Sep 15, 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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>> READY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BRING RECOGNITION AND AN UPDATE.

YESTERDAY I DID TESTIFY BEFORE THE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND IT WAS IN REGARDS TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RESCUE AND RECOVERY. AND PREPARING FOR THAT TESTIMONY AND REFLECTING ON IT YESTERDAY, I JUST WARRANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE WORK THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS DONE IN THE LAST YEAR-PLUS SINCE THE JULY FLOODS THAT HAPPENED AND SPECIFICALLY DIRECTOR BRUCE CLEM ONCE, THE J PERFORMS AND THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIM OVER THE LAST YEAR AND UPDATING THAT MASS FATALITY PLAN AND ALSO CONDUCTING OUR FIRST MASS FATALITY TRAINING EXERCISE THAT INVOLVED THE JPS AND THE DEATH INVESTIGATORS.

SO I JUST WANT TO BRING RECOGNITION TO THAT.

AND POST IMPORTANTLY AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYTHING WE DO IS TO BE BEST PREPARED. THERE'S ALWAYS THE RESCUE AND RECOVERY BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER RESCUE AND RECOVERY? SO TODAY IS JUST TO COMPLEMENT THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE AND MOVING FORWARD IN THOSE PROACTIVE STEPS THAT WE ARE TAKING TO BE WELL PREPARED IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE A MASS FATALITY.

THANK YOU. >> WE WILL NOW HEAR AGENDA ITEM

[1. Review and approval of minutes.]

>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COOK. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOWLS.

WE'RE DEFINITELY CREATURES OF HABIT.

[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.]

NUMBER 2, HEAR FROM THE COUNTY AUDITOR.

WELCOME, JULIE. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. JULIE KYLIE, COUNTY AUDITOR.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON FRIDAY.

YOU ARE APPROVING TODAY THE SEPTEMBER 8TH FUNDING REPORT IN THE AMOUNT OF 421,475.92. THE SEPTEMBER 15TH FUNDING REPORT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,104,625.49.

I PLACE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING THE SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL TRANSACTIONS. THERE ARE TWO ADDENDUMS, FIVE FIRES, TWO QUICK PAYMENTS, ONE ACCOUNT PAYMENT AND TWO BENEFIT PAYMENTS TOTALING $1,875,687.85 FOR A TOTAL FUNDING OF

16,401,869. >> MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOUR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JULIE. >> ALL RIGHT, COURT, I PRESENT

[ 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 – 66)]

WE HAVE ONE CORRECTION ON ITEM NUMBER 17, THE AMOUNT WAS LEFT BLANK. THAT AMOUNT SHOULD BE 77,000.

WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL 38 OFF THE AGENDA UNTIL A FUTURE COURT, SO I PRESENT THE CONSENT AGENDA TO YOU AS CORRECTED WITH THE ONE CORRECTION AND PULLING OFF ITEM 38.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER COVEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LONG. ALL IN FAVOUR? ALL RIGHT, CONSENT AGENDA PASSES 5-0.

[67. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a proclamation recognizing September 2026 as "Suicide Prevention Awareness Month" in Williamson County.]

ARE YOU PRESENTING TODAY OR ARE WE JUST --

>> I CAN. >> JUDGE, WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF FOLK -- COME ON UP, REUBEN.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF FOCUS FOLE TODAY, AND I THINK REUBEN HAS ORGANIZED KIND OF A DISPLAY THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH AND THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZES SUICIDE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM WITH SUICIDE BEING THE TENTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OVERALL IN THE U.S., THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS 15 TO 34; AND WHEREAS THERE WERE 4,490 TEXANS WHO DIED BY SUICIDE IN 2024, REPRESENTING A TEXAN LOSING THEIR LIFE BY SUICIDE APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO HOURS, AND IN 2025 THERE WERE 118 THAT LOST THEIR LIVES TO SUICIDE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY; AND WHEREAS

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15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026. >> IS THAT YOUR MOTION? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COVEY. ALL IN FAVOUR?

ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES 5-0. >> REUBEN TELL US ABOUT WHAT

YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON. >> REUBEN LAYERED, DEATH INVESTIGATOR FOR PRECINCT 1. I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER FOR THIS.

SO ONCE WE'RE DONE HERE, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE COME DOWNSTAIRS. WE HAVE SET UP A MEMORIAL TO THE 118 THAT WE LOST LAST YEAR IN 2025 TO SUICIDE.

I THINK YOU KNOW, YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD WITH THE NUMBERS, BUT SOMETIMES SEEING IT PHYSICALLY MAKES A HARDER IMPACT.

I WAS HERE OVER THE WEEKEND -- MYSELF AND ALL THE CONTRADICTS S HERE OVER THE WEEKEND SETTING UP AND I HAD A LOT OF TIME TO REFLECT, AND ONCE I GOT EVERYTHING SET UP, I TOOK A STEP BACK AND JUST PICTURED IF THOSE SHOES WERE ACTUALLY FILLED BY PEOPLE AS THEY ONCE WERE AND IT HITS HARD.

WITH OUR YOUNGEST IN 2025 HAVING BEEN 14 YEARS OLD, THAT PARTICULAR PERSON'S PARENTS DONATED HER SHOES, WHICH ARE ON DISPLAY RIGHT NOW. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEM. AND I COULDN'T BE GRATEFUL ENOUGH -- GRATEFUL FOR THE FOLKS THAT ALL CAME FORWARD.

BUT WE DO HAVE ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR AMAZING WILLIAMSON COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES FOLKS, WE HAVE 14 PAIRS OF COMBAT BOOTS, BECAUSE WE DID LOSE 14 VETERANS LAST YEAR.

SO MY HOPE AND PLAN IS TO CARRY ON THIS TYPE OF MEMORIAL YEARLY DURING SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, HAVING THIS PLAN WITHIN LESS THAN A FEW WEEKS, THE COMMUNITY REALLY STEPPED UP. THE SHOES THAT YOU DO SEE PRESENT WILL BE DONATED, INCLUDING I HAVE A LOT OF LADIES SHOES, A LOT, WILL BE DONATED TO THE RESOURCE CENTER AT CEDAR PARK AS WELL AS HOPE ALLIANCE AS WELL AS JUDGE KING'S CLOSET OVER AT THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE INDIGENT.

BUT I CAN SAY I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HERE HAD MY SUICIDE ATTEMPT NOT BE INTERRUPTED AND I HAD THOSE EXTRA FEW MINUTES.

SO TO ANYBODY WHO IS ANYWHERE IN THIS ROOM, JUST REMEMBER I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT DOES GET BETTER.

I PROMISE, IT GETS BETTER. JUST HAVE THOSE EXTRA FEW MINUTES. AND YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU MAY JUST COME OUT ON TOP OF THE FIGHT AND SHOW EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN DO AND YOU WILL MOVE FORWARD AND THAT THIS IS AT THE TIME IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT BUT TEMPORARY. AND SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PLEASE STOP BY, HAVE A CHAT WITH ME.

I'M VERY LUCKY IN THAT THE LOSS TEAM IS LITERALLY GETTING READY TO LAUNCH AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CIPHERS PRESENT WITH SURVIVORS PRESENT. WITHOUT YOU GUYS THE DEATH INVESTIGATIONS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE JPS' PARTICIPATION WOULD

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AND I'LL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN THAT MANNER AS I DO MY SPEAKING POINTS ACROSS THE STATE.

BUT I'LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION

UNTIL MY DYING BREATH. >> REUBEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AS WELL.

AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THE DISPLAY OUTSIDE.

YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB FOR WOULD YOU PLEASE AND YOU GO FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND YOU PUT WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN A GOOD LIGHT SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ONE OF OUR DEATH INVESTIGATORS AND WE'RE GLAD YOU PUSHED THROUGH AND ARE STILL HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR JPS THAT ARE HERE.

I KNOW Y'ALL DO A LOT OF WORK IN THIS UNFORTUNATE SPACE.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK Y'ALL. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA

[68. Discussion and formal recognition of Williamson County programs were recently honored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) through the 2026 Achievement Awards.]

WHO IS PRESENTING ON THAT? >> JUDGE MCLEAN PUT THIS ON SO -

>> I'VE GOT SEVERAL LISTED. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. ON BEHALF OF JP2 AND JP378 --

>> COULD I GET YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF REAL QUAKE.

>> JUDGE EVELYN MCLEAN, JUSTICE COURT 3.

SO AGAIN, GOOD MORNING ON BEHALF OF JP2 AND JP3, OUR COURTS COMBINED RECEIVED THREE NATIONAL AWARDS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES. IN MY COURT ONE OF THEM WAS FOR OUR PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM AND THE OTHER WAS FOR OUR JUDGE FOR A DAY PROGRAM. THE PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM WAS HONORED FOR ITS INNOVATIVE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND ITS POSITIVE IMPACT ON COURT ENGAGEMENT.

AND THEN THE JUDGE FOR A DAY PROGRAM RECEIVING NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR STRENGTHENING CIVIC EDUCATION AND GIVING PEOPLE A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE WITH OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. >> AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, IF THAT'S OKAY. IN OUR COURT WE WERE RECOGNIZED FOR AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM USING THERAPEUTIC DRUMMING, SO MANY TIMES IN OUR JUVENILE COURT PROCEEDINGS, SPECIFICALLY IN TRUANCY HEARINGS, WE HAVE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING MENTALLY. SO THINKING OUTSIDE THE WORKS, I WORKED WITH A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT PERFORMS THERAPEUTIC DRUMMING AND THE THERAPEUTIC DRUMMING IS A WAY TO GET A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL OR OLDER INDIVIDUALS TO GET OUTSIDE THEIR COMFORT BOX AND RHYTHM IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BE RHYTHMLY SAVVY -- -- SUZIE WITH SOUL SHINE DRUMMING GETS YOU IN THE RHYTHM WITH HER THERAPEUTIC DRUMMING, AND WE HAD SUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN OUR COURTROOM WHEN OUR STUDENTS UNFORTUNATELY MAYBE DIDN'T COMPLETE SOMETHING WITHIN THEIR COURT ORDER BUT THEY DID ATTEND OUR PROGRAM. I ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM OUR JUVENILE PROGRAMS AND WE ALWAYS RECEIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK . AND SOME OF OUR JUVENILE CLERKS ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM, IF OUR JUVENILE CLERKS WOULD STAND, PLEASE, FROM J.P. 2 AND J.P. 3. WITHOUT OUR CLERKS NONE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND I'M SURE JUDGE MCLEAN CAN -- OUR PROGRAMS COST THE COUNTY ZERO DOLLARS.

IT'S JUST EACH OF US AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND OUR CLERKS WORKING TOGETHER TO LOOK FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, WHETHER THAT BE OURSELF OR OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, THAT COST THE COUNTY ZERO DOLLARS AND IT'S JUST POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS.

[115. 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.]

>> HEY, HOLD ON A SECOND, JUDGE WILLIAMS. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 115, YOU ALSO SIGNED UP FOR OFF AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT NOW?

>> THAT WAS MY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING.

JUST RECOGNIZING MASS -- >> YOU SIGNED UP TWICE.

>> -- OUR PLANS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH MASS FATALITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WELL PREPARED FOR THAT.

BUT ONE THING TO ADD, ON FRIDAY, I WILL BECOME THE SECOND COURT

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I DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FROM THE OFFICE COURT OF ADMINISTRATION THAT YOU WILL NOW HAVE THE SECOND CONFIRMED CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 2 WHICH IS AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF INTERVIEWING AND REVIEWING OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND OUR SECURITIES WITHIN OUR COURTROOM, AND IF YOU DON'T MEET UP TO THE STANDARDS, THEN YOU HAVE TIME TO MEET OCA STANDARDS, WHEN YOU HAVE MET THOSE STANDARDS YOU PROVIDED YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THEY THEN DO AN ON SITE INSPECTION FOR TWO DAYS. SO THEY SAT WITH MYSELF IN COURT, THEY SAT WITH VARIOUS CLERKS WITHIN THE COURTROOM.

THEY VISITED WITH OUR BAILIFF, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT OUR CONSTABLE AS WELL, HE'S CONSTABLE ANDERSON IS AWESOME AND HIS STAFF I KNOW ARE HERE TODAY SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM. BUT WE ARE RECEIVING THE SECOND COURT OF EXCELLENCE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

>> AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS.

GREAT JOB.

TO ALL THE J.P.S, CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE, PAUSE REAL QUICK TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AND ANY OF YOUR AWARD WINNERS? I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO JUDGE WILLIAMS. SHE HAS TESTIFIED TWICE NOW IN THE LAST MONTH, DOWN IN AUSTIN, FIGHTING NOT ONLY FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY BUT ON BEHALF OF J.P.S AROUND THE STATE AND JUST DOING -- SHE'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE LISTENING TO HER SO THANK YOU FOR TESTIFYING. SO CAN WE GET -- OVER HERE CAN WE GET THE J.P.S? I KNOW KT IS HERE AS WELL AND

YOUR STAFF, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW I WASN'T CALLED BUT TO ADD TO THAT LAST ITEM, I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT PRECINCT 1 -- JUDGE KT MUSSELMAN FROM PRECINCT 1 J.P. AND THE STEPPING STONES OF JUDGE MCLEAN AND JUDGE WILLIAMS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY KNOW IT, I'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO MY OFFICE AND WE HAVE BEGUN PROCESSES THROUGHOUT THE BEGINNING HALF OF THIS YEAR TO BECOME THE THIRD CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN THE STATE AND BECOME THE ONLY COUNTY IN TEXAS TO HAVE THREE J.P.S DESIGNATED AS SUCH. AND SO THE PATHWAY THEY BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO, WE'RE ON THE PATHWAY TO DO AS WELL ALONG WITH REFORMING OUR TRUANCY PROGRAM AND WE LOOK TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING IN THE FUTURE YEARS.

>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB, KT. THANK YOU.

[69. Hear presentation and recognize the Williamson County Constable's Office Precinct 2 for receiving the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association Trilogy Award from FBI-LEEDA.]

IF YOU'LL PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> WILLIAMSON COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 JEFF ANDERSON.

>> I THINK YOU CAN LIFT THE MIC UP.

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT, YOU CAN LIFT THE MICROPHONE UP.

>> JUDGE SNELL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IT IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO GIVE THE CONSTABLE OFFICE THIS AWARD.

MY NAME IS GREG HAMILTON, I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT OF F.B.I.-LEEDA AND I'M ALSO RETIRED TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF.

SO I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE STATE DOING AWARDS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EXCITED ME ABOUT THIS IS CONSTABLE ANDERSON AND I WORKED TOGETHER.

SO I WAS EXTREMELY PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS WARD. THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHOSE ENTIRE COMMAND STAFF HAVE GONE THROUGH TRAINING AND HAVE RECEIVED THREE DIFFERENT -- WE HAVE THE COMMAND LEADERSHIP AWARD, WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP AWARD AND WE ALSO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE.

THESE INDIVIDUALS COMPLETED ALL OF THOSE COURSES, AND IN MY TIME IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND OUT IS THAT,

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BUT I'M HERE TO STAND AND TELL YOU THAT YOU ALL STOOD UP ON THIS AND I AM PROUD TO PROVIDE THIS AWARD TO CONSTABLE ANDERSON AND HIS CREW.

>> PICTURE TIME. YOU KNOW IT.

>> DO ONE WITH JUST THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND THANK YOU FORMER SHERIFF HAMILTON FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ONTO ITEM 70,

[70. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on recognizing the IT Department's award winners for 2026.]

I KNOW RICHARD IS HERE. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. RICHARD SEMPLE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND WE HAVE BECKY RODRIGUEZ, DEPUTY CIO HERE AS WELL. SO OUR FOLKS ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY IN THE BACKGROUND. THEY TYPICALLY DON'T LIKE PUBLIC RECOGNITION, AND WHEN SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT THAT MOST OF THEM SAID PRIVATE RECOGNITION, YET HERE WE ARE, APOLOGIES TO THEM. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY PREFER PRIVATE RECOGNITION, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CELEBRATE THESE FOLKS WHO WORK SO HARD DAY IN AND DAY OUT BEHIND THE SCENES KEEPING THE COUNTY RUNNING.

AND SO IF WE CAN, WE CAN RECOGNIZE THESE FOLKS AND EMBARRASS THEME FOR JUST A MOMENT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY DO SUCH INCREDIBLE WORK EVERY DAY, AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME, THEIR HARD WORK ISN'T NOTICED BECAUSE IT KEEPS THINGS RUNNING.

IT'S IN THE BACKGROUND. AND SO EVERY YEAR WE LIKE TO HAVE AWARD WINNERS THAT ARE NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS, AND SO EVERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT GETS TO VOTE ON THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. AND THEN SHOULD THERE BE A TIE, WE FIGURE OUT TO BREAK THAT BUT THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THEIR PEERS AS EXCELLENT, THESE SEAR AREAS.

SO TODAY WE HAVE FOUR AWARD WINNERS.

SO WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A RISING STAR AWARD AND THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AT THE DEPARTMENT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND IS ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THIS YEAR'S AWARD WINNER IS TIM DURAN IN OUR WIRELESS GROUP.

AND I THINK HE'S HIDING WAY IN THE BACK.

VERY MUCH LIKE I-T STAFF. ALL THE WAY AT THE BACK.

WE HAVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE DO, WE'RE IN THE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS, BUT REALLY WE'RE IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE BUSINESS.

AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD THIS YEAR GOES TO JULIO GARZA.

I DON'T KNOW, IS JULIO HERE? HE MAY BE WORKING.

AND THEN NEW THIS YEAR, WE HAVE THE BACON SAVER AWARD, SOMEONE WHO HAS HELPED SAVE OUR BACON. MORE THAN ONCE.

AND THIS YEAR'S BACON SAVER AWARD GOES TO BERT ARIZA.

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THE YEAR. SOMEONE WHO IS WHO HAS JUST BEEN AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE EFFORTS TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS WELL. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, IT'S MINI BATE AND MINI IS ACTUALLY OUT ON VACATION.

>> A WELL DESERVED VACATION. >> YEAH, EXCEPT I HEARD SHE'S ALREADY SENDING MESSAGES FROM VACATION.

>> CAN'T YOU JUST DISCONNECT HER?

>> WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. IT MAY MAKE MORE PANIC ON OUR SIDE.

SO SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THESE FOLKS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE

CONTRIBUTIONS. >> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

OF THEM. >> AND RICHARD, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.

LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT THE ACTION Y'ALL TAKE ON A DAILY BASIS TO KEEP OUR DATA SAFE AND OUR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE SAFE DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED, SO THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM THAT'S HERE FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

>> WELL, AND I ECHO THAT AND AS THE FORMERLY I-T SAVVY PERSON, I COULD NEVER DO WHAT YOUR TEAM DOES.

I MEAN, Y'ALL DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, THE BAD GUYS ONLY HAVE TO BE RIGHT ONCE.

AND THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL DO TO KEEP OUR NETWORK CENTER SYSTEM SECURE AND UP AND RUNNING AND ALL OF OUR VERY, VERY DEMANDING USERS HAPPY IS NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS.

SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND BECKY, YOU'VE BEEN ABOARD A FEW MONTHS BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THIS RECOGNITION.

IT'S GREAT. WE CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE THAT WERE MENTIONED BUT ALL THOSE OTHERS THAT ARE ALSO BEHIND THE SCENES. USUALLY WITH DARK LIGHTING AROUND THEM, OR EVEN COVERS ON THE BLINDS, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. BUT THEY DO GREAT -- YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB, THANK YOU, RICHARD.

>> SO COMMISSIONER COOK, YOU MENTIONED A PICTURE.

LET'S DO IT AFTER THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

[71. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on a proclamation recognizing September 15, 2026 as National IT Professionals Day]

COMMISSIONER LONG? >> WE'VE GOT RICHARD ONCE AGAIN.

I'LL READ IT REAL QUICK. WHEREAS NATIONAL IT PROFESSIONALS DAY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015 AND IS CELEBRATED ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS AND WHEREAS WILLIAMSON COUNTY RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION AND EXPERTISE OF ITS IT PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING ENGINEERS, SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS, ANALYSTS, GIS PROFESSIONALS, WAREHOUSE STAFF AND SERVICE DESK TECHNICIANS WHO ENSURE THE COUNTY'S NETWORKS, APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND INFORMATION REMAIN OPERATIONAL, AVAILABLE AND SECURE AND WHEREAS THESE PROFESSIONALS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING COUNTY OPERATIONS, STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATIONS AND RESILIENCY, CONNECTING PEOPLE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPORTING SERVICES THAT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, NATIONALLITE NATIONAL IT PROFESSIONALS DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE EMPLOYEES.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 15TH AS NATIONAL IT PROFESSIONALS DAY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND PUBLICLY SALUTES THE SERVICE OF IT PROFESSIONALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

>> IF THAT IS YOUR MOTION -- >> THAT IS MY MOTION.

>> OKAY, WE'LL GET A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOK.

ALL IN FAVOUR? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

NOW IT'S PICTURE TIME. IF YOU'LL INVITE YOUR TEAM UP,

WE'LL GET PICTURES. >> COME ON UP, PLEASE.

>> DO WE HAVE A LITTLE PICTURE OF MINNY TO HOLD UP?

PHOTOSHOP HER IN? >> WOO-HOO, GO IT!

[72. Hear a presentation from Jennifer Powell, County Extension Agent - Family Community Health, on the impact of TEEA members in the community.  ]

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>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER POWELL. I'M THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AGENT WITH TEXAS [INDISCERNIBLE] SERVICE HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TODAY I HAVE THE MONDAY OR OF THE HONORG THE MEMBERS OF OUR TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AS THEY CELEBRATE A REMARKABLE MILESTONE OF 100 YEARS OF SERVICE. FOR A CENTURY THE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK ALONGSIDE TEXT AGRILIVE EXTENSION TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES, SUPPORT LIFELINE LEARNING ACROSS TEXAS. AND THEIR EFFORTS ALSO FOLKS FON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS EDUCATION. HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY TEA MEMBERS CONTINUE TO MAKE TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

DURING THE PAST YEAR MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SUPPORTING EXTENSION INITIATIVES OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO 4H MEMBERS AND DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS TO BENEFIT LOCAL YOUTH, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS, THEY CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 2,400 HOURS OF SERVICE, WHICH TOTAL A COMMUNITY IMPACT VALUE EXCEEDING $336,000.

THEIR COMMITMENT DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AS WE CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF TEEA WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE LASTING IMPACT THESE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS HAVE HAD PRESERVING THE RICH TRADITION OF EXTENSION EDUCATION AND THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY DAY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JOYCE TO

SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. >> OKAY.

I'M JOYCE PICTURE PERTL. WE DID BRING A CHECK WITH US TODAY, PRESENTING A BIG CHECK WITH A DOLLAR VALUE OF TEEA EDUCATION AND SERVICE TO THE COUNTY SHOWS CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LOCAL TEEA CLUBS. IT ALSO SHOWS THE SCOPE AND DEPTH OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SUPPORTS 4H AND AWARDS ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 4H STUDENTS.

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY.

MONTHLY VOLUNTEER HOURS IS A HELP FOR AGRILIFE TO DOCUMENT THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK IN THE COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU. >> SO WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS WITH US TODAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND COME UP TO PRESENT THE CHECK. DON'T BE SHY.

SO YOU CAN SEE $336,832.18 IN COMMUNITY IMPACT.

COURT, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME OVER HERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

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>> ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS GREAT, THANK YOU, JENNIFER AND THANKS FOR EVERYONE FROM THE LEEA FOR ATTENDING TODAY.

[73. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action regarding Robert Zamarron as Assistant County Veteran Service Officer.]

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, MY NAME IS MICHAEL HERNANDEZ AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF VETERAN SERVICES FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING TO THE COUNTY TODAY, MR. ROBERT ZAMARRON, AN ARMY VETERAN AND I WANTED TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM TODAY. SO ROBERT WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOREDO, TEXAS. THERE WERE NOT MANY OPPORTUNITIES ONE COULD TAKE IN PURSUING ONE'S FUTURE.

HIS ADVENTURE IN THE U.S. WOULD BEGIN.

IN HIGH SCHOOL ROBERT WAS THE JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM -- WAS IN THE JUNIOR ROTY PROGRAM AND WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE COLOR GUARD, EARNING 12TH PLACE IN THE NATIONAL JUNIOR ROTC COMPETITION. HE GRADUATED FROM UNITED SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL IN 2014 WHERE HE IMMEDIATELY ENLISTED IN THE U.S.

ARMY, LEADING BOOT CAMP FOR A FEW MONTHS AFTER.

IT LED HIM TO THE ARM OUR SCHOOL IN FORT BENING, GEORGE I CAN'T .

HERE HE GAINED THE SKILLS TO BECOME A TANK CREWMAN TO GRADUATE IN 2015. IN THE SUMMER OF 2015 ROBERT WOULD JOIN THE SECOND INFANTRY TWIGS SOUTH KOREA WITH SECOND BATTALION 9TH INFANTRY REGIMENT FOR ONLY 5 MONTHS BEFORE THE UNIT WAS DEACTIVATED. HOWEVER BEFORE DEACTIVATION ROBERT WOULD EARN THE PRESTIGIOUS MANCHU BELT BUCKLE FOR COMPLETING A GRUELING 25-MILE ROAD MARCH.

THIS ROAD MARCH WAS MEANT TO HONOR THE UNIT FOR THEIR EFFORTS DURING THE BOXER REBELLION IN 1900 IN WHICH THE UNIT MARRED 8.

THIS WOULD BE THE LAST MACHU MILES EVER TO BE COMPLETED ON THE PENINSULA. POST-SERVICE, ROBERT WANTED TO CHALLENGE HIMSELF ACADEMICALLY. HE WOULD ENROLL AT TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN 2018 AND 2020 RESPECTIVELY.

HE WOULD BE THE FIRST IN HIS FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE, GRADUATING WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN 2022. AFTER STRUGGLING TO DETERMINE HIS CAREER GOALS POST-COLLEGE, ROBERT WOULD FIND HIMSELF WORKING AT THE WEB COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE IN 2024.

HE DECIDED HE COULD USE HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE U.S. ARMY AND CONTINUE THAT LINAGE OF SERVICE. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, ROBERT WOULD GO TO SERVE THE LAREDO VETERAN COMMUNITY AS THE ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER, PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND ADVOCACY ON VETERAN BENEFITS.

I'M PROUD TO HAVE ACQUIRED ROBERT FROM WEBB COUNTY.

IN ADDITION ROBERT WOULD ALSO ASSIST IN THE TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND HELPING VETERANS AND THEIR SPOUSES WHO WOULD REQUIRE TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. IN 2025, ROBERT AND THE REST OF THE WEBB COUNTY VSOS WOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL AND CRUCIAL SERVICE TO VETERANS OF LAREDO AND WEB COUNTY. RECENTLY THIS JULY, ROBERT -- I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT ROBERT HAS JOINED OUR TEAM OF DEDICATED VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS. I'M PROUD TO SAY HERE AT WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WE SET OUR OWN STANDARD FOR SERVICING THE VETERAN COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, ROBERT IS HERE TO JOIN OUR TEAM, HOPING TO LEARN FROM MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE TEAM, WITH GOALS NOT ONLY TO ELEVATE HIMSELF BUT THE REST OF THE OFFICE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND THAT'S WHY ONCE AGAIN I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TODAY TO JUST INTRODUCE ROBERT, TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER THAT SEES THEM AS A PERSON, NOT A NUMBER, AND REINFORCES OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> ROBERT, WELCOME.

AND WHICH OFFICE ARE YOU HOUSED? >> I'M LOCATED IN THE ROUND ROCK

OFFICE [INDISCERNIBLE] >> SO WELCOME ABOARD.

I'M NOT SURE WEB COUNTY IS HAPPY YOU'RE HERE BUT --

SO WELCOME ABOARD. >> THANK YOU.

>> WELCOME AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MICHAEL AS WELL. I JOINED YOU A WEEK AGO FRIDAY IN CEDAR PARK FOR AN INFORMATIONAL VETERANS DINNER, WHERE MICHAEL LED A SESSION ON BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VA.

AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>> WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO

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>> THANK Y'ALL. >> CAN WE GET A PICTURE?

>> MICHAEL AND ROBERT, LET'S GET A PICTURE REAL QUICK.

[74. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on appointment procedures in relation to appointing an individual to serve as the Williamson County Constable Precinct No. 1 due to a vacancy occurring in such office following Constable Mickey Chance's notification of retirement effective September 30, 2026 (Tex. Local Gov’t Code §87.041).]

>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING ONTO 74, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE 74 BACK TO EXECUTIVE FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY.

WE HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1, MICKEY CHANCE IS RETIRING. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEY AND WILL COME OUT AND DISCUSS THE PROCESS FOR REPLACEMENT WITH THAT. AT THIS POINT WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[75. 10:00am — Conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed street name change in Pct. 3 for a portion of CR 255 and CR 289 to Daniels Trail and (from CR 254 to Ronald Reagan Blvd) pursuant to Tex. Transp. Code § 251.152.]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED STREET NAME CHANGE IN PRECINCT 3 FOR A PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 255 AND COUNTY ROAD 289 TO DANIELS TRAIL AND FROM COUNTY ROAD 254 TO RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD, PURSUANT TO TEXAS TRANSPORTATION

CODE 251.152. >> I WILL JUST LEAD OFF WITH SOME INFORMATION. IT'S NOT DANIELS TRAIL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THAT WAS PUT ON ERRONEOUSLY BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN ON SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

AND IT ACTUALLY SHOULD SAY TUCKER PARKWAY.

THAT IS THE PROPOSED NAME FOR THIS PIECE OF ROAD.

AND I'LL JUST -- I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IS HERE TO SPEAK, IF THEY WANT TO COME UP -- I THINK YOU'RE ALLOWING THEM TO COME UP

NOW, IS THAT RIGHT? >> RIGHT, RIGHT.

WE HAVE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO

SPEAK. >> THERE IS SOMEBODY IN THE BACK. COME ON UP.

>> Y'ALL CAN BOTH COME UP TO THE DIAS AND JUST REMIND -- ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK

NO. >> OKAY.

YEAH, PLEASE WELCOME. IF YOU'LL PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME. AND THEN YOU CAN TALK.

EITHER SEAT. >> MY NAME IS RAN HE WILL STEVENSON CAPELIN. I PREVIOUSLY WROTE TO THE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE SUGGESTED NAME CHANGE IN AUGUST.

I APPRECIATE THE LETTER BACK AND THE EMAIL FROM YOU ABOUT IT.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NAME CHANGE AS YOU'RE MAKING IT

NOW. >> THANK YOU.

>> I DO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE COUNTY ROAD CHANGED AT ALL, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD TELL WHY YOU'RE SUGGESTING A NAME CHANGE FOR THE ROAD.

I WILL ALSO MAKE A NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT IN THE LETTER THAT YOU SENT ABOUT THE TUCKERS, YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE INTERRED AT THE MAST LAR CEMETERY AND IT'S NOT MASTLER.

SO IT'S MATSLER SO IT IS MISSPELLED THERE.

ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSES THAT I RECEIVED FROM YOU. SO THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, RAN HE RANELLE.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? >> I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO READ, JUDGE -- MAYBE IS NOW A GOOD TIME FOR THAT? YEAH, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF WHY WE'RE DOING -- WHY WE'RE PROPOSING A NAME CHANGE -- EXCUSE ME -- IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT TO THE AREA, COUNTY ROAD 254 TO RONALD REAGAN IS THE NEW ROADWAY THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY FINISHED, AND IT CURRENTLY IS A CONNECTION OF THREE PIECES. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT ONE NAME, ONE ROADWAY, FROM 254 TO REAGAN.

SO COUNTY ROAD 255 AND COUNTY ROAD 289 WERE TWO PIECES OF THIS ROAD. WE ADDED A THIRD PIECE WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SO FOR SAFETY WISE, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON.

WE ARE MAKING THIS ROAD, WE WANT IT TO BE ONE NAME.

AND AT 255 AND COUNTY ROAD 289 WOULD TEE INTO THIS ROAD.

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TURKER'S DESCENDS ANTS PURCHASED AND SOLD PROPERTIES IN THE [INDISCERNIBLE] IN THE COUNTY ROAD 255 COUNTY ROAD 289 AREA.

TODAY THE MANY DESCENDS ANTS OF THE TUCKER FAMILY ARE INTERRED AT BOTH THE MATSLER CEMETERY, ALSO OF NOTE JAMES MILTON TUCKER, LG HANNAH'S OLDEST SON SERVED AS WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF FROM 1881 TO 1884. SO THAT IS -- LET ME JUST SAY, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CHANGE A ROAD. AND I APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY FOR THOSE THAT LIVE ON THIS ROAD, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL, BECAUSE OF HAVING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.

THE COUNTY WILL HELP WITH THAT CHANGE IN NOTIFYING THE POSTAL SERVICE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY.

WE JUST NEED TO DO IT FOR SAFETY REASONS.

AND THAT'S MY -- WELL, WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING --

>> FIRST RESPONDERS AND AMAZON. >> THAT'S RIGHT -- WELL, AMAZON, YES BUT -- DEFINITELY FIRST RESPONDERS. SO JUDGE I THINK WE'RE STILL IN

THE -- >> WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMISSIONER COVEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M JUST CONCERNED ON THE TECHNICALITIES, SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING LIST, THE NAME CHANGE TO DANIELS TRAIL AND THAT'S NOT

[76. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on changing the name of CR 255 and a portion of CR 289 to Daniels Trail (from CR 254 to Ronald Reagan Blvd).]

NOW THAT THEY HAVE THE EXPLANATION, I THINK THAT WILL HELP ON THE COMMUNICATION AS WELL.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THE NEXT ITEM, SO WE DON'T TAKE ACTION UNTIL THE ACCURATE INFORMATION IS PLACED.

AND I KNOW -- SO WE'LL PLACE IT ON A FUTURE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? >> IT WILL ON NEXT WEEK, AND ALSO, WE HAVE LET EVERYONE OUT THERE NOW, WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO EVERYBODY SO I THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S DERBY APPRECIATE YOU REACHED OUT TO US AND ANYBODY THAT REACHED OUT TO US OF COURSE HAVE HEARD. I'M FINE WITH THAT.

IN THE MEANTIME, IT WILL STAY THREE NAMES.

SO ANYWAY, FOR THE VERY REASON WE WANT TO DO THIS, WE WILL HURRY UP AND GET IT ON FOR NEXT WEEK, SO THERE YOU GO.

>> I AGREE. BUT WE NEED ACCURACY ON THE AGENDA GOING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION. ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER 77, IT

[77. 10:00 AM Hold public hearing on the plan for the funding of the preservation and restoration of the County Clerk's Records Archives for 2026-2027.]

AND THE NEW PUBLIC HEARING WILL START AT 10:25.

AND I BELIEVE NANCY [INDISCERNIBLE] IS HERE TO

PRESENT. >> GOOD MORNING, COURT.

NANCY ROSTER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY CLERK AND I HAVE MY ARCHIVES COORDINATOR CYNTHIA COSTELLO WITH ME TO INFORM Y'ALL ABOUT WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

>> HI EVERYONE. I'M CYNTHIA CASTILLO, ARCHIVE COORDINATOR. FOR HAD YEAR'S PLAN WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETING RESTORATION OF OUR CRIMINAL CASES, WHICH OF COURSE HOLD HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL VALUE FOR THE COUNTY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 60 BOXES OF CRIMINAL CASE RECORDS PRESERVED IN THESE MANILA FOLDERS DUE TO THE SPACE THAT WE LACKED AT OUR PREVIOUS LOCATION.

BUT NOW WITH THE BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY AND LOTS OF SPACE, WE'RE ABLE TO ENCAPSULATE THESE AND PUT THEM OUT THERE FOR PUBLIC USE, FOR LIKE I SAID, HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL PURPOSES.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION, NANCY. THE SAME COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PAST REMAIN INVOLVED, RIGHT?

>> YES, MA'AM, TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENCY WITH THE BINDERS,

MM-HMM. >> NANCY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

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>> AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE LIBRARY.

IT'S AMAZING. WE HAVE NEVER HAD ALL 7,000 BOOKS IN ONE PLACE BEFORE. SO IT'S MAKING IT EASY TO GO BACK AND FIND THINGS WE'VE MISSED OR BOOKS THAT HAD THE WRONG COLOR AND GET THAT CHANGED OUT SO --

>> VERY GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK Y'ALL.

AND ONE MORE TIME, LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:27.

[78. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on the plan for the funding of the preservation and restoration of the County Clerk's Records Archive for 2026-2027.]

2026 AND 2027. >> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COVEY. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LONG.

ALL IN FAVOUR? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 79,

[79. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on canceling Commissioners Court on Tuesday for the following dates:  November 3, 2026, December 1, 2026, December 29, 2026, January 19, 2027, February 16, 2027, March 16, 2027, March 30, 2027, June 1, 2027, June 22, 2027, July 6, 2027, and September 7, 2027.]

>> I'LL MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THESE DATES.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COOK. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOLES.

ANY DISCUSSION? >> JUST IT'S TECHNICALLY JUST NOT SCHEDULING THEM, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE ONE MEETING A MONTH. SO IT'S JUST -- I MEAN, SEMANTICS BUT -- IT'S JUST NOT SCHEDULING THEM THOSE DAYS.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

>> THE COUNTY IS STILL OPEN. WE JUST DON'T HAVE COMMISSIONERS

COURT. >> ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOUR? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

THANK YOU. >> AND I HAVE TO SAY, I HAD TO CALL TO FIND OUT WHAT MARCH 16TH WAS ALL ABOUT.

EMPTY NESTER, SPRING BREAK THAT WEEK AND HALF THE COUNTY IS ON

VACATION WITH THEIR KIDDOS. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COOK. MOVING ONTO ITEM NUMBER 80,

[80. Consideration and action with respect to the Order Authorizing the Defeasance and Redemption of Certain of the County's Outstanding Debt.]

NOW, I THINK DAN [INDISCERNIBLE] NEITHER ONE IS HERE?

>> BART IS HERE. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT SAVES THE TAXPAYERS A LOT OF MONEY IN INTEREST AND I'LL MOVE

TO APPROVE. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COVEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LONG. ANY MORE DISCUSSION?

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY A SHOUT-OUT AND THANKS TO COMMISSIONER COVEY WHO REALLY TOOK THIS BULL BY THE HORNS, NO REFERENCE TO [INDISCERNIBLE] OVER THE WEEKEND BUT IT WAS -- YOU REALLY TOOK THIS ON AND IT HAS -- I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON IT AND IT HAS TRULY SAVED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF THE COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> CONTINUING THIS. YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

DID WE VOTE? OKAY, ALL IN FAVOUR? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES 5-0. ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 81,

[81. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action to approve the projects and budgets for the 2027 Capital Improvement Program to include the Long Range Transportation Program, the 2015 Certificates of Obligation, and any available balances in the 2019-2026 Capital Improvement Programs. ]

WELCOME, SARAH. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. SARAH [INDISCERNIBLE] BUDGET

OFFICE. >> ALL RIGHT.

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>> YOU READY? >> I'M READY.

>> SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE JUST APPROVED IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS FOLLOWING YEAR, COMING UP. AND -- STARTING IN OCTOBER AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER THAT WE HAVEN'T

SPENT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> AND CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH THAT IS?

>> WE HAVE THIS SHEET RIGHT HERE AND IT SHOWS 6.5, IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT THE NUMBER? I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT SHEET BEFORE WE START SPENDING. IF WE WOULD, PLEASE.

>> GOOD MORNING, JULIE KYLIE, COUNTY AUDITOR.

SO YOU AUTHORIZED IN FY27 BUDGET A NEW BUCKET OF CIP FUNDING WHICH IS 16.9 MILLION AND IN ADDITION TO TO THAT AVAILABLE BALANCE, YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 6 AND A HALF MILLION THAT I PLACED BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING, I BELIEVE IT WAS EMAILED OUT TO YOU YESTERDAY BY KAREN. IN THE VARIOUS CIP BUCKETS, PROJECTS WITH BALANCES. WE CAN VERIFIED THESE BALANCES WITH DALE AND THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS THAT MANAGE THESE PROJECTS. AND THEN THERE IS A SLIDE AMOUNT AMOUNT OF MONEY LEFT THAT WAS COMMITTED TO A PROJECT SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THAT OLD MONEY --

>> HOW MUCH IS THAT? >> IT'S 7700 -- $7722 IT'S THE

FOURTH LINE ON THAT REPORT. >> CAN WE GO ON THE LIST FOR LAST YEAR THAT'S LEFT A SIX AND A HALF -- CAN YOU JUMP DOWN TO

WILCO WAY EXTENSION? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> SO WAS THAT JUST SET THERE AND I KNOW WE FINISHED THE ROAD AND WE FINISHED PAYING OFF EVERYTHING ON THAT, AND DO WE

REALLY HAVE 750,000 LEFT? >> SO WE HAVE VERIFIED THAT BALANCE WITH H AND TB WHO HELPED MANAGE THAT PROJECT.

THERE IS STILL SOME RETAINAGE OUTSTANDING ON THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE HELD THAT AMOUNT BACK, SO THIS IS FUNDING BETWEEN WORKING WITH H AND TB AND DALE THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED IS AVAILABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PROJECT.

>> OKAY. GREAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE -- BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE NUMBER. ALL THESE OTHER AMOUNTS THEN IN FUNDS AVAILABLE ARE NOT NEEDED FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.

>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY, PERFECT. SO I WOULD -- I'LL JUST START, BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT WE STARTED, TO FINISH FIRST. AND THEN THERE'S SOME LARGE THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY TODAY. JUST LIKE WE DID -- DIDN'T DO BEFORE AND WE HAD IT TO -- AS WE GO THROUGH BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT POP UP THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

SO THE -- JUST -- AND I THINK I SEE YOU TYPING THERE, SARAH, YOU'RE ADDING THAT AMOUNT IN THERE OF AVAILABLE FUNDS, SO THAT BROUGHT THAT UP TO -- WHAT WAS IT, 22?

>> 23,454,161. >> CAN YOU MAKE THAT FONT JUST A TAD BIGGER? THERE YOU GO, THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S STILL TOUGH. >> MAKE YOUR SCREEN BIGGER.

>> THERE YOU GO. >> OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S BETTER.

SO THERE'S PROJECTS -- AND I I'LL JUMP IN AND JUST LIKE START GOING OVER -- AND I'M GOING TO HOLD BACK ON PRECINCT 4, BECAUSE THAT'S A WHOLE BIG ITEM. BUT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I'M SURE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF IT, OKAY. SO IF YOU START AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, IN THE YELLOW COLUMN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED THIS YEAR, AND THE ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT, TWO MILLION, CHECK WITH RICHARD, I THINK THAT'S A JOINT PROJECT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING -- >> THAT'S IMPACTING MULTIPLE

DEPARTMENTS. >> RIGHT, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT. IF YOU SKIP PRECINCT 4, JUST FOR THE MOMENT, IF YOU KEEP GOING DOWN -- I'M OKAY WITH PUTTING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS INTO PLANNING FOR THE ME'S OFFICE, ALTHOUGH THAT -- THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT NEXT YEAR, IT JUST MEANS THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT PUT IT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO FIT IT, BECAUSE IT MATTERS BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT USING THE LAKE CREEK BUILDING AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE SHERIFF FOLKS IN THERE INTERIMLY, SO IT MATTERS WHERE WE PUT THEM.

AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING STUFF -- OR CREATING MORE COST FOR US IN THE FUTURE, HAVING A PLAN, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS UNDER BUILDINGS THAT ARE NEW, BUT THAT NEED TO GET DONE AND THAT'S THE 5005ILA DEHUMANIFICATION DEHUMIDIFICATION PROJECT. AND 5010, THE JAIL HVAC REPLACEMENT, IT'S ANOTHER MILLION-TWO.

BOTH OF THOSE WERE A MILLION-TWO AND THE 5012 NORTH CAMPUS SO

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ALTHOUGH I'M NOT GOOD WITH THE AMOUNT OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION, THE BUILDING I THINK IS OVER FOUR MILLION, AND NOW WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF FOR SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE GEORGETOWN IS REQUIRING US TO LOOK AT, CAMPUS WIDE.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A PLACEHOLDER ON THAT.

I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET DRAINAGE FROM THE NEW BUILDING BUT WE HAVE A ONE ACRE POND ACROSS INTERLOOP THAT WE COULD -- THAT WE COULD GET THE WATER TO AND I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S TWO AND A HALF MILLION.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE MORE WITH GEORGETOWN AND FIGURE THAT OUT, OKAY. SO A PLACEHOLDER, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING BUT MAYBE NOT TWO AND A HALF MILLION, OKAY?

>> AND I THINK THEY'RE REQUIRING FULL -- AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CHALLENGE. THE CHALLENGE WITH THE CITY.

BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A TYPICAL DEVELOPER.

A DEVELOPER GOES INTO A PROJECT AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONCEPT OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT. THE COUNTY IS BUILDING OUT AS WE NEED TO DO THAT. AND SO COMMISSIONER COVEY AND JUDGE SNELL, Y'ALL ARE THE POINT PEOPLE ON GEORGETOWN.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE BOTH OF Y'ALL TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND -- LIKE SO WE'RE NOT A TYPICAL DEVELOPER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY GO IN AND SAY OKAY WE'RE GOING TO LAY OUT ALL THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE COUNTY. AND SO I THINK THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. >> WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THESE OTHER BUILDINGS AND WHEN WE PUT THE NORTH -- THE EMS AND WIRELESS IN, WE HAVE THE DRAINAGE ACCOMMODATED, THAT'S

WHY WE TOOK -- >> I THINK THEY WANT A FULL SITE

DEVELOPMENT PLAN. >> RIGHT, BUT IT'S ALL ON -- IT'S ALREADY THERE SO THAT'S WH, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

>> BUT I WOULD LIKE -- I HOPE IF IT'S TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S NOT JUST A PLAN. IT INCLUDES SOME ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WORK, IF THAT'S -- BUT WE'LL GET MORE DEFINITION -- DEFINITELY NOT COMFORTABLE WITH TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

>> WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH MORE DEFINITION ON THAT.

I THINK IT'S A PLACE HOLDER FOR NOW.

SO THOSE ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED IS EVEN WITH THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION IS 7.4 MILLION. AND THEN THERE'S PRECINCT 4.

AND THERE'S A LOT -- AND RUSS, I DON'T KNOW YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? THERE'S TWO OPTIONS AND THEN THERE'S BUILDINGS THAT WE CAN SELL, THERE'S YOU KNOW, DO WE KEEP THE TWO STORY BUILDING? BECAUSE ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S ON HERE IS FOR THE TAX OFFICE RENOVATION.

AND I'M OKAY WITH DOING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TWO STORY BUILDING. IF WE'RE NOT, WHY WOULD WE PUT THAT MONEY INTO THAT, WHY WOULD WE NOT PUT THEM INTO A NEW BUILDING? CAN YOU SHARE WITH US KIND OF

WHERE YOU ARE WITH THAT. >> SURE BEING THE TWO STOREY

BUILDING -- SO OUR -- >> AND THAT'S THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE PRECINCT 2 BUILDING, RIGHT?

>> YES, YES. AND WHEN WE GET TO SOME OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN TAILOR AND GENERALLY WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN TAYLOR, A LOT OF IT'S ANTIQUATED.

BUT THIS BUILDING IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND I THINK IT'S WORTH US TO KEEP. I'VE TALKED -- I'VE TALKED TO THE PREVIOUS TAX ASSESSOR. THIS IS WHERE HE SAYS HE NEEDS THE OFFICE IN TAYLOR. AND SO I THINK I WOULD HIKE LIKO GO FORWARD WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

I SEE THE COUNTY KEEPING THAT BUILDING LONG TERM REGARDLESS.

THEN -- AND SO TIME OUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT, WE'VE GOT A MILLION-FOUR ALREADY ON THAT PROJECT.

AND IS THAT ENOUGH TO COMPLETE THAT --

>> WE'LL NEED TO ASK DALE. >> I THINK HE SAID IT IS.

I NEED A NOD, YES? OKAY, SO WE DON'T NEED

ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT. >> NO NEW MONEY FOR THAT.

>> BUT WE NEED TO GET IT DONE, GOOD.

>> CORRECT. SO THE J.P. 4 DENTAL OFFICE BUILDOUT, WE CAN DEFINITELY HOLD THAT.

THE MEDIC -- SO YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION BECOMES A PRECINCT 4 BUILDING COMPLEX, LIKE YOU KNOW, WE SEE IN PRECINCT 1 AND PRECINCT 2 AND PRECINCT 3. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT -- THE COUNTY IS GROWING IN SUCH A UNIQUE WAY, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THE BEST SPOT FOR IT IS.

I THINK IT'S IN TAYLOR. I THINK I HAVE THE SPOT IN MIND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER. IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP SOME RIGHT-OF-WAY, SOME OF THE -- ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS SAID WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL LAND TO SELL, SO I WOULD TO MORE THAT LITTLE BIT, THAT WE DON'T NEED RIGHT-OF-WAY

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SO I JUST WANTED TO GET WITH JULIE TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT GO ABOUT ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY, SINCE PART OF IT WOULD BE FOR JUSTICE AND PART OF IT MAY NOT BE FOR JUSTICE AND EXACTLY HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT FIGURING THAT OUT.

>> SO I JUST HAVEN'T MADE IT THERE YET.

AND I NEED TO WORK WITH DALE TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE TIMING OF UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE AREA.

SO I THINK I'VE GOT THE SPOT FIGURED OUT OR AT LEAST POTENTIAL SPOT. SO STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

SO AS FAR AS THE NEW BUILDING, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I DON'T WANT TO ACQUIRE AN OLD 101, BUILD A NEW ONE AND WE CAN LOOK TO SEE HOW -- YOU KNOW, GET ENOUGH PROPERTY FOR US TO EXPAND IN THE FUTURE IF SOMEDAY DOWN THE ROAD THE TAX OFFICE NEEDS TO MOVE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR THAT, OBVIOUSLY ROOM FOR AMBULANCE IF WE DO THAT. YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE WOULD GET ENOUGH LAND IF WE NEED ANY CHANGING FOR ANY TYPE OF DISASTER EVENT WE COULD HAVE THAT AS WELL.

SO I THINK I HAVE THAT KIND OF SET IN MY HEAD.

THE FIRST REST OF THEM -- >> THEY'RE ALL PART OF WHAT

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> RIGHT.

AND UNTIL WE GET A NEW J.P. BUILDING BUILT, WE DON'T NEEDS A NEW MEDIC 24 BUILDING. JUDGE REDDEN HAS ASKED -- SHE SAYS IN HER COURTROOM -- HER COURT FACILITY IS SMALL, IT'S ANTIQUATED, AND SHE'S ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY OFFICE SPACING, A PORTABLE NEXT TO HER SO SHE CAN DO SOME OF THAT.

I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE, I THINK SHE'S GOT QUITE A BIT GOING ON, ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE DEATH INVESTIGATOR, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE -- THAT WOULD GIVE HER THE ROOM.

>> THAT'S THE 200,000? >> THAT'S THE 200,000.

I WOULD ASK FOR THAT AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TAX OFFICE REMODEL.

>> SO BASED ON WHAT -- EXCUSE MM HEARING YOU SAY, WE KEEP THE TWO-STOREY BUILDING, WE GO AHEAD AND RENOVATE IT FOR THE TAX OFFICE NOW. WE HAVE THE MONEY ALREADY FOR THAT. AND THEY STAY THERE FOR A LONG

TIME. >> AND WE HAVE THE DESIGN READY.

>> YEAH, AND IT'S READY TO GO. SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON THAT. FOR -- I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE NEW, BECAUSE EVERY BUILDING WE HAVE BOUGHT, IT DOUBLES THE PRICE BASICALLY, OR ALMOST -- WHEN WE GO INTO ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BUILDING OR THE LAND OR

SOMETHING. >> RIGHT.

>> SO MOVING FORWARD -- AND THE WAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURED ON HERE, WE WOULDN'T NEED ALL OF THE MONEY AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE PERIOD OF TIME -- ONE FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE COULD SELL CERTAIN THINGS, THE DENTIST OFFICE, THE J.P., WHERE THEY ARE NOW, YOU KNOW.

AND -- >> THE WHOLE UNIT.

>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY. AND THEN THE MEDIC 42, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY GO INTO THE NEW PLACE, YOU KNOW,

CONSTABLE -- OBVIOUSLY -- >> HOLD ON.

I JUST WANT TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM.

YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT MEDIC 42 IS ACTUALLY ON CITY OF TAYLOR PROPERTY. BACKS UP TO A PARK.

SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THERE'S --

>> WELL IS IT GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE IF WE KEEP THEM WHERE THEY ARE? AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY THOUGHT I HAD. AND JUST WE COULD DESIGN IT TO WHERE THEY CAN HAVE GOOD ACCESS IN AND OUT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. AND ONE THOUGHT IS, AFTER THE DISCUSSION I'VE HAD WITH THE CITY OF TAYLOR, IS WHEN THE CURRENT J.P. 4 BUILDING IS NO LONGER NEEDED, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WELL SITUATED FOR AN AMBULANCE BAY AS WELL.

AND SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AS WELL.

>> OKAY. SO IN THE NEW WHATEVER NEW BUILDING, WHEREVER -- YOU'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT GOES. JUST LIKE IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, I BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF YOU DON'T MOVE IMMEDIATELY, A SPACE FOR THE COMMISSIONER, THE CONSTABLE AND THE J.P. IN THAT BUILDING, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN VETERANS OR YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER ASPECT THAT'S IN THE TWO-STOREY BUILDING TO GIVE GROWTH COULD BE PLANNED FOR THAT OTHER BUILDING. I THINK RIGHT NOW, CSCD IS IN THE TWO-STOREY AND IF THEY STAY THERE IN THE TAX OFFICE, THAT WOULD GIVE THEM MORE SPACE AND THE NEW BUILDING WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE OTHERS. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> 100% CORRECT. AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH JULIE SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COURT, SO THAT GIVES US DIFFERENT FUNDING OPTIONS, JUST

WANT TO EXPLORE THOSE. >> YEAH.

>> SO RUSS, IF I AM CATCHING UP CORRECTLY, UNDERCURRENT PRECINCT

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MEDIC 42, PAUSE ON THAT? >> I THINK HE WANTS TO DO --

>> BUT THE TAX OFFICE IS ALREADY FUNDED, NO NEW FUNDING TO

APPROVE -- >> BUT MOVE FORWARD ON IT AND THEN THE MICROANNEX, NEW STRUCTURE BUILDING, THE 5,000, THAT'S THE 200,000, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

>> YES, YES. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A -- THAT'S A TEMPORARY BUILDING. IT'S A MODULAR BUILDING --

>> THAT WE CAN MOVE IF WE NEED TO.

SO THAT WOULD BE 2 MILLION ON THEM -- ON THE ENTERPRISE AT P P726. GOING UP AND DOWN THE LIST.

200,000 ON 5,000. AND THEN --

>> HOLIDAY HOLD ON A SECOND, COMMISSIONER BOLES.

UNDER NEW PRECINCT 4 ANNEX, YOU'RE WAITING TO GET SOME MORE

INFORMATION? >> I AM.

I AM. LIKE I SAID, I THINK I'VE FOUND THE LOCATION. I JUST HAVE GOT SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN TALK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT PURCHASE IT, WHERE

THE FUNDS COME FROM. >> YEAH.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ONTO THE LAKE CREEK ANNEX IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'VE GOT THE PRIOR FUNDING FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS. WE'VE GOT $4 MILLION IN 2028 FOR THE 911 TRAINING CENTER. COMMISSIONER COVEY, I BELIEVE YOU MIGHT HAVE SPOKEN A LITTLE BIT ON THE ME DEATH INQUEST

FACILITY PLANNING. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE DO THE 500,000, PUT THAT IN FOR THE

PLANNING. >> RIGHT.

>> BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S GOING IN THE

BUILDING. >> RIGHT.

AND JUST SO EVERYBODY IS LIKE UP TO SPEED WITH WHERE WE ARE, I HAD A MEETING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND THEIR MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY AND JUST THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE COMBINING INTO ONE MEDICAL DISTRICT BETWEEN TRAVIS COUNTY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THAT -- THERE'S A LOT TO WORK OUT THERE AND THERE'S A LOT TO PRESENT TO THE COURT IN THE FUTURE. BUT THAT WOULD BE A SOLUTION, A TEMPORARY SOLUTION, OR EVEN A SEVERAL YEAR SOLUTION WHILE WE WORK TOWARDS BUILDING OUR OWN ME OFFICE AND STARTING OUR OWN ME OFFICE. AND I THINK IT COULD PROVIDE A COST SAVINGS TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY AS WELL.

>> WOULD THAT BE A SATELLITE OFFICE?

>> I MEAN, WE'RE SENDING AUTOPSIES THERE NOW AND YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE PAY THEM TO NOW DO --

>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT A FUTURE COURT DATE.

I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS MOVING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE AND BROUGHT UP TO SPEED, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK WE NEED TO PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND START THE DESIGN OF A MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE LOWER AT THE LAKE CREEK BUILDING, WHICH IF THAT IS STILL THE INTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, WHICH I BELIEVE IT IS.

>> I MEAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE DRIVING PURPOSES FOR BUYING THAT

PROPERTY. >> FOR PURCHASING IT.

SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO KNOW -- SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

I DON'T THINK WE'LL NEED THE WHOLE AMOUNT, TALKING TO DALE BUT I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND MOVE FORWARD AND BRINGING AN ITEM TO COURT ON FUTURE -- WHAT ARCHITECTS WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ME OFFICE.

>> BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO INCLUDE NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL PART OF THE STRUCTURE BUT THE STAFFING AND SUPPLY --

AND ALL OF THAT. >> AND ALSO PHASING, YOU KNOW.

BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST DROP IT IN WITH, YOU KNOW, THREE DOCTORS OR SOMETHING. IT WOULD BE OVER TIME, IT WOULD

GROW AS THE NEED GROWS. >> RIGHT.

I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT THERE'S CONVERSATIONS TAKING PLACE, WE'LL BRING THAT AT A FUTURE COURT.

AND THEN TODAY'S CONSIDERATION IS JUST MONEY FOR THE DESIGN AND SO WE CAN COME BACK AND GIVE A TIME LINE ON THAT.

THAT WILL START MOVING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

ALL RIGHT. >> AND THEN THE NEXT --

>> NOW NEW PROJECT REQUEST, IF YOU'LL GO DOWN TO BUILDINGS, SO

FACILITY -- >> THE RADIO TOWER, WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT? DOESN'T THE 911 TRAINING CENTER

REQUIRE IT? >> SO THE RADIO TOWER -- GOOD.

SO P633, 2026, WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT.

>> IT'S ALREADY FUNDED. >> YEAH, WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT. BUT GOOD CATCH ON THAT.

SO MOVING FORWARD TO BUILDINGS, YOU SEE FACILITIES HAS PRIORITIZED THOSE PROJECTS. I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE ALL OF THOSE FORWARD. I BELIEVE THAT'S 7.6 MILLION.

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GO AHEAD. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT -- I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE TOP 3 -- FOR RIGHT NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FOURTH PRIORITY A LITTLE BIT FIRST.

AND WHAT THAT BUILDING IS GOING TO BE USED FOR, BECAUSE THAT -- YOU MAY OR MAY NOT NEED THAT AMOUNT SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO THROW MONEY AT IT UNTIL WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT.

>> AND ACTUALLY THAT -- I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME OTHER STUFF COMING FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.

COULD WE TODAY JUST LOOK AT PRIORITIES 1, 2 AND 3, THAT'S THE DEHUMIDIFICATION PROJECT IS NUMBER 1, THAT'S 5,000 FIVE.

AND THEN 2 IS THE NORTH CAMPUS CIVIL IMPROVEMENT, SO WE CAN GET THE BUILDING BUILT, BUT WE CAN PUT THE 2.5 IN AS A PLACEHOLDER, BUT AGAIN, WE IMMEDIATE TO HAVEA CONVERSATION WITH GEORGETOWN.

AND THEN 5010, THAT'S THE JAIL HVAC, TODAY COULD WE AT LEAST GET THOSE DONE AND THEN COME BACK WITH THE OTHERS? BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE NICE-TO-HAVES BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARY AND I'M TRYING TO GET AS MUCH MONEY TO PRECINCT 4 AND TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH A VERY LARGE PROJECT THERE.

>> SO THAT WOULD REDUCE THAT TOTAL NUMBER, WHICH IS NOW AT 9,596,000, THAT WOULD REDUCE IT TO -- SARAH, IF YOU PLUG IN

PRIORITY 1, 2 AND 3? >> 4,900,000.

>> SO THAT'S 4.1? >> 4.9.

>> 4.9? OKAY.

>> YEAH, SO TOTAL OF EVERYTHING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IS 7.6 MILLION. I BELIEVE.

YES. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DALE ON 5,000 SIX OR 5,000 TWO?

>> WELL, A BUILDING IS AFFECTED BY THIS GROUND BUSINESS, I THINK

WE'VE GOT TO WATCH -- >> SO THAT'S A SIDEWALK AROUND

THE BUILDING. >> WELL, YOU SEE THE GROUND

PULLING AWAY FROM -- >> DALE, I'M GOING TO INVITE DALE UP. DALE CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE GROUND STABILIZATION? AND THE COVERED AWNINGS?

>> GOOD MORNING, DALE BUTLER, FACILITIES.

SO THE GROUND STABILIZATION PROJECT AROUND THE BUILDING IS BASICALLY THE -- FROM ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, THE GROUND AROUND THE BUILDING IS NOT STABILIZED, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURALLY FOR -- SO IT DOESN'T SINK IN THIS FLEXIBLE CLAY WE HAVE ON THIS CAMPUS.

SO OVER TIME, IT HAS SHRUNK DOWN BELOW THE BUILDING -- YOU KNOW, IN SOME AREAS A FOOT OR MORE. SO YOU WALK UP TO THE BUILDING, YOU SEE THAT. STRUCTURALLY, THE BUILDING IS SOUND IT'S NOT THE BUILDING, IT'S THE GROUND AROUND IT.

>> THAT'S THE PART I WANT TO EMPHASIZE.

THE BUILDING IS SECURE. >> THE BUILDING IS FINE.

>> SO THE SIDEWALKS ARE AFFECTED.

WE'VE BEEN JUST KIND OF PATCHING THOSE AS NEEDED.

MAKING SURE THEY WERE LEVEL AND ADA COMPLIANT, NO TRIP HAZARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AT SOME POINT I RECOMMEND WE ADDRESS IT BUT IS IT TOP PRIORITY TODAY? NOT NECESSARILY. WE CAN LIVE WITH IT BUT IT NEEDS

TO BE ADDRESSED AT SOME POINT. >> IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT IN PHASES OR DO YOU JUST NEED TO BITE THE BULL AND

DO IT ALL AT ONCE? >> I MEAN, IT'S AROUND THE

BUILDING -- >> IT'S ALL THE WAY AROUND, AT LEAST THE FRONT AND THE TWO SIDES.

I WOULD SAY IT NEEDS JUST TO BE DONE ALL AT ONCE.

IT'S KIND OF A MESSY PROCESS SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE, JUST KIND OF GO IN THERE AND GET IT DONE WOULD BE MY

RECOMMENDATION. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

>> CUT THE SIDEWALKS OUT OF THE WAY AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THE WAY. AND DIG DOWN WHATEVER -- HOWEVER MANY FEET THE ENGINEERS RECOMMEND AND REMOVE AND REPLACE THE CLAY THAT'S THERE AND REPLACE IT WITH SOME STABILIZED FILL AND COMPACT IT WITH LIFTS AND --

>> JUST LIKE WE DO A ROAD. >> EXACTLY.

>> SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW -- AND NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE GOING MUCH FURTHER OUT SO WE WON'T ENCOUNTER THIS AGAIN ON

THE LOVELY EAST SIDE SOILS. >> SINCE THEN, WE MAKE SURE WE GO OVERBOARD AND GO BEYOND THE BUILDING AT LEAST 15, 20 FEET WITH OUR GROUND STABILIZATION AS PART OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE

BUILDING. >> DALE, I KNOW THERE'S NO CRYSTAL BALL, BUT IF WE DON'T DO THIS NOW, WHAT IS THE RISK TO

THE BUILDING? >> I DON'TI DON'T THINK THERE'SA STRUCTURAL RISK TO THE BUILDING ITSELF.

THERE'S STABLE, THERE'S PEERS 3G THE BUILDING UP AND THEY'RE

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BUT THE GROUND AROUND IT WILL JUST BE WHAT IT IS.

IT MAY GET WORSE OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT.

BUT AT LEAST IT WILL STAY WHERE IT'S AT UNTIL WE ADDRESS IT.

>> SO AND I -- I DON'T THINK WE'VE SAID THIS EXACTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ESOC IS AN IMPORTANT BUILDING TO EVERYBODY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

BUT WHEN WE NEED IT TO WORK, WE NEED IT TO WORK.

AND USUALLY WHEN WE HEED IT TO WORK, IT'S UNDER LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS. SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE AREA RIGHTEOUS THE BUILDING, THAT'S ACCESSIBLE, THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM. SO LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T LIKE A SIDEWALK INTO YOUR HOUSE, THIS IS A STAGING AREA FOR THE WORST

OF TIMES IN THE COUNTY. >> A MILLION-TWO SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR DOING THE PROCESS ON A 4-FOOT SIDEWALK.

>> WELL, SO IT'S -- >> IS IT A GUESS OR.

>> IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW LOOKING DOWN ON IT, SITE PLAN, IT'S -- AND SORRY, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE ENGINEERS HAVE DRAWN UP AS FAR AS FOOTAGE WISE BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S 15 FEET OR SO OUTSIDE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING. AND THAT'S HOW WIDE OF A SWATH WE WOULD HAVE TO DIG UP ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.

POSSIBLY TOUCH UP SOME OF THE WATER PROOFING THAT WE WOULD EXPOSE ON THE BUILDING FOUNDATION ITSELF.

AND THEN REBUILD AND THEN REBUILD THE SOIL AND THEN REBUILD THE SIDEWALKS, NATION AG ELSE THAT WE TEAR UP, IRRIGATION, LANDSCAPE, ALL OF THE ABOVE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT -- >> WHY DON'T WE PUT THE 1.2 IN FOR NOW. SO JUDGE, IN BUILDINGS, THAT WOULD BE PRIORITIES 1, 2, 3 AND 5.

>> AND DALE, WHILE YOU'RE HERE WILL YOU PLEASE TALK TO US ABOUT THE COVERED AWNINGS FACILITIES CENTER NORTH INTERLOOP CAMP

NEWS. >> THE COVERED AWNINGS, THAT ONE IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO RISK ABOUT AND BASICALLY TRYING TO PROTECT SOME OF OUR COUNTY VEHICLES.

AND SOHAIL DAMAGE, SO HAIL DAMAL DAMAGE IS COSTLY AND HOW DO YOU COMPARE IT TO THIS NUMBER AS FAR AS WHAT IT PROTECTS OVER TIME? I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER ON THAT OR ANSWER.

BUT I KNOW WE DO HAVE A LOT OF HAIL DAMAGED REACTION THAT ARE DRIVING AROUND RIGHT NOW THAT COULD BE PROTECTED WITH THESE

AWNINGS. >> AS FAR AS THE SUN DAMAGE GOES, I THINK WE REPLACE OUR VEHICLES PRETTY QUICKLY.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH SUN DAMAGE IS PARKING OUTSIDE TOO.

SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE HAVE HAIL DAMAGE. WE'VE REPLACED WINDSHIELDS AND YES, CARS DO DRIVE WITH BUMPS IN THEM SO -- I MEAN, AS PRIORITIES GO, IT'S A NICE TO HAVE. WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER IN PRECINCT 4 BECAUSE SOME OF THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS MAY BE WE CAN DO SOME OF IT AND NOT ALL OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT SARAH, SO WHAT I HEARD IS WE HAVE 1, 2, 3 AND 5 IN THE LIST FOR POSSIBLE APPROVAL.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND COME BACK ON NUMBER 4 AND NUMBER 6.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON BUILDINGS? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ONTO EMERGENCY SERVICES, WE HAVE SECURITY FENCE UPGRADE FOR THE ESOC, COVERED PARKING FOR NON- AMBULANCE VEHICLES.

THE TOTAL FOR THOSE THREE ARE 1.068.

IS ANYONE SUGGESTING WE APPROVE THESE?

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COVERED PARKING FOR NON- AMBULANCE EMS

VEHICLES, WHICH VEHICLES -- >> IT'S PROBABLY LIKE HAZMAT

TRUCKS -- >> YEAH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH VEHICLES THEY'RE REFERRING TO, I JUST KNOW THEY HAVE SOME THAT THEY PARK BEHIND THE SOC NOW THAT ARE UNCOVERED, SAME KIND OF THING. ANY KIND OF COVERING THAT CAN

PROTECT FROM -- >> YEAH, AND THAT'S FINE AND WE CAN GET WITH ESOC AND COME BACK IN THE FUTURE IF WE NEED TO MOVE

THESE ITEMS FORWARD. >> THE FENCE IS THERE, IT'S STILL WORK AND I DON'T RECOMMEND IT FOR THIS YEAR BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COURT TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN FUTURE YEARS.

WHEN YOU DO GET TO THE POINT OF REPLACING IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT ENTIRE AREA, IT CAN BE A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT FENCE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE BUILDING.

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>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT. >> WHAT KIND OF THREAT DO WE

SEEM TO HAVE? >> I'M SORRY?

>> WE NEED A FENCE BECAUSE OF A THREAT, A PERCEIVED THREAT?

>> OH, YEAH, SO -- YEAH. >> IT'S JUST FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. I MEAN, THERE'S NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE'S NOT BEEN AN ISSUE -- I DON'T WANT TO

RAISE -- >> IN THE TEN-PLUS YEARS WE'VE

HAD THE BUILDING. >> YEAH, THAT FENCE IS GENERALLS KIND OF THE MEAT OF THE BUILDING PROTECTION ON THE BACK END.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THE RADIO TOWER IS, THE GENERATOR -- IT KEEPS FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING, THINGS LIKE THAT TO SECURE THE BUILDING

BUILDING. >> CONSIDER WHAT THE ESOC DOES.

IT'S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE A CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO

DAMAGE THE BUILDING. >> OR STEAL STUFF.

>> RIGHT. >> WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE -- IT WOULDN'T BE -- IT WOULD BE VERY -- I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GOING TO BE THAT SECURE, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ELECTRIC FENCE, RAZOR WIRE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO ACTUALLY BE THAT SECURE AND WE'VE HAD IT THERE FOR A LONG TIME, THERE'S BEEN NO

PROBLEMS -- >> YEAH, SO THE ORIGINAL FENCE WAS A LITTLE KIND OF A -- IT'S MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL LEVEL

WROUGHT IRON FENCE. >> AT THE POINT IN TIME YOU DO DID, BEEF IT UP AND REDUCE THE FOOPT PRINT,

FOOTPRINT, RIGHT. >> OKAY.

PUBLIC SAFETY, ITS, RADIO TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION, NO RECOMMENDATION IN IT SERVICES.

RIVER RANCH EQUESTRIAN PAVILION? >> THIS HAS BEEN ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK.

IT GOT VALUE ENGINEERED OUT AND IT'S KIND OF BUILDING HANGING THERE EVERY YEAR -- I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE INCLUDE THAT

THIS TIME. >> I WOULD LIKE TO USE PARK

MONEY THOUGH FOR IT. >> I MEAN, WHATEVER -- IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL PARK BOND MONEY LEFT ON ANY OF OUR PREVIOUS DEBT ISSUES, LET'S LOOK AT THAT FIRST AND USE THAT FIRST AND THEN COME BACK TO WHATEVER THE DELTA IS OUT OF CAPITAL.

>> AND I THINK OUR PARKS DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BRING THAT TO THE COURT IN THE FUTURE WITH BOND MONEY.

>> I SEE HIS HEAD NODDING. >> BECAUSE I FEEL SEVERAL PROJECTS BY THE WAY FOR PARKS THAT ARE GOING TO COME, FOR BOTH THE REGIONAL AND BARRY SPRINGS PARK.

JOB ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU HAVE FOUR ITEMS LISTED THERE, THREE SIDED EQUIPMENT STORAGE SHED, NORTHEAST INTERLOOP YARD, ELECTRICITY SECURITY LIGHTING, GATES AND CAMERAS. NORTHEAST INTERLOOP YARD FENCING AND SAND STORAGE BUILDING. TALKING WITH DALE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND ZERO 27, 0287 AND 0277

AND WAIT ON THE SAND STORAGE. >> SO THE FIRST THREE?

>> FIRST THREE? THOSE ARE OUT ON OUR PROPERTY I BELIEVE ON THE INTERLOOP AND FONDLY WE CALL IT BOB'S RANCH, I BELIEVE. IT IS -- I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE. I MEAN, IT'S WHERE WE PUT OUR -- THE FLOODING DEBRIS, AND IT'S REALLY MOUNTED DIRT --

>> DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT TOO?

>> THERE'S EQUIPMENT, THERE'S MATERIAL.

>> WHAT EQUIPMENT IS OUT THERE? >> I SEE WHY THE FENCE BY 130 IS

PRETTY IMPORTANT. >> WELL, THERE'S NO REAL ACCESS

ROAD -- >> -- OVER ON THE SIDE AND START

DRAGGING STUFF OUT -- >> WHAT IS STORED OUT THERE? WHAT EQUIPMENT IS STORED OUT THERE? I THINK THERE'S SOME GUYS FISHING --

>> WELCOME, MR. DAY. AND BY THE WAY, PEOPLE CAN COME UP FROM THE RIVER AND GET TO THAT PROPERTY, EVEN IF WE PUT A

FENCE. >> MAYBE NOT WITH A TRUCK AND

BIG TRAILER. >> I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WE'RE

TRYING TO SECURE -- >> GOOD MORNING, MR. DAY.

>> ROBERT DAY, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE GENERALLY SOME LOADERS THAT ARE STORED OUT THERE AND SOMETIMES A BULLDOZER. BUT GENERALLY IT'S LOADERS THAT ARE THERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE SITE. WE HAVE HAD REPEATED CITIZENS ENTERING THE SITE AT ALL HOURS. THIS WILL SECURE THE SITE, WHAT

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> THE WHOLE SITE, THE WHOLE BIG

AREA? >> YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT SECURED. AND WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH

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PEOPLE BRINGING -- >> YOU'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE TRY TO

VISIT? >> YES, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF VISITORS AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF OUR

EQUIPMENT AND ALSO LIABILITY. >> BECAUSE THE LAND IS MOSTLY NOTHING THERE AND HALF OF IT'S FLOODPLAIN, IS THERE A WAY TO USE THE NORTHERN PART IF YOU WANT TO KEEP EQUIPMENT OUT THERE AND SECURE IT IN A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAN THE WHOLE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACRES IT IS -- BUT THE WHOLE THING?

>> IS THERE ANY WAY ON THE NORTH SIDE IF YOU HAVE TO KEEP EQUIPMENT THERE SINCE THE REST OF IT IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD?

>> YES, MA'AM. WE COULD LOOK AT REDUCING --

>> AND REDUCE THE NUMBERS DOWN. >> WE COULD LOOK AT REDUCING THE

FOOTPRINT AND BE HAPPY TO DO SO. >> AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE PROPERTY, WHAT KIND OF FENCE ARE WE USING? YOU KNOW, HOW SECURE IS IT? BECAUSE JUST PUTTING A FENCE UP THERE IS NOT GOING TO REALLY KEEP -- IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET -- BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

SAYING. >> PART OF THE OTHER ITEM

INCLUDES SECURITY CAMERAS AND -- >> LIGHTING AND --

>> AGAIN ON YOUR BUILDING, WHERE YOU ARE, I CAN SEE THAT WE WOULD

HAVE A PROBLEM. >> AND WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS.

>> HAS ANYBODY BEEN OUT THERE LATELY -- IT'S A LOT OF LAND THAT'S VACANT WITH MOUNDS OF STORAGE, YOU KNOW, YOUR DIRT AND STUFF. PEOPLE ARE STEALING THAT, I GET IT, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BUT HALF OF IT'S A POND AND

FLOAT PLAIN. >> YEAH, IT IS.

YES, MA'AM. >> AND MR. DAY, YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONSIDER THOSE THREE ITEMS?

>> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT BRINGS THAT TOTAL TO ROUGHLY 1.4ISH? SAY, A I'LL LET YOURSARAH, I'LLT DO THE MAGIC.

>> AND HE'S GOING TO COME BACK WITH MAYBE A SMALLER AREA BASED

ON THE SMALLER AREA TO COVER. >> MOVING ONTO SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CORRECTIONS, SOTC RANGE TRAINING ROOM FOR $430,000? SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?

>> SO IT IS -- FOR WHAT DALE DESCRIBED, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I DIDN'T KNOW --

>> YEAH. >> I MEAN, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A MODULAR OPPORTUNITY AND THOSE RUN MORE IN THE 200,000 RANGE THAN THE 400,000 RANGE.

>> CAN SOMEBODY GET BACK TO US ON THAT AND LET US KNOW WHAT

WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT? >> IF THE COURT WOULD WANT TO JUST KIND OF DO A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT ONE AND WE CAN GET OUR BIDS ON THE WHOLE PROJECT, MODULAR, THE TIE-INS, THE UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING, BRING IT BACK TO YOU --

>> BUT THAT'S CLOSER -- I WOULD SAY LET'S PUT IN ABOUT HALF THAT, LIKE 230. BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS

BEFORE -- >> WE JUST DID IT.

>> MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE SARAH, PUT 230 IN THERE.

>> DALE, STAY THERE. THAT BRINGS US TO JUSTICE CENTER NEW DISTRICT COURT BUILD-OUT, INCLUDES OFFICE FINISH OUT FOR THE BASEMENT. THERE'S 2.6 IN THAT LINE ITEM.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DALE ON THAT? >> YEAH, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.

>> I DON'T THINK YOU NEED IT RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET THE OTHER STUFF DONE AND SEE HOW THE BUILDING MESHES OUT AND I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS TOO WHEN REBECCA COMES BACK AND TALKS ABOUT OTHER INTERIM CHANGES,

POTENTIALLY. >> AND I BELIEVE THE DISCUSSION -- I KNOW IT'S -- I'VE HAD IT WITH JUDGE KING AND OTHERS ABOUT UTILIZING THE EXISTING COURTROOMS. AND I THINK WHEN THEY GET TO DOING THAT THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE DEMAND I THINK FOR THAT BUILD-OUT.

>> I AGREE I THINK WE CAN PROGRAM OUR EXISTING COURTROOMS.

>> AND THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.

I THINK THAT REALLY EMBRACING THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IS

GOING TO HELP SAVE SOME SPACE. >> I THINK SO TOO.

>> SO SARAH, WILL YOU GO BACK AND REVIEW WHAT WE'VE

RECOMMENDED AND THE TOTAL? >> SO ARE YOU TAKING NUMBERS OUT OF -- YOU'RE MOVING IT OVER TO THE APPROVED ONE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, FOR THE ONES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT?

>> I CAN'T SEE THE WHOLE SCREEN. >> YOU CAN MAKE IT SMALLER IF YOU NEED TO SEE THE FULL SCREEN. I'LL MAKE IT BIGGER FOR US.

>> WE HAVE 2 MILLION AND THE ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT EXISTING PROJECT. WE HAVE 200,000 IN THE J.P. 4

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>> I'M HOPING THAT GOES DOWN. >> MM-HMM.

>> AND THEN THE RIVER RANCH EQUESTRIAN PAVILION IS A PLACEHOLDER BUT NO DOLLARS YET, PAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S

COMING FROM PARKS. >> GO AHEAD AND PUT THE AMOUNT IN THERE, SARAH, AND THEN WE CAN REDUCE THAT AS WE GET THE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. >> ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE

TODAY OR COME BACK, JUDGE? >> I WAS PLANNING ON VOTING ON

WHAT WE'RE ALL -- >> IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM, I WOULD RATHER WAIT BECAUSE THEY ARE PARK BONDS.

>> BECAUSE THAT WAY AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE UP TO THE 22 MILLION

AT THIS POINT -- >> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT AFTER DIFFERENT BUCKET AND UNDO OUR VOTE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS LIST.

USUALLY THIS LIST IS DONE IN MULTIPLE ITERATIONS AND I DON'T

WANT TO LOSE -- >> WE'LL GET THAT ONE DONE.

I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T DO IT BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF PARK BOND MONEY. WE ALL HAVE TRAIL MONEY -- OR

SOME OF US HAD TRAIL MONEY -- >> I'M HEARING A COMMITMENT FROM

THE COURT TO DISCUSS THIS. >> SINCE IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM WE DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE. WE'LL LEAVE THAT OFF.

>> YOU HAVE 255,000 FOR THE THREE SIDED EQUIPMENT SHORTAGE SHED. YOU HAVE 856,000 IN THE NORTH INTERLOOP YARD, THAT'S THE SECURITY AND THE CAMERAS.

285,000 FOR THE NORTHEAST INTERLOOP YARD FENCING.

$20,000 FOR THE SOTC RANGE TRAINING ROOM.

FOR A TOTAL OF 10,426,000. >> THAT'S 10,426,000?

>> RIGHT. >> WE CAN USE UP THE SIX-FIVE AND YOUR $7700. SO THAT LEAVES THE TOTAL AVAILABLE OF 13 MILLION, WHICH -- IF YOU HOLD THAT TOWARDS A LAND PURCHASE, YOU MIGHT GET CLOSE TO WHAT'S NEEDED

IN PRECINCT 4. >> WELL, WE COULD -- THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU BUY BUT WE COULD ALSO -- I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD HAVE MORE BUT WE'VE UPPED THE ANTE TODAY --

>> LET ME SEE. >> WE NEED SOME PLANS DRAWN FOR THE BUILDING. SO WE CAN SEE [INDISCERNIBLE] --

>> SO I WILL HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 10.426 MILLION IN PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED BY SARAH AFTER THE DISCUSSION

TODAY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LONG, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COVEY.

ALL IN FAVOUR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS?

>> ONLY THAT THERE'S SOME OF THESE THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COURT AND WE MAY BE CHANGING THE NUMBER.

>> YES. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU, DALE, THANK YOU,

[82. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on page #4, item #7 of the Budget Order for FY27.]

WE ARE PULLING NUMBER 82 OFF THE AGENDA.

WE WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE COURT DATE.

[83. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on the following 2026-2027 budgets:   0338 Uncompensated Care Fund (CHP) 0339 Opioid Fund 0340 Tobacco Fund 0350 Law Library Fund 0370 Alternate Dispute Fund 0376 Surplus Elections Contracts Fund 0384 Records Archive Fund - County Clerk 0385 County Clerk Records 0386 District Clerk - Records Mgmt and Preservation Fund 0388 Court Records Preservation Fund 0507 Regional Communication System 0543 Fire Code Enforcement 0545 Regional Animal Shelter Fund 0546 Regional Animal Shelter Donation Fund 0840 Risk Fund 0882 Fleet Maintenance Fund]

ITEM 83 DISCUSS, CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATION ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING, 2026-2027 BUDGETS LISTED.

WE'VE GOT UNCOMPENSATED CARE FUND, OPIOID FUND, TOBACCO FUND, LAW LIBRARY FUND, ALTERNATE DISPUTE FUND, SURPLUS ELECTIONS CONTRACTS FUNDS, RECORDS ARCHIVES FUND, COUNT CLERK.

COUNTY CLERK RECORDS. DISTRICT CLERK RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRESERVATION FUND, COURT RECORDS PRESERVATION FUND, REGIONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT, REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER FUND, REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER DONATION FUND, RISK FUND AND FLEET MAINTENANCE FUND.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OR I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGETS AS ATTACHED.

SUBJECT TO ANY CHANGES THAT THE COURT MIGHT HAVE.

>> SECOND. >> SECOND BID COMMISSIONER LONG.

>> JUST WAIT, A QUESTION: SOME OF THESE BUDGETS ARE -- THERE'S 16 OF THEM HERE AND 10 OF THEM ARE USING UP MORE MONEY THAN THEY HAVE COMING IN IN REVENUE. SO LIKE THE AN MALT SHELTER DONATION BUCKET, I GET THAT ONE AND THEY CONTINUE TO OVERWHELM HOW MUCH THEY BRING IN. BUT SOME OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW,

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THIS PACE. >> GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF ONE, COMMISSIONER COVEY, I'M SORRY. JULIE [INDISCERNIBLE] COUNTY

DIRECTOR. >> I COULD RIGHT HERE.

>> I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE LIST UP IN FRONT OF ME, I APOLOGIZE.

>> THE COURT RECORDS PRESERVATION FUND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT, IT'S GOING DOWN. BUT IT'S A SMALL ONE.

BUT THERE'S SOME, LIKE THE FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU WENT FROM

323 TO 88,000. >> SO SOME OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN -- ONE, REVENUE COLLECTIONS IN THAT FUND ARE DOWN.

THEY HAVE NOT COLLECTED THIS YEAR AND SO OUR ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR IS LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT IS THE SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE FEES THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT IN.

WE ALSO, IF YOU RECALL THAT FUND, ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS LONG AGO WHEN WE SET UP THIS FEE STRUCTURE WAS THAT WE WOULD OFFSET SOME OF THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND, SO THERE IS A PERCENTAGE OF THAT FUND THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRING INTO THE GENERAL FUND SINCE FISCAL YEAR '26.

SO WE'RE WATCHING IT CLOSELY AND THEN THE ONGOING REVENUES, WE'RE GRADUALLY BRINGING DOWN THE FUND BALANCE THAT BUILT UP.

THERE WAS A FUND BALANCE THAT BUILT UP THAT I THINK EXCEEDED 600,000 AT ONE POINT. AND THEN WE'RE USING CURRENT REVENUE TO FUND NEW EQUIPMENT PURCHASES OR ITEMS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED BY THE HAZMAT AND FIRE INSPECTION AREA.

>> AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT GET -- GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT'S JUST THEY'RE FUNDED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT -- WHEN I WAS THE INTENT OF THAT FUN.

SO IDEALLY IT GETS TO WHERE IT'S JUST FUNDING ONE-OFF THINGS BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE SALES PITCH ORIGINALLY FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, OH, IT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF.

WITH THESE INSPECTIONS AND THINGS SO --

>> WHAT ABOUT THE SURPLUS ELECTIONS CONTRACTS FUNDS?

>> SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT FUND, COMMISSIONER, IS WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED BUDGET BASED OFF -- WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BRIDGET AND VICKY FARROW AND HER OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE ELECTIONS THAT WILL BE CONTRACTED OUT. AND SO WE HAVE A BUDGET THERE, AND THEN WE BILL THE ENTITIES ACCORDINGLY.

SO THAT BUDGET CAN CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER BASED ON WHAT WE BELIEVE MAY HAPPEN.

>> YEAH, AND SOME OF THOSE DON'T EVEN HAPPEN, THERE'S NO

OPPONENTS AND RACES -- >> EXACTLY.

SO IT GOES UNSPENT IF THEY DON'T UTILIZE IT.

>> I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> NO PROBLEM. >> ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOUR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

[84. Discuss and take appropriate action on the proposed amendment to the FY24 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan project allocation for the City of Taylor.]

WELCOME, SALLY. >> GOOD MORNING, SALLY BARRED WELL, WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

THIS REQUEST IS TO MOVE FUNDS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED TO A PROJECT IN TAYLOR ON THE MURPHY STREET PROJECT.

IT IS COMING IN UNDER BUDGET AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT TO ANNIE STREET. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE BUDGET, JUST CHANGES WHERE THE MONEY WILL GO.

>> I MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOUR?

5 -0, THANK YOU, SALLY. >> ALL RIGHT 85, DISCUSS,

[85. Discuss, consider and acknowledge the following 2026–2027 budgets:   0355 Court Reporter Service Fund 0360 Courthouse Security Fund 0361 JP Security Fund 0367 JP#3 Local Youth Diversion Program 0368 JP#2 Local Youth Diversion Program 0369 JP#4 Local Youth Diversion Program 0372 JP Technology Fund 0380 Judicial Education Probate Court Fund]

SECURITY FUND J.P. 3, 2 AND 4 LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM.

J.P. TECHNOLOGY FUND AND JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROBATE COURT

FUND. >> JUST AS A REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC, I KNOW THE COURT KNOWS THIS, IT SAYS ACKNOWLEDGE, THESE ARE FUNDS THAT THAT THEY DECIDE WHERE THAT GOES, WE JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE BUDGETS. I MOVE APPROVAL -- OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FUNDS LISTED IN ITEM NUMBER 85.

>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOUR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. THANK YOU.

[86. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on a Cross-Jurisdictional Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Austin and Williamson County regarding alert, warning, and notification messages sent through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).]

>> FONDLY REFERRED TO AS IPAWS. >> THANK YOU, BRUCE CLEMENTS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THIS IS A CAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF AN MOU BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND

[01:45:02]

IT IS -- AS YOU MENTIONED THE IPAWS SYSTEM.

THAT INCLUDES A SUITE OF DIFFERENT TOOLS, THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, REVERSE 911, WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS, WE USE THIS PRETTY IF HE CANNILY AS RECENTLY AS LAST THURSDAY WHERE WE USED IT TO EVACUATE AN AREA DOWNWIND OF A FIRE.

BUT IN THE EVENT WE HAVE ANY KIND OF SERIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE, A CYBERATTACK OR ANY INTERRUPTION IN OUR ABILITY TO DID IT OR JUST A COMPLEX WIDESPREAD EMERGENCY AND OUR STAFF ARE REALLY BUSY, WE NEED TO HAVE A BACKUP, RIGHT NOW OUR BACKUP IS TO GET AHOLD OF FEEM A BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY APPROACHED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ASK IF WE WOULD BE THEIR BACKUP.

SO WE WOULD BACK THEM UP, WE WOULD STILL STRUCTURE THE MESSAGES OURSELF, CONTROL THE MESSAGES OURSELF, THEY WOULD JUST PULL THE TRIGGER ON SENDING THEM IF NOR SO THE REASON WE

COULD NOT AND VICE VERSA,. >> MAKES SENSE.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE TO PARTNER. COULD THEY OVERWHELM US IF THEY

HAVE A NEED? >> IF THEY OVERWHELM US, THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL BACKUP AS WELL. WE WOULD REACH OUT TO STATE OPERATIONS CENTER AND TO FEMA AND THEY WOULD BACK US UP.

IF WE EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS THAT BIG TO WHERE THEY WERE OVERWHELMED AND THEY SENT IT TO US AND WE WERE OVERWHELMED, THEN THOSE ADDITIONAL BACKUPS WE WOULD

REACH OUT TO. >> I SEE, OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> AND I'LL SECOND.

AND SOMEWHAT RELATED, YOU MENTIONED THE INCIDENT IN GERALD AND JUST I KNOW BRUCE IS HERE, I THINK JOHN GONZALEZ, I SEE HIM IN THE BACK, PHENOMENAL JOB BY THE TEAM ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR RESPONSE AND WORKING WITH ESD5. THE WAD FIRE WAS 225 ACRES?

>> I BELIEVE THE FINAL NUMBER WAS 85 ACRES.

>> PLUS THE RECYCLE PLANT SO JUST AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY ONCE AGAIN BY THE COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND GOOD JOB ON THE MOU TO COVER OUR BASES WITH THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOUR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

THANK YOU, BRUCE. >> THANKS FOR YOUR WORK, BRUCE.

[87. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on waiving the standard entrance fees at the Williamson County River Ranch Park on September 26, 2026, in observance of National Public Lands Day.]

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, 87, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON WAIVING THE STANDARD ENTRANCE FEES AT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY RIVER RANCH PARK ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 IN OBSERVATION OF NATIONAL PUBLIC

LANDS DAY. >> WE HAVE TW AND SUPER SAM HERE

TO -- >> YEAH.

>> SO WHEN SAM WORKED IN THE TAX OFFICE IN THE PRECINCT 2 ANNEX, WE FONDLY REFERRED TO HIM AS SUPER SAM.

AND YEAH, I'M GOING TO EMBARRASS HIM HERE TODAY.

I MEAN, HE WENT THE EXTRA MILE ALWAYS, WHEN SOMEBODY COULDN'T GET THEIR LICENSE TAG ON, HE FEELS OUT THERE WITH THE SCREWDRIVER HELPING GET IT ON. AND THEN WHEN WE WERE REMODELING THAT BUILDING, HE WAS OUT THERE IN THE LOBBY, RUNNING THE OFFICE FROM A LITTLE FOLDING TABLE. SO I THINK HIS SUPER SAM CARRIED OVER WHEN HE MOVED TO PARKS SO --

>> THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.

IF I COULD -- TW ATKIN, LOCAL PARKS DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING. IF I COULD GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PUBLIC BACKGROUND ON WHAT NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS APPRECIATION DAY IS, SO NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY IS THE NATION'S LARGEST SINGLE DAY VOLUNTEER EVENT DEDICATED TO CARING FOR PUBLIC LANDS, BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE TO RESTORE PARKS, FORESTS, RIVERS AND OTHER SHARED SPACES.

IT FOSTERS CONNECTION BY TURNING APPRECIATION FOR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES INTO HANDS-ON SECUREDSHIP, UNITING COMMUNITIES IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS THAT ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC ENJOYMENT. FIRST HELD IN 1994, THE PUBLIC LANDS APPRECIATION DAY FIRST HAD 700 VOLUNTEERS BUT IT GREW UNDER THE COORDINATION OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INTO A NATION-WIDE MOVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS AND STAFF ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND WAIVING INTEREST FEES, SUPER SAM, MR. SAM GIBSON AT RIVER RANCH IS HERE TO SAY HIS PORTION TOO, PAUSE IT WAS HIS IDEA. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND HOW THIS CAME UP IS ONCE A MONTH WE SENT OUT A DEPARTMENT MACHINE WIDE EMAIL, TALKED ABOUT WINS, TALKS ABOUT CULTURE BUT ALSO INCLUDES SOME FUN STUFF THAT STAFF CAN DO AT THE APPROVAL OF THEIR SUPERVISOR, INCLUDING A FEW NATIONAL DAYS, LIKE NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY, NATIONAL BRISKET DAY, EVEN NATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY.

AND THIS MONTH WE ACTUALLY HAD PUBLIC LANDS APPRECIATION DAY COME UP, AND SUPER SAM CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, SO SIR?

>> AWESOME. MY NAME IS SAMUEL GIBSON, ALSO KNOWN AS SUPER SAM, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

> AND FOREST GUMP. Select to skip to this part of the video">>> AND "FORREST GUMP". >> AND FOREST GUMP.

I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF WAIVING THE STANDARD

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IT IS OUR HOPE THAT WAIVING THIS DESCRIBED FEE ON SEPTEMBER 26TH WILL INCENTIVIZE FOLKS TO COME TO PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME OR SECOND TIME TO SCURVETION REDISCOVER DISCOVER, REDISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF RIVER RANCH PARK. THIS COINCIDES WITH OUR 20-MILE CHALLENGE WHERE VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO WALK OR RUN 20 MILES -- YOU COULD DO IT ALL AT ONCE BUT NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE HEAT -- OF OUR TRAILS AND REWARDED WITH RECOGNITION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A PARKS PASS.

I TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I HOPE WHOEVER HEARS MY

VOICE TO SEE YOU ON THE TRAILS. >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM

NUMBER 87. >> SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LONG, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COVEY. ALL IN FAVOUR? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. AND TW AND SAM, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

[88. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on approving the Professional Services Agreement with FGM Architects, Inc. for Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1 Reception Security Upgrades utilizing 26RFSQ28 PLAE Pool for Facilities Management, in the amount of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and 00/100 ($113,746.00) and authorize execution of this agreement. (Funding Source is 01.0100.0509.004100).]

>> ALL RIGHT, 88, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON APPROVING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FGM ARCHITECTS INCORPORATED FOR JP 1 RECEPTION SECURITY UPGRADES UTILIZING 26RFSQ28, PLAE POOL FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $113,746 AND ZERO CENTS AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE FUNDING

SOURCE LISTED. >> MOVE APPROVAL.

>> SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COOK.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT -- REMIND ME WHAT IS NOT SECURE IN HERE.

IT'S THE JP -- >>

>> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN -- I DON'T KNOW -- OVER TEN YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE HAD THIS BUILDING AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT -- I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NOT SAFE ABOUT

IT. >> GO AHEAD, DALE.

>> WE DESIGNED IT IN AN UNSAFE -- NOT THE MOST SAFE WAY AND WE HAD TO RENOVATE IT AND CHANGE IT. BUT THIS ONE YOU HAVE A WALL AND WINDOWS AND YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE, UNLESS YOU ARE ALLOWED IN. SO HELP ME, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

>> NOT A LOT DIFFERENT FROM JP 3 THAT WE WENT BACK AND DID A REMODEL ON. WE BASICALLY ADD BULLET RESISTANT MATERIAL ON THE SERVICE WINDOW WALL AND BULLET RESISTANT GLASS ON THE SERVICE WINDOWS.

IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S THE TYPE OF SECURITY --

>> NOT MOVING WALLS OR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S A SOLID WALL?

>> I'M SORRY? >> IT'S A WALL AND THEN A

DOOR -- >> IT'S CURRENTLY A WALL BUT NO, TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION WALL, NOT A BULLET RESISTANT TYPE CONSTRUCTION SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD BE DESIGNING.

WE COULD GO IN AS WE DID A JP 3 AND DO MORE OF A DESIGN BUILD, WHERE WE HAVE A SPEC THAT WE FOLLOW TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE AND TO ADD THAT SECURITY -- LEVEL OF SECURITY TO VERSUS A D

THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN. >> I KNOW, THIS IS JUST FOR THE DESIGN. THAT'S MY CONCERN.

>> SO WE COULD GO THAT ROUTE, AND IT DOESN'T GIVE US THE FULL -- THE FULL, DETAILED PLAN, BUT IT GIVES US A SPEC TO

FOLLOW. >> GO AHEAD.

>> IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A WALL.

THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME. >> I MEAN, WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT TAKES AN ARCHITECT TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

>> AGAIN, WE COULD -- IF THE COURT WOULD WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PULL THIS ITEM OR SKIP THIS ITEM FOR TODAY, WE COULD COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL -- MORE OF A DESIGN BUILD PROPOSAL LIKE WE

DID FOR JP. >> WE COULD GET IT DONE FASTER,

IT WOULD BE LESS MONEY -- >> MOST LIKELY, YES.

>> BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO FIX IT! MR. COOK, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ITEM? IT'S YOUR BUILDING

>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I'M SITTING HERE THINKING, GOSH, WE COULD HAVE A BIG SHEET OF IRON WITH ETCHING OF THE COUNTY STUFF TO MAKE IT INTERESTING AND ARTSY.

>> NO. >> AND THE BULLETS DON'T GO THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S PRETTY HEAVY TO GET IN THERE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE IN PRECINCT 3.

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>> IS THIS SOMETHING YOU FEEL YOUR PRECINCT BUILDING NEEDS?

>> WELL, COURTROOMS ARE ALWAYS EMOTIONAL PLACES.

>> MMHMM. >> THERE IS HAPPINESS AND SOME ANGER THAT HAPPENS THERE. AND ANGRY PEOPLE DON'T MAKE

RATIONAL DECISIONS >> RIGHT.

BUT WE'VE TALKING ABOUT THE JP PART, NOT THE -- THEY'RE NOT IN THE COURTROOM, WE'RE NOT SECURING THAT UP.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WALL THAT'S RIGHT THERE WHEN YOU COME

IN IN THE LOBBY OF THAT -- >> IF SOMEBODY JUST TOOK ALL

YOUR POSSESSIONS AWAY -- >> WELL, I'M NOT SAYING DON'T DO ANYTHING, BUT I'M SUGGESTING THAT 113,000 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU NEED IS A LOT OF MONEY TO COME BACK WHAT TO DO IT.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED. >> COMMISSIONER, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU SINCE YOU'RE OVER IN THIS BUILDING, WE CAN TABLE THIS

AND BRING IT BACK. >> OKAY.

>> I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO HAVE INPUT AND WORK WITH DALE AND HIS TEAM AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE COURT.

>> SO WE'RE PULLING IT FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

>> NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM. >> THANK YOU, GUYS.

[89. Receive the September 2026 Road Construction Summary Report and PowerPoint Presentation.]

[90. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on a Right of Entry granting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the right to enter onto Williamson County’s property along Blue Springs Blvd., and on an Agent Authorization form designating Lochner, Inc. to act on Williamson County’s behalf for all matters relating to all dealings with the Corps regarding these properties, including actions related to Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act delineations, determinations, and permits.]

[91. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on awarding IFB #26IFB64 CR 267 Reconstruction Wilco Limits to the lowest and best bidder, S&D Constructors Inc, for a one-time purchase in the not-to-exceed amount of $698,375.00 and authorize execution of the ensuing agreement. (Funding source is P702.)]

[92. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a possession and use agreement for transportation purposes with Pale Rider LP. to acquire 0.6652 AC, 2.033 AC, 0.5447 AC, 1.122 AC, 0.2756 AC, 0.0156 AC, 0.6190 AC and 0.2320 AC needed as right of way and utility easements on the CR 314 project (parcels 4, 5, 6 and 12). ]

[93. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a possession and use agreement for transportation purposes with CR 315, LP. to acquire 5.784 AC, 0.1441 AC and 1.347 AC needed as right of way and utility easements on the CR 314 project (Parcel 34). ]

[94. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a possession and use agreement for transportation purposes with The Gronk, LP. to acquire 11.61 AC and 1.0136 AC needed as right of way and utility easements on the CR 314 project (Parcel 1). ]

[95. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a letter agreement with Kurt and Drue Prossner regarding a roadway closure order for Breakaway Road. ]

[96. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a relocation claim with Madisson Von Schulze related to right of way acquired for the Ronald Reagan Segment C project (parcel 32). ]

[97. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a letter agreement with David Mauldin for reimbursement for fence replacement costs related to the Sam Bass Rd./Corridor H construction project. ]

[98. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a relocation claim with Chris Noorda related to right of way acquired for the Ronald Reagan Segment C project (parcel 32). ]

[99. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a purchase contract with Rhonda Smith to acquire 0.0340-acres needed as right of way and 0.0266-acres needed as a utility easement for the West Main project (parcel 4/4E). ]

[100. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a purchase and sale agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to acquire 1.46 AC needed as future right of way on SH 29. ]

[101. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a purchase contract with Shari Renee Hernandez, A/K/A Shari Barnes to acquire 0.234-acres needed as right of way and 0.059-acres needed as a utility easement for the CR 201 project (parcel 28/28E). ]

[102. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a Reimbursement Agreement with Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc. for overhead electric poles and associated electric lines and surface appurtenances related to the Bagdad Rd. North project. ]

[103. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a Relocation Expenses Reimbursement — Public Right of Way Prior Rights agreement with Pedernales Electric Cooperative Inc. in relation to the Bagdad Rd. North project. ]

[104. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on an agreed final judgment with Centex Materials, LLC to acquire 0.515-acres needed as right of way for the Ronald Reagan Segment C project (parcel 8). ]

[105. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a Temporary Construction Easement with James F. Eisterhold for construction-related activities on the CR 434 project. ]

[106. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on an Interlocal Agreement regarding the participation of the City of Leander, Texas and Williamson County, Texas in the Crystal Falls Parkway Project. ]

[107. Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on a real estate contract with McCullom 155, LP to acquire 0.0092 AC needed as right of way on the Seward Junction N Loop project (Parcel 13A). ]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DALE. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 89, RECEIVE THE SEPTEMBER 2026 ROAD CONSTRUCTION SUMMARY REPORT AND POWER POINT PRESENTATION.

MR. DAY. >> BRING IT ON.

>> GOOD MORNING ONCE AGAIN. ROBERT DAY SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THE SEPTEMBER ROAD BOND CONSTRUCTION REPORT. PRECINCT 1.

POND SPRINGS ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING --

>> ESPECIALLY FROM ONE WOMAN. >> WELL, WE -- AND THE ROAD IS CLOSED BECAUSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN MANDATED THAT IT BE CLOSED. WILLIAMSON COUNTY PROPOSED KEEPING IT OPEN WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND IT IS CLOSED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN MADE US DO.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROPOSE TO THE CITY METHODS TO OPEN THE ROAD SO THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CLOSED.

BUT WE HAVE -- WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED CONCURRENCE TO ANY OF OUR PROPOSALS, TO DATE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

>> SO COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE THIS IS IN COUNCIL MEMBER

LAINE'S DISTRICT. >> YEAH.

>> HAVE YOU WORKED WITH HER TO ENCOURAGE THEIR STAFF TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE?

>> WELL, IT ISN'T HER STAFF THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

>> WELL, THE CITY. >> IT'S THE WAY AUSTIN DOES

THINGS. >> BUT THEY, ULTIMATELY, WORK

FOR THE COUNCIL THERE. >> MAYBE.

>> I MEAN -- >> OR NOT.

>> IT IS A HUGE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT CITY OF AUSTIN BUREAUCRATS ARE BASICALLY MANDATING.

>> HOLDING US HOSTAGE. >> ON THEIR ROAD.

>> YEAH. >> BY THE WAY.

>> IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR ROAD. >> I KNOW, WE'RE IMPROVING

DRAINAGE IN THEIR TERRITORY. >> GO AHEAD, MR. DAY.

>> THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR TWO DECADES.

>> THEY DON'T APPRECIATE US. >> RONALD REGAN WIDENING.

DOING CONCRETE WORK TO EXTEND THE BOX CULVERT.

SOME PAVING OPERATIONS. MOVING TO PRECINCT -- EXCUSE ME, MOVING TO HERO WAY. INSTALLING A CITY OF GEORGETOWN WATER LINE. PUTTING IN SOME DRAINAGE FACILITIES, BOX CULVERTS, AND RETAINING WALLS.

KIND OF AN AERIAL VIEW. SHOWING THE BREDTH OF THE

PROJECT. >> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO APPRECIATE IT FROM -- IT'S HARD TO APPRECIATE IT FROM THAT

VANTAGE POINT. >> YEAH.

>> BUT TAKING OUT, REALLY, A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION, NOT THAT -- NOT REMOVING THE INTERSECTION, BUT A TERRIBLE

SKEW. >> MMHMM.

>> I MEAN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT, LONG-TERM, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IN IT IS JUST GETTING THAT 176,

175 STUFF OUT OF THERE. >> YEAH, YEAH.

>> WELL, GARY PARK, YOU SEE THE ROAD UP ABOVE THIS, THE NEW PART, THAT'S THE PART THAT'S DANGEROUS --

>> RIGHT. >> -- BECAUSE OF THE CURVES ON

IT. >> THIS IS, AS YOU SAY, A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY PROJECT AND MOBILITY PROJECT.

>> MMHMM. >> AND IT TAKES THE COURT MEMBERS, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR LITERALLY DECADES. AND SOMETIMES OTHER CITY STAFF DO NOT APPRECIATE THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS AND WORKING WITH STAFF TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN.

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>> HOW MANY LANES IS THIS? >> APPRECIATE YOUR

PERSEVERANCE. >> RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, A CENTER TURN LANE.

BUT THIS IS BASICALLY ONE FRONTAGE ROAD OF THE ULTIMATE

FOOTPRINT. >> OKAY.

>> BOB, YOU SELL YOURSELF SHORT THERE.

I THINK YOU WERE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WHEN YOU WERE DISTRICT ENGINEER. SO THAT'S A MINUTE AGO.

>> WE WOULD COUNTER AT 258. IT'S A HAPPY OCCASION.

THE RIBBON CUTTING ON THIS PROJECT.

>> IT'S A LITTLE ROAD, BUT IT'S A GOOD ROAD.

IT'S SAFETY. SAFETY ASPECT.

>> I LIKE THAT. >> SOMETIMES THE GREAT BIG ROADS GET THE ATTENTION, BUT THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE

CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. >> MMHMM.

>> AND JUST ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO BOTH OUR ENGINEER FIRMS, AMERICAN STRUCTURE POINT AND CONTRACTOR JOE BLAND FOR GETTING THIS DONE. MOSTLY.

I MEAN, WE HAD A FEW TWEAKS TO FINISH AFTERWARDS, BUT GETTING IT MOSTLY DONE BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED

>> AND NICE CAMPUS, JUDGE. >> IT IS.

>> VERY NICE. >> DID A GOOD JOB ON IT.

>> MOVING TO PRECINCT 3, WYOMING SPRINGS RETENTION.

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ROUNDROCK.

>> IT CAN'T FINISH FAST ENOUGH. THE BACK UPS ARE AMAZING.

>> IT'S, I BELIEVE, GOING TO OPEN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,

COUPLE MONTHS, I BELIEVE. >> WELL, I MEAN, THE PAVEMENT.

THE LIGHTS ARE IN. >> YEAH, I MEAN --

>> THE PAVEMENT IS KIND OF DONE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE STRIPING. >> I IMAGINE THERE WILL BE A

RIBBON CUTTING SHORTLY. >> OKAY.

>> YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A RIBBON CUTTING?

>> EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW. >> COUNTY ROAD 255, ANOTHER HAPPY OCCASION. 195 AT RONALD REGAN.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT SAFETY PROJECT.

MOVING INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK.

THIS IS BRIDGE PAVING EQUIPMENT. >> AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT TURNED OUT TO BE HELPFUL FOR THE CITY ON MONDAY BECAUSE -- AND I WON'T GET INTO ALL THE WEEDS, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THIS PROJECT TO OFFSET, THROUGH TDCS, TOTAL DEVELOPMENT CREDITS, FOR ANOTHER PROJECT.

YOU HAVE TO -- BASICALLY TO GET THOSE, YOU HAVE TO SAY, HEY, I'M DOING CONSTRUCTION IN ANOTHER PLACE.

SO OUR PARTICIPATION HERE HELPED THEM GET SOME FUNDING ON FURTHER

WEST WARD SEGMENTS OF NEW HOPE. >> YEAH.

>> OH, GOOD. >> THAT'S VERY GOOD.

>> MOVING TO PRECINCT 4. HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE.

>> THAT'S MY SHOE FLY. [LAUGHTER]

>> EAST WILL GO HIGHWAY SEGMENT 2.

POURING SOME BRIDGE RAIL. >> SO IF -- IF I CAN AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP SEGMENT 2 OCTOBER THE 8TH, AND THAT HAS BEEN A FULL SEVEN YEARS OF MY LIFE?

>> IT HAS BEEN A LABOUR OF LOVE. >> IT HAS BEEN A FULL SEVEN YEARS OF MY LIFE WITH TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE COURT.

SO SEGMENT 1, 2, 3, SO YOU CAN DRIVE FROM SH 130 BETWEEN HUTTO AND TAYLOR AND GET TO HIGHWAY 79.

AND THAT AWFUL LOT GOING ON, AN AWFUL LOT OF GROWTH IN THAT AREA. AND, I MEAN, I COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK LOTS OF PEOPLE, BUT THERE IS LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT. IT'S AT 10 O'CLOCK.

THE INFORMATION WILL BE OUT THERE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 8TH AT 10 A.M. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

IT HAS BEEN -- IT IS GOING -- IT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT AND CHANGE THE AREA AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO ABOUT IT, THAT IT CHANGES THE AREA FOR THEM TOO OR THE LOCAL PASTURES, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A PRAYER SERVICE AT 9 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE RIBBON CUTTING WITH THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THEM, AND I LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

IT WILL -- MORE TO COME, BUT OCTOBER THE 8TH, 10 A.M.

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>> AWESOME? >> COUNTY ROAD 112, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK. OTHER SEGMENT OF 112, ALSO

PARTNERING WITH ROUND ROCK. >> ALL THOSE ARE COMING ALONG WELL. AND OUR NORTHERN SECTION OF 110.

IT'S A BOX CULVERT FOUNDATION WORK HERE.

>> ALL SORTS OF FUN PERCOLATING WATER IN THE AREA.

>> YEAH. YOU CAN SEE THE FORMING UP THE

WALLS. >> I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE -- I THINK THE WATER HAS FOUND OTHER PLACES TO GO NOW.

>> AND THEN THIS IS A HAPPY DAY.

I CAN FINALLY SAY THAT THE SIGNALS ARE ON AT THE TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL ON 973. TECHS WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THE ROADWAY PROJECT IN THIS AREA.

THEY WILL BE DOING SOME MORE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION ON THIS IS, ESSENTIALLY, COMPLETE.

>> YOU KNOW, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS.

THIS IS -- THIS IS TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM TAYLOR ISD.

THEY HAVE REQUESTED THIS. THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH AND WONDERFUL TO RESPOND. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAMSUNG P SEMI CONDUCTOR FABS, THE TRAFFIC AND THE AMOUNT OF LARGE TRAFFIC DOWN 973 IS JUST OFF THE CHARTS.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE IS GROWTH IN THE AREA, AND SO THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW KIDS TO USE THE HIGH SCHOOL TO MAKE SAFE TURNING MANEUVERS IN AND OUT. IT HAS BEEN A CONCERN OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR GETTING THAT DONE. THE LIGHTS ARE ON, THE CROSSWALKS ARE COMING. AND FOR THE TAYLOR DAILY THAT YOU WATCH IT PERIODICALLY, BE SURE TO PICK THIS ONE UP.

IT'S A GOOD ONE. >> BOB, I THINK THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE ON 973 REGIONALLY WITH SOME CORRIDOR WORK,

CORRECT? >> YES.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO, BUT --

>> WELL, THEY'RE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON --

>> OH, NO, THERE IS -- I MEAN, THERE IS WHOLE ANOTHER WORLD PLANNED FOR 973. BUT THIS -- THIS ADDRESSES AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE THAT -- SO THAT THE SCHOOL CAN OPERATE --

>> RIGHT NOW, I WAS JUST POINTING OUT.

>> THEY HAVE A ROADWAY PROJECT SCHEDULED FROM THE -- FROM 79 DOWN TO SAMSUNG HIGHWAY, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THIS AREA TO DIVIDE THE ROADWAY AND TO MAKE THAT SAFER.

THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT THAT TIME. AND THEN SOUTH OF SAMSUNG HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 290, TEXTOT IS CONSIDERING -- MORE OF A FREEWAY CROSS SECTION TO BE PLACED THERE.

>> I MEAN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP AND BOB'S AND OTHERS ON THIS ROADWAY HAS REALLY HAD A REGIONAL IMPACT. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, YOU -- YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THINGS TODAY.

I MEAN, 973 IS, ESSENTIALLY, A ROAD STRAIGHT FROM SAMSUNG TO TESLA. AND YOU -- YOU LOOK AT IT, WHAT IT IS TODAY, AND WE COME BACK AND LOOK AT IT 5, 10, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT PLACE. AND WITHOUT -- WITHOUT GOOD ROADWAYS IN THERE, IT BECOMES DANGEROUS.

AND SO LOTS OF GOOD PLANNING BY BOB.

LOTS OF GOOD PLANNING BY CAMPO AND TEXTOT.

SO 973 IS GOING TO BE -- IT ALREADY IS THE HEART OF INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON THERE. >> THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE 973 A REALITY AND IMPROVEMENTS THERE, AND I APPLAUD THEIR EFFORTS. MOVING TO NORTH BARKER STREET.

WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

DOING SOME CULVERT WORK. >> NORTH BARKER GIVES AND GIVES

AND GIVES? >> FINALLY THE INTERSECTIONS FROM EAST WILCO HIGHWAY, SOME BRIDGEPORTS AND RAILWAY WORK.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF

ITEMS 90 THROUGH 107. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOB. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR 89 THAT WE RECEIVE THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION SUMMARY AND THAT WE APPROVE THE

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BRIDGE >> I'LL SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> SO 89, WE'RE NOT TAKING

ACTION ON. >> NO, JUST RECEIVING.

>> AND SO THAT'S SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE STUFF, PLUS RIGHT AWAY

ACQUISITION. >> MMHMM, MMHMM.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOK.

ALL IN FAVOUR. >> SO IF I CAN POINT OUT, AND I WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPERS, COUNTY ROAD 314, OUT OF SONTERRA, IN THIS, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL FOR POSSESSION AND USE SO WE CAN START IMPROVING THAT ROAD.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE MY INTENT, TO START IMPROVING THAT ROAD. WE'RE AT 100% DESIGN.

APPRECIATE THE APPROPRIATE OWNERS WORKING WITH US SO THAT WE CAN START THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAKE PEOPLE SAFE.

I HAVE MORE NEWS ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET IT STARTED, AND IT WILL BE SOONER THAN LATER.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, BOB >> THANKS, BOB.

>> ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GET TO ROAD DISTRICT,

[114. Comments from Commissioners.]

SO THAT'S A COMMENT. >> ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS POINT, IT IS ARE ADJOU DISTRICT MEETING AT 11:53.

WE'LL TAKE BACK UP THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING AT

[ 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 TAKE UP ITEM 108, BOTH A AND B, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY 109, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.087, PROJECT SPEED RACER AND ITEM 111, DELIBERATE AND DISCUSSION EVALUATIONS OF SENIOR DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THE TIME IS --

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> YES, 74.

THAT'S 74. >> OKAY.

THE TIME IS

>> RESIGNATION OF MICKEY CHANCE. JUST RIGHT NOW THE ENTIRE PROCESS WILL BE DELINEATED LATER BUT WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS IF YOU WILL PLEASE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

SEND YOUR RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO THE COUNTY JUDGE.

EMAIL PAGE THAT'S CTY JUDGE AT WELCO TX.ORG.

WE'LL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. AND WILL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.

THERE IS NO OTHER ACTION COMING UP FOR ITEMS 108, 109, OR 1011, THERE'S ALSO NO ACTION ON 112 OR 113.

SO I WILL ASK AGAIN, ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT. GOOD WORK TODAY, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IS OFFICIALLY

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