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confirmation security contract 31 people
were

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period That's the salary for as

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31 okay so

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I welcome to the Tuesday June 4th 2024
tant County Commissioner's Court meeting

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I now call the meeting to order Tim
O'Hare County Judge present L Charles

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Brooks commissioner Precinct one pres
Alisa Simmons commissioner Precinct two

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here Gary FAS commissioner Precinct
Three here man Ramirez commissioner

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precinct for constitutes of quum all
right thank you today's invocation will

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be led by Pastor Joshua Scaro of
Countryside Bible um last night one of

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uh the folks in the sheriff office
Lieutenant Jose Cortez was having dinner

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with his wife and children um had a
medical episode that's very serious he's

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in the hospital this morning with uh no
brain activity so please keep him he's

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only 41 please keep Lieutenant Cortez
and his uh family in your prayers and I

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have asked Pastor Scaro to also pray for
him this morning please rise for the

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invocation and

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pledges let's pray
Father in Heaven We Praise You for Your

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greatness that you are Majestic and holy
and Sovereign over the universe we

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praise you for your goodness that you're
kind and generous that you provide

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salvation to us through Jesus Christ
pray for anyone here who has not

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acknowledged their sinfulness and
submitted to Christ that they would even

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be saved today I pray that you would
bless the men and women in our local

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government especially those in this
meeting today that they would work hard

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to administer their duties in a way that
reflects you your Justice your kindness

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your compassion and integrity pray that
we the people would respect and honor

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the rightful government that you've put
over us for our good and For Your Glory

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we know that you God are are so
Sovereign alone over all things we can

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trust in you nothing surprises you we
can submit to your rule and Authority

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pray that we would conduct ourselves
appropriately God this morning we pray

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especially for lieutenant Cortez and we
pray uh that you would be kind to him

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that you would bring miraculous healing
in his body that that you would restore

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him
completely but God we don't know the

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future only you know the future and we
pray that whatever your plan and good

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plan is for him and his family that you
would bring them peace and

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comfort even today in this this
difficult situation we pray for the

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doctors and nurses caring for him that
they would care with skill and

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excellence and do everything they can in
their power and we pray again that you

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would just be kind to him and his family
we thank you for all these things this

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morning we ask in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ amen amen amen thank you

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Pastor please join me in the pledge of
allegiance to our flag I pledge Al to

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the flag of the United States of America
and to the repic for which it stands one

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nation indivisible Li andice for all and
now to the Texas

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flag the Texas flag I ALG to Texas one
under God one

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avable thank you you may be

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seated agenda announcements yes sir good
morning judge and Commissioners just a

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few announcements this morning uh number
one uh F1 for the criminal district

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attorney we're going to hold that item
until after closed we'll be seeing

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receiving a briefing and closed on that
one uh item

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G2 Facilities Management has asked that
we hold that item until later

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meeting uh under reports and business
item A4 is G2 on consent uh G2 was on

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consent
correct we're holding that item for a

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later a later

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meeting uh under reports and business
under the administrator sections items

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A4 and A5 are being pulled from consent
due to audience

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participation uh as well as E1 one is
also being pulled for audience

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participation uh and just one final note
under purchasing l14 there is an updated

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Court Communication in your red folders
A4 and A5 are consent pull due to

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speakers and then what was the next one
E1 it's Criminal Courts

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Administration E1 yes sir which is not
consent or is it it is consent we're

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pulling it from consent due to audience
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it was
consent that's all I have sir okay thank

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you thank
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you all right do we have any
announcements from the court

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members all right seeing none we will
move to the proclamations resolutions

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and presentation section it is that time
again for employee

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recognition and I know we have many
people here celebrating their

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anniversaries
and I'm going to talk about them as soon

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as I find this so uh today's reception
after we recognize all of you will be on

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the fourth floor room 403 instead of
behind here as we do frequently so room

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403 uh I'm going to ask all of our
five-year employees to stand as I call

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your name uh the first is Mina
aluri Nara simha

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Bakula Ashley Chavez
David

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Collins Maris
Garcia chantler Jones that's a cool name

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Cynthia
King razn

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Kumar Nestor Lal
Santiago Christine

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Lawler Maria
Markham Eric

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martinz Joseph
matys Janette Mondragon

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Joe Munoz
Jr zna narv

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abreo Julie
Nichols Sabrina

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quania Elizabeth
Ramirez Allison

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rener Kristen Sanders and Annie
Vu thank you all very much for your five

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years we appreciate

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you all right next we have our 10-year
employees please stand as I call your

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name Shan
Brewer Kenneth

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divers William
duban Cindy

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Franco Jennifer

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Gabbert Trisha
Gardner Courtney

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hul William
Johnson Arya

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McCall charia Morrison
Barbara

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Munoz Tamisha
Parks Michelle

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rundles bisha
Shaw Lauren

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Smith shatia
Smith Hector

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viesca Carlos Wilson
senior and christe

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young thank you all very much for your
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we appreciate you all right now for our
15-year

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employees uh please stand as I call your
name Crystal

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Albert Aaron
kofer Ryan

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down Dustin
Gerald Ronda

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little Polly
Maxwell Alexander puit

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pan prinsley
I can hear my own name saying something

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from 5 seconds
ago Jessica

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toar Kimberly
Wesley and Lee

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worth thank you all very much for 15
years we appreciate

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you now for our 20-year employees please
stand as I call your name Feliz Johnson

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Julie
Martinez Aaron

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Perez Troy
Shores Monica

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Tipton and Rachel
Wright thank you all for 20

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years all right now we have our 25-year
employees I'm going to ask you all to

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stand
individually uh first up is Penny bunch

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where are you Penny hello Penny how are
you 25 years with the Sheriff's Office

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Deputy Bunch born in Fort Worth went to
high school at Arlington Heights uh one

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daughter something that no one knows
about her she collects old hand Stitch

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Quilts what she likes to do for fun she
likes nerdy stuff like digging for

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crystals or jy's her words not
mine um other job titles she's had with

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the county directions officer Jailer um
most memorable moment here at the county

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was when um got her police her peace
officer

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license What She Likes most is her
family spending time with them and she

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has nine grandchildren so thank you very
much Deputy

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BX we appreciate you for 25
years next we have Robert rundles is

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Robert here with us hi Robert how are
you sir Deputy rundles 25 years um works

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at Constable Precinct 2 born in Dallas I
went to Carter High

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School trying to guess your age were you
were you there in

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88 now was a good year um went to a
college at UTA and tarant County College

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a fact that no one knows about him he
likes to paint and to read

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books uh what he likes to do for fun he
likes to travel and take road trips with

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his family um he's been with the county
he was a Jailer for 5 years a bayth for

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one year a criminal warrant Deputy for
six years spent six years as a patrol

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sergeant and one year as a Judicial
Sergeant uh what he likes most about his

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employment with tarant county is that it
has allowed him to be a provider to his

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family and to live a quiet peaceful life
and we thank you very much sir for your

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25 years

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all right next we

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have uh is Valerie Allen
here which I don't think Valerie's

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coming but she's with the 297th district
court been with us 25 years if you're

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listening or watching Valerie thank you
very much for your 25 years of dedicated

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service to tarant County

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all right next we have Jennifer hooks is
Jennifer here hi Jennifer um been with

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us also 25 years her job titled is
Criminal floor manager she was born in

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Harford City Indiana hooer and uh went
to high school at

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Richland uh she has four
children and what she likes to do for

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fun swimming and watching her boys play
baseball her boys was 17 14 and 8

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um she has also been um in reception and
booking in the jail she did that for 3

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years uh she was promoted to the bond
desk which she did for 12 years and then

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transferred to the courts where she's
been for 10 her most memorable moment

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was getting stuck in the elevator for 45
minutes her first day of work

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wow well you had no place to go but up
no no pun intended

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um What She Likes is that even though
she's been here a good long while

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there's always something else to learn
and improve on Jennifer thank you so

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much for your 25 years we appreciate

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you all right is Cynthia Hicks
here all right hi Cynthia how are you

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good so I don't have a form for you but
you are with the county clerk's office

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you've been with us 25 years and we are
very grateful for your 25 years of

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service to Taran County thank you

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Ed heac Mr Ed where are you 25 years
with us Precinct 3 equipment maintenance

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supervisor you might know him and a
great

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cook and an even better
mechanic 25 years with us Precinct 3

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equipment maintenant supervisor born in
haltam City went to haltam high school

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uh spent four years at County junior
college got his associates degree in

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automotive technology and small engines
three children three grandchildren he

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been a member of the Knights of Columbus
for 48 years and he is a fourth degree

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Knight um what he likes to do for fun
Smoke Barbecue cook help friends and

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family um he's active in his
church and he's uh known commissioner

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Fus and judge Whitley a very long time
and participated in United Way events

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and then home for Precinct 3 events um
the best I noticed a theme Here the best

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times cooking was with the Knights of
Columbus for over 20 years cooking for

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Special Olympics at UTA in Arlington on
Memorial Day weekend they would cook

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lunch for 1,500 people on Friday and
Saturday um until the Special Olympics

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move their annual event to San Antonio
but he continues to help with special uh

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Olympics and local events he's also been
a mechanic of heavy road equipment his

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most meor mble moment the birth of his
children and

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grandchildren what he likes the most
after 23 years maintaining and running a

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cemetery he found himself looking for a
job took the job at the camp you've

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worked for 48 years you don't look old
enough to work that long after 23 years

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maintaining and running a cemetery he
was looking for a job took the job at

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the county for temp work until he could
find a job he was actually looking for

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and uh it's 25 years of temp work I
guess if you maybe you'll find something

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new
um he has enjoyed his entire time here

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it is like family to him he served under
three judges and two Commissioners and

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he told Gary commissioner Fus that he
would wait and retire in December with

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him he couldn't have asked for a better
career and uh when he retires he will

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continue to take care of his wife who
has a disability after a surgery gone

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bad 10 years ago will'll continue to
work with the Knights of Columbus and

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church with their Good Deeds he also
volunteers and manages the church

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Cemetery for the last 25 years and
will'll continue to do so you seem like

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a fantastic guy thank you Mr Ed for your
25 years of service to Taran

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County all right darinda Cummings
darinda where are you Hi darinda how are

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you so they told me that you are the
glue that holds the precinct for

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maintenance team together um 25 years
you're now the business manager you're

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born in McKenna as she graduated from
AEL High School um she has two daughters

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uh one is a graduate Alisa is a graduate
of Baylor and an attorney and then

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Britney is The Graduate is a graduate
from ouu she's a nurse practitioner she

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has three grandchildren ranging from
ages 3 to 16 fact no one knows about her

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she has a real estate license uh she
likes to travel for fun um other job

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titles in the county she has actually
been in this same position for all 25

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years she's been here she took the
position temporarily while an employee

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was out on medical leave and still here
today um her most memorable moment 911

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uh Precinct four is in the flight path
of the joint reserve base in me mechum

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airport um they hear planes all day long
on 911 you only heard fighter jets which

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was pretty unsettling and what she likes
the most she has great co-workers who

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are always eager to help and it's like
having an extended family darenda thank

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you for your 25 years of service
precinct for

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all right Evette where are you Evette
Collins there you are how are you today

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I'm good good uh IET has been with us 30
years and she started in accounts

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payable which at that time was in
purchasing she her she now works in the

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auditor's office Administrative
Assistant 3 born in Fort Worth graduated

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from Western Hills High School um grad
graduated from UTA with a

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BBA um she has one son um who graduated
um from Texas Tech his undergrad and he

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has a masters from Tech in molecular
pathology um this is really cool um is

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there anybody in here who has ever heard
of Bob trick Woods anybody so this is

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many years ago but her dad Bob trick
Woods played for the Harlem glob trods

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pretty cool
um something no one knows about her she

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would like to write an inspirational
book and am I right that Marcus Haynes

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um you know him very well I think a lot
of people would know Marcus Haynes he

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was kind of the the star of the globe
charg at that time and he recruited your

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dad to join another team when he left
the Harlem Globe triers right yeah

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pretty cool um what she likes to do for
fun um just share happy moments with

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family and friends um she's also been an
accounts payable Clerk

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uh most memorable moment there are many
but one that stands out is the reaction

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of fellow co-workers when bats were
flying around the auditor's

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office um what she likes the
most uh she has gained a wealth of

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knowledge and met some very interesting
people she's also very thankful for the

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wonderful friendship she has gained
while working here um she is an active

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member of Eastland Church of Christ and
she is just a spectacular

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asset to tarant County and thank you so
much for your 30 years of service to

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us okay Frankie McGill is with the
Sheriff's Office Frankie is not able to

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be here today but has been with us for
30 years so let's please give a warm

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thank you and appreciation to

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Frankie is Carmen Garza
here Carmen are you with

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us okay so Carmen is has been with us 30
years Carmen's a legal assistant born in

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Fort Worth graduated from Trimble Tech
she has one

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child um in fact no one knows about her
if you know you know if not you're not

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supposed to know so um what she likes to
do for fun spend time with her husband

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Moses and her son Maddox shop and
read um in 1994 she was the receptionist

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for the intake division in the DA's
office for less than 30 days she was

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then promoted to legal secretary in the
intake division her most memorable

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moments working offsite at the Fort
Worth PD facility and transitioning from

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paper case filings to electronic case
filings she enjoys coming to work and

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working with a great group of talented
people let's give a big round of

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applause to Carmen Garza for 30 years

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all right also not
attending uh lesie Stewart from

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Transportation Lesley's been with us 30
years let's give lesie a big thank you

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for 30 years of

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service and last but not least also
can't be here today David paa who is in

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the deputy warrant division David is our
only um 35y year anniversary today uh he

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was born in Fort Worth graduated from
from Arlington Heights High School did

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some college at tarant County College
has two

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kids um he likes to hunt fish cook
barbecue and spend time with his family

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he's also been a peer support team
member with the

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county
um his most memorable moments are just

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those times when he helps others that
just need someone to talk to um he is

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also retiring on July 31st after 35
years he will miss his job and lots of

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the people that he works with he's
worked in the warrant division for the

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past 28 years um he has been involved in
a lot of arrests there have been several

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people that have helped him lots of good
people covering him too many to think

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it's been fun and very challenging at
times and David enjoy your retirement

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next month and thank you very much for
your 35 years of

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service all right that we have a motion
to receive and file employee recognition

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I'll make that second we have a second
please cast your

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votes all right that passes unanimously
thank you all very much one more big

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round of applause for all our

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employees and if you would like to go to
the reception feel free to get up and do

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so now room 403 on the fourth floor
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Wilder leading the way as

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usual did you watch
that I have a DVR I haven't watched it

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yet do you know what happened yes I do
do you know how it happened no for free

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w

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yeah all right we have the next one
National blood Don

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day

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okay all right to continue the meeting
our next agenda item is a proclamation

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for National Blood Donor day
commissioner Fus well we're very happy

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to U participate
in National Blood Donor day is something

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that I know that tan county has always
taken very

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seriously and we uh always have a number
of people that uh are are donating and

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we greatly
appreciate uh all they do

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whereas June
14th

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2024 is now National Blood Donor day
recognizing Americans who volunteer with

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dedication
selfishness and

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compassion and those who donate blood to
help patients and urgent need of

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life-saving
transfusions and

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whereas Carter blood care
originated in tan County in 1951

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one serving citizens throughout the fort
wor metro area as well as over 50

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counties across Texas as one of our
state's largest and leading nonprofit

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Community Blood
Centers though though the collection

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testing stores and
distribution of more than 400,000

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uh four 440,000 units of blood products
each year and whereas the mission of

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Carter blood care is to save lives by
making

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transfusions
possible is itself made made possible

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through the support of tan County blood
donors and whereas tan County Imports

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Carter blood care life saving Mission
and longtime role in our community now

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therefore be resolved that we the
Commissioners Court of Teran County do

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hereby
Proclaim June

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14th
2424 as National Blood Donor day in tant

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county and encourage our citizens
to donate blood or volunteer their time

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with Carter blood care further we
publicly salute the service of blood

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donors in our community and in
communities

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Nationwide in witness here of we have
here and to set our hand and cause the

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Seal of tering County to be a fixed this
fourth day of June

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2024 and I move approval second we have
a motion a second to approve this item

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any
discussion all right please cast your

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votes all right passes your

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name he's going to come down for
pictures and then any if you'd like to

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say a few words you're welcome to do
so okay I was the elevator you were

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thank you commissioner for this
recognition if for your service to the

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citizens of tarant County for supporting
Carter blood Care's mission to save

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lives by making transfusion possible
June 14th World Blood Donor day raises

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awareness of the importance of blood
donors in our community and in fact

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their help is needed every day because
the need for blood is

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non-stop blood donors help children
across tarant County who are fighting

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cancer and sickle cell anemia older
adults with health issues mothers going

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through difficult deliveries and open
heart surgery and organ transplant

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patients it takes just 1 hour
to donate blood and give back to your

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community I encourage everyone to join
Taran County's blood drive on Friday

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June 7th from 700 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. you
can learn more about blood donation by

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visiting carterbloodcare.org thank you
again for this wonderful honor and we

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are so grateful for your support thank

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you judge might be recognized for a
point of personal privilege

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certainly I would like to recognize a
very special guest that we have with us

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this morning that would be Susan Redford
the executive director of the Texas

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Association of counties which represents
all

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254 counties in the state of Texas she
is officed

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in
Austin and

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uh presents a rather aggressive agenda
representing counties before the state

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legislature and they do a bunch of other
services for counties Susan would you

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come up and have a remark or two
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good morning judge good morning
Commissioners commissioner thank you for

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recognizing me um on behalf of Texas
Association of counties um I do want to

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extend a a sincere thank you to Taran
County for your longtime membership uh

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many members of this court have been
very active in our association uh over

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our history and instrumental leaders to
of you are graduates of our leadership

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program which we're always grateful to
to have you at participate in that um I

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look forward to to spending time with um
with you judge and commissioner Simmons

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over the next few months getting to know
you better seeing how we can better

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serve you and help you I do want to
thank commissioner fius and commissioner

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Brooks for your longtime Service uh you
will be dearly missed once U you retire

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at the end of the year and have been
longtime friends so thank you for the

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recognition thank you for your
membership and partnership and I look

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forward to working with you more thank
you thank you s

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thank
you all right next up we come to our

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consent agenda um do we have a motion to
approve the consent agenda as amended so

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move second all right we have a motion
and a second any discussion all right

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please cast your
votes all right the consent agenda is

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approved unanimously uh one of those
items on the consent agenda was a an

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agreement to provide Road funding for
city of Keller and uh here in the

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audience with us today is the mayor of
Keller Arman mazani Arma will you stand

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thank you thank you mayor
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yes all right that brings us
to the regular agenda and the first item

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up on the regular agenda is a public
hearing it's a public hearing to

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consider placement of no parking signs
on winds Scott Clover Road in Precinct

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one so the public hearing is now open is
there anyone who wishes to speak to this

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item to consider placement of these no
parking signs on winds Scott

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Clover all right seeing none I'll
entertain a motion to close the public

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hearing move to close the public hearing
all right I'll second so we have a

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second Motion in a second any discussion
there all right please cast your

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vote passes unanimously the public
hearing is now closed your honor I'm are

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we agendized to approve the the stop
sign the uh no parking sign yes sir it's

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later in the transportation section it's
in the transport yes sir okay okay next

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up uh we have the administrator section
the first item on that is appointment of

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the public health director morning Court
members it is requested that the

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Commissioner's Court appoint a director
of the Taran County Public Health

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Department and health authority your
honor I

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move to appoint Dr William Bryan
bird as the Director of Taran County

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Public Health Department and as the
health authority for tarant County to be

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effective July 1st
2024 in making this motion I would note

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that Dr bird is a competent physician
with a reputable professional standing

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is legally qualified to practice
medicine in Texas and is a resident of

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Fort Worth Texas he is therefore
qualified to serve as Teran County's

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Health
Authority I would add

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as just a personal observation that I've
known Dr bird for a good number of

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years uh have worked with him in his
capacity and as a member of the fort bur

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city council that goes back several
years and I am uh

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pleased I am thrilled
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he sees leadership of our public health
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authority to be his next adventure in
life and a mission to which he will

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dedicate his time talents and service
and I welcome you to the Taran County

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family Dr bir all right thank you
commissioner Brooks we have a motion

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I'll second it any discussion from the
court all right seeing none cast your

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vote all right it passes unanimously
welcome aboard Dr Brian bird

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please feel free to say a few words
thank you judge and thank you

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Commissioners thank you commissioner
Brooks for that

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moving introduction and motion and I've
thoroughly enjoyed my relationship with

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you sir and working with you in the
public capacity and I want to thank this

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court for trusting me to lead this very
important department it's an honor to

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get to do it it feels good to get back
into public service after a few years

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Hiatus and U I've thoroughly enjoyed
meeting with each of you in the past

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four or five days and hearing your
vision for public health um for the

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department and your expectations of me
and I take that very very seriously and

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I appreciate your time uh we as a
department as soon as I dive in after

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July 1 and get to know everybody and get
to know what we're doing we continue to

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be a listening organization we will
listen to all the

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stakeholders listen to all the leaders
in the health departments around the

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counties and and and the leaders in
Taran County of all the different health

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organizations and we will be an
organization that works hard that's

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conscientious uh we will work according
to our strategic plan and we will work

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uh very diligently to carry out the
mission of the organization so um I want

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to thank uh Mr Chandler Meritt for uh
trusting me on this I won't let you down

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sir um and I would just be in error if I
didn't point out that I'm here with my

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amazing wife Stephanie um who uh
commissioner Brooks referred to

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yesterday as one of his shirros and uh I
agree with you sir she's an amazing

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human being amazing leader in the
anti-human trafficking world so so with

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that I'll close thank you very much
judge thank you Dr

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bird just
further I would like to thank Tom

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Stallings our Deputy County
Administrator for serving as the interim

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Public Health director and for keeping
the ship on

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course uh thank you Tom for all you

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did you you beat me to it you took the
words right out of my mouth so all right

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next up on the agenda is approval of out
of state travel requests I'll move to

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approve these out of state travel
requests do I have a second second I

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have a motion and a second any
discussion all right please cast your

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vote right passes
unanimously okay next

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up is going to be A4 removed from
consent and

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A4
is looking at approving a letter

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and unclaimed property Capital credits
for Cy's form requesting the Texas C

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trol or Public Accounts remits tarant
County unclaimed funds under chapter 74

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of the Texas property code take the
words out of my

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mouth move approval okay we is there
anything you're going to say no no okay

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all right we have a motion to
approve I'll second it we do have a

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public speaker um any questions for
Megan before we let her

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go all right read

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bills

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okay uh okay we have a motion and a

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second any discussion on this
item all right seeing none please cast

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your vote
all right this passes

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unanimously next up also removed from
consent is

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A5 A5 is adopting an order relating to
the issuance of solid waste disposals

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revenue bonds by the mission Economic
Development Corporation for the benefit

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of Republic Services Inc for certain
facilities located in Taran County and

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throughout Texas uh the only additional
information to add on this one is that

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Taran County this does not impose any
payment on Taran County we are asked to

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approve these because the facility is
located in tarant County so I just

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wanted to make that a point of
clarification do we get a do we get a

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fee for we do not get a fee for this at
all this is simply there are seven I

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00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:13,640
believe seven nine facility locations
spread throughout uh for this spe

439
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:19,280
specific facility it's they're getting
13 million of the overall 133 million

440
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:22,440
Bond allocation but this does not impose
any financial obligation on the county

441
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:27,640
we don't repay the bonds we're not
responsible for the bonds we are a pass

442
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:31,560
through based off of the IRS code uh
they have to legally require our

443
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:34,760
approval prior to the issuance of the
bonds it gets packaged up and goes to

444
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:40,240
the Attorney General's office for
consideration after all the approvals

445
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:43,280
have been sought okay uh all right any
questions for

446
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:46,800
Megan move
approval second okay we have a motion

447
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:54,839
and a
second questions yes I don't I don't I

448
00:40:50,400 --> 00:41:00,800
have a bunch of questions but
um I called May

449
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:05,319
at about 6:15 this
morning

450
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:10,800
um my
concern is

451
00:41:07,839 --> 00:41:18,280
process so I saw
this agendized

452
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:27,480
and didn't have any details about it and
so uh we've got to do better uh Chandler

453
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:33,520
um i' I've talked about this before um
I've got to be briefed on this stuff um

454
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:42,640
I would I would guess that Commissioners
Brooks and Fus are probably old hats at

455
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:49,160
something like this um but just to see
anything with Millions attached to it

456
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:56,520
anything with what millions millions on
the agenda um I'm I I need to be briefed

457
00:41:53,000 --> 00:42:02,079
on it um so hopefully we will get to a a
point where I'm not saying this over and

458
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:10,119
over again
um so I still do have a lot of questions

459
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:15,240
and uh I I expect you guys to show up at
my office to to take those questions yes

460
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:18,280
ma'am just Megan and I have already
talked this morning about specifically

461
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,400
with debt issuance items that have
millions of dollars attached to it we

462
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:24,280
will be sure that every time no matter
what going forward we will make an

463
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:28,920
appointment with your office to to
review these when they come in thank you

464
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:37,440
okay any other questions for
Megan all right we do have some speakers

465
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:40,119
signed up for this first is Reed bills
next is lon

466
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:55,760
Burnham my name is Reed bills and I'm
asking you to pull this item from the

467
00:42:53,319 --> 00:43:01,760
agenda there has been insufficient
notice and information provided on this

468
00:42:58,599 --> 00:43:05,200
high dollar proposal making a decision
at this time

469
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:13,530
impossible all right following Mr
Burnham we have Daniel

470
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:13,530
[Music]

471
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:27,359
Bennett good morning everyone um I'm
going to remind you of a brief story I

472
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:32,200
told you before uh a long long many
decades ago uh I helped set up the

473
00:43:29,839 --> 00:43:36,400
common cause office here in Texas it was
a public interest advocacy group and

474
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:44,000
they were involv what office common
cause the state office in Austin and

475
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:49,119
it's was set up to help usher in good
public policy initiatives by the

476
00:43:46,839 --> 00:43:55,200
legislature open meetings requirements
public notice requirements and while I'm

477
00:43:51,559 --> 00:44:02,119
sure it was just a bureaucratic
mistake this item is not properly posted

478
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:08,040
for the public hearing and in fact the
video conference of April 12th no one

479
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:13,119
actually participated or attended and if
for no other reason this should be

480
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:18,440
pulled from the agenda because it may be
illegal because it did not comply with

481
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:24,119
the open meetings requirement and you
need to review the application it is a

482
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:29,280
big dollar item that deserves to have
the questions answered the commissioner

483
00:44:26,359 --> 00:44:33,000
Simons is raising thank you thank you
following Mr Bennett is dorine

484
00:44:35,079 --> 00:44:43,200
gger Daniel Bennett White Settlement
morning judge Commissioners I want to

485
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:48,760
read the adverstisement that was uh
publicly put out there for uh

486
00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:54,599
consideration and it's the language that
bothers me it's not so much the process

487
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:59,040
I I spoke to Mr McCormack he's in Frisco
I talked to him this morning about it

488
00:44:56,839 --> 00:45:02,400
the the uh secondary issuer will be Bank
of America I do have a problem with Bank

489
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:07,319
of America I got a problem with all
these Money Center Banks I got a problem

490
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:11,920
with money in Texas in Taran County
specifically going out of state on

491
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:15,960
reissuance and being sold by these Money
Money Center Banks there's plenty of

492
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:21,960
issuers within tan County that could
handle $133 million but the Hado count

493
00:45:19,319 --> 00:45:25,800
Mission corporation which I I'm down
there quite often I also called the EDC

494
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:30,319
board down there W you know why they're
the front issuer on it on the on it well

495
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:34,240
they've done some environmental bonds so
they have a process in place and under

496
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:40,119
the government code you have to have a
government entity issue these bonds I

497
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:45,559
get I get the process let me read
this it says Republic Services Inc

498
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:50,599
corporate and or one of the more
subsidiaries or Affiliates thereof

499
00:45:48,359 --> 00:45:57,400
doesn't mean Republic specifically it
could be Affiliates or subsidiaries okay

500
00:45:53,200 --> 00:46:01,720
it's very Broad and base
uh financing or refinancing Capital

501
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:06,000
Improvements side improvements equipment
Acquisitions related to The Borrowers

502
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:09,599
solid ways to exposal facilities and
collections operations including

503
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:17,240
facilities let me get down to the
important issue operations located any

504
00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:22,000
one or more of the following locations
within the language

505
00:46:19,319 --> 00:46:26,480
judge they can actually refinance debt
now if you're a private entity and you

506
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:30,880
take on some debt that you become upside
down cuz you can't increase due due to

507
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:35,520
cost so you run out and get some taxfree
money to pay off taxable money or

508
00:46:33,559 --> 00:46:39,480
liabilities that you already assumed we
don't know where the money's going and

509
00:46:37,319 --> 00:46:44,599
so I look at the documentation for
specifics to our $13 million it's not in

510
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:48,599
the packet what are they going to do
with our $13 million that's what I want

511
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:51,920
to know are they going to do a
subsidiary are they going to buy new

512
00:46:50,319 --> 00:46:55,520
trucks are they going to pay off all
debt just what are they going to do and

513
00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:59,800
I don't want to be giving corporate
welfare out because they're upside down

514
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:03,160
in a business model we don't know that
I'm not I'm not saying they are I'm

515
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:07,280
saying potentially based on the way the
notice is written it could be and I just

516
00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:11,559
want to make sure that we understand
where our $13 million if we sign off on

517
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:17,040
this today how it's going to be used
thank you thank you following Miss guer

518
00:47:14,559 --> 00:47:17,040
is Linda

519
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:31,839
Hanratty Republic Services request for
$133 million in bonds from the mission

520
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:37,280
Economic Development Corporation is to
be used to finance infrastructure and

521
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:45,319
Capital Improvements to solid waste
collection and Disposal operations at

522
00:47:40,599 --> 00:47:50,920
nine facilities including only one in
tarant county that would be the

523
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:58,160
Republican facility located on moer
Valley Road in Ulus the Tet County bonds

524
00:47:54,520 --> 00:48:04,920
would be for 13 million what exactly
will the improvements be in Taran County

525
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:10,640
I can't tell from the agenda documents
why is tarant County joining Mission

526
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:17,040
which is at the Rio Grand border and
other facilities for bonds for our local

527
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:25,040
solid waste
collection why is Mission in hadalo

528
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:29,839
County the umbrella for all 133 million
in bonds we need a lot more information

529
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:35,400
thank
you following Miss hanr is Geral and

530
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,400
Jackie

531
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:48,160
Haw as a Taran County taxpayer I am
concerned about the possible

532
00:48:45,559 --> 00:48:54,319
environmental justice issue surrounding
whatever Republic Services plans to do

533
00:48:50,599 --> 00:48:58,400
at 800 Moser Valley Road it is my
understanding that this area was an

534
00:48:56,200 --> 00:49:03,119
early African-American settlement and
holds meaning for this community the map

535
00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:07,799
shows a sanitary Land Fill already
exists in this area I understand that a

536
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:13,960
public hear you've been told the public
hearing to the public hearing nobody

537
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:18,040
appeared what I want to know okay solid
waste disposal is important and it is my

538
00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:24,000
understanding that the county needs more
landfill space however this consented

539
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:28,520
agenda item does not elaborate as we've
been told before about how the $13

540
00:49:25,799 --> 00:49:35,240
million all ated to Taran County will be
used nor does it discuss any potential

541
00:49:32,079 --> 00:49:40,559
adverse impacts on the surrounding
population I think that we owe it to the

542
00:49:38,559 --> 00:49:45,200
residents of that area and people
concerned about that area which holds

543
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:53,650
meaning for them to know exactly what
Republic plans to do thank you thank

544
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:53,650
[Music]

545
00:49:53,680 --> 00:50:07,200
you thank you my name is JN Jackie
Co I keep waiting for the day when this

546
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:13,079
will be a body who seem to be the fiscal
conservatives that you claim to be when

547
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:20,400
I find an item on the agenda that
involves uh granting tax relief is what

548
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:26,240
it really is revenue bonds to Republic
Services Inc and I look up for public

549
00:50:23,799 --> 00:50:33,520
services and I find that they are the
second largest tax second largest trash

550
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:39,880
hauler and they're essentially they are
a vertically integrated Monopoly they

551
00:50:36,319 --> 00:50:44,359
own the local facilities for collection
and they own the disposal facilities

552
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:52,280
they own it
all when I see something produced in the

553
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:56,680
handout appears to have been created by
the

554
00:50:53,079 --> 00:51:03,680
lobbyist for a little economic
Development Corporation I mean the

555
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:10,799
letter sir um there's a letter in
support of this package addressed

556
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:15,520
to judge O'Hare and it was dated in
April of

557
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:23,720
2024 and it appears that all the staff
work for this is based on two little

558
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:27,359
numbers one is a total of $133 million
for issuance of bonds for a bunch of

559
00:51:26,079 --> 00:51:33,880
counties
and one is a total of $13 million for

560
00:51:31,319 --> 00:51:41,280
Taran County but I don't know what
they're going to do with the $13

561
00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:47,520
million what will Republic Services do
that is worth 13 million dollar worth of

562
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:55,240
foregone revenues from the county in
order to earn this Bond money how much

563
00:51:51,599 --> 00:52:01,000
money will the bond issuer make and how
much money will the lobby for the bond

564
00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:06,200
issuer which is the firm brace will
Patterson what how much will they make

565
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:12,720
what's the budget for this what's the
purpose why are we doing it I'm asking

566
00:52:09,839 --> 00:52:18,119
that you pull this from the agenda today
and provide us with answers to those

567
00:52:15,359 --> 00:52:24,920
questions so that the rest of you can
evaluate realistically is this in our

568
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:30,480
best interest or not I realize that as a
liberal I tend not to be in favor of

569
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:36,920
corporate welfare and it seems to me
like a $13 million donation of revenue

570
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:42,480
bonds from the county is kind of
corporate welfare which might have been

571
00:52:39,359 --> 00:52:49,319
spent on something like child care or
education or health care or filling the

572
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:54,200
potholes on Granbury Road commissioner
Brooks that's becoming priority with me

573
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:59,720
there's one that threatens to swallow my
car daily so let's find out where we

574
00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:04,119
really need the money please thank you
all right that's all that we have signed

575
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:11,160
up to speak uh I I would ask the court
are you um well I would like to get some

576
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:18,720
legal advice regarding this project and
bonds uh before we take a vote

577
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:23,200
so are we is there any reason we can't
get that

578
00:53:20,119 --> 00:53:31,680
today um in our executive session we can
talk about it councel on

579
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:38,760
okay uh anybody opposed to that no okay
all right we'll move forward from A5 at

580
00:53:35,079 --> 00:53:42,880
the moment and may bring it back after
executive session so you do have a

581
00:53:41,119 --> 00:53:48,640
motion in a second on the floor on this
item right now so how do we I'll

582
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:52,640
withdraw the motion okay there we go all
right uh

583
00:53:56,930 --> 00:54:05,799
[Music]
all right

584
00:54:01,839 --> 00:54:10,359
E1 is pulled off entirely or E1 was just
pulled off

585
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:15,520
consent E1 was pulled off consent okay
all right that takes us to E1 sir I

586
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:22,839
believe we have C1 first I believe we
have C1 first unless you want to take it

587
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:28,480
in a different order yeah where are
we Bud appropriation yeah I got you yeah

588
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:33,240
you're right uh budget and risk
management discussion of possible action

589
00:54:30,079 --> 00:54:38,640
related to fiscal year 24 appropriation
adjustments yes sir move to approve sir

590
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:42,960
we have a motion and a second any
questions comments or

591
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:48,799
discussion not seeing none please cast
your

592
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:48,799
vote all right that passes

593
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:57,599
unanimously which now then would bring
us to

594
00:54:53,280 --> 00:55:02,440
E1 and what is E1 Criminal Court
Administration fiscal year 24 contract

595
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:05,960
between tant County and MHMR of tant
County for the in custody batterers

596
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:10,440
Intervention Program and Youthful
offenders diversion Alternative

597
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:16,400
Program anybody here to speak to that
item from the

598
00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:21,559
staff all right seeing none do we have
any questions comments or discussion

599
00:55:18,799 --> 00:55:21,559
from the

600
00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:29,119
court do we have a motion from the
court move

601
00:55:27,319 --> 00:55:34,520
all right we have a motion to
approve um I'll second that item any

602
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:39,240
discussion amongst the Court members
before we bring up a

603
00:55:37,119 --> 00:55:41,960
speaker all right our speaker on this
item is n

604
00:55:47,740 --> 00:55:50,790
[Music]

605
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:59,079
Terry good morning thank you first off I
support this contract but this is not

606
00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:03,880
the first contract between Taran County
and MHMR that lapsed at the end of the

607
00:56:01,079 --> 00:56:08,640
previous fiscal year last time the work
continued I hope the work continued with

608
00:56:06,559 --> 00:56:13,160
this contract since the contract lapsed
on September 30th

609
00:56:10,559 --> 00:56:18,440
2023 I hope the workers continued to get
paid and continued to do the work I am

610
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:23,039
confused that the county requires staff
to go to the County commissioners before

611
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:27,680
accepting donations or before staff can
apply for a grant application but we

612
00:56:25,799 --> 00:56:32,240
allow contracts like this where in
essence we're

613
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:36,359
donating time uh without going before
the court how many more contracts are

614
00:56:34,559 --> 00:56:41,480
continuing past the date of the signed
contract and why I wouldn't do business

615
00:56:40,039 --> 00:56:46,760
with an agency that doesn't pay its
bills would you I said this the last

616
00:56:44,559 --> 00:56:51,319
time I am appalled that the judge and
the Commissioners are allowing this to

617
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:56,240
happen on your watch under no
circumstances can this practice be

618
00:56:53,480 --> 00:57:01,039
considered good governance how many more
contracts are out there like this let's

619
00:56:58,839 --> 00:57:05,079
wrap this up before next fiscal year
begins thank

620
00:57:02,839 --> 00:57:08,240
you all right we have a motion and a
second on this item any discussion

621
00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:11,920
before
voting all right seeing none please cast

622
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:19,720
your
vote all right passes

623
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:24,400
unanimously uh F1 is held until after
closed which takes us to

624
00:57:24,799 --> 00:57:31,839
purchasing I will make a motion to
approve items L1 through

625
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:38,940
5 Second all right we have a motion and
a second to approve items L1 through 5

626
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:43,680
any questions comments or
[Music]

627
00:57:40,119 --> 00:57:51,240
discussion all right please cast your
vote all right passes

628
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:58,960
unanimously on number
six so I have a question for a couple of

629
00:57:55,119 --> 00:58:01,960
questions on for Helen on
6B

630
00:58:02,240 --> 00:58:11,440
um so the the way you should go there
prob oh no you got a mic you're good um

631
00:58:08,319 --> 00:58:17,280
whatever you want the uh just to make
sure this is totally clear to everyone

632
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:22,599
this RFP
that you're wanting to do shows an

633
00:58:20,559 --> 00:58:27,520
estimated value it's an annual contract
says estimated value of

634
00:58:24,839 --> 00:58:32,039
3816 um you don't actually believe the
number is going to be that high no sir

635
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:38,079
okay what do you anticipate it will come
in at anywhere between 120 and 1 15 and

636
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:45,200
that's for the initial purchase and
setup that's not an annual 120 or 150

637
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:50,319
hit to the budget no sir okay the number
3816 so with your number of it should be

638
00:58:48,319 --> 00:58:55,200
between 120 and 150 and the number that
we see

639
00:58:51,559 --> 00:58:58,240
381 that's I mean on your low end that's
more than triple

640
00:58:56,599 --> 00:59:03,400
why does that number get put on this
agenda I believe the IT department goes

641
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:10,960
and gets quotes and they put the
high-end for just in case on the uh

642
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:16,319
request to submit uh bids by quotes you
mean they go solicit what the price will

643
00:59:14,359 --> 00:59:21,559
be for this from other companies before
we've given permission to do an RFP they

644
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:26,319
just look at the the average C they
don't go solicit but they do have to get

645
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:32,079
some information so they have an idea of
what the cost is so they ask various

646
00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:37,000
vendors what the cost is for the product
they're not soliciting them to do

647
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,000
anything

648
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:48,599
okay all right that's all I have any
other questions from the court members

649
00:59:44,559 --> 00:59:52,799
or a motion move approval we have a
motion to approve the permission to take

650
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:57,280
bids and rfps from commissioner Brooks
do we have a

651
00:59:54,680 --> 01:00:02,680
second second a second from commissioner
Simmons any

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00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:10,640
discussion all right please cast your
vote all right passes unanimously thank

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01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:10,640
you next we

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01:00:12,270 --> 01:00:18,039
[Music]
have transportation

655
01:00:15,839 --> 01:00:22,039
services looking at the approval of the
placement of no parking signs on wind

656
01:00:19,839 --> 01:00:26,920
Scott Clover Road in Precinct one we had
our public hearing

657
01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:31,559
earlier um I'll move to to approve
second have a motion and a second any

658
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:37,920
discussion
there all right please cast your

659
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:43,000
vote all right passes
unanimously next up we have appointments

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01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:46,559
to boards and commissions do we have any
appointments to any boards or

661
01:00:44,079 --> 01:00:51,359
commissions that need to be
made all right seeing none we'll move to

662
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:57,920
this briefing item update on work of the
election Integrity task force do we have

663
01:00:54,079 --> 01:01:02,520
anybody speaking to that
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664
01:00:59,079 --> 01:01:07,400
morning judge good morning uh so I was
given a set of just specific questions

665
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:12,240
would you like to ask them ma' or would
you just like me to give you the answers

666
01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:15,079
I've seen so far okay so uh I was asked
a couple of questions uh from

667
01:01:13,799 --> 01:01:20,079
commissioner Simmons's office with
regards to this briefing item uh and uh

668
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:24,319
I'll just read through the questions and
then the information I have right now so

669
01:01:22,359 --> 01:01:29,400
uh the first question was is was there a
dedicated budget set up for the EIT or

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01:01:27,039 --> 01:01:33,760
elections inte Integrity task force I
confirm with Helen that we do not have a

671
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:38,799
dedicated budget that has been set up
for the elections Integrity task force

672
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:43,559
uh the second question was is how many
full-time positions make up the

673
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:48,480
elections Integrity task for uh task
force uh provide Department's title and

674
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:52,839
salary so uh to my knowledge there are
no full-time positions which are solely

675
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:57,200
dedicated to the elections Integrity
task force but to give you an idea of

676
01:01:55,240 --> 01:02:01,240
how it's embedded in two departments
that I know of which would be the cda's

677
01:01:58,839 --> 01:02:05,359
office and the Sheriff's Office uh in
the cda's office I believe there are

678
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:12,960
approximately three attorneys uh that
work on this uh and those those average

679
01:02:10,559 --> 01:02:17,720
the the grade is anywhere from a 72 to a
75 and the average salary kind of of

680
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:21,920
those three is
$106,500

681
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:26,640
uh in the Sheriff's Office there's at
least one investigator that works on the

682
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:33,720
elections Integrity task force
uh typically that is a 53-2 stepf the

683
01:02:31,079 --> 01:02:36,279
midpoint for that type of investigator
is $

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01:02:37,839 --> 01:02:45,760
73,9 the next question I received is how
is labor tracked against tasks

685
01:02:42,119 --> 01:02:49,760
associated with the E uh I'm not aware
of any separate tracking for cost of the

686
01:02:47,839 --> 01:02:53,760
E that would be within the department
since there's no specific budget set up

687
01:02:51,599 --> 01:02:58,200
for it so uh I've asked that question
but I've not received any uh information

688
01:02:55,920 --> 01:03:03,960
back with regards to that specific
question uh how many complaints have had

689
01:03:01,079 --> 01:03:09,079
charges filed uh according to the cda's
office there have been 12 complaints

690
01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:16,640
which have been investigated and as of
today no charges have been filed uh in

691
01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:19,880
the Sheriff's Office uh they have they
report that they've had they've had

692
01:03:18,039 --> 01:03:23,079
approximately 70 complaints that have
been

693
01:03:20,799 --> 01:03:28,319
received uh and then the last item I was
asked was the salary of one individual

694
01:03:25,559 --> 01:03:34,119
in the cda's office uh that's glennice
mcin and her current salary is

695
01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:42,880
$163,500
and I believe that constitutes the

696
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:48,160
questions I received ma'am so is um Miss
mcen uh she's one of those three

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01:03:45,559 --> 01:03:52,079
attorneys in the cda's that's my
understanding yes ma'am okay she's kind

698
01:03:50,599 --> 01:03:56,240
of the head of the unit and then there's
two attorneys that get the cases

699
01:03:54,200 --> 01:04:02,520
referred to them for investigation okay
so she's head

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01:03:58,279 --> 01:04:07,960
of the task force or
unit is she part-time no she's a

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01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:13,559
full-time employee I believe this this
encompasses a portion of her duties but

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01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:13,559
it's not all of her duties

703
01:04:14,359 --> 01:04:23,920
okay and 12
complaints to the cda's

704
01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:29,039
office zero charges correct that's my
understanding yes ma'am and 7

705
01:04:26,440 --> 01:04:33,240
70 complaints received by the Sheriff's
Office yes ma'am that's correct what's

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01:04:30,839 --> 01:04:37,319
the disposition on those I don't have
any information on the disposition the

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01:04:35,079 --> 01:04:41,160
only other comment I got was that some
of these I don't know how many are still

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01:04:38,839 --> 01:04:44,880
being actively
investigated okay but I didn't get a

709
01:04:43,039 --> 01:04:50,760
specific number on where they were with
the disposition of the 70 complaints all

710
01:04:47,480 --> 01:04:56,640
right and when when was the task force
um stood up when was it instituted what

711
01:04:53,799 --> 01:04:59,160
was the date uh some last year I don't
I'm sorry I didn't have that I don't

712
01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:03,480
have that specific
information uh but I can certainly try

713
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:09,720
to try to find that if you'd like me to
I just don't have it available right now

714
01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:09,720
yeah well that that's okay uh you know

715
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:20,480
I'm it's it's remarkable that neither
the da or

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01:05:17,359 --> 01:05:27,000
Sheriff are here to brief
us since this this was their idea this

717
01:05:24,359 --> 01:05:32,359
task force was their idea
um they were such enthusiastic

718
01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:37,799
enthusiastic supporters of having this
task force um so I expected to be

719
01:05:35,119 --> 01:05:44,359
briefed by them and not you and I
appreciate

720
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:49,359
you trying to get the information it
seems as the County

721
01:05:47,279 --> 01:05:55,000
Administrator you should have been able
to get answers to four or five questions

722
01:05:51,760 --> 01:06:05,400
that we sent over but listening to you
go I I don't know um I can't get that

723
01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:13,079
information is is concerning but um not
unremarkable um so we are approaching a

724
01:06:09,160 --> 01:06:20,920
big election cycle we um have dedicated
funds and and staff to this task force

725
01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:30,520
and I just wanted to see if after here
um it's been performing or if it's

726
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:38,119
necessary um with 82 complaints in a uh
County of 2.2 million it it

727
01:06:34,359 --> 01:06:45,160
seems like a waste of taxpayer dollars
to me so um hopefully at some point we

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01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:50,400
can get a full update from either the
district attorney or the sheriff on the

729
01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:56,680
um
necessity of this election Integrity

730
01:06:54,079 --> 01:07:03,760
task force um
um I do know of a complaint that has

731
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:11,079
been received because it's uh from my
precinct um would you happen to know

732
01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:16,880
anything about any complaints uh
particularly one involving the Mansfield

733
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:20,119
Independent School District I I do not
have any information on any complaints

734
01:07:18,839 --> 01:07:25,520
with regards to this since that's
basically law enforcement functions I

735
01:07:22,559 --> 01:07:29,480
I'm not privy to active invest
investigation details if if it is indeed

736
01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:35,319
an active
investigation okay all right thank you

737
01:07:32,119 --> 01:07:38,920
for your effort yes ma'am all right any
other questions or comments from the

738
01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:42,960
court
members uh we do have several people

739
01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:46,200
signed up to speak I meant to make this
announcement at the beginning uh I will

740
01:07:45,160 --> 01:07:52,640
make it
now uh just a word of warning there will

741
01:07:50,079 --> 01:07:56,960
be no profanity from that microphone
today or any other day as long as I'm

742
01:07:54,920 --> 01:08:01,839
here if there is you will be removed
from the building

743
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:08,119
immediately uh so know that you're
warned the speakers that we have first

744
01:08:05,279 --> 01:08:10,520
is Billy Wilson following Mr Wilson is
Dorian

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01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:16,439
[Music]

746
01:08:19,920 --> 01:08:28,600
gger Billy Wilson Arlington Texas
Precinct 2 glad to see a assembly glad

747
01:08:25,880 --> 01:08:34,600
to have you on board thank you
wrongheaded you've heard it before the

748
01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:37,560
election was not stolen Haida Garcia did
a good job and Crystal Mason should not

749
01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:42,440
have been
prosecuted on May 15 2023 Congressman

750
01:08:40,719 --> 01:08:48,440
Mark VY wrote a letter to the Department
of Justice asking them to investigate

751
01:08:45,080 --> 01:08:52,279
the actions of Tim Mr Tim O'Hare his
concerns was that Mr oare with the

752
01:08:50,199 --> 01:08:56,719
guidance of the citizens of election
integrity and true and true Texas

753
01:08:54,319 --> 01:09:02,719
Project was engaging in election
intimidation intimidation under the

754
01:08:59,159 --> 01:09:02,719
guise of election

755
01:09:04,199 --> 01:09:12,880
Integrity uh couple of meetings ago our
district attorney Mr SS confirmed that

756
01:09:10,759 --> 01:09:18,080
his goal was in appealing the recent
Crystal Mason case was to send a

757
01:09:16,040 --> 01:09:23,199
message we don't believe it's the
business of The Da to send the message

758
01:09:20,279 --> 01:09:28,040
of intimidations to its citizens instead
it should protect its citizens by focus

759
01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:32,000
on proc uting those who break the law
groups like to True Texas Project

760
01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:37,239
recognized by the Southern Poverty Law
Center as an extremist group what

761
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:42,000
message are we sending to
them what message is sent when you do

762
01:09:39,679 --> 01:09:45,440
not act on voter in irregularity like
those exposed in Mansville that Miss Sim

763
01:09:43,679 --> 01:09:51,880
was just talking about we've heard
nothing about that the message that we

764
01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:58,159
get are is that you are only concerned
about certain people non political

765
01:09:56,040 --> 01:10:05,080
servants like hyra
Garcia black women like Crystal

766
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:08,960
Mason We believe that the 2020 elections
were the most secure in the history

767
01:10:06,920 --> 01:10:16,040
there is no need to waste taxpayers
dollars on an election Integrity

768
01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:21,560
unit we need to see you SEC ensuring
that voting is encouraged by its

769
01:10:18,600 --> 01:10:26,960
citizens without
intimidation we need you to speak for

770
01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:32,040
our terent County Citizens not just your
political groups we believe that you are

771
01:10:30,199 --> 01:10:38,440
participating in voter
intimidation prove us

772
01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:43,080
wrong thank you next up is Miss
guer followed Miss guer is Michael

773
01:10:44,239 --> 01:10:53,120
Bell according to the Texas Secretary of
State's website anyone with knowledge

774
01:10:50,719 --> 01:10:57,920
voter fraud should report it to the
Secretary of State's office and and

775
01:10:55,480 --> 01:11:03,719
complete the Secretary of State's office
form found online and

776
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:07,760
submitted Secretary of State's office
can refer the complaint to the Texas

777
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:13,800
Rangers for
investigation when I voted in the

778
01:11:10,480 --> 01:11:19,760
Primary runoff I took a picture of my
receipt that I got from voting that

779
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:25,800
stated voter fraud should be reported to
the tant county election task force by

780
01:11:22,920 --> 01:11:34,320
contacting the tant county Sheriff
office at and the number Shouldn't Judge

781
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:41,360
oare Sheriff wer and the da s be
required to abide by the state rules I

782
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:47,080
don't think Sheriff's job descriptions
in Texas include investigating voter

783
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:51,000
fraud thank
you following Mr Bill we have alen

784
01:11:49,440 --> 01:11:54,220
Turner Jr
[Music]

785
01:11:55,360 --> 01:12:03,639
if it please the court the Taran County
election interrogative task force was

786
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:10,239
started over a year ago purportedly to
investigate local election complaints

787
01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:16,400
there's even in online form labeled
elections Integrity complain think about

788
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:21,880
it the ination is that in Taran County
politics all the many many years prior

789
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:27,600
to the formation of this woefully
dubious and highly superflous task force

790
01:12:25,239 --> 01:12:32,080
all of those years the County elections
lacked integrity that's the intimation

791
01:12:30,280 --> 01:12:36,800
how many years has the majority of the
Commissioners Court been Republican as a

792
01:12:34,520 --> 01:12:42,880
matter of fact back in November 22 when
you were elected Deacon oad the headline

793
01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:48,760
of the Ford worth business press read
and I'm quoting Republicans still reign

794
01:12:46,080 --> 01:12:54,440
in Taran County my point is that the
formation of the task force was not

795
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:59,120
birthed by Dirty partisan politics so
besides the obvious public persecution

796
01:12:56,719 --> 01:13:04,639
and attempted judicial lynching of
Crystal Mason where is this rampant

797
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:09,080
elections fraud the very fact that there
has been so little push back on the very

798
01:13:06,679 --> 01:13:15,159
existence of a task force that was
conceptualized to intimidate intimidate

799
01:13:11,840 --> 01:13:20,040
voters and suppress voters is scary this
bogus claim that this task force is

800
01:13:17,400 --> 01:13:26,480
needed to ensure Fair election is based
on a b baced lie the task force

801
01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:31,719
wrongfully projects the PO vist of
widespread voter fraud fraud that will

802
01:13:29,719 --> 01:13:36,880
subvert confidence in elections and
dissuade voters from participating in

803
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:42,040
democracy including through melon
ballots there's simply no credible

804
01:13:39,520 --> 01:13:47,080
evidence of extensive V of fraud in
Taran County let's just tell the truth

805
01:13:44,239 --> 01:13:52,199
and shame the devil uh the real aim of
this task force is to inhibit voter

806
01:13:49,960 --> 01:13:58,040
participation this is the case of the
emperor has no close the social e

807
01:13:55,840 --> 01:14:04,000
ethical problem inherent in the makeup
of this task force is that it is helmed

808
01:14:00,760 --> 01:14:09,040
largely by elected officials an elected
County Judge an elected sheriff and an

809
01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:13,960
elected da a County Judge who receives a
campaign donation from a contractor with

810
01:14:11,440 --> 01:14:18,679
a questionable track record and turns
around and awards awards that same

811
01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:24,480
contractor with the multi-million dollar
contract a sheriff who has had to ccel a

812
01:14:22,239 --> 01:14:29,679
contract with the private prison that
violated state standards and fired two

813
01:14:26,760 --> 01:14:34,880
jail EMP employees who participated in
actions related to the in custody death

814
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:40,719
of Anthony Ray Johnson without following
protocol and then having to rehire those

815
01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:45,719
that he fired a DA who is so fixated on
making crystal Mason an example that he

816
01:14:43,440 --> 01:14:51,000
hasn't yet brought charges against those
responsible for Anthony Johnson's in

817
01:14:48,520 --> 01:14:57,320
custody death these are three members of
an election Integrity task force this is

818
01:14:54,600 --> 01:15:03,320
a blame case of the fox than your time
is up the Cure is worse than the

819
01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:14,960
disease following Mr Turner we have Lon
[Music]

820
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:14,960
Burnham no Mr Turner all right L Burnham

821
01:15:16,210 --> 01:15:19,329
[Music]

822
01:15:26,390 --> 01:15:33,320
[Music]
good morning again and thank you to the

823
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:37,960
commissioner for asking this item be on
the ballot for on the ballot for

824
01:15:35,199 --> 01:15:44,719
discussion on the agenda for discussion
um you know I have helped hold uh the

825
01:15:41,159 --> 01:15:50,159
last four elections in this County and I
have helped post that notice about

826
01:15:48,239 --> 01:15:55,440
calling the Integrity unit and I have
helped lay down on the table that people

827
01:15:53,199 --> 01:16:00,679
see as they come in to vote the
suggestion that you call the county but

828
01:15:57,760 --> 01:16:05,639
I just want to recall for you
guys it's fundamentally

829
01:16:03,159 --> 01:16:11,600
flawed that you would set up an election
Integrity unit that is headed by elected

830
01:16:09,199 --> 01:16:17,040
officials now if we were truly
interested in pursuing the concerns that

831
01:16:14,199 --> 01:16:21,440
we report to be interested in we'd have
a

832
01:16:18,480 --> 01:16:26,560
nonpartisan public interest entity
heading this up but it's very clear to

833
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:32,400
me and even more clear after a public
forum I attended last week that that is

834
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:37,960
not the intent of this Integrity unit
last week I was able to participate in a

835
01:16:34,639 --> 01:16:43,239
public forum on voter suppression there
were representatives there from the

836
01:16:40,199 --> 01:16:48,560
NAACP the League of Women Voters and
lulac and by the end of this meeting

837
01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:53,639
after we reviewed any number of things
that have

838
01:16:50,639 --> 01:16:59,199
occurred the general conclusion was
Tarrant County

839
01:16:55,800 --> 01:17:05,120
Texas is the epicenter of voter
suppression now when would people jump

840
01:17:01,520 --> 01:17:11,120
to that conclusion well one is Crystal I
mean obviously this is a case of

841
01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:15,920
persecution against this woman one is
the whole concept behind the Integrity

842
01:17:13,639 --> 01:17:20,560
unit and the rumors that fly all over
the place that the DA's hire to do this

843
01:17:18,560 --> 01:17:24,920
job was promised an uncontested
Republican

844
01:17:21,719 --> 01:17:30,040
primary which didn't occur and she lost
the primary but nevertheless it's not

845
01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:33,960
the first time somebody's been lied to
uh to get them to do something that they

846
01:17:31,719 --> 01:17:40,320
probably wouldn't do otherwise so the
point of my message is this you need to

847
01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:46,800
disband the Integrity unit and recreate
one that is led by public interest

848
01:17:43,400 --> 01:17:51,960
nonprofit organizations that believe in
the right to vote not elected officials

849
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:55,960
that try to suppress the vote thank you
for your time thank

850
01:17:53,520 --> 01:18:00,040
you thank you you all at the next item
on the agenda tant County Sheriff's

851
01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:07,360
Office and JPS staff update regarding
incident in the tant county

852
01:18:03,120 --> 01:18:12,080
jail still good morning uh so Sheriff's
Department was was unable to brief on

853
01:18:10,159 --> 01:18:15,120
this item as well uh as I've done
previously I have the media release in

854
01:18:13,679 --> 01:18:19,199
front of me which I intend to read into
the record uh we do have a

855
01:18:16,760 --> 01:18:22,280
representative from uh JPS here Miss
daffan Walker who is their general

856
01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:27,600
counsel and I believe she'll be making
comments uh following my my reading this

857
01:18:24,840 --> 01:18:34,040
into the record uh so this is dated May
28th 2024 reference of death in custody

858
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:40,159
on May 27th 2024 tarant County Detention
officers found an inmate unresponsive in

859
01:18:36,639 --> 01:18:44,719
her cell at approximately 9:15 a.m. on
this same date the inmate was examined

860
01:18:42,239 --> 01:18:49,880
in the medical area refused any further
medical treatment and requested to go

861
01:18:46,600 --> 01:18:54,760
back to her cell just before 11:00 a.m.
staff responded to a medical emergency

862
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:58,440
when the inmate became unresponsive John
Peter Smith Hospital medical staff began

863
01:18:56,719 --> 01:19:03,040
life-saving measures and administer
Naran to the inmate twice MedStar

864
01:19:01,280 --> 01:19:07,960
arrived and transported the inmate to
JPS where she was pronounced deceased

865
01:19:05,800 --> 01:19:12,880
the inmate had been in custody since May
16th 2024 she was being held on a

866
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:18,440
warrant out of the North Richland Hills
Police Department for a charge of theft

867
01:19:14,760 --> 01:19:22,239
of property between $2,500 and $30,000
and a parole violation the Taran County

868
01:19:20,840 --> 01:19:26,520
Medical Examiner will release the
inmates name and cause of death all in

869
01:19:24,880 --> 01:19:30,639
custody deaths are reviewed and
investigated by Taran County Sheriff's

870
01:19:28,159 --> 01:19:36,080
Office jail staff the tcso criminal
investigations Division and outside law

871
01:19:33,040 --> 01:19:39,960
enforcement agency JPS medical staff the
Texas commission on jail standards and

872
01:19:37,880 --> 01:19:43,880
the Taran County Medical Examiner office
and the Texas Attorney General's office

873
01:19:42,600 --> 01:19:48,840
with that if it's okay with the court
I'll ask Miss Walker to come up and make

874
01:19:45,360 --> 01:19:48,840
comments from JPS

875
01:19:53,540 --> 01:19:59,040
[Music]
good morning judge

876
01:19:57,239 --> 01:20:04,639
Commissioners um I'm here as a
representative of JPS in connection with

877
01:20:01,400 --> 01:20:10,679
the item on the agenda that um Chandler
was just speaking about um at the time

878
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:17,000
the inmate um was in the tan County jail
and ultimately transported to JPS via

879
01:20:13,960 --> 01:20:23,360
ambulance and first let me say that our
hearts go out to her family and friends

880
01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:29,159
um the inmate was pronounced deceased at
JPS following successful attempts to

881
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:34,520
resuscitate her um and as is true with
any patient requiring Emergency Medical

882
01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:39,600
Services at JPS and out of respect for
the family and her loved ones there is

883
01:20:37,880 --> 01:20:45,560
no public statement that we are able to
share about her care however should the

884
01:20:42,639 --> 01:20:49,600
family have any questions about the care
um that she received once she was uh

885
01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:54,880
arrived at the hospital we're happy to
sit with them and answer those to the

886
01:20:52,000 --> 01:21:02,600
best of our ability
thank you thank you all right questions

887
01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:11,040
or comments I I do uh Miss Walker but
before you take off um thank you for

888
01:21:06,760 --> 01:21:17,840
coming to provide us this briefing um I
I think it's important to hear from JPS

889
01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:23,560
because obviously y'all play the
critical role y'all play a critical role

890
01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:29,480
in our jail when
emergency situations occur and just

891
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:36,440
daily uh providing healthc care services
so I know you can't say much but in

892
01:21:32,719 --> 01:21:41,440
general terms I'd like to understand
what occurs when an inmate refuses

893
01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:47,719
Medical
Care well it would be the same as anyone

894
01:21:44,760 --> 01:21:53,239
who has the right to refuse Medical Care
um and obviously if there's an emergency

895
01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:59,760
situation we arrive to to try to
administer care um if if an a person is

896
01:21:56,280 --> 01:22:02,520
still responsive and does not want to
receive that care they do have the right

897
01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:11,440
to refuse
it so is there some type of form they

898
01:22:06,880 --> 01:22:17,440
have to complete or how do you just or
you just say I don't want Medical Care

899
01:22:14,199 --> 01:22:25,679
how how are you JPS
covered um in the event in an event like

900
01:22:22,159 --> 01:22:32,080
this somebody who refuses Medical Care
according to you guys and then they die

901
01:22:29,560 --> 01:22:36,040
yeah generally speaking any you know
interaction with patients are going to

902
01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:41,159
be documented in the medical record um
so I can't speak specifically to this

903
01:22:38,280 --> 01:22:45,960
case but that is generally what happens
is we're going to document what's going

904
01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:50,800
on with the patient so notes or do they
have to complete a

905
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:55,920
form um not necessarily they don't have
to we can't force anybody to sign

906
01:22:52,920 --> 01:22:55,920
anything

907
01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:06,880
okay all
right do you have anything okay that's

908
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:13,800
it thank you okay thank you
um our

909
01:23:08,800 --> 01:23:17,760
Sheriff again refus to come and
brief on this this

910
01:23:16,400 --> 01:23:26,440
[Music]
item which should concern all of you

911
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:26,440
every citizen um

912
01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:39,520
he'll pick and choose when he talks to
the media and who he gives an exclusive

913
01:23:33,400 --> 01:23:45,440
to but um the citizens of Taran
County I've heard your questions I've

914
01:23:42,280 --> 01:23:51,440
heard from the family um I can't answer
your questions the Sheriff's Office can

915
01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:55,040
answer your questions JPS can answer
your

916
01:23:52,280 --> 01:24:00,280
questions um
and of course it's still early in the

917
01:23:57,880 --> 01:24:07,800
investigation and again I do
appreciate um JPS for coming down but um

918
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:15,000
our sheriff is again
absent and I do have questions for him

919
01:24:12,400 --> 01:24:19,000
just natural questions for me and lots
of questions

920
01:24:16,480 --> 01:24:24,560
from the
community um one thing I would like to

921
01:24:22,120 --> 01:24:29,880
know and that see we do have public
speaker so hopefully some questions will

922
01:24:27,080 --> 01:24:34,750
get answered or asked they won't get
answered obviously because your sheriff

923
01:24:32,639 --> 01:24:39,480
is not here
[Music]

924
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:44,239
um I I'm very interested to
know and maybe JPS knows I I don't know

925
01:24:43,000 --> 01:24:52,040
how
long Chassidy boner was in her cell

926
01:24:49,639 --> 01:25:02,440
before uh she was
checked because the mother said to me

927
01:24:57,719 --> 01:25:09,760
that she was um her
cmate attempted to contact the staff for

928
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:16,800
a couple of hours so I don't I don't
know that and so it would be good to

929
01:25:12,480 --> 01:25:23,280
hear from the sheriff's office um on
that

930
01:25:19,159 --> 01:25:28,800
um and what condition was chassity in
and she arrived D at the jail what time

931
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:35,800
did she
arrive what was the staff at JPS told

932
01:25:32,520 --> 01:25:42,920
about her or her condition when she
arrived

933
01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:50,480
um when will the family hear
from the sheriff's

934
01:25:45,520 --> 01:25:59,600
office um they contacted the
mother she was driving and while she was

935
01:25:54,840 --> 01:26:05,040
driving she told them she was driving um
she pulled over and they told her chass

936
01:26:02,280 --> 01:26:10,119
was deceased uh since then she has not
heard anything from the sheriff's office

937
01:26:08,719 --> 01:26:15,360
is that
protocol um does the Sheriff's Office

938
01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:23,040
reach out to families when there's a
death other than the death notification

939
01:26:19,119 --> 01:26:27,960
so lots of questions um and it's it's
unfortunate that our Sheriff doesn't

940
01:26:25,920 --> 01:26:35,280
value our
citizens uh even our um

941
01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:39,840
inmates enough to come down here to
Commissioner's

942
01:26:36,440 --> 01:26:46,920
Court and and be courageous enough to
take those questions from the

943
01:26:43,679 --> 01:26:52,400
public anything else from Court
members that we have speakers for this

944
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:58,360
first is lon Burnham following Lon
Burnham we have Lon Bratton and I

945
01:26:55,480 --> 01:27:03,320
believe Pamela Taylor are on the same
form but if there's if you're both here

946
01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:07,480
you're welcome to come
up first once again thank you

947
01:27:05,560 --> 01:27:12,239
commissioner Simmons for providing this
opportunity for some public discussion

948
01:27:09,880 --> 01:27:15,679
about this concern almost two years ago
now I told the previous Court I would

949
01:27:14,040 --> 01:27:20,119
not come and speak at every
Commissioner's Court meeting unless

950
01:27:18,239 --> 01:27:26,040
there was a death in the jail there have
been so many unnecessary deaths this

951
01:27:23,320 --> 01:27:31,719
year I want to talk first just a little
bit about Miss boner and the situation

952
01:27:29,280 --> 01:27:35,880
of previous deaths in the jail that
involved supposedly we can't trust

953
01:27:34,159 --> 01:27:41,560
anything coming out of the jail at this
point but

954
01:27:37,679 --> 01:27:47,280
supposedly uh illegal drug trafficking
within our jail now some countywide

955
01:27:45,239 --> 01:27:54,360
elected officials like to go around and
talk about the porous Border in South

956
01:27:51,239 --> 01:28:01,440
Texas hundreds of miles away from us we
have a porous gel with people dying

957
01:27:58,639 --> 01:28:08,080
because we do not have adequate
management of this jail I want to lift

958
01:28:04,840 --> 01:28:13,159
up to you what everybody in this town
that talks about anything going on with

959
01:28:10,159 --> 01:28:19,840
County government knows that partial
video of Anthony Johnson definitely

960
01:28:16,719 --> 01:28:27,239
looks like some sort of
homicide we have a right to see the

961
01:28:23,560 --> 01:28:34,800
entire video we have a right to know the
truth and so far this Sheriff has denied

962
01:28:31,320 --> 01:28:39,880
us that right I'll make references back
to comments about sunshine and openness

963
01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:46,719
in government this County government is
a failed entity when it comes to

964
01:28:44,119 --> 01:28:53,080
openness and accessibility for what's
going on here and

965
01:28:50,400 --> 01:28:59,880
finally there's a moment of opportunity
here we have a failed Jael and a recent

966
01:28:57,080 --> 01:29:06,800
retirement we need to pursue a
nationwide search for the next head of

967
01:29:03,320 --> 01:29:14,199
the jail this next head of the jail
should not be an internal hire it should

968
01:29:10,400 --> 01:29:19,520
not be a crony with the same ideological
predisposition of our Sheriff it should

969
01:29:16,760 --> 01:29:26,400
be a professional
Nationwide search for replacement to

970
01:29:23,400 --> 01:29:32,400
correct all of the ills that afflict
this jail I'm just going to end with the

971
01:29:29,080 --> 01:29:38,600
same lament that we've said many many
times talking about the

972
01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:41,320
inappropriately incarcerated people with
Mental Health

973
01:29:41,960 --> 01:29:51,400
crisis Campbell is still
there it is totally inappropriate that

974
01:29:48,520 --> 01:29:57,239
this person is being detained I know of
too many people that are being detained

975
01:29:54,639 --> 01:30:02,960
at length in this jail for their mental
health issues and not receiving the help

976
01:29:59,880 --> 01:30:10,639
they need is Campbell going to be the
next death in this jail because no one

977
01:30:06,080 --> 01:30:17,080
your time is up Miss Bratton are you
present how about Miss

978
01:30:13,800 --> 01:30:21,000
Taylor okay next we go to Bishop
Kirkland

979
01:30:18,980 --> 01:30:27,840
[Music]
oh hello I'm Pamela Taylor um

980
01:30:24,760 --> 01:30:33,760
chassity Bonner's Aunt L Monica's sister
so I wanted

981
01:30:28,920 --> 01:30:37,440
to ask a few questions um we haven't
received any information

982
01:30:35,600 --> 01:30:43,360
on
exactly what chid's condition was and

983
01:30:40,760 --> 01:30:48,719
why she passed away um we haven't
received any calls from JPS or from the

984
01:30:45,320 --> 01:30:55,360
sheriff's office um and we would like to
know if we'll be able to see records of

985
01:30:53,239 --> 01:31:02,520
her condition
what she was treated for if she actually

986
01:30:58,520 --> 01:31:10,400
did um you know reject care and who did
she reject it from was it the medical

987
01:31:04,800 --> 01:31:15,800
staff at Taran County Jail was it at JPS
um the young lady that was up speaking a

988
01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:21,960
minute ago I couldn't quite tell if she
meant that chassid you know refus Care

989
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:26,159
at JPS I don't think she could have done
that if she was unresponsive

990
01:31:24,320 --> 01:31:31,199
and they said on the news that she was
unresponsive for 2 hours that wasn't

991
01:31:28,520 --> 01:31:35,800
just said by her cmate they actually
reported that on the news on Channel 8

992
01:31:33,960 --> 01:31:41,760
that she was um unresponsive for two
hours so we we want to

993
01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:46,679
know when our questions will be answered
um and some of the questions that the

994
01:31:44,560 --> 01:31:49,080
commissioner asked as far as what was
her condition when she was brought to

995
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:53,639
the
hospital

996
01:31:51,320 --> 01:31:59,119
um you know that that that's what we
need that's what we

997
01:31:56,560 --> 01:32:03,000
want um and then it was reported that
she was given norcan we would like to

998
01:32:00,800 --> 01:32:09,280
know why so we haven't gotten a full
story from anyone U we've gotten bits

999
01:32:05,800 --> 01:32:14,920
and pieces of what sounds like um things
are just kind of being regurgitated

1000
01:32:11,480 --> 01:32:19,520
from report news reports or you know
maybe what's coming from the the jail or

1001
01:32:17,639 --> 01:32:25,000
what JPS has said but we would like
concrete evidence of everything that's

1002
01:32:21,400 --> 01:32:25,000
that's being said

1003
01:32:31,199 --> 01:32:37,679
those are the questions and those are
our requests thank you thank you so

1004
01:32:36,239 --> 01:32:40,720
sorry for your
loss following Bishop Kirkland we have

1005
01:32:40,080 --> 01:32:43,789
Billy
[Music]

1006
01:32:46,159 --> 01:32:54,760
Wilson I spoken to Chassy brother's
mother Monica she wants this court to

1007
01:32:52,320 --> 01:33:01,520
know that her daughter was a person she
was a mother and a grandmother mother uh

1008
01:32:58,080 --> 01:33:07,960
Monica as well as our V Village have
some tangible questions how does an

1009
01:33:04,080 --> 01:33:13,639
otherwise healthy 36y old negro woman be
incarcerated two months in cman County

1010
01:33:11,239 --> 01:33:19,239
then is transferred to Terry County
complains of a backache and less than

1011
01:33:16,360 --> 01:33:25,800
two weeks of her arrival in sheriff
wilborn's jail she is murdered shame on

1012
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:31,280
Taran County for thinking for one moment
we believe the narratives of this

1013
01:33:27,960 --> 01:33:37,159
obnoxious Antiquated vicious facade of a
system Stevie one and Ray Charles could

1014
01:33:33,840 --> 01:33:41,679
see Crystal clearly through this Force I
have a few questions that surface and

1015
01:33:39,800 --> 01:33:48,840
they may sound
rhetorical um why was a person given

1016
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:54,239
noram that had been in custody for 2
months you mean to tell me there there

1017
01:33:51,280 --> 01:34:00,199
are drugs and you're supposedly
model jail why won't the sheriff come

1018
01:33:57,520 --> 01:34:05,119
and be held accountable frankly I don't
blame him he's in a system of

1019
01:34:02,480 --> 01:34:10,000
non-accountability your magistrate why
are you the target of the legitimate

1020
01:34:07,440 --> 01:34:15,440
anger of so many people perhaps it's
your own blatant hypocrisy when you tell

1021
01:34:13,639 --> 01:34:20,520
us if we're not in the courtroom to
speak that we'll be passed by but when

1022
01:34:18,239 --> 01:34:26,040
your homeboy come in your well Wisher
come in you turn around and pick the

1023
01:34:22,840 --> 01:34:31,119
paper up out of the trash let's call the
people that look like me angry Negroes

1024
01:34:28,960 --> 01:34:37,040
but what about the good Caucasian people
that come in here week after week and

1025
01:34:34,239 --> 01:34:42,280
complain I appreciate them because we
don't just have a negro problem we have

1026
01:34:39,360 --> 01:34:47,440
an Institutional problem people come
here quoting scripture and talk about

1027
01:34:44,639 --> 01:34:52,679
guys like the Prophet Jeremiah Isaiah
Ezekiel and Daniel those were not

1028
01:34:50,239 --> 01:34:59,920
passive precautious go along to get
along type God they spoke truth to

1029
01:34:56,560 --> 01:35:05,480
power I cannot stop coming until the
Judgment Bells tones for each of our

1030
01:35:02,760 --> 01:35:13,800
Count's officials the blood that runs
down Bap into the cemetery requires

1031
01:35:09,679 --> 01:35:18,960
atonement including chassies I will not
cease to come and cry out the blood of

1032
01:35:16,280 --> 01:35:26,000
Malcolm Martin and mear exam mates from
their tomes and say Bishop Mark Kirkland

1033
01:35:21,600 --> 01:35:30,960
your silence is your PR y King said the
ultimate measure of a man is not where

1034
01:35:28,040 --> 01:35:34,880
he stands in moments of comfort and
convenience but where he stand in

1035
01:35:33,080 --> 01:35:45,159
challenges and
controversy Miss bar Miss uh Miss uh

1036
01:35:41,440 --> 01:35:50,440
uh I will not stop ringing the bell for
justice for your daughter I

1037
01:35:47,920 --> 01:35:53,800
promise following Mr Wilson we have
Michael Bell

1038
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:08,719
hello again I just also like to say
happy Freedom month to

1039
01:36:05,760 --> 01:36:13,679
everybody jail deaths
wrongheaded we call for

1040
01:36:11,600 --> 01:36:18,199
decarceration not
incarceration the most effective thing

1041
01:36:15,679 --> 01:36:20,520
we can do to decrease the jail Des is to
reduce the number of people that are

1042
01:36:19,719 --> 01:36:25,600
being
imprisoned we would like for you to show

1043
01:36:23,080 --> 01:36:30,080
some leaders Ship by assigning somebody
to be responsible for managing the

1044
01:36:27,400 --> 01:36:35,360
interaction between the police mental
health JPS and the jails not sure what

1045
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:40,920
position that would be but we need
somebody somebody who could actually

1046
01:36:37,840 --> 01:36:45,080
answer the questions that people have
about what happened to their loved ones

1047
01:36:43,080 --> 01:36:49,560
somebody should be able to give a
coherent answer someone who understands

1048
01:36:47,920 --> 01:36:54,639
the intricacies of the different
departments and how they Co they

1049
01:36:51,280 --> 01:37:00,119
interact someone who can advise and act
to correct obvious errors like ID

1050
01:36:57,639 --> 01:37:03,840
persons being placed in jail pending
competency hearings we we know that they

1051
01:37:02,360 --> 01:37:09,960
will not become
competent we believe we need a County

1052
01:37:07,239 --> 01:37:15,239
public defender with a unit focused on
citizens with ID Anthony Johnson should

1053
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:21,040
not have had commit violence to get the
help that he needed we need counties to

1054
01:37:18,320 --> 01:37:27,360
require the state to take custody of
their inmates and the the state to fully

1055
01:37:24,360 --> 01:37:31,719
fund mental health facilities our County
Jail should not be the number one Houser

1056
01:37:30,080 --> 01:37:36,840
of people with mental
disabilities we repeat our call one

1057
01:37:35,080 --> 01:37:41,679
proper placement of citizens with mental
health concerns two reduction of

1058
01:37:39,040 --> 01:37:46,760
pre-trial uh population by speedy
magistration three fully educate

1059
01:37:44,159 --> 01:37:50,000
officers and citizens on the diversion
program getting a lot of people saying

1060
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:55,440
they don't understand what they are need
somebody to help explain it stop the

1061
01:37:52,599 --> 01:38:01,040
imprisonment of lowlevel nonviolent
offenders work with our

1062
01:37:58,119 --> 01:38:07,560
community for real solutions and I just
try to come up with the answer yourself

1063
01:38:03,560 --> 01:38:15,159
what does it say that those who those in
power claim to be powerless to do

1064
01:38:11,719 --> 01:38:21,400
something about our ID
problem what does that say either you're

1065
01:38:18,639 --> 01:38:25,679
incompetent or I believe you just don't
care Bri Kyrie Campbell

1066
01:38:23,600 --> 01:38:29,119
[Music]
following Mr Bell is Harriet

1067
01:38:29,800 --> 01:38:38,440
[Music]
Harold if it please the

1068
01:38:35,320 --> 01:38:46,800
court L Bram has already said what I
needed to say and I thank him for that

1069
01:38:43,000 --> 01:38:54,960
uh while I'm here just Robert Miller
someone who died from Cel anemia even

1070
01:38:49,440 --> 01:39:03,239
though he didn't have Cel anemia javante
Myers Anthony Ray

1071
01:38:58,320 --> 01:39:11,400
Johnson uh a marine veteran 31 years old
chassid bner 35 years old Taran County

1072
01:39:07,840 --> 01:39:14,520
Jail of course is a killing field and
something needs to be

1073
01:39:14,760 --> 01:39:19,000
done Miss Harold

1074
01:39:26,599 --> 01:39:35,599
I'm Harriet Herold first I would like to
begin by expressing appreciation to you

1075
01:39:32,840 --> 01:39:41,960
judge O'Hare for your state of the
county speech outlining your commitment

1076
01:39:38,880 --> 01:39:47,920
to a smaller jail population and more
Mental Health Services instead of a new

1077
01:39:44,560 --> 01:39:55,320
jail and your goal toward a new local
state psychiatric hospital we support

1078
01:39:51,760 --> 01:40:03,719
that second agenda item
12b look at it do you recognize how

1079
01:39:59,719 --> 01:40:11,239
offensive it is that the death of chidy
boner a human being in the County's

1080
01:40:07,119 --> 01:40:18,520
custody is referred to here as an
incident yes and how offensive it is

1081
01:40:15,480 --> 01:40:24,920
that the sheriff has no respect to be
here no

1082
01:40:21,199 --> 01:40:30,960
Humanity more specifically recently the
family of Anthony Johnson and they're

1083
01:40:27,599 --> 01:40:36,679
here expressed their outrage when they
watch the full video of his death and

1084
01:40:33,800 --> 01:40:40,639
realized the amount of time that elapsed
before Mr Johnson was first cared for by

1085
01:40:39,440 --> 01:40:46,239
JPS
workers when the Justice committee

1086
01:40:43,080 --> 01:40:52,719
started this work with you two years ago
we were glad to find a thorough contract

1087
01:40:49,639 --> 01:41:00,119
between MHMR and the county that the
sheriff also signed but there is no

1088
01:40:56,760 --> 01:41:04,679
comparable contract between the county
and

1089
01:41:01,199 --> 01:41:10,400
JPS there does not seem to be any
contracted coordinated standard of care

1090
01:41:08,320 --> 01:41:19,280
or set of written
expectations as to how these three

1091
01:41:13,239 --> 01:41:23,560
entities the jail JPS and MHMR interact
coordinate Andor prioritize their

1092
01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:31,280
services
in Mr Johnson's situation for instance

1093
01:41:27,239 --> 01:41:36,719
what document identifies
accountability what protocols can you

1094
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:44,000
ask the sheriff to share with the public
to demonstrate what all three entities

1095
01:41:39,760 --> 01:41:49,960
did or didn't do to follow contracted
standards we've already seen two jail

1096
01:41:46,840 --> 01:41:53,920
officers fired and then
reinstated because proper procedures

1097
01:41:52,400 --> 01:42:00,880
were not followed
do the staff from the jail JPS and MHMR

1098
01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:06,520
know how they are to interact with each
other in an

1099
01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:14,520
emergency what is the expected time
frame within which a Jailer or JPS is

1100
01:42:10,760 --> 01:42:20,520
supposed to care for an unresponsive
inmate do we

1101
01:42:17,159 --> 01:42:26,440
know I would like to ask the county to
carefully examine this lack of coordin

1102
01:42:23,320 --> 01:42:31,159
ated contracted standards for service
thank you your time is up thank you pton

1103
01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:37,430
Jackson no that's we're not there yet
announcements and comments from uh

1104
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:41,800
Commissioners
[Music]

1105
01:42:39,159 --> 01:42:46,800
anything it's probably not going to take
you to about another minute to get to

1106
01:42:43,360 --> 01:42:53,679
the next public comments item so uh
anybody have anything up here all right

1107
01:42:49,199 --> 01:42:53,679
seeing none we now go to public comments

1108
01:42:54,239 --> 01:43:00,280
um the first person I have to speak is
pton Jackson following pton Jackson

1109
01:42:57,920 --> 01:43:00,280
Bishop

1110
01:43:08,960 --> 01:43:17,920
Kirkland good morning
Commissioners

1111
01:43:14,520 --> 01:43:25,000
morning Congress rep Jackson of District
33 to introduce Bill 1163 the T Robinson

1112
01:43:22,040 --> 01:43:30,760
bill for work workers comform because
and I quote an unjust law is no law at

1113
01:43:27,920 --> 01:43:36,040
all according to St Augustine I'm
currently 27 years old by the time I am

1114
01:43:33,840 --> 01:43:42,320
sworn in I will be 28 and one of the
youngest Congress reps in the state of

1115
01:43:39,360 --> 01:43:47,520
Texas on my campaign Trail I asked my
neighbors my voters Faithfully

1116
01:43:45,280 --> 01:43:51,480
one what change would you like to see in
your neighborhood and two if you can

1117
01:43:49,159 --> 01:43:54,599
make or change one law what would it be
I mentioned my age previously because I

1118
01:43:53,440 --> 01:43:59,520
want all of you to know that I have a
lot planned for my 30s I mean I sat down

1119
01:43:57,280 --> 01:44:06,440
and I visualized it but one thing that I
could not fathom is being mutilated and

1120
01:44:03,800 --> 01:44:13,119
disregarded after being given a lifelong
disability by a company welcomed into

1121
01:44:09,520 --> 01:44:20,080
the City by our leaders I couldn't
fathom that at the early age of

1122
01:44:16,320 --> 01:44:25,639
31 after being decapitated at the FedEx
warehouse Miss Robinson was informed

1123
01:44:22,639 --> 01:44:30,199
that came back with the conclusion that
the belt that she was working on was

1124
01:44:27,400 --> 01:44:35,400
built improperly I couldn't fathom
waiting for an emergency contact instead

1125
01:44:32,679 --> 01:44:41,280
of the ambulance with pieces of my
fingers missing I couldn't fathom being

1126
01:44:38,560 --> 01:44:45,920
discharg after they realized that the
pain and the trauma that I had endured

1127
01:44:43,760 --> 01:44:51,480
caused an active miscarriage that I
would now be forced to carry out by

1128
01:44:48,639 --> 01:44:57,239
myself I couldn't fathom despising
something as simple as rainy days or

1129
01:44:54,480 --> 01:45:03,440
cold weather simply because the nervous
system that I had been left with is

1130
01:44:59,360 --> 01:45:08,159
beyond damage so damaged to now because
of weather I feel like I'm being

1131
01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:14,960
electrocuted when you're cold you get
chills not me I feel like ice is being

1132
01:45:11,760 --> 01:45:18,199
chipped in my muscles and my
veins I

1133
01:45:16,639 --> 01:45:24,560
couldn't
fathom I know that you can't understand

1134
01:45:20,880 --> 01:45:29,840
so that's how come I couldn't fathom how
our leaders even allowed this to happen

1135
01:45:27,080 --> 01:45:35,000
but allowed it to be ignored and yes it
was pre-union but let's not pretend like

1136
01:45:32,639 --> 01:45:40,480
there's aren't there aren't companies
operating in this County in this country

1137
01:45:37,159 --> 01:45:45,040
without unions one being MHMR and y'all
celebrate them pretty often here Sim and

1138
01:45:43,199 --> 01:45:50,320
G were just at one of their facilities
and Manny had had them in his office

1139
01:45:47,920 --> 01:45:55,719
have either one of y'all worked for them
actually because I urge you to go in as

1140
01:45:53,320 --> 01:46:01,719
an Undercover Boss just to see how they
operate before you hand out certificates

1141
01:45:57,960 --> 01:46:07,000
or recognitions I want you to experience
firsthand the retaliation the harassment

1142
01:46:04,040 --> 01:46:11,560
the hostile work environment the sexual
harassment that they condone on the 98

1143
01:46:09,280 --> 01:46:16,239
suicide and crisis hotline y'all have
failed protecting workers in Taran

1144
01:46:14,280 --> 01:46:20,920
County thank you your time is up I know
I can see that you can call your next

1145
01:46:18,880 --> 01:46:25,800
speaker Mr
Kirkland and after him is Doran

1146
01:46:31,400 --> 01:46:39,280
guer last Monday we celebrated Memorial
Day from the death of Christmas addicts

1147
01:46:36,760 --> 01:46:45,440
at negr man the first death of the
Revolutionary War to chassid Barner when

1148
01:46:42,719 --> 01:46:50,159
will my people's Precious Blood stop
making Rivers down the quarters of

1149
01:46:47,599 --> 01:46:55,400
American History we worked your field
and we built your infastructure America

1150
01:46:53,000 --> 01:47:01,280
has shown more compassion for her
criminality to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1151
01:46:58,599 --> 01:47:06,520
than they have to my people part of the
first worth way propaganda is to wait us

1152
01:47:04,159 --> 01:47:11,520
out to figure that we need to moan and
complain but there will be neither rest

1153
01:47:08,679 --> 01:47:16,719
nor Tranquility in Teran County until
Justice rolled down like running Waters

1154
01:47:14,040 --> 01:47:22,480
and righteousness like a mighty scam
Monday pass I made a promise to Mr

1155
01:47:19,520 --> 01:47:28,679
Anthony Johnson Senor that we will fight
to the the end when Mr crowns became our

1156
01:47:25,800 --> 01:47:33,520
medical examiner for Teran County he met
with some of the Gatekeepers of our

1157
01:47:30,400 --> 01:47:40,239
village he gave us his word that all of
his rulings will be based on the science

1158
01:47:36,920 --> 01:47:46,080
and not political pressure Mr Emy we
need you to release the findings of the

1159
01:47:43,080 --> 01:47:52,520
death of my brother Marine fellow Marine
Anthony Johnson Jr now if it is ruled

1160
01:47:49,719 --> 01:47:59,280
homicide which means death by the hands
of another we are demanding that these

1161
01:47:55,880 --> 01:48:06,119
criminals do exact get exactly what Ray
Ray gets when he kills T-Bone Ray Ray

1162
01:48:02,840 --> 01:48:13,159
and everyone involved goes to jail for
murder the dasis members you cannot have

1163
01:48:10,360 --> 01:48:20,920
a murder and not have
murderers Mr crowns please rule on Mr

1164
01:48:17,719 --> 01:48:27,159
hail Robert's death as well odly enough
no one is talking about Mr Roberts who

1165
01:48:24,040 --> 01:48:32,719
died on Valentine's Day this year while
we were out honeymooning but to the

1166
01:48:29,800 --> 01:48:38,960
Roberts family it was more like the St
Valentine's Day Massacre of

1167
01:48:35,800 --> 01:48:46,480
1929 I received this letter retirement
on February 1st 2002 by direction of the

1168
01:48:43,400 --> 01:48:52,199
30th comedon of the United States Marine
Corps General Carl Mundy for all my

1169
01:48:49,440 --> 01:48:58,520
years of service to our country never
allow my verbage to deceive you I have

1170
01:48:55,080 --> 01:49:04,840
given my blood my sweat and my tears
I've endured months away from my family

1171
01:49:01,880 --> 01:49:11,040
I've earned the right to speak truth to
power I will speak up for my little

1172
01:49:07,400 --> 01:49:17,679
brother fellow Marine Anthony Johnson Jr
I bowed to my brother to see this fight

1173
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:24,719
to the end we took an oath as Marines
and the oath that we took was no man

1174
01:49:20,920 --> 01:49:29,119
Left Behind once a marine always a
marine sey Anthony

1175
01:49:30,080 --> 01:49:34,520
o following Miss Geer is Reed

1176
01:49:45,159 --> 01:49:56,440
bills I have copies of the vote beat and
Texas Tribune May 29th

1177
01:49:53,280 --> 01:50:00,599
article Texas officials compromised
ballot secrecy as they increased

1178
01:49:59,080 --> 01:50:07,320
election
transparencies and the May 30th article

1179
01:50:03,920 --> 01:50:14,880
Top Texas election official acknowledges
threat to ballot secrecy for each of you

1180
01:50:11,000 --> 01:50:21,360
Mr Meritt has those for you Channel 5
television news reported this last night

1181
01:50:18,760 --> 01:50:28,639
according to a top state election
official our ballots are not secret

1182
01:50:25,560 --> 01:50:34,280
Texas efforts to increase election
transparency have made it easier to

1183
01:50:31,119 --> 01:50:40,280
breach the secrecy of the ballot and
discover how some people vote recently

1184
01:50:37,440 --> 01:50:47,719
an independent news site published what
is said was the ballot of former

1185
01:50:43,440 --> 01:50:56,560
Republican party of Texas chair Mike
raldi cast in the March 5th GOP Primary

1186
01:50:53,440 --> 01:51:03,320
raldi has neither confirmed nor denied
it was his ballot one candidate who lost

1187
01:51:00,000 --> 01:51:10,599
her elections has demanded the use of
sequentially numbered pre-printed

1188
01:51:06,320 --> 01:51:18,480
ballots which experts say could further
threaten ballot privacy this is one

1189
01:51:14,400 --> 01:51:25,800
reason why it was a big mistake when
this court voted to require sequentially

1190
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:31,920
number ballots I want my vote to be
secret and I want your votes to be

1191
01:51:28,679 --> 01:51:36,869
secret thank you thank you following
Miss bills we have Janelle

1192
01:51:33,800 --> 01:51:36,869
[Music]

1193
01:51:41,960 --> 01:51:49,960
Johnson I am speaking about the position
of tarant County

1194
01:51:47,040 --> 01:51:56,239
Sheriff it has become apparent that
filling the role of sheriff is too

1195
01:51:52,679 --> 01:52:02,000
important to leave to the voting public
if we have to elect someone for the

1196
01:51:58,440 --> 01:52:09,119
position reduce the job description to
the ceremonial political figure head it

1197
01:52:05,119 --> 01:52:14,760
has become then hire an experienced
capable leader with integrity and

1198
01:52:12,199 --> 01:52:20,840
compassion who will protect all our
County residents from the actual and

1199
01:52:17,760 --> 01:52:24,520
fiscal bleed caused by our current
criminal justice system

1200
01:52:26,520 --> 01:52:30,320
following Janelle Johnson we have Sharon

1201
01:52:37,480 --> 01:52:46,440
Hines
well it looks like I'm back it's been a

1202
01:52:43,159 --> 01:52:52,560
month since my brother's
death a month and we still have no

1203
01:52:50,760 --> 01:52:58,639
answers
a month and now the people who killed my

1204
01:52:55,840 --> 01:53:07,159
brother are sitting at the house getting
paid right now a month since I seen you

1205
01:53:03,719 --> 01:53:15,360
guys torture Mr I need you to look at me
you guys killed my brother no no no you

1206
01:53:11,400 --> 01:53:20,599
need to listen Mr wbor has refused to
seek us has refus and locked

1207
01:53:19,000 --> 01:53:28,760
doors
JPS say JPS here now to JBS is here now

1208
01:53:24,840 --> 01:53:37,040
how you want to tell us what happened
you to the public take office take

1209
01:53:34,760 --> 01:53:39,320
office to release the video that you
guys

1210
01:53:39,360 --> 01:53:44,719
K he said REM I'm walking around walk

1211
01:53:51,000 --> 01:53:56,639
around Miss h
following Miss Hines is Merl

1212
01:54:01,000 --> 01:54:09,400
Glascock unhinged good morning judge
O'Hara commissioner Brooks commissioner

1213
01:54:07,119 --> 01:54:13,599
Simmons commissioner
Fus if you have not been moved by the

1214
01:54:11,960 --> 01:54:17,880
articulate and passionate speakers
before me I know my what I have to say

1215
01:54:16,159 --> 01:54:23,159
is not going to matter but I just want
to ask some questions anyway I come

1216
01:54:20,800 --> 01:54:28,800
before you again to speak for the dead I
come to speak for those who cannot speak

1217
01:54:24,920 --> 01:54:34,199
for thems I'm here to ask if 60 deaths
in 70 years which is the sheriff

1218
01:54:31,239 --> 01:54:38,199
rayburn's leadership is that acceptable
to the

1219
01:54:35,520 --> 01:54:43,360
commission it has been cited as above
national average so again I ask is it

1220
01:54:41,239 --> 01:54:49,960
acceptable to the
Commission in 2024 there is already been

1221
01:54:47,159 --> 01:54:55,280
six deaths in the Taran County jail and
we are only in the sixth month the

1222
01:54:52,560 --> 01:54:59,760
fourth day of the sixth month is that
acceptable to the

1223
01:54:57,040 --> 01:55:07,239
commission I just celebrated my 70th
birthday at the end of May but inmate

1224
01:55:03,400 --> 01:55:13,480
Chassidy C boner died at age
35 and just two weeks in the Taran

1225
01:55:09,800 --> 01:55:20,840
County Jail I am double her age and she
died at 35 is this acceptable to the

1226
01:55:18,440 --> 01:55:25,320
commission I choose to come before you
again to speak for those who cannot

1227
01:55:23,159 --> 01:55:31,079
speak for themselves and to ask the
County Commissioners is this trending

1228
01:55:28,040 --> 01:55:36,480
number of deaths in Taran County Jail
acceptable to you if not who's

1229
01:55:34,040 --> 01:55:42,079
monitoring it who's being held
responsible for it who's being proactive

1230
01:55:39,159 --> 01:55:47,079
about stopping it and who will continue
to just accept

1231
01:55:43,960 --> 01:55:52,360
it and expect the public to also
continue to accept it thank you for your

1232
01:55:49,520 --> 01:55:55,440
time thank you following Miss glasscock
we have Geral and Jackie

1233
01:56:00,159 --> 01:56:09,840
Co I do
come as Miss Hines has to speak for

1234
01:56:06,679 --> 01:56:18,719
those who cannot speak for
themselves and I thank you for knowing

1235
01:56:13,159 --> 01:56:18,719
how important it is to listen to the

1236
01:56:19,280 --> 01:56:31,920
public why is cyer Camp
still in the tant county

1237
01:56:26,880 --> 01:56:38,880
jail surely nobody wants him to die
there keeping him incarcerated will only

1238
01:56:35,719 --> 01:56:46,400
lead to his
death cyi needs to be placed in a

1239
01:56:42,520 --> 01:56:53,679
suitable treatment
facility what is happening now to ceri

1240
01:56:50,840 --> 01:56:59,440
is inhumane
it is actually

1241
01:56:56,000 --> 01:57:06,960
criminal to prevent him from having a
chance to

1242
01:57:02,440 --> 01:57:16,800
live and why hasn't the entire video of
Anthony Johnson's death been

1243
01:57:10,320 --> 01:57:16,800
released what are you afraid people will

1244
01:57:17,480 --> 01:57:31,000
see and exactly how and why did Chastity
cord boner

1245
01:57:26,480 --> 01:57:36,159
die she is numbered as the sixth death
this year while in custody at the tarant

1246
01:57:34,360 --> 01:57:43,840
county
jail and why was the sheriff not in this

1247
01:57:41,239 --> 01:57:43,840
room

1248
01:57:44,199 --> 01:57:54,440
today what is the real reason for chief
Ecker to be

1249
01:57:50,520 --> 01:58:01,719
replaced many citizens of tarant County
do not trust what is going on in the

1250
01:57:58,280 --> 01:58:01,719
tarant county

1251
01:58:01,960 --> 01:58:11,239
jail and I commend you judge
O'Hare for wanting to get the Jud the

1252
01:58:08,719 --> 01:58:19,280
jail population
down I believe getting the mentally ill

1253
01:58:15,679 --> 01:58:28,000
out of the jail into a
facility with qualified people who who

1254
01:58:22,239 --> 01:58:34,040
could help them could help achieve our
goal and my final

1255
01:58:30,520 --> 01:58:40,239
question what action is being done to
get the tarant county inmates who are

1256
01:58:37,040 --> 01:58:44,280
now in the Garza County for-profit
Prison back to tarant

1257
01:58:44,480 --> 01:58:54,360
County my concerns have come from being
part of a family riddle

1258
01:58:52,599 --> 01:59:01,880
with mental
challenges but my experience is with

1259
01:58:58,119 --> 01:59:05,660
those of white privileg thank you for
listening thank you following Miss Cox

1260
01:59:04,360 --> 01:59:08,720
we have Liz
[Music]

1261
01:59:10,079 --> 01:59:20,719
Badgley judge oare others have mentioned
our gratitude that it is your intent to

1262
01:59:17,719 --> 01:59:27,199
try to reduce the population in the tan
County Jail there's litigation now

1263
01:59:24,000 --> 01:59:32,679
before the court federal court here
which alleges that the real problem the

1264
01:59:29,920 --> 01:59:36,639
systemic problem with the tan County
Jail is that the

1265
01:59:34,920 --> 01:59:42,480
population
outstrips the ability of the F

1266
01:59:39,199 --> 01:59:48,320
facilities and the staff to take care of
it and we get example after

1267
01:59:46,360 --> 01:59:54,520
example of
death perhaps the most distressing was

1268
01:59:52,320 --> 02:00:01,880
the video that appeared
on TV you know and it was there it was

1269
01:59:58,040 --> 02:00:08,639
on my link to the Star
Telegram of it was almost like a

1270
02:00:05,119 --> 02:00:15,360
horrible tragic comedy of these deputies
racing up the stairs one of them pretty

1271
02:00:12,719 --> 02:00:22,679
overweight and he suddenly was there
putting his foot on the neck of Mr

1272
02:00:19,599 --> 02:00:29,280
Johnson and then Mr Johnson was
de it was very

1273
02:00:26,000 --> 02:00:36,679
upsetting because it was
symptomatic of an inability of the

1274
02:00:32,560 --> 02:00:41,840
system to respond in a proper way why
wasn't there somebody with authority to

1275
02:00:38,520 --> 02:00:50,079
make that quit upstairs before the two
jailers came rushing up to not fix it

1276
02:00:46,320 --> 02:00:55,639
what do we have to do so I'm asking that
you do a national search

1277
02:00:52,599 --> 02:01:02,040
for a chief Jailer and I'm asking that
you go forward with your efforts to

1278
02:00:58,639 --> 02:01:06,719
reduce the population I I have suggested
before that it seemed to me that we just

1279
02:01:04,480 --> 02:01:12,320
shouldn't be holding many Class B
misdemeanor in the jail and that the

1280
02:01:09,599 --> 02:01:18,840
Overflow occurs because it takes four
days to get a personal to get a bond and

1281
02:01:15,800 --> 02:01:24,199
you just keep packing it with people who
don't need to be there until somehow the

1282
02:01:22,199 --> 02:01:30,239
extortion racket works and they come up
with the money and the lawyers I know

1283
02:01:27,840 --> 02:01:37,040
that's a harsh way to put it but that is
how it looks it looks like people are

1284
02:01:32,599 --> 02:01:41,079
hell there until they finally get out
sometimes even after they've already

1285
02:01:38,440 --> 02:01:47,440
posted Bond they're held for another day
or two because something doesn't work

1286
02:01:43,800 --> 02:01:52,480
right in the release process at the jail
we just have to do better than that we

1287
02:01:49,760 --> 02:01:59,880
have to do better than that the level of
grief hurt and anger is now almost

1288
02:01:56,920 --> 02:02:04,280
intolerable so please help us and do a
national

1289
02:02:00,840 --> 02:02:10,440
search and somehow get some compassion
over there and some urge to get people

1290
02:02:06,920 --> 02:02:14,040
out thank you following Miss Badgley we
have Chanel Johnson

1291
02:02:15,090 --> 02:02:18,310
[Music]

1292
02:02:22,360 --> 02:02:30,560
I am committed to fostering a culture
within Taran County that not only

1293
02:02:27,199 --> 02:02:37,560
celebrates faith family and freedom but
Champions those core values my mission

1294
02:02:34,239 --> 02:02:43,199
is to make Taran County the safest
largest county in Texas and to remain a

1295
02:02:40,840 --> 02:02:50,360
place where their American dream is
Alive and Well written by Mr Tim

1296
02:02:48,119 --> 02:02:57,440
oare I don't believe you've done
anything Mr O'Hare to prove your

1297
02:02:52,760 --> 02:03:03,280
statements here an American Dream for
who the largest county 66 people have

1298
02:03:01,520 --> 02:03:08,119
died in this largest county are you
trying to get to 100 before you defi

1299
02:03:05,560 --> 02:03:13,480
before you finally decide to do
something it's

1300
02:03:10,040 --> 02:03:19,480
unacceptable I've done my
research you know who you are you know

1301
02:03:16,719 --> 02:03:24,000
who sits behind you you know you should
see the video if you don't want to Le to

1302
02:03:21,599 --> 02:03:32,040
the whatever that's fine but at least
watch it so you can see how my brother

1303
02:03:28,280 --> 02:03:37,159
was treated like a rag doll cuz I had to
I had to watch it the day before I

1304
02:03:33,360 --> 02:03:43,280
turned 29 my birthday with the images of
my brother in my head of how he

1305
02:03:40,159 --> 02:03:47,280
died so all I ask Miss o haare is that
you stay true to what you wrote in here

1306
02:03:45,559 --> 02:03:52,079
cuz you have a
family make your family proud

1307
02:03:52,880 --> 02:03:58,620
thank you following Mr Johnson we have
Shantel

1308
02:03:55,450 --> 02:03:58,620
[Music]

1309
02:04:04,159 --> 02:04:08,559
Taylor after Miss Taylor we have Daniel

1310
02:04:13,880 --> 02:04:22,280
Bennett thank you I'm the mother of Kyer
Campbell and I'm here to ask to to look

1311
02:04:20,400 --> 02:04:27,159
into the situation of dropping the
charges against my son so he may receive

1312
02:04:24,679 --> 02:04:33,880
the proper care that he needs I'm asking
the da and all the Commissioners

1313
02:04:30,639 --> 02:04:39,239
here to look into look into the
situation from a mother's point of view

1314
02:04:37,159 --> 02:04:45,679
and from all the others other mother's
points of view with their children that

1315
02:04:40,960 --> 02:04:50,639
are locked up to do something about
getting them the care that they need as

1316
02:04:47,559 --> 02:04:55,159
well so I'm just humbly asking the da to
drop the charges against my son so he

1317
02:04:52,440 --> 02:05:01,480
may receive um care within the state
supported Living

1318
02:04:56,840 --> 02:05:06,719
Center and to do what they need to do to
construct better laws into place so that

1319
02:05:05,199 --> 02:05:09,880
we don't have to keep going through the
same things over and over and over again

1320
02:05:08,480 --> 02:05:16,360
it's like a vicious
cycle thank you thank you following Mr

1321
02:05:13,280 --> 02:05:16,360
Bennett we have Reverend

1322
02:05:20,119 --> 02:05:26,639
Price my subject matters completely
different it's going to be about the

1323
02:05:24,599 --> 02:05:32,119
appraisal
district uh I was at the mayor's council

1324
02:05:29,119 --> 02:05:37,280
meeting last night and many of the
Mayors whom I do

1325
02:05:34,520 --> 02:05:42,360
know and I addressed the fact that we're
getting a subcommittee at Tad together

1326
02:05:40,000 --> 02:05:51,040
the subcommittee will be choosing the
next ARB members appraisal review board

1327
02:05:45,679 --> 02:05:56,280
members we just had the head of the
appraisal review board the chair lady

1328
02:05:53,079 --> 02:06:02,360
quit yesterday Suddenly at noon she put
her resignation in now there's a

1329
02:05:59,280 --> 02:06:07,440
sickness at the ARB that sickness has
been there quite some time I'll give you

1330
02:06:04,280 --> 02:06:13,119
another instant back in 2021 a lady
named Kathy

1331
02:06:08,719 --> 02:06:17,639
dun who was a 25 it expert took a job at
Tad for health

1332
02:06:15,400 --> 02:06:22,079
insurance she her you know what her job
was to do Mr Brooks commissioner was

1333
02:06:20,599 --> 02:06:28,679
just to type in birthday
dates because their data was so corrupt

1334
02:06:25,000 --> 02:06:34,679
and so wrong she sat there for every
month and typed in over 7,000 birth

1335
02:06:31,239 --> 02:06:40,280
dates well that went sideways too and
she quit I can give you an example after

1336
02:06:37,719 --> 02:06:45,280
example after example there's a cultural
problem at the

1337
02:06:41,400 --> 02:06:51,679
ARB not So Much from the those that are
employed as a ARB member it's those

1338
02:06:48,079 --> 02:06:57,679
overseeing the ARB from the Tad side
that's where the sickness emanates from

1339
02:06:54,320 --> 02:07:04,239
and if we don't fix it it's going to
continue now with the sub committee

1340
02:06:59,920 --> 02:07:10,280
being put together I want people from
the smaller entities dowton Gardens Pano

1341
02:07:07,559 --> 02:07:15,159
Lake Worth you name it I want them to
have Ciy that will come forward fill out

1342
02:07:12,199 --> 02:07:22,280
an application go before that committee
and become an advocate not for the

1343
02:07:19,480 --> 02:07:28,119
property owner but for the process
we need representation from those that

1344
02:07:25,760 --> 02:07:32,360
will demonstrate the
courage to have a free mind and a free

1345
02:07:30,880 --> 02:07:36,280
will and do what's right under the
property tax code we don't have that

1346
02:07:34,599 --> 02:07:42,679
right now it's because there's a
sickness there that's all I'm going to

1347
02:07:39,079 --> 02:07:46,270
say I said enough thank you thank you
following Reverend Price we have man

1348
02:07:44,480 --> 02:07:50,059
Terry
[Music]

1349
02:07:52,880 --> 02:07:58,360
good afternoon judge and Commissioners
I'm Ryan Price the senior pastor of

1350
02:07:56,599 --> 02:08:04,320
Broadway Baptist Church here in Fort
Worth and I wish to speak this afternoon

1351
02:08:01,079 --> 02:08:07,880
in regard to jail Chief Charles Eckert's
recent

1352
02:08:05,320 --> 02:08:16,880
retirement and to whatever plans the
county must decide upon for finding his

1353
02:08:12,599 --> 02:08:25,880
replacement Chief eert seems like a nice
enough guy and I appreciate the way he

1354
02:08:21,520 --> 02:08:32,520
will sometimes admit to An Inconvenient
Truth at the same time I don't think the

1355
02:08:29,719 --> 02:08:36,159
chief ever fully understood the depth
and breadth of the problems within our

1356
02:08:35,119 --> 02:08:41,440
County
Jail in the end that cost taxpayers

1357
02:08:39,239 --> 02:08:47,800
millions of dollars and more importantly
people their lives including the life of

1358
02:08:45,159 --> 02:08:52,800
inmate Anthony Johnson
Jr the chief's departure offers the

1359
02:08:50,639 --> 02:08:57,360
opportunity for the county to make a
substantial

1360
02:08:54,360 --> 02:09:01,719
change recently commissioner Ramirez
released a statement saying that there

1361
02:08:59,840 --> 02:09:06,599
are quote unquote
deficiencies in how the Sheriff's Office

1362
02:09:04,119 --> 02:09:11,400
releases information about in custody
deaths I commend the commissioner for

1363
02:09:08,840 --> 02:09:16,880
this statement and add that there that
these are not the only deficiencies in

1364
02:09:13,960 --> 02:09:21,920
policy and practice within the
department it is time to bring a greater

1365
02:09:19,639 --> 02:09:29,000
degree of administrative
oversight best practice and professional

1366
02:09:25,760 --> 02:09:37,320
accountability to the tarant county jail
a nationwide search for a competent jail

1367
02:09:33,880 --> 02:09:46,280
administrator with proven executive
experience and a history of mitigating

1368
02:09:40,960 --> 02:09:54,360
critical incidents SL deaths is
essential in the book of Acts chapter 16

1369
02:09:50,239 --> 02:10:01,679
at the jail in Philippi a wise and
caring Jailer makes a wise and caring

1370
02:09:57,599 --> 02:10:08,840
decision that saves a lot of
lives we need greater wisdom and greater

1371
02:10:05,920 --> 02:10:16,440
care within the tarant county jail and
we need to look far and wide for a chief

1372
02:10:12,599 --> 02:10:22,119
Jailer who will provide them the sheriff
refused to show up

1373
02:10:18,760 --> 02:10:29,480
today please commissioners
demand of his office a professional

1374
02:10:25,320 --> 02:10:36,760
search for a wise caring and
professional Chief Jailer lives depend

1375
02:10:33,159 --> 02:10:47,719
on it they depend on the wisdom and care
of this next person and the Integrity of

1376
02:10:41,360 --> 02:10:47,719
this search thank you Miss Terry

1377
02:10:53,360 --> 02:10:59,880
good afternoon I have a variety of
comments during this time I Echo others

1378
02:10:57,760 --> 02:11:03,800
who have come before you or before me
regarding the judge's state of the

1379
02:11:02,199 --> 02:11:08,520
county address which included your
desire to reduce the jail population

1380
02:11:06,159 --> 02:11:11,920
thank you I know several citizens who
would be happy to discuss this matter

1381
02:11:10,159 --> 02:11:16,119
with you or your
staff thank you for filling the public

1382
02:11:14,079 --> 02:11:19,599
health director Department position
Manny Ramirez and I spoke about how

1383
02:11:17,880 --> 02:11:24,159
important this position was for the
county thank you I along with others

1384
02:11:22,520 --> 02:11:28,239
would like to continue to remind this
court of Kyrie Campbell and other

1385
02:11:26,400 --> 02:11:32,960
detainees who have intellectual or
developmental disabilities or ID that

1386
02:11:31,079 --> 02:11:37,679
are being housed in the Taran County
Jail I urge this court to set a

1387
02:11:37,760 --> 02:11:44,559
policy that these individuals diagnosed
with ID be transferred as soon as

1388
02:11:42,599 --> 02:11:50,520
possible to a state residential Living
Center which would be consistent with

1389
02:11:46,800 --> 02:11:55,639
the draft hhsc long-term State Hospital
plan the two forensic State Living

1390
02:11:53,199 --> 02:12:01,199
Residential centers are located in Maha
or St Angelo the jail dashboard on the

1391
02:11:59,440 --> 02:12:05,800
County's website does not have the
number of detainees deemed incompetent

1392
02:12:03,239 --> 02:12:11,000
to stand trial or those enrolled in a
jail-based competency program or those

1393
02:12:08,320 --> 02:12:16,440
waiting for a state hospital bed or
those or the number of the ID detainees

1394
02:12:13,960 --> 02:12:21,239
in the past the public received this in
information via open records

1395
02:12:18,719 --> 02:12:24,920
requests I commented on the draft state
Hospital long range plan and I would

1396
02:12:23,199 --> 02:12:28,440
have included the number of detainees
waiting for competency but I didn't have

1397
02:12:27,480 --> 02:12:33,719
the
data I hope the county commented on this

1398
02:12:31,440 --> 02:12:38,599
plan would you like me to ask for these
numbers via open records act request I

1399
02:12:36,000 --> 02:12:43,679
doubt your staff would why not include
this information in the jail

1400
02:12:40,760 --> 02:12:48,079
dashboard I along with others request
the entire video of Anthony Johnson's

1401
02:12:45,719 --> 02:12:54,480
last minutes be released to the public
the entire video the family agrees with

1402
02:12:50,760 --> 02:12:59,559
this request please release it along
with others I urge you to conduct a

1403
02:12:56,119 --> 02:13:05,480
national search for replacement of Chief
eert and lastly I would like to use my

1404
02:13:03,079 --> 02:13:12,079
remaining time for a moment moment of
silence for the latest individual of a

1405
02:13:08,559 --> 02:13:20,400
list too long who died without a trial
or a judgment in our County Jail her

1406
02:13:15,320 --> 02:13:20,400
name is chassid cord boner

1407
02:13:21,280 --> 02:13:27,920
thank you do you have anything else to
add like my moment of silence we're not

1408
02:13:25,559 --> 02:13:32,440
going to have silence for 30 seconds so
thank you thank you all right we next

1409
02:13:30,920 --> 02:13:37,159
have that that's all I have signed up to
speak uh if you haven't you can come up

1410
02:13:34,639 --> 02:13:42,480
first if you uh have not uh if you did
not sign up to speak but you would like

1411
02:13:38,320 --> 02:13:42,480
to speak uh we'll bring you

1412
02:13:43,040 --> 02:13:49,520
up good afternoon now my name is Josh
Lucas I was born and raised here in for

1413
02:13:47,360 --> 02:13:53,719
Worth Texas lifelong resident of Taran
County um

1414
02:13:52,000 --> 02:13:58,040
today I'm going to read you an excerpt a
summary of a story that I uh first read

1415
02:13:56,280 --> 02:14:01,559
in college of Harden Simmons and Dr
Wesson Martin's English Lit class by

1416
02:13:59,760 --> 02:14:06,800
Ursula K lwin titled the ones who walk
away from AIS published in

1417
02:14:04,239 --> 02:14:10,599
1973 in her allegorical text Ursula
describes a town by the Sea complete

1418
02:14:08,480 --> 02:14:15,960
with festivals and dancing horse races
and Pipers piping it was a merry town

1419
02:14:14,360 --> 02:14:21,719
except that maybe it wasn't so merry
after all maybe there was more going on

1420
02:14:18,719 --> 02:14:25,960
than could immediately meet the eye
she then introduces the reader that the

1421
02:14:23,679 --> 02:14:31,159
entire wealth of the town in resemblance
of Joy they felt was all dependent on a

1422
02:14:28,360 --> 02:14:35,520
small child suffering in a closet in a
dark room under one of the public

1423
02:14:32,960 --> 02:14:40,159
buildings maybe it was city hall or
perhaps a train station and to live in

1424
02:14:38,040 --> 02:14:46,719
this town at some point you must go down
and see this child many people forget

1425
02:14:43,199 --> 02:14:51,760
the child is even there some remember
but push it out of their minds and yet

1426
02:14:49,280 --> 02:14:55,880
while some others walk away
they walk through the streets until

1427
02:14:53,400 --> 02:15:02,440
night falls they walk ahead into the
darkness and they do not come back the

1428
02:14:59,119 --> 02:15:08,760
place they go to is even less imaginable
to most of us than the city of

1429
02:15:05,320 --> 02:15:14,840
happiness I cannot describe it at all it
is possible that it does not exist but

1430
02:15:12,360 --> 02:15:22,239
they seem to know where they're going
the ones who walk away from

1431
02:15:18,480 --> 02:15:27,280
ales there is a boy named year Campbell
sitting in a small closet inside of a

1432
02:15:25,040 --> 02:15:33,840
dark room under one of the public
buildings here in Fort Worth although he

1433
02:15:30,159 --> 02:15:37,400
is 21 developmentally he is 8 years old
diagnosed with both autism and

1434
02:15:38,239 --> 02:15:47,040
schizophrenia I love my town too much to
walk

1435
02:15:41,800 --> 02:15:54,000
away I refuse to walk away from for
worth we've got to do better

1436
02:15:51,199 --> 02:15:59,559
profanity judge oare is protected by the
first

1437
02:15:55,040 --> 02:15:59,559
amendment obscenity is

1438
02:15:59,800 --> 02:16:09,400
not I find the neglect that we've given
to people like

1439
02:16:06,520 --> 02:16:12,400
ker in this
town

1440
02:16:13,400 --> 02:16:21,639
obscene I find the the the suppression
of our first amendment

1441
02:16:18,960 --> 02:16:26,159
rights by this court by
da

1442
02:16:23,599 --> 02:16:28,679
obscene if you all spent one tenth of
the amount of time and effort that you

1443
02:16:27,639 --> 02:16:34,439
put
forward towards helping those in our

1444
02:16:31,559 --> 02:16:39,240
jails who need the care they that they
deserve perhaps Anthony Johnson wouldn't

1445
02:16:38,439 --> 02:16:45,559
have
died perhaps chassid Donner wouldn't

1446
02:16:42,120 --> 02:16:48,010
have died perhaps ker would no longer be
sitting in jail thank you your time is

1447
02:16:46,679 --> 02:16:51,149
up
[Music]

1448
02:16:56,240 --> 02:17:03,200
good afternoon my name is Alan Turner
and I'm here to address why the need for

1449
02:17:00,359 --> 02:17:07,040
the election Integrity tax Force unit
the election Integrity unit was designed

1450
02:17:05,319 --> 02:17:11,200
to investigate any allegations of voter
fraud in Taran county yet it appears to

1451
02:17:09,399 --> 02:17:15,920
have not found any allegations of voter
fraud thus far as an election judge

1452
02:17:13,719 --> 02:17:20,599
myself I can assure you that V of fraud
is very rare in our local elections but

1453
02:17:18,359 --> 02:17:24,399
when there is credible case of fraud one
would assume and hope that this task

1454
02:17:22,639 --> 02:17:29,000
force would swiftly investigate the
allegations and prosecute those who

1455
02:17:26,599 --> 02:17:33,399
would have committed the wrongdoings on
March 28th of this year I had I and

1456
02:17:32,040 --> 02:17:39,519
several community members submitted
complaints to this election Integrity

1457
02:17:35,559 --> 02:17:43,599
task force unit regarding Mr Angel Hado
Mr Hado was our former disgraced and

1458
02:17:41,679 --> 02:17:48,840
eligible Mansville ISD School Board
candidate for place two Mr Hero would go

1459
02:17:46,679 --> 02:17:52,679
on to cast a provisional ballot in the
March Republican primary even even

1460
02:17:51,040 --> 02:17:56,679
though he was not a registered tan
County voter he also stated on his

1461
02:17:55,040 --> 02:18:01,760
provisional ballot that he did not have
a valid driver's license social security

1462
02:17:59,160 --> 02:18:05,399
number or personal ID proof of these
allegations along with other troubling

1463
02:18:03,599 --> 02:18:10,679
finders were all sent to the designated
da handling voter fraud allegations yet

1464
02:18:08,800 --> 02:18:15,359
the community has not heard any resolve
to this matter voter fraud allegations

1465
02:18:13,280 --> 02:18:20,240
should not be considered a partisan
issue yet it appears to be perhaps Mr

1466
02:18:18,399 --> 02:18:24,319
Hodo is not being investigated because
he voted in the Republican primary or

1467
02:18:22,679 --> 02:18:28,960
because he was handpicked by our local
corrupt school board members to run for

1468
02:18:25,960 --> 02:18:32,359
a seat he was ineligible to run for so
he needed to prove his loyalty to them

1469
02:18:30,760 --> 02:18:38,319
by fraudulently voting at the March
Republican primary our community still

1470
02:18:34,679 --> 02:18:43,399
needs answers and even you Mr oan would
admit that voter fraud is wrong in fact

1471
02:18:40,599 --> 02:18:47,559
you stated and I quote it's like bank
robbery is it okay to have one bank

1472
02:18:45,359 --> 02:18:52,760
robbery or two is it okay to have one
kidnapping or two or three so there

1473
02:18:49,800 --> 02:18:57,800
shouldn't be any fraud and that this
task force will go a long way towards

1474
02:18:54,800 --> 02:19:03,040
deterring it well it doesn't appear that
way to us we in our community are

1475
02:19:00,200 --> 02:19:07,800
wondering when fraudulent Republican
voting individuals are exposed when will

1476
02:19:06,280 --> 02:19:13,080
this taskforce
act if it will not act then it needs to

1477
02:19:10,559 --> 02:19:16,880
be disbanded and our taxpayer dollars
that are being wasted on this

1478
02:19:14,559 --> 02:19:21,679
ineffective units need to be
redistributed to other programs that

1479
02:19:19,040 --> 02:19:26,439
would be beneficial to all citizens of
Taran County thank you thank

1480
02:19:29,880 --> 02:19:38,240
you my name is Charles bills I came to
talk about K Kori Campbell we all know

1481
02:19:36,120 --> 02:19:43,960
his story but I should reiterate that he
was never a threat to Public Safety he

1482
02:19:41,519 --> 02:19:49,600
was in a group home he had some sort of
incident and they had to subdue him

1483
02:19:47,080 --> 02:19:55,760
which they did and one of the uh
employees sustained some minor injuries

1484
02:19:52,560 --> 02:20:01,520
and uh but refus to press charges and
this group home is willing to have him

1485
02:19:58,120 --> 02:20:06,399
back once he gets out of jail I know the
only people that have the power to take

1486
02:20:03,399 --> 02:20:11,080
him out of the to get him out of jail is
either the Magistrate Judge or the

1487
02:20:08,439 --> 02:20:17,720
district attorney but I do implore you
Mr Tim oare the most powerful person in

1488
02:20:14,000 --> 02:20:24,720
the county to use whatever clout you
have to try to convince either of them

1489
02:20:19,920 --> 02:20:27,850
to do the right thing thank you thank
[Music]

1490
02:20:31,010 --> 02:20:40,080
[Music]
you I'm here to speak about the death of

1491
02:20:37,280 --> 02:20:44,439
my son Anthony Johnson it's been almost
two months since his death I know my

1492
02:20:43,120 --> 02:20:48,600
daughter said a month no it's been
almost two the family we still have not

1493
02:20:47,280 --> 02:20:55,960
heard from the Texas
Rangers can you believe that h two

1494
02:20:53,439 --> 02:20:59,319
months the jailers and medical staff are
still

1495
02:20:57,439 --> 02:21:03,960
employed has the court seen the
unredacted video

1496
02:21:01,319 --> 02:21:09,439
no if not
why because there's an additional nine

1497
02:21:06,680 --> 02:21:15,040
minutes where you're going to see how my
son was dragged around like a rag dog

1498
02:21:12,520 --> 02:21:19,760
and he received no medical
treatment I heard JPS was here I hope

1499
02:21:18,280 --> 02:21:25,479
they're listening because they need to
see that video as as well and I can

1500
02:21:22,160 --> 02:21:30,359
almost guar I can almost assure you the
people that worked or supposedly were

1501
02:21:28,040 --> 02:21:34,359
saving or trying to save my son will not
be

1502
02:21:32,200 --> 02:21:39,399
employed I did some research after I
left here the last time and I realized

1503
02:21:35,920 --> 02:21:42,439
Mr Ramirez is um my commissioner I am
his

1504
02:21:40,319 --> 02:21:47,880
constituent um I'm sorry that he's not
here today to hear my words but I expect

1505
02:21:45,600 --> 02:21:53,640
Mr Ramirez to work with Miss Simmons to
view the video as well as the

1506
02:21:50,600 --> 02:21:58,920
administrators at JPS so they can see
the lack of Care by their

1507
02:21:55,840 --> 02:22:03,439
staff I also expect Mr marz to join Miss
Simmons and asking for independent

1508
02:22:00,600 --> 02:22:09,280
investigation of this jail facility
since there has been yet another death

1509
02:22:06,080 --> 02:22:14,280
just last week we the family will keep
coming to this court until we see change

1510
02:22:12,040 --> 02:22:21,200
I am fully aware that we are in election
cycle the family has no trust in this

1511
02:22:17,120 --> 02:22:27,920
system retirement of eort gives us no no
comfort and I now have to fun his

1512
02:22:25,040 --> 02:22:27,920
retirement as a

1513
02:22:28,200 --> 02:22:32,080
taxpayer this jail is a

1514
02:22:32,240 --> 02:22:39,399
slaughterhouse the sheriff must go and I
will be watching what Mr Ramirez does

1515
02:22:38,200 --> 02:22:44,520
going
forward and for all of you that have

1516
02:22:42,040 --> 02:22:48,319
been asking for that video be careful
about what you asked for

1517
02:22:56,190 --> 02:23:02,600
[Music]
I'mma speak about negl

1518
02:22:59,680 --> 02:23:08,120
negligence um leading to the death this
year 2024 we've had tragic tragic dies

1519
02:23:06,200 --> 02:23:12,880
with a custody of the Taran County
correctional facilities these deaths has

1520
02:23:10,920 --> 02:23:18,279
seriously neglect and mismanagement
under the supervision of Mr Sheriff wbor

1521
02:23:16,040 --> 02:23:24,000
failure to ensure safety and frequent
and unexplained fatalities indicate a

1522
02:23:21,279 --> 02:23:29,080
systematic failure to maintain the safe
environment and for individuals in

1523
02:23:26,800 --> 02:23:33,560
custody raising significant concerns
about the procedures and oversights

1524
02:23:31,080 --> 02:23:38,240
within the correctional facilities lack
of accountability there has been no

1525
02:23:36,240 --> 02:23:43,040
insufficient transparency and or
accountability regarding these incidents

1526
02:23:40,800 --> 02:23:49,439
eroding public trust in the leadership
of our Correctional institutions need

1527
02:23:46,080 --> 02:23:54,240
for reform the community to demands
immediately immediate reforms to ensure

1528
02:23:52,080 --> 02:23:59,439
the safety the dignity and the
well-being of all individuals in custody

1529
02:23:57,120 --> 02:24:04,200
new leadership is essential to
implementing these necessary changes

1530
02:24:02,040 --> 02:24:09,439
changes that we're requesting and
restoring public trust and confidence in

1531
02:24:06,399 --> 02:24:14,640
our city of Fort Worth we're asking that
someone please take the time to go down

1532
02:24:11,479 --> 02:24:18,240
and and look in on harrie Campbell um
the mother has asked for the charges to

1533
02:24:16,319 --> 02:24:23,960
be dropped against him the young lady
who he accidentally assaulted because he

1534
02:24:21,160 --> 02:24:28,479
has an issue has also asked that the
charges be dropped against him uh I'm

1535
02:24:26,840 --> 02:24:33,920
not sure if the young man has any other
criminal cor records or anything um but

1536
02:24:31,600 --> 02:24:39,560
he actually needs a facility that will
help him with his mental illness not a

1537
02:24:36,600 --> 02:24:45,680
cage that treats him like an
animal judge oara you have a beautiful

1538
02:24:43,240 --> 02:24:51,840
and loving wife when my brother had a
stroke I didn't know her and she showed

1539
02:24:48,640 --> 02:24:58,160
up every morning for a week and brought
me food and a Bible now I don't know how

1540
02:24:55,560 --> 02:25:02,760
she relates to Your Capacity as it
relates to emotional and sympathy but

1541
02:25:01,040 --> 02:25:07,359
she thought enough to just do that and
she didn't know me you don't know Mr

1542
02:25:04,880 --> 02:25:12,160
Kyrie Campbell but it would be nice for
you to release and or submit the release

1543
02:25:10,000 --> 02:25:16,279
papers to have this young man released
and put into a facility that could

1544
02:25:14,040 --> 02:25:20,920
actually help his mental issues opposed
to being treated like an inhuman animal

1545
02:25:19,560 --> 02:25:25,560
inside of a case that he does not
deserve to be in it was an accident he

1546
02:25:23,240 --> 02:25:30,240
has mental issues and with that being
said he couldn't control his actions and

1547
02:25:28,439 --> 02:25:38,680
the things that he had done at that
moment but we as a community his mother

1548
02:25:34,200 --> 02:25:43,560
we have plad since December to please uh
it was an accident an assault an

1549
02:25:41,080 --> 02:25:48,760
accident because of his mental capabil
and capabilities please take the heart

1550
02:25:46,080 --> 02:25:52,600
the time and read into it and and do
what is needed to bring this young back

1551
02:25:50,680 --> 02:25:57,720
to his facility that would actually help
him opposed to incriminate him and harm

1552
02:25:54,479 --> 02:25:57,720
him even more thank

1553
02:26:03,840 --> 02:26:11,120
you I didn't sign up to speak during
this period but there's something that

1554
02:26:08,359 --> 02:26:17,040
just does not rest Well with My
Soul um some of you know that I'm uh

1555
02:26:15,240 --> 02:26:21,439
very active with religious Society of
Friends and most of our time in worship

1556
02:26:18,880 --> 02:26:27,279
is in silent prayer
Nan Terry was just denied her First

1557
02:26:23,880 --> 02:26:34,359
Amendment right to spend a time in
private prayer or public prayer

1558
02:26:31,240 --> 02:26:41,279
here virtually every time I come to
Commissioner's Court I'm subjected to

1559
02:26:37,760 --> 02:26:44,920
non-inclusive prayers by narrow-minded
Christian

1560
02:26:42,439 --> 02:26:48,560
nationalist that does not set Well with
My

1561
02:26:45,760 --> 02:26:53,080
Soul in other Faith
Traditions they may not

1562
02:26:50,920 --> 02:27:01,560
sing but they
chant and so this is my prayer for this

1563
02:26:56,880 --> 02:27:06,680
Commissioner's Court it's called koree
Campbell koree

1564
02:27:04,120 --> 02:27:13,160
Campbell koree
cell koree Campbell save this person's

1565
02:27:13,880 --> 02:27:21,600
life all right we are now going to go
into executive session please remain

1566
02:27:18,720 --> 02:27:25,640
seated while I read the following the
commissioner you're out of order the

1567
02:27:23,880 --> 02:27:30,040
Commissioner's Court will now recess the
Open Session and proceed to close

1568
02:27:27,240 --> 02:27:40,359
session to discuss items exempt under
55171 072 074 076 087 and 0725 of the

1569
02:27:36,720 --> 02:27:40,359
Texas government code we are now in

1570
02:27:49,120 --> 02:27:53,160
recess e

1571
02:28:48,000 --> 02:28:52,040
we have cor present let me go see

1572
02:29:13,160 --> 02:29:16,160
your

1573
02:29:41,380 --> 02:29:44,630
[Music]

1574
02:29:45,000 --> 02:29:51,960
I have
[Music]

1575
02:29:47,680 --> 02:29:58,439
all I think the go to
the extent that it's

1576
02:29:53,420 --> 02:30:02,479
[Music]
avable new sh

1577
02:30:02,800 --> 02:30:07,359
with and not sure

1578
02:30:12,840 --> 02:30:20,560
that I think we're in the I we're in the
half that

1579
02:30:17,279 --> 02:30:24,399
has this is the
I know it's not

1580
02:30:25,080 --> 02:30:28,600
fix major

1581
02:30:29,520 --> 02:30:37,680
lot all right we up we're live yes like
when it's live is like the camera is on

1582
02:30:35,200 --> 02:30:40,080
us wait for me it is live they flipped
the from executive session back to the

1583
02:30:39,160 --> 02:30:44,439
regular and that's how we know we're
live gotcha

1584
02:30:42,000 --> 02:30:50,800
okay all right we're back from executive
session with two uh items to take to

1585
02:30:47,399 --> 02:30:56,840
possibly take action on um first item is
A5 which was the uh potential adopting

1586
02:30:55,080 --> 02:31:03,560
of an order relating to the issuance of
solid waste disposals revenue bonds um

1587
02:31:00,240 --> 02:31:08,399
we had a discussion over
that um I'll second it so we have a

1588
02:31:06,479 --> 02:31:13,080
motion in a second to adopt this order
any

1589
02:31:09,760 --> 02:31:17,600
discussion all right please cast your
vote all right passes unanimously and

1590
02:31:15,800 --> 02:31:21,319
the next item is
item um F1

1591
02:31:20,130 --> 02:31:26,000
[Music]
which is to consider approval for

1592
02:31:23,160 --> 02:31:32,080
outside Council to file a notice of nons
suit on behalf of tarant County um in

1593
02:31:28,920 --> 02:31:36,080
the multi-district litigation enry
Chrysler Dodge Jeep EcoDiesel Marketing

1594
02:31:34,439 --> 02:31:41,720
sales practices and products liability
litigation do we have a motion there no

1595
02:31:38,600 --> 02:31:46,200
move all right we have a motion to
authorize uh Council to file that notice

1596
02:31:44,279 --> 02:31:53,399
of non suit without prejudice I'll
second it any discussion just a question

1597
02:31:49,640 --> 02:31:58,880
why we have to hire outside Council to
do

1598
02:31:55,560 --> 02:32:03,040
this well we hired the the baker wering
Law Firm seven years ago to file the

1599
02:32:00,800 --> 02:32:06,279
lawsuit so they're the ones who are we'
already got they're the ones

1600
02:32:04,479 --> 02:32:10,640
representing Us in the
lawsuit okay we have a motion and a

1601
02:32:08,439 --> 02:32:14,680
second I do believe any other questions
comments or

1602
02:32:12,319 --> 02:32:19,680
discussion all right seeing none cast
your

1603
02:32:16,439 --> 02:32:25,000
vote all right passes unanimously and
with that thank you for watching and

1604
02:32:21,359 --> 02:32:25,000
being here we are adjourned