[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:07] EVERYBODY. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. IT IS MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH AT 9 A.M. HERE IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM. FOR THE RECORD, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT ARE PRESENT, AS WELL AS OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS NECESSARY FOR TODAY'S MEETING. I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE WHERE AT THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, AND THERE IS WE WILL PUBLISH IN ALL OF OUR AGENDAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL COURTS THAT WE HAVE A NOTICE TO AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT BUDGET AND TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 AT 9 A.M. IN THIS COURTROOM, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AND ON SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 9 A.M. IN THIS COURTROOM, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A PROPOSED VOTE ON THE TAX RATE. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES. LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER TODAY. WE THANK YOU THAT WE LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHERE WE CAN BE FREE AND HAVE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP YOU. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR DISCERNMENT AND YOUR GUIDANCE, THAT YOU WOULD FORGIVE US WHERE WE FAIL YOU. WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S HOLY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. YOU CAN BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF [PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS] PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO DELAY OUR BIGGEST ONE. WE'RE WAITING ON ONE MORE PERSON TO ARRIVE TO BE HONORED. BUT WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM PA1. THIS IS ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGARDING COUNTY AND PRECINCT EVENTS. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. THAT'S A FIRST. I THINK THAT IS A FIRST THREE DAYS IN COURT. WE'RE JUST GLAD TO BE HERE. YEAH, YEAH. WE'RE JUST GLAD TO BE HERE. REMEMBER ALL LAST WEEK WE WERE IN BUDGET HEARINGS. SO NONE OF US HAVE ANY BIG NEWS. SO ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING WE WANT TO SPREAD. WE ARE GOING TO JUMP AHEAD TO ITEM PA3, A PRESENTATION BY CAREFLIGHT TO PROVIDE CONTRACT STATUS REPORT ON PARAMEDIC CARE. I'M GOING TO INVITE BRANT STOVALL FORWARD TO GIVE THAT PRESENTATION. BEFORE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING. MOVE THIS AROUND HERE. SO I WANTED TO GO OVER QUARTER NUMBER TWO NUMBERS WITH YOU GUYS. IF YOU DON'T MIND. SO FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026 WE WE DID 3198 TRANSPORTS OR EXCUSE ME RESPONSES. AND WE DID 2043 TRANSPORTS. WE HAD A 97% COMPLIANCE AND A 64% TRANSPORT RATE, WHICH IS THAT'S HOW MANY PERCENTAGE OF THAT THAT 2043 THAT WE TRANSPORTED. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY GOOD TRANSPORT NUMBER. WE HAD AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME IN THE COUNTY OF 12 MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS. EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR, WE'RE STAYING VERY CONSISTENT, VERY FLAT. THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSES AND EVERYTHING FROM LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE. SO NOT NOT BIG INCREASES, NOT BIG DECREASES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NEXT MONTH OR NEXT QUARTER. WHEN I COME IN, I'LL HAVE THE REPORT FOR YOU. WE'LL LOOK AT FY 26 AS A WHOLE COMPARED TO FY 25. AND AND SEE HOW THAT LOOKS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR OUR PATIENTS ARE GOING TO TEXAS HEALTH HUGUELY AND THEN TEXAS HEALTH, FORT WORTH AND MANSFIELD'S RIGHT THERE TOO. SO WE TRANSPORT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MANSFIELD METHODIST. MANSFIELD. THE HEAT MAP LOOKS VERY SIMILAR. THE THE THREE BUSIEST AREAS CONSISTENTLY ARE ALVARADO, NUMBER ONE, JOSHUA AND THEN THE GODLEY RESPONSE AREAS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE VERY SIMILAR. THAT STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE FROM LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR. MOVING ON TO AIR. SO FOR THE QUARTER, WE HAD 131 STANDBYS. WE HAD 14 THAT WERE [00:05:03] DECLINED FOR WEATHER. WE DID 19 PATIENT FLIGHTS, AND WE HAD AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME WITH THE HELICOPTER INTO THE COUNTY OF 17 MINUTES. EDUCATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY HAVE NEVER ADDRESSED, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. SO ALL OF THE PARAMEDICS AT CAREFLITE ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED HTTPS OR HUMAN PATIENT SIMULATOR. WE DO THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, SO THEY GO OVER TO GRAND PRAIRIE. WE HAVE. THE THE PATIENT THERE THAT IS, IT'S A SIMULATOR. AND THEY GO THROUGH SIMULATED PATIENTS, SIMULATED SCENARIOS. THEY'LL DO 2 OR 3 OF THOSE. PLUS THEY TAKE EXAMS TO PRACTICE UP ON OUR PROTOCOLS AND SUCH. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TRAIN CONSISTENTLY. AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR HERE LATER WHY WHY WE DO THAT. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. WE DO IT FOR ALL THE PARAMEDICS. WE HAVE NOW GOT A EDUCATOR THAT WILL BE IN THE COUNTY THAT'S ASSIGNED TO US OVER HERE. HE'S WORKING WITH HILL COLLEGE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO DO THIS HTTPS AT HILL COLLEGE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT SAME SETUP THERE, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT. SO WE'RE IN IN TALKS WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT DOWN HERE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BRING IN THE EMTS. THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WILL START DOING THIS AS WELL AS THE PARAMEDICS. WE ARE SETTING UP MONTHLY TRAININGS FOR NOT ONLY OUR CREWS, BUT ALL OF THE FROS THE FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE TRAINING AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR BONUSES OVER DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'RE GOING TO SET THAT UP AND DO THAT AROUND DIFFERENT PART OF THE COUNTY. BOTTOM LINE IS, IS WE WANT TO BE THE BEST. AND THE WAY THAT YOU DO THAT YOU'RE THE BEST IS, IS WE TRAIN TOGETHER AND WE WORK TOGETHER. THE FROS THAT WE WORK WITH OUT HERE ARE PHENOMENAL AND THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GIVE BACK AS WELL. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WORKING OUT VERY WELL. MOVING INTO FOOTBALL SEASON. IT'S ABOUT TIME. I'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE FEBRUARY. SO YEP. MOVING INTO FOOTBALL. SO WE'LL BE DOING STANDBYS FOR ALVARADO, JOSHUA GODLEY AND GRANDVIEW. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING SOME FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATION FUNDRAISERS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, CAR SHOWS AND SUCH, WHERE WE BRING IN THE AIRCRAFT AND, AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WORK ON THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS, YOU KNOW, DRIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT. AND THEN WE STILL HAVE OUR OUTREACH, WHICH IS WE'LL DO STOP THE BLEED. WE HAVE A STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM. WE'LL DO COMMUNITY EDUCATION. IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SET UP A COFFEE WITH MEDICS, WE CAN SET THOSE THINGS UP. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO ALL OF THAT. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU THIS QUARTER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? MR. JUST WITH THE COURT, I WE VISITED A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, WE IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD CAME TO US IN REGARDS TO A VEHICLE THAT WOULD HANDLE HANDICAP. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR BUDGET PROCESS, BUT SHARING THAT WITH BRANT THIS MORNING, AND HE HAS MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE. AND WE VISITED WITH MR. ARRIOLA BACK THERE ABOUT IT, AND HE SEEMS RECEPTIVE TO IT. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST KIND OF FILL THE COURT IN ON IT. YEAH. SO THERE IS A COMPANY THAT'S THAT'S BASED HERE IN CLEBURNE. THEY'RE OUT OVER BY THE WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER. IT'S CALLED RIDING SAFE. THE OWNER OF THAT COMPANY IS CLIFF MONTEMAYOR. AND I'VE KNOWN CLIFF FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. HE'S A HE'S A PARAMEDIC, WORKED IN GRANBURY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND THEN HE STARTED THIS WHEELCHAIR VAN COMPANY. AND THEY'VE GROWN AND GROWN. AND MY SUGGESTION IS TO REACH OUT TO CLIFF. I'M HAPPY TO HELP FACILITATE THAT AND SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT SETTING UP A CONTRACT WHERE HE COULD HE COULD DO SOME OF THAT STUFF FOR YOU. I THINK THAT WOULD WORK OUT REALLY WELL. I KNOW HE'S GOT 24 HOUR SERVICE AND AND IT'S A VERY REPUTABLE COMPANY. YEAH. IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH THE JUDGE, MAYBE HE VISIT WITH HIM OR WHATEVER AND THEN BRING IT BACK. BE HAPPY TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH. I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING CONGESTION AND TRAVEL TIME. AND I KNOW THE RESPONSE TIMES ARE ALWAYS A GOOD TIME, BUT I AM CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IS HOPEFULLY ABOUT TO BE INITIATED REGARDING 917, FOR EXAMPLE, CROSS OVER TO MANSFIELD. I KNOW THAT FACILITY IN HUGHLEY AND THEN OF COURSE, HARRIS DOWNTOWN AND THE HOSPITALS THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY USING TODAY, WE HAVE OUR OUR TRANSPORTATION STUDY UNDERWAY [00:10:02] AND, AND TRYING TO FIND THE BEST PATH FORWARD. BUT WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT DOING TO THE LEVEL OF, OF SERVICE TO, TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THIS COUNTY, GETTING THEM ON A POINT B, WHEREVER THAT ENDS UP BEING? WHAT ARE YOU EXPERIENCING? WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU. THE 917 BRIDGE IS A PROBLEM. THE CONGESTION THERE, IT'S A PROBLEM IN 67 AND 35 IS A BIG PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, WE WE KEEP TWO TRUCKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 67 AND 35. SO WE'VE GOT A VENOUS TRUCK OVER THERE AND WE'VE GOT THE ALVARADO TRUCK OVER THERE. BUT HAVING TO CROSS THROUGH THAT AND ANY TIME OF THE DAY WITH WITH THE TRUCK TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH. AND SO IT, IT CAN BE A PROBLEM AND IT CAN CREATE DELAYS. THE 917 BRIDGE, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY TRYING TO GET TO THAT EASTERN SIDE, YOU KNOW, OVER THERE OF 917, IT CAN BE A REAL PROBLEM WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET FROM EAST TO WEST, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE MONITORING OR KEEPING A RECORD OF? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. AND ADJUSTING, ADJUSTING OUR AMBULANCES AS NEEDED? YEAH, WE DEFINITELY WATCH THAT. THAT WOULD BE ONE REASON I ASK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH TXDOT. AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY THE COG AND RTC, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING AFTER THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND STATE DOLLARS FOR MATCH DOLLARS ONCE WE BEGIN GREATER PROJECTS OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS, THE 917 BRIDGE, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT AT 67.35 JUST TO GIVE SOME RELIEF. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD OR BAD THAT'S GOING TO WORK WHEN IT ALL. BUT WE KNOW THE CONGESTION IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE WHEN WE START THAT RIGHT OUT HERE AT AMAZON. THAT'S ALL ABOUT TO GET REAL, YOU KNOW. AND SO SO IT'S JUST A IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION COMPILED FROM YOU GUYS MIGHT BE A BENEFIT TO GETTING MORE DOLLARS QUICKER FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE TYPE PROJECTS. SO I WOULD JUST ASK IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD SHARE WITH US. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. SURE. I CAN GET WITH NICK ZAMBRANO IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, AND WE CAN PROBABLY PULL THAT OUT OF THE CAD AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT IN DELAYS AND SO FORTH. AND SO WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU ANY WAY WE CAN. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE. THANK YOU. BRIAN. I'D ALSO LIKE TO APPRECIATE. SHOW APPRECIATION FOR CAREFLIGHT AND THE SPONSORSHIP AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR REGIONAL CONFERENCES THROUGH THE COUNTY JUDGE COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE THE LAST COUPLE OF CONFERENCES AND HAVE I THINK THAT'S PROVIDING SOME EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR REGION, NOT ONLY JOHNSON COUNTY, BUT THE 74 COUNTIES IN OUR REGION, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, TO EXPANDING AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK NEXT YEAR. GOOD DEAL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM P TWO. THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING MIDLOTHIAN FIREFIGHTER JASON HORNE, THE ALVARADO FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE ALVARADO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CAREFLIGHT FOR LIFE SAVING ACTIONS THAT ALVARADO. I'M GOING TO ASK THE HORNE FAMILY TO COME FORWARD HERE IN THE WELL, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND WE'VE GOT TWO OF OUR DISTRICT JUDGES HERE. I'M GOING TO INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. THIS IS A SOMETHING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY. WE'RE ALSO INVITING FORWARD ALVARADO'S REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS CAREFLIGHT REPRESENTATIVES TO JOIN US UP FRONT. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORY THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT. AGAIN, IT MADE THE NEWS BOTH LOCALLY AND AFAR, AND I WANT TO THANK JUDGE BOSWORTH FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION AND GETTING THIS STARTED SO THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO HONOR THIS FAMILY AND THESE FIRST RESPONDERS TODAY. ALWAYS. IT'S ALWAYS TOUCHING TO BE ABLE TO HONOR A HOMETOWN HERO. AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. WHEREAS ON THE 4TH OF JULY, WHILE OFF DUTY AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AT LAKE ALVARADO, FIREFIGHTER JASON HORNE OF THE MIDLOTHIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT OBSERVED INDIVIDUALS URGENTLY SIGNALING FOR ASSISTANCE NEAR A CAPSIZED BOAT. AND WHEREAS, AFTER LEARNING THAT CHILDREN WERE TRAPPED BENEATH THE OVERTURNED VESSEL, HORNE IMMEDIATELY ENTERED THE WATER AND REPEATEDLY DOVE UNDER THE BOAT DESPITE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. AND WHEREAS HORNE FIRST LOCATED AND RESCUED A YOUNG BOY WHO WAS [00:15:04] LETHARGIC BUT CONSCIOUS, THEN RETURNED BENEATH THE VESSEL AND RECOVERED A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND NOT BREATHING. AND WHEREAS, AFTER BRINGING THE GIRL TO THE SURFACE, HORNE ADMINISTERED CHEST COMPRESSIONS, RESCUE BREATHING AND BACK BLOWS UNTIL SHE BEGAN TO BREATHE ON HER OWN. AND WHEREAS UPON LEARNING THAT A THIRD CHILD REMAINED TRAPPED, FIREFIGHTER HORNE AGAIN ENTERED THE WATER TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH, AND AFTER THE CHILD WAS RECOVERED WHILE ENTANGLED IN ROPE, PERFORMED CPR AND OTHER LIFE SAVING MEASURES ON THE CHILD. AS THE CHILD WAS TRANSPORTED TOWARD THE SHORE. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH HORNE'S IMMEDIATE AND DETERMINED INTERVENTION, ALL THREE CHILDREN SURVIVED. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE EMERGENCY, HORNE'S 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, EMILY HORNE, REMAINED ABOARD THE BOAT, CALLED 911 AND PROVIDED THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO DIRECT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO THE SCENE. AND WHEREAS, OFFICERS OF THE ALVARADO POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED IN SAFELY TRANSFERRING THE CHILDREN FROM THE VESSEL TO AWAITING EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. AND WHEREAS, MEMBERS OF THE ALVARADO FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED PROMPTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, ASSUMED PATIENT CARE AND CONTINUED LIFESAVING TREATMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OF CAREFLIGHT PROVIDED A CRITICAL ADVANCED CARE AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AS PART OF A COORDINATED, COORDINATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOCUSED ON THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY OF THE CHILDREN. AND WHEREAS, HORNE'S WILLINGNESS TO PLACE HIMSELF IN DANGER WHILE OFF DUTY REFLECTS THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF THE FIRE SERVICE AND DEMONSTRATES THE COMMITMENT TO PROTECT OTHERS, THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE HOURS OF A SCHEDULED SHIFT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT WE, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF JOHNSON COUNTY, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND JASON HORNE FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AND LIFE SAVING ACTIONS AT LAKE ALVARADO, RECOGNIZE EMILY HORNE FOR HER BRAVERY AND VITAL ASSISTANCE IN SUMMONING OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO THE ALVARADO FIRE DEPARTMENT, CAREFLIGHT AND ALVARADO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL CIVILIANS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHO ASSISTED IN THIS RESCUE. THANK YOU ALL. MR. HORNE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING. I'M SORRY. SO AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 4TH OF JULY. SO FOR ABOUT A MONTH IT'S BEEN KIND OF A WHIRLWIND OF EVENTS AND THINGS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR REACHING OUT FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. IT'S WHERE I GET EMOTIONAL AND FOR SUPPORT. EMILY, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT JUDGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. JUST SAYING THAT. WE'RE HONORED TO BE HONORING YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YES, CHIEF. ANYTHING FROM ALVARADO? SURE. THANK YOU. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. AS YOU KNOW, ON 4TH OF JULY, A LOT OF THINGS CAME TOGETHER AND THEY THEY CAME TOGETHER PERFECTLY. AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE FOR FOR JASON TO BE THERE. AND THREE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS ARE ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF JASON. AND WE COULDN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH. AND CAREFLIGHT AS WELL. IT'S JUST A COORDINATED EFFORT. EMILY AS WELL DON'T KNOW TOO MANY. I'M A GIRL DAD AND DON'T KNOW TOO MANY 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS THAT ARE JUVENILES THAT CAN COULD DID WHAT SHE DID THAT DAY. AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AND, AND HONOR THEM. AND I THINK HE'S RIGHT ABOUT ABOUT TO WRAP UP HIS CONCERT TOUR NOW. BUT HE'S BEEN VERY HUMBLE THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THING. AND, AND JUDGE, WE, WE NOT NOT TO CORRECT YOU AT ALL, BUT BUT JASON IS NEVER OFF DUTY. HE HE HE WE WERE, WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM THAT THERE THAT DAY. AND HE HE SPRUNG INTO ACTION. NOT NOT ONLY DID HE GROW UP ON LAKE ALVARADO, BUT HE'S A GOOD SWIMMER, OBVIOUSLY, AND HE'S A PARAMEDIC. AND JUST SO MANY THINGS CAME TOGETHER THAT THAT ALLOWED THOSE CHILDREN TO SURVIVE. AND WE'RE WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL. ANYTHING FROM CAREFLIGHT OR Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME. I'VE BEEN AT CAREFLIGHT FOR FOUR YEARS. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT. I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND THIS ONE'S BY FAR MY FAVORITE. I THINK THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, I THINK THE [00:20:03] CULTURE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR EMS SYSTEM IS FANTASTIC. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT EVERY SINGLE PART FROM OUR DISPATCHERS WHO TOOK THAT INITIAL CALL FROM EMILY AND WERE ABLE TO WALK HER THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS. TO EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP, IT'S JUST BEEN A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. EVERY CALL WE DO DAY IN, DAY OUT IS SUPPORTED, AND IT STARTS RIGHT HERE WITH YOU GUYS HERE IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, AND IT JUST TRICKLES DOWN FROM THERE. AND I CAN DEFINITELY TELL AFTER BEING HERE SINCE WE STARTED THIS CONTRACT, THAT WE JUST HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU GUYS AND WE'RE WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE COUNTY AGAIN? JOHNSON COUNTY. ANYBODY ELSE? HOW ABOUT ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS? REBECCA. YES. JONES WITH AN S YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN MEDIC 45. THAT'S WHAT BOTH OF YOU ARE. YES, SIR. WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM JAKE ELLIS'S OFFICE. WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM JAKE LEE'S OFFICE HERE TO PRESENT TO MISTER HORN. YES. SO THE CONGRESSMAN WISHES HE COULD BE HERE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR YOUR EFFORTS THAT YOU GOT A FLAG FLOWN OVER THE CAPITOL WITH THE CERTIFICATE, AND THEN HE WROTE YOU A LETTER. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU. AND I CAN READ THAT LETTER IF YOU'D LIKE, FROM HIM. DEAR JASON, I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THE SELFLESSNESS THAT YOU DEMONSTRATED DURING THE EVENTS AT ALVARADO LAKE ON JULY 4TH WEEKEND, IN A MOMENT WHEN THE LIVES OF THREE CHILDREN WERE AT STAKE, YOUR DECISIVE ACTIONS REFLECTED THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF COURAGE AND SERVICE. OUR COMMUNITY IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE LEADERS LIKE YOU WHO RESPOND TO MOMENTS OF CRISIS WITH BRAVERY AND DETERMINATION. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE WITH THE MIDLOTHIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO PROTECTING THE FAMILIES OF OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY NOT ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS WE DO IN THIS COURT ARE THE SAME, AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE, THE ONE I AM MOST HONORED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IN MY TIME HERE. IT'S INCREDIBLY. THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. AND NEXT UP ON THE TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW LIST, WE HAVE ITEM P A FOR UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION FROM KODY SIBLEY. THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT NOT ANYWHERE NEAR SAVING LIVES, BUT WE ARE SAVING A LITTLE MONEY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE KIND OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. I WILL GET TO THE GRANT FUNDING AND THEN KIND OF SHOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DATES WE'VE GOT AS OF NOW. SO [00:25:02] CURRENTLY I'LL START WITH I DID NOT PUT IT IN HERE, BUT I FORGOT THE 110 BUILDING. OUR ARCHITECT AND GC HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE PRINTS. THEY SHOULD HAVE THE 100% COMPLETED DRAWINGS THIS WEEK. WE WILL PROBABLY MEET IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO JUST KIND OF DIAL IN THE REST OF THE SPECIFICS, TO ACTUALLY LOCK DOWN THAT PRICE AND HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO COURT, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ARGUE THE CONTRACT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. GOING THROUGH THAT HISTORIC FOR THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS. I KNOW THE JUDGE MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK DURING BUDGET. WE I WENT UP THERE TO AUSTIN ON LAST COURT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE 10TH. WHATEVER THE LAST COURT WAS, I THINK IT WAS WENT UP THERE TO AUSTIN, PRESENTED. AND THEY RAN THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, FUNDING SCENARIOS. THEY GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND KIND OF SPEAK ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PITCH IT FOR WHAT WE BELIEVED OUR COURTHOUSE IS NEEDED. THEY RAN THREE SCENARIOS. TWO OF THEM INCLUDED US. THEY ENDED UP GOING WITH THE THIRD SCENARIO, WHICH KIND OF IT WAS A GOOD BALANCE OF FULL RESTORATIONS AND EMERGENCY PROJECTS. AND OF COURSE, WE WERE A PART OF THAT. SO I'LL GET INTO THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. WE'LL HAVE GRANT ORIENTATION, WHICH WILL PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A MEMBER OF AUDIT AND PURCHASING INVOLVED JUST TO, TO FIGURE OUT PROCUREMENT. AND OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN 20 SOMETHING YEARS. SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, TOO SURE WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO. SO THEY'LL HAVE AN ORIENTATION. THEY'LL GO THROUGH THAT WITH US AND LET US ASK ANY QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, JUVENILE REMODEL, THE CMU WALLS. THERE'S A MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS. AND WE SHOULD BE YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IN THE TAIL END OF THIS PROJECT. THOSE WALLS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IT THIS WEEK. MASONRY IS COMING IN AND THAT SHOULD TAKE MAYBE A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF TO GET THAT CMU WALL UP THE NORTH, WHICH IS THE SHERIFF'S RECRUITMENT SIDE AND THE WEST, WHICH IS JUVENILE. THOSE AWNINGS AND SHEET METAL HAVE ALL BEEN INSTALLED. STOREFRONT WAS INSTALLED. THEY JUST FINISHED THOSE DOORS AND EVERYTHING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY HAVE STARTED. NOW THAT THAT'S DONE, THE JUVENILE LOBBY REMODEL IN PROGRESS. AND THAT WAS PART OF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO COURT A VERY LONG TIME AGO FOR A CHANGE ORDER, TO RAISE THE CEILING, TO MAKE THAT NOT FEEL AS CRAMPED. THEY WILL BE REPLACING THE FLOORING, REDOING SOME OF THE PAINT, AND ADDING THAT CEILING GRID IN THERE WITH A NEW LIGHTS, NEW FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, MEDICAL EXAMINER'S. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ANY PICTURES IN THERE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE ELECTRICAL AND THEY HAD TO RIP OUT ALL THE LIGHTING, SO THEY'VE HAD JUST LITTLE STAGE LIGHTING, JUST ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SEE. HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE THE ELECTRICAL RUFFIANS HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED. WE'LL HAVE CLOSED WALL INSPECTION COMING UP THIS WEEK, AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL BE INSTALLING THE DRYWALL TAPE, BED, TEXTURING ALL THAT, THEN INSTALLING THE LIGHTS IN THE COMING WEEKS. THIS WILL ALSO BE AT THE END WHEN I KIND OF THAT FOUR WEEK LOOK AHEAD KIND OF CROSSING OUR FINGERS. BUT THEY DO EXPECT US TO BE MOSTLY DONE 95% TO THEY'RE KIND OF SAYING THEY EXPECT TO BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THAT PROJECT COME THE NEXT TIME I ADDRESS THE COURT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF CURB EXPECTATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 98, 95 TO 98% COMPLETED ON THAT PROJECT. I KIND OF DID WHAT I DID IN LAST WEEK'S PRESENTATION WHEN TALKING ABOUT SOME PERSONNEL REQUESTS AND JUST COPY AND PASTED THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S PRESENTATION ONTO THIS SLIDE. SO THIS WAS WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS WHAT EVERY COUNTY THAT HAD REQUESTED SOME FORM OF GRANT FUNDING. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS THE TOTAL OF GRANT FUNDS REQUESTED THAT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WAS BEING ASKED TO PAY WAS ABOUT 168 MILLION, AND TOTAL PROJECT OF 330 MILLION. THAT PUTS IT LIKE THE $100 MILLION WAS ALLOTTED TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR FUNDS. SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. THEY COULD HIT QUITE A BIT OF COUNTIES. THERE WERE SOME OF THESE FULL RESTORATIONS IN SOME OF THESE COUNTIES THAT WERE UPWARDS OF $40 MILLION. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN, AT LEAST ON OUR END, THAT MAYBE AT LAST, THE LAST GRANT CYCLE, THEY AWARDED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FULL RESTORATIONS WITH A COUPLE OF EMERGENCIES. I DON'T THINK THEY AWARDED ANY MONEY. MAYBE ONE COURTHOUSE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RESTORED HAD RECEIVED FUNDING. SO OBVIOUSLY THE POOL OF FUNDS WAS MUCH HIGHER. YEAH, THERE WERE 27 COUNTIES THAT WERE REQUESTING SERVICE, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WERE ONE OF THE FORTUNATE ONES. ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU. THERE WAS THIS IS THE SCENARIO THAT THEY HAD PRESENTED THAT WAS EVENTUALLY ACCEPTED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED US IN GREEN THE LAST FEW TIMES IN THAT LITTLE DARKER RED OR DARKER PINK OR WHATEVER THAT'S PREVIOUSLY RESTORED COURTHOUSES, WE HAD ALWAYS SET ABOUT FOURTH OR FIFTH EVERY TIME IN SCORING. SO THIS TIME WE WERE THIRD. AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I'LL HAVE TO GET INTO SPECIFICS TO TRY TO DIAL THAT IN. THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR GRANT RESTORATION IS GOING [00:30:05] TO BE THE STEPS. THEY WILL FULLY RIP OUT THE STEPS, I BELIEVE, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DOORS ON EVERY ENTRANCE, COMPLETELY RIPPED THEM OUT AND REPLACE THEM RESEAL. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL COMPLETELY REPLACE, BUT THEY WILL PATCH RESEAL THE DOME AND FULLY REPLACE THE FLAGPOLE TO THE ORIGINAL SPEC, WHICH WAS LIKE A SEVEN INCH WIDE FLAGPOLE. ORIGINALLY, THAT WAS WHAT WAS SPECKED. SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED THAT HAD CHANGED. AND THE FLAGPOLE, I BELIEVE AT THE VERY TOP, IS ABOUT AS WIDE AS A NORMAL CHAIN LINK FENCE POST. SO THE BIGGEST FLAG WE CAN RUN ON THERE IS A FOUR BY SIX. WITH THE SEVEN INCH. I BELIEVE WE CAN RUN PROBABLY TWICE, TWICE AS LARGE. SO WHEN YOU'RE COMING UP OVER THIS BRIDGE HERE OR COMING DOWN SOUTH, THAT'LL BE, I THINK, PRETTY ICONIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE QUITE A LARGER FLAG FLYING. THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS IN HERE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL NEED SOME CLARIFICATION FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. SO LIKE I SAID, THE FULL PROJECT REQUEST WAS 1.4 MILLION. THEY WILL MATCH 716,000. SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT OTHER 716. BUT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY, I THINK I HAD MENTIONED TO THE COURT THAT THEY HAD ASKED US TO REMOVE THE ELEVATOR AND THE WINDOW SASHES, AS THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE EMERGENCY FUNDING. BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, THE MONEY THAT WAS APPROVED ALLOTTED FOR THAT. SO THAT NUMBER MAY GO DOWN. SO THEY MAY ONLY MAY ONLY BE 500,000. SO RIGHT AT A MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING TALKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS OVERSEEING THE THE GRANT FORREST, THAT IF WE WANT TO, WE CAN ADD THAT INTO THE SCOPE OF WORK. OF COURSE, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. I GOT A QUESTION OUT OF OUR OWN MONEY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ALL OF THIS. YOU KNOW, THE THE BASEMENT LEAKING IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN REGARDING IN THE STEPS OR THE PART OF THAT ISSUE. SEE, WE HAVE JUDGE, FORMER JUDGE HARMON HERE. HE WAS PART OF THE THE FULL RESTORATION PROJECT BACK IN THE DAY. I KNOW THAT IT TOOK AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO GET THESE CUSHIONS PUT ON THESE PEWS OUT HERE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO NOISY HERE. WHEN THE SIRENS GO BY, WE CAN'T REALLY SEAL THIS THESE WINDOWS UP. BUT MY, MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS, IS REGARDS TO THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING INTO THESE STEPS. IF WE'RE ACTUALLY NO LONGER USING STEPS TO COME INTO THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BASICALLY ISOLATED ALL OF THOSE ENTRANCES AND EXITS OTHER THAN FOR EMERGENCY, I WOULD GUESS THAT WE GOT TO GET EVACUATE THIS BUILDING, MAYBE LEAVE 1 OR 2. BUT I, BUT I JUST FOR, FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO DO THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE BY THEM, BY THE HISTORIC COMMISSION. I'M SAYING TO ELIMINATE A COUPLE OF THOSE, AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY PUTTING THAT KIND OF MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S BASICALLY ESTHETIC AND NOT EVEN GOING TO BE PRACTICAL FOR WHAT THE FOR WHAT THE WHAT THE NEED IS. SO ARE WE, ARE WE JUST GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY TO BE SPENDING THAT MONEY? I DOUBT THAT WE'RE EVER GOING TO SEE A TIME IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS IN AND OUT OF THIS BUILDING, BUT TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY JUST, JUST TO I, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, THE HISTORIC COMMISSION MAY SAY, WELL, YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED. THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS BUILT. BUT I THINK BEFORE WE GO TO, TO DOING ALL OF THAT, WE SHOULD AT LEAST RESEARCH AND SEE IF THAT'S NECESSARY. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, $750,000 TO DO WHAT'S NEEDED WITH A MATCH. THAT'S CONSIDERABLE. BUT IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ELIMINATE A COUPLE OF THOSE, THAT MAY BRING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN AS WELL, BUT ALSO BE MORE PRACTICAL. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. WE NEED TO BE PRACTICAL ABOUT THE WAY WE UNDERTAKE THESE PROJECTS. I WILL SAY, I THINK TRADITIONALLY THIS IS OUR FOURTH OR FIFTH TIME TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR THOSE STEPS THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM, DATING BACK TO JUDGE HARMON LED THE WAY ON THAT SEVERAL GRANT CYCLES APPLYING FOR THAT FUNDING. AND I THINK THE DRIVING FACTOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WATER INFILTRATION, THAT THOSE STAIRS ARE 110 YEARS OLD, AND THEY LEAK INTO THE BASEMENT OF THIS BUILDING. AND SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE OPEN TO THAT. BUT AS YOU SAID, THE, THE HISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING. AND SO THEY MAY THEY MAY NOT BE OPEN TO OTHER ALTERNATIVES. BUT I THINK THAT IS PART OF WHAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AT THAT GRANT NEGOTIATION MEETING COMING UP TO BRING IT UP NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO GO AFTER THE MONEY, BUT. BUT IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND POSSIBLY NOT SO MUCH OF A MATCH AND NOT SO MUCH OF A CONTRIBUTION ON THEIR PART, THEY MAY BE MORE FAVORABLE TO THAT AS WELL. YEAH. AND WE COULD DEFINITELY GET WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND KIND OF LIKE, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY ON THESE [00:35:01] EAST STEPS, THE WATER INFILTRATION, I THINK WE KIND OF SEE IT COMPLETELY AROUND THE BUILDING WHERE IT IS THE WORST IS ON THESE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES, WHICH IS THE ENTRANCES TO THE BASEMENT. WE MAY BE ABLE TO LOOK OBVIOUSLY, THESE EAST STEPS ARE VERY CRACKED AND ARE REALLY BAD SHAPE. WE MAY BE ABLE TO JUST HAVE THEM REPLACE THE CONCRETE TO THE STEPS WHERE THE. THE PLAN FOR FULLY REPLACING AND WATERPROOFING THIS IS TO COMPLETELY RIP OUT EVERYTHING ESSENTIALLY UP TO THIS FACE OF THE BUILDING. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE IF THEY CONTINUED THAT ON THESE EAST AND WEST SIDES, THAT WOULD BE RIPPING OUT ALL THIS TILE ENTRANCE, COMPLETELY RIPPING THAT OUT, RESEALING IT, AND BRINGING THIS. WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET WITH THEM AND JUST SEE IF THEY'LL SPRUCE UP AND REFINISH THE ACTUAL CONCRETE, THE STEPS THEMSELVES AND NOT THE ACTUAL LANDING. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THOSE OUT THERE JUST, YOU KNOW, STONE FACES ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS WHERE THEY'RE CONTINUING SIDEWALK AROUND PROBABLY MAKES MORE SENSE. BUT IF THEY'LL ALLOW IT. YES, SIR. AND I KNOW THERE WAS PARTS, SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD SPEAKING WITH THE JUDGE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, ADD THINGS TO THE PROJECT IF WE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO. ONE OF THE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY THE THE ELEVATOR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS GRANT. SO WE ARE ABLE TO ADD THAT THE JUDGE MENTIONED MAYBE TRYING TO DO SOME FORM OF A ANOTHER HANDICAP RAMP, ESSENTIALLY MIRRORING WHAT'S ON THIS SIDE, ON THAT SOUTH SIDE. I KIND OF THOUGHT MAYBE AS WELL, IF WE NEEDED TO, WE COULD TRY TO MAKE THAT HANDICAP RAMP LIKE A T SHAPE INSTEAD OF WHERE YOU HAVE ONE ENTRANCE. THEY CAN COME IN ON BOTH SIDES IN THE BASEMENT. FROM WHAT I'VE LOOKED AT, TRYING TO MEASURE IT OURSELVES, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE EXACT SAME DISTANCE AND IT WOULDN'T BE THIS GREAT IMPACT OR THIS GREAT EXTRA AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE ABLE TO ADD A CAP ON THAT SIDE AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT, I MEAN, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE RIPPING OUT EVERYTHING OVER THERE. I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD COST MUCH MORE TO JUST MAKE THAT A HANDICAP RAMP. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD POSSIBLY INFLATE THE COST SLIGHTLY. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S THAT ONE POINT FOR RIGHT NOW. THEY DID NOT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE IF THEY JUST NEVER UPDATED THEIR PRICING BECAUSE WHEN WE RESUBMITTED THE GRANT WITH THE EXTRA MONEY, I THINK IT WAS RIGHT AT A MILLION WAS WHAT WE HAD RESUBMITTED. SO EITHER THEY JUST NEVER UPDATED THEIR SLIDE. I GUESS WE'LL GET THOSE ANSWERS FROM THEM AFTER GRANT ORIENTATION OR MEETING WITH THE ARCHITECTS WHO WAS WHO DID THE GRANT WITH US. SEE, AND I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS I DID FORGET TO MENTION THAT PLAN TOO, AND IT'S PART OF WHERE THE COST BALLOONS A LITTLE BIT IS TO RESTORE THAT DOME. THEY WILL HAVE TO SCAFFOLD THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY UP AT THE TOP OF THAT FLAGPOLE, AT THE BASE OF THE FLAGPOLE. IT'S ABOUT 150FT UP, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 165. WE HAD TO. WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE THE REPAIRS ON THE FLAGPOLE, WE HAD TO GET THE HIGHEST CRANE, WHICH WAS 180 FOOT CRANE, TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE TOP OF THE FLAGPOLE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO SCAFFOLD THAT. THERE ARE REPAIRS INSIDE OF THIS ATRIUM, SOME OF THE STAINED GLASS, SOME OF THOSE PIECES OF GLASS ARE MISSING. AND FROM WE REPLACED THE REPLACED THE ROOF. SOME OF THAT LEAKING HAS GONE AWAY, BUT THE LITTLE WOODWORKING, SOME PLACES UP THERE DAMAGED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DRYWALL AND STUCCO. SO THEY WILL HAVE TO SCAFFOLD FROM THE BOTTOM UP INSIDE OF HERE ALL THE WAY UP. TOTAL TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT. FROM WHAT THE GRANT APPLICATION SAID WAS IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM START TO FINISH. SO THIS BUILDING WILL PROBABLY LOOK A LITTLE CRAZY FOR THE NEXT HALF OF THE YEAR. IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD. MOVING FROM THIS ONE TO THE JUVENILE VEHICLE PROCESSING SHERIFF SERVICE CENTER, ESSENTIALLY EXTERIOR REMODEL. THIS IS WHAT A PICTURE FROM LAST TIME THEY HAD STARTED THE AWNINGS AND STARTED SOME OF THE METAL WORKING THAT HAS ALL BEEN STOREFRONT HAS BEEN ADDED. HANDRAILS AND THE AWNINGS HAVE ALL PRETTY MUCH BEEN MOSTLY COMPLETED. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. JUST AS A COUPLE. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THAT, OBVIOUSLY. THE DATE SAYS JULY 31ST. THEY'VE BEEN DOING A BUNCH OF WORK ON THE INSIDE. LIKE I SAID, THOSE DOORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THOSE PALLETS, THAT'S ALL THE CMU BLOCK THAT'S GOING TO GO IN FRONT ONCE THAT'S IN LANDSCAPING WILL COME IN, AND THEN WE'LL REALLY START ROLLING WITH PUTTING SOME RIVER ROCK OUT THERE AND COMPLETING THE REST OF THE SIDEWALKS. THIS IS THE JUVENILE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR. BEFORE, IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS LITERALLY JUST ONE METAL DOOR WITH SOME WINDOWS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE. IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SET TO LOOK LIKE NOW. THE DOOR IS NOT INSTALLED IN THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE DOOR HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THIS POINT. THIS IS THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SIDE. THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LOOKING LIKE IN THE LAST PICTURE. AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. THAT'S AN OVERSIZE DOOR. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIT PALLETS IN THERE, AND THEY ARE WORKING PRETTY QUICKLY TO GET ALL THAT SORTED OUT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE VERY ANTSY TO GET THEIR SHRED OR GET THEIR STORAGE, GET THEIR BOXES OVER IN THERE. SO WE KIND OF HAD TO KICK THAT DOWN THE ROAD FOR ABOUT THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO. AND WE'VE GOT SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT SAID THEY CAN STORE ABOUT TEN MORE BOXES IN THEIR DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THEY ARE [00:40:03] ABOUT TO START SCREAMING. SO MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS, I GUESS I MAYBE FORGOT TO INCLUDE IT, BUT THE HANDRAILS GOING FOR THE ON THIS JUVENILE RAMP FOR THE HANDICAPPED RAMP HAVE ALL BEEN INSTALLED, AND THERE WILL BE A GATE JUST TO THE LEFT OF THIS RECORDS DOOR FOR DELIVERIES TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP. WE'VE GOT A MAN LIFT THAT WE ORDERED A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WAS GOING TO GO ON THE VEHICLE PROCESSING SIDE THAT WE'VE JUST HAD. LUCKILY, IT'S WE'VE FIRED IT UP. IT STILL WORKS. EVERYTHING WORKS GREAT. WE WERE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT INSTALLED AS WELL. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN AND USE THAT. IF WE NEED TO GET INTO RECORDS, ACCESS CONTROL WILL PROBABLY BE GOING INTO THAT DOOR WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL. WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION ON THIS ONE? WE'VE STILL, I BELIEVE, DID NOT PUT IT IN THERE. IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR LIKE MID SEPTEMBER WAS KIND OF WHAT THE LAST THING THAT HE HAD SAID EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE. HE HASN'T RAISED ANY CONCERNS. SO EVERYTHING THE ONLY THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE THE MORTAR JOINTS ITSELF. BUT THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP COMING IN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE FOR THE THE CMU BLOCK. THEY HAVE NOT EXPRESSED TO ME THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF SCHEDULE. THE ONLY THING THAT KICKED BACK A LITTLE BIT WAS ACTUALLY THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS, BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF HUNG UP WAITING ON PERMITTING. BUT THAT'S STILL SET, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF SAID LIKE HE SAID, HE BELIEVES WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S SUITE. SO THAT WOULD PUT US MID-SEPTEMBER AS WELL. THERE'S NO MORE HANG UPS AS FAR AS THEY KNOW ON THAT. IT'S KIND OF THE THE FOUR WEEK LOOK AHEAD FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. JUVENILE CMU BLOCK SHOULD BE INSTALLED, AWNINGS FOR THE SHEET METAL HANDRAILS. ALL THAT SHOULD BE DONE. JUVENILE LOBBY STOREFRONT ENTRANCES, ACCESS CONTROL SHOULD BE COMPLETE AND OUR. LIKE I SAID, LANDSCAPING SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED, AS WELL AS THE LIGHTING THAT WILL GO OUT IN THAT LOT. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S DRYWALL SHOULD BE INSTALLED. TAPE BED COMPLETE CLOSED WALL INSPECTION. FLOORING CEILING GRID COMPLETE. COMPLETE. LIKE I SAID, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE PROJECT COMPLETE BY MY NEXT PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT TO SET REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS. I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST, BY MY NEXT PRESENTATION, I SHOULD BE SAYING THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE TIME I SPEAK WITH YOU AGAIN. I KNOW IN COURT LAST WEEK YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE DOING THE PARKING LOT OVER THERE FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S. I GUESS WE MIGHT JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE HALF OF THAT, LIKE THE ACTUAL WHAT SERVES THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S SIDE. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST GIVE ME A GIVE ME A SHOUT, I'LL COME OUT THERE. WE'LL LOOK AT IT. OKAY, PERFECT. WELL, YEAH, THAT IS ALL WE GOT. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT, MR. SIBLEY. APPRECIATE YOU GOING DOWN TO AUSTIN. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. ABOUT FIFTH ROUND OF APPLICATIONS. ON THE STEP REPLACEMENT AND EXCITED TO HAVE THESE TWO PROJECTS JUST ABOUT SQUARED AWAY, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR CONSENT [CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA. AS A REMINDER, THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE TYPICALLY HOUSEKEEPING MEASURES THAT ARE NOT INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSED UNLESS NECESSARY. TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM C ONE THROUGH CA33. THERE IS AN AMENDMENT TO CA32 THAT REFERENCES THREE DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY THE DISTRICT JUDGES ESTABLISHING SALARIES FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BUDGET FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND SALARIES FOR THE COURT REPORTERS. THAT SECOND DOCUMENT, THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S BUDGET, THE OFFICE BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DOCUMENT YET FROM THE DISTRICT JUDGES. AND SO THIS WOULD JUST BE APPROVING THE SALARY ORDERS ON THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND THE COURT REPORTERS. ANY OTHER ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND BEFORE WE TAKE THAT UP, I SKIPPED OVER SOMETHING. MR. REED, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? ALL RIGHT. NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY ITEMS THAT NEED SEPARATE ATTENTION? ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO APPROVE, AS PRESENTED WITH THE NOTE THAT THE JUDGE MADE. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WHITE, SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOWELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA CARRIES [WORKSHOP (Part 1 of 2)] UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO WORKSHOP AND GET THESE ITEMS OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE WE HANDLE OUR ACTION ITEMS. SOME OF THEM ARE RELATED. FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THESE IN ORDER. WE'VE GOT ITEM WS1 DISCUSS PROPOSALS AND PROJECTS FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. ARPA FUNDING WITH POSSIBLE CONSULTATION WITH GRANT WORKS. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UPDATES ON ARPA. RIO VISTA IS THE LAST MAJOR PROJECT THAT'S STILL CHUGGING ALONG, AS WELL AS THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OUT AT THE JUVENILE SERVICE CENTER. SO WE JUST [00:45:02] HEARD THE JUVENILE SERVICE CENTER SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP IN THE NEXT 6 TO 8 WEEKS. THAT'LL BE GREAT. WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT REPORT. THAT DONE AND CLOSE OUT OUR LAST PROJECT. I AM GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY OF ALVARADO AND ASK THEM TO COME TALK TO US SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE WASTEWATER PLANT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AS WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THEIR PROJECT. THAT'S THE THE LAST MAJOR PROJECT. I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT FOR THEM TO COME. RIO VISTA, WHO DID I SAY? ALVARADO. I'M SORRY. WELL, RICK'S LOOKING AT ME AND I'M LIKE, DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? DID I? DID SOMETHING GET APPROVED THAT I MISSED OR WHAT? YEAH, I MISSED, I MISSED THAT MYSELF. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I KNEW WHAT YOU MEANT, BUT I WANTED IT RIGHT ON THE RECORD. WE'RE JUST MISSING THOSE ARPA DOLLARS. WE ARE. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD EVERYBODY A WASTEWATER PLANT. I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO RIO VISTA AND ASK THEM TO COME UPDATE US ON THAT PROJECT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. ANY OTHER UPDATES OR COMMENTS ABOUT ARPA? ALL RIGHT. THE ITEM WS2 IS DISCUSSED. PLANNING PROCESS FOR FUTURE PRECINCT THREE SUB COURTHOUSE AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND INCLUDING POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SITE PLAN. I'M GOING TO ASK MR. FRIEDRICH TO COME FORWARD. I'M GOING TO SURPRISE HIM WITH A QUESTION. AND, MR. SIBLEY, IF Y'ALL COULD BOTH BE AVAILABLE IN CASE WE HAVE QUESTIONS. I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING ON GETTING A FINAL PROPOSED SITE PLAN BACK FROM MR. DURHAM. MR. SIBLEY, COME ON. I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE KEPT YOU UP HERE. WHAT IS THE WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE SITE PLAN? SO WE NEVER WENT. I THINK THEY HAD THE COURT BEFORE LAST. WHEN I PRESENTED. WE BROUGHT EVERYBODY THE INITIAL SITE PLAN, BUT WE'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT Y'ALL'S OPINIONS ABOUT THAT SITE PLAN. WE NEVER DISCUSSED OR Y'ALL NEVER DISCUSSED IT IN THE LAST COURT WHEN I WASN'T HERE, I BELIEVE. SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD EVER COME OF IF THAT SITE PLAN LOOKED GOOD, IF THERE WERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE. SO I THINK THE SITE PLAN WAS FAVORABLY RECEIVED. AND THAT'S RIGHT. YOU WERE IN AUSTIN TRYING TO BRING SOME GRANT MONEY BACK HOME, SO WE'LL FORGIVE YOUR ABSENCE. I THINK WE'RE READY TO PROCEED. THE THE MAJOR ITEM THAT I RECALL, AND Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING, BUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE WANT A SITE PLAN. I THINK WE WERE HAPPY WITH THE SITE PLAN THAT MR. DURHAM PUT TOGETHER. WE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH TXDOT NOW THAT WE HAVE A SITE PLAN TO TALK ABOUT INGRESS AND EGRESS. I KNOW MR. FRIEDRICH HAS HAD THAT CONVERSATION AT LEAST PARTIALLY. YEAH. JUST PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT. WE WILL LIKELY DEPENDING ON SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE UP ONE OF THOSE ENTRANCES ON THE EXISTING SITE. MORE THAN LIKELY, IT WILL BE THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE. ESD, THE ESD. BUT IF WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE A SITE PLAN THAT EVERYONE'S KIND OF ON BOARD WITH, WE CAN HAVE THOSE. WE CAN OPEN UP THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH TEXDOT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER. WHEN YOU SAY EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD, ESD IS ON BOARD THAT I DON'T KNOW. BUT IF WE HAVE A GENERAL SITE PLAN, WE CAN START START THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT ABOUT WHAT THE ENTRANCES WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THEY'LL REQUIRE US TO HAVE THEM, OR IF A VARIANCE WOULD BE SUPPORTED OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. SO I DID TALK TO TOM FOSTER AFTER OUR SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP ON THIS ITEM. AND HE WAS HE WAS HAPPY ABOUT IT. HE WAS ON BOARD. HE WAS ASKING WHATEVER THE ESD CAN DO. THEY WANTED TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE COUNTY. SO THEY. YEAH, NONE OF THIS IS A SURPRISE TO THEM. WE'VE KEPT THEM IN THE LOOP AS WE'VE MOVED THROUGH THIS. BUT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS, MR. FRIEDRICH, IF YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO TXDOT AND MAYBE SEE IF WE CAN GET A MEETING WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE ESD AND COMMISSIONER WHITE AND START MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF A FORMAL CONVERSATION ABOUT ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE AREA OFFICE AND SEE WHAT THEIR AVAILABILITY IS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THAT'LL GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUMP US TO THAT OTHER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WIDEN IT FOR TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ONCE WE GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. AND THAT MAY BE IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO LATER DOWN THE LINE. ONCE WE KIND OF GET EVERYTHING ELSE SETTLED, OR THEY MAY REQUIRE IT UPFRONT, BUT I'M GOING TO LEAN TOWARDS THEY'LL GIVE US SOME SOME GRACE PERIOD THERE TO GET EVERYTHING ELSE LINED. BE READY TO GO. THERE SHOULD BE SOME SAFETY MONEY SOMEWHERE THAT WOULD CREATE CAUTION LIGHTS OR SOMETHING RIGHT THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. AND OF COURSE, FOSTER'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS SAYING EMERGENCY VEHICLES OVER THE HILL AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE TOO. BUT WITH THAT CAUTION LIGHT RIGHT JUST DOWN THE ROAD, [00:50:03] I DOUBT THEY'RE GOING TO I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WE CAN TALK TO THEM. YEAH. JUST JUST A POLE MOUNTED WITH A SIGNAL ON IT OR SOMETHING. OR JUST ONE OF THOSE. YEAH. LED BORDERED SIGNS. ISD IS GOING TO HAVE CROSSING OR SOMETHING. YEAH. BUT THE TRUCK CROSSING, WE MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THAT WITH THE ISD RIGHT NEXT DOOR. YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD AFFORD. IF NOTHING ELSE, AS LONG AS THE STATE WOULD ALLOW IT ON THE ROAD. YEAH. AND THEN. WE SHOULD, THEY SHOULD BE DONE AND OFF OF THAT PROPERTY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. LAST I HEARD HE SHOULD BE HARVESTED AND FINISHED. SO. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TEX DOT'S TIMELINE IS FOR WIDENING? 917 I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, AND I FIGURE YOU'RE MORE UP TO DATE THAN I AM THE LAST THAT I. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOOD. THEY MOVED IT OUT AGAIN. I THINK I REMEMBER RIGHT. YEAH. SO CURRENTLY I BELIEVE IT'S SITTING OUT 2032 TO 2034, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE SOME OF THE OTHER OFFICIALS AT TXDOT IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THEY'RE HOPING THAT AFTER 2028, THEY'LL HAVE SOME MORE MONEY IN THEIR, IN THEIR UTP TO, TO MOVE PROJECTS UP. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING CAREFLITE THIS MORNING TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION, BECAUSE THAT MANSFIELD HOSPITAL HAS BECOME A DESTINATION FOR OUR PATIENTS AS MUCH AS HUGUELY OR HARRIS. CORRECT. SO WE WE RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WELL, 2028 IS REAL FAVORABLE. IT'S STILL GOING TO BE CONGESTED, BUT BY 2032, IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH IS COMING. GOODLAND IS GOING TO BE UP AND RUNNING. WELL, ALL OF THAT OVER THERE IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. AND THAT AND THAT CONGESTION IS ONLY GOING TO PROBABLY DOUBLE ACCORDING TO THE STATS THAT WE'VE GOT AT RTC FOR OUR REGION. THIS AREA IN FIVE YEARS, WHEREVER YOU'RE SITTING, 15 MINUTES NOW ADD 20. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. SO THAT'S AND THAT'S A REALITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GETTING SOMETHING. THAT'S JUST MORE DATA THAT THAT AS ESPECIALLY FOR CRITICAL NEED AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE TO OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD, WE KNOW THAT'S COMING. BUT, BUT I JUST, I THINK ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN COMPILE TO TAKE THE TEX DAUGHTER TO TAKE ANY OF THEM OVER THERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE 917, THE EAGAN BRIDGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS. YOU KNOW, THE GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT. JOSHUA'S BEEN MOVED UP A LITTLE BIT. WE DID GET THIS OUT HERE AT THE THAT THE AMAZON MOVED UP JUNE 1ST OF NEXT YEAR THEY'LL START THEY'LL START TEARING THAT OUT OVER THERE AND TRYING TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL CROSSING OVER THE LOOP. SO THERE ARE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. BUT THESE THESE PROJECTS LIKE THIS AT 67, 35, 917, BRIDGE OVER 35, NINE, SEVEN, THEY MOVE THAT ONE UP. YEAH, I KNOW THEY MOVED THAT UP, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THOSE THOSE ARE IN THE WORKS. BUT 67 TO GLEN ROSE HAS BEEN PUSHED WAY OUT THE 1119 WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME WORK DONE ON THAT. BUT BUT THERE'S JUST THAT BUCKET'S GETTING DEEPER. AND SO BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO, TO HELP IT, WE NEED TO TRY ALL WE CAN. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? I KNOW WE'RE STILL PROCEEDING CAUTIOUSLY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FIELDING SOME UNEXPECTED QUESTIONS AND AND KEEPING US ON PACE THERE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THERE WON'T BE ANY ACTION RELATED TO THAT ITEM EITHER. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM WS3, DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE AND POTENTIALLY VOTE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SO WE CLEARLY WE WENT THROUGH THE PACES ALL OF LAST WEEK. WE ARE MY OFFICE IS STILL WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO IMPLEMENT ALL OF THE CHANGES AND BALANCE TO THE PENNY. THAT'S ALWAYS A. IT'S A MORE COMPLICATED PROCESS THAN IT SEEMS LIKE, BUT WE HAVE INPUT. ON FRIDAY, THERE WAS A POSITION THAT WAS REMOVED AND SOME EXPENSES THAT WERE REMOVED. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THOSE CHANGES. THE. THE PROPOSAL THAT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK CALLED ON OR REQUIRED US TO PURCHASE SOME CONSTABLE VEHICLES OUT OF FUND BALANCE FROM A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND, AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THAT REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE. I THINK WE CAN USE THAT TO PURCHASE THE CONSTABLE VEHICLE INSTEAD. THOSE ARE RECURRING [00:55:04] EXPENSES THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO PURCHASE FROM RECURRING FUNDS INSTEAD OF USING FUND BALANCE. IT WAS WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE BALANCE, THE BUDGET BALANCED WITH THAT REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE. WE COULD SHIFT THAT FUNDING THERE AND PRESERVE SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE. BUT AS OF THIS MORNING, I SAT DOWN IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WE ARE WE'RE THERE. WE'VE MADE A BUDGET. IT'S JUST NOT ZEROED OUT TO THE PENNY. IT WILL BE BY THE TIME WE FILE THE PROPOSED BUDGET ON FRIDAY. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. I THINK THAT WE WHITTLED IT DOWN AS BEST AS WE CAN, BASED ON THE TIME THE COMMITTEE WORKED ON THIS, BASED ON BRINGING IT TO THE COURT. WE. YOU CAN ALWAYS WISH FOR MORE, BUT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YEARS, AND I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY DONE IT AS WELL. WHAT DO WE HAVE? 30 PERSONNEL REQUESTS NARROWED IT DOWN TO, WHAT, TWO NET OF THREE. THREE. OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S THAT IN AND OF ITSELF AND EXPECTATIONS OF OUR EMPLOYEES GOING FORWARD. OUR HOPES. ANYWAY, I'LL JUST STOP THERE. BUT IT'S A IT'S DEFINITELY REFLECTED ON THIS BUDGET, SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S TIME AND DILIGENCE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS ENDED UP BEING $17 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE APPROVED. AND SO THE COMMITTEE, IN ADDITION TO THAT, 30 PERSONNEL UNITS. SO COMMITTEE DID A LOT OF PRELIMINARY WORK BEFORE IT CAME TO US AND APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATED SERVING WITH COMMISSIONER BAILEY. WE HE KNOWS WE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME. HE WAS THERE. HE PUT IN THE TIME AND EFFORT. AND YOU KNOW, WE WE TRY TO EXPRESS TO EVERYBODY IN THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. YOU'VE ALL SERVED ON IT. IT THE COMMITTEE IS NOT MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, BUT WE CREATE A LIST OF PRIORITIES, AND THEN WE FUND AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN WITHIN A REASONABLE TAX RATE. AND I THINK WE HAD HOPED TO ACCOMPLISH MORE AT THE COMMITTEE. AND WE HAVE A LIST OF THINGS WE CAN START WORKING ON NEXT YEAR. BUT TO THAT POINT, YEAH, WE WE WENT FROM $17.5 MILLION UP TO WE CUT OUT HALF OF THAT EXPENDITURE. ANY FURTHER WOULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS. LIKE I SAID EARLY ON, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I CAME ON THIS COURT IN OH NINE. WE HAD A 36 CENT TAX RATE. AND DURING THE LEAN YEARS, I THINK WE GOT UP TO LIKE 47.5 OR SO, YOU KNOW. SO ANYTIME WE'RE IN BETWEEN THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROWING COUNTY LIKE THIS ONE, AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF UPKEEP, THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WE KNOW THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GROW WITH THAT POPULATION. YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE AMAZON OUT HERE IS GOING TO BE A HUGE NIGHTMARE FOR TRAFFIC. IT'LL BE ON THE TAX ROLL NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE ARPA DOLLARS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE HEARTBURN OF OF WHAT WE NEED. SO FOR THOSE THAT PRESENTED BUDGETS, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, BUT YOU DIDN'T GET WHAT YOU WANTED. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A HOPE OF OF NEXT YEAR. WE HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE THAT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO BURDEN THE TAXPAYERS AND WE CAN LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL HERE ALWAYS IS IT HAS BEEN UNDER JUDGE HARMON AS WELL. SO I'LL JUST GLAD TO GLAD THAT WE GOT IT WORKED OUT. I THINK WE DID A AS GOOD AS WE COULD DO FOR THE YEAR. THANK YOU. I THINK IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT THAT OUR JAIL REVENUE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, AND I THINK THERE WAS A $3 MILLION LOSS THERE, LARGELY DUE TO THE LACK OF CAPACITY FOR THE FEDERAL INMATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASED NUMBER OF JOHNSON COUNTY INMATES, 100 RIGHT AT 100 PER DAY MORE THAN ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. SO WHEN YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT AND WALK OUT WITH $3 MILLION LESS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE OVERCOME BY THE BY THE WHOLE GENERAL BUDGET. YEAH. YES, SIR. I THINK IF YOU. YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OFF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AND TALKED ABOUT A $3 MILLION LOSS TO REVENUE THERE, A $2 MILLION INCREASE TO SOFTWARE COSTS FOR JUST OUR EXISTING CONTRACTS AND A $2 MILLION INCREASE TO HEALTH INSURANCE TO MAINTAIN EXISTING COVERAGE WHILE RAISING RATES FOR EMPLOYEES. AND THERE'S A $7 [01:00:03] MILLION HIT TO THE BUDGET BEFORE WE WE GOT STARTED. AND SO THAT WAS THE THE MOUNTAIN THAT WE WERE TRYING TO OVERCOME THAT THAT REALLY ADDRESSES THAT THAT EXPENDITURE IS MORE THAN ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE TAX RATE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. SO EVERYTHING ELSE WAS DONE THROUGH NEW REVENUE, NEW CONSTRUCTION REVENUE AND CUTTING OUT UNNECESSARY EXPENDITURES. WITH THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR WE WILL. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ON HERE A POTENTIAL TO VOTE ON THE APPROVED BUDGET, BUT I DON'T I ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION AT THIS POINT ON THE BUDGET. IS THAT CORRECT? I [ACTION ITEMS] THINK YOU JUST MOVED A ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S NO ACTION RELATED TO WS3. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH ITEM A ONE. CONSIDER AND TAKE RECORD VOTE OF INTENT TO SET TOTAL TAX RATE FOR 2026 TAX YEAR. THE RATE AS IT WAS PRESENTED WAS A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 41.7 CENTS PER $100 VALUATION, WITH A DEBT RATE OF 1.388 $0.04 PER $100 VALUATION. A FARM TO MARKET LATERAL ROAD FAILURE RATE OF $0.05 PER $100 VALUATION, WHICH LEAVES THE REMAINING M AND O FOR THE COUNTY AT 35.311 $0.06 PER $100 VALUATION. JUDGE, YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO OFFER THAT MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVE ITS INTENT TO SET THE TOTAL TAX RATE FOR THE 2026 TAX YEAR AT 0.417 PER $100 TAXABLE VALUATION. THIS CONSISTS OF GENERAL FUND RATE OF 0.353116. GENERAL FUND RATE. DEBT RATE OF 0.01388 FOUR AND FMO RATE OF 0.05 PER $100 TAXABLE VALUATION. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAILEY. THIS IS A RECORD VOTE, WHICH MEANS WE MUST EACH VOTE INDIVIDUALLY ON THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONER BAILEY, HOW DO YOU VOTE? YAY! COMMISSIONER HOWELL. YEAH, I VOTE YAY. COMMISSIONER WHITE. YEAH. COMMISSIONER. WILLIE. YES! ALL RIGHT. THAT CARRIES 5 TO 0 IN A RECORD VOTE. EACH MEMBER OF THE COURT VOTING YES IN FAVOR OF THE INTENT TO SET THAT TAX RATE. THAT DOES NOT ADOPT THE BUDGET. THAT DOES NOT SET THE TAX RATE THAT SETS THE CAP. WE MAY NOT ADOPT A RATE HIGHER THAN THE RATE THAT WAS JUST STATED INTO THE RECORD, AT 41.7 CENTS PER $100 VALUATION. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT INCLUDES THAT $0.01 THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE ROAD BOND THAT THE VOTERS VOTED IN. YES, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER. SO IF YOU TAKE THAT $0.01 OUT, WE'RE WE'RE NOT FAR AWAY FROM WHERE WE WERE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ITEM A1 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE TO ITEM A2. CONSIDER AND APPROVE BILL RUN FOR COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS FEES. I HAVE RECUSED MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONER BAILEY, DO YOU MIND? SURE. GENTLEMEN, CONSIDER AND APPROVE BILL. COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY FEES. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ABSTAINS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM A3. CONSIDERING AUTHORIZED PURCHASING AGENT TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND PROPOSALS. MR. ANDERSON. ANYTHING TODAY? NOTHING TODAY. THANK YOU. JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM. MOVE TO ITEM A4. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND APPROVE ORDER 2026-74. REDUCE SPEED LIMIT TO 30MPH FROM FM 2415 TO FM 3136 ON COUNTY ROAD 425 IN JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS. PRECINCT FOUR COMMISSIONER WILLIE. THIS IS. THOSE WINDOWS NEED GLAZED. I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THIS ALONG WITH THE A FIVE IS TWO DIFFERENT ACTIONS, TWO REQUIRING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. BUT ON THE SAME COUNTY ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 425 CONNECTS FM 3136 OVER TO 2415 IS GRADUALLY BECOME A CUT THROUGH THOROUGHFARE. AND THIS IS JUST AN EFFORT TO, NUMBER ONE, SLOW THAT TRAFFIC DOWN TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. AND NUMBER TWO, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ABOUT ESTABLISHING NO THROUGH TRUCK ROUTE. KEEP IN MIND THAT NO THROUGH TRUCKS MEANS JUST THAT NO THOROUGHFARE TRUCK TRAFFIC. IF THERE'S A DESTINATION ON THAT ROAD, IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC. SO ANYWAY, FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. IS STRICTLY FOR THE SPEED LIMIT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ INTO [01:05:05] THE RECORD ITEM A FIVE. IT IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S CONSIDERING APPROVAL ORDER 2026-75 DESIGNATION AND INSTALLATION OF A NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGN ON COUNTY ROAD FM 425 EXCUSE ME, COUNTY ROAD 425 FROM FM 3136 TO FM 2415 IN JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS. PRECINCT FOUR. THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. WE'LL HAVE TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THESE ITEMS, BUT THEY ARE RELATED BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME ROADWAY. WE'LL BEGIN AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME IT IS 1005. WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM A FOUR. THAT IS THE REDUCTION OF SPEED LIMIT ON COUNTY ROAD 425. IF ANYBODY WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ITEM A FOUR, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION AT ANY PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE COURT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOBODY COME FORWARD, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM A FIVE. IT IS 1006. IF ANYONE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ITEM A FIVE, WHICH IS THE INSTALLATION OF A NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGN ON COUNTY ROAD 425. PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOBODY ADDRESS APPROACHING THE PODIUM, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ITEM AS WELL. WE HAVE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEMS A4 AND A5. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON EITHER OF THOSE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THEN I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION ON ITEM A4 MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WILLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. AND A FOUR CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM A5, WHICH HAS BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD AND WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION ON ITEM A5 AT THIS TIME. MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WILLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN AND A5 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM A6. THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND APPROVE ORDER 2026-73 ORDER APPROVING REVISION OF PLAT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO. 32.009 C ONE OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF FISHERMAN'S PARADISE, LOT 40 A AND 40 B, PART OF THE FISH CAMP TRAIL TO CREATE 40 A R1 BLOCK B LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE WITH CREST WATER COMPANY PROVIDING WATER. MISS VANDERLINDE JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS OBTAINED MULTIPLE PIECES OF PREVIOUSLY PLATTED PROPERTY AND PART OF FISH CAMP TRAIL, WHICH WAS NOT DEDICATED AS A RIGHT OF WAY ON THE INITIAL PLAT. IT STILL HAD A TAX ACCOUNT AND WAS PRIVATELY OWNED. THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS ACQUIRED ALL OF THAT AND WISHES TO REVISE THE PLATTED LOTS SO THAT IT IS RECORDED. THERE ARE STRUCTURES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS, BUT NOTHING ADDITIONAL IS PROPOSED. IT'S JUST A CLEAN UP, CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND IT'S COMBINING TWO LOTS INTO ONE LOT. IS THAT AN A PORTION OF WHAT WAS CALLED FISH CAMP TRAIL? YES, SIR. OKAY. IT WAS A EARLIER BACK IN THE 50S, PROBABLY WHEN ALL THAT WAS DEVELOPED OUT THERE, IT WAS JUST A VISION OF A POSSIBILITY OF A OF ANOTHER LANE GOING OFF OF A, ANOTHER LITTLE PORTION OF WHAT IS NOW COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS, BUT IT WILL NEVER BE DEVELOPED. IT'S ERODED AND LOTS OF OVERGROWTH. IT'S BASICALLY JUST AS A DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN TWO PROPERTY OWNERS. AND THEY BOTH AGREED TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAN THAT UP BECAUSE THAT'S NEVER GOING TO BE. AND I WOULD NEVER EVEN CONSIDER PUTTING A ROAD IN THERE EITHER. SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA CONTEXT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ITEM EIGHT SIX, THE REPLAT AND FISHERMAN'S PARADISE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. IT IS 10:09 A.M. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOBODY APPROACH THE PODIUM, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM A6? NO, SIR. JUDGE, IF YOU'LL ACCEPT A MOTION, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. YES, SIR. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOWELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I, I. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. A6 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. EXCUSE ME. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM A7. CONSIDER AND APPROVE. JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS UNINCORPORATED URBANIZED AREA 2025 THROUGH 2029 STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR TDTPDES. GENERAL PERMIT NUMBER TXR040000. MISS VANDERLIN. JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU AGAIN. I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO THIS ITEM. THE STORMWATER PERMIT THAT THE COUNTY HOLDS WAS PRESENTED FOR THE NOTICE OF INTENT RENEWAL BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 25 ON THE FEBRUARY 10TH COURT, FOR THE [01:10:05] JUDGE TO BE ABLE TO SIGN THE ELECTRONIC COPY. IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THESE PERMITS ARE VALID FOR A 4 OR 5 YEAR PERIOD, AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE BY PAPER WITH T, C, E Q TO RENEW THOSE PERMITS. THEY CHANGED THEIR PROCESS DURING THIS LAST RENEWAL AND WENT TO AN EPA WEBSITE. WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE TRAININGS. MY STAFF HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE PROCESS AND WERE TOLD THAT EVERYTHING COULD BE DONE ELECTRONICALLY, THAT IT HAD TO BE DONE ON THIS EPA SITE. AGAIN, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COURT FEBRUARY 10TH. AND T. Q RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION RECENTLY. WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE WERE CONTACTED BY TCQ REPRESENTATIVES THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID STILL NEED A PAPER COPY. AND THROUGH THEIR INVESTIGATION, WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE THAT. SO THIS IS SIMPLY THE PAPER COPY OF WHAT WAS PUT ON THE EPA WEBSITE. TCEQ HAS EVEN ALREADY APPROVED OUR PERMIT. THE APPROVAL DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 24TH OF 2025. THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE THEM A PAPER COPY OF WHAT WAS SUPPLIED ELECTRONICALLY. IT IS NOTHING NEW. YOU SAW IT IN FEBRUARY A YEAR AGO. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MISS VANDERLIN BUREAUCRACY? AT ITS BEST. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I THINK WE ALL HAVE COMMENTS. BUT I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION AT THIS TIME MOVE TO APPROVE. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOWELL. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAILEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. AND A7 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MISS VANDERLIN. ITEM A8 IS CONSIDERING APPROVE RIGHT OF ENTRY AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO FM 917 FROM HIGHWAY I-35 TO WEST OF MANSFIELD IN JOHNSON COUNTY, WITH AUTHORIZATION FOR COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN. SO MY OFFICE RECEIVED THIS REQUEST. THIS IS A PART OF THE DISCOVERY PROCESS FOR THE EVENTUAL EVENTUAL WIDENING OF FM 917. THEY HAVE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO ENTER THE PARCEL OF PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED FOR A FUTURE SUB COURTHOUSE. THIS DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THE PROPERTY OR DO ANY CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THEY HAVE ASKED TO ENTER ACCESS TO MEASURE AND DO ALL OF THEIR SURVEYING AND CLEARANCE, ALL OF THAT. I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SIGNING OFF ON IT WITHOUT IT COMING TO COURT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST. IT'S PART OF THE PROTOCOL. THIS COVER MY PROPERTY TO OR DID THEY EVEN ASK? YOU KNOW, I DON'T RECALL IT AT ONE TIME. I THINK JUDGE HARMON WAS STILL ON THE COURT. HE SENT ONE OVER TO ME FOR MINE. BUT. IT'S JUST ONE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S THAT NEW PROPERTY. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE I KNEW WE LOOKED WHEN IT CAME IN. I KNOW IT INCLUDED THE NEW PROPERTY. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T RECALL IF IT INCLUDED YOURS OR NOT. NO. THAT'S FINE. I JUST WAS QUESTIONING. YEAH, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE NEW PROPERTY. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THEN I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION ON ITEM A EIGHT MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAILEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN ITEM A EIGHT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION AGENDA. I [WORKSHOP (Part 2 of 2)] AM GOING TO MOVE BACK AND REOPEN A WORKSHOP ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO WORKSHOP ITEM WS3. DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE AND VOTE TO APPROVE PROPOSED BUDGET. WE DO NOT NEED ACTION ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT NEEDED ACTION TODAY. AND I'VE GOT A NOTE HERE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THAT. LAST WEEK, WE AUTHORIZED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO GO AHEAD AND PLACE AN ORDER FOR THEIR VEHICLES, AND THEN THE AUDITORS WERE GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR HOW WE DO THAT AND STILL USE NEXT YEAR'S MONEY TO BUY THE VEHICLES THIS YEAR. CONSTABLE ONE AND FOUR ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE VEHICLES AND HAVE ASKED FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DO THE SAME THING IF NECESSARY, OR IF THEY CAN FIND VEHICLES AS WELL. I THINK CONSTABLE FULLER WANTS TO BUY ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS GETTING FROM THE SAME DEALER. THEY HAD A DOZEN OR SO OF THOSE ON THE GROUND AVAILABLE, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS CLEANER. IF THE COURT AUTHORIZED THAT PURCHASE. SO. SO IS THAT JUST THE THE ACTION ITEM THAT YOU NEEDED VOTED ON IS JUST THE APPROVAL JUST. OKAY. YES, SIR. JUST AUTHORIZING THE TWO. CONSTABLE CONSTABLE ONE AND CONSTABLE FOUR TO EACH BUY ONE VEHICLE [01:15:01] OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WITH STARTING RIGHT NOW, STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF I WOULD I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THAT WE ALLOW CONSTABLE'S OFFICE ONE AND FOUR THIS YEAR'S FUNDING TO OUR NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING. GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE VEHICLES PURCHASED ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S. I THINK IT WAS NINE THAT THEY COULD GET. NOW THE SHERIFF'S. WE TOOK ACTION. WE GOT. OKAY, SO OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE CONSTABLE, JUST FOR THE ONE VEHICLE EACH FOR CONSTABLE ONE AND FOUR. I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR ONE AND FOUR. ALL RIGHT. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BAILEY. I GOT THREE SECONDS. I'M GOING TO GO WITH COMMISSIONER WOOLLEY. I THINK I HEARD YOU FIRST. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE APPROVED THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE TO GO AHEAD AND PLACE THEIR ORDERS AHEAD OF THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT CONCLUDES THAT [EXECUTIVE SESSION] WORKSHOP ITEM. THERE'S NO OTHER ACTION RESULTING FROM ANY WORKSHOPS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE ONLY HAVE ONE EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. ITEM IS ONE GOVERNMENT CODE. SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY PENDING LITIGATION. JAMES FARMER ET AL. VERSUS UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ET AL. CAUSE NUMBER 24-C-01654 IN THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, IT ROGER OR WE ARE BAK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 10:25 A.M. THERE IS NO ACTION RESULTING FROM ITEM S ONE UNLESS THERE IS AN OBJECTION. I BELIEVE WE ARE READY TO ADJOURN. ALRIGHT. SEEING NO FRANTICALLY WAVING ARMS, WE WILL ADJOURN. IT IS * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.