Sep 09, 2025 Commissioners Court Regular Meeting

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.

I'M GONNA CALL OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING TO ORDER.

IT IS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025, 9:00 AM I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER LTY

[A) INVOCATION]

IF YOU COULD STAND AS ABEL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.

DO YOU? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE RE THAT YOU SENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

REMIND US ALWAYS OF OUR DUTY TO LIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL AND TO YOUR PURPOSES.

MAKE THIS COUNTY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE, LORD, TODAY, AS WE HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO SERVE IN OTHER AREAS OF COUNTY DISASTER FOR GOD, I ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.

PLEASE KEEP A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND LORD, REMIND US OF OUR DUTY TO HELP OTHERS, TO SERVE OTHERS, AND TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE HERE, NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE GOOD OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE'RE EVERYTHING.

WE ASK, ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NATION.

JESUS, OUR LORD, SAVIOR, AMEN.

JOIN ME AS WE PLEDGE OUR ALLEGIANCE, AMERICAN LAW.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE, A NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LITERACY AND JUSTICE.

ALL NOW THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, UH, PLEDGE OF BUSINESS TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE, AND INDIVISIBLES.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

[a) Presentation – Resolution of City of Kerrville, County of Kerr Disaster Response]

WE HAVE, UH, SOME VERY, VERY SPECIAL GUESTS HERE.

WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD HONORING, UH, MANY FIRST RESPONDERS, MANY CITIZENS WHO RESPONDED TO THE FLOODING DOWN IN KERR COUNTY, UH, AND, AND PUT TOGETHER SOME RELIEF EFFORTS AND WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT, IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY THAT OUR COUNTY JUST IMMEDIATELY JUMPS, JUMPS TO ACTION.

IT, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

SO I'D LIKE TO READ THE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD.

WHEREAS ON JULY 4TH, 2025, KERK COUNTY WAS HIT WITH A TRAGIC FLOOD FROM THE STORMS THAT CAUSED A MASSIVE RISE IN THE GUADALUPE RIVER.

THE MASSIVE FLOOD CAUSED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE, AND MORE TRAGICALLY, THE LOSS OF MANY LIVES.

AND ON JULY 5TH, 2025, MAYOR BRIAN MCNEIL OF THE CITY OF MCCLENDON CHISHOLM REACHED OUT TO MAYOR JOE HERRING, JR.

OF THE CITY OF KERRVILLE, OFFERING HIS CONDOLENCES AND ANY ASSISTANCE THAT COULD BE GIVEN.

AND ON JULY 5TH, 2025, THE CITY OF MCCLENDON CHISHOLM STARTED A DRIVE TO GET MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES TO KERR COUNTY.

THE DRIVE IDEA SPEARHEADED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONALD GOODWIN, TO DO MORE FOR A FELLOW TEXAS COMMUNITY IN NEED ALLOWED A FULL COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER.

AND FROM JULY 5TH, 2025 THROUGH JULY 8TH, 2025, THE CITY OF MCCLENDON CHISHOLM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ROCKWALL COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ROCKWALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, COUNTY OF ROCKWALL ROYCE CITY, ROYCE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, ROCKWALL FIRE DEPARTMENT, HEATH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, LOWE'S, HOME DEPOT, BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, AND THE MCLENDON CHISHOLM FIRE DEPARTMENT, RAISED AND SORTED ENOUGH MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES TO DELIVER TO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST DISASTER RELIEF TEAM ON THE GROUND IN KIRK COUNTY, AND ALSO A RELIEF TRAILER TO SAN SABA.

THIS EFFORT FILLED THREE TRAILERS IN A 26 FOOT PENSKE TRUCK THAT WAS ALSO DONATED.

THE OVERFLOW WAS TAKEN TO CAVENDER NISSAN ROCKWALL, WHERE MELANIE OSTER TOOK ANOTHER FULLY LOADED TRAILER THROUGH HER COMPANY, MELANIE'S WHITE GLOVE MOVING SERVICES.

AND ON JULY 9TH, 2025, CAPTAIN GARRETT RIGSBY, FIREFIGHTER ZACHARY BAKER, CAPTAIN SEAN CLEMENTS, LIEUTENANT BRANDON PETERSON, SERGEANT CLINT CRABTREE, FIREFIGHTER JULIO PERALTA, FIREFIGHTER TREVOR RIEGER, DRIVER ENGINEER ERIC SOTELO, FIRE INVESTIGATOR SAM STEVENSON, CHIEF BRANDON SIRI, CHIEF BRAD VALANCE, CHIEF EDDIE STOWE, CHIEF JIM SIMMONS, COUNCIL MEMBER ARE TOWERY.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONALD GOODWIN.

AND MAYOR BRIAN MCNEIL LEFT ROCKWALL COUNTY BY ROCKWALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S ESCORT, PROVIDED BY DEPUTY TREY WILLIAMS, DEPUTY BEN ROSE, DEPUTY JUSTIN HALL, AND DEPUTY MATT PHILLIPS TO DELIVER THE MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES.

AND ON JULY 9TH, 2025, THE TEAM FROM ROCKWALL COMPLETED THE MISSION WITH SUCCESS IN A ONE DAY TRIP TO GIVE MUCH NEEDED RELIEF AND COMFORT TO KE COUNTY AND

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AND FROM JULY 5TH THROUGH JULY 9TH, THE RESIDENTS OF ROCKWALL COUNTY SHOWED THE TRUE CHARACTER AS TEXANS ARE KNOWN FOR, AND CAME TOGETHER AS MANY CITIES, BUT UNITED AS ONE MINDSET.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ROCKWALL COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT WISHES TO EXTEND ITS HEARTFELT GRATITUDE AND DEEP APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE WHO LENT THEIR SUPPORT DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

MAYOR MCNEIL, WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS? YEAH, THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER STACY.

UM, HONESTLY, FOR ME, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

UM, TO SEE THE CITIZENS OF ROCKWALL COUNTY STEP UP THE MOMENT SOMETHING WENT, UM, BAD FOR ANOTHER, UH, TEXAS CITY WAS JUST OUTSTANDING.

YOU HAD EVERYBODY FROM, UH, I SEE KATRINA PEARSON'S HERE.

SHE WAS ON DECK.

SHE ACTUALLY FED US, UH, AFTER A FULL DAYS OF WORK.

UM, BUT BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MELANIE, JUST SO MANY PEOPLE STEPPED UP.

UM, BUT I WANT TO ECHO THE MINUTE I CALLED, UM, OUR FIRE CHIEF JIM, UH, JIM SIMMONS AT THE TIME, HE WAS LIKE, WHAT DO WE GOTTA DO THEN? CHIEF VALANCE, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? THEN CHIEF DIETZ, THEN CHIEF SIRI, I, I CALLED THE SHERIFFS.

I CALL.

NOT ONE PERSON SAID, NO, AND THAT'S ROCKWALL.

WE DON'T SAY NO WHEN WE SEE OTHER TEXANS IN NEED.

AND I, I WAS JUST SO HUMBLED AND PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.

UM, I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ALL

[b) Presentation – Proclamation Suicide Prevention and Awareness]

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

UM, HAITI, IF YOU WANT TO CUT, START COMING UP.

UH, THIS IS, UH, SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION AND THEN LET, UH, HAITI FROM THE ROYCE CITY, AMERICAN LEGION SAY A FEW WORDS.

UM, SEPTEMBER WAS RECOGNIZED AS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH, A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD JOIN THEIR VOICES TO PROMOTE SUICIDE AWARENESS.

AND WHEREAS THE ISSUES CONCERNING SUICIDE AND MENTAL HEALTH IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO TAKE PART IN SUICIDE PREVENTION, HELP OTHERS IN CRISIS AND CHANGE THE CONVERSATION AROUND SUICIDE.

AND WHEREAS SUICIDE IS THE 10TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG ADULTS IN THE US AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG PEOPLE AGED 10 TO 24.

AND WHEREAS TOO MANY OF OUR NATION'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE ALSO CONSIDERED SUICIDE OR TAKEN THEIR OWN LIVES.

AND WHEREAS SUICIDE IS NOT INEVITABLE FOR ANYONE STARTING THE CONVERSATION, PROVIDING SUPPORT AND DIRECTING HELP TO THOSE WHO NEED IT, WE CAN PREVENT SUICIDES AND SAVE LIVES.

WHEREAS ROCKWALL COUNTY HAD 22 DOCUMENTED SUICIDE DEATHS IN 2024.

AND WHEREAS THE 9 8 8 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE OFFERS 24 7 CALL, TEXT, AND CHAT ACCESS TO TRAIN CRISIS COUNSELORS WHO CAN HELP PEOPLE IN SUICIDAL CRISIS OR ANY KIND OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.

AND IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, IS STRUGGLING OR IN CRISIS, HELP IS AVAILABLE, CALL OR TEXT NINE EIGHT EIGHT OR CHAT 9 8 8 LIFELINE.ORG TO REACH THE 9 8 8 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE.

NOW, THEREFORE, AND THANK YOU, JUDGE FOR SIGNING THIS, JUDGE FRANK, NEW ROCKWALL COUNTY JUDGE DID HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER TO BE SUICIDE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS AND AWARENESS MONTH IN ROCKWALL COUNTY, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SUICIDE PREVENTION AND BE THE ONE TO HELP SAVE A LIFE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.

IF I MAY TURN AROUND TO AND TALK TO THE AUDIENCE, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE AVERAGE, UM, HERE IN TEXAS, WE HAVE LOST 4,200.

IN THE YEAR 2022, WE HAVE LOST OVER 500 VETERANS, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT VETERANS.

PEOPLE SEEM TO MISTAKEN THAT 9 8, 8 PRESS ONE IS JUST FOR VETERANS, AND IT'S NOT.

9, 8, 8 IS FOR ANYBODY TO CALL.

YOU CAN BE IN A CRISIS.

YOU CAN BE A YOUTH, YOU CAN BE A STUDENT.

ANYONE MAY MAKE THAT PHONE CALL.

YOU COULD BE A CAREGIVER.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE IT IS A FREE RESOURCE.

IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO PLEASE CALL THAT NUMBER IN TEXAS, AS YOUNG AS 10 HAVE DIED BY SUICIDE AND AS OLD AS 81.

AND WHEN WE HAVE A SUICIDE, WE HAD, WE'VE HAD THREE WITHIN THAT I KNOW OF IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN ROCKWALL.

HE, UH, HEATH AREA, WE'VE HAD A SUICIDE IN ROCKWALL, WE HAD A SUICIDE, AND THEN IN ROY CITY, WE HAD A SUICIDE.

IT'S SO UNACCEPTABLE.

PEOPLE ARE HURT.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE, BE KIND, CHECK ON YOUR PEOPLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

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ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER

[D) RECOGNITION OF GUESTS]

RECOGNITION OF GUESTS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE KATRINA PEARSON COULD COME UP, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION JUDGE, BUT WE, WE HAVE ALL SIGNED IT AND SEEN IT.

UM, WE HAVE ASKED THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO GET AGGRESSIVE ON MUDS.

AND WHILE KATRINA PEARSON'S REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON'S EFFORTS WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL, SHE DID CARRY TWO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT MUD BILLS.

AND WHEN WE ASK SOMEONE TO STEP OUT AND LEAD, WE SHOULD THANK THEM.

AND SO THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST THANKING OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR HOUSE BILL 25 61 AND 44 0 4, WHICH IS A, UH, WHICH ADDRESSES OUR CONCERNS ABOUT MUD.

SO THIS IS OUR THANK YOU TO YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'M, I'M JUST SO HONORED TO BE HERE AND TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THIS BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT, AND THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TRACTION ON THOSE.

I FILED SEVERAL BILLS ON MUDS, AND WE GOT REALLY, REALLY CLOSE ON ONE OF THEM.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAD FROM PEOPLE COMING IN AND, AND TESTIFYING AND BEING SUPPORTIVE.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY BEEN AN HONOR.

MY, MY GOAL HERE IS TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN HAVE STRONG, CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE CHALLENGING LEADERSHIP WHEN WE NEED TO, AND STILL MAINTAINING THE RESPECT IN BOTH CHAMBERS.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU SUPPORT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SHALL TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT.

TO WRAP UP OUR RECOGNITION OF GUEST, UH, COMMISSIONER M**K, THE WHOLE THING, IT, IT'S UP TO YOU.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

UM, SO TODD, IF YOU AND TY WILL COME ON UP IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, THIS ITEM IS, IS ACTUALLY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 FOR EVERYONE WHO MAYBE HAS A, UM, A COPY OF THE MEETING.

BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE WILL, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE THE FOUR H GROUP THAT WE HAVE HERE IN ROCKWELL COUNTY.

AND THIS IS 2025 NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK.

AND SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS.

WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK THEME BEYOND READY REMINDS US THAT FOUR H IS BUILDING A READY GENERATION AND A WORLD OF CHANGE.

AND IT EQUIPS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE WHILE MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.

WHEREAS FOUR H IS AMERICA'S LARGEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING SIX OVER 6 MILLION YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS FOUR H PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERED BY THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SYSTEM, A COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN 100 PUBLIC LAND GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

AND IT PROVIDES EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN BY DOING.

WHEREAS FOUR H IS IN EVERY CITY AND COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HELPS 6 MILLION YOUTH BECOME ENGAGED, SUCCESSFUL, AND INDEPENDENT.

AND WHEREAS FOUR H CONNECTS YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, PREPARING THEM FOR WORK AND LIFE THROUGH EXPER EXPERIENTIAL AND INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING, WHILE PROVIDING EMERGENCY RESEARCH FOR POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEREAS EXPANDING FROM ITS STRONG AGRICULTURAL ROOTS FOR H HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORE THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND GROW INTO PRODUCTIVE ADULTS.

AND WHEREAS SUPPORTING FUTURE LEADERS IN A SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IS AN IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE FOR OUR US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE, INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL FOR H PROGRAM.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, ROCKWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER THE FIFTH THROUGH THE 11TH OF 2025 AS NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK THROUGHOUT ROCKWELL COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE FOUR H FOR THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

IT IS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE BY EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO LEAD FOR A LIFELINE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND HAVING BEEN A MOTHER OF TWO OF THE CHILDREN THAT PARTICIPATED IN FOUR HI CAN SAY THAT I, A LOT OF THESE WORDS RING TRUE TO MY ADULT CHILDREN OF 35 AND 40 NOW.

SO THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, TOM.

THANK YOU.

GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? UH, JUST AS ALWAYS, WE, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, ROCKWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, SUPPORTING THE EXTENSION PROGRAM AND THE FOUR H PROGRAM AS WE CONTINUE TO PRODUCE, UH, PRODUCTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE IN ROCKWELL COUNTY AND ACROSS THE NATION.

UH, I MADE A STATEMENT, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO AT AN AWARDS, UH, EVENT OF JUST SOME RECOGNITION OF SOME YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE DONE AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD.

WE HAD ONE YOUNG LADY WHO TOOK IT UPON HERSELF THAT HER JOB THIS YEAR WAS TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND SO, UH, SHE DID NOT HAVE, UH, WOULD NOT HAVE FUNDING FROM PARENTS, UH, GREAT PARENTS, DON'T GET ME WRONG WHEN I SAY THAT,

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AND WORKING WITH STOCK SHOWS AND WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL.

SHE WAS, UH, A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR FOUR H AS WELL AS FOR THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY.

AND WE JUST GOT A EMAIL FROM HER, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE SHE, UH, UPPED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND SHE'S AT, I THINK, 65 OR 70,000 ON WHAT SHE'S DOING.

SHE'S AT ANGELO STATE, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR HER AS WELL AS ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE.

SO, THANK YOU GUYS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AMY SANDIFER.

AMY, I'M SO SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

[1. PUBLIC FORUM]

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE PUBLIC FORUM.

IT'S THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT REGARDING ANY COUNTY MATTERS.

NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST IS MAYOR BRIAN MCNEIL.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

SO, NORMALLY I, UH, WELL, FIRST, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS.

UM, NORMALLY I COME WITH A SCRIPT BECAUSE IT KEEPS ME IN CHECK, BUT TODAY I FIGURED I'D SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FROM THE HEART.

UM, I KIND OF JUST WANT TO ASK LIKE, UM, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE EVER HAD TO CALL 9 1 1? PROBABLY EVERYBODY, UH, EVERYONE'S GOTTEN OVER WHEN A EMERGENCY VEHICLE'S BEHIND THEM.

I MEAN, I COULD PROBABLY GO DOWN A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS, AND IT'D BE YES TO ALL OF THEM.

UH, COULD PROBABLY SAY EVERYONE UP HERE HAS SPOKE ON THEIR SUPPORT OF FIRST RESPONDERS.

I WOULD SAY PROBABLY MANY HAVE EVEN SOUGHT AFTER ENDORSEMENTS FROM POLICE ASSOCIATIONS AND FIRE ASSOCIATIONS.

SO IT BRINGS ME TO THE, THE SHERIFF'S, UH, DEPARTMENT AND THE FINISHING OF THE, THE REMODEL, IF YOU WILL.

UH, I HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO GO DO A WALKTHROUGH, UH, A WEEK AGO TO SEE WHERE IT'S AT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE THING TO SEE WHERE IT'S AT, BUT IT'S ALSO TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

UM, I DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE LOCKER ROOMS, BUT THEY WILL, UH, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE SHOWERS, BUT THEY WILL.

UM, THE, UH, DISPATCH CENTER IS, LOOKS LIKE A COFFEE SHOP WITH A BUNCH OF COMPUTERS ON THE WALL, UH, IF I'M BEING QUITE HONEST.

UM, SO WHAT PUZZLES ME IS, LET'S JUST NOT EVEN HESITATE.

LET'S JUST GET IT DONE.

LET'S GIVE THE SHERIFF WHAT HE NEEDS, BECAUSE IT ALMOST IS CRAZY THAT EVERY TIME WE SEE A FIRST RESPONDER OR A SHERIFF OR A POLICE OFFICER, WE'RE THANKING THEM FOR ALL THEY DO.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO GIVE 'EM THAT, THANKS, WE JUST WANT TO KEEP, WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

OR MAYBE IF WE CUT THIS OR TRIM THAT.

AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO CAN SPEAK, UM, MISSIONS, I, I, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ME AS A MARINE, WE HAD TWO ESSENTIAL THINGS THAT WE WERE TOLD AS MARINES AND IT WENT IN THIS ORDER.

EXACTLY.

TROOP WELFARE, MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT.

IT'S NOT FLIPPED.

TROOP WELFARE, THAT'S WELFARE.

TAKE CARE OF THE TROOPS MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ON THE LIST IS DEB SCH.

COME ON IN.

DEB, WHILE YOU COME UP, I'LL TELL YOU, I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU ARE A ROCKWALL COUNTY RESIDENT.

NOW, , FINALLY, GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

WE, BUT I'M A SHORT ONE.

WE, WE TOOK YOU, WE LUD YOU ACROSS THE LAKE.

WHAT? COME DOWN.

I DIDN'T WANNA BREAK IT.

OKAY.

UM, I'M NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING.

I AM IN FACT HERE, UH, FOR THE REASON, SAME REASON AS WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, UH, A LOT OF THANK YOUS THIS MORNING.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE KIND OF MY OWN.

THANK YOU.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

UH, BUT I'M HERE IN A VERY DIFFERENT ROLE NOW, AND VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE IN A DIFFERENT ROLE.

UH, GOT TO KNOW ALL OF YOU AS PART OF THE, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES CORPORATION AND THE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING COALITION, AND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE ESPECIALLY, AND WORK WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

WHEN, AS WHEN I WAS WORKING AS MAYOR PROTO AND, AND DEPUTY MAYOR, PROTO FOR THE CITY OF ETTE WAS INSPIRATIONAL TO ME.

UM, SO THE, THE VALUES, THE IDEAS, AND THE IDEALS THAT WERE SO EASILY COMMUNICATED BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT I WORKED

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YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S TRUE.

PEOPLE SAY THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR HOME, AND, AND I ENJOYED LIVING AROUND FOR 21 YEARS, BUT I RAN FOR MAYOR, UH, IN MAY, AND I LOST THAT RACE.

AND THAT WAS A HUGE BLESSING TO ME BECAUSE IT MOTIVATED ME AND MY HUSBAND TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE HAD KICKED AROUND FOR THE LAST DECADE OR SO.

AND THAT WAS TO MAKE A MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE.

AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT I'M NOW A OFFICIAL RESIDENT, UH, NOT ONLY OF THE COUNTY OF ROCKWELL, BUT THE CITY OF HEATH.

I'M NOW HEATHEN LIKE LAUREN AND, UH, AND OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BUFFALO CREEK.

AND AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS, ALL MY LIFE, REALLY, IN CITY GOVERNMENT AS A CITY SECRETARY, AS A POLICE OFFICER, AS ELECTED OFFICIAL FIRST IN S SEVILLE, AND THEN IN ETTE.

UM, I KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT GO WITH MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND, AND HOW YOU TRY, BUT CAN NEVER PLEASE EVERYONE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH AND GOTTEN TO KNOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SMART, SMART PEOPLE, GOOD PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PRESERVE THE, THE VALUES THAT MAKE ROCKWELL COUNTY A REALLY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL AND WONDERFUL PLACE.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DEB, AND WELCOME, WELCOME ON BEHALF OF HEATH AND ROCKWALL COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON THE LIST IS BRIAN CRENSHAW.

COME ON DOWN.

BRIAN.

I'M BRIAN.

UH, HELLO.

IT IS CURRENTLY STRETCHED THIN.

WE NOW HAVE A NEW ANNEX BUILDING WITH MORE EQUIPMENT.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS BEING EXPANDED AND MORE EQUIPMENT IS BEING ADDED.

TWO MORE COURTROOMS ARE BEING ADDED ON THE THIRD FLOOR COUNTY STAFF IS INCREASING BY MAYBE 23 SUPPORT.

CALLS ARE INCREASING.

IT NEEDS TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH AND AN ADDITIONAL TECHNICIAN IS NEEDED.

THANK YOU, MAN.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

YOU, YOU, YOU DIDN'T EVEN USE ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT? ALL RIGHT, SHERIFF GARRETT, COME ON UP.

I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU HAVE TO TELL US WHO YOU ARE.

DON'T, DON'T GET A WORRIED LOOK ON YOUR FACE.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS, UH, THIS THURSDAY IS THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS IN NEW YORK, UH, NINE 11 2001.

AND THE, UH, ALL THE FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS IN ROCKWELL COUNTY WILL BE HOLDING A CEREMONY AT THE COURTHOUSE ON YELLOW JACKET AT 8:30 AM TO COMMEMORATE, UH, THIS EVENT AND TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WE LOST THAT DAY.

SO WE'D BE, UH, BE HAPPY TO HAVE ANYONE WHO CAN SHOW UP THAT MORNING.

UH, WE WON'T TAKE UP, UH, A LOT OF YOUR TIME, BUT THERE IS A SYMBOLISM THERE OF PASSING ALONG THE LEGACY TO OUR YOUTH.

AND SO, UH, HOPE YOU WILL COME AND JOIN US IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, CEREMONY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ANY COUNTY MATTERS SCENE? NO.

[2. Discuss/Act on approving the Rockwall Central Appraisal District’s Resolution #2025-Rockwall Central Appraisal District to complete the 2nd floor shell of the current appraisal office, and all related issues; (Judge New)]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S RESOLUTION 2025 ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO COMPLETE THE SECOND FLOOR SHELL OF THE CURRENT APPRAISER'S OFFICE AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS CONVERSATION BY SAYING THIS HAS NO BUDGET IMPLICATIONS ON US OR THE APPRAISER .

SO, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING, THE FUNDS THEY ALREADY HAVE, AND, AND PART OF THEIR PLAN WAS THEY MADE THAT SECOND FLOOR INTO A FUNCTIONAL, SOMEWHAT OF A FLEX SPACE, UH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE GREW, THAT THEY WERE GONNA BUILD IT OUT INTO OFFICES.

SO, UM, DID YOU HAVE A STATEMENT OR, YES, I DO.

QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

FIRE AWAY.

UM, I, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.

I WAS ON THE CAD BOARD WHEN WE BUILT THE BUILDING.

IT WAS DONE WELL, AND I WOULD JUST MAKE A NOTE TO EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE BUILDING THIS OUT FOR $67 A FOOT, AND I'M GRACIOUS FOR THAT.

GRATEFUL.

YES.

THANK YOU.

ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? UH, IF NOT, I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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SO, KEVIN, I AM SORRY.

I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE ROCKPORT COUNTY.

HOW IS KEVIN HERE? AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING HIM UP, BUT I, I DIDN'T MEAN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOUR MOTION.

GO AHEAD.

NO, I SAID I WANNA MAKE A, A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE, UH, THIS, UH, ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025.

ALL RIGHT.

GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACEY.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K.

NOW WE HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION.

COMMISSIONER STACY, I, I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY, , AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

I'M HONORED TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF CHIEF APPRAISER, ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE THE MOST POPULAR JOB.

LEMME BACK UP.

IT'S NOT THE MOST POPULAR JOB IN THE COUNTY.

SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT.

WE HAVE DIRECTIVES THAT WE MUST FOLLOW.

THE PROPERTY TAX CODE THAT WE'RE GIVEN TO US FROM PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, CURRENT LEGISLATION, AND NO DOUBT, FUTURE LEGISLATION.

AND, UM, WE, WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY AND OUR TAXING ENTITIES.

AND, UH, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US IN YOUR SERVICE.

ALL RIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACEY.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K, IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW, IT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

[3. Discussion of 89th Legislative Session, Update/Overview County-related bills, action on resolution in support of or opposition to any pending actions or bills, and all related issues; (Commissioners Court)]

I'M GONNA THROW THIS TO COMMISSIONER GOANA, WHO CARRIED IN ABOUT A CARTON AND A HALF OF PAPERWORK.

SO TAKE IT AWAY, COMMISSIONER IT.

I PROMISE IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT HEY, THE SPECIAL SECOND SPECIAL SESSION IS OVER, AND I HEAR THERE MAY NOT BE A THIRD.

SO AS, UH, COMMISSIONER LTE LIKES TO SAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL SAFE BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTTA SESSION.

DID WE GET OUR COURT? IT HASN'T BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR YET.

SO THE OMNIBUS BILL, WHICH WAS HB 16, PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

IT IS SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK RIGHT NOW, AND HE HAS 20 DAYS FROM THE END OF THE SPECIAL TO SIGN AND EVERYTHING INTO LAW.

SO WE'RE ON A COUNTDOWN.

SO AFTER 20 DAYS, DOES IT JUST GO AWAY OR DOES IT BECOME LAW THAT BILL WOULD JUST GO AWAY? JUST GOES AWAY.

GOT IT.

YEAH, THE OMNI BUS.

UH, SO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING, UH, THE SESSION, UM, HB SEVEN, UM, WAS, UH, A BILL TO PROHIBIT THE MANUFACTURER MAILING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ABORTION INDUCING DRUGS.

SO IT'S A TANDEM BILL THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE HEARTBEAT.

BILL, UH, FROM, UH, LAST TIME, UH, SENATE BILL EIGHT, UH, BY MIDDLETON, UH, REQUIRES GOVERNMENT OWNED FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, PRISONS, AND SO ON TO DESIGNATE RESTROOMS AND CHANGING SPACES ACCORDING TO BIOLOGICAL SEX.

UH, SB ONE, UH, WAS A BILL AUTHORED BY CHARLES PERRY OUTTA LUBBOCK, AND IT'S A CAMP SAFETY ACT.

THEY DIDN'T PASS ALL OF THE, UM, SAFETY ACTS THAT THEY WANTED TO PASS, UM, BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED JULY 4TH, UH, IN KE COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES.

BUT THIS IS ONE, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT PASSED THAT REQUIRES, UM, LESS BUILDING IN THE FLOODPLAINS AND A WHOLE LOT OF MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT IF THEY ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN NOW.

AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO WITH FEMA FOR PREPAREDNESS.

BASICALLY.

JUST TO SUM THAT UP, UM, HB EIGHT BY BRAD BUCKLEY PHASES OUT THE STAR TEST, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, THIS IS THE THIRD SESSION.

THEY'VE TRIED TO GET RID OF THE STAR TEST, AND IT'S DONE AS LONG AS IT'S SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

AND, UM, IT IS GONNA BE REPLACED WITH THREE SMALLER TESTS SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SENATE BILL 10, UM, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BILL STALLED.

SO THIS WAS A HOT TOPIC.

IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS GONNA LO LOWER THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE FROM A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT CAP TO A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT CAP.

UM, PASSED THE SENATE VERY EASILY.

IT GOT, UH, HELD UP IN THE HOUSE, UH, BASED ON SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADDED TO IT THAT THE HOUSE DIDN'T AGREE WITH.

UM, THE THC BILL ALSO, UM, DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE, AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON THAT THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION REALLY WAS CALLED.

UM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS KIND OF AN ADD-ON.

UM, THAT HAS STALLED, UH, DID NOT GO ANYWHERE EITHER.

UM, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE HB 16 OMNIBUS BILL, WHICH WAS WHAT WE WERE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY HERE IN ROCKWALL COUNTY, IS, HAS PASSED.

AND NOW WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER M**K, I'M GONNA JUST TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF AGENCIES THAT, UM, HAD SOME, UM, PROPOSED RULES THAT PASSED.

ONE OF THEM DEALS WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF JAIL STANDARDS, AND THEY, THEY, THEY'RE PROPOSING SEVERAL UPDATES TO JAIL RULES AND FOR FIRE SAFETY.

UM, JAILS WOULD NEED TO KEEP WRITTEN EMERGENCY PLANS, ADHERE TO NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS,

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THE RULES WOULD ALSO NOW REQUIRE JAILS TO VERIFY WHETHER NEW INMATES ARE VETERANS USING A FEDERAL DATABASE, KEEPING RECORDS OF THE VETERAN IDENTIFICATIONS, AND CONNECT THE VERIFIED VETERANS WITH HELP APPLYING FOR BENEFITS.

AND IN ADDITION, THE VERIFIED VETERANS WOULD BE ALLOWED FREE IN PERSON OR VIDEO VISITATION WITH A COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER OR A PEER COORDINATOR ON TOP OF THEIR NORMAL VISITATION RIGHTS.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP.

AND, UM, ON SOME GOOD NEWS, I MEAN, I KINDA LIKE TO HEAR SOME GOOD NEWS.

EVERY ONCE IN WHILE THE ACTING TEXAS COMPTROLLER KELLY HANCOCK ANNOUNCED THAT TEXAS COLLECTED 183.05 BILLION IN REVENUE FOR FISCAL 2025.

AND THAT'S UP 1.1% FROM LAST YEAR.

IT'S GENERAL REVENUE AND, UM, SALES TAX, THE STATE'S LARGEST SOURCE WAS AT 49.06 BILLION, WHICH IS UP 4%.

SO AUGUST SALES TAX COLLECTIONS REACHED 4.31 BILLION, WHICH IS 7.7% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO.

AND THAT'S THE FASTEST GROWTH THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS HAD SINCE EARLY 2023.

UM, AND THEY HAD, THEY SAW STRONG, STRONG GAINS IN MANUFACTURING SERVICES ONLINE.

RETAIL DOESN'T SURPRISE US ON THAT ONE.

ELECTRONICS AND RESTAURANTS, WHILE CONSTRUCTION AND MINING, THEY WERE ALL FLAT.

HOME IMPROVEMENT AND HEALTH AND PERSONAL CARE ALSO DECLINED.

SO, BUT THERE'S GOOD NEWS THERE.

WE GOT A LOT OF MONEY COMING INTO THE STATE, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SHARE.

ALL, ALRIGHT, ONE LAST, THE OMNIBUS BILL DOES BECOME LAW IF HE DOESN'T SIGN IT.

OKAY.

SO WE DON'T CLARIFY.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO EMAIL HIM AT THIS POINT.

JUST DON'T REMIND HIM.

GOT IT.

GOT IT.

COMMISSIONER LICHTY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? COMMISSIONER STACEY? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE UPDATES.

UH, WE'LL MOVE

[4. Discuss/Act on updates of the Strategic Plan 2050 Implementation Management Plan, and all related issues; (Commissioner Macalik)]

COMMISSIONER M**K.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

UM, JUST WANNA LET THE COURT AND, UM, EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND LISTENING IS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR TRAINING WITH OUR SUPPLIER AND OUR CONTRACTOR INVISIO ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.

WE HAVE A GROUP OF SOMEWHERE ROUGHLY AROUND 1415 OF OUR, UM, EITHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OR DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE, IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE SOFTWARE, AND HOW ALL THAT IS GOING TO, UM, FOLLOW AND, AND KEEP EV KEEP OUR, UM, CITIZENS AWARE AND UPDATED FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT.

I DON'T SEE BRIAN, UM, CRENSHAW IN THE OFFICE, BUT IN THE ROOM.

BUT BRIAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE PLAYED A VERY GOOD ROLE IN HELPING US WITH THIS COMMUNICATION AND THIS TRAINING ASPECT.

SO KUDOS TO THE IT DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.

ALSO, UM, WE HAVE SET A DATE FOR THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL, YAY.

AND IT WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER THE 26TH.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING IT, UM, IN THE LIBERTY HALL BECAUSE OUR NEW ANNEX BUILDING IS VERY POPULAR.

AND SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE.

WE CAN, WE CAN SECURE IT.

IT IS, IT IS ALREADY, UM, BEING RESERVED AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

AND I, UM, I THINK THAT THE LIBERTY HALL WILL SERVE US VERY WELL FOR OUR, FOR THAT WE'LL BE SENDING OUT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, UM, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THAT EVERYONE KIND OF KNOWS WHEN THEY ARE, UM, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO LET THEM COME.

BUT IT IS ON SEPTEMBER THE 26TH, THAT'S GONNA BE A FRIDAY.

AND WE WILL BE GIVING EVERYONE, UM, I'VE JUST GOT A TEMPLATE HERE, BUT WE HAVE PRODUCED IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED .

UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING, UM, A LITTLE BUSINESS CARD FOR EACH ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WILL HAVE A QR CODE SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE OR ANYONE CAN, AND IT ALSO JUST MAKE SURE WE REMIND THEM OF WHAT OUR PURPOSE WAS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT ARE OUR SIX STRATEGIC GOALS.

AND, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'LL STAY, YOU KNOW, FRONT AND CENTER FOR EVERYONE.

SO IT'S GOING GOOD.

UM, I ANTICIPATE WE WILL BE READY TO START, UM, INPUTTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE, THE INITIATIVES AND ASSIGNING THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS INTO THE SOFTWARE.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS ON THAT.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM

[5. Discuss/Act on updates and progress related to the Courthouse Courtroom additions 3rd floor project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Gallana)]

COMMISSIONER GUANA, I'M GONNA KICK IT TO SAL.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, THIRD FLOOR PROJECT'S GOING GREAT.

UH, THE ISSUE WE HAD POTENTIALLY WITH THE, UH, JAIL PARTITIONS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT LAST COURT, UM, HAVE BEEN MITIGATED.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON SITE AND THE SUB, UH, CON SUBCONTRACTOR, UM, HAS ADDED EXTRA MANPOWER AND DECIDED TO WORK LONGER HOURS IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE UP, UH, THAT DIFFERENCE IN THE SCHEDULE.

SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE OVERALL SCHEDULE.

UM,

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SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE MOST, UH, RECENT PAY UP WAS, UM, RECOMMENDED FOR PAYMENT.

UH, AND WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE ALREADY, UH, IN REVIEW, UH, AND READY, BUT NO OTHER UPDATES.

OTHER THAN THAT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAL? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SAL.

THAT

[6. Discuss/Act on the Parkhill Contract for the New Courthouse Renovation, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)]

COMMISSIONER STACY? YES, THIS IS THE ONE, UM, THAT WAS MOVED FROM THE LAST COURT TO THIS COURT.

UH, IT WASN'T PUT INTO TO THE BACKUP IN TIME AND A FEW FOLKS DIDN'T GET GET IT, DIDN'T GET IT IN, EMAILED THE COURT HAD APPROVED, UM, $42,000 FOR SCHEMATIC.

THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT AUTHORIZES THAT SCHEMATIC.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CONTRACT AT THIS TIME.

UM, WHICH AGAIN, IS SEVERAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE NEW COURTHOUSE.

UM, THE DA OFFICE EXPANSION SCHEMATIC BEING ONE OF THEM, NNU, THERE IS A FEE SCHEDULE.

IT DOES LOCK THE FEE SCHEDULE IN.

UM, BUT IT'S ONLY THAT 4 1 9 9 3 HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT IN SECTIONS.

UM, AND THEN AS THESE PROJECTS KIND, SAL AND I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK, KIND OF AS THESE PROJECTS, UH, KIND OF SPIN OFF AND WE SAY, OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE DA'S AND WE NEED IT FULLY DESIGNED, THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF RATE SCHEDULE AND WE WOULD START BUILDING IT OUT OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN KIND OF DETERMINED.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER STACEY OR SAL? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I, I TRIED TO READ THROUGH THE CONTRACTS OUT, WHERE DOES IT SAY ALL WE'RE APPROVING IS $42,000 FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN? BECAUSE THE, I COULDN'T FIND PRICING IN HERE.

AND IN SECTION 1.1 0.4, IT LAYS OUT FOUR DIFFERENT MILESTONE DATES TO BE DETERMINED, WHICH ARE SCHEMATIC DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

YEAH, SO THOSE FOUR PHASES ARE JUST THE TYPICAL PHASES OF DESIGN.

UM, WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE NO MATTER WHAT CLIENT WE WORK WITH.

WE CAN'T JUST START SAYING, HEY, WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

BUT THAT, THAT'S HOW, UM, MOST DESIGNERS BILL IS PER PHASE.

UM, AND WE JUST, WE CAN'T MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE UNTIL WE HAVE WRITTEN APPROVAL, UH, FROM THE OWNER.

WE, WE VOTED TO APPROVE THE 42,000.

THAT'S WHY IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.

WE VOTED TO APPROVE IT BEFORE THE CONTRACT WAS EXERCISED AND IT CAN ALSO BE PUT INTO A MOTION.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I REMEMBER THAT COMMISSIONER STACY, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN HERE AND I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'RE MOVING FASTER THAN WE HAD AGREED TO MOVE.

WHEN I SEE THIS, I MEAN, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN WRITE A, UH, COMMISSIONER ALANA CAN STATE A MOTION THAT CAPS ARE FEES AT THAT.

UM, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO EVERYONE WHERE THIS IS FOR REMODEL OF THE COURTHOUSE, RIGHT? YES, CORRECT.

YES.

IT'S, IT IS SEVERAL THINGS.

UM, FIRST, FIRST FLOOR, UM, REDOING THE ENTRANCE, UH, IN ORDER TO HELP OUT WITH, UM, THERMAL AND AIR, UH, CHANGES.

I THINK WE'VE HAD FREEZING PIPES AND IT GETS HOT IN THE SUMMER IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.

SO, UM, WORKING TO REWORK THE ENTRANCE THERE, UH, THIS IS THE INFILL OF THE SECOND FLOOR AREA WHERE THE AUDITOR USED TO, UM, HAVE THEIR OFFICE AT, THAT'S THE DA EXPANSION AND THE DA EXPANSION.

AND THEN THIS IS ALSO, UH, FOURTH FLOOR.

UH, IT INCLUDES, UM, SOUND MITIGATION FOR THE JURY DELIBERATION ROOMS, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES UPGRADING OF ALL OF THE LIGHTING CONTROLS IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

YEP.

THANKS.

SO IF ALL WE'RE DOING IS APPROVING THE 42,000 OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR, WHAT IS IT AGAIN? WHICH PORTION? IT'S, IT'S THE WHOLE, IT'S FOR ALL, ALL PORTIONS.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE APPROVING.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

YES.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU, SAL, THAT WE JUST GOT DONE APPROVING, UH, COMPLETE BUILD OUT OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CAD BUILDING FOR $67 A FOOT.

I, I, I HEARD.

YES, SIR.

WELL, AND, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I I DO TOO, Y'ALL AND IT'S NOTALL.

YEP.

WE, WE GET NUMBERS THROWN AROUND HERE THAT SHOCK ME.

UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IN ONE OF OUR BUDGET HEARINGS, WELL, WE THINK WE COULD DO THIS FOR $250, $300 A FOOT.

AND I'M THINKING, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.

AND WE JUST HAD SOMEBODY WHO DID IT FOR 67 BUCKS A FOOT COMPLETE BUILD OUT.

SO LET'S KEEP THE PRICE LOW.

YEAH.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BRING THE PRICE UP AT ALL.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT, I'M JUST REMINDING YOU, THEY JUST DID IT FOR $67 A FOOT.

I, I, YES SIR.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF SOMEBODY'S SO INCLINED.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UM, THE PARK HILL

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I'LL SECOND THAT.

GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALANA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LTE.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'LL REGISTER OUR VOTES NOW THAT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.

ALL RIGHT.

[7. Discuss/Act on updates and progress related to the American Rescue Plan monies and the County Annex project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)]

COMMISSIONER STACY, WE, I, I, I JOKE WITH MY CHILDREN, WHEN YOU'RE ALMOST DONE WITH SOMETHING, YOU'RE, IT'S WHAT I CALL ANNOYINGLY CLOSE.

SOMETIMES WHEN A TARGET IS REALLY FAR AWAY, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, IT IS THIS, IT'S THAT.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU'RE STARING AT THE FINISH LINE, YOU'RE JUST LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE FINISH? SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS.

UM, WE STILL ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PUNCH LIST.

UM, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER POTENTIAL CHANGE ORDER COMING, UM, FOR FURNITURE, FOR SOME POTENTIAL CANOPIES AND THEN FOR SOME SECURITY CAMERA MOVEMENT, UM, CHANGING WHERE SOME OF THE POSITIONING IS ON THAT.

WE'RE STILL AWAITING THE DETAILS ON THAT.

UM, THE TAX OFFICE, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE THIS MONTH.

UM, I WILL NOT SAY THE DATE PUBLICLY BECAUSE IT'LL PROBABLY CHANGE, BUT IT IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE THIS MONTH.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THAT'S DONE.

THAT'S NOT GONNA GET IN THE WAY OF ANYTHING WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET HILL AND WILKINSON OUTTA THIS BUILDING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE JUST WAITING ON DETAILS AND IT'S HARD TO MAKE DECISIONS WITHOUT ALL OF THE DETAILS.

SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON.

I'M TRYING TO DO ONE MORE PCO.

IT MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO DEPENDING ON THE TIMING, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE BASICALLY FOCUSING IN ON THE PUNCH LIST, THE MOVING OF THE TAX OFFICE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, UH, A FURNITURE SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER NOW THAT EVERYONE'S WORKING THERE, WHAT DID WE MISS? AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS YET.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF DOORS WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT, UM, ADDING CANOPIES TO.