Remarks by Morgan Hammer
226 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 10
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“THAT'S GOOD. IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT DATA, I WOULD LOVE THAT. COMMISSIONER SMITH?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you for coming up and thank you for advocating for those. Of course.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Is it okay if I just correct something just for the public to understand? Because she said that we're 70% to 80% below market. it's 70 to 80% of the people that are below. I just wanted to make that very clear. Oh, I'm sorry. No, no, no, you're good. I think you know what you were trying to, I just didn't want to, I'm like, whoa, that's really low.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“No, thank you for presenting, and thank you for understanding where we're at in our budget process. We appreciate that and the deferrals that you did make. I know that the regrades, the staff attorney, I'm writing everything, the auditor, TO STAFF ATTORNEY, IS THAT CORRECT?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“So that's pretty much all that you're asking for in terms of extra dollars to go into it? Okay, good. I just wanted to make sure that we got a full understanding because the deferrals that you were making were not in the recommended? Correct. Correct. Okay. Just making sure. Thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Is this per day, per week, per month? This is per day. Per day.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“That amount of data and exactly how you broke it down is 100% what I want to see for almost every single position. That was incredible. Big fan of that and being able to justify why new positions are important. I like how you said from a statutory standpoint what services that we have, and this is something that we are required to do statutorily. So it's important, and I appreciate all the effort that you put into that. Thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“It's payment. That's why I said payment.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Is there any way we can get copies of that?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“It would be nice to have. I mean, I think this is nice to have. I also really would like the HR presentation, too. I think that's a good... Well, I guess it would be all on this one.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, chime in just for a second. I've had conversations with Sheriff Hippolito, and I mean, I know he's here, but after we talked about the 21 that are currently open and the removal, the deletion of those seven, he still, because I said, is an initiative of bringing home all of our inmates, is that still possible? And he says that he thinks it can be done with what we have after the seven are removed, correct? I DID HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT FOR A SECOND WITH HIM. WE, WHENEVER WE TALKED, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE HE IS TAKING AWAY FROM HIS…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“I want to also say from the Axon AI things, I mean, there are some. It's not just like these funds are going to – I understand it kind of puts us in a bind from years to come. I completely get that. But it also helps us. It has that translator service to it. We pay for translation service right now from a – within the CBA, so we pay per person, that would eliminate that cost there. I mean, it would eliminate it, correct? The cost from our, because you would have a translation service.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Sure. I was going to say, his department was one of the only, I mean, I believe his department was the only department that I've talked to that says, I'll give this up for this.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I just need to say something. Whenever I said that he was the only department that came up, the county clerk, did they give up anything that wasn't in the recommended budget or that was in the recommended budget?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“These are things that have been in his budget for quite some time.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. I understand there's only one of me on this court, and I do understand how everyone understands how I feel about increasing the tax rate. So I feel like this is kind of being done a little out of order and a little crazy in the way the process is. But I respect every single one of y'all, and I knew that you guys have different priorities and perspectives in mind. But I will work with whatever budget is adopted and set forth, and I will do the best that I can. But right now, what we currently have going on is not sustainable in any way, shape or form. How much are we coming out of…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“So 3.6 million is coming out of reserves. If y'all are going to add a penny and not fund reserves, we're just setting us up for failure next year. Property rates are not going up right now. I mean, the real estate market's not great. So how are we going to sustain this that we're currently doing? I really want to know because I've tried to make numbers work and I can't see any sustainability to it, which is devastating because you have people up here that care so much about what they're presenting and you want to give them more, but there's no way to do this with coming out of reserves that…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“And I mean, and I hear the court and I understand where everyone stands on where they feel raising the taxes and those types of things, right? My biggest thing is sustainability and making sure that what we're doing is going to be something that every single, I mean, because I know I've got, TWO MORE BUDGET CYCLES TO GO THROUGH. I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE STRESSED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS AND NOT FAILURE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR BOND RATINGS DON'T DROP. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT DANIEL PRESENTED WITH THAT BREAKDOWN OF…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, and Judge, to be completely honest, the option two for the salary increases, I've tried all, like all get out to try to get that and fit that in with no new tax increase. And it's almost impossible. And that's, I was going to say, I care and I support our people. We keep hearing. Yeah. constantly that we need to take care of people. And I understand that, but we're also hearing that we need to make sure our people have a livable wage. So maybe we can work. We don't have to do option one or two. Maybe we take care of the people underneath the average, which the average is what? 71,400.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“BUT MAYBE WE TAKE ANOTHER APPROACH BECAUSE I'M JUST TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE CAN DO OPTION TWO AND NOT INCREASE THE TAXES.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Very well done. Average call time. I mean, you could do that. Yeah, you can nail it.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, I just want to touch chase was nodding his head.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'm fully supported. This is seven for I mean, it's sheriff's office just taking the funds and reallocating them.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“No, it's the three SROs. It's the Axon, Axion or Axon. I thought it was just Axon. And then it's the auto theft detective. And in Sandra, her pay increase is already taken care of. So we don't have to worry about that.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 6:23:55
“Okay. Yeah, I don't think because you've got 96 plus the 284. Oh, yeah.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026