[6:15] She sent you something. She sent you
[6:17] something earlier and she You want to
[6:20] call her up,
[6:21] talk about it, I guess. I don't know.
[6:24] » Yeah.
[6:47] I know. I saw them. I saw them last
[6:50] night.
[7:16] My
[7:31] Good morning.
[7:32] » Morning.
[8:10] Go Oh man.
[8:42] Test.
[8:50] Yeah, it works.
[8:54] All right.
[8:57] All right, we're starting to attach late
[9:00] today. Um, thank you everyone for
[9:02] coming. The court will please come to
[9:04] order. There is a quorum present. All of
[9:07] our members are present. All legal
[9:09] notices have been posted. Go blankson
[9:12] » And the court is duly called. Is there a
[9:16] motion to close the court for the June
[9:18] term?
[9:18] » So move second
[9:23] will be June. Oh, do we have because we
[9:25] did have one meeting.
[9:29] » Okay. So I guess for the June and July
[9:32] term.
[9:32] » So moved.
[9:33] » Second.
[9:34] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[9:37] » I.
[9:38] » Any opposed? Is there a motion to open
[9:40] court for the August term?
[9:42] » So move.
[9:42] » Second.
[9:43] » All right. Uh all those in favor signify
[9:46] by saying I.
[9:46] » I.
[9:47] » Motion carries unanimously. Available.
[9:50] Please open court.
[9:51] » All rise. The Dallas County
[9:53] Commissioner's Court is now in session
[9:54] for the August 2026 term. The Honorable
[9:58] Clay Lewis Jenkins presiding. Please
[10:00] remain standing for the invocation.
[10:05] Judge
[10:06] » And and the uh this is a guest of
[10:08] Commissioner Summer Commission.
[10:10] » No price. I'm sorry.
[10:11] » It's okay. That's all right.
[10:13] » Apologize. It was I'm reading. I got
[10:16] you. I got you. No problem.
[10:17] » I'm like that gal. I'm an anchor man.
[10:20] » That's what I'm saying.
[10:21] » Yeah. Yeah, you are. Okay. Uh
[10:25] let me uh welcome Pastor Brandon Walker
[10:29] to to the lectern. Pastor Brandon Walker
[10:32] is a proud and dedicated pastor of the
[10:34] Mount Taber Baptist Church in Dallas,
[10:38] Texas. And by the way, that is a
[10:40] historical church that was a portal
[10:43] [clears throat]
[10:44] for uh young ministers coming out of the
[10:48] Bishop College. His leadership is marked
[10:50] by a spirit of innovation, heartfelt
[10:54] compassion, and an unwavering commit.
[10:56] Pastor Walker boldly accepted his
[10:58] calling and delivered his first sermon
[11:01] at the Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church
[11:04] in Houston, Texas under the mentorship
[11:07] of the late Dr. Donald G. Burge, Senior.
[11:12] This pivotable moment was the beginning
[11:14] of a ministry that would spann over two
[11:17] decades. For eight years, Pastor Walker
[11:20] served as a staff pastor at the Antioch
[11:23] Fellowship Church of Dallas. As a
[11:26] lifelong student of God's word, Pastor
[11:28] Walker has pursued theological training
[11:31] at respected institutions such as the
[11:34] Houston Baptist University and Chris
[11:37] College. Pastor Walker is widely
[11:39] regarded as a young man with an old
[11:41] soul, a description that reflects his
[11:44] unique ability to seamlessly connect
[11:47] with both emerging generation and
[11:50] seasoned believers. His preaching is
[11:52] characterized by its authenticity,
[11:56] passion,
[11:58] and his ministry is fueled by a profound
[12:02] love for God's word and an earnest
[12:04] desire to see lives changed through the
[12:08] power of the gospel. Beyond the pull
[12:10] pit, Pastor Walker finds his greatest
[12:12] joy and most meaningful accomplishment
[12:15] in his role as a devoted husband to his
[12:19] wife, Amber.
[12:21] um pastor and we just celebrated his u
[12:26] his anniversary there at Mount Taber.
[12:29] We're glad that you could join us this
[12:30] morning. Please. Thank you.
[12:32] » Thank you.
[12:33] » Shall we pray?
[12:35] Eternal God, our father, how we thank
[12:36] you for the gift of another day and for
[12:39] the privilege that you've given us to
[12:41] serve people, particularly the people of
[12:44] Dallas County. We acknowledge you as the
[12:47] source of wisdom,
[12:49] as a God of justice, and a God who cares
[12:52] about the needs of people. And so God,
[12:55] in this moment, we pray now that you
[12:56] would help us to understand
[13:00] the weight of being in this room
[13:03] to understand that the decisions that
[13:05] are made within these chambers far out
[13:09] far far exceed these walls and impacts
[13:13] the lives of everyday people.
[13:15] So with the weight of that assignment on
[13:17] our shoulders, we pray that you would
[13:19] give us hearts that care, eyes that see,
[13:24] spirits willing to understand,
[13:26] so that the decisions that are made will
[13:28] be decisions that are well-meaning, well
[13:31] intended,
[13:33] and that will seek to do good for all
[13:35] people.
[13:36] Father, we pray for discernment, wisdom,
[13:39] guidance,
[13:41] for anything that exceeds human
[13:43] strength. We pray that you will remind
[13:44] us that your strength is made perfect in
[13:46] our weakness. We do not take lightly
[13:49] this privilege of public service that
[13:51] you've given us. So help us to handle
[13:54] this responsibility in a way that will
[13:57] not only be beneficial to the people we
[13:59] serve, but that would be glorifying to
[14:02] the God who gave us the privilege in the
[14:03] first place. These things we ask in the
[14:06] name of your son, our savior Jesus the
[14:08] Christ. Amen.
[14:10] » Amen. Thank you, pastor.
[14:15] » Okay.
[14:16] » All right. U at this point, uh I'm going
[14:19] to make a take a motion to suspend the
[14:21] agenda.
[14:23] » So moved.
[14:24] » Second.
[14:24] » Say all those in favor sign by saying I.
[14:27] » I.
[14:27] » I.
[14:29] And uh
[14:31] at the request of uh staff, we are uh
[14:35] moving the the presentation on the
[14:38] budget to our first um item
[14:44] » And state judge for the reasons that we
[14:47] need to do this.
[14:48] » Oh, sure. So, uh, should the court pass
[14:51] the TR,
[14:53] uh, notice today, uh, that notice has to
[14:56] be posted on our website. And so to get
[14:59] that done, if that were to pass, uh, so
[15:03] that we're not having a meeting until 8
[15:04] o'clock at night next Tuesday. Um, we're
[15:09] getting to that first and then we'll get
[15:11] to everything else uh, after that. So,
[15:14] go ahead, Dr. Watkins.
[15:16] » Good morning, judge and commissioners.
[15:18] here.
[15:46] We do have budgets in front of us, but
[15:47] we do want the public to see what we're
[15:49] looking at. So, we're waiting for it to
[15:50] come up.
[15:51] » Yeah, they need to.
[15:56] » Okay.
[15:58] Good morning. FY27
[16:00] 2027 proposed budget proposed at the
[16:02] FY27 voter approval rate.224650.
[16:08] » Hold on. Okay. Now,
[16:11] » Okay. Uh the proposed budget is 94.6
[16:15] million. U that represents 3.5%
[16:20] increase over the total year-to- date
[16:23] expenditures of 874 million. The total
[16:26] proposed sources is 935.8
[16:29] million with a proposed ending balance
[16:31] of 31.2 million.
[16:36] The proposed budget is built on this
[16:39] proposed rate of.24650.
[16:43] Um the proposed rate is.244650
[16:47] a difference of 0.009150 009150
[16:51] from the current rate of 21550.
[17:03] So this slide represents the county's
[17:07] projected available resources across all
[17:09] » Mr. Hicks.
[17:10] » Yes,
[17:10] » We all know you and love you, but
[17:12] introduce yourself for the record.
[17:14] » Thank you, sir. Uh Timothy Hicks, County
[17:16] Auditor.
[17:18] This slide summarized the county's
[17:20] projected available resources across all
[17:23] major operating funds. The auditor
[17:25] office projects fiscal 2027 available
[17:29] resources of approximately 1.4
[17:32] 1.45 [clears throat]
[17:33] billion compared to 1.383
[17:37] billion in the fiscal 2026 revised
[17:40] estimate. That represents anro an
[17:42] increase of approximately seven 71.5
[17:45] million or 5.17%.
[17:50] Uh next slide.
[17:55] So commissioners, this is the most
[17:56] important financial indicator in today's
[17:59] presentation. National credit agencies
[18:03] closely evaluated unrestricted funds
[18:06] because they measure an organization's
[18:08] ability to manage economic
[18:10] uncertainties, emergencies, and
[18:12] unexpected financial pressures. The
[18:15] county has established a long-term goal
[18:17] of achieving unrestricted
[18:20] re uh unrestricted resources equal to 11
[18:23] uh 10.5%
[18:26] of general funds expenditures
[18:29] based on evaluations and feedback from
[18:34] the credit reg a agencies u we feel like
[18:37] uh they have indicated that 20% is a
[18:40] good um indicator of where the Dallas
[18:44] County should
[18:45] And why this is important? Um because
[18:49] strong reserves improve financial
[18:51] flexibility,
[18:53] protect essential county services during
[18:56] economic downturn, reduces borrowing
[18:58] costs and support favorable bond rating
[19:01] and demonstrate prudent financial
[19:04] financial management. So we have laid
[19:07] out uh a reserve plan to reach 20% by
[19:11] fiscal uh 2031.
[19:14] Next slide.
[19:15] » Uh before you leave that the graph back
[19:18] up the graph the 164 basically saying
[19:21] what I think we talked about it a little
[19:23] bit.
[19:23] » Yes sir.
[19:24] » What does that represent?
[19:25] » So [clears throat] currently
[19:27] our res unrestricted reserve across all
[19:30] funds is at 16.4%.
[19:34] So that's what that represents where we
[19:37] are currently.
[19:40] » Thank you.
[19:42] » Next slide.
[19:44] » Good morning.
[19:46] This chart displays
[19:49] » Good morning. [laughter] Miss
[19:52] » My name is Dana Foster Allen, chief
[19:54] fiscal officer.
[19:55] » Okay. Thank you, ma'am. This chart
[19:57] displays where the property tax dollar
[19:59] goes um by agency or entity. Um of your
[20:04] total tafffty tax, excuse me, property
[20:06] tax bill, 9.7% is Dallas County, 9.5% is
[20:12] Parkland Hospital. 44.6%
[20:15] goes to Dallas ISD. The city of Dallas
[20:18] is 31.4%
[20:20] with the remainder being Dallas College
[20:21] at 4.8%.
[20:24] And this Miss Foster Allen in that
[20:27] category is Dallas County is at 0.21,
[20:32] you know, tax rate.
[20:34] » Correct.
[20:35] » Not this is based on last year 2025
[20:37] information. Um, but we do not expect
[20:40] that um overall that their rates will be
[20:44] dramatically different or the
[20:45] proportionate will be dramatically
[20:46] different.
[20:47] » Thank you.
[20:52] What's included in FI27 proposed budget
[20:54] for workforce compensation adjustments?
[20:57] There's an insurance adjustment for
[20:59] $12,000 per FTE and then 3% COLA
[21:02] included for all workforce included
[21:04] elected officials.
[21:10] Roaden Bridge proposed allocation. Um we
[21:13] will be doing a revised road and bridge
[21:16] policy which will be included on the
[21:17] August 11th agenda. What's included in
[21:20] the FY27 proposed budget is Roaden
[21:23] Bridge 1 3.6 million, Roaden Bridge 2
[21:26] 3.8 million, road and bridge 3 9.4
[21:30] million, road and bridge 4 5.7 million.
[21:36] » And and the revised policy is to
[21:39] represent what?
[21:40] » The revised policy will represent the
[21:43] methodology that was used for the
[21:45] allocation for FY2027.
[21:48] and [clears throat] and these uh
[21:50] proposals have already captured
[21:55] um
[21:56] road and bridge through public works
[22:00] with regards to what is going to be
[22:03] required this year.
[22:06] » So public works is the next slide but
[22:08] this is all road and bridge related uh
[22:10] » Based on the unincorporated miles by
[22:14] district and based on the number of
[22:16] employees by a Yes,
[22:18] » Road and bridge. That's what the formula
[22:20] is.
[22:20] » Yes, this formula is just strictly with
[22:22] road and bridge. The next slide Miss
[22:24] Foster Allen would talk about.
[22:30] Fiscal year 2027 budget also includes
[22:33] major capital um allocations to public
[22:36] works in amount of 43.5 million and
[22:39] facilities projects of 37 million. This
[22:42] is in line with last year's um
[22:44] allocation. In addition, as the
[22:47] commission is aware, we did issue debt
[22:49] in amount of $350 million June the 2nd,
[22:53] and we have multiple capital projects in
[22:56] that. Specifically, we do have an
[22:57] additional $25 million that is for
[23:00] facility alone, though we have multiple
[23:03] facilities initiatives in the uh 2026
[23:07] bond issuance.
[23:14] Okay, next steps for proposed budget.
[23:17] August 11th, you're going to see we're
[23:19] working on an accelerated schedule.
[23:21] You're going to see hearings, tax rate,
[23:23] and adoption of the budget. And then
[23:25] regular schedule for Parkland Hospital
[23:28] presentations are planned for August
[23:30] 18th and September 1st. Thank you.
[23:36] Okay.
[23:44] I can appreciate the confidence. It's
[23:46] 9:19. Since the agenda is suspended, is
[23:50] there any any other question from any
[23:51] other members of the court staff?
[23:55] » No. Okay.
[23:56] » Oh, Commissioner, I'd like to give kudos
[23:59] um to our team um Dr. W uh Ronica
[24:02] Watkins and her staff, specifically
[24:05] Alexis Callaway. she really um put up
[24:07] with this during this process. Um Tim
[24:10] Hicks and his team um I know Kevin and
[24:13] Ty also assisted and um for my team um
[24:16] Tiffany Robertson who's new with me um
[24:20] it definitely takes a team approach and
[24:23] um everybody did a great job. So kudos
[24:25] to everybody
[24:26] » You did and I want to join that chorus.
[24:28] Uh you worked through the weekend. We
[24:30] did get the certified values
[24:34] on that Friday evening I think late you
[24:37] worked the Saturday to Sunday. Thank you
[24:39] want to thank Mr. Ames and and his team
[24:43] as well for working [clears throat]
[24:45] through those numbers. So I too join
[24:47] them as we all do and saying thank you
[24:50] for because we couldn't move so that the
[24:53] record will be clear. We could not move
[24:55] until we get those values and then begin
[24:58] to work through it.
[24:59] and follow all the notices that have to
[25:02] be done right
[25:03] » With a specific timeline. So, thank you
[25:06] all for your hard work. I appreciate
[25:10] » Right.
[25:11] » I appreciate you as well. Very much so.
[25:13] It was very well organized this year. I
[25:15] thought we did a much better way of
[25:17] doing it. Thank you.
[25:18] » And it shows when we have no questions.
[25:20] » That's right. Right. [laughter]
[25:22] » Yeah. Great. Great job, team. Um
[25:26] uh now if someone wants to move for
[25:30] discussion court order two the Dallas
[25:33] County notice of public hearing on
[25:35] Dallas County proposed tax rates for tax
[25:37] year 2026 exceeding voter approval rate
[25:42] VA and proposing a tax election TR.
[25:47] » I move
[25:48] » Well.
[25:50] All right. But they're they're uh well,
[25:53] okay, you're you moved. Is there a
[25:55] second to that?
[25:59] Dr. Daniel, is there a second?
[26:02] » This is the
[26:03] » It's not going to be me. So,
[26:05] » It's definitely not going to be me.
[26:07] » And uh you know, judge, I got you
[26:11] substitute for you.
[26:16] » We don't have a second.
[26:19] I'm I'm definitely cannot support uh not
[26:23] even as a proposal a higher tax rate
[26:26] when we have worked so hard for so many
[26:28] years to lower this tax rate.
[26:32] Well, it's not that the vote approval
[26:35] rate is necessary
[26:37] » To go ahead and put
[26:38] » And to proceed everything that budget
[26:41] » And the auditor and CFO said, you know,
[26:45] those are core responsibilities of
[26:48] Dallas County and when we look at and as
[26:51] I said, we haven't even gotten into the
[26:53] budget here.
[26:55] That's
[26:57] I'm not there.
[26:58] » I'm not either. And without looking at
[27:01] language and other issues that will have
[27:03] to go into the ballot exactly how
[27:04] they're going to do and what we're going
[27:06] to propose, I cannot in my good faith
[27:10] support this. I
[27:12] » I do support it and and I think it is
[27:15] » Well, we need a second before we got
[27:17] » That's a good point. Good point.
[27:18] » You don't have a second that fails.
[27:22] » Okay.
[27:23] » So, for purposes of discussion, I'll
[27:26] second uh
[27:27] » Uh this. There are uh a co a couple of
[27:33] um
[27:35] options before us on this. Um and let me
[27:38] just read these things uh into the
[27:41] record if I could. Um the first is
[27:44] approving uh homelessness
[27:46] and uh public safety.
[27:50] Um and the second is approving only
[27:53] homelessness
[27:55] and um the homeless and public safety
[28:00] uh would uh be approving an analorum tax
[28:04] rate of up to.2590000
[28:12] per 100 valuation
[28:14] in the in county of Dallas for the
[28:18] current year. a rate that is up to
[28:22] 0.0285 0285
[28:24] higher per 100 valuation than the voter
[28:28] approval tax rate of Dallas of the
[28:30] county of Dallas for the purpose of
[28:33] funding programs that
[28:36] measurably reduce homelessness and
[28:38] resolve homeless encampments, increase
[28:40] access to mental health treatment,
[28:43] support programs that provide stable
[28:45] housing for Dallas County Poppers,
[28:48] and improve Dallas County public safety
[28:51] services. Last year, the advalorum tax
[28:54] rate in Dallas County was
[28:59] 0.215500
[29:05] per 100 valuation.
[29:09] Um,
[29:11] the
[29:13] uh
[29:16] Okay, I think that I think that's
[29:17] everything I've got to say. Okay. Um
[29:21] and and people in budget are shaking
[29:23] their head that I have said everything I
[29:25] have to say. Okay. So if I may
[29:27] » Discussion go ahead.
[29:28] » Yes, if I may. You know, should we be
[29:31] doing this is the question, you know,
[29:32] should Dallas County be the one who
[29:34] takes the lead here? And the answer is
[29:36] yes.
[29:37] » And the reason why is said in the
[29:39] statutes that provide for the governance
[29:41] of this county. Uh section 81.027 027 of
[29:46] the Texas local government code said
[29:48] that each commissioner may provide for
[29:50] the support of poppers residents of
[29:52] their county who are unable to support
[29:54] themselves. The state has pointed at us.
[29:57] They have said it's our duty, no one
[29:59] else's but ours. That responsibility is
[30:02] not just written in laws. It is also
[30:04] written written in consciousness. It is
[30:07] also written in our county code. And let
[30:09] me be clear, long before John Wally
[30:11] Price ever got here, we had a section in
[30:14] our county code dealing with it. It's
[30:16] section 5451.
[30:18] It has such nonPC language in here, I
[30:21] can't even begin to tell you. But still,
[30:23] nonetheless, this is what the code, our
[30:26] county code, the rules that govern this
[30:30] county say. Commissioner's Court shall
[30:35] provide for the support of poppers and
[30:38] such idiots and lunatics as cannot be
[30:41] admitted into the lunatic asylum and
[30:44] residents of their counties who are
[30:46] unable to support themselves.
[30:49] » Clearly, we need to update the code.
[30:51] » Yes, we do. But this says the word
[30:53] shall. It says that this is our
[30:55] responsibility that not only us who have
[30:59] the opportunity to revise this code but
[31:01] also our predecessors have always stated
[31:04] that it is our duty that we shall
[31:07] provide for poppers that we shall
[31:10] provide for the homeless. This is our
[31:12] duties and our responsibilities.
[31:15] We've been charged with it with the
[31:17] health and safety code. We've been
[31:18] charged with it by other means. We have
[31:22] seen that our jail itself is overrun
[31:26] with those who are homeless. We booked
[31:29] 6,000 four unique unsheltered
[31:32] individuals who repeatedly were booked
[31:35] back into the jail 5,728
[31:38] times. Parkland Hospital, also in our
[31:40] charge, has 7,367
[31:42] unique individuals who accounted for
[31:45] 52,000 visits because they have no place
[31:48] to go and they repeatedly come in and
[31:51] burden Parkland Hospital. We need to
[31:54] only look at places like AT&T who we
[31:56] lost as a result of homelessness. It is
[31:58] diminished neighborhoods. The question
[32:00] is not whether we pay. The question is
[32:03] whether we pay for failure or invest in
[32:05] success. A dedicated homeless tax is not
[32:09] charity. It's stewardship. It's
[32:11] financial responsibility. It's public
[32:13] safety. It's economic development. And
[32:16] most of all, it's hope. But let us
[32:19] remember something equally important.
[32:21] This is not to ask you, Dr. Daniel, or
[32:24] you Commissioner Price or Garcia or
[32:27] Judge. This is not to ask whether you
[32:29] will raise the tax. It is a decision
[32:32] that is to be made by the people of
[32:34] Dallas County. Dallas County is to
[32:36] decide whether they should raise the
[32:37] tax. If we are truly trust our citizens,
[32:41] then we must trust them with this
[32:43] choice. Let them weigh the costs. Let
[32:45] them measure the benefits. Let them
[32:48] decide whether our county should make
[32:50] dedicated investment in solving one of
[32:52] the greatest challenges we face. For
[32:55] generations before us, we have built
[32:58] hospitals. We have built roads and parks
[33:00] where children's play and institutions
[33:02] that are strong for Dallas County. Now,
[33:05] it's time for us to make some history
[33:07] and we should answer the call and we
[33:10] should trust our voters and I ask for
[33:12] your vote.
[33:14] » Thank you. Uh Judge, let me just say,
[33:16] you know, you know what a stretch.
[33:19] everybody for the most part that's
[33:22] booked into the Dallas County Jail. Um,
[33:26] midnight count, 94%
[33:30] and I would say of the 7,300
[33:34] individuals who are in there, probably
[33:36] all of them meet some proper standard. I
[33:40] think that uh and I and I don't I know
[33:43] my colleague did not mean to insult us
[33:47] as though we haven't been taking care of
[33:49] them when they come into our custody.
[33:51] That's exactly what we do. But you know
[33:55] I I'm I'm concerned that we as I say in
[33:59] terms of our core responsibilities we're
[34:01] doing what we are supposed to do when
[34:04] they come into our custody. It does not
[34:07] say, you know, survey the land in terms
[34:12] of finding all the poppers, poppers and
[34:15] lunatics. Um, it does not say that. it
[34:19] says basically when they basically when
[34:21] they come in to our custody I mean the
[34:24] state of Texas also uh has
[34:27] responsibility and we've seen that what
[34:30] they've done is basically handed that
[34:32] off to those of us at the local level.
[34:36] So let's talk about you know popppers
[34:39] and lunatics
[34:41] and and those and primarily people with
[34:44] mental health disorder people who have
[34:45] been adjudicated that the taxpayers of
[34:48] Dallas County that should be in state
[34:52] custody the taxpayers of Dallas County
[34:55] take and we're having to service to the
[34:59] tune of about $15 million annually. uh
[35:03] most of them having a five to 600 day
[35:07] stay in in in the in a Dallas County
[35:10] jail. So, you know, I I hear all of that
[35:14] and you know, you know, I'm not going to
[35:16] hijack
[35:18] one issue, you know, over another. I
[35:21] mean, that we we know TR basically came
[35:25] to this court uh by way of people
[35:28] dealing with the whole child care thing.
[35:30] I've been I met with them like everybody
[35:32] else has. We've been very we've had
[35:35] hearings. We've been very clear about
[35:37] what our positions are. We have a number
[35:40] of core responsibility. We have a number
[35:42] of core unfunded mandates, you know,
[35:47] that that the legislature continues to
[35:50] heap on us. And uh I I say with all of
[35:53] our partners that we continue to try to
[35:57] manage this uh you know the best we can.
[36:00] I'm I'm not willing to put this nor any
[36:03] other TR issue before. The voter
[36:06] approval rate is something that this
[36:08] county needs to be able to maintain the
[36:12] responsibility that have been delegated
[36:15] to us by the state legislature. And as
[36:20] you know in our um legislative
[36:23] package, we continue to try to model and
[36:26] do certain things to try to manage that
[36:29] population. But we said I think we've
[36:32] basically said the same thing to the uh
[36:35] to our u legislative delegation. Uh
[36:38] we're willing to support probably on
[36:41] both ends um some responsibility. I'm
[36:45] not willing to offload that to the
[36:48] citizens of Dallas County. You say,
[36:50] "Well, give them a chance." That's the
[36:53] reason you're elected. I I don't I think
[36:56] we make the decisions
[36:58] that we are responsible for.
[37:02] » And it's either a yes or a no basically.
[37:06] » Yes. And I just want to add,
[37:08] Commissioner Summerman, I mean, and we
[37:10] hear you and we respect your position,
[37:13] but nevertheless, we just look at
[37:15] budget. We just look Dallas County tax
[37:18] rate. Dallas County has been very
[37:20] responsible when it comes to what we
[37:24] done for our citizens. We have one of
[37:27] the lowest tax rates among bigger
[37:29] counties in the state of Texas. And look
[37:32] what we done in 10 years. And it's been
[37:34] because we have been good stewards of
[37:37] our taxpayers money. That's it. With
[37:40] that being said, I also take a little
[37:43] bit of a hit when you say that we are
[37:46] not making we are not doing our duty.
[37:49] This court has always support the bridge
[37:52] and the city of Dallas with homelessness
[37:54] issues. This county has passed last
[37:57] budget $6 million
[38:00] and we still have additional $4 million
[38:04] and we are committed to help you know
[38:06] with the homeless forward group and the
[38:09] homeless issue. I mean there's been
[38:11] polls that talk about how people feel
[38:13] about homelessness and we all want to
[38:16] help. It's just when you do these
[38:18] decisions and I agree with some of the
[38:21] comments of Commissioner Price right now
[38:24] when we're about to look at a big
[38:26] project for Dallas County that is our
[38:29] duty to build a new jail. We have to be
[38:33] very conscientious more than any other
[38:36] time when people are suffering right now
[38:39] with affordability. When people can
[38:42] afford gas, groceries, when people can
[38:45] afford housing, when young people have
[38:48] to wait until they're in their late 40s
[38:50] to buy a new home, when we have the
[38:53] opportunity to do it when we were in our
[38:55] 30s, I want that
[38:58] American dream to continue to be there
[39:01] for most of Dallas County residents. For
[39:04] the first time in since I remember the
[39:08] city of Dallas has lost population.
[39:11] We want to tax them more if this passes
[39:14] and to just close it. There's not a
[39:18] definite plan of how this money is going
[39:21] to be used within Dallas County. And I
[39:23] honestly don't think that at this point
[39:26] Dallas County can afford to add another
[39:30] layer of
[39:34] staff
[39:36] to deal with an issue that I believe is
[39:39] an issue that has to be solved
[39:43] regionally and particularly by the state
[39:46] of Texas because like we always say,
[39:50] show me the money and I will do it. And
[39:52] right now we see no money coming from
[39:55] nowhere and I don't think it's fair that
[39:57] the taxpayers of Dallas have to pay for
[40:00] this.
[40:02] » Thank you.
[40:03] And I would say that there is no
[40:06] coldness of heart of anybody on this
[40:09] city up here at this table.
[40:11] » I agree.
[40:12] » Yes.
[40:13] » And and the deal
[40:14] » That there is an understanding
[40:17] that there are needs of the residents of
[40:19] Dallas County that that I don't think is
[40:22] something that that can even be uh
[40:25] challenged here. But that all that being
[40:28] said,
[40:29] what is commissioners board's
[40:33] responsibility to do
[40:36] » And that's where the difference comes in
[40:39] » Because as Commissioner Price has said
[40:42] um we too have to have a balanced
[40:44] budget. We too have to look at how funds
[40:47] are spent. We too have to look at um
[40:51] where our priorities are.
[40:54] And I would say that this is one of
[40:57] those items that is incredibly painful
[41:00] for all of us.
[41:02] because we do see the needs, but where
[41:07] is the final responsibility?
[41:10] And I would question
[41:13] whether it is on Dallas County
[41:16] government that final responsibility
[41:18] lies.
[41:20] » So, and and I'm gonna finish up, judge.
[41:23] You know, you know, where does it stop?
[41:26] If the test is impoverished,
[41:28] the nonprofits can line up on us.
[41:31] Governance
[41:33] isn't a race for who can get the money
[41:35] first.
[41:37] Core responsibility
[41:40] is the governance. I yield. Thank you.
[41:43] So um to give you my thoughts um on this
[41:48] um
[41:50] when I think about what issues are
[41:53] important to Dallas County um all of
[41:56] these issues are important. Right? If
[41:58] someone's in health care, they would say
[41:59] that's the most important thing. If
[42:01] you're in education, you'd say that's
[42:03] the most important thing. But when I
[42:05] look at it from the standpoint of
[42:09] um what's the most important thing, I
[42:12] would say the most important thing in
[42:14] Dallas County right now is not
[42:16] shrinking, but rather growing because
[42:19] the city of Dallas shrunk last year in
[42:22] population and they're in a a budget
[42:26] tightness because of that. We do
[42:28] » And the county shrunk a little bit as
[42:30] well even though we're in the fastest
[42:32] growing combined metropolitan area in
[42:34] the country. And so when we look at
[42:38] um drivers of that, and there are
[42:41] several drivers of that, but one of the
[42:43] drivers of that is when families and
[42:46] businesses are choosing where to
[42:48] relocate,
[42:50] many of them are not choosing downtown
[42:52] Dallas or parts of Irving or parts of
[42:56] Grand Prairie or parts of Richardson or
[42:59] North Dallas
[43:00] um because of a perception on their part
[43:04] that uh
[43:07] the quality of life and the um public
[43:10] safety is better in places where they
[43:13] don't see homeless encampments. So that
[43:16] is one thing that I'm thinking of. The
[43:20] other thing that I'm thinking of is uh
[43:23] when Mike Rawlings came to me, who was a
[43:25] former mayor of Dallas years ago, and
[43:27] said, "Let's set up a committee between
[43:29] the county and the the city um to end
[43:34] homelessness."
[43:36] Uh and I asked Dr. Daniel to chair that
[43:40] committee and she did a uh until uh
[43:44] their term limits on the committee until
[43:45] the term limit uh ended. And um that
[43:50] committee did a lot of great work. But
[43:52] what we found in that committee is
[43:54] despite the great work, our homeless
[43:57] neighbors um were growing. Our
[44:00] populations were growing each year. And
[44:03] so with the uh invention five years ago,
[44:07] invention five years ago of housing
[44:10] forward uh which is somewhat of a point
[44:14] guard that gets the money distributed to
[44:17] the various uh agencies
[44:20] uh who work on this issue.
[44:23] Uh Dallas has seen a 21% drop in
[44:26] homelessness while um other large urban
[44:30] areas in the country have seen an
[44:32] increase uh in homelessness. But we've
[44:36] seen that drop mostly in downtown Dallas
[44:40] through the work that this court and the
[44:42] city of Dallas and private sector has
[44:44] supported.
[44:46] this um
[44:48] uh opportunity for the voters to decide
[44:51] would allow
[44:54] those mental health and homeless
[44:56] services to not just be in the in
[44:58] downtown Dallas, but to be throughout
[45:01] um the county, throughout the districts
[45:05] of the various uh commissioners.
[45:08] Um
[45:10] so that uh you know weighed on on me as
[45:15] well um in in looking at this uh
[45:21] and uh seeing what what what we could
[45:24] do. I do agree with Commissioner
[45:26] Summerman that this is not a vote to
[45:29] raise taxes. This is a vote to allow
[45:32] citizens to make a decision whether or
[45:36] not this cost they would prefer to pay
[45:40] this cost or whether or not they would
[45:44] uh prefer to stay with the status quo of
[45:47] how we are dealing with homelessness. I
[45:49] will point out that with the city of
[45:51] Dallas's
[45:53] uh woes and with that money that we put
[45:57] forward this year and um that the $6
[46:01] million was mostly economic development
[46:03] funds for my office and I don't have
[46:05] enough economic development funds in my
[46:08] office to uh make those sort of
[46:11] commitments each year uh because of
[46:13] because of other uh you know economic
[46:16] development programs. Um, so if we if if
[46:20] the voters choose not to do this, not
[46:23] only will we not see this expand and
[46:25] help other neighborhoods and other
[46:27] people, but we're going to see it shrink
[46:29] some uh in uh the the urban core of
[46:33] Dallas where we already are seeing uh a
[46:36] pretty strong exodus of businesses
[46:39] leaving. So um all of those economic
[46:43] reasons, you know, played a part. Uh the
[46:46] other part uh I will tell you and I
[46:49] don't want to mix faith with uh I have
[46:52] to be careful how I say this. Um so I'm
[46:56] you know really who I am at this point
[46:59] is I'm I'm probably 2 or you know 6.0 by
[47:03] now right? But I can kind of tell you
[47:05] you know Clay 1.0 and 2.0 is an adult.
[47:09] 1.0 0 uh was a a lawyer who was in a car
[47:14] wreck dead for about eight minutes. Um I
[47:19] had a pretty profound experience and
[47:21] when I got out of that experience
[47:23] uh I wanted to do something to give back
[47:26] and there's all kinds of ways to give
[47:28] back, right? I could have coached kids
[47:29] and did a lot of those things. But one
[47:32] of the things that that really struck my
[47:34] heart is
[47:37] everybody's faith, whether it's
[47:39] Christian faith or Jewish faith or
[47:41] Muslim faith, talks about um the need to
[47:45] help the poor and the less fortunate. So
[47:49] at that time I lived in Wakahhatchee. I
[47:51] carried a pager on Tuesdays and took
[47:54] care of homeless people. There weren't
[47:55] that many back then uh in Wakahhatchee.
[47:59] Um when I got here, I struggled with
[48:02] this and got into and and so my my views
[48:06] on life pretty much changed from that
[48:08] experience. When I got here, I would
[48:10] struggle and I would talk to my uh faith
[48:13] leader friends. Uh once I was going to
[48:16] lunch with one of them and uh we passed
[48:20] by a homeless person. I didn't stop,
[48:22] give him any money, do anything for him.
[48:24] And my friend said, "You got county
[48:27] plates, dude. Um, they know who you are.
[48:30] Why don't you give them a few dollars?"
[48:32] I said, 'Well, I'm afraid they'd spend
[48:33] it for drugs.
[48:35] The man said to me, "Um, what is that to
[48:38] you? Don't you think in biblical times
[48:40] people misused money when when they were
[48:44] asking for money?" I can see his point.
[48:47] I can see my point. But I did want to
[48:49] work um on the this issue to try to find
[48:54] a better life and a better way for the
[48:58] people uh that are homeless and
[49:01] struggling. And so when Dr. Daniel came
[49:03] to me a few months ago, we put this
[49:05] together and uh you know, that's why I'm
[49:08] in support of it.
[49:10] » Okay, Georgia. Thank you.
[49:12] » All right. Uh um
[49:13] » Shall we take a vote then?
[49:15] » Well, I thought we just did. Well, no,
[49:17] we haven't taken a vote. We just all
[49:19] talked about it.
[49:21] » No, there's not.
[49:22] » There's a speaker.
[49:23] » There's a
[49:25] for discussion. Okay.
[49:27] » You said for discussion. We've discussed
[49:29] it,
[49:30] » Right?
[49:31] » Call the question.
[49:32] » Right. Call the question.
[49:33] » There's a speaker.
[49:33] » Oh, I'm sorry. There's a speaker. Will
[49:35] the B please read the rules of the
[49:37] quorum for our public speaker. All
[49:38] commissioner court attendees are hereby
[49:40] advice that this meeting is conducted in
[49:43] accordance with the provisions of the
[49:44] Dallas County Code section 74-71.
[49:48] Visitors and registered speakers are to
[49:50] preserve order in the quorum at all
[49:52] times. Personal, impertinent, profane or
[49:55] slandish remarks and boisterous conduct
[49:58] are not appropriate and will not be
[50:00] allowed any time during this public
[50:02] meeting. And in all applause of the be
[50:04] kept brief and observant of time
[50:06] constraint disruptive visitors and the
[50:08] registered speakers may be removed and
[50:10] are subject to the penalties provided in
[50:12] the state of Texas penal code sections
[50:15] 38.13
[50:16] 42.01
[50:18] and 42.05.
[50:20] Registered individual speakers are
[50:22] limited to a maximum of three minutes
[50:24] and the maximum discussion on anyone
[50:27] topic is limited to 30 minutes. Thank
[50:29] you.
[50:31] » All right. And uh
[50:34] let me try to find the list of who our
[50:36] public speaker is. Um
[50:42] I didn't see one.
[50:46] Okay.
[50:49] » Oh yes.
[50:50] » Miss Teresa Flores. Meresa Flores,
[50:53] please come forward.
[51:00] Theresa Flores. Meresa Flores. Is she
[51:03] online then?
[51:10] » All right. So, um,
[51:11] » Call the question.
[51:13] » All right. All those in in favor signify
[51:16] by saying I.
[51:17] » I.
[51:18] » Uh, any opposed?
[51:20] » No.
[51:23] » Okay, judge. We got a hear of public
[51:24] hearings posted.
[51:27] » All right. Um, that hang on one second.
[51:29] that that motion fails three to two that
[51:32] show the chair as affirmative.
[51:35] » Okay.
[51:35] » Um all right. Uh
[51:38] » Public hearing.
[51:38] » We do have a public hearing and I will
[51:41] try to get back to the regular agenda.
[51:44] Um
[51:44] » We got to do court order one since court
[51:46] order two did not pass. So
[51:48] » Oh, okay. Let me see.
[51:49] » Okay,
[51:49] » Hang on one second. Court order one.
[51:54] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[51:57] » I. Any opposed? Motion carries
[52:00] unanimously.
[52:01] » Okay.
[52:02] » All right. Uh next we have a public
[52:04] hearing on
[52:06] um
[52:09] » On on the uh that uh public hearings on
[52:12] planning and development. Judge the CDBG
[52:15] public notice and notice has been done.
[52:18] I'll move that we open the public
[52:20] hearing for the community development
[52:22] block grant planning and development.
[52:25] » Second.
[52:26] » Okay. Good morning, judge,
[52:27] commissioners.
[52:29] » All in favor,
[52:30] » Say I.
[52:30] » I.
[52:31] » I.
[52:31] » Sorry.
[52:32] » Okay. Sorry.
[52:33] » Morning, judge, commissioners. Uh my
[52:34] name is Luis Tamaya, director of
[52:36] planning and development for Dallas
[52:38] County. Uh under cooperative agreements
[52:41] with area cities. Dallas is authorized
[52:43] to operate a community development block
[52:46] grant CDBG and home program in its
[52:49] unincorporated areas and the cities of
[52:51] Bal Springs, Cedar Hill, Cochril Hill,
[52:54] Capel, Combine, Duncanville, Farmers BL
[52:57] Branch, Glenn Heights, Hutchkins,
[52:59] Highland Park, Lancaster, Saxi,
[53:02] Seagerville, University Park, and
[53:04] Wilmer. Uh for 2020's fiscal year 2026
[53:08] funding cycle that will begin October 1,
[53:11] 2026, six eligible CDBG cities, Bulge
[53:15] Springs, Cedar Hill, Duncanville,
[53:17] Farmers Branch, Lancaster, and Wilmer
[53:19] will be receiving new funds to allocate
[53:21] to eligible projects.
[53:25] Uh this total is 2,276,555
[53:32] in funding. uh of which 2 million uh
[53:36] 261,000 is new funding. Uh to allocate
[53:40] the funding uh staff has used the
[53:42] program's traditional every other year
[53:44] process that is prescribed by policy uh
[53:47] to award the CDBGU funds and we're
[53:49] looking to fund six cities uh Balt
[53:52] Springs, Cedar Hill, Duncanville,
[53:54] Farmers Branch, Lancaster, and Wilmer.
[53:57] um they're scheduled to receive funding
[54:00] uh to undertake new activities. Uh a
[54:03] public notice outlining the proposed
[54:05] allocations and activities was published
[54:07] in the Dallas Morning News and a public
[54:09] hearing was held and a successful 30-day
[54:13] public comment period was held from June
[54:16] 26th to July 28th.
[54:21] Um in the cities, uh the following
[54:23] activities are proposed in Bolt Springs.
[54:26] uh will continue to operate a code
[54:28] enforcement program with $90,000 for two
[54:30] years. Uh and they would like to
[54:32] reconstruct a portion of Quail Run uh
[54:34] Quail Drive using $22,000 in funding.
[54:38] Cedar Hill would like to continue phase
[54:40] two of its Somerset Drive sidewalk
[54:42] project using $170,000 in CDBG funding.
[54:46] [clears throat] Excuse me. Duncanville
[54:48] will also continue to operate a code
[54:49] enforcement with $158,000
[54:52] for two years. Farmers Branch would like
[54:55] to complete the water main replacement
[54:58] at Shoredale Lane utilizing $187,000
[55:02] in funding. Lancaster would like to
[55:04] continue the Jefferson Street
[55:06] reconstruction project while utilizing
[55:08] $231,000
[55:09] in funding. And finally, Wilmer would
[55:12] like to use $349,000
[55:15] in CDBG funds for a waterline project on
[55:18] Second Street.
[55:20] » Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
[55:23] All right. Um, at this point, we'll take
[55:27] uh any uh speakers on this issue, not on
[55:31] other issues, but if there are any
[55:32] speakers on the CDBG funding that that
[55:37] was just laid out uh by Mr. Tamayo. Are
[55:40] there any speakers? Are there any
[55:43] speakers?
[55:44] Are there any speakers? Hearing none,
[55:46] I'll take a motion to close the hearing.
[55:48] » Second. Moved.
[55:50] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[55:52] Hi.
[55:52] » Hi.
[55:52] » Hi.
[55:53] » All right. And we have
[55:56] return to the agenda.
[55:57] » Returning back to the agenda, we have
[55:58] all the resolutions and Commissioner
[56:00] Price has the first one.
[56:02] » Captain Shelley Knight in that
[56:03] delegation. Please come forward.
[56:22] This um resolution
[56:25] [clears throat]
[56:27] says, "Whereas the citizens of Dallas
[56:29] County are fortunate to have seasoned
[56:32] professionals in key positions who are
[56:36] committed to a tradition of duty,
[56:38] integrity, and excellence in their
[56:41] employee.
[56:42] And whereas Captain Shelley Knight is a
[56:45] native Texanb born in Dallas County and
[56:49] a proud graduate of Dotto High School.
[56:54] And whereas Captain Shelley Knight
[56:56] furthered her education and received a
[56:59] bachelor of science and criminal justice
[57:01] administration from the University of
[57:03] Phoenix and later earned a master of
[57:06] science in leadership and management in
[57:09] criminal justice from Sam Houston State
[57:13] University in Huntsville, Texas.
[57:16] And whereas Captain Shelley Knight
[57:19] commenced her service at the Dallas
[57:21] County Sheriff's Office in August of
[57:23] 1991
[57:25] and by 1995
[57:27] was promoted to deputy sheriff Parkland
[57:31] transfer warrants and traffic. And
[57:35] whereas Captain Shelley Knight continued
[57:38] to progress and accepted the position of
[57:41] senior sergeant in March 2006,
[57:46] lieutenant release and communications in
[57:50] 2009
[57:51] and captain in November
[57:54] 2012, where she has worked with the Shot
[57:58] Team, the Clean Air Task Force, the
[58:02] North Texas Auto Theft Task Force, force
[58:06] and among many significant teams in the
[58:09] sheriff's department. And whereas
[58:12] Captain Shelley Knight has distinguished
[58:16] her career by her involvement in
[58:18] professional development
[58:20] and association which include the FBI
[58:23] National Academy Associates, the
[58:26] International Association of Chiefs of
[58:28] Police, the Five Sigma Honor Society and
[58:32] her service as a past president of the
[58:36] lead which is the leadership inventory
[58:39] for female executives and where's
[58:43] Captain Shellyley Knight received the
[58:46] yellow brick from the FBI
[58:50] National Academy, the triology award
[58:53] from the lead,
[58:56] as well as being a master peace officer,
[59:00] master jailer, TCL
[59:05] instructor, and a firearm instructor.
[59:09] And whereas Captain Shelley Knight
[59:11] enjoys camping, scuba diving, traveling,
[59:15] and spending time with her family and
[59:17] her animals. Whereas Captain Shelley
[59:19] Knight is married to Julia Martin,
[59:22] retired from the Dallas County Sheriff's
[59:25] Department, and they share a love for
[59:28] her son, Joseph, Alex, and Jaylen.
[59:34] Therefore, be it resolved
[59:37] that the Dallas County Commissioner's
[59:39] Court
[59:40] does now join with the family, the
[59:43] friends, and her Dallas County
[59:46] co-workers in celebrating Captain
[59:49] Shellyley Knight's welldeserved
[59:52] retirement
[59:54] and her 35y
[59:57] year
[59:59] dedicated service to the citizens of
[1:00:02] Dallas county and I so move
[1:00:05] » Second.
[1:00:06] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[1:00:09] » I.
[1:00:10] » That motion carries unanimously.
[1:00:14] [applause]
[1:00:20] [applause]
[1:00:26] » Chief. Yeah. Who who who is who's
[1:00:28] speaking for the sheriff's department?
[1:00:30] and then will Chief Just come on come on
[1:00:33] forward please introduce yourself for
[1:00:36] the record please.
[1:00:37] » Good morning Chief James Spencer uh with
[1:00:39] the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. Uh I
[1:00:42] just want to take this opportunity on
[1:00:43] behalf of Sheriff Marin Brown to thank
[1:00:47] Captain Knight for all her dedication
[1:00:51] and service uh to Dallas County. Uh I
[1:00:56] know for a fact that uh she has uh put
[1:01:00] in the work. 35 years is a long time. Uh
[1:01:05] long time to be in one place and I know
[1:01:08] that she's looking forward to uh uh
[1:01:12] another uh open book after she closes
[1:01:16] this one. But I know also know that my
[1:01:20] conversations with her that uh it was a
[1:01:24] tough decision on her part
[1:01:26] being how she's built. She's built to
[1:01:30] motivate and uh make people better. And
[1:01:35] in a sense when you make people better,
[1:01:36] the agency you work for, it gets better.
[1:01:39] So I just want to say that you will duly
[1:01:41] be missed. Uh but uh I know that you
[1:01:45] will uh continue to move on, enjoy your
[1:01:48] family, take advantage of the
[1:01:50] opportunity that's given to you now
[1:01:53] because uh there's something in there
[1:01:54] that says uh enjoy the fruits of your
[1:01:57] labor. And I think it's time to sit back
[1:02:00] and take a look at it and then move on
[1:02:03] with life. Uh granted, you'll be missed
[1:02:06] here at the sheriff's office, but uh as
[1:02:08] they say, business will go on. Uh now we
[1:02:12] know we won't be able to uh fill your
[1:02:14] shoes the way you did it, but we got to
[1:02:16] continue to move on. But I just want to
[1:02:18] say again on behalf of the sheriff's
[1:02:20] department, Sheriff's Office, thank you
[1:02:21] for all your dedication and your time
[1:02:23] that you put in with us.
[1:02:26] » Thank you,
[1:02:28] [applause]
[1:02:33] Captain
[1:02:34] » Commissioners. Thank you. Um it has been
[1:02:37] an honor to serve Dallas County
[1:02:38] residents. Um,
[1:02:41] it was not my dream job, but when I got
[1:02:44] into it, it was like, yeah, this is what
[1:02:46] I want to do. And I set a goal very
[1:02:48] early in my career that I wanted to be a
[1:02:50] captain. And I made that pretty quickly.
[1:02:53] At least as far as I'm concerned, it was
[1:02:55] pretty quick. I've been um a captain for
[1:02:58] a while. And
[1:03:00] my goal everywhere I've been is to leave
[1:03:02] it better than I found it. And hopefully
[1:03:04] I've done that. I feel that I have. And
[1:03:06] all I can do is say thank you to all
[1:03:09] these people that I've worked with. I've
[1:03:10] made some great lifelong friends and
[1:03:13] I'll always be here to assist if they
[1:03:15] need anything.
[1:03:16] » Oh, thank you.
[1:03:18] » Who is
[1:03:19] » For a price? [laughter]
[1:03:22] » And who is with you today?
[1:03:24] » Yeah, introduce you.
[1:03:26] » Uh, I have my mom with me. U, she's
[1:03:28] retired from Dallas County. She was a
[1:03:30] court reporter.
[1:03:31] » All right. [applause]
[1:03:36] of my my wife Julie who's a retired
[1:03:39] sergeant. Um [applause]
[1:03:44] our son Joseph,
[1:03:46] our daughter um
[1:03:49] our daughter Alex,
[1:03:51] [applause] grandbaby um Jaylen. All
[1:03:54] right.
[1:03:56] » And my mother-in-law Vicki. And my uncle
[1:03:59] is back there recording. He's retired
[1:04:01] from Dallas Police Department. So,
[1:04:02] » Of course. All right. Well, [applause]
[1:04:08] » All I got to say is you will be missed.
[1:04:11] » Yeah.
[1:04:11] » Mily.
[1:04:12] » And everywhere they've put you and I'm
[1:04:15] the only one that's been around here
[1:04:16] long enough to have watched you move
[1:04:18] around and I just want to say thank you.
[1:04:21] Uh as Chief Spencer said, um I've
[1:04:25] watched that autotheft task force um
[1:04:29] rise in terms of this region. they look
[1:04:32] to Dallas County for leadership. Um,
[1:04:35] people would be would would really be
[1:04:38] surprised. But you have just always been
[1:04:42] there. Wherever you've gone, you've you
[1:04:46] you stepped up and so we just want to
[1:04:49] say thank you and I agree my colleague,
[1:04:51] you're going you're going to be missed.
[1:04:53] Thank you. And I'm ask that delegation
[1:04:55] to come forward. Let's take these
[1:04:57] pictures and move on. Thank you so much.
[1:04:59] Thank you for 35 years. [applause]
[1:05:14] Thank you, Dad.
[1:05:31] Y'all turn the camera over to Chief
[1:05:32] William.
[1:05:36] [laughter]
[1:05:42] » Oh, he did.
[1:05:44] Doug's taking the picture. Okay, got
[1:05:47] you.
[1:05:49] Okay,
[1:05:49] » Congratulations.
[1:05:50] » Thanks again. [applause]
[1:06:09] John,
[1:06:11] » You know, we we we talk about core
[1:06:13] responsibility in Dallas County and we
[1:06:16] always tell the classes as they are on
[1:06:17] board, 70% of what we do in Dallas
[1:06:20] County is criminal justice. to swear it
[1:06:22] be adult to juvenile. 20% of what we do
[1:06:26] is public health. And I don't know if
[1:06:28] you can measure one over the other, but
[1:06:32] let me just tell you, one of the things
[1:06:34] we've seen, whether it's a measel
[1:06:36] outbreak or whatever, we understand how
[1:06:39] important public health is. a friend of
[1:06:42] mine
[1:06:44] and I got into a discussion the other
[1:06:46] day
[1:06:48] about a very famous doctor who I who is
[1:06:50] the only person who's ever been able to
[1:06:52] convince me to take shots. His name was
[1:06:55] Farsy
[1:06:57] because let me tell you something. CO
[1:06:59] didn't do nothing else for me. CO told
[1:07:02] me that them shots was working. I don't
[1:07:03] give a damn about them side effects.
[1:07:06] whatever else happened, I'm still alive
[1:07:08] and I'm not in the back of one of those
[1:07:10] trailers. I'm I'm telling y'all. And he
[1:07:12] and I got into it. He said, "Well,
[1:07:15] Fouchy, hell. Damn. Fouchy saved my
[1:07:17] life, you know, as far as I'm concerned.
[1:07:20] And I don't carry no too many cards with
[1:07:22] me. I carry my county card,
[1:07:25] my ID, and I carry my COVID card."
[1:07:29] [applause]
[1:07:31] Not what you want to say. Anyway, uh let
[1:07:34] me ask the FQAC.
[1:07:35] » You carry you carry all that.
[1:07:37] » Yeah. Hey, hey, hey.
[1:07:41] » Anyway, the uh every day, but uh let me
[1:07:44] ask the delegation for FQC to please
[1:07:47] come forward
[1:07:49] and and and I I really we talked about
[1:07:51] this with Parkland. I I want to thank
[1:07:54] you know, I'm I'm usually on Parkland.
[1:07:56] I'm going stay on Parkland. But one of
[1:07:59] the things they've done is they've kind
[1:08:01] of put this together uh for Dallas
[1:08:04] County. There's twice as many FQC's,
[1:08:08] federally qualified health centers,
[1:08:11] FQC's in in uh Harris County as there
[1:08:16] are in Dallas County. And our system is
[1:08:20] is large. We're the second largest. But
[1:08:24] let me just tell you, they cannot
[1:08:26] operate in a silo. They need federally
[1:08:30] qualified health centers to help them
[1:08:34] manage our constituent population. And I
[1:08:37] want them to know how much I we we
[1:08:39] appreciate them. And I do want to
[1:08:41] commend Parkland for finally
[1:08:44] understanding that portal needed to be
[1:08:47] open. And whereas National Health Center
[1:08:50] Week is celebrated annually to recognize
[1:08:53] the central role for community health
[1:08:56] center plays in expanding access to
[1:09:00] health care, improving health outcomes,
[1:09:03] advancing health equity, and
[1:09:06] strengthening communities throughout the
[1:09:08] United States. And whereas community
[1:09:12] health centers are nationally recognized
[1:09:16] for providing comprehensive
[1:09:19] highquality health care services
[1:09:21] regardless of a person's ability to pay
[1:09:25] and for ensuring that individuals and
[1:09:28] families have access to care necessary
[1:09:32] to live healthier lives. And whereas
[1:09:36] Dallas County is served by a strong
[1:09:39] network of community health centers,
[1:09:42] including the LBU community clinic, the
[1:09:47] foremost family health centers, the HHM
[1:09:52] Health, and Prism Health North Texas,
[1:09:57] which provide comprehensive medical,
[1:10:00] dental, behavioral health, women's
[1:10:03] health, pediatric ric preventative and
[1:10:07] supportive health care services to the
[1:10:09] residents throughout the county. And
[1:10:12] whereas these community health centers
[1:10:14] serve as trusted medical homes for
[1:10:19] thousands of Dallas County children,
[1:10:21] adults,
[1:10:23] seniors, and families, providing person
[1:10:27] centered care while addressing the
[1:10:30] health care needs of vulnerable and
[1:10:33] underserved populations.
[1:10:36] And whereas over the past two years,
[1:10:38] Dallas County Community Health Centers,
[1:10:41] county leadership, and Parkland Health
[1:10:44] have worked collaboratively
[1:10:47] to strengthen coordination across the
[1:10:49] healthc care safety net and create a
[1:10:52] more connected
[1:10:54] patient centered system of care. And
[1:10:59] whereas this collaboration and improved
[1:11:01] access to specialty care, breast health
[1:11:05] services, maternal and postpartum care,
[1:11:09] outreach services for individuals
[1:11:11] experiencing homelessness, financial
[1:11:14] assistance program, and other critical
[1:11:17] health care resources while
[1:11:20] strengthening
[1:11:21] continuity of care, reducing barriers to
[1:11:25] treatment, and supporting a more
[1:11:27] coordinated ated approach to public
[1:11:29] health that helps patients remain
[1:11:32] connected to their trusted community
[1:11:36] health center medical homes throughout
[1:11:38] their healthc care journey. And whereas
[1:11:42] these efforts exemplify
[1:11:45] the mission and values separated during
[1:11:48] this National Health Center Week by
[1:11:52] demonstrating that community centered
[1:11:55] health care is most effective when
[1:11:58] health care systems work collaboratively
[1:12:02] to support patients.
[1:12:04] Strengthen trusted community health
[1:12:06] center medical homes. improve access to
[1:12:10] care and advance the health and
[1:12:13] well-being of Dallas County residents.
[1:12:17] Now, therefore, be it resolved that the
[1:12:19] Dallas County Commissioner's Court
[1:12:22] hereby recognizes
[1:12:24] Community Health Center Day as part of
[1:12:27] the National Health Center Week and
[1:12:31] commends LBU Community Clinic, Foremost
[1:12:35] Family Health Centers, HHM Health, and
[1:12:39] Prism Health North Texas, and all
[1:12:43] community health center professionals,
[1:12:46] staff members,
[1:12:47] board members, volunteers, and community
[1:12:50] partners for their dedicated
[1:12:53] improving the health and well-being of
[1:12:56] Dallas County residents. And be it
[1:12:58] further resolved that the Dallas County
[1:13:00] Commissioner Court recognize the vital
[1:13:02] role of community health center plays as
[1:13:06] trusting medical home and acknowledges
[1:13:08] their leadership in advancing a more
[1:13:10] coordinated
[1:13:12] patient centered healthc care safe
[1:13:14] safety network that improves access to
[1:13:18] care, strengthens continuity of care and
[1:13:21] promotes healthier communities
[1:13:24] throughout Dallas County and ISO Second.
[1:13:28] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[1:13:30] » I.
[1:13:31] » Motion carries unanimously.
[1:13:34] » Dr. Carlos Joy. Who? Whoever.
[1:13:39] » Well, thank you. My name is John Carlo.
[1:13:42] I'm the CEO of Prism Health North Texas.
[1:13:44] Uh, and as part of the the team here in
[1:13:47] front of we are extremely grateful to be
[1:13:50] in front of you today. uh especially as
[1:13:52] each of you all as individuals have been
[1:13:55] strong champions for all of us in this
[1:13:57] community. So both as a court and as
[1:14:00] individuals, we really are thankful and
[1:14:02] grateful for all of your support because
[1:14:04] we have a lot of work to continue. Um
[1:14:07] and I'd also want to recognize that this
[1:14:09] is a big moment for as you mentioned our
[1:14:12] team, our staff, our board members, and
[1:14:14] everybody that has contributed their
[1:14:16] time and energy and effort to assure
[1:14:19] health in our community.
[1:14:22] Joyce,
[1:14:24] » By the way, by the way, congratulations
[1:14:27] on 40 years.
[1:14:29] » 40 years.
[1:14:31] » Thank you [applause] very much,
[1:14:32] Commissioner of Court. Um, we did
[1:14:36] celebrate one of our our
[1:14:38] » Oh, my name is Joyce Tapley and I'm the
[1:14:40] chief executive officer for foremost
[1:14:42] family health centers and our flagship
[1:14:44] location of Martin Luther King Family
[1:14:46] Clinic opened in January of 1986. So we
[1:14:50] celebrated our 40th anniversary with our
[1:14:54] two of our founders and so I've been
[1:14:56] with the organization for 28 years now
[1:14:59] and we have seen a lot of growth but we
[1:15:02] can only grow with those who support us
[1:15:04] and advocate on our behalf for the
[1:15:06] funding that we need to continue to
[1:15:08] provide the services and the quality of
[1:15:11] care has increased significantly. So one
[1:15:13] day we pray that Dallas County and the
[1:15:17] and the city of Dallas will be at the
[1:15:20] top of the leaderboard for healthy
[1:15:23] families and individuals. But thank you
[1:15:25] so much for your support.
[1:15:29] » Leonor Marquez.
[1:15:32] » Yes. Um uh Judge Jenkins and
[1:15:35] commissioners were really happy to be
[1:15:36] here. My name is My name is Leonor
[1:15:39] Marquez. I'm the CEO of Losius
[1:15:41] Cenidito's Community Clinic. Um I've
[1:15:43] been there 21 years. I feel like a kid.
[1:15:46] Um [laughter] but I have been there 21
[1:15:48] years. We're very proud. We're very
[1:15:50] proud to partnership to partner with um
[1:15:53] Dallas County. We feel like we're very
[1:15:54] good friends with each other and really
[1:15:56] good friends with Parkland. We Someone
[1:15:58] said I think Commissioner Price said you
[1:16:00] it's we don't operate in a silo. We
[1:16:01] absolutely don't. the the cooperation
[1:16:04] and working together in the last I would
[1:16:07] say 10 years has just been really really
[1:16:09] remarkable. So I thank you for that. Um
[1:16:11] really proud to be um uh part of this
[1:16:14] community. Thank you.
[1:16:16] » Anyone else? Um
[1:16:17] » This young lady?
[1:16:18] » Yes.
[1:16:20] » Good morning or is it afternoon? I'm
[1:16:23] Jolene Bagwell and I'm the chief
[1:16:25] development and marketing officer for
[1:16:28] LBU Community Clinic, Los Parios
[1:16:30] Community Clinic. And what pleases me uh
[1:16:34] beyond today's proclamation is that I
[1:16:36] see a lot of friends in the room. It's
[1:16:39] always good to see people working in
[1:16:40] support of a stronger, healthier Dallas
[1:16:43] County, but I see good friends right
[1:16:47] before me. I don't think there's a one
[1:16:49] of you that hasn't either been to our
[1:16:51] clinics or worked with us in some way or
[1:16:55] fashion.
[1:16:56] » I worked at that clinic.
[1:16:57] » Yeah. And you worked at And you worked
[1:16:59] at the clinic? You were a dentist back
[1:17:01] in what years were those? [laughter]
[1:17:06] » Years ago.
[1:17:06] » I actually worked as an assistant as a
[1:17:10] dental assistant and later on uh you
[1:17:13] know when Dr. Harris was on vacation as
[1:17:16] a dentist in Los Vargas and it was very
[1:17:18] proud love the community and I just want
[1:17:21] to say you are all of you are the
[1:17:23] backbone of the health in our
[1:17:26] communities especially right now when
[1:17:29] there's so much fear when there's so
[1:17:31] much hate when there's much segregation
[1:17:35] you are what bring us all together and I
[1:17:37] just want to thank you for the great
[1:17:39] work that you continue to do in our
[1:17:41] communities thank you
[1:17:42] » But but the safety net is and and it
[1:17:44] gets lost in the clutter. You know,
[1:17:46] that's what's always interesting to me.
[1:17:49] You know, I I watch the the the
[1:17:51] headlines and what's going on and and
[1:17:53] the whole thing about the the big
[1:17:55] beautiful the big ugly bill. It's just
[1:17:57] getting lost. You know, that whole
[1:17:59] Medicaid impact and I'm doing an
[1:18:01] assessment because we're getting ready
[1:18:02] to deal with Parkland's budget. And Mr.
[1:18:04] Reed will tell you, I've been going back
[1:18:06] and forth. I want to know exactly what
[1:18:09] has been the impact. It's just seem to
[1:18:11] have gotten lost. And if if less people
[1:18:15] can afford, you know, to be enrolled and
[1:18:18] need services and all, you know, going
[1:18:21] back to my colleague, if you talking
[1:18:22] about impoverished, hell, it depends on
[1:18:24] where you were yesterday,
[1:18:26] where you might be tomorrow after all of
[1:18:29] this kind of takes takes place. And and
[1:18:32] one thing we are clear about a medical
[1:18:37] episode
[1:18:39] can make the difference between the line
[1:18:44] » Whether you're up here down there.
[1:18:47] » Yeah. Depending on what that episode is.
[1:18:50] So I I I appreciate the preemptiveness
[1:18:54] that that federally qualified health
[1:18:56] centers do because you're out in the
[1:18:59] community. You're about access. You
[1:19:02] know, people, everybody can't get to
[1:19:03] with in my community, we call it Mama
[1:19:05] Parkland. We can't everybody can't get
[1:19:08] out there. You know, 40% in my district,
[1:19:11] and they heard me say the other day, is
[1:19:13] still transportation
[1:19:15] challenged, but you go into the
[1:19:18] community. And uh while you're talking
[1:19:20] about being the child, we we basically
[1:19:23] reared uh Dr. Carlos, he started with
[1:19:25] Dallas County. [laughter] Most people
[1:19:27] don't realize that he started with
[1:19:29] Dallas County
[1:19:30] » And he was a great connector of Dallas
[1:19:33] County with the city of Dallas. Yep.
[1:19:35] » All the females in the committees never
[1:19:38] [laughter] fail. One of Dr. Carlos Brie.
[1:19:40] » Yeah, I understand.
[1:19:41] » I can tell you. I told you that.
[1:19:43] » Well, I
[1:19:44] » I always have a quarum. I never had to
[1:19:45] worry when you were presenting.
[1:19:47] [laughter] And uh also you having an
[1:19:49] event this weekend, right, Dr. Carol?
[1:19:51] » I was getting ready to go.
[1:19:52] » Tell us a little bit about it because
[1:19:53] I'm planning to be there in the middle
[1:19:55] of the heat. Thank you for embarrassing
[1:19:56] me to the point where I'm not going to
[1:19:58] be able to answer. Oh yes, we are having
[1:20:00] a back to school drive um and looking
[1:20:03] and to bring children with we we have
[1:20:05] school supplies, free haircuts, we're
[1:20:07] doing sports physicals, immunization,
[1:20:09] and and we're all running these programs
[1:20:10] and we all we were just talking we have
[1:20:12] these programs that are going on now uh
[1:20:14] because it's absolutely essential to get
[1:20:16] ready for school. So if it's not us,
[1:20:18] there's a lot of other people in the
[1:20:19] community that are offering these
[1:20:20] events. Can you remind me the address
[1:20:22] for the public to
[1:20:24] » 219 Sunset Avenue in Oakliff?
[1:20:28] » And and one of the things, last thing
[1:20:30] I'll say is is that
[1:20:33] » It takes a lot when you're dealing with
[1:20:36] medical for people to trust you. I'm
[1:20:40] back to my my green card. You know, it
[1:20:44] takes a lot. And Dr. Garcia kept telling
[1:20:48] me, you know, you need to take the shot.
[1:20:50] You need to take shots. I'm not taking
[1:20:51] no shots.
[1:20:53] Co
[1:20:54] » And we forgive him for that.
[1:20:56] [laughter]
[1:20:58] » And CO taught me I'm gonna take the
[1:21:00] shots. But it's about trust.
[1:21:04] And I see you work in communities where
[1:21:07] trust is hard to come by. And so, thank
[1:21:10] you. And especially, you know, in in
[1:21:14] certain communities, you know, we all
[1:21:16] can't trust everybody. I know most folks
[1:21:18] in here not gonna remember Tuskegee
[1:21:20] Institute,
[1:21:22] Tuskegee Experiment.
[1:21:26] I could understand it. The Fouchi thing
[1:21:29] did not reach that level.
[1:21:32] Tuskegee was intentional.
[1:21:35] It was an experiment.
[1:21:36] » Y
[1:21:38] » But now this whole medical thing. Thank
[1:21:41] you. and the fact that you have worked
[1:21:44] diligently prison especially taken that
[1:21:46] leadership to make sure that your
[1:21:50] patients who need specialty care
[1:21:54] which Parkland can provide
[1:21:58] don't get ghosted
[1:22:01] as you refer them. Parkland has create
[1:22:04] the kind of collaborative nature
[1:22:07] » That brings them back to you and that's
[1:22:10] that's what this collaboration is all
[1:22:12] about.
[1:22:13] » So thank thank you.
[1:22:15] » Thank you.
[1:22:16] » I would like to reiterate that also too.
[1:22:18] Um I've just come back from a national
[1:22:22] county meeting and then a Texas wide
[1:22:24] county meeting. And you know when you go
[1:22:27] you're always watching and listening.
[1:22:29] Okay. How is Dallas County doing?
[1:22:32] And one of the things that really makes
[1:22:34] me stand up taller, straighter, is the
[1:22:38] fact that the partnerships
[1:22:41] that we have in Dallas County are envied
[1:22:46] around the country because number one,
[1:22:50] we know our jobs. Secondly, we do a very
[1:22:54] fine job of making those things happen.
[1:22:58] and and and part of it are the four of
[1:23:01] you standing here and I know what you
[1:23:04] represent behind that which is providing
[1:23:07] the health care
[1:23:09] that um the residents of Dallas County
[1:23:14] need
[1:23:15] and so I just want to say a heartfelt
[1:23:18] thank you and yes it is true and I was
[1:23:20] trying to remember how many years
[1:23:22] probably 40 45 years that I was at Los
[1:23:25] Varios
[1:23:26] I know it doesn't seem possible
[1:23:28] We're all so young. But but the point of
[1:23:31] all that being is that you're here, that
[1:23:34] you are still here. You are still
[1:23:37] addressing those needs and making sure
[1:23:39] that the residents of Dallas County have
[1:23:42] what they need. So I just want to give a
[1:23:45] great big thank you.
[1:23:47] » Thank you.
[1:23:51] » Okay, y'all want to come forward?
[1:24:03] I'm sorry.
[1:24:09] » Yeah. Oh, yeah.
[1:24:20] Congratulations.
[1:24:46] » Thank you. I'll see you Saturday.
[1:24:51] » [applause]
[1:24:59] » Commission.
[1:25:00] » Yeah, I've got a couple
[1:25:04] of
[1:25:05] actually I have two and they are both
[1:25:08] important in their own ways. The first
[1:25:11] one is the National Overdose Awareness
[1:25:14] Month. All of us realize that we live in
[1:25:17] a reality and that reality is not all
[1:25:20] always pretty pictures. But the point of
[1:25:23] it is that in the people who are walking
[1:25:26] up right now
[1:25:28] um Laura Edmonds and you know all that
[1:25:31] you do Dr. Dr. Hang just the variety of
[1:25:35] things that compose what is public
[1:25:38] health in Dallas County. and I'm proud
[1:25:41] that you stand up.
[1:25:44] Whereas every individual possesses
[1:25:46] inherent dignity and value, and the loss
[1:25:49] of any life to substance abuse is a
[1:25:52] profound tragedy that reverberates
[1:25:55] throughout families, neighborhoods, and
[1:25:58] our entire community. And whereas
[1:26:01] National Overdose Awareness Month serves
[1:26:04] as a solemn reminder of those we have
[1:26:07] lost, a tribute to the families and
[1:26:11] loved ones left to grieve, and a call to
[1:26:14] action to eliminate the stigma
[1:26:17] surrounding addiction that too often
[1:26:20] prevents individuals from seeking
[1:26:22] lifesaving help. And whereas public
[1:26:26] health crises of this magnitude require
[1:26:30] a compassionate, coordinated, and
[1:26:33] multifaceted response rooted in
[1:26:36] evidence-based prevention, accessible
[1:26:39] treatment, harm reduction strategies,
[1:26:42] and a long-term recovery support.
[1:26:46] And whereas local public health
[1:26:48] initiatives, including Dallas County
[1:26:51] Health and Human Services, the overdose
[1:26:54] response team, and regional behavioral
[1:26:57] health partners, worked tirelessly to
[1:27:00] expand access to life-saving
[1:27:02] interventions such as Nelloxin,
[1:27:06] Empower by Standard,
[1:27:09] standards with emergency response tools,
[1:27:12] and maintain a critical local resourc.
[1:27:15] resources like the Dallas County
[1:27:17] Overdose Prevention Hotline.
[1:27:20] And whereas the Dallas County Criminal
[1:27:22] Justice Department
[1:27:24] in vital partnership with the Dallas
[1:27:26] County District Attorney's Office, the
[1:27:29] Public Defenders Office, Health and
[1:27:31] Human Services, the Judiciary, the
[1:27:34] Sheriff's Department, Parkland Health
[1:27:36] and Hospital System, and Community
[1:27:39] Advocates works to expand access to
[1:27:43] Nlloxxony to help prevent fatal
[1:27:46] overdoses.
[1:27:49] The Dallas County Criminal Justice
[1:27:51] Department collaborates with Parkland
[1:27:53] Correctional Health as they actively
[1:27:56] confront the substance abuse crisis
[1:27:59] within the justice system by supporting
[1:28:02] and advancing the inj medicationass
[1:28:05] assisted treatment or Matt program for
[1:28:08] individuals in the Dallas County Jail.
[1:28:11] Whereas August 31st is recognized
[1:28:14] globally as International Overdose
[1:28:16] Awareness Day, providing a dedicated
[1:28:19] moment to unite in remembrance, honor
[1:28:22] the grief of families and friends, and
[1:28:24] pledge continued action toward a future
[1:28:28] free from preventable overdose deaths by
[1:28:32] standing together in education, empathy,
[1:28:36] and action throughout the month of
[1:28:38] August and concluding with International
[1:28:40] Overdose Awareness Day. We reaffirm our
[1:28:44] commitment to building a healthier,
[1:28:46] safer environment where every person has
[1:28:49] the support they need to thrive. Now,
[1:28:52] therefore, Dallas County Commissioner's
[1:28:54] Court does hereby proclaim August 2026
[1:28:58] as National Overdose Awareness Month and
[1:29:02] specifically highlight August the 31st,
[1:29:05] 2026 as International Overdose Awareness
[1:29:08] Day. We urge all residents, community
[1:29:12] organizations,
[1:29:13] health care providers, and businesses to
[1:29:16] observe this month and day by raising
[1:29:20] awareness of overdose prevention,
[1:29:23] supporting local recovery resources, and
[1:29:25] extending compassion and dignity to all
[1:29:29] those affected by substance abuse. And I
[1:29:32] so move
[1:29:33] » Second
[1:29:34] in favor.
[1:29:36] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[1:29:38] » I. Any opposed? Motion carries
[1:29:41] unanimously.
[1:29:42] » You and who do we have here today with
[1:29:44] Dr. Wong?
[1:29:46] » Yes, Commissioner Daniel, thank you so
[1:29:47] much for your resolution. I mean, as you
[1:29:50] pointed out, a death due to overdose is
[1:29:53] such a tragic and preventable event. And
[1:29:55] so, um, bringing this awareness is so
[1:29:58] important for our community and the
[1:29:59] great work that our team here, uh, has
[1:30:01] been doing. Uh, I don't know, is Katie
[1:30:03] here?
[1:30:04] make it
[1:30:06] and uh some of the other team members uh
[1:30:09] Miranda Ally I don't know some of them
[1:30:11] want to add something but and and it is
[1:30:13] as we've heard also earlier it's in
[1:30:16] partnership uh with so many of our
[1:30:18] partners partner again metro care um all
[1:30:21] all the partners are working to do to
[1:30:24] get as you mentioned life saving an
[1:30:26] ollock zone out in the community
[1:30:27] educating people how to uh use it the
[1:30:30] overdose response teams I know we have
[1:30:32] some of the vending machines out at with
[1:30:35] different partners and Metro Care. Uh so
[1:30:38] it is a team effort to do this and
[1:30:40] they're already seeing some of the
[1:30:42] results and some of the declines in
[1:30:43] overdose related mortality. So um thank
[1:30:47] you for that and again let me see if
[1:30:48] anyone else wants to say something.
[1:30:53] » Hi, good morning. I'm Laura Edmonds with
[1:30:55] the Dallas County Criminal Justice
[1:30:56] Department. Thank you so much for the
[1:30:58] resolution um this morning. Just wanted
[1:31:00] to briefly acknowledge we do a lot of
[1:31:02] partnership with Dallas County Health
[1:31:03] and Human Services with their opioid
[1:31:05] response um task force. We did get a
[1:31:08] grant through HHS to expand a lock zone
[1:31:10] distribution and through that we were
[1:31:13] able to install an aloxxone distribution
[1:31:15] stands at the end of June in the Frank
[1:31:17] Crowley Court building and in the Dallas
[1:31:19] County Jail. So in about that six week
[1:31:21] time period since we put those up, we've
[1:31:23] had over 1,400 boxes taken from those
[1:31:26] stands which
[1:31:27] » Really highlights. We're really working
[1:31:28] hard to keep them stocked. That's been
[1:31:30] the biggest challenge so far. Um, but it
[1:31:32] does go to show the demand and the need
[1:31:34] for this life-saving medication and to
[1:31:36] make it easily accessible for the
[1:31:38] community. So, a big thank you to
[1:31:40] Parkland uh to Parkland Jail Health for
[1:31:42] all the work that they're doing with the
[1:31:43] Inel Matt program and the jail release
[1:31:45] program. And of course, a big thank you
[1:31:47] to HHS for all of their efforts and
[1:31:49] support.
[1:31:49] » The partnerships.
[1:31:50] » Yeah, absolutely.
[1:31:52] » Huge difference. Thank you to all of you
[1:31:54] for being here. And thank you for that
[1:31:56] number because I know each time I go
[1:31:58] kind of go through the Frank Crow and
[1:32:00] going to the jail and right there next
[1:32:02] to the vending machines
[1:32:05] » Is is is is the vending machine and it's
[1:32:09] uh it stays pretty empty.
[1:32:11] » Yes. Yes.
[1:32:12] » Yeah.
[1:32:13] » Right now the biggest challenge is just
[1:32:15] getting enough the lock zone in stock
[1:32:17] just to keep
[1:32:18] » So is your is your challenge product or
[1:32:21] just getting product or what?
[1:32:24] » Yes. right now. So, we had a bunch that
[1:32:26] we got and uh we just didn't anticipate
[1:32:28] the demand of them p being taken so
[1:32:31] rapidly. So, right now we're just
[1:32:33] actively working to order more to get
[1:32:35] more in stock so that we can keep the
[1:32:37] machines full. So, um you're right, we
[1:32:39] stock them and then probably two days
[1:32:41] later we go, they're already empty. Um
[1:32:43] but again, it's it's one of those
[1:32:45] problems where I always think this is a
[1:32:46] good problem. Um because it just goes to
[1:32:48] show how much this is needed and so
[1:32:50] really thankful to be a part of it. In
[1:32:52] today's agenda, we have several items of
[1:32:54] distribution. So, congratulations. Great
[1:32:57] job.
[1:32:58] » Thank you.
[1:32:59] » Want to at least come forward and have a
[1:33:01] [applause]
[1:33:27] center.
[1:33:42] » Thank you very much.
[1:33:51] You know, we talk a lot about
[1:33:53] preventions
[1:33:54] of of many of the illnesses that exist
[1:33:58] in Dallas County, and the next
[1:34:00] resolution is one of those that I think
[1:34:02] we almost take for granted and don't
[1:34:05] even think twice about it. Um, and it is
[1:34:08] the uh National Immunization Awareness
[1:34:12] Month.
[1:34:13] So let's talk a moment about that. The
[1:34:15] month of August is designated as
[1:34:18] national immunization awareness. Yeah,
[1:34:20] we can come up again, right?
[1:34:22] » Because public health is wide
[1:34:26] as annual observance aimed at promoting
[1:34:30] the significance of immunizations. It
[1:34:33] also seeks to encourage the importance
[1:34:36] of maintaining recommended
[1:34:39] vaccinations throughout the duration of
[1:34:41] life.
[1:34:42] And whereas according to the American
[1:34:45] Association of Immunologists,
[1:34:48] the uh immune system is the body's
[1:34:51] defense system to keep people healthy
[1:34:54] and intersects with most aspects of
[1:34:57] human health and disease. Vaccines are
[1:35:00] used to train the imu the immune system
[1:35:03] and to establish memory ahead of time
[1:35:07] without the risk of infection to provide
[1:35:10] effective immunization against specific
[1:35:13] diseases.
[1:35:14] And whereas the Centers of Disease
[1:35:17] Control launches their RISE campaign
[1:35:20] routine immunizations on schedule for
[1:35:24] everyone in May of 2026.
[1:35:27] This initiative provides actionable
[1:35:30] strategies, resources, and data to help
[1:35:34] citizens get back on their scheduled
[1:35:36] vaccination routines. Its focus is to
[1:35:39] catch groups of teens and children up on
[1:35:42] their vaccines since their rates
[1:35:44] declined during CO 19.
[1:35:48] And whereas the clinical services
[1:35:50] division of the Dallas County Health and
[1:35:52] Human Services is committed to ensuring
[1:35:56] quality ensuring quality assurance by
[1:36:01] protecting the health and well-being of
[1:36:03] the residents of Dallas County. The
[1:36:06] Dallas County immunization clinics
[1:36:08] provide adult, child, routine, and
[1:36:11] travel immunizations to residents. In
[1:36:14] doing so, they will continue to fulfill
[1:36:17] their mission by promoting healthy
[1:36:19] communities and environments in Dallas
[1:36:22] County. Now, therefore, be it resolved,
[1:36:24] the Dallas County Commissioner's Court
[1:36:27] formally recognizes August 2026 as a
[1:36:31] national immunization awareness month
[1:36:34] and encourages all to get back on and
[1:36:37] continue their vaccination schedules to
[1:36:39] help us to maintain a healthy world. And
[1:36:42] I so move Second.
[1:36:44] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[1:36:47] » I.
[1:36:47] » I.
[1:36:48] » Motion carries unanimously.
[1:36:50] » Who do I see all over the county?
[1:36:53] » Uh, now Commissioner Daniel, thank you
[1:36:55] so much for this resolution and um
[1:36:58] bringing attention to the importance of
[1:36:59] immunizations. It's sort of crazy that
[1:37:01] we're still having to uh fight some of
[1:37:04] these fights about it that uh you know
[1:37:06] in this day and age we're seeing measles
[1:37:09] outbreaks, things like that. Uh but it
[1:37:11] is so important. It was one of the
[1:37:12] greatest public health achievements of
[1:37:14] the last century and uh it's effective
[1:37:16] and it's so great to hear Commissioner
[1:37:18] Price how uh big an advocate you are for
[1:37:21] immunizations and life saving as you
[1:37:24] recognized. Um so um it it right now
[1:37:28] August in particular is usually our
[1:37:30] busiest busiest month. It's back to
[1:37:32] school time and so it's very timely uh
[1:37:35] to encourage everyone uh to get those
[1:37:38] back to school shots and everyone just
[1:37:40] to make sure that they're up to date on
[1:37:41] their immunizations and and as we said
[1:37:43] before this is all with partnerships
[1:37:44] with the FQC's and if they're still here
[1:37:47] they're tremendous partner um and and
[1:37:50] the staff here and you all see Marissa
[1:37:52] out Saturdays and weekends and late at
[1:37:55] night in our community events and
[1:37:58] Sabrina with the vac the immunization
[1:38:00] program and all the other partners and
[1:38:02] and let me see if Dr. Lozano wants to
[1:38:04] say something who came from one of the
[1:38:06] FQC's also and is out there promoting
[1:38:08] all of our vaccine clinics. Uh but it is
[1:38:11] such an important and core uh effort for
[1:38:14] our uh health department and it is one
[1:38:17] of the most important things that we can
[1:38:18] do. So thank you.
[1:38:19] » Do not take it for granted.
[1:38:22] Again, thank you for the [clears throat]
[1:38:25] all the court members um for the opening
[1:38:29] of the Poke Street Clinic
[1:38:32] uh thank ARPA money uh for that uh that
[1:38:37] need and I have a portion of my staff
[1:38:40] now is working on what I call an
[1:38:43] outreach
[1:38:45] uh plan. We saw we got a heat map. We
[1:38:48] saw how many were going into the main
[1:38:51] campus at 2377
[1:38:55] and now it's about accessibility and I
[1:38:58] don't know how from that side but I've
[1:39:01] asked her to talk about how you reroute
[1:39:04] those individuals
[1:39:05] with those services into uh in into that
[1:39:10] particular clinic. uh you know we we've
[1:39:12] got to we've got to help manage I mean
[1:39:14] people a lot of like homing pigeons they
[1:39:18] just keep you know if you keep they
[1:39:20] they'll keep going they'll keep going
[1:39:22] there when we have taken and basically
[1:39:26] created a better access excess model
[1:39:30] additionally my staff told me that uh
[1:39:33] you have a service
[1:39:37] a transportation service and I was
[1:39:40] really pleased to look at, you know,
[1:39:42] those particular numbers, how you manage
[1:39:47] pickup,
[1:39:48] deliverables,
[1:39:50] um, times, etc.
[1:39:53] I was real pleased to find that out. And
[1:39:56] so that goes that goes a long way. Is it
[1:39:58] two vans or one? I can't remember. So
[1:40:00] much so much data. But but you do a
[1:40:03] great job of getting those people to our
[1:40:08] services who cannot afford to get there.
[1:40:11] And so thank you.
[1:40:14] » Hi, good morning. Thank you so much for
[1:40:16] having us. I just wanted to recognize
[1:40:17] our staff. Um they are the ones that are
[1:40:20] the boots on the ground. They are the
[1:40:22] ones that are working tirelessly in our
[1:40:24] clinics. So if anything, I just want to
[1:40:26] make sure that we recognize them. I know
[1:40:28] everybody's not here, but they deserve a
[1:40:31] round of applause because they work
[1:40:33] tirelessly
[1:40:34] um [applause]
[1:40:37] um developing new partners. I mean, they
[1:40:41] I I just have a great team. I just want
[1:40:42] to make sure that they're recognized.
[1:40:44] And then speaking about uh
[1:40:45] transportation, Commissioner Price, we
[1:40:47] also have developed some transportation
[1:40:48] for our moms in Dallas County. So we for
[1:40:51] our healthy start program, we do have a
[1:40:53] transportation services that is
[1:40:54] connecting them to um their medical
[1:40:56] appointments and anything that they
[1:40:58] need. So we're very super excited about
[1:41:00] that, you know, breaking those barriers.
[1:41:03] » Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Losano. And
[1:41:05] your backpack is open. [laughter]
[1:41:06] » It is.
[1:41:09] » Good morning, everyone, commissioners,
[1:41:11] judge, members of the court. My name is
[1:41:13] Misa Gonzalez. I'm the community
[1:41:14] outreach program manager at Dallas
[1:41:17] County Health and Human Services. Thank
[1:41:18] you, Commissioner Daniel, for this
[1:41:20] resolution. Um, as they've all said, you
[1:41:23] know, vaccination programs over the past
[1:41:25] 50 years have prevented an estimated 154
[1:41:30] million deaths in 14 different diseases,
[1:41:33] according to a study published in the
[1:41:34] Lancet. Her immunity is crucial when
[1:41:37] looking to contain an outbreak. But as
[1:41:41] vaccination rates decrease, as we've
[1:41:43] seen, the spread of once eliminated
[1:41:46] diseases continue to grow.
[1:41:49] The first vaccine for measles was
[1:41:51] marketed in 1963 and the CDC declared
[1:41:54] measles was eliminated in 2000. By May
[1:41:58] 2025, a total of 1,024 confirmed measles
[1:42:02] cases were reported across 31
[1:42:04] jurisdictions. A total of 14 outbreaks
[1:42:06] have occurred, of which 96 were reported
[1:42:09] among patients who were unvaccinated or
[1:42:12] no known vaccination status. And I hate
[1:42:15] to say this, Commissioner Price and
[1:42:17] everybody, but uh HHS Secretary Robert
[1:42:20] F. Kennedy Jr. is a long-standing
[1:42:23] vaccine skeptic, as we all know,
[1:42:25] » Rooted in discredited research. The
[1:42:28] vaccine autism connection, which he
[1:42:31] continues to promote, was originally
[1:42:33] based on two flawed and now retracted
[1:42:36] studies by Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield's
[1:42:39] claims, which lacked proper controls and
[1:42:41] were later found to be falsified, have
[1:42:44] since been scientifically disproven. And
[1:42:47] despite this, experts are concerned that
[1:42:49] Kennedy's prominent role and outspoken
[1:42:51] skepticism could erode public
[1:42:54] confidence. And we're seeing that with
[1:42:56] Fouchy, what we saw earlier this week in
[1:42:59] the news, potentially leading to a
[1:43:01] decline in vaccination rates and an
[1:43:03] increase in preventable diseases.
[1:43:06] Although he advocates for public
[1:43:07] transparency and maintains a vaccination
[1:43:09] will remain an option, his influence as
[1:43:11] HHS secretary could introduce challenges
[1:43:14] to establish federal regulatories
[1:43:16] practices.
[1:43:18] I've personally seen a decrease for
[1:43:20] demand in childhood vaccines in our
[1:43:22] Hispanic communities for fear that we
[1:43:26] are ICE or we will turn over their
[1:43:28] information to ICE, which are valid
[1:43:30] concerns.
[1:43:32] Uh while skepticism, fear and
[1:43:34] misinformation continue to circulate,
[1:43:35] the scientific consensus is clear.
[1:43:38] Getting vaccinated is a responsible and
[1:43:40] powerful choice that protects not only
[1:43:42] the individuals but also a the wider
[1:43:45] community. We encourage everyone uh to
[1:43:48] stay updated on their vaccines. Parents
[1:43:50] and guardians, we encourage all your
[1:43:52] children to get their vaccines updated
[1:43:54] before school, not after school starts.
[1:43:56] Uh Dallas County offers immunizations
[1:43:58] for adults and children at any of our
[1:44:00] nine new locations. One including the
[1:44:03] new location on South Poke Street, No
[1:44:05] Cliff. Immunizations for children
[1:44:08] uninsured or underinsured. There's a $10
[1:44:11] fee for the first visit, five for any
[1:44:13] subsequent visits. However, no one will
[1:44:15] be turned away because of their
[1:44:17] inability to pay because we know that
[1:44:18] cost too can be a barrier. Uh you can
[1:44:21] find us in the community this week. Uh
[1:44:24] this Wednesday from um 10:00 a.m. to 1,
[1:44:28] August the 5th, we will be at Bontton
[1:44:30] Farms. Uh at 6911 Bear Street. Saturday,
[1:44:34] August 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 2 will be
[1:44:36] at Truid Elementary School, 1810 Indale
[1:44:39] Avenue in Dallas. And then Saturday, we
[1:44:43] will be hosting a uh children's back to
[1:44:45] school immunizations clinic at DCHHS
[1:44:48] from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Just remember to
[1:44:50] bring a hard copy of your child's
[1:44:52] immunizations record and we'll get
[1:44:54] everybody up to date. Thank you.
[1:44:56] » You take every opportunity to do your
[1:44:58] community education. Yes, I do.
[1:45:00] » It is noted and I say thank you.
[1:45:02] » Thank you. Thank you everyone.
[1:45:03] » And we love your passion. You know, you
[1:45:07] always speak from the heart. We
[1:45:10] appreciate
[1:45:10] » Up. She shows.
[1:45:12] » I'm a I have a servant's heart.
[1:45:14] » Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
[1:45:15] » Thank you.
[1:45:21] One other person I just wanted to see
[1:45:23] wants to say Ashken Tassen is over the
[1:45:26] Garland Clinic and they're a new partner
[1:45:28] also you know is you know the Garland
[1:45:30] sort of provi offered their service and
[1:45:32] we're providing the services out in
[1:45:33] Garland and Ashton's done and his team
[1:45:35] are doing a great job in that community
[1:45:38] and I don't know if you want to say
[1:45:39] anything but it's been great partnership
[1:45:41] also.
[1:45:43] happy to contribute to the mission of
[1:45:45] healthy people, healthy communities that
[1:45:48] somebody had mentioned trust. That's
[1:45:50] what we're all about, building trust,
[1:45:51] being in the community, you know,
[1:45:54] valuing our community partners and
[1:45:55] removing barriers to access. So, we do
[1:45:58] our strive for our best and uh we have a
[1:46:00] great team here that's helping us fill
[1:46:02] out that mission. So, thank you.
[1:46:05] » Thank you.
[1:46:06] » We're not done yet.
[1:46:10] » Please come forward. See
[1:46:16] [applause]
[1:46:22] you
[1:46:24] begin.
[1:46:41] Thank you.
[1:46:43] » Thank you very much.
[1:46:48] [clears throat]
[1:46:49] » Thanks.
[1:46:51] » Great to see you. Thanks.
[1:46:52] » All right. The uh last resolution is
[1:46:54] mine. Uh this is for uh Red Ribbon
[1:46:59] Wheat. If we could have the Lonear Young
[1:47:01] Marines come forward, please. Lonear
[1:47:03] Young Marines. Thank you.
[1:47:21] It's good to see you all here. Let me
[1:47:23] read the resolution if I may. Whereas
[1:47:26] the Lonear Young Marines is a national
[1:47:28] youth leadership and service program for
[1:47:31] boys and girls ages eight through
[1:47:33] completion of high school. And whereas
[1:47:36] the program is modeled after the Marine
[1:47:38] Corps and focuses on developing
[1:47:40] responsible, drug-free citizens through
[1:47:42] leadership, teamwork, community service,
[1:47:45] and healthy living. And whereas the
[1:47:47] Lonear Young Marines currently serves
[1:47:50] approximately 25 youth members in the
[1:47:53] North Dallas area and drug demand
[1:47:56] reduction is one of the Young Marines
[1:47:59] core missions. And whereas throughout
[1:48:01] the year, the young Marines participate
[1:48:03] in substance abuse, prevention,
[1:48:05] education, community outreach, and red
[1:48:08] ribbon week activities such as school
[1:48:11] visits, distributing anti-drug
[1:48:13] materials, resource bags, hosting DDR-5K
[1:48:19] runs that promote healthy, drug-free
[1:48:21] lifestyles. And whereas Dallas County
[1:48:25] Health and Human Services were uh have
[1:48:29] identified 300 3,79 overdoses in 2025,
[1:48:33] out of which 25 uh youth ages 10 through
[1:48:37] 19 died to due to overdose and 111
[1:48:41] people died ages 20 to 20 to 34 and 385
[1:48:46] people died ages 35 through 64 in 2025.
[1:48:52] Whereas Dallas County continues to
[1:48:54] address the opioid epide epidemic and
[1:48:57] growing threat of fentanyl and
[1:49:00] methamphetamines through the
[1:49:02] preventative initiatives, education,
[1:49:04] partnering through community
[1:49:05] organizations such as the Lone Star
[1:49:08] Young Marines to protect the youth of
[1:49:11] Dallas County and reduce substance
[1:49:13] abuse. And whereas the red red ribbon
[1:49:16] week unites families, educators, health
[1:49:18] care professionals, businesses, and
[1:49:21] community leaders in support of youth
[1:49:23] substance abuse pro pre prevention,
[1:49:26] education, and positive youth
[1:49:28] development. And whereas the Dallas
[1:49:30] County commends the Young Star Youth
[1:49:33] Marines for their dedication to
[1:49:36] preventing youth substance abuse and
[1:49:38] serving as exemplar leaders and role
[1:49:40] moders for not only just Dallas County,
[1:49:43] but youth nationwide. Now there
[1:49:46] therefore be it resolved that the Dallas
[1:49:48] County Commissioner's Court hereby
[1:49:50] recognizes Red Ribbon Week in Dallas
[1:49:52] County and affirms its commitment to the
[1:49:55] rising awareness about the importance of
[1:49:57] the prevention of youth substance abuse
[1:50:00] and encourages all residents of schools,
[1:50:02] businesses, and community leaders to
[1:50:04] participate in red ribbon activities
[1:50:06] this October to promote healthy drugfree
[1:50:10] lifestyles and ISO move.
[1:50:11] » Second.
[1:50:13] All those in favor signify by saying I.
[1:50:16] » I.
[1:50:16] » I.
[1:50:17] » Motion carries unanimously.
[1:50:22] [applause]
[1:50:25] » Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank
[1:50:26] you so much for having us here. It is an
[1:50:28] honor to be here. Uh my name is uh Mr.
[1:50:31] Nwin. I am formerly staff sergeant
[1:50:34] United States Marine Corps. But before I
[1:50:35] begin, I'd like to give opportunity for
[1:50:38] one of our smallest here to give you a
[1:50:40] snapshot of what Lonear Young Marines is
[1:50:42] about. Step forward, Lance Corporal Nuin
[1:50:46] D. If you can see him, he's right
[1:50:48] underneath the podium right here.
[1:50:50] [laughter]
[1:50:51] [snorts]
[1:50:52] » Uh the Lonear Young Marines is a
[1:50:55] nonprofit organization dedicated to
[1:50:58] strengthen the lives of of America's
[1:51:01] youth. And some things that we focus on
[1:51:03] are And as [sighs]
[1:51:08] some things that we focus on are
[1:51:10] physical fitness, drug reduction,
[1:51:13] leadership, and discipline. And I like
[1:51:15] the Young Marines because it helps me be
[1:51:19] a better person and stay physically fit.
[1:51:22] » Excellent.
[1:51:22] » All right.
[1:51:23] » Thank you. [applause]
[1:51:29] » Again, thank you so much for having us
[1:51:31] here. Uh that's just a small snapshot of
[1:51:34] what we do here. You know, we in a
[1:51:36] digital world where kids are are behind
[1:51:38] iPads and and and Roblox and Minecraft
[1:51:41] and all that. You know, we want these
[1:51:43] kids to be a part of something to be a
[1:51:45] part of something bigger than
[1:51:46] themselves. Something centered around
[1:51:49] our core values of teamwork, leadership,
[1:51:51] and discipline. Uh something that, you
[1:51:54] know, we say is it's not about me, it's
[1:51:56] about we. It's not about I, it's about
[1:51:58] us. you know, and uh here at Lonear, we
[1:52:01] say we are
[1:52:02] » Lonear.
[1:52:03] » We are
[1:52:04] » Lonear.
[1:52:04] » We are
[1:52:05] » Lonear.
[1:52:06] » Thank you for so much, ladies and
[1:52:07] gentlemen.
[1:52:09] [applause]
[1:52:12] » Please come on up and get your picture.
[1:52:53] One more.
[1:52:58] » Yes. Come on in.
[1:53:01] Come on in.
[1:53:15] Well done.
[1:53:17] » Congratulations.
[1:53:43] What's your name?
[1:54:01] Thank you all for being here.
[1:54:02] » Thank you all. Um Josh, I would like a
[1:54:05] moment of privilege real quick before we
[1:54:07] continue. Um, two weeks ago, um, uh, the
[1:54:13] justice of the peace, the judge, the
[1:54:15] honorable judge Mike Jones, uh, was
[1:54:18] recognized as the 2026,
[1:54:21] uh, uh, jud, um, justice of the peace
[1:54:24] judge of the year by all the justices of
[1:54:27] the peace and constables association of
[1:54:30] Texas. Uh, he represents prein for place
[1:54:34] one. And I just want to congratulate
[1:54:37] publicly to the honorable uh justice of
[1:54:40] the peace Mike Jones. Congratulations.
[1:54:44] [applause]
[1:54:50] » Okay.
[1:54:51] » Way too cute.
[1:54:53] » Now
[1:54:55] presentation budget.
[1:54:57] » We did that one already.
[1:54:59] » Yeah. Presentations.
[1:55:00] » Nothing else. Okay.
[1:55:01] » All right. So,
[1:55:03] » Dr.
[1:55:05] has
[1:55:08] » On the influence.
[1:55:09] » One more time, Dr. Jang.
[1:55:11] » Sorry, you're faster than I expected.
[1:55:15] » All right. Where is it?
[1:55:30] My sister. I know. Like
[1:55:41] All right. Good morning.
[1:55:43] » Good morning, Dr. One more time.
[1:55:45] » Break from some of these updates, but a
[1:55:48] lot going on. Uh,
[1:55:58] » Okay.
[1:56:00] » It's warming up or something.
[1:56:06] Things have to warm up.
[1:56:19] » Thank you very much.
[1:56:24] » I mean, I can go ahead and start
[1:56:27] » Once he wakes up from the break.
[1:56:29] » Yeah. As it wakes up here. uh you know
[1:56:31] the first just updates on COVID uh and
[1:56:34] our surveillance and these are available
[1:56:36] on our dashboard on the website but uh
[1:56:39] you know we typically now have seen
[1:56:40] these seasonal uh sort of increases in
[1:56:44] the summer. Uh we're seeing a very
[1:56:46] slight increase uh as has been seen in
[1:56:49] past uh years but certainly much lower
[1:56:53] uh than what we've seen in the past. So
[1:56:56] uh some increase uh but not uh nearly
[1:56:59] what we've had in the past. The vaccine
[1:57:03] still work but some of that is due to
[1:57:04] that seasonal nature and also some of
[1:57:06] the waning immunity uh when it's as it's
[1:57:08] been longer since people have uh had the
[1:57:10] vaccine and things. So but you can again
[1:57:13] see some increases in these indicators.
[1:57:16] Um fortunately uh the mortality rate has
[1:57:21] been very low and still flat.
[1:57:26] Most recently,
[1:57:29] uh wastewater surveillance also shows
[1:57:32] the same indicators again some slight uh
[1:57:35] increases uh recently but in the context
[1:57:38] of everything else uh it's much lower
[1:57:41] and we still monitor the variance.
[1:57:43] Nothing new that's of concern.
[1:57:46] Everything's
[1:57:47] so again still continuing to watch
[1:57:50] closely though. Uh, as we talked about
[1:57:53] vaccines, uh, very important and
[1:57:55] especially now with the back to school,
[1:57:56] here's some of our, uh, vaccine clinics
[1:57:58] and our community outreach efforts. And
[1:58:01] with Marissa and her team, uh, here's
[1:58:03] what we have scheduled for COVID and
[1:58:05] flu. Uh, and then also uh, for some of
[1:58:09] the childhood vaccines and again back to
[1:58:11] school right now is the uh, big time and
[1:58:14] we encourage parents to don't wait till
[1:58:16] the last minute. Please try to get them
[1:58:19] as soon as you can.
[1:58:20] » Okay. But are you monitoring year
[1:58:21] overyear where where are we with these
[1:58:24] vaccines? I know
[1:58:25] » So it's actually yeah we're very
[1:58:27] concerned that you know our numbers that
[1:58:29] we're seeing are uh down dramatically
[1:58:32] and it's uh you know if you've been to
[1:58:34] our building sometime right back to
[1:58:37] school the lobby can have lined out the
[1:58:39] door can be filled. We are not seeing
[1:58:41] that this year and last year we didn't
[1:58:44] see it either and we've seen it actually
[1:58:46] in the actual numbers. Um and a lot of a
[1:58:50] variety of reasons. Some of it, you
[1:58:51] know, we the mixed messages coming from
[1:58:53] the federal uh level. Uh more confusion
[1:58:57] uh about vaccine recommendations. Uh
[1:59:00] there was a state law that was just
[1:59:02] passed last session that made it easier
[1:59:04] for parents to opt out of the school
[1:59:07] requirements. And then also what we hear
[1:59:09] and uh Marissa and her team and is that
[1:59:12] there a lot of our community is
[1:59:14] concerned about the ICE um situation and
[1:59:17] don't want to come out. Uh it was good
[1:59:20] again we do it in partnership with the
[1:59:21] FQC's we were talking about uh some of
[1:59:24] you know the if you know people are
[1:59:26] seeing the same thing I mean hopefully
[1:59:28] maybe different uh efforts might uh be
[1:59:31] more comfortable for the community and
[1:59:33] we hope that they're you know getting it
[1:59:36] at other places if not through us but
[1:59:38] we're definitely seeing that decline and
[1:59:39] when we look at the overall county
[1:59:41] numbers that the state's now starting to
[1:59:42] provide us we are seeing you know
[1:59:44] declines in the childhood vaccination
[1:59:46] rates and that's what we'll see some of
[1:59:48] this, you know, I mean, again, what I
[1:59:50] mentioned earlier with measles, it's
[1:59:52] just crazy that um, you know, in 2026,
[1:59:56] uh, and I I'll show you some of those
[1:59:57] numbers in a second.
[1:59:58] » Yeah. that. But I just but I guess
[2:00:01] [clears throat] my charge as chair of
[2:00:03] public health is that that you
[2:00:06] crocodatize a plan that says that you
[2:00:11] FQC's
[2:00:13] um ISDs
[2:00:16] that somehow there's a
[2:00:19] a different kind of outreach. I don't
[2:00:21] know how you can cure that uh concern
[2:00:25] about certain federal agencies but but
[2:00:29] one thing about you know the this whole
[2:00:32] disease is that uh
[2:00:36] whereas ICE or anybody else doesn't stop
[2:00:39] there and that whole her immunity and
[2:00:42] contagiousness
[2:00:44] it's
[2:00:46] we've just got to at least say we're
[2:00:48] from Dallas County side
[2:00:51] putting forth a plan and I I guess
[2:00:54] that's what I'd like to ask you to do
[2:00:56] say who's in charge so we can see it and
[2:00:59] try to help disseminate it best we can.
[2:01:02] » Sure. And as you know we have our
[2:01:03] monthly immunization uh call bringing
[2:01:06] together all of the partners. We keep
[2:01:10] » Also trying to outreach in particular
[2:01:11] the FQC's and other partners county
[2:01:14] medical society. Um, and so yeah, it is
[2:01:18] a lot of collaboration and partnership
[2:01:20] that works on this, but um,
[2:01:22] » But I want to see your dissemination
[2:01:23] with those FQC's
[2:01:25] where they're located. And I appreciate
[2:01:27] the fact that we we got that heat map,
[2:01:30] you know, we know who's going where
[2:01:32] coming into 2377,
[2:01:36] but I want to know about we got all
[2:01:37] these clinics and I want to know, you
[2:01:40] know, who's utilizing, how do we reach
[2:01:42] out in that community? uh that you were
[2:01:46] able my staff was able to call those
[2:01:48] numbers. So I want to make sure we send
[2:01:51] them and saying hey at um Poke Street
[2:01:55] we're here we got immunization Monday
[2:01:58] through Friday etc because I mean you're
[2:02:00] not open on the weekend either except
[2:02:02] that your people out in the community
[2:02:04] » So I just want to see a plan
[2:02:06] » And and you know uh Dr. Hong Parkland
[2:02:09] has done a really good job on um saying
[2:02:12] community clinic your community clinic
[2:02:15] in your neighborhood close by. You don't
[2:02:17] have to drive a long way. Uh feel safe,
[2:02:19] secure. Use those kind of words without
[2:02:22] saying what the government doesn't want
[2:02:24] to say. Don't be scared. And we're
[2:02:26] seeing uh and all of our all of us on
[2:02:29] saw those numbers already on the
[2:02:31] Parkland briefing. Uh the people are
[2:02:35] driving more into the community clinics
[2:02:37] than downtown Parkland, you know, the
[2:02:39] main parkland. So
[2:02:41] » That message I think is sounding good. I
[2:02:45] don't know what the future will hold on
[2:02:47] this but I think doing something like
[2:02:50] that. We are in your neighborhood. You
[2:02:53] don't have to drive far
[2:02:54] » And um
[2:02:56] » Yeah. And as you know this Marissa and
[2:02:58] her team are trying
[2:02:58] » Oh, they're doing a great job. Yeah.
[2:03:00] » But I mean it's going to take some time.
[2:03:02] » Yes.
[2:03:03] » Thank you.
[2:03:03] » Well, thanks. And and again, any other
[2:03:05] messaging or whatever that uh you want
[2:03:08] us to amplify or want us to get out,
[2:03:10] please let us know. Uh so good news, uh
[2:03:14] you know, flu season is over. Here's the
[2:03:16] CDC flu surveillance report. Everyone's
[2:03:19] green on the states. Um this is our own
[2:03:23] uh respiratory virus dashboards. And
[2:03:26] similarly, uh flu has gone down. Uh
[2:03:30] we've seen uh RSV uh has uh lower
[2:03:34] activity this year than some in the past
[2:03:36] and it's hopefully it's coming down.
[2:03:38] Also um wastewater surveillance shows
[2:03:42] similar things. No activity for flu. Uh
[2:03:45] RSV some a little activity but again in
[2:03:49] uh compared to uh prior seasons and
[2:03:51] things much lower amplitude.
[2:03:56] uh WestNile virus. Uh the latest uh this
[2:03:59] year we've had a total of 140 traps that
[2:04:02] have tested positive for Westnau virus.
[2:04:06] Fortunately, we have had no human
[2:04:08] westnau virus cases uh reported to date
[2:04:11] uh and zero deaths. Uh so that's good.
[2:04:14] If you look at the uh Westnau virus
[2:04:17] vector index comparing to prior years
[2:04:19] and that's been something that you know
[2:04:22] really is sort of an indicator of the
[2:04:23] severity this year uh we've been pretty
[2:04:25] low activity uh compared to certainly
[2:04:28] 2024 and other prior years.
[2:04:31] » What do the traps look like? Because I'm
[2:04:34] getting complaint. Uh did we did we
[2:04:36] spray in one of my cities south? Have we
[2:04:39] had to institute spraying? Oh yeah, we
[2:04:42] spray when the traps come back.
[2:04:44] Positive. Testing positive.
[2:04:45] » Yeah, but but what do they look like
[2:04:46] year over year? That I guess that's what
[2:04:48] I'm looking for.
[2:04:51] » Say that again.
[2:04:52] » I know in I'm I'm trying to find out
[2:04:54] what what are they what are they looking
[2:04:55] like? Has the heat um created a issue
[2:05:00] with regards to people are complaining
[2:05:02] about more and more mosquitoes. I'm just
[2:05:04] wondering what do the traps reveal?
[2:05:06] » Yeah. And we test uh I mean we spray
[2:05:09] after we get a positive trap for Westnau
[2:05:13] virus. We don't just spray for nuisance
[2:05:16] but we do spray when we get the positive
[2:05:18] test back.
[2:05:20] » And so we can provide you more
[2:05:21] information if you want. Okay.
[2:05:26] » Um again we were talking about measles.
[2:05:28] Uh you can see already now in 2026 and
[2:05:32] 2025 was like the highest number in 30
[2:05:35] years. Uh now we've already thus far
[2:05:37] just in 2026 surpassed uh the number of
[2:05:41] measles cases nationally uh than what we
[2:05:44] saw last year. Uh also the state health
[2:05:47] department just sent out alert last week
[2:05:49] about an outbreak in Montgomery County.
[2:05:52] Um some I think four confirmed cases out
[2:05:54] there. So, um, it's again tragic that
[2:05:58] we're in 2026 still talking about it
[2:06:00] when it was declared eliminated in the
[2:06:02] United States in the year 2000 and very
[2:06:05] likely and they're waiting until after
[2:06:07] the midterms uh that's going to be
[2:06:09] declared that we've lost our um
[2:06:12] elimination status for me.
[2:06:15] Did want to mention then cycllospora
[2:06:18] uh you probably been hearing about it in
[2:06:20] the news actually. It's interesting. I
[2:06:21] actually did when I was with CDC
[2:06:23] investigated the very first US outbreak
[2:06:25] of cycles
[2:06:27] quite a few years ago. Now it's uh we're
[2:06:29] seeing it more. It's a parasite causing
[2:06:31] this diarrheal illness. Um that's when
[2:06:35] they people consume uh contaminated uh
[2:06:38] food or water. Um and the symptoms you
[2:06:42] know really this profuse watery diarrhea
[2:06:45] some cramping loss of appetite. But one
[2:06:47] of the distinctive things is that it can
[2:06:49] come in the cycles and uh so you can you
[2:06:53] get it for a few days and then it goes
[2:06:54] away. You get some relief and then it
[2:06:56] comes back again. And that was one of
[2:06:57] the things that uh certainly
[2:06:59] distinguished that. Um it's been linked
[2:07:03] to various um outbreaks like uh I think
[2:07:07] in the past raspberries, cilantro, uh
[2:07:10] this one is now to the iceberg lettuce
[2:07:13] from Taylor Farms. uh it can be treated
[2:07:17] uh with uh trimethopone sul
[2:07:19] sulfamethoxisole
[2:07:21] uh antibiotic with good relief. Uh but
[2:07:24] the symptoms again can last weeks to
[2:07:27] months untreated. So really um you know
[2:07:30] if someone develops uh diarrhea that
[2:07:33] doesn't go away after several days, see
[2:07:36] your uh healthc care provider. they can
[2:07:39] do special tests to identify that and it
[2:07:41] can be treated uh with um antibiotics.
[2:07:45] And and one of the diff difficulties uh
[2:07:47] with sort of investigating these is that
[2:07:50] it usually appears maybe a week after
[2:07:53] the person consumes the contaminated
[2:07:55] product and it can be anywhere from two
[2:07:57] to 14 days after. Uh so it's hard to
[2:08:00] identify always what someone ate two
[2:08:03] weeks before. Um, so some of the just uh
[2:08:07] uh since May 1st, CDC has confirmed or
[2:08:09] is investigating more than 18,000 cases
[2:08:12] now in 45 states, 423 hospitalizations.
[2:08:16] Michigan is sort of the epicenter of
[2:08:18] this nine-state outbreak linked to the
[2:08:20] iceberg lettuce that I mentioned
[2:08:21] supplied by Taylor Farms farms. They've
[2:08:24] reported over 11,000 people infected,
[2:08:27] 193 persons hospitalized. And then it
[2:08:30] was just reported I think Monday two
[2:08:32] people in Michigan died in connection
[2:08:34] with this outbreak of cycles ris. And in
[2:08:37] as of uh yesterday in Dallas County we
[2:08:40] have 33 confirmed that have closed cases
[2:08:44] and additional 14 open investigations
[2:08:46] that we're still trying to close. So the
[2:08:49] numbers are not near what Michigan's
[2:08:51] seen. There's not been any specific um
[2:08:54] » Why do you believe that? That's that's
[2:08:56] where I was going. got 334
[2:08:59] open investigate. What what what what's
[2:09:02] what's going on here differently?
[2:09:05] » Well, again, you know, the in Michigan
[2:09:07] there was that specific that
[2:09:09] contamination of that lettuce and I
[2:09:11] think it was linked, let's say, to Taco
[2:09:13] Bells, right? You know, that's part of
[2:09:14] what at the federal level they try to
[2:09:16] trace back where the distribution of
[2:09:18] these products are. It seems to be more
[2:09:20] in that area. Again, based on the
[2:09:22] surveillance, we're not seeing that same
[2:09:24] scale of an outbreak, but it's out
[2:09:26] there. And we do seasonally see this
[2:09:28] now. We we every season we're seeing
[2:09:31] cases uh that it's difficult to pinpoint
[2:09:35] when it's just these small numbers. And
[2:09:36] again, we ask the people that's part of
[2:09:38] our investigations, you know, what did
[2:09:40] you eat? But they don't remember exactly
[2:09:41] what they ate two weeks ago and to find
[2:09:44] some of those links. But that's
[2:09:45] » Ask a quick question because it's I
[2:09:47] don't know the answer to this. I'm going
[2:09:49] to ask you. So Taylor Farms is a giant
[2:09:52] company, right? They have offices here
[2:09:54] in Dallas. If you go to a Walmart or
[2:09:57] Sam's and you buy lettuce, you're buying
[2:09:59] Taylor Farms lettuce. A lot of times if
[2:10:02] you go to any other store and you buy a
[2:10:04] lettuce
[2:10:06] uh that's branded as that store's
[2:10:08] lettuce, you're buying Taylor Farms
[2:10:10] lettuce. My understanding of this
[2:10:12] outbreak is that lettuce from Selenus,
[2:10:15] California
[2:10:17] um in large quantities were shipped to
[2:10:21] Taco Bell and Michigan and maybe one
[2:10:24] other state and that led to their
[2:10:26] outbreak. Is there any concern for uh
[2:10:30] citizens, residents of of Dallas County
[2:10:34] and North Texas about eating at a Taco
[2:10:36] Bell or eating uh lettuce or buying
[2:10:40] Taylor Farms lettuce? I've been asked
[2:10:43] that. I don't know the answer. again
[2:10:45] right now when you know they try to do
[2:10:47] the trace backs of those uh sort of the
[2:10:51] specific
[2:10:53] um you know let us that's been in the
[2:10:55] distribution that went to Michigan uh
[2:10:58] those have been pulled now um and so
[2:11:01] there's not any known uh sort of
[2:11:05] pipeline to any of our places locally in
[2:11:08] Texas or in Dallas County and we're not
[2:11:10] seeing the numbers like is being seen in
[2:11:13] Michigan even in Michigan, you're
[2:11:15] starting to hear that the numbers are
[2:11:16] going down because they have pulled the
[2:11:18] identified products and so they're off
[2:11:20] the shelves. Uh so at this point, we
[2:11:23] don't see any specific um indication
[2:11:27] that there's a greater risk, you know,
[2:11:29] with that. Now, um you know, we we
[2:11:32] recommend and some of the
[2:11:33] recommendations that we say, you know,
[2:11:34] it's still uh follow and and listen for
[2:11:37] any of the food recalls that are
[2:11:39] identified uh and follow those
[2:11:41] recommendations. also just proper food
[2:11:43] practices. Um, and you know, they're
[2:11:46] washing um like lettuce, get a head of
[2:11:50] lettuce rather than the shredded kind.
[2:11:52] Take off the first outer layers and try
[2:11:54] to wash it. But that doesn't, you know,
[2:11:55] we say it's it doesn't kill the cyclops.
[2:11:58] It doesn't, you know, totally get rid of
[2:12:00] it. Uh, but, you know, thus far in
[2:12:02] Texas, in Dallas County, there's no
[2:12:04] indication that we're part of that
[2:12:06] distribution.
[2:12:08] » Thank you.
[2:12:10] » So, um,
[2:12:13] And I just wanted to finish with, you
[2:12:15] know, last time we met it was before
[2:12:17] FIFA World Cup. We were doing a lot of
[2:12:20] planning for uh all of uh whatever might
[2:12:24] happen during that with all the global
[2:12:26] visitors. We had it all in place. We
[2:12:28] were monitoring fortunately. Uh things
[2:12:30] went great and no, you know, major
[2:12:33] outbreaks, anything else that uh was
[2:12:36] surprising. So that's what we want to
[2:12:37] have happen. We want to be overprepared
[2:12:39] and have uh nothing that actually alarms
[2:12:44] us. So
[2:12:45] » Yeah, great
[2:12:46] » Great again, great teams, great
[2:12:47] partnerships, everyone that was working
[2:12:49] on this.
[2:12:50] » It's those partnerships again.
[2:12:51] » Yeah,
[2:12:52] » Thank you.
[2:12:52] » Thank you.
[2:12:56] » Okay. Um anything else you got, Judge?
[2:13:00] » Um nothing else? Um
[2:13:04] » Oh, you've got the next few And and the
[2:13:08] FIFA FIFA thing was a good uh
[2:13:11] » It was a great
[2:13:14] » Segue. Yeah. Segue. Yeah. Especially
[2:13:17] » Because of some of the things that
[2:13:19] happened.
[2:13:20] » Yeah. Well, you want some of the usual
[2:13:23] stuff that happened.
[2:13:26] » I think this is the judge.
[2:13:27] » No, it's judges.
[2:13:30] » Monkey mugs at FIFA.
[2:13:34] » Nothing changes.
[2:13:36] FIFA was supposed to be a glowing
[2:13:39] example of the international cultural
[2:13:41] mixing in peace,
[2:13:44] love, and competition.
[2:13:48] But racism raised its ugly head once
[2:13:51] again. Monkeys, sounds, and slurs were
[2:13:55] on full display.
[2:13:58] Yahoo News reported as much under the
[2:14:01] headline, FIFA opens investigation
[2:14:05] into behavior of Argentina
[2:14:09] fans at World Cup. Here's the snippet.
[2:14:15] Popular African-American streamer
[2:14:18] Show Speed
[2:14:20] has attended a handful of World Cup
[2:14:22] matches over the past few weeks.
[2:14:26] Unfortunately,
[2:14:27] he's at the center of FIFA's latest
[2:14:30] investigation.
[2:14:32] It's been reported that Show Speed
[2:14:35] dealt with racist behavior from
[2:14:38] Argentina fans during his Tuesday match
[2:14:43] against Egypt.
[2:14:46] There was one clip from his live stream
[2:14:49] that shows an Argentina fan in the crowd
[2:14:55] making a monkey like gesture.
[2:15:00] This is reportedly the seventh time that
[2:15:02] ISB has
[2:15:05] dealt with despicable behavior at the
[2:15:09] World Cup. During last week's thriller
[2:15:12] between Argentina and Cape Verdie, a
[2:15:16] different fan told him, "Go cry at the
[2:15:22] zoo."
[2:15:25] It was probably no happenstance that
[2:15:27] American president
[2:15:31] backed Argentina
[2:15:34] in his bid for the championship.
[2:15:38] You'll catch that on the way home.
[2:15:40] Argentina has a history of denying the
[2:15:44] ex existence of blackness in any form.
[2:15:50] Argentina's
[2:15:52] whitening process
[2:15:55] has been studied in depth by US
[2:16:01] academic
[2:16:03] Eric Edwards in her book hiding
[2:16:08] in plain sight.
[2:16:11] It was published last year by the
[2:16:13] University of Alabama Press.
[2:16:18] and I quote, "The whitening project
[2:16:21] was a successful endeavor
[2:16:25] in terms of the eraser
[2:16:29] of blackness," said Edwards. The idea
[2:16:33] that somebody could be the descendant of
[2:16:35] a slave,
[2:16:38] just not there.
[2:16:41] But at least FIFA launched an
[2:16:44] investigation
[2:16:46] of the blatant racist acts committed at
[2:16:50] the games.
[2:16:54] Parkland
[2:16:55] just called their monkey mug game.
[2:16:59] Teachable moment.
[2:17:03] The band plays on
[2:17:10] judicial performance at Frank Crowley.
[2:17:13] First of all, start with congratulations
[2:17:17] to Miss Randolph
[2:17:20] and the criminal justice team, to Miss
[2:17:23] Petri
[2:17:25] and her team,
[2:17:28] to Miss Lindberg and Miss and and and
[2:17:32] Judge Kim Novels and their team. They
[2:17:35] worked also
[2:17:37] two weekends ago
[2:17:40] and they made sure that Dallas County
[2:17:43] achieved
[2:17:45] it's 90%
[2:17:49] as a result of that 90%
[2:17:54] we always talk about what's at stake.
[2:17:57] The public never seems to understand
[2:18:00] what's at stake when we talk about
[2:18:03] meeting these goals.
[2:18:06] Um, I did get the memo. 33
[2:18:11] million dollar was extended
[2:18:23] 56 projects.
[2:18:26] Town of Addison, Cedar Hill, Dallas
[2:18:29] County, I think had about 11 million.
[2:18:31] Dallas County Hospital District, City of
[2:18:34] Dallas, City of Dotto, City of Grand
[2:18:36] Prairie, City of Hutchkins, City of
[2:18:38] Irving, Lancaster ISD, North Richland
[2:18:42] Hills, City of Richardson.
[2:18:46] These were nonprofits
[2:18:49] that would have been impacted had we not
[2:18:52] met that 90% goal. And so I just want to
[2:18:57] say thank you to that team that worked
[2:18:59] over the weekend, made sure that they
[2:19:02] also that we that we did achieve it.
[2:19:05] August 1st was the deadline and you out
[2:19:09] did yourself by a week. However, there's
[2:19:12] a process in place that uh we're not
[2:19:16] going to wait till the last minute. They
[2:19:18] have to continue to do that. That is too
[2:19:21] much cardia cardiac.
[2:19:25] Too much. But anyway, $33 million.
[2:19:29] That's what you say the taxpayers of
[2:19:30] Dallas County, 56 projects. And so, I
[2:19:34] just want to say thank you.
[2:19:37] In addition to that, this week as of
[2:19:39] August 33,
[2:19:41] August 3rd, we had 425 cases. Based on
[2:19:46] our manual process, AIS report of the
[2:19:49] 425 cases, 118
[2:19:53] were DPD cases and 307 were other LEA
[2:19:58] cases.
[2:20:00] These cases, these 425 cases are people
[2:20:04] who have been in our system who are over
[2:20:07] 30 days.
[2:20:13] These are people with warrant holds and
[2:20:16] respective cases have not been received
[2:20:18] by the district attorney's office.
[2:20:22] of the 425
[2:20:23] cases
[2:20:25] um we have not yet received.
[2:20:29] I have a breakdown of where they who
[2:20:32] where do they belong to and I won't go
[2:20:34] through all the twos and ones and um
[2:20:39] you know juvenile sheriff DPD has 118
[2:20:44] Dart has 33. Irvin has 87.
[2:20:49] Mosquite has 87. The rest of them are
[2:20:54] onesie Tuesdays and uh but all equal
[2:20:59] $425
[2:21:01] that are over 30 days in the Dallas
[2:21:05] County Jail. Do the calculations at $98
[2:21:09] a day, you know, and while I'm
[2:21:13] [clears throat] going to be, you know,
[2:21:14] continue to be that champion for asking
[2:21:17] about
[2:21:18] that facility is 50 years old. this this
[2:21:21] this V rate for the first time is going
[2:21:24] to give facilities what they need. And I
[2:21:26] appreciate facilities because we call
[2:21:28] them on the weekends, we call them on
[2:21:31] Saturdays and Sundays and they respond.
[2:21:35] And what happens when we get too many
[2:21:37] people in there
[2:21:40] and the Texas Commission on Jail
[2:21:42] Standards says we cannot have people out
[2:21:45] of housing for more than 24 hours.
[2:21:49] » [gasps]
[2:21:49] » They get a little rambunctious
[2:21:52] hours. They were there the day before
[2:21:55] when I was there the night and then I
[2:21:57] came back the next day and they were
[2:21:58] still there. Came a little rambunctious.
[2:22:01] We lost a few windows and things in in
[2:22:04] the back but facilities got on that and
[2:22:08] uh was able to do it but
[2:22:12] DPD uh handled it. something happened in
[2:22:16] the system, but as I told Sergeant
[2:22:19] Martin, you know, they can't wait. We
[2:22:22] always got to know what's going on. And
[2:22:24] that's one of the reasons we're in and
[2:22:27] out of that facility two or three times
[2:22:29] a day and into the night. Third watch is
[2:22:32] getting better. Parkland, thank you.
[2:22:36] They are getting better. Still a
[2:22:38] challenge, but it's getting better.
[2:22:41] I appreciate the fact that by the way I
[2:22:44] was in the meetings yesterday. Teleat uh
[2:22:48] Miss Foster Allen uh Dr. Watkins I
[2:22:54] didn't know they had two classes
[2:22:55] yesterday. I didn't make the 7 o'clock
[2:22:57] class but I didn't know about it but I
[2:22:58] knew I made the nine o'clock CA class
[2:23:02] and uh we we we moved forward.
[2:23:05] So it was a good meeting uh of
[2:23:09] individuals.
[2:23:11] A5 is not the optimal place to handle it
[2:23:15] because we were having computer issues
[2:23:20] uh there. So I don't know what what the
[2:23:23] next class arrangements are. We need to
[2:23:26] move it we need to move move it around.
[2:23:28] » I'll get with facilities and look into
[2:23:30] it a different location.
[2:23:31] » Yeah. A A5 was they were losing computer
[2:23:35] connections. They were and we were we
[2:23:37] were having to re for two hours. We were
[2:23:40] just it it it made no it made no sense.
[2:23:43] We we can't we can't do it there. But I
[2:23:45] do want to thank the sheriff's
[2:23:46] department. Um
[2:23:49] and and all those who were were a part
[2:23:52] of it. Uh I still want somebody to help
[2:23:55] me. Uh what's what's that person uh that
[2:23:58] they say they're looking for? I'm
[2:24:00] looking for Chief Robinson.
[2:24:02] I still haven't seen Chief Robbins. I
[2:24:04] need to see Chief Robbins.
[2:24:07] Okay. I haven't seen nothing. I need to
[2:24:09] see Chief Robbins. He He has returned,
[2:24:11] right? Okay. Just checking
[2:24:15] the following two district courts.
[2:24:17] They're on their way out. Thank God. And
[2:24:19] Greyhound. Carter Thompson, the 194th
[2:24:23] and Ernest White. Uh well the 194th is
[2:24:26] Ern Judge Ernest White and Carter
[2:24:29] Thompson is a CDC 5 um
[2:24:35] [sighs]
[2:24:36] district and county courts they had
[2:24:39] resets
[2:24:41] those courts that have five plus resets
[2:24:45] uh for jail population as of 83 2026
[2:24:50] we had 246
[2:24:53] individuals
[2:24:54] in felony courts. 2,000 that have an
[2:24:58] average length of stay of 29
[2:25:02] days.
[2:25:11] Average length of stay 29 days.
[2:25:15] That's 2,000. That is that is that's a
[2:25:18] little bit better than not quite a third
[2:25:21] of our population.
[2:25:23] Like I said, we reached the 90%
[2:25:24] compliance. We did that. Um,
[2:25:30] what else? Last night, midnight,
[2:25:34] we had 94%
[2:25:36] 7,000 individuals, which was 46 more
[2:25:40] than we had this time last year.
[2:25:43] um
[2:25:45] females and individual behavior flags.
[2:25:48] They uh outpaced release in terms of
[2:25:51] their increase.
[2:25:54] [sighs]
[2:25:54] Outpatient composite restoration, we had
[2:25:56] about 36 felonies, seven misdemeanors.
[2:26:01] Uh, wait list for beds. 266 on the
[2:26:05] hospital weight list. 59 waiting for
[2:26:08] maximum security hospital. 209 waiting
[2:26:13] for nonmax
[2:26:15] hospital.
[2:26:19] The weight list
[2:26:22] in 2024
[2:26:25] was 262. Right now it's 238.
[2:26:30] Males 287,
[2:26:33] females
[2:26:36] right around 489
[2:26:46] getting all we just um and and I know in
[2:26:51] budget miss um Randolph
[2:26:55] um hopefully we're going to be able to
[2:26:57] be able to target some of this. I I did
[2:27:00] include chief artist on some of these
[2:27:02] concerns. I'm still waiting to to hear
[2:27:05] from Swifts.
[2:27:09] It would it was my understanding that we
[2:27:11] are now doing more of the cases than
[2:27:14] they
[2:27:15] than um trying to think of their
[2:27:18] outsource first, but that we're now
[2:27:21] doing more of the cases.
[2:27:23] Armstrong, that's it. Thank you. got so
[2:27:26] much on my so we need to we need to do a
[2:27:29] followup.
[2:27:31] » Dr. Dwire has been in touch with DPD
[2:27:33] about this and well we've been going
[2:27:35] back and forth with memos to them. They
[2:27:37] were concerned that they're going to run
[2:27:39] into a problem again like we did before,
[2:27:41] but Dr. Dwire has assured them we're
[2:27:43] fully staffed now. We've got all the
[2:27:45] staff we need. We can handle the volume
[2:27:47] that we were handling before. So
[2:27:49] hopefully they'll they'll
[2:27:50] » That was supposed to been temporary
[2:27:52] anyway until we got staffed up. We've
[2:27:55] been staffed up for a while now,
[2:27:56] » Right?
[2:27:57] » And we don't have anybody in Swifts
[2:27:59] that's over 30 days.
[2:28:01] » That's right.
[2:28:01] » Okay.
[2:28:02] » That's right.
[2:28:02] » And Arm Armstrong is
[2:28:05] » And I've shared that with Chief Artist
[2:28:06] and he shared that with his team, Major
[2:28:08] Howell, I believe it was.
[2:28:10] » So, we're just waiting for the numbers
[2:28:12] to pick back up.
[2:28:13] » Yeah. Okay.
[2:28:15] Um,
[2:28:17] with regards to um,
[2:28:24] is there anything else, Mr. Randolph,
[2:28:25] that I missed? I understand that the
[2:28:29] computer system
[2:28:31] uh,
[2:28:33] is up
[2:28:35] and running that they bought us back
[2:28:38] online. I'm talking about in terms of
[2:28:41] honesty.
[2:28:43] Are we back on
[2:28:48] Mr. Reed, somebody I'd had a note here
[2:28:51] for some reason.
[2:28:55] » I'm not sure about Odyssey, but the but
[2:28:58] if you're referring to the NIPA feed.
[2:29:01] Um, we are having communication with
[2:29:04] NIPA now. Dallas County implemented a
[2:29:07] new server and now we're working with
[2:29:10] NIPA in order to make sure that they
[2:29:12] have the information they need in order
[2:29:14] to send the NIPA feed service
[2:29:16] information to the new server and we're
[2:29:19] actually working on that as we speak.
[2:29:21] » Okay.
[2:29:24] » Okay. Thank you.
[2:29:27] Update on elections operations, polling
[2:29:30] equipment, polling. Is there anything
[2:29:32] else? I'm sorry. with regards to jail
[2:29:35] population.
[2:29:36] Okay. Um Mr. Adams, update on elections
[2:29:42] operations, polling equipment, polling
[2:29:44] locations. I know we've got a court
[2:29:45] order on today. I was going to pull it
[2:29:49] because there there was some concern,
[2:29:51] but anyway, you can speak to it and uh
[2:29:53] personnel preparation for the upcoming
[2:29:55] election,
[2:29:56] etc.
[2:29:58] » Yes. So, we've been very busy over the
[2:30:00] last uh month or so since the last
[2:30:02] commissioner's court meeting preparing
[2:30:03] for the November election. Uh wanted to
[2:30:06] mention a handful of things to the
[2:30:08] court. One of them, we've begun
[2:30:10] preventative maintenance. So, we have
[2:30:12] ESNS and our staff is working right now
[2:30:15] on preventative maintenance going
[2:30:17] through testing all of the equipment. I
[2:30:19] had mentioned previously I want to make
[2:30:21] sure that this is the most thorough
[2:30:22] testing of our equipment that we have
[2:30:24] ever done. Uh we have just begun that.
[2:30:27] So, at this point, we're only about 15%
[2:30:30] through. When we're complete, I will
[2:30:32] provide a report to commissioners to let
[2:30:34] you know how that went. But we have
[2:30:36] individuals on site, not just to do the
[2:30:39] testing for mess that are assisting us,
[2:30:41] but individuals on site that will be
[2:30:43] fixing all of the issues that they may
[2:30:45] find on those uh units uh as it comes
[2:30:49] up. So, the anticipation is by the end
[2:30:51] of this month, we will be done with
[2:30:53] preventative maintenance. any issues
[2:30:55] that we see arise can be fixed by ESNS
[2:30:58] and then we're going to be ready for the
[2:30:59] delivery of additional equipment. Uh we
[2:31:02] are purch or renting an additional 1,500
[2:31:05] units for this upcoming election
[2:31:08] » And that will give us how many total? Uh
[2:31:10] » So we have a to right now there's uh
[2:31:15] 4,740
[2:31:18] plus 1500. So I'm going to do math real
[2:31:21] quick here.
[2:31:22] » That's okay. I got it. [laughter]
[2:31:24] So that gives us uh uh 6,240.
[2:31:28] » Got it.
[2:31:28] » Will be how many we have. And that will
[2:31:30] be more units than uh we've ever
[2:31:32] deployed in a larger election. But I
[2:31:35] think I'd mentioned previously when the
[2:31:36] equipment was purchased earlier on back
[2:31:39] in 2019, obviously the growth of the
[2:31:42] county and there's been a higher demand.
[2:31:44] So I think it makes sense not just to
[2:31:46] have those additional units in case we
[2:31:48] have you know uh issues with
[2:31:50] malfunctioning machines but we have just
[2:31:52] additional units out in the field that I
[2:31:54] think is going to be important. I also
[2:31:56] wanted to follow up and mention about uh
[2:31:59] batteries. We had talked about that how
[2:32:01] we were approaching the end of life of
[2:32:02] batteries. We've done a complete test on
[2:32:05] all of the equipment. uh of the 4,740
[2:32:10] units, only 248 actually failed that
[2:32:14] battery test. Uh so I feel comfortable
[2:32:17] that either we'll be able to uh find
[2:32:20] some replacements for those or uh we are
[2:32:23] going to be talking about having maybe
[2:32:25] additional batteries just available
[2:32:26] generally at some of the locations. that
[2:32:28] now that we have identified the ones
[2:32:30] that the problems, we can make sure
[2:32:32] those are pulled out of service and we
[2:32:33] don't have issues with those uh during
[2:32:35] the election.
[2:32:37] In addition to preventative maintenance
[2:32:39] testing, we've been working on updating
[2:32:42] our pole worker training and the manual
[2:32:44] for uh pole workers. Uh I'm not doing
[2:32:48] this in a vacuum. I know we have a lot
[2:32:50] of people that have a lot of
[2:32:52] institutional knowledge on how that
[2:32:55] manual and the presentations and our
[2:32:58] classes should be formulated. So we are
[2:33:01] preparing for this Saturday and then on
[2:33:03] the 18th we're going to have some
[2:33:05] demonstration classes. We've invited
[2:33:08] individuals. We've informed the
[2:33:09] political parties. We've informed SEAK
[2:33:12] uh other organizations that may be
[2:33:15] interested in sending individuals to
[2:33:17] come sit through the demonstration of
[2:33:20] the class and then afterwards we're
[2:33:22] going to have a roundt discussion to get
[2:33:24] their feedback. So we'll make final
[2:33:25] determinations of what that class is
[2:33:27] going to look like um at the end of the
[2:33:29] month. But I think engaging individuals
[2:33:31] and getting feedback is going to be very
[2:33:33] important to make sure that we have the
[2:33:35] best possible training program. In
[2:33:37] addition to that uh training program, uh
[2:33:41] we also looked at reducing the amount of
[2:33:44] time the judges um judge judges classes
[2:33:48] can take uh previously
[2:33:51] at least five hours in some cases a
[2:33:54] little bit more. Uh I went through one
[2:33:56] of those classes as soon as I got here.
[2:33:57] It was about five and a half hours.
[2:34:00] I don't believe that a five and a
[2:34:02] halfhour class is the proper way to
[2:34:06] engage our workers. Uh we need to do our
[2:34:09] best in order to streamline that
[2:34:10] process. I think after a certain point
[2:34:12] people are not paying attention. It
[2:34:14] makes very very difficult to keep people
[2:34:16] um at the the highest level of attention
[2:34:19] in a five and a half hour class. So we
[2:34:21] are reducing it to three and a half
[2:34:23] hours. But at the same time we are going
[2:34:25] to have what previously have been called
[2:34:27] labs. We're going to kind of change the
[2:34:29] name to name I'm familiar with which is
[2:34:31] uh practice makes perfect where
[2:34:33] individuals may come in if they've
[2:34:35] decided they've went to the three and a
[2:34:36] half hour class and they're a new judge
[2:34:38] and they've decided you know I want a
[2:34:40] little bit more training on the
[2:34:41] tabulator I want a little more training
[2:34:43] on provisional ballots we're going to
[2:34:46] offer that they'll be able to come in
[2:34:47] and they'll be able to do that
[2:34:49] additional training uh if they so
[2:34:51] choose. So even though we're reducing
[2:34:52] the amount of time, there is going to be
[2:34:54] options for them to come in and get
[2:34:57] additional training if they so choose
[2:34:59] » And there still be paid.
[2:35:02] » Uh yes.
[2:35:05] » Thank you.
[2:35:06] » Then on
[2:35:09] so training updates.
[2:35:12] Another item that we are we've been
[2:35:14] working on and we'll be implementing is
[2:35:16] additional proofing for our ballots. uh
[2:35:18] our central count team has put together
[2:35:21] a 16point proofing procedure that we are
[2:35:24] going to be implementing. It is not
[2:35:26] going to be conducted only by our own
[2:35:30] staff. We are going to be bringing in
[2:35:31] other individuals uh beyond our staff to
[2:35:34] help with proofing. We've reached out to
[2:35:36] the political parties to provide
[2:35:38] individuals that may be able to assist
[2:35:40] us with proofing. Uh we've also reached
[2:35:43] out to SEAK to provide that assistance.
[2:35:46] uh and also uh Miss Foster Allen has uh
[2:35:49] volunteered to offer some individuals to
[2:35:51] help as well. Uh I've always felt that
[2:35:53] the more proofing the better. So we are
[2:35:56] going to have a very large number of
[2:35:58] teams and this 16-step process that our
[2:36:01] central count team has done an amazing
[2:36:03] job putting together over the last month
[2:36:05] and a half breaks out those pieces so
[2:36:08] that as we're proofing the ballot, we
[2:36:10] are looking at each individual piece. We
[2:36:12] are not necessarily just looking at the
[2:36:15] entire thing all at once. We want to
[2:36:16] break it down individually.
[2:36:18] » Well, I know you got a couple of things
[2:36:19] with regards to I call it condens uh
[2:36:23] condensing that ballot. But before I get
[2:36:25] there, I I want to know um when you talk
[2:36:29] about this proofing,
[2:36:34] » How
[2:36:37] are you just talking about going over
[2:36:39] whatever it is that's before you?
[2:36:42] Because what bothers bothers me as in
[2:36:45] one one of my cities they should have
[2:36:48] been voting for I think one person wound
[2:36:52] up voting for two people did some coun
[2:36:56] and I mean you know you know the story
[2:36:58] so I'm just trying to figure out what
[2:37:00] does proofing entail.
[2:37:04] » It's a very good question that proofing
[2:37:06] we've looked at this from a
[2:37:08] comprehensive view. So this is going to
[2:37:11] start all the way from the beginning
[2:37:12] when we get information from entities.
[2:37:15] That information is going to be proof to
[2:37:17] make sure that the information that
[2:37:18] we're initially using is correct.
[2:37:21] In addition to that, we are going to be
[2:37:24] we've already had conversations about
[2:37:25] the contracts that we have with various
[2:37:27] [snorts] entities. One of the things
[2:37:29] that's been helpful that I've seen just
[2:37:31] in my uh time here has been some of the
[2:37:33] city secretaries are very much involved
[2:37:36] with the proofing of the ballot and
[2:37:38] making sure it's correct. We have some
[2:37:39] city secretaries that come in to central
[2:37:42] count, sit down with our central count
[2:37:44] team and say, "Okay, show me the ballot.
[2:37:46] I want to see it. I'm not doing the
[2:37:47] email thing. I want to see this. I want
[2:37:49] to look at it." Not all of them are like
[2:37:52] that. And what we're we're going to try
[2:37:54] to do is have those entities also send
[2:37:57] individuals in to assist with proofing
[2:38:00] because we need that level of
[2:38:03] understanding in those communities. I
[2:38:05] might not necessarily know something or
[2:38:07] see something, but people from those
[2:38:10] areas will. So, we're going to be
[2:38:11] opening up to those entities the ability
[2:38:13] to have people come in and be part of
[2:38:16] the proofing specifically for their
[2:38:18] issues. So, that that is done at the
[2:38:20] beginning of that proofing process. The
[2:38:22] beginning of the proofing process
[2:38:23] involves that information from those
[2:38:25] entities. It involves information
[2:38:26] [clears throat] from the Secretary of
[2:38:27] State. It involves information that we
[2:38:30] had from the previous election and
[2:38:32] district information. And then things
[2:38:34] begin to play out through the proofing
[2:38:37] process all the way through uh testing
[2:38:39] the audio for all the different
[2:38:40] languages.
[2:38:40] » Let me just suggest um that you generate
[2:38:45] to them that expectation because we get
[2:38:49] we get the
[2:38:51] push back that says hey you know this is
[2:38:55] what should have occurred. Well, it's
[2:38:56] already occurred now. And you guys you
[2:39:00] guys basically signed off or not you,
[2:39:02] but they did. And so I
[2:39:07] I'd at least like to have a trail say we
[2:39:10] invited you. You sent Jonathan Bazison,
[2:39:13] you know, by blah blah blah. He signed
[2:39:15] off.
[2:39:16] » Okay.
[2:39:16] » And that's what we're looking to
[2:39:17] actually put in their contracts. Okay.
[2:39:19] So that that is made very clear. And I
[2:39:22] will also point out that's another issue
[2:39:25] that arises where I want to make sure I
[2:39:29] have the ballot right.
[2:39:31] » We also want to have the sign off, but I
[2:39:33] want to make sure the ballots right
[2:39:34] because even if somebody is able to
[2:39:36] find, oh, you know what, the elections
[2:39:38] department did everything right, but
[2:39:40] there was an issue and we have a paper
[2:39:42] trail and we can see it was a city
[2:39:43] secretary or whatever it happens to be.
[2:39:46] My problem is, okay, that's a cover your
[2:39:49] own.
[2:39:50] » Okay. see why
[2:39:51] » My problem is I still have to fix the I
[2:39:54] have this problem now the ballot's not
[2:39:57] correct what do I need to do and when we
[2:40:00] have countywide voting it's not just if
[2:40:02] I have a problem in a particular
[2:40:04] community it's not I can just go to
[2:40:07] those units it's going to affect every
[2:40:09] unit across the entire county
[2:40:11] » Exactly
[2:40:11] » So that's the reason why we need to have
[2:40:13] these additional proofing procedures and
[2:40:15] that's why I'm glad that our central
[2:40:17] county team is working very hard on this
[2:40:18] » And so that the record will be clear
[2:40:20] what you're basically speaking about is
[2:40:23] is that because like you said it's
[2:40:25] mobile voting and uh somebody from that
[2:40:30] particular impacted uh
[2:40:34] city may be voting in Barnard Dallas not
[2:40:38] likely but could be
[2:40:40] » Correct
[2:40:40] » And so it affects everything and I agree
[2:40:43] things
[2:40:44] okay Um,
[2:40:50] I did get the concern uh from
[2:40:53] administration.
[2:40:54] Um, did we ever make a final decision as
[2:40:59] to
[2:41:02] I'm looking at periods of time. I'm
[2:41:04] looking to deploy a
[2:41:07] a unit, a mobile,
[2:41:12] a storage unit.
[2:41:14] And the office saying that we don't need
[2:41:18] your my staff dealt with your staff and
[2:41:20] they said, "Hey, we don't need this year
[2:41:23] around." So, I don't know what time
[2:41:26] deployment. I don't know how many
[2:41:28] elections you have.
[2:41:31] if if you if you've done that kind of
[2:41:34] modular that we can decide how many
[2:41:38] we're going to deploy and we're going to
[2:41:39] have to go from the south of Dallas
[2:41:41] government center because I don't think
[2:41:42] there's going to be any place to to go
[2:41:45] at the at the at the Poke Street
[2:41:46] location just based on the confinement.
[2:41:50] » So, uh we're going to have to buy a
[2:41:52] modular to talk about putting them in
[2:41:54] that need to know how many are we
[2:41:56] talking about? How many machines are we
[2:42:00] talking about story? And it's my
[2:42:02] understanding that you and I and do they
[2:42:05] have to I think my staff sent me. Do
[2:42:07] they have to be uh climate because they
[2:42:11] have to be do they do they have to be a
[2:42:13] climate controlled?
[2:42:15] » Yes. So they would there would need to
[2:42:17] be climate control. We would want to
[2:42:19] have proper security which would include
[2:42:21] cameras as well as the access badges so
[2:42:24] that we know has entered and left those
[2:42:27] facilities. uh in terms of you know
[2:42:29] exactly where that would be. I know uh
[2:42:32] we have been in communication with your
[2:42:34] office of where that would be but for
[2:42:37] the the November election which is my uh
[2:42:40] immediate priority
[2:42:41] » You know finding someplace that has
[2:42:43] proper security
[2:42:45] » With the cameras and has climate control
[2:42:48] is something that would be a requirement
[2:42:50] for us. I would be looking at in terms
[2:42:52] of the number of units I would be
[2:42:53] looking somewhere in the range of 40 to
[2:42:55] 50 units to place in um that secure
[2:42:59] location if that was possible.
[2:43:01] » Okay. 40 to 50.
[2:43:05] » You gave me
[2:43:07] back.
[2:43:08] » Okay.
[2:43:09] » Um Okay. 40 40 50. Um
[2:43:14] and
[2:43:16] I just need y'all to generate the uh
[2:43:20] Um,
[2:43:23] » What that looks like. Just go down. Just
[2:43:25] what what does that look like? I thought
[2:43:26] I saw a year for you.
[2:43:29] » Oh, no. I can't tell. I can't see. But
[2:43:32] anyway, um, yeah,
[2:43:34] » But we we need to we need to lock that
[2:43:35] down.
[2:43:36] » Yes.
[2:43:36] » And uh, they tell me it's it's going to
[2:43:39] be kind of seasonal, but we need we need
[2:43:41] to get ahead of that.
[2:43:43] » Um,
[2:43:45] what else? There was something else.
[2:43:46] Okay. Is there anything else that
[2:43:49] » I did want to follow up? I I know you
[2:43:50] had contacted me about some concerns
[2:43:52] with the post office.
[2:43:53] » Yes.
[2:43:54] » Uh so we have we have taken the steps to
[2:43:58] communicate with the elections mail
[2:44:00] coordinator for the USPS. Uh I can think
[2:44:03] previously we'd been communicating with
[2:44:05] some of the local postmasters. The uh
[2:44:08] post office a number of years ago
[2:44:09] created the position of election mail
[2:44:11] coordinator. We are now in direct
[2:44:13] communication with that individual. We
[2:44:16] will we have already set up regular
[2:44:18] meetings with the election mail
[2:44:19] coordinator and their team so that
[2:44:22] leading into this election. We're going
[2:44:24] to start right now about every other
[2:44:25] week or so we're going to be meeting
[2:44:27] with them. As we get into the election
[2:44:29] period, we are going to have a weekly
[2:44:31] meeting that includes our staff, the
[2:44:33] election mail coordinator, other
[2:44:36] individuals in the post office, as well
[2:44:38] as uh our ballot board judges who
[2:44:41] oftentimes see some of these things so
[2:44:44] that we're all on the same page. Any
[2:44:45] issues that we see that arise are
[2:44:48] immediately going to be mentioned at
[2:44:50] those meetings with the election mail
[2:44:52] coordinator for uh North Texas. And I I
[2:44:56] believe that's going to help us
[2:44:58] preemptively take care of some problems.
[2:45:00] We've already mentioned to them some of
[2:45:01] the issues that we've seen. Uh so I'm
[2:45:03] hopeful that these regular meetings
[2:45:05] leading up to the election that will
[2:45:06] eventually become weekly uh will be able
[2:45:09] to address any in real time any of those
[2:45:12] issues that we see leading into the
[2:45:13] election.
[2:45:14] » Okay. Good. I know my I know my guys are
[2:45:18] out there now working and they're
[2:45:19] working on the weekends. So hopefully
[2:45:22] you're getting everything you need.
[2:45:25] with regards to the facility.
[2:45:27] » Yes. Yes.
[2:45:28] » Okay. And have we finished all the
[2:45:31] installation?
[2:45:33] Uh in ter No, still working.
[2:45:35] » Okay.
[2:45:36] » Still working.
[2:45:37] » Okay. We are we going to hit those
[2:45:39] targets, Mr. Bazan? We going to hit hit
[2:45:42] those targets?
[2:45:43] » I know that they've required a
[2:45:44] supplemental PO that I think was either
[2:45:47] just issued and they're working to
[2:45:48] complete the the work. Commissioner, I
[2:45:50] think you've been updated. I'll get a
[2:45:52] current update and send that to you.
[2:45:53] Okay.
[2:45:55] Okay.
[2:45:57] Okay. Thank you. Any anything else, Mr.
[2:45:59] Adam? Mr. Curt,
[2:46:01] » That's all I have for right now.
[2:46:03] » Okay.
[2:46:03] » I did ask judge to add number 36 to the
[2:46:06] separate polls, separate vote. I believe
[2:46:08] Mr. Adams has some name additional names
[2:46:10] he needs to add to the list. So, we'll
[2:46:12] do that court orders.
[2:46:13] » Okay. I thought also the one we got to
[2:46:15] read the stuff that uh 36 that dealt
[2:46:18] with the hours.
[2:46:19] » Yeah.
[2:46:19] » For early vote. I I'll I'll pull that
[2:46:21] and read that what he wants in there.
[2:46:24] » But you just going to pull it and you
[2:46:26] going to add it add it in.
[2:46:27] » Add those hours in and put it out for
[2:46:29] vote.
[2:46:30] » Okay. Well, and and I agree with from
[2:46:32] what my staff tells me, I agree with
[2:46:34] that. My my concern is
[2:46:37] um
[2:46:41] and in that kind of election and you
[2:46:43] talking about some extended hours unlike
[2:46:45] some other folks who feel some
[2:46:48] compression, you know, we
[2:46:50] I I really believe that
[2:46:54] that we're we're going to see a real
[2:46:56] turnout and I just I don't want to burn
[2:46:58] my judges out. U we we we uh
[2:47:03] I don't think we understand sometimes,
[2:47:06] you know, some of those judges sitting
[2:47:07] there the age the average age of the
[2:47:10] judges, you know, they're around my age
[2:47:12] and they they don't want to sit there
[2:47:13] all day. So, I'm I'm trying to make sure
[2:47:17] that those extended hours They're
[2:47:19] getting paid. They're fine. It's Some of
[2:47:23] them
[2:47:24] » They ain't that old
[2:47:28] [laughter]
[2:47:29] [snorts]
[2:47:30] » As long as they don't as long as long as
[2:47:31] they don't look like that at all. Okay.
[2:47:35] Anyway,
[2:47:35] » So I I I will say that uh you know,
[2:47:38] while while I support the extension uh
[2:47:40] because I do believe it is going to be
[2:47:41] an incredibly high turnout election and
[2:47:43] we need to be prepared. Uh we are going
[2:47:45] to be looking at whatever it is that we
[2:47:48] can do to help support those workers.
[2:47:50] » Um you if that means additional people
[2:47:52] out there, we're going to be looking at
[2:47:53] some different options because I want
[2:47:54] them to know that we support them and we
[2:47:56] want to be there to help them make this
[2:47:58] happen.
[2:47:59] » Okay. And last thing I'm going to say,
[2:48:01] Mr. point is that [clears throat] I saw
[2:48:04] him he he he just got here. We've done
[2:48:06] it before draw from the pool of uh
[2:48:11] county employees.
[2:48:13] We need to really plan that well because
[2:48:18] he winds up at the at the end and
[2:48:20] everybody is h hair on fire and they're
[2:48:23] running and that it impacts operations.
[2:48:26] We just we just got to plan it better.
[2:48:28] » Yeah. And I I agree 100%. I know I
[2:48:30] usually get the email the week of and so
[2:48:32] I'm going to work with Mr. Adams and and
[2:48:34] Mr. Herd and make sure we get that out
[2:48:36] early. We'll get a number of folks
[2:48:38] signed up and particularly new folks
[2:48:40] who've never done it before so they can
[2:48:41] get through the training. So we'll do
[2:48:42] that much earlier this year.
[2:48:44] » Yeah, they just can't wait till the last
[2:48:46] minute. I saw that I'm like what?
[2:48:50] Luckily, we got them. But still,
[2:48:52] luckily, we were able to get enough
[2:48:53] people. But we were
[2:48:55] » But [clears throat] I agreed we needed
[2:48:56] » Operationally though, we need to we need
[2:48:58] we need to we need to plan for it. Okay.
[2:49:01] Need to see a plan. Okay. Anything else,
[2:49:03] Mr. Adam? Okay.
[2:49:04] » Don't have anything else.
[2:49:05] » Thank you
[2:49:06] » Very much.
[2:49:07] » Thank you. Um,
[2:49:12] as I said, I've already spoken to the
[2:49:14] sheriff department's overtime staff
[2:49:16] attention that uh we're at. uh thank um
[2:49:21] CFO and all
[2:49:24] the team
[2:49:28] budget auditors everyone that that's
[2:49:31] moving forward.
[2:49:33] Um
[2:49:36] I did uh I see Miss Ranger is here. I
[2:49:39] did pull I did see uh
[2:49:43] your plan going forward. Um,
[2:49:49] and I I just haven't had a chance to
[2:49:51] analyze it well. So, I'm because I I
[2:49:53] just got it came in at 8:05. I want
[2:49:56] y'all to know I don't work from a
[2:49:58] laptop. I come to the office and work
[2:50:00] and when I looked up and saw that 8:05
[2:50:03] pop up, I'm like, "Okay, I I need a
[2:50:05] little bit more time." I just So, I'm
[2:50:07] I'm gonna pass on on that. And and and
[2:50:11] will uh
[2:50:15] clerk's office. Take take the word
[2:50:18] merger off that that presentation in the
[2:50:21] future. It's not a merger. Take that
[2:50:24] off, please. I've talked about the take
[2:50:27] just of the peace uh uh code. Uh I'll
[2:50:30] deal with that some other time. I'll
[2:50:32] defer to the treasur's office judge if
[2:50:34] it's okay.
[2:50:36] » Okay. Miss Miss Madano, please.
[2:50:48] Good morning, Judge Commissioners. Holly
[2:50:51] Madrono, County Treasurer. Joining me
[2:50:53] today is uh Chief Deputy Stephanie
[2:50:55] Granberry and our executive assistant,
[2:50:58] Star Maddox, I believe. Oh, good. Um,
[2:51:02] Nationwide's uh retirement specialist
[2:51:04] Will Angus. And I believe we have our
[2:51:07] our guest of honor. We have uh Miss
[2:51:10] Chantel Herring, a Dallas County
[2:51:12] employee, and her daughter Shay. Come
[2:51:16] on, step up. Please
[2:51:21] » Come along.
[2:51:21] » Please join us. Michelle Keys.
[2:51:26] She's a proud graduate of 2026
[2:51:29] and she's being awarded the $2500
[2:51:33] scholarship presented by Nationwide and
[2:51:36] Niko
[2:51:37] uh for her winning essay in the
[2:51:39] nationwide um competition.
[2:51:44] This is just outstanding uh for her
[2:51:47] achievement but also for Dallas County.
[2:51:50] This is the third scholarship the
[2:51:53] nationwide Niko has presented to Dallas
[2:51:56] County to one of our students in Dallas
[2:51:58] County. And guess what? All three of
[2:52:01] them are in commissioner [laughter]
[2:52:04] prices district. What are you doing?
[2:52:08] » All we do is win.
[2:52:10] [laughter]
[2:52:12] » Well, we need more money for more
[2:52:14] scholarships.
[2:52:15] » Okay. [laughter]
[2:52:16] But you know what? um what Star had uh
[2:52:20] suggested to Nationwide is to uh promote
[2:52:25] the scholarship even earlier because as
[2:52:28] our graduates graduate in May, it's kind
[2:52:31] of late to kind of get them motivated to
[2:52:34] do another essay. So now they're
[2:52:36] promoting it around March and we are
[2:52:38] trying to get to all the departments. Um
[2:52:41] it's on the employee bulletin so we can
[2:52:44] have more and more participation. the
[2:52:45] more participation hopefully the more
[2:52:47] winners that we have. So, we want to
[2:52:49] congratulate um uh
[2:52:53] just it's just exciting. I'm going to
[2:52:55] bring up Will uh to talk a little bit
[2:52:57] about the scholarship and then we're
[2:53:00] going to talk we're going to have our um
[2:53:03] our winner to come up to talk a little
[2:53:05] bit about herself. And I want to say in
[2:53:09] addition to the $2,500 scholarship,
[2:53:13] she's obtained over $750,000
[2:53:18] of scholarship.
[2:53:22] [applause]
[2:53:27] Miss Herring, you have done a wonderful
[2:53:29] job uh with your daughter, your family,
[2:53:33] and I'm going to bring Will up just to
[2:53:35] talk a little bit about uh the
[2:53:37] scholarship and then we will bring our
[2:53:40] guest of honor. Thank you.
[2:53:43] » Thank you. All right. Good morning
[2:53:45] everybody.
[2:53:46] » Morning.
[2:53:47] » Great to see you and and um we're really
[2:53:49] excited. uh Niko has done a great job in
[2:53:52] providing this scholarship and this
[2:53:54] essay is specifically for uh financial
[2:53:58] we rephrase the the question every year
[2:54:02] but it is it does take some
[2:54:03] thoughtprovoking and and um some uh
[2:54:07] research and and things like this. This
[2:54:09] is not something that is just written
[2:54:11] down on their own. So um it's great that
[2:54:14] that the county has had uh three winners
[2:54:18] here. Um I think it shows that uh we are
[2:54:21] promoting it and we are going to try to
[2:54:23] get it out a little bit earlier. So um
[2:54:26] people can work on it but uh Nationwide
[2:54:30] I haven't worked with a company before
[2:54:32] that does the philanthropy that they do
[2:54:35] and and I'm proud to work for
[2:54:37] Nationwide. I can say that with without
[2:54:40] any trepidation at all. So um love
[2:54:43] working with the county. Again we had a
[2:54:44] great um outing on Friday. We had uh two
[2:54:48] seminars for the 457. Um Commissioner
[2:54:51] Daniel was there, Commissioner Price uh
[2:54:54] kicked off both events. And so um just a
[2:54:57] a great turnout and again the showing
[2:55:00] that the county is
[2:55:03] really committed to making sure that
[2:55:05] their employees are retiring comfortably
[2:55:09] and um in a place that they can
[2:55:12] financially be able to handle it. So,
[2:55:15] um, again, I'm going to pass it along
[2:55:18] here to our winner here. Um, go ahead,
[2:55:21] Miss Keys.
[2:55:24] » My name is Shia Keys. Um, I am so
[2:55:28] grateful and thankful for this
[2:55:30] scholarship.
[2:55:32] Um, I am originally class of 2027. I
[2:55:36] graduated early with a 4.0 GPA and I'm
[2:55:39] going to
[2:55:41] [applause]
[2:55:44] and I'm um committed to Stson
[2:55:46] University. I'm going to be majoring in
[2:55:49] biochemistry with the aspirations of
[2:55:51] being a pediatric psychiatrist. And as
[2:55:54] the theme of this meeting, giving back
[2:55:56] to the community, that's exactly what I
[2:55:58] want to do and give back to my the
[2:56:02] generations after me. And I'm so
[2:56:04] thankful and grateful nationwide and the
[2:56:07] commissioner's court. Thank you.
[2:56:10] » [applause]
[2:56:15] [applause]
[2:56:16] » Mama, you stopped crying long enough she
[2:56:17] can speak.
[2:56:19] » Hi, my name is Gentle Herring. I am a
[2:56:22] county clerk in the civil division. I
[2:56:24] process eviction appeals from the
[2:56:26] Justice of the Peace Court. I've been
[2:56:28] here for six years, almost seven years,
[2:56:30] and I'm just so thankful and so
[2:56:32] appreciative of the opportunity. I
[2:56:34] didn't even know that we offer those
[2:56:35] scholarships. So, when I seen it, I
[2:56:38] emailed her right away was like, "Hey,
[2:56:39] get on it." and she did it and I'm just
[2:56:41] so excited for her because you know in
[2:56:43] this economy every penny counts. Um so
[2:56:46] it's going to go for her and
[2:56:48] everything's paid for. So I'm just so
[2:56:50] thankful that she's able to go ahead to
[2:56:52] go to school on a full ride and
[2:56:55] alleviate my pockets a little bit.
[2:57:05] » And this is little sister Bronty. This
[2:57:08] is her little sister. She's 8 years old.
[2:57:10] Say something.
[2:57:12] » Hi, my name is Bronty Dixon. Bronty J
[2:57:15] Dixon to be exact. And I and I am going
[2:57:20] to third grade and I and I hope that I
[2:57:23] have a great third grade year. And I
[2:57:26] hope I do a great job in school.
[2:57:31] » [applause]
[2:57:36] » Okay, y'all want to come on and bring
[2:57:39] the money?
[2:57:40] » [laughter]
[2:57:53] » As they're posing up there. I just want
[2:57:55] to remind everyone that Dallas County is
[2:57:58] a flagship county uh for nationwide. Uh
[2:58:01] we continue to be recognized
[2:58:04] um uh at Nico. Um it is they always want
[2:58:08] to know what we're doing, why we're so
[2:58:11] successful, why we have such uh such
[2:58:15] large participation. Um and it's because
[2:58:17] of some of these things that we're
[2:58:19] doing. But thank everyone the court um
[2:58:22] and all the participants uh for
[2:58:25] continuing to um making sure that you
[2:58:28] know all their contributions are in that
[2:58:30] they are increasing contributions and
[2:58:33] whatever they can roll over from other
[2:58:35] jobs other um companies please see will
[2:58:38] thank you to join us
[2:58:44] » And and while while Miss Madano and her
[2:58:47] staff is coming they can say if they
[2:58:48] want to is an advocate, a drum major uh
[2:58:52] for Dallas County and we we rank high
[2:58:56] and nationwide across the nation.
[2:58:59] » We know number one and it's right.
[2:59:07] » Congratulations. [applause]
[2:59:19] Okay. I did Dallas. Okay.
[2:59:23] » Congratulations.
[2:59:24] » Okay. Okay.
[2:59:26] » You got a something to present to you.
[2:59:28] » Yeah.
[2:59:28] » And congratulations to you.
[2:59:30] » Have a good third grade.
[2:59:32] » Congratulations.
[2:59:33] » Good year.
[2:59:34] » Thanks for coming.
[2:59:34] » She just said third. She just won third
[2:59:36] grade.
[2:59:38] » Yeah. Have a good third grade.
[2:59:42] raise up a child in the anonymity. Okay.
[2:59:45] Um, judge, I guess that pretty much, you
[2:59:49] know, the consent agenda. We we've
[2:59:54] » Yes.
[3:00:01] » Commissioner Price, did you move?
[3:00:02] » I moved.
[3:00:03] » Second.
[3:00:05] » All those in favor say I.
[3:00:08] » I.
[3:00:08] » I. Motion carries un
[3:00:13] pull that mic closer to you.
[3:00:14] » I'm sorry. Next, we have a number of
[3:00:16] bids.
[3:00:18] Um, hang on. Let me look to make sure.
[3:00:21] » I move bid one to 10
[3:00:24] » Pulling for discussion
[3:00:27] uh number one by Commissioner Price and
[3:00:31] pulling bid number 10 for two weeks by
[3:00:33] staff.
[3:00:34] » Okay. No.
[3:00:37] » Yeah. The the 10 is I have to recuse
[3:00:39] myself, I think.
[3:00:40] » Oh, the 10. Okay. Is that recuse?
[3:00:43] » Yeah, that's me just pulling it for a
[3:00:44] separate vote.
[3:00:45] » For a record,
[3:00:45] » But it's a separate separate vote. Well,
[3:00:48] » You put here for by step by two weeks.
[3:00:52] » Well, okay.
[3:00:53] » Well, it pulled because a conflict of
[3:00:56] interest by Commissioner Summer. There
[3:00:58] we go.
[3:01:00] » Yeah. Yeah. uh on one I had talked this
[3:01:03] morning at le but I had a myriad of
[3:01:06] concerns with regards to that uh that
[3:01:11] restoration preservation co-iles service
[3:01:15] uh this this was technology not to
[3:01:18] exceed $3 million
[3:01:20] and u Mr. Uh
[3:01:24] brash, you need to put in the record uh
[3:01:27] all of my I can go through all of my
[3:01:29] concerns, but you know what they are.
[3:01:31] Now, so uh with regards to the profile,
[3:01:35] the documented independent price
[3:01:37] validation and the material scope uh
[3:01:42] that we we're using a u I guess what do
[3:01:45] y'all call a state contract or
[3:01:46] something? Yes, sir. And I I looked up
[3:01:48] and saw uh
[3:01:53] seven $7 million worth of things that
[3:01:57] are on this dag gum contract in this
[3:02:00] Dallas County listing versus Texas MAS
[3:02:03] pricing. And uh you are need to put in
[3:02:07] the record that the utilization
[3:02:10] uh for this $3 million
[3:02:13] is somehow uh just a using of about 90%
[3:02:19] of this contract and uh so I just need
[3:02:22] you to I need you to put that in the
[3:02:24] record because I my staff has
[3:02:26] » Yes, sir. The contract for consideration
[3:02:28] is using the Texas controllers Texas MOS
[3:02:31] pricing which is leveraging the the
[3:02:33] pricing across the state of Texas in
[3:02:35] addition to uh the contract pricing
[3:02:38] that's available through text mass uh
[3:02:40] co-ile gave us additional discounts to
[3:02:42] Dallas County. So it in an overlay of
[3:02:44] discounts that are even further deeper
[3:02:46] than what state of Texas contract is.
[3:02:48] So, if you were looking at us purchasing
[3:02:50] the five items that we primarily use on
[3:02:53] this contract, it would be $7 million.
[3:02:55] It was list price. We we get it. We were
[3:02:57] going to get those for 2.9 million. So,
[3:02:58] it's a significant savings over over the
[3:03:01] contract pricing for the state of Texas.
[3:03:03] Uh the items that you mentioned,
[3:03:04] Commissioner Price, we we've listed all
[3:03:06] the items that are available from the
[3:03:07] state of Texas, which are thousands of
[3:03:09] items that are used by the state of
[3:03:11] Texas. We're using primarily five items
[3:03:13] that represent 90% of what we use for
[3:03:15] Dallas County. So, the listing that is
[3:03:17] on page um I believe it's page um 73
[3:03:21] shows exactly what Dallas County is
[3:03:23] using, which makes up the $ 2.99 million
[3:03:26] and it's five um line items that have
[3:03:28] significant discounts over the state of
[3:03:30] Texas contract. Uh we went through the
[3:03:32] competitive process in 2021, selected
[3:03:34] COILE, and over the last five years,
[3:03:36] we've used CFile to do these services.
[3:03:39] They have some proprietary um processes
[3:03:42] that are used to do their their work
[3:03:43] with Dallas County. So we we leveraged
[3:03:45] the discounts from state of Texas and
[3:03:47] felt this in the best interest of Dallas
[3:03:48] County and I believe Mr. Warren's on if
[3:03:50] you have any questions specifically
[3:03:51] about the the usage of the contract
[3:03:54] » But everything is covered at the end of
[3:03:56] the day Mr. Fro most important part is
[3:03:58] with all these discounts and the $3
[3:04:01] million everything that is has
[3:04:04] historical needs of preservation will be
[3:04:07] taken care of.
[3:04:08] » Yes ma'am as you know this is a very
[3:04:10] significant task to restore these
[3:04:11] documents. I know and and honorable
[3:04:13] warren has done a great job in
[3:04:15] preserving all the records.
[3:04:16] » Yes, ma'am. So I believe that was the
[3:04:17] questions commissioner and another
[3:04:19] question you had or the that you brought
[3:04:21] to my attention is that the original
[3:04:22] contract date was expired. The contract
[3:04:24] that's listed on the controllers date
[3:04:26] which is included in our contract goes
[3:04:28] through the term of our contract today.
[3:04:29] So it's going to match exactly the terms
[3:04:31] that are on there today. So it did
[3:04:33] originally was expiring two years prior
[3:04:35] but was renewed prior to this
[3:04:36] discussion.
[3:04:37] » Okay. those. Okay. Those are questions
[3:04:40] that I had with regards to that. Um
[3:04:44] the uh
[3:04:46] Okay. And with regards to uh 10,
[3:04:51] » Let me leave the room if you're going to
[3:04:52] talk about that. Okay. Okay.
[3:04:54] » All right. Good.
[3:04:56] » Let the record reflect that Commissioner
[3:04:58] Summer is walking out of the horseshoe.
[3:05:01] » Okay.
[3:05:01] » Okay. Commissioner,
[3:05:03] » So I I move
[3:05:05] » Yeah. I mean, no, it's it's just
[3:05:06] » It's just 10 was my my my concern here.
[3:05:11] Just like that profile contract, you
[3:05:13] know, I just find it interesting. We
[3:05:15] just purchased $5.3
[3:05:19] million
[3:05:20] worth of service from this company AWS
[3:05:25] and then all of a sudden come back and
[3:05:27] it looks like uh we're going to spend
[3:05:29] $300,000.
[3:05:31] But then the same thing, the same kind
[3:05:33] of regiment that Frost just went
[3:05:35] through, you know, is is supposed to
[3:05:38] cost us a a million nine and they gonna
[3:05:41] discount it to, you know, a million6 and
[3:05:44] it's going to cost us 300,000. Why the
[3:05:46] hell didn't they do that? Why didn't we
[3:05:48] do all of this in the prior contract? If
[3:05:51] it's 300,000
[3:05:53] and and the difference Dallas, why
[3:05:55] didn't just put the 300,000 to five
[3:05:57] million?
[3:05:58] » Yes sir. So with AWS in order to get the
[3:06:02] support that's in front of you today we
[3:06:03] have to first purchase the cloud
[3:06:05] service. Uh that is the commitment that
[3:06:07] we had to make to AWS before they would
[3:06:10] discuss the support the discount support
[3:06:13] that is in front of you today. That's
[3:06:15] the primary reason why they were
[3:06:16] separated
[3:06:18] » Also because this has a different item
[3:06:21] with capacity if I understood that
[3:06:24] correctly from the different because it
[3:06:26] says
[3:06:27] » Um with scale capacity ink. So is that's
[3:06:32] additional
[3:06:33] » Not additional capacity from a storage
[3:06:35] perspective but additional capacity from
[3:06:37] a deploying and using the product. So
[3:06:40] what we are buying
[3:06:42] if if the item is approved, what we are
[3:06:43] buying today is a help to move.
[3:06:47] » They're just moving it over.
[3:06:49] » Okay.
[3:06:50] » Right. My point but my point was we
[3:06:52] spent $5.3 million.
[3:06:55] I I if you're going to play the game
[3:06:57] with, you know, we're going to discount
[3:06:59] the services down to, you know,
[3:07:01] $300,000.
[3:07:03] Hell, just throw throw the $300,000 in
[3:07:05] and say, "Hey, it's a package deal.
[3:07:09] Is there any opportunity, you know, to
[3:07:11] do that? I mean, since they discounting
[3:07:13] a million $600,000,
[3:07:16] $300,000 shouldn't mean that much. I
[3:07:18] just, you know, it's just it's it's
[3:07:21] gamesmanship to me. I, you know, I just
[3:07:23] I'm having a real difficult time. And
[3:07:26] when staff when my staff gets to, you
[3:07:29] know, drilling through this and then we
[3:07:32] go back and we see, you know, so
[3:07:36] what are we not in a position to say,
[3:07:39] hey, throw in the 300,000?
[3:07:43] » Yeah, go ahead and answer that. But
[3:07:45] » Yeah, so commissioner, we likely did. I
[3:07:48] wasn't involved in those discussions,
[3:07:50] but what I can tell you is from AWS's
[3:07:53] perspective, they would not entertain
[3:07:55] this discussion until we first committed
[3:07:57] to buying the service.
[3:07:58] » But yeah, but that was my my staff went
[3:08:01] back and pulled the paper that that was
[3:08:03] March.
[3:08:04] » Yes. And then the negot the back and
[3:08:06] forth between Dallas County and AWS on
[3:08:08] the discounts and what that looks like,
[3:08:10] what the support structure looks like uh
[3:08:12] took some time to get it in front of the
[3:08:14] commissioner's court once the original
[3:08:16] purchase was executed.
[3:08:19] » Yeah. Okay. You know, I you know, you
[3:08:23] know, I love the fact that they're doing
[3:08:24] us such a bless doing us such a a good
[3:08:27] big favor. But yeah, we just bought five
[3:08:30] point. We just gave them all our cloud
[3:08:31] service. Teran be 300,000 to transfer it
[3:08:34] over and but they're going to save us a
[3:08:37] million six. Okay.
[3:08:38] » But it had to be a step one, step two.
[3:08:41] That's what you're saying.
[3:08:43] » Yes. Okay.
[3:08:44] » Yes, ma'am. That's correct.
[3:08:45] » Yeah. Okay. Co-ile could say the same
[3:08:47] thing uh with, you know, with, you know,
[3:08:50] their their discount. They could have
[3:08:51] said, well, but you know, buy the
[3:08:53] service and then we'll talk to you about
[3:08:54] the discount. Just so happened, you
[3:08:56] know, we already had. Anyway, call the
[3:08:58] question.
[3:08:58] » Question. Judge.
[3:08:59] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[3:09:02] I.
[3:09:03] » Any opposed? All right, that motion
[3:09:05] carries unanimously
[3:09:07] » With Commissioner Summerman out of the
[3:09:10] out of the summer out of the room. So
[3:09:13] » By unanimously I mean four to zero.
[3:09:16] » Who second? Uh who second? I I did.
[3:09:19] Commissioner Price moved. I second. Yes.
[3:09:22] » Uh Commissioner Summer out of the
[3:09:26] » All right. At this time, we're gonna
[3:09:28] take a we're gonna take a break to go to
[3:09:31] close session at the request of our
[3:09:33] county administrator.
[3:09:35] » Um,
[3:09:37] » Do you know what time we're going to go
[3:09:39] back?
[3:09:40] » Um, I just need to go over a couple of
[3:09:42] items. So, 1:00 we can get back. So, um,
[3:09:45] » Let's make it 10:5, right?
[3:09:47] » Because it's 12:05 now.
[3:09:49] » I have to leave this afternoon, go speak
[3:09:51] at a conference. I don't want to miss
[3:09:53] the couple of items I need to address
[3:09:54] with the court. So, If you give me this
[3:09:57] one hour, we'll go through the couple
[3:09:58] items and we come back. Gotcha.
[3:10:00] » Okay.
[3:10:00] » All right.
[3:10:01] » Is it an executive session or is from
[3:10:04] » It's an executive session.
[3:10:04] » Executive session. So, um we will come
[3:10:07] back at 10:05 and resume court. Uh we
[3:10:11] will now go to executive session. I
[3:10:14] don't know that we'll get through
[3:10:15] everything on that executive session in
[3:10:16] an hour, but it's not
[3:10:18] » But um we'll get through as much as we
[3:10:21] can. So uh the court will now go uh you
[3:10:27] know and say after a five minute
[3:10:29] restroom break as soon as the people get
[3:10:32] there we'll we will will go to executive
[3:10:34] session to consider matters under
[3:10:37] chapter 551 of the government code as
[3:10:39] previously posted any action as a result
[3:10:42] of that executive session will take
[3:10:43] place at a subsequent open session
[3:10:47] and as I said we are not done with court
[3:10:50] we will continue with court after that
[3:10:52] uh partial or full executive session.
[3:11:00] » Oh yeah.
[3:11:03] » Um
[3:11:06] » No that's fine. Um
[4:29:52] Hey.
[4:29:53] » Okay.
[4:30:00] » I don't have an answer.
[4:32:10] test. Okay.
[4:32:18] » Yeah, we finished being
[4:32:21] » Am I ready?
[4:32:23] » Oh, okay. Okay. I misunderstood what you
[4:32:25] said.
[4:32:26] » All right. Uh, we apologize. We did come
[4:32:29] back a little late. We managed to finish
[4:32:31] close session. Um, and Daryl has pointed
[4:32:34] out that I we had a speaker on an item,
[4:32:39] Mr. Dylan Thrasher,
[4:32:41] » But the way it was written on our sheets
[4:32:44] didn't indicate that Dylan was speaking
[4:32:46] about that item. So, Dylan, I apologize
[4:32:50] that you had to wait to speak on the
[4:32:52] item, but in our we've already read the
[4:32:55] rules of the quorum, I think. So, please
[4:32:57] come forward and and uh you know, you've
[4:33:00] got three minutes and when you get when
[4:33:03] you see the clock go to zero, just
[4:33:05] finish your thought. I apologize again.
[4:33:08] » Not a problem. [clears throat]
[4:33:12] » Good morning, commissioners. Uh my name
[4:33:14] is Dylan Thrasher. I work in uh the
[4:33:16] eviction courts uh for landlords. Today
[4:33:20] I am [clears throat] going to be handing
[4:33:22] the court clerk a written summary of
[4:33:23] critical findings uh on the county's
[4:33:25] grant to the Dallas Eviction Advocacy
[4:33:27] Center. Um every finding has um is is
[4:33:32] created from the own public records um
[4:33:35] that DEAC shares as well as uh internal
[4:33:39] county documents. Um
[4:33:44] the find findings are that uh the DAC
[4:33:47] program has no meaningful elig
[4:33:48] eligibility controls. Um the court the
[4:33:52] court records do not currently um record
[4:33:56] the attorney representation for
[4:33:58] defendants in in Odyssey. Well, there's
[4:34:00] only one judge uh that is that is
[4:34:03] reporting these. Therefore, there's no
[4:34:05] auditability of of the DEAC at all. even
[4:34:08] if we wanted to we we couldn't at this
[4:34:11] current time. Um
[4:34:14] the findings also are that the
[4:34:17] cost-saving study which the which was
[4:34:19] commissioned um for this for the program
[4:34:22] is absolutely um it's it's the data is
[4:34:26] is un auditable and unverifiable as
[4:34:29] well. So there is so the Perryman group
[4:34:33] um I I reached out to them to ask for
[4:34:35] their methodologies and data to to
[4:34:37] validate any of their $118 million
[4:34:40] claim. They they did not they they
[4:34:44] refused to provide any data and just um
[4:34:47] refused to comment at all. Um
[4:34:53] the and then the the DEAC receive uh
[4:34:56] provided a recidivism study um about
[4:34:59] their effectiveness
[4:35:01] um so far and unfortunately
[4:35:05] um their recidivism study was flawed
[4:35:08] flawed materially. they instead of
[4:35:10] looking forward in their data, they
[4:35:11] looked backward and assessed that
[4:35:13] assessed if the pre the person's
[4:35:16] previous
[4:35:18] um presence in eviction court somehow
[4:35:20] correlated with their their them
[4:35:22] representing them at the time. It's uh
[4:35:25] so it's it's absolutely it's it's a
[4:35:27] reverse recidivism study. So it it
[4:35:30] provides no value. Um
[4:35:35] Mark Milton, which is the uh chair,
[4:35:38] which is the chair of the board,
[4:35:40] um keeps DEASU's books uh at his home.
[4:35:44] He's a major donor and he is and he he's
[4:35:49] essentially um is unable to be removed
[4:35:52] from that board because of how many
[4:35:54] seats him and his family take.
[4:35:57] Um the [clears throat] and whenever I've
[4:36:01] critic whenever I've uh brought
[4:36:02] criticism up up to this point uh with to
[4:36:05] the health and human services division
[4:36:08] um instead of addressing the compliance
[4:36:11] concerns that I had, he instead chose to
[4:36:13] attack attack my uh my reputation to the
[4:36:15] uh to that health and human services
[4:36:18] director. Thank you.
[4:36:20] » Thank you, sir. All right. Um,
[4:36:25] I believe we've got we're we're now back
[4:36:27] to where we were
[4:36:29] » And where we were in our agenda is the
[4:36:33] RFPs.
[4:36:36] » So, those RFPs are one through five.
[4:36:41] [clears throat]
[4:36:41] » Any desire to pull those or can I get a
[4:36:43] motion on the RFPs?
[4:36:45] » Second.
[4:36:46] » All right. Any discussion on these RFPs?
[4:36:49] » Hold on.
[4:36:50] » One to five. I'd like to
[4:36:53] » Judge. I think we have a motion over
[4:36:54] here.
[4:36:55] » We
[4:36:57] We do. We have a motion.
[4:36:58] » Are we out of out of step? I finish up
[4:37:00] with this one and then
[4:37:02] » Oh, okay. So, you yours isn't on the
[4:37:04] RFPs?
[4:37:05] » No.
[4:37:06] » On something else on Okay. So, um on the
[4:37:11] RFPs, you want to look at those. There's
[4:37:13] not.
[4:37:14] » Okay.
[4:37:14] » Um Okay. Um uh no. So all those in favor
[4:37:19] uh signify by saying
[4:37:20] » I there's there's a speaker for the last
[4:37:22] one.
[4:37:23] » That was for bids, not RFPs.
[4:37:27] » Okay. Mr. Arnold Ku.
[4:37:30] » Well,
[4:37:33] he was only here in case we needed him.
[4:37:34] He was he was representing the Okay. Got
[4:37:36] it.
[4:37:36] » Yes, ma'am.
[4:37:37] » Yeah. Only if there were any questions.
[4:37:40] » And no questions then.
[4:37:41] » No questions. I just want to say I'm
[4:37:43] glad to see the weatherization and
[4:37:45] » Approve. Good. All those in favor
[4:37:47] signify by saying I.
[4:37:48] » I.
[4:37:49] » I.
[4:37:50] » Any opposed?
[4:37:52] » Motion carries unanimously.
[4:37:55] » No, I just had a quick question. I would
[4:37:57] would ask for a reconsideration of
[4:38:00] budget item number one. Uh because I've
[4:38:03] received additional information.
[4:38:04] » Okay.
[4:38:05] » Go through that
[4:38:07] » And put it on the next agenda. Second.
[4:38:11] Well, we'd have to consider it now. And
[4:38:12] I second the motion to reconsider.
[4:38:14] » Well, let me see what budget item. Okay.
[4:38:16] This is court order number one.
[4:38:18] » Yes.
[4:38:18] » Quarter number one under budget.
[4:38:21] » Okay. So, not the TR, but the budget
[4:38:24] itself.
[4:38:25] » No, I'm sorry. That was should have been
[4:38:26] the TR.
[4:38:28] » Which one do you you want to you want to
[4:38:30] recon order number two?
[4:38:33] » Sorry about
[4:38:33] » Not one.
[4:38:34] » Yep. It's two.
[4:38:35] » I'm sorry. Number two.
[4:38:36] » Okay. That matches my notes.
[4:38:38] » Okay. Yeah. A as a person who voted in
[4:38:42] the affirmative, you can seek a
[4:38:44] reconsideration. You'll need a second.
[4:38:47] So you
[4:38:48] » Okay. So now that's back up for a
[4:38:52] discussion. Then the number two if there
[4:38:56] is a discussion or a vote or whatever
[4:38:59] any
[4:39:01] » Um what do we want to anybody have any
[4:39:03] [clears throat] discussion?
[4:39:04] » I I don't have any.
[4:39:06] » I don't have any either. Well, you know,
[4:39:08] the thing is is that uh you know, you
[4:39:11] can do a substitute if if we're going to
[4:39:14] if we're going to do this gamesmanship.
[4:39:16] Uh I [snorts] mean, I'll provide for a
[4:39:18] substitute motion. What do you mean a
[4:39:20] consider reconsideration?
[4:39:23] » Um
[4:39:23] » I don't think she's engaged in
[4:39:24] gamesmanship.
[4:39:26] » Well, the problem is the problem is is
[4:39:28] that we I mean there's I mean I don't
[4:39:30] know what new information we've been
[4:39:33] dealing with this for the last,
[4:39:35] » You know, forever.
[4:39:37] or months.
[4:39:38] » But the but my questions dealt with the
[4:39:41] understandability of the wording.
[4:39:43] » De with what?
[4:39:44] » Wording.
[4:39:44] » Oh, okay. Uh is that a question for the
[4:39:47] lawyers or you feel like you've got it
[4:39:48] now?
[4:39:49] » Uh no, I would like to I'd like to go
[4:39:52] through it a little bit. We don't have
[4:39:54] to do it
[4:39:54] » The wording.
[4:39:55] » The wording.
[4:39:56] » Oh, what word? Help help me the word.
[4:40:00] What's the wording? What's the
[4:40:01] difference in the wording?
[4:40:02] » Understandability of the wording.
[4:40:05] when I went back and reread
[4:40:07] » Here. Let me read let me read it again
[4:40:10] » Because somebody wrote Okay, so here is
[4:40:14] the wording and it and it is confusing
[4:40:16] but it's required by law. Um, so
[4:40:21] what would if if you voted for this TR
[4:40:25] what would appear on the ballot is this
[4:40:29] question to vote yay or nay for the
[4:40:31] voters approving the advalorum tax rate
[4:40:35] of up to
[4:40:38] » Two
[4:40:38] » Of up to uh 0.25900 259000
[4:40:45] per 100 valuation in County of Dallas
[4:40:48] for the current year. A rate that is
[4:40:53] 0.0285
[4:40:57] higher than per 100 valuation than the
[4:41:01] voter approval tax rate of county of
[4:41:05] Dallas for the purpose of funding
[4:41:07] programs
[4:41:09] that measurably reduce. Oh, there are a
[4:41:11] bunch of typos in here. That's part of
[4:41:12] the problem. Um, we probably
[4:41:17] Does anyone have what what was actually
[4:41:21] sent on this? Because there are quite a
[4:41:24] few tabos
[4:41:26] uh in what was presented.
[4:41:30] Yeah. Um,
[4:41:33] I think I read some of this mess a few
[4:41:36] days ago and fixed those typos so I can
[4:41:38] try my best to remember um what that
[4:41:41] was, but like the word the goes in front
[4:41:44] of county. Um, and there's no two after
[4:41:47] the word that before measurably.
[4:41:51] I'll
[4:41:52] try my best here. Approving the
[4:41:55] advalorum. Could somebody go ahead and
[4:41:57] pull up though the actual
[4:41:59] » Judge? I have it pulled up. If you want
[4:42:01] if you want us to read it.
[4:42:03] » Yes, please.
[4:42:04] » Yes. But hang on a second.
[4:42:05] » Well, while I'm doing all the reading at
[4:42:08] the end of the day, then you're going to
[4:42:09] have to do put the calculations
[4:42:12] out because this this is raising of the
[4:42:15] tax. I want to know how much it is. I
[4:42:17] know there was a million and and a half.
[4:42:21] So, I mean, be prepared to put all of
[4:42:24] this. If you're going to put it in the
[4:42:25] record, put it in. Right. and how much
[4:42:28] more each
[4:42:30] » Resident in Dallas County will have to
[4:42:32] pay additional taxes because this is
[4:42:35] raising taxes.
[4:42:40] » Language or no language. This means
[4:42:43] we're raising taxes
[4:42:47] » And it's not the three cents. It's more
[4:42:49] than six.
[4:42:50] » Super duper.
[4:42:52] » Okay.
[4:43:08] All right, guys. Let me
[4:43:11] start over. Please bear with me. Um, so
[4:43:15] what would be on the
[4:43:17] uh the ballot is the following uh
[4:43:22] question.
[4:43:24] approving the advalorum tax rate of up
[4:43:27] to
[4:43:29] 0.025
[4:43:32] 900 0
[4:43:35] per 100 valuation
[4:43:38] in the county of Dallas for the current
[4:43:42] year a rate that is up to
[4:43:46] 0.0285 0285
[4:43:50] higher per 100 valuation than the voter
[4:43:54] approved tax rate for the county of
[4:43:57] Dallas for the purpose of funding
[4:44:00] programs that measurably reduce
[4:44:03] homelessness and resolve encampments to
[4:44:06] improve neighborhood vibrancy, support
[4:44:09] people to achieve self-sufficiency
[4:44:13] and increase access to mental health
[4:44:15] treatment and stable housing.
[4:44:20] Let me see. There's something else
[4:44:22] stable
[4:44:23] » For Dallas County Poppers.
[4:44:25] » Yeah.
[4:44:26] » And improve Dallas County safety
[4:44:27] services.
[4:44:28] » Yeah. Yeah. And the other word is an
[4:44:29] improve Dallas County public safety
[4:44:32] services. And then after that
[4:44:35] » You have last year the analorum tax rate
[4:44:39] in Dallas County was 0.2155 2155
[4:44:45] per
[4:44:48] 100 valuation. That should be the end of
[4:44:51] it.
[4:44:52] » Yeah. And so if I can summarize, and
[4:44:55] somebody correct me if I get this wrong,
[4:44:57] it if we vote yes to reconsider this,
[4:45:00] Dr. Daniel,
[4:45:02] » Then we would have a week from today um
[4:45:07] a chance to vote on this. This is the
[4:45:09] vote to post it. In other words, we're
[4:45:12] putting it out there to the public.
[4:45:14] » Let Yeah. The decision as to whether we
[4:45:16] actually do the tax or not. Uh that is
[4:45:19] to say, vote to allow the tax to be
[4:45:21] considered by the voters. We're not
[4:45:23] raising the tax. We're asking the voters
[4:45:26] to do so. Um, so this would just put on
[4:45:32] notice to the public that this is coming
[4:45:36] and it's coming a week from today and
[4:45:38] would you like to be heard and come on
[4:45:41] down and talk to you and us and you know
[4:45:44] do the democracy thing um and
[4:45:48] uh you know and then we would consider
[4:45:50] whether we actually do that tax
[4:45:53] um that put that tax for the voters to
[4:45:56] decide not us but for the voters to
[4:45:58] decide one week from now. And I know
[4:46:00] that's confusing especially with the
[4:46:02] language that we have. Dear God, I know
[4:46:03] it's confusing,
[4:46:05] » But it's nothing confusing about again
[4:46:07] what's the appropriation
[4:46:10] should that go forward. Okay,
[4:46:13] » That there's a million and a uh
[4:46:19] what what's what's the percentage of
[4:46:21] raising the taxes given that? Number
[4:46:24] one. And number two, you know, like I
[4:46:27] said, you know, might want to do a
[4:46:29] substitute because my contention has
[4:46:32] been all along
[4:46:35] » Whether we're even going to reconsider.
[4:46:37] » Do what?
[4:46:38] » This isn't a vote on anything other than
[4:46:40] whether we rec
[4:46:41] » I got it.
[4:46:41] » Okay.
[4:46:42] » But I want to know I want every I want
[4:46:45] all eyes open as to what we're
[4:46:47] reconsidering.
[4:46:48] and we're reconsidering the possibility
[4:46:51] as to whether or not you move that
[4:46:54] forward or we do an amendment to move
[4:46:58] that child care and public safety
[4:47:00] forward. So, so just so everyone
[4:47:04] understands and if I get this wrong, DA,
[4:47:06] make sure to somebody interject. There
[4:47:09] are deadlines involved in a TR.
[4:47:14] Um, one of those deadlines is that seven
[4:47:18] days for a for a continuous period,
[4:47:22] seven days before a vote on a TR,
[4:47:27] the language that will be on the ballot
[4:47:30] and the statutory notice to the voters
[4:47:34] must be continuously on our website and
[4:47:37] must be post for seven days. So, in
[4:47:40] other words, if we're going to hear this
[4:47:41] on the 11th, if we're going to post it
[4:47:43] and have the chance to vote it up or
[4:47:45] down or do whatever on the 11th, it
[4:47:48] whatever we come up with, let's say we
[4:47:51] come up with it at 2:30, then we're
[4:47:55] going to the fastest we can vote on it
[4:47:57] next Tuesday is 2:30 because or whenever
[4:47:59] they get it posted, then next week, just
[4:48:03] because something was posted doesn't
[4:48:05] mean it will actually pass next week.
[4:48:08] There'll be a vote next week on whether
[4:48:10] it passes. If it if at any point we
[4:48:14] either don't post it today or we don't
[4:48:17] vote for it next Tuesday, it's dead. If
[4:48:20] it's not dead from one of those two
[4:48:23] procedural hurdles, it goes before the
[4:48:25] voters on November the 5th for them to
[4:48:28] decide whether they want this or not.
[4:48:30] » But my point is, you know, you you know,
[4:48:32] it's interesting when you want to use
[4:48:34] transparency. Should it go forward in
[4:48:37] whatever version whether it's
[4:48:41] homeless, public safety, and or child
[4:48:44] care splitting a million and a half.
[4:48:47] What is the cost associated with raising
[4:48:52] that tax?
[4:48:54] Because that's what it's I I get it,
[4:48:56] judge, but you know, y'all always want
[4:48:58] to talk about transparency. Should since
[4:49:01] it we leave it out there for a week,
[4:49:03] let's talk about what does it what is
[4:49:07] the probability of cost associated with
[4:49:11] that?
[4:49:14] » Agree. I want to know how much the
[4:49:16] average taxpayer will have to pay if
[4:49:21] this goes into the ballot because that
[4:49:23] should be there too. I mean when we go
[4:49:26] if this is put in the ballot the five of
[4:49:28] us are going to be asked questions. How
[4:49:30] much does that means for me Garcia that
[4:49:34] at the end of the year? How much more
[4:49:36] taxes I'm going to pay? Because that's
[4:49:38] what is going to be in the battle. It's
[4:49:40] going to be you like you want either
[4:49:42] child care of homelessness, you're going
[4:49:44] to pay more.
[4:49:45] » And and
[4:49:45] » How much more per I agree we should do
[4:49:48] that. And are you asking the average
[4:49:50] homeowner, right?
[4:49:51] » Is that what you're asking? Yeah.
[4:49:53] Because because taxpayers include a
[4:49:54] whole bunch of
[4:49:56] » Well because in the you know in some in
[4:49:58] the pollings that we look at everybody
[4:50:01] wants it but at the time that they ask
[4:50:03] them how much are you willing to pay
[4:50:05] most of them say I'm not willing to pay
[4:50:07] anything. And that's when my
[4:50:10] constituents ask me Dr. Garcia how much
[4:50:12] is going to cost me? It's not going to
[4:50:13] be a slice of pizza or a cup of coffee.
[4:50:16] It's going to be like $200 or $300 more
[4:50:18] a year. I'm calculating.
[4:50:22] Dr. Watkins, I will listen to your
[4:50:24] number.
[4:50:25] » Well, what I reference is the taxpayer
[4:50:28] impact statement that's u calculated
[4:50:30] through the TNT and it uses the median
[4:50:33] homestead taxable value. Um, and then it
[4:50:36] compares 2025 to 2026 proposed rate and
[4:50:40] it would go in the paper with the
[4:50:42] notice. So total tax rate for 215500
[4:50:48] which was 2025 adopted tax rate. Median
[4:50:51] homestead taxable value on a $247,900
[4:50:56] home. The tax on that u median homestead
[4:50:59] is 5 was 53422.
[4:51:03] Um the proposed rate of.259650.
[4:51:09] » Well that's not the proposed rate. It's
[4:51:10] lower than that. But that's close
[4:51:12] enough. weird.
[4:51:13] » No, no, there ain't a $247, but she's
[4:51:16] doing average though.
[4:51:18] » Yeah.
[4:51:18] » No, no, no. What I'm saying is the rate
[4:51:20] that we read is is a lower number than
[4:51:22] the one you just said, but go ahead and
[4:51:24] use whatever number you want to to
[4:51:26] answer your question.
[4:51:26] » So, the proposed rate was a three and a
[4:51:28] half cent increase over the
[4:51:31] » Now it's at 2.85 cents.
[4:51:33] » Okay. So, then that'll need to be
[4:51:35] recalculated by the auditor because he
[4:51:37] did it at three and a half cents.
[4:51:39] » Okay. Did you have that information,
[4:51:41] Commissioner Daniels?
[4:51:43] » I'm sorry.
[4:51:43] » Did you have that information? Was this
[4:51:45] the information you're looking for?
[4:51:46] » I think Can I talk with you after the
[4:51:48] meeting?
[4:51:50] » I believe
[4:51:51] » So, the question for this particular
[4:51:54] vote is not how much money, what we
[4:51:56] should vote for, anything. It's whether
[4:51:58] or not we want to reconsider it. So, is
[4:52:02] everybody
[4:52:02] » But judge, but all the information,
[4:52:06] I hear you. But even on the motion to
[4:52:09] reconsider, you know, the thing is it
[4:52:11] just I mean because what she said is
[4:52:14] some new new information, you know, had
[4:52:16] come in did get all of the information
[4:52:20] and the information whether it's 2.85
[4:52:23] or three and a half which the auditor
[4:52:25] has already calculated on that on that
[4:52:28] phantom $247,000
[4:52:32] average house
[4:52:34] » Because there's none of that price. It's
[4:52:36] 24
[4:52:37] » The exemptions. It's still 200. You
[4:52:39] can't get to $247,000.
[4:52:41] » So, let's let's go ahead and take a vote
[4:52:43] on the motion to reconsider and then we
[4:52:45] can discuss all the other stuff because
[4:52:48] if the motion to reconsider fails,
[4:52:51] there's nothing else to discuss. And I
[4:52:53] think we're what we're discussing now is
[4:52:55] the merits of whether or not we should
[4:52:57] raise taxes, not the procedural matter
[4:53:00] of whether or not we're going to
[4:53:02] reconsider. So,
[4:53:03] » But but but on the prevailing, if you
[4:53:06] got a prevailing, come on, judge. I
[4:53:08] mean, then you we don't we don't have to
[4:53:10] play this.
[4:53:10] » But we have to vote on if we don't vote
[4:53:13] on it, we can't get to all the things
[4:53:14] you want to talk about. All those in fa
[4:53:17] So, I'm going to call that question. All
[4:53:18] those in favor of her request to
[4:53:20] reconsider,
[4:53:22] » Vote I and all those opposed, vote no.
[4:53:26] So, this is an I is to allow
[4:53:28] reconsideration.
[4:53:29] » I
[4:53:30] » I
[4:53:32] » Okay. No.
[4:53:34] » No.
[4:53:35] » Okay. I'll vote in the affirmative for
[4:53:37] reconsideration.
[4:53:38] » No
[4:53:39] » So So that passes three to two.
[4:53:42] » Okay. So
[4:53:44] » Before us is what we talked about
[4:53:47] earlier, right? Oh, no. It's not.
[4:53:49] Nothing is before us.
[4:53:50] » Um we need to to um what I read into the
[4:53:54] record. I hate to do it, but can I have
[4:53:56] your computer? We'll do this all over
[4:53:58] again.
[4:53:59] » Um
[4:54:00] » In anytime, Mr. Hicks, can you come up
[4:54:02] with that number real quick?
[4:54:03] » Yeah,
[4:54:04] » It would be I believe it would be and
[4:54:07] correct me if I've got this wrong,
[4:54:08] Commissioner Price. Okay. I believe what
[4:54:10] the number we're looking for is 247,000
[4:54:14] » Times the uh proposed rate of
[4:54:16] » Why don't we put it at 350
[4:54:21] » Because I think
[4:54:22] » Because we're trying to use the numbers.
[4:54:23] » Yeah, the median.
[4:54:24] » But all this is wrong anyway. What we
[4:54:26] have in front of us has been wrong. I
[4:54:28] mean, it has all the wrong numbers. Here
[4:54:30] he says 0.85
[4:54:33] and the judge read into the record to
[4:54:35] eight or something like that.
[4:54:37] » We we shrunk some of the numbers because
[4:54:39] » Who shrunk them and at when did they
[4:54:41] shrunk them?
[4:54:43] » I mean I'm looking at a paper and I'm
[4:54:45] hearing something else. I mean can
[4:54:47] someone tell me what's the new
[4:54:48] information because this obviously
[4:54:51] » What you all passed this morning is
[4:54:52] wrong.
[4:54:53] » Yeah. Now
[4:54:55] » It doesn't even have the average value.
[4:54:56] What what failed this morning are are
[4:54:58] the correct numbers. Two of the things
[4:55:00] that Daryl had in the Hold on. What
[4:55:04] failed this morning are the correct
[4:55:06] numbers.
[4:55:07] What we're passing right now in the
[4:55:09] reconsideration are the right numbers or
[4:55:11] the new numbers.
[4:55:12] » The same numbers. Same numbers. So, let
[4:55:14] me read it again for purposes of so we
[4:55:17] know what um
[4:55:21] » Is before us. Yeah, we're voting.
[4:55:22] » Wait, before you read that, Mr. Hicks,
[4:55:24] could I get you start working on this
[4:55:25] for me? uh 247 times the uh 28 per 100
[4:55:32] vial ev valuation and also her request
[4:55:36] of 350. Is that what you wanted?
[4:55:38] » Yeah, 350. And
[4:55:40] » In other words, what would be the what
[4:55:41] would be the tax on that?
[4:55:42] » And and you know what's interesting to
[4:55:44] me, you know, everybody wants to talk
[4:55:46] about homeowners. We know that if this
[4:55:49] is calculated, this does not fall
[4:55:51] strictly just on homeowners,
[4:55:53] » Right? This falls on apartment renters
[4:55:56] because they're gonna do pass through.
[4:55:58] » So,
[4:55:58] » Commercial real estate.
[4:56:00] » Okay. So,
[4:56:02] » Yeah, Mr. I see Mr. Mr. Mr. Hicks.
[4:56:05] » Yeah, it's not a straightforward
[4:56:06] calculation that we can, you know, just
[4:56:08] come up with a
[4:56:11] simple, you know, mathematical um this
[4:56:14] takes some time. So you can you guys can
[4:56:16] give us the the exact numbers that you
[4:56:18] want and then we can
[4:56:20] » Bring that back with
[4:56:21] » And and I have to say and thank you Mr.
[4:56:23] Auditor because I know you're right, Mr.
[4:56:25] Hicks. This is not something that you
[4:56:27] can put in the computer and it comes out
[4:56:29] right away. But what I am really
[4:56:32] bothered by is the fact that we have
[4:56:34] different information right now and now
[4:56:35] that there's a reconsideration is new
[4:56:38] information with new numbers that really
[4:56:40] bother
[4:56:40] » The same numbers as this morning. Um,
[4:56:42] it's not what you read and it's not what
[4:56:44] I have here, judge.
[4:56:45] » It is what I read this morning. It's the
[4:56:47] same numbers. It's just we're the typos
[4:56:50] were in the thing this morning. Like the
[4:56:52] like instead of
[4:56:53] » That's the way we make decisions of
[4:56:56] considerable
[4:56:57] » Typos. So,
[4:56:58] » Exactly. Of considerable to our
[4:57:01] residents and taxpayers. That's the way
[4:57:03] we look. Very good.
[4:57:04] » Okay.
[4:57:05] » Can we can we get a clean copy of this?
[4:57:07] And I know that it'll take a minute to
[4:57:08] do. You want you want to take a five
[4:57:10] minute break and we'll get a clean copy.
[4:57:12] » I think
[4:57:14] » That would probably be a worthwhile
[4:57:16] thing.
[4:57:16] » Updated numbers because this goes into
[4:57:18] Mr. Ames TNT calculation. The numbers
[4:57:21] that were calculated was the 0.259650
[4:57:25] that's listed there. So if we need to
[4:57:27] change that, we need to get all of that
[4:57:29] to him so he can upload it into his
[4:57:32] system.
[4:57:32] » And we will. But she's asking for a
[4:57:35] piece of paper and let's make five or
[4:57:37] six of those or a bunch of them that
[4:57:39] have the actual things that they're
[4:57:41] going to be voting on. Not all of Mr.
[4:57:44] Ames's numbers and all the
[4:57:45] recalculations and how much it cost a
[4:57:48] house. You can tell us anything you want
[4:57:50] to tell us, even if it's a higher number
[4:57:52] and wrong about that. She just wants to
[4:57:54] see what am I actually voting on? What's
[4:57:57] going to be in front of the voters for
[4:57:59] them to decide if this goes forward?
[4:58:02] » And right with the right calculations
[4:58:06] and the exact amount of money that I'm
[4:58:08] going to ask them to vote on. I think
[4:58:10] that's just fair and square
[4:58:11] » And the same thing I asked.
[4:58:12] » Okay, let's take a five or 10 minute
[4:58:14] break and let go to a computer and
[4:58:17] somebody get this right. So she all of
[4:58:19] us can
[4:58:20] » Why don't we move forward with the rest
[4:58:21] of the agenda while those calculations
[4:58:23] are
[4:58:24] » That's a good idea.
[4:58:25] » That is a good idea. Yeah, that's a
[4:58:26] great idea. I agree.
[4:58:27] » Not taking a break right now.
[4:58:28] » It's not possible. We may have to
[4:58:31] reconsider in a longer time frame.
[4:58:33] » Well,
[4:58:34] correct, Commissioner Daniel.
[4:58:36] » But the calculator is saying that's not
[4:58:38] possible.
[4:58:43] » Right.
[4:58:46] » But he wants the right number.
[4:58:50] » Then he doesn't get
[4:58:56] » That was not right.
[4:58:58] » It's
[4:59:00] Hey, hey, we I told you when we left out
[4:59:02] of here the house.
[4:59:13] » Tim,
[4:59:15] sorry, Mr. Hicks, if if we had have left
[4:59:20] the taxes uh at the higher number and
[4:59:23] not moved out the things that we found
[4:59:25] that were savings and redundant, what
[4:59:28] would that have been at whatever the
[4:59:30] number was that ends in 650 on the
[4:59:32] average homeowner?
[4:59:35] » Won't be that much number on the the
[4:59:38] average homeowner, but in total was
[4:59:40] about 150.4 for a million dollars
[4:59:43] » That it would raise
[4:59:45] » Additional revenue.
[4:59:46] » Okay, that was one question. But another
[4:59:48] question was what is the average
[4:59:49] homeowner would they pay? So since it
[4:59:54] takes a while to figure that out, we
[4:59:55] know the number is a little lower than
[4:59:56] whatever you're about to tell us. What
[4:59:58] is the number that for the average
[5:00:00] homeowner?
[5:00:01] » Uh that number I need to calculate.
[5:00:03] » Oh, you never Okay. Okay. I'm sorry.
[5:00:06] » So, but you did say 164 million.
[5:00:09] » Yeah.
[5:00:09] » 50.4. 4.
[5:00:11] » Okay. 150 million
[5:00:13] » Additional [clears throat] revenue at
[5:00:15] the uh 0.259650.
[5:00:19] » Okay.
[5:00:19] » That that's what that potentially would
[5:00:22] um bring in an additional.
[5:00:24] » So that's the only number you have then.
[5:00:26] » That's the only number.
[5:00:27] » Okay. I misunderstood. I thought you had
[5:00:29] some number about 249,000
[5:00:32] value after something. Okay. So y'all
[5:00:35] have all the numbers that he's got then.
[5:00:38] Um,
[5:00:40] » So we voted on the reconsideration
[5:00:43] and we're gonna come back to that
[5:00:47] um so that they can write
[5:00:51] um
[5:00:53] down what what
[5:00:56] that is and everybody can see it as you
[5:00:58] read into the record.
[5:01:02] » Are you able to do that or do I need to
[5:01:04] go do that?
[5:01:08] Apologies, Jez. We didn't hear the
[5:01:10] request. Can you say it one more time?
[5:01:12] » Dr. Daniel, and I think it's a very fair
[5:01:15] request, is saying, "Can I see on paper
[5:01:18] what it is that is going on the ballot
[5:01:22] and
[5:01:25] I think that's fair for all of us,
[5:01:27] right? Because I'm struggling reading."
[5:01:29] » Well, no, no, that ain't Look, based on
[5:01:32] the premise you laid out this morning, I
[5:01:34] want to know two things. First of all,
[5:01:37] we keep talking about homeowners. This
[5:01:38] is this is everybody who lives, whether
[5:01:41] it's going to be apartments or whatever,
[5:01:43] but I want to know how this proposition
[5:01:47] attracts business, commercial real
[5:01:49] estate, hit the whole nine yards. All
[5:01:53] right. It's a million half dollars just
[5:01:55] on base calculation.
[5:01:58] A million half dollars. And you're
[5:02:01] saying
[5:02:03] » Million big? No. No. It's 15. 50
[5:02:06] meeting. I'm sorry.
[5:02:07] » Okay.
[5:02:07] » Yeah, cuz Yeah, cuz I you know, I was on
[5:02:09] the 5050,
[5:02:11] » You know, if you're going to do a
[5:02:12] substitute,
[5:02:14] » You know, since since you want to do
[5:02:15] that, child care 50, homeless 50, and
[5:02:19] public safety 50 since you want to play
[5:02:21] the game. But my point is, you know, if
[5:02:25] we go on down the road and do our core
[5:02:27] responsibility, then we don't have to
[5:02:28] worry about that.
[5:02:29] » Okay. But since we're not on this right
[5:02:32] now as they get the documents ready, can
[5:02:35] we continue on for now with
[5:02:38] » Yes, let's continue out of for now.
[5:02:41] » So now before us are are court orders
[5:02:44] three through
[5:02:46] » 75 addendum 76 to 85 pulling 36 for
[5:02:50] additional language. I'm pulling court
[5:02:53] orders 12 38 and 39 for two weeks. Did I
[5:02:56] say all that right? and and one more
[5:02:58] pulling 85 for additional names from the
[5:03:01] elections department.
[5:03:03] » Okay.
[5:03:04] » Yeah, but I got I got up
[5:03:06] » But you just go through them
[5:03:07] commissioner as we go into the into the
[5:03:11] » Additional comments.
[5:03:12] » You have to pull those.
[5:03:13] » Well, what?
[5:03:14] » Well, I don't know. You know what
[5:03:16] y'all you make sure you ain't changed up
[5:03:18] nothing. That's my point. Court orders.
[5:03:20] I had court orders
[5:03:22] » 2025. But we're going as as we go.
[5:03:25] Commissioner for comments. You go
[5:03:27] through your questions. That way we
[5:03:28] don't have to pull them all
[5:03:32] to 85. Amen.
[5:03:34] » Yes. For additional language.
[5:03:41] » It's a frontal lobotomy.
[5:03:46] » Okay. Uh so now that's what's before us.
[5:03:49] Uh the unpulled court orders. And do you
[5:03:53] think you want to pull any or
[5:03:54] » Commissioner? You want to talk about 20?
[5:03:57] » I won't talk about 20.
[5:03:59] » Right now is the time.
[5:04:00] » Well, but there's a motion and I second.
[5:04:04] » Okay. Go ahead. Uh, Commissioner Price
[5:04:07] talked about 20.
[5:04:07] » Okay.
[5:04:08] » Uh, I talked to um, uh, Randall Miller
[5:04:13] with regards to the concerns I had with
[5:04:16] uh, with 20 this morning. I had a number
[5:04:21] of u
[5:04:23] concerns and I think for the record he's
[5:04:26] going to that's the gardener consulting
[5:04:30] contract with AI talks about phase one
[5:04:34] phase two
[5:04:37] and the total and the findings and I had
[5:04:39] some concerns it apparently just came in
[5:04:41] either yesterday but I'd already you
[5:04:44] know pulled them down so need to clarify
[5:04:47] the application
[5:04:50] U with regards to the findings in place
[5:04:53] one and replace the deemed accepted with
[5:04:56] affirmative
[5:04:58] written acceptance uh and require valid
[5:05:01] purchase order before working on
[5:05:03] invoicing. So this is a gardener
[5:05:05] consulting. There was a lot of language.
[5:05:08] It's my understanding that they have uh
[5:05:13] adjusted the lane. They did,
[5:05:15] Commissioner. Uh I we took your concerns
[5:05:17] back to Gartner and they they did um uh
[5:05:21] adjust the language. They gave us uh
[5:05:23] additional interviews from phase one.
[5:05:25] And let me just talk about Mr. Martin
[5:05:27] and Mr. Reed directed me to
[5:05:29] administratively move forward on a phase
[5:05:31] one which is the basic discovery
[5:05:34] uh the interviews and the document
[5:05:36] production for Gartner. Now, this phase
[5:05:39] two is for the court's consideration if
[5:05:41] we want to utilize Gartner to move and
[5:05:43] complete the AI policy.
[5:05:45] » Well, it wasn't very expensive, right?
[5:05:46] Is you had a concern with it or
[5:05:48] » Well, yeah, [snorts] I you got but we
[5:05:50] went through and and and re kind of
[5:05:52] redesigned the whole ask and they came
[5:05:55] back and responded and I still have some
[5:05:58] issues. We we got for phase one we got
[5:06:00] additional interviews and for phase two
[5:06:02] they raised the uh meetings and the
[5:06:05] stakeholder meetings from 8 to 15. Um
[5:06:08] and we got a final deliverable that uh
[5:06:10] the final ultimate deliverable is AI
[5:06:13] policy ready for adoption by the
[5:06:15] commissioner's court at the end of this.
[5:06:17] » Okay. And the cost was only a few
[5:06:19] hundred,000
[5:06:20] » Couple hundred,000. Phase two is
[5:06:24] » 96 thou $200,000
[5:06:26] » 96 I believe phase one was 31
[5:06:28] » Scope excludes detail you know AI
[5:06:31] security control comprehensive privacy
[5:06:34] programs data governance privacy and
[5:06:38] policy design uh policy designs and that
[5:06:41] the products would be you know
[5:06:44] foundational rather than implementation
[5:06:47] » What's the concern
[5:06:48] » I just that's what I just told
[5:06:50] » He understands So yeah, we've been
[5:06:52] working this.
[5:06:52] » So I spoke with Gartner and they they
[5:06:55] tried to uh have us a right-sized
[5:06:57] policy. So they're going to have us a
[5:06:58] policy ready for adoption and some
[5:07:00] guardrails, but we're also going to get
[5:07:01] some additional advice on other policies
[5:07:03] we may want to consider like security
[5:07:05] policies and how it integrates into
[5:07:06] privacy. But this is the recommendation
[5:07:08] that they're recommending right now to
[5:07:10] move forward with.
[5:07:11] » So this is not the final price tag.
[5:07:14] if we want to engage them in other
[5:07:16] policies. But this ultimate deliverable
[5:07:18] here is a AI policy ready for adoption
[5:07:20] and code of ethics for the
[5:07:21] commissioner's court to adopt.
[5:07:22] » Okay, I got you. I'm good with that.
[5:07:24] » So this step is complete right here.
[5:07:27] » Yeah, phase one is complete. We I
[5:07:29] completed that yesterday.
[5:07:30] » You know, I keep telling you, look, we
[5:07:32] we sat down with them. Well, we didn't
[5:07:35] sit down with them. We sat down, my
[5:07:37] staff sat down and did a whole redesign.
[5:07:40] There was a lot of things left out of
[5:07:42] when you when and and they have included
[5:07:45] that, you know, in the policy now, but
[5:07:49] but when when he tells me he got some
[5:07:51] things yesterday versus what's going on
[5:07:54] uh now that they have some other
[5:07:58] considerations, that's that's what I'm
[5:08:00] that's what I'm looking for.
[5:08:02] » We concluded phase one uh yesterday,
[5:08:04] Commissioner. We had a meeting with
[5:08:05] Gartner. Uh should the court choose to
[5:08:07] move forward, I have another meeting
[5:08:08] scheduled with them on Thursday. Um as
[5:08:11] to next steps and we will start
[5:08:13] exchanging drafts. I've sent them all
[5:08:15] the documents I've previously produced
[5:08:16] to the court. Um and this is for the
[5:08:20] course consideration. Uh I've seen a
[5:08:22] draft of the preliminary report from
[5:08:23] phase one. Hopefully they're hopefully
[5:08:25] it's in my inbox when I go upstairs. Saw
[5:08:27] it yesterday.
[5:08:29] » So the post implementation needs to
[5:08:32] manage this. That's that's really where
[5:08:36] we're, you know, we're going to, you
[5:08:37] know, get our get our heads dented.
[5:08:41] » They're going to give us some advice on
[5:08:42] and some guard rails, but this is a
[5:08:45] baseline policy so we can move forward
[5:08:46] with AI implementation across the
[5:08:48] organization.
[5:08:51] » You know, I [sighs]
[5:08:53] let me tell you, my staff and I, we
[5:08:55] spent almost, I guess, three or four
[5:08:58] days, maybe longer, before we handed it
[5:09:01] back to uh Mr. Miller and Mr. Aid and
[5:09:05] then Gardner agreed that there's a lot
[5:09:08] of stuff they left out. I'm talking
[5:09:09] about phase one. Then we went down and
[5:09:12] did a total redesign. See, that's that's
[5:09:14] the problem around here, you know, we
[5:09:16] keep, you know, barreling down roads and
[5:09:19] we really have no clue. And then we look
[5:09:22] back and say, uhoh, you know, and this
[5:09:25] this post implementation
[5:09:27] uh gives me some concern. And uh
[5:09:30] [snorts] and as he said, he just
[5:09:31] finished the deal on phase one on
[5:09:33] yesterday. So I but it's but it was
[5:09:37] already out there and so we started
[5:09:40] going through it.
[5:09:43] [sighs] The uh so I I still have some
[5:09:46] issues.
[5:09:48] So phase one is the only thing and then
[5:09:51] I still say there's some issues on phase
[5:09:53] two and I'll wait to see what the the
[5:09:55] post implementation
[5:09:57] uh needs are going to be to manage it
[5:10:00] because it's it according to my staff
[5:10:02] it's going to be a lot.
[5:10:08] We're just, you know, we're just
[5:10:10] » So, the recommendation might be take it
[5:10:12] a step at a time and we can say no when
[5:10:14] we come to
[5:10:15] » Well, they they've already doing that.
[5:10:17] They they did phase one.
[5:10:18] » Well, when did you first present this to
[5:10:20] us
[5:10:22] the gardener piece? I my staff
[5:10:25] » When did we first
[5:10:26] » Months ago.
[5:10:27] » Months ago. June.
[5:10:28] » The the original AI draft I think was
[5:10:30] presented in March. That's when we
[5:10:32] received the direction to get uh
[5:10:34] consulting services on AI policy. We
[5:10:37] briefed that to you guys June. May and
[5:10:40] June.
[5:10:40] » May and June.
[5:10:41] » Okay. And we responded immediately.
[5:10:45] » Yes.
[5:10:46] » Correct.
[5:10:46] » Within a couple of days. All of you did.
[5:10:47] » Within a couple of days. That's what I'm
[5:10:49] talking about. Yes.
[5:10:50] » Here we are, August.
[5:10:52] And he's saying he just finished first
[5:10:54] implementation phase yesterday. Finished
[5:10:57] it up. They did the redesign. pushed it
[5:11:00] back over. We had, you know, a few more
[5:11:02] comments and then yesterday and and then
[5:11:06] like I said, we have no clue what this
[5:11:09] this this this implementation cost
[5:11:13] is going to be even though they say
[5:11:17] phase two adds basically $200,000.
[5:11:21] » But let me ask you, Mr. Miller phase one
[5:11:25] was pretty much to lay out the
[5:11:27] foundation of what we want to do in
[5:11:30] Dallas County when it comes uh to AI
[5:11:33] security. Right.
[5:11:34] » That is correct, Dr. Garcia.
[5:11:35] » Phase two is the implementation on what
[5:11:38] actually we're going to do about
[5:11:40] preventing any kind of issues with AI.
[5:11:42] We're starting to see it all over around
[5:11:45] in briefings, in presentations, in
[5:11:48] emails, in text. And what I want my
[5:11:51] employees to know is what is what they
[5:11:54] can do and what they cannot do. Where
[5:11:57] can they can just shoot something from
[5:12:00] AI which might not have any sensible
[5:12:02] data and when they cannot use county
[5:12:07] data for something that is not county
[5:12:11] related. Right. Yes. This is safety and
[5:12:14] security. That's why we're approving
[5:12:16] phase 2 today. And that's when it went
[5:12:18] from 31,000 to 196,000.
[5:12:22] » Yes.
[5:12:23] » Because implementation requires more
[5:12:25] than a briefing.
[5:12:27] » Yes.
[5:12:28] » Implementation requires what exactly am
[5:12:30] I paying for the 196,000?
[5:12:33] » The ultimate deliverables, Dr. Garcia,
[5:12:36] are they're they're going to update our
[5:12:38] AI policy and code of ethics. We're also
[5:12:40] going to get a compliance alignment
[5:12:42] matrix with all applicable security and
[5:12:44] privacy laws. I've already sent them my
[5:12:47] legislative notes. We uh we're going to
[5:12:50] get a foundational AI governance
[5:12:51] framework, guidelines on core guard
[5:12:53] rails and controls and the initial risk
[5:12:56] criteria and evaluation process. How do
[5:12:58] we as an organization evaluate the risk?
[5:13:00] » Okay. How would we have known any of
[5:13:02] that from
[5:13:04] » We won't know it unless this pass
[5:13:05] » Because my staff and I we we dug down in
[5:13:08] it and we spent time with it and that's
[5:13:10] the difference around here.
[5:13:12] » I would not have known those things.
[5:13:15] the step by step all the all the pieces
[5:13:18] that are that are included here.
[5:13:21] » It's just
[5:13:23] » Well I think that this is the logical
[5:13:26] evolution of what we've been doing and
[5:13:28] we want to do this before um this can
[5:13:32] become dangerous and before the state
[5:13:35] comes out with different guidelines and
[5:13:37] they beat us to the cake.
[5:13:43] » Okay. So with with that said though,
[5:13:45] we're just voting on the $200,000 today.
[5:13:48] » It's $196.
[5:13:50] » Okay. So any any desire to pull that or
[5:13:54] just keep it in with the uncontroversial
[5:13:56] court orders that were considered?
[5:13:59] » You know, I you know, as I said, I have
[5:14:02] no comfort level because if you've done
[5:14:03] the first, I don't I'm pull I'm gonna
[5:14:05] pull it.
[5:14:06] » Okay. So that's going to be pulled until
[5:14:08] next week at the earliest, right? What's
[5:14:11] And that's 20. We're still on these
[5:14:13] non-pulled court orders.
[5:14:14] » Correct. 25 and 26. Commissioner Price,
[5:14:17] these are the allocations for um NIPA
[5:14:22] Howard Bound, the bridge, Austin
[5:14:24] shelter.
[5:14:25] » Yeah. 25. Hold on.
[5:14:28] » 68,866
[5:14:30] for the state um intervention
[5:14:34] program.
[5:14:37] And I look into these items,
[5:14:39] Commissioner Price, and I think this is
[5:14:42] money that we're already working on with
[5:14:44] all these organizations.
[5:14:46] » Hold on, let me do
[5:14:49] » That's between
[5:14:50] » It's a total of 240,000
[5:14:52] » Austin Street,
[5:14:53] » Correct?
[5:14:55] » Yeah, there's not much money here, but
[5:14:56] it's parsed out partners.
[5:14:59] » It adds up.
[5:15:00] » Yeah.
[5:15:00] » What was your concern, Commissioner
[5:15:02] Price, about this?
[5:15:06] This has um that um we needed to confirm
[5:15:10] the written authority retroactive cost
[5:15:12] and report services and payments today.
[5:15:15] Remove City Square and identify the
[5:15:18] current operating model. You know the
[5:15:21] document Austin Street as a subreient or
[5:15:25] service provider and reconcile the grant
[5:15:28] identifiers and governing conditions. We
[5:15:31] need to complete the the the title uh
[5:15:36] six uh sieges documentation and tie the
[5:15:39] reimbursement to rates utilization and
[5:15:42] measurable deliverable.
[5:15:45] » That's not that that none of that's in
[5:15:47] here.
[5:15:50] None of it's in here.
[5:15:53] » But this is the fuse program and the
[5:15:55] crisis intervention program.
[5:15:58] Right.
[5:15:59] » Right. State. This is the office of the
[5:16:01] governor. State crisis.
[5:16:03] » It's a fuse program partner.
[5:16:06] » Yeah. But I just just told you the
[5:16:10] correction before we execute it just to
[5:16:13] confirm the written authority
[5:16:15] for retroactive cost and report services
[5:16:18] and payments to date. Remove City Square
[5:16:23] and identify the current operating
[5:16:25] model.
[5:16:27] Document
[5:16:28] Austin Street as a subreient or service
[5:16:32] provider and reconcile the grant
[5:16:35] identifiers and governing condition. And
[5:16:37] of course,
[5:16:38] » So you're talking about document
[5:16:39] cleanups that need to have city. Yeah.
[5:16:41] So he's not talking about like he's
[5:16:44] opposed to the deals. He's saying we
[5:16:46] have document cleanups here. City square
[5:16:48] is no longer a functioning.
[5:16:49] » Correct. But it's not here. I didn't see
[5:16:51] the square. I'm telling you that it
[5:16:54] » I mean and for what NIPBA does on this
[5:16:57] you know uh we gain a care coordinator
[5:17:00] at the living room so we need these
[5:17:03] funds for the ASC portion which is 6322
[5:17:08] over a year
[5:17:10] NIDBA has provided the gap funding for
[5:17:14] fuse in previous items. So I mean guys
[5:17:20] um this is very important for all of us.
[5:17:22] » I I agree but city square city square
[5:17:25] went away in 2024.
[5:17:26] » Yes. Yes. But they're not here
[5:17:28] commission.
[5:17:28] » They're not on that sheet but they may
[5:17:30] but they are
[5:17:32] » Well if I don't see it I don't know
[5:17:33] where it is.
[5:17:34] » But my people are reading it all. See
[5:17:36] that's what I'm telling you.
[5:17:37] » I read it all too. And see
[5:17:39] » They're reading it all. City squares in
[5:17:41] here. Anybody want to bet
[5:17:42] » In the old contract not in the new?
[5:17:45] » Okay. Yeah. No. No. That's my point. And
[5:17:46] I'm just
[5:17:47] » So I think what what he's saying, Dr.
[5:17:49] Garcia, is um you know, of course he had
[5:17:52] the court order, but behind that are a
[5:17:54] whole bunch of documents, right? Right.
[5:17:56] » And they are there, but they're not on
[5:17:58] the new one.
[5:18:00] » Right. And and so maybe he ran that
[5:18:02] through AI or something and found city
[5:18:04] square.
[5:18:05] » Okay.
[5:18:05] » And so we need to get I did. I ran it
[5:18:08] through African intelligence. It's
[5:18:10] called re [laughter]
[5:18:14] » Commissioner price staff can look at
[5:18:15] that to make sure city square is not in
[5:18:17] there. If we could continue with the
[5:18:18] corridor though I think we could okay I
[5:18:21] think we're all good with that.
[5:18:22] » Good. Okay. So that passes 25.
[5:18:25] » No no no we we none of it passes yet
[5:18:27] because we're doing them all together.
[5:18:29] Remember this these quarters.
[5:18:31] » All right. Fine.
[5:18:34] » Okay. Anything else before we vote on
[5:18:36] these?
[5:18:37] » Well you got court order. You still got
[5:18:40] Gordon, you still got court order
[5:18:42] » 33
[5:18:43] » 33 and that's that big thought for
[5:18:46] mental health, drug and rehabilitation
[5:18:48] related services not to exceed 109
[5:18:52] uh,000
[5:18:55] uh it require uh with the purchasing and
[5:18:59] the uh civil division classification as
[5:19:02] a chapter 59 donation grant or purchase
[5:19:05] of services. So if if using if it's a
[5:19:10] procurement using purchasing or you're
[5:19:13] identifying a valid exemption if a
[5:19:16] donation grant document
[5:19:19] statutory eligibility and public purpose
[5:19:23] controls.
[5:19:25] So where's the line I bud measurable
[5:19:27] outcomes resolution of retroactive cost
[5:19:31] again form 1295
[5:19:34] title uh six documents and risk approved
[5:19:38] insurance none of that's in here
[5:19:42] again
[5:19:44] I know it's just reading
[5:19:47] it
[5:19:51] » Is it does it have to be in
[5:19:55] Yes.
[5:19:56] » Yes.
[5:19:59] » Can it be added in?
[5:20:03] » Commissioner Price, while staff
[5:20:04] researches this item, I we I think we
[5:20:07] can pull this for two weeks if the
[5:20:08] district attorney's office does not
[5:20:09] object.
[5:20:10] » You need to pull it for two weeks. We we
[5:20:11] can get
[5:20:12] » For one week, excuse me, for for next
[5:20:13] week and we'll place this on the next
[5:20:15] agenda. So,
[5:20:15] » And we'll have the exemption if there is
[5:20:18] one applied.
[5:20:20] » Yeah, I can give it to
[5:20:22] » Okay, great. All right. So that gets us
[5:20:24] to 34.
[5:20:27] » 34 is a second amended attorney fee
[5:20:29] contract for Carrington Coleman Slowman
[5:20:32] Bmanthal
[5:20:33] you know and again um you know correct
[5:20:37] the prior amendment date. It provides
[5:20:40] spending to date balance litigation
[5:20:42] stage and forecast through the next
[5:20:45] major milestone. the required notice
[5:20:48] approximately 75 and 90% of the cap and
[5:20:51] it continues the matter specific invoice
[5:20:54] review. This is this is that uh this is
[5:20:58] 100,000 to 160,000
[5:21:01] uh pieces before us. They did they did
[5:21:04] the hourly range rates they went well
[5:21:07] they broke it down 856 for partner 288
[5:21:10] for parallegal staff and delegation all
[5:21:13] of that. Were there unforeseen things
[5:21:15] that happened in this case?
[5:21:17] » Come again.
[5:21:18] » Were there unforeseen
[5:21:21] happenings in this particular case on
[5:21:23] the need for the increase in attorney
[5:21:26] fees?
[5:21:27] » Barbara,
[5:21:31] » Why' this happen? How did this happen?
[5:21:33] » Increase in the attorney fees
[5:21:35] » In the case because the case is still
[5:21:37] pending support. So, I can't get into
[5:21:40] the legal advice as to the actual
[5:21:42] » Lawsuit, but
[5:21:44] pass that
[5:21:51] wait a few days or go and pass that now.
[5:21:54] » So this is essentially this is the Can I
[5:21:56] even say what the case is, Barbara?
[5:21:58] » Sure.
[5:21:59] » Okay. So this is the class action case,
[5:22:01] correct?
[5:22:02] » Yes.
[5:22:02] » Correct. And so we gave them a a number
[5:22:06] to start and hope, you know, you always
[5:22:09] hope that'll be it, but this being very
[5:22:11] expensive litigation, they've blown
[5:22:13] through that number. And so if we want
[5:22:16] them to continue working, we need to
[5:22:18] authorize some more money.
[5:22:19] » Correct. 60,000 more.
[5:22:21] » Yeah. Yeah. 60,000
[5:22:25] » From 100,000 to 160.
[5:22:28] And at some point in time, again about
[5:22:31] the same kind of plan we talked about
[5:22:33] earlier, require notice of approximately
[5:22:36] 75 to 90% of the cap and and continue
[5:22:40] matter specific
[5:22:42] review.
[5:22:43] » Yeah, you see what he's saying? Instead
[5:22:44] of coming to us and saying, "Oh, blew
[5:22:45] through the cap. Give me some more
[5:22:46] money." He's saying, "When you get to 75
[5:22:48] to 90% of the cap, let us know."
[5:22:51] » Understood.
[5:22:52] » That's a good good idea.
[5:22:54] Um
[5:22:55] » 46
[5:22:56] » 46 is the interphase facilitation
[5:22:59] agreement with lab core for electronic
[5:23:02] laboratory results transmission uh to uh
[5:23:06] Dallas County Health and Human Services.
[5:23:08] You know, we need to remove or disclose
[5:23:10] the county reimbursement obligation.
[5:23:12] Obtain an update cleanses form naming
[5:23:16] lab core as a sole payer and conforming
[5:23:20] cannot invoice Dallas County. You know,
[5:23:24] attach a cost responsibility matrix and
[5:23:27] require it security, privacy,
[5:23:31] uh, laboratory, epic, clin, and risk
[5:23:35] approval. complete any required
[5:23:38] my data security documents and documents
[5:23:42] for a star um anti- kickback compliance.
[5:23:49] So that that whole interphase
[5:23:51] facilitation agreement with lab core uh
[5:23:55] leaves uh a lot to be desired.
[5:23:58] » Why Commissioner Price? because it says
[5:24:00] here is a secure electronic so that
[5:24:05] information can be shared from the lab
[5:24:10] to the epic EHR
[5:24:13] so isn't this a better way of doing it
[5:24:16] Dr. One is a secure link of transmitting
[5:24:19] directly rather than by facts or
[5:24:21] computer or email.
[5:24:22] » Exactly. And we have been working on
[5:24:24] this connection for like two years
[5:24:27] because now without that we just get
[5:24:30] like sometimes scanned data into the
[5:24:33] electronic health record. We can't see
[5:24:35] the information. This is just part of
[5:24:38] the lab information.
[5:24:40] electronic transpose the uh remove or
[5:24:44] disclose the county reimbursement
[5:24:47] obligation.
[5:24:48] » Uh so this was again we've been working
[5:24:50] with them labcore because our the
[5:24:53] horizon and uh clinicist that does our
[5:24:56] electronic lab reporting we've been
[5:24:58] trying to make have labcore have a
[5:25:01] direct connection to them so we can get
[5:25:03] when we send out some of the labs we can
[5:25:06] get the information into our electronic
[5:25:08] health record.
[5:25:09] » Okay.
[5:25:10] said that they would pay
[5:25:11] » Is basically again we're we're asking
[5:25:15] that Clint's be uh form naming LabCore
[5:25:18] as the sole payer and confirming that
[5:25:21] Clintes cannot invoice Dallas County
[5:25:24] that's not in here.
[5:25:25] » Um this was an agreement that we're act
[5:25:28] you know they had it was uncertain and
[5:25:31] LabCore has said they would pay for the
[5:25:33] interface. We have a contract with
[5:25:35] LabCore so it's a good thing for us.
[5:25:37] This is a good thing we're not having to
[5:25:38] pay or y just throw some stuff in front
[5:25:41] of us and you know I'm just I'm just
[5:25:44] staff and I spend a lot of time we're
[5:25:46] following this stuff
[5:25:47] » And it was a questionable uh again even
[5:25:51] as we're making this agreement if it's
[5:25:54] between lab core and clinicis why we're
[5:25:56] actually in the middle of this but um
[5:25:59] this is what we've had to work through
[5:26:01] so we can get the connection again what
[5:26:03] we want to do is get the connection when
[5:26:05] we send out labs to labcore so they can
[5:26:08] send it back electronically and it can
[5:26:11] get into our electronic health record
[5:26:12] system. That's all we're trying to do.
[5:26:14] That interface between Lab Core and our
[5:26:16] electronic health uh the lab system with
[5:26:19] me.
[5:26:19] » That's the interface. And so they're
[5:26:21] we're not even paying for that. They're
[5:26:22] going to pay for the connection and we
[5:26:24] just get the electronic data into our
[5:26:26] » Have you read what you generated to us
[5:26:28] though?
[5:26:29] » Pardon?
[5:26:30] » Did you read what you generated to us?
[5:26:33] » Yes. Again, it was a confusing situation
[5:26:35] that we've been having
[5:26:36] » Stuff. Yep.
[5:26:37] » Yeah, that's my point. And so when we we
[5:26:40] read it, then what are we supposed to
[5:26:42] do? Just say, "Well, it's confusing, but
[5:26:45] what what
[5:26:47] » Um again, it's and if it needs
[5:26:50] explanation, I'm happy to provide it."
[5:26:52] What it simply is is it's our lab
[5:26:54] information system and because we have
[5:26:57] an external lab uh provider that
[5:26:59] sometimes we can't do all of our labs
[5:27:01] internally. We just want them to connect
[5:27:04] it and
[5:27:04] » Just just put it just put it right. Make
[5:27:07] it clear and concise. If you're out of
[5:27:10] the loop, you're out of the loop. I
[5:27:13] mean, in terms of clinices and lab core,
[5:27:16] just I'm just trying to, you know, just
[5:27:19] just
[5:27:21] Yeah, if you'll give them the that sheet
[5:27:23] and then they can work on those
[5:27:25] documents.
[5:27:26] » Okay.
[5:27:28] » All right.
[5:27:28] » But is the trans the transfer the
[5:27:31] transference from lab core an entity to
[5:27:36] a clinic directly secure on the time and
[5:27:40] we're not paying but one time cost of
[5:27:42] 33.
[5:27:43] » But the briefing document does not say
[5:27:46] no cost to Dallas County.
[5:27:49] » No. No. It says $36,900
[5:27:52] as reflected in the attached quote note
[5:27:54] and it's right there and it's the just
[5:27:58] you know Dr. Juan just say it's not our
[5:28:01] cause.
[5:28:02] » You know that they will be paying for
[5:28:04] it.
[5:28:04] » No fiscal impact to us is what begard
[5:28:07] » There's no fiscal impact to Dallas
[5:28:09] County associated with the agreement.
[5:28:11] That's not what the briefing document
[5:28:12] says.
[5:28:12] » He said is that the the interface
[5:28:14] between Clinus and Labcore would be a
[5:28:17] onetime cost of $36,900.
[5:28:20] Uh that's what Clint has made between
[5:28:22] them. Labcore will be responsible and
[5:28:25] they've agreed to pay for that.
[5:28:27] » I got it.
[5:28:29] » And there's no cost to Dallas County.
[5:28:30] » No cost to Dallas County.
[5:28:31] » But it doesn't say that.
[5:28:33] » Well, it said um no fiscal impact to
[5:28:36] Dallas. Yeah, I know what it says, but
[5:28:38] I'm telling you in in the detail I'm
[5:28:40] looking at it.
[5:28:41] » And there was again some uncertainty for
[5:28:44] a while because they were trying to get
[5:28:46] the bid and it kept it's so Anyway,
[5:28:49] we're we're glad that they're willing to
[5:28:50] pay for it.
[5:28:51] » Yeah, that's right. Just let the
[5:28:53] document say, you know, say that and
[5:28:56] okay, that it's it's not there, but
[5:28:58] okay. your your explanation helped a lot
[5:29:01] in being being able to understand
[5:29:04] » The written word versus reality.
[5:29:07] » Yeah. And we were working with their
[5:29:08] lawyers also on trying to get this thing
[5:29:12] » A lawyer.
[5:29:12] » Yeah.
[5:29:14] » Sorry.
[5:29:15] » Thank you.
[5:29:18] » Thank you.
[5:29:20] » That's that's my point exactly.
[5:29:23] » Well, I mean question
[5:29:25] » Coming back to this one. I have no
[5:29:26] problems with it. Which is this one?
[5:29:29] » The one that judge that um
[5:29:33] » Dr. Hang already did the uh court order
[5:29:36] 46.
[5:29:37] » I'm on I'm on I'm on 52 55 but okay. But
[5:29:42] long as as as
[5:29:45] we understand that there's no cost.
[5:29:47] That's not what it says. It's 52 through
[5:29:49] 55. This is uh the locks on uh
[5:29:54] distribution community projects. We just
[5:29:57] talked about it
[5:29:58] » This morning. Uh talks about money. The
[5:30:02] the problem is obtain one on there
[5:30:06] explanation and written purchasing grant
[5:30:10] classification
[5:30:11] confirming a bonafide subawward
[5:30:16] and no fragmentation of a county
[5:30:19] procurement.
[5:30:21] We need to review the combined amount
[5:30:24] original scoring year one performance
[5:30:27] and the entity specific
[5:30:30] scopes budget dates and certification.
[5:30:34] Correct the performance periods entities
[5:30:37] under title six exhibits and chapter
[5:30:40] 2252 language before execution.
[5:30:44] This is 52 through 55.
[5:30:51] These are four related
[5:30:54] year two awards cumulatively $100,000
[5:30:58] $999,994
[5:31:01] and are set and are set at
[5:31:03] [clears throat] approximately um 25,000.
[5:31:06] The RSA
[5:31:07] states that multiple subreipients were
[5:31:10] intended, but purchasing and grants
[5:31:13] should document that the structure
[5:31:16] reflects bonafide federal subawwards
[5:31:19] rather than fragmentation of county
[5:31:22] procurement
[5:31:25] 52 through 55
[5:31:28] » And those are all related to the
[5:31:31] » Well. Well, I'm you know
[5:31:34] » The distribution and we talked about it
[5:31:36] this morning.
[5:31:37] » We tal we talked about the them
[5:31:39] distributing this morning. This is a
[5:31:41] $100,000 B but I'm just telling you when
[5:31:44] we go behind it and start pulling
[5:31:46] pulling it down. We talk about discovery
[5:31:50] plays 25. This breaks I broke it down to
[5:31:54] all of the different different ones but
[5:31:56] there are some issues when it comes to
[5:31:58] county procurement on this
[5:32:01] » To procurement. Why to procurement?
[5:32:04] » Because the purchasing grants
[5:32:06] classification confirming bonafide
[5:32:09] subawwards and no fragmentation of
[5:32:12] county procurement. We review the the
[5:32:15] amounts and the uh combined amount
[5:32:19] original scoring year one year one
[5:32:22] performance
[5:32:24] and um entity specific scopes budgets
[5:32:28] and dates and certifications. So we just
[5:32:30] need to correct the performance periods,
[5:32:32] entity names and under title six.
[5:32:40] » I mean the these are uh renewals. These
[5:32:44] are year two of contracts. I'm not sure
[5:32:46] if AI spit that out or something. Uh
[5:32:48] » It does say Dr. H that is it second
[5:32:51] year.
[5:32:52] » So we already approved it the first
[5:32:53] year, right?
[5:32:54] » This is the second year commission. So,
[5:32:56] so, so first year you asleep and second
[5:32:59] year you caught it.
[5:33:00] » No, second year you know you continue
[5:33:02] it. I mean we t we hear this morning
[5:33:04] that this the the medic the nuxon is
[5:33:08] running out like hot bread.
[5:33:10] » I I I get that. I get that. I'm I'm just
[5:33:13] telling you.
[5:33:13] » And the amount of money is not higher.
[5:33:15] It's the same.
[5:33:16] » It's $100,000
[5:33:19] » Which was more or less what we had last
[5:33:21] time. So
[5:33:23] I don't know what
[5:33:25] we're discussing here.
[5:33:29] » Each of the contracts are under 25,000.
[5:33:31] They're the different organizations.
[5:33:32] This is year two of a renewal.
[5:33:36] But under 25, the collective is is 99.
[5:33:39] Anything over 50,000 is counted by
[5:33:42] procurement. But did you break it down
[5:33:45] because that's what I'm asking.
[5:33:47] » Well, they're to different
[5:33:48] organizations,
[5:33:50] » But it's all coming to
[5:33:53] Dallas County.
[5:33:55] And then we're distributing it.
[5:33:57] Procurement policy says our
[5:33:59] » It we're giving it to four different
[5:34:00] organizations. I get it.
[5:34:02] » It's our second year.
[5:34:03] » You're giving it to them, but you're
[5:34:05] procuring it. You're procuring it.
[5:34:08] You're procuring over $50,000.
[5:34:11] You're procuring it. The policy says
[5:34:14] over $50,000. My point is is that you
[5:34:17] can break it down any way you want to.
[5:34:20] That's what I'm saying. And are you
[5:34:21] fragmenting and going around county
[5:34:23] policy? Dr. Garcia's point, just because
[5:34:26] didn't I didn't catch it before, I'm I'm
[5:34:29] catching it now. It's a $99,000
[5:34:34] buy.
[5:34:36] That's over $50,000
[5:34:40] procurement.
[5:34:44] But I guess the question you're trying
[5:34:45] to make is is it due to
[5:34:48] » To avoiding
[5:34:49] » That's my point.
[5:34:51] » The uh $50,000 C.
[5:34:54] » Mr. Fresh, can you jump in this one?
[5:34:56] Because I mean, if it's a continuation,
[5:35:00] it has to go to procurement
[5:35:04] » And it's the budget's been approved by
[5:35:05] our granter. Um
[5:35:10] I
[5:35:10] » Think we need I would need to look at
[5:35:12] this before. before we had a discussion
[5:35:13] publicly. So I don't look at this. This
[5:35:16] is aou which is used sometimes
[5:35:19] » Memorandum of understanding that is
[5:35:21] dated for one year ago. The question is
[5:35:24] do we have to go to procurement if it's
[5:35:27] a higher amount of money but it's a
[5:35:29] continuation with different partners.
[5:35:31] That's it.
[5:35:32] » Typically wouldn't go through
[5:35:33] procurement on the second year of a
[5:35:35] contract that was approved by the board
[5:35:37] because it's the annual. If we pass it
[5:35:39] as a continuation from an original MOU,
[5:35:42] do we My question to you is do we need
[5:35:44] to procure it? That's it.
[5:35:47] » I mean, it's getting the NLX zone out to
[5:35:49] these community partners,
[5:35:51] » Less than 5,000 to each one.
[5:35:53] » I get I get all that, Dr. Wong. I'm
[5:35:55] putting it on the record. It's a $99,000
[5:35:58] procurement.
[5:36:00] Period. If you put it in 10,000
[5:36:03] increments or 25, thou that's you can do
[5:36:06] that. Anything over 50,000 procurement
[5:36:10] says you go back out.
[5:36:13] » Okay.
[5:36:14] » So, Mr. Frost, any concerns with this or
[5:36:16] should we pull it for a week or what do
[5:36:18] we want to do here?
[5:36:20] » I would rather pull it for a week if
[5:36:22] that's okay, Dr. W. We could talk about
[5:36:24] it at the end. It's been approved by
[5:36:25] civil so I feel comfortable they've
[5:36:26] looked at this.
[5:36:28] » They would ask those questions. But I if
[5:36:30] you want my opinion, I need to spend
[5:36:31] some time to to look at this before I
[5:36:33] off the cuff give you an opinion.
[5:36:34] » And Dr. for long. I assume that this
[5:36:37] isn't going to delay the Noxalone
[5:36:40] getting out, right? We're talking six
[5:36:42] days.
[5:36:43] » Yeah, if it's one week, I assume that's
[5:36:45] fine. I mean, again, it's effort to get
[5:36:47] these out to the community. These are
[5:36:49] small organizations in the community to
[5:36:51] provide the community services.
[5:36:54] So,
[5:36:56] whatever you would like to do.
[5:36:58] » Well, I mean, that's what I'm asking
[5:36:59] you.
[5:37:00] » Yeah. I'm not sure if they're if they've
[5:37:02] used up all the nlloxxone and it'll be a
[5:37:05] delay for a week. I don't know.
[5:37:07] » Well, that doesn't thrill me because
[5:37:11] somebody might need that and die
[5:37:13] otherwise. So,
[5:37:16] can you find out real fast if if
[5:37:18] everybody's completely out of knoxone?
[5:37:23] » Well, we heard from one of them that
[5:37:24] they're already out.
[5:37:27] » That's our own internal organization.
[5:37:32] So something we did where we just
[5:37:34] » What's the impact of that pardon?
[5:37:36] » What's the impact of that? Is it life
[5:37:38] and death? Is
[5:37:39] » Well I mean you know that's it is used
[5:37:41] in life and death situations. I don't
[5:37:44] know if they run out and then
[5:37:46] » Yeah,
[5:37:47] » You know, I mean, I think we heard some
[5:37:49] partners say that they have a problem
[5:37:51] continuing to get the
[5:37:55] » Again,
[5:38:01] but we can't move it forward today,
[5:38:03] right?
[5:38:06] » So, we don't really have much of an
[5:38:07] option,
[5:38:09] » Right? Because it cannot be moved
[5:38:11] forward today.
[5:38:13] It states in the background the whereas
[5:38:15] is that there's
[5:38:17] it says approved and authorized through
[5:38:21] section 121 and subchapter E of chapter
[5:38:24] 43 of the Texas health and safety code
[5:38:26] in the standing orders of the state of
[5:38:28] Texas for the distribution of a lock
[5:38:30] zone that may be the reason commissioner
[5:38:33] I'm just reading the back the whereases
[5:38:35] in the background it states this is in
[5:38:37] compliance with Texas health and safety
[5:38:39] code and standing orders of the state of
[5:38:42] Texas for the distribution of this
[5:38:43] product. So maybe that's an exhibit a a
[5:38:45] a
[5:38:46] » So you are are all I need from you. Are
[5:38:48] you telling me it's exempt from the
[5:38:51] » Background? I have faith in our civil de
[5:38:53] office.
[5:38:54] » Are you telling me it's exempt from the
[5:38:56] procurement process because it's over
[5:38:58] $50,000?
[5:39:00] » I'm saying the way it's written, it
[5:39:01] appears to be in compliance with
[5:39:03] statutes. Yes.
[5:39:06] » So you can just separate it out and that
[5:39:08] therefore you can go around 50,000.
[5:39:11] Okay. just putting it all on.
[5:39:13] » The projects are paused now until new
[5:39:15] contracts.
[5:39:15] » Beg pardon?
[5:39:16] » The projects are paused until new
[5:39:18] contracts.
[5:39:21] » Okay. So, if if if we're good on and you
[5:39:24] know, I want to
[5:39:26] whatever we can do to both allay
[5:39:29] Commissioner Price's concerns, but also
[5:39:31] put Noxalone in those those vending
[5:39:35] machines as quickly as possible because
[5:39:37] it literally is a life or death, you
[5:39:40] know, situation.
[5:39:42] For many people, if someone has an
[5:39:45] opioid or heroin overdose and there's no
[5:39:48] knock there,
[5:39:51] um,
[5:39:54] so we good to what are we doing? We're
[5:39:56] going to let it go. And
[5:39:58] » Do we have an option?
[5:39:59] » I I I've put what I needed to on the
[5:40:02] record.
[5:40:02] » He's put it on the record. So that's
[5:40:04] that's not getting pulled right now,
[5:40:05] apparently. So what's next? 5if
[5:40:10] 52 through 55.
[5:40:13] » Yeah. 52.
[5:40:13] » That was that was
[5:40:14] » That's what we just And
[5:40:16] » No, he asked clerks. He asked but 58 is
[5:40:20] the uh
[5:40:23] the uh TD HCA notification of intent to
[5:40:27] contract weatherization assistance
[5:40:30] program.
[5:40:32] This is where $798,000
[5:40:35] is an estimate and prohibits uh
[5:40:38] expenditures or commitments until the
[5:40:41] executed contract require the final
[5:40:44] contract and budget to return to court.
[5:40:46] Uh this this this has a narrative talks
[5:40:49] about other professional fees and all of
[5:40:52] that but the procurement again status of
[5:40:56] weatherization contract and the project
[5:40:59] number for fund 46
[5:41:01] 600 are not provided.
[5:41:07] The procurement status of weatherization
[5:41:10] contractors
[5:41:11] and the project number for fund 4660
[5:41:20] not provided in this.
[5:41:27] And
[5:41:28] » We have a we have a current
[5:41:29] weatherization contract that's
[5:41:30] multi-year. I can pull it up for you
[5:41:32] just a minute. I know that's an active
[5:41:33] contract. So, it's not referenced, but
[5:41:35] we have an active contract that's
[5:41:37] approved by the court to do
[5:41:38] weatherization. So, I I'm looking for
[5:41:39] that now. Commissioner,
[5:41:41] » I'm just trying to get a budget
[5:41:43] crosswalk that identifies cost incurred
[5:41:47] since July 1st confirmed that the
[5:41:49] contractor procurement and add a project
[5:41:52] and add a project number.
[5:41:55] It presently It does not. It says that
[5:41:59] it does not provide
[5:42:10] the current weatherization contract was
[5:42:12] awarded for three years on December 16,
[5:42:14] 2025. So we have a method to uh spend
[5:42:18] the money that's approved by the budget.
[5:42:20] Uh so this is strictly a budgeting
[5:42:22] discussion, not a contracting position.
[5:42:24] We have a current contract in place
[5:42:26] approved by this board in December 2025.
[5:42:29] » Then answer my question. My question is
[5:42:33] there is there a there's no project
[5:42:35] numbers fond6600
[5:42:39] but there a project number is not
[5:42:42] provided which it calls for.
[5:42:51] I mean don't blame me. I just read
[5:42:52] writing. I'm just trying to follow
[5:42:54] through.
[5:42:58] Don't everybody talk at once.
[5:43:00] » So, essentially what we're trying to do
[5:43:02] is just authorize this so that the
[5:43:04] auditor's office can establish our
[5:43:05] budget appropriation for and um that's
[5:43:09] what we need to ensure the program can
[5:43:11] be operational.
[5:43:12] » So, do you have a project number?
[5:43:14] » Huh?
[5:43:15] » Project number.
[5:43:16] » They provided us the intent to contract.
[5:43:19] We want to set up the budget so when we
[5:43:21] get the official contract, then it's
[5:43:23] it's ready to go and we're not going to
[5:43:24] have a gap in service.
[5:43:27] » 58.
[5:43:28] » Yes. Uh
[5:43:29] » 58.
[5:43:29] » Yeah, I'm [clears throat] on 58.
[5:43:31] » They were asking
[5:43:45] the uh uh you don't have project number.
[5:43:48] Okay. If if audits is okay with that
[5:43:51] budget
[5:43:54] on 76, the first administrative judicial
[5:43:56] region county contribution year, we're
[5:44:00] up to 190. It said that the uh financial
[5:44:04] impact assessment letter and motion
[5:44:07] stated 197,417
[5:44:10] while the recommendation is 194,000. The
[5:44:14] motion also repeats incomplete
[5:44:17] introductory language several times. Uh
[5:44:21] this uh which which one is it?
[5:44:24] So is the recommendation and the motion
[5:44:27] to be 197,000
[5:44:29] and replace the repeating motion
[5:44:31] language.
[5:44:34] » Commissioner Price, let me work with
[5:44:36] this was submitted by the auditor. Let
[5:44:39] me confirm that with you. I see in the
[5:44:41] recommendation it is the 194,
[5:44:44] » Right? The recommendation states 194,
[5:44:47] but the motion, the assessment letter
[5:44:50] says 197.
[5:44:52] » And these specific requests from Judge
[5:44:54] Wheelis is 197. So, we would probably
[5:44:57] need to amend the recommendation with
[5:44:59] the auditor's approval to the 1974.
[5:45:06] [snorts]
[5:45:07] » Okay.
[5:45:09] So pull that one through.
[5:45:10] » Mr. Hick supports that. He just said no.
[5:45:13] He said he's gonna amend it.
[5:45:14] » Yeah. Mr. Hick just approved. So we will
[5:45:18] go with Judge Willis's number which is
[5:45:20] $197,417
[5:45:23] » And we will amend the recommendation
[5:45:26] section for the record.
[5:45:27] » Which number was that?
[5:45:30] » This is under
[5:45:32] 76. 76. Yep.
[5:45:34] » And uh they said they're going to go
[5:45:36] with $197,417
[5:45:40] which was requested apparent about the
[5:45:42] first administrative reading as opposed
[5:45:45] to the recommendation of 194,000.
[5:45:50] It's just numbers and writing. I know 83
[5:45:54] pre-awward.
[5:45:56] This is the raise grant for Dallas
[5:45:58] County inland port. Um,
[5:46:04] now this one's in the briefing describes
[5:46:07] 20.
[5:46:10] » Hell yeah. Cuz I I want it right. I
[5:46:12] don't want I don't need I don't need no
[5:46:14] nonsense.
[5:46:14] » Go ahead. Go ahead.
[5:46:15] » 20.95 million in engineering rightway
[5:46:19] utility cost as eligible pre-awward
[5:46:22] reimbursement. But the federal form
[5:46:25] shows zero uh federal share for the
[5:46:28] entire 20 million as a non-federal
[5:46:30] share. Uh the match versus the
[5:46:33] reimbursement treatment must be
[5:46:35] reconciled. The budget detail form um
[5:46:38] contains bank and I know um I was going
[5:46:42] to run this where's public works not
[5:46:45] here.
[5:46:46] [sighs]
[5:46:47] complete and reconcile all the forms,
[5:46:50] cost share tables, match reimbursement,
[5:46:52] treatment on the full funding schedule
[5:46:55] for signature. So you can push it back
[5:46:58] up to Miss Miss Blair so she can get
[5:47:01] confirm the environmental uh rightaway
[5:47:04] authority, execute the agreements
[5:47:06] covering the annexation, ownership,
[5:47:09] maintenance, utility and the overruns
[5:47:12] and then return the final raise grant
[5:47:15] agreement and material uh the county
[5:47:19] commitment changes to the court. So this
[5:47:21] has the county's total commitment is 5.1
[5:47:25] million but the submission only shows
[5:47:27] 2.9 million. The remaining 2.2 million
[5:47:31] and total funding schedule are not
[5:47:34] shown.
[5:47:36] Oh, there you are. So did you I didn't
[5:47:38] get it get back around. You see where
[5:47:40] I'm going?
[5:47:41] » Yeah.
[5:47:41] » Okay. Are you able to kind of clear that
[5:47:46] up? I just want I'm just saying that
[5:47:49] it's Federal Highway
[5:47:51] Administration. I'm just I'm looking at
[5:47:53] the county's total commitment 5.1
[5:47:56] million but the submission only shows
[5:47:58] 2.9 million. The remaining 2.2 2 million
[5:48:03] and total project funding schedule are
[5:48:05] not shown.
[5:48:07] And it and it says in incomplete um the
[5:48:11] the budget detail form contains blank
[5:48:15] cost share and project detail tables
[5:48:19] template language and incomplete
[5:48:21] certification
[5:48:23] uh stating enter recipient name.
[5:48:29] Commissioner, I think we need to go back
[5:48:30] and look at that.
[5:48:32] » Okay.
[5:48:32] » A little closer.
[5:48:33] » Okay.
[5:48:35] For you to be able to do that. I should
[5:48:36] have got it to you before, but like you
[5:48:38] see how many of these damn I'm these
[5:48:39] things I'm having to go through, but
[5:48:41] that's that's that's my fault.
[5:48:43] » Yeah, we we'll go ahead and cuz like I
[5:48:45] said, we're just trying to get this
[5:48:46] [clears throat] over to the fence.
[5:48:47] » I believe you will know.
[5:48:49] » I know.
[5:48:50] » Okay.
[5:48:51] » Okay. But I want go over there, right? I
[5:48:54] don't need no trouble.
[5:48:57] Don't want no trouble at the river when
[5:48:59] I cross over 84U
[5:49:02] with uh United States Capital Police and
[5:49:06] this temporary uh rooftop communication.
[5:49:10] Uh Mr. Okay. Yeah, you're going to
[5:49:13] you're going to answer.
[5:49:15] » Yes, sir.
[5:49:16] » Okay.
[5:49:18] Correct. The federal signature, date,
[5:49:19] and authority. Move sensitive technical
[5:49:21] details to a security control
[5:49:23] implementation document where legally
[5:49:26] permitted. Require facilities, it radio
[5:49:30] security, risk approvement, county
[5:49:32] priority and immediate uh shutdown
[5:49:35] removal rights and full USCP
[5:49:37] responsibility for the installation,
[5:49:39] damage and removal, restoration, attach
[5:49:42] access, air escort contractor, equipment
[5:49:45] inventory and final inspection
[5:49:47] procedures.
[5:49:51] Uh, I'm sorry, Commissioner. Um, your
[5:49:52] your question there is
[5:49:54] » Well, you need to correct the federal
[5:49:57] signature, date, and authority. Um, it
[5:50:00] looks like when my people got into it
[5:50:03] said no document, I can get into all
[5:50:05] this other stuff. No documented,
[5:50:07] structural, roof warranty, electrical,
[5:50:10] grounding, lighting, fire code, radio
[5:50:14] frequency. I can get into all of that. I
[5:50:16] just got looks incomplete.
[5:50:19] » Okay, let me uh let me take a look at
[5:50:21] that, Commissioner, because this is the
[5:50:22] first time I'm seeing that. So, um what
[5:50:25] you're bringing up,
[5:50:26] » Mr. Bone, give it up.
[5:50:27] » No, no, sir. I'm listening.
[5:50:29] » Okay. Okay. I mean, y'all are well known
[5:50:31] this. I mean, I guess H is that the
[5:50:35] last?
[5:50:36] » Yeah.
[5:50:39] » Yeah.
[5:50:41] » I don't know if that we have to do it
[5:50:42] this week, if we can do it next week.
[5:50:44] But
[5:50:45] » Well, what does it when does it need to
[5:50:46] be done? I mean, I'm just
[5:50:48] » I'm have a meeting next week,
[5:50:50] Commissioner. We can probably just place
[5:50:51] this on the next agenda. Just to make
[5:50:53] sure we're bringing the requested
[5:50:55] information, though. So, you wanted
[5:50:56] detail on
[5:50:58] » On on what specifically?
[5:51:01] » On court order 84,
[5:51:05] » Correct the federal signature, date, and
[5:51:07] authority.
[5:51:10] Move the sensitive technical details
[5:51:12] [clears throat] to a security control
[5:51:13] implementation document where legally
[5:51:16] permitted
[5:51:18] require facilities IT radio security and
[5:51:21] risk approval county priority immediate
[5:51:24] shutdown removal right.
[5:51:26] » Yes sir. I think we'll also uh we can
[5:51:29] work with uh Chief Forester also to give
[5:51:31] you an executive session briefing on
[5:51:33] this matter that I think will accompany
[5:51:35] this item very well. So let us work on
[5:51:37] that and we'll be ready for the next
[5:51:38] meeting. Okay,
[5:51:40] » I'm not even Hang on, guys. Before we do
[5:51:42] this, do we know that we even have I
[5:51:45] mean, we got a lot of stuff we got to do
[5:51:48] before September the 10th is
[5:51:51] I don't know the answer to this as I sit
[5:51:53] here today. I'm just hitting doing
[5:51:57] things as they're sent to us by the
[5:51:58] feds.
[5:52:00] Do we have a week to
[5:52:03] do the order? Because I don't know all
[5:52:04] the federal bureaucracy of how long it
[5:52:06] takes to get some communication
[5:52:09] equipment on the roofs around AAC.
[5:52:13] » Um, uh, Judge Jenkins, um, they kind of
[5:52:16] last minuteed us on this request. Um,
[5:52:19] the good thing about the the the rooftop
[5:52:21] penthouse at Crowley is, um, our
[5:52:24] wireless radio communication group is
[5:52:27] not using that uh, particular tower.
[5:52:30] When we put the new P25 radio system in,
[5:52:33] we we migrated it to the other tower.
[5:52:35] So, this tower is not not being used by
[5:52:38] us.
[5:52:40] » Okay.
[5:52:40] » Okay. But do we have do we have six
[5:52:42] days? I mean, I would think we do, but I
[5:52:44] don't know.
[5:52:44] » I think so, sir.
[5:52:45] » And I don't want to be responsible for
[5:52:46] anything that happens.
[5:52:48] » They've been pretty um um flexible, but
[5:52:54] check. But I and I'm not worried worried
[5:52:56] about them. I'm worried about us. And
[5:52:57] then, as I said, I didn't get into all
[5:52:59] the detail. I was just talking about why
[5:53:01] I pulled it and what all it needed. You
[5:53:04] know, I I just want to say to Steph,
[5:53:06] this is not a I got you. We spend a lot
[5:53:08] of time going through all this damn
[5:53:11] paperwork. And if it's there, it's
[5:53:13] there. And if it's not, it's not. It's
[5:53:16] just that simple. Because I I would have
[5:53:19] gotten back to I mean, Miss um
[5:53:22] » Please, please get them this stuff ahead
[5:53:24] of time.
[5:53:25] » Well, wait, wait, just a damn minute. We
[5:53:27] work all weekend. We we work and we pull
[5:53:30] this stuff out. Yeah, I'd love to,
[5:53:31] Judge.
[5:53:32] » Okay. Well, please. We'll get with you
[5:53:34] after this. We get the program and they
[5:53:36] can all run too and then hopefully it
[5:53:38] can resolve a lot of this.
[5:53:40] » Well, my my staff runs and I don't
[5:53:42] But I pulled [clears throat] 15 dad gum
[5:53:45] orders and every one of them had, you
[5:53:48] know, had some I didn't
[5:53:51] » Questions to it.
[5:53:52] » Do what?
[5:53:53] » And I know I went through the same thing
[5:53:55] of working over the weekend and that
[5:53:58] kind of business. 84 orders is a lot.
[5:54:01] And you know what what they say is you
[5:54:03] if you can't handle the job, get out of
[5:54:05] it. Accept that it's a lot.
[5:54:10] » Commissioner, if if I could get that
[5:54:11] from your staff, uh that would be
[5:54:13] helpful. Just to make sure we address
[5:54:14] all your concerns, sir.
[5:54:18] » Talk to me staff.
[5:54:19] » Here, here you go, M.
[5:54:20] » Thank you.
[5:54:24] » I was just doing generally.
[5:54:27] » Okay. Court court order 36. Judge, who
[5:54:31] has additional language?
[5:54:37] » What was that?
[5:54:38] » Court order 36. We pulled 36 for
[5:54:40] additional language.
[5:54:42] » Who has the language?
[5:54:43] » Well, wait. Now we have to vote on these
[5:54:45] first because 36 was was actually pulled
[5:54:47] out of that group.
[5:54:48] » Yeah.
[5:54:49] » So, is there we we've had some
[5:54:51] discussion. Some orders have been
[5:54:53] pulled. Uh, Commissioner Price, you
[5:54:56] probably would know best what orders
[5:54:57] were pulled.
[5:54:58] Oh, which one on?
[5:55:00] » So, so before us are the
[5:55:02] non-controversial unpulled court orders,
[5:55:05] but after talking about them,
[5:55:07] Commissioner Price sought to pull some.
[5:55:12] » 20 33 34 46 52 55
[5:55:19] » No, 52 through 55 would not
[5:55:21] » That stay. Oh, that's right. Because
[5:55:22] he's in a lockon, right? Yeah. Uh then
[5:55:26] 58.
[5:55:27] » Let him tell you or tell us. He's got
[5:55:30] it.
[5:55:31] » I think he's got
[5:55:33] » 33 76
[5:55:36] 834.
[5:55:38] » Thank you, sir. All right. So, with
[5:55:40] those additional polls from the from the
[5:55:44] list, I think we're now ready to vote.
[5:55:46] All those in favor of this
[5:55:48] » Oh, I have some comments.
[5:55:50] » Okay. on one item and I saw um the
[5:55:53] League of Women Voters earlier today
[5:55:57] uh and I want to thank the elections
[5:56:00] department. If you look at agenda item
[5:56:03] number 35, it was the 2026 election
[5:56:07] worker pay rates increases.
[5:56:10] I um you know I was very pleased to see
[5:56:14] that early voting judges went from 2022
[5:56:17] to $22 an hour. Election day judges from
[5:56:21] 24 to 26. Early boarding day clerks from
[5:56:25] 1824 to 1915 an hour. Election day pole
[5:56:30] workers um cler clerk training class um
[5:56:35] you know will be $80 per class. And
[5:56:37] today when Commissioner Price asked
[5:56:40] about all the training, it will be paid
[5:56:43] if you choose to retake the training. So
[5:56:47] I think that at the time when we're
[5:56:50] really challenged with election workers,
[5:56:52] this is a good call, guys. And I want to
[5:56:56] thank all the people that got involved u
[5:56:58] with the elections department. And
[5:57:01] » Mr. on. Even though I wasn't very
[5:57:03] specific, when you get down to their
[5:57:05] signature, it says 25, not 26
[5:57:11] on your paperwork
[5:57:13] » For for the federal document.
[5:57:14] » Yes, sir. Okay.
[5:57:15] » Okay. It says 25,
[5:57:19] » Sir. I I know they did it. I'm just
[5:57:22] telling them. Hell, I still Well, they
[5:57:23] did it with a reading, but it says 25 in
[5:57:27] the document. Okay. Okay.
[5:57:32] We expect if he has to do it, right?
[5:57:35] » Never mind. Never mind. Okay. Is there
[5:57:38] anything else?
[5:57:42] » I'm ready to call the question on the
[5:57:44] non-controversials then.
[5:57:45] » Okay.
[5:57:46] » If we have a clean record on it. Do we?
[5:57:48] » Yes. Clerk, he has a clean record.
[5:57:51] » Do we? Okay. Clerk says we do.
[5:57:54] » Okay. Call the question. All those in
[5:57:56] favor of non those that are
[5:57:58] non-controversial court orders let it be
[5:58:01] known by using sign of voting.
[5:58:02] » I
[5:58:03] » I
[5:58:03] » Those who are opposed same sign chairs
[5:58:06] in the affirmative. Okay. And the others
[5:58:09] will get ready on go for
[5:58:13] um that should
[5:58:15] » That takes you to the miscellaneous
[5:58:18] commissioner price. You wanted to say
[5:58:20] something about the Corvette 2007
[5:58:24] Chevrolet Corvette that is coming back
[5:58:26] with a clean title.
[5:58:28] » Yeah, I want to see
[5:58:30] [snorts]
[5:58:30] » What was that about? Miscellaneous item
[5:58:32] number one.
[5:58:33] » Yeah, I want to see it.
[5:58:35] » Staffing, intergovernmental equipment
[5:58:37] transfer, mileage reimbursement, and
[5:58:40] membership use under 50,000. That's what
[5:58:42] you put there,
[5:58:43] » Right?
[5:58:44] So, what
[5:58:47] » I don't know what do you wanted to say
[5:58:49] about that.
[5:58:50] » Yeah, just I mean
[5:58:52] » I want to know what it's used for.
[5:58:53] » Yeah.
[5:58:54] » You know what I mean? All right. So, we
[5:58:55] got this good-look Corvette,
[5:58:57] » Right?
[5:58:57] » A 2007 Chevrolet Corvette,
[5:59:00] » Right? And it's going to DA, isn't that
[5:59:03] right? DA's office. So, what what are
[5:59:06] they using it for?
[5:59:07] » I mean, maybe undercover.
[5:59:09] » I don't know. I think that's what
[5:59:10] Commissioner Price wanted to know. Yeah,
[5:59:12] probably something.
[5:59:14] » Yeah.
[5:59:14] » Well, probably something. What?
[5:59:17] » We can pull it and get more information
[5:59:19] for you, Commissioner.
[5:59:20] » Yeah.
[5:59:21] » What is the
[5:59:22] » I don't Yeah.
[5:59:24] » Well, we have Homers. We have other
[5:59:26] cars. We have Porsches that come
[5:59:28] through.
[5:59:29] » I mean, we have a lot of different
[5:59:31] vehicles that have come through and we
[5:59:33] just want to know
[5:59:35] » Where are they going this beautiful.
[5:59:38] » And for those of you think
[5:59:41] I don't have a car. Never had one. Don't
[5:59:43] want one.
[5:59:43] » Oh, you don't have this one?
[5:59:45] » No, I don't have one. Don't want one.
[5:59:46] Never had one.
[5:59:47] » Anyway, u Okay, gotcha.
[5:59:49] » Take one.
[5:59:51] » Okay, that concludes the agenda, judge,
[5:59:54] especially.
[5:59:56] » All right, so I don't Let me look and
[5:59:59] see if we have any speakers.
[6:00:00] » Yes, Dolores Phillips.
[6:00:02] » We do.
[6:00:02] » No, no, no. We haven't voted on
[6:00:04] everything yet, guys.
[6:00:05] » Yes, we have. We voted.
[6:00:07] » We did while you were out, judge.
[6:00:09] » We voted on all the non-controversial
[6:00:10] stuff. non-controversial court orders,
[6:00:13] but we still got um two things. We have
[6:00:16] to read stuff into the record that were
[6:00:17] pulled for reading into the record.
[6:00:19] » Item number 36.
[6:00:21] » Number 36. And who is read? Is that the
[6:00:24] one on the uh Hang on one second, guys?
[6:00:28] Because one of these things I can read
[6:00:30] into the record, but the other one I'm
[6:00:31] going to need some help on.
[6:00:38] Yeah, 36 I can do.
[6:00:40] Paul, somebody from your office needs to
[6:00:42] get here for your names or text them to
[6:00:45] me.
[6:00:47] » Um,
[6:00:48] » Oh, the election judges
[6:00:49] » Number 46. Okay,
[6:00:52] » So
[6:00:53] » I thought that moving the
[6:00:55] » Yes. Okay,
[6:00:56] » Are you gonna read them?
[6:00:57] » Yes, sir. This is for one item number
[6:00:59] 46.
[6:01:00] » No, no, no, sir. It's not you. Not you.
[6:01:03] » Yeah.
[6:01:03] » Thank you, Mr.
[6:01:04] » But I like how you're ready.
[6:01:06] » I appreciate it.
[6:01:07] » Ready. So, the 36 is before us and uh I
[6:01:12] don't see anyone from elections. Should
[6:01:14] we wait a minute until someone from
[6:01:15] elections gets here?
[6:01:22] The first one that we're going to I just
[6:01:24] want to make sure we're doing it right.
[6:01:26] And Barbara, maybe you have the language
[6:01:27] and we don't have to wait for him on
[6:01:28] that one, but I'm pretty sure we will
[6:01:30] have to wait for him on the next one.
[6:01:32] Um, the language on the first one is the
[6:01:37] hours of the first week of voting were
[6:01:40] stated incorrectly and that's the only
[6:01:43] thing I need to fix, right?
[6:01:49] » 36.
[6:01:58] » Oh, yes. Please have him come in here.
[6:02:07] Oh, he's in the building, right?
[6:02:10] » Would he also, while he's coming, can
[6:02:12] somebody else find me the names of the
[6:02:14] people that they want added to the last
[6:02:16] court order,
[6:02:18] » Please? The last court order,
[6:02:21] » The the 86 is a is is a court order
[6:02:26] where we named some election judges and
[6:02:29] they're saying they have additions to
[6:02:31] that
[6:02:32] » That they were going to be here to read
[6:02:34] into the record, but no one's here.
[6:02:36] » Judge, you're calling it 86 and it's 85.
[6:02:38] I think
[6:02:38] » I beg your pardon.
[6:02:41] » The clerk has some questions. for 36
[6:02:46] for um agenda item 36 it was to for the
[6:02:49] first week of early voting to the new
[6:02:53] hours to be 7 to 7
[6:02:54] » And that's all I've got to say.
[6:02:56] » Yes.
[6:02:56] » Oh, great. Thank you very much. All
[6:02:58] right. So, as as I Oh, let's get that in
[6:03:01] front of us. Is there a motion and
[6:03:02] second on 36?
[6:03:03] » Some move.
[6:03:04] » Okay. Okay. So, um, when this was
[6:03:08] originally done, the law allows, uh,
[6:03:10] voting from 7 a.m. to 7 pm on the first
[6:03:13] week. It mandates it on the second week.
[6:03:16] These I'm talking about the Monday
[6:03:18] through Fridays. Uh, the lowest you can
[6:03:21] do is 8 to 5. There was some confusion
[6:03:25] uh with staff
[6:03:27] on that and they put the low number as
[6:03:31] opposed to what Dallas County always
[6:03:33] does in in major elections which is the
[6:03:37] maximum number of 7 to 7. So, the change
[6:03:40] in the order is only this that for the
[6:03:44] first week of early voting, voting
[6:03:46] begins at 7 a.m. and and uh polls close
[6:03:50] at 700 p.m. The rest of the hours would
[6:03:54] stay the same. And that's the only thing
[6:03:57] that need to be read into the record
[6:03:59] for um 36.
[6:04:02] » Okay.
[6:04:03] » Correct. Barbara,
[6:04:06] » Is that correct?
[6:04:10] So this is the correct rate.
[6:04:13] » Yes.
[6:04:16] » Let's wait for James. We don't want to
[6:04:18] make
[6:04:34] » Yeah.
[6:04:37] So it's 786 here and it's 886 here. So
[6:04:41] the difference
[6:04:44] » James do all is all that needs to happen
[6:04:48] is I need to explain that the order will
[6:04:51] have 7 a.m. to 700 p.m. the first Monday
[6:04:54] through Friday.
[6:04:55] » That's correct.
[6:04:57] And then the the it was it already 7
[6:05:00] through 7 on the first Saturday and 1 to
[6:05:04] six on the first Sunday on the only
[6:05:06] Sunday.
[6:05:06] » Correct. Yes.
[6:05:07] » Okay.
[6:05:09] » All right. So that nothing
[6:05:10] [clears throat] special just that
[6:05:12] correct?
[6:05:12] » Just that judge. Yeah.
[6:05:13] » Okay. So we've done that already. Uh
[6:05:18] » I think I've already said that. So are
[6:05:20] we ready to vote?
[6:05:26] Yeah. Oh, I said wanted to. All right,
[6:05:28] let me read.
[6:05:30] » I'm so sorry. Let me start over on that.
[6:05:32] So, the only amendment to 36 is that the
[6:05:36] first week of voting um Monday through
[6:05:39] Friday will be 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. The
[6:05:45] rest of the numbers on the order will
[6:05:47] stay the same.
[6:05:49] With that read into the record, are we
[6:05:52] ready to vote?
[6:05:55] » Yes.
[6:05:56] » All right.
[6:05:56] » Question.
[6:05:58] » Call the question.
[6:05:59] » Oh. All those in favor signify by saying
[6:06:01] I.
[6:06:02] » I.
[6:06:03] » Any opposed?
[6:06:05] » Motion carries unanimously.
[6:06:08] Next up is 85, which
[6:06:12] » Without the names, I'm not going to be
[6:06:14] able to amend that. So, I would
[6:06:15] appreciate it if someone would either
[6:06:17] send me the names or come tell us the
[6:06:21] names.
[6:06:21] » Is this for 85?
[6:06:23] » Yes.
[6:06:23] » Yes.
[6:06:24] » Okay.
[6:06:45] What is this?
[6:06:52] » Is that the same number?
[6:06:54] » Probably not. But uh
[6:06:59] » That's not right. But that's okay.
[6:07:01] Charles is going to get the right
[6:07:02] number. You're you're getting the right
[6:07:04] number. Right, Charles?
[6:07:05] » Yes, sir. So, the document that was just
[6:07:07] passed out
[6:07:08] » And then the document that
[6:07:11] » This document,
[6:07:12] » They should have the same number. They
[6:07:14] do have the same number on it. The 25315
[6:07:17] » 253.
[6:07:19] » It's only It's only $22 different. Hell,
[6:07:22] don't make
[6:07:23] » It's only 22.
[6:07:24] » Still still on right though. Can you
[6:07:27] just please do it with the numbers we
[6:07:29] gave you?
[6:07:30] » They did.
[6:07:32] So,
[6:07:33] » Um,
[6:07:36] » Five5 off of
[6:07:41] » H. Here's Paul Adams.
[6:07:43] » I may just have to come get with you
[6:07:45] guys on a typewriter. So, I don't know.
[6:07:47] But let's get this next one. Uh,
[6:07:50] » Paul, do you have the u
[6:07:54] » Names that you want read into the
[6:07:55] record?
[6:08:02] We did that. We did that already.
[6:08:05] » Hey, can I hear you in the mic?
[6:08:26] Is that what they want?
[6:08:53] » Thank you very much.
[6:08:57] Okay. So,
[6:08:59] » Where is my original?
[6:09:01] » The uh the 85 is going to be pulled for
[6:09:03] two weeks.
[6:09:06] Judge, commissioners, in front of you,
[6:09:08] you have two different documents. One
[6:09:11] is a property tax rate uh comparison.
[6:09:14] The other is the ballot language that
[6:09:16] was referenced earlier. Uh looks like
[6:09:19] this. So, walking through the property
[6:09:21] tax rate comparison, the proposed TR
[6:09:26] added to the voter approval rate, if you
[6:09:28] look at the sheet with the blue border
[6:09:30] at the top, current rate, starting left
[6:09:33] or right, current rate is 2155,
[6:09:36] has a current uh property tax on a
[6:09:40] $350,000 house of $754.
[6:09:44] The V, the voter approval rate, which
[6:09:46] was what was originally approved
[6:09:48] earlier, has a uh average tax of 786 on
[6:09:53] a 356 $350,000 home. The voter approval
[6:09:57] rate plus the TR that's proposed at
[6:10:01] 25315
[6:10:03] is an $886
[6:10:06] levy on a $350,000 home. The ballot
[6:10:09] language is included on the other sheet
[6:10:13] that
[6:10:14] » Where's the other sheet?
[6:10:15] » It should have been passed out to you by
[6:10:17] the deis judge.
[6:10:20] » Okay.
[6:10:21] » Yeah. The ballot language for the tax
[6:10:24] rate election
[6:10:26] » Proposal reads approving the advorum tax
[6:10:29] rate up to.25315 25315
[6:10:32] per $100 valuation in the county of
[6:10:34] Dallas for the current year, a rate that
[6:10:37] is 00285 higher per $100 valuation than
[6:10:43] the voter approval tax rate of the
[6:10:44] county of Dallas for the purpose of
[6:10:46] funding programs that measurably reduce
[6:10:49] homelessness and resolve homeless
[6:10:50] encampments, increase access to mental
[6:10:52] health treatment, support programs that
[6:10:55] provide stable housing, and improve
[6:10:57] Dallas County public safety services.
[6:10:59] Last year the abl tax rate in Dallas
[6:11:01] County was 0.2155
[6:11:03] per $100 valuation.
[6:11:07] » So before we get to debate and whatnot,
[6:11:11] um
[6:11:13] that is the correct language of what
[6:11:15] would be on the ballot if next week
[6:11:19] we voted to include the TR.
[6:11:24] What is before us today and then we can
[6:11:26] hear all debate anybody wants is whether
[6:11:28] or not to post the approp the required
[6:11:32] language
[6:11:34] in the Dr. Daniel the Dr. Daniel. Uh,
[6:11:40] so what is before us today is whether or
[6:11:42] not to repost the required language so
[6:11:46] that that could be considered next week.
[6:11:49] If we don't post the language this week,
[6:11:52] then the time would run out and that
[6:11:55] would be the end of it and it would
[6:11:58] » Thank you.
[6:11:58] » Okay, great. So, that's all that's
[6:12:00] before us for today. Now, and and I'm
[6:12:03] sure by next week if this passes to get
[6:12:05] the posting out that everyone will have
[6:12:08] many questions about what would this
[6:12:10] cost a homeowner that didn't have a
[6:12:12] homestead exemption or lived in a
[6:12:13] million-doll house or a barber shop in a
[6:12:16] certain neighborhood and all those
[6:12:18] things they could look at and we could
[6:12:20] discuss next week. This vote is just for
[6:12:23] whether or not we even get that far,
[6:12:26] whether we post this or not. With that
[6:12:30] said, um I know everybody's going to
[6:12:32] want to make arguments and whatnot. Who
[6:12:35] wants to start?
[6:12:37] » I'm good.
[6:12:38] » You're
[6:12:39] » Okay. You want to make arguments?
[6:12:42] » Nothing else to say. This guy's call.
[6:12:46] » Okay.
[6:12:46] » It's about $154.52.
[6:12:50] » Yes. All those petition.
[6:12:52] » Yes. All those in favor signify by
[6:12:54] saying I
[6:12:55] » I
[6:12:56] » I uh all those opposed.
[6:12:59] » No.
[6:13:00] » All right. The eyes have it and the
[6:13:02] posting uh will occur and I'll set the
[6:13:07] agenda in such a way that we comply with
[6:13:09] the posting rules for consideration for
[6:13:12] for next week.
[6:13:15] I think except for public speakers that
[6:13:17] may be it.
[6:13:19] Am I correct? This has gotten so
[6:13:22] convoluted.
[6:13:23] » Do we
[6:13:26] now? What was on for? Tell me. Okay,
[6:13:28] that's you, right? That's right. You
[6:13:30] told me that. That's why you came up
[6:13:32] here.
[6:13:32] » Yeah. I'm sorry, man.
[6:13:34] » So, come on back. I was reading
[6:13:36] something into the record.
[6:13:37] » Yeah, he told me. He told me.
[6:13:40] » Shar. Thank you.
[6:13:41] » I thought you were crazy when you got up
[6:13:42] there. I was like, why is he up here? He
[6:13:44] doesn't know the name of all these
[6:13:45] Republican election judges.
[6:13:47] » Okay, I'm crazy. You go ahead.
[6:13:49] » No.
[6:13:50] » Uh, this is a request from the civil DA
[6:13:52] to amend a motion on item 46 to read as
[6:13:55] follows. Be resolved and ordered that
[6:13:58] the Dallas County Commissioner's Court
[6:14:00] does hereby authorize and approve the
[6:14:02] CDB 2026 CDBG and home projects and
[6:14:05] activities with the cities of Balt
[6:14:08] Springs, Cedar Hill, Duncanville,
[6:14:09] Farmers Branch, Lancaster, and Wilmer.
[6:14:12] and authorize the county judge to sign
[6:14:14] each of the related citytown
[6:14:16] implementation agreements utilizing the
[6:14:19] implementation agreement templates as
[6:14:21] provided via court order 2025-0723
[6:14:26] on behalf of Dallas County. Thank you,
[6:14:28] sir.
[6:14:29] » Thank you, sir. All right. So, now we
[6:14:31] need to take that up and that's our last
[6:14:33] order.
[6:14:34] » Moved.
[6:14:35] » Um All right. There's been a motion from
[6:14:38] Commissioner Summerman, second by
[6:14:40] » Second
[6:14:41] » Commissioner Daniel. All those in favor
[6:14:44] signify by saying I.
[6:14:45] » I.
[6:14:45] » Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously.
[6:14:49] We've still got some public speakers um
[6:14:52] on matters that weren't on our agenda.
[6:14:56] So, um
[6:14:59] » I see Dolores.
[6:15:01] Hey, Dolores.
[6:15:04] That is
[6:15:06] » Oh, you want You've already done it
[6:15:08] though. You want to do it? Oh, you're
[6:15:10] handing out stuff. I got
[6:15:12] » Okay.
[6:15:14] » Michelle Wington's online, too. Judge,
[6:15:17] » I'll get a hold of. Everybody that's on
[6:15:18] here gets to talk.
[6:15:24] » Dolores Phillips. You have an address.
[6:15:26] Fortune Square Apartments, Grand
[6:15:28] Prairie, Texas. You have handouts.
[6:15:32] Keep in mind
[6:15:34] DF-92-11850
[6:15:42] 255th
[6:15:43] Dallas County Family District Court.
[6:15:48] Keep in mind DF-9211850.
[6:15:53] I also wanted to say before Dr. Ela
[6:15:56] Garcia, I did leave you a message a
[6:15:58] couple of months ago to ask for a
[6:15:59] meeting. I need to meet with you Dr.
[6:16:03] Wong and also Dr. sice of Parkland is
[6:16:06] very serious. It's concerning medical
[6:16:09] gaslighting is present, not just past,
[6:16:12] but recent. Also,
[6:16:17] the handout you have is from the FBI.
[6:16:21] When honorable Judge Warren in
[6:16:24] PR-23-03429-2
[6:16:30] in the guardianship case for my dad, she
[6:16:33] received a phone call in front of me
[6:16:35] just like you sitting on the bench. I
[6:16:37] seen her face go south and sour. She
[6:16:41] launched fullfledged investigations with
[6:16:43] full access. That means that they had
[6:16:46] the right to take orders to go get
[6:16:48] whatever they wanted to.
[6:16:50] I never got not one word or piece of
[6:16:53] anything to respond. Now I got did this
[6:16:58] FBI request for you know what is going
[6:17:02] on. They said you got to send us your
[6:17:04] fingerprints. I went down to Dallas
[6:17:06] County. It took me three sets in 2024
[6:17:10] when I sent them to the FBI.
[6:17:13] I disputed something but I didn't get
[6:17:15] any records until this year. When you
[6:17:19] look at the report, it says that I was
[6:17:21] arrested with someone. I've never been
[6:17:23] in a car in my life, arrested with
[6:17:26] anyone. I don't even know this,
[6:17:28] Stephanie. But here's the kicker. Not
[6:17:30] only do they have a picture of me, they
[6:17:33] have my fingerprints. When I spoke with
[6:17:35] the FBI, she was offended because I
[6:17:38] asked her could she make sure that it
[6:17:40] was not me. She said, "Ma'am, we didn't
[6:17:44] make a mistake. We compared your
[6:17:46] fingerprints, what you sent us with what
[6:17:49] is on file in Iran. That was September
[6:17:52] 29th, 2011 that I was supposed to be
[6:17:54] arrested. Remember DPD number 0273291A
[6:17:59] when you said I was down there acting a
[6:18:01] fool using hands and feets as weapons.
[6:18:04] We talking about foul building. Sherry
[6:18:06] Kusumo and Mary Biz Thorne of DPD showed
[6:18:11] me medical records, pharmaceutical
[6:18:14] records from Walgreens that was supposed
[6:18:16] to be mine that's not mine. But you
[6:18:18] filed Bill. We going to rewind and play
[6:18:20] back because you strongmed my dad's
[6:18:23] estate and he was begging for to live.
[6:18:26] But not only did y'all deny
[6:18:28] guardianship, y'all appointed a court
[6:18:30] attorney at Lightum to neglect him to
[6:18:33] further steal his estate before it was
[6:18:35] an estate. It's ugly. FB not FBI not
[6:18:39] liking this.
[6:18:40] » Thank you.
[6:18:42] » Our next speaker is Miss Roselyn Cart.
[6:18:45] Thank you. Our next
[6:18:49] » Sure.
[6:18:51] » Uh you bet. Um, can everybody that's
[6:18:55] John?
[6:19:00] Yeah. No. Okay, great.
[6:19:03] Thank you, Dolores. Thank you. Sorry it
[6:19:05] took so long today. All right. Our next
[6:19:07] speak.
[6:19:08] » All right. Our next speaker is Miss
[6:19:10] Rosalyn Carr.
[6:19:13] Miss Rosalyn Carr.
[6:19:16] Miss Rosalyn Carr. How about online,
[6:19:18] man? She
[6:19:20] All right. Our next speaker,
[6:19:24] hang on one second. Our next speaker
[6:19:27] is um
[6:19:32] this this isn't a name, but I'll get
[6:19:35] your name when you come up. Harris
[6:19:37] County ODA.
[6:19:40] Um I'm going to need a name from you.
[6:19:43] Are you online or are you here?
[6:19:52] Okay. Why don't you check with that
[6:19:53] person? Um, and uh they're we're going
[6:19:58] to need their name and then we're I'll
[6:20:01] I'll go ahead and let them speak this
[6:20:03] time since they registered even though
[6:20:06] they didn't put their name in. All
[6:20:07] right. Our next speaker is Mr. William
[6:20:09] Hopkins. I see Williams not here in the
[6:20:11] courtroom. Um, is William on? Oh,
[6:20:14] Williams out there. Oh, and they're
[6:20:16] saying he's also not outside. So, is
[6:20:19] William online perhaps? All right,
[6:20:22] William Hopkins. All right, I didn't see
[6:20:25] him today. Our next speaker is Michelle
[6:20:27] Wigington, who I did see today.
[6:20:30] Um,
[6:20:32] they left. So, is Michelle online.
[6:20:38] » Oh, okay. Great.
[6:20:40] » This is Michael Wigington, not Michelle.
[6:20:44] » We have Michael.
[6:20:44] » I tell you what, Michael, go while we
[6:20:46] find Michelle. But I need you to pull up
[6:20:49] your camera.
[6:20:51] » Hey, it's Michael Wigington. Um,
[6:20:53] speaking today about arrest reports from
[6:20:56] your fire marshall's office. Y'all went
[6:20:59] to executive session to discuss a
[6:21:02] specific uh request for information. Uh,
[6:21:06] one will notice the date on that request
[6:21:08] for information is August 12th, 2025.
[6:21:13] Y'all still haven't produced various
[6:21:15] reports from that request.
[6:21:18] You've all been notified. Mr. Martin's
[6:21:20] been notified. Uh, Deputy Director Cho
[6:21:23] of the Civil Division told me personally
[6:21:26] I'd be getting those missing reports
[6:21:29] last week, early last week. I've been
[6:21:33] trying to call him repeatedly since
[6:21:34] then. I have not gotten through. My
[6:21:37] calls are being ignored. Y'all are not
[6:21:40] releasing arrest information. y'all have
[6:21:42] been ordered to release months and
[6:21:44] months and months ago. Earlier today,
[6:21:47] when y'all broke for executive session,
[6:21:50] my sister and I were sitting downstairs.
[6:21:52] Uh we noticed fire marshals arresting
[6:21:56] a person outside. Uh we stood, watched
[6:22:01] patiently, did not disturb
[6:22:02] [clears throat] them for 20 minutes.
[6:22:04] They were wrapping up getting back into
[6:22:06] their cars. We asked, "What are you
[6:22:08] arresting that man for?" They told us,
[6:22:11] "Submit an information request. We don't
[6:22:13] have to answer that."
[6:22:17] It takes over a year to get arrest
[6:22:19] reports from you guys. And yet, you
[6:22:22] won't even answer basic questions about
[6:22:25] who y'all are arresting.
[6:22:29] We already know y'all didn't pass a
[6:22:31] court order to give these people this
[6:22:33] authority. Y'all refused to release
[6:22:35] records on what they're doing with this
[6:22:38] ungranted authority and now y'all are
[6:22:40] wanting to pass more pass a higher tax
[6:22:43] rate to give them more funding to assist
[6:22:46] more people. Uh y'all want to change
[6:22:50] your enforcement of transportation code
[6:22:54] based off the say so of your fire
[6:22:57] marshal who won't give out records of
[6:23:00] what they're doing.
[6:23:05] When when are we going to get our
[6:23:07] records? Thank you.
[6:23:10] » Thank Thank you, Michael. Um
[6:23:14] All right. How about uh let's go back to
[6:23:17] Michelle if she's there. Did you get her
[6:23:19] online?
[6:23:24] » So, you waiting for her camera or you
[6:23:26] can't find her?
[6:23:33] with her right now.
[6:23:36] » Oh, hey, Michael. Don't leave yet. Do
[6:23:38] you have Michelle with you?
[6:23:41] » All right. Well, um, we'll come back to
[6:23:45] that one. Whatever. Uh, Miss Sh, next up
[6:23:48] is Miss Sharon Shepard.
[6:23:51] Come on up, Sharon.
[6:24:25] First of all, giving honor to God who is
[6:24:27] the head of my life. I would like the
[6:24:30] commission court to do an investigation
[6:24:34] to find out how the courts are utilizing
[6:24:39] their time. I have a serious issue. I
[6:24:44] was with uh court number 255, the family
[6:24:48] court. Uh I tried to file several
[6:24:52] motions. I went into the chamber where
[6:24:55] the judge was or went into the courtroom
[6:24:57] where the judge was. She refused to talk
[6:25:01] to me. I talked to her um assistant,
[6:25:06] Miss King. She came out, sent someone
[6:25:10] out. We're going to put your information
[6:25:12] on the docket.
[6:25:15] I filed over several motions that were
[6:25:19] never heard. However,
[6:25:23] there are documentations inside of my
[6:25:26] file that has never been there before.
[6:25:32] Take for instance, I asked the judge to
[6:25:34] recuse herself.
[6:25:36] I'm not going to call the judge's name,
[6:25:38] but there was a judge by the name of D
[6:25:42] that said he heard the recusal on the
[6:25:47] 255th court.
[6:25:49] Well, I found out that that particular
[6:25:52] judge and the judge in 255
[6:25:56] have a conflict of interest. They are
[6:26:00] pretty good friends. So, whatever she
[6:26:03] wants, he will allow it. I have
[6:26:07] documents
[6:26:09] that are missing from my court records.
[6:26:12] And I have called Felicia.
[6:26:15] Felicia has not been forthcoming in
[6:26:19] helping to locate those documents. I
[6:26:21] have the e files and I'm saying what
[6:26:25] happened to these files. No one has been
[6:26:28] able to tell me anything. I'm having
[6:26:31] things put in my files and things taken
[6:26:34] out of my files. and I call uh the Texas
[6:26:38] Supreme Court, which that is where my
[6:26:40] case is, but I need all of the records
[6:26:45] in my case in order for it to proceed.
[6:26:49] But we having people over next door
[6:26:52] that's utilizing their courts room 30
[6:26:55] minutes for a divorce, but an hour to
[6:26:58] have a wedding. I walked in to the 255th
[6:27:01] court.
[6:27:03] We're having an hour wedding, but it's
[6:27:05] only 30 minutes for a divorce. I walked
[6:27:08] into the 255th court. Do you have Apple
[6:27:12] Pay? Do you have sales? Do you have
[6:27:14] this? And I'm going like, this courtroom
[6:27:17] is being you utilized for other than
[6:27:20] what it's supposed to be utilized for.
[6:27:22] So, I'm asking for an investigation if
[6:27:24] it's anything possible.
[6:27:29] And by the way, Britney Spears, uh,
[6:27:31] Britney King's aunt, came to me and
[6:27:34] tried to embezzle money from me
[6:27:37] for her to follow motion on my behalf.
[6:27:40] Thank you,
[6:27:47] » Mike.
[6:27:51] » Judge Mike,
[6:27:54] » I thought you were saying something was
[6:27:55] up with Michelle's mic. Uh, so
[6:28:00] too much.
[6:28:01] » She's back.
[6:28:01] » Oh, she's back. Okay. All right. Uh,
[6:28:04] next up is Michelle Wigington.
[6:28:09] » You already started her timer. We need
[6:28:11] to restart.
[6:28:11] » Yeah, res reset her time.
[6:28:14] » This is Michael Wigington still.
[6:28:15] Michelle's called in from her cell
[6:28:17] phone, but she's not here in this room
[6:28:19] with me. She's elsewhere.
[6:28:21] » Can she FaceTime? because the the
[6:28:23] governor requires us to have the face
[6:28:25] for the remote people.
[6:28:31] » I'm not sure.
[6:28:33] » Have her come next. Just tell her
[6:28:34] Michael that she can be online next
[6:28:37] week. Just get somewhere where she's got
[6:28:39] a camera and a
[6:28:41] you know audio.
[6:28:44] » All right. Well, she's called in right
[6:28:45] now.
[6:28:46] » I know, but I can't do it if I can't see
[6:28:48] her face because of the governor's
[6:28:50] order. See what I'm saying?
[6:28:51] » The governor's order.
[6:28:53] » Okay.
[6:28:54] » Can she get to a screen or a camera?
[6:29:00] » I don't think so right now. She's got
[6:29:02] places to be
[6:29:04] executive session for an hour and a
[6:29:06] half.
[6:29:07] » She signed up for agenda items and uh
[6:29:10] » Okay,
[6:29:10] » Y'all skipped over her then. Uh okay.
[6:29:13] But yep, I'll let you all continue on.
[6:29:15] » Thank you, sir. All right. Next is Miss
[6:29:17] Sharon Shepard.
[6:29:20] Oh, I'm sorry. My brain is fried, guys.
[6:29:24] I'm sorry. I I just talked to Sharon two
[6:29:26] minutes ago. Next is Miss Amina Adamu.
[6:29:34] » Is she here? Amina Adamu. Amina Adamu.
[6:29:38] All right. Um,
[6:29:44] still got more
[6:29:47] on
[6:29:50] Next is M. And I think this one, I beg
[6:29:55] you, pardon. This one was on an agenda
[6:29:56] item and we didn't see it. Uh, this is
[6:29:59] Mr. Arnold Cantto
[6:30:02] and this
[6:30:04] Oh, wait a second.
[6:30:06] Okay, never mind. This person just
[6:30:10] thought they need to sign up in case
[6:30:11] somebody asked him a question. So, it
[6:30:13] says, "I will not speak unless asked a
[6:30:15] question by commissioner's quarter
[6:30:17] staff. I'm registering to make myself
[6:30:19] available to answer questions relating
[6:30:21] to the engagement of Cantou Harden and
[6:30:23] Mononttoya as county disclosure council
[6:30:27] which
[6:30:28] was passed earlier or pulled one or the
[6:30:30] other.
[6:30:32] » It was passed earlier.
[6:30:33] » Passed earlier. Okay. So, that concludes
[6:30:35] our list of public speakers for today.
[6:30:38] Um, thank you everyone and thank you
[6:30:40] especially to staff uh scrambling to uh
[6:30:45] get all those things um done.
[6:30:48] for uh the reconsideration and
[6:30:50] everything else uh and all the great
[6:30:53] work the month that we weren't uh having
[6:30:57] meetings. Um all right uh our close
[6:31:01] session is finished. So at this point
[6:31:03] the court stands adjourned.