Remarks by Drew Engelke
139 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
- Play at 6:35:58
“Well, we're going down this list like, yeah, that's why I need a tally of where we are.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:37:26
“So it amounts to like two something dollars more an hour?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:38:18
“It's a tough decision because she's under the court, and it's not perception-wise for the rest of the employees. It's just, and I get it. I get the argument. I wish everyone could get everything. So is that 24-27 with the 3%, Judge? Yes, sir.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:51:01
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:51:10
“If she's able to either give you that list or read it off, can we kind of... I don't, I mean, we can't, I just don't think it's that... Because we keep talking and... Like I said before, we've got to come to a point where how much are we going to spend?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:15:59
“I had said three deputies earlier. If that was able to work.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:19:02
“So three lieutenants. If that's what the court wants to give us.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:25:20
“I was thinking one lieutenant, two firefighters. To do what they're saying, because there's a need right now.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:25:34
“Well, I was kind of on her and boots on the ground, like, to be out there. But lieutenants will be out there. I got you.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:27:17
“Are we at a point where we can go through the summary list? We're done.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:27:25
“Maybe we can beat the Zoom deadline. No, it's not going to happen.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:32:54
“We've got a conference table over here. Okay. Glad everybody can still laugh. All right.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:42:38
“I just want to go over that list we have. What is the number? I don't know if Wolverton was referring to the last one you did, the 4% you're talking about. We could have done that eight hours ago.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:47:40
“So pay rate of $22 an hour? I don't know if that helps.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:01:20
“For the positions or the difference? For the difference. The difference, yeah.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:04:40
“He's still here, Tom. Yeah. Are we waiting on the summary of expenses?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:05:49
“It doesn't matter to me. It's fine. Six months.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:07:34
“Yeah, I think it's for her calculations today, but we have to come back and vote on it separately. So it's just for what she's asking for calculation-wise.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:07:58
“Which if we choose at the end of the day to go back to the one-year deal, it would be less.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:08:15
“Well, we didn't really have a consensus on those. I know we talked about them. The 4-H deal is something I said at the end of the day, if there's something there, that's me. But the staff attorney was discussed. That's why I'm curious what the numbers are, if we're able to... Do anything? It's not too far.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:08:50
“Thank you for taking my offer. I don't think anybody can argue that we're not going through this and doing our due diligence.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:10:56
“Judge, we're never going to forget this budget.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:30:20
“So with that around 2 million, we had discussed earlier that historically a million gets brought back in from the previous year.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 8:30:30
“And then we were looking at on my end, I was talking about the million dollar land purchase that we had discussed. but 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, 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
- Play at 8:31:31
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026