Remarks by Drew Engelke
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Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Move to approve the order to advertise an invitation to bid IFB 27-05, North Guadalupe Street reconstruction phase one.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Mm-hmm. is that the way everybody's kind of feeling at the moment right so when commissioner wolverton had retired i i became the pseudo project manager of the county um thank you since 2019 and um So initially, when this idea came up, I was against doing anything like this, was hiring construction management firms because I was doing it. And like Commissioner Gurman said, this type of project, smaller projects. On the flip side, we just hired a similar deal because we've got two firms we can work with with this aspect of what we're doing for the EOC, which is a larger scale project. But I've…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“And now it's turned into options. Do we want to do this? So bringing it to court is definitely a great idea. I've worked with Melissa and AGCM on Navarro projects as a commissioner, not as a construction manager. They're very involved, do a very good job. But again, it seems like the momentum of the court for this smaller project is to maybe put them on the next project that would be bigger, maybe. I don't know. But I do see advantages both ways. But in the beginning, I was against it because of what the money we could save doing it ourselves. But it is a time-consuming thing, as the judge…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I'm still digesting all this information. And looking at the budget amendment, there's not an option on here to give all the funds to that department. That's something we have to address later on, I guess. But all the volunteer fire departments have needs, and all of them have some kind of financial issue. I had asked you before in a conversation about that swift water rescue boat. THE DESIRED NEED YOU HAD FOR THAT. IT WAS ABOUT 20 GRAND? YES, SIR.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“So to go back on the funding you didn't get, I don't know contractually how we're obliged to do that, I support volunteer fire departments. I've said that before. So I'm more of a proponent of more equal distribution. Nothing against your departments. But again, just finding out just now, this is my initial take on it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“All right. Is there a motion? I'm sure moved to approve budget amendment 26-99 transfer funds from the fire department fire apparatus equipment budget to capital outlay fire trucks for additional cost to upfit a brush truck.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Any questions, comments? So Constable Reyes discusses me. He apologizes he couldn't be here today if there were any questions. He is at Gene Mays' funeral services, county employee, a great man that we lost. And so he just wanted to utilize what he could for this printer copier was, I think he told me it wasn't, The funding that he had for it wasn't needed, and so we wanted to change that and create this uniform expense line. I'm trying to do the best I can for what he was telling me, but it's pretty straightforward in my opinion. If there's any questions, I'll try to address them.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“So with that around $2 million, we had discussed earlier that historically a million gets brought back in from the previous year. And then we were looking at, on my end, I was talking about the million-dollar land purchase that we had discussed, that that's where I was willing to be at in relation to additional. So... FROM WHAT I'M READING IN MY MIND AT THIS LATE HOUR, IT'S A MILLION OUT OF RESERVE AND THEN OR IT COULD BE LESS BASED ON WHAT WE DON'T KNOW COMES BACK AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AM I BEING CORRECT ABOUT THAT?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“WE'RE DOING 3% PLUS THE THOUSAND, SO... DID WE RAISE ANYBODY ELSE?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think that was the number. No, these are what we talked about, right? Yeah. Okay.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Correct. So to reduce the tax rate is what you're saying, back to 4%?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So back to the judge's original with these positions and everything we've just discussed.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Right. You're basically washing. From the averages that typically come back fiscal year to fiscal year, it's a wash.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I'm good with that. I think we've done a great job of going through all of this. Vital positions, now looking at decreasing the proposed rate, getting a little out of the general reserve. SAVE THE TAXPAYER MONEY, PROVIDE JOBS FOCUSED AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE WAS SAYING, DO WE WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WITH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CEILING SET AT 3549. We have that ability to go down back to his proposed 4%. With what I'm saying, you see in the parentheses there, it says one point, I can't see quite that well, 1.15 million, something like that. Yeah, $1,145,000. That typically comes back fiscal year that's not spent, fiscal year 26 to 27. That typically comes back, goes back in the reserve. So on my end, I'm thinking it's a wash. So we're good at 4% with taking that $2 million we've discussed out of the reserves.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“With the overall tax rate being back to what you had originally said.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. I don't have that blue sheet. I don't have that sheet. I don't have that sheet.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Gosh, I'm sorry. So if you did the, as been discussed before, if you did take the $2 million, for the building purchase out of play. Does that cover what we're talking about?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Or just say it's out of the general reserve fund. You don't have to itemize.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. And in a pinch, I mean, it's all reserve money. If it's needed, if there's something comes up, then it can be there. Okay.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes. Understood. Okay. i'm going to make a motion at 9 56 p.m to adopt the guadalupe county budget for fiscal year 2026 2027 fy 27 with the changes to the proposed budget discussed with also the consideration of the building purchase for 2 million to be”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“You want me to withdraw and amend it? No, you don't have to withdraw. Okay.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026