Jul 18, 2023 Commissioners Court

[Pastor Vincent Lewis of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church in Houston.]

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(INAUDIBLE SPEAKING) >> WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE WITH US PASTOR VINCENT LEWIS WITH US, PASTOR LEWIS IS WITH GREATER MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE BELTWAY AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT HIS CHURCH AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY WITH THE CHURCH AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH THAT'S UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO OUT THERE. HE'S BEEN PASTOR SINCE 2011.

HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE ELEANOR FOR 38 YEARS. THAT'S GREAT.

IN JUST A SHORT SUMMARY, HE DOES GREAT THINGS FOR THE KINGDOM, HE DOES EQUALLY GREAT THINGS FOR.

>> LET US PRAY. HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE LORD TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN, AS WE HAVE GATHERED ON THIS 18TH DAY OF JULY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR 2023 FIRST LET US THANK S THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND FOR THE COMMISSIONERS. WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS AND GIVE THEM WISDOM TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY SERVE. WE PRAY YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUSINESS BEFORE THE COURT TO ACCEPT THE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MADE. GOD, BLESS US ALL ONE BY ONE.

AND BLESS US COLLECTIVELY.

(PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) >> WE'VE GOT THREE HOUSEKEEPING NOTES. THE FIRST IS WE HAVE TO FINISH COURT BY 5:00 P.M. TODAY. (INAUDIBLE SPEAKING) (INAUDIBLE SPEAKING) CAN SOMEONE MAKE THAT MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES.

[Departments]

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY RESOLUTIONS OUT OF ORDER.

>> I HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS. THE FIRST IS REGARDING WORKER SAFETY. ITEM NUMBER 5.

ALL WORKERS IN HARRIS COUNTY DESERVE A SAFE WORKPLACE.

HOUSTON HAS BEEN RATED THE SECOND TOP U.S. CITY FOR AVAILABLE JOBS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND. ACCORDING TO OSHA AT LEAST 100 COUNTY HARRIS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DIED ON THE JOB EVERY YEAR. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN TEXAS

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WORKERS OF COLOR, IMMIGRANT WORKERS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED IN THE WORKPLACE FATALITIES.

WE CELEBRATED HARRIS COUNTY SAFETY RECORD POLICY ON COUNTY TO RECEIVE OSHA TRAINING WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. 'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND REPRESENT THE LOCALS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND HIS COLLEAGUES ARE HERE AS WELL. THE RESOLUTION ESSENTIALLY ACROSS HARRIS COUNTY TO HONOR AND THANK THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES EITHER INJURED ON THE JOB AND NOT COMMITTING FOR US TO REMAIN COMMITTED IN A SAFE WORKPLACE FOR ALL.

>> JUDGE, I APOLOGIZE, APPARENTLY THE VIDEO AUDIO IS NOT CORRECT. THE PUBLIC CANNOT HEAR OR SEE IT CORRECTLY. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE.> WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHEN I RETURN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THIS WILL GET IN THE WAY.

IF IT COMES UP. >> WE GOT IT FIXED?

>> IGNORE WHAT I SAID. >> JUDGE, I THINK I HAVE ONE SPEAKER I WILL GO THROUGH IT AGAIN I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUT BY 5:00 P.M. TODAY. ITHINK WE HAVE A COUPLE

SPEAKERS ON IT . >> OKAY.

GO AHEAD TIFFANY. >> CYNTHIA COLE, YOU HAVE ONE

MINUTE. >> GOOD MORNING HONORABLE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, HAPPY TO BE HERE, I WANT TO SPEAK QUICKLY.

I'M IN FAVOR OF ANYTHING THAT SUPPORTS WORKERS IN THE FIELD.

THEY BUILD THE BRIDGES THEY TAKE THE BRIDGES DOWN THEY TAKE US OVER THE BRIDGES AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE SAFE ENVIRONMENTS WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HONOR THE WORKERS AND GIVE ALL WORKERS THE BENEFITS THAT THEY ACTUALLY DESERVE AND NEED.

TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND HEALTH.

I'M VERY PROUD MY NAME IS CYNTHIA COLE I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY TO RECOGNIZE ALL WORKERS AND MAKE SURE THEY GET WHAT THEY

DESERVE. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS PAUL PUENTE YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> MY NAME IS PAUL PUENTE IN THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE HOUSTON GULF COAST BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE STELLAR WORK YOU HAVE DONE THIS YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR PASSING A POLICY THAT WOULD HELP PROTECT THE WORKER, ON AVERAGE MORE THAN 100 WORKERS WERE FATALLY INJURED ON THE JOB IN THE HOUSTON AREA AS MADE MENTION BY THE COMMISSIONER.

THE HAZARDS RELATED DTOEATH INCLUDE ATHE ROSTKES, ELECTROCUTION'S, DEUNR ASSURING TRENCHES, FALLS FROMHTHEIGS STRUCK BY CLVEHIES STRUCK BY MACHINERY, PRESSURE TO WORK FASTER DRDEHYATION, OXYGEN DEFICIENCY ASPACESND STRUCK BY FALLING ALMATERIS AND FALLS TH EMSELVES.AN TEESTIMAD 50,000 DUINDIVIALS IN THE TAUNITED STES TODIE DUE N ILESSES SUCH AS CANCER, RESPIRATORY , DISEASESWHICH AREA

RETED TO æ >> (INAUDIBLE SPEAKING).

>> THANK YOU ESSIR. THE ARE RNPART OF GOVEMENT TI STATISCS AND WORK-RELATEDTI FATALIES WHICH TOTHERE NEEDS WORKERS BERED IN THE MEMORIAL DAY WHICH IS APRIL 28.

BUT TTODAY I'M HEREO YOPRESENT U ALL OMWITH AN AWARD FR RKUS THE WOING MEN AND WOMEN. THIS IS AN AWARD FOR THE Y STELLAR WORKOU ALL HAVE DONE. THIS IS REALLY JUST A OFSMALL TOKEN OUR APPRECIATION FOR AV WHAT YOU ALL HE DONE.

THIS IS A OFF TO YOU FROM THE WORKFORCE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO IKNOW THIS IS A LOT OF HARD WORK AND I THINK THE JUDGE YOUR LEADERSHIP. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY

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THE BUILDING TRADES, OUR O CONTRACTORS WE HAD A LOTF FOLKS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACTING I THINK THIS IS WHAT SPEAKS TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR.

PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT.

I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL, CAN I APPROACH?

>> SURE. WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.

WE WILL PASS IT AROUND SO WE DON'T ÃÃI WILL GET A COUPLE HATS TO GIVE OUT TO WHOEVER. THANK YOU.

>> SOME CHALLENGE POINTS FOR YOU WILL.

>> THANK YOU. >> REPRESENTING THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE SUIT ON TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I CAN TELL THIS SERVES A COUPLE PURPOSES.

(LAUGHING) >> THIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.

>> CAN WE TAKE A QUICK PHOTO? >> LET US FINISH READING THE RESOLUTION BUT LET ME SAY HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS IS, IT DOES SAY COMMISSIONERS COURT AND FROM THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN THE HOUSTON GULF COAST BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES.

MR. PUENTE IF YOU AND ALL THE WORKERS HE REPRESENT, THIS IS VERY MEANINGFUL, I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS COMING TODAY SO IT'S A VERY LOVELY SURPRISE AND CERTAINLY THIS IS OF THE REASON WHY WE DO IT BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE BEEN ABLE TO GET SO MUCH DONE AND I THINK WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF IT TO COME INTO FRUITION.

THE APPRENTICESHIPS THAT YOU GUYS ARE LEAVING.

THE SAFETY STANDARDS, THE WAY THAT YOU HELPED US IMPROVE OUR OWN HOUSE TO WORK IN THE COUNTY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS.

WORK IS NOT DONE. AND THE POINT OF CONTRAST IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITHOUT POINTING TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THE STATE HAS BAN MANDATORY WATER BREAKS.

I SAID TO MYSELF, THERE IS NO WAY.

SURELY THEY BANNED MANDATORY WATER BREAKS BUT BECAUSE THEY MANDATE WATER AND FOOD BRICKS COULD IT POSSIBLY BE TRUE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAT WAVE. BUT IT IS THERE ARE JURISDICTIONS LIKE OURS WHERE WE WANT TO T TO SAY FOR CONTRACTORS WE NEED THEM TO HAVE WATER BREAKS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE DOESN'T WANT US TO ENACT IN THIS TERRIBLE HEAT I DON'T EVEN THINK WE CAN CONDUCT THIS MEETING OUTSIDE MUCH LESS BUILDING SOMETHING.

SPEAK ABOUT DEHYDRATION. ANYWAY, THANK YOU, THIS IS VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME, TO MY TEAM, I KNOW EVERYONE OF US.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE WAY IN WHICH THINGS ARE STILL LIVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING TO BRING THEM OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE. LET ME SHARE THIS WITH MY

COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN æ >> I WILL BRIEFLY ADD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR MEMBERS LEADERSHIP WE KNOW TEXAS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS STATE CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S.

AND I KNOW HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR YOU AND WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING SO THAT OUR WORKERS ARE SAFE AND GET TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.

HAVING BEEN TO SEVERAL WORKSITE FATALITY ACCIDENTS YOUR WORK IS SO GREATLY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE WITHIN THE LABOR MOVEMENT FOR ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING. YOU IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE YOU THEN FOR ME A BIT OF A LOW VOICE TRYING TOB& PASS. TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF

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THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES YOU ARE TOUCHING, A LOT OF FAMILIES YOU ARE CHANGING THE CONDITIONS FOR LOVED ONES.

WITHOUT A DOUBT THERE'S A LOT OF LIVES YOU ARE SAVING.

>> I THINK DESPITE THE RESTRICTIONS FROM THE STATE, WE ALL SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN INCLUDING WHEN ISSUES COME UP ON HEALTHCARE, PAY PARITY, WORKERS TO BE SENSITIVE TO THEM. AND LASTLY, I SAW A FEW PEOPLE CRITICIZE ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I DO THINK ALL CAN LOOK AT ORGANIZING WORKERS IN HARRIS COUNTY.

ANY AREA WHERE THEY ARE NOT ORGANIZED BECAUSE THEY NEED A VOICE. NOT JUST THOSE OF US IN MANAGEMENT SPEAKING UP FOR THEM EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE WITH YOU. THANK YOU TO PUT IT BACK ON THE

AGENDA. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I KNOW IT GOES TO ALL SECTORS, SOME ARE IN UNION SOME ARE NOT. I THINK YOU SET A GOOD STANDARD IN TERMS OF ISSUES. I KNOW WE SHARE THE COMMITMENT I THINK SOME OF THESE LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN PASSED HAS MORE TO DO WITH LOCAL ORDINANCES THAN IT DOES SPECIFICS OF WHAT WATER BREAKS AND OTHER THINGS.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IS SAFE. I KNOW AS AN ENGINEER I BEEN ON SITES AND I SHUT THEM DOWN BECAUSE OF UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. THINK IT TAKES ALL OF US AND I APPRECIATE YOUR

INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TO ECHO THAT IS, THIS IS MYSELF AS A WORKER COMING TO YOU ALL AS THE VOICE. I REPRESENT THE UNIONS BUT I REPRESENT PEOPLE, WHETHER IN A UNION OR NOT.

WE WANT TO SEE THAT THEY ALL GET TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A FEW MORE RESOLUTIONS THAN WE WILL TAKE PICTURES. I DO WANT TO SAY AS I WAS LOOKING AT THESE GUYS, WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE FOLKS LOCK UP FRONT LIKE THIS SO WE DIDN'T SAY THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT TRYING TO SET THE PRECEDENCE, JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS.> ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ANOTHER POINT.

>> COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION?

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PASS A RESOLUTION FOR ALL OF US, CLAUDE CUMMINGS HISTORICAL ELECTION ON JANUARY 10 AT THE 70 NET CONVENTION IS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO BE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA.BVIOUSLY KNOW HIM WELL WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT HE'S BEEN ACTIVE FOR SO MANY YEARS WITH THE NAACP AND IN HOUSTON THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT WE TAKE TIME TO HONOR HIM AS WELL. COULD NOT BE HERE I TOLD HIM HE COULD CALL HIM BUT HE FOUND OUT HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL IS WORKING FOR THE ENTIRE NATION NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE IN

THE STATES. >> HERE HERE.

CONGRATULATIONS. I SAW HIM SATURDAY WHEN I HEARD THE GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> WE HAVE SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

>> DEREK, THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, IT SOUNDS ROUTINE BUT IT'S QUITE A BIG DEAL FOR BOTH OF THEM.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRSTS COMING FROM OUR REGION.

>> THAT'S WONDERFUL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS NOW.

>> FIRST A SPEAKER NUMBER 16, RISHA THOMAS, SPEAKING VIRTUALLY.YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, IT'S AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU ALL AND EXTEND MY EXCITEMENT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CLAUDE CUMMINGS NOT JUST LABOR HISTORY BUT AMERICAN

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WE ALL KNOW ALL WORKING FAMILIES DESERVE FAIR WAGES, SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS AND ADEQUATE HEALTHCARE.

THERE ISN'T A UNION AND I'M GLAD TO SAY THEY DON'T SUPPORT THE CORE PRINCIPLES. I NOTICE ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETARY ITEMS YELL THINK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IN HARRIS COUNTY AT ONE OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS OF OUR GREAT REGION. WORKERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE COMMUNITIES AND OUR ECONOMY AND WE HOPE THAT HARRIS COUNTY CONTINUES TO PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL ON YOUR PROMOTION.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS LINDA MORALIS, SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, LINDA MORALIS, DIRECTOR WITH THE TEXAS GOLD COAST AREA LABOR OF Ãà (INAUDIBLE SPEAKING) I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHER PAUL POINT THIS TO BE THERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE COURT AND SUPPORTING ALL WORKERS. LACEY OUR PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COURT BUT OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS TODAY'S RESOLUTION, COMMISSIONER ELLIS ÃÃAND FOR BEING THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO HOLD THIS PROMINENT POSITION WE ARE PRESENTING THE LARGEST TELECOMMUNICATION LABOR UNION OF THE BARGAINING COMMITTEES ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT LED TO WAGE CONCLUSIONS, SIGNING BONUSES, JOB SECURITY AND ADDITIONAL JOBS FOR BARGAINING UNIT MEMBERS. ON THE NOTE OF NEGOTIATING æ

>> THANK YOU MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE AN ITEM ON THE COURT AGENDA NUMBER 39 WE ASKED THAT THE COURT CONTINUED TO BE A LEADER AND SET AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORKFORCE STANDARDS FOR ALL WORKERS AS YOU WORK TOWARD EMPLOYER AND RETIRING MEDICAL COVERAGE DO NOT BALANCE THE BUDGET OFF THE BACK OF WORKERS OFFERING QUALITY MEDICAL COVERAGE AND EFFECTIVE STEPS TO REWARD TALENT HEALTHY EMPLOYEE IS PRESENT AND MORE PRODUCTIVE.

WE THANK BROTHER CLAUDE CUMMINGS, WE THANK YOU FOR THE COURT IN MAKING THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVING ON. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL YOU WERE OUT OF ORDERS.ILL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU JUDGE. THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO DO IS TO RECOGNIZE AN IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION IN PRECINCT 2 THAT'S THE NASA PONY ORANGE LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.

DOING SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS AND SO I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET COACH LARRY WHEELER ON THE CALL BUT IF WE CAN BEGIN BY SAYING THAT HE HAS REPRESENTING THE NASSAU PONY 13 U 13 AND UNDER, ORENSTEIN, AND A MISSION LITTLE LEAGUE THAT WAS A MISTAKE ON MY PART AS A PONY LEAGUE TEAM, HOME OF THE ORANGE TEAM IS BAY AREA PARK AND THEY RECENTLY DEFEATED AN EXCELLENT DEER PARK PONY TEAM 5 Ã3 WHICH ALSO CFROM PRECIP PRECINCT 2 TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP JULY 15 AND NOW THEY ARE ADVANCING TO THE PONY 13 U WORLD SERIES. BOYS ARE LEADING MODESTO CALIFORNIA IN THE FIRST GAME IS SET FOR FRIDAY 21ST THE BOYS AND THE COACHES HAVE WORKED HARD SINCE STARTING THE SEASON IN JANUARY AND THEY REACHED THIS REMARKABLE GOAL TO ATTEND THE WORLD SERIES. COACH WHEELER IS ASSISTED BY GLENNBLANKENSHIP . MASSO PONY HAS ALSO HAS COMPETING FOR A TRIP TO ADVANCE TO THE 14 U WORLD SERIES.

NASA PONY IS A FAMILY WE ARE BELIEVE THEY ARE HELPING TO

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SO COACH, DO WE HAVE YOU ON THE CALL, .HE

>> YES I AM REHE. >> COACH EEWHLER, THANK YOU R FO INJOING US AND CONGRATULATIONS TO U YOAND YOUR TEAM.

THINK I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT YOU MIGHT OIBE GNG SOMEWHERE

OVERSEAS IS THAT RAACCUTE? >> WE WERE GOING TO PLAYING

TEAMS FROM ASOVERSE BUT NOT GO ING OVERSEAS.>> GOOD DEAL.CO NGRATULATIONS AND ORWHAT WDS OF INSPIRATION ARE YOU YOUR TEAM?

>> (LAUGHING) THE NUMBER ONE IPRIORITYS TO JO ENY THE EXPERIENCE.

>> HOW YOLONG HAVE U BEEN HI TOUCNG? BEEN PERSONALLY'VE COACHING FOR ABOUT 45 I YEARS.

WANTED TO TAKE THIS UN OPPORTITY TO YCONGRATULATEOU SOTO SEND YOU ME POSITIVE A ENERGYND THOUGHTS AND WISHING AMYOU AND IT CE ALL THE PIBEST HONG THAT HOYOU TAKE THE WLE

>> ANCONGRATULATIONS D TO ALL THE TEAM AND THEFAMILIES.

TI>> THE NEXT RESOLUON JUDGE IS I WAS HAVING A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH SOME SHAFTS N THAT WE HAVE ITHE ROOM.

E FOR TODAY'S OCCASION WCANNOT HAVE ENOUGH SHAFTS IN THE SAME W ROOM. I JUSTANT TO SAY D CONGRATULATIONS ANENWELCOME TO CHEF BCHAWAN JABTHONG PAINTER, TO CELEBRATE HER RECEIVING THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST CHEF TEXAS.

I'M GOING TO MENTION THE ADDRESS BUT YOU ARE ALREADY PACKED YOU CANNOT GET A SEAT IN HER PLACE FOR MAYBE A MONTH OUT. JUNE 5, 2001 HARRISBURG, WELCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD DIVERSITY THE SIGN ABOVE THE DOOR SAYS IN SPANISH, THAI SPECIALTY.

THIS IS AN EXTRA SPECIAL RECOGNITION N S BECAUSE THE CHE MADE HISTORY ATHE FIRST (WORD?) WOMAN TO WIN THE AWARD.

. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AS WELL. SHE'S ALSO JOINED BY HER SUPPORTIVE AND HARD-WORKING HUSBAND GRAND PAINTER WHO IS ALSO HERE TODAY THEY ARE JOINED WITH ANOTHER CHEF I APOLOGIZE I MISSED YOUR NAME EARLIER. , DAVID SKYNYRD, COME ON UP.

LET ME READ THIS RESOLUTION IN ITS ENTIRETY BECAUSE AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS A CHEF AS WELL L AND THE WORK IN THE KITCHEN IS TOUGH BUT WHEN YOU ON YOUR OWN PLACE YOU TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SO MANY OTHERS, THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS AS WELL.

THEN TO CARRY OUT YOUR DREAM, YOUR FLAVOR YOU WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY TO YOUR HOLE BY THE DISHES THAT YOU PREPARE.

YOU ARE CREATING MAGIC. WITHOUT A DOUBT YOU'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. UNDERSTANDING HOW DIFFICULT A RESTAURANT RUNNING A RESTAURANT CAN BE AND MENTIONED THAT I ENJOY BEING IN THE KITCHEN BUT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO OPEN UP MY OWN PLACE BUT EVERYBODY TELLS ME NO.

, YOU WILL LIVE THERE. IT'S TOUGH BUT YOU ARE SHOWING REMARKABLE SUCCESS AND WE WANT MORE OF THAT FOR YOU.

THIS RESOLUTION READS ÃÃCHEF BENCHAWAN JABTHONG PAINTER LEARN TO COOK AT HER GRANDMOTHER'S NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT IN CENTRAL THAILAND. FROM THE AGE OF SIX.

SHE LEARNED TO MAKE CURRY AND OTHER TIES SPECIALTIES FROM SCRATCH WITH INGREDIENTS SOURCED FROM THE FIELD AND

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CHEF BENCHAWAN JABTHONG PAINTER LATER MOVED TO BANGKOK WHERE SHE FURTHER HONED HER SKILLS WORKING IN RESTAURANTS BAKERIES AND COFFEE SHOPS. AND IN 2015 CHEF BENCHAWAN MOVED TO HOUSTON AND USED HER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THAI CUISINE AND RESTAURANTS LIKE THEODORE REX AND FIVE YEARS LATER IN 2020 SHE OPENED HER OWN THAI RESTAURANT STREET TO KITCHEN WITH HER LOCATED AT HOUSTON'S GREATER EAST AND AUTHENTIC DISHES MADE FROM LOCALLY SOURCED INGREDIENTS ARE SERVED IN A CASUAL ENVIRONMENT SPICES AND HERBS FROM THAILAND ARE A STAPLE IN DISHES LIKE SHRIMP PAD THAI, DRUNKEN NOODLES, MANGO STICKY RICE AND THE SIGNATURE DISH BLACK TRUFFLE CRAB CURRY. SHE WON THE AWARD IN JUNE 2023 OVER COMPETITORS FROM DALLAS, EL PASO, SAN ANTONIO AND MADE HISTORY AS A FIRST (WORD?) WOMAN TO WIN THIS AWARD.

LET ME JUST SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT DALLAS WAS TRYING TO DO BY COMPETING. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALLOWED. AND THOUGH CHEF BENCHAWAN NEARLY GAVE UP ON A RESTAURANT CAREER AND STREET TO KITCHEN OPENED AMIDST A PANDEMIC THE RESTAURANT WAS NAMED CULTURE THAT TASTE MAKE THIS RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2022.

THE JAMES BEARD AWARDS ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE OSCARS OF THE FOOD WORLD. THE PRESTIGE AND HONOR OF THE AWARD DEMONSTRATES PERSEVERANCE, SKILLS, AND OFFICE OF CHEF BENCHAWAN. E ARE HUNGRY READING ABOUT ALL THESE DISHES. CONGRATULATIONS.

WE WISH YOU ALL THE CONTINUED SUCCESS AND I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT NOTHING MAKES ME MORE PROUD THEN TO SEE SOMEONE WHO HAD A DREAM, COMES FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND COMES TO HOUSTON, WORKS HARD, PLAYS BY THE RULES AND MAKES INCREDIBLE

THINGS HAPPEN. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE. I'M JUST LIKE A LITTLE GIRL COME HERE FOLLOWING MY DREAMS AND I HAVE A GOOD SUPPORT.

CUSTOMERS AND EVERYBODY IS AMAZING I CANNOT BE HERE WITHOUT ALL THE TEAM AND CUSTOMERS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA THANK YOU FROM THE VERY BEGINNING YOUR TEAM WAS THERE WE DID A RIBBON-CUTTING AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN CHECKING IN ON US AND ENCOURAGING US AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT MEANS, IT'S NOT EASY. I THINK THEY HEARD MAYOR TURNER SAY IF YOU CAN DREAM IT IN HOUSTON YOU CAN DO IT IN HOUSTON. WE ARE LIVING PROOF.

WE HAD JOHN BACK CAME HERE VERY LITTLE IN OUR POCKETS.

WE MADE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN.

THIS RECOGNITION MEANS THE WORLD TO US.

WE INVITE ALL OF YOU, JUDGE HAD ALTHOUGH YOU ARE ONE OF OUR HEROES. STRONG WOMAN, LET'S GO.

>> I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ESPECIALLY AS AN IMMIGRANT CHEF I WAS READING, FIVE YEARS AFTER YOU GUYS MOVED FROM THAILAND YOU ARE NOW HAVING OPEN YOUR RESTAURANT AND THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION.

A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT BUT ALSO IT'S SO INCREDIBLE.

(INAUDIBLE SPEAKING) CONGRATULATIONS, TRULY, YOU

MAKE US SO INCREDIBLY THRILLED. >> THANK YOU, I SPENT THREE WEEKS IN SHANGHAI. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING SOME

THAI FOOD TO HOUSTON. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> QUICKLY, THE NEXT RESOLUTION

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I WILL JUST START WITH ONE QUICK MOTION OF MY PARENTS.

BROTHER AND MRS. EP RAMSEY JUNIOR.

AS I REMEMBER THEM PARENTING I RECEIVED, SACRIFICIAL PARENTING ARE SAVED BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, GREAT PARENTING MAKES FOR GREAT COMMUNITIES. WITH THAT, LET ME READ AND RECOGNIZE NATIONAL PARENTS DAY JULY 23, 2023 IS THE DAY TO CELEBRATE THE BLESSING OF PARENTHOOD, ACKNOWLEDGING THE TEAMWORK IT TAKES TO RAISE CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING THE ROLE OF PARENTAL GUIDANCE AND BUILDING A STRONG STABLE SOCIETY WERE AS THERE'S NO GREATER JOY AND PURPOSE IN LIFE AND BECOME THE MOTHER, FATHER GRANDPARENT AND WATCHING YOUR CHILD DRIVE, LEARN AND BECOME THE STANDARD BARRIERS IN THE FUTURE. WHEREAS BEING A PARENT IS MORE THAN JUST HAVING CHILDREN IS ABOUT PROVIDING LOVE THAT SHOW THE UNCONDITIONAL TEACHING THEM HOW TO NAVIGATE DAILY LIVES, KNOWING WHEN TO WATCH THEM FLY ON THEIR OWN AND INSTILLING THEM WITH MORALS AND VIRTUES. WHEREAS BEING A PARENT IS A CHAPTER IN ONE'S LIFE THAT INCLUDE SELF REFLECTION MATURITY SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION FROM ONE'S OWN LIFE TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE MILLIONS OF PARENTS THROUGHOUT HARRIS COUNTY WHO MAKE THOSE SACRIFICES EVERYDAY TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN LEARN AND BECOME GROWN ADULTS AND POSITIVE TO THE SOCIETY.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH SAFE COMMUNITIES AND SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE TO GIVE CHILDREN BETTER OPPORTUNITIES THEN OURSELVES WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE CELEBRATION OF PARENTS SAY AS ENVISIONED BY THOSE WHO ESTABLISH THE OBSERVANCE AS IN THE WORDS OF PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION 1995, PARENTHOOD IS AMONG THE MOST DIFFICULT MOST REWARDING RESPONSIBILITIES IN LIFE BALANCING COUNTLESS DEMANDS PARENTS MUST BE FIRM YET LOVING PROTECTIVE YET LIBERATING, THEY ARE NURTURERS OF OUR DREAMS AND SUITORS OF FEARS, THEY INSTILL IN THEIR CHILDREN BY THE WORD AND EXAMPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND HARD WORK.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES JULY 23, 2023 AS NATIONAL PARENTS DAY.

>> BEFORE WE MOVED TO THE NEXT ONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ELLIS, RECOGNIZING MR. RAINES AND JACK HAD HIS CELEBRATION FRIDAY I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO A&M I THINK THERE'S MUCH MORE PLAN UP THERE BUT FOR THE RECORD, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE RECOGNIZE. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING BOTH OF THEM. I WORE MY FELLOW MAN BUT TODAY IN RECOGNITION BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO IN TERMS OF

RECOGNIZING THEM. >> THANK YOU.

JACK WAS A DEAR FRIEND WHO WAS MY FINANCE CHAIR THE FIRST MRM.

MISS MCELROY SHE'S NOT ACCUSTOMED TO BEING THE SUBJECT OF THE STORY SO SHE DIDN'T WANT TO COME TODAY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GO ON RECORD HONORING KATHLEEN MCELROY FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE IS DONE.

YOU ALL TO GOOGLE HER DAD. HE DIDN'T HAVE A SON BUT HE TREATED ME LIKE ONE. WHAT A GREAT FAMILY.

>> COMMISSIONER BOONE. >> THANK YOU FOR NATIONAL PARENTS DAY, I LOVE MY PARENTS I THINK THEY ARE WATCHING FROM LAREDO TEXAS, HAPPY NATIONAL PARENTS DAY BEING A PARENT IS THE BEST PART OF MY LIFE I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING OUR COMMUNITY BETTER FOR OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO HONOR WHAT IF A PARENT GRANDFATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER WHO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF OUR STARS IN HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOR ANTHONY PRIOR, COULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US AS WELL AS RICARDO, SANTINO AND GRAYLING PART OF THE BALIN TEAM.

I'M SO PROUD. AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP HERE,

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HE HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOR BALIN COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OVER 21 YEARS.

I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN TO BALIN AND HE'S THERE GREETING EVERYBODY WITH WITH SMILE AND JOY HE'S THE MOST CAN-DO SERVICE ORIENTED PERSON AND YOU ARE PHENOMENAL IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME SATURDAY TO BE WITH YOU AND THE INDO AMERICAN SENIORS EVENT AT BALIN CELEBRATING YOU AND YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE OR A BEAUTIFUL WIFE BOBBY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. RICARDO THANK YOU FOR BEING THE DIRECTOR AT BAYLAND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 21+ YEARS WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE REWARD YOU YOU RECEIVED THIS WEEKEND. SO WELL DESERVED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IN THE U.S. ARMY.

THANK YOU AND ALL VETERANS HERE FOR THEIR SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND BOBBY BEING MARRIED 31 YEARS HAVING EIGHT KIDS 12 GRANDKIDS AND 13 3 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

I'M JUST SO HONORED THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE PRECINCT 4 TEAM, THANK YOU MR. . PRIOR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW

WORDS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH AN AMAZING POSITION TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS. IT'S BEEN AMAZING POSITION TO WORK WITH THE SENIORS AT BAYLAND COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER REALLY WELL AND PRETTY MUCH I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED WHEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS COME IN. WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE AND SOME OF THEM JUST COME BY WHEN THEY COME IN I ALREADY KNOW THEY WALK OUT I SAY SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

EVEN SOMETIMES WHEN I'M OUT FOR A FEW DAYS WONDERING WHERE I YOU AT. NEXT TIME YOU GO LET US KNOW.

IT'S BEEN REALLY AMAZING WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC I HAVE TO SAY IN REGARDS TO THAT THIS IS ONE OF MY COWORKERS HE'S THE ONE THAT BROUGHT ME TOIN HARRIS COUNTY ENWH WE WORK GETOTHER FOR THE ATSTE OF TEXAS WHEN HE FTLE THE STATE OF TEXAS D AN WENT TO HARRIS COUNTY THREE WEEKS R LATEOR SO I WENT BOUTÃ ÃME RICARDO AND ATHIM TH'S WHY I STARTED BACK IN 2000 ÃÃ TWE ALLHREE WORKED , TOGETHER WE WORKED NDAT BAYLA SSIT'S A BLEING AND I WANT TO ALTHANK YOU L.

>> THANK YOU.GR >> CONATULATIONS, THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR YOUR WWORK. >>E INVITE SIEVERYONE TO VIT AN ANTHONY D WERICARDO. WILL INTAKE PICTURES SEJUST A COND. THE NEXT RESOLUTION BOARDHI MEMBERS, TS SIMPLY JUST A Y REMINDER JUL25 IS WORLD VE DROWNING PRENTION DDAY. THE YMCAOES SO MUCH TO PROVIDE CHILDREN ANDSSFAMILIES ACRO THE AFFORDABLE SWIMMING LESSONS SO I ENCOURAGE YOU THTO HELP SPREA E WORD AND IT'S EXTREMELY US UNFORTUNATE BECAE DROWNING IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH ABY INJURY AMONG CHILDRENGES 1 TO 4 AND ONE OF THE TOP SIX CAUSES OF DEATH FOR AMERICANS OF ALL AGES THIS IS EXACERBATED DROWNING DEATHS NATIONALLY ARE 2.6 TIMES HIGHER AMONG BLACK CHILDREN.

AGES 5 TO 9 AND 3.6 TIMES AGES 10 TO 14 MEN FOR WHITE CHILDREN.

EVEN NONFATAL DROWNINGS CAN INVOLVE AN ARDUOUS RECOVERY AND PERMANENT DISABILITY SO LET'S ALL RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO WATER SAFETY AND LOOK FOR THE YMCA IN YOUR AREA FOR AFFORDABLE SWIMMING CLASSES. GREATER HOUSTON WAS HERE EARLIER AND LASTLY, ITEM 414 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MAURICIO MORAN AND HIS TEAM TO COME UP WE ARE VERY EXCITED THE SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNITY FESTIVAL WHICH IS HOSTED BY MARIE CL AND HIS TEAM THE HOUSTON 501(C)(3) SHOWCASES THE RICH CULTURAL

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PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND THANK YOU TO OUR COUNTY JUDGE. MY FELLOW COLOMBIAN.

THANK YOU. I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS IN COMMUNITY, I'M ABOUT TO BE WILL BE AN AMERICAN BECAUSE THIS IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR OUR SECOND ANNUAL FESTIVAL.

MY WIFE AND I SHARE THE NEWS WITH COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND MY WIFE IS NOW SHE WON THE PRIVATE ELECTION SHE'S RUNNING FOR THE SENATE SEAT AND TO REPRESENT THE DIASPORA ALL THE SALVADORANS THAT LIVE ABROAD, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE PRESIDENT ÃSPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BE A PART OF OUR FESTIVAL. YOUR SUPPORT IS REALLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH I'M COMMUNITY

IS VIBRANT. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A PROUD SOLIDER RAN IN MY OFFICE AND ALWAYS SHARES WHEN SHE AND HER SON GO VISIT BACK HOME. LET ME JUST SAY BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO GROW OUR ECONOMY TO GROW OUR DIVERSITY AND MAKE A STRONGER AND RICHER BECAUSE YOU SHARE YOUR CULTURE WITH US. TELL DAISY I PRODUCTS PUT UP SOME YARD SIGNS FOR HER.

(LAUGHING) CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL, CONGRATULATIONS. IF I COULD MAKE IT I WILL BE THERE. THAT SOUNDS SO FANTASTIC I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT IT. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COUNTY NOW I JUST NEED TO VISIT SALVADOR.

>> PLEASE DO. >> THANK YOU.

PLEASE RECRUIT MY WONDERFUL ÃÃ FROM EL SALVADOR.

TO HELP, THANK YOU. >> ALL THE OUT OF ORDER RESOLUTIONS. WE WILL NOW TAKE PICTURES WITH THE IT'S 12:08 PM, COMMISSIONERS COURT IS BACK IN SESSION.

WE ARE TAKING ITEM 349 OUT OF ORDER, THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.

>> (INAUDIBLE SPEAKING) WITH THAT, THE HONORABLE ELLEN

COHEN. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO JUDGE HIDALGO AND COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR UNANIMOUSLY APPROVING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HARRIS COUNTY WOMEN'S COMMISSION.HE COMMISSION IS MANDATED TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN AND WE CAN DO THIS BY ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION AND CHANGE BY CONSULTING WITH AN ADVISING COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THE RESEARCH AND PROVIDE BUT ONLY WHEN YOU ASK US, PROVIDE ADVICE TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. OUR COMMISSION IS COMPRISED OF NINE MEMBERS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCE.

WE HELD OUR FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER WHICH SERVED AS AN ORIENTATION MEETING HOSTED BY AGILITY BANK WHICH I MIGHT ADD

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OUR EMPHASIS WILL BE PROVIDING ECONOMIC AND HEALTH SUPPORT WE ALSO ELECTED OFFICERS AND I WAS HONORED TO BE NAMED TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEE WORKING ALONGSIDE A VERY TALENTED AND OLD FRIEND OF MINE, JACKIE BAILEY, AS MY VICE CHAIR.

IN MARCH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS RECOGNIZED AS PRECINCT 1 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH THE RESOLUTION AND I WAS INVITED TO SAY A FEW REMARKS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ALSO ATTENDED PRECINCT FOR LUNCH AND AND JOINT COMMITTEE MEMBER.MERLOT AND PROVIDING REMARKS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZED COMING UP WE ARE CONSIDERING PUBLICATIONS ON BLACK, HISPANIC, AND WOMEN'S EQUAL PAYDAYS. AS WELL AS THE EXPLORATION OF POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES ON BLACK, LATINO, AND NATIVE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. INCREASING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND 2023 REPORT COVERING OUR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE COMMITTEE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU. >>.

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING THIS COMMISSION. IT WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

LOOKING AT ALL THE ISSUES FACING WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO AND WE REALLY ARE EAGERLY AGGRESSIVELY GOING TO DO.

COMMISSIONER ELLIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING THE SPEARHEAD AND CREATING THIS COMMISSION, EVERY TIME I TELL PEOPLE THAT A MAN CREATED THIS THEY ARE LIKE, REALLY? I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER BRIONES WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH YOU, SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID THAT ARE ON YOUR PLATFORM OR THINGS THIS COMMISSION IS GOING TO LOOK AT AS WELL. MY NAME, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, IS JACKIE BRADLEY I'M THE VICE CHAIR AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE FOR YOU, WITH YOU, AND WITH THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN THAT WE HAVE HERE, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.

AFTERNOON MAY BE. I AM LISA BRIGGS, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH HOUSTON ASSOCIATION AND ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ELLIS FOR CREATING THIS ORGANIZATION AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RAMSEY FOR PLACING ME ON THE COMMISSION AS YOUR NOMINEE. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY AND CALIBER OF THESE WOMEN FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND AS A WOMAN WHO LEAVES AN ALL-FEMALE STAFF IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A PLEASURE TO COLLABORATE WITH THESE WOMEN AS WE MOVE TOGETHER ON SO MANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON.

AND Q. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS DOCTOR FELICIA HARRIS I'M ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION AT ÃÃI'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE HARRIS COUNTY WOMEN ÃI DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WORDS BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE WEEK AGO TODAY I WATCHED ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS HOLD HER SIX MONTH OLD SON IN HER ARMS AS HE PASSED AWAY.

THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO WHY I WAS EXCITED ABOUT JOINING THIS WOMEN'S COMMISSION, THERE IS A MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY AND ALSO HARRIS COUNTY AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT WORKING ALONGSIDE MY BRILLIANT COLLEAGUES HERE WILL BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR SOME REAL IMPACTFUL CHANGE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS ROSALYNN RAMIREZ AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW MEMBERS I AM PROUD TO BE NOMINATED BY COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA, MOTHER OF A 15-YEAR-OLD AND A NINE-YEAR-OLD AND I DO SPEAK VOLUME ON CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT I DO WORK FOR AM HIGHLY PASSIONATE FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND ALL THE SERVICEMEMBERS SHOW THERE IS A LOT OF TENSION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AT A PLACE THAT'S WHY I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMISSION AND THANK YOU AGAIN COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA AND RONNIE ELLIS

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AND I WILL DO MY VERY BEST. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> CHAIR COHEN, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME IN YOUR INCREDIBLY BUSY SCHEDULES TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP TO REALLY HELP DRIVE ACTIONABLE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE WOMEN OF HARRIS COUNTY.

PLEASE COUNT US AND WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE GUIDANCE IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I KNOW YOU ALL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY AREAS I KNOW I'M DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT PAY EQUITY FIGHTING FOR PAY EQUITY, MATERNAL HEALTH AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SO PLEASE COUNT ANY PRECINCT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HOST FACILITATE AND REALLY DRAW IN COMMUNITY FEEDBACK NOT ONLY A WOMAN AND PROUD FEMINIST BRIGHAM MOTHER OF THREE LITTLES. IS THERE A SPECIFIC GUIDANCE

.HAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO BE >> MAKING SURE WOMEN AND HERS COUNTY ARE SAFE THOSE ARE DEFINITELY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AND WILL BE WORKING AND MOVING FORWARD.

WE WILL BE COMING TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR GUIDANCE BUT ALSO TO MAKE THESE ACTIONABLE ITEMS.

>> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT LETTING US JUST TO A TRUST MODEL BUT TAKING TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE POWERFUL AND VERY INTELLIGENT WOMEN.

I WANT TO THANK THE WOMEN ON MY STAFF AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF ÃÃ CHAIRWOMAN COHEN AND VICE CHAIR JACKIE BAILEY I REMEMBER WHEN I CALLED YOU ELLEN YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE RETIRED.

I THINK THAT WAS YOUR PHRASE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, NOT JUST WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT MY VISION AND MY STAFF'S VISION WHEN WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA WAS TO CREATE A GROUP TO CREATE SOME ACTIVISM AROUND ISSUES INVOLVING WOMEN.

(INAUDIBLE) DON'T FEEL LIKE ONLY WHEN WE ASK LATER TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A REPORT ON HOW WE'VE DONE WITH MINORITY WOMEN AS ENTERPRISE, ARE COUNTY WAS THE LAST URBAN COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY TO DO IT. NOW WE ARE HERE IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

SO YOU GRAB ISSUES, IT'S A POWERFUL PLATFORM WE GAVE YOU SO I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU USING IT AS EVIDENCE.

THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND THEN

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

OUR VISION AS WE HEAR IT IS EXCITING.

ÃÃWE CAN'T WIN THEM ALL BUT WE CAN SURE TRY.

KNOWING MANY OF YOU ON THIS COMMISSION I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRY. TO DO THINGS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT ISSUES THAT YOU GET INVOLVED WITH.

OBVIOUSLY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING OUR WOMEN IN HARRIS COUNTY. WHEN I THINK ABOUT FIVE GRANDDAUGHTERS AND THEIR ABILITY TO GO FORWARD AND COMPETE I THINK THERE'S ISSUES AND WOMEN'S SPORTS THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH AND WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT, THE TITLE IX HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME SO MANY TO BE SURE THAT THE SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES ARE PROTECTED AND I THINK YOU ALL CAN LOOK INTO THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALLEN AND JACKIE AND THE ENTIRE BOARD, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COLLECTIVE WORK. I AM IMMENSELY PROUD, A DADDY OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY. SHE WAS AT THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT WE WERETALKING , IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE LOOK AT SO

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HEALTH FOR ME IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

>> COMMISSIONER, I APOLOGIZE, JUDGE I APOLOGIZE, APPARENTLY

THE LIFESTREAM IS DOWN. >> DO YOU GUYS HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOLKS?

>> I UNDERSTAND IT'S A U.S. ISSUE THEY ARE TRYING TO RESET.

>> SHOULD WE DO 15 MINUTES OR BREAK FOR LUNCH EARLY.

>>. >> LET'S DO 15 TEMINUS.

LET'S GET THE PICTURE AND SEE IF THERE IF NOT WE TACAN KE FIVE TEMINUS. I KNOW THE CONVERSATION IS NOT O NE AND I WANT TO ADD A FEW AS WE LL.

LET'S TAKE A QUICK PICTURE.TH ANK THANK YOU, KEEP HEALTH AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER HERE TO SEE HOW WE PREPARE THEM FOR UPWARD TRAJECTORY. THANK YOU

>> WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE IS THERE A SPECIFIC STEPS WE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE, MASSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INVESTMENTS AND A FOCUS ON THE WOMAN COMING OUT OF THE JAIL, THE WOMEN'S CENTER JAIL, THE INVESTMENTS ON MATERNAL MORTALITY I THINK AROUND $7 MILLION ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE WORK IS NOT DONE, SUPPORTING WOMEN AFTER THEY GIVE BIRTH, THE DISCUSSION WE ARE HAVING A PAY PARITY TODAY, THERE ARE SPECIFICS.

NEED TO KEEP IDENTIFYING THOSE SPECIFICS AND I'M VERY EAGER, AS I SHARED WITH A COUPLE MEMBERS, TO SEE WHAT YOU FIND THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE THINKING ABOUT.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S WORTH HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THIS COMMISSION EXISTS THAT THE CONVERSATION IS BEING HAD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CULTURE OF THE COUNTY AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE. I'M ASHAMED NOT TO HAVE ADDRESSED THIS MORE FORCEFULLY BEFORE THIS YEAR I HAVE A SECOND WOMEN ONLY SO MUCH IN A SENSE YOU TAKE ON A LOAN.E DO NEED ALLIES THAT WILL HELP ESTABLISH THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND WE DO NEED THE COMPOSITIONS TO SAY LET'S CALL OUT MEN AND WOMEN WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS A WOMAN UNDER MEANING MY NAME, ÃÃTOOK A LOT OF THE STANDARDS FOR WOMEN ARE IMPOSSIBLY HIGH, CRITICISMS ARE NOT ABOUT THEIR WORK, THEY ARE ABOUT THINGS THAT COME WITH GENDER PRECONCEPTIONS.

TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE HAVE INTERNALIZED SEXISM ARE THERE SO ÃÃWE CRITICIZE WOMEN FOR THINGS WE NOT MIGHT NOT CRITICIZE MEN FOR IN THE SAME SITUATION.

I'M EXCITED FOR YOU ALL TO CALL US TO TASK ON THAT TO HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CREATE A DIFFERENT MORE EVOLVED CULTURE IN THE COUNTY THAT WILL ULTIMATELY HELP EVERYBODY AND WOMEN THRIVE DO SO MUCH BETTER BY THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

AS WELL AS CONTINUED SPECIFIC INITIATIVES FOR US TO CHAMPION.

I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS AND WE TRULY HAVE A GROUP FULL OF POWERHOUSES HERE SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HELP US DO BETTER BY OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU.

THOSE WERE ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATES AND OUT OF ORDER ITEMS.ET'S TALK THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA BRIEFLY.

FIRST, MINOR CHANGES DUE TO ERRORS OR NO ACTION.

ITEM 35 ON PAGE 5 THE DEPARTMENTS REQUESTED NO ACTION ON ITEM 35. ITEM 36 PUBLIC SAFETY BONDS NO ACTION, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE ARE BECAUSE THE COURT IS ENDING SOONER. 38, BUDGET PROJECTIONS, DEPARTMENT REQUESTED NO ACTION. 44 ON-CALL ENGINEERING, THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS NO ACTION. 75, NO ACTION.

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>> 177. >> CORRECT.

SUNBELT. 255 PLACEMENT OF VENDORS NO ACTION. 326 æ

>> 395. 326, NO ACTION ON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT RULES. 395 NATIONAL SECURITY TRENDS EXECUTIVE SESSION NO ACTION. 401 CALL FOR PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, NO ACTION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

JAMES, DID I MISS ANYTHING? >> AT THE MOMENT, NO MAN.

DISCUSSION ITEMS, DO WE STILL NEED TO DISCUSS DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM 394 AN APPOINTMENT TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION? SO 395 WE ALREADY SAID NO ACTION.

>> 394 APPROVED AS PRESENTED? >> CORRECT.

FOLKS NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON 396, YES.

THE MEDICAL COVERAGE. 404 IT'S A SETTLEMENT, COUNTY ATTORNEY, DO YOU NEEDED EXECUTIVE SESSION?

>> UNLESS THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS.

>> WHICH ONE IS THAT? >> A SETTLEMENT WITH PURDUE.

404 IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. THE ONLY INCENTIVE SESSION ITEM I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS 396. REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM 10 COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. WHAT ABOUT 12, COMMISSIONER

RAMSEY. >> WE NEED TO TALK.

>> 15 THAT'S ALSO FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> WE NEED TO TALK. >> 17, THAT IS STATEMENT OF

WORK, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> YES WE NEED TO TALK.

>> 18, COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND RAMSEY.

THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH 19. ITEM 20.

21, COMMISSIONER GARCIA GOES WITH 358.

28, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> THAT CAN GO BACK.

>> 28 GOES BACK TO CONSENT. WHAT ABOUT 35? IS THAT ONE OF THE ONES WE SAID NO ACTION.

AND 36 IS NO ACTION. PRECINCTS THREE AND FOUR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR CREATIONS.

42 THE PAGES PARITY WOULD YOU NEED TO DISCUSS.

164 AND WBEZ UTILIZATION. 174 GOES WITH 398 IS THE ANNUAL BONDS PREVENTION CONFERENCE, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> YES. >> 179.

THAT'S RELATED TO THE CSP POSITION FROM EARLIER.

CONSTABLES 196 COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> 196, YES. >> 200, COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> YES. >> 211, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> YES. >> 212, COMMISSIONERS GARCIA

AND RAMSEY. >> YES.

>> 214, TRAVEL AND TRAINING FOR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK

LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES. >> 240, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES FUND. >> I NEED TO ADD 235.

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>> 235 IS THE AUDITED CLAIMS. I'M ADDING IT RIGHT NOW.

AND 240 IS A YES. NOW WE MOVE ON TO 242

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> BACK TO CONSENT.

>> 289. 325, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, METRO

AND WBE. >> YES.

>> 331, COMMISSIONER GARCIA RELATES TO THE OTHER CDBG.

>> (WORD?) I NEED TO ADD. >> 326, OKAY.

326 IS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT RULES, THEY REQUESTED NO ACTION. NO ACTION ON THAT ONE.

325 WE SAID YES. 331 AND 332 YES, 341 J WEB YES.

342. >> YES.

>> 349. WE ALREADY DID, THAT'S THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION. 352.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> YES.

>> 358 IS RELATED TO 21 ÃÃ377 PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE.

>> NO. >> IT GOES BACK TO CONSENT.

398. >> 401, NO ACTION.

409 IS THIS YOUR RESOLUTION OR A DIFFERENT ONE?

ITEM 13, GOT IT. >> IS IT NO ITEM OR JUST THAT

ONE LINE ITEM? >> THEN TO 35, 240, 245 325, 331, 332, 341, 342, 352, 358, 398, 409, 412, 413, 416.

LET'S SAY WE BREAK FOR LUNCH AT æ

>> WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER HERE THAT HAS TO LEAVE AT 1:00 P.M.

IT WILL BE VERY BRIEF ON ITEM 37 IF WE COULD TAKE THAT ITEM.

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>> OKAY. >> CAN WE MOVED TO CONSENT

AGENDA. >> THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING

ITEMS. >> ITEM 163 IS THE LEGISLATIVE.

>> NO ACTION. NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR ALL THE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 416 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS ALREADY VOTED ON AND DISCUSSION ITEMS JUST LISTED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

NOW WE WILL TAKE THE TWO SPEAKERS.

THAT WE WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH AT 1:00 P.M., WE COULD DO ABBREVIATED LUNCH MAYBE 45 MINUTES, THAT LEAVES US WITH ABOUT THREE HOURS AND CHANGE. PERHAPS DURING LUNCH WE COULD THINK ABOUT WHAT ITEMS WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE WHILE ALL FIVE OF US ARE HERE. LET'S TAKE OUT THE TWO SPEAKERS, DOES TIFFANY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

>> ITEM 37. >> 37.

OKAY. >> SPEAKER NUMBER EIGHT MARY LAWLER. SPEAKING ON 37 AND 179.

>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FOR CONSIDERING ITEMS 37 AND I THOUGHT 139 BUT I COULD BE WRONG. MY NAME IS MARY WALLER I'M CEO OF AVENUE A NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER AND WE OWN AND OPERATE ABOUT 1000 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS SERVING FAMILIES AND SENIORS THROUGHOUT HARRIS COUNTY.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I'M GOING TO MOVE THE ITEM

AS PRESENTED. >> QUICK QUESTION, I WANT TO THANK YOU, WHAT IS THE NUMBER TO THE STATIONS PROVIDING THE GREEK, WHAT NUMBER ARE THEY LOOKING AT?

>> I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTAND.

>> WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD THOSE PLACES THAT ARE GIVEN THE BREAK? HOW MUCH ARE THEY GIVEN?

>> STATE LAW REQUIRES THE REST OF THE STATE TO PROVIDE 50% EXEMPTION ON TAXES BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFY COULD BE LESS COULD BE MORE THAN 50% OF THE TAXES AND EACH JURISDICTION DESIGNATES THE PERCENTAGE.THEY WILL PROVIDE.

>> DO YOU HAVE A LIST?F THE COUNTIES THAT DO IT WHAT NUMBER

ARE THEY PLUGGING IN? >> I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE PROBABLY DOING THE 50% THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES BUT I DON'T

KNOW FOR SURE. >> IT DEFAULTS TO 50% IN MOST JURISDICTIONS ARE AT THAT LEVEL.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO US.

>> THANK YOU. >> FOR THIS YEAR WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET THE EDUCATION PROCESS UP AND RUNNING I'M ASKING FOR THE AUTHORITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BASE BUDGET MOVING FORWARD I THINK IT WON'T HAVE A BUDGET IMPACT MOVING FORWARD IF WE CAN TIME THE APPLICATION PROCESS CORRECTLY ALSO WE CAN EVOLVE THE PROCESS FROM HERE RIGHT NOW WE DEFAULT TO 2% BUT I THINK WE ARE DOING MEANS TESTING WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKING SURE THEY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE ABATEMENT GOES TO THE RENTERS AND THAT THERE IS A CLEAR FINANCIAL NEED WHERE THERE IS A NEED TO SUBSIDIZE. FOR THIS YEAR WE ARE TRYING TO DEFAULT AT 50% TO GET THE PROCESS UP AND RUNNING.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE

STAFF. >> I WANT TO THANK PETE AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SHE DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK TURNING

THIS AROUND. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. OKAY IS THERE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND BY ELLIS, ALL IN FAVOR?

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> IS THAT ITEM 37?

>> AND 179. >> 37 AND 179.

COMMISSIONER BRIONES IS THERE SOMEBODY YOU NEEDED TO COLLECT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. STEFANO SENIOR ENGINEER UP THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, THEY ARE SPEAKING WITH REGARD TO ITEM 49 WHICH IS THE BAYLAND PARK MASTER PLAN I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE $454,753 THAT WILL BE SPENT ON THE BAYLAND MASTER PLAN WE ARE SO COMMITTED TO REVITALIZING BAYLAND TOGETHER WITH DEED COMMUNITY AND DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH. MULTI LINKAGES AND JUST REVITALIZING THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF HARRIS COUNTY HE IS VERY COMMITTED TO BAYLAND AND WANTED TO SHARE A FEW WORDS

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS BENNY ., CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT TITLE BAYLAND PARK AROUND UTILIZATION PROJECT.

THIS NONPROFIT WAS A RESULT OF MY DREAMS TO REVITALIZE BALD PA.

THE NONPROFIT HAS A DREAM TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ALL-INCLUSIVE. OUR GOAL IS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AND MAINTAIN IT FOR YEARS TO COME CREATING BASEBALL FIELDS THAT USED FOR OPEN TOURNAMENTS. ALONG WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS AND GRANT MONEY WILL HELP CREATE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS FOR ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITIES LIGHTED WALK ENTRAILS. THE BASEBALL PLAN WILL REVOLVE AROUND ALL BASEBALL LEAGUES THAT PARTICIPATE IN BAYLAND PARK THE GOAL IS TO ÃÃDROPPED OFF DRASTICALLY.

ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO COME BACK TO THE SPORT.

AND RETIRED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER" TO PLAY FOR THE HOUSTON ASTROS AND PITTSBURGH PIRATES.'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL FOR 27 YEARS AND

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THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT SAFE AND COMPLIANT FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS IT'S BEEN OVERLOOKED TOO LONG AND NOT MAINTAINED BY THE LEAKS. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER BRIONES AND HER STAFF TO CREATE AND REVITALIZE BAYLAND PARK MY GOAL IS TO BEGIN AS SOON AS OF THE PROOF SO WE CAN START OUR JOURNEY TO BEGIN RAISING FUNDING TO PUBLISH GOALS. MY BOARD AND I ARE 100% INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELP THE VISION BECOME A REALITY SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO SPEAK AND SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT OUR MISSION IS, THANK YOU.

>>.> WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WE LOVE YOUR COMMITMENT TO BAYLAND PARK WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS TO COMPLETELY REIMAGINE WHAT CAN BE AND WHAT SHOULD BE THANK YOU.

>> LET ME JUST SAY THAT I CAN LISTEN TO YOU ALL DAY LONG.

I APPRECIATE YOU THANK YOU FOR NOT FORGETTING WHAT IT MEANS FOR A COMMUNITY TO HAVE A PARK AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES. I'M PROUD OF YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS Y'ALL DO MANY GREAT THINGS AND MR. BRIONES HAS GREAT PLANS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN COAX

THIRD-BASE JUST ONE GAME. >> GOODYEAR A PIRATE AND NOT A STEELER FAN PROBABLY WOULDN'T TALK TO YOU.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

>> THANK YOU AND I WANT TO PLUG THE BOND THE COLLEAGUES ARE SUCH VISIONARIES WITH ALLOWING US TO PAY FOR SO MUCH OF THIS.

>> CAN I HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

>> GO AHEAD PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON I SIT ON THE BOARD OF THE BAYLAND PARK REVITALIZATION PROJECT THIS PARK HAS SERVED AS A STAPLE FOR THE 35,000 MEMBERS OF THE SHARPS TOWN COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TIED PEOPLE FROM AROUND HOUSTON TOGETHER I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THIS AS THIS PARK IS WHERE I PRACTICE TRAINING AND PLAYED YOUTH BASEBALL BEFORE BEING TAKEN OF THEM WILL BE DROPPED.

I WAS NOT THE ONLY PRODUCT OF THE PART.

AS IT PRODUCED AND WILL BE BALL PLAYERS SUCH AS MATT CARPENTER ANTHONY GENDARME, AND MVP PAUL BULTMAN I SAW THIS FOR CONNECTION AND I LIVED IN SHARPS TOWN WHILE GETTING MY DEGREE FROM HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE TEACHING SEEING THE IMPACT IN OUR AREA AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COULD DO IN THE LIVES OF ALL THE COMMUNITY. I'M THANKFUL AND GLAD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN BE INVOLVED IN THE STORY OF THIS PARK.> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> THANK YOU. >> TO HELP WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY FOR MEDIA GROUND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.>> DIGNITY WONDERFUL.

>> GO ASTROS (LAUGHING)

>> I HATE TO DO THIS BUT I FORGOT WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 416 AT THIS TIME AND LET HIM

SAY REMARKS. >> LET'S VOTE ON THIS ITEM REAL

QUICK. >> 49 PAST ON CONSENT.

>> GOT IT. GO AHEAD.

>> THIS ITEM IS FOR 16 IT'S A TRANSFER FROM MY BUDGET TO THE UT HEALTH RESILIENCE CENTER. WHICH DOCTOR ÃÃIS RESPONSIBLE FOR. I WANT TO THANK HIM AND MAKE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT IT'S A CENTER DEVOTED TO HELPING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN THE AFTERMATH OF TRAUMATIC LIFE EXPERIENCES.

PRC WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES TO ALL, NOT JUST PRECINCTS TO BUT ALL HARRIS UNCOTY RESIDENTS D AN FIRST SPREONDERS WHO HAVE ENBE IMPACTED BY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED UNCOSEL.

THIS WILL BE DONE BY ORSUPPTING THE GRC AWITHDDITIONAL 00100,0 TO BE IDPROVED TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR IMVICTS OF DOMESTIC FAAND MILY VIOLENCE. WE USPREVIOLY HAVE TESUPPORD .

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THAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL SIMPLY T TO SAY THAHIS WORK HASE JUST BN INCREDIBLE RD EXTRAOINARY AND IMPACTFUL VI LIFESANG AND CHANGING ANSO THK YOU FOR THE THANK YOU FOR REACHING THOUT TO E OFFICE, HAAND WE ALWAYS VE DG TIGHT BUETS BUT WHEN WHYOU SHARE AT YOUR PROGRAM CAN DO, NDWE TOOK A CHANCE A THE J RESULTS HAVEUST ENBEEN PHENOMAL.FO I'M LOOKING RWARD TO FINDING WAYS TO GET YOU INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGETS SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO YOUR GREAT V WORKS.

>>ERY BRIEFLY, THE TRAUMA TE RESILIENCE CENR PROVIDES ONLY TOP-LEVEL EVIDENCE-BASED SHORT-TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY THESE S ARE 12 TO 15 WEE OF TREATMENT, ONE SESSION A WEEK, WE WORK WITHEXISTING T COUNSELING CENTERSO HELP THE MOST IMPACTED, THE WORST OF THE WORST CASES EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC I WENT TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA FOR HELP WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE TRC AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA SAID YES BUT I THINK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM TOO.

WE PROVIDE HOME-BASED TELEMEDICINE SERVICES TO MAJORITY OF OUR CASES BOTH FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DON'T WANT TO GO IN-HOUSE WE GET THEM STARTED WITH US AND THEN GET THEM IN-HOUSE CARE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE THE WORK.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA ON ITEM FOR 16 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE

LEFT? >> ABOUT FOUR MORE.

>> LET'S LISTEN TO THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS BEFORE WE BREAK.

GO AHEAD. >> JACOB COMMENTED SPEAKING ON 47 AND 271, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> HI, I'M JACOB COWANS HITCHENS, (INAUDIBLE) I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ÃÃI KNOW THAT MY PARENTS I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

RODNEY ELLIS HONORING ÃÃI DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THREE BUT ABORTED DIRECTOR HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY.

PLUS HE WAS ALSO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TEXAS MAYBE TWO OF THOSE THREE WERE GOOD. ACTUALLY THAT WAS THE BEST.

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WITH THE BOTTLE HAD MATCHES I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RAMSEY FOR HONORING NATIONAL PARENT STAY.

>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> GOODBYE.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS NON-AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER NINE COVIELLO BAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

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>> I'M HERE TO PUT HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT ON NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO POLITICAL CORRECTION AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS AND INCREASING ÃÃ ÃÃ(INAUDIBLE) I'M JUST BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, THEY DEMOLISHED MY HOME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

I HAVE A CASE STILL IN COURT. IS A LOT OF CORRUPTION GOING ON IN HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS I KNOW THEY SAY IT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH US, THE PROVING DOCUMENTS SHOWS.

>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS NON-AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER 10 GUSTAV ABBE, YOU HAVE

ONE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SALUTE TO PASTOR ROBERT ¦ 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS MASTER GEOLOGIST WE ARE A TRIBE OF THEOCRATIC NATION. WITH THAT BEING SAID WE ARE NOT BIAS TO BE EXACT WE ARE BEING WAGED WAR AGAINST OUR TRIBE WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY IN TEXAS WE ARE TIRED OF GOING THROUGH WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH BUT WE ARE NOT TIRED WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS CONTINUOUSLY LEGAL.

JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT GOING. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> (INAUDIBLE). >> I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PART OF THE VOTING ÃWE GET PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE IF Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT THESE DOCUMENTS IT SHOWS THAT WHEN WE FIRST KICKED OFF VOTER REGISTRATION WE THOUGHT EVERYBODY WOULD BE EXCITED BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED BUT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF BIG POLITICAL CORRECTION TAKING PLACE SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION AND A LOT OF RACISM WAS SOMETHING GOING ON TO THE POINT AFTER WE HAD RIBBON-CUTTING GOVERNOR ABBOTT WANTED TO MEET WITH MY WIFE AND I AND OUR SON YOU CAN SEE HIM ON THE PICTURE.

COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE RIBBON-CUTTING.

THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME IT'S UP FOR DEMOLITION THEY ALREADY DEMOLITION OUR HOUSE WITHOUT OUR PRIVILEGE.

ALL THE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WERE NOT GETTING A LOT OF HELP.

>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> A BIG PART ABOUT IT.

>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> NOT TO REGISTER NO REPUBLICANS. THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS.

>> IT'S 10 5:00 P.M., LET'S TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 1:45

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DOING THIS AS A PARTNERSHIP A REACHED ALIGNMENT ON KEY ITEMS SUCH AS EXPANDED JUSTICE BOARD THAT NOW IS SEVEN MEMBERS WITH THE FIVE KEY JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS PLUS VOTING SEATS FOR THE CIO. PLAZA VOTING SEAT FOR OTHER MEMBER OF THE OTHER JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS.

PLUS WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH TO CREATE A DEDICATED TEAM WITH DEDICATED BUDGET THAT WILL SIT IN UNIVERSAL SERVICES BUT WILL REPORT TO THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.

WE HAMMERED OUT VARIOUS POINTS OF AGREEMENT MADE GREAT PROGRESS ULTIMATELY THIS WILL ALL NEED ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS AND MOU AND SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND ALL KEY STAKEHOLDERS BUT TO ME IT WAS ENERGIZING TO SEE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT MOVES US IS BEST SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY WE AGREE OUR SYSTEM NEEDS MODERNIZATION WE NEED TO MAKE PARTNERSHIP LEVERAGE RESPECTIVE EXPERTISE BUT IN A WAY THAT RESPECTFULLY THE REQUIREMENTS BY LAW AND REQUIREMENTS ON THE DAY TODAY FROM THE BUSINESS USER. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MERGING AND MAKING PROGRESS THERE'S A LOT OF OGPRRESS AND DISCUSSION THAT EDNES TO COME FURTHER BUT I ALRELY APPRECIATED E THGOOD FAITH OPENNESS THAT YOU CAALL ME TO THE E TABLAND SPENT E THOSFEW HOURS THTOGEER AND I WANT THANK MY TEAM SPWHO ENT COUNTLESS S HOURTRYING TO WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT STEAK BINDS US ALL T IS THAWE WANT HA RRIS COUNTY TO BE BEST IN CLASS AND O NEED THAVE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS TECONSISNTLY AND RESPECTS THE Y INTEGRITPRIVACY U SERITY OF THE A DATA IN WAY THAT TSBEST SUI THE R NEEDS FO JUSTICE.WI I LL STOP THERE VARIETY OF MOTIONS THAT RI MEMOALIZE THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE CHLETTER WHI IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE RS UNDETANDING BUT I WITH THAT WILL STOP BECAUSE I KNOW WE THAVE MANY OFHE KEY TEAM MEMBERS T HERE WHO WANTO THSHAR EIR THANK YOU ALL FOR TIME AND ENERGY AND COMMITMENT, I APPRECIATE IT.

RT>> AND WELLS COU MANAGER, I HE APPRECIATE T OPPORTUNITY TO S SPEAK ON THITODAY, THIS HAS FBEEN A LOT OF WORKOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO GET TO TTHIS PLACE,HE MEETING THAT WE HELD WAS VERYSUCCESSFUL, PEOPLE BO WERE TALKING AUT R WHAT'S BEST

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EVERYONE THINKS OF K CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUT LET'S THINOF THE OTHER AREAS OF JUSTICE, JUVENILE JUSTICE, FAMILY AND CIVIL, THOSE ARE TOO OFTEN FORGOTTEN BUT IN SEVERAL JUSTICE OF SOMEONE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER APPEARS IN A LAWSUIT PENDING LOSE THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT TOOK TOO LONG, THEY RAN OUT OF MONEY. SYSTEM WASN'T AS EFFICIENT BECAUSE OF LACKING SYSTEMS TO PRODUCE THAT.

THE TRICKLE EFFECT IS ENORMOUS. THAT INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY LOSES BUSINESS. EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT THEY EMPLOYEE LOSES THEIR JOB. THAT COMMUNITY LOSES THE SERVICE. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAPPEN.

THE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT OUR PERKS LOTS OF WORK AHEAD, NO DOUBT, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND UNIVERSAL SERVICES AND THE COURT TO PRODUCE WHAT WE THINK WILL BE THE VERY BEST SYSTEM FOR GOVERNING THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO SPURGEON'S.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE COURT, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK COMMISSIONER BRIONES FOR FACILITATING THIS MEETING WHICH BROUGHT ALL PARTIES TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS AND I THINK WE ALL APPROACHED IT WITH A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND COMPROMISE, NONE OF US GOT ALL THAT WE WANTED BUT WE GOT THE KEY POINTS AND WE LEARNED THROUGH THE MEETING THAT THERE WAS MORE THAT WE DO AGREE UPON THEN WE DISAGREE UPON.

THIS LETTER DOES REFLECT WHAT WE AGREED UPON.

WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE NOW FOR 15 MONTHS AND WE ALL KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE, THAT THINGS ARE NOT WORKING EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS THEY EXIST TODAY. I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE MOTIONS AND LET US PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED HERE TODAY. SO WE CAN GET OFF THE TOPIC OF WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND START DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO DELIVER JUSTICE IN HARRIS COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY PORTS AT LAW AND THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE FOR THE COUNTY COURTS CRIMINAL AND CIVIL I WANT TO START OFF BY THINKING COMMISSIONER BRIONES IN PRECINCT 4 FOR THE EFFORTS AND LEADERSHIP IN TAKING ON THIS TASK I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT J WEB APPLICATIONS AND THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN EXTENSIVELY.

THIS IS BEN ASIRA JOURNEY WE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS WE'VE TAKEN THE GUIDANCE OF THIS COURT IN MEETING WITH CONSULTANTS AND SITTING DOWN AND MEETING TOGETHER.

AT THIS MEETING LAST TUESDAY WE DID REACH A LOT OF AGREEMENTS.

WE AGREE FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE SECURITY OF OUR APPLICATION AT THE COUNTYWIDE DATABASES AND APPLICATIONS. THE MODERNIZATION OF IT AS WELL. THERE'S FAR MORE IN AGREEMENT THAN DISAGREEMENT AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN THE LETTER THAT IS SIGNED BY OUR JTC PARTIES AND RELEVANT PARTIES AS WELL. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SINCERELY CONSIDER THE SPIRIT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

AND ACTUALLY VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO DELAY THIS PROCESS, A LOT OF WORK AND ISSUES COULD BE AT STAKE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RISK FOR THE SAKE OF WHAT WE DO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION AND ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD FOR MORE INTRICATE DETAILS AND CREATIONS AND ON THE USE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, PLEASE VOTE

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IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. I'M LATOSHA LEWIS PAIN.HE LOCAL ADMINISTERED A JUDGE FOR THE 61 SOON-TO-BE 66, 67 COURTS ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY, I'VE SAID A LOT ON THIS ISSUE. I WANT TO BEGIN FIRST WITH THINKING FIRST IN MIND IS JUDGE BRIONES ON PULLING US TOGETHER LAST WEEK BECAUSE LIKE WHAT OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED, I BELIEVE WE ALL CAME TO THE TABLE WITH THE IDEA OF REACHING AN AGREEMENT. BEING OPEN TO SOLUTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE NOT OUR OWN I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO THAT AGREEMENT THAT WAS REFLECTED IN THAT LETTER.

I URGE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE MOTIONS PUT FORTH BY JUDGE BRIONES. WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN SEE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS MOTION AND ALL OF OUR STATEMENTS MADE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

>> COLLEAGUES, ONE THING THAT WOULD HELP ME I WILL LET THE DIRECTOR MAKE YOUR REMARKS, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE CYBERSECURITY ASPECTS THAT I KNOW WE SHOULDN'T DISCUSS HERE IN THE OPEN. THERE IS VERY SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT'S WHY I WAS SO EAGER ALL THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS COULD BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH DIRECTOR MENA AND THE CONSULTANT, I FORGOT THEIR NAME GARDNER.

SO THAT DID HAPPEN, OR DID WE MISS ANY STAKEHOLDER BECAUSE I KNOW THE PAST SOME CAME BUT NOT EVERYBODY CAME.

AND GARDNER CAME AND SORTED DIRECTOR AND SORTED

ADMINISTRATOR. >> I WASN'T AT THE LAST WEEK'S.

>> YES. SO I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS CONCERNS, THE VARIOUS CONCERNS AND ONE OF THAT IMPACTS EACH OF THE MOTIONS BECAUSE AT LEAST FOR MY PART WHATEVER THE GROUP AGREED ON THAT DOESN'T IMPACT CYBERSECURITY I'M FINE WITH WHATEVER THE GROUP WANTS BUT THE QUESTION I'M GOING TO HAVE IS ON THE CYBERSECURITY PIECE, FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN TO ME SO I CAN TRUST BUT VERIFY HOW IS THIS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM? HERE'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO THEN RUN TO OUR CYBERSECURITY ISSUE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE RECOMMEND AND IT'S GOOD TO BE ON ME APPROVING THIS ALL OF US.

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT OUT HERE OR DO WE NEED TO DO THIS

BACK THERE? >> I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION

FOR LEGAL. >> YOU HAVE TO ASK DIRECTOR MENA IF THEY CAN GET INTO THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT THE JUDGE IS ASKING FOR IN OPEN COURT WITHOUT REVEALING ANYTHING THAT COULD BE COMPROMISING TO THE CYBERSECURITY OF THE COUNTY.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE EMMA COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I CAN SPEAK ABOUT CYBERSECURITY FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

I CANNOT GO INTO THE DETAILS. THE DETAILS WOULD HAVE TO GO

INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> THERE IS MENTIONS WE RECEIVED SEVERAL LETTERS, IS THAT RIGHT? WHICH ONE IS THE LETTER THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO IS THERE A TIMESTAMP OR A DATE? WHAT'S THE ONE THAT HAS EVERYBODY'S AGREEMENT AND STAKEHOLDERS UNIVERSAL

SERVICES. >>.

>> THERE WERE TWO LETTERS AS OF 5:00 P.M. THERE IS A LETTER WITH FIVE SIGNATURES AND ASTERIX.

AS OF A FEW MINUTES AGO THE ASTERIX HAS BEEN REMOVED AND MY SIGNATURE HAS BEEN REMOVED SO THE FINAL LETTER DOESN'T HAVE

MY SIGNATURE. >> WHICH LETTER DOES HAVE ALL THE SIGNATURES ON IT? THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR

SO TO SPEAK. >> THAT'S AS OF YESTERDAY

EVENING. >> AT 5:00 P.M.?

>> THE REASON IT WAS SIGNED WITH AN ASTERISK WAS BECAUSE OF WE STILL FEEL THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON THE CYBERSECURITY

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WE THINK THAT'S GOOD IT'S JUST ON THOSE TWO ITEMS WE FELT IT WAS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE STILL THINK THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE IN THOSE AREAS TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE COUNTY IS SUFFICIENTLY

PROTECTED. >> I CAN TELL THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING IN GOOD FAITH AND WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS SO I WONDER IF THERE IS A COUPLE POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT IF THERE IS A POINT OF AGREEMENT TWO POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT WE CAN PAST EIGHT AND GIVE THREE MORE WEEKS TO THE OTHER TWO.

I'M HOPING TO GET TO THAT TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT.

BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT IS TO STAMP EVERYTHING OF APPROVAL WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS I'M APPROVING BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A DELICATE ISSUE. IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULDN'T MIND AND I WILL INVITE THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS TO SHARE AT THIS MAKE SENSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO GO BACK AND GO THROUGH THE JULY 17 5:00 P.M. LETTER WHICH YOU ALL SIGNED WITH AN ASTERIX BUT YOU SIGNED IT. SO FORGET THE ONE UNIVERSAL SERVICES HAS NOT SIGNED BECAUSE THEN IT'S NOT A COMPROMISE.

OF THE OTHER ONE. >> IF THE SAME EXACT LETTER.

>>. >> THE CONTENT IS THE SAME.

IS JUST A SIGNATURE PAGE THAT EXCHANGE ONE HAS ÃÃTHE BODY

OF THE LETTERS ARE THE SAME. >> OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT FOLKS WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE ASTERISKS IN THE DISCLAIMER THAT WE HAD ADDED BEHIND THE SIGNATURE SO WHEN WE ARE ASKED TO REMOVE IT WE SAID WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT KNOWS THAT WE HAVE THIS DISCLAIMER I WOULD

NEED MORE WORK. >> IF THE SAME LETTER æ

>> THERE IS NO LETTER CONFUSION.

SO WE COULD GO BACK WITH THE LETTER OR LETTERS AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION I UNDERSTAND WHERE BOTH SIDES ARE COMING FROM. AND GO OVER CYBERSECURITY PIECES AND SEE IF WE CAN COME BACK AND APPROVE 10 OUT OF 10 OR 8/10 BECAUSE TO THE POINT THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT ITS 15 MONTHS, 17 MONTHS, EVERYONE'S WORKING REALLY HARD LET'S MOVE THE BALL. CAN WE DO THAT?

COLLEAGUES, IS THAT OKAY? >> IS MR. FINE THE BOMB WAYS IN THE ASTERIX WAS BASED ON A DUALITY OF MODIFICATION ABOUT THE MACRO HARRIS COUNTY POLICY AND PROCEDURE ABOUT CYBERSECURITY AND THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS WAX MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ASTERISKS WAS DUE TO BOTH CA'S DISCOMFORT WITH A LITTLE PIECE OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT ABOUT CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION SECURITY. THE ASTERISKS HAS A CAVEAT THAT LIMITS SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THAT SECTION.

>> I RECOMMEND WE BRING THIS UP NOW RATHER THAN CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER ITEMS AND DO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST URGENT ITEM OF ALL THEM FOR TRANSPARENCY THE ORDER THAT I HAVE THE ITEMS FROM CONVERSATIONS AMONGST THE OFFICERS IS FIRST THE J WEBER ITEM IN THE NW VB UTILIZATION AND RETENTION FOLLOWED BY SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS GL LGBTQIA COMMISSION BYLAWS LEASE AGREEMENT AND ENGINEERING PROCESSES. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE TAKE THIS BACK AND CLEAN THIS UP FIRST BEFORE WE MOVED TO THE OTHER ONES, WOULD YOU GUYS BE OKAY WITH THAT OR GO TO THE

OTHER ITEMS? >> I THINK IT MAKES SENSE I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IF I MIGHT WANT TO GO BACK A GOOD NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT YOU PULLED IF YOU WANT TO VOTE OR GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM? AT SOME POINT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T DECIDE ON THE VOTE TO DELAY THE ITEMS FOR THREE WEEKS I THINK A COUPLE OF THEM PROBABLY HAVE TO BE VOTED ON.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS THERE'S A PAYMENT ISSUE YOU MIGHT LET THEM JUST IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO

VOTE. >> FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THE MAJORITY THINKS ABOUT PASSING

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WE OUGHT JTOUST LAY OUT ERWHE WE AGREE BUT I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO I DON'T NTWA US TO VOTE ON MESOTHING THEN BOSOMEDY COMES BACK SAAND YS I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.

SO JUST ITSAY . I WOULD PREFER BOSOMEDY IS ANGRY MWITHE AND I TOLD THE DARN THTRUTH EN ANGER ME E BECAUSI UOBLIGATESUALLY LK TA TO ME IT'S ARPRETTY DN EA CLR. I WANT TO HASTRESS TT WE GET TO IT, DON'T COME ELBACK AND TL MES THAT NOT WHAT I MEANT JUST

LAID >>OUT. OUT OF R RESPECT FOYO EVERNE'S TIME WHILE YOU ARE OUHERE WOULD Y BE SPEND MITHE NEXT 30 NUTES NVIN COERSATION WITH THE KEYOL STAKEHDERS AND THE COUNTY'S OFFICE K BECAUSE I THINIT'S A TA FUNDAMENLLY FROM THE LAWYER'S 'SPERSPECTIVE IT A BOTH LEAND (INAUDIB SPEAKING) IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS HERE N WITH AN OPEN MD AND OPEN HEART FOR THE PEOPLE OF R HARRI COUNTY OBE GREAT IF YOU GUYS COULD HAVE 30 MINUTES TO

UTDEVOTE. >> ABSOLELY.

I THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS WE WILL STEP OUT BECAUSE IT'S HEREALLY ONE SENTENCE IN T ENTIRE AGREEMENT SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TOREACH AN AGREEMENT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE AWARE OF ON THE FRONT END SO WE ARE KIND OF

DEALING WITH IT NOW. >> GO AHEAD.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADD FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BRIONES FOR HER WORK ON THIS IT SEEMS THAT THE JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE WORKED WELL HERE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SIT DOWN AS IT'S BEEN SAID, TO COMPROMISE THROUGH SOME ISSUES.

I DO FOR ME THE VOLUSIA HAS BEEN I'M NOT FOCUSED ON THE VOLUSIA BUT I DID PICK UP ON SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR SAID THAT IS STILL A DETAIL THAT HAS TO BE WORKED THROUGH, THAT IS YOU SAID THERE IS STILL SOMETHING ABOUT THE REPORTING OR SUPERVISING OR SOMETHING OF

THAT NATURE. >> THE CYBERSECURITY AND THE

MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING. >> WHEREVER THOSE ISSUES MIGHT BE AT I WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL WE CAN GET TO A BETTER PLACE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT JUST COMING FROM MY PREVIOUS ROLE. I HOPE THAT CAN BE PART OF THE

FOCUS OF THESE NEXT 30 MINUTES. >> IS THERE A ROOM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR? WOULD OFFER MY OFFICE BUT I DON'T HAVE.

>> BEEN THEY GO DO THAT AND THEN WE GO TO THE æ

>> WE KNOW HOW BUSY THEY ALL ARE EVERYONE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO BOUNCE THE BALL I THINK IT WOULD SQUANDER.

>> TO COMMISSIONER ELLIS'S POINT OF YOU MIGHT HEAR WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS ONE THING I WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES ARE YOU OKAY UNIVERSAL SERVICES IS THIS WORK FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL?

>> IT DOES. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE JUSTICE PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE æ

>> YES, ADMINISTRATOR?> YES, I HAVE FULL TRUST IN MISS MADDEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH GARDNER THAT SHE MAKES CLEAR WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE THAT REQUIRE FOR THE CYBERSECURITY THAT WE PRETTY MUCH CAN'T COMPROMISE ON CERTAIN THINGS

BUT OTHER AREAS WE ARE WILLING TO WORK ON.>> AS I SAID AT

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AND HOW THEY ARE ADDRESSED. >> I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER ELLIS IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WE DON'T AGREE ON WE SHOULD BE VERY DIRECT ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE PARTIES HAVE NO IDEA.

>> ESPECIALLY WE LEFT THE MEETING TUESDAY THERE WAS NO

OBJECTION WE MEMORIALIZED IT. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I DO WANT TO SAY WE WERE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THIS THREE WEEKS AGO AND MY SENSE WAS COMMISSIONER BRIONES MADE THE APPEAL I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE BEING CANDID BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THIS A LONG TIME I DON'T MIND HURTING PEOPLE'S FEELINGS, WE GET OVER IT. I'VE HAD TO GET OVER A WHOLE

LOT, TRUST ME. >>.>> THERE'S A POINT I WANT TO MAKE WE BEEN TRYING TO DRILL DOWN AND BE ONYX SUCCESSFUL IN DOING IS HOW IS CYBERSECURITY AFFECTED BY THE GOVERNANCE OF JAY WEBB BEING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS INSTEAD OF

UNIVERSITY. >> YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO

TAKE IT OUT. >> THANK YOU.> THE SECOND ITEM ON HERE (INAUDIBLE SPEAKING) LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT COUPLE ITEMS. THOSE OF THE ITEMS 164 AND 325, TAKEN TOGETHER AS THEY BOTH

RELATE TO AN WBE UTILIZATION. >> I THINK WE CAN ELECT EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES PRESENT QUICKLY STOP I THINK THE ISSUE IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND I DIDN'T WANT TO ÃÃI WANTED TO LET THEM WALK THERE WITH THE NUMBERS ARE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? HOW SHOULD WE LET THEM LAY

THESE OUT? >> INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GONZALES IS AVAILABLE AND SHE'S MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS COUNTY JUDGE, TIFFANY, DO YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP FOR

THE DEL? >> I'M INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC EQUITY AND THIS COVERS AWARDS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 2022 THROUGH MARCH 2023.

AS A REMINDER, WE ARE NOW ON SET SCHEDULE FOR REGULAR REPORTING TO COMMISSIONERS COURT WE REPORT MIDYEAR LIKE I'M DOING TODAY AND THEN IN DECEMBER WITH REPORT COVERING THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR.HERE ARE FIVE SECTIONS TO THE REPORT AND IN MY PRESENTATION I WILL COVER THE FIRST FOUR, THE APPENDICES ARE INCLUDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION TO REVIEW AS NEEDED. PLEASE NOTE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE STATISTICS I WILL COVER IN GREATER DETAIL AND SPEED OVER THAT SECTION FOR TIME SAKE.

NEXT SLIDE. WE SEE 32.8 INCREASE WHICH MEANS AFTER TWO YEARS OF THE FWB PROGRAM BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE COUNTY'S ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF 30% I'M WBE UTILIZATION.

>> I WANT TO MENTION, WHERE WERE WE BEFORE WE HAD A PROGRAM? WAS IT NUMBER 9% OVERALL?

>> YES. >> FROM 9 TO 19 THIS SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF CONTRACTS GOING TO PRIME CONTRACTORS ONLY ABOUT $337 MILLION GOING TO PLANS APPROXIMATELY 82% WENT TO NON-NW BEES. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE DATA

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WE COULD SKIP OVER THE SLIDE AS IT COVERS A COUPLE OF NOTES ABOUT PAYMENTS WHICH I WILL COVER IN GREATER DETAIL.

NOW I WILL DIG DEEPER INTO THE DATA STARTING WITH THE AWARDS MADE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THIS REPORTING PERIOD SHOWS A DIFFERENT MIX OF CONTRACT TYPES IN THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD. FEWER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT VALUES AND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE GOODS AND SERVICES WHICH MADE UP THE MAJORITY OF CONTRACTS AS WE EXPECT A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE AWARDS WE ANALYZE COME FROM THE COUNTY'S PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE A VALUE OF ALL THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BY ENGINEERING SINCE THEY PROCURE THESE ON THEIR OWN. THIS SLIDES GETS INTO MORE DETAIL IN THE 25 POINT SENT AWARDS GOING TO AN WBE FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD. FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, THE TABLE HERE INCLUDES THE PERCENTAGE OF FWB IS RECEIVING THE AWARDS AS LISTED IN OUR 2020 DESPAIRED OF STUDY AND LAST REPORT FOR THE SHORT FISCAL YEAR.

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR GREAT STRIDES SINCE DISPARITY STUDY WAS COMPLETED WE'VE GONE FROM AWARDING ÃÃHAVE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRACTS, RECEIVING MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT OF CONTRACTS.

SIMILARLY, HISPANIC SHARE OF CONTRACTS HAVE INCREASED FROM 4.6 PERCENT TO MORE THAN 11 PERCENT AND ASIAN ONLY FIRMS FROM .64 PERCENT FOR. FOR WHITE WOMEN THEIR SHARE OF CONTRACTS HAS INCREASED FROM 3.2% TO MORE THAN 5% SINCE DISPARITY STUDY. AS MUCH AND PREVIOUSLY THE MAJORITY OF THE WORDS ARE GOING TO NON-NW BEES ONLY 8.2 PERCENT OF PRIME AWARDS WENT TO NW BEES.

THIS GRAPH SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF WORDS GOING TO NW BEES AND NON-NW BEES FOR EACH CONTRACT TYPE THAT WOULD TRACK, CONSTRUCTION, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND GOODS AND SERVICES. CONSTRUCTION HAD CONTRACTS HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GOING TO NW THESE LITTLE MORE THAN 33%.

FOR COMPARISON WE ALSO INCLUDED LAST REPORTING PERIOD PERCENTAGES. NEXT SLIDE.

A BREAKDOWN OF PRIME AWARDS BY ETHNICITY.

YOU WILL NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THE LAST REPORT FOR HISPANIC OWNED FIRMS RECEIVING PRIME AWARDS.

THEY RECEIVED 8% OF THE AWARDS FOLLOWED BY BLACK-OWNED FIRMS AT 27.6% AND ASIAN OWNED FIRMS AT 16.4 PERCENT.

THIS SLIDE IS THE MORE DETAILED VERSION OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWS A TYPE OF CONTRACT THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AND ALSO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ETHNIC GROUP.

OVER 90% OF SUBCONTRACTOR AWARDS THE TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT $39.8 MILLION IS ONLY 10.5 PERCENT OF THE COUNTIES TOTALLY AWARDED CONTRACTS. THE GRAPH BRINGS DOWN THE MW SUBCONTRACTOR AWARD BY ETHNICITY.

WHITE WOMEN OWNED FIRMS WITH THE ÃÃAT 43.4% AND HISPANIC OWNED FIRMS AWARDED THE SECOND MOST 33.4%.

SIMILAR TO THE GRAPH ON PRIME AWARDS WE PROVIDED THIS GRAPH TO GET INTO THE MORE THE DETAILS FOR THE M/WBE SUBCONTRACTOR AWARDS BY ETHNICITY.

NEXT WE LOOK AT PAYMENTS MADE TO M/WBE PRIME CONTRACTORS.

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THIS IS BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT BY BEING SO STRICT PREVIOUSLY ABOUT WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED WE WERE POSSIBLY LEAVING OUT PAYMENTS TO NBE FOR THIS SLIDE SHOWS A TOTAL OF $22.9 MILLION IN PAYMENTS TO PRIME CONTRACTORS.

I WILL STOP HERE BEFORE ANSWERING QUESTIONS I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS FIRST AS YOU CAN TELL THIS IS A VERY LENGTHY REPORT. NEXT TIME WE WILL ATTACH ALL THE DATA FOR YOUR BUT ONLY PRESENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WITH KEY TAKEAWAYS AT COURT WE ARE WORKING ON COMBINING THE PAYMENT REPORT SO WE DON'T HAVE TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS.

I KNOW IT CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.

NOW CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? >> I WANT TO THANK YOU MS. GONZALEZ I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN A FORM IN WHICH WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT GO AROUND TO GET UNASSEMBLED FOR.

I ASSUME WE ARE COUNTED ALL THE MONEY WE SPENT WHICH COMES TO ABOUT $97.64 MILLION FOR M/WBE BUT THE NUMBER YOU GAVE 25.9 PERCENT IS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF

CONTRACTS AWARDED. >> CORRECT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS WHO MIGHT COME UP IT'S NOT EASY TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE AND SOMETIMES THE ENTITIES WOULD TELL ME WE HAVE A OGPRRAM AND OF THE RKWO THAT NOMIRITIES AND MEWON CAN DO THEY HAVE THIS% AND THEN I ASK DO THEY DO THAT IN DETROIT OR LLDAAS OR S LOANGELES OR AMMII? I DON'T OWKN.

PICTURE WE ANSWER E THSAME TERMS SO PEOPLE N'DOT END UP SOMEHOW TEINNTIONALLY INUNTENTIONALLY MISLEADING US WITH THE DATA. I SOAL WANT TO MMCOEND MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FALL THFOR E IDEA OF JUST HAVING A ONSUBCTRACTOR. CITY OF HOUSTON'S MBNUERS ARE CONSIDERABLY ERHIGH BUT THERE IS BCA SUONTRACT RAPROGM THEY WANT $345IOMILLN ABOUT 32.4% OUT OTOF TAL OF $1.3 IOBILLN.

I THINK IGIT MHT'VE BEEN A ONE-YEAR TIMEFRAME NOI'M T SURE. SIX MONTH FRTIMEAME.

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BETHAT POSITION HAS EN POSTED WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING.

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MOST SENSEOR OUUS. >> THANK Y.R

>> COMMISSIONEGARCIA AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> THANKYOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ANDTHANK YOU FOR ADTHE PROGRESS BEING ME. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM IS GREAT. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WORK TO DO.

THE SAME ISSUE CHALLENGES US Y THAT WE HAD AT THE CITOF YMHOUSTON THAT IS THE PAENTS TO OUR I SUBCONTRACTORS.

UNDERSTAND WE STILL HAVE NOT NEGOTTEN OUR SYSTEMS CONCTED WHETHER IT BE PEOPLE SOFT OR I GUESS WE DIDN'T BUY THE RIGHT HEMODULES OR DIDN'T TURN TM ON. I WANT TO ASK, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH IMPROVING THE PAYMENT PROCESS TOOUR SUBCONTRACTORS.

IFI M/WBE GETS TO BE A PRIME, EYGOD BLESS THEM.

TH HAVE THE CASH FLOW THEY HAVE THE FINANCIALE CAPACITY THEY HAVTHE RESOURCES SUBCONTRACTORS GENERALLY DO NOT. CASH FLOW IS THEIRMIDDLE NAME.

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>> WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. I WANT TO COMMEND UNIVERSAL BE SERVICES, THEY HAVE EN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER, THIS HAS BEEN A TASK WE HAVEBEEN WORKING ON SLOWLY BUT SURELY OVER THE LAST WE HAVE SOME AUTOMATION ALREADY HAPPENING PEOPLE STOP SENDING PAYMENTS TO (WORD?) THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE INTERFACE BUT WE HAVE A DATE OF JULY 28 FOR THAT TO BE ERFIXED FOR US FROM UNIVSAL SERVICES WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. YOU ARE LECORRECT ABOUT THE MODUS WE HAVE DETERMINED SOME MORE ON BUT THAT PO IS CURRENTLY UP FOR RENEWAL. WE EXPECT FOR THAT TO GREATLY IMPROVE OUTSIDE BUT THE NEXT TIME WE COME BACK TO COURT AND

GET AN UPDATE. >> IF WE COULD MAKE SHOULD HAVE THAT REPORT SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT COURT DATE.

>> AS YOU KNOW, UNDER OCA WE HAVE UNDER OUR POSITIVE PRODUCTIVITY BUDGET EVENT OF A CHAMPION OF.

WAS A TRANSMITTAL PRESENTATION ON WHERE WE WERE AT HETHAT AND WORKING WITH T PURCHASING OFFICE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE N AUDITOR'S OFFICE ALSO OFIGURING OUT GETTING SCOPES OF WORK THAT ARE NICE AND TIGHT FOR THE TYPE OF

IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO ASSIST. >> THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> DIRECTOR REPORT, JUI LIKE TH DETAIL. ST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BUILDING OFF OF WHAT YOU ALREADY ASKED, LYLOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A REAL EFFECTIVE RHYTHM GOING ON WITH YOUR PROGRAM YOU DON'T PUT UP NUMBERS AND NOT HAVE A GOOD RHYTHM.

I'M ASSUMING AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHEN I ASKED THIS, AS WE FURTHER IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM WE ARE STILL ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY DELIVER PROJECTS WE ARE NOT Y BEING SLOWED DOWN ANY WAIN TERMS OF, NOT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CONTROLLING FACTOR BUT IF WE ARE IMPACTING SCHEDULES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO NOT SIT HERE AND

ASSUME WE ARE NOT BUT. >> WHEN WE DO IMPACT SCHEDULES WE HEAR ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY I WILL LET STELLA ANSWER MORE DIRECTLY ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

OF THE WORK THAT WE BEEN DOING SINCE INCEPTION IS BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ALL THE FOLKS THAT RUN THE PROJECTS, THE PROJECT MANAGERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHO TO TALK TO IF THEY ARE INSEEING ANYTHING THAT'S NOT GOG AS FAST AS WE ANTICIPATE. WHILE WE ARE STILL GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED. SOMETIMES THERE ARE DELAYS BECAUSE PERHAPS WE ARE NOT GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO SET A GOAL OR MAKE AN ASSESSMENT.

ESTELLA I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE DEFINITELY HEAR YOU AND WE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH PARTNERS WE MEET MONTHLY AND ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ANY CHALLENGES BUT I CAN SAY THAT WE BEEN PLANNING THE GOALS AROUND REALLY QUICKLY AND NOW WE ARE ABLE TO START DOING AN AUTOMATED PROCESS SO WE ARE DOING GOAL SETTING FOR BONFIRE OR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL. WHICH LETS US TO BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT AND WE REPORT THAT AS PART OF THE KPI TO OCA IS HOW INFAST WE TURN AROUND THE GOAL SETTG.

>> IN TERMS OF ENCOURAGING OUR GOOD DEPTH IN OUR M/WBE'S, WE DON'T HAVE IN TERMS OF BEING SUBS BUT OBVIOUSLY THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SEE NEHOW MANY CAN GET MOVING TO THE XT CATEGORY. HAVING HAD MANY EXPERIENCES WITH A LOT OF BE SURE WE ARE FULLY COMMUNICATING WITH A TRADITIONAL M/WBE SUB WAS READY TO GO INTO THE PRIME CATEGORY IF THEY ARE OVERLOADED WITH M/WBE SUB WORK IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MOVE TO THE PRIME CATEGORY SO I THINK THERE IS A TRANSITION THERE, WORK WITH THEM, THEY PROBABLY NEED TO HEAR FROM US, TO BE E SELECTED. THAT CAN MAKE A REALLY FIN LIVING DOING SUBCONTRACTOR WORK WHEN THEY ARE PROBABLY PREPARED TO MOVE INTO THE PRIME CATEGORY BUT BE SURE THAT WE ARE CHECKING ALL THE BOXES TO BE SURE THAT THOSE SOBS DONE A GREAT JOB IN A SOLID ROLE ARE READY FOR THE PRIME THAT WE ARE

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>> I MIGHT JUST STRESS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THAT'S WHERE THE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITIES OPENS UP FIRST BUT I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T JUST RELEGATE THE M/WBE BEING SUBS, THE BEST EXAMPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THE PROJECT WAS THE ATLANTA AIRPORT. ONE OF OUR MENTORS JACKSON BECAME MAYOR, HE WAS MAYOR BUT DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE COUNCIL HE STOPPED BUILDING NOW THE AIRPORT IS THE BUSIEST AIRPORT IN AMERICA. IT MIGHT BE THE THIRD SECOND OR

THIRD BUSIEST IN THE WORLD. >> I THINK IT MIGHT BE NUMBER ONE. THEY HAVE TO ADJUST BUT MAKE SURE ON THE STAFFING NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE THE BUDGET OFFICE AND LET US KNOW LET ME KNOW IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT OUGHT TO BE A PRIORITY. WE TOOK SO LONG TO SET IT UP.

>> I SEE DIRECTOR GONZALES DOING SHE'S COMMUNICATING WITH THE PARTNERS IF THERE ARE ANY DELAYS, THEY ARE ON THAT PRETTY QUICK. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT IN TERMS OF

FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN KEEP. >> THEY KNOW WE ARE SERIOUS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THE CHAIRMAN IS HERE.

>> IS THERE ACTION ON 64? GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JOINED HERE THIS AFTERNOON BY OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO TOM LAMBERT.

AND ARTIS JOHNSON THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE A SET OF SLIDES FROM US AT ABOUT, THE BOOK IS DIVE INTO DETAIL NUMBERS ON EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN FY2021, THE SLIGHT DECK IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO, THAT GIVES US A LONG-TERM VIEW OF WHERE WE BEEN WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE PETTED.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE ADOPTED AND WE ARE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IMITATION IS THE BEST FORM OF FLATTERY WE ARE HAPPY THAT THINGS WE ARE DOING HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY OTHER AGENCIES. WHAT I WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IS THE SECOND SLIDE WHICH SHOWS A BUNCH OF BAR CHARTS ON IT. COUPLE OF MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS FROM FISCAL 18TH TO FISCAL 22 BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF FISCAL 2023. THE BIG BLUE BOX YOU SEE IS OUR ANNUAL CONTRACTING AWARDED DOLLARS YOU CAN SEE THAT VERY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR SOME YEARS WE BUY MORE BUSES AND TRAINS SOME YEARS WE AWARD LARGE METRO LIFT CONTRACTS AND ALSO A MULTITIER CONTRACT THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE SPECS THAT YOU SEE. WHAT YOU SEE I BELIEVE IN YOUR WORDS STILL LIGHT BLUE LIGHT BLUE SMALLER BARS THE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE SMALL BUSINESS GOAL COMMISSIONER ELLIS TALKED ABOUT CONTRACTS THAT DO NOT HAVE A GOAL THIS IS BECAUSE THESE ARE CONTRACTS WHERE TYPICALLY BUYING BUSES.

METRO LIFT PROCUREMENT. THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOMEWHAT LIMITED. BETWEEN THE DARK BLUE AND THE LIKELY. OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT DO HAVE SUBCONTRACTING GOAL. 35% IF YOU SEE IF YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 19, 20, 22 WHERE 50, 55 AND 67%.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THIS ADVANTAGE AS PART OF THE TOTAL CONTRACTING EVEN THOSE PROJECTS THAT DO NOT HAVE A GOAL, THAT NUMBER IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20

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BUT WE DID NOT MEET OUR 35% GOAL THAT YOUR EX DOWN 25% BUT THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT THE METRO MULTITIER PROGRAM WE FOUND A WAY TO GET UP TO 15% TO 16% OF THE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION.

WHILE OUR PERCENTAGES ARE LOWER OUR ANNUAL SPEND SPE'S AND BBE'S ALMOST TRIPLED THAT YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF 2023 WE ARE WELL ON TRACK.

WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE QUESTIONS I CAME UP IN THE LAST PRESENTATION FOR THOSE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS GOAL WE ARE WORKING TO PROCESS PAYMENT WITHIN 15 BUSINESS DAYS. IS A CONTRACT ROLE REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIME CONTRACTORS PAY THE SUBCONTRACTORS WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIVING PAYMENT. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT CASH FLOW IS NOT AN ISSUE.

THE OTHER THING WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM IS æ

>> IF I MIGHT. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.

YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE HELL I HAD TO RAISE TO GET METRO TO DO A DISPARITY STUDY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SMALL BUSINESSES ARE MY FOCUS IS ON MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON.

YOU BEEN A BENEFICIARY OF THE BATTLES I HAVE FOUGHT.

I JUST WANT TO FOCUS THEIR AND AS I SAID EARLIER BEFORE YOU CAME UP, YOU REMEMBER BEING AT A MEETING WITH THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON YOUR PREDECESSOR I KNOW YOU ALL HAD APROGRAM, YOU WERE SUED AND WE WERE TOLD AT THAT MEETING YOU COULD INTO A PROGRAM THEN WE FOUND OUT THE CONSENT EXPIRED A DECADE AGO.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON SMALL BUSINESSES IS VERY IMPORTANT. I KNOW WHAT WE DO SMALL BUSINESS NUMBERS WHICH ONES ARE ON THE BACK OF THE BUS YOU CAN RELATE TO BEING IN THE TRANSIT BUSINESS, THOSE WOULD BE BLACK, SOUTH ASIAN, HISPANIC, WHITE WOMEN OR OTHER WOMEN SO IN THAT REGARD THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON.

AND FIND SENSITIVITY TO WHEN YOUR PREDECESSOR AND STAFF WOULD TELL ME WHAT THOSE GROUPS DON'T DO MY QUESTION IS, DO THEY DO IT IN ATLANTA? DO THEY DO IT IN DALLAS WHERE THEY HAD A PROGRAM? FOLKS TRY TO GET OUT HERE AND GET FLEXED BUT IF YOU COULD SEND THAT IN, THAT'S MY POINT,

SMALL BUSINESS IS IMPORTANT. >> THE REASON I KEEP CALLING IT SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, YOU STOPPED ME AT THE PERFECT MOMENT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SPEND WITH SMALL BUSINESSES 94% 296% OF THE SMALL DOLLARS GO TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS BUT BECAUSE THE PROGRAM OF SMALL BUSINESS I KEEP CALLING AT THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM. IF YOU LOOK AT FISCAL 2022 $65 MILLION THAT WENT TO SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE I CAUGHT SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PROGRAM CALLS IT, OF THAT 65 MILLION, 96% WENT TO MINORITY AND SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. OUR DATABASE IS 1500 SMALL

BUSINESSES BUT. >> BUT YOU DO FASHION IT SUCH THAT YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU ALL SAY THEY CAN'T DO.

>> IS TYPICALLY DONE THROUGH AN AVAILABILITY AND CAPACITY IN THE MARKETPLACE. WHERE WE BELIEVE ÃÃWE ARE TRYING TO GET THE ONE%. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SMALL BUSINESS IS NOT REFINING BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION AND WE LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE GAPS SO THE OVERALL SPENT WITH SMALL BUSINESSES 95% R MINORITY AND DISADVANTAGED WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ARE GOING UP.

>> IF THE QUESTION IS WHAT PERCENTAGE HOW MUCH MONEY DID

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COULD HAVE BEEN DOING. >> WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN TWO SPECIFIC DISPARITIES IDENTIFIED BUT TO YOUR QUESTION ON THE TOTAL SPENT HOW MUCH IS GOING TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND THE YEAR FISCAL 22, 18% WENT TO SMALL BUSINESSES, 95% OF 18% WHERE MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED

BUSINESSES. >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO DO TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT SINCE WE PUT WE PUT A FEW PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, JUST EASIER IF THEY ALL USE THE SAME FORMAT IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS WE WENT AND HAD I REMEMBER WHEN I SAID ON THE DISPARITY STUDY WAS ON ZOOM DURING THE PANDEMIC.

IT WAS NOT AS EASY FOR ME TO DIGEST BUT I'M GONNA BRING YOU ALL BACK EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

I WAS LOOKING AT THIS SIX MONTH WINDOW FROM THE DATA THAT I GOT G YOU ALL SPENT $65 MILLION WIT SBE DVDS I'M ASSUMINTHEY WERE

MW B'S. >> IT'S IN THE FUTURE SLIDE.

>> ABOUT 85 PERCENT SET SPENT. >> CORRECTLY STOP 17.5 PERCENT ON A BLACK EYE MINORITY OWNED Ã ÃTHE BOTTOM LINE IS, 18% OF

THE 371. >> YES SIR, THAT'S THE NUMBER I

WAS PULLING UP. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST TWO ORDERS OF 2023 IT IS 25% SAID THAT IS SOMETHING THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN METRO BECAUSE OF THE METRO MIX PROGRAM WE ARE NOT A GOOD FAITH EFFORT PROGRAM IT IS A REQUIREMENT.

IF YOU COMMIT TO MAKING THAT IF YOU DON'T COMMIT TO MAKING THE GOAL YOU CANNOT BE AWARDED THE CONTRACT.

IF YOU COMMIT TO MAKING THE GOAL YOU GET AWARDED THE CONTRACT AND DON'T KEEP UP WITH IT IT HAS TEETH.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND RAMSEY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

>> ONE LAST POINT IF I MAY, ON THE $213 MILLION THAT WENT TO METRO NEXT $125 MILLION HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

MORE THAN 50% 54% OF THE CONTRACTS AND AWARDED UNDER METRO GO TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.

THE PROCESS THAT METRO USES TO TRACK AT SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENTS WHAT IS YOUR PROMPT PAYMENT TRACK RECORD? I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT, HOW LONG IT TAKES TO PAY YOUR PRIMES BUT I WANT TO KNOW AS WELL FOR YOURSELVES.

THIRDLY, TO SOMETHING THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES NOT BEING ABLE IN THE DIESEL SPACE, WHAT'S YOUR CAPACITY BUILDING PROCESS AS WELL.

>> THE FIRST QUESTION I WILL GET TO THE SECOND AND THE THIRD QUESTION, 13 BUSINESS DAYS TO CREATE A PRIME CONTRACTOR ON ANY CONTRACT WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS GOAL.

CONTRACTUALLY REQUIRED FOR THE CRIME TO PAY THE SUBCONTRACTOR WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE PAYMENT HOW DO YOU KNOW

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THEY BEEN PAID. >> THEY HAVE TO REPORT IT AND THERE'S A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE FIVE

DAYS. >> IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT TO US

THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. >> THE THIRD QUESTION BEFORE I TURN IT OVER CAPACITY. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT AREAS WHAT WE CALL GAPS STOP WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE HOW DO WE GO TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS HOW TO BE TALKED TO THE INDUSTRY TO HELP BUILD THE CAPACITY.OR EXAMPLE, IN SOME CASES YOU GOT ONE OR TWO VENDORS THAT DO THAT BUT IF YOU MAKE THE CONTRACTOR WILL GOAL ITS PRE-MUCH A SOLE-SOURCE FOR THE SUBCONTRACTOR. WE NOW PLACED INCENTIVES ON THE SOLICITATION TO TELL THE PRIME CONTRACTOR, IF YOU WANT EXTRA FIVE POINTS, SHOW US YOU ARE BRINGING SMALL BUSINESS TO THE TABLE EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T A REQUIREMENT SO THAT WAY WE CONTINUE CAPACITY THROUGH PROVIDING INCENTIVES BUT ALSO WORKING WITH ACTUAL FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY TO SAY ÃÃOF OUR 1500+ DIRECTORY I THINK ABOUT 25 TO 30% OF THEM ARE FROM OUT OF TOWN THEY ARE NOT LOCAL. THE OTHERS ARE LOCAL.

JUST THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE INTEREST 456 NEW ENTITIES HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED IN OUR PROGRAM. 95% 94% R MINORITY OWNED.

>> BEFORE I GET TO THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO ADD ON THAT WE HAVE A THING CALLED THE GAP LIST WE HAVE IT IN A FIGHT AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE CAPACITY AND IT'S BEEN WE BEEN ESTABLISHED GOALS. IDENTIFIED TWO FINE FIRMS MEET SMALLER DISADVANTAGED REQUIREMENT AND GET THEM

CERTIFIED SO. >> THE FIRST QUESTION WAS YOUR

SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENT PROCESS. >> WE DO USE B3 GENE NOW TO TRACK THAT. WHEN WE SET UP A CONTRACT WE MAKE A PAYMENT TO BE TO ACHIEVE THE PRIME HAS TO GO IN AND LOG THE PAYMENTS TO THE SUBCONTRACTORS AND THEN BE TO REGINA SCHUETZ AN EMAIL AND THEY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY RECEIVE THE PAYMENT AND IF THEY RECEIVE THE PAYMENT WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS THAT IT'S REQUIRED.

WE HAVE A STAFF THAT MONITORS CONTRACTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS EACH ONE HAS ABOUT 50 ACTIVE CONTRACTS AND THEY REVIEW WE GET COPIES OF THE SUBCONTRACTOR INVOICES THEY REVIEW THE INVOICES AND COMPARE THOSE TO THE PAYMENTS, PLUS, IT IS A CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENT SO IF WE GET NOTIFICATION THAT A SOB IS NOT GETTING PAID, OUR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR SENDS THE PRIME A NOTICE TO CURE, FOR THEM TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND FIX IT. THIS BECOMES CONTRACT TERMINATION ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN DEFAULT.

>>. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD YOUR

PROCESS IN PLACE? >> GOT BTG I THINK 2008 WE WERE ONE OF THE EARLIER CLIENTS AND WE USED JUST ABOUT EVERY

MODULAR ON IT. >> REPS GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN THAT THEY CAN DO IT AND WE CAN'T.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF WHENEVER YOU'RE PLANNING A PROJECT AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF THE YARD THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE OVERPASS OR UNDERPASS.

I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE SINCE YOU KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE WHERE THERE ARE PROPOSED ROUTES YOU CONSIDER THAT THERE WOULD BE PROACTIVE INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO GO INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND RECRUIT THEM INTO YOUR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS VERSUS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MAD UPSET OR SCARED OR FRUSTRATED.

BE INTENTIONAL IN ADVANCE IT REALLY GOES A LONG WAYS.

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I WOULD ASK THAT THAT BE æ >> MY SUGGESTION I THINK WE CAN HAVE OUR OFFICES WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE AND, FRANKLY, COUNTYWIDE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT FOLKS TO BE FULLY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS RATHER THAN WHAT THEY HEAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU WHEN THE FIRST IT'S HARD TO APPRECIATE YOU IN THE FIRST CONVERSATION AS WE ARE TEARING UP YOUR STREETS.

(LAUGHING) >> VERSUS ALREADY WORKING WITH

US AND THEN. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU MENTIONED WHAT YOUR SCHEDULE IS HAVING BEEN BRIEFED FOR MANY YEARS YOU MENTIONED HOW MUCH YOU SPENT WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR AVERAGE SPEND IS GOING TO BE PER YEAR.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.S A REASON WHY YOU GOT SUED BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

THE FIRST PLACE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WILL FOCUS WERE IN THE METRO AREA, GOING BACK TO SHIRLEY, EVEN ALAN KUYPER, A LONG HISTORY OF IT. YOU ALL HAD SOME FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, EVEN BEFORE THE CITY DID A PROGRAM, WHICH THE CITY DID IT IN 19 84, 85. EVEN WHEN ALAN KUYPER WAS THERE. IT'S GONNA BE A BIG PART OF YOUR LEGACY THERE SOME FINISHING TOUCHES ON YOUR PROGRAM. HOPE YOU PUT THOSE IN PLACE I'VE SAID IT TO YOU AND THE MAYOR, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BACK DOWN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD'VE DONE WHEN YOU HAVE POWER BUT LOOK AT IT IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR, I DON'T.

I PUSH THAT LOVER WHILE I HAVE THE POWER.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. >> THE VERY LAST LINE SHOWS ABOUT THE THINGS WE'VE DONE THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE CURVE IN THE REGION IN OUR PROGRAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. >> I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS AND

APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES. >> I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING

æ >> THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO JOINED US, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, ANYONE FOR

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SUPPORT OR HARRIS HOUSE. >> PORT HOUSTON IS ON.

>> WONDERFUL, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TIME. I BUCKLES THE CHIEF ÃÃÃÃ RECENTLY JOINED US AND HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB SO FAR. HAVE A BRIEF REPORT WE DID PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET SO WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS ON THIS REPORT.

THIS REPORT IS OUR 2022 OUR LAST ANNUAL REPORT WE REFORMATTED TO CLOSELY MATCH THE HARRIS COUNTY REPORT WE DID OUR BEST JOB TO DO THAT. WE DO HAVE TWO PROGRAMS AS WELL. WE HAVE AN MWD PROGRAM AS WELL AS A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM. THIS REPORT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON MWD PROGRAM. ANOTHER THING TO NOTE AS WE BROKE UP THE PROJECT 11 WISHES DEEPENING AND LIGHTNING PROJECT. BROKEN OUT SEPARATELY BECAUSE SIZE AS WELL AS UNIQUENESS. THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT I WILL ASK SID BE THERE TO GO OVER THE REPORTING STATISTICS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NECK SINGING HAS TOUCHED ON THE TWO PROGRAMS BRIEFLY, THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM AND THE NONENTITY WOMAN BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES WILL WALK THROUGH OUR MWD PROGRAM THE CONTRACTS AWARDED.

CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

THIS SLIDE TALKS TO THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AWARDED A TOTAL OF 410.3 MILLION IN CONTRACTING DOLLARS.

NON-PROJECT 11 OR ACTIVITIES AND VACCINES SHARE WITH YOU THE PROJECT 11 IS A ONE-OFF NONROUTINE PROJECT WE SEPARATED THE CONTRACTING DOLLARS. 35 MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES RECEIVE 34.1 MILLION OF THAT 410.3 MILLION WHICH REPRESENTS 8.3% OF CONTRACT DOLLARS AWARDED.

FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR SPD PERCENTAGES BUT WE HAVE SEPARATED THAT FROM OUR M/WBE SPEND. OF THE 66.2 MILLION SPE AWARDS 33.4 MILLION WENT TO SPE'S THAT ARE MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED FIRMS. THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF BOTH PRIME AND SUBCONTRACTORS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF PROJECT 11 WISHES SPECIAL PROJECT WILL LOOK AT TOTAL WORDS THAT PERTAINS TO PROJECT 11 HAVING 40.7 MILLION OR 9.3% BEING AWARDED TO M/WBE'S AND $396.3 MILLION AWARDED TO NON- MBE'S, OF THAT CONTRACTING WORKED HAVE $40.7 MILLION CONTRACT DOLLARS. THAT HAVE GONE TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAN DIAGRAM IT BREAKS OUT THE PERCENTAGES OF THOSE.

THAT GOES TO WOMEN MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS.

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PICK. >> AND WHAT PERCENTAGE GOES TO MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES? WHEN I STARTED THIS GRADING SYSTEM YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST AN INCOMPLETE BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> IT DOES.>>. >> WE CAN GO BACK TO THE LAST LINE I CAN ADDRESS IT RIGHT NOW.

TIFFANY, IF YOU COULD MEET MOVE BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE

PLEASE. >> AS YOU ARE ADDRESSING THIS WILL BE RELATED TO THE ANSWER CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO HIT THE 32% M WBEZ FOR PROJECT 11 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE FOR OTHER PROJECTS.

>> GREAT QUESTION. I WILL GET TO THAT SHORTLY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LINE WITH THE MM/WBE AND THEN PROJEC 11 AWARDS 40.7 MILLION. THEN YOU LOOK THE TINY AMOUNT OF 1K INFORMAL AWARD. THAT TAKES US TO OUR TOTAL THE TOTAL NUMBER IS GOING TO BE 75.7 MILLION AWARDED TO M/WBE'S

FOR BOTH FORMER AND PROJECT 11. >> THAT COMES TO WHAT

PERCENTAGE? >> GIVE ME ONE SECOND I'M GOING TO WORK IT OUT. SO YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK I WANT TO COMMEND THE CHAIRMAN AND THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG BATTLE YOUR PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP OVER THERE KEPT HIDING THE BALL 9% IS TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.

FROM WHERE WE STARTED, YOU ALL HAVE THE 2G BUT WOULDN'T TURN

IT ON. >> I KNOW THAT YOUR CHAIR WORK TO THE AGREEMENT THE COMPOSITION OF THE CEO.

I KNOW WE RUSHED BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE BUT TELL CHAIRWOMAN KOMEN AND THE CHAIRMAN I WANT I'M

VERY PLEASED. >> GOOD WORK, THANK YOU.

>> IS THERE SOMEONE FROM HARRIS HEALTH?

>> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TODAY. MY NAME IS DEREK HOLMES ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTOR DIVERSITY FOR HARRIS HEALTH I'M JOINED BY DOCTOR COURSE WHO MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? I GOT THE GIST OF THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE

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BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS SO LARGE TO MAKE SURE WE ACHIEVE THE WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO 5:00 P.M.

>>. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS BUT

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-- >>> THE CONSTABLE ONE, I HAVE GOT MY WIRES CROSSED HERE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THAT WAS ITEM 200 COME PRECINCT 5 . YES, COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> JUST A QUESTION ON INTERPRETATION. I THOUGHT WE

HAD 196. >> THERE'S 2 OF THEM, WONDERS

96 AND 200. >> ALL RIGHT. 196 AND 200. SO, THE ORDER I HAVE THESE ON -- 196 --

>> QUESTION? >> YES. LET'S DO WONDERS 96

AND THEN 200 . >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WHICH I AM PART IN SUPPORT OF.

HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR CONSISTENCY AND HIGH STANDARDS. AND SO, THE FACT THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NOT A CADET SALARY, I BELIEVE, UNDER THIS, BUT I KNOW THERE IS WITHIN THE SHERIFFS , I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A POLICY FOR THE CONSTABLES TO HAVE THE SAME STANDARDIZED CADET PROCESS WITH THE HCSO AND THAT ALL COUNTY CADET POSITIONS MAY ONLY ATTEND THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TRAINING STANDARDS FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, HARRIS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THAT

WOULD BE MY MOTION. >> OKAY. SO, THAT ONE WOULD BE ON ITEM 196. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO STANDARDIZE

THE CADET? >> I'LL SECOND IT.

>> WONDERFUL. STANDARDIZED CADET POLICY, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> SURE. >> HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE

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MADE? HOW WOULD THAT FILE? >> NO. IT WOULD CEASE FUNDS, WHICH IS FINE. IT'S A QUESTION OF WHERE THE TRAINING WILL TAKE PLACE, AND IF WE START SENDING FOLKS TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACADEMIES, THEN , ALTHOUGH WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MODEL AND POLICY, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WON'T GET IT. WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHING HERE. SO, THE SHERF IS COMMITTED TO THESE, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT THE TRAINING TO BE AND WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST IN THE

COUNTRY. >> COMMISSIONER, JUDGE?

>> YEAH. >> THIS I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOTION SAYS, IT APPLIES TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, OR ANY AND ALL ? OKAY. SO, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT I THINK COMMISSIONER BRIONES, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. IF YOU WANT TO FOCUS IN SPECIFIC TO THIS ITEM, PRECINCT 2, I THINK THAT'S FINE. I THINK IT DEVIATES BEYOND. IF YOU USING -- WANT TO MAKE IT SORT OF APPLY TO ALL THE CONSTABLES, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO PUT THAT ON ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM

. >> LET'S START HERE AND THE

MOVE ON. >> OKAY.

>> WE'LL BRING THE SEPARATE ITEM.

>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER?

>> YEAH. THE MOTION IS TO DIRECT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO OFFICE, TO DIRECT A POLICY OR, LET'S SEE.

HOW SHOULD WE READ THIS? >> -- ORIGINAL MOTION READ TO ESTABLISH A POLICY FOR THE CONSTABLES. I GUESS I SHOULD

ADD -- >> HINDSIGHT.

>> CONSTABLE OR COMMISSIONER TO HAVE THE SAME ASSOCIATION. SO, THAT -- AND FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY -- MAINTAIN THE SAME TRAINING STANDARDS FOR ALL HARRIS COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS .

>> IF WE CAN GET THAT ONE, COMMISSIONER, WHICH ONE?

>> THEY COULD GO TO VICTORIA, THEY COULD GO TO --

>> SO, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE?

>> NO. THERE MAY BE OTHERS, BUT NOT UNDER A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SO, YOU CAN GO TO U OF H DOWNTOWN, BUT AGAIN, THOSE AGENCIES USUALLY TRAIN UNDER THIS MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENT , WHILE HPD AND SHERF EXCEED WHAT THE STATE

REQUIRES. >> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT APPLIES TO PRECINCT TWO. CORRECT?

>> DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU ? >> YEAH. THAT'S FINE,

COMMISSIONER. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA, JUST SO MY COLLEAGUES -- JUST SO I'M CLEAR ON THIS ONE , WHAT YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING IS PRECINCT 2 WOULD NOW TRAIN IT'S CADETS -- LIKE I HAVE A FRIEND, ACTUALLY, THAT RIGHT NOW, IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH ONE THE PRECINCT. LET'S SEE, PRECINCT 2. SO, HE WOULD TRAIN UNDER THE SAME CURRICULUM AS SOMEBODY WHO WERE TO GO TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE UNLESS HE TRAINED IN VICTORIA, OR WHATEVER. NO, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL PROGRAM WOULD BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> SO, IT'S NOT COMPLICATED, JUDGE. IF I, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, WANT TO GET MY STATE LICENSED , I CAN GO ANYWHERE. I CAN GO TO U OF H DOWNTOWN I CAN GO TO SOME OF THE TRAINING ACADEMY THAT WOULD VASECTOMY, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TIME TO ATTEND, THEN I CAN COME BACK TO HARRIS COUNTY AND, POTENTIALLY, GET SIGNED ON BY ANY OF THE -- MOST ANY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS A LATERAL PROGRAM, WHICH WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE WHO HAVE LAW-ENFORCEMENT LICENSES FROM OTHER AGENCIES, BUT THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ATTEND AN ABBREVIATED ACADEMY TO COME UP TO THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRAINING STANDARDS. SO, MOST OF ALL, AS I MENTIONED, MOST OF ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT DO TRAINING, GENERALLY, TRAIN AT THE STATE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS VS. THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE , AS EXAMPLES. THEY EXCEED THE MINIMUM THE STATE TRAINING STANDARDS. SO, THE ANSWER IS THEY COULD, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO WORK FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO TO AN ABBREVIATED ACADEMY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LATERAL PROGRAM, WHICH THEN WOULD MAKE THEM EXCEPT MORE TRAINING HOURS , AND THEY OBVIOUSLY DO NOT

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BRING HIM. >> SO, THEY WANTED A TOUR FOR PRECINCT TWO, IT WOULD BE THE SAME SITUATION, BECAUSE THERE

WILL BE A HIGHER STANDARD? >> CORRECT.

>> I SUPPORT IT, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE WITH THIS OTHER ITEM COMING TOWARDS SOMETHING WITH A

STANDARDIZATION OF TRAINING. >> RIGHT .

>> WE OUGHT TO HAVE IT. IT IS A GOOD THING THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME

STANDARDS. >> OKAY ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS PUT ON

FIVE -- FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> NO.

>> CARRIES 4-1. ITEM 200, COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> YES , THIS IS AN ELECTION ON THE ITEM.

>> 200, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT.

>> YEP. >> START WITH SECONDING IT .

>> THE 200 RELATES TO CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5. IT IS WITHIN HIS BUDGET ALREADY. IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL ASK. IT'S IN HIS BUDGET TO GET EACH OF HIS TEAM MEMBERS $2000 EACH, AND THAT WOULD HIT ON THEIR SEPTEMBER 1ST PAYCHECK.

>> YEAH. THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WE

APPROVED ON THE TABLE. >> SO, IF I MIGHT --

>> YES, COMMISSIONER. >> CAN I AND , OR I CAN TAKE NO ACTION ON IT VS. AN ORDER AGAINST IT. MR. RAMOS , WE DON'T HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT RETENTION PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF

DETENTION? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> AND SO, ONE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND NOT

THE OTHER? >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC JUST THE REASON WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT, WAS THEY'RE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY , AS I CAN SAY THIS, WITH STATE-MANDATED STAFFING MINIMUMS. IF WE DON'T MEET THOSE MINIMUMS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A WARM BODY TO SHOW UP, THEY HAVE TO PULL SOMETHING BACK, AND IF THEY KNOW THIS THING COMES IN, TAKES OVER THE JAIL, THEN WE GET TO COMPENSATE THE STATE TELLING US THAT WE DIDN'T MEET THE MINIMUM JAIL, AND EVERY TIME -- BECAUSE THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY FULL-TIME TAKING THE SHIFT AND THE PERSON IN OVERTIME, WHICH WE ARE PAYING A 30,000 PREMIUM FROM THE COST OF AN FTE TO THE COST OF FILLING THAT SLOT WITH OVERTIME, SO THE NEED , WHICH IS BLINKING RED LIGHTS, I HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS -- A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE COUNTY, BUT ONE OF THEM IS WE CREATE A LOT OF INTERNAL COMPETITION FOR STAFF, AND YOU SEE FOLKS KIND OF MOVING AROUND APARTMENTS -- AND DEPARTMENTS. MY PROBLEM WILL BE IF CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5 OR TO HAVE IT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SHERIFF NOT HAVING THE SURPLUS TO POTENTIALLY DO IT, SOME OF THE OTHER CONSTABLES THAT ARE SMALLER MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD SEE IS THAT DEPUTIES STARTING TO MOVE TOWARDS WHERE THE FUNDING IS , WE WOULD CREATE INEQUITIES IN INTERNAL PETITION, YOU KNOW, FOR ONE OF OUR MOST FINITE

RESOURCES, WHICH IS DEPUTIES. >> SO, JUDGE, I AGREE IN IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PUSH TODAY, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO, BUT I THINK HE WILL HAVE AT LEAST AN EQUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW ONE PRECINCT CAN GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING, ANYWAY, BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SENDING ONE BUT NOT THE OTHER. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM WE HAVE IN PLACE, IF WE LOOK AT THE BUDGETS OF SOME CONSTABLES AND OTHERS, THERE'S A LOT OF INEQUITY THERE IN A WAY, BUT FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD VOTE NO.

>> I WOULD WANT TO ADD THAT IT IS MIGHTY WITHIN THEIR BUDGET, AND WE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS FOR A LONG TIME ON HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES USE MONEY THE LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR , AND I WANT TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE SAYING, NO, YOU CAN'T USE THAT MONEY UNTIL YOU'VE GOT MORE.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE BIT LIKE DEFUNDING. SO, I WOULD SAY, THIS A LEGITIMATE WAY TO USE IT. I WOULD ALSO, IN THE PROCESS, LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A PILOT PROGRAM THAT OTHERS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE HE'S TALKING ABOUT DOING IT FOR THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR ONLY , IN ORDER TO RETAIN. HE'S NOT USING IT IN THE ROOM. IT'S JUST TO RETAIN THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAS, AND IT'S HIS MONEY. WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, PARTICULARLY, THE CONSTABLES, THAT WOULD GIVE NEW X NUMBER OF DOLLARS. DON'T GO OVER. THERE ISN'T ANY HELP HER NOW, WHEN THEY COME IN AND

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>> WELL, WE CAN MAKE THIS EXEMPT , WHAT DO WE DO THERE? EQUITIES WERE BUILT. SORRY. I KNOW WE WILL TRY TO GET OUT.

IT'S AN EMOTION AND A SECOND? >> I MADE THE MOTION.

>> I SECOND. >> AND I BELIEVE -- I'M HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SHERIFF AND SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ASKED FOR COMMANDO SEVEN SUPPLEMENT TO THIS IS WITHIN THE BUDGET OF AN INDEPENDENT ELECTED PERSON WHO WANTS TO RETAIN THEIR TALENT. I HOPE OTHERS, LONG, BUT IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE A CHIEF TALENT OFFICER, THE SACRIFICE S INDIVIDUALS MAKE, AND THEY HAVE A WITHIN THE BUDGET, THEY CAN BUY COMPUTERS AND STUFF, BUT THIS IS WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD EVERY DAY, AND THIS IS THEIR CHOICE, HOW TO SPEND THEIR ALREADY IMPROVED BUDGET.

THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION. >> I WOULD SAY ONE LAST POINT.

AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY WE CAN GET THERE FOR SIX THE EXIT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT

THE MOMENT . >> BECAUSE, WE FORGET THAT THERE WAS -- THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AT ONE POINT, WAS GOING TO HAVE -- I FORGOT HOW MUCH IT WAS -- AND HE WAS GOING TO GIVE IT AS A SALARY INCREASE TO THE STAFF. THE CONSTABLES CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, IF YOU WILL GIVE HIM A SALARY INCREASE, GOT TO GIVE IT TO US, AND WE COULDN'T AT THAT TIME.

WE COULDN'T. SHERIFF HADDAD IN HIS BUDGET. AND SO, HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HIS SALARY INCREASE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PAIRING. AND SO, I THINK, THIS JUST CREATES A CHALLENGE FOR ONE AGENCY IF WE ARE NOT GOING DTOO IT ACROSS THE ARBOD, WHICH BRINGS ME CKBA TO THE NO NEW VERENUE

RATE. I NTWA TO PUT A SALARY. >> WE L ALWANT TO PUT A LASARY

FOR FOLKS. >> SAA LARY INCREASE FOR ALL LAW FOENRCEMENT OFFICIALS, BUT I WOULD STJU NOT WANT TO PENALIZE E ONAGENCY R FOA GOOD INTENTION, BUT GUFIRE OUT HOW WE GET ERTHE ON A LONGER SCALE. SO, THAT WOULD BE MY PEHO. I

WOULD JUST RATHER -- >> WE JUST WENT THROUGH PAA Y

EQUITY. >> GE JUD, IF WAYOU NT TO VOTE AGAINST IT ON THE SIDE HEOF T POLICY, I THINK WE N CAGET THE FUNDING, MECO BUDGET AND TAX RATE ONSEAS. WE CAN GET THE FUNDING TO GIVE THE PAY S RATE THAT WE WANT IVTO GE FROM LAST YEAR OS ACRS BOTHE ARD. COUNT ME IN IF SO. I WAS E THERIN OCTOBER OF LAST , YEARALMOST A YEAR AGO, WEBUT CAN HAVE THIS DISPROPORTIONATE, WHERE JUST BECAUSE THEY CAME IRIN FST OR HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIP OR WHATEVER, GTHEYET TO GIVE A REASON THE OTHERS T,DON' AND I DO THINK -- BUT WHERE DO YOU START? RIGHT? WHAT'S THE STARTING POINT? THESE DEPARTMENTS FRBEGAN OM A PLACE OF ITDISPARIES. SO, YOU KNOW, THINK CONSTABLE WALKER, IF IT'S CONSTABLE O,TREVIN THEY HAVE A TINY BUDGET. R WHETHEYOU LOOK AT IT TE-- WHAVER WE LOOK AT IT, HIPUBLISNG, DEMANDS PER CAPITA, THERE'S THA LOT AT NEEDS ADTO BE DRESSED THAT ROBABLY WON'T E BE ABLTO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE OF SOME OF HE CTRESTRIIVE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED.CERTAINLY, SHOULDN'T BE MAKING THINGS WORSE. ANYWAY, THERE'S A MOTION BY IO COMMISSNER BRIONES, ECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY ? OPPOSED NO.

A AIMOTION FLS. I SEE WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT

ST CAME IN. YES? >> WHAT WAS THE FINAL? >>

INCORRECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> EI GOT SOXCITED, I FORGOT THEY WERE BACK. UNWE ARE RNING

SHORT. >> SORRY.

>> SMILING. >> GOYES. WE T ABOUT AN HOUR.

-- >> JUST HTIF I MIG , ANY OFTH E ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE, I'VE ALREADY MINE. I CAN GETY.ON REMOTEL JUST TRY TO WOMAKE IT RK

SOME ERCOMMISSION -- >> MOST OF THE E ONES I HAV FLAGGED, IT'S A VOTE YES OR NO.

>> OKAY PURSUIT IS VOTE? >> YES.

>> JUST RETO MAKE SU, ANYTHING WE GET BTO THIS --ECAUSE I N' DOT WANT TO MISS THIS. THIS AT ALL RIGHT?

>> YES. YEAH. >> IF Y,I MIGHT SA I AM SUIN HERE . OWE'LL VOTEN IT SHORTLY, BUT THERE'S FOUR VERY CLEAR PARAMETERS OF HAVING G USINARPA MONEY. I COWILL MMUNICATE THAT COURT, IN TERMS OF I WANT TO RE SU THAT, WHEN WE VET THE ARPA MONEY, WE'RE T SPENDING TH CORRECTLY, AND I KNOW WE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS IN

LOOKG AT IT. --IN ANY CASE >> WOULD GOYOU WANT TO ? AS

>> BED ON 1, I'M VOTING0. >> WHEN WE TAKEA MINUTE?

>> OKAY. MOTION Y, SO, ISHERE A

ON 10? >> WHAT YOU MEAN,

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TO SUPPORT PROJECTS? >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER S ELLIS,ECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? .

>> AYE >> AYE.

>> ALL IN FAVOR -- OPPOSED? >> INO.

>>'M MBIN FAVOR OF NUER 1. NEXT >>IS 12.

SO MOVED. ON >> SECDED.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER

GARCIA, ALSO. >> AND LLRESCUE PLAN DOARS. ALL

IN FAV? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> I'M IN FAVOR . MOTION 4- CARRIES 1. ITEM 15, RFP FOR AR UPLIFT HRIS. COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

SECOND? A >> SECOND. ND

>> SECO BY BRIONES. ALL IN FAVOR?

>>AYE. >> AYE.

ALL OPPOSE? >> NO.

>> TII'M IN FAVOR. MOON CARRIES FOR THE-ITEM 17, FUNDING FOR THE K STATEMENT OF WORFOR E CHILDCARCONTRACT THE SLOT

PROGRAM. >> MOTION.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SISECONDED BY COMMISONER

GARCIA. >> AYE. VOR?

ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> FI'M IN BEIJING --AVOR, MOTION CARRIES 4-1. E INAUDIBL] A MOTION FOR S?THOSE ITEM

>> SECOND. >> ONMOTION BY COMMISSIER GARCIA, ONSECOND BY COMMISSIER ELLIS. AOLIVEIRA?

>>YE. >> AYE. OS

>> ANY OPPED? I'M IN ONFAVOR. MOTI CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 20. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A I DISCUSSIONTEM. 35ITEM 21 AND 8 GO TOGETHER. IN RECLASSIFYG OF A POSITION

ON >> ON THIS ITEM , I WANT TO MAKEA MOTION , BUT I WOULD WH LIKE TO SEE ERE UNIS THE OPPORTITY FOR US TO ITHAVE THAT POSION WE OUHAD TALKED ABT THAT WAS TO RECLASSIFY -- DID WE GET

>> TITHIS IS RECLASSIFICAON OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CSD FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OTO THE POSITIONF DITHE EXECUTIVE

RECTOR POSITION . >> I MOVE ONTHE ITEM.

>> WONDERFUL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONERGARCIA. WITH S WHA

MOTION ITHAT? >> 21.

>> 21 AS PRESENTED. SECONDED Y COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECONDED BY LLCOMMISSIONER GARCIA. A IN FAVOR?

AYE. >> AYE. D?

>> ANY OPPOSE D MOTION CARRIEUNANIMOUSLY. I'M IN FAVOR. WONDERFUL. DID WE NEED TO DISCUSS 358? CAN WE DO 350

IT? >> THAT'S A KATRANSMITTAL.

>> OY, THAT'S A TRANSMITTAL. ACCEPTED.

>> I WILL SAY, DION BEHALF OF T RECTOR, ITEM DI358, IS EXTRA ORNARY. WHEN WE RECEIVED A REPORT WHEN WE HAVE ACTUALLY REDUCED WHAT WASOME MIGHT CALL STE AND SPENDING, WELL DONE. Y YOUR FAITH AND CONDENCE AND 'R SUPPORT IN WHAT WEE TRYING TO G

DO. >> CONATULATIONS.

>> T CONGRATULATIONS, AND I JUS WANT TO THANK YOU AY-- BECAUSE MUST S, YOU HAVE BEEN A NDBIT OF A DISRUPTOR A THAT AREA, AND I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE IETHE PROCESS, EFFICNCY, AND REALLY TRY, WHATEVER YOU CAN, MAKE THINGS . GO A LITTLE FASTERI APPRECIATE IOTHE FAST COMMUNICATN THAT'S OCCURRING BETWEEN YOU AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, AND WE MOVED A LONG, GREAT, GREAT DEAL SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THERE, BUT I WANT TO MAK SURE WE CONTINUECOTO KEEP THE ENERGY, NTINUE TO PRKEEP THE EFFORT TO IMOVE THE PROCESS

ALL THE WAY AROUND . >> YES. LOTS STILL TO BE NIDONE AND IT IS DEFITELY A GROUP EFFORT, AND TH EVERYBODY'S

ALL-IN. ANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU ATPRINT I ALWAYS S H, THAT FIRST DAY, NEVER GETS ANYBODY.

>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. NEXT IS ITEM 39 .

SUPPLEMENT THE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.

>> I JUST WANT YOU G TO BE QUICK. WE'RE ASKINFOR $400,000 TO COVER THTHE INCREAS COST OF E A-1 R TAX ASSESSMENT COLLECTOCOST RETHROUGH THE YEAR. WE INCASE THE BUCURRENT LEVEL SERVICE DGET FOR '24. BA THE OUT-OF-STATE WILL SELINE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THETI SUPPLEMENT THE CORPORAON.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO ALLOW THE JUSTICE EADEPARTMENT'S TO HAVE INCRSED STAFFINGS RELATED TO 3-D COURSE STARTING SEPTEMBER 30TH AND ALLOW THEM TO GET A

HEAD START. >> I WILL HAVE THE ITEM.

>> OKAY. MOTION BY ON COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECDED

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>> AYE. >> A OPPOSED? I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE K FIRST PIECE. STILL THINTHAT THERE'S H SOMETHING THAT WOULD MUCMORE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE OVERCROWDING THOSE FUNDS COULD BE BETTER SPENT ON. IT'S STATUTE NOW, SO I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR.

>> MOTION'S ANIMOUS. >> UNANIMOUS. CORRECT 114.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. SO, I THINK WE SAVE IT FOR THE DISCUSSION PIECE AS WELL. 174, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? YOU

FLAGGED THAT ONE . >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION ONBY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL INYEFAVOR?

>> AYE. >> A.

>> ANY OPPOSED? I AM IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. 4-1. 211.

THAT'S HOW AMICUS BRIEF. >> SO MOVED .

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> SECOND COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN PPFAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OOSED? R. >> NO.

>> I'M IN FAVO MOTION CARRIES 4-1. ITEM 212.COUNTY ATTORNEY,

DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT? >> NO. WE DON'T. SO MOVED.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS IS ITEM 212, AND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. IS THERE A SECOND? A

>> SECOND. >> DEARNS, ICTUALLY DON'T THINK THIS IS A DISCUSSION. I THINK THAT IS REQUIRED.

>> GOT IT. >> I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE.

>> WE CAN JUST BRING IT BACK. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU GUYS

HAVE THE LANGUAGE READY YET. >> JOINT, YES. TOPPLING THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S SUBMITTED HERE, I THINK WAS PASSED AROUND, IS GOING TO BE PICKING UP A PH FOR THIS LANGUAGE THAT IS THE LANGUAGE WE ARE GOING TO BE USING WITH THE AGREEMENT FOR FORMAL VOTING DURING THAT MEETING GUDURING THE WINTERTIME BETWEEN AUST 9TH AND AUGUST 21ST, THE SPECIAL MEETING. AND SO, THAT WOULD BE IT GOING FORWARD.

>>THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO, WE WILL DISCUSS IT WHEN IT COMES BACK. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING?

>> YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. SORRY.

>> SURE. >> I LOST MY PLACE HERE. SORRY.

SO, THAT WAS 212. NOW, 214, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> I APPROVE. >> OKAY. IS THERE A N MOTION?

>> SECOND. >> MOTIOBY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER

>> AYE. LIVEIRA? >> SLANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRI UNANIMOUY. 2035, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

>> THAT IS , I BELIEVE ,

APPROVE ALL EXCEPT -- >> SECOND. RAMSEY, SECONDED BY ONER COMMISSIONER GARCIA PUT ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION BY PFM ITEM WITHIN ITEM 235. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> I'M IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 4-1.240 , IMMIGRANT LEGAL

>> MOTIONED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER

GARCIA PUT ON FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY IN FAVOR -- OPPOSE?

>> NO. >> I'M IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 40-1.240, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. VEMENT ATCONDITION ASSESSMENT.

>> IT'S GOOD. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE . >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> --

>> I'M IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 330 AND ALTOGETHER. COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> YES. ON THIS ITEM, I WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT IT'S BEEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AFTER CONGRESS APPROVED 1 OF 3 BILLION FOR THE FLOOD MITIGATION PURPOSES , WITH NOT A TIME OF THAT BEING SPENT IN HARRIS COUNTY. WE HAVE TO GET THESE FUNDS MOVING. SO, THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED TO HARRIS COUNTY BY THE FORMAL JAILER WAS WITHDRAWN, AND WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE WITH JOHN. NOTHING ABOUT THAT DECISION -- ABOUT THIS DECISION OF THIS MADE TODAY, SUGGEST ROANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.

THE GENTLEMAN THAT BUGHT THIS SUGGESTION TO CHANGE TO OUR AGREEMENT IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT UNDER THE NEW AGREEMENT, AND FOR THAT, I WANTED TO THANK THE NEW GENERAL COMMISSIONER FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT TO HARRIS COUNTY . SO, THE CBG MIT PROGRAM WOULD FALL UNDER THE SAME SET OF OUR INITIATIVE CRITERIA , RESPONSIBLE

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THE ITEM? >> SO, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, JUDGE, AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. WE DO ALSO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EFFICIENCY , WORKING CLOSELY WITH GLO. WE HAVE APPRECIATED THEIR SUPPORT AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE CDBJBR PROGRAM, AND SUPPORTING A MOVING FORWARD AS THEY HAVE REQUESTED IMPLEMENT A DIRECT CONTRACT WITH THE CONTROL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING COMMISSIONERS WERE GIVEN THAT AUTHORITY TO

WORK WITH THAT ASSOCIATION. >> THANK YOU. AND DIRECTOR COSTAS, I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE TWO OF YOU WILL WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THINGS WILL MOVE ALONG AS EFFICIENTLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY OF THIS MONEY -- AS HARD AS WE FOUGHT TO GET IT -- I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY OF IT GO BACK. SO, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WORK. I

WILL MOVE ON THE ITEM. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS, THEN COMMISSIONER BRIONES, THE FINALLY, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECONDED

BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS . >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I DID RAISE THE ISSUE WITH THEM THAT , WHEN I TALKED TO BOTH, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I SAID, THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA , WHY DIDN'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THAT BEFORE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, NOW, CERTAIN STAFF HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE, CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIRED, IN ONE DEPARTMENT, NOT THE OTHER ONE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WHICH I ASSUME WE CAN USE FEDERAL MONEY TO GO AND DO IT, BUT I DID STRESS TO THEM -- AND ANOTHER SECOND ITEM HAS AT LEAST SOME LATITUDE TOWARD THOSE POSITIONS OUT BECAUSE I WOULD HATE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR THE MONEY NOT TO BE SPENT, AND THEN EVERYBODY'S POINTING FINGERS AND SOMEBODY SAYS , WELL, STATE TOLD US, SWITCH TO ANOTHER. SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL LAY ALL THOSE OUT. I WANTED TO COMPLEMENT BOTH COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM AS WELL FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL, BUT I WANT TO LAY THAT OUT ON THE TABLE. OBVIOUSLY, WE KEEP LIMITING CHANGE WITH THAT MUCH MONEY. SHE SAY, NO MONEY? BECAUSE SOMEBODY, I SAID, SUCH A BRIGHT SOUND. SOUNDS SO LOGICAL. WHY DIDN'T SOMEBODY SAY IT? AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS SAID, AND I WAS SINKING, DID THEY SAY IT TO THE DIRECTOR? DID THEY NOT COME UP TO US? THEN, I'M STILL THINKING, SOME OF THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, AT GLO AT THE TIME, STILL WANTED TO DO IT SUNDAY NIGHT, BUT IT'S A CHAIN WE'RE MAKING WITH THAT REQUEST THAT IS GOING TO STRESS -- I WILL SAY THIS FOR BUCKINGHAM AS WELL, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE THIS TRANSITION.

YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS AT HIRE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, "CAN COMPLY

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>> COMMISSIONER BRIONES, THEN COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> THANK YOU. IN QUEUE, DR. PETERSON, DIRECTOR COSTAS, COMMISSIONER RAMON. I SHARE THE COMMISSION 'S COLLABORATION , HERE, AND HARRIS COUNTY, ESSENTIALLY WEEKLY. SO THANKFUL AND HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF STREAMLINING THIS FURTHER TO BETTER-POSITION US , YOU KNOW, FOR EVEN MORE SUCCESS. SO, THANK YOU. I HAD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT SIMPLY ASKED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO COME FORWARD WITH EITHER THE AMENDED CONTRACT AND/OR A STATUS UPDATE IN THE AUGUST 20 NIGHT MEETING, JUST SINCE TIME IS OF THE EVIDENCE -- ESSENCE, AND WE HAVE SUCH TIGHT DEADLINES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE RPPUSHING TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY AND VERY

PUOSEFULLY. IN QUEUE. >> YEAH. QUICKLY, IF I MAY ADD IN OUR NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. BUCKINGHAM, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT DR. BUCKINGHAM, FLOOD CONTROL DIRECTOR, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR , COSTAS, WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AND WE DIDN'T LET THAT GET IN THE WAY OF NOT DOING ANYTHING EVER. THIS IS REALLY SMART, AND TO MR. ELLIS' POINT, THIS IS A TICKING DEADLINE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MEET IT THANK YOU FOR THE TWO OF YOU, PRETTY UGLY, WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION.

>> THANK YOU. >> WONDERFUL.

>> IS THERE A MOTION ON BOTH OF THESE, AS PRESENTED BY GARCIA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> NO NEED TO CORRECT THAT ONE.

>> OKAY. >> MOTION FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO RETURN TO THIS COURT ON AUGUST 29TH, 2023, WITH EITHER AN AMENDED CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, REGARDING HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT , AND ADDED AS THE DIRECT RECIPIENT OF THE 502.5 MILLION IN CDBG FUNDS, PLUS THE PRORATED SHARE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRESS REPORTED TO THE COURT DURING THE SUMMER .

>> YOU HAVE GOT THAT, JAMES? >> 331, 332. IS IT INCLUDED WITH THAT, OR IS IT A SEPARATE MOTION ON ITS OWN?

>> IT WOULD TAG ON TWO MORE. >> WHICH ONE CAN WE TAG IT

ONTO, JOHN ? >> 331.

>> OKAY I WILL SHOW THE ITEM BEING APPROVED.

>> PUT THAT AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER ONE PRESENTED CORRECT.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER -- MOTIONS BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? I'M IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SO, THE NEXT ITEM --

>> CAN WE DO ONE MORE? >> YES. SO, WE VOTED ON BOTH OF THEM. SO, THE NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY THE J-WEB ITEM. I REALLY THINK, IF WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ANY OTHERS, THEY NEED TO BE QUICK, BECAUSE J-WEB, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME, AND WE DO HAVE A FLIGHT TO CATCH. LET ME READ YOU THE ONES WE HAVE LEFT. SO, WE HAVE THE LGBTQ COMMISSION BY LAWS, WE HAVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUSSELL, GLENN, AND HARRIS COUNTY. WE HAVE THE THREE HAVE, AND ACTION PLAN. WE ALREADY DID SOME OF THOSE. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH SMG ON ENERGY PARTS. WE HAVE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, POSSIBLE ACTION. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH STATUS FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS , PROPERTY TAX RELIEF , AND TETRA TECH. WILL ANY OF

THOSE DROP HER DECISION? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES, WERE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, OR CAN WE JUST

PASS THOSE? >> I WILL PUT ON THE EXTENSION.

>> MOVE TO -- WILL COME BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER. THIS IS A TRANSMITTAL. NO DISCUSSION ON 352. WE ACCEPT THE TRANSMITTAL.

BACK TO COMMISSIONER ELLIS' QUESTION.

>> ASKING MY COLLEAGUES OF MINE, I NEED TO PUT MY COMMENTS DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE DECISION. CAN WE JUST PASS

IT OR VOTE NO? >> 409, NO ACTION?

>> YES. >> 409 IS NO ACTION. YES,

COMMISSIONER BRIONES? >> 343 WILL BE ACTUALLY BRIEF.

>> I WOULD REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE HARRIS COUNTY LGBTQIA PLUS

COMMISSION BYLAWS. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND I WANTED TO ASK, PLEASE, IF YOU COULD RING YOUR LIST OF POTENTIAL APPOINTMENTS TO OUR COMMISSION BY AUGUST 29TH , AND THAT WAY, WE CAN VOTE ON

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>> PERFECT . >> SO, IT'S UP FOR IT,

PRESENTED. >> YES. MOVED AS PRESENTED, AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK, PLEASE, BY THE AUGUST 29TH, IF WE COULD

VOTE ON NUMBERS. >> OKAY. GOT IT. SO, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, 332, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER

GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE . >> ANY OPPOSED?

>> NO. >> I'M IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 40-1.THE ONES LEFT ARE 7 LEXI G. CAN THEY GO TO THE

NEXT COURT OR WILL IT BE PAT? >> WHICH IS IT?

>> 390. >> I WILL MOVE THAT

>> OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS ABOUT THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION CONFERENCE IN 2023. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> I'M IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES 40-1.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES. NEXT 1 IS 412, DISCUSSION ON THE 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION. CAN WE MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT COURT

COMMISSIONER? >> YEAH.

>> JUDGE, CLEARLY, I UNDERSTAND THE UPDATE ON THE GROUP, THAT REPORT WAS DUE EARLY THIS YEAR, JANUARY.

IT'S ON THE MARCH 2022 . SO, AT NEXT COURT, IF WE CAN GET THAT REPORT, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS .

>> YES. WE ARE GOING TO TRACK IT DOWN.

>> AND THE REPORT SHOULD HAVE -- I WOULD NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HE PUT -- THE REPORTER WAS TALKING EARLIER. THIS REPORT IS

DONE ALREADY. >> I BELIEVE IT JUST HAS --

ADMITTED. >> TO THE COURT, BUT IT WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION.

>> IN THAT CASE. YES . >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU GUYS CAN TRACK IT DOWN, THEN WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA IF

NEED BE. >> WE CAN TALK ABOUT 13.

>> OKAY. NO OPTION. 413, COMMISSIONER BRIONES?

>> NO ACTION. >> NO ACTION. THEN 415 IS AN AGREEMENT FOR DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM. MOTION BY

COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >> SECOND.

>> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> I'M IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 40-1.ALL RIGHT. WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OF THE TWO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. J-WEB, OF COURSE, AND ALL WE'RE BACK THERE, WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT -- WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE. CAN WE PUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE SECOND?

>> I CAN JUST GET A QUICK STATUS UPDATE.

>> SURE. >> WE BREACHED THE STAFF ON OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR TO EVERYONE, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY PLAN CHANGES IN THE FISCAL YEAR '25. SO, THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO DISRUPTION , WHERE THERE IS ALREADY DISRUPTION. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES FOR PLANTED DESIGNS FOR THE PREMIUMS IN THE FISCAL YEAR OR CALENDAR YEAR '25 FOR EMPLOYEES. THERE WERE

SOME CHANGES , AT THIS. >>>, WE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE IN THE CONTRACT, AND THEN WE HAVE BRIEFED OUR STAFF ON IT, AND IF THERE'S FEEDBACK, WE CAN BRIEF .

>> JUDGE? >> I THINK YOU NEED TO BRING

THIS BACK. >> YES.

>> I WOULD SAY , RIGHTFULLY, VERY BRIEFLY HERE. MR. -- INAUDIBLE ] I'M GOING TO BE ADAMANT WITH MY EMPLOYEES NOW.

I WANT ME AROUND WITH 69 , BUT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND THINK AS AN OLD MAN, YOU KNOW, I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE WITH MY DOCTOR SAYING, GO GET THIS YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. HAD AN MRI, AND THEY FOUND A LITTLE SPOT. I'M A VERY GOOD DOCTOR SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY, LET'S START CUTTING. ALREADY, BUT THEY SAID, IT'S SO SMALL, WE GOING TO CHECK YOU EVERY YEAR. THE NEXT YEAR, I CARRY IN, I SCHEDULE , GO BACK, GET IT. DOES THE SAME MRI.

THEY SAID, I WAS SO PATIENT, THEY SAID, YOU STATE SO QUIET.

I SENT, I KEPT THINKING ABOUT A CASKET, AND I DIDN'T MOVE. I HAD TO APPEAL FIVE TIMES IN ORDER TO GO DO IT. SO, I'M CAN BE VERY LEERY ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE . THE BULK OF MY EMPLOYEES, PARTICULARLY LOW-WAGE ONES, AND SOMEBODY WHO CAN DO IT, USE MY STATE INSURANCE , AS THE PROPERTY OWNER. I'M AN OLD MAN. I CAN GET WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE. BUT I'M GOING TO BE VERY LEERY , AND I WILL STATE THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT IT. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT, AND I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS ANYONE ELSE. I KNOW THESE FOLKS HAVE NOT HAD A COLA IN A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS, AND MOST WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY I HAVE TO APPEAL FIVE TIMES, AND

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>> COMMISSIONER, WE WILL NOT TRY TO RUSH THIS PROCESS AT ALL. AGAIN, ME AND DIRECTOR KARISOL HAVE NO CHANGES TO

PREMIUM. >> NO LIMITING? I DON'T WANT TO CALL HIM AND SAY, WE HAVE THESE --

>> HEALTHCARE OR ANY CHANGES. WE WILL LAY IT OUT PROPERLY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PROCESS THAT

IS TRANSPARENT . >> I WANT ONE VOTE, BUT I MICAH

MATERRE TO OUT. >> WE'RE HAPPY TO GO BACK AND MEET WITH YOU AND, EVENTUALLY, WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT, BECAUSE AT THE NEXT BOARD, ON THE STATE, WE HAVE TO HAVE BOTH SO WE CAN MEET WITH THE OPEN-ROMAN PERIOD, FOR FOLKS AT

TIME. >> THAT'S WHY I'M LAYING OUT MY CONCERNS BECAUSE OF HOW PEOPLE PAY IT.

>> YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY GET IT, ITH THE PLANS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EVALUATION.

>> AND I THINK PUT IT BACK ANYWAY ON THE NEXT AGENDA OR THE ONE AFTER THAT. COMMISSIONER BRIONES?

>> I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME WITH MY TEAM AND UPDATING US. I APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHTFUL WORK. SEVERAL THINGS. TO ME, IF YOU WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND ARE MAKING SACRIFICES, WHETHER CIVILIAN OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE THE COUNTY SALARY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE BEING AS PROACTIVE, AS COMPETITIVE, TO BE BEST IN CLASS AND WILL BE COMPENSATED OUR FOLKS. NOT ONLY IN SALARY, BUT IN BENEFITS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WITH BENEFITS, COLA, THE SALARY, SALARY COMPS THAT ARE COMPETITIVE, AND THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH REGARD TO HOW RETENTION, BONUSES, ONE-TIME PAYMENTS ARE DONE BETWEEN OFFICES, ELECTED AND OTHERWISE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE FAIR TO ALL EMPLOYEES, AND WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR TO THE POLICY WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER SUPPORT, VS. ON A GO-FORWARD WHAT TIME VS. ON A GO-FORWARD RECURRING. AND SO, AS WE APPROACH THE COLA AND THE BENEFITS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FAIR POLICY THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE AND CONSISTENT FOR ALL AND IN FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS. I PLEASE ASK YOU TO WORK WITH MR. CARRIZAL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING REMOTELY . AND FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, SO WE ARE BEING AS COMPETITIVE AS A COUNTY, AND AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE PROUDLY .

>> EYE ON THIS IN A HARVARD JOURNAL. I DON'T EXACTLY READ THEM ALL THE TIME, BUT MY SON GAVE ME THIS TO READ, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE LOW-WAGE WORKERS HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER, BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO MAKE IT ON THIS LEVEL SAY THAT AROUND HERE, WE DON'T FALL IN THE CATEGORY, BUT YOU SPENT MORE MONEY ON HIS LOW-WAGE PEOPLE, DIDN'T GET COLA, AND WHEN YOU CHANGE THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS, YOU ARE WORKING SEVERAL JOBS .

MAINLY TO GET THIS HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT SO, WE JUST WANTED TO BE REAL SENSITIVE ABOUT HOW MUCH WE SPEND AND RETRIEVE PEOPLE WHO CLEAN THE BUILDING. YOU GET IT? THEY

DON'T LAST LONG ENOUGH. >> AGREED. OKAY. WE'LL BRING IT

BACK >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> NO ACTION.

>> NO ACTION. TWO MORE ITEMS IN THE REGULAR AGENDA .

>> REALLY QUICKLY, JUDGE? >> YEAH.

>> GIVEN WHAT I THINK IS AN AGREEMENT BY ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS , BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WE HAD DOWNSTAIRS, AND THE CONNECTION NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE

J-WEB ITEM. >> OKAY. WONDERFUL. SO, WAIT, HANG ON. ONE SECOND. YOU CAN'T --

>> THE MOTION! >> NO, JUST A MOMENT.

>> EVERYBODY, WAIT . WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.

>> JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS REALLY ARE. THERE ARE TWO OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. I JUST DON'T KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM. THAT IS THE ENGINEERING STUDIES ITEM AND THE VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS AND STAFFING ITEM. SO, WE CAN DO THIS NEXT QUARTER OKAY. WE'LL PUT NO-ACTION TODAY , AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE.

>> NO PROBLEM HOLDING THOSE TWO ITEMS PURCHASED NEED TO

MAKE SURE, FOR ENGINEERING? >> DR. RAMON WAS TRY TO GET THAT APPROVED TODAY. IS HE ON?

>> HI. YES, COMMISSIONER, I AM ON .

>> WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. >> COULD YOU? WE ARE HERE, TIGHT, ON A DC FLIGHT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO YOUR ITEM JUSTICE. COULD WE MOVE IT ONE MORE FOR ITEM 114?

>> 114? >> ABSOLUTELY .

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE THAT UP NEXT TIME.

>> OKAY. SO, NO ACTION ON WHAT IS 14 AND 20. SO, THE ONLY ITEM LEFT IS J-WEB.SO, I'LL LET THE GROUP TAKE IT AWAY. WHO SHOULD

WE SEND IN ON? GO AHEAD. >> TRISH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCES AND COME TO AN

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EVERYONE. >> EVERYONE?

>> YES. >> EVERYBODY IS HAPPY TO HAVE

YOU. YOU ARE SURE? >> WE ARE HAPPY . YES.

>> BETTER VOTE NOW. VOTE NOW. I SEE YOU AT THE BIG HOUSE.

>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SAY, JOHN IS THE AVAILABLE WORKER.

>> WE GOT IT, GUYS. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT. WE HAVE ALL LOOKED OVER THE DOCUMENT. WE HAVE ALL SIGNED IT. IT WORKS FOR THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS LOOKING FOR WAIVERS WITH THE UNIVERSAL SERVICES IN THE COUNTY, AND I THINK IT WILL ALLOW US ALL TO BACK TO DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, BRING JUSTICE TO HARRIS

COUNTY. >> SURE.

>> SO THRILLED >> IF I COULD JUST ASK, JUDGE?

>> I JUST WANT -- MY TWO POINTS WERE SUPERVISION FOR OUR --

>> YES. FIRE DEPARTMENT? >> YES .

>> OKAY. I'M GOOD. >> UNIVERSAL SERVICES.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

>> SO, THERE IS A DOCUMENT TO REVIEW.

>> I SEE. >> SO -- THERE IS FURTHER DETAILS THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NAILED DOWN AS IT LIES WITH MOUS, BUT WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE THERE THAT, IN CASE OF IMMEDIATE FIRING, UNIVERSAL SERVICES HAS THE HR POLICIES THAT HE CAN DEFINE WITH THE HR POLICIES, WHAT HAS BEEN ADDED.

>> TRANSPARENT, MAKE SURE WE ARE READING THE RIGHT LETTER HERE. IT SAYS HERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INTEGRATED JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE WITH SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS, LOCAL ADMIN STREET OF JUDGE, COUNTY COURTS OF LAW , OR COURT MANAGER FROM OFFICE OF COURT MANAGEMENT, NUMBER TWO AND MINISTRY OF JUDGE, LOOK AT MINISTRY OF JUDGE, STATE DISTRICT COURTS, OR COURT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ADMINISTERED OF OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT CLERK. NUMBER THREE IS THE DISTRICT CLERK WARD, FIRST ASSISTANT, NUMBER FOUR IS A DA OR THE FIRST ASSISTANT , NUMBER FIVE, SHARE FOR THE FIRST ASSISTANT, NUMBER SIX, U.S. OR CIO, NUMBER SEVEN IS THE ROTATING MEMBER , WITH ANOTHER IGTS MEMBER WHO WILL VOTE WITH THE PRIMARY AT-LARGE, WHICH IS UNAVAILABLE. OKAY, THAT'S HOW YOU GUYS SOLD THAT ISSUE. THEN, THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS WILL REMAIN CHARGED WITH CREATING AND IMPROVING POLICY RELATED TO ACCESS THE CHAIRING OF JUSTICE DATA. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL NOTIFY THE J TC TO REFLECT THE IGTC CHANGES AND MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS , AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL DEVELOP A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE IJDT DIRECTOR. AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DIRECTOR, THEY WILL BE HOUSING WITH THE OVERSEEING OF THE CIO, BUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL READ WITH THE BOARD OF VACHAL PICK UP HIS APPLICANT AND BY A MAJORITY VOTE WILL MAKE THE FINAL HIRING DECISION.

IJDT WILL MANAGE HIRING AND SUPERVISING OF THE DEDICATED STAFF THAT THE IJTD FOR EXECUTING STRATEGIC PLANNING.

ALSO, IJTD WILL HAVE A DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR. IJTD WILL BE FORMED WITHIN THE U.S., MANAGED BY THE IJTD DIRECTOR, AND WILL HAVE SPACE WITHIN THE U.S. SO, THAT ADDRESSES THE CYBERSECURITY CONCERN , AND THEN, THESE WILL BE EXISTING POSITIONS TRANSFERRED WITHIN NEW TWO POSITIONS OF HCUS, INCLUDING IJTD DATA REQUESTS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, AS HANDLED BY THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE BOARD, COORDINATED THROUGH THESE DATA GOVERNMENTS, WORKING GROUPS, AND RETAINING EACH RESPECTIVE STAKEHOLDER OR TAKE FULL AUTHORITY AND CONTROL OVER SUCH STAKEHOLDERS AND DEPARTMENTS' DATA, AND WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT LANGUAGE, DIRECTOR. INFORMATION SECURITY, THE IJTD AND DELIVERY TEAM WILL HAVE COUNTY-WIDE DELIVERY POLICIES, AND CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT WE ROCK. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO, WHAT ARE THE

MOTIONS? >> AGAIN, SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE UPDATED MOTION. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED, AGAIN, FOR YOUR OPENNESS, COOPERATION, YOU AND YOUR HOURS YOU SPENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP TO MOVE JUSTICE FORWARD. THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO MY TEAM. LET THE RECORD REFLECT, FORMER JUDGE, BUT LET THE RECORD REFLECT, THE UPDATED VERSION WITH ALL OF THE SIGNATURES THAT REFLECT THE UPDATED AGREEMENT, AND WE CAN PUT IT INTO THE RECORDS. HERE ARE THE MOTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A COPY, JAMES, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU?

>> I WAS EMAILED FROM SOMEONE ON YOUR STAFF AT 434.

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>> YES. THOSE ARE THE VERSIONS THAT EVERY OFFICE RECEIVED, AND THAT THE ENTIRE TEAM HAD APPROVED. CORRECT?

>> ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY.

>> YOU LIKE ME TO READ THEM? >> I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO

THEM. >> I KNOW THEY HAVE SPENT HOURS SPENDING THESE, AND I SO APPRECIATE YOUR HOME. THANK YOU FOR THIS. MR. FANBAN, DO THEY NEED TO BE READ IN THE

TOTALITY? >> I THINK WE SHOULD BE TEMPERED I'M HAPPY TO READ THEM IN THEIR TOTALITY.

>> OKAY. YOU SO VERY MUCH. SO, THANK YOU, AGAIN. MOTION NUMBER ONE -- AND THIS IS ITEM 34 WONDERS, J-WEB. MOST NUMBER ONE, MOVE TO CREATE THE INTEGRATED JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, IJTD BOARD, WAS 7 VOTING NUMBERS, INCLUDING LOCAL THE MAIN STREET OF JUDGE, COUNTY COURT OF LAW OR COURT MANAGER FROM THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT, LOCAL ADMINISTERED OF JUDGE, STATE DISTRICT COURTS, OR COURT ADMIN STREET OR FOR THE ADMINISTERED OF OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT'S, DISTRICT CLERK, OR THE FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, OR THE FIRST-ASSISTANT CHIEF -- CHIEF DEPUTY, SHERIFF, FOR THE FIRST-ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY, HARRIS COUNTY UNIVERSAL SERVICES, U.S., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , AND AN ANNUALLY-ROTATING AT-LARGE IJTC MEMBER OR THEIR DESIGNEE FROM AMONG THE REMAINING IJTC AT-LARGE MEMBERS . AT-LARGE IJTC MEMBERS , ELIGIBLE TO SERVE WITH THE SEVENTH VOTING MEMBER OF THE IJTC BOARD ARE PRE-TRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, OR THEIR FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY, OFFICE OF MANAGE AND DESIGN COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY, COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR , OR THEIR FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY, JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT , OR THEIR FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY, AND THE NON-VOTING MEMBERS OF THE IJTC BOARD OR HARRIS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, OR THEIR FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY. THAT'S MOTION NUMBER ONE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS PREDICTS THIS MORNING, GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. >> MOTION FOR ITEM 340 -- 341.

I MOVED TO APPROVE OF THE CREATION OF THE TWO NEW POSITIONS IN UNIVERSAL SERVICES . NUMBER 1, A DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM. A DELIVERY TEAM REPORTS TO THE IJTC BOARD , IS HOUSED IN UNIVERSAL SERVICES, AND IS OVERSEEN ADMINISTRATOR BLIDH BY THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , AND IS SUBJECT TO THE HARRIS COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY , AND THE SECOND POSITION, A DATABASE END WHO REPORTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE HCUS FOR DELIVERY TEAM, AND IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE HARRIS COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES , AND I FOR THEM OF THAT WE DIRECT OMB TO WORK WITH THE UNIVERSAL SERVICES TO IDENTIFY EXISTING OR NEW FUNDING FOR THE POSITIONS, AND BRING BACK ANY NEEDED BUDGET

TRANSFERS ON AUGUST 8TH. >> THAT'S MOTION NUMBER TWO.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. >> MOTION -- CAN YOU MAKE THE

SECOND? COMMISSIONER? >> SECOND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? COMMISSIONER?

>> OKAY. >> MOTION?

>> I DO WANT -- HAD A QUESTION OF CLARITY -- ON THE LANGUAGE OF OVERSEEING ADMINISTRATIVELY , DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO

SUPERVISION? >> YES. SO, THE GOAL HERE IS TO HASH OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL DAY-TO-DAY SUPERVISION WILL LOOK LIKE VS. HIRING, FIRING, AND LATER AGREEMENTS, BUT THE PARTIES HAVE BOTH COME TO A CONSENSUS AND WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> YES. >> YOU ARE GOOD WITH IT?

>> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. SO, THAT MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY, JAMES .

>> OKAY. >> MOTION NUMBER 3 .

>> MOTION NUMBER 3, I MOVED TO REQUEST THE HCUS FOR BOARD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSAL SERVICES, TO PREPARE AND CLAP FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE EXISTING J-WEB ARCHITECTURE TO BE COMPRISED OF THE MULTI--BASED APPROACH WITH A TIMELINE AND COST ESTIMATE TO BE BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2023.

>> IS THERE A SECOND ON THE MOTION?

>> SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? I'M IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER FOUR. MOST

NUMBER FOUR. >> I MOVED TO MOVE THE IJTC IN SERVICES WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP SERVICE-LEVEL AGREEMENTS AND A

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RELATED TO HCUS FOR. >> SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY POST? MOTION CARRIED

UNANIMOUSLY. >> ALL RIGHT PROMOTION FIVE. I MOVED TO APPROVE A REQUEST TO THE HCUS FOR BOARD IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSAL SERVICES AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEFINE EACH STAKEHOLDER'S DATA CLASSIFICATION AND ACCESS RULES FOR DATA THAT PERTAIN TO EACH STAKEHOLDER AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, DETERMINE THE DATA AND THE CUSTODY OF EACH OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT IS PUBLIC, ESTABLISH A SYSTEM UNDER WHICH SUCH PUBLIC DATA IS AVAILABLE TO OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON AN ONGOING BASIS AND IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND ENSURE THAT ALL PUBLIC DATA MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL APPLICABLE LAWS.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE . >> ANY POST? MOTION CARRIED

UNANIMOUSLY. >> ALL RIGHT PROMOTION NUMBER 6, I MOVED TO REQUEST THAT THE IJTC BOARD COLLABORATE WITH UNIVERSAL SERVICES AND OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING PROCESS FOR THE HIRING AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE IJTC DELIVERY TEAM. ONE, THE IJTC BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE CIO, WILL PREPARE A JOB PROMOTION AND PAY GRADE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HRRM.

TWO, THEY WILL SCREEN CANDIDATES, AND NUMBER THREE, AND RUSSELL SERVICES WILL FORWARD TOP CANDIDATES TO THE HCUS FORBORT TO INTERVIEW AND SELECT FOR HIRING. FOUR, UNIVERSAL SERVICES , IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HCUS FORBORT AND HRRM WILL COLLECT WITH PAY AND SALARY BENEFIT CONSIDERATIONS. FIVE, THE HCUS FORBORT , INCLUDING THE CIO, WILL CONDUCT AN INITIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AFTER SIX MONTHS AND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THEREAFTER . FURTHER IJTC DIRECTOR. SUCH REVIEWS WILL IMPACT ALL IJTC BOARD-DRIVEN EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS, INCLUDING TERMINATION. SIX, PERFORMANCE THAT DOES NOT MEET STANDARDS WILL BE DOCUMENTED, AND WILL RESULT IN ACTIONS RANGING FROM A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO TERMINATION. MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THE IJTC BOARD COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO AMEND THE EXISTING CHARTER TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES , AND A MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THE HCUS FORBORT MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS WITH ONE OF THE JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE BOARD, SHARING THE MEETING ON A ROTATING BASIS.

>> OKAY. SO, MOTION SIX HAS THREE MOTIONS IN ONE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN

FAVOR? >> AYE .

>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

>> AND THE LAST ONE, MOTION SEVEN . MOTION TO REQUEST THE IJTC BOARD COLLABORATE WITH UNIVERSAL SERVICES AND OTHER RELEVANT APARTMENTS TO CREATE THE HCUS FOR DELIVERY TEAM AND COMPRISE OF THE DIRECTOR, DATABASE ADMINISTRATION, AND EXISTING UNIVERSAL SERVICES POSITIONS, IDENTIFIED BY THE CIO , AND THE IJTC TEAM WILL ALSO HAVE DEDICATED OFFICE SPACE WITHIN UNIVERSAL SERVICES . THE FOCUS OF THE TEAM WILL BE 100% ON THE DAILY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF INTEGRATED JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THE IJTC DELIVERY TEAM WILL HAVE A DEDICATED SERVICE FUND CREATED BY OMB TO HOUSE THE TEAM'S POSITION CONTROL EFFORTS, AND BUDGET, AND NEITHER PDMS NOR BUDGET MAY BE MOVED OUT OF THE FUND WITHOUT THE HCUS FORBORT AND COMMISSIONERS' APPROVAL .

>> SORRY. THERE'S ONE LAST PIECE.

>> I WILL SECOND, BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THIS BEFORE THE MOTION. ULTIMATELY, BETWEEN IJTC BOARD AND COMMISSIONER'S BOARD, WHO HAS BUDGETARY AUTHORITY?

>> AS A MATTER OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER'S BOARD HAS BUDGETARY AUTHORITY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN AGREEMENT TO HAVE

THAT. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE

KNOW WHERE THE BUDGET FALLS. >> THAT'S VERY CLEAR.

>> YEAH? >> I NEED IT.

>> YES. SECOND. >> AND THE SECOND GOES QUICKLY, PLEASE, THE LAST COUPLE SENTENCES , THE IJTC DELIVERY TEAM WILL FOLLOW COUNTYWIDE TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY POLICIES AND BEST-PRACTICES, SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS THAT ARE REVIEWED, AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH POLICIES AND THIS IS CONFLICT WITH THE RELEVANT IJTC AND JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS' RECORD MANAGEMENT OBLIGATIONS , THE PARTIES WILL CREATE A PROCESS TO NOTIFY THAT IJTC BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT, AND TO ADDRESS SUCH A CONFLICT.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, SECONDED BY

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>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP .

>> COMMISSIONER BRIONES, CAN I ASK YOU , IN ISRAEL, DID THAT

-- >> WE HAVE HEARD THAT HERE!

>> WELL, I'M SO CAREFUL TO MY TEAM. THEY'RE AMAZING, AND IT'S BEEN SO WONDERFUL WORKING WITH YOU ALL . COUNT US IN. I LOOK FORWARD. WE WERE GOING TO BE BEST IN CLASS, HARRIS COUNTY ALL THE WAY. SO, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND

COLLABORATION. >> ONE QUICK, QUICK RUSSIAN.

WHEN WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, THERE WAS AN ISSUE OF INVESTMENT TO MODERNIZE THE SYSTEM. THIS IS FOR DIRECTOR MENA. CAN YOU BRING US AN ITEM NEXT ITEM TIME TO BRING US THE UNDERSTANDING OF J-WEATHER MODERNIZATION? I DON'T WANT TO

FORGET ABOUT THAT. >> WE HAVE THIS OCTOBER 31ST.

>> THAT'S ALREADY THERE. SO, YOU GUYS HAVE IT.

>> GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. HAVE A

GREAT REST OF THE DAY.?. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANYTHING ELSE, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND COUNTY

ATTORNEY, JAMES? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

>> WONDERFUL. IT'S 4:53. COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS NOW ADJOURNED. WE NEED TO SIGN OUR

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