[Drainage District]
[1. Roll Call]
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NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR72 HOURS
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A CENTRAL PHYSICAL LOCATION WE HAVE A QUORUM INATTENDANCE VIDEOCONFERENCE OR TELEPHONE CALL .THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IS MEETING BY THE USE OF ZOOM SOFTWARE WHICH ALLOWS TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC . THIS MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE AS WE WOULDIN ANY IN PERSON MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MEETING NOTICE TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION WILL BE CALLED AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER PROVIDED TO SPEAK .LL OTHER MEETING PROCEDURES WILLADHERE TO THE BOARD ADOPTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE . RECORDING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE .
WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY UNFORESEENDIFFICULTIES AND ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE NAVIGATE THESE POSITIONS .
THE TIME NOW IS 2:11 AND I WILL START BY ESTABLISHING QUORUM THROUGH ROLLCALL .
WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ONLY AS WE'VE DONE BEFORE THE VETERANIN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE .
HER NAME IS JESSE G LUNA. HE'S FROM THE US ARMY.
HIS DATE OF SERVICE FROM 1976 TO 1991.
HE RANKED AS A FEATURE. HE WAS AN ROTC INSTRUCTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FROM 1985 TO 1990 AT A VETERANS OUTREACH COORDINATOR ATSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE FROM 2013 , 2019.
WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE MISTER JESSE LUNA TO LEAD US IN THE
PRESENT ARMS. ARMS. LEFT FACE.
>> WHERE HONOREDTO HAVE OUR JUDGE LEAD US IN PRAYER .>> I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN HEARME. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO LEAD TODAY'S GATHERING IN PRAYER . I LIKE TO STAND AND REMOVAL HERE, FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T STAND, WE ASKED YOU TO BE WITH US TODAY TO GIVE US GUIDANCE AND PATIENCE AS WE GATHER THE COMMISSION FOR SUPPORT. WE ASK YOU TO HELP US MAKE THE BESTDECISIONS FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF HIDALGO COUNTY .
AS WE PLACE OUR FAITH IN YOUR HANDS YOU ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BE WITH THOSE BATTLING THIS TERRIBLE VIRUS AND PROTECT ALL OF THOSE SOULS . WE ASK FOR YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO OVERCOME THIS EPIDEMIC AND TO CONTINUE
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WATCHING OVER ALL OUR HEALTHCAREPROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS AND BUSINESSES WORKING THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC . MOREOVER WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH ALL OF THOSE WHO ASK FOR YOUR HELP AND PRESENTSOLUTIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE .FINALLY LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COMBINE THEIR RESOURCES AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO A BETTER FUTURE.
IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY AMEN. >> THANK YOU JUDGE CLASS BEFORE I LEAVE I WANT TOTHANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S MEETING . WE'RE THRILLED TO RECEIVE THE INVITATION BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY STAFF ON PRECINCT 2, THE COMMISSIONERS COURTHAS BEEN OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THIS EPIDEMIC .
AS YOU SEE BEHIND ME WE HAVE THIS AWESOME STATION WE'VE BEEN USING IN THE COURT THIS PAST YEAR.
WE HAVE ROOMS FOR ALL THE WITNESSES.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WE ARE COMPLETELY RECOVERED, ALL OF OUR STATIONS ARE COVERED IN PLEXIGLAS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COURT SO THANK YOU ALL AND I WISH YOU ALLTHE BEST .
>> IQ JUDGE. WE NOW HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE
[4. Approval of Consent Agenda]
CONSENT AGENDA. [INAUDIBLE] CAN I GET A MOTIONON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND . >> MOTION CARRIES.
>> CAN YOU HOLD ONONE MOMENT? WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES HERE .>> IQ. >> HE IS.
>> THE. >> WILL BE ABLE TO, 40 YOU
WORKINGSEE YOU . >> MOTION TOAPPROVE THE
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY YOU. COMMISSIONER WHEN TEST WILL BE
SEEING A PLEASE HAVE APPROVAL. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> WE HAVE IS ALL IN FAVOR SAY FRIEND TO WITNESS ASSAYS.
CONSENT AGENDA FOR DB2 THE RV NUMBER WHICH IS THREE Ã047.
AGAIN, 2021 Ã047. >> MOTION TO APPROVE IS
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AGENDA ITEM FOR TCU, ALL OVER DOCUMENTATION WILL TO THE AGENDA FOR THE RECORD.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. , HOW MANYPROCLAMATIONS YOU ? ONE? WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION BY ELEANOR DAY AT A PROCLAMATION FROM A MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, NATIONALNURSES WEEK 2 RESOLUTIONS .
ONE MELBA HUBER AND THE ED COUCH ...
[8. Precinct #4 - Comm. Torres]
>> I LIKE TO START WITH THE COMMISSIONERS DECLARING MILLION
DATE . >> AGENDA ITEM 80584, LARRY
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MADE IT AS GO THERE DAY. SOME PEOPLE JOIN US AS A LITERACY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.READ THE PROVISION? WHERE WILL THE MASCOT READING PROGRAM AND ADDRESS PROBLEMS PROGRAM IS SOULS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF HIDALGO PRESENTS FOR WAREHOUSE BOWL OF THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY EXCUSE YOU ADDED READERS FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY THAT READING ONLY THE STUDENTS, AND VOCABULARY WHEREAS THIS PROGRAM FOCUSES APPROACH EXPLORATION ENCOURAGEMENT AND WHEREAS READING WORDS AND GAIN NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN CONGRESSMAN WILSON CHALLENGED ALL STUDENTS TO READ IN THEUNIVERSE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR .
THE STATE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE AND ENLISTED ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WHEREAS BEING A READING AND READING THROUGHOUT SCHOOL AND ACTING AS ALL STUDENTS ARE ASKED READING 1 MILLION WORDS SHE STUDENTS A SENSE OF PRIDE, THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT WHEREAS ONE OF THE GREATEST IS KNOWING THAT TORONTO WILL MAKE A RED CARPET APPEARANCE WITH THE ADDED INCENTIVES OFREACHING 1 MILLION WORDS WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR . THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HIDALGO TEXAS RECOGNIZES ALL OF THE ABOVE AND DECLARES MAY 5, 2021 AS BRAVO MILLIONAIRE BOOK DAY . AND I'D LIKE TO GET A FEW WORDS
FROM PEOPLE WITH US TODAY. >> CAN I GET A MOTION TO
APPROVETHAT ? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTIONCARRIES . WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ESTHER AND I AM HERE WITH SPRINGBOARDS TO EDUCATION AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEHERE TODAY . WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE LITERACY AND WITH OUR CHILDREN NOWADAYS, IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE HELP THEM WITH OUR READING PROGRAM.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED WITH THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN, THE MOTIVATION WITH OUR STUDENTS AND WE'VE BROUGHT BEFORE US TODAY SOME VERY GOOD EXAMPLES OF OUR COMMUNITY AS TO HOW THE PROGRAM HAS WORKED FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS OF BRAVO HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE AND IS WELL DESERVING OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO KNOW BRAVO WILL CONTINUE TO MOTIVATE THEM IN THE READING AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS NOWADAYS.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZETHE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY . MISS JESUS RAMIREZ AND THERE IS A LITTLE PLAQUE FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MISTER CANTU AND EDDIE VEGA.
THEY ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE PROGRAMHAS WORKED IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM .
THEY WILL TAKE A MINUTE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THEMSELVES.
ONCE AGAIN COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THELIVES OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I WORK WITH THE READING RENAISSANCE PROGRAM FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I OVERSEE THE STUDENTS READING FOR PLEASURE AND THIS PLAQUE THAT THEY GAVE ME IS FOR EXCELLENCE IN LITERACY AWARD PRESENTED TO MYSELF BUT I FEEL THIS AWARD REALLY BELONGS TO THE STUDENTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT READ AND READ AND READ. THEY READ UP TO 3 MILLION WORDS A YEAR AND WE HAVE UP TO 1500 MILLIONAIRE READERS AND WE HAVE
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MANY MILLIONAIRES WHICH ARE FIRST-GRADERS THAT READ 100,000 WORDS IN A YEAR AND SECOND GRADERS THAT READ 200,000 WORDS IN A YEAR. THAT'S A LOT BECAUSE IN THOSE GRADE LEVELS THOSE BOOKS ARE VERY SMALL .SO THEY HAVE TO READ A LOTOF BOOKS .
JOHNNY'S PROGRAM HAS REALLY HELPED THEM WITH THE INCENTIVES FOR THEM TO READ AND EVERY YEAR I GET EXCITED AND I CALLED JOHNNY AND TELL HIM WE'VE GOT SO MANY MILLIONAIRES, WE'VE GOT SO MANY WORDSAND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BETTER .
THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT QUITE DOING AS WELL AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF COVID BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF MILLIONAIRESAND A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE READING OVER 5 MILLION WORDS AT THIS TIME. SO I'LL PASS THAT ON TO MISTER
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAMEIS EDDIE VEGA .
I'VE BEEN WITH CIS T FOR 13 YEARS HERE AND I'VE SPENT ALL MY TIME, ALL MY LIFE THERE AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.
WE STARTED AS BACK IN 07 WITH ONE BOOKSHELF, 50 BOOKS AND WITH THE COLLABORATION OF MISTER RUBIO AND EVERYBODY, ALL THE TEACHERS THAT PUT ALL THEIR SWEAT AND TEARS INTO THEPLACE .
WE HAVE NOW NINE BOOKSHELVES, 4 BOOK CARTS AND OVER 1000 BOOKS.
THOUGH IN THE PAST YEAR WE'VE HIT 35, 40 MILLIONAIRES.
IT WAS SLOW THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID BUT IT'S ONLY GETTING BETTER ANDI'M VERY BLESSED THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS MATTHEW CANTU, A FORMER STUDENT AND I WANTED TO TOUCH UP ON THE IMPORTANCEOF THE IMPACT THAT OUR READING PROGRAM HAS .
I WAS FIRST A MILLIONAIRE READER IN 2008 IN THIRD GRADE AND I WAS AMILLIONAIRE READER UP UNTIL THE NINTH GRADE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL . THIS PROGRAM REALLY INCENTIVIZED US TO CONTINUE READING AND IT WENT BEYOND JUST READING. IT ALLOWED ME TO ENJOY SO MUCH THAT I LEARNED TO FINISH ALL MY OTHER WORK QUICKLY ENOUGH TO ALLOW ROOM IN THE DAY FOR ME TO READ.
THE IMPACT GOES BEYOND JUST READING COMPREHENSION AS I HAD TO LEARN MATHAND MORE OF MY SCIENCES .
THROUGH THAT I WAS ABLE TO COMPREHEND BETTER EVERYTHING THAT I WAS READING. IT WAS A GREAT THING TO EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I WASSOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AT A YOUNGER AGE .
THE INTENSIVE THEY HAD FOR US OR SOMETHING EARNED, NOT BOUGHT SO IT PUT ME AND MY CLASSMATES ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I RESPECTED AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ALSO EXPECTING.
>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOUDO AND IF WE CAN GET AROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE PEOPLE . [APPLAUSE] I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS ON AVERAGE HOW MANYNOVELS WOULD 1 MILLION WORDS BE MORE OR LESS ?
>> IT COULD BE NINE BOOKS OR 200 BOOKS SURE.
THE OTHER, I WOULD BE REDNESS IF I DIDN'T ADVERTISE THAT WE HAVE OUR ONLINE HIDALGO COUNTY LIBRARY SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE LIVE ADVANTAGE OF OUR ONLINE LIBRARY DID YOU
ALL TO TAKE A TEACHER? >> COMMISSIONER, THIS IS KELLY TORRES. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE BRAVO INITIATIVE THAT OUR STUDENTS . IT TRULY IS AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO READ AND THEY'RE IN RICH.
THEY DO IT FOR THE INCENTIVE PAY.
THEY SEE THE EXPOSURE ALL THESE PLACES THEY CAN TRAVEL TO THROUGH READING A BOOK. YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM AND I WISH THIS PROGRAM WAS IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO PERHAPS IT COULD BE SHARED INTO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS . THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU D
AND CONGRATULATIONS . >> WOULD YOU STAND UP?
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[INAUDIBLE] THESE KIDS ARE WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
[7. Precinct #1 - Comm. Fuentes]
>> MONSIEUR, WE HAVE PRECINCT 1B.
>> YOU HAVE A PRECINCT 1. COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
>> I HAVE SOMEONE FROM MY OFFICE ONLINE TO READ THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE I'M TRAVELING AND ITMAY NOT TRANSLATE WELL SO I HAVE SOMEBODY FROM MY OFFICE .
I GUESS NOT. I GUESS IF YOU DON'T MIND HAVING SOMEBODY FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS READ IT.
>> COMMISSIONER, WE CAN READ IT .
>> GO AHEAD MISTERROSETTA . >> RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ED COUCH ELSE A POWERLIFTING TEAM WHERE THE WOMEN'S POWERLIFTING TEAM REACHED THE PINNACLE OF SUCCESS WHEN IT WON THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN'S POWERLIFTING ASSOCIATION 5 A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON MARCH 15 21 AND WHEREAS JOINING THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITORS IN TEXAS AT THE STATE MEET IN CORPUS CHRISTI THE YELLOWJACKETS COMPILED 42 POINTS, RUNNER-UP IDENTIFIES BY 25 POINT AND WHEREAS THE TEAM WAS BASED BY THREE INDIVIDUAL TITLE WINNERS TRIUMPHED IN THE 97 POUND WEIGHT CLASS BY LIFTING A TOTAL OF 650 POUNDS, NEARLY 100 MORE THAN HER CLOSEST.
ENOUGH LO-RES CLAIMED THE GOLD IN THE 123 POUND PATIENT WASTING HUNDRED 55 POUNDS AND 75 POUNDS TO POUND CLASS AND WHEREAS THE OTHER YELLOWJACKET METAL ARIELLE GARZA AT 181 POUNDS, ELLEN GARZA AND AISHA GARCIA AT 259 POUNDS.
EACH FINISHED SECOND IN THEIR DIVISION.
BELLAS WHO FINISHED THIRD IN THE 97 POUND CLASS ALSO COMPUTING TO THE ED COUCH ELSE A TOTAL WERE TO PAY YOU PLACE AND NEED A GONZALEZ INTHE 165 . EMMA GARZA FINISHED EAT AT 198 POUNDS. WHEREAS EXCELLING, THE YELLOW JACKETS LITTERS AND FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COACHES KRISTIN NAVARRO, WELL REASONED GARZA WHEREAS THE CELL PHONE WHAT IS IN THE LONG COUCH ALSO ONE THAT WILL BE WILL FOREVER TREASURE THEIRMEMORIES . THEREFORE THE SOUL THE HIDALGO COMMISSIONER FOR CONGRATULATE THE ED COUCH ELSE THE POWER OF THINKING AND WAITING THE DHS WPA 581 STATE TO ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEAMS THIS YEAR BEST WISHES FORCONTINUED SUCCESS .HIS DAY OF MAYWANT .
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND .
>> I THINK WE HAVENAVARRO TO SAY A FEW WORDS .
>> I LIKE TO THANK MISTER FUENTES AND THEREST OF THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS . >> IS A GREAT HONOR FOR YOU GENTLEMEN RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM AND THEIR ENDEAVORS ALL ARTWORK
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COACH NAVARRO TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE GIRLS.YOU WAS MY HAS BEEN AND WILL TEAR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME WORKING WITH THESE GIRLS AND APPRECIATED FOR HIS EFFORTS .
>> I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US AND TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR MEETINGTO TAKE CARE AND RECOGNIZE US .
OUR GIRLS ARE TREMENDOUSLY HARD WORKERS AND WE ONLY GRADUATED FOUR OF THE GIRLS THAT WERE IN THE STATE MEET.
ONE WAS A STATE CHAMPION NINA FLOREZ AND THE OTHER TWO , THE TWO RUNNERS-UP ELSA GARZA ARE GOING TO GRADUATE AND WE GRADUATED ONE MORE THAT WENTTO THE REGIONAL LEVEL .
ALL THEREST OF THEM ARE BACK . TWO OF THE STATE CHAMPIONS ARE BACK AND ONE IS A SOPHOMORE AT ONCE ADJOURNED SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO DO GREAT THINGS NEXT YEAR REPRESENTINGHIDALGO COUNTY . WE REALLY DOAPPRECIATE YOUR
TIME . >> THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, KEEP UP THE HARD WORK LADIES .
>> COMMISSIONER, IF IMAY . I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COACHES AND AN ACCOUNT AND OBVIOUSLY THE YOUNG LADIES HIDE THE COAST THERE. AND CONGRATULATE THEM AS WELL FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OBVIOUSLY THEY KNOW THAT PUTTING IN THE HARD WORK LEADS TO GREAT SUCCESS.
CHANGES WHO YOU ARE AND CHANGES YOUR DETERMINATION AND CERTAINLY LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE READERS IT CHANGES YOUR LIVES FOREVER BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE PUT INTO IT. OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU GET OUT OF ITAS A HUMAN BEING , DEVELOPING YOUR SKILL SET AND OBVIOUSLY IMPROVING AS A PERSON SO I WANT TO THANK, TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK ED COUCH ELSA IS A PROUD SCHOOL.
THEY'RE VERY COMPETITIVE AND WE SEE THAT IN THESE GIRLS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO I WANT TO DO A MINUTE TO CONGRATULATE THEM AGAIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR IN THE SAME FORUM WHERE WE CAN CONGRATULATE YOU AGAIN ON THE BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS EVERYBODY IN, CHIPPED IN AND DID THEIR PART. SOMETIMES WE RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION BUT TO RECOGNIZE A TEAM STATE CHAMPION, THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL SO CONGRATULATIONS TOEVERYBODY THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH . OBVIOUSLY YOURSUPERINTENDENTS
AS WELL . >> EXPECT TO HAVE US BACK
AGAIN, 2 YEARS IN A ROW. >> CONGRATULATIONS ALL THE LADIES. GREATTEAMWORK AND I HOPE TO SEE
YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR . >> YES SIR.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU. >> IF WE COULD GO TO ITEM 6 A
[6.A. AI-80659 Approval of Resolution honoring Melba Huber, founder and owner of Melba's Dance School.]
AND I BELIEVE MISTER BECERRA. >> I WILL BE READING THE RESOLUTION HONORING MELBA HUBER, FOUNDER OF MELROSEDANCE SCHOOL . WHEREAS BORN NEAR BEAUMONT TEXAS ON OCTOBER 1, 1927, MELBA HUBER ARDSLEY WITHOUT DANCE. SHE STARTED DANCING IN 1932 AT THE AGE OF FIVE AND WHEREAS HER MOTHER PLAYED PIANO PROVIDING MUSIC FOR HER DAUGHTERS THAT BALLET AND CLASSESIN EXCHANGE FOR TUITION . EVEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND VINYL RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND WHEREAS AFTER ATTENDING AND TEACHING AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY SHE BECAME A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WHERE SHE STARTED BEAUTIES FIRST PERMANENT DANCE TEAM. IN 1947 SHE WAS SELECTED MISS AUSTEN. SHE TAUGHT DANCE AT THE HISTORIC HOUSTON UNIVERSITY AND OPENED A DANCE STUDIO BUT SOON FOUND HERSELF MOVING TO CANADA WHERE HER HUSBAND THEN BUILD CONSULTING WAS TRANSFERRED. AFTER ANOTHER TRANSFER THE YOUNG COUPLE FOUND THEMSELVES MOVING TO THEIR DREAM HOME.
AND WHEREAS IN 1958 SHE OPENED MELBA'S DANCE STUDIO ON SYCAMORE AVENUE BUT SOON OUTGREW IT.
SHE MOVED TO THE PRESENT LOCATION AT 2100 NORTH KINGS AND WIRE PROPERTIES AROUND THE SMALL CLOTHING STORE SHE HAD PURCHASED AND WHEREAS IN 2007 WHEN MELBA'S DANCED ALL CELEBRATED 15 YEARS OF PANTS MELBA HUBER WAS OVERJOYED WHEN TEACHERS CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE TO CELEBRATE WITH HER AND WHEREAS SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF HIDALGO COUNTY FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THE ART OF DANCE AT MELBA'S STUDIO MAKING THE
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SCHOOL A RIGHT OF PASSAGE FOR MANY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS MELBA HUBER PASSED AWAY AT 93 IN 2021, SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER'S CARRY CONSULTING, HE CONSULTING AND GRANDDAUGHTERS LINDSAY EMILY AND KYLIE CONSULTING.SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HERPARENTS , HER HUSBAND JIM AND HER DAUGHTER MELBA HUBER AND HER PREVIOUS HUSBAND.
WHEREAS MELBA WAS IMPRESSED WITH MARTIN LUTHER'S DECLARATION THAT INTERNAL SALVATIONIS A GIFT RECEIVED BY FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE IS NOT OVER THE EARTH .
PERHAPS GOD'S GRACE SHE RECEIVED THE YOUNG AGE AND HER GENEROSITY . THROUGH THE YEARS YOU STRUGGLE TO PAY THEIR DAD STILL MELBA ALWAYS FOUND A WAY FOR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE. MANY OF THEM ASSISTED IN TEACHING CLASSES TO YOUR ANSWERS.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HIDALGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZES THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE OF MELBA HUBER 'S SHE RECEIVED A YOUNG AGE AND HER GENEROSITY.
HAZY FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AND THANK HER FOR SHARING HER GIFT WITH SO MANY HIDALGO COUNTY IS A DAY OF MAY 1.
>> IVERSEN JUST FORGET ALL WONDERFUL DECLARATION YOU SEE, BRINGING IN MELBA DANCE. IT IS MELBA HUBER, NOT MELBA'S
THANK YOU FOR READING THE. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US, A BLESSING TO US ALL. >> SHE'S WAY AND A LOT OF YOUNGDANCERS , HE LISTENS TO HER FUNERAL AND MISS HER BEAUT . HER LAZY IS LIVE ON.
I BELIEVE MELBA'S DANCE HAS AN WILL YOU HIM WAS TO MELBA'S TO
CONTINUE THE LEGACY. >> THROUGH?
>> SECOND. >> VOLUNTEERS A HIDALGO AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MAIN ROLE WILL BE. IS OUR REAL MISSION COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH HELPS TO SUSTAIN AN INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PROCESS. RELATIONSHIPS.
THE ABILITY TO CHANGE ADVERSEL .
WHEREAS LONG PLAYS DAYS, AUDITING FOR ME ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL.
IDENTIFICATION IS A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AND WHEREAS MENTAL WELLNESS IS A GROWING CONCERN ONE YEAR LONG.
OVERALL AND THE ALL OF YOU MENTALLY SITUATION.
WHEREAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF ANY WELLNESS THE ISSUE REMAINS A FORM IS. AND WHEREAS EACH BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS WILL WORK AGENCIES HEALTHCARE AND CITIZEN AND MENTAL AWARENESS AND HELPING IN THE SILENCE AND SING
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TO IS AND HAS SERIOUS INDIVIDUALS FROM SEEKING HELP.NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK YOUR WAY ONE: THIS CALL ON THE CITIZENS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY TO RECOMMIT OUR COMMUNITY INCREASEAWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH .
THAT'S CITIZENS CAN TAKE TO PROTECT AND MANY FOR.
SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS 4TH DAY OF 21.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MISTY.
AS A FRIEND OF MINE SAID, HE, NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES PEOPLE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH UNTIL HE HIMSELF HAD ISSUES WITH MENTAL HEALTH WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ADMIT TO SOME DON'T ADMIT TO HAVING CONDITIONS AND MEDIA COUNSELING VISUAL USER HERE AT HIDALGO ABOUT EVERYTHING IS THOSE ISSUES. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SAY?
>> ,I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING IS NEARING ON THE SCHOOL DIRECTOR FOR LAW YOU SEE. IS A LIST RELATION THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT IN OUR AREA SCHOOL COUNSELING AFTER.
I LIKE THE JOB THAT OUR SCHOOL YEAR, EVERYDAY, YEAR.
ESPECIALLY DURING AND AFTER COVID-12 BECOMES SO MUCH MORE.
AGAIN, THIS RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. ALSO WANT TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES FOR KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TEACHERS..
>> ANYBODY ELSE? >> IF I CAN FOLLOW UP.
I'M DOCTOR NANCY LASSO AND I REPRESENT RGB'S SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM AREA I'M THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR TRAINING OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WORKING OUT THERE IN THE SCHOOLS WITH KIDS ALONG COUNSELORS.
OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE CURRENTLY KNOWN AS ESTES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, LICENSED SPECIALIST IN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY BUT ALSO ATTEND TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEN THAT ALLOW THEM TO BUT THEY ARE TRAINED IN ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEIMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IN OUR COUNTY AND ACROSS THE NATION . THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU DOCTOR. >> MY NAME IS MARIA, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE PROGRAM AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS . I KNOW I REPRESENT THESE PROGRAMS BUT HOWEVER WE'VE HAD TO ADAPT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND ACKNOWLEDGED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE OF COVID BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT SO MANY ISSUES WE HAVE SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AREA. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE US AND HELPS US DO OUR JOB EVERY DAY SO
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS . >> ANYONE ELSE?
>> THANK YOU LADIES. I THINK THE JOB YOU DO IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH .
>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. >> THANK YOU, SORRY FOR THE
[5. Open Forum]
DELAY. WEWILL GO BACK TO ITEM 5, OPEN FORUM . CAN YOU LET USKNOW WHO OURFIRST SPEAKER IS ? >> WE HAVE OSCAR.
HE IS OVER THE PHONE. >> THERE IS.
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COMMISSIONERS, QUICK TRANSLATION.
MISTER NUNEZ IS WITH THE ORGANIZATION DAY, THINKING THAT COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONERS VILLAREAL FOR HIS MISTER MINEOLA MENTIONS THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANING THE DISHES DURING THIS TIME IS THE TIME HE'S REFERENCING IS WORKING SEE AGAIN YOU WANT ALSO STAFF WORKING ON.
>> NEXT WE HAVE ELIZABETH GONZALEZ ON.
>> MS. GONZALEZ. >> I WILL GIVE YOU THREE
>> SHE IS ONE COMMISSIONER NOEL IS USING IN YOUR AREA ONLY SHE MENTIONED WANTING, WATER ISSUES IN THE AREA.
SHE ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THIS.
>> NEXT YEAR. >> NEXT WE HAD ORGANIZATION
AREA C-SPAN] >> MARIA IS THE ORGANIZATION DAY, SHE IS WHERE THE SUBDIVISION AND SHE HAD IS REQUESTING PRESENT THREE ASSISTANTS IN HER SUBDIVISION WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES. AND SHE AGAIN, WHEN PRESENT TO WORK WITH THEM IN ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
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>> NEXT WE HAVESYLVIA GUZMAN MAY PHONE .
MISTER MANN. >> I WILL NEED ONE MINUTE.
>> (. >> TRANSMISSION MISSED SOVIET IS WITH ORGANIZATION LUPE. SHE'S REALLY OUT TO THREE IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THEIRSUBDIVISION .
THEY WOULD THEN A LICENSEE FROM THE PRESENT ON THEIR AREA.
>> WE HAVE MARIA FLORIDA'S ORGANIZATION MAY PHONE.
>> HELLO LAWRENCE.>> MS. LAWRENCE, THE DOCUMENTS.
>> MS. MARIA FLOREZ IS WITH ORGANIZATION LUPE .RECINCT 3 AND SHE IS ASKING COMMISSIONER VILLAREAL TO HELP FIX AN INITIATIVE THEY HAD WITH THEIR STREET WITH RESPECT TO FLOODING . ANY HEAVY RAINS , COSTSOME FLOODING ON THEIR STREET . SHE ALSO MENTIONS THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING THE STREET ISSUE AS HURRICANE SEASON ISUPON US , SHE DID MENTION THEY HAD ADDRESSED IN THE PAST THE STREET HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BUT THEY STILL NEED ASSISTANCE IN RECTIFYING AS A TOTAL SOLUTION TO THE STREET
AND THE FLOODING. >> NEXT WE HAVE FEDERAL
AUTHORITY. >> THERE IS A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND I WILL ADVISE WHEN THERE IS ONE MINUTE AND
START WHEN YOU START. >> COMMISSIONERS, YOURACTIONS ARE BEYOND BELIEF. YOU HAVE NO CONCEPT OF THE CONDITIONS OF POVERTY THAT EXISTIN THE COUNTY THAT USER .
OR COULD IT BE THAT YOU SIMPLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE . I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I HEARD THE SENATOREDDIE LUCIO JUNIOR WAS SPONSORING SENATE BILL 594 . FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING HIDALGO COUNTY TO COLLECT SOLID WASTE TAX IN THE RURAL AREA READ MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS DO THESE PEOPLE NOT KNOW THAT OVER 40 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION LIVE IN POVERTY WESTERN MARK THAT OUR TAX REVENUE NEEDS TO INCREASE BY SEVEN PERCENT EACH YEAR TO PAY FOR THE NEW COURTHOUSE? DO THEY NOT KNOW THAT IN EDINBURG 33,000 STUDENTS ARE NOT INSCHOOL . AND THE 4000 MEMBER SUPPORT STAFF IS NOT WORKING. THE IDEA OF PASSING A TAX BILL WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF HIDALGO COUNTY TAXING BILL THAT WAS TURNED DOWN TWICE BY THE PEOPL
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. THE SECOND TIME 111,822 PEOPLE VOTED NO. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THE PEOPLE IF THE BILL IS APPROVED? ARE YOU GOING TO SAY BY THE WAY, THE STATE OF TEXAS APPROVED A LAW THAT ALLOWS ONLY THE RESIDENTS OF HIDALGO COUNTY TO BE TAXED FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION IN THE RURAL AREAS WESTERN MARK IS IT BASED ON THE HIGH DEGREE OF POVERTY WESTERN MARK HIGH INCIDENCE OF SHELTER IN PLACE MANDATES? I WONDER WHAT THEY WILL SAY WHAT YOU MAY HAVE PROMISED THEM TO HAVE TAX UPON THEIR IDEAL RANKS UP THERE WITH THE IDEA OF COMMISSIONERS TO CONVINCE MEMBERS OF LUPE TO LOBBY FOR THE INTERNET SERVICE INSTEAD OF THECOUNTY TAKING THE LEAD ON FINDING A WAY TO OPEN OUR SCHOOLS . THE INTERNET IS NOT ASUBSTITUTE FOR OUR IN CLASS EDUCATION. FOR THE PREPARATION OF SERVING OF MEALS , FOR THE PROTECTION OF POLICE FORCES ESPECIALLY TRAINED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.THEINTERNET CANNOT COME CLOSE TO THE THINGS THEY GET AND RECEIVE IN THE CLASSROOM . FUNNY THING IS JUST BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE I CAN TELL YOU WHO'S GREAT IDEA THIS WAS AND I CAN ALSO TELL YOUABOUT THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT IT WILL BE FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ONE COMPANY . WHENYOU HAVE NO COMPETITION , THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP SO THE PEOPLE IN HIDALGO COUNTY OUT THERE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS HERE WANT TO ADD ANOTHERTAX TO YOUR BILL SO THAT YOU CAN LOSEYOUR PROPERTY .
>> NEXT UP IS ORGANIZATION LUPE.
>> THANK YOU. AS A TRANSLATION, MS. GARCIA IS WITH PUEBLO AND CAROL, SHE RESIDED PRECINCT FOR.
SHE'S BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER A PETITION FOR THE LIGHTING AND SHE MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS ANDISSUES WITH THE TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT'S BEING DISCARDED IN THEIR AREA .
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MISS A LOT MORE MISS MUNOZ IS WITH SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A RELATIVE WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING IN THEIR AREA BY WAY OF PART VEHICLES AND FOOD-SERVICE TRUCKS THAT ARE IMPEDING THE SIDEWALK FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE WALKED ON THEN CALLING THEM OR FORCING THEM TO USE THE STREET AS WALKWAY. SHE'S ALSO BRINGING UP THE ISSUE THAT AS A RESULT OF THE VEHICLES IN THE FOOD-SERVICE TRUCKS IN GENERAL, THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH DEBRIS BEING DISCARDED IN THAT AREA AS WELL. .>> NEXT UP WE HAVESEVERAL GARZA .
>> THERE IS A THREE-MINUTE TIMELIMIT , I ADVISED MEMBERS
ONE MINUTE. >> I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE VALLEY SINCE 1952. IN 1974, I BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND AND IT WAS THE GREATEST FEELING INTHE WHOLE WORLD FOR ME . STANDING ON LAND, FREE WITHOUT ANYBODY TELLING ME WHAT TODO . FOR EXAMPLE, TELLING ME YOU'RE LIVING IN A HOTEL, THIS IS NOT A HOTEL .
SO I ONLY LEFT 30DAYS IN THAT HOUSE.AND WITH THE HELP , HE KEPT ME WITH MY PROPERTY BUT I COULDN'T PAY FOR IT SO I JOINED THEARMY AND I PAID FOR IT . THIS IS WHAT I'M COMING HERE FOR LAND , PROPERTY IS THE BEST INVESTMENT FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAM GREEDY AND THERE'S CHARGING TAXESEVERY TIME I TURN AROUND THE TAXES ARE GOING UP ,GOING UP .
IT'S A BUNCH OF BALONEY . LET ME TELL YOU THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR WHATEVER THEY WANTTO BUY BECAUSE LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE .
1989 I BOUGHT A 10 ACRE TRACT AND THAT 10 ACRE TRACT WAS FOR $64,000. THE AMOUNT OF TAXES I WAS PAYING I COULD NOT PAY FOR IT BUT SOMEBODY GAVE ME AN IDEA.
SUBDIVIDE. I SOLD IT ACRE LOTS FOR $10,000 REALTY. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS INEEDED TO PAY FORTHAT LAND . I STILL HAVE THE LAND .
AND THE TAXES, ALL OF A SUDDEN JUMPED UP A LOT.
I WAS PAYING FOR ONE HALF ACRE THE SAME THING I WAS PAYING FOR 2 ACRES SO I'M THINKING WHAT HAPPENED HERE ? WHY AM I STILL PAYING TAXES? SO I'M TELLING YOU WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF GETTING TOGETHER, YOU'D BETTER REGROUP AGAIN BECAUSE THEGOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, THEY RAN HIM OFF BECAUSE OF THE TAXES . THEY RAN HIM OFF AND HE'S GOING TO BE GONE PRETTY SOON. THE GOVERNOR CUOMO, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN HIMOFF FOR DOING THE SAME THING .
FORBEING GREEDY. PAYING A LOT OF TAXES .
I WISH THAT PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF THE LITTLE ONES LET'S GET TOGETHER AND TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF RAISING TAXES . TELL THEM TO STOP IT .
>> NEXT SPEAKER. >> THAT IS IT SIR.>> WE
[6. County Judge's Office]
HAVE ITEM 6C AREA ITEM 6 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NURSES WEEK MAY 6 THROUGH THE 12TH OF 2021.ESTHER SET UP FORMISTY . THANK YOU.
>> PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NURSES WEEK MAY 6 THROUGH THE 12TH 2021. WHEREAS MAY 6 THROUGH THE 12TH 2021 ISNATIONAL NURSES WEEK . AND WHEREAS NURSES HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONTLINE OF A WORLD HEALT CRISIS .
THE CORONAVIRUS 19 PANDEMIC. NURSING PROFESSIONALS NEEDTHE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY NOW MORE THAN EVER .
NURSING PROFESSIONALS STAND STRONG AS THE LARGEST WORKFORCE IN HEALTHCARE. WITH OVER 4 MILLION NURSES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES . AND WHEREAS MAY 12 IS THE
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BIRTHDATE OF MISS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, THE FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING FOR WHICH INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY HAS BEEN CELEBRATED SINCE 1965. AND 1974 A WEEK WAS DESIGNATED BY THE WHITE HOUSE AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK IN FEBRUARY WITH APPROXIMATIONISSUED BY PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON .AND WHEREAS IN 1982, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SIGNED A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NATIONALRECOGNITION A4 NURSES TO BE MAY 6 . AS OF 1991, THE AMERICAN NURSING ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS OBSERVES RECOGNITION OF NURSES FROM MAY 6 THROUGH THE 12TH ENDING ON A DAY OF SIGNIFICANCE , FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S BIRTHDAY .
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HIDALGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD EXPRESSES DEEP GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO ALL NURSES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND CARING, COMFORTING,HEALING AND UPLIFTING PATIENTS IN SUCH A TIME OF ILLNESS . IN ADDITION HIDALGO COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ALL NURSES FOR THEIR FRONTLINE COMMITMENT DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED HEALTH CRISIS. YOUR EFFORTS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. APPROVED THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
MISTER SELENA, IS THAT YOU YOU JOINING US ON THE ITEM ?
>> . >> COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS DOCTOR AARON SALINAS, I'MA NURSE PRACTITIONER .
PART OF THE OT HEALTH AND ALSO ONE OF THE FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING. I'M A PRESIDENT OF THE RIO BRAVO EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION GROUP.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
FORTHE 28 MILLION NURSES WORLDWIDE , FINDING THEPANDEMIC , WHERE AT THE FRONTLINES. ON ONE OF 4 MILLION NURSES IN THE UNITED STATES. TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS EVERY DAY.MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS OUR PATIENTS NEEDS NOT JUST AS A RESULT OF COVID-12 TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS NEEDS ARE EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH EVERYONE ELSE AND WE NEED TO CARE FOR THEM SO I THINK YOU GUYS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THISPROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION , NOT JUST FOR NURSES BUT FOR ALL NURSES MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND PROVIDINGPATIENT CARE.
THANK YOU . >> THANK YOU, WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING NURSES DO FOR US AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PANDEMIC WHERE THEY SERVE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF THE VACCINES THAT WE PROVIDEDCOUNTYWIDE . COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT
ALL OF YOUR COLLEAGUES . >> ABSOLUTELY COMMISSIONER.
>> 6D, MISS NOT TOMORROWS.>> AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
I'M WITH THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE, ITEM 60, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIDALGO COUNTY AND REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE CITY OF MERCEDES TEXAS LOOKING FOR APPROVAL .
>> SO MOVED AREA. >> ALL IN FAVORSAY AYE.
>> ITEM 60, DISCUSSIONS CONSIDERATION TO APPOINT ASHLEY AS A VOLUNTEERINTERN UNDER THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE FOR MAY 17 2021 , AUGUST 14,2021, LOOKING FOR APPROVAL .
>> SO MOVED. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY HIDALGO.
MOTION CARRIES AREA IQ. COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU LIKE ME
[7.B. AI-80593 Requesting approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the South Texas Independent School District and the County of Hidalgo for student transportation staging area for the 2021-2022 School Year.]
TO PRESENT ITEM 7B. FOR COMMISSIONER FUENTES, ITEM 7B IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SOUTH TEXAS IMMIGRANT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTY FOR STUDEN TRANSPORTATION STAGING AREA FOR THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR .>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION CARRIES.
[8.B. AI-80636 Requesting approval of the Health Education and Literacy Initiative (HEAL), under the Hidalgo County Literacy Program, as authorized under [Section 381.004(b)(6) of the Texas Local Government Code].]
8B. >> GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN, ITEM AGENDA REQUESTING APPROVA OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION AND
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LITERACY INITIATIVE , DEAL UNDER THE LITERACY PROGRAM AS AUTHORIZED AFTER SECTION 381 .004, B6 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SEEKING APPROVAL PLEASE.>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTIONCARRIES .
THANK YOU. COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY.
[9. Community Service Agency]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
HIDALGO COUNTY SERVICE AGENCY. I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY 2021 AS COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH.
MAY I READ A PROCLAMATION SIR? IT SAYS WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION HAS MADE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACROSS THIS NATION BY CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION IS A ROBUST DATE IN THE LOCAL FORCE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO LIFE-CHANGING SERVICES AND CREATING PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY IN 99 PERCENT OF WHERE FROM A COMPANY AS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF COMMUNITIES, WHEREAS ACTION SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES THROW OUT OUR CITIES RURAL AREAS AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES STRENGTHENED BY NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS HURRICANES, FIRES AND OTHER SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE AGENCIES PROVIDE OVER 7000 HOT MEALS TO HIDALGO COUNTY RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY 2021 WINTER STORMS AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION DELIVERS INNOVATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO SUCCEED AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE TIME OF COVID-12 AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION THROUGHOUT HIDALGO COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES PROVIDE $10 MILLION IN COVID-12 ASSISTANCE. AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION INSISTS ON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVING ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE A VOICE AND WILL BE HER AND WHEREASCOMMUNITY ACTION IS CELEBRATING 57 YEARS OF INNOVATION , IMPACT AND PROVIDING RESULTS FOR ALL AMERICANS NOW THEREFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF 2021 AS COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH IN RECOGNITION OF THE DEDICATION OF ALL COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ANDTHE HIDALGO COUNTY SERVICE AGENCY APPROVED THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY 2021 .
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
>> COMMISSIONERS, JUST A VERY BRIEF LIST AND A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE I HANDED OVER TO OUR ADVISORY BOARD PRESIDENT , AS YOU WELL KNOW OUR AGENCY IS NOT A FRONTLINE RESPONDER BUT CERTAINLY WE RESPOND IMMEDIATELYAFTER THE CRISIS , WE RESPOND WITH A VOICE, WE HOPE TO BE THE VOICE OF THE VULNERABLE FAMILIES OF HIDALGO COUNTY AND WE HOPE TO GET HELP FOR FAMILIES NOT LIVING IN A CULTURE OF DEPENDENCY BUT ACTUALLY FIND A CULTURE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY AREA I SAW THAT THIS MORNING, I WENT FROM A HOUSE FIRE TO A CASE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO A CASE OF HOMELESSNESS.
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS IMMENSE AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A BRIEF LIST OF THEWINTER STORM THAT I MENTIONED, HURRICANE HANNAH , OPERATION SHIELD WHERE WE HELP THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND NURSES RESPOND TO THE EDUCATIONAL GAP WITH VACCINATION AND IMMUNIZATIONS, THE MEDICINE AND FOOD DROP-OFF WHERE WE DROP OFF FOOD AT FOLKS FRONT DOOR.
OPERATION BRAVO ZULU WHERE WE THE VETERANS AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE BY RECOVERY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, VIOLENTCRIME RESPONSE , UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THE TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY WHERE WE TAKE FAMILIES AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THEM TO HELP THEM GET AHEAD ANDWHILE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE FOR OUR URBAN COUNTY PROGRAM , JUST A VARIETY.
I CAN GO ON AND ON PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
JOINING ME TODAY I WANTED TO HAVE A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK EVERY DAY AND DO THE HEAVY LIFTING SO TO SPEAK. IT ALL STARTS OFF WITH OUR BOARD. WE HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD, DIANE MARTINEZ ISWITH US AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO HIM AND JUST A BIT. WE ALSO HAVE SISTER SANTIAGO WAS ALSO ON OUR BOARD .E HAVE OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER MISTER DIEGO PALACIOS . WE HAVEVANESSA ORTIZ , DENISE RAMIREZ, KAREN SILVA, LESLIE DIAZ AND WE HAVE OTHER ON OUR
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STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOLDS TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING EVERY DAY I'M ETERNALLYGRATEFUL TO THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK . THERE'S TIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AS MANY COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SERVANTS DO IN A CRISIS TO ATTEND OTHER FOLKS.ODAY SOME OF OUR STAFF HAS DEPLOYED HELPING FAMILY THAT ARE RECOVERING FROM A 2019 DISASTE .WE HAVE. ARE RESPONDING TO A FIRE AS I MENTIONED THIS MORNING AND WE HAVE OTHER FOLKS DEALING WITH A VERYSERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH PRICES .
SO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OFTHE WORK WE DO AND I'M PROUD TO TURN THIS OVER TO MISTERMARTINEZ FOR A FEW WORDS . AFTER MARTINEZ .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY JUDGE FOR THEIR UNDIVIDED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PANDEMIC.
I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND A TREMENDOUS JOB IN SERVING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS.
I CALL THEM WARRIORS BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY HELP OUT THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO, THEY EXTENDED A HELPING HAND DURING THE CRISIS IN HOUSTON WHERE THERE WAS A CRISIS THEY WERE OUT THERE AS WELL PROVIDING THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AND COMMITTED BY PROVIDING GUIDANC AND SUPPORT TO COMMISSIONERS AGENCIES , ESPECIALLY DURING THIS COVID-12 PANDEMIC. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THE REST OF THE MONTH WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND WE CERTAINLY INVITE YOU EITHER VIRTUALLY OR INPERSON TO ATTEND THOSE EVENTS THANK YOU FOR THE
PROCLAMATION . >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN YOUR STAFF AND I'VE SEEN YOURSELF WORK HAND-IN-HAND IN MY PRECINCT. THROUGH THEWINTER STORM, AND THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT SEEMS TO POP ON A DAILY BASIS , I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS AN YOUR TEAM'S EFFORTS.
THE OTHER DAY IN FEBRUARY , THEY WERE HELPING US PROVIDE SOME MEALS TO SOME PEOPLE AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE 20 DEGREES, IT WAS COLD AND THEY STOOD THERE AND THEY HELPED OUT AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THEYCOULD TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AWARE
>> IF I MAY. >> SORRY ABOUT THE ECHO.
WE'RE BUILDING OVER HERE BUT I THINK THESE CSA PEOPLE ARE REALLY GREAT FIRSTRESPONDERS. THEY'RE THERE AND ARE MOST CRITICAL TIME . IN OUR TIME OF MOST NEED THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO BE HERE. THEY ARE LIKE SOCIAL WORKERS ON STEROIDS BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS COME THROUGH.
THEY COME UP WITH GREAT IDEAS AND SHARE THOSE IDEAS WITH US AND WHENEVER YOU GET A CALL, YOU KNOW THERE'S A CRISIS, HE'S ALREADY ADDRESSING IT SO TO YOUR EYE AND YOURSTAFF YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GREAT PEOPLE .
THEY MAKE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT LOOK GREAT AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE WORK YOU DO DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND EVEN BEYOND THAT. I KNOW YOU GUYS AREALWAYS OUT THERE DOING GREAT WORKFOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU . YOU GUYS ARE ANGELS .
>> THANK YOU. WE MOVED ON TO ITEM9B .
YES SIR. >> ITEM 9B, 80965 FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OFPOSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND .
THE SIGNATURE DOCUMENT HHS 8711, 00011 BY ADDING $316.48 FORTHE CONTRACT . RESULTING IN A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED CONTRACT AMOUNT 35,000 $352.47 WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION OR THE CITY OF GRANT PROGRAM WE WILL TAKE IT TOGETHER AUTHORIZATION FOR ELECTRONIC LEASE FIND ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS .
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
>> ITEM 9C, AGENDA ITEM0656 . DISCUSSIONS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION FOR SIGNATURE DOCUMENT CONTRACT NUMBER HHS 871100030. BY ADDING $316.48 TO THE CONTRACT RESULTING IN THE CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $5792.48 WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR THE SENIOR CORE GRANT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZATION FOR HIGH-LEVEL
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ELECTRONICALLYSIGNED ANY AND ALL PERTINENT DOCUMENTS .>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 9B, AGENDA ITEM 80655, DISCUSSING CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE SIGNATURE DOCUMENT CONTRACT NUMBER HHS 8711 00040 BY ADDING $316.48 TO THE CONTRACT.
RESULTING IN A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF THOUSAND $791 $.48 WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR THE CITY CORE GRANT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZATION FOR ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED ANY AND ALLPERTINENT DOCUMENTS .
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
[10. District Attorney's Office]
THANK YOUCOMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE .>> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, ROSA CANTU.
ITEM 10 A, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROSECUTOR GRANT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A GRANT NUMBER 293-1306
TO THE OFFICE OFTHE GOVERNOR . >> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
>> ITEM 10 B, ASSISTANT VICTIM PROGRAM 1281, WHERE FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT GRANT PROGRAM NUMBER24303 ADJUSTMENT
TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR . >> MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVORSAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES .
>> THANK YOU. >> SHERIFF'SOFFICE .
[11. Sheriffs Office]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.CAPTAIN DAVID FREELAND.
AGENDA ITEM 11 A, 80582 PART ONE, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE US IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS AND HIDALGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEWITH THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING HIDALGO SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES AS CUSTOMS OFFICERS .
>> GO AHEAD SIR. >> PART TWO,AUTHORIZATION FOR HIDALGO COUNTY SHERIFF TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING .
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES .
>> ITEM 11 B, 804597, SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1 , TWO AND FOUR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 OPERATION STONE GARDEN GRANT SD 1284 REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION OF APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN REFERENCE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 OPERATION STONE GARDEN GRANT TO THE FEDERALEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY .> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY HIDALGO.
MOTION CARRIES . CAN YOU READ THROUGH SEE-THROUGH E ALTOGETHER? PLEASE.
>> 80545 JAIL COMMISSARY APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATION OF REVENUES BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,382 AND 01 CENTS .
D, WHICH IS 80560 APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATION OF REVENUES BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $543,904.91 AND 11B , A 0602 JAIL COMMISSARY APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATION OF REVENUES BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR ANDPROVISION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$1333.20 . >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. CONSTABLE PRECINCT FORWARD.
[12. Constable Pet. #4]
>> COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE, CAN YOU HEAR ME MARK.
>> YES SIR. >> THE AGENDA ITEM 80598, DISCUSSING CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL AS DEPUTY COUNSEL MYSELF. IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENT SECTION 8601 ONE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
>> 12 B, COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEMS IT 80618, CONSTABLE RECENT FOR OPERATION STONE GARDEN , 1284 ONE,
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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROVAL TO ACCEPT RENT REWARD FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION IN RELATION TO THEFISCAL YEAR 2020 .MARCH 1, 2021 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2028, OPERATION STONE GARDEN GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 120,000 WITH THE AUTHORITY FOR COUNTY JUDGE AS AUTHORIZED TO OBJECT FOR AN AWARD ELECTRONICALLY.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
>> NEXT ITEM, >> THE TWO AUTHORIZATION UNDER
THE BRAND TERM ANDCONDITIONS . >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAYAYE .
MOTION CARRIES. >> B3, APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATION OF REVENUES BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 OPERATIONS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 120,000 AND THE
APPROPRIATION OF THE SAME . >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY HIDALGO AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. >> THAT'S THE 12 CAGENDA ITEM 80622 .ONSTABLE RANGE AND FOR APPROVAL UNDER CERTIFICATION OF THE RIVERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR IN THE AMOUNT OF 1727 AND $.36 WITH A 2021 POLICE OFFICERS ALLOCATION FUND AWARDED AND RETRIEVED FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER OFPUBLIC ACCOUNT AND OPERATION OF THE SAME .
>> MOTIONTO APPROVE . >> SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, MOTION CARRIES.
>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[13. Human Resources]
>> REPELLING UP FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
I AM 30 A.M. RESTING A WAIVER OF THE FOLLOWING APPLICABLE FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS LISTED AN ACTION NUMBERTHREE BUDGET AMENDMENT POLICY PERSONNEL RELATED AMENDMENTS .
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM 13 BEFORE THE COUNTY TREASURER , APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PERSONNEL ACTIONS MAY 11, 2021. I'M REQUESTING TO DECREASE THE SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCE FOR 009 AND/00 10 THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF $550 EACH AND INCREASE OUR SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCE FOR SLOTS 20 11 AND CASHIERTWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $1100 .
THIS ALLOWANCE IS FOR AGREEMENTS DISTRICT AND THIS HAS NOFISCAL IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND .
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
>> ITEM 13 C FOR WIC, APPROVAL TO CREATE FIVE TEMPORARY PART-TIME POSITIONS BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2021 AND ENDING AUGUST 2021. THE SLOTS RT 00 115 005.
THESE ARE REFERRAL RESOURCE LISTS SLOTS AND THEY ARE PHYSICIANS AND THEY WILL ASSIST WITH A SUMMER PROGRAM AT
VARIOUS WIC LOCATIONS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVORSAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES .
>> MISSIONERS, MAY I GO BACK TO THE CONSTABLES ITEM
[12.D. AI-80546 Constable Precinct 4 CCP59 (1231): Approval of 2021 appropriation of fund balance for Constable Precinct 4 Chapter 59 in the amount of $46,794.75.]
SPECIFICALLY ITEM 12 D. >> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HAD FORGOTTEN TO SUBMIT THAT. WHAT WAS IT, 12 B 80546? I'M FOR PRECINCT 4. THE B 59 APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATION OF FUND BALANCE FOR CONSTABLE CHAPTER 59 IN THE AMOUNT OF
46,794AND $.75 . >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY HIDALGO AYE, MOTION CARRIES.
>> THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >> GO AHEAD ERICA.
[14. Urban County]
>> MISTER OF THE LAW. >> THAT AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, FOR ITEM WORKING A SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1295 WHEN AS APPLICABLE EVERY TIME THE PROGRAM IS REQUESTED IN THE AMOUNT OF BIDS ANDAPPROVAL OF
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CONTRACTS WITH LATENT HOMES FOR THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING UNIT . DELIVERY SET UP OF LIVABLE HOMES IN THE FOLLOWING. HEAVY LEGAL REVIEW.WO MOBILE HOMES AND THE COUNTYWIDE AREA IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $128,980 TO CLAYTON HOLMES. IT'S GOING TO BE ONE MODEL MOBILE HOME IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF EDINBURG AND THE OTHER ONE INTHE OUTSKIRTS OF ALBUM.>> COMMISSIONER TORRES, I DIDN'T HEAR. DID YOU MAKEA MOTION ?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE READ
MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM 14B, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE . THE COUNTY PROGRAM IS REQUESTING CONSIDERATION AND ACTION TO REWARD AND INTERIM CONTRACT WITH SONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
WHICH IS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $230,577 AND $.50 UTILIZING THE EARLY COUNTY PROGRAM FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 FOR THE SAN JUAN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJEC
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, MOTION CARRIES AREA.
>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. >> 15.
[15. Planning Department]
>> TJ WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 15 A IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO RESCIND ACTIONS TAKEN BY COMMISSIONERS COURT ON DECEMBER 30, 2019 . AGENDA 73757 ITEM 14 2 A.
THE DEVELOPER WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION THEREFORE SHE'S ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE $1500 FOR THE ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM FACILITY AND WE ARE
[INAUDIBLE] >> COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
[INAUDIBLE] >> ACKNOWLEDGED, I JUST HEARD
COMMISSIONER TORRES . >> MOTION TOAPPROVE .
>> AYE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU FOR A BIG FAVOR.
CAN YOU HOLD OFF FOR A SECOND? JUST IN CASE BECAUSE I HAVE THESE GUYS BREAKINGIN AND OUT . IF YOU CAN HOLD OUTFOR A SECOND . SOME OF THESE CHECKS NEED TO GET APPROVED. I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU OFF BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT BUT I MIGHT BE IN BETWEEN AND I NEED SOMETIME HERE. COMMISSIONER TORRES .
THERE YOU GO. YOU LOOK FROZEN BUT GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'LL COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU.
[16. Budget & Management]
>> THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL FOR SUBMITTING THE MAY 2021 RULE WITH PARTICIPATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FORM.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY HIDALGO AYE.
>> APPROVAL FOR FUNDS OF RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ON THE AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF THE 2021 APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAMS AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
>> MOTION TOAPPROVE. >> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY
AYE . >> 16 BE ONE OF APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATION FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF$30,000 FOR PORT GUARDIANSHIP AND ITS BENEFACTORS .
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> ITEM 16 B2, APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,020 OF
CONTRIBUTION FUND EXPENDITURES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[17. Purchasing Department - Notes]
OCEAN CARRIES. I'M GOING TO DO PURCHASING AND COME BACK TO YOU. JUSTGIVE ME FIVEMINUTES .[01:40:01]
PURCHASING . 17 A.>> HELLO COMMISSIONER. ITEM 17 A1, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 AND 13 BETWEEN APPLE COUNTY AND ARCHITECT HDR TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW HIDALGO COUNTYCOURTHOUSE PROJECT . REQUESTING COMMISSIONER TAKE ACTION ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 AND CONFIRM A RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO PROCEED WITHOR WITHOUT THE OPTIONAL SERVICES .
>> WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COURT, WITH OR WITHOUT? DO YOU WANT TO GOAHEAD AND READ THEM ? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WITH AND WITHOUT .
>> CAMERAS DESIGNED WORK EXPENSES, OPTIONAL IS THAT AD DESIGN OF THE LOCAL INTERCOM OR CONTROLS AT EACH PORT LOCATION.
THAT'S THE TOTAL OF 8300. THE TOTAL AMOUNT WITHOUT OPTIONAL SERVICES IS 9650AND WITH OPTIONAL SERVICES 17,950 .
>> WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION, WITH ?
>> I NOTICED ON THE AGENDA HERE IT SAYS PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS . I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANY OF THIS QUALIFIES UNDER THE CARE ACT OR RELIEFPACKAGE ?
>> IT MIGHT QUALIFY UNDER THAT BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ISSUED YET AND WE EXPECT IT WILL BE ISSUED NEXT WEEKBUT WE DO EXPECT TO BE
ELIGIBLE UNDER OUR FUNDS . >> DOESN'T HAVEQUALIFIED UNDER
THE CARE ZACH ? >> I THINK IT WILL ASWELL , THE SERVICESPROVIDED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR .
>> I'M LOOKING AT THE QUALIFIED CASE AND I GET THE RELEASE . [INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO BE
PRETTY CLOSE TO THE STANDARD . >> THE PURPOSE SHOULD BE SIMILAR WITH THE PHONES OF THE CARES.
WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THOSE SAFETY FEATURES FOR THE LOCAL INTERCOM BY THE SHERIFF'SOFFICE .
>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. >> I'M WITH YOU TOO, I'M OKAY WITH ALL OF THIS BUT LET'S GO BACK TO A1 AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THEOPTIONAL SERVICES .IS THERE A SECOND MARK ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES THE NEXT ITEM IS BE, REQUESTING COMMISSIONERS COURT TO TAKE ACTION ON AMENDMENT13.
THIS IS THE ONE YOU WILL ROOM WERE REFERRING TO COMMISSIONER FUENTES AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 .
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> NEXT ITEM 17 B1 REQUESTING APPROVAL TO PURCHASE JANUARY 20, 2020 BILL 337 PETERSON THE L3 WITH ACCESSORIES IN THE AMOUNT OF 187,000 511 OR $.79 THROUGH THE COUNTY'S MEMBERSHIP WITH MORE COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS
FROM RESTAURANT CENTER. >> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
>> 17 C1 REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE BETWEEN COUNTY AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO EXERCISE OUR OPTION TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR AND REFLECT THE NAMESOF THE ELECTED
OFFICIALS CURRENTLY IN OFFICE . >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. >> 17 B1 FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PARK APARTMENTS INCINERATION AND ACTION TO APPROVE A NECESSARY CARE ACT RELIEF FUND EXPENDITURES TO COVER COSTS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CURRENT BUDGET AND CANNOT BE LAWFULLY FUNDED BY LINE ITEM ALLOTMENT OR ALLOCATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF DISPOSABLE GLOVES IN ORDER TO
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ASSIST THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXPENSES ADDRESSING THE ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BEFORE HAVING REVIEWED THE AGENDA ITEM BRIEFLY ATTACHED HEREIN FINDS SUCH EXPENDITURE IS REASONABLE ANDNECESSARY FOR THE INTENDED USE .>> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. >> REQUEST AN ABSTENTION FROM REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2624 A1 AN ITEM THAT MUST BE PURCHASED IN CASE OF A PUBLIC CALAMITY IF IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE A PURCHASE TO RELIEVE THE NECESSITY FROM CITIZENS AND ITEMS NECESSARY T PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETYOF THE CITIZENS .
MOTION TO APPROVE .> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE DISPOSABLE GLOVES AND LYSOL FROM GRANGER UNDER AWARDING CONTRACTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 151,865. MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND, ALLIN FAVOR SAY AYE .
MOTION CARRIES. >> REQUESTING APPROVAL OF WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER TWO WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF 8550 AS SUBMITTED BY ASSOCIATE THROUGH ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR REPAIRS AND INNOVATIONS ALTERATIONS ADDITIONS AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INNOVATIONS TO COUNTY OWNEDBUSINESSES PROJECT .
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. >> 1701, SHERIFFS OFFICE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF FINAL NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WITH FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION SERVICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING THE FINAL OFFER SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE
WITH 495. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVORSAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES .
>> ITEM TO REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF LOWEST BID PROPOSA 1333 AND $.20 . FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TESTING OF A CONSTRUCTION PARTITION PROJECT ADULT DETENTION CENTER UNDERPRECINCT FOR , ON-CALL AGREEMENT.
>> MOTION TOAPPROVE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE .
MOTION CARRIES. >> FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY REQUESTING APPROVAL OF LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIDALGO COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE STATE OF TEXAS ACTING FACILITIES COMMISSION FOR PURPOSE OF COMMON GOAL FOR PARTIES TO ACCEPT AND CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF THE COUNTIES ORBITED PROPERTY BY TMC THROUGH THE STATE SURPLUS PROGRAM FOR THE AUTHORITY FOR CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY HONORABLE ADOLFO RODRIGUEZ TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT . >> MOTION TO APPROVE .> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, MOTION CARRIES.
>> ITEM TO REQUESTING ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL NEGOTIATED MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION FOR DEFENDANTS INCLUDING THE BEST AND FINAL THE THIRD AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
SERVICES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
[16.A. AI-80583 Status update on the Hidalgo County Wellness Program.]
WE WILL GO BACK TO 16 A, ARE YOU STILL THERE?>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
>> AND ALTHOUGH COUNTY WATER SERVICE.
I'M GOING TO GOAHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN .
OKAY, SO TODAY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS WHICH IS THAT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE MULTIPLE WELLNESS SERVICE AREA.
THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM HAS 40.4 PERCENT ENROLLMENT RATE AND THIS IS THE ONE WE HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST INCREASE INFROM THE WEST 34TH . SO IT'S A 30 PERCENT INCREASE IN ONLY ONE MONTH WHICH IS GREAT TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 154 MEMBERS AND THE IMPORTANT THING TO MENTION IS THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE SEE A BALANCE BETWEEN GENDERS WE HAVE A 59 PERCENT FEMALE ENROLLMENT IN THIS PROGRAM COMPARED TO 41.
WE USUALLY SEE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS 70 OR 80 PERCENT SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THERE I MORE BALANCE IN THESE PROGRAMS . ALSO OUR MAIN AGE GROUP IS 45 TO 54. THOSE ARE THE MAIN AGE GROUPS
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IN THIS PROGRAM. FOR THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE TO A TOTAL RECEIPT OF 453 WITH AN ITEMIZED 44 PERCENT.A SAVINGS OF OVER 66,000 FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS AND WE ARE SEEING WE ARE ALMOST THERE WITH REGISTRATIONS SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO THOSE 2000 REGISTRATIONS FOR THE PROGRAM.
NEXT WE DO HAVE A PREDICTED ANNUAL RATE OF 2.49.
LAST YEAR AFTER THE FIRST FEW MONTHS HE HAD A 2.61 SO THERE'S DEFINITELY AN INCREASE TO ACHIEVE THE 4.0 OR MORE AT THE END OF THE YEAR SO WE'RE DEFINITELY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR IT IS ALSO INTERESTING WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MEMBERS OF DEFENDANTS UTILIZING THESE PROGRAMS SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 91 PERCENT OF SERVICES USED BY EMPLOYEES AND NOW IT'S OVER 20 PERCENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE NOW WITH OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND LASTLY I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT OUR WELLNESS NEEDS, THESE ARE NEW CENTERS THAT WERE SENDING TO HIDALGO COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE THAT WHOLE SECTION WHICH THESE MEAN WEHIGHLIGHT .
WE DEFINITELY HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT OF THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD WITH THESE SYSTEMS AND NUMBERS BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DESIGN AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SOMEOF THE UPCOMING EVENTS . WITH THE INTENTION TO INCREASE THE COMMUNICATION WITH EMPLOYEES AND HOPEFULLY REACH OUT TO MORE OF THEM. LASTLY SOME OF THE MAIN EVENTS WE HAVE ARE AT 5 PM AND 12:30 P.M., MOVING TO FRIDAY WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EDUCATION MONTH AND WE ALSO HAVE FOUR PROGRAMS THIS MONTH AS WELL.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER AND IF
NOTTHANK YOU SO MUCH .>> GREAT JOB, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AREA ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS?
>> VERY GOOD JOB, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
>> COMMISSIONERS, ITEM 18 A 12 THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
[18. Executive Office]
ITEM B THERE WAS A REQUEST ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION OF ACTION IN SUPPORT OF DISTRICT REPORTS.AS THE COURT IS WELL AWARE THERE WAS A LEGISLATION OR THERE WAS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ONE DISTRICT COURT.
ACTION WAS TAKEN A FEW WEEKS BACK BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PUT THIS BACK ONFOR ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT, WHAT
ARE THE WISHES OF THE COURT ? >> DID A COMMISSIONER PUT IT
ON RUSSIAN MARK. >> THERE WAS COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE.
SO THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE ASKED ME TOPLACE THIS ON THE
MEDICATION WITH THEIR OFFICE . >> I THINK WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND WE DECIDED COLLECTIVELY TO ADD ADDITIONAL PORTS AND THUS COMMISSIONERS ADDSOMETHING ELSE .
>> I DIDN'T PUT THIS ON. I THINK IT CAME TO THE JUDGES OFFICE. MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK AND SEE IF WE CAN GET NEXT TIME WE HAVE A MEETING SO THAT WE CANCONSIDER THIS IF IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER CONSIDERATION .
>> ONCE WE HAVE A FULL COURT READY.
>> SO THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN TODAY.
COMMISSIONERS, UNLESS COMMISSIONERS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, I CAN ADDRESS THE 2
CLAIMS IN OPEN SESSION. >> I HAVE ONE THING FOR EXECUTIVESESSION . ONLY IF COMMISSIONER TORRES CAN
STAY ON. >> COMMISSIONER TORRES.
>> YES. >> YOU ALL HAVEFIVE MINUTES ?
>> I THINK I PRESSED THE WRON BUTTON .
YES SIR. >> GOING TO GOTO EXECUTIVE
[20. Closed Session]
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SESSION . AS FOR CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071 072, 074 AND SEVEN, CAN I GETMOTION TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ?>> ALL IN FAVOR SA]
>> . [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, WE ARE
[22. Open Session]
BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION IN 4:03.>> IF I MAY, UNDEROPEN SESSION .
UNDER OPEN SESSION, ITEM 20 2A, REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION APPROPRIATION, NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN .
ITEM B, NO ACTION TAKEN. 20 2C DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENTHEALTH EMERGENCY, I'LL BE . ITEM 20 2D, FLAME OF JESUS LAROSA, I LIKE A SETTLEMENT IN THEAMOUNT OF $412 .
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND, ALLIN FAVOR SAY AYE . MOTION CARRIES.
>> ITEM 20 2-D, COMMISSIONERS LIKE A SETTLEMENT IN THE AMOUNT
OF $2485 $.71. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL IN FAVORSAY AYE . >> COMMISSIONERS, FOR THE RECORD ITEM 20 1A NO ACTION TO BETAKEN AND 20 1B NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN . 23 CLOSED SESSION, NO NEED TO GO BACK TO CLOSE. 24, NO ACTION AS WE ARE NOW BACK TO CLOSE BY MAY GO BACK TO ITEM 19, DISCUSSION
[19. Discussion, consideration and possible action regarding: A. County response to disaster/health emergency: 1. CARES Act Funds B. Measures necessary to preserve public health and safety C. Direction regarding County government operations, including but not limited to essential functions]
CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING COUNTY RESPONSE TO DISASTER HEALTH EMERGENCY ONE CARES FUNDS , NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN THIS WEEK. 19 B MEASURES NECESSARY TO PRESERVE PUBLICHEALTH AND SAFETY .NO SPECIFIC ACTION TO BE TAKEN THIS WEEK. ACTIONS REGARDING COUNTY GOVERNMENTOPERATIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT TO ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS , COMMISSIONERS AS WE HAVE BEEN NOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOWCDC RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES .HANDWASHING, FACIAL COLORING, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE PUBLIC OPEN SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS DOING BUSINESS AS THE COUNTY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEESPROVIDING THAT SERVICE .
>> CAN I HAVE AMOTION TO ADJOURN ?> SO MOVED.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. YOU ALL BE
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