Remarks by Iliana Holguin
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Maybe we could say at the start of the next fiscal year. We might even be able to get it easier.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Judge. So we've recognized a lot of incredible student athletes this morning and of course a family, the legacy of a family involved in a very important athletic field here in our community. And so we're getting ready to recognize another incredible group of athletes. And I know that the students couldn't be here with us today, but I think that they're gonna be appearing by video, so hopefully they're getting connected. But I know that we do have George Gaspard, the president of the Border Youth Association with us. And oh, some of the students I think were able to make it…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Judge. Yes, it's phenomenal how many incredible student athletes El Paso County produces, and you all are definitely in that group. And I have no doubt that next year we'll be celebrating you all bringing home the national championship. So good luck.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“If we could have you come up for a photo.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you so much, Cesar. If I could just provide a very brief introduction and then pass it over to our staff for their presentation that they have. First of all, I want to thank all of our veterans who are here. Thank you for joining us. I know many of you came from communities that are further away, Tornillo, Faven, Socorro, San Elisario. Thank you so much for being here this morning, and thank you for your support for this item. Just to give a little bit of background, so the Neighborhood Improvement Program, which this court has funded for the past several years, allows…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Oh, we do have public comment. I'll second the motion, but if we could hear public comment. Thank you, Daniela.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Well, just once again, I'd like to thank all of our veterans for being here and thank you for everything that you do to honor and remember all of our veterans and those that have already passed. Thank you all.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“And Betsy, I think you were checking to make sure that the required paperwork and application had been completed.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“So, Carmen, the recommendation would be to maintain the 209-846 in the uniform line item, but reduce that from the three manly and ops contingencies?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“So then we don't have to take action on item five, which was the closing item? Correct.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“But that was in their budget that they submitted. Yes, ma'am. OK.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“The impact is $475,000 minus the $58,000 reduction. All right.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“which is back here pending adjustment to their budget but the new positions the three new positions in the capital request those are going to account for those yeah those were not included in the recommended book but they are included in jpd's budget that is now going to go into our recommended book correct so that's still going to be an impact into our recommended book”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Are you suggesting commissioner that JPD make that 300,000 capital request through the CIP process rather than specifically included in their budget?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“So option E, for example, would be an additional 1.7 impact in addition to the 9.2. Yes, that's correct. That's already included in the recommended budget. Yes, ma'am.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, and I know that in the upcoming slides, we also have the proposed increase to the retirees, and I think that's very, very, very important. So that's an additional, that's going to be an additional impact. But we can't leave our retirees behind either.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“So even if we approve this 1% increase, that's not going to get the retirees to the level they were at in 2025, right? They're still going to be below that level?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“If I could just comment. You'll notice that we've approved either partially or fully a majority of the requests. I think it's because the committee does recognize that these are important positions. While we are trying to save as much as we can in salaries, we also don't want the departments to forego very needed employees. So I think, though, to Commissioner Coronado's point last week, we may want to look at maybe reducing the period because 16 weeks is, you know, that is, like you mentioned, a third of the year. So I think it's important to continue the policy to try to continue to reduce…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“I, I, yeah, I think, I don't think we're in a place yet where we should get rid of the policy completely, but I definitely think that we can reduce the number of weeks. Maybe between the eight and the 12, maybe 10 is the, you know, the, the middle ground.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Judge, I think Betsy's suggestion for the eight weeks to make sure that all vacation, potential vacation time is paid out is a reasonable next step. And then we can always come back and look at the hiring waiting freeze again, just depending on how things are going. So I would move to reduce it to eight weeks.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“And I thought it was pretty clear from our discussion that those decisions that we made would go into effect in January, 2027. I thought that was pretty clear, so I'm sorry to hear that you received comments contrary to that. But I know anyone that I spoke to, I always made sure that for all the changes that we made, everyone understood they were going into place in 2027, January 27, not October.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“And Judge, while we're waiting for the voting to come up, I just wanted to take a moment to thank our county attorney, Christina Chanchez, for doing that, for taking that step. It certainly wasn't something that you had to do, but it really shows your character and your leadership, the fact that you are doing it. So thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“If I could, Judge, I agree that our constables do so much additional work. They all go above and beyond. The reason I'm going to be voting no on these requests is because I don't think it's fair that all of the other constables' offices and every other department, really, except for very few, have met their 2% cut, and that's my hesitancy in restoring these requests, because all of our other constables did have to meet those cuts, as did a large majority of our departments. But it's not because I question the work that the constables do. They do incredibly important work, but we did ask all…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“So what is the, I mean, do we have an actual budget for these funds? Because I didn't see that in the backup.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026