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10 A.M. APRIL 14TH, 2026, AND ECTOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IS NOW IN SESSION. IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER MIKE GARDNER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER BILLY HALL. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. OUR MOST KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER. LORD, WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GIVE US. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT HAVE COME OUT TODAY TO BE A PART OF COMMISSIONERS COURT TODAY. FATHER, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'D GIVE GIVE THEM A SAFE JOURNEY BACK TO WHEREVER THEY GO WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE. LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD LEAD, GUIDE AND DIRECT US IN DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY. FATHER, WE'D MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND AND BETTERMENT FOR THE COUNTY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR MILITARY AND THOSE THAT SERVE AND PROTECT US EACH AND EVERY DAY. FATHER, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU PUT YOUR HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM, FATHER AND LORD, JUST PUT YOUR HAND ON THEM. LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE THERE AND THAT YOU'RE THERE FOR THEM. FATHER. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEM. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT COME TO WORK EVERY DAY. LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER THEM, TAKE CARE OF THEM. FATHER AND LORD. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THE COURT AND AND FATHER, HELP US TO BE A GOOD GOVERNING BODY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON JESUS THAT DIED ON THE CROSS FOR HIS FATHER. AS WE'RE REMINDED IN THE LAST WEEK, THE SACRIFICE THAT HE MADE FOR US. LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD. WATCH OVER AND AND TAKE CARE OF US, LORD, AND JUST ASK. IN JESUS PRECIOUS AND POWERFUL NAME WE PRAY. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. LET PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. AS
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WITH ALL MEETINGS OF THE ECTOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, IT IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. IF YOU WISH TO DO SO, YOU CAN FIND A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FORM FOUND AT THE FRONT TABLE. YOU CAN FILL ONE OF THOSE OUT AND BRING THOSE FORWARD TO OUR COUNTY CLERK, JENNIFER MARTIN, AND SHE'LL HAND THOSE OVER TO ME, AND WE WILL HAVE YOU SPEAK BEFORE THE COURT AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOU CAN ALSO SCAN THE QR CODE AT THAT FRONT TABLE, AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THE EXTENDED AGENDA. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG TO ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS OF WHICH WE ARE VOTING ON IN THIS AGENDA. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FORMS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH MR. JIM MOODY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD FOR YOUR THREE MINUTES.HELLO JUDGE. MY SITUATION I GOT PEOPLE COME OUT THERE IN WEST ODESSA. THEY'LL BUY A PROPERTY.
NO PROBLEM. THESE TRUCKING COMPANIES, THEY COME OUT THERE, THEY'LL BUY US LAND, THEY'LL OPEN UP TRUCK SHOPS, THEY'LL TRASH THEM. TRUCKS OUT, THROW THEM OUT, PULL THEM APART, THROW THEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I GOT ONE OUT THERE BESIDE ME. HE DECIDED TO DO THIS. HE GOT ONE SITTING RIGHT ON MY FENCE LINE. HE GOT ME SITTING ON THE BACK TRUCK MOTOR SITTING OVER HERE. HE'S GOT SEVERAL OUT THERE. JUST JUNK. NOW OVER ON FOUND FORTUNE 500 ROAD. THEY'VE DONE THAT. THEM PEOPLE PUT EIGHT FOOT METAL FENCES. YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. HE AIN'T NOTHING BUT CREATING A HAZARD. HE'S PARKING TRUCKS AT NIGHT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. PARKING, DESTRUCTION. HE COMES AFTER HE WORKS THEM TRUCKS OUT THERE ON THE PROPERTY. THAT'S CONTAMINATION. AND BY LAW, IF YOU HAVE A TRUCK SHOP, YOU GOT TO HAVE A PLACE FOR ALL WASTE DISPOSAL. HE HAS NOTHING. HE MADE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK LIKE CRAP. HE CAUSING PROBLEMS. I ASKED Y'ALL TO INVESTIGATE. DO WHAT YOU NEED. RECENTLY, A TRUCK PARKED ON THE SIDE ROAD OUT THERE. THEY FINALLY GET IT. HAD PORTILLO TRUCKING ON IT THROUGHOUT IDAHO. SOME OF THE TRUCKS HE'S RUNNING, SAYS PORTILLO. TRUCKING OUT OF IDAHO.
WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS MESS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MOODY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE SHIRLEY JO KELLY. YOU'RE UP. SORRY. GOOD MORNING SHIRLEY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL PASS THAT AROUND, I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M HERE BECAUSE OF WATER AND WASTE. ODESSA AND I LIVE IN A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT RIGHT THERE. IT'S FLAMINGO. APRIL KNOX AND 57TH STREET. AND THE PERIMETER AROUND THAT IS LIKE A HALF A MILE ON EACH SIDE. AND THEN THERE'S THREE HYDRANTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF KNOX ROAD.
ALREADY BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THERE'S TWO HYDROGENS ON APRIL STREET THAT'S ON THE
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SOUTH SIDE OF APRIL STREET. THAT'S BEEN THERE EVER SINCE MURRAY FLOOR WAS DEVELOPED. AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE GETTING WATER TOO. ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THERE AT MURRAY. BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. AND THEN WE HAVE A CROSS, WE HAVE FOUR CUTS AND WE HAVE THREE CUTS IN APRIL THAT FURNISHES WATER TO THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE CUT GOING ACROSS FLAMINGO THAT FURNISHES WATER FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS FLAMINGO STREET. YOU GOT A HYDRANT RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF FLAMINGO AND APRIL, AND THEN YOU GOT THE HYDRANT THAT RUNS ON DOWN APRIL, AND THEN ANOTHER THREE. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 94 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA. IT'S REALLY CONGESTED 57TH STREET. THERE'S NOT ANY WATER LINES RUNNING DOWN 57TH STREET THAT I KNOW OF, WHICH IF Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER THAT AND THAT WATER COULD BE RUN THERE, THEN EVENTUALLY YOU COULD GO ACROSS 57TH STREET TYING INTO THAT WATER. AND THAT'S A REAL CONGESTED AREA NORTH OF 57TH STREET. AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT THERE HAVE BEEN THERE 60 YEARS, MOST OF THEM BEEN THERE 56, 50, 45. AND WHAT WE DID, WE AND THIS, THIS JUST HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH WAS PROBABLY SATURDAY ONLY BECAUSE OF SENDING. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED. SO HERE IS ABOUT 25 SURVEYS. AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT SIX THAT GOT IT ON. WHETHER THEY DID OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THESE FILL THOSE OUT. SO THAT MAKES US CLOSE TO 30 APPLICANTS NEEDING WATER OR THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO GET WATER. AND THEN ALSO OUR WELLS THERE USED TO 45. I'VE GOT THREE WELLS THAT I MIGHT GET FIVE GALLONS A MINUTE OUT OF THREE WELLS, AND THAT'S ALL THREE WELLS TIED TOGETHER. AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THERE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY WATER AT ALL, JUST A DRIBBLE. AND ON THOSE SURVEYS, ON THOSE SURVEYS, THAT WAS THE LANDOWNER'S ONLY THEY DIDN'T GET THEY DIDN'T GIVE A SURVEY TO THE ONES THAT THEY HAD TRAILERS THAT THEY WERE RENTING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW. AND WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT KNEW THAT THIS WAS EVEN HAPPENING, WHICH IS SAD.WELL, YOU, YOU, YOU'VE GOTTEN. JUST GETTING OUT AND WALKING AND TALKING TO PEOPLE. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE SATURDAY. WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SUNDAY AND WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING MONDAY. THIS IS THE AREA WE YOU AND I LOOKED AT WASN'T IT EDDIE THAT THAT THAT AREA YESTERDAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. GOT THESE. WE'LL GET IT ADDED TO THE. YEAH, TO THE SURVEY. WE'LL GET IT ADDED TO THE. OKAY. AND THAT WILL MY THREE MINUTES ARE UP. I GOT ONE MORE THING. THAT WHOLE AREA. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ROCKY AREA AT ALL. I THINK IT'S ALL REALLY GOOD SOIL THAT YOU CAN DIG 4 OR 5 FOOT BEFORE YOU EVER EVEN HIT ROCK. SO THAT AREA THERE WOULD BE EASY ACCESS AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL AN EXTRA EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'D BE GOOD. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THIS DATA AND INFORMATION OVER TO KIMLEY-HORN.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE LOG ALL OF IT, AND WE'LL KEEP THAT IN OUR ANALYSIS. AND I BELIEVE OUR PLAN IS TO PRESENT ON THE APRIL 28TH MEETING. IS THAT RIGHT, CLAIRE? KIND OF OUR GAME PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEST ODESSA WATER PROJECT. AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THIS AND. OKAY. AND ONE OTHER THING, BECAUSE IT WAS TOLD THAT THAT THE SURVEYS HAD BEEN CUT OFF LIKE WE ARE THE SURVEYS, THE SURVEY LINK IS STILL LIVE. WE'RE ACCEPTING THOSE RESPONSES AT ALL TIMES. SO WE'LL LEAVE IT OPEN. I MEAN, WE'LL LEAVE IT OPEN EVEN DURING THE PROJECT THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE WANT AS MANY FOLKS TO FILL IT OUT AS POSSIBLE. NOW, ONCE WE BEGIN THE PROJECT, THE SURVEY DATA IS GOING TO BE RELEVANT TO ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THE PIPE IN THOSE AREAS. BUT IT IS GOOD FOR US TO STILL HAVE THAT ACCUMULATIVE OVERVIEW FOR OUR MASTER PLAN AND UNDERSTANDING THE PICTURE IN WEST ODESSA. WHEN IT COMES TO WATER AND THE ENTIRE UNINCORPORATED AREA, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WHEN, WHEN WORK STARTS GOING ON, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GO, OH, I DIDN'T DO THAT. BUT BUT WE STILL WANT THE INFORMATION ANYWAY GOING. SO DO YOU DO YOU WOULD IT BE TO OUR BENEFIT TO CONTINUE OUR COLLECTING SURVEYS? IT SURELY WON'T HURT, SURELY WON'T HURT SHIRLEY WON'T HURT. SHIRLEY WON'T HURT. OKAY, ALRIGHT.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, SATURDAY. GOODNESS. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE WATER AT MY GREENHOUSES, BUT MY NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE WATER. YEAH, AND WE HAVE ONE COUPLE, ONE PARTY DOWN THAT THEY HAVE TWO, PROBABLY 10 OR 12 YEAR OLDS THAT ARE BEDRIDDEN.THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WATER. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT GETS PRETTY SERIOUS. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS KELLY, FOR Y'ALL'S TIME. YES, MA'AM. ITEM NUMBER TWO TO CONSIDER. DISCUSS THE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING APRIL 29TH, 2026, AS NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RUSSELL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER THREE TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING NECESSARY ACTION. APPROVE OF $40,500 DONATION FROM BARNHART, BOULT AND SPECIAL TO THE ECTOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARNER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER FOUR TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING THE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE SETTING UP AND MAINTAINING A NEW CONSORTIUM WITH OTHER LIBRARIES IN WEST TEXAS FOR THE HOOPLA DATABASE, AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARDINER. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE. YEAH. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. TO WHO? WHO ALL WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THE CONSORTIUM.
LIKE WHAT OTHER AREAS WE DON'T HAVE? WE HAVE A LIST OF LIBRARIES THAT ARE HOOPLA MEMBERS, WHICH IS OUR MOST POPULAR DATABASE. AT THIS POINT. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THE HOLDINGS TO IT TO TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE CONTENT. AND WITH THE PRICES GOING UP ON EVERYTHING, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS ALL CAME OUT OF. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTACT MIDLAND, LOCAL NEIGHBORING CITIES LIKE LUBBOCK AND ABILENE AND AMARILLO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SORT OF THING. AND IS THIS JUST FOR BOOKS OR IS THIS MOVIE? SO IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S 60% AUDIO AND 40% EBOOKS. 75% OF THOSE ARE WHAT SHE'S CALLING WHAT THEY'RE CALLING PERPETUAL. AND 25% OF THAT IS A TWO YEAR LIMIT.
SO THEN THOSE ARE SWEPT OUT AFTER TWO YEARS. AND I MEAN, ARE THESE, I GUESS, HOW MANY ARE CURRENTLY BEING CHECKED OUT EVERY MONTH? YEAH. ANGIE'S GOING TO ANGIE IS GOING TO COME UP. WITH TWO DIFFERENT DATABASES. THE DATABASE THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN IS THE PLEX RATHER THAN THE. DATABASE. IN THE DATABASE. FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS LAST FULL FISCAL YEAR, WE CHECKED OUT. TWO. TITLES, FLEX TITLES, BECAUSE WE PAY FOR THOSE UPFRONT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH A GRANT THAT I APPLIED FOR. THE MORE FLEXIBLE WE HAVE, THE HIGHER THOSE NUMBERS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY UNIQUE USERS I DO? I THOUGHT I AS WELL, BUT
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I DIDN'T WANT. I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. TOTAL REGISTERED AS OF APRIL 11TH WAS 3093 USERS.AND IS THIS IS ALL FREE CONTENT FOR THEM? YES. YEAH. THE LIBRARY CARD. AND THEN SO ON.
THE COST FOR THIS WILL WE INCUR MORE COST, I GUESS AS MORE COUNTIES ARE INVOLVED OR WILL THEY SHARE IN THOSE COSTS? THEY WILL SHARE THOSE COSTS. OKAY. WELL WE PAY FOR THAT UPFRONT AND THEY REIMBURSE US. OR HOW WILL THAT THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL FEE. SO THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE $300. YEARS AFTER THAT WILL BE 500. AND THE OPTIONS MID-YEAR, WITHOUT FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE LOST A LOT OF MONEY. MONEY WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE LICENSING TITLES. OKAY. AND THEN WE PAY. SO WE HAVE THE FEE AND THEN WE PAY ON TOP OF THAT, I GUESS WE WOULD ONLY PAY $500 A YEAR. WE WOULD PAY THE ANNUAL FEE JUST THE SAME AS ANY OTHER MEMBER, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IS DOWNLOADED OR DATA CORRECT. THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF THE OF THE FLEX TITLES. OKAY. AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE CURRENTLY ALREADY DOING THIS, BUT I MEAN, AS FAR AS CONTENT IS CONCERNED, IS THIS 13 EDUCATIONAL OR I MEAN, HOW IS THAT MONITORED? SO WE'RE NOT HAVING MINORS HAVE A OPTION TO PUT A CHILD LOCK ON THEIR CHILDREN'S ACCOUNTS. OKAY, SO THERE IS THAT OPTION, BUT IT IS LEFT UP TO THE PARENTS. WE DON'T HANDLE THAT. ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS ALL I HAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARDINER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER FIVE
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HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM NUMBER SIX. TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING, TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION. TEXAS READS 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN GRANT FOR THE ECTOR COUNTY LIBRARY AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARDINER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER SEVEN TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE 2025 TEXAS PUBLIC LIBRARY'S ANNUAL ACCREDITATION REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE ECTOR COUNTY LIBRARY AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER EIGHT TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING. TAKING ACTION TO APPROVE A ONE YEAR EXTENSION RENEWAL FOR ONLINE AUCTIONEER SERVICES BY. BETWEEN ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS, AND RENEE BATES AUCTIONEERS AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER NINE TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND TO GAIN ACCESS TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS AND THE CITY OF ODESSA REGARDING BUILDING PERMITS, BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. SO THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WHAT'S INVOLVED IN IT? YEAH. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY. WE KIND OF POSED THIS CONCEPT TO THEM BEFORE WHERE IT DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE FOR ONE GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO BE DOUBLE CHECKING THE OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY. I THINK THAT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS. AND SO IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY EXEMPT US FROM THE THE CITY HAVING TO PROVIDE US PERMITS AND WE CAN PROVIDE OUR OWN OR GET THOSE THROUGH THE STATE SIDE OF THINGS. AND ALSO ON THE INSPECTION SIDE, IT'S WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WAITING ON THEM TO INSPECT AND SAID, WE HAVE OUR THIRD PARTIES, LIKE A BUREAU VERITAS DO THE INSPECTIONS. GOOD. AND SO THESE WERE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD IN THE FALL WHEN THE CITY HAD AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY. WE COULDN'T QUITE GET IT THERE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A FULL TIME CITY MANAGER AND A FULL TIME CITY ATTORNEY, WE SAT DOWN AND WE JULIE'S WORKED HARD ON THIS AND WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS. IT'S PRETTY HUGE DEAL, REALLY, IN THE WHOLE SCOPE OF THINGS. AND JUST THE MONEY SAVINGS ALONE SHOULD WOULD BE
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SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REDOING WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY DONE OR WE, YOU KNOW, WE HIRE ENGINEERS AND WE HIRE FIRMS THAT EXPENSIVE AND THEN TURN AROUND AND ANOTHER TAXING ENTITY WANTS TO DO THE SAME THING. AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY SILLY TO HAVE TO DO THAT. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARDNER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER TEN TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION. TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE APPLICATION FOR COUNTY ROAD LEASE, THE COUNTY BONUS FORM AND A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,181.75 FOR THE LEASE BONUS FROM THE VENTURE ROYALTY PARTNERS REGARDING A 7.2727 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, WHICH IS LOCATED BENEATH A PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 2020 WEST UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD IN ODESSA, TEXAS, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OF THE NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. DOES THIS JUST GO INTO GENERAL FUND? WHAT IS IT? YEAH. TRISTAN, I BELIEVE THIS JUST GOES INTO GENERAL FUND. YES, YES. COULD WE PUT IT IN A SPECIAL FUND FOR MAINTENANCE LIKE RAINY DAY SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SPENDING IT, BUT WE HAVE IT PUT AWAY FOR THOSE EMERGENCIES, LIKE FOR OUR EXISTING BUILDINGS. SO IF WE HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONER THAT GOES OUT OR SOMETHING OR PUT IT TO ROADS, IT'S KIND OF COMES, COMES FROM, COMES FROM UNDER A ROAD. IT'S KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF FOR THAT. I MEAN, I'D LIKE, I WOULD, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE OUGHT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT IT IN A EARMARK FUND WHERE WE USE THAT TO BUDGET IT TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST PUT IT IN GENERAL FUND AND DURING BUDGET, WE WOULD PUT IT IN A SPECIAL FUND, RIGHT? SO IF YOU DON'T THE SALES TAX AND WE'RE PAYING FOR BUILDINGS OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, THIS JUST GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT IF YOU DON'T USE IT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IT WILL ROLL OVER INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE ANYWAY. AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO BUDGET IT NEXT YEAR, I MEAN, WE COULD WE DON'T HAVE JUST LIKE A RAINY DAY FUND THAT CARRIES OVER. IT'S JUST THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND 001. IT'S EITHER DOUBLE ZERO 1 OR 10 005 WHICH IS GENERAL FUND OR SALES TAX. I DON'T THINK IT'D BE MORE TROUBLE THAN I THINK IT'S OKAY.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR NOW. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 11 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING. TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DEADLINE FOR THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS, AND SARAJO LLC, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE THIS PROJECT IS. IT SAYS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. HAVE THEY EVEN STARTED ANYTHING OR. YEAH, I BELIEVE THEY STARTED, BUT THEY THEY HAD THE OPTION WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
IS THAT CORRECT? JULIE. THAT'S CORRECT. THEY WROTE IT IN THE ORIGINAL. THEY COULD HAVE ONE.
AND SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR THAT. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS WHETHER TO GRANT IT OR NOT, BUT THEY HAVE IT. AND THIS WAS FROM TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FOR DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES THREE, TWO.
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NUMBER 12. TO CONSIDER. DISCUSS TAKING NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE HIRING A TRIAL CHIEF AT THE BUDGETED STEP 23 HOURLY RATE OF 6433. DUE TO QUALIFYING SKILLS, ASSOCIATED DEGREES AND EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POSITION, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT DID WE HAVE THIS CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT? AT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT 6433 SO IT IS IN THE BUDGET AND IT'S BEEN A VACANT POSITION. DO WE KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN VACANT? DEFINITELY SINCE THIS BUDGET YEAR STARTED. SO AND PROBABLY LONGER, BUT DEFINITELY I THINK IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO A YEAR SINCE WE LOST SOME OF THOSE TRIAL CHIEFS. WE LOST. RIGHT. DESPITE THE BUDGET INCREASE IN THOSE POSITIONS. SO. I MEAN I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, BUT MY CONCERN IS AGAIN, I THINK DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, OUR INTENTION IS NOT TO JUST IMMEDIATELY PAY WHATEVER SOMEBODY THAT LEFT IS BEING PAID. BECAUSE, I MEAN, SOMEBODY THAT LEAVES MAY BE HAVING 15, 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND YOU'RE BRINGING IN SOMEBODY BRAND NEW AT THAT SAME LEVEL, WHICH[00:25:02]
DOESN'T GIVE THEM I MEAN, THERE IS ROOM TO GROW, BUT IT JUST I MEAN, WE NEVER GET BACK TO AN ENTRY LEVEL SALARY. BUDGETED DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO, BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A WHILE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE SECOND. OKAY. WELL AND AND TO THAT, AND I'M GUESSING OUR SALARY STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING WILL ADDRESS THAT. IF, IF OUR BEGINNING SALARY IS NOT WHERE IT OUGHT TO BE, THEN WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FIX THAT TO WHERE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH GREG IF WHY HAVE IT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO, LET'S PUT IT WHERE IT'S REALISTIC AND, AND THE WAY WE BUDGET IT, LIKE WE NEED TO BUDGET IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT POINT. THIS PARTICULAR PERSON, THEY BROUGHT IT TO YOU WITH THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND ALL OF THAT. I IMAGINE IF THEY'RE IF MR. GALVIN'S PUTTING THEM AS A TRIAL, WHICH IS OVER AN ENTIRE DISTRICT COURT PROSECUTORIAL TEAM, THAT THIS PERSON HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE. YES. AND THEY DID. AND THE CREDENTIALS AND ALL THAT. SO AND YES, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE EVALUATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP US ADDRESS AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, HAVE THAT INITIAL HOW DO WE GO FROM FROM HERE FORWARD AND, AND TRY TO STICK TO IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? SO, ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLLAND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME[POLICIES/PROCEDURES]
SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 13 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING. TAKING NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE THE POST ACCIDENT SAFETY PROTOCOL FOR THE ECTOR COUNTY ODESSA FIELD AIRPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HALL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT A LOT INTO INTO DOING THAT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE FEDS AND ALL THAT. THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. I'M SORRY JUDGE. OH.[DEVELOPMENT SERVICES]
YOU'RE GOOD. ITEM NUMBER 14 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING NECESSARY ACTION TO PROVE AN HR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. APPLICATION TO SERVE 7523 WEST 26TH STREET, PRECINCT NUMBER ONE. AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM RICARDO JUAREZ. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. HE SAID NO. OH, HE'S IN THE BACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EVERYTHING GOOD ON THIS RIGHT HERE. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARDNER. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO, NUMBER 15. TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE AN HR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. APPLICATION TO SERVE 6040 NORTH CYPRESS AVENUE PRECINCT NUMBER ONE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. EVERYTHING MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RUSSELL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 16 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING. TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE AN HRC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.
APPLICATION TO SERVE. 359 NORTH FM 1936 PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARDINER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 17 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE AN HRC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. APPLICATION TO SERVE 7570 WEST 10TH STREET PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARDINER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 18 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE AN HRC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. APPLICATION TO SERVE 2501 NORTH AVENUE PRECINCT NUMBER ONE. AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RUSSELL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 19 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING ACTION TO APPROVE A SUBDIVISION PLAT APPLICATION FOR LA JUNTA ESTATES. FIRST FILING A SUBDIVISION OF 31.16 ACRES AND SECTION 34, BLOCK 43 T2S PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RUSSELL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER
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22. CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE THE ADDITION OF A STOP SIGN AND THE[00:30:02]
ASSOCIATED PLACEMENT ON FLORIDA AVENUE TO SLOW DOWN SPEEDING TRAFFIC AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARDNER. AND FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 21 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING ANY ACTION TO[BUDGET/FINANCIAL]
APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO GENERAL FUND BUILDING MAINTENANCE. MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS. 0017105510 FOR UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE FROM UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE 001 3310 FOR $647,200, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN.ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. IS THIS EARMARKED FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THE ROOF HERE IN THIS BUILDING? OH, OKAY. YEAH, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 22 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING ACTION TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO 2020. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND NEW BUILDING 039990 5503 FROM RESERVE FUND BALANCE. 039 3310 FOR $23,779,000, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE IN ANY NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS THE JUVENILE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 23. TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING THE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO 2024.
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. NEW BUILDING 02 7990 5503 FOR $22,180,513, AND TO OTHER GENERAL EXPENSE. 02 7990 5402 FOR $5 MILLION FROM UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE. 027 3310, FOR A TOTAL OF 27,000,183 $180,513, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY PARTY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SO ON THE 5 MILLION AND I KNOW WE THIS IS THE ONE WE SPOKE ABOUT LAST COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THE ELECTRIC AND THE THINGS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED. WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER OR CAN WE MOVE IT FROM THE C O SO THAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY AND IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY THE IRS ON THAT OLDER CO. WE COULD I'D HAVE TO REDO THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. WE JUST WERE ALREADY HAD CONTRACT FOR BUTLER COHEN THAT WE COULD GO OFF OF THE NUMBERS TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE POA OUT OUT FROM THAT FUNDS. BUT WE CAN. BILLY'S NOT HERE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT PO HAS BEEN ISSUED, BUT WE COULD. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL BE USED. I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION IS THAT WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THE 5 MILLION WILL ACTUALLY BE USED, AND HOW MUCH BALANCE WILL BE LEFT THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND OUT OF THE FIRST CO ISSUANCE. WELL, I GUESS MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO OBVIOUSLY UTILIZE ALL OF THE FIRST CO WELL AND THEN THE REST OF IT, INCLUDING THE 5 MILLION TO COME OUT OF THE SECOND THE NEWEST CEO. AND THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED IN FRONT OF YOU ALL, JUST LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE CONTINGENCY WILL ACTUALLY BE USED. AND I WILL STATE AGAIN, I KNOW EVERYONE KIND OF LAUGHED, BUT I WAS SERIOUS. I DO THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO H O K ON THIS. AND I MEAN, BECAUSE SOMEWHERE THE BALL WAS DROPPED WHERE WE MISSED. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A PRETTY BIG THING TO MISS. SO I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT AND NOT JUST SAY, OH, WELL, AND WE TAKE IT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND. I MEAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. YEAH IT SHOULD BE. WELL I MEAN WE CAN DO THAT. BUT I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE IS IF THEY INCLUDED IN THIS BID SPECS OR NOT, WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR IT. IT'S JUST IT WOULD INCREASE THE BUTLER COHEN BID TO INCLUDE THAT. OR THEY LEAVE IT TO US TO CONNECT THE UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO END RESULT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME. BUT. THAT'S NOT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALL. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 24. TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FUND REQUIREMENTS REPORT FOR APRIL. APRIL 14TH, 2026 AND REVIEW COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RUSSELL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NUMBER 25 TO CONSIDER
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DISCUSSING TAKING ACTION REGARDING THE ECTOR COUNTY PARKING GARAGE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PACKAGE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE IN ANY OF THE NECESSARY TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. IRENE, ARE YOU THE ONE PRESENTING TO US? NO. IS JACK.PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT? IRENE? MORNING, GENTLEMEN. GOOD MORNING. SO WE CAME BEFORE THE COURT. FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS JACK DLR GROUP. I'M AN ARCHITECT ON THE ECTOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE PARKING GARAGE PROJECT. WE CAME BEFORE YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH SOME DESIGN ALTERNATIVES PERTAINING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE PARKING GARAGE PROJECT. AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES THAT REFLECT THAT. WE CAME, WE, WE HEARD THE THE GUIDANCE WE WERE GIVEN BY THE COURT. WE MADE THE CHANGES, WE MADE THE UPDATES. WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO GO OVER SOME UPDATES FROM ADAM ROSS WITH OUR WITH DLR GROUP AS WELL. HE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT UPDATES ON THE WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE FRONT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITH SOME NEXT STEPS. LET'S SEE HERE. HERE WE GO. JUST A REVIEW OF NEXT STEPS FROM A SCHEDULE STANDPOINT. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. JUST VERY QUICKLY HERE WE WE LIKE TO MAXIMIZE ON THE PROJECT. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN TO MAXIMIZE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR ALL USERS, MAINTAIN DURABLE, ADAPTABLE AND EXPANDABLE FACILITIES. NUMBER THREE, DESIGN FOR SPACE AND FLOW EFFICIENCY AND CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY HUB. SO JUMPING INTO THE UPDATES FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE JOINED YOU, WE HAD THESE DESIGN OBJECTIVES WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. SO PARKING FOR THE COURTHOUSE, LIBRARY STAFF AND PUBLIC NUMBER TWO HOUSING THE POSTAL SERVICE ON LEVEL ONE. NUMBER THREE, MAINTAIN A SIMPLE DESIGN AND MATERIAL PALETTE THAT IS INTEGRATED INTO THE BROADER CAMPUS, THE CIVIC COMPLEX. AND NUMBER FOUR, PROVIDE EASE OF WAYFINDING FOR DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH FOUR UPDATES HERE.
THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH PEDESTRIAN CANOPIES ON THE NORTH ELEVATION. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME BEFORE AND AFTER SLIDES. SO HERE'S THE BEFORE YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THOSE PEDESTRIAN CANOPIES. WE DECIDED TO NOT GO WITH THOSE. AND SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THAT ELEVATION WITHOUT THE CANOPIES. HERE'S A PERSPECTIVE RENDERING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THAT CANOPY. AND AT THE AFTER CONDITION WHEN WE REMOVED THAT. NOW ADAM IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING IN JUST A MOMENT WITH SOME UPDATES ABOUT SOME IDEAS ABOUT SIGNAGE AND COLOR FOR THIS, THIS CONDITION HERE THAT HELP WITH WAYFINDING. THE SECOND ITEM IS A VEHICULAR ENTRY FEATURE. SO WITH THE SPEED RAMP ENTRANCE YOU HAVE A KIND OF A VERTICAL WALL ELEMENT AND A CANOPY THAT HELPS DIRECT PEOPLE TO WHERE TO PARK. WE DECIDED TO NOT GO WITH THAT FEATURE. SO THERE IT IS WITHOUT. HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW. WHEN THAT GETS REMOVED, WE HAVE SOME NEW IDEAS TO PRESENT HERE IN A MINUTE ABOUT SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING TO HELP MARK THAT ENTRANCE. THE THIRD ITEM HERE IS MOVING FROM A COMBINATION OF BRICK AND METAL PANEL AT LEVEL ONE. SO THIS THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE POSTAL SERVICE EXTERIOR WALLS. WE FOUND THAT BRICK WAS ACTUALLY MORE AFFORDABLE. AND SO THIS SHOWS YOU THAT CONDITION THERE. THE BRICK WALLS WILL BE NOT ONLY MORE AFFORDABLE, BUT A LONGER LASTING AND MORE DURABLE SOLUTION. AND THEN LASTLY, ON FACADE MATERIALS, WE WENT FROM A PERFORATED BRICK THAT OCCURS AT THE MAIL CARRIER PARKING AREA TO A MORE ECONOMICAL INTEGRAL COLOR SMOOTH CMU BLOCK.
THAT'S OPEN ABOVE 12FT, AND THAT HELPS PREVENT NEEDING MORE EXPENSIVE FORCED AIR VENTILATION. HERE'S THE AFTER. LOOK AT THAT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE MOVES? THANK YOU JACK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING OUR FEEDBACK AND TURN IT INTO A WORK PRODUCT. YES. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. SO NOW WE'LL DISCUSS
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THE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE UPDATES THAT WE'VE MADE. THIS DIAGRAM HERE SHOWS THE DECISION MAKING POINTS THAT ONE WOULD NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS THEY ENTER THE GARAGE. SO LOCATION ONE WE'VE GOT A SIGN LOCATED THERE TO DETER PEOPLE FROM TURNING LEFT INTO THE BACK OF HOUSE OF THE COURTHOUSE. LOCATION TWO THERE'S A BLADE SIGN LOCATED THERE TO SIGNIFY FOLKS TO TURN DOWN HANCOCK. AND THEN LOCATION THREE IS THE PUBLIC ENTRY TO THE GARAGE THAT WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT AND DISSUADE FOLKS FROM ENTERING LOCATIONS FOUR AND FIVE WITH THE USPS POSTAL WORKER ENTRY, AS WELL AS THE LOADING DOCK. HERE'S THAT SIGN ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THAT GETS PEOPLE TO CONTINUE DOWN SECOND STREET TOWARDS HANCOCK. THE BLADE SIGN THAT SIGNIFIES TO TURN ONTO HANCOCK TO GET TO THE PARKING ENTRY. THEN HERE'S WHAT WE HAD SHOWN IN THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT MADE USE OF THE CANOPY. NOW THAT THE CANOPY HAS BEEN REMOVED, WE'VE GOT TWO OPTIONS. THE FIRST OPTION USES A BEAM ACROSS THE THE ENTRY PORTAL WITH A BLUE PARKING PAINT COLOR THAT MIMICS THE OTHER TWO SIGNS THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT THE BLADE SIGN AND THAT DIRECTIONAL SIGN. THE SIGN WOULD BE ILLUMINATED WHERE PUBLIC PARKING AND THE P SYMBOL WOULD ALL BE ILLUMINATED WHITE IN THE EVENING. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUSPEND OUR CLEARANCE BARS FROM THAT SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AS AS LONG OF A DISTANCE TO TRAVEL FROM THE CEILING ABOVE. THEY WON'T TURN INTO BATTERING RAMS THAT ARE GOING TO SMACK THE SIDES OF THE GARAGE. AND WE'VE ALSO PUT ECTOR COUNTY LETTERING ABOVE.THIS IS TO BRAND THE GARAGE AND AND SIGNIFY THAT THIS. THIS IS AN. ECTOR COUNTY PROVIDED PARKING GARAGE. AND THAT COINCIDES WITH A PEDESTRIAN ENTRY POINT AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER WHERE THE ELEVATORS ARE. THIS WOULD BE A DOUBLE FACED SIGN SO THAT FOLKS LEAVING THE.
THE POST OFFICE. IF THEY WERE TO TURN TO THEIR LEFT, THEY WOULD SEE THAT THIS IS THE PARKING ELEVATOR AND THEY WOULD BE DIRECTED THAT WAY. IT ALSO PICKS UP THE BLUE COLOR FROM THE ENTRY POINT. AND THIS SIGN ALSO HAS THE CAPABILITIES TO BE ILLUMINATED. AN ALTERNATE DESIGN TO THE FIRST OPTION JUST INCORPORATES ECTOR COUNTY INTO THE BEAM AT THE BOTTOM. IT'S A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTATED THAN IT WAS ABOVE. JUST ANOTHER OPTION AND HOW THAT LOOKS IN THE PEDESTRIAN ENTRY POINT. AND THEN THE SECOND OPTION USES A FABRICATED METAL GRILLE THAT WOULD BE FASTENED OVER THE GARAGE ENTRY. THIS GIVES US LARGER REAL ESTATE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE PARKING SIGN, AND AGAIN, A PLACE TO SUSPEND THOSE THOSE CLEARANCE BARS. THE ALTERNATE TO THAT WOULD BE TO RESIZE THE PARKING P SYMBOL AND INCLUDE THE COUNTY SEAL ABOVE.
THAT COULD BE DONE ON AN ALUMINUM PANEL WITH A PAINT OR LASER ENGRAVED FINISH. AND THEN HOW THAT TRANSLATES OVER TO THE PEDESTRIAN ENTRY. AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS A DOUBLE SIDED SIGN. CLEARANCE BARS ARE THE SAME. WE STILL WANT TO IDENTIFY THE USPS EMPLOYEES ENTRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT ENTRY POINT IS. SO PEOPLE DON'T GO THERE MISTAKENLY AS WELL AS LOADING DOCKS. WELCOME GRAPHIC AT THE AT THE END OF THE STAIR OR AT THE END OF THE SPEED RAMP. THIS IS A WAYFINDING TOOL TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU'VE ARRIVED AT THE GARAGE. IT'S AFFIRMATION THAT YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT, AS WELL AS A SIGNAL THAT THIS IS THE SPEED RAMP TO GET BACK DOWN. OVERHEAD DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. AND THEN SOME OTHER UPDATES THAT WE'VE MADE ARE TO THE PLACEMAKING GRAPHICS AT THE THE ELEVATOR TOWER. HERE'S WHAT WE HAD SHOWN BEFORE, WHICH INCLUDED A PATTERNS BASED OFF OF ODESSA THEMED ICONS. AND THE FEEDBACK WAS TO SIMPLIFY THIS. SO THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, THERE'S THREE OPTIONS. THE FIRST OPTION SIMPLIFIES AND TAKES JUST AN ELEMENT FROM THOSE PATTERNS AND ENLARGES THAT. SO THAT'S IT'S AN ICON. NOW TO HELP AS A MNEMONIC DEVICE TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU'VE PARKED. SO EACH ONE SIGNIFIED SIGNIFIES A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
AND HERE'S HOW THAT STACK MIGHT LOOK. AND THEN THOSE CAN ALSO BE INCORPORATED INTO COLUMN WRAPS THAT JUST FURTHER AFFIRM THAT YOU'RE ON THIS LEVEL. SECOND OPTION INCLUDES A COLOR COLOR PRESENTATION, WITH EACH COLOR BEING ASSIGNED A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PICTOGRAM FROM BEFORE. WITH SIMPLE SYMBOLS OF AN ELEVATOR AND A STAIR TO IDENTIFY THAT THOSE ARE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING. AND THEN THE STACK OF HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK.
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THEN OPTION THREE STRIPS OUT THE COLOR. IT'S JUST A UNIFORM COLOR FROM EVERY LEVEL USING THE SAME SYMBOLS. PANEL SIGNAGE HAS REMAINED THE SAME. FUNCTIONAL FOR CODE RELATED PURPOSES. ACCESSIBLE PARKING, AS WELL AS A DIRECTIONAL AT THE GROUND FLOOR TO ORIENT AND PROVIDE A MAP OF THE OF THE PROPERTY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THOSE. BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OR ANY OF THAT TODAY IS JUST THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT'S IN CDS OR JUDGE, I THINK. YEAH, JUST TO REMIND THE COURT THERE'S NO DECISION POINTS NECESSARY TODAY. REALLY. I THINK THE INTENT OF THE PRESENTATION WAS REALLY TO SHOW SOME OPTIONS THAT ARE, TO THE COURT'S DIRECTION, A LITTLE BIT MORE COST EFFECTIVE. SO ANY OF THE OPTIONS THAT YOU'RE REALLY SEEING IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE STILL GOING TO BE VETTED AND, AND, AND DEFINED, BUT THEY ALL KIND OF BRING THE PRICE POINTS FOR THE WAYFINDING PACKAGE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE GOT DIRECTION FROM, FROM A CANOPY PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE'RE TAKEN OUT OF THE DESIGN. SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE, THE SIGNAGE PACKAGE IS SOMETHING THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT REALLY TRYING TO BRING TO THE COURT THE FACT THAT ANY OF THESE OPTIONS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE COST PROFILE FOR, FOR, FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE SOLUTIONS ULTIMATELY. SO NO DECISIONS TODAY. JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW THE COURT THAT WE'RE KIND OF MOVING IN THE DIRECTION AS DICTATED BY SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS.AWESOME. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? TO ADAM'S POINT, ANY, ANY, ANY FEEDBACK? OKAY. I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. I THINK YOU, YOU TOOK WHAT I THINK THE FEEDBACK EVEN ON THE, THE INTERIOR, ON THE, THE WAYFINDING, THE SIGNAGE AND CAME UP WITH A GOOD SOLUTION FOR US. AND THEN JACKIE WORKED HARD ON THE ON WHERE WE HAD MADE THOSE MODIFICATIONS FROM LAST TIME. SO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. SO NEXT STEPS. SO ON APRIL 28TH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WOULD BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COURT IN THE MONDAY TUESDAY TIME FRAME TO PRESENT THE GARAGE AMENDMENT. THAT AGAIN, WILL HAVE ALL THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PACKAGE THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED BY DLR TO THIS POINT. THAT WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THAT WILL PREVIEW WITH EACH COMMISSIONER AND THEN BRING THAT TO THE COURT ON ON THE 28TH FOR APPROVAL. SO ANTICIPATING A AN APPROVAL ON THE 28TH, WE WOULD PROJECT STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AROUND THE END OF JUNE IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT. AND THEN KIND OF MOVING FORWARD FROM THAT, WE ARE WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE T I AMENDMENT WOULD BE PREPARED AND BACK IN FRONT OF THE COURT TOWARDS THE END OF THE JUNE TIME FRAME AS WELL. AGAIN, THAT'S IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LINING UP THE SCHEDULE OF THE T BUILD OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GARAGE PROJECT SO THAT WE'RE MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION TIME OVERALL FOR THE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, TWO PROJECTS ALMOST FEEL LIKE A SINGULAR PROJECT AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TIME THAT UP APPROPRIATELY SO THAT WE GAIN THE TIMING EFFICIENCY FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT. THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT GARAGE COMPLETION SOMEWHERE IN THE MARCH, APRIL TIME FRAME. WE'LL KIND OF NAIL THAT DOWN WITH THE AMENDMENT PACKAGE. THERE WILL BE A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR THE GARAGE PORTION IN THE AMENDMENT PACKAGE THAT GETS PRESENTED ON THE 28TH. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF HIGH LEVEL NEXT STEPS AND KIND OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE, WHAT TO EXPECT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY MONTHS AS FAR AS THE GARAGE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION, IS THAT WITH THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE T BUILD OUT ACCOMPLISHED AT THE SAME TIME, THEY, THE, THE THE T WILL PROBABLY LAG A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT, JUDGE. BUT OUR EXPECTATION IS NOT BY TOO MUCH.
AGAIN, WE ARE WE HAVE BEEN TARGETING SUMMER OF 27 FOR THE START OF THE DEMO OF THE CURRENT, WELL, START OF THE ACTUAL COURTHOUSE. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IF WE ARE FINISHING IN THE APRIL TIME FRAME, THE IDEA WOULD BE WE MOVE THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE OVER. WE DEMOLISH THE EXISTING U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, WHICH AGAIN, WOULD ALLOW US TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE COURTHOUSE IN THE SUMMER TIMEFRAME OF 2027. PERFECT ON PACE. SOUNDS GOOD.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THERE'S NO ACTION FOR
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