[7:58] I'm sorry. Let me unmute this.
Okay. Notice is hereby given that a
[8:03] regular called meeting of the above
named commissioner's court will be held
[8:06] on 8th on the 8th day of September 2026
at 3 p.m. in the Phil County courtroom.
[8:12] Paw, Texas and also via video conference
via video stream changing that word from
[8:19] me with the link provided. It is the
intent of the f county commissioner's
[8:22] court that a quorum of the court and the
presiding member of the court will be
[8:26] present at the above mentioned location
and time during the meeting. The
[8:30] following subjects will be discussed to
it. Please rise for the pledge of
[8:33] » allegiance.
[8:37] To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[8:42] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[8:47] for all.
>> Thank you.
[8:51] » Okay, commissioners. We'll make a few
changes. We're going to move agenda
[8:56] items 5 through 10
um to
[9:01] to start
um and then we'll get back to one
[9:06] through four until we have a full full
court. Um other than that, there's no
[9:12] other changes. Uh commissioners, do I
have a motion to adopt the agenda?
[9:17] » I move to adopt the agenda as set
changes. Motion made by Commissioner
[9:25] Gano.
>> Second by Commissioner Vela. All in
[9:27] favor? Motion passed. Any old business?
>> Crystal.
[9:34] All right. General discussion.
Anything?
[9:39] Mario. Actually, this is a good a good
time. Um, yeah. If you if you don't mind
[9:44] coming up with Mario with food bank, you
like to
[9:48] to give us a few words of kindness?
>> Yeah. Well, thank you. Good afternoon.
[9:54] » Thank you.
>> Place for those.
[9:57] » I think so. There's nothing wrong with
>> Thank you. Thank you for allowing me to
[10:01] come say a few words for the record. My
name is Mario Blato Jr., chief of
[10:04] government and public policy at the San
Antonio Food Bank and at the Prio County
[10:08] Food Bank. And with me today, Stanley
So, who handles public policy and
[10:13] advocacy, does a great job in that. So,
thank you for being here, Stanley. Also,
[10:17] uh Stanley handed out a little bit of
information. We just wanted to come by,
[10:20] say hello, but also thank you all for
all the support that you've been giving
[10:23] to the San Antonio Food Bank at Fio
County Food Bank for years now to help
[10:27] nourish the citizens down here in the
county. Um, Delma and Esme, uh, who are
[10:33] in the judge's office, uh, staff there,
you all know them very well, uh, have
[10:37] provided great support to us over the
years also as we try to get out and
[10:42] identify folks that, uh, need help with
setting their table with food. You know,
[10:47] we all know uh what's happening on the
federal level that's impacting the state
[10:51] and local levels of government, counties
and communities, townships, a lot of a
[10:57] lot of need, right? Um and so it
potentially could get worse. And so we
[11:02] understand that. We want to be ready and
able to be able to serve y'all.
[11:07] When you look at the country, right, um
there's millions of Americans that
[11:11] struggle to put food on the table.
Nearly 50 million Americans. Six million
[11:16] Texans, right, struggle. 29%
here in Freo County, the overall
[11:21] population is food insecure. So, what
does that tell you? It tells tells me
[11:26] tells so many others that uh we need to
work together to find solutions to end
[11:32] hunger. And so, we can do it together.
Uh Matt the Meal Gap uh just released
[11:36] their numbers. I stated the 29% overall
food insecurity uh rate in the county.
[11:42] That comes from the new numbers that
were published by Feeding America's Not
[11:46] the Meal Gap. That's our national
organization. 200 food banks across the
[11:49] country, 20 in our great state. Feeding
Texas is our state association, and we
[11:54] cover 29 counties in Southwest Texas
serving over 100,000 individuals in any
[11:59] any given week. So, u I don't want to
take too much of your time, but Stanley
[12:03] and I wanted to come down to to thank
you all for for the funds that you
[12:07] provide to us so we can help execute out
in the field and in the communities
[12:11] within this great county. So, without
you all, we couldn't do what we do. So,
[12:15] wanted to thank you for the tough times,
dealing with tough times, making tough
[12:19] decisions, but helping us uh help help
people and families fight hunger and
[12:24] feed hope. So, thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you for all that you do
[12:28] as well. Uh last year we were able to
raise some money for some turkeys,
[12:33] right?
>> And last minute you found a way to get
[12:36] those things to us. So I do appreciate
that. Um because we were able to hand
[12:42] them out to the community and I and I
know everyone really appreciated that.
[12:46] » Yes, sir.
>> So just speaking with the ladies next
[12:48] door and uh with Delman as me on that
and uh we're going to prepare for that
[12:53] again this holiday.
>> Some with time, right?
[12:57] » We're going to be better prepared. So,
thank you so much.
[13:00] » Thank you.
>> Yep.
[13:01] » Thank you very much.
>> All right. Thank you for that. Moving on
[13:05] to uh citizens to be heard. Is anyone
here in in the courtroom?
[13:13] Okay, we'll move on. New business. We we
have uh we're going to start with the
[13:19] number five. Danella Perez, V County
Elections Administrator, request
[13:24] consider take action on passing and
adopt
[13:27] adopting a resolution authorizing the
execution of joint election agreement
[13:32] and election ballot service contract
between F County and the city of Dilly
[13:35] for the election of November 3rd, 2026.
>> Commissioner Jeff, this is just the
[13:44] contract. um best city uh did uh email
me Natasha um and she was asking if we
[13:52] can run the whole election for them for
their bond. So that's what um I
[13:57] submitted it to Joseph and he drew up
the contract.
[14:01] We will be doing all the services for
the city.
[14:05] » Okay.
And so same thing you will get
[14:09] reimbursement once it it's all
finalized. Okay.
[14:15] All right, commissioners. Do I have a
motion?
[14:17] » No further discussion. I move to approve
item number five.
[14:21] » Motion made by Commissioner Cono.
Second,
[14:23] » second by Commissioner Vela. All in
favor? Motion passed. Thank you.
[14:31] Number six, Daniellea Perez for County
Elections Administrator request consider
[14:34] take action on passing and adopting a
resolution authorizing the an execution
[14:40] of joint election agreement and election
ballot service contract between Field
[14:43] County Charlotte ISD for the election of
November 3rd, 2026.
[14:49] This is also I got I received an email
if um we can provide some services
[14:55] uh to help them because Charlotte ISD
does have some residents that qualify
[15:00] for the charter ISD
um election in Bigfoot and we have about
[15:06] 34 that qualify. So they want us to run
that section for them.
[15:12] » Okay. And that's weird because the
counties are right in Yeah. in the
[15:17] triangle there. Okay. Um and
everything's the same, right?
[15:22] » Yes. And we get we will get reimbured
when
[15:27] after we
after they get build will get reimbured.
[15:32] » The only difference between that one and
the one in Charlotte is you guys are not
[15:35] tabulating the final results and all the
results.
[15:38] » Yeah. The canvasing everything they're
going to do. This is just all just what
[15:42] has to do
>> within Fre County.
[15:45] Okay. Um,
>> and that's going to be just for 6.1.
[15:49] Um,
>> this is going to be for 6.1 or can we
[15:51] include 6.3 also?
>> You can do the whole thing.
[15:54] » Okay.
>> Okay. Um, if no further discussion, I
[15:59] move to approve uh items 6.1 and 6.3.
>> Okay. Motion made by Commissioner,
[16:06] second by second by Commissioner Vela.
All in favor?
[16:11] » I would say go ahead and do 6.1 through
6.4.
[16:15] Sorry,
[16:18] » just all of number six.
>> And I move to approve item number six as
[16:24] entirety.
>> All right. Motion made by Commissioner
[16:27] Kano, second by Commissioner Villa. All
in favor? Motion pass.
[16:32] » Thank you, gentlemen.
>> Thank you. Number seven, Jesse Elizondo
[16:36] for county building maintenance
supervisor requests consider take action
[16:39] on entering into a pest control service
agreement between Trio County and Robo
[16:44] pest control for quarterly treatment of
all Fre County facilities.
[16:49] This is just an updated um contract with
the Robello Pest control and uh they go
[16:55] up to 16,000 from 10, but it's including
the sheriff's department um the new
[17:01] justice building and we added Bigfoot uh
Texas also to these uh services.
[17:07] » Okay.
>> So,
[17:08] » so we added and removed right some of
the buildings that were no longer part
[17:13] of
>> what they did was update the names to
[17:15] the buildings in the back because they
had them as FEMA. Okay.
[17:20] Yeah.
>> Okay.
[17:21] » My understanding is everything we used
to do plus the sheriff's department and
[17:26] the Sanders unit.
>> Justice Oh, the Williams unit. Yeah.
[17:30] Sorry.
>> We're not Williams anymore. It's the
[17:32] Justice
>> Justice. Yeah.
[17:34] » And Big because Big Service before.
>> Okay. Okay.
[17:40] » All right.
>> I got a question.
[17:46] account I can't we can't get too bit
like get tina with a you know be
[17:52] local and you pay taxes like everybody
else I would like to see if we can get
[17:57] some bids get pass it this time but I
think we need some bids next time
[18:05] » that is a good recommendation
commissioner um all right so do I have a
[18:11] motion
>> no further discussion I move to approve
[18:13] item number Seven.
>> Eight. Motion made by Commissioner Kano.
[18:18] » Do I have a second?
>> Second by Commissioner. All in favor?
[18:21] Motion passed. Thank you.
Number eight, Anthony Gonzalez for
[18:26] County Road and Bridge Administrator
request. Consider take action approving
[18:31] a waterline permit to Quick Pipeline,
Inc. The facility will consist of a
[18:34] 10-in lay flat water line on county road
4757 Leona River Road starting at the
[18:40] east side of Monty Lenoso approximate 5
miles from FM 117 run pipe on east side
[18:48] of county road for 1.26 milesi and exit
on
[18:53] Benri property. No crossing are needed.
Total permit fee is 500.
[19:00] information.
>> This is a temporary waterline crossing
[19:03] of a 10 inch lay flat line that uh
project is requesting to use a right
[19:08] away on
uh CR 4757 with any questions. They're
[19:13] going to go quite a good distance
and they're not going to um I mean just
[19:21] like everything else on on the on the
rightway
[19:24] » that's in your area commissioner. you
see anything?
[19:29] » No, I mean I don't um I see
we'll see heavy traffic,
[19:36] » but um
>> as always.
[19:40] » All right. If no further discussion, I
move to approve item number eight.
[19:44] » Motion made by Commissioner Kano,
>> second by Commissioner Villa. All in
[19:48] favor? Motion pass.
[19:55] Number nine, Anthony Gonzalez County
Road and Bridge Administrator request
[19:58] consider take action on approving a
waterline permit to Quick Pipe, Inc. The
[20:03] facility will consist of a 12-in
freshwater lay flat line on County Road
[20:08] 4757
for approximately 1.71 miles to the west
[20:14] Covert. Travel through Covert to the
east side of County Road 4757 to exit.
[20:20] Uh road crossing to be set county right
away utilize total permit fee 2,000.
[20:27] » Commissioners, this is also on the same
road, same company, but they are uh
[20:31] requesting a 12-in flat line which will
have three water crossings on this one,
[20:36] but the fee will be $2,000,000
for using the rightway and 1,500 for the
[20:41] crossings. Any questions? And are they
laying uh
[20:45] » right on the side of the rightway?
>> The rightway. But they're laying for the
[20:50] crossing over it. Are they laying
anything?
[20:52] » The rightways. I believe on this one
we'll be using our rightways on the
[20:55] crossing as well.
>> Okay.
[20:57] » The entrances, but it'll be our
rightways.
[20:59] » I guess your biggest question is are
they going to be going through a covert
[21:03] or are they going to be going over the
road with one of those uh I forget what
[21:07] they call them, but something that
allows you to drive over?
[21:10] » Yeah. water will be set on the right
[21:16] » that they'll be utilizing our rightways.
>> But if if you have uh several crossings
[21:22] on the roadway, are they going So
they're going through the coverts in I'm
[21:24] assuming they're going to cover.
>> Okay.
[21:30] Three of the road crossings. Okay.
Right. Well, I mean it's the same thing.
[21:36] Same
>> and 12 in.
[21:38] » Right. Any other questions? Commission
have any questions? Um,
[21:43] I think we need to reconsider and and uh
upgrading this this permit fee. That's
[21:49] just my opinion, but I think uh I think
we really need need to look into it and
[21:53] re reconsider this. Um, but with no
further discussion, I move to approve
[22:00] item number nine.
>> All right. Motion made by Commissioner
[22:02] Kano, second by Commissioner Villa. All
in favor? Motion pass.
[22:09] Number 10, Anthony Osis for county road
bridge administrator request consider
[22:13] take action on approving a waterline
permit to formentra South Texas LP. The
[22:18] facility will consist of an above ground
installation of a 4-in temporary water
[22:23] line on county road 4425.
Total permit fee is 500. Again, this is
[22:28] on for
uh oh, I'm not done. The it's a 4 in
[22:34] temporary water line crossing to be
utilizing on 4425 road.
[22:39] Question commissioners.
>> No, sir.
[22:45] » No further discussion. I move to approve
item number 10.
[22:47] » Right. Motion made by Commissioner Ko,
>> second by Commissioner Villa. All in
[22:51] favor? Motion pass.
Number 11, Anthony Gonzalez County
[22:58] voting bridge administrator request
consider take action on approving quote
[23:01] 276977
from Hope Cat for the repairs for unit
[23:06] 0112
2012 CAT dozer in the amount of 15,311
[23:13] 98 cents.
>> Commissioners, this is a quote from
[23:16] Caterpillar
for our dozer. All the under coverage,
[23:20] the bearings and all that are worn out
already. It's been utilized quite
[23:25] heavily over the years and this is just
a maintenance upgrade on it. Hopefully
[23:30] uh putting all these parts in it should
give us another 10 12 years of usage on
[23:33] it. Have any questions on that?
Commissioners,
[23:38] » what is this? The dozer you said
[23:43] » and it's already at the at the shop or
still
[23:46] » do it in house.
>> Oh, we're going to do it in house. Okay.
[23:49] » This is just the parts.
>> All right. Good. No further discussion.
[23:54] I move to approve item number 11.
>> Motion made by Commissioner Kano. Second
[23:59] by Commissioner Bella. All in favor?
Motion pass.
[24:04] » Thank you.
[24:08] Number 12, Honorable Crystal Marquez F
County auditor request consider take
[24:13] action on approving 36month customer
service agreement with Unif for weekly
[24:18] merchandise service for Fre County.
Commissioners, I had uh brought these uh
[24:23] 36-month uh agreement with unif
commissioner's court. Um and what was
[24:29] mentioned on the comments on the first
page did not match the terms and
[24:32] conditions on the last page. So, uh I
reached out to unifying
[24:39] the terms and conditions to match the
comments at 36 months and a 3% annual
[24:44] increase. Um and again I what I
mentioned before um they are offering by
[24:50] board pricing for this agreement. So the
Francis will be dropping uh dramatically
[24:57] and um also um this is going to be
utilized for maintenance department.
[25:02] They're all going to be uh with uh unif
[25:07] um and then uh some supplies that we're
still utilizing unifers for um on the
[25:13] maintenance side. Uh
but um that's what that uh the agreement
[25:20] is for. It was we're just bringing back
the terms and conditions to match what
[25:24] our uh comments were on the first page
of the you know first agreement
[25:30] » right
>> I can verify it is all correct now
[25:35] » all matches
>> and we will always face these troubles
[25:40] with they always increase their pricing
so um having it in writing and knowing
[25:47] when that's going to happen is is a good
Yeah, universe had a um every few months
[25:54] they were increasing their their rates
and that was part of the agreement that
[25:59] we had locked back locked into in 2023
that they had the ability to increase
[26:03] rates whenever.
>> So this one would limit them uh 3%. Um
[26:08] because all in all I think they were
increasing about 17%.
[26:12] So, uh, it would limit them from doing
like large increase in the middle of a
[26:18] budget year.
>> And we still have removed the carpets.
[26:22] Is there some things that you've removed
from those?
[26:27] » Reduce the cost on it. Okay. All right.
Well, good. And thank you for both of
[26:33] you working on it and making sure that
we're we are getting the services that
[26:37] we that we should be receiving. Yeah.
going to be that contract unfortunately.
[26:47] I'm sorry. How many years?
>> Three years.
[26:50] » Yeah. I know this contract that we're in
is a fiveyear. So, I made sure that we
[26:55] weren't going to be locking into a
fiveyear. We wanted to reduce it to
[26:58] three years.
>> Yeah. Right. Commissioners,
[27:04] there's no further discussion to motion.
>> Yes. I move to approve item number 12.
[27:08] Motion made by Commissioner Kano.
Second,
[27:10] » second by Commissioner Gella. All in
favor? Motion pass.
[27:17] » Gosh, guys, we're moving along pretty
quickly here.
[27:20] talk.
>> Number 13, Honorable Crystal Manz County
[27:25] auditor request consider take action to
approve revised fee proposed from DRG
[27:31] architects to provide basic service
design
[27:36] for 744,000 supplemental services for
142,000 and reimburseable expenses for
[27:43] $13,000 for the Freo County Parks and
Recreation Facility Arena. The total
[27:48] cost for the proposed services is
$899,000.
[27:54] » Commissioners, uh we've um
put out for requests for uh proposals
[28:00] for the
design and um design for the parks and
[28:07] recities arena. And not only they were
going to be doing the design services,
[28:12] which are the architect services, but
they were also going to oversee the
[28:15] construction part of the building. Uh so
when we did go out for RFP, uh DRG was
[28:22] selected. Um and they did come in over
with an amount a proposal amount of over
[28:28] uh over a million. Um um and so we've
been working with Tiffany with uh what
[28:34] was the company? Tiffany Tiffany
>> um yeah Chapman Chapman Negret
[28:40] » and so she's been helping us um uh
review the contract and everything and
[28:45] she'll uh we did meet with her and she
did go back with the Archie to uh
[28:49] negotiate uh reducing that that original
uh cost that they provided. Uh we
[28:55] brought it down uh to $899,000.
So, they're going to be doing all the
[29:01] dirty work for the county and we just
make sure that everything's uh comes out
[29:06] the way we wanted it to.
>> They're going to connect the dots. Dirty
[29:11] work sounds awful, but yeah, that
they're going to make sure that it goes
[29:14] smoothly. and commissioners, we did have
this conversation last time and it it
[29:19] was either going out for the next lowest
bid and not knowing what their offer
[29:26] would be
>> or trying to have a conversation with
[29:29] DRG and they did reduce a little bit. I
mean, we're we're hoping it' be more,
[29:34] but um again, this is this is about the
the average, right?
[29:41] What uh uh gosh I forget her last name.
>> Le
[29:46] » Lal what Miss Tiffany Lal said is again
this amount was within the range of what
[29:52] they would expect a contract for a
project of this size to be in. But they
[29:57] did think it was a little on the higher
end. And so that's why they had
[30:01] suggested we go back and ask for a uh a
re a rebid. Mhm.
[30:07] » So, they came back with a number that
was about $100,000 less.
[30:15] » So, I believe once we uh lock into this
agreement with uh DRG, we the next step
[30:21] is design on what?
>> Well, we'll be signing the contract and
[30:26] I'll be bringing that the contract with
the architects is assuming uh we approve
[30:30] this, it's ready to go for next meeting.
>> Right.
[30:38] All right, commissioners. No further
discussion. I move to approve item
[30:42] number 13.
>> Motion made by Commissioner Eano,
[30:47] second by Commissioner Vela. All in
favor? Motion passed.
[30:53] Number 14. The honorable Crystal Marquez
Fr County auditor request consider take
[30:57] action on running a sealed bid ad in the
noises current f noises current once a
[31:03] week for two weeks pursuant to local
government code section 262.023.
[31:08] The ad will run in the free noises
current on September 10, 2026 and
[31:13] September 17, 2026. Sill bids will be
accepted in the auditor's office until 3
[31:19] p.m. September 25th, 2026. bids will be
open and selected during the
[31:24] commission's court on September 29,
2026.
[31:27] » Commissioners, we do this every year. We
bid out the fuel and road material for
[31:31] the road and bridge uh department that
will allow them to purchase through the
[31:36] year. Um and uh we worked with Anthony.
I think we we made some adjustments on
[31:42] the um on the specs as far as how
delivery was going to be made for the
[31:48] materials. And then the other change was
uh we had originally in the past
[31:53] requested for 89 optain for the unled
gas. Uh we brought it down to 87. Um and
[32:00] other than that everything has stayed
the same as far as the material and the
[32:04] fuel and but we do have to bid it out.
So it's a two week uh notice. And then
[32:10] this one's the one that we can come back
open and select everything that was
[32:15] received. And again, you do even though
we receive the bids, um Anthony, you
[32:21] always make sure that to check with the
lowest uh vendor, right? When it comes
[32:26] to fuel,
>> commissioners, the girls get three coats
[32:29] and they'll send them to Crystal and
your office. This year, we selected to
[32:33] go with the 87 acting because it's
cheaper than the 89 and the trucks
[32:36] require 87. So, there's no no point in
in uh misusing the funds, the taxpayers.
[32:42] So, we'll just go with what the vehicles
require.
[32:46] We're just getting it cheaper.
>> Yeah. Careful with that word.
[32:54] » Yeah.
>> Commission.
[32:56] » No.
>> No.
[32:58] » Um
number was it 14?
[33:01] » 14.
>> No further discussion. I'm move to
[33:03] approve item 14.
>> Right. Motion made by Commissioner Kano.
[33:07] Second by Commissioner Vela. All in
favor? Motion passed.
[33:13] Number 15. Honorable. Thank you,
Anthony. Number 15, honorable Crystal
[33:17] Marquez County auditor request consider
take action to approve the budget
[33:20] amendment to the physical year 2025 2026
county budget list below.
[33:26] » Commissioners, this is a supplemental
insurance uh funding that we received
[33:32] from TAC regarding unit number 2235.
Uh the supplement cost uh was about
[33:39] $11,646.61.
[33:42] So this is the budget amendment. That
way we can uh we received the funds from
[33:47] tax. So now it's to now we have to pay
the the vendor um for fixing the unit.
[33:53] So this budget amendment uh you'll see
the proceeds insurance claims. Our
[33:57] current budget is $65,1428.
I am increasing that by the supplemental
[34:03] check that we received from TA uh of
11,6461
[34:08] bringing the adjusted budget uh to
76,66089
[34:13] and those funds will be uh
transferred into the motor vehicle
[34:18] repairs line item in the sheriff's
budget. Uh they have current budget of
[34:22] $90,1428.
I'm going to increase that by 11,6461
[34:28] bringing their adjusted budget for the
motor vehicle repair line item to
[34:32] 101,66089.
[34:37] Any questions?
>> You recall what was the cause of this
[34:41] incident?
>> We had two units together. I think I
[34:44] believe uh together they came out to
31,000. I believe one of them was about
[34:51] 19,000.
[34:54] And then the other one was around
11,000.
[34:58] » One of them was a um high pursuit chase.
And well, yeah, but the one of them I
[35:06] know for sure was ramming into the
deputies with the bigger truck. It was
[35:11] an F
>> was it DY?
[35:12] » Fi50 DY with a flatbed.
>> And so any I mean at any point that it
[35:18] would touch one of our units, it was
just going to damage it. had uh damage
[35:22] on both sides and I believe I mentioned
this the last time uh it looked like a
[35:26] tuna can
both sides.
[35:30] » So uh once um the u collision center got
into the vehicle they noticed that there
[35:38] was extensive damage on the inside. So
that required a supplement. Um and uh
[35:43] before TAC uh red uh
releases any supplemental funding, they
[35:48] have to com uh confirm with the
collision center that everything's
[35:52] accurate and if everything looks good
and and satisfactory, they release the
[35:56] funds to the county. So I believe the ve
I believe they already received both
[36:02] vehicles. So now it's just paying the
No, actually no, the first one has been
[36:05] received. The second one is still
pending parts. So, uh, we have one back
[36:10] on the road and then the other one will
I think this week or next week the parts
[36:13] will be in and we'll be get it back on
the road as well.
[36:15] » Okay.
>> Okay. Have no further discussion. I move
[36:19] to approve item 15.
>> Motion made by Commissioner Kano. Have a
[36:25] second.
>> Second by Commissioner. All in favor?
[36:28] Motion passed. Number 16. Honorable
Crystal Monz County auditor request
[36:33] consider take action to approve the
budget amendment to fiscal year 2025
[36:38] 2026 F County budget just below.
This one is for the road and bridge
[36:42] department. Uh I know uh during budget
workshops Anthony had mentioned a
[36:46] purchase of a belly dump and so he was
going to be moving money around to have
[36:51] enough money to cover the purchase in
his um equipment other purchases line
[36:56] item. So this is the budget amendment
reflecting that. Uh he is moving uh
[37:00] $20,000 from heavy road equipment. He
started off with a budget of $200,000.
[37:05] He's reducing that by 20,000, bringing
his adjusted budget to 180,000 and
[37:10] transferring that 20,000 to equipment
other purchases. So he started off with
[37:14] 100,000 and he'll be increasing that by
the two uh 20,000 uh bringing his
[37:18] adjusted budget to $120,000.
>> And again, this is to purchase the belly
[37:24] dump.
>> The belly dump's only 46, right? uh 44.
[37:30] » It was uh it came out to a little over
44.
[37:34] » Okay.
>> Um and I we transferred I I put in
[37:39] enough to cover because he had funding
available uh left over and his equipment
[37:43] other purchases. So I only transferred
uh the 20,000 to make enough of what he
[37:47] needed. And then when I did submitted
everything for budget for commissioner's
[37:53] court approval, the price changed. So
$,000 increase.
[38:00] » Okay. And this is the last belly. We're
good. We're done.
[38:04] » Okay.
[38:07] » I got the quotes. We submitted them, but
they definitely be on for next
[38:12] commission.
>> They were supposed to go
[38:13] » because they were quotes and they
weren't actual invoicing.
[38:17] » They were supposed to be quotes.
>> They were
[38:19] » You got the quotes, but
>> they didn't get on the agenda.
[38:22] » Oh, it didn't. Okay.
[38:26] me.
>> Shoot. Okay.
[38:30] » Is this the very we were talking about a
few months ago?
[38:33] » Yes. The same. It's the same one. It's
just
[38:37] » we're making it Yeah.
>> Well, we'll make sure we get them on the
[38:43] next.
>> Yeah. Okay.
[38:46] » Further discussion. I move to approve
item 16.
[38:49] » Okay. Motion made by Commissioner Cano,
>> second by Commissioner Vela. All in
[38:54] favor? Motion pass.
>> Number 17. Honorable Crystal Monica for
[39:00] county auditor request consider take
action to designate time and day of the
[39:05] week on which the court shall re shall
convene in the regular time ter term in
[39:11] each month during the next fiscal year
presented to Texas local government code
[39:15] section 8
1.0058.
[39:20] » We do this every year. um we have to
select a regular call commissioner's
[39:26] court um and it's changed you know we
used to have it on Mondays we used to
[39:29] have on Wednesdays now we have on
Tuesdays we used to have 10 and three so
[39:34] it's um however I think for the past few
years we've been with Tuesdays at 3 so
[39:41] » and it's usually the second Tuesday of
the month so this is a chance where
[39:45] y'all are able to make those changes if
y'all need it regular
[39:51] Well, you don't like Friday, right,
Commissioner?
[39:53] » No.
>> So, we we'll leave it on Well, as of
[39:58] right now, it's Tuesday. It's been on
Tuesday at 300 p.m. I think it helps
[40:02] everyone catch up on Monday and then
we're able to tackle it on Tuesday. Um,
[40:09] it to me it seems to work. Any other
comments?
[40:12] » Yeah. No, I'm good with you at time
last year.
[40:16] » Joseph, right now is the time to make
your piece.
[40:18] » I'm Works for me. Yeah. U and and again,
we only have to make a motion on the
[40:23] regular one, not the special one. So,
yeah, just second Tuesday of the month
[40:27] at 3:00.
>> Okay. All right. Good. So,
[40:31] commissioners, do I have a motion?
>> Yes. I have no further discussion. I
[40:34] move to approve item 17 making the
second Tuesday of each month at 3:00.
[40:43] » All right. Motion made by Commissioner
Kisales. Second. I'm sorry,
[40:47] Commissioner.
I'm waiting for him. He's
[40:53] gonna be here. Um, motion made by
Commissioner Ko, second by Commissioner
[40:57] Vela. All in favor? Motion passed.
[41:02] All right. Number 18, Honorable Crystal
Marquez F County auditor request
[41:07] consider take action on approving a
lease agreement between F County and the
[41:11] Community Council of South Central
Texas, Inc.
[41:16] » Oh. Uh, commissioners. Uh so
we recently found out a few uh weeks ago
[41:22] that um I was reviewing our revenues. Uh
of course we're working on budget to see
[41:28] where we can uh increase our revenues
and I noticed under our leasing line
[41:32] item that we had zero collected for the
year and this one is usually paid by the
[41:36] community council and we charge them
$250.
[41:41] Uh, and so I reached out to them and uh,
the issue at that point was the office
[41:49] was too small and they weren't getting
what they were previously getting with
[41:53] the other FEMA trailer. And then it came
to another issue. Other people within
[42:00] the modular building are not paying
rent, so why shouldn't we? So, we kind
[42:05] of went back and forth about that. Um I
did let them know I would really
[42:10] appreciate September to current payment.
Um and which we did get that check that
[42:15] they did pay us up to current and um but
we did let them know because uh the
[42:21] other contract mentioned that they had
two rooms and a kitchen. Uh this one was
[42:25] just condensed down to one room. Uh so
we were going to be uh modifying and
[42:29] updating the contract to read as such
with the correct measurements and
[42:34] dimensions of the office space. and that
we would keep it at 250. Uh so I did let
[42:40] them know that we were bringing it into
commissioner's court and once it's
[42:43] approved through here, we were going to
present it to community council to see
[42:47] if they're going to agree to that as
well. So this is where we're at. We need
[42:52] to approve it first and then we'll see
if they approve it or reject it on their
[42:56] end.
>> Right.
[42:57] » Um other than that, they have been
occupying the office. Um and I think
[43:02] they moved in in September 2025. So as
of now we are current with the rental
[43:07] » payment.
>> Yeah it it is um it is challenging
[43:13] because they do provide resources to the
community. Um I would hate to increase
[43:19] their rent to cover our cost but
fortunately we're not in the business of
[43:25] for profit but we would like just for
them to continue the services that they
[43:29] currently do provide. Um the I think the
rental just pretty much covers the
[43:34] utilities at this point, right? Um but
again, it's just having their service
[43:39] here is very beneficial to the community
and um even though I think everything
[43:45] has gone up, especially rent has gone
up, keeping the net 250 would would um
[43:51] continue to have them here so that they
can provide those services.
[43:56] Um but other than that, commissioners,
it's just uh 250 for us and then they
[44:01] still have to agree on it.
>> Yeah. So they mentioned uh I did let
[44:05] them know we would bring the agreement
to commissioner's court for approval and
[44:08] once it's approved, I'll send it to them
and then uh they would uh consider it on
[44:12] their end.
>> And we do
[44:16] there's no more room unfortunately,
right? I mean to be able to give them
[44:21] the space that they they would rather
have. Um I know with uh speaking with
[44:26] DMA um if ever the office that was
allocate or designated to uh sheriff for
[44:34] the mental health uh officers they
sheriff still utilizing that office. Um,
[44:40] I do know Delma mentioned if ever or we
talked about it if ever that those
[44:46] offices became vacant and the sheriff no
longer needed it,
[44:51] it would be considered the community
council would be able to move in there.
[44:55] So, but again, as long as sheriff's and
then
[44:59] I don't know if he's planning to stay or
or
[45:04] » move. So,
>> well, if it does happen to be a problem
[45:08] where again their space is too small and
the contractor not willing to be on
[45:14] board, then I think we should really
have that conversation with Sheriff to
[45:18] see if he's going to continue to use
that office. As of right now, it's 250.
[45:22] They have smaller office, but it's not
much, but it's something.
[45:28] All right,
that that's pretty much all I got for
[45:32] you commissioners. Um other than that
it's just to approve the the continue
[45:37] amount of 250 for
>> and updating the office space.
[45:41] » Yeah.
>> All right. No further discussion I move
[45:43] to approve item 18.
>> Motion made by commissioner.
[45:47] » Commissioner that I just stepped in but
I did review the contract and if y'all
[45:50] are okay with it and I am too. I'll go
ahead and second that.
[45:53] » All right. Second by Commissioner
Karisales. All in favor? Motion passed.
[45:58] Thank you gentlemen. Um, and
Commissioner, I'm happy you made it.
[46:03] » Yes. Uh, and I do I do apologize. It was
unforeseen circumstance that I had to
[46:07] attend to. I made it back as soon as
possible. So, thank you for allowing me
[46:11] to participate today. And again, I
apologize to everybody.
[46:15] » And now we we we will actually tackle
the hard the hard ones. If you're going
[46:21] to start back up to uh we're going to
start off with with number one. We're
[46:25] going to go back to agenda item number
one.
[46:29] All right. Fre County Commissioner's
Court request consider take action on
[46:33] approving a or disapproving the
recommendation of the Fre County salary
[46:37] grievance committee regarding the
grievance filed by honorable Suzanne
[46:42] Ruiz building county justice of the
peace number three.
[46:47] All right. Commissioners um Joseph you
you did provide me that letter. Yes, I
[46:53] have a copy of
um and I commissioners need me to go
[46:58] through any more of
>> how we came to those numbers. I
[47:02] » sure. So, commissioners, we did host we
did host we did hold the grievance and
[47:09] um we allowed every
uh judge to to give us her peace of mind
[47:17] and um at this point the the committee
did come with a recommendation
[47:24] and this and I will read it. Um,
[47:30] commissioners, the members of the Fair
County salary grievance committee met on
[47:34] August 31st, 2026 to consider the salary
grievance submitted by the honorable
[47:39] Susan Ree building, justice of the piece
number three. Um her recommendation
[47:46] it was uh seven members of the committee
met for duly notice public meeting and
[47:52] voted unanimously
and it is 7 to zero to recommend the
[47:57] following salary increases. So, judge uh
building salary to be increased to
[48:03] $55,000 annually.
And that is part of agenda number one
[48:11] to accept. And this again is just a
recommendation.
[48:15] If anyone want any questions or wants to
know how that came about, um we have Mr.
[48:24] Sen that was part of the committee that
would be willing to answer those
[48:27] questions. And it was just to clarify it
was an increase. It's an increase of
[48:31] 3,000
>> roughly
[48:33] » roughly 3,000.
[48:41] » I mean committee was held and was voted.
So I have that's what that's the number
[48:49] that they came up with and I have no
questions.
[48:53] » And this is a recommendation.
It's a recommendation by the committee.
[48:58] Um it would be nine members to have to
force our hand to say yes, this is a
[49:05] must. But again, this is just a
recommendation. So, commissioners, if I
[49:09] can have a motion to accept um the the
uh the amount that was presented to us.
[49:17] » Uh I'm sorry, it was 7 to zero. You said
it was seven to zero to unanimously.
[49:23] Yeah, we had two members. Uh the county
clerk was ill um and she couldn't make
[49:28] it. And then one of our public members,
although they had said they would be
[49:31] here, I
>> think had a funeral or something that
[49:34] came up and so they did not. So we had a
quorum, but not the full
[49:39] » um all right, commissioners. I'll go
ahead and uh I'll move to approve item
[49:41] number one with the annual salary
55,000.
[49:44] » All right. Motion made by Commissioner
Karisales.
[49:47] » Second.
>> Second by Commissioner Villa. All in
[49:50] favor? Motion pass.
>> And you're welcome, Jen. And we have a
[49:56] sheriff that gave us a way to find that
money. He gave us recommendation,
[50:02] suggestions, so we can sit down and and
I have it, but we'll definitely figure
[50:07] out how to how to come up with that.
Okay. Um, number moving on to number
[50:14] two. Fair County Commissioner's Court
request consider take action on
[50:18] approving or disapproving the
recommendation of the Fre County salary
[50:22] grievance committee regarding the
grievance filed by honorable Sandra
[50:26] Wadram County Justice of the Peace
Precinct number two. Okay,
[50:30] commissioners, same thing. Everything
was u the same except the amount the the
[50:37] recommendation by the committee for
judge Sandra Waldrum u to be increased
[50:43] to the amount of $49,000 annually
[50:50] » which again
>> which is roughly around about the same
[50:54] amount
[51:00] » again I'll be happy to tell you guys why
how I came to those numbers if you want
[51:03] if you want to regail yourself in
mathematics
[51:08] » I'm good
um have committed
[51:13] » yeah exactly um have no further
discussion then I move to approve item
[51:17] number two
>> motion made by commissioner
[51:20] » second
>> second by commissioner all in favor
[51:24] motion pass thank you commissioners
>> yes so that means we will not be moving
[51:28] forward with three and four because we
will have to renotice those salaries in
[51:32] the paper and so we'll be coming back I
guess the end of the month to approve
[51:37] budget
>> and what date is that going to be
[51:40] crystal
>> Tuesday the 29th
[51:43] » nothing like the last minute
>> we get this
[51:46] » interesting you said the 29th
>> on Tuesday which is
[51:50] » in
or
[51:53] » well we can do it at the same
commissioner's court
[51:57] » yeah that right
>> so we'll
[52:01] uh approving uh elected official
salaries, adopting budget and approving
[52:06] oh having the public hearings for both
the budget and the tax rates and then
[52:11] also uh approving the elected official
salaries.
[52:20] » All right. Well, gentlemen, that was
faster than I honestly expected it to
[52:25] be.
>> Oh, um y'all already
[52:29] did. Was everything approved?
>> Everything
[52:30] » besides two besides three and four?
>> Yes. Yes. Correct.
[52:34] » Just for my personal notes.
>> Everything else is done.
[52:38] » All right. Other than that, we will move
on to um
[52:46] » Sure. Yeah, we can do 3.1.
>> So, my request is if we can do uh 3.1
[52:51] just to kind of go over the proposed
budget. Um I know Commissioner Okonnell
[52:56] was out Friday. That way it gave him an
opportunity to catch up on what things
[53:01] have been made and
>> yeah which was very workshop. Yeah.
[53:06] » Yeah. Which was kind of very minimum but
it gives them the opportunity to kind of
[53:11] see what we did uh with our projects and
then uh our general I think we just made
[53:17] changes to general fund and road bridge
and then uh I reconciled the grants. So,
[53:23] um, here is this would have been y'all's
budget, but I will have to take it back
[53:27] because it has, uh, the dates of
September 8th to adopt. So, here's your
[53:33] copy.
[53:37] Sure. And then if you can get that to
[53:44] so and then I will also want to give you
the updated project list for Roden
[53:49] Bridge. Commissioner, I already gave you
yours, right?
[53:52] » Yes, ma'am.
>> There's the updated list for um the
[53:55] projects for Road and Bridge. And then I
also have the updates for building
[54:01] maintenance. Oh, you already have one.
>> There you go. Here you go. And I also
[54:08] was going to give you a copy of the uh
salaries for the fiscal year, but since
[54:12] we're going to be changing, I'll bring
y'all copies when we come back at the
[54:16] end of the month with the updated
numbers.
[54:22] Uh the first thing
[54:28] we did change is um we can look at the
the project list and then that way
[54:34] you'll see how it fell into the budget,
the building maintenance project list.
[54:39] Um I did kind of uh catch up
Commissioner Connell before the meeting.
[54:44] Um so uh we left the roof replacement in
there for the courthouse. um for the
[54:49] courthouse and we're hoping that we'll
get an emergency restoration grant from
[54:52] the historical
uh commission. Uh number two, we left
[54:57] the building security updates there. So
that stayed the same. Uh we did uh talk
[55:01] about the tax office renovation uh the
which is going to be the former uh adult
[55:06] probation office. If you see there, I
increased the construction budget to
[55:10] 75,000. I believe we had 60,000.
>> So I went ahead and increase that. So,
[55:16] and then I also have not number four,
Dilly, uh the purchase of the building
[55:20] in Dilly. Um and then I also uh
remembered over the weekend I forgot to
[55:25] bring in money for lot 69 uh the geo
property. So, I went ahead and made the
[55:30] adjustment there. Um I believe we owe
175,000. So, you'll see there it's 250
[55:35] plus 175 for both purchases. Uh
miscellaneous unplanned projects, we had
[55:41] reduced that from 80 to 50,000.
Um and then parking lot upgrades. Um we
[55:48] were going to contract that out. Uh so
we've had the 60,000 in there. Uh city
[55:52] of Pieraw interlocal agreements. This is
for the lighting project on Power Plant
[55:56] Road. I believe for Kotti Sales and
Commissioner Kisales. We got the 10,000
[55:59] there. And of course all precinct
lighting system. We're going to continue
[56:02] that this year at 12,000. You'll see
that there. And then number nine, uh the
[56:07] assessment and demolish of the old
nursing home uh here in Piol. Uh we did
[56:11] not get a number from uh the city of
Pearson. Uh so we just threw a number in
[56:16] there, but by the time we come on adopt
budget, we might have a a clear number
[56:22] there, but there needs to be an
assessment of the asbestous.
[56:26] » Yes.
>> And then the probably we don't know the
[56:30] demolish how much it's going to cost to
demolish. You weren't here,
[56:33] Commissioner, but I did mention it to
the court that it was brought to uh uh
[56:39] Pred and I had a meeting about that
building. He's he's had the biggest
[56:44] problem with it because it's right in
front of city hall and apparently right
[56:49] now it is to be stripped off by all
entities, taxing entities. So the
[56:53] question is what are we going to do with
that building? Um who wants to take on
[56:57] the responsibility of doing anything
with it? Um, so I spoke to Fred and I
[57:03] told them that, you know what, we're the
only ones that have the equipment
[57:07] capable of doing anything with that
building itself. Uh, Fred has done a
[57:11] full study on it. Um, we're waiting on
those numbers. He hasn't got back with
[57:15] me with the exact numbers of the
asbestos. It's a huge asbestos problem,
[57:20] but the biggest thing about it right now
is that it it's not on the tax row. So,
[57:24] if we were to demolish it, at best, we
could put it back on the tax rope and
[57:30] clean it up and uh and that way it's not
a it's a dilapidating building. It's
[57:37] very dangerous and there's nothing good
out there. And so, the goal is if we
[57:42] were to invest in trying to demolish it,
we could at least put it up for sale,
[57:47] whether the city wants to do it as a
joint venture or the county just takes
[57:52] it on itself. that way we can just put
it back on the tax roles and I think we
[57:56] all seem to gain a little bit of
something there um for the public and
[58:02] for the tax roll itself. So that that
was that was the explanation to the
[58:07] court that I I I gave him notice about
that that that situation's happening
[58:12] there and um again the city has has I
mean they look at this every single day
[58:18] » every single day right
>> and u to do something about this would
[58:21] be great for the entire community of
>> I mean there's the fire department is
[58:26] constantly being called out there for
fires and
[58:31] » right Mhm.
>> Um my only question being that there is
[58:35] a vest there sending do we would have to
involve some environmental
[58:42] » I'm sure we would before we could
demolish it
[58:44] » before we can even demolish
>> I can't tell you that I know what to do
[58:48] but I I would have to imagine there
would have to be a bunch of mitigation
[58:51] of the asbestous risk before it's
demolished before
[58:55] » that's part of that's part of the that's
part of the reason why it hasn't sold.
[58:58] So they but it's gone up for auction and
many people that have bidded on it they
[59:04] they step away once they realize that
there's an asbestous problem.
[59:08] » But again I think if I'm not mistaken
Fred had mentioned about $75,000 that he
[59:13] had received a bid to remove all the
asbestous and once that's removed
[59:18] » then you can do with the building. But
again, that that's something that we
[59:23] will definitely have to determine
whether to demolish completely or even
[59:26] put it up for sale again, you know, once
once Yeah. Once the speesus is gone, put
[59:32] it up and if we get what we're asking
for at least we can get back on the
[59:36] textual. Yes,
>> I have a good friend. They're
[59:38] specialist, but they are out of Dallas
and they deal with this kind of stuff.
[59:42] So, I may put you in contact.
>> Yeah, definitely. Because at the end of
[59:46] the day, I'm sure we'll get I mean,
they're all over the state of Texas,
[59:50] right? to see who can
>> who can uh get rid of these.
[59:54] » So again, it's just to beautify or
reinvest in our community.
[1:00:01] » So that was number nine. So we just uh
today after lunch we plugged in that
[1:00:05] number of $150,000. Uh number 10 and
number 11, those are ongoing. Uh the
[1:00:12] justice annex renovation, we were
expecting to have it completed by the
[1:00:16] end of the month, which has been pushed
back to the substantial completion date
[1:00:19] of October 30th. Um so, uh I just left
that amount there. Um I mentioned on
[1:00:27] Friday that I'll have to come back on
and probably in December once all the
[1:00:30] projects been paid out and and
everything's been completed, I would
[1:00:34] have to do a budget amendment at that
point to move any uh leftover money over
[1:00:39] to the parks and wrecks. So we can use
it there. Right now I'm still looking
[1:00:44] about having uh roughly about half a
million dollars left from the 3.5 that
[1:00:50] we allocated to the justice center. Um
and so that half a million would help us
[1:00:56] definitely uh with the parks and rights.
So that means that we probably could go
[1:01:01] from 11.5 to a $12 million budget for
that. So especially now that we know how
[1:01:06] much a architect is going to cost us.
Mhm.
[1:01:09] » Uh so those two are still ongoing. Um
and then I removed the dilly yard
[1:01:14] expansion and I just left the dillyard
uh new sewer line septic line in there.
[1:01:19] Uh design budget of 25 and a
construction of 75. But again this is a
[1:01:24] unfunded project.
So this one's a little different than
[1:01:28] what I have break broken out with the um
road and bridge. You'll see our project
[1:01:34] cost to the left. uh courthouse security
in purple. Uh 30,000 um that's for
[1:01:41] building structures for any um security
updates. Uh building and structures
[1:01:47] 120,000 uh which all in blue uh which is
uh number five, six and seven. And then
[1:01:54] we have our building improvements is 1.1
million. Uh those are everything in
[1:01:58] green. Uh and then our consulting and
contracting that's $20,000. That's for
[1:02:04] uh the design budget for the tax office
renovation.
[1:02:07] Um and all those make up the one point
if you look total transfer in reserve
[1:02:12] that those that I just mentioned make up
that $1.3 million transfer in. Uh and
[1:02:18] then you have utilities um we budgeted
12,000 uh for the projects but all in
[1:02:24] all with our current utilities we would
need about 340,000 that is not a
[1:02:28] transfer in. So that's already in the
budget. And then of course our
[1:02:32] certificate of obligation 15 million. So
uh our total transfer in for these
[1:02:37] projects is 1.3 million. And um
I even though the project list looks
[1:02:44] like it reduced the cost is a little
higher but again uh for a long time we
[1:02:50] would not do anything. Um so
>> uh now has been on there years ever
[1:02:56] since I've been here. So yeah,
>> and hopefully we won't use all that
[1:03:00] money uh because we might get the uh
courthouse uh res emergency restoration
[1:03:05] grant um through the um historical
commission,
[1:03:10] » but there might be a matching. Yeah. So,
>> uh we might not have to use all that
[1:03:15] money, but just to have it in case
because we do know that we have
[1:03:19] structural damage and uh we we need to
have something as a cushion if anything
[1:03:24] were to happen. Uh, so other than that,
that's our building maintenance
[1:03:28] department project list. Um, any
questions?
[1:03:33] Okay. So,
>> real quick, just to just to clarify, I
[1:03:36] know I'm thinking about what I said that
it's that the roof replacement has been
[1:03:39] on there for years. It's not it's not
for the fact that we don't want to do
[1:03:43] the project. It's it's the fact we're
dealing with the Texas Historical
[1:03:46] Commission and getting through all the
red tape. And we think that we might
[1:03:49] have found a way this time. So, it's not
because we don't want to do it. is
[1:03:54] because it's been very difficult to get
to this place where we're at right now.
[1:03:57] » We did apply for it. Was it last year?
Uh we applied uh for the uh emergency
[1:04:03] restoration
>> grant um and we were denied. So that is
[1:04:06] the reason why we um but I believe it's
every two years.
[1:04:10] » So the next one will be this coming year
2027.
[1:04:13] » And hopefully by then
>> we can definitely apply and be ready.
[1:04:17] And it had to do a lot with the the
applicant, the person that was helping
[1:04:23] us write the grant. And so it had a lot
to do with the application itself. So um
[1:04:28] you need a specialized grant writer that
specializes in in courthouse.
[1:04:34] » That's what we did court. We hired
someone,
[1:04:37] » right? Yeah. And that that would that
would help us out especially having a uh
[1:04:41] you know project on the shelf ready to
go
[1:04:43] » once once we get that that approval.
hoping we get that approval.
[1:04:47] » So, this uh um they've already done um
>> the master plan,
[1:04:52] » the master plan for the county and
they're familiar with the building. So,
[1:04:56] it's just them preparing everything and
and putting it together to uh prepare
[1:05:00] the application and then submit it.
>> Sounds good.
[1:05:05] » Uh so, um so if we move on to budget on
uh page number one, we're going to go
[1:05:12] through the general fund first and then
we'll jump into Rolling Bridge. So, page
[1:05:15] number one at the last commissioner
report, Commissioner Cono, I mean budget
[1:05:19] workshop, Commissioner Cono, I did a um
uh if you look at the proposed budget
[1:05:25] and the approved budget on under
interest, I increased that about f
[1:05:31] 15,000 a little $15,000
um for the uh pesticide agreement uh
[1:05:39] that we just Is it was it the pesticide
the
[1:05:43] » Okay, Sounds funny.
>> Uh, for the agreement that we just
[1:05:47] approved, it was 16 uh,000. I just
needed whatever I had left over, I just
[1:05:52] need a little over 15,000. So, I went
ahead and increase that line item there
[1:05:55] from the interest just to cover that
increase uh, for the um, because we had
[1:06:00] originally put zero. We thought Jesse
could spray and then it turned out that
[1:06:04] he didn't have the ability to spray
certain chemicals. So, that's why we had
[1:06:08] to enter into the agreement back with
uh, VTO. Uh, so I went ahead and made
[1:06:12] that change there, Commissioner. Um on
uh the first page
[1:06:18] uh on the second page um we talked about
selling the units uh the sheriff's units
[1:06:24] uh to help uh with their budget. So the
sales of fixed assets uh under the
[1:06:29] proposed budget we put 20,000. I
increased that by 115,000 bringing the
[1:06:32] new budget revenue line item there to
135,000. So that's at the bottom of page
[1:06:38] number two. Uh sales of assets 4902.
So you'll you'll see that we took care
[1:06:44] of that on on Friday. Um and then the
next page, page three, uh I kind of
[1:06:51] outlined the transfer ends. This is all
our transfer ends. Uh the sheriff uh ABV
[1:06:57] 125,000.
Uh constible precinct 2. Um he has uh
[1:07:03] 12,181 that was left over from the
previous constable. Um, and uh, Council
[1:07:09] Heath has made a comment that he does
not plan to use that money, but I just
[1:07:13] bring it in every year just in case he
changes his mind because that is his
[1:07:17] funding.
>> So, unless he wants to give it to us,
[1:07:19] we'll be happy to take it, but that's
just um, I just bring it. He might need
[1:07:24] it for something. Um, so our
contingencies normally, if you see that
[1:07:28] next line, I usually bring in 300,000.
This time I just brought in 250,000.
[1:07:33] Um, and then I also the donations. The
next one, that one is for the county
[1:07:37] judge. Uh, last year I brought in $3,000
of unspent money from the donations.
[1:07:41] This year I reconciled and we had $53
left. So, uh, $53 can help us with, uh,
[1:07:48] either Thanksgiving or Christmas
lunchons. So, I'm bringing that in. Um,
[1:07:52] what we've also kept in place is the
flood plan with the Noises River
[1:07:56] Authority at 32,967.
Uh again, uh following the project list,
[1:08:03] I left the $30,000 in there for the uh
corehouse security. This is for uh uh
[1:08:09] security upgrades.
The next one is uh structures uh
[1:08:15] building maintenance structures 120,000.
That should match with the building uh
[1:08:19] maintenance project list. Uh consulting
and contracting 100,000 that also
[1:08:24] matches with the uh building project
list. uh telephone and other
[1:08:29] communications. We had brought this
money in this current budget year and uh
[1:08:35] I cannot take it away because then we'll
be under 165,000. So I just left that
[1:08:40] there. And then here's a building
improvements of 1.1 million. That's
[1:08:44] going to match the proposal uh project
list of 1.1 million. Uh district court
[1:08:49] uh consulting and contracting 48,494.
This number did drop this year because
[1:08:54] this is Opilia's last year with her
project year six. So we won't have to
[1:08:58] take care of it next year. Uh and then
share equipment and other purchases
[1:09:03] 107,000.
Um I did the difference. So the 100
[1:09:08] uh,000 that I increased for the sale of
the vehicles. Uh this covers the um the
[1:09:15] scales and then the upfitting for the
vehicle. So I just leave it at 107,000.
[1:09:21] And then of course the transfer in of
this one's deposited for us. Our
[1:09:25] transfer in of uh textbook certificate
of obligation. This is additional. This
[1:09:30] is bringing the interest of 712,885
from the interest we've earned on our
[1:09:35] investments to help us balance the
budget.
[1:09:38] » That's huge.
>> Yes.
[1:09:40] » Lifesaver. So, as of Friday, the only
changes that have been made was
[1:09:45] increasing uh the $150,000 for the
nursing home, uh $175,000 for the GEO
[1:09:52] property, and then the $15,000 for the
uh increase for the renovation for the
[1:09:56] tax office. Um that was not there in
Friday. So, now I went ahead and put
[1:10:00] those there. And then, uh number four,
um so this morning I came in and we had
[1:10:07] a separation. I know I joke about this
that we're adopting budget and hopefully
[1:10:12] nobody quits or or comes in. So we did
have a separation with the sheriff's
[1:10:16] office this morning and it was a
sergeant a deputy sergeant. So the
[1:10:20] deputy sergeant did have six years so I
had to bring it down to tier one and
[1:10:24] then they also had incentives. So um
instead of
[1:10:29] um reducing a transfer, I just went
ahead and threw in contingencies. I
[1:10:33] talked to sheriff earlier today and I
asked him are y'all planning to open the
[1:10:38] position for applicants and he said yes.
So normally what happens is his patrol
[1:10:44] deputies they apply for the sergeant
position. So some of them either might
[1:10:48] have years of experience or incentives.
I wanted to make sure we had funding in
[1:10:52] the budget to cover that. So I just went
ahead and plugged in the 6,000. If you
[1:10:56] look under page four uh contingencies,
there was $250,000 on Friday. Now you
[1:11:02] see two 250,000 256,478.
That's 6,478 is the leftovers of
[1:11:09] bringing that position down to the
minimums and reducing the the um
[1:11:12] incentives. So that was uh deputy
sergeant number six and that's where I
[1:11:16] put that money because if I need it when
I they do decide to promote that's that
[1:11:21] would probably help us um cover find the
money easier for them. So that's what I
[1:11:26] did on on page four. Um, and then on
page 20, I just updated uh this is the
[1:11:33] last page to building maintenance
budget. Um, on uh page 20, I just
[1:11:39] increase the building improvements uh to
1.1 million to match the project list.
[1:11:44] So that's an increase of the 340,000 um
for the three I mentioned earlier, the
[1:11:48] tax office renovation, uh purchase of
lot 69, and then the um asbestous and
[1:11:54] maybe demolition of the nursing home.
So, it's a increase of the 340,000, but
[1:12:00] it all went into that building
improvements line item. Uh, and then,
[1:12:05] uh, Commissioner Cono, everything has
been adjusted on here, consulting and
[1:12:10] contracting again, matching the project
list at 100,000.
[1:12:13] Um, and then I think on page 19, I
updated um the building structures 52
[1:12:20] 5362
to match our project list. And then I
[1:12:25] also added uh exterminating spray.
That's the name of it. Um 5367. I added
[1:12:30] that 16,000 in there. We originally had
zero in there. So, and then of course I
[1:12:35] think there had been two other changes
in the sheriff's department, but I think
[1:12:38] I already went over that. Uh we had two
deputies. We had some incentives. Uh one
[1:12:42] of them uh received an incentive and
then
[1:12:46] another one also received an incentive.
So those it's the sheriff's office that
[1:12:51] has the changes for us. But we adjust
and the good thing is that hopefully we
[1:12:56] don't have any more changes
uh to that. But um page 29 um that does
[1:13:03] reflect the sheriff's budget. So I uh
you'll see um deputy number six is down
[1:13:08] at the minimum on page 29. Uh deputy
number six sergeant that's the minimum
[1:13:14] on a pay score at 56,350.
I believe it was at 62. So I went ahead
[1:13:19] and reduced that. So the other change I
believe that was that and then page uh
[1:13:28] 39 you'll see that we have a balance
budget
[1:13:32] um
>> were balanced with general fund and then
[1:13:36] um we had some more changes.
Um I went ahead and reconciled the
[1:13:42] grants the uh immigration enforcement
which is 287g. I reconciled that one on
[1:13:48] page 49. They started off at 347. They
only have $159,000 left. So, I went
[1:13:54] ahead and made those adjustments on 49.
So, um that's where they're at.
[1:14:01] And then, uh page 51, they did not spend
any of that 80,000. This is Senate B
[1:14:06] Senate Bill 8. Um this is from the state
also for immigration law enforcement. Um
[1:14:13] 80,000. They haven't spent that. So, I
just rolled it over for next year.
[1:14:17] Uh and then uh we can go into roadbridge
because that's the only other changes
[1:14:25] that we made. Uh
so if you look under page 55 um transfer
[1:14:32] project last on Friday I accidentally
had left 75,000 under a design budget. I
[1:14:38] went ahead and reduced that.
>> So if you look on page 55 under transfer
[1:14:43] in fund balance it's $522,000.
Uh, so I I adjusted that to correct the
[1:14:52] the amount. And then where's my project
list?
[1:14:57] And I did go over the project list with
Commissioner Thonnell real quick. Uh, I
[1:15:01] did let him know the redesign of the
projects. I separate separated the
[1:15:07] miscellaneous, the maintenance, the seal
coat, and the drainage projects.
[1:15:12] » Good pre-inch. Yes. and to let him know
>> his uh handouts uh that he gave us. We
[1:15:19] just grabbed that information and we put
it in here. So all his Mr. Econo's
[1:15:24] numbers and everything are reflected on
here. So
[1:15:27] » um I did go ahead and update I think it
was uh on the maintenance program. I
[1:15:32] think it was Hayes Road where I had put
75,000 in there for design. I want to
[1:15:35] reduce that. So you'll see it on here.
Um all we need is 155,000 for uh
[1:15:41] consulting contracting for the design
budget which is the city of Persaw
[1:15:44] interlocal agreements. Uh the PSN and
bridge replacement for county road 4757
[1:15:49] which is Leona River uh bridge
>> and then on call services for
[1:15:54] engineering. Um this is uh when Anthony
calls them uh for additional services.
[1:16:00] Uh that's what that that's what that is.
And then I believe on the next page we
[1:16:05] had removed two of the unfunded
projects.
[1:16:08] Um
so we removed those but I did uh I hope
[1:16:15] it makes sense and you're able to follow
the numbers and everything because it's
[1:16:18] a pretty large project list for next
year. Um but uh you'll see right there
[1:16:25] under consulting and contracting I
adjusted that amount to 155,000.
[1:16:29] Um the total transfer in for road
project uh for road and bridge actually
[1:16:33] road and bridge is 559,887
and then uh transfer in from uh farm to
[1:16:39] market for road materials 678,000. So
total transfer in for both uh funds is
[1:16:46] uh 1.2 million for projects for next
year.
[1:16:50] So those I just wanted to show you that
the project list has been updated.
[1:16:55] Um, and now, uh, that we do know that
we're not going to adopt budget until
[1:16:59] the end of the month. If commissioners,
y'all have anything any last minute
[1:17:04] changes, we can always hold another
budget workshop in between
[1:17:10] in between by the time we adopt budget,
we can come back. But if everything
[1:17:13] looks good, then we we should be okay.
But it's kind of like
[1:17:19] now forever hold your piece.
the commissioner I know the road and
[1:17:26] bridge we've talked about this um
there's no room for the sewer line I
[1:17:31] mean for the septic right in in the
dilly yard
[1:17:34] » right
>> and is there still room for someday
[1:17:38] dilly going out there with the septic
line
[1:17:42] » or with the sewer line
>> running the line
[1:17:44] » to run in the utilities yeah
>> I don't see that
[1:17:48] » no
>> fortunate no I I don't see that
[1:17:51] » and is Is there room to there's no room
to purchase later?
[1:17:55] » I mean, there is a property next to the
>> There is a property just don't know who
[1:18:02] owns it. I guess I can look in the uh
that appraisal desk
[1:18:08] » and see at least give you a hint.
>> Yeah.
[1:18:10] » Maybe
>> see what
[1:18:14] if they they're willing to. But I mean,
like I said, there there's nothing.
[1:18:18] Because right now we're still using the
same the port situation.
[1:18:23] » Yeah.
>> 80s7s.
[1:18:30] » Um
>> Yeah. And the properties, the buildings
[1:18:34] that are out there, they're they're
asking way too much room.
[1:18:40] » Um Okay. Well, the only thing is I mean
it doesn't hurt just keeping it on
[1:18:47] there. Hopeful wishing
>> for sure.
[1:18:49] » Hopeful wishing that someday it's not
even funed but just hopeful wishing I
[1:18:54] guess that someday we'll be able to have
some type of sewer line out there for
[1:18:58] the cityard.
[1:19:02] » Um a question Anthony for this upcoming
year. I know we talked about right
[1:19:08] maintenance. We're going to attack
maintenance first. Is that what you're
[1:19:11] going to attack first the
first two years or you going to attack
[1:19:15] that the last two years? the first two
years coming up commissioner as part of
[1:19:20] the maintenance that I would like to
attack this year and that uh that would
[1:19:23] include some of the roads that you
inputed in here commissioner Martinez
[1:19:28] and Commissioner Karis and Commissioner
they're still considered projects
[1:19:32] maintenance but those are the ones that
>> okay
[1:19:35] » we feel that are more urgent so we will
attack those and then as we knock some
[1:19:40] of these off we will go on to some of
the drainage issues that we have on
[1:19:42] those county roads out there
and once we go into the pit run space
[1:19:48] we'll be able to utilize that even more.
>> But currently it's finishing
[1:19:53] » this year
>> last this year's project. Yeah. And then
[1:19:57] moving on to May
>> to this project. I'm hoping by
[1:20:01] » May I mean yeah May next year we should
be on this year's projects and
[1:20:06] everything should be wiped out for this
budget.
[1:20:10] Mhm.
>> And then uh one thing, Commissioner
[1:20:13] Connell, to note on the maintenance
program, uh Anthony did make sure that
[1:20:18] we were going to reclaim
um as much of the road material as we
[1:20:25] can to save money. So, if you'll see
there, there's some of them there like
[1:20:29] uh precinct one, reclaim and base.
>> Anything that has a reclaim, that's
[1:20:32] where we're going to try to save some
money.
[1:20:35] » And then yours is base and prime. So,
I'm learning what the difference is
[1:20:39] between reclaiming and base and prime,
but
[1:20:42] » we put everything in in kind of a um
parenthesis so you can see um what is
[1:20:48] planned as far as maintenance for those
roads.
[1:20:52] So, but again, if there's anything
>> I actually do have something I have a I
[1:20:56] have a request um the maintenance
program, you know, I I did say last time
[1:21:01] that uh you know, there's precinct one,
two, and four. There was nothing on
[1:21:06] three because I was concentrating more
on the seal coat. But um if I could if
[1:21:11] it's okay with y'all commissioners, if I
can put one road on there, if we happen
[1:21:16] to not get to it right away, that's
perfectly fine. But I I do I do want to
[1:21:21] have something on there if possible. I
would like Airport Loop County Road
[1:21:25] 2028. Um basin prime would be good. Um
what do you 30,000? Uh on base it's
[1:21:34] around 30,000. I think that's probably a
mile. We're looking about maybe we on
[1:21:38] the safe side crystal about maybe 45,000
right off the top of my head.
[1:21:43] » 45.
>> Yeah, 45. I I think 45 would be good for
[1:21:47] county road 2028. It It's in pretty
decent condition. Uh
[1:21:54] but I I I would if it's okay with y'all
commissioners, I'd like to have at least
[1:21:58] one road on there for three
>> at some point. It's city. Right.
[1:22:01] » Right. And and that is that is something
that that we're looking to work on as
[1:22:05] well because it's that first uh actually
Judge Belding reached out to me this
[1:22:10] past week. That first part of it
whenever they annexed
[1:22:14] uh the area down there they part turned
into a city which is about what do you
[1:22:20] about a quarter of a mile
>> maybe 38 of a mile or so.
[1:22:22] » Yeah. It's not much but that is a it's a
horrible
[1:22:27] » area
>> area of road kind of like the issue
[1:22:29] you're having with Roosevelt. And then
it it same thing it turns into county
[1:22:32] and it's beautifully maintenanced on the
county part but just with the
[1:22:38] » with the traffic that's going on down
there it is not able to they're not able
[1:22:43] to maintain it. So I I would like to at
least have it on here. So we've already
[1:22:48] entered into conversations about what we
can do in it locally.
[1:22:51] » Um just just to have it on there.
>> The advantage you have is that it
[1:22:55] actually is a county road.
>> Yeah, it it is a county road.
[1:22:59] » Right. Right. It is. It just happens to
be annexed by the city
[1:23:04] » that that that area. So, yeah. I'd
appreciate it if I can put that on
[1:23:07] there. Commissioners,
>> we're doing
[1:23:08] » base.
[1:23:11] » So, are they going to do that section
that
[1:23:14] » we're working on it? The the city uh
mayor Kasos
[1:23:19] and uh Mr. Reyes are in favor of of
working something out. We just don't
[1:23:24] know what direction we're going in yet.
And of course before we do, you know, we
[1:23:28] would have to establish an interlocal
agreement on our part and on the city's
[1:23:32] part and then figure out what direction
we're going to go. But but everybody is
[1:23:35] in favor of of getting something done.
>> That's greatly appreciated because I'm
[1:23:40] telling you sometimes we we go and we
get called out to certain places, you
[1:23:45] know, and you're doing this with your
part, you know, because it's it's so
[1:23:50] bad.
>> Yeah.
[1:23:52] » So,
>> thank you. Yes. Yes. Sure.
[1:23:57] » With that being said, just want the
court to know that that does have a
[1:24:01] drainage issue and once we go in there,
if we get in a local agreement, I spoke
[1:24:05] with Commisalees
on if we're facing going north on the
[1:24:10] east end side. Once we clean that out,
that might cause issues for the
[1:24:14] residents right there because the water
does flow through them. That's the
[1:24:17] downstream side of it that they'll cross
the FM Mobile 81.
[1:24:22] » Yes. you know, go into our power plant
road. So, just that way once we go in
[1:24:28] there, we might get issues and concerns
about that because once we clean that
[1:24:32] drainage that's causing that issue, it
will probably cause issues to the
[1:24:36] residents right next to
>> which is um that used that power plant
[1:24:40] road another comes into another issue
that area power plant road used to be
[1:24:45] mine our my first year and then it got
annexed and now that area is a city road
[1:24:50] as well. So that that is another issue
that we're looking to tackle, you know,
[1:24:55] in in the near in the near future. Uh
the power plant road
[1:25:00] plus the drainage in that area where
that where Anony's talking about because
[1:25:04] it it does drain in that area and it
does flow over um uh on the road. So
[1:25:09] yeah, that is something that we're
looking into. But the good thing there
[1:25:12] is right on the other side of the east
side, there is a retention pond there.
[1:25:16] So if we can get the water to that
retention pond, that'd be better. But
[1:25:20] yeah,
>> it works.
[1:25:23] » Okay. Uh so circling back on page 55,
you'll see the transfer and fund
[1:25:28] balance. This is only for road and
bridge. Uh yeah, and I kind of broke it
[1:25:32] out. It's a transferring project of
522,887.
[1:25:36] Um it's going to um in the end the park
the pond park uh we're going to bring in
[1:25:41] 37,000.
So and then we also have our COB our
[1:25:45] interest text pool. transferring uh in
some funding in there to cover the um
[1:25:52] » uh what was that cost of living for the
employees. So you'll see those three add
[1:25:56] up to the 620,480
um for the transfer in for road and
[1:26:02] bridge on page 55.
>> Uh page 56 uh Commissioner Aano, I know
[1:26:07] the last uh budget workshop you were
here, we talked about reducing a driver
[1:26:11] to a from a ROE 2 to a ROE one. You'll
see that on page 56. Rotate techch one
[1:26:18] number 15. Uh that's where I put him at
the bottom of the list with the uh
[1:26:23] minimum uh salary on that one. So you'll
see you went from 13 uh drivers to 12
[1:26:30] and then uh from 14 road equipment
operators to 15. So I made those
[1:26:35] adjustments there. And there is about
five a little over $5,000 left. So, uh I
[1:26:42] um we talked about moving that uh
unspent money or uh the remaining funds
[1:26:49] to the commissioner, not the
commissioners, the road bridge so they
[1:26:53] can get additional training. So, I did
that.
[1:26:56] » Uh on page 57, uh what's changed on here
is the consult the general contractors
[1:27:01] under services uh ending at 5400. At the
bottom of page 57, you'll see the
[1:27:06] proposed budget went from 205,000 to
542,000.
[1:27:11] Your consulting and contracting went
from 195,000 to um decrease to 155.
[1:27:16] That's matching your projects on the
project list. Uh page 5, no uh yeah 58.
[1:27:22] This is under 5466 conferences road
you'll see it went from 4,000 to 9,000.
[1:27:29] That's where I put the the remaining
funds of the transfer from a rotech 2 to
[1:27:33] a rot one. Uh
Anthony made sure that he kept at least
[1:27:38] 25,000 contingencies.
Then I believe that's it. If you look at
[1:27:43] the bottom of the page there are
balanced budget.
[1:27:47] » Commissioners, uh I don't know Crystal
been informed yet. Unfortunately, we had
[1:27:52] one of our tech three mechanics resigned
Monday.
[1:27:58] You know, Crystal,
[1:28:01] » we failed to to notify you. Sorry.
>> Okay. So, a road tech I mean uh mechanic
[1:28:08] » mechanic.
>> Okay.
[1:28:12] » Morning
>> yesterday.
[1:28:15] Okay. So, we'll be back to I if I have
any unspent funds, I'll just reduce the
[1:28:21] transfer in. Um because I do believe
this one did have a tier. I think
[1:28:26] they're on tier two. So I'll bring it
down to tier
[1:28:30] » one
>> and then whatever French. So I'll I'll
[1:28:33] what I'll do is reduce the transfer in
by that amount.
[1:28:37] » That way we can keep it at a at a
balanced budget unless y'all know
[1:28:40] somewhere else I want to transfer those
funds. But right now that's the only way
[1:28:44] that we can keep it from
uh changing the budget. It's just to
[1:28:50] reduce the transfer in.
>> Uh Jesse um I see you before I have your
[1:28:55] project list. We already went over it.
>> This one's the updated one.
[1:29:00] » Okay. So, um, other than that, I'll once
I get that, I'll make the changes. But
[1:29:04] on page 58, we have a balanced budget.
Our proposed budget versus our approved
[1:29:08] budget, we did increase, but it's
because of projects.
[1:29:12] Uh, page 59, uh, you'll see, uh, the
transfer in fund balance at the bottom.
[1:29:17] Uh, ending in 4950. Uh, there's a
transfer in 678,838.
[1:29:23] that will increase by the 45,000 that uh
we are putting in for airport loop. So,
[1:29:28] I'll bring that uh transfer in and then
I'll increase the road projects on page
[1:29:33] 60. Uh road materials uh I'll increase
that by the 45,000.
[1:29:39] Um and that way we can keep a balance
budget at the end of at the bottom of
[1:29:42] page 60. You'll see we're at zero. We
balanced. So, but I will again with the
[1:29:48] additional 45 I'll increase it as a
transfer in for the projects. But again,
[1:29:53] uh everything that we're doing in is
because of the project, not because
[1:29:57] we're paying salaries or anything. So
other than that, everything else in the
[1:30:02] budget has been balanced and if the
court will like to meet one more time,
[1:30:08] we can uh just let us know that we will
have enough time to post the agenda and
[1:30:13] then um
within the next two weeks before we
[1:30:18] adopt budget.
[1:30:21] » Any questions? Or we can have a mini a
mini uh budget workshop before we head
[1:30:29] up. But that's the last thing you want
to do, right Crystal?
[1:30:31] » I don't mind because things change. Like
right now, we just found out we had a
[1:30:36] separation and I found out this morning
from the sheriff's department. So those
[1:30:40] are going to be ongoing changes.
Unfortunately, we can't really do
[1:30:43] anything when it comes to salaries.
So, but we just let me know if y'all
[1:30:48] would like to have another meeting. We
will. We can schedule something out.
[1:30:52] Yeah. So, just an FYI, if we were to
decide right now, we won't be able to
[1:30:56] have a meeting until Monday at the
earliest.
[1:30:59] » So,
[1:31:03] um I have a quick question for the uh
for the commissioners.
[1:31:07] Um and the only reason I'm I'm asking is
because it the salaries have to be
[1:31:14] published
>> for elected official
[1:31:16] » for elected official. Okay. I know that
commissioner uh and I are a little bit
[1:31:22] higher than precinct 2 and four because
obviously we're on our second term. Um
[1:31:27] and I just wanted to bring up and give
you all the op the option or ask if
[1:31:31] y'all y'all have been here for a few
years now to see if you would like to
[1:31:36] increase the salary a bit to for all
four of us to match.
[1:31:47] I wouldn't I wouldn't mind it. Um and
and again I I would say yes, but at this
[1:31:54] at this time I
>> I mean no I'm not going to I wouldn't I
[1:31:58] mean
>> I mean no because every elected any
[1:32:05] person running for election
should not do it for the money.
[1:32:08] » No, no. And and I know that you we have
always been very adamant about that.
[1:32:13] We've always been very very adamant
about that. All four of us have uh and I
[1:32:17] really appreciate it. But but I I know
the work
[1:32:20] » consensus as to hey we're all doing the
same work we should all be
[1:32:24] » and we're doing we're doing a lot of
work all four of us and I just
[1:32:29] » I wanted to bring it up. I wanted to
bring it up for you and and you uh to
[1:32:33] » I think commissioners with time um and
that's the goal right to have everyone
[1:32:38] on that pay scale where the elected
officials are throughout the about the
[1:32:44] same right so there's no difference in
one or the other and I think we're
[1:32:47] getting there unfortunately we're
>> we're following what we already had
[1:32:52] implemented and it just would create the
mess the mess that we're trying to
[1:32:59] not a problem. I just uh I know we're
we're uh we're pretty close to the wire.
[1:33:04] Um I was looking through it. I did I did
see uh and and I wanted to give you an
[1:33:10] opportunity and
>> absolutely absolutely I I I do
[1:33:14] appreciate all the work that y'all are
doing it and uh
[1:33:18] » yeah. Okay.
>> Just for just for the record, there's no
[1:33:23] additional compensation that I'm
receiving for the additional duties that
[1:33:27] I've taken on. Um because if you're
thinking that I'm overseeing the judge's
[1:33:33] office with additional compensation,
there is in team and so I've I've taken
[1:33:38] on this this challenge and this
responsibility with no additional
[1:33:42] compensation and uh it's been
challenging nonetheless, right? But
[1:33:47] again, we we're still here. We're still
doing the work that needs to be done.
[1:33:52] Um, and I I thank you, Joseph, and
Crystal, especially both of you two that
[1:34:00] have had to deal with us or find a way
to deal with all of us. And uh, Crystal,
[1:34:05] you you somehow find a way to get it
done. and you have worked in those late
[1:34:11] hours and uh it's obvious and and thank
you commissioners for for making it easy
[1:34:18] to find a way to balance this budget
even though it was very challenging. Um
[1:34:23] but I think we we definitely did
overcome this one. Um and to
[1:34:28] » Oh yeah. Whenever we heard whenever we
heard the amount we were going to have
[1:34:32] to cut. Wow. I had dealt with one
million before. I think year two was 1
[1:34:38] million we had to cut and then to cut
1.5 that was
[1:34:43] that was that was a challenge but yeah
thank you. Okay.
[1:34:47] » Thanks. Thank you.
>> All right.
[1:34:50] » And yeah because this is our what second
budget that we've worked without a
[1:34:56] judge.
>> Um and um we have to continue to move
[1:35:02] forward as a county. Um, and if we don't
do it, then who's going to do it, you
[1:35:08] know? So, that's why it's uh it was
tough this year. It was tough last year,
[1:35:14] but this year was tough, the 1.5 million
deficit. Um, but
[1:35:20] we worked through it and it's getting
easier now that we're closer to adopting
[1:35:23] the budget. So, um, but it's we've
learned. I think all of us have learned
[1:35:29] um because we've had to step up as a as
a co the court y'all had to step up
[1:35:35] » because we didn't have a judge and
usually
[1:35:38] the first portion of first phase of the
budgeting process the budget belongs to
[1:35:43] the county judge and y'all stepped in to
take care of that. So that was that's
[1:35:49] that's the hard work you know having
making those hard decisions. So um it's
[1:35:54] not hard to be in y'all's position. So,
I just do what y'all tell me to do. So,
[1:35:59] » y'all tell me, I put it, but you know,
I'm trying to balance a budget with the
[1:36:02] deficit and we we're close. So,
>> just building, thank you for for being
[1:36:10] patient with all of us.
>> I know I know you've been at it for a
[1:36:15] couple years and and uh it's very like
we've said it, right, it's challenging
[1:36:19] all the way uh across the board for us
as well as yourself. But again, thanks
[1:36:25] for being patient and uh we we found a
way to get it done.
[1:36:29] » Hopefully hopefully next next fiscal
year we have the means to to uh adopt
[1:36:35] the other pay scale that needle um
presented. And just to um let you know,
[1:36:43] Commissioner, I did come up with the
number. If we were to give all the
[1:36:46] elected officials the salaries to what
uh was presented um because we don't
[1:36:52] have the funding, it would have cost
about uh with salaries in French about
[1:36:55] $88,000 to get all the elected
officials. Not everyone moved up because
[1:37:01] a lot of them were already over that
minimum. But everyone that did move up,
[1:37:05] I I wanted to say half and half. you
have half that was already over and then
[1:37:09] half that were going to be moved up to
the minimum. So we were looking about
[1:37:12] 88,000
um together and u including French if
[1:37:17] that's you know for next year to
consider but that's what uh funding
[1:37:22] extra funding we would need to make that
I don't even know what to call it a pay
[1:37:26] scale or for the elected officials
salaries to make that happen that's what
[1:37:30] we would need
>> because it's it's it's going to be
[1:37:36] coming in next year you know uh if we're
here. It's going to be again I think
[1:37:42] it's going to be a little bit of a how
do I say I don't know what the word is
[1:37:47] but you know because we haven't uh
given anything to the employees I know
[1:37:54] it's been what two years at least a year
>> this year we um implemented a new pay
[1:37:59] scal uh where we got the employees to
who were under we got them to a new
[1:38:04] minimum so we moved everyone up to where
they needed to be that's our 25 26 Mhm.
[1:38:10] » But we didn't give no one a cost of
living. Yeah. Correct. This year
[1:38:13] » 26 27 we did the total.
>> Yeah. This year we
[1:38:17] » uh commissioners y'all made I think we
had about uh 15 employees who were
[1:38:22] impacted on moving up on the pay scale
who were hitting their their anniversary
[1:38:26] tiers that we did take care of that. And
then we also uh with our interest that
[1:38:31] we earned off our investments we were
able to provide a cost of living to all
[1:38:36] employees at $1,500. So
>> hopefully with that new pay scale that
[1:38:41] we implemented, we will be seeing on a
yearly basis a hand a group of employees
[1:38:47] who have hit that ear mark. Moving up,
moving up, moving up. Next year we'll
[1:38:52] see what we're working with as far as
the interest that we're earning off our
[1:38:55] investments. Um to see if we're able to
because that's that right there was
[1:39:01] 712,000 to help us balance our our our
budget that was taking on a big chunk of
[1:39:08] that 1.5 deficit. Um so we were very
blessed to have done that. But again,
[1:39:14] like I mentioned, projects are starting
now. We don't have that $15 million to
[1:39:18] invest anymore. Uh so next year will be
different. Next year we would be uh
[1:39:23] pivoting and probably having to do the
actual our decisions on cutting. This
[1:39:29] year we we uh
>> got away
[1:39:32] » we got away from that. Um and we were
able to to uh make it work without even
[1:39:38] increasing our tax rate. We
>> and that's I think that's key to uh stay
[1:39:43] with the same tax rate um that we've
had. I think this is year three. So, I
[1:39:48] think that's that's very good uh thing
that we're doing without having to
[1:39:52] impact our our uh residents of the
county and to keeping the same tax rate.
[1:39:57] So, I believe we're kind of like a lower
tax rate than every other entity within
[1:40:01] the county.
>> Definitely.
[1:40:06] » Did you move these back too?
>> No. Yeah, I can keep those. I will
[1:40:10] update the road and bridge one um and
bring it back next time uh with the
[1:40:15] include uh to include your county road.
Um and then again, commissioners, if
[1:40:20] y'all would like to have a budget
workshops again, if there's a project
[1:40:25] that comes up or something that y'all
forgot, uh please reach out and um and
[1:40:30] then I'll get with Joseph and we'll work
as hard as we can. will know not to do
[1:40:35] Fridays, but we have from now all the
way till uh probably the 25th to decide
[1:40:42] on a budget workshop. So,
>> okay. All right. Well, thank you for
[1:40:49] that, Crystal.
And we will move on to uh documents.
[1:41:01] Can I sign the ones that I was not here
for?
[1:41:04] » Um,
>> would you suggest I don't
[1:41:07] » say no.
>> Okay.
[1:41:08] » I got
>> We did everything from 4 to
[1:41:13] » 18 showed up. So, you can sign the
Community Council of South Texas
[1:41:19] » resolution, but everything else Yeah.
[1:41:28] I'll put this here.
[1:41:51] Yeah.
That's good. That's good.
[1:41:57] down side of the game and set the
touchdown.
[1:42:01] » Wow.
>> Wow.
[1:42:09] » Oh, yeah. Some guy was calling. I don't
know. He said he was He's been trying to
[1:42:14] get a hold of me
>> for if we had an election in May of of
[1:42:21] » Yeah.
I got an email.
[1:42:26] » Yeah. And I and I told him and he said
to fill out the declaration notifying
[1:42:31] that it's due today and there and if
it's not done that there is a penalty in
[1:42:36] the pain.
>> Okay. So, but I left I left his
[1:42:38] information.
>> Yeah. I got the letter today in the
[1:42:40] mail.
>> Yeah. I was like, what are you talking
[1:42:42] about? the Raquel sent send me she
transfer him to me and I was like I go
[1:42:49] I'm the election administrator and let
me ask you this did y'all have an
[1:42:52] election of a bond or a tax increase in
I was like no and he's like okay well I
[1:42:58] need Crystal to like
[1:43:03] he didn't have a bond like
>> but yeah but he's saying you still got
[1:43:06] to fill out something
>> okay I have the letters there and I left
[1:43:10] I left you his uh his name and his
Okay,
[1:43:13] » I'll take care of that here.
>> Thank you.
[1:44:44] or
[1:44:47] » usually
>> we have to turn them in.
[1:44:51] » Those one of them is going to be well
each one of us to sign and then the
[1:44:55] other one's going to be all of us to
sign.
[1:44:58] » Oh, okay. Do you have the you have the
one that all of us?
[1:45:01] » We just one of these.
>> Not yet. Or maybe she did leave him.
[1:45:08] But we're gonna need uh
Rachel said that she'll come in and
[1:45:12] notoriize.
>> Oh, okay. I was texting Anthony,
[1:45:17] » right? So, we're You know what? I forgot
that again.
[1:45:23] Treasures report.
>> The treasures report and then the uh
[1:45:28] » thing.
>> Do it again. Do it next week. I mean,
[1:45:32] next meeting. We'll have to Yeah. during
budget workshops. I'm just kidding.
[1:45:36] » Relied on the last template for the
regular meeting and it didn't have it on
[1:45:39] there. Yeah,
>> but yeah, I'll put it on there.
[1:45:44] » Wow, that YouTube game
>> was nice.
[1:45:47] » Then I switched over and then I started
watching the&m game. I was like, "Oh my
[1:45:51] goodness."
>> I mean, I think uh Texas State was
[1:45:55] better than the score suggested. They
had a lot of close nice drives at the
[1:45:59] very beginning of the game, but yeah, it
was it was good.
[1:46:03] Saturday.
>> Saturday's
[1:46:05] » Saturday is the one.
>> Yep. Saturday's everything.
[1:46:10] » Everything.
>> Yeah. We'll know after Saturday if I can
[1:46:13] get really excited.
[1:46:22] » Judge the name.
>> Sorry, I changed the name, but I didn't
[1:46:27] change the title.
>> Oops.
[1:46:32] That means it probably also is the same
on the uh
[1:46:39] » but I'm going to take it back.
>> I'll get you a new one when we come back
[1:46:44] on the 29th.
[1:46:49] » This one too.
>> Yeah.
[1:46:53] » It's going to change since we have a
break.
[1:46:58] Okay.
[1:47:14] eighth birthday.
>> My son's fourth birthday.
[1:47:19] » Wow.
>> Big already.
[1:47:23] » Well, it's funny because I knew it was
going to align with the years
[1:47:27] » with the years. Yeah. that was going to
serve.
[1:47:30] » That's how I I know. I've been through
16 years since
[1:47:34] » Oh, wow.
[1:47:42] » This one too. Joseph, you're just going
to scratch it out. That just right
[1:48:03] » the same. Yeah.
[1:48:07] » And how how old is he?
[1:48:16] lot of years.
You imagine if it's just like hey
[1:48:21] that's what we're watching and I saw the
guy come up on
[1:48:25] you
[1:48:28] » which is this one right
>> voice
[1:48:41] it's a San Antonio
>> yeah I think we play three San Antonio
[1:48:47] We go to
>> He did leave one there. Everybody has
[1:48:51] one.
>> Rachel left it on there.
[1:49:02] » The one that we gave all everyone to
right,
[1:49:08] but we don't have it. So, we have to
>> Oh, man.
[1:49:12] I was in high school.
>> We don't have right Joseph. Well,
[1:49:16] » we said we don't have the treasur.
>> It's not on the agenda. No.
[1:49:20] » Okay. So, that one we're not signing.
>> Let's wait until next time.
[1:49:25] » No, no, no. There's another one.
>> That one right there.
[1:49:31] » What is that?
>> This one? The
[1:49:35] » treasures report.
>> No,
[1:49:38] » it's for the government record. It says
here what it gives you the actual
[1:49:44] deposit amounts.
>> Oh yes, the Yeah, that's what it is. the
[1:49:49] um
[1:50:05] » no it was yes it was separate by itself
but then all the documents were
[1:50:13] » somewhere in there by itself is going to
be
[1:50:20] Um Rachel Rachel
[1:50:39] » I still go back
the video. Yeah. Yeah.
[1:50:44] Okay. So, since there is no credit
report, we're going to sign that other
[1:50:49] one and then we'll just move to allow
bills payable.
[1:50:52] » I stand over the bills everything is our
day-to-day expenses
[1:50:58] of the or sorry,
no questions. I move to allow bills
[1:51:03] payable to also include the proposed
utility accounts. Right.
[1:51:07] » Motion made by Commissioner Kisales.
Second, second by Commissioner Okonnell.
[1:51:11] All in favor? Motion pass.
All right, questions.
[1:51:16] Anything else? No.
>> Uh, again, I apologize for showing up
[1:51:20] late. Um, I will not make it a habit,
but uh, thank you. Um,
[1:51:26] I move then
second by myself. Motion made by
[1:51:31] Commissioner Clary Salis, second by
myself. All in favor? Motion pass. Thank
[1:51:36] you. Go.
We're done.