Remarks by Andra M. Wisian
282 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 12
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“I don't think I need a thing because I was able to... Before we get to you, I meant Jersey barriers.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I'm sorry. Yeah, I talked to Clayton Rips at the AMPO meeting and he had said 600,000. It's like, yikes, can we divide that between two years? And so then he We both pestered him, and he felt, I guess, compelled to try to find the money. So we've got fatalities on 46 West.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Well, we better get ready for that, because that's what's coming down the pike. As federal funding and state funding are drying up, HAMPO is moving in the direction where”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“We won't need any money for water conservation because I've got funding through Cal Creek, GBRA, and Bernie Radio, and I still have. So I've got, let's see, $575,000, probably close to $10,000, and then one pending.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Commissioner, could the school district cover some of that? They're having to. And we still need 300 if they cover some?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“No, Commissioner Chapman and I talked about that, and we're not watering that much landscaping there, and we're not going to use it for drinking water, so we don't need that.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“So I talked to them this morning and I said, I was pretty sure that that was not going to fly. And so let's talk about some other proposals. I don't like the idea of giving them everything that they asked for and then just starting a half year late because like in half year toward the budget, because then we're locked into that next year. And I think that's too big of a jump. So I asked them to get me kind of some thoughts and they said that the 5% increase on operations would be fine. They thought if they had $100,000 to pay a full-time employee, that would cover the salary, the fringe, and…”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“No, it would be under the Bertheim standard operating procedure. And we've already gone. I'm not going to argue that point again and go around and around with that. We know all of all of the arguments.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“do we can't justify in a tight budget of going up a huge amount in one department well to be clear they're not that's not the deal anymore it was the hundred for the full time and then the dollar raise um what about since last year we structured bergheim and comfort to um Kind of be equal, even though it's structured differently. The Comfort Volunteer Fire Department doesn't get the money. It's under Brady's department, but it serves comfort. What about a $40,000 bump for personnel and whatever they can add in their paid professional staff part-time that gives them a little bit more that…”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I understand the no. I do want to clarify I don't think it was a game. I think they came here in earnest with integrity to present what they thought looked like a true full-time professional volunteer fire department without going to an ESD.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Did you look at Glassdoor or anything? You know, I don't, not just, I don't know.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I'm available tomorrow. Just throw that out there. I really understand your need. And I would like to say yes. I don't know where we're going to be at the end of the day. I've fought hard to get you four deputies. We got two. And then all of your people got the salary increase that you had been asking for for quite some time. So I think this is coming to us too late. I don't think we're going to be able to put it in. So I would be a no.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“You're able to start gathering data then.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“We just did that with the fire department. They were here yesterday, and then we pretty much decided right before lunch what they were going to get. They don't even know.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thanks for coming. So the economy is feeling flat, and so now we have numbers. So we're down about $78 million in the improvements. You said $372 million this year, $450 million last year.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Um, so why did you say that our, uh, interest in sinking is dropping because our debt is that amount is actually low debt, the debt payments.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Okay, and then the last thing, talk to me about, you said since we're adopting a no new revenue rate, which our representatives in Austin will be thrilled because they've been throwing us under the bus about the property tax relief they've given us and then jurisdictions raising the rate, but we actually lowered the rate last year. So that's exciting to be hitting that no new revenue rate, but you said the process for adoption is different, so we don't have to publish as much, or how is that?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“That's a good point because it begs the questions like, well, why are you keeping so much in fund balance and continuing to not lower our rate?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“So I don't even bring those notes from yesterday. Brady did such a good job talking about it. So we rely on the National Weather Service, which is funded by the government. National Weather Service does a good job. However, it covers in our region, oh, I don't know, a dozen counties or so. And after the flood last year, several of these meteorological weather service companies just started coming out and saying, you know, we can give counties and cities more pinpointed information earlier. because the National Weather Service is not going to be able to be on the phone with the emergency…”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“No, this is an actual consultant. So we got with Sharon, and she did a request for information. We had 10 companies, a couple local and all over the state and all over the country, and gave us the information. So that's how we were able to compile the white paper along with National Weather Service and NOAA and other resources that we found on the Internet.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yes, and because they're constantly monitoring it in real time and in communication, you get that messaging sooner. The National Weather Service has a shift of, I don't know, whatever, 12 hours or two or three times a day, and then they do have alerts and they issue warnings and watches. And it's not different information from the National Weather Service. It's more layered information, and it's more tailored to someone paying meteorologists to sit there and monitor that particular area 24-7.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“My understanding is that some of these companies have been in Austin recently talking to TETM and the governor's office. So that might be something in the future that they would use.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“And just on the weather thing, if we kept the $20,000 in there and did requests for proposals, then we would find out exactly what they could do for how much money. We wouldn't have to hire them.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“You were going to make a point about the total if we do one for all. Is that what she was bringing up with all the requests that we had? Where have these requests been?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026