Aug 08, 2023 Commissioners Court

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MEETING FOR AUGUST 8TH TO ORDER IT IS NOW 10:15 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL AUGUST 8TH COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. I KNOW WE HOPE IN OUR PRAYERS THAT SHE WILL GET THE HELP THAT

SHE NEEDS. WITH THAT? >> I'D LIKE TO ADD MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS HERE AS WELL. WHETHER AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL OR ENTERTAINER IT IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT. IT SHOWS THE RESOLVE THEY HAVE TO GET BACK TO A PLAC WHERE THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVE AND SERVE AS WELL.

>> COMMISSIONER ALICE GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. I DO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS AND A AND PRETTY SUR THAT IS THE TREATMENT THEY NEED SHE IS IN MY PRAYERS AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING THE WORK TOGETHER HER TODAY AND I HOPE SHE IS BACK SOON. WE WERE ALL PRAYING FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY. AND I KNOW W HAD COLLEAGUES HERE WITH CONFUSION ON HOW WE ARE KEEPING TIME WHEN THOSE NEED AN INTERPRETER OR DRESS THE COURT. THE COUNTY JUDGES TEAM IS CLEARED UP THE LANGUAGE AND IT IS IN THE UPDATE TO THE COURT RULES. AND WHAT WE WILL DO IN TERMS OF VOTING GOING FORWARD.

WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE SPEAKERS TODAY THAT WE NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND LIMIT THOSE SPEAKING WITH THE INTERPRETER TO ONE MINUTE WITH ONLY THE TIME THEY ARE SPEAKING RATHER THAN THE INTERPRETER COUNTED TOWARD THE SPEAKING TIM LIMIT. IF THE INTERPRETER TAKES LONGER DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST

THEM. >> COMMISSIONER FOR THE RECORD CAN YOU SAY WHAT ITEM THAT PERTAINS TO?

>> A RULES ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YOU DON'T NEED A PARTICULAR ITE

[Cantor Kenneth Feibush of Congregation Beth Israel in Houston.]

>> CANTOR KENNETH IS HERE TODAY AND JOINS US FROM CONGREGATION ISRAEL LOCATED IN THE MEYERLAND AREA PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR. HE I KNOWN FOR EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC TALENT SPIRITUALITY AND DEDICATION. HE WAS ORDAINED IN 2016 FROM HEBREW UNION COLLEGE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION'S AND THE SCHOOL OF SACRED MUSIC.

IN JULY OF 2022 HE MOVED FROM NEW JERSEY TO JOIN BACK ISRAEL THE OLDEST JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AND THE AREA. SINCE 1854, THEY'VE PROVIDED HOUSTONIANS WITH TRADITIONAL SERVICES EDUCATIONA PROGRAMMING AND HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS. THEY HAVE SERVED THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE GREATER HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES WHICH IS HURRICANE HARVEY AND

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TODAY. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. FRO PSALM 133 ONE. HOW GOOD IT IS THAT WE ARE ALL GATHERED HERE TODAY IN FRIENDSHIP AND HARMONY WE THE ASSEMBLED ARE FORTUNATE AND LUCKY TO HAVE THIS MOMENT T BE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND MANAGE IMPORTANT SERVICES FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY. WE REPRESENT THE WIDE DIVERSITY THAT IS HARRIS COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY THE FOURTH PRECINCT WHERE I LIVE. THE WORK IS NOT EASY AND WE BLESS THE LEADERSHI OF HARRIS COUNTY WITH THE WISDO AND THE STRENGTH TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL CITIZENS.

AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD SEEK TO DIVIDE PEOPLE AMONG BASIS OF COLOR RELIGION GENDER AND SUPERSTITIOUS DISTINCTIONS MAY WE BE THE BEACON OF JUSTICE FAIRNESS EQUALITY AND EQUITY AND BE A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS? MAY WE BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. AND OPEN OUR ARMS TO EACH OTHER AND LOVE AND SUPPORT. MAY WE DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BUILD TH WORLD THAT WE DESIRE. NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, NEIGHBORS FRIENDS AND EVERY HUMAN SOUL. WE MUST BUILD THAT WORLD WITH LOVE.

BUILD THIS WORLD TOGETHER IN LOVE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PEOPLE'S WORK TODAY AND ONGOING THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THAT WAS A TREAT. LET US STAND FOR THE U.S. PLEDGE IN TH

TEXAS PLEDGE. >> A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC

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LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU. MEMBERS, WE HAVE

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>> DEPUTY VIOLA BUTLER WAS MY GREAT AUNT. SHE IMPACTED A LOT OF OUR LIVES AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COURT FOR THIS HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. BEING THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE BAILIFF IN THE COUNTY WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT IF I COULD SAY S MYSELF. SHE HAS COME FROM A LON LINE OF EXCELLENCE. DAVID ATLEE SENIOR HER FATHER HAS A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM. SHE HAS ALWAYS COME THROUGH FOR US AND THE COMMUNITY. WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. PASTOR TH FIFTH WARD MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. I WAS BAPTIZED THERE AT THE AGE OF FOUR AND THAT IS WHE I MET VIOLA BUTLER. THROUGH THE YEARS SHE HAS TAUGHT US WHAT STRENGTH WAS. AND SHE HAS TAUGHT US WHAT THE POWER OF PRAYER CAN DO. IN THE LAST 7 1/ YEARS I SERVED AS HER PASTOR AN SHE WAS AMAZING. WE WOULD HAVE FUNERALS OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND I WOULD BE ABLE T COUNT ON HER AT 90 YEARS PLUS TO DRIVE FROM A LEAVE TO FIFTH WARD TO BE THERE AND SERVE THOS FAMILIES. SO I WANT TO SAY THAN YOU FOR HONORING HER AND AS LON AS SHE LIVES HER NAME WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE THROUGH ME.

THANK YOU. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL THE NAMES OUT OF THE OTHER RELATIVES? I KNOW THE FAMILY WELL AND YOU ARE ALL VERY HELPFUL TO ME 40 YEARS AGO WHEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL. AND I APPRECIATE IT.

>> I AM CARLOTTA ATLEE BROWN. COUSIN TO VIOLA BUTLER. HER FATHER AND MY GRANDFATHER WERE BUTLERS. MY FATHER WAS BRADY OU

LEE WHO KNEW VERY WELL. >> MY NAME IS FRED HARRIS. I'M HER COUSIN BUT SHE RAISED ME LIKE A NEPHEW. SHE WOULDN'T FUS AND HOLLER SHE WOULD GIVE ME THAT LOOK. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW

THAT LOOK. >> WE WILL TAKE THE PICTURE HER

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AWARENESS MONTH. >> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RAISING AWARENESS AND SETTING THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST AS NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION MONTH HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL AGES RECEIVING VACCINES. VACCINES PROTECT CHILDREN ADULTS AND THE COMMUNITIES ROUTINE VACCINES ENSURE THAT CHILDREN REMAIN IN SCHOOL AND STAY HEALTHY. THEY OPTIMIZE HEALTH BY PRESENTING PREVENTING DISEASE OUTBREAKS WHICH THEN REDUCES THE AMOUNT O TIME THE CHILDREN ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. DURING THE PANDEMIC WE SAW THE CDC REPORT WHERE THERE WAS A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN IMMUNIZATIONS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK ON TRACK.

>> I KNOW YOU MISSED YOUR FLIGHT. IT'S THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEGISLATOR FRO HARRIS COUNTY SINCE THE RECONSTRUCTION. HIS COLLEAGUE O COMPADRE SO TO SPEAK WAS LAURA CRUZ. BOOSTER GROWERS HEARD TH DISTINCTION OF GOING WITH ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FROM DALLAS. SENATOR BARBARA JORDAN WENT TO THE SAME YEAR IN THE STATE SENATE AND WE VOTED AT THIS TABLE TO NAME A PARK AFTER HIM. THERE'S A GREAT CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND THE LAST ONE IS A RESOLUTION HONORING THAT IT WA BROUGHT INTO LAW AUGUST 6. IT WAS OBSERVED AUGUST THE 20TH REMEMBERING THOSE THAT PERISHED WITH THE SYSTEM OF RACISM THAT CAUSED SLAVERY AND IT MAKES REFERENCE TO MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE TO HONOR MY INTERNS AND RESOLUTIONS WERE GOING TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE FOLK GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE CREDIT UNION AS WELL. I DIDN'T GIVE YOU A CALL YESTERDAY. I

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MUCH >> AGAGAINST MY COLLEUES I HIHO THAT TS WILL RECEIVE PPUNANIMOU SUORT. IT IS VERY TOIMPORTANT COMMUNICATE TO ALL LEVELS NTOF GOVERNME THAT WE WILL R SEE THI FOWHAT IT PROTECTING THE INDUSTRY NGAND BRINGI THE BENEFITS THAT TETHEY CAN PONTIALLY BRING WAAS WELL.

NT THTO THANK ROGER GUNER BECAUSE WWE'VE BEEN WORKINGITH HIM ICON THIS AND COMMUNATING A WELL. AND EN TO THOTHER LEVELS AT HAVE PROVIDED COUNSEL AND ADVICE ON THIS.

>> THANK PUYOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE KNOW THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT N IN THE HOUSTOAREA THAN NETHE SHIP CHANL. REALLY THE STATE THAN N THE SHIP CHANNEL. WHEN YOU E HA EVENTS LIKTHIS IT POINTS ESOUT SOME WEAKNSES THAT TCLEARLY WE RESILIENCY AND TAKE FULL USE OF NATURAL GAS A NUCLEAR POWER.WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHI PAGE 2 ITEM 9.

>> WE ARE HASO ACCUSTOMED TO HERE THAT I DON'T LOOK N.AT THAT SCREEN VERY OFTE

>> WE MI YOU TOO. OU >> STEPHEN BRYCE CLD YOU PLEASE COME UP PRHERE. WE NEED OUD FATHER TO BE HERE AS I BRAG ON IS N A PROUD FATHER SOMEWHERE I THE BACKGROUND. MANY OF US CAN SEE IT IS EXCITINGE AHAD

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STEPHEN. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WERE PRESENT.YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AS PARENTS AND BOCOMMUNITY LEAD OR NEIGHRS JUST TO SHOW UP FOR KIDS. YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT B THAT WAS ONEOF THE FIRST THINGS HE SAID. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH THE SUPPORT THAT HE HAD W WANTTO SAY THANK YOU. HE SIGNED HIS CONTRACT ON FRIDAY AND HE WAS OFF PLAYING ON G SATURDAY MORNING. HE'S TRYINTO MAKE HIS WAY BACK HERE AS FAST AS HE CAN SO HOPEFULLY HE WILL

GET HERE SOON. IA >> I THINK COMMISSIONER GARC

HAS SOMETHING TO SAY? >> I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED TO OFFICE. MY FATHER FELT PROBABLY THE WAY YOU FEEL AT THE MOMENT. BUT ALSO WANT TO SAY THE INOTHER NIGHT I WAS PARTICIPATG IN A PANEL TALKING ABOUT FATHERHOOD. AND THE CONSISTENT THEME THAT ALL OF TH SPEAKERS INCLUDING MYSELF HAD WAS THAT ABOVE ALL THINGS TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMEFOR OUR KIDS IS TO HAVE A PRESENT BOND. I WANT TO SAY THAT ITBRYCE HAS PROBABL BEEN BLESSED WH THE INCREDIBLE AND NATURAL GOD-GIVEN ABILITY. BUT WITHOUT A PRESENT FATHER THAN THAT ABILITY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED OR REALIZED.

>> I SHARE THESE COMMENTS WITH LOT OF PARENTS. YOUR PRESENCE I MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PRESENT THAT YOU CAN GIVE THEM. JUST SHOWING UP AND BEING THERE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY MONETAR GIFT. THEY WILL REMEMBER THAT FOREVER.

>> FIGURE BEING HERE MR. MATTHEWS. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND I WILL GET THE INVITE HERE NEXT TIME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE WITH YOU AND EVERYON ELSE. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOM PICTURES AFTERWARD AND WITH THI OR JUST HANG OUT.

>> COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE THREE ON DIFFERENT ITEMS?

>> THESE ARE THREE BRIEF RESOLUTIONS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SON I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THEM HELPING WITH THE NEXT WORL CHAMPIONSHIPS. IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS LATER AND WE CAN REFLECT

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>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

>> I THINK YOU ALL REMEMBER WIT MANY OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HERE I DON'T NEED TO OVEREMPHASIZE BUT THERE ARE

STILL MANY HERE. >> MY NAME IS RAY WONG. I AM T FOUNDER OF THE CHINESE-AMERICAN RELIEFEFFORT. WE CREATED THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY HERE THAT HAVE NEEDS WITH THE FAMILY AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO FINISH HOMEWORK'S. SO WE STARTED THIS PROJECT WITH 1000 OR 2000 FAMILIES PROVIDING THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. THIS YEAR WE HAVE ABOUT 950 STUDENTS. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE THE CHINESE COMMUNITY THAT THEY NEED TO PAY BACK THE

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>> WE GONNA TAKE SOME PICTURES LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT THANK YOU

FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. >> IS A FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER IRA MEMBER HOW HARD IT WAS WITH SO MANY FAMILIES NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO TO HELP OUR STUDENTS. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 11. MIKE SMITH AND JANE CHEN FROM THE CLINIC UP HERE. THE RESOLUTION CELEBRATES THAT THIS WEEK AUGUST 6TH THROUGH 12TH IS NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK. WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS PLAY WITH 1400 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN THE U.S. ALONE THAT ALL HELP TO ALPROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE AND COST-EFFECTIV HETHCARE BRIDGING THE GAP IN ACCESS TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MILLION UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED AMERICANS. THEY PROVIDE DENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND NATIONAL DISASTERS. TODAY WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOPE CLINIC AND SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PRECINCT 4 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARE AND SERVICE. AND AS WE THINK ABOUT BACK TO SCHOOL AND THOSE DONATION DRIVES, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN REGARD TO FOOD LITERACY, HEAT SAFETY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE LIVING FOR RIGHT NOW IN HARRIS COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SERVICE. WE HONOR YOU AND YOUR WORK AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS THROUGHOUT HARRIS COUNTY AND THE U.S. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZE AUGUST 6 THROUGH 12 AS NATIONAL HEALTH

CENTER WEEK. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHANE CHEN I AM THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE HEALTH CLINIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT I SPECIAL AND THE NATIONAL HEALT CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965. WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS 58 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY BRINGING GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY TO A COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVED AND LIVED IN.

FOR MANY OF US IT HAS TO BE VIABLE AND THE HEALTH ITSELF IS WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO KIDS HAVING BRIGHTER FUTURES. THE FAMILY BEING ABLE TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO LIVE WITHIN THIS HOUSE. WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SERVE PRECINC FOR AS WELL AS PRECINCT NUMBER TWO. REVIEW SCHOOL-BASED CLINI AND WE WILL BE DOING ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE VERY SOON BECAUSE WE ARE SETTING UP A DENTAL CLINIC

THERE. >> I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL AN INVITE YOU TO THE OPEN HOUSE AT OUR NEW FACILITY AND A LEAF.

THIS IS A 70,000 SQUARE FOOT CLINIC THAT WILL ALLOW OVER 50,000 PATIENTS A YEAR TO BE SERVED WINNING 220,000 VISITS.

WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME THIS FRIDAY AND SEE THIS FACILITY.

AND OF COURSE WELCOME COMMISSIONER GARCIA TO THE NEW ALL-DAY AND SCHOOL-BASED CLINIC MY NAME IS TABBY SIGNS AND I A

THE OUTREACH DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU.

>> A GOOD MORNING. I AM MIKE SMITH CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER FOR SPRING BRANCH COMMITTEE HEALTH CENTER. ON BEHALF OF OUR CEO I'

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>> I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL. MR. BRIONES, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WE LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT. ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM RECOGNIZING VACCINATIONS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IF THE KIDS COULD HEAR US TALKING THEY MIGHT DISOWN US. BUT THEY NEED THAT VACCINE AND THE FULL SERIES TO START THE VACCINE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD THE PLACE TO GO TO OTHER THAN THE EARLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.

>> REVISITED THE HOPE CENTER SPECIFICALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING SPRING BRANCH. IT IS MUCH NEEDED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU THERE.

>> COMMISSIONER? >> MY FINAL RESOLUTION IS ITEM 12 RECOGNIZING S AUGUST AS NATIONAL BREAST-FEEDING AWARENESMONTH. I WANT TO THANK YOU DIRECTOR BARB E ROBINSON AN HER TEAM AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. AND SUPPORTING MOTHERS BEFORE DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY. BREAST-FEEDING IS A SMALL PIECE OF THE OVERALL HEALTH PICTURE BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE SEEKING GET THE NUTRITION YOU NEED. I ALSO WAN TO THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS EMPLOYER AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY FOR ALL THOSE WHO VISIT OUR BUILDING AN ADVANCE IN REGARD TO WELLNESS AND NURSING HOMES. THIS RESOLUTION HONORS AUGUST AS NATIONAL BREAST-FEEDING AWARENESS MONTH. IT IS A TIME T PROMOTE THE AWARENESS OF BREAST-FEEDING ADVOCACY AND WE KNOW FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THEY ALL RECOMMEND THAT INFANTS BE EXCLUSIVELY BREAST-FED AFTER SIX MONTHS TO THE GREATEST DEGREE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAN YOU TO PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR SIGNING THE PUMP ACT WHICH EXPANDED THE RIGHT OF NURSING EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE REASONABLE BREAK TIME AND PRIVATE SPACE WHICH HELPS TO BUILD THE HEALTH OF THE BABY AND THE STRONG EMOTIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TH BIRTHING PERSON IN THE INFANT. ONLY ONE OUT OF FOUR IN THE U.S ARE EXCLUSIVELY BREAST-FED BY THE TIME THEIR SIX-MONTH-OLD AN THIS ADDS APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION A YEAR TO MEDICAL COSTS TO THOSE IN THE U.S. IN THE HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TEA FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO SUPPORT WOMEN WITH PARENTS AND CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THIS LEVEL. AGAIN THIS IS A CHALLENGE NOT ONLY FOR HARRIS COUNTY BUT ALS AS ALL THE CITIES IN HARRIS COUNTY AND ALL EMPLOYERS IN HARRIS COUNTY. THIS IS A CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT ONLY RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE PARENTS AS DESCRIBED BY LAW BUT YOU ARE ALSO CREATING A SAFE AND HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE WORKING FAMILY SO AS MOTHER OF THREE LITTLE GIRLS WH HAD MY OWN STRUGGLES OF BREAST-FEEDING I WANTED TO BRIN THIS FORWARD TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL BREAST-FEEDING AWARENESS MONTH. DIRECTOR ROBINSON IF YOU WERE HERE I WOULD LOVE TO SQUEEZE A LITTLE MORE FROM THAT?

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION. AS YOU SAID AUGUST IS NATIONAL BREAST-FEEDING AWARENESS MONTH TO PROVIDE THIS FOR BREAST-FEEDING PERSONS AND THEI

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BREASTMILK IS THE IDEAL FIRST FOOD. IT CONTAINS ANTIBODIES TO PROTECT AGAINST ILLNESSES SUCH AS ASTHMA OBESITY EAR INFECTION AND MORE. THERE ARE ALSO BENEFITS FROM BIRTHING PERSONS BY LOWERING RISKS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. TYPE II DIABETES AND OVARIAN CANCER AS WELL. THERE ARE NUMBER OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR BIRTHING PERSONS IN HARRIS COUNTY. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT NEEDS SUPPORT TO REACH OUT TO U

DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BRIONES. I THINK IT IS IMPORTAN THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CHILD' LIFE BUT TICKLY A BABY. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE CLEAR AND BETTER RATHER THAN USING BIRTHING PERSON WE USE MOTHER T BE SURE IT IS CLEAR THAT WE ARE HERE AND ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN AND THAT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE I CLEAR ON THAT AS WELL. I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE CHANGE IN THREE O FOUR PLACES RATHER THAN SAYING BIRTHING PERSON SAY MOM OR

MOTHERS. >> I THINK WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER?

DIMES PLEASE? >> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH COLLECTIV IMPACT AT THE MARCH OF DIMES. W LEAVE THE FIGHT HERE FOR MOMS AND BABIES TO ENSURE THAT EVERY MOM BIRTHING PERSON AND BABY HA BEST POSSIBLE START. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BREAST-FEEDING AND THE WAY IT SUPPORTS MOM AND BABY AS WELL A HOW EMPLOYERS CAN ATSUPPORT POSTPARTUM DESIRES TO CONTINUE LACTION AS THEY GO BACK TO WORK. WE BELIEVE THAT BREASTMIL IS THE BEST FOOD FOR BABIES WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE HELPING THEM TO GROW HEALTHY AN STRONG PROTECTING THEM FROM INFECTION AND ILLNESS. IN THE U.S. 80% OF NEW MOM UESTART BREAST-FEEDING. MORE THAN HALF CONTIN AT THE SIX-MONTH MARK AND ONLY ONE THIRD CONTINUE THROUGH 12 MONTHS. STRATEGIES LIKE PEER SUPPORT EDUCATION PAI MATERNITY LEAVE AND BREAST-FEEDING SUPPORT IN OUR HOSPITALS AND WORKPLACES WILL HELP TO INCREASE AND ALLOW WOME TO BREAST-FEED LONGER. THANK YO FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND BEING STEADFAST SUPPORT FOR ALL MOMS EMPLOYED BY HARRIS COUNTY.

>> IF I CAN RESPOND? THANK YOU DIRECTOR ROBINSON. AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE USE BIRTHING PERSONS BECAUSE WE VERY COMMITTED TO BEING AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE. NOT ONLY AS A TEAM BUT ALSO THE COUNTIES THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE CHOICE. COMMISSIONER ELLIS YOU'LL

PROBABLY CHIME IN HERE? >> A QUICK WAY TO DO THIS WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANTED TO VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION

SEPARATELY? >> I DO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE

IN TERMS OF MOMS. >> JUST A QUICK POINT OF DISCUSSION, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS SPOKEN ON THE SIDE IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE BEFORE YOU TOOK OFFICE, OR AS YOU ARE TAKING OFFICE THIS WAS AT THE TOP OF YOUR LIST THAT YOU WERE QUICKLY ASSEMBLING. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR STAYING AT ITS AND GETTING IT DONE THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE COUNTY SO I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT.

>> NOW THAT MY WIFE AND I ARE EMPTY-NESTERS IF ANY PERSONS WANT TO COME TO OUR HOME WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. I KNOW WE HAVE AROUND 80 SPEAKERS BUT UNLESS YOU WANT TO PULL THE OTHERS OFF HIM AND ASK IF WE CA GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE OTHER RESOLUTION AND I'LL CALL IT OUT IF I NEED TO FOR THE RECORD.

TWO THROUGH 11. IS THAT CORRECT

>> COMMISSIONER THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS HERE AS WELL

>> ITEM NUMBER TWO GO AHEAD AN CALL THOSE NAMES OUT. IS

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12? >> YES. I WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL PARENTS AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NUMBER 12.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECONDS THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? IT PASSES. OKAY MY COLLEAGUES LET'S TAKE SOME PICTURES NOW.

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>> THANK YOU. IT IS NOW TIME T GO TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. I WILL

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WE CONSISTENTLY MEET WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THESE RELATIONSHIPS TO OBTAIN COMMON GOALS. WHEN THE JUDGE IS OUT WE FEEL THAT THE PREPARATIONS AND STRONG BASE OF PARTNER SUPPORTED THERE. WE FEEL THAT OUR PRIOR PREPARATION AND STRONG BASE OF PARTNER SUPPORT MEANS THAT THE RESIDENT CAN EXPECT THE COUNTY COMMITMEN TO THEIR SAFETY IS AS STRONG AS EVER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I FEEL THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET ON THE RECORD YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM. MEMBERS, WE HAVE 79 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I WANT TO LET PEOPLE

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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU ABOUT WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL OBSERVE THE ONE MINUTE TIMEFRAM SO THINK ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS IF YOU CAN ALWAYS SUBMIT SOMETHING IN WRITING IF YOU DON'T GET TO SAY EVERYTHING YOU GET TO SAY. I'LL LET YOU CAUGHT THE LIST AN

WE WILL JUST GO IN ORDER. >> FIRST IS SPEAKER NUMBER 16 RICHARD CELINE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 21. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> IT PASSED MUCH MORE BIPARTISAN THAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILLETED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. IT IS WITH EVER ONE OF THE PRECINCTS. THAT ACTUALLY ALIGNS WITH ANOTHER

PIECE OF LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> ANDY ESCOBAR SPEAKING ON ITE NUMBER 21. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE? THANK YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ARE READY TO SPEAK.

>> MY APOLOGIES. MY NAME IS ANDY ESCOBAR AND I AM THE SENIO CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER FOR THE COALITION OF ENVIRONMENT EXCELLENCE AND RESILIENCE. I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. I WANT TO REALL STRESS THE INTERNAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WITH HARRIS COUNTY.

WE NEED A DEDICATED TEAM TO MAK SURE THAT THEY MEET THEIR TARGET. WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY HAS THEY NEED CAPACITY T IMPLEMENT THE INTERNAL PLAN. WE ARE PROUD TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED PLAN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT CAN IMPLEMENT WITH INTENTION ON EQUITY. ADDITIONALLY WE CAN BE HERE THEY LIVE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE HARDSHIPS. I CAN SE THAT THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENC TO CREATE A HARRIS COUNTY THAT IS RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FO EVERYONE.

>> NEXT IS MARY PEREZ. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> HELLO. I'M WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY.

HARRIS COUNTY HAS AN INTERNAL CLIMATE ACTION TO MAKE SURE THA WE MEET THE TARGETS WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY. HARRIS COUNTY I RANKED AS ONE OF THE MOST AT RISK FOR DISASTER. THEREFORE I SHOULD BE BUILT INTO EVERYTHING THAT HARRIS COUNTY DOES AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPAND THAT ON THE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS FULL CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE COUNTY. THIS WAY THEY CAN STEER HARRIS COUNTY TOWARD A CLEANER AND SAFER FUTURE. ON A PERSONAL NOT I HOPE YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE IS NOT AROUND THIS

BUILDING. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. I'M A RESIDENT OF PRECINCT NUMBER TWO. I WANT TO THANK THE HARRIS COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR THE ROBUST ONLINE SYSTEM THROUGH THE B WHICH HAVE BEEN A LIFELINE FOR MY FAMILY FOR THIS ESPECIALLY HOT SUMMER.

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>> NEXT IS LAURA GALLI ARE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 23. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

YOU CONSIDER THE BUDGET DO NOT INCREASE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET INSTEAD PRIORITIZE PREVENTION CRIME AS THE IMPACTED FOLKS THAT I KNOW DID NOT WANT TO BREAK THE LAW BUT THEY WERE LOCKED OUT OF LEGAL JOBS AND HOUSING MARKETS DUE TO DECADES-OLD RUN-INS AND ARE NOW HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING HOUSING, HEALTHCARE AND JOBS THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE. HARRIS HEALTH IS A GREAT SERVICE BUT THE WAIT TIMES ARE HERE AND THI

IS WHERE THE PRETEXT STOPS. >> NEXT IS LINDA MORELLA SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ON MINUTE. A HEALTHY EMPLOYEE IS PRESENT AND MORE PRODUCTIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOU

TIME AND SAY GOD BLESS. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALEXI SQUARE SEE SPEAKING ON 186 AND 380. YOU HAVE ONE

MINUTE. >> WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR PRIVATELY SECURITY DETAIL FOR ONE JUDGE. THE LIVES OF THE INMATES OF A FEMALE JAILER AND OTHER STAFF ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE COUNTY JUDGES LIFE. SPEND SOME OF THAT $3 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ON THE NEEDS OF THE JAIL AND KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. SPEAKING OF COUNTY MONEY NOT SPENT WELL WHY DO WE HAVE A DETAILED BUDGET FROM THE $2.5 MILLION HARRIS COUNTY BOND? YOUR PULLING STRINGS ON THOSE THAT NEED HELP IN HARRIS COUNTY BUT THERE'S NO A DETAILED LIST OR THE INCREASE IN TEXAS THAT IS A SCAM.

>> CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME INTO THE MIC FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? THANK YOU. MAKE SURE YOU CALL YOUR NAME OUT FOR THE RECORD

PLEASE. >> NEXT IS SPEAKER 33 COLOR

FRENCH. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> I THINK IT IS INAPPROPRIATE THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR A HOLIDA TRICK TO RIKERS. THIS IS NOT TH MODEL WE WANT TO SET IN HARRIS COUNTY. IN CUSTODY DEATHS ARE UP. ABUSE IS BEING REPORTED AND WE STILL WANT TO KNOW WHERE IS

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WE NEED TO INVEST MORE TAX DOLLARS INTO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND THE JUDGE STEPPED DOWN YESTERDAY THESE FOLKS NEED ANSWERS AND HELP. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE BEATEN WHEN THEY GO DOWN TO THE CLINIC FOR HELP. I

SPOKE LAST WEEK HERE. >> NEXT IS CHRIS GUNN DO SPEAKING ON ITEMS 282 AND 380. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY ARE COMING IN OR NOT. PLEASE SAY HE NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU START.

>> GOOD MORNING. I THINK I AM SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR NUMBER 380 AND 252 ABOUT THE JAIL AND THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WIT THE HIGHEST CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH. THOSE THAT DIED HERE ARE RENEWING THIS CONTRACT. TH FORENSIC WEIGHTLESS IS OVER TWO YEARS LONG. AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WITH IDD WHICH IS INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES ARE ON THAT

WAITLIST. >> THANK YOU.

>> LORI SWEARINGEN SPEAKING ON ITEM 252. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

FROM HARRIS COUNTY JAIL JULY 15TH OF THIS YEAR. HE IS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. HE SUFFERS FRO SCHIZOPHRENIC MANIC-DEPRESSION AND UNLIKE OUR COUNTY JUDGES MY SON CANNOT AFFORD PRIVATE OUT-OF-STATE PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE MY SON HAS NO MONEY WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING TO NO AVAIL FOR 22 DAYS. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE POLICE AND NO ONE WILL HELP WIT OUR SEARCH. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP

US? THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> NEXT IS SPEAKER NUMBER 35.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM WENDY ALLGOOD WITH THE COMMENT STATE SIGNS. I WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF O MY CLIENT FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY TOLL ROAD. MY CLIENT IS THE PRINCIPAL OWNER OF PONDEROSA LAND DEVELOPMENT. HE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY. WE APPRECIATE THE COURTS DECISION FOR FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE VARIANT.

PONDEROSA ON 6.1 ACRE SIDE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FOLEY EIGHT AND WEST AIRPORT. WE'VE A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT COMPROMISE A 4 TO 5 SETS THAT HAVE ASSOCIATE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. WE BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDED APPROVA IS WARRANTED. WHEN IT WILL BE COHESIVELY ENTITLED WITH A COHESIVE PROJECT. THIS WILL BE UTILIZED BY ALL OF THE TENANTS THERE INSTEAD OF SEVERAL SMALLE INDIVIDUAL SITES CREATING VISUA NOISE. OUR PLANNED RETAIL IS DISTINGUISHABLE IN SIZE USE AN TIMING FOR THE LOCATION IN THE AREA SURROUNDING IT. IT WILL BENEFIT ALL TENANTS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS WELL AS THE PATRONS AND LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. LEAH BARTON? >> GOOD MORNING. I AM LEAH BARTON. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COUNTY

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HARRIS COUNTY HAS BUILT A BALANCED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS TOTALING $643 MILLION ACROSS PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. HEALTH, HOUSING JOBS EDUCATION JUSTICE SAFETY AND OPERATIONS. WE ARE INVESTING IN HOLISTIC AND EVIDENCE-BASED AS WELL AS SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY. W ARE GRATEFUL TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE BROAD NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR ALL OF THIS SUPPORT. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MAYOR AND UPPER MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND TO CHRISTINA ROBERTSON FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIG IN THIS REPORT. THE RECOVERY PLAN IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT HARRIS COUNTY AARP.ORG. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXPLORE THE REPORT AND SHARE ABRUPTLY.

>> EVERYONE ELSE, TAKE NOTICE.

>> NEXT IS GARNET COLEMAN SPEAKING ON ITEM 371. YOU HAVE

ONE MINUTE. >> WE ALWAYS ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND COMMISSIONER BRIONES. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME T BE HERE TODAY. I AM HERE TODAY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT CIGNA. WHO WANTS TO THANK YOU ALL FIRST OF ALL FOR ALLOWING THEM TO PROVIDE HEALTH COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEES OF HARRIS COUNTY. AM ASKING YOU TO MOVE THE ITEM TO THE REGULAR AGENDA THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACT. AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY A PIECE OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND. I WENT THROUGH IN 1995 WHAT THE COMMISSIONER LEAH HIDALGO IS GOING THROUGH NOW. I WAS HOSPITALIZED AND WAS A TWO-YEAR MEMBER OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DEALT WITH AND MANAGED. AND I THINK SHE WILL D JUST FINE. WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT THING FOR SOMEONE IN PUBLIC LIF TO DO. THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE TODAY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT SUPPORTING THESE COMMENTS. AND HER COURAGE IS SO IMPORTANT TO THOSE OUT HERE THA HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED HAVING MENTAL ILLNESS AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND HER AND LET YOU ALL KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTAN THAT SHE HAS DONE THIS. AS THEY SAY I'VE LIVED TO THIS EXPERIENCE AND YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL. YOU WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO ME AND I JUST WANTED

TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE. W ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT A MENTA HEALTH CHECKUP. MENTAL HEALTH SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT. AND SO I DO COMMEND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON SO MANY LEVELS. ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, YOU HAVE HELD OPEN THE DOOR FOR MANY OF US. S THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO REMEMBER THAT TIME. VERY WELL. AND YOU ARE THE FIRST PUBLIC FIGURE THAT I KNOW THAT ACTUALLY WENT PUBLIC WITH IT. AND THAT WAS A VERY LONG TIME AGO. AND YOU HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN TEXAS LEGISLATION AND WE HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS JAMES DONATO ON ITEM 371.

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>> THIS IS THE HEALTH CENTER'S BUSINESS DIVISION. THERE IS A CHANGE IN BENEFITS. WE WITNESSED HEALTH IMPROVEMENT THROUGH ENGAGEMENT IN YOUR WELLNESS PROGRAM. TOGETHER WE HAVE DRIVEN THE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION TO THE HARRIS COUNTY POPULATION. THERE THE HARRIS COUNTY INITIATIVES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TH COLLECTIVE MOMENTUM AND THE MERITS OF THOSE OUTSTANDING PROPOSALS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SUPPORT YOU YOUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES OVER THE THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.

WE HAVE GROWN TOGETHER AND WORKED WITH YOU TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUR POPULATION. WE HAVE SEEN POSITIVE IMPROVEMENT IN PREVENTATIVE CARE UTILIZATION AND A LARGE INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT IN THE SIGMA WELLNES PROGRAMS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.

>> AND THE DECORATIVE DEPARTMEN LEADER IN SALES AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE I THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME U

LATER. THANK YOU. >> GREETINGS. I AM REVEREND JOCELYN LEE. I AM THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER HERE IN HOUSTON. I LOS MY SON EVIDENTLY IN CUSTODY 51 DAYS AGO. TO THIS DAY I STILL D

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THEM HOME. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT IS NON-AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER FIVE. CHERYL GRAVES YOU HAVE ON MINUTE. SUBMIT MY NAME IS CHERYL B GRAVES. I HAVE BEEN DENIED TRIPS ON METRO LEFT BECAUSE THE DRIVERS WOULD NOT G IN THE STREET. THAT WAS IN 2004 I WANT TO CASE IT TCE Q FOR WHA WAS THEN SMILEY HIGH SCORE CYNI WORDS IN MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE DUST. NOVEMBER 7TH OF LAST YEAR I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FIST IS BECAUSE MY NOSE BLED FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. DIAMOND WITH THEIR ALLIANCES HERE. AIR ALLIANCE IS GOING TO INSTALL

THINGS THAT WILL HELP. >> THANK YOU BUT YOUR TIME IS

UP. >> NEXT IS JARED BIZZELL. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

WITH THE LORD'S PRAYER TODAY. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BU DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HEARD THE ONLY DIRECTOR

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>> AND YVONNE YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> YES. I LIVED AT 4745 BRINKLE AND 270 NORTH CAROLINA FOR OVER 45 YEARS. THEY HAVE 45 BRINKLEY IN SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME. AND THE WERE SQUATTING ON IT AND THE USED MY UTILITIES.

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. NEXT IS NON-AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER 11 CHRISTOPHER RIVERA. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHE RIVERA. I LIVE IN PRECINCT NUMBER TWO AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY SAFETY BUDGET. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THEY'VE BANDED TOGETHER TO DEMAND THE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES LIKE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE EVICTION DEFENSE FLOOD PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS KEEP HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS SAFE. IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, AS YOU FOLLOW THE J IN M RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JUNE 2022 CASES BEING DROPPED OF ANYONE HAS A NONFILING CASE OLDER THAN THREE MONTHS RICK PLACING THE SYSTEM WITH AN HVAC SYSTEM TO REGULATE THE CLIMATE. I AM ALSO AGAINST OUR NUMBER 192 SO THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING FOR RIKERS ISLAND JAIL OR TACTICAL OFFICER TRAINING. NO MORE JAILS. FREE

THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS BARBARA DENSON. YOU

HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> HELLO. I AM BARBARA DENSON.

AM THE AUTHOR OF TWO BOOKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE. AIR IS MADE UP OF NITROGEN, OXYGEN AND ARGON AND ONLY .1% OTHER GASES INCLUDING WATER VAPOR, CARBON DIOXIDE, METHANE AND NEON. WATE VAPOR MAKES UP 6590% OF THE GREENHOUSE GASES DEPENDING ON

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>> NEXT IS ANDREA MCDONAGH. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> HELLO. I AM IN ADVOCACY FELLOW AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT FUNDING THE LANGUAGE ACTION PLA IN HARRIS COUNTY. IN FEBRUARY 2023 MY MOTHER WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO A LEG INJURY. SHE WAS GIVEN DIAPERS AND WIPES TO RELIEF AND CLEAN HERSELF. WHEN MY MOTHER WENT TO EXPLAIN THAT SHE COULD MOVE TO GET THE BEDDING REMOVED THEY MOVED IT IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION IT MOVED TO BROKEN LEG MY MOTHER TRIED TO COMMUNICATE THEY WERE HURTING HER AND WHEN THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER SHE CALLED ME TO TRANSLATE. I WAS IN SCHOOL IN MASSACHUSETTS. THERE IS NO REASONABLE LEVEL THAT SHE HAD TO NEED ME TO HELP COMMUNICATE. EVEN WHEN MY FATHER REPORTED WHAT HAPPENED NOBODY SPOKE SPANISH IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE REPORT THAT HE MADE. I URGE YOU TO FUND A LANGUAGE PLAN IN HARRIS COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NON-AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER 14 YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> HELLO. I AM A RESIDENT OF HARRIS COUNTY. TODAY I CAME HER TO REQUEST LAST MONTH HEART WA WITH THE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT THE PURPOSE AND ASSIST THERE WA AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT HELPED THOSE THAT WERE TYPICAL COVERING NUMBER ONE ALONE WE BELIEVED IT WOULD PLAY A CRUCIA ROLE IN IMPROVING SAFETY IN HARRIS COUNTY. I HOPE THAT THIS PROGRAM WOULD HELP ONE AND FOUR

WITH THE CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS NON-AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER 15. HE WILL BE USING THE KOREAN INTERPRETER. YOU HAVE ON MINUTE.

>> I AM A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR ENGAGEMENT TEAM WHEN I VISIT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN HARRIS COUNTY I FOUND A BOOK THAT MAYB

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THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS MY JAN KIM ALSO USING THE INTERPRETER. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

ENGAGEMENT TEAM. WORKING IN TH SPRING BRANCH AREA. I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A SENIOR APARTMENT FO LOW INCOME FOR TWO YEARS. 80% O RESIDENTS LIVING HERE ARE KOREAN. HOWEVER WE CANNOT COMMUNICATE IN KOREAN AT ALL. LAST NIGHT PEOPLE GATHERED IN O HE HEARD LOUD COMPLAINTS OF PAI NOBODY CALLED 91 AT THE TIME.

THE AMBULANCE CAME A FEW MINUTE LATER AND THEN EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN CARE OF. AFTER THE PATIEN LEFT I CAME TO REALIZE THAT NO ONE WAS THERE TO CALL 911 BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. 80% OF THOSE WHO ARE KOREAN CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH. WE SINCERELY ASK INCREASED BUDGET FOR THOSE THAT CAN HELP WITH LANGUAGE AND THE WELFARE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE ANXIETY AND SAFETY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS IAN LEE.

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>> HELLO. I AM A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR CIVIC INDIVIDUAL TEAM AT LORI ON TOAST. AND A RESIDENT O HARRIS COUNTY. I LEARNED ABOUT THE HOSTING RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM THROUGH ROY AND TOES AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU HOW THIS PROGRAM WOULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY. IF IT WAS EXPENDED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY. NOT TOO LONG AGO THEY CAME THROUGH THE OPEN GATE. NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WE BEGAN SHOUTING AT THE DOG LUCKILY THE DOGS WENT AWAY. THE DOG BARKED FOR A WHILE. WE WER SCARED AND DID NOT KNOW WHERE T SEEK HELP. AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS, WE NEED TO WORK WELL WITH PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THEN I PERSONALLY HOPE THIS PROGRAM CA BECOME WIDELY USED AND INTRODUCED TO PRECINCT 2 AS SOO AS POSSIBLE. I SINCERELY ASK T COVER SOME OF THIS BUDGET ON TH HEART PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

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WORK WITH THE SENIOR TEAM. I A GETTING OLDER. I'VE BEEN HERE OFTEN. I TRIED TO APPLY FOR DOCUMENTS LIKE MEDICAID. BUT THEY ARE ONLY IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH. ACCORDING TO REPORTS THAT 32% OF POSITIONS NEED INTERPRETER ABILITIES. AND 21 T 76 REPORT LIMITED SUCCESS IN INTERPRETATIONS. THOSE WITH LANGUAGE BARRIERS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO MAKE THE WRONG APPOINTMENTS OR EVEN MISS APPOINTMENTS. 39% OF THOSE EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL HARM AND AR MORE LIKELY TO INCUR MEDICAL

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I WORK FOR CIVIL SENIOR ENGAGEMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO TEL YOU THAT PERSONALLY I EXPERIENC HOW LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY IS A ISSUE. THERE IS A HEARING IMPLEMENT AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. WITH NO IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND THEIR HEARING DISABILITY. WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW IF THEY WERE OKAY OR ALL RIGHT. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CALL POLICE. I STOOD THERE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. THE TIME WAS PASSING BY BUT UNFORTUNATEL THEY UNDERSTAND. IT WAS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT THEY MAKE UP MORE THAN 70% OF THIS SERVICE IN KOREA.

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LIVE IN DISTRICT 4. A MEMBER OF HUI HUNTERS. THEY HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HERE I INCREASE WE CAN INCREASE THIS SO THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THIS. INVOKE MORE MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM. GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. 2265 HAVE BEEN GONE FROM I WANT

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>> I LIVE IN PRECINCT 12. THIS IS IN THAT OUTREACH. THEY STRUGGLE WHEN FACING AN EMERGENCY. ENSURING THE HUGE CHALLENGE WHEN CONFRONTING THE LANGUAGE BARRIER. THERE IS THE EMERGENCY MET TO SING HERE. HOWEVER THEY HANDLE THESE ISSUES FROM NOW ON. NEXT IS RICHIE TORI. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HERE IS THE CONSTITUEN OF PRECINCT 3. THEY HAVE 4 TO YEAR PROGRAMS LIMITED BY LIMITE POLICE TRAINING. THE CONTINUATION AS CARE AND CONSEQUENCES WITH THE MOMENTS THAT WE NEED TO SEE IT THE MOST THANK YOU.

>> NON-AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER 30 KEVIN SHEPHERD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW WHAT IS HERE.

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>> JASMINE TELLIS YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> MY NAME IS JASMINE TELLIS. I AM HERE TO REPRESENT PRECINCT ONE AT UH AND TSU CAMPUS. WE AR IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY BUDGET. MOST IMPORTANTL THEY FREEZE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING. WE ARE IN FAVOR OF RELEASING NONVIOLENT CASES OLDE THAN NINE MONTHS IN HARRIS COUNTY JAIL AND REPLACING IT WITH HVAC SYSTEM. INVESTING IN CARE AND SERVICES FOR US.

>> THOSE ARE ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS. THERE'S THE ISSUE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE AR FULLY ACCESSIBLE. WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. THEY AR GOING TO FOLLOW UP I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT WE WILL B FOLLOWING UP ON THIS.

>> I AM JUST TRYING MY BEST TO RELAY ALL OF THIS TO THE KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

3. PAGE 26 AND 194 WE WILL BE REMOVING AND APPLICATION AND.

PAGE 41 NO ACTION. PAGE 44 ITEM 364 IT SHOULD SAY TERM END NOVEMBER 1ST 2025. PAGE 413271 NO ACTION.

>> COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD MAKE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT NOVEMBER 1ST 2023. IT IS A TWO-YEAR TERM BY STATUTE. I DON'T KNOW 381 CHANGE THE WORDING TO REQUEST B

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AGENDA. >> FOR CLARIFICATION THEY WILL

BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED? >> YES. OKAY THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE WILL BE ITEMS THAT REFLECT FOR DISCUSSION. PLEASE LOOK AT THE LIST. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PUT ANYTHING BACK ON O

TAKE ANYTHING ELSE OFF? >> COMMISSIONER REALNESS IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD OR TAKE OFF OF THE CONSENT

AGENDA? >> I'D LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS OFF O 180. HE SAID HE WANTED TO REMOVE 337. THESE ARE ITEMS FO DISCUSSION. NUMBER 14. I DON'T 21. ITEM 22. I DON'T 23. I DON' 24. I DON'T 25. I DON'T 26. ITE 34. ITEM 98. ITEM 147. ITEM 179 ITEM 180. ITEM 186. ITEM 198. ITEM 249. ITEM 252. 313. ITEM

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336. 376. 377. >> 299 AS PRESENTED.

>> THOSE ARE THE RULES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.

DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING OR DO WE WANT RECESSED FOR LUNCH?

>> LUNCH. >> THERE IS A MOTION TO RECESS.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. ANY OPPOSED OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS 1:06 P.M. WE WILL RECESS UNTIL 2:00. YOU COMMISSIONERS CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN WAS THERE IF SOMEONE COULD LET HIM KNOW

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>> WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. YO WILL BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE DI PASS A RESOLUTION THAT I PASSED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO REMEMBE THAT AWFUL TIME OF SLAVERY IN OUR COUNTRY UNANIMOUSLY.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ELLIS

>> >> THIS IS AL GREEN. I PROMISE I WILL BE AS PITHY AND CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. BUT SOMETIMES IT I DIFFICULT TO BE HERE WITH THE ISSUES THAT SOMETIMES NECESSITATE ATTENTION AND THIS IS SUCH AN ISSUE. I WAS A SON O SEGREGATED SOUTH. THE RIGHTS OF THE CONSTITUTION RECOGNIZED OF ME MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS DENIED. I WENT TO BACKDOORS AS SET IN THE BACK OF THE BUS I KNOW WHAT DISCRIMINATION LOOKS LIKE AND SMELLS LIKE. I KNOW IT HURTS LIKE. I HAVE NOW DECIDED HAVING CELEBRATED MY 25TH BIRTHDAY FOR THE THIRD TIME THA I WILL DEVOTE THE REST OF MY LIFE TO ACQUIRE THE RESPECT THIS LEVEL. I WANT TO GET RESPECT FOR THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE

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COMMISSIONERS, WE REVERE IN THI COUNTRY THE ENSLAVERS AND WE REVILED THE ENSLAVED. AS SUCH THE SOUTH IMMEDIATELY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE CONFEDERACY. THE CONGRESS OF THE U.S. AWARDED A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. WE DON'T WANT TO BE ASHAMED IT SEEMS. BUT GREATNESS IS DETERMINED ON GETTING THESE AND THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO. WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL ASHAMED. I FEEL ASHAMED FOR WHAT HAPPENED. THEY CALLED IT CHATTEL SLAVERY FOR A REASON IT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. IS MY LAST CONGRESSIONAL ACT I WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRING THE RESPECT FOR THE ECONOMIC MOTHERS AND FATHERS I AM A PSION AND A DEFENDANT OF THESE PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHA TO SAY IN TIMES LIKE THIS. IT' SOMETHING THAT YOU NEVER EXPECT THAT IT HAPPENS. WHAT YOU DID TODAY WAS HISTORIC. IT TOOK LOTS OF CHANGE TO GET THIS RESOLUTION PASSED. NOW I THINK YOU KNOW BE HONORED ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> CONGRESSMAN I LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I KNOW THIS WAS A DIFFICULT TASK TO GET HER TODAY. YOU PUT OUT A STATEMENT IN HONOR OF SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE DAY AND HOW EXCITED YOU ARE.

WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE I WANTED TO GO WITH YOU AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO GO. WE PASSED A RESOLUTION AND WE HAVE TO NAME THE PARK AFTER HIM ON THE NORTH SIDE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I PULLED HIS WIKIPEDIA PAGE THAT MY STAFF REALLY DID WORK ON THA HE IS RELATED TO MARK BERIO. HE IS FROM THE HIGH DELL SIDE WHIC IS 'OMARK LREAL. S THAT WA FIRST BLACK OWN SERVICE STATION UP THERE. I WANT YOU TO GO LOO AT THAT ANTATION IT WAS A PRIVATE INVESTOR A TRIAL LAWYER PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS. IN THE BUILDING THAT MR. EIGHT-YEA WORK THAT WE SPOKE TO HIM WHEN HE CAME IN THAT WAS THE SITE OF THE MOST POPULAR SLAVEUCTION TRADING BLOCK IN HOUSTON. PEOPL KEPT RECORDS BECAUSE ENSLAVED PEOPLE WERE PROPERTY. WE KNOW WHERE THE AUCTION HOUSES WERE.

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AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAD TO BE SOME OF THE MOST FORGIVING PEOPLE ON THE PLANET I SAID TO MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE. WE GOT OVER IT. I SALUTE THE FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG. KNOWING THE HISTORY OF WHEN THE CURRENT TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE WAS WRITTEN.

1933 AND REVISED IN 1965. WHEN PEOPLE WHO LOOKS LIKE ME COULD NOT EVEN VOTE HERE. WOULD BE LYNCHED FOR BEING DOWNTOWN IN THE COURTHOUSE. I'M GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN I THINK WE WILL HAVE BUSES THAT WILL HELP TO BRING PEOPLE IN. I AM ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES AND DID I MENTION THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA WAS HERE WITH THE PROJEC WE ARE WORKING ON TOGETHER? THERE WAS AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GOING THE OTHER WAY AN I'M GLAD THAT I COULD GIVE A BI OF HISTORY THERE. THERE WAS A HALF BLACK PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. AND I SAID MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THEY TOOK THEM OUT. BUT MEXICO ABOLISHED SLAVERY BEFORE THE U.S. DID. THERE WERE PEOPLE THA WOULD GO IN TO MEXICO. HISTORY WILL UNEQUIVOCALLY DO THAT. IT ALL SEEKS TO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN STANDING FOR JUSTICE. LIFTING UP THE UNDERSERVED. AND THE UNDERREPRESENTED. I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT HISTORY WILL BE GOOD TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT. I GREW UP IN CROCKETT. MY FATHER LED THE INTERACTION IN THAT AREA. SEEIN MY DAD AND HIS FRIENDS ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT CAN MAKE QUIT A DIFFERENCE. EVEN THE HISTORY THAT YOU REFER TO ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK COLLEGES IN TEXAS IS MARY ELLEN COLLEGE IN CROCKETT. IT IS ABOUT TO FALL DOWN AND THAT IS SUCH A SHAME. BUT THAT IS THE SORT OF THING THAT WE SHOULD FORGET BECAUSE I THE REDISTRICTING THAT WE WENT THROUGH THERE IS A LOT OF THING BUT REDISTRICTING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS TABLE. BUT THE BEST THING ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING? I GOT TO WALK THROUGH THIS AREA AND SHARE STORIES OF GREAT VALUE. SO THAN YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THESE

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>> CONGRESSMAN GREENE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR CIVI RIGHTS AND YOUR HISTORY THAT IS SO POWERFUL HELPING ALL OF US REMEMBER IT AND LEARN FROM IT T MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WILL RESPECT EVERYONE'S DIGNITY AND RIGHTS. I LOVE ALL OF THESE CONGRESS CONVERSATIONS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE YESTERDAY. I WILL BE THERE AGAIN THIS YEAR A THE EVENT AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO LEARN AN PROMOTE OUR HISTORY. I BELIEVE THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT PERFECT UNION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE AND FOR BEING WITH US. SO THAT YOU CAN STAND IN SOLIDARITY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS WELL. I DID MENTION YOU ARE COMING AN MAYBE THAT HELPED US TO PASS SO QUICKLY. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

>> MET HAVE A CLOSING COMMENT? >> GO-AHEAD.

>> ON THE 19TH OF THIS MONTH AT THE WYNDHAM HOTEL SOUTH MAIN AN KIRBY , 610 AND KIRBY WE WILL B HOLDING A SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND BREAKFAST. AND I AM WRITING ALL OF YOU TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. I WANT THE COMMISSIONER IF HE IS PREDISPOSED TO BE THERE WITH THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL. WE HAV RESOLUTIONS COMING FROM OTHER CITIES FROM FORT BEND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOMENTS IN TIME HER I HAVE LIVED TO SEE IT AND I WILL BE QUITE CANDID THAT I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE. SOME VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE ALL DONE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE A 9/11 REMEMBRANCE. AND WE HAVE A PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE SLAVERY WAS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. I DON'T WANT TO BROWBEAT ANYONE BUT I WILL BE CANDID I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL SHAME BECAUSE I DO. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME DEGREE OF SHAME.

THANK YOU AGAIN AND I TRUST THAT WE CAN ALL BREAK D BREA TOGETHER HEIN T TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD. GOD BLESS EACH YOO

U. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO BACK T THE RSAGENDA NOW. THE FIT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 13. ON PAGE OR REQUESTED BY PRECINCT 3 TO HOLD THE ITEM.

>> I DO NOT SEE A NUMBER THERE. HOW MUCH?

>> I BELIEVE MR. BARTON IS ON THE LINE TO ANSWER THAT

QUESTION. >> YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE BUDGET TRANSFER WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN JUNE WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF THE CONTRACT AT 14.18.

>> VERY GOOD. I MOVE THE ITEM. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? IT PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS 21 IT WAS HELD BY 12 AN THREE. MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE SENS OF A PRESENTATION WITH THE

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR? >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION HERE. I IS LONG AND I'M GOING TO SKIP SOME SLIDES AND TRY TO BE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. THESE ARE BI MOVES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING SO WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPLAIN THIS APPROPRIATELY WITHIN ENOUGH DETAIL FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION AT THE END. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE SLIDES OF BEEN REVISED BUT FROM WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AS BACKUP LAST WEEK BASED ON CONTINUING WORK ON THE PRESENTATION MAKING SURE WE COULD REFINE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE FINAL BACKUP THAT WE ARE WORKING FROM A HAS THE NOTE OF THE FINAL REVISED

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THE COURT HAS IDENTIFIED MANY PRIORITY OUTCOMES BUT THE FOCU FOR TODAY IS ON GOVERNANCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. PROVIDING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AN THE ENVIRONMENT REDUCING HARRIS COUNTY'S DIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? THE WORK THAT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING TODAY IS TIME BOUND. IT IS FROM JUNE OF THIS YEAR THROUGH MAY OF NEXT YEAR.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CATALYZING THE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE CLEARING THE DECK OF WORK THAT WE HAVE HAD LINGERING OVER THE LAST MONTHS OR YEARS AND TRANSFORMING THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT. OCA HAS IDENTIFIED 25 INITIATIVES THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON. THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE. THESE ARE THE ONES ADDRESSED WITHIN THE PRESENTATION AS THE MOST URGENT AND ACTIONABLE INITIATIVES. WE WILL KEEP THE COMMISSIONERS COURT POSTED FOR THE PROGRESS AND TIMELINE OF OTHER INITIATIVES. IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE NOT QUITE FOCUSING ON THEM YET. NEXT I PLEASE? WE HAVE REVISED THE AUTHORITY BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED OF TH LAST MONTH AND A HALF. PRIORITY E 10 RELATED TO FLOOD CONTROL HAS BEEN ADDED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DR. PETERSON ON TH NEXT STEPS TO TAKE AS A COUNTY TO PROVIDE A PROACTIVE OVERARCHING AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO FLOOD CONTROL THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN A FOCUS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BUT AT THE STAFF LEVEL, WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE CLEARER AND MORE FREQUENT UPDATES ON THIS CRITICAL TOPIC. OKAY. SO WE HAVE MANY MAJOR INITIATIVES TO MANAGE IN ADDITION TO THE WORK OF EACH COUNTY DEPARTMENT. THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS ALL MOVING FORWARD ON INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIOS AND MAKING GREAT STRIDES. SO, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT RESTRUCTURING NOW? PRIMARILY TH RESTRUCTURING WILL POSITION US TO EVOLVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF MATURITY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM AND PROCESSES. AND IT WILL HELP US MOST EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT THE PRIORITY OUTCOMES. WE ARE DOING THAT BY REPURPOSED THINGS STREAMLINING AND CLARIFYING OUR WORK. UNDER THE CURRENT STRUCTURE THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS VER BROAD. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH 18 DEPARTMENT HEADS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS SEVEN DIRECT REPORTS WITHIN OCA. THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD HAVE TWO DIRECT REPORTS. DAILY OPERATIONS WOULD BE UNDER A DEPUTY OR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. OVERALL THIS I A LOT OF SUSTAINABILITY. SHIFTING TO A MORE COUNTYWIDE SUPPORT ROLE. THE DIRECT REPORT OF RESPONSIBILITIES DECREASED I A WAY THAT WILL INCREASE THE IMPACT IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTING TO COMMISSIONER PRIORITIES. IN ADDITION THERE IS A CORRECTION BASED ON STATUTE IN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. I AM PROPOSIN THAT WE CORRECT THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART TO SHOW TH FILE MARSHAL UNDER A SEPARATE GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND STRONG COMMUNICATIONS OF THIS WILL NOT IMPACT HER WORK. IT RESULTS IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OVERSEEING 17 DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TWO DIRECT REPORTS OF MANAGEABLE SPANS OF CONTROL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE?

>> AS PART OF THE RESTRUCTURING WE WILL RECLASSIFY THREE EXISTING VACANT POSITIONS TO CREATE THE CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE SENIOR ADVISER FOR PLANNING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS. THESE POSITIONS WILL BE

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THE TIME FOR MAKING CHANGES HAS PASSED. HARRIS COUNTY MUST LEAD IN THIS CRITICAL AREA. WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST COUNTY IN THE NATION. THE MOST DIVERSE WITH A STUBBORN 16% POVERTY RATE AND OVER A QUARTER OF HER NEIGHBORS ARE FOREIGN-BORN. THEY HAVE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS TO INCLUDE SIX GOALS EIGHT STRATEGIES AND 32 INTERACTIONS. THE INITIAL REVIEW INDICATES THAT THE COUNTY IS MOVING IN TH WRONG DIRECTION. WHETHER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROWIN 3.2% TO 2022. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT TRAJECTORY. THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE NEW DEPARTMEN READS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF RESILIENCE OF SUSTAINABILITY BUILDS RESILIENCE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE WITH THE INFLUENC ON SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES. AN IN GUIDING OPERATIONS ACROSS TH COUNTY ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON FUTURE. SIX INITIAL FOCUS AREAS WITH FLEET REFORM AND FACILITIE PLANNING. THEY WILL PROVIDE UPDATES TO COMMISSIONERS ON A FREQUENT BASIS TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH COURT PRIORITIES IN KEY AREAS. THEY WILL SEEK TO LEVERAGE COUNTY RESOURCES WITH TAX DOLLARS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS TO UNDERTAKE

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>> SO FOR THE NEW DEPARTMENT, THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TH CASH BALANCE IN THE FLEET FUND AND IT WILL BE USED TO START UP FUNDING. SO I CERTAINLY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE OFFICE OF TH COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. BUT RECOGNING THAT WE ARE ALL ORGANIZING THIS CORRECTLY TOGETHER, I REVIEWED WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED, MET WITH AND DISCUSSED WITH. THEY MAKE THAT MAJOR CHAIN UNTIL YOU MAKE THAT MAJOR HIRE. SO WE'VE NOT MADE THE DECISION YET WITHIN NEXT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. BUT I WOULD ADVOCATE THEY PICKED THI UP AND IT'S A GOOD START. THEY DO THIS AT MANY DIFFERENT FIRMS IN THE PAST. WE HAVEN'T FOUND THE MATRIX ORGANIZATIONS TO WOR VERY WELL. IT SCREAMS OF A MATRIX ORGANIZATION THAT I THIN WILL HAVE PROBLEMS I WILL HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS BEING MADE HERE BUT AT THIS POINT I THINK WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH IT AND I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT WE PUT THIS ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. I THINK IT WILL BE PREMATURE TO DO THIS AND THEN BRING IN SOMEONE THAT WOULD HAV A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IDEA.

>> SO COMMISSIONER, THEY HAVE A SOURCE FIRM TELLING US ABOUT THIS. WE NARROW IT DOWN WITH A RECOMMENDATION IN OCTOBER. HOW WE TREAT THE INTERIM DEPARTMENT HEADS WHEN WE HAVE OTHERS WE PRETTY MUCH PUT THINGS ON HOLD UNTIL THAT PERSON OR SOMEONE IS

PERMANENT. >> I DON'T KNOW FOR ALL POSITIONS. THEIR OPEN MEETING REQUESTS BUTI DID SPECIFICALL ASK IF NTYOU WAED A CARETAKER O SOMEONE TO MOVE YOU FORWARD.

YOU WILL HAVE TO PUSH ME TO GET SOMETHING DONE. MY THOUGHT WAS THERE ARE APPOINTED POSITIONS. THEY DID A GOOD JOB BY CHANGING

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SOMETIMES WE CHANGE THE SPACES UP AND I CAN'T ALWAYS TELL YOU.

DID MEET AT EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERNS YOU SHARE WITH ME THERE'S A LOT OF TOP HEAVINESS. MY INTEREST WAS CLEANING UP TH COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE. WHAT THEY MADE WAS PROGRESSIVE OR NOT. AND SHE'S EXECUTING THIS PLAN. SO THIS IS MAJOR.

YOU'VE ADJUSTED THAT TOP HEAVINESS. WE HEAR THIS WITH DIRECTOR X NOW SUPPORTING THIS AND DIRECTOR Y IS. ALL THAT IS CHANGING. HOWEVER, I HAVE A LO RIDING ON THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCY HERE. AND I SUPPORT THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. SOME OF THAT N.HAVE HAPPE I HAD THE FIRST CHARGING STATION IN MY PRECINCT AND SUSTAINABILITY WAS INVOLVED IN THERE. FOR THE QUESTION OF ACCURATE BUY-IN OR NOT BY VIRTUE OF WHY WE CANNOT DO WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY HAVE SAID AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS GIVING THEM SOME STAFF SUPPORT WHY NOT GIVE THAT PERSON SOME TOP HEAVINESS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED SO THAT THEY CAN HEL WITH THE POLICY AND OTHER THINGS. I AM NOT SURE THAT WE ARE AT THAT WHOLESALE CHANGE. FOR THAT REASON I AM OUT. VERY SUPPORTIVE HERE. I WOULD REALL LIKE TO SEE THAT. I THINK WE

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THEY SHOULD'VE USED IT MORE. THERE'S THE GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET. I LOVE THAT MINDSET THAT WE DO THIS. THERE'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND CHALLENGING TIMES. WANTED SOME OFFICE COMING UP WITH THOSE IDEAS. THERE IS THA RESEARCH AND JUSTICE AND SAFETY SIDE. FOR US TKNOWING THATHRE OF US E HAVE TO AGREOF IT ERAND THEFORE WAS HERE I WOULDN'T WANT US TO DRAG IT OUT. BUT I WANT YOU TO JUMP IN HERE COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL THAT PERSPECTIVE. WE LOOK AT HOW SILENT THEY ARE. W BOLDLY NEED TO BE MOVING TOWARD PROGRESS. THIS IS A PERMANENT PERSON WHO DIDN'T WANT TO PRIORITIZE. RESILIENCY IS A PARAMOUNT PERFORMANCE. THERE'S THE GLOBAL ENERGY LEADER AND THERE'S NOT RECYCLING BEND.

SIMON ENERGIZED BY THIS. IF WE HAVE ENOUGH VOTES MORE PEOPLE CAN FOCUS ON THIS. THERE IS A BIPARTISAN STRUCTURE LAW THAT WOULD BE CHASING THE 400 MILLIO FOR SOLAR FOR ALL. AND THAT

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>> I AM READY TO SECOND THAT. I'M ALL RIGHT WITH IT. YOU CAN

PASS THAT PAPER AROUND. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO READ EVERYTHIN INTO THE RECORD.

>> I'M FINE WITH THE FIRST FIVE IF IT IS ACCEPTABLE BASED ON TH COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. HAVIN THE FIRST FIVE IN WRITING AS PRESENTED IN THE LATEST ITERATION IT WAS CIRCULATED BY MY PRECINCT 14. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I KNOW WHAT I WILL BE PUTTIN IN THE LEGISLATIVE PASSION FOR

THE NEXT SESSION. >> COMMISSIONER WE SUBBED A SIG THAT. THEN LOOKING AT MOTIONS TO 5 IF THEY COULD BE PRINTED EVERYONE IS MAKING THAT MOTION. DID YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT

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MOTION? OKAY. >> I JUST ASK THAT THE TEAMS RECONNECT WITH OCA AND I THINK WITHOUT EMOTION WHAT I WOULD AS SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT IN TH NEXT COURT MEETING IS TO SEE WHAT PROGRESS CAN BE MADE. I THINK THERE IS A WORKING GROUP THAT IS NEEDED FOR WHAT THE DOORS LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT CAN BE OPERATIONALIZED. COMMISSIONER GARCIA SAID THAT CORRECTLY THERE'S A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT YOU CAN GET ON SUSTAINABILITY. LET'S SEE HO FAR WE GET THAT WAY. THIS IS THE POINT PERSON IN ALL OF THES ISSUES. THE NEXT TIME WE MEET THAT'S HERE. WE WILL COME BACK WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. WE WAITED UNTIL THAT COURT ACTION THAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> THE ONE THING WE CAN DO QUICKEST PAY FOR IT.

>> BUDGET 125 ARE ALL BUDGET NEUTRAL SO IT WILL BE A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR SWAP BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. I JUST DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO SAY HEY I THOUGHT WE WERE CHANGING IT? MR. MEARS THANK YOU FOR THAT THOUGHTFUL APPOINTMENT.

>> RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILIT ARE IMPORTANT. BUTTS, I DO BELIEVE IN MAKING SURE THERE IS A CONSENSUS AND SUPPORT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH LIS TO SEE HOW ALL OF THIS WILL WORK. MORE IMPORTANTLY I DO THINK THERE IS LOW HANGING FRUI HERE. WE HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN THE COUNTY BUILDINGS THAT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS PROGRAM. WE'V NOT ISSUED THE PROCUREMENT. WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO IDENTIFY THE BUILDINGS TO PUT THOSE PANELS ON. THERE ARE STIL WAYS TO GET THROUGH ON OTHER LO HANGING FRUIT. AND THEN I TURN IT INTO A WORKING GROUP AND PUT THIS IN THE MOTION. BUT I WANT TO GET THAT IRA MONEY AS WELL.

SO WANTED TO STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THE RESPECTIVE AREAS WITH WHAT ALL THIS MEANS. IT WILL GIVE US TIME TO CREATE MORE SUCCINCT VISION FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW IT CAN

WORK IN HARRIS COUNTY. >> ONE ABSOLUTELY LOW HANGING FRUIT. COUNT US IN BECAUSE WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE RUNNING AGGRESSIVELY THIS WAY. THE TICKING CLOCK ON FEDERAL FUNDING, WHERE YOU BE VOTING ON THIS LATER BUT THERE ARE SO MAN OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. COUNT US I WE HAVE TO AGGRESSIVELY APPLY.

AS THE FORMER COO IN ME FROM MOTION SIX I KNOW THAT PHILOSOPHICALLY THERE IS A MACR ISSUE THEY ARE NOT READY TO MOV FORWARD. IS THERE ANYTHING HERE THAT COMES THROUGH. IS THERE

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AMAZING POLICY TEAM MEMBERS. >> OBVIOUSLY RAISE MY CONCERNS BUT THE FUNDING. I WOULD SAY IF I WAS IN YOUR SHOES YOU WOULD WORK WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN GET. WE HAVE OTHER REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY. I LOVE THE CURRENT DIRECTOR WITH SUSTAINABILITY HERE. WE STILL HAVE UP A HORSE WE CAN MAKE IT RUN. BUT I LIKE TO SEE THAT LOW HANGING FRUIT TAKEN CARE OF. WE TO DO AS MUC AS WE CAN WITH WHAT WE CAN HEAR IN THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST WE WILL COME BACK. WE HAVE THE GOALS AND THE OUTCOME. THERE ARE DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS HER GETTING THOSE REGULAR UPDATES.

GRANT WRITING IS PARTICULAR. W ARE LOOKING TO SEE THOSE AS THE NEXT APPLE IF WE CAN REALLY TAK A BIG AMOUNT OF THOSE IRA TAX CREDITS. THERE IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A ONE OF THAT SHOULD BE MOVED OVER TO SUSTAINABILITY? WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID IT WOULD BE A RESPONSIBLE IDEA. IT'S ANOTHER

REALLY SMALL TEAM >> OLPLEASE HD YOUR THOUGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARITY. ST OF WHAT WAS JU APPROVED AND IS

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AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM WIDE APARTMENT AND THEY THOUGHT THER WOULD BE A DOLLAR OR TWO SAVED. THEY MAY END UP BACK ON THAT AGENDA. THERE'S THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT. NOW WITHOUT MOTION SIX OF THE REORGANIZATION I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY NOW TO RECLASSIFY THE DIVISION DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE A WORKING GROUP FOLLOWED BY STATS AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND

GARCIA WAS HERE? >> IF YOU COULD DRAFT THAT MOTION THAT AFFECTS JUST YOUR OFFICE I WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT

THAT. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR

>> WE PUT THE RFP HERE FOR THE GRANT WRITING SERVICES. THAT IS GOING TO BE AWARDED SHORTLY. WE'RE GONNA SEND THE EMAIL OUT TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT ALL THESE RESOURCES WILL BE AVAILABLE. ITEM 22. THE PUBLIC MEETINGS RELATED TO VET SERVICES THE MOTION HERE IT RELATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS. THEY ARE ADVOCATING DIFFERENT SERVICES. I LIKE TO BRING FORWARD THOSE POSITION CHANGES.

ARE YOU THERE? MY NOTES SAY NO ACTION. IS THE EMOTION NEEDED O

THIS ITEM? W >>E DID WORK IN CONCERT. SO THANK GNYOU FOR RECOIZING ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO TRANSFORM THE VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH. TO IMPROVE WTHE OPERATIONSE WILL DEFER THIS TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. THE MAIN ONE IS THERE IT'S ONLINE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAND THIS OUT

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TO DIRECT ROBINSON. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT LED THE OPERATIONAL REVIEW OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS IN 2020. THEY INFORMED THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY MADE AND TALK ABOUT ALL THIS THEMSELVES. AS A REMINDER IN OCTOBER 2020 THERE IS AN OPERATIONAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH. GAP ANALYSIS HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED AND THERE IS THE REPORT COMING THROUGH WALL WOUL LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING AT ONE WAS FOCUSED ON FINDINGS FROM TH ANALYSIS. IT'S FOCUSED ON THI LEVEL WITH A NARROW FOCUS OF TH TOTALITY OF THE DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE SIMILAR JURISDICTIONS THAT WAS PART OF THE COUNTY THAT WAS UNINCORPORATED. THE BENCHMARK COUNTY SPIRIT LOOKING AT WERE NOT JUST BENCHMARKS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH BUT FOR ALL OF TH DEPARTMENTS AND THERE'S THE FUL COST WITH THE SIZE AND STATUS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE FOCUS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH COVID-19 AND THE STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT HERE. WERE ABLE TO DO OUR ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC HEALT AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE IN THAT BENCHMARK LEVEL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS REVIEWING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. PART OF LIMITING OUR SCOPE MEANS THAT WE DID NOT MEET WITH MODEL LEVEL STAFF. WE THAT BENCHMARKING AS WE HAD LARGE COUNTIES IN TEXAS. LOOKING AT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN FINALLY WE ENGAGE THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THIS AGAIN WAS STAKEHOLDERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFICALLY IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH. WE LOOKED A HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SEPARATING THE ANIMAL CARE FOLLOWING THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF

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THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION. AND THESE WERE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE HAVING. IT'S PULLED OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. IT CAN BE USED WITH A MORE COHESIVE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AS IT WA DEBATED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO CREATING AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICES SEPARATELY. AS I TOUCH ON A LOT OF THIS, IT MAKE SENSE TO BE REVISITING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE HERE AT TH TIME. ONE OF THE PRIMARY THING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH IS THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ARE NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE GETTING THE OUTCOME YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

UNDERSTANDING HOW IT'S PERFORMING TODAY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT ALIGNS WITH YOUR GOALS I KEY FOR MOVING FORWARD. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS VERY BRIEF

DISCUSSION. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

>> BEING CONSISTENT WITH MY OTHER CONVERSATION WE ARE LEAVING THIS AS IT IS AND THAT MAKES SENSE. NOT BLOWING IT UP.

AS THEY HAVE TALKED WE HAVE BETTER COORDINATIONS BOOSTING ADOPTION WITH THE SPAY AND NEUTER EVENTS PRIMOVING ANIMAL NETWORKING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ADD REDUCING THE EUTHANASIA NKRATES. I THI DIREC ROBINSON ERAND HER TEAM WE ALL ON TOP OF THESE THINGS WITH THE INPUT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FRO THE PUBLIC. I AM THENCOURAGED T OSE METRICS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET INTO I UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO SEPARATE. THERE IS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE USING THE EXISTING PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET.

>> CAN YOUR STUFF JUST EMAIL THIS REALLY QUICK?

>> WE WILL MAKE SURE. I THINK I IS WITHIN THE CURRENT LEVEL DIRECT ROBINSON DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE MOTION WAS MADE AND HOW IT MAY IMPACT YOUR TEAM

>> THE COURT GAVE DIRECTION FOR US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT A NUMBER OF ISSUES. WE BELIEVE THE MARKET RATE IS THERE. WE WORK WITH MR. RAMOS'S OFFICE. THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS I THINK

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>> THERE ARE NO ISSUES ON THE MOTION. PUBLIC HEALTH IS CONSIDERING THAT. WE WOULD HAV SOME ISSUES GRADING THIS OUT OF THE BUDGET. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THEY HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET. AND THIS DOES NOT IMPAC IT. CAN YOU TELL ME IF YOU WOUL LIKE TO IMPROVE UPON THIS CLEAN CAUSE WITH THE APPROPRIATE

HEALTH BUDGET? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE SURE WERE ADDING THE NECESSARY POSITIONS AND ONE OF THOSE WAS ACTUALLYDDING THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE ADDING THAT WITHIN THIS GROUP. SO WE HOLD UNTIL AUGUST 22ND WHEN WE INTRODUCE THIS. THIS I THE CURRENT STAFFING SALARIES A RECOMMENDED. THAT IS THE COPY THAT I HAD. I'M JUST READING BECAUSE ARE GOING IN AND OUT A BIT HERE ON THE INTERNET. THEY WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO THE NOTED DPH STAFF BASE SALARIES AS OUTLINED IN RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE OMB TRANSMITTAL. MOTION MADE AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS 23. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY THIS IS ONE YOU FLAGGED.

>> I LIKE TO TAKE IT WITH ITEM 377. FOR ONE, OUR STAFF WILL HAVE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC MEETINGS AND I THINK THAT WAS THE OPTION THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET INCLUDED RELATED TO THIS. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW WE WILL HAVE THAT. ITEM 377 THAT WERE TAKIN WITH IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET MEETING THAT WE ARE HAVING I KNOW THEY HAD ONE IN PRECINCT 2 AND WE HAD PEOPLE ATTENDING IT.

AND WE KIND OF TOOK NOTES AND SAID THAT MAYBE WE COULD FINE-TUNE IT A BIT. WORKING WIT OMB IN TERMS OF FINE-TUNING IT.

MY COMMENTS ON THIS WE WERE HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING THIS COMING MONDAY. WE ARE SHOOTING FOR 300. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET

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THIS OUT OF IT. IS THAT FAIR? >> THAT IS UNDERSTOOD. WE CAN ADJUST AS WE'VE HAD SPECIFIC REQUESTS ADJUSTING THE TOOLS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE COUNTY HAS DONE THE PUBLIC BUDGET HEARINGS. OR BUDGET TOWN HALLS IF YOU WILL. WE ARE TAKIN THE FEEDBACK WHERE WE FIND IT.

>> MUST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT CURRENT LEVEL SERVICES.

SOME OF THE INSIDE BASEBALL COMMENTS AND CONVERSATIONS ARE THERE AS WELL. WE HAVE 88 DEPARTMENTS REHE IN THE STAFF VOLUNTEER TO BE THE FIRST ONES. E THIS IS THFIRST ONE I HAD AL 88 ANDEPARTMENTS D IT TOOK ME A A BUDGET DIRECTOR 20 MINUTES TO GALLERY THROUGH TO THE SOBOTTOM WE TRY BTO GROUP THEM ASEST WE CAN. THE IDEA BEHIND IT USIN CLS IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT PU CONCEPT. TO T THE RESIDENT IN YOUR SHOES THEY WERE STARING DOWN A DEFICIT AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK THEIR WAY OUT BEFORE THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS ON ENHANCEMENT.

>> THEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE BUDGET ITEMS ARE. BUT IT IS NOT EXTREMELY CLEAR WE WILL WORK ON IT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO

DO. >> WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF AND EVERYTHING HERE.

>> ITEM 23? >> GO AHEAD AND THEN I HAVE A

QUICK COMMENT. >> OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR TH BUDGET HEARING TO BE AT THE STAFF LEVEL. OUR RECOMMENDATIO THEN IS TO SEND OUT A TEMPLATE WHERE IF AN ITEM IS FLAGGED BY DEPARTMENT OR COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS T HAVE IT THERE AT THAT LEVEL. THINK DIRECTOR RAMEAU'S FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IT IS WONDERFU FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW THEY ARE USING THIS DOLLARS.

AND I AGREE COMPLETELY THE CLEA WE CAN MAKE IT THE BETTER. I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL LEARNING BUT I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL.

>> LIKE I SAID IN OUR MEETING THIS IS HISTORIC. I REMEMBER OU SHERIFF BEING INVITED HERE AT THE TIME BUT THEY'VE NEVER DONE A PUBLIC BUDGET PARTICIPATION PROCESS. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND US FOR THAT. IT TAKES YOU OUT OF THE USUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND WE GET ALL OF THIS YEAR. W DID ONE AND HE SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD A DISC JOCKEY HERE. WALKING AND PEOPLE ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THEY DON'T PAY FOR IT. SO NEXT TIME I WAS THINKING HAVE A GOSPEL CHOIR. THIS IS PART OF THAT AND NO GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF TEXA HAS DONE THIS.

>> THAT IS AMAZING. THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT THE

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>> MAYBE THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE. REGARDLESS I LIKE TO SEE THE THOUGHT PROCESS. WHAT A NUMBER WE ENDED UP HAVING. AND NOW WE PUT THAT WITH THE PERSPECTIVE THEY WILL HAVE HERE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COMMUNICAT WITH THESE FOLKS. GREAT MEASUREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TONIGHT. HOW IS IT FACTORED INT YOUR ULTIMATE BUDGET PROPOSAL?

>> COMMISSIONER? I APOLOGIZE. THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF REMINDIN ME BUT WE ARE WAY OVER 10 MINUTES. WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

>> IF ANYONE IS WATCHING I WILL CLOSE WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAV TWO PRECINCT BUDGET HALLS THIS WEEK AND WE WELCOME ANYONE FROM ANY PRECINCT TO SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK. I LOVE IT WHEN THEY HAVE THIS. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ITEM 24?

>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IS NO ACTION FROM 23 ITEM 377.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ITEM 26 WIL BE PART OF THIS AS WELL. THERE IS A REQUEST WITH A LIST OF SEVERAL THINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONER COURT IS DEVELOPIN ESTIMATES ON. ACTIVE SHOOTING AND SHOOTER TRAINING FACILITY WITH VEHICLE CRIME PRICES AND EVERYTHING. THIS IS A STUDY SIDE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IMMEDIATELY IN THE JAIL MAYBE USING BOND MONEY AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FOLKS ON THE JAIL I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT ADDED TO THE LIST I'M ASSUMING THAT NOT EVERYTHING LISTED ON THIS IS GOING TO BE FUNDED. IT' JUST GOING THROUGH THE ANALYSIS MAKING THE DECISION LATER ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO?

>> IT'S PROCESSING THE READING IS LAW AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY BART. IN TERMS OF THE JAIL WE DO WORK IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE NEEDS THERE ARE MASSIVE WITH CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WITH FUNDING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT

FACILITY. >> I'VE A FEW MOTIONS ON THIS.

THE FIRST MOTION OF COURSE WOUL BE TO AUTHORIZE A 10% OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND PROJECT ALLOCATION TO BE OVPRIDED TO TH COUNTY NEENGIERING DEPARTMENT FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. THE SECOND MOTION WOULD BE FOR THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE A COST ESTIMATE FOR RECOMMENDED PROJECTS TO PROVIDE THE UPDATE TO THE COMMISSIONER'

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FUNDING. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION RIGHT NOW, THE TEACHER IN ME LOVES DEADLINES. THE PUBLIC VOTED WHE DO WE THINK WE CAN COME BACK WITH THIS INFORMATION AND THE MOTION?

>> MEMBERS OF THE COURT IN THE COMMISSIONER WE HAVE IT WITHIN SIX MONTHS. IT NEEDS TO BE ESTIMATED IN A QUICK TIME FRAME SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT.

>> IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY THE MOTION PASSES WITH TOLLROAD DIRECTOR ROBERTO TREVINO WE HAVE IT AT 25, 25 AND 25. TALKING TO MR. RAMOSE H SAYS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE THAT WAY. THAT THER WILL BE RE-OCCURRING MOBILITY TRANSFER OF 43 MILLION THAT WIL BE AT THE EQUAL LEVEL BUT I THINK YOU ARE CURRENTLY INDICATING THAT THE PLAN IF YOU USE THE SBI IS PRECINCT 3 GETTING 4%. UNTIL TODAY I THIN THE DIRECTOR AND THE TOLLROAD AUTHORITY FELT THE SAME WAY. THEY HAVE 222 MILLION WITH PRECINCT AVAILABLE AS IDENTIFIE IN THIS ITEM.

>> EVERY YEAR WE LOOK AT THE CASH FLOWS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO TRANSFER. LAST YEAR WAS 42 MILLION.

A 2% ESCALATOR THERE IS A RIFT FOR RECURRING TRANSFER BECAUSE OF THE SUBDIVISION ITEMS ON 221 IT CAUSES A LOT OF INTEREST TO GET IT BACK. SO WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT AND GO DIRECTLY THROUGH TO THE PRECINCT. AFTER REVIEW O THE CASH FLOW WITH THAT NEW BUDGET, 4 MILLION FOR INFLATIO 30 MILLION WAS THE PREAPPROVED

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>> WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THAT IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL PASSED ON SOMETHING AS FAR BACK AS THE RECORDS COULD BE FOUND ON HOW THAT MONEY WAS DISTRIBUTED? AS RECALL IT ON THE PREVIOUS COURT PRECINCT 1 AND PRECINCT 2 RECEIVED CONSIDERABLY LESS MONEY?

>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS TO GIVE YOU MORE CONTEXT ON ITEM 3 THEY GIVE YOU DIRECTION WITH 515. DO THE HIGHEST RATE OF PROJECTS THAT DID NOT MAKE THE LIST WOULD COME OFF THE COUNTY ENGINEER LEDGER AND WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THE HECTOR SURPLUS AND YOU CAN ALL MAKE YOUR OWN DETERMINATION WHETHER TO PUT IT ON THE SUBDIVISION PROJECTS?

>> YOU DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE PRECINCT AND THEN WE MAKE DECISIONS ON OUR PRIORITY AND PRECINCT. AND SEE WHERE WE SPLIT. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO IDENTIFY 25% EACH

YEAR. >> IF I COULD MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IN A MOTION TO DIRECT THE ALLOCATION OF 45.7 MILLION TO THE FIOFCE OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER R FOTHE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN DIVIDE THE REMAINING 242 MILLION USING EQUALLY BETWEEN THE FOUR PRECINCTS. JUS TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT THE ENGINEERING QUALIFICATIONS WOUL BE.

>> THAT IS NOT OVERHEAD IT IS DIRECT PROGRAMMING UNDER RESPONSIBILITY FIXED BBY COMMISSIONER COURTEFORE WE

EVEN START THIS. >> IS THIS NECESSARY FOR YOUR OFFICE? IT INCLUDES THE TRAFFI SIGNAL PROGRAM WERE A LOT OF

THEM ARE ALREADY APPROVED. >> I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. 45.7 IS DIRECT PROGRAMMING. IT'S LE BY THE ENGINEERING TEAM. HOW D YOU DECIDE THE PRIORITIZATION WITHIN THAT.

>> EACH PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT. SOME OF THEM INCLUDE THE TRAFFI

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PROJECT. >> I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION.

>> THERE WAS A LOT SET. >> IT WAS BUILDING OFF OF COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARITY THIS IS WHA I HAD. WE ARTIE PASS THE PREVIOUS MOTION. THEY DO EXACTLY AS THE BOND IS HERE. OVER THE USE THE 43 IS THE BASE AND THEN SBI THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO WORK OUT EXACTLY TH SAME. I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE UNDONE IF WE CHANGED IT.

>> ENOUGH I WANTED TO SEPARATE THE ITEMS.

>> YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE AGAIN. YOU HAVE TO UND WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE IN ORDER TO DO THIS.

>> COMMISSIONER, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION. IT'S NOT EXACTLY READING IT IN BECAUSE WHEN THER IS WHAT IS SAID, IT MAKES IT

CLEAR. >> ONE THING TO FLAG IS THAT YO DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE TODAY. WE HAVE THE BUDGET PROCESS HERE.

>> MAYBE WE CAN HOLD IT TO HAVE THOSE PRINTED MOTIONS. IT IS IN THE BUDGET BOOKS YOU CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS ON THE SPLIT AT THE

TABLE. >> IS THAT OKAY?

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR WE ARE TAKING 242 AND DISTRIBUTING THA EVENLY AMONGST PRECINCTS. YOU COULD END UP WITH THE TWO TO YO WOULDN'T GET ANYTHING. WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL LITTLE WHILE AGO IS THAT WE HAVE PASSE OVER SOME PREVIOUS ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY SET THE FORMULA TRANSFER AND THAT IS STILL ON THE TABLE. WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON CHANGING THA FORMULA TO GET TO YOUR GOAL OF THE 25 SPLIT. WE HAVE AN ITEM AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS. WHY DON'T WE TAKE N ACTION HERE? IT WILL BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE UNDOING IT.

>> I'M TRYING TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE. IF WE USE THE

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>> NO ACTION UNTIL THE NEXT IS WHAT I'M HEARING. IS THAT

CORRECT? >> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO REDIRECT THE 40 MILLION FROM TH TRUST FUND TO CONSENT. THAT COULD BE IN THE BASE BUDGET. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT REQUIRES A MOTION BECAUSE IT WAS VOTED ON PRIOR. 40 MILLION TO BE REDIRECTED I WOULD MOVE ON. CA YOU WRITE IT DOWN?

>> MOVING TO REDIRECT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED $40 MILLION

TRANSFER TO THE PRECINCT. >> OKAY. WE WILL GO BACK AND

RELISTEN. >> LOOKING AT GENERAL MOBILITY TRANSFERS FOR A TOTAL OF 242 MILLION WITH TWO PRECINCTS.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA MAKING EMOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT

PASSES. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY THE NET ONE IS YOURS AS WELL. THIS IS ITEM 26? 2022 VOTER APPROVED

BONDS? >> THAT IS THE ACTION TAKEN IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE DISTRIBUTIN THE MONEY. SAME SONG, FIRST VERSE. A LOT OF DISTRIBUTION WITH THE MONEY JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE PRECINCT 3 ENDED UP WIT 17%. AND THEY WERE CLEARLY IN THE 20S. I FEEL COMPELLED TO BRING THAT OUT ON THESE GUIDELINES. COMMISSIONER GARCI CAN YOU.THE POLICIES AS WRITTEN OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 3 - THE MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 34 COMMISSIONER GARCIA. THAT IS HUMAN EYE. I WILL RAISE THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE ON THIS ONE.

>> MY CONCERN IS PRINCIPALLY TH END OF THE PRESENTATION. WE SE A GOAL OF 10% VERSUS THE CITY O HOUSTON HAVING A 15% GOAL. WE HAD SOMEONE FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT PROVIDED A PLAN HIGHER THAN 10%. MY QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE AT A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT TO 15%.

BUT I THINK THAT IS ALREADY OUT THERE. I LIKE TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THE HIGHER PROPOSAL TO WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING. THERE IS ONE OUTLIER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS. DO NOT PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE AND I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN. ANYTHING

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>> THE ELECTRIC OF A LITTLE . ELECTED OFFICIAL CHARGE FOR JUR OPERATIONSAS YOU KNOW WE ALL WORK TO AT THE DIVERSITY OF THOSE THAT APPEAR. ASSUMING TH OFFICE IN 2019. I FIRMLY BELIEV THAT THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANT IS IF THEY PAID SUFFICIENTLY AND PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO SHOW UP.

THE STATE HAS DONE THEIR PART. WE LOBBIED HEAVILY AND WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THEM TO INCREASE THEIR SHARE. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ADD THAT TO TH SIX THEY'RE CURRENTLY PAYING.

INCREASING IT TO DAILY RATE AT $15. IT IS TIME FOR THE COUNTY TO CONTRIBUTE IF WE WANT DIVERS JURIES. MANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTION WHY AM BRINGING THIS U NOW AS OPPOSED TO THE NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS TIME. AND THAT I BECAUSE THE STATE INCREASES GOING INTO EFFECT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST. AS WE'VE ALL ADVOCATED INCREASING THE PAY WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT UNLESS THE PUBLIC BECOMES AWARE OF WHA THE PAY RATE IS. FOR US TO TRY TO INTRODUCE AND GET THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT THE JURY PAY WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST IT CHANGED AGAIN 30 DAYS LATER.

>> WE NEED DIVERSE JURY POOLS THAT REFLECT PHILOSOPHICALLY I AGREE. FOR DIRECT RAMOS WHAT BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS DO YOU

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>> THANK YOU DE KLERK BURGESS IT'S WITH THE BUDGET HERE IT CREATES THE SITUATION. A COUPL OF THINGS WENT IN TERM OF OFFIC OFFSETS WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGE THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC HERE ON 8:15. THERE'S ABOUT THREE AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX RAT LEFT ON THE TABLE SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A TAX RATE THAT SUPPORTS THREE AND HALF MILLION LESS THAN THE VOTER APPROVED RATE. THERE IS ALSO BEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO THE INVESTMENTS AS PART OF A PROCES FOR BOOK DISTRIBUTION. THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDES 10 MILLION IN UNBUDGETED RESERVES THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE YEAR AND BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE SO MANY INVESTMENTS TO THE SHERIFF PATROL AND ELECTIONS WHICH HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN INDIGENT DEFENS IN THE BASE BUDGET I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING DOWN FROM 10 TO 5. THESE ARE ALL OPTIONS TO CONSIDER. WHETHER IT IS SURE PA OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT, IT WOULD ALL COME FROM THOSE PLOTS HAVE TO PASS THIS NOW OR WILL THE BUDGET BE COMING UP IN THE

NEXT MONTH? >> WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT ANY POINT. THE IDEA BEHIND HAVING THIS ON THE COURT WE WAN TO ALIGNED TO WHERE THE STATE WAS MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE NOW. HAVE YOU STUDIED WHETHER OR NOT HIGHER JURY PAY ACTUALLY CREATES HIGHE JURY TURNOUT? WE'VE NOT DONE A INCREASE OF THE COUNTY LEVEL FO JURY PAY. WE ASKED FOR IT AND THAT IS WHEN IT WAS DEFERRED BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE THE PANDEMIC. THERE IS A LOT O MOVEMENT AROUND THE COUNTY AND THEY WANT TO SEE THE SPACE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT IF YOU WOULD INCREASE DAY ONE WE COULD GO TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THIS ONE PARKING GARAGE AND PEOPLE END UP IN THE WRONG ONE YOU PARKED IN THE WRONG SPACE THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PARK WHERE W WANTED AND WE COULD SAY WE WERE INCREASING THE PAY TO OFFSET TH VOUCHER FOR PARKING ON DAY ONE.

THOSE WILL BE RETURNING FOR SUBSEQUENT DAYS ON THE PANEL BU THEY PAY GHENOU TO FREE UP SPACES IN THAT GARAGE WITH TO BRING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE COUNTY.

>> WERE COUNTING THE FULL AMOUN TAKING YOU DOWN TO 200 AS PART OF THE PROPOSAL TO INCREASE DAY ONE AND SAY WERE NOT GETTING

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COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE TO PAY INTO THIS. MOST OF THEM DON'T PAY FOR THEIR OWN PARKING SO IT IS A 4 1/2 MILLION DOLLAR NET MARGINAL COST FOR THE COUNTY.

>> LOOK I'M SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUE. ON A STATE LEVEL I GAVE THEM THE FIRST PAY STATEWIDE THAT THEY'D HAD RAISED IN 50 YEARS. AM I HEARING YOU SAY THA IF YOU DO THIS JUERGEN HAVE TO

CUT THE COMING BUDGET? >> WE HAVE OFFSETS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS I'M SURE THERE WILL BE ITEMS. I'VE HEARD FROM YOU WITH YOUR COMMITMENT TO MOVING THIS UP TO THE FISCAL YEAR AND THUS OFFSETS WILL BE THE SAME WHETHER IT IS JURY PAY OR MOVING FROM MIDYEAR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THAT OFFSET WILL NOT CHANGE IT'S JUS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO LOCK YOURSELF AND NOW OR CONSIDER IT WITH THE OTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT I KNOW ARE GOING TO BE COMING AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

DON'T SEE THESE ONE OFFS. I DIDN'T SEE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPL SAYING IT WOULD INCREASE THE RATE. THERE ARE A LOT OF THING WE WANT TO DO WE JUST DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR. WHAT I WOULD BE VERY COMMITTED TO HEAR THESE ARE HARD-WORKING EMPLOYEES. HOW LONG WAS THIS ONE? IT ENDED UP BEING 18 OR 19 MONTHS. AND I DON'T WANT TO DELAY GIVING IT TO HER. EVERYTHING HERE IS A TRADE-OFF.

I KNOW THERE WAS A DESIRE TO NOT HAVE A CERTAIN RATE HERE AN THEN CHANGE IT AGAIN. BUT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE ONE MORE COURT DATE I.E. AUGUST 29TH THA GIVES US A BETTER OPTION

PRESENTED. >> THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS RELATED TO THE BUDGET WHERE THIS CAN BE

TAKEN UP. >> AND THAT'S WHERE I AM OR WE DON'T HAVE TO BELABOR THIS POINT. I WANT TO KNOW IF I'M SENSITIVE TO THIS. I DON'T WAN TO DO THIS AND THEN COME BACK AND NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT I AM COMMITTED TO. THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN DURING THE CYCLE. BUT SOMETIMES I DO G WITH THIS. MAYBE WE WILL HAVE T DEFER ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT. WHAT DOORS AM I GOING TO CLOSE? BUT THANK YOU R FOCOMING.

>> OKAY. INI THK WERE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK IN A NTMOME. BUT RIGHT NOW OWEREN ITEM 98. THAT ONE OUIS YRS SICOMMISONER? THE ELATED TO ERENGINEING STUDIES?

>> I KNOW N DR. RAMAI WOULD FI RST LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH

REGARD TO THE E?98 PLEAS >> NOGOOD AFTERON. THIS IS AR FOAL DISCUSSION ON A ITEM WHERE WE HAVE RECEIVED TE REQUEST FROM TSCOUNTY PRECINC. SOUTHERN THESE PROJECTS AND TRYING TO SEE HOW TO DO THIS WITH A OFFICE AND PRECINCT STAFF T MANAGINGHEIR OWN CONSULTANTS

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ACCOMPLISHED. >> I HAVE SOME MOTIONS TO PRESENT. WERE THERE ANY OTHER LEVELS WITH COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. I LOVE THE IDEA O THE SPECIAL PROJECTS SEEM TO REALLY MAKE THIS AS NIMBLE AS POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THESE TIME SENSITIVE ITEMS. THIS WOULD BE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE OFFIC OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POST POLICY SECTION AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE WORKING WITH TH ENGINEER TO ASSIGN FULL TIME ATTORNEYS ASSIGNED TO THE ENGINEERING PROCESS. THEIR WORK WITH BOTH OFFICES TO DEVELOP TH BUDGET FOR STAFF MEMBERS AND TH MOTION TO DIRECT THE PROCUREMEN STAFF WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE PURCHASING AGENT WORKING WITH BOTH OFFICES TO DEVELOP A BUDGET FOR STAFF AND THEN LASTLY MOTION TO DIREC THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER TO WORK QUARTERLY

SPECIAL PROJECT THING. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY DO YOU

HAVE A COMMENT? >> I WAS ASKING IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TWO WORDS OUT OF THE PROPOSED POLICY? IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IT READS THAT HARRIS COUNTY WILL RETAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE PRECINCT PROJECTS AND I' LIKE TO DELETE THE WORD PRECINC AND KEEP IT ALL-ENCOMPASSING IN TERMS OF PROJECT. TALKING ABOU THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DELIVERY OF PROJECTS REMOVING THE WORD PRECINCT AND THE SECON THING WOULD BE IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH HARRIS COUNTY COURT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT AND IT SAYS RIIT'S LIFECYCLE WHICH IS GENEC. I WOULD TAKE THAT OUT AND SIMPLY SAY ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT NEGOTIATING WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SO FORTH AND SO ON.

TAKING OUT PRECINCT AND LIFECYCLE WOULD MAKE IT MUCH

MORE CLEAR. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR

THOUGHTS ON THE IMPACT? >> I HAVE NO CONCERNS AT THIS

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TIME. >> COMMISSIONER?

>> THAT IS FINE WITH ME. >> IS THAT A SEPARATE MOTION WITH THAT COME HERE? THAT'S NO RELATED TO HER MOTION SO SHOULD WE VOTE ON HER MOTIONS FIRST? OKAY. COMMISSIONER BRIONES HAS CENTERED OUT HER MOTIONS. ARE THEY SECONDED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY YOU HAVE A

SECOND MOTION? >> SIMPLY REMOVE THE WORD PRECINCT PROJECT AND IT WILL READ HARRIS COUNTY COURT WILL RECEIVE THE PROJECT AND COMPLET THE PARAGRAPH THERE. IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH IT SAYS THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGIN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT LIFE CYCLE REMOVING THE WORD LIFE CYCLE. AND JUST LET IT STAND AS IS. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY

OPPOSED? IT PASSES. THANK YOU. >> LET'S GO BACK COMMISSIONER GARCIA TO THE OTHER ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 34 AND THE MOTION REQUIRED. WHAT IS THAT THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY HERE? IS THAT EMOTION? IS THAT A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY THA ONE PASSES FOR-0. LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK. IT IS FOR:26.

IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IS GOING TO RECESS FOR 15 MINUTES.

IN SESSION. LET'S GO TO ITEM 147. THAT IS THE FINANCIAL

INVESTMENT MEMO >> ON THIS ONE, I AM GLAD WE ARE PROVIDING A GRADES TO PEOPLESOFT. THIS IS VITAL TECHNOLOGY THAT WE NEED FOR PURCHASING TEAMS. D IO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS . YOARE U THERE

>> I AM . HERE >> RELATED TO PEOPLESOFT OPERATIONS, BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, ORACLE HAS AN INITIAL ATSUNSET DE OF 2030 . CONTINUES TO ADJUST THIS TIMELINE. DO NYYOU HAVE A CONFIDENCE THAT CTHE COUNTYAN STAY WITH PEOPLESOFT FOR ANOTHE FIVE YEARS AND CONTINUE TO UP GRADE ANA SYSTEMIC MNER TO KEEP HAUP WITH THE ENNCEMENTS AND FUNCTIONALITIES THAT E THEY THAT IS NG TODAY?

THE . FIRST QUESTION >> GOOD SIAFTERNOON COMMISONERS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YES, AM CONFIDENT WE PECAN STAY WIT OPLESOFT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. WE WILL RECEIVE UP GRADES AND PLAN TO CONTINUE ON BUILDING ON THE UPGRADES.

FOR THAT. SECOND QUESTION, DOES HARRIS COUNTY NEED TO ESTABLISH ESAN ENTERPRI ROURCE PLANNING COMMITTEE TO OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND THEIR ERP Y PROGR TO IDENTIFPOTENTIAL REPLACEMENTS E OF WHAT WE KNOW ARCOMING IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IT IS DEFINITELY A HIGH PRIORITY. D I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMENTHAT WE BUILD A COMMITTEE. ITWE CURRENTLY HAVE COMMTEE THAT TILOOKS AT

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>> WHAT ATWOULD YOU NEED TO DO THAT? WH DO YOU NEED ME TO DO OR AN D ITEM ON THE COURT? WHAT WOULYOU NEED TO SEE THAT

HAPPEN CAN >> IOIF YOU WOULD GIVE ME THE DIRECTN, WE WILL TAKE IT FROM U THERE AND THEN COME BACK TO YO

AND PROVIDE A REPORT. >> ARE WE BROAD ENOUGH TO

PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION? >> RIGHT NOW, YES IT

>> I WILL TURN THIS INTO A MOTION BUT LET ME COME BACK TO IT. THE LAST QUESTION OR 2ND T LAST, STSINCE PEOPLESOFT IS TH FINANCIAL SYEM OF RECORD FOR THE COUNTY, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT ALL REQUESTS FOR FINANCIA SYSTEMS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS , FIRST EVALUATE EXISTING MODULES ? ARE THEY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS AS TO WHY THE EXISTING OPTIONS DO NOT MEET DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS? I UNDERSTAND SOME PURCHASE OTHER STUFF. WHY WOUL

THAT BE THE CASE? >> AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAV A COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THE PEOPLESOFT DAY-TO-DAY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS . THE DESIRE IS TO HAVE AN OPTION TO LOOK AT PEOPLESOFT AS ONE OF THE FIRST SYSTEMS WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIAL FUNCTIONALITY. MANY TIMES, IT IS AN INFORMAL PROCESS. WE ARE INFORMED THAT THAT REQUIREMENT EXISTS AND THE DEPARTMENTS INFORM US THERE IS A REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE GOING FOR AN EXTERNAL SYSTEM RATHER THAN LOOKING AT PEOPLESOFT IT IS AN INFORMAL PROCESS CURRENTLY. WE WOULD

LIKE TO MAKE IT FORMALIZED. >> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY FOLLOW-UP. IF THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO PURCHASE SOMETHING ELSE, ARE THEY WORKING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND ACTUALLY TAKING YOUR LEAD? WE HAVE ALREADY HAD CHALLENGES WITH SOM OTHER OFF-THE-SHELF SOFTWARE. I WILL WORK TO TRY AND STRUCTURE THAT AS WELL. THEN LASTLY, IS YOUR DEPARTMENT THE OVERSIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE SYSTEM AND UPGRADES IN TOTALITY?

>> OUR DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBL FOR ALL OF GRADES. WE WORK WIT THE DEPARTMENTS TO GATHER REQUIREMENTS ANDIMPLEMENT THAT.

THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS? >> YES SIR.

>> WHAT ARE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN ADDRESSING FINANCIAL PROCESS OPTIMIZATION AS WELL AS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO ADOPTION OF THE PEOPLESOFT, COUNTYWIDE. THE STAKEHOLDERS BEING THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE OR OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET PURCHASING AND THE COUNTY

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> THERE IS ONE MORE STAKEHOLDER. -- IS ALSO ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS. THEY ARE TEA MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. IT I VERY INFORMAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. WE DON'T HAV A FORMALIZED MATRIX. WE WILL

WORK ON IT. >> IF I COULD ASK YOU TO DRAFT A MOTION THAT YOU CAN SEND BAC OUT TO THE COURT MEMBERS. THA MOTION IS TO GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY FOR FORMALIZING THE ERP PROCESS AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WHICH ALSO GIVES THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE THE OTHER TO HARTMAN'S , BASICALLY THAT THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF WITH YOU ON ANY OUTSIDE SOFTWARE THAT THEY

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AT IT. >> WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? I THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ITEM 179,

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> QUICKLEY, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, HARRIS HELP IS PAYING FOR THE ELECTION. THAT IS $9

MILLION? >> YES.

>> IS SET UP PORTION OF THE COST?

>> THAT IS A PORTION. BECAUSE IT IS COUNTYWIDE , THE CITY HAS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF. THEY WILL BE CONTRACTOR, YOU WILL SE COMING FORWARD. ALSO THE STATE WE HAVE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AS WELL. THE REASON THE CONTRACT IS EARLIER THAN NORMAL, THAT IS BECAUSE THE STATUTES REQUIRE PAYMENT BY HARRIS HELP , TO HAVE THE ELECTION PRIOR TO CALLING THE ELECTION. THAT IS WHY IT IS TODAY. THE BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. THI IS THE SECOND HALF .

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE ON IT.

>> A PLAY -- >> IS THEIR SHARE OF THE COST.

OF IT. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY MADE A MOTION AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECONDED. IS ANYONE OPPOSED?

THE MOTION PASSES. >>> THE NEXT ITEM VESTMENT

>> IS GOING TO TAKE THAT WITH 379. I KNOW WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THAT LANGUAGE. 379 IS A HOSPITAL DISTRICT RELATED ITEM. AGAIN , THE QUESTIONS THE HAD ON THAT BOND ISSUE, I AM WORKING WITH THE FOLKS IN TERM OF THESE QUESTIONS. JUST TO GE THEM OUT THERE EARLY, NOT ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST, JUST TRYING TO GET QUESTIONS. ONE O THE FOUR QUESTIONS IS WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO BUILD THE CLINICS FIRST? I KNOW WE HAVE $2.5 BILLION BOND. I KNOW THE CLINICS ARE THE LEAST COST OF THAT . IN TERMS OF THE BIGGEST BANG, THE CLINICS, YOU BUILD THE CLINIC FIRST. THAT TAKES PRESSURE . AND SOME OF THE OTHER FACILITIES. THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. OBVIOUSLY WAN TO KEEP THE COURT TO THE OTHER QUESTION WHICH HAD TO DO WITH LBJ. 2 BILLION. HERE IS THE OLD ENGINEER. IS THAT IN THE FLOOD PLANE? I KNOW WE ARE GETTING MAPS DRAWN. MAKING SUR WE ARE BEING REALLY SMART ABOUT PROTECTING IT. IT IS NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO MOVE IT. BE SURE TH ISSUES ARE TAKEN IN FULL ACCOUNT. THAT IS 81% OF THE TOTAL. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE 81% OF THE BOND GOING TO THAT AREA? IS IT ULTIMATELY CHECK TO TO CREATE THAT AS A LEVEL I TRAUMA? IS THAT THE OF ACTIVE? I WOULD THINK THAT HAS TO BE ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD WANT T HAPPEN. IF THAT IS THE CASE, FROM WHAT I HAVE DONE AND RESEARCHED , JUST THE STAFF IS ROUGHLY $500 MILLION. DO THEY HAVE THAT IN THE OPERATING BUDGET ? THIS IS IN TERMS OF BEING SURE HOW THAT AFFECTS TH

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TALKING ON THAT BOND ISSUE. >> IS THERE A MOTION?

>> THERE IS NO ACTION. >> IS THAT FOR BOTH ITEMS ?

>> 194. COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THIS IS THE EPA GRANT FUND .

>> AS I MENTIONED, I AM ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. THIS IS MAJOR EXAMPLE OF LOW HANGING FRUIT . EXCITED TO SEE IS NOT ONLY MOVING FORWARD BUT TO BE TAKING A LEAP THROUGH THAT HAR WORK OF VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS. WE ARE SEEING THE COALITION COM TOGETHER TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD. I RECOGNIZE THERE IS A LONG ROAD AHEAD. I AM GRATEFU FOR THE WORK BEING DONE TO MOV THESE INITIATIVES FORWARD. AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. ENERGY POVERTY IS A REAL PROBLEM. FINALLY I WANT TO THANK THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION FOR MAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE. WE ARE WORKING MATT ENERGY CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. WE ARE ADDING THE CLEAN ENERGY CAPITOL OF THE WORLD AS WELL.

THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN PRIORITIZE.

THEN DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS WATCHING.

WE ARE LEAVING AND WE ARE ABL TO BE NIMBLE AND MOVE EFFECTIVELY , TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. I MOVE

ON THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. >> IS THERE A SECTION? THE

MOTION IS APPROVED. >> ITEM 198.

>> THAT IS ANOTHER GRANT, INTENDED TO COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. PUT 2.5 MILLION OUT OF MY BUDGET INTO THE PROJECT. THE GRANT WOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER $7.5 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT. IT INVOLVES RECONSTRUCTING A SECTION OF MARKET STREET FROM SHELDON TO LAKESIDE TO APPROVE SAFETY, DRAINAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY. ALSO APPROVING THE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS TO AND FROM THE WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR NETWORK , A PRIORITY FOR ME AND A CONSISTENT CONCERN THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS. I AM SINCERELY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE GRANT APPLICATION. THANKS FOR HELPIN US PURSUE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY ENGINEERING TEAM FOR THEIR RESPECT HIS WORK. IF WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IT WILL BE A $10 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO THE AREA WHICH HAS LONG BEEN

NEEDING A LOT OF WORK. >> ARE THEIR OBJECTIONS?

>> THE MOTION PASSES. >> 249 IS YOURS.

>> THIS IS THE THIRD TIME AN ITEM LIKE THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA. NOW I AM CURIOUS. THE FIRST ITEMS WENT FROM 1 MILLION TO 200,000. ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> I AM NOT AWARE OF THE ITEM.

>> I CAN ADDRESS THAT. THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS FROM THE

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THEY WERE ALL GOING TO ICSTK WITH THAT RRCUENT SYSTEM. CE SI THAT TIME, THE COURT PAHAS ID FOR THEM TO MOVE EOVERXCEPT FO PRECINCT 1. R THEEDUCTION WILL BE OVTO CER THE COST FOR THE MAINTENANCE. IT D REDUCEIT DOWN. THAT WAY THE COURT WOULD

NOT EVEN O HAVE TALLOCATE THAT KIND D.OF FUN >> ESMY INTERT IS EXACTLY WHAT YO U DESCRIBED. SORT WEOF WHAT JUST OUWENT THRGH , WE CAN'T V HA OUTLIERS OF. THE ISSUE DIGITAL EVIDENCE ANIS CRITICAL TO HAVE EVERYONE ON THAT SYSAME STEM ILIS VITAL. I WL ACTAKE N TION.

>> ARCOMMISSIONER GCIA, NT 252, MEAL HEALTH ID.

>> THIS IS A VERY OGIMPORTANT PRRAM THAT THE CENTER DOES.

IT IS A CRUCIAL STEP NG IN ADDRESSI THAT CRISIS IN THE COMMUNITY BY DI DIVERTING INVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AWAY FROM THE SYSTEM. T WE CAN ASSURE EY RECEIVED E THA APPROPRIATCARE AND SUPPORT , BEING INCARCERATED FOR LOW-LEVEL TRMISDEMEANORS LI ESPASSING. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT INDIVIDUALS OFTEN END UP IN RECIDIVISM WHEN LEFT UNTREATED. THE FEDIVERGENT CEN OFRS A MORE EFFECTIVE APPROACH THAT HELPS TO BREAK THE CYCLE. NOT ONLY IS IT COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO TREATINGMENTAL ILLNESS BUT IT IS ALSO COST-EFFECTIVE. FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT, IT COSTS OR THE COUNTY AVOIDS SPENDING $5.5 O CRIMINAL COST. THE PROGRAM ALS SERVES AS A MODEL FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES. THE COCITY OF AUS AND TRAVERS UNTY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THEIR OWN

DIVERSION CENTER. >> AFTER THE PANDEMIC , COUNTIE ARE LOOKING FOR CREATIVE WAYS TO RESPOND TO THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. Y I AM GRATEFUL THAT HARRIS COUNTIS YET AGAIN DI LEADING SEPARATE. WHEN INVIDUALS RECEIVE THE TREATMENT THEY NEED, THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR , BENEFITING BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THE JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM REPRESTS A FORWARD T HINKING TESTAMENT TOTH COMMITMENT IN PROMOTING MENTAL HEAL, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE WELL-BEING OF ALL RESIDENTS IN HARRIS COUNTY.

I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING, THOSE DIVERTED WITH FIVE OR MORE BOOKINGS WERE THREE TIMES LESS LIKELY TO BE LOOKED ON NE CHARGES THAN THOSE NON-DIVERTE AS A COMPARISON GROUP. THAT IS EXCITING. IT IS EVIDENCE THAT IT IS WORKING AND IS EFFECTIVE.

I WANT TO THANK THE HARRIS CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND WORK.

I WANT TO THANK SHERIFF GONZALES FOR HIS ALWAYS FORWAR THINKING APPROACH ON ISSUES LIK THIS. I MOVE ON THE ITEM AS

PRESENTED. >> YOU HAVE HEARD THE MOTION.

THINK COMMISSIONER RAMSEY SECON IT . ANY OPPOSITION? THE MOTIO

PASSES. >> NEXT ITEM, THAT IS ONE THAT I PULLED. I WANT TO HOLD BACK. IT DOES NOT CREATE IRREPARABLE HARM. ITEM 309, COMMISSIONER BRIONES ?

>> THIS IS TO FORMALIZE THE CREATION OF THE NEW PRECINCT FOR NONPROFIT WHICH IS PRECINC 4. I WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER , COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE , FOR HELPING US GET OFF THE GROUND AND TO AL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAV ALREADY COME FORWARD ASKING HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED AND DONATE. WANTING TO HELP ADVANC THE WORK OF PRECINCT 4. THEN FURTHER IMPROVING IT WILL GIVE THE FUNDING TO CREATE THE PARTNERSHIPS TO MOVE FORWARD. MORE SWIFTLY AND WITH ADDITIONA INVESTMENT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER BECAUSE

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>> NICK SHORE THEY ARE TEACHING US THE MODEL OF WHAT HAS WORKED BEST WITH YOUR NONPROFIT. I CAN'T WAIT TO KIC

IT OFF. >> WITH THAT, AND MOVE 309 AS

PRESENTED. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECONDS

IT . ANY OPPOSITION? >> WE HAD A TRANSMITTAL ON THE GROUP. I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAILS. I DO THINK WE TAKE THESE FOR PORTS AND SHOULD REVIEW THEM. HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT , WE CAN REVIEW THAT WITH THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTIONS. AGAIN WE PAY FOR TH REVIEW AND THE AUDIT. WE WANT TO AT LEAST TAKE TIME TO LOOK A THEM. THAT WAS TO REVIEW VIEW THAT PRIMARY ELECTION. WE JUST NOW GOT THE FINAL COURT. GOING FORWARD , WE PROBABLY NEED BETTER TURNAROUND.

>> THERE IS NO ACTION. >> ITEM 336 IS ANOTHER

TRANSMITTAL. >> IT IS INTERESTING. IT IS A 12% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE CAP IS AN IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THAT. IT IS A NUMBER TWO NOTE GOING FORWARD. THAT IS FO EACH ONE OF US AS WE MEET WITH MR. RAMOSE AND HIS OFFICE. WE TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS. COUL THEY OR POSSIBLY WOULD BE. IT IS A 12% INCREASE. IT IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET YEAR.

>> THANK YOU, THAT IS NO ACTIO ON THAT. THE NEXT ITEM,

COMMISSIONER GARCIA, 300 70. >> I WANT TO THANK THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. IT WAS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IN THE OVERLEAF AREA. IT IS BY MAINLINE INDUSTRIES AT $13.9 MILLION, PROVIDING DRAINAGE RELIEF IN THE NORTHERN AREA BY APPROVING ROADSIDE DITCHES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONNECTING THEM TO STORM SEWER BOTCHES. AND HELPING THEM IMPROVE DRAINAGE FLOW. IT IS ABOUT 230 HOMES THAT WILL BENEFIT. I WAN TO THANK DR. PETERSON AND HER TEAM. THAT I WANT TO THANK FOR

THE COLLECTIVE WORK. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. ITEM 370 PASSES. ITEM 371, I THINK WE RAISED CONCERN ON IT.

>> IS THEIR OBJECTION? >> THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 377.

IN TRAVIS COUNTY. SHE TOLD ME ABOUT -- ESSENTIALLY IT IS A

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>> THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT MEMBERSHIP.

>> THE MOTION PASSES. >> A QUICK COMMENT HERE. THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION RELATED T EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY. COMING UP THIS MORNING AND DISCUSSING.

THIS ITEM, WHEN WE GET INTO A SITUATION, I TALKED WITH PURCHASING AN AC -- ON THEIR. WHEN YOU ARE IN EMERGENCY , IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS , IT IS DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IN TERMS OF ISSUING PURCHASE ORDERS , SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO

DO THOSE BY PAPER. >> THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS. IT IS LOCKED.

>> IF YOU NEED A PURCHASE ORDER DURING AN EMERGENCY, IT IS ALL BY PAPER OR. THERE HE IS. YOU ARE MUTED.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS A PROCESS. NOT JUST THE AUDITOR' OFFICE BUT IT IS THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WORKING WITH UNIVERSAL SERVICES. THEY HAVE TO BRING THINGS DOWN SO THEY CAN LOAD AND GET READY. ALSO ABOUT THI AS WELL. I AM LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT SAYS CURRENTLY , YOUR LAST DAY TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS WILL BE SEPTEMBER 11. THAT IS THROUGH THE SYSTEM. WHAT THE COMMISSIONER IS TALKING ABOUT I YOUR ABILITY TO ISSUE THE PAPER PURCHASE ORDERS WHEN THE SYSTEM IS DOWN , STARTING SEPTEMBER 11. FOR ME, I AM GOOD WITH VOICES ON THE COURT O THE 19TH.

>> TO YOUR POINT, THAT WILL SHUT DOWN ONSET TIMBER 11TH.

THEN WE WILL DO A MANUAL PROCESS. IF AN EVENT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE MOVED TO THE MANUAL PROCESS. WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENTED. IN THIS INSTANCE, IT WILL BE A LONGER PERIOD. WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE DETAILS TO ANYONE IN THE COUNTY. WE DO THAT WHEN WE PROVIDE TRAINING. WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO

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THEN SHOWING YOU STEP BY STEP ON WHAT YOU SHOULD DO ONCE A DISASTER OR OUTAGE IS AVAILABLE

>> THANK YOU FOR BREAKING ON IT HAVING THAT ISSUE AND EMERGENC AND DISASTER IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. BE SURE YOUR STAFF IS FULLY ALERT THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PAPER ASSESS.

IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THOSE ACTIVITIES DONE BEFORE WE GET I THE MIDDLE OF IT THAN WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. THAT I

JUST TO ALERT. NO ACTION. >> NO ACTION.

>> THEN WE HAVE TWO ITEMS AFTER THAT.

>> QUICKLY, I AM GOING TO PUT IN AN APPEAL AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. I THINK THERE MAY BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD , 915 MILLION . THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY OF AT LEAST TWO OR 300 MILLION THA COULD BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES WITHIN THE JAIL . LIKE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO THAT , I THINK WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WITH WHAT TESTIMONY WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC TODAY , EVEN IF IT WAS REPLACING THE CHILLER IN THE CATEGORY OF INMATENANCE ACTIVITIES, MONEY MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY O T IGON AND DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL GTOIVE PEOPLE RELIEF. OWI KN THE FOLK MET LAST WEEK IN AUSTIN DO WE NOT TMEETHE STANDARDS . IF THERE IS NGANYTHI WE CAN DO ON A TESHORT-RM BASIS G , USINMONE TO GET ELSOME RIEF, I THINK TH AT WOULD BE PRAN APPROIATE USE

MONEY. J >>UST FOR IOCLARIFICATN, IS

THAT NO ACTION? TE >> IM 21, THIS IS THE YOU ARE .OFFICE OF -- WORKING ON A MOTION TO FIND CONSENSUS. MAYBE YOU SENT NDIT AROU.

>> YOU WANT TO READ AT? LL BE A FRIENDLY

AMENDMENT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE OFFI OFNSCOUNTY ADMINISTRATIO REVISED STRUCTURE AND TO TA RECLASSIFY CERIN POSITIONS AS PART OF THE REORGANIZATION. TI ALSO AUTHORIZAON TO WORK WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT SOBUDGET, HUMAN REURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT EP THE PURCHASING DARTMENT, UNIVERSAL SERVICLEES AND ANY OT REVANT DEPARTMENTS IN CONNECGATION WITH THE REORNIZATION WITH FINAL COMPLETION TO BE COMPLETED BY

DECEMBER 31 , 2023. >> SHE IS SECONDING.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE A COPY?

>> I DO. >> IS THEIR OBJECTION?

>> THE MOTION PASSES. 3-1. THERE IS AN OBJECTION.

>> I'M GOING TO SEND THAT VIDEO TO YOU.

>> THE MOTION PASSES 3-1. >> ITEM 147, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ARE YOU WORKING UP SOME

>> WE ARE WORKING ON IT. >> ANYTHING ELSE. YOU WANT TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK MAYBE.

>> I ALMOST HAVE IT . GIVE ME JUST ONE MINUTE.

>> DO WE HAVE ALL THE OTHERS? >> DON'T LEAVE US IDLE.

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>> WE ARE SITTING HERE LOOKING AT YOU.

>> THESE FIVE-MINUTE BRAKES DON'T WORK.

>> LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK

>> FIVE-MINUTE . >> IT IS 5:30. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECESS , HOPEFULLY FOR FIVE-MINUTE.

>>

>> IT IS 5:39. 5:40 NOW. COMMISSIONERS COURT IS BACK IN SESSION. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK UP SOME LANGUAGE?

>> WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS TO RECOMMEND. THE FIRST ONE BEING THAT FORMALIZING A NEW COMMITTEE COMPRISING OF PURCHASING AUDITOR'S OFFICE, TREASURY, OFFICE OF BUDGET

MANAGEMENT. >> CAN YOU EMAIL THAT TO US?

>> I DON'T HAVE IT YET. >> WE WILL JUST WAIT A SECOND.

CAN DO THAT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, I KNOW COMMISSIONER GARCIA ASKED, THE ITEM IS BROAD ENOUG TO ALLOW FOR MODIFICATIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE SECOND MOTION RELATED TO STARS COMMITTEES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICES FOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. IT WOULD REALLY -- .

>> THE SECOND ONE WE CAN'T DO. THE FIRST ONE WE CAN IF WE

CHANGE IT. >> THEN WHEN WE GO DOWNSTAIRS, SEE IF THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE FO A COPY MACHINE. SOME OF THEM, IF WE HAD DONE THIS IN THE LEGISLATURE, COULD YOU IMAGINE

THE STUFF I COULD HAVE PASSED? >> READ IT OUT.

>> I AM WITH YOU.

IT TO MAKE SURE IT FIT ASSESS .

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>> SO MOVED. >>RE YOU GOOD WITH THAT?

>> I SECOND. M >> COMMISSIONER GARCIAOVED IT AND COMMISSIONER BRIONES SECOND. IT IS ADAPTED. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN

>> ONE MORE. WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION. IS IT TO BE APPROVED AS

PRESENTED? FOR 147. >> CAN YOU MAKE THAT MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> THAT IS FOR ITEM 147 TO BE APPROVED. IS THEIR OBJECTION? IT IS APPROVED. MATT PLEASE

HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> I MAKE THAT MOTION.

>> WE AMENDED THE RULES SO YOU CAN DO ALL YOUR RESOLUTIONS.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA MOVES THAT WE ADJOURN AND COMMISSIONE RAMSEY SECONDS. IT IS AUGUST 8 OF 2023, THE MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS COURT IS ADJOURNE AT 5:40 7 PM. GOODBYE.

>> THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.