Remarks by Iliana Holguin
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
- Play at 7:11:35
“Or what if we vote to go forward, but giving you that opportunity, and then maybe that way next week it's on the consent agenda and we see it, but we don't necessarily have to make the entire City of Horizon leadership come to the meeting again.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:12:49
“And I think the goal is to complement, especially with the sports park, right? Absolutely. We know that the sports park is not big enough to handle all of the softball and baseball tournaments, and so the idea would be to complement each other.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:34:55
“So I did have a couple of questions. So these would be three new positions, not including your current, because right now I think we have two historic preservation. Yes, ma'am.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:35:24
“And would all three of them have to be hired at once, or is that something we could do incrementally as we see what the need is?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:35:57
“And I know that we didn't get responses to the RFP. Did we ever reach out specifically to the city of San Elisario? I know that now there's been a meeting scheduled to talk to them about how they could help support and maybe help with some of the programming. But previously, did we ever...”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:36:29
“I thought for interlocals we could because it's another government.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:36:43
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Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:39:56
“I mean, I think I'd like to see how that might work. I, you know, we've been very hesitant to add new positions, and I understand this is hot fund funded and not general fund funded, these three new positions, but I just, I know that we've, as a court, I've been having these conversations about wanting to be careful and adding new positions. So I'd be interested to see if maybe there is a way to collaborate and enter into an interlocal with the city of San Isidro if they have the capacity to do it. It seems like they're interested in at least having those discussions before we approve hiring…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:42:10
“And I don't mean to suggest that we'd let Sonnelli take it over or the management or take the place of the heritage tourism or the genealogy society. I meant if there was a way for the county, I do think that the county should be responsible for the programming and take much more direct involvement in the management, but I'm wondering If instead of just relying on hiring new staff, there's a way we could work together kind of a combination of the two where we're maybe able to subcontract some duties to the city of San Elisario if they're interested again. I know you all haven't had that…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 7:58:20
“I mean, I know y'all are meeting with the city of San Elisario on the 30th, so I would prefer maybe coming back to this discussion after that meeting in case there are some new ideas or there is some way that the city can support the county's direct management of the Los Portales, maybe something we just haven't thought of. So before committing to three new positions, I'd like to see what maybe those discussions look like. And I don't know if that would give you maybe a little bit more time to maybe get some of the budget information that Commissioner Butler is asking for.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:19:58
“So there's multiple transfers that you're waiting on making because of the missing documentation? Yes.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:24:09
“Just to be clear, the amount remaining is the $8,674,000 and that is not enough to cover the expected salaries and fringe even if nothing else is spent in any other category.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:27:50
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Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:29:13
“But those reports that we requested back in April, as far as you know, were never submitted.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:32:10
“It's just having that information I think would help us all better understand why the expenditure of overtime funds is so far above and beyond what we've seen in prior years.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:34:04
“And I don't know if we necessarily set a deadline, but I think we were just expecting to have continuous information.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:35:07
“But that's a training nature. Are we addressing that?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:53:18
“So is there funding for this purchase that was already made with a P-card or had that budget line item already been exceeded?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:53:49
“Okay, so Danielle, do you know? Can you shed some light?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:56:08
“OK. And what were the replacement doors for?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 8:56:21
“Oh, because here it says to cover the cost of replacement doors.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 9:13:21
“Before you move on from that slide, I just want to make sure I have all the numbers. So the dramatic increase year over year in the general fund, the $45 million, you said that was partly due because of the higher appropriated fund balance of $22 million, and then also additional revenue. And that, I'm assuming, is the other $23 million in additional revenue?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 10:18:01
“And Judge, if I may, this is a question that I asked of county administration. I noticed that a couple of weeks ago, and I apologize, I don't remember the exact date of the meeting, but we had two people sign up for public comment. And it turns out that both of the comments were for items that were on the consent agenda. But by the time, because we vote on consent before we hear public comment, we ended up hearing one of the public comment after we had already approved the item on consent and the other public commentor declined to comment because we had already approved that item. So my…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 10:19:16
“If there was something that dictates this particular order.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 10:21:19
“And Cesar's really good about saying that. I know he always says, he asks, does any member of the court or the public have an item they wish to pull? But I just, I don't think the public is just generally aware that they can do that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026