Aug 10, 2021 Commissioner&#39;s Court

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> PROJECT AND AUTHORITY. >> TAKEN.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTS. BOND PROGRAM.

DRAINAGE PROJECT. FOR REVIEW.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> WE DO HAVE A SESSION ITEM PURSUANT TO 551 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

TO DISCUSS ITEMS LISTED UNDER SECTION.

MOTION TO DO SO. >> SECOND.

>> TO GO TO CLOSED

>> OKAY WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ACTION IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT, JUDGE. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU JUDGE, COMMISSION.

HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

TODAY IS COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING CONDUCTED WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE GOVERNOR'S SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENTS, TO ALLOW FOR TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCE.

NOTICE OF THIS MEETING POSTED ONLINE 4 AT LEAST 72 HOURS.

BY THE USE OF ZOOM SOFTWARE, TELEPHONE TRANSMISSION.

TWO WAY COMMUNICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. BROADCAST ONLINE.

AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE.

THE TIME NOW IS 10:07 O'CLOCK. I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER

[1. Roll Call]

AND START WITH A ROLL CALL. >> PRECINCT 4.

>> TODAY IS CUSTOMARY, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

TODAY WE HAVE ROY. SPECIALIST WITH THE U.S. ARMY.

SEVERAL CAMPAIGN MEDALS FOR SERVING IN IRAQ, DEFENSE METAL GLOBAL WAR IN TERRORISM. A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.

ALSO SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FOR THREE TOURS, OF COURSE IRAQ

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AND AFGHANISTAN. DEGREE IN BIOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. VERY PROUD OF THIS VETERAN.

>> PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE U.S. OF AMERICA.

TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> THANK YOU. TODAY, HONORABLE IN TODAY'S PRAYER. JUSTICE IN THE COURT.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

THOSE ONLINE AND HERE PRESENT IF YOU COULD JOIN ME IN PRAYER.

HEAVENLY FATHER THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT NATION AND STATE, THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF LAGO COUNTY.

WILLING TO SERVE, THANK YOU FOR LEADERSHIP, IN THE PUBLIC THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES WE FEEL UNDESERVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND MERCY WITHOUT IT WE WOULD BE BROKEN.

FATHER WE NEED YOU, WE LIVE IN DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TIMES, WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH YOU, OUR BODIES ARE WEAK, OUR HEARTS OUR HEAVY, OUR MINDS ARE WEARY.

TO GIVE US THE COURAGEOUS HEART, SHARPENING OUR MINDS WITH WISDOM AND PATIENCE. CONTINUED BLESSINGS ON OUR NATION, OUR STATE AND OUR COMMUNITY.

LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR MILITARY. WE ALSO ASK A BLESSING FOR EDUCATORS WHO ARE ABOUT TO START A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

WITH OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT, OUR CHILDREN.

WE ASK THIS, AMEN. >> AMEN.

>> THANK YOU JUSTICE. WE HAVE SOME NEWS, GREAT SADNESS WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF DEPUTY CONSTABLE.

IN THE MERCEDES POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 10 YEARS, FOR OVER TWO YEARS. ON BEHALF OF LATHE COUNTY, REMEMBER HIM WITH THE PRAYER OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.

[4. Approval of Consent Agenda]

THE CONSENT AGENDA. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

OUT OF ORDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 11 A1 AND TWO.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, DISCUSSION AND ACTION RELATED TO CONSENT AGENDA 11 A1

AND TWO. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU.

[5. Open Forum]

>> NEXT ITEM OUR OPEN FORUM. >> DO WE HAVE ANY PARTICIPANTS

FOR OPEN FORUM? >> YES, SIR.

MR. GARY. >> BEFORE WE START, DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE GROUP THAT IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP? OR ALL INDIVIDUAL?

>> ALL INDIVIDUAL. >> OKAY.

>> HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS? >> 13 TOTAL.

>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> I WILL RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT ALL RESPECT THE SPEAKERS TIME AT THE PODIUM. THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT I WILL ADVISE EACH INDIVIDUAL AT THE PODIUM WHEN THERE IS ONE MINUTES LEFT OF THEIR ALLOTTED TIME.

>> FIRST OF ALL LIKE I ALWAYS DO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY NOW IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME WE FIND OURSELVES IN, IT IS A DISASTER.

I HAVE NOTES HERE, FROM MY HEART.

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AFTER THE ELECTION, I WAS AT AN EVENT, SOMEBODY PULLED UP IN THE TRUCK AND WAS SCARY BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHO THEY WERE.

IT WAS A BORDER PATROL AGENT. HE TOLD ME THAT AFTER THE PRESIDENT CHANGED THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HE WAS REALLY WORRIED THAT WE WERE HEADED FOR DISASTER.

THE DISASTER WE FIND OURSELVES IN NOW.

LAST THURSDAY WE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS.

THE BORDER PATROL AGENTS WHO ARE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.

THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. THIS IS FIXABLE.

WE CAN GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.

A REAL CRISIS YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE DYING, WHAT WE HAVE AT THE BORDER IS A SUPER SPREADER EVENT.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW IT NOW WHAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN, WHAT DO WE DO TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS. SO YOU KNOW PUTTING MANDATES ON, I HAVE TALKED TO MY NEIGHBORS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY EVERYBODY SEEMS TO SAY THE SAME THING WE NEED TO STOP WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER.ET'S STOP RIGHT NOW, IN FOOTBALL YOU TAKE A TIMEOUT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING BAD.

WE NEED A TIMEOUT THERE IS TIMES TO DEBATE WHAT POLICY WE HAVE BUT NOT IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19.

SHUT DOWN YOUR BUSINESSES, WE CAN SAY SHUT DOWN THIS BORDER UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT AND THERE ARE WAYS TO DO IT.

THAT BORDER PATROL AGENTS CAN TELL YOU.

SO YOU KNOW AGAIN I HEAR IT FROM EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS THEY ARE SAYING THE SAME THING WHAT IS HAPPENING IS CRAZY.

IT IS A DISASTER. TO SAY I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO PUT PRESSURE ON THIS ADMINISTRATION AND OUR OFFICIALS TO STOP WHAT IS HAPPENING.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT, WE WANT PEOPLE TO CALL INTO OUR LEADERS BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND TO THE PRESIDENT TO PUT THE MANDATE TO STOP WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY DYING IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING IN WITH COVID-19, INFECTING ALL OF US. I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. THEY ARE KILLING US AND WE ARE UPSET. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.AVE OUR COMMUNITY, SAVE OUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.>> NEXT PRESENTER.

>> MARIA. >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONER.

IN TEXAS. >> (SPEAKING IN SPANISH).

>> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONER. I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO COME AND VISIT OUR CENTER, BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, THE WATER STANDS FOR LONGTIME AND THE DRAINAGE IS NOT GOOD.

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SOMETIMES IT STAYS THERE FOR UP TO TWO MONTHS.

THE SMELL IS REALLY BAD BECAUSE OF ALL THIS RAIN AND THE LACK OF DRAINAGE, THE STREETS ARE GETTING POTHOLES.

THAT IS A STREET THAT WE USE NOW THE KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, THAT IS A STREET THAT WE HAVE TO GO ACROSS.

ALSO THE MOSQUITOES. THIS IS PART OF THE COUNTY, ALSO GAS IS OVER THERE. IT IS AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN AS

WELL WITH ALLERGIES. >> (SPEAKING IN SPANISH).

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU AND WE EXPECT YOUR

SUPPORT. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE JACLYN.

>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU JUDGE CORTEZ.

THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS TIME.

MY NAME IS JACQUELINE FROM TEXAS.

TO TALK ABOUT CLOSING THE BORDER.

A LOT HAS BEEN SAID IN THE MEDIA, ORGANIZATION, COMPASSION FOR THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DESCRIBED AS MIGRANTS.

FIRST OF ALL NOT REALLY MIGRANTS, SEASONAL FARM WORKERS, THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE UNDERSTAND THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS CROSSING THE BORDER NEED IMMEDIATE CARE AND HELP. A FALSE SENSE OF COMPASSION DISPLAYED HERE. ON THEIR CONTRACT, THEY DO NOT WANT TO INTERRUPT THE FLOW OR TAX DOLLARS.

HARMS THE SAME PEOPLE THEY CLAIM TO HELP.

THE U.S. CITIZENS. WANTS TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THEY NEED TO ACT, CALL ON THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND GOVERNMENTS AND GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO. CLOSING THE TRADE ROUTE OF TRAFFICKERS, HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, OF THESE PEOPLE ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE U.S. ALSO HIDALGO ENABLING THESE ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING, TRANSMISSIONS THAT WE KNOW SPREAD OVER THE COUNTY.

ALSO MY OPINIONS, COUNTRY'S ARE LOSING THEIR OWN WORKERS.

MAKING THEIR COUNTRIES, DECIMATING THEIR ECONOMIES AND THEIR CULTURES. SO ALSO MAKING MORE MONEY FOR THE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS SO BASICALLY ENABLING A VICIOUS CYCLE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. WE DO NOT APPROVE OF THAT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> OUR NEXT PRESENTER. >> MISS FERN.

>> COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE NOW SEEN AT ALL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IS SPECIFICALLY OUR COUNTY JUDGE, CORTEZ DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO A RISE OF COVID-19 CASES WHICH YOU CREATED BY NOT HELPING CLOSE THE BORDER. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE TAXPAYERS THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLE THE MORE SERVICES WE PROVIDE THE GREATER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL COME.

THIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY SITUATION THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE SOME MONEY OR GET MONEY FROM THE CARES MONEY, FEMA, OR EVER.

IF THIS ENTIRE SITUATION IS CAUSED BY THE ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO WERE NOT TESTED, CLOSE THE BORDER TO ALL BUT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND LET THE PEOPLE WAIT IN MEXICO UNTIL THEIR COURT DATE. THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. IT IS OBVIOUS OUT OF CONTROL NOW. WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS TELLING US, YOU CAN MAKE US WEAR MASKS, CLOSE OUR SCHOOLS, GET VACCINATED, CLOSE NONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AND SHELTER IN PLACE AGAIN. TO INCREASE OUR PROPERTY VALUES, CAUSING US TO LOSE OUR HOMES.

BUT YOU CANNOT KEEP FOREIGNERS FROM ENTERING OUR COUNTRY AND SPREADING DISEASES ACROSS OUR LAND.

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IF THIS IS A PLATFORM YOU ARE GOING TO GET REELECTED I HOPE IT IS GOOD LUCK. CONTINUES TO BUILD THE COUNT HOUSE WHICH NO ONE WANTED. AMBULANCE COMPANY TO ANOTHER CITY. POSSIBLY ONE HOSPITAL.

WE'RE GOING TO ADVISE THE BORDERS TO CALL YOU AND TELL YOU THEY WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR YOU THE NEXT TIME.

RELEASING AN ALARMING NUMBER OF ILLEGALS INTO THE CITY OF MCALLEN. ATTACKS ABOUT NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OVERWHELMED WITH THE UNANTICIPATED, THAT IS A LIE, YOU KNEW THEY WERE COMING INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUALS, NO LONGER FEED, PROVIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF THE ILLEGAL ALIENS, POTENTIAL NUMBERS TO COME, MORE OF THE ILLEGALS.

YOU CANNOT TAKE CARE, FEED OR WHATEVER.

EVERYTHING IN THIS DEAL WAS NOT FOR THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE IN THIS COUNTY. FOR THE ILLEGALS TO HELP THE CITY, TO HELP THE NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MOVING THESE PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT.

THEY DO NOT VOTE FOR YOU, NOT YET.

YOU ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF US. HOW IS MY TIME? LIKE I SAID, YOU LOOK AT YOUR PROVISION HERE, EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL ALIENS. PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELL-BEING OF THE POPULATION. FINALLY I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE PEOPLE THEY ARE IN HIDALGO COUNTY BARELY.

TODAY SOME RAISES, SHAME ON YOU ALL.

>> CRIMINALS. COMMUNISTS.

>> SIR. TO PLEASE KEEP THE COMMENTS TO THEMSELVES. A PROCESS IN PLACE, TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. OKAY? THANK YOU. NEXT PRESENTER.

>> NEXT TO JAMIE. >> NEXT PRESENTER, THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED OUR SCHOOLS. IT IS TIME THAT WE PUT OUR CHILDREN FIRST BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.

THEY HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH, NOT GOING TO ACCEPT IT ANYMORE.

YOU HAVE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT OF STRICT POLICIES, THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL NO LONGER COMPLY WITH THEIR MANDATES ANY LONGER. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BACK OUR GOD-GIVEN LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS, GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.

YOURS AS WELL. SO PLEASE STOP, WE HAVE BEEN LIED TO BUY OUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WHEN YOU FORCE OUR CHILDREN TO WEAR MASKS THAT CAUSE SEVERE HARM, SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.CHILDREN ARE NOT AT RISK OF COVID-19. TO BE EXACT.

HOWEVER ADDRESS OF PNEUMONIA, REDUCTION IN BLOOD OXYGEN, ANXIETY TO NAME A FEW. I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT WITH MY DAUGHTER ANXIETY AND DISTRESS THAT EVERYBODY HAS CAUSED ON THESE CHILDREN. SUICIDE INCREASED FIVEFOLD THESE PAST 18 MONTHS BECAUSE OF YOUR NEGLIGENCE.

YOU MUST END RESTRICTIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES NOW.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CONTINUE DICTATORSHIP.

REMOVE THE MASK MANDATES, YOU AND ASSIST WEARING THEM.

THIS ONLY HAPPENS, YOU PLAN ON SHUTTING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR BUSINESSES DOWN AGAIN. FURTHERMORE, REQUIRING OUR CHILDREN TO WEAR MASKS, TO TAKE A LETHAL INJECTION THAT IS NOT

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APPROVED BY THE FDA, UNLAWFUL. IT MUST BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ADVISOR PRODUCT UNLESS YOU PRESENT RELIABLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, WE ALL KNOW THIS COVID-19 IS A HOAX.

THE CDC RECENTLY SAID THE PCR TESTS, YOU CAN LOOK THIS UP YOURSELF, NOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN COVID-19 OR THE FLU.

MUCH LESS THE VARIANCE. SO WHO'S GOING TO SHOW US THESE EVIDENCE? ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW US THE EVIDENCE?HO IS GOING TO SHOW US THE CLINICAL TRIALS? ARE YOU? DO YOU HAVE THE PROOF OR RELYING ON THE FAKE NEWS. WE ARE NO LONGER ASLEEP, WE ARE AWAKE, WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

NO LONGER BE SILENCED BECAUSE OUR FREEDOMS ARE UNDER ATTACK.

FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE FOUGHT WARS, THEY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOMS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THEM DOWN.

THANK YOU FOR

>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS. I DON'T HAVE A SPEECH HERE OR ANYTHING BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS PERSONAL. I COME AS A CONCERNED PARENT AND CONCERNED CITIZEN. THE LOCKDOWNS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN VERY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR FAMILY. I HAVE A SON WHO IS A AUTISTIC AND HE GRADUATE THIS PAST YEAR, BUT GOING THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT. I HAVE GOT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY OF MY SON. WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD HE HAD A BRAIN TUMOR.

AND HE WAS FLOWN OUT TO TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE THEY EXTRACTED THE TUMOR.

AFTER THAT WE WENT THROUGH MANY, MANY MONTHS OF HIM LEARNING HOW TO TALK , WALK AGAIN AND THIS IS WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

DURING THAT TIME HE WAS DIAGNOSED OF BEING AUTISTIC. ME AS A FATHER I TOOK HIM TO SEVER SINGLE THERAPY. HA LUNCH WITH HIM IN SCHOOL. BECAUSE I HAD MY OWN BUSINESS, I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. ADVOCATING FOR MY SON AND EVERY MEETING FOR HIM.

AND THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE HE GOT DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM . THEY SAID HE WAS MENTALLY RETARDED -- YES I AM USING THAT WORD "MENTALLY RETARDED"BECAUSE THAT IS THE WORD THEY USED WITH ME.

HE WAS NOT. I DID WHAT I COULD WITH A FRIEND -- HE DIDN'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHY I HAD LUNCH WITH HIM IN SCHOOL. I TOOK TIME OUT A LOT FOR MY SON. AND HE ENDED UP GOING TO MISSION COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, OKAY.

HE -- I PUT HIM -- HE WAS IN SPECIAL ED AND I SAID, NO, WE GOT TO PUT HIM OUT AND PUT HIM THROUGH A MAINSTREAM SCHOOLING.

AND WITH THE GRACE OF GOD AND WITH ALL THE THERAPY HE HAD, HE WAS ABLE TO GRADUATE FROM -- FROM MISSION COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.

HE HAD ONE CREDIT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GRADUATE, TO HAVE TWO YEARS IN COLLEGE. BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS THE WORST TIME OF HIS LIFE, HIS SENIOR YEAR.

THE WORST TIME OF HIS LIFE, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE OF COVID, HE HAD -- HE -- HE WENT INTO A DARK PLACE.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND -- HE WENT INTO A DARK PLACE WHERE HE HAD TO GET COUNSELING -- IF MY SON DECIDED TO DO ANYTHING TO HIMSELF, TO HARM HIMSELF, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FAULT OF YOU GUYS' MANDATES AND THE LOCKDOWNS.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT. OTHER KIDS -- THERE ARE SUICIDES ALL OVER THE PLACE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MY SON, I -- I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD GO ON.

BUT YOU GUYS GOT TO WATCH OUT WHAT YOU GUYS DO.

THESE DECISION OF CLOSING THE SCHOOLS DOWN.

YOU CAN NOT DO IT. YOU HAVE TO KEEP -- THE KIDS NEED TO HAVE A NORMAL STRUCTURED LIFE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: AGAIN, I AM GOING TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE RESPECT THE SPEAKERS' TIME THROUGH, AS WELL AS AFTER THE SPEAKER AND BEFORE THE NEXT PRESENTER.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP AND THIS WILL

BE THE LAST TIME I BRING IT UP. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE ORLANDO

RODRIGUEZ. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: I AM SORRY?

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>> ROLANDO RODRIGUEZ. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMIS COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE CORTEZ.

IN A BORDER REPORT ARTICLE, MR. CORTEZ, YOU USE THE WORLD "LEGAL IMMIGRANTS" TO DESCRIBE THE VULNERABLE MY GRANT FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER 6:00 SIN EARLY FEBRUARY WAS RELEASED BY DHS AGENTS WITH A NOTICE TO APPEAR DOCUMENT WITH FUTURE COURT HEARINGS AND INFORMATION HOW THEY MUST REPORT TO AN AGENT WITH THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCE NUMBER THEIR FINAL DESTINATION.

MERELY BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEKING ASYLUM DUE TO CLAIMS THE PERSECUTION IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY, TO CLAIM THEY ARE FULLY LEGAL. ONE THING, MOST ASYLUM CLAIMS ARE DENIED BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE.

FOR ANOTHER THING, MR. CORTEZ, YOU NEED TO STOP SIDESTEPPING REALITY. EVERYBODY BREACHING THE BORDER, FAMILY MEMBERS OR SINGLE ADULTS IS ENTERING THE U.S. ILLEGALLY.

PERIOD. YOU FURTHER STATED MR. CORTEZ THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE ONLY THE SINGLE ADULTS COMING INTO THE U.S. FOR ECONOMIC REASONS.

AND WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM AS LONG AS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS REMAIN. THE SINGLE ADULTS ACCORDING TO BORDER REPORT TYPICALLY ARE SMUGGLER TODAY DRIVE THEM LIEU RANGE LANDS AND POLICE AND BORDER PATROL ON HIGH-SPEED CHASES AND THEY HAVE TRIED TO CIRCUMVENT BORDER CHECKPOINTS IN MORE REMOTE AND WESTERN AREAS, MILES FROM THE BORDER.

HOWEVER, THIS IS ALL SUBT SUBTERFUGE, MR. CORTEZ, YOU ARE EVIDENTLY TRYING TO SKEW THAT ISSUE I SHALL DELIBERATELY.

THE FAMILY MEMBERS MAY BE MORE VULNERABLE THAN THE SINGLE ADULTS, BUT BORDER -- ENTERING THE U.S. AND DOING SO FOR ECONOMIC REASONS AND NOT IF ONLY THE SINGLE ADULTS ARE VULNERABLE TO THE TRAFFICKERS. THE FAMILIES ARE BEING EXPLOITED BY THE TRAFFICKERS TOO FOR HAVING SUCH LARGE NUMBER OF KIDS AND FAMILIES ENTERING THE U.S. DISTRACTS THE BORDER PATROL FROM FINDING AND ARRESTING THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT.

SO PLEASE, MR. CORTEZ, DROP THE SEMANTICS.

THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH TOUGH LOVE.

HELP FOR THE FAMILIES IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT MUST BE INCREMENTALLY AND STEADILY REREDUCED AND IN BOTH THE FAMILIES, PEOPLE, AND SINGLE ADULTS MUST BE PREVENTED FURTHER ENTRY INTO THE U.S. NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COMING IN SIMPLY TO HIDE. AND WE CAN NOT GO ON LIKE THIS.

WITH THE PANDEMIC YOU PRESS THE PANIC BUT ON IT TO REGULATE THE MOVEMENT AND ACTIVITIES OF U.S. CITIZENS.

YOU WILL ILLEGAL ENTRY MUST CEASE.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: TIME. THANK YOU, SIR.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE HAVE --

>> SORRY, MR. MAGMUS. >> IMA SHEKA.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE CORTEZ AND CINCINNATI CINCINNATI COMMISSIONERS AND A-- AND HIDALGO COUNTY COUNTIES AND ONLINE. I AM A PROUD TEXAN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT COVID. IER ON WAS ONE OF THE RESTRICTIVE PLACES, 24-HOUR LOCKDOWN.

MANY BUSINESS OWNERS LOST A LIVELIHOOD OR SUFFERED BECAUSE OF SEVERE SETBACKS. EVEN NOW IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO SPEND FINAL MOMENTS ABOUT DYING LOVED ONES IN THE HOSPITAL OR IN CARE FACILITIES AND I EXPERIENCED DEATH IN MOST PLACES.

FOR ALL THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE SO-CALLED DELTA VARIANT, THERE ARE STRONG INDICATIONS THAT STRICTER CONTROLS ON U.S.

CITIZENS ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

YET WHAT DO WE SEE? WE SEE AN ENDLESS FLOW OF ILLEGALS PACKING VARIOUS MOTELS AND ALLOWED TO ENTER AROUND STORES AND RESTAURANTS INSTEAD OF BEING STRICTLY QUARANTINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIDALGO COUNTY'S CLAIM THAT COVID IS SO AMAZINGLY CONTAGIOUS. WHERE IS OUR PRIVACY?

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WHERE ARE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS? WHERE IS INFORMED CONSENT? ALLOWING PEOPLE FROM DOZENS OF NATIONS INTO THE U.S. SHOULD BE VIEWED AS SHEAR INSANITY. EVEN BEFORE COVID ILLEGALS BRINGING PNEUMONIA, T B INTO THE UNITED STATES.

WHEN ELLIS ISLAND OPENED IN NEW YORK, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF THOSE WHO WANTED TO LEGALLY ENTER THE U.S. TO MEDICAL SCREENING. YET INSTEAD OF DEMANDING THOSE WHO WANTED TO COME TO THE U.S. SHOULD GO SO LEGALLY YOU ACT AS A PROVEN GROUND FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AND GIVE ILLEGALS FREE REIN TO BE BUSED AND FLOWN AT OUR EXPENSE TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AMID A PANDEMIC.

REMEMBER OPEN BORDERS ARE A HUMAN TRAFFICKER'S GREATEST ASSET. YOU ARE EXTENDING THEIR TRADE ROUTE. CLOSE THE BORDERS.

NOT THE SCHOOLS. MY FINAL THOUGHT, IN WEARING FACE MASKS. YOU ARE BREATHING THE EXHAUST FROM YOUR BODY THAT IS COMPARABLE FOR BREATHING THE EXHAUST FUMES HAVE YOUR CAR. HOW HEALTHY CAN YOU BE.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MR. MAGNUS, OUR NEXT PRE

PRESENTER. >> NEXT UP MARIO GAMAS.

>> TAKING FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR OPINIONS AND FEELINGS. WE KNOW THEIR PLANNING TO DISOBEY THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AGAIN AND IMPLEMENTS, AGAIN, MASK MANDATE FOR THE SCHOOL. IN THE NAME OF PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN. FOR THE LAST 17 MONTHS, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED, JUDGE CORTEZ AND TEAM, HOW GOOD YOU GUYS ARE IN THE GAME OF POLITICS. YOU CLAIM TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE THE SAME SCIENCE THAT TELLS SIX OR SEVEN GENDERS AND HERE I SEE ONLY TWO REPRESENTED. YOU GUYS HAVE -- AND I CAN TELL FROM YOU A LOCAL PASTOR OF CHURCH THAT I AM, YOU HAVE ALTERED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS OF.

FOREVER. THEY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AND HERE YOU ARE SITTING IN THESE CHAIRS MAKING DECISIONS.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEELINGS -- GOOD INTENTIONS FOR THESE KIDS. SOMETIMES YOU LACK THE REALITY OF THIS SIDE. THE KIDS WILL NEVER BE THE S SAME. IF YOU IMPLEMENT MASK MANDATE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR WHICH STARTED YESTERDAY.

I AM AFRAID YOU ARE NORM NORMALIZEING A LIFESTYLE THAT ISN'T NO MORE. BY DOING THAT, YOU ARE JEOPARDIZING THE NORMALITY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT REALLY MAINS ME TO SAY, JUDGE.

IT MAINS ME TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE DISPLAYED IN A KEYWAY HOW REBEL AND NONCONFORMING YOU GUYS ARE WITH AUTHORITY BY ALWAYS GOING AGAINST THE GOVERNOR.

AND I DON'T NEED TO REMIND YOU BUT I WILL SAY IT.

REMEMBER WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

THE MASK MANDATE THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT IS IN THE EYES OF MANY OF US PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, PASTORS AND CITIZENS, IS AN OVERREACH IN YOUR PART AGAIN, JUDGE. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU LISTEN MORE TO THE DEMOCRATS FROM DALLAS, AUSTIN, HOUSTON, CALIFORNIA, RATHER THAN WE THE PEOPLE OF THE RB G.

I GOT A TEXT FROM A FRIEND IN HOUSTON.

THEY JUST GOT AN E-MAIL FROM THE HOUSTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THEY ARE CLOSING THE KINDERGARTEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR GOING IN PERSON. IT REALLY SHOOK ME, BECAUSE YOU ARE FOLLOWING THEIR LEAD, THIS IS WHAT IS COMING OUR WAY, AND IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTED. THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: THANK YOU. MR. MAGNUS, THE NEXT PRES

PRESENTER. >> NEXT WE HAVE ARTHUR FLORES.

>> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS ARTURO FLOREZ.

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MY FATHER IS ARTURO C. FLOREZ IN EDINBURG.

I LIVED ALL MY LIFE IN EDI EDINBURG.

I HAVE COME TO TALK ABOUT MASK. I HAVE A COUPLE OF SHORT AUDIOS I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HEAR. YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE VOICE ON

THIS AUDI YO. >> YOU ARE VERY WELL WITH ANTHONY BUT HE DID SAY DON'T WEAR MASKS.

HE DID SAY, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

>> PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE WALKING AROUND WITH MASKS.

>> YOU ARE SURE OF IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING CLOSELY

WITH IT. >> RIGHT NOW NO REASON TO BE WALKING AROUND WITH A MASK. WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OUTBREAK, WEARING A MASK MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND MAY EVEN BLOCK A DROPLET, BUT IT IS NOT PROVIDING THE PERFECT PROTECTION THAT PEOPLE THINK

THAT IT IS. >> AND GOES ON AND ON.

THE NEXT AUDIO IS MORE COMPELLING AND I CAN SAY THE WORDS, I WENT AROUND EDINBURG MISSION FAR TO LOOK FOR WHAT THIS -- THESE BOX BOXES OF MASKS SAY.

THIS MASK DOES NOT WORK. THIS MASK DOES NOT WORK PLEASE LISTEN, LISTEN, IT IS VERY SHORT.

>> READ FROM THE FACE MASK BOX FROM COSTCO.

IT SAYS, THESE MASKS DO NOT ELIMINATE THE RISK OF CONTRACTING ANY DISEASE OR INFECTION NOR DO THEY REDUCE THE RISK OF ILLNESS OR DEATH. IT SAYS IT RIGHT ON THE BOX.

[APPLAUSE] I MEAN, PLEASE, THERE HAS TO BE A REASON THAT YOU DECIDE TO USE THESE.

AND IF IT SAYS RIGHT ON THE BOX THAT THEY DON'T DO WHAT YOU GUYS WANT THEM TO DO, THEN THERE IS NO REASON TO BE PUTTING THEM ON THE FACE OF OUR KIDS.

>> LIKE I SAID. I WENT AROUND TOWN LOOKING FOR THE BOXES, THESE ARE THE ONES PEOPLE BUY.

THAT MASK ON THE FLOOR IS WHAT PEOPLE WEAR.

THERE IS ANOTHER TYPE OF MASK. YOU HEARD OF THEM, N95S.

I ONLY FOUND N95S AT COSTCO, HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MR. FLOREZ, TIME.

>> THEY SAY THE SAME THING. THEY SAY THE SAME THING.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: THANK YOU, S SIR.

[APPLAUSE] >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MR. MAGNUS.

>> NEXT IS JASON LEGUME.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? >> YES, SIR.

>> MY NAME IS JASON. I AM BORN AND RAISED FOURTH GENERATION IN THE VALLEY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS THE FIRST JUDGE APOINTSED BY THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS TO THE 96TH DISTRICT COURT.

HE WOULD BE ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE.

OUR FOUNDERS, WHAT THESE MEN UP HERE, WHAT THEY WILL BE SAYING OF THIS COURT. AND THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE A CRISIS AND YOU SKIRT AROUND THE ISSUE.

I AM A PASTOR. HERE IN THE VALLEY AND I SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE THAT IS HAPPENING THROUGH THESE M MANDATES AND FORCEFULNESS YOU CALL IT ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET A EXPERIMENTAL DRUG. I AM AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE. PEOPLE TRY TO DO THINGS UNDER THE GUIDES OF GOOD INTENTIONS AND MAKE THERE WERE SOME GOOD INTENTIONS INVOLVED SOMEWHERE IN ALL OF THIS, BUT IN REALITY, THIS IS THE WORST CASE OF GOOD INTENTIONS GONE WRONG.

IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE HEART AND ARE NOT SYMPATHETIC.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE A GREAT GRANDFATHER IN THE YEAR 1900 WAS SENT ON A CHIP FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT THE AGE OF

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SEVEN YEARS OLD. SENT TO AMERICA.

BUT IT WAS DONE IN A CONTROLLED MANNER.

UNCONTROLLED IMMIGRATION IS NOT THE ANSWER.

THE PROBLEM ISN'T FIXED AND IF IT IS NOT FIXED NOW, THE BORDER -- WITH THE BOARD BEING CLOSED AND ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO OUR SOVEREIGN NATION AND OUR STATE WILL BE STOPPED, WE WOULD BE WITHOUT A NATION AND WITHOUT A COMMUNITY.

WE WILL NOT HAVE PEACEFUL LI LIVES, HEALTHY LIVES, ECONOMICAL AND SOCIABLE STABLE LIVES.

IF IT IS SINGLE UNREST YOU W WANT, YOU GOT IT.

STOP THE POLITICAL GAMES. TOP MAKING EXCLUSIVES.

STOP POINTING THE FINGERS. STOP INCENTIVIZING LAWLESSNESS.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: ONE MINUTE. >> THESE DESPERATE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE INDEBTED TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THEY ARE INDEBTED TO THE CAR TELL, BUT WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE NOWADAYS YOU WANT TO STOP SOMETHING? STOP THE ILLEGAL CROSSINGS BUT STOP THE MANDATES TO ENSLAVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THE LAST I CHECK THIS WAS A FREE COUNTRY.

YOU FIGHT OUR FREEDOM.YOU FIGHT IT SITTING IN CHAIRS.

WHAT IS NEXT MANDATING ABORTION AS SOON AS MANDATING SEX CHANGE? I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU VOTED FOR BIDEN AND CALL YOUR COMPADRE AND TELL HIM GET TO WORK! HE NEEDS TO STOP THIS NONSENSE AND YOU NEED TO TWIST HIS EAR AS HARD AS YOU CAN AND AS RELENTLESSLY AS YOU CAN! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHO YOU REPRESENT! YOU REPRESENT US! YOU REPRESENT THE VALLEY! STOP MESSING AROUND.

>>H AND GOD BLESS.

[APPLAUSE] >> MR. MAGNUS, OUR NEXT

PRESENTER. >> VERY CON CA.

>> GOOD MORNING, FIRST I WANT TO SAY MY CONDOLENCES FOR THEIR LOSS. THE LARGER PUBLIC 911 RESPONSE TO THE CITIES AND COUNTY RURAL AREAS WITHIN THE MAJORITY OF THE HIDALGO COUNTY. WE HANDLE HOSPITAL TRANSFERS TO MANAGE OVERFLOW. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW OVERWHELM WE ARE WITH OVER A YEAR IN THIS PANDEMIC AND THE STRAIN PLACED ON OUR INDUSTRY. WE ARE EXTREMELY BURDENED BY THE U.S. CITIZENS THAT DO NOT LOST THEIR JOB AND DO NOT HAVE THE INSURANCE AND THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS WE HAVE TO DEAL W WITH, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A PAYER,CAT CHARITIES DO NOT AT ALL AND FEMA.

OVER $4.9 MILLION IN REVENUE. AND THAT IS WORK THAT IS ALREADY COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

I URGE THE COURT TO CONSIDER USING SOME OF THE COVID FUNDS TO BE PLACED FOR THIS USE. WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTING COVID PATIENT ALONG WITH ASSISTING FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND MAINLY AS THE PRIMARY MEDICAL PROVIDER. THIS CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS EMERGENCY SERVICES UNDER THE COVID FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY. KEEP IN MIND 100% OF THESE FUNDS ARE ON SERVICES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

IT IS NO SECRET THAT EVERY SINK EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROVIDE OTHER PREVIOUSLY SERVICED THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO HAS GONE BANKRUPT OR TERMINATED SERVICES. TO NAME A FEW, CATALINA, PAR MEDIC, SOUTH POINT EMS, HIDALGO COUNTY EM S.

YOU CAN CALL US THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS BEING EMS PROVIDER.

BACKING UP EVERYONE ELSE BUT NO ONE BACKS US UP.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.

OUR LIVES HERE ARE IMPORTANT AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MAY NEED THESE SERVICES, YOUR SELF OR YOUR FAMILY.

ACT NOW. THANK YOU.

AND REMEMBER THAT MEDICARE IS YOUR LOYAL SERVANT, 911 PROVIDER AND SERVANT OF CITIZENS OF HIDALGO COUNTY.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MR. MAGNUS. >> THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER,

SIR. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ITEM

[15. TX. Agri-Life Extension Services]

15 A. >> 15 A IS THE INTRODUCTION OF

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THE HIDALGO COUNTY 4-H AMBASSADORS.

YOU ARE ON MUTE. >> I THINK I AM GOOD.

DO YOU HEAR ME? >> YES.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, ANDREA MONDEZ, COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE OUR THREE GROUPS OF OUR 4-H, HIDALGO COUNTY 4-6 LEADERS.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE 202 2021-2022 4-H AMBASSADORS.

THE ROLE IS TO SHARE THE STORY AND GREAT THINGS WE HAVE TO OFFER. THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OF THE COMMUNITY AND PRACTICE COMMUNICATION SKILLS. SO THESE ARE OUR ELECTED -- SORRY OUR APPLIED 4-H AMBASSADORS FOR THE YEAR.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR HIDALGO COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL.

THEY ARE ELECTED TO THEIR POSITIONS BY THEIR PEERS AND MEET ONCE A MONTH TO DISCUSS 4-H BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF FOR THE YOUTH. NEXT A SPECIAL GROUP OF AMBASSADORS. THE HEALTHY TEXAS YOUTH AMBASSADORS. A GROUP OF CAREFULLY SELECTED YOUTH THAT FOCUS ON FOOD, NUTRITION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

THEY ARE TRAINED ON A FOOD SAFETY, NUTRITION AND MORE AND EDGE KATE THEIR PEERS OF HOW TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. TO INTRODUCE THEM THIS YEAR TO

THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU AND ORGANIZATION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF SERVICES WE PROVIDE AND CONGRATULATE EX EXTENDING GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR TOP SCHOLARS AND THANK YOU, KIDS, FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT OF

TEXAS A & M AGRI-LIFE. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA TODAY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. [APPLAUSE]

[6. County Judge's Office]

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: NEXT ITEM 16 A.

PRESENTATION IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE LOCAL DISASTER DECLARATION I MADE SEVEN YEARS AGO.

WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THAT, VICTOR?

THE DECLARATION? >> YES, JUDGE.

AS WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY YOU ISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER ON AUGUST 2. THAT ORDER DOES EXPIRE UNLESS THE COURT VOTES TO EXTEND OR CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF MCALLEN AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN FACILITATING ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO FOR US TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT, THE COURT SHOULD CONTINUE CONSIDERING THE EMERGENCY UNTIL THAT EFFORT IS

ACCOMPLISHED. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: YEAH, TO CLARIFY POSSIBLY AS A MISINFORMATION THAT PEOPLE H HAVE, AND PERTINENT TODAY, THAT THEY CALL THE -- WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER LEGAL IMMIGRANTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

WELL, THAT CAN BE YOUR OPINION, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID THEY ARE LEGAL. THEY ARE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE HERE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THEY ARE ABLE TO STAY HERE --

>> OKAY, SINCE THEY ARE ILLEGAL --

>> ILLEGAL. >> WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU LIVE IN!

>> PLEASE, PLEASE. OKAY.

I -- LOOK -- MA'AM --

>> STOP KILLING PEOPLE AND STAND UP FOR SOMETHING!

>> HE CALL US LIARS. >> GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? >> SIR, PLEASE, PLEASE.

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SIR, SIR, PLEASE -- THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, OKAY.

I ASKED EVERYONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME AT THE PODIUM.

I AM RESPECTING EVERYONE'S OPINIONS HERE AS THE COURT IS.

SO, OKAY, AND IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.

I AM GOING TO ASK THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE -- PLEASE RESPECT THE AGENDA ITEMS AND THE PRESENTATIONS ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> SIR, WE RESPECT YOU ALL.

WE RESPECT YOUR PROS. AND HE CALLED US LIARS.3 THAT IS NOT RIGHT. MISINFORMATION, I APPRECIATE IT -- THIS IDEA OF MISINFORMATION IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE

TRUTH. >> I BELIEVE YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT. I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING. IT IS NOT US SAYING THESE ARE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. IT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYING THEY ARE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THEY HAVE COME TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF HIDALGO COUNTY BY ISOLATING THEM BECAUSE SOME OF THEM DO HAVE COVID.

WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ISOLATE THEM.

THAT IS WHAT WE WERE DOING. IF WE ARE GOING TO INCUR A COST TO BE -- TO DO WORK THAT SHOULDN'T BE OUR WORK AS A COUNTY, WE WANT TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS DECLARATION GIVES US A LEGAL RIGHT TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT SO WE CAN RECOVER YOUR MONEY BACK TO US. THAT IS THE ONLY PURPOSE OF

THIS DECLARATION. >> SO MOVED.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

[7. District Attorney's Office]

NEXT ITEM IS 7-A. >> FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DA-VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT.

ASKING TO SUBMIT A VAP GRANT 2924303 BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS TO

THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED.

[8. Sheriff's Office]

MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS OPINION.

CAPTAIN FREEMAN FOR THE SHE SHERIFF.

AGENDA 8 A, 81790, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF PAYMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING INVOICE AS SUBMITTED BY NOBLE TEXAS BUILDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL PARTITION IN THE ADULT DETENTION FACILITY RELEASING AREA.

MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: ITEM 9 A. >> GOOD MORNING.

[9. Constable Pct. #1]

SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TO APPOINT JUAN A. HUTTON AS RESERVE DEPUTY CONSTABLE BY CONSTABLE SELESTINO AVILA CONSTABLE

PRECINCT 1. >> MOTION.

CARRIES. GO AHEAD, ERIKA.

[10. Human Resources]

>> ITEM 10 A FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES REQUESTING WAIVER OF THE FOLLOWING, IF APPLICABLE FOR PERSONAL ITEMS LISTED. ACTION ON ITEM 1, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION RULES SECTION 3.22. NUMBER THREE, BUDGET AMENDMENT

POLICY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 150 B, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL ACTIONS EFFECTIVE PAY PERIOD 8/16-2021.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SENIOR MANAGER II AND DATA CENTER PROJECT MANAGER 1, AND DATA CENTER PROJECT MANAGER AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL TO REVISE THE CLASSIFIED POSITION LIST TO ADD NEW POSITION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER GRADE 16 AND TO DELETE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SENIOR MANNER II

GRADE 19. >> MOTION TO APPROVE 10 B 1 AND

2. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM 10 C FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL ACTIONS EFFECTIVE NEXT FULL PAY PERT AUGUST 16, 2021. TO DELETE 001 AND 96 CARPENTER 3 AND CREATE CARPENTER 2, AND 0007, 0094.

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AS LISTED. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION CAR CARRIES. ITEM D, ROAD MAINTENANCE, SLOTS 122 MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST TO MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR.

MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM E, DA CIVIL LITIGATION FOR 00-18 TO EFFECTIVE AUGUST 22. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ITEM 10 F, PRECINCT CRC.

APPROVE OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL ACTION EFFECTIVE NEXT FULL PAY PERIOD AUGUST 16, 2 2021.

DELETE 007 AND CREATE LOTS 0008 COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST.

I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

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

MOTION CARRIES. MR. OF A I WILL LA, URBAN

[11. Urban County]

COUNTIES. >> THE HIDALGO COUNTY URBAN COUNTY PROGRAM REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR TEXAS EMERGENCY MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTAND AGREEMENT OF THE HIDALGO COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY AMOUNT

OF $495,000. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND. MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM NUMBER B, THE URBAN COUNTY PROGRAM REQUESTING APPROVAL TO REJECT ALL BIDS RECEIVED FROM SULLIVAN CITY PUBLIC FACILITY AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, BID 5018/19

5018/19-77-0300-5,000-7700. >> MOTION.

CARRIES. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

[12. Health & Human Services Department]

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: 12 A. YOU ARE NEXT, MR. AVILA.

>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. I AM DUSTING MY TIE HERE, SO SORRY. SEVERAL ITEMS ON HERE TODAY.

WE HAVE ITEM A IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO DEOBLIGATE THE AMOUNT OF $29,978.20 DUE TO AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIM AND FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE QUARTER OF APRIL TO JUNE OF 2020, SIR.

A $29,000 ADJUSTMENT. WE WORKED WITH THE BUDGET

OFFICE ON THIS ADJUSTMENTS SIR. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. >> NEXT ITEM REQUESTING APPROVAL TO REQUEST INFORMATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDER CHART TEE CARE PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNATED TO ALLOW QUALIFIED PROVIDERS TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES WHEN THOSE COSTS ARE NOT REIMBURSED BY ANOTHER SOURCE. THE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER THE 1115 WAIVER. THIS PARTICULAR 1115 WAIVER, SIR, INVOLVES -- INVOLVES WORKING CLOSELY WITH CMS AND IS REAL SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE HOSPITALS IN THE PAST WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL OUR UNCOMPENSATED TO THE CLINICS AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNMENT TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT FUNDING.

A NEW PROGRAM THAT CMS IS LOOKING FOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND HELPING TO PARTICIPATE AND SEE IF WE QUALIFY FOR IT AND MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR UNEXPENSIVEED CARE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR CLINIC.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIED.

>> ITEM C, APPROVAL IT SUBMITTED BUDGET REVISION TO REALIGN FUNDS IN THE COVID-19 VACCINATION GRANT PROGRAM.

>> SO MOVED. >> ITEM 2 IS APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A BUDGET REVISION TO REALIGN FUNDS -- CORRECTION.

ITEM 1 FOR VOTING. >> MOTION APPROVED 1 AND 2.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C 1 AND 2.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL TO SUBMIT BUDGET REVISION TO RELINE FUNDS IN THE TB STATE

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GRANT PROGRAM. FOR THE RECORD.

I WANTED TO READ IT. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

WE APPROVED IT. MR. LOMBARDIA.

[13. Community Service Agency]

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I AM WITH THE HIDALGO COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES. ITEM 1 DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE SIGNATURE DOCUMENT H HS 000871100040 BY ADDING THE CONTRACT RESULTING IN A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $20,374.44 WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR THE SENIOR CORPS GRANT PROGRAM. ITEM NUMBER TWO THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT TOGETHER I HOPE FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR JAMIE LONGORIA TO ELECTRONICALLY SIGN AND ALL PERTINENT DOCUMENTS.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM B, DISCUSSION CONSIDERING AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE SIGNATURE DOCUMENT HHS 000871100011 BY ADDING TO THE CONTRACT RESULTING IN A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED CONTRACT AMOUNT $106,057.41 WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR THE SENIOR CORPS GRANT PROGRAM.

ITEM 2 AUTHORIZATION BY JAMIE LONGORIA TO ELECTRONICALLY S

SIGN. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM C BY ADDING TO THE CONTRACT RESULTING THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $17,377.44 WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR THE SENIOR CORPS GRANT PROGRAM. ITEM TWO FOR AUTHORIZATION BY JAMIE LONGORIA TO ELECTRONICALLY SIGN ANY AND ALL

PERTINENT DOCUMENTS. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND A SECOND. ITEM CARRIES.

>> JUDGE A LITTLE BACKGROUND WE PRESENTED A CSBG AMENDMENT AND THE ACTION IS TO RESCIND THAT ACTION AND I WILL PRESENT THE AMENDMENT IN THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEM.

DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RESCIND ITEM 81612 PRESENTED JULY 13, 2021 FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR 2021.

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>.

MOTION CARRIES. >> I APOLOGIZE TO THE COURT.

THE AMOUNT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

IT WAS 78,559 DIFFERENCE. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE NEED TO ADD THAT AMOUNT TO THE SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT.

WE ARE WORKING OFF OF AN OLD CONTRACT AMOUNT.

THE NEW CONTRACT IS ITEM 2, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT 61210003456 TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THE AMOUNT OF $78,559 FOR FINAL CONTRACT

AMOUNT TO $1,757-30 6. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION TO APPROVE. TIME OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS

NEXT ITEM, JAMIE? >> YES, SIR, IT IS.

A DEADLINE OF THE 15TH, JUDGE. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: WASN'T ATTACHED OVER THE WEEKEND. I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO

REALLY REVIEW IT, BUT GO AHEAD. >> JUDGE, IT IS THIS DRAFT FORM. AND WHAT WE COULD DO IS THE FIVE FINDS ARE PROBABLY THE KEY.

AND THAT IS ONE THING I DO NEED TO PRESENT.

THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS -- WE CAN STILL WORK ON -- ON THE -- ON THE ACTUAL WRITING OF THE DOCUMENT, BUT THE KEY FINDINGS ARE THE THINGS I NEED TO SUBMIT BY THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH SIR. SO DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE 2021 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, EVERY THREE YEARS, HIDALGO COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY HAS A CONDITION FOR RECEIVING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAKE A PRO PROCESS, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE PROCESS IS WIDE RANGES IN TERMS OF TALKING TO FAMILIES AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE LOW-INCOME FAMILY IN HID COUNTY. SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE, THE THIRD DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL HAVE -- HAVE PUT TOGETHER.

AND WE DID HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, MR. ZARDUA AND HE

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WILL FULL NEW ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE UNDERTOOK TO COME UP WITH THE FIND INFORMATION THIS DOCUMENT.

>> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, FOR THE RECORD.

I WOULD LIKE -- AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE PROCESS THAT WE TOOK IN ORDER TO COMPILE THE DATA FOR THIS -- FOR THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE STARTED OFF BY COLLECTING OVER 450 SURVEYS FROM AGENCIES, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY, THE HIDALGO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE TRAVELED TO DIFFERENT OUTDOOR AREAS, ADULT DAY-CARE DAY-CARE CENTERS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THOSE SURVEYS TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE GUIDELINES WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HAD INTERVIEWS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT RESPONDED VIA SURVEY AND OTHER LIVE INTERVIEWS. SECONDLY, WE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY STAFF.

WE HELD A FOCUS GROUP WITH 33 OF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS THAT GAVE US A LOT OF INSIGHT WHAT THEY DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BA BASIS. TO COMPLY WITH OTHER FACTORS WE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE MISSION FOOD PANTRY.

WE HAD A MEETING AT THE HIDALGO COUNTY COMMUNITYER IS EN IN HIDALGO, TEXAS. WITH THE CITY OF HIDALGO.

THE PREVIOUSLY ONE WAS WITH THE OF MISSION FOCUS GROUPS WITH THE LBGTQ+ WANDS SINGLE MOTH -- AND WITH SINGLE MOTHERS.

WE HAD THE DATA AND PROVIDED THE FIVE NEEDS IN HIDALGO

COUNTY. >> PART OF THE PROCESS THAT HE DIDN'T MENTION WAS WE ALSO DID --

>> CAN YOU HOLD UP FOR JUST A SECOND.

>> SKILL THAT THE COURT RECESS COMMISSIONERS COURT AND RECESS THE WORKSHOP AND COME IN WITH COMMISSIONERS COURT TO BE IN

COMPLIANCE. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: A MOTION TO RECESS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO VERY SES THE WORKSHOP.

ALL IN FAVOR AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

A MOTION TO RECONVENE THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T MENTION IT WAS A REVIEW OF THE QUANTITATIVE DATA OF THE CENSUS BUREAU, TEXAS WORKFORCE, ANNIE CASE FOUNDATION AND VARIOUS SOURCES OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT GAVE US A PICTURE OF THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITY IN HIDALGO COUNTY.

WE ARE BACK. GO AHEAD.

WHEN IT COMES TO -- WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE FINDS NO REAL SURPRISES. WE FOUND THAT STILL ABOUT A THIRD OF THE POPULATION IN HIDALGO COUNTY LIVES BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. WE FOUND THAT -- ABOUT 40% OF CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY IN HIDALGO COUNTY AND STRUGGLE EVERY DAY WITH POVERTY. WE FOUND WHEN IT COMES TO SENIORS ONE IN EVERY FOUR SENIORS LIVING BELOW THE FEDERAL PROPERTY LINE IN HIDALGO COUNTY.

THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS AND THE GOOD NEWS WAS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRADUATION RATE IN HIDALGO COUNTY, OUR PARTNERS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. THEY ARE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE FEDERAL -- THE FEDERAL TREND IN TERMS OF GRADUATING KIDS AND GETTING THEM POST HIGH SCHOOL -- OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS KIND OF A MIXED BAG WHEN IT CAME TO THOSE.

I WILL TELL YOU AFTER WE PUT THE QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, THE SURVEYS, THE FOCUS GROUPS, ALL OF THE FINDS WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD OF FAMILIES LIVE IN POVERTY TOGETHER WITH THE QUANTITATIVE DAY WE CAME UP WITH WE CALL THE TOP FIVE NEEDS. THAT IS THE YOU WERE OF THE SURVEY TO COME UP WITH THE NEEDS -- THE TOP FIVE NEEDS FOR FAMILIES IN HIDALGO COUNTY. THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE REAL SHOCKERS TO ANY US IN OUR BUSINESS.

NUMBER ONE WAS LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE FOUND THAT FAMILIES REALLY STRUGGLE TO PUT TOGETHER A HOME THAT IS SAFE AND WHEN WE HAVE A WINDSTORM AND SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT AND FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO FIND SHELTER AND WORRY IF

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THE STRUCTURE THEY LIVE IN WILL HOLD UP AND SERVE THEM WELL.

WE FOUND NUMBER TWO, LACK OF JOB SKILLS NECESSARY FOR BETTER PAGES WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN HIDALGO COUNTY OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO FAMILIES AND PROVIDING PROGRAMS THAT WILL TRAIN FOLKS AND GETTING THEM BETTER JOB SKILLS -- TO GET BETTER JOBS AND ULTIMATELY GET ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD. THIRD FINDING IS SOMETHING WE CAME ACROSS -- NEED TO PAY BETTER ATTENTION TO THE UNDERSERVED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

A CATCH ALL FOR ALL OF THE SUBGROUPS THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. WE HAVE WHAT WE CONSIDER POST TEEN PARENTS. FOLKS THAT WHILE THEY MAY BE IN SCHOOL OR SINGLE MOMS OR MOMS THAT ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY BECOME PARENTS UNFORTUNATELY AND IT REALLY IS A DIFFICULT STRUGGLE FOR THEM. NONETHELESS, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPPORTS THEM WHEN THEY ARE IN SCHOOL.

ONCE IT IS OUT OF SCHOOL BECOMES A CHALLENGE FOR YOUNG PARENTS TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A WAY OF LIFE THAT IS ABOVE THE FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD. ANOTHER SUBPOPULATION OF THE DACCA STUDENTS. DACCA RESIDENTS IN LIMBO AND STRUGGLING EVERY DAY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

AND TO -- AND TO DO WELL IN LIFE.

VETERANS IS ANOTHER GROUP. VETERANS STRUGGLE -- THEY STRUGGLE WITH A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO VETERANS AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT BRING SERVICES TO VETERANS.

MIGRANTS. FOLKS WHO MAKE TRAVEL UP NORTH TO -- TO TEND TO THE CROPS AND TO THE HARVEST OF OUR NATION.

THOSE FAMILIES ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS TO ARE IN -- KIND OF IN THE PERSONAL SYSTEM THAT ARE LEAVING AND THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR LIFE BACK ON TRACK THAT NOT A LOT OF PLACES FOR THESE FOLKS TO GO IN TERMS OF GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY AND GETTING A SECOND TRACK AT LIFE.

THAT IS OUR THIRD FINDING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF THE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. THE FOURTH IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME TO LIGHT CERTAINLY IN THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN THE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE THE LOW-INCOME FAMILY STRUGGLE THE QUESTION TO SEE A DOCTOR ONCE THEY START TO DEVELOP SYMPTOMS OF ANY ILLNESS AND IN PARTICULAR NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC WITH COVID-19, A LOT OF THEM ARE HE IS CONTINUE AT TO SEE DOCTORS. AND THE OPTION FOR THE BORDER IS A DIFFICULT AND CLOSED ONE BECAUSE OF WAIT TIMES.

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IS NUMBER FOUR.

LAST THING IS NEED FOR HOUSE HOLD ASSISTANCE.

EVERY YEAR OUR COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY ASSISTANCE IS INUNDATED APPLICATIONS. MANY TIMES WE HAVE MORE APPLICANTS CONTINUE WE HAVE FUNDS.

BUT THIS ALSO GOES TO HELPING FAMILIES IN DISASTERS.

WE FOUND THAT -- THAT THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX IN HIDALGO COUNTY, THE MEASURE THAT TELLS US ANY TIME THERE IS A DISASTER IN OUR COUNTY A FLOOD, HURRICANE OR A SIMPLE HOUSE HOLD FIRE AND SITUATION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.

FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND KIND OF THE LIMITS OF WHAT THEY HANDLE AT THE HOUSE HOLD.

WE FOUND THAT THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO BE IN AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ASSISTING INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS. THOSE ARE KIND OF A SUMMERY OF THE TOP FIVE NEEDS THAT I WILL BE SUBMITTING THAT WE FOUND HERE IN HIDALGO COUNTY. THE LAUNDRY LIST IS LONG.

BUT CERTAINLY WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF REDUNDANT THEME TO SUMMARIZE THEM AND PRESENT THEM AS OUR TOP FIVE NEEDS FROM HIDALGO COUNTY. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT. IF YOU ALL WERE TO HAVE ANY.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MAKE A MOTION. >> A MOTION.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION TO ACCEPT AND SECOND. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE,

[14. Elections Administration]

COMMISSIONERS. >> HILDA S ALDINAS IN HERE IN PLACE OF MISSY WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

I WILL BE GOING -- I WILL BE RECITING AND DOING THE AGENDA TODAY. I WILL BEGIN WITH THE ELECTION

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UPDATES. THE LAST DAY TOO REGISTER TO VOTE NOT NOVEMBER 2021 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION IS MONDAY OCTOBER 4. THOSE NOT REGISTERED TO GO AND REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

VOTING BEGINS ON MONDAY OCTOBER 18 AND RUN THROUGH FRIDAY OCTOBER 29. ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. SO FILL AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS WE HAVE ON THE AG AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND YOU A AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY JUDGE TO ORDER THE NOVEMBER 2, 2021 GENERAL ELECTION. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION IS ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR; HOWEVER, OF COURSE, COMMISSIONERS COURT SHOULD ALSO COMPLETE THE LOCAL ORDER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE REQUIRED ACTIONS ARE COMPLETED.

MOTION CARRIES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, ITEM NUMBER 3, PURSUANT TO TEXAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 3, SECTION 52 REQUESTING ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR PURCHASE OF MISCELLANEOUS IE PRINTED MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS FOR ELECTION OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE, EDUCATE AND INFORM THE VOTERS OF HIDALGO COUNTY. THIS WILL INCLUDE OUTREACH FOR EVENTS SUCH AS NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES, NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES AND ONGOING VOTER REGISTRATION

EVENTS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM NUMBER 4, DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDING ELECTION JUDGES AND ALTERNATE ELECTION JUDGES FOR THE AUGUST 1, 2021 THROUGH JULY 31, 2023.

THIS LIST IS PROVIDED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR AND PROVIDES THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE OR LESS A POOL OF JUDGES TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN AND HAVE THEM ADMINISTER THE ELECTION AT THE PULLING

LOCATION. >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL, MISS

SALDINAS. >> YES, SOMETHING WE NEED APPROVED AS PER THE CONSTITUTION -- I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. ONE MOMENT.

>> I WILL FOLLOW YOU. >> I WILL SECOND JUDGE JAWJZ

MOTION AND A SECOND. >> THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

YES. ITEM NUMBER 5 --

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.

WE HAVE A MOTION -- >> SORRY?

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: PLEASE HOLD FOR JUST A MOMENT.

>> YES, SIR. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE LIST.

ITEM NUMBER 5, DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDING ELECTION JUDGES AND ALTERNATE ELECTION JUDGES FOR THE A AUGUST 1, 2021 THROUGH THE JULY 31,2023.

GO AHEAD. >> OKAY.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

>> WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. ITEM 81886 FISCAL YEAR 2021 ELECTIONS CHAPTER 19. APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATION OF REVENUES BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR THE FY 2021 CHAPTER 19 FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $19 $19,425.50 AND APPROPRIATION OF

THE SAME. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[16. Head Start Program]

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. >> THE HEAD START PROGRAM MISS,

NO RES RE. >> GOOD MORNING.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM. EXCUSE ME.

REQUESTING EXEMPTION FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT UNDER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 262.024 A4, A

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. >> SO MOVED.

>> WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF EXTENSION.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. >> TWO IS A PRESENTATION OF A SCORING GRID FOR THE PUMP OF RANKING BY COMMISSIONERS COURT OF THE FIRMS GRADED AND EVALUATED THROUGHOUT COUNTY APPROVED POOL OF MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING MEP EVERS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE HIDALGO COUNTY HEAD START PROGRAM OUTDOOR LEARNING AND DISCOVERY CLASSROOMS PROJECTS DESIGNED. THREE QUIRMS, S AND B, STRADA

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ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING, 2 258.

AND ALPHA INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING WITH A SCORE OF 274

. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> FINALLY THE THIRD ONE IS AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING MEP SERVICES COMMENCING WITH THE NUMBER ONE RANKED FIRLD OF ALPHA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MEP SERVICES FOR THE HIDALGO COUNTY HEAD START PROGRAM OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND DISCOVERY CLASSROOMS AS DESIGNED.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT MOST OF OUR CENTERS WILL BE OPEN FOR INSTRUCTION AUGUST 23 OTHERS ARE AUGUST 16 AND ALL OF OUR CHILDREN WILL BE IN PERSON.

[17. Planning Department]

THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, TJ WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE ADVISORY BOARD CONVENED AND RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING. PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF ITEM 17

.A. >> EXCUSE ME TJ --

>> YES? >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL A 1-J AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA WOULD REQUIRE THAT YOU READ ITEMS A, 2, 3, 4 ONLY.

>> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION JUST TO SECOND.

I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, TJ.

>> YES, SIR. >> FEW OF THESE DIDN'T HAVE STREET LIGHTS. IS THERE A REASON WHY?

>> I AM SORRY. >> A COUPLE THAT DID NOT HAVE

STREETLIGHTS INCLUDED. >> MAY NOT BE INTERNAL STREETS.

WE ONLY REQUIRE THEM IN INTERNAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO COLLECT THE LEVY ON THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE INTERNAL STREETS. AGAIN THIS IS PRELIMINARY AND I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT AND MORE THAN LIKELY.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE 17 A -- A THROUGH -- WHAT IS IT!

J? >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: DID YOU COUNT HOW MANY LIGHTS THOSE ARE.

>> 647 TOTAL. >> MAJORITY IN PRECINCT 1.

>> NEXT WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE -- >> MA

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: HOLD UP TJ. MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE 37 MOTION CARRIES.

>> TWO SUBDIVISIONS OF THE FINANCIAL GUARANTEE.

2 A FINAL APPROVAL WITH FINANCIAL GUARANTEE EMILY VILLARREAL SUBDIVISION. AND WE RECOMMEND BOTH.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION CAR CARRIES.

>> NEXT ONE LOT SUBDIVISION ITEM 17.3.A BIG DAWG

SUBDIVISION. >> MOTION.

CARRIES. >> NUMBER 17.4.A, PRECINCT 1, REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBER OF HIDALGO COUNTY SUBDIVISION

ADVISORY BOARD. >> LASTLY 17.4.B, COUNTY JUDGE TO REAPPOINT A MEMBER OF THE HIDALGO COUNTY SUBDIVISION ADVISORY BOARD. JUDGE JUDGE ALL IN FAVOR SAY

AYE. >> 18 A, REQUESTING APPROVAL TO

[18. Precinct #2 - Comm. Cantu]

ACCEPT COUNTER-OVERS TO PURCHASE TRACTS OF LAND KNOWN AS PARCELS 1 AND 4 ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRECINCT NOLANA LOOP ROAD PROJECT FOR FM 1426 TO FM 09 7.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES. >> B, REQUESTING APPROVAL TO ACCEPT COUNTSER OFFER TO PURCHASE TRACT OF LAND PARCEL

39 TO PRECINCT 2 ELDORA ROAD. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION TO APPROVE. AND MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM C, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO AND CITY OF ALAMO ROAD

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IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRECINCT EL GATTO ROAD FROM ALAMO ROAD WEST

2200 LINEAR FEET. >> A MOTION.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION TO

APPROVE AND SECOND. >> 19 A, REQUESTING

[19. Precinct #4 - Comm. Torres]

AUTHORIZATION TO I PROVE AND EXECUTE THE EASEMENT ON RIGHT-OF-WAY AGREEMENT FOR THE UTILITY ACCESS SUBMITTED TO HIDALGO COUNTY PRECINCT 4 BY AEP TEXAS FOR THE NEW MECHANIC SHOP WITH THE HIDALGO COUNTY PRECINCT 4 WITH THE COUNTY

[20. Budget & Management]

JUDGE TO SIGN THE EASEMENT ROW AGREEMENT.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND SECOND.

APPROVED. >> AND THE CONTEXT AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND STOKED APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF FEES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 IN ACCORDANCE TRANSPORTATION CODE 502.401, 402 AND 403. AND WILL BE A FEE FOR A BRIDGE

AND $10 FEE FOR LANE. >> MOTION TO APPROVED.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. ALL IN FAVOR SAY HIGH.

>> AND C 1, APPROVAL FOR CERTIFICATION OF REVENUES BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $106,020.95 AND $ $12,705 FOR PROPOSED STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND

APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SAME. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM NUMBER 2, DISTRICT CLERK RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION IN THE AM OF $ $197,573.

MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM 20.C-3 APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATION OF REVENUES BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,489.60 AND APPROPRIATION OF THE SAME.

>> A MEGS AND A SECOND. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. CRUZ. IS MARTY BACK?

>> NO, DENA. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: OKAY, DENA.

>> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, MISS D DENA.

>> MISS DENA, YOU ARE MUTED. >> MR. MAGNUS ARE WE HAVING

TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH MISS DENA. >> WE CAN'T HEAR HER.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT AUDIO SOURCE.

>> MISS DENA?

. >> YOU ARE STILL NOT COMING

THROUGH. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

>> LOG OUT AND LOG IN, I MEAN. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: DO YOU WANT TO

GO TO YOUR ITEMS? >> I COULDN'T -- I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE ITEM FOR PURCHASING. WHILE WE GET HER SITUATED.

[21. Purchasing Department - Notes]

SO 21 A FOR ITEMS ON EXHIBIT A, THE COURT AWARDED VEHICLE AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE FLEET FOR OUR AUCTION AUGUST 31, 2021 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE.

>> ALL IN FAVOR. >> SECOND ITEM REQUESTING APPROVAL TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM INVENTORY LIST IN THE MITTST OF NO WINDS, TO DISPOSE OF AS WORTHLESS BY OTHERWISE DISPOSE AS WORTHLESS OF SAID ITEMS. FOR 26 3.151 AND 1523.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM UNDER CONTRACT FOR HOT

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MISS ASPHALT GRAVEL END WITH VALLEY CALICHE PRODUCTS, INC.

SECOND REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE THE PROCUREMENT PACKET FOR TYPE D HOT MIX ASPHALT TO INCLUDE

READVERTISING. >> MOTION.

CARRIES. >> EXECUTIVE OFFICE REQUEST EXEMPTION FOR THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT TO 2 262.024 A 7 A FOR AN ITEM THAT CANNOT BE OBTAINED FROM ONLY ONE SOURCE. REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO SOFTWARE AS SERVICE SAAS AGREEMENT FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION AND PLATFORM AG AGAINQUICK BETWEEN DESTINY

SOFTWARE AND HIDALGO COUNTY. >> FOR A AND B?

>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> APPROVAL AND IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH E RO ARCHITECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3505,000.

SECOND FLOOR MCCALL BUILDING -- MCCOLL BUILDING KNOWN AS PL

PLAINSCAPITAL BANK. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

CARRIES. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, NEXT AGENDA ITEM D 1, I AM ASKING FOR NO ACTION AT THIS TIME.

PROCEED TOO ITEM 2, REQUESTING AUTHORITY -- UNDER PRECINCT 3, REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE AND APPROVE RFB PROCUREMENT PACKET LA MANSION FLAT WORK CONCRETE TO

READVERTISE IF NECESSARY. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

>> YES, MA'AM. I AM ON ITEM 3 OF PRECINCT 3.

>> D 3? >> YES, D 3.

>> REQUESTING APPROVAL TO PURCHASE ONE DRI-PRIME DIESEL PUMP AND ONE DRI-PRIME DIESEL PUMP, CD 100 S AND THE OTHER CD 150 S. AND ITEM FROM XYLEM DEWATERING SOLUTIONS TO H-GAC NOT EXCITING $88,804.07.

SUBJECT TO PRICE VERIFICATION. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

APPROVED. MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM 4, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 2, WHICH RESULTS IN A COST SAVINGS WITH REIM CONSTRUCTION FOR HIDALGO COUNTY PRECINCT 3, MILE 3, NORTH ROAD PROJECT.

AS AGREED UPON BY ALL PARTIES AND SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF TXDOT LETTER OF CONCURRENCE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM E, REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER 2 WITH AN INCREASED COST OF $30,262.40 AS SUBMITTED BY THE PROJECT ENGINEER L & G ENGINEERING TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SCHOSH WORK AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCESSORY SERVICES THROUGH MILE 5 PROJECT IN PRECINCT 4.

MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM B, PURSUANT ARTICLE 14 AGREEMENT BY L & G ENGINEERING TO ENGAGE THE FOLLOWING SUBCONTRACTORS, LEONEL GARZA AND ASSOCIATES AND HLH

APPRAISAL SERVICE. >> MOTION.

CARRIES. >> ITEM 2 CERTIFICATE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION MAY 14 HOME RUN 2021 SUBMITTED BY SYNERGY BUILDERS OF TEXAS AND CERTIFIED BY SDI ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT C-2 C-20-087-07-14 FOR LINN-SAN

MANUEL. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM F TO PURCHASE TWO 2022 CHEVY TAHOE VEX FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 THROUGH THE BUYBOARD CONTRACT AWARDED VENDOR CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET NOT TO EXCEED $9 9,996.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIED.

>> ITEM G, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND APPLICATION TO APPROVE A NECESSARY CARES ACT RELIEF FUND EXPENDITURE TO COVER THE COST NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CURRENT BUDGET AND

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CANNOT BE LAWFULLY FUNDED BY LINE ITEM, ALLOTMENT OR ALLOCATION IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE COUNTY FUNCTIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES RELATED TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH ESTABLISHING A WI-FI PROJECT TO ASSIST THE CITIZENS WITH DISTANCE LEARNING INCLUDING TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS TELEWORKING CAPABILITIES WHICH REQUIRES A MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE AGREEMENT. THE COURT HAVING REVIEWED THE AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING HEREIN FINDS SUCH EXPENDITURE IS REASONABLE AND FOR THE INTENDED USE.

>> NOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

>> ITEM B, REQUESTING EXEMPTION FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT UNDER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 262.024 AN ITEM THAT MUST BE PURCHASED IN CASE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY AND NECESSARY TO MAKE THE PURCHASE PROMPTLY TO RELIEVE THE NECESSITY OF THE CITIZENS TO PRESERVE THE PROPERTY OF THE COUNTY AND ITEM NECESSARY TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE

COUNTY. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CORTEZ: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM C DASH CORRECTION I STEAD OF 36 MONTHS, IT IS A MONTH-TO-MONTH TERM APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO A MONTHLY ETHERNET SERVICE WITH SMARTCOM TO RENDER METRO-E SERVICES TO MISSION ISD TOWER LOCATED 1201 WEST GRIFFIN PARKWAY FOR WI-FI SERVICES WITH

AUTHORITY FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE. >> MOTION.

CARRIES. >> ITEM H FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. A CORRECTION.

NOT A SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM, BUT PHONE SYSTEM, LICENSES TO TELEPRO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $187,757.48 TO REPLACE EXISTING PHONE SYSTEMS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE LOCATIONS. >> SO MOVED.

>> THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

>> ITEM I., ADULT PROBATION BY INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE HIDALGO COUNTY ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT TO PERMIT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO PROCURE AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE MOBILE GENERATOR AWARDED VENDOR HOLT CAT NOT TO EXCEED $53,376.47. MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ITEM J FROM THE DA'S OFFICE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 3 WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $5244 SUBMITTED BY HALFF AND ASSOCIATES THROUGH ON-CALL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES FOR THE FORENSIC CENTER EXTERIOR WALL RENOVATIONS PROJECT WILL.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> EYE JEM B, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14 OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH HALFF ASSOCIATES TO ENGAGE THE FOLLOWING SUBCONTRACTORS, CHANIN ENGINEERING AND THE WARREN

GROUP. >> ITEM K FOR REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AWARD AND BID CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR THE BRUSH AND VEGETATIVE DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICE TO FOLLOWING MULTIPLE VENDORS. FIRST ONE TFR ENTERPRISES, INC.

SECOND, AFTERMATH DISASTER RECOVERY AND THIRD, MOR-WIL L

LCC. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

SECOND. MOTION CARRIES.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND ALL THE BACK-UP HAS BEEN ATTACHED. AND NEXT ITEM ITEM 2, REQUESTING APPROVAL TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR PROJECT "PIPES AND RELATED MISCELLANEOUS IT ITEMS"TO ACT PIPE AND SUPPLY AND AGUAWORKS PIPE AND SUPPLY LLC WITH RFW 21-047-06-02-ABV.

>>JUDGE CORTEZ: A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> ITEM 2, REQUESTING APPROVAL TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF ONCALL WITH GDJ ENGINEERING FOR PROJECTS IN

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PRECINCT 2 WITH COMPLIANCE WITH 1295.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ITEM B, APPROVAL OF WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER ONE WITH ESTIMATED COST OF $64,448 SUBMITTED BY GDJ ENGINEERING PRO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PRECINCT ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.