Remarks by Walt Smith
279 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 12
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“Thank you. Judge, one moment. I would just say this is a presentation that needs to be done.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. If not, I'll place it on the next agenda. It's already on there.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think that our community probably doesn't understand the just breadth of the folks who work with y'all's organization and how many organizations here in our community participate in it throughout the year. We always try to promote the point-in-time census, and y'all have done a phenomenal job with that. It breaks my heart when people think that's the one thing y'all do each year, because we know so much better. And it's not a problem that is just around once a year. We don't do this proclamation once a year just to recognize that it's a problem now. I mean, it truly is a growing issue in…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, and I want to give you kudos for the relationships that you build with those other food pantries and those other entities that help distribute throughout the county. We have some pretty far-flung ones out there and y'all have always been there to help support them I I really do appreciate that especially on the far west side There is one thing that I'd be remiss if I didn't say this, you know, I sincerely appreciate COMMISSIONER COHEN SERVING ON THE BOARD AND REPRESENTING THE COUNTY, BUT THERE'S ONE ACTION OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBER WOULD TAKE EVERY YEAR THAT SHE HAS YET TO DO, AND I'M…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'VE CARRIED THIS RESOLUTION THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. Suicide's pretty personal. My family has suffered. And I say that in a way because, I say that because those who are left behind, they suffer. And I've watched my family go through those things. And it's always hard for me whenever we do this resolution because there's been many years when we've done it and I've sat here and I know six people in this room, seven people in this room who have suffered because of the loss from a suicide. And whenever COVID hit, one of the first things that I looked at, I had served on the Tripping Springs…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“As you know, you and I were on the first Core 4 partnership. We were the two representatives from the county. I'm glad we have professionals in there now.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm fine with voting on it today. We have a posted workshop, so.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“There are a number of things in here that we've already voted to accept. The collective bargaining, we know we've reserved funding for that. The removal of the officers, the school resource officers, the sheriff's office HR regrade, JP21, Constable Precinct 2 and 4, we made an agreement that we would look at pulling those in. These all have an April start date, so they would fall after and could fall into the proposed review that we all voted for last week. Um, auto theft detective has already been approved. The only, the only real question as far as the act, well, that's what I started to…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, we have both someone from the Sheriff's Department and someone from elections here. Yep. So if we want to do axon first, is there anything additionally that we want to discuss relative to the axon before we vote on it?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I was just going to ask, given that we have an item in front of us, what specific was left out?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So what change would you suggest to it currently?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I would say this letter from the sheriff's office I mean, if there's any action, literally, this is just our expectations within this individual contractor outlined in this letter. It's very specific. I do agree with you. A general consensus, I think we can reach that. But on this specific item, I think it's very clear exactly what they're doing. And so I would go ahead and say we should probably vote to accept this letter. whether we move forward with the contract or not. We need to do that, and then we can look at the budget item.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Please call the roll. Just to be clear, this is... Axon only. Well, just to be clear, we're calling the roll on G18, which is the acceptance of the letter from the Sheriff's Department.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So what I would like to do is move for inclusion in the budget for the Axion low P&T or low payment option for the first year payment of a 10-year contract.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Understood. Thanks. And the rate that we passed, the max rate that we passed last week would more than accommodate that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I just want to clarify, y'all do not have a contract in front of you today. I move for inclusion in the budget. Thank you for that clarification.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. And I think that... Our elections administrator, I'm sorry, I'm trying to find my notes here. Thank you, Chief. She gave us some information additional today. And if we would, I would like to open up another additional agenda item to have a discussion. For K-1? That's hers. I believe it is K-1, yes.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Do we know what that budget impact is? Just like how much? For example, do we know how many hours we had last year that we had to pay for? Scott?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, that's what I was wondering. So the 50% that the county pays, so forgive my ignorance here, but would that mean if we raised it $2, we would pay $1?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. To break it down, it would be a dollar.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm not asking to raise all early voting clerks at work. No, no, no. I'm thinking it's got to be less than a few. It can't be more than a few thousand dollars is what I'm thinking. Okay.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Closer to three. Just for clarification, I know you ran some numbers and I saw you jot them down while we were talking. We currently charge $175,000. Is that correct? Correct. And when was the last time we changed this?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm 100% fine with doing this, but I know that you jotted down some numbers as far as the off-year election in 2025 and I think the May election. Could you share those with us as far as how much?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THE NEW RATE SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED AND BACK UP FOR ITEM K-1.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I THOUGHT WE OPENED IT. Motion is second, and it's already backed up, so it's automatic. I just want to make sure.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026