May 27, 2026 Commissioners Court

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WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH, 2026. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR AGENDA, AS IS OUR CUSTOM, WE ASK IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE STAND AND JOIN COMMISSIONER AMSLER IN THE INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGES LED BY COMMISSIONER SMITH. IF IT PLEASES YOU TO JOIN ME IN THE LORD'S PRAYER. OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN. VACCINATION. PRAYER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF PRAYER AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANKS, GREG.

AFTER SEVEN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TESTS FOR CRUSADING UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL BEGIN WITH NUMBER ONE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. SECOND, THE MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR,

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

CONGRATULATIONS. AND I WANTED TO TAKE TODAY OFF, BUT I SAW THINGS ON THE AGENDA THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. SO NUMBER 13 AND 14 ARE ONES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE JUST SENDING A PUBLIC NOTICE OUT FOR WHAT THIS ENTERPRISE PROJECT IS, AND ALSO REAUTHORIZING THE WALLER COUNTY ORDINANCE REINVESTMENT ZONE. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE JUNE 24TH. I'M GOING ON VACATION, SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHEN Y'ALL POST THIS, IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL SO THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO BE IN THE KNOW MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. AND I KNOW THE PUBLIC WANTS TRANSPARENCY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DETAIL YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE PAPER, BUT I COULD FIGURE OUT SOME MORE ON THE WEBSITE OR SOME MORE DETAIL. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING? I WILL JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE PRIMARY WINNERS FROM YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION RUNOFF, I SHOULD SAY. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A PRETTY LONG CAMPAIGN FOR THOSE THAT HAD RUNOFFS AND SO FORTH, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND ALSO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS WHEN YOU HAVE METAL ON METAL, IT SHARPENS EVERYTHING. AND SO THAT'S IT'S A GOOD GOOD TO HAVE THAT IN THE PROCESS. AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN PARTICIPATING AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DAIS? AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WONDERING, JUDGE ELECT BECKENDORFF IS AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY

[CONSENT AGENDA]

WITH THAT, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER, YOU NEED NUMBER EIGHT. WITHDRAWN. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO NUMBER EIGHT WILL BE PULLED.

AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL 1314 AS WELL. SO WE CAN JUST BRIEFLY, I CAN JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH EIGHT, 13 AND 14 WITHDRAWN.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THOSE ITEMS TAKEN OUT. ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. LET'S GO AHEAD AND THEN AND TAKE UP NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Request by County Engineer to approve the Final Plat of Serenada Section 1 and accept the Construction Bond in Precinct 4.]

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN

[Items 13 & 14]

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 1314? ALL RIGHT. HEARING, NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 13 AND 14 ALSO CARRY. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL NOW

[PROCLAMATION]

COMMISSIONER, IS THAT THE WRONG ONE? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. PROCLAMATION HONORING MAYOR DANNY MARBURGER FOR 48 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF WALLER. WHEREAS, MAYOR DANNY MARBURGER HAS FAITHFULLY, HONORABLY AND SELFLESSLY SERVED THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF WALLER FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY 48 YEARS, GIVING NEARLY FIVE DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO THE BETTERMENT OF HIS COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS AMONG THE MOST PERSONAL AND DEMANDING FORMS OF LEADERSHIP, REQUIRING PATIENCE, HUMILITY, PERSEVERANCE AND GENUINE LOVE FOR ONE'S NEIGHBORS. AND WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, MAYOR MARBURGER HAS DEMONSTRATED STEADFAST LEADERSHIP, SOUND JUDGMENT, INTEGRITY, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE, BUSINESSES, FAMILIES, AND FUTURE OF THE CITY OF WALLER. AND WHEREAS, UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AND THROUGH HIS CONTINUED DEDICATION, THE CITY OF WALLER HAS EXPERIENCED GROWTH, PROGRESS, AND OPPORTUNITY WHILE MAINTAINING THE VALUES, CHARACTER, AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT MAKE WALLER A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, WORSHIP, RAISE A FAMILY, AND CALL HOME. AND WHEREAS MAYOR MARBURGER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF WALLER, STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY AND WALLER COUNTY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF OUR REGION. AND WHEREAS, HIS STEADY LEADERSHIP, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO HIS COMMUNITY HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED COUNTLESS RESIDENTS AND HAVE LEFT A LASTING LEGACY OF CIVIC PRIDE, COOPERATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE. AND WHEREAS, DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED TENURE, MAYOR MARBURGER HAS EARNED THE RESPECT, ADMIRATION, AND GRATITUDE OF HIS COLLEAGUES, FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, COUNTY OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS THROUGHOUT WALLER COUNTY AND BEYOND. AND WHEREAS, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC SERVICE, IT IS FITTING AND PROPER FOR WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT TO RECOGNIZE MAYOR DANNY MARBURGER FOR HIS REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED LEADERSHIP, AND HIS ENDURING COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF WALLER AND THE PEOPLE OF WALLER COUNTY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY EXTEND ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION AND HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR DANNY MARBURGER UPON HIS RETIREMENT AND COMMENDS HIM FOR 48 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE,

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THIS PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED BY WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THIS 27TH DAY OF MAY 2026. VERY GOOD. I JUST I JUST WANT TO. MY. STRONGEST MEMORY OF MAYOR MARBURGER SERVICES.

ONE DAY I WAS IN CITY OF WALLER. ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE WAS MAYOR MARBURGER SPRAYING THE WEEDS WITH WITH WEED KILLER AROUND THE GUARDRAILS AND STOP SIGNS. AND I SAID, MAYOR, I THOUGHT YOU HAD STAFF THAT WOULD DO THAT. AND HE SAID, WELL, THEY PROBABLY BUSY. SO HE JUST KEPT GOING. SO HE'S A SPECIAL GUY. YEAH. I THINK IT'S KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 48 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE, I'M IN 12 YEARS AND THAT'S FOUR TIMES MORE THAN MY SERVICE. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING THE OTHER DAY TO WALLER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER NANCY ARNOLD ABOUT MAYOR MARBURGER AND HIS EXEMPLARY SERVICE. AND SHE TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, EVEN EVEN WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE AS MAYOR AND IN THAT POSITION, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAYOR MARBURGER WOULD DO THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD NEVER EVEN SAW, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A WIDOW WHO COULDN'T, WHO DIDN'T, WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE HER TRASH OUT. HE WOULD SHOW UP AND PULL HER TRASH TO THE CURB, OR HE'D SHOW UP WITH HIS LAWN MOWER AND MOW HER YARD. AND HE DID THINGS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME. SO JUST I THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING. I THINK A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THEY DEDICATED MARBURGER PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL, AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY FITTING. AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE WORKED WITH THE MAYOR ALL 12 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN AS COUNTY JUDGE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE ALL THE TIME, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND WE TRIED TO WORK TOGETHER BEST WE COULD. AND WE AND HE'S, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. SO 48 YEARS OF SERVICE. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO AFTER 48 YEARS OF SERVICE, I HOPE MY HAIR LOOK AS GOOD AS HIS DO. AND MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW I'M NOWHERE CLOSE TO BEING 48 YEARS OLD. SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY TO ME TO HEAR SOMEONE SERVE THAT LONG. BUT A GUY LIKE MAYOR MARBURGER SERVICE WAS IN HIS HEART AND EVERYTHING HE. HE DID. ME AND COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS ABLE TO BE AT HIS GOING AWAY PARTY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND IT'S FUNNY, EVEN STILL TO THIS DAY, YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE HE STANDS OR HOW HE FEELS ABOUT SOMETHING.

HE'S GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE HE STANDS AND HOW HE FEELS ABOUT IT, WHICH FOR ME, IN POLITICS, THAT IS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A 30 YEAR OLD USING THE WORD REFRESHING, BUT IT'S REFRESHING IN A SENSE OF, HEY, HE HE WANTS TO FIGHT FOR HIS COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WHERE HE STANDS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER PARTY YOU ARE AFFILIATED WITH, HE'S MORE THAN WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND TO BE ABLE TO TALK THOSE PROBLEMS OUT. AND I THINK AS A WE AS A COUNTY AND AS A STATE, THAT WE CAN LEARN THROUGH HIS SERVICE AND HOW HE WENT ABOUT BEING A LEADER AND, AND TRANSFORMING WALLER AND TAKING WALLER THROUGH BASICALLY A GROWTH SEASON IN WHICH EVERY OTHER CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW. SO WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THEM IN, A GOOD, GOOD LORD HAS THEM HERE. I THINK A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD TAKE THE TIME OUT AND SIT DOWN WITH HIM, OR HE MAY HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH YOU WHILE YOU'RE CUTTING THE GRASS. ME AND HIM HAVE HAD THAT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I JUST LIKE TO APPRECIATE HIM FOR ALL HIS SERVICE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. HE'LL STILL BE VOCAL AND LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW HE FEEL AND WHERE HE STANDS ON THINGS, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD FOR THE CITY OF WALLER, FOR PRECINCT TWO AND ULTIMATELY FOR THE COUNTY. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE THEN. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR MARBURGER, ON A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG. WE NOW ARE GOING TO TAKE UP NUMBER 29. I HAVE A MOTION.

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THESE THESE FOLKS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT, DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE HISTORY OF WALLER COUNTY. AND THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. IF YOU HAVEN'T SPENT TIME ON THE WEBSITE, OR EVEN IF YOU'VE VISITED THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE, TAKE A MOMENT AND GO DOWN THERE. ALL OF ALL OF THOSE DISPLAYS, ALL OF THE DISPLAY CASES, ALL OF THAT IS COURTESY OF WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

SO I JUST WANTED TO DO OUR OWN PROCLAMATION. I KNOW THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Y'ALL SET PROBABLY SOME KIND OF STATE RECORD FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW. TRUE, IT SINCE 76. SINCE 76. OKAY. MARBURGER WAS ELECTED SINCE MR. MARBURGER WAS. I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, Y'ALL SHOWING YOUR AGE TODAY. SO ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION, AND THEN TRUETT AND AVA WILL HAVE Y'ALL COME UP FOR A QUICK PICTURE HONORING THE WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE PRESERVATION OF WALLER COUNTY HISTORY. WHEREAS, WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PRESERVING, PROTECTING, AND PROMOTING THE RICH HERITAGE AND HISTORY OF WALLER COUNTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH COUNTLESS HOURS OF RESEARCH, PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, THE MEMBERS OF THE WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE HISTORICAL DISPLAY CASES LOCATED WITHIN THE WALLER COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND WHEREAS THESE DISPLAY CASES SERVE AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE HIGHLIGHTING THE PEOPLE, EVENTS, ARTIFACTS, AND MILESTONES THAT HAVE SHAPED THE HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF WALLER COUNTY. AND WHEREAS THE SOCIETY'S EFFORTS HELP FOSTER CIVIC PRIDE, HISTORICAL AWARENESS, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE TRADITIONS AND LEGACY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THE PRESERVATION AND PRESENTATION OF LOCAL HISTORY STRENGTHENS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GENERATIONS AND ENSURES THAT THE STORIES OF WALLER COUNTY REMAIN ACCESSIBLE AND MEANINGFUL TO ALL WHO VISIT THE COURTHOUSE. AND WHEREAS, THE CITIZENS OF WALLER COUNTY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENT, VOLUNTEERISM, AND PASSION DEMONSTRATED BY WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ENHANCING THE COURTHOUSE AND PRESERVING THE COUNTY'S UNIQUE HISTORICAL IDENTITY. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING HARD WORK AND DEDICATION IN CREATING AND MAINTAINING HISTORICAL DISPLAYS AT WALLER COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND EXTERIOR. SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. SIGNED THE 27TH DAY OF MAY 2026. YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY AND FOR EXAMPLE, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE DEDICATION OF A OF A WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKER AT GOD'S MERCY STORE IN THE CITY OF WALLER. IN FACT, MAYOR MARBURGER AND HIS WIFE WERE THERE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE BY THERE AND SEEN THE HISTORICAL MARKER, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I MEAN, IT IS WELL DONE. IT'S A METAL HISTORICAL MARKER. IT'S IT'S VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL TO WALLER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WALLER. AND SO THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOES, IN ADDITION TO PRESERVING AND MAINTAINING SO MANY RECORDS.

I MEAN, LITERALLY, YOU COULD GET ON THE WEBSITE AND, AND BE ON THERE FOR DAYS ON END READING THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY'VE VERY PAINSTAKINGLY PRESERVED DIGITALLY. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MEMBERS, THE OFFICERS, EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR SO LONG. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING DEDICATED TO PRESERVING SOMETHING THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF WALLER COUNTY. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY PERSONAL APPRECIATION. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS. I THINK PROBABLY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO ANNOY MISTER BELL, QUITE OFTEN THROUGH PHONE CALLS OR QUESTIONS. AND PROBABLY OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH MISS AVA. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO GENEROUS AND KIND. EVEN THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID WITH THE COURTHOUSE AND THE WORK AND ACCESSIBILITY IN WHICH YOU ALL ARE OUT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, MISS

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AVA AND I WENT THROUGH OUR PICTURES. LOTS OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THE PICTURES. WE SUBMITTED THEM TO SANDY, WHO DID THE ENHANCING. SOME OF THEM WOULDN'T WORK. WE DID NOT GO THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER PICTURES BECAUSE THE PIXELS ARE TERRIBLE. WHEN YOU TRY TO BLOW THEM AND WORK WITH THEM, AND SANDY WOULD SEND THEM BACK AND ABE AND I WOULD KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH TILL WE GOT A NUMBER OF THEM. AND I THINK WE STILL GOT SOME TO GO IN PLACES WHEN WE CAN FIND ROOM FOR THEM. AND SO WE HAD THEM ENHANCED. THEN WE HAD THEM FRAMED, THEN WE HAD TO GET THEM UP AND THE COUNTY, ONE OF ONE OF YOUR GUYS DID, DID A REAL GOOD JOB OF PUTTING THEM UP, PROBABLY BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE MIGHT HAVE UPWARDS OF 1500 HOURS INVOLVED IN GETTING THOSE PICTURES PUT UP DOWN THERE IN THE DISPLAYS AND EVERYTHING. ARE THEY GOING TO GET CHANGED EVERY SIX MONTHS? NO, JUDGE. YOU'RE GOING OUT OF OFFICE. YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE THEM IN SEVEN MONTHS, RIGHT? IT WE'VE GOT A WE SAY AVA'S DOING MOST OF IT HAS GOT A DISPLAYS IN MIND OF THE OLD RAILROADS HERE IN TOWN OR IN THE COUNTY. SO THAT'LL BE COMING UP AT A AT A LATER DATE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MOST OF THE BOOKS THAT ARE ON DISPLAY ARE EITHER AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AS A DOWNLOAD, OR WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM IN HARDCOPY FOR INTERNET. AND YOU CAN PURCHASE THOSE OFF OF THE WEBSITE. THE FORGOTTEN PLACES. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THAT OR SEEN ONE OF THOSE, THAT COVERS ABOUT ROUGHLY 500 DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE COUNTY, THAT MOST OF THEM ARE GONE. SOME OF THEM ARE STILL AROUND AND EVERYTHING.

BUT BE SURE AND LOOK AT THAT. AVA, YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD? JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE NOT DONE HERE. SO THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS PLANNED. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE

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SLIM AND NONE. WE'RE OKAY. WE HAVE THE WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WHICH YOU ALL POINT EVERY ODD YEAR, AND WE HAVE THE WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME PEOPLE. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. WE'VE GOT ABOUT, OH, WE GOT A FEW, FEW NEW MEMBERS AT THE LAST MEETING. WE'RE 20 OR LESS. I GUESS THE SOCIETY IS LIKE TEN BUCKS A YEAR FOR A FAMILY. THE COMMISSION. THERE'S NO NO DUES OR ANYTHING. YOU ALL POINT THAT.

GIVE US A LITTLE MONEY TO DO THE DIFFERENT THINGS AROUND. WE DON'T GO TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS ANYMORE WITH THC. THEY JUST GOT SO EXPENSIVE. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT FOR ME TO GO TO LIKE, WHAT USED TO BE THE ANNUAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES, THOUSAND BUCKS. AND I JUST FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE MONEY THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO SPEND. I'M NUMBER ONE. I THINK I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH WHAT YOU GUYS DO, AND I STAY IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH. CINDY SHAW AND.

PAM, PAM, PAM, PAM SHEPHERD. SO I KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, BUT I THINK PARENTS WOULD BE VERY WISE, I THINK, TO, TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO SEE THE HERITAGE THAT THEY HAVE HERE. AND WHEN YOU PASS A SITE NOT KNOWING WHAT IT IS, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, THE CORNER OF 1736 AND HIGHWAY SIX, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE OLD GLADYS POST OFFICE THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT JUST REALIZING THAT THE NAMES OF THESE STREETS WERE BASICALLY COMMUNITIES AT ONE TIME THAT NO LONGER EXIST. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THAT HISTORICAL SITE. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, DANNY, AND THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, ROBERT MCKAY DID GAVE THE COUNTY QUITE A BIT OF ANTIQUE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS. IS THAT A PART OF WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? YES, SIR. THERE'S MORE CASES COMING IN JUNE, AND ONE OF THEM IS FOR THAT HOUSE THAT CONTACTS ME REGULARLY BECAUSE HE WANTS IT BACK IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRESENTED. BUT, YOU KNOW, LAND SURVEYING. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I AM ONE, BUT LAND SURVEYING IS A PART OF HISTORY TOO, BECAUSE DEBBIE KEEPS ALL THESE RECORDS ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1830, WHATEVER, WHERE THE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY LAID OUT BY LAND SURVEYORS. AND SO IT'S INTERESTING, JUST IN MY 54 YEAR CAREER, I STARTED OUT WITH THE CRUDEST OF INSTRUMENTS, AND NOW I USE SATELLITES. SO THAT'S QUITE AN EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY THERE THAT THAT THIS OLD GUY HAS HAD TO LEARN ALONG THE WAY. BUT I THINK THE INSTRUMENTATION IS AS MUCH A PART OF HISTORY AS THE RECORDS THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE AMAZING ACCURACY CONSIDERING THE INSTRUMENTS THAT WERE USED BACK THEN. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THAT'S PART OF IT. YOU HAVE USED A CHAIN, HAVE YOU NOT? OH YEAH.

DO WE HAVE A CHAIN IN THAT GROUP OF STUFF? YEAH. IF NOT, THERE'S A MAN UP AT ANDERSON THAT I THINK I CAN GET TO MAKE US ONE IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE. YEAH. SO ANYWAY, THERE WE HAVE A IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO MARKET A LOT OF THOSE PLACES IN THE COUNTY WITH A MUCH CHEAPER SIGNAGE. THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT WE HAVE TO BRING UP, YOU KNOW, AT SOME TIME. BUT THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES LIKE ARE YOU GEOREFERENCING ALL OF THESE POINTS? YES, SIR. OKAY. BECAUSE I CAN EVEN I THINK WE'VE EVEN GOT EVERY TOMBSTONE IN THE COUNTY WITH THE GPS ON. OKAY, OKAY. YOU GOT TO GET UP EARLY TO GET AHEAD OF US. YEAH, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S DEAD THAT ARE THAT THEY'RE GLAD YOU'RE THERE. SO YEAH, IT WE'RE WE, WE TRY TO KEEP COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS. WE WANT TO MAKE OUR, OUR WEBSITE MORE SEARCHABLE. IT'S WHEN DANNY CALLED AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE, THE. THE BOX WAS IN THE DOWN BY THE FRONT PORCH FOR THE OLD COURTHOUSE. IT TOOK ME A WHILE, THUMBING THROUGH PAGE AFTER PAGE AND FINDING PICTURES AND EVERYTHING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS AND. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE PRETTY QUICK, WHERE YOU CAN PUNCH IN WALTER SMITH AND IT'LL BRING UP WHATEVER WE'VE GOT ON THE WEB

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ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A QUICK PHOTOGRAPH.

YOU GRAB ONE SIDE AND. YOU. GOT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE 29. LET'S GO

[WALLER COUNTY CHILD WELFARE BOARD]

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AMANDA YOU'RE AMAZING. YOU'RE GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING OF SERVICE.

RESPONSIBILITY. ALL RIGHT, WITH NO FURTHER ADO THEN. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AMANDA, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. WHY DON'T YOU COME ALL THE WAY UP HERE? I'M GOING TO USE MY PHONE. DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE? ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WILL DO THAT. I STATE YOUR NAME. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE COUNTY CHILD WELFARE, AS A BOARD MEMBER OF WALLER COUNTY CHILD WELFARE, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUN THAT WILL ALSO BE THE UNITED STATES. OKAY, THAT'S TO OFFSET ANYBODY. WE HAD A COUPLE. I THINK WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT HAD TO BOW OUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

SO WE HAVE ONE OPENING. OKAY, GOOD. ONE MORE APPLICATION THAT WE'VE JUST RECEIVED. OH, REALLY? OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW MUCH I KNOW, FINGERS CROSSED. ALL RIGHT. WELL VERY GOOD. WELL, HOPEFULLY THAT APPLICATION WILL GO THROUGH WITH NO PROBLEM AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL BOARD. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAD A A FULL BOARD. YEAH. I DON'T I DON'T RECALL. SINCE WE HAD A REPORT. WE USED TO GET THEM REGULARLY AND THEN THINGS KIND OF EVENED OUT. MAYBE WE COULD GET ONE IN AN UPCOMING MEETING. SO DON'T MIND ME. THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT ON THE JUNE 10TH AGENDA. YES. AND AND AS THE VICE CHAIR, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE REPORT. OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. MAYBE ANNUALLY EVEN. IT'S FINE.

YEAH. I MEAN, JUST JUST SO WE, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. I THINK WE USED TO KIND OF, I THINK WE USED TO DO IT QUARTERLY, WHICH BUT WHATEVER WORKS JUST AT LEAST SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I KNOW IT'S Y'ALL ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK AND DOING A LOT OF GOOD

[COUNTY ENGINEER]

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GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I WAS GOING TO TRY TO PULL UP JUST A AN IMAGE BECAUSE A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. AND I THINK IT WILL KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE OR WHAT WHAT'S BEEN REQUESTED LOOKS LIKE A LOT BETTER MOBILITY. IT WAS YES, CATTLE ON DRIVE. YES, SIR. ESSENTIALLY WE'RE TURNING A KNUCKLE, WHICH IS A 90 DEGREE TURN INTO A. A CONNECTING ROAD TO THE ADJACENT. PRECINCT FOR. THIS IS PRECINCT, I BELIEVE IT'S THREE. THREE. YES, SIR. YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOU. IT'S GOOD TO ME. WE GOT TWO POWER BUTTONS ON HERE. CAN Y'ALL SEE ANYTHING ON THAT TV? NO, NO. ROBERT, WHAT'S THE CROSS-HATCHED AREA? ROSS? IT USED TO BE RESERVE EE. IS IT JUST LIKE THE REMNANT. THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE. THAT RESERVE. YEAH. IT'S ALL IT'S IT'S THE LOTS THAT ARE BEING.

REMOVED. OKAY. THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE REPLY. CORRECT. THE RIGHT. THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS IS THE ORIGINAL WAS APPROVED AND THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS THE IS THE PARTIAL REPLAT. OKAY.

TURNING ALL THOSE PIE SHAPED LOTS INTO. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU CAN SEE. OKAY. AND CATTLE AND DRIVE IS BEING CONTINUED. YES. YEAH. TO THE WEST PROPERTY LINE. YEAH. IT HAS A ONE FOOT RESERVE THAT SO THAT THE PROPERTY THAT DEAD ENDS INTO HAS TO PLAT IN ORDER TO GET ACCESS TO THAT ROAD. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S A COMMON THING. THAT'S CORRECT. SO FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, JUST A GENERAL OVERALL, EVERYTHING MEETS OUR STANDARDS. THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS REQUEST. I'LL TAKE IT. SO OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31. ONE ONCE, TWICE. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER, ROSS, BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 9:48 A.M. AND WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE WILL MOVE TO NUMBER 32 MOTION. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON 32. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE PARTIAL. THE FINAL PARTIAL REPLAT. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 32 CARRIES. LET'S GO TO 33 MOTION. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON 33. ANY BACKGROUND ON THIS? ROSS? JUST SO. BASICALLY WE ARE EXTENDING OUR OUR ROAD BOND PROJECT FROM. THE CURRENT PROJECT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF PRAIRIE VIEW. AS YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE LEFT IN THE YELLOW, OUR PROJECT LIMITS END AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY, WHICH. IS RIGHT HERE CONNECTING THE PINK KIRKPATRICK. WE HAVE A GAP OF ABOUT 1500FT. THIS PURPLE IS THE CITY OF WALLER. AND SO THE AMENDMENT, THE SECTION IN BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES IS COUNTY MAINTAINED. WE ARE AMENDING IS JUST ADDING THE 1500FT IN THIS PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CONTINUITY AND PRECINCT TWO, RIGHT. THAT IS IN THAT IS IN PRECINCT TWO. YES, SIR. BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COME BACK WITH A AN AGREEMENT TO HOPEFULLY GET THE CITY A PURVIEW TO PICK UP THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT ROAD. EVEN THE PART THAT'S IN THE COUNTY. YES. OKAY. I'VE MENTIONED IT

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CONTRACTOR. OH, CONTRACTOR. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO INTO, YOU KNOW, WHERE PENALTY ASSESSING PENALTIES AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, DAMAGES THEY HAD TO READ. THEN THEY HAD TO RESET IT. AND THEN THE SECOND CONTRACTOR DID NOT PERFORM THEIR THEY ARE LITERALLY, I THINK, ON THEIR THIRD CONTRACTOR NOW. SO IT'S NO LONGER A RIGHT OF WAY ISSUE. ALL THAT I KNOW. BUT YEAH, I THINK ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY, I BELIEVE ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AT THIS TIME. YEAH. THE FEEDER ROAD ITSELF, I THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I MEAN, WITH TEX DOT A LITTLE LATER. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL FIND OUT. WE'LL COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COURT.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S CURSED ALONG. I MEAN, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE 362, 290, YOU TURN LANES. SAME ISSUE. YEAH. SO THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT STRETCH THAT WE HAVE BAD LUCK WITH. OKAY. VERY TRUE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 33. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. 33 CARRIES. YES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO 34

[SHERIFF]

[00:50:07]

SO THE FACT THAT CRIME STOPPERS IS HELPING SMALLER AGENCIES WITH THIS PRICE POINT, IT'S EXPENSIVE. AND THAT THAT'S COMING TO US IS, IS WHY WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS AND GOING TO USE THE DEPUTY WE HAVE WITH THAT CERTIFICATION OR THE DETECTIVE, I BELIEVE. SO WE HAVE THAT EMPLOYEE HIRED AS WELL ALREADY. GOOD. YES. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APPLICANTS. YES. NO IT IS. AND THEN OF COURSE WE CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER OTHER PURPOSES COULD COME INTO PLAY. BUT THAT'S A BIG, BIG ASK FOR US. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT LICENSED INDIVIDUAL, THAT'S REMARKABLE. SO YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HOW MANY APPLICANTS FOR ONE POSITION IT CAN, IT CAN BE AS MANY AS ONE ON UP TO TEN. WE HAVE TO VET PEOPLE. AND, AND THAT CAN BE PART OF THE VERY IMPORTANT VETTING PROCESS OF WHETHER THERE'S ANY BAD BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, EVEN OFFICERS THAT HOP FROM AGENCY TO AGENCY, WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THAT TYPE OF THING. SO, WELL, SPECIAL, VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO WALLER COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS FOR THE DONATION. THIS IS REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEM. YOU KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS LATE JANUARY, FEBRUARY. SOMEWHERE IN THERE, THEY HAD THE WALLER CRIME STOPPERS HAD THEIR BIG GALA DOWN AT JIMMY'S HIDEOUT. I THINK MY WIFE AND I WERE THE HONORARY CO-CHAIRS. AND JACKIE CRAVER, I KNOW, PUT ON THAT EVENT AND IT WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS I THINK IT RAISED OVER $100,000 FOR WALLER COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS. AND FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WITH WALLER COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS, THEY THEY MAKE SURE THAT MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GETS REINVESTED.

IN ADDITION, OF COURSE, PROVIDING REWARDS FOR THOSE THAT GIVE US INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE ARREST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES IN WALLER COUNTY AS WELL.

SO VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT CRIME STOPPERS FOR THE DONATION. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 34? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL

[IT DEPARTMENT]

TYLER. AND IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH DATA TRANSFER FROM ONE SYSTEM TO THE OTHER.

THIS FIXES THAT PROBLEM. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO DOUBLE ENTRY DATA. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME THE SERVICE FROM TYLER WAS NOT THE GREATEST. AND I KNOW WE WERE WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO PROVIDE A SOFTWAR COUNTY RUNS ON. CORRECT. THE CLERK'S OFFICES. AND THAT'S WHEN WE KIND OF WE WENT TO SOUTHERN SOFTWARE. BUT TYLER HAS GOTTEN MUCH BETTER. AND NOW WITH THE ENTERPRISE PRODUCT AND THE CLOUD, I JUST THINK IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE NOW THERE ARE ISSUES WHERE THE DATA IS NOT. WE WERE HOPING THAT SOUTHERN AND TYLER WOULD BE ABLE TO INTERFACE AND THE DATA WOULD GO OVER THAT. THAT IS NOT WORKING LIKE IT SHOULD, AND WE'RE HAVING TOO MUCH DUPLICATION OF EFFORT. WE'RE HAVING THINGS CAN FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. AND I THINK IT'S WITH AS LONG AS TYLER IS NOW

[00:55:02]

IT WILL. AND WALLER COUNTY IS GROWING UP, AND WE NEED THE ENTERPRISE PRODUCT. NO LONGER ARE WE SMALL FOR WE'RE DOING ONESIE TWOSIE THINGS. YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE YAZIDIS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT. YES, THE A IS INCLUDED. YES. I'M SORRY. YES. IT COVERS ALL CRIMINAL JUSTICE NEEDS ACROSS THE ACROSS THE COUNTY. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. IT'S ALSO SUPPORTED BY A DIFFERENT GROUP THAN THE ODYSSEY GROUP THAT SUPPORTED. IS SUPPORTED BY TYLER AND THE THEIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SIDE. AND WE. WE LEARNED TO KNOW THEM PERSONALLY. AND WE CAN CALL THEM. WE CAN TEXT THEM. WE KNOW THOSE FOLKS. SO WHEN WE RUN INTO AN ISSUE, WE CAN CALL THEM AND GET RESOLUTION PRETTY QUICK. GOOD. SO THEY'LL PAY ATTENTION TO IT. YES. THE DA'S OFFICE IS INCLUDED. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. LET'S SEE. SO THAT WOULD BE 35, 3636. SO 36 IS THE CLOUD GAVEL ELECTRONIC WARRANTS. I HAD A VISIT WITH WITH A JUDGE CHENEY, AND HE SAID HE IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. HE SAID, WHEN YOU HAVE AN OFFICER IN THE FIELD AND HE'S TRYING TO FACETIME THEM, THIS PRODUCT SOLVES THAT PROBLEM. AND HE, HE'S, HE'S LIKE, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THAT GOING AND MAKE THAT WORK. THE ONE THING WE MADE SURE WE DID ON THIS PRODUCT IS IT DOES HAVE A 30 DAY TERMINATION. IF WE, IF WE IF WE FIND IT DOESN'T WORK AND THE JUDGES DON'T LIKE IT OR DOESN'T JUST WORK PROPERLY, WE CAN TERMINATE IT AT ANY TIME.

BUT WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT SOLVE FOR THE FOR WARRANTS IN THE FIELD. SO I'M IGNORANT. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT WHAT WOULD THE JUDGE NEED TO HAVE A FACE TIME WITH? SO WHEN AN OFFICER IS OUT IN THE FIELD AND. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF AN OFFICER IS IN THE FIELD, HE HAS TO CALL THE DA'S OFFICE OR JUDGE ME ON. SORRY, LET ME STEP IN ON WARRANTS.

THEY HAVE TO BE MAGISTRATES. AND SO THIS IS A WARRANT SYSTEM. SO PULL SOMEBODY OVER AND HE NEEDS A WARRANT. WELL, IF WE SEEK A WARRANT. YES. SO WE COULD DO THIS WITH SEGIS REQUIREMENTS. THAT'S A STATE MANDATED SECURITY COMPONENT. SO IT ALLOWS REMOTE VIEWING. THE MAGISTRATE'S INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME DOWN TO A LOCATION OR US GO MEET THEM, THEY COULD DO IT REMOTELY WITH SEGIS COMPLIANCE AND IT IS COUNTY WIDE. WE REVIEWED IT AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY, BUT IT WOULD BE FOR THE JUDGES FOR ALL WARRANTS WITHIN THE COUNTY. SO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO OUR REVIEW. WE DID A REVIEW OF 35.

AND THE ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS I SPOKE WITH THE CONSTABLES. WE ALL THE FIRE MARSHAL, EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER. AND WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT IS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 22 LICENSES ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, THE COST TO BUY SERVERS FOR ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES, LICENSES FOR ALL OF THEM, FOR MDTS, FOR THEIR CARS, AND TO GO INTO AN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE'RE INCREASING THE PRICE POINT IS THE SAME AS GOING INTO THIS SYSTEM WITH THE EXISTING SYSTEM. SO IT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE'RE INCREASING AND BECAUSE WE NEED MORE MDT AND MORE LICENSURE, THIS SOFTWARE MADE US VERY EXCITED, ALL OF US, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE IN THE SITUATION WHERE IT'S UNLIMITED LICENSURE AND IT PROVIDES LICENSE FOR ALL DA'S OFFICE FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES FOR SHARING OF DATA. SO I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE QUOTES WE'RE GETTING TO HAVE TO INCREASE THIS EXISTING SYSTEM. AND YOU GET AUTOMATIC SOFTWARE UPDATES AS PART OF IT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. AND SO BY HAVING A SITE LICENSE FOR THE COUNTY, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY GET UNLIMITED LICENSURE.

THE ONLY EXTRA COST IS TICKET WRITING THAT I THINK THERE'S A CERTAIN COST FOR AN AGENCY THAT WANTS TO HAVE TICKET WRITING. AND BECAUSE IT'S CLOUD BASED, ALL THE HARDWARE WE HAVE WORKS AND IT'S JUST COMPLIANT. SO THE JUMP INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE WE HAVE CENTRALIZED DATA, WE ALL HAVE SERVICES. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT'S SCARY.

WE WERE SCARED TO ALL OF US HAVING ALL THESE COSTS WITH OUR SEPARATE BUDGET LINES, BUT IT'S

[01:00:02]

SO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS WHAT'S CALLED ON PREM. ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE TO BUY A SERVER. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR LICENSES. AND THIS IS CLOUD BASED. SO THEY'RE OFFERING UNLIMITED LICENSURE TO THE SYSTEM. THEY UPDATE ON THE CLOUD ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND IT'S AN UPDATE THAT ALL AGENCIES THAT BUY THE PACKAGE GET. SO IT KIND OF CHANGES THE DYNAMIC OF THE HARDWARE COSTS, YOU KNOW, SO THEY UPDATE IT FOR ALL OF THEIR CLIENTS. AND THEY ARE AN ESTABLISHED ENTITY THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING THIS PRODUCT FOR A WHILE. SO IT'S JUST, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRICE POINT FOR ALL OF US. I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THIS HIT, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET LINE AND NOT BE WORTH IT. SO WE ALL GOT TOGETHER, ALL OF THE CONSTABLES AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES, THE COURT SYSTEM, WE ALL REVIEWED IT. AND WE FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OFFICER'S SAFETY, THE SHARING OF DATA, AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE PAYING THIS ANYWHERE WE'RE ABOUT TO, WE ALL FELT VERY GOOD ABOUT IT. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT AT WHERE EVERYTHING'S GOING, I MEAN, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU IF YOU HAVE SERVERS, IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND EVENTUALLY THOSE SERVERS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. YES, YES. SO IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO BE HARDWARE INTENSIVE. NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS MIGRATING AND MOVING TO BEING CLOUD BASED. AND, AND ON THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF GOING ON IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH DATA CENTERS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANTI DATA CENTERS. AND A LOT OF IT IS AI DRIVEN, BUT A LOT OF IT IS ALSO THIS, THIS IS THIS IS WHY WE DATA CENTERS EXIST IS BECAUSE NOW INSTEAD OF US HAVING ALL THIS DATA AND STUFF STORED ON OUR SERVERS, IT'S STORED SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO WHY WITH THE MOVE TO CLOUD BASED SYSTEMS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING SO MANY DATA CENTERS, BUT AN AI IS DRIVEN DRIVING IT AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT DATA CENTERS, BUT IT'S LIKE, DO YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE LIKE, THIS IS A SUPERCOMPUTER. AND GUESS WHAT? THIS, THIS IS WHAT'S DRIVING A LOT OF THAT, THAT STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. BECAUSE NOW EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, USES APPS THAT ARE VERY DATA INTENSIVE. THAT'S GREAT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THIS WITH A VERY SHARP EYE. I WANTED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL FIDUCIARY, RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY. AND, AND SO I, I HAVE SOME A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ON IT. I HOPE THIS ELECTRONIC WARRANT SOFTWARE WORKS WELL BECAUSE IT IS STILL DOING WARRANTS THE WAY WE DO THEM RIGHT NOW. IT'S STILL CUMBERSOME. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE A PAPER DOCUMENT, SCAN IT INTO A PDF, EMAIL IT TO ME. I THEN HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW THAT, SIGN IT, YOU KNOW, ELECTRONICALLY, WHICH IS NICE, BUT STILL, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A CUMBERSOME PROCESS. YES, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL STREAMLINE THAT. WELL, AND THE COMPLIANCE ASPECT OF THIS WHEN HANDLING THAT JUDGE, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THIS RESOLVES ANY CONCERNS THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD IN, IN, YOU KNOW, OUR EXISTING SYSTEMS THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT. IT'S A NICE PUTS A PIN IN IT AND YOU CAN DELIVER FROM YOU COULD BE AT HOME AND YOU CAN SEND RIGHT TO THE OFFICER ON THE STREET. AND IT'S COMPLETELY COMPLIANT, HAS GREAT TRACKING TOOLS. SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT FOR ALL OF US. THAT'S GOOD. YES, SIR. I THINK THAT WILL REALLY HELP IN THE FIELD. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. AND THEN 3737 YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE TO REPLACE SERVERS. THE WE HAVE TWO SERVERS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY WERE PURCHASED RIGHT AT 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO FOR THE CURRENT SYSTEM. AT THAT TIME, WE PURCHASED FOUR SERVERS. FOR THIS SYSTEM, WE NEED TO REPLACE TWO THE DOMAIN CONTROLLER AND THE THE, THE VPN CONTROL THE, THE VPN SYSTEM.

THAT'S WHERE THE REMOTE SYSTEMS TALK TO THE LOCAL SYSTEM IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT. SO SO THIS SO NUMBER 37 IS, IS FOR TWO SERVERS, TWO SERVERS. OKAY. SO YOU MENTIONED DATA CENTERS AND AI. SO 32 GIGS OF RAM FOR SERVER IS NOW THREE GRAND. SO WE'RE A YEAR AGO I WAS ABLE TO BUY A SERVER WITH, WITH A 32 GIGS OF RAM FOR 268 BUCKS. TODAY IT'S 3200. SO THAT'S THAT,

[01:05:05]

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ALL ITEMS CARRY. THANK YOU GREG. ALL

[GRANT MANAGER]

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. SO 38 IS A RATIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS MONTH TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY. THE REASON WHY Y'ALL WILL NEED TO RATIFY THE APPLICATION IS BECAUSE A CHANGE WAS REQUIRED.

BASICALLY, THE MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY REQUESTED THAT WE INCLUDE ANTICIPATED TRAVEL IN OUR APPLICATION. SO ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. 39 IS OUR TYPICAL SCAP GRANT. THIS IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT OF ELIGIBLE COSTS TO HOUSE UNDOCUMENTED PERSONS IN OUR JAIL. OKAY. AND LET'S SEE, 40 IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PRAIRIE VIEW. ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE ENTERING INTO THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SO THE CITY CAN CONTRIBUTE $60,000 AND SOME CHANGE IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE GENERATOR PROJECT OVER THERE. OKAY. JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, THE GENERATOR PROJECT WAS A PIVOT.

CORRECT? THEN WE HAVE THEN, NO, NO, WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO DO THE GENERATOR PROJECT. THERE WERE SOME ANTICIPATED COST OVERRUNS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT THAT WOULD EXCEED THE GRANT AWARD. SO WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE THE EXCESS FUNDS. THIS IS A GENERATOR ON THE WATER PLANT. YES. WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO. AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING THEM TO CONTRIBUTE THE FUNDS IS ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, WE WILL BE TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY TO THE CITY. WE DID THIS ABOUT WHAT, FOUR YEARS AGO, 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, WHERE WE HAD SEVERAL. YEAH. RFQS, IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM THAT FOR CITIES TO SUBMIT PROJECTS TO US, FOR US TO BE THE SPONSOR FOR THE GRANT. RIGHT. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID A CALL FOR PROJECTS. WE HAD A LITTLE OVER, I BELIEVE, 7 MILLION, CLOSE TO 7 MILLION IN CDBG MITIGATION GRANT FUNDS. SO AT THAT TIME, WE REACHED OUT TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY. ET CETERA. ASKING IF THEY HAD ANY PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS SELECTED FOR IT. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S PASSING THAT OVERRUN TOTALLY OVER TO THE CITY OF FAIRVIEW. WHAT WAS JUST CURIOUS, WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE OVERRUN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT WAS JUST. TOM ESCALATION. IT'S ESCALATION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SIR. YEAH. THE PROBLEM IS I SHOULDN'T SAY THE PROBLEM. THE DIFFICULTY WHEN WE'RE SUBMITTING THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS IS FIGURING OUT THE MOST ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE BUDGET. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, AS YOU NOTED, THIS HAPPENED OVER FOUR YEARS AGO. SO COST OF JUST THE LIFE OF THESE THINGS IS SO LONG. THIS PROCESS, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO OR SO THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE BUILDING IT NOW BASED ON ESTIMATES THAT WERE FOUR YEARS OLD. EXACTLY.

AND SO IT DOES TAKE COVERING IT, NOT THE COUNTY. SO YEAH, THIS DOES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION A 15% CONTINGENCY. SO THERE IS AN ADDED BUFFER IN THERE. SO THE CITY HAS COMMITTED THE FULL COST OVERRUN THAT WE HAVE ESTIMATED THUS FAR. FINGERS CROSSED WE WILL BE GOING OUT TO BID SHORTLY THAT WE ARE STILL WITHIN BUDGET BECAUSE IF WE FOR SOME REASON, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE

[01:10:01]

[PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR]

AND SECOND GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. ITEM 41 IS A REQUEST FOR FROM CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOR FOR A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AXON TO PURCHASE FOUR TASERS FOR THEIR OFFICE. AND ITEM 42 IS A SUPPLEMENT WITH IEA. THIS IS JUST FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE RILEY ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THE. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE RILEY ROAD. WE ENDED UP HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK DONE TO MAKE THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW BRIDGE MORE SMOOTH AND SAFE.

RIGHT. YES, SIR. THAT WILL BE A A FUTURE REQUEST, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. YES, SIR. THIS IS THIS WOULD BE A SEPARATE REQUEST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. THEN. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 41 AND 42.

CARRY. THANK YOU. JAMIE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON. WELL, ROBERT'S NOT HERE. YEAH, BUT IT'S IN MY PRECINCT. OH, YOU GOT IT. OKAY, LET'S GO TO 43. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER. MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. THE BACKGROUND. FIRST AND FOREMOST. THANK YOU, SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THANK ALL OF YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THE TIME IN TO THIS DEAL. THIS IS AN OFFICER AGREEMENT. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MUD AS WELL AS BRIAN STATHAM FOR THE PAST. I WANT TO SAY THREE MONTHS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THE OFFICER AGREEMENT DONE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY, AND THIS IS THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU AS WELL, ALAN. YEAH, BUT YOU WAS A PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE EMAIL CHAIN. AND SO I JUST LIKE TO THANK FOR EVERYONE ADDING IN THEIR INPUT AND SITTING DOWN TO ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO GET A DEAL DONE, AND WHICH PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THOSE CITIZENS THAT LIVE ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PRECINCT.

SO THIS IS A 70/30 AGREEMENT SPLIT. I THINK IT GOES TO THE END OF OUR BUDGET YEAR, GIVES THE OFFICER WILL PATROL FOR 80 HOURS. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD AGREEMENT THAT EVERYONE IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYONE. SO THANK EVERYONE FOR CHIPPING THE PROJECT ON COCHRAN ROAD. OH, THIS THIS MONEY IS ULTIMATELY IS INCLUDED IN CENTER. SO IT'S ON THE HARRIS WALLER COUNTY LINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

[TREASURER]

[01:15:05]

BUT GO AHEAD. YES. THESE ARE OUR STANDARD RENEWALS OF POLICIES. THERE IS ON THE LIABILITY POLICIES ABOUT A $17,000 INCREASE, WHICH IS DUE TO INCREASE IN PRIMARILY EMPLOYMENT. ALSO NUMBER 45 FOR THE PROPERTY COVERAGES, WE HAVE ABOUT A $90,000 INCREASE, WHICH IS LESS THAN ANTICIPATED BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD TO INCUR THE NEW COURTHOUSE. THAT WAS A CONCERN. THE GUY THAT WE HAD A FEW MEETINGS BACK THAT WAS GOING TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES FOR INSURANCE, THAT WAS THIS PART OF THAT, OR IS THIS. NO, HE'S LOOKING AT OUR MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. THEN ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED 44 AND 45 CARRY. THANK YOU JOE.

[MISCELLANEOUS]

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 47 CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY URIEL THAT 48, 49, 51 AND 52 WILL BE WITHDRAWN. BUT HE DOES HAVE SOME STUFF HE WANTS TO TALK TO US ABOUT IN REGARDS TO NUMBER 50. SO WITH THAT IT IS

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