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RIGHT. EVERYBODY CAN PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. IT IS AUGUST 5TH, 2026. WE BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, WE ASK IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PLEASE STAND AND JOIN COMMISSIONER SMITH IN AN INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGES LED BY COMMISSIONER BECKENDORF. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. WE BOW OUR HEADS THIS MORNING IN GRATITUDE TO THEE FOR ANOTHER DAY IN WHICH WE CAN, TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY, WOULD ASK YOU TO BLESS US AS WE MEET, THAT WE MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES AND AND ASK FOR INSPIRATION AS WE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, THAT WE MIGHT MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR WALLER COUNTY, FOR TEXAS, AND FOR THE UNITED STATES, AND ASK YOU TO BLESS US AS CITIZENS THAT WE MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO WHAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS COMMISSIONER AMSLER AS HE RECOVERS, THAT HE MIGHT DO SO SAFELY AND SWIFTLY. AND WE SAY THIS IN THE NAME OF THY SON, JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OUR STATE CLERK. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MOTION.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP AT THIS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP? DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DAIS? YEAH, I'LL SAY ONE THING. I DID TALK TO COMMISSIONER AMSTER YESTERDAY, AND HE SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL IN GOOD SPIRITS. IF YOU LIVE IN PRECINCT ONE AND NEED TO TALK TO A COMMISSIONER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME. OR MAYBE ANY OF US WILL DEFINITELY GET ANYBODY TAKEN CARE OF OR MORE THAN WELCOME TO CALL THE JUDGE'S OFFICE AND LEAVE YOUR INFORMATION, WITH GENERAL MCKENZIE. AND ONE OF US WILL GET BACK TO YOU. SO IF YOU GOT A QUESTION ABOUT ANYTHING, COMMISSIONER WISE, WELL, COMMISSIONERS ON THE MEND, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S GOT HIS TIME TO DO THAT. AND. BUT WE STILL TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS. ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP COMMISSIONER AMSLER IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS HE CONTINUES HIS RECOVERY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WELL,
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THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT WILL BEFORE WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE IS ONE CHANGE. IT'S ON NUMBER 13, THE CORRECT LINE ITEM NUMBER IS 125509563000. TRAINING AND CONFERENCE. THAT'S THE CORRECT LINE ITEM ON NUMBER 13. OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THAT CORRECTION. SO MOVE. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.ALL OPPOSED. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. THAT WILL NOW
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BRING US TO NUMBER 29 MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON 29. THIS ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AND COMMEMORATING PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY SESQUICENTENNIAL 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNIVERSITY ON AUGUST 14TH, 1876. SO MANY PEOPLE MAY RECALL THERE'S JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO, A FEW YEARS AGO, A THREE, I GUESS, GOING ON THREE NOW. AND WE HAD THE SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION FOR WALLER COUNTY. AND OF COURSE, NOW WE HAVE THE SESQUICENTENNIAL FOR PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY. I'D LIKE TO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE.IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY LENGTHY PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY HAS TO THE NOT ONLY WALLER COUNTY, BUT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. I'M JUST GOING TO I'M GOING TO READ SOME HIGHLIGHTS. AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. AND THEN, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TODAY, INCLUDING PRESIDENT DOCTOR TAMIKA P LEGRAND. SHE'S ALSO HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HER SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. SO A FEW OF
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THE HIGHLIGHTS. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY HAD ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION OF 1876, WHICH CREATED AN AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE WITH AN ACT BY MATTHEW GAINES, WALTER BURTON AND WILLIAM HOLLAND. ON AUGUST 14TH, 1876, THE 15TH LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED THE ALTA VISTA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS FOR COLORED YOUTH. THE FIRST EIGHT STUDENTS ENROLLED AND BEGAN THEIR STUDIES ON MARCH 11TH, 1878. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY, THE SECOND OLDEST PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE THIRD LARGEST HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION, IS DESIGNATED IN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AS AN INSTITUTION OF THE FIRST CLASS. AND WITH AN ENROLLMENT EXCEEDING 10,000 STUDENTS AND MORE THAN 85,000 ALUMNI, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY REMAINS A CARNEGIE CLASSIFIED HIGH RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. NOBODY. THERE'S. I KNOW THERE'S SOME AGGIES OUT THERE. COME ON REPRESENTATIVE I KNOW COME ON. THAT WAS YOUR CHANCE.CELEBRATE PRAIRIE COMMITTED COMMITTED TO ITS LAND GRANT LAND GRANT MISSION OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND BEYOND. IN 1945, THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION WAS CHANGED TO PRAIRIE VIEW UNIVERSITY. AND IN 1947, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED EXPANDED ACADEMIC OFFERINGS EQUIVALENT TO THOSE AT OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. ON AUGUST 27TH, 1973, THE NAME WAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED TO PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY, AFFIRMING ITS STATUS WITHIN THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY HAS PLAYED A TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE IN EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, WHILE FOSTERING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, INNOVATION, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AND UNDER THE VISIONARY LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT DOCTOR TAMIKA P LA GRANDE PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY HAS EMBARKED ON THE AMBITIOUS JOURNEY TO EMINENCE PLAN TO ELEVATE THE INSTITUTION AS A PREMIER PUBLICLY HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY AND A NATIONAL MODEL FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, EMPHASIZING RESEARCH EXCELLENCE, INCREASED GRADUATION RATES AND STRONG POST GRADUATE OUTCOMES. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY IS HOME TO NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY AND THE TEXAS JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION CENTER, WHICH ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY IMPACT ACROSS DISCIPLINES. WHEREAS, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY HAS EDUCATED GENERATIONS OF GRADUATES WHO HAVE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS EDUCATORS, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, MILITARY LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, JURISTS, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. THE CELEBRATION AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR ITS HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS, RECOGNIZE ITS PRESENT DAY IMPACT, AND AFFIRM COLLECTIVE SUPPORT FOR ITS CONTINUED GROWTH, EXCELLENCE, AND MISSION IN THE YEARS AHEAD. SO THEREFORE, IT IS PROCLAIMED THAT THE WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF COMMISSIONER KENDRICK JONES, PRECINCT THREE DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 14TH, 2026 AS PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY DAY IN WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, AND RECOGNIZES PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY FOR ITS ENDURING LEGACY, INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, AND CONTINUED ROLE IN DEVELOPING LEADERS WHO EXEMPLIFY PURPOSE, PURPOSE, INTEGRITY, AND SERVICE, AND THIS PROCLAMATION BEING ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD OF WALLER COUNTY AND PRESENTED WITH GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE HISTORIC LEGACY AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY TO WALLER COUNTY, THE CITY OF PRAIRIE VIEW, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE NATION.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER JONES. AND I KNOW HE HAS A FEW WORDS. SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, JUDGE. THAT WAS A LONG PROCLAMATION THAT I DID NOT, AND SO, BUT ALSO, I THANK YOU FOR, THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE, ALWAYS TEACHING ME ONE THING. SHOW UP PLACES, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY GET 1 OR 2 PEOPLE TO VOTE
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FOR YOU, YOU'RE ELECTED OR REPRESENT EVERYONE. AND SO I THANK YOU, FOR YOURSELF AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE, WELL, CECIL BELL AT ONE POINT IN TIME AND AS WELL AS, STAN KINSMAN WHO'S HERE TODAY, YOU ALL HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN UP FOR US, EVEN WHEN WE WAS WORKING VERY HARD FOR THE 1890 LAND GRANT MATCH. REMEMBER STATE REPRESENTATIVE STAN KINSMAN MAKING SURE THAT HE FOUGHT ON BEHALF OF A&M TO RECEIVE THE STATE MATCHING AND FUNDING IN WHICH, WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE MOST PEOPLE IS LIKE, HEY, I DON'T RECEIVE A VOTE FROM THERE OR THAT FROM THAT COMMUNITY. SO I WON'T GO WORK ON BEHALF OR SHOW UP AS HARD FOR THEM. AND I SAY THAT YOU THREE GUYS, DEFINITELY HAVE SHOWN UP FOR US AND BEEN ON CAMPUS QUITE A BIT FOR ME. YOU ALL KNOW THAT PURVIEW HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. THE FIRST THING THAT YOU LEARN WHEN YOU COME ON THE CAMPUS IS THAT YOU DON'T WALK ON THE GRASS. AND THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T WALK ON THE GRASS IS BECAUSE YOU'RE LITERALLY STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU. AND SO UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR ME AS A YOUNG BLACK BOY AT THE TIME, GOING TO A HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE, UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A YOUNG BLACK MAN, TODAY'S SOCIETY, AS WELL AS GET THE NURTURING AND CARE THAT, THAT I NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHO I WAS AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT, A LITTLE BOY FROM SOUTH PARK INNER CITY COULD ALSO LEARN ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND WEAR COWBOY BOOTS AND COWBOY HATS. DURING MY TIME AT PURVIEW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THREE SCHOOLS ARE A PART OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION IN WHICH THE JUDGE JUST TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT. I FEEL LIKE I'M A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL TODAY BECAUSE I'M TIED TO TWO OUT OF THOSE THREE INSTITUTIONS, WHICH IS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, TEXAS A&M, AS WELL AS PURVIEW AND THE UNIVERSITY. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THAT IS AN HONOR. AND THEN ANOTHER THING YOU LEARNED IS THAT YOU HAD TO ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THIS AREA WHO FOUGHT VERY HARD OR WALKED OUTSIDE THE ROOMS TO MAKE SURE THAT PURVIEW WAS STARTED A FEW SECONDS LATER WITH MATTHEW GAINES AND WILLIAM HOLLINS, IN WHICH BOTH UNIVERSITY ALSO, TALK ABOUT IN THAT RICH HISTORY, PURVIEW HAS GIVEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WAS COUNTED OUT AS WE CELEBRATE THE UNKNOWN EIGHT, OPPORTUNITY IN WHICH TO GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION IN WHICH WE BELIEVE THAT WE PRODUCE PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE AND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A PURVIEW PANTHER. AND SO I FEEL LIKE I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, OR I ACTUALLY TELL PEOPLE THAT THE BEST DECISION THAT EVER HAPPENED FOR ME WAS THE ONE THAT GUIDED MY MOM MADE BY SENDING ME THE PURVIEW. MY FIRST DAY AT PURVIEW WAS THE DAY WE MOVED IN. AND WITHOUT PURVIEW, I WOULDN'T BE THE MAN THAT I AM TODAY. AND SO I THANK THE INSTITUTION. I THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTION AND THANK EVERY TEACHER, COUNSELOR, ADVISOR, PRINCIPAL PRESIDENT THAT WE'VE EVER HAD TO KEEP THE, THE, THE, THE HILL OPEN TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO LEARN AND WHICH WE CONTINUE TO GET WAY SMARTER STUDENTS THAN WHAT OUR, WHAT I WAS, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE OUR TWO INSTITUTION. I KNOW IT'S A THING FOR OUR PRESIDENT TO BECOME AN R1 RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN WHICH I BELIEVE THAT SHE WOULD PROBABLY WIND UP DOING IT THROUGHOUT HER TENURE.A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WE OFFER AG EXTENSION SERVICES TO THROUGHOUT THE STATE, NOT AS BIG AS TEXAS A AND M, BUT I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OF COUNTIES IN THE STATE OFFERING SERVICES AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW, TO PUSH FOR THAT TEXAS DREAM. AND SO I'M JUST HAPPY THAT THAT WE MADE IT TO 150 YEARS JUST AS THE COUNTY. I DON'T THINK I'M THE YOUNGEST PERSON, BUT I WON'T BE AROUND ANOTHER 150 YEARS. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO MAKE WALLER COUNTY A BETTER PLACE, AS WELL AS BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH PURVIEW AND, AND THE UNIVERSITY, THAT, THAT HAS A, THAT TO ME IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU, JUDGE, AND THANK YOU. I WILL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF IN MY 12 YEARS AS COUNTY JUDGE OF WORKING NOW WITH THREE PRESIDENTS, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M, STARTING WITH DOCTOR GEORGE WRIGHT. AND THEN WE HAD DOCTOR RUTH SIMMONS, RUTH THE TRUTH. AND NOW, DOCTOR, PRESIDENT DOCTOR LEGRAND. AND, YOU KNOW, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY IS SUCH A HUGE ASSET TO THIS COUNTY. AND IT OFTEN DOESN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, REGISTER ON, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GO TO SCHOOL HERE, THAT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY HAVE THIS, THIS INSTITUTION OF EXCELLENCE
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THAT'S LITERALLY MINUTES AWAY. AND SO I'VE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, MADE IT ONE OF MY GOALS TO WORK WITH PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AND, AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS THAT BENEFIT EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT STARTED WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE, I, I SET UP A TABLE IN THE MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER AND SAT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY JUDGE THAT HAD EVER DONE THAT. BUT I HAD SOME REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS. AND ONE OF THEM WAS A, A YOUNG MAN. HE CAME UP TO THE TABLE, HE WAS LOOKED AT MY POSTER AND, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN. AND I SAID, YES, SIR, I AM. AND HE SAID, AND HE WAS A BIG GUY. HE WAS HUGE. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY. I SAID, YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY? HE SAID, NO, I DON'T. AND HE SAID, I SAID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO? AND HE SAID, WELL, I'M I'M HERE. I'M GOING TO SCHOOL. I PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THE FOR PRAIRIE VIEW. AND I SAID, OKAY. I SAID, WELL, AND HE WAS WHEN I SAY BIG, THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. OKAY. THIS GUY WAS HUGE. AND I SAID, WELL, ARE YOU ANY GOOD? HE SAID, YEAH, I'M PRETTY GOOD. AND I SAID, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK THEY SAY, I MAY GO LIKE THIRD OR FOURTH ROUND IN THE DRAFT. I SAID, WOW, I SAID, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. I SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE IN A CONTRACT AND STUFF? AND HE GOES, YEAH, I'VE BEEN TOLD. AND I SAID, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? THAT IF YOU HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND PAY LIKE 40% OF THAT TO THE GOVERNMENT, HE GOES, WELL, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. I SAID, WELCOME TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.BUT BUT I'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT RELATIONSHIPS. AND ONE OF THOSE IS WITH THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN SITTING RIGHT HERE, TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER JONES IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, A VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE LEADERS THAT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY PRODUCES. AND WE MET WHEN HE WAS SERVING AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT. AGAIN, BECAUSE OF MY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND THAT THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS JUST GROWN AND DEVELOPED OVER TIME. AND I'M SO PROUD OF OF WHAT THE PERSON HE IS, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT BE SITTING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SPECTRUMS IN TERMS OF OUR POLITICAL PARTIES OR AGE OR AGE. YOU KNOW, WE, WE WORK VERY HARD TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SUCCESSFUL FOR WALLER COUNTY. SO, AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT COME OUT OF PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AND ARE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, FROM FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL, THE THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. SO, I, I AM HERE TO JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS. AND DOCTOR LEGRAND, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL VOTE ON THE PROCLAMATION AND GET A PHOTOGRAPH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. IT IS A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU AGAIN. THE LAST TIME I WAS BEFORE YOU WAS IN 2023 WHEN I ARRIVED. AND I RECEIVED A PROCLAMATION AT THAT TIME, JUDGE, YOU OUTLINED MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AT PRAIRIE VIEW, BUT THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I WOULD LEAVE YOU WITH THAT I WANT YOU TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
TWO, PRAIRIE VIEW HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY SINCE 2023. TODAY WE SERVE 10,100 STUDENTS, AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR OUR INSTITUTION FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND SO WE ARE IN HIGH DEMAND. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE ARE A JEWEL IN WALLER COUNTY, THAT STUDENTS STAND IN LINE TO GET ADMITTED TO PRAIRIE VIEW. AND WE HAVE THAT KIND OF DEMAND BECAUSE OF THAT DEMAND, WE ARE ALSO GROWING OUR FOOTPRINT ON OUR CAMPUS. WE ARE CURRENTLY ERECTING A TEACHING AND ACADEMIC STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING THAT THE STATE PROVIDED US FUNDING FOR $47 MILLION. THAT BUILDING WILL OPEN IN JANUARY OFFICIALLY, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING AND AN UNOFFICIAL OPENING THAT YOU ALL WILL BE INVITED TO IN LATE OCTOBER. AND SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. SECONDLY, IN OCTOBER, WE WILL ALSO BE DOING A GROUNDBREAKING FOR A BRAND NEW RESIDENCE HALL, 950 BEDS. THIS GROWTH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO SUPPLY OUR STUDENTS WITH QUALITY HOUSING ON CAMPUS OR NEAR CAMPUS. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND LASTLY, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM JUST APPROVED $130 MILLION IN FUNDS TO PRAIRIE VIEW FOR US TO BUILD A BRAND NEW PUBLIC AND ALLIED HEALTH BUILDING COMPLEX ON OUR CAMPUS, BECAUSE PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE OF OUR FASTEST GROWING PROFESSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR HIGHEST GROWTH AREA EMPLOYMENT NEEDS IN THE STATE. AND SO WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD SAY FOR YOU TO KNOW AND BE PROUD OF IS THAT THIS INSTITUTION IN WALLER COUNTY CONTRIBUTES $1.2 BILLION ANNUALLY IN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO WE
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DON'T JUST SEEK TO CONSUME RESOURCES AND PARTNER. OUR GOAL IS TO GIVE BACK TALENT AND ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO WE ARE PROUD TO BE AN INSTITUTION IN WALLER COUNTY. OUR STUDENTS ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS INSTITUTION AND THIS ENVIRONMENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ONE OF THE MANY CELEBRATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR. I ALSO NOTICED WE ALSO HAVE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, STAN KITZMAN IS HERE TODAY. AND I KNOW, I KNOW REPRESENTATIVE KITZMAN LOVES JUST TO COME TO COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETINGS AND HANG OUT, BUT I HAVE A FEELING HE MIGHT BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS PROCLAMATION. REPRESENTATIVE KITZMAN, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I KNOW YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY.YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE CITIZENS OF WALLER COUNTY, BUT ESPECIALLY TO PRESIDENT LEGRAND, I. YOU KNOW, PRAIRIE VIEW IS A SPECIAL PLACE, AND WALLER COUNTY IS BLESSED TO HAVE PRAIRIE VIEW AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THE MISSION OF PRAIRIE VIEW IS WHAT I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AT THE CAPITOL. PURVIEW IS A LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY, AND THAT SETS IT APART FROM OTHERS. THEIR MISSION IS BEYOND JUST THE THE CLASSROOM AND BEING A CAMPUS FOR PEOPLE TO FURTHER THEIR THEIR REGULAR EDUCATION. IT'S THE RESEARCH, IT'S THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND MY COMMISSIONER JONES TOUCHED ON JUST JUST THE AG AGENTS THAT THEY SEND OUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT ON TEXANS DAILY LIVES EVERY DAY. THE. THE GRADUATES OF PRAIRIE VIEW AND THOSE THAT WORK FOR PRAIRIE VIEW ARE OUT WORKING ACROSS THIS STATE TO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. AND, PRESIDENT GRANT, WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND I AM I AM TICKLED ALL THE TIME TO WARN THOSE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN THAT PRAIRIE VIEW IS THE SECOND OLDEST, AND THAT'S NOT THAT SCHOOL IN AUSTIN THAT. YOU KNOW. AND, AND FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE ONLY FOUR HOURS YOUNGER THAN, THAN THE OTHER SCHOOL. THAT IS THE FIRST, BUT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE, FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR YOUR RESOLUTION, BECAUSE PRAIRIE VIEW IS WORTH CELEBRATING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT HEARING NOTHING FURTHER, THEN.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. IF DOCTOR LEGRAND AND REPRESENTATIVE KITZMAN, IF YOU ALL LIKE TO JOIN US FOR. READY IN THREE, TWO, ONE, 321. LAST ONE. THREE. TWO. ONE. GOOD. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE
[ELECTIONS ]
30 TO 32. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP 30 AND 32 AT THIS TIME. MOTION TAKEN. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND THIS IS BASICALLY CALLING THE ELECTIONS COMING UP.YOU GOT A GENERAL ELECTION AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO, SPECIFIC COUNTY ASSISTANCE DISTRICTS THAT WILL. 3303 TOTAL. OH, I SEE TWO IN PRECINCT THREE AND ONE IN PRECINCT FOUR. ANY DISCUSSION DO WE HAVE IS CHRIS NOBODY FROM THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. I THINK THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE REGULAR ROUTINE ELECTIONS PLACES THAT WE'LL HAVE THE ELECTIONS IS IN THE BACKUP. AND NOT JUST SO PEOPLE ARE CLEAR. IT'S NOT
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PRECINCT WHITE. NO, NO, SIR, THESE ARE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 3332 CARRY. LET'S GO TO, 33 MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON 33. ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S JUST A TAX[COUNTY JUDGE ]
ROLL. YEAH. THESE ARE THE TAX ROLLS THAT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE APPRAISAL. THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED 33 CARRIES. LET'S[COUNTY ENGINEER ]
GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP 34 AND 35. LET'S TAKE UP 34 TO BREAK IT OUT. YES, SIR. OKAY. LET'S TAKE 34 MOTION. ACTUALLY, NO, YOU COULD. WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOLD TO DR. HORTON. THIS IS NO LONGER A MAPLE TRACK, BUT BEING THAT IT HAS MAPLE NAME IN IT. I WILL RECUSE MYSELF. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MR. SMITH, YOUR SECOND. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON 34. SO BASICALLY THIS THIS IS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT BETWEEN WALLER COUNTY.MAPLE RESERVE MONUMENT TO BE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PLACED WITHIN THE COUNTY. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE UP 35 MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON 35. AGAIN, THIS IS ON A NATURAL GAS LINE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. AND ONE ABSTENTION 34 AND 35. CARRY. CAN I GO BACK TO 34? WHY? THIS MONUMENT THAT THEY'RE PLACING IS IN ON FM 362, WHICH IS STATE RIGHT OF WAY. WHY WOULD THEY BE COMING TO THE COUNTY FOR THAT? THAT THAT WOULD BE ON THE ENTRANCE ROAD. I'M SORRY. ON, ON THE ENTRANCE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOTTING OUR EYES, CROSSING OUR T'S OKAY, BUT IT IS ON 362 AND NOT ON, IT LOOKS LIKE THE DIAGRAM IS KIND OF. YEAH, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS MOSTLY ON WE WOULD INTERPRET IT AS AS COUNTY, RIGHT OF WAY, COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THE ENTRY PART IS RIGHT. THAT'S
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CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 36 NUMBER 36 MOTION, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. WHERE DO WE HAVE A.THAT'S ALL. SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO AHEAD. BOBBY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON THE, HAS PARK AS A WHOLE. WHAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY IS FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER NAMING, JUST THE DETENTION POND. SO THE HOLE IN THE GROUND, NOT NOT THE PARK THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP AT A LATER DATE. BUT GIVEN THAT, WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A, A GROUNDBREAKING, WE WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE A NAME FOR THE DETENTION FACILITY SET UP, SO THAT WE COULD SEND OUT THE INVITES JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION. WE ARE WORKING ON A TENTATIVE DATE OF CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, NOVEMBER 16TH FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
EVERYBODY WILL BE INVITED. WE'LL SEND THOSE OUT. SO, THE BKD TEAM, COMMISSIONER BECKENDORFF, COMMISSIONER JONES, ROSS AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING PRETTY REGULARLY ON THIS. WE'RE MOVING VERY QUICKLY TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. AND SO THE, THE RECOMMENDED, NAME FOR THE DETENTION FACILITY WOULD BE TO NAME IT AFTER CHARLES CALKIN, WHO'S A LONG TIME ENGINEER IN THE AREA. HE'S BEEN A COMMUNITY ASSET. HE'S WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH BKD. COMMISSIONER BECKENDORFF AND JONES KNOW HIM PRETTY WELL, AS DO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN WALLER COUNTY WHO HAVE DONE ANY, ANY WORK IN THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION. BUT WE DID WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO THE COURT FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION. AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS A COUNTY FACILITY, IT'S UP TO THE COURT TO, TO APPROVE. IT. HONESTLY, HOW LONG WHEN DID CHARLES START WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT? WAY BACK IN THE 80S. WE GOT 40 YEARS WORTH OF WORK. YEAH. I MEAN, CHARLES STARTED THERE WHEN IT WAS WHEN THERE WAS HARDLY ANYTHING OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THINGS HE WORKED ON THAT, THAT HE NEVER EVEN GOT PAID FOR. AND HE'S JUST BEEN, HE, HE SURVIVED 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENTS OUT THERE. IT'S JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF HIS LIFE'S WORK AND IT'D BE A GREAT HONOR TO, TO HONOR HIM BY, BY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, ORIGINAL DETENTION POND WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF JUST A DREAM OF HIS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, 40, 50 YEARS LATER, IT'S FINALLY COMING TRUE. SO
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IT'D BE A NEAT WAY TO HONOR HIM AND HIS SERVICE. ME, I GUESS EVERYBODY IS, JUMPING THE COUNTY LINE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE COUNTY, EVEN IF IT'S 30 YEARS, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH TO THE PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN HERE 60 YEARS, OR TO PEOPLE LIKE STAN KISSIMMEE, THAT'S FAMILY, YOU KNOW, BEEN HERE FOREVER. AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY IN MY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ME BEING HERE, I GUESS 12 YEARS, AND THROUGH BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE STAN KISSIMMEE, UNDERSTANDING THE FAMILY AND AS FAR AS HOW THEY STUDIED THE LAND AND THE TOPO IN THE AREA AS FAR AS KNOWING THE DRAINAGE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE THAT HOW IRONIC. YOU'RE BUILDING A DETENTION POND TO A GUY WHO ONCE HAD A DREAM OF IT, AND THEN TWO WHO ACTUALLY STUDIED, THE AREA AND KNEW THE AREA PRETTY WELL, TO TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE AN HONOR. AND THEN IT'S QUITE FITTING. WHEN DID, WHEN DID CHARLES RETIRE? ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. HE STARTED WORKING FOR ROSENBERG. YEAH. HE'S STILL WORKING. IS HE REALLY? YEAH. DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN CHARLES, A LONG TIME.I MEAN, I GOT TO WALLER COUNTY AND, OH FIVE, AND I CAN REMEMBER HIM BEING INVOLVED IN SO MANY THINGS. AND THEN WHEN I BECAME JUDGE, WORKING WITH HIM THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
AND I THINK IT'S A VERY FITTING TRIBUTE TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS DEDICATED SUCH A LARGE PART OF THEIR LIFE, TO WALLER COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS. SO, I THINK THIS IS VERY FITTING. SO I'M DEFINITELY OKAY WITH, WITH, WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL REPRESENTATIVE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? I MEAN, YOU THANK YOU AGAIN.
JUDGE. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS. AND, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR CONSIDERING THIS. OF COURSE, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS HUGE FOR WALLER COUNTY. BUT CHARLES HAD THAT VISION, DECADES AGO THAT THIS SPOT IS WHERE, REGIONAL DETENTION OUGHT TO BE. AND FOR THAT TO FINALLY COME TO FRUITION, THIS COURT TO HELP MAKE THAT POSSIBLE IS REALLY PRETTY INCREDIBLE. I THINK JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS EVER GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO WALLER COUNTY AND THE FUTURE OF WALLER COUNTY TO HAVE THIS REGIONAL DETENTION. NAME THIS AFTER CHARLES. HE KNOWS WHERE THE WATER FLOWS BECAUSE HE WALKED OVER ALMOST EVERY BIT OF IT WITH HIS DAD, CHARLIE, SURVEYING. YOU GO BACK TO ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT. I GUARANTEE YOU THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE, BY AND LARGE PART LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT WAS SURVEYED BY CHARLIE KAUFMAN, AND CHARLES WAS THERE GROWING UP WITH HIM DOING THAT. THE BROTHER CHRIS, HE STILL SURVEYS, PARTS OF WALLER COUNTY. SO THAT FAMILY'S BEEN ENTRENCHED HERE, LOOKING AT OUR TERRAIN AND WATCHING WHERE THE WATER FLOWS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR MAKING THIS EFFORT. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROJECT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE PROUD OF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH. WHO'S A BETTER SURVEYOR COMMISSIONER SMITH? COMMENT. I WILL SAY I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL. AND ONE OF THE TRADEMARKS OF ME AS A SURVEYOR WAS USING COTTON SPINDLES DRIVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. AND I'VE FOUND SEVERAL OF THOSE IN MY CAREER AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN WHERE HE SAID THEY SHOULD BE. SO THAT WAS SO WASN'T HIS SON. CRAIG IS IS AN ENGINEER AND I THINK HE WAS HE'S WORKS WITH THE CITY OF BROOKSHIRE ABOUT THREE THREE GENERATIONS. YEAH. YEAH. AND CITY OF PATTERSON. SO THREE GENERATIONS OF SURVEYOR. I'M TRYING TO RAFFLE THAT MY GRANDSON SURVEYS TOO. SO THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE THEN. WELL, LET'S SINCE WE HAD A MOTION WE DIDN'T NAME YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO NAME THE FISH ON THAT SECOND. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AMEND THE AGENDA ITEM TO NAME IT AFTER CHARLES ALCHEMY? ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ANY DISCUSSION ON 36 AS AMENDED, HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. 36 CARRIES. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT
[PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR]
ALONG. LET'S GO AHEAD. I THINK, JAMIE, CAN WE TAKE UP I MEAN, WE CAN JUST GO THROUGH THESE.OKAY. SO LET'S TAKE UP 37 THROUGH 42. SO MOVE. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND JAMIE TAKE
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IT AWAY. SURE. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS ITEMS 37 THROUGH 39 ARE IN REGARDS TO THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FOR 2026 TAHOES AS WELL AS THE EQUIPMENT. UPFITTING. IT'LL BE ONE TAHOE FOR EACH CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. VEHICLES SHOULD WILL BE HERE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. VEHICLES ARE IN STOCK AS UPFITTING. THAT TAKES THE LONGEST TO COMPLETE. ITEM 40 IS A REQUEST. WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC PLUS, BUT THIS IS A NEW IMPLEMENTATION TO MUNICODE SELECT. IT'S, IN REGARDS TO OUR AGENDA MANAGEMENT MIGRATION, THAT WE UTILIZE FOR PORT. DEBBIE'S BEEN WORKING HEAVILY ON THIS. THERE WILL BE TRAINING INVOLVED FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ENTER INTO MUNICODE ON THIS THAT WILL BE SENT OUT COMING UP SOON. OKAY.ITEM 41 IS A REQUEST FOR A MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER FOR OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IS TOO SMALL TO PRINT PLANS AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S A LITTLE UPGRADE FOR THEM. AND ITEM 42 IS REQUEST TO AWARD, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MATHIS ROAD TO LARRY YOUNG PAVING. THERE WERE FIVE SUBMITTALS FOR THIS PROJECT, AND IT DID COME IN UNDER BUDGET. OKAY, GREAT. VERY GOOD. I'M GLAD TO SEE ON ALL OF THESE, ROADS THAT WE'RE GETTING MULTIPLE BIDS BECAUSE I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WOULD GET 1 OR 2 BIDS. AND SO, KEEPS EVERYBODY HONEST AND COMPETITIVE AND ON, ON THE COUNCIL'S VEHICLES, THIS IS, I KNOW THEY WERE NEEDING VEHICLES FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT THIS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF NEXT YEAR. SO WE GO AND GET THEM ORDERED, GET THEM UPFITTED. SO THEY'RE READY TO GO. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 37 THROUGH 42. ALL CARRY. THANK YOU JAMIE. OKAY,
[TREASURER]
LET'S MOVE ON TO 43 AND 44. OH, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, MADAM TREASURER, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. GOOD. HOW ARE YOU, JUDGE? GOOD. THE SALARY ORDER AMENDMENT IS MOVEMENT BETWEEN POSITIONS AND SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, ALL WITHIN BUDGETED FUNDS. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 44 IS OUR FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT CARD, WHICH IS A BENEFIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THERE IS A $3.90 FEE PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH. THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN PAYING THIS, AND I'M REQUESTING THAT THE COUNTY PAY THIS AMOUNT OUT OF EXCESS FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED OVER THIS PROGRAM FROM THE LAST 11 YEARS. WE'RE USING PROGRAM FUNDS THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED IN ORDER TO PAY THIS FEE ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEE. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 43 OR 44 DIAS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 4344 CARRY. ALL RIGHT. TIME TO PAY THE BILLS.[AUDITOR]
LET'S TAKE UP NUMBER 45 MOTION, MOTION AND SECOND ON 45. SO THIS IS ALL THE SERIES. YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR WHAT? WE DO THIS TWICE, ONCE A YEAR, TWICE A YEAR. OKAY. SO THIS IS, ALL THE, THE BONDS AND TAX NOTES, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TAKEN, WE'VE ISSUED OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, I WILL MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS. AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T GO ON IT, IT, IT, IT USUALLY GOES UNNOTICED. THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THE COMMENT. BUT IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. WE HAD OUR OUTSIDE AUDITOR, I THINK IT WAS IN THE SPRING HE CAME AND GAVE US A REPORT. AND ONE THING HE NOTED, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THEY HEAR US ISSUING BONDS OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MOBILITY BOND. AND THEIR ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DEBT. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR DEBT VERSUS OUR ASSETS OR OUR DEBT VERSUS REVENUE, JUST LIKE ANY HOME, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, MOST PEOPLE HAVE A MORTGAGE, MOST PEOPLE HAVE A CAR NOTE. AND YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT YOUR DEBT TO INCOME RATIO. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT IS A HEALTHY RATIO VERSUS WHAT'S WHAT'S TOO MUCH DEBT.BUT THE OUTSIDE AUDITOR AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY NOT NOT WITH THE COUNTY, SOMEBODY WHO'S COME. WE HAVE COME IN TO LOOK AT OUR BOOKS, YOU KNOW, MADE THE COMMENT THAT WE WE ARE VERY HEALTHY IN TERMS OF OUR DEBT, THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT WE HAVE VERSUS NOT ONLY OUR ASSETS, BUT ALSO WHAT OUR REVENUE IS AS WELL. SO JUST, JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, I
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MEAN, WE HAVE A DOUBLE A RATING, FROM STAN, S&P STANDARD AND POOR. AND YOU DON'T GET TO DOUBLE A WHEN YOU ARE CARRYING TOO MUCH DEBT. SO JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, GOING FORWARD, AND THIS IS JUST, BUT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, SINCE THIS IS THE POINT WHERE WE MAKE OUR PAYMENTS. SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, JUDGE, I'M KIND OF MISSED THE DAYS THAT YOU HAD TO READ ALL THIS. I KNOW. RIGHT. TORTURE. I DON'T MISS THOSE DAYS. BUT, I'M GLAD. YEAH, WE, WE CAN DO IT SHORTENED BECAUSE THIS JUST READING THIS WOULD TAKE ABOUT TEN MINUTES. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 45 CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON.[DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES]
LET'S GO TO NUMBER 46. MOTION. HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND OF 46 DANNY. GOOD MORNING COURT.ALWAYS. IT'S ALWAYS A LOUD MICROPHONE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE COMING TO THE END OF ORDERING FURNITURE FOR THE BUILDING. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PLACE THE ORDERS, WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING EXACTLY THERE IN THE BEGINNING. BUT IN THE 20 ROOM, WE HAVE 20 CURRENT CHAIRS IN THE TRAINING ROOM. THE TABLES ALL HAVE TWO CHAIRS PER TABLE, BUT THE TABLE IS GOING TO HANDLE THREE. AND WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS. WE'VE HAD OVER 40 PEOPLE IN THE TRAINING ROOM, SO WE HAVE TO GO AND SACRIFICE CHAIRS FROM OTHER PLACES AND MOVE THINGS AROUND. SO I'M RECOMMENDING WE BUY 20 MORE MATCHING CHAIRS WHILE THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE TRAINING ROOM. WE HAVE 40. THEY ARE NICE. THEY ARE ON ROLLERS.
THEY STACK SO WE DON'T NEED THEM. WE PUT THEM IN THE CLOSET. SO THAT'S ONE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN ON THE PODIUMS WE JUST FLAT MISSED THE ORDER ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THEY'RE RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSE, A NICE BIG SQUARE ON THE DRAWINGS. AND WE FORGOT TO ORDER THE TWO PODIUMS FOR THE TWO COURTROOMS ON THE THIRD FLOOR. AND THEN THE LAST PART IS A FEW ODDS AND ENDS OF FURNITURE THAT WE'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS ORDER. OKAY. AND THAT SHOULD WRAP IT UP. WE HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST FOR ONE BOOKSHELF. AND AFTER THAT, I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH FURNITURE FOR THIS BUILDING. HOW DOES IT STAND RIGHT ON THE THIRD FLOOR? THE IS THE, THE BENCH THE BENCH IS IN YET OR ARE THEY COMING? THE PEWS ARE HERE. THE, 14 JURY CHAIRS ARE BACK ORDERED TO AUGUST 28TH. AND THEN THE BIG, 14 CHAIR TABLE FOR THE JURORS AND THE JURY DELIBERATION ROOM IS A CUSTOM ORDER, AND IT'S COMING ON THE 28TH. OKAY. BUT WE HAVE PROVISIONS. THEY CAN HAVE COURT. WE'LL HAVE WE HAVE TEMPORARY CHAIRS FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. THEN. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT
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HAND. ALL OPPOSED. 46 CARRIES. VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO 47 MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON 47. JUST FOR THE COURT'S INFORMATION, WHENEVER WE GET A REQUEST LIKE THIS, I ALWAYS FORWARD IT TO, OUR FIRE MARSHAL, BRIAN CANTRELL, WHO'S ALSO OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. AND HE TYPICALLY REACHES OUT TO WALLER COUNTY EMS AND GOES THROUGH THIS IS FOR NON EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION. SO WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS A TRANSPORT TO GO TO INTO TOWN FOR A PROCEDURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS IS AUTHORIZING THIS COMPANY. SO WE HAVE RAN RAN THE TRAPS AND EVERYTHING LOOKS CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT MARSHALL.EVERYTHING'S GOOD I GUESS. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AS YOU STATED.
JUDGE. YES. WE REALLY FACILITATE THEM. THE INVITATION TO COME TO COURT AND TO EXPLAIN TO THE COURT WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. I DID INVITE THEM.
SO I WOULD INVITE YOU TO ASK, I GUESS IT'S GUARDIAN, TO COME AND EXPLAIN WHAT ACTUALLY THEY'LL BE DOING. AND IS THERE ANYONE HERE TODAY FROM GUARDIAN ANGELS? YES, SIR. OKAY, SIR, IF YOU COULD JUST COME UP AND MAYBE TELL US WHAT IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLANNING ON DOING, THAT'D BE GREAT. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. MY NAME IS. I'M A RETIRED RN, GRADUATED FROM PHOENIX GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY.
OKAY. AND JUST IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT THE SERVICES ARE YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING. THIS IS FOR NON-EMERGENCY TRANSFERRING PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY LIKE DIALYSIS, HOSPICE, ANYBODY IN STRETCHER ONLY, NOT A WHEELCHAIR. AND WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH 911 CALLS IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE IF I CAN GET ENOUGH STAFF, BECAUSE WE HAVE SHORTAGE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, UNFORTUNATELY. AND WHEN I GRADUATED, MY THESIS WAS IN 2025, THE IMPACT ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM, THE SHORTAGE IS TOO BIG. AND AFTER CORONA, IT INCREASES.
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I'M TRYING TO DO THIS AND I HAVE A GOAL I NEED TO TEACH THOSE YOUNG KIDS FOR FREE INSTEAD OF THEY'RE WORKING IN MCDONALD'S AND OTHER THINGS. EMS IS AN EXCELLENT WORK, AND THEY HAVE A JOB ANYWHERE THEY COULD GO. THIS IS MY FUTURE CALL. OKAY? AND FORT BEND COUNTY EMS, MISTER DUDLEY, WAIT. HE'S THE ONE WHO RECOMMENDED ME TO COME HERE. WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SIMILAR IN THE PAST. I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE DO IT EVERY FEW YEARS, BUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE EARLIER. PURVIEW A&M IS JUST FIXING TO OPEN UP A HUGE FACILITY FOR HEALTH CARE, SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO GO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR, TO TEACH AND, AND BRING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO IT. BUT NO, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THESE SERVICES USE A LOT, ESPECIALLY FOR, LIKE HE SAID, DIALYSIS. OR IF SOMEBODY'S GOING FROM A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING PLACE TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR A PROCEDURE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO BE IN AN AMBULANCE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO USE OUR COUNTY EMS AMBULANCES. THOSE ARE SET ASIDE FOR EMERGENCIES. AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY A VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE FOLKS THAT NEED IT. I DO HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS. YOU JUST TOUCHED ON FORT BEND COUNTY EMS INVITING YOU, THE CHIEF, MR. DUDLEY WHITE. HE TOLD ME FOUR MEN HAVE 22 FACILITIES, AND WALLER, THEY HAVE MAYBE 2 OR 3. I ADVISE YOU, AND IT'S A GROWING. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HE TOLD ME, GO TO WALLER COUNTY. I KNOW HIM, AND BECAUSE I HAVE A VISION IN THE FUTURE, TAKING THIS SHORTAGE, DECREASING THE RATE. ALL RIGHT, I'M 60 YEARS OLD AND I'M NOT YOUNG, BUT I GOT KIDS, AND I BA. NOW, EVERY FIVE PEOPLE, YOU'LL HAVE ONE. AND THIS IS LIKE MY THESIS IN THE UNIVERSITY. I'M WORKING ON THIS BECAUSE MY SON, HE GOING TO COME FROM MICHIGAN. HE'S IN THE EMT SCHOOL NOW. I'M ATTRACTING A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS.I WANT TO TEACH THEM LATER ON TO BE AN EMS CERTIFIED. THAT MEANS THEY CAN GET THIS KIND OF JOB BECAUSE ONE DAY, EVERYBODY HERE, WITHIN TEN, 20 YEARS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OLD. AND THIS KIND OF WORK IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE YOUR LIFE BETWEEN THEIR HANDS, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, IS FOR A THIRD PARTY OR PRIVATE COMPANY TO OPERATE IN THE COUNTY, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM APPROVAL FIRST. SO THIS ISN'T SAYING HE'S THE ONLY ONE I KNOW, BUT THE REASON WHY I HAVE RESERVATIONS BECAUSE FORT BEND COUNTY A FEW WEEKS AGO DENIED THEM. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE YEAH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE 22 THEY ALREADY HAVE TWO FACILITY. IF 22 PEOPLE, WHEN THEY HAVE A LOT, THEY GUIDE YOU WHERE TO GO. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE OPERATING IN WALLER COUNTY RIGHT NOW? THREE. HE ALREADY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS EXPANDING ACCESS OR SERVICES.
SO WHERE IS YOUR OFFICE? I LIVE IN SUGARLAND. THIS IS THIS APPROVAL IS FOR PROCESSING TO THE STATE. YET WE DID NOT DO ANYTHING. YOU CANNOT EVEN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE UNLESS YOU ALREADY GET AN APPROVED FIRST. SO IF YOU DON'T GET AN APPROVAL, YOU. WE YOU NEED TO STOP. YOU CANNOT DO NOTHING, CANNOT EVEN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. SO DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE. ARE YOU CURRENTLY OPERATING IN ANY ANYWHERE? NO. OKAY. SO. BUT IF YOU GET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY, YOU WILL OBTAIN. YOU WILL BE OBTAINING A LICENSE FROM DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. YES. AND THEN I NEED TO FIND AN OFFICE WITHIN THE COUNTY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SOME COUNTIES, THEY HAVE ZONING, SOMETIMES SOME COUNTIES THEY DON'T HAVE ZONING. BUT IN THAT KIND OF BUSINESS, USUALLY IT'S AN OFFICE WHERE YOU CAN PARK YOUR AMBULANCE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR A VAN, IN THAT PARKING LOT. IT'S A SYMBOL. WILL ALL OF YOUR AMBULANCES MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS? OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE STATE WILL DO THAT REQUIREMENT. THEY HAVE TO INSPECT IT. AND I'M TRYING TO GET THE HIGHEST BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT MY WORKERS, THOSE YOUNG KIDS, NOT TO LIFT AND LOSE THEIR BACK AND THEIR HANDS.
BECAUSE WHEN I DID THE STUDY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE DOING THAT KIND OF BUSINESS, THEY HAVE THE STRETCHER MANUAL. BECAUSE OF THAT, MOST OF THEIR CLIENTS DON'T SURVIVE. THEY WILL HAVE A BACK PAIN. ALL OF THIS I ALREADY RESEARCH TO GET THOSE POWER LIFT. IT'S A PAYMENT LIKE
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$500 A MONTH FOR A FEW YEARS, WHICH IS THIS IS IT. MAKE MY WORKER LAST LONGER BECAUSE IF I, IF I SAVE MY WORKER, HE WILL PRODUCE A GOOD JOB. IF IF, IF MY WORKER. SEE, I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIM, HE'S NOT GOING TO LAST. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN FACTOR. PEOPLE IN EMS DON'T LIKE TO STAY FOR LONG. MY QUESTION TO THE COURT WOULD BE HOW? HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES? LIKE FROM A, I HOPE YOU DON'T DO THIS, BUT, FROM LIKE A FRAUD OR I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMEONE DEALING WITH. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT END OF THE SPECTRUMS AS YOUR MOST VULNERABLE. SOMETIMES THAT'S OUR MORE SEASONED SEASON OR SEASONED ADULTS. AND THEN SOMETIMES THAT'S OUR BABIES. SO HOW DO WE IN THIS SITUATION, IF WE WERE, IF THE COURT CHOSE TO APPROVE THIS PROTECT THEMSELVES, OVERSIGHT IS GOING TO BE ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL SIDE. WHY DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE MY QUESTION? THAT'S WHAT I SAID. LET ME ASK.SO STRIKE ON THIS. DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE OUR APPROVAL BEFORE YOU CAN GET LICENSED BY THE STATE? YOU CANNOT FILL THE APPLICATION WITHOUT IT. OKAY. SO FIRST, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF INSPECTORS RETIRED. I LIVED IN MICHIGAN MOST OF MY LIFE. I WAS HERE IN 94 IN HOUSTON WITH COLUMBIA SYSTEM. I WAS WORKING IN THE ICU. THE INSPECTOR TOLD ME THERE IS TOO MANY FRAUDS ON THIS KIND, ON THE EMS. AND FOR MANY YEARS. AND I TOLD HIM, I WILL BE LIKE THE PIONEER CHANGING A LOT OF THIS. IF GOD MADE ME WELL AND STILL ALIVE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS KIND OF BUSINESS, THEY'RE NOT EVEN RELATED TO THE HEALTH. THEY'RE LIKE MECHANICS, ELECTRICIAN, BUSINESSMEN. NONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE HEALTH IS THERE AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY OR TO LOSE. IF THEY CLOSE THEM. BUT WHEN YOU'RE LIKE A DOCTOR OR YOU'RE A NURSE OR YOU'RE A PHARMACIST, YOU SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY ON TIME FOR THAT, DEGREE. SO YOU WILL WORRY BEFORE YOU DO ANY KIND OF FRAUD BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO USE YOUR LICENSE, YOUR EDUCATION, AND EVEN MOST OF THE PEOPLE THEY, THEY AGREE BECAUSE IF THEY CHANGE SOMETHING THEY CALL ADMINISTRATOR OF RECORD, THEY HAVE TO BE AN EMS, WHICH IS NOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR LICENSE, THE FRAUD IS TOO HIGH, BUT THE STATE, THEY FIGURE OUT TOO MANY THINGS AND THEY STOP IT FOR THE STATE NOW, SO STRICT. SO THEY ALREADY DID LIKE THIS. YOU CANNOT FILL AN APPLICATION BEFORE YOU GET AN APPROVAL. SO IF YOU DON'T GET AN APPROVED, YOU CANNOT EVEN START. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO ONCE WE'VE GRANTED, LET'S SAY WE WERE TO VOTE YES TODAY.
IS IT EVER COME BACK TO IF THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND SO FORTH, DO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO, WITHDRAW OUR APPROVAL? OR IS THIS A ONE TIME APPROVAL AND WE LOSE CONTROL? TOTALLY. AFTER THAT, THIS APPROVAL JUST TO FILL THE APPLICATION AND THE STATE, THEY HAVE THE FINAL DECISION TO SAY YES OR NO. I GUESS IT'S HIS QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE TO RENEW YOUR AGREEMENT EVERY SO MANY YEARS OR ANYTHING? SEE, THAT MAKES ME WORRIED. SO WHAT IF WHAT IF WE DO THIS? WHY WOULD WE GRANT IT THE UNLESS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WITHDRAW IT, WHY WOULD WE GRANT IT? WHAT IF WE DO THIS? BECAUSE ONE. I DO THINK IT'S A NECESSARY. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, TO HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR OUR CITIZENS TO CALL AND GET THOSE SERVICES. BUT I THINK THIS IS KIND OF NEW TO ALL OF US. SO, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR WANTING TO DO THIS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED. AND, AND I'M 100% BEHIND SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR AND START A NEW BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY IT HELPS THE CITIZENS. BUT WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE TABLED THIS SO WE CAN LOOK INTO IT MORE ON OUR END, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO. BUT ALSO, IF YOU COULD MAYBE PROVIDE US WITH WHAT YOUR BUSINESS MODEL IS SO WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE. IF YOU GET APPROVAL, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE THE OFFICE, WHAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, ONE, FIVE AND TEN YEAR PLAN IS SO WE CAN THIS IS VERY SIMPLE BUSINESS. THE MOST EXPENSIVE THINGS ON IT IS THE VAN THAT'S THE HIGHEST ON THERE. THE REST IS AN OFFICE. YOU HAVE ONE VAN, YOU HAVE LIKE TWO PARKING OR THREE PARKING. THE LANDLORD DECIDES THIS. HOW MANY PARKING. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BUY ADDITIONAL PARKING OR. NO. BUT IF YOU COULD PUT THAT IN A PLAN. SO THE COURT AND YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT IT ON OUR END TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO. YOU WANT ME TO JUST
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PUT IT IN WRITING, RIGHT? JUST LIKE IF YOU GO TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BANK TO GET AN APPROVAL FOR A LOAN, TO GET YOUR OFFICE IN YOUR FIRST COUPLE OF VANS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBMIT SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS PLAN TO THE BANK. YES. AND SO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BOOK, BUT JUST SOMETHING, HEY, HERE'S MY PLAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND HERE'S MY PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE TWO YEARS BY THE STATE LAW TO STAY IN HERE. AFTER TWO YEARS, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY OR LEAVE. DEPENDS UPON THE BUSINESS AND THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE YOU DEAL WITH, WITH THE STATE FORCE YOU TO STAY TWO YEARS ON THAT OFFICE. YOU CANNOT LEAVE. IF YOU LEAVE, YOU LOSE YOUR LICENSE. AFTER THAT, I HAVE A DECISION TO STAY OR LEAVE. WHEN I RENEW MY ANOTHER TWO YEARS, I WILL TELL THE STATE I LIKE THE COUNTY, I LIKE THE PEOPLE AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT. THEY WILL SAY, OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO RENEW YOUR LICENSE? COME ON. THE COUNTY SAID YES. IF I'M NOT HAPPY, I COULD MOVE ON. THEY SAID, DON'T MIND, BUT THE FIRST TWO YEARS I HAVE TO STAY HERE, WHICH IS JUST RIGHT, AND I HAVE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE TO CHECK ABOUT THE BUSINESS. ARE WE MAKING MONEY TO SURVIVE OR. NO, BECAUSE INSURANCE IS OUTRAGEOUS. THE VAN IS VERY EXPENSIVE. THE PAYMENT, IF YOU WANT TO GET THE POWER LIFT. LIKE WHAT? I'M GETTING TO SAVE THE BACK OF MY WORKERS. IF ANYBODY FROM THE MC UNDERSTAND THIS OR FIREFIGHTER, I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS. I GOT CARE OF THESE PEOPLE. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. IF I SURVIVE AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD THE OTHER TWO YEARS, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY I WANT TO STAY OR I WANT TO MOVE. I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT POINT, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING TO GIVE US A WELL, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO ME. I NEED SOMETHING IN WRITING TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PLAN, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE COULD GRANT YOU OR WE COULD APPROVE THIS TODAY, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, HE CAN SAY HE WANTS TO LEAVE, AND NOW HE'S OPERATIONAL TO GO TO ANY COUNTY, DO ANYTHING BASED OFF SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THAT COUNTY HE MOVES INTO. THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID, THOUGH.WE HAVE TO APPROVE EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THE COUNTY. RIGHT ON THE THIRD PARTY. YEAH.
TRANSPORT TO GET OUR APPROVAL. YEAH. SO YES, FROM EACH COUNTY. SO EVEN IF WE APPROVE THIS AND HE CHOOSES HE HAS THEIR APPROVAL OR WELL, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN OF ACTION OR SOMETHING OF HOW YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I AND THAT THAT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK IN TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT. BUT I MEAN, WHEN I DID THE STUDY ABOUT THE COUNTY FOR WALLER HERE, AND I DID EVERYTHING RELATED TO THIS, WE HAVE A POPULATION LIKE 69,000 AND IT'S GROWING SINCE 2,023%, WHICH THAT'S GOOD FOR ME. THAT MEANS IN THE FUTURE, IF I HAVE TO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE 3 OR $400,000, THIS KIND OF BUSINESS AND ALL OF THEM PAYMENT. THIS IS NOT LIKE A RESTAURANT GOING TO COST YOU $20,000. AND IF YOU LOSE IT, YOU LEAVE. NO, THIS IS A COMMITMENT FOR LONG TERM BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A HUMAN BEING AND I NEED TO INVOLVE THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT LIKE CHURCHES AND OTHER THINGS BECAUSE DIALYSIS PATIENT, I WAS PLANNING TO DO MASTER'S DEGREE IN DIALYSIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF THEY DON'T WORK IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LIKE IN THE HOSPITAL AS AN RN, ICU, THEY DEAL IN. TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL IS LIKE A CUSTOMER.
THIS IS A HUMAN BEING. WHEN I WAS IN THE ICU, WHEN YOU LEAVE AFTER FOUR HOURS DIALYSIS OR HOSPICE FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS A WEEK, THAT PERSON I'M INVENTING A FEW THINGS. PEOPLE DON'T DO IT BECAUSE THAT WASN'T MY THESIS. I NEED THE CHURCH. AND I TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE I WE COULD PAY THEM OR IT'S VOLUNTEER DEPENDS. THOSE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY COME THERE AND SITTING FOR LIKE 15 TO AN HOUR ON MY VAN AND THEY TALK TO THEM, THEY NEED THAT SPIRITUAL, VERY IMPORTANT. AND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO FORT BEND COUNTY CHIEF AND OTHER INSPECTORS, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ME BECAUSE ANA, I REALIZE WHEN WE HAVE DIALYSIS PATIENT COMING, WHEN YOU START TALKING TO THEM, AND IF YOU HAVE LIKE A PRIEST TALKING TO HIM, AS LONG AS HE FEELS SPIRITUALLY FINE, THIS IS WILL INCREASE HIS CURE RATE. BECAUSE WHEN HE'S THERE AFTER FOUR HOURS SITTING THERE AND CONSIDER HIM LIKE A NOT A HUMAN BEING, AND YOU'RE GOING TO JUST PUT HIM THERE, THAT MIND IN THERE IS SO CLEAR. AFTER FOUR HOURS, HE WILL ACCEPT ANYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME. I'M 60. I'M NOT RUNNING AFTER THE MONEY. I COMMEND YOU TWO YEARS, I'M RETIRING. AND WE'RE NOT SAYING NO. WE'RE JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET'S GIVE US A CHANCE TO HERE'S MY CONFUSION. DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR APPROVAL. THAT MEANS WE MUST HAVE SOME KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY. OTHERWISE, WHY DO WE NEED TO GIVE APPROVAL? SO GIVE US A CHANCE TO TO LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, ON DO SOME HOMEWORK ON OUR END, GET US A
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BUSINESS PROPOSAL AND WE CAN BRING THIS BACK UP. AND I AGREE, BUT THE SECOND THING IS NORMALLY WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN TO ASK US FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, RIGHT NOW, AS I'M SITTING HERE, THE ONLY INFORMATION I HAVE IS WHAT YOU'RE PROVIDING. BUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THE ONE THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME ADVICE ON THIS OR JUST WHAT IT IS. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. GIVE US SOME TIME TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. RIGHT. AND HE CAN COME UP AGAINST YOU AT ALL. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE HAD TO VOTE ON GRANTING SOMEONE APPROVAL TO DO THIS. AND I WANT TO KNOW, NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN DOING THAT AND WHAT ARE THE FACTORS WE NEED TO CONSIDER? IF ALL WE TAKE IS YOUR INPUT, THEN WE JUST HAVE YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.AND I'M NOT QUESTIONING YOU AT ALL, YOUR INTEGRITY OR ANYTHING. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF I'M ASKED TO VOTE TO GRANT SOMEBODY THE RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING, I NEED SOME ANSWERS ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, RIGHT. THE STATE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS AFTER TOO MANY FRAUDS SO HARD.
THAT'S WHAT THE INSPECTOR TOLD ME. THEY WERE REQUIRED EVERY COUNTY TO LOOK AT THE PERSON.
THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THEY WILL AGREE AND FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. WE NEED YOU TO BE IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE NEED YOU THERE, WHICH IS FOR THE GROWTH, FOR THE POPULATION. THEY'RE INCREASING FOR THE BABY BOOMERS, FOR THE ELDERLY. WE HAVE A RATE IS GOING HIGH. AND USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE SHORTAGE ON THE WORKERS OR ON THIS KIND OF FIELD, WHICH IS THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED, THE UNIVERSITY, YOU DON'T HIT THE SHORTAGE WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU PLAN FOR IT. IT TAKES YEARS UNTIL YOU PLAN THE TIME. WE GET THAT WE HAVE IT ALREADY THERE RIGHT NOW. DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE HAVE NO ONE TRANSPORTING PEOPLE? WE HAVE DIALYSIS, I HAVE THREE, I JUST LOOKED IT UP. IT SAYS WE HAVE 404 OR OKAY, BUT THEY MIGHT BE OPERATING IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES TOO. AND AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GIVE US SOME TIME TO LOOK INTO AND SEE. ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST IT AND I'M NOT AGAINST YOU. I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO ME. SO IF YOU COULD WORK ON THAT AND GET THAT OVER TO US OR YEAH, I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS DOESN'T, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT COMES UP VERY OFTEN, BUT I THINK WHEN IT HAS, THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE COME TO US WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED COMPANIES. AM I DO YOU DO YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE? MARSHALL. YES, SIR. JUDGE. THE LAST ONE THAT WE DID WAS A AMBULANCE COMPANY THAT WAS LICENSED AND HAD A CONTRACT WITH DAVITA, IN THEIR BUSINESS MODEL, SHOWED THAT THEY WOULD TRANSPORT PATIENTS FROM DAVITA TO LOCAL HOSPITALS, THUS TAKING OFF THE STRAIN OF OUR LOCAL EMS. THAT WAS OUR LAST. SO, SO SO, SIR, I THINK I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, SINCE YOU'RE NOT YET LICENSED, WOULD BE A SIMPLE BUSINESS PLAN THAT WOULD JUST GO THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I KNOW MOST OF THIS IS REGULATED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE BUSINESS PLAN THAT IF, IF YOU ARE LICENSED, YOU WILL OPERATE WHAT 1 OR 2 HOW MANY AMBULANCES? ONE WHAT, WHAT KIND DO YOU ALREADY HAVE THESE AMBULANCES. OH, I SEE THIS THE STEP IN HERE YET WE'RE LIKE IN THE SCRATCH. LIKE WHEN YOU BUILD A HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO BUY A LAND. AFTER THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE ENGINEER, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE BLUEPRINTS, RIGHT? THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO GET THIS. WE'RE STILL IN THE SCRATCH YET. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO BUILD A HOUSE, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'RE GOING TO GO GET A LOAN RIGHT BEFORE THE BANK APPROVES YOUR LOAN. THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE THE PLANS. WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? IT'S A TWO STORY, A ONE STORY. WHAT WHAT IS IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS IT GOING TO. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NEEDING TO SEE. WE WANT WE WANT A SIMPLE BUSINESS PLAN THAT WILL OUTLINE AT LEAST HOW YOU WILL START. IF IT'S ONE AMBULANCE STAFFED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE. WHO ARE THOSE PERSONNEL? ARE THEY? OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL NEED TO BE LICENSED. YES. THAT YOU INTEND TO COMPLY. WHO'S YOUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR? DO YOU HAVE A MEDICAL DIRECTOR? NOT YET. WE'RE NOT. WE DID NOT REACH THIS STEP. THIS IS LIKE I'M BUYING A LAND. I WANT TO SAY I LIKE WALLER COUNTY. WALLER COUNTY WILL GIVE ME THE APPROVAL. NOW I CAN FILL AN APPLICATION, SEND IT TO THE STATE WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS. IF THEY APPROVE ME, THEY HAVE TO COME AND SPEAK. THE THE, THE PLACE, THE VAN, ALL OF THIS. AND FINALLY THEY WILL GIVE YOU YOUR LICENSE. IT TAKES AROUND 2 TO 3 MONTHS PERIOD. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE TO TAKE A MEDICAL. YOU HAVE TO TAKE A HIRE SOME PEOPLE TO WORK FOR YOU. BUT THIS IS THE STEPS. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ADVANCED. WE GOT YOU. SO WE'RE GIVING YOU OUR STEPS FOR US TO GIVE YOU APPROVAL. AND SO I LIKE TO PROBABLY SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU AFTER COURT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND OUR EXPECTATION AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU
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TO BRING US TO COURT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO TABLE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.ALL OPPOSED? 47 WILL BE TABLED. OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO 48, I GUESS, BEFORE WE HAVE THE MOTION. EILEEN MCDADE, WHO IS ONE OF THE BOARD OF BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE WALLER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, HAS STEPPED DOWN. SO THAT NOW LEAVES A VACANCY. SO WE, AS ONE OF THE LARGER TAXING ENTITIES, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO NOMINATE SOMEONE AS A CANDIDATE, TO BE PUT UP FOR, FOR ELECTION AMONGST THE, THE TAXING ENTITIES. I DON'T KNOW. DOES ANYONE HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND AT THIS TIME? I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO SAY MISS CAROLYN. ONE NAME THAT WAS MENTIONED TO ME, JUDGE, IS, JOE GARCIA. HAS ANYBODY I THINK SOMEBODY HAS SPOKEN TO. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HIM, BUT SOMEBODY SAID THEY HAD SPOKEN TO HIM AND HE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT. OKAY. BUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER NAME. SO PEOPLE ARE CLEAR. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE FUNCTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THEIR JOB IS BASICALLY TO HIRE AND FIRE THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND TO OVERSEE THE APPROVAL OF THEIR BUDGET.
JUST COMMISSIONER AMSLER SERVED ON THAT BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BUT THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY CONNECTION WE HAVE TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN NOMINATE OR EVEN VOTE ON THESE DIRECTORS. ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES, ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE. THAT INCLUDES MUNICIPALITIES, DISTRICTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS. EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE WALLER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S JURISDICTION IS WITHIN THE COUNTY. WELL, THAT BOARD OVERSEES THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
THEY THEY APPROVE THEIR BUDGET. THEY THEY ARE I'VE WORKED I'VE WORKED WITH JOE, NOT JUST WHEN HE SERVED AS, AS MAYOR, AND, AND SERVED ON THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, WHERE JOE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS. AND IN FACT, WAS SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERE, UNTIL JUST RECENTLY WHEN HE HAD TO STEP DOWN BECAUSE, HIS REELECTION. SO YEAH. AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS GOING TO BE A MORE OF AN INTERIM BECAUSE THIS PERSON HAS STEPPED DOWN. SO THEY WOULD SERVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF HOWEVER LONG SHE HAS ON THAT TERM. AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY BE RENOMINATED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. I'D BE OKAY WITH JOE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THEY HAVE ON THAT TERM. IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, BUT SO YEAH, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET, BUT I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NAMES, I'M SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY ONE, BUT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT, JOE GARCIA, AND THIS IS NOMINATING HIM. NOMINATING HIM TO BE A CANDIDATE, PENDING HIS WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT IT. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT JOB IF THEY THEY ARE OVER THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THEY SET, YOU KNOW, THE POLICY, THE TONE, THE BUDGET THE WHOLE NIGHT. AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE JUST APPOINTED THAT ONE MEMBER, THE FORMER PRESIDENT RESIGNED.
SO WE APPOINTED A MEMBER. HE HADN'T EVEN BEEN SWORN IN YET, I DON'T THINK. AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER ONE STEPPED DOWN. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU HAD A MOTION DID YOU SECOND IT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND TO NOMINATE JOE GARCIA FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FIRST. ANY DISCUSSION? I BELIEVE ON THIS ONE JUDGE. I BELIEVE WE MAKE THE NOMINATIONS AND THEN THE BOARD THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS APPROVE THAT INTERIM. AND THEN WHEN WE VOTE, WHEN WE VOTE ON IT, IT WILL BE THE REGULAR TERM BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER VOTING. REMEMBER WE APPOINTED THE OTHER ONE A FEW MONTHS OR TWO AGO. WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM. CAST OUR BALLOT.
SO I THINK IT WAS JUST A REPLACEMENT. SO I THINK THE BOARD APPROVED THAT REPLACEMENT.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 48 CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO TO MCKENZIE. WILL YOU REACH OUT TO MR. GARCIA AND LET HIM LET HIM KNOW HE'S UP TO BAT? I'LL PROBABLY. I'LL GIVE HIM A CALL.
CAN WE DO 49 AND 50 AT THE SAME? I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY TAKE THOSE UP TOGETHER. I'M GOING TO LET, DEBBIE GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP 49 AND 50 TOGETHER.
MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THESE AGENDA
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ITEMS. YES, YES. THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO SELECT, GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OUR GRIEVANCE SALARY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THREE PUBLIC MEMBERS. AND IN THE PAST, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE NAMES FROM THE DISTRICT CLERK, WHICH THOSE ARE NAMES FROM GRAND JURORS THAT SERVED ON THE YEAR BEFORE. AND WHEN THE DISTRICT CLERK WOULD GIVE ME THE NAMES, WE WOULD CUT THEM UP ON LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER, PUT THEM IN AN ENVELOPE, BRING THEM TO COURT, AND THEN JUDGE DUHON WOULD PULL SIX NAMES, THE LAST THREE BEING THE ALTERNATES. THE CODE NOW ALLOWS US, INSTEAD OF DOING THE ACTUAL PAPER DRAWING, I CAN. NOW, IF THE COURT ALLOWS AND AUTHORIZES ME TO, I CAN RECEIVE THE NAMES IN AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET, BASICALLY, AND DO A RANDOMIZED ELECTRONIC GENERATION AND, SORT THE WHOLE LIST. SO I WILL THEN TAKE THE TOP SIX NAMES, PRESENT THOSE TO THE COURT, Y'ALL WILL ADOPT THEM. AND IF FOR SOME REASON ANY OF THOSE SIX CAN'T MAKE IT, IF I ONLY HAVE TWO MEMBERS OUT OF THOSE SIX THAT CAN SERVE, I CAN THEN GO DOWN TO MEMBER NUMBER SEVEN WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK AND REDRAW. I WOULD JUST SUBMIT THE NAME TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL WOULD CERTIFY IT.IT'S JUST A FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT WAY THAN DOING IT. WITH THE PAPER DRAWING OF THE JUDGE DRAWING THE NAMES. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE REFER TO THE GRIEVANCE SALARY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE. SO WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF FINALIZING, 2027 COUNTY BUDGET. PART OF THAT WILL BE SETTING THE SALARIES FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. AFTER WE SET THE SALARIES AND PROPOSE THEM, ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS GET A NOTICE ADVISING THEM OF WHAT THEIR SALARY PROPOSED SALARY IS. THEY THEN HAVE A WINDOW IN WHICH THEY CAN FILE A GRIEVANCE.
AND THEY CAN COME BEFORE THE GRIEVANCE BOARD AND BASICALLY MAKE THEIR CASE THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID ENOUGH OR THEY SHOULD BE PAID MORE. AND BASICALLY THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE IS FOR. IN THE 12 YEARS I'VE BEEN JUDGE, I THINK THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY CONVENED ONE TIME. SO THIS MAY BE A LOT TO DO ABOUT NOTHING, BUT SO NOW WE CAN, INSTEAD OF DRAWING THE NAMES, YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, COMPUTER RANDOMLY PICKS NAMES AGAIN TO BE ON THE SALARY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE. THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SERVED ON THE GRAND JURY AT ONE TIME THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THIS IS ALL DONE BY STATE STATUTE. WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES. SO AND I THINK I CAN I MEAN, WE NORMALLY WOULD ANNOUNCE THIS IN OPEN COURT ANYWAY, SO I CAN READ THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED. SO THIS IS THE, THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED IN THE ORDER NUMBER ONE, ANJANETTE NIKODIM TWO NAUSEA OVERLAND. AND I MAY BE BUTCHERING THESE NAMES AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DO. THREE KENNETH WEDDINGTON AND THEN THE ALTERNATES. FOR FREDDY SYMONS. FIVE BRIAN OSORIO AND. SIX ALLAH. AINA A INA. SO THOSE ARE THE SIX STATES THAT WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY BY THE COMPUTER PROGRAM. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LUCKY WINNERS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO NOW WE'VE GOT. SO NUMBER 49 IS TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY CLERK TO USE THE COMPUTER TO GENERATE THE NAMES, AND THEN 50 WILL BE, APPROVING THE COMPUTER GENERATED LIST YOU JUST READ. I JUST READ. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 49 AND 50. CARRY. MURIEL IS NOT HERE TODAY. DO WE HAVE ANY? WE DO. WE DO. OKAY. DO I NEED WHICH DO WE NEED? 51 AND 52 OR, 53. YEAH,
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JUST 53. SO 51 AND 52 CAN BE WITHDRAWN. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, 51 AND 52 WILL BE WITHDRAWN. AND AT THIS TIME IT IS 10:20 A.M. AND WE WIL* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.