILLING TO DEFEND LIBERTY
AND HUMANITY'S DARKEST HOUR. 
          AND WHEREAS AMONG THESE BRAVE TEXANS WAS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HARLON BLOCK,
LATER MEMORIALIZED AS ONE OF THE MARINES RAISING THE AMERICAN FLAG ATOP MOUNT SURIBACHI AT THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA, AN ENDURING SYMBOL OF SACRIFICE,
VALOR, UNITY, AND THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, REMINDING US THAT MANY OF OUR NATION'S HEROES ARE OFTEN ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO RAISE THEIR
HAND AND CHOOSE SELFLESS SERVICE IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM. 
          AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY, HOME TO SAN ANTONIO AND PROUDLY KNOWN AS MILITARY CITY,
USA, RECOGNIZES ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE AND HONOR THE LEGACY OF THE WESLACO EIGHT AND THE HISTORIC BUILDING, STANDING AS A LASTING LANDMARK TO THEIR COURAGE AND
COMMITMENT. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY
RECOGNIZES AND HONORS THE WESLACO EIGHT. 
          IN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO REFLECT UPON THEIR SACRIFICE,
HONOR THEIR SERVICE, CELEBRATE THEIR LEGACY, AND UPHOLD THE ENDURING VALUES OF DUTY,
HONOR, COURAGE, PATRIOTISM, AND DEVOTION TO COUNTRY THAT THEY EMBODIED. SIGNED YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. 
          JUDGE COMMISSIONER MOODE COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSIONERS COURT. 
          I OFFER MY SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG SOUTH
TEXANS WHO, FROM AN AREA OF 60,000MI², LEFT THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS,
FARMS, RANCHES, TOWNS, CITIES AND HOMES TO COME HERE TO SAN ANTONIO AND TO A SIX STORY BUILDING LOCATED AT 118 BROADWAY. TAKING THE ELEVATORS TO THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, THESE YOUNG MEN BEGAN THE PROCESS TO BECOME UNITED STATES MARINES. 
          IT WAS A CALL ANSWERED WITH THE BLOODIEST YEARS OF WAR STILL AHEAD OF THEM AND THE FUTURE
UNCERTAIN VICTORY UNREALIZED YET COME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          THESE YOUNG MEN DID. AND IT WAS HERE, AT 118 BROADWAY,
THAT THEY HAD THEIR MEDICAL EVALUATIONS, THEIR TEETH CHECKED, THEIR CHEST X RAYED, THEIR LIFE INSURANCE,
PAYROLL AND BENEFITS, PLACED AN ORDER. 
          THEN, WITH A MYRIAD OF TASKS COMPLETED, THESE YOUNG MEN ASCENDED THE STAIRS TO THE ROOF. 
          OFF TO THEIR LEFT LAY BROADWAY, CAREENING OFF TO ALAMO HEIGHTS IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          OFF TO THEIR RIGHT, THE INSPIRATION FOR ALL THE ALAMO PLAINLY IN SIGHT. 
          WHAT THOUGHTS MUST HAVE FLOODED THEIR MINDS WITH RIGHT HANDS RAISED,
THEY SWORE AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, WHO EVEN THEN OCCUPIED LARGE SWATHS OF EUROPE. 
          IN THE PACIFIC, AMERICANS WERE DYING ALL OVER THE WORLD,
BUT THERE THEY STOOD, WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES, TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AGAINST THOSE WHO'D ALREADY ENSLAVED MILLIONS AND KILLED MANY
MORE. 
          ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 1943, 13 YOUNG MEN FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY,
MOST NEWLY GRADUATED FROM WESLACO HIGH SCHOOL, 
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STOOD BESIDE THE STONE PEDIMENT AND FLAGPOLE ON THE ROOF AT 118 BROADWAY. 
          RAISE THEIR RIGHT HANDS LOOK LIKE THOSE BEFORE AND AFTER,
AND SWORE THE OATH OF ENLISTMENT. 
          THE MOMENT WAS FOREVER CAPTURED IN WHAT HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE ROOFTOP OATH
PHOTOGRAPH. 
          AHEAD OF THIS GROUP OF 13 YOUNG MEN LAY BATTLES TARAWA,
BOUGAINVILLE, SAIPAN, GUAM, TINIAN, IWO JIMA, AND OKINAWA. SEVERAL OF THIS GROUP OF 13 WOULD BE WOUNDED AND ONE WOULD BE
KILLED. 
          THAT ONE WAS HARLON BLOCK, A WEEK BEFORE HE DIED,
ALONG WITH FIVE OF HIS BROTHER MARINES, HE RAISED OLD GLORY HIGH OVER A BATTLE TORN MOUNTAIN CALLED SURIBACHI ON AN ISLAND FOREVER
KNOWN AS IWO JIMA. 
          STANDING TO THE SIDE AS THE FLAG WENT UP, AP PHOTOGRAPHER JOE ROSENTHAL SNAPPED A
PHOTOGRAPH THAT WOULD SOON BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS IN HUMAN HISTORY. 
          HARLON IS THERE FIRST FROM THE RIGHT, MAKING SURE THE GRAND OLD FLAG HAS A STRONG
FOUNDATION. 
          SADLY, NOT A WEEK LATER, ON MARCH 1ST, HARLON TOOK OUT A BIT OF STATIONERY AND STRETCHED
OUT A HURRIED NOTE TO HIS MOTHER, KNOWING SHE'D BE WORRIED. IWO JIMA, MARCH 1ST,
1945. 
          DEAREST MOTHER, JUST A FEW LINES TO LET YOU KNOW I'M OKAY. 
          I CAME THROUGH WITHOUT A SCRATCH. OH, YES. I SAW SIMS JUST BEFORE WE HIT. 
          HE'S OKAY. I GUESS YOU'RE PRETTY ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM ME. 
          BY THIS TIME THERE ISN'T MUCH, BUT IT'S ALL I COULD GET. 
          I'LL WRITE MORE LATER. YOUR SON HARLON. LATER THAT DAY,
WHILE ASSAULTING A HEAVILY FORTIFIED JAPANESE POSITION, HE WAS KILLED WHEN A MORTAR LANDED NEARBY, SENDING SHRAPNEL INTO HIS BODY. 
          TODAY, HE LIES IN THE GROUND OF THE LAND HE LOVED SO WELL. 
          WESLACO, SOUTH TEXAS I LOVE MANY THINGS ABOUT SOUTH TEXAS,
BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO, BUT WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT IS THAT WE REMEMBER. WE REMEMBER THE ALAMO, WE REMEMBER GOLIAD,
WE REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR, AND WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO SACRIFICED ALL FOR US. 
          AND IT'S IN THAT SPIRIT THAT SAN ANTONIO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE COMING TOGETHER
THIS WEEK AT 118 BROADWAY. 
          AND WE AS A COMMUNITY OF CIVILIANS, VETERANS AND HEIRS OF HEROES ARE MAKING VERY SURE THAT
THOSE OF WESLACO, THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SOUTH TEXAS SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. 
          THANK YOU. I JUST GOT TO SAY THAT I'M ALSO A SON OF RIO GRANDE VALLEY,
AND I'M JUST SO PROUD. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY,
FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THE WESLACO EIGHT. 
          WOULD YOU COME FORWARD TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION? TAKE A PICTURE. 
          WE'LL TAKE A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZES THE SAN ANTONIO
CHAPTER OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, INC. COMMISSIONER MOODY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU. JUDGE. I WANT TO INVITE COLONEL
SINKFIELD AND THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ORGANIZATION OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          RAY WALKER AND SARAH AND OTHERS. MRS WILL COME ON TO THE DAIS,
AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT COMMISSIONER MOODY AND I ARE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO JOINTLY READ IT. I'LL READ THREE PREAMBULATORY CLAUSES. 
          HE'LL READ THE OTHER THREE IN THE OPERATIVE CLAUSE. THE PROCLAMATION READS. 
          OH, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE NEW TRAINING JET FOR THE
AIR FORCE IS IN HONOR OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. IT IS A RED TAIL. 
          T IS IT T1, T7, T7. THANK YOU T7. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL JET AND MANY OF THEM HAVE THE NAMES OF
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN IN THE IN THE OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THEM. 
          THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN KNEW LEGACY THROUGH THOSE JETS LIVE ON OUT OF RANDOLPH AND OTHER
OTHER, OTHER BASES. THERE WAS A CEREMONY RECENTLY TO RECOGNIZE THAT I GOT TO SEE THOSE JETS COME
OFF THE LINE AT BOEING, WHICH WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. AND I WANT TO THANK THIS CHAPTER FOR ALL THAT THEY DO FOR
KEEPING THE NAME AND THE LEGACY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ALIVE, THE PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES WAR DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED THE CIVILIAN
PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN MILITARY PREPAREDNESS DURING WORLD WAR TWO, THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE IN ALABAMA WAS ONE OF SEVEN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES SELECTED TO
PARTICIPATE, LATER BECOMING THE SOLE SITE FOR SEGREGATED MILITARY FLIGHT TRAINING. 
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AND WHEREAS THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN EMERGED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY AVIATORS IN
THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, SERVING WITH COURAGE, SKILL, AND DISTINCTION IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY. 
          AND WHEREAS YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM SAN ANTONIO STEPPED UP TO HELP HALT THE EXPANSION
OF FASCISM, INCLUDING 24 SAN ANTONIANS WHO TRAINED AT TUSKEGEE BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946. 
          AMONG THEM NINE PILOTS AND 15 SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE,
ARMAMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND. WHEREAS THE RED TAIL PILOTS FLEW 15,553 SORTIES ON 1578 MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, DESTROYING 262 ENEMY AIRCRAFT AND DAMAGING 148
MORE, WHILE 66 AIRMEN WERE KILLED IN ACTION AND 32 WERE TAKEN PRISONER. 
          AND WHEREAS THROUGH THEIR PERFORMANCE AND SACRIFICE,
THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN HELPED BREAK DOWN RACIAL BARRIERS IN THE US ARMED FORCES, CONTRIBUTING GREATLY AND DIRECTLY TO MILITARY DESEGREGATION AND PERMANENTLY SHAPING
AMERICAN HISTORY. 
          AND WHEREAS THE LEGACY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ENDURES THROUGH THEIR EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND
IS HONORED TODAY BY THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THROUGH THE T-7 RED HAWK TRAINER AIRCRAFT NAMED FOR THE FAMED RED TAILS,
A TRIBUTE A PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, MILITARY CITY, USA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND HONORS THE SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN IN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE,
COURAGE, AND SACRIFICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THEIR LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR MILITARY AND
OUR NATION. 
          SIGNED YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. IT'S AMAZING. AFTERNOON. 
          IT'S AMAZING TO FIND A PARKING SPACE. IT'S AMAZING. 
          AND SO I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A LITTLE LATE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU GUYS HONOR THE
FELLOWS. 
          AND AND IT WAS ALL FELLOWS COMING TO THE AID OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AT THE TIME. 
          THE THE LEADERS BACK THEN, THEY KNEW THAT THE THEY WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH PILOTS
WHITE PILOTS TO TO FLY ALL OF THE MISSIONS THAT THEY WERE NEEDED IN EUROPE TO TAKE CARE OF THE ALLIES. 
          AND SO THEY WENT TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY WENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
FOR INSTANCE, AND AS COMMISSIONER. 
          CALVERT WAS SAYING THAT WE HAD 20 OR SO MEMBERS THAT SIGNED UP TO BECOME PART OF THAT,
THAT EFFORT, AND SEVEN OF WHICH WERE ACTUAL PILOTS. WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ON THE
NUMBERS OF PILOTS THAT WE HAD NATIONWIDE. WE DON'T HAVE AS GOOD OF INFORMATION AS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING IN THE
SUPPORT TROOPS, BECAUSE FOR EVERY PILOT, THERE ARE ABOUT 14 OR 15 SUPPORT TROOPS,
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE ARMAMENT OR MAINTENANCE OR THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER A LOT OF THAT. 
          SO FOR THE ONES THAT WE KNOW OF IN, IN SAN ANTONIO OR IN SAN ANTONIO AREA,
BEXAR COUNTY THERE ARE ABOUT 15 OR SO THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR. SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING. 
          AND SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY, LET ME KNOW. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT THEY DECIDED TO BRING THE RED HAWK IN. 
          AND, AND BASICALLY IT WAS IT'S AN HONOR TOWARD THOSE THOSE GUYS WHO,
YOU KNOW, THEY SET THEIR LIVES ASIDE TO JOIN UP AND WORK AND BE IN THE MILITARY AT THE TIME. 
          SO, AGAIN, I THANK YOU. AND ALL OF OUR SOME OF OUR CHAPTER MEMBERS ARE HERE,
AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE, I GUESS. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO PROCLAIM THE REAL HISTORY
OF WHAT WE AS BLACKS HAVE CONTRIBUTED. 
          YOU CAN CLAP. THANK YOU. DEBORAH, HAVE CONTRIBUTED AND CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS
COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY, AT A TIME WHEN MANY AMONGST US WOULD LIKE TO ERASE THAT AND BELITTLE THAT AND
ERASE THAT. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS AND LET'S KEEP FIGHTING. THANK YOU. 
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WOULD YOU ACCEPT YOUR PROCLAMATION, PLEASE, AND TAKE A PICTURE. 
          TAKE UP OF CEREMONY. E PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZING SAN
ANTONIO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE PRESERVATION AND CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY IN SAN ANTONIO,
BEXAR COUNTY. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. JUDGE, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES WORK IN TRYING TO AND GETTING $5 MILLION FOR THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM, WHICH WAS VERY PIVOTAL TO THE OVERALL CONTRIBUTION OF THE COUNTY,
AND I APPRECIATE HER WORK IN KEEPING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ALIVE. 
          IF YOU ALL WOULD COME TO THE DAIS, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU. 
          AND IT READS, WHEREAS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IS AN ESSENTIAL AND INSEPARABLE PART OF THE
AMERICAN STORY, REFLECTING CENTURIES OF RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR
NATION'S CULTURE, ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY. AND WHEREAS, THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND
MUSEUM PRESERVES THE LEGACY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE SOUTHWEST REGION, INCLUDING ORAL HISTORIES AND ARCHIVAL RECORDS,
ENSURING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES, TRIUMPHS, AND ENDURING LEGACY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CONSERVATION OF THIS HISTORY STRENGTHENS OUR COLLECTIVE IDENTITY,
PROMOTES TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, AND FOSTERS A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY. 
          AND WHEREAS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTING AND SHARING THESE
STORIES, ENSURING THEY REMAIN ACCESSIBLE AND CELEBRATED. 
          NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE THAT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND HONORS AND PROCLAIMS THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM. 
          WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026,
SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. 
          WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
CELEBRATION OF WHAT WAS NEGRO HISTORY WEEK. AND THEN, THANKS TO THE EFFORTS THAT ACTUALLY STARTED AT KENT STATE
UNIVERSITY AND PRESIDENT FORD AND THE BICENTENNIAL. BLACK HISTORY IS NOW CELEBRATED FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 
          YOUR RECOGNITION IS PIVOTAL, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME. 
          AS COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES MENTIONED, HISTORY IS BEING ERASED. 
          JUST LAST WEEK, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IS GETTING RID OF
THEIR DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN STUDIES. AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES MEXICAN AND LATINO STUDIES. 
          WOMEN'S STUDIES. IT WILL BE GONE AS OF THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. 
          YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE ALL STORIES ARE TOLD IS VITAL TO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING. AS REVEREND JACKSON WOULD SAY,
I AM SOMEBODY. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I COME FROM. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. 
          DOCTOR CARTER G. WOODSON, WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK. 
          HE SAID THIS. WHEN YOU CONTROL A MAN'S THINKING,
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS ACTIONS. 
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YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TELL HIM NOT TO STAND HERE OR GO YONDER. 
          HE WILL FIND HIS PROPER PLACE AND WILL STAY IN IT,
MAKING SURE THAT OUR BABIES UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE IN HISTORY WILL ALLOW THEM TO SOAR AND BE THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT GOD INTENDED THEM
TO BE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. YEAH, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL,
THE STATE LEVEL, AND WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU SAID JUST NOW WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT PRINCETON. 
          I SAT IN, TOOK OVER THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN DEMAND OF ASIAN
AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES. 
          FORTUNATELY, WE ALREADY HAD AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES,
WHICH I MINORED IN. 
          AND SO WITHIN A GENERATION OF MY LIFETIME, WE NOW SEE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR
BEING STRIPPED AWAY FROM US. 
          AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING CONSTANTLY. 
          AND SO WE CAN'T ACT LIKE IT'S NOT HAPPENING. WE CAN'T BE QUIET IN CONVERSATIONS,
AND PROCLAMATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT WE NEED TO VOTE. WE NEED TO PROTEST. WE NEED TO CALL OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE
FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS. 
          AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THE FLAGS BEHIND ME,
THAT YOU ACT LIKE IT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DEBORAH BEING AT THE HELM OF SACHEM AND YOUR STAFF WHO ACT LIKE IT
LIKE THIS IS OUR COUNTRY. 
          WE FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PRESENTATION. PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, LULAC AND PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 15TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 21ST,
2026 AS NATIONAL LULAC WEEK. 
          I'M PROUD TO HAVE CELEBRATED THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH THEM. 
          SO WELCOME. THANK YOU. WHO HAS THE OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE. IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF OUR LULAC FAMILY IN THE HOUSE. 
          I'LL SEE YOU IN DC NEXT WEEK. YOUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT HAS INVITED ME TO SPEAK WITH THE
LEGAL COUNSEL OF LULAC REGARDING THE DETENTION CENTER. 
          AND WE'LL BE TALKING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MORE ABOUT HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE LEGAL
STRATEGIES WITH THE ICE DETENTION CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO. SO I WANT TO THANK YOUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND THE LEGAL GENERAL COUNCIL,
AND ALL OF THOSE WHO MAY POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH BEXAR COUNTY. 
          THIS PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS 97 YEARS AGO,
THE FOUNDERS OF THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, BETTER KNOWN AS LULAC, JOINED TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BECOME THE
LARGEST, OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL HISPANIC CIVIL RIGHTS AND SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED
STATES. 
          AND WHEREAS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION ON FEBRUARY 17TH,
1929, IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, LULAC HAS CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF HISPANIC AMERICANS IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, HOUSING,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND CIVIL RIGHTS. 
          AND WHEREAS, LULAC MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION HAVE DEVELOPED A TREMENDOUS TRACK RECORD
OF SUCCESS ADVANCING THE ECONOMIC CONDITION, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, POLITICAL INFLUENCE,
HEALTH, AND CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND WHEREAS LULAC HAS ADOPTED A LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT PROMOTES HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR
CITIZENS AND IMMIGRANTS, INCREASE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH,
AND EQUAL TREATMENT FOR ALL IN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO. AND WHEREAS,
THIS YEAR, THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS WILL CELEBRATE 97 YEARS OF 
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COMMUNITY SERVICE TO CONTINUE INCREASING ALL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT. I PROBABLY WON'T MAKE IT TO 97,
SO CONGRATULATIONS. 
          97 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE TO CONTINUE INCREASING ALL OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL HISPANICS AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES
AND PROCLAIMS THAT THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST, 2026 BE DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL LULAC WEEK. WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THE
17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT, THE HONORABLE LUPE. 
          I SEE YOU IN THE LEAD. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HONORABLE COURT. IT IS OUR DISTINCT HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO RECOGNIZE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED BY VETERANS. 
          AND SO TODAY, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE RECOGNITION OF THE TWO VETERAN GROUPS THAT WERE
HERE TODAY RECEIVING PROCLAMATIONS, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, OR YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT LULAC WAS FOUNDED BY VETERANS,
VETERANS OF THE DIFFERENT WARS. 
          AND THEY CAME BACK TO THIS COUNTRY. THEY WENT AND FOUGHT FOR THE FREEDOMS SO THAT WE COULD
ENJOY THE LIVES, A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND SO WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO THIS COUNTRY,
THEY WERE NOT TREATED WELL. 
          THEY COULD THEY HAD NO OPPORTUNITIES. SO AS A RESULT,
THEY GOT TOGETHER G.I. 
          FORUM, ALL THE VETERAN GROUPS THAT GOT TOGETHER TO FORM THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN
AMERICAN CITIZENS. 
          AND IT WAS FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY WANTED THEIR CHILDREN TO ATTAIN A BETTER LIFE
THROUGH EDUCATION, BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
JOB TRAINING, WORK JOBS THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE. 
          THEY DID NOT WANT ANYTHING FREE. THEY WANTED TO WORK AND GAIN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AS
AMERICANS HERE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS. AND SO LATER ON, THE WOMEN CAME IN. AND NOW,
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN. 
          WE HAVE THE YOUTH. OUR CONCENTRATION COMMISSIONERS IS OUR YOUTH. 
          OUR CONCENTRATION IS EDUCATION, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT EDUCATION YOU CAN. 
          YOU HAVE NOTHING. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT EDUCATION,
YOU EDUCATE THE WHOLE FAMILY. 
          MY MOTHER USED TO SAY, WHEN YOU EDUCATE A MAN,
YOU EDUCATE ONE PERSON. 
          WHEN YOU EDUCATE THE WOMAN, YOU EDUCATE THE WHOLE FAMILY. 
          AND THAT IS TRUE IN MANY ASPECTS OF THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND SO TODAY WE ARE HERE THANKING YOU TO FOR THIS HONOR OF CELEBRATING 97 YEARS. 
          WE WILL BE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS WEEK ALSO WITH DIFFERENT EVENTS TO CELEBRATE. 
          ALL THE ASPECTS THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON. AS YOU ALL KNOW,
IS EDUCATION, BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS, HEALTH, HOUSING, EVERYTHING THAT COUNTS IN THIS AMERICA,
IN THIS GREAT AMERICA THAT MANY HISPANICS HAVE HELPED TO MAKE A GREATER COUNTRY. AND WE DON'T JUST CONCENTRATE WITH HISPANICS. 
          WE GIVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS,
NOT JUST FOR HISPANICS, FOR ANYBODY THAT COMES TO US THAT NEEDS A SCHOLARSHIP, THAT HAS NO OTHER WAY TO GO TO COLLEGE. THEY COME TO US. 
          WE'VE GOT IF WE HAVE THE MONEY, THEY APPLY AND THEY GET THE SCHOLARSHIPS BECAUSE WE FEEL
THAT EVERY ETHNIC GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE. AND SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU. 
          TODAY, MY MEMBERS OF LULAC, OUR DISTRICT DIRECTOR,
ALISA ROSALES, OUR IMMEDIATE FORMER NATIONAL VP FOR WOMEN, OUR OFFICERS, OUR CHAPLAIN AND OUR MEMBERS, LEADERS OF THE LOCAL COUNCILS. 
          WE HAVE 70 LULAC COUNCILS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY,
THE LARGEST IN THE STATE. 
          AND WE ARE OUT THERE THROUGH ALL THE STATES. WE HAVE OUR LULAC,
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, AGAIN CONCENTRATING ON EDUCATION REGARDLESS OF YOUR ETHNIC BACKGROUND. 
          AND SO WE STAND BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY WITH A LOT OF GRATITUDE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE OUR
ORGANIZATION HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL ARE GETTING ME RILED UP TODAY. 
          I MEAN, YOU START OFF WITH THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AND THEN YOU GO TO SAY CAM,
NOW YOU BRING MY OTHER HALF. 
          SO THANK YOU. SO MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS. IS THAT REBECA I SEE IN THE BACKGROUND,
REBECCA FLORES, 
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NOT REBECCA CLAY-FLORES, BUT REBECCA FLORES,
ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, OF COURSE, LAS MUJERES DE FUERZA UNIDA. 
          SO I JUST HAVE TO THANK YOU GUYS TODAY. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE HOPE WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS
AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO FIGHT TOGETHER. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE TO PIT US AGAINST EACH OTHER. 
          NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO IN ME BECAUSE I AM BLACKS AGAIN. 
          BUT LET'S CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND WHEN YOU GO TO D.C., MAKE SURE YOU'RE VERY LOUD AND VERY PROUD. 
          FELICIDADES. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. JUDGE,
I WANT TO ALSO WISH YOU WELL ON YOUR TRIP THIS WEEK. 
          I KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR LULAC, AND BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,
YOU ALL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          A LOT OF PROUD PRECINCT TWO RESIDENTS HERE. BY THE WAY,
LUPE AS MY APPOINTEE TO THE JBC. 
          DIANA, OF COURSE, MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN GALVAN,
WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN A CHAMPION SINCE OUR TIME ON CITY COUNCIL TOGETHER. 
          ALWAYS BEEN A CHAMPION NOT JUST FOR LULAC, BUT FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY EMPOWERING,
ORGANIZING. 
          AND SO I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          I THINK IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES BY MY COLLEAGUE TODAY COMMISSIONER
CLAY-FLORES, ABOUT TAKING IT UPON OURSELVES TO TELL THE STORY IN THE HISTORY BECAUSE WE CAN'T LET IT BE
ERASED. 
          AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE THE STRONGEST TO DO THAT. 
          AND YOU MENTIONED LOOP ABOUT THE WOMEN IN OUR LIVES WHO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF MEN MEN INVOLVED IN LULAC,
TOO. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. BUT WE KNOW THE STRENGTH OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OF THE
COMMUNITY IS OUR LATINA WOMEN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, TELLING THAT STORY AND FOR BEING STRONG ADVOCATES IN OUR
COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. JUDGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          Y'ALL KNOW AS 40 YEARS AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AS A PROSECUTOR,
JUDGE, NOW A COUNTY JUDGE. 
          I'VE STOOD WITH LULAC. I'VE STOOD WITH ALL OF Y'ALL. 
          AND Y'ALL KNOW, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE, MEANING ME AND MY WIFE,
RACHEL LATINA. 
          WE HAVE ALL STOOD TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. 
          AND TODAY'S BEEN A POIGNANT TIME WITH THE PASSING OF JESSE JACKSON AND THE RECOGNITION
THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO THE VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS TRULY THE HEART AND SOUL OF THEIR COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU. MR.. 
          I'LL CALL YOU. I'LL SET SOMETHING UP. OKAY. OH. 
          WE DON'T. WANT TO COME BACK? TO. WE'LL COME BACK TO PAUL. 
          LET'S GO WITH TIME, SIR. TIME, SIR. AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU,
OKAY? OKAY, OKAY. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH TIME. 
          CERTAIN. I KNOW WE GOT SOME INDIVIDUAL MATTERS TO COME BACK TO. 
          KATE, JUST KEEP ME ON TASK. OH, COMMISSIONER MOODY HAD A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          [Additional Item 3]
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. JUDGE I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT. RECOGNIZING SOME SOME FOLKS TODAY. 
          FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW, JUDGE SHERMAN COMAL COUNTY JUDGE PASSED LAST SATURDAY. 
          [01:00:04]
HE WAS TAKEN FROM US FAR TOO SOON. HE WAS ONLY 62 YEARS OLD. 
          FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HIS BACKGROUND, HE SERVED AS A TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR IN COMAL
COUNTY AND THEN LATER FOUR TERMS AS COUNTY JUDGE IN COMAL COUNTY. HE WAS AT HIS CELEBRATION OF LIFE YESTERDAY. 
          YOU HEARD REPEATEDLY THE TERM STEADY HAND HIS KINDNESS,
HIS DISCIPLINE AND HIS. 
          HE WAS THE QUINTESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVANT. AND HE WAS A MAN OF DEEP FAITH. 
          AND HE REALLY WALKED THE WALK. AND IT WAS IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME OF REMEMBRANCE. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I KNOW COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AND COMMISSIONER
CALVERT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH THEM AS WELL AS I DID ON THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO KNOW HIM. 
          AND OUR REGION WILL WILL MISS HIM AND I WILL MISS HIM. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE LOST A HUGE CHAMPION FOR OUR OUR REGION. 
          AND JUDGE KRAWCIW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT LET'S TAKE UP THE TIME. 
          [5. TIME CERTAIN ITEM(S) ]
CERTAIN. THE TIME IS NOW 10:05 A.M. I WILL CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THE COMMISSIONERS COURT INVITES PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE APPLICATION BY THE VALERO TEXAS
OPEN TO HOLD THE VALERO TEXAS OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT STARTING MONDAY, MARCH 30TH, 2026 AT 7 A.M. AND RUNNING THROUGH. 
          BALL LOCATED AT 230 808 RESORT PARKWAY, SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS 78261. 
          IS THERE ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? IS THERE ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO TO ITEM FIVE. 
          B DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN APPLICATION BY THE TEXAS TEXAS VALERO TEXAS
OPEN TO HOLD THE VALERO TEXAS OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT STARTING MARCH. MONDAY, MARCH 30TH, 2026 AT 7 A.M. AND RUNNING THROUGH SUNDAY,
APRIL 5TH, 2026 AT 8 P.M. 
          AT THE J.W. MERRITT HILL COUNTRY RESORT AND SPA,
LOCATED AT 2808 RESORT PARKWAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 78261. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ,
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. 
          TAKE UP FIVE C. THE COURT WILL NOW NOTE THAT WE'RE 10:07 A.M.. 
          THE COURT WILL CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDER DESIGNATED THE
ICORE GLOBAL REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? THERE ARE NO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          ANYBODY SIGNED UP? ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE? C HEARING NONE, THE COURT WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO FIVE D APPROVAL OF A
TAX ABATEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF BEXAR AND ACORE TEXAS, INC. FOR TEN YEAR 50% ABATEMENT OF COUNTY AND VALOREM TAXES ON QUALIFIED REAL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND AUTHORIZING FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. 
          MISS CARTER, YOU MAY PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE COURT,
COULD WE PLEASE GO BACK TO FIVE C? WE NEED TO HAVE THE COURT MOTION AND APPROVE THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DESIGNATION OF REINVESTMENT,
THOUGH. 
          SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. 
          SECOND, BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU SIR. 
          OKAY. SO FOR FIVE D THIS IS THE EXECUTION OF THE CORE AGREEMENT FOR 50% TAX ABATEMENT OVER
TEN YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. THEY PLAN ON HAVING A $160 MILLION INVESTMENT WITH 150 JOBS IN PRECINCT FOUR. 
          AND THE AVERAGE SALARY IS $56,000 A YEAR. JUDGE,
COULD WE ASK JUST THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PRODUCT USING, I THINK, A CORN STALK TO MAKE FURNITURE AND DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          CAN CAN SOMEONE JUST DESCRIBE THE COMPANY AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECYCLING AND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND ANY YES. 
          COMMISSIONER IT IS A VERY INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION. 
          ALL OF THE MATERIALS ARE 100% RECYCLED MATERIALS TO BUILD BUILDING MATERIALS FOR WALLS,
FLOORING, ETC. IT'S ALL AGRICULTURAL WASTE THAT WOULD HAVE GONE INTO A LANDFILL OR OTHERS,
AND THEY ARE UTILIZING THESE PRODUCTS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS. 
          VERY EXCITING PROJECT. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL TO TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF TEXAS FOR A
TEN YEAR, 50% ABATEMENT OF COUNTY AND VALOREM TAXES ON QUALIFIED,
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CALVERT,
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. 
          [01:05:04]
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. I ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LET'S GET THAT COMPANY UP AND RUNNING. 
          OKAY. LET US NOW GO BACK, OKAY. AND TAKE UP THOSE MATTERS THAT WERE PULLED OFF CONSENT. 
          [53. Approval of a request directing staff to identify funding in the amount of $32,500 for ongoing updates and management of Plan YourVoteSA.org; and authorization to execute a purchase order for Kalos Strategies for services rendered.]
I BELIEVE THE FIRST ONE WAS 53. CORRECT APPROVAL OF A REQUEST DIRECTING STAFF TO IDENTIFY
FUNDING AMOUNT OF 32,500. 
          FOR ONGOING UPDATES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PLAN YOUR VOTES SA AUG AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A
PURCHASE ORDER FOR KALO STRATEGIES FOR SERVICES RENT COMMISSIONER MOODY. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU JUDGE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS,
IS THIS IS A AN ITEM TIED TO TO FUNDING FOR A KIND OF REDUNDANT WEBSITE OUT THERE THAT PROVIDES ELECTIONS
INFORMATION AND DATES BACK, I GUESS, TO COVID IN 2020. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE
SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON. 
          AND MY STAFF WENT AND I, I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOKED AND YOU KNOW,
IT'S, IT'S A, A GOOD LOOKING WEBSITE, PROBABLY WELL CONSTRUCTED. YOU CAN DO VOTER REGISTRATION THERE,
BUT YOU CAN ALSO DO VOTER REGISTRATION ON THE BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. IN FACT, A LOT OF TIMES THE PLAN YOUR VOTE WEBSITE LINKS BACK TO THE BEXAR COUNTY
SITE. 
          EARLY VOTING INFORMATION IS THERE. EARLY VOTING INFORMATION IS ON THE BEXAR COUNTY
ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. 
          SAME THING FOR ELECTION DAY VOTING OR VOTE BY MAIL OR POLLING LOCATION LOOKUP. 
          THAT'S ON PLAN YOUR VOTE SA. BUT IT'S ALSO ON THE BEXAR COUNTY ELECTION SITE. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE SITE. 
          BUT BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS KIND OF THE NECESSITY OF HAVING IT IN A SEPARATE PLACE, BECAUSE THEN WE ACTUALLY DISTRACT VOTERS, IN MY OPINION,
HAVING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION. 
          WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE COURT AND MY COLLEAGUES IS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR NEW ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND WHATEVER THEY HAVE ASKED FOR. 
          AND AFTER THIS ELECTION, IF WE WANT TO INCORPORATE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO ENSURE
THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS WEBSITE IS IMPROVED, THEN, YOU KNOW,
I'M OPEN TO THAT. 
          AND I THINK WE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT TO MAKE IT AS USEFUL AS POSSIBLE TO TO CITIZENS. 
          BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT CONTINUING TO PUT MONEY INTO A SEPARATE ALTERNATIVE WEBSITE WHEN I
THINK THE INFORMATION IS, IS CLEARLY ON, ON BOTH OF THE WEBSITES. AND,
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS OUT THERE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW. 
          SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TRY TO ROLL THESE TWO WEBSITES TOGETHER GOING INTO THE THE NEXT
YEAR AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE WARRANTED ON OUR COUNTY
WEBSITE, BUT LET'S USE THESE RESOURCES INSTEAD OF BUILDING A SEPARATE WEBSITE TO IMPROVE OUR BEXAR
COUNTY WEBSITE WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION TO TO THE COURT. 
          YEAH. LET ME JUST CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT. TO COMMISSIONER MOODY'S SUGGESTION. 
          SO NUMBER ONE, I THINK THE THE INITIAL INTENT WAS,
YOU KNOW, I GUESS A YEAR OR TWO AGO OR MAYBE BEFORE THAT, THE THE SITE WAS THE COUNTY SITE WAS NOT AS GOOD AS IT IS NOW. 
          WHEN MICHELLE CAME IN THE NEW ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR,
THE COMMITMENT FROM HER WAS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO MERGE THE TWO. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S STILL THE INTENT. OF COURSE,
SHE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT BUSY, AS YOU KNOW, KNOW, COMMISSIONER WITH SOME OTHER ISSUES AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE,
SOME OTHER PRIORITIES. 
          SO I THINK THE INTENT IS STILL AND SHE'S COMMITTED TO KIND OF TAKE THIS SITE OVER AND
MERGE IT WITH THE EXISTING COUNTY SITE. 
          BUT I THINK FOR NOW, IF YOU GO INTO WHAT, YOU KNOW,
THE CURRENT SIDE, THE PLAN, YOUR VOTE ESSAR SITE IS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH FOCUS NOT JUST ON HOW TO GET REGISTERED, WHERE TO VOTE,
BUT ALSO ON THE CANDIDATES, BOTH IN THE UPCOMING REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTIONS. YOU CAN GO IN. IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE POSITION IS WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE. 
          SO I THINK THE INTENT IS TO MAKE IT MORE ROBUST AND TO INTEGRATE IT EVENTUALLY WITH THE
BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS SITE. 
          THAT'S BEEN THE COMMITMENT FROM FROM MICHELLE. 
          AND SO I THINK FOR NOW, THIS GETS US THROUGH THE 2026 ELECTION CYCLE. 
          I THINK IT'S A IT'S A. $32,000. I KNOW IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. 
          [01:10:04]
I THINK IT'S A SMALL COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE INFORMED
INFORMATION ON HOW TO VOTE, WHO TO VOTE FOR. SO I THINK IT'S A SMALL INVESTMENT IN MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
INFORMATION, ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE LONG TERM. 
          I THINK THE COMMITMENT IS AFTER THIS 2026 CYCLE THAT THERE WILL BE ONE INTEGRATED ELECTION
SITE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS OUT THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY,
FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AN INFORMED VOTER IS A GOOD VOTER. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. YEAH. 
          COMMENT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON AND THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT,
AND IF YOU'RE ALIVE, THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. AND WITH THE ATTEMPT TO SUFFOCATE
AND LIMIT VOTERS. 
          VOTER REGISTRATION, GETTING VOTERS TO THE POLLS. 
          TRYING TO MAKE IDS MORE STRINGENT. I THINK AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO WITHIN THE LAWS TO GET THE
INFORMATION OUT THERE AND TO ENCOURAGE VOTERS SO THEY CAN BE EDUCATED VOTERS. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CALVERT. COMMISSIONER. MOODE. WELL,
I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ'S COMMENTS ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE END GOAL, THE OBJECTIVE. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN IT BE DONE SOONER,
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN YOU KNOW BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE WITH WITH OUR ELECTIONS
ADMINISTRATOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO ALSO NOTE MY SUPPORT FOR YOU,
COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, AS THIS NOT ONLY IS A VOTER REGISTRATION, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE SUPPORTED YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS TO GET
THAT TURNOUT. 
          LET'S GET PEOPLE RIGHT TO VOTE BECAUSE IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. 
          AND I'M COMMITTED TO PROTECT, DEFEND AND PRESERVE THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COUNTRY. 
          ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. 
          OH. 59. 59. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 59, APPROVAL REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER 
          [59. Approval of a request from Commissioner Tommy Calvert, Precinct 4, to appoint the following individuals to the listed boards and commissions for the terms specified:]
CALVERT PRECINCT FOUR TO APPOINT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL TO THE LISTED BOARD AND
COMMISSION FOR THE TERM SPECIFIED IN REGARDS TO ELECTIONS AND VOTER ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          SO JUST LIKE TO MENTION, COMMISSIONER CALVERT,
THIS REALLY DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO TO HIS APPOINTMENT, BUT THE THE BOARD THAT HE'S APPOINTING TO MY QUESTION TO COUNTY STAFF IS,
HAS THIS BOARD WHEN WAS THIS BOARD CREATED? I MIGHT HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ,
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. JULY COMMISSIONER I KNOW I'M NOT COUNTY STAFF,
BUT GO AHEAD. 
          SO THIS WAS PART OF I THINK IT WAS 2020 WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OBVIOUSLY COVID A LOT OF CHANGES IN STATE LAW. EVENTUALLY A NEW,
NOW NEW ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THE CONCEPT WAS TO HAVE SOME CITIZEN ADVISORY INPUT ON JUST THE ELECTION PROCESS IN
GENERAL. 
          I KNOW THAT IT'S ADVISORY. IT'S NOT ANY TYPE OF POLICY MANDATE. 
          BUT JUST AS WE GO THROUGH AND NOW PROBABLY EVEN MORE SO INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE SOME CITIZEN INPUT ON, JUST LIKE WE DO ON OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS,
WHETHER IT'S SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOME INPUT FROM, FROM CITIZENS ON JUST THE INTERFACE,
WHETHER IT'S IMPROVING THE ELECTIONS PROCESS. 
          BACK THEN, WE WENT THROUGH AS I MENTIONED, COVID,
AND WE HAD TO GO TO KIND OF THE LARGER MEGA VOTING SITES INPUT ON WHETHER IT'S HOW ACCESSIBLE THOSE SITES ARE OR JUST IN GENERAL. 
          YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH ISSUES WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS,
AND THEY'RE NOT OUT IN FOLKS MAILBOXES YET. 
          SO JUST AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT I INITIATED,
THE COURT APPROVED BACK THEN TO HAVE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. 
          AND ULTIMATELY, I DON'T OBJECT TO THE THE OBJECTIVE THAT YOU LAID OUT THERE. 
          BUT BUT THE POINT I'M MAKING HERE IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE COMMITTEE HAS NEVER MET SINCE
IT WAS CREATED, AND I KNOW THAT I IMMEDIATELY MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ASK SOMEONE TO STEP UP AND BE WILLING TO SERVE. 
          [01:15:03]
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE CHECKED IN MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THEM AND THE COMMITTEE HAS NEVER MET. I
THINK, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN OURSELVES AS THE COURT AND BETWEEN COUNTY
STAFF IN TERMS OF WHO WHO OWNS THESE COMMITTEES AND WHO ENSURES THAT THEY'RE MEETING, ARE THEY ONLY MEETING WHEN COMMISSIONERS COURT CALLS THEM TO,
OR DO THEY HAVE REGULAR RECURRING MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO ASK PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT. WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE SERVE. 
          BUT THEN IF WE ASK PEOPLE TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE AND THEN THEY NEVER MEET,
THEN IT LEAVES A BAD TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH. 
          SO I'M SURE THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY WHERE WE SET
IT UP. 
          BUT THEN IF THERE'S NO EXECUTION, THERE'S NO ACTUAL BUSINESS GOING ON THEN? YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ASK PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND SERVE. 
          AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THERE'S NO KIND OF INPUT THAT'S ACTUALLY
COMING FROM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO IS THERE WITH THIS COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY,
CAN DAVID OR COUNTY STAFF, CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW EXECUTION TAKES PLACE ON, ON ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES? WHICH ONES ARE OWNED BY COUNTY STAFF AND WHICH ONES ARE LIKE SPECIAL COMMITTEES THAT ARE
JUST PUT TOGETHER BASED ON THE COURTS ASK. 
          SO AT THIS SECOND, THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THE ANSWER IS YES TO ALL OF THEM OR NO TO ALL OF
THEM. 
          I KNOW THOMAS AND OUR TEAM ARE WORKING TO GO THROUGH COMMITTEE BY COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU
SAY COMMITTEE, BUT THERE ARE TASK FORCES. THIS COURT FORMS ALL KINDS OF GROUPS,
INCLUDING THOSE THAT YOU MAKE FORMAL APPOINTMENTS TO, TO UNDERTAKE INITIATIVES. SO WE'RE WORKING TO BRING BACK TO YOU A LIST OF EVERYTHING,
THE COMMITTEES. 
          I'LL USE COMMITTEES, ALL THE COMMITTEES YOU FORMED THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY HOW ACTIVE OR
INACTIVE THEY HAVE BEEN, BECAUSE THESE AREN'T THE ONLY THIS ISN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU JUST POINTED OUT AND TRY
AND COME UP WITH. 
          ASSIGNING SPECIFIC STAFF PEOPLE ON MY STAFF AT LEAST TO BE MONITORING COORDINATING AGENDA
AGENDA POSTINGS, MAKING SURE THAT APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMITTEES HAVEN'T EXPIRED,
THAT KIND OF THING, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN THEN FROM A POLICY LEVEL,
DEAL WITH, WELL, DO WE NEED THE COMMITTEE? DOES IT NEED TO BE BIGGER OR SMALLER? THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. BUT IT'S. THE SIZE OF. 
          GIVEN THAT AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS,
AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, NOTHING TO THIS EXTENT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN AT A COUNTY WIDE LEVEL, AND THE LIST OF COMMUNITY COMMITTEES WERE FINDING THAT THEORETICALLY STILL EXIST
AND PROBABLY HAVEN'T FOR YEARS, EVEN A DECADE OR MORE IS FAR MORE EXTENSIVE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING TO BRING YOU A MUCH MORE RATIONALIZED VERSION OF THIS PROCESS. 
          OKAY, IT'S NOT A VERY SATISFYING ANSWER, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU FOR FOR SAYING THAT AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT. 
          I THINK THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT HERE. 
          I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THE, THE OBJECTIVE OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE,
BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO STAND BEHIND THESE COMMITTEES, THEN THERE HAS TO BE A PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW,
SOME EXECUTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE. 
          AND HOW DO WE DO THAT AS A COUNTY? SO I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE
LONG LIST OF COMMITTEES THAT EXIST OUT THERE. 
          AND IF WE CAN, THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO FIND QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO
SERVE ON THOSE COMMITTEES, BUT ALSO KEEPS OUR APPOINTEES ENGAGED IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE MEETING ON A CONSISTENT BASIS,
AND THEY KNOW BY STEPPING UP TO SERVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SERVE. 
          AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE FINDING, WHICH,
FRANKLY, IF I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE, I WOULD HAVE KNOWN IT TO BE TRUE WITHOUT THE RESEARCH IS THAT THERE'S NO REAL FORMALIZED
OR CALENDAR IZED REVIEW BY THIS COURT OF WHETHER A COMMITTEE SHOULD BE ONGOING OR NOT. 
          THERE'S JUST NO PROCESS BY WHICH, NO FORMAL PROCESS BY WHICH WE SAY,
OKAY, YOU FORMED THE CAFETERIA COMMITTEE IN 1983. DO WE STILL WANT THAT COMMITTEE? IF YES,
BLAH BLAH BLAH. 
          I JUST USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. I'M NOT PICKING ON THE CAFETERIA COMMITTEE. 
          [01:20:05]
BUT NO, I WELCOME THAT PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW,
I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR,
AGAIN, GOOD GOVERNANCE, THAT WE GO BACK AND CLEAN UP OUR LONG LIST OF COMMITTEES. 
          OKAY. YEAH. AND I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. 
          I DID JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ CREATING THIS
COMMITTEE. 
          IT FEELS AS IF THERE'S NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW TO REALLY CONVENE IT. 
          I WOULD I'M GOING TO ASK MY STAFF TO ASSISTING YOUR STAFF AND THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND
COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK JONATHAN AND LIBBY, WHO ARE IN HERE TODAY TO KIND OF GREASE THE WHEELS OF
GETTING PARTICIPATION AND GETTING A MEETING. 
          I WILL SPONSOR ICE CREAM FOR THAT, THAT MEETING AND ALL THE FIXINGS FOR BANANA SPLITS,
HOT FUDGE, CARAMEL, STRAWBERRIES, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THIS MEETING GOING. 
          BUT BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE CONVENE
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO VOTING RIGHTS. 
          BUT I WILL DEFINITELY SPONSOR THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL. 
          SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER PART OF THE MOTION. 
          COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. NO, BECAUSE THEN THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. 
          OH, NO, NO, NO, I'LL GIVE YOU THE CASH RIGHT NOW. 
          GET TWO TUBS OF BLUEBELL AND WE'LL BE DONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT WAS SPOKEN IN THE
SPIRIT OF TODAY, MARDI GRAS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EXACTLY. THERE WE GO. 
          DAVID, YOU SAY YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS. HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOUR PIN? I DON'T KNOW IF
I'VE, I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND AND PULL
THIS TOGETHER. 
          IF THERE'S A COMMITMENT FROM THE COURT THAT WE WILL MEET I WILL REAPPOINT MY APPOINTEE TO
THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I THINK HIS HIS APPOINTMENT EXPIRED AND NEVER PARTICIPATED IN A MEETING. 
          BUT IF THERE'S A WILLINGNESS TO THE COURT TO,
TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND MEET IN THE COMING MONTH OR TWO, THEN I WILL REAPPOINT HIM AT OUR NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT. 
          ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? KATE? OFF CONSENT. I BELIEVE WE CAN NOW MOVE BACK TO. 
          [6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary]
AGENDA ITEM SIX. FILING FOR THE RECORD. FILING. 
          FOLLOWING LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY FOR ITEMS A AND B COURT TAKES NOTE OF THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS. AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. COMMISSIONER. 
          [7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, February 3, 2026.]
COURT MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026. 
          MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. 
          COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS WHO SIGNED TO THE. 
          REGISTERED TO SPEAK. NONE. ANY CITIZENS BE HEARD. 
          ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AND BE HEARD. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO INDIVIDUAL. 
          ITEM 61 WAS DEFERRED. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          [62. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval for 39,028 hours of paid overtime for uniformed officers who worked mandatory overtime hours (MOT) in the Adult Detention Center between February 1, 2026, and July 3, 2026, in the estimated total amount of $1,729,721.]
ITEM 62. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING 39,028 HOURS OF PAID OVERTIME FOR THE
UNIFORMED OFFICERS WHO WORK MANDATORY OVERTIME IN THE ADULT DETENTION CENTER BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1ST,
2026 AND JULY 3RD, 2026. 
          ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 1,000,709. $729,721. IS ANYBODY HERE FOR THAT,
SHERIFF? OKAY, THERE HE IS. 
          GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. YES. 
          ITEM 62. FOR THE JAIL. WE'RE CERTAINLY HAVE WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU ALL
MIGHT HAVE. 
          CHIEF JOHNSON HAS BROUGHT ALONG SOME FACTS AND FIGURES THAT DO SHOW US MOVING,
CONTINUING TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH YOU KNOW, A HIGH JAIL POPULATION HAVING TO HOUSE OUT,
AND THEN, OF COURSE, CONTINUING TO DEAL WITH WITH STAFFING ISSUES THAT SHOW SOME PROMISE. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME SOME CLASSES STARTING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT I'LL BRING CHIEF JENSEN UP
TO ANSWER WHATEVER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, CHIEF. SURE. SO CURRENTLY POPULATION WISE WE'RE AT 4005 4704. IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR,
WE'RE AT 5143. 
          [01:25:06]
WE'RE CURRENTLY HOUSING OUT ROUGHLY 269 INMATES WITH 311 ARE PAPER READY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTION. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE THE VACANCIES ARE STILL COMING DOWN. LOOKS LIKE 100 CURRENTLY. 
          IS THAT FOR? THAT'S THE ADULT DETENTION CENTER,
CORRECT? ARE WE REFERRING TO? STAFF OR INMATES? STAFF. 
          STAFF WISE, WE'RE AT 118. OKAY. AND IS THAT. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE GRAPH THAT WAS
PROVIDED IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THAT HAS CONTINUED TO TO COME DOWN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN TERMS OF STAFF
VACANCIES. 
          OH, YES. TWO YEARS AGO, WE'RE ROUGHLY IN THE THREE HUNDREDS. 
          YEAH. WHICH IS IS GOOD NEWS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE THE REPORTING WITH COUNTY STAFF, THERE'S, THERE'S THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE HERE,
BUT COUNTY STAFF IS NOW PROVIDING THE JAIL REPORT, AND THEY'RE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THERE. 
          I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE UNINDICTED INDIVIDUALS IN THE JAIL
AS WELL AS THE LENGTH OF STAY, WHICH IS A GOOD TELL IN TERMS OF WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE STUCK IN THE JAIL FOR A LONG
TIME. 
          LOCKS UP SPACE, CAUSES ISSUES WITH OVERCROWDING. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE TWO METRICS, I THINK, THAT ARE VALUABLE. 
          AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME LOOKING AT AS WELL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU'VE DOVE INTO THOSE AT ALL OR NOT WITH THE LENGTH OF STAY OR THE
UNINDICTED INDIVIDUALS. 
          NOT SO MUCH UNINDICTED. I KNOW LENGTH OF STAY IS ABOUT 110 PER AVERAGE. 
          NOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I BELIEVE THAT NUMBER USED TO BE IN THE 80S,
WASN'T IT? IT WAS ROUGHLY. I MEAN, IT FLUCTUATES. I MEAN,
FROM JUNE OF 24, IT'S GONE UP CONSIDERABLY. 
          OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU IF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME THROUGH THE JAIL ARE
STAYING LONGER, YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY BED DAYS IN THE JAIL, RIGHT? SO WHEN THE LENGTH OF STAY GOES UP, THERE'S FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE
PROCESSED THROUGH THE JAIL. 
          AND THAT'S THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE THAT TIES BACK TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
JUST THE THE FLOW OF THESE CASES AND EVERYTHING. 
          I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE INCREASING THE LENGTH OF STAY? COULD IT BE THEY'RE MORE VIOLENT? WELL, OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED AS FAR AS FELONIES. 
          YES. ANY OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU SEE OR. WELL,
RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PERIOD WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO GO DOWN. 
          WE'RE DIPPING. BUT IF WE GO BY SEASONAL, WE'LL BE PICKING UP PROBABLY AROUND APRIL AND MAY
IN TOTAL. 
          INMATES. CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT FACTORS THAT ARE IMPACTING THAT
LENGTH OF STAY, POTENTIALLY. IT'S THE COURTS, SIR. YEAH. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          I JUST THOSE ARE TWO THINGS I'VE SEEN IN THE NEW JAIL REPORT. 
          I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION THERE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT THAT AND TRY TO UNPACK IT AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY ROOT CAUSES THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND MAYBE WORK WITH THE DA ON THOSE. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE, JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR A MOTION? MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU SHERIFF. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. 
          [63. (David Wegmann) Presentation, discussion and appropriate action authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain and approval of an Order declaring a necessity for the acquisition in fee simple of a 2.253-acre tract of land, out of a 434.978-acre tract situated in Bexar County, Texas, and being that same tract conveyed to Forbrich Ranch, LLC in Document Number 20220040531 of the Official Public Records of Bexar County, Texas, to advance and achieve the public use of replacing the existing low water crossing at Cagnon Road at the Medina River with a bridge capable of passing the 100- year storm constructed on a new road alignment on Cagnon Road, to help provide unflooded access, increase public safety and enhance regional mobility and authorizing the institution of condemnation proceedings to acquire these rights. Said 2.253-acre tract is more particularly described by metes and bounds and shown in Exhibit "A", attached to the Order and incorporated herein for all purposes. Precinct Number 1.]
ITEM 63. OH, THIS IS A LONG ONE. SO I'LL JUST TAKE NOTE. 
          NOTE FOR THE RECORD KATE AND EVERYBODY WHAT 63. 
          IT'S A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION OF FURTHER ACTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF POWER OF EMINENT
DOMAIN AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDER DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE, 2.0.2.53 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF A FOURTH 34.978 ACRE TRACT LOCATED SITUATED IN BEXAR COUNTY,
TEXAS. 
          AND I'LL JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE REST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS,
MR. WEGMAN. THANK YOU. JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS DAVID WEGMAN,
FOR PUBLIC WORKS ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, IS ONE OF TWO PARCELS OF PROPERTY THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR US TO COMPLETE ONE OF
OUR VERY IMPORTANT FLOOD CONTROL INITIATIVES, SPECIFICALLY CAGNON ROAD. IT'S REALIGNMENT OVER THE MEDINA RIVER. 
          IT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING DANGEROUS LOW WATER CROSSING WITH A BRIDGE CAPABLE OF PASSING
100 YEAR STORM EVENT. 
          [01:30:06]
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF DESIGN. APPROXIMATELY 60%. 
          THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PARCEL IS NECESSARY TO REALIZE THAT REALIGNMENT FOR THAT FLOOD
CONTROL INITIATIVE. 
          AND CURRENTLY, WE NEED TO GET ON THAT PROPERTY TO COMPLETE OUR SURVEY AND GEOTECHNICAL
STUDIES. 
          THIS IS JUST A LITTLE EXHIBIT OF WHERE THAT PROPERTY IS OVER THE THE GREATER THE
ACQUISITION IS ABOUT 2.25 ACRES. 
          IT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DRAINAGE,
ROADWAY, CULVERTS, CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. 
          IN THE EVENT THAT THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL THIS MOTION WILL AUTHORIZE THE
UTILIZATION OF OUR EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND SO THE RECOMMENDED MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THAT USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN AS WRITTEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THAT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AREA. 
          SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET IT DONE. SO MOVE FOR MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. FURTHER DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL GO DOWN TO 60 FOR PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION. 
          [64. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain and approval of an Order declaring a necessity for the acquisition in fee simple of a 1.272-acre tract of land, out of a 290.25-acre tract, situated in Bexar County, Texas, and being that same tract conveyed to Zumwalt Properties, LLC. in Document Number 20230021352 of the Official Public Records of Bexar County, Texas, to advance and achieve the public use of replacing the existing low water crossing on Cagnon Road at the Medina River with a bridge capable of passing the 100- year storm constructed on a new road alignment on Cagnon Road, to help provide unflooded access, increase public safety and enhance regional mobility and authorizing the institution of condemnation proceedings to acquire these rights. Said 1.272-acre tract is more particularly described by metes and bounds and shown in Exhibit "A", attached to the Order and incorporated herein for all purposes. Precinct Number 1.]
APPROPRIATE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. APPROVAL OF AN
ORDER DECLARING A NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE OF A 1.272 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF A TWO 290.25 ACRE TRACT SITUATED IN BEXAR COUNTY,
TEXAS. 
          AND I'LL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THE REST OF THAT AGENDA ITEM. 
          FOR THE RECORD, MR. WEGMAN. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE TWO PARCELS THAT I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM
SLIGHTLY SMALLER, BUT IT WILL ALLOW US TO COMPLETE THE REALIGNMENT OF THAT CANYON ROAD OVER THE MEDINA RIVER
TO PASS 100 YEAR STORM EVENT. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNER. WE WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH. 
          WE WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT WE BE GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO UTILIZE OUR EMINENT DOMAIN. 
          POWERS SHOULD NEGOTIATIONS BECOME UNSUCCESSFUL. 
          MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES,
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. 
          CARRY ON, MR. WEGMAN. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO DOWN TO 65. 
          [65. (David Wegmann) (Mark Gager) Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding approval and execution of a 2nd Amendment with Ankobia Group, LLC for additional staff augmentation services to support Enterprise County Integrated Justice System (eCIJS) post-implementation enhancements and continuous improvement efforts for BCIT, as well as initiatives for the County Clerk's Office in the amount of $1,182,803.60. The term ofthe amendment is October 1st, 2025, through September 30th, 2026.]
PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A SECOND
AMENDMENT WITH ANKOBEA GROUP, LLC. FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES. 
          SUPPORT ENTERPRISE COUNTY INTEGRATED JUSTICE SYSTEM CJIS POST-IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION ENHANCEMENT, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR BCIT, AS WELL AS INITIATIVE FOR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          AN AMOUNT OF $1,182,803.60. TERM OF THE AMENDMENT IS OCTOBER 1ST,
2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. MR. GAGER. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. 
          SO I HAVE WITH ME TODAY JOHNNY GORDON WITH CUMBIA GROUP AND LONNIE BICKLEY. 
          HE'S OUR MANAGER OF JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN IT. SO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND AND THIS IS GOING TO
BE A SHORT PRESENTATION. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED THE ENTERPRISE, INTEGRATED THE INTEGRATED JUSTICE SYSTEM IN JUNE OF 2024. 
          SINCE THEN WE'VE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT,
EITHER TO AUGMENT WHAT THAT SYSTEM CAN'T DO, OR THERE'S BEEN SOME REQUESTS FOR DIFFERENT DATA INSIGHTS AND REPORTS AND DASHBOARDS AND
BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN. WE PARTNERED WITH ANKOBIAH GROUP THROUGH THAT
PROJECT, AND THEY'VE DONE SOME WORK WITH US POST IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL. 
          SO THERE WERE ABOUT $335,000 WORTH OF STAFF AUGMENTATION DOLLARS THAT WE PUT IN OUR
GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR, KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED SOME RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF JUST IT TO HELP SUPPORT THE AMOUNT OF
TICKETS THAT STILL COME IN. 
          RIGHT. SO SO 335,000 OF THAT WAS IN OUR GENERAL FUND,
AND THAT'S WHAT BCIT PLANNED TO USE A THIRD PARTY VENDOR FOR, FOR STAFF AUGMENTATION. THE COUNTY CLERK ALSO WORKED WITH ANKOBEA,
AND THEY IDENTIFIED ABOUT $847,700 WORTH OF WORK FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. NOW, THE COUNTY CLERK WANTED TO FUND THOSE OUT OF HER RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND,
AND SHE WORKED WITH BUDGET AND THE BUDGET PROCESS TO TRANSFER THOSE FUNDS OVER TO BCIT'S BUDGET. SO WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE WORK. BUT THOSE DOLLARS COME FROM HER RECORDS
MANAGEMENT FUND SPECIFICALLY FOR TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SHE WANTED TO BE A PARTNER FOR HER OTHER DEPARTMENTS,
TOO. 
          SO SOME OF THE WORK IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE COUNTY CLERK,
BUT SOME OF THE WORK WILL HELP IN BCSO OR THE COURTS AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER AREAS. 
          [01:35:02]
SO SO WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF $1.1 MILLION OR $1,182,803.60 WHICH IS THE COMBINATION OF THAT WORK THAT BCIT BUDGETED FOR AND THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY
CLERK TRANSFERRED OVER FROM HER RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND. 
          I JUST HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY. I HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY. 
          SO, MARK, WHAT I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY WAS 500,000 FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S FUND,
300,000 ALREADY BUDGETED. 
          SO IT'S A NET OF 300,000 THAT YOU KNOW, SIR,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND SLIDE HERE. 
          SO BCIT STAFF AUGMENTATION WAS 335,000 $103.60. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE BUDGETED IN OUR GENERAL FUND. SHE BUDGETED MR ADAME-CLARK 847,700,
FOR A TOTAL OF 1,000,182 860. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THIS WAS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET,
AND WE'RE JUST YOU'RE JUST COMING FOR FINAL APPROVAL? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. Y'ALL, Y'ALL ALREADY PLANNED THIS BEFORE? WE ALREADY PLANNED FOR THIS WORK. IT'S BUDGETED. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW. THAT'S. NO. OKAY. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSITION. ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ALONG. 
          [66. (Court) 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 #66a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding a request to approve a Voter Registration and Elections Management System Agreement between Bexar County and VR Systems, Inc. for a voter focus, voter registration, and elections management system software package. (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM 66. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO THE EXCEPTION TO ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY. 
          1.2 TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING LATE FILED AGENDA. 
          ITEM 66 A CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ,
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. 
          JUDGE, THAT'S THAT'S AN EXECUTIVE ITEM, I THINK. 
          I'M SORRY. THAT'S AN EXECUTIVE ITEM. OH. I'M SORRY. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO, NO, BUT WE DON'T NEED IT. BUT IT IS AN EXECUTIVE. 
          IF THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT IN EXECUTIVE FIRST. 
          WELL, LET LET LET'S. OKAY. IT'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE LATE FILE,
AND THEN WE'LL STOP IT THERE. 
          OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS LATE FILE TO CONSIDER. 
          668. THAT'S ALL WE'RE FILING FOR A VOTE ON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. 
          I'M NOT CARRIED. SIX. SIX. EIGHT. TILL WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HAVE CONSULTATION. 
          I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S UNDER LEGAL CONSULTATION EXCEPTION. SO AT THIS TIME. 
          OH, WE DO HAVE A CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, MR. ARTHUR ROCKOWITZ. 
          [8. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak. (Part 1 of 2)]
I'M GOING TO LET YOU SPEAK. I THINK YOU'RE A BIT LATE,
BUT COME ON UP. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING,
COMMISSIONERS. 
          GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI. I WANT TO BEGIN BY STATING CRIPPLED AMERICA HOW TO BEGIN. 
          GREAT, GREAT AGAIN WAS INTRODUCED BY A YOUNG MAN AND RATIONALE DEPICTING HIS FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CONFIRMATION PICTURE ON PAGE 115 AND CHAPTER SIX. THE ENERGY DEBATE. A LOT OF HOT AIR BEGINS ON 60 TWO WITH A QUESTION
AS OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO MARK TWAIN. 
          EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT NO ONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH JANUARY 2026 MLK MARCH THAT THE POLITICIANS AND THE PEOPLE USED
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST THE NO ICE VERSUS ESTABLISHED CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS OR BLACKS,
AS THEY HAVE THE LEGAL STATUS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. 
          OFTEN I WALK PEACEFUL DURING THE BLACK NIGHTFALL WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON EACH STREET
CORNER. 
          THE WALK ICON APPEARS SYMBOLICALLY SYMBOLIZING THE MLK SPIRIT,
AS DURING THE DAYTIME YOU'RE WALKING WITH THE DEVIL. 
          THOSE, AND EVEN AMERICANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE PURPOSE FOR ICE. 
          JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY, OPPOSITE THE SPANISH GOVERNOR'S PALACE,
A RESTAURANT DISPLAYS A MEXICAN FLAG IN THE WINDOW. 
          AND WHILE WALKING OR DRIVING DOWN DELA ROSA STREET,
YOU'RE BENEATH THE PLANE OF THIS FLAG. 
          SIMILAR ON FLORES STREET, A RESTAURANT THAT DEPICTS A MEXICAN FLAG IN AUSTIN ON BRAZOS
STREET AND FIFTH ABOVE THE MEXICAN MEXICAN CONSULATE IS A FLAGPOLE WITH MEXICAN FLAG. 
          AND A FEW BLOCKS AWAY WEST IS UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE,
WITH THE U.S. 
          FLAG BEING LOWER. WHERE IS THE RESPECT? RETALIATION WITH SPANISH MUSIC IS PROUDLY,
LOUDLY IN WALMART, CVS, TACO CABANA, OTHER BUSINESSES. ONE TIME THE MUSIC WAS SO LOUD IN TACO CABANA,
HAD TO SIT OUTSIDE AND WATCH THE FLIES INSIDE, DANCING ON THE WINDOW VERSUS WALKING. 
          AND THE MOST DISTURBING NEWS ABOUT 20 LATINOS,
MALE AND FEMALE, BEING SMUGGLED ILLEGALLY. 
          [01:40:07]
AND ONE DIED AND THEN THROWING THE BODY OUTSIDE IN A DITCH NEAR VON ORMY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I JUST PULLED. YES, JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, THE TIME IS 10:44 A.M.. 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION (DISCUSSION ONLY: CLOSED TO PUBLIC)]
THE COURT WILL CLOSE RECESS TO OPEN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          LET'S TAKE A QUICK BREAK. I NEED A BREAK, BUT EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM MAY BE DISCUSSED AND
ACT UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071. 
          CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION
OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN THE MATTERS OF RICHARDSON VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY, ELDER VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY, STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY. 
          BE MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENT BODY UNDER THE TEXAS
DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY,
ONE DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN LEGAL ISSUES RELATED OR TO A PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY VR SYSTEMS FOR PROCUREMENT OF A VOTER REGISTRATION ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          TWO DISCUSSION AND BRIEFING REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE PRESENCE AND POTENTIAL
OPERATION OF FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY, INCLUDING JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND LIMITS ON COUNTY
AUTHORITY, AS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT. PRECINCT FOUR. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, THE COURT WILL CLOSE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION,
BUT WE'LL TAKE JUST A REAL QUICK BREAK AND THEN COME BACK OUT. 
          TIME IS 11:58 A.M. 11:58 A.M.. WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. 
          [8. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak. (Part 2 of 2)]
WE DO HAVE TWO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, WHICH I'LL ALLOW REBECCA FLORES,
JEFF. 
          AND THEN REBECCA. CLAUDIA. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING. THIS IS THE MIKE. 
          MIKE ON FOR HER. OKAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          LET ME CHANNEL THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. 
          WE ARE ALL TAUGHT TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS. AND THEN WE MUST ASK OURSELVES,
WHO IS OUR NEIGHBOR? I KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES WITHIN EACH OF US,
AND WE MUST ACT ON THAT SPIRIT. 
          I URGE YOU TO NOT ALLOW THE BUILD OUT OF THE EAST SIDE DETENTION CENTER. 
          DO ALL YOU CAN IN YOUR POWER BECAUSE YOU HAVE IMMENSE POWER. 
          TO DETER AND HOLD UP THE BUILD OUT OF THIS JAIL. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE A FEW MINUTES FROM DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL,
FROM SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL. 
          DO NOT CREATE MORE DIVISIVENESS IN THE CITY WITH ITS DETENTION CENTER,
THIS JAIL, YOU KNOW, THIS CITY IS EXTREMELY DIVIDED RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY IS EXTREMELY DIVIDED. 
          AND THIS IS GOING TO ONLY ADD MORE TO THAT DIVISIVENESS. 
          AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, LET'S REFLECT ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT DILI,
JUST 70 MILES SOUTH OF HERE. 
          DILI IS A SMALL TOWN. A SMALL VILLAGE THAT HAS BEEN RUINED BY THOSE TWO PRISONS THAT ARE THAT ARE SITTING THERE, THE DETENTION CENTER AND THE JAIL. 
          AND REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT THE DEMONSTRATION THAT
WAS LED BY PEOPLE OF FAITH, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO KEEP US SAFE. 
          PEPPER SPRAYED THE FOLKS WHO WERE THERE. I ORGANIZED A BUSLOAD OF FOLKS WHO CAME OUT OF
THE UNITARIANS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF FAITH WHO WENT DOWN THERE, AND THESE FOLKS WERE PEPPER SPRAYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THERE ARE 300 TO 400 CHILDREN THERE. AND THESE ARE NOT CRIMINALS. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT, OF COURSE, WE HEAR THAT ONLY CRIMINALS ARE BEING KEPT IN THESE DETENTION
CENTERS. 
          THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT CRIMINALS, AND YET THEY ARE. 
          THEY ARE THERE 300 TO 400. AND THE LATEST SCANDAL,
OF COURSE, THAT I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THIS MORNING, IS OF THE TWO MONTH CHILD, TWO MONTH OLD CHILD WHO HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE
THERE WAS NOBODY MEDICALLY, THERE WAS NO DOCTOR ON SITE. IN MY EXPERIENCE,
SINCE 2014 WHEN I USED TO TRAVEL TO CAIRNS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. 
          [01:45:04]
I NEVER ONCE SAW THE DOCTOR THERE. WHEN YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SITTING IN A PLACE,
YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE A DOCTOR THERE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS, AS YOU KNOW,
AS FATHERS AND MOTHERS OF CHILDREN AND RELATIVES OF CHILDREN. 
          YOU KNOW HOW CHILDREN GET SICK ALL THE TIME. AND SO I AM ASKING YOU,
THESE ARE IMMORAL ACTIONS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS CITY, IN THIS COUNTY AND IN THIS COUNTRY. I'M ALSO INVITING EACH OF YOU TO JOIN US ON A MARCH ON
FEBRUARY THE 28TH, LED BY PEOPLE OF FAITH IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE PEOPLE OF FAITH ARE ALSO TAKING A STAND
AGAINST THESE KINDS OF ACTIONS IN THIS CITY. 
          SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THIS RESOLUTION AND DO ALL THAT YOU CAN IN YOUR
POWER. 
          AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS POWER TO STOP AND DETER THIS. 
          TIME HAS EXPIRED AS LONG AS YOU CAN. THANK YOU. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME TO SPEAK. 
          AS MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUE,
THAT WITH THE DETENTION CENTER, I BELONG TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS. AND TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE STREETS,
YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THEIR FEAR. IT DOESN'T. NOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER YOUR LEGAL STATUS,
IF YOU'RE HERE LEGALLY OR UNDOCUMENTED OR ILLEGAL, QUOTE, UNQUOTE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT ANYMORE. IT'S ABOUT RACIAL PROFILING. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BEING DETAINED JUST BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN,
BY SPEAK FOR JUST FOR SPEAKING SPANISH OR HAVING AN ACCENT. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL BE IMPACTED IF WE HAVE THIS DETENTION CENTER
HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE STORIES ONLINE, ON FACEBOOK,
ON INSTAGRAM, OF ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THERE, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LAY IN THEIR FECES,
HAVING TO HAVE NO MEDICAL ATTENTION, PEOPLE BEING STRANGLED. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING. 
          AND YOU HEAR THE STORIES OVER AND OVER FROM REPORTS,
ALLEGATIONS SEXUAL ABUSE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LIST GOES ON. I DON'T HAVE TO LIST THEM HERE. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THEM ONLINE. AND SO THAT IS OUR CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT KIND OF TRUST WILL OUR COMMUNITY HAVE GOING TO BEFORE POLICE OR BEFORE ANY TYPE OF
POLICE AGENCY WHEN THEY CAN GET DETAINED AND SENT TO ONE OF THOSE CENTERS? AND THAT'S OUR CONCERN. HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRUST OUR POLICE OFFICERS? AND EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES THEY SAY, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ICE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE. BUT WE'VE SEEN IN BALCONES HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF PRECINCT THREE IS WORKING OR NOT WITH THEM. 
          I'VE HEARD BOTH SIDES BOTH THINGS. SO IT'S JUST A FEAR THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED DIRECTLY. HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR BUSINESS,
HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR ECONOMIC INCOME IN THE CITY. 
          I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, THE PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY TO SPEND MONEY. 
          IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT COMING TO SAN ANTONIO AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID. 
          HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE CENTER WILL BE? WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN THERE? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GO INTO THE PLAYGROUND WHEN THEY HAVE
THIS HUGE CENTER IN THEIR BACKYARD? THEY SHOULD BE HAVING MORE PLAYGROUNDS, MORE COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE THEY CAN GROW AND
THRIVE, WHERE THEY CAN BECOME, YOU KNOW, HAPPY CHILDREN NOT HAVE A DETENTION CENTER BEHIND THEIR
YARD. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE. AND SO THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. 
          BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY,
OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR COUNTY, OUR STATE OFFICIALS LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE THAT ALL THE RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED AND PEOPLE ARE TREATED HUMANELY. 
          AS A CHRISTIAN MYSELF, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE HOW CAN YOU TREAT ANOTHER
HUMAN BEING REGARDLESS IF THEY HAVE LEGAL STATUS OR NOT? A PAPER DOES NOT MAKE A PERSON WORTH WHO THEY ARE,
WHAT THEY ARE. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS AND THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. 
          THANK YOU. LET ME GO AND SPEAK AS COUNTY JUDGE ONLY. 
          I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COURT. I'VE MADE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT I AM OPPOSED TO
THE FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITY, AN EXPANSION OF ISIS FOOTPRINT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          CURRENTLY, AT THIS TIME, I'M WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR AND JOAQUIN CASTRO AND
MAYOR JONES, EXPRESSING OUR OPPOSITION AND REQUEST DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SECRETARY OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ICE. 
          TODAY'S MEETING HAD A DEDICATED EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS
THE ISSUE, 
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AND WE WILL PREPARE A STRATEGY THAT MAY INCLUDE LEGAL INTERVENTION WITH THE COURTS AND
WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES, WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE ICE FACILITY AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF EXECUTIVE
SESSION, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT,
FOR THE RECORD AT THIS TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO COMMENT. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES JUST THAT I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD
YOUR LEADERSHIP, JUDGE SAKAI, AND WORKING WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A FEDERAL ISSUE. 
          SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN AT A FEDERAL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT
HAPPEN. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE, WE SUPPORT SUPPORT YOU IN TRYING TO TO MAKE SURE
WITHIN OUR MEANS NOT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST ACTION ITEM OF THE AGENDA. 
          [66. (Court) 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 #66a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding a request to approve a Voter Registration and Elections Management System Agreement between Bexar County and VR Systems, Inc. for a voter focus, voter registration, and elections management system software package. (Part 2 of 2)]
AND WHERE DID MY. OH, I BELIEVE IT IS LARRY. IT IS ITEM 66,
A DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE REQUEST TO APPROVE A VOTER REGISTRATION ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR
COUNTY VR SYSTEMS, INC. FOR VOTER FOCUSED VOTER REGISTRATION. ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE PACKAGE. 
          MR. THOMAS GUEVARA. THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. 
          THOMAS GUEVARA WITH THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER. THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF
A VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          BY WAY OF BACKGROUND. COMMISSIONER'S COURT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. 
          AUTHORIZED STAFF TO NEGOTIATE WITH VR SYSTEMS,
INC. 
          FOR SYSTEM VR. VRS SOFTWARE WILL MANAGE VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION PROVIDED BY VOTERS
ON APPLICATION FORMS OR ABSENTEE BALLOT BALLOT REQUEST FORMS. THE SOFTWARE WILL ALSO INCLUDE GIS INTERFACES AND ELECTION
POLL BOOK INTERFACE SOFTWARE PROVIDED BY VRS. 
          BELOW ARE SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE IN THE SOFTWARE SUCH AS MAIL
BALLOT PROCESSING REPORTS, VOTER MANAGEMENT AND LIST MAINTENANCE, AND THE ABILITY TO IMPORT AND EXPORT VOTER DATA TO
AND FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM. SHOULD THE COURT APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT,
THE COUNTY AND VRS WILL JOINTLY DEVELOP A PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS. THE PRIMARY TASK REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WILL INCLUDE PROJECT PLANNING,
DATA CONVERSION, CONVERSION TESTING, SOFTWARE AND DATABASE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION TRAINING,
AS WELL AS POST GO LIVE ACTIVITIES. 
          THE AGREEMENT DOES INCLUDE DEFINED MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES,
BOTH TO INCLUDE BOTH STANDARD SUPPORT HOURS AND ELECTION SUPPORT HOURS DURING AN ELECTION PERIOD. IT REQUIRES INTEROPERABILITY OPERABILITY WITH THE TEXAS
SECRETARY OF STATE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM, BUT THE AGREEMENT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT RVERS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FAILURES,
DELAYS, OR UNAVAILABILITY CAUSED BY THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES DEFINED SEVERITY LEVELS AND RESPONSE AND RESOLUTIONS TO THOSE LEVELS. 
          YEAR ONE OF THE AGREEMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION. 
          THAT'S THE INITIAL FEE FOR BOTH THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS LICENSING AND INTERFACES. 
          YEAR TWO WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER 251,000 FOR A RENEWAL FEE. 
          THAT'S FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT, AS WELL AS AN INCREASED OPTION BY NOT MORE THAN 6%. 
          JUDGE COMMISSIONER STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND VRS SYSTEMS, INC. FOR VOTER FOCUSED VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE
PACKAGE, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,057,996.26, AND TO INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY
TRANSFER. 
          SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER, CAN WE GO BACK TO. WELL,
I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO TAKE IT DOWN. 
          BUT ON PAGE THREE, IT TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF THE CONTRACT. 
          SO WE'RE ABOUT TO SIGN THIS CONTRACT. SO MICHELLE'S HERE. 
          WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE PRIMARY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. 
          SHOULD WE CHANGE THAT TO WITHIN THE FIRST 45 DAYS,
OR IS YOUR STAFF OKAY WITH HOLDING THIS IN A CONTRACT, SAYING WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS WHEN WE HAVE EARLY VOTING STARTING TODAY,
OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, I THINK 30 DAYS IS STILL A GOOD NUMBER, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRIMARY,
I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO THE TASK. 
          OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO SUPPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENT? COMMISSIONER MOODY? I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL,
THE IF YOU JUST SHARE AGAIN, THIS IS AN THERE WAS NO 
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RFP FOR THIS CONTRACT. CORRECT? IT WAS A SOLE SOURCE. 
          THE COURT. THAT IS CORRECT. THE COURT AUTHORIZED US TO USE THIS THROUGH THE TEXAS. 
          I'M SORRY, THE THE BY BOARD PURCHASING COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THAT THE STATE HAS WITH VRS. 
          OKAY. AND SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER ENTITIES OUT THERE TODAY FUNCTIONING THAT OFFER THIS
SERVICE? I BELIEVE NOT. OKAY. AND THIS CONTRACT IS FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS,
OR THERE'S A RENEWAL FOR TWO YEARS. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. AFTER THAT, THERE'D BE NO PROTECTIONS ON THE COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO
PRICING WITH VR. 
          CORRECT. THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR THREE YEARS. JUST THINK THAT THAT WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF
THAT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, AS THIS TAKES PLACE BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE SEEN IT CONTRACTS BEFORE WHERE WE
DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE OTHER OPTIONS OR HAVE BACKUP PLANS. 
          AND WE ARE PUT IN A BAD SITUATION IN TERMS OF CONTRACTS. 
          WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION? 30 DAYS IS JUST FOR THE PLAN,
RIGHT? WHAT'S THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION? SO THAT'S THE PROJECT PLAN,
CORRECT? COMMISSIONER 30 DAYS FOR THAT. WE'RE ESTIMATING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO 5 MONTHS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND GO LIVE. SO JUST TO BE 100% CLEAR THIS IS IN NO WAY GOING TO BE IN
PLACE FOR THE PRIMARY OR THE RUNOFF. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. IT WOULD ONLY BE IN NOVEMBER. 
          CORRECT. SO WE DID NOT USE VR OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE NOVEMBER 25TH ELECTION,
AND WE WILL NOT BE USING VR IN THE MARCH 26TH ELECTION OR THE MAY 26TH ELECTION IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          CORRECT. AND WE EXECUTED BY ALL OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A GOOD,
SAFE, FAIR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 25TH. CORRECT. EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? JUST JUST THE POINT THAT WE WE DID EXECUTE THE NOVEMBER 25TH ELECTION AND EVERYTHING WENT
WELL. 
          CORRECT. AND I KNOW THAT MICHELLE, REPRESENTING THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS HERE. 
          AND I ASSUME SHE WOULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THE PRIMARY AND THE RUNOFF THAT HER TEAM
WOULD, WOULD EXECUTE WELL ON THAT. SO WHERE MY POINT AND LAYING ALL THAT OUT THERE IS IF WE'RE
GOING TO EXECUTE THREE ELECTIONS WITHOUT VR SYSTEMS AND VR IS NOT REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR US TO DO OUR JOB
AND EXECUTE ELECTIONS IN BEXAR COUNTY FAIRLY AND SAFELY. SO IT COMES DOWN TO WE WANT IT,
THOUGH. 
          AND WHY? AND OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, I'VE TRIED TO GET MORE AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE FUNCTIONALITY. 
          IS IT EASING WORKLOAD? WHAT WHAT ARE THOSE SPECIFICS THAT IT PROVIDES THAT MAKES IT WORTH
$2 MILLION TO TAXPAYERS? BECAUSE ONE THING WE DIDN'T TOUCH ON HERE IS THIS SYSTEM WILL ONLY INTERFACE WITH THE TEAM
SYSTEM AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          IT DOESN'T REPLACE TEAM. WE STILL HAVE TO USE TEAM AS THE STATE PROGRAM OF RECORD. 
          CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL,
HOWEVER, SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS, BY GOING TO A SOFTWARE SYSTEM LIKE THIS FOR ELECTIONS FOR THE ELECTION MANAGEMENT SIDE,
INCLUDES AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF DPS RECORDS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF SCANNING THAT GOES IN AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO LIKE VOTER IMAGES,
ETC., THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE ON ON HAND IN REAL TIME, REAL TIME BALLOT REPORTS. THE FLEXIBILITY FOR WHEN QUESTIONS ARE ASKED OF THE ELECTIONS
ADMINISTRATOR AND HER STAFF ON CERTAIN REPORTS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DIVE IN. ALSO NOTICE AND CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING FOR FOR MAIL
LABELS, MAIL BALLOTS. I'LL ASK THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR TO ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER
ENHANCEMENTS BY HAVING A SYSTEM LIKE THIS CAN DO FOR HER TEAM. 
          AND LISTEN, THERE WAS SOME GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST PUT OUT THERE,
THOMAS. 
          BUT IN SIX MONTHS, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THE DETAILS. 
          AND NOBODY'S BEEN REALLY WILLING TO LOOK AT SIDE BY SIDE. 
          WHAT DOES TEAM OFFER? WHAT IS THEIR TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND UPDATING THE SYSTEM
VERSUS WHAT IS VR OFFER, AND WHAT ARE THOSE TRADE OFFS AND SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES THAT I CITED CAN ONLY BE DONE BY
VR SYSTEM. 
          THE TEAM SYSTEM DOES NOT DO SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT I JUST COVERED. 
          SO I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT ON THE FRONT END. 
          NO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT JUST SPEAKS TO SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON. 
          WHAT DOES TEAM OFFER TODAY IN THE FUTURE? IN SIX MONTHS,
IN A YEAR, WHAT DOES VR OFFER TODAY? AND ULTIMATELY THEN THAT IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR A DECISION FOR THIS COURT TO BE ABLE TO SAY
LIKE, 
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YES, WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND SAY,
THIS IS WORTH $2 MILLION INVESTMENT TODAY. 
          MY POINT IS, I COULD BE PERSUADED, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THE DETAIL AND THE INFORMATION
THAT I'VE ASKED FOR REPEATEDLY ON THIS ITEM. 
          AND FOR THAT REASON, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT TODAY. 
          I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WRITE CHECKS FOR $2 MILLION,
LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THAT $2 MILLION. 
          AND JUST TO BE HONEST, I DON'T FEEL THAT LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE TODAY. 
          WE DID MAKE THAT THE VR SYSTEM DIFFERENCE IN THE AS PART OF AN EXHIBIT IN THE AGREEMENT
FOR THAT REASON. 
          OKAY. ANY FURTHER? YEAH, I HAVE COMMENTS. GO AHEAD. 
          SO WE DIDN'T JUST CHOOSE TO GET A NEW SYSTEM. 
          THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. SO WE NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR TEAM, MICHELLE BRAVO TO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TEAM,
YOUR STAFF SCRAMBLED AND WORKED REALLY HARD TO ENSURE BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR JOB. 
          YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN HERE A YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          THAT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON,
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ELECTION PROCESS GETS DONE AND IS DONE SMOOTHLY. 
          SO BRAVO THAT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND WE'RE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF EARLY VOTING NOW,
AND THE RUNOFF WILL ALSO BE DONE WELL. 
          HOWEVER, WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY,
PEOPLE DON'T VOTE. 
          I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD VOTE. BUT WE KNOW THAT ON MY ELECTION,
WHICH IS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, YOU HAVE A LARGER TURNOUT. YOU HAVE THE LARGEST TURNOUT EVERY FOUR YEARS. 
          AND THEN THE GOVERNOR'S ELECTION, WHICH IS IN NOVEMBER. 
          FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ON THAT BALLOT, THEN YOU HAVE THE SECOND MOST NUMBER THAT COMES
OUT. 
          SO WE ARE INVESTING IN THIS NOW. SO IT'S NOT LAST MINUTE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TEAM HAS
THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FLAWLESS, SO THAT THERE ARE NO BACKLOGS. AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AT A TIME WHERE THEY
ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY VOTER RIGHTS, WHERE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE WORKED FOR MY GENERATION,
THE PREVIOUS GENERATIONS AS WOMEN, TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AS BLACKS, TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AS LATINOS TO HAVE THE
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
          ASIAN AMERICANS, PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE THOSE AWAY AND PUT
RIDICULOUS RESTRICTIONS ON IDS. 
          I AM SO HAPPY TO PUT AT LEAST 2 MILLION INTO THIS. 
          AND IF YOUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS MORE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THESE,
THEN LET US KNOW. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT MORE MONEY FOR THIS BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU MICHELLE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY BUSY RIGHT NOW,
SO THANKS FOR COMING OVER. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR YOU OTHER THAN THE. 
          I GUESS THE EXPECTATION OBVIOUSLY, IS NOW THAT THIS WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE GENERAL IN
NOVEMBER. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONTROL OVER THAT. 
          CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONTROL IS OUT OF YOUR HANDS. 
          BUT DO YOU FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT NOW THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD,
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET THINGS IN PLACE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST TO ADD TO THIS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TEAM VERSUS VR SYSTEMS,
IT'S NOT REALLY APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROMISES THAT HAVE COME FROM THE TEAM SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OUT YET,
AND THEY CAN'T TELL US WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT HAVE CAUSED SOME ISSUES WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT IS
THE INABILITY TO RUN REPORTS. 
          WE CAN'T RUN A SIMPLE REPORT TO ON A STREET TO MAKE SURE THAT HOUSES ARE ADDED. 
          WE CAN'T RUN AN OFFICIAL LIST. EVERYTHING HAS TO GO THROUGH THE STATE NOW IN ORDER TO GET
IT. 
          AND IT COULD TAKE AN HOUR. IT COULD TAKE A WEEK. 
          IT COULD TAKE A MONTH BEFORE WE GET IT. WHEN WITH NEW SYSTEM,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY. 
          THE SUPPORT, OF COURSE, IS ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR OUR TEAM,
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED. 
          AND THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT A REFLECTION NECESSARILY ON SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. 
          RIGHT. THEY'RE WORKING WITH WHAT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN DEALT. 
          SO IT'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. BUT I
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE FRUSTRATIONS AND I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF THE PLAYING FIELD. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY WORKS. 
          SO ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD THIS MORNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOODY WAS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEAM AND VR SYSTEMS. AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, THE ONLY THING IN TEAM THAT WORKS,
AND I WON'T SAY IT'S 100% IS VOTER REGISTRATION, RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'LL SLOW DOWN. LIKE THE MORE PEOPLE IN IT,
THE SLOWER IT GOES. 
          WE HAVE BALLOT BY MAIL APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME INTO OUR OFFICE,
WHERE ABOUT 20,000 IN. 
          IT TAKES US 7 TO 10 MINUTES PER APPLICATION TO JUST GET IT INTO THEIR SYSTEM. 
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NOT ONLY THAT, OTHER COUNTIES ARE REPORTING THAT SOME OF THE DATA THAT THEY'RE INPUTTING
INTO THERE IS GETTING WIPED OUT. SO ARE WE TRYING TO WORK SMARTER? ARE WE TRYING TO WORK HARDER? AND I WOULD PREFER TO BE SMARTER. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, MICHELLE. LET ME LET ME JUST ASK THOMAS TO COME BACK UP
AGAIN. 
          NOT FOR A SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT REALLY TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          I KNOW MARK GAGER AS WELL HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          LOOK, THERE'S A REASON WHY THIS HAS TAKEN A FEW MONTHS TO GET THE DETAILS WORKED OUT. 
          AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT COMMISSIONER MOODE IS NOT FOR THIS OR WANTS TO VOTE AGAINST
IT. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE THIS COURT IS SOMEHOW ILL INFORMED OR VOTING
ON ON A BLANK CHECK. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH, WORKED OUT THESE DETAILS. 
          IN FACT, IN PART, IT'S BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE WE WERE PROTECTING NOT JUST THIS COURT BUT THE
TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AGAIN I RESPECT ANYBODY THAT DISAGREES. BUT IF THIS COURT DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY,
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT WE HAD, AND WE ARE LOOKING OUT NOT JUST FOR THE TAXPAYERS INTERESTS,
BUT THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THE BEST SYSTEM IS IN PLACE SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX. SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL I JUST I MEAN,
MAYBE SOME QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. CLEARLY, THE QUESTIONS I'VE LAID OUT HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED,
AT LEAST IN A ROBUST MANNER. 
          AGAIN, THIS ISN'T JUST FOR THIS ITEM. I THINK JUST AS A COURT,
WE WE OWE OUR TAXPAYERS, OUR CONSTITUENTS THE WORK AND THE LEVEL OF DETAIL TO ENSURE THAT THAT YOU KNOW,
WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING WHEN WE WRITE $2 MILLION CHECKS, THE THE COMPARISON BACK TO VO-TECH. I MEAN, THEY WERE PROVIDING A SERVICE. 
          MY POINT STILL STANDS THAT OBVIOUSLY THE THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT,
YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE AND CONTINUE TO EXECUTE SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM. 
          SO TRYING TO QUANTIFY THE VALUE OF WHATEVER,
THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT VR IS PROVIDING IN THIS CONTRACT VERSUS THE COST. LIKE THAT'S THE BASIC BUSINESS PROBLEM THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AND
THINKING ABOUT. 
          AND WHETHER IT'S THE RIGHT RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE COUNTY. 
          BUT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS COMPARES TO TO CONVERSATION ABOUT VOTER ID,
IT DOESN'T BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS WELL. AND AN IDEA THAT IS SUPPORTED BY 83% OF AMERICANS,
INCLUDING 71% OF DEMOCRATS. 
          MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT IT, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. 
          SO LET ME THOMAS MITCHELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          OBVIOUSLY, AS WE KNOW, THE CONTRACT AS INITIALLY PROPOSED BY THE VENDOR REQUIRED
SIGNIFICANT NEGOTIATIONS AND LEGAL CONSULTATION. 
          IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT, THOMAS MITCHELL? YES, SIR. AND OBVIOUSLY WE PUT PRESSURE ON YOU AND MICHELLE TO GET THIS THING DONE. 
          I WANT TO APPLAUD THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THOMAS IN PARTICULAR,
WHO TOOK LEADERSHIP ON THIS. 
          LET'S REMEMBER WHAT WE DID TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN ECHOED THROUGH THE COMMISSIONERS. 
          WE HAD TO PROTECT THE VOTERS. WE HAD TO ENSURE ACCURATE ELECTIONS,
AND WE HAD TO ALSO PROTECT THE TAXPAYERS. 
          SO IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE FOR THE PUBLIC, WE JUST HAD TO DOT THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S SO THAT
WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY, WE HAVE EFFECTIVENESS, AND WE GOT TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF DATA AND METRICS TO MAKE SURE
COMMISSIONER MOODE THAT WE'RE GETTING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THIS MONEY, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT WITH OUR STAFF,
WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT. 
          BUT REMEMBER WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE VOTERS. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCURATE ELECTIONS AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE TAXPAYERS TOO. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. THOMAS, GET THAT CONTRACT. I'M READY TO SIGN IT,
AND WE'LL GET. 
          AND MICHELLE, GET THAT. GET EVERYTHING ON BOARD. 
          ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE AGENDA. 
          JUST LET ME SAY FOR THE RECORD, I JUST CAUGHT WE,
THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, AND I IN PARTICULAR, 
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GOT RECOGNIZED BY THE DEAF COMMUNITY. IF YOU NOTICE,
IN OUR MONITORS, WE HAVE A CERTIFIED AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN THERE. 
          CYNTHIA, COST FOR MY STAFF BROUGHT THIS TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION,
AND WE'VE ALLOWED ACCESSIBILITY. 
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AND THAT'S THE MAIN WORD THAT I WANT TO IS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. 
          IF. MICHELLE. OH, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD MICHELLE BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE MICHELLE. 
          THERE YOU ARE. WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WE HAD ONLY ONE POLLING SITE THAT WOULD HAVE ACCESS. 
          WE PUSHED THE PREDECESSOR. WE GOT FIVE. BUT NOW,
WITH POLL PADS AND THE EXPENDITURE OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, WE NOW HAVE ACCESS. AND THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED COMMUNITY IS FOREVER. 
          AND I GOT RECOGNIZED ESPECIALLY BY DEAF LINK WHO IS THEIR ADVOCATE. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT COMMUNITY TO BRING THAT ISSUE TO THE COURT AND
HOW WE DID HOW HOW ARE THINGS FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL VOTERS? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE DO NOT ONLY WORK WITH DEAF. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO VOTERS WHO ARE HEARING IMPAIRED,
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH DISABILITY RIGHTS TEXAS. 
          SO AS ISSUES ARE BROUGHT TO US, WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM,
SOLVE IT AND MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. 
          IT'S IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY FOR ANY VOTER. 
          IT'S FOR ALL VOTERS. AND AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE TO,
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          AND I WANT TO APPLAUD DAN. DAN CURRY, FACILITY HEAD IS HERE. 
          WE OPENED UP A NOTHER ACCESSIBLE SEX ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED ON THE SOUTH END,
WHICH WAS CLOSED DOWN IN COVID. 
          AND IT'S THAT FAR END. SO PLEASE PUT OUT COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK ALL
THE WAY FROM NUEVA STREET ALL THE WAY TO THE HERITAGE CENTER. 
          AND AND WE WERE BROUGHT TO THAT ATTENTION BY THE ELDERLY COMMISSION WITH FERNANDO
MARTINEZ, BY GIOVANNI WASHINGTON, BY GORDON HARTMAN AND AND JUDGE VERONICA VASQUEZ REALLY WAS THE
ADVOCATE FOR THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. WE GOT THAT ACCESS OPEN. SO AT THIS TIME,
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. 
          COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SO, BEFORE I GO ON TO MY ADJOURNMENTS JUDGE SAKAI,
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAS REALLY PUSHED THIS FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY. THAT WAS NOT A
UNANIMOUS VOTE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BRING MORE ACCESS TO OUR VOTERS,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR THEIR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THANK YOU. JUDGE SAKAI. I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF VALERIANO
ROCHA, FATHER OF FORMER COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA ROCHA. GARCIA ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR IN
MEMORY OF COLONEL GIL CORONADO, WHO IS THE FATHER OF NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND THE FIRST HISPANIC TO LEAD THE
US SELECTIVE SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU JUDGE, AND I'D LIKE TO JOIN COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES
IN RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF GIL CORONADO, WHO WAS A I GUESS ORIGINATED IN PRECINCT TWO. 
          HE WAS HE WAS RAISED NEAR THE APACHE COURTS. BUT JUST AN AMAZING MAN WHO,
AS YOU MENTIONED, EVERY SEPTEMBER WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND HE'S,
KNOWN AS THE AS THE PADRINO OF THAT OF THAT RECOGNITION. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF RUBEN REYES. 
          EDITH ELIZALDE WHO IS THE MOTHER OF JUDGE ELIZALDE AND GILBERT PENA. 
          COMMISSIONER. MOODE. I'D JUST LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF JUDGE SHERMAN KRAWCIW OVER IN
COMAL COUNTY. 
          COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. 
          AND I'LL JOIN IN WITH THE RECOGNITION TO GIVE CORONADO A MILITARY VET WHO MADE HIS WAY OUT
OF THE BARRIO AND DID WELL. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO JOIN IN WITH COMMISSIONER MOONEY,
WITH JUDGE KRAWCIW AND HIS LEADERSHIP OVER THERE IN COMAL COUNTY, AND ALSO TO WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND THE ICON,
JESSE JACKSON. 
          SO WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN,
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          MEETING IS ADJOURNED. GOOD JOB.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.