Commissioners Court - Regular Meeting

Good morning. Welcome to Commission's Court Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Happy Election Day. Good luck to those that are running today. Please be aware that we will recognize Item 5A. That's the Collaborative Commission on Annual Progress Report. I have moved it as a point of order for Judge Diaz. We'll do that around 1045 if we can fit it in after the 10 o'clock time certain. So 5A is the CCDV report, and we'll do that later in the morning. All right. With that, Commissioner Clay Flores, opening prayer and prayer of allegiance. You have the floor.

Good morning, Pastor, if you would come up. Pastor Trent Enriquez currently serves as pastor for Cross Church on the south side of San Antonio, even though he is finishing up his final months as Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3 in Carnes County. He received his bachelor's degree from Texas State University and also received his theological training from Asbury University. I had the privilege of going to visit his church, even though he currently lives in Carnes County, but I had the privilege of visiting his church a couple weeks ago as he's just appointed as the new pastor there at Cross Church in the southern sector of Bexar County. Thank you so much for being here, Pastor. The time is yours. Please stand for prayer.

Let's pray. Father God, Lord Jesus, we come before you today with humility and gratitude for the opportunity to serve and lead. Within our community, we lift up people of Bexar County and every family, neighborhood and individual represented here today. Father, we pray for wisdom, discernment and integrity over every elected official, department leader, employee and community partner. entrusted with the responsibility of making decisions that impact the lives of others, guide their hearts and minds to pursue what is just, compassionate, and beneficial for the greater good of our future and of all constituents. And moments of challenge and disagreement help us to lead with respect, understanding, and unity together. Remind us that progress is best achieved when we work together with a shared commitment to service, accountability, and hope. We pray for peace, Father, across our county, protection over our first responders, strength over our educators and healthcare workers, and encouragement for every resident facing hardship. May brighter days come to Bexar County through wisdom, collaboration, and care for one another. Lord, bless this court. And all who gather here today, may every conversation and every decision be guided by the purpose, wisdom, and a sincere desire to serve the people well. Father God, with this, we love you, we magnify you, and in your mighty name we pray. Amen.

Amen. Thank you, Pastor. Please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, Thank you, Pastor. Welcome to Burke County. And did I understand it's Pastor and Judge? Oh, wow. That's a great combination. You got power all the way around, Pastor, Judge. All right.

That's how we roll on the South Side.

Okay, Commissioner. Okay, item three, request the commissioner to identify items from the consent agenda for additional discussion and approve remaining consent agenda items. Commissioner Clay Flores, start with you.

Yes, I would like to pull 91.

91. Okay, pull 91. Clay Flores. Commissioner Rodriguez. I'm good, Judge. Commissioner Moody.

Item 22.

Twenty-two.

Sixty-five.

Twenty-two. And what was the second one? Sixty-five. Sixty-five. All right. Anything else?

Eighty-one, eighty-two, and eighty-three.

Eighty-one. Eighty-two. 83.

And 94.

Okay, Commissioner Calvert. All right, is there a motion to approve? Motion by Commissioner Calvert, second by Commissioner Rodriguez. On the remaining items of the consent, all those in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Let's go straight to ceremonial. in order to try to keep on time, and we'll come back to those individuals. All right, first item is presentation of service plans recognizing employees for 25 plus years of service. We have today Amanda Vasquez from the District Attorney's Office, and I believe Mr. Joe Gonzales, if you wish to make that presentation. Please come forward with Amanda, her family, her colleagues, her friends.

May I proceed, Your Honor? Good morning, Commissioners and Judge Sakai. Every quarter the district attorney's office has what we call an all-hands-on-deck meeting where we present service pins. Quite often we present pins to the employees that have been with our office for 5, 10, 15, and occasionally 20 years. It is rare indeed that someone receives a pin for their service for 25 years as we have today. I have... to present to the court a dedicated public servant, Amanda Vasquez, who has achieved that goal. She's been with the county for over 25 years. Amanda first started, and she's here with her family. And I'm sure she will introduce her mom. when she comes up to the microphone. But I want to let the Commissioner's Court know how long she's been with us. She started with the county back in 2001. She worked as a residential... I'm sorry? residential treatment officer with the Cryer Residential Center and she did that for a number of years until she came over to the district attorney's office in 2018. She started with our office as a crime victim liaison in the family violence division and after about three years doing that was promoted to a crime advocate in our Criminal Trial Division. She has been with our office ever since then. Amanda certainly is a very dedicated public servant. She's worked with our office, as I say, since that time. She's been with the county for over 25 years and she exemplifies public service. She comes to work every day with a smile and desire to serve the public and so we are presenting her to you to receive her 25-year pin. I'd like for Amanda to step up and say a few words.

Thank you. I appreciate the recognition. It's been an honor to work for the county. I started when I was 22 years old.

And I thought you would have been a baby, right?

I was. So I feel like I grew up in the county. And it's just been an honor to serve the citizens of Bexar County. And I hope to continue to serve as long as I can. So again, I appreciate the recognition. I appreciate my mom. being here today to support me.

Yes, this is my mom.

Yes, Adele Rivera. So, again, thank you. I truly appreciate the honor.

Would you please come forward and accept your pin? Yes, sir. And come on up, staff. Congratulations. Congratulations.

Come on, team, come on.

The first one, Commissioner Clay Flores, presentation, proclamation on behalf of the commission's court recognizes Sanchez Salazar, Associates, LLC.

Good morning. I just wanted to take time to recognize this small minority owned local, I guess I should say former, engineering firm. Whereas, Sanchez Salazar & Associates LLC, a San Antonio-based civil engineering firm, has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to improving public infrastructure and enhancing the quality of life for residents throughout Bexar County and the surrounding region. World's founders Juan Carlos Sanchez, wave your hand. All right, and Fernando Salazar took a leap of faith leaving the comforts of a secure job to start Sanchez, Salazar and Associates fueled by grit and determination. Sanchez, Salazar and Associates grew from two employees to 27 in San Antonio with two offices in Texas. They have contributed to meaningful growth in our area and have provided professional engineering services, including transportation engineering, traffic operations, hydrology and hydraulics, and construction management, supporting the planning, design, and delivery of critical infrastructure projects that serve both public and private sectors. And whereas... The firm exemplifies the values of professionalism, innovation, and public service, while also contributing to the local economy by fostering the development of skilled professionalism within the engineering field. The recent acquisition of Sanchez Salazar & Associates by LJA Engineering reflects the strength, reputation, and lasting impact of the firm throughout Bexar County and the state of Texas, ensuring excellence, infrastructure, innovation, and community advancement for future generations. Now therefore, be it resolved, Bexar County Commissioner's Court hereby recognizes and honors Sanchez, Salazar, and Associates. So, un fuerte aplauso, por favor. So I just wanted to take this time to recognize you guys. You guys have really exemplified a small minority-owned local organization and have done meaningful work and been very, I guess, personal. about the work you do and the relationships you have built in this community. So I think you are an example of a small firm that makes decisions to be acquired. So I'm still going to call you all Sanchez and Salazar. So thank you so much for being here. And if you want to say a few words.

Thank you. I want to thank Commissioner Clay Flores for acknowledging this wonderful firm, Fernando Juan Carlos. I know it's not easy to do what you do, and certainly you've risen to the challenge at the county. We've always been happy to work. with your firm, and you are still, I believe, a shareholder when it comes to LJA, and so congratulations. LJA is a distinguished Houston-based, I think maybe the largest engineering firm in Houston, so the fact that they saw fit to Touch your business and acquire it is a testament to how much this community appreciates your networks and your track records. So thank you for hanging in there, and we look forward to seeing you as soon as we walk out those doors.

Keep up the good work. Commissioner Rodriguez. Thank you, Judge. Let me just also... send my congratulations to you guys. I've gotten to know you over the course of the last few years. I think it's also an example of local government and in particular the county investing in small business to see you grow, give you an opportunity. I know it's referred to as an acquisition, but I think this is more like a merger because from my perspective, you are a tremendous asset that is going over to LGA and I know you're going to continue to do good work in our community. So thank you for not just your work on the engineering side in terms of expertise, delivery of good services, but also what you do in the community as well. because I know that's something that certainly we ask of folks to come back and continue to give to our community. We know you're not going anywhere. So again, congratulations gentlemen on the merger and look forward to seeing you in the community as well. Thank you, Judge.

But I also want to recognize our staff, Renee Watson, with our Small Business Entrepreneurship Department. SBED is, I believe, the new title of our department that focuses on small businesses. And so thank you, because you are an example of what Bexar County stands for and recognizes the power of small businesses. So come up and accept your proclamation and keep up the good work. Oh, sorry. A few words. It's on.

We just wanted to say thank you to all of Commissioner's Court. It's been 12 and a half years of hard work, but it took a lot of support. So as a small business, we thank you. And it's one of our goals that we're going to continue to do even as a bigger firm is our commitment is to continue to support the small local firms. So thank you again. Thank you.

All right, come forward. On to the second proclamation on behalf of Commissioner's Court recognizing May as Older Americans Month in Bexar County. I guess that includes me. Whereas the Older Americans Act, OAA, originally enacted in 1965, it supports a range of home and community-based services that keep older adults healthy and independent. You all can come forward at this time. Okay, here we go. Whereas Bexar County and the nation recognize May as Older Americans Month to honor our older Americans for their contributions to the local community and to the nation and to raise awareness of the issues facing our seniors. And whereas Bexar County helped create a city and county joint commission on elderly affairs to improve the quality of life of seniors in San Antonio and Bexar County through support of senior services and resources advocacy and outreach. And whereas this year's campaign theme is Champion Your Health. which focuses on prevention, wellness, and personal responsibility as cornerstone on healthy aging. It encourages older adults to take an active role in their health, advocating for themselves, accessing preventive care, and making informed decisions that support independence. And whereas Bexar County supports and depends on the City and County Joint Commission on Elderly Affairs for its advocacy on improving the quality of life for our seniors and is proud to enthusiastically help and encourage seniors in our community in championing your health now therefore be resolved that the Bexar County Commissioners Court hereby recognizes the month of May as Older Americans Month in Bexar County, signed by the court. Thank you. I believe we have, what, Monica Major and Fernanda Cardenas. Thank you. And we have the joint committee here. The floor is yours.

Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner's Court. I would like to yield my time to Ms. Terry, and thank you so much for honoring our older adults in the community. Ms. Terry.

Hi, good afternoon or good morning, whatever it might be. Thank you, thank you for this honor. We appreciate the efforts that you provide for us, your support. And I ask everyone in this place that we all are going to get there at a certain age. And we are not because the age does not affect the brain, okay? Let us go forward and enjoy every day and thank God for it.

Go ahead, Ms. Betty.

I think Ms. Betty wants to say a few words.

Do they let us move over here?

Yes, because the microphone is right here.

The microphone doesn't move. I just want to say thank you, Tom and Shelby, for caring about our seniors and making sure that we have a commission to do outreach. I intend to spend whatever the rest of my life doing advocating for them. And I want to thank you personally and all the other commissioners. Make sure that we have a commission and we get the information out to our seniors in Bexar County. Thank you again.

I just wanted to recognize not only our seniors, but Fernanda, who is one of my constituents. And for all the work, whenever you talk to me, you always talk about the importance of seniors and what else we can do for seniors. And you always ask about my mom. So thank you for that, and just thank you for the work you do and the care you give to seniors in our community.

Commissioner Rodriguez. Thank you, Judge. Terry, it's always good to see you. I think every month is Older American Month, certainly in Precinct 2, because Terry and I get a chance to visit frequently. She's always a delight, and I hope you don't mind me sharing this, Terry, but hard to believe, 97 years young, Terry Kilmer, and she looks amazing, continues to advocate for our seniors. Let's give her a round of applause. Thank you, Terry. Thank you.

Wow, Commissioner, 97 years young. Wow, amazing. We have a great commission. Thank you all for serving. We appreciate your advocacy for seniors. It's so important because so many are isolated and don't have a voice, but you all, through your service, provide that voice. I want to offer an invitation to host your board meeting, your commission meeting, at the Urban Farm. because Urban Farm is a place that a lot of our seniors can get some fresh vegetables and fruits and classes and learning and connection. So I hope in the months ahead I can come and welcome you to the Urban Farm and give you a whole bunch of vegetables. It's the whole county's Urban Farm and I hope that you'll be nourished not only in mind but embodied by what happens there. So thank you all for your continued advocacy.

And let me say thank you to you, especially Terry Kilmer, 97 years young. And Terry, we go back, what, about 40 years with juvenile probation department, and you cook for all those juvenile probationers out at summer camps. Remember that? And Fernanda, thank you for your leadership on the Joint Commission and also for advocating for the disabled. having the courthouse recognize that we needed to open up that south end entrance towards Nueva. And so thank you, thank you all, and thank you to our county employees for the support they provide for especially our old Americans. So would y'all please come forward and accept your proclamation, take a picture, and give them another round of applause.

God bless you, Terry.

We'll see. We'll be seeing.

Yes, ma'am.

All right, we're going to do a presentation on behalf of Bexar County Commissioner's Court recognizing May 19th as Flood Awareness Day, making a pivotal moment to ensure no lives are lost during flood events. So all those for the Flood Awareness Day, please come forward. Whereas Bexar County celebrates its Flood Awareness Day on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Marking a pivotal moment to ensure no lives are lost during a flood event and where Bexar County is located in Flash Flood Alley and its history of flooding causing loss of life and property. And whereas to date, Bexar County has committed $21 million to flood mitigation projects, protection measures, and launched a countywide awareness campaign. Floods don't care. in partnership with the San Antonio River Authority and whereas floods don't care provides information such as flood safety preparedness access to resources and details about the next gen flood warning system and whereas every citizen in Bexar County deserves to live in a place that takes flooding seriously and the awareness campaign works to ensure our communities know the risks associated with flooding and encourages them think twice before driving into high water during a rain event. And whereas Bexar County is better because of Flood Awareness Day, now therefore it be resolved that the Bexar County Commissioner's Court hereby recognize and proclaim May 19, 2026 as Flood Awareness Day in the county of Bexar and extend sincere appreciation to the San Antonio River Authority for their efforts to make this community a safer place witnessed by our signatures signed by all members of the court.

Mr. Derek Bays for the San Antonio River Authority. Good morning, Judge. Good morning, Commissioners. The partnership between Bear County and the River Authority goes back literally decades to help keep our communities safe with flood prevention, flood mitigation and flood awareness measures. We just wanted to say thank you again for Our current ongoing efforts from the county for this recent campaign in the light of last year's tragic floods. So on behalf of the River Authority, thank you for your ongoing support and your partnership going forward.

Comments? Commissioner Clay Flores? We had a great press conference down on Precinct 1.

Yeah, no comments. Let's just make sure we get all these sensors installed so we can keep lives.

Commissioner Calvert? Thank you, Judge. Thank you, Derek, for coming and your partnership. Certainly there's important work ahead. And I was driving by the Parambital flood site and just noticed some of the obstruction of gravel still in some of those culverts. I know it's the city's primary responsibility, but do you have any idea about when some of that happens? We'll be cleared, and what is the plan going forward? I know we've had a lot of rain because of, I think, El Nino, and people might just be concerned if the culverts are blocked that things may not flow as well. So any update on that particular intersection?

I'll follow up on specifics with that gravel It is an ongoing discussion with TxDOT in particular since it is their right-of-way and how to best mitigate It has been collaborative and we believe we made some progress within the last week, but we'll follow up with more specifics commissioner Well, I just want to echo some of the comments here but appreciate you being here appreciate all the work that the River Authority has

is doing and the updates you've provided me and my team as we go forward here. I also just want to highlight, we'll be bringing this forward in a future meeting, but we recently completed a public survey in partnership with UTSA. And one of the top two priorities was flood mitigation, flood warning. So I think there's more to come here, but appreciate the updates and the work that's being done. Yes, sir.

And Derek, let me also thank Senator River Authority because one additional fact I want the public and everybody here to recognize is that we are looking at flood mitigation from a regional perspective and how we affect Bexar County and how other counties especially our adjacent county affect us. Can you just real quickly simply help us understand why that's so important that just because we fix things in Bexar we really have to work collaboratively with our community counties?

Yes, sir. So there's an old saying, but water doesn't care about political boundaries. And while our jurisdiction goes from Bexar County all the way down to Goliad, But San Antonio River watershed actually extends much beyond that up into counties such as Guadalupe, Bandera, Comal, and others. And so we have been working with our partners outside of Bexar County and outside of our jurisdiction to see how we can best share information. so that we are aware of what water is falling north, essentially north of Bexar County, and coming into our watershed, which will help keep everybody in Bexar County safer. And also, it goes both ways, that we share information with those other entities. We can't do it alone, and it takes a partnership like that and so many others to keep folks safe. Thank you, Derek. Why don't you come forward and accept your proclamation.

Let's give San Antonio River Authority and Derek Bates a round of applause. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT RECOGNIZING THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE GALA LAST WEEK. SO I'LL READ IT OUT AS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, JESSICA WEAVER AND YOUR Group come forward, whereas community schools, CISSA was founded in 1985 with a mission to surround students with community support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. And for 40 years, CISSA has served as a trusted partner to schools, families, and communities throughout Bexar County by providing campus-based case management, mental health services, and wraparound support that remove barriers to student success, and whereas CISSA has collaborated with Bexar County to support children and youth facing significant challenges, including students experiencing homelessness at Haven for Hope and youth involved in juvenile justice, specialty courts in the academy, helping to ensure stability, guidance, and education in the community, And whereas, through strong partnerships with county departments, school districts, courts, and community organizations, CISSA has demonstrated the power of coordinated trauma-informed services to strengthen families, improve student well-being, and promote long-term academic and life outcomes. And whereas, Since its finding, CISSA has positively impacted tens of thousands of students across San Antonio and Bexar County, assisting the youth in overcoming adversity, remaining connected to schools, and building pathways toward graduation, workforce readiness, and productive citizenships. Now, therefore, it be resolved that Bexar County Commission's Court hereby recognize and celebrate the 40th anniversary of Communities in Schools in San Antonio and commend the organization for its lasting impact on students, Families in the future of Bexar County witnessed by the signatures signed by all members of the court. Let's give them a round of applause. CISSA.

Good morning, Judge Sakai and Commissioners. I'm Jessica Weaver. I'm President and CEO for Communities and Schools of San Antonio. And on behalf of our agency, I would like to thank you for this incredible honor. and for recognizing our 40th anniversary. We are truly grateful for your partnership in this work. Bexar County's collaboration has been deeply meaningful, strengthening our ability to show up for students and families when and where they need it most. For 40 years, our mission has remained the same. surround students with a community of support so they can stay in school and achieve in life. And a big part of that commitment is meeting students directly where they are, in their school campuses, ensuring that they have consistent access to the care and resources they need. That includes mental health services delivering right in schools where students feel safe and supported and where intervention can happen early and effectively. Through this approach, we're helping young people navigate challenges, build resilience, and stay connected to their education. Our work alongside county initiatives from supporting children and families at Haven for Hope to walking with youth involved in the juvenile system and supporting families through Handle with Care reflects a shared belief that every young person deserves stability, opportunity, and a path forward. I also want to extend a special thank you to Judge Sakai and Commissioner Moody for your support of our 40th anniversary gala last week. Your partnership meant a great deal to our team and to the students and families we serve, and it was inspirational listening to our alumni of why we do our work every day. This recognition is a celebration of what's possible when the community comes together as true champions for every student. It reflects the collective impact of partners like Bexar County who are committed to ensuring that no student has to navigate challenges alone. Judge Sakai and Commissioners, I thank you for your leadership, your partnership, and your belief of young people across our community. We are proud to stand alongside you and looking forward to continue this work together. And on a personal note, it's an honor to lead this organization. At this moment in our history, surrounded by partners like you who believe so deeply in our students, together we're not just celebrating 40 years, we're shaping what the next 40 years will mean for young people in Bexar County. Thank you.

Moody.

I'll just be really brief. Thank you for the kind words and thank you for all the work you and your team do in shaping and facilitating the lives of our young people. It's meaningful. It's impactful. So thank you.

And let me thank Jessica and the leadership, Jacob and Joe Jesse and others. Y'all had a wonderful gala over at the Tobin. I think it was a packed house. Jacob, you had a different outfit there at the... But let me just say what a successful event it was. I was proud to be a sponsor for that particular gala, and I've always been a sponsor for CISSA, especially since my wife, Rachel Sakai, worked at Harlandale along with Joe Jesse Sanchez for many years. And your partnership, especially for the school districts that are at risk. And I think for the record, what is amazing and what I learned at the gala is you now are involved with counties outside of Bexar County and You most recently are providing support services to the residents of Kerrville, especially in light of their circumstance from last year's flood. So thank you for what you do for our community. And let us show that it shows a reflection of what compassion and commitment do for not only for Bexar County, but for our surrounding and that we truly care for everyone here in Bexar County. So thank you for what you do. Let's give them a round of applause. Come forward and accept your proclamation.

Thanks for coming in.

We appreciate your service.

Good to see you. Thank you for what you do.

Thank you all.

Thank you, Judge.

We can have the folks from the Salvation Army come to the podium. As you do, I'm going to read the proclamation. This is one we always recognize every year. Let me thank you for being here. The proclamation reads, Whereas the Salvation Army has been a beacon of hope

compassion in our community since 1904, offering vital services to individuals and families in need. And whereas during National Salvation Army Week, we celebrate the profound impact of the Salvation Army's commitment to serving the most vulnerable among us. And whereas the Salvation Army of San Antonio provides essential services including shelter, meals, rehabilitation programs, disaster relief, and others. Whereas the Salvation Army's volunteers and staff embody the spirit of service, selflessness, and compassion, enriching our community through their tireless efforts. And whereas the week of May 11th to May 17th, 2026 is officially recognized as National Salvation Army Week. We commend the Salvation Army for its outstanding service and community support, inspiring us all to live with compassion and generosity. Now, therefore, be it resolved, the Bexar County Commissioner's Court hereby recognizes National Salvation Army Week. Witness our signatures, seal of office on this 26th day of May, 2026. Thank you for everything that you do. Congratulations. Let's give them a big round of applause. Lieutenant Shaw, would you like to say a few words?

Your Honor, Commissioners, we first thank you for recognizing the Salvation Army and for your continued partnership with the Salvation Army. On behalf of our staff, volunteers, donors, and the families we serve every day, we are deeply grateful to accept this proclamation. The Salvation Army has been part of the San Antonio community for more than 137 years, and we remain committed to being a resource and doing the most good. Every meal served, every bed provided, every child supported, and every family helped is only possible because this community continues to stand beside us. We are proud to partner with the Bexar County and to serve our neighbors in times of crisis and on the path toward long-term stability. This recognition belongs to the dedicated people who work tirelessly every day to make a difference in the lives of others. We thank you again for this honor and for supporting the mission of helping those most in need throughout San Antonio.

Thank you for your work. Good to see you. Good morning. Thank you. Thanks for shepherding and leading. Thank you for your leadership.

Thank you. All right.

We're going to do a proclamation on behalf of the Commissioner's Court recognizing Bexar County law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. This proclamation covers National Police Week and also recognizes May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day. Commissioner Moody, you have the sign.

Hello, Sheriff.

I appreciate the opportunity to come in, albeit a solemn occasion. Since 1731, as you all know, in one way, shape, or form, the men and women of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office have policed this community. And unfortunately, since then, when we used to cover an area all the way up to modern-day Wyoming, which I can't imagine what the overtime and the aggravation would look like. covering an area that big. But it has now since thankfully shrunk down to the still formidable 1,200 square miles that we police today. But the men and women of the Sheriff's Office continue to serve with honor. Unfortunately, over that... In the course of time, 22 officers, two-legged and four-legged, have died in this line of duty to this county. And so we appreciate you all taking the time today during Police Week, Police Month, to commemorate that. And we just appreciate the opportunity to come up and speak to that.

So I have a proclamation to read. And again, apologies because of the date of the court. We weren't able to get this prior to Police Week and Peace Officer Memorial Day. Proclamation reads, whereas National Police Week was established in 1962 when President JFK signed the proclamation designating May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which that date falls as National Police Week. And whereas National Police Week is observed to acknowledge the courageous people who serve as law enforcement officers and provides us the opportunity to extend our gratitude and admiration for the daily sacrifices they make for our communities. And whereas during this week, we come together to celebrate officers' unwavering dedication and courage, as well as pay tribute to those officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to others. I'll just go ahead and read those names. From the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Joseph Hood, Sheriff Edward Stevens, Deputy Daniel McCluskey, Deputy John T. Holloway, Deputy George L. Mangold, Deputy Frank Ackerman. Deputy George Petrigallo. Deputy Winford O. Mickey Patio. Deputy Vincent L. Walker. Deputy Joshua B. Rodriguez Jr. Deputy Elwood E. Groff. Deputy George R. Garza. Deputy Arturo E. Rodriguez. Deputy Adrian S. Aguilar. Deputy David D. Castillo. Deputy Natalie N. Soriano. Deputy Jesus A. Garza, Jr. Sergeant Kenneth G. Van, Sr. Deputy Timothy De La Fuente. Deputy Ronald Butler. Canines Chucky, Vegas, Duke, and Hades. Bexar County Constable Precinct 3, Sergeant Mark Luis Ciana. and Bexar County Fire Marshal's Office Director Kyle Coleman. Whereas Bexar County Commissioner's Court acknowledges the challenges inherent in the law enforcement profession and appreciates the vital role that officers play in our county to include their ongoing efforts to improve relationships in the communities they serve. And whereas National Police Week 2026 will take place from May 11th to 17th in both the United States and Canada, providing an opportunity to celebrate the dedication and sacrifices of those who serve and protect our communities. Now, therefore, be it resolved, Bexar County Commissioner's Court hereby recognizes and proclaims May 11th through 17th, 2026, and Friday, May 15th, as National Police Week and Peace Officer Memorial Day. Signed, your Commissioner's Court. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Let's get off the board and step back. Thank you. All right. We're going to do a presentation proclamation on behalf of Commissioner's Court recognized in May 2026 as Treatment Court Month of Bexar County. I'll read the proclamation. Judge Alonzo, you or Representative, come forward. Whereas, for 25 years, Bexar County Specialty Courts have advanced the principles of therapeutic justice by addressing the underlying causes of justice system involvement through treatment, accountability, supervision, recovery-orientated support services. And these specialty courts, including Drug Court, Veterans Treatment Court, Mental Health Court, DWI Court, Domestic Violence Specialty Court, dockets. Children's Court and related diversion programs have helped strengthen public safety, reduce recidivism, restore families, and improve outcomes for individuals affected by substance abuse disorders, mental health challenges, trauma, and economic instability. And whereas, with the support of Bexar County Commissioner's Court, Bexar County Judiciary has become recognized as a leader in the therapeutic justice movement through the collaborative efforts of the judiciary, treatment professionals, probation departments, mentors, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, nonprofit partners, and community stakeholders committed to rehabilitation and long-term recovery, and whereas the Therapeutic Justice Foundation has supported these efforts by helping participants overcome barriers to success through practical assistance including transportation, treatment support, recovery incentives, drug testing assistance, and other stabilization resources. often unavailable through traditional funding resources, and whereas the Commissioner's Court of Bexar County recognizes significant contributions specialty courts have made over the past 25 years in promoting accountability, recovery, and safer communities throughout Bexar County, now, therefore, it be resolved that the Bexar County Commissioner's Court recognizes and proclaims May 2026 as Treatment Court Month, witnessed by our signatures, I want to recognize Judge Alonzo, who I believe is not here, but as the person who helped create the specialty courts nearly 25 years ago, and it has truly blossomed into a program. I'm proud as a former district court judge to have been part of that with Family Drug Court, Early Childhood Court, and the College Bomb Docket. And let's give recognition to all those that support us, especially the courts, the judges, the law enforcement, the attorneys, and court personnel, and most important, the commissioner's court who helped fund that. So let's give ourselves a round of applause.

Thank you. Thank you. Judge Alonzo extends his apology for not being able to be here today and his gratitude for this occasion. I'd like to first give thanks to God and to Jesus Christ for this honor. My name is Zachary Hinson. It is an honor to be here and give these remarks on behalf of Judge Al Alonzo, the father of treatment courts in Bexar County. and as the representative of his nonprofit, the Therapeutic Justice Foundation. In 2001, while presiding over County Court One, Judge Alonzo kept seeing the same defendants return to his courtroom again and again. He saw that addiction, instability, trauma, untreated suffering were driving many people back. through the same courthouse doors. At that time, the traditional response was often punishment, incarceration. But Judge Alonso believed there was a better way. Accountability, treatment, structure, human intervention. That idea of therapeutic justice was not very popular at first. It met resistance. But the first drug court began, and it worked. Now 25 years later, what began as one humble drug court has grown into a network of 15 treatment courts in Bexar County addressing DWI, veterans issues, mental health, human trafficking, substance use, and other specialized needs. The Therapeutic Justice Foundation supports these courts with additional funding and practical resources to help participants succeed. When treatment courts work, people recover. Families are brought together. Children get their parents back. Our community becomes more safe. We're also deeply grateful to Commissioner's Court, of course, for its continued support of these courts and for recognizing their value to Bexar County. Your support helps strengthen a model that restores lives while protecting the broader community. thank you judge and commissioners for this proclamation recognizing may as treatment court month in bear county this recognition honors the judges and the people on the ground the court staff treatment providers mentors attorneys community partners and other unsung heroes who make this work possible and the many lives changed over the past 25 years thank you

Judge, I want to also join you in acknowledging Judge Alonzo because he has been doing this 16 years after leaving office. And that is to be commended, that his heart to start this in 2001 saw that justice was not being served. And he's truly impacted generations by his inspiration, his hard work, his tenacity. So he's still hanging in there. I had an opportunity to speak at the Therapeutic Justice Foundation Gala. I was grateful to do so, but to really give homage to everyone. who has followed Judge Alonzo's lead. We'll continue to see him as a North Star for justice, and we thank him for what I think is obviously not a vocation, but a ministry to improve people's lives. So please give our thanks to Judge Alonzo. He gets an out-of-jail-free card any day because he's a great man. So thank you so much for the work you all do. Let's give him a round of applause.

Would you come forward and accept your proclamation? Commissioners, if you would allow me, I'm going to go out of order. We still have a little time before time's certain, so I'm going to take up two matters. The first out of order will be item 91, which is the approval of filling a vacancy in county court number 13, Bexar County, including approval of a proposed order appointing Alicia Pettis to serve as judge for county court at law number 13 until the next general election pursuant to Texas government code 25.00098. And then we'll also take up, before the time certain, item 65, which is approval accepted all terms and conditions Texas Indigent Defense Commission's A Court Improvement Program budget and resolution for the fiscal year October 1, 2026, September 30, 2027 for the public defender Paideia plus revision by Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai on behalf of Bexar County Authorization to execute any additional required document related to acceptance of the fiscal year award Fiscal year October 1, 2026, September 30, 2027, was awarded 30% in grant funding, 70% in county match funds for a total project cost of $484,527.82. Let us now take up item number 91. Commissioner Clay, Florida, she asked that that matter be considered for individual consideration. You have the floor.

Yeah, so first of all, congratulations to the Honorable Alicia Perez. I guess I should say judge-elect. Thank you. Yeah, I'm sure right after this, you're going to get sworn in. I'm happy to support this. I just wanted to pull it. I think it is a big deal, and so I wanted to just bring some recognition to it. We had a very good meeting. I look forward to the work that you're going to do. So a little bit later today, we're going to have another presentation on family violence and domestic violence, and there's all this talk about the backlog and And just, it seems like why it's sitting there. And so I would just like, would hope that with your extra time that we are appointing you early, if you could start to work on that and just kind of help us to understand, you know, I don't have a legal background to help me understand why that is and what we can do to move that forward.

Thank you so much. I just want to thank all of you for entertaining this motion today. I am a servant of Bexar County. I have been in public service for a long time. Some of my former employees are here, Joe Gonzalez, my father-in-law from the Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Ricardo Perez. And Carrie Malin from the Public Defenders, so I'm so grateful for everyone who got me here. I'm glad you're asking questions and putting it on the record because we have separate areas of government but we're all serving Bexar County and a lot of these things are confusing. Domestic violence is a big problem for us and there are many sections and the misdemeanor family violence courts are just one part of that process. I know in County Court 13 right now we have about the same amount of filed cases as unfiled cases. So when we talk about backlog, that's really two parts. We have arrest by law enforcement that gets referred to the DA. And then we have the cases that get filed by the DA for the judge to move along. So I'm going to be a part of connecting with the DA's office about where those cases are at. There's about 520 both filed and then 520 some unfiled. So we can look at that backlog and always bring back more information. I know we can't always change things, but all of us get better and our community gets stronger when we're talking about why things are happening, how we can improve them, how we can avoid parts of the justice system when we need to, and improve our community in other ways that might provide better solutions. I'm really excited to be working for all of you whenever that may start, and it's an honor to be here. Thank you so much.

Well, thank you. Congratulations. I'd love to hear what your findings are to see how we can push this forward, if we can talk again in a couple of months. Absolutely. I'd like to make a motion for approval. Second.

Motion by Commissioner Clay Ford, second by Commissioner Rodriguez. Commissioner Rodriguez. Thank you, Judge. I will be brief and just, Judge, congratulate you and look forward to your tenure, not just this year, but going into the next term. Also, congratulations to your family. I know Geraldo, your husband, Mr. Perez, the former mayor of Mission, congratulations to all of you. I know everybody is excited and proud of not just your victory, but also what you're going to do on the bench to help make a difference here in Bexar County. So thank you for your commitment, and we look forward to it. Congratulations. Thank you, Judge. I didn't know the in-laws were from Mission, Texas.

You didn't tell me that one.

I'm sure. We talked about so many things.

Well, see, because I'm a Cal in Texas. I'm a Cal in Michigan right next to it. We're rivals down there. So we'll have some more talk down there.

Commissioner Calvert. Thank you so much. I just wanted to congratulate you and say a word of appreciation for the way in which you are coming with servant leadership into the position. You've got an open door to try to collaborate, and I think our constituents will be well served because of that attitude. I know that the roots in the family are fantastic, and when I hear about your father working for Rural Legal Aid, that means a lot to me because my father worked a lot with Rural Legal Aid, helping people, and I know that's important. So that says a lot. Those are great foundations that you are building upon for an organization that deserves 100 times more funding than it gets. And so we look forward to the great things that will come out of your tenure. Congratulations and Godspeed.

Thank you.

All those in favor of the motion by Commissioner Clay Flores, second by Commissioner Rodriguez, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? One abstention. Motion passes. Congratulations, Judge Alicia Perez. Can we give her a round of applause?

Thank you.

All right, let's now go to item number 65, approval and acceptance of all terms and conditions of the Texas indigent. I've already read that into the record, so let's take up item number 65. Ms. Mallon, you have the floor.

Good morning, Judge. I think Commissioner Moody had some things he wanted to ask me.

Yes. Well, some comments here, and we don't have to belabor it because I think we've had these discussions before, but from those conversations, I think we've been very clear about we know our constitutional responsibilities when it comes to criminal defense for indigent individuals, and we also know our responsibility under PADIA in terms of notifications. But starting with this program and obviously the name being Padilla Plus and my concerns that go back several years in terms of using taxpayer dollars to defend criminal non-citizens from deportation. And so I know we've had this conversation on the Management Science Council where I think it's more clear what services are being provided well beyond Padilla. But in this case, I have not been convinced at this point that we are staying just within our constitutional responsibilities. So I'm happy to sit down with you again and talk through that further. I also expect transparency when it comes to this program as it relates to the Management Science Council side, because I know this is more in-house on the public defender side. Correct. There has not been transparency on the Management Science Council side, and we should expect that, and taxpayers deserve that.

Commissioner, I'd welcome you to come by our office anytime. You can spend time with the lawyers there so you can see exactly what they do and what they don't do. Texas Indigent Defense Commission changed the name on us without letting us know. My belief is it's called Padilla Plus because those lawyers do the Padilla advisals, plus they handle the criminal cases. And that's it. We don't do anything with immigration at all. We just advise them of what the possible consequences could be based on their criminal case. But you're welcome to come hang out with us any day. We welcome you.

I will likely do that, and I'd also like you to come to my office and lay it out. Thank you.

Hang out together. Maybe we can come to an agreement.

I'll bring some sandwiches. It sounds like a picnic. Judge, if I could? Yes, Commissioner. I just want to thank you, Carrie, you and your team. As a reminder, this is a state program as well that we're picking up some of the local tab for, but I would encourage Commissioner Moody, I know you've got a bunch of friends up in Austin, If you've got an issue with how they name it or any of the funding to visit with some of those friends in Austin. But again, this is making sure that we are complying with the terms of that state grant. And I'm going to make a motion to approve.

Second.

Sounds like a tie on that.

And I just want to say to Ms. Mallon, thank you so much for your leadership in the Public Defender's Office and your transparency. Whenever my office reaches out to you, you're on top of things. You know what you're doing. And I am grateful. I'm a proud Texan. Sometimes we get my college friends, since I went to school in the East Coast, sometimes get a bad rap for things. But there's some things that we do right in this state. There are a lot of things that we do right in this state. And so I'm proud that this is, as Commissioner Rodriguez said, this is a state program. So thank you for continuing to fight and continuing to support the least of these. I'm happy to second. Thank you.

All right. Commissioner Calvert. All right, let's, for the record, Commissioner Rodriguez did the motion. I'll give the second to Commissioner Calvert on this one.

Well, then I'm happy to third it.

And Commissioner Clay Flores will third it. And Ms. Mallon, as a former district court judge. This is a constitutional issue. This is in regards to the rights of every person in this country.

Yes.

And this is required by the Constitution, whether people agree with that or not. So I expect you to make sure your attorneys, especially those that are supported by this grant and county money, are protecting the rights of those that are in our justice system. And more importantly, that we make sure that those that are accused of crime either receive get their charges resolved in a timely matter. They either get the charges dismissed, they get acquitted and move on, or they get into the best process in our therapeutic justice system that we just highlighted today. Yes, sir. That those that need help, whether it be drug addiction or mental health or domestic violence, that they get the best services. And it requires both the district attorney's office and the prosecutors and the... Court appointed attorneys and the public defenders and the managed assigned counsel to all work together for the pursuit of justice. And that's what I want as county judge. Do we understand each other? Yes, sir. Absolutely. All right. I'll call for a vote. All those in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed? No. Motion carries. Thank you, Ms. Mellon.

Thank you, Judge. Thank you, Commissioners.

Let us now go to time certain. The time is now 10.07 a.m. We'll take a recess. The Commissioner's Court, but we ain't going away. We're going to reopen as the public facility corporation and convene as the board of directors. I believe I'm the chair of this corporation. And so we're going to take up for the matter of 6B, which is presentation, discussion, appropriate action regarding approval to negotiate an economic development center program. Oh, A? Okay. Oh, excuse me. Let me go to my agenda. I should have gone to the agenda. All right. Let us now take up the first agenda item under the PFC, agenda item 1A. Excuse me. It's correct for record. Motion by Commissioner Calvert. Second. Second by Commissioner Rodriguez. On approval of minutes, June 10, 2025, of the Perry County Public Facility Corporation. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, signify saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carried. Let us now take up 1B. Action to approve the written resolution to the form submitted to the Board of Directors pertaining to approval extension of the project commencement deadline for the showroom apartments. Mr. Reyna? Yes.

Yes, Judge. The next item before the board is consideration of an extension to the project commencement deadline for the previously approved showroom apartments, which is located in River North and Broadway in Precinct 4. The extension request primarily stems from time spent resolving legal and tax related questions associated with the project's grandfathered PFC terms. With those issues now substantially resolved, the developers requesting additional time to complete the remaining financing and permitting work necessary to move towards project closing. The proposed resolution would extend the project commencement deadline to June 12th, 2029, while maintaining the affordability in financial terms previously approved by the PFC board.

Yes. Right. Thank you so much, Judge. Robert, just give, for the purposes of the public, a reminder of the amount of money that's going into it, how many units, what the affordability is looking like for this particular development.

Yeah, so it's 323 units. And actually, I think we have the team from Hickson Properties. So I'll invite John Beecham to answer those questions, Commissioner. Mr. Beecham, good morning. Good morning.

Commissioner Calder, Commissioners, thank you for having us. The project is a 323-unit project right now. The ultimate construction cost hasn't been concluded. We ultimately need to finish the designs to get the actual pricing at the end of the design process, but I'd estimate it at $100 million.

And then just give us a reminder on the terms of the AMI mix.

So the AMI mix, 50% of the units will be market rate. 40% will be reserved for people making 80% AMI or under. 10% of the units will be people making 60% of AMI or below. All right. Thank you very much.

I move approval of the extension.

Second.

Motion by Commissioner Cowart. Second by Commissioner Rodriguez. Any further discussions?

Commissioner Moody. We have had several extensions, correct, on the current project. But you believe, and maybe this is a question to the team, those issues that have delayed the project have now been overcome or we see a path to overcoming them. Can we just speak to that?

I see a path to it now, so I feel very good. Two issues have been in front of this project. One has been the PFC. Do we feel good that the PFC is, in fact, locked in place? I feel very good about that now. The second issue has just been the economy. Interest rates high. A lot of new product came online. I think San Antonio right now is maybe the number one metropolitan area in the country for vacancy. And so it's tough to do fundraising in the face of that. But I believe we're really well positioned at this point.

Okay. Thank you.

Mr. Reyna, this particular project is in alignment with the Bexar County housing plan that the county made. in regards to the SISD agreement in regards to the new stadium there in the northwest sector downtown.

Is that a correct statement? That's a correct statement for any units below 60% AMI per the negotiations with SAISD.

So we are hopeful and excited that this showroom project can get online, but I believe the developer needs additional time in order to get everything lined up, and that's the reason why, court, I support this project 100%. Is there anything else we need to do? Mr. Reyna? Just take an official vote. Oh, okay, I'll do that. I'll call for a vote. All those in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Thank you. All right. Are there any other items in regards to the PFC? I believe that's it. Justin, is there anything else?

No, Judge, but if I could just put on the record just, I guess, a distinction. That original deal on that showroom was made prior to the SAISD negotiations, so it is a little bit different. There is... some affordability, but it doesn't speak entirely to the SAISD goals of having the family units, the two plus bedrooms, but it does have some affordability. I just wanted to make sure we put that on the record. We're holding them to that commitment, but again, that agreement was made prior to the SAISD discussions.

All right. I believe is there a motion then to adjourn the PFC? Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores. Second. Second by Commissioner Rodriguez. All those in favor, second by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Meeting adjourned on the POC. The time is 10.13 a.m. Let us now reopen to Commissioner's Court, and we will now go to 6B. Presentation, discussion, appropriate action regarding approval. What now? I'm sorry.

You're right.

Which one? You're right. Oh, okay. Economic Development Center agreement with HEB LP aligned with the submitted incentive application, which reflects 720 new jobs and $636,500,000 in capital investment in Bexar County and approval and exception to the minimum job requirements contained in the tax abatement guidelines. Mr. Marshall.

Good morning, Judge, Commissioners. My name is Marshall Hoke, Coordinator of Economic Development for Barrett County. Today I have for your consideration the permission to negotiate a tax payment agreement with ATBLP. Do you have a PowerPoint? Yes.

Okay.

PowerPoint.

So background for this project, ATBLP is expanding on current manufacturing and distribution facilities currently in Bexar County and expanding at its current location with several facilities with potential for more expansion in years to come. Next. So this project is expansion to the Super Regional Center. This project encompasses the construction of a new industrial bakery, a new refrigerated warehouse, and reverse logistics facility, TRC, and expansion to its existing fresh plant capabilities and supporting campus infrastructure. This investment is $700 million with $594 million and $105 million in personal property investment. 720 new jobs with a base hourly wage of $18.23, an average annual salary of $52,778. Also with this project, it is an expansion project, so there is a retention aspect. This project would retain 1,389 jobs in our community. This location is in Precinct 4, East Houston Street, and Foster Road. I have today with HEB, Ben Scott, Group Vice President of Real Estate, to make a presentation on HEB's behalf.

Mr. Scott, good morning.

Good morning, Judge and Commissioners. We thank you for having us out today. I'd like to introduce our team, if I could. Our Chief Supply Officer, Carson Landsgaard, and Dia Campos, our Director of Government and Public Affairs, are with me today to help answer any questions you may have on this exciting project for us. As we move forward, just some quick facts to review. I know you guys all know ATB well, but we're very proud to be located in Bexar County in San Antonio. And our store counts up to about 455 stores across Texas and Mexico, 170,000 partners, and 121 years in business. Huge part of us is our heart and our goal to do well in business so that we can do well for our communities. So our giving priorities, education, hunger relief, disaster relief, military and veteran affairs, arts and humanities, just to name a few. Of that, in Bexar County last year, we supported with $22 million of support for nonprofits in the county, and we gave those to over 1,200 different nonprofit organizations. And something else we're very proud of beyond the dollars is the volunteer hours our partners put in across the county as well. So over 4,000 hours logged last year at over 200 different community programs. As we get into this exciting project, this is a project of magnitude we have not had in our supply chain before. So this is across our 14 self-manufacturing plants in the state already, our 22 distribution centers, and is located on our main campus on Foster Road. So across those 22 distribution centers and other campuses, this project was considered for Temple, Houston, and other areas. But we're very proud and excited to partner with the county on this opportunity to bring it to Bexar County. Since our last conversation here out at Foster Road, we just thought we'd update you on a couple projects. So our new fresh plant that opened in 2024, we're very proud of out there. You'll see the solar panels that are over our parking spots there as we're trying to be progressive with our sustainability on this campus. And then the main project that kicked this all off in 2018, which was our super regional campus, the campus that started as an idea of about 500,000 square feet that grew to 1.6 million square feet before it opened on the front end of COVID and then followed by SNOVID. This campus and the partnership with the county was a lifesaver for our company and our supply chain as we entered those difficult times. And we're very proud of how this campus has continued to grow, and I believe foster the growth along South Foster Road of other warehouse and manufacturing facilities in the county. This project, as I said, is the largest capital investment we've made in our supply chains, over $700 million. A new bakery plant, refrigerated warehouse, and a return goods center would be the first three phases of this project. We're hoping to break ground on those very shortly. We've got a few items to clear up on the intense infrastructure that comes with this project and also investing in future phases out here. Some coordination with county and city on permitting road improvements and those other items. So we're looking for and asking for the support of the county on a real and personal property tax abatement to help support this project. Those funds will be used primarily for the infrastructure investment, and the biggest item I can call out on that is a major upgrade of the SAWS sewer system that is going to benefit not only our campus but also the surrounding communities as we work through that with SAWS. This is just a quick graphic of the campus here. If you orientate yourself on the far right, that's East Houston Road, and that's where the new bakery plant will go. As you work your way south along Foster Road, you'll see a substation that we're working through with CPS to make sure that we've got good sustainable power to this campus. We've got our trailer and return goods center, and then the refrigerated warehouse that'll be there to the south, closer to the main dry goods facility today. And then this is also it is we're very proud of this, this project not only bringing 720 new jobs by 2028, but also retaining the nearly 1400 jobs that we have today. And what we hope to build by 2038 is another 1232 new jobs in this campus that we're very proud of. So in this also, everything that's outlined in the thing is base wages only. We're extremely proud of our benefits package here, which includes medical, dental, vision, paid time off, incentive pay, 401k, partner stock plan, and employee assistance program. So very robust benefit plans that's not reflected in any of the wage data that you see in the package today. And we're here and available for any questions. Again, I thank you for your time today and your consideration of this project.

Well, we want to thank HEB and the team for providing one of the largest industrial commercial investments in the history of Bexar County. We have quite a year going on with $2 billion invested in Toyota and this investment as well. And we want to thank the economic development team for working hard. with HEB to help keep our largest Texas employer headquartered and growing in San Antonio. 1,232 plus jobs over the next couple of years is nothing to sneeze at. It's a very important thing for a county that's going to see 1.5 million new people move into it. You're doing it in such a wonderful way with respect to benefits. Not every job has a 401K. Not every job has medical and dental and other benefits. Time off is something that certainly is good for our families in Bexar County. And we're excited about the investment that you all are doing as well in solar energy and self-sustainability on the campus. You're an innovator. We appreciate that. You're a company that leads with a lot of heart. We certainly appreciate everything from the new HEB that's coming around 1604 and the northeast area, something we sat down in your offices many years ago and said it may be time to look at, and you all delivered. You'll be delivering again for the people of San Antonio when you get this amazing new warehousing facility finished, and we're excited about the opportunities for HEB to continue to grow in San Antonio and Bexar County. So I know our constituents will look forward to that, and I want to thank the court for their support today. We appreciate everyone. Thank you, Commissioner.

Commissioner Cliff-Loris.

Hi, I'm happy to see that H-E-B is expanding here, but I want to take this opportunity, since you guys are in front of me, even before I came to Commissioner's Court, I have been working with students to see how we can get and H. E. B. In the southern sector of Bexar County. Of course, there's plenty, um, on military, but military is inside of 4 10. And as you probably know, there's lots and lots of development and new homes being built south of 4 10 even outside of 1604. So we just want to continue to advocate for the need for an HEB further out in the southern sector of Bexar County. And also, you said your supply chain officers here. I don't know if you're the person that we should meet with. Marcus, please make sure you get his information because there's so many items that are not in the HEB stores on the south side. vegan items and other items. And sometimes I call Marcus and I'm like, can you go pick this up for me? Because I don't want to drive half an hour just to get a certain item. So I'd like to understand that better. And if we can meet to talk about the availability of vegan foods and other foods for all of our constituents, regardless of our zip codes. Thank you so much.

Commissioner, I can put you in touch and have those conversations. Carson's team does a fantastic job of delivering everything we tell him to. Okay. I don't know who it is, but I'm going to say it. That's over a billion cases a year right now. Thank you.

Marcus, we'll get your information before we leave and look forward to meeting with you.

We'll get you with the right folks. But I can say I can take that one off of Carson's plate for him.

Thank you. But I'm happy to support this. Happy for the expansion in Bexar County.

Commissioner Moody.

Well, I'm glad that there seems robust support here. I'm not going to tell you how to run your business or what that looks like. I know if the market's there, you guys will enter. And you have been great community partners. I have no idea how much in... property taxes and other taxes that you pay in Bexar County, but this is obviously only a very small fraction of what you give back to the community. And so I think that this is a great investment, as Commissioner Calvert said. And I'm glad that we are also not thinking about these arbitrary guidelines when benefits can far exceed what base pay is. And so I think that it definitely Deserves the exception. I'm not even sure there's a need for these guidelines. We can make independent decisions based on the proposals that are presented to us. But I fully support this. I appreciate the partnership that HEB has with our community.

Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Judge. Let me also thank you, Carson Dia and your team for being here. You know, I think sometimes when we think about economic development and growing business locally, we look sometimes past and beyond those that are already doing it right in our backyard. And we look to bring in other headquarters from other locations. And we overlook the fact that we can make investment in companies that are invested in us. And I think this is a prime example of the fact that HEB is homegrown and provides plenty of stability and jobs and community enrichment in San Antonio and Bexar County. And so I'm thankful to the team. the judge and his leadership and of course everybody involved in making sure that we put the right package together that enforces and enriches that growth in our community. So I just want to thank HEB, your entire team for setting Not just roots here, but deep roots in San Antonio and Bexar County. And this is going to, again, continue to flourish within San Antonio. So thank you for that. Look forward to the continued growth. And I don't think we could ask for a better community partner in HEB and what you do day in and day out. So thank you, and I'm happy to be supportive.

Thank you, Commissioner. Let me also thank HEB and put on the record that in my four years, HEB has been a partner with Bexar County, especially at times of disaster. And that is something I want to recognize as an unsung hero, so to speak. Sometimes I guess we take it for granted. Sometimes we just want to, we don't express our gratitude. And so I want to put on record that when Houston got hit with its floods, I called Craig Boyan, the CEO of HEB, and asked him to help because Judge Hidalgo from Harris County asked for help. They specifically needed ice because, as you all are well aware, the flood knocked out their electrical system. So people, especially the elderly, were susceptible to the heat at that time, and HEB delivered. And then we know when Kerr County got hit with the floods last year, Judge Rob Kelly called, and I called. Craig Boyd and HEB delivered food, services, just emergency relief. And so that is something that we need to recognize, is that when we give... an incentive to H-E-B to develop the big project. And this is a huge project, correct? Yes, sir. This is a big investment by H-E-B, and they're planning it here in Bexar County. And so I just want to say thank you to H-E-B. And I was over at Craig Boyd's house. I understand he has stepped down, and you have a new CEO. And who is that? Roxanne Orzak. Roxanne, the last name? Orzak. Orzak. All right, well. I would like to invite her to come to Commissioner's Court and know that she is most welcome and will have a relationship with Commissioner's Court as I have had a relationship with Craig Boyd and HEB. And I wanted to say thank you, and I too will be supporting this tax incentive to HEB. Any further comment, questions? If none, I'll call for the vote. All those in favor, signal by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion unanimously carries. Congratulations, HEB. Carry on and go build some more.

Thank you, sir.

And Southside needs some things there. Commissioner Clay Flores will help you get some products out there, all right?

We'll get to work on that. Thank you. Thank you, everyone.

All right. Let's go to 6C. presentation, discussion, appropriate action regarding the status of Bexar County District Attorney's Office high-risk intake team and the current condition of the intake division backlog authorized an extension of additional funding for the high-risk intake team to allow the DA's office to utilize unused funds for the amount of $292,062 resulted from vacant positions within the DA's office.

Stop, HEB. I'm sorry to interrupt you. We just got to clarify that we got the motion.

What?

I don't know if there was a motion.

Oh, okay. All right. Let's back it up, back it up, back it up. Did I?

I'll move approval of the amendment. Second.

Motion by Commissioner Calvert, second by Commissioner Rodriguez. My bad. All those in favor of the motion, I think I'm going to say an aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion unanimously carries. We just got it fixed on record. Thank you all. No problems whatsoever. HEB, you got your tax incentive. Good luck. God bless. Godspeed.

And thank you to our clerk for doing her job and who also is a South Sider and can vouch for what I'm saying, right? Thank you.

All right. Mr. DA, Mr. Gonzalez, you have the floor.

Thank you, Judge. Thank you. Good morning again, Commissioners. I'm here to report on the success of our high-risk intake reduction plan, also known as our backlog reduction plan. When we first began this program back in November of 2023, I... committed to coming to the court and reporting periodically on the success of this program. And I've done that. I think this is now my fifth presentation to the court. And so I would like to report that this has been a successful program and we would like for it to continue. This is an action item. We are requesting approval of an additional $292,000 of, again, budget neutral funds. That is money that's already been allocated to the district attorney's office to allow us to utilize unused salaries from prosecutors. If I can refresh the court's memory, when we first began in November of 2023, I came to the court and identified that we had a backlog in the office, and we asked to be able to participate in this budget-neutral program, and the court was gracious enough to approve $295,248. And about August of 2025, I came back with a report and back then reported that we had seen some success in the program. We wanted to continue the program and the court again was generous enough to allow us to utilize these unused salaries. I'm back here again to report to the court that we've continued to have success. We would like to be able to continue with this program because it has made a remarkable difference in our case backlog. I want to remind the court again what is and what is not a backlog because there's been confusion out in the public about what is our backlog and I want to again remind the court that that for example different categories of cases bond cases are where there is an arrest made by law enforcement and that person ultimately is released from jail on a bond. Any case that is in our office that is filed by law enforcement that is over 180 days, that is over six months, is considered a part of our backlog. Another category of cases are what are called at-large cases. Those are cases where law enforcement does not make an arrest, but instead investigates a case and files it with our office. Those cases we review to determine whether or not we can prove that case beyond a reasonable doubt. Again, the test year or the criteria is anything that is over one year in our office is considered a backlog. What are not backlogs is any fugitive cases, that is someone that has Is it a fugitive is not considered part of backlog. Additionally, jail cases are not considered part of our backlog because we have an obligation, a legal duty to indict those cases within 90 days. And it's important to note that backlog A backlog number is not static, it changes. We know we accept about 4,600 cases a month from law enforcement, so that number continues to fluctuate. If you'll see at the bottom of the screen that the statistics are sourced from information from Odyssey and BCIT. That is to say they're not internal numbers, they're numbers that we obtain from the county. Our initial number that I reported back in November of 2023 was that the backlog for various reasons was 6,330. I'm happy to report that every one of those cases have now been resolved. That is to say that we have made a charging decision on every one of those cases despite the fact that Our office has not been working solely on those 63, 30 cases. We have other cases that we have to review, but again, I'm happy to report that all those cases have been resolved. despite the fact that we continue to deal with the staffing shortage. We talked about, I've certainly mentioned to the court about our recruitment and retention issues. We got some relief last year when we had a number of young attorneys come to our office, but we're back up to 27 prosecutor positions down, as you can see. But despite that number, we've continued to see We've continued to progress with our program because it's made a huge difference. Currently, the backlog stands at 2,917 cases, which is a 24% reduction since the last time that I presented to this court December of last year. So again, despite the, I'm sorry, there we go. despite the retention numbers, we continue to see a reduction. And I want to mention here, although we're talking about felony cases, I did want to mention because there was some discussion previous to my presentation about family violence cases. I want to be clear that the county knows that we do not have a family violence misdemeanor backlog. We have had an 89% reduction in the misdemeanor family violence cases. Currently, we only have 35 cases that are 90 days or more. So I just want to make clear to everybody that we do not have a backlog on family violence cases. Another way to look at the backlog reduction is reviewing these graphs. This screen will show that back in January of 24, the backlog cases were at 22, 25. We've seen a reduction of 30%, so that now that number is 1,558. If you look at... I'm sorry. That was the bond backlog. The at-large backlog reduction is the 2225 to 1558. The bond reduction... If you look at January 2024 to date, that has been a 61% decrease. Now, we saw an uptick in March of 2025, but again, from that number, To today, that reflects a 61% decrease. So again, we're trending in the right direction. Another way to look at these numbers is to note that before we started this backlog reduction program, we averaged about 11,000 cases. I'm sorry, 11,000 indictments per year. Since we've begun this reduction program, or what I call the overtime reduction program, we've seen an uptick in the number of cases that we've indicted. If you'll note, in the year of 2025, we have indicted over 16,000 cases. We are on track to indict more than 16,000 cases by the end of the year. Again, showing an increase in the overall number of cases that we have reviewed. Some other numbers for your review. We've had 69 prosecutors as of May 5th of this year that have participated in this overtime program. We've had them work over 10,000 hours. We've spent nearly half a million dollars, so that is $497,669. Again, this is budget neutral money of funds that have already been allocated to the DA's office. The point being, Commissioner's Court, is that this has been a very successful program. that you approve us to continue using this program in order to continue to reduce the backlog. Commissioners, I want to make sure that you understand that my goal here is to reduce the backlog as much as possible. We will know by tomorrow morning who the person that will sit in my chair after I leave, after I retire this year. I want to make sure that we leave leave this office in the best shape possible. So I ask the commissioner's court to approve the further use of the 292,000 of the budget neutral money from our budget to continue with this successful program.

DA Gonzales, well first of all I appreciate your confidence, but there is an election in November. I think we should just remember that. I do have some questions and I want them to be constructive here. I do think we should just level set though on some of the confusion around the backlog. I think really stemmed from changes in the classification criteria. from previous times where you came to court. So we will put that on the back burner right now. But the last time you came to court was in December?

Yeah. Is that correct? Yes, I believe that's correct. Okay.

And so if I'm looking on the slide, I don't know, it just doesn't have a number, but based on the reference to 2,917 cases, and the 24% reduction since December of last year. Since December, that classification criteria hasn't changed. Is that correct?

That's correct.

Okay. That's good to know because, again, as I said then and before, right, if we don't know we're comparing, you know, apples to apples, oranges to oranges, then it makes it difficult for us to know we're making progress. But if that hasn't changed, then we've seen a real reduction there. I wanted to ask... Going back to the at-large versus the bond cases. So it looks like at-large has been relatively flat over the last year, but we've seen the significant reduction on the bond side. Is your office like prioritizing the bond cases or what should we make of that based on the differences between the two graphs?

The priority has always been jail cases are first, bond cases are second, and at large cases are third. At large cases because no one has been arrested, there's been no violation of any constitutional rights or any deprivation of freedom. But all cases are priorities in our office.

That makes sense then. So bond being the second priority has priority over the at-large cases. Correct. And also tying that back to, I don't know where you mentioned it. I think it's back on your second or third slide. So you said there are no jail cases within the backlog. So that means those individuals who are awaiting indictment don't reach the 180-day mark. to be classified as backlog in the jail?

That's correct. We have to have those cases indicted by the 90th day or they're entitled to a bond reduction hearing.

Okay. That makes sense. So just as it relates to that category though, the awaiting indictment, I believe the number was somewhere in the 1500 to 1700 range. Has that number moved at all? Not in the backlog. These are the individuals that are classified as awaiting indictment in the jail.

That number, Commissioner, reflects the total number of indictments that our office has obtained from the grand jury, not just the backlog. But the point being is that we are reviewing more cases, therefore there has been an increase in indictments. And we believe that the reason for the increase is because we've got more hands touching these cases, we've got more eyes reviewing these cases, and that has resulted in the increase.

Okay. I see where you're going back to looking at 2025 numbers, the 16,000. So that is a significant increase in indictments. And as I asked you earlier, can you help? I've also heard anecdotally about increases in dismissals as well. Can you speak to that and the increase in indictments? And or increases in dismissals. And what does that mean for our criminal justice system? Are our courts actually having a higher throughput to deal with all those cases? Are there more arrests? Or are we just working through the backlog? I guess trying to understand holistically what this means for kind of the criminal justice system.

Well, you've asked several questions in that, but let me see if I can direct myself to the bigger picture. And that is that we are reviewing more cases. So if we are reviewing more cases, it stands to reason you're going to have an increase in an increase in dismissals. Because I will remind the court that when law enforcement makes an arrest, the arrest is based on probable cause. Do they have probable cause to believe a suspect committed a crime? That's a different standard than what we have to operate with. We have to be able to prove a case beyond the reasonable doubt. That means we have to have all the evidence in order to go forward. I think that's why you may see an increase in the number of dismissals. But without knowing specifically what dismissals you're talking about, it would be hard for me to speculate about the reasons for a dismissal. But again, we have to be able to prove it. We've got to have the proof. It just, again, stands to reason that if we're touching more cases, if we are reviewing more numbers, we're going to have an increase of both indictments and dismissals, or what are called rejections, because that is before a case is indicted.

I understand. You have to have a reasonable belief that you can prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Right. That's correct. What I was really trying to get at before is there was a jail report number. There was individuals in the jail that had not been indicted yet, and they're not part of the backlog, correct?

Correct.

However, do you have any metrics on... I know there's a length of stay overall, but for those individuals who are awaiting indictment, are we able to chip away at that length of time before a decision is made in terms of charging, not charging?

I think historically, Commissioner, that percentage of people that are awaiting indictments has always been about 25 to 30%. I don't think it ever has exceeded 30% of the total population in jail.

Okay. Which is in that $1,500 to $1,700 range?

I think so. That's correct.

Okay. Last couple questions. Just the $300,000 more or less that you have come back multiple times and asked for, is that, but you have 27 prosecutors unfilled positions. So how do we get to the $300,000 number?

Well, those are... Is that just what you think you can utilize?

Because that's obviously not the salaries of 27 prosecutors.

No, no, no. Basically, we're talking about six misdemeanor prosecutor positions. That's what we calculated when we determined that amount. But obviously it's not the 27 prosecutors. That would be a lot more than 300,000. Okay.

And then from an HR standpoint, I'm just wondering, do we have any concerns from county staff in terms of at some point, This program has been so long-standing that there's expectations amongst employees that this program will continue or that this is going to be part of their ongoing overtime. I just want to be mindful of that from an HR standpoint as well. Because I think this will be the third time that we've approved this, correct?

That's correct.

And I'm all for more work being done in the district attorney's office and providing flexibility to your office. But I think somebody in HR should look into that and just make sure that it doesn't present a problem if the program is continued going forward. No further questions.

Any other questions or comments?

Commissioner Cobb. I just want to dial down for a second. The basic, explain at a rudimentary level the $290,000 plus dollars, what it is. Is it overtime to compensate for... the overtime work, correct?

That's correct. That's time that our prosecutors put in after hours and on the weekend. And so that is the program that we've seen before today has allowed us to reduce the backlog. But it is people that are working extra time instead of spending it with their family, going on vacation, they're putting in the extra hours to reduce the backlog.

I just want to say for the record, I appreciate being able to compensate the members of the district attorney's office for that extra time that they're taking to help move those cases along. It's obvious that it is working, and we've got a growing community. We've got some things that are happening with respect to the violent crime that we've got to be attentive to, so I appreciate the the effort that you've put in, even being short-handed. Talk a little bit about the impact of the governor's infusion of dollars to rural counties around us. And just, I'd really like to remind the court your starting ADA salary and kind of the top-level range. What is the range that we're dealing with in the current office now?

Well, if you're talking about a top level range, there's a disparity between our office and other smaller rural counties here. For a first chair, it is about 108,000. For the surrounding counties, they pay anywhere from 120 to 140,000. Did you say for a first chair? For a first chair. And the difference has been they had this infusion of grant money from Senate Bill 22 a couple of years ago that allowed counties that were populations of 300,000 or less, they got a huge bonus of 250,000. So if you have an office of 20 prosecutors, you can divide that pie up and you can offer substantial raises. So what we saw in every direction, heading north, south, east, and west, is smaller counties were able to offer the same prosecutor that was working in our office an additional $25,000, $30,000. Why wouldn't somebody go to a smaller county? You may not necessarily have to move and sell your home, but you can travel 30, 40 miles to another county, Less of a docket, less stress, and more money. So yeah, I understand why a number of our prosecutors left to go work to those smaller counties.

So all of the assumptions that may have been made in a study on, you know, I think we had our study two years ago or 18 months ago, something like that. All those assumptions were probably not included. That bill was not included probably in the analysis. So it's time, would you not agree, for the court maybe to look at what the impact is and how we need to make salary adjustments?

That's correct, Commissioner, and by the way, let me apologize. Commissioner Moody is correct. We have a general election in November. We don't know who's going to end up in this seat, but I will tell you that this problem's not going to go away. Regardless of whether the person in this chair is a Democrat or Republican, we're going to see a continued... Wave of prosecutors going to smaller counties for less for more for more money and less Work and until and unless something happens differently in this county. It's going to be a problem for the desk the next da Any further committee I just

I dove right into the details, and I do want to say thank you to all your prosecutors who have worked hard on this backlog and who have put in extra time for the county. I just want them to know that we appreciate that time and their work and diligence.

Thank you, Commissioner.

All right. Is there a motion on the floor?

So moved. Second.

Motion by Commissioner Calvert, second by Commissioner Rodriguez. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Go to work. Thank you. All right, let's go back on, Kate, help me out. Let's go back, I believe, to item 22, approval to award a purchase order to Dana Safety Supply in the amount of $105,684.20. for the purchase of an Emergency Vehicle Equipment Professional Installation Services as requested by the Council of Precinct 1 Office pursuant to, in accordance with Texas Local Government Code Chapter 271 Subchapter F, Section 102, Cooperative Purchasing Program Participation Authorized at Purchase Date, execute and file the appropriate award document for record with the County Clerk. Mr. Galloway.

I can just jump right in. I know this is about Constable Precinct 1 emergency vehicle equipment and services purchase. But I had a question related to the purchase of equipment. My understanding, and I just want to clarify, and I'm not sure if Constable's here or anybody can speak to it.

They are not, Commissioner, unfortunately. We asked for them to dispatch, but they don't have a representative here.

Okay. Well, this has been brought up several times, and I think... This court should consider how we can resolve this. But my understanding is when it comes to emergency services and equipment, that the Precinct 1 office is not using body cams or those were purchased for them, but they're not being utilized. And I don't know if there is a county policy. that we can speak to on this. But if we're making purchases, but we purchased equipment before and it's not being utilized and there's a policy in place, then shouldn't we all be following that policy? I think at this point it's pretty standard. I know my constable is utilizing it. I'm pretty sure if the sheriff's here, he could speak to best practices on that front. Can anybody speak to that?

Yeah, I don't think I can justify them not utilizing the equipment that they've requested to purchase, right? So I can't substantiate that. I don't understand that.

Larry, can you speak to the policies?

So, Commissioner, that would not be under the purview of the purchasing agent. So, you know, Precinct 1, that constable is an independent elected office. So I think... It's not subject to Bexar County policy, just like the sheriff would not be subject to that policy. So I think that question should be directed at the constable.

And if he was here, I would direct it at him. But I guess nobody's denying the facts that they're not being utilized today or they're not being warned.

Commissioner.

Go ahead.

Have you reached out to Constable Tejeda on your own?

No, but we've obviously mentioned it to your team and your staff.

But Constable Tejeda is an independent elected official, just like the five of us. So I would think that out of professional courtesy, as a fellow elected official, you can reach out to him. Because I can't speak to him. What I do is advocate to make sure that things are in the budget. that we help to fund things. But I'm not going to speak for Constable Tejeda because he's a separate elected official. So I would just think out of professional courtesy, you can call and set something up with him. I personally have met with Constable Vadovich more than once on my own about different issues. So I encourage you to do that because he's not here. So I just don't think it's fair for us to talk when he's an elected official and he's not here to speak about it. Thank you.

So have you asked his office about use of body cams?

Again, my staff and I work closely with my constable, but I am a separate elected official and I'm not going to speak for him.

Well, we make policies all the time regarding the property.

So call him and make an appointment.

Point of order.

I want a motion.

Move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores. Second by Commissioner Rodriguez. I'll allow discussion to continue.

So I was here when we adopted our body cam policy and I remember Commissioner Rodriguez making some sort of mandate within that motion for the county department's use of body cameras, but we have to review the record of what that said. So it may have just been that the county was to purchase enough for all But I don't remember the exact wording of what his motion was. So it's just something to look at in the record. I mean, I understand what the DA's office just said in terms of purview policy and what have you. But there may be something that happened as a result of the adoption of the body camera policy. It's just been so long, I can't remember.

Well, I appreciate the background there, and this doesn't have to be a precinct versus precinct thing. I'm just highlighting the fact that I've been made aware of this. I've made precinct one aware of this. I've talked with other colleagues on the court, and my understanding is it's the best practice to utilize it, and I'm hearing that it's not being utilized in part of the county, which ultimately could lead to issues coming back to this court. I'm happy to set up time directly, but I think it's something that this court is going to have to address going forward because this is the best practice from everything I've heard, unless anybody wants to disagree with that.

Agreed. Any further discussion?

No, I just wish this court can make policy for all the elected officials. There'd be some different things going on, but elected officials do what they're going to do.

Any further discussion? I'll call for a vote. All those in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Thank you. All right. Can we all pause? Judge Diaz, are you prepared for your report? In accordance with my arrangement with Judge Diaz, we will take up 5A, presentation discussion regarding collaborative commission on domestic violence, 2025 progress report. The Joint City-County Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence, CCDV. released the 2025 progress report. This report is a testament to the collaborative efforts and dedication of our commission in addressing the domestic violence in San Antonio and Bexar County. This report highlights our progress, our strategic direction for the next three years. Commissioner Diaz, good morning. You brought a big group with you.

Good morning.

You have the floor.

Yes, thank you all for joining us. Thank you for having us once again. Before we begin today's presentation, I just want to pause briefly and acknowledge the heartbreaking reality that exists alongside the progress reflected in this report. In recent months, we've all seen our community has lost several lives, including children, to incidences alleged to have been family violence. Those losses weigh heavily on all of us, and they remind us that behind every statistic is a person, is a family, and a future that's forever changed. So while this annual report highlights meaningful progress in our coordinated community response, we do present it with humility and perspective. We understand that our progress does not erase tragedy, and we know that the work represented here matters precisely because the stakes are so high. Every improvement in coordination, prevention, support, accountability, and community awareness has the potential to save these lives. So we honor those that we have lost by continuing this hard work with urgency, compassion, and resolve. We're here with you today to present our 2025 Annual Progress Report. You all have heard this before, but just briefly a little background about us. We were formed in 2019 by the Honorable Judge Peter Sakai, our local administrative judge at the time. We were formed to create a coordinated and systems level approach to domestic violence. Understanding that domestic violence impacts every part of the community and requires collaboration across multiple systems. We use the ecosystem model, which recognizes that violence is influenced by relationships, organizations, institutions, and broader cultural factors. Our role as the CCDV primarily falls on improving systems and strengthening coordination between agencies and organizations. The next slide dives a little bit deeper into the domestic violence ecosystem that we model our work on. And this model helps clarify again where we can have the greatest impact and solidifies that sustainable change requires collaboration between direct service provider systems, leaders, and community institutions. Our 2025 report is a report on our progress over the year of 2025. This report reflects our ongoing commitment of the CCDV to addressing family violence in San Antonio and the greater Bexar County area. It serves as a public record of our progress, our challenges, and the future direction we are taking, reinforcing the importance of transparency and accountability of our work. We also provide a roadmap for our work in this current year, 2026. All right. In 2025, the Commission focused on three strategic priorities to guide our work through 2028. These priorities include, first, improving data systems, second, expanding communication efforts, and third, strengthening prevention education early in life. These strategies position the CCDB to focus not only on response, but also on prevention and long-term systems change. The first strategy we'll break down is strategy number one, improving data acquisition and utilization. In 2025, we prioritize improving how family violence and domestic violence data is collected, shared, and analyzed because we understand that better data leads to better coordination, stronger decision making, and more effective responses for everyone impacted by family violence. Within the data utilization committee, we worked on various things. One of them is the continued development of the statistical data report that we presented to you all a couple of months ago. Our annual progress report we're presenting now. Community assessment process and lived experience planning, along with aligning our collective understanding of what domestic violence is defined as. As far as our reports, as I mentioned, we presented to you all a few months ago our annual statistical report that we continue to improve with your feedback to identify trends, service gaps, and system needs across the community. We're happy to report that with your feedback for the next report, we'll be including additions like parsing out when a life is lost at the hands of the person who committed the harm. which was included in the totals before of those lives lost. So we're going to set that aside so we have a better understanding of that picture and feedback from our members. In presenting the annual progress report alongside the data report, these help us improve accountability, which is key to our work, and help guide strategic decision making for our group and financial decision making for folks like the court. We worked on a community assessment, the development of a community assessment in conjunction with UTSA. We're working with Dr. Rhonda Ballou. We're developing an assessment to better understand the barriers, service gaps, and unmet needs within our community specifically. With the goal to ensure that future system improvements are informed directly by community experiences. We also began foundational planning for a lived experience advisory board that focuses the voices of those impacted by family violence. That includes survivors, people who have used harm, and their children. And I mentioned we also worked as a group to align ourselves with our shared understanding of what is defined as domestic violence versus family violence versus intimate partner violence and how that all factors into our work. The second strategy I'll discuss is the implementation of an ongoing comprehensive communications campaign. Last year, we expanded our communications efforts to increase awareness, strengthen engagement, and position ourselves as a trusted regional voice on domestic violence. The key is that this work is focused on a public health approach, recognizing that prevention requires not just services, but education, visibility, and a shared understanding across our community. Within this second strategy of our ongoing communications campaign, we use multiple strategies to reach diverse audiences throughout the region, including our annual symposium, media partnerships, podcasts, digital campaigns, and storytelling initiatives. We use both traditional and digital platforms to help expand awareness and community engagement. Our symposium, which once again, thank you all so much for your support. That is the largest chunk of the budget that the county allocates towards the CCDV is to fund our annual symposium. Last year was our sixth annual and our first hybrid that allowed folks to participate in person. And the demand was fully met, more than 500 participants engaged across healthcare, education, advocacy, legal, and community. And this continues to serve as a true cornerstone for learning, alignment, and partnership building in our community. So we thank you for your support.

Thank you. Any question or comment?

Oh, we still have a couple more slides. I'm sorry. I'll race through the rest. I'm almost done.

Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to cut you off, Judge.

No worries, Judge. We also partnered with local media outlets to elevate public awareness around domestic violence dynamics and resources. We had an active social media campaign where we focused our messaging on diverse experiences of impacted communities. Topics included teen dating violence, LGBTQ plus communities, immigrants, and older adults. We partnered with the city of San Antonio's La Mesa podcast to reach over 8,000 people through a segment on domestic violence and homelessness. And we also have a partnership with Clear Channel to launch high visibility public awareness campaigns, which generated more than 58 million impressions across the region. Our last strategy is our strategy on incorporating education on healthy relationships early in life. We focus on understanding and strengthening prevention efforts by mapping education and intervention programs across the entire state of Texas in recognition that prevention must begin early and continue across the lifespan. And we learned that through this statewide mapping process, let me skip to the next slide. While there are foundations built in school and community-based programs, those options are limited, and there's opportunity to expand those foundations and a need to implement societal-level prevention strategies. Moving forward, we're committed to upholding our mission of transparency, accountability, and continuing this hard work in the face of adversity. We welcome any questions that you have, and again, I sincerely thank you all for your support and the platform to talk about our work. Thank you.

Why don't you recognize some of your partners there?

Oh my goodness, I would love to. So if I can recognize our staff first, our wonderful staff at the CCDV. We have our coordinators from the county, Hazel Belocket from the city, Rick Giprich. We have my wonderful co-chair, deputy city manager, Maria Villagomez as well. Lots of folks from the city. We have Patricia Castillo. We have our interns over here. We have David, Fran, Gabby, DA Joe Gonzalez. We've got Paige and Dr. A and Judge Chandler, Nicole Thornborough. Hello. Thank you all so much for being here today. So this is just a fraction of the folks that... come together every single week we have meetings to work on this and we just really appreciate all of your commitment, your unpaid volunteer commitment to this work. Thank you.

Commissioner Cover.

Wow, every week meeting, that's a tremendous amount of commitment. Thank you all so much for it. One of the things I think is very smart and I'm most excited about is your lived experience advisory committee. Has that already been, you've already chosen people or, and if you have, I'm curious about what insights, and anybody can speak to this who's here, have you gleaned from those folks with lived experience that maybe were light bulbs that you hadn't quite discussed or adjustments that you made in terms of work?

We are in the selection stage of the process. We received some training from another community that's doing this in Houston and it's quite a rigorous process to make sure you have the right people at the table that have process their trauma in such a way that they are ready and able to help contribute to this work so we're in that process as soon as we have those boards established we're going to have two separate ones one for survivors and one for people who have used harm and they will help inform our work and we'll certainly be reporting to you all on the findings of those boards

Brilliant. Let me ask Saint Patricia to come up for a second. Castillo, you are a saint because of the great work that you've been doing for so many years. On the data utilization side, You've been in the movement a long time, so I'm curious about the tweaking that we've done to get better shared information and data. From your perspective as a practitioner, what are the things that are best working, and are there other things that you think need to continue to be ratcheted up?

Well, what I'm looking forward to is what we're going to glean from working with the persons with lived experience. Already, when they present to our symposiums annually the persons with lived experience, people rate those sessions the highest because they come in there genuine, they come in there real, sometimes raw, and they educate our service providers and they teach us what is helping them, what is working, what is effective, what doesn't help. And that's what we need to pay attention to. As far as, you know, for me, survivors have been my greatest teachers, even more so than my professors at a master's level, you know, program. I've learned more from them and how to serve them as a leader in my community than anything else and anywhere else. And so this big step we're taking to create these advisory boards is going to be huge. And they're going to teach us what it is we need to focus on from every institutional perspective. Whether that be law enforcement, whether that be media, medical, mental health, child abuse, elder domestic violence. All of those areas are going to be impacted by the data and the information we gather from persons with lived experience.

All right, maybe my last question for you, Patricia. If you had a wand to wave in terms of reaching children, individuals, programs, institutions that can, at early intervention stage, change the culture of violence, what would those be? Are we touching them? Are there more access points? any number of institutions. Your thoughts about the culture change and where can we have a biggest impact?

People aren't going to like hearing this, but we have to stop hitting our children. And that message has to come from this level you know from this governmental level municipal level state level we have to stop hitting our children and calling it discipline because that is not discipline that is punishment and that harms children and this is why we have so many high levels of child abuse because parents that are ignorant of how to parent effectively uh... are not in control when they're incorporating corporal punishment as a form of discipline. It doesn't work, first of all. And the impact is across the lifespan. And we know that from our study of ACEs.

We know that from- That stands for adverse childhood experiences for those of you who don't know.

Yes, adverse childhood experiences. A dream come true for me would be to have our county say, in Bexar County, we don't hit children. In Bexar County, nobody hits each other. In Bexar County, the hitting must stop because that's where we plant the seeds for a lifespan of abuse and all kinds of social problems that afflict everyone in our community. And I think we've started that work by what the county has done, instituting and creating the public health division. That's huge. And doing that in collaboration with our city, using that lens, that public health lens, is a huge beginning. But we do have to stop hitting our children and if we could create some kind of a campaign to make that happen. In New Orleans, the Archdiocese of New Orleans has that kind of campaign. Every single building, every single property that is owned by the Archdiocese in New Orleans, and they run programs that serve the community, it is completely covered with signs that say, Nobody is allowed to hit here. Children are not hit. Adults don't hit each other. No hitting is allowed. And they're called no-hit zones. And that's what we need in our community. And the leadership must be the message carriers. Because that's, again, where we plant the seeds of abuse and violence. And I know that everybody says, well, I got hit and I turned out okay. But that may be true. But for some of us, it took years of... personal help and growth and therapy to overcome the impact of that experience. And nobody should have to go through that, especially because it can be done another way. And that's why funding Triple P parenting programs I'm thankful for Commissioner Clay Flores who helped us do that work of parenting without incorporating corporal punishment. I really appreciate that. We need that everywhere in our city because parents really are struggling. Parenting is the hardest job in the universe as far as I'm concerned. And we have to remember that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world but that's why we have so much violence because the hands that rock the cradle right now are dangerous and that must stop and so um Thank you for asking that question. It's a very important question and for allowing me the opportunity to say that to our community because we all know that we love our community and we want our families to be safe and to thrive. But, you know, we've got to do our part too.

Well, thank you for the profound response and answer and insight. We are getting deep, and it is a radical change that requires more of the parenting classes. That's what I was thinking, so you took the words out of my mouth. I want to go to the impact of the social media campaign. 85 million impressions means that basically we've gone viral, but when you go viral, sometimes it is outside of Bexar County. So I wonder if there is any data about how many of those 85 million impressions in our campaign were Bexar County and how many are outside of Bexar County. I don't know if we have a number on that.

I'll get you a more detailed breakdown, but that number, as far as I'm aware, only pertains to the billboard campaign that is within San Antonio. We do have the breakdown of our social media outreach, and we can provide that to your office and anyone else that's interested. Yes.

Any other comments, questions? Judge Diaz, thank you for carrying on. I want to recognize Judge Monique Diaz, the 150th District Court, I believe. And then the original co-partner with the City of San Antonio. I want to recognize City of San Antonio because this is truly a county-city collaboration. How about that? With Dr. Colleen Bridger, I believe. And is Maria Villagomez here? No? Not today? Oh, I think she's tied up with some city business. Yes. But I want to recognize her leadership and also all the stakeholders who are here today among the many more. But let me... I'm going to risk this. Dr. Andrea, come forward. Help us understand what the county has done as a result of the discussions. I mean, let's look at the SMART program, which is 24-7 domestic violence.

Star Program.

The Star Program. Excuse me.

Right. So a little over a year and a half ago, two years ago, there was a partnership where the city had a 24-7 domestic violence navigation program. Their funding ended, and so this court invested $4 million in ARPA funds to create the STAR Program, which stands for Safety Team Active Response. Paige Gonzalez is our division director and really helped build that in a very, very short amount of time. And it is a responsive program where we partner with BCSO. So if someone calls 911 in the unincorporated areas of the county and they are deemed high risk for death or serious injury, they'll be connected with a specialist to do immediate safety planning within an hour. And if they're high risk, the response is usually within 24 hours.

Have we seen a return on investment on those programs?

Absolutely. We've got some data I think we've been presenting to your staff and to the chiefs. Not only have we seen probably a doubling of what we expected the volume to be, but we're seeing the outcomes that we're measuring are measured by a validated tool called the movers, which is a self-report tool. essentially an improvement in our clients' assessment of their ability to be safe, of their ability to access resources. And we're seeing some really great data where they're basically saying, yes, this program is helping us. It's helping me move on with my life and become safe again.

And we got a, what, three-quarter point? Billion-dollar study, 750,000?

Billion-dollar? No.

Three-quarter billion. So it's 750,000 million. How much was it?

For the program?

Or for the study?

For the DV study, yes. You all just approved to negotiate a contract, 750,000 for a domestic violence evaluation.

Sorry, I got a zero in there.

Yeah. I wish, no, for domestic violence evaluation to study the experience, similar to what CCDB is doing, just in a slightly different frame. But to work with county departments, including Family Justice Center, District Attorney's Office, County Clerk, basically every part of the county that is part of the continuum that serves people who have experienced violence to do an evaluation of that system, yes.

And obviously from an earlier discussion with Commissioner Clay Flores with our new County Court of Law 13, Judge Alicia Perez, we still have much more work to do, don't we?

Yes.

Got it. So let's get to work. All right. Is there a motion on the floor? Move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores. Do we need a motion? No action?

Oh, y'all want any money? Oh, thank you.

We've been giving y'all money, so let's recognize that. Right, Tina? Tina, we've been giving them money. The budget's coming.

Judge, I just wanted to thank you all for your work, especially in light of all the sad news with... just deaths of children and everything. And so, Patricia, thank you for the work you continue to do. I recently met with Advanza about their parenting program. Just encourage you guys to continue to partner together, and my staff will be in contact with you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Give them a round of applause, please. Thank you all. All right. Let's get back to the individual items. Yes.

May I take a point of privilege?

Patricia, I'm sorry.

Yes. I just personally would like to thank you for your lifelong commitment. to the work that you've done to serve our community. And you opened the door for this work to go to the higher levels that it has. And to honor that, we're going to continue doing what we do. And I just wanted to thank you.

I want to thank you for busting down those doors too. So keep doing a good job. Congratulations. Let's keep up the good work. All right. Kate, help me out. Let's see. Get me back on track. I believe we've kind of... Am I understanding we go to 81? Yes, Judge. 818283. All right. Agenda item under public health, Dr. Guerrero-Rotina. Approval of First Amendment Opioid Mitigation Grant Agreement between Bexar County pay it forward in order to extend the term of August 13, 2026 with a total unchangeable amount of $449,097 for the Bexar County Opioid Settlement Fund. Commissioner Moody, is there any comments you wish to make at this time?

Yeah, without objection, we could take up these three together. And I think this is just a discussion for the court, for county staff to think about. I've had some individual conversations. I know you've spoken to my team, but We had a tremendous amount of money injected through ARPA into our investments in mental health, public health. The opioid settlement dollars that have different strings attached have also been injected into an overlapping space, I will say. And one of the questions we had was around, like, fungibility of these dollars, right, and whether they could be utilized for some of those other investments we've made under ARPA. So, as we know, ARPA funding is going away. This is our last year of ARPA dollars being expended. And these opioid settlement dollars... were prioritized when ARPA dollars were available and were being invested in a lot of different projects. So my question to the team, to county staff, and to the court going forward is do we need to rethink, reprioritize, and think about how these dollars could be stretched further or need to be stretched further to help fill the gaps going forward that may be priorities for those ARPA funded programs, but they will no longer be funded unless we find another funding source, right? So I hope that makes sense. And I just wanted to have a brief discussion about how we're thinking about that today with these items, and then also going forward into the county budget for next year.

So yes, you are correct that there are some strings attached to opioid settlement funds, although it's really flexible in terms of the length of time. The time frame to spend down those dollars is not finite, so that's why you see the extensions that we're requesting today. However, back in March of 2023, Commissioner's Court approved a spending policy related to the opioid settlement fund so that that could provide guardrails and direction to staff when we were in advance of putting out ANOFA, which basically was to say, here is what the court thinks that these dollars should be invested in, primarily prevention, intervention, treatment. And I know Commissioner Clay Flores was very focused on making sure that most of these dollars went to treatment. And then some administrative... things that we have invested in terms of staff. And so that was our spending policy that was passed back then. And so we used that spending policy to create the NOFA to solicit proposals from the community and funded about $8 million under that last tranche of money that went out. But because of the terms of the opioid settlement and that spending policy, we do prioritize that these funds are spent on substance use and overdose prevention. The ARPA projects that you're talking about are primarily focused just in a mental health space. There is some overlap, but that was the reason that we sort of divvied up those funding sources back then, was that we can fund mental health programs with ARPA. Obviously behavioral health was one of the subcategories under ARPA, substance use, and the opioid settlement fund was a better funding source for this group. But in fact, we encouraged those that we have funded under the opioid settlement fund to not apply for ARPA. And we said, you know, here is a better funding source. Let's, you know, make sure that we're organizing our, our resources and allocating them in the way that makes the most sense.

Understand. And that's exactly, I think what I'm getting at in this whole process. And I hope it makes sense to the rest of the court. Um, Because we made these funding decisions some time ago with the ARPA dollars running out, then there will be other areas that are no longer funded unless these dollars are spread further or we found other grant funding sources or UHS helps out or whatever the case may be. So I don't have any issues with these items if we believe, if you believe, county staff believes that they are still the right decisions to be made today. I just want to make sure that we are thinking about the fact that now we know we have unfunded requirements may be too strong, but priorities that we want to fund this area going forward and we don't have dollars for it and so should we think about reallocation and rethinking what our priorities are make it more broad to be able to cover more categories maybe not as deep but still be able to cover more categories in this space so

We can definitely review the spending policy that court passed, but then also we're obligated to some specific terms as part of the settlement. And so we'd have to review that to just make sure that anything that we do... Maybe that's the starting point, right?

Can you provide the court with just the specifics around what those boundaries are from a legal standpoint when it comes to the opioid settlement dollars and what other categories... could be funded if the court so chose. Yes. Okay. Thank you. I'll move approval.

Second.

Motion by Commissioner Moody. Second by Commissioner Rodriguez. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. Take up items 82. Approval of the First Amendment or Appropriate Mitigation Grant Agreement between Bexar County and San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Awareness in order to extend The term to October 31, 2026 with total unchanged not to exceed amount of $425,257 from the Bexar County Opioid Settlement Fund. Is there a motion?

Move for approval.

Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores.

Judge, can I just move approval without objection that we include all of them?

Is there any objection to Commissioner Moody? Commissioner Moody with the motion, second by Commissioner Clay Flores. Is that okay? For 83 as well. And 83? Yes. I'll take up 83 at the same time. Approval of the First Amendment of the Opioid Mitigation Grant Agreement between Bexar County Therapeutic Justice Foundation. in order to extend the term to September 27, 2026 with a total unchanged not to exceed amount of $100,000 from the Bexar County RPI settlement fund agreement. So we are now taking up 82 and 83 at the same time. Correct with a motion by Commissioner Mooney and second by Commissioner Clay Flores. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. So item 81, 82, 83 have now passed. I believe this is the last one. Kate on 94. Authorization for county staff to evaluate and generate a staff report regarding the merits of a potential Bexar County property assessed clean energy program PACE and to evaluate and recommend an appropriate external organization to administer a potential Bexar County PACE program. Do we have staff to present on that or not?

I can jump in, but I don't know if staff has anything they want to share. So there's two pieces to this item. First of all, I think this program has been around a long time within Texas. I don't know if it's a nationwide program, but Bexar County has not participated. Commissioner Clay Flores and I both know from our participation on and Commissioner Calvert on ACOG, that this is utilized through ACOG and through other partners. They do administer this program. And so the first question comment I'll make is, given our budget constraints and the dire outlook for the FY27 budget, whether we should be thinking about adding programs at this point, I would dare say no. The second point I just want to make quickly is if this court still decided to go forward with a new program, regardless of our budget situation, it would make much more sense to go forward with our ACOG partners rather than trying to go it alone and make a new path. So those are just the two points I wanted to make here. But again, I'm not supportive of the item because I just don't think at this point adding a new program, given the situation with our current budget and other requirements, is a bad decision.

Well, I'd like to put on record that I have put this as an ACF agenda item on the record because this property assessed clean energy program known as PACE was authorized by the state legislature to empower the financing of clean energy improvements across the state of Texas. The city of San Antonio has adopted a PACE program and used it to finance significant projects. However, it is not authorized in the other areas of Bexar County. Today, this item is only a first step in considering the adoption of Bexar County PACE program. We are seeking approval of direction to staff to evaluate the merits of the PACE program and the operational considerations of managing a PACE program. Local jurisdictions such as cities and counties can authorize a PACE program, but first must meet certain statutory requirements such as we need to generate a staff report, we need to approve a resolution of intent to adopt a local PACE program, calling for and holding a public hearing, approving a resolution to adopt a local PACE program, and potentially selecting an external administrator to manage the program on behalf of the county. So today's action does not predetermine any outcome. We are asking staff to evaluate the merits of the program, to review how the program could be managed. I believe this program will promote clean energy, adoption, support access to capital, and promote sustainable development here in Bexar County. So I'd like the staff to return on the June 23rd court meeting with an outcome of the review and any recommendations. At this time, I'll ask for a motion.

Judge, I'll make that motion. And I think, as you mentioned very succinctly, this is no cost at this point to do the evaluation. I think it makes sense to look at the... different vendors and the program as it compares to the ACOG program. So I'm supportive and make that motion.

Motion by Commissioner Rodriguez, second by Commissioner Calvert.

Commissioner Calvert. Let me first say thank you, Judge, for putting this on the agenda. I think I've been working on trying to get this for 12 years. I kind of gave up because the court was so against it. for no reason. We're now on the late train of counties who have adopted it. I think almost every county in Texas has adopted it. David, I don't know if Tina or someone else needs to answer this, but in terms of the interplay between ACOG and Bexar County, ACOG has traditionally focused on the counties outside of Bexar County, but any preliminary knowledge of how how this will impact, I mean, whether or not, particularly our unincorporated, what I mean, is there a service bias potentially because ACOG is so focused on the more rural counties?

I don't have any information to tell you right now about that. That would have to be part of our report.

Well, thank you, Judge, for putting this on. Let me just say that there's a quote from Timothy Crowley, who's a developer with High Frontier Project in Jeff Davis County, rural county. And he said, any Texas developer that doesn't consider PACE in their capital stack is making a mistake. So there's a very strong private sector partnership that believes that this can help with the water and the power energy efficiency and water efficiency for projects. When we talk about AI facilities coming in and the amount of water and power that the first generation technologies are sucking out, I think we really do need to be very focused on any tool that can help especially in a water drought-prone area like Bexar County. I see we've got some students here. I'm not sure what school they're from. Maybe what school they're from?

I'm going to recognize them.

Okay, great. But for their future, we need to make sure that we do everything we can to get power and energy saved and keep our community green. So thank you very much, Judge, for putting this on.

All right, Commissioner Rodriguez. All right. Call for a vote. All those in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. Kate, does that conclude the consent agenda? Yes, Judge. All right, let's point a person of privilege. I see some kids up in the balcony.

Yeah, thank you, Judge, and thank you, Commissioner Calvert, for recognizing. We've got some seventh graders here from St. Anthony Catholic School. Hey, St. Anthony. You guys stand up so we can recognize you briefly. Maddie, thanks for arranging the tour. I have to also acknowledge Mr. Bergkamp because he also taught my kids when they were there at St. Anthony. Mr. V, good to see you. Judge Alvarez I know is up there too. I think she's got some kids there. I think Judge Jimenez has kids in this, I don't know if in this group, but Welcome to your commissioner's court meeting. I understand knowing Mr. V, you're getting some good lessons on civic involvement in history. I understand you just finished studying or reading 12 Angry Men. Hopefully this is nothing like that here. We've got a bunch of jolly people here getting good things done for the community. But thank you for everything you all do, and what a great community that you have there. Welcome again, and keep up the great work. Let's give them a round of applause.

All right, guys. Study hard. Thank you, Judge. Judge Alvarez, thank you all very much. All right, we'll continue on. Looks like we're getting there. Agenda item seven, filing for the records following legal administrative documents directed in the criminal district attorney's office to take the action necessary for sub A through O. Approval of minutes for Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Motion approved. Motion by Commissioner Rodriguez. Second. Second by Commissioner Clay Flores. Any for discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Let us now go to Citizens to be Heard. The first will be Linda Sue Guajardo. Linda Sue, I also want to note that Mary White has also signed up. And Olga Enriquez has also signed up. And they have noted on their sign up that they want to yield to Linda Sue Guajardo. Let me recognize Linda Sue Guajardo, a longtime Bexar County employee who worked for Judge Wolfe. And she's part of what I believe here is Bexar County retirees. Mary White, longtime district clerk, deputy district clerk administrator, I believe with what, David Garcia and Margaret Montemayor and Olga Enriquez, the one and only court coordinator extraordinaire who worked the court system for a long time for the Bexar County Judiciary. I take it that all three, oh is there, and Margaret's here. Hey Margaret, how are you? How are y'all doing? So, Linda Sue, you have the floor for nine minutes, but make your point.

Good morning, Judge. Good morning, Commissioners. Good morning, Commissioner, court staff. It's good to be home. It's been a while, but it's good to be home. And thank you so much. I was going to do the same, and I brought the big guns, former big guns. And for those of you on the court, young ones who... have not been here that long. These are the ladies that used to help govern this county a long time ago. And for that reason, we come today to ask you to not forget us. Once upon a time, these women helped to run this county smoothly, as did so many of us who retired. And so I hope that as you all begin to look at the budget for this year, you will put a little tab for the retirees. Everything has gone up, as we all know. Food, clothing, and right now gas. And so we humbly ask that you consider you take Bexar County takes care of its own. And I know that you all will be supporting your active employees. But please don't forget the ones who were here before you and who really in this state of the county of the country economically that we're in. We really would appreciate Y'all going forward and thinking of us and giving us the cost of living increase. Today, we did not bring our numbers, people. But I do want to give you notice that we want to be placed on the agenda for next month when we will be bringing the people who have the numbers to support what I am asking you here. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you all very much. And thank you for the job y'all have done. Job well done. Thank y'all very much. And thank you for your continued service. I know y'all are out in the community, out and about. Right, Linda Sue?

That's right, sir.

Your daughter's running for Congress, I believe. Katie Stout.

Oh, yes, and let us not forget, go vote. That's a freedom. that we need to continue to remember, vote today, vote November, vote for Katie Padilla Stout in November, if I may say that. And oh, on a personal note, Commissioner Moody, You live right across the street from Katie. Your children come over and play with my grandchildren. So this summer, when they ask you if they can go someplace with Lala, I'm here, and I know that I have personal recommendations here.

Thank you, Liz. All right. The next one is Michael Tuttle. Michael Tuttle. Michael Tuttle. Is he in the hallway? All right. Let's move on. Arthur Reckwitz. Arthur Reckwitz. Good morning, Mr. Reckwitz. Welcome back.

Good morning, Judge Sakai, Commissioner Flores, Commissioner Rodriguez, Commissioner Moody, Commissioner Calvert. For the record, on Friday, May 15, 26, Judge Sakai, please inform Robert and thank him for hearing my suggestion and informing me Ron Nurnberg were elected county judge. And this will be my last commissioner court appearance. And give me a few minutes if I go over. Some 50 years ago, I walked across the Trinity University campus gym floor for a science fair. My first military duty assignment as a Lance Corporal, 4th Recon Battalion, repaired the 50-foot antenna mast atop the Arsenal Building, now its HEB headquarters. After 18 months deployment, finding someone cut the flag at the United States Department of Agriculture building in Seguin. requested permission and purchased the rope from Home Depot, climbed the three-inch flagpole, assembled and established the U.S. flag. 2013 was shot in the face by a San Antonio fireman. Commissioner Atkinson and staff invited me to this courthouse and business office at time and was walking. 2017, property damage by Bexar County and Wilson County Fire Departments. In 2020, while defending my property, two Bexar County Sheriff deputies manhandled and erupted my abdominal wall, causing a hernia. In 2021, HEB had law enforcement issue a no trespassing citation. I scavenger food at Walmart Dollar General, and elsewhere. Commissioner Calvert, thank you for shaking my hand. Archbishop Gustavo Silva, physically assaulted during after mass reception, inquired about Latino masses at St. Ann Church at La Verna, Texas. Northside LBG Public Hospital precluded the hernia medical treatment access. Retired San Antonio firemen collided into my personal vehicle. Attempted to inform Channel 12 about Union Pacific unsafe rail spikes and their two Mexican securities detained, placed handcuffs for an hour, cursed, yelled, sit down, unable, without pushing my hernia back in. and waited for the SAPD arrival, informed SAPD of the Texas Penal Code violation for erroneous police incident. Recent had two MVA hit and runs apart within a month. One due to the TxDOT negligence had a contractor call 911, referred to the supervisor, call 911 due to the person from... Venezuela could not speak English. Time has expired.

Go ahead and wrap up.

San Antonio Western District U.S. Courthouse in the Precinct Fort Justice violated my due process after notice given. Cannot disclose any other recent atrocities. For my life, liberty, and happiness. And anyone wonders, he's so negative, yet I stand before you no longer as good looking as you due to facial injury, although in a suit and tie. In conclusion, time is still time as before, during, and afterwards, that conscience of people's failures are due technologies and are out of synchronization with Mother Earth rotational axis. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Ackwitz.

All right. Is there anybody that signed up that I did not call? Mr. Michael Tuttle, did you come back? All right. Let's now go to individual items.

Judge 104 and 105 are executive.

Yes. Also two, I believe 108 is also two. What I'd like to do, court, is ask for a global motion to approve all late files 106A, 106, 107, and 108. Okay. Motion by Commissioner Calvary, second by Commissioner Clay Flores on the... Commissioner Rodriguez. I'm sorry, Commissioner Rodriguez. I'm just blowing and going. That's okay. Commissioner Rodriguez, second. All late files, 106, 107, 108. All those in favor, signify saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? In extension, motion carries. Let us now take up 106A, discussion of appropriate action regarding approval of request from Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai to allocate outside funding, outside agency funding in the amount of $14,500 for the agencies and amounts listed as part of the Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai's contributions outside. Motion by Commissioner Rodriguez, second by Commissioner Clay Flores. All those in favor, second by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Let us now take up 107A, Discussion of Appropriate Action regarding Authorization and Negotiated Interlocal Agreement between Bexar County, Bexar County Community Supervision and Corrections Department for the allocation not to exceed total amount of $100,000 of OPS settlement funds purchased prescriptions for persons transitioning from the Bexar County Adult detention center to the CSCD programs at the Applewhite Recovery Center for a three-year period. Contingent upon successful negotiations agreement will be presented to Commissioners Court at a later date for consideration approval. Dr. Guerrero, thank you. I don't know if Mr. Jarvis Anderson is here. Yes, we have several. Y'all came to my office and I am just so proud of how the county works and it really works because we have these people committed to make it. So Dr. Guerrero, Let's get this thing done. But tell us what we're doing today. And Jarvis, I want to hear from you.

Yes, thank you. I am Dr. Andrea Guerrero, Director of Public Health. And I'm going to introduce and just kind of give us some background on why we're here today. And then I'm going to pass it off to my colleagues from the Office of Criminal Justice. And from Chief Anderson. So back at our Commissioner Court meeting on April 28th, when we, Deputy County Manager Thomas Guevara gave you all a presentation. We had a long discussion about diversion and deflection. And we gave you a summary of the investment. that both Office of Criminal Justice and Public Health have made in terms of diversion programs and everything that was happening with our jail and the potential impact to our jail population. In preparation for that presentation, we were looking at all programs that were focused on diversion and how can we optimize and make the best use of resources. And so started having conversations with Chief Anderson about the Applewhite facility and whether or not it was being used to its full capacity. And if it wasn't, why not? And we identified a barrier, which was prescription medication for probationers who were coming from the jail to enter programs at the Applewhite facility. And so while we were talking, we were trying to figure out, okay, how do we solve this medication problem? So the next step that we did was connect our partners at University Health, who is the medical provider and behavioral health provider in the jail, with Chief Anderson to talk through what are some potential solutions and how can we figure this out, because it seemed like a solvable problem. So just in that very short time, and obviously we talked to you about this issue, and court directed us to go back and figure it out. So here we are. So our proposed solutions, and these came to us from our partners at University Health, and we have Senior Vice President Chief of Pharmacy. Dr. Jennifer Ramirez, Stephanie Stifer, these are all UH folks, and I'll let them introduce themselves. But they came up and they brought to us some really viable, sustainable options, primarily Care Link, which we all know is the financial assistance program that's run by University Health. that Chief Anderson estimates that the majority of folks that would be in the Applewhite facility would qualify for Care Link. A second option is a Dispensary of Hope, which is a pharmaceutical assistance program, and I can let Dr. Rodriguez talk to you more about that, 340B drug pricing program for those who are not eligible for either Care Link or Dispensary of Hope. And then finally, the item that we're asking for you to approve today, just as a last guardrail, is to approve opioid settlement funds in the amount of $100,000 for three years. And that is in the event that these other programs aren't a viable option for the probationers that are moved over to the Applewhite program. I'm going to ask Dr. Ramirez to talk a little bit more about these programs.

Rodriguez, I'm sorry.

Hi, I'm Jennifer Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer at University Health. And I appreciate the opportunity to be able to team up with this group of folks so that we can provide medications to your patients. We do have different programs, like she mentioned, as far as our Care Link. dispensary of hope and 340B drug pricing program. We are a disproportionate share hospital, which gives us the opportunity as a safety net hospital to be able to utilize these savings and these different programs to stretch our dollars and provide medications. Identifying that that was the biggest need in this situation, we're happy to help to provide any medications that are needed to help this process.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So next we're going to turn it over to the Office of Criminal Justice, and they're going to walk through sort of what the process is to move folks to transfer from the jail over to Applewhite, and then we'll finish up with Chief Anderson talking about timeline for how we can get those folks moved over right away.

And Dr. Guerrero, this is a direct program that directs diversion, correct? From our past discussion of diversion.

Yes, this is, I mean, this is considered diversion, yes. These are folks who would be probationers, but they are going to receive drug treatment and mental health treatment at the Applewhite facility.

And they've been sitting in our Bexar County Jail waiting for these Applewhite beds to open.

Yes. Well, they've been waiting for prescription assistance so that they can spend out their stay and receive that treatment once they get to Applewhite.

Thank you. Jarvis.

Oh, okay. Good morning, County Judge and Commissioners. My name is Antonio Salazar Rosas. I am with the Office of Criminal Justice. And I'm going to go over the flowchart that we put together. But first of all, I wanted to say thank you for your leadership. This is one of the things that we're, it's a collaborative effort. Probation, Office of Criminal Justice, Preventative Health, everybody coming together to really expedite the transfer of these individuals. Judge Sakai, as you mentioned, one of the challenges with these individuals is they've been granted probation and ordered a treatment bid, and they've been sitting at our Bexar County Jail for many days, right? So this is going to expedite that process for these individuals to be removed from our county jail and into treatment quicker. This chart was put together, also I forgot to mention, right, collaborative of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, because this chart was put together between the Office of Criminal Justice and the Bexar County Sheriff's Office to expedite the transfer process. So upon receive upon receivable of the list from probation, identifying the number of individuals and the name of the individuals that will be transferred to Applewhite, we're going to be working simultaneously to address on the jail site. Deputies are going to be running their checks, identifying these individuals are clear to go for Friday. On the Office of Criminal Justice, our Jail Population Impact Control Unit will be working with the courts to ensure that all directives are correct and ready to go for Friday. This process essentially will begin from Monday and by Friday is our targeted goal to transfer these individuals from the Bexar County Jail into this facility.

Morning, County Judge, Commissioners. Thank you. First of all, this collaboration with Dr. Egg and UHS has been really, really a game changer. Just so you know, we routinely receive people from jail from the Bexar County Adult Potential Center to go out to Applewhite. Every single day, the courts are ordering someone into treatment. And what we learned is the medication has been the main issue. And this $100,000 that Dr. A is asking for is the last resort. With Dr. Rodriguez and Stephanie Stacker from UHS, we discover things that we can do now that we can get people over to Apple Buy quicker. We routinely work with the Office of Criminal Justice and the PICU to identify individuals who are ready to go. The thing that I want to stress is the medication. It's always been the issue. And so starting on Thursday, we're identifying five individuals that we can move over just to make sure the medication's on hand when they get there. Then after that, we'll be moving over people weekly, depending on what that size is going to be, as low as five, as high as 10, whatever the capacity can be. While they're there, they're actually going to be receiving treatment already while they're there until they get into the program. I suspect by the end of June, you should see over half the people waiting for treatment in Bexar County Jail over at the Applewhite Facility. And then getting on, that's just going to open up the floodgates for everyone to go for treatment. Minus those individuals that have legal holds or medical holds. They're going to stay in jail until those issues are resolved. But I'm really optimistic that we can make this happen soon. If you have any questions for me, I can answer them.

Commissioner Kelly? Thank you, Judge. So are the drugs that they're needing, is it like naltrexone and things like that, or what are the prescriptions?

They're going to be psych medication, Commissioner. We provide medications, kind of the medical aspect of it, but it's the psych medication that's been kind of out of my reach for the most part. The local mental health authority is responsible for that once they get into the program, but they won't get there for a few months.

It's not the ones dealing with alcoholism or, no, there's psych medicines. Okay. Is that also an issue in terms of folks being prescribed I mean, I think, well, I don't know about methadone and all that stuff. That's kind of older stuff. But is that also an issue for your population?

We actually operate a medication-assistant treatment program, which includes methadone and suboxone. So we do that currently now with another grant. So that won't disqualify the middle.

Thank you. Commissioner Moody.

Well, I just want to highlight that this is a win for Bexar County and for collaboration and what's possible when we come together with stakeholders as a community and as a court and talk about the issues that we're facing and everything. And so I love to see this collaboration. I love to see this problem solving. It sounds like we've got a great plan. I support it. I hope we do more of this. Thank you, Commissioner.

We just got to keep supporting the good people that do all the work, right? All right.

I just want to thank UHS for stepping up so that we can hurry up and get people into beds at Applewhite Jarvis. So I make a motion for approval.

Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores, second by Commissioner Rodriguez. Any further discussion? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor, signal by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Fill up those beds over there, Applewhite, and the many more. We've still got more beds to fill, correct?

Yes.

And when do you think we'll get full capacity there, Jarvis?

As we move people over from jail, the courts are adding more people in jail. So it's going to be...

and we had a discussion in my office of how on the back end we can get people to start transitioning out, perhaps on a more efficient process, and maybe working with our courts to make sure that we're getting the right people over there. Right?

Always. All right.

I'm giving you a lot more work to do. Thank you all very much. Have a good day. All right. I believe then we have taken all the matters up. Now we need to go executive. The time is 12.06 p.m. the court is going to close the open session to go to closed session but we first must Pursuant to Section 551.0725 of the Texas Government Code, there's been a request from Joe Gonzales, an opinion regarding the liberation of business and financial issues related to the negotiation of a development agreement or settlement document proposed to be negotiated between Bexar County, the Coliseum Advisory Board, San Antonio Livestock Exposition related to the redevelopment, revitalization of Freeman Coliseum Complex Grounds and Facilities Executive Session. Section 551-0725 of the Texas Government Code requires that before deliberation of business and financial issues related to a contract can occur in executive session, this office must issue written authorization. After consideration of the issues presented, it is the opinion of the office that deliberation of business and financial issues in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on Bexar County's current negotiating position. Please be advised that commissioners court must vote unanimously prior to convening an executive decision that liberation of business and financial issues in an open meeting would have detrimental effect on the position of commissioners court in negotiation with third party and a recording must be made of the proceedings. The county manager has determined that the law firm Greenberg Trog will handle all legal work related to this matter. Any relevant questions related to this should be directed to representatives of that firm or County Manager David Smith for resolution. Is there a motion? Motion by Commissioner Rodriguez to consider this matter in executive session. Is there a second? Second by Commissioner Calvert. Any further discussion? All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Are we cleared now to go to executive session, Mr. Roberson?

Or should we get Commissioner Clay Flores has reentered. Commissioner, we had a vote on.

Okay, vote's already taken. Let's move on. So we're now in executive session. Oh, I got to read all the matters that we're going to take up now. So as I do that, could we get the courtroom clear? We're going to do an executive session. Items may be discussed and act upon if approval in open session. Section 551.071, consultation with attorney for advice regarding, A, pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers in the matters of Gonzales v. Bexar County, Salas v. Bexar County, Martinez v. Bexar County, State of Texas v. Carew, Richardson v. Bexar County, and Trevino, Lopez v. Sanchez, Borges v. Fair County, and Salazar. B, a matter in which the duty of the attorney of the governmental body under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct at a state bar in Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, specifically, one, legal issues related to Department of Labor investigation regarding complaints Alleging Fair Labor Standards Act overtime violations at the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. Two, legal issues related to the receipt of notification of appointment of court coroner and demand for release of funds by judges of the 225th, 285th District Courts. Three, legal issues related to a request by the Bexar County Appraisal District for Bexar County to intervene in pending litigation related to a suit filed by BCAB alleging a failure by certain housing finance corporations operating in Bexar County to maintain tax exemptions as required by law. Four, legal issues related to the collective bargaining agreement with the Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County entered in pursuant to Chapter 174 of the Local Government Code. Five, legal issues related to the contract for employee parking in the parking garage located at 146 Navarro Street. Six, legal issues related to expired out-of-county inmate detention services agreement and direction on negotiative extension renewal amendment or replacement interlocal agreement with Kirk County. And seven, potential legal issues related to acquisition of a facility located at 4715 Fredericksburg Road. 551-0725, I believe I have already stated that on the record, deliberation regarding contract being negotiated. We have had a motion and a unanimous vote to approve it to be considered. And then 551-087, deliberation regarding economic development negotiation, deliberation regarding the offer of financial and or incentives related to Barrett PROJECT ORCA TO POTENTIALLY BE LOCATED IN OR AROUND THE BEAR COUNTY COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. LARRY, LEAD US THROUGH. ARE WE ON? ARE WE ALL IN OPEN SESSION, LARRY? DAVID? OKAY. All right, the time is 1.58 p.m. We're back in open session. I will take up agenda item 104, discussion of appropriate action related to contemplated litigation or settlement offer in the matter of Borges v. Bexar County and Salazar. Mr. Roberson.

Thank you, Judge. During executive, the court considered a settlement offer in the matter of Louis Rafael Borges versus Bexar County and Sheriff Javier Salazar in the amount of $300,000, and I would need a motion on that, Judge.

Move for approval.

Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores. Second. Second by Commissioner Moody. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion, second by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstention? Motion carries. Thank you, Judge. All right, 108. We're going to go to 108, a discussion and appropriate action related to professional services agreement with Graves, Dort, Heron, and Moody for certain legal representative of Bexar County, Texas, and all matters proceedings related to demand for release of funding received from the 225th Judicial District and the 285th Judicial District Court of Bexar County in amount of $50,000 without further amendment of the agreement. Mr. Roberson.

Judge, that... Attorney, that firm is being retained in the matter referenced related to a demand letter received by the court and asking the court to approve that representation as discussed in the executive.

Move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores. Second. Second by Commissioner Moody. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion, signify saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any discussion? Motion carries. Let us now take up item of 105, discussion only related to continuing to negotiate a development agreement or a similar document between Bexar County, the Coliseum Advisory Board, and the San Antonio Livestock Exposition. Commissioner Moody, did you want to take the floor?

Well, thank you, Judge. And maybe first thing, I would just clarify, David, you are going to go forward with discussions with our partners at the Rodeo, correct? Correct. Thank you. And just to be clear again, open court is not for a place for negotiations, but I think there's some things that need to be said, um, at least from, from precinct three and my position cover this high level. But in November we had a venue tax election and we had had many conversations here in this court regarding that election and scene plans and, and talked about it and it was clearly presented to, um, the electorate and our constituents based on this being a sale, a rodeo plan, and dozens of town halls, meetings, clubs, marketing events, what have you. So I think it is incumbent upon all of us to be very clear going forward, as we get into negotiations with our partners at the rodeo, that this is a rodeo-first plan and a rodeo-first commitment. There's been a lot put out there on the table with other plans, and I think, first of all, If we're being frank, there's a lot of things that would have to come into play in order for some of those things to ever be realized. If we split this into the Willow Springs side and the rodeo side with some of the plans, I don't know if there's any issues on the Willow Springs side when it comes to the rodeo and sail. But I do know we've been talking about Willow Springs in this courtroom for like two years, and I haven't seen any resolution to the issue with Willow Springs or getting an offer for that golf course to be handed off to the county. When it comes to the Frostbank Center and the rodeo grounds as it exists today, clearly there's gonna be more concerns with adding additional buildings and additional development to those grounds. I think if we're talking about a rodeo first plan, then obviously rodeo's concerns need to be dealt with and addressed. And if there are things that have been put out there in other plans that complement the vision of expanded programming at the rodeo, because let's be honest, the expanded programming at the rodeo is what's going to drive additional revenue for the rodeo, for the county, and everything else, which was the whole impetus for the discussion, for this going as a venue tax election, in my opinion. So if there are things that complement the rodeo plan and that ultimately are self-sustaining and don't require additional public dollars and public investment, then I think, you know, that could be considered. But ultimately, it has to mesh well. It has to complement with the vision for expanded programming at the rodeo. If it doesn't, then we can't have three different visions competing on the same piece of ground that the county owns. And I think that that's important. And I think if we don't get that alignment early here and be clear about it, that it's going to continue to plague our negotiations as we go forward. That's all.

Commissioner Cliff Norris.

There isn't a motion here or anything, right?

There's no motion on the floor.

So just to the point, as I've always been from the beginning, have supported the rodeo to move forward. So I'm happy to support our county manager to work alongside the rodeo and cab with all the many attorneys involved to make sure we fill this deal and move forward. And I think there is an urgency to get it done so that we can move forward. The constituents were clear in the vote. And we need to be true to the constituents and continue to move forward with you all. So happy to see you guys here. Thanks for taking the time. I know it's a long day. And I'm happy to support the continuation of seeing us rodeo all year round. Thank you.

Commissioner Calvert? Thank you very much. Thank you so much. We have had at the county... maybe a misunderstanding with respect to community venues. I think that the county put the Spurs first in the last 27 years, and that meant that in many ways the community came second. And there are obvious economic islands that have been created because the community was second and the Spurs were first. I submit pass is a prologue. And if we don't put community first, then the community will continue to suffer and will continue to have development as an island. Nobody really wants that. And I think that when things are working synergistically, when things are working to highest and best use, there is an opportunity for everyone to win beyond their wildest dreams. I believe that behavior comes after belief. And a lot of people have not believed in the East Side. And the behavior in which they have treated the lack of investment prior to 2014, I'll be very clear about it, was indicative that many people felt that the East Side was not to be listened to, was not to be invested in, was not to be visited. That same line of thinking still exists. That's very clear. The community believes that to be the case. So there are obvious ramifications when you invest. And I think that the housing turnaround, we've doubled the amount of people come out of poverty since I was elected. There's more economic development ever happening on the east side than ever before. So we know what it takes. It takes bringing people in. It takes being collaborative. It takes really loving the community. It takes listening. It takes making things work synergistically. And then there are islands. And the county has always been an island. And if we don't start putting community first, it will continue to be one. Thank you, Judge.

All right. David Smith, I've given you my opinion. Let's move forward. Let's get this thing done. Let's get it wrapped up. All right. So with that, I don't believe there's any action items. Have we taken care of the agenda? Ms. Kate?

Yes, Judge.

Is there a motion to adjourn?

Move for adjournment.

Motion by Commissioner Clay Flores? Second. Second by Commissioner Moody. Commissioner Clay Flores?

Yeah, I'd like to adjourn in the memory of Kasab El-Amin, Samantha Woodward, Jasmine Golden, and Evangelina Olivares, who was a senior at Kennedy High School who passed away from leukemia. And for Commissioner Rodriguez... I'd also like to adjourn in memory of Concepcion Garcia, Mario Arellano, Virginia Tapia, Lee Hurtado, and James Edward Watson.

Commissioner Moody. I'd like to adjourn in the memory of Kendra Meadows, a long time District 10 advocate and one of the founding members of the Northeast Neighborhood Alliance.

Commissioner Calvert. I'd like to adjourn in honor of Enrique Macias, who was our Pletsch Park foreman. Rosalie Ortiz, who was a spouse of ESD1 Commissioner Edward Eddie Ortiz. Ann P. Carter, Willie Brooks Jr., Olivia Henrietta Latson, Alvin Roberts, Susan Renee Van Slyke Bartel, Henry Wicks McQuader, Aaron James Bailey. Irene Villareal de la Cruz, Master Sergeant Marquis Dwight Hightower, Lionel Reyes, Carol Denise Staub, Rosemary Elaine Thompson, and Nella Manning.

And I'll move to adjourn in behalf of Guadalupe Fisher, which is the mother of State Representative Trey Martinez-Fisher. She was known for her care for others and hard work ethic, including putting herself through nursing school, serving as a precinct chair, and raising children who followed in her footsteps. Also, I want to recognize my dear friend and colleague, County Judge William Bill R. Mitchell, who served in Uvalde County for nearly 40 years, was the longest serving county constitutional judge in Texas history. He's a veteran, former EMT, and previously served as a Justice Peace and on Uvalde City Council. We got to know each other in light of the tragedy in the city of Uvalde. All those in favor of the motion to adjourn, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. Meeting adjourned.