Remarks by Jacqueline Ott
223 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 9
- Play at 6:51:35
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:53:09
“Okay. Do you want me to read off these notes when we talk about this or not and that's fine?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:53:26
“If we are not doing regrades, which it looks like we are not, and we are not doing any additional full-time positions that are not fire and law enforcement related, I'm looping in the prosecutor's paralegal into that, then I don't think so.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:04:41
“I don't understand why, Sheriff, you are under the impression that we are against the SROs.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:05:16
“No, that's not what I said. What I said in our budget meeting, I asked if you could go back and see if you could negotiate a better deal for us because I became aware that other school districts were contributing more, whether it be through PTO, because I had seen that several times occur, or it had been through the school district that were helping supplement the cost. I wasn't saying parents should pay for it. I wasn't saying I was against it. I was simply asking back in May if you would be willing to see if they could come back with a better offer because I was seeing around the state…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think we're just trying to have a conversation to understand where it's coming from. Because I personally am not against it at all. I think it's a great thing that we have them in schools. That wasn't it. I was trying to see if they could give us a better deal so that we could do more. That's all. I mean, there's no reason or motivation that I would possibly have for not doing that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:06:30
“And I think it's unfortunate if that was a miscommunication that we did not understand each other at that moment. But I think that what we have to do is move forward in the best way that we can. It's really our only choice. So...”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:08:48
“That's correct. There were two months between May. It was two and a half months between this conversation. I believe our conversation was in the May teens. And we found out that bad information on July 27 I think regardless we can get mad at each other over what I think is a Misunderstanding because I think it is your intention to help the schools. It was also our intention to help the schools truly.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:19:31
“I think I need to understand more about how this works, because we talk about going out to fires, and there needs to be X amount of people operating a fire truck, four at least, probably five, right? Eventually, yes. No, to respond to a structure fire, right?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:20:54
“So the triplet one, one-on-one for each of the shifts will make a difference? Yes. It's not one of those?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:21:35
“And I'm sorry to sound ignorant about this, but on each shift right now, are there each of these, are there a captain and a lieutenant on each of the current shifts?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:21:50
“And those are all full? Yes. And so you're asking for the insertion of this captain into the hierarchy, which would be higher than all of those folks. Is that correct?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:22:49
“Okay. How does that work with the... Why hire captains at that level versus promoting lieutenants and hiring firefighters?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:23:36
“Yeah, I'm really not trying to ask ignorant questions here. I'm seeing the difference between the captain and the firefighter being significant. I mean, I'm almost too tired to math, but $45,000-ish per?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:24:18
“I guess I'm confused about why we are not opening this to three firefighters.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:36:11
“I was just going to say there's a lot of stuff in shirts. Have you seen those rooms?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:36:25
“I totally understand. I just wanted to make sure that you knew.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:37:29
“Okay. Does anybody have it written down? Do you want me to read what I have?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:37:57
“I don't have a single re-grade on this list that I collected that the court agreed on.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:38:32
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:39:27
“No, I know. But what I'm saying is I know that the county attorney's office in other counties that I am familiar with or have worked in have have been able to provide some of that guidance and work. I don't know what that is, what the situation is. I just don't know one way or the other. I haven't had the occasion to discuss that. I think it's something that will be needed in the short future. But again, I don't know. I don't know if that would be something that could be contracted out for them. What's that?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:40:34
“To be honest, I have not thought enough about that to make a decision about that at this point in time, because that was something I thought was off the table with the progression in the proposition that was provided to the court. And had it not been, I would have thought more about that, but that is something that I thought that we were... And I know that it was... in exchange for, because there were other things that were prioritized. But that's not something that I have completely thought through. I do see where it will be necessary in the very near future, though.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:41:15
“I don't feel educated enough about the topic right now to speak on it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:43:03
“Yeah, I'd like to know what the numbers are.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 7:43:07
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Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026