[0:05] [Music]
[0:12] confirmation security contract 31 people
were
[0:17] period That's the salary for as
[0:23] 31 okay so
[0:28] I welcome to the Tuesday June 4th 2024
tant County Commissioner's Court meeting
[0:32] I now call the meeting to order Tim
O'Hare County Judge present L Charles
[0:37] Brooks commissioner Precinct one pres
Alisa Simmons commissioner Precinct two
[0:42] here Gary FAS commissioner Precinct
Three here man Ramirez commissioner
[0:47] precinct for constitutes of quum all
right thank you today's invocation will
[0:52] be led by Pastor Joshua Scaro of
Countryside Bible um last night one of
[0:58] uh the folks in the sheriff office
Lieutenant Jose Cortez was having dinner
[1:03] with his wife and children um had a
medical episode that's very serious he's
[1:08] in the hospital this morning with uh no
brain activity so please keep him he's
[1:14] only 41 please keep Lieutenant Cortez
and his uh family in your prayers and I
[1:20] have asked Pastor Scaro to also pray for
him this morning please rise for the
[1:24] invocation and
[1:28] pledges let's pray
Father in Heaven We Praise You for Your
[1:32] greatness that you are Majestic and holy
and Sovereign over the universe we
[1:37] praise you for your goodness that you're
kind and generous that you provide
[1:41] salvation to us through Jesus Christ
pray for anyone here who has not
[1:44] acknowledged their sinfulness and
submitted to Christ that they would even
[1:48] be saved today I pray that you would
bless the men and women in our local
[1:52] government especially those in this
meeting today that they would work hard
[1:55] to administer their duties in a way that
reflects you your Justice your kindness
[2:00] your compassion and integrity pray that
we the people would respect and honor
[2:04] the rightful government that you've put
over us for our good and For Your Glory
[2:08] we know that you God are are so
Sovereign alone over all things we can
[2:12] trust in you nothing surprises you we
can submit to your rule and Authority
[2:17] pray that we would conduct ourselves
appropriately God this morning we pray
[2:21] especially for lieutenant Cortez and we
pray uh that you would be kind to him
[2:26] that you would bring miraculous healing
in his body that that you would restore
[2:30] him
completely but God we don't know the
[2:33] future only you know the future and we
pray that whatever your plan and good
[2:38] plan is for him and his family that you
would bring them peace and
[2:41] comfort even today in this this
difficult situation we pray for the
[2:45] doctors and nurses caring for him that
they would care with skill and
[2:48] excellence and do everything they can in
their power and we pray again that you
[2:53] would just be kind to him and his family
we thank you for all these things this
[2:56] morning we ask in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ amen amen amen thank you
[3:01] Pastor please join me in the pledge of
allegiance to our flag I pledge Al to
[3:06] the flag of the United States of America
and to the repic for which it stands one
[3:14] nation indivisible Li andice for all and
now to the Texas
[3:21] flag the Texas flag I ALG to Texas one
under God one
[3:30] avable thank you you may be
[3:38] seated agenda announcements yes sir good
morning judge and Commissioners just a
[3:42] few announcements this morning uh number
one uh F1 for the criminal district
[3:47] attorney we're going to hold that item
until after closed we'll be seeing
[3:51] receiving a briefing and closed on that
one uh item
[3:55] G2 Facilities Management has asked that
we hold that item until later
[4:01] meeting uh under reports and business
item A4 is G2 on consent uh G2 was on
[4:08] consent
correct we're holding that item for a
[4:12] later a later
[4:17] meeting uh under reports and business
under the administrator sections items
[4:22] A4 and A5 are being pulled from consent
due to audience
[4:27] participation uh as well as E1 one is
also being pulled for audience
[4:33] participation uh and just one final note
under purchasing l14 there is an updated
[4:37] Court Communication in your red folders
A4 and A5 are consent pull due to
[4:43] speakers and then what was the next one
E1 it's Criminal Courts
[4:49] Administration E1 yes sir which is not
consent or is it it is consent we're
[4:57] pulling it from consent due to audience
participation
[5:01] it was
consent that's all I have sir okay thank
[5:04] you thank
[Music]
[5:10] you all right do we have any
announcements from the court
[5:15] members all right seeing none we will
move to the proclamations resolutions
[5:20] and presentation section it is that time
again for employee
[5:25] recognition and I know we have many
people here celebrating their
[5:29] anniversaries
and I'm going to talk about them as soon
[5:32] as I find this so uh today's reception
after we recognize all of you will be on
[5:39] the fourth floor room 403 instead of
behind here as we do frequently so room
[5:45] 403 uh I'm going to ask all of our
five-year employees to stand as I call
[5:50] your name uh the first is Mina
aluri Nara simha
[5:57] Bakula Ashley Chavez
David
[6:02] Collins Maris
Garcia chantler Jones that's a cool name
[6:09] Cynthia
King razn
[6:14] Kumar Nestor Lal
Santiago Christine
[6:19] Lawler Maria
Markham Eric
[6:24] martinz Joseph
matys Janette Mondragon
[6:31] Joe Munoz
Jr zna narv
[6:36] abreo Julie
Nichols Sabrina
[6:41] quania Elizabeth
Ramirez Allison
[6:45] rener Kristen Sanders and Annie
Vu thank you all very much for your five
[6:52] years we appreciate
[6:57] you all right next we have our 10-year
employees please stand as I call your
[7:02] name Shan
Brewer Kenneth
[7:08] divers William
duban Cindy
[7:12] Franco Jennifer
[7:16] Gabbert Trisha
Gardner Courtney
[7:21] hul William
Johnson Arya
[7:26] McCall charia Morrison
Barbara
[7:31] Munoz Tamisha
Parks Michelle
[7:37] rundles bisha
Shaw Lauren
[7:42] Smith shatia
Smith Hector
[7:48] viesca Carlos Wilson
senior and christe
[7:54] young thank you all very much for your
10e
[8:03] we appreciate you all right now for our
15-year
[8:07] employees uh please stand as I call your
name Crystal
[8:12] Albert Aaron
kofer Ryan
[8:17] down Dustin
Gerald Ronda
[8:23] little Polly
Maxwell Alexander puit
[8:30] pan prinsley
I can hear my own name saying something
[8:35] from 5 seconds
ago Jessica
[8:40] toar Kimberly
Wesley and Lee
[8:44] worth thank you all very much for 15
years we appreciate
[8:53] you now for our 20-year employees please
stand as I call your name Feliz Johnson
[9:00] Julie
Martinez Aaron
[9:05] Perez Troy
Shores Monica
[9:10] Tipton and Rachel
Wright thank you all for 20
[9:20] years all right now we have our 25-year
employees I'm going to ask you all to
[9:25] stand
individually uh first up is Penny bunch
[9:30] where are you Penny hello Penny how are
you 25 years with the Sheriff's Office
[9:35] Deputy Bunch born in Fort Worth went to
high school at Arlington Heights uh one
[9:41] daughter something that no one knows
about her she collects old hand Stitch
[9:46] Quilts what she likes to do for fun she
likes nerdy stuff like digging for
[9:52] crystals or jy's her words not
mine um other job titles she's had with
[9:58] the county directions officer Jailer um
most memorable moment here at the county
[10:04] was when um got her police her peace
officer
[10:10] license What She Likes most is her
family spending time with them and she
[10:14] has nine grandchildren so thank you very
much Deputy
[10:22] BX we appreciate you for 25
years next we have Robert rundles is
[10:29] Robert here with us hi Robert how are
you sir Deputy rundles 25 years um works
[10:37] at Constable Precinct 2 born in Dallas I
went to Carter High
[10:44] School trying to guess your age were you
were you there in
[10:48] 88 now was a good year um went to a
college at UTA and tarant County College
[10:56] a fact that no one knows about him he
likes to paint and to read
[11:01] books uh what he likes to do for fun he
likes to travel and take road trips with
[11:05] his family um he's been with the county
he was a Jailer for 5 years a bayth for
[11:10] one year a criminal warrant Deputy for
six years spent six years as a patrol
[11:14] sergeant and one year as a Judicial
Sergeant uh what he likes most about his
[11:20] employment with tarant county is that it
has allowed him to be a provider to his
[11:23] family and to live a quiet peaceful life
and we thank you very much sir for your
[11:28] 25 years
[11:36] all right next we
[11:39] have uh is Valerie Allen
here which I don't think Valerie's
[11:45] coming but she's with the 297th district
court been with us 25 years if you're
[11:51] listening or watching Valerie thank you
very much for your 25 years of dedicated
[11:55] service to tarant County
[12:01] all right next we have Jennifer hooks is
Jennifer here hi Jennifer um been with
[12:07] us also 25 years her job titled is
Criminal floor manager she was born in
[12:13] Harford City Indiana hooer and uh went
to high school at
[12:17] Richland uh she has four
children and what she likes to do for
[12:23] fun swimming and watching her boys play
baseball her boys was 17 14 and 8
[12:30] um she has also been um in reception and
booking in the jail she did that for 3
[12:34] years uh she was promoted to the bond
desk which she did for 12 years and then
[12:38] transferred to the courts where she's
been for 10 her most memorable moment
[12:43] was getting stuck in the elevator for 45
minutes her first day of work
[12:49] wow well you had no place to go but up
no no pun intended
[12:55] um What She Likes is that even though
she's been here a good long while
[13:00] there's always something else to learn
and improve on Jennifer thank you so
[13:04] much for your 25 years we appreciate
[13:11] you all right is Cynthia Hicks
here all right hi Cynthia how are you
[13:18] good so I don't have a form for you but
you are with the county clerk's office
[13:22] you've been with us 25 years and we are
very grateful for your 25 years of
[13:26] service to Taran County thank you
[13:36] Ed heac Mr Ed where are you 25 years
with us Precinct 3 equipment maintenance
[13:41] supervisor you might know him and a
great
[13:46] cook and an even better
mechanic 25 years with us Precinct 3
[13:52] equipment maintenant supervisor born in
haltam City went to haltam high school
[13:57] uh spent four years at County junior
college got his associates degree in
[14:02] automotive technology and small engines
three children three grandchildren he
[14:07] been a member of the Knights of Columbus
for 48 years and he is a fourth degree
[14:12] Knight um what he likes to do for fun
Smoke Barbecue cook help friends and
[14:18] family um he's active in his
church and he's uh known commissioner
[14:25] Fus and judge Whitley a very long time
and participated in United Way events
[14:30] and then home for Precinct 3 events um
the best I noticed a theme Here the best
[14:35] times cooking was with the Knights of
Columbus for over 20 years cooking for
[14:39] Special Olympics at UTA in Arlington on
Memorial Day weekend they would cook
[14:44] lunch for 1,500 people on Friday and
Saturday um until the Special Olympics
[14:48] move their annual event to San Antonio
but he continues to help with special uh
[14:53] Olympics and local events he's also been
a mechanic of heavy road equipment his
[14:58] most meor mble moment the birth of his
children and
[15:03] grandchildren what he likes the most
after 23 years maintaining and running a
[15:07] cemetery he found himself looking for a
job took the job at the camp you've
[15:11] worked for 48 years you don't look old
enough to work that long after 23 years
[15:16] maintaining and running a cemetery he
was looking for a job took the job at
[15:19] the county for temp work until he could
find a job he was actually looking for
[15:23] and uh it's 25 years of temp work I
guess if you maybe you'll find something
[15:28] new
um he has enjoyed his entire time here
[15:32] it is like family to him he served under
three judges and two Commissioners and
[15:37] he told Gary commissioner Fus that he
would wait and retire in December with
[15:42] him he couldn't have asked for a better
career and uh when he retires he will
[15:47] continue to take care of his wife who
has a disability after a surgery gone
[15:51] bad 10 years ago will'll continue to
work with the Knights of Columbus and
[15:54] church with their Good Deeds he also
volunteers and manages the church
[15:58] Cemetery for the last 25 years and
will'll continue to do so you seem like
[16:02] a fantastic guy thank you Mr Ed for your
25 years of service to Taran
[16:12] County all right darinda Cummings
darinda where are you Hi darinda how are
[16:17] you so they told me that you are the
glue that holds the precinct for
[16:22] maintenance team together um 25 years
you're now the business manager you're
[16:26] born in McKenna as she graduated from
AEL High School um she has two daughters
[16:33] uh one is a graduate Alisa is a graduate
of Baylor and an attorney and then
[16:36] Britney is The Graduate is a graduate
from ouu she's a nurse practitioner she
[16:41] has three grandchildren ranging from
ages 3 to 16 fact no one knows about her
[16:47] she has a real estate license uh she
likes to travel for fun um other job
[16:53] titles in the county she has actually
been in this same position for all 25
[16:57] years she's been here she took the
position temporarily while an employee
[17:01] was out on medical leave and still here
today um her most memorable moment 911
[17:08] uh Precinct four is in the flight path
of the joint reserve base in me mechum
[17:11] airport um they hear planes all day long
on 911 you only heard fighter jets which
[17:17] was pretty unsettling and what she likes
the most she has great co-workers who
[17:22] are always eager to help and it's like
having an extended family darenda thank
[17:25] you for your 25 years of service
precinct for
[17:34] all right Evette where are you Evette
Collins there you are how are you today
[17:40] I'm good good uh IET has been with us 30
years and she started in accounts
[17:47] payable which at that time was in
purchasing she her she now works in the
[17:51] auditor's office Administrative
Assistant 3 born in Fort Worth graduated
[17:56] from Western Hills High School um grad
graduated from UTA with a
[18:00] BBA um she has one son um who graduated
um from Texas Tech his undergrad and he
[18:09] has a masters from Tech in molecular
pathology um this is really cool um is
[18:16] there anybody in here who has ever heard
of Bob trick Woods anybody so this is
[18:22] many years ago but her dad Bob trick
Woods played for the Harlem glob trods
[18:27] pretty cool
um something no one knows about her she
[18:31] would like to write an inspirational
book and am I right that Marcus Haynes
[18:38] um you know him very well I think a lot
of people would know Marcus Haynes he
[18:42] was kind of the the star of the globe
charg at that time and he recruited your
[18:45] dad to join another team when he left
the Harlem Globe triers right yeah
[18:49] pretty cool um what she likes to do for
fun um just share happy moments with
[18:54] family and friends um she's also been an
accounts payable Clerk
[18:59] uh most memorable moment there are many
but one that stands out is the reaction
[19:03] of fellow co-workers when bats were
flying around the auditor's
[19:09] office um what she likes the
most uh she has gained a wealth of
[19:14] knowledge and met some very interesting
people she's also very thankful for the
[19:18] wonderful friendship she has gained
while working here um she is an active
[19:22] member of Eastland Church of Christ and
she is just a spectacular
[19:29] asset to tarant County and thank you so
much for your 30 years of service to
[19:39] us okay Frankie McGill is with the
Sheriff's Office Frankie is not able to
[19:45] be here today but has been with us for
30 years so let's please give a warm
[19:50] thank you and appreciation to
[19:54] Frankie is Carmen Garza
here Carmen are you with
[20:00] us okay so Carmen is has been with us 30
years Carmen's a legal assistant born in
[20:06] Fort Worth graduated from Trimble Tech
she has one
[20:10] child um in fact no one knows about her
if you know you know if not you're not
[20:16] supposed to know so um what she likes to
do for fun spend time with her husband
[20:22] Moses and her son Maddox shop and
read um in 1994 she was the receptionist
[20:29] for the intake division in the DA's
office for less than 30 days she was
[20:33] then promoted to legal secretary in the
intake division her most memorable
[20:38] moments working offsite at the Fort
Worth PD facility and transitioning from
[20:42] paper case filings to electronic case
filings she enjoys coming to work and
[20:47] working with a great group of talented
people let's give a big round of
[20:51] applause to Carmen Garza for 30 years
[20:59] all right also not
attending uh lesie Stewart from
[21:03] Transportation Lesley's been with us 30
years let's give lesie a big thank you
[21:09] for 30 years of
[21:13] service and last but not least also
can't be here today David paa who is in
[21:20] the deputy warrant division David is our
only um 35y year anniversary today uh he
[21:26] was born in Fort Worth graduated from
from Arlington Heights High School did
[21:30] some college at tarant County College
has two
[21:34] kids um he likes to hunt fish cook
barbecue and spend time with his family
[21:41] he's also been a peer support team
member with the
[21:44] county
um his most memorable moments are just
[21:48] those times when he helps others that
just need someone to talk to um he is
[21:53] also retiring on July 31st after 35
years he will miss his job and lots of
[21:59] the people that he works with he's
worked in the warrant division for the
[22:03] past 28 years um he has been involved in
a lot of arrests there have been several
[22:08] people that have helped him lots of good
people covering him too many to think
[22:12] it's been fun and very challenging at
times and David enjoy your retirement
[22:17] next month and thank you very much for
your 35 years of
[22:25] service all right that we have a motion
to receive and file employee recognition
[22:29] I'll make that second we have a second
please cast your
[22:37] votes all right that passes unanimously
thank you all very much one more big
[22:41] round of applause for all our
[22:47] employees and if you would like to go to
the reception feel free to get up and do
[22:51] so now room 403 on the fourth floor
[Music]
[23:04] Wilder leading the way as
[23:11] usual did you watch
that I have a DVR I haven't watched it
[23:16] yet do you know what happened yes I do
do you know how it happened no for free
[23:20] w
[23:26] yeah all right we have the next one
National blood Don
[23:32] [Music]
[23:38] day
[23:42] okay all right to continue the meeting
our next agenda item is a proclamation
[23:47] for National Blood Donor day
commissioner Fus well we're very happy
[23:54] to U participate
in National Blood Donor day is something
[24:02] that I know that tan county has always
taken very
[24:06] seriously and we uh always have a number
of people that uh are are donating and
[24:17] we greatly
appreciate uh all they do
[24:22] whereas June
14th
[24:26] 2024 is now National Blood Donor day
recognizing Americans who volunteer with
[24:34] dedication
selfishness and
[24:39] compassion and those who donate blood to
help patients and urgent need of
[24:46] life-saving
transfusions and
[24:50] whereas Carter blood care
originated in tan County in 1951
[24:58] one serving citizens throughout the fort
wor metro area as well as over 50
[25:08] counties across Texas as one of our
state's largest and leading nonprofit
[25:16] Community Blood
Centers though though the collection
[25:21] testing stores and
distribution of more than 400,000
[25:28] uh four 440,000 units of blood products
each year and whereas the mission of
[25:38] Carter blood care is to save lives by
making
[25:44] transfusions
possible is itself made made possible
[25:50] through the support of tan County blood
donors and whereas tan County Imports
[25:59] Carter blood care life saving Mission
and longtime role in our community now
[26:07] therefore be resolved that we the
Commissioners Court of Teran County do
[26:13] hereby
Proclaim June
[26:18] 14th
2424 as National Blood Donor day in tant
[26:25] county and encourage our citizens
to donate blood or volunteer their time
[26:33] with Carter blood care further we
publicly salute the service of blood
[26:40] donors in our community and in
communities
[26:47] Nationwide in witness here of we have
here and to set our hand and cause the
[26:56] Seal of tering County to be a fixed this
fourth day of June
[27:05] 2024 and I move approval second we have
a motion a second to approve this item
[27:11] any
discussion all right please cast your
[27:16] votes all right passes your
[27:24] name he's going to come down for
pictures and then any if you'd like to
[27:29] say a few words you're welcome to do
so okay I was the elevator you were
[27:38] [Music]
[27:55] [Music]
[28:06] [Music]
[28:11] [Music]
[28:16] thank you commissioner for this
recognition if for your service to the
[28:20] citizens of tarant County for supporting
Carter blood Care's mission to save
[28:24] lives by making transfusion possible
June 14th World Blood Donor day raises
[28:30] awareness of the importance of blood
donors in our community and in fact
[28:35] their help is needed every day because
the need for blood is
[28:40] non-stop blood donors help children
across tarant County who are fighting
[28:44] cancer and sickle cell anemia older
adults with health issues mothers going
[28:50] through difficult deliveries and open
heart surgery and organ transplant
[28:55] patients it takes just 1 hour
to donate blood and give back to your
[29:01] community I encourage everyone to join
Taran County's blood drive on Friday
[29:06] June 7th from 700 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. you
can learn more about blood donation by
[29:12] visiting carterbloodcare.org thank you
again for this wonderful honor and we
[29:18] are so grateful for your support thank
[29:25] you judge might be recognized for a
point of personal privilege
[29:32] certainly I would like to recognize a
very special guest that we have with us
[29:38] this morning that would be Susan Redford
the executive director of the Texas
[29:46] Association of counties which represents
all
[29:52] 254 counties in the state of Texas she
is officed
[29:58] in
Austin and
[30:04] uh presents a rather aggressive agenda
representing counties before the state
[30:11] legislature and they do a bunch of other
services for counties Susan would you
[30:16] come up and have a remark or two
[Music]
[30:30] good morning judge good morning
Commissioners commissioner thank you for
[30:33] recognizing me um on behalf of Texas
Association of counties um I do want to
[30:39] extend a a sincere thank you to Taran
County for your longtime membership uh
[30:45] many members of this court have been
very active in our association uh over
[30:49] our history and instrumental leaders to
of you are graduates of our leadership
[30:53] program which we're always grateful to
to have you at participate in that um I
[30:59] look forward to to spending time with um
with you judge and commissioner Simmons
[31:04] over the next few months getting to know
you better seeing how we can better
[31:08] serve you and help you I do want to
thank commissioner fius and commissioner
[31:12] Brooks for your longtime Service uh you
will be dearly missed once U you retire
[31:17] at the end of the year and have been
longtime friends so thank you for the
[31:21] recognition thank you for your
membership and partnership and I look
[31:24] forward to working with you more thank
you thank you s
[31:31] thank
you all right next up we come to our
[31:35] consent agenda um do we have a motion to
approve the consent agenda as amended so
[31:40] move second all right we have a motion
and a second any discussion all right
[31:44] please cast your
votes all right the consent agenda is
[31:48] approved unanimously uh one of those
items on the consent agenda was a an
[31:53] agreement to provide Road funding for
city of Keller and uh here in the
[31:57] audience with us today is the mayor of
Keller Arman mazani Arma will you stand
[32:02] thank you thank you mayor
[Music]
[32:07] yes all right that brings us
to the regular agenda and the first item
[32:14] up on the regular agenda is a public
hearing it's a public hearing to
[32:18] consider placement of no parking signs
on winds Scott Clover Road in Precinct
[32:22] one so the public hearing is now open is
there anyone who wishes to speak to this
[32:29] item to consider placement of these no
parking signs on winds Scott
[32:35] Clover all right seeing none I'll
entertain a motion to close the public
[32:38] hearing move to close the public hearing
all right I'll second so we have a
[32:43] second Motion in a second any discussion
there all right please cast your
[32:48] vote passes unanimously the public
hearing is now closed your honor I'm are
[32:55] we agendized to approve the the stop
sign the uh no parking sign yes sir it's
[33:01] later in the transportation section it's
in the transport yes sir okay okay next
[33:07] up uh we have the administrator section
the first item on that is appointment of
[33:12] the public health director morning Court
members it is requested that the
[33:15] Commissioner's Court appoint a director
of the Taran County Public Health
[33:19] Department and health authority your
honor I
[33:23] move to appoint Dr William Bryan
bird as the Director of Taran County
[33:32] Public Health Department and as the
health authority for tarant County to be
[33:38] effective July 1st
2024 in making this motion I would note
[33:46] that Dr bird is a competent physician
with a reputable professional standing
[33:54] is legally qualified to practice
medicine in Texas and is a resident of
[34:00] Fort Worth Texas he is therefore
qualified to serve as Teran County's
[34:08] Health
Authority I would add
[34:14] as just a personal observation that I've
known Dr bird for a good number of
[34:22] years uh have worked with him in his
capacity and as a member of the fort bur
[34:29] city council that goes back several
years and I am uh
[34:36] pleased I am thrilled
actually that uh
[34:42] he sees leadership of our public health
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[34:49] authority to be his next adventure in
life and a mission to which he will
[34:58] dedicate his time talents and service
and I welcome you to the Taran County
[35:06] family Dr bir all right thank you
commissioner Brooks we have a motion
[35:10] I'll second it any discussion from the
court all right seeing none cast your
[35:19] vote all right it passes unanimously
welcome aboard Dr Brian bird
[35:31] please feel free to say a few words
thank you judge and thank you
[35:35] Commissioners thank you commissioner
Brooks for that
[35:38] moving introduction and motion and I've
thoroughly enjoyed my relationship with
[35:45] you sir and working with you in the
public capacity and I want to thank this
[35:50] court for trusting me to lead this very
important department it's an honor to
[35:54] get to do it it feels good to get back
into public service after a few years
[36:00] Hiatus and U I've thoroughly enjoyed
meeting with each of you in the past
[36:05] four or five days and hearing your
vision for public health um for the
[36:11] department and your expectations of me
and I take that very very seriously and
[36:15] I appreciate your time uh we as a
department as soon as I dive in after
[36:21] July 1 and get to know everybody and get
to know what we're doing we continue to
[36:24] be a listening organization we will
listen to all the
[36:28] stakeholders listen to all the leaders
in the health departments around the
[36:33] counties and and and the leaders in
Taran County of all the different health
[36:38] organizations and we will be an
organization that works hard that's
[36:42] conscientious uh we will work according
to our strategic plan and we will work
[36:47] uh very diligently to carry out the
mission of the organization so um I want
[36:52] to thank uh Mr Chandler Meritt for uh
trusting me on this I won't let you down
[36:57] sir um and I would just be in error if I
didn't point out that I'm here with my
[37:03] amazing wife Stephanie um who uh
commissioner Brooks referred to
[37:08] yesterday as one of his shirros and uh I
agree with you sir she's an amazing
[37:14] human being amazing leader in the
anti-human trafficking world so so with
[37:18] that I'll close thank you very much
judge thank you Dr
[37:26] bird just
further I would like to thank Tom
[37:30] Stallings our Deputy County
Administrator for serving as the interim
[37:37] Public Health director and for keeping
the ship on
[37:42] course uh thank you Tom for all you
[37:50] did you you beat me to it you took the
words right out of my mouth so all right
[37:54] next up on the agenda is approval of out
of state travel requests I'll move to
[37:59] approve these out of state travel
requests do I have a second second I
[38:03] have a motion and a second any
discussion all right please cast your
[38:07] vote right passes
unanimously okay next
[38:13] up is going to be A4 removed from
consent and
[38:22] A4
is looking at approving a letter
[38:28] and unclaimed property Capital credits
for Cy's form requesting the Texas C
[38:32] trol or Public Accounts remits tarant
County unclaimed funds under chapter 74
[38:37] of the Texas property code take the
words out of my
[38:43] mouth move approval okay we is there
anything you're going to say no no okay
[38:48] all right we have a motion to
approve I'll second it we do have a
[38:53] public speaker um any questions for
Megan before we let her
[38:58] go all right read
[39:03] bills
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I
[39:14] [Music]
okay uh okay we have a motion and a
[39:20] second any discussion on this
item all right seeing none please cast
[39:25] your vote
all right this passes
[39:30] unanimously next up also removed from
consent is
[39:34] A5 A5 is adopting an order relating to
the issuance of solid waste disposals
[39:39] revenue bonds by the mission Economic
Development Corporation for the benefit
[39:43] of Republic Services Inc for certain
facilities located in Taran County and
[39:46] throughout Texas uh the only additional
information to add on this one is that
[39:50] Taran County this does not impose any
payment on Taran County we are asked to
[39:54] approve these because the facility is
located in tarant County so I just
[39:59] wanted to make that a point of
clarification do we get a do we get a
[40:02] fee for we do not get a fee for this at
all this is simply there are seven I
[40:06] believe seven nine facility locations
spread throughout uh for this spe
[40:11] specific facility it's they're getting
13 million of the overall 133 million
[40:16] Bond allocation but this does not impose
any financial obligation on the county
[40:21] we don't repay the bonds we're not
responsible for the bonds we are a pass
[40:24] through based off of the IRS code uh
they have to legally require our
[40:29] approval prior to the issuance of the
bonds it gets packaged up and goes to
[40:33] the Attorney General's office for
consideration after all the approvals
[40:36] have been sought okay uh all right any
questions for
[40:41] Megan move
approval second okay we have a motion
[40:45] and a
second questions yes I don't I don't I
[40:50] have a bunch of questions but
um I called May
[40:57] at about 6:15 this
morning
[41:02] um my
concern is
[41:07] process so I saw
this agendized
[41:13] and didn't have any details about it and
so uh we've got to do better uh Chandler
[41:23] um i' I've talked about this before um
I've got to be briefed on this stuff um
[41:31] I would I would guess that Commissioners
Brooks and Fus are probably old hats at
[41:37] something like this um but just to see
anything with Millions attached to it
[41:46] anything with what millions millions on
the agenda um I'm I I need to be briefed
[41:53] on it um so hopefully we will get to a a
point where I'm not saying this over and
[41:59] over again
um so I still do have a lot of questions
[42:06] and uh I I expect you guys to show up at
my office to to take those questions yes
[42:13] ma'am just Megan and I have already
talked this morning about specifically
[42:16] with debt issuance items that have
millions of dollars attached to it we
[42:19] will be sure that every time no matter
what going forward we will make an
[42:22] appointment with your office to to
review these when they come in thank you
[42:29] okay any other questions for
Megan all right we do have some speakers
[42:34] signed up for this first is Reed bills
next is lon
[42:47] Burnham my name is Reed bills and I'm
asking you to pull this item from the
[42:53] agenda there has been insufficient
notice and information provided on this
[42:58] high dollar proposal making a decision
at this time
[43:05] impossible all right following Mr
Burnham we have Daniel
[43:09] [Music]
[43:19] Bennett good morning everyone um I'm
going to remind you of a brief story I
[43:24] told you before uh a long long many
decades ago uh I helped set up the
[43:29] common cause office here in Texas it was
a public interest advocacy group and
[43:33] they were involv what office common
cause the state office in Austin and
[43:40] it's was set up to help usher in good
public policy initiatives by the
[43:46] legislature open meetings requirements
public notice requirements and while I'm
[43:51] sure it was just a bureaucratic
mistake this item is not properly posted
[43:59] for the public hearing and in fact the
video conference of April 12th no one
[44:05] actually participated or attended and if
for no other reason this should be
[44:10] pulled from the agenda because it may be
illegal because it did not comply with
[44:15] the open meetings requirement and you
need to review the application it is a
[44:21] big dollar item that deserves to have
the questions answered the commissioner
[44:26] Simons is raising thank you thank you
following Mr Bennett is dorine
[44:35] gger Daniel Bennett White Settlement
morning judge Commissioners I want to
[44:40] read the adverstisement that was uh
publicly put out there for uh
[44:46] consideration and it's the language that
bothers me it's not so much the process
[44:51] I I spoke to Mr McCormack he's in Frisco
I talked to him this morning about it
[44:56] the the uh secondary issuer will be Bank
of America I do have a problem with Bank
[45:00] of America I got a problem with all
these Money Center Banks I got a problem
[45:04] with money in Texas in Taran County
specifically going out of state on
[45:09] reissuance and being sold by these Money
Money Center Banks there's plenty of
[45:14] issuers within tan County that could
handle $133 million but the Hado count
[45:19] Mission corporation which I I'm down
there quite often I also called the EDC
[45:24] board down there W you know why they're
the front issuer on it on the on it well
[45:28] they've done some environmental bonds so
they have a process in place and under
[45:32] the government code you have to have a
government entity issue these bonds I
[45:36] get I get the process let me read
this it says Republic Services Inc
[45:43] corporate and or one of the more
subsidiaries or Affiliates thereof
[45:48] doesn't mean Republic specifically it
could be Affiliates or subsidiaries okay
[45:53] it's very Broad and base
uh financing or refinancing Capital
[45:59] Improvements side improvements equipment
Acquisitions related to The Borrowers
[46:04] solid ways to exposal facilities and
collections operations including
[46:09] facilities let me get down to the
important issue operations located any
[46:15] one or more of the following locations
within the language
[46:19] judge they can actually refinance debt
now if you're a private entity and you
[46:24] take on some debt that you become upside
down cuz you can't increase due due to
[46:28] cost so you run out and get some taxfree
money to pay off taxable money or
[46:33] liabilities that you already assumed we
don't know where the money's going and
[46:37] so I look at the documentation for
specifics to our $13 million it's not in
[46:42] the packet what are they going to do
with our $13 million that's what I want
[46:47] to know are they going to do a
subsidiary are they going to buy new
[46:50] trucks are they going to pay off all
debt just what are they going to do and
[46:54] I don't want to be giving corporate
welfare out because they're upside down
[46:58] in a business model we don't know that
I'm not I'm not saying they are I'm
[47:01] saying potentially based on the way the
notice is written it could be and I just
[47:05] want to make sure that we understand
where our $13 million if we sign off on
[47:09] this today how it's going to be used
thank you thank you following Miss guer
[47:14] is Linda
[47:21] Hanratty Republic Services request for
$133 million in bonds from the mission
[47:29] Economic Development Corporation is to
be used to finance infrastructure and
[47:34] Capital Improvements to solid waste
collection and Disposal operations at
[47:40] nine facilities including only one in
tarant county that would be the
[47:47] Republican facility located on moer
Valley Road in Ulus the Tet County bonds
[47:54] would be for 13 million what exactly
will the improvements be in Taran County
[48:01] I can't tell from the agenda documents
why is tarant County joining Mission
[48:07] which is at the Rio Grand border and
other facilities for bonds for our local
[48:14] solid waste
collection why is Mission in hadalo
[48:20] County the umbrella for all 133 million
in bonds we need a lot more information
[48:28] thank
you following Miss hanr is Geral and
[48:32] Jackie
[48:40] Haw as a Taran County taxpayer I am
concerned about the possible
[48:45] environmental justice issue surrounding
whatever Republic Services plans to do
[48:50] at 800 Moser Valley Road it is my
understanding that this area was an
[48:56] early African-American settlement and
holds meaning for this community the map
[49:01] shows a sanitary Land Fill already
exists in this area I understand that a
[49:05] public hear you've been told the public
hearing to the public hearing nobody
[49:10] appeared what I want to know okay solid
waste disposal is important and it is my
[49:16] understanding that the county needs more
landfill space however this consented
[49:21] agenda item does not elaborate as we've
been told before about how the $13
[49:25] million all ated to Taran County will be
used nor does it discuss any potential
[49:32] adverse impacts on the surrounding
population I think that we owe it to the
[49:38] residents of that area and people
concerned about that area which holds
[49:42] meaning for them to know exactly what
Republic plans to do thank you thank
[49:48] [Music]
[49:53] you thank you my name is JN Jackie
Co I keep waiting for the day when this
[50:02] will be a body who seem to be the fiscal
conservatives that you claim to be when
[50:10] I find an item on the agenda that
involves uh granting tax relief is what
[50:16] it really is revenue bonds to Republic
Services Inc and I look up for public
[50:23] services and I find that they are the
second largest tax second largest trash
[50:30] hauler and they're essentially they are
a vertically integrated Monopoly they
[50:36] own the local facilities for collection
and they own the disposal facilities
[50:42] they own it
all when I see something produced in the
[50:49] handout appears to have been created by
the
[50:53] lobbyist for a little economic
Development Corporation I mean the
[50:59] letter sir um there's a letter in
support of this package addressed
[51:06] to judge O'Hare and it was dated in
April of
[51:12] 2024 and it appears that all the staff
work for this is based on two little
[51:19] numbers one is a total of $133 million
for issuance of bonds for a bunch of
[51:26] counties
and one is a total of $13 million for
[51:31] Taran County but I don't know what
they're going to do with the $13
[51:36] million what will Republic Services do
that is worth 13 million dollar worth of
[51:43] foregone revenues from the county in
order to earn this Bond money how much
[51:51] money will the bond issuer make and how
much money will the lobby for the bond
[51:57] issuer which is the firm brace will
Patterson what how much will they make
[52:03] what's the budget for this what's the
purpose why are we doing it I'm asking
[52:09] that you pull this from the agenda today
and provide us with answers to those
[52:15] questions so that the rest of you can
evaluate realistically is this in our
[52:21] best interest or not I realize that as a
liberal I tend not to be in favor of
[52:27] corporate welfare and it seems to me
like a $13 million donation of revenue
[52:34] bonds from the county is kind of
corporate welfare which might have been
[52:39] spent on something like child care or
education or health care or filling the
[52:46] potholes on Granbury Road commissioner
Brooks that's becoming priority with me
[52:52] there's one that threatens to swallow my
car daily so let's find out where we
[52:56] really need the money please thank you
all right that's all that we have signed
[53:00] up to speak uh I I would ask the court
are you um well I would like to get some
[53:07] legal advice regarding this project and
bonds uh before we take a vote
[53:16] so are we is there any reason we can't
get that
[53:20] today um in our executive session we can
talk about it councel on
[53:27] okay uh anybody opposed to that no okay
all right we'll move forward from A5 at
[53:35] the moment and may bring it back after
executive session so you do have a
[53:41] motion in a second on the floor on this
item right now so how do we I'll
[53:44] withdraw the motion okay there we go all
right uh
[53:56] [Music]
all right
[54:01] E1 is pulled off entirely or E1 was just
pulled off
[54:06] consent E1 was pulled off consent okay
all right that takes us to E1 sir I
[54:12] believe we have C1 first I believe we
have C1 first unless you want to take it
[54:18] in a different order yeah where are
we Bud appropriation yeah I got you yeah
[54:26] you're right uh budget and risk
management discussion of possible action
[54:30] related to fiscal year 24 appropriation
adjustments yes sir move to approve sir
[54:36] we have a motion and a second any
questions comments or
[54:40] discussion not seeing none please cast
your
[54:45] vote all right that passes
[54:49] unanimously which now then would bring
us to
[54:53] E1 and what is E1 Criminal Court
Administration fiscal year 24 contract
[55:00] between tant County and MHMR of tant
County for the in custody batterers
[55:04] Intervention Program and Youthful
offenders diversion Alternative
[55:08] Program anybody here to speak to that
item from the
[55:13] staff all right seeing none do we have
any questions comments or discussion
[55:18] from the
[55:22] court do we have a motion from the
court move
[55:27] all right we have a motion to
approve um I'll second that item any
[55:32] discussion amongst the Court members
before we bring up a
[55:37] speaker all right our speaker on this
item is n
[55:47] [Music]
[55:51] Terry good morning thank you first off I
support this contract but this is not
[55:57] the first contract between Taran County
and MHMR that lapsed at the end of the
[56:01] previous fiscal year last time the work
continued I hope the work continued with
[56:06] this contract since the contract lapsed
on September 30th
[56:10] 2023 I hope the workers continued to get
paid and continued to do the work I am
[56:16] confused that the county requires staff
to go to the County commissioners before
[56:20] accepting donations or before staff can
apply for a grant application but we
[56:25] allow contracts like this where in
essence we're
[56:28] donating time uh without going before
the court how many more contracts are
[56:34] continuing past the date of the signed
contract and why I wouldn't do business
[56:40] with an agency that doesn't pay its
bills would you I said this the last
[56:44] time I am appalled that the judge and
the Commissioners are allowing this to
[56:48] happen on your watch under no
circumstances can this practice be
[56:53] considered good governance how many more
contracts are out there like this let's
[56:58] wrap this up before next fiscal year
begins thank
[57:02] you all right we have a motion and a
second on this item any discussion
[57:06] before
voting all right seeing none please cast
[57:10] your
vote all right passes
[57:14] unanimously uh F1 is held until after
closed which takes us to
[57:24] purchasing I will make a motion to
approve items L1 through
[57:31] 5 Second all right we have a motion and
a second to approve items L1 through 5
[57:37] any questions comments or
[Music]
[57:40] discussion all right please cast your
vote all right passes
[57:47] unanimously on number
six so I have a question for a couple of
[57:55] questions on for Helen on
6B
[58:02] um so the the way you should go there
prob oh no you got a mic you're good um
[58:08] whatever you want the uh just to make
sure this is totally clear to everyone
[58:14] this RFP
that you're wanting to do shows an
[58:20] estimated value it's an annual contract
says estimated value of
[58:24] 3816 um you don't actually believe the
number is going to be that high no sir
[58:29] okay what do you anticipate it will come
in at anywhere between 120 and 1 15 and
[58:35] that's for the initial purchase and
setup that's not an annual 120 or 150
[58:41] hit to the budget no sir okay the number
3816 so with your number of it should be
[58:48] between 120 and 150 and the number that
we see
[58:51] 381 that's I mean on your low end that's
more than triple
[58:56] why does that number get put on this
agenda I believe the IT department goes
[59:00] and gets quotes and they put the
high-end for just in case on the uh
[59:07] request to submit uh bids by quotes you
mean they go solicit what the price will
[59:14] be for this from other companies before
we've given permission to do an RFP they
[59:18] just look at the the average C they
don't go solicit but they do have to get
[59:24] some information so they have an idea of
what the cost is so they ask various
[59:29] vendors what the cost is for the product
they're not soliciting them to do
[59:34] anything
[59:39] okay all right that's all I have any
other questions from the court members
[59:44] or a motion move approval we have a
motion to approve the permission to take
[59:50] bids and rfps from commissioner Brooks
do we have a
[59:54] second second a second from commissioner
Simmons any
[59:59] discussion all right please cast your
vote all right passes unanimously thank
[1:00:06] you next we
[1:00:12] [Music]
have transportation
[1:00:15] services looking at the approval of the
placement of no parking signs on wind
[1:00:19] Scott Clover Road in Precinct one we had
our public hearing
[1:00:23] earlier um I'll move to to approve
second have a motion and a second any
[1:00:29] discussion
there all right please cast your
[1:00:35] vote all right passes
unanimously next up we have appointments
[1:00:39] to boards and commissions do we have any
appointments to any boards or
[1:00:44] commissions that need to be
made all right seeing none we'll move to
[1:00:49] this briefing item update on work of the
election Integrity task force do we have
[1:00:54] anybody speaking to that
[Music]
[1:00:59] morning judge good morning uh so I was
given a set of just specific questions
[1:01:06] would you like to ask them ma' or would
you just like me to give you the answers
[1:01:08] I've seen so far okay so uh I was asked
a couple of questions uh from
[1:01:13] commissioner Simmons's office with
regards to this briefing item uh and uh
[1:01:18] I'll just read through the questions and
then the information I have right now so
[1:01:22] uh the first question was is was there a
dedicated budget set up for the EIT or
[1:01:27] elections inte Integrity task force I
confirm with Helen that we do not have a
[1:01:32] dedicated budget that has been set up
for the elections Integrity task force
[1:01:36] uh the second question was is how many
full-time positions make up the
[1:01:41] elections Integrity task for uh task
force uh provide Department's title and
[1:01:45] salary so uh to my knowledge there are
no full-time positions which are solely
[1:01:50] dedicated to the elections Integrity
task force but to give you an idea of
[1:01:55] how it's embedded in two departments
that I know of which would be the cda's
[1:01:58] office and the Sheriff's Office uh in
the cda's office I believe there are
[1:02:02] approximately three attorneys uh that
work on this uh and those those average
[1:02:10] the the grade is anywhere from a 72 to a
75 and the average salary kind of of
[1:02:16] those three is
$106,500
[1:02:19] uh in the Sheriff's Office there's at
least one investigator that works on the
[1:02:24] elections Integrity task force
uh typically that is a 53-2 stepf the
[1:02:31] midpoint for that type of investigator
is $
[1:02:37] 73,9 the next question I received is how
is labor tracked against tasks
[1:02:42] associated with the E uh I'm not aware
of any separate tracking for cost of the
[1:02:47] E that would be within the department
since there's no specific budget set up
[1:02:51] for it so uh I've asked that question
but I've not received any uh information
[1:02:55] back with regards to that specific
question uh how many complaints have had
[1:03:01] charges filed uh according to the cda's
office there have been 12 complaints
[1:03:06] which have been investigated and as of
today no charges have been filed uh in
[1:03:12] the Sheriff's Office uh they have they
report that they've had they've had
[1:03:18] approximately 70 complaints that have
been
[1:03:20] received uh and then the last item I was
asked was the salary of one individual
[1:03:25] in the cda's office uh that's glennice
mcin and her current salary is
[1:03:31] $163,500
and I believe that constitutes the
[1:03:37] questions I received ma'am so is um Miss
mcen uh she's one of those three
[1:03:45] attorneys in the cda's that's my
understanding yes ma'am okay she's kind
[1:03:50] of the head of the unit and then there's
two attorneys that get the cases
[1:03:54] referred to them for investigation okay
so she's head
[1:03:58] of the task force or
unit is she part-time no she's a
[1:04:05] full-time employee I believe this this
encompasses a portion of her duties but
[1:04:10] it's not all of her duties
[1:04:14] okay and 12
complaints to the cda's
[1:04:20] office zero charges correct that's my
understanding yes ma'am and 7
[1:04:26] 70 complaints received by the Sheriff's
Office yes ma'am that's correct what's
[1:04:30] the disposition on those I don't have
any information on the disposition the
[1:04:35] only other comment I got was that some
of these I don't know how many are still
[1:04:38] being actively
investigated okay but I didn't get a
[1:04:43] specific number on where they were with
the disposition of the 70 complaints all
[1:04:47] right and when when was the task force
um stood up when was it instituted what
[1:04:53] was the date uh some last year I don't
I'm sorry I didn't have that I don't
[1:04:57] have that specific
information uh but I can certainly try
[1:05:01] to try to find that if you'd like me to
I just don't have it available right now
[1:05:05] yeah well that that's okay uh you know
[1:05:09] I'm it's it's remarkable that neither
the da or
[1:05:17] Sheriff are here to brief
us since this this was their idea this
[1:05:24] task force was their idea
um they were such enthusiastic
[1:05:29] enthusiastic supporters of having this
task force um so I expected to be
[1:05:35] briefed by them and not you and I
appreciate
[1:05:39] you trying to get the information it
seems as the County
[1:05:47] Administrator you should have been able
to get answers to four or five questions
[1:05:51] that we sent over but listening to you
go I I don't know um I can't get that
[1:05:59] information is is concerning but um not
unremarkable um so we are approaching a
[1:06:09] big election cycle we um have dedicated
funds and and staff to this task force
[1:06:17] and I just wanted to see if after here
um it's been performing or if it's
[1:06:24] necessary um with 82 complaints in a uh
County of 2.2 million it it
[1:06:34] seems like a waste of taxpayer dollars
to me so um hopefully at some point we
[1:06:41] can get a full update from either the
district attorney or the sheriff on the
[1:06:48] um
necessity of this election Integrity
[1:06:54] task force um
um I do know of a complaint that has
[1:07:00] been received because it's uh from my
precinct um would you happen to know
[1:07:07] anything about any complaints uh
particularly one involving the Mansfield
[1:07:14] Independent School District I I do not
have any information on any complaints
[1:07:18] with regards to this since that's
basically law enforcement functions I
[1:07:22] I'm not privy to active invest
investigation details if if it is indeed
[1:07:27] an active
investigation okay all right thank you
[1:07:32] for your effort yes ma'am all right any
other questions or comments from the
[1:07:36] court
members uh we do have several people
[1:07:41] signed up to speak I meant to make this
announcement at the beginning uh I will
[1:07:45] make it
now uh just a word of warning there will
[1:07:50] be no profanity from that microphone
today or any other day as long as I'm
[1:07:54] here if there is you will be removed
from the building
[1:07:58] immediately uh so know that you're
warned the speakers that we have first
[1:08:05] is Billy Wilson following Mr Wilson is
Dorian
[1:08:10] [Music]
[1:08:19] gger Billy Wilson Arlington Texas
Precinct 2 glad to see a assembly glad
[1:08:25] to have you on board thank you
wrongheaded you've heard it before the
[1:08:31] election was not stolen Haida Garcia did
a good job and Crystal Mason should not
[1:08:36] have been
prosecuted on May 15 2023 Congressman
[1:08:40] Mark VY wrote a letter to the Department
of Justice asking them to investigate
[1:08:45] the actions of Tim Mr Tim O'Hare his
concerns was that Mr oare with the
[1:08:50] guidance of the citizens of election
integrity and true and true Texas
[1:08:54] Project was engaging in election
intimidation intimidation under the
[1:08:59] guise of election
[1:09:04] Integrity uh couple of meetings ago our
district attorney Mr SS confirmed that
[1:09:10] his goal was in appealing the recent
Crystal Mason case was to send a
[1:09:16] message we don't believe it's the
business of The Da to send the message
[1:09:20] of intimidations to its citizens instead
it should protect its citizens by focus
[1:09:25] on proc uting those who break the law
groups like to True Texas Project
[1:09:30] recognized by the Southern Poverty Law
Center as an extremist group what
[1:09:35] message are we sending to
them what message is sent when you do
[1:09:39] not act on voter in irregularity like
those exposed in Mansville that Miss Sim
[1:09:43] was just talking about we've heard
nothing about that the message that we
[1:09:49] get are is that you are only concerned
about certain people non political
[1:09:56] servants like hyra
Garcia black women like Crystal
[1:10:01] Mason We believe that the 2020 elections
were the most secure in the history
[1:10:06] there is no need to waste taxpayers
dollars on an election Integrity
[1:10:11] unit we need to see you SEC ensuring
that voting is encouraged by its
[1:10:18] citizens without
intimidation we need you to speak for
[1:10:23] our terent County Citizens not just your
political groups we believe that you are
[1:10:30] participating in voter
intimidation prove us
[1:10:34] wrong thank you next up is Miss
guer followed Miss guer is Michael
[1:10:44] Bell according to the Texas Secretary of
State's website anyone with knowledge
[1:10:50] voter fraud should report it to the
Secretary of State's office and and
[1:10:55] complete the Secretary of State's office
form found online and
[1:11:01] submitted Secretary of State's office
can refer the complaint to the Texas
[1:11:06] Rangers for
investigation when I voted in the
[1:11:10] Primary runoff I took a picture of my
receipt that I got from voting that
[1:11:17] stated voter fraud should be reported to
the tant county election task force by
[1:11:22] contacting the tant county Sheriff
office at and the number Shouldn't Judge
[1:11:30] oare Sheriff wer and the da s be
required to abide by the state rules I
[1:11:37] don't think Sheriff's job descriptions
in Texas include investigating voter
[1:11:44] fraud thank
you following Mr Bill we have alen
[1:11:49] Turner Jr
[Music]
[1:11:55] if it please the court the Taran County
election interrogative task force was
[1:12:00] started over a year ago purportedly to
investigate local election complaints
[1:12:07] there's even in online form labeled
elections Integrity complain think about
[1:12:13] it the ination is that in Taran County
politics all the many many years prior
[1:12:19] to the formation of this woefully
dubious and highly superflous task force
[1:12:25] all of those years the County elections
lacked integrity that's the intimation
[1:12:30] how many years has the majority of the
Commissioners Court been Republican as a
[1:12:34] matter of fact back in November 22 when
you were elected Deacon oad the headline
[1:12:40] of the Ford worth business press read
and I'm quoting Republicans still reign
[1:12:46] in Taran County my point is that the
formation of the task force was not
[1:12:50] birthed by Dirty partisan politics so
besides the obvious public persecution
[1:12:56] and attempted judicial lynching of
Crystal Mason where is this rampant
[1:13:02] elections fraud the very fact that there
has been so little push back on the very
[1:13:06] existence of a task force that was
conceptualized to intimidate intimidate
[1:13:11] voters and suppress voters is scary this
bogus claim that this task force is
[1:13:17] needed to ensure Fair election is based
on a b baced lie the task force
[1:13:23] wrongfully projects the PO vist of
widespread voter fraud fraud that will
[1:13:29] subvert confidence in elections and
dissuade voters from participating in
[1:13:34] democracy including through melon
ballots there's simply no credible
[1:13:39] evidence of extensive V of fraud in
Taran County let's just tell the truth
[1:13:44] and shame the devil uh the real aim of
this task force is to inhibit voter
[1:13:49] participation this is the case of the
emperor has no close the social e
[1:13:55] ethical problem inherent in the makeup
of this task force is that it is helmed
[1:14:00] largely by elected officials an elected
County Judge an elected sheriff and an
[1:14:06] elected da a County Judge who receives a
campaign donation from a contractor with
[1:14:11] a questionable track record and turns
around and awards awards that same
[1:14:16] contractor with the multi-million dollar
contract a sheriff who has had to ccel a
[1:14:22] contract with the private prison that
violated state standards and fired two
[1:14:26] jail EMP employees who participated in
actions related to the in custody death
[1:14:32] of Anthony Ray Johnson without following
protocol and then having to rehire those
[1:14:37] that he fired a DA who is so fixated on
making crystal Mason an example that he
[1:14:43] hasn't yet brought charges against those
responsible for Anthony Johnson's in
[1:14:48] custody death these are three members of
an election Integrity task force this is
[1:14:54] a blame case of the fox than your time
is up the Cure is worse than the
[1:15:00] disease following Mr Turner we have Lon
[Music]
[1:15:08] Burnham no Mr Turner all right L Burnham
[1:15:16] [Music]
[1:15:26] [Music]
good morning again and thank you to the
[1:15:31] commissioner for asking this item be on
the ballot for on the ballot for
[1:15:35] discussion on the agenda for discussion
um you know I have helped hold uh the
[1:15:41] last four elections in this County and I
have helped post that notice about
[1:15:48] calling the Integrity unit and I have
helped lay down on the table that people
[1:15:53] see as they come in to vote the
suggestion that you call the county but
[1:15:57] I just want to recall for you
guys it's fundamentally
[1:16:03] flawed that you would set up an election
Integrity unit that is headed by elected
[1:16:09] officials now if we were truly
interested in pursuing the concerns that
[1:16:14] we report to be interested in we'd have
a
[1:16:18] nonpartisan public interest entity
heading this up but it's very clear to
[1:16:23] me and even more clear after a public
forum I attended last week that that is
[1:16:29] not the intent of this Integrity unit
last week I was able to participate in a
[1:16:34] public forum on voter suppression there
were representatives there from the
[1:16:40] NAACP the League of Women Voters and
lulac and by the end of this meeting
[1:16:46] after we reviewed any number of things
that have
[1:16:50] occurred the general conclusion was
Tarrant County
[1:16:55] Texas is the epicenter of voter
suppression now when would people jump
[1:17:01] to that conclusion well one is Crystal I
mean obviously this is a case of
[1:17:07] persecution against this woman one is
the whole concept behind the Integrity
[1:17:13] unit and the rumors that fly all over
the place that the DA's hire to do this
[1:17:18] job was promised an uncontested
Republican
[1:17:21] primary which didn't occur and she lost
the primary but nevertheless it's not
[1:17:26] the first time somebody's been lied to
uh to get them to do something that they
[1:17:31] probably wouldn't do otherwise so the
point of my message is this you need to
[1:17:37] disband the Integrity unit and recreate
one that is led by public interest
[1:17:43] nonprofit organizations that believe in
the right to vote not elected officials
[1:17:49] that try to suppress the vote thank you
for your time thank
[1:17:53] you thank you you all at the next item
on the agenda tant County Sheriff's
[1:17:57] Office and JPS staff update regarding
incident in the tant county
[1:18:03] jail still good morning uh so Sheriff's
Department was was unable to brief on
[1:18:10] this item as well uh as I've done
previously I have the media release in
[1:18:13] front of me which I intend to read into
the record uh we do have a
[1:18:16] representative from uh JPS here Miss
daffan Walker who is their general
[1:18:20] counsel and I believe she'll be making
comments uh following my my reading this
[1:18:24] into the record uh so this is dated May
28th 2024 reference of death in custody
[1:18:30] on May 27th 2024 tarant County Detention
officers found an inmate unresponsive in
[1:18:36] her cell at approximately 9:15 a.m. on
this same date the inmate was examined
[1:18:42] in the medical area refused any further
medical treatment and requested to go
[1:18:46] back to her cell just before 11:00 a.m.
staff responded to a medical emergency
[1:18:51] when the inmate became unresponsive John
Peter Smith Hospital medical staff began
[1:18:56] life-saving measures and administer
Naran to the inmate twice MedStar
[1:19:01] arrived and transported the inmate to
JPS where she was pronounced deceased
[1:19:05] the inmate had been in custody since May
16th 2024 she was being held on a
[1:19:11] warrant out of the North Richland Hills
Police Department for a charge of theft
[1:19:14] of property between $2,500 and $30,000
and a parole violation the Taran County
[1:19:20] Medical Examiner will release the
inmates name and cause of death all in
[1:19:24] custody deaths are reviewed and
investigated by Taran County Sheriff's
[1:19:28] Office jail staff the tcso criminal
investigations Division and outside law
[1:19:33] enforcement agency JPS medical staff the
Texas commission on jail standards and
[1:19:37] the Taran County Medical Examiner office
and the Texas Attorney General's office
[1:19:42] with that if it's okay with the court
I'll ask Miss Walker to come up and make
[1:19:45] comments from JPS
[1:19:53] [Music]
good morning judge
[1:19:57] Commissioners um I'm here as a
representative of JPS in connection with
[1:20:01] the item on the agenda that um Chandler
was just speaking about um at the time
[1:20:08] the inmate um was in the tan County jail
and ultimately transported to JPS via
[1:20:13] ambulance and first let me say that our
hearts go out to her family and friends
[1:20:20] um the inmate was pronounced deceased at
JPS following successful attempts to
[1:20:26] resuscitate her um and as is true with
any patient requiring Emergency Medical
[1:20:31] Services at JPS and out of respect for
the family and her loved ones there is
[1:20:37] no public statement that we are able to
share about her care however should the
[1:20:42] family have any questions about the care
um that she received once she was uh
[1:20:47] arrived at the hospital we're happy to
sit with them and answer those to the
[1:20:52] best of our ability
thank you thank you all right questions
[1:20:57] or comments I I do uh Miss Walker but
before you take off um thank you for
[1:21:06] coming to provide us this briefing um I
I think it's important to hear from JPS
[1:21:14] because obviously y'all play the
critical role y'all play a critical role
[1:21:21] in our jail when
emergency situations occur and just
[1:21:26] daily uh providing healthc care services
so I know you can't say much but in
[1:21:32] general terms I'd like to understand
what occurs when an inmate refuses
[1:21:39] Medical
Care well it would be the same as anyone
[1:21:44] who has the right to refuse Medical Care
um and obviously if there's an emergency
[1:21:50] situation we arrive to to try to
administer care um if if an a person is
[1:21:56] still responsive and does not want to
receive that care they do have the right
[1:22:01] to refuse
it so is there some type of form they
[1:22:06] have to complete or how do you just or
you just say I don't want Medical Care
[1:22:14] how how are you JPS
covered um in the event in an event like
[1:22:22] this somebody who refuses Medical Care
according to you guys and then they die
[1:22:29] yeah generally speaking any you know
interaction with patients are going to
[1:22:33] be documented in the medical record um
so I can't speak specifically to this
[1:22:38] case but that is generally what happens
is we're going to document what's going
[1:22:42] on with the patient so notes or do they
have to complete a
[1:22:47] form um not necessarily they don't have
to we can't force anybody to sign
[1:22:52] anything
[1:22:57] okay all
right do you have anything okay that's
[1:23:03] it thank you okay thank you
um our
[1:23:08] Sheriff again refus to come and
brief on this this
[1:23:16] [Music]
item which should concern all of you
[1:23:22] every citizen um
[1:23:27] he'll pick and choose when he talks to
the media and who he gives an exclusive
[1:23:33] to but um the citizens of Taran
County I've heard your questions I've
[1:23:42] heard from the family um I can't answer
your questions the Sheriff's Office can
[1:23:48] answer your questions JPS can answer
your
[1:23:52] questions um
and of course it's still early in the
[1:23:57] investigation and again I do
appreciate um JPS for coming down but um
[1:24:05] our sheriff is again
absent and I do have questions for him
[1:24:12] just natural questions for me and lots
of questions
[1:24:16] from the
community um one thing I would like to
[1:24:22] know and that see we do have public
speaker so hopefully some questions will
[1:24:27] get answered or asked they won't get
answered obviously because your sheriff
[1:24:32] is not here
[Music]
[1:24:36] um I I'm very interested to
know and maybe JPS knows I I don't know
[1:24:43] how
long Chassidy boner was in her cell
[1:24:49] before uh she was
checked because the mother said to me
[1:24:57] that she was um her
cmate attempted to contact the staff for
[1:25:05] a couple of hours so I don't I don't
know that and so it would be good to
[1:25:12] hear from the sheriff's office um on
that
[1:25:19] um and what condition was chassity in
and she arrived D at the jail what time
[1:25:26] did she
arrive what was the staff at JPS told
[1:25:32] about her or her condition when she
arrived
[1:25:38] um when will the family hear
from the sheriff's
[1:25:45] office um they contacted the
mother she was driving and while she was
[1:25:54] driving she told them she was driving um
she pulled over and they told her chass
[1:26:02] was deceased uh since then she has not
heard anything from the sheriff's office
[1:26:08] is that
protocol um does the Sheriff's Office
[1:26:12] reach out to families when there's a
death other than the death notification
[1:26:19] so lots of questions um and it's it's
unfortunate that our Sheriff doesn't
[1:26:25] value our
citizens uh even our um
[1:26:31] inmates enough to come down here to
Commissioner's
[1:26:36] Court and and be courageous enough to
take those questions from the
[1:26:43] public anything else from Court
members that we have speakers for this
[1:26:49] first is lon Burnham following Lon
Burnham we have Lon Bratton and I
[1:26:55] believe Pamela Taylor are on the same
form but if there's if you're both here
[1:27:00] you're welcome to come
up first once again thank you
[1:27:05] commissioner Simmons for providing this
opportunity for some public discussion
[1:27:09] about this concern almost two years ago
now I told the previous Court I would
[1:27:14] not come and speak at every
Commissioner's Court meeting unless
[1:27:18] there was a death in the jail there have
been so many unnecessary deaths this
[1:27:23] year I want to talk first just a little
bit about Miss boner and the situation
[1:27:29] of previous deaths in the jail that
involved supposedly we can't trust
[1:27:34] anything coming out of the jail at this
point but
[1:27:37] supposedly uh illegal drug trafficking
within our jail now some countywide
[1:27:45] elected officials like to go around and
talk about the porous Border in South
[1:27:51] Texas hundreds of miles away from us we
have a porous gel with people dying
[1:27:58] because we do not have adequate
management of this jail I want to lift
[1:28:04] up to you what everybody in this town
that talks about anything going on with
[1:28:10] County government knows that partial
video of Anthony Johnson definitely
[1:28:16] looks like some sort of
homicide we have a right to see the
[1:28:23] entire video we have a right to know the
truth and so far this Sheriff has denied
[1:28:31] us that right I'll make references back
to comments about sunshine and openness
[1:28:37] in government this County government is
a failed entity when it comes to
[1:28:44] openness and accessibility for what's
going on here and
[1:28:50] finally there's a moment of opportunity
here we have a failed Jael and a recent
[1:28:57] retirement we need to pursue a
nationwide search for the next head of
[1:29:03] the jail this next head of the jail
should not be an internal hire it should
[1:29:10] not be a crony with the same ideological
predisposition of our Sheriff it should
[1:29:16] be a professional
Nationwide search for replacement to
[1:29:23] correct all of the ills that afflict
this jail I'm just going to end with the
[1:29:29] same lament that we've said many many
times talking about the
[1:29:35] inappropriately incarcerated people with
Mental Health
[1:29:41] crisis Campbell is still
there it is totally inappropriate that
[1:29:48] this person is being detained I know of
too many people that are being detained
[1:29:54] at length in this jail for their mental
health issues and not receiving the help
[1:29:59] they need is Campbell going to be the
next death in this jail because no one
[1:30:06] your time is up Miss Bratton are you
present how about Miss
[1:30:13] Taylor okay next we go to Bishop
Kirkland
[1:30:18] [Music]
oh hello I'm Pamela Taylor um
[1:30:24] chassity Bonner's Aunt L Monica's sister
so I wanted
[1:30:28] to ask a few questions um we haven't
received any information
[1:30:35] on
exactly what chid's condition was and
[1:30:40] why she passed away um we haven't
received any calls from JPS or from the
[1:30:45] sheriff's office um and we would like to
know if we'll be able to see records of
[1:30:53] her condition
what she was treated for if she actually
[1:30:58] did um you know reject care and who did
she reject it from was it the medical
[1:31:04] staff at Taran County Jail was it at JPS
um the young lady that was up speaking a
[1:31:12] minute ago I couldn't quite tell if she
meant that chassid you know refus Care
[1:31:19] at JPS I don't think she could have done
that if she was unresponsive
[1:31:24] and they said on the news that she was
unresponsive for 2 hours that wasn't
[1:31:28] just said by her cmate they actually
reported that on the news on Channel 8
[1:31:33] that she was um unresponsive for two
hours so we we want to
[1:31:38] know when our questions will be answered
um and some of the questions that the
[1:31:44] commissioner asked as far as what was
her condition when she was brought to
[1:31:48] the
hospital
[1:31:51] um you know that that that's what we
need that's what we
[1:31:56] want um and then it was reported that
she was given norcan we would like to
[1:32:00] know why so we haven't gotten a full
story from anyone U we've gotten bits
[1:32:05] and pieces of what sounds like um things
are just kind of being regurgitated
[1:32:11] from report news reports or you know
maybe what's coming from the the jail or
[1:32:17] what JPS has said but we would like
concrete evidence of everything that's
[1:32:21] that's being said
[1:32:31] those are the questions and those are
our requests thank you thank you so
[1:32:36] sorry for your
loss following Bishop Kirkland we have
[1:32:40] Billy
[Music]
[1:32:46] Wilson I spoken to Chassy brother's
mother Monica she wants this court to
[1:32:52] know that her daughter was a person she
was a mother and a grandmother mother uh
[1:32:58] Monica as well as our V Village have
some tangible questions how does an
[1:33:04] otherwise healthy 36y old negro woman be
incarcerated two months in cman County
[1:33:11] then is transferred to Terry County
complains of a backache and less than
[1:33:16] two weeks of her arrival in sheriff
wilborn's jail she is murdered shame on
[1:33:22] Taran County for thinking for one moment
we believe the narratives of this
[1:33:27] obnoxious Antiquated vicious facade of a
system Stevie one and Ray Charles could
[1:33:33] see Crystal clearly through this Force I
have a few questions that surface and
[1:33:39] they may sound
rhetorical um why was a person given
[1:33:46] noram that had been in custody for 2
months you mean to tell me there there
[1:33:51] are drugs and you're supposedly
model jail why won't the sheriff come
[1:33:57] and be held accountable frankly I don't
blame him he's in a system of
[1:34:02] non-accountability your magistrate why
are you the target of the legitimate
[1:34:07] anger of so many people perhaps it's
your own blatant hypocrisy when you tell
[1:34:13] us if we're not in the courtroom to
speak that we'll be passed by but when
[1:34:18] your homeboy come in your well Wisher
come in you turn around and pick the
[1:34:22] paper up out of the trash let's call the
people that look like me angry Negroes
[1:34:28] but what about the good Caucasian people
that come in here week after week and
[1:34:34] complain I appreciate them because we
don't just have a negro problem we have
[1:34:39] an Institutional problem people come
here quoting scripture and talk about
[1:34:44] guys like the Prophet Jeremiah Isaiah
Ezekiel and Daniel those were not
[1:34:50] passive precautious go along to get
along type God they spoke truth to
[1:34:56] power I cannot stop coming until the
Judgment Bells tones for each of our
[1:35:02] Count's officials the blood that runs
down Bap into the cemetery requires
[1:35:09] atonement including chassies I will not
cease to come and cry out the blood of
[1:35:16] Malcolm Martin and mear exam mates from
their tomes and say Bishop Mark Kirkland
[1:35:21] your silence is your PR y King said the
ultimate measure of a man is not where
[1:35:28] he stands in moments of comfort and
convenience but where he stand in
[1:35:33] challenges and
controversy Miss bar Miss uh Miss uh
[1:35:41] uh I will not stop ringing the bell for
justice for your daughter I
[1:35:47] promise following Mr Wilson we have
Michael Bell
[1:36:01] hello again I just also like to say
happy Freedom month to
[1:36:05] everybody jail deaths
wrongheaded we call for
[1:36:11] decarceration not
incarceration the most effective thing
[1:36:15] we can do to decrease the jail Des is to
reduce the number of people that are
[1:36:19] being
imprisoned we would like for you to show
[1:36:23] some leaders Ship by assigning somebody
to be responsible for managing the
[1:36:27] interaction between the police mental
health JPS and the jails not sure what
[1:36:34] position that would be but we need
somebody somebody who could actually
[1:36:37] answer the questions that people have
about what happened to their loved ones
[1:36:43] somebody should be able to give a
coherent answer someone who understands
[1:36:47] the intricacies of the different
departments and how they Co they
[1:36:51] interact someone who can advise and act
to correct obvious errors like ID
[1:36:57] persons being placed in jail pending
competency hearings we we know that they
[1:37:02] will not become
competent we believe we need a County
[1:37:07] public defender with a unit focused on
citizens with ID Anthony Johnson should
[1:37:13] not have had commit violence to get the
help that he needed we need counties to
[1:37:18] require the state to take custody of
their inmates and the the state to fully
[1:37:24] fund mental health facilities our County
Jail should not be the number one Houser
[1:37:30] of people with mental
disabilities we repeat our call one
[1:37:35] proper placement of citizens with mental
health concerns two reduction of
[1:37:39] pre-trial uh population by speedy
magistration three fully educate
[1:37:44] officers and citizens on the diversion
program getting a lot of people saying
[1:37:48] they don't understand what they are need
somebody to help explain it stop the
[1:37:52] imprisonment of lowlevel nonviolent
offenders work with our
[1:37:58] community for real solutions and I just
try to come up with the answer yourself
[1:38:03] what does it say that those who those in
power claim to be powerless to do
[1:38:11] something about our ID
problem what does that say either you're
[1:38:18] incompetent or I believe you just don't
care Bri Kyrie Campbell
[1:38:23] [Music]
following Mr Bell is Harriet
[1:38:29] [Music]
Harold if it please the
[1:38:35] court L Bram has already said what I
needed to say and I thank him for that
[1:38:43] uh while I'm here just Robert Miller
someone who died from Cel anemia even
[1:38:49] though he didn't have Cel anemia javante
Myers Anthony Ray
[1:38:58] Johnson uh a marine veteran 31 years old
chassid bner 35 years old Taran County
[1:39:07] Jail of course is a killing field and
something needs to be
[1:39:14] done Miss Harold
[1:39:26] I'm Harriet Herold first I would like to
begin by expressing appreciation to you
[1:39:32] judge O'Hare for your state of the
county speech outlining your commitment
[1:39:38] to a smaller jail population and more
Mental Health Services instead of a new
[1:39:44] jail and your goal toward a new local
state psychiatric hospital we support
[1:39:51] that second agenda item
12b look at it do you recognize how
[1:39:59] offensive it is that the death of chidy
boner a human being in the County's
[1:40:07] custody is referred to here as an
incident yes and how offensive it is
[1:40:15] that the sheriff has no respect to be
here no
[1:40:21] Humanity more specifically recently the
family of Anthony Johnson and they're
[1:40:27] here expressed their outrage when they
watch the full video of his death and
[1:40:33] realized the amount of time that elapsed
before Mr Johnson was first cared for by
[1:40:39] JPS
workers when the Justice committee
[1:40:43] started this work with you two years ago
we were glad to find a thorough contract
[1:40:49] between MHMR and the county that the
sheriff also signed but there is no
[1:40:56] comparable contract between the county
and
[1:41:01] JPS there does not seem to be any
contracted coordinated standard of care
[1:41:08] or set of written
expectations as to how these three
[1:41:13] entities the jail JPS and MHMR interact
coordinate Andor prioritize their
[1:41:22] services
in Mr Johnson's situation for instance
[1:41:27] what document identifies
accountability what protocols can you
[1:41:34] ask the sheriff to share with the public
to demonstrate what all three entities
[1:41:39] did or didn't do to follow contracted
standards we've already seen two jail
[1:41:46] officers fired and then
reinstated because proper procedures
[1:41:52] were not followed
do the staff from the jail JPS and MHMR
[1:41:58] know how they are to interact with each
other in an
[1:42:03] emergency what is the expected time
frame within which a Jailer or JPS is
[1:42:10] supposed to care for an unresponsive
inmate do we
[1:42:17] know I would like to ask the county to
carefully examine this lack of coordin
[1:42:23] ated contracted standards for service
thank you your time is up thank you pton
[1:42:29] Jackson no that's we're not there yet
announcements and comments from uh
[1:42:34] Commissioners
[Music]
[1:42:39] anything it's probably not going to take
you to about another minute to get to
[1:42:43] the next public comments item so uh
anybody have anything up here all right
[1:42:49] seeing none we now go to public comments
[1:42:54] um the first person I have to speak is
pton Jackson following pton Jackson
[1:42:57] Bishop
[1:43:08] Kirkland good morning
Commissioners
[1:43:14] morning Congress rep Jackson of District
33 to introduce Bill 1163 the T Robinson
[1:43:22] bill for work workers comform because
and I quote an unjust law is no law at
[1:43:27] all according to St Augustine I'm
currently 27 years old by the time I am
[1:43:33] sworn in I will be 28 and one of the
youngest Congress reps in the state of
[1:43:39] Texas on my campaign Trail I asked my
neighbors my voters Faithfully
[1:43:45] one what change would you like to see in
your neighborhood and two if you can
[1:43:49] make or change one law what would it be
I mentioned my age previously because I
[1:43:53] want all of you to know that I have a
lot planned for my 30s I mean I sat down
[1:43:57] and I visualized it but one thing that I
could not fathom is being mutilated and
[1:44:03] disregarded after being given a lifelong
disability by a company welcomed into
[1:44:09] the City by our leaders I couldn't
fathom that at the early age of
[1:44:16] 31 after being decapitated at the FedEx
warehouse Miss Robinson was informed
[1:44:22] that came back with the conclusion that
the belt that she was working on was
[1:44:27] built improperly I couldn't fathom
waiting for an emergency contact instead
[1:44:32] of the ambulance with pieces of my
fingers missing I couldn't fathom being
[1:44:38] discharg after they realized that the
pain and the trauma that I had endured
[1:44:43] caused an active miscarriage that I
would now be forced to carry out by
[1:44:48] myself I couldn't fathom despising
something as simple as rainy days or
[1:44:54] cold weather simply because the nervous
system that I had been left with is
[1:44:59] beyond damage so damaged to now because
of weather I feel like I'm being
[1:45:05] electrocuted when you're cold you get
chills not me I feel like ice is being
[1:45:11] chipped in my muscles and my
veins I
[1:45:16] couldn't
fathom I know that you can't understand
[1:45:20] so that's how come I couldn't fathom how
our leaders even allowed this to happen
[1:45:27] but allowed it to be ignored and yes it
was pre-union but let's not pretend like
[1:45:32] there's aren't there aren't companies
operating in this County in this country
[1:45:37] without unions one being MHMR and y'all
celebrate them pretty often here Sim and
[1:45:43] G were just at one of their facilities
and Manny had had them in his office
[1:45:47] have either one of y'all worked for them
actually because I urge you to go in as
[1:45:53] an Undercover Boss just to see how they
operate before you hand out certificates
[1:45:57] or recognitions I want you to experience
firsthand the retaliation the harassment
[1:46:04] the hostile work environment the sexual
harassment that they condone on the 98
[1:46:09] suicide and crisis hotline y'all have
failed protecting workers in Taran
[1:46:14] County thank you your time is up I know
I can see that you can call your next
[1:46:18] speaker Mr
Kirkland and after him is Doran
[1:46:31] guer last Monday we celebrated Memorial
Day from the death of Christmas addicts
[1:46:36] at negr man the first death of the
Revolutionary War to chassid Barner when
[1:46:42] will my people's Precious Blood stop
making Rivers down the quarters of
[1:46:47] American History we worked your field
and we built your infastructure America
[1:46:53] has shown more compassion for her
criminality to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
[1:46:58] than they have to my people part of the
first worth way propaganda is to wait us
[1:47:04] out to figure that we need to moan and
complain but there will be neither rest
[1:47:08] nor Tranquility in Teran County until
Justice rolled down like running Waters
[1:47:14] and righteousness like a mighty scam
Monday pass I made a promise to Mr
[1:47:19] Anthony Johnson Senor that we will fight
to the the end when Mr crowns became our
[1:47:25] medical examiner for Teran County he met
with some of the Gatekeepers of our
[1:47:30] village he gave us his word that all of
his rulings will be based on the science
[1:47:36] and not political pressure Mr Emy we
need you to release the findings of the
[1:47:43] death of my brother Marine fellow Marine
Anthony Johnson Jr now if it is ruled
[1:47:49] homicide which means death by the hands
of another we are demanding that these
[1:47:55] criminals do exact get exactly what Ray
Ray gets when he kills T-Bone Ray Ray
[1:48:02] and everyone involved goes to jail for
murder the dasis members you cannot have
[1:48:10] a murder and not have
murderers Mr crowns please rule on Mr
[1:48:17] hail Robert's death as well odly enough
no one is talking about Mr Roberts who
[1:48:24] died on Valentine's Day this year while
we were out honeymooning but to the
[1:48:29] Roberts family it was more like the St
Valentine's Day Massacre of
[1:48:35] 1929 I received this letter retirement
on February 1st 2002 by direction of the
[1:48:43] 30th comedon of the United States Marine
Corps General Carl Mundy for all my
[1:48:49] years of service to our country never
allow my verbage to deceive you I have
[1:48:55] given my blood my sweat and my tears
I've endured months away from my family
[1:49:01] I've earned the right to speak truth to
power I will speak up for my little
[1:49:07] brother fellow Marine Anthony Johnson Jr
I bowed to my brother to see this fight
[1:49:14] to the end we took an oath as Marines
and the oath that we took was no man
[1:49:20] Left Behind once a marine always a
marine sey Anthony
[1:49:30] o following Miss Geer is Reed
[1:49:45] bills I have copies of the vote beat and
Texas Tribune May 29th
[1:49:53] article Texas officials compromised
ballot secrecy as they increased
[1:49:59] election
transparencies and the May 30th article
[1:50:03] Top Texas election official acknowledges
threat to ballot secrecy for each of you
[1:50:11] Mr Meritt has those for you Channel 5
television news reported this last night
[1:50:18] according to a top state election
official our ballots are not secret
[1:50:25] Texas efforts to increase election
transparency have made it easier to
[1:50:31] breach the secrecy of the ballot and
discover how some people vote recently
[1:50:37] an independent news site published what
is said was the ballot of former
[1:50:43] Republican party of Texas chair Mike
raldi cast in the March 5th GOP Primary
[1:50:53] raldi has neither confirmed nor denied
it was his ballot one candidate who lost
[1:51:00] her elections has demanded the use of
sequentially numbered pre-printed
[1:51:06] ballots which experts say could further
threaten ballot privacy this is one
[1:51:14] reason why it was a big mistake when
this court voted to require sequentially
[1:51:22] number ballots I want my vote to be
secret and I want your votes to be
[1:51:28] secret thank you thank you following
Miss bills we have Janelle
[1:51:33] [Music]
[1:51:41] Johnson I am speaking about the position
of tarant County
[1:51:47] Sheriff it has become apparent that
filling the role of sheriff is too
[1:51:52] important to leave to the voting public
if we have to elect someone for the
[1:51:58] position reduce the job description to
the ceremonial political figure head it
[1:52:05] has become then hire an experienced
capable leader with integrity and
[1:52:12] compassion who will protect all our
County residents from the actual and
[1:52:17] fiscal bleed caused by our current
criminal justice system
[1:52:26] following Janelle Johnson we have Sharon
[1:52:37] Hines
well it looks like I'm back it's been a
[1:52:43] month since my brother's
death a month and we still have no
[1:52:50] answers
a month and now the people who killed my
[1:52:55] brother are sitting at the house getting
paid right now a month since I seen you
[1:53:03] guys torture Mr I need you to look at me
you guys killed my brother no no no you
[1:53:11] need to listen Mr wbor has refused to
seek us has refus and locked
[1:53:19] doors
JPS say JPS here now to JBS is here now
[1:53:24] how you want to tell us what happened
you to the public take office take
[1:53:34] office to release the video that you
guys
[1:53:39] K he said REM I'm walking around walk
[1:53:51] around Miss h
following Miss Hines is Merl
[1:54:01] Glascock unhinged good morning judge
O'Hara commissioner Brooks commissioner
[1:54:07] Simmons commissioner
Fus if you have not been moved by the
[1:54:11] articulate and passionate speakers
before me I know my what I have to say
[1:54:16] is not going to matter but I just want
to ask some questions anyway I come
[1:54:20] before you again to speak for the dead I
come to speak for those who cannot speak
[1:54:24] for thems I'm here to ask if 60 deaths
in 70 years which is the sheriff
[1:54:31] rayburn's leadership is that acceptable
to the
[1:54:35] commission it has been cited as above
national average so again I ask is it
[1:54:41] acceptable to the
Commission in 2024 there is already been
[1:54:47] six deaths in the Taran County jail and
we are only in the sixth month the
[1:54:52] fourth day of the sixth month is that
acceptable to the
[1:54:57] commission I just celebrated my 70th
birthday at the end of May but inmate
[1:55:03] Chassidy C boner died at age
35 and just two weeks in the Taran
[1:55:09] County Jail I am double her age and she
died at 35 is this acceptable to the
[1:55:18] commission I choose to come before you
again to speak for those who cannot
[1:55:23] speak for themselves and to ask the
County Commissioners is this trending
[1:55:28] number of deaths in Taran County Jail
acceptable to you if not who's
[1:55:34] monitoring it who's being held
responsible for it who's being proactive
[1:55:39] about stopping it and who will continue
to just accept
[1:55:43] it and expect the public to also
continue to accept it thank you for your
[1:55:49] time thank you following Miss glasscock
we have Geral and Jackie
[1:56:00] Co I do
come as Miss Hines has to speak for
[1:56:06] those who cannot speak for
themselves and I thank you for knowing
[1:56:13] how important it is to listen to the
[1:56:19] public why is cyer Camp
still in the tant county
[1:56:26] jail surely nobody wants him to die
there keeping him incarcerated will only
[1:56:35] lead to his
death cyi needs to be placed in a
[1:56:42] suitable treatment
facility what is happening now to ceri
[1:56:50] is inhumane
it is actually
[1:56:56] criminal to prevent him from having a
chance to
[1:57:02] live and why hasn't the entire video of
Anthony Johnson's death been
[1:57:10] released what are you afraid people will
[1:57:17] see and exactly how and why did Chastity
cord boner
[1:57:26] die she is numbered as the sixth death
this year while in custody at the tarant
[1:57:34] county
jail and why was the sheriff not in this
[1:57:41] room
[1:57:44] today what is the real reason for chief
Ecker to be
[1:57:50] replaced many citizens of tarant County
do not trust what is going on in the
[1:57:58] tarant county
[1:58:01] jail and I commend you judge
O'Hare for wanting to get the Jud the
[1:58:08] jail population
down I believe getting the mentally ill
[1:58:15] out of the jail into a
facility with qualified people who who
[1:58:22] could help them could help achieve our
goal and my final
[1:58:30] question what action is being done to
get the tarant county inmates who are
[1:58:37] now in the Garza County for-profit
Prison back to tarant
[1:58:44] County my concerns have come from being
part of a family riddle
[1:58:52] with mental
challenges but my experience is with
[1:58:58] those of white privileg thank you for
listening thank you following Miss Cox
[1:59:04] we have Liz
[Music]
[1:59:10] Badgley judge oare others have mentioned
our gratitude that it is your intent to
[1:59:17] try to reduce the population in the tan
County Jail there's litigation now
[1:59:24] before the court federal court here
which alleges that the real problem the
[1:59:29] systemic problem with the tan County
Jail is that the
[1:59:34] population
outstrips the ability of the F
[1:59:39] facilities and the staff to take care of
it and we get example after
[1:59:46] example of
death perhaps the most distressing was
[1:59:52] the video that appeared
on TV you know and it was there it was
[1:59:58] on my link to the Star
Telegram of it was almost like a
[2:00:05] horrible tragic comedy of these deputies
racing up the stairs one of them pretty
[2:00:12] overweight and he suddenly was there
putting his foot on the neck of Mr
[2:00:19] Johnson and then Mr Johnson was
de it was very
[2:00:26] upsetting because it was
symptomatic of an inability of the
[2:00:32] system to respond in a proper way why
wasn't there somebody with authority to
[2:00:38] make that quit upstairs before the two
jailers came rushing up to not fix it
[2:00:46] what do we have to do so I'm asking that
you do a national search
[2:00:52] for a chief Jailer and I'm asking that
you go forward with your efforts to
[2:00:58] reduce the population I I have suggested
before that it seemed to me that we just
[2:01:04] shouldn't be holding many Class B
misdemeanor in the jail and that the
[2:01:09] Overflow occurs because it takes four
days to get a personal to get a bond and
[2:01:15] you just keep packing it with people who
don't need to be there until somehow the
[2:01:22] extortion racket works and they come up
with the money and the lawyers I know
[2:01:27] that's a harsh way to put it but that is
how it looks it looks like people are
[2:01:32] hell there until they finally get out
sometimes even after they've already
[2:01:38] posted Bond they're held for another day
or two because something doesn't work
[2:01:43] right in the release process at the jail
we just have to do better than that we
[2:01:49] have to do better than that the level of
grief hurt and anger is now almost
[2:01:56] intolerable so please help us and do a
national
[2:02:00] search and somehow get some compassion
over there and some urge to get people
[2:02:06] out thank you following Miss Badgley we
have Chanel Johnson
[2:02:15] [Music]
[2:02:22] I am committed to fostering a culture
within Taran County that not only
[2:02:27] celebrates faith family and freedom but
Champions those core values my mission
[2:02:34] is to make Taran County the safest
largest county in Texas and to remain a
[2:02:40] place where their American dream is
Alive and Well written by Mr Tim
[2:02:48] oare I don't believe you've done
anything Mr O'Hare to prove your
[2:02:52] statements here an American Dream for
who the largest county 66 people have
[2:03:01] died in this largest county are you
trying to get to 100 before you defi
[2:03:05] before you finally decide to do
something it's
[2:03:10] unacceptable I've done my
research you know who you are you know
[2:03:16] who sits behind you you know you should
see the video if you don't want to Le to
[2:03:21] the whatever that's fine but at least
watch it so you can see how my brother
[2:03:28] was treated like a rag doll cuz I had to
I had to watch it the day before I
[2:03:33] turned 29 my birthday with the images of
my brother in my head of how he
[2:03:40] died so all I ask Miss o haare is that
you stay true to what you wrote in here
[2:03:45] cuz you have a
family make your family proud
[2:03:52] thank you following Mr Johnson we have
Shantel
[2:03:55] [Music]
[2:04:04] Taylor after Miss Taylor we have Daniel
[2:04:13] Bennett thank you I'm the mother of Kyer
Campbell and I'm here to ask to to look
[2:04:20] into the situation of dropping the
charges against my son so he may receive
[2:04:24] the proper care that he needs I'm asking
the da and all the Commissioners
[2:04:30] here to look into look into the
situation from a mother's point of view
[2:04:37] and from all the others other mother's
points of view with their children that
[2:04:40] are locked up to do something about
getting them the care that they need as
[2:04:47] well so I'm just humbly asking the da to
drop the charges against my son so he
[2:04:52] may receive um care within the state
supported Living
[2:04:56] Center and to do what they need to do to
construct better laws into place so that
[2:05:05] we don't have to keep going through the
same things over and over and over again
[2:05:08] it's like a vicious
cycle thank you thank you following Mr
[2:05:13] Bennett we have Reverend
[2:05:20] Price my subject matters completely
different it's going to be about the
[2:05:24] appraisal
district uh I was at the mayor's council
[2:05:29] meeting last night and many of the
Mayors whom I do
[2:05:34] know and I addressed the fact that we're
getting a subcommittee at Tad together
[2:05:40] the subcommittee will be choosing the
next ARB members appraisal review board
[2:05:45] members we just had the head of the
appraisal review board the chair lady
[2:05:53] quit yesterday Suddenly at noon she put
her resignation in now there's a
[2:05:59] sickness at the ARB that sickness has
been there quite some time I'll give you
[2:06:04] another instant back in 2021 a lady
named Kathy
[2:06:08] dun who was a 25 it expert took a job at
Tad for health
[2:06:15] insurance she her you know what her job
was to do Mr Brooks commissioner was
[2:06:20] just to type in birthday
dates because their data was so corrupt
[2:06:25] and so wrong she sat there for every
month and typed in over 7,000 birth
[2:06:31] dates well that went sideways too and
she quit I can give you an example after
[2:06:37] example after example there's a cultural
problem at the
[2:06:41] ARB not So Much from the those that are
employed as a ARB member it's those
[2:06:48] overseeing the ARB from the Tad side
that's where the sickness emanates from
[2:06:54] and if we don't fix it it's going to
continue now with the sub committee
[2:06:59] being put together I want people from
the smaller entities dowton Gardens Pano
[2:07:07] Lake Worth you name it I want them to
have Ciy that will come forward fill out
[2:07:12] an application go before that committee
and become an advocate not for the
[2:07:19] property owner but for the process
we need representation from those that
[2:07:25] will demonstrate the
courage to have a free mind and a free
[2:07:30] will and do what's right under the
property tax code we don't have that
[2:07:34] right now it's because there's a
sickness there that's all I'm going to
[2:07:39] say I said enough thank you thank you
following Reverend Price we have man
[2:07:44] Terry
[Music]
[2:07:52] good afternoon judge and Commissioners
I'm Ryan Price the senior pastor of
[2:07:56] Broadway Baptist Church here in Fort
Worth and I wish to speak this afternoon
[2:08:01] in regard to jail Chief Charles Eckert's
recent
[2:08:05] retirement and to whatever plans the
county must decide upon for finding his
[2:08:12] replacement Chief eert seems like a nice
enough guy and I appreciate the way he
[2:08:21] will sometimes admit to An Inconvenient
Truth at the same time I don't think the
[2:08:29] chief ever fully understood the depth
and breadth of the problems within our
[2:08:35] County
Jail in the end that cost taxpayers
[2:08:39] millions of dollars and more importantly
people their lives including the life of
[2:08:45] inmate Anthony Johnson
Jr the chief's departure offers the
[2:08:50] opportunity for the county to make a
substantial
[2:08:54] change recently commissioner Ramirez
released a statement saying that there
[2:08:59] are quote unquote
deficiencies in how the Sheriff's Office
[2:09:04] releases information about in custody
deaths I commend the commissioner for
[2:09:08] this statement and add that there that
these are not the only deficiencies in
[2:09:13] policy and practice within the
department it is time to bring a greater
[2:09:19] degree of administrative
oversight best practice and professional
[2:09:25] accountability to the tarant county jail
a nationwide search for a competent jail
[2:09:33] administrator with proven executive
experience and a history of mitigating
[2:09:40] critical incidents SL deaths is
essential in the book of Acts chapter 16
[2:09:50] at the jail in Philippi a wise and
caring Jailer makes a wise and caring
[2:09:57] decision that saves a lot of
lives we need greater wisdom and greater
[2:10:05] care within the tarant county jail and
we need to look far and wide for a chief
[2:10:12] Jailer who will provide them the sheriff
refused to show up
[2:10:18] today please commissioners
demand of his office a professional
[2:10:25] search for a wise caring and
professional Chief Jailer lives depend
[2:10:33] on it they depend on the wisdom and care
of this next person and the Integrity of
[2:10:41] this search thank you Miss Terry
[2:10:53] good afternoon I have a variety of
comments during this time I Echo others
[2:10:57] who have come before you or before me
regarding the judge's state of the
[2:11:02] county address which included your
desire to reduce the jail population
[2:11:06] thank you I know several citizens who
would be happy to discuss this matter
[2:11:10] with you or your
staff thank you for filling the public
[2:11:14] health director Department position
Manny Ramirez and I spoke about how
[2:11:17] important this position was for the
county thank you I along with others
[2:11:22] would like to continue to remind this
court of Kyrie Campbell and other
[2:11:26] detainees who have intellectual or
developmental disabilities or ID that
[2:11:31] are being housed in the Taran County
Jail I urge this court to set a
[2:11:37] policy that these individuals diagnosed
with ID be transferred as soon as
[2:11:42] possible to a state residential Living
Center which would be consistent with
[2:11:46] the draft hhsc long-term State Hospital
plan the two forensic State Living
[2:11:53] Residential centers are located in Maha
or St Angelo the jail dashboard on the
[2:11:59] County's website does not have the
number of detainees deemed incompetent
[2:12:03] to stand trial or those enrolled in a
jail-based competency program or those
[2:12:08] waiting for a state hospital bed or
those or the number of the ID detainees
[2:12:13] in the past the public received this in
information via open records
[2:12:18] requests I commented on the draft state
Hospital long range plan and I would
[2:12:23] have included the number of detainees
waiting for competency but I didn't have
[2:12:27] the
data I hope the county commented on this
[2:12:31] plan would you like me to ask for these
numbers via open records act request I
[2:12:36] doubt your staff would why not include
this information in the jail
[2:12:40] dashboard I along with others request
the entire video of Anthony Johnson's
[2:12:45] last minutes be released to the public
the entire video the family agrees with
[2:12:50] this request please release it along
with others I urge you to conduct a
[2:12:56] national search for replacement of Chief
eert and lastly I would like to use my
[2:13:03] remaining time for a moment moment of
silence for the latest individual of a
[2:13:08] list too long who died without a trial
or a judgment in our County Jail her
[2:13:15] name is chassid cord boner
[2:13:21] thank you do you have anything else to
add like my moment of silence we're not
[2:13:25] going to have silence for 30 seconds so
thank you thank you all right we next
[2:13:30] have that that's all I have signed up to
speak uh if you haven't you can come up
[2:13:34] first if you uh have not uh if you did
not sign up to speak but you would like
[2:13:38] to speak uh we'll bring you
[2:13:43] up good afternoon now my name is Josh
Lucas I was born and raised here in for
[2:13:47] Worth Texas lifelong resident of Taran
County um
[2:13:52] today I'm going to read you an excerpt a
summary of a story that I uh first read
[2:13:56] in college of Harden Simmons and Dr
Wesson Martin's English Lit class by
[2:13:59] Ursula K lwin titled the ones who walk
away from AIS published in
[2:14:04] 1973 in her allegorical text Ursula
describes a town by the Sea complete
[2:14:08] with festivals and dancing horse races
and Pipers piping it was a merry town
[2:14:14] except that maybe it wasn't so merry
after all maybe there was more going on
[2:14:18] than could immediately meet the eye
she then introduces the reader that the
[2:14:23] entire wealth of the town in resemblance
of Joy they felt was all dependent on a
[2:14:28] small child suffering in a closet in a
dark room under one of the public
[2:14:32] buildings maybe it was city hall or
perhaps a train station and to live in
[2:14:38] this town at some point you must go down
and see this child many people forget
[2:14:43] the child is even there some remember
but push it out of their minds and yet
[2:14:49] while some others walk away
they walk through the streets until
[2:14:53] night falls they walk ahead into the
darkness and they do not come back the
[2:14:59] place they go to is even less imaginable
to most of us than the city of
[2:15:05] happiness I cannot describe it at all it
is possible that it does not exist but
[2:15:12] they seem to know where they're going
the ones who walk away from
[2:15:18] ales there is a boy named year Campbell
sitting in a small closet inside of a
[2:15:25] dark room under one of the public
buildings here in Fort Worth although he
[2:15:30] is 21 developmentally he is 8 years old
diagnosed with both autism and
[2:15:38] schizophrenia I love my town too much to
walk
[2:15:41] away I refuse to walk away from for
worth we've got to do better
[2:15:51] profanity judge oare is protected by the
first
[2:15:55] amendment obscenity is
[2:15:59] not I find the neglect that we've given
to people like
[2:16:06] ker in this
town
[2:16:13] obscene I find the the the suppression
of our first amendment
[2:16:18] rights by this court by
da
[2:16:23] obscene if you all spent one tenth of
the amount of time and effort that you
[2:16:27] put
forward towards helping those in our
[2:16:31] jails who need the care they that they
deserve perhaps Anthony Johnson wouldn't
[2:16:38] have
died perhaps chassid Donner wouldn't
[2:16:42] have died perhaps ker would no longer be
sitting in jail thank you your time is
[2:16:46] up
[Music]
[2:16:56] good afternoon my name is Alan Turner
and I'm here to address why the need for
[2:17:00] the election Integrity tax Force unit
the election Integrity unit was designed
[2:17:05] to investigate any allegations of voter
fraud in Taran county yet it appears to
[2:17:09] have not found any allegations of voter
fraud thus far as an election judge
[2:17:13] myself I can assure you that V of fraud
is very rare in our local elections but
[2:17:18] when there is credible case of fraud one
would assume and hope that this task
[2:17:22] force would swiftly investigate the
allegations and prosecute those who
[2:17:26] would have committed the wrongdoings on
March 28th of this year I had I and
[2:17:32] several community members submitted
complaints to this election Integrity
[2:17:35] task force unit regarding Mr Angel Hado
Mr Hado was our former disgraced and
[2:17:41] eligible Mansville ISD School Board
candidate for place two Mr Hero would go
[2:17:46] on to cast a provisional ballot in the
March Republican primary even even
[2:17:51] though he was not a registered tan
County voter he also stated on his
[2:17:55] provisional ballot that he did not have
a valid driver's license social security
[2:17:59] number or personal ID proof of these
allegations along with other troubling
[2:18:03] finders were all sent to the designated
da handling voter fraud allegations yet
[2:18:08] the community has not heard any resolve
to this matter voter fraud allegations
[2:18:13] should not be considered a partisan
issue yet it appears to be perhaps Mr
[2:18:18] Hodo is not being investigated because
he voted in the Republican primary or
[2:18:22] because he was handpicked by our local
corrupt school board members to run for
[2:18:25] a seat he was ineligible to run for so
he needed to prove his loyalty to them
[2:18:30] by fraudulently voting at the March
Republican primary our community still
[2:18:34] needs answers and even you Mr oan would
admit that voter fraud is wrong in fact
[2:18:40] you stated and I quote it's like bank
robbery is it okay to have one bank
[2:18:45] robbery or two is it okay to have one
kidnapping or two or three so there
[2:18:49] shouldn't be any fraud and that this
task force will go a long way towards
[2:18:54] deterring it well it doesn't appear that
way to us we in our community are
[2:19:00] wondering when fraudulent Republican
voting individuals are exposed when will
[2:19:06] this taskforce
act if it will not act then it needs to
[2:19:10] be disbanded and our taxpayer dollars
that are being wasted on this
[2:19:14] ineffective units need to be
redistributed to other programs that
[2:19:19] would be beneficial to all citizens of
Taran County thank you thank
[2:19:29] you my name is Charles bills I came to
talk about K Kori Campbell we all know
[2:19:36] his story but I should reiterate that he
was never a threat to Public Safety he
[2:19:41] was in a group home he had some sort of
incident and they had to subdue him
[2:19:47] which they did and one of the uh
employees sustained some minor injuries
[2:19:52] and uh but refus to press charges and
this group home is willing to have him
[2:19:58] back once he gets out of jail I know the
only people that have the power to take
[2:20:03] him out of the to get him out of jail is
either the Magistrate Judge or the
[2:20:08] district attorney but I do implore you
Mr Tim oare the most powerful person in
[2:20:14] the county to use whatever clout you
have to try to convince either of them
[2:20:19] to do the right thing thank you thank
[Music]
[2:20:31] [Music]
you I'm here to speak about the death of
[2:20:37] my son Anthony Johnson it's been almost
two months since his death I know my
[2:20:43] daughter said a month no it's been
almost two the family we still have not
[2:20:47] heard from the Texas
Rangers can you believe that h two
[2:20:53] months the jailers and medical staff are
still
[2:20:57] employed has the court seen the
unredacted video
[2:21:01] no if not
why because there's an additional nine
[2:21:06] minutes where you're going to see how my
son was dragged around like a rag dog
[2:21:12] and he received no medical
treatment I heard JPS was here I hope
[2:21:18] they're listening because they need to
see that video as as well and I can
[2:21:22] almost guar I can almost assure you the
people that worked or supposedly were
[2:21:28] saving or trying to save my son will not
be
[2:21:32] employed I did some research after I
left here the last time and I realized
[2:21:35] Mr Ramirez is um my commissioner I am
his
[2:21:40] constituent um I'm sorry that he's not
here today to hear my words but I expect
[2:21:45] Mr Ramirez to work with Miss Simmons to
view the video as well as the
[2:21:50] administrators at JPS so they can see
the lack of Care by their
[2:21:55] staff I also expect Mr marz to join Miss
Simmons and asking for independent
[2:22:00] investigation of this jail facility
since there has been yet another death
[2:22:06] just last week we the family will keep
coming to this court until we see change
[2:22:12] I am fully aware that we are in election
cycle the family has no trust in this
[2:22:17] system retirement of eort gives us no no
comfort and I now have to fun his
[2:22:25] retirement as a
[2:22:28] taxpayer this jail is a
[2:22:32] slaughterhouse the sheriff must go and I
will be watching what Mr Ramirez does
[2:22:38] going
forward and for all of you that have
[2:22:42] been asking for that video be careful
about what you asked for
[2:22:56] [Music]
I'mma speak about negl
[2:22:59] negligence um leading to the death this
year 2024 we've had tragic tragic dies
[2:23:06] with a custody of the Taran County
correctional facilities these deaths has
[2:23:10] seriously neglect and mismanagement
under the supervision of Mr Sheriff wbor
[2:23:16] failure to ensure safety and frequent
and unexplained fatalities indicate a
[2:23:21] systematic failure to maintain the safe
environment and for individuals in
[2:23:26] custody raising significant concerns
about the procedures and oversights
[2:23:31] within the correctional facilities lack
of accountability there has been no
[2:23:36] insufficient transparency and or
accountability regarding these incidents
[2:23:40] eroding public trust in the leadership
of our Correctional institutions need
[2:23:46] for reform the community to demands
immediately immediate reforms to ensure
[2:23:52] the safety the dignity and the
well-being of all individuals in custody
[2:23:57] new leadership is essential to
implementing these necessary changes
[2:24:02] changes that we're requesting and
restoring public trust and confidence in
[2:24:06] our city of Fort Worth we're asking that
someone please take the time to go down
[2:24:11] and and look in on harrie Campbell um
the mother has asked for the charges to
[2:24:16] be dropped against him the young lady
who he accidentally assaulted because he
[2:24:21] has an issue has also asked that the
charges be dropped against him uh I'm
[2:24:26] not sure if the young man has any other
criminal cor records or anything um but
[2:24:31] he actually needs a facility that will
help him with his mental illness not a
[2:24:36] cage that treats him like an
animal judge oara you have a beautiful
[2:24:43] and loving wife when my brother had a
stroke I didn't know her and she showed
[2:24:48] up every morning for a week and brought
me food and a Bible now I don't know how
[2:24:55] she relates to Your Capacity as it
relates to emotional and sympathy but
[2:25:01] she thought enough to just do that and
she didn't know me you don't know Mr
[2:25:04] Kyrie Campbell but it would be nice for
you to release and or submit the release
[2:25:10] papers to have this young man released
and put into a facility that could
[2:25:14] actually help his mental issues opposed
to being treated like an inhuman animal
[2:25:19] inside of a case that he does not
deserve to be in it was an accident he
[2:25:23] has mental issues and with that being
said he couldn't control his actions and
[2:25:28] the things that he had done at that
moment but we as a community his mother
[2:25:34] we have plad since December to please uh
it was an accident an assault an
[2:25:41] accident because of his mental capabil
and capabilities please take the heart
[2:25:46] the time and read into it and and do
what is needed to bring this young back
[2:25:50] to his facility that would actually help
him opposed to incriminate him and harm
[2:25:54] him even more thank
[2:26:03] you I didn't sign up to speak during
this period but there's something that
[2:26:08] just does not rest Well with My
Soul um some of you know that I'm uh
[2:26:15] very active with religious Society of
Friends and most of our time in worship
[2:26:18] is in silent prayer
Nan Terry was just denied her First
[2:26:23] Amendment right to spend a time in
private prayer or public prayer
[2:26:31] here virtually every time I come to
Commissioner's Court I'm subjected to
[2:26:37] non-inclusive prayers by narrow-minded
Christian
[2:26:42] nationalist that does not set Well with
My
[2:26:45] Soul in other Faith
Traditions they may not
[2:26:50] sing but they
chant and so this is my prayer for this
[2:26:56] Commissioner's Court it's called koree
Campbell koree
[2:27:04] Campbell koree
cell koree Campbell save this person's
[2:27:13] life all right we are now going to go
into executive session please remain
[2:27:18] seated while I read the following the
commissioner you're out of order the
[2:27:23] Commissioner's Court will now recess the
Open Session and proceed to close
[2:27:27] session to discuss items exempt under
55171 072 074 076 087 and 0725 of the
[2:27:36] Texas government code we are now in
[2:27:49] recess e
[2:28:48] we have cor present let me go see
[2:29:13] your
[2:29:41] [Music]
[2:29:45] I have
[Music]
[2:29:47] all I think the go to
the extent that it's
[2:29:53] [Music]
avable new sh
[2:30:02] with and not sure
[2:30:12] that I think we're in the I we're in the
half that
[2:30:17] has this is the
I know it's not
[2:30:25] fix major
[2:30:29] lot all right we up we're live yes like
when it's live is like the camera is on
[2:30:35] us wait for me it is live they flipped
the from executive session back to the
[2:30:39] regular and that's how we know we're
live gotcha
[2:30:42] okay all right we're back from executive
session with two uh items to take to
[2:30:47] possibly take action on um first item is
A5 which was the uh potential adopting
[2:30:55] of an order relating to the issuance of
solid waste disposals revenue bonds um
[2:31:00] we had a discussion over
that um I'll second it so we have a
[2:31:06] motion in a second to adopt this order
any
[2:31:09] discussion all right please cast your
vote all right passes unanimously and
[2:31:15] the next item is
item um F1
[2:31:20] [Music]
which is to consider approval for
[2:31:23] outside Council to file a notice of nons
suit on behalf of tarant County um in
[2:31:28] the multi-district litigation enry
Chrysler Dodge Jeep EcoDiesel Marketing
[2:31:34] sales practices and products liability
litigation do we have a motion there no
[2:31:38] move all right we have a motion to
authorize uh Council to file that notice
[2:31:44] of non suit without prejudice I'll
second it any discussion just a question
[2:31:49] why we have to hire outside Council to
do
[2:31:55] this well we hired the the baker wering
Law Firm seven years ago to file the
[2:32:00] lawsuit so they're the ones who are we'
already got they're the ones
[2:32:04] representing Us in the
lawsuit okay we have a motion and a
[2:32:08] second I do believe any other questions
comments or
[2:32:12] discussion all right seeing none cast
your
[2:32:16] vote all right passes unanimously and
with that thank you for watching and
[2:32:21] being here we are adjourned