Apr 21, 2026 Commissioners Court - Regular Session

[ 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.]

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TESTING, TESTING, 1, 2, 3. THIS IS A TEST.

THIS IS A CAPTIONING TEST. IF YOU LOOK -- JANUARY 2026, WHY? IF SO, WHY WASN'T IT REMOVED OR WAS IT PROGRAMMED ON THE BMD AFTER IT HAD BEEN VERIFIED, IF SO, AGAIN WHY. WHO AUTHORIZED IT AND WHO PROGRAMMED IT, AGAIN, WHY? WHY WASN'T THE BMD REVARIFIED ONCE IT HAD BEEN PROGRAMMED. CERTAINLY THE PROBLEM WHO HAVE SHOWN AT THAT TIME. PRIOR TO OCTOBER 13ST, 2023 COURT CALLED TO ORDER THERE WAS TWO POLL WATCHERS, WHEN I CLOSED I GAVE COMMISSIONER COLBY MY TALKING POINTS SO SHE AND THE CLERK WERE AWARE THAT IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PREPARED AND MY PRESENTATION WASN'T A RESULT OF THE COURT'S MEMBER EARLIER PRESENTATION. THAT'S DOCUMENT 4 WHICH WAS MY

TALKING POINTS. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN TURN IN YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS. IT'S UP TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. JIM DOE.

>> THE COMMUNIST PARTY WON'T KEEP CHEATING IN OUR

ELECTIONS -- >> IF YOU'LL PLEASE INTRODUCE

YOURSELF TO THE COURT. >> JIM DYLAN.

>> MR. DYLAN I HAVE YOU SIGNED TO UP TO SPEAK TO ITEMS 12, 18

AND 28. >> DID I PASS YOU ON THE WAY

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WAS THAT YOUR TRUCK? >> NO.

>> OKAY. OH AND 56, I'M SORRY.

I'LL DO THAT ONE LATER. >> OKAY.

>> ARE YOU STAYING? >> NO BUT DO YOU WANT ME TO

STAY? >> YES.

>> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL START THE CLOCK NOW. THANKS, JIM.

>> OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME.

LET'S DO 12. VEHICLE USE POLICY.

OF THE COUNTY. I GOT YOUR POLICY RIGHT HERE.

DRIVE YOUR OWN CAR EXCEPT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO -- YOU KNOW, ON DUTY 24/7 AND THEY MIGHT SEE A CRIME BEING COMMITTED ON THEIR WAY HOME OR ON THEIR DAY OFF OR SOMETHING.

AND THEY'LL HAVE ALL THAT HARDWARE WITH THEM.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, YOU GUYS DRIVE YOUR ON CAR LIKE THE JUDGE DOES. HE'S GOT A BRAND NEW TRUCK AND HE DRIVES IT. WELL, IT'S NOT NEW NOW.

>> 6 YEARS OLD BUT THANK YOU. >> OH.

TITLE CHANGES. FOR COUNTY POSITIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. IS THAT LIKE ROADS AND BRIDGES,

OR WHAT? >> IT IS.

>> THIS COUNTY OTHER THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT ONLY MANDATE, ONLY CHARTER, ONLY JOB DESCRIPTION IS INFRASTRUCTURE.

TITLE CHANGES, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A EUPHEMISM FOR A GIANT PAY RAISE. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GOING TO BE ASSISTANT SENIOR DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT TO THE COMMISSIONERS FROM EACH PRECINCT. YOU DON'T NEED YOUR LITTLE HELPERS. DO YOUR OWN JOB AND WE'LL SAVE MONEY THAT WAY. OKAY.

WHO'S IN FAVOR OF SAVING THE COUNTY MONEY, RAISE YOUR HAND.

>> YOU KNOW WE ALL ARE. >> ONLY ONE -- TWO.

>> WE ALL ARE. >> OKAY.

I DON'T THINK SO. YOU DON'T NEED A TITLE.

WE DON'T HAVE TITLES OF NO NOBILITY IT'S PROHIBITED IN THE CONSTITUTION. SO WE'RE ALL EQUAL AND EVERYBODY DO THEIR JOB, THE COUNTY WILL FUNCTION BETTER.

LET'S GO TO 28. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANT WEEK. AND NATIONAL DONATE TO LIFE MONTH. IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE ACCORDING TO THOSE BLUE RIBBONS OUT ON THE YARD, NATIONAL -- OR INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

AWARENESS. OKAY.

AND AWARENESS. SORRY.

TERRY, I MISSPOKE THERE. I APPRECIATE YOU CORRECTING ME.

I STAND CORRECTED, TERRY. CHINA HAS A LOT OF LIVE ORGAN HARVESTING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY TRANSPLANT THAT INTO THE PARTY ELITES WHO ARE ALSO ENGAGING IN TORTURE, CHILD ABUSE, I MEAN, THIS IS CHILD ABUSE UNAPPRECIATED MONTH AND AWARENESS -- I MEAN, Y'ALL SHOULDN'T EVEN GO THERE.

IT STARTS BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN BORN, THE CHILDHOOD VACCINATION REGIMENT IS PURE DEATH. THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHSCHOLATIST K FAIR HAS QUEER THIS AND QUEER THAT FOR THE ELEMENTARY KIDS.

>> OUR TIME HAS COME TO AN END. >> IS THAT MY SIGNAL.

>> IT IS. >> THANK YOU MR. DYLAN.

>> ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT ME TO STAY.

>> IT'S UP TO YOU. >> NO, YOU SAID YOU WANTED ME

TOO. >> IT'S UP TO YOU.

>> NOW IT'S UP TO ME. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. BILL CAROLA. BILL, I HAVE YOU SIGNED UP TO

SPEAK ON ITEM 31. >> 31 IS MY MAIN FOLKS B FOCUS

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TEXAS EQUIVALENT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

HIRING A SPECIAL PERSON TO FOCUS ON PIAS FOR THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. I KNOW YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE FOCUS FOR THE END. THE ENTIRE COUNTY, MONTHS AGO I SUBMITTED A PIA TO THE JUDGE AND HAVE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE ON IT BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS IN FACT THAT THIS PIA IS ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON A FALSE SUBMISSION OF A LEGAL DOCUMENT CONTAINS PURGERY IN IT BECAUSE IT'S LIES.

IT ALSO CONTAINS DEFAMATION IN IT.

ANOTHER CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING IS KIND OF AN UNPLEASANT.

IT ALSO HAS IN IT TIED TO UNLAWFUL DETENTION.

NOW SINCE THIS IS ALL INFORMATION AFTER THE FACT, THERE'S A LEGAL TERM CALLED ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT.

KNOWINGLY WITHHOLDING INFORMATION IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE GUILTY FROM PROSECUTION. IF YOU LOOK AT CORNELL LAW ONLINE, THIS ALSO ROLLS OVER INTO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE POTENTIAL. I THINK IT'S TIME TO QUIT DRAGGING OUR FEET AND RESPOND TO THIS PIA SO THAT THE GUILTY CAN

BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL. >> THANK YOU, BILL.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR

[1. Review and approval of minutes.]

>> I MOVE WE APPROVE. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> MOTIONED BY COMMISSIONER COOK AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER --

[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.]

>> GOOD MORNING, NATHAN WI WINDSMIER.

AND IN THE AMOUNT OF 9, 149, 102.82.

AND IN ADDITION I HAVE ONE WIRE, ONE IMPRESSED PAYMENT AND ONE BENEFIT PAYMENT TOTALLING 3 349

349255.64. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE.

>> ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

[ 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 –27)]

AGENDA. >> ACTUALLY WE DON'T NEED TO

PULL 11. >> OH WE DON'T NEED TO PULL 11.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL WE WILL LEAVE 11. >> I MOVE TO PROVE ITEMS 3-27

EXCLUDEING 17. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> MOTION MY COMMISSIONER COVEY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOLES, ALL IN FAVOR. CONSENT AGENDA PASSES 5-0.

[28. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on a proclamation designating April 2026 as National Donate Life Month and the week of April 19 - 25, 2026 as National Pediatric Transplant Week in Williamson County.]

>> OKAY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE I HAVE TWO FAMILIES HERE WHO HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE TRANSPLANTS.

THE MAGRATH FAMILY AND THE MERIT FAMILY, BACK ROW.

APRIL IS NATIONAL DONATE LIFE AMONGST AND TIME TO BRING ATTENTION TO ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION.

WHEREAS APRIL 19-25 IS NATIONAL PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANT WEEK TAKING PLACE ANNUALLY DURING THE LAST FULL WEEK OF NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH IN APRIL WHEREAS PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTS DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM OTHER ORGAN DONATIONS AS THE ORGAN SIZE IS CRITICAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANT AND AS WELL AS DONATE

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>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COOK AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LONG, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.

PROCLAMATION PASS, 5-0. >> OKAY.

AND MY FAMILIES ARE COMING DOWN. INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS CASEY MARIK AND THIS IS NOAH.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> HELLO.

MY NAME IS KRISTEN MAGRATH AND MS BRAYDEN MAGRATH.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> NOAH IS 6 AND WAS BORN WITH ONLY HALF OF HIS HEART BEFORE THE AGE OF 4 MONTHS OLD.

HE HAD REQUIRED MORE THAN 40 HOURS OF OPEN HEART SURGERIES.

THERE WAS A TIME THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IF NOAH WOULD LIVE.

AT AGE 3, NOAH WOULD BE ADMITTED TO WAIT FOR A HEART TRANSPLANT.

WE SAT IN A HOSPITAL ROOM WAITING, PRAYING AND HOPING FOR A MIRACLE. WE WALKED OUT OF MULTIPLE MEETINGS ABOUT BRINGING NOAH HOME ON HOSPICE AND WE KNEW WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS AND TIME.

THAT MIRACLE CAME IN THE IT FORM OF A HEART OF APRIL 1ST OF 2023 FROM A COURAGEOUS 9-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL AND A FAMILY IN THE MIDST OF UNIMAGINABLE LOSS CHOSE TO SAY YES EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT CHANGE THEIR OUTCOME. IT WAS AN 18 HOUR SURGERY DAY AND NOAH CAME OUT RIDING A BIKE JUST 3 DAYS LATER, CHEST TUBES AND ALL. BECAUSE OF THAT, YES, NOAH IS HERE TODAY. HE LAUGHS, HE PLAYS, HE GOES TO SCHOOL, HE HAS FRIENDS. AND HE GETS TO HAVE A FUTURE.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET NOAH'S DONNER'S FAMILY AND TELL THEM THANK YOU JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO IN-PERSON. SO THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL.

BUT THERE ARE NO WORDS TO THANK THEM ENOUGH.

SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO HONOR HER BY STANDING HERE AND SHARING THEIR STORY. ORGAN DONATION IS NOT JUST SAVING A LIFE. IT IS GIVING A CHILD OR CHILDHOOD AND IT'S GIVING FAMILIES MORE TIME, MORE BIRTHDAYS AND MORE HOLIDAYS. AND THAT ONE DECISION CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR A FAMILY LIKE MINE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS KRISTEN MAGRATH. I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND AND OUR SON BRAYDEN. MY STEP SON AND WE ARE FROM LIBERTY HILL TEXAS AND WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE ORGAN DONATION HAS DEEPLY IMPACTED OUR LIVES THROUGH BRAYDEN.

HE WAS BORN WITH A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEART WAS UNDER DEVELOPED AND HE UNDER WENT 3 OPEN HEART SURGERIES BEFORE THE AGE OF 5 WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE ALONGSIDE HIS FAMILY, HIS SIBLINGS, HIS CLASSMATES AND THE REST OF THE POPULATION.

LAST YEAR HE FACED SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF THAT HEART CONDITION WHICH LED HIM TO END STAGE HEART FAILURE AND WE WERE

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BRAYDEN SPENT MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL WAITING.

HE BUILT A LOT OF LEGOS. AND HE HAD A LOT OF NERF WARS WITH THE MOST AMAZING MEDICAL STAFF.

BUT ULTIMATELY HE WAS WORKING ON GETTING STRONGER SO THAT HE COULD ACCEPT A HEART. AND IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, HE RECEIVED HIS GIFT OF A HEART TRANSPLANT.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT FAMILY. BUT WE THANK THEM EVERYDAY.

I WANTED TO EXPRESS JUST HOW GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE THAT YOU RECOGNIZED ORGAN DONATION AS WELL AS PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTS WHICH ARE A GROUP THAT WE OFTEN DON'T THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER ORGAN DONATION. I HAVE A HEART ON MY LICENSE AND I HAVE SINCE I COULD BUT YOU OFTEN DON'T THINK OF CHILDREN.

BECAUSE OF ONE FAMILY'S DECISION TO SAY YES TO OURS, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN MORE TIME, MORE MEMORIES, AND THAT'S A TRUE GIFT.

AND JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BRAYDEN WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE HIS 13TH BIRTHDAY ALL BECAUSE OF ANOTHER FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR HONORING THAT GIFT AND THE LIVES THAT IT CONTINUES

TO SAVE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR

STORIES WITH US TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU. AND GUYS, Y'ALL LOOK GREAT.

AND HAPPY BEELATED BIRTHDAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE FRIENDS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF TRANSPLANTS AND THEY ARE AMAZING AND THEY ARE DRAMATIC.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU HAD ALL YOURS -- YOUR CARE DONE BUT ST.

LUKES DOES AN AMAZING JOB IN HOUSTON.

AND IT IS, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY BECAUSE IT EFFECTS LITTLE PEOPLE AND BIG PEOPLE.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE QUITE UNDERSTAND IS IF THEY DO DECIDE TO BE A DONNER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THEY CAN GET A LOT OF USE OUT OF ONE KIDNEY, ONE LIVER, I MEAN IT'S NOT JUST ONE FOR ONE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE IN A PROGRAM AND WORK WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

>> LET'S COME DOWN AND GET A GROUP PICTURE REAL QUICK.

>> ALL RIGHT. TWO GREAT STORIES.

[29. Discuss, consider, and take action on recognizing the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter as a recipient for the Governors Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Award.]

COMMISSIONER COVEY. >> YES, ANOTHER GREAT STORY.

Y'ALL COME ON UP. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND WITH SOME OF OUR CREW FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND WE HAVE A FRIEND JOINING US TODAY. TO TALK ABOUT A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND SPECIFICALLY THE BARTLETT PRISON AND WE WERE HONOURED WITH

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MISTY. >> YES, MISTY VALENTA, ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND WE BROUGHT A VIDEO TODAY TO EXPLAIN WHAT

THE LEASING HOPE PROJECT IS. >> THIS IS COOKIE .

>> YOU'RE THE GUY WHO'S ACTUALLY THERE -- RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

>> LEASING HOPE IS A PROGRAM AND IT'S A CHANCE TO BE AROUND

DOGS. >> THIS LEASING HOPE PROGRAM, IT SAYS IT IN THE NAME. IT'S FOR THE DOGS, IT'S FOR US.

GIVES US HOPE. >> IT REMINDS ME HOPE IS NEW

EVERYDAY. >> I LEARNED THAT PATIENCE IS KEY AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABILITY.

>> MY WIFE ON THE PHONE HAS BEEN TELLING ME I'VE BEEN BEING MORE PATIENT AND MORE UNDERSTANDING NOT ONLY WITH HER BUT WITH

EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. >> I'M BEING OF SERVICE.

>> I KNOW I CAN GIVE BACK AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE -- YOU KNOW,

THE LITTLE THINGS MATTER. >> SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY. NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR THESE

DOGS. >> THIS IS A SECOND CHANCE FOR ME AND IT'S A SECOND CHANCE FOR

MER. >> I WILL CARRY THE REMIND ER N

MATTER WHAT I COME UP AGAINST. >> THEY'VE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO

THINGS IN A MORE GENTLE WAY. >> I CAN ALSO LEARN NEW

BEHAVIOUR. >> LOVE AND KINDNESS GETS YOU A LOT THE FARTHER THAN BEING RUDE AND ANGRY.

>> I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THIS PROGRAM NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND IN DEETION DECEMBER MY WIFE PASSED AWAY FROM BREAST CANCER AND I SUFFER FROM PTSD. THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED KEEP ME STABLE. THE DOGS HAVE DONE MORE FOR ME

THAN I CAN POSSIBLY EXPLAIN. >> WHEN IT COMES TO COMING AGAINST ADVERSITY IN HARD SITUATIONS, I'LL LOOK BACK AT COMING INTO THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHAT PRISON WAS LIKE

BEFORE THIS PROGRAM. >> YOU KNOW, I DID WHATEVER I DID TO GET HERE AND OUR FURRY FRIENDS DID WHATEVER THEY DID TO

END UP WHERE THEY WERE. >> AND IT'S HELPING US BOTH.

>> NOW I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING SOME

SOMETHING. >> PURPOSE.

NEW PURPOSE. >> I SAY THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF THIS.

SHE HAS MOMENTS SHE'S LOOKING AT THE FENCE AND I'LL BE GOING UP AND SOON SHE'LL BE GOING ON AND I'LL BE GOING HOME TOO.

>> SUPER PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM. >> WHY DON'T YOU SUMMARIZE THE

PROGRAM PLEASE. >> SO THE PROGRAM MATCHES INMATES WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY VET RATHE RANS WITH DOGS FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND COLLIN VISITED THEM WEEKLY. WE USE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINING TO HELP THE HANDLERS BUILD SKILLS BUT THEN THEY ARE ALSO HELPING THE DOGS GET READY FOR THEIR ADOPTIVE HOMES.

AND IT'S PART OF THE REENTRY PROCESS SO PREPARING THESE GUYS TO GO BACK OUT INTO THE WORLD AND BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN

THE WORLD. >> SO THE DOGS PREVIOUSLY WEREN'T ADOPTABLE BECAUSE OF THE BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES?

>> THEY WERE ADOPTABLE. BUT THEY DON'T GET THE LEVEL OF TRAINING THAT THEY DO IN THIS PROGRAM.

BECAUSE THEY -- THE DOGS LIVE AT THE JAIL OR LIVE IN THE JAIL AND EACH DOG HAS TWO HANDLERS. SO THESE HANDLERS ARE TAKING CARE OF ALL OF THE DOG'S NEEDS, HELLO BUG, AND CONSISTENT TRAINING THAT WE JUST CAN'T DO AT THE SHELTER.

>> WITH YOUR VOLUNTEERS. >> YES, YEAH.

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>> WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT OUR SHELTER WAS RECOGNIZED ALONG WITH OTHERS AROUND THE STATE. IT'S AN ANNUAL RECOGNITION AND SO WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT AND OUR WHOLE TEAM WAS THERE, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER THAT IS ARE HERE TODAY.

I'D LOVE TO GET A PICTURE OF THIS BUT I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE

THE RECOGNITION. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR?

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS.

I MEAN, IT IS LIFE CHANGING. AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE STORIES AND I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHERS THAT AREN'T ON THE VIDEO, CHANGING FOR THE DOGS AND CHANGING FOR THE PEOPLE.

THANK YOU Y'ALL. >> HOW MANY DOGS AT A TIME DO

YOU HAVE IN THE PRISON. >> WE HAVE 9 DOGS THERE

CURRENTLY AND 18 HANDLERS. >> OKAY.

>> YEAH AND ALSO THIS IS -- WE WERE THE INITIAL COUNTY TO START THIS PROGRAM, OUR SHELTER. AND OTHERS AROUND THE STATE ARE LOOKING AT DUPLICATING WHAT WE'RE DOING, I BELIEVE.

>> YES, THEY ARE. THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO US ASKING QUESTIONS TO SEE HOW WE GOT IT STARTED. SO WE'RE SHINING THE LIGHT TO

HELP MORE FOLKS. >> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> AND I NEED TO SAY THAT COOKIE IS A GRADUATE OF THE PROGRAM.

THAT'S WHY SHE IS HERE AND SHE IS STILL LOOKING FOR HER HOME.

SO IF ANYONE IS LOOKING TO ADOPT, SHE IS ALSO A DOGGY DAY OUT ROCK STAR. YOU KNOW ABOUT DOGGY DAY OUT.

>> DOGGY DAY OUT IS SO MUCH FUN. FOR THE DOGS AND FOR THE HUMANS.

>> YES, YOU GET A CHECK OUT A DOG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY AND THEN CHECK HIM BACK IN AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER HAVING

AN ADVENTURE. >> THAT'S WHY THIS PROGRAM WORKS BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR BOTH. THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE CAN WE GET A PICTURE. >> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET A PICTURE. >> OKAY.

>> COOKIE, YOU DID SO WELL. GOOD JOB.

IN DOG YEARS. 7 IN DOG YEARS.

>> Y'ALL BE WEARING A COMPRESSION SLEEVE ON OUR KNEES.

OH IS THAT RIGHT? >> ALL RIGHT.

[30. Receive, review and discuss the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and the Popular Annual Financial Report. Only if necessary, take action regarding the same.]

WHERE'S JULIE AND REBECCA G GOLD

GOLDSTEIN. >> GOOD MORNING, JULIE KILEY, COUNTY AUDITOR. THOSE ARE TWO TOUGH ACTS TO

FOLLOW. >> NO ONE WANTS TO FOLLOW A DOG.

>> I WANT TO REINTRODUCE REBECCA GOLDSTEIN OUR PARTNER WITH WEAVER WHO WILL GO OVER THE REPORT WITH YOU AND THEIR AUDIT AND DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS AND THEN I'LL HAVE A FEW FOLLOW-UP ITEMS

AT THE END. >> THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME MY NAME IS REBECCA GOLDSTEIN AND I'M THE AUDIT PARTNER WITH WEAVER WHO'S THE COUNTY'S EXTERNAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITOR.

SO I WILL -- I ALWAYS POINT OUT THIS WONDERFUL -- YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE HUNDRED PAGE DOCUMENT IS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM MY FIRM THAT GOES INTO THIS DOCUMENT AND THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF I WILL SAY MONTHS AND WEEKS OF THE AUDIT PROCESS

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SO IF YOU HAVE A LETTER DATED MARCH 27TH, THAT IS OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION LETTER. BASICALLY STATES THE FIRM WAS AUDITED, THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY OOH AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 THAT IS THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR END. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT IS TO STRIVE BY PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ABOUT WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OVERSIGHT IS FAIRLY PRESENTED AND NONMATERIAL RESPECTS.

WITH YOU ALWAYS POINT THAT OUT WE CAN'T LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION AND DOLLAR BUT WHAT WE DO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT WHAT WE CALL MAJOR FUNDS SO YOU HAVE THE GENERAL FUNDS, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND AND YOU HAVE THOSE MAJOR FUNDS PRESENTED INDIVIDUALLY AND IF YOU THINK OF THOSE AS THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET AND THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN MATERIALTIES SO THEY DO LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MAJOR -- THE NONMAJOR FUNDS GROUPED AS WELL AND SO WHILE WE CAN'T LOOK AT EVERY TRANS TRANSACTION WE DO CONSIDER MATERIALITY AND AUDIT BASED ON THAT WHAT WOULD A READER THINK IS MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN THOSE REGARDS. OUR RESPONSIBILITY AGAIN IS TO PIN REASONABLE BUT NOT ABSOLUTE INSURANCE.

WE DO CONSIDER FINANCIAL CONTROL OF FINANCIAL REPORTING.

DIFFERENT FROM A PUBLIC COMPANY IF YOU WILL OR PUBLIC COMPANY GETS AN OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROL.

THE COUNTY DOESN'T GET AN OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROL.

GOVERNMENT AUDITS DON'T WORK THAT WAY BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WE COME IN AND DO A LOT OF WORK ON INTERNAL CONTROL SO THAT CAN DRIVE HOW MUCH WORK WE DO FROM A SUBSTANTIVE STANDPOINT SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CAN COME IN BEFORE THE NUMBERS ARE FINALIZED IN SEPTEMBER WE USUALLY COME IN IN THE SUMMER SOME TIME AND WE WALK THROUGH ALL THE MAJOR PROCESSES AND CONTROLS FROM INITIATIVATION TO HOW DOES SOMETHING GET INTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REVENUE STREAM, PAYING A VENDER, PAYROLL, RECORDING OF FIXED ASSETS, THINGS LIKE THAT. HOW DOES SOMETHING GET INITIATED TO BEING RECORDED WHO APPROVES, WHO AUTHORIZED, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK. AND SO AGAIN WHILE WE DON'T GIVE AN OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROLS IF WE WERE TO FIND SOMETHING IN THAT PROCESS WE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK IF WE FIND CONTROL DEFICIENCIES IF YOU WILL THEN THAT WOULD BE IN THE REPORT ITSELF. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SOY ALWAYS SAY NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PROCESS.

IT'S A LENGTHSY PROCESS. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF MATERIAL WEAKNESS OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY THEN THAT IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING ANY SIGNIFICANT MATTER THAT IS COME TO OUR ATTENTION DURING THE AUDIT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE PLAN, SCOPE AND TIMING OF THE AUDIT AS I DESCRIBED WE DO COME IN THE SUMMER TIME AND DO SOME INITIAL WORK AND THEN MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE IN JANUARY WHEN MANAGEMENT HAS TIME TO CLOSE THE BOOKS AND BOOK ALL THE ACCRUALS AND GET MOST OF OUR DOCUMENT REQUEST READY FOR US.

SO WE ARE ON SITE IN THE SUMMER, WE ARE ON SITE IN JANUARY.

AND A LITTLE BIT INTO FEBRUARY AND THEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH IS REALLY KIND OF COMPILING THIS NICE LOVELY DOCUMENT DOING CHECKS AND BALANCES BETWEEN JULIE AND HER TEAM AND THEN HAVING THE PRODUCT RESULT. WE ARE REQUIRED UNDER COMPLIANCE TO BE INDEPENDENT OF THE COUNTIES.

WE DO GO THROUGH THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES EVERY YEAR EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A MULTIYEAR CONTRACT.

WE DO DO THROUGH THESE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO MAKE SURE I DON'T HAVE MY AFFILIATION WITH MANAGEMENT OR COMMISSION'S COURT AND NONE OF MY TEAM DOES. YOU WILL SEE ON TOP OF THE PAGE 2 OF THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATION THAT DOES TALK ABOUT NONATTEST SERVICES, THOSE ARE REALLY ANYTHING THAT -- ANY OTHER SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTY OTHER THAN JUST PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL OPINION. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY HELP PUT TOGETHER THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT IS CONSIDERED A NONATTEST SERVICE.

ALL THAT MEANS -- AND THAT'S A REALLY COMMON SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE IN ADDITION TO THE AUDIT BECAUSE WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE REQUIREMENTS, ALL THE PARTS THAT NEED TO GO INTO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT TO SUBMIT IT TO THE GFOA FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE THAT THE COUNTY REEVES EVERY YEAR.

WE CAN DO THAT. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MANAGEMENT STILL TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL THE THE

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THAT'S JUST PART OF OUR PROCESS AND SO ANY TIME YOU DO A RISK ASSESSMENT YOU HAVE AREAS WHERE YOU CONSIDER MORE RISKY THAN OTHERS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IS THE REVENUE STREAMS COMING INTO THE COUNTY SO WE LOOK AT REVENUE RECOGNITION WHETHER IT BE TAXES, FINES AND FEES, GRANTS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT REVENUE EXTREMES THERE'S DIFFERENT RECOGNITION CRITERIA, FOR INSTANCE YOU CAN GET GRANT MONEY UP FRONT BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU NECESSARILY EARNED IT AND TIMES YOU CAN'T RECOGNIZE REVENUE UNTIL THE EXPENDITURES ARE INCURRED.

WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DO A LOT OF TEST WORK AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY COMING IN ON THE TAX SIDE WE DO A LOT OF SAMPLING AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE RECORDINGS ARE ACCURATE AND CUT OFF IS COMPLETE.

LIKE I SAID, FINES AND FEES AND INTEREST EARNINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT REVENUE EXTREMES THAT WE LOOK AT.

SO WE DO CONSIDER THAT A SIGNIFICANT RISK BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS COMING IN AND DIFFERENT REVENUE RECOGNITION POLICIES. ANOTHER AREA THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IS WHAT'S CALLED MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS.

THAT SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE THOSE MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT ON THE ACCOUNTING SIDE THAT CAN GO IN AND MAKE JOURNAL ENTRIES AND CHANGE NUMBERS AND YOU WANT THAT AND WHAT WE DO ON OUR END IS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE JOURNAL ENTRIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PROPER PURPOSE, PROCEDURE, THAT THERE'S AUTHORIZATION AND SEGREGATION OF DUTIES AND ALL OF THOSE JOURNAL INTENTRIES AND OT THING WE LOOK AT IS A TYPE OF ESTIMATE AND ONE OF THE BIGGER ESTIMATES ANY TIME YOU HAVE LARGE RECEIVABLES AND ALLOWANCE ON UNCOLLECTIBLES WE LOOK AT THAT SO THE COUNTY HAS A LARGE EVALUATION OF THE EMS RECEIVABLES AND SO WE LOOK AT HOW THAT ALLOWANCE FOR HOW THAT UNCOLLECTIBLE IS CALCULATED.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME AREAS THAT WERE CONSIDERED MORE SIGNIFICANT RISK THAN OTHERS AGAIN IT'S NOT A RED FLAG IT JUST MEANS WE PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FINDINGS IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS. THAT SPEAKS WELL TO MANAGEMENT.

UNDER SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, FOOT NOTE ONE TALKS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.

YOU ALL CAN READ THAT. THERE'S DIFFERENT RECOGNITION POLICIES FOR MODIFIED ACCRUAL VERSES FULL ACCRUAL.

THERE WAS A NEW WHAT WE CALL GASBY IMPLEMENTATION.

IT HAD TO DO WITH KOCOMPENSATED ABSENCES.

THERE ARE A LIABILITY ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE FINANCIALS AND THOSE HAVE TO DO WITH THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENT TO ACCRUE FOR ANY UNPAID SICK LEAVE, VACATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THERE IS AN ESTIMATE INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND THOSE -- UNDER THAT NEW GASBY IT DID REQUIRE THAT TO GO UP AND WE LOOKED AT THAT AND MANAGEMENT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE

WITH THAT. >> ON THE TOP OF PAGE 3 IT DOES TALK ABOUT ESTIMATES I MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE ESTIMATES ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SO WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THOSE AND SOME ESTIMATES DO HAVE SOME MANAGEMENT JUDGMENT INVOLVED LIKE ALLOWANCE FOR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE BY OTHERS LIKE PENSION AND POST PLOMENT BENEFITS LIABILITIES THOSE COME FROM THIRD PARTIES AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF JUDGMENT INVOLVED IN THOSE BUT WE ALWAYS DO LOOK AT ESTIMATES.

YOU KNOW AN EXAMPLE TWO IS ALL OF THE FIXED ASSETS AND BUILDINGS AND SUCH THAT THE COUNTY HAS YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE USEFUL LIFE IS FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE FIXED ASSETS AND THEN THAT DETERMINES THE ACCELERATION OF THE GREETION DEPRECIATION OF THE ASSETS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY PRACTICES. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT DISCLOSERS THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO READ THOSE.

THOSE FOOT NOTES LOOK FAMILIAR TO WHAT ARE YOU'RE USED TO SEEING AND THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED DURING THE AUDIT. I ALWAYS LOVE TO SAY THAT.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF THOSE BUT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DISCUSS IF THERE WERE ANY. IN DISCUSSING ANY CORRECTED OR UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS, THOSE PARAGRAPHS TALK ABOUT THE FACT IF WE WERE TO COME IN AND BOOK A LOT OF ENTRIES TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBERS THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF ENTRIES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT DOES SPEAK VOLUMES TO THE ACCOUNTING TEAM IT MEANS WE WERE ABLE TO TO COME IN AND EVERYTHING WAS PROPERLY ACCRUED, RECORDED AND EXPENDITURES CUT OFF AND EVERYTHING RECORDED CORRECTLY. WE HAVE THINGS IN THERE BUT NOT MATERIAL THAT WE HAD TO ADJUST AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE ENTRIES THAT COME UP LET'S SAY INVOICE COMES UP LATER IN THE YEAR AND WE CAN MAKE A DECISION WITH MANAGEMENT IF WE WANT TO ACCRUE IT IF NOT AGAIN IF IT'S NOT MATERIAL SOMETIMES THOSE ENTRIES MAY BE PASSED ON SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF ENTRIES WE PASSED ON BUT NOTHING MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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WE DO REQUIRE MANAGEMENT TO SIGN WHAT WE CALL A MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER. THAT'S JUST MANAGEMENT, JULIY AND HER TEAM SAYING WE'VE PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR AND WE HAVEN'T FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NO OTHER MANAGEMENT CONSULTATIONS, NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT MATTERS.

WE HAD ONE MODIFICATION OF AUDITOR REPORT TALKING ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GASBY101 WHICH IS THE COMPENSATED ABSENCES POLICY. AND THEN OTHER INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE AUDIT REPORTS, I DO ALWAYS POINT OUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND NOT EVERYTHING IS TECHNICALLY AUDITED AND THERE'S AN INTRODUCTORY SECTIONS AND THOSE TYPICALLY DON'T GET AUDITED BUT WE DO LOOK AT THOSE AND WE MAKE SURE KEY INFORMATION IS TOGETHER. THERE'S ALSO INDIVIDUAL NONMAJOR FUNDS IN THE BACK THAT WE LOOK AD THAT GET ROLLED UP INTO THE MAIN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SO WHILE WE DON'T AUDIT EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS WE LOOK AT THOSE IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES. AND THAT IS ALL OF MY REQUIRED COMMUNICATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE LAST PAGE.

SCHEDULE OF UNCORRECTED M MISSTA MISSTATEMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOP HALF OF THIS IS STUFF THAT CAME IN AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

>> YES. >> THERE'S COMMENTS ABOUT IT PROBABLY PRIOR TO THAT. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE INVOICES COME IN AND THIS IS WHERE YOU TAKE CARE OF THOSE, IS

THAT RIGHT. >> YES, SOMETIMES THERE ARE INVOICE THAT IS COME IN LATE AND MANAGEMENT KNOWS ABOUT THEM AND AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO CUT OFF AND SAY THIS IS MATERIAL BOOKED IN TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 OR CAN IT BE EXPENSED IN 2026 SO THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE AND AGAIN MANAGEMENT IS OPEN WITH US ABOUT THOSE AND WE KIND OF MAKE THE DECISION WITH MANAGEMENT WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE BOOKED TO THE FISCAL YEAR PREVIOUS OR

THE CURRENT. >> AND THE PENSION IS SOMETHING

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH. >> YES.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> SO REBECCA, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ALWAYS CONCISE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> APPRECIATE IT. >> JULIE, CONGRATULATIONS.

THERE'S HEADERS THAT SAY SIGNIFICANT RISK IDENTIFIED THAT MAKE YOU SCARY -- MAKE IT IS SCARY BUT THEN IT SAYS NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS. I THINK YOU HAVE TO READ EACH PLACE WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE SCARY, IT SAYS NONE IDENTIFIED. NONE IDENTIFIED.

CONGRATULATIONS JULIE TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR A GOOD, CLEAN AUDIT. AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EASILY.

IT TAKES DILIGENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND CONSISTENCY YEAR OVER YEAR. SO I'M LOOKING AT YOUR TEAM OVER HERE AS WELL TOO. SO CONGRATULATIONS.

>> AND I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS THE ONE DOCUMENT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM SHOULD GET AND READ.

THIS IS A GOOD READ. AND IT'S CALLED POPULAR ANNUAL

FINANCIAL REPORT. >> AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE MOMENT COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU.

>> WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE A COPY OF THIS.

>> YES. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LONG.

I WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE AND THANK COMMISSIONER COVEY WHO IS THE CHAIR OF OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE, JUDGE SNELL ALSO SERVES ON THE COMMITTEE AS A MEMBER SO THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENTS IN THAT PROCESS. WE ALSO HAVE TWO CITIZENS MEMBERS CURRENTLY ON THAT COMMITTEE.

KELLY BOLEN WHO IS ONE OF OUR INAUGURAL MEMBERS AND CONTINUES TO SERVE, ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE AND ALWAYS WITH GREAT FEEDBACK. AND THEN AMY VON, ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS. THEY ATTEND THOSE MEETING THAT IS REBECCA MENTIONED AND PROVIDE US SOME INPUT AND THOUGHTS AND ALWAYS HAVE GREAT QUESTIONS. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR

THEIR PARTICIPATION. >> JULIE BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT, KELLY TO YOUR POINT, I THINK SINCE WE STARTED ADDING CITIZEN MEMBERS,EN AND NOT A LOT OF COUNTY DOSE THAT BUT I THINK SHE

STARTED OUT AS A HOSPITAL CFO. >> YES.

>> AND THEY HAVE REALLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT AND SO JUST A SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO THOSE CITIZEN MEMBERS WHO DO THAT VOLUNTEERLY IN ADDITION TO ALL THEIR OTHER

JOB STUFF THEY DO. >> ABSOLUTELY.

THE OTHER THING WE LIKE TO DO IN THIS REPORT MY OFFICE LIKES TO RECOGNIZE A DEPARTMENT AND GROUP OF FOLKS IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING OUR OFFICE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THIS YEAR I WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ FROM THE REPORT, WE TRY TO SURPRISE THIS INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP.

SO I HOPE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT THIS YEAR.

AND I NEED TO THANK REBECCA KLIMANS FOR HELPING ME PULL THIS OFF. TRADITIONALLY THE AUDITOR OFFICE RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR EFFORTS TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO

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THEIR SUPPORT TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE MAKES THEM AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO OUR ORGANIZATION.

SO NOT MANY PEOPLE TELL HOW AND SHANNON THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF JENNIFER MADE IT OVER I KNOW THE WEATHER WAS KIND OF PREVENTING AND WE HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT TO GIVE Y'ALL SO YOU CAN PUT IT ON YOUR BOOKSHELF AND MAYBE COLLECT DUST.

THERE'S SHANNON. [LAUGHTER].

THANK YOU. THEY OFTEN TIMES GET A KICK IN THE SHIN I THINK SO IT GOES BOTH WAYS, PROBABLY.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY IS YES, COMMISSIONER COOK, THANK YOU, WE PUT TOGETHER THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT EVERY YEAR. THIS REPORT IS ALSO SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION FOR GRADING.

THIS YEAR WE'RE HONORING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I ASKED THE CONSTABLES, THE DA, THE CA AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PLEASE JOIN US SO ANY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND.

WE WANTED TO HONOR YOU IN THIS YEAR'S PUBLICATION.

OFFICE AND THIS IS HER SOLE PROJECT, HER NAME IS ANDREA AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

SHE STEELS PHOTOS OF THEIR FACEBOOK PAGES BUT SHE WORKED CLOSELY WITH EACH OF THE LEADERS IN THESE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK AND WHAT WE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT OR MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS DON'T REALIZE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS DO IN THEIR SERVICE TO THE COUNTY AND TO THE CITIZENS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR EVERYTHING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES FOR OUR COUNTY FAMILY AND FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF, I HAVE JENAE, OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, PAM OUR ASSISTANT FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND, OF COURSE, NATHAN IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE REST OF THE STAFF IS UPSTAIRS WORKING ON THE WORKDAY PROJECT. SO THANK YOU.

>> JULIE. >> WE'RE GOING TO DO THOSE IN

THE DISTRICT AGENDA. >> OKAY BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT Y'ALL ALSO DO OTHER THINGS. YOU ALSO PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL -- THE RETURN FOR THE WCCF AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU

DO >> OH, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. >> AND THIS YEAR YOU MENTIONED WORKDAY HELPS OUR OUTSIDE AUDITOR DO ALL THAT THEY DO WAS IN ADDITION TO CONVERTING TO A MAJOR NEW SYSTEM IN THE PROCESS.

>> WE'LL GET THERE. IT'S GOING TO AN ADVENTURE.

IT JUST REALLY BEGAN. >> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT JUST BEGAN AND GO ON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE, JUDGE. THANK YOU.

>> SO JULIE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I -- UNLESS YOU DO COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND I'LL ALMOST CALL IT A NICHE GOVERNMENT THE WAY WE'RE STRUCTURED AND REQUIRED TO OPERATE.

AND SO THERE'S NOT A TON OF PEOPLE IN THE FIELD COMPARATIVE TO MAYBE CITIES OR BIGGER GOVERNMENTS.

AND YOU'VE LED US AND HAVE BEEN APARTLY OF THE TEAM WONDERFULLY.

PARTICULARLY WITH THE CERTAIN SET OF RULES AND THAT'S RULES THAT WE HAVE TO OPERATE WITH AND, OF COURSE, SAME THING WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. I DON'T THINK -- THEY ARE SO VERSED IN COUNTY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

I DON'T THINK THEY CAN -- I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THEY CAN OPERATE ANYWHERE ELSE. I MEAN WE'RE JUST SO UNIQUE AND SO TO SEE A GREAT REPORT LIKE THIS, THANK YOU.

IT MAKES ALL THE CITIZENS BETTER AND THANK YOU FOR IT.

>> SO JUST TO SAY I APPRECIATE Y'ALL THAT Y'ALL DO, OF COURSE.

WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU ON ALL THESE THINGS BUT WHEN YOU SAY NO TO US, AND THAT MEANS TO ANY EMPLOYEE, THERE'S A REASON BEHIND IT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT FACT THAT OUR OUTSIDE AUDITORS COME AND CHECK US ON THOSE THINGS AND THEY'VE SHOWN, WE'VE PROVED TO BE ACCURATE.

MAT MATERIALLY ACCURATE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, REBECCA AND YOUR TEAM BUT

ALSO JULIE YOUR TEAM TOO. >> ARE YOU SAYING WHEN JULIE SAYS NO OR SOMEBODY ON HER TEAM, YOU NEED TO LISTEN.

>> YEAH. UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE IN THE BIG

BOOK. >> UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SIGNIFICANT RISK IN THE BIG BOOK.

>> AND SOMETIMES JULIE WILL COME IN AND SAY I'M RIGHT ON THIS; RIGHT? WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS AND I'M LIKE, YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> JUST KNOW ASKING THE SAME THING IN A DIFFERENT WAY DOESN'T WORK.

>> YEAH. IT'S STILL NO.

>> THANK YOU, JULIE TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. WOULD LOVE TO GET A PICTURE WITH ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE ROOM, I SEE CONSTABLE LIO READY

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JULIE IF YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN COME IN THE FRONT TOO, PLEASE.

>> HALL AND SHANNON TOO. >> YOU CAN STAND UP HERE WITH US IF YOU WANT. STAND UP HERE.

>> SHANNON, YOU NEED TO COME IN HERE.

>> AND REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN'T SEE THEM, THEY CAN'T SEE YOU.

>> THANK YOU Y'ALL. >> I'M GOOD.

>> THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AND THANKS FOR TAKING TIME TO BE

HERE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, I FAILED TO MENTION SOMETHING AND COMMISSIONER COOK TOUCHED ON IT AND ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL CITIZENS ASKED, YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THIS ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, THE VERY LARGE BOOK OFF OF MY WEBSITE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

I DO HAVE THE HARD COPIES OF THE POPULAR REPORT UP IN MY OFFICE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE A COPY AND, OF COURSE, I'LL BE DELIVERING SOME TO EACH OF YOUR OFFICES. THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS STILL AT THE PRINT SHOP. WE JUST HAD A FEW THAT WE COULD HAND OUT TODAY SO IF ANYBODY IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS COFFEE BOOK, COFFEE TABLE BOOK, I'LL HAVE THEM IN MY OFFICE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. SO THANK YOU.

IF YOU NEED SOME SLEEPING MATERIAL.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANKS JULIY AND THANK ARE YOU

[31. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on the creation and funding of a Public Information Act Coordinator position within the Elections Department to assist with timely processing of public information requests and improve compliance with statutory deadlines. This position will handle intake, tracking, redacting, response coordination, and reporting for PIA requests, with emphasis on elections-related data and records.]

ITEM 31, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE CREATION AND FUNDING OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT COORDINATOR POSITION WITHIN THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST WITH TIMELY PROCESSING OF PUBLIC INFORMATION QUESTIONS AND IMPROVE COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY DEADLINES. THE POSITION WILL HANDLE INTAKE, TRACKING, REDACTING, RESPONSE COORDINATION, AND REPORTING FOR PIA REQUESTS. WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTIONS-RELATED DATA AND RECORDS.

I THINK WE HAVE BRIDGET HERE TODAY AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY D HOPS. AND THEN ASHLEY IF THERE'S ANY

BUDGET QUESTIONS. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR.

>> GOOD MORNING, D HOPS, COUNTY ATTORNEY.

>> WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR ASKING POSITION FOR PIA COORDINATOR. WE MET WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, OUR OFFICE IS REALLY A LITTLE BEHIND IN PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST. WE WORK REALLY HARD TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, HOWEVER DURING ELECTION PERIOD, WE'RE KIND OF OVERRUN AND WE GET BEHIND AND SO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WE MET AND DISCUSSED AND HE RECOMMENDS THAT WE GET A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE TO HELP US ASSIST IN PROCESSING THESE PIAS.

>> IF I MAY, IT IS -- I DID START THIS BALL ROLLING.

BUT I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WE DON'T COME TO YOU WITH JUST A HAND OUT UNTIL WE'VE TRIED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE NOW AND I THINK Y'ALL KNOW HOW BUSY ELECTIONS ARE AND ALL THE MOVING PARTS OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW THEM ALL. Y'ALL KNOW THEM BETTER THAN THAN I DO BUT I KNOW KNOW IT TAKE AS LOT OF MAN POWER AND THEY ARE ALWAYS COMING OUT OF ONE, GETTING READY FOR ONE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE. AND I KNOW THE VOLUME, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR IS THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. OBVIOUSLY AND WE'VE WORKED WITH

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THE SECONDARY GOAL FOR ELECTIONS IS TO GET US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

AND IT'S JUST REACHED AN IMPASS WITH THE VOL YOUNG COUPLE THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHECK * PRODUCE THE PRODUCTS REQUIRED TO AND WHAT CITIZENINGS HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND WITH THE CHANGE AND PASSAGE OF LAW IN 2024 THERE'S NOW MORE REDACTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE IN OUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW FROM ELECTIONS JUST TWO OF THE OUTSTANDING PIA REQUESTS THAT HAVE ALMOST 700,000 RECORDS THAT HAVE TO BE REDACTED. SO NOT ONLY IS THERE BEEN MORE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION BUT THAT INFORMATION THEN NOW DUE TO THE LAW HAS TO HAVE REDACTIONS DONE TO IT BEFORE IT CAN BE GIVEN OUT. SO EVERYTHING IS GETTING MORE COMPLICATED. THE REQUESTS ARE GETTING MORE VOLUMOUS AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WE COME TO YOU TODAY AS SOMEONE IN HER OFFICE THAT CAN BE FOCUSED ON THAT WHICH WILL HELP US BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE JUST A PASS THROUGH ENTITY AND WE GOT TO WORK WITH EACH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GIVING OUT INFORMATION BY LAW WE SHOULD NOT BE AND SO THERE ARE HIGH STAKES IN THIS AT EVERY AGENCILE AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE. I CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL BUT I WANTED TO SEE IN THE DIAS HAD ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.

>> COURT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF REQUESTS COMING IN FROM ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND THEY ARE JUST RELENTLESS AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO PULL ALL THAT DATA TOGETHER, STAY WITH IT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE BEING RESPONSIVE AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHIN 10 DAYS, IS IT 10 DAY BS WITH YOU HAVE TO LET THAT PERSON KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST THE TAX PAYERS TO PULL TOGETHER ALL THIS INFORMATION AND HAVE YOU PASSED A THRESHOLD WHERE THE REQUESTER NEEDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST OF GETTING

ALL THAT INFORMATION. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> SO IT'S A HUGE, HUGE JOB. >> TO THAT POINT ARE WE BILLING PEOPLE -- AND I ASSUME IT'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING

MOST OF THE REQUESTS. >> SO WE DO GIVE A COST ESTIMATE AND WE HAVE DONE THAT NOW THE LAW DOES LIMIT VERY EXTRAORDINARY LIMITS ON WHAT CAN BE PASSED ON AS FAR AS IT DOES NOT NEAR COST -- IT DOES NOT NEAR COVER WHAT THE COSTS ARE TO ACTUALLY PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS. WHERE WE'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO WE DO PASS THOSE COST ESTIMATES ON BUT I WILL TELL YOU IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BEFORE PEOPLE WOULD THINK ABOUT IT AFTER RECEIVING A COST ESTIMATE AND MAY OR -- MOST OF THEM CHOSE TO CALL DOWN THE REQUEST AT THAT POINT.

HERE RECENTLY THOUGH EVERYONE, A LOT OF THEM, NOT EVERYONE, A LOT OF THEM ARE PAYING THOSE COST ESTIMATES IN FULL AND REQUIRES THE DATA. AGAIN WHAT WE CAN CHARGE AND WHAT IT COSTS TO PRODUCE IT, THERE'S A HUGE CHASOM.

>> WHAT ABOUT FOR THE 71,000 POSITION.

YEAR ONLY ASKING FOR 35 BUT THAT'S JUST FOR PART OF THE YEAR; RIGHT? THE ACTUAL PERSON MAKING -- YOU KNOW, WITH ALL IN IT'S PROBABLY OVER 70. I'M JUST SPIT BALLING HERE BUT OVER 70,000 DOLLARS. THAT WE CAN'T CHARGE THE PEOPLE.

>> NO, COMMISSIONER. >> SO THESE ARE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT ARE ASKING CONTINUALLY ASKING FOR STUFF FROM THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS A MID YEAR ASK.

IT'S COMING OUT OF 409. THIS IS A MID YEAR ASK THAT WE HARDLY EVER DO AND BRIDGET, MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FOLKS FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

I GET IT. BUT IF FRUSTRATES ME THAT WE'RE

HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY. >> I AGREE, COMMISSIONER.

AND I KNOW HOW THE DIAS FEELS ABOUT THIS AND YOU WOULD NOT SEE ME DARKEN THE DOORS OF THIS CHAMBER IF IT WERE NOT URGENT BUT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A RESOLUTION OF THIS AND I HATE TO DO THIS AND I WOULD NOT WANT TOO BUT WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW TO DO AS A GROUP TO TRY TO FIX THIS. AND SHORT OF ADDITIONAL HELP AND SWEAT EQUITY, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO IT AND THE IT DID REMENTS CONTINUE TO GO AND NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE WHY.

THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THE END RESULT SO IF YOU DO NOT MEET THE END RESULT THE WHY DOES NOT MATTER.

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QUESTION I'M HERE TODAY. >> FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, A LOT -- WE GET LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. AND THAT'S YOU UNDER YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. AND YOU GUYS ARE FULL.

YOU ARE FULL. >> YES, COMMISSIONER.

>> THIS IS A SPECIALTY AREA HERE.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT?

>> JUDGE, IF YOU WERE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I WILL. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> MOTIONED BY COMMISSIONER BOLES, SECONDED MY COMMISSIONER COOK. MOTION PASSES 5-0.

THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR THE MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS YOU SPEND

RESPONDING TO THE SAME REQUEST. >> TO THE SAME FEW.

>> REDACTING. >> AND WHILE WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC JUST AS A REMINDER, ALL REQUESTS NEED TO GO THROUGH -- THERE'S A PLACE ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT, MY ENCOURAGEMENT DON'T SIB SUBMIT THEM TO INDIVIDUAL OFFICES, SUBMIT THEM THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNEL ON THE WEBSITE.

[32. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a request by County Court at Law 2 to apply for an Adult Treatment Court Enhancement Grant offered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to support the Williamson County DWI/Drug Court Program.]

[33. Discuss and take appropriate action on a request by County Court at Law 2 to apply for a Veterans Treatment Court Grant offered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to support the Williamson County Veterans Treatment Court.]

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LONG. ITEMS NUMBER 32, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON REQUEST BY COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER TWO TO APPLY FOR ADULT TREATMENT COURT ENHANCEMENT GRANT. OFFERED BY THE BUREAUIO OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY DWI DRUG

COURT PROGRAM. >> THIS IS AN ANNUAL.

>> THIS IS FOR -- MY UNDERSTANDING 32 AND 33, THEY ARE NEW FOR NEW POSITIONS. THIS IS NOT TO CONTINUE WHAT

WE'VE ALREADY DONE. >> YOU'RE DOING THE SAME WORK

WITH MORE PEOPLE. >> NO, I THINK WE WERE ASKED TO DO STUFF TO -- I MEAN WE CAN HAVE THE PERSON THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE. CAN YOU COME UP AND EXPLAIN A

LITTLE BIT MORE PLEASE TO US. >> MY NAME IS TANYA KOONS AND I WORK WITH JUDGE BARKER SHE APOLOGIZES FOR NOT BEING HERE TODAY. SHE IS AT THE TVC GRANT FOR A RECOMMENDATION MEETING SO SHE COULDN'T ATTEND TODAY.

>> COULD YOU EXPLAIN, AND JUDGE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE 32

AND 33 UP. >> LET'S DO THEM ONE AT A TIME BUT SHE CAN STAY UP AND DO 33 BUT LET'S DISCUSS 32 RIGHT NOW.

>> SO ABOUT THE NEW POSITION? OKAY.

>> YES AND THE PROGRAM THAT WE WERE REQUESTED TO BE APART OF.

>> OKAY. SO IT'S STILL PART OF OUR DWI DRUG COURT PROGRAM SO THIS WILL BE ENHANCEMENT GRANT TO ADD SERVICES TO OUR CURRENT PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM MANAGER, WE HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGER NOW AND THE PROGRAM CASE MANAGER WILL BE UNDER THE PROGRAM MANAGER. WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO MORE ASSESSMENTS SO ACCORDING TO NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES, MORE ASSESSMENTS ARE NOW REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

AND WITH ONLY ONE, WITH ONLY OUR PROGRAM MANAGER WHO IS ALSO DOING LIKE THE INTAKE ASSESSMENT AND THEN OVER SEEING BOTH PROGRAMS, IT WOULD BE SOMEONE TO HELP WITH DOING THE ASSESSMENT AND THEN WE COULD ALSO START SCREENING PEOPLE SOONER WHERE IF THEY HAVE A DWI SECOND WE CAN GO INTO THE JAIL TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE PROGRAM SO WE'RE NOT WAITING THE TIME LIKE ONCE THEY ARE RELEASED.

SO WE'D BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND CATCH PEOPLE SOONER TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. SO SHE WOULD BASICALLY -- OR THE PROGRAM CASE MANAGER WOULD GO OVER AND ASSESS.

>> BEFORE THEY TIME OUT AT THE JAIL.

>> CORRECT. >> AND SO THIS IS GOING TO GROW

THE PROGRAM. >> IT IS.

>> AND IS THIS THE ONLY POSITION THAT WILL BE ASKED OF US?

>> THIS IS -- >> FOR THIS PROGRAM -- I'M SORRY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE PROGRAM NOW.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT CLOSE TO 40 IN EACH COURT.

>> AND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE THERE FOR THIS PROGRAM?

>> RIGHT NOW IN OUR OFFICE I'M THE SPECIALTY COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATOR AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGER AND THEN WE HAVE PROPROBATION OFFICERS, DEFENCE ATTORNEY, PROSECUTOR AND SOMEONE FROM PROBATION ALSO HELPS WITH TREATMENT.

>> I KNOW Y'ALL BEEN HERE BEFORE AND THERE WAS A LINEUP, PROBABLY 8 OR 9, 10 PEOPLE INVOLVED, MAYBE EVEN 12.

>> YES. >> THAT'S QUITE A FEW.

IN ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. WHERE DO YOU ANTICIPATE PUTTING THIS NEW POSITION? PHYSICALLY.

LIKE WHERE WILL THEY OFFICE. >> THEY'LL SHARE AN OFFICE WITH ME. BECAUSE I HAVE A LARGER OFFICE, SO WE FIGURED IT OUT WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE AN OFFICE WITH ME AND THE POSITION WOULD BE GRANT FUNDED, IT WOULD BE 50% FROM THE DWI COURT ENHANCEMENT GRANT AND 50% FROM THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT ENHANCEMENT GRANT SO IF THESE GRANTS GO AWAY THIS POSITION ALSO GOES AWAY SO THERE WILL BE AN UNDERSTANDING

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>> NO CASH, NO MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

>> CORRECT. >> AND IS THAT JUST FOR 32?

>> THAT IS FOR 32 AND 33. SO THE NOI POSITION IS GOING TO SPLIT BETWEEN THE WITH TWO GRANTS.

>> IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE AND MORE FOR A SELECT FEW. AND I APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM.

I GET THAT. BUT WHERE DOES IT END, YOU KNOW? AND HOW MANY MORE DO WE ADD? AND WHAT ELSE DO WE DO?

>> AND AS OUR POPULATION KEEPS GROWING, THE NEED GROWS AND

GROWS AND GROWS. >> IT DOES.

LIKE WE ARE HAVING MORE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAM EVERY YEAR THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO OUR PARTICIPANT NUMBERS ARE GROWING.

AND THIS WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE MORE PARTICIPANTS AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MORE ASSESSMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE HELP AND THE TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED AND THEN THERE WOULD BE LESS RECIDIVISM BECAUSE IF WE GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM AND CAN ADDRESS THESE THINGS WHEN THEY COME OUT THEY WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO REOFFEND.

>> BY GROWING THE PROGRAM ARE YOU GOING TO ASK FOR MORE POSITIONS IN ORDER TO COVER THE NEEDS NOW.

>> NO. RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE OTHER POSITIONS WE DON'T REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF.

>> SO YOU CAN DOUBLE THIS PROGRAM AND YOU WOULDN'T NEED ANYMORE OF ANY OR THE OTHER STAFF.

>> THEY MAY NEED MORE PROBATION OFFICERS.

I THINK. BUT WE DON'T -- WE HAVE LIKE A SET AMOUNT FOR EACH AND SO WE KNOW LIKE WE NEED THIS MANY PROBATION OFFICERS SO WE DON'T -- WE CAP OUR --

>> HOW MANY MORE DO YOU THINK YOU'LL ADD TO THE PROGRAM BY

DOING THIS? >> I THINK IT'S MORE -- MORE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE WE'LL BE ADDING.

BUT IT WILL ALSO BE MORE, IT'S GROWING THE PROGRAM TO OFFER LIKE ADDITIONAL SERVICES ALSO WHILE IN THE PROGRAM WHERE WE COULD DO MORE ASSESSMENTS SO THAT WE CAN TREAT THEM APPROPRIATELY AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN IT WOULD CATCH MORE LIKE I SAID WITH THE DWI SECONDS BUT WE WOULD STILL HAVE A LIMIT FOR EACH COURT OF HOW MANY WE

CAN TAKE. >> RIGHT.

SO ARE WE AT THAT LIMIT? YOU SAID ABOUT 40 RIGHT NOW.

>> RIGHT. >> YOU SAID IT EXPANDS THE PROGRAM BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT EXPANDS IT QUANTITATIVE

>> IT WILL BE MORE SERVICES AND THEN WHAT WE COULD DO -- WHAT WE WOULD DO IS LIKE I THINK RIGHT NOW FOR OUR DWI DRUG COURT WE HAVE A MAX OF 40 BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE GRADUATING. SO THEN THERE WILL BE A BIG OPENING. AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO TRACK THINGS IF WE DID GET MORE WE WOULD HAVE A WAIT LIST AND THEY WOULD BE -- YOU KNOW, WE COULD COME IN BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY COMING IN AND GOING SO WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AT 40.

I MIGHT BE AT 30 IN TWO MONTHS BECAUSE WE HAVE GRADUATES SO THEY COME IN AND A YEAR LATER THEY GRADUATE BUT THEN IT WILL -- IT'S NOT LIKE -- IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE 40 THE WHOLE

TIME. >> RIGHT.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE WAY IT'S BEEN. BUT WHAT YOU'RE MAKING IT SOUND LIKE IS YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND FOLKS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM TO BE IN THE PROGRAM BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE JAIL. AND SO WE WOULD BE EXPANDING PERHAPS PAST THE 40 AND DO YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THAT? IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT -- A NICE THING TO HAVE.

I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE IF IT'S AN ACTUAL NEED TO CONTINUE THE

PROGRAM. >> RIGHT.

SO THIS WOULD HELP BY CATCHING PEOPLE SOONER BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE GET APPLICATIONS THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN -- THEIR CASES ARE OVER A YEAR OLD. AND SO IT'S NOT EVEN GETTING MORE, IT'S GETTING THEM IN SOONER.

AND SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE JAILS AND GET THE PEOPLE WITH THE DWI SECONDS AND HAVE THEM KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN THEY DO TALK TO THEIR ATTORNEYS THEY CAN APPLY RIGHT AWAY AND GET IN AND GET THE HELP THEY NEED SO TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS SO WE'RE NOT LETTING PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WHILE THEY ARE WAITING YOU KNOW FOR THEIR CASES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HOLD UP IS BUT A LOT OF TIMES SOME ATTORNEYS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE PROGRAMS SO THEY DON'T ALWAYS LET THE PARTICIPANTS KNOW AND THEN WHEN THEY FIND OUT AND MOST CASES ARE A COUPLE OF -- OVER A YEAR OR TWO OLD WHEN THEY COME INTO THE COURT AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS THEM SOONER.

>> I BLUE BONNET GROUP ASSESS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THE JAIL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE IF THEY NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANT CAN THEY NOT ASSESS FOR THAT ALSO WHILE DOING THIS ASSESSMENT AND WHILE YOU'RE ANSWERING THAT, THE FACT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE PEOPLE OR THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM THEY ARE IN IT THE SECOND TIME DID THEY GNOT GET I THE FIRST TIME.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

>> IT WOULDN'T BE THAT THEY CAME THROUGH THE PROGRAM THE FIRST TIME. THE PROGRAM WE CAN ONLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PICKED UP A SECOND DWI.

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AND SO WE WOULD BE CATCHING THEM SOONER SO THAT WHILE THEY ARE ON BOND THEY ARE NOT REOFFENDING AND NOT PICKING UP MORE CASES WHERE WE CAN GET THEM INTO TREATMENT SOONER.

AND THEN BLUE BONNET AS FAR AS I KNOW DOESN'T DO THE SPECIFIC ASSESSMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE DWI DRUG CORE PROGRAM TO MEET

THE RISK NEEDS. >> THEY DON'T DO OSAR OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> I AM HONESTLY NOT AS FAMILIAR

WITH WHAT BLUE BONNET DOES. >> KATHY PEARSON PROBABLY KNOWS.

DON'T THEY DO OSAR? I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD.

I'M TRYING TO FIND RESOURCES FOR YOU.

>> MY QUESTION IS I'M ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO ADD STAFF THROUGH A GRANT AND EVEN THOUGH WE SAY -- YOU KNOW, ON THE POSTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THIS COULD GO AWAY THAT IS CHALLENGING TO DO. I MEAN IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE ABSORBED MANY STAFF THAT WERE GRANT FUNDED AND WHEN JUDGE BARKER, SOME OF HER GRANT STUFF WENT AWAY, WE ABSORBED THAT IN THE BUDGET AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER USE GRANT FUNDS TO FUND STUFF RATHER THAN PEOPLE AND I GUESS I'M CONCERNED IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE -- SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHAT HAPPENS IF

YOU DON'T GET THIS GRANT? >> IF WE DON'T GET THIS GRANT WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE SERVICES THAT ■WE HAVE.

BECAUSE THE OTHER PART OF THE GRANT IS FOR PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST SO IT WOULD BE A VOLUNTEER POSITION.

AND SO THE PEER SUPPORT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO'S GRADUATED FROM OUR PROGRAM WHO CAN COME IN AND IT WOULD JUST BE -- WE'RE JUST ASKING TO HELP PAY FOR THEIR TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN WORK PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE AND HAVE GROUPS AND IF THEY NEED HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION TO GROUPS AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY IS GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED AND IT WOULD ALSO BE ORDER FOR AFTER THE PROGRAM THOSE SERVICES WOULD CONTINUE. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE OUR CURRENT PROGRAM MANAGER WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO SET UP THE PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE TRAINED AND SETTING UP ALUMNI GROUPS SO IT CONTINUES AFTER THE PROGRAM SO ONCE YOU'RE OUT OF THE PROGRAM IT'S NOT JUST OKAY YOU'RE DONE.

IT'S HERE'S SOME CONTINUED SUPPORT THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM NOW WHERE THEY ARE GETTING REACCLIMATED IN SOCIETY NOT HAVING TO COME TO COURT ANYMORE BUT THEY STILL HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM TO REMAIN SOBER AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS ARGUING THAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND RECIDIVISM RATES ARE REALLY LOW AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS ARGUING THAT IT'S MORE THE FISCAL PIECE IF THIS GRANT GOES AWAY THEN I CAN PROMISE YOU THE ASK IS GOING TO BE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

AND THAT'S MY RELUCTANCE JUST FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER THIS BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY TOWARDS JUDGE BARKER BUT HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GOING TO IMPEDE HER ABILITY WITH THE REGULAR DOCKATE THAT'S NOT A SPECIALTY COURT RELATED.

>> SO THIS SHOULDN'T EFFECT HER ABILITY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM MANAGER WOULD BE OVERSEEING THE POSITION FOR THE PROGRAM CASE MANAGER AND SO OUR PROGRAM MANAGER IS -- SHE'S OVERSEEING BOTH KOCOURTS RIGHT NOW SO SHE'S GOT A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN ALSO DOING THE ASSESSMENTS AND THIS POSITION WOULD HELP HER WHERE SHE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE TIME TO SET UP THE PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, SET UP THE ALUMNI GROUPS WHILE WE HAVE ANOTHER POSITION WHO CAN FILL IN AND DO THE ASSESSMENTS AND THINGS THAT SHE WOULD NEED HELP WITH DOING. SO THAT SHE COULD FOCUS ON MORE HER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SHE HAS.

AND IT WOULD -- AND I'VE SPOKEN TO JUDGE BARKER AND SHE REASSURED ME THAT THE POSITION WILL BE MADE CLEAR THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY IF WE DIDN'T CONTINUE WITH THE GRANT AND THIS IS A

4-YEAR GRANT. >> BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE WHEN OTHER GRANTS HAVE GONE AWAY.

>> RIGHT. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'VE SPOKEN TO HER AND SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS WOULD BE -- IF THIS GRANT WENT AWAY THEN OUR PROGRAM MANAGER WOULD GO BACK AND HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY BUT IN THE MEANTIME AT LEAST IN THE GROUPS WERE ALREADY SET UP WHERE NOW SHE CAN OVERSEE AND RUN IT WHERE IF THE GRANT WENT AWAY AND WE

DIDN'T HAVE THAT SEXTRA POSITIO. >> I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT USING GRANTS FOR PERSONALE BUT MY OTHER CONCERN IS THERE WILL BE A REQUEST IN THE FUTURE FOR MORE OF THE OTHER POSITIONS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE 40 -- WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM KEEPING IT AT 40 IT EBBS AND FLOWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR I GET

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FOR MORE PEOPLE AT SOME POINT. >> RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS NOT TO ADD. WE ARE STILL SETTING THAT 40 FOR DWI COURT AND WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON ADDING MORE PEOPLE IT'S JUST GETTING THEM EARLIER AND THEN LIKE I SAID AND WITH -- OUR PROGRAM MANAGER THIS NEW PERSON BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DOING ASSESSMENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROGRAM THAT REQUIRED BY NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES SO THIS POSITION WOULD ALLOW US TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS BY DOING -- HAVING SOMEONE THERE THAT COULD

ASSIST WITH THE. >> YOU SAID REQUIREMENTS.

I MEAN THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT VOLUNTEER.

>> IT'S A VOLUNTEER THING. >> THERE'S NO FEDERAL OR

STATEMENT REQUIREMENT. >> BUT THE GUIDELINES.

I SHOULD SAY GUIDELINES. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT

MISSING ANY REQUIREMENTS. >> I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.

I MEANT THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES. WE LOCAL FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES AND ACCORDING TO NATIONAL GLINS THEY SHOULD BE ASSESSED

THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. >> THEY SAY THAT BUT THEN THEY

DON'T GIVE US ANY ROWRESOURCES. >> TANYA, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY.

WE'RE STILL ON 32. TALKING ABOUT THE DWI AND DRUG TREATMENT. THE WAY I READ THIS, YOU MENTIONED IT'S A 4 YEAR GRANT BUT THE WAY I READ THIS IT'S FOR 48 MONTHS. I'M I READING THAT INCORRECTLY.

>> NO, YOU'RE READING THAT CORRECTLY.

>> SO FOUR YEARS TOTAL AND THEN YOU SAID IT'S 100% FUNDED THIS HAS 100% OF THE COST WILL BEDY WERE COVERED IN THE PAST AND NOW IT WILL COVER WITH THE 80% AND 20% MUST BE REQUESTED FROM THE

COURT. >> SO THE 25% IS GOING TO BE A

MATCH REQUIREMENT. >> ON ONE PAGE IT SAYS A 25% IN KIND. REIMBURSEMENT BUT ON THE APPLICATION IT SAYS THE REMAINING 20% MUST BE REQUESTED FROM THE COURT. SO JUST EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.

>> SO IT WOULD BE -- WE'RE NOT REQUESTING FUNDS.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN IN-KIND AND THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE'RE OFFERING TIME, TIME SHEETS TO COVER BUT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MY FUNDING TO MATCH. IT'S GOING TO BE -- AND JULIE IS -- THE IN-KIND I'M STILL LEARNING ABOUT IT.

JULIE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT AND EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN I CAN

AT THIS POINT. >> IT'S GOT THE FUNDING FOR EACH YEAR; RIGHT? 1-4. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IN THAT APPLICATION IT SAYS 20% WILL BE REQUESTED FROM THE COURT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

>> RIGHT >> IF THE COURT WERE TO APPROVE THIS IT GIVES Y'ALL POSITION TO APPLY BUT TO MOVE FORWARD YOU NEED TO GET THE GRANT AND THEN YOU'LL COME BACK TO THE COURT;

RIGHT? >> CORRECT.

ONCE YEAR APPROVED WE WOULD COME BACK AND THEN TO ASK FOR

APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE GRANT. >> OKAY.

>> AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO CASH ASKED FROM THE COURT AT THIS

TIME. >> NO.

I APOLOGIZE. >> THE GRANT DOESN'T WEAN OFF.

IT GOES AWAY BUT IT DOESN'T REDUCE DOWN.

>> NO. THIS IS WHAT I'M SPENDING OVER FOUR YEARS SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BUDGET THAT I GIVE THE GRANT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO FOLLOW FOR THE FOUR YEARS.

IT WOULD GO DOWN LIKE FROM WHAT I'M SPENDING.

>> SO DOES THE -- 'CAUSE THIS OFTEN GETS MISSED IN GRANT REQUESTS, DOES IT INCLUDE POTENTIAL, NOT GUARANTEED BUT

POTENTIAL COLAS. >> IT DOES.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JULIE KILEY TO GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ENOUGH IN THE GRANT AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH ME TO GET THOSE NUMBERS.

>> OKAY. WELL WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT CLEARLY STATES THE GRANT DOES NOT COVER MIRACLE INCREASES THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY THE COURT IN THE

FOLLOWING YEAR. >> WHEN'S THE DEADLINE FOR THIS.

>> 27TH. >> MAY 4TH.

>> THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS THE 27TH IN THERE.

>> I APOLOGIZE. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT DEADLINES AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING A FEDERAL GRANT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> IT IS MAY 4TH.

THAT WAS FOR -- THERE'S ANOTHER FORM THAT YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT BY THE 27TH AND THE DEADLINE IS MAY 4TH.

>> SO JUDGE, ON THE MERITS, I AM NOT ACTUALLY READ THE APPLICATION DIRECTLY I'VE JUST WORKED CLOSELY WITH TANYA TO PROVIDE HER NUMBERS FOR HER FUNDING ASK.

AS FAR AS THE INDIRECT, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THERE IS IF THE VOLUNTEER PEER SUPPORT POSITION IS APPROVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT THEN WE WILL CAPTURE THOSE FOLKS HOURS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE PROGRAM TO MEET THE INCORRECT COST. WE CAN ALSO USE ANY PERSONAL WHO ARE PAID FROM COULDN'TY FUNDS BUT NOT ANYONE WHO IS PAID OUT OF ANOTHER GRANT WHETHER IT BE STATE OR FEDERAL.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING TO EDUCATE TANYA AND JUDGE ON HOW THAT INCORRECT WOULD WORK BUT THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT AVENUES AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PGA GRANT CURRENTLY WRAPPING UP THAT IS A SPECIALTY COURT GRANT THAT WE ARE USING INDIRECT COST MATCH ON AND WE'RE

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>> SO JULIE WHAT WILL THIS ADD OVERHEAD TO YOU BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A LOT OF EXTRA TO KEEP TRACK OF.

>> SO THE DEPARTMENTS ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING ME KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THAT. THEY FORWARD THOSE TIME SHEETS TO US. WE RECEIVE THEM NOW.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE QUARTERLY REPORTING WE LOAD THOSE HOURS AND THEY ARE VALUED AD PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION AT A RATE AND WE LODE THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE REPORT.

I MEAN, I'VE -- I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THEY ARE NOT WORK.

I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE THAT. BUT I SEE THAT AS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COURT ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENTS TO APPLY

FOR THEM AND WE'LL SUPPORT THEM. >> WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF THE

GRANT THAT WE'RE ASKED FOR. >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY REALLY QUICK, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HIRING A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR TRAINING FOR PEER SUPPORT AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE VOLUNTEER. SO THE ONLY POSITION WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER.

BUT WHEN JULIE AND I FIRST SPOKE THAT IS WHAT WE HAD TALKED

ABOUT. >> YEAH AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER IS BEING ASKED OUT OF BOTH GRANTS, 50/50 AS I UNDERSTAND

IT. >> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET ONE

AND NOT THE OTHER. >> THEN WE WOULD JUST -- I DON'T KNOW.

[LAUGHTER]. >> WE HAVE A FEELING WE KNOW.

>> WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HIRE THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT. WE WOULD JUST TAKE THAT OFF OF OUR GRANT BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS POSITION IF IT IS FULLY GRANT FUNDED.

THAT IS OUR INTENTION. IT IS NOT -- IF WE DON'T GET ONE THEN WE DON'T GO FORWARD WITH THE POSITION.

BUT THEN WE COULD STILL ACCEPT LIKE THE PEER SUPPORT TRAINING AND WE COULD STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PART.

>> SO WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

>> AND WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST SOME OF THESE NUMBERS BASED OFF OF A MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE BENEFITS SUB COMMITTEE JUST IN ORDER TO MEET HER DEADLINE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT DOLLARS IN THERE AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOME POSSIBLE INCREASES THERE SO I JUST SPOKE TO STANNIA ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING AND THERE WILL BE A SMALL INCREASE TO THE ASK IN

BOTH GRANTS. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS YOU'RE ASKING FOR 655

655,000 DOLLARS. >> CORRECT.

>> OVER FOUR YEAR >> THERE'S A BREAK DOWN OF THE

COST IN YOUR PACT PACKET. >> BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT, BUT 256,000 WOULD BE TREATMENT.

152,000 MONITORING AND THEN ABOUT 200,000 FOR THE POSITIONS.

SO RIGHT NOW, AFTER THEY GRADUATE --

>> BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR HALF OF IT.

>> ONE POSITION OVER FOUR YEARINGS S.

>> CORRECT, THE OTHER HALF IS IN THE OTHER GRANT.

>> TANYA TELL US ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAM DOES AFTER THEY GRADUATE

RIGHT NOW >> SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE PEER SUPPORT. LIKE WE DON'T HAVE AN ALUMNI GROUP AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT FOR OUR PROGRAM SO RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY GRADUATE WE TELL THEM LIKE IF YOU NEED HELP YOU CAN COME BACK AND WE CAN REFER YOU BUT WE CAN'T ACTUALLY OFFER SERVICES TO THEM ONCE THEY GRADUATE.

AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT IF WE HAVE AN ALUMNI GROUP OR GROUPS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND TO CONTINUE THEIR RECOVERY, TO CONTINUE THEIR TREATMENT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE OUR PROGRAM AND HAVE -- BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY STRUCTURED PROGRAMS SO WHEN THEY ARE DONE, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO -- YOU KNOW, GO IN AND HAVE THAT STRUCTURE. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE

THAT TO KIND OF GET THEM -- >> SO I'M KIND OF WONDERING THERE'S GOT TO BE OTHER GROUP THAT IS ARE OUT THERE TO HELP WITH THAT THAT WE CAN PASS THE BALL TO -- HAVE WE LOOKED.

>> WE HAVE. OUR PROGRAM MANAGER HAS REACHED OUT TO VARIOUS GROUPS. IT'S JUST A REALLY HARD, THERE SEEMS TO BE A HARD TIME FINDING THAT AND FINDING THOSE SERVICES CLOSE TO US. BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE SERVICE ISES, THEY DO HAVE THEM BUT THERE'S NOT ONES WITHIN OUR AREA THAT WOULD BE THAT THEY COULD GO TO AND THIS ONE WOULD BE WHERE IT'S STILL KIND OF SUPERVISED BY THE COURT BECAUSE AS PART OF THE PROGRAM YOU HAVE TO DO THESE CONTINUED SERVICES.

>> SO NOW YOU'RE INCREASING THE POPULATION THAT THE COURT SEES.

>> WELL WE DON'T SEE THEM. >> WHAT COURT THEN.

>> SO I'M SAYING LIKE WE WOULD ONLY KNOW HOW THEY ARE DOING THROUGH OUR PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO COURT ANYMORE BUT CHECKING IN.

>> PROBATION. >> PROBATION WOULDN'T HAVE TO.

>> NO I'M AING SAYING LIKE THAT.

>> YEAH. BUT ONCE THEY ARE DONE WITH PROBATION PROBATION WOULDN'T HAVE TO MONITOR THEM ANYMORE.

THIS IS TO GET ENHANCED SERVICES SO THEY DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT STRUCTURE AND BEFORE THEY DON'T REOFFEND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE

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THAT COULD BE PUBLISHED NATIONALLY.

I THINK HE COULD EXPLAIN IT BETTER AND I CAN GIVE YOU COPIES OF THE LETTER BUT THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER REASON FOR THE NEW PROGRAM MANAGERS TO HELP SO THAT THE PROGRAM CASE MANAGER SO THAT WE COULD, OUR PROGRAM MANAGER WITH FOCUS ON THE DATA AND GETTING THE THINGS FOR THE STUDY THAT CAN BE PASSED -- WOULD BE

PUBLISHED NATIONALLY. >> THAT'S THE PART THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH TOO WAS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING US TO DO MORE WORK.

AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IMPROVES OUR PROGRAM.

I MEAN, MAYBE IT DOES. BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET AND WE COULD EXPAND TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND I WANT TO

GET BACK TO CORE DUTIES. >> THIS WOULD HELP WITH IDENTIFYING VETERANS AND SPECIFIC ISSUES AND TREATMENTS.

THE IDEA WOULD BE TO GET THEM MORE TREATMENT SERVICES THAT WOULD BE MORE INDIVIDUALIZED TO WHAT THEY NEED.

SO THE STUDY IS GOING TO SHOW WHAT THEY HAVE -- I BELIEVE IT'S DIFFERENT PTSDS SO IF THEY HAVE THIS THEN THEY ARE GOING TO NEED THESE TREATMENTS WHICH MAY NOT WORK FOR SOMEBODY LIKE IF THEY HAVE COMPLEX PTSD AND SOMEONE HAS SIMPLE PTSD, WHERE THE TREATMENT IS NOT GOING TO WORK AS WELL FOR ONE OF THE OTHER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT COOKIE CUTTER SO IT'S MORE OF LIKE WHAT OTHER SERVICES DO THEY NEED AND IF THEY ARE GETTING THE TREATMENT AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE COURT AND GETTING THE RIGHT TREATMENT, THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO REOFFEND AND LESS LIKELY TO COME BACK AND BE MORE FUNCTIONAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS TREAT -- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING THE RESOURCES THEY NEED AND THE HELP THEY NEED WHILE THEY ARE IN THE PROGRAM SO THIS WOULD HELP IDENTIFY DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE COULD HELP HELP THEM.

>> I GUESS I STRUGGLE BECAUSE THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYMORE PEOPLE AND OUR RECIDIVISM RATE HAS BEEN RELATIVELY LOW AND I'M JUST STRUGGLING TO WHAT THE VALUE ADD HERE IS AND I MEAN I GET MORE SERVICES AND ALL THAT AND I'VE BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE PROGRAM I'M JUST -- I'M STRUGGLING WITH ADDING A GRANT FUNDED POSITION FOR A PROGRAM THAT ALREADY SHOWS IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.

DOESN'T ADD ANY NEW CAPACITY TO THE PROGRAM IN TERMS OF PRONUMB.

SO I GUESS I'M STRUGGLING. >> YEAH, ME TOO.

SORRY. >> TANYA, TELL THE COURT WHERE

YOU ARE IN THE GRANT PROCESS. >> WE HAVE STARTED THE APPLICATION SO I'VE GOTTEN LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, I'VE BEEN GATHERING AND I'M STARTING TO LIKE GO THROUGH AND DO THE GRANT NARRATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION, THE STATISTICS, AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED FOR THE GRANT AND THEN MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THE NARRATIVES DONE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AND THEN START ENTERING ALL OF THE INFORMATION INTO THE ACTUAL GRANT APPLICATION.

>> WELL, I'M GOING TO PAUSE AGENDA 32 AND MOVE ON TO 33 SINCE THEY ARE CONNECTED THROUGH SALARIES FOR THIS POTENTIAL GRANT MANAGER. SO COURT, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 33 WHICH IS A SIMILAR GRANT TO SUPPORT VETERANS TREATMENT, COURT GRANT OFFERED BY THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE, ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT WILLIAMSON COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. THIS IS ALSO A 4-YEAR GRANT.

NO MATCH REQUIRED ON THIS ONE, CORRECT.

>> CORRECT. >> IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS.

THE LAST ONE WAS 655,000. I THINK THIS ONE IS 200 --

>> 248. >> 248,000.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE VETERANS TREATMENT COMPONENT.

>> AND THEN I ALSO HAVE THE LETTERS IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT THEM. THIS ONE KIND OF GOES INTO EXPLAIN BETTER THE SPECIFIC STUDY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT WITH THE TRAUMA AND THE DIFFERENT TRAUMAS AND GETTING THE EXTRA HELP FOR THE VETERANS OR MORE SPECIFIED TREATMENT FOR

THEM. >> TANYA IF THE COURT APPROVES THESE TWO ITEMS YOU MOVE FORWARD AND SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND IF THE COURT DOESN'T SUPPORT IT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP.

>> I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO JUDGE BARKER.

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

>> JUDGE, WE USED TO HAVE FOLKS APPLY FOR GRANTS WITHOUT COMING TO COURT AND THEN WE JUST GOT IT AFTER THEY WERE APPROVED.

AND THEY WERE ASKED TO DO STUFF AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DID IT THIS

WAY. >> OKAY.

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>> MAY 4TH. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT IS BY APRIL 30TH TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ISSUES.

>> SO WEEK FROM THURSDAY IS YOUR HOPEFUL SUBMIT DAY.

>> I SEE THE MERITS. I'M INTERESTED IN IT.

>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN, SINCE THEY ARE CONNECTED I'LL ENTERTAIN AN EMOTION ON BOTH ITEMS 32 AND 33.

>> JUDGE I MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEMS 32 AND 33.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLES AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOK, ANYMORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?

ANY OPPOSED? >> AND I WANT TO JUST CLEARLY SAY IT IS NOT -- LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE PROGRAM. I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH ADDING

A GRANT FUNDED POSITION. >> MOTION PASSES, 3-2 WITH D DUALLY NOTED CONCERN OVER THE FUTURE SHOULD THE GRANT EXPIRE OR NOT SO FOR MINUTES AND HISTORICAL DATA, FUTURE REFERENCE FOR FUTURE COURT SHOULD THAT OCCUR FOUR YEAR FROM NOW. SHOULD WE GET THE GRANT IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO GOOD LUCK.

YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO APPLY AND I'LL GET WITH JUDGE BARKER AND SEE IF I CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION.

>> AND TANYA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK WE HAVE HAD PROBLEM WITH THE CHECKS NOT BEING CUT ON TIME.

>> FOR? >> FOR GRANTS? SOME OF THESE GRANT POSITIONS THAT IN THE SPECIALTY COURTS, THE STATE DIDN'T, I THINK IT WAS THE STATE OR THE FED, SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET AROUND TO PROCESSING IT IN TIME FOR US TO RECEIVE IT.

>> I THINK PART OF IT. >> FOR SALARIES.

>> I TNOTIFICATION OF AWARD OF GRANT SOMETIMES HAS NOT LINED UP AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO SUPPORT GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS

OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. >> UNTIL IT COMES.

>> AWAITING. >> AND A COUPLE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO GET IT AND THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THE FISCAL YEARS

DON'T LINE UP. >> SURE.

>> AND I THINK THIS ONE, THE FISCAL YEAR IS IN LINE WITH OURS WHERE IT ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH AND OCTOBER 1ST.

>> THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR AS OPPOSED TO STATE FISCAL YEAR.

>> YES. >> AND I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR BECAUSE I WASN'T IN THIS POSITION WHEN WE HAD THE PREVIOUS VGA GRANTS BUT I DO KNOW THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE TVC GRANT WHERE THAT PORTIONS SOME SALARIES.

>> TANYA THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS GRANT AND THANK YOU FOR

TAKING THE RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS. >> NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT.

[34. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on the Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) application for participation and an updated State Plan of Operation (SPO) Agreement between the State of Texas and the Williamson County Sheriff's Office with respect to excess Department of Defense (DOD) personal property transferred pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2576a.]

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.

AGENDA ITEM 34, DISCUSS, CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE AX ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT OFFICE LESO APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION AND AN UPDATED STATE PLAN OF OPERATION, SPO AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFF THE WITH RESPECT TO EXCESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PERSONAL PROPERTY TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO 10, U.S.C.2576A.

ALL SUPPORTED BY DPS FUNDS. I'M LOOKING AND I'M LIKE WHICH ONE IS PRESENTING ON THIS. ALL RIGHT.

>> AND IT'S LUCKY YOU. >> ALWAYS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS DETECTIVE STEVE ROGERS WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO THE LESO PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN PART OF IT FOR THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS AND CURRENTLY WHAT THEY DO IN THE M LESO PROGRAM AND THEY LOAN US OUT FOR NIGHT OPTICS AND LASERS AND CURRENTLY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS ABOUT 350 ITEMS WE'RE USING FOR THE LESO PROGRAM RANGING FROM LACERS TO NIGHT VISION TO MAINLY OPTICS FOR OUR PATROL RIFLES.

>> ARE THESE THINGS -- SORRY. THANK YOU, STEVE FOR BEING HERE.

ARE THESE THINGS THAT YOU ASK FOR IN THE BUDGET ALSO.

>> SO CURRENTLY WE ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE LESO PROGRAM AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR OWN EQUI EQUIPMENT. INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE STATEMENT DEPARTMENT OR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS FRIENDLY OR HAVE ENOUGH MERCHANDISE THAT WE NEED BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SLOWLY GET AWAY FROM IT BUT WE'RE STILL USING IT ACTIVELY BECAUSE IT'S SAVING US A LOT OF MONEY INSTEAD OF BUYING

IT ALL OUT AT ONE TIME. >> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY PROBABLY BEFORE YOU WERE INVOLVED BUT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES OF SUB MILTING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.

>> IN INVENTORY. >> AND WE HAD SOME ISSUES IN YEARS PASSED ARE THOSE RESOLVED IN TERMS OF HOW WE KEEP TRACK OF

THIS STUFF. >> SO THE WAY WE KEEP TRACK OF

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FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS . >> IT WAS WAY BEFORE YOUR

TIME. >> WHEN I TOOK OVER IT WAS A HODGEPODGE OF A MESS. BUT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH NEGATED ALL THE INFORMATION WE NOW HAVE IT THE ANNUAL INSPECTION IS A LOT MORE EASIER AND I ALREADY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND I'M PRETTY MUCH REACHING OUT TO EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND BAY LIFS AND HEY, THESE NUMBERS CORRECT AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THE LESO PROGRAM IS LITTLE TO KNOWN AND THE ONLY LIABILITY WE HAVE IS TAKING UP MY FREE TIME.

>> ANYMORE QUESTIONS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LONG, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.

AGENDA ITEM 34 PASSES, 5-0. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[35. Discuss, consider and take appropriate regarding a blanket purchase 2026-204 of fuel services from Corpay, Inc. DBA FleetCor Technologies, Inc., for an amount not to exceed of $300,000.00, pursuant to Onmia Partners Cooperative Contract #R211101 and authorizing the purchase.]

>> THANK YOU, STEVE. 35, DISCUSS, CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A BLANKET PURCHASE, 2026-204 OF FUEL SERVICES FROM CORPAY INCORPORATED FLOOD COR TECHNOLOGIES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OF 3,$000 PURSUANT TO ONMIA PARTNERS COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE

PURCHASE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION HOW SOON DO

THEY NEED TO BUY THIS FUEL? >> JULIE OR ASHLEY, DO YOU KNOW?

>> IT'S A JOY QUESTION, I THINK. >> OR JOY QUESTION.

>> GOOD MORNING, JOY SIMONTON, PURCHASING AGENT.

THEY NEED TO BUY IT FAIRLY QUICKLY, CERTAINLY, YES.

I KNOW. >> YOU'RE ASKING BECAUSE OF

PRICE. >> YES.

>> THIS IS A FUEL CARD OR IS THIS.

>> IT'S A BLANKET TO FILL UP OUR TANKS.

>> BUT AT A GAS STATION. >> NO.

>> IN OUR TANKS THAT WE OWN. >> IN OUR TANKS.

>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. >> THEY HAUL IT IN.

YES. IT IS BETTER TODAY.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT I HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER COVEY SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LONG, ALL IN FAVOR?

[36. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on approving proposed updates to the Purchasing Policy Manual.]

>> I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE.

>> ALL RIGHT, NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE CHANGES.

>> ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COOK.

>> SECOND. >> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LONG.

ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. THANK YOU.

[37. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on awarding RFP #25RFP38 to the highest scoring proposer, Herc Rentals, Inc. for As-Needed Equipment Rental Services for Williamson County and Partnering Agencies in the not-to-exceed amount of $250,000.00 and authorize execution of this agreement and authorizing the execution of the agreement.]

AGREEMENT. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COOK AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOLES. ALL IN FAVOR.

[38. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on the engagement of the law firm of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP to represent Williamson County in relation to Cause No. 26-0888-C425; Francibell Diaz Rincon v. Williamson County; In the 425th Judicial District Court of Williamson County, Texas; 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).]

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF LAW FIRM OF BICKER STAFF HEALTH DELGADO ACCOSTA LLP TO REPRESENT WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN RELATION TO CAUSE NUMBER 26-08 26-088-C425FRANCIBELL DIASRINCON VERSES WIMSS COUNTY FROM THE COMPETITIVE BED PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY PURCHASING ACT PURSUANT TO THE DIS-CHRISTIANARY EXCEPTION FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS FETE FORTH UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 262.024A4.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLES.

>> SECOND. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> I HEARD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COVEY FIRST, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. ALL RIGHT.

[39. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action approving the engagement of the law firm of Sheets, Childs & Sandre, PLLC to represent Williamson County in relation to various aspects of real estate and eminent domain/condemnation law; counsel, advice, review and preparation of documents for matters related to County Road Bond, Road & Bridge Department, Department of Infrastructure, County Parks, and/or Long Range Transportation Plan programs and projects; economic development issues and consultation; and other necessary general matters as assigned by the County Judge, County Commissioners, Department Directors or Commissioners Court General Counsel’s Office and accepted by the firm; 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 Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code § 262.024(a)(4).]

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IT'S A MOUTHFUL. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. AND ANOTHER LONG ONE, DISCUSS,

[40. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on authorizing the Williamson County Judge to execute a Settlement Participation and Release Form regarding settlement offers from Associated Pharmacies, Inc. (and American Associated Pharmacies), JM Smith Corporation, Morris and Dickson Co., L.L.C., Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc., North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company, Inc., and United Natural Foods, Inc. (and SuperValu) [“Remnant Defendants”] in the matter of Texas opioid multi-district litigation for; Williamson County in the matter of County of Williamson v. Purdue Pharma, Inc., et al., MDL PRETRIAL CAUSE NO. 2018-63587, in the 152d District Court of Harris County, Texas; and direct the Williamson County Auditor to deposit the settlement funds in Williamson County's Opioid Fund.]

SO BASICALLY THE OPIOID LAWSUIT. AND DIRECT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AUDITOR TO DEPOSIT SETTLEMENT FUNDS IN THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY

OPIOID FUND. >> I MOVE APPROVAL.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LONG AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOLES.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES.

>> THIS ONE IS JUST FOR NIBS THAT'S INTERESTED THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE STATE-WIDE ONE.

WE HAD A SEPARATE LAWSUIT THAT ALL RIGHT.

[41. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on approving consent to the assignment of Contract #25RFP40 between Williamson County and Tri-Point Refrigeration, Inc. (Assignor) to Silver State Refrigeration HVAC, LLC (Assignee), for as-needed Refrigeration Appliance Repairs and Maintenance Services for Facilities, originally approved by the Commissioners Court on July 22, 2025 (Agenda Item #54), and authorize execution of the agreement.]

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COVEY, ALL IN FAVOR.

[42. Receive the April 2026 Road Construction Summary Report and PowerPoint Presentation.]

WELCOME KATE WILDER. >> GOOD MORNING, ALL.

I'M KATE WILDER, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY ROAD BOND PROGRAM. STARTING OFF WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION REPORT, PRECINCT ONE, ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE UNDER DESIGN. NO ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. MOVING ON TO PRECINCT TWO, WE GOT OUR WIDENING PROJECT GOING ON OUT THERE AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THEM PLACING ONE OF THE ASPHALT BETWEEN THE BRIDGES OUT THERE. THIS IS A PICTURE OF LIME TREATMENT THAT'S GOING ON SOUTH OF 3405.

AND THEN AN AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON OUT THERE. MOVING ON TO OUR 2243 PROJECT.

WE'VE GOT SOME UPGRADING OF THE ROAD SIDE DITCHES AND DRAINAGE.

WE'VE GOT RIPPING AND REMOVING THE ROCKY SUB GRADE OUT THERE.

>> ROCKY. UNDERSTATEMENT.

>> VERY, VERY ROCKY. AND AN AERIAL SHOWING ALL THE CLEARING THAT'S GONE ON FOR THE PROJECT.

>> WHERE DOES ALL THAT DIRT AND ROCK GO.

>> THEY HAUL IT OFF TO VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION SITES AND IF THEY

NEED TO USE THE SOIL. >> OR IF WE NEED TO BUILD UP

AREAS. >> IF IT CAN BE USED AROUND THE JOB SITE FOR ENBANKMENTS AS WELL.

>> I'LL TAKE IT. >> WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME ROCKS.

>> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR ROAD PROJECT, THIS ONE IS GETTING READY TO BE COMPLETE.

SO WE'VE GOT THE FINAL ASSURE FAULT THAT'S GOING DOWN HERE IN THIS PICTURE. THE SIGNAL THAT IS ARE GOING IN.

>> THAT ARE IN. >> THAT ARE IN.

AND THEN AN AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL IMPROVEMENTS AND WE GOT A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THIS ONE SCHEDULED FOR THIS FRIDAY AT

4:00. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

DO YOU HAVE THE LOCATION? >> I DON'T.

BUT WE'LL CONFIRM IT AND SEND IT OUT.

>> PRESS ME TIERIAN CHURCH. >> WHERE IT ALL STARTED.

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AND AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THE TIME THEY'LL BE FINISHED?

PRETTY SOON. >> END OF THE YEAR.

>> SOON. THAT'S A GOVERNMENT TERM.

MEANS WE DON'T KNOW BUT WE THINK.

THIS IS PLEX SPACE THAT'S GOING DOWN.

HAULING OFF SOME SPOILS, YOU ASKED EARLIER ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MATERIAL. SOMETIMES WE HAUL IT OFF IF WE

DON'T NEED IT. >> BUT WE'VE ALSO PAVED.

>> YES. I MEAN THE PROJECT IS VERY NEARING THE END OF THE ROAD. IN THE VERY NEAR COMPLETION.

THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL PROJECT.

TRACY CHAMBERS THIS ONE IS PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH THE

STRIPING AND PAVERMENT ALL DONE. >> LOOKS GREAT.

AND OVER ALL SHOWING THE IMPROVEMENTS LOOKING FROM SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS OUR SH195 PROJECT AND THIS IS ENBANKMENT MATERIAL THAT'S GOING DOWN FOR THE RAMP. SOME STORM SEWER INSTALLATION.

AND AN AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL PROJECT.

MOVING ON TO TORO GRANDE THIS IS A CITY OF CITIES PARK MANAGED PROJECT AND THIS IS BRING WORK GOING ON AT BRUSHY CREEK.

AND THEN SOME STORM SEWERS INSTALLATION.

FINALLY WE GOT AERIAL SHOWING THE OVERALL PROJECT.

MOVING ON TO PRECINCT FOUR. STARTING OFF WITH OUR 33-49 PROJECT. THIS IS A LARGE BOX CULVERT THAT'S GOING IN TO REDIRECT A CHANNEL AND EVENTUALLY THE RAIL ROAD TRACKS WILL BE PLACED RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT CULVERT.

IT'S ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWING THE WALLS GETTING BUILT UP FOR THE CULVERT. AND AN AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL PROJECT AREA AGAIN JUST FOCUSED ON THAT CULVERT BECAUSE THE REMAINING WORK OUT THERE IS LIMITED TO RAIL ROAD WORK.

MOVING ON TO OUR SEGMENT TWO PROJECT, THIS IS BENT AND BRIDGE WORK GOING ON THE BRUSHY CREEK BRIDGE.

AND BEAM PLACEMENTS AT BRUSHY CREEK BRIDGE.

>> SO COURT, I THINK Y'ALL APPRECIATE AND YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL APPRECIATE THAT I'LL GET COMMENTS ABOUT SEGMENT ONE OF THE EAST WILCO HIGHWAY AND IT IS FULL.

I MEAN IT IS ROCK PACKED FULL. >> OF TRAFFIC.

>> WITH TRAFFIC. AND IT WILL BE LIKE THEY ONLY BUILT TWO LANES WHAT WERE THEY THINKING AND YOU'RE LIKE IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THOSE TWO LANES AND HOW MUCH THOSE TWO LANES COST; RIGHT? AND ANYWAY, I JUST -- I JUST LAUGH BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WEREN'T THEY THINKING AND WE'RE LIKE, WE WERE THINKING BUT WE JUST RAN OUT OF MONEY.

WE GOT DOWN WHAT WE COULD GET DOWN.

>> AND WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHERS.

>> I HAVE TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. >> AS MUCH AS WE WANT PRECINCT

FOUR WE CAN'T PUT IT ALL THERE. >> YES.

>> AND ALSO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE COUNTY YOU PUT DOWN WHAT YOU CAN WHEN IT'S NEEDED AND PHASE THE IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OLD SETTLERS, THIS IS A CITY OF ROUND ROCK MANAGE PROJECT.

THIS ONE IS GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO COMPLETE.

RIGHT HERE WE'VE JUST GOT SOME RUBBING AND FORM WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE BRIDGE RAILS. AND THEN AN AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL PROJECT AT THIS POINT THE ONLY THING LACKING IS THE TIE IN AND REALIGNMENT AT NORTH RED LANE.

>> THERE'S ALIGNMENT THAT'S AN INTERESTING.

>> YES. THERE WILL BE QUITE THE REALIGNMENT THAT GOES ON AT THIS IN INTERSECTION. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING TON ROAD 112. THIS IS A PHOTO LOOKS TOWARDS GRIMS BOULEVARD SHOWS THE EASTBOUND LANES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE NEXT SEGMENT OF THE PROJECT SHOWING LUMINARENCE INSTALLATION AND MORE WORK ON THAT EASTBOUND

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THIS IS A TURN LANE PROJECT IN FRONT OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS STEEL CUT THAT'S GOING DOWN.

>> SO BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT ON THE EAST SIDE, THE EXISTING COPELAND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE BEEN USING PORTIONS OF THAT FACILITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

SO TO SAY A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, COPELAND IS WELCOMED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. SAME IN DRAGRANGER.

>> THIS FINAL PICTURE IS THE ASPHALT GOING DOWN.

AND THEN THE AERIAL SHOWING THE SCHOOL ITSELF.

MOVING ON TO COUNTY ROAD 112 NORTH.

WE GOT READY TO PREPARE SUB GRADE AND FOLLOWED BY LIME TREATMENT ON THAT SUB GRADE. AND THEN AERIAL SHOWING THE OVER ALL PROJECT. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION,

HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, KATE.

COURT, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> I DO NOT. >> THANK YOU, ALL.

[43. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Supplemental No. 1 to Work Authorization No. 2 to the West Main Street contract executed March 19, 2024, between Williamson County and RS&H, Inc. relating to the 2023 Road Bond Program.]

[44. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on Contract Amendment No. 2 to the West Main Street contract executed March 19, 2024, between Williamson County and RS&H, Inc. relating to the 2023 Road Bond Program.]

[45. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a right of entry license agreement with CSM-Mason Family, LP for survey needs on the CR 175 project.]

[46. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action accepting a donation deed from Sun City Georgetown Community Association, Inc. for 11.39 AC needed as parkland.]

[47. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a rule 11 settlement agreement with Edgar Castro to acquire 0.599 AC needed as right of way on the Bagdad Rd. @ CR 279 project (Parcel 15).]

[48. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a rule 11 discovery agreement with Roy and Alice Kuchera and 121 Creekview Circle, LLC to acquire 2.977 AC, 0.008 AC, 0.236 AC, 0.01AC and 0.085 AC needed as right of way on the RM 2243 project (parcels 206.2 part 1, 206.2 part 2, 206D, 219 part 1 and 219 part 2).]

[49. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a real estate contract with Savannah Prominent Cactus Rose Development, LLC to acquire 4.099 AC needed as right of way on the CR 305 project (Parcel 43).]

>> HEARING NONE. ITEMS 43 THROUGH 49, ALL CONCERN ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BO BOLES AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COVEY. ANYMORE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 50, DISCUSS CONSIDER, TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ONCOR LCRA'S PROPOSED BELL COUNTY EAST BIG HILL 654 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE. WE WILL DISCUSS BASED ON ATTORNEY CLIENT CONSULTATION ACCORDING TO TGC, 551-071 SO WE'LL MOVE THAT TO EXECUTIVE AND COME BACK AND DISCUSS WHEN T THAT -- WHEN WE GET OUT OF CLOSE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GJULIE. AND IT IS 11:35 AND WE WILL

[56. 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.]

WE DO HAVE -- DID MR. DYLAN HANG AROUND? NO? AND BILL COVER LAW, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN UP FOR YOU. THAT'S OFFICIALLY ITEM NUMBER 56

THAT WE JUMPED TO. >> REAL QUICKLY, THE BILL OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THIS PIECE OF WOOD I HAVE IS SOME STUFF I GROW ON MY PROPERTY AND IT'S CALLED THE OL' PINE AND IT'S USED FOR INLAY AND FURNITURE AND WOOD WORKING AND IT'S SOLD BY THE INCH IT'S SO VALUABLE. BUT SOME AMOUNT OF THIS WAS DESTROYED FROM THE FRONT OF MY PROPERTY AND COMMISSIONER COVEY ASKED ME TO SEND INFORMATION IN AND I DID TO COMM3 I VEANT HEARD ANY RESPONSE AND I ASSUME IT PROBABLY NEVER WENT THROUGH BECAUSE OF EXCUSES ON THINGS WE ATTACH TO EMAILS IT'S A SECURITY THING BUT OH GOSH, WE PAY IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO VEN VENDERS.

WE INTERACT WITH VENDERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ELECTRONIC ELECTRONICALLY AND WE EVEN HAVE COURT DATED BREACH A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, THE CITIZENS BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND SEND DOCUMENTS TO OUR COMMI COMMISSIONERS OR OUR JUDGES EVEN THOUGH WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE IT WORLD.

WELL IT'S NOT A COMPLEX SOLUTION.

IT TAKES A VERY LOW IQ TO FIX THIS AND GET OFF THE HYPOCRISY OF SAYING IT'S A SECURITY ISSUE. REAL SIMPLE, JUST GET INEXPENSIVE LAPTOP IN EACH OFFICE, COSTS LESS THAN 1,$000 WITH 5G HOOKUP AND G MAIL ACCOUNT AND LET US HAVE INTERACTION WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR JUDGES AND NOT HAVE XUSS ON WHY WE CAN'T SEND DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. EXCUT SEND DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH.

IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. BUT WE NEED TO QUIT ABUSING OUR CITIZENS AND GIVE THEM MORE SERVICE AND THINK BEFORE WE ACT AND GO OUT AND DESTROY PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.

>> THANK YOU, BILL. ALL RIGHT.

[ 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)."]

WE WILL DISCUSS ITEM 51 REAL PROPERTY MATTERS PURSUANT TO

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