[3. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items.]

FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION TO APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. I'LL START WITH YOU. CAN YOU COME BACK TO ME? I'M LOOKING FOR THE NUMBER. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. I AM GOOD JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 1212.

ITEM 5151. AND I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM EIGHT.

OKAY. YOU SAID PULL 51 AND ABSTAIN ON AGENDA ITEM 80. CORRECT.

COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. I'LL COME BACK TO. COMMISSIONER.

CLAY-FLORES. I'D LIKE TO PULL 7676. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. JUDGE SAKAI. YES, KATE. I HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION FOR COURT TO APPROVE ON NUMBER 80.

ALL RIGHT. WILL YOU PLEASE DICTATE THE RECORD THE AMENDMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 80? YES. THE AMENDED MOTION SHALL READ APPROVAL OF A REQUEST REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL TO JAPAN FOR A BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION LED BY COUNTY JUDGE PETER SAKAI AND COMMISSIONER REBECA CLAY-FLORES TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSION SUPPORTED BY GREATER SAC, ALONG WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE EXPENSES NECESSARY FOR THIS TRAVEL IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 40,000 AND APPROVAL OF PARTIAL EXTENSION OF THE TRADE MISSION TO INCLUDE SOUTH KOREA FOR COMMISSIONER, CLAY-FLORES AND ONE STAFF MEMBER FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 10,000.

JUDGE, I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF CONSENT, INCLUDING THE AMENDED MOTION FOR NUMBER 80.

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT OF AGENDA ITEM 80.

THAT STILL REMAINS ON CONSENT. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

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ABSTAIN. BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ON THE AMENDED MOTION AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 80.

WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY ON THE REMAINING MEMBER OF REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS ON THE CONSENT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, JUDGE SAKAI.

YES, WE DID IT TWICE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST OR THE SECOND.

I THINK MY INITIAL MOTION WAS FOR. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE INITIAL MOTION WAS. YEAH. THE INITIAL MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT REMAINED ON CONSENT INCLUDING ITEM 80 WITH THE AMENDMENT.

SO I STAND CORRECTED THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. CORRECT. THE SUBSEQUENT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER MOODY ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. SO DOES THAT RECORD STAND CORRECT? ELIZABETH. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE STAND CORRECTED ON THE RECORD.

ALL RIGHT. LET US GO TO CEREMONIAL. IF I COULD ASK WE HAVE A VERY LONG

[4. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)]

AGENDA. WE'VE GOT. I'M ALSO ALERTING FOR THOSE THAT MAY WANT TO BE SPEAKING ON CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

IT APPEARS THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEMS PROBABLY WON'T BE CALLED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.

I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

SO I'M TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE'S TIME.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M ALSO LEARNING THE COURT THAT I AM ANTICIPATING TO CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION DURING THE LUNCH HOUR THAT WE WILL WORK DURING LUNCH, AND THAT WE WILL BE HOLDING EXECUTIVE SESSION DURING LUNCH HOUR, AND THAT WE MAY WELL GO INTO THE AFTERNOON ON EXECUTIVE IN ORDER TO FINISH THAT.

THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THOSE MATTERS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN UP.

ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? HOPEFULLY WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS. OTHERWISE WE DO HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA FOR TODAY.

SO WITH THAT, I ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE BE SENSITIVE TO THE TIME AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SPEAK DURING THE CEREMONY ITEMS. SO LET'S NOW TAKE UP FOUR A, WHICH IS PRESENTATION SERVICE, RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES FOR 25 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE.

OUR FIRST ONE WILL BE LANDON CROSS, 25 YEARS JUVENILE PROBATION.

WOULD YOU PLEASE, LANDON, COME UP WITH YOUR CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER, MISS JILL MATA, YOUR COLLEAGUES, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND IF YOU GOT A FEW PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU.

THEY CAN COME UP HERE TOO, BUT THEY WON'T SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR LANDON CROSS AND HIS 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

WE ALL WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME KNOW AND LOVE LANDON FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK HE'S DONE.

I WANT TO CALL QUICKLY UP HIS UNIT SUPERVISOR, MELISSA RAMIREZ.

YOU ALL WILL KNOW YOU RECOGNIZED HER FOR 35 YEARS OF SERVICE LAST YEAR.

MELISSA, PLEASE JOIN US AND HELP US TO HONOR LANDON.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. MORNING. LANDON ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE IN 1993, RIGHT AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

AFTER HE SERVED SEVERAL YEARS, HE RE-ENLISTED AND ENROLLED AT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY.

HE ATTENDED CLASSES WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY, BUT THEN SWITCHED TO THE RESERVES THROUGH A SPECIAL PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO GO TO SCHOOL FULL TIME. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 2001 FROM THE AIR FORCE, AND HE GRADUATED FROM SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. IN MAY OF 2001.

IN JULY 2001, LANDON BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AS A DETENTION OFFICER AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RECREATIONAL COORDINATOR AT THE DETENTION CENTER IN DECEMBER OF 2001, WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL HE WAS PROMOTED TO A JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER IN THE COURT NORTH UNIT IN JUNE 2005.

LANDON WAS LATER PROMOTED TO A SENIOR PROBATION OFFICER IN THE CRYER RESIDENTIAL SERVICES UNIT IN JUNE 2014, AND THEN HE TRANSFERRED TO THE SEX OFFENSE INTERVENTION UNIT AS A SENIOR PO IN FEBRUARY OF 2015, WHERE HE REMAINS TODAY. ASIDE FROM LANDON'S DEDICATION TO HIS WORK WITH THE SPECIALIZED CASELOAD THAT HE CURRENTLY MANAGES, HE'S AN AVID RUNNER AND CYCLIST, JUST TO NAME A FEW SPORTS.

HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN APPROXIMATELY 34 MARATHONS, WHICH INCLUDE RUNNING IN THE NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON MARATHONS AND TEN IRONMAN TRIATHLONS. HE HAS ALSO COMPETED IN NINE HALF IRONMAN TRIATHLONS, WITH THE MOST RECENT ONE BEING HELD OCTOBER 4TH IN WACO, TEXAS. HE HAS SHARED HIS LOVE FOR THE SPORT OF RUNNING WITH NOT ONLY HIS FELLOW COWORKERS, WHICH HAVE TAKEN ON RUNNING IN MARATHONS AS WELL, BUT ALSO WITH HIS STEPSONS, WHO HE HELPS TRAIN FOR SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE COMPETITIONS.

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JUST A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THEY WANT ME TO TALK.

THEY LIKE TO SEE ME NERVOUS. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COWORKERS THAT SHOWED UP.

MY CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER. MY DEPUTY CHIEF, MY SUPERVISOR.

I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE EXTRA THANKS TO ALBERT OVER HERE AT SUPERVISOR OF THE GANG UNIT.

HE FLEW BACK FROM CHICAGO YESTERDAY FROM RUNNING IN THE CHICAGO MARATHON ON ON SUNDAY.

HE PROBABLY HAD TO CRAWL OVER HERE FROM THE PARKING GARAGE.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR RECOGNIZING ME TODAY.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUDGE.

I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS.

I THINK I WAS A YOUNG PROSECUTOR BACK IN THE DAY.

YOU WERE A YOUNG JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER. AND TIME FLIES.

IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE 25 YEARS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE MUST HAVE STARTED BACK THEN AROUND THE SAME TIME.

BUT I THINK ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY LIVES YOU'VE TOUCHED WITH YOUR WORK IN THE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT.

VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY, I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO WORK ON REHABILITATION, BUT IT REALLY IS WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE YOU CAN CHANGE DIRECTION FOR THEM.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON 25 YEARS. IT'S AMAZING.

WE STILL LOOK THE SAME LAND, AND I. WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE GRAY HAIR, BUT BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION FOR STICKING WITH IT AND FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE BETTER FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHY DON'T YOU COME UP FORWARD? 25 YEARS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE GET A PICTURE, PLEASE? SHERIFF. ARE YOU ALL HERE? YES. THERE ARE. THERE'S A THERE'S A HIGH COMMAND. I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. YES. WE HAVE 230 YEAR PINS TO PRESENT THIS MORNING.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH ANITA. MAURICIO.

SHE IS. IT HAS BEEN IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.

IN FACT, SHE'S A LEAD THE LEAD PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER FOR SHE CAME ON WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AUGUST 1ST OF 96.

WE'RE WE'RE HONORING HER TODAY FOR HER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SINCE JOINING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS UNIT, SHE HAS SERVED THE PEOPLE OF BEXAR COUNTY AND SUPPORTED FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DEPEND ON CLEAR, TIMELY INFORMATION IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS. AS I MENTIONED, SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AUGUST 1ST OF 96.

SHE WAS PROMOTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER 2 IN 2019, PROMOTED A DISPATCHER 3 IN 2022, AND PROMOTED TO HER CURRENT POSITION LEAD PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER 4 IN 2024.

SHE IS THE FIRST DISPATCHER IN THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO COMPLETE 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITHOUT A BREAK IN SERVICE.

PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. WHO? HER PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS INCLUDE.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR CERTIFICATE EARNED IN 96 T COLT TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR.

LICENSE ISSUED IN 2014. BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CERTIFICATES IN 2007.

ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CERTIFICATE IN 2013.

MASTER TELECOMMUNICATOR CERTIFICATE IN 2015. SHE WAS ALSO NAMED DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR IN THE YEAR 2000.

WOW. AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, ANITA IS ALSO HAS BEEN VERY BUSY WITH US AS A RECRUITER AND HELPING TO ESTABLISH OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAM WITHIN THE AGENCY. ANITA IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF JAMES SANTIAGO.

39 YEARS OF AGE. JOSHUA SANTIAGO. 36 YEARS OF AGE.

ASHLEY SANTIAGO. 31 YEARS OF AGE. BRITTANY. SANTIAGO.

30. MARISSA HENDRICKS. HENDRICKS. 23 YEARS OF AGE.

AND NEVAEH RODRIGUEZ, 17 YEARS OF AGE. SHE'S SHE'S GOING TO BE SPENDING TIME WITH HER CHILDREN AND HER GRANDCHILDREN AS THAT BRINGS HER GREAT JOY.

AND ANITA CREDITS HER FATHER AS HER HERO AND HER SOURCE OF SUCCESS.

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WHEN I COME UP, DON'T BE SHY. NOW COME ON UP.

WOW. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND RECOGNIZING ME FOR THESE 30 YEARS OF SERVICE THAT I'VE PROVIDED FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY. I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE OFFICERS THAT I'VE WORKED FOR CONSTABLE'S ON MY CIVILIAN COWORKERS AND ALSO THE SHERIFF FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US, NOT LEAVING US BEHIND IN THE DARK AND ALWAYS MAKING US A PRIORITY.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WOULD YOU COME FORWARD? ACCEPT YOUR PIN.

FROM SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE SECOND.

OUR SECOND RECOGNITION FOR TODAY. LIEUTENANT STEPHEN REYNA.

STEPHEN CAME INTO OFFICE AUGUST 29TH, 1996. HE CURRENTLY HOLDS A MASTER PEACE OFFICER AND A MASTER JAILER CERTIFICATION.

HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, WHERE HE ATTAINED A MASTER'S OF SCIENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP.

HE IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO LORI SALAZAR REYNA. AND THEY HAVE ONE CHILD, LITTLE MILA, WHICH IS NO LONGER LITTLE.

SHE'S NO LONGER LITTLE ANYMORE. I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS BORN.

HIS SPECIAL INTERESTS OR HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF WORK.

STEPHEN ENJOYS TRAVELING AND EXPLORING NEW PLACES WITH HIS FAMILY, AND HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS BOTH THE LOCAL VICE PRESIDENT AND THE NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE HISPANIC AMERICAN POLICE COMMAND OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HAKOAH.

HE LOOKS FORWARD TO STEPPING INTO HIS NEW ROLE AS NATIONAL PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR.

TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY MENTORSHIP IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LIEUTENANT, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR RECOGNIZING MY YEARS OF SERVICE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE SHERIFF FOR PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WANT TO COME FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE CEREMONY ITEM.

WE'LL GO TO BE RECOGNITION OF BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY PARTNERS CELEBRATING OCTOBER'S MANUFACTURING MONTH.

LOCAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR MANUFACTURING CAREERS.

COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GOOD MORNING.

I BELIEVE DEBORAH IS HERE, AND WE HAVE SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS.

SO WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP, I'M GOING TO START READING. I BELIEVE ONE PERSON'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING FROM JCB AND ONE PERSON IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING FROM TOYOTA.

CORRECT? ONE FROM TOYOTA AND TWO FROM JCB. AND NOTICE MY MANUFACTURING SCARF EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WHEREAS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS OBSERVES NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY, THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY OCTOBER TO ADDRESS COMMON MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT MANUFACTURING BY GIVING MANUFACTURERS A PLATFORM TO OPEN THEIR DOORS AND SHARE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS THE SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ESTIMATES OUR LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT AT OVER $40.5 BILLION, OVER 52,000 INDIVIDUALS ARE EMPLOYED IN THE LOCAL SECTOR WITH AN ANNUAL PAYROLL OF OVER $3 BILLION.

AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO HELPING OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY SOLVE FOR THEIR CRITICAL SKILL GAPS AND RAISE AWARENESS AMONG OUR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS TO THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR FUTURES. OF COURSE, WE HAVE SEVERAL PARTNERS HERE TODAY, BUT THE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING ARE OUR BIGGEST.

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TWO IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE IN PRECINCT ONE.

SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALONG WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 26TH AS MANUFACTURING MONTH FOR APLAUSO.

PLEASE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS VERY SPECIAL MONTH OF THE YEAR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARTNERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.

IF I SAY YOUR ORGANIZATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION, PROJECT QUEST, BROOKS HAVEN FOR HOPE, 80/20 FOUNDATION, CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES, BEXAR COUNTY REENTRY, BEXAR COUNTY MILITARY AND VETERAN SERVICES, SA, READY TO WORK, INTEGRATED HUMAN CAPITAL, TRISTAR AND SAMA.

AND THEN FOR OUR EMPLOYERS, WE HAVE OVER HERE KNIGHT AEROSPACE INTERNATIONAL, DURO SHOX AND DUDERSTADT STAKES.

BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SPEAKER FROM TOYOTA, MR. FRANCISCO GARCIA, THEIR NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MORNING. YOKOCHI COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY MANAGER SMITH AND COUNTY STAFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR WELCOMING US TODAY. AND SINCE I'M A NEW TOYOTA FACING TOWN, I WANT TO HONOR TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

SO I AM FRANCISCO GARCIA AND I AM THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING FOR TOYOTA TEXAS.

I JOINED THE PLANT THIS SUMMER AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS WITH THE COMPANY AT SOME OF OUR OTHER PLANTS IN NORTH AMERICA.

AND I'M PLEASED TO JOIN YOU AND OUR FELLOW SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURERS AS WE CELEBRATE MANUFACTURING MONTH.

SO FIRST, I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNTY FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT OF TOYOTA AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO MANUFACTURING THE REGION MORE BROADLY.

MAYBE I MAY BE NEW IN TOWN, BUT THAT'S BEEN CLEAR TO ME SINCE I ARRIVED HERE TO SAN ANTONIO.

THE COUNTY'S LONG STANDING SUPPORT TO OUR OPERATIONS AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CRITICAL ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING OUR PROJECT WAS AN IMPORTANT DECISION, AND TOYOTA'S LATEST $3.6 BILLION INVESTMENT IN OUR FACILITY, AN INVESTMENT THAT WILL DOUBLE OUR PLANT SIZE AND BRING 2000 MORE JOBS TO THIS COMMUNITY BY 2030.

AND FOR THAT, WE SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT TRANSFORMATIONAL INVESTMENT.

THAT IS NOT JUST GROWTH FOR TOYOTA, THAT IS GROWTH FOR OUR COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR BELIEF IN WHAT MANUFACTURING CAN DO FOR OUR COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING MANUFACTURING MONTH WITH US.

THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE CAST STEM HERE WITH FIVE TOYOTA HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS. IF YOU DON'T MIND RAISING YOUR HANDS ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK? NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THOMAS WRIGHT WITH JCB.

HE'S A TEXAS FAST TRACK GRADUATE, WHICH IS FUELED BY BEXAR COUNTY AND NOW WORKS WITH JCB AND QUALITY INSPECTION.

JUDGE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. SO YES, AS SHE AS DEBORAH SAID, I GRADUATED TEXAS FAST TRACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, MARCH 13TH. EXACTLY. AND HAD BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH JCB, SPECIFICALLY WITH DAVID CARVER, WHO'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND HAVE BEEN BLESSED EVER SINCE TO WORK.

I WORK IN OUR QUALITY DEPARTMENT. I'M IN CHARGE OF ALL INCOMING GOODS, SO I'M DOING ALL OF THE INSPECTIONS, MAKING SURE ALL THE PAPERWORK LINES UP TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND YEAH, I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE, THE, THE BACKING OF THIS ENTIRE ROOM, ESPECIALLY YOU AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT COME TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATIONS ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. AND THEN TO REPRESENT LEADERSHIP FOR JCB IS MR. STEVE MOSES WITH THEIR SENIOR MANAGER OF PRODUCTION.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO I'M STEVE MOSES.

I'M THE PURCHASE MANAGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FACILITY HERE.

FIRSTLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO YOURSELF, GEORGE AND COMMISSIONERS. AND JUST TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME A LITTLE TINY BIT.

SO IT'S THREE YEARS TODAY, I THINK THAT WE DID OUR INITIAL PRESS CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO SAYING THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE TO THE TO THE CITY AND BRING OUR MULTI-MILLION POUND PRODUCTION FACILITY HERE. SO I'D LIKE TO JUST PERSONALLY THANK THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN THAT THAT MEETING THAT DAY AND FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN THE BUSINESS IN

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IN THE THREE YEARS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED. SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE'RE NOW VERY CLOSE TO FINISHING THE $500 MILLION INVESTMENT.

WE'VE NOW GOT OVER 120 EMPLOYEES. WE'VE GOT 70 WORKING IN THE IN THE OFFICES, AND WE'VE GOT 50 WORK STAFF AS WELL.

SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO LAUNCHING OUR FIRST MACHINE AND GETTING READY TO TURN PRODUCTION ON.

SO IT'S A MASSIVE MILESTONE FOR US. I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD WHILE I'M HERE AS WELL, AND IT'S MANUFACTURING MONTH, THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD FROM THE SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HUGE.

I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE ON TIME WITHOUT SOME OF THE SUPPORT THAT'S BEEN OFFERED FROM THOSE GUYS, SO IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT. AND THEN THE FINAL COMMENT REALLY IS JUST THE WAY THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE SHAPED AND DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT JCB DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND TURNING UP HERE WITH WITH NO EMPLOYEES AND TRYING TO FIND 1500 EMPLOYEES IS A MASSIVE CHALLENGE.

AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THROUGH THE LIKES OF SOMERSET, SAINT MARY'S, PALO ALTO TO REALLY ADAPT THEIR TRAINING SCHEMES TO SUIT WHAT WE REQUIRED HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. AND A SPECIAL THANKS AS WELL TO TEXAS FAST TRACK.

SO OUT OF THE 50 EMPLOYEES WE'VE GOT IN THE WORKS, WE'VE NOW GOT FIVE FROM THE TEXAS FAST TRACK PROGRAM, WHICH IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. AND YOU'VE JUST MET THOMAS, WHO'S A FANTASTIC GUY.

AND THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE RECRUITING ARE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. SO WE'RE REALLY HERE TODAY TO, TO SUPPORT OUR MANUFACTURING COLLEAGUES. BUT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FACILITY. AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO PRODUCING MACHINES IN ANGER IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHEN WE WE OPEN THE FACILITY AND GET GOING.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND THANK YOU TO MY, MY COLLEAGUES BEHIND ME THAT HAVE CERTAINLY HELPED WITH THAT. THANK YOU. SO IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IS WONDERING, JB IS FROM ENGLAND, SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND TAKE A PICTURE.

OKAY. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

THERE YOU GO. STAND IN THE MIDDLE AND HOLD IT UP.

HEY, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW. I GOTTA SQUEEZE IN. LIKE A MANUFACTURING PEG.

SQUEEZE IN, FIT TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE CALLED PEGS OR NOT.

ONE. TWO. THREE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS RECOGNIZING PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2026 AS OCTOBER TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. SO WHILE THE WHILE MANUFACTURING MONTH PEOPLE ARE EXITING AND WALK OCTOBER PEOPLE FROM MPL ARE COMING UP.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT. WE JUST HAD MY FIFTH ANNUAL FIVE K AT SEAWORLD THIS PAST SUNDAY.

SO SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO SHOWED UP TO RUN, WALK OR CRAWL AND ALSO TO BE VENDORS AS WELL AS MPL WAS ALSO THERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. WHEREAS WALKING IMPROVES PHYSICAL HEALTH. THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS, Y'ALL.

BY BUILDING EXERCISE INTO DAILY LIFE, IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH.

SATURDAY WAS ALSO ALSO WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY BY REDUCING STRESS AND INCREASING TIME OUTDOORS, AND STRENGTHENS THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES.

A WALKABLE COMMUNITY ALSO FOSTERS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS AND CREATES A STRONGER SENSE OF BELONGING.

WHEREAS INVESTING IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND WALKABILITY ENSURES EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF AGE, ABILITY OR INCOME, HAS ACCESS TO SAFE, RELIABLE WAYS TO GET AROUND.

SUPPORTING WALKED OVER IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD INCREASING SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN MAKING BEXAR COUNTY A MORE CONNECTED PLACE FOR ALL.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 2026 AS OCTOBER.

WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE FROM MPO HERE TODAY, AND I AM PROUD TO BE THE CHAIR OF MPO AND TO WORK WITH THEM.

AND THEY EVEN MADE ME MY OWN LOTERIA CARD. YOU YOU TWO CAN SEE IT.

IT'S. IT'S GORGEOUS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JESSICA AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF THE ALAMO AREA MPO. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS OCTOBER AND NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH.

EVERYONE IS A PEDESTRIAN AT SOME POINT, EVEN WHEN WALKING FROM THE PARKING LOT, FROM THEIR CAR TO THE STORE.

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EVERYONE DESERVES TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION SAFELY.

OUR REGION EXPERIENCES A HIGH NUMBER OF FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS.

EACH REPRESENTS A PERSON, A FAMILY AND A COMMUNITY AFFECTED.

UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR SAFER STREETS. AT MPO, WE WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL PARTNERS SUCH AS BEXAR COUNTY TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THROUGH CONNECTED SIDEWALKS, SAFER CROSSINGS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

WE ALSO INVITE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR WALKTOBER CHALLENGE THROUGH OUR ALAMO COMMUTE APP, WHERE YOU CAN LOG ANY WALKING TRIP THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AND BE ENTERED TO WIN $50 CASH.

AS WE CELEBRATE WALKTOBER, WE REMIND DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN, STAY ATTENTIVE, AND YIELD TO PEOPLE CROSSING.

SO THANK YOU, BEXAR COUNTY FOR SUPPORTING A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE CONNECTED REGION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SO JUST TO SHOUT OUT FOR MPO AND BARS HERE. WAIT, YOU CAN WAVE SOLOMON, CARLA, JACQUELINE AND LILY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PLEASE COME UP FOR A PHOTO.

YEAH. OF COURSE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE MORE.

ONE, TWO AND THREE. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WANT TO INVITE OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE, I THINK, TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.

ANTONIO. I THINK I SEE YOU NOW. YOU WANT TO COME TO THE DAIS? WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION. IT READS. WHEREAS OCTOBER 12TH, 1492 MARKS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL DATES TO ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAS, AS THIS DAY REPRESENTS THE BEGINNING OF COLONIZATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT FOREVER CHANGED INDIGENOUS IDENTITY AND CULTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

AND WHEREAS NUMEROUS CITIES AND STATE GOVERNMENTS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES NOW RECOGNIZE COLUMBUS DAY AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IN EFFORTS TO CREATE A PATH OF HEALING. AND WHEREAS, THE 2007 UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WORLD GOVERNMENTS ARE DEVELOPING A NEED TO FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS IDENTITY.

AND. WHEREAS, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE YANAGUANA, THROUGH EDUCATION OF THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE, AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BEGIN TO INSTILL MUCH NEEDED PRIDE TO A COMMUNITY DEVASTATED THROUGH YEARS OF COLONIZATION AND.

WHEREAS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, BY THEIR CLOSENESS TO MOTHER EARTH, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF MANY AGRICULTURAL MAINSTAYS, PRINCIPALLY CORN, BEANS, SQUASH, CHOCOLATE, AVOCADO, PEANUTS AND MANY MORE, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE NOT SOLELY IN AGRICULTURE, BUT ALL ASPECTS OF TODAY'S SOCIETY.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MAINTAIN THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT FUEL THE ECONOMY OF AMERICA AND ARE DESERVING OF AN HONORABLE MENTION, SUCH AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND DESIGNATES OCTOBER 12TH, 2026, AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IN YANAGUANA, NOW NOW KNOWN AS SAN ANTONIO AND THE SECOND MONDAY OF OCTOBER AS INDIGENOUS DIGNITY DAY.

WITNESSED OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICES. 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026, SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU.

WE HAD OUR OUR MARCH YESTERDAY AND A GOOD MARCH AND.

I'M GLAD TO SEE ALL THE, THE, THE CELEBRATIONS HERE WITH MANUFACTURING AND WALKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YET WE ARE IN CRISIS. WE ARE IN CRISIS WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OF DAILY ARRESTS, OF OUR PEOPLE BEING ASSAULTED, INCARCERATED. THIS IS NONSTOP.

MIGHT NOT BE ALL THAT SIMILAR STORY FOR US AS IT IS FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

AND HATE TO RAIN ON YOUR PARADE, BUT THIS IS ONGOING AND IT'S VERY SERIOUS.

SO FOR US, WE'RE GLAD TO STILL BE ALIVE. IF WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY, IF WE HAD DONE THIS JUST A HUNDRED YEARS

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AGO, I WOULD BE HANGING OUTSIDE IN ONE OF THOSE OAK TREES OR MESQUITE TREES.

THAT'S HOW THEY USED TO TREAT US JUST 100 YEARS AGO.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE 200 YEARS AGO, THAT'S OUR HISTORY.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO STILL BE HERE, TO STILL BE ABLE TO SAY WE ARE THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE.

WE ARE THE INDIGENOUS OF THIS LAND. WE WERE ALMOST CHASED OUT OF WHAT YOU CALL THE ALAMO MISSION. THE BEXAR BY THE TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL THAT IS NOW THERE.

THEY SAY IT'S PUBLIC, BUT YET THAT'S NOT VERY PUBLIC TO US.

WE WERE THERE TO DO A CEREMONY, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 26 YEARS WITHOUT INCIDENT, JUST TO HONOR OUR ANCESTORS THAT ARE BURIED THERE, THAT ARE BURIED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

AS SAN FERNANDO WAS ALSO A MISSION AT ONE TIME.

SO JUST OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE HERE, THERE REMAINS OF OUR ANCESTORS BURIED.

YET WE WERE GOING TO BE DENIED THAT IF I HAD NOT STEADFASTLY SAID, NO, WE WILL DO THIS, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SUPPORT WE HAVE FROM THE COUNTY OR THE CITY TO KEEP EXERCISING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, OUR RIGHTS AS HUMAN BEINGS. WE WILL KEEP DOING THIS, I GUESS, UNTIL THEY PUT US ALL IN JAIL OR DEPORT US ALL.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO GIVE US THIS RECOGNITION.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, DIANA? I'M STILL GOING TO SAY THE PRAYER THAT THEY THEY THEY SAID THAT WE DIDN'T PRAY, BUT WE DID PRAY TO HER.

SPIRIT IN THE SKY. BURNING ME MORNING. AND DO NOT SEEING.

OH, GREAT SPIRIT WHOSE VOICE I HEAR IN THE WIND.

AND WHOSE BREATH GIVE LIFE TO ALL THE WORLD. HEAR ME.

I'M SMALL AND WEAK. I SEEK YOUR STRENGTH AND WISDOM.

HELP ME WALK IN BEAUTY IN MY EYES. EVER BEHOLD THE RED AND PURPLE SUNSET.

MAY MY HANDS RESPECT THE THINGS YOU HAVE MADE.

AND MY EARS SHARP TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. MAKE ME WISE SO THAT I MAY UNDERSTAND THE THINGS YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOUR PEOPLE.

TEACH ME THE LESSONS YOU HAVE HIDDEN IN EVERY LEAF AND ROCK.

FOR I SEEK STRENGTH NOT TO BE GREATER THAN MY BROTHERS.

BUT TO FIGHT THE GREATEST ENEMY MYSELF. FOR WHEN LIFE FADES AS A FADING SUNSET.

I MAY COME TO YOU WITH STRAIGHT EYES, CLEAN HANDS AND A CLEAN SPIRIT.

OH. OH. WE THE PEOPLE FROM HERE ARE STILL HERE.

WE HAD TO HIDE. TO BE HERE STILL. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE INDIGENOUS ARE HERE BECAUSE WE HAD TO HIDE AND ACCEPT THE CROSS. BUT NO MATTER WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S JUST ONE GOD FOR EVERYBODY. NO MATTER WHAT, WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

GOD SAID, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS. TAKE IN IMMIGRANTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

THIS IS THE LAND OF THE FREE. OR IS IT NOT? WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON? ARE YOU ON THE SIDE OF YOURSELF OR ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD? THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE WITH THE PEOPLE TO HELP THEM OUT, NOT JUST TO HELP YOURSELVES.

YOU GOTTA HELP EVERYBODY. NO MATTER WHAT THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE INCARCERATED OVER THERE IN THE ICE DETENTION CENTERS, THEY SHOULDN'T BE THERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THERE, TOO?

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I DON'T THINK SO. JUST PICTURE YOURSELF IN THERE.

WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. WE ALL BLEED THE SAME.

AND WE ALL BELIEVE IN ONE GOD. OR DON'T WE? DO WE OR DON'T WE? THERE'S ONLY ONE GOD. THE GOD OF ISRAEL.

THERE'S NO GOD ABOVE HIM. AND THERE'S NO GOD BELOW HIM.

HE'S THE TRUE GOD. AND FOR THOSE WHO STILL FOLLOW IN HIS WAYS. HE LOVES YOU. AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T, WELL, YOU KNOW YOU GOTTA TAKE IT UP WITH HIM. THERE'S ONLY ONE GOD.

AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE TIME WHERE. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO.

THAT HE COMES TO TO TAKE US BACK. TAKE HIS PEOPLE TO.

TO HIM. ALL OF YOU ARE HIS PEOPLE. REMEMBER YOUR CHARACTERS AND YOUR ACTIONS. PLEASE. LIFE IS TOO SHORT.

AND PLEASE DON'T HAVE THIS DETENTION HERE. WE ALREADY HAVE TWO, JUST LIKE THE SPURS.

COME ON. THEY ALREADY HAVE TWO. WE'RE GIVING THEM ANOTHER ONE.

BUT WELL, Y'ALL GOING TO DO WHAT Y'ALL GOING TO DO.

BUT I ASK THAT YOU THINK ABOUT US BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING ATTACKED.

I. WAS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. YES SIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

MY NAME IS NICK GREGO, AND THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, EVANGELINA GREGO.

WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE AGAIN.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE CREATOR ABOVE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY DIDN'T KILL.

SO WE'RE HERE TO STAND AND PROCEED. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU ALL Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES.

OKAY. READY? ONE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL. TATION.

PROCLAMATION. BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT. RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL FOR EACH WEEK.

COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE FROM FOUR-H TO COME UP TO THE DAIS.

WE ARE. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY.

AND IT READS. WHEREAS THE FOUR-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE HAS PROVIDED HANDS ON EDUCATION TO TEXAS YOUTH SINCE 1908. AND WHEREAS, GUIDED BY HEAD, HEART, HANDS AND HEALTH FOR EACH DEVELOPS LIFE SKILLS THROUGH PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHY LIVING, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS TEXAS FOUR-H REACHES MORE THAN 500,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ANNUALLY, SUPPORTED BY OVER 30,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO MENTOR YOUTH AND LEAD EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE 2026 NATIONAL FOR EACH WEEK THEME BEYOND READY CELEBRATES PREPARING YOUTH FOR WORK AND LIFE,

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BEXAR COUNTY COMMENDS THE MEMBERS, EDUCATORS, AND VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH 2026 AS NATIONAL FOR EACH WEEK.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS ANDREW CHAVEZ. I AM THE COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT WITH FOUR-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT HERE IN OUR VERY OWN BEXAR COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY. FOUR-H CONTINUES TO THRIVE AS THE LARGEST FOUR-H PROGRAM IN TEXAS.

DURING THE PAST YEAR AND LEADING INTO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ACHIEVED A GENERATIONAL CLUB ENROLLMENT OF OVER 2000 YOUTH MEMBERS, AS WELL AS AN OUTREACH OF OVER 24,000 MEMBERS REACHED OUR YOUTH REACHED ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS REPRESENTING CONTINUED GROWTH IN OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF OUR STRONG MILITARY PARTNERSHIPS.

BEXAR COUNTY, FOUR-H HAS ENROLLED OVER 1198 MILITARY CONNECTED YOUTH.

THROUGH OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO AND LOCAL MILITARY YOUTH CENTERS DURING THE 2025 2026.

FOR EACH YEAR, THE THREE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS HAVE HOUSED NINE FOUR H CLUBS, WHICH SERVED FROM FORT SAM HOUSTON, LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE AND RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE.

THESE CLUBS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MILITARY CONNECTED YOUTH WITH VIABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PERSONAL GROWTH.

NATIONAL FOUR WAY WEEK CELEBRATES THE IMPACT OF FOUR-H IN EMPOWERING YOUTH TO BECOME CONFIDENT LEADERS AND ENGAGED CITIZENS.

DURING THIS WEEK, YOUNG PEOPLE SHARE THEIR FOUR-H EXPERIENCES, PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, SHOWCASE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET INVOLVED DURING NATIONAL.

FOR EACH WEEK, YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN OUR COUNTYWIDE BAGS FOR WAGS PET SUPPLY DRIVE TO ASSIST BEXAR COUNTY ANIMAL CARE SERVICES ON TACKLING THE ONGOING STRAY ANIMAL POPULATION ISSUE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH VITAL SUPPLIES TO ASSIST IN THOSE EFFORTS.

THESE SUPPLIES WERE BROUGHT TO OUR VERY OWN BEXAR COUNTY GREENIES. URBAN FARM AND WILL BE DONATED TO THE BEXAR COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FACILITY.

THOSE ITEMS CAN INCLUDED THINGS LIKE PET FOOD, BLANKETS, SUPPLIES, TOWELS, PUPPY PADS, AND CHEW TOYS.

THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS, FAMILIES AND MILITARY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS.

TOGETHER, WE ARE EMPOWERING YOUTH AND PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS BY FOLLOWING OUR FOUR H MOTTO OF MAKE THE BEST BETTER.

AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UPON OUR VERY OWN BEXAR COUNTY FOUR-H YOUTH TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THEIR POSITIVE IMPACT OF PARTICIPATING IN BEXAR COUNTY, FOUR-H, AND THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON THEIR LIVES, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES.

HI, MY NAME IS AUDREY BOZUNG. I AM 16 YEARS OLD AND IN 11TH GRADE.

I HAVE TECHNICALLY BEEN A PART OF FOUR-H FOR NINE YEARS, BUT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE FOR MUCH LONGER.

AS A HOMESCHOOLER, FOUR-H HAS GIVEN ME SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.

IT PROVIDES ME WITH EXTRACURRICULARS AND A COMMUNITY.

I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MANY PROJECTS SUCH AS FOOD, NUTRITION, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND LIVESTOCK SHOWS.

THESE PROJECTS HAVE TAUGHT ME MANY LIFE SKILLS AND LESSONS SUCH AS PATIENCE, COMMITMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP.

I HAVE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

OVERALL, FOUR-H HAS SET ME UP FOR SUCCESS FOR WHEN I GRADUATE.

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE POURED INTO ME THROUGH IT.

THANK YOU BEXAR COUNTY FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

FOUR-H TRULY HAS CHANGED MY LIFE. HELLO, MY NAME IS NICO LANGE AND I HAVE BEEN IN FOUR-H FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I AM THE VERITAS FOUR-H PRESIDENT AND I SERVE ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

FOUR-H HAS GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. THROUGH FOUR-H, I'VE PARTICIPATED IN MANY PROJECTS INCLUDING ROCKETRY, LEADERSHIP, CIVICS, ENTOMOLOGY, GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE, PUBLIC SPEAKING, FOOD AND NUTRITION AND STEM PROJECTS.

FORAGE HAS EMPOWERED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS.

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ALL FORAGE HAS TO OFFER. FORAGE IS ONLY A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT HAS SUCH A WIDE SPECTRUM OF PROJECTS AND TO CHOOSE, YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM ANY OF THEM OR ALL OF THEM.

ONE OF THE THINGS FORAGE IS MOST THANKFUL FOR IS MY PUBLIC SPEAKING PROJECTS AND LEADERSHIP PROJECTS.

I HAVE BECOME A BETTER LEADER AND A SPEAKER THANKS TO FOUR-H, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY FOR ITS FUNDING AND ITS SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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COME ON UP. ACCEPT OUR PROCLAMATION, PLEASE. MR. CHAVEZ. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION. BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER. COURT. RECOGNIZED IN OCTOBER 19TH, 2019 TO THE 25TH 2026 IS RETIREMENT SECURITY WEEK.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU JUDGE. WE ARE THERE'S TOMMY.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO HAPPY TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION ONCE AGAIN FOR YOU IT READS.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M LOOKING MORE AND MORE AT THOSE BENEFITS.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET OLDER THEY BECOME MORE CLEAR.

MORE CLEAR. RIGHT. SO YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE ALL IN LINE HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS THE EMPLOYEES AND PEOPLE OF BEXAR COUNTY ENVISION A SECURE AND COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT TO ACHIEVE THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS AND TO TAKE CARE OF OTHERS AND THEMSELVES. AND WHEREAS RETIREMENT, SECURITY AND SUCCESS CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY VARIOUS RISKS, INCLUDING LONGEVITY, INFLATION, AND UNEXPECTED EXPENSES.

AND WHEREAS THE COUNTY OF BAER ENCOURAGES AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS OF CONTRIBUTING TO A 457 B RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS TO HELP ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN FINANCIAL SECURITY THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIMES. AND WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL RETIREMENT SECURITY MONTH HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT DEFINED CONTRIBUTION ADMINISTRATORS, CORBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MANY OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO CRAFT A CULTURE THAT PROMOTES AND VALUES SAVING FOR RETIREMENT IN THE WORKPLACE.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH 2026 AS RETIREMENT SECURITY WEEK IN BEXAR COUNTY. WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. HERE. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI.

COMMISSIONERS CLAY-FLORES RODRIGUEZ MOODY. MY PRESENT CHAIR, CALVERT COMMISSIONER BAIRD COUNTY STAFF DISTINGUISHED GUEST CLERK OF THE COURT. COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS.

MY NAME IS TOMMY ORTIZ, A FINANCIAL ADVISOR WITH COATBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES, ONE OF BEXAR COUNTY 457 PLAN PROVIDERS AND A RESIDENT OF PRINCETON FOR FOR THE PAST 31 YEARS. FOR 16 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO SERVE BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEES AS THEY PREPARE FOR A MORE CONFIDENT AND SECURE RETIREMENT. ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING RETIREMENT SECURITY IN BEXAR COUNTY.

HERE AND NOT HERE. THANK YOU FOR THIS MEANINGFUL PROCLAMATION.

RECOGNIZING RETIREMENT SECURITY WEEK. YOUR SUPPORT SENDS A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF EMPLOYEES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MATTERS. RETIREMENT SECURITY IS ABOUT MORE THAN NUMBERS ON A STATEMENT.

IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY, CONFIDENCE AND THE FREEDOM TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WITH HOPE.

SAVING THROUGH THE 457 B RETIREMENT PLAN HELPS BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEES TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THOSE THAT THEY LOVE THE MOST, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PREPARING FOR THE UNEXPECTED AND CHALLENGING INFLATIONARY TIMES.

AS WARREN BUFFETT SAID, SOMEONE SITTING IN THE SHADE TODAY BECAUSE SOMEONE PLANTED A TREE A LONG TIME AGO.

THAT IS THE HEART OF RETIREMENT PLANNING. TAKING THROUGH THE STEPS TODAY TO CREATE A SECURITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR TOMORROW.

JUST SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR ENCOURAGING PREPARATION, RESPONSIBILITY AND LONG TERM WELL-BEING BY HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAVING.

YOU ARE HELPING CREATE A CULTURE IN WHICH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING BECOMES AN ACT OF CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. MAY THIS PROCLAMATION INSPIRE EACH OF US TO TAKE ONE POSITIVE STEP BEGINNING AND BEGAN ONE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION AND HELP ONE MORE PERSON PREPARE FOR A SECURE RETIREMENT TOGETHER THROUGH EDUCATION AND STEADY ACTION. WE ALL CAN HELP MORE PEOPLE TO BUILD A FUTURE WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE AND PEACE OF MIND.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR, FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF BEXAR COUNTY.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

WE'LL CONTINUE ON COMMISSIONER MOODY PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION.

WE HAVE A COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY MEN WEAR PINK CAMPAIGN.

WE'LL SEE YOU WEARING PINK. I HAVE PURPLE. OH, SO I GOT CLOSE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THIS IS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

AND THE MEN WEAR PINK CAMPAIGN. IF YOU COULD ALL COME UP, EVERYBODY WHO'S ASSOCIATED WITH.

I KNOW WE HAVE VICTORIA GONZALEZ. CHARLES LEIDY SAW COMMISSIONER FORMER COMMISSIONER KEVIN WOLFF IN THE HOUSE AS WELL.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEN YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS. WHEREAS THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS A NATIONWIDE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, AND DIRECT PATIENT SUPPORT.

WITH A LONG STANDING PRESENCE SERVING PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY AND CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ADVANCING PROGRESS AGAINST BREAST CANCER THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, PROMOTION OF EVIDENCE BASED SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION, ACCESS TO TRUSTED CANCER INFORMATION, AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO CARE AND SUPPORT PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR CANCER JOURNEY.

AND WHEREAS, DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH EACH OCTOBER, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY JOINED SURVIVORS.

CAREGIVERS. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVOCATES ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY, AND RAISING AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER, ENCOURAGING APPROPRIATE SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION, AND HONORING THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS DISEASE.

AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S MEN WEAR PINK CAMPAIGN MOBILIZES INFLUENTIAL LEADERS THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY TO RAISE AWARENESS AND CRITICAL FUNDS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER, USING THEIR VOICES, NETWORKS, AND LEADERSHIP TO INSPIRE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ACTION THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. AND WHEREAS CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS MEN WEAR PINK, AMBASSADORS REPRESENT BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION, DEMONSTRATING THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION AND STRENGTHENING THE SOCIETY'S MISSION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND HONORS THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS MEN WEAR PINK FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, RESEARCH, PREVENTION, DETECTION, ADVOCACY AND PATIENT SUPPORT, AND MOBILIZING LEADERS THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER. WITNESS OUR SIGNATURE AND SEAL THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER.

YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. SAKAI. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

COMMISSIONER. RODRIGUEZ. COMMISSIONER CALVERT AND COMMISSIONER MOODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS VICTORIA GONZALEZ, AND I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY HERE IN CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND STANDING ALONGSIDE US IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.

BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN WHO ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE ME TODAY.

THESE WOMEN ARE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, THRIVERS, AND FIGHTERS.

EACH HAS A UNIQUE JOURNEY A STORY OF COURAGE, RESILIENCE AND HOPE.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE ME TODAY. THEY ARE THE VERY REASON WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PAUSE AND GIVE THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YOUR JOURNEYS, YOUR STORIES, INSPIRE US EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND WE AGAIN, ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE.

AND AT THIS TIME, ALSO, IF THERE IS ANYONE IN THIS COURTROOM WHO IS A CANCER SURVIVOR OR CURRENTLY FIGHTING A DIAGNOSIS OF ANY TYPE OF CANCER, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND SO THAT WE MAY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE YOU AS WELL? CAN I ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS, AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOUR STORY AND YOUR SURVIVORSHIP AS WELL.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, CANCER TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR OWN DIAGNOSIS, A LOVED ONE, A FRIEND, OR A COLLEAGUE. WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED BY CANCER, AND THAT IS WHY THIS FIGHT BELONGS TO ALL OF US.

TODAY, I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR MEN WEAR PINK AMBASSADORS, COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO LEAD THIS FIGHT.

AND IN JUST THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER, THESE INCREDIBLE MEN HAVE RAISED OVER $120,000 TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND PATIENT SUPPORT SERVICE.

THAT IS THE POWER OF COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.

CAN WE PLEASE RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLE MEN AS WELL? AND TO BEXAR COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF FIGHTING BREAST CANCER AND CANCER IN ALL OF ITS FORMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH BEXAR COUNTY AND BEYOND.

AS THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY PREPARES TO OPEN THE DOORS TO HOPE LODGE, SAN ANTONIO, WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY WILL WE PROVIDE FREE LODGING AND A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR PATIENTS TRAVELING FROM NEAR AND FAR FOR CANCER TREATMENT, BUT THROUGH THE HUB COMMUNITY WELLNESS WING, WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATION, PREVENTION RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR HEALTH, UNDERSTAND THEIR CANCER RISK, AND HELP PREVENT CANCER BEFORE DIAGNOSIS EVER OCCURS.

AS I CLOSE, I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN RECOGNIZE THE REMARKABLE SURVIVORS AND FIGHTERS THAT ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE ME AND OUR MEN WORE PINK LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADORS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CHAIR OF MEN WEAR PINK THIS YEAR, MR. CHARLES LEDDY, FOR A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU VICTORIA.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND JOINING US TODAY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST MEN WEAR PINK MISSION GROUP IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF OVER 70 REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY. SO BEXAR COUNTY IS REALLY LEADING THE WAY IN THE BATTLE AGAINST CANCER.

VERY PROUD OF OUR OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.

WE HAVE OVER 70 LEADERS AROUND SAN ANTONIO WHO HAVE JOINED THIS JOURNEY FOR IT WITH US IN OCTOBER.

AND WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO HAVE HOPE LODGE SAN ANTONIO OPENING ITS DOORS IN THE FIRST PART OF 2027.

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. OUR HOPE LODGE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

WE SUPPORT SUCH A LARGE REGION HERE, AND SO WE JUST APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF BEXAR COUNTY.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE FIGHT GOING.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU ALL.

TODAY, AGAIN, WE CELEBRATE THE COURAGE. WE HONOR THOSE WHO WE'VE LOST AND RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE FIGHT AHEAD.

THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS. TOGETHER, WE'RE BRINGING HOPE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT NO ONE FACES CANCER ALONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU ALL COME FORWARD. LET'S GO OVER TO.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WILL NOW DO THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT, RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATE SAMSAT ON THE BEXAR COUNTY FUTURE READY WEEK.

I'LL DO THE READING OF THE PROCLAMATION AND IF YOU ALL COULD, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY'S FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOUNG PEOPLE HAVING OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS, CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATIONS AND PURSUE MEANINGFUL CAREERS SUPPORTED BY A COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO THEIR SUCCESS.

AND WHEREAS, UP PARTNERSHIP, THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SAMSAT INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, ID, THE BOEING COMPANY, PORT SAN ANTONIO AND A YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO PRESENT FUTURE READY WEEK, OCTOBER 19TH TO THE 23RD 2026, CONNECTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WITH EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS,

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

AND WHEREAS, THE FUTURE READY YOUTH SUMMIT TAKING PLACE OCTOBER 20TH, 2026 AT THE BOEING CENTER AT TECHPORT, WILL OFFER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FREE YOUTH DESIGN AND YOUTH LED EXPERIENCES TO EXPLORE CAREERS, ENGAGE WITH EMPLOYERS, BUILD COMMUNICATION SKILLS, LEAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CHALLENGES AFFECTING THEIR LIVES.

AND WHEREAS, PARTNER EVENTS THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY WILL BRING TOGETHER EDUCATORS, EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND FAMILIES TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE PREPARE FOR THEIR FUTURES, RECOGNIZING THAT THEIR VOICES AND ASPIRATIONS HELP SHAPE THE OPPORTUNITIES OUR COMMUNITY CREATES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 19TH, 20, 2020 THIRD, 2026 AS BEXAR COUNTY FUTURE READY WEEK AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY PREPARE TO BECOME LEADERS, INNOVATORS AND WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026, SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT.

WELCOME, MISS JONES, DOCTOR JONES. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE SAKAI. MY NAME IS DOCTOR KATHY JONES.

I AM THE CEO OF A PARTNERSHIP. AND ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR FUTURE READY PARTNERS, WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING FUTURE READY WEEK, OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH 23RD, AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR TEAM, OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS, SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LED BY DOCTOR CLIFF ZENTGRAF AND INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION EDRA WITH DOCTOR STEPHANIE GARCIA, PORT SAN ANTONIO AND THE BOEING COMPANY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION IN BRINGING THIS WEEK TO LIFE, ALONG WITH THE MANY SCHOOLS, EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR YOUTH LEADERS DANNY ATKINS, SOPHIE SEMINO, HILDA VILLAGOMEZ AND SOPHIA CAMACHO, WHO ARE HELPING MAKE FUTURE READY WHEAT POSSIBLE.

AT OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF COORDINATING THE FUTURE READY BEXAR COUNTY PLAN OUR COMMUNITY'S COLLECTIVE STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST 70% OF BEXAR COUNTY YOUTH ARE ENROLLING IN POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS BY 2030.

THAT WILL HELP THEM SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO COLLEGE, CAREER TRAINING, MILITARY SERVICE, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEAD TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

TO ENSURE THAT EVERY YOUNG PERSON IS PREPARED FOR COLLEGE, CAREER AND LIFE, WE MUST EQUIP ADULTS WHO GUIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. IN THE FOLDER WE ARE PROVIDING TO YOU TODAY, THERE'S A FLIER FOR UP PARTNERSHIPS.

ADVISE ME 210 INITIATIVE. ITS GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY BY CREATING CONSISTENCY AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH SHARED TOOLS, TRAINING AND A COUNTY WIDE NETWORK OF ADVISORS.

WE'RE BUILDING THE CAPACITY NEEDED TO HELP MORE STUDENTS SUCCEED, SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THEIR PATH AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND ENTER THE WORKFORCE PREPARED TO THRIVE. FUTURE READY.

WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT WORK TO LIFE ACROSS OUR COUNTY.

FROM COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP, WELLNESS, AND CONNECTIONS WITH EMPLOYERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

THESE EXPERIENCES HELP YOUNG PEOPLE SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND BEGIN TAKING STEPS TOWARDS THEIR FUTURES.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS WORK, AND FOR BEING A PARTNER IN CREATING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY YOUNG PERSON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND THE SUPPORT TO REACH IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FUTURE READY WEEK.

THANK YOU. WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME FORWARD? ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL GET BACK TO SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE GOT TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL FOR CONSENT, BUT LET'S MOVE ON WITH TIME. CERTAIN. WE'LL TAKE UP A PUBLIC HEARING.

[5.a. 10:00 a.m.: Public Hearing: The Commissioners Court invites public input regarding the proposed allocation of the U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) FY 2026 Program funds in the amount of$974,755 to be shared between Bexar County and the City of San Antonio during FY 2027-28.]

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AT THIS TIME, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT INVITES PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT, JAG FY 2026 PROGRAM FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $974,755 TO BE SHARED BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN FY 2728.

AT THIS TIME, THE TIME IS NOW 10:17 A.M. AND WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? ELIZABETH, I UNDERSTAND IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE TIME CERTAIN IN REGARDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JAG GRANT HEARING THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WILL IMMEDIATELY GO TO ITEM FIVE.

[5.b. Immediately following item Sa: Discussion and appropriate action regarding the FY 2026 JAG program recommended allocations and ratification of the submission of the final application to the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ); authorization for the County's Chief Executive Officer to apply the digital signature of the Bexar County Judge to the electronic application, and sign the Certifications and Assurances document after the 30-day review period, and upon award; present the finalized award to Commissioners Court at a later date.]

BE DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE FY 2026 JAK PROGRAM.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO APPLY THE DIGITAL SIGNATURE OF THE BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE TO THE ELECTRONIC APPLICATION.

SIGNED THE CERTIFICATION AND ASSURANCES DOCUMENT AFTER THE 30 DAY REVIEW PERIOD AND UPON AWARD, PRESENT THE FINAL AWARD TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AT A LATER DATE.

DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? I BELIEVE I HAVE A PRESENTATION.

DO. WE HAVE THE COPIES. DO YOU WANT TO GET. YEAH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JACOB TITTERINGTON. I'M A SENIOR ANALYST WITH THE BUDGET AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT.

THERE WE GO. PERFECT. THANK YOU. CAN I GET THE NEXT SLIDE? WE'LL KEEP GOING. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET GOING, I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 SOLICITATION.

HOWEVER, THIS WILL BE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2728. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEXAR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVE JAG FUNDING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

WE SPLIT IT 6,040% WITH THE COUNTY RECEIVING 60%.

THE COUNTY DOES ACT AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THIS AWARD.

JAG FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR VARIOUS THINGS. USUALLY IT'S FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE USE IT FOR OUR DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PERSONNEL, BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR VARIOUS SOURCES AS WELL.

THIS HERE IS A TIMELINE OF THE AWARD WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION IN AUGUST 20TH 25 OR 2026.

TODAY WE'RE DOING OUR PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION WITH YOUR APPROVAL ON THE 16TH.

HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HEAR BACK IN THE WINTER AND THEN IN SPRING 2027, WE WILL GET BACK WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO SIGN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND BRING IT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN IN OCTOBER, WE WILL BEGIN THE PROJECT.

THIS TABLE RIGHT HERE WILL SHOW YOU OUR PREVIOUS JAG AWARDS.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST COLUMN THE TOTAL AWARD AND THEN THE SPLIT 60% FOR US IN BARE AND 40% FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

THE AWARD IS RELATIVELY FLAT FROM LAST YEAR, ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE OF $877.

FOR OUR ALLOCATION, IT WILL BE $584,853. SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2021, WE HAVE PRIMARILY FUNDED POSITIONS WITHIN THE ADULT DRUG COURT COLLABORATIVE, WHICH IS SEVERAL SPECIALTY COURTS. WE TRY TO PRESERVE THOSE POSITIONS.

THE CURRENT POSITIONS ON THE GRANT WOULD COST $681,805.

THIS WOULD BE A SHORTFALL OF $96,952. THIS YEAR WE ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE TWO POSITIONS A ADULT DRUG COURT MANAGER, WHICH IS FUNDED AT 12.5% AND A MISDEMEANOR DWI CASE MANAGER.

WE'LL REEVALUATE THESE POSITIONS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN FUND THESE POSITIONS.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE BUDGET WE ARE PROPOSING.

YOU'LL SEE THE SIX POSITIONS HERE. BY REMOVING THOSE TWO POSITIONS, WE ALSO GIVE OURSELVES RESERVES OF $23,778.

JAG GRANTS ARE FOUR YEAR TERMS, SO WE CAN USE THOSE TO FUND THESE POSITIONS IN THE FUTURE.

IF WE RECEIVE A LESS ALLOCATION OR USE IT FOR OTHER EXPENSES AS WELL.

AND THAT'S IT. TODAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO APPROVE THE FINAL JAG RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUBMISSION OF THE ELECTRONIC GRANT APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF JAG FUNDS AND APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A SIGNED CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE. MOTION APPROVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.

GET THOSE GRANTS READY FOR ME TO SIGN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. TIME CERTAIN. TEN, 15. WE'RE CATCHING UP HERE ON TIME.

[5.c. 10:15 a.m.: Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of a resolution supporting the importance of maintaining Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) and its military missions in Bexar County.]

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DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION. SUPPORTING THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS MILITARY MISSIONS IN BEXAR COUNTY.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. I THINK WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN I CAN GET TO THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION.

WELL, I BELIEVE WE HAVE JIMMY HASLAM, OUR CHAIRMAN OF OUR BOARD, ALSO DAVID COHEN, WHO'S MY APPOINTEE TO BOARD UP JIMMY. MELINDA RODRIGUEZ. PAT. SO YOU'RE HERE THIS MORNING ALSO IN IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

WE WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONERS COURT. EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

WE STAND VERY STRONG IN SUPPORTING THE BMC MISSION.

NOT ONLY IS IT FOR BEXAR COUNTY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, BUT IT'S A WORLDWIDE MISSION.

AND ANYTHING THAT WOULD DISRUPT OR HURT BMC IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NOT LET HAPPEN.

SO WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. ALSO EDITOR IS HERE.

LENNY KIRKMAN. DINA PEREZ, OUR CHIEF NURSING OFFICER, IS HERE THIS MORNING ALSO.

AND DOCTOR, GENERAL DAVID COHEN WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF REMARKS.

THE JUDGE WOULD ALLOW IT AND THE COURT WOULD ALLOW IT.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M DAVID COHEN, AND I'M HONORED TO BE ON THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

BUT IN MY PRIOR LIFE, MUCH OF IT WAS AS A MILITARY SURGEON AT BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE I WAS CHIEF OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, CHIEF OF THEIR RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THIS DISCUSSION, I SERVED THREE COMBAT MEDICAL TOURS IN OPERATION DESERT STORM AND IRAQI FREEDOM. BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, WITH ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND PART OF A MUNICIPAL TRAUMA PROGRAM, IS UNIQUE TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IN TERMS OF PROVIDING TRAINED SURGEONS, BUT ALSO THE WHOLE TRAINING TRAUMA TEAM, INCLUDING NURSES, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, RADIOLOGISTS, AND IN EVERYBODY THAT IS ESSENTIAL IN TAKING CARE OF TRAUMA CARE.

THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE MILITARY WHERE THEY'LL SEND A SURGEON OR A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE MILITARY WHERE THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL HAS A MAJOR MISSION IN TRAUMA CARE.

AND THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ARMY MEDICAL MISSION, WHICH IS TAKING CARE OF TRAUMA CASUALTIES AT WAR.

WE ARE AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CENTER. PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BAMSEY AND TO THE INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH, WHICH IS CO-LOCATED AT BAMSEY AND IS THE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE BURN CENTER IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BECAUSE BAMSEY, MILITARY, NURSING AND OTHER PEOPLE ROTATE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHICH HELPS THEM AND THEY HELP THE ARMY PROGRAM.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT, BOTH POLITICALLY AND IN EVERY OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN.

I AM CONCERNED THAT THE METHODIST HOSPITAL ACROSS THE STREET DIRECTLY FROM THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, IS PLANNING ON SETTING UP A LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER AND A LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER IS THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME CAPABILITIES EXCEPT LEVEL ONE.

TRAUMA CENTERS ALSO DO RESEARCH, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT THEY DO RESEARCH.

AND WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER IN BEXAR COUNTY.

AND I THINK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALLOWING THE METHODIST HOSPITAL TO DIRECTLY COMPETE WITH A LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER ABOUT 200 YARDS AWAY FROM OUR DOORWAY.

I THINK WOULD HURT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. I THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DISCOURAGE THIS PLAN. IT WOULD DILUTE THE NUMBER OF TRAUMA CASES THAT COME TO BMC, WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT,

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AND IT WOULD DILUTE THE NUMBER OF TRAUMA CASES AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHICH IS ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR TRAINING NOT ONLY OUR SURGEONS, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS TEAM.

I RESPECTFULLY HOPE THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE METHODIST HOSPITAL FROM WHAT I THINK WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING FOR SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

PAT HASSELL. I SERVE ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD AS A 15 YEAR VETERAN OF THE AIR FORCE AND PART OF THE MEDICAL ADMIN TEAM AT THIS AGENCY AT THE FOR 33RD WING THAT WE USED TO HAVE AND IN SUPPORT OF OUR FLYING MEDICAL SQUADRON. I STRONGLY TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THE TRAINING IS FOR OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO CONTINUE TO BE THE NUMBER ONE AT THE CORE OF IT MEDICAL. THE HOSPITAL SUPPORTS THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.

BUT CRITICAL TO THAT IS THE FACT THAT THE TRAINING THAT THESE STUDENTS RECEIVE AT BAMSEY OR AT UNIVERSITY IS ALSO KEY TO THE MISSION OF NOT ONLY THE MILITARY, BUT BEXAR COUNTY AS WELL.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE.

HI, EVERYONE. I'M LENNY KIRKMAN AND EDITOR ASKED ME TO SPEAK AS I AM THE APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THAT'S THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRAUMA.

AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM OUR TRAUMA TEAM AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO YOU COLONEL DOCTOR KEVIN KELLY, THE COMMANDER OF BMC.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COLONEL JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. I AM COLONEL KEVIN KELLY, AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS THE COMMANDER AND DIRECTOR AT BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER.

I'M JOINED BY COLONEL ROWLAND, WHO IS OUR TRAUMA MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND AN ARMY TRAUMA SURGEON.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE MEN WEAR PINK CAMPAIGN.

MY MOM IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. AND SO THAT'S MEANINGFUL FOR US ALSO AS A HEALTH CARE INSTITUTION.

YOU MAY ALL THINK THAT I'M NOT WEARING PINK, BUT THIS HISTORIC ARMY UNIFORM HAS A NICKNAME OF THE PINKS AND GREENS BECAUSE OF THE TAUPE PANTS THAT WE WEAR. SO. SO IN SPIRIT, I AM WEARING PINK.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TRAUMA AND AND I HAVE SOME PREPARED STATEMENTS AND THEN CAN MAKE ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.

BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER RECOGNIZES THE ONGOING DISCUSSION REGARDING A PROPOSED LEVEL TWO TRAUMA FACILITY IN SAN ANTONIO.

THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HAS APPOINTED ME COLONEL KEVIN KELLY, AS ITS LIAISON TO THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL AND BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IN THAT OFFICIAL ADVISORY CAPACITY. I'M AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON BMC AND ITS MILITARY MEDICAL READINESS MISSION. I DO NOT ADVOCATE A POSITION ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR OR ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AS NOTED, BMC IS THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR'S ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, A CERTIFIED BURN CENTER, AND A CRITICAL NATIONAL READINESS ASSET. OUR ABILITY TO CARE FOR A SUFFICIENT VOLUME AND RANGE OF TRAUMA PATIENTS ENABLES MILITARY PHYSICIANS, NURSES, MEDICS, AND OTHER CLINICIANS TO DEVELOP AND SUSTAIN THE LIFE SAVING SKILLS REQUIRED TO CARE FOR COMBAT CASUALTIES AND DEPLOY WORLDWIDE.

AND I CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 100 SOLDIERS DEPLOYED ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS RIGHT NOW DOING THAT MISSION.

THIS READINESS MISSION ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS THE NATION'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET OUR SERVICE MEMBERS SONS, DAUGHTERS, MOTHERS, FATHERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND FELLOW AMERICANS WHO DEFEND THE NATION AND ITS CONSTITUTION.

FOR DECADES, FOR DECADES, BAMC HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND HOSPITAL PARTNERS TO SUPPORT A COORDINATED TRAUMA SYSTEM STRATEGY DESIGNATED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES DEVELOPS, IMPLEMENTS AND MAINTAINS THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR 22 COUNTIES, A REGION SPANNING MORE THAN 26,000MI² AND SERVING MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE. BMC ALSO VALUES ITS ENDURING PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY HEALTH, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE WHO ARE HERE BEHIND ME.

THE REGION'S OTHER LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER. TOGETHER, OUR INSTITUTIONS PROVIDE LIFE SAVING, HIGH ACUITY CARE WHILE SUPPORTING MILITARY MEDICAL READINESS, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR ARMY, AIR FORCE AND NAVY ASK OF US. AND WE ARE TRI-SERVICE.

WE TRAIN ALL THREE SERVICES. BMC SUPPORTS A PROMPT, OBJECTIVE AND DATA INFORMED EVALUATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO REGIONAL TRAUMA CAPACITY.

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ANY EVALUATION SHOULD CONSIDER PATIENT ACCESS, TRANSPORT TIMES, CLINICAL OUTCOMES, REGIONAL SYSTEM RESILIENCE AND THE ABILITY OF BOTH LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTERS TO SUSTAIN THE CLINICAL VOLUME, ACUITY, COMPLEXITY AND DIVERSITY REQUIRED TO MEET THEIR ESSENTIAL MISSIONS.

BMC REMAINS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS TO PRESERVE TIMELY ACCESS TO THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF TRAUMA CARE, WHILE PROTECTING THE NATION'S MILITARY MEDICAL READINESS.

AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MOODY.

WELL, COLONEL KELLY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE COMMENTS.

DOCTOR COHEN, YOUR YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ACROSS BOTH SIDES HERE OBVIOUSLY CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT.

COLONEL KELLY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TRAUMA CARE PATIENTS ARE CIVILIAN? SO AT LEAST 85 PLUS PERCENT ARE CIVILIANS. OF COURSE, IN A GIVEN YEAR IT COULD CHANGE, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE CIVILIANS.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH A SPECIAL DESIGNATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY INITIALLY.

AND IN ORDER TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY TO SUPPORT AS THE ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

AND SO WE, WE RELY HEAVILY ON THAT OPPORTUNITY.

BUT WE DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE TREAT THEM AS PATIENTS, AS WE WOULD ANY OTHER PATIENT WHO COMES INTO OUR FACILITY AND HAVE A LONG STANDING RECORD OF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY, SAFEST MEDICAL CARE, AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS FOR DOING SO. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE POINT THAT YOU MADE ALREADY, THAT THIS IS THE ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. MANY, MANY OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO BE.

WE'D LOVE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS TO DO THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WE TRAIN 3500 PEOPLE AT VMC.

THAT'S HOW MANY SERVICE MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY THERE RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE SERVICES ARE MUCH LARGER THAN THAT. BUT THE CONDITIONS OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE ENABLED US TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER.

THANK YOU. COLONEL. I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH REGARD TO BMC IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

AND THEN IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS KEITH BASS. HE HAS EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO TO THIS PLAN.

I SPOKE WITH VICE ADMIRAL VILLA, WHO'S THE HEAD OF THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY.

LAST WEEK. AND HE OBVIOUSLY EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS AS WELL.

HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH TWO OF THE SURGEONS, GENERAL ADMIRAL AND ADMIRAL, TO GO BOTH IN D.C.

AND THEY REITERATED THEIR CONCERNS WITH WITH THIS.

THEY DESCRIBED BMC AS THE CROWN JEWEL OF MILITARY MEDICINE.

AND FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR KEEPING IT AS THE CROWN JEWEL FOR MILITARY MEDICINE.

BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN ARTICULATED VERY CLEARLY HERE TODAY, WHICH IS WHY WE BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION.

BMC HAS TO BE PROTECTED, AND THEY REQUIRE THESE CIVILIAN PATIENTS IN ORDER TO GET THE LEVEL OF TRAUMA CASES, THE COMPLEXITY AND ACUITY OF THOSE CASES, TO TRAIN OUR MILITARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ACROSS ALL SERVICES TO BE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER CONFLICTS WAR THE FUTURE HOLDS.

AND THAT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT. AND AGAIN, THE ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, WE DON'T HAVE A FALLBACK PLAN IF BMC GOES AWAY.

AND THE IMPACT ON JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO AND MILITARY CITY, USA.

SO I WOULD I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING BMC IN ALL OF THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN TRYING TO BRING VISIBILITY TO THIS AS WE KIND OF GO FORWARD HERE.

IT'S NOT OPPOSED TO ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS FOR, FOR MANY DECADES.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT BMC NOT ONLY FOR JBSA FOR SAN ANTONIO, FOR BEXAR COUNTY, BUT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND MILITARY READINESS. AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND LEAVE IT THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOODY, FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT. I JUST HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION COLONEL KELLY, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A DOD DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES A MATRIX, MUCH LIKE AN ACUS OR A JAILHOUSE, WHERE THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE HEALTH

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PACT. IT'S IN ESSENCE, A PACT THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH YOU ALL.

CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE NUMBERS WITH RESPECT TO.

AS WE GROW, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE MIGHT BE CAPACITY.

IF THERE'S. IF THERE'S GROWTH, IS THERE ANY DOCUMENT LIKE A.

THAT. FOR THE MEDICAL MISSION HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY? THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. I AM NOT AWARE OF A DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES EXACTLY.

I ASSUME YOU MEAN HOW MUCH VOLUME COMES INTO BAMC AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.

THE. AND FOR ME, AS THE. THE ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, THE MINIMUM IS NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

NUMBER ONE THE MORE YOU DO, THE BETTER YOU ARE AT IT.

I THINK THAT HOLDS ACROSS MANY PROFESSIONS, NO DIFFERENT FOR TRAUMA CARE.

OUR LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTERS ARE AS GOOD AS THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGH VOLUME TRAUMA CENTERS.

AND NUMBER TWO, WHILE WE PROVIDE THAT HIGH QUALITY CARE TO THE COMMUNITY, WE ENSURE THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SERVICE MEMBERS TO GAIN READINESS OCCURS. AND SO THE THE 3500 THAT ARE THERE NOW, THE SERVICES WOULD LOVE US TO TRAIN MORE.

AND SO THE, WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE VOLUME THAT WE CAN, CAN HAVE NOT MINIMIZE IT TO A CERTAIN MINIMUM STANDARD.

YEAH. IT WASN'T SO MUCH GEARED TOWARDS A MINIMUM AS MORE GEARED TOWARDS BUY IN.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE DAY LOSES, IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE GO TO MUNICIPALITIES AND WE GET BUY IN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING.

AND SO IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, CRITERIA, BUT I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO. AND THEN IT NECESSITATES KIND OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT ORDINANCE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY ENFORCE THAT ON THE COUNTY UNLESS THERE WAS A STATE LEGISLATIVE MEASURE PASSED.

BUT PERHAPS THAT'S A WAY TO CODIFY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT APPARENTLY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE MISSION.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S COME TO SPEAK TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION. YES, COMMISSIONER. AND I WILL TAKE THAT BACK AS A DUE OUT TO TO TO THE DEPARTMENT. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

NURSE DINA AND ARE YOU'RE THERE IN THE BACK AND YOUR TEAM.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PATIENTS WAITING, SO WE'LL TRY TO HURRY UP AND FACILITATE THIS.

AND THANK YOU TO SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COURSE.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I MEAN THIS IS GOING TO HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT I THINK.

AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN WITH THIS COURT.

SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF OF THIS.

AND SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, YOU SAID ANYTHING Y'ALL CAN DO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE'LL DO, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND I'LL DO IT. SO IF YOU LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT WE CAN DO THAN PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, THERE'S CALLS WE CAN MAKE OR PEOPLE TO VISIT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEN LET US KNOW THAT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE KEEP US AND BAMSEY AS, AS THE ONLY TWO. AND IT'S AND IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE COMPETITION.

SO OUR CONSTITUENTS NEED TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE NEED MORE. WE GO TO US AND, YOU KNOW, THE E.R. ROOM WAS FULL. SO THE POINT IS HAVING THE CARE AND NOT DIVIDING IT UP SO THAT VAMSI CAN CONTINUE TO TRAIN THE PEOPLE THEY NEED TO TRAIN.

AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO TRAIN AND RETIRE, THEY STAY HERE.

SO THAT YOUNG MAN OVER THERE, MY DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, MARCUS, LOOKS REALLY COOL AND CALM, AND HE IS. BUT HE HAD A TRIPLE BYPASS ABOUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE MY COLON CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

AND BOTH OF HIS HEART SURGEONS WERE RETIRED ACTIVE DUTY FROM VAMSI.

SO IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TRAINING AND MY ARMY.

MY BROTHER IS RETIRED FROM THE ARMY 24 YEARS.

AND SO, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO GERMANY AND THEN THEY COME TO BAMSI.

SO THIS IS JUST SO IMPORTANT. AND I'M HAPPY THAT AS A COURT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.

SO PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT MORE WE CAN DO. SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION? COMMISSIONER MOODE DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE MILITARY AND MEDICAL READINESS MISSION OF BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND A COORDINATED REGIONAL TRAUMA SYSTEM.

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. YEAH. THANK YOU. JUDGE.

I'LL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COMMISSIONER MOODY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE FOLKS REALLY STANDING BEHIND YOU AS WELL.

THE HEROES MEN AND WOMEN WHO, WHO DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY.

AND WE TALK OFTEN ABOUT BAMSI AND THE ANCHOR.

IT IS FOR JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO THE CATALYST OF THE BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY AND THE JOBS AND HEALTH CARE AND BIOSCIENCES. BUT IT REALLY IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CARE FOR.

AND THAT MISSION I THINK IS, IS SO CRITICAL, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY,

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BUT REALLY, IN THE US AND GLOBALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU DO.

SO WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE AND WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT SPECIALTY THERE AND THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND JIMMY AND ED AND THE REST OF THE THE BOARD OF US.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE IT IS IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE.

AND I THINK TOGETHER YOU'RE IMPACTING NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS LIVES.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND LET'S CONTINUE TO PROTECT WHAT WE'VE GOT.

THANK YOU JUDGE. LET ME ASK JIMMY TO COME BACK UP ON THE PODIUM.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST THANK JIMMY FOR HIS LONGTIME SERVICE ON THE US BOARD AND CURRENTLY THE CHAIR.

ALSO MELINDA RODRIGUEZ. BOTH OF YOU. I'LL NOTE FOR THE RECORD, HAVE BEEN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED FOR REAPPOINTMENT ON THE BOARD TODAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. PAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS ON THE BOARD AND CONTINUED SERVICE, ESPECIALLY ADVOCATING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

MY COMMENT AND MY QUESTION TO YOU, JIM, IS THAT YOU ALSO WERE REAPPOINTED TO THE 911 BOARD.

AND SO THERE IS AN INTRICATE PROCESS OF HOW WE PROVIDE DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THIS SPECIALIZED SERVICES.

AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M MAKING THIS POINT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE NOT PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THIS, BUT THAT WE HAVE A DELICATE SYSTEM OF COORDINATING, ESPECIALLY THROUGH STRAT, THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF ERIC EPPERLY OUT THERE THROUGH THE 911, THROUGH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THROUGH OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, THAT IT'S ALL INTEGRATED, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA.

THAT'S A CORRECT STATEMENT. CORRECT, JIMMY? YES, SIR.

IT IS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE COURT. I KNOW ED HAS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HE WANTS TO MAKE ALSO, BUT THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REAPPOINTING ME AND MELINDA.

IT'S A WONDERFUL JOB TO HAVE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SAVING LIVES, TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS. THE REAL HEROES ARE STANDING BEHIND ME.

DOCTOR STEWART AND ALL OF THE TEAM BACK THERE IS JUST WE COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER, MORE QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT SAVE LIVES DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND THEY'RE THE UNSUNG HEROES WHO REALLY DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT.

IN WORKING WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AT UNIVERSITY AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BAMSEY, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY, VERY STRONG. AND JUDGE. I WILL TELL YOU IN JANUARY, GOOD LORD WILLING, I'LL HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR OF METRO NOW FOR 40 YEARS.

SO. SO LET ME LET ME MAKE THIS POINT, JIMMY. AGAIN, FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC AND PURPOSES, IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION AS TO WHY WE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND WHY IT'S SO CRUCIAL TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE COUNTY BEXAR COUNTY IS, AND THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM IS A COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WITHIN THE COUNTY. SO WE BOTH UTILIZE THIS TAXPAYER MONEY.

OBVIOUSLY, THE THE BMC AS A PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TOTALLY SUPPORTED WITH TAXPAYER MONEY, WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL. IT'S STILL A TAXPAYER PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT, SAME TAXES.

AND THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE HAMMERED HOME HERE IS THAT THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR THE EFFICIENT USE OF THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE FOR HEALTH CARE. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR THEY DO UNDERSTAND, BUT SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED THAT THE COUNTY HOSPITAL PROVIDES INDIGENT CARE.

BMC PROVIDES ENERGY CARE. NOBODY GETS TURNED AWAY AT THESE FACILITIES, AND WE HAVE AN INTRICATE SYSTEM WHERE WE GET PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE USE OF STRIKE. WE GET PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SAVE LIVES.

IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? YES, SIR. AND I HAD DINNER WITH DOCTOR CIGARROA, ED AND MYSELF AND TAYLOR.

AMY THURSDAY EVENING, AND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING OUR MEETING OF HOW CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THIS IS.

AND I KNOW THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF WORKING WITH US.

AND THAT GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE. ED, IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE.

OH, THERE'S ED ON THAT TOO, JUDGE. BOB MILLER, FORMER THREE STAR GENERAL AND SURGEON GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE, I BELIEVE, WHO NOW IS HEAD OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR UT SAN ANTONIO, ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THAT TRIP TO DC.

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HE'S HEARD THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL, FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE CONCERNS WE HAVE ABOUT PROTECTING VMC.

AND EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID TODAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COURT AND DOCTOR STEWART FOR HIS I THINK 30 YEARS OF DEDICATION OF BUILDING THIS TRAUMA PROGRAM INTO, INTO THE BEST TRAUMA PROGRAM.

AND I WILL JUST SAY IN OUR TIME WORKING WITH VMC AND THE OTHERS THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING VERY BIG THAT COULD HAPPEN, CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER ON PROGRAMS THAT CAN SERVE EVERYONE IN, IN BMC AND IN UNIVERSITY HEALTH.

THIS IS ABOUT LEVEL ONE TODAY, BUT THIS IS ALSO ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GROW AND PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE AND BETTER ACCESS TO ALL THE COMMUNITY.

AND ANYTHING THAT STOPS THIS MOMENTUM WOULD BE VERY TOUGH TO RECOVER FROM.

AND WE'RE HERE AND COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE THE UNIVERSITY AND BMC AND THE MILITARY WORK TOGETHER ALONG WITH UT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE AND BETTER ACCESS TO CARE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, DOCTOR. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, RONNIE STEWART. I'M THE BOARD CHAIR OF STRAC.

I'VE BEEN BOARD CHAIR STRAC FOR 30 YEARS. THE I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE AND CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS. AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WHILE I'M THINKING, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AT BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, US ARMY INSTITUTE FOR SURGICAL RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY HEALTH.

IT'S A TERRIFIC PARTNERSHIP. AND FROM THE POINT OF VIEW.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONFIDENT IF WE FOLLOW A STRICT LIKE PROCESS, WE CAN WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THESE THINGS.

WE NEED TO DO THAT THOUGH. AND PART OF THAT IS GETTING DATA.

THANK YOU. OH, BY THE WAY, WE GOT YOUR STRIKE CONTRACTS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION. ANYTHING FURTHER? MR.. NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE.

I'M SORRY. OH, COMMISSIONER. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO? YOU'RE GOING TO LET US KNOW WHAT WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO DO TO HELP SUPPORT THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION UNANIMOUSLY.

CARRIES. CARRY FOR THAT RESOLUTION. LET'S GET THIS THING GOING.

AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, DAVID, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO WORK WITH ME ON BEXAR METRO.

YOU'VE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING COUNTY MANAGER, AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. I'M GLAD TO KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LIKES DAVID SMITH IN THE COUNTY.

WOO! ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, I BELIEVE LET'S GO BACK THEN.

[12. Notification of payment to those employees who have accumulated hours in excess of the FLSA maximum level for an estimated amount of $1,880,748 and approval of the appropriate budget transfers in the amount of $475,008. Offices and departments with employees approaching the maximum FLSA limits are encouraged to take appropriate action to reduce such balances. Those offices and departments that have already exceeded the limitations have been notified that they need to immediately reduce the level of hours or pay the listed employees below the FLSA limit.]

I THINK WE'VE DONE ALL THE TIME, SIR. AND KATE LET'S GO BACK TO THE CONSENT THAT WE PULLED.

AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST ITEM WAS NUMBER 12. NOTIFICATION PAYMENT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES ACCUMULATED HOURS IN EXCESS OF A MAXIMUM LEVEL. ESTIMATED $1,880,748.

APPROVAL OF THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMOUNT OF $475,008.

OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS WITH EMPLOYEES APPROACHING THE MAXIMUM FLSA LIMITS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO REDUCE SUCH BALANCES.

THOSE OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED LIMITATIONS, HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

THEY NEED TO IMMEDIATELY REDUCE THE HOURS, LEVEL OF HOURS OR PAY THE LISTED EMPLOYEES BELOW THE FSA.

THANK YOU JUDGE. I PULLED THIS ITEM TO ASK COUNTY STAFF PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR THE JAIL OVERTIME STUDY THAT WE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.

AS WE'VE SEEN FOR SOME TIME, THE SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF OVERTIME COST THAT THE COUNTY IS INCURRING, THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO GET AN UPDATE AND AGAIN, INSIST THAT WE PRIORITIZE THIS EFFORT BECAUSE IF WE'RE SPENDING OVER $1 MILLION A MONTH IN OVERTIME COSTS, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT. AND SO CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE, THOMAS, ON THAT? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. YES. WE ARE ASSIGNING THE VARIOUS STUDIES THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET TO STAFF.

SO WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR STUDY ON THE OT.

WE'LL FIRST DEVELOP THAT SCOPE OF WORK AND WE'LL WORK WITH BOTH PURCHASING AND GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE TO GET THAT READY TO GO.

BRING THAT BACK TO COURT. MY HOPE IS TO HAVE THAT DONE HERE WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY. SO THIS FALL, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AND TRY TO GET THIS OUT INTO AN RFP, I ASSUME.

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CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRYING TO MOVE QUICKLY AND TRYING TO SAVE THE COUNTY MONEY ON THAT FRONT. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE VALUABLE INSIGHTS THAT WE COULD GLEAN FROM SUCH A STUDY THAT COULD SAVE THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE APPROVAL.

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

THE NEXT ONE WAS 51, 51. OKAY. ACCEPTANCE OF THE AWARD. TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.

BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.

SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2027. FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER PADILLA PLUS DIVISION BY THE BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY.

AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR AWARD.

FY 2627 WAS AWARDED 30% IN GRANT FUNDING, 70% IN COUNTY MATCH FUNDS FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $484,527.82. COMMISSIONER. MOODE. THANK YOU JUDGE.

AND I DON'T I DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION AT THIS POINT.

I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF HAD AN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS.

I'M STILL OPEN TO TO SITTING DOWN IN OUR OFFICE AND CONTINUING TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE PADILLA PLUS PROGRAM. BUT I HAVE NOT SUPPORTED THIS IN THE PAST AND HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED BY BY LAW. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M STILL UNWILLING TO SUPPORT IT BASED ON THOSE CONCERNS.

I JUST HAD A QUICK POINT. COMMISSIONER. CALVERT.

IF MY RECOLLECTION SERVES ME CORRECTLY, THE SUPREME COURT HAS MANDATED THE PADILLA OF RIGHTS.

AND THESE ARE ISN'T THIS A STANDARDIZED I DON'T KNOW, IT CAME FROM THE SUPREME COURT, DID IT NOT? THAT'S CORRECT, MR. CALVERT THAT'S. YES, CORRECT.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. PADILLA IS REQUIRED UNDER LAW.

THE PADILLA PLUS. WHAT ARE WE DOING BEYOND PADILLA? THAT IS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT IS A POLICY DECISION BY THIS COURT.

AND THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE THAT THAT WE HAVE HAD ONGOING WITH RELATED TO THE PROGRAM.

THE PLUS IS DIRECT CRIMINAL REPRESENTATION. SORRY, THE PLUS IS DIRECT CRIMINAL REPRESENTATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES 51. WAS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER? OKAY. 76. 76. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD. AND THIS NEEDS TO BE DELAYED FOR FURTHER COUNSEL WITH OUR ATTORNEYS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THIS BE COMPLETELY PULLED FOR ANOTHER DATE.

[76. Approval of: a. An Amended and Restated Order Granting Petition for Creation of a Public Improvement District to be named Briggs Ranch Special Improvement District, for Appointment of Directors, and Imposition of Ad Valorem, Sales and Use, and Hotel Occupancy Taxes, Each Tax at a Specified Rate, within the Boundaries of the District, and for Authority to Enter into Economic Development Agreements, Grants and Loans; and b. Order consenting to the issuance of Briggs Ranch Special Improvement District Unlimited Ad Valorem Tax Bonds, Series 2026, for a maximum amount of $8,000,000.]

ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM 76 IS BEING PUT IN MY PRECINCT AND IS DROPPED AT THE REQUEST OF WHAT I NEED TO DO.

LARRY. MAKE A MOTION OR JUST PULL IT FOR ANOTHER MOTION TO TABLE.

WE CAN DO THAT. MOTION TO TABLE. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM AGENDA 76 IS TABLED. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

LET'S GO BACK UP THEN. TRY TO FINISH OUT. THE MORNING.

COURT WILL TAKE UP. WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN ON 1:30 P.M..

[6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. Probate Courts' Designated Funds Budgets for 2026-2027, Probate Court I. b. Notice of Summons in Civil Action, Re: Christopher Elliott Russell, Civil Action No. 5:26-CV-03396-JKP-RBF. (I of2) c. Notice of Summons in Civil Action, Re: Christopher Elliott Russell, Civil Action No. 5:26-CV-03396-JKP-RBF. (2 of2) d. Notice of Suit Under Texas Local Government Code §89.0041, Re: Charley Terrence Hayes, Cause No. 2026CI20153. e. FY 2026 Budget for Sheriffs Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (September I 0, 2026). f. FY 2027 Budget for Sheriffs Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (August 7, 2026). g. FY 2027 Budget for Sheriffs Office State Asset Forfeiture Chapter 18 Fund - 330 (August 7, 2026). h. FY 2027 Budget for Sheriffs Office LEOSE Fund - 114 (August 7, 2026). 1. FY 2027 Budget for Sheriffs Office Federal Asset Forfeiture - Treasury Fund- 334 (August 7, 2026). J- FY 2027 Budget for Sheriffs Office Federal Asset Forfeiture - 313 (August 7, 2026). k. Notice of Petitioner's Verified Motion to Vacate Temporary and Enforcement Orders; To Determine the Validity of Predicate Proceedings and Status of Counsel; To Adjudicate Preserved Motions and Objections; and For Enforcement, Sanctions, and Other Relief, Re: In the Matter of the Marriage of Timothy Emmett Damron and Jessica Kathleen Damron and in the Interest of Lauryn Ashley Damron, a child, Cause No. 2024CI10943. I. Notice of Filing, Request for Judicial Notice, and Certificate of Service, Re: In the Matter of the Marriage of Timothy Emmett Damron and Jessica Kathleen Damron and in the Interest of Lauryn Ashley Damron, a child, Cause No. 2024CI10943. m. Notice of Plaintiffs Motion for Appointment of Counsel Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(e)(l), Re: Timothy Emmett Damron, Trustee of the Timothy Emmett Damron Irrevocable Trust. n. Plaintiff Files Notice Motion for Dismissal with Prejudice for Subject and Motion for Mistrial with Subject-Matter OriginaJ Motion for Negligence Tort Damage, Request ADR Hearing, TriaJ Jury Setting and Hearing, Re: Arthur Rakowitz, Cause No 2026-CI-13643. o. Plaintiff Notice for Non-Suit Without Prejudice, Re: Arthur Rakowitz, Cause No 2026-CI-13643. p. Summons in Civil Action, Re: Pedro Robledo, Civil Action No. 5:26-cv-00780- FB-HJB. q. Summons in Civil Action, Re: Joseph D. Alt, Civil Action No. 5:26-CV-05490- XR. r. Summons in Civil Action, Re: Michelle Barrientes Vela, Civil Action No. SA26CA5993. s. Citation directed to Bexar County, Re: Amy Farmer; Case Number 2026CI21450. t. Grant Agreement between Greater SATX and Bexar County, approved August 18, 2026. u. Order for Appointment of Temporary Justice of the Peace. v. Annual Report for Purchase of Fee Simple or Easement ReaJ Estate in Accordance with Delegation of Limited Authority, submitted by Public Works.]

THAT'S NOT RIGHT FOR THIS. THAT WILL BE THE MILITARY VETS POSITION.

AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT IN EXECUTIVE TWO.

COURT WILL TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE FILING FOR THE RECORD OF FILING LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTION, IF NECESSARY FOR THOSE ITEMS LISTED A THROUGH MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SO NOTED. I'M JUST COURT TAKES NOTE. SEVEN APPROVAL COMMISSION COURT MINUTES FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026 AND TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026. MOVE APPROVAL.

SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE NOW WILL GO TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

OKAY. LET ME TRY TO HELP EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP. MOST HAVE SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS JUST CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

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BUT IT APPEARS THAT MOST MAY BE TALKING ABOUT ELECTIONS ISSUES THAT WE WILL BE TAKING UP AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR 99 BE FOR.

AND I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE ALL, IF YOU WISH, IF WHAT'S THAT?

[8. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak. (Part 1 of 2)]

ELIZABETH SAID NV2 AND B TWO. SO IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN THIS TIME SLOT I WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU.

BUT I'M GOING TO THEN CALL UP ALL THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND WE'LL START.

DEBORAH MARTINEZ. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND I'M.

AND THERE'S. PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP AND YIELDED THEIR TIME, AND I'LL MAKE NOTE.

YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO YIELD. YIELD YOUR TIME.

MISS MARTINEZ. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

MY NAME IS DEBORAH MARTINEZ. I AM THE TRIAL BOND MANAGER FOR THERAPEUTIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION.

WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING A SURVEY WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

LAST MONTH, OUR LAST BOND BOND OFFICER POSITION EXPIRED.

AND SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST FOR A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM WITH BEXAR COUNTY JAIL.

MANY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEIR CHARGES, COURT PROCEEDINGS OR HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR ATTORNEYS.

OTHERS HAVE NO FAMILY MEMBERS OR OUTSIDE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ADVOCATING ON THEIR BEHALF.

OUR STAFF HAS ENCOUNTERED INDIVIDUALS WHO REMAINED INCARCERATED AFTER THEIR SENTENCES HAD EXPIRED, SOMETIMES FOR DAYS AND IN CERTAIN CASES, FOR MONTHS.

AND ONE PARTICULAR CONCERNING SITUATION AN INDIVIDUAL REMAINED INCARCERATED FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL MONTHS BECAUSE AN ORDER FOR PLACEMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY HAD BEEN OMITTED FROM HIS FINAL COURT DISPOSITION.

WE SHARE THESE EXPERIENCE NOT TO ASSIGN BLAME, BUT TO DEMONSTRATE HOW ADMINISTRATIVE GAPS CAN RESULT IN UNNECESSARY INCARCERATION, DELAYED TREATMENTS AND ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE COUNTY.

OUR PROPOSED PROGRAM WOULD ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS THROUGH STRUCTURED EDUCATIONAL CLASSES CONDUCTED THREE DAYS PER WEEK INSIDE THE DETENTION CENTER.

DAY ONE WOULD BE LEGAL LITERACY, TEACHING INDIVIDUALS HOW TO IDENTIFY AND CONTACT THEIR ATTORNEYS, UNDERSTAND COURT PROCEEDINGS AND ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CASES.

SECOND IS THE SELF-ADVOCACY. EDUCATING PARTICIPANTS ON HOW TO DOCUMENT COMMUNICATION ATTEMPTS APPROPRIATELY ADDRESS CONCERNS, AND ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES RESPECTFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

THIRD IS THE REENTRY PREPARATION CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH IDENTIFICATION, ASSISTANCE, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES, AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOLLOWING RELEASE.

THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT REPLACE ATTORNEYS OR PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

INSTEAD, IT WOULD EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO NAVIGATE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND PREPARE FOR SUCCESSFUL REINTEGRATION. OUR PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A ONE YEAR SALARY AND PAYROLL EXPENSES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND REENTRY RESOURCES.

WE BELIEVE THIS INVESTMENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE PREVENTABLE ADMINISTRATIVE DELAYS, IMPROVE COMPLIANCE, STRENGTHEN REENTRY OUTCOMES, AND HELP REDUCE UNNECESSARY JAIL EXPENDITURES.

ACCESS TO JUSTICE SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON WHETHER AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL HAS FAMILY, FINANCIAL RESOURCES OR SOMEONE ON THE OUTSIDE ADVOCATING FOR THEM.

ON BEHALF OF THE THERAPEUTIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO CONSIDER THIS FUNDING REQUEST AND WORK WITH THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO EXPLORE IMPLEMENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. IS IT DOCTOR WELTY AGAIN? DOCTOR WELTY, YOU'RE HERE.

AND I HAVE DEBBIE ZENTGRAF YIELDING YOUR TIME TO CHRIS WOOD.

SO, DEBBIE, ARE YOU HERE? DEBBIE ZENTGRAF. NO, YOU'RE NOT HERE.

BUT I HAD TWO ISSUES. ONE, I'M SPEAKING ON ELECTIONS AND ONE, I'M SPEAKING ON THE ICE.

OKAY. WELL, I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.

YES. SO BUT BUT DEBBIE'S LEFT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

LET ME, LET ME. I'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE YIELDING TIME TO YOU, DOCTOR.

UTE HALL. ULI. ULI HALL, IS SHE HERE? OKAY. YOU'RE YIELDING.

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OKAY, SO YIELDING TIME TO DOCTOR WELDON. HOW ABOUT MABEL GAVRILOV? ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU YIELDING YOUR TIME TO. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE YIELDING THEIR TIME TO DOCTOR WELDON? ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR WELDON, YOU GOT NINE MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING.

RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND EVERY.

AND TO HAVE THAT VOTE COUNTED ACCURATELY. I'M DOCTOR CHRIS WELDY.

I'M A BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCT CHAIR, ELECTION JUDGE AND CLERK, POLL WATCHER, CO-CHAIR OF MY PARTY'S ELECTION INTEGRITY AND VOTER PROTECTION COMMITTEE.

BUT TODAY I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. SO EARLY VOTING STARTS IN SIX DAYS.

AND ALTHOUGH ELECTIONS ARE NOT A SPECIFIC A SEPARATE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, THERE ARE THREE TIME SENSITIVE ISSUES THAT REQUIRE ACTION.

SINCE MARCH, I'VE ASKED THIS COURT TO ADDRESS ELECTION ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS, IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION, AND CONDUCT AN OPERATIONAL AUDIT. AFTER SPEAKING HERE IN MARCH, OUR PARTY CHAIR AND I MET WITH THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR.

SOME CONCERNS WERE ACKNOWLEDGED AND WE WERE TOLD THAT ALL WOULD BE ADDRESSED.

YET NEARLY ALL REMAIN UNRESOLVED. I HAVE REPEATEDLY, REPEATEDLY SAID THAT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS CREATING UNCERTAINTY, BEXAR COUNTY MUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER.

SUNDAY, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS HIGHLIGHTED CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER BALLOTS WERE RECEIVED AND COUNTED, AND REPORTED THAT THEIR ELECTIONS LACKS A CENTRALIZED COMPLAINT TRACKING SYSTEM COMBINED WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS IN SUSPENSE STATUS AND APPROXIMATELY 45,000 DELAYED DPS REGISTRATIONS. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN UNDERMINED.

I WANT TO REMIND THE COURT THAT THOUGH THE NEWS STORY REGARDING THE DPS BACKLOG, WHICH I THINK HAS NOW SURPASSED MORE THAN A HALF A MILLION STATEWIDE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL NUMBERS ARE.

THOUGH THAT NEWS BROKE IN THE STATE IN AUGUST, WE AS IN POLL WORKERS IN BEXAR COUNTY BROKE THE NEWS TO THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT IN MARCH OF 2026. WE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. I SPOKE ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

I MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR WHO TOLD ME, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM.

NOW WE KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM, RIGHT? I FEEL OBLIGATED TO BRING THREE IMMEDIATE ASKS BEFORE ANY, ANY VOTERS ARE DISENFRANCHIZED. SO FIRST, CORRECT.

AN INACCURATE VOTER INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY ON THE ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, DURING THE ELECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, I RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS WEBSITE, WHICH TELLS SUSPENSE VOTERS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

IN FACT, THE POST IS STILL THERE. DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN STILL VOTE NO.

KIND OF LIKE NO BIG DEAL. JUST SHOW UP AND DO A CHANGE OF RESIDENCY FORM AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

I POINTED OUT TO THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR THAT THAT FAILED TO ADDRESS VOTERS WHO HAD MOVED FROM ANOTHER TEXAS COUNTY INTO BEXAR, BUT REMAINED REGISTERED IN THEIR FORMER COUNTY.

I ASKED FOR A CORRECTION TO BE MADE BEFORE THE 5TH OF OCTOBER REGISTRATION DEADLINE.

IT WAS NEVER MADE. SO A VOTER WHO RELIED ON THE REASSURANCE AND DID NOT UPDATE THEIR REGISTRATION HAS NOW PERMANENTLY LOST THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER HERE IN TIME TO VOTE A FULL BALLOT.

THAT'S A FACT. THEY MAY STILL QUALIFY FOR A LIMITED BALLOT, BUT ONLY ON EARLY VOTING AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE.

AND THEY CAN'T DO THAT SAME THING ON ELECTION DAY.

WE NEED TO GET THAT OUT TO PEOPLE. THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, THERE WAS JUST ANOTHER ARTICLE WHILE I WAS SITTING HERE.

PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER AND WITH KENS FIVE THAT JUST SAID, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS CHANGE A RESIDENCY FORM.

SO LET'S GET SOMETHING ON THE BEXAR ELECTIONS WEBSITE.

LET'S GET IT OUT TO SOCIAL MEDIA, AND LET'S UPDATE THE NEWS MEDIA AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT DISENFRANCHIZED BECAUSE OF THE MISINFORMATION OR LACK OF INFORMATION THAT WAS ON THE BEXAR ELECTIONS WEBSITE. MULTIPLE GROUPS WERE ALSO INCORRECTLY TOLD BY BEXAR ELECTION STAFF THAT VOTERS REGISTERING BY THE OCTOBER 5TH COULD NOT VOTE DURING EARLY VOTING.

BEXAR ELECTIONS LATER ISSUED AN INTERNAL CORRECTION THROUGH INTEGRA, WHICH IS LIKE THEIR INTERNAL MESSAGING SYSTEM.

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IT. IT'S AN INCONSISTENT SYSTEM. SOME VOTERS GOT THE MESSAGE, OTHERS DIDN'T.

SOME ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERKS GOT THE MESSAGE, OTHERS DIDN'T.

BUT REGARDLESS, IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED PUBLICLY.

THIS HAS GONE VIRAL. WE'VE. WE'VE GOTTEN PEOPLE.

THERE'S FACEBOOK POSTS, THERE'S PEOPLE CALLING ME SAYING, WHY? WHY CAN'T I VOTE DURING EARLY ELECTIONS? SO THAT WAS MISINFORMATION.

IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IN PUBLIC FORUMS. SECOND TRAINING GAPS.

TEXAS LAW REQUIRES ELECTION CLERKS TO RECEIVE TRAINING ON VOTER IDENTIFICATION.

YET BEXAR COUNTY ONLY OFFERS ELECTIONS CLERK OPTIONAL TRAINING, MEANING WE DON'T MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT.

AND EVEN FOR THE OPTIONAL TRAINING, IT COMPLETELY MISSED THE MAIN THING THAT ELECTION CLERKS ARE REQUIRED BY TEXAS LAW TO BE TRAINED ON, AND THAT IS IDENTIFYING WHETHER VOTERS POSSESS THE CORRECT FORM OF ID AND QUALIFYING VOTERS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE. THAT'S WHAT ELECTION CLERKS DO.

IT'S THEIR JOB. AND THAT WAS LEFT OUT OF TRAINING THIS YEAR.

THE OPTIONAL TRAINING I SHOULD NOTE I THINK LAST COMMISSIONERS COURT REBECA CLAY-FLORES ACTUALLY ASKED THAT SHE SEEMED SURPRISED THAT WE DON'T REQUIRE TRAINING FOR OUR ELECTION CLERKS. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED BECAUSE THE STATE REQUIRES IT.

SO PLEASE LET HER KNOW. THIRD WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROMISE EMERGENCY GUIDANCE THIS ELECTION, I THINK EVERYBODY CAN RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTERNATION BECAUSE OF, LIKE I SAID, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT APPEAR TO BE TRYING TO INTERFERE, YOU KNOW, INCITE FEAR, SUPPRESS THE VOTE.

BEXAR ELECTIONS POLL WORKERS WENT THROUGH A REQUIRED THREE HOUR TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND ELECTION WORKERS WERE TOLD GUIDANCE WOULD EXPLAIN WHEN TO USE THE JUDGES HOTLINE, WHEN TO CALL ELECTION LEADERSHIP STAFF DIRECTLY, THE SHERIFF 911 IF AND IF THERE WERE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING ICE, APPEARED AT POLLING LOCATIONS OR IF ANOTHER EMERGENCY AROSE, THAT GUIDANCE HAS NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

SO I ASK FOR BEFORE EARLY VOTING THAT WE PROVIDE WRITTEN PROCEDURES IDENTIFYING WHO POLL WORKERS CONTACT UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN WHAT ORDER.

THE LARGER SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS I'VE IDENTIFIED EARLIER CAN'T BE FIXED IN SIX DAYS.

SO I CONTINUE TO CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL OPERATIONAL AUDIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS ELECTION.

THE VOTERS OF BEXAR COUNTY DESERVE ANSWERS, A PLAN, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY DESERVE AN ELECTION SYSTEM THAT ENSURES EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER CAN VOTE AND EVERY LAWFUL BALLOT IS COUNTED ACCURATELY.

THANK YOU. ANGEL DURAN.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANGEL.

I AM PART OF THE SAN ANTONIO LABOR ASSEMBLY AND I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS MOSTLY.

I KNOW YOU ALL LIKE FACTS. WHO HERE LOVES THIS CITY? I DO. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE LOVES SAN ANTONIO? NOBODY. I LOVE IT HERE.

I LOVE HAVING THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO GO AWAY FOR AN EDUCATION AND COME BACK.

I ALSO GREW UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE IN THE PITS OF POVERTY WHEN IT CAME TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

OUR CITY RANKS VERY HIGH IN THOSE NUMBERS. NOT JUST THAT.

I JUST, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE LOVE THIS CITY SO MUCH, WHY DO WE STILL RANK THE THIRD HIGHEST IN POVERTY? BECAUSE 13.3% TO 17% POVERTY RATE IS WHAT IS IN SAN ANTONIO AT THIS CURRENT TIME, MAYBE EVEN MORE.

AND WITH THIS CURRENT PROJECT MARVEL, WE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE MORE DISPLACEMENT.

NOW MY COMMENTS ARE JUST ALL JUMBLED INTO ONE AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL MAKE SENSE.

NOW, SEEING THAT WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST, POOREST CITY AND WITH THAT, OUR POPULATION IS 64% HISPANIC.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH FOR OUR CITIZENS TO NOT FEEL THAT TINGE OF DISCRIMINATION WHEN IT COMES TO PROFILING? BECAUSE ANY ONE OF US COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR SOMEBODY UNDOCUMENTED, AS OUR MAYOR HAS SAID, WE HAVE 100,000 CITIZENS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDOCUMENTED.

NOW, OF THOSE, THERE WERE 1500 ARRESTS MADE LAST YEAR WITH ICE.

THAT HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY TO NOW OVER 23,000.

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SO ARE WE GOING TO JUST WAIT FOR THE OTHER 80,000 TO GET ARRESTED, OR DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR A FAMILY MEMBER OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO KIND OF HAVE TO RISK THAT ON OUR BEHALF. SO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME MORE FACTS.

BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THOSE ARRESTS WE HAVE NOW A 3% DECLINE IN FOOT TRAFFIC, WHICH HAS NOW LED TO A 6% DECLINE IN CONSUMER SPENDING. AND WE'RE STILL EXPECTED TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THIS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHATEVER. I MAY BE WRONG ON SOME POINTS, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH FOR THE WORKERS TO KIND OF FEEL SAFE TO GO TO WORK ON THEIR DAILY COMMUTE? BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS THAT MOST OF THE POSTS THAT I SEE ON INSTAGRAM OR YOUR DAILY SOCIAL MEDIA I HAVE TO SEE ANOTHER WORK TRUCK PULLED OVER. IF THEY'RE HELPING OUT, THEY'RE HELPING OUT, I GUESS, BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US MIGHT BE COMPLICIT IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR OUR CITIZENS.

WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANDREW SANDERS AND I LIVE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCT THREE CONSTABLE OPERATED AN AUTOMATED SPEED CAMERA SYSTEM FOR SIX WEEKS IN 2025 THAT IT GENERATED 516 CITATIONS, AND THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOUND NO AUTHORITY FOR IT, THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS WORKING TO DISMISS ALL 516 CITATIONS, AND THAT THIS COURT APPROVED $11,480 IN REFUNDS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT WRONG, I'D WELCOME THE CORRECTION THAT $11,480 IS THE ONLY COST ANYONE HAS PUT A NUMBER TO.

I'VE TRIED TO PUT A NUMBER TO THE ADDITIONAL UNTOUCHED COSTS.

WORKING FROM PUBLIC RECORDS. I IDENTIFIED 114 SEPARATE ACTIVITIES THIS PROGRAM CONSUMED, INCLUDING SITE SELECTION, DAILY CAMERA OPERATION, 516 CASES DOCKETED AND HEARD 11 MONTHS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW REFUNDS, DISMISSALS, 31 CONVICTION REVERSALS AND EXPULSIONS THAT HAVEN'T YET STARTED.

THEY TOUCHED 6068 JOB CLASSIFICATIONS ACROSS 26 GOVERNMENT OFFICES AS AN ORDINARY AT ORDINARY PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE RATES. THAT ESTIMATE EXCEEDS $200,000. I'LL BE CANDID.

THAT FIGURE IS STRICTLY AN ESTIMATE. ACTUAL COUNTY WAGES AREN'T PUBLISHED IN THE DETAIL I'D NEED, SO I ASSUMED THEM AND I MAY BE OFF. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE REAL NUMBER IS.

I CANNOT. THE LARGEST EXPENSE IS STILL AHEAD.

EXPUNCTION REQUIRES SERVING AN ORDER ON EVERY AGENCY HOLDING A RECORD, WHICH, BY MY COUNT, IS MORE THAN 5000 CERTIFIED MAILINGS. THOSE INVOICES WILL REACH YOU FOR APPROVAL, AND YOU'LL BE VOTING ON THEM WITHOUT A TOTAL.

THE EVIDENCE IS AGING. PAYROLL DETAIL, DEPLOYMENT LOGS, MILEAGE, AND EMAILS FROM EARLY 2025 ARE 20 MONTHS OLD AND SUBJECT TO RETENTION SCHEDULES.

EVERY MONTH MAKES AN ACCURATE ACCOUNTING HARDER TO PRODUCE.

ALSO, TO THE BEST I CAN DETERMINE, DPS STILL HAS NOT ANSWERED ON THE 31 CONVICTIONS.

IF THE DEPARTMENT WON'T REVERSE THEM ADMINISTRATIVELY, EACH ONE REQUIRES A SEPARATE COURT FILING AND THE COST MULTIPLIES.

TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 115.031, PERMITS THIS COURT TO ISSUE TO ORDER AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT ON A FINDING OF IMPERATIVE, IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY. ESTIMATES OF ONE RESIDENT WITH ACCESS TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS REACHED OVER $200,000.

THE COUNTY HAS PUBLISHED ONLY $11,480. THE NECESSITY IS THE GAP BETWEEN $11,000 AND $200,000, WHICH WARRANTS AN AUDIT. I ASK THAT THIS COURT ADOPT A RESOLUTION UNDER SECTION 115.031.

STATE ITS REASONS. ORDER A SPECIAL AUDIT OF ALL FUNDS SPENT AND STILL TO BE SPENT ON THIS PROGRAM AND REPORT THE FINDINGS PUBLICLY.

I'LL BE SUBMITTING MY MEMORANDUM AND COST SCHEDULE ELECTRONICALLY TODAY.

THANK YOU. ERIKA QUIROZ. ALSO MILDRED MONTIEL.

BOTH OF Y'ALL. DID Y'ALL WANT TO SPEAK SEPARATELY? OR DID YOU WANT TO YIELD TIME? ERIKA, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN YOUR BEHALF? AND MILDRED, YOU WANT TO SPEAK SEPARATELY? YES.

OKAY. ERIKA. YOU FIRST. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

MY NAME IS ERICA QUIROZ. I'M A BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENT, LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, LICENSED RISK ADVISOR, AND IRS CERTIFIED ACCEPTING AGENT. EVERY DAY I HELP WORKING FAMILIES BUILD LEGITIMATE BUSINESS, PAY THEIR TAXES, AND PURCHASE HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

I'M HERE ALONGSIDE OUR COALITION TO ASK THIS COURT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE, PROACTIVE LEGAL ACTION.

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WE URGE YOU TO FORMALLY DIRECT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND COUNTY CIVIL LITIGATION DIVISION TO EVALUATE OUR LEGAL STANDING AND ESTABLISH A VIABLE PATHWAY TO CHALLENGE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROPOSED ICE DETENTION FACILITY.

THIS PROJECT DOES NOT EXIST IN A FEDERAL VACUUM UNDER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

THIS COURT HOLDS A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO PROTECT COUNTY RESOURCES, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

PLACING A FACILITY OF THIS SCALE IN BEXAR COUNTY DIRECTLY THREATENS OUR ROAD NETWORKS, UTILITY GRIDS, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. WITHOUT COUNTY OVERSIGHT OR CONSENT.

BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS DIRECT.

WHEN SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, TAXPAYERS AND WORKERS ARE DESTABILIZED.

LOCAL SALES TAX REVENUE DROP, PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS STALL, AND OUR BROADER ECONOMY CONTRACTS.

OTHER JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY HALTED FEDERAL DETENTION PROJECTS BY ASSERTING THEIR LOCAL STANDING.

CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS UNDER NEPA PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT AND LOCAL UTILITY AGREEMENT, THEIR COUNTY CANNOT WAIT TO REACT AFTER THE DOORS OPEN AND DAMAGE IS DONE.

SPECIFICALLY, WE URGE THIS COURT TO TAKE TWO CONCRETE STEPS TODAY DIRECT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION TO EVALUATE BEXAR COUNTY STANDING AND EXPLORE AFFIRMATIVE LEGAL CLAIMS AGAINST DHS, INCLUDING NEPA AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY LIMITS.

INSTRUCT COUNTY STAFF TO AUDIT ALL COUNTY PERMITS RIGHT AWAY.

AUTHORIZATION AND UTILITY AGREEMENTS REQUIRED OF THIS SCOPE.

WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 304 POSTCARDS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEMANDING THIS COURT TO DIRECT DISTRICT ATTORNEY GONZALEZ TO START DISCOVERING INTO LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST A PROPOSED ICE FACILITY. JESSICA AND COMMISSIONERS PROTECT OUR LOCAL TAXPAYER, PROTECT OUR SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMY, AND INSTRUCT OUR LEGAL TEAM TO DEFEND OUR JURISDICTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, MILDRED. OKAY.

GOOD MORNING, JESSICA AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MILDRED WITH ACCURACY, A PROUD MEMBER OF THE SA STANCE COALITION.

OUR COALITION HAS COLLECTED POSTCARDS FROM OVER 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEMANDING THIS COURT DIRECT DA GONZALES TO START DISCOVERY INTO LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE PROPOSED ICE PROCESSING FACILITY. THESE POSTCARDS CAME FROM CHILDREN, PARENTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING SENATOR GUTIERREZ, REPRESENTATIVE JOSE GARCIA AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR MICHELLE SOLIS.

THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY CONSENSUS LOOKS LIKE. THERE IS A STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS FACILITY BEING PLACED IN OUR BACKYARD IN A MAJORITY LATINO CITY.

THIS WILL DEVASTATE OUR ECONOMY, OUR SAFETY, OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND SO MUCH MORE.

SAN ANTONIO WILL BECOME A PLACE NO LONGER SAFE FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, NO LONGER SAFE FOR ANYONE WITH BROWN SKIN.

WE HAVE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF ICE RACIALLY PROFILING PEOPLE AND DETAINING CITIZENS BECAUSE OF THEIR ACCENT OR THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

LITIGATION WORKS. IT IS THE NUMBER ONE TACTIC FOR STOPPING ICE FACILITIES NATIONWIDE THROUGH VIOLATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, ZONING CODES AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AN ATTORNEY GENERAL SUED TO BLOCK A FACILITY FOR VIOLATING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUED TO STOP A WAREHOUSE CONVERSION FOR SKIPPING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND PUBLIC INPUT.

IN ROMULUS, MICHIGAN, THE STATE AND CITY STOPPED THE FACILITY BUILT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS AND HOMES IN SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA. THE TOWN SUED BECAUSE THE FACILITY WOULD OVERWHELM ITS WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS. EVERY ONE OF THOSE FIGHTS STARTED WITH DISCOVERY AND THE CLOCK IS RUNNING OUT.

DHS HANDED GARDAWORLD A $382.3 MILLION ARM TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT FOR ALL 254 TEXAS COUNTIES, AND THEY ARE PREPARING MODULAR STAGING FACILITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

ARM TEAMS STAGING ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. THE CITY IS ALREADY CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION.

MORE LAWSUITS FOR MORE REASONS, IS HOW WE MAKE DHS THROW THEIR HANDS UP AND WALK AWAY FROM THIS PROJECT ALTOGETHER.

SO TODAY WE ASK YOU DIRECTLY DIRECT DA GONZALES TO START DISCOVERY INTO LEGAL ACTION.

THE POSTCARDS ARE HERE. THE FAMILIES ARE HERE.

THE EVIDENCE IS HERE. ALL WE NEED IS YOUR ACTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VALERIE RADFORD.

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HELLO AND GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M VALERIE, I'M A CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A VOTER REGISTRATION AND CIVIC EDUCATION NONPROFIT. HERE I SIT ON THE ELECTIONS AND VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

I WAS ON THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON VOTING. I SIT ON THE TOURIST BOARD, AND I'M ALSO VICE CHAIR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMISSION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT CORNERSTONE CHURCH BEING A POLLING LOCATION.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I WAS BORN AT BAMSEY HOSPITAL.

OKAY, TO MILITARY PARENTS AND IN SHORT, EIGHT YEARS LATER WAS THE SUMMER OF 1996.

IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR. I WAS EIGHT, GOING ON NINE YEARS OLD, AND I WAS MESMERIZED BY THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE SEVEN GYMNASTS REPRESENTING THE USA AT THE OLYMPICS THAT YEAR.

SO MUCH SO THAT I BEGAN GYMNASTICS AS A CHILD.

I CHEERED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, AND I WAS ALSO A GYMNASTICS COACH AS AN ADULT.

THAT INSPIRED ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. ALSO IN 1996, CORNERSTONE HAD A MOCK SLAVE AUCTION.

RIGHT? AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PLENTY OF KIDS, PARENTS, ADULTS, YOUNG ADULTS IN THAT ROOM.

AND THEY WERE PROBABLY INSPIRED BY WHAT THEY SAW, TOO.

AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY BECAME, RIGHT. TEACHERS, POLITICIANS POLICE OFFICERS, WHATEVER.

RIGHT. BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INSPIRED BY WHAT YOU SEE AT A YOUNG AGE.

YES. YOU CAN VOTE ANYWHERE DURING EARLY VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY IN THIS COUNTY, AND YOU SHOULD NOT NEED A GREEN BOOK TO NAVIGATE YOU TO POLLING LOCATIONS THAT ARE SAFE OR NOT, THERE IS TIME TO GET CORNERSTONE REMOVED AS A POLLING LOCATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE VOTERS OF BEXAR COUNTY.

AGAIN, TO NOT NEED A GREEN BOOK TO HAVE TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN WHICH POLLING LOCATIONS ARE SAFE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO SHOW UP AT OR NOT.

THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR SAID SHE WOULD REMOVE CORNERSTONE CHURCH AFTER SHE SIMPLY JUST DID A GOOGLE SEARCH OF PASTOR JOHN HAGEE AND THE COMMENTS THAT HE HAS MADE AND THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT HIS CHURCH. IT IS NOT A NEUTRAL LOCATION AND IS NOT A SAFE LOCATION FOR EVERYBODY IN BEXAR COUNTY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT LOOK LIKE ME, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE NONTRADITIONAL GENDERS OR RELATIONSHIPS THAT THAT CHURCH WOULD DEEM SUITABLE.

AND SO I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO PLEASE CONSIDER REMOVING CORNERSTONE CHURCH AS A POLLING LOCATION FOR ELECTION DAY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT AS A COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO SET SOME STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO POLLING LOCATIONS, SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEBORAH MONTEZ FELDER.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE. AS AN ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS OVER THE YEARS RIGHT NOW TO INCLUDE THE INTERFAITH WELCOME COALITION, AGAPE ACTION AND ACTS FOR SA.

I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRUMP REGIME.

EAST SIDE CONCENTRATION CAMP WAREHOUSE OFF OF LA 14, AGAIN ON THE EAST SIDE THAT'S HEAVILY SURROUNDED BY COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, NEIGHBORHOODS, HOMES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, AND MANY ACTIVE COMMUNITY GROUPS WELL KNOWN TO THE CITY AND TO THE COUNTY.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS CONCENTRATION WAREHOUSE IS A CORNERSTONE, IF NOT A STEPPING STONE, OF SUCH FACILITY, SIMILAR TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS HOUSING JEWS UNDER THE HITLER REGIME THAT WERE INTENDED TO LEAD TO AN EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS. IN OUR PRESENT SITUATION, IT LEADS TO THE REMOVAL OF IMMIGRANTS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR.

AS A BROWN MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, I DEFINITELY SEE THIS TRUMP REGIME PROGRAM AS A STEPPING STONE OF MORE TO COME THE TRUMP REGIME REGIME, THROUGH VARIED METHODS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL ENTITIES.

AND I THINK THAT REQUIRES A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AS WELL.

HAVE BEEN ACTING UNDER THE RADAR, ESTABLISHING THE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS TO DETAIN TRAUMATIZED.

PENALIZE IMMIGRANTS OF COLOR IN A SEVERE, CRUEL FASHION WHICH THE TRUMP REGIME HAS CONDONED BY REFUSING TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS WHEN THE CRUELTY AND ILLEGALITIES ARE BROUGHT RIGHT BEFORE THEM.

I HOPE YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE SOUL OF SAN ANTONIO LATER ON.

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NOT HERE BUT IN PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A MORE ABILITY TO ATTEND THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I ASKED THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT LITIGATION THAT DEMANDS ALL APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER NEPA, THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, BEFORE THE TRUMP REGIME ORDERS ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ITS CONCENTRATION WAREHOUSE PROGRAM ON THE EAST SIDE OR ANY OTHER LOCATION.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS NOT SEEN ANY DETERMINATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN A FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF FONZIE UNDER NEPA FOR THIS CONCENTRATION WAREHOUSING PROGRAM. NEPA COMPLIANCE, EVEN UNDER THE TRUMP REGIME, REQUIRES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPARENCY IN HOW IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING ITS PROGRAM. THIS. FONZIE. THIS FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT MUST BE IN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT AND MUST STATE FACTUALLY THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS OCCURRED. SO YOU ALL HAVEN'T ASKED FOR THAT DOCUMENT.

AND SO IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT YOU DO. SO I ASK THAT THE COUNTY DEMAND, THROUGH LITIGATION, THAT THE TRUMP REGIME IMMEDIATELY UNDERTAKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, AN EIS UNDER NEPA. THIS REPORT SHOULD CONSIDER OUR ACTIVE, FORCEFUL AND GROWING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ITS HUMAN RESOURCES AS WELL. LET'S HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE.

GO TO THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

DON'T MAKE THEM COME HERE. IT'S TOO INTIMIDATING TO COME HERE.

YOU NEED TO GO OUT TO THEM. AND YOU NEED TO FORCE THE TRUMP REGIME TO GO OUT TO THEM AND HEAR THEM.

LET US SPEAK. LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD. THAT'S WHAT NEPA REQUIRES.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANTONIO DIAZ.

MY ISSUE AGAIN IS THAT WAREHOUSE AND ITS CONVERSION INTO AN ICE PRISON CAMP.

BUT NOT JUST THAT. ALSO RECENT NEWS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PROPOSED SITE NOW ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE BY GOLIAD ROAD. AND IF THIS IS SO, WHATEVER IS. THOUGHTS OR PROCESSES GOING TO BE USED TO TRY TO STOP THAT WAREHOUSE FROM BEING CONVERTED INTO AN ICE PRISON CAMP.

I SAID, WE NEED TO SPEED UP. SPEED IT UP AND ALSO ADDRESS THIS NEW PROPOSAL.

WHATEVER CAN BE DONE. THE LADY JUST SPOKE ABOUT NEPA.

IF THAT IS ONE ROAD TO TAKE TO TRY TO SOMEHOW DERAIL THOSE PLANS BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING ON IS REAL AND IT'S DAILY.

OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING STOPPED. OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING KIDNAPED ON THEIR WAY TO WORK, ON THEIR WAY TO DO BUSINESS. AND IT HURTS EVERYBODY BECAUSE AS A YOUNG LADY, I SPOKE ECONOMICALLY IS HURTING US, ALL OF US IN TAXATION, IN WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT TO PRODUCTION.

YOU HAD MANUFACTURERS OVER HERE. GOOD. IF THEY'RE EMPLOYING CITIZENS, THAT'S GOOD.

BUT YET THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT NOT MAY NOT HAVE FULL DOCUMENTATION, MAY HAVE SOME STATUS QUESTION.

AND HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS? HOW SECURE DO THEY FEEL ABOUT TRANSPORTING THEM TO SCHOOL, TO WORK, TO PURCHASE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FINALLY PURCHASE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING EMPLOYED IN A MANUFACTURING PLANT? ALL THESE ISSUES HAVE TO COME INTO PLAY, AT LEAST FOR YOU AS THE BODY OF THE COUNTY, YOUR GOVERNANCE, THE CITY. YOU HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS, FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THAT IS WHY WE ELECT YOU AND WHY WE KEEP ON VOTING.

AND I'LL SAY THIS THIS ELECTION IS SO VITAL FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S WHAT'S GOING ON FEDERALLY.

SUPPRESSING VOTES CAUSING FEAR IN COMMUNITIES IS NOT RIGHT.

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AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID SOMETHING MAY BE LEGAL, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE IT MORAL.

IT DOESN'T MAKE IT JUST AND IT DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT.

AND WE MUST STAND UP AGAINST THOSE THINGS. WE MUST SPEAK UP AGAINST THOSE THINGS AS WE ARE DOING TODAY.

AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE HEARD THE COMMENTS BY THOSE YOUNG LADIES TODAY.

WE NEED THAT TO BE PUT DOWN IN RECORD. WE ARE NOT ALL FOR THIS INJUSTICES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NICK.

NICK LEFT. JUDGE. OKAY. DIANA. HELLO.

I WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE SINCE IT'S AN ELECTION THIS YEAR.

NORMALLY WE PARTICIPATE IN THE BALLOT BOARD. FOR THIS. FOR THE ELECTIONS. I'VE TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF MICHELLE CARL CROWE AND THE NEW. THE ONE THAT TOOK OVER JACKIE KETTLEMAN PLACE.

AND APPARENTLY, I CAN'T GET AHOLD OF HER. I'VE GONE TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE OVER THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THEY TELL ME SHE'S NOT NEVER THERE, YOU KNOW? SO HOW CAN I GO ABOUT GETTING BACK INTO HELPING ON THAT? I'VE GOT MY MY PROOF RIGHT HERE THAT I'VE, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE ATTENDED MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INTERVIEWS AND WE WANT TO GET BACK IN THERE. WE, WE GOT A RIGHT TO BE IN THERE BECAUSE WE GOT CANDIDATES.

WE'RE GREEN PARTY. WE GOT CANDIDATES THAT PAID THEIR FEES.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET A FAIR CHANCE IN THIS ELECTION.

I ALSO FEEL LIKE IF I'M BEING EXCLUDED. WHY? BECAUSE I'M INDIGENOUS. WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PAMPHLET THAT WE GET WHEN WE'RE IN THERE, THE CHAIRPERSONS FROM THE PARTIES, YOU KNOW, IT STATES THERE THAT WE COULD HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CHECKING THESE BALLOTS LIKE THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICANS AND ALL THE OTHER PARTIES.

THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE AROUND SEVEN OTHER PARTIES THAT COULD BE INCLUDED, TOO.

BUT Y'ALL LEFT US OUT. Y'ALL JUST USE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, AND IT'S NOT FAIR.

YOU GOT TO BE FAIR TO ALL OF US. INCLUDE ALL OF US.

WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE OLD. YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE ME BECAUSE I'M OLD OR WHAT? I DONE THIS JOB WITH JACKIE AND. AND GRACIE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED AGAIN.

TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES. EVERYBODY SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.

THE REST OF YOU ALL HAVE SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM 99.

AND I'LL CALL Y'ALL AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION UNLESS Y'ALL ARE ASKING ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.

WELL, IF THEY'RE STILL HERE, IF FOLKS FOR 99 WANT TO SPEAK, I THINK PROBABLY IS A GOOD TIME.

DOES ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP FOR 99 WANT TO SPEAK? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR HAND, I'LL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. YOUR NAME PLEASE. I CAN'T. CHRIS, WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK UP FOR DOCTOR WELDING? YOU HAD ON YOUR LIST. YIELDING TIME. SO WAS THAT WAS OKAY.

I DON'T NEED THAT. YOU'LL TAKE. YOU'LL TAKE BACK YOUR TIME.

YEAH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M DOCTOR CHRIS WELD OF BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCT CHAIR. I'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED MYSELF. SO I WILL START BY SAYING I I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF SEVERAL IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY

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ORGANIZATIONS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M A CONCERNED RESIDENT.

I STAND WITH IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WHO CAME HERE SEEKING SAFETY, OPPORTUNITY AND THE PROMISE OF A BETTER LIFE, THE AMERICAN DREAM. I'M HERE TODAY WITH ONE SPECIFIC REQUEST, AND THAT IS TO TAKE EVERY LEGAL ACTION AVAILABLE TO PREVENT THE ICE DETENTION FACILITY ON LOOP 410 FROM EVER OPENING ON MARCH 10TH, I CAME BEFORE THIS COURT TO SUPPORT YOUR.

THE RESOLUTION OPPOSING THIS FACILITY, BUT I ALSO QUESTIONED WHY THE NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW LANGUAGE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THAT PROPOSAL.

I SAID THEN TAKING OUT THE POTENTIAL LEGAL AVENUE TO CHALLENGE THIS PROJECT MADE NO SENSE.

WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS. SO VALUABLE TIME HAS BEEN LOST.

OTHER COMMUNITIES TOOK LEGAL ACTION AND GOT RESULTS.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BECAUSE EARLIER SPEAKERS MENTIONED THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT FOUGHT BACK AND WON.

I FELT LIKE WE OBEYED IN ADVANCE. SO OUR GOAL MUST BE THAT THIS FACILITY NEVER OPENS.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A BUILDING. IT'S ABOUT GIVING ICE A MASSIVE, PERMANENT FOOTHOLD IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IN MY VIEW, ICE HAS BECOME ROGUE, INCREASINGLY LAWLESS AGENCY THAT SHOULD BE DISBANDED, NOT EXPANDED IN SAN ANTONIO.

ICE IS MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES LESS SAFE. BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN FEAR REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP OR LAWFUL STATUS.

WE'VE SEEN AN ICE SHOOTING IN AUSTIN. SAN ANTONIO NATIVE AND US CITIZEN RUBEN RAY MARTINEZ WAS KILLED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND NEW YORK. AND IN NEW YORK. RECENTLY, AGENTS FIRED INTO A VEHICLE WITH A FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT.

SO MY ASK IS DIRECT FILE THE LAWSUIT OR JOIN SAN ANTONIO IN THE LAWSUIT THAT THEY FILED THIS MORNING, SEEK AN INJUNCTION, USE NEPA AND EVERY OTHER AVAILABLE LEGAL BASIS TO STOP THIS FACILITY.

WE'VE LOST MONTHS. PLEASE DO NOT LOSE ANOTHER DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS SIGNED UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW? YES. YOUR NAME? IS IT EASILY. ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP.

ELAINE, ARE YOU HERE? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY.

YOU'RE NEXT. HI. JUDGE SAKAI AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS ISABELLA AND I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION SAN ANTONIO.

LIKE MANY OTHERS, I AM HERE TO AMPLIFY THE DEMANDS OF SO MANY WORKING PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT LEGAL ACTION IS TAKEN UNDER NEPA IN ALL AVENUES TO ENSURE THAT A DETENTION CENTER DOES NOT OPEN ON SAN ANTONIO'S EAST SIDE OR WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY.

EVER SINCE NEWS BROKE IN EARLY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY ABOUT THE 66 66.1 MILLION TAX DOLLAR PURCHASE OF THIS FACILITY, WE'VE BEEN ON A CITY WIDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE AS MANY SAN ANTONIANS AS POSSIBLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ON COUNTLESS DOORSTEPS, INCLUDING IN THE EAST SIDE'S COPERNICUS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, THE HIDDEN LAKE MOBILE HOMES COMMUNITY, AND AT THE 707 LOFTS APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH SITS RIGHT NEXT TO THE NOW SHUTTERED ESSENCE PREP PUBLIC SCHOOL.

FROM THE WINDOWS AND BALCONIES OF UNITS 2 TO 3 STORIES, UP FROM THE 707 LOFTS, RESIDENTS GET A DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT TO THE 640,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE JUST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. BEYOND THE VERY REAL FEAR OF THERE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND VIOLENT IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A FACILITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

MANY RESIDENTS ALSO EXPRESSED FEELINGS OF BETRAYAL REGARDING THE PROJECTED ENVIRONMENTAL, INFRASTRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT AND UTILITY HIKES ON THEIR COMMUNITIES.

ON THE EAST SIDE, A HISTORICALLY BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN DEPRIORITIZED AND DISINVESTED OF RESOURCES FOR DECADES.

I WISH THAT THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO BE WITH US HERE TODAY ON A WEEKDAY MORNING, BUT REAL BARRIERS EXIST FOR WORKING PEOPLE TRYING TO SURVIVE UNDER A COST OF LIVING CRISIS IN THE THIRD POOREST METRO IN THE U.S., DISPROPORTIONATELY DEVASTATED BY TRUMP'S POLICIES, WHICH INCLUDES CUTS TO SNAP AND MEDICAID, BUT ALSO THE BIPARTISAN MASS DEPORTATION AND WAR MACHINES UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

WE ARE SEEING A DRASTIC INCREASE IN NOT JUST DEPORTATIONS, BUT THE DETENTIONS OF OUR IMMIGRANT BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ALLOCATED $175 BILLION TO INCREASING THESE INHUMANE, TORTUROUS FACILITIES.

45 BILLION OF THIS BUDGET IS GOING INTO THE WAREHOUSE TO DETENTION CENTER CONVERSION NATIONALLY.

OF THIS, 45 BILLION. DHS HAS AWARDED 17.3 MILLION.

A 17.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO GUARD A WORLD FOR THE SAN ANTONIO DETENTION CENTER DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS THE SAME COMPANY LINKED TO THE NOW CLOSED ALCATRAZ.

THIS IS ON TOP OF WHAT ICE PURCHASED THE WAREHOUSE FROM OAKMONT INDUSTRIAL GROUP FOR SPECULATIVELY, 37.6 MILLION. IT'S WORTH REMINDING OURSELVES THAT BILLIONAIRE TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOT PAYING FOR THIS.

IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR POCKETS, OUR TAX DOLLARS, WHAT OUR TAX MONEY NEEDS TO GO TO WITH SCHOOLS, SMALLER CLASS SIZES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND MORE RESOURCES FOR OUR TEACHERS.

INSTEAD OF SLASHING MEDICAID WITH AI, WE SHOULD FUND IT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

SAN ANTONIO IS NOT THE ONLY CITY THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD A DETENTION CENTER IN, AND DHS IS TRYING TO BUILD AROUND 23 MORE.

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EACH OF THESE FACILITIES IS SET TO HOLD BETWEEN 1500 AND 10,000 PEOPLE.

THE EXPANSION OF ALL THESE DETENTION CENTERS COULD RESULT IN 34,500 PEOPLE ON THE LOW END AND 230,000 PEOPLE ON THE HIGH END BEING DETAINED.

MAINTAINING THESE FACILITIES WILL ALSO MEAN MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING TO SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BENEFIT US OR MEET OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

BEYOND THE ECONOMIC AND ECONOMIC COSTS, OUR CITY ALSO PAYS A MORAL PRICE.

MANY OF US ARE CLEAR ON WHAT THESE DETENTION CENTERS ARE EXPIRED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LANE CUMMINGS.

ON ONE SIDE SAYING. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO CUT MY COMMENTS SHORT BECAUSE I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING NEW THAT I JUST LEARNED ABOUT.

I WILL SAY I AM A LANE CUMMINS. I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

I'M A PRECINCT CHAIR. I'M A NEW APPOINTEE TO THE JOINT CITY COUNCIL COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS, AND I'M THE. ON THE BOARD OF THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

SO I'M PRETTY ACTIVE CIVICALLY AND CARE A LOT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND OF COURSE, VOTING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. THERE IS A REAL FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS OR OTHER ARMED FEDERAL PERSONNEL ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AT THE POLLS. EVEN THAT THREAT, EVEN IF IT NEVER HAPPENS, THAT THREAT INTIMIDATES PEOPLE.

THIS ON SUNDAY, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE BLOCK WALKING, AND THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WAS WITH A MAN OF ASIAN DESCENT. AND THE ONLY ISSUE HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS VOTER SUPPRESSION.

THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO BOTH. THAT'S NOT EVEN ON THE MINIVAN LIST, BUT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM AND HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

AND AND SO ARE WE. SO I KNOW THAT STATE LAW LIMITS WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE BEXAR COUNTY CAN DO, BUT I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO USE YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLLING SITES ARE SAFE HAVENS, FREE FROM INTIMIDATION. I APPRECIATE THE MARCH RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL PASSED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION ABOUT ALL OF THESE ISSUES. OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE DETENTION CENTER, AND I I'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

YOU KNOW, THE LAWS AND YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND MY ASK IS THAT WHEN YOU COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, YOU DEMONSTRATE TO US THAT YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THESE CONCERNS AND TAKEN STEPS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, KATHY VAIL WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY, AND SHE HAD SHARED HER TALK WITH ME.

HER MOTHER WAS TAKEN ILL, AND SHE'S HELPING HER MOTHER.

BUT I WANT TO READ YOU. I WANT HER TO GET CREDIT FOR THIS IDEA.

NOT ME. BUT WATCH. ONE OF THE THINGS SHE'S ASKING IS THAT POINTING OUT THAT WE VOTERS NEED TO KNOW HOW BEXAR COUNTY IS GOING TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE FREELY, SAFELY, AND WITHOUT INTIMIDATION.

SHE'S ASKING THAT THE COUNTY PUBLISH A COMPREHENSIVE VOTER PROTECTION PLAN, IDENTIFY RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS, AND HAVE A PUBLIC HOTLINE AND A COMPLAINT TRACKING PROCESS.

I'M GOING TO UP MY TIME'S UP. GOOD. I'M DONE.

I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP WITH ANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IF NEEDED.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ARE YOU STILL HERE? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? GO AHEAD. HI. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS APRIL THOMPSON AND I'M A RESIDENT.

AND I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ICE DETENTION CENTER.

AND WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR LITIGATING AGAINST THIS DETENTION CENTER USING NEPA.

I ATTENDED THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THE ONLY OPPOSITION THAT I SEEMED TO SEE FROM MEMBERS WERE SAYING THAT IT WAS A MATTER OF POLITICAL GAMES AND THAT WE SHOULD JUST LET ICE DO ITS JOB.

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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARGUE THAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ICE WHO SHOT AND KILLED LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO OR THE SAME ICE WHO SHOT WILBER, RAFAEL GARCÉS PEREZ, OR WHO STRUCK JOSE MENDOZA CERVANTES WITH THEIR VEHICLE.

THE SAME ICE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY? OR HOW ABOUT THE SAME ICE WHO JUST YESTERDAY RAIDED ILHAN OMAR'S HOME, A SITTING U.S.

CONGRESSWOMAN? I WOULD ARGUE THAT WHENEVER A FEDERAL AGENCY IS ACTING LAWLESSLY, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT.

SPEAKING OF THE LAW, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN 1969, REQUIRING U.S.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THEIR DECISIONS.

THIS ACTION IS NOT OPTIONAL. IT IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

BY REFUSING TO SUBMIT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, ICE HAS DECIDED TO IGNORE THIS LAW REQUESTING THAT ICE FULFILL ITS LAWFULLY REQUIRED DUTY IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK. WE DESERVE TO KNOW THE IMPACTS OF MASSIVE DETENTION FACILITY WILL HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND ENERGY.

EMERGENCY SERVICES AND OTHER LOCAL RESOURCES.

IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, US DISTRICT JUDGE GRANTED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ON AN ICE WAREHOUSE CONVERSION IN MARYLAND FOR NOT FULFILLING NEPA REQUIREMENTS.

SO THIS TYPE OF LAWSUIT IS NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT.

IT IS NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO HOLD ICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

ASIDE FROM LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, THERE ARE MORAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AT HAND AS WELL.

THERE WERE REPORTS LAST WEEK FROM A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR WHO WAS APPROACHED TO CONVERT ONE OF THESE FACILITIES WHO SAID, QUOTE, STEPHEN MILLER DID NOT WANT FACILITIES THAT WERE COMFORTABLE.

HE DID NOT WANT FACILITIES THAT WERE HUMANE. THEY WERE TOLD POINT BLANK THAT THAT WAS NOT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTED.

GARDAWORLD, THE COMPANY WHO WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO CONVERT THIS WAREHOUSE AND TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WHICH TYPICALLY INCLUDE A RANGE OF SERVICES FROM FOOD TO MEDICAL CARE TO DETAINEE PROCESSING IS THE SAME COMPANY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ.

WE ALL KNOW ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ FOR ITS UNSANITARY CONDITIONS, LACK OF ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE, DENIAL OF ACCESS TO LAWYERS, AND THEIR CRUELTY.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EVEN STATED THAT THIS FACILITY LIKELY COMMITTED SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND FOUND A DELIBERATE SYSTEM BUILT TO PUNISH, DEHUMANIZE AND HIDE THE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE IN DETENTION.

I CANNOT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF MY NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING SUBJECTED TO THIS KIND OF TREATMENT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. THIS WOULD BE A HUGE MORAL STAIN ON OUR CITY, AND WE CANNOT ALLOW FOR THIS WITHOUT A FIGHT.

WITH BOTH THESE LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONCERNS, I IMPLORE EVERYONE TO DECIDE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ICE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW EASTSIDE DETENTION FACILITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OMAR, ARE YOU STILL HERE? OMAR? NOPE. I'LL CALL YOU BACK THIS AFTERNOON.

ANTONIO DIAZ AND KENNY THOMPSON, YOU YIELDED YOUR TIME.

KENNY, YOU STILL HERE? NO. ANTONIO KENNY LEFT.

OKAY, YOU GOT THREE MINUTES. WELL, AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED ANOTHER PROPOSED DETENTION PRISON CAMP. AND IT'S IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THOSE OF US THAT FEEL THAT THIS IS WRONG. IT'S WRONG FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S WRONG FOR THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RACIALLY PROFILED UNDER SB FOUR.

AND THAT'S US. WE WE RECOGNIZE THIS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO SAY MAKING IT LAWFUL OR LEGAL DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. IT JUST DOESN'T TO SAY IT GOES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF, AGAINST OUR CIVIL RIGHTS THAT WE CAN BE RACIALLY PROFILED WITHOUT ANY RECOURSE TO ADDRESS HAVING HAD OUR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATED.

SO IF IF IF THE BEST THAT CAN BE DONE IS IS USED IN IMPACT STUDY, THEN WE MUST DO IT.

AND IF THE ONLY WAY TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT ON IS THROUGH LITIGATION IS THROUGH A LAWSUIT, THEN YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVES MUST BE WILLING TO PUT THAT FORWARD.

THE CITY AFTER, TO ME, TOO MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT IT FINALLY HAS DONE IT.

YOU, AS THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES, MUST ALSO STEP FORWARD AND DO THIS.

IT IS TO PROTECT THOSE OF US. AND AGAIN, I KEEP SAYING WE ARE THE MAJORITY.

WE ARE NOT A MINORITY, NOT IN THIS AREA, NOT IN THIS REGION.

WE ARE THE MAJORITY AND WE ARE BEING TARGETED AND WE DO NOTHING.

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OUR REPRESENTATION IN POLITICS DOES NOTHING. THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE STANDARD FOR OUR COUNTY.

NOT EVEN IN A RED STATE. IT SHOULDN'T BE. THERE HAS TO BE A RECOURSE AND IT MUST BE TAKEN ON, EVEN IF IT'S RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THERE ARE SHORTCOMINGS IN IN OUR BUDGET, BOTH CITY AND COUNTY, BUT IT MUST BE ADDRESSED. AND IF LITIGATION IS GOING TO COST AND IT'S GOING TO COST, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE.

MRS HAS BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT SHE'S BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE BALLOT BOARD AFTER SERVING IT FOR FOUR YEARS.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF CANDIDATES PAY THEIR FILING FEE, THEY CAN HAVE THEIR POLITICAL PARTY COUNT THEIR BALLOTS.

ASSURE. CONFIRM THAT THEY THEIR VOTERS BALLOTS ARE BEING PROCESSED.

THAT IS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. SHE'S NOT BEING ABLE TO GET MISS CAREW TO SPEAK TO HER ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I'M BRINGING IT UP FOR HER IN CASE IT WAS MISUNDERSTOOD OR AS TO WHAT SHE WAS ADDRESSING.

THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ADDRESSING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GOOD DAY. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE MATTERS. NOW WE INTO INDIVIDUAL.

I'LL JUST KIND OF TALK OUT LOUD. IF WE TAKE A BREAK AND OR WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN CALL FOR LUNCH AND ALLOW STAFF. LARRY, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A POINT? SPEAK. JUDGE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE UP.

THERE ARE TWO LATE FILED ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PART OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THOSE UP FIRST. IS IT 96 TO 97? YES THAT'S CORRECT. COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER ALL THE LATE FILES.

THAT'S 9697 AND 98. MOVE FOR LATE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF LATE FILE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.

LET US NOW TAKE UP 96 A AND WE'RE TO ALERT. I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF'S HERE OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE ARE HERE FOR THAT.

[96. 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 #96a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of a ratification of an Interlocal cooperative agreement between Bexar County and the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC), in the amount not to exceed $4,361,740.33 in general funds. This funding will be utilized to fund the Specialized Multidisciplinary Alternate Response Team ("SMART" or the "Team"), which is a collaborative with Law Enforcement, Bexar County 911 EMS Providers, and The Center for Healthcare Services ("CHCS"). The term of the agreement is from 10/1/2026 through 9/30/2027.]

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF A RATIFICATION OF INTERLOCUTORY INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. STRACK IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,361,740.33 IN GENERAL FUNDS.

THIS FUNDING WILL BE UTILIZED TO FUND THE SPECIALIZED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ALTERNATE RESPONSE TEAM.

SMART OR THE TEAM, WHICH IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT BEXAR COUNTY.

911. EMS PROVIDERS AND THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

CHC. THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEN 126 THROUGH NINE 3027.

DOCTOR GUERRERO, ARE YOU HERE ON BEHALF OF THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT? AND ARE WE ALSO GOING TO TAKE UP THE. I ASSUME WE'LL TAKE UP THE OTHER 97 A SEPARATELY.

CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO DOCTOR GOODELL JUST TELL US REAL QUICKLY WHAT WE ARE APPROVING IN REGARDS TO 968.

THIS CONTRACT IS TO RATIFY OR APPROVE THE RATIFICATION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

THIS IS THE SMART TEAM THAT IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED THAT RESPONDS TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.

IT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS COORDINATED BY STRAC WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT 24 SERVICE OR 24 OVER SEVEN SERVICE.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION. 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 ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES WILL NOW TAKE UP 97.

A DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OR RATIFICATION OF INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $450,000 IN GENERAL FUNDS.

THIS FUNDING WILL BE UTILIZED TO FUND THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATION COLLABORATIVE.

S TC. THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN TEN 125 THROUGH NINE 3026.

DOCTOR. YES, BEXAR COUNTY IS A MEMBER OF THE STICK, THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATIVE, WHICH IS A GROUP OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME TOGETHER TO COORDINATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONSE AS A COMMUNITY, AND TRACK IS THE BACKBONE ORGANIZATION OF THAT GROUP.

MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. I BELIEVE THAT NOW THE REST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO AT THIS TIME, LARRY, I ASSUME WE WILL RECESS THE OPEN AND OPEN UP INTO EXECUTIVE AND THEN BREAK FOR LUNCH AND THEN REOPEN AND WORK THROUGH LUNCH.

IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE WAY? ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME, THE COURT NOTES 11:57 A.M.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (DISCUSSION ONLY: CLOSED TO PUBLIC)]

AND THE COURT WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551071, TEXAS GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT CODE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE COURTS ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN A MATTER OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

BLEACH. AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF PET.

PETOSKEY VERSUS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, PACHECO AND KENEDY VERSUS CALDERON, RAMIREZ AND RAMIREZ VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY NIETO VERSUS GUEVARA SHOT VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY, LATHEN VERSUS ENRIQUEZ AND CHAVEZ COUNTY.

BEXAR COUNTY VERSUS PURDUE PHARMA. MICHELLE BIDEN VERSUS BRADLEY MORRIS FREEMAN AND RYAN RIOS ESCOBEDO, MY MICHELLE BARRIENTOS VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY. B LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY FOR BEXAR COUNTY, UNDER TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

ONE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE MISSION CITY YOUTH SOCCER.

TWO LEGAL ISSUES AND POTENTIAL LITIGATION CONCERNING PLANS TO DEPLOY ELECTION MONITORS TO VOTING SITES IN TEXAS, INCLUDING POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE WITH FEDERALLY PROTECTED RIGHT OF BEXAR COUNTY VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS FREE FROM INTIMIDATION, THREATS, OR COERCION UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

THREE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE PROPOSAL PROPOSED PROCUREMENT OF THE AXON BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEM RELATED EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, LICENSING SERVICES AND COMPONENTS, INCLUDING CONSIDERATION OF AN APPROPRIATE PROCUREMENT METHOD FOR DISCUSSION AND BRIEFING RELATED TO THE LEGAL REVIEW OF LITIGATION RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITY WITHIN THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY, INCLUDING JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND LIMITS ON COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATED ISSUES, AS REQUESTED BY TOMMY CALVERT, COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT FOUR, PURSUANT TO 5510725 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE MATTERS RELATED TO A CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED SPECIFICALLY TO DELIBERATE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE NEGOTIATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT PROPOSED TO BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD, SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION, INC., A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION RELATED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF FREEMAN COLISEUM COMPLEX GROUNDS AND FACILITY SO LONG AS.

BEFORE CONVENING THE CLOSED MEETING ONE. THE COURT VOTES UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY THAT DELIBERATION IN OPEN MEETING WOULD BE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIRD PARTY THIRD PERSONS AND TWO, THE ATTORNEY ADVISING THE COURT ISSUES A WRITTEN DETERMINATION THAT DELIBERATION IN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE COURT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIRD PERSONS.

ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE RODEO? IF WE DO, THEN WE NEED A MOTION, A UNANIMOUS MOTION, TO BE APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE TO TO DISCUSS THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

SO MOVED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION UNANIMOUSLY CARRIES. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT MATTER.

THE TIME IS NOW 12:00 NOON. LET US TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND ALERT STAFF.

THAT TO GO AHEAD AND GET LUNCH. AND THEN WE'LL LET STAFF KNOW WHICH PARTICULAR MATTERS WILL PULL.

WILL PULL YOU IN ON THE EXECUTIVE. ALL RIGHT.

COURT, TAKE A BREAK. WHAT, TEN, 15 MINUTES. RIGHT.

JUST TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND GET YOUR LUNCH AND COME BACK IN, AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH LUNCH AND THEN REOPEN.

THERE IT IS. OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW. 4:01 P.M..

THE COURT'S BACK IN SESSION, AND WE'RE GOING TO NOW TAKE UP MATTERS THAT WERE DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE PULL UP 91 DISCUSSION.

[91. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the position of Bexar County Manager, including the process and procedures for potential recruitment, evaluation, and selection of candidates for appointment as Bexar County Manager; direction to County staff concerning the establishment of a recruitment method, candidate qualifications, timeline, screening, interview, and selection process, and any related transition matters.]

APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE POSITION OF CAMP BEXAR COUNTY MANAGER, INCLUDING THE PROCESS. PROCEDURES FOR POTENTIAL RECRUITMENT EVALUATION.

SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT AS BEXAR COUNTY MANAGER. DIRECTION TO COUNTY STAFF CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RECRUITMENT METHOD, CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS, TIMELINE SCREENING, INTERVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS, AND ANY RELATED TRANSITION MATTERS.

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IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? YES, JUDGE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE PUBLICLY POST THE VACANCY OF BEXAR COUNTY MANAGER NO LATER THAN FRIDAY THE 16TH, AND REMAIN OPEN FOR 30 DAYS.

IS THERE A SECOND? DID I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 91? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

LET US NOW FOLLOW THROUGH ON 92. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR A SETTLEMENT OFFER IN THE MATTER OF U.S.

[92. Discussion and appropriate action related to pending or contemplated litigation or a settlement offer in the matter of US. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division v. Bexar County Sheriff's Office, Case No: 2003388.]

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

CASE NUMBER 2003388 MR. LARRY ROBERSON. THANK YOU JUDGE.

DURING EXECUTIVE. THE COURT DISCUSSED A SETTLEMENT IN THAT MATTER AND THE AMOUNT OF $60,247.94 TO RESOLVE ALL CLAIMS ALL MATTERS. MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER CALVERT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIED.

WE'LL FOLLOW THROUGH ON 93. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFER IN THE MATTER OF A NET BLEACH.

[93. Discussion and appropriate action related to pending or contemplated litigation or a settlement offer in the matter of Annette Bleech, as the administrator of the Estate of Daniel Pentkowski, Deceased v. The City of San Antonio and Bexar County; Case No. 5:24-cv-1454.]

AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DANIEL PINKOWSKI, DECEASED VERSUS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY.

CASE NUMBER 524 CV. ONE. FOUR. FIVE. FOUR. LARRY.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. DURING EXECUTIVE OF THE COURT ALSO DISCUSSED SETTLEMENT OFFER.

IN THAT MATTER, THE COURT. THE COUNTY'S PROPOSED.

THE PORTION OF THAT SETTLEMENT WOULD BE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION.

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

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO 94. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO MISSION CITY YOUTH SOCCER CONTRACT COMPLIANCE AND NOTIFICATION UNDER THE AGREEMENT,

[94. Discussion and appropriate action related to Mission City Youth Soccer contract compliance and notifications under the agreement.]

MR. ROBERSON. OH. I'M ON 94. OH. I'M SORRY. MISSION COUNTY YOUTH SOCCER CONTRACT. I MISSED THAT ONE. JUDGE DURING EXECUTIVE, WE DISCUSSED THAT MATTER AND WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE COURT ISSUE AUTHORIZE US TO ISSUE A LETTER OF BREACH OF THE AGREEMENT.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. MOVE ON TO 95.

[95. Discussion and appropriate action related to a mediator's proposal/settlement with Defendant SPCSA PLLC, dba Shavano Oaks Pharmacy in the Texas opioid multi-district litigation pending in the matter of County of Bexar v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al; Cause No. 2018-77066; MDL PRETRIAL CAUSE NO. 2018-63587, in the 152d District Court of Harris County, Texas and if approved, authorization for the County Judge or other authorized officials to execute the settlement participation and release forms.]

DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO THE MEDIATOR'S PROPOSAL.

SETTLEMENT WITH DEFENDANT. SPCSAP LLC DBA SEVEN OAKS PHARMACY AND THE TEXAS OPIOID MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION PENDING IN THE MATTER OF COUNTY. ABBOTT VERSUS PURDUE PHARMA, L.P., ET AL.

AND CAUSE NUMBER 2018-77066 MDL. PRETRIAL CAUSE NUMBER 2018-63587 AND THE 1/52 DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND IF APPROVED, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE OR OTHER AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE SETTLEMENT PARTICIPATION RELEASE FORMS, MR. ROBINSON. THANK YOU. JUDGE. AS YOU DISCUSSED OR MENTIONED THE COURT CONSIDERED A SETTLEMENT IN THAT MATTER.

THE DEFENDANTS AGREED TO PAY BEXAR COUNTY A 595,000.

THE MOTION WOULD INCLUDE AUTHORIZATION FOR YOU TO EXECUTE ANY SETTLEMENT PARTICIPATION AND RELEASE FORMS. SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 96 AND 97 HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DONE.

WE MOVE ON TO 98. A DISCUSSION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION.

[98. 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 #98a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval Discussion and appropriate action regarding consideration and selection of an appropriate procurement method and authorization for the procurement of certain Axon body-worn camera systems, law enforcement equipment, and related hardware, software, licenses, services, and components as directed by Commissioners Court; direction to staff to negotiate a final agreement for an appropriate term and authorization for the County Judge to execute the agreement once negotiated and finally approved by both the Office of General Counsel and the Office of the County Manager.]

APPROVAL AND DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING CONSIDERATION AND SELECTION OF AN APPROPRIATE PROCUREMENT METHOD AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN AXON BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT AND RELATED HARDWARE, SOFTWARE LICENSES, SERVICES AND COMPONENTS AS DIRECTED BY COMMISSIONERS.

COURT. DIRECTION TO STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A FINAL AGREEMENT FOR AN APPROPRIATE TERM AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

ONCE NEGOTIATED AND FINALLY APPROVED BY BOTH THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER.

JUDGE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THAT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

NEXT COURT MEETING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THIS MATTER WILL BE DEFERRED TO THE NEXT COURT MEETING ON OCTOBER 27TH.

ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE DOCKET, MISS KATE? NO. WHAT WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? AND THERE WAS A 130 TIME CERTAIN JUDGE.

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OH, YES. THAT'S RIGHT. OH, BOY. SORRY, SORRY.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO TIME. CERTAIN. OH, BOY. DISCUSSION.

FIVE D DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION CONCERNING A POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT TO FILL THE VACANT DIRECTOR OF MILITARY AND VETERAN SERVICES POSITION.

[5.d. 1:30 p.m.: Discussion and appropriate action concerning a potential appointment to fill the vacant Director of Military & Veterans Services position.]

IS THERE A MOTION? I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH APPLICANTS FOR APPLYING.

WE WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH ALL OF THE APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN ONLY TAKE ONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FOR CALVIN HENRY.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH. I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK DOCTOR HALL FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WITH YOUR RESUME AND CREDENTIALS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER MOODY? I JUST LIKE TO REITERATE MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS TO ALL THE APPLICANTS, AND ESPECIALLY DOCTOR HALL FOR, FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, BOTH IN UNIFORM AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN GENERAL.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING WILLING TO STEP FORWARD AND APPLY FOR THIS POSITION.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT GOING FORWARD.

DOCTOR HALL, I ALSO CONCUR AND THAT YOUR RESUME AND YOUR LETTERS OF REFERENCE AND SUPPORT WERE STELLAR.

EXEMPLARY. VERY WELL QUALIFIED. THIS WAS A TOUGH DECISION.