Remarks by Drew Engelke
139 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 6
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“Thank you for what you do. Mm-hmm. Absolutely.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“No, I was just going to say thanks. I know we had that discussion initially, and in your mind you would think if you increase that it's going to save money, but this is great information, and I appreciate you providing this data because, like I said, common sense is going to tell you otherwise, but you're showing us and recommending that we stick to what we're doing. Absolutely. So thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I'll follow up on that with the help from the citizens, the input, the comments, the feedback. It has been a long process, but it is an important thing to have for future planning. So what we do today with that consideration of approval and hopefully approving today after this long process is for long-term future, long-term growth. This is something that will benefit my grandkids as we move forward. I know it's hard to see and envision now, It's a planning tool that is desperately needed. We don't want to end up like Austin in the future. So I know there's been a lot of passion involved in…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Not at all. There were mixed communications with this. But just FYI, it's also on the capital project fund bill list as well. So going forward. Jim, did you hear me?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yeah. But yes, I totally agree with that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. So if... We'll do the final service.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yes. So if we could pull this item and take no action. Anybody have any other questions or comments before we move on from that item?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“So move to approve TAC health and employee benefits pool plan year 2027 renewal.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I will move to adopt the 2026 Guadalupe County Major Thoroughfare Plan. Second.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Understand right this was brought up and I wanted to bring it to court as an discussion Which I knew this would would kind of go this route I think I would I would assume we have to do some kind of ILA because it's on their property to even do this Steven So the proposed parking lot improvements for Geronimo volunteer fire department property is for our road and bridge to do it, even if we needed to do that or got approved to do that, that would have to be approved through court in some kind of an agreement or not?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yeah. So I wanted to bring this. It was asked to be put on the list. I said, go ahead and put it on the list, and we'll talk about it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“So you have a motion and a second to any other discussion commission just a clarification for those of you seeing for flows on there twice one for the overlay one for reconstruct you might correct me if I'm wrong so the overlay We reconstructed sports flows not long ago from 7.58 to Kolenberg Road. So that will be the overlay portion. Yes, sir. The reconstruct will go from Kolenberg Road to 1101. Yes, sir. Which is part of the plan, what we did with all the garbage truck traffic going to that landfill. That road's held up very well.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Correct. So that's just a clarification, because if you see it, it may get confusing to some people.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yeah, more consistent. It's typically reflective of the person's dedication to the county. That's exactly true. If you have that many excess vacation hours.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I agree. Yeah, it shouldn't be like a punishment, so to speak, as the judge said, to be promoted.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Do you have to list these dates in comparison to what we're seeing? I'm in agreement. So I didn't like the two times a month thing. A perfect example of when we were talking about TAC employment benefits, the contract's due next week. And so these things are kind of rushed at times because we're having these only two meetings per month. It affects construction projects, decisions that need to be made. I'm not saying I'm old school, but I'm used to it. We always had three meetings a month. This recently changed. We tried it for a year. It's long, long courts, as you all know now. It's It's…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“No, I just wanted to see how it needed to be clarified what he's trying to say. Not to throw another wrench in the factor. We also discussed, because of what Stephen's saying, the possibility of Thursday meetings. But that is another discussion. I don't know if people want to have. Historically, it's Tuesdays for Guadalupe County. Comal has it on Thursdays. So I don't know how that would change things in your mind of postings, Stephen. You'd have the three full days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. post on Fridays. Again, we discussed this before when this all came up with the new state…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“So for today's purposes, you just need a day and a time is what I'm understanding. But I'm willing to, Wolverton's ready to move forward with his proposal. I am. And as we said, it can be changed.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“So I mean, you run into kind of similar.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“SO ON THE DRAFT, I'M LOOKING AT IT, IN AUGUST, I SEE FOUR DATES. IS THAT CORRECT?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, so there's only three in August, 3rd, 17th, and 31st, not the 10th.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I wanted to clarify, you said three for each month.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Move to approve the 2027 Guadalupe County holiday schedule. Second.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yes, sir Just for contract negotiations So move to approve the evaluation scoring RFQ 26-15 architectural engineering services FM 725 building remodeled and authorized purchasing to enter contract negotiations with the highest ranked vendor of”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026