Mar 31, 2026 Commissioners Court - Regular Session

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Agenda

[0:12] Public Comment Period for Agenda Items. The Commissioners Court will conduct a Public Comment Period to allow members of the public, who have properly submitted a Public Participation Form, to address the Commissioners Court regarding specific Agenda Items that are on the Commissioners Court’s Agenda. During such Public Comment Period, speakers shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes to make his or her remarks regarding an Agenda Item. Each member of the public who appears before the Commissioners Court to address the Commissioners Court regarding more than one (1) Agenda Item on the Commissioners Court’s Agenda shall be limited to a cumulative maximum of five (5) minutes to make his or her remarks for all such Agenda Items. The maximum overall discussion time allowed for an Agenda Item, regardless of the number of members of the public wishing to address the Court on such Agenda Item, shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes. Speaking time, to the extent possible, will be evenly allocated among speakers should more than ten (10) speakers desire to speak on the same Agenda Item. In matters of exceptional interest, the Commissioners Court may, by majority vote, lengthen the maximum overall public discussion time allowed on a particular Agenda Item. The Presiding Officer of the Commissioners Court reserves the right to conduct public comment regarding an Agenda Item at the time in which the item is called for the Commissioners Court’s consideration as opposed to including such public comments during this Public Comment Period.

[6:25] 2. Hear County Auditor concerning invoices, bills, Quick Check Report, wire transfers and electronic payments submitted for payment and take appropriate action including, but not limited to approval for payment provided said items are found by the County Auditor to be legal obligations of the county.

[7:23] 1. Review and approval of minutes.

[7:36] CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that the Court may act on with one single vote. The Judge or a Commissioner may pull any item from the consent agenda in order that the court discuss and act upon it individually as part of the Regular Agenda. (Items 3 –22)

[8:01] 23. Receive a report with an update and insights into the Purchasing Department, discuss and take appropriate action on proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Procurement Month and recognize the Purchasing Department as a recipient of the 2025 Achievement of Excellence in Public Procurement Award by the National Procurement Institute (NPI).

[31:45] 24. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a line item transfer for Succession Planning dollars for the EMS (Emergency Medical Services) department.

[32:24] 26. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on approving Service and Goods Contract #2026-183 between Williamson County and Kofile Technologies Inc. for the preservation and restoration of historical records for the County Clerk’s Office in the amount of $646,882.42 and authorizing the execution of the agreement pursuant to an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with Denton County.

[33:04] 27. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on approving Agreement for Services and Goods #2026-180 between Data Projections, Inc. and Williamson County for Audio-Visual system upgrades to multiple rooms at the Williamson County Sheriff's Training Academy located in Hutto, Texas, in the amount of $134,914.39, and authorizing the execution of the service contract pursuant to TIPS contract #230105.

[34:00] 28. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on an update on major projects by Technology Services.

[55:27] 29. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on authorizing Renewal No. 3 for Contract No. 23RFP11 for Electrical Infrastructure Maintenance and Installation Services with Doyle Electric LLC, under the same terms and conditions as the existing contract, for a 12-month term beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and authorize execution of the agreement.

[55:27] 30. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on authorizing Renewal No. 3 for Contract No. 23RFP11 for Electrical Infrastructure Maintenance and Installation Services with Allied Electric Services, Inc. for Electrical Infrastructure Maintenance & Installation Services, under the same terms and conditions as the existing contract, for a 12-month term beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and authorize execution of the agreement.

[55:27] 31. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on awarding RFSQ #24RFSQ53 to Halff Associates, Inc. for the Architectural and Design Services for the Road and Bridge Training Building, in the amount of One Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($127,200.00) authorize execution of the agreement.

[56:28] 32. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Cross Creek Commercial Park, LLC, and Cross Creek Commercial Park Association.

[56:28] 33. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Contract Amendment No. 2 to the CR 175 contract executed March 19, 2024, between Williamson County and Aguirre & Fields, LP relating to the 2023 Road Bond Program.

[56:28] 34. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Work Authorization No. 2 to the CR 175 contract executed March 19, 2024, between Williamson County and Aguirre & Fields, LP relating to the 2023 Road Bond Program.

[56:28] 35. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Contract Amendment No. 3 to the North Barker Street contract executed March 19, 2024, between Williamson County and Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. relating to the 2023 Road Bond Program.

[56:28] 36. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Work Authorization No. 3 to the North Barker Street contract executed March 19, 2024, between Williamson County and Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. relating to the 2023 Road Bond Program.

[56:28] 37. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Contract Amendment No. 3 to the Pond Springs Road Drainage Improvements contract executed March 19, 2019, between Williamson County and STV Incorporated as successor in interest to CP&Y, Inc dba STV Infrastructure relating to the 2019 Road Bond Program.

[56:28] 38. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Work Authorization No. 3 to the Pond Springs Road Drainage Improvements contract executed March 19, 2019, between Williamson County and STV Incorporated as successor in interest to CP&Y, Inc dba STV Infrastructure relating to the 2019 Road Bond Program.

[56:28] 39. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a Rule 11 settlement agreement and Agreed Final Judgment with County Road 255, a Series of Lane Commercial to acquire 0.723 AC needed as right of way on the CR 255 roadway project (Parcel 12).

[57:03] 40. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on an Agreed Final Judgment with Roger Doyle Bonnet and Patricia Lynn Bonnet, Trustees of the Roger D. and Patricia L. Bonnet trust under instrument dated October 1, 2020, to acquire 0.109 AC needed as right of way on the Bagdad Rd. @ CR 279 project (parcel 23).

[57:47] 45. Public Comment Period for County Matters that are not on the Agenda. The Commissioners Court will conduct a Public Comment Period to allow members of the public, who have properly submitted a Public Participation Form, to address the Commissioners Court regarding matters pertaining to or affecting Williamson County, but that do not appear as an Agenda Item on the Commissioners Court’s Agenda. During this Public Comment Period, speakers shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) minutes to make his or her remarks and the maximum overall discussion time allowed for this Public Comment Period, regardless of the number of members of the public wishing to address the Court during such period, shall be limited to ten (10) minutes. Speaking time, to the extent possible, will be evenly allocated among speakers should more than five (5) speakers desire to speak during this Public Comment Period. Please note that the members of the Court may not comment during the meeting about matters that are not on the Commissioners Court’s Agenda.

[1:05:31] 25. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action to update, allocate, and approve projects, real property purchases, and budgets from the 2026 Capital Improvement Program remaining balance and other possible sources of funds.

[1:38:34] 44. Comments from Commissioners.

[1:41:42] EXECUTIVE SESSION "The Commissioners Court for Williamson County reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultations with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations regarding Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations regarding Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations regarding Security Devices) and 551.087 (Deliberations regarding Economic Development Negotiations)."

[1:42:51] 41. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on the engagement of the law firm of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP to represent Williamson County and Williamson County individually named defendants in relation to Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-01377-RP; Rogelio Cruz, Jr. v. Williamson County, Texas, et al.; In the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division; and exemption of these services from the competitive bid/proposal requirements of the County Purchasing Act pursuant to the discretionary exemption for personal or professional services, as set forth under Texas Local Government Code § 262.024(a)(4).

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[0:01] All right. Good morning. It is nine thirty two,

[0:05] and I officially call the march 31st, uh, meeting of

[0:09] the commissioner's court to order. We will start with public

[0:14] comments. And first up is mr. Bill ver

[0:18] law.

[0:33] just hang on. Yep. Okay.

[0:39] bill cover law williamson county,

[0:43] also a proud great grand, great grandpa of the ninth generation

[0:48] texan. Understand the, uh, public, uh, meeting

[0:52] last week. Um, from what it described me, he sounded, sounded like an

[0:56] argument in sandbox in a kindergarten. First

[1:01] one, uh, item five. Um, I'm kind of baffled

[1:05] while we're trying to continue building a whole lot more housing authority and

[1:09] block grants and whatnot. Uh, now that we've got the borders under control,

[1:13] there should be plenty of, uh, vacated, uh, availability. And

[1:18] I don't know how we get past the spending problem, but, uh, more debt on our kids' future,

[1:23] and, uh, all this new housing that's gonna get built, who's actually gonna be in

[1:27] it. So it seems strange that, uh, we're

[1:32] continue to pursue this without some good analysis. Item

[1:36] 23, the purchasing department award brings back memories.

[1:41] back in the, uh, mid eighties, I was a software technology acquisition

[1:46] as a purchasing manager, and, uh, was also

[1:50] a corporate chair on software technology position for texas instruments,

[1:56] probably the one of the most fun jobs I ever had in my life. That

[2:00] included, uh, putting together the specs for and

[2:05] defining a buyer workstation of automating the process, which was another fun

[2:09] task. I actually, uh, did an evaluation

[2:13] on the first prototype in 1986, and,

[2:17] um, gosh, that was 30 years ago. It's come a long way. It

[2:22] included speech technology, but that particular unit, uh,

[2:26] the speech was handled by a full pwb sized, uh, computer

[2:30] board. Now it's on a little chip in a cell phone.

[2:35] so, anyway, um, automating the, uh, purchasing

[2:39] functions, uh, really does help improve, uh, ev efficiency and, uh,

[2:43] manageability. So glad that we, uh, have

[2:48] a top end purchasing organization in our county.

[2:53] thank you, bill.

[2:57] all right. Next up, richard. Frederick.

[3:02] frederick, or fredrick? Fredrick. Fredrick. All right.

[3:11] richard frederick, uh, I live in bell county, but I'm a member

[3:15] of the, let me, let me interrupt you just real

[3:19] quick, because I noticed this is not on

[3:23] the agenda. So I just wanna clarify. These are non-ag agenda public comments now. Right. So

[3:27] go ahead. Thank you. Right. Um, yes. So you have two minutes, right?

[3:32] um, but I'm a member of the sweetner community club, which

[3:36] is in, uh, williamson county. And, um,

[3:41] there, uh, we've had a, a contract,

[3:45] a lease contract with the county for 25 years, uh,

[3:49] for the facility that's out there. And, um,

[3:54] so I'm hand delivering the, the letter saying that we'd

[3:58] like to do it again, because we're now at the end of our 25 years,

[4:02] within a couple of months. And, um, I'll, I'll

[4:06] hand this to whomever, but, um, so, uh,

[4:11] if there's any question about who we are and what we do, uh,

[4:15] it's just a, a hall out in the countryside that people can

[4:19] rent for birthdays and, um,

[4:23] weddings, various, various, um, things.

[4:27] um, we're aware and, and we're working on, um, getting

[4:32] a new lease, and we're actually, we're actually fixing the parking lot. Right. That

[4:36] was point number two. Rather than bring you a complaint, I was going to bring

[4:40] you a thank you. Yeah. Um, I, I, the contractor

[4:45] has had to shift his schedule around

[4:49] a little bit, but I believe this month it will take place. And we thank you for

[4:53] that. It's a great improvement. Um, it, it is

[4:57] your facility, but we are kind of the stewards of

[5:01] the day-to-day operations, and, um,

[5:06] I, I have been told that, oh, and, uh, victor morrick

[5:11] is our president, and he says to say hello to everyone,

[5:15] he and modine, uh, I'm vice president, and, uh,

[5:20] uh, you know, he broke his leg and he can't get around quite as well. So I'm here,

[5:24] and that's what I'm doing. Um, he told

[5:28] me that a few years ago they were a, uh, uh, a,

[5:33] a voting precinct and, um, if there is any

[5:37] interest in doing that, again, he, he is interested in that, you know, a

[5:41] facility for yeah. Uh, because right now, even though I live

[5:45] very close to sweetner, I go toledo to vote because I'm in a different county.

[5:50] yeah. . But, um, there are a lot of people in that area that

[5:54] it would save them some, yeah. Driving time. Yeah. Well, thank

[5:58] you for being here. Uh, my wife and I have been out there a couple of times absolutely. To

[6:03] meet with y'all and, uh, just a wonderful community and wonderful people. So,

[6:07] um, if you'll hand that to the bailiff and, uh,

[6:11] well, I know, I know commissioner bowles will be happy to meet with y'all and look forward to

[6:15] the parking lot improvements. And, and y'all do y'all do a really good job of

[6:19] keeping up that facility. Thank you. Great. Thank you very much. Thank

[6:23] you, richard. Alright, uh, next

[6:27] on the agenda is, uh, number two, we'll hear from the county auditor

[6:33] dooo minutes. Oh, we'll do it after that. Okay.

[6:38] , I'm ready. Discombobulated

[6:42] today? Mm-hmm . Good morning. Nathan meyer, williams county

[6:47] county auditor's office. I'm requesting approval today for the funding report that was submitted

[6:52] electronically last week in the amount of $11,144,400

[6:58] and 90 or six 79 cents. Um, in

[7:02] addition, I have four wires, two quick payments, one in impress

[7:06] payment and one benefit payment, tolling $941,045

[7:12] and 19 cents. I move, we approve. We have a motion

[7:16] by commissioner cook, and I'll second. Second by commissioner bowles. All in favor?

[7:21] motion carries. Five zero. Thank you, nate. Uh, going back to number one,

[7:25] review and approval of the minutes, and I move, we approve. And I'll

[7:29] second motion by commissioner cook, second by commissioner bowles. All in favor.

[7:33] motion carries. Five zero. Thank you. Um, court items

[7:38] three through 22 are presented to you in consent

[7:42] agenda. If there's no, uh, agenda items to pull out,

[7:46] I will entertain a motion for the consent agenda. I move, we approve

[7:50] the consent agenda, and I'll second I have any issues. Motion by commissioner

[7:54] cook second by commissioner bowles. All in favor, consent agenda

[7:58] passes five to zero, which brings

[8:02] us to item number 23. And that is receive

[8:07] a report with an update and insights into the purchasing department. Discuss and

[8:11] take app production on proclaiming the month of march, 2026

[8:15] is procurement month. And recognize the williamson

[8:19] county purchasing department as the recipient of the 2025 achievement

[8:24] of excellence in public procurement award by the national procurement

[8:28] institute. That's a lot of procurements in that. It is, it is. Agenda items. Welcome,

[8:33] joy. Thank you. Joy simonton, county purchasing agent. Good morning, judge commissioners,

[8:37] we appreciate, uh, this time every year in the month of march as the

[8:41] national institute of government purchasing has proclaimed the month of march procurement

[8:46] month. So thank you for your time this morning. Um, we do have a, uh,

[8:50] report to bring you in a slide deck here shortly with overview and insights into our department.

[8:55] but, um, we do have a proclamation to read today,

[8:59] which is important to us, and then we'll, um, talk briefly about what this

[9:03] award means and how proud we are to present it to you each year thus

[9:07] far. Um, our procurement today, procurement month proclamation

[9:12] march, 2026. Whereas the williamson county procurement professionals

[9:16] help make it possible for the county to provide maximum use of available

[9:20] resources in support of county residents and county departments by obtaining the goods and

[9:24] services needed to provide services in an efficient and economic manner.

[9:29] and whereas in addition to the purchase of goods and services,

[9:33] procurement teams add value to the organization by performing functions such

[9:37] as executing and administering contracts, developing procurement strategies,

[9:42] and cultivating working relationships with suppliers and departments within the organization.

[9:47] now therefore, be it resolved at the commissioner's court of williamson county, texas, hereby

[9:51] proclaims the month of march, 2026 as purchasing month.

[9:56] thank you. And I'll second super motion by commissioner covey. Second by bulls.

[10:00] all in favor. Motion carries. Five zero. Thank you so much. Uh,

[10:04] in addition, the williamson county purchasing department received the achievement

[10:09] of excellence in procurement award in 2025. It recognizes

[10:13] the department as one of the top organizations of all at all levels

[10:17] in public purchasing. Uh, this is at the city level, county level, school

[10:22] district state, higher education and nonprofits in the country, um, apply

[10:26] for this award. We are one of 48 agencies in texas and

[10:30] one of 45 counties in the nation, uh, to receive this

[10:34] award, the a ep award is nationally and internationally recognized

[10:39] as the gold standard for the achievement of customer service, innovation, and best

[10:43] practices in the profession of public procurement. The 2025

[10:47] award represents the 26th consecutive year that williamson

[10:51] county has achieved this prestigious honor and recognition. Um,

[10:55] and I will note that, uh, they move the goalposts on us every year with this application.

[10:59] they ask applicants to reach higher every year, and, uh, we are,

[11:03] uh, grappling for points cast in hancock. Our deputy works tirelessly

[11:08] to submit for this award every year. And, um, it's our guidepost for transparency,

[11:12] innovation, and efficiency. So we're proud to bring this to you. While

[11:16] we do have the court's attention once a year for our our march moment,

[11:20] we do also like to shout out to our, our end users

[11:25] who we teamed with this year who perhaps had a complex procurement, something lengthy

[11:29] and difficult, or have leaned in with us on a process improvement and

[11:33] our shout outs this year. Just for a moment, jaylen morris with the county auditor's

[11:37] office, judge redden, jp four delia kalan,

[11:41] uh, county judge sarah crane, the budget office, kelly murphy road

[11:46] and bridge, dati morales emergency services, julie wassink

[11:50] in it. Jennifer miller, general counsel, mariah

[11:54] ak rodent bridge. Bonita bonner in parks and chba.

[11:59] kara malik in corrections. They had some, uh, challenging

[12:03] things this year, so thank you for letting us shout out to them. And with that, we'll start our report to you.

[12:07] I was just gonna say congratulations once again on the award. That's,

[12:11] um, quite an achievement, so congratulations to the whole gear. Yes, indeed. The whole crew

[12:16] is here. We'll, we'll capture a photo at the end of the presentation if that's okay. You know, so,

[12:20] you know, from physician and county commission, we get to see, you know, many things

[12:24] that the public doesn't get. And of course, um, the county's

[12:29] a forward facing organization. We're out in the, we're out in the field. We

[12:33] we're talking to people and, uh, and our employees and our elected,

[12:37] you know, they, they need things. We have to purchase things, we have to make sure the software runs. We have to make sure

[12:41] the cars run, the buildings run, and there are ever increasing

[12:46] state laws to make sure that as a government, that we do things very,

[12:51] um, transparent and fair to, to, to the public

[12:55] out there. And it's always something new and different that you have to,

[12:59] um, comply with. And, and I mean, nothing

[13:04] sweeter to my ears than to hear that we've gotten an award and that, you know, we are,

[13:08] uh, spending the taxpayer's money wisely and per the law. And,

[13:12] uh, we thank you and we thank your department for that. Um, it's, you know, it's one of those

[13:17] positions that we don't always get to say thank you enough, but we, you know, we don't run without

[13:21] our purchasing department. We appreciate that. Thank you. We love what we do.

[13:27] okay. Alright. Congratulations. You, we love to have a picture. Okay. We've got a, oh, you've

[13:31] got your report. Yes. Thank you. We, we have about a five minute slide got ahead of for you. Thank you.

[13:37] alright, this is our, uh, overview and insights 2026 into

[13:41] the purchasing department of williamson county. We'll talk about several things

[13:45] to you for you today. Uh, our achievement and excellence of procurement, we've just talked about

[13:49] that, how, how artificial intelligence may affect public procurement.

[13:54] our by the numbers report to the court, our vendor support, our

[13:58] job order contracting initiative, and what is on our horizon.

[14:03] we've talked about our award this morning. It is our 26th consecutive year.

[14:09] we do love to show a brief, um, slide on images of things that we have been,

[14:14] um, working on or contracted for these past 12 months. We have parks

[14:18] field upgrades, uh, a lot of support to our fleet department.

[14:22] hazmat professional services for, uh, facilities and roads,

[14:26] um, fiber optic optic cabling, our animal shelter support,

[14:30] debris removal, uh, purchasing support for our justice center,

[14:35] um, ems, law enforcement corrections, our

[14:39] veteran services department, our new headquarters, our admin building,

[14:43] and of course, um, armored car services. Just a few of the things that we

[14:47] purchase and contract to deliver services to the county. Uh,

[14:51] next up, how artificial intelligence may affect public procurement

[14:56] as we're getting used to this, uh, new world of ai in the

[15:00] short term vendors will use ai to create a solicitation

[15:04] response document in minutes. What would otherwise take days and weeks

[15:08] to respond to a formal solicitation, which means we will see more

[15:13] responses, um, turned into our solicitations.

[15:17] we do expect to see more competitive pricing. We have some data on that here in a few

[15:21] minutes. Prices may flatten as vendors will have access to real time

[15:25] cost data, and then evaluating people and customer service

[15:30] in vendor finalist interviews will become even more important.

[15:34] wilco staff specification writing will become faster and easier

[15:39] in the next few years. Predictive analytics on forecasting and costs

[15:43] will help us in a lot of ways. Ai enhanced oversight

[15:47] on compliance tools will be available and embedded ai

[15:52] procurement considerations will be available, uh, in our policy writing

[15:58] by the numbers for the court, we did wanna let you know that our bonfire

[16:02] solicitation portal has been, uh, acquired by una procurement.

[16:07] so in conversation and communications around the county, we'll be referencing it as

[16:11] una una does provide, uh, terrific metrics

[16:16] on several things in the formal solicitation environment. One of those metrics

[16:20] is the average responses received per solicitation.

[16:25] I've been in this field for, uh, several decades, um, and in the region

[16:29] for about 15 years. And I'm always happy when I see about four

[16:33] responses per solicitation. That's a good snapshot of the market. Gives the county,

[16:38] you know, choice when they're making a decision on an award and scoring.

[16:42] we're now up to six, six responses per solicitations an excellent number.

[16:48] uh, for some reference that's up 20% from last year. Last year we were

[16:52] seeing five, so we're averaging now six responses per solicitation.

[16:57] it also gives us insight into how long our process and our

[17:01] staff is running on a formal solicitation. This includes the two

[17:05] weeks of advertising. We close the bid or rfp, we

[17:09] evaluate it, we interview finalists, and then we bring that recommendation to court. We're

[17:14] averaging 78 days in that process. We're proud of that.

[17:19] just a reminder to the court that we do support 67 departments. And in fy

[17:23] 25, we provided oversight on $434 million in spending.

[17:28] we processed 2,697 purchase orders and added dozens of

[17:32] new vendors to the county's operation. We do look at our

[17:36] purchase order volume for a number of reasons, one, to make sure we're staffed correctly,

[17:40] and two, to make sure our efficiency measures are being effective. And you can

[17:44] see we've hovered around 3000 purchase orders a year for some time.

[17:48] we, uh, clocked 2,697 last year. We're, we're good, happy

[17:52] with that. You know, our efficiency measures are working, blanket, pos, uh, multi-year

[17:57] contracts, et cetera, affect all of those things. Our active pcard

[18:01] holders, this is our most outward facing program. We're supporting roughly, uh,

[18:06] between 386 and 400 pcards throughout the county.

[18:10] this is our system for allowing end users to make low dollar point of sale

[18:15] purchases. Think amazon. This

[18:19] next graph we track, uh, to, to make sure we're balancing transactions

[18:24] correctly in terms of how we let, uh, end users procure things.

[18:28] this is number of transactions. This is not dollar spend. You can see the

[18:33] p card transactions in blue last year, 17,910

[18:37] individual transactions purchase orders. Again, 2,697.

[18:42] uh, purchase orders are more complex. We try to keep those right at to

[18:46] a minimum as much as we can because

[18:51] the cost of, um, a procurement cycle with a pcard is much less

[18:55] than the cost of a procurement cycle on a purchase order. Right? The end user's time,

[18:59] purchasing's time and aps time. And if there's any questions, just let

[19:03] me know as we go. Some of these numbers, um, are familiar.

[19:08] we do receive a rebate through our pcard program through jp morgan chase. That

[19:12] rebate is, uh, predicated on our spend level. So we received $66,892

[19:18] for a rebate last year from jp morgan chase.

[19:23] our formal solicitations, which are now a hundred thousand and higher,

[19:27] um, we ran 81 formal solicitations last year. And

[19:31] anywhere you see a green audit check we did, we did green audit, that program last year,

[19:37] our savings through solicitations. And we'd like to bring you

[19:41] this number. This is insightful for all of us. Um, I started tracking this

[19:45] last year and had a three year number that I was able to bring to the court, was averaging 7%

[19:51] and 10.3 million per year on the 22 through 24 figures.

[19:55] when we looked at the 2025 data, it's now 16.9 million

[20:00] for the year, which is 16%. And we're arriving at that number

[20:04] based on the engineer's estimate

[20:09] in a road and bridge project compared to the contracted award amount.

[20:14] and then in the formal solicitation, um, data

[20:18] for rfps, csps, et cetera, we're comparing the budgeted amount

[20:23] compared to the contracted amount. Are we always lower close?

[20:27] not always, but the aggregate for 2025, um, 16.9 million

[20:32] in the formal solicitation setting.

[20:37] we do run the sur. Uh, we do run, we we touch the surplus auction, uh,

[20:41] run by our it warehouse and, um, fleet department, but we can bring

[20:45] you the revenue numbers for 2025. This is, um, auctioned

[20:50] items, surplus items, things that have reached their, uh, end of life.

[20:54] and that was $262,000 last year. We use both gov deals

[20:58] and gaston sheehan are, those are our auction sites.

[21:03] our public information requests have, uh, spiked significantly. 78

[21:08] in fy 24, 151 in fy 25. And

[21:12] those are requests for contracts, award information, scoring information, et cetera,

[21:17] some additional updates. Just a reminder, we have, um, countywide contracts in place for

[21:21] temp labor equipment rental, uh, I think next week that's coming

[21:25] to court and pre-positioned emergency contracts, which we were glad to have in place

[21:29] this past year for debris removal, debris monitoring, generator

[21:33] purchase and rental. And our facilities contracts have been augmented with fema

[21:38] addendum language, so they are pre-positioned for that as well.

[21:42] um, we're very appreciative that the audit office

[21:47] allows us to issue professional services pool solicitations.

[21:52] and this was important and, um, really

[21:56] good for the county in that. Through these four solicitations for various professional

[22:01] services, we have been able to award 41 consulting contracts

[22:05] without these pre-qualified pool awards. These

[22:09] would be individual solicitations. So what we're able to do

[22:13] is issue requests for qualifications

[22:18] for professional services, pre-position those firms that are qualified,

[22:23] and then award from those pools. This helps us with architectural

[22:27] civil engineering, landscape architecture, mechanical electrical and

[22:31] plumbing engineering, environmental engineering, fire protection engineering, roofing

[22:35] consulting, business envelope analysis, hvac testing and balancing

[22:40] engineering. Another interesting metric to bring

[22:45] you today, our purchasing website traffic has gone up significantly

[22:49] in fy 24. The unique page visits to the purchasing landing

[22:53] page has gone from 1051 unique visits to

[22:57] 4,161 visits. These are,

[23:01] uh, we hope vendors looking for opportunities and engaging with

[23:05] us, um, on opportunities to bid as to how to do business with the county.

[23:10] we also bring to you today an overview of, um, a new

[23:14] tool that we are, uh, teaming with facilities on to deploy for

[23:18] job order contracting for facilities management.

[23:24] the construction contracting volume for facilities management for the county

[23:28] who's supporting 100 buildings, um,

[23:33] required the issuance of 566 purchase orders last year.

[23:38] 32 master service agreements last year, 53 contracts,

[23:42] 21 professional service agreements and six solicitations.

[23:48] the court will be familiar with the master services agreements that we've

[23:52] worked hard to put in place these past few years. Um, these master service

[23:56] agreements, we now have 95 total in use by the facility maintenance department.

[24:00] these have become ideal for building maintenance.

[24:05] msas typically provide a service for one licensed trade such as hvac.

[24:10] the pricing is predetermined and established at the time of contract.

[24:15] the work is let through a work order and we're, um,

[24:19] recommending that the court, um, allow the facilities management

[24:23] director to let work through a work order under $100,000 and

[24:27] then ratify that contract through the court agenda. Subsequently

[24:32] at 100,000 and over. The commissioner's court per statute

[24:36] must authorize the work order prior to the commencement of work.

[24:42] what we're bringing to you today is the job order contracting program,

[24:48] which is ideal for construction projects, different

[24:52] from maintenance, um, the repair, alteration, renovation,

[24:56] remediation of a minor construction of a facility. Uh, when

[25:00] the work is of a recurring nature, jocks will involve one or more licensed

[25:04] trade and related contractors supervised by a general contractor

[25:10] similar to msas. We ask the court to consider that under $100,000

[25:15] a task order can be let by the facilities management director

[25:19] and then ratified through the commissioner's court subsequently. But 100,000

[25:23] and over those projects would come to the court for permission.

[25:28] this is different than an msa in that estimates through a

[25:32] are obtained through the ms means database. This is

[25:36] a way to find reliable cost data on construction materials, equipment and labor.

[25:41] and they source over 970 markets nationwide.

[25:45] uh, the awarded gc would be able to develop an estimate through

[25:49] this database. This is then an auditable figure

[25:54] so that those estimates, um, can be vetted and compared

[25:58] the msa versus the job order contracting. Um,

[26:03] williamson county solicitations issued both cooperative contract

[26:07] master services agreement on some will not be, um, a cooperative

[26:11] contract available for the jock in this setting. Construction services, job order

[26:16] contracting, building maintenance master services agreement, not to exceed amounts

[26:20] on all contracts. Yes, under 100 facilities maintenance can

[26:24] authorize over 100 commissioner's. Court must approve,

[26:29] uh, similar to any current cip requests.

[26:34] the request will be budgeted, uh, during the budget process

[26:38] estimate will be provided by the jock contractor for approval.

[26:42] the task order created and then the work would commence.

[26:48] our vendor support, uh, continues. We do have our annual vendor forum

[26:52] scheduled for april 30th from two to 3:00 pm this is a virtual setting

[26:57] and this is our way to engage with vendors that are interested in how to do business

[27:01] with williamson county. We have our written guide available on our website at all

[27:05] times, which, um, shows vendors how to register through our portal so that

[27:09] they can be notified of bid opportunities on our horizon,

[27:14] workday. We are actively working to configure this new system and

[27:19] we're excited about, uh, what lies ahead. Thank you for

[27:23] your time today. Thank you, joy. Thank you joy. Great presentation. Okay,

[27:27] a couple of things. Uh, the workday you mentioned, uh, the change

[27:31] in name for one of your software packages, the bonfire

[27:35] yes. That is going to remain as we move forward with workday,

[27:40] is that correct? That stays in place, yes. Commissioner the results through now

[27:44] una are, um, terrific and we do not, we don't, we don't pivot from that.

[27:48] correct. But everything else is going to be moving into workday, correct?

[27:52] yes. From what we can tell. Okay. And the other thing was, um,

[27:56] if you could go back to the, uh, jock discussion,

[28:01] it's a hundred thousand dollars and, but through the budgeting,

[28:06] if we're going to budget for a, a category for that into

[28:10] facilities budget, we're gonna need, I I would assume that that's when

[28:14] the court gets to have a say on how it's spent. Um, because there

[28:18] could be a lot of larger projects that go through there

[28:22] that may or may not fit into the whole plan. So,

[28:26] you know, how, how are we gonna navigate that? Uh, do you know, I'm not suggesting that we don't

[28:30] do it because I think it's good for the, the items that you listed, but indeed,

[28:35] I believe dale butler is here to answer specifics on that.

[28:40] good morning. Dale butler facilities. Um, so,

[28:44] uh, the way I see it, we would still go through the normal process of cip and

[28:48] facilities enhancement requests like we're currently doing this fy

[28:53] and uh, we would turn those in to budget like we normally do.

[28:58] those would turn back around and come back to us with an approved list. So

[29:02] it would still be planned work for the most part, especially the jock would

[29:06] be planned work your microphone button please. Okay.

[29:11] thank it. Probably just wasn't, can y'all hear me now? Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

[29:15] so, um, it would still be planned work. Like most of it normally

[29:19] is, um, some things are a surprise or an emergency, but

[29:25] most emergencies would fall under those msas. So the jocks would be more for planned.

[29:30] yeah, because they're for construction projects, those are not for maintenance. So

[29:34] something happens and you have to tend to it right away, use a different bucket. But for this,

[29:39] um, and we'll have to see how we're going, going to budget for that. But we would have a discussion

[29:43] before any money gets spent. Is that or not? For those larger,

[29:47] for those larger items, yes. Right. Okay. I

[29:51] just know that, that, um, others may call upon you to do

[29:56] certain things and it may not fit into the overall, um,

[30:00] direction that we're heading. So not to use money

[30:05] where we don't need it spent because we have a bigger plan. Understood

[30:09] that. That's my concern. Yes.

[30:13] so do you need action on this today to move forward with the jock or not? Our next

[30:18] steps are to bring the jock solicitation through the court for approval. We'll issue that

[30:22] and it would, our goal is four gcs. Not today. Not today. Thank you. You'll

[30:26] approve it at that time? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Alright.

[30:30] thanks. Joy. Now is a picture time. Picture your time. Congratulations here. Super. Thank you.

[30:38] are we going down or staying up? I think there's enough of them. We probably should stay up here.

[30:49] rest trip on the plunder down here.

[30:55] congratulations. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah, well done. Great job.

[31:08] easily the best looking department in the county.

[31:23] good. Hey, congrats. Congratulations. Great job guys. Appreciate you. Keep up

[31:27] the good work. Congratulations. You bet, johnny. Keep up the good work.

[31:39] all right, thank y'all. And congratulations again on the award.

[31:44] moving on to agenda item 24, discuss, consider take appropriate action on a line

[31:49] item for transfer for succession plan,

[31:53] uh, dollars for ems emergency medical services department.

[31:57] I'll entertain a motion. I move approval, although if we don't approve it, does

[32:01] that mean bet will stay , ? Kind of doubt it,

[32:05] huh? Yeah, I move approval. I'll second. Alright. Motion by commissioner.

[32:09] long second by commissioner cook. All in favor? Motion carries. Five

[32:14] zero. Beth will be missed tremendously. Yes. Yes. Um,

[32:18] court and audience, we're gonna move agenda item 25 to the end of the

[32:22] regular agenda. So the next item will take up is item,

[32:27] uh, or item 26, discuss. Consider, take appropriate action on approving

[32:31] servicing goods contract 2020 6,183

[32:36] between williamson county and cofi technologies incorporated for

[32:40] the preservation and restoration of historical records for the county clerk's office

[32:44] in the amount of 646,882 and 42 cents

[32:49] in authorizing the execution of the agreement pursuant to an interlocal agreement with

[32:53] denton county move approval. All right. Motion

[32:57] by commissioner long second by commissioner bowles. All in favor.

[33:01] motion carries five zero item 27,

[33:05] discuss. Consider tech property action on approving, um, agreement for

[33:10] services and goods. 2 0 2 6 dash 180 between data projections incorporated

[33:14] and williamson county for audio visual system upgrades to multiple rooms

[33:19] at the williamson county sheriff's training academy located in hu texas.

[33:23] could we get clarity on how, uh, what budget it's coming out of, please?

[33:31] good morning, richard. Simple technology services. Uh, this is coming out of

[33:35] the its budget. Okay, thank you.

[33:42] any other questions? I'll move to approve

[33:47] and I'll second motion by commissioner covey, second by commissioner cook.

[33:51] all in favor? Motion carries. 5 0 27

[33:57] discuss. Consider take pro production. Oh, wait, wait, 28.

[34:01] um, richard, discuss, consider take pro production on an update on

[34:06] major products, projects by technology services.

[34:10] so, good morning, uh, richard sample, and I have julie kelly up here for the first update.

[34:15] um, these, uh, updates are mainly on our capital projects. I think there's

[34:19] only one in here that's not a capital project. So, um, if we

[34:23] just go through those, there's certainly a lot more that we're doing besides these. But, um, it's definitely

[34:27] time to update the court on a few of these major issues, um, projects that are

[34:31] ongoing. So, uh, the very first is the wow project,

[34:36] the wilco on workday, um, which is going on right

[34:40] now. And, and, um, just as a

[34:44] quick refresher, um, this is our finance procurement asset and

[34:48] hr systems, um, that are being replaced with workday.

[34:52] and, um, it's important to note that while we're replacing a

[34:56] lot of things, uh, you may see on the screen, oracle benefits portal, those sort of things. Uh, we

[35:00] are keeping ukg kronos, um, is staying,

[35:04] uh, as well as una the bonfire that, um, joy mentioned

[35:08] just a little bit ago. And, um, the funding for these

[35:13] is, is coming from cip. Um, and if you'll notice in

[35:17] all the slides I added, um, some icons to indicate, um, the time

[35:21] and and budget, um, status of each of these efforts. The red,

[35:25] if it's bad, I don't have any red ones, fortunately. Um,

[35:30] we do have a couple that are yellow, um, for various reasons and we can talk about those.

[35:35] um, but to look at the, is there anything you wanna say about this part? Yeah,

[35:40] so good morning, julie kiley, county auditor. I just wanted to take this quick

[35:44] opportunity to give a shout out to all the teams that are involved in this project.

[35:49] I know we've mentioned them in the past, but we've received a lot of great compliments

[35:53] from our implementation firm on how spot on this team

[35:57] is, how hard they're working, how well this project is on,

[36:01] uh, target. Uh, so I just wanna shout out to the benefits department, the

[36:06] treasurer's office, it, hr, budget, purchasing, general counsel's

[36:10] office. Uh, they were involved with the rfp process soon to be involved

[36:14] in some of the procurement processes and how we'll handle those. And then, of

[36:18] course, my staff that are involved in this project. I also wanna give a huge shout

[36:23] out to jaylen morris, who's the county's pm kayla, who

[36:27] re, uh, uh, represents the hr from a project management perspective, many

[36:31] batay and it who represents the it side of the shop

[36:35] as a pm and then our contracted relationship of valerie guts with

[36:39] barry dunn, who's keeping us all in tow, including myself. So thank

[36:44] you to the team. Keep up the good work. Uh, we've got implementers on site

[36:48] the next three weeks over in it, uh, and everybody

[36:52] is doing hands-on testing already, if you can believe that in this project.

[36:56] so I'll be running over there to check on the teams, uh, that we have. Hr is this

[37:00] week, next week is mostly financials and richard will cover that. And

[37:04] then the third week will be payroll.

[37:09] so as julie mentioned, there's a lot of folks working really hard on this. And, um,

[37:14] we've got, fortunately our, our folks from barry dunn, um, helping us

[37:18] along with a vap who's helping implement, uh, workday. And as

[37:22] you can see, um, we've already gone through a lot of the planning, um, and now we're really in the

[37:27] configuration phase. And this is a really key phase where we are, um,

[37:31] going through each module, each screen and configuring exactly

[37:35] how it needs to work for us as, and then testing that to

[37:39] make sure each of those functions perform the way we need to. Um, this

[37:44] is on the individual units, so as we progress, you'll see we're getting into some

[37:48] more, um, testing phases later this summer. Um, including

[37:52] end-to-end testing where we will, you know, start something like, say start

[37:56] a procurement from the very beginning, um, and work it all the way through invoicing.

[38:00] um, and, and see where all those issues and things that need to be cleaned

[38:05] up are. Um, so this, this testing is super important

[38:09] on us. Um, you know, that we take the time to make

[38:13] sure it's working exactly as we need it to function. Um, not just how

[38:17] the system works, I just wanna say how, how much I've

[38:21] seen all these teams work together. Great job. It's,

[38:25] this is a, a huge project and it's very complicated and it

[38:29] has to be, right. So I appreciate all the time that you guys are

[38:34] spending and all the other leaders that are, that are helping their departments move through,

[38:38] maneuver through this. Um, this is something we can't get wrong and, and,

[38:42] and it's at lightning speed actually for government work, uh, to start

[38:47] really, um, testing it now, but to have it online

[38:51] next year, early next year. So I appreciate it and all

[38:55] the things that are complicating it by real life stuff that happens in that time. So

[39:00] I appreciate all the work. Thank you. Yes, it, it's a, it's a lot of

[39:04] work on top of everyone's regular job duties. Um, and taking a lot of time

[39:08] out for this is certainly taxing for those folks. Um, and for everyone else who's

[39:12] having to help, um, keep the lights on. So we are, um,

[39:16] going live on december 14th for hr payroll,

[39:21] um, and a lot of the, um, other modules and then january 1st for

[39:25] all the financials. So, um, there's a bit of a, a staggered go live. And then after

[39:30] that we'll be, uh, budgeting. So the budgeting for

[39:34] fy 28 will be done, will be done in

[39:38] workday. But speaking of budget,

[39:42] you have, you continue to tell us that you have the funding needed to

[39:46] make this happen. That's correct. Good. Yep. Thank you.

[39:50] um, as, as important as the configuration is, is also the folks, um,

[39:55] that are helping get the word out about this project and then going

[39:59] to help, um, facilitate inside their departments. Um,

[40:03] so we have, uh, started the change champions network,

[40:08] um, which right now has 28 representatives from several departments and offices.

[40:13] uh, these are folks that we're gonna be working with all spring and summer,

[40:17] um, and into the fall to, you know, get feedback, to give them information

[40:22] they can give out to other folks in their departments. Um, and really help

[40:26] us ease that transition into workday. Uh, 'cause there are a lot of

[40:30] things gonna change for folks. Thanks, rich.

[40:37] uh, the next thing I wanted to update is our, uh, dispatch and law

[40:41] enforcement records management product. Um, we purchased a product from hexagon

[40:46] now called octa. They love changing names. Um,

[40:51] so, um, on that, um,

[40:57] as a, as a refresher, we are replacing our current 9 1 1 dispatch systems.

[41:01] the mobile data systems use out by units in the field and the law enforcement records management

[41:06] systems. And in, in reality, there's a whole bunch of other, uh, smaller systems that are gonna be either

[41:10] affected or replaced as part of this. Um, you'll notice the icon for,

[41:14] for budget turned yellow in this case. Um, and that is because while we are still in the,

[41:19] uh, budget we had planned, there are some additional funds

[41:23] needed, uh, to be able to complete this project, um,

[41:28] which is going live next year. And here's where we are on that project. Um,

[41:33] sorry for the small font, uh, but there is a lot, a lot going on. But essentially

[41:37] we are doing some configuration in the beginnings of testing right now. Um,

[41:41] so this week is actually a really busy week for a lot of folks because we've got, um,

[41:46] the law enforcement record system, um, configuration going on right now

[41:51] in one of our training rooms. And then our other conference rooms are filled with workday folks

[41:55] doing testing. So, um, a lot going on, but we are,

[41:59] um, moving forward to that, uh, on completion

[42:03] on these projects. Uh, this will be going live in february of next year. So,

[42:08] um, a lot of changes coming the beginning of next year,

[42:12] but this project is, is on track and we've got some really great folks,

[42:17] um, involved in that from various county offices as well.

[42:24] some of the other projects, um, we've got through cip, um, our public

[42:28] wifi project. So, um, public wifi on the square

[42:33] here, um, as well as the expo center and taylor ballfield will be

[42:37] launching in may to the public. Um, there is some available right now, we've got some

[42:41] tweaks to do. Um, and we are also, um,

[42:45] gonna expand to do some service at southwest regional park in and around the splash

[42:49] pad area as well. Um,

[42:54] and we are just now planning that part out. Um, and this is funded

[42:58] a million and a half for arpa interests. And again, we're

[43:02] on time and on on budget with that. Um, even adding in the,

[43:07] um, southwest regional park,

[43:12] the countywide fiber optic project, um, while I show green and

[43:16] on time on a budget, this has been not without its challenges, although

[43:21] it's green with maybe a few dots behind it. Um, we have definitely

[43:25] faced our share of challenges trying to run, uh, fiber around the county. A lot of aerial routes

[43:29] have had to change, um, and different routes decided and some underground,

[43:34] uh, but we will be complete with that, um, by december 1st.

[43:38] um, we've got, um, $8 million in arpa funding, uh,

[43:43] for that and as well as a million and a half of cip we always knew this

[43:47] wasn't gonna be enough to do all the fiber that's needed around, and that's future

[43:51] years. Um, we'd originally estimated about 16 million.

[43:55] um, hopefully that's still true. Um, but we will have quite

[43:59] a bit, um, complete by then. So we will have, uh, some good

[44:03] use outta this fiber and we are still working with our cities and school

[44:07] districts and other folks to discuss what their needs are and how we can help each other through this

[44:11] project. Are they pitching in? Uh, their part will be in,

[44:15] if they want to connect, we'll discuss how that those costs will be

[44:19] shared. And we didn't, we

[44:24] didn't specifically run to any of their buildings we're running nearby and then pointing out where the

[44:28] junctions are so that they can decide, you know, if that's something they'd like to connect to. We can

[44:32] discuss how that goes. Kinda like when the city pulls water up to your property and,

[44:36] and you get to pay to connect. Exactly. Yep. So are we gonna spend all of

[44:40] the money that we've assigned from arpa before the end of the year? Yes, thank

[44:44] you.

[44:49] uh, enterprise asset management system, uh, for road and bridge parks and

[44:53] facilities. Um, we are working with barry dunn, who's

[44:57] the same folks are helping us with the, um, workday project.

[45:02] um, so with this one we have received rfp responses and we are evaluating

[45:06] them right now. Um, after we select

[45:10] a system, we can also then start looking at data conversion

[45:15] and data gathering that needs to happen to go into these systems. Um,

[45:19] so if say we're gathering information for parks, you know, it's which

[45:23] specific pieces of equipment, um, and items they wanna

[45:27] track and be able to load that into the appropriate formats for whatever system

[45:31] is selected. So, um, we're expecting a go live in the

[45:36] fall of 27, um, and we do believe we have enough money,

[45:40] um, at this point without knowing specifics yet on which system we're gonna select

[45:44] and what data will cost. Um, but we are estimating that

[45:48] the two and a half million that's currently funded in cip is, is adequate for this project.

[45:57] radio towers, additions and upgrades. Um, so this is a project

[46:01] to add five additional tower sites, um, not necessarily the tower

[46:05] themselves yet. Um, we've also added in the lake creek annex tower,

[46:09] um, to provide coverage. So we are working

[46:14] with a company called mission critical partners, who's helped us with several projects in the past. They're

[46:18] also helping us with a, a body worn in-car camera system that's

[46:22] on this list 'cause it's not cip, um, to study

[46:26] those individual sites. And then we are starting discussions with partner agencies

[46:30] on specific sites that may be, um, an opportunity

[46:34] for us to put those towers in as currently funded at 3 million,

[46:39] um, from cip for the tower sites and land acquisition.

[46:43] um, which is adequate. This is the map of where the

[46:47] current sites are in, in green tribe mission critical study had identified

[46:51] needed towers. Um, so you can see they kind of fill in some of the gaps around.

[46:56] so we are working to identify some of those specific sites and

[47:00] exactly who we can partner with if necessary. Um,

[47:04] and where it's acceptable to put a tower. What's the, what's the minimum number of acres you

[47:08] need per site? So originally we had said, okay, let's look

[47:12] for five acres because that would be enough space for a guy, wire

[47:16] guy, wire supported tower, which is a little cheaper to build, um, depending on the, the

[47:20] land. Um, however, really a

[47:25] even as small as a hundred by a hundred feet, um, can

[47:29] be enough for a self-supported tower depending on the height and the land. Um,

[47:34] so it, it kind of varies, but we can go quite small and in fact, um,

[47:38] one of the sites we have identified would be a good fit. Um,

[47:42] out in the liberty hill area is actually on the property,

[47:47] um, that the liberty hills cscd office is on,

[47:51] um, which is pictured up here. And a conceptual drawing

[47:55] that we had just, um, been discussing with facilities, um,

[47:59] was potentially creating a driveway off the back of that to the back corner of the property and putting a

[48:03] tower back there that would be out of the road right of way.

[48:07] um, and that would be on a potentially good location for a

[48:11] tower, um, that would have a lot of infrastructure right nearby. Can you go back to that,

[48:16] the picture before please? That would take care of the dot that's out

[48:20] that way. Yes, the far left one. Yep. And you know, you know, the wccf

[48:24] owns property at 1 95, which looks like where one of those dots might be

[48:28] correct. Yeah, we have been studying that. It may be a little close to the

[48:32] florence, the existing florence tower. Mm-hmm . Um, but we are looking at that.

[48:36] we're also talking with, uh, city of georgetown has mentioned, um, that they

[48:40] may have some opportunities coming up, so we're right. Um, starting discussions with them on

[48:45] how we could partner there. Good, thank you.

[48:52] so lake creek annex, um, so we purchased this building in

[48:56] the fall and we've been, um, working with levy akima for architectural

[49:00] services for the 9 1 1 training center that'll go out there. Um,

[49:06] that one again has a, has a different color for the on budget. Um,

[49:11] and, and thanks to dale for a lot of this information. Um,

[49:16] the, the programming for the building, these are the spaces identified and the,

[49:20] um, southwest wing is where the, um, the 9 1 1

[49:25] training center is allocated to be. And,

[49:29] um, just some, just some budgetary numbers on there.

[49:34] um, you know, it's currently funded at 10,550,000.

[49:39] um, there is additional requests from cip for 575,000

[49:43] to be able to finish out the space for, um,

[49:48] 9 1 1 training. Um, and that does not include, um,

[49:52] some future equipment that'll be needed to make that a good long term, um,

[49:57] place. However, those aren't needed day one, so, and we

[50:01] could maybe go after grant since other absolutely. Other funding sources for that. Yep. But

[50:05] the last, could you talk about the last part on that schedule and, um, the,

[50:09] the last two items, the 500,000 and the 2.1 million is,

[50:14] um, options if there are other occupants for that building, uh, in some of the other spaces

[50:18] mm-hmm . So not,

[50:22] not necessarily needed for the nine one training, but it's a separate for other. It's separate, but it's

[50:26] something that has been discussed. Yes. Mm-hmm . Thank you. It's

[50:30] for the sheriff. Thank you. Um, this is not

[50:35] a cip item, but this affects, um, nearly all of them.

[50:39] uh, and I just wanted to bring this up is that, um, we are still working to

[50:43] transition our computer domain from wilco.org

[50:47] to the wilco tx.gov. Um, all of our emails have been done for some

[50:51] time. We are now, um, working on the scope to transition

[50:56] all of the users, computers, uh, servers, those sort of things to this

[51:00] new domain that is an incredibly complicated process,

[51:04] um, and incredibly nerdy. I would put everyone to sleep by talking about it. Um,

[51:08] but it is a very important project that a lot of our other efforts are

[51:12] tied up in. Um, so we are working to complete this one. Um, we

[51:17] hope mainly by the end of the fiscal year. Um, but there will be some things

[51:21] that that drag into next year, uh, through march of 27.

[51:26] so this will affect how you sign into the network, um, how you get access to

[51:30] things and, and all of the servers that run, uh, the content that we have.

[51:37] um, our carlson cove tower, um, which

[51:41] is off the inter loop. Um, we have a new shelter and monitoring equipment going in,

[51:45] uh, that was funded a million and a half from cip. Uh, and that is on target

[51:49] to go live same time as basically everything else in january of 27.

[51:53] um, so, um, we've got that well underway

[51:58] and it is on track

[52:02] generally for all of our projects. These are the major challenges we're facing.

[52:06] these affect all the ones above, uh, and a whole lot more that aren't even on this list.

[52:10] um, but, you know, the daily work, uh, unplanned events being from,

[52:15] um, issues that come up, uh, those could be,

[52:19] you know, moves of departments, those could be cyber issues, um,

[52:24] outages of various types. Those create a challenge. Um, our many

[52:28] other projects on our list, uh, that departments are counting on to do their work. Um,

[52:33] certainly, uh, impact our ability to schedule things and, and get some

[52:37] things done. Um, just having enough staff time and, and resources.

[52:41] um, like today we're out of conference space, uh, to have all

[52:45] the testing done, um, in place. And then, uh, last thing I wanna bring

[52:49] up is it hardware, um, is very difficult to get right now. I have on here seven

[52:53] days that's, um, actually long. Um, we have,

[52:58] uh, one of our key vendors has a three day quote.

[53:02] I mean, I don't know who can get any kind of, um, purchase back

[53:06] in three days. Uh, that's asking way too much. But, uh, dell

[53:10] right now is giving us seven day quotes. Um, so making it

[53:14] very difficult for us to do business. And a lot of other folks, a lot of that's driven

[53:18] by the need for chips and ram for ai, um, data centers.

[53:23] so mm-hmm . That's creating a, a big headache for us. You got enough going on?

[53:27] you got enough going on? I, I wish this was the list. I wish there wasn't, uh, about several

[53:31] dozen other projects. We should be for a while until we, until you get some stuff. We are good with that.

[53:36] . So richard, I, I think I heard two things. Uh, as far

[53:40] as additional budget needs, um, 5 75

[53:44] for lake creek and the other one was 500 for, um, the cad.

[53:48] for the cad and rms for the cad. Yes. Mm-hmm .

[53:53] alright, thanks. Okay. And thank you. And

[53:57] to your team, I mean the, just the two major

[54:01] systems alone, are you on? Is your, is your, yeah, it's on. Okay.

[54:05] the two major systems alone are huge, but that's in

[54:09] addition to everything else. So thank, thank you for what you are doing and, and for your team. Yeah, great

[54:13] job. Great job. Thank you all for your support and please relay that info to

[54:18] your team that, yeah, it's just an amazing, uh,

[54:22] amount of work and resource y'all do to keep the county up and running and they're,

[54:26] we're grateful for y'all and your work is appreciated. Thank you. We've got a great

[54:30] team. Hey richard, we're proud of that. Um, we're gonna move into the, uh, admin building

[54:34] in a few months. Are y'all testing that before we move in? In

[54:39] every capacity? We are indeed. So there, there is already internet service to

[54:43] that building. Um, we will be installing wireless coming

[54:47] up soon. Um, there are also cellular repeaters throughout

[54:51] the building, so cell service will be excellent throughout the building, wherever you are.

[54:55] um, no matter which, no matter which brand you use for, for all those

[55:00] people who are not gonna have desk phones anymore, that's a good thing. Exactly right.

[55:04] um, so there are a lot of other efforts out there like, like that, um, which is gonna

[55:08] take a sign, significant amount of work from our staff to get that building completely

[55:12] set up, um, in, in all the different technology systems that

[55:16] are gonna run in there as well as all the users. Um, getting everyone moved,

[55:20] so, mm-hmm . Thank you. Good job. Thanks richard. Thank you. All right, thanks

[55:24] richard. Alright, moving on. Court

[55:29] items 29, 30 and 31 are all facilities related. 29,

[55:34] um, deals with electrical infrastructure, maintenance and installation

[55:38] services with doyle electric. Um, 30 deals

[55:43] with electrical infrastructure, maintenance and installation with allied

[55:47] electrical services. And 31, uh,

[55:51] is awarding, uh, half and associates for

[55:55] the architects and design services for the road and bridge training building.

[56:00] I will entertain a motion for one or all three of those items. I move.

[56:04] we approve all three. I'll second. All right. Motion by commissioner cook. Second by

[56:08] commissioner bowles. All in favor? A I just to comment on the,

[56:12] um, motion carries five, oh by the way, on 31, sorry, on 31

[56:17] that, uh, we've, we've, uh, already approved 750,000

[56:21] I think for this project. So this is coming out of that just for note.

[56:26] okay. Thank you. Mm-hmm . Alright, moving on. Items 32 through

[56:30] 39, all concern road and bridge projects. I

[56:34] will entertain a motion for one or all of those items.

[56:39] I move. We approve all of those items. Motion by commissioner cook.

[56:45] I'll second. That was 32nd by commissioner bulls for items

[56:49] 32 through 39.

[56:54] any discussion on any of those items? We're good. All

[56:58] right. All in favor? Motion carries five zero.

[57:02] moving on to item 40, discuss, consider tech appropriate action on the agreed

[57:06] final judgment with roger doyle bonnet and patricia lin

[57:11] bonnet, trustees of the roger d and patricia l bonnet trust order

[57:15] instrument dated october 1st, 2020 to acquire 0.109

[57:21] acres needed as right of way on baghdad road at county road 2 79,

[57:25] project partial 23 move approval.

[57:30] uh, commissioner long motions to approve. I'll second. Second by commissioner bowles. All

[57:34] in favor. Item carries five

[57:38] zero. Item number 41. I would like to pull to executive

[57:43] and address when we come back from executive. Um, before

[57:47] we, uh, recess to executive, I would like to give our people

[57:52] who signed up for non-ag agenda item, public comments, a chance

[57:56] to speak. Richard has already spoken. We will, uh, the next person

[58:00] who signed up is ben fras. Um, coming back

[58:04] to discuss the drift track, I'm assuming in hu it doesn't say on here.

[58:08] yes sir. Yes. Okay. Yes sir. I apologize for that. There seems

[58:12] to be some ben frascona williamson county. There seems

[58:17] to be some question on decibel levels requirements

[58:21] in the, in the county and the state, since the county doesn't necessarily have any noise ordinance,

[58:26] the state does, it starts at a minimum of 85 decibels. Now that's not

[58:30] a hard and fast rule. My dishwasher operates

[58:35] at 42 decibels. Very quiet. A large, large

[58:39] noisy dishwasher operates at above 85. You can see the

[58:43] comparison, but I also refer to texas supreme court address on

[58:47] nuisance law, cross tech north texas pipeline lp versus the

[58:51] gardener family, which I provided for you last week started in

[58:55] 2008 where a family purchased a a 95 acre lot

[59:00] for the investment retirement and raising cattle. They purchased

[59:05] that property and over time the pipeline company came in,

[59:10] put in pipeline and a large generator, which made noise 24 7.

[59:15] it started in 2008, went to a jury trial. The plaintiffs were successful.

[59:19] it went all the way up to the state supreme court where the state supreme court,

[59:24] uh, judged for the plaintiffs in this matter. And

[59:28] it doesn't in the state. It's a three page brief, which I provided to you

[59:32] last week. It doesn't matter whether the noise is day or night. The fact, the matter is

[59:37] the family was there before the pipeline was there. In my case,

[59:41] or in my community's case, there's a bunch of homes that were there long before

[59:45] the drift track was there. And no, uh,

[59:49] no notice was given to the residents to talk to the owner about

[59:53] that. Yesterday I did an, I did an interview with kxan.

[59:57] the owner pulled up and we, the reporter told him what

[1:00:02] we were doing and filing a story over

[1:00:06] the noise. Would he like to comment? He did not want to comment on that.

[1:00:10] so it is being, I did ask the media to address it as well as,

[1:00:15] uh, caroline harris davila's office. Okay. Two

[1:00:19] minutes is not enough time to go through all this. Okay. But if the county attorney is in the,

[1:00:23] in the building, I would love to have 15 minutes to talk with him over this.

[1:00:28] okay. Um, he is, and, and I know, uh, commissioner

[1:00:32] bowles in his office is, uh, aware the situation as well. So

[1:00:36] we'll be in contact with you and I don't think the county attorney is in the office today. Oh. Or

[1:00:40] in the building today. I'm sorry. I thought you okay. I was thinking of our counsel in, and I'm still waiting from

[1:00:45] your schedule or to schedule a meeting with you, judge. Okay. Okay.

[1:00:49] we'll get that asap as well. Thank you, sir. All right. Appreciate you.

[1:00:55] alright. Bill cover law,

[1:01:09] uh, bill cover law williamson county, uh, too. Minutes, minutes goes by real fast.

[1:01:13] it is interesting to point out on my way to a meeting on, uh,

[1:01:18] saturday. I ran into a nightmare on

[1:01:22] 1431 because of some bike ride that had been scheduled. We

[1:01:26] had traffic going east and west, backed up for almost two miles else.

[1:01:32] and all that traffic was, uh, engines running pollution, carbon

[1:01:36] emissions, people missed appointments, missed, uh,

[1:01:41] deliveries, et cetera. Probably a couple wrecks along the way

[1:01:45] with all of that poor planning that went into that. But anyway,

[1:01:49] I wanna, knowing the back roads I got to my meeting on time.

[1:01:54] the, um, meeting was interesting too. It kind of ties back

[1:01:58] into last week's, uh, sandbox argument. It's hard

[1:02:02] to get good civility in, in a lot of meetings.

[1:02:07] the, the, um,

[1:02:12] meeting I was in, uh, I had to bring up, uh, robert jules's issue that was

[1:02:16] called, uh, divide the question. And then they still wanted to debate that. So

[1:02:20] I had to get the parliamentarian to advise the group that it wasn't

[1:02:24] debatable. But, uh, one quick last item is, uh,

[1:02:29] citizen's use of the av equipment in the, uh, courtroom. It would be nice if

[1:02:33] we had equal access to

[1:02:37] be able to present information like all the other people that make presentations. And

[1:02:41] there's always an argument about security, but it can be an isolated system. There

[1:02:45] ought to be a way for us to be able to present some of these things.

[1:02:50] and if you got a noisy neighbor, I saw that problem with the noisy neighbors I had

[1:02:54] a couple years ago behind me. I built my own generator and it was

[1:02:58] 150 db and I got their attention. They quit making noise.

[1:03:03] thank you, bill. Next we have dr. Laura

[1:03:07] presley

[1:03:17] is court. I'm dr. Laura pressley, true texas elections. I'd like to provide

[1:03:22] some good faith professional advice regarding resolving the serious

[1:03:26] voting rights issues that were raised to this court. During early voting for the primary

[1:03:31] number 1 21 early vote and 29 election day voters

[1:03:35] casted legal ballots resulting in disenfranchising of those 50 voters

[1:03:39] from voting on all races. These issues were raised to you to

[1:03:43] the court, the first week of early vote. I wanna

[1:03:47] provide potentially how you could have changed the outcome of

[1:03:52] this. Um, I wish that you had

[1:03:56] demanded that the election administrator provide daily reports of

[1:04:00] anyone casting those illegal ballots, and thank the

[1:04:04] citizens for bringing these issues to you. And if one person had,

[1:04:09] had, um, had cast an illegal ballot,

[1:04:13] that you would've demanded the removal of those ballot marking devices and

[1:04:17] you would've apologized to those voters. For that.

[1:04:22] I wanted to see an apology from this court to the 50 voters at cast

[1:04:26] illegal ballots. Number two, the ballot box surveillance

[1:04:31] vi videos have been going off for years, and we reported this during early vote

[1:04:35] the second week of early vote. Uh, commissioner bowles, we reported this.

[1:04:40] I wanted you to demand that it stop, that the videos

[1:04:45] stop turning off you. Thank the citizens for bringing these

[1:04:49] issues to you for the illegalities that were occurring. And you apologize

[1:04:53] to the voters of those early voting ballots that the videos went off, that you

[1:04:58] apologize for the vote for the laws being broken and you demand

[1:05:02] those clocks be put in all the areas. The four videos that I

[1:05:06] recorded were taken directly, commissioner bowles from the youtube website.

[1:05:10] I did not splice any of them. I want that on the record.

[1:05:14] these voting issues must be resolved quickly by this court. All thank

[1:05:19] you, dr. Presley. Criminal complaints. At this point, we will go to item number people

[1:05:23] going to the court of public opinion to help resolve. Will you help with dr. Presley? Thank you

[1:05:27] once again, refuses to follow the rules of the court. We're moving on to

[1:05:31] item number 25 cip.

[1:05:36] I think we can pull those up.

[1:06:12] all right, julie, when you're ready. Good morning, judge and commissioners. Julie kiley,

[1:06:16] county auditor for williamson county. And I have dan weiller with me, our financial advisor

[1:06:20] from specialized public finance. We drafted this agenda item in

[1:06:24] an effort to just discuss various things besides just the cip balances.

[1:06:29] so I'll start with the balance that's left in the 2026 cip.

[1:06:33] there is $17,999,753.

[1:06:39] that has not been allocated at this time. Uh, there are various projects

[1:06:43] that I think the court may want to discuss this morning. One of those being, uh, funding

[1:06:48] for the balance of the juvenile justice center, of which we've already,

[1:06:53] um, put the change orders or the contracts in place

[1:06:57] for those additional three phases. Uh, the 500,000

[1:07:01] that mr. Simple brought up this morning for the cad project. Uh, last week,

[1:07:05] the court negotiated, um, or, uh, finalized

[1:07:10] a $78.6 million contract for, uh,

[1:07:14] property for the justice complex. So those are some of the things I

[1:07:18] wanted to start the discussion with and get some feedback from the court in a direction we wanna

[1:07:22] move. And one other item before I, uh, forget, we need approximately

[1:07:27] 50 million more for right of way for the 2023 program.

[1:07:33] is that all kidding? .

[1:07:40] okay. So one of the things that we would propose for

[1:07:44] the land purchase in the right of way at a minimum would be a tax anticipation

[1:07:49] note that mr. Weiller and I and bond counsel would bring back for the court's

[1:07:53] consideration later in april, roughly april 21st agenda is what we're

[1:07:57] looking at. Uh, so if we wanna start there with any discussion or

[1:08:01] questions, um, I know, uh, mr. Weill's here and can help answer

[1:08:06] any of those questions. We've been running various scenarios to make sure this works in

[1:08:10] the county's current debt structure. Before we get into that, um, I

[1:08:14] would, I would propose that we have two projects

[1:08:18] that we could pay for with current remaining

[1:08:23] cip money, 26 cip money. And that would be the,

[1:08:27] uh, the juvie center, uh, juvenile detention center.

[1:08:31] I think it's 17 at eight or something. 17.4 million. There you go.

[1:08:36] 17 four. And then another half a million for the the cad project,

[1:08:40] uh, to finish those out. And that would use up, I believe, the bulk of

[1:08:44] that money, is that correct? It would leave $99,753.

[1:08:48] some, some, some change. Yeah. So that would be something that

[1:08:52] we have already moved forward on contractually for the, um,

[1:08:57] the juvie center and well both projects. And so

[1:09:01] that that would finish them up. And we could, and we don't have to vote on anything if, however

[1:09:05] you wanna do it, judge, but we can talk about how, you know, if we're gonna move forward on

[1:09:09] these projects, how we're gonna pay for them. That would be my recommend, my, my

[1:09:13] proposal and my, my motion. If you're accepting motions at this point,

[1:09:17] if you wanna look at the whole thing, we can. And then go back and figure out how we're gonna pay

[1:09:22] for each thing. So this is when we went through

[1:09:26] the process back in september,

[1:09:30] oct whenever it was. Um, we left this much on the table knowing

[1:09:34] we had some of these things coming up. And so at this point, um,

[1:09:39] I, I do think, uh, we need to figure

[1:09:44] out the lake creek piece. Mm-hmm . And whether that comes out of,

[1:09:48] um, I don't know timing wise whether it can be out of the next

[1:09:52] f-y-c-I-p or not. Um, but

[1:09:57] you know, we've already voted and committed on the juvenile piece and cad

[1:10:01] is, uh, we're in the middle of implementation. So that are kind

[1:10:05] of two commitments. I think we that's right. Have to follow, follow through on. Well, and we could

[1:10:09] use the rest of the cip you said about a hundred thousand dollars, is that what you said? Um,

[1:10:13] along with, um, other funds to, to finish out

[1:10:17] the lake creek aspect of the training facility. 'cause I feel like those three

[1:10:22] projects, everything else we can talk about, we want, you know, if we wanna move forward.

[1:10:26] but first I think we need to fund what we started. And I know in some discussions

[1:10:30] with dale, and he can certainly answer any questions, um, uh,

[1:10:34] both last week and, uh, again this morning, lake creek, as

[1:10:39] it stands right now, cashflow wise, we can keep moving on that

[1:10:43] project. We don't have a cashflow issue that needs to be addressed before the end of this fiscal

[1:10:47] year. Um, and so we could certainly, uh, tag

[1:10:51] some of next year's cip bucket that at a minimum should be certified to

[1:10:55] you at approximately $20 million for next year. Right. Um, so,

[1:11:00] uh, dale, I don't know if you have anything to add, but those were discussions that

[1:11:04] we've had making sure that we weren't gonna leave a project in a cash flow situation.

[1:11:08] so before, before we go any further with those

[1:11:12] items, because I, I feel like those need to be funded. The other things that

[1:11:17] I would like to put on the table for discussion, um,

[1:11:21] we can talk about lake creek. There's, uh, you know, we've talked to the sheriff about what his

[1:11:26] interim needs are until a new jail gets built. And,

[1:11:30] and he has, um, he has asked us to come forward

[1:11:35] with a plan to move certain aspects of his operations. It would also

[1:11:39] free up space that is better utilized in the, in the current jail.

[1:11:44] the numbers that dale showed us, uh, or richard, I guess in his presentation showed

[1:11:48] us is, um, anywhere from a half a million to 2.6 million.

[1:11:53] and so that would be something that would be another project to consider if we want

[1:11:58] to relieve the sheriff's actions over there in the jail

[1:12:02] until the new jail gets built. The, um, the other thing would

[1:12:06] be when we move out of, when we move into the admin

[1:12:10] building in, uh, in a few months, the interim

[1:12:14] plan was to, was to relieve some

[1:12:19] pressure on the, uh, district attorney's office and, and adjust some things on

[1:12:23] the second floor of the current justice center, uh, where, um,

[1:12:27] the county clerk is currently. And so the estimate

[1:12:31] for that is, um, uh, the estimate for that is about

[1:12:35] $750,000. Again, it can come out of

[1:12:40] the future cip or this next year, cip, but I feel like it's something that

[1:12:44] we've, we need to have, take actual action on.

[1:12:48] we've talked about it in the interim plan, but we haven't really voted on it. But we need

[1:12:52] to in order for there not to be a delay because there'll be moving out in this

[1:12:56] summer. So I just wanted to throw those other items out. And then if we're gonna

[1:13:00] continue on, the other item would be we, we purchased the land for

[1:13:04] the new justice complex. We haven't closed on it yet, but we're doing

[1:13:09] our due diligence. And to move forward on, uh, phase

[1:13:13] three of that project, we would need some additional funds.

[1:13:17] I believe the numbers that you have put into, uh, what would

[1:13:21] fit, because my question to you was, and to dan was

[1:13:25] what, what would not put us in a, uh, uh, an action

[1:13:29] of raising the tax rate for debt service. And your

[1:13:33] estimate on your spreadsheet is for $135 million

[1:13:38] and that would be in may this year and it

[1:13:42] would be a seven year tan, is that correct? Yes, ma'am. And in that,

[1:13:46] are the, the items that you've mentioned, the 50 million for the road

[1:13:50] for, um, road right away and uh, to pay for the land

[1:13:55] that we just voted on as well, it would give us nine or

[1:13:59] $10 million to move forward on the, on the justice center yes ma'am. Com justice

[1:14:03] complex. Yes. Um, so those are the items that I think we're talking about

[1:14:07] today. If we wanna move forward on those and how we're gonna fund them.

[1:14:18] so, um, just you, you know, you, your

[1:14:23] cpa mind, uh, fired off a bunch of numbers just mm-hmm . To, I

[1:14:27] can go back over it. So well, lemme summarize 'em. Yep. Uh, so

[1:14:32] using a tan, roughly 78 million

[1:14:37] for the land purchase, 50 for the

[1:14:41] right of way. Um, that would leave about, you said 135 million

[1:14:46] that would leave about seven left. It, it's really less than that on the land. Yeah. It's

[1:14:50] 75.8 on the land. Oh, okay. So 76.

[1:14:54] yes ma'am. Mm-hmm . Rounding. Yeah. Um, so that basically leaves

[1:14:58] 9 million left out of that 1 35. And

[1:15:03] what's the cost of phase three for the,

[1:15:07] and rebecca's here she can speak better to, uh, and I don't think, we don't

[1:15:11] have kiel here, I don't believe, but rebecca, if you have, um,

[1:15:16] information on that, I think we're gonna, we're going to finish phase

[1:15:20] two this summer is what they're telling us. And so to continue to move forward,

[1:15:24] phase three would be within this time period. Um,

[1:15:35] rebecca, I don't know how well that one works. The other one works really well.

[1:15:39] rebecca, cls. Oh, there you go. I'm back on. Um, I can look up what phase

[1:15:43] three would be. We had broken it down by years moving ahead. And so I think

[1:15:47] the amount that we had allocated for next year's cip

[1:15:51] included phase three and maybe a small piece of phase four. Um, so I can look at the numbers and break

[1:15:55] that out real quick. I think it was around three, three and a half million dollars, but I can double check. Okay.

[1:16:01] and that would be, I mean,

[1:16:05] we're, we're talking about the design team

[1:16:10] with that money, we would be talking about the money for, um,

[1:16:14] kiel and for hok and for half for our three consultants that are on the project. It would not include

[1:16:19] the money for like the architecture fee. That's what I'm talking about. Right. 'cause we've,

[1:16:23] we've, we've talked about moving those monies into the budget and I think ashley's

[1:16:27] doing that. I'm talking about if we're gonna continue to move forward on actually producing

[1:16:32] buildings, we need to hire the design team at some point in the near future, right? In phase

[1:16:36] three. Yeah. It would not include the cost for that or a cr and that's what this money could do.

[1:16:40] so, oh, I'd like to

[1:16:46] that piece of it. We've got the land under contract

[1:16:51] yep. And sort of pause and look at

[1:16:55] all of those funding requirements going forward. 'cause the,

[1:16:59] the big hard push was securing the land. Mm-hmm . Because

[1:17:04] land's not getting any cheaper and god's not making anymore. Um, so,

[1:17:08] uh, getting that nailed down. But I I, I think at least for me,

[1:17:12] comfort level and I see some heads nodding yeah. That

[1:17:16] let's look at how the rest of the project lays out estimated

[1:17:20] costs and, and and timelines, um, on that. And then,

[1:17:25] um, also get a better handle. And I, I know you did

[1:17:29] this before, becca, but what are the real costs

[1:17:33] of our stop gap? Um,

[1:17:39] whatever that time period is. And you know, I, between, uh,

[1:17:44] the extra space we're gonna open up in by opening the admin

[1:17:48] building, but then the additional space we're gonna need in the current justice

[1:17:53] complex justice center, um, for, um,

[1:17:57] and how are we going to utilize the buildings that we currently have, and including

[1:18:01] the one we purchased right across the parking lot, um,

[1:18:05] to house those various individuals before we

[1:18:10] lay out money to 'em. And, and I'm not expecting a vote on that today. I was just laying it

[1:18:14] all out. The, the, what do we not have funded at this point, items

[1:18:18] so that we can have discussion. And I think rebecca was planning on coming back anyway.

[1:18:22] aren't you coming back at, I've spoken with a couple court members about coming back to court and doing another

[1:18:27] interim plan because we pretty much have covered through this summer. Um, and getting some

[1:18:31] feedback from the court on what it would look like timeline wise, um, to build the justice center,

[1:18:35] what our interim plan would look out, look like, and what the court's preference would be. That's right.

[1:18:40] so, so I I, I agree with that. I, you know, I, I

[1:18:44] agree that securing the site, um, you know, that's,

[1:18:49] you know, that's where we start. Um, and I wanna see where we

[1:18:54] go from here. The timing, the cost, uh, the court makeup of the court has

[1:18:58] changed since we came up with this plan. And, you know, I think moving forward,

[1:19:02] um, you know, I wanna see, you know, I I I'd like to see the court

[1:19:07] moving forward together, um, to make

[1:19:11] sure we all understand the direction that we're headed. So I, I think that would be

[1:19:15] great. But I, I think, uh,

[1:19:20] we need to make some decision though on how we're gonna pay for the land

[1:19:25] and the right of way piece, um, to, because those are two things

[1:19:29] that, that again, we've committed to. And when, when are you planning on coming back

[1:19:33] in april? Um, it would be probably late april or may. When

[1:19:38] do we have to decide on, um, the amount of the tans

[1:19:43] swap? You have a couple of

[1:19:47] options on the, uh, amount of the tans it, when you

[1:19:52] delegate authority, you can delegate an upper limit. Will you introduce yourself please? Dan

[1:19:56] weiller with specialized public finance financial advisor to the county. The,

[1:20:00] um, um, upper limit is what goes in the delegation

[1:20:04] authority. And then we have up to, uh, six months

[1:20:09] to a year to issue the debt. So, but if you don't wanna set

[1:20:13] an upper limit, you know, it's, it's really your schedule based on need. We,

[1:20:17] we can adjust as you move forward. So, so if we set an upper limit, you're,

[1:20:22] you're sitting there looking for the best time. Mm-hmm .

[1:20:26] con, uh, best time and confirmation of the

[1:20:31] dollars going into it. What, what I'm really looking for, dan, is that if rebecca comes

[1:20:35] back in april, um, late april to talk about, and we

[1:20:39] can get more into detail about the justice complex moving forward, that

[1:20:43] would be enough time for you guys to go forth in may. Absolutely.

[1:20:47] I would say we, we come back in may with the delegation order and just

[1:20:51] fit that number in and move forward. Yes. So then we'll have time to talk about it and think

[1:20:55] about the next moves on that, what that amount should be. But cynthia, are, are you wanting a

[1:20:59] decision today on paying for the site and the right of way?

[1:21:04] I mean, I don't think we have to decide today,

[1:21:08] but, um, no, we don't. There's, uh, there's

[1:21:12] probably sufficient cash to pay. We just have to make this

[1:21:16] decision probably within six months. Well, we'll, we'll also the next, well,

[1:21:21] the way that works, so next tuesday I will bring place on the

[1:21:25] agenda what's called a reimbursement resolution. This gives us the ability

[1:21:29] on the land purchase to pay ourselves back within 18 months. That's

[1:21:33] the trigger. Mm-hmm . Um, and so we wanna get that reimbursement resolution on

[1:21:38] timely so that we don't lose sight of it. Uh, so you'll see that on next week's

[1:21:42] agenda for the 75.8. Okay. We've also worked with the title company to estimate

[1:21:47] any buyer's related, uh, closing costs in that number. So that,

[1:21:51] that resolution is an estimate and we would only reimburse ourselves for the

[1:21:55] actuals. It'll also include the $300,000, uh,

[1:22:00] uh, deposit that we reimbursed to the broker this past week.

[1:22:04] so, right. And the, and the current, um, due diligence period

[1:22:08] that we're in, I think it's over in may. I think it's over in may. It was 75 days.

[1:22:13] so in other words, march, we have april to discuss it. I'm throwing it out today. 'cause it needs

[1:22:17] to be discussed, you know, in, in total concept, but, uh, in some direction for,

[1:22:22] for everyone. Mm-hmm . But we don't have to make decisions right. Today, and I'm happy to

[1:22:26] meet with each of you. The, the debt modeling that dan and I have been doing have taken

[1:22:30] into account a number. It's, it's an estimate for

[1:22:34] a justice complex. It has taken into account a future road bond election, should

[1:22:38] the court entertain that at some point. Mm-hmm . So we are looking forward looking

[1:22:43] at what the needs are. Uh, there is currently, from a cash flow perspective,

[1:22:47] no need to issue any road bond money this year or park bond money.

[1:22:52] so that's why we're looking at the, this tax anticipation note to take the

[1:22:56] place of that because the cash flow is not needed for those programs. So except for the right

[1:23:00] of way, which, except for the right of way yes. Why we're putting that in there. Yes ma'am. Okay. And

[1:23:04] so you've, you've, you've thought about over the next five to six years what

[1:23:09] it would look like continuing on, so the buildings would not keep

[1:23:13] the road bond projects from happening. Right. And

[1:23:17] we still have road bond money that we haven't sold correct. As well as parks,

[1:23:22] right? Correct. And you've put that all into your calculation, dan, is that right?

[1:23:26] absolutely. And kept what we think is fairly conservative assumptions on growth.

[1:23:31] right. And it maintains the tax rate at the current level, which is probably gonna be pretty close to

[1:23:35] the growth rate that we're gonna hear from a, from alvin. So question,

[1:23:39] um, the, the commitment that we've made to

[1:23:43] continue to fund the juvenile center, um, phases three through five,

[1:23:48] um, is 17.4 million. What's the

[1:23:52] timing on that? And the reason I ask is, um,

[1:23:56] there are a number of projects on this cip

[1:24:01] list that can't be, we can't use debt for,

[1:24:06] um, that is one we could use debt for. Um,

[1:24:10] but some of these others aren't. So I, I just wanna look at the balance

[1:24:14] of those kinds

[1:24:19] of,

[1:24:23] excuse me, ga butler facilities. Um, so the timing on juvenile,

[1:24:28] sorry, is, um, january of 26.

[1:24:33] um, is the finish for phase one, I'm sorry, 27

[1:24:38] time flies dale ? Yeah, it does. Um, the final phase

[1:24:42] is three through five, and I don't remember the exact dates, but finishing in, in

[1:24:46] 28 calendar year of 28. Okay. So from at the end of 28,

[1:24:50] a cashflow perspective, wi mean, when is, when

[1:24:54] do we start owing bills on those phases?

[1:24:58] so phase two would be, um, somewhere in

[1:25:03] the beginning of, uh, calendar year 27. And that's, that's

[1:25:07] already funded though. Um, phase two, correct.

[1:25:11] phase two is already funded. Phase three would be the same timeline

[1:25:15] though, because it's also a remodel. So we're starting the remodels, which

[1:25:19] are three through five, the beginning of january okay. Of 27.

[1:25:24] so I'm not sure, and I can get y'all a breakdown or julia breakdown the cash. So

[1:25:28] this bottom line, not this fiscal year, not this fiscal year, not the current fiscal year,

[1:25:33] the, the remainder of 17.999

[1:25:38] is this fiscal year's remainder cip to be allocated?

[1:25:42] correct. So we don't necessarily have to allocate the

[1:25:46] juvenile part out of that at this point in time, except that I would say

[1:25:50] yeah, you're right. I mean, it could come out of either bucket. I would suggest that we,

[1:25:55] that we look at the cip list very strongly about what we

[1:25:59] actually have to have. And because I don't know that that dale's group

[1:26:03] can get any more done in the time period until we get some of this stuff done.

[1:26:08] and so, um, I mean, yes, we could put it into debt,

[1:26:12] but we have other things that, I mean, we're, we're gonna have, we're gonna have a lot in debt.

[1:26:16] uh, that's not a problem. I would just want to know what

[1:26:20] on this cip list is rises to the top. And I think we've talked about

[1:26:24] several things. I mean, we've talked about a, uh, you know, uh, precinct four,

[1:26:28] uh, we've got projects over there that can happen. I mean, I would love to see

[1:26:33] a campus over there style and maybe sell all the buildings that we have,

[1:26:37] you know, uh, currently have and put it into campus. But that's something that can come

[1:26:41] and talk about the, the, the issue is not do we need any more money over there, but

[1:26:45] what are we gonna do? And, and we haven't heard that plan yet, but I'm not sure what else

[1:26:49] on here other than what we've been talking about would rise to the level of using the

[1:26:53] current ci uh, cip money. Well, and because it's cip

[1:26:58] we don't necessarily have to allocate it all. It can carry

[1:27:02] over. Um, so I, I just, I,

[1:27:06] I wanna, because we do have a lot of projects

[1:27:11] that are big ticket items, um, but I also want

[1:27:15] to be mindful of the things that we can't use debt for that have been

[1:27:19] on this list sometimes for a while, um, before we,

[1:27:23] but bottom line is we don't have to make decision today. This was just to kind

[1:27:27] of update us. Um, but where are we? I I do

[1:27:32] know we are mid, we know we are definitely midstream on

[1:27:36] the cad project. And so I I, I'm comfortable saying

[1:27:40] or making a recommendation that we fund the gap on that out

[1:27:44] of current cip to, um, 'cause I,

[1:27:48] I think that's, uh, already down the track. So my, I would move that we add

[1:27:53] out of the cip budget 500,000 to the cad rms

[1:27:57] project. Second, do we need to vote on that today or

[1:28:01] next week? I can put it back on next week if you prefer. I mean, if, is it, if it's

[1:28:05] a action item, it's an action item. It's an action item. Yeah. That's the only one I want to do today. Alright,

[1:28:10] so we have a motion and second on the cad funding. Uh,

[1:28:14] make up any more discussion on that. All right. All in favor.

[1:28:19] motion carries five zero. Um, back to the cip list.

[1:28:23] uh, commissioner cook, wanna give you an opportunity to speak if you would like

[1:28:27] any, any, well, I'm in agreement with these, the issues of

[1:28:31] the critical, let's get this one fully funded, fully funded, we're working,

[1:28:35] commitments have been made and that we start looking at can we

[1:28:40] do that? Um, and I do want a meeting

[1:28:44] with you on show me the money. Yes, ma'am. So, um,

[1:28:51] I, I like the list that we've got going. Um,

[1:28:55] so I'm, I'm content. Okay. I

[1:28:59] want a campus in taylor. Yeah. So let me

[1:29:03] talk about a couple things, uh, on this list. Um,

[1:29:07] first of all, just starting with precinct four, and you see a lot of items

[1:29:11] on there in the hopper. I know, I know commissioner bowles is working really hard, but,

[1:29:16] um, not a lot of new over in the taylor

[1:29:20] area, right? So we're looking at other buildings to restore

[1:29:24] or, sure. So, um, judge, one of the things is the

[1:29:29] court has been gracious and has, uh, allocated

[1:29:33] different rehab, uh, monies,

[1:29:37] um, in previous budgets that haven't been spent. So

[1:29:41] there is, there is some, there is some, it's 0.5 million. There's some monies waiting

[1:29:46] to be spent, um, in, you know, in discussing

[1:29:50] our, our electeds who have offices and precinct for, and that's, um, gonna

[1:29:54] be the tax assessor, the jp and the the constable.

[1:29:58] um, they without a doubt feel that the spot for,

[1:30:03] uh, the campus needs to be in taylor, um, as opposed to hu.

[1:30:07] so, uh, so looking at, there's, there's some existing buildings that we're looking at

[1:30:12] as well as some other possibilities. Um, and looking to see what it

[1:30:16] would take to acquire one of those, remodel it, uh, with the

[1:30:20] existing funds. Um, you know, we're looking at the possibility of

[1:30:25] selling the current hu annex, um,

[1:30:29] on, uh, edge schmidt, uh, which would add,

[1:30:33] um, you know, if, if you move that over with add funds and so, so,

[1:30:38] so I'm working on it. Uh, I just, uh, just

[1:30:42] need a, a hot second to get there. Yeah. And, uh, so,

[1:30:47] so anyway, I'm, I'm working on it. I, it's something that I've discussed with dale and rebecca and I do have some

[1:30:51] numbers. So, and I yeah, I know y'all have a plan. I just wanna keep that on the forefront

[1:30:55] that we're just not kicking that down the road, uh, even more.

[1:30:59] the second, uh, comment I have is on the lake creek

[1:31:03] annex improvements. It's my understanding that the building was purchased for a variety

[1:31:07] of things and, and, and dale's showing me that building, um,

[1:31:12] you know, you got the nine one one call center, it's gonna take some money. You've got the needs of

[1:31:16] the sheriff's office, it's gonna take some money. And sometime in the future we're gonna need

[1:31:20] a medical examiner's office. So, just so the court knows, I've asked,

[1:31:25] um, rebecca to get me information and do a little research

[1:31:29] on that. The medical examiner's office is not on the agenda, so we don't

[1:31:33] need to talk about the merits of that. Just what those capital improvements might be,

[1:31:38] and just a proposed timeline on when we might look to

[1:31:42] do that, spend an awful lot of money in that area. And I just wanna make sure

[1:31:46] we're just not, uh, forget it. Forget it, forget it. I think there's some opportunities

[1:31:51] there. So rebecca's doing some research for me at a future time,

[1:31:55] and that might play into the future cip monies, um, as

[1:31:59] well. Can I interrupt you for a second? She's, she's, is she looking at construction but

[1:32:04] also, uh, m and o? No, she's just researching

[1:32:08] what it would take to stand up the office itself. So you've got capital, then you've

[1:32:12] got it on the equipment side, but not the personnel. Correct.

[1:32:17] so, well, I mean, she's looking at everything, but that's not what we're talking about today. Okay, thank you. Yeah, no,

[1:32:21] no, I understand that. Just as far as capitals. Alright, now

[1:32:25] onto the courthouse. So fasten your seat belts for this comment.

[1:32:30] um, I know we're moving down, that train's rolling pretty quick

[1:32:35] on a new jail and new justice center and, um,

[1:32:39] appreciate all that. Definitely understand the need on the jail

[1:32:43] side. Definitely understand the space considerations

[1:32:47] on the justice side. But we have a building in a justice center

[1:32:52] that in my opinion is a very good building. Are we outta space? Yeah, we're outta

[1:32:56] space. That's why we're talking about remodeling some space for the das.

[1:33:01] but we're gonna be in that justice center for a while and our population continues to

[1:33:05] increase at a rapid spot. We need another courthouse,

[1:33:09] in my opinion there. And I want, I, I know they're working

[1:33:14] on it. I think the deadline is when courtroom, not courthouse, courtroom. Thanks

[1:33:18] for correcting me courtroom. We have space to do that. I don't think it's

[1:33:22] a lot of money and it will help that court function a little bit more.

[1:33:26] um, I'm, I mean I'm just one vote up here on this daas,

[1:33:30] but not to put any money in that. As we continue to grow

[1:33:34] in the next four to six years, we'll grow by at least a hundred thousand, maybe

[1:33:39] even close to 200,000. We just got a new justice, which is getting sworn

[1:33:43] in in 25 or j or judge, which getting sworn in in 25 or not

[1:33:47] sworn in, what's the official word? Sworn in ceremonies coming up in 25

[1:33:51] minute investiture. We'll probably need another one in another courthouse.

[1:33:56] and I just want the court to consider

[1:34:00] making that building as functional as possible. I'm also

[1:34:04] very concerned with just simply abandoning that building in the future.

[1:34:08] I think it's way too good if a building has a lot of courts to replace

[1:34:12] the building that is there would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

[1:34:17] and I don't think we need to just spend that money to replicate

[1:34:21] what we have and is usable in that space. Would we have to spend a

[1:34:25] little money? Sure. Would we have to change the way we do things? Sure. Would

[1:34:29] it make everybody happy? No, but I think when we look

[1:34:34] at the amount of money we're gonna have to spend in the future on a new jail, which is

[1:34:38] greatly needed and six years from now, it's really gonna be needed. And then the amount of

[1:34:42] space for the justice center we're gonna need going forward, where 740,000

[1:34:47] population a day by 2050. I think we're at 1.6 million

[1:34:52] by the end of the century. We're building this building, you know, for the next a

[1:34:56] hundred years, right? We're gonna be at 3 million people in this county.

[1:35:01] so to abandon 10 courtrooms, I don't, I

[1:35:05] I I can't agree with that in my role as county judge. So I want us to look at that.

[1:35:09] I want us to keep that building as workable as possible and I know it's gonna take a little money.

[1:35:14] so that's, that's what I feel about this list. Everything else on here is needed.

[1:35:18] a hundred percent. And thank you for everybody, um, who's moving forward.

[1:35:22] and I'm not saying stop the process. I'm saying we need all the new stuff as well,

[1:35:27] but let's not throw away the old stuff when it's perfectly usable. And, and to be

[1:35:31] honest with you, nobody in our, uh, justice, uh, working group

[1:35:35] has suggested any of that. Uh, to get rid of the current justice

[1:35:40] center. I mean, that would be a court's decision. I've, I've, I mean, I just

[1:35:44] wanna clarify what you're saying specifically. We're not spending any money on this because we're moving

[1:35:48] out and number one, I'm not a hundred percent set

[1:35:52] that we're moving out at any point in the future. Even if we build

[1:35:56] new and number two, while we're, we can't ignore

[1:36:00] it and let it be outta space while we're there. But I've specifically heard the

[1:36:04] comments, we're not spending any money on this building 'cause we're moving out. I don't know

[1:36:08] what date they would be. People would be moving out, but I know

[1:36:12] the county attorney's office is gonna grow. The district attorney's gonna grow and

[1:36:16] we're gonna need more judges and those judges are gonna need more staff as well.

[1:36:21] um, so there's things to look at.

[1:36:25] there's more than one way to skin a cat, but I wanna make sure the time we spend in

[1:36:29] that current justice center, it's usable and functional, um,

[1:36:33] for that. And I believe they're bringing forward a ci believe the deadline's tomorrow into

[1:36:38] business. I think they're bringing something for cip request.

[1:36:42] oh yes. New cip requests, new cip requests for the future. Not, not the current,

[1:36:46] but I'm in support of what the court has talked about so far with that.

[1:36:50] I just wanna make sure, man, we got a good building over there. Let's keep it a good functional

[1:36:55] building for the county. That's it. Thank y'all. Okay. For

[1:36:59] listening. So just a quick clarification. Would you like us to bring back the,

[1:37:03] uh, delegation order before the end of april for the tans? Or would you like us

[1:37:07] to wait till the first week of may? I think we need to hear from rebecca. Okay.

[1:37:11] before you do it, I'll coordin with rebecca, but we'll coordinate with rebecca,

[1:37:16] make sure. Yeah. But I think we meet four times in april. Yeah, you don't meet

[1:37:20] next week. So there's only three, three times in april.

[1:37:25] so we meet in april. She's coming back at the end. So you

[1:37:29] can coordinate that with her. We'll coordinate. Thank you. And julie and dan, thank y'all very

[1:37:33] much, um, for your work on this. Okay. Great job. Um, I know ashley's helped as well

[1:37:38] and, and dale with all the facilities and thanks to all the commissioners for all the work you

[1:37:42] do, um, assessing all the needs of the county. Uh, just

[1:37:46] one more thing on your comments, judge, just so for the record, um, our

[1:37:50] guys and kiels not here today, but rebecca can back me up if I'm wrong on

[1:37:54] this. Um, every year we delay, uh, building

[1:37:58] something new, it's gonna be multi tens of millions of dollars

[1:38:02] of additional cost. So I just want everybody on

[1:38:07] the court to remember that, that uh, that's what our guys are telling us, not what

[1:38:11] kobe came up with. Um, no, I I agree with that a hundred percent. I'm not saying delay

[1:38:16] anything. I'm just saying we have yeah, 10 really good courtrooms right now.

[1:38:20] let's not, some would argue with that, but throw away the baby with the bath water. Yeah, yeah.

[1:38:24] no, I gotcha you. Thank you. So, alright, before we go to, uh,

[1:38:28] and we'll close that item before we go, um,

[1:38:32] into executive, is there any comments from the commissioners?

[1:38:37] yes. Um,

[1:38:43] hey, I want to give, I wanna give a shout out to those who, uh, attended

[1:38:47] the buckle ball. Um, last thursday, um,

[1:38:51] in support of the williams county fair and rodeo. Uh, 450

[1:38:56] people attended and more than $40,000 was raised, uh,

[1:39:00] at that event. Uh, and more importantly, every dollar generated will go

[1:39:04] directly towards the wilco fair scholarship program supporting students across williamson

[1:39:09] county. Um, I want to commend, um, kelly and the,

[1:39:13] and the fair board for their, uh, all their hard work. It was

[1:39:17] a great event and, um, the, uh, the school

[1:39:21] kids across williamson county. Thank you. Good. I second

[1:39:25] that. Kelly, you did an amazing job. It was a well run event.

[1:39:31] commissioner cook, do you have an event coming up you'd like to? Well,

[1:39:36] I will talk about the opportunities, uh, for williamson and burant county

[1:39:40] meals on wheels program. Big annual fundraiser is a sip and

[1:39:44] shop marble falls on the 16th,

[1:39:49] um, seats at tables and you get a meal with that is or 50 bucks.

[1:39:54] um, you can go online to o wbc tx.org

[1:39:59] and sign up. It is so much fun. Um,

[1:40:03] we have designated servers. The judge will not be one this

[1:40:07] year, but he was the overall winner last year for getting the

[1:40:11] most tips. And he was gracious, he was alert, he was

[1:40:15] really focused on serving his tables. Um, and,

[1:40:19] and we do get a good set of those designated gentlemen every year to

[1:40:23] help with the tables. If you'd like to be one, let me know. I have a place at my table

[1:40:28] for your wife or girlfriend to join us as the perk

[1:40:32] with, uh, participating in that service. Uh, it is 11

[1:40:36] to two on the 16th at the,

[1:40:40] what's the facility's called? You got the cart.

[1:40:47] okay. Lakeside pavilion in marble falls. Um, and

[1:40:52] it is just so much fun, uh, to come do that and raise money

[1:40:56] for meals on wheels and, and commissioner cook, you're doing better

[1:41:00] than I am, um, including the website. So thank, thank you for putting

[1:41:04] all that out there. It supports a lot of great, uh, people who need that type of

[1:41:08] service and, and there's no replacing them for seniors. Yep. Um, and if

[1:41:12] you'd like to support the williams county fair and their scholarship program, that is wilco

[1:41:16] fair.com as well. So, and the

[1:41:20] reason I won't be in attendance this year is because my son, what's today,

[1:41:25] march 31st is on track to graduate from college who,

[1:41:29] uh, mid mid-may . So that's, that's on the, on the schedule for,

[1:41:33] we're gonna pass mid-may. That's right. Um, and just before we recess,

[1:41:38] I think we're gonna recess court, um, to go to that investiture service. We'll

[1:41:42] come back and do executive session. And just for the audience, I just wanna let y'all know we'll

[1:41:46] be taking up item 42, which is texas governor or government

[1:41:51] code 5 5 1 0 7 2 to, um, talk about

[1:41:55] the items listed on the agenda. And then items 43,

[1:41:59] which is texas government code 5 5 1 0 7 1 attorney client

[1:42:03] privilege. Uh, the time is 1114

[1:42:07] and I wish each of you a wonderful holy week and a happy

[1:42:11] easter. If you're traveling, please be safe. We'll

[1:42:15] come back and announce when we officially go into executive session and

[1:42:19] then we'll be back. We will, uh, readdress the items that we're taking in there. Thank you.

[1:42:24] happy easter. Thank you.

[1:42:45] all right. The time is one 12 and we have returned from executive

[1:42:49] session. We will entertain again. Agenda item 41,

[1:42:53] discuss, consider and take appropriate action on the engagement of law firm

[1:42:57] bickerstaff heath delgado acosta, llp, to represent

[1:43:02] williamson county and williamson county individually named defendants in

[1:43:06] relation to civil action number one. Uh, two five cv oh 1 3 7 7

[1:43:11] rp, rug cruz jr. Versus williamson county, texas, et

[1:43:16] al in the united states district court for the western district of texas,

[1:43:20] austin division. And exemption of these services from the competitive bid proposal

[1:43:24] requirements of the county purchasing act pursuant to the discretionary

[1:43:28] exemption for personnel or professional services set forth under texas

[1:43:32] government code 2 62 0.02 a

[1:43:36] four second.

[1:43:40] all right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor?

[1:43:45] all right. Motion carries four zero. I'll

[1:43:49] say commissioner cook. You can say five zero. Okay. Five zero.

[1:43:54] okay. Uh, real quick, we're going back to commissioner's comments.

[1:43:59] where's how all right, commissioner's

[1:44:03] comments. So, county of williamson county presents this

[1:44:08] certificate to how halls in recognition of his recognition and appreciation

[1:44:12] of 20 years of dedication wow. And service to the citizens of williamson

[1:44:16] county in witness where of april 10th, 2026

[1:44:22] are affixed the signatures of the county judge. So congratulations

[1:44:26] on,

[1:44:31] appreciate you. I'm not retiring though. Alright. That's all

[1:44:35] the speech you need. Alright. So at one 13,

[1:44:39] if there's no other commissioner comments, which there might be, hearing none

[1:44:43] darn happy easter and holy week to everybody, we are officially

[1:44:47] adjourned at one 14. Thank you. Yep.