Remarks by Michelle Gutierrez Cohen
70 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Yeah, I just want to echo Commissioner Inglesby's comments and the support that you give our elections office every year. I know y'all are tight around election season, but yeah, it's a job that nobody knows what goes on behind the scenes until you're right, until you can't log on to something or password doesn't work, or all those things that we take for granted, I think, on a daily basis. But thank you so much for you and your team, for everything y'all do behind the scenes. And we sure have.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, it's just accepting the license agreement for their panel.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm recusing myself from G1 due to my stepfather working at Quiddity and yes to everything else.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“CHASE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Same. I am supportive of this agenda item and what we've decided as a court. I think we've kind of talked this to death, but I'm ready to move forward with it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“One thing I want to say about that is now that we have adopted, well, soon to officially, I know, the salary, I mean, I think the hope now moving forward is that we start moving to a structure that is merit-based, based on experience, education, certification, special skills, all those things that traditionally is how I think these performance, when the renewals or the annuals happen, is how we decide whether an employee gets a raise. And also, when they come, they get hired. If that position specifically asks for bilingual preferred, then I think that's where that would apply. I'm just not,…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“I think there's lots of jobs that do require that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, but some, I mean, if they don't have that skill set to do that job, I mean, in that case, then they don't get that pay, right? I mean, it's supposed to be used as rewarding for having the skill set, right? And that's what it's needed. I'm just... thinking maybe we don't need to address that here.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“So, I mean, this court has mentioned, I know I've mentioned it a few times, how I think we need to adopt an AI policy and procedures before we try and implement any new technology into our government systems. And I think a lot of counties and other cities are dealing with the same thing is how do we responsibly incorporate AI into our work? I mean, we had an agenda item on here before it was pulled to request exactly that. And so right now I'm feeling very uncomfortable with the whole AI conversation. And I'm fearful for our county that we don't have something like that in place. So that's my…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“And so I know y'all are comfortable with the technology because you said you vet it, but how do we make our community and our taxpayers more comfortable? Because those are the ones that are expressing that they're not comfortable. And so how do we bridge this gap, right?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Is Axson the only company that provides this service?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“clerk so and I agree with I want to keep the jp2 one and the jp5 the constable to deputy and the associate judge position management analysts auto theft detective everything else I am okay losing which is the basically the bottom of the list”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Does that include the associate judge or not?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“So this not only helps with our bond rating.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“I move to ratify the property tax increase reflected in the fiscal year 2027 Hayes County budget. The proposed budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $450,353 or 0.25% increase from last year's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $6,397,548.00. Second. Please call the roll.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“This is in regards to M3. Motion authorizing the county administrator's office and the director of facilities and resource management to obtain an inspection of the property located at or near 500 FM 150 East in Kyle, Texas, not to exceed 5,000 and waive the county purchasing policy of obtaining three quotes. Second.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just want to thank the coalition too for all the hard work that y'all do on a daily basis. It's definitely a passion, you know, that you are concerned about or you wouldn't do it and I definitely understand. I participated in that simulation last year and it was very eye opening to navigate or not being able to navigate resources, right? And so hopefully I can participate in that again. But I do want to thank all the work that all the organizations do around homelessness. Commissioner Hammer.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, thank you, Lisa and the team, I know, and the board members. There are some of them that are here. We all wouldn't do this if we didn't care about this issue. I mean, food insecurity is a big one. And I encourage anyone to go volunteer at the food bank, go participate in the distribution, because if you really want to know what's going on in your community, go to those, and you will see. And you will hear the stories of the struggle. And it really pulls at your heartstrings. And so the work that you all do is just phenomenal. And I'm so proud to be a board member. for the food bank, but…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I think Izzy's going to give some remarks.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, thank you all for being here for this. I think this court has always put mental health on the forefront of our initiatives, and we've always been so happy to support everything that everyone does. I know we have a lot of young people that struggle with depression and the initiative that our health department has launched to help get in front and just provide basic resources, providing the resource guide that can help people point to that. I mean, the work has just been phenomenal, not just from our health department, but everyone else who is involved. And I look forward to participating…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's something that's not tied to Axion.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, I honestly, I do see the importance of keeping our election equipment up to date, and we do care about our elections, and we want to make sure that that office has what they need to be successful, because this is a forward-facing service to our voters and our constituency, and I believe that we should make this investment. I also just want to mention, because of the hospital district petition that a feasibility study needs to be added to the budget somehow. Because if that means we have to eliminate something else to make that work, it's just that we have to have that now. And so I…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm recusing myself from this vote due to my stepfather working at Quigley.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, thank you so much for participating in this program. I'm glad to see that you see the importance of this work. And I hope that you are sharing your experiences with your friends and your fellow students, just expressing how important it is to be involved. I mean, we all need to be involved in these spaces to make a difference in your community, right? So you're starting to do that work, and I applaud you for that, and thank you very much for doing that. Thank you, Judge.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026