Remarks by Morgan Hammer
226 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 10
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“Okay, so now going to the three new justice clerks, JP 1-1, 2-1, and 5.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. One new deputy constable for precinct two, constable two.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“The review will be in motion. Did we talk about doing a review for the constables? I did not remember that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“I think doing evaluation is important. I'm going to move to give the one new deputy constable to constable of Precinct 2.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“One new parks supervisor, effective 1-127.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. One new assistant auditor, payroll manager.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Pre-trial, one new judicial services officer. One.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“ONE NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYST. Move to keep.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. One new assistant human resources director. I'm guessing it's effective for one. It just says F.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“One new assistant human resources director. I'm guessing that's effective either. Are we saying 1-1 or 4-1?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“One new property tax application specialist for the tax office.”
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“Development Services, one new environmental health technician.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“How much did we come to after deleting everything that we did?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“And how much are we coming out of our current reserves right now?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“If you continue, when you think about next year, we already have $6 million accounted for that we're going to have to figure out, right?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“I mean, I don't support an increased period, right? But if the way to do it was to, from a tax perspective, and setting us up for success next year, it would be to put this money in the reserves currently and to maintain that reserve balance.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Let's just give a little bit of clarity. So right now we're coming out of reserves for FY27 $3.8 million. all of the cuts that we just made give us an additional $1.2 million. So we can put that into reserves, and that 3.8 minus that 1.2 comes out to be 2.6 that you're taking out of reserves instead of that 3.8. That keeps the tax rate the same, though. It doesn't decrease the tax rate. But then again, for next year, we have the tax rate of you know, the one, the point, what is it, total? I'm looking at the increase. What is it total?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Per $100. Correct. Does that make, is that? Mm-hmm. Got it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“So then you come out for the tax rate. And that $1.2 million equates to, like, what? You said a quarter of a penny?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. So then it brings the tax rate down to .996?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“We could do a mix. I mean, y'all could do a mixture where you go and you put some in reserves, and that's always an option, too.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“The 1.2 is everything together, including the $333,000, correct? Yes. That is what would make the 1.26 cents.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“This is when I say we need a whiteboard. I really want a whiteboard.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“That's why I said you could do a motion.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026
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“WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST AGREED UPON WOULD BRING THE TAX RATE INCREASE TO 1.0592. YES, COMMISSIONER. PUTTING THAT $333,000 INTO OUR TAX RATE TO LOWER IT WOULD BRING THE TAX RATE TO .9827. EXACTLY. YES.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 15, 2026