Remarks by Jacqueline Ott
223 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 9
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“Whereas Guadalupe County is committed to protecting the lives and property of its residents from fire and promoting fire prevention throughout our communities, and whereas Fire Prevention Week, observed annually in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, provides an opportunity to educate the public about fire prevention and life-saving safety practices, and whereas the 2026 Fire Prevention Week theme, Charge into Fire Safety, Safe Charging is a Superpower, focuses on preventing fires involving lithium-ion batteries commonly used in phones, laptops, power tools, e-bikes, scooters,…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE HIRED, BROUGHT US, AND I THINK I WAS IN FAVOR OF THAT FOR some large projects. And I just want to revisit the intent of the court as to the sizing of the projects. Were we wanting to have somebody managing this regardless of the size? Or if there's something smaller like this, was that our intent for all of it? Was it our intent for just some of the larger things?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“That, in addition to, we... We had a chief's meeting with all the volunteer fire departments to discuss funding, et cetera, and to talk about their requests for this budget coming up. And of course, the prior, which is what we're talking about right now, and the allocation. And so we did have participation from everyone except for York Creek VFD. Chiefs and representatives from the other seven were present. And then I did inquire at that time if anyone had spoken, anyone from York Creek VFD or if anyone would speak to anyone from York Creek VFD to try to get in touch with them so that they…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“So I did discern that was the response They were very grateful for what they got and Didn't mean to interrupt sorry go go ahead judge I”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I DO HAVE A COMMENT ON IT AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO ME CREATING ALL OF THESE OPTIONS AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT I BELIEVE THE INTENT OF THIS LINE WAS AND WHEN WE MADE OUR decision last budget cycle to have this line it was an emergency vfd line and part of the agreement this court made was that we were approached by the vfds as to their specific needs that were emergent needs or pressing needs in some way and so when the different fire departments came to us some initially with certain amounts when we had this discussion in court, and some at later dates that did submit…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Motion to approve budget amendment 26-102 as amended as follows to allocate the remaining funds from the volunteer fire departments as indicated on option 1, option 2, or option 3 as amended to give Lake McQueenie Volunteer Fire Department the entirety of the funds, that being $29,498. Second.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Excuse me, I was using the number that was on the office.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Move to approve the capital projects fund bill list.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“Move to approve the capital fund bill, capital project fund bill list with the exception of vendor number 12747. Second.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 29, 2026
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“I would like Judge Hines to have an opportunity to come up and address the court.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So one of the things that when this was brought up earlier, I said that I wasn't educated enough about at the moment because I had reshifted my focus a little bit with the most recent proposal. So I'm glad that you're here to talk to us about it, is that I know that sometimes the county attorney can fill the role of a staff attorney in a sense. But when it comes to things that are, of course, criminal, then you would have your conflict of interest. So I wanted to talk a little bit about that and talk about maybe I think really also research for the courts probably, right, and briefing on…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is the county attorney's office even able to fully research or give opinions on certain criminal cases when they're the prosecuting entity?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I wanted to talk about suppression issues as well for the court. And just what that means is that often in cases, one side will present a motion to suppress, and so that will be suppressing evidence so that the judge or jury, whoever the trier of fact is, cannot consider that evidence and ultimately reaching a verdict. And so that decision by a judge is really important because if they do suppress that evidence and later it's appealed and that appeal is granted, that it means that case has to be tried again with that evidence in consideration for that subsequent verdict, which is bad. It's…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“playing ping pong, but on the same side here, I suppose. But as you all know, the legislature does potentially change every two years. And so I remember as a prosecutor with jury charges, with child victim cases, feeling very challenged about hoping that that jury charge was perfect, and then sometimes you're wanting to research an issue and not even really know, like, what all do I need to research based on all these legislative changes, and I hope I get this right, and the judge told me to come back in 15 minutes, and is that enough time? And I think that is really difficult. It is really…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm in support of the staff attorney. I think that we have not done paid re-raids across the board, and I think for consistencies in fairness purposes, I think that we need to stay consistent. I am on board with the staff attorney. I really think it's very important and be very meaningful.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can we pull the chart? I'm sorry, Judge. No, no. Can we pull the chart back up with the options?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“When you say tax rate decrease, we are just talking about a decrease in the ceiling, correct?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“As it turns out, 11 and a half hours makes my brain go...”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, so let's can we talk about the options on on both far sides of this if that is our that is our prize package If we pulled none out of general funding it all went into a tax increase versus if we pull if we did no tax Increase and pulled it all at a general fund. What are our parameters and what's in the middle?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm sorry. I was just, if you could just give the boundaries of each one and then we can talk about what the range that we're working within. No, no problem.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“5.65 increase is pulling 2.1 out of reserves.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So we could move money from the two, the building and the land purchase.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 29:52
“If we move back to 4%, it would be 2.1 plus that figure at the bottom of the 4%. Correct.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So that would be the building purchase line, the land purchase line, and the little less than $300,000 that would come out of potentially the text dot match. Is the TxDOT match an estimate or is the TxDOT match something that it's like an all-or-none package?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026