Remarks by Morgan Hammer
226 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 10
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“284, because the contract, they're not doing the lower payment. That's what, four? 483. 483, okay.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 6:25:03
“No. Because you've got $284,686 just for three SROs.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Almost it would be over nine hundred thousand that you would need and those seven CEOs are only 637 I rather give you the money than buy new elections equipment that we don't need to buy.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“So we can cover that without tapping into our... General fund.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“And I will say that the voting equipment does add money back into the budget because every election – brings in dollars for that department.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Of the dollars coming in or the cost of the change? The dollars coming in. No, I do not, but that's actually really good. I should get that.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 6:37:35
“Yes. All right. This young lady, what is it? Yours is K9? Okay. Tell me. Well, we're probably going to.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“So we finally did it. It's been about a month since we've been working on this PSA, but we all came to terms with this contract to explore the options in the creation of the PUA.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Because only action can be taken in place during the budget workshop. Exactly.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“Oh, just a quick question. You already ran some numbers on that, Candice. What was the numbers? She said 70. Rough numbers.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 18, 2026
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“OH, HOW I ENJOY SITTING BETWEEN YOU ALL. SO THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY IS I THINK THE CATALYST OF EVERY SINGLE COMMENT THAT WE'VE HEARD IS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE. LIKE EVERYONE CARES ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL VISIBILITY STUDY? When is that done? What is the pulse on that?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“It would be included in this, correct. Okay, good. And I mean, we are road commissioners. That's what we do. So we have our precincts and we are put in charge of knowing the constituent basis and knowing where the quality of life needs to be improved for our constituents to make sure that they're not sitting in traffic for long periods of time. Winters Mill, perfect example. Nobody really wanted that road. Can't imagine life without it. Wonder World, nobody wanted that road. Can't imagine life without it. So there are these things that we have to understand and we have to plan for in the…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“No, I mean, I appreciate all of the work that you've done. And does this item cover us to talk about the budget in its entirety? Jordan?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“Perfect. So I have no intention on increasing our tax rate, and I know that our budget office has done a really great job balancing that budget. That being said, The way that it's balanced isn't truly setting us up for success in the future, pulling from the reserves to cover certain items here and there. So I do believe, I mean, if I was Bill Gates, I would give everyone raises. I'd approve all of these. But unfortunately, we're working with the taxpayer dollars, not at the end of the day. And I have a hard time going to them and increasing taking food off of their table that they have to go…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, when it comes to the freeze situation, I agree with both my colleagues. I do think that there needs to be a time and a place for it. I do think that if you did a freeze and you instituted a freeze, from one budget cycle to the next and just approved at budget cycle new positions, I think that that's something I could get behind. I also believe, I mean, we as a court said, whenever we started this process, we made it very clear that if you wanted a new position, justification and data were one of the things that we really wanted to see consistently. I believe Judge Smith has done…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“And I wanted to make a point. I don't want to sound like I'm just completely trying to get the budget at all costs. But when it comes to outsourcing them, it is actually cheaper. But us as a court have determined, isn't it cheaper? Let me just ask that. Is it cheaper to outsource the inmates in Haskell County?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“No, it is cheaper from that perspective, right?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“But it's important to the court that they're here. It's important for various reasons. So that is something that I just wanted to make a point of, that us doing that doesn't necessarily save money, but it is something that's important to every single one of us on the court.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“And I think a good example of that is whenever we had the broadest, an associate's contract, we were like, hey, we're not going to be touching this for a while. We've spent this amount of money. This is how much is left in the contract. Let's terminate now, and then we can always talk about it later. Exactly. So things of that nature.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, so this is an annual update that we are required to do within the PID, I guess, statute or agreement that we have with LACIMA, and P3 is here to kind of give us a little bit more information and details on each of those.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you for your two and a half hours.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“I just want to say I do think a public defender's office is is crucial to our criminal justice system. So I don't want to discount or discredit anything that you and your office do in any way, shape, or form. How much advance notice did you give us in that email from when the strike happened, from when you heard that it was a potential or you heard threats of it happening? I just want to know that timeline.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“You didn't hear any rumblings before that five days period?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“I would just probably reiterate the fact that I'm glad that y'all came to terms when you did. I would, if that were to be the case in the future, as soon as there's any type of rumblings or hearings or anything that is going through the grapevine of this being another potential, just to be able to reach out to the county as soon as possible and just let us know, because we just want to make sure that everyone's being taken care of.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026
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“Go to the little thing. Are you trying to do presentation?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 4, 2026