Remarks by Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe
186 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
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“Right. Well, because there was misunderstanding. Right. Yeah.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“$40.47 per $100. All right, let's try this one more time.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“So that was putting back? Did you say putting back the half cent?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Before we go, can we get a motion and a second person?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, we're not going to have to vote on this today, though. We're going to table it and bring it back, and I'll let Stephanie explain.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Judge, I'd like to make a motion to approve an order adopting the tax rate for fiscal year 2027 and levy the taxes. Oh, I was reading the item. I move to set the fiscal year 2027 property tax rate to be set by the adoption of a tax rate of .4097 cents 0.2692 cents general maintenance and operation, 0.1029 cents general debt, and 0.0376 cents road and bridge maintenance and operations. Second.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Oh, thank you. I just want to thank the Homeless Coalition and the other local organizations that work really hard to bring awareness to help prevent and stop homelessness. You know, I really appreciate the love, the dedication, and attention you all put to this very important matter. So thank you all for the work.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, Lisa, I want to thank you for your amazing leadership and the work that you and all the volunteers do. I know that you couldn't do it without the volunteers, and so we really appreciate them. And just for ensuring that our families have the food and other necessities that they need, and the food bank is certainly a vital part of our community, and you all do such a wonderful job, and really appreciate you. Thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Judge. Thank you so much for sharing your story. That was wonderful. I think we probably, many of us have been touched by suicide. I lost a very close cousin to suicide, and so I can understand the devastation, but I really appreciate all the work that is being done by so many to bring awareness and prevention to this horrible issue. It's staggering to me to read the proclamation and see that It's the second leading cause of death between the ages of 10 to 14. Oh, my goodness, that's incredible. And also between the ages of 15 to 24. And I do want to thank our health department…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, Judge, I'm certainly willing to look at something. I just don't know how, I mean, Eric, I don't know how long it's going to take you to you know, look at something like this. I mean, I, you know, we, I said at the last meeting that, you know, there are so many that we're looking at that aren't getting paid a livable wage and, you know, we needed to address that. And I did vote for the entire pay increase, but I just, It's not too late. It's just that this is late in coming also. I mean, we're so compressed. I'm not saying again that I'm not open to looking at it, but Eric needs time to…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I think we just did the best that we could with whatever Eric could find in the market to do that. But if we want to give him some time to kind of take a look at some of those salaries. Now, are you saying that, like there were $100,000, that we still give them something, but that we limit it? and look at the other.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, so have any calculations been done to kind of look at what groups of individuals and dollar amounts and percentages or whatever”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, Commissioner, can you go down the list and maybe help us better understand what you're looking at? I mean, you have exchange addition, reduction addition, addition. Can you just kind of go down?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“And so the JP clerk, so you're removing two of the clerks? Is that what you're advocating for?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So it's also removing then all the other positions that we talked about, I guess, right?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So there's an agenda item also on that. So yeah, I would say let's open it. It's okay with you, Judge. I mean, it was an item that we discussed in detail that we wanted to ensure that if we were to approve it, that this was in place. But if it's not.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“What's the number of the agenda item? I read it, but I don't see it real quick.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm not I'm not I'm sure I'm understanding Okay, can we hear the language judge? Maybe and then chase can give us an opinion on whether or not we can add that to the item Sure, why don't you for this conversation, please open G 18 G 18 acknowledgement of Hayes County Sheriff's Office”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I was just going to ask also, I mean, and we talked about this last time, and Chief, you may want to come up if you don't mind, Judge, if he comes up. You bet.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“And I guess my specific question on this particular contract, you know, we talked about and are talking about mass surveillance, and I just want to make certain that if you can remind us whether you believe that this is mass surveillance because, you know, this has become an issue, and so I just want to make it clear what your thoughts are on that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So are you saying that you're only using this information within Hays County Sheriff's Department only? Correct. Okay. Not sharing it with anyone else? No.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Correct, yeah. And I was just going to say whether that is going to cost us any additional funding or not, which this is not supposed to. And I think it's what you said, Chief, early last week and why the letter was written.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, so then that contract would then come to court for our review before approving.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, I don't believe so. I mean, we talked last week in court saying that we wanted to see an increase in this that hadn't been done for a very long time, so I'm good with the judge.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026