Remarks by Jacqueline Ott
223 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 9
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“They each had to come up individually, and we had to approve every time that their items that they asked for qualified for what we set this aside for, and they did it. There was a lot of hesitation that they wouldn't cooperate with the parameters we set, but they did. I think that Commissioner Gurman and I are both at a point where we're going to have I mean, I have a hard time voting for something that does not include this money. So I think that the judge is right. I think we should get down to that part. If we can have a third person support that, then I think we can move forward with it.…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“But they are. They're responding to way more calls. What you need is people. But they have a ton. Not equipment, people. But they have a ton of people. Their volunteerism is up.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I have no problem exploring all of those options. I have no problem setting money aside for a fire study to explore the ESDs. I have no problem with adding firefighters for GCFR right now. But we cannot add enough firefighters, and we cannot create an ESD tomorrow, and we won't get the money the next day to have sufficient fire protection for Precincts 1 and 4 right now. It's something we can't do. I mean, we can, again, we can beat this dead horse. we're putting our people at risk today right now if we don't have more money for these VFDs. And I want to say that being said, I am also in…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“You're setting them up to fail with these budget amendments. With all due respect, GCFR has two locations in Precinct 2. Precinct 2 has a lot of the city of Seguin. Precinct 3 is 90-something percent city of shirts. They all have paid fire departments.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“City of shirts or city of Cibolo. City limits. I'm sorry. But city limits. They have paid fire departments. The majority of the land in Precincts 1 and 4 are unincorporated areas. We are just not situated the same. We're just not situated the same. I understand why you guys are advocating for what you're advocating for.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes. Yeah, I think non-criminal activity is the positive thing.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Commissioner, if it's going to get you there, then we're going to do what we have to do.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So where did we land? Where did we land?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Commissioner Gurman. Tell me the... We're currently at 275.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, it's hard for us because ours used all of it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I do, but I wanted to make sure we finished it, because one of the things I had mentioned earlier was three reclassifications for the district clerk from clerk one to clerk two. The difference in that hourly is 1876 to 2007 for each one. I wanted to see how the court felt about that. I'm asking you how the court feels about it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Does he anticipate being able to continuously fund that on an annual basis out of asset forfeiture?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think we, do we want to talk about the regrade really quick? Do we want to talk about the regrades? If the court's not commenting, I'm not trying to force anyone to talk that doesn't want to speak. If the court doesn't have an appetite for it, of course I'm willing to move on. I just wanted to bring it up and see if that was something the court wanted to discuss. In the event that it's no, then yes. I'm willing to move to the constables.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't have an issue with that. Before we get to the two big ones, in regard to the Commissioner's Court Administrative Assistant, if the court is not willing to regrade hours, would the court be amenable to taking half of my conference budget?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean... My take from the responses thus far is that we are at a deadlock. And if not, then I was asking if there was some way to give her some of mine.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“The difference is $8,000 on this. It's the only person that serves multiple county officials. It's unique in comparison to anybody else.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“If there was a way to do it, yes, you can have it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:41:26
“Either way. I mean, if it means commuting or making a sacrifice, I'll make it. But I don't, based on these responses, I don't know that there's a way to do it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Judge, can you give us your vote on that?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“If we're not doing any regrades, if we cannot find $8,000 for our admin for a regrade, I don't see where we are going to be able to do that. If that's the reasoning for other folks here not wanting to do it for ours, then I would imagine that reasoning would apply to the others as well.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026