Jan 26, 2021 Commissioner&#39;s Court

>> I APOLOGIZE, A TYPO. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO. .

>> MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY

AYE. >> CARRIED.

>> ITEM C, APROPOSE PAYMENTS IN COMPLIANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PAYMENT NUMBER TWO THE IN THE AMOUNT $126,618, $0.53 FROM GONSOULIN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, LLC, PERTAINING TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NUMBER HAD HCDD1-20-40-08

>> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE

>> MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE PAYMENT OF 324,000 H AND R LEAST SERVICE, LLC, FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT,

HCDD1-20-O42-09-08. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND >> ALL IN FAVOR.

>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO THE >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONER, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I APOLOGIZE, ITEM P TWO, IT WAS SUPPLEMENT NUMBER ONE. JUST FOR THE RECORD.

. YOU WANT TO REPEAT THAT?

>> YES, SIR, JUDGE. ITEM B 2 IT WAS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE. APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

>> SIX B TWO. >> LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE

CORRECTION. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR

CLOSED SECTION ENVELOPE. >> NOT TODAY JUDGE.

NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE THE ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION.

>> MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> SO MOVED. >> JUDGE, CALLER HAS COME BACK

IN. >> OKAY

>> THEY HAVE GOTTEN IN. >> IT'S GOING TO BE MISS LINDA FALCON. LET ME LET HER IN RIGHT NOW.

>> MS. FALCON. >> YES, I AM HERE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON MS. FALCON, THERE IS A THREE MINUTE TIME

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LIMIT. I WILL ADVISE WHEN THERE IS ONE MINUTE, I WILL ADVISE YOU WHEN IT STARTS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THIS IS LINDA FALCON,

OWNER OF FIRST PRODIGY SERVICES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TODAY FOR MY OVERSIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 12, 2020. I INDICATED IN THE MEETING THAT I HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT MY REQUEST FOR RIGHT OF SERVICES.

I DID GET AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM COMMISSIONER, FROM MS. ELLI, TORRES, SHE IS THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE SHE NOT ONLY CONTACTED ME BY PHONE, AND COMMISSIONER TORRES, PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES, COMMISSIONERS EVERARDO, VILARREAL. PLEASE ALSO ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES

>> COMMISSIONER FROM ARE PRECINCT NUMBER TWO, MR. FU FUENTES, I DID RECEIVE A MESSAGE A GENTLEMAN NAMED, I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS FAIR AN OR GARZA I AM NOT SURE IF HE ISGUERRA OR GARZ

NOT SURE IF HE IS >> AND HE'S RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM MR. CANU, HE DID NOT PROVIDE ME WITH THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE MY RATES OR TAKE CREDIT FORECASTS COMPLETED BY MY COMPANY. FURTHER THERE WAS NO CONCRETE OFFER PRESENTED BECAUSE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY IF ANY WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 6 TO 10 MONTHS. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.

MR. CANTU, I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.

THE HEART OF THE ISSUE REMAINS. HILLSBORO HILLARY /* HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO MY COMPANY, OR THE CONTRACTS TO MALE OWNED MANY COMPANIES, IF THE COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS GIVEN AWARDS GIVEN TO THESE OFFICIALS STILL DOES NOT COMPARE TO PREVIOUS AWARDS. I PRAY THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ADDRESSES MY CONCERNS, AND ADDRESSES THEM WITH IMPARTIALITY, AND HE CALL, AND PLEASE SED ASIDE FOR WOMEN, STATE CONTRACTS FOR WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, I HAVE BEEN APPROACHING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR OPPORTUNITIES SINCE 2007, AND AND I MET FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY PRECINCT, AND INTRODIED MY

COMPANY AND SERVICES. >> THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME. I ALSO MET WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ADMINISTRATOR WHO WORKS FOR L AND G ENGINEER RIGHT NOW. AND THEY ALSO DID NOT PROVIDE ME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE I HOPE THAT MY OPINIONS EXPRESSED TODAY DOES NOT BLACKLIST ME FROM FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY OPPORTUNITIES. GOD PLEABLESS YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU >> I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN

PLEASE >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JUDGE

[1. Roll Call]

CORTEZ, IT IS BEING CONDUCTED WITHIN GOVERNOR GREGG ABBOT'S CERTAIN OPEN MEETINGS TO ALLOW FOR TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETINGS IN RESPONSE TO THIS COVID-19 SITUATION.

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR 72 HOURS, AND IS BEING TRANSMITTED BY TELEPHONE SOFTWARE, AND.

OPINION I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE WILL START WITH A

CALL WITH PRECINCT NUMBER ONE. >> DAVID FUENTES, EDDIE CANTO T TO,'S EVERARDO VILARREAL, AND

THE AND I AM ELLIE TORRES. >> THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME JORGE PEÑA, WHO WORKS AS OUR DEPUTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR A HERE, AND HE IS A FORMER CORPORAL IN THE U.S. MOOREHEN CORPS, AND SERVED FROM AUGUST 29TH, TO 2003.

AND HE SERVED AS A CITY MUNICIPAL JUDGE, AND HE'S A REGISTERED NURSE, LICENSED PARAMEDIC, MARRIED TO EDITH

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PEÑA, AND TOGETHER THEY SHARE SIX AMAZING CHILDREN, HE IS THE SON OF JORGE HUMBERT A, AND HE WAS A FIELD OPERATOR AND COMMUNICATOR IN THE MILITARY, AND HE PARTICIPATED IN THE IRAQ, AND UNDER THE FIRST LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO WELCOME HERE, OR LEAD HIM IN THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE TODAY. >>.

. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I AM GOING TO BEGIN. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

AND PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART. PLEDGE

. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> WE ARE ALSO HONORED TO HAVE JUDGE RENE BEN HE ECORT.

DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS GLORY JUST DAY, AND ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER US, AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING THEIR PRAYERS, AND PLEASE WATCHING THOSE LOVED TO THE DISEASE, AND STAND BY OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND ALL OF THE BUSINESSES WHO WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT DURING THIS PANDEMIC, FOR THE SICK AND AFFECTED WE ASK THAT YOU HEAL AND HELP THEM.

>> FOR OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT THEM. FOR THOSE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS, WE ASK THAT YOU HELP PROVIDE.

WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU PLACE THE NECESSARYTALS TO HELP FIGHT THIS DISEASE INTO OUR HANDS AND HELP GUIDE US AS WE PROTECT ALL OF OUR COUNTY CITY SEES BY MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROTECT US AND INSPIRE US.

IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN.

[4. Approval of Consent Agenda]

>> DO WE HAVE NOW ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA

>> ITEM SEVEN A, AND SEVEN B, . >> I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE

BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE WITHOUT

SEVEN A AND B. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>>. >>

>> THERE WILL BE NO CONSENT ITEMS ON SEVEN A AND B.

[5. Open Forum]

>> NEXT ITEM IS OPEN FORUM. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE

SIGNED UP? >> JUDGE, WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4.

SIX PEOPLE TOTAL. >> OKAY.

PLEASE INVITE THEM IN. >> OKAY.

WE WILL BRING THE FIRST ONE IN, DOMINGA MARTINEZ.

>> BUENAS TARDES HE. >> BUENAS TARDES.

>> GRACIAS. >> COMMISSIONERS, A QUICK TRANSLATION. MS. MARTINEZ IS WITH THE ORGANIZATION LUPE. SHE IS WELCOMING COMMISSIONER PRECINCT MEMBER, VILARREAL. SHE HAD TWO QUESTIONS, ONE DEALING WITH SERVICES AND INTERNET IN THE COUNTY AREA AS WELL AS FACEBOOK, AND PUBLICATION OF VACCINE CLINICS

IN HILLARY CLINTON. >> YOU NEXT PERSON WILL BE MARI.

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>> YOU NEXT PERSON WILL BE MARIA VARGAS.

>> YOU AND SHE IT'S NOT IN THE ROOM.

BUENAS TARDES. >> BOUND AS TARDES.

>> BE SPEAKING IN SPANISH INTRODUCING HERSELF. SHE IS WITH THE ORGANIZATION LUPE, AND SHE IS WISHING THE COURT A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. SHE IS INTERESTED IN HER COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO UPDATES IN HER AREA.

TWO-FOLD, ONE BEING THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY PROJECT THAT HILDALGO COUNTY HAS, AND SHE WOULD LIKE FOR SOME UPDATES ARE RESPECT TO THE PROJECT IN HER AREA, AS IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE KIDS IN HER AREA, AND IN GENERAL COUNTY-WIDE.

AND THE SECOND IS THE TRASH COLLECTION PICKUP FOR HER AREA AS WELL AS SHE'D LIKE FOR SOME COMMUNITY UPDATES IN THAT REGARD

AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.

>> MR. LOPEZ OUR THIRD PRESENTER.

>> THE NEXT WOULD BE JANET RODRIGUEZ.

>> SHE SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM NOW.

>> MS. RODRIGUEZ, OKAY

>> SHE PUT THE PHONE ON MUTE. >> MR. LOPEZ, CAN YOU SEE IF WE

CAN UNMUTE MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> I JUST SENT HER TO UNMUTE.

>> MR. LOPEZ CAN GO WE GO TO OUR NEXT PRESENTER WHILE YOU TRY TO RESOLVE THE MUTING WITH MS. RODRIGUEZ.

>> YES I AM JUST GOING TO PUT HER BACK IN THE WAITING ROOM.

BRINGING IN CARLA RODRIGUEZ. >>

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>> OKAY.

>> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, AS A QUICK UPDATE.

MS. RODRIGUEZ IS WELCOMING OUR NEW DIRECTOR, EVERARDO VILLARREAL, SHE IS WITH LUPE, AND HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER SINCE 2016, AND SHE IS READY TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

>> MR. LOPEZ, OUR NEXT PRESENTER.

>> >> OUR NEXT ONE IS CARDENAS. >> I'M SORRY?

>> I WAS JUST ABOUT TO LET HER IN.

LOOKS LIKE SHE LOST CONNECTION. >> OUR NEXT PRESENTER THEN WHILE YOU TRY AND RESOLVE GETTING HER BACK.

>> I THINK THAT I GOT HER NOW. >> WHAT WAS HER NAME AGAIN, SIR?

>> EUFEMA, CARDENAS. >>

>> AS A TRANSLATION, MS. CARDENAS IS IN THE PRECINCT THREE AREA, AND SHE IS WELCOMING COMMISSIONER VILLARREAL AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO FORM LATTE DISCUSSION VIA COMMISSIONER FOR

COMMUNITY PROJECTS. >>.

>> OUR NEXT PRESENTER? >> WE HAVE JANET RODRIGUEZ.

U SHE SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM NOW. >>

>> OKAY >>

>> THANK YOU. GRACIAS.

JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THE TRANSLATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS MS. RODRIGUEZ IS WITH THE ORGANIZATION LUPE.

SHE IS IN THE PRECINCT THREE AREA AND IS WITH COLOIA, SEVEN, AND SHE IS WELCOMING PRECINCT COMMISSIONER VILLARREAL, AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER SO THEY CAN START WORKING ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

>> MR. LOPEZ. >> OKAY U OUR LAST PERSON WILL

BE HERE IN PERSON. >> MS. CLARITY, THERE IS A THREE LIMIT TIME LIMIT AND I WILL ADVISE WHEN THERE IS ONE MINUTE.

>> AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT MEETING WITH

COMMISSIONERS IN THE FUTURE. >> I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR HAVING THE DOOR LOCKED FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY SO THAT WE CAN'T LOOK INSIDE TO SEE THAT IT'S EMPTY AND NOT WORKING EXCEPT FOR THE TWO NEW TELEVISION SCREENS THAT WE HAVE

IN THERE. >> COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE HERE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE SAME QUESTION HOW IS YOUR SPENDING GOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF HILDALGO COUNTY.

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A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY SEE HOW IS SPENDING 360 MILLION, IT WILL SOON BE 400 MILLION ON THE COURT HOUSE. HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THE DRAIN LINE FROM THE COURT HOUSE TO THE EXPRESSWAY ALONG THE UNIVERSITY, THAT WILL START SHORTLY AFTER THE CORONA VIRUS IS OVER, OR UNDER CONTROL, AND THEN ALL OF THOSE STORES WILL BE CLOSED ON THAT SIDE OF EDINBURG, CAN BE THE PEOPLE AFFORD TO PAY THE PROPERTY TAXES WHO LIVE NEAR THE COURT HOUSE, AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TEMPORARY SALARY INCREASES GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE? THEY WILL NEED A HOME TO.

WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE TAXING THE POOR TO GIVE TO THE RICH. THIS MAKES NO SENSE, 40 PERCENT OF THE POOR CAN'T PAY. TO ADD TO THIS SITUATION, THE COUNTY HAS CREATED THE TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE RICH.

THIS MEANS THAT THE POOR CAN'T PAY AND THE RICH ARE GETTING A TAX ABATEMENT. WHO IS LEFT TO PAY? ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE PRIVATE SECTOR MIDDLE CLASS JOBS, IF THEY HAVE THEIR JOBS AND BUSINESSES LEFT.

THIS GROUP PAYS MORE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO MAKE UP THE BALANCE. THIS COMMISSIONER COURT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO WORK AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND HOW IT WILL IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE -- ALL RESIDENTS.

ALSO ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 12 A, DECLARATION OF PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. WHO OR WHAT IS BEING PROBLEM OATHED? IS THE COUNTY OR THE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE PAYING FOR IT.

WHO ARE PAYING FOR THESE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS?

>> THE TAXPAYERS. ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS DO THIS. WHY WHY YOUR NAME ON IT IF YOU ARE ONLY INFORMING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HELPING THEM.

JUST ASKING. I HAVE A BOTTLE RIGHT HERE, IT'S GOT THIS SEAL FOR THE COUNTY. HILDALGO COUNTY, I AM NOT GOING TO MENTION WHAT OFFICE IT IS. BUT THAT'S FINE WITH THE OFFICE.

WHETHER IT BE PRECINCT FOUR, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRECINCT ONE, WHATEVER. BUT DON'T PUT YOUR NAME ON THERE, AND YOU CAN PUT WHAT IT IS.

WHETHER IT BE THE CONS TABLE, AND IT SHOULD BE ON THERE THAT IT IS BEING TAKEN OR BEING USED AND I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIAL PUTTING THEIR NAME ON ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU ARE MAKING THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM..

[6. County Judge's Office]

>> WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM 6A, THE RECOGNITION OF MR. FINCH RODRIGUEZ FOR BEING AWARDED AS THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

>> I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO GIVE THAT

PRESENTATION. >>.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT.

MOST PLEASANT AFTERNOON. AM I ON NOW?

>> YES, YOU ARE. >> GREAT.

TERRIFIC. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON. AND I UP REALLY SPEECHLESS ABOUT THIS AWARD THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO ME BY THE TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION. IT'S -- LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN ALL SEE THIS THING. IT SAYS TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION, COUNTY SERVICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR TO FELIX RODRIGUEZ FOR 2020. I WAS LOOKING FOR AN ALL EXPENSE PAID AIRLINE TICKET TO THE BAHAMAS AS WELL, BUT MIKE YEAGER SAYS THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A TRIP TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, AND I'VE GOT TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF.

SO. >> WELL, WE HAD ASKED SOMEBODY FROM THE TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTATION. THAT PERSON DID NOT MAKE IT TO

TODAY'S MEETING? >> APPARENTLY --

>> THE I AM NOT AWARE THAT THEY ARE, JUDGE

>> JUDGE, IF YOU ALLOW ME, I COULD POINT OUT TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FELIX HAS HAD ACHIEVED IN ORDER TO GET THIS

AWARD, JUDGE, IF YOU ALLOW ME. >> PLEASE.

>> HE HAD BEEN APPEALING TO DO HIS APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF VETERAN APPEALS FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN HILDALGO COUNTY.

THESE BOARD OF VETERAN APPEAL HEARINGS ARE CONDUCTED IN

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WASHINGTON, DC. NOW THESE VETERANS ARE ALLOWED TO EITHER TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC, TRAVEL TO HOUSTON OR IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AGO, TRAVEL TO SAN ANTONIO.

FELIX HERE ADVOCATED CONTINUOUSLY WITH OUR CONGRESS MEN AND OUR SENATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THESE BOARD OF VETERAN APPEAL HEARINGS HERE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

MORE SPECIFICALLY IN MCALLEN, AND HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.

MR. RODRIGUEZ DID NO THE LET TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION REPRESENT OUR VETERANS. HE FELT THAT IF WE STARTED WITH OUR VETERANS AND IF WE FILED THE APPEAL THEN WE SHOULD REPRESENT OUR VETERANS AS WELL. SO FELIX WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THIS. BUT I HAVE TO SAW THAT IT WAS LONG OVERDUE JUDGE, AND COMMISSIONERS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY PROUD OF HIM, AND THIS IS AN ENORMOUS RECOGNITION OF FOR HIS SERVICES FOR THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HE HAS BEEN OUR NEW SERVICE

OFFICER. >> ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, WE THANK YOU AND ALL OF THE VETERANS.

COMMISSIONER, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

>> MR. RODRIGUEZ THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PARTICIPATION IN HELPING OUR VETERANS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IN PRECINCT THREE, WE LOVE OUR VETERANS, WE LOVE YOU AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY THAT

YOU NEED US. >> MANY THE I WAS WORKING OUT OF THERE COMMISSIONER DAVID FUENTES HAS BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF PROVIDING VERDICTS TO COMMISSIONER TORRES, AND CANTU, AND VILLARREAL, SAN WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE THE VETERAN SERVICES WORKING OUT OF HERE, AND COMMISSIONER CANTU, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO AGAIN, SAN WE SEE VETERANS FROM HAD CAMERON COUNTY, TO SURROUNDING AREAS, FROM PUERTO RICO, TO ILLINOIS, INDIANA NEBRASKA, WHEREVER THE VETERAN IS FROM, AND SAM IS CORRECT THAT IT USED TO BE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS HEARINGS HERE IN SOUTH TEXAS, AND WHEN I SAY SOUTH TEXAS, THIS SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND NOW WE HAVE OUR VETERANS REPRESENTED HERE THEY MCALLEN.

>> AND NO COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE REPRESENTS THEIR VETERANS ANYONE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BUT US HERE IN HILDALGO COUNTY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AGAIN, WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF WHAT WE DO HERE IN HILDALGO COUNTY, WE ARE THE BEST.

>> THERE YOU GO. IF I MAY, IF I CAN JUST ADD SOMETHING, YOU'D LIKE TO READ SOMETHING VERY QUICK, AND IT WILL BE A DIRECT QUOTE FROM MR. YEAGER, WITH RESPECT TO MR. Z RODRIGUEZ BEING RECOGNIZED IN THE 2020 VETERANS COMMISSION, SET ADVANCE SERVICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

AND MR. RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN WITH HILDALGO COUNTY FOR MANY MANY YEARS, HE IS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND HE WAS PROMOTED AS OUR CHIEF VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER IN 2019.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. YEAGER QUOTE, SAID THAT HE WAS VERY PROUD OF MR. RODRIGUEZ FOR TURNING THE OFFICE AROUND 180 DEGREES BY WAY OF HIS DEDICATION TO THE SERVICING OF THE VETERANS, AND TAKING ON MORE RESPONSIBILITIES.

>> AND THIS WILL SPEAK TO MR. RODRIGUEZ'S CHARACTER, THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE TO MR. YEAGER WHEN HE FOUND OUT AND MR. RODRIGUEZ AND I QUOTE RESPONDED WHATEVER SUCCESS THAT HILDALGO COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES HAS ENJOYED ARE DUE TO TEAM WORK.

AND I ACCEPT THIS HUMBLY ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM.

MR. RODRIGUEZ FROM DAY ONE HAS SAWED THAT THIS IS A FAMILY.

HILDALGO COUNTY, AS A WHOLE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS THAT WORK AT THE VETERANS SERVICES FOR HILDALGO COUNTY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR VETS.

NOT ONLY IN HILDALGO COUNTY, BUT THE STATE AND OUTSIDE OF THE

STATE OF TEXAS. >>.

>> YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. MR. RODRIGUEZ, WE WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS.

I KNOW THAT THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN BROKEN UP.

WE AKENING UP, THEY HAVE BEEN WEAKENING UNLIKE A GUY AND THE, AND THEY WANT TO SEE THEM GET THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY DESERVE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THAT, AND THANK

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YOU FOR ALL OF THAT YOU DO, AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OUR FULL SUPPORT AT PRECINCT FOUR, AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE NAMING

OF THE HONOR, SIR. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. >> IF I MAY, OBVIOUSLY FELIX WAS PART OF OUR OFFICE HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE HIM AS BEST WE COULD, AND GET HIM THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEEDED. WE BUILT THIS OFFICE UP AS A COUNTY TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS WE HAVE BEEN UNDERSTAFFED THROUGH HIS HARD WORK AND ETHICS, AS WE HAVE DONE HERE AS A COUNTY.

I THINK THAT ALL OF US SUPPORT THE VETERANS PROGRAM MORE THAN WHAT HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE. I JUST WANT TO THINK THAT HIS INITIATIVE, HIS VISION, AND ALL OF THE DEDICATION THAT HE HAS TO OUR VETERANS LIKE HE MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN SERVICING VETERANS FROM ALL OVER THE VALUE YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

EVEN VISITING VETERANS COMING TO SEE HIM BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT AND THAT HE FOLLOWS THROUGH ON FINDING AS MUCH RELIEF AND HELP FOR VETERANS AS POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU FELIX, WE MISS YOU HERE IN PRECINCT ONE.

WE WELCOME YOU BACK ANYTIME. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU

DO, SIR. >> OKAY.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE WINNERS OF OUR 2020 CENSUS FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS INITIATIVE. WE HAVE NECESSARY NESTOR, WHO WILL BE NAMING THE WINNERS, AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE

SUPERINTENDENTS ARE SIGNED UP. >> GO AHEAD NESTOR.

>> NESTOR, LOPEZ WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE.

I OFFER THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS INITIATIVE RESULTS. AS YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR WE BEGAN THIS INITIATIVE AS A WAY TO REALLY REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE HARD TO REACH AREAS IN THE COUNTY REGARDING CENSUS RESPONSE. UNFORTUNATELY COVID HIT US IN THE ABSOLUTE WORST TIME IN TERMS OF CENSUS OUTREACH.

IT REALLY STOPPED SOME OF OUR IN-PERSON EVENTS.

SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WERE MEANT TO REACH SOME OF THESE HARD TO TOUCH AREAS, WE MET WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE FELT THAT NOT ONLY WERE THEY A GOOD CHANNEL OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, THEY REALLY ARE ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND EVERYBODY STEPPED UP AND WE REALLY DID PARTNER WITH EVERYONE, AND HAD GREAT GREAT RESULTS. IF I MAY SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.

I HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION TO SHOW MANY OF THE RESULTS, AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE WINNERS I AM NO SURETY IF I AM

ABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN >> LOPEZ, COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE MR. NESTOR LOPEZ -- THANK YOU,

>> WE BEGAN THIS LAST YEAR AFTER COVID HIT AND ALL OF THE RESTRICTIONS WERE IN PLACE. AND WE BEGAN THIS AS A SORT OF FOOTBALL THEMED COMPETITION. AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO SPORTS, THERE WAS NO FOOTBALL, THERE WAS NOTHING, AND WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT IT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET THE COMPETITIVE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOING IN A GOOD DIRECTION TO PROMOTE THE CENSUS. AND WE BEGAN THIS COORDINATION WITH EVERYONE AND IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.

IT WAS JUST GETTING ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TRYING TO CHALLENGE THEM TO GET THE HIGHEST INCREASE OF RESPONSE RATE. AS A WHOLE, THE PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THE COUNTY. DURING THE TIME OF THIS PROGRAM, THE ENTIRE COUNTY RESPONSE WENT UP OVER TEN POINTS.

AGAIN THIS WAS A TIME WHERE EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY WAS STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF COVID, AND THIS PROGRAM DID PROVE TO BE QUITE SUCCESSFUL. THESE WERE THE THREE WINNERS OF OUR COMPETITION. WE HAD WILL HIDALGO ISD, WITHES A GRAND CHAMPION. MERCEDES WAS THE CHAMPION OF THE MID SIZE DISTRICT, AND PSJ, AS SOME OF THE MIDSIZE DISTRICTS.

>> AND HERE IS HOW WE WERE ABLE TO BRING UP THE NUMBERS THAT WERE NOT JUST IN THE CITIES BUT ALSO IN THE RURAL AREAS THAT WERE LIKE I SAID SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AREAS TO REACH IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. I AM NOT SURE IF ANYBODY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

I REALLY DID WANT TO SHINE SOME LIGHT ON ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID, NOT JUST ON THE OUTREACH, BUT HAVING SOME OF OUR INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR ACTUAL MALTHAT THEY WERE GIVING OUT TO THE STUDENTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAD TO ADJUST TO THAT WAS UNPRECEDENTED AND I THINK THAT JEFF ALL IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND I DID WANT TO BRING THEM TO COURT, TO REALLY THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK.

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>> LET'S HEAR FROM THE WINNERS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE CORTEZ, THIS HAS MRS. MENDIOLA, FROM THE ISD, SUPERINTENDENT.

I WANT TO COMMEND THE COUNTY FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THE COMPETITION, IT WAS A FUN COMPETITION.

JASON HERNANDEZ DID A GREAT JOB REACHING OUT TO US ON A WEEKLY BASIS, LETTING US KNOW WHAT THE SCORE WAS IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. THERE WAS REALLY -- IT WAS JUST SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED. AND A CREATIVE WAY TO GET THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER.

SO AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY FOR MAKING THAT FUN.

AND FOR RECOGNIZING YOU US FOR ALL OF OUR EFFORTS.

>> THANK YOU FOR IS YOUR HARD WORK.

THAT WAS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS ORLANDO MENIOALA, I AM A SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SERVICES AND TOGETHER WITH ME, WE HAVE MS. ARIANNA VASQUEZ, MRS. NORM A GARZA, AND LAURA CAMPOS, WE ARE REPRESENTING THE ISD, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DID, AND MR. LOPEZ THANK YOU FOR INITIATING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS CENSUS COMPETITION. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU INVITE PSJA, YOU ARE ASKED FULL FLEDGE, WE ARE GOING TO COME IN, WE ARE SO PROUD THAT YOU DID INVITE US. WE TOOK IT TO HEART.

OUR CENSUS COMMITTEE WAS COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT WOULD BE COUNTED. WE DO BELIEVE JUST LIKE YOU THAT WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE CITIZENS HE HAVE THE COUNTY ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY NEEDED TO BE COUNTED FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY, THE CITIES AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE CONSTANTLY CALL THE PARENTS, REMIND THEM. WE SENT E MALES, FLYERS, AND DID EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL MAKING US A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. AND IT BROUGHT ALL OF US TOGETHER. AND WE WORKED WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES. THE CITY OFFAL AMMO, AND THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF YOU, AND ONCE AGAIN WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND THIS WAS GOOD COORDINATION, THANK YOU MR. LOPEZ, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM PSJ, WOULD

LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. >> THAT SAID, SO THANK YOU VERY

MUCH >> AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

OUTSTANDING EFFORT. >> I BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE FROM HIDALGO THAT NEEDS TO BE UNMUTED.

>> MY CAMERA IS OFF. >> JUDGE, CAN I TURN MY CAMERA

ON MANUALLY FROM YOUR SITE? >> MR. LOPEZ, CAN YOU HELP HIM

WITH THAT? >> THERE YOU GO.

>> COUNTY JUDGE, JAVIER SUPERINTENDENT, MR. LOPEZ, THE GRAND CHAMPION OF HILDALGO COUNTY CENSUS GAMES.

WE ARE ONLY A FOUR A, BUT WE CAN COMPETE WITH A 6A, JUST LIKE PSJ, AND EVERYBODY ELSE. AND BEING THE GRAND CHAMPION BRINGS ALLOW OF PRIDE TO THE HIDALGO ISD, WE SAY THAT IT IS A TREASURE ON THE BORDER, WE HAVE AN A RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WAS A GREAT COMPETITION.

WE CONTACTED MR. LOPEZ. WE WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS, AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THE GRAND CHAMPION OF HILDALGO COUNTY. AND IT WAS TEAM WORK.

I GIVE ALL OF THE CREDIT TO THE STAFF.

ALL OF THE MESSAGING THAT WE SENT OUT TO OUR PARENTS.

I WANT TO THANK EDDIE CANTU, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND HI, TO ELLIE TORRES, AND I DON'T KNOW MR. VILLARREAL, HE WILL MEET THE GRAND CHAMPION OF HILDALGO COUNTY, AND I HAVE MR. GARZA WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR, AND MS. JENNIFER, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A

FEW WORDS TO THE COUNTY JUDGE? >> YES.

I'M JENNIFER GARZA. >> SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS CONTEST, WE HAVE TO WIN, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE BUT WE DID HIT SOCIAL MEDIA REALLY HARD AND WE REALLY WANTED TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS.

>> LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON YOUR ENTHUSIASM MR.

SALINAS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FELT BEING THE CHAMPION, NUMBER ONE. THAT WAS GREAT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS COMPETITION WAS ABOUT, AND WHAT YOU DID WAS VERY SPECIAL, AND AT A VERY IMPORTANT TIME WHEN WE NEEDED THOSE TYPE

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OF EFFORTS, AND ALL THREE OF YOU CAME UP TO THE TASK.

SO WE REALLY REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF WHY THIS AREA THAT REALLY RELY ON A GOOD CENSUS COUNTER. THERE ARE SO MANY BENEFITS WE

WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> AND THE WINNERS COMING FROM PRECINCT TWO. I AM SURE EVERYBODY ELSE NOTICED

HERE. >> I DID THANK YOU.

>> AND THAT'S ONE THAT WE SHARE, ONE FROM PRECINCT ONE.

SO THERE ARE TWO FROM BRINGING BRITT SING ONE AS WELL.

>> WELL, EDDIE -- >> EDDIE DOESN'T SHARE.

>> >> THAT'S WHAT THIS COMPETITION WAS, BEING DONE IN THE SPIRIT OF FUN. WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ACHIEVEMENTS. >> COUNTY JUDGE, THANK YOU,.

>> AND THEY HAD SECOND PLACE, AND THIRD PLACE.

>> CAN YOU PLEASE MUTE JAVIER SALINAS.

>> I SECOND THE MOTION. THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FELLOW SUPERINTENDENTS.

>> NICE SEEING YOU. >> NICE SOMETHING YOU JAVIER

>> BYE, BYE, GUYS, THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM, YOU ASKED FOR A REPORT FROM VIDA, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THEM HERE TO GIVE

US A REPORT. >> I THAT YOU THAT I AM UNMUTED

NOW >> HE'S HE MEANT PRE-SYLVIA.

>> I'VE BEEN CALLED PATRICIA ALSO.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS PRISCILLA ALVAREZ, AND I UP THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR VALLEY INITIATIVE AND ADVANCE MENT. I AM HERE TO PRESENT OUR END OF THE YEAR SUMMARY FOR YEAR WENT 20.

LET ME JUST FIRST START BY SAYING, MENTIONING THAT THIS IS VIDA'S 25TH ANNIVERSRISM FOR 25 YEARS VIDA'S MISSION HAS REMAINED THE SAME, AND THAT IS TO HELP ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED VALLEY RESIDENTS AGAIN TRAINING, AND EDUCATION THAT THEY NIDO THEY ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR AND GET THE GOOD PAYING JOBS THAT WE KNOW EXIST HERE IN THE VALLEY.

LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE WAGE FOR A VIDA GRADUATE IS $42,000 AND THAT'S VALLEY-WIDE. WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAD WITH HILDALGO COUNTY.

AND COMMISSIONER VILLARREAL, YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU YET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING WITH YOU VERY SOON SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON VIDA TO YOU.

THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE DOING

HERE IN THE VALLEY. >> I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE ANNUAL END OF YEAR REPORT.

SO THE BENCHMARK FOR LAST YEAR WITH AN AWARD OF $100,000 FROM THE COUNTY WAS TO SERVE 20 LOW INCOME VALLEY RESIDENTS WITH THE

TUITION, BOOKS -- >> I'M SORRY? WITH WHATEVER SERVICES THAT THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO THE FINISH LINE SO 50 PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HELPED WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 50, WITH 75 PERCENT OF THEM BEING FEMALE. 99 PERCENT HE HAVE THEM ARE LOW INCOME OR ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, WITH 21 PERCENT, BEING SINGLE PARTS, AND 41 PERCENT OF THE PASTANTS HAVE TWO OR MORE DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN THE HE HAVE HOUSE HOLD.

THE YOU HAVE A BREAK DOWN BY INDUSTRY.

WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT ALLIED HEALTH CONTINUES TO BE A VERY VERY STRONG SECTOR HERE IN THE VALLEY.

COVID CAME UNEXPECTEDLY FOR EVERYBODY, AND WE WERE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT NONE OF THE STUDENTS DESPITE THE COLLEGES HAVING SO MANY STUDENTS DROP OUT OF THEIR PROGRAMS DUE TO THE HARDSHIPS BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC, NONE OF OUR STUDENTS DROPPED. IT WAS HARD WORK FOR THEM BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM HAVE SMALL CHILDREN WHO WERE DOING ONLINE TRAINING, SCHOOL. SO THEY WERE HAVING TO DEAL WITH JUST ONE LAPTOP IN THE HOUSE, OR HAVING MULTIPLE CHILDREN NEEDING TO DO ONLINE SCHOOL. SO OUR STUDENTS FACE THE A LOT

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OF HARDSHIPS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL THAT OUR CASE MANAGERS PROVIDE, THEY PERSEVERED AND CONTINUED ON, AND NOT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS DROPPED.

>> YOU SEAL AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, THE BENCHMARK AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WAS TO SERVE 20 HILDALGO COUNTY RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE BROUGHT A TOTAL OF $148,000 TO THE BUDGET FOR HILDALGO COUNTY. WE WERE ABLE TO INSTEAD SERVE 76 STUDENTS. SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE STATE AND FOUNDATION DOLLARS TO INCREASE THE BENCHMARKS FOR THE COUNTY.

SO WE SERVED 76. WE'VE HAD A PERSISTENCE RATE OF 93 PERCENT. SO 93 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS PERSISTED FROM SEMESTER TO SEMESTER WITHOUT DROPPING.

I ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR BACK THE OUR 2020 ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY UD, RGB. AND IT DEMONSTRATES, AND IT REPORTED THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT A COMMUNITY IS INVESTING IN OUR MODEL THERE IS A RETURN OF $14.74.

SO WE TELL OUR STUDENTS THIS IS NOT A HANDOUT.

THEIR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S CITY FUNDING OR FROM THE COUNTY, THEY ARE GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK, AND ONCE YOU GRADUATE AND START EARNING A FAMILY SUSTAINING WAGE, YOU START TO SPEND MORE MONEY AND GENERATE THAT SALES TAX REVENUE.

SO WE WERE PRETTY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THE

1474 INCREASED. >> I THAT I THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE CREDEMANALYSIS THAT 28 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVED WERE IN A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, ABOUT A ONE YEAR PROGRAM WITH 61 PERCENT OF THEM BEING IN ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRACHLGS, AND 11 PERCENT BEING IN BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMS. ON THE BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMS, WE ONLY ALLOW A HANDFUL OF PROGRAMS FOR EXAMPLE, TEACHING, SOCIAL WORK, ALLIED HEALTH, WHICH IS ANY OF THE NURSING RADIOLOGY TECH PROGRAMS, AND WE ONLY ASSIST WITH THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE VALLEY. THE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DID YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE BRING INTO 148,000 TO HILDALGO COUNTY YOU IN ADDITION TO THE 100 THAT WE PROVIDE YOU HAD.

WITH 248,000 YOU WERE ABLE TO SERVE 76, VERSUS, 20 WITH 100?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>>. I WILL WAIT UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE IS DONE.

>> I GUESS THAT I AM NEXT. I LOVE WHAT VIDA STANDS FOR, AND WHAT VIDA HAS TON FOR SO MANY PEOPLE I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED SINCE I'VE BEN ON THE BOARD. WE GET THE SAME INFORMATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND I GUESS IT'S SURPRISING THAT NOT ONLY US, BUT NO OTHER MUNICIPALITY ASKED FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

BECAUSE WHAT I AM USED TO SEEING WHEN THE BOYS OR GIRLS CLUB GETS A GRANT THEY HAVE TO TURN IN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INFORMATION. WE HAVE TO HAVE AUDITED INFORMATION. WE HAVE TOLD BREAK TOWN EXACTLY HOW THE MONEY IS USED, WE CAN'T GO WITH BY CHARTS AND SHOW KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE TO SHOW DETAILED FINANCIALS, AND AUDITED FINANCIALS.

SO WE'VE ASKED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR STUFF LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING VIDA AT A HIGHER LEVEL. BUT WE DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION AND SO I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ONLINE, BECAUSE WE CAN BE HERE FOREVER. BUT OFFLINE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION, THE BREAK DOWN OF ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES AND HOW SOME OF THESE -- BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE STUDENTS AT THE POVERTY LEVEL.

ARE THEY BEING SUPPORTED BY THE UNIVERSITIES? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE MONEY IS GOING FOR TUITION, YET THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD PROVIDE A LOT OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE STUDENT'S POVERTY LEVEL. ANY ANYWAY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND SO PERSONALLY UNTIL I GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION SO THAT I CAN REVIEW, IT'S JUST HARD FOR

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US TO DO ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR VIDA.

>> IF I COULD -- I AGREE, COMMISSIONER, AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT WE DO SEND, I BELIEVE IT'S A MONTHLY DETAILED REPORT OF WHERE EVERY DOLLAR GOES. IT DOES GO TO THE JUDGES'S OFFICE, AND WHAT WE HAVE STARTED TO DO THIS YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS TO SEND OUT THE REPORT TO YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, AND WE'VE RECENTLY ADDED THE COMMISSIONERS.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT PART OF THE REPORT GOES DIRECTLY TO YOUR OFFICE, IT IS A DETAILED PROGRAM REPORT.

I AM HAPPY TO INCLUDE YOU ON THE FINANCIAL ONE ALSO.

>> SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT YOU ARE SENDING TO SOMEONE HERE IN THE COUNTY THAT INFORMATION?

>> YES. >> BECAUSE I THINK THAT I'VE SEEN ALL OF THE INFORMATION. IT'S WHY WE HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I GET EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEND

>> TO THE JUDGE'S OFFICE? THE REPORT THAT GUESS TO THE JUDGE'S OFFICE HAS AN EXPENDITURE REPORT OF HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON TUITION, HOW MUCH ON CHILD CARE, ET CETERA, ET

CETERA. >> IN A BY CHART OR LIKE

FINANCIALS? >> NO IT IS A FINANCIAL REPORT THAT COMES OUT OF OUR DATABASE WITH THE -- WITH EVERY DOLLAR

THAT IS SPENT. >> IF YOU CAN COPY US ON THAT.

>> E MAIL IT. >> DO YOU ALL HAVE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS THAT LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIALS?

>> YES, SIR, AND I WILL SEND THAT OUT TOMORROW MORNING.

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT TODAY.

WE DO HAVE OUR LAST YEAR'S FINANCIAL AUDIT, AND THEY ARE

JUST --. >> I DON'T NEED YOUR AUDIT JUST A DECLARATION THAT YOU ARE AUDITED.

>> YES, YES. >> I WAS SURPRISED WITH ALL OF THE MONIES THAT YOU GET FROM CITIES --

>> WE GET AUDITED EVERY YEAR. >> AWESOME.

THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE?

>> YES, MS. ALVAREZ ON THIS DATA THAT IS ON THIS REPORT, THIS IS

18 HAD, 19 DATA. >> HOW SOON COULD YOU GET US

CURRENT DATA >> WHICH REPORT ARE YOU LOOKING

AT THE ONE PAGE REPORT? >> IT ALL HAS THE DATA FOR 18-19. THAT'S WHAT IT INDICATES IN THE

CHARTS. >> I AM LOOKING AT IT.

IT SAYS AS OF DECEMBER 2020. >> I AM LOOKING AT PAGE SIX, THE

TABLE TWO, VIDA BUDGET 18-19. >> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE

ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY? >> YES.

>> YES, WHEN WE HAD THIS DONE, WE WERE JUST CLOSING OUT THE YEAR, SO I WILL GET THE NEW ONE TO YOU.

NOT THE IMPACT STUDY, THE FINANCIALS WE HAVE THE UPDATED

ONE. >> OKAY.

>> WE SEE HAD A THAT WERE 5100 PARTICIPANTS, IS THAT JUST FOR THE VALLEY OR JUST HILDALGO COUNTY?

>> THE VALLEY. THE IMPACT STUDY IS BASED ENTIRE

VALUE YOU. >> 501 PARTICIPANTS?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> THAT WAS IN 18-19, 500 PARTICIPATE APARTMENTS WITH A REVENUE OF 2.2 76 WITH 248,000 HILDALGO COUNTY? I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, THEN YES. NIP ELSE?

>> I AM SORRY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> JUST THAT I WILL GET THESE ITEMS OUT IN AN E MAIL TOULATE THIS AFTERNOON, OR TOMORROW MORNING.

>> COMMISSIONERS, I WILL ASK LAURA TO SHARE WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE RECEIVED YOU HAVE, AND WHATEVER IS MISSING ARES WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH VIDA TO HELP EACH OTHER COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION TO EACH OTHER.

>> OKAY. LISTEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM IS ITEMS TO BE APPROVED RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF E-FILE, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE OUR CLERK, THE DISTRICT CLERK HERE.

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>> WE HAVE THE REPORT OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE FILING FEEL FOR HILDALGO COUNTY. THIS IS THE FILING FEE THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

IT DID SUNSET. SO WE ARE JUST REQUESTING TO GET IT REAUTHORIZED SO THAT WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE

RESOLUTION. >>.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> I AM GOING TO MOVE -- I AM

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GOING TO MOVE ITEM NINE A FORWARD AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION

TO HONOR MR. QUINTANA. >>.

>> QUINN TANIA. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S HA, IS

IT PORTUGUESE? >> IT'S PANTILLA.

>> CHULO. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL FOR YOUR LEADER SHIP. I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T COME BEFORE THIS BODY IN QUITE SOME TIME.

BUT WE'VE GOT SOME CHALLENGING TIMES HERE IN THIS COUNTY WITH THE PANDEMIC AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP, AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE IS DOING IN EACH OF THE PRE, INC.'S OFFICE IS

DOING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION TODAY IN HONOR OF ROY ANTHONY QUINTANA.

>> QUINTANIA, FOR 35 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO. I WOULD LIKE TO READ IT, AND I HAVE A FEW OF MY CHIEFS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AND IF YOU CAN LET THE HONOREE SAY A FEW WORDS.

CAN FOR 35 YEARS OF ROY QUINTIHL A, WAS BORN IN 1963, TO LUIS CARLOS QUINTILLA, WHO WAS AT THE ADVANCED AIRFORCE BASE, FOR THE PORTUGUESE AIRPORT. HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS, IN LISBON PORTUGAL, WHERE HE LIVED IN TEXAS, RHODE ISLAND BEFORE COMING BACK TO THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

WHEREAS ROY QUINTILLA BEGAN HIS SERVICE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1982, HE'S TENDED AND GRADUATED THE 42ND LOWER VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL POLICE ACADEMY IN HARDIGAN, TEXAS IN 1983, AND HE WORKED AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF MERCEDES TEXAS UNTIL JULY 31, 1985.

WHEREAS ROY QUINTILLA, AND HE HAS TWO CHILDREN, WHO HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AND IN 1985. ROY QUINTILLA BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO TEXAS AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF WITH THE DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WHEREAS WORKING IN THE SHERIFFS OFFICE. ROY QUINTILLA PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS, AS A LIEUTENANT, CAPITALATAIN, AND VARIOUS.

MANY HE SERVED HILDALGO COUNTY YOU HAS SAFETY DIRECTOR, UNTIL ACCEPTING THE APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JAIL ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE HILDALGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ADULT DETENTION FACILITY IN JULY

OF 2016. >> HE HAS AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER DIRECTLY SUPERVISED OR HAS BEEN A SUPERVISOR IN EVERY DIVISION CIVIL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OF THE HILDALGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WHEREAS DURING HIS TEN TOUR WITH

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THE HILDALGO COUNTY ROY QUINTILLA WAS TASKED WITH ADDITIONAL DUTY EAST AS INTERIM FIRE MARSHALL AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THOSE POSITION WERE APPOINTED. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CURRENT SHERIFF'S OFFICE JAIL, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPLEX, HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HILDALGO COUNTY SAFETY DIVISION, WHICH CONTINUES TO SERVE HILDALGO COUNTY REGARDING AWE YOU INSURANCE MATTERS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY PROGRAMS.

>> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE HILDALGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOES HERE BY HONOR CHIEF ROY ANTHONY QUINTILLA FOR OVER 35 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING DEDICATED AND COMMITTED SERVICE TO THE COUNTY OF YOU HIDALGO TEXAS ON THIS DAY, WHICH IS A LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO SAY ANYTHING?

>> JUDGE, I AM THE DIVISION CHIEF HERE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TAKING OVER ROY'S POSITION HERE, AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE HE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB FOR US.

AND I HAVE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT OTHER THAN JUST WORK-WISE WITH ROY. OUR CHIEF QUINTILLA THAT OUR FRIENDSHIP SPANS BEYOND THE 35 YEARS.

NUMBER ONE, MY PARENTS JUST LOVED HIM AS A POLICE OFFICER IN MERCEDES AND SO DID MOST OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THERE.

HE GREW ON EVERYBODY THAT HE WOULD MEET.

MY DAD KIND OF ADOPTED HIM. SO I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR AFTER LONG TIME. HE AVENUE QUAIL Z RECRUIT RECRUITED ME TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IT'S BUTTER SWEET FOR ME, HE DESERVES IT.

HE DESERVES THIS ACCIDENT OH, LAID.

HE STARTED IN THE CITY OF MERCEDES MY HOMETOWN, I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT. HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS, AND HE WAS FEAR LESS IN HIS JOBS, AND FEAR LESS IN TAKING ON ANY TASKS. I THANK HIM FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP.

HE CLIPPED MY WINGS, AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A REBEL WHEN I STARTED YOU AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE ROSE TO THE LEVEL THAT I AM AT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT HIM.

AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP.

DURING THE GOOD TIMES, AND BAD TIMES HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE,

AND GOD BLESS HIM. >> COMMISSIONER, IS THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME BEFORE THE COURT.

ROY Q, HOW SHALL I DESCRIBE HIM. A STATEMENT COMES TO MIND, HE DETERMINES TO PERSEVERE. THE DEFINITION TO PERSEVERE IS TO PERSIST AT ANYTHING BEING UNDERTAKEN DESPITE OBSTACLES, DISCOURAGEMENT STEADFASTEDLY, TO PERSIST IN SPEECH, INTERROGATION, ARGUMENT, TO INSIST TO BOLSTER, SUSTAIN ORRUP HOL OR UPHOLD.

>> THIS IS HOW I CAN BEST DESCRIBE MY FRIEND OF OVER 31 YEARS. RECENTLY I RECOUNTED TO HIM THE FIRST TIME THAT I FELT HIS INFLUENCE IN MY EARLY CAREER.

IT WAS LATE IN THE MORNING AFTER SHOULD HAVE WHERE HE TOOK THE TEAM TO FILET NEED. HE RESPONDED, HE DIDN'T RECALL THE INSTANCE, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW.

YOU MADE MY DAY. HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS MAN BEEN THERE FOR US? WHEN ADDRESSING A TASK, NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO DO, OR JUST BEING AN ENCOURAGEMENT IN DIFFICULT

TIMES. >> I URGE, YOU IF YOU COME ACROSS HIM, LET HIM YOU IF YOUS HIM, LET HIM M IF YOU COME

ACROSS HIM, LET HIM KNOW. >> I FIRST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN I WAS FIRST EMPLOYED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN 1989.

HE WAS MY SHIFT HAD SUPERVISOR, A NO NONE SENSE KIND OF GUYS.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, AS WELL AS ENJOYABLE, AND AWESOME MEMORIES SINCE THEN.

WE DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE, AND SELDOM THINGS WERE LEFT

UNSAID. >> I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR POURING INTO ME HIS LAST YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.

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HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TREMENDOUS TEACHER AND MENTOR TO THOSE WILLING TO TAKE HEED. HIS METHODS A BIT IN YOUR FACE, OR BULLISH, BUT ALWAYS WELL INTENDED FOR THE MOST PART.

AND IF YOU WERE NOT OFFENDED BY THEM, YOU WOULD COME AWAY BETTER FOR THEM. HIS ABILITY TO ASSESS, ORGANIZE AND PREPARE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AS HE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE TO MANY GOOD LAID PLANS HE'S A WONDERFUL FRIEND, A GREAT BROTHER IN ARMS. A CHAMPION TO THE DOWN TRODDEN FOR WHEN HE TAKES UP A CAUSE, HE DOES SO WITH PURPOSEFUL INTENT.

I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF HILDALGO COUNTY THROUGH THE VARIOUS CAPACITIES THAT YOU'VE HELD. AND INDEED AN UNFLAGGING UNIQUE FAITH THAT HAS PERSEVERED HIM. MY BROTHER, I PRAY FOR CONTINUED BLESSINGS OF PEACE LOVE AND GOOD HEALTH ON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

GOD BLESS. >> I WANT TO READ A FEW WORDS.

>> JUDGE, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTY FOR 35 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. QUINTILLA.

>> WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. IT IS ATTRIBUTE TO YOU AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. YOU WILL BE MISSED.

>> JUDGE, WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY IS THAT I HAVE A VERY FEW STAFF THAT HAVE SERVED UNDER FOUR SHERIFFS, HIM BEING ONE OF THEM.

THE HE DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT HE'S GOING OUT AND SERVING THE BEST SHERIFF IN HIS TENURE. I DON'T KNOW YES DIDN'T SAY IT.

>> WELL, I SAW THE VIDEO OF HOW MUCH PRESSURE YOU PUT ON HIM TO SAY THAT. AGAIN, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR RETIREMENT OR WHATEVER YOUR

NEW ENDEAVOR IS GOING TO BE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONER. IT'S BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE SERVED THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY FOR 35 YEARS.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO RETIREMENT WITH MY WIFE, MINE GRAND KIDS.

THIS IS ABOUT THE RIGHT TIME TO MOVE ON.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF.

>> THANK YOU >> HAPPY RETIREMENT, SIR.

>> CONGRATULATIONS CHIEF QUINTILLA, WISH YOU THE BEST, GOD BLESS YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU CHIEF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID FOR US.

>> OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE TO

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CLOSED SESSION, BECAUSE WE HAVE A A TIMING SITUATION, THAT NEEDS TO BE BE CONSIDERED.

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT .55.1072, 5551 POINT SELF 074. 5551.087 WE NEED TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS SOME ITEMS. ANY ACTION ITEMS THAT WILL BE TAKEN WILL BE TAKEN IN OPEN SESSION WHEN WE RETIRE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION?

>> SO MOTION THE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY

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AND HUMAN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE,

>> APPROPRIATION OF FUND FROM THE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, BETWEEN ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE AUDITORS BUDGET OFFICE ON THIS, AND THEY ARE TOTALLY AWARE OF THE SITUATION.

>> SECOND >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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>> WE ARE GOING TO GO ONTO TO BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT ITEM 23A, STATUS UPDATED FOR THE WELLNESS PROGRAM.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE THE FOG AHEAD TO SHARE THE REPORT.

>> THERE'S JUST A FEW ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT JUST ARRIVED AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, I HAVE.

WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE.

THE FIRST ONE IS A TYBEE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. WE HAVE THE 32.0 ENROLLMENT PERCENTAGE, WHICH KEEPS GOING TO THE POSITIVE TREND, AND WE EXPECT THE NUMBER TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN THESE MONTHS FOR 021. AND THEN FOR HEALTH, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE TRACKING THE SCREENING PERCENTAGE FOR DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING HYPERTENSION, DUBEE EAST, AND DEPRESSION, AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO INCLUDING THE FOR HYPERLIPIDEMIA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CHRONIC CONDITIONS HERE IN THE COUNTY, AND WE HAVE THE EXTENDED HOURS FOR THE FOURTH TUESDAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FROM 8:30 TO 6:30 P.M., SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP OUR OUR EMPLOYEES TO CREATE A MEDICAL HOME AS WELL. AND THIS IS OUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE ANNUALILIZATION FOR THE YEAR OF 2020, IS 2.64 PERCENT, AND WE ALSO SAW AWE CHANGE FROM THE FAMILY MEMBERS FROM 3.30 PERCENT, TO 7.92 PERCENT, THAT MEANS THAT THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, AND DEPENDENTS ARE WILL ALSO UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE SEEING, AND LASTLY WE DID RECEIVE THE FINAL REPORT FOR 2020, AND OUR ANNUAL LIZATION IS 63.2 PERCENT, WITH A TOTAL OF 2,208, AND A TOTAL NET CLAIMS OF OVER $300,000.

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I DID WANT TO MENTION SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS.

TO THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, FOR THE EXER EXERCLASSES, WE HAVE SOUR FIRST WOMEN'S WEBINAR, AT 10:30 A.M., AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN US, AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST WELLNESS COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL.

IF YOUR DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY WELL NEST AMBASSADOR REPRESENTATIVE. I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM, AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US AS WELL.

I DO HAVE OUR FIRST WELLNESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR, WHICH I AM EXCITED TO INTRODUCE, HE IS MR. SELF AID OH, CANALES, AND HE WAS FIRST INTRODUCE TOLD THE WELLNESS PROGRAM AS PART OF THE 2019 TEAM CHALLENGE. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

I WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS CHALLENGE WITH A GROUP OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS. I WAS ASKED, LET'S JOIN THIS TEAM, WE CAN ALL LOSE XAMOUNT OF WEIGHT TOGETHER, WEEK WIN THIS COMPETITION, IN MY MIND, I AM LIKE OKAY, I AM HELPING OUT A FRIEND OF MINE, I CAN DO THIS, AND AT THIS TIME, LIKE MOST PEOPLE, I AM AMBIVA LENGTH ON WHAT CAN I DO TO CHANGE ABOUT

MYSELF. >> I KNOW THAT I HAVE A WEIGHT PROBLEM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO WORK ON. AND AT THAT TIME I SAID OKAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO, I AM GOING TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PAST. I WAS AN ATHLETE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD WORKOUT, AND LOSE WEIGHT, AND I FOUND MYSELF. I WOULD ALWAYS BE ABOUT 250 POUNDS, AND TO ME, 250 POUNDS WAS LIKE THE LIGHTEST I'VE EVER BEEN, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN OVERWEIGHT SINCE I WAS YOUNG.

SO ON AUGUST 2ND, WAS THE FIRST WEIGH-IN.

I WEIGHED MYSELF IN ON AUGUST 2, 2019, AND I WAS AT 298 POUNDS.

AT THAT MOMENT, IT HIT ME HOW FOR A BIG PART OF MY LIFE I WAS IN THEY NILE. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, BECAUSE I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO TELL ME I NEEDED TO LOSE WEIGHT, AND I WAS TIRED OF HEARING THAT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS ME.

IN STARTING THIS CHALLENGE. IT WAS KIND OF A REALLY COOL

EXPERIENCE. >> IT SPARKED SOMETHING IN ME TO ACTUALLY GET STARTED SOMEWHERE, AND I KNEW THAT'S KAY IN THE PAST THAT I WOULD WORKOUT REALLY HARD, AND THE ONLY WAY I KNEW HOW WAS MAKE MYSELF GO TO THE JIM GYM, I WILL KEEP THE EXERCISES SIMPLE, AND SOMETHING THAT I CAN STICK TO ON A DAILY BASIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE MYSELF SORE, SO I FEEL LIKE I ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING, SO BEING SORE WILL ONLY MAKE ME KEEPING FROM THE NEXT WORKOUT.

THE GOAL IS IT'S AUGUST 2ND, MY BIRTHDAY IS IN JANUARY, MY GOAL IS TO GET FROM 290 HATE, TO GET DOWN TO 260 BY MY BIRTHDAY I AM TEN POUNDS AWAY FROM THE LIGHTEST I'VE EVER BEEN.

YOU WILL GOLDEN. SO I GOT STARTED ON IT.

LITTLE BY LITTLE, I STARTED LOSING WEIGHT, AND I WAS LOSING WEIGHT WEEK TO WEEK, AND AGAIN, JUST FOCUSING ON MY DIET, DOING SOME MODERATE EXERCISES DIDN'T DO ANY RUNNING, AND LITTLE BY LILY WAS LOSING WEIGHT WEEK TO WEEK, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WOULD MESSAGE EACH OTHER, AND KIND OF GOT AN IDEA OF WHERE

WE WERE ALL AT. >> AND THEN COME OCTOBER IS WHEN THE COMPETITION ENDED, AND I WEIGHED MYSELF AND I REALIZED THAT I HIT 260 BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

OR CLOSE TO NOVEMBER. THE I WAS ALREADY AT THE GOAL THAT I HAD SET FOR THIS IS PRETTY NEAT.

AS THAT MOMENT, AS TIME WENT ON, BE I KIND OF FIGURED THAT SOMETHING HAD A CHANGED, AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU THANKSGIVING. LIKE WHAT CAN I DO FOR THANKS GIVING THAT I CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE IN WHAT I EAT.

BUT I CAN STILL ENJOY THANKSGIVING, AND YOU KNOW THANKSGIVING CAME, WE MADE THAT CHANGE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I WENT THROUGH THANKSGIVING WITHOUT BEING FILLED TO THE GILLS WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.

BUT I HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF TURKEY AND SIDES.

AND I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE OBJECT VEUS THINGS.

AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, I JUST KEPT LOSING WEIGHT, AND THEN CHRISTMAS CAME, AND I WAS ON THIS ROLL, THAT I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD BE ON. AND I FOUND MYSELF EXERCISING

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MORE, DOING MORE THINGS, AND LOOKING AT MORE STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND INFORMATION ON DIET AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND OH, MY GOD, THE WORLD IS GOING TO END, I CAN'T GO TO THE GYM ANY MORE, BY THIS TIME, I AM ALREADY 240 POUNDS, I AM ALREADY PAST THE 250 MARK. TO ME IT WAS LIKE WOW, THAT'S A LOT. I NEVER WEIGHED THAT SINCE I WAS IN MIDDLE OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WOULD SAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY G.

SO THEN I AM LIKE OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT, 225 POUNDS SOUNDS GOOD, AND I SET MY NEXT GOAL, AND COVID-19, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE GET SENT HOME, GYM 'S ARE CLOSED, AND I FOUND MYSELF JUST BASICALLY DOING BASIC EXERCISES AT HOME.

I WOULD WALK WHATEVER WAS IN THE RULES OF WHAT WE COULD DO OUTSIDE WITHOUT CONGREGATING WITH PEOPLE.

I WOULD WALK OUTSIDE ALONG THE STREET.

I WOULD DO BASIC EXERCISES, SQUATS, PUSHUPS, NOT EVEN 15 MINUTES OF EXERCISE AT HOME. AND I FOUND MYSELF STILL LOSING WEIGHT AT THE SAME RATE THAT I WAS GOING TO THE GYM, AND AT THAT MOMENT, SOMETHING LIT IN ME, A BIG PART OF IT IS KIND OF WHAT WE EAT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME. WE THINK IT'S COMMON SENSE.

AND ONE THING IS THAT WE KNOW IT, AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE KIND OF START PRACTICING IT, AND WE CAN SEE THE BENEFITS BEHIND IT. AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. I HAVE MY WIFE, AND MY SON, AND I KNEW WHEN I STARTED THIS JOURNEY WHICH WAS KIND OF SPARKED BY THIS CHALLENGE. YOU HAVE MY WIFE, MY SON, WHO WERE ALSO HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR WEIGHT.

I HAVE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WERE ALSO HEAVY AS WELL. THAT WERE LIVING WITH ME.

AND WHEN I WAS DOING THIS, I WAS IN POSTING A LOT OF THESE RESTRICTIONS ON MYSELF AND NOT ON THEN, WHICH I YOU, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, I GUESS COMING INTO THIS, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND HE FINDS OUT WITHIN A MONTH INTO THE WHOLE LOCKDOWN, OR COVID-19 SITUATION THAT HE'S HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS A1C, WITH HIS BLOOD SUGAR, AND HE WAS WORRY YOU HAD, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS WORRIED MY WIFE WAS WORRIED, AND SO WHAT DO WE DO IN REFERENCE TO HIS DIET.

AND THE FIRST THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM EATING THIS WAY. WHY DON'T WE ALL JUST DO THIS, WE ARE ON LOCKDOWN. WE CAN'T GO DOWN OUT TO EAT AS MUCH. SO I STARTED BRINK EVERYBODY'S MEALS, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, A FEW WEEKS IN, I AM STILL LOSING WEIGHT, EVERYONE ELSE IS LOSING WEIGHT AS TIME GOES ON, WE ARE EATING AT HOME. AND YOU NOVEMBER WHAT, IT'S CONTAGIOUS AMONG MY FAMILY U AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TELL MY FAMILY THIS IS A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT.

YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THINKING TO YOURSELF, AND THINK POSITIVELY AND KIND YOU HAVE FOCUS ON THE SITUATION, AND KEEP

THINGS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. >> A YEAR IN FROM AUGUST 2ND OF AUGUST 2ND OF 2020, I LOST 100 POUNDS.

AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE STARTING OFF WHEN THIS WHOLE THING GOT STARTED TO WHERE IT ENDED UP AND HOW IT IMPACTED MY FAMILY, AND EVEN SOME OF MY COWORKERS AS WELL, AND ASKED ME QUESTIONS, AND HOW THEY'VE LOOKED INTO CHANGING THEIR LIVES.

AND THE WELLNESS PROGRAM IS A GOOD THING TO GET STARTED I THINK FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO START, AND FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WE DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES THAT WE GET USED TO FEELING SICK AND SOMETIMES WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, WE JUST KIND OF DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START, AND ALL IT IS, IS REALLY AGAIN, FINDING THAT ONE THING THAT CAN SPARK THAT INTEREST IN US TO ACTUALLY LOOK WITHIN OURSELVES, AND BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES TO SPARK THAT CHANGE, AND BE MINDFUL OF THOSE THINGS. AGAIN, IT'S A MARATHON, SO YOU DO IT ONE STEP AT A TIME AND IT WILL COME TOGETHER YOU.

AND AGAIN, ONCE SOMEBODY IS READY TO GET STARTED, I MEAN THE WELLNESS PROGRAM IS A GOOD PLACE TO START WHERE THEY CAN MEET OTHERS WITH A SIMILAR INTEREST, AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, AND NOT ONLY LOSE WEIGHT, BUT EVEN FIND OTHER WAYS TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES. NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LOSE

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WEIGHT, BUT FIND THEMSELVES IN A BETTER POSITION TO BE THE BEST

PERSON THAT THEY CAN BE. >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH CEVADO FOR SHARING THAT, I AM REALLY HAPPY, AND PROUD OF THE SUCCESS THAT HE'S HAD, AND HE'S ONE OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE HAD, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE REALLY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> DO YOU WANT TO FINISH YOUR

SECTION, THE AGEND? >> YES.

>> LET ME GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. >> ITEM 23 B IS APPROVAL OF BACKPAY FOR EMPLOYEES NUMBER 105678 IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,087 AND $0.82, AND EMPLOYEE 16 GIVE FIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,470.39.

THE EFFECTIVE 162020. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE,

>> APPROVAL OF ITEM 23 C APPROVAL OF THE 2020 SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 021, FOR 005, AND 0173.

>> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

>> AYE,

SAY I'VE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM 23 B IS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGE EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 021, FOR 027 FROM PROGRAM 002201, FROM 015, AND SLOT A 001, FROM PROGRAM 019, AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> SO MOVED, SECOND FOR APPROVAL ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

>> FINALLY 23 E IS FROM PRECINCT ONE MAINTENANCE INTO THE FUND OF PRECINCT ONE U.S. 83 ELIMINATION ACCOUNT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF

$12,000. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THANK YOU. >> ITEM SEVEN A, DISTRICT

[7. District Attorney's Office]

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> ROSA LANDO CANTO, REPRESENTING FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY JUDGE. ITEM SEVEN A, THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1281, WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A GRAND 292403, GRANT ADJUSTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE

GOVERNMENT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

YOU. >> SECONDS.

>> MOTION CARRIES. HILDALGO COUNTY REGION THREE GRANT FUND FOR 293089 BUDGET AJUDGE ADJUSTMENT TO THE OFFICER

OF THE GOVERNOR. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> ITEM SEVEN C. ARE ASKING FOR AN APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE HILDALGO COUNTY CRIMINAL ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

COMMON THREAD. >> MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

[8. County Clerk's Office]

>> THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. >>.

ITEM EIGHT A. >> JUDGE COMMISSIONERS WITH YOUR PERMISSION OF THE COUNTY CLERK, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF 021, FOR CHARLIE ESPINOSA, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND ARE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM NINE B.

[9. Sheriff's Office (Part 2 of 2)]

>> SHERIFF'S OFFICE >> GREETINGS JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. NINE B, SHERIFF ENID SHARING U.S. JUSTICE 1229, APPROVAL OF 021 APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS INTO THE SHERIFF ENID SHARING U.S. JUSTICE FROM THE I'M SIGNED FUND BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,000.

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>> >> MY APOLE JESUS, 250 GIVE

THOUSAND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM C, APPROVE ALL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE, AND HILDALGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH THE PURPOSE OF ISSUING CONTINUING EDUCATION CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION AND AUTHORIZATION FOR HILDALGO COUNTY COUNTY SHERIFF TO SIGN

THE DOCUMENT. >> SO MOVED.

VERY MUCH LIEUTENANT. >> HAVE A GREAT TEN CONSTABLE.

[10. Constable Pct. #1]

>> AVILA, HE'S ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE 2022, LOCAL BOARD OF SECURITY PROGRAM GRANT WITH THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR'S HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION, THIS IS FOR GRANTS SEPTEMBER 1, 021, THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2022, AS WELL AS AUTHORIZATION APPROVAL FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE AS THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL TO E SIGN THE APPLICATION FORM AND RELATED DOCUMENTS UNDER E-GRANTS, AND THE RESOLUTION APPROVAL FOR THE 2022, LOCAL BOARD OF SECURITY. JUDGE RICHARD CORTEZ AS GRANTEES OFFICIAL, AND PERMISSION TO SIGN THE DON'T.

>> APPROVE MOTIONS 1, 2 AND 3. >> SECOND

>> ALL IN PROVAL SAY AYE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM A.

[11. Constable Pct. #2]

>> CONSTABLE, CANTU, 2020, RACIAL PROFILING REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 2.134 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL

PROCEDURES. >> SO MOVED.

>> I'LL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> ITEM B IS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE ITEMS UNDER PUBLIC PURPOSE. THIS IS UNDER TEXAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE THREE SECTION 52.

BUT NOT LIMITED TO TABLE CLOTHS, BANNERS, PINS, PENCILS, PLASTIC BAGS, SCHOOL POUCHES, DEPUTY BADGE STICKERS, LAN YARDS, COPIES FOR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, TO EDUCATE AND REPORT INFORMATION TO THE CONSTITUENCY ON THE NUMEROUS PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND

EVENTS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES. >>. ITEM 12 A, WITH THE

[12. Constable Pct. #4]

PERMISSION ON BEHALF OF CONSTABLE, HE'S REQUESTING FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE THIS AGAIN IS UNDER TEXAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE THREE SECTION 52 TO PURCHASE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO A MOTION TO APPROVE AS IT READS.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. .

>> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> ITEMB12 AND 3 IS THERE FUND 1284 STONE GARDEN, FISCAL YEAR 2020, OFFICER OF GOVERNOR'S HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION.

APPROVE ALL OF THE COUNTY JUDGE AS AUTHORIZED TO E-SIGN THE DOCUMENTS UNDER THE E GRANTS AND THE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE STONE GARDEN 2020 TO DESIGNATE JUDGE RICHARD CORTEZ AS THE GRANTEES

OFFICIAL. >> AMOVE TO APPROVE, 12, 1, 2,

AND 3. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[13. Human Resources]

>> 13 A. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, ITEM 13 A, REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING REQUEST FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS. THREE, PERSONNEL RELATE

AMENDMENTS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> ITEM 13 B FOR THE TAX OFFICE IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL ACTIONS, FEBRUARY 1, 021, THE REASSIGNMENT OF VARIOUS AUTO ALLOWANCES AS PER THE TAX OFFICE'S CURRENT NEED WHERE THE ACTION IS TO REDUCE THE ALLOW ANDS A FOR THE DIVISION MANAGER ONE, FROM 4,500, TO 4 TO

THOUSAND 250. >> AND RULES THE ALLOWANCE FOR SLOT 0 ADMINISTRATIVE NUMBER THREE, FROM 2,250 TO 1500.

>> DELETE THE AUTO ALLOWANCE FOR SLOT 0180, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, 183, AND AUTO ALLOWANCE FOR SLOT ONE IF YOU ARE FOUR, IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,250, AND ALLOWANCE FOR SLOT

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0240, AND 0240, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOUR, AND SUPERVISOR

ONE, EACH IN THE AMOUNT OF $750. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> THANK YOU. ITEM 13 C IS DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, AND APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL COME OPERATION AGREEMENT AND WORK SIGNED AGREEMENT BETWEEN HILDALGO COUNTY AND TEXAS

WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> IF I MAY JUST START WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE TEXAS WORKFORCE AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE US 11 TEMPORARY CLERK POSITIONS THAT WILL BE ASSISTING THE COUNTY AT THE COVID-19 DATA CENTER.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE

>> CARE EAST >> HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

[14. Urban County]

>> MR. AVILA, ITEM 14 A. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING JUDGE

COMMISSIONERS. >> FOR 14 A, THE PROGRAM IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TOLD REJECT ALL BIDS RECEIVED FOR THE SULLIVAN CITY PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, IT'S A LIBRARY PROJECT. NUMBER 5018/198 -- 007 -- 003 --

5,000 -- 700. >> MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM 16 A, HEAD START

[16. Head Start Program]

PROGRAM. >> MS. FLORES.

>> YES, I AM TRYING TO GET UNMUTED.

>>. PUT YOU CAN HEAR ME.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THE ITEM A HAS TO DO WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE C.A.R.E.S. ACT SPENDING PLAN.

WE WERE ALLOTTED $3,020,040,200,800.

THE FIGURES THAT YOU SEE THERE HAVE A BALANCE NOW CURRENTLY THAT IS A LOT LESS THAN WHAT YOU SEE THERE, BECAUSE THOSE FIGURES ARE FROM NOVEMBER. WE NOW HAVE A BALANCE OF $7,7 $7,727.42.

THE AREAS THAT THEY WERE SPENT ON, THE FUNDS THAT WERE SPENT ON WERE OFFICE SUPPLIES, CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, TELEPHONE, LOCAL TRAVEL, ADULT MEALS COVID EXPENSES. SO THOSE ARE DIVIDED MORE IN DETAIL IN THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDE YOU HAD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS AB

ABOUT THAT? >> THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION OF THE INFORMATION SO THAT YOU WILL NOWHERE THE FUNDS THAT?

>> THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION OF THE INFORMATION SO THAT YOU

WILL NOWHERE THE FUNDS WENT. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, MS.

FLORES? >> NO, IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR APPROVAL. IT'S JUST FOR INFORMATION.

>> TO ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

>> SO MOVED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION , ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> LETTER B, PRESENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HHS, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE NOTICE OF AWARD FOR YEAR 021. WHAT YOU SEE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE IS WE HAD A GRANT FROM YEAR 2016 TO 021, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THOSE FOUR YEARS WAS $144,689,000 AND $5 AT THE END THERE. THE NEW GRANT ALLOWED US TO GOLF FORWARD WITH FIVE MORE YEARS OF FUNDING AND THE FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING BEGINNING JANUARY 1 1/0/21, AND ENDING AT 1231021 ALLOWS US TO GIVE HALF OF THE GRANT, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF $14,620,000, AND ADDED TO THAT WE HAVE THE MATCHING FUNDS OF $3,655,215 AND THIS IS INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR

FUNDING. >> IT'S A NOTICE OF AWARD FOR

021. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> . LETTER C, THIS IS A MATTER OF INFORMATION, THIS IS EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING APPROVED TO COVER REIMBURSEMENT LOSS HAVING TO DO WITH CHILD AND ADULT FOOD CARE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN RECEIVING MEALS FROM THE MONTH OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND EVEN NOW. THEY HAVE GONE BACK AND THIS PARTICULAR ACT IS ALLOWING US TO COLLECT 50 PERCENT IT, AND WE WILL BE FINE TO WHERE HEAD START DOES NOT HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE THE

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FUND. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE DETAILS IT. BUT IT IS A MATTER OF INFORMATION IN LETTING NOW THAT HE WE WILL NOT BE IN THE HOLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUTRITION PROGRAM.

>>. >> >> TOSS IT NEED A MOTION TO

APPROVE? >> IT DOES NOT.

>> THE LAST APPROVAL THAT ITEM LETTER D, TO HAVE GONE DO WITH A CHANGE TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THE DISTRICT WANTED A CHANGE, AND THEN THEY WITHDREW THE CHANGE SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON LETTER T, ON LETTER E, WE HAVE APPROVAL, A REQUEST TO PURCHASE RUBBER MULCH FROM THE APPROVED VENDOR, EXERPLAY INCORPORATED UNDER FIVE -- 219, AND FIELD LIGHTING PRODUCTS THROUGH HILDALGO COUNTY MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION IN THE.

WE PURCHASED MULCH S WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT $300,000 HAVING TO DO WITH THE MULCH THAT WE ARE SUBSTITUTING FOR WHAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE WOOD MULCH, WE ARE SUBSTITUTING RUBBER MULCH, WHICH IS THE CLEANER SET FOR OUR CHILDREN IN THE PLAYGROUND.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS MULCH AND THE REPLACEMENT IN THE DIFFERENT

CENTERS >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU.

IT SAYS DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL. ARE YOU SURE THAT WE TONIGHT

NEED ANY MORE APPROVAL. >> ON THEMUM DIM OF UNDERSTANDING THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN THERE.

DISTRICT WITHDRAW THE LETTER D, THE DIRECT WITHDRAW THE CHANGE, SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEED HE HAD.

WE DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ON THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT WILL

ACTUALLY BE THERE. >> JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING IN THAT.

LETTER F DISCUSSION OF APPROVAL ON REQUEST TO PURCHASE FOUR VEHICLES, WE WANT EX PRESS OH, CARGO ADVANCE FOR OUR COMPUTER AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS, THROUGH THE COUNTY'S MEMBER HUNDRED WITH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, AWARDED VENDOR CONTRACT 601 -- 19 CALDWELL COUNTY CHEVROLET INCLUDING THE ADMIN STRAIGHT I HAVE FEES.

WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THOSE VANS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO US UNTIL THE SUMMER AND WE DID WANT TO GO FORWARD AND PROCESS THE PURCHASING OF THESE VANS, WE REALLY HAVE VANS THAT ARE IN REAL BAD SHAME, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE EVEN TOLD YOU HOW ONE OF THEM EVEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. SO YES, THEY HAVE MILES ON THEM.

>> NOBODY GOT HURT, BUT WE DO WANT TO REPLACE THOSE VANS AND WE DO NEED YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS ONE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE >> SECOND.

>> FALL FAVOR SAY AYE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE WILL KEEP YOU PASSED ON THE FUNDS FROM THE NUTRITION DEPARTMENT AS THEY COME IN

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND YOUR HELP.

>> THANK YOU, 17 A, FIRE MARSHALL.

[17. Fire Marshal's Office]

>> THE COMMISSIONERS WITH THE PERMISSION, OF MARSHALL GARZA, FROM 1.7903, REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR VENDOR SHORTAGE TOTAL

$35,000. >> MOTION IT TO APPROVE.

SAY AYE. >> AYE

>> THIS IS THERE APPROVAL OF THE CORONA VIRUS EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,951.

YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> JAIME WITH THE HIDALGO COUNTY HAD YOU COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES, IT IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE COMMUNITY MATRIX FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT FOR D R4454,-TX, 2019.

[18. Community Service Agency]

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING ABOUT $350,000, AND YOU ALL APPROVED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT.

AND THAT MONEY WAS DESTINED TO HELP FAMILIES THAN AFFECTED IN THE MONTE, AVO, AREA, THIS IS FUNDS FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT MAYBE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE, AND WEREN'T REALLY

[01:55:01]

TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOVERY AT THE TIME THAT FEMA WAS HERE, AND THEY MADE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR US, AND WE PUT FORWARD APPLY TRICKS, WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES IF MATRIX, WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR FAM, WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES IF THEY.

>> IF THEY DON'T HAVE RECEIPTS, BUT THEY SIGN A NOTARIZED EXPENSES, AND THEY CAN PROVE THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR HOMES DURING THAT DISASTER, AND THAT MATRIX WOULD ALLOW US TO SEND $1,400 FOR EVERY FAMILY FOR EACH THAT KEPT RECEIPTS. WE WILL DEFER TO THE FEMA GUIDELINES FOR WHAT THEY ALLOW US TO PAY FOR AND THE EXAMPLES

ARE PROVIDED IN YOUR MATRIX. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> JUST REAL QUICK, JAIME HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS THAT QUALIFY IS IN?

>> COMMISSION INNER, WE HAD HEALTH OFF A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF COVID AND TRYING TO CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS THERE.

WE ARE HOLDING AN EVENT IN THE MONTE ALTO, AREA, AND WE WILL PRAYED AN INVITATION OR NUMBER FOR FAMILIES TO COME OUT, AND THEY WILL COME OUT ON A SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND DO SOME APPLICATION VETTING IN

THESE PARTICULAR AREAS. >> LET ME KNOW HOW THE OFFICE CAN HELP MANY YOU WITH THE OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION.

WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY COMMISSIONER, WE WILL CERTAINLY TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALL AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE

ARE DOING. >> THANK YOU

[19. WIC]

>> ITEM 19, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, AND ON BEHALF OF MS. RAMIREZ, THIS IS FOR THE LACKTATION SUPPORT CENTER SERVICES, THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, CENTER SERVICES, STRATEGIC EXPANSION PROGRAM. IT'S A RENEWAL CONTRACT WITH HIDALGO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 1, 021, THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2022, IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000, AS WELL AS APPROVAL TO SUBMIT FORM A, FOR THE

LACKTATION SUPPORT SERVICES. >> SO TATION SUPPORT SERVICES.

>> SO MOVED. >> ALL IN FAVOR FAVOR SAY AYE

[20. Planning Department]

>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ALL OF THE PRELIMINARY APPROVE AS.

>> YES, IF I MAY ALL AT. >> WE HAVE THE PROMISE LAND, LAHOMA, CROSSING SUBDIVISION, PHASE TWO, PRECINCT THREE.

YOU HAVE THE SUBDIVISION PRECINCT THREE.

CANTERA HERMOSA, SUBDIVISION, PRECINCT ONE.

IF WE CAN HAVE ACTION ON THOSE AS STATED.

>> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> GENTLEMAN ABSTAINED BECAUSE ONE OF THEM BELONGS FROM TO MY

DAD >> THE COMMISSIONER HAD TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS MATTER.

>> ITEM TWO IS FINAL APPROVAL WITH WILL FINANCIAL GUARANTEE AS STAT AGENDA AND PROPERLY, SPRINGS SUBDIVISION, PRECINCT ONE ISABEL A SUBDIVISION, PRECINCT THREE.

CALISARAS, AND PUEBLO DE PALMAS SUBDIVISION FOUR.

>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. THE A OF.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I THINK THAT YOU SKIPPED ITEM TWO, THE FINAL APPROVAL WHICH GOES TO THE TOP OF THE.

>> WAILING SPRINGS, SUBDIVISION. >> THAT WAS A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM THAN THE ONE THAT YOU JUST YOU READ.

>> OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE, FINAL APPROVAL WITH FINANCIAL GUARANTEE, SPRINGING ONE ISABEL A SUBDIVISION PRECINCT THREE.

>> ONE FINAL APPROVAL WITH FINANCIAL GUARANTEE, AND THE

OTHER ONE IS FINAL APPROVAL-. >> I'M SORRY, THE WAILING SPRINGS FINANCIAL APPROVAL WITH FINANCIAL GUARANTEE, AND FINAL

APPROVAL. >> DO THOSE SEPARATELY.

>> THE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO, FINAL APPROVAL

WITH FINANCIAL GUARANTEE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> THE OTHER ACTION THAT WE TOOK

ON THE FINAL APPROVAL OKAY? >> I THINK SO.

YOU IDENTIFIED ALL THREE OF THEM.

>> ISABELA, AND PUEBLO DE PALMAS.

[02:00:07]

>> AND THE PUPLINE, AND UTILITY DEPARTMENT AS STATED ON THE AGENTS A, AND THE APPLICATION IS MANAGEMENT INK.

>> , INC. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[21. Precinct #3 - Comm. Villarreal]

>> COMMISSIONER VILLARREAL. >> 21 A.

>> WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I CAN READ OUT THE --

>> YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO READ IT. PRECINCT, VILLARREAL REQUESTING RECISION OF THE COURT APPROVED ACTION OF THE MEETING OF 1/13/20 13 A, ITEMS 1 AND 2, WHICH ARE ATTACHED HERE IN, AS PROPERLY POSTED O POSTED ON THE AGENDA, FOR DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, LIBERTY ROAD PHASE ONE, WITH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT. AND ITEM TWO, RETURN THE ISSUED PAYMENT TO THE HIDALGO COUNTY OFFICE IN PRECINCT THREE, PAYABLE TO HIDALGO COUNTY IRRIGATION DISTRICT SIX.

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND

>> A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> THAT IS FOR LIBERTY ROAD

[22. Precinct #4 - Comm. Torres]

PHASE ONE PROJECT. >> LET'S KEEP GOING

>> AND FOR PRECINCT FOUR COMMISSIONER, APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBER TO THE HIDALGO COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY BOARD.

COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE POINTEE. >> I WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SAME

GENTLEMAN ON THERE. >> SO MOVED.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE DOWN TO 24 A, PURCHASING.

>> FOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES.

>> BECAUSE I CAN'T TURN ON THE VIDEO.

[24. Purchasing Department - Notes]

24 A, ITEM HAD ARE CONTRACT, BETWEEN HIDALGO COUNTY, AND MATERIALS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT LIMESTONE ONLY REQUESTING APPROVAL TO ENGAGE THE FOLLOWING SUB SUBCONTRACTOR, UPPER VALLEY MATERIALS INCLUDING THE

RATIFICATION EFFECTIVE 1202021 >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

FOR PRECINCT ONE, REQUESTING EXEMPTION FROM COMPETITIVE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

>> MOTION CARRIES. 24 B.

02640284, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. >> SO MOVED.

>> ITEM B PRESENTATION OF SCORING GRID FOR THE PURPOSE OF RANKING BY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE GRADED THROUGH PREQUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED FOR ON CALL CONSTRUCTION MILLION, AND GEO TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN PRECINCT ONE, THE NOMINATED OFFICIALS ARE KISNER, WITH TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN POINTS.

EHRT, COMPANY WITH TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE POINTS, AND FULCRUM CONSULTING WITH TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO POINTS.

DOES THE BOARD WISH APPROVE THE ORDER.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE RANKINGS. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> ITEM C, REQUESTING EIGHT FOR HIDALGO COUNTY PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO NEGOTIATE A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, AND GEO TECHNICAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE OFFICIAL OF KISNER, AND GEO TENSION TECHNICAL TESTING SERVICES FOR PROJECTS WITHIN

PRECINCT ONE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> ITEM C ONE FOR PRECINCT THREE.

REQUESTING APPROVAL AS RECOMMENDED BY BOTH PROJECT ENGINEER, L&G, AND SUBMITTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID.

REAM CONSTRUCTION, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF 14,026,048 WITH $0.44.

>> WITH MILE THREE NORTH PROJECT >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES

[02:05:02]

>> D ONE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HIDALGO COUNTY AND A, MCALLEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND EDINBURG FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM E ONE FOR AUDITOR'S OFFICE. REQUEST AN EXEMPTION FOR COMPETITIVE BUILDING, UNDER LOCAL CODE FOR A PROFESSIONAL

SERVICE. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> IS ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> B ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF A LETTER OF ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN HIDALGO COUNTY AND LANZO, AND LUNDGARD, FOR CONSULTING SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR SUPPORT SERVICES WITH AUTHORITY FOR RCDURAND CPSA"S, HIDALGO COUNTY AUDITOR TO SIGN

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS >> SO MOVED.

>> MOTION, SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> F ONE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. A REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE AND PUBLISH A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIDALGO COUNTY FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROCUREMENT PACKET.

SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL BY LEGAL.

>> CARRIES. >> ITEM B REQUESTING APPOINTMENT OF AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO REVIEW SCORE AND GRADE THE SUBMITTED STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA SET TO PO IN THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

PACKET. >> AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD -- WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE DA'S, OFFICE, AND

JUDGE CORTEZ. >> MOTION TO HAVE THE SAME

COMMITTEE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION CARRIES >> ITEM TWO, REQUESTING ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDMENT FOR THE SERVICE OF DEAD BODY PICK UP AND TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND HE LET TRANSPORT AND SERVICE FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THE OUT OF TOWN TRANSPORTING FEE FOR DECEDENTS.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> 243A, APPROVAL OF ORDER FOR EXEMPTION OF COMPETITIVE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

THE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE TITLE TEN CHAPTER 2254.002 AND .003, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROCUREMENT ACT ON THE BASIS OF DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE AND ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH THE DOCTOR, MD, FORENSIC PHYSICIAN FOR AUTOPSIES, AND RELATED SERVICES SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL BY LEGAL.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, AS WE'VE DONE THE PAST JUST VERY QUICKLY, ITEM.

F DISTRICT ATTORNEY ITEM B, THE EVALUATION COMMISSION, AS WE'VE BEEN WITH MY SELF AND MY OFFICE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF PURCHASING, WILL ASSIST WITH RESPECT TO ANY QUESTIONS, AND/OR CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR THE COMMITTEE

>> ITEM 25, EXECUTIVE OFFICE JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, 25 A 1 AND 2. THERE IS NO ACTION TAKEN.

[26. AI-79291]

>> ITEM 26, CONSIDERATION OF COUNTY RESPONSE TO DISASTER EMERGENCY ONE, C.A.R.E.S. ACT FUNDS A, EMERGENCY RENTAL

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. >> OCOUNSELOR

>> BELIEVE IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE NEED AN EXTENSION ON, THE

AGREEMENT? >> WHEN WAS THE COUNTY JUDGE ON

THIS EVALUATION?. >> VICTOR?

>>. DO WE NEED THIS ONE, THAT THEY PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AS WE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE

SESSION OR >> THIS IS THE ONE THAT MR. CRUZ

UPDATED THE COURT ON. >> SO I THINK THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO ASK CSA, TO ASSIST IN COMING UP WITH

[02:10:02]

PROPOSALS ON HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY?

>> YES. >> THAT'S FOR THE EMERGENCY

RENTAL PROGRAM? >> YES.

>> YES. WE WILL PROCEED AS DIRECTED BY THE COURT AND COME UP WITH A PLAN AND HAVE CSA, BE THE LEAD ON THIS RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND THEN PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE COURT AS FAR AS STAFFING AND ANY OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO GET THIS PROGRAM

OFF THE GROUND >> DO WE NEED ACTION JOSIE?

>> YES. >> YES, SIR,.

>> MAKE A MOTION TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM B, MEASURES NECESSARY TO PRESERVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN BECAUSE THERE'S ACTION HR ALREADY TAKEN.

>> C, OPERATIONS, LIMITED TO FUNC ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, WEEK AND WE CAN OUT AS WE HAVE STATED WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW CDC RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES, SOCIAL DISTANCING, FACIAL COVERING, HAND WASHING SANITIZING OF OUR FACILITIES. AGAIN AS I'VE STATED OUR CONSTITUENT SEES HEALTH AND WELLBEING IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AS WELL AS OUR EMPLOYEES THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO OUR

CONSTITUENTS. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ALREADY GONE TO CLOSED SESSION, AND SO IN OPEN SESSION, IF I MAY, ITEM 28 A, THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

AND 28 B, NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN. >> ITEM 29 A, LIST THE

[29. Open Session]

ACQUISITION OF APROPATION, NO ACTION.

29 B, PENDING AND/OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION, NO ACTION.

>> 29 C, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, COMMISSIONERS, THERE HAS BEEN ACTION AND DISCUSSION ALREADY. ITEM 29 D, CLAIM OF JORGE GARCIA. I WOULD LIKE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN OFFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,116.54.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> AND ITEM 29 E, CLAIM OF ARTURO LOPEZ, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN OFFER IN SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF WILL ARTURO LOPEZ IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.

>> MOTION CARRIES >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS NEED TO GO BACK TO CLOSE, ITEM 30, OR 31 OPEN.

SO THERE'S NO ACTION, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DRESSED ALL AGENDA ITEMS. WE'VEJOU WE HAVE ADJOURNMENT .

>> IT IS FIVE MINUTES AFTER SIX. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN,