Remarks by Jackie Butler
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“Whereas the youth of our nation are among our greatest assets, and investing in their education, technical skills, and professional development strengthens our workforce, economy, and communities. And whereas the David L Carrasco Job Corps Center has proudly served the El Paso community for 56 years, providing tuition-free academic education, career technical training, and workforce development opportunities to young adults throughout El Paso and the surrounding region. and whereas the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center empowers students to earn a high school diploma or high school…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 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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“If it's okay with Commissioner Orguina, I'd like to make a motion to approve. Thank you, Commissioner.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Not sure if our district clerk has any comments. Okay.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Is there a reason why, I know we talked about this briefly last week, but the $300,000 for capital that GPD is requesting, that wouldn't be taken out of the CIP budget that we just approved?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Well, but we just approved the 2.4 million additional to CIP.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Are there any other departments that we took out their CIP requests?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“I was thinking out loud. I think because JPD has a separate board and a separate process for approving their budget, I think I'm okay with the CIP request. I just want to make sure that we're fully accounting for all of the CIP somehow. So it's not just the 2.4 million, it's the additional requests from these other departments.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“I AM SUPPORTIVE OF RAISING OUR MINIMUM WAGE TO $16 AN HOUR. It's an inevitability that we have to increase our minimum wage and take care of every employee at the county. I for all of these action items that we're taking today, my preference is not to increase taxes at all and to stick with the no new revenue rate. So I'm supportive of it conditionally.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“How is the process going for those who wish to get an exemption from the 16-week hiring?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“I think we should reduce the waiting period to eight weeks. I'd be fine with eight weeks. And I think that, you know, keep in place the review committee and demonstrates a little bit of constraint in hiring quickly and also help to boost some savings.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“So they're asking for their overtime budget to be made whole entirely from what they requested?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“They requested $28,247, and then the recommended was $19,536. That to me seems about $9,000.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Well, because my understanding, and this is only because I met with the precinct one constable, is that they did cut about 1.5% of their budget. And so... That's one of the reasons I was okay with the action before this one. So did the constable of Precinct 4 cut any?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Well, in that case, I see it differently than the situation with precinct one constable in various ways.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“I'm hesitating to second Commissioner Coronado. Okay. Do you understand what I'm saying?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“It doesn't look like there's a second then. Yeah. That's good.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Commissioners, Judge, I know that this has been an ongoing discussion and the last time we did discuss it, we did talk about budget implications and if we are going to in any way implement and enforce not just a county-wide fire code, which we passed last year, but the outdoor business order, which is a priority for residents in my precinct, we absolutely need a plan. And a plan without a budget will not move the needle on this process at all. And so I really appreciate the opportunity to set aside this funding. We may not need it. We may not need all of it. We might need more of it depending…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“I'm going to make a motion to approve. I think Commissioner.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Did we ever find out what the cause of the meal increases going was? Why we're having to pay the 1.5 million for meals?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Chair Chief Chaites has an answer for us.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“I just have a few brief comments and I wanted to start by thanking our county administrator and her team and our auditor and our budget director. These conversations about not only our budget but our tax rate happen on a continual basis and I think Betsy you heard us loud and clear over the past eight to ten months that we did not want to increase the tax rate this year. Or at least that was my feedback. And so I appreciate that the budget that we've built and that we're building is based off of a no new revenue rate. That makes it a lot easier for us to make the decision about the tax rate.…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I think a lot of my questions are very specific to timelines and funding allocations and numbers, both in terms of the county's contribution and property contributions. assessed property values over time. So hopefully by the time we see each other again, those will have been answered and resolved. But I just want to echo the comments of Commissioner Ongine. I know that if there was a municipality in Montana Vista, I would want the county to partner with that municipality to provide quality of life services that not one county or one municipality can do on their own. And I…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Are we going to be able to take a small break or we're just powering through? Oh, okay.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026