Remarks by Morgan Hammer
226 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 10
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“Yeah, no, I mean, I'd say that I think that it's an important thing to do, keeping up to date on our elections equipment. I support that initiative, and I've talked at length about it. I've tried to work in the budget as much as I possibly could for a no tax increase. That's I DON'T SUPPORT A TAX RATE INCREASE, SO I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT FALLS OUTSIDE OF THAT TAX RATE INCREASE, UNFORTUNATELY.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“And I do think that that's what reserves is for, for expenditures like this. I just can't foresee. I mean, I guess we're at 3 point, what is it, 3 point, say it again?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, we're just dwindling that down, though. I mean, what were we at three years ago in terms of the amount of months that we had built up in reserves?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“And if we do the 3.48, is that what it is? It's not what it is, right? 3.27. 3.27. If we do that 3.27, then we'll be at four months, correct?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So if we were to increase that amount that we're taking out of reserves, we're falling below the four months. That is correct. Yeah, I can.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“October last year, we approved a grant for $300,000. This is the agreement between Great Springs Project and Hayes County. They are the ones that are going to be completing the match of $75,000, and they're doing so with labor and other sorts of things, and this just outlines that agreement.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Of course all these people showed up. It's you. You're amazing. You're amazing at everything. The connections you make at the legislature. We are so lucky and blessed to have such a great elections administrator and I think everyone in this room will 100% agree with that. Exercising our right to vote is what makes America, America. Thank you all so much for all that you do. You guys put in long hours. Y'all do a lot to make sure that we have safe, secure elections. My favorite thing is the secure, efficient, trustworthy elections because we trust in that system. to elect the people that we…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, as a bobcat, not as an Aggie. There you go. Just kidding. But no, I went to school there, and what y'all are doing is, it's so great because I was in school, and all I could think about was get out of school, get done, and start my job, right? But y'all are taking it a step further. You're reaching out of your comfort zone, and you're going out, and you're doing great work. and you're getting to see firsthand what that's like, right? You just saw all of these election workers come in here and, I mean, what support that they had from this county. So thank you for all that you guys are…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“The fellowship that you have surrounding you, that's amazing. I'm all about network and bringing everyone to the table. I mean, Breaking Bread is a great name for an organization. I also do believe that doing all things with Jesus or with a faith-based intention is so important because the serving others aspect, strengthening local organizations, I mean, In my opinion, that's what I believe in big church, small government, and I think that that is y'all are doing great work, and you're getting out to the community and doing just that. Thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“I mean... What y'all deal with, it's something that I, like, some of these things I can kind of relate to in some certain way. Like, I have no idea. I mean, thank goodness that we have people like you guys to be able to do these prevention, these education, all of these things. Because, I mean, I break down every time I hear Janelle Rodriguez tell her story about Noah and what happened with him in the Forever 15 project. but those things are so powerful, because her having to relive that constantly is so, that would be probably the hardest thing for someone to have to do, but from, as a mom,…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Can I say one thing really quick? Sorry. I know that we talked about thank you to Matthew and his office and thank you to the sheriff's office and Hippolito. And then we also said something about former Sheriff Gary Cutler. Mark Andrews is also a huge part of all of this outreach. And I just want to make sure that he got the thanks that he deserves because he works every day hard on this. Beautiful.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“I MAY BE GIVEN A HARD TIME, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE BEANS IN MY CHILI. I KNOW, I KNOW. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. IT HAS TO BE HEARTY.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“ANYWAYS, FURTHER THE POINT, I DO BELIEVE EMERGENCY PREPARING IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST PART OF THE COUNTY. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH AND I PROBABLY EXPERIENCE THE MOST NATURAL DISASTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. Thank you guys for all that you do to bring in these vendors, to make people, I mean, someone can go through the emergency preparedness fair and they could quite literally get all of the supplies that they need there, take them home and have those in a kit. I know that's what I did. So, I mean, me being in the middle of it and in the thick of it,…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, so we have Tim Patek here with the City of Wimberley. So this ILA is going to be, I mean, we identified the Blue Hole Nature Center in Wimberley as one of the projects for the 2020 park bond. So this is just to engage in further talks and move it along the process.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“If I'm reading this correctly, I'm saying that they already, are you talking about this 2.5? Yeah. Yeah, I think that this is in addition to what they recommended.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“If you go back to where it says a 60% phase.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Go ahead. I completely echo what he's saying. Just to be able to know what does each paper, how many hours per person, or what does that look like? It would just give us some really great...”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“So I'm going to wrap that up really quick. So help me help you, right? If you guys can start tracking productivity, like what are your SOPs? What are your standard operating procedures on each of what you have to do? Walk us through that so we can help you justify why you will need more people. And, I mean, it will make sense at the end of the day, but right now we – we have a, we're not able to see that transparency just through these numbers, right? We need a little bit more data and a little bit more work on your end. And I know it's not easy. Everything is very different, but we can take…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“So, just hitting things real, I think that your office did a great job presenting the bilingual skill set. I do think, you know, having additional skill sets that go outside the realm of what we're asking for should be compensated. I mean, even with the JOHNSON COUNTY FOR THEIR FY26 OF $50 A MONTH. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY, I FEEL LIKE, IMPLEMENT TO ENCOURAGE THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER POSITIONS, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO JUSTIFICATION AND THE NUMBERS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I'M SURE DANIEL…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“244 minutes. I knew he was going to have the exact.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, that's why I like the idea of a full-time Yeah, I mean with his case.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“No, I do believe, and I know that Daniel made comment during public comment portion, which I thought was really beneficial to hear, is, you know, statutorily, what do we do? From a county perspective, I think we need to look at what we statutorily are required to do and make sure that we're doing those things with, you know, utmost efficiency and delivering those great quality products to our clients, or clients, constituents.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Commissioner? No, thank you very much for all of these numbers. This is a great breakdown. Do you have, like, about how long each of these take?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“And do you have any, I mean, I just want to know, because I know every department's very different. We have a lot of different technology and services, ERP systems, those types of things. Does it log, like, how long each call takes? Does it give you that data?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Is it like, did it have a CRM built into it? Customer Relationship Management. Relationship Manager. Mm-hmm. Like, good. IDEAS LIKE THIS PERSON CALLED, THIS WAS THEIR CALL. SO THEY CAN TAKE NOTES, YES. YES, EXACTLY.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026