[CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:09]
          EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO CALL OUR SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2026 AT 9 A.M. I'M GOING TO LEAD US IN A QUICK INVOCATION. AND OUR PLEDGE IS TO THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS FLAG, AND THEN WE WILL GET STARTED. LORD, WE SEEK YOU TO SERVE YOU. ONE WAY WE SERVE YOU IS BY SERVING THE PEOPLE OF ROCKWALL COUNTY. PLEASE BE WITH US TODAY. BE WITH THE PEOPLE OUT IN PALO PINTO AND JACK COUNTY AS THEY ARE FIGHTING A FIRE THAT IS PROVING MORE THAN TROUBLESOME. PLEASE LORD, GUIDE US TODAY AS WE GO THROUGH OUR DAILY BUSINESS. AS WE SEEK TO DO YOUR WILL. IT'S IN YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST'S NAME THAT WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. LET'S PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. 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. NOW, THE TEXAS FLAG HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. 
          TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM ONE, 
          [1) PUBLIC FORUM:]
PUBLIC FORUM. THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT REGARDING ANY COUNTY MATTERS. I KNOW TREASURER PEAKE WANTED TO SPEAK WHILE HE WORKS HIS WAY UP. I WILL LET THOSE LISTENING AT HOME KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY SHORT MEETING. WE GOT OUR BUDGET UP TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SECOND DRAFT PRINTED IN THAT DRAFT WON'T BE READY TILL FRIDAY. SO TREASURER PETE, THANK YOU JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY. THE VERY LAST VOTE THAT YOU ALL TOOK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS NUMBER FIVE ON THE LATEST REVISION. THE REFERENCED THE UKG TIMEKEEPING AND PAYROLL SOFTWARE. THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER STACY. I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ THAT BRIEFLY AS, AS I RECOLLECT IT SAID, TO INCLUDE UKG TIMEKEEPING AND PAYROLL SERVICES, THAT WE KEEP THE TIMEKEEPING HARDWARE IN THE BUDGET, THAT WE MOVE THE PERSONNEL REQUESTED BY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE INTO HR TO DO OUR PAYROLL. SO THAT WAS THE MOTION YESTERDAY. THAT MOTION PASSED 3 TO 2 WITH COMMISSIONERS STACY, GALLINA AND MALIK IN FAVOR WITH JUDGE NJOO AND COMMISSIONER LICHTY AGAINST. HOWEVER, AFTER TALKING TO ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. SINCE THAT VOTE, IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION. THE MOTION HAD THREE PARTS. BASICALLY, IT HAD THE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE. 
          IT HAD. MOVING ANY PAYROLL FUNCTIONS TO HUMAN RESOURCES, AND THEN IT ADDRESSED THE CURRENT TREASURER'S OFFICE ASSISTANT THAT'S LISTED IN THE FIRST DRAFT BUDGET. MOVING THAT TO HR, THERE WAS CONFUSION ON THE INTENT OF THAT AND THE EFFECT OF THAT MOTION. SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT IS WHEN Y'ALL RECONVENE NEXT WEEK FOR THE BUDGET MEETINGS, IS TO VOTE INDIVIDUALLY ON EACH ITEM. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU VOTE ON THE UKG SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE SYSTEM, THAT YOU REVOTE ON ANY PAYROLL FUNCTIONS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE MOVED AND FOR SURE TO VOTE ON THE ASSISTANT TREASURER'S POSITION THAT IS CURRENTLY LISTED IN THE FIRST DRAFT BUDGET. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. JUDGE, I APPRECIATE THAT CONSIDERATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT ON THIS ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE 
          [2.A)  
TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENTHouse Bill 1522, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2025, amends section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code to require that the notice of a meeting required to be posted under section 551.043(a) of the Texas Open Meetings Act, at which a governmental body will discuss or adopt a budget for the governmental body, must include a taxpayer impact statement showing, for the median-valued homestead property, a comparison of the property tax bill in dollars pertaining to the property for the current fiscal year to an estimate of the property tax bill in dollars for the same property for the upcoming fiscal year. Rockwall County has proposed a budget for the County’s 2026-2027 fiscal year. Rockwall County intends to adopt its budget on or before September 30, 2026.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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COURT? SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE 
          [3.A) Discuss/Act on the proposed FY2027 1st draft budget, and all related issues; (Judge New) https://rockwallcountytexas.com/DocumentCenter/View/14507/FY27-Proposed-Budget]
PUBLISHED OUR TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS AGENDA THREE A DISCUSS AND ACT ON THE PROPOSED FY 2027 FIRST DRAFT BUDGET AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. AND AS I BRIEFLY SAID BEFORE, THE BUDGET IS TO THE POINT OF SECOND DRAFT IS BEING PREPARED. WE'LL BE READY FRIDAY, WHICH WILL GIVE US AMPLE THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND TO BE PREPARED FOR NEXT WEEK'S BUDGET MEETING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO SKIP COMMISSIONER COURT REPORTS AND MOVE ON TO A
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.