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cool man you say happy new year happy

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here oh they'll be around he's

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I got

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see oh that's shiny

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new I saw

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it good morning welcome to the first

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tarant County Commissioner Court meeting

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of 2024 Happy New Year to everyone I

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will now call the meeting to order T Mo

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County Judge present Roy Charles Brooks

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commissioner Precinct one present Alisa

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Simmons commissioner Precinct

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here Gary F commissioner Precinct 3 here

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Manny Ramirez commissioner Precinct 4

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here thank you so for today's invocation

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we have a special guest that I thought

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would be nice to have come uh lead us in

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our first prayer of the year a South

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Lake resident and UT quarterback the

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number three ranked Texas Longhorns

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quarterback Quinn ERS Quinn come up do

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the invocation for

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all right everybody please bow your

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heads Heavenly Father Lord we just thank

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you for waking us up this morning Lord

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thank you for getting us here safely

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Lord thank you for waking us up with

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breath in our lungs Heavenly

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Father Lord we pray that you just be

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with the families um that were in the

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explosion yesterday here in our own

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County Lord Lord we ask that you open

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our hearts and fill our minds with your

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truth Lord Lord help us to understand

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the truth true meaning of what it means

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to be a Christ follower Lord it says in

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Joshua 1:9 have I not commanded you be

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strong be courageous for the Lord your

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God is with you wherever you go Lord so

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I ask that you just help us understand

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the true meaning of that verse that you

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truly are with us wherever we go Lord we

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love you and we thank you for everything

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that you do and everything that you will

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continue to do for us it's in Jesus's

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mighty name I pray amen amen thank you

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please join me for the Pledge of

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Allegiance I pledge Al to the flag of

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the United States of America and to the

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for it stands Nation God indivisible

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withy and justice for all and now the

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St thank you you may be

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seated thank you Quinn for coming this

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morning uh Quinn is a resident of south

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lake like me uh obviously the

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quarterback at Texas and this morning uh

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the final rankings were released and

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Texas came in at number three so

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congratulations again to you for

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that he represents tarant County

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well all right do we have any agenda

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announcements Mr Merritt yes sir good

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morning Court members and Happy New

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yeary New Year couple of quick

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announcements uh we have several items

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that have been pulled from the consent

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agenda the first one is number

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a12 the next one is

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G2 and in your red folders you should

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have an updated Court communication for

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j6 in the purchasing section that's all

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sir a12 D3 F3 G2 and j6 j6 wasn't pulled

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remains a12 D3 F3 G2 is it D3 or E

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E3 f is and Frank Three G is and girl

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two all right do we have any

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Commissioners Court

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announcements I do okay um on January

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18th we are having a town hall meeting

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it's our first town hall meeting over in

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Precinct 2 everybody is welcome uh it is

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entitled state of the tarant county jail

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and our very own Sheriff uh wver will be

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on the panel uh along with others so I

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6:30 gate 5:30 5:30 on uh January 18th

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so everybody's welcome to come

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over um on February the 9th we'll have

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our I believe our 14th

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annual um transportation Summit it'll be

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at the um first convention center and

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start at 8 in the morning and go till

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about uh 1:30 and we have a

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are have kind of a unique speaking group

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we have a team of U Ross pero

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Jr speaking with the president Lori the

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president of the Federal

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um Lori what's her last

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name sorry yes you what is it on the U

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laor Logan Lor Logan CEO of the D

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so very excited about uh that team

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and I think it's going to be a a great

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day excellent uh as you all know Stock

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Show season is here and um tent County

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CR for this year we're partnering with

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the for wor Stock Show Rodeo on January

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29th it's Monday for the Taran County

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salutes veterans event it'll the stock

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show is providing free entry uh to all

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veterans that day and we're going to

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have an expo there with um you know

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hundreds of vendors that will provide

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valuable services to our Taran County

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veterans so please come out at noon uh

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it'll be from noon to about 5 or 6

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depending on what what volume we have

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we'll have Medal of Honor recipients it

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it'll be a really great event so looking

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forward to January 29th please come out

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all right so everybody knows about the

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gas explosion by now there were 21 total

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people injured one critically that one

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that was injured critically was

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stabilized at

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JPS and uh then air flighted to Parkland

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uh and they're being treated at Parkland

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currently fortunately and miraculously

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um no casualties nobody died in this and

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uh yesterday we sent everybody home in

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County buildings down down town just out

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of an abundance of caution at around 415

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420 uh but they're still working in the

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area and still trying to make clean it

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up and do a lot of things so please

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remember to uh pray for uh those who

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were injured and their families uh y'all

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may remember last meeting I think it was

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I had talked about uh how Maricopa

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County came and donated a ton of eggs to

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uh the tan area Food Bank as a result of

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the World Series bet we made where where

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we fortunately won uh they've invited me

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they're going to actually do the same

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donation to a food bank in

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Phoenix uh this Thursday they've invited

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me and uh the terrant area Food Bank

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executive director so the two of us are

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going down there paid for by campaign

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funds I might add uh but we're going

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down there on Thursday so we'll be

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representing Taran County and Maricopa

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County for that and if you didn't see

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someone vandalized two nights ago the

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Old Courthouse across the street so take

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a look at the video if you have any

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information on who that may be please

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contact the tent County Sheriff's Office

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so we can uh give that person an all

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expenses paid trip to the County Jail uh

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next up we have approval of the minutes

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do we have any motions Corrections or

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any comments on the minutes for appr

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second all right we have a motion to

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approve the minutes and a second any

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all right please cast your

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vote all right passes unanimously next

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up uh we have our proclamations

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resolutions and presentations section

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the uh first one is our

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employee dear Heavens where did that go

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our employee

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recognition and I would like to say um

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to all of our employees we greatly

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appreciate you we would appreciate you

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even more if I had the list of all the

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people that I was supposed to

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recognize and I will find that here

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shortly uh let's start with our

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five-year employees I'm going to call

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your name and ask you to stand so we can

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recognize you all at once uh Tamara

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Higgins Matthew

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HOSA meline

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Torres Danielle wesac who help me out

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Danielle uh and Stephanie zanino those

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are all of our fiveyear employees thank

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you all very

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uh now for our 10year

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p and Larry

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Vermilion thank you all very much for

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right do does this mean we do not have

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any 15-year employees today okay we have

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one I don't have that in our none of us

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have that in our court

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notes 15 that's 15 all right we're going

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to we're going to find you can y'all

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find me a list of the 15 20s 25

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oh okay here we go all right here we

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are thank you Andy 15year employees

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Sano ad doph Taylor Jr and judge Melody

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Wilkinson thank you all for

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Eric you don't like you you don't look

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like you returned 15 kicks for

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touchdowns on the NFL

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so I was in high school he okay

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excellent means he's younger than me I'm

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getting old all right so our 20-year

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employees we only have three today

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Kathleen

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gon Carol

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laddins and Wesley

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Lowden

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thank you all for 20

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years now we have some 25y year

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employees and yall may know that what we

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normally

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do for our 25 year employees and 30 and

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35 and 40 if we have any in this time

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and Bas we have two normally we invite

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them to our office uh sit down meet with

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them because of the holidays and

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vacations and things we did not do that

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for January but for anyone who is

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interested in coming by and meeting and

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visiting and talking tell me what's

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going on in the county or just getting

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to know me and so I can get to know you

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you are welcome to come by this month uh

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we do have some uh some folks here quite

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a few from for 25 years and we have some

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information on them so first is uh El

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morce

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May

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[Applause]

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she was born in Fort Worth went to

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Terell high school has two kids she

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loves to shop and especially at retail

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stores um loves to travel and visit

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other

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states her most memorable moment was

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when she received her 25 year award here

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at the county and that's right now so

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you're you're all

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[Applause]

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part and she loves going out to eat with

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family and friends so thank you very

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much for your 25 years we appreciate

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you next we have Susan strange Susan

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here with

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us okay Susan has also been with us 25

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years uh she is the Repro Graphics

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manager she was born in conquered

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California went to high school in

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California went to college at tarant

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County junior college she has one

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son um as a child she collected arroe

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heads and rattlesnake buttons that's a

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fact no one knows about her two facts um

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for fun she loves gardening and shooting

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Firearms other job titles she's had with

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the county she's had several she's been

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Graphics assistant to what she is now

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Reaper Graphics manager but all have

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been with Facilities Management her most

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memorable moment uh she remembers the

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flood the snakes the exploding toilet

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and Roger the raccoon that was stuck in

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our

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ceiling and what she likes the most she

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said she is blessed to work with a great

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graphics and printing team and thankful

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for the support that they have all had

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throughout the years so thank you Susan

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we appreciate you for 25

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years next we have Eric Martinez Eric

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are you with us there we go hi Eric how

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are you welcome uh he is a lieutenant

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over the combined narcotics enforcement

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team and the SWAT Commander for the tant

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county sheriff's office SWAT team so

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thank you for that uh born in Fort Worth

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graduated from Boswell High School um

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has three children one son two daughters

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here's some facts that no one um knows

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about him he was originally hired as a

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clerk and was assigned to be Captain Dan

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West secretary at the Green Bay

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facility um he is the first and only one

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in his family who is in law

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enforcement what he likes to do for fun

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he loves to play golf he enjoys

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traveling to new

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destinations uh when he can and when he

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has the money uh when the weather is

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right he loves to bass fish and he loves

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pretty much anything outdoors he has had

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a host of job titles with the county uh

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Clerk and confinement Jailer release

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desk Deputy Patrol Deputy SWAT operator

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narcotics detective emissions

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enforcement task force investigator

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Patrol Sergeant criminal investigations

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division Sergeant CID Lieutenant Patrol

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Lieutenant Patrol administrative

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Lieutenant CET lieutenant and SWAT

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Commander pretty remarkable um his most

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memorable moment there's so many to talk

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about but he was given a small tip uh

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about a drug situation on an individual

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that suspected of Distributing bulk

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marijuana as a result they developed

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probable cause and executed a search

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warrant on his residents yielding over

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600 lbs of marijuana and significant

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amounts of US

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currency um this was at the time the

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largest marijuana seizure in the

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narcotic unit's history there was a

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media release that aired before he could

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get home that day and as he walked in

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the door his oldest daughter called him

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the Dooby king after seeing it on the

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news he would later receive the

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commodation bar service award for this

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investigation quite a memory I'm sure

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what he likes the most is being a part

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of leadership and supporting the tarant

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county sheriff's office team members as

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they grow on their career paths and he

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loves to mentor and pass on all that he

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has learned uh thank you very much for

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your 25 years we appreciate

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next we have Michael

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Ford how are you sir good good thank you

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for being here he was born in Fort Worth

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25 years with us went to Western Hills

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High School has one daughter this is

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pretty cool a fact no one knows about

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him his grandfather wrote the song Walts

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across Texas that's pretty cool uh what

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does he like to do for fun gol and

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saltwater fishing um other job titles

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he's had he started with the jail when

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he was 19 years old since then he's had

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various assignments in the Patrol

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Division Narcotics Division warrant

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division judicial division uh EF task

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force and the criminal investigations

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division his most memorable moment he

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once watched a 16-year-old kid back his

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father's new truck and boat trailer into

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Ben Brook Lake he forgot to put it in

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park before getting out and he bet he

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has hasn't made the same mistake

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twice um what he likes most is having uh

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the privilege to help people when they

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need the help the most uh thank you for

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25 years Deputy 4 we appreciate

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you next we have Tracy

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Kirby is Tracy with

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us okay so Tracy is a Corporal and

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instructor born in Fort Worth went to

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Northside High School has five kids four

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girls and a

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boy so maybe there's hope for me and uh

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fact no one knows about him oh this is

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really cool uh he's been to 17 of the 32

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NFL stadiums I got to correct him

451
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there's 30 NFL stadiums because two

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teams share stadiums but he wants to

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visit all of them I I I want to do the

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same thing I've been I went to my 18th

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this year the Buffalo one uh very cool

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we're going to have to talk about that

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uh what what does he like to do for fun

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he enjoys cooking and training in

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu other job titles

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he's had with the county he started off

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as a tech one in the jail in 1999

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because he wasn't old enough to be a

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detention officer um he's been a

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background investigator a security

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control specialist he was promoted to

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senior specialist Corporal in the first

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group when the position was restructured

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uh working in booking for 15 years he

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moved over to housing as a floor super

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supervisor and he's currently the

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primary instructor for the jail Academy

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um Tracy I'm sorry well Tracy is a

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female Tracy's not here so not he she

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and she became the first female Hispanic

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instructor for the Sheriff's Office and

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what she likes the most is traveling and

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getting to experience different cultures

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and Cuisines Deputy Kirby thank you very

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much for your service for 25 years we

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appreciate you wherever you

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are all right next we have Michelle

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Sanders also with us 25 years she is a

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legal assistant with the mental health

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unit is Michelle

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here oh hi there did you think you were

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going to get away with not being

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standing up there all right she was born

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at Carswell Air Force based Hospital in

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Fort Worth I went to Polytech uh went to

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college at Taran County College and

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UTA uh has three kids two sons one

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daughter uh this is pretty cool a fact

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00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,480
that no one knows about her she was a

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00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,000
preey and weighed 2 lbs when she was

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born so pretty cool uh what does she

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like to do for fun shop till I drop then

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crawl fishing singing and spending time

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with family she has been a supervision

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clerk with cscd an Associate clerk with

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the District Clerk's Office a legal

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secretary with the DA's office and

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mental health coordinator with the DA's

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office her most memorable uh moment

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00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,480
showing up to work on a scheduled off

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day and working with her son Demarcus

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and daughter cristani for years while

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working with the county What She Likes

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00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,480
most meeting some very nice people

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00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,720
making friends along the way and she

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gets to retire to enjoy the backside of

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00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:18,519
her life with the husband of her youth

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00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:20,880
while she can still recognize

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him so thank you Michelle for 25

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00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:30,310
years

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00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,279
next we have Carl Cole is Carl with us

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hello Carl are you uh he is micro

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00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,760
Imaging scanner operator also born in

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00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,399
Fort Worth we got a run of Fort Worth

519
00:32:42,399 --> 00:32:45,399
folks today uh Brewer high school went

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00:32:45,399 --> 00:32:49,039
to college at un was it un when you went

521
00:32:49,039 --> 00:32:51,840
yes sir okay all right um fact no one

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00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,480
know oh this is cool in fact no one

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00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,559
knows about him he is a Hall of Fame

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00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:58,360
member

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00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,120
of the 1989 football team from Brewer

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High School very cool what did you play

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00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:05,679
I play defensive tackle excellent all

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00:33:05,679 --> 00:33:07,440
right what does he like to do for fun

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00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,600
read history and military books his most

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00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,240
memorable moment he participated in the

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00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,480
2015 Jingle Bell run as a member of the

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00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,960
county clerk's office he was stretching

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00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,679
getting gear ready doing all that that

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00:33:18,679 --> 00:33:21,519
you do and got a tap uh on the shoulder

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00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:25,600
from Mary Louise um that told him he had

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00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,840
just missed the start of the event

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00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,320
oh but he was Lumber uh what he likes

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00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,799
the most is to find humor in everyday

539
00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:36,960
occurrences Carl thank you very much for

540
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:44,350
25 years we appreciate

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00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:48,000
you next we have another 25 years Dr

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00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,760
Evette Windgate it's Dr Windgate here

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00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,919
hello there uh she is a Community Health

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00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:56,559
Equity and inclusion division manager

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00:33:56,559 --> 00:33:59,279
she was was born in Austin Texas uh her

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00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:01,919
High School St St Stevens Episcopal and

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00:34:01,919 --> 00:34:05,000
laner high school she went to college at

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00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,080
the University of Texas at Arlington

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00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,480
where she has degrees a master of public

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00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,159
administration Bachelor of Arts and

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00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:12,760
sociology and Bachelor of Arts in

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00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,639
criminal justice and

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00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:16,879
criminology she also went to Dallas

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00:34:16,879 --> 00:34:18,839
Baptist where she got a doctor of

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00:34:18,839 --> 00:34:20,720
education and educational leadership

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00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:22,320
which means she is probably the smartest

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00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:26,119
person in this room uh she has two uh

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00:34:26,119 --> 00:34:29,960
children to adult boys and her oldest

559
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,760
son is a former student athlete at UTA

560
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,280
her youngest son is a junior at Houston

561
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,200
tilletson University and a published

562
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,280
poet which I bet you're proud of them uh

563
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,520
fact no one knows about you I can see

564
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,320
this this pretty cool she trained in the

565
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,560
long jump to compete in the 1994

566
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:54,069
Olympics pretty

567
00:34:54,079 --> 00:34:56,599
cool what does she like to do for fun

568
00:34:56,599 --> 00:34:59,200
game night with her sons she has had

569
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,839
other titles with the county health

570
00:35:00,839 --> 00:35:02,800
educator health education coordinator

571
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,720
senior policy analyst and Health Equity

572
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:10,510
coordinator and her most memorable

573
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,839
moment she managed an award-winning

574
00:35:12,839 --> 00:35:14,720
nationally recognized program for teens

575
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:17,000
for 15 of its 20 years of existence teen

576
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,320
video Fest um the youth were exposed to

577
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,920
various aspects of Public Health

578
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,599
Community Based organizations and the

579
00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:26,079
professional world of video production

580
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:27,760
uh there was a competition those who

581
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,119
competed had to identify a health

582
00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:30,400
problem a solution and share health

583
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,599
statistics along with resources one of

584
00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:34,000
those years she hosted a show on the

585
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,400
Fort Worth cable channel to highlight

586
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,560
the winners one of the categories was

587
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,000
physical health and a team of two young

588
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,760
men were the winners one of them was

589
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,520
overweight and he told me that he was

590
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:43,880
glad that his teacher made his class

591
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,040
participate in teen video Fest he said

592
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,079
that because of what he learned while

593
00:35:47,079 --> 00:35:48,599
doing the research creating the video he

594
00:35:48,599 --> 00:35:50,000
decided to eat healthier and exercise

595
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
regularly he stated he understood the

596
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,200
importance of how this decision will

597
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:54,680
impact the health of future generations

598
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,160
and his family pretty cool uh what she

599
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:58,880
likes the most is being a servant leader

600
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,119
and being able to meet people where they

601
00:36:00,119 --> 00:36:01,920
are able to improve their quality of

602
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:10,829
life Dr Windgate thank you for your 25

603
00:36:10,839 --> 00:36:14,079
years all right next we move to 30 years

604
00:36:14,079 --> 00:36:18,069
Bobby D Harden

605
00:36:18,079 --> 00:36:20,960
Jr good afternoon sir 30 years good

606
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,440
morning it is birthplace Pasadena

607
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,200
California home of the Rose Bowl um went

608
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,960
to South Grand Prairie High School uh

609
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,560
went to uh college at UTA also has two

610
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:37,119
kids both daughters and uh they both

611
00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:39,160
this last year had babies so they became

612
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,040
grandparents two times uh this uh past

613
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,960
year in fact no one knows about him

614
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,800
everyone knows everything about me that

615
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,480
I want them to know I like it that's a

616
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,200
good answer you been my office you

617
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,440
wouldn't have gotten away with that but

618
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,599
you're okay uh what do you like to do

619
00:36:54,599 --> 00:36:57,880
for fun golf camping fishing in hunting

620
00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,960
watch old western movies and work on

621
00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:01,119
projects around the house what's your

622
00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:03,400
favorite old western

623
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,520
movie Jud Big Jake yep that's a good one

624
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,560
have you been to the John Wayne Museum

625
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,400
you should check it out it's very cool

626
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:12,880
uh what other job titles has he had with

627
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,000
the County Deputy field training officer

628
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,520
instructor judges Bay and tcla president

629
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:22,359
his most memorable moment as tcla

630
00:37:22,359 --> 00:37:24,240
president killing a bill that was going

631
00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:27,480
to alter tcdrs and our retirement

632
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,920
and what he likes the most besides the

633
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,480
people he works with having the

634
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,400
opportunity to do something significant

635
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,720
each and every day so thank you very

636
00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:39,480
much Deputy Harden for 30 years we

637
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:45,790
appreciate

638
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,359
you Captain Harden Captain Harden all

639
00:37:49,359 --> 00:37:52,760
right Floyd Heckman Jr is Floyd

640
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,599
here all

641
00:37:55,599 --> 00:38:00,440
right Floyd has been with us 35 years so

642
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,160
thank you for

643
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,400
that he was born in Easton Pennsylvania

644
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,560
for the baseball players out there yes

645
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,240
that is where the baseball bats come

646
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:12,720
from he went to Joshua High School uh he

647
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,920
got a Bachelor's degree and a master's

648
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,880
degree from Lamar University he has five

649
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,839
kids adopted four of them and he's been

650
00:38:20,839 --> 00:38:23,790
married for 32 years very

651
00:38:23,790 --> 00:38:25,520
[Applause]

652
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,079
coolow

653
00:38:27,079 --> 00:38:29,480
fact no one knows about him he's a huge

654
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,000
fan of Rush what's your favorite Rush

655
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,760
song that's mine too all right good what

656
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:37,839
does he like to do for fun family he

657
00:38:37,839 --> 00:38:39,359
just loves spending time with his family

658
00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:42,880
doing things for his family um and he is

659
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,760
a big advocate of anything that is uh

660
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,480
helping autistic kids or adults anything

661
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,359
autism related he's a big advocate for

662
00:38:52,359 --> 00:38:53,720
other job titles he's had with the

663
00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:55,200
county he's worked in the training

664
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,880
academy started in the jail he's done

665
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,440
Patrol he's done Internal Affairs he's

666
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,560
done SWAT he's done undercover in

667
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,920
Narcotics he's he's been all over the

668
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,839
agency his most memorable

669
00:39:06,839 --> 00:39:12,560
moment uh he helped a lady find her kids

670
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,640
who had been kidnapped and they had been

671
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,800
gone over 2 and A2

672
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,160
years um what yeah that's worth a round

673
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:25,430
of

674
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,000
applause

675
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,920
and uh those two kids one of them is now

676
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:32,040
a rocket

677
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,280
scientist and one of them is a very

678
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,599
successful businesswoman two two girls

679
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:39,440
and he's he's followed them to see how

680
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,040
they're doing which is pretty cool and

681
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,000
then another very remember moment was an

682
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,920
active shooter situation he was involved

683
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,400
in something that I noticed about uh

684
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,520
Captain Heckman is he really does have a

685
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,119
heart of gold a heart of service he also

686
00:39:53,119 --> 00:39:55,720
served in the US Army thank you very

687
00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,240
much Floyd for 35 years with tant County

688
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:05,069
We Appreciate

689
00:40:05,079 --> 00:40:07,560
You Now last year if I remember

690
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:11,240
correctly we only had two people that

691
00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:13,960
this applied to I mean one person this

692
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,680
applied to somebody that had been here

693
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,680
40 years and she worked in public health

694
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,040
y'all may youall may know who she is

695
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,640
today we have two people celebrating

696
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,920
their 40th anniversary with tarant

697
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,200
County which is unbelievable when you

698
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,960
get right down to it so uh James where

699
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,400
are you James

700
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:41,069
Mich cor hello did I get that

701
00:40:41,079 --> 00:40:50,550
right I don't think you'll heard me 40

702
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,280
years he is a bayth in County court at

703
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:56,480
law number one born in cane Pennsylvania

704
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,319
went to high school in Pennsylvania uh

705
00:40:59,319 --> 00:41:01,560
went to college at New Mexico State

706
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,119
University uh University of Pennsylvania

707
00:41:05,119 --> 00:41:08,119
and University of Houston uh has one

708
00:41:08,119 --> 00:41:10,560
daughter and this even deserves a bigger

709
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,359
round of applause this month he will

710
00:41:13,359 --> 00:41:23,150
have been married to his wife for 56

711
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,760
years this is really cool a fact no one

712
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,440
knows about him his final reenlistment

713
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,520
in the US Air Force the oath of offic

714
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,119
the oath of office was administered by

715
00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:35,359
an army officer which doesn't happen all

716
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,280
that often but that officer was his

717
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,910
daughter so very

718
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,079
cool he loves to travel loves to fish

719
00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:47,440
loves sports other job titles he's had

720
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,079
with the county started in

721
00:41:49,079 --> 00:41:52,160
Patrol um he's worked the release desk

722
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:53,760
classification grievance and

723
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,000
disciplinary bayth and then he's now

724
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,800
he's he's a judge's bayth his most

725
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:01,119
memorable moment um and not necessarily

726
00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:03,000
the most memorable but the most serious

727
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,200
when an individual came into the

728
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,359
courtroom and fatally shot an individual

729
00:42:06,359 --> 00:42:08,440
in judge Mills Court when he was there

730
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,200
to testify on another issue I'm sure

731
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,400
that's something you don't forget easily

732
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,440
and stays with you forever um he just

733
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,119
wanted to remind folks that shootings

734
00:42:17,119 --> 00:42:19,720
can happen do happen be on guard Be

735
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,720
watchful what he likes the most tant

736
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,040
county is a great place to work he has

737
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,640
worked the last 13 years and nine days

738
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,359
today for judge Don Pearson in County

739
00:42:30,359 --> 00:42:33,319
court at Law at the 1895 courthouse in

740
00:42:33,319 --> 00:42:34,960
his opinion it's the best Courthouse to

741
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,280
work in in tarant county and best of all

742
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,160
he works with a great group of people

743
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:51,069
James thank you very much for 40

744
00:42:51,079 --> 00:42:54,720
years when uh I'm done with the next one

745
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,720
I would like you James and our next one

746
00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:58,720
to come up to the podium so we can all

747
00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:00,480
take a picture with you that you get

748
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,319
that after 40 years so you get that's an

749
00:43:03,319 --> 00:43:05,559
incentive to hang on another

750
00:43:05,559 --> 00:43:08,760
15 all right our final one to recognize

751
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:22,309
today 40 years an

752
00:43:22,319 --> 00:43:25,760
Diamond so she is an assistant district

753
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,599
attorney in the Civil Division uh she

754
00:43:28,599 --> 00:43:30,359
was born in Illinois went to high school

755
00:43:30,359 --> 00:43:31,880
in Illinois went to college and law

756
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,960
school at Illinois uh she got an MBA

757
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,520
from UTA via the County's tuition

758
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,119
reimbursement program and yes it has

759
00:43:40,119 --> 00:43:43,680
been useful on the job um no kids but

760
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,160
blessed with multiple nieces nephews

761
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:49,319
Grand nieces Grand nephews fact no one

762
00:43:49,319 --> 00:43:53,640
knows about her her brothers and an they

763
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,880
spoke French as small children at home

764
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:58,760
French was her mother's first language

765
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,280
pretty cool her brothers and her

766
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,200
promptly refused to speak French once

767
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:04,839
they went to elementary school where all

768
00:44:04,839 --> 00:44:06,960
the other kids only spoke English and

769
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:08,960
she has forgotten most of her

770
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,440
French uh what she likes to do for fun

771
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,920
hang out with friends and have great

772
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,040
conversations uh other titles she has

773
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:18,760
had with the county she has always been

774
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,920
an assistant criminal district attorney

775
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,200
40 years that's very cool uh I won't put

776
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:25,599
you on the spot and ask how much longer

777
00:44:25,599 --> 00:44:26,520
you're going to do it but I'm going to

778
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,440
ask you privately cuz that's a that's a

779
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,440
incredible run most memorable moment uh

780
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:33,640
so many moments good and bad the one

781
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:35,079
moment that has had the most instant

782
00:44:35,079 --> 00:44:36,760
lasting impact on her was a difficult

783
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,559
one the 1992 fatal shooting in the old

784
00:44:39,559 --> 00:44:41,440
court of appeals courtroom and the Old

785
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:45,640
Courthouse where a fellow uh criminal

786
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:46,920
district attorney Chris Marshall and

787
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:48,920
another lawyer died other people she

788
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:50,839
knew were wounded that day forever

789
00:44:50,839 --> 00:44:53,000
changed her uh there have been great

790
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,520
moments too but that day is the one that

791
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,880
stands out the most

792
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,839
uh what she likes the most two things

793
00:44:58,839 --> 00:45:00,319
the people she has worked with both at

794
00:45:00,319 --> 00:45:02,559
the cda's office and with other County

795
00:45:02,559 --> 00:45:05,160
offices are amazing as to the cda's

796
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:06,559
office the Civil Division team members

797
00:45:06,559 --> 00:45:07,920
are some of the most talented attorneys

798
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:09,920
and best human beings you will ever meet

799
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:11,480
and it has been great working with them

800
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,319
over these decades she truly appreciates

801
00:45:14,319 --> 00:45:16,079
the opportunity to continually learn new

802
00:45:16,079 --> 00:45:18,000
aspects of Law and apply that knowledge

803
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:21,559
to resolve complex uh legal problems

804
00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:23,240
ideally without inadvertently creating a

805
00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:25,280
new problem and she says the County

806
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,559
employee benefit are great never

807
00:45:27,559 --> 00:45:29,400
underestimate the importance of great

808
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,760
employee benefits so an thank you so

809
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:42,069
much for your 40

810
00:45:42,079 --> 00:45:44,680
years I will entertain a motion to

811
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,520
receive and file the employee

812
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,160
recognition so Mo second I have a motion

813
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,720
in a second please cast your

814
00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:54,599
vote all right passes unanimously and

815
00:45:54,599 --> 00:45:56,440
Ann and James if you'll join us up front

816
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,820
please let's take a picture with

817
00:45:59,830 --> 00:46:24,790
[Music]

818
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:54,790
everybody ask for St

819
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:58,810
about

820
00:46:58,820 --> 00:47:24,710
[Music]

821
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:33,130
having

822
00:47:33,140 --> 00:47:47,640
[Music]

823
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:54,710
you got

824
00:47:54,720 --> 00:48:05,390
picture

825
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:24,030
[Music]

826
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:28,030
for any employees that do not

827
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:32,210
no I it's just

828
00:48:32,210 --> 00:48:54,589
[Music]

829
00:48:54,599 --> 00:48:59,220
unexpect

830
00:48:59,230 --> 00:49:24,510
[Music]

831
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:30,810
in

832
00:49:30,820 --> 00:49:46,990
[Music]

833
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,350
all right where are

834
00:49:48,350 --> 00:49:49,760
[Music]

835
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:51,839
we that's

836
00:49:51,839 --> 00:49:54,200
right all right as we continue the

837
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:57,000
meeting next up up on the agenda is a

838
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,119
memorial resolution um this is presented

839
00:50:00,119 --> 00:50:01,480
by commissioner

840
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:04,880
Simmons and uh commissioner Brooks this

841
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,079
is a joint

842
00:50:08,079 --> 00:50:11,599
resolution um and before I turn it over

843
00:50:11,599 --> 00:50:15,839
to commissioner Brooks I um want to

844
00:50:15,839 --> 00:50:20,079
say that I had the opportunity to uh

845
00:50:20,079 --> 00:50:23,160
attend congresswoman Eddie Bernice

846
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,160
Johnson's uh wake last

847
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:27,960
evening

848
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:33,720
and I had observed her service for

849
00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:36,480
decades um but there was a lot I did not

850
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:40,480
know uh and so attending the Wake was uh

851
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:41,599
very eye

852
00:50:41,599 --> 00:50:44,160
openening um and I first had the

853
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,559
opportunity to work with her in

854
00:50:46,559 --> 00:50:49,119
2015 uh we worked together to put a

855
00:50:49,119 --> 00:50:53,200
symposium together and um so I got to

856
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,760
know her well then and I appreciate all

857
00:50:56,760 --> 00:51:00,040
that she has done uh the inspiration

858
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:03,079
that she has been for me and others and

859
00:51:03,079 --> 00:51:05,480
so uh commissioner Brooks and I thought

860
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:09,559
it would be fitting um for us to present

861
00:51:09,559 --> 00:51:10,960
a

862
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:14,000
resolution uh in honor of her work and

863
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:20,680
her life um so there you go thank you

864
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:23,480
commissioner if I may read the

865
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:27,119
resolution into the record

866
00:51:27,119 --> 00:51:28,680
Memorial

867
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:32,599
resolution honoring The Life and

868
00:51:32,599 --> 00:51:35,240
Legacy of us

869
00:51:35,240 --> 00:51:39,760
congresswoman Eddie Bernice

870
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:41,359
Johnson

871
00:51:41,359 --> 00:51:45,640
whereas Eddie Bernice Johnson a retired

872
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:49,000
member of the United States House of

873
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,680
Representatives was born December

874
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:54,359
3rd

875
00:51:54,359 --> 00:51:57,040
1934 in wo

876
00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:02,040
Texas and whereas M Johnson during a

877
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,799
time of segregation in the United States

878
00:52:05,799 --> 00:52:08,960
earned a nursing certificate at St

879
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:12,400
Mary's College in

880
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:16,319
1955 and a Nursing degree at Texas

881
00:52:16,319 --> 00:52:17,640
Christian

882
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,150
University in

883
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:25,480
1967 and whereas Miss Johnson began and

884
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:28,799
her professional career in

885
00:52:28,799 --> 00:52:32,720
1956 at the Dallas Veterans Affairs

886
00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:36,160
Medical Center in Dallas Texas and

887
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:39,160
became the hospital's first

888
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:43,640
africanamerican Chief psychiatric nurse

889
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:48,119
and whereas Miss Johnson won a seat in

890
00:52:48,119 --> 00:52:52,520
the Texas House of Representatives in

891
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:56,799
1972 72 because becoming the first black

892
00:52:56,799 --> 00:53:00,359
woman in north Texas to be elected to

893
00:53:00,359 --> 00:53:03,920
public office and a seat in the Texas

894
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:05,599
Senate in

895
00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:08,880
1986 becoming the first AF

896
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:13,839
africanamerican Texas Senator since

897
00:53:13,839 --> 00:53:17,720
reconstruction and whereas M Johnson was

898
00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:20,799
elected to the United States House of

899
00:53:20,799 --> 00:53:23,040
Representatives in

900
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:27,559
1992 becoming the first registered nurse

901
00:53:27,559 --> 00:53:31,559
to hold a seat in Congress and whereas

902
00:53:31,559 --> 00:53:35,799
during her esteemed tenure congresswoman

903
00:53:35,799 --> 00:53:39,720
Johnson became the first woman to chair

904
00:53:39,720 --> 00:53:44,359
the house committee on science space and

905
00:53:44,359 --> 00:53:47,520
technology and whereas congresswoman

906
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:51,040
Johnson served on the house committee on

907
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:52,960
transportation and

908
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,559
infrastructure where she secured more

909
00:53:55,559 --> 00:54:00,040
than $1 billion doar in Appropriations

910
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:01,359
for North

911
00:54:01,359 --> 00:54:05,720
Texas and whereas congresswoman Johnson

912
00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:09,680
represented Texas's 30th congressional

913
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,960
district whose

914
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:15,319
boundaries originally included parts of

915
00:54:15,319 --> 00:54:19,079
parent County for 30 years before

916
00:54:19,079 --> 00:54:22,720
retiring in January

917
00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:25,920
2023 and whereas

918
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:27,799
on December

919
00:54:27,799 --> 00:54:30,000
31st

920
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:35,960
2023 congresswoman Johnson a Pioneer

921
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:37,640
Trailblazer

922
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:42,440
humanitarian and social justice Advocate

923
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:46,520
died after her brief illness devastating

924
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:48,240
her

925
00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:51,240
family constituents of her former

926
00:54:51,240 --> 00:54:54,680
district and peers and communities

927
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:56,920
across acoss the United

928
00:54:56,920 --> 00:55:00,839
States now therefore be it

929
00:55:00,839 --> 00:55:03,599
resolved that we the Commissioners Court

930
00:55:03,599 --> 00:55:08,119
of Taran County do hereby honor The Life

931
00:55:08,119 --> 00:55:12,200
and Legacy of the gentle lady Eddie

932
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,960
Bernice Johnson a strong and valued

933
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:20,359
leader and call upon all citizens to

934
00:55:20,359 --> 00:55:23,880
celebrate her enduring achievements in

935
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:25,680
public service

936
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,680
in witness whereof we have here and to

937
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,640
set our hands and caused the Seal of

938
00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:35,480
Taran County to be affixed this ninth

939
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:39,480
day of January

940
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:44,260
2024 and just as an

941
00:55:44,270 --> 00:55:45,920
[Music]

942
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:49,160
aside I have known Eddie Bernice Johnson

943
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:53,000
since she was elected to the Texas

944
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:58,270
legislature in 196

945
00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:00,880
72 in her

946
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:04,200
passing Texas has

947
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,880
lost a valuable

948
00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:11,520
resource and through this

949
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:18,430
resolution we extend our

950
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:22,359
prayers to her family and to the very

951
00:56:22,359 --> 00:56:26,200
many people across District

952
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:29,160
30 and

953
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:30,880
Texas

954
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:36,280
for a a life well

955
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,160
lived I move approval of acceptance of

956
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:41,599
this resolution I'll second on the

957
00:56:41,599 --> 00:56:43,960
motion all right we have a motion in a

958
00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:47,160
second uh any discussion please cast

959
00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:49,510
your

960
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:51,960
vote all right passes unanimously thank

961
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,839
you for that our next resolution

962
00:56:54,839 --> 00:56:57,240
position is uh will be presented by

963
00:56:57,240 --> 00:57:00,599
commissioner Simmons thank

964
00:57:00,599 --> 00:57:04,200
you this is uh presented to the

965
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,359
Arlington Martin Luther King Jr

966
00:57:06,359 --> 00:57:08,359
celebration committee

967
00:57:08,359 --> 00:57:12,440
Incorporated on its 35th

968
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:15,359
Anniversary I do think we have folks

969
00:57:15,359 --> 00:57:18,960
here from that celebration committee

970
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:22,920
let's see okay I see you Aaron and

971
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:26,319
Pastor um Jo

972
00:57:26,319 --> 00:57:28,400
um so I'll read the resolution and I'll

973
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:30,319
ask you to come up and uh we'll take

974
00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:31,400
some

975
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:34,039
pictures whereas the Arlington Martin

976
00:57:34,039 --> 00:57:36,720
Luther King Jr celebration committee

977
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:39,720
Incorporated was formed in

978
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:43,119
1989 when representatives from Arlington

979
00:57:43,119 --> 00:57:46,799
businesses faith-based group groups

980
00:57:46,799 --> 00:57:48,839
cultural and educational

981
00:57:48,839 --> 00:57:51,960
organizations joined to create a unique

982
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,240
and special tribute to Dr King and to

983
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:57,280
honor his dream and whereas the

984
00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:00,960
inaugural celebration was held in

985
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,799
1990 and featured three days of

986
00:58:03,799 --> 00:58:07,839
activities and attracted nearly 1,000

987
00:58:07,839 --> 00:58:12,440
participants and whereas 35 years later

988
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:14,039
the celebration

989
00:58:14,039 --> 00:58:17,280
continues as a collaboration between the

990
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:19,960
City of Arlington Arlington Independent

991
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:22,839
School District University of Texas at

992
00:58:22,839 --> 00:58:25,520
Arlington tarant County College

993
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:28,640
Southeast Campus and the Arlington

994
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:31,440
Ministerial Association and has grown to

995
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:37,200
serve more than 6,000 people and whereas

996
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,960
since its Inception the MLK observances

997
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:43,960
continue to evolve and now spans 4 days

998
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:47,240
and includes the 2024

999
00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:51,799
MLK advancing the dream Gayla MLK step

1000
00:58:51,799 --> 00:58:55,319
show and talent showcase MLK poetry

1001
00:58:55,319 --> 00:59:00,000
meets Jazz MLK Hubert Moss acumenical

1002
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:03,920
service the zeev strong Jr MLK Day of

1003
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:07,720
Service ml MLK day of uh service

1004
00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:10,440
Festival MLK youth

1005
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:14,520
Extravaganza and MLK historical timeline

1006
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:18,319
exhibit and whereas the celebration

1007
00:59:18,319 --> 00:59:22,160
exemplifies Dr King's vision and purpose

1008
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:24,720
encouraging positive interactions and

1009
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:27,640
and character development while bringing

1010
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:30,640
all communities together to advance the

1011
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:34,160
American dream and there is no other

1012
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:37,079
event in the nation that honors Dr King

1013
00:59:37,079 --> 00:59:41,480
the way Arlington the Arlington way and

1014
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:43,799
whereas the Arlington Dr Martin Luther

1015
00:59:43,799 --> 00:59:46,319
King Jr celebration success is due to

1016
00:59:46,319 --> 00:59:48,680
the committee's dedication to keeping Dr

1017
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:51,559
King's Vision alive and inspiring others

1018
00:59:51,559 --> 00:59:54,880
to fulfill their dreams now therefore or

1019
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:56,039
be it resolved that we the

1020
00:59:56,039 --> 00:59:58,240
Commissioner's Court of Taran County do

1021
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:01,559
hereby recognize and congratulate the

1022
01:00:01,559 --> 01:00:03,680
Arlington Martin Luther King Jr

1023
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,240
celebration committee incorporated as

1024
01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:09,319
they commemorate 35 years of preserving

1025
01:00:09,319 --> 01:00:11,760
the legacy of Dr King and the

1026
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:14,839
significance of his inspiring work

1027
01:00:14,839 --> 01:00:17,799
further we encourage all citizens to

1028
01:00:17,799 --> 01:00:21,240
attend and enjoy the festivities of the

1029
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:24,119
2024 Arlington advancing the dream

1030
01:00:24,119 --> 01:00:27,000
celebration that begins this Friday

1031
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:29,520
January 12th

1032
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:32,720
2024 in witness whereof we have here

1033
01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:35,480
unto set our hands and cause the Seal of

1034
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:39,240
teren County to be affixed this 9th day

1035
01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:41,680
of January

1036
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:45,599
20124 all right uh I move approval of

1037
01:00:45,599 --> 01:00:48,119
acceptance of this resolution all right

1038
01:00:48,119 --> 01:00:49,680
we have a motion in a second to approve

1039
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:52,240
the resolution any discussion right

1040
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:53,520
please cast your

1041
01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:56,960
vote all right passes unanimously okay

1042
01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:57,920
picture

1043
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:02,240
time so we have let me see we

1044
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:06,319
have okay Dr Aon parales from Arlington

1045
01:01:06,319 --> 01:01:07,680
Independent School District what's your

1046
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:09,760
title now Aon because you've been up up

1047
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:11,160
I'm the executive director of Engagement

1048
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:13,200
equity and access with Arlington I and I

1049
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:15,240
have the honor of serving as the chair

1050
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:17,160
of the celebration committee this year

1051
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:20,000
okay did you want to add anything just

1052
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:21,240
on behalf of the 4-day celebration

1053
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:23,200
committee I like to thank joj joare

1054
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:25,480
commissioner Simmons and and additional

1055
01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:27,039
Commissioners for this resolution and

1056
01:01:27,039 --> 01:01:29,520
recognition and do invite our tan County

1057
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:31,280
Community to come out and celebrate the

1058
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:33,480
life of Legacy with of Dr Mark Lu King

1059
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:37,160
with us this week okay thank you and we

1060
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:39,599
have Pastor Jones with us are you still

1061
01:01:39,599 --> 01:01:41,960
president of the Arlington ministerial

1062
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:44,599
Alliance yes sir and president of the

1063
01:01:44,599 --> 01:01:45,640
Arlington

1064
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:49,280
NAACP yes sir and uh you serve on this

1065
01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:52,559
committee yes I do absolutely and are

1066
01:01:52,559 --> 01:01:54,880
you over The ecumenical service on

1067
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:58,520
Sunday yes I am okay he's the speaker

1068
01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:01,720
I'll be there and I'd like to invite all

1069
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:04,119
of you to come out for this occasion

1070
01:02:04,119 --> 01:02:07,160
especially since it was uh been this is

1071
01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:10,920
the 35th Anniversary and what we uh like

1072
01:02:10,920 --> 01:02:14,720
to uh reflect on greatly in Arlington is

1073
01:02:14,720 --> 01:02:18,960
that Dr King was a member of the clergy

1074
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:21,760
he started out as a Baptist preacher and

1075
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:25,039
so especially the uh am May the arm

1076
01:02:25,039 --> 01:02:27,720
Ministry Association and engage all

1077
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:30,559
takes a special pride in this year's

1078
01:02:30,559 --> 01:02:32,799
celebration and we' like to invite all

1079
01:02:32,799 --> 01:02:34,839
of you out for The ecumenical services

1080
01:02:34,839 --> 01:02:38,000
at Trinity United Methodist Church uh

1081
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:41,039
5:30 on Sunday afternoon where all of

1082
01:02:41,039 --> 01:02:43,960
you will be honored for being there

1083
01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:46,079
thank you who's The Speaker uh the

1084
01:02:46,079 --> 01:02:50,079
speaker is the uh Bishop of the north uh

1085
01:02:50,079 --> 01:02:52,720
Texas and Central Conference of the

1086
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:55,319
United Methodist uh Church Dr Reuben

1087
01:02:55,319 --> 01:02:56,799
signs

1088
01:02:56,799 --> 01:02:58,070
okay all

1089
01:02:58,070 --> 01:03:00,880
[Music]

1090
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:14,790
right we have

1091
01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:22,760
[Music]

1092
01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:26,990
two here the next

1093
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:28,480
[Music]

1094
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,119
I'm fixing after some of the stuff I

1095
01:03:31,119 --> 01:03:53,269
can't read

1096
01:03:53,279 --> 01:04:00,589
anymore

1097
01:04:00,599 --> 01:04:02,160
all right thank you gentlemen for being

1098
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:05,000
here uh the next item on our agenda is a

1099
01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:07,039
proclamation uh be presented by

1100
01:04:07,039 --> 01:04:09,760
commissioner Ramirez yes thank you um

1101
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:11,680
with us to accept this Proclamation is

1102
01:04:11,680 --> 01:04:15,000
Bishop Keith akan and father Rich stogin

1103
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:18,079
from the Anglican dases of forworth um

1104
01:04:18,079 --> 01:04:20,200
this is a proclamation honoring the life

1105
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:21,799
and the legacy of Reverend Dr Martin

1106
01:04:21,799 --> 01:04:24,559
Luther King Jr whereas the Life and

1107
01:04:24,559 --> 01:04:26,400
Legacy of Reverend Dr Martin Luther King

1108
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:29,039
Jr has left an indelible mark on the

1109
01:04:29,039 --> 01:04:31,160
fabric of our nation promoting Liberty

1110
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:33,599
Justice and unity and whereas Martin

1111
01:04:33,599 --> 01:04:35,440
Luther King's iconic I Have a Dream

1112
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:38,279
speech continues to resonate inspiring

1113
01:04:38,279 --> 01:04:40,760
generations to strive for a society

1114
01:04:40,760 --> 01:04:42,720
built on Justice impartiality

1115
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:44,960
Brotherhood and instilled the wisdom

1116
01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:46,640
that individuals shall be judged by the

1117
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:49,240
content of their character and whereas

1118
01:04:49,240 --> 01:04:50,920
in recognition of his unparalleled

1119
01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:53,200
contributions to civil rights and his

1120
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:55,160
tireless advocacy in

1121
01:04:55,160 --> 01:04:57,720
1983 President Ronald Reagan signed into

1122
01:04:57,720 --> 01:04:59,520
law the designation of the third Monday

1123
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,440
in January as a Federal holiday in honor

1124
01:05:02,440 --> 01:05:04,880
of Martin Luther King Jr's birthday and

1125
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:07,000
whereas in celebrating the birthday of

1126
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:08,680
Martin Luther King Jr we honor an

1127
01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:10,839
American who recognized the great

1128
01:05:10,839 --> 01:05:12,599
Injustice of segregation and

1129
01:05:12,599 --> 01:05:14,720
discrimination and made his life's

1130
01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:17,200
purpose to write these wrongs in favor

1131
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:19,839
of Freedom fairness and Reconciliation

1132
01:05:19,839 --> 01:05:22,400
and whereas Dr King rejected violence

1133
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:24,200
relying instead on his eloquence and the

1134
01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:26,520
moral force of his convictions changing

1135
01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:29,119
not only laws but hearts and minds and

1136
01:05:29,119 --> 01:05:32,000
whereas on January 15th

1137
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,440
2024 the Anglican dases dasis of Fort

1138
01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:37,720
Worth is hosting its inaugural mass for

1139
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:40,599
MLK at St Vincent's Anglican cathedral

1140
01:05:40,599 --> 01:05:43,279
representing more than 10,000 members

1141
01:05:43,279 --> 01:05:46,000
and whereas we encourage others to stand

1142
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:47,720
with the Anglican dicese of Fort Worth

1143
01:05:47,720 --> 01:05:50,559
in remembering the words of Dr King the

1144
01:05:50,559 --> 01:05:52,240
ultimate measure of a man is not where

1145
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:53,680
he stands in moments of comfort and

1146
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:54,839
convenience

1147
01:05:54,839 --> 01:05:56,400
but where he stands at times of

1148
01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:59,240
Challenge and controversy let us unite

1149
01:05:59,240 --> 01:06:00,960
and be true to the American dream he

1150
01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:03,799
loved and strived for and now therefore

1151
01:06:03,799 --> 01:06:05,799
be it resolved that we the Commissioners

1152
01:06:05,799 --> 01:06:08,240
Court of Taran County do here Bri

1153
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:11,960
Proclaim Monday January 15th 2024 is a

1154
01:06:11,960 --> 01:06:14,160
day of reflection and Tribute to The

1155
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:16,440
Life and Legacy of Dr Reverend Reverend

1156
01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:19,079
Dr Martin Luther King Jr in witness

1157
01:06:19,079 --> 01:06:21,079
whereof we have here unto set our hands

1158
01:06:21,079 --> 01:06:22,680
and caused the Seal of Taran County to

1159
01:06:22,680 --> 01:06:25,839
be affixed this 9th day of January 2024

1160
01:06:25,839 --> 01:06:27,000
i' move for

1161
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:29,039
approval all right we have a motion in a

1162
01:06:29,039 --> 01:06:31,799
second any discussion here I please cast

1163
01:06:31,799 --> 01:06:33,880
your

1164
01:06:33,880 --> 01:06:37,880
vote passes unanimously father stogin um

1165
01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:39,400
Bishop aeran if you would please come

1166
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:40,760
forward if you have anything to add to

1167
01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:43,400
that I would love to hear some

1168
01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:45,319
words first of all thank you judge

1169
01:06:45,319 --> 01:06:46,599
O'Hare County Commissioners and

1170
01:06:46,599 --> 01:06:47,799
particularly this morning commissioner

1171
01:06:47,799 --> 01:06:50,279
raris uh the bishop has asked me to say

1172
01:06:50,279 --> 01:06:52,880
a few words before he renders a a

1173
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:56,520
blessing and words of appreciation as a

1174
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:57,480
uh

1175
01:06:57,480 --> 01:07:00,920
22y old who had come who was born in

1176
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:02,319
Texas and had gone to University of

1177
01:07:02,319 --> 01:07:04,799
Wisconsin River Falls matriculated to

1178
01:07:04,799 --> 01:07:07,359
the gam Theological Seminary in all in

1179
01:07:07,359 --> 01:07:11,240
um Atlanta Georgia I went to 334 Aubin

1180
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:13,960
Avenue and there I met the third

1181
01:07:13,960 --> 01:07:16,039
President of thec the Southern Christian

1182
01:07:16,039 --> 01:07:18,440
leadership conference who was a founder

1183
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:20,520
of that organization he invited me

1184
01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:22,559
eventually to his office and I didn't

1185
01:07:22,559 --> 01:07:24,880
realize in the beginning but then as I

1186
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:28,520
sat there I saw several books I saw

1187
01:07:28,520 --> 01:07:31,039
several shelves but the chair was

1188
01:07:31,039 --> 01:07:32,760
different and so were the some of the

1189
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:35,200
photos it was the office of Martin

1190
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:37,920
Luther King Jr and I worked for them as

1191
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:41,240
an undercover operative forc while in

1192
01:07:41,240 --> 01:07:43,839
seminary and then moved to kesco

1193
01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:45,480
Mississippi where I lived across the

1194
01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:48,119
street my family and I at the time from

1195
01:07:48,119 --> 01:07:50,680
the Grand Dragon of the cuas clan and I

1196
01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:54,079
called upon SCC and Dr low and a team to

1197
01:07:54,079 --> 01:07:55,720
help us with some of the issues that we

1198
01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:58,119
were doing and as a Baptist educated

1199
01:07:58,119 --> 01:08:00,720
Minister that he was and I never met Dr

1200
01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:02,880
King but I met his father I met his

1201
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:05,319
widow I met his children I met his

1202
01:08:05,319 --> 01:08:08,000
nieces and nephews and I met Julian bun

1203
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,680
I met those people and they were very

1204
01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:12,920
interesting commissioner rarez as you

1205
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:17,000
read so eloquently about moral standards

1206
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:19,520
and about being about family and about

1207
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:22,199
Justice for All Americans and so this

1208
01:08:22,199 --> 01:08:24,719
this morning on this very glorious day I

1209
01:08:24,719 --> 01:08:26,679
wanted to share those quick stories with

1210
01:08:26,679 --> 01:08:28,359
you to let you know that I had a

1211
01:08:28,359 --> 01:08:30,199
personal interest and a personal

1212
01:08:30,199 --> 01:08:32,880
involvement and they taught me about the

1213
01:08:32,880 --> 01:08:35,960
necessity of having moral standards and

1214
01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:39,400
not being uh people who were pickle but

1215
01:08:39,400 --> 01:08:42,839
people who stood in moral situations

1216
01:08:42,839 --> 01:08:45,759
that are not always easy as we witness

1217
01:08:45,759 --> 01:08:48,480
sometimes in our County and so with that

1218
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:50,600
I want to thank you all for rendering us

1219
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:52,640
the opportunity to breathe This

1220
01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:54,759
Magnificent um

1221
01:08:54,759 --> 01:08:56,759
uh Proclamation and I want to thank the

1222
01:08:56,759 --> 01:08:58,279
staff your staff particularly

1223
01:08:58,279 --> 01:09:00,759
commissioner raris for being very uh

1224
01:09:00,759 --> 01:09:03,920
very very engaged in this whole process

1225
01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:05,799
and I want to thank the people for doing

1226
01:09:05,799 --> 01:09:08,120
this because this is an honor and we

1227
01:09:08,120 --> 01:09:11,120
give you uh our praise with that I would

1228
01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:13,920
like to introduce Bishop Keith aaman our

1229
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:16,440
suffering Bishop of the Anglican dasis

1230
01:09:16,440 --> 01:09:18,560
of Fort

1231
01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:21,279
Worth thank you very much it's a great

1232
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:24,040
privilege to be with all of you and to

1233
01:09:24,040 --> 01:09:27,120
new friendships and relationships and

1234
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:29,600
likewise to be able to make new ones on

1235
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:32,120
a very personal note I'm the priest who

1236
01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:34,520
was called in over three decades ago to

1237
01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:37,679
anoint the bodies of those uh attorneys

1238
01:09:37,679 --> 01:09:40,799
who were shot and killed and I had the

1239
01:09:40,799 --> 01:09:42,759
privilege of being able to minister to

1240
01:09:42,759 --> 01:09:45,440
all the families there the survivors and

1241
01:09:45,440 --> 01:09:48,040
the staff so this is a very special

1242
01:09:48,040 --> 01:09:50,520
moment for me because that time I was

1243
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:53,319
able to see Taran County come together

1244
01:09:53,319 --> 01:09:55,880
and to be able to take care of what was

1245
01:09:55,880 --> 01:10:00,679
important in a very special way so thank

1246
01:10:00,679 --> 01:10:05,400
you I also uh am very honored because as

1247
01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:07,520
president of the Arlington Ministerial

1248
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:11,120
Association 20 years ago uh we started

1249
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:13,440
what you heard about earlier and I am

1250
01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:15,440
thrilled that this has continued to be

1251
01:10:15,440 --> 01:10:17,960
the case thank you that says a great

1252
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:19,920
deal about all of you who are present

1253
01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:22,440
here and I can never thank you enough so

1254
01:10:22,440 --> 01:10:25,360
it is with great joy that I'm able to on

1255
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:28,640
behalf of the dicese of Fort Worth

1256
01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:29,960
accept this

1257
01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:32,400
remarkable um these remarkable words

1258
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:35,239
have been articulated but also with the

1259
01:10:35,239 --> 01:10:37,520
promise to let you know that for us it's

1260
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:40,400
not merely a matter of receiving uh the

1261
01:10:40,400 --> 01:10:42,800
recognition of doing this but rather

1262
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:45,360
that is purely symbolic of the ministry

1263
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:48,719
and our resolve to make sure that those

1264
01:10:48,719 --> 01:10:50,679
things which have divided people in the

1265
01:10:50,679 --> 01:10:53,679
past will not divide people anymore and

1266
01:10:53,679 --> 01:10:56,840
as we worship uh the one true God let us

1267
01:10:56,840 --> 01:10:59,640
pray Mighty and everlasting God we thank

1268
01:10:59,640 --> 01:11:02,360
you for loving us so much that you allow

1269
01:11:02,360 --> 01:11:06,920
us to live in places where we can serve

1270
01:11:06,920 --> 01:11:10,159
you where your name can be

1271
01:11:10,159 --> 01:11:13,320
uttered where we can join

1272
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:15,480
together where we can be brought

1273
01:11:15,480 --> 01:11:18,320
together by those things which unite

1274
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:21,159
us and we thank you Lord for putting

1275
01:11:21,159 --> 01:11:25,320
people in leadership who are aware

1276
01:11:25,320 --> 01:11:27,000
of the fact that the gifts have been

1277
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:30,520
given by you and for them always to

1278
01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:33,800
acknowledge those talents as they do and

1279
01:11:33,800 --> 01:11:36,840
to depend upon your

1280
01:11:36,840 --> 01:11:39,280
grace Empower them strengthen and

1281
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,440
console them in all times especially

1282
01:11:42,440 --> 01:11:45,760
those who are working to make us one in

1283
01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:48,400
the name of Jesus Christ we

1284
01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:50,679
pray thank you Bishop stick around down

1285
01:11:50,679 --> 01:11:52,560
there for a photo right

1286
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:59,229
okay

1287
01:11:59,239 --> 01:12:04,340
your way

1288
01:12:04,350 --> 01:12:22,470
[Music]

1289
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:32,510
sorry

1290
01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:35,480
[Music]

1291
01:12:35,480 --> 01:12:44,430
all right thank you both for being

1292
01:12:44,440 --> 01:12:47,199
here now we move to our consent agenda

1293
01:12:47,199 --> 01:12:51,199
the consent agenda is amended a12 E3 F3

1294
01:12:51,199 --> 01:12:53,440
and G2 removed do we have any comment

1295
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:55,480
comments discussion or motion on the

1296
01:12:55,480 --> 01:12:58,920
consent as amended move approval of the

1297
01:12:58,920 --> 01:13:01,639
consent amend we have a motion and a

1298
01:13:01,639 --> 01:13:03,719
second to approve the consent agenda as

1299
01:13:03,719 --> 01:13:05,239
amended any

1300
01:13:05,239 --> 01:13:09,070
discussion please cast your

1301
01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:11,600
vote all right it passes

1302
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:16,870
unanimously which takes us

1303
01:13:16,880 --> 01:13:19,679
to item

1304
01:13:19,679 --> 01:13:24,080
A1 Mr Merritt yes sir uh again good

1305
01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:25,520
morning Court members this is a request

1306
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:26,960
for the approval of amendment to the

1307
01:13:26,960 --> 01:13:29,120
agreement between Taran County Hospital

1308
01:13:29,120 --> 01:13:31,400
District dbaa is JPS Health Network and

1309
01:13:31,400 --> 01:13:33,320
HJ wrestling company for the JPS

1310
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:35,480
temporary parking project East Campus

1311
01:13:35,480 --> 01:13:36,960
the only additional comment I'll make on

1312
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:38,639
this is this does represent the final

1313
01:13:38,639 --> 01:13:40,280
guaranteed maximum price for this

1314
01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:42,560
project and it is within budget uh as

1315
01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:45,600
set by the hospital District board move

1316
01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:48,480
approval second all right we have a

1317
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:50,280
motion and a second to approve this

1318
01:13:50,280 --> 01:13:53,400
amendment to the agreement between JPS

1319
01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:55,400
and HJ Russell and Company for the

1320
01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:58,679
temporary parking project any

1321
01:13:58,679 --> 01:14:00,840
discussion right seeing none please cast

1322
01:14:00,840 --> 01:14:02,880
your

1323
01:14:02,880 --> 01:14:05,800
vote passes unanimously item

1324
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:08,280
A2 uh again Court members approval of a

1325
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:10,239
work package authorization number two

1326
01:14:10,239 --> 01:14:12,280
between Taran County Hospital District

1327
01:14:12,280 --> 01:14:15,280
DBA JPS Health Network and Beck uh puter

1328
01:14:15,280 --> 01:14:17,320
joint venture for design build Services

1329
01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:18,679
related to the new parking garage

1330
01:14:18,679 --> 01:14:20,880
located at St Louis and Magnolia Avenue

1331
01:14:20,880 --> 01:14:23,000
this is only work package number two of

1332
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:24,600
this designed build but is still

1333
01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:26,120
anticipated that this project will be in

1334
01:14:26,120 --> 01:14:28,360
budget as well move

1335
01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:30,520
approval we have a motion of a second

1336
01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:32,159
any discussion on this

1337
01:14:32,159 --> 01:14:36,430
item all right seeing none please

1338
01:14:36,440 --> 01:14:39,239
vote this too passes unanimously thank

1339
01:14:39,239 --> 01:14:42,080
you next up is item A3 which is approval

1340
01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:44,199
of out of state travel

1341
01:14:44,199 --> 01:14:47,000
requests move approv second we have a

1342
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:48,960
motion a second to approve these out of

1343
01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:50,760
state travel requests any discussion on

1344
01:14:50,760 --> 01:14:51,639
these

1345
01:14:51,639 --> 01:14:56,070
items I seeing none please cast your

1346
01:14:56,080 --> 01:14:58,639
vote passes

1347
01:14:58,639 --> 01:15:01,239
unanimously from consent we now have

1348
01:15:01,239 --> 01:15:02,960
item

1349
01:15:02,960 --> 01:15:06,199
a12 uh we do have speakers on this also

1350
01:15:06,199 --> 01:15:08,660
so item

1351
01:15:08,660 --> 01:15:09,920
[Applause]

1352
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:12,159
A2 good

1353
01:15:12,159 --> 01:15:15,239
morning I'm seeking approval of an

1354
01:15:15,239 --> 01:15:17,360
interlocal agreement between Taran

1355
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:20,040
County and the University of North Texas

1356
01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:21,920
Health Science Center concerning Taran

1357
01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:24,600
County's burial program now do any

1358
01:15:24,600 --> 01:15:27,000
Commissioners have any questions

1359
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:28,639
comments on this

1360
01:15:28,639 --> 01:15:31,520
item um so I just want to be

1361
01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:33,880
clear

1362
01:15:33,880 --> 01:15:37,040
these the

1363
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:41,159
deceased do we have permission from

1364
01:15:41,159 --> 01:15:44,560
their families to donate the bodies yes

1365
01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:47,440
we do and I also have Claudia yellow the

1366
01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:50,639
will body director um represented from

1367
01:15:50,639 --> 01:15:54,159
un and Dr Rustin Reeves director of

1368
01:15:54,159 --> 01:15:57,120
Center for anatomical Sciences if you

1369
01:15:57,120 --> 01:15:59,440
have any

1370
01:15:59,440 --> 01:16:02,239
questions all right any other questions

1371
01:16:02,239 --> 01:16:03,480
from the

1372
01:16:03,480 --> 01:16:06,159
court all right we have two people

1373
01:16:06,159 --> 01:16:07,880
signed up to speak to this item first is

1374
01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:20,709
lon

1375
01:16:20,719 --> 01:16:23,360
Burnham good morning everybody and hope

1376
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:26,120
you have a great new year um I'm L bham

1377
01:16:26,120 --> 01:16:27,679
I live here in Fort Worth and I've

1378
01:16:27,679 --> 01:16:29,679
spoken to you on a number of occasions

1379
01:16:29,679 --> 01:16:31,560
I'm particularly concerned about this

1380
01:16:31,560 --> 01:16:35,159
the morality of the current policy and I

1381
01:16:35,159 --> 01:16:38,520
want to speak to it this way uh my late

1382
01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:40,199
father-in-law was a medical doctor I

1383
01:16:40,199 --> 01:16:43,639
have every intention to put my deceased

1384
01:16:43,639 --> 01:16:48,560
body to good use uh for academic study

1385
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:52,440
but that's my choice my concern here is

1386
01:16:52,440 --> 01:16:56,199
that you're not giving the choice to

1387
01:16:56,199 --> 01:17:00,280
these deceased poppers in fact you may

1388
01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:03,679
be denying their basic religious rights

1389
01:17:03,679 --> 01:17:05,639
it is a cultural tradition in this

1390
01:17:05,639 --> 01:17:10,320
country that we bury our cremate people

1391
01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:12,960
that's not what I want from my body my

1392
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:14,800
parents had difficulty making that

1393
01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:17,239
transition from bury to Cremation

1394
01:17:17,239 --> 01:17:20,520
because of traditional religious values

1395
01:17:20,520 --> 01:17:23,120
we are not in a position to know what

1396
01:17:23,120 --> 01:17:25,120
these deceased people have as their

1397
01:17:25,120 --> 01:17:28,000
religious values we should not violate

1398
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:30,520
those religious values we should find a

1399
01:17:30,520 --> 01:17:33,639
better way I'm not the articulate person

1400
01:17:33,639 --> 01:17:36,080
on this issue the good ethics Professor

1401
01:17:36,080 --> 01:17:38,400
who signed up to speak after me is much

1402
01:17:38,400 --> 01:17:40,760
more articulate but I want to raise this

1403
01:17:40,760 --> 01:17:43,440
as a moral and ethical issue we should

1404
01:17:43,440 --> 01:17:45,679
be willing to spend the money that's

1405
01:17:45,679 --> 01:17:48,920
necessary to spend to respect a person's

1406
01:17:48,920 --> 01:17:50,880
religious values which they may or may

1407
01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:52,719
not have and we're not in a position to

1408
01:17:52,719 --> 01:17:57,590
know thank you thank you next is Eli

1409
01:17:57,590 --> 01:18:03,590
[Music]

1410
01:18:03,600 --> 01:18:05,400
shup hi

1411
01:18:05,400 --> 01:18:08,040
there so I am a professor and a medical

1412
01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:10,199
ethicist here in tant county and I'm

1413
01:18:10,199 --> 01:18:11,719
here speaking in opposition to the

1414
01:18:11,719 --> 01:18:13,800
renewal of this agreement in its current

1415
01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:16,440
form and my issue with it is basically

1416
01:18:16,440 --> 01:18:19,280
this so contrary to what you just

1417
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:22,000
heard the family the next kin of the

1418
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:25,719
deceased they do have to consent to this

1419
01:18:25,719 --> 01:18:29,120
use of their relatives body if they can

1420
01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:32,760
be located in cases when the deceased

1421
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:35,480
has no NEX of kin or the NEX of kin

1422
01:18:35,480 --> 01:18:37,760
cannot be located currently under the

1423
01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:40,199
interlocal agreement those bodies are

1424
01:18:40,199 --> 01:18:42,000
just given to the medical school to be

1425
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:44,400
used for medical teaching and research

1426
01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:45,600
which amounts to

1427
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:49,639
dissection okay so and in the past the

1428
01:18:49,639 --> 01:18:51,880
court you know hasn't been insensitive

1429
01:18:51,880 --> 01:18:54,239
to this issue and that's the reason why

1430
01:18:54,239 --> 01:18:57,040
the current agreement stipulates that a

1431
01:18:57,040 --> 01:18:58,880
person who was known to belong to a

1432
01:18:58,880 --> 01:19:00,440
particular religious faith that

1433
01:19:00,440 --> 01:19:02,440
precludes this kind of use their body

1434
01:19:02,440 --> 01:19:05,639
shouldn't be used okay but like my

1435
01:19:05,639 --> 01:19:07,920
friend L Burnham said we don't always

1436
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:09,840
know the faith of the deceased sometimes

1437
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:12,320
we have very little information and

1438
01:19:12,320 --> 01:19:14,880
religion is far from the only reason not

1439
01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:17,040
to want to be naked on a slab after you

1440
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:18,760
die cut apart by

1441
01:19:18,760 --> 01:19:21,000
strangers okay my own view is that

1442
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:23,040
nobody's body should be dissected

1443
01:19:23,040 --> 01:19:25,679
without either their prior consent or

1444
01:19:25,679 --> 01:19:28,320
permission from their next ofkin if

1445
01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,679
there are no next ofkin or if next ofkin

1446
01:19:30,679 --> 01:19:33,280
cannot be located then I believe that

1447
01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:35,400
that person's body should not be used

1448
01:19:35,400 --> 01:19:39,560
for medical teaching or research period

1449
01:19:39,560 --> 01:19:41,920
it will cost the county more to do what

1450
01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:43,400
is right by these

1451
01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:46,440
people but that's money that needs to be

1452
01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:49,480
spent so medicine in north Texas has a

1453
01:19:49,480 --> 01:19:53,239
dark historical Legacy of grave robbing

1454
01:19:53,239 --> 01:19:55,639
particularly in poor and vulnerable

1455
01:19:55,639 --> 01:19:57,840
communities and what the county has been

1456
01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:00,440
enabling with this ongoing interlocal

1457
01:20:00,440 --> 01:20:03,360
agreement with un Health Science Center

1458
01:20:03,360 --> 01:20:05,639
is tantamount to grave robbing without a

1459
01:20:05,639 --> 01:20:07,760
middleman these people just don't go in

1460
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:10,080
the ground first nobody's asked their

1461
01:20:10,080 --> 01:20:12,239
permission to use their bodies in this

1462
01:20:12,239 --> 01:20:16,080
way after they die and nobody's nobody's

1463
01:20:16,080 --> 01:20:17,760
been asked at

1464
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:20,639
all so these cadavers they are

1465
01:20:20,639 --> 01:20:23,520
essentially these medical students first

1466
01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:25,920
patients that is an important right of

1467
01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:28,120
passage and I think it's important that

1468
01:20:28,120 --> 01:20:31,360
these first patients have been donated

1469
01:20:31,360 --> 01:20:35,199
not merely taken and used so I myself am

1470
01:20:35,199 --> 01:20:38,239
a wed body donor with un Health Science

1471
01:20:38,239 --> 01:20:41,000
Center I will go there after I

1472
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:44,520
die I don't want my next door neighbor

1473
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:47,920
in the anatomy lab to be somebody who

1474
01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:50,679
died in poverty in this County and had

1475
01:20:50,679 --> 01:20:53,159
no next of kin or loved ones to see to

1476
01:20:53,159 --> 01:20:54,320
their

1477
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:57,280
Arrangements thank you thank

1478
01:20:57,280 --> 01:20:59,400
you all right any questions from the

1479
01:20:59,400 --> 01:21:01,990
court

1480
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:05,719
members any comments I would just like

1481
01:21:05,719 --> 01:21:06,880
to

1482
01:21:06,880 --> 01:21:09,639
comment that

1483
01:21:09,639 --> 01:21:14,600
uh there is an OP opt

1484
01:21:14,600 --> 01:21:18,520
out for those with religious objections

1485
01:21:18,520 --> 01:21:23,520
and other kinds of rection objections

1486
01:21:23,520 --> 01:21:25,320
to

1487
01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:30,320
the use of of these bodies for uh

1488
01:21:30,320 --> 01:21:35,350
medical

1489
01:21:35,360 --> 01:21:38,920
training when persons

1490
01:21:38,920 --> 01:21:41,480
die

1491
01:21:41,480 --> 01:21:46,920
without loved ones that we know about or

1492
01:21:46,920 --> 01:21:51,639
anyone to step forward and take

1493
01:21:51,639 --> 01:21:55,320
responsibility this program has worked

1494
01:21:55,320 --> 01:22:01,709
well uh in terms of

1495
01:22:01,719 --> 01:22:05,800
providing an opportunity for medical

1496
01:22:05,800 --> 01:22:09,440
research that benefits the entire

1497
01:22:09,440 --> 01:22:12,440
community at

1498
01:22:12,440 --> 01:22:16,910
large

1499
01:22:16,920 --> 01:22:19,320
uh so I move

1500
01:22:19,320 --> 01:22:21,560
approval of this

1501
01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:23,800
program second all right we have a

1502
01:22:23,800 --> 01:22:26,719
motion to approve in a second um further

1503
01:22:26,719 --> 01:22:29,120
comments or discussion what does it cost

1504
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:34,159
the county to vary

1505
01:22:34,159 --> 01:22:35,920
Lisa about

1506
01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:38,440
$1,200 I think we did this a couple

1507
01:22:38,440 --> 01:22:39,910
years ago

1508
01:22:39,910 --> 01:22:42,520
[Music]

1509
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:44,560
okay are you about to answer that

1510
01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:46,840
question yes okay

1511
01:22:46,840 --> 01:22:52,199
yes so um for unidentified uh varials uh

1512
01:22:52,199 --> 01:22:53,679
we spend

1513
01:22:53,679 --> 01:22:56,120
approximately um

1514
01:22:56,120 --> 01:22:58,920
$2,100 to bury

1515
01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:01,159
unidentified how many total people are

1516
01:23:01,159 --> 01:23:02,800
we talking about during the course of a

1517
01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:07,320
year oh so for 2023 fiscal year

1518
01:23:07,320 --> 01:23:12,520
2023 um there was 146 cremations uh at

1519
01:23:12,520 --> 01:23:15,159
un reimbursed to un and then there was

1520
01:23:15,159 --> 01:23:17,709
three

1521
01:23:17,719 --> 01:23:21,480
unidentified so what now there

1522
01:23:21,480 --> 01:23:23,199
were

1523
01:23:23,199 --> 01:23:27,199
146 cremations reimbursed to un Health

1524
01:23:27,199 --> 01:23:28,920
Science Center and by saying that are

1525
01:23:28,920 --> 01:23:31,560
you saying there's 146 that were bodies

1526
01:23:31,560 --> 01:23:33,520
used for medical science that were then

1527
01:23:33,520 --> 01:23:35,600
ultimately cremated no they were they

1528
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:38,120
were cremated those were not the numbers

1529
01:23:38,120 --> 01:23:42,480
of how many were a will body let me call

1530
01:23:42,480 --> 01:23:48,000
146 unidentified no no no three

1531
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,920
unidentified I believe it's what you

1532
01:23:50,920 --> 01:23:54,080
Dr come up

1533
01:23:54,080 --> 01:23:57,199
he has the numbers uh the statistics for

1534
01:23:57,199 --> 01:23:59,679
all that were donated and then the ones

1535
01:23:59,679 --> 01:24:01,410
that were

1536
01:24:01,410 --> 01:24:10,830
[Music]

1537
01:24:10,840 --> 01:24:13,960
cremated last year we received around in

1538
01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:15,920
fact we received around 200 a year from

1539
01:24:15,920 --> 01:24:18,400
the county and of those that we received

1540
01:24:18,400 --> 01:24:22,480
we we use about onethird of those uh for

1541
01:24:22,480 --> 01:24:25,560
either medical research uh teaching or

1542
01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:29,560
or uh in our education programs some of

1543
01:24:29,560 --> 01:24:31,679
those are not disected in fact about

1544
01:24:31,679 --> 01:24:33,560
half of those are not dissected you

1545
01:24:33,560 --> 01:24:36,280
receive 200

1546
01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:38,960
what donors from these would be

1547
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:41,600
unclaimed bodies unimed bodies thank

1548
01:24:41,600 --> 01:24:43,119
very

1549
01:24:43,119 --> 01:24:48,520
much we received 178 in 2020 195 in

1550
01:24:48,520 --> 01:24:53,159
2021 203 in 2022 and 205 last year so it

1551
01:24:53,159 --> 01:24:57,040
average is about 200 a year of those 200

1552
01:24:57,040 --> 01:25:00,520
bodies you said approximately a third

1553
01:25:00,520 --> 01:25:02,880
end up being used for medical science

1554
01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:04,639
okay of the ones that aren't used for

1555
01:25:04,639 --> 01:25:07,000
medical science you then cremate them

1556
01:25:07,000 --> 01:25:09,719
yes sir okay of the ones that are used

1557
01:25:09,719 --> 01:25:11,840
for medical science what whatever is

1558
01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:13,080
done with them is done with them and

1559
01:25:13,080 --> 01:25:16,840
then are they cremated yes sir okay of

1560
01:25:16,840 --> 01:25:20,360
those that are used in medical science

1561
01:25:20,360 --> 01:25:23,600
how many of them do you get permission

1562
01:25:23,600 --> 01:25:27,800
from someone to do this

1563
01:25:27,800 --> 01:25:32,000
to yeah I I don't have that

1564
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:35,400
number who has that number we can get to

1565
01:25:35,400 --> 01:25:37,199
you that number yes sir okay well I'm

1566
01:25:37,199 --> 01:25:39,440
sure we can get it does anybody have it

1567
01:25:39,440 --> 01:25:41,440
who who would who is the one seeking the

1568
01:25:41,440 --> 01:25:45,000
permission un or Taran County for the

1569
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:46,880
well it's staff that's requesting the

1570
01:25:46,880 --> 01:25:48,480
court to approve the agreement so it's

1571
01:25:48,480 --> 01:25:51,360
inter local between un and yeah what I'm

1572
01:25:51,360 --> 01:25:52,920
asking is

1573
01:25:52,920 --> 01:25:55,560
when someone contacts the family and

1574
01:25:55,560 --> 01:25:57,239
says do we have permission to do this

1575
01:25:57,239 --> 01:26:00,719
who is doing the contacting un or tarant

1576
01:26:00,719 --> 01:26:04,080
County both there are instances where

1577
01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:05,679
the county is contacting the family

1578
01:26:05,679 --> 01:26:07,159
there saying can we use the body for

1579
01:26:07,159 --> 01:26:10,280
medical science for the family to step

1580
01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:12,280
forward and make arrangements or donate

1581
01:26:12,280 --> 01:26:15,800
yes sir but of the ones that that I

1582
01:26:15,800 --> 01:26:17,560
don't I'm not sure how to say it but on

1583
01:26:17,560 --> 01:26:20,080
the ones that are used for medical

1584
01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:22,480
science you nobody here can tell me

1585
01:26:22,480 --> 01:26:24,520
today how many of them are given

1586
01:26:24,520 --> 01:26:28,400
permission by Family correct okay I'll

1587
01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:32,629
that

1588
01:26:32,639 --> 01:26:37,880
okay last year we used 73 total

1589
01:26:37,880 --> 01:26:42,040
okay uh other questions comments3

1590
01:26:42,040 --> 01:26:45,159
unclaimed bodies got

1591
01:26:45,159 --> 01:26:48,440
it okay all right other questions or

1592
01:26:48,440 --> 01:26:49,719
comments from the court we do have a

1593
01:26:49,719 --> 01:26:53,159
motion in a second is there an urg

1594
01:26:53,159 --> 01:26:55,159
for us to pass

1595
01:26:55,159 --> 01:26:58,719
this or I would have to ask Dr crowns

1596
01:26:58,719 --> 01:27:01,080
because the typically the the bodies are

1597
01:27:01,080 --> 01:27:02,520
kept at the medical examiner's office

1598
01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:03,840
till they're transported over so we

1599
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:05,199
would just have to ask from a capacity

1600
01:27:05,199 --> 01:27:06,639
standpoint if if he could continue to

1601
01:27:06,639 --> 01:27:12,730
hold it and Dr crowns is

1602
01:27:12,740 --> 01:27:21,109
[Music]

1603
01:27:21,119 --> 01:27:24,430
here

1604
01:27:24,440 --> 01:27:34,149
did you ask

1605
01:27:34,159 --> 01:27:36,920
about so yes if Dr Crown says we do have

1606
01:27:36,920 --> 01:27:39,080
space available at the work so if we

1607
01:27:39,080 --> 01:27:40,840
need to hold two weeks to to work

1608
01:27:40,840 --> 01:27:42,600
through this we certainly

1609
01:27:42,600 --> 01:27:46,400
can okay thank you um can we go back to

1610
01:27:46,400 --> 01:27:48,040
the cost of

1611
01:27:48,040 --> 01:27:51,400
burial does that include what does that

1612
01:27:51,400 --> 01:27:54,400
include us finding the the plot or is

1613
01:27:54,400 --> 01:27:57,840
there or so um the body is at the

1614
01:27:57,840 --> 01:28:00,119
medical examiner's office uh the

1615
01:28:00,119 --> 01:28:02,400
investigator does his due diligent to

1616
01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:04,960
locate family members if it's

1617
01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:08,480
unidentified uh the medical examiner has

1618
01:28:08,480 --> 01:28:11,920
a uh Funeral Home rotation and usually

1619
01:28:11,920 --> 01:28:15,440
typically the major um picks up the body

1620
01:28:15,440 --> 01:28:18,119
so it starts with the uh actual

1621
01:28:18,119 --> 01:28:20,040
Transportation picking up the body

1622
01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:22,440
transportation to the facility and then

1623
01:28:22,440 --> 01:28:26,800
preparation and uh burial um and like I

1624
01:28:26,800 --> 01:28:29,560
said major funeral home is the one that

1625
01:28:29,560 --> 01:28:31,560
has responded to the

1626
01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:35,119
unidentified and they use uh Sky

1627
01:28:35,119 --> 01:28:38,400
View for the

1628
01:28:38,400 --> 01:28:41,760
interment and by law unidentified bodies

1629
01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:44,480
cannot be

1630
01:28:44,480 --> 01:28:48,280
cremated and then it looks like we're

1631
01:28:48,280 --> 01:28:52,080
charged we have to pay a fee for those

1632
01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:57,320
deceased to can't be used that is

1633
01:28:57,320 --> 01:29:00,639
correct through un they um invoice us

1634
01:29:00,639 --> 01:29:04,639
and that's $300 part dece

1635
01:29:04,639 --> 01:29:08,679
there so we give them a an unclaimed

1636
01:29:08,679 --> 01:29:12,280
body if it can't be used we have to pay

1637
01:29:12,280 --> 01:29:14,239
yes to have given them the unclaimed

1638
01:29:14,239 --> 01:29:16,040
body

1639
01:29:16,040 --> 01:29:18,280
$300 per

1640
01:29:18,280 --> 01:29:20,040
deceased

1641
01:29:20,040 --> 01:29:25,510
okay um

1642
01:29:25,520 --> 01:29:26,840
all

1643
01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:29,199
right all right any other questions or

1644
01:29:29,199 --> 01:29:31,760
comments from the court

1645
01:29:31,760 --> 01:29:34,159
members all right seeing none we do have

1646
01:29:34,159 --> 01:29:39,830
a motion in a second please cast your

1647
01:29:39,840 --> 01:29:43,600
vote all right it passes 4 to one thank

1648
01:29:43,600 --> 01:29:49,560
you thank you next item on the agenda is

1649
01:29:49,570 --> 01:29:50,920
[Music]

1650
01:29:50,920 --> 01:29:53,800
E3

1651
01:29:53,800 --> 01:29:56,080
and E3

1652
01:29:56,080 --> 01:29:58,639
is a request for the court to receive

1653
01:29:58,639 --> 01:30:00,920
and file a fully executed copy of the

1654
01:30:00,920 --> 01:30:03,159
contract for Legal Services between

1655
01:30:03,159 --> 01:30:05,560
tarant County the district's attorney's

1656
01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:07,440
office and the tarant County Hospital

1657
01:30:07,440 --> 01:30:10,679
District we have two people signed up to

1658
01:30:10,679 --> 01:30:13,239
speak to this item judge oare members of

1659
01:30:13,239 --> 01:30:14,880
the Court good morning uh the criminal

1660
01:30:14,880 --> 01:30:16,920
District Attorney's office is asking the

1661
01:30:16,920 --> 01:30:19,080
court to receive and file a fully

1662
01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:21,080
executed copy of the agreement between

1663
01:30:21,080 --> 01:30:22,360
the CDA

1664
01:30:22,360 --> 01:30:24,560
and uh JPS the hospital district for

1665
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:27,480
Legal Services back in September of 2023

1666
01:30:27,480 --> 01:30:29,400
this court approved the agreement with

1667
01:30:29,400 --> 01:30:32,360
JPS for Legal Services at the time the

1668
01:30:32,360 --> 01:30:34,600
court considered that agreement the

1669
01:30:34,600 --> 01:30:36,840
hospital Board of managers had also

1670
01:30:36,840 --> 01:30:39,280
approved it however there was no

1671
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:41,040
signature page that had been transmitted

1672
01:30:41,040 --> 01:30:43,199
to Taran County from the hospital

1673
01:30:43,199 --> 01:30:46,040
District at that time uh this now what

1674
01:30:46,040 --> 01:30:47,639
the court is being asked to do is simply

1675
01:30:47,639 --> 01:30:49,800
a belt suspenders measure to make sure

1676
01:30:49,800 --> 01:30:51,520
that there is a fully executed copy of

1677
01:30:51,520 --> 01:30:53,440
the agree on file uh in the

1678
01:30:53,440 --> 01:30:56,040
Commissioner's Court records and our

1679
01:30:56,040 --> 01:30:58,159
criminal district attorney approves of

1680
01:30:58,159 --> 01:31:00,320
this contract yes judge he does and he

1681
01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:02,239
has signed it all right any questions

1682
01:31:02,239 --> 01:31:05,520
for Mr kaville any comments from the

1683
01:31:05,520 --> 01:31:08,310
court all right our first speaker is L

1684
01:31:08,310 --> 01:31:20,750
[Music]

1685
01:31:20,760 --> 01:31:22,350
Burnham

1686
01:31:22,350 --> 01:31:35,510
[Music]

1687
01:31:35,520 --> 01:31:36,840
I really have more questions than

1688
01:31:36,840 --> 01:31:39,679
anything else I'm concerned about the

1689
01:31:39,679 --> 01:31:42,000
continuing way that we're doing this

1690
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:44,920
process and U maybe I need to address

1691
01:31:44,920 --> 01:31:47,239
that to the DA's office in a private

1692
01:31:47,239 --> 01:31:49,920
conversation thank you all right next we

1693
01:31:49,920 --> 01:31:58,070
have Nan Terry

1694
01:31:58,080 --> 01:31:59,400
good morning thank you for the

1695
01:31:59,400 --> 01:32:01,840
opportunity to speak I'm not opposed to

1696
01:32:01,840 --> 01:32:04,440
this payment but we all all have bills

1697
01:32:04,440 --> 01:32:06,719
to pay but are these costs included in

1698
01:32:06,719 --> 01:32:09,119
the cost to the jail and I understand

1699
01:32:09,119 --> 01:32:11,280
we're building the hospital District but

1700
01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:12,800
sometimes those Hospital District might

1701
01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:14,880
not be the right person to build for

1702
01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:17,480
example I believe JPS should not be the

1703
01:32:17,480 --> 01:32:19,679
responsible for the cost of treatment

1704
01:32:19,679 --> 01:32:22,719
for the injuries due to Cory Rodriguez

1705
01:32:22,719 --> 01:32:25,520
he was injured by the result of a

1706
01:32:25,520 --> 01:32:27,360
beating by Taran County jailers in the

1707
01:32:27,360 --> 01:32:29,560
Taran County Jail should the hospital

1708
01:32:29,560 --> 01:32:31,440
District really be on the hook for the

1709
01:32:31,440 --> 01:32:33,920
surgeries the treatment and the

1710
01:32:33,920 --> 01:32:36,440
hospitalizations and could we somehow

1711
01:32:36,440 --> 01:32:39,199
ask the auditor and the DA's office to

1712
01:32:39,199 --> 01:32:41,239
look at these costs instead of just

1713
01:32:41,239 --> 01:32:43,840
blanketly asking the hospital to pay for

1714
01:32:43,840 --> 01:32:46,159
these costs and attribute some of these

1715
01:32:46,159 --> 01:32:48,320
costs to the jail if they are actually

1716
01:32:48,320 --> 01:32:50,639
costs that should be incurred by the

1717
01:32:50,639 --> 01:32:52,679
jail

1718
01:32:52,679 --> 01:32:54,800
okay thank

1719
01:32:54,800 --> 01:32:57,360
you okay so I will make a motion to

1720
01:32:57,360 --> 01:32:59,400
receive and file a fully executed copy

1721
01:32:59,400 --> 01:33:00,880
of the contract for Legal Services

1722
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:02,880
between tarant County the cda's office

1723
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:04,639
and tarant County Hospital District

1724
01:33:04,639 --> 01:33:07,280
second we have a second we have any

1725
01:33:07,280 --> 01:33:12,390
discussion all right please cast your

1726
01:33:12,400 --> 01:33:16,119
vote all right passes

1727
01:33:16,119 --> 01:33:17,810
unanimously next

1728
01:33:17,810 --> 01:33:20,560
[Music]

1729
01:33:20,560 --> 01:33:22,080
up

1730
01:33:22,080 --> 01:33:24,239
is

1731
01:33:24,239 --> 01:33:26,600
F3 and

1732
01:33:26,600 --> 01:33:29,960
F3 is something with Michael

1733
01:33:29,960 --> 01:33:32,840
Amador good morning my members of the

1734
01:33:32,840 --> 01:33:35,719
good morning what is F3 it's approval of

1735
01:33:35,719 --> 01:33:38,080
change order number two there it is K

1736
01:33:38,080 --> 01:33:41,440
industry LLC contract for the Scott more

1737
01:33:41,440 --> 01:33:44,080
Juvenile Justice Center juvenile project

1738
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:47,109
in the amount of $

1739
01:33:47,119 --> 01:33:51,440
34,7 is this a generator rental is this

1740
01:33:51,440 --> 01:33:55,119
a a rental or a permit it's a permanent

1741
01:33:55,119 --> 01:33:57,600
but we're waiting for the arrival of the

1742
01:33:57,600 --> 01:33:59,360
new generators Comm commissioner so

1743
01:33:59,360 --> 01:34:01,159
we're renting the temporary until they

1744
01:34:01,159 --> 01:34:03,960
arrive they're scheduled to arrive next

1745
01:34:03,960 --> 01:34:09,199
week so this is you want us to approve

1746
01:34:09,199 --> 01:34:12,159
the temporary that's correct the the

1747
01:34:12,159 --> 01:34:14,199
rental price for that temporary for the

1748
01:34:14,199 --> 01:34:17,760
months of November October and

1749
01:34:17,760 --> 01:34:21,719
November okay I I've seen these

1750
01:34:21,719 --> 01:34:24,159
generator rentals on several Court

1751
01:34:24,159 --> 01:34:29,840
communic Cas it it seems um and I'm glad

1752
01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:31,080
to see

1753
01:34:31,080 --> 01:34:33,960
that you know we're this is in support

1754
01:34:33,960 --> 01:34:38,080
of a permanent solution at the Juvenile

1755
01:34:38,080 --> 01:34:41,800
Justice Center um so I appreciate the

1756
01:34:41,800 --> 01:34:43,800
effort

1757
01:34:43,800 --> 01:34:48,920
um make me understand the rentals

1758
01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:51,679
um do I understand correctly that many

1759
01:34:51,679 --> 01:34:54,600
of our Taran County

1760
01:34:54,600 --> 01:34:57,760
buildings were built without backup

1761
01:34:57,760 --> 01:34:59,880
generators uh we have some buildings

1762
01:34:59,880 --> 01:35:02,159
that do not have generator backup

1763
01:35:02,159 --> 01:35:03,880
systems that is

1764
01:35:03,880 --> 01:35:07,360
correct and do I understand that we are

1765
01:35:07,360 --> 01:35:10,960
on year two of renting generators how

1766
01:35:10,960 --> 01:35:14,440
long have we been for juvenile for

1767
01:35:14,440 --> 01:35:16,400
throughout the county it vares your

1768
01:35:16,400 --> 01:35:19,159
honor it vares commissioner I apologize

1769
01:35:19,159 --> 01:35:20,960
uh at the Mansville Sub Courthouse this

1770
01:35:20,960 --> 01:35:22,199
is the second second year we'll be

1771
01:35:22,199 --> 01:35:24,840
Renning uh generators for the winter

1772
01:35:24,840 --> 01:35:27,560
months at the election center we uh

1773
01:35:27,560 --> 01:35:30,600
bring in a backup generator during the

1774
01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:32,560
election season the two SE the two

1775
01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:34,400
elections for approximately three weeks

1776
01:35:34,400 --> 01:35:36,880
each time at the preed maintenance

1777
01:35:36,880 --> 01:35:39,679
center 2 precin maintenance center four

1778
01:35:39,679 --> 01:35:41,520
we'll bring in backup generators during

1779
01:35:41,520 --> 01:35:43,600
the winter months as well that protects

1780
01:35:43,600 --> 01:35:45,560
the fuel Islands so that fuel is

1781
01:35:45,560 --> 01:35:48,199
available for the crews that have to

1782
01:35:48,199 --> 01:35:52,159
work during the winter months Etc

1783
01:35:52,159 --> 01:35:55,560
so given the number of rentals and the

1784
01:35:55,560 --> 01:35:59,520
fact that the cost is recurring annually

1785
01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:01,880
until we get permanent

1786
01:36:01,880 --> 01:36:04,800
installation is it time for the county

1787
01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:06,800
to put together a

1788
01:36:06,800 --> 01:36:09,639
comprehensive prioritized permanent

1789
01:36:09,639 --> 01:36:12,880
generator installation program uh we've

1790
01:36:12,880 --> 01:36:15,480
done that uh commissioner we've actually

1791
01:36:15,480 --> 01:36:17,480
evaluate all the generator emergency

1792
01:36:17,480 --> 01:36:20,400
Power Systems in all of our buildings

1793
01:36:20,400 --> 01:36:22,760
and as uh we be including backup

1794
01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:25,880
generators as part of our um capital

1795
01:36:25,880 --> 01:36:28,239
budget submissions each year for various

1796
01:36:28,239 --> 01:36:31,320
buildings Etc okay it just doesn't seem

1797
01:36:31,320 --> 01:36:34,560
economical to keep renting these things

1798
01:36:34,560 --> 01:36:37,199
how are we paying for the rentals uh we

1799
01:36:37,199 --> 01:36:38,840
pay for out of operating funds or

1800
01:36:38,840 --> 01:36:41,880
maintenance funds it's not ARA or

1801
01:36:41,880 --> 01:36:43,480
anything like that they're just

1802
01:36:43,480 --> 01:36:46,719
operating funds okay I've heard that

1803
01:36:46,719 --> 01:36:50,280
there are possible um Federal earmark

1804
01:36:50,280 --> 01:36:53,440
funds for building additions like

1805
01:36:53,440 --> 01:36:56,520
generators which um can be said to

1806
01:36:56,520 --> 01:37:00,360
accommodate some form of of an Emergency

1807
01:37:00,360 --> 01:37:03,080
Operations Center have we explored that

1808
01:37:03,080 --> 01:37:06,159
at all like can a building be designated

1809
01:37:06,159 --> 01:37:06,880
an

1810
01:37:06,880 --> 01:37:09,040
EOC I help with that we the

1811
01:37:09,040 --> 01:37:10,400
administrator's office is actually aware

1812
01:37:10,400 --> 01:37:11,440
of some of those grants and we are

1813
01:37:11,440 --> 01:37:13,679
looking to pursue some dollars so there

1814
01:37:13,679 --> 01:37:15,239
to to Mike's Point we've been working on

1815
01:37:15,239 --> 01:37:17,000
a longer term Capital Improvement flame

1816
01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:18,719
for the entire County inclusive in that

1817
01:37:18,719 --> 01:37:20,320
is the more permanent installation of

1818
01:37:20,320 --> 01:37:22,119
generators of facil that don't currently

1819
01:37:22,119 --> 01:37:24,119
have them okay yeah it just doesn't make

1820
01:37:24,119 --> 01:37:27,159
sense to to keep renting okay thank you

1821
01:37:27,159 --> 01:37:30,440
thank you Mike this I am

1822
01:37:30,440 --> 01:37:35,560
a matter of priority for me because

1823
01:37:35,560 --> 01:37:38,679
during my first

1824
01:37:38,679 --> 01:37:42,270
election for

1825
01:37:42,280 --> 01:37:45,360
commissioner the power went out in the

1826
01:37:45,360 --> 01:37:47,199
early voting

1827
01:37:47,199 --> 01:37:53,159
Center at the Miller Avenue sub

1828
01:37:53,159 --> 01:37:55,560
Courthouse five

1829
01:37:55,560 --> 01:37:59,719
times during the election

1830
01:37:59,719 --> 01:38:04,800
cycle and that's a very heavily used

1831
01:38:04,800 --> 01:38:12,510
site it made no damn sense

1832
01:38:12,520 --> 01:38:16,800
to to cut the voting period

1833
01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:20,119
short because there was a backup

1834
01:38:20,119 --> 01:38:22,280
generator

1835
01:38:22,280 --> 01:38:26,360
so I guess I'm I'm

1836
01:38:26,360 --> 01:38:29,119
responsible for

1837
01:38:29,119 --> 01:38:32,560
um the demand for backup

1838
01:38:32,560 --> 01:38:35,760
generators for County build buildings

1839
01:38:35,760 --> 01:38:38,709
and

1840
01:38:38,719 --> 01:38:43,990
I proudly bear that

1841
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:47,360
weight um I I want all buildings to have

1842
01:38:47,360 --> 01:38:50,080
a backup generator I I want us to stop

1843
01:38:50,080 --> 01:38:55,320
renting them is is my point um and the

1844
01:38:55,320 --> 01:38:58,080
Mansville subcourthouse I've been here a

1845
01:38:58,080 --> 01:39:02,000
year uh and so we've had numerous

1846
01:39:02,000 --> 01:39:04,320
problems in the winter and summer months

1847
01:39:04,320 --> 01:39:08,880
so I would like a permanent solution um

1848
01:39:08,880 --> 01:39:11,679
instead of us renting these things but

1849
01:39:11,679 --> 01:39:14,040
so that's my point I I want every

1850
01:39:14,040 --> 01:39:15,960
facility to have a backup

1851
01:39:15,960 --> 01:39:19,320
gener thank you Mike yes all right do we

1852
01:39:19,320 --> 01:39:22,040
have a motion on item F3 for approval

1853
01:39:22,040 --> 01:39:23,800
second we have a motion in a second to

1854
01:39:23,800 --> 01:39:26,080
approve F3 which is approving a change

1855
01:39:26,080 --> 01:39:28,239
order change order number two to the K

1856
01:39:28,239 --> 01:39:30,199
industrial contract for the Scott deore

1857
01:39:30,199 --> 01:39:31,840
Juvenile Justice Center generator

1858
01:39:31,840 --> 01:39:34,199
project any further

1859
01:39:34,199 --> 01:39:37,480
discussion all right please cast your

1860
01:39:37,480 --> 01:39:41,000
vote passes unanimously thank you next

1861
01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:44,960
up is item G2 no no is G1 receive and

1862
01:39:44,960 --> 01:39:46,840
file the Personnel

1863
01:39:46,840 --> 01:39:49,520
agenda Mo to receive and file the

1864
01:39:49,520 --> 01:39:52,480
Personnel agenda second we have a motion

1865
01:39:52,480 --> 01:39:53,920
in a second to receive and file the

1866
01:39:53,920 --> 01:39:56,480
Personnel agenda any discussion there

1867
01:39:56,480 --> 01:39:58,480
all right please cast your

1868
01:39:58,480 --> 01:40:01,719
vote passes unanimously then from

1869
01:40:01,719 --> 01:40:04,360
consent we have item

1870
01:40:04,360 --> 01:40:08,599
G2 we do uh good morning Happy New Year

1871
01:40:08,599 --> 01:40:11,320
uh thank you so with item two we're

1872
01:40:11,320 --> 01:40:15,000
asking the court to approve uh changes

1873
01:40:15,000 --> 01:40:16,480
to the table of

1874
01:40:16,480 --> 01:40:18,880
organization for the uh County

1875
01:40:18,880 --> 01:40:20,520
administrator's office as well as the

1876
01:40:20,520 --> 01:40:24,000
county Judge's office this is a two-part

1877
01:40:24,000 --> 01:40:26,920
uh request the first part uh is that the

1878
01:40:26,920 --> 01:40:28,480
request is for the

1879
01:40:28,480 --> 01:40:31,480
HIV uh Consortium from the county

1880
01:40:31,480 --> 01:40:34,199
administrator's office to move over to

1881
01:40:34,199 --> 01:40:37,840
the county judges uh office the court

1882
01:40:37,840 --> 01:40:41,199
may recall in September of last year the

1883
01:40:41,199 --> 01:40:43,840
HIV planning Council coordinator

1884
01:40:43,840 --> 01:40:47,080
position moved from uh the county

1885
01:40:47,080 --> 01:40:48,520
administrator's office to the county

1886
01:40:48,520 --> 01:40:51,520
judge's office and so this this uh most

1887
01:40:51,520 --> 01:40:54,199
recent request then would uh actually uh

1888
01:40:54,199 --> 01:40:58,880
Place both those um or or place the

1889
01:40:58,880 --> 01:41:02,880
Consortium um along with the planning um

1890
01:41:02,880 --> 01:41:05,599
Council coordinator position in the

1891
01:41:05,599 --> 01:41:07,760
county judges to the second part of the

1892
01:41:07,760 --> 01:41:11,199
request is to retitle uh the community

1893
01:41:11,199 --> 01:41:14,560
in court leaza that's Natalie roses uh

1894
01:41:14,560 --> 01:41:17,520
vacancy Natalie retired and so the judge

1895
01:41:17,520 --> 01:41:19,800
is requesting that her position be

1896
01:41:19,800 --> 01:41:23,360
retitled or and position be retitled to

1897
01:41:23,360 --> 01:41:25,119
operations uh

1898
01:41:25,119 --> 01:41:28,119
assistant uh and then of course that uh

1899
01:41:28,119 --> 01:41:31,840
position would reports to uh Andy W in

1900
01:41:31,840 --> 01:41:34,360
the county Judge's office um if I didn't

1901
01:41:34,360 --> 01:41:36,639
give you an effective date the request

1902
01:41:36,639 --> 01:41:39,679
is that both uh things uh be made

1903
01:41:39,679 --> 01:41:42,599
effective January 16th there is no

1904
01:41:42,599 --> 01:41:45,159
fiscal

1905
01:41:45,159 --> 01:41:49,960
impact okay so I um I just wanted to

1906
01:41:49,960 --> 01:41:51,639
comment on this this

1907
01:41:51,639 --> 01:41:55,400
item because I admit that I have some

1908
01:41:55,400 --> 01:41:59,320
concern and I'm hoping that by making

1909
01:41:59,320 --> 01:42:03,840
this reorganization move um you know we

1910
01:42:03,840 --> 01:42:07,960
realize that we are out of federal

1911
01:42:07,960 --> 01:42:11,760
compliance uh with Ryan White procedures

1912
01:42:11,760 --> 01:42:12,880
in some

1913
01:42:12,880 --> 01:42:17,800
cases and the PIV pival importance of

1914
01:42:17,800 --> 01:42:21,840
this funding um I I've done some

1915
01:42:21,840 --> 01:42:24,119
research I've had my staff do some

1916
01:42:24,119 --> 01:42:26,400
research on the federal requirements of

1917
01:42:26,400 --> 01:42:28,360
the Ryan White

1918
01:42:28,360 --> 01:42:30,760
funding

1919
01:42:30,760 --> 01:42:33,199
and you know I've learned some things on

1920
01:42:33,199 --> 01:42:35,040
some of the central elements where we

1921
01:42:35,040 --> 01:42:37,119
currently don't seem to be in

1922
01:42:37,119 --> 01:42:40,760
compliance um so hopefully this new

1923
01:42:40,760 --> 01:42:45,040
judge will be you'll handle this since

1924
01:42:45,040 --> 01:42:47,840
it's going under but first let's talk

1925
01:42:47,840 --> 01:42:50,000
about the legislatively required

1926
01:42:50,000 --> 01:42:52,280
planning Council and per the legislation

1927
01:42:52,280 --> 01:42:54,400
the planning council is intended to be

1928
01:42:54,400 --> 01:42:57,199
an organization that is reflective of

1929
01:42:57,199 --> 01:42:59,560
the communities in our County most

1930
01:42:59,560 --> 01:43:02,880
impacted by HIV in fact it is a

1931
01:43:02,880 --> 01:43:05,080
legislative requirement that

1932
01:43:05,080 --> 01:43:07,920
33% of the planning Council be

1933
01:43:07,920 --> 01:43:10,159
unaffiliated clients of Ryan white

1934
01:43:10,159 --> 01:43:12,840
meaning people with HIV and receiving

1935
01:43:12,840 --> 01:43:16,800
services from what I am aware you can

1936
01:43:16,800 --> 01:43:21,280
correct me or your new staff can um it

1937
01:43:21,280 --> 01:43:22,760
does not appear that we are in

1938
01:43:22,760 --> 01:43:25,840
compliance with this 33% requirement in

1939
01:43:25,840 --> 01:43:28,719
any way shape or

1940
01:43:28,719 --> 01:43:31,440
form also the federal guidance also

1941
01:43:31,440 --> 01:43:33,719
repeatedly emphasizes that the planning

1942
01:43:33,719 --> 01:43:37,080
Council quote look like the epidemic of

1943
01:43:37,080 --> 01:43:40,880
HIV and AIDS in the eligible area in

1944
01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:45,040
Taran County per the AIDS view.org map

1945
01:43:45,040 --> 01:43:49,320
76 12% of HIV positive individuals are

1946
01:43:49,320 --> 01:43:53,880
men and yet that based on my reading of

1947
01:43:53,880 --> 01:43:56,199
one of the agendas that I was actually

1948
01:43:56,199 --> 01:44:00,000
able to find um the planning Council or

1949
01:44:00,000 --> 01:44:03,199
seven of nine planning council members

1950
01:44:03,199 --> 01:44:06,520
were women um so that doesn't sound like

1951
01:44:06,520 --> 01:44:09,400
it's reflective of the of the population

1952
01:44:09,400 --> 01:44:12,639
that is federally

1953
01:44:12,639 --> 01:44:15,400
mandated um

1954
01:44:15,400 --> 01:44:18,920
but it also makes sense because I

1955
01:44:18,920 --> 01:44:21,320
believe that was also the meeting where

1956
01:44:21,320 --> 01:44:23,440
the planning Council bylaws were changed

1957
01:44:23,440 --> 01:44:25,280
I think that was in

1958
01:44:25,280 --> 01:44:29,639
October October 20 October

1959
01:44:29,639 --> 01:44:32,840
26 and the planning Council bylaws were

1960
01:44:32,840 --> 01:44:35,840
changed in the previous bylaws it stated

1961
01:44:35,840 --> 01:44:38,400
that quote particular consideration

1962
01:44:38,400 --> 01:44:41,679
shall be given to disproportionately

1963
01:44:41,679 --> 01:44:44,159
affected and historically underserved

1964
01:44:44,159 --> 01:44:46,960
groups however in the updated bylaws

1965
01:44:46,960 --> 01:44:50,159
that language was removed entirely even

1966
01:44:50,159 --> 01:44:52,480
though it came directly from the federal

1967
01:44:52,480 --> 01:44:55,960
program guidance um and finally I'm I'm

1968
01:44:55,960 --> 01:44:58,239
concerned about transparency the Ryan

1969
01:44:58,239 --> 01:45:01,000
White part a manual clearly states that

1970
01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:02,960
detailed minutes of each meeting of the

1971
01:45:02,960 --> 01:45:06,000
council shall be kept meetings must be

1972
01:45:06,000 --> 01:45:08,000
public and announced and should be

1973
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:10,599
available to the public within 6 weeks

1974
01:45:10,599 --> 01:45:14,119
after the meeting date and yet I went on

1975
01:45:14,119 --> 01:45:17,280
to the north Texas North Central Texas

1976
01:45:17,280 --> 01:45:20,920
HIV planning Council website where all

1977
01:45:20,920 --> 01:45:24,119
of our meeting minutes were previously

1978
01:45:24,119 --> 01:45:26,480
displayed and found nothing there since

1979
01:45:26,480 --> 01:45:28,119
March of

1980
01:45:28,119 --> 01:45:32,719
2023 um I can still see the

1981
01:45:32,719 --> 01:45:35,400
agendas um because they were filed by

1982
01:45:35,400 --> 01:45:37,360
her tan County Clerk but there seems to

1983
01:45:37,360 --> 01:45:41,760
be no minutes um at from these meetings

1984
01:45:41,760 --> 01:45:45,480
showing what was discussed so judge I I

1985
01:45:45,480 --> 01:45:47,840
think this is a good move

1986
01:45:47,840 --> 01:45:51,080
um I'm confident you'll

1987
01:45:51,080 --> 01:45:54,199
oversight and um get these

1988
01:45:54,199 --> 01:45:56,960
non-compliance issues rectified and I'm

1989
01:45:56,960 --> 01:45:58,599
here to help in any way and would be

1990
01:45:58,599 --> 01:46:02,719
happy to assist in reaching out to um

1991
01:46:02,719 --> 01:46:05,040
qualified individuals to help populate

1992
01:46:05,040 --> 01:46:07,000
that planning Council if if you need

1993
01:46:07,000 --> 01:46:10,880
help um that's we talked about this last

1994
01:46:10,880 --> 01:46:14,639
time and closed and so I decided to go

1995
01:46:14,639 --> 01:46:18,280
take a look at it and and became

1996
01:46:18,280 --> 01:46:22,010
concerned so I'm I think this this might

1997
01:46:22,010 --> 01:46:23,480
[Music]

1998
01:46:23,480 --> 01:46:26,800
be that's all I had the without

1999
01:46:26,800 --> 01:46:28,840
addressing Point by point there are now

2000
01:46:28,840 --> 01:46:31,480
12 members okay

2001
01:46:31,480 --> 01:46:34,920
um when I took this office on January

2002
01:46:34,920 --> 01:46:35,719
the

2003
01:46:35,719 --> 01:46:40,679
1st uh as we've discussed the uh Federal

2004
01:46:40,679 --> 01:46:43,800
audit of the planning Council called

2005
01:46:43,800 --> 01:46:46,960
this without quoting the exact words the

2006
01:46:46,960 --> 01:46:48,639
biggest disaster they've ever seen of

2007
01:46:48,639 --> 01:46:53,080
any planning Council okay and so we

2008
01:46:53,080 --> 01:46:56,199
reconstituted the planning Council uh

2009
01:46:56,199 --> 01:46:57,760
and are still in the process of doing

2010
01:46:57,760 --> 01:47:00,440
that and and probably interview someone

2011
01:47:00,440 --> 01:47:01,480
for that

2012
01:47:01,480 --> 01:47:05,199
board certainly on a monthly basis maybe

2013
01:47:05,199 --> 01:47:06,960
even a bi-weekly

2014
01:47:06,960 --> 01:47:10,440
basis uh as far as the 33% requirement

2015
01:47:10,440 --> 01:47:12,639
you referenced I think we are one short

2016
01:47:12,639 --> 01:47:15,360
at this point uh we have sent text

2017
01:47:15,360 --> 01:47:17,800
messages to every single

2018
01:47:17,800 --> 01:47:21,000
recipient in tarant County that has a

2019
01:47:21,000 --> 01:47:23,639
cell phone number uh didn't get a lot of

2020
01:47:23,639 --> 01:47:26,760
response we have reached out to nurses

2021
01:47:26,760 --> 01:47:30,760
hospitals uh JPS nonprofits

2022
01:47:30,760 --> 01:47:33,679
churches um and uh but we are we're one

2023
01:47:33,679 --> 01:47:35,440
short of that one particular requirement

2024
01:47:35,440 --> 01:47:37,199
but it's been a work in progress trying

2025
01:47:37,199 --> 01:47:40,400
to clean it up once uh the planning

2026
01:47:40,400 --> 01:47:43,560
Council came under our supervision and I

2027
01:47:43,560 --> 01:47:46,000
believe that took effect the end of

2028
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:48,840
September or the beginning of October so

2029
01:47:48,840 --> 01:47:51,000
uh someone on the planning Council staff

2030
01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:51,719
had

2031
01:47:51,719 --> 01:47:55,159
resigned uh left uh I would tell you

2032
01:47:55,159 --> 01:47:56,320
that was the person that should be

2033
01:47:56,320 --> 01:47:59,520
posting the minutes um they're they've

2034
01:47:59,520 --> 01:48:02,440
now been replaced by someone that I have

2035
01:48:02,440 --> 01:48:05,320
confidence in and this whole way this

2036
01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:07,199
was set up where the County Judge is the

2037
01:48:07,199 --> 01:48:09,920
CEO of the program but all the employees

2038
01:48:09,920 --> 01:48:12,199
report to the County Administrator is

2039
01:48:12,199 --> 01:48:15,440
just nonsensical so our first step in

2040
01:48:15,440 --> 01:48:17,320
the process was to move the planning

2041
01:48:17,320 --> 01:48:19,480
Council director to my office we have

2042
01:48:19,480 --> 01:48:22,840
done our next step in the process which

2043
01:48:22,840 --> 01:48:25,960
GK was in support of and so is chanler

2044
01:48:25,960 --> 01:48:27,800
obviously because it's here was to move

2045
01:48:27,800 --> 01:48:29,440
it all under our office and we will make

2046
01:48:29,440 --> 01:48:31,320
sure we comply with all rules and laws

2047
01:48:31,320 --> 01:48:32,800
and make sure things are done correctly

2048
01:48:32,800 --> 01:48:34,599
once they're all under my office thank

2049
01:48:34,599 --> 01:48:35,639
you

2050
01:48:35,639 --> 01:48:40,830
yes okay any other questions or

2051
01:48:40,840 --> 01:48:42,880
comments all right do we have a motion

2052
01:48:42,880 --> 01:48:44,199
to approve

2053
01:48:44,199 --> 01:48:47,040
G2 so move all right we have a motion do

2054
01:48:47,040 --> 01:48:49,639
we have a second second all right any

2055
01:48:49,639 --> 01:48:51,520
further disc discussion on item

2056
01:48:51,520 --> 01:48:53,840
G2 all right seeing none please cast

2057
01:48:53,840 --> 01:48:55,520
your

2058
01:48:55,520 --> 01:48:58,599
vote all right passes unanimously judge

2059
01:48:58,599 --> 01:49:01,920
if I can take just uh a moment please to

2060
01:49:01,920 --> 01:49:05,840
remind our employees um those who may

2061
01:49:05,840 --> 01:49:07,560
have uh

2062
01:49:07,560 --> 01:49:11,239
concerns uh after the explosion uh

2063
01:49:11,239 --> 01:49:14,320
yesterday um we have uh gotten some uh

2064
01:49:14,320 --> 01:49:17,000
we've received some

2065
01:49:17,000 --> 01:49:21,679
um uh reach Outreach from employees uh

2066
01:49:21,679 --> 01:49:23,280
who were a bit shaken up by what

2067
01:49:23,280 --> 01:49:26,159
happened yesterday and so I just want to

2068
01:49:26,159 --> 01:49:28,960
remind employees that the county does uh

2069
01:49:28,960 --> 01:49:32,040
offer an employee assistance uh

2070
01:49:32,040 --> 01:49:34,960
program that's available at no cost to

2071
01:49:34,960 --> 01:49:38,119
employees so if employees um feel like

2072
01:49:38,119 --> 01:49:41,320
they need someone to talk to um please

2073
01:49:41,320 --> 01:49:43,599
uh reach out to our payroll and Benefit

2074
01:49:43,599 --> 01:49:45,520
Service Center we're here on the third

2075
01:49:45,520 --> 01:49:47,679
floor of this building you can reach

2076
01:49:47,679 --> 01:49:51,040
them directly at extension 2861

2077
01:49:51,040 --> 01:49:54,400
and we'll be happy to um provide you

2078
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:57,119
information on our employee assistance

2079
01:49:57,119 --> 01:50:01,040
uh program and there is um a feature of

2080
01:50:01,040 --> 01:50:04,280
our plan that allows if a department is

2081
01:50:04,280 --> 01:50:06,639
so interested we can certainly have

2082
01:50:06,639 --> 01:50:08,679
someone come on site and talk to groups

2083
01:50:08,679 --> 01:50:11,639
of employees at the same time if any

2084
01:50:11,639 --> 01:50:12,920
Department believes that that's

2085
01:50:12,920 --> 01:50:15,560
necessary so anyway just wanted to

2086
01:50:15,560 --> 01:50:17,320
remind employees that that benefit is

2087
01:50:17,320 --> 01:50:21,719
available at no cost hey thank thank you

2088
01:50:21,719 --> 01:50:26,119
next up we have item J1 uh purchasing

2089
01:50:26,119 --> 01:50:28,080
section I would ask the Commissioners to

2090
01:50:28,080 --> 01:50:34,239
take a look at items J One 2 3 4 and

2091
01:50:34,239 --> 01:50:36,840
five does anyone have any individual

2092
01:50:36,840 --> 01:50:42,340
specific questions on J 1 two 3 four or

2093
01:50:42,350 --> 01:50:46,920
[Music]

2094
01:50:46,920 --> 01:50:50,040
five no all right I will make a motion

2095
01:50:50,040 --> 01:50:54,159
to approve the requests in J 1 through 5

2096
01:50:54,159 --> 01:50:56,719
Second we have a motion we have a second

2097
01:50:56,719 --> 01:50:59,239
any discussion on any of these

2098
01:50:59,239 --> 01:51:01,520
items all right seeing none please cast

2099
01:51:01,520 --> 01:51:04,109
your

2100
01:51:04,119 --> 01:51:07,040
vote all right passes unanimously next

2101
01:51:07,040 --> 01:51:10,760
up is item j6 yes this is an approval of

2102
01:51:10,760 --> 01:51:12,560
of an exemption from the competitive

2103
01:51:12,560 --> 01:51:14,400
bidding requirements for the purchase of

2104
01:51:14,400 --> 01:51:18,000
use Ford police interceptor vehicles for

2105
01:51:18,000 --> 01:51:21,119
from Auto Nation Ford for

2106
01:51:21,119 --> 01:51:24,639
wor vote for approval second have a

2107
01:51:24,639 --> 01:51:27,320
motion a second to approve item j6 any

2108
01:51:27,320 --> 01:51:30,000
discussion there all right please cast

2109
01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:31,679
your

2110
01:51:31,679 --> 01:51:35,520
vote passes unanimously next up j7 and

2111
01:51:35,520 --> 01:51:38,599
the last item is permission to take bids

2112
01:51:38,599 --> 01:51:40,800
U for the purchase of a mill opener and

2113
01:51:40,800 --> 01:51:43,840
opener system and annual contract for Co

2114
01:51:43,840 --> 01:51:45,040
Milling

2115
01:51:45,040 --> 01:51:47,079
Services move

2116
01:51:47,079 --> 01:51:49,239
approval all right second we have a

2117
01:51:49,239 --> 01:51:52,079
motion and a second second to Grant

2118
01:51:52,079 --> 01:51:53,560
permission to take bids on these two

2119
01:51:53,560 --> 01:51:55,520
items any discussion

2120
01:51:55,520 --> 01:51:58,480
there right please cast your

2121
01:51:58,480 --> 01:52:01,840
vote passes unanimously thank you thank

2122
01:52:01,840 --> 01:52:04,199
you next up M1 is an interlocal

2123
01:52:04,199 --> 01:52:07,960
agreement Precinct one commissioner

2124
01:52:07,960 --> 01:52:12,920
Brooks yes sir

2125
01:52:12,930 --> 01:52:15,920
[Music]

2126
01:52:15,920 --> 01:52:19,199
um it's an interlocal agreement with the

2127
01:52:19,199 --> 01:52:22,280
town of Edge Cliff Village for the

2128
01:52:22,280 --> 01:52:24,920
overlay

2129
01:52:24,920 --> 01:52:27,480
of couple of

2130
01:52:27,480 --> 01:52:32,880
streets uh it of approval on item M1 A

2131
01:52:32,880 --> 01:52:35,560
and B second we have a motion at second

2132
01:52:35,560 --> 01:52:37,360
to approve item M1 A and B any

2133
01:52:37,360 --> 01:52:39,800
discussion there all right please cast

2134
01:52:39,800 --> 01:52:41,520
your

2135
01:52:41,520 --> 01:52:44,560
vote all right passes unanimously do we

2136
01:52:44,560 --> 01:52:46,719
have any appointments to any boards

2137
01:52:46,719 --> 01:52:50,400
committees or Tiff districts today than

2138
01:52:50,400 --> 01:52:51,440
yes your

2139
01:52:51,440 --> 01:52:54,000
honor uh I've got

2140
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:58,520
to to Fort Worth Tiff number

2141
01:52:58,520 --> 01:53:02,920
eight uh I need to reappoint

2142
01:53:02,920 --> 01:53:07,719
myself and to Grand Prairie Tiff number

2143
01:53:07,719 --> 01:53:11,280
one I'd like to reappoint Janette

2144
01:53:11,280 --> 01:53:14,239
Martinez okay I'll second that so we

2145
01:53:14,239 --> 01:53:16,639
have a motion in a second to reappoint

2146
01:53:16,639 --> 01:53:19,199
commissioner Brooks to one board and

2147
01:53:19,199 --> 01:53:21,679
Miss Martin is to another board any

2148
01:53:21,679 --> 01:53:22,800
discussion

2149
01:53:22,800 --> 01:53:25,880
there please cast your

2150
01:53:25,880 --> 01:53:29,400
vote right passes unanimously any other

2151
01:53:29,400 --> 01:53:33,880
yes um I need to reappoint uh Joanna

2152
01:53:33,880 --> 01:53:37,639
Cardoza to Arlington tur number

2153
01:53:37,639 --> 01:53:39,760
seven and that's a motion that's a

2154
01:53:39,760 --> 01:53:42,360
motion we have a motion in a second any

2155
01:53:42,360 --> 01:53:43,840
discussion on that

2156
01:53:43,840 --> 01:53:47,079
item all right seeing none please

2157
01:53:47,079 --> 01:53:50,159
vote all right that passes unanimously

2158
01:53:50,159 --> 01:53:52,040
with no more board or commission

2159
01:53:52,040 --> 01:53:53,400
appointments we move to bonds or

2160
01:53:53,400 --> 01:53:54,560
certificates of social insurance there

2161
01:53:54,560 --> 01:53:56,960
are none uh now we go to various claims

2162
01:53:56,960 --> 01:53:59,679
and addendum move approval of the claims

2163
01:53:59,679 --> 01:54:01,760
including the addendum second we have a

2164
01:54:01,760 --> 01:54:03,599
motion of a second to approve the claims

2165
01:54:03,599 --> 01:54:05,400
and the addendum any discussion on that

2166
01:54:05,400 --> 01:54:08,840
item all right seeing none please

2167
01:54:08,840 --> 01:54:11,560
vote all right that passes unanimously

2168
01:54:11,560 --> 01:54:14,119
which now brings us to a criminal

2169
01:54:14,119 --> 01:54:16,560
justice update and I believe Mr

2170
01:54:16,560 --> 01:54:18,679
Schaffner is going to start this

2171
01:54:18,679 --> 01:54:21,679
presentation

2172
01:54:21,679 --> 01:54:24,990
we do have a speaker on this

2173
01:54:25,000 --> 01:54:27,400
item good morning judges and juding

2174
01:54:27,400 --> 01:54:29,400
Commissioners so today we have a

2175
01:54:29,400 --> 01:54:32,159
criminal justice update from you the I

2176
01:54:32,159 --> 01:54:35,440
will be leading uh the first half of the

2177
01:54:35,440 --> 01:54:38,320
presentation and then uh judges uh

2178
01:54:38,320 --> 01:54:40,760
hegerman and nikol will come up and

2179
01:54:40,760 --> 01:54:43,360
present a a couple slides and then Mr

2180
01:54:43,360 --> 01:54:45,280
Sher will present a slide and then I'll

2181
01:54:45,280 --> 01:54:49,119
be back to uh close us up finish us up

2182
01:54:49,119 --> 01:54:51,000
and uh ask for any

2183
01:54:51,000 --> 01:54:52,840
questions

2184
01:54:52,840 --> 01:54:55,119
so we would like to there's been an

2185
01:54:55,119 --> 01:54:57,239
increased um interest in the criminal

2186
01:54:57,239 --> 01:54:59,880
justice system from Court members from

2187
01:54:59,880 --> 01:55:01,679
uh various County departments and staff

2188
01:55:01,679 --> 01:55:03,679
as well as uh from the community and so

2189
01:55:03,679 --> 01:55:05,800
we wanted to address um several issues

2190
01:55:05,800 --> 01:55:07,639
that have come up and kind of give a an

2191
01:55:07,639 --> 01:55:09,880
overview and set a baseline of uh

2192
01:55:09,880 --> 01:55:11,880
conversation regarding the tan County

2193
01:55:11,880 --> 01:55:13,960
criminal justice system so first off and

2194
01:55:13,960 --> 01:55:15,040
this is something that we talk a lot

2195
01:55:15,040 --> 01:55:16,040
about in the criminal justice

2196
01:55:16,040 --> 01:55:18,679
coordinating Council but the the goal of

2197
01:55:18,679 --> 01:55:20,040
what we're trying to do is balance

2198
01:55:20,040 --> 01:55:22,480
Public Safety Community safety with jail

2199
01:55:22,480 --> 01:55:24,320
population and how do we strike that

2200
01:55:24,320 --> 01:55:26,480
balance um and then also wanted to

2201
01:55:26,480 --> 01:55:29,599
discuss a couple of item so Taran County

2202
01:55:29,599 --> 01:55:33,440
um has been undergoing a um Criminal

2203
01:55:33,440 --> 01:55:35,800
Justice Reform if you will as well as

2204
01:55:35,800 --> 01:55:37,800
pretty much everybody uh in the rest of

2205
01:55:37,800 --> 01:55:41,599
the state since 2017 up to 2019 is when

2206
01:55:41,599 --> 01:55:43,280
it all kind of kicked off there were a

2207
01:55:43,280 --> 01:55:45,560
number of different litigation uh pieces

2208
01:55:45,560 --> 01:55:48,000
of litigation throughout the state from

2209
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:50,360
um Harris County's O'Donald

2210
01:55:50,360 --> 01:55:52,000
case in the Galveston County case as

2211
01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:54,920
well as litigation in Dallas County all

2212
01:55:54,920 --> 01:55:57,679
about um ranging from misdemeanor bonds

2213
01:55:57,679 --> 01:56:00,599
to the ability to pay um actually a

2214
01:56:00,599 --> 01:56:02,679
separate Dallas County case was resolved

2215
01:56:02,679 --> 01:56:04,960
yesterday with the US Supreme Court so

2216
01:56:04,960 --> 01:56:06,880
there a number of different pieces of

2217
01:56:06,880 --> 01:56:09,760
litigation around bonds and the criminal

2218
01:56:09,760 --> 01:56:12,840
justice system that began the county of

2219
01:56:12,840 --> 01:56:14,400
process with work with Commissioner's

2220
01:56:14,400 --> 01:56:17,800
Court and the judicial system the judges

2221
01:56:17,800 --> 01:56:19,719
the CDA and the sheriff on what we need

2222
01:56:19,719 --> 01:56:22,560
to do to be prepared to handle various

2223
01:56:22,560 --> 01:56:24,920
issues so one shift that we made was

2224
01:56:24,920 --> 01:56:27,119
centralizing magistration to where

2225
01:56:27,119 --> 01:56:29,639
instead of there being um various

2226
01:56:29,639 --> 01:56:32,560
Municipal judges setting bonds it was

2227
01:56:32,560 --> 01:56:35,679
more or less Consolidated within um tan

2228
01:56:35,679 --> 01:56:38,480
County underneath our um judges trying

2229
01:56:38,480 --> 01:56:41,760
criminal cases second pre-trial shifted

2230
01:56:41,760 --> 01:56:43,400
and was split pre-trial used to be under

2231
01:56:43,400 --> 01:56:45,599
the county administrator's office it was

2232
01:56:45,599 --> 01:56:49,159
then split part cscd to supervision and

2233
01:56:49,159 --> 01:56:52,000
the judge judges do um the portion

2234
01:56:52,000 --> 01:56:54,239
related to

2235
01:56:54,239 --> 01:56:58,360
um Services related to um ability to pay

2236
01:56:58,360 --> 01:56:59,760
and and those types of things the part

2237
01:56:59,760 --> 01:57:02,040
leading up to to bond setting and then

2238
01:57:02,040 --> 01:57:03,679
also in my slide is in correct it's

2239
01:57:03,679 --> 01:57:05,920
supposed to be S sp6 from the 87 session

2240
01:57:05,920 --> 01:57:08,480
the state legislature uh went in and did

2241
01:57:08,480 --> 01:57:13,079
a number of of um Bond and criminal

2242
01:57:13,079 --> 01:57:15,400
justice changes to the system including

2243
01:57:15,400 --> 01:57:17,440
restricting what PR bonds could be used

2244
01:57:17,440 --> 01:57:20,599
for uh which has greatly impacted

2245
01:57:20,599 --> 01:57:23,199
so maybe just set a baseline regarding

2246
01:57:23,199 --> 01:57:26,840
the approved fy4 budget um so this is by

2247
01:57:26,840 --> 01:57:29,520
function area so the first page of the

2248
01:57:29,520 --> 01:57:31,199
approved roll up of the budget which is

2249
01:57:31,199 --> 01:57:32,360
the thick book that you get from the

2250
01:57:32,360 --> 01:57:34,360
budget office that Helen produces the

2251
01:57:34,360 --> 01:57:36,520
first page of that is the budget

2252
01:57:36,520 --> 01:57:38,560
approved budget by functional area and

2253
01:57:38,560 --> 01:57:40,320
you'll notice on this that judicial

2254
01:57:40,320 --> 01:57:42,560
constitutes approximately 20% and Public

2255
01:57:42,560 --> 01:57:45,480
Safety uh constitutes approximately

2256
01:57:45,480 --> 01:57:49,440
27% so 47% and these are high figur

2257
01:57:49,440 --> 01:57:50,880
years it's by functional area so it's

2258
01:57:50,880 --> 01:57:53,159
it's broad categories 47% of the

2259
01:57:53,159 --> 01:57:55,599
approved tan County budget goes for to

2260
01:57:55,599 --> 01:57:58,280
the criminal justice system the judicial

2261
01:57:58,280 --> 01:58:00,119
that's only the criminal side it it it

2262
01:58:00,119 --> 01:58:02,159
also includes several so civil so we're

2263
01:58:02,159 --> 01:58:05,119
looking at again broad Strokes so just

2264
01:58:05,119 --> 01:58:08,159
to make sure I'm clear that

2265
01:58:08,159 --> 01:58:11,719
$11.4 Million number includes civil Does

2266
01:58:11,719 --> 01:58:13,960
it include probate yes Does it include

2267
01:58:13,960 --> 01:58:18,159
family yes so 47% doeses not go to

2268
01:58:18,159 --> 01:58:20,119
criminal justice

2269
01:58:20,119 --> 01:58:21,639
it would be underneath that number yes

2270
01:58:21,639 --> 01:58:23,360
right

2271
01:58:23,360 --> 01:58:26,159
okay so if you look at historical trends

2272
01:58:26,159 --> 01:58:29,119
of approved budgets from fy19 to 24

2273
01:58:29,119 --> 01:58:30,320
again looking at the public safety

2274
01:58:30,320 --> 01:58:32,320
functional area the judicial functional

2275
01:58:32,320 --> 01:58:34,800
area with um taking in consideration

2276
01:58:34,800 --> 01:58:38,400
your comments judge um you get the

2277
01:58:38,400 --> 01:58:40,239
general percent of on the far right hand

2278
01:58:40,239 --> 01:58:41,960
coln percent of the total approved

2279
01:58:41,960 --> 01:58:45,079
budget so in 2019 we're at

2280
01:58:45,079 --> 01:58:47,880
51% were those two functional areas in

2281
01:58:47,880 --> 01:58:50,239
2024 that approved budget was was

2282
01:58:50,239 --> 01:58:53,079
47% um part of the reason that you see

2283
01:58:53,079 --> 01:58:56,079
the numbers declining in 21 and 22 is

2284
01:58:56,079 --> 01:58:58,040
based on the co relief funds that we

2285
01:58:58,040 --> 01:59:01,599
received U because that added in and and

2286
01:59:01,599 --> 01:59:03,679
made some of the percentages smaller and

2287
01:59:03,679 --> 01:59:05,760
changed some of those

2288
01:59:05,760 --> 01:59:07,800
percentages so let's talk a little bit

2289
01:59:07,800 --> 01:59:09,440
about the constitution of what of the

2290
01:59:09,440 --> 01:59:10,920
individuals that are within the jail

2291
01:59:10,920 --> 01:59:16,159
What charges we have so there are 18 um

2292
01:59:16,159 --> 01:59:18,440
classifications of folks in the Taran

2293
01:59:18,440 --> 01:59:19,880
County Jail

2294
01:59:19,880 --> 01:59:21,480
um you'll see this and this was just

2295
01:59:21,480 --> 01:59:24,280
took a date December the 5th of 2019 uh

2296
01:59:24,280 --> 01:59:26,159
to start with so if you go from 2019 the

2297
01:59:26,159 --> 01:59:28,719
gel population was 4100 you'll notice

2298
01:59:28,719 --> 01:59:30,040
that the unsentenced felons which

2299
01:59:30,040 --> 01:59:32,920
constitutes the largest portion of

2300
01:59:32,920 --> 01:59:34,960
57% uh and also you can kind of go

2301
01:59:34,960 --> 01:59:36,840
through unsent misdemeanor at 7% I'll

2302
01:59:36,840 --> 01:59:38,719
show you some Contracting but this gives

2303
01:59:38,719 --> 01:59:40,800
you the broad Strokes of what the

2304
01:59:40,800 --> 01:59:43,159
composition of the jail was on that date

2305
01:59:43,159 --> 01:59:45,719
if you look to the next day Jael total

2306
01:59:45,719 --> 01:59:46,960
population of

2307
01:59:46,960 --> 01:59:49,679
4256 and this is on December the 5th of

2308
01:59:49,679 --> 01:59:51,719
2023 you'll notice that unsentenced

2309
01:59:51,719 --> 01:59:53,960
felons have increased substantially to

2310
01:59:53,960 --> 01:59:56,199
63% unsentenced misdemeanors has

2311
01:59:56,199 --> 01:59:59,360
decreased substantially by to 3% and

2312
01:59:59,360 --> 02:00:00,840
again those other compositions and I've

2313
02:00:00,840 --> 02:00:02,800
got a side by side to make it easier

2314
02:00:02,800 --> 02:00:04,000
because it's difficult when you're

2315
02:00:04,000 --> 02:00:05,560
looking at the pie

2316
02:00:05,560 --> 02:00:07,119
charts

2317
02:00:07,119 --> 02:00:10,920
so we have um the classification and

2318
02:00:10,920 --> 02:00:13,199
then on December the 5th of 2019

2319
02:00:13,199 --> 02:00:15,199
December the 5th of 2023 again just a

2320
02:00:15,199 --> 02:00:17,800
snapshot in time and then the percent

2321
02:00:17,800 --> 02:00:19,800
changes so unsent spell we went up a

2322
02:00:19,800 --> 02:00:22,199
little bit if you go back to and compare

2323
02:00:22,199 --> 02:00:24,000
December 3rd

2324
02:00:24,000 --> 02:00:28,920
2019 to December 3rd of 2029 or 2023 um

2325
02:00:28,920 --> 02:00:31,800
it's flat it literally Depends for uncs

2326
02:00:31,800 --> 02:00:34,840
on what day tcj comes and picks up

2327
02:00:34,840 --> 02:00:36,400
prisoners on what that number can look

2328
02:00:36,400 --> 02:00:39,239
at so these numbers can swing 70 80 80

2329
02:00:39,239 --> 02:00:41,480
people um a particular day but I want to

2330
02:00:41,480 --> 02:00:43,079
call your attention to a couple of them

2331
02:00:43,079 --> 02:00:46,079
that are important Court exam uh is up

2332
02:00:46,079 --> 02:00:49,320
two 2% and this is important the state

2333
02:00:49,320 --> 02:00:52,239
has really struggled hhsc has struggled

2334
02:00:52,239 --> 02:00:55,960
with with the weight list to State uh to

2335
02:00:55,960 --> 02:00:59,360
state hospitals ours our catchman area

2336
02:00:59,360 --> 02:01:01,880
goes up to witto Falls and it has

2337
02:01:01,880 --> 02:01:04,880
struggled to um more or less stay

2338
02:01:04,880 --> 02:01:07,360
current with it and we've have over um

2339
02:01:07,360 --> 02:01:09,280
150 people on that weight list at any

2340
02:01:09,280 --> 02:01:11,480
given time just for ours the state

2341
02:01:11,480 --> 02:01:13,079
during Co actually had to shut down a

2342
02:01:13,079 --> 02:01:15,119
couple facilities uh due to lack of

2343
02:01:15,119 --> 02:01:17,400
Staffing and at one point only had like

2344
02:01:17,400 --> 02:01:20,239
2third of the beds available on uh

2345
02:01:20,239 --> 02:01:22,480
actually online for that so that's why

2346
02:01:22,480 --> 02:01:23,960
those that number is elevated

2347
02:01:23,960 --> 02:01:26,480
unsentenced felons um again has

2348
02:01:26,480 --> 02:01:27,760
increased by

2349
02:01:27,760 --> 02:01:30,079
6% uh unsentenced misdemeanors has

2350
02:01:30,079 --> 02:01:32,040
decreased by 4% and I think that's

2351
02:01:32,040 --> 02:01:35,239
directly related to some of the um

2352
02:01:35,239 --> 02:01:38,159
reforms that we've seen since 2019 U

2353
02:01:38,159 --> 02:01:40,239
going forward and but the gel

2354
02:01:40,239 --> 02:01:41,960
populational notice has increased by

2355
02:01:41,960 --> 02:01:45,119
3.8% again this is a snapshot in time if

2356
02:01:45,119 --> 02:01:48,040
you run the numbers back to to um

2357
02:01:48,040 --> 02:01:50,520
December the 3rd it's 2% up so again

2358
02:01:50,520 --> 02:01:52,560
just looks but broad strokes and ter

2359
02:01:52,560 --> 02:01:54,760
County population has increased by 8.1%

2360
02:01:54,760 --> 02:01:57,000
so I think a lot of combination needs to

2361
02:01:57,000 --> 02:02:00,119
happen to the sheriff and the da and the

2362
02:02:00,119 --> 02:02:03,159
judges for being able to even though our

2363
02:02:03,159 --> 02:02:05,320
population is going up 8.1% over this

2364
02:02:05,320 --> 02:02:07,040
time period jail population has only

2365
02:02:07,040 --> 02:02:09,800
increased by 3.8% so that's something we

2366
02:02:09,800 --> 02:02:11,320
should continue to look at so we're

2367
02:02:11,320 --> 02:02:15,000
going to cover these uh six areas today

2368
02:02:15,000 --> 02:02:16,960
um so first off the criminal justice

2369
02:02:16,960 --> 02:02:19,760
coordinating Council so this has been

2370
02:02:19,760 --> 02:02:22,040
reconstituted after Mr Merritt I came

2371
02:02:22,040 --> 02:02:24,079
aboard as County Administrator we have

2372
02:02:24,079 --> 02:02:26,440
monthly meetings it's a Roundtable style

2373
02:02:26,440 --> 02:02:27,760
uh you can see the membership that we

2374
02:02:27,760 --> 02:02:29,320
have there and we are working through a

2375
02:02:29,320 --> 02:02:31,040
number of different issues that are

2376
02:02:31,040 --> 02:02:34,760
brought by the group um as to discuss

2377
02:02:34,760 --> 02:02:36,880
and work through various items sometimes

2378
02:02:36,880 --> 02:02:38,560
they're handled during the meeting other

2379
02:02:38,560 --> 02:02:40,199
times they hand take a meeting or two to

2380
02:02:40,199 --> 02:02:42,679
resolve but we are actively working

2381
02:02:42,679 --> 02:02:44,280
through and trying to do system

2382
02:02:44,280 --> 02:02:46,360
improvements uh to the criminal justice

2383
02:02:46,360 --> 02:02:47,960
system so

2384
02:02:47,960 --> 02:02:49,960
dashboards

2385
02:02:49,960 --> 02:02:52,280
so we've been working the T County

2386
02:02:52,280 --> 02:02:54,800
administrator's office as well as it I

2387
02:02:54,800 --> 02:02:56,239
know that Criminal Courts administrator

2388
02:02:56,239 --> 02:02:57,520
Administration separately has been

2389
02:02:57,520 --> 02:02:58,760
working on a different project trying to

2390
02:02:58,760 --> 02:03:00,960
get dashboards updated and these are

2391
02:03:00,960 --> 02:03:02,880
public fent dashboards we have internal

2392
02:03:02,880 --> 02:03:05,079
dashboards but we need better public

2393
02:03:05,079 --> 02:03:07,560
facing information so the Jael dashboard

2394
02:03:07,560 --> 02:03:09,199
and the bond dashboard which you see

2395
02:03:09,199 --> 02:03:11,480
snapshots of there the public facing

2396
02:03:11,480 --> 02:03:13,639
version of those dashboards we plan on

2397
02:03:13,639 --> 02:03:15,599
um having online available to the public

2398
02:03:15,599 --> 02:03:18,119
by the end of the month um which will be

2399
02:03:18,119 --> 02:03:21,320
a real um great opportunity as part of

2400
02:03:21,320 --> 02:03:23,840
that uh information we will have

2401
02:03:23,840 --> 02:03:26,360
explanatory notes uh that'll be there

2402
02:03:26,360 --> 02:03:27,920
that you can click and see all sorts of

2403
02:03:27,920 --> 02:03:29,920
different information and explain what

2404
02:03:29,920 --> 02:03:30,880
you're actually seeing on these

2405
02:03:30,880 --> 02:03:33,079
documents because it is complicated the

2406
02:03:33,079 --> 02:03:34,960
court CDA and mental health Dash boards

2407
02:03:34,960 --> 02:03:37,040
are all still in development um and we

2408
02:03:37,040 --> 02:03:39,679
will continue to update you as those uh

2409
02:03:39,679 --> 02:03:40,840
are

2410
02:03:40,840 --> 02:03:43,000
developed middle Health jail diversion

2411
02:03:43,000 --> 02:03:45,559
Center so of the items within the

2412
02:03:45,559 --> 02:03:46,960
criminal justice system that

2413
02:03:46,960 --> 02:03:48,040
Commissioners court and all of our

2414
02:03:48,040 --> 02:03:49,199
stakeholders have to work work through

2415
02:03:49,199 --> 02:03:51,679
during 2024 the middle Health Diversion

2416
02:03:51,679 --> 02:03:53,520
Center is one of the top priorities of

2417
02:03:53,520 --> 02:03:55,559
what we've got to work through first off

2418
02:03:55,559 --> 02:03:58,000
the contract that we have with

2419
02:03:58,000 --> 02:04:02,159
MHMR is up on December 31st of this year

2420
02:04:02,159 --> 02:04:03,639
uh and that's for the operation of this

2421
02:04:03,639 --> 02:04:06,360
it's a $17 million contract uh We've

2422
02:04:06,360 --> 02:04:08,280
expended approximately 59% of those

2423
02:04:08,280 --> 02:04:11,199
funds um as of the last uh invoice that

2424
02:04:11,199 --> 02:04:14,920
we received for November of last year so

2425
02:04:14,920 --> 02:04:17,920
we need to work through um how we

2426
02:04:17,920 --> 02:04:20,280
continue to increase usage of this

2427
02:04:20,280 --> 02:04:22,800
facility so mhm more estimates that the

2428
02:04:22,800 --> 02:04:24,800
monthly that our monthly bed capacity is

2429
02:04:24,800 --> 02:04:27,199
about 400 we'd like to have a Target

2430
02:04:27,199 --> 02:04:29,320
capacity of 330 if we were to set a goal

2431
02:04:29,320 --> 02:04:31,599
what does that monthly look like um and

2432
02:04:31,599 --> 02:04:34,639
we are not hitting it we have not hit it

2433
02:04:34,639 --> 02:04:36,960
uh since the beginning of this project

2434
02:04:36,960 --> 02:04:41,079
uh we have you'll see started very low

2435
02:04:41,079 --> 02:04:43,280
uh but you'll an significant uptick

2436
02:04:43,280 --> 02:04:46,639
starting in May June and July of last

2437
02:04:46,639 --> 02:04:48,559
year those were based on changes that

2438
02:04:48,559 --> 02:04:52,360
were made um to eligibility

2439
02:04:52,360 --> 02:04:54,880
criteria to allow people to go to the

2440
02:04:54,880 --> 02:04:57,239
center and we have seen that uptake also

2441
02:04:57,239 --> 02:05:00,079
the sheriff's department and the CDA has

2442
02:05:00,079 --> 02:05:04,360
been working um laboriously to screen

2443
02:05:04,360 --> 02:05:07,040
individuals as they come into the jail

2444
02:05:07,040 --> 02:05:11,440
so someone from Arlington is um picked

2445
02:05:11,440 --> 02:05:13,280
up and taken into the Arlington's

2446
02:05:13,280 --> 02:05:15,320
Municipal Jail that could have been a

2447
02:05:15,320 --> 02:05:16,520
good fit for the mental health gel

2448
02:05:16,520 --> 02:05:18,760
Diversion Center but they the again just

2449
02:05:18,760 --> 02:05:20,520
is an example they went ahead and took

2450
02:05:20,520 --> 02:05:22,199
them to the Municipal Jail that

2451
02:05:22,199 --> 02:05:23,520
individual as they work through the

2452
02:05:23,520 --> 02:05:25,199
system the sheriff's department will

2453
02:05:25,199 --> 02:05:26,880
come pick them up you know within 24 or

2454
02:05:26,880 --> 02:05:29,520
so hours uh and they get in our jail go

2455
02:05:29,520 --> 02:05:31,599
through booking they are

2456
02:05:31,599 --> 02:05:34,440
identified um and a tremendous amount of

2457
02:05:34,440 --> 02:05:36,400
work goes from once you're identified as

2458
02:05:36,400 --> 02:05:38,480
part of that process and then getting

2459
02:05:38,480 --> 02:05:39,840
them to the mental health gel Diversion

2460
02:05:39,840 --> 02:05:42,280
Center so there's and that's why we are

2461
02:05:42,280 --> 02:05:45,800
seeing that uptake in no the November 23

2462
02:05:45,800 --> 02:05:48,880
data 36 of those 102 individuals were

2463
02:05:48,880 --> 02:05:51,280
deferred directly from the jail um which

2464
02:05:51,280 --> 02:05:52,920
is really the center data is going to

2465
02:05:52,920 --> 02:05:56,159
show even more so this is for so the

2466
02:05:56,159 --> 02:05:57,679
mental health Diversion Center has two

2467
02:05:57,679 --> 02:05:59,000
components of the contract we have the

2468
02:05:59,000 --> 02:06:00,440
actual operations of the contract and

2469
02:06:00,440 --> 02:06:02,559
then secondarily we have a transitions

2470
02:06:02,559 --> 02:06:04,800
program that MHMR works during the

2471
02:06:04,800 --> 02:06:07,040
transition program is for those folks so

2472
02:06:07,040 --> 02:06:08,280
you go to the Diversion Center you stay

2473
02:06:08,280 --> 02:06:11,400
your 48 hours you're stabilized and then

2474
02:06:11,400 --> 02:06:13,520
it's what next so when you're enrolled

2475
02:06:13,520 --> 02:06:15,679
in the transition program they help you

2476
02:06:15,679 --> 02:06:18,840
um find uh the necessary community

2477
02:06:18,840 --> 02:06:20,480
resources to help get you stabilized

2478
02:06:20,480 --> 02:06:22,520
more long term so that's a component you

2479
02:06:22,520 --> 02:06:24,239
can see our monthly enrollment it's

2480
02:06:24,239 --> 02:06:26,360
increased decreased a little bit but um

2481
02:06:26,360 --> 02:06:30,800
it has kind of kept aligned itself with

2482
02:06:30,800 --> 02:06:34,119
um the general uh enroll involvement of

2483
02:06:34,119 --> 02:06:35,480
the criminal justice Coordinating

2484
02:06:35,480 --> 02:06:37,599
Committee so with this slide judge

2485
02:06:37,599 --> 02:06:40,040
Hagerman is going to come and discuss uh

2486
02:06:40,040 --> 02:06:41,920
Bond setting with the court and then

2487
02:06:41,920 --> 02:06:43,320
judge Nik is going to talk about a

2488
02:06:43,320 --> 02:06:45,840
mental health PR Bond program and and uh

2489
02:06:45,840 --> 02:06:48,719
Mr shuger will give us an update related

2490
02:06:48,719 --> 02:06:58,350
to remote video

2491
02:06:58,360 --> 02:07:01,920
magistr good morning Court

2492
02:07:01,920 --> 02:07:04,840
um Judge David hegerman of the 297

2493
02:07:04,840 --> 02:07:07,800
District Court talk about magistration

2494
02:07:07,800 --> 02:07:10,639
and setting of bonds this morning I have

2495
02:07:10,639 --> 02:07:13,480
uh I have some of my cohorts here some

2496
02:07:13,480 --> 02:07:15,199
additional judges as well as staff

2497
02:07:15,199 --> 02:07:18,079
counsel so I I hope you'll allow me some

2498
02:07:18,079 --> 02:07:20,760
leeway if I get something wrong during

2499
02:07:20,760 --> 02:07:21,760
this

2500
02:07:21,760 --> 02:07:23,800
presentation one thing that I am

2501
02:07:23,800 --> 02:07:26,040
absolutely certain of that I am not

2502
02:07:26,040 --> 02:07:28,719
wrong about is the fact that the changes

2503
02:07:28,719 --> 02:07:31,320
that we have made to mag to the

2504
02:07:31,320 --> 02:07:36,159
magistration process since 2015 and

2505
02:07:36,159 --> 02:07:40,199
2016 have saved this County from a major

2506
02:07:40,199 --> 02:07:42,360
lawsuit uh Russell talked a little bit

2507
02:07:42,360 --> 02:07:45,639
about the litigation uh that has gone on

2508
02:07:45,639 --> 02:07:49,520
in Houston and Dallas and I believe Bear

2509
02:07:49,520 --> 02:07:50,719
County as

2510
02:07:50,719 --> 02:07:52,559
well

2511
02:07:52,559 --> 02:07:55,920
um we knew that we were being

2512
02:07:55,920 --> 02:08:00,639
targeted by uh the person or persons who

2513
02:08:00,639 --> 02:08:03,440
filed those lawsuits Taran County itself

2514
02:08:03,440 --> 02:08:05,960
was being targeted for a

2515
02:08:05,960 --> 02:08:09,880
lawsuit and uh the changes that we made

2516
02:08:09,880 --> 02:08:12,639
to the magistration process to

2517
02:08:12,639 --> 02:08:17,079
centralize it and um do the things that

2518
02:08:17,079 --> 02:08:19,119
had come out of that lawsuit

2519
02:08:19,119 --> 02:08:21,480
saved us from from being sued we know

2520
02:08:21,480 --> 02:08:24,199
that because they told us

2521
02:08:24,199 --> 02:08:28,000
that prior to 2015 and

2522
02:08:28,000 --> 02:08:30,480
2016 Taran County had not followed the

2523
02:08:30,480 --> 02:08:32,559
law in regards to

2524
02:08:32,559 --> 02:08:35,440
magistration probably for about 50 years

2525
02:08:35,440 --> 02:08:37,639
1517 of the Texas code of criminal

2526
02:08:37,639 --> 02:08:42,440
procedure mandates how a person is to be

2527
02:08:42,440 --> 02:08:44,440
magistr

2528
02:08:44,440 --> 02:08:46,960
and basically everything was

2529
02:08:46,960 --> 02:08:51,320
decentralized prior to to that um

2530
02:08:51,320 --> 02:08:53,559
probably that was done to ease jail

2531
02:08:53,559 --> 02:08:57,520
overcrowding back in the early 70s and

2532
02:08:57,520 --> 02:09:02,000
80s but it was illegal and when it was

2533
02:09:02,000 --> 02:09:04,440
discovered we realized there were some

2534
02:09:04,440 --> 02:09:07,040
changes that we had to make hence we

2535
02:09:07,040 --> 02:09:10,629
began the process of central

2536
02:09:10,639 --> 02:09:13,800
magistration magistration is a very very

2537
02:09:13,800 --> 02:09:17,760
important process uh it's the initial

2538
02:09:17,760 --> 02:09:19,599
portion of the criminal justice system

2539
02:09:19,599 --> 02:09:22,079
and many times it's a person's first

2540
02:09:22,079 --> 02:09:25,119
contact with the criminal justice

2541
02:09:25,119 --> 02:09:28,760
system basically after a person is

2542
02:09:28,760 --> 02:09:31,559
arrested uh there are several things

2543
02:09:31,559 --> 02:09:33,760
that have to be complied

2544
02:09:33,760 --> 02:09:36,400
with uh not just with the code of

2545
02:09:36,400 --> 02:09:38,320
criminal procedure but also certain

2546
02:09:38,320 --> 02:09:39,480
reporting

2547
02:09:39,480 --> 02:09:42,559
requirements that uh your state

2548
02:09:42,559 --> 02:09:45,639
government in Austin requires of every

2549
02:09:45,639 --> 02:09:48,719
magistrate that touches a bond prior to

2550
02:09:48,719 --> 02:09:51,920
meeting the defendants the magistrate

2551
02:09:51,920 --> 02:09:54,639
reviews a lot of information this takes

2552
02:09:54,639 --> 02:09:57,320
several minutes not just the PC

2553
02:09:57,320 --> 02:09:59,639
affidavit which they need to review they

2554
02:09:59,639 --> 02:10:00,559
have to

2555
02:10:00,559 --> 02:10:04,079
review uh but the PSA risk assessment

2556
02:10:04,079 --> 02:10:07,320
which is a requirement Now by uh the

2557
02:10:07,320 --> 02:10:10,199
office of Court Administration in Austin

2558
02:10:10,199 --> 02:10:12,719
there's a financial interview as to what

2559
02:10:12,719 --> 02:10:14,400
to determine whether or not that person

2560
02:10:14,400 --> 02:10:18,360
is entitled to an appointed counsel in a

2561
02:10:18,360 --> 02:10:20,719
family uh violence case there is a

2562
02:10:20,719 --> 02:10:24,159
danger assessment and the state mandated

2563
02:10:24,159 --> 02:10:27,040
also uh Public Safety reporting system

2564
02:10:27,040 --> 02:10:28,880
has to be complied with I'll talk about

2565
02:10:28,880 --> 02:10:31,719
that in a moment the magistrate reviews

2566
02:10:31,719 --> 02:10:33,599
all of those

2567
02:10:33,599 --> 02:10:38,000
documents and all documents um are made

2568
02:10:38,000 --> 02:10:39,920
available to in the tech share

2569
02:10:39,920 --> 02:10:42,920
magistration portal at that time the

2570
02:10:42,920 --> 02:10:45,119
magistrate punches a button says it's

2571
02:10:45,119 --> 02:10:47,000
ready for magistration and determines

2572
02:10:47,000 --> 02:10:49,719
what the Bond's going to be

2573
02:10:49,719 --> 02:10:53,800
um that data has to be entered into the

2574
02:10:53,800 --> 02:10:56,239
public safety Reporting

2575
02:10:56,239 --> 02:11:00,520
System um which basically is a reporting

2576
02:11:00,520 --> 02:11:04,679
system to OCA in Austin it's highly

2577
02:11:04,679 --> 02:11:07,599
detailed if it is a shity bond that has

2578
02:11:07,599 --> 02:11:11,280
to be entered if it is a personal bond

2579
02:11:11,280 --> 02:11:13,840
that has to be entered if there are Bond

2580
02:11:13,840 --> 02:11:15,760
conditions each and every Bond condition

2581
02:11:15,760 --> 02:11:18,480
has to be entered every time a

2582
02:11:18,480 --> 02:11:21,400
magistrate or a district judge or a

2583
02:11:21,400 --> 02:11:25,040
County Judge touches a bond in any way

2584
02:11:25,040 --> 02:11:29,280
shape or formed that p uh Public Safety

2585
02:11:29,280 --> 02:11:32,199
reporting system has to be complied with

2586
02:11:32,199 --> 02:11:34,480
and it has to be entered and it's fairly

2587
02:11:34,480 --> 02:11:35,520
time

2588
02:11:35,520 --> 02:11:37,719
consuming once the case is marked ready

2589
02:11:37,719 --> 02:11:40,520
for magistration the next case is

2590
02:11:40,520 --> 02:11:42,679
reviewed by the magistrate and so on and

2591
02:11:42,679 --> 02:11:45,639
so on once the person is brought before

2592
02:11:45,639 --> 02:11:47,920
the magistrate to be magistr there's a

2593
02:11:47,920 --> 02:11:50,360
list ly that that most magistrates go

2594
02:11:50,360 --> 02:11:52,760
through they introduce themselves they

2595
02:11:52,760 --> 02:11:55,400
say I'm your Magistrate Judge uh we're

2596
02:11:55,400 --> 02:11:57,199
going to talk to you about your rights

2597
02:11:57,199 --> 02:11:59,119
and what we're going to be doing today

2598
02:11:59,119 --> 02:12:01,880
obviously all the rights that a person

2599
02:12:01,880 --> 02:12:04,559
has under 1517 the Texas code criminal

2600
02:12:04,559 --> 02:12:07,079
procedure have to be read to them and

2601
02:12:07,079 --> 02:12:08,639
they have to make and the magistrate has

2602
02:12:08,639 --> 02:12:11,599
to make sure that person understands

2603
02:12:11,599 --> 02:12:14,360
there's a question regarding citizenship

2604
02:12:14,360 --> 02:12:16,760
under magistration and under the code if

2605
02:12:16,760 --> 02:12:18,440
that happens and they are not body

2606
02:12:18,440 --> 02:12:20,320
citizen there are certain additional

2607
02:12:20,320 --> 02:12:23,079
warnings that have to be given to that

2608
02:12:23,079 --> 02:12:26,760
person um a conscientious magistrate

2609
02:12:26,760 --> 02:12:29,119
actually goes so far as to give them the

2610
02:12:29,119 --> 02:12:32,440
warnings under the Vienna convention are

2611
02:12:32,440 --> 02:12:35,960
you um are you a citizen if you're not a

2612
02:12:35,960 --> 02:12:38,280
United States citizen here's what can

2613
02:12:38,280 --> 02:12:39,880
happen do you want us to tell the

2614
02:12:39,880 --> 02:12:42,320
government where where you are from that

2615
02:12:42,320 --> 02:12:46,079
you are incarcerated and so on after

2616
02:12:46,079 --> 02:12:47,599
that the person is asked about an

2617
02:12:47,599 --> 02:12:49,159
attorney whether or not they want to

2618
02:12:49,159 --> 02:12:50,719
hire their own lawyer whether or not

2619
02:12:50,719 --> 02:12:53,440
they feel they are entitled to a lawyer

2620
02:12:53,440 --> 02:12:56,559
once that gets done if the financial uh

2621
02:12:56,559 --> 02:12:58,760
assessment has been completed a person

2622
02:12:58,760 --> 02:13:01,280
can be appointed attorney at that

2623
02:13:01,280 --> 02:13:04,360
time they tell what their the person

2624
02:13:04,360 --> 02:13:06,520
accused is told what they are charged

2625
02:13:06,520 --> 02:13:09,880
with and the bond conditions that the

2626
02:13:09,880 --> 02:13:14,040
magistrate imposes are also uh told to

2627
02:13:14,040 --> 02:13:16,960
the accused person at that time certain

2628
02:13:16,960 --> 02:13:18,280
additional wrinkles if there's an

2629
02:13:18,280 --> 02:13:21,159
emergency protective order that is also

2630
02:13:21,159 --> 02:13:23,400
gone over with the accused person at

2631
02:13:23,400 --> 02:13:25,840
that time and if the law allows and if

2632
02:13:25,840 --> 02:13:28,920
the facts warranted a personal Bond can

2633
02:13:28,920 --> 02:13:32,840
be issued also uh under the

2634
02:13:32,840 --> 02:13:37,159
code we have delved into remote

2635
02:13:37,159 --> 02:13:40,719
magistration that is uh allowed for by

2636
02:13:40,719 --> 02:13:43,480
the code now and we've had some success

2637
02:13:43,480 --> 02:13:47,040
with that uh remote magistration is a

2638
02:13:47,040 --> 02:13:49,199
little bit more time time consuming just

2639
02:13:49,199 --> 02:13:52,639
because it takes time to

2640
02:13:52,639 --> 02:13:55,559
get the the the software up and running

2641
02:13:55,559 --> 02:13:57,559
and to have all the documents in place

2642
02:13:57,559 --> 02:14:00,040
at the right time but we are moving

2643
02:14:00,040 --> 02:14:03,119
forward with uh as much remote video

2644
02:14:03,119 --> 02:14:07,960
magistration as we can

2645
02:14:07,960 --> 02:14:11,639
um we magistr I've got a couple of

2646
02:14:11,639 --> 02:14:16,870
numbers

2647
02:14:16,880 --> 02:14:18,800
here

2648
02:14:18,800 --> 02:14:22,800
the um the the magistrates that we added

2649
02:14:22,800 --> 02:14:24,750
as I as I

2650
02:14:24,750 --> 02:14:26,440
[Music]

2651
02:14:26,440 --> 02:14:30,440
stated were added and done not because

2652
02:14:30,440 --> 02:14:32,159
we wanted to increase our

2653
02:14:32,159 --> 02:14:34,520
footprint but because we believed it was

2654
02:14:34,520 --> 02:14:35,920
constitutionally

2655
02:14:35,920 --> 02:14:38,280
required and to avoid the the

2656
02:14:38,280 --> 02:14:41,079
unnecessary litigation that has plagued

2657
02:14:41,079 --> 02:14:43,599
some of these other counties um and we

2658
02:14:43,599 --> 02:14:46,880
did avoid that total magistration

2659
02:14:46,880 --> 02:14:48,679
between

2660
02:14:48,679 --> 02:14:51,189
we

2661
02:14:51,199 --> 02:14:55,199
average about 177 a day is that right

2662
02:14:55,199 --> 02:14:58,360
177 bonds are set day about 125

2663
02:14:58,360 --> 02:15:01,480
defendants 125 defendants are magistrate

2664
02:15:01,480 --> 02:15:06,599
every day 177 bonds per day are set why

2665
02:15:06,599 --> 02:15:08,639
are there more bonds than defendants

2666
02:15:08,639 --> 02:15:10,840
defendants have multiple charges

2667
02:15:10,840 --> 02:15:13,840
sometimes

2668
02:15:13,840 --> 02:15:18,559
um we magistrate 24 hours a day 7 days a

2669
02:15:18,559 --> 02:15:21,800
week uh there is no on call magistrate

2670
02:15:21,800 --> 02:15:26,440
because we have chosen to uh do that

2671
02:15:26,440 --> 02:15:30,400
process all the time anybody have any

2672
02:15:30,400 --> 02:15:39,800
questions okay thank you

2673
02:15:39,810 --> 02:15:44,109
[Music]

2674
02:15:44,119 --> 02:15:46,960
J good afternoon members of the Court

2675
02:15:46,960 --> 02:15:51,280
bear with me I have a little bit of

2676
02:15:51,280 --> 02:15:53,599
laryngitis when we are setting mental

2677
02:15:53,599 --> 02:15:55,480
health bonds we have to go through that

2678
02:15:55,480 --> 02:15:58,800
same procedure that judge hegerman just

2679
02:15:58,800 --> 02:16:02,400
explained but there are a few added

2680
02:16:02,400 --> 02:16:05,679
twists as Russell explained when we are

2681
02:16:05,679 --> 02:16:09,360
dealing with mental health individuals

2682
02:16:09,360 --> 02:16:11,840
there's a different process in that we

2683
02:16:11,840 --> 02:16:15,079
have jail Navigators who work with

2684
02:16:15,079 --> 02:16:17,880
MHMR that work with these individuals

2685
02:16:17,880 --> 02:16:22,239
determine whether or not they fit the

2686
02:16:22,239 --> 02:16:25,159
code definitions of someone who may be

2687
02:16:25,159 --> 02:16:27,920
eligible for mental health

2688
02:16:27,920 --> 02:16:31,480
treatment or diversion and once those

2689
02:16:31,480 --> 02:16:34,359
jail Navigators have review those

2690
02:16:34,359 --> 02:16:36,679
individuals they will verify their

2691
02:16:36,679 --> 02:16:37,840
criminal

2692
02:16:37,840 --> 02:16:40,359
history and they must determine whether

2693
02:16:40,359 --> 02:16:42,679
or not the person is willing to

2694
02:16:42,679 --> 02:16:45,519
participate in a mental health

2695
02:16:45,519 --> 02:16:49,120
program as you saw our participation in

2696
02:16:49,120 --> 02:16:51,200
sending individuals to the mental health

2697
02:16:51,200 --> 02:16:54,040
Diversion the Justice Diversion Center

2698
02:16:54,040 --> 02:16:57,439
is increasing monthly in December we

2699
02:16:57,439 --> 02:17:00,240
actually beat all of our records by

2700
02:17:00,240 --> 02:17:04,000
sending and maintaining 60 individuals

2701
02:17:04,000 --> 02:17:07,359
in December now there are only 40 beds

2702
02:17:07,359 --> 02:17:10,399
so clearly these are cycling through and

2703
02:17:10,399 --> 02:17:14,120
not staying for the entire month for

2704
02:17:14,120 --> 02:17:17,679
certain MHMR programs they have to show

2705
02:17:17,679 --> 02:17:20,840
the need of housing available to them

2706
02:17:20,840 --> 02:17:23,559
but some of the MHMR programs such as

2707
02:17:23,559 --> 02:17:25,840
the mental health Diversion Center they

2708
02:17:25,840 --> 02:17:28,559
do not have to have stable housing that

2709
02:17:28,559 --> 02:17:30,920
is one of the things that they work with

2710
02:17:30,920 --> 02:17:34,200
them to help provide stable housing drug

2711
02:17:34,200 --> 02:17:36,559
treatment mental health treatment

2712
02:17:36,559 --> 02:17:39,280
substance abuse treatment and other

2713
02:17:39,280 --> 02:17:41,960
things that these individuals may

2714
02:17:41,960 --> 02:17:45,359
need cscd reviews the conditions of

2715
02:17:45,359 --> 02:17:47,880
their bond their treatment plan and

2716
02:17:47,880 --> 02:17:50,000
other conditions that the individual may

2717
02:17:50,000 --> 02:17:53,040
need prior to their being released and

2718
02:17:53,040 --> 02:17:56,439
there is an individual who works with is

2719
02:17:56,439 --> 02:18:00,519
a an employee of cocd who does this

2720
02:18:00,519 --> 02:18:04,240
evaluation prior to a bond being set

2721
02:18:04,240 --> 02:18:07,200
when the bond is set the individual is

2722
02:18:07,200 --> 02:18:10,840
released to supervision through cscb and

2723
02:18:10,840 --> 02:18:13,479
MHMR so there are essentially two

2724
02:18:13,479 --> 02:18:15,319
different groups that we're discussing

2725
02:18:15,319 --> 02:18:18,880
here we have individual and Navigators

2726
02:18:18,880 --> 02:18:21,519
who are reviewing people to go to the m

2727
02:18:21,519 --> 02:18:24,160
Health Diversion Center and we have

2728
02:18:24,160 --> 02:18:26,920
recently started a program we reviewing

2729
02:18:26,920 --> 02:18:29,880
individuals for their ability to be

2730
02:18:29,880 --> 02:18:32,399
released under the code of criminal

2731
02:18:32,399 --> 02:18:33,719
procedure

2732
02:18:33,719 --> 02:18:37,359
17032 bonds and those include

2733
02:18:37,359 --> 02:18:40,040
misdemeanors and nonviolent

2734
02:18:40,040 --> 02:18:43,240
felonies if they qualify to be released

2735
02:18:43,240 --> 02:18:44,880
under

2736
02:18:44,880 --> 02:18:47,519
17032 those are the ones that have the

2737
02:18:47,519 --> 02:18:51,800
dual supervision through CSC and mhr now

2738
02:18:51,800 --> 02:18:54,439
please focus on the fact that these are

2739
02:18:54,439 --> 02:18:57,399
nonviolent individuals and they are

2740
02:18:57,399 --> 02:19:00,639
receiving dual treatment as of I think

2741
02:19:00,639 --> 02:19:02,920
it was Friday of last week Commissioners

2742
02:19:02,920 --> 02:19:06,319
we identified 23 individuals who may

2743
02:19:06,319 --> 02:19:08,120
qualify for

2744
02:19:08,120 --> 02:19:12,559
17032 bonds who are currently in custody

2745
02:19:12,559 --> 02:19:14,639
they were being reviewed by Cheryl

2746
02:19:14,639 --> 02:19:18,479
Bennett Wright and shaqua burns in the

2747
02:19:18,479 --> 02:19:22,040
mental health program to make sure that

2748
02:19:22,040 --> 02:19:24,599
they qualify under the code to be

2749
02:19:24,599 --> 02:19:27,240
released under that

2750
02:19:27,240 --> 02:19:30,200
Bond so I'm very proud of the fact that

2751
02:19:30,200 --> 02:19:33,000
we're really working very hard to get

2752
02:19:33,000 --> 02:19:34,880
the mental health Diversion Center

2753
02:19:34,880 --> 02:19:37,760
filled with appropriate individuals

2754
02:19:37,760 --> 02:19:40,120
those individuals can only at this time

2755
02:19:40,120 --> 02:19:42,479
be charged with certain misdemeanor

2756
02:19:42,479 --> 02:19:46,120
offenses they cannot be charged with DWI

2757
02:19:46,120 --> 02:19:48,280
they cannot be charged with any form of

2758
02:19:48,280 --> 02:19:50,479
assaultive offenses or any type of

2759
02:19:50,479 --> 02:19:52,760
violent offenses right now there are

2760
02:19:52,760 --> 02:19:56,720
only six to seven offenses that qualify

2761
02:19:56,720 --> 02:20:01,160
for diversion into that center now those

2762
02:20:01,160 --> 02:20:04,080
people have to volunteer and they are

2763
02:20:04,080 --> 02:20:07,479
not required to stay but if the DA has

2764
02:20:07,479 --> 02:20:09,720
determined that they qualify for

2765
02:20:09,720 --> 02:20:12,680
diversion to that program and they agree

2766
02:20:12,680 --> 02:20:15,160
to go to the center their cases end up

2767
02:20:15,160 --> 02:20:17,880
being dismissed it is a a little bit of

2768
02:20:17,880 --> 02:20:20,280
a revolving system where we know

2769
02:20:20,280 --> 02:20:23,680
individuals may not stay but the hope is

2770
02:20:23,680 --> 02:20:26,120
that if we get them there often enough

2771
02:20:26,120 --> 02:20:28,160
that they will engage in the services

2772
02:20:28,160 --> 02:20:31,280
that are provide provided and stop

2773
02:20:31,280 --> 02:20:33,359
coming through the jail which is a

2774
02:20:33,359 --> 02:20:36,000
revolving door for many of these

2775
02:20:36,000 --> 02:20:39,840
offenders the 17032 bonds are a little

2776
02:20:39,840 --> 02:20:42,359
bit different in that they do have that

2777
02:20:42,359 --> 02:20:45,479
dual supervision and as long as they're

2778
02:20:45,479 --> 02:20:47,640
competent their cases will will either

2779
02:20:47,640 --> 02:20:50,800
be pled or go to trial if they are not

2780
02:20:50,800 --> 02:20:52,880
competent They will receive different

2781
02:20:52,880 --> 02:20:55,280
types of services and

2782
02:20:55,280 --> 02:20:58,120
dispositions now do remember too there

2783
02:20:58,120 --> 02:21:01,399
are three different mental health

2784
02:21:01,399 --> 02:21:04,080
programs in tant County we have the

2785
02:21:04,080 --> 02:21:06,479
enhanced Mental Health Services Program

2786
02:21:06,479 --> 02:21:09,960
who are mostly for people with low level

2787
02:21:09,960 --> 02:21:12,080
offenses that are not competent and

2788
02:21:12,080 --> 02:21:14,120
we're trying to help them regain

2789
02:21:14,120 --> 02:21:16,240
competency we have the jail-based

2790
02:21:16,240 --> 02:21:18,439
competency restoration and the

2791
02:21:18,439 --> 02:21:21,840
outpatient-based competency restoration

2792
02:21:21,840 --> 02:21:23,680
and we have the mental health diversion

2793
02:21:23,680 --> 02:21:27,760
Court which does accept many different

2794
02:21:27,760 --> 02:21:30,359
types of misdemeanors and felony

2795
02:21:30,359 --> 02:21:32,760
offenses right now we're trying to plan

2796
02:21:32,760 --> 02:21:35,160
to have two mental health diversion

2797
02:21:35,160 --> 02:21:38,399
courts and perhaps expand the type of

2798
02:21:38,399 --> 02:21:40,720
individuals that we serve but that is

2799
02:21:40,720 --> 02:21:45,319
still in the works do you all have any

2800
02:21:45,319 --> 02:21:47,560
questions all right thank you very much

2801
02:21:47,560 --> 02:21:50,020
thank you judge thank

2802
02:21:50,020 --> 02:21:58,950
[Music]

2803
02:21:58,960 --> 02:22:02,520
you I'll be real quick um with

2804
02:22:02,520 --> 02:22:04,399
partnership with County Administration

2805
02:22:04,399 --> 02:22:06,040
Criminal Courts have been able to expand

2806
02:22:06,040 --> 02:22:09,120
video magistration throughout the county

2807
02:22:09,120 --> 02:22:11,040
uh what's important is that 70% of

2808
02:22:11,040 --> 02:22:14,680
defendant that get magistr remotely book

2809
02:22:14,680 --> 02:22:16,960
out uh book out remotely and never get

2810
02:22:16,960 --> 02:22:18,720
book back in jail and the reason for

2811
02:22:18,720 --> 02:22:20,920
this is as we evolve the program it ends

2812
02:22:20,920 --> 02:22:23,640
up being the lowlevel risk defendants

2813
02:22:23,640 --> 02:22:25,560
that end up being video magistr

2814
02:22:25,560 --> 02:22:27,840
defendants that require any type of

2815
02:22:27,840 --> 02:22:30,800
electronic monitoring or or have an have

2816
02:22:30,800 --> 02:22:33,560
a mental health issue get Shi get bust

2817
02:22:33,560 --> 02:22:37,080
and where the treatment is where C can

2818
02:22:37,080 --> 02:22:39,600
supervise them or MHMR can do a more

2819
02:22:39,600 --> 02:22:42,520
comprehensive review uh over this last

2820
02:22:42,520 --> 02:22:45,040
year just counting book in and book out

2821
02:22:45,040 --> 02:22:49,200
that 70% say uh was some soft Savings of

2822
02:22:49,200 --> 02:22:51,760
$600,000 a year of not actually

2823
02:22:51,760 --> 02:22:53,439
physically booking these people in and

2824
02:22:53,439 --> 02:22:56,120
out of jail that figure each day we're

2825
02:22:56,120 --> 02:22:57,640
actively Ma you all can read a

2826
02:22:57,640 --> 02:22:59,920
PowerPoint but we're we're actively

2827
02:22:59,920 --> 02:23:01,960
magistra in our larger cities where our

2828
02:23:01,960 --> 02:23:03,680
regionals are we have some on demand

2829
02:23:03,680 --> 02:23:06,520
cities and we're continuing to expand

2830
02:23:06,520 --> 02:23:08,439
and right now we're actively working

2831
02:23:08,439 --> 02:23:10,359
with great find White Settlement and

2832
02:23:10,359 --> 02:23:12,439
Ulus White Settlement and Ulus are

2833
02:23:12,439 --> 02:23:15,680
becoming Regional jails uh due due to

2834
02:23:15,680 --> 02:23:17,560
Central magistration and how we're

2835
02:23:17,560 --> 02:23:19,920
handling things uh local police law

2836
02:23:19,920 --> 02:23:21,600
enforcement agencies are shutting down

2837
02:23:21,600 --> 02:23:23,560
their holding facilities and and they're

2838
02:23:23,560 --> 02:23:25,760
being centralized Ulus will handle heru

2839
02:23:25,760 --> 02:23:27,560
with Bedford and White Settlement is

2840
02:23:27,560 --> 02:23:29,640
handling that part of Taran

2841
02:23:29,640 --> 02:23:32,240
County any

2842
02:23:32,240 --> 02:23:37,840
questions thank

2843
02:23:37,850 --> 02:23:42,429
[Music]

2844
02:23:42,439 --> 02:23:45,120
you the legislature has made some

2845
02:23:45,120 --> 02:23:46,680
changes last session and commissioner

2846
02:23:46,680 --> 02:23:49,600
rire and speaker Garen and Senator King

2847
02:23:49,600 --> 02:23:52,040
all played a huge role in getting HP

2848
02:23:52,040 --> 02:23:54,680
2620 across the goal line which allows

2849
02:23:54,680 --> 02:23:56,680
for the state to reimburse us for

2850
02:23:56,680 --> 02:23:59,600
prisoners held over 45 days so if it is

2851
02:23:59,600 --> 02:24:01,520
a state prisoner that's held over 45

2852
02:24:01,520 --> 02:24:03,319
days we're entitled to State

2853
02:24:03,319 --> 02:24:07,200
reimbursement for that individual um as

2854
02:24:07,200 --> 02:24:08,680
always just because the law is passed

2855
02:24:08,680 --> 02:24:10,680
doesn't mean that the law is passed and

2856
02:24:10,680 --> 02:24:12,120
it happens we have gone through the rle

2857
02:24:12,120 --> 02:24:14,560
making process um and so hopefully

2858
02:24:14,560 --> 02:24:16,520
within sometime within this fiscal year

2859
02:24:16,520 --> 02:24:17,760
we'll see

2860
02:24:17,760 --> 02:24:20,120
those opportunities but what that bill

2861
02:24:20,120 --> 02:24:22,439
also did not just allowing us a

2862
02:24:22,439 --> 02:24:24,160
mechanism for reimbursement but

2863
02:24:24,160 --> 02:24:27,720
encouraged um T TDCJ to be very active

2864
02:24:27,720 --> 02:24:29,800
in picking up prisoners and so across

2865
02:24:29,800 --> 02:24:32,439
the state Statewide um the number of

2866
02:24:32,439 --> 02:24:34,120
State Prisoners has decreased in county

2867
02:24:34,120 --> 02:24:36,760
jails because no one wants to have to

2868
02:24:36,760 --> 02:24:38,399
reimburse counties for that funding

2869
02:24:38,399 --> 02:24:40,800
compy restoration beds as we mentioned

2870
02:24:40,800 --> 02:24:43,479
previously in the presentation um State

2871
02:24:43,479 --> 02:24:44,960
the state weight list to go to the State

2872
02:24:44,960 --> 02:24:47,279
Mental Health hospital is long and and

2873
02:24:47,279 --> 02:24:49,240
they it State continues to struggle so

2874
02:24:49,240 --> 02:24:52,120
the session they authorized $ 150 beds

2875
02:24:52,120 --> 02:24:54,120
at the cost of $92 million for the buy

2876
02:24:54,120 --> 02:24:57,160
Anum of local compy restoration beds

2877
02:24:57,160 --> 02:25:00,840
MHMR received 23 of these beds so and

2878
02:25:00,840 --> 02:25:02,439
they're currently in the contract with

2879
02:25:02,439 --> 02:25:04,200
or currently in the process of contract

2880
02:25:04,200 --> 02:25:06,760
negotiations with hhsc to draw down

2881
02:25:06,760 --> 02:25:09,720
those funds and then be able to in local

2882
02:25:09,720 --> 02:25:12,040
facilities have folks that are meet

2883
02:25:12,040 --> 02:25:13,600
certain criteria to come out of the jail

2884
02:25:13,600 --> 02:25:15,359
and instead of going to W Falls or

2885
02:25:15,359 --> 02:25:17,800
Vernon well it be only which to Falls

2886
02:25:17,800 --> 02:25:19,920
they could go to a local uh facility for

2887
02:25:19,920 --> 02:25:22,080
contract for competency restoration

2888
02:25:22,080 --> 02:25:23,840
again reducing the load in our jail

2889
02:25:23,840 --> 02:25:25,080
getting some of the most complicated

2890
02:25:25,080 --> 02:25:26,600
individuals that we have in the in the

2891
02:25:26,600 --> 02:25:28,640
in our gel facilities out and getting

2892
02:25:28,640 --> 02:25:30,760
the help that they need and then finally

2893
02:25:30,760 --> 02:25:32,600
we continue to work with hhsc on the

2894
02:25:32,600 --> 02:25:34,200
State Mental Health Hospital study for

2895
02:25:34,200 --> 02:25:36,880
Taran County um going back and forth and

2896
02:25:36,880 --> 02:25:38,960
in various issues so that'll come to a

2897
02:25:38,960 --> 02:25:41,560
head next legislative session so next

2898
02:25:41,560 --> 02:25:43,000
steps for

2899
02:25:43,000 --> 02:25:45,920
2024 increase uh Municipal remote uh

2900
02:25:45,920 --> 02:25:48,560
video magistration participation as well

2901
02:25:48,560 --> 02:25:49,920
increasing usage in the mental health

2902
02:25:49,920 --> 02:25:52,160
gel Diversion Center implementing the

2903
02:25:52,160 --> 02:25:54,279
pre-booking system with law enforcement

2904
02:25:54,279 --> 02:25:58,120
agencies and that's a system to where um

2905
02:25:58,120 --> 02:26:01,640
law enforce leas before they um or more

2906
02:26:01,640 --> 02:26:03,880
or less before they uh put someone on

2907
02:26:03,880 --> 02:26:05,319
the bus to go to the county jail have to

2908
02:26:05,319 --> 02:26:06,960
enter in more information so we get more

2909
02:26:06,960 --> 02:26:08,920
information on the on the front end

2910
02:26:08,920 --> 02:26:11,200
rather than on the back end Contin to

2911
02:26:11,200 --> 02:26:12,800
develop the public criminal justice

2912
02:26:12,800 --> 02:26:14,760
dashboards uh renovating the cold

2913
02:26:14,760 --> 02:26:17,439
springs facility uh from a low security

2914
02:26:17,439 --> 02:26:19,880
to medium security facility and then

2915
02:26:19,880 --> 02:26:21,040
continue to develop those system

2916
02:26:21,040 --> 02:26:22,399
enhancement through the criminal justice

2917
02:26:22,399 --> 02:26:24,359
coordinating Council and with that we're

2918
02:26:24,359 --> 02:26:26,720
happy to take any

2919
02:26:26,720 --> 02:26:29,279
questions any questions for

2920
02:26:29,279 --> 02:26:33,359
Russell I've got a comment that I would

2921
02:26:33,359 --> 02:26:39,190
like the judges present to

2922
02:26:39,200 --> 02:26:44,920
hear and that is that from the various

2923
02:26:44,920 --> 02:26:51,190
dashboards that we get on a regular

2924
02:26:51,200 --> 02:26:54,960
basis there appear to

2925
02:26:54,960 --> 02:26:59,640
be a number of persons in our County

2926
02:26:59,640 --> 02:27:02,920
Jail on a DA daily B

2927
02:27:02,920 --> 02:27:05,640
basis with

2928
02:27:05,640 --> 02:27:07,319
bonds

2929
02:27:07,319 --> 02:27:11,550
under

2930
02:27:11,560 --> 02:27:15,520
$5,000 charged with nonviolent

2931
02:27:15,520 --> 02:27:18,600
misdemeanor cas

2932
02:27:18,600 --> 02:27:23,479
es it appears to me that anybody who

2933
02:27:23,479 --> 02:27:28,990
fits that

2934
02:27:29,000 --> 02:27:31,920
description and is still in

2935
02:27:31,920 --> 02:27:36,080
jail is there simply because they're too

2936
02:27:36,080 --> 02:27:41,990
poor to write a check to get

2937
02:27:42,000 --> 02:27:45,670
out that

2938
02:27:45,680 --> 02:27:49,040
is an Abomination as far as I'm

2939
02:27:49,040 --> 02:27:51,080
concerned judge

2940
02:27:51,080 --> 02:27:54,840
negam shouldn't we do our little best to

2941
02:27:54,840 --> 02:27:57,200
give

2942
02:27:57,200 --> 02:28:00,600
sorry you and I both have squeaky voices

2943
02:28:00,600 --> 02:28:01,990
this

2944
02:28:01,990 --> 02:28:04,319
[Music]

2945
02:28:04,319 --> 02:28:07,520
morning it's my by-ear bout of

2946
02:28:07,520 --> 02:28:10,080
laryngitis um we do our level best to

2947
02:28:10,080 --> 02:28:12,359
give as many personal bonds to

2948
02:28:12,359 --> 02:28:15,960
misdemeanor defendants when they hit the

2949
02:28:15,960 --> 02:28:19,439
jail they certain offenses that do not

2950
02:28:19,439 --> 02:28:23,080
qualify um we are still under the orders

2951
02:28:23,080 --> 02:28:25,760
that assaultive and demestic violence

2952
02:28:25,760 --> 02:28:29,880
offenses do not apply uh for personal

2953
02:28:29,880 --> 02:28:33,479
bonds I've seen personal Bonds on

2954
02:28:33,479 --> 02:28:38,680
everything from DWI Misa repetitions on

2955
02:28:38,680 --> 02:28:43,120
down so I would love to have any list of

2956
02:28:43,120 --> 02:28:45,680
those offences brought to my attention

2957
02:28:45,680 --> 02:28:49,040
and I will personally look at them and

2958
02:28:49,040 --> 02:28:51,560
see what those bonds are set at because

2959
02:28:51,560 --> 02:28:54,439
5,000 is generally way too high for a

2960
02:28:54,439 --> 02:28:56,800
misdemeanor nonviolent

2961
02:28:56,800 --> 02:29:01,120
offense I'm happy to review them and I

2962
02:29:01,120 --> 02:29:03,680
personally will reset the bonds or see

2963
02:29:03,680 --> 02:29:06,160
if they're eligible for personal bonds

2964
02:29:06,160 --> 02:29:08,000
I'll take that task

2965
02:29:08,000 --> 02:29:10,760
on my point judge

2966
02:29:10,760 --> 02:29:13,380
negam is

2967
02:29:13,380 --> 02:29:15,200
[Music]

2968
02:29:15,200 --> 02:29:18,080
that and anyone

2969
02:29:18,080 --> 02:29:22,469
who

2970
02:29:22,479 --> 02:29:25,920
qualifies for

2971
02:29:25,920 --> 02:29:29,670
a personal

2972
02:29:29,680 --> 02:29:33,319
Bond should be given a personal Bond I

2973
02:29:33,319 --> 02:29:35,880
agree sir and should not just be laying

2974
02:29:35,880 --> 02:29:40,680
up in the jail I agree sir um it is

2975
02:29:40,680 --> 02:29:42,439
possible that some of those folks have

2976
02:29:42,439 --> 02:29:44,640
pending felonies and that may be

2977
02:29:44,640 --> 02:29:47,120
withholding them but if all they have is

2978
02:29:47,120 --> 02:29:49,319
a nonviolent misdemeanor I agree with

2979
02:29:49,319 --> 02:29:50,880
you sir they shouldn't be sitting in

2980
02:29:50,880 --> 02:29:54,040
jail well I'd certainly be interested in

2981
02:29:54,040 --> 02:29:57,520
sitting down with you and going through

2982
02:29:57,520 --> 02:30:02,240
the list so that we can both

2983
02:30:02,240 --> 02:30:05,720
understand what's at play here I'd be

2984
02:30:05,720 --> 02:30:07,640
happy to do so

2985
02:30:07,640 --> 02:30:11,439
sir just name a time and we'll do it

2986
02:30:11,439 --> 02:30:14,120
thank you all any other questions or

2987
02:30:14,120 --> 02:30:17,000
comments I have some

2988
02:30:17,000 --> 02:30:19,000
um so

2989
02:30:19,000 --> 02:30:22,040
um thank you Russell that was

2990
02:30:22,040 --> 02:30:26,510
informative and the judges uh quite

2991
02:30:26,510 --> 02:30:28,160
[Music]

2992
02:30:28,160 --> 02:30:31,760
um I appreciate some of the data and

2993
02:30:31,760 --> 02:30:35,080
statistics that you used as I have found

2994
02:30:35,080 --> 02:30:38,240
that criminal justice data and

2995
02:30:38,240 --> 02:30:41,800
statistics are very hard to come by at

2996
02:30:41,800 --> 02:30:42,720
least for

2997
02:30:42,720 --> 02:30:45,840
me in this County at the moment and I'll

2998
02:30:45,840 --> 02:30:48,640
I'll touch on that in a second so you

2999
02:30:48,640 --> 02:30:51,760
had your data comparing predominantly

3000
02:30:51,760 --> 02:30:55,560
2019 and 2023 with regard to our jail

3001
02:30:55,560 --> 02:30:58,840
population and two aspects stood out to

3002
02:30:58,840 --> 02:31:00,080
me

3003
02:31:00,080 --> 02:31:04,359
there first a positive aspect our

3004
02:31:04,359 --> 02:31:08,640
unsentenced felony jail numbers dropped

3005
02:31:08,640 --> 02:31:12,120
from 3% of our jail population in

3006
02:31:12,120 --> 02:31:17,000
2019 to 1% of our jail population in 20

3007
02:31:17,000 --> 02:31:19,479
three and that's

3008
02:31:19,479 --> 02:31:22,240
fantastic um as you guys have heard me

3009
02:31:22,240 --> 02:31:25,640
say many many times we do not need to

3010
02:31:25,640 --> 02:31:28,680
have people who are accused of lowlevel

3011
02:31:28,680 --> 02:31:32,760
misdemeanor sitting in our jail so I I

3012
02:31:32,760 --> 02:31:36,560
commend the judges handling misdemeanors

3013
02:31:36,560 --> 02:31:38,359
for doing things like improving

3014
02:31:38,359 --> 02:31:41,479
clearance rates um as well as issuing

3015
02:31:41,479 --> 02:31:44,279
more personal recognizance bonds that

3016
02:31:44,279 --> 02:31:48,120
are likely res resulted um in that

3017
02:31:48,120 --> 02:31:50,600
reduction so I see what you're doing and

3018
02:31:50,600 --> 02:31:53,520
I I thank you guys

3019
02:31:53,520 --> 02:31:56,920
um so that's that's the positive and

3020
02:31:56,920 --> 02:31:59,439
then the not so positive our unsentenced

3021
02:31:59,439 --> 02:32:02,520
felonies are actually they they've

3022
02:32:02,520 --> 02:32:06,080
actually increased between 2019 and

3023
02:32:06,080 --> 02:32:08,240
2023 by

3024
02:32:08,240 --> 02:32:11,319
6% and that increase is representative

3025
02:32:11,319 --> 02:32:13,600
now of a whopping

3026
02:32:13,600 --> 02:32:16,800
63% of our jail population

3027
02:32:16,800 --> 02:32:19,399
so if you think about that for a minute

3028
02:32:19,399 --> 02:32:23,560
63% of our jail population is

3029
02:32:23,560 --> 02:32:26,840
pre-trial accused of felonies but not

3030
02:32:26,840 --> 02:32:29,040
yet convicted of

3031
02:32:29,040 --> 02:32:31,800
anything um and you know some people

3032
02:32:31,800 --> 02:32:35,720
will tell me that's just how it is

3033
02:32:35,720 --> 02:32:38,000
there's no other way to do it and we as

3034
02:32:38,000 --> 02:32:40,840
a county simply can't bear the risk no

3035
02:32:40,840 --> 02:32:44,200
matter how small uh our risk assessment

3036
02:32:44,200 --> 02:32:47,120
says it might be of some some

3037
02:32:47,120 --> 02:32:51,000
people uh being released pre-trial to to

3038
02:32:51,000 --> 02:32:54,760
Rampage around our County and I I say

3039
02:32:54,760 --> 02:32:56,560
that's nonsense and it's completely

3040
02:32:56,560 --> 02:32:58,120
irresponsible

3041
02:32:58,120 --> 02:33:02,319
fiscally um you know I'll quote

3042
02:33:02,319 --> 02:33:04,399
Harvard's Malcolm weiner Center for

3043
02:33:04,399 --> 02:33:07,920
social policy that says despite

3044
02:33:07,920 --> 02:33:11,000
significantly lower crime rates than

3045
02:33:11,000 --> 02:33:13,359
what existed in the United States in

3046
02:33:13,359 --> 02:33:16,319
1970 current rates of pre-trial

3047
02:33:16,319 --> 02:33:20,279
detention are five times higher than

3048
02:33:20,279 --> 02:33:23,640
they were 50 years ago and that's the

3049
02:33:23,640 --> 02:33:25,800
domestic historical

3050
02:33:25,800 --> 02:33:29,160
context now if you look at the Modern

3051
02:33:29,160 --> 02:33:32,720
Global context currently the United

3052
02:33:32,720 --> 02:33:35,680
States pre-trial detention rate is the

3053
02:33:35,680 --> 02:33:40,760
highest in the world it's 50% higher

3054
02:33:40,760 --> 02:33:44,680
than in Russia which is the second worst

3055
02:33:44,680 --> 02:33:46,960
um so I don't I don't know about you

3056
02:33:46,960 --> 02:33:50,640
guys but um I don't consider Russia any

3057
02:33:50,640 --> 02:33:53,760
great liberal Bastion of confinement

3058
02:33:53,760 --> 02:33:57,880
policy and being dead behind them is is

3059
02:33:57,880 --> 02:34:00,520
pretty sad so bottom line it sounds like

3060
02:34:00,520 --> 02:34:03,359
we need to do better than 63% of our

3061
02:34:03,359 --> 02:34:05,160
jail population being

3062
02:34:05,160 --> 02:34:07,840
pre-trial felony confinement in this

3063
02:34:07,840 --> 02:34:10,120
County that's bad by comparison with our

3064
02:34:10,120 --> 02:34:14,680
own history and that's terrible in

3065
02:34:14,680 --> 02:34:17,720
relation to the rest of the world now so

3066
02:34:17,720 --> 02:34:20,160
that's what I'll continue to strive for

3067
02:34:20,160 --> 02:34:22,640
here um and on that note I do have a

3068
02:34:22,640 --> 02:34:24,240
couple of questions and these can be for

3069
02:34:24,240 --> 02:34:27,840
whoever feels best place to answer them

3070
02:34:27,840 --> 02:34:29,920
given that our trend lines seem to be

3071
02:34:29,920 --> 02:34:31,640
going in different directions with

3072
02:34:31,640 --> 02:34:33,560
regard to pre-trial confinement and

3073
02:34:33,560 --> 02:34:36,279
misdemeanors and felonies what is

3074
02:34:36,279 --> 02:34:39,479
attributable to the reduction in

3075
02:34:39,479 --> 02:34:44,389
pre-trial misdemeanor

3076
02:34:44,399 --> 02:35:01,590
confinement did they leave you

3077
02:35:01,600 --> 02:35:04,080
commissioner Simmons simply put personal

3078
02:35:04,080 --> 02:35:08,319
bonds yeah yeah that's what I thought do

3079
02:35:08,319 --> 02:35:10,359
we

3080
02:35:10,359 --> 02:35:13,279
um have better clearance

3081
02:35:13,279 --> 02:35:16,840
rates with we do okay we do

3082
02:35:16,840 --> 02:35:19,319
um you have several brand new judges who

3083
02:35:19,319 --> 02:35:21,840
are working very hard the judges who

3084
02:35:21,840 --> 02:35:25,120
have been here are working very hard um

3085
02:35:25,120 --> 02:35:29,160
as a team our clearance rate has gone

3086
02:35:29,160 --> 02:35:31,200
considerably higher than it was in the

3087
02:35:31,200 --> 02:35:36,160
past few years Co hurt us but most of us

3088
02:35:36,160 --> 02:35:38,279
have caught up or are very close to

3089
02:35:38,279 --> 02:35:41,200
catching up to the numbers we have

3090
02:35:41,200 --> 02:35:45,240
previously um just as an example my

3091
02:35:45,240 --> 02:35:48,040
contest do ET which are triable cases

3092
02:35:48,040 --> 02:35:49,560
that attorneys have asked for jury

3093
02:35:49,560 --> 02:35:53,439
trials I have about 20 cases total of

3094
02:35:53,439 --> 02:35:56,080
attorneys asking for trial and I have a

3095
02:35:56,080 --> 02:35:57,880
pending number of

3096
02:35:57,880 --> 02:36:03,600
2200 oh okay so I there's a lot at play

3097
02:36:03,600 --> 02:36:05,439
commissioner but I think the short

3098
02:36:05,439 --> 02:36:07,640
answer is that

3099
02:36:07,640 --> 02:36:12,680
okay um all right so I I have another

3100
02:36:12,680 --> 02:36:15,240
question gets my earlier comment about

3101
02:36:15,240 --> 02:36:19,359
data in this County I I think it was

3102
02:36:19,359 --> 02:36:23,240
back in October maybe September I asked

3103
02:36:23,240 --> 02:36:26,040
my staff to research the clearance rates

3104
02:36:26,040 --> 02:36:28,479
for courts handling felonies versus

3105
02:36:28,479 --> 02:36:31,279
misdemeanors they they couldn't get a a

3106
02:36:31,279 --> 02:36:34,560
good fix on that because following the

3107
02:36:34,560 --> 02:36:37,399
TCH share migration I'm told that we

3108
02:36:37,399 --> 02:36:39,080
don't have that

3109
02:36:39,080 --> 02:36:42,160
data um I'm also told that we had been

3110
02:36:42,160 --> 02:36:44,319
unable since the texure migration to

3111
02:36:44,319 --> 02:36:48,080
provide our statuto required OCA reports

3112
02:36:48,080 --> 02:36:50,760
to the state I'd like to first ask

3113
02:36:50,760 --> 02:36:53,040
County Administration if that is

3114
02:36:53,040 --> 02:36:55,720
true if we have not reported to OCA

3115
02:36:55,720 --> 02:36:59,399
since the uh go live court that is

3116
02:36:59,399 --> 02:37:01,240
correct we have not reported I believe

3117
02:37:01,240 --> 02:37:03,399
that uh with where we are on the cleanup

3118
02:37:03,399 --> 02:37:05,720
of that data uh I think Tech Shar has

3119
02:37:05,720 --> 02:37:07,359
actually made the recommendation to the

3120
02:37:07,359 --> 02:37:10,120
clerks uh to report what we have uh I'll

3121
02:37:10,120 --> 02:37:11,520
see if either of the clerks want to

3122
02:37:11,520 --> 02:37:13,800
comment on that but my understanding is

3123
02:37:13,800 --> 02:37:15,880
the the 40 categories with regards to OC

3124
02:37:15,880 --> 02:37:17,800
reporting have been CED up they have I

3125
02:37:17,800 --> 02:37:20,200
believe validated that data and uh to

3126
02:37:20,200 --> 02:37:22,000
the best of their ability and I think

3127
02:37:22,000 --> 02:37:23,359
the recommendation has been made to

3128
02:37:23,359 --> 02:37:25,720
start transmitting that data okay so we

3129
02:37:25,720 --> 02:37:28,560
went live was that end of April May one

3130
02:37:28,560 --> 02:37:30,399
yes

3131
02:37:30,399 --> 02:37:34,120
ma'am and okay we've

3132
02:37:34,120 --> 02:37:38,560
not reported OCA to the state since then

3133
02:37:38,560 --> 02:37:40,080
that's correct we went through a similar

3134
02:37:40,080 --> 02:37:41,960
transition uh last time we did a

3135
02:37:41,960 --> 02:37:44,439
transition from how we reported to OCA I

3136
02:37:44,439 --> 02:37:46,200
think it was also 7 to9 months in that

3137
02:37:46,200 --> 02:37:49,040
same transition so very similar in U in

3138
02:37:49,040 --> 02:37:51,800
scope okay tell me again when we expect

3139
02:37:51,800 --> 02:37:53,880
that to be resolved uh I would hope

3140
02:37:53,880 --> 02:37:55,760
within the next 30 days or so that will

3141
02:37:55,760 --> 02:37:57,640
be transmitting clerks again if y'all

3142
02:37:57,640 --> 02:37:58,920
received any different information from

3143
02:37:58,920 --> 02:38:01,399
me that's the last i' heard from our it

3144
02:38:01,399 --> 02:38:03,840
department is it here or should the

3145
02:38:03,840 --> 02:38:06,240
clerks answer that or or

3146
02:38:06,240 --> 02:38:10,160
it let's see Russ do you have any

3147
02:38:10,160 --> 02:38:11,279
[Music]

3148
02:38:11,279 --> 02:38:14,359
comment come on up bruss Russ holds a

3149
02:38:14,359 --> 02:38:16,800
weekly meeting uh on wday with regards

3150
02:38:16,800 --> 02:38:20,000
to where we are on Tex share so but uh

3151
02:38:20,000 --> 02:38:22,240
the latest that we have from the tech

3152
02:38:22,240 --> 02:38:23,760
share development team is they are

3153
02:38:23,760 --> 02:38:27,040
anticipating getting the final Kinks uh

3154
02:38:27,040 --> 02:38:28,520
in the reporting worked out in the next

3155
02:38:28,520 --> 02:38:31,319
30 to 40

3156
02:38:31,319 --> 02:38:36,240
days today is the 9th so February 9th

3157
02:38:36,240 --> 02:38:39,120
February 20th they're meeting they're

3158
02:38:39,120 --> 02:38:41,920
meeting almost daily uh with the uh

3159
02:38:41,920 --> 02:38:44,479
Clerk's offices uh to work through the

3160
02:38:44,479 --> 02:38:47,870
issues and clean up the data

3161
02:38:47,880 --> 02:38:50,640
okay well I I for one just don't feel

3162
02:38:50,640 --> 02:38:53,040
great about being out of compliance with

3163
02:38:53,040 --> 02:38:55,479
the state Mandate of that kind or any

3164
02:38:55,479 --> 02:38:58,399
kind especially when it relates to

3165
02:38:58,399 --> 02:39:00,479
transparency we'll comment ma'am on that

3166
02:39:00,479 --> 02:39:01,680
just so you know we've actually

3167
02:39:01,680 --> 02:39:03,680
discussed directly with OCA on this

3168
02:39:03,680 --> 02:39:06,240
issue and they have assured us they want

3169
02:39:06,240 --> 02:39:07,840
us to make sure that the data is correct

3170
02:39:07,840 --> 02:39:09,680
before we transmit and they said that

3171
02:39:09,680 --> 02:39:11,359
the delay that we put in there they are

3172
02:39:11,359 --> 02:39:12,920
they are certainly okay with uh The

3173
02:39:12,920 --> 02:39:14,399
District Clerk's Office on a monthly

3174
02:39:14,399 --> 02:39:16,000
basis sends an email to the fact that

3175
02:39:16,000 --> 02:39:17,760
they are still working through it and

3176
02:39:17,760 --> 02:39:20,120
OCA responds and lets us know that again

3177
02:39:20,120 --> 02:39:22,920
please transmit when the data is correct

3178
02:39:22,920 --> 02:39:27,160
oh okay thank you and my final question

3179
02:39:27,160 --> 02:39:28,960
pertains to the mental health aspect of

3180
02:39:28,960 --> 02:39:31,479
this brief and I think judge Nim

3181
02:39:31,479 --> 02:39:34,279
probably hit on it I was processing some

3182
02:39:34,279 --> 02:39:38,479
things I'm going to ask again um and

3183
02:39:38,479 --> 02:39:41,120
maybe this is for Mr schugar or or judge

3184
02:39:41,120 --> 02:39:43,760
n is there anything we can do pertaining

3185
02:39:43,760 --> 02:39:46,800
to magistration that would dreamline the

3186
02:39:46,800 --> 02:39:49,240
mental health

3187
02:39:49,240 --> 02:39:52,790
process

3188
02:39:52,800 --> 02:39:55,600
I'll

3189
02:39:55,600 --> 02:39:57,760
okay

3190
02:39:57,760 --> 02:40:00,920
well commissioner that specifically we

3191
02:40:00,920 --> 02:40:05,240
do have some projects in the works uh um

3192
02:40:05,240 --> 02:40:06,600
that could streamline the mental health

3193
02:40:06,600 --> 02:40:09,760
process we I think it been sitting on

3194
02:40:09,760 --> 02:40:12,080
the it steering committee since 22nd

3195
02:40:12,080 --> 02:40:15,640
which is a tech share uh merging the uh

3196
02:40:15,640 --> 02:40:18,479
mental health alert system and the Tex

3197
02:40:18,479 --> 02:40:20,319
share magistration so that those are two

3198
02:40:20,319 --> 02:40:22,120
disparate systems that if they were

3199
02:40:22,120 --> 02:40:24,160
merged into just Tex share magistration

3200
02:40:24,160 --> 02:40:27,760
we were able to um quickly route people

3201
02:40:27,760 --> 02:40:29,840
in the system uh through texture

3202
02:40:29,840 --> 02:40:32,920
Integrations to the the dockets that uh

3203
02:40:32,920 --> 02:40:35,040
judge Nim talked

3204
02:40:35,040 --> 02:40:40,120
about so what does a timeline look like

3205
02:40:40,120 --> 02:40:42,640
for what you just suggested a texture

3206
02:40:42,640 --> 02:40:45,640
merger of mental health alert system we

3207
02:40:45,640 --> 02:40:47,439
went through the uh crimin the crimin

3208
02:40:47,439 --> 02:40:48,600
courts went through the it steering

3209
02:40:48,600 --> 02:40:52,319
committee process and it is uh I don't I

3210
02:40:52,319 --> 02:40:53,920
will don't get I use the terms

3211
02:40:53,920 --> 02:40:55,000
incorrectly but I think it's been

3212
02:40:55,000 --> 02:40:56,640
removed off the backlog and it's

3213
02:40:56,640 --> 02:40:58,960
currently being investigated I know that

3214
02:40:58,960 --> 02:41:00,960
it we have an IT steering committee

3215
02:41:00,960 --> 02:41:03,479
coming up at the the end later this

3216
02:41:03,479 --> 02:41:05,399
month that it'll be addressed again but

3217
02:41:05,399 --> 02:41:08,200
it's in cue to move forward but it

3218
02:41:08,200 --> 02:41:12,710
hasn't moved

3219
02:41:12,720 --> 02:41:17,680
forward all okay so new timeline I've

3220
02:41:17,680 --> 02:41:20,000
been told about mental health parabond

3221
02:41:20,000 --> 02:41:22,000
and I'd like to know what is needed to

3222
02:41:22,000 --> 02:41:23,960
improve our

3223
02:41:23,960 --> 02:41:27,200
efficiency refie eligibility for those

3224
02:41:27,200 --> 02:41:28,800
well again that's where right now we

3225
02:41:28,800 --> 02:41:30,680
have two dispair that's where the where

3226
02:41:30,680 --> 02:41:32,240
if was all merged that the magistrate

3227
02:41:32,240 --> 02:41:33,880
was aware of everything that is going on

3228
02:41:33,880 --> 02:41:35,560
with the defendant at the time of

3229
02:41:35,560 --> 02:41:38,359
magistration is that we uh there

3230
02:41:38,359 --> 02:41:39,760
statutory requirements for the law

3231
02:41:39,760 --> 02:41:42,319
enforcement agency or the jail as a law

3232
02:41:42,319 --> 02:41:43,960
enforcement agency to notify the

3233
02:41:43,960 --> 02:41:46,040
magistrate of the mental health uh right

3234
02:41:46,040 --> 02:41:47,640
now we have two disparaged systems that

3235
02:41:47,640 --> 02:41:49,000
don't talk to each other so the

3236
02:41:49,000 --> 02:41:51,240
magistrate may not know about the mental

3237
02:41:51,240 --> 02:41:53,800
health uh alerts that have been put in

3238
02:41:53,800 --> 02:41:54,960
front of them when they are doing

3239
02:41:54,960 --> 02:41:56,920
magistration they may learn about it

3240
02:41:56,920 --> 02:41:58,720
later by looking at the mental health

3241
02:41:58,720 --> 02:42:01,240
alert system so the idea of those two

3242
02:42:01,240 --> 02:42:03,920
items being tied together will expedite

3243
02:42:03,920 --> 02:42:05,560
to those defendants into the proper

3244
02:42:05,560 --> 02:42:07,920
dockets and when you look at the

3245
02:42:07,920 --> 02:42:10,240
Timeline I mean the longterm timeline to

3246
02:42:10,240 --> 02:42:11,840
get us in line to get to the state

3247
02:42:11,840 --> 02:42:13,800
hospital the sooner a defendant that

3248
02:42:13,800 --> 02:42:15,520
needs to get to the state hospital if we

3249
02:42:15,520 --> 02:42:17,920
can recognize them early get them to the

3250
02:42:17,920 --> 02:42:19,960
right path and into our compy dockets we

3251
02:42:19,960 --> 02:42:21,600
could either not go to the state

3252
02:42:21,600 --> 02:42:23,080
hospital or we can start getting them

3253
02:42:23,080 --> 02:42:24,640
treatment prior to that or get them on

3254
02:42:24,640 --> 02:42:29,640
the list sooner so as as I don't as to

3255
02:42:29,640 --> 02:42:31,880
as judge hegerman said the the critical

3256
02:42:31,880 --> 02:42:34,439
point in the criminal justice system is

3257
02:42:34,439 --> 02:42:36,800
first time you deal is at magistration

3258
02:42:36,800 --> 02:42:38,600
where where they can be routed and the

3259
02:42:38,600 --> 02:42:41,319
more information the magistrate has to

3260
02:42:41,319 --> 02:42:43,080
make a better decision about that

3261
02:42:43,080 --> 02:42:45,680
defendant the the the best chance chance

3262
02:42:45,680 --> 02:42:47,920
of of success for that defendant system

3263
02:42:47,920 --> 02:42:49,920
or also expedited into the criminal

3264
02:42:49,920 --> 02:42:51,880
justice system as well if if they need

3265
02:42:51,880 --> 02:42:54,240
to be prosecuted so all that happens at

3266
02:42:54,240 --> 02:42:56,160
magistration and the more information is

3267
02:42:56,160 --> 02:42:58,479
happening at magistration uh it's in the

3268
02:42:58,479 --> 02:43:01,120
best interest of the entire system thank

3269
02:43:01,120 --> 02:43:05,080
you sir we to my fellow Court members we

3270
02:43:05,080 --> 02:43:09,680
we just cannot continue to um turn a

3271
02:43:09,680 --> 02:43:12,600
blind eye toward the software and IT

3272
02:43:12,600 --> 02:43:13,960
issues with

3273
02:43:13,960 --> 02:43:15,960
regard to

3274
02:43:15,960 --> 02:43:19,240
texier and criminal justice um

3275
02:43:19,240 --> 02:43:22,640
management um we we've got to we've got

3276
02:43:22,640 --> 02:43:26,279
to do something um but thank

3277
02:43:26,279 --> 02:43:32,469
you all right any other questions a

3278
02:43:32,479 --> 02:43:36,359
comment would seem to be focused

3279
02:43:36,359 --> 02:43:38,720
on

3280
02:43:38,720 --> 02:43:40,319
[Music]

3281
02:43:40,319 --> 02:43:43,080
magistration when it comes to getting

3282
02:43:43,080 --> 02:43:46,080
people to the mental health jail

3283
02:43:46,080 --> 02:43:50,550
diversion

3284
02:43:50,560 --> 02:43:53,160
Center

3285
02:43:53,160 --> 02:43:56,920
ideally the system is set up and it

3286
02:43:56,920 --> 02:43:58,720
works

3287
02:43:58,720 --> 02:44:01,279
best

3288
02:44:01,279 --> 02:44:06,160
nationally when the officer in the

3289
02:44:06,160 --> 02:44:09,520
field makes the

3290
02:44:09,520 --> 02:44:13,120
decision to take that

3291
02:44:13,120 --> 02:44:15,960
person to treatment

3292
02:44:15,960 --> 02:44:21,870
rather than to

3293
02:44:21,880 --> 02:44:25,319
incarceration it the system when it

3294
02:44:25,319 --> 02:44:29,030
works

3295
02:44:29,040 --> 02:44:33,080
properly saves the county

3296
02:44:33,080 --> 02:44:38,190
money it saves US money

3297
02:44:38,200 --> 02:44:44,150
on book in book

3298
02:44:44,160 --> 02:44:47,510
out

3299
02:44:47,520 --> 02:44:54,349
daily care and feeding

3300
02:44:54,359 --> 02:44:58,399
costs that's if

3301
02:44:58,399 --> 02:45:00,399
the

3302
02:45:00,399 --> 02:45:02,720
arreste never

3303
02:45:02,720 --> 02:45:06,730
hits the sally port at our

3304
02:45:06,730 --> 02:45:11,030
[Music]

3305
02:45:11,040 --> 02:45:17,110
jail we can go at it as at

3306
02:45:17,120 --> 02:45:21,550
work and make it

3307
02:45:21,560 --> 02:45:25,399
work but by doing it that

3308
02:45:25,399 --> 02:45:29,479
way we're occur we're

3309
02:45:29,479 --> 02:45:36,750
occurring costs that do not need to be

3310
02:45:36,760 --> 02:45:40,790
encouraged and we

3311
02:45:40,800 --> 02:45:44,080
are not giving the

3312
02:45:44,080 --> 02:45:48,439
arrestes the benefit of

3313
02:45:48,439 --> 02:45:50,960
treatment there's not enough treatment

3314
02:45:50,960 --> 02:45:54,160
in the county jail for the number of

3315
02:45:54,160 --> 02:45:59,389
persons that are there and the

3316
02:45:59,399 --> 02:46:01,960
state's

3317
02:46:01,960 --> 02:46:06,040
emphasis seems to be

3318
02:46:06,040 --> 02:46:11,150
on restoration of

3319
02:46:11,160 --> 02:46:14,000
Competency rather than

3320
02:46:14,000 --> 02:46:16,600
treating

3321
02:46:16,600 --> 02:46:20,479
persons on an outpatient

3322
02:46:20,479 --> 02:46:21,500
basis

3323
02:46:21,500 --> 02:46:24,830
[Music]

3324
02:46:24,840 --> 02:46:30,389
um whenever we encounter

3325
02:46:30,399 --> 02:46:35,080
them if we're going to use all our

3326
02:46:35,080 --> 02:46:39,510
state mental health

3327
02:46:39,520 --> 02:46:44,000
bids to get someone restored to

3328
02:46:44,000 --> 02:46:47,160
competency so that we can try them for

3329
02:46:47,160 --> 02:46:50,110
their

3330
02:46:50,120 --> 02:46:54,190
offenses that that's a model

3331
02:46:54,190 --> 02:46:57,309
[Music]

3332
02:46:57,319 --> 02:46:59,200
for

3333
02:46:59,200 --> 02:47:01,760
continuing the county

3334
02:47:01,760 --> 02:47:05,359
jail as the largest provider of Mental

3335
02:47:05,359 --> 02:47:09,120
Health Services in the county which is

3336
02:47:09,120 --> 02:47:13,349
where we don't want to

3337
02:47:13,359 --> 02:47:17,080
be so let's take a look again at the

3338
02:47:17,080 --> 02:47:21,080
mental health jail diversion

3339
02:47:21,080 --> 02:47:23,800
Center and see if we can make it work

3340
02:47:23,800 --> 02:47:25,960
the way it's supposed to

3341
02:47:25,960 --> 02:47:32,590
work that will lower our jail

3342
02:47:32,600 --> 02:47:35,160
census it

3343
02:47:35,160 --> 02:47:38,240
will have more

3344
02:47:38,240 --> 02:47:40,240
direct

3345
02:47:40,240 --> 02:47:42,920
benefit

3346
02:47:42,920 --> 02:47:45,720
quicker to

3347
02:47:45,720 --> 02:47:48,120
the mental

3348
02:47:48,120 --> 02:47:51,910
health

3349
02:47:51,920 --> 02:47:55,830
patient save us

3350
02:47:55,840 --> 02:47:59,560
money commissioner uh just to maybe

3351
02:47:59,560 --> 02:48:01,560
clarify a couple things from from your

3352
02:48:01,560 --> 02:48:04,359
comments um I'd be a Miss if I didn't

3353
02:48:04,359 --> 02:48:06,680
mention the um

3354
02:48:06,680 --> 02:48:08,760
incredibly the amount of effort that the

3355
02:48:08,760 --> 02:48:10,240
criminal District Attorney's office has

3356
02:48:10,240 --> 02:48:13,720
put into engaging and educating our law

3357
02:48:13,720 --> 02:48:15,160
enforcement agencies across Ross the

3358
02:48:15,160 --> 02:48:17,399
county and it's not that they have gone

3359
02:48:17,399 --> 02:48:19,720
out for one meeting at each one it's a

3360
02:48:19,720 --> 02:48:22,439
continual effort that they have going to

3361
02:48:22,439 --> 02:48:24,840
meetings going to shift changes

3362
02:48:24,840 --> 02:48:27,279
educating trying to make sure that the

3363
02:48:27,279 --> 02:48:30,160
officers the police Chiefs um the

3364
02:48:30,160 --> 02:48:33,200
sergeants all of the the folks within

3365
02:48:33,200 --> 02:48:35,920
Command Staff are aware of this mental

3366
02:48:35,920 --> 02:48:38,240
health gel Diversion Center um so I

3367
02:48:38,240 --> 02:48:40,000
don't think it's a lack of awareness

3368
02:48:40,000 --> 02:48:43,000
within the Lea's because the DA's office

3369
02:48:43,000 --> 02:48:45,399
has done a tremendous job and I think

3370
02:48:45,399 --> 02:48:46,600
what we're

3371
02:48:46,600 --> 02:48:51,040
seeing with the jail with the Sheriff's

3372
02:48:51,040 --> 02:48:53,080
Office being the the ones that are

3373
02:48:53,080 --> 02:48:54,720
shifting the folks over to the Diversion

3374
02:48:54,720 --> 02:48:57,760
Center that are diverting um two

3375
02:48:57,760 --> 02:48:59,520
thoughts on that one the sheriff's

3376
02:48:59,520 --> 02:49:01,880
office when someone comes into the jail

3377
02:49:01,880 --> 02:49:04,000
the sheriff can't release them once

3378
02:49:04,000 --> 02:49:05,720
someone comes into the jail it's either

3379
02:49:05,720 --> 02:49:07,640
the judges or the DA's office are the

3380
02:49:07,640 --> 02:49:10,520
only ones that can get them um somebody

3381
02:49:10,520 --> 02:49:11,680
to to be released that's not the

3382
02:49:11,680 --> 02:49:14,080
sheriff's decision so the sheriff Works

3383
02:49:14,080 --> 02:49:16,479
tirelessly and his and Chief eer and

3384
02:49:16,479 --> 02:49:19,840
others to get those folks identified and

3385
02:49:19,840 --> 02:49:22,319
through the system and even back up as

3386
02:49:22,319 --> 02:49:24,600
part of stuff that's already been done

3387
02:49:24,600 --> 02:49:27,439
um to get them shifted over so yes the

3388
02:49:27,439 --> 02:49:31,040
way that it's currently working is very

3389
02:49:31,040 --> 02:49:34,479
laborious but with the center being

3390
02:49:34,479 --> 02:49:37,399
there and the impetus to make it work

3391
02:49:37,399 --> 02:49:39,040
everybody's doing double time to get

3392
02:49:39,040 --> 02:49:42,439
this thing to get the center um as full

3393
02:49:42,439 --> 02:49:43,720
as we can get it and and we have some

3394
02:49:43,720 --> 02:49:45,840
real challenges as we move for well I

3395
02:49:45,840 --> 02:49:48,800
recognize that the criminal District

3396
02:49:48,800 --> 02:49:53,469
Attorney's office

3397
02:49:53,479 --> 02:49:56,359
has performed a

3398
02:49:56,359 --> 02:49:59,800
Herculean uh task of trying to

3399
02:49:59,800 --> 02:50:05,910
get police agencies up to

3400
02:50:05,920 --> 02:50:10,640
speed but it's going to be a longterm

3401
02:50:10,640 --> 02:50:14,160
process uh as you indicated it can't be

3402
02:50:14,160 --> 02:50:18,120
just a one or two time

3403
02:50:18,120 --> 02:50:22,000
hit the more comfortable we

3404
02:50:22,000 --> 02:50:26,960
can get the local command

3405
02:50:26,960 --> 02:50:30,720
staffs to be with the jail

3406
02:50:30,720 --> 02:50:32,319
diversion

3407
02:50:32,319 --> 02:50:34,760
concept the more

3408
02:50:34,760 --> 02:50:37,680
successful the program is going to be

3409
02:50:37,680 --> 02:50:43,630
and we just have to keep at

3410
02:50:43,640 --> 02:50:45,960
it all right any other questions or

3411
02:50:45,960 --> 02:50:47,840
comments from the court we do have a

3412
02:50:47,840 --> 02:50:50,760
speaker on this I just want to applaud

3413
02:50:50,760 --> 02:50:53,760
you Russell uh and the rest of our staff

3414
02:50:53,760 --> 02:50:56,160
for doing what you've done thus far I

3415
02:50:56,160 --> 02:50:57,319
know that you're working hard on

3416
02:50:57,319 --> 02:50:59,160
publicly facing dashboards that we asked

3417
02:50:59,160 --> 02:51:01,600
for you're working hard on a lot of the

3418
02:51:01,600 --> 02:51:03,200
things a lot of the information that the

3419
02:51:03,200 --> 02:51:06,760
court has asked for and in context in

3420
02:51:06,760 --> 02:51:09,120
the grand scheme tan county is doing a

3421
02:51:09,120 --> 02:51:11,279
great job when you look at the

3422
02:51:11,279 --> 02:51:13,720
population increasing by 8.1% but the

3423
02:51:13,720 --> 02:51:16,640
jail population only increasing by 3.8

3424
02:51:16,640 --> 02:51:18,279
that's great when you look at the fact

3425
02:51:18,279 --> 02:51:20,359
that Harris County's jail population is

3426
02:51:20,359 --> 02:51:25,520
about 23% or 2% of their

3427
02:51:25,520 --> 02:51:28,200
population bear counties

3428
02:51:28,200 --> 02:51:32,720
22% Dallas counties 23% Taran counties

3429
02:51:32,720 --> 02:51:36,080
.19 we're lower than all the other major

3430
02:51:36,080 --> 02:51:38,920
counties in Texas in our jail population

3431
02:51:38,920 --> 02:51:41,520
relative to our population uh and that's

3432
02:51:41,520 --> 02:51:43,479
something that should be celebrated I

3433
02:51:43,479 --> 02:51:44,920
agree we should always try try to get

3434
02:51:44,920 --> 02:51:47,800
better um but at the end of the day it's

3435
02:51:47,800 --> 02:51:50,359
personal responsibility that matters and

3436
02:51:50,359 --> 02:51:52,319
folks that are committing crimes that

3437
02:51:52,319 --> 02:51:54,080
are dangerous to our society we can't

3438
02:51:54,080 --> 02:51:56,720
just let them out because we want to so

3439
02:51:56,720 --> 02:51:58,399
I I applaud what y'all are doing I

3440
02:51:58,399 --> 02:51:59,880
applaud the delicate balance that our

3441
02:51:59,880 --> 02:52:03,080
judges have to have to exercise whenever

3442
02:52:03,080 --> 02:52:05,680
they're setting bonds because ultimately

3443
02:52:05,680 --> 02:52:08,760
Public Safety must come first uh so

3444
02:52:08,760 --> 02:52:10,080
those are my comments I think that we're

3445
02:52:10,080 --> 02:52:11,359
doing a good job and it should be

3446
02:52:11,359 --> 02:52:13,040
celebrated thanks for the

3447
02:52:13,040 --> 02:52:15,160
report all right thank thank you Russell

3448
02:52:15,160 --> 02:52:16,520
thank you

3449
02:52:16,520 --> 02:52:19,160
all all right speaker for this is jyn

3450
02:52:19,160 --> 02:52:23,389
Jackie

3451
02:52:23,399 --> 02:52:28,600
Cox judge if you could wait to start my

3452
02:52:28,600 --> 02:52:31,560
until distributed would help me because

3453
02:52:31,560 --> 02:52:43,429
I'm going to be speaking in reference to

3454
02:52:43,439 --> 02:52:47,399
these okay the first page of the handout

3455
02:52:47,399 --> 02:52:49,920
that I made for you can you hear me now

3456
02:52:49,920 --> 02:52:52,840
thank you much fa thank you the first

3457
02:52:52,840 --> 02:52:55,600
page of the handout that I made for you

3458
02:52:55,600 --> 02:52:57,720
came to me from the DA's office in

3459
02:52:57,720 --> 02:53:00,319
response to a public information act

3460
02:53:00,319 --> 02:53:03,640
request I think it is the update of the

3461
02:53:03,640 --> 02:53:06,359
dashboard for the chil which was

3462
02:53:06,359 --> 02:53:08,239
referred to in one of the

3463
02:53:08,239 --> 02:53:10,319
presentations and what you can see is

3464
02:53:10,319 --> 02:53:12,319
that it's for a date certain it's for

3465
02:53:12,319 --> 02:53:15,040
Wednesday November 22nd

3466
02:53:15,040 --> 02:53:19,040
23 and it shows an inmate count in the

3467
02:53:19,040 --> 02:53:22,349
jail of

3468
02:53:22,359 --> 02:53:26,279
3,751 if you flip down to the next chart

3469
02:53:26,279 --> 02:53:28,720
which was the one that was presented to

3470
02:53:28,720 --> 02:53:32,479
you uh or was prepared by Mr

3471
02:53:32,479 --> 02:53:36,040
Shatner he shows an inmate population on

3472
02:53:36,040 --> 02:53:39,790
December 5th of

3473
02:53:39,800 --> 02:53:42,720
4,256 and that's 500

3474
02:53:42,720 --> 02:53:46,520
off and that's a big deal because 500

3475
02:53:46,520 --> 02:53:49,479
off is the price of the Garza contract

3476
02:53:49,479 --> 02:53:52,760
which is almost $100,000 for two year

3477
02:53:52,760 --> 02:53:55,720
I'm sorry almost $100 million for two

3478
02:53:55,720 --> 02:53:59,160
years it's $10 million a month or $12

3479
02:53:59,160 --> 02:54:01,640
million a month it just kind of ranges

3480
02:54:01,640 --> 02:54:03,399
but it's a lot of

3481
02:54:03,399 --> 02:54:07,160
money so we need to figure out what

3482
02:54:07,160 --> 02:54:11,040
happened to the 425 inmates and it looks

3483
02:54:11,040 --> 02:54:13,800
like if you flip down to the back that

3484
02:54:13,800 --> 02:54:17,600
really if you added 465 inmates from

3485
02:54:17,600 --> 02:54:20,920
Garza to the numbers that bring the

3486
02:54:20,920 --> 02:54:24,190
state to a total of

3487
02:54:24,200 --> 02:54:27,120
3,751 you come out with something a lot

3488
02:54:27,120 --> 02:54:29,680
closer so I think it is the Garza

3489
02:54:29,680 --> 02:54:32,880
population that just got not put into

3490
02:54:32,880 --> 02:54:36,560
the the the population statistics that

3491
02:54:36,560 --> 02:54:39,439
we get on the dashboard what I can't

3492
02:54:39,439 --> 02:54:43,200
tell is how those population statistics

3493
02:54:43,200 --> 02:54:46,560
translate into into the cost per day

3494
02:54:46,560 --> 02:54:51,880
figures one of my requests here is for

3495
02:54:51,880 --> 02:54:55,479
more specific information about sources

3496
02:54:55,479 --> 02:54:58,000
of data and sources of

3497
02:54:58,000 --> 02:55:01,120
cost uh I I think I know what some of

3498
02:55:01,120 --> 02:55:03,760
this stuff means but I spent a lot of

3499
02:55:03,760 --> 02:55:06,640
time looking at it and wondering well am

3500
02:55:06,640 --> 02:55:09,760
I right or wrong you know is for example

3501
02:55:09,760 --> 02:55:13,680
category number 16 court exam 316

3502
02:55:13,680 --> 02:55:14,920
inmates

3503
02:55:14,920 --> 02:55:17,120
actually the people who are waiting for

3504
02:55:17,120 --> 02:55:20,640
diagnosis on mental health issues or is

3505
02:55:20,640 --> 02:55:24,880
it something else if 307 inmates is also

3506
02:55:24,880 --> 02:55:28,600
a very high price tag at $85 a day times

3507
02:55:28,600 --> 02:55:31,520
30 days a month you see how that one

3508
02:55:31,520 --> 02:55:35,160
rolls up into big numbers and so what

3509
02:55:35,160 --> 02:55:38,760
I'm hopeful for is that someone who

3510
02:55:38,760 --> 02:55:41,920
prepares your dashboard will be able to

3511
02:55:41,920 --> 02:55:44,200
provide me with a list of what the very

3512
02:55:44,200 --> 02:55:46,680
variables really mean because when I

3513
02:55:46,680 --> 02:55:49,040
asked for it I got it we don't keep that

3514
02:55:49,040 --> 02:55:52,279
response thank you thank you all right

3515
02:55:52,279 --> 02:55:53,760
do we have any announcements or comments

3516
02:55:53,760 --> 02:55:56,479
from the Commissioner's

3517
02:55:56,479 --> 02:55:58,840
Court all right seeing none we move to

3518
02:55:58,840 --> 02:56:01,319
public comments I have four people

3519
02:56:01,319 --> 02:56:10,630
signed up to speak first is Katherine

3520
02:56:10,640 --> 02:56:13,120
[Music]

3521
02:56:13,120 --> 02:56:15,470
Godby

3522
02:56:15,470 --> 02:56:17,439
[Music]

3523
02:56:17,439 --> 02:56:20,520
thank you good morning or afternoon uh

3524
02:56:20,520 --> 02:56:22,399
today I simply wanted to remind us of

3525
02:56:22,399 --> 02:56:25,040
this story January 15th

3526
02:56:25,040 --> 02:56:28,840
2020 a young woman 21 years old four

3527
02:56:28,840 --> 02:56:30,760
months pregnant is having a mental

3528
02:56:30,760 --> 02:56:33,399
health crisis it's bad enough that her

3529
02:56:33,399 --> 02:56:34,920
mother becomes concerned for her

3530
02:56:34,920 --> 02:56:36,960
grandchild growing in her daughter's

3531
02:56:36,960 --> 02:56:39,560
body following the protocol she's been

3532
02:56:39,560 --> 02:56:43,040
given the mother calls 911 requesting an

3533
02:56:43,040 --> 02:56:44,800
involuntary commitment of her daughter

3534
02:56:44,800 --> 02:56:48,279
to JPS she needs mental health treatment

3535
02:56:48,279 --> 02:56:50,080
and this is exactly what you were

3536
02:56:50,080 --> 02:56:51,680
talking about commissioner Brooks when

3537
02:56:51,680 --> 02:56:53,399
the officers arrived the mother's

3538
02:56:53,399 --> 02:56:55,399
concerned that what she's requested will

3539
02:56:55,399 --> 02:56:58,960
be ignored and she was correct instead

3540
02:56:58,960 --> 02:57:00,960
of help this 21-year-old woman is

3541
02:57:00,960 --> 02:57:03,720
arrested and taken to tan County

3542
02:57:03,720 --> 02:57:06,640
Jail during her five months there she

3543
02:57:06,640 --> 02:57:09,080
does not have a single court date

3544
02:57:09,080 --> 02:57:10,920
apparently the mental health treatment

3545
02:57:10,920 --> 02:57:14,040
that she receives is if any is in compl

3546
02:57:14,040 --> 02:57:16,120
completely ineffective because she

3547
02:57:16,120 --> 02:57:18,200
decompensates and her condition

3548
02:57:18,200 --> 02:57:21,000
deteriorates so severely that by the

3549
02:57:21,000 --> 02:57:25,510
time she gives birth she is actually

3550
02:57:25,520 --> 02:57:27,960
nonverbal my understanding is that jail

3551
02:57:27,960 --> 02:57:30,560
staff was told they knew that when the

3552
02:57:30,560 --> 02:57:32,279
time came she would not be able to

3553
02:57:32,279 --> 02:57:35,359
communicate or perhaps even herself know

3554
02:57:35,359 --> 02:57:38,840
that she was going into labor May 17th

3555
02:57:38,840 --> 02:57:41,680
2020 alone in her jail Cale she goes

3556
02:57:41,680 --> 02:57:43,680
into labor She Bangs on the window to

3557
02:57:43,680 --> 02:57:46,720
get a assistance but no one comes the

3558
02:57:46,720 --> 02:57:49,200
baby girl is born on the floor of this

3559
02:57:49,200 --> 02:57:52,399
jail Cale her brain is severely damaged

3560
02:57:52,399 --> 02:57:56,560
from lack of oxygen May 27th 2020 the

3561
02:57:56,560 --> 02:57:59,239
baby is declared brain dead and at just

3562
02:57:59,239 --> 02:58:03,040
10 years 10 days old this newborn baby

3563
02:58:03,040 --> 02:58:06,319
dies the young woman's family requests

3564
02:58:06,319 --> 02:58:08,960
that she be allowed compassionate RS to

3565
02:58:08,960 --> 02:58:11,680
attend the funeral of her baby the

3566
02:58:11,680 --> 02:58:12,920
request is

3567
02:58:12,920 --> 02:58:15,880
denied Kent County reasonably enough is

3568
02:58:15,880 --> 02:58:18,560
being sued for what happened the young

3569
02:58:18,560 --> 02:58:21,800
woman is Chassidy conas her baby was

3570
02:58:21,800 --> 02:58:24,520
zenora it's possible that not every

3571
02:58:24,520 --> 02:58:26,319
aspect of this story is completely

3572
02:58:26,319 --> 02:58:28,200
accurate I took the details from various

3573
02:58:28,200 --> 02:58:30,640
news reports but as a whole I think it

3574
02:58:30,640 --> 02:58:33,760
is completely it is accurate so what

3575
02:58:33,760 --> 02:58:36,399
will the ending of this story be you our

3576
02:58:36,399 --> 02:58:38,279
elected officials have the power to do

3577
02:58:38,279 --> 02:58:40,160
the right thing for chassid and her

3578
02:58:40,160 --> 02:58:42,560
family to settle this case so that her

3579
02:58:42,560 --> 02:58:44,640
family can provide her with the medical

3580
02:58:44,640 --> 02:58:47,160
and mental health care that she needs

3581
02:58:47,160 --> 02:58:49,640
she's not a criminal from what I can

3582
02:58:49,640 --> 02:58:52,239
glean she did nothing wrong but because

3583
02:58:52,239 --> 02:58:54,319
of the actions and inactions at an

3584
02:58:54,319 --> 02:58:56,720
institutions that you're responsible for

3585
02:58:56,720 --> 02:58:59,200
a baby is

3586
02:58:59,200 --> 02:59:02,600
dead my understanding is that U you're

3587
02:59:02,600 --> 02:59:06,520
refusing or yeah refusing to settle this

3588
02:59:06,520 --> 02:59:10,160
case I urge you to do the right

3589
02:59:10,160 --> 02:59:12,760
thing I don't know the amount of the

3590
02:59:12,760 --> 02:59:15,160
lawsuit that what the lawsuit's asking

3591
02:59:15,160 --> 02:59:18,520
for but whatever it is in my view it's

3592
02:59:18,520 --> 02:59:20,880
not enough thank you thank you it it's

3593
02:59:20,880 --> 02:59:21,600
case

3594
02:59:21,600 --> 02:59:23,720
settled nothing is final at this point

3595
02:59:23,720 --> 02:59:25,880
judge but okay there will be something

3596
02:59:25,880 --> 02:59:27,600
for the court to approve when if when

3597
02:59:27,600 --> 02:59:29,520
there is a settlement yeah all right Nan

3598
02:59:29,520 --> 02:59:42,830
Terry is

3599
02:59:42,840 --> 02:59:57,630
next

3600
02:59:57,640 --> 03:00:00,120
Russell I want to Echo the commissioner

3601
03:00:00,120 --> 03:00:01,720
Court the Commissioners who've spoken

3602
03:00:01,720 --> 03:00:03,600
about the wonderful job you've done on

3603
03:00:03,600 --> 03:00:05,960
the presentation for the costs in the

3604
03:00:05,960 --> 03:00:07,520
jail it's difficult to go through that

3605
03:00:07,520 --> 03:00:09,359
data and I appreciate you presenting it

3606
03:00:09,359 --> 03:00:12,760
in a format to this court thank you

3607
03:00:12,760 --> 03:00:15,239
um

3608
03:00:15,239 --> 03:00:18,279
as you can see from the chart that um I

3609
03:00:18,279 --> 03:00:19,840
just handed Russell the numbers are

3610
03:00:19,840 --> 03:00:22,960
close I took three statistics classes in

3611
03:00:22,960 --> 03:00:26,000
a college two an undergrad one in uh

3612
03:00:26,000 --> 03:00:29,800
graduate school and my favorite uh

3613
03:00:29,800 --> 03:00:32,359
Professor had a a book that he loved how

3614
03:00:32,359 --> 03:00:34,720
to lie with Statistics

3615
03:00:34,720 --> 03:00:39,000
and but it but it does show you that you

3616
03:00:39,000 --> 03:00:40,800
know numbers are numbers but I I don't

3617
03:00:40,800 --> 03:00:42,800
think these are statistically

3618
03:00:42,800 --> 03:00:45,080
significantly different there are some

3619
03:00:45,080 --> 03:00:47,720
differences uh one I'd call you I think

3620
03:00:47,720 --> 03:00:50,359
we're using different databases the

3621
03:00:50,359 --> 03:00:53,439
unsentenced felons um your numbers are

3622
03:00:53,439 --> 03:00:57,080
2681 but it's a 272 difference between

3623
03:00:57,080 --> 03:00:59,800
the open records act request in October

3624
03:00:59,800 --> 03:01:03,880
or in November 13 days and 272 seems

3625
03:01:03,880 --> 03:01:05,800
like a lot of people to have unsentenced

3626
03:01:05,800 --> 03:01:07,319
felons in that short time I think we're

3627
03:01:07,319 --> 03:01:09,000
maybe pulling data from a different

3628
03:01:09,000 --> 03:01:11,960
place um but the thing

3629
03:01:11,960 --> 03:01:16,720
I come about with this is references and

3630
03:01:16,720 --> 03:01:20,040
consistency and omissions um the

3631
03:01:20,040 --> 03:01:22,200
references I really applaud you Russell

3632
03:01:22,200 --> 03:01:25,040
on having a your dashboard have a place

3633
03:01:25,040 --> 03:01:26,600
where you can click and get more

3634
03:01:26,600 --> 03:01:28,680
information um I'd

3635
03:01:28,680 --> 03:01:32,120
also offer up when I in my prior career

3636
03:01:32,120 --> 03:01:35,040
before we would go deploy a system to

3637
03:01:35,040 --> 03:01:36,840
the public we would try to quote break

3638
03:01:36,840 --> 03:01:38,800
that system with people who didn't know

3639
03:01:38,800 --> 03:01:41,239
anything about it or volunteers and I

3640
03:01:41,239 --> 03:01:42,680
don't know that you'd ever accept it but

3641
03:01:42,680 --> 03:01:45,399
I would offer my uh re if you want you

3642
03:01:45,399 --> 03:01:47,200
know how to find me I'll volunteer to

3643
03:01:47,200 --> 03:01:49,279
help break the system before you go live

3644
03:01:49,279 --> 03:01:51,920
if that would be beneficial um the other

3645
03:01:51,920 --> 03:01:54,040
thing I'd like to note

3646
03:01:54,040 --> 03:01:57,080
is the uh references which I did and the

3647
03:01:57,080 --> 03:01:59,160
omissions um we don't know the image

3648
03:01:59,160 --> 03:02:02,800
alar costs we don't know the cost of the

3649
03:02:02,800 --> 03:02:05,120
settlement costs we don't know the cost

3650
03:02:05,120 --> 03:02:07,319
of legal cost that I spoke to in my

3651
03:02:07,319 --> 03:02:09,680
earlier presentation today so there are

3652
03:02:09,680 --> 03:02:11,120
a lot of costs that I don't think are

3653
03:02:11,120 --> 03:02:13,640
covered by these costs for the jail and

3654
03:02:13,640 --> 03:02:15,319
until we can get a real number on what

3655
03:02:15,319 --> 03:02:17,239
the costs are we really don't want to

3656
03:02:17,239 --> 03:02:20,000
know what that number is this and I

3657
03:02:20,000 --> 03:02:21,960
really appreciate you putting up the

3658
03:02:21,960 --> 03:02:24,399
dashboards for the other dashboards that

3659
03:02:24,399 --> 03:02:26,720
are out there I I actually pulled these

3660
03:02:26,720 --> 03:02:30,000
two pages in uh that I just handed out

3661
03:02:30,000 --> 03:02:32,080
this is from the public safety report

3662
03:02:32,080 --> 03:02:34,439
system at the very bottom is a citation

3663
03:02:34,439 --> 03:02:36,600
if you can pull it up for yourself uh

3664
03:02:36,600 --> 03:02:39,319
you can I just chose Taran County and I

3665
03:02:39,319 --> 03:02:41,520
chose two month one month and then the

3666
03:02:41,520 --> 03:02:43,760
last year what I'd really like you to to

3667
03:02:43,760 --> 03:02:46,160
see is this bottom number Class C

3668
03:02:46,160 --> 03:02:47,960
misdemeanor thank you why are we

3669
03:02:47,960 --> 03:02:51,120
spending 136 for Class C misdemeanors

3670
03:02:51,120 --> 03:02:53,600
which have a $500 time time is up we're

3671
03:02:53,600 --> 03:02:55,160
confing thank

3672
03:02:55,160 --> 03:02:57,080
you uh we'll have we'll just start

3673
03:02:57,080 --> 03:02:59,040
turning off the microphones we have to

3674
03:02:59,040 --> 03:03:02,479
please respect the time um Daniel

3675
03:03:02,479 --> 03:03:10,030
Bennett is

3676
03:03:10,040 --> 03:03:14,359
next Daniel Bennett White Settlement uh

3677
03:03:14,359 --> 03:03:16,560
judge uh

3678
03:03:16,560 --> 03:03:19,040
Court let's review the Tad election

3679
03:03:19,040 --> 03:03:21,880
shall we we had seven candidates one

3680
03:03:21,880 --> 03:03:24,960
candidate argued values for homeowners

3681
03:03:24,960 --> 03:03:28,080
with as far as I could discern uh

3682
03:03:28,080 --> 03:03:29,560
through open records request he didn't

3683
03:03:29,560 --> 03:03:33,200
file agent uh of record form and receive

3684
03:03:33,200 --> 03:03:35,920
donations for his efforts potentially uh

3685
03:03:35,920 --> 03:03:38,279
sending it to a nonprofit another

3686
03:03:38,279 --> 03:03:41,520
candidate elected as an elected official

3687
03:03:41,520 --> 03:03:44,439
potentially used his office to earn

3688
03:03:44,439 --> 03:03:46,439
their position on the Tad board which is

3689
03:03:46,439 --> 03:03:49,680
against the government code then we had

3690
03:03:49,680 --> 03:03:51,960
a gentleman school

3691
03:03:51,960 --> 03:03:55,800
system uh Arlington ISD who cast their

3692
03:03:55,800 --> 03:03:58,279
ballot on their third open meeting which

3693
03:03:58,279 --> 03:04:00,200
is a violation of property tax code and

3694
03:04:00,200 --> 03:04:03,560
their 453 votes shouldn't count but I

3695
03:04:03,560 --> 03:04:05,200
understand through Janice Joplin the

3696
03:04:05,200 --> 03:04:07,520
mayor of kennel showing me her letter

3697
03:04:07,520 --> 03:04:10,840
yesterday all of Arlington's ISD votes

3698
03:04:10,840 --> 03:04:14,880
counted how nice and then we had a

3699
03:04:14,880 --> 03:04:17,319
sitting director at that meeting on that

3700
03:04:17,319 --> 03:04:19,840
third meeting asking for those illegal

3701
03:04:19,840 --> 03:04:23,040
votes which which is shocking because

3702
03:04:23,040 --> 03:04:25,080
they're they pledge of fidelity to the

3703
03:04:25,080 --> 03:04:26,960
property tax system they're sitting on

3704
03:04:26,960 --> 03:04:30,359
the dis we go to these meetings with the

3705
03:04:30,359 --> 03:04:31,920
understanding they're protecting our

3706
03:04:31,920 --> 03:04:35,200
rights because you guys elect them all

3707
03:04:35,200 --> 03:04:37,479
right not Stellar for the incoming

3708
03:04:37,479 --> 03:04:39,560
directors we're trying to restore

3709
03:04:39,560 --> 03:04:42,239
transparency and accountability here

3710
03:04:42,239 --> 03:04:44,720
this is not a very good start gentlemen

3711
03:04:44,720 --> 03:04:46,160
but let's move forward because we need

3712
03:04:46,160 --> 03:04:48,800
to restore confidence in our appraisal

3713
03:04:48,800 --> 03:04:51,720
district that's why I'm here today not

3714
03:04:51,720 --> 03:04:54,040
to bore out all the inconsistency and

3715
03:04:54,040 --> 03:04:55,840
lack of fidelity that I've witnessed

3716
03:04:55,840 --> 03:04:57,479
over the last seven years we're going to

3717
03:04:57,479 --> 03:04:59,560
start with the DA's

3718
03:04:59,560 --> 03:05:03,040
office back in February 23 of 2018 I

3719
03:05:03,040 --> 03:05:04,120
asked for

3720
03:05:04,120 --> 03:05:07,720
four interviews four

3721
03:05:07,720 --> 03:05:09,600
whistleblowers it was in the summer of

3722
03:05:09,600 --> 03:05:12,960
2018 I asked for this uh in 2016 they

3723
03:05:12,960 --> 03:05:15,439
gave interviews in 2018 I asked for the

3724
03:05:15,439 --> 03:05:17,239
interviews they shot a letter to the

3725
03:05:17,239 --> 03:05:21,160
Attorney General's office that

3726
03:05:21,160 --> 03:05:23,520
78846 was the Attorney General number

3727
03:05:23,520 --> 03:05:27,040
given to the request it was to

3728
03:05:27,040 --> 03:05:30,319
suppress the documentation from me so I

3729
03:05:30,319 --> 03:05:32,200
could not make it public they sought

3730
03:05:32,200 --> 03:05:43,229
relief under

3731
03:05:43,239 --> 03:05:45,319
tigation that did not result in a

3732
03:05:45,319 --> 03:05:47,359
conviction or defer adjudication they

3733
03:05:47,359 --> 03:05:49,279
didn't investigate it they never opened

3734
03:05:49,279 --> 03:05:51,960
an investigation so they falsely sought

3735
03:05:51,960 --> 03:05:53,399
relief from the Attorney General's

3736
03:05:53,399 --> 03:05:57,600
office on a false premise so my

3737
03:05:57,600 --> 03:06:00,399
my my beest of you

3738
03:06:00,399 --> 03:06:02,720
today have the District Attorney's

3739
03:06:02,720 --> 03:06:06,880
Office release all four 16 hours so we

3740
03:06:06,880 --> 03:06:08,840
can say a snapshot in time what was

3741
03:06:08,840 --> 03:06:10,600
going on at the appraisal district and

3742
03:06:10,600 --> 03:06:12,399
we can start to become transparent and

3743
03:06:12,399 --> 03:06:14,120
accountable to the people that pay our

3744
03:06:14,120 --> 03:06:16,239
taxes and hold property values thank

3745
03:06:16,239 --> 03:06:19,479
thank you uh next and last signed up is

3746
03:06:19,479 --> 03:06:22,370
lon

3747
03:06:22,380 --> 03:06:27,870
[Music]

3748
03:06:27,880 --> 03:06:30,439
Burnham good afternoon I want to back up

3749
03:06:30,439 --> 03:06:33,120
to 10:00 this morning it's the Court's

3750
03:06:33,120 --> 03:06:35,600
custom to congratulate people on their

3751
03:06:35,600 --> 03:06:37,239
anniversary date and I don't think

3752
03:06:37,239 --> 03:06:39,600
anybody's congratulated the three of you

3753
03:06:39,600 --> 03:06:41,720
on your first anniversary date so I want

3754
03:06:41,720 --> 03:06:43,840
to thank you for your service

3755
03:06:43,840 --> 03:06:46,279
um I particularly want to thank uh the

3756
03:06:46,279 --> 03:06:49,710
Applause is

3757
03:06:49,720 --> 03:06:52,319
deafening you took seconds away from me

3758
03:06:52,319 --> 03:06:55,080
judge so let's get on with it look I

3759
03:06:55,080 --> 03:06:56,640
hope your first year has been as

3760
03:06:56,640 --> 03:06:59,600
interesting to you as it's been to me I

3761
03:06:59,600 --> 03:07:01,640
started to come to the court last fall

3762
03:07:01,640 --> 03:07:03,680
before you be began your service here

3763
03:07:03,680 --> 03:07:05,520
talking about my concerns about the way

3764
03:07:05,520 --> 03:07:07,760
the sheriff's department has run talking

3765
03:07:07,760 --> 03:07:09,600
about my concerns about the excessive

3766
03:07:09,600 --> 03:07:12,000
death rate concerns about excessive

3767
03:07:12,000 --> 03:07:14,160
incarceration over excessive period of

3768
03:07:14,160 --> 03:07:16,920
times uh we all know it's used is the

3769
03:07:16,920 --> 03:07:19,040
largest Mental Health institution here

3770
03:07:19,040 --> 03:07:20,520
which is really

3771
03:07:20,520 --> 03:07:22,560
unfortunate I really appreciate

3772
03:07:22,560 --> 03:07:25,200
Russell's work I think this represents

3773
03:07:25,200 --> 03:07:27,479
progress for all of us I really

3774
03:07:27,479 --> 03:07:29,840
appreciate commissioner Simmons uh

3775
03:07:29,840 --> 03:07:31,399
public town hall meeting I hope my

3776
03:07:31,399 --> 03:07:33,880
commissioner will do the same thing um

3777
03:07:33,880 --> 03:07:36,000
because I think we need some broad

3778
03:07:36,000 --> 03:07:38,720
public discussion about the problems in

3779
03:07:38,720 --> 03:07:41,720
our jail not cutting off citizen

3780
03:07:41,720 --> 03:07:45,000
participation after 3 minutes I want to

3781
03:07:45,000 --> 03:07:46,479
make it real

3782
03:07:46,479 --> 03:07:50,080
clear I'm pissed about the waste of my

3783
03:07:50,080 --> 03:07:53,439
time on October 30th when I went to the

3784
03:07:53,439 --> 03:07:56,160
central Jury Room with over 200 other

3785
03:07:56,160 --> 03:07:59,080
people when I was informed that oh your

3786
03:07:59,080 --> 03:08:02,000
services are not needed you're dismissed

3787
03:08:02,000 --> 03:08:03,800
because there are 30 judges that are not

3788
03:08:03,800 --> 03:08:07,439
holding court today that speaks to the

3789
03:08:07,439 --> 03:08:09,479
very real issue that a lot of people

3790
03:08:09,479 --> 03:08:11,760
know the judges are not working a

3791
03:08:11,760 --> 03:08:13,520
40-hour work week and they're getting

3792
03:08:13,520 --> 03:08:16,800
paid way too much for the the time that

3793
03:08:16,800 --> 03:08:19,080
they don't spend on the bench getting

3794
03:08:19,080 --> 03:08:21,560
the job done I also want to make another

3795
03:08:21,560 --> 03:08:24,760
point that self-evident to most of us

3796
03:08:24,760 --> 03:08:28,040
that if tried to deal with a loved one

3797
03:08:28,040 --> 03:08:31,399
or a friend who has a drinking problem

3798
03:08:31,399 --> 03:08:35,359
you cannot get an alcoholic to recognize

3799
03:08:35,359 --> 03:08:37,920
your problem and do something about it

3800
03:08:37,920 --> 03:08:40,160
until they're willing to admit there is

3801
03:08:40,160 --> 03:08:44,200
a huge problem here I want you all to

3802
03:08:44,200 --> 03:08:46,880
recognize that you are not doing an

3803
03:08:46,880 --> 03:08:49,800
adequate job admitting that we have a

3804
03:08:49,800 --> 03:08:52,040
huge problem here and we are not going

3805
03:08:52,040 --> 03:08:53,760
to fix it until you guys get more

3806
03:08:53,760 --> 03:08:55,479
serious about it because the citizens

3807
03:08:55,479 --> 03:08:56,960
can come up here and talk for three

3808
03:08:56,960 --> 03:08:58,560
minutes and be rudely interrupted at

3809
03:08:58,560 --> 03:09:00,160
about three minute

3810
03:09:00,160 --> 03:09:03,479
point from now to Kingdom come but we're

3811
03:09:03,479 --> 03:09:04,840
not going to fix the problem till the

3812
03:09:04,840 --> 03:09:06,160
sheriff's department and Leadership

3813
03:09:06,160 --> 03:09:08,040
recognizes it we're not going to fix the

3814
03:09:08,040 --> 03:09:09,800
problem until the judges recognize

3815
03:09:09,800 --> 03:09:11,600
they're not doing their job and we're

3816
03:09:11,600 --> 03:09:12,479
not going to fix it until the

3817
03:09:12,479 --> 03:09:14,399
commissioners Court recognizes the same

3818
03:09:14,399 --> 03:09:16,760
problem I'm going to give you 15 14 13

3819
03:09:16,760 --> 03:09:18,000
seconds

3820
03:09:18,000 --> 03:09:20,040
back all right that's all that we have

3821
03:09:20,040 --> 03:09:21,399
signed up to speak is there anyone else

3822
03:09:21,399 --> 03:09:24,650
in the audience who would like to

3823
03:09:24,660 --> 03:09:39,590
[Music]

3824
03:09:39,600 --> 03:09:42,359
speak good afternoon my name is Billy

3825
03:09:42,359 --> 03:09:44,359
Wilson from Arlington

3826
03:09:44,359 --> 03:09:46,520
Texas humans be

3827
03:09:46,520 --> 03:09:49,760
human a fact of life while we are

3828
03:09:49,760 --> 03:09:51,319
capable of great Humanity we are all

3829
03:09:51,319 --> 03:09:53,479
equally capable of great inh Humanity to

3830
03:09:53,479 --> 03:09:55,319
govern with these two capabilities we

3831
03:09:55,319 --> 03:09:57,720
create rules laws and institutions our

3832
03:09:57,720 --> 03:09:59,880
democracy rest on the government by the

3833
03:09:59,880 --> 03:10:02,080
people and for the people you are the by

3834
03:10:02,080 --> 03:10:05,080
the people we are the for the people you

3835
03:10:05,080 --> 03:10:07,439
are uh there should not be enity between

3836
03:10:07,439 --> 03:10:09,720
the two groups we come recognizing it is

3837
03:10:09,720 --> 03:10:11,920
our duty to engage with you to inform a

3838
03:10:11,920 --> 03:10:13,960
more perfect union in that Spirit we

3839
03:10:13,960 --> 03:10:15,960
have come and will continue to come and

3840
03:10:15,960 --> 03:10:18,200
we will not not just as critic but as

3841
03:10:18,200 --> 03:10:20,120
partners we wish to engage you in the

3842
03:10:20,120 --> 03:10:22,560
dialogue of problem solving problems

3843
03:10:22,560 --> 03:10:25,200
like chasty kanes she was implematic of

3844
03:10:25,200 --> 03:10:26,359
the property of our County Jail

3845
03:10:26,359 --> 03:10:28,560
Administration who on April 17th was

3846
03:10:28,560 --> 03:10:30,040
granted the right to proceed with a

3847
03:10:30,040 --> 03:10:31,600
civil rights lawsuit against Taran

3848
03:10:31,600 --> 03:10:33,680
County Jail it began with the person

3849
03:10:33,680 --> 03:10:35,439
diagnosed with mental disorders was

3850
03:10:35,439 --> 03:10:37,840
instead of being transported to JPS was

3851
03:10:37,840 --> 03:10:39,960
jailed in several months without

3852
03:10:39,960 --> 03:10:41,840
adequate care or mental treatment a

3853
03:10:41,840 --> 03:10:45,359
child named z CH in court document died

3854
03:10:45,359 --> 03:10:47,600
after birth in the jail cell the mother

3855
03:10:47,600 --> 03:10:49,800
was then denied the request to attend a

3856
03:10:49,800 --> 03:10:51,000
child's

3857
03:10:51,000 --> 03:10:53,160
funeral humans be

3858
03:10:53,160 --> 03:10:55,720
human we feel that this is not just the

3859
03:10:55,720 --> 03:10:57,560
failure of our protocols but Community

3860
03:10:57,560 --> 03:10:59,840
oversight of our institutions I'm very

3861
03:10:59,840 --> 03:11:01,239
happy to see the work that you're doing

3862
03:11:01,239 --> 03:11:03,040
and we hope to work with you to try to

3863
03:11:03,040 --> 03:11:04,479
work through all this data to come up

3864
03:11:04,479 --> 03:11:07,359
with Solutions so we've come to do our

3865
03:11:07,359 --> 03:11:10,080
part raise concerns and offer Solutions

3866
03:11:10,080 --> 03:11:11,920
we ask for a shift from investment to

3867
03:11:11,920 --> 03:11:14,840
prisons into an investment in programs

3868
03:11:14,840 --> 03:11:16,560
my research shows that 30% of the

3869
03:11:16,560 --> 03:11:18,560
offenses in our are fall into two

3870
03:11:18,560 --> 03:11:22,200
categories DWI and Family Violence We

3871
03:11:22,200 --> 03:11:23,800
Believe to focus on addressing the

3872
03:11:23,800 --> 03:11:25,760
mental health issues fully implementing

3873
03:11:25,760 --> 03:11:27,520
the diversion program efficient

3874
03:11:27,520 --> 03:11:29,600
magistration and proper attorney to

3875
03:11:29,600 --> 03:11:31,640
discretion uh district attorney to

3876
03:11:31,640 --> 03:11:33,960
discretion will go far in eleviating our

3877
03:11:33,960 --> 03:11:37,160
jail overcrowding and we have we can cut

3878
03:11:37,160 --> 03:11:41,279
off the flow but we need less buckets we

3879
03:11:41,279 --> 03:11:43,720
can do better we Dem man to do better

3880
03:11:43,720 --> 03:11:46,080
and we will do better thank you thank

3881
03:11:46,080 --> 03:11:48,160
you is there anyone else who wishes to

3882
03:11:48,160 --> 03:11:49,950
speak all right seeing

3883
03:11:49,950 --> 03:11:51,560
[Music]

3884
03:11:51,560 --> 03:11:54,479
none uh we will please remain silent

3885
03:11:54,479 --> 03:11:57,120
while I read the following statement the

3886
03:11:57,120 --> 03:11:58,560
Commissioner's Court will now recess the

3887
03:11:58,560 --> 03:11:59,920
Open Session and proceed to close

3888
03:11:59,920 --> 03:12:02,800
session to discuss items exempt under

3889
03:12:02,800 --> 03:12:09,200
55171 072 074 076 087 and 0725 of the

3890
03:12:09,200 --> 03:12:11,680
Texas government code we are in

3891
03:12:11,680 --> 03:48:08,429
recess

3892
03:48:08,439 --> 04:00:03,149
e

3893
04:00:03,159 --> 04:00:04,720
all right good afternoon we are back

3894
04:00:04,720 --> 04:00:06,319
from executive session there are no

3895
04:00:06,319 --> 04:00:08,840
items that need to be addressed now that

3896
04:00:08,840 --> 04:00:10,239
we've reconvened so I'll entertain a

3897
04:00:10,239 --> 04:00:12,920
motion to adjourn so move have a motion

3898
04:00:12,920 --> 04:00:15,399
a second please cast your

3899
04:00:15,399 --> 04:00:17,800
votes all right we have our three at

3900
04:00:17,800 --> 04:00:20,319
least so passes three to Zero from those

3901
04:00:20,319 --> 04:00:22,720
present we are now adjourned happy New

3902
04:00:22,720 --> 04:00:26,070
Year thank you for

3903
04:00:26,080 --> 04:00:37,309
watching all

3904
04:00:37,319 --> 04:00:40,319
right