Sep 28, 2022 Area Judges

YEAH.

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[1. Meeting called to Order.]

UH, WE WERE, I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

WILL YOU GIVE US A ROLL CALL? YES, SIR.

JUDGE HEKE.

HERE, JUDGE KUCHER.

COMMISSIONER CARPENTER HERE FOR KUCHER.

JUDGE EVAN.

COMMISSIONER ELKINS JUDGE HERE.

RICHARD EVANS FOR JUDGE.

JUDGE HARLEY.

HERE.

JUDGE JACKSON IS EXCUSED.

JUDGE KELLY.

HERE.

JUDGEY IS JUDGE LUNA ASSASSIN FOR JUDGE LUNA.

JUDGE IS ABSENT.

JUDGE SHOE HERE, JUDGE.

JUDGE TEAL.

THEY DON'T LIKE WE HAVE A QUO.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THAT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS MORNING? NO, SIR.

NOBODY SIGNED UP.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM

[4. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the August 24, 2022 Area Judges Meeting Minutes.]

CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE AUGUST 24TH, 2022 AREA JUDGES MEETING MINUTES.

SO, MOVE.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION FROM JUDGE KELLY, SECOND FROM JUDGE HARLEY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANYBODY OPPOSED TO THOSE MINUTES? NO.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

[5. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the Workforce Solutions Alamo Budget for the period of October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023. - Adrian Lopez, CEO]

MR. LOPEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

SO, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE.

SO HOPEFUL YOU HEAR TOO MUCH IN MY VOICE.

WE'LL TRY TO RUN THIS THIS QUICKLY.

IF YOU READ SOME CONTEXT, THIS IS OUR BUDGET FOR, UH, 22 TO 23, WHICH STARTS ON OCTOBER 1ST.

UH, THIS BUDGET ACTUALLY HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY OUR BOARD DIRECTORS, BY THE COMMITTEE OF SIX, UM, AS WELL AS BEAR COUNTY.

UH, WE HAVE TA APPROVAL.

THEN TOMORROW WE WILL BE IN, IN FRONT OF THE CITY OF SAN THERE.

SO, UM, JUST BACKGROUND FOR THIS MISSION OR VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO IN REGION, UM, AND MANAGING 60 INDUSTRIES THAT WE WORK WITH CLOSELY, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION, CYBERSECURITY, BOTH VISITOR LISTED THERE.

UM, IN TERMS OF SORT OUR PERFORMANCE, UM, THROUGH TO DATE, WE ARE EXCEEDING, UM, YOU KNOW, LEADING 20, UM, ION BRIDGES, HAVING THE RANKING OF ABOUT THE TOP THREE OF THE SEVEN BOARDS MEASURES IN TEXAS.

UM, THESE NUMBERS MAKE BE LITTLE DATED.

WE HAD ABOUT HUNDRED THOUSAND CLIENTS THAT SERVE, UM, ABOUT THOUSAND JOB POSTINGS WORKING CLOSELY TO EMPLOYERS THAT, UM, WE WORK WITH TO TRY TO HELP FILL THEIR, THEIR NEEDS.

UH, ABOUT 7,000.

SO, SO FOLKS, THE JOB AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS A PUSH FACILITIES, UM, 65,000 SQUARE IN OUR 16 CAREER CENTERS.

WE HAVE 13 COUNTY REGION.

UH, THIS YEAR WE SUCCESSFULLY OPENED UP, UM, OUR HOUSTON STREET PREPARATIONS, UM, AND, UH, SAN THE EAST SIDE.

WE ALSO OPENED UP A SATELLITE OFFICE IN THE FOOD FOR REELING.

THE NATIONAL HEADLINE ASSOCIATED NUMBER OF THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, IN LINE TO RECEIVE, UH, FOOD.

UH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO PAY THERE, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, OUR FLOOR SERVICES JUST AS WELL, ALSO COMPLETED SOME, UH, RENOVATIONS AND RELOCATION FOR BURNING RELOCATION.

AND THEN WE BE OPENING UP, UH, OUR FLOOR FILLED LOCATION, UH, NEXT WEEK OR SO, STILL WORKING ON, UH, RELOCATING OUR MAROCH LOCATION TO PORT SAN ANTONIO.

AND THAT IS TO, UM, HAVE AN INTERSECTION BETWEEN, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND MAJOR, UH, JOB CREATION.

SO THE PORT HAS CREATED APPROXIMATELY, UH, ABOUT 5,000 NEW JOBS JUST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

UM, WE ARE WORKING TO, UH, SECURE A NEW MOBILE UNIT THAT WILL ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ACTUAL LOCATION THAT'S MOBILE AND SOME OF THE LOCAL MEETING THAT, UH, DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL PROGRAM FACILITY.

UH, THESE ARE JUST, UH, EAST HOUSTON BANK, UH, RIBBON CUTTING AT BURNING, UH, LOCATION IS THAT THE JUDGE KUSH WAS THERE TO HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, WANTED, I MENTION I THINK IT'S, UM, IMPORTANT IS PERHAPS CONSIDER LOT OF NEW RESOURCES TO THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION.

SO WHEN I STARTED, UH, THE BUDGET WAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 90 MILLION IT HUNDRED 65 MILLION.

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SO, QUESTION THOUGHT.

UM, IN TERMS OF SOME STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH, THOSE THAT THIS YEAR WE, UM, THIS PAST YEAR WE CREATED THE ALAMO WORKFORCE CONSORTIUM TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO READY NEW WORK PROGRAM WHERE WE SECURED, UH, A HUNDRED MILLION THROUGH THAT PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THESE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING CLOSELY TO THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALBUM TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THE WORK PROGRAM.

UH, THESE ARE JUST SOME, SOME EXAMPLES OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FOR MILLION.

UM, 1.8 BILLION.

OUR SUMMER EARNED PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THAT RECENTLY WE HAD HUNDREDS OF KIDS, 16, 20 DISABILITIES WORKING WITH EMPLOYEES IN PROVIDED MEANINGFUL WORK OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, THOSE OF OUR NATIONAL BANK AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, WITH THEM, WE PROVIDED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND AMOUNT OF $500,000 AND PRESENCE HERE, BUT ALSO PRESENCE IN THE, IN THE VALUE.

ABOUT 300 FOLKS ARE OFFERING YOU, UH, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER, UM, UH, FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UH, HEALTH SUPPORT.

UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE SUPPORTED ABOUT 4.3 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR REGIONAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS COLLEGES, UH, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO SUBMIT, UH, WHAT'S CALLED JET GRANTS.

UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, PSO ID AND PAID THREE COUNTY, UM, SUBMITTED APPROXIMATELY 600,000 GRANT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT OR TO, TO CREATE A WELDING THAT THAT WILL COINCIDE WITH THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND GAS.

THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF LIKE, WE'RE NOT RECEIVING THOSE DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE PROVIDING REAL SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO EXPAND, UM, OUR OUTREACH AS IT RELATES TO SERVICES.

THANK YOU.

I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE BUDGET AND, UM, AND JUST STOP ME HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO I CAN ANSWER EM AS I'M THROUGH THE BUDGET.

UM, ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, IT'S OUR F 23 PERSON BUDGET.

THERE'S A, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE IN YOUR PACKET, UM, OUR APPROVED BUDGET FOR FY 22 IS ABOUT 4.1 MILLION.

AS OF JUNE, WE SPENT ABOUT 3 MILLION AND PERSPECTIVE TO SPEND ABOUT 3.9 MILLION UTILIZING 84% OF THE BUDGET.

AND THREE, OUR PROPOSING 0.8 MILLION BUDGET WITH AN INCREASE OF ABOUT ONE POINT MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 24% ON THE FUTURE SLICE.

I'M GONNA GO THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THESE INCREASES ARE IN THE BUDGET AND HOW IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE ORGANIZATION AND HELP US CARE OUT SERVICE DELIVERY.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, HERE'S AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART REPRESENTS ABOUT 50 FTE AND THEY ARE FOUR FTE BEING ADDED THIS YEAR.

AND WE ARE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, OUR FT WE'RE ADDING ARE RUNNING THE WORK DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT THAT HUNDRED AND 2 MILLION INITIATIVE.

WE ARE ALSO ADDING TWO FISCAL POSITIONS, UM, AN ACCOUNT TO AND AN ACCOUNT THREE.

THIS IS NECESS CLEAR BECAUSE ALL THOSE, THOSE STRATEGIC PARTNERS THAT MR. LOPEZ WAS SPEAKING OF, WE ARE ACTING AS A FISCAL AGENT.

BEING THE PHYSICAL AGENT FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL PROCESS ABOUT $12 MILLION A YEAR OF PAYMENTS TOWARD DIRECT CLIENTS IN THE FORMS OF TUITION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.

AND WE NEED THIS ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO SUPPORT.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING OUR STAFF TEAM HAVE EFFICIENTLY AND DO ALL THEIR OTHER WORK THROUGH TECH FOR AS WELL.

WE'RE ADDING THE PROGRAM SPECIALIST AS WELL TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM OPERATIONS FOR OFF THE BUDGET IS ALSO INCLUDE, UM, AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COLA.

SO THIS YEAR WE CAN'T HAVE THIS COLA ON WORKERS IS NOT AS THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE CURRENT ECONOMY, I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL TO THE EMPLOYEES.

UM, THERE'S THE 2% MERIT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UM, PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

BUT WE DO WANT THAT COSENT OUT IMMEDIATELY.

WE, WITH THE FIRST TIME GETTING MORE TO APPROVE A 5% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE.

THEIR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE IS NOT AUTOMATIC.

IT'LL BE BASED ON BOARD APPROVAL AND BASED ON POLICY THAT IS APPROVED

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SO THAT WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AS THE BOARD APPROVES IT AND AS THERE'S CERTAIN METRICS PUT IN PLACE WITH ADDING $102 MILLION WITH ONLY FOUR FTES.

IT'S GONNA BE A HEAVY LIFT FOR EVERYONE.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP US, UM, KEEP CURRENT STAFF THAT REDUCING .

UM, BUT THE NEXT LINE I WANNA TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT GIVING BACK IN TO THE COMMUNITY SEVERAL TIMES AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD ALSO HAS PAID INTERNSHIPS SO WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LEADERS COME IN.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME PAID INTERNSHIPS IN FISCAL DATA ANALYTICS, MARKETING AND CHILDCARE.

UM, WE'RE NOT SAYING WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE ONE INDIVIDUAL OR SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.

I WOULD THINK IT'S GONNA BE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND MAYBE THEY'LL WANT TO COME INTO WORKFORCE OR THEIR CAREERS.

BUT, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE THE REMAINING CORPORATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES.

UM, THERE'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 7.2 MILLION IN BUDGET.

BUDGET.

NUMBER ONE FOR F Y TWO, WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO SPEND ABOUT 5.8 MILLION.

AND THE PROPOSED BUDGETS ABOUT 8.6 MILLION, REFLECTING AT 20% INCREASE OR 1.5 MILLION.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE INCREASES ON THE NEXT LINE.

UM, THIS YEAR WE DID HAVE PAY AN INCREASING INCOME AREA MAINTENANCE AT THE BOARD OFFICE FOR INSUR, OUR ALLOCATION OF INSURANCE AND PROPERTY TAXES.

SO WE ARE GONNA INCLUDE THAT IN THE BUDGET.

THOSE FOUR FTE I TALKED ABOUT THAT WE ADDED IN THE INTERNSHIP WILL REQUIRE, UM, EQUIPMENT IN SUBSCRIPTIONS RELATED TO EQUIPMENT, WHICH AVERAGES AT ABOUT $3,000 PERT.

AND WE ALSO ARE ALL MAKING SOME INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME EITHER ECO EQUIPMENT, A NEW, UM, AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE SERVER ROOM, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE ARE INCLUDING THAT.

UM, ON THE NEXT ONE, I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT INSURANCE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

UM, CYBER SECURITY INSURANCE, WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE DEDUCTIBLE BECAUSE OF AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO.

WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN CYBERSECURITY INSURANCE, IS NOTHING THAT WE DID WRONG.

WE'RE ACTUALLY MORE SECURE NOW, BUT AS AN INDUSTRY AND OVER, EVERYONE MUST SEE INCREASE REMOTE WORK, EVERYTHING'S JUST MORE DANGEROUS.

SO THE RISK PERSPECTIVE IS INCREASING.

UM, MARKETING, THERE'S A $30,000 BUDGET FOR MARKETING, FOR EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT, CONSISTENT MESSAGING.

UM, SO WE HAVE PENNY BOARD, AND SO SHE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUDGET TO PROVIDE THAT.

UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE, WITH ALL THOSE SUB RECIPIENTS, WE'RE READY TO WORK BEING ADDED, WE ARE ADDING, UM, $210,000 THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED BASED ON THE PROGRAM BEING MONITORING.

SO READY TO WORK DIGITAL AND PROGRAM MONITOR IS BEING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE.

UM, SOME OF THESE SUB RECIPIENTS ARE NEW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SO WE WANNA MONITOR THEM CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THE COMPLIANCE OF THE CONTRACT TO AVOID ANY DIS COSTS OR QUESTION COSTS IN THE FUTURE.

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UM, THEN THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS YEAR WE ARE GONNA HAVE A BOARD RETREAT AND WE'RE UPDATING THE VIDEO CONFERENCING.

I KNOW SOMETIMES THE CAMERA GOES OUT OR THE SOUND QUALITY ISN'T THE GREATEST IN THE BOARDROOM, AND WE'RE GONNA USE THAT BOARD FOR OUR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ROOM FOR PARTNERS, BUSINESS SERVICES AND STAFF.

SO WE'RE GONNA UPGRADE THAT.

IT'S A VERY SMALL BUDGET FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND I KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD WILL BE GOING TO TRAINING THIS YEAR AS WELL.

UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS IS THE SERVICE DELIVERY AND CENTER BUDGET.

UH, IT'S KINDA, I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT SLIDE, BUT IN YOUR PACKET YOU CAN, THERE'S A PRESENTATION.

SO IT, THIS YEAR WAS 175 MILLION AND WE SIGNED THROUGH JULY OF, THROUGH JUNE, I'M SORRY, 8 MILLION.

AND WE 50 MILLION, ABOUT 86% OFF THE BUDGET AT THE TIME WE PREPARED THIS BUDGET WAS IN JUNE.

I WAS ESTIMATING, UM, 155 MILLION FOR FACILITIES OF SERVICE DELIVERY, WHICH WAS A DECREASE OF 7.62%.

BUT WE MAKE CERTAIN ESTIMATES CAUSE WE HAVE TO PREPARE IN JUNE.

AND I ALSO CONCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, IF YOU PAID BACK, IS AS THESE ESTIMATES COME IN, I DO A RECONCILIATION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT A FEW PAGES BACK THAT OUR REVENUE THAT CAME IN FROM CSS IS 11 MILLION GREATER WITH THE GREATEST PARTNER BE IN CHILDCARE, WHICH IS ABOUT 8.5 MILLION.

SO THAT WILL TAKE OUR FULL OF BUDGET TO 174.8 MILLION.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER ONES 175.2 MILLION.

SO THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR'S GONNA BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE BUDGET THAT IT WAS THIS YEAR.

AND WE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT DOES COME THROUGH, THROUGH INITIATIVES.

AS WE RECALL, THERE WAS A DE OBLIGATION OF SERVICE AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO ALL WORKFORCE BOARD BECAUSE ALL BOARDS RECEIVE A SIMILAR DE OBLIGATION.

SO THROUGH THE YEAR, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF CHILDCARE DOES GET SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASES.

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AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE DECEMBER MEETING AND THE BUDGET WILL BE TAKEN WITH POST ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THE FY 23 4 CENTER BUDGET, UH, THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE, .

UM, SO WE, WE ARE WORKING ON THE PORTAL, ADRIAN WAS SAYING, AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO INCREASES, BUT WE HAVET APPROVED TO GET A BRAND NEW MOBILE UNIT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SHARE WITH ANYONE.

AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO, WE'RE JUST GONNA REALLY INCREASE SERVICE DELIVERY.

AND I'VE HEARD, UM, BEFORE THAT A REQUEST, CAUSE WE HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDING IN OUR AREA THAT MAY NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE WITH STAFFING AND THE COST.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS THAT WITH THIS MULTI UNIT, WE CAN TAKE THE MOBILE UNIT TO YOUR AREA, IT CAN BE SCHEDULED.

WE CAN DO OUTREACH IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS CONVENIENT.

PO TAUGHT US THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO THE CLIENT FOR CLIENT.

IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME TO US, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THEM.

SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE ASKED FOR, AND I DID THIS IN ANOTHER BOARD AREA, IS THAT WE GOT A C DRIVER WHEN WE GOT A NEW MULTI UNIT.

THAT CDL DRIVER HAS TO BE A PERSON, CLASS B.

SO SOMEONE WHO IS VERY INVESTED IN WORKFORCE PEOPLE.

SO THEY CAN ALSO DO THE MAINTENANCE THEY TARGET, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING CHARGE, YES, MAINTAIN THE SCHEDULE TO ENSURE FULL UTILIZATION, BUT ALSO CAN BE A REWORK IN THE RESOURCE ROOM IN THE LAB BECAUSE IF THE TRUCK IS PART, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP PART AS WELL.

I JUST SHARE THAT WITH THE MOBILE UNITS.

UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR THAT.

SO THAT WAS OUR, I THINK THE BEST SOLUTION.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY.

UM, SO CHILDCARE, WE DO HAVE INCREASED RESERVE OF 1.1.

WHEN YOU SEE A RESERVE IN THE BUDGET, IT'S ALWAYS FOR DIRECT CARE.

SO WITH DIRECT CARE, THE RATES CAN GO UP OR CAN GO DOWN, OR THE NUMBER OF TARGETS FROM TWC CAN GO UP OR CAN GO DOWN.

SO WE CAN'T EXCEED 105% OF THE TARGET.

SO WE HAVE A RESERVE.

THERE'S A CHILD OF CARE, THEY CAN BE IN CARE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SO WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THAT DIRECT CARE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY PROJECTS, THERE'S CURRENTLY $364,000 IN PROJECTS.

UM, WE HAVE PRACTICED SEALED WORKFORCE READINESS PROGRAMS. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING DIRECT WAGES THAT THE PROVIDER WHO DOES THE WORKFORCE READINESS.

UM, TEACHER EXTERNSHIP, , AND I EXPECT THIS TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL PROJECTS LAST YEAR, BUT ASWC ALLOCATES MONEY AND THEY HAVE INITIATIVES AND RFA WHO WILL APPLY FOR THOSE WITH, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH BUSINESSES AND EDUCATION PROVIDERS.

UM, NEXT LIKELY QUESTION, YES SIR, WITH THAT MUCH RESERVE IN CHILDCARE, THAT MEANS WE HAVE NO WAITING LIST.

SO WITH CHILDCARE, THERE IS CURRENTLY A WAIT LIST THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH.

ONE OF OF THE CHALLENGES WITH CHILDCARE IS THAT, UM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO GIVE, WE'RE WAITING ON THE PARENTS.

AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH CHILDCARE RIGHT NOW, WHICH THAT'S NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I'M GONNA DO MY BEST.

UM, SHE, THERE'S A LACK OF QUALIFIED PROVIDERS.

SO A PROVIDER, UM, MAY HAVE 20 SLOTS, BUT THEY GIVE US TWO SPOTS.

SO THEY ONLY GIVE UP BECAUSE WE PAY LESS.

SO AS THE SLACKS BECOME AVAILABLE, THERE MAY BE A WAITING LIST.

AND THE WAITING LIST MAY NOT BE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET.

THE WAITING LIST COULD BE BECAUSE THE PARENTS CHOOSE THE CHILDCARE PROVIDER AND THEY'RE NOT BIG, MAY NOT BE A CHILDCARE PROVIDER IN THEIR AREA.

CAUSE WHEN THEY GET OUT WORK, YOU HAVE TO BE TO THOSE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS BY SIX O'CLOCK TO GET YOUR KIDS ALWAYS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

WE ARE ALSO THEN APPROVED TO HIRE TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.

LIKE THAT WILL COME THROUGH T WC THIS YEAR.

SO THEY, WE APPLY FOR IT.

IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET NOW BECAUSE WE JUST GOT APPROVAL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

SO WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT COME AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA OUTREACH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS.

SO WE CAN DWINDLE THAT ON THAT WAIT LIST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO, SO THE RATE IS UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE REGION.

FOR, FOR DAYCARE, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME SLIDES IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IN A COUPLE SLIDES WHERE DAYCARE IS PRETTY MUCH UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BUT IT DEPENDS WHERE THE PARENTS ARE AND WHERE THE CHILDCARE CENTERS ARE AND IF THEY HAVE AN SLOT FOR THOSE PARENTS BECAUSE THE SLOT IS, THE CENTERS IS CHOSEN BY THE PARENT.

SO, SO THE RATES DO TEND TO DIFFER DEPENDING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMMUNITY THEY'RE IN AND WHETHER IT'S A, UM, TEXAS RISING STAR CHILDCARE CENTER OR SLOT OR WHETHER IT'S JUST, UH, A HOLE BASED OR JUST A REGULAR SORT OF CHILDCARE.

SO THOSE RATES WILL, WILL BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THOSE, THOSE CATEGORIES.

AND ALSO DEPENDING ON THE COMMUNITIES, WHAT ANGELA'S, UH, SLIDE IS, YOU'LL ALWAYS SHOW WHERE WE'RE MAKING THE INVESTMENTS INTO, INTO THE EACH COMMUNITY, WHICH C CARE AND BY FUNDING SOURCES MM-HMM.

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UM, AND SO THE RATES DO, YOU KNOW, DO, DO VARY DEPENDING

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UM, BECAUSE OUR, OUR ATION RATE HAS DECREASED, UH, RECENT IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES, WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING BACK TO THAT WAITING LIST TO DRAW DOWN AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

UM, AND THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN USE.

THE MOBILE UNIFORM CAN GO OUT AND DO A RECRUIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SERVICE DELIVERY.

I WANNA TALK ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAD AN RFP THIS YEAR FOR THE YOUTH, AND WE NOW HAVE ONE YOUTH, UM, PROVIDER IN NOT TWO.

WHAT THIS WILL DO, IT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN DIRECT CLIENT DELIVERY BECAUSE WE'RE REDUCING THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST FROM HAVING TWO CONTRACTORS TO ONE CONTRACTOR FOR A NEW SERVICE DELIVERY.

UM, OUR C2 WILL STILL BE THE ADULT SERVICE CONTRACTOR.

C2 WILL HAVE 19 MILLION IN WORKFORCE PROGRAMING IN 19 MILLION OF READY TO WORK.

AND THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED BASED ON THEIR COST ALLOCATION PLAN, HOW STAFF USES, HOW STAFF TIME IS ALLOCATED.

UM, READY TO WORK IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN REGULAR MONEY, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE.

AND CHILDCARE HAS A 91.5 MILLION BUDGET WAS ALL CHILDCARE FUNDS AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY.

ON THE NEXT TIME, PLEASE, I WANNA TALK ABOUT ALLOCATIONS A LITTLE BIT.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ALLOCATIONS, UM, TYPICALLY THERE'S ABOUT AN 80 20 SPLIT OVERALL BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS.

THIS SHOWS OVERALL IT'S IN 84.07, BUT AS YOU SAW, WE HAVE THAT 20 MIL, 20 MILLION FOR RUNNING THE WORK.

THAT'S ONLY FOR THE URBAN AREAS.

SO IF YOU JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, WOULD VIEW THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.

BUT YOU, THE NEXT SLIDE, IF THIS IS TWC FUNDING ONLY, THERE'S 81.75% IN URBAN AND THE REMAINDER, IT IS RULE.

AND I HAVE ONE FINAL SLIDE.

SO ON THIS FINAL SLIDE, IT SHOWS CHILDCARE.

SO CHILDCARE OUR LARGEST BUCKET OF FUNDING.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT CHILDCARE, IT REALLY ALIGNS WITH THAT 79% OF CARE BEING IN URBAN AT ABOUT 20% BEING WELL, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE COST OF CARE, THE RATES, THE RATES IN THE RURAL AREAS, ACTUALLY LESS AS IT IS IN AREAS.

THE SPECIAL AREA, LOW, LOW INCOME CHILDCARE, 77, ABOUT 78% OF THE FUNDS ARE THE URBAN AND A LITTLE MORE THAN 20 TO 20% THE COST OF CARE AND THE RURAL AREAS ARE LESS.

SO THAT ALLOWS US TO SERVE MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE AREAS.

UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE, UM, IN THIS BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF THE PARAMETERS AROUND THAT PROGRAM, MOSTLY IT SITS IN THE AREAS.

SO, UM, THAT'S A, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, SO I BELIEVE WE'RE DONE WITH THE THANK YOU.

THE, UH, PRESENTATION.

PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

UH, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

SO MOVE.

I'LL SECOND IT.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND BY JUDGE AND JUDGE TEAL OVER THERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND BODY OPPOSED TO THAT BUDGET.

NO.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES.

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MR. LOPEZ, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M JUST GONNA BE REAL BRIEF.

UH, LEMME INTRODUCE YOU TO BEN.

UM, UM, IT HAVE PACKETS FOR, FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES.

UM, YOU PROBABLY RECEIVED A PACKET FROM EMAIL LAST NIGHT THAT WAS SENT OUT.

THAT'S USUALLY THOSE CEO REPORTS THAT WE SEND OUT EVERY, EVERY MONTH TO GIVE YOU AN AND A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT GOING OUTTA YOUR ACCOUNT JUST OVERALL THAT SHE'S PASSING THOSE OUT.

UM, WE ABOUT THREE POINT UNEMPLOYMENT, WHICH ACTUALLY IS PRETTY, CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE WITH DALLAS AREA, WE'RE COMPARED ABOUT PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT AND WE'RE AT 3.8%.

SOME OF OUR COUNTIES THAT ARE DOING MUCH BETTER, UH, THEY HAVE A LOWER RATE THAN 3.8% IS, UM, UPON, IT'S AT 2.4.

UM,

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UH, SOME OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THE CHOP LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

TALKED TO THOSE, THOSE FOLKS IN THAT INDUSTRY.

THERE'S NO REHIRING FOLKS.

UH, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT TECHNOLOGIES, THE CREWS THAT USED TO WORK IN THOSE, UM, IN, IN THAT, IN THOSE FIELDS ACTUALLY ARE, ARE MUCH SMALLER BECAUSE YOU COULD DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK WITH LESS, UH, OF FOLKS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN TEXAS.

UM, TEXAS IS SHOWING DEFINITELY A VERY STRONG ECONOMY IN JOB GROWTH.

UH, YOU OVER A YEAR PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT SEVEN 36,000 JOBS THAT WERE ADDED, UH, IN TEXAS FROM ABOUT OF THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME OF 2021, AUGUST OF 2022.

UH, WHAT THAT IS MEANT FOR OUR REGIONS APPROXIMATELY, UH, IN ADDITION OF ABOUT 46,700 JOBS THAT BEEN ADDED IN THE 13 COUNTY REGION, UH, WE WOULD CONSIDER, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING, THE TRIANGLE BETWEEN DALLAS, BOSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND HOUSTON.

WE MAKE UP MORE THAN 25% OF THE JOB CREATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN, IN TEXAS.

SO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ARE THAT ARE HAPPENING.

UM, ALL OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES THAT, UH, WE TRACK AND WE SUPPORT, WE'RE ALL SHOWING JOB GAINS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONSTRUCTION.

CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, HAS SEEN SOME JOB LOSS YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE DO TRACK BY MONTH, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRACK MOST BY YEAR TO WE SEE WHETHER THERE'S STRENGTH OR NOT.

UH, CONSTRUCTION, SOME, SOME LEVEL OF JOB LOSS.

THERE'S PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST RATES, UH, THE COST OF OF MATERIALS, UM, AS WELL AS THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

UM, SO, SO REALLY GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN IN THE REGION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO SUPPORT EMPLOYERS POSTED JUST A LITTLE OVER 160 OR SO YEAR TO, FOR TWO MORE POINTS.

UM, WE ARE SEEING MEDIUMS ACTUALLY INCREASE.

UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE SALARY FOR TODAY, WHICH WAS FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH ABOUT WE'RE DOCTORAL LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, LEVELS IN HIGHER LEVEL OF, OF BOOKS, THE LABOR PORTION JOB MARKET, MORE IN THE LABOR FORCE THAN THERE WERE PANDEMIC.

BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASES IN IN WAGES AS WELL.

UH, LAST, JUST WANTED TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WORK UPCOMING HIRING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUR LARGEST HIRING EVENT.

AND THAT'S BLUE, WHICH IS THAT POSTED ON THAT VETERAN.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT A TOPS ATTENDING EVENT, UH, FROM NINE TO 10.

IT IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR VETERANS.

UM, AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, IT'S TO THE GENERAL, THAT'LL BE HOST FROM 90 PM AND ANNUAL.

THAT'S A MAJOR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL THE, THE 28 WORKFORCE SPORTS IN TEXAS WORKFORCE.

UH, LAST YEAR WE SAW JUST LITERAL, EARLIER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES AND WE HAD ABOUT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 200 PLUS EMPLOYERS ANTICIPATE MORE FOR, UH, ATTENDING THIS EVENT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A REAL QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, LEAD IN THE REGION AS IT RELATES TO UNEMPLOYMENT, JOB GROWTH, AND THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING.

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LOPEZ? GENTLEMEN, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MM-HMM.

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OKAY.

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[7. Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) membership briefing. - Bryn Herrera]

SO, UH, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS BRENT.

I'M THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND PRIVACY OFFICER OVER HERE AT THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS PURELY INFORMATIONAL.

AND GET A QUICK BRIEF ON CYBERSECURITY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MULTI STATE INFORMATION SHARING, ANALYSIS CENTER, AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU ALL TO JUST BE AWARE OF THE, AND LOOK INTO

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SO AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THE IMPORTANCE OF CYBERSECURITY HAS REALLY EXPLODED OVER THE PAST DECADE AND IS ONLY GOING TO INTENSIFIED IN THE FUTURE.

THIS MEANT LEFT MANY STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT SLTS, UH, EITHER SCRAMBLING OR HAVING TO TAKE CATCH UP BECAUSE THEY OFTEN DO NOT HAVE THE BUDGET OR STAFF EXPERTISE TO IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN SECURE PROCESSES.

UNFORTUNATELY, RECENT TRENDS INDICATE THAT CYBERCRIMINAL ARE INCREAS AND TURNING AWAY FROM VICTIMS FACTS TARGETS OF THE WORLD AND TOWARDS SMALLER MEDIUM SIZE ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, INCREASINGLY LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL, UH, ENTITY RANSOMWARE HAS BECOME SOPHISTICATED IN THE LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.

UH, EFFECTIVELY YOU AND I COULD SET UP OUR OWN RANSOMWARE FRANCHISE OR OUR RANSOMWARE MCDONALD'S, IF YOU WILL, WITH SERVICES, TECHNOLOGIES, UH, PURCHASE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND REVIEWED AMONG CYBER, UH, CYBERCRIMINAL CIRCLES AND, UH, HALF OF ALL GLOBAL RANSOM VICTIMS ARE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

AND FISHING COMPRISES ABOUT 50 TO 60% BOTH OF THOSE RANSOM VECTOR.

AS OF 2021, I BELIEVE THE AVERAGE DEMANDED WAS AROUND 330 TO 350,000.

UM, THE LARGER SUMS IN EXCESS OF, UH, A MILLION DOLLARS HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN DEPENDENT AND PAID BY VICTIMS. SO IF YOU'RE A CYBERCRIMINAL AND YOU WANT TO EXTRA MONEY THROUGH FISHING AND WEAR, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ATTRACTIVE TARGETS FOR A VARIETY OF REASON.

UM, TO MAKE A GENERAL STATEMENT, NOT JUST FOR TAXES, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OFTEN SIT AT AN INTERSECTION OF VALUABLE DATA.

AND FOR CYBERSECURITY PRACTICES, BUDGETS ARE OFTEN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UH, WHICH NECESSARY FROM PROMOTE PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, BUT ALSO RAISES A COUPLE IMPLICATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO CYBERSECURITY.

UH, ONE CRIMINALS KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT, AND OFTEN SPECIFICALLY WHAT SYSTEMS AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.

AND TWO, ANALYSTS AND ACCOUNTANTS WITHIN THESE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN, UH, UH, CAN USE THIS INFORMATION TO TAILOR A SPECIFIC RANSOM TO YOUR GOVERNMENT THAT IS JUST SMALL ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, JUST PAYING, JUST HIT IT OVER.

IN ADDITION, REGULATION CAN FURTHER BE LEVERAGED TO INCENTIVIZE RANSOMWARE PAYMENTS.

MANY RANS, MORE ATTACKS THAT INVOLVE BHI WILL OFTEN THREATEN TO RELEASE THE DATA IF THE GRANT IS NOT PAID RE-EMPLOYED.

UH, SOMETIMES THE DATA IS LEAKED ANYWAY BECAUSE GOVERNMENT'S ENTITIES ARE SENSITIVE TO THESE POST CONCERNS.

BE, UH, THEY COULD BE ADDITIONAL LEVERAGE WHEN DEMANDING SUCH PAYMENT.

SO THE CHALLENGE IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT THAT IS WHERE, UH, WE COME TO THE MS IAC.

THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AS THE KEY CYBERSECURITY RESOURCE OR SLT T GOVERNMENTS.

THE MISSION DIRECTLY FROM THE WEBSITE IS TO QUOTE, IMPROVE THE OVERALL CYBERSECURITY POSTURE OF US SLT T GO ORGANIZATIONS TO COORDINATION, COLLABORATION, COOPERATION, AND INCREASED COMMUNICATION.

SO I GUESS THE ELEVATOR PITCH THROUGH THE MSAC IS THAT IT IS ESSENTIALLY A CYBER SCORE GROUP FOR GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP.

UH, THE PRICE POINT, THE MSAC HAS OVER 10,000 MEMBERS, AND THE TOP FIVE ENERGY TYPES ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 12 COUNTY AND PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION.

UH, TEXAS IS IN THE SECOND ON THE LIST OF TOP FIVE STATES BY MEMBERSHIP JUST BEHIND CALIFORNIA.

AND ALSO, ALTHOUGH THE FOCUS FOR THIS, NOT THE FOCUS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, IT COUNTERPART ISAC A SIMILAR CONCEPT IN TERMS OF ELECTION SYSTEMS INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.

UH, ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT MEMBER GOVERNMENTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, PARTICULARLY WITH THE OF INFORMATION REQUEST REGARDING ELECTIONS IN LOOKING AHEAD TO, SO MEMBERSHIP TO THE MS IAC GRANTS RANGE, UH, GRANTS ACCESS TO A RANGE OF BOTH NO COST ENTITY SERVICES.

SO HERE'S A SELECTION OF SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE TO MSI MEMBERS.

UH, THIS ISN'T COMPREHENSIVE, IT'S JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES, IN MY OPINION.

IN PARTICULAR, THE MALICIOUS DOMAIN BLOCKING AND REPORTING OR MD UH, MD UH, UH, MDR, UM, OFFERS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SECURITY BY AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKING TRAFFIC, UH, FROM HARMFUL DOMAINS THAT ARE ON THE MS IEC BLOCK LIST OR BLACKLIST, AND IS SOMETHING THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN IMPLEMENT

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UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM, REALLY VALUABLE PHONE NUMBER TO HAVE ON HAND IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDST OF THE ONGOING CYBER ATTACK OR IN THE RESPONSE PHASE.

THE C HAS EXPERIENCE RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, COUNTRY AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION AND DATA THAT THE, UH, DEALS WITH CAN GIVE KIND OF VALUABLE INSIGHTS, UH, YOU CAN GIVE 'EM A CALL SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPERIENCING A CYBER ATTACK AND THEY THEY CAN GIVE CONTEXT AS TO THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT'S OTHER AS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED THAT THEY USED TO SUCCESSFULLY RESPOND TO THAT, UH, PARTICULAR CYBER ATTACK.

UM, SO IN SOME, I IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BOTH GOVERNMENTS ARE ATTRACTIVE TARGETS AND THE RATE IN WHICH THEY'RE GOING BE TARGETED IS ONLY GOING TO INCREASE.

UH, CYBERSECURITY IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE RELEGATED TO IT ANYMORE.

IT'S REALLY REQUIRES AN ORGANIZATIONAL SHIFT IN THINKING.

UM, IT'S HARD TO COMPETE WITH A PERSISTENT AND INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED CYBER THREATS.

BUT RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY FREE RESOURCES ARE, ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MSI.

UM, SO WITH THAT BRIEF INFORMATION PRESENTATION, UH, GREG GUYS COMMENDS THAT ACO MEMBER GOVERNMENTS EXPLORE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH MSI SITE MEMBERSHIP TO FURTHER INCREASE CYBERSECURITY AND POSTURE FOR THE REGION.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

CYBERSECURITY'S PRETTY SCARY FOR, ESPECIALLY LIKE US A SMALLER COUNTIES.

I KNOW JILL CLARK, JUDGE IN JACKSON COUNTY, THEY GOT HIT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

UH, SO IF WE HAVE A IN IN HOUSE OR EXTERNAL COMPANY THAT DOES OUR, UH, COMPUTER WORK, WOULD THEY JUST REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE? UH, I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO, UM, WELL, THE WAY THAT WE DO IT IS WE, WE, WE HAVE OUR IT FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, THAT EXTERNAL, RIGHT? OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS.

YEAH, OUR EXTERNAL IT MANAGERS.

WE, I'M KIND OF LIKE THE LIAISON THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ACO AND MSAC, BUT THE, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR COMPUTER VENDORS ALSO INVOLVED IN THOSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS, LIKE THEY'RE AWARE OF LIKE MEMBERSHIP.

SO, UM, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE JUST ONE OF YOUR DIRECT STAFF AS LIKE A LIAISON, BUT, UM, BUT CERTAINLY MAYBE DESIGNATING EITHER YOUR, YOUR VENDOR, UH, FOR SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL, LIKE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE LIKE THAT, THAT DONATE BLOCK.

MM-HMM.

REQUIRES KIND COORDINATION JUST IN A CERTAIN WAY.

UM, SO IT, IT'S REALLY MOSTLY JUST A CONVERSATION OF WHERE YOU WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO FALL, I GUESS.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

INFORMATIVE.

I GUESS I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST INFORMATION.

YEAH.

I NEED YOU TO GET WAY DOWN.

YOU, YOU GOT DOWN ON KINDERGARTEN WITH THESE GUYS, GET DOWN TO PRE-K WITH ME, SO, SO I HAVE A COMPANY THAT, THAT, THAT I, THAT WE PAY, THE COUNTY PAYS TO TAKE CARE OF US AND I TRUST THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF IT.

OKAY.

SO, SO MARRYING THESE TWO TOGETHER, SHOULD THAT GIVE ME AN EXTRA FAILING OF SECURITY? YES.

UH, YEAH.

IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT LAYER LAYER SECURITY.

SO KINDA YOUR TRADITIONAL, LIKE YOU'RE SETTING UP THESE CALLS THAT KINDA, THAT, THAT MINDSET NO, NO, NO LONGER IS KIND OF REALLY SUFFICIENT.

GOTCHA.

YOU REALLY WANNA LAYER YOUR DEFENSES ON, ON TALK TO EACH OTHER.

SO YEAH.

UH, MY RECOMMENDATION BASICALLY JUST TO BE, MAYBE TALK TO YOUR, YOUR PROVIDER, YOUR, YOUR COMPANY AND BE LIKE, I HEARD ABOUT THESE, THIS MS WE'RE INTERESTED IN, IN JOINING.

CAN YOU DO, DO YOU KNOW THIS ORGANIZATION? AND MAYBE, UH, ARE THERE RESOURCES THAT THEY, THAT WE CAN.

VERY GOOD.

I THOUGHT WAS GULU COUNTY HIT TOO RECENTLY? WERE YOU, UM, RECORDING AND BROADCASTING? UH, WELL, IT'S BEEN IN THE PAPER .

YES.

YEAH.

I, I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS IT, AND THEY HAVE ALL NEW EMAIL ADDRESSS.

MM-HMM.

ALL RIGHT, MR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT,

[8. AACOG Written Program Reports A. Alamo Area Agency on Aging - Will McKnight B. Alamo Regional Transit - Duane Evans C. Regional Services - Miguel Segura D. Weatherization Assistance Program - Alicia Ávila-Peñalver]

IT'S OUR ACOG WRITTEN PERFORM WRITTEN PROGRAM REPORTS.

WE HAVE THE ALAMO AREA AGENCY ON AGING FROM WILL MCKNIGHT.

WE HAVE THE ALAMO REGIONAL TRANSIT, DWAYNE EVANS REGIONAL SERVICES FROM MIGUEL SAIRA AND THE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM ALICIA VILA AND UH, LAVA.

THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL SAY THAT WE SUBMITTED WRITTEN REPORTS BECAUSE EVERYBODY JUST ABOUT IS

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UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, DWAYNE IS HERE.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ART AND THEIR SERVICES, UH, I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THE RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING IN RESUMING, AT LEAST WITH THEM.

THE OTHER THING I'LL MAKE A PLEA FOR IS, AS YOU LOOK AT WEATHERIZATION, WE CLEARLY CONTINUE TO NEED ADDITIONAL HOMES IN OUR RURAL AREAS.

HOWEVER, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE HAVE A PROJECT IN, UM, UH, PLEASANTON AND WE'VE GOT A PROJECT, ANDRAOS BEEN WONDERFUL AT BEING RESPONSIVE.

AND WE HAVE ONE IN DIVINE.

SO WE HAVE THREE RURAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THE, UM, ELIGIBILITY AND THE ASSESSMENTS FOR.

SO THOSE MIGHT NOT GET COMPLETED THIS YEAR, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH WITH A REALLY STRONG START NEXT YEAR.

SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE'RE GETTING FROM THOSE AREAS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO SPREAD THE WORD, HOW TO DO A BETTER JOB OF OUTREACH.

THAT'S A TOUGH PROGRAM CUZ ELIGIBILITY'S SO STRICT.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH, WITH THE, IS THE ELIGIBILITY.

IT IS.

AND THE EXCITING THING IS IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE, UM, LETTER THAT WE, Y'ALL ARE APPROVE THE COMMENTS FOR THE B BIL MONEY THAT IS FAR MORE FLEXIBLE AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE STATE FOR ACCEPTING AND NOT BEING MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IS.

THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY BE MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DELIVER SERVICES AND NOT EXCLUDE 'EM.

CUZ THEY GOT A BAD ROOF, THEY HAVE A BAD FOUNDATION.

I, I KNOW ALL, ALL OF US JUDGES HERE HAVE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND, AND HAVE TRIED AND TO QUALIFY FOR IT IS JUST SO TOUGH.

IT TAKES THREE APPLICATIONS TO GET ONE THAT'S ELIGIBLE.

YEAH.

WE'RE, WE'RE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY AS FAR AS QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

MM-HMM.

, IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S, THE ELIGIBILITY IS SO TOUGH.

IF THEY NEED THE SERVICE AND THEY QUALIFY FOR 125% OF POVERTY, OF COURSE THEY HAVE BAD ROOF.

YES.

I MEAN OF COURSE THEY DO.

SO, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

$2 MILLION FROM B CUZ I THINK WE'RE REALLY, OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY FOCUS AND IN THE ASSESSMENTS WE CAN REALLY DO A, A BETTER JOB OF BEING MORE COMPLETE IN THE SOLUTION.

SO ANY HELP AND GETTING THOSE APPLICATIONS IN NOW, THAT WAY WE'LL BE SET TO ROLL WHEN THOSE DOLLARS COME.

GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD.

AND I ALSO WANT TO, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO ALAMO, UH, REGIONAL TRANSIT.

I, I HAD A GUY CALL ME AND, AND HE WAS JUST AT HIS WITS END, HIS MOTHER'S IN NURSING HOME AND HE HAD TO HAVE SOME EYE, UH, PROCEDURE DONE.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS NOT ME DRIVING THERE, BUT IT'S DRIVING BACK AND MY APPOINTMENT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTA LEAVE HERE, ORANGE COUNTY AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, ARE THERE ANY SERVICES? AND I SAID, WELL, I SAID, LET ME CHECK WITH ALAMO.

AND UH, HE CALLED ME BACK A WEEK LATER AND HE SAID, MAN, THAT'S THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD.

IT COST ME FIVE BUCKS.

AND I MEAN, HE WAS JUST ECSTATIC.

SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR FOLKS AND, AND, AND USE 'EM.

UTILIZE THEM.

HE CAN HELP US SPREAD THE WORD.

YEP.

HE DID GET SO.

OKAY.

ANY, UH, COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE WRITTEN REPORTS THAT YOU HAVE? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM

[9. Next scheduled meeting is scheduled is TBD.]

AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 10, WE NEED MOST TO ADJOURN AND WE CAN GO TO WORK.

YOU GET THE SECOND IT'S MOTION.

EXCELLENT JOB FOR COMING.

THANK Y FOR STAYING.