* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] THIS CONFERENCE WILL NOW BE RECORDED. REGULAR MEETING. TODAY [1. Meeting called to Order - Chairman Teal The AACOG Board of Directors is meeting in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (Open Meetings Act). As such, the Board of Directors reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on this Agenda whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Texas Open Meetings Act.] IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5TH, THREE. WE HAVE A ROLL CALL OR MORNING. MORNING, COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN BRAK. COMMISSIONER CALVER. AMY PUTNEY FOR COMMISSIONER CALVERT. JUDGE CAMACHO PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAYOR MARK FOR KU. MAYOR DAON. MAYOR DENNIS IS EXCUSED. JUDGE EVANS HERE. MAYOR EICHNER IS ALSO EXCUSED. COUNCILWOMAN RO GARCIA IS HERE AND WILL BE IN SHORTLY. MR. HAER HERE. JUDGE HEAD PLEASE. HERE. JUDGE JONES. HERE. JUDGEY IS EXCUSED. JUDGE HERE. MS. LEWIS. ANGELA RODRIGUEZ. FOR LISA LEWIS. JUDGE LUZ. HERE. SENATOR MENENDEZ. COMMISSIONER MOODY. HERE. REPRESENTATIVE MER KELLY EARLY FOR REPRESENTATIVE MER. COUNCILMAN PAT WALLACE FOR COUNCILMAN P. JUDGE. MR. VAZQUEZ. HERE. MR. VALDI. MARK FREEBERG FOR MR. VALDIVIA. VALDIVIA. I'LL GET THAT RIGHT UP. JUDGE WHITMAN HERE. SARAH WILLIAMS. HERE. REPRESENTATIVE DEAN, MR. HOFFMAN. JOHN AND MR. HOFFMAN, REPRESENTATIVE TEMPLE, SENATOR Z. WE HAVE A FORUM. THANK YOU. THE PLEDGE PLEDGE. STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, TEXAS FLAG. WE HAVE A REALLY SHORT TIME, WE'VE A LONG WAY TO GO IN, A SHORT TIME TO GET THERE. YOU SEE SOME THINGS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HAVE BEEN CONDENSED DOWN. UH, THEIR NORMAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS THAT ARE HANDLED BY THE BOARD. AND WE PROBABLY PUT A FEW MORE ITEMS ON. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. AND, UH, IF WE NEED TO PULL THOSE, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS THIS MORNING. AND SINCE ILL ABSOLUTELY DO IT WRONG, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I'M GONNA GET IT WRONG. I START WITH ME. I'M JIM, I'M INTRODUCE, WHO IS LAST CHAIR AND COUNTY JUDGE IN KIRK COUNTY? GO FOR IT. JUDGE HEKE, WADE HEAD, KS COUNTY JUDGE KYLE KUTCHER, WELD LOOP COUNTY, JUDGE MARK GLASS, BOSA COUNTY FOR WELDON CO. MARTY BRAVO, CITY, COUNCILMAN SAN ANTONIO. RICHARD EVANS, BANDERA COUNTY. KEITH LUTZ COUNTY JUDGE BENITA COUNTY, ROCHELLE CAMACHO, FRIO COUNTY JUDGE, ALL DANIEL JONES, LESKY COUNTY JUDGE DARREN SCHRODER. MAYOR KELLY, EARLY DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR REPRESENTATIVE MER. MARK FREEBERG REPRESENTING ENRIQUE VALDIVIA FOR THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY. SUZANNE MAYOR VAL SYKES. GOOD MORNING, I'M CLIFF HERBERG. I'M GENERAL COUNSEL AND SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR ACO. GOOD MORNING, GRANT. MOODY BEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THREE. GOOD MORNING, PAT WALLACE. UM, I'M HERE FOR COUNCILMAN MANNY. GOOD MORNING. ANGELA RODRIGUEZ WITH CPS ENERGY. GOOD MORNING, VICTOR CONTRERAS, UH, MAYOR OF CITY OF MARION. UH, JOHN WILLIAMS, MAYOR OF UNIVERSAL CITY. AMY PUTNEY, REPRESENTING COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT, PRECINCT FOUR. SO LESER VASQUEZ, BOARD PRESIDENT AT SOUTHWEST IS S D AND REPRESENTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. JIMMY HASH LOCKER, UH, REPRESENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEALTH AND HEALTH DISTRICTS [00:05:01] ALSO. AND A FORMER CHAIR OF, UH, ACOG WHILE BACK. , HANK WHITMAN WILSON COUNTY JUDGE JOHN ANDERSON HERE REPRESENTING, UH, MR. BRIAN HOFFMAN FOR JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO. REBECCA CLAY, FLORIDA SPIRIT COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT ONE. AND FOR THE RECORD, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS EVERY MEETING SO I CAN FINALLY LEARN WHAT EVERYONE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ALL. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR. ALL DECLARATIONS. THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, [6. Texas American Public Works Association South Central Branch - Joshua Mair, President and Julio Colunga, City of Fair Oaks Ranch] PUBLIC. GOOD MORNING. MORNING COUNSEL. MY NAME JULIO IS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORK FOR CITY OF FEDERAL. I'M ALSO THE CHAIRPERSON FOR TEXAS RESPONSE COUNCIL FOR OUR REGIONS. ANTONIO. UH, SO JUST HERE TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION ON OUR ORGANIZATION. STARTED CONCERN ABOUT, UM, TWO YEARS OR SO. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. AND, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF AND YOU GET SOME DIRECTION FROM THE, WHICH THOUGHTS ARE ON IT. SO, UH, I MENTIONED WORKS RESPONSE COUNCIL. LET'S SEE. OKAY, SO WITH AWA OR TEXAS A, THERE ARE SEVERAL RANKS. STATE, TEXAS, ALL COURT ORIENTED. THERE IS A IS WITH THE TEXAS COUNCIL. THERE'S SEATING PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE ENTIRE STATE TRYING TO CREATE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE, UH, TO HAVE, HAVE A LOCAL PERSON CALL CAN GET ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC COURT. SO, UH, WORKS HAS BEEN TAKEN. ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE READJUSTED IT TO THE YOU RESPONSE COUNCIL. COUNCIL WILL SERVE STATEWIDE DATABASE, UH, RESPONSE PASSES AVAILABLE TO RESPONDENT, REQUESTED TO MANAGEMENT. SO THE COUNCIL PROVIDE APPLICATION TRAINING. UM, PHOTO RESPONSE BY FEBRUARY, JUNE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN TEXAS. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS THE TRAINING NEEDED FOR FEMALE RESPONSES, DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT ACROSS STATE. UH, SO WE'LL HELP ORGANIZE THE SO'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY, PREPARANCE DISASTER MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR COURTS, AGENCIES. AND, UM, GO AHEAD AND TRY TO GET A DATABASE PROVIDED TO WHERE IF THERE IS AN CALL, IT'S NOT PLAIN PHONE TAG. SO PURPOSE IS PROVIDE ORGANIZED, EFFICIENT CHANNEL FOR WHICH AFFECT CITIES, TOWNS, MUTUAL CONTROL, AID FORCE, DEPARTMENTS, MATTER, MUTUAL AGREEMENTS. SO ESTABLISH, WE'LL ESTABLISH AS WELL. SO CURRENTLY THE WAY IT WORKS IS IF AN EMERGENCY REQUEST PUTS OUT CHEMO BLAST TO EVERYBODY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TRYING GET ASSISTANCE. UM, WELL IN MY SLIDE THAT I SHOW A WHILE BACK, YOU'LL SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, OUR ORGANIZATION FOR EXAMPLE, IS SOUTH TEXAS BRANCH SAN ANTONIO. IF THE FALLS, HEY, WE NEED ASSISTANCE DOWN HERE, USE PUBLIC FOR HEALTH IS GONNA TAKE TIME TO GET HERE. SO THE POINT IS HAVING ONE POINT IN CONTACT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE THEY CAN CALL AND SAY, HEY, I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE, SOMEBODY TO COME OUT AND HELP ME. UM, I WOULD CASE I AM THE CHAIRPERSON HERE. SO THEY WOULD BASICALLY CALL ME, SAID, HEY, I CAN GET ASSISTANCE FOR THIS. I HAVE A LIST LIST OF ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN OUR MUTUAL AID AS WELL, WHAT ASSETS THEY HAVE, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE, HEY, YOU CAN CONTACT THIS PERSON. SO TAG, WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE, SO, UM, CURRENTLY THE WAY IT'S SET UP, LIKE I SAID, TINA GETS A CALL, THEY ACTUALLY PUT IN A CALL TO US. NOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM GOES AHEAD AND GOES OUT A CALL TO MYSELF, STATE OF TEXAS. WE THEN SHOOT OUT AN EMAIL. WE HAVE SAY, HEY, THESE PEOPLE NEED HELP. HERE'S WHAT THEY NEED. CAN YOU CONTACT THIS PERSON TO GET THIS GOAL? UM, SO ORIGINALLY WE SET THIS UP. THE GOAL WAS LET'S GET AN MUTUAL AID IN PLACE. LET'S START WORKING WITH THE EVERYBODY IN THE REGION AND TRY TO BUILD THAT DATABASE OF WHO IS ON A MUTUAL AID, WHAT EQUIPMENT DO THEY HAVE, WHAT PERSONNEL DO THEY HAVE, WHAT CAN THEY DO, HOW CAN THEY ASSIST, UM, RATHER PUBLIC WORKS. I LOOKED AT A O AS A SOURCE BOARD, YOU KNOW, HEY, I BECOME ON SUBCOMMITTEE [00:10:01] OR PARTICIPATE IN A OG, UM, WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH WE ARE ATTENDING THE REPACK MEETINGS NOW, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID MY FIRST REPACK MEETING IS THERE'S A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE SQUAD, MISS, THERE'S REALLY NOT PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVED. UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS MUTUAL AID PART OF, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS MUTUAL AID BEING AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SPREAD. SO CONTACT PUBLIC WORKS. DID YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THIS AVAILABLE? DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD USE THIS SOURCE IF THEY'RE JUST WARMING? IF THERE'S EMERGENCY, YOU NEED ASSISTANCE. UH, SO MICHAEL, MY GOAL COURSE IS TO GO AHEAD AND START REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT CITIES. PEOPLE THAT MAYBE NOT MAYBE MAY NOT BE A PART A CALL A PART OF THIS MUTUAL AID AND SAY, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS WAY SO THAT WE CAN ASSIST EACH OTHER IN? UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE TRUST OF THE ORGANIZATION. IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE ORGANIZED FOR THE REGION. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, DALLAS, THEY ALREADY, THEY'RE SET UP WITH THEIR CALL AND UH, IEM CALL DALLAS CAN GET AHOLD OF THEIR, THEY CALL THE RESOURCE FIRM, SAY CALL BACK, I GOT THIS GROUP OUT THERE, SORRY I COULDN'T, BUT AT LEAST I OKAY HOUSTON. NOW HOUSTON HAS THEIR PEOPLE INVOLVED. UH, AND IT'S OPEN UP, NOT JUST A CITY, BUT IT'S ISDS. IT'S OPEN UP TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON MUTUAL AID, TRYING TO GET MUTUAL AID OUT THERE, GET THIS AGREEMENT SIGNED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE SO THAT, UM, SMALLEST MYSELF, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLE, SMALL CITY. WE, FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN'T, I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCE TO GO IN REACHING OUT TO OTHER CITY AND SAYING, HEY, COULD YOU HELP ME? QUESTION I ALWAYS IS WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? WHO'S GONNA COVER EMPLOYEE PLACE? THAT KIND OF HELPS US GET PAST WHO'S PAYING, WHO DID THIS? YOU CALL INTO HELLO AND SAY, HEY JOSH, I NEED YOUR ASSISTANTS. DO YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE GUYS IN A SIT? AND IS NO QUESTION WHO'S PAYING FOR CALL DIRECTOR? A QUICK MINUTE PHONE CALL AND MAYBE BE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO ALL THE COUNTIES. UH, ON MY END WE GONNA SAY, HEY, I'M GONNA BOTH WORKS. PEOPLE WONDER, WHO ARE YOU IF I, I'M BOTH WORKS. I'M WORKING ON THE THIS UP. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US. IT DOES HELP ME OUT. UM, BEING ABLE TO SAY I CAN USE A MUTUAL MUTUALLY AS WELL AND USE THE SAME AGREEMENT, RATHER SPEED THE PROCESS. SO IT SOMETHING THAT I WANTED BRING TO Y'ALL, SEE IF IT SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTED. SEE IF FROM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR BUSINESS CARD. KEEP GOING THE MEETING. THAT'S A GREAT AND, AND MOVE, MOVE YOUR, YOUR UH, FORMALIZATION FORM. JUDGE IF I COULD SUGGEST PERHAPS IF HE WORKS WITH MARCELLA AND THEY UNDERSTOOD PRESENTATION WHAT ASKING JUST AS CHARGE WITH MARCELLA AND WORK WITH AND THEY CAN COME. THANK YOU. [7. Monthly Report - Diane Rath A. Staffing Updates B. Program Status and Operational Updates Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) Alamo Regional Transit (ART) External Affairs & Communications Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services (IDDS) Military and Veterans Affairs Natural Resources Public Safety Regional Services Environmental Conservation Weatherization Assistance Program C. Organizational Updates Building Update General Administration Policy Review Chief Financial Officer General Counsel] GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIRMAN AND VERY NICE TO SEE. SO FACE FORWARD TO Y'ALL AND WORKING YOU AND I DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO US IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CLARIFY AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER AND HELP YOU PROVIDE. UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUDGE AND I WERE IN WASHINGTON DC WEEKEND AT NATIONAL ATION REGIONAL COUNCIL AND WE GOT THAT LAST NIGHT. AND THE REASON MARY DENNIS IS NOT HERE AND HER ABSENCE IS BECAUSE SHE WAS WITH US AND SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE NA BOARD DIRECTORS. SHE'LL BE TAKING THE SEAT THAT JUDGE SCH PREVIOUSLY HAD. UH, SO SHE HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT. SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT SHE'LL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT US ON THAT BOARD. [00:15:01] AND SO TEXAS HAS TWO SEATS ON OUR NATIONAL PARTY DIRECTOR. SO I REALLY AM GRATEFUL, APPRECIATE DENNIS DEW. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES JANUARY 1ST, SO I WANNA GO OVER THAT WITH YOU. MADE SOME PROMOTIONS AND CHANGED SOME RESPONSIBILITIES. SO I'M VERY EXCITED. JOHNSON HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR AND PROGRAM SERVICES. UH, JACOB LUZINSKI IS BEEN PROMOTED SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES. SO PEOPLE OVERSEEING ITT AND AGING PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE THE SAME CUSTOMER AND AGENCY. SO MANY OF THE PROGRAMS OVERLAP. SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. UM, YOUR HAS INFLUENCER AND TO DIRECTOR MEMBER SERVICES, BUT I'M VERY SORRY TO ANNOUNCE THAT. JUST YESTERDAY HE SUBMITTED RESIGNATION TO US. SO WE SPEND A YEAR WITH US AND MOVE BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AND HAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANTAGE SOME. SCRATCH THAT. UM, VIRGINIA CHARLES, WHO WAS, UH, JACOB DEPUTY AT I D D IS NOW DIRECTOR OF I D D. AND, UH, LISTEN, WHO WAS THE DEPUTY AND HR IS NOW A SOON RESPONSIBILITY AS DIRECTOR OF HR. UH, CARRERA HAS ADDED IT TO HIS, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES. UH, HE HAS CURRENTLY, AS YOU KNOW, QUALITY, UH, ASSURANCE AND PROPERTY MANAGER. I'VE TALKED TO CLIFF AND YOU'LL BRING, HE PREVIOUSLY HAD IT AND SAID, DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT OUR IT, JACOB AND BRI. AND HE GOES, I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT EVER SINCE LONGEST IT IS UNDER JACOB. AND, AND WE'RE WELL PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE. MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT LOCK WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF MARCH. WHO'S BEEN WITH US OUR WHOLE LIFE, TO A NEW JOB, US THE END OF MARCH. AND JOHN TORRES HAS BEEN PROMOTED, WILL BE TRANSITIONING INTO THAT ROLE. SO, UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT THREE MONTH TRANSITION PLAN. UH, SO WE'RE VERY P I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. I REALLY THINK THIS NEW ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN SERVE EVERYONE VERY, VERY WELL. UH, ONE MAKES BE AWARE OF SOME PROMOTIONS. MARI SALINAS, WHO IS IN OUR WEATHERS DEPARTMENT COMPLAINING HIS CERTIFICATION COURT. AND SO NOW WE HAVE THREE CERTIFIED INSPECTORS. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO DIDN'T HIT ME. SO NOW WE, UH, ARE REALLY IN GREAT SHAPE OF HAVING THAT CRUCIAL POSITION FILLED WITH BACKUP. UH, KARINA ZA, WHO IS AN ID TEAM LEADER, HAS BEEN APPLYING TO DEPARTMENT PROTECTIVE SERVICES AS THE MEMBER COMMITTEE ADVANCING RESIDENTIAL PRACTICES. UH, WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE REPRESENTING ON THAT STATEWIDE COMMITTEE. UH, I'M PLEASED AS MANY OF YOU, UH, PART THOSE THAT ARE NEW, UH, AS WE OVERSEE THE CONGREGATE AND HOME MEALS IN YOUR AREA. WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE AND TAKEN SUCH A DROP IN THE SENIOR CENTERS OF ROBERT REACH DURING COVID. NOW THAT THE SENIOR CENTERS ARE ALL OPEN AGAIN AND THEY'RE ALL FUNCTIONING, THE FOLKS ARE COMING BACK FOR COVER GOOD MEALS, WHICH IS SO VERY IMPORTANT FOR EM. AND THEN THE HOME DELIVERY MEALS ARE TOO, AT THIS TIME, UM, IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. YOU ALL ARE RECEIVING YOUR DUE OR SHOULDN'T RECEIVED ALREADY. YOUR DUES, UH, LETTER INVOICE WE DID INCLUDE WITH THAT, UH, INVESTMENT SUMMARY OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING FROM US. AND, UH, AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS OR HESITATE TO LET US KNOW, PLEASE, UH, IF YOU ALSO WOULD LIKE ANY PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT THE VALUE WE HAVE FOR A PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'LL BE GLAD TO DO A PRESENTATION FOR YOUR COUNCIL ON THE COURT. WE DONE ONE OTHER ORGANIZATION PREVIOUSLY. AGING WEATHERIZATION AND ART HAD THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH PERSON. SO PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE RECOVERY ALL 13. WELL THEY WERE NOBODY REALLY DID TO REACH OUT TO. SO WE HAVE MOVED ALL THE OUTREACH PEOPLE, CONSOLIDATED THEM UNDER MIGUEL AND THEY'LL BE REPRESENTING ALL THREE PROGRAMS. SO EACH ONE, OUR OUTREACH FOLKS WILL HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TOLL BE MUCH MORE PRESENT. THEY'LL BE ABLE CONNECT MORE CLOSELY AND YOUR WILL ONLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THEM MUCH BETTER AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE A MUCH BETTER, UH, ON THE GROUND THAT IS ON FOR US. SO FOLKS THAT TEST TIME, UM, VETERAN'S DIRECTED CARE, I'M VERY PLEASED THAT PROGRAM FOUR ACTIVE CLIENTS, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT EIGHT. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PLEASED AND PROUD AND [00:20:01] GRATEFUL FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR DA HOSPITAL. WE WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE AND GREAT RELATIONSHIP. NOT TRUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH, I THINK OUR PROGRAM VETERANS DIRECTED IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. WE DO THE CASE MANAGEMENT, THEY REFER THE CLIENT TO US. WE DO THE CASE MANAGEMENT, ALLOWING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO REMAIN THEIR HOMES AND AGE PLACE INSTEAD OF GOING TO ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING FACILITY TO THE PROGRAM. INCOME FOR THAT YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER IS WHAT'S FUNDING OUR RIDES FOR BEDS, HOMES FOR BEDS, AND SHORTLY TO TEXAS. SO IT REALLY HELPS US TO EXPAND AND CONTINUE SERVICES FOR DELIVERY FOR VETERANS IN OUR 13 COUNTY AREA. UM, ON JANUARY 6TH, EPA ANNOUNCED, UH, THAT THEY WILL LOOK, THIS REALLY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ITS ENTIRE REGION OPINION WHAT COMES DOWN. EPA ANNOUNCED ITS INTENT TO RECONSIDER THE LIMITS OF PARTICULAR MATTER, UM, FOR TO LOWER THAT LIMIT DOWN. OR A HONEYMOON AREA WHERE BUILDING ROADS WITH CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. MULTIPLE PARTS OF THIS, UH, REGION IS REALLY GROWING WITH A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. LOWERING THAT PARTICULAR MATTER COULD CERTAINLY HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR US, UH, WHILE CHECKS EVERY DAY, THE FEDERAL REGISTER AND HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED YET. BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED WITH THAT. AND AS SOON AS IT'S PUBLISHED, WE'LL BE BRINGING COMMENTS BACK FOR YOU. CAUSE THAT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WE WERE LEVEL OF ATTAINMENT FOR OZONE, UH, AND THAT IT WILL BE BRINGING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT I HAVE TO THANK TCQ AGAIN FOR REALLY WORK ALL SEGMENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND, UH, EDUCATING THEM. HOLDING WEBINARS. THERE WAS A WEBINAR LAST WEEK THAT HAD ALMOST SEVEN PEOPLE CONNECTED, LEARNING ABOUT THE ONLY COUNTY THAT IS MODERATE. ALL OF THE OTHER 12 COUNTIES ARE STILL IN ATTAINMENT. UH, BUT THERE WILL BE CHANGES COMING OVER THE NEXT TWO, THREE YEARS FOR BEAR COUNTY. WE'LL OF THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE HAVING QUALITY COMMITTEE, UM, COMING UP NEXT MONTH. UM, WE HAD, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT. WE HAD A GRADUATION LAST NIGHT WITH ABOUT 32 CADETS GRADUATING. UH, SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE REALLY SPONSORSHIP ENGAGEMENT OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AVENUE. VERY IMPORTANT. THERE WILL BE A CENSUS DATA WORKSHOP THAT YOU ALL ARE RECEIVING NOTICES OF THIS BY EMAIL ON JANUARY 28TH. HERE, THE BOARD GROUP, UH, THEY WILL REALLY BE GOING INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE CENSUS IS, HOW TO EXTRACT INFORMATION, WHAT IT MEANS. I KNOW WE WERE AT SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY ON THE CENSUS AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES, PARTICULARLY WITH, UM, IN A SMALL URBAN DISTRICT NOW. BUT THIS WILL REALLY HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM PARTICULAR GRANTS WHO'LL ALSO BE HOSTING A COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FEBRUARY 16TH. THIS IS A WORKSHOP WHERE WE PARTNER WITH AND WE BRING RESOURCES, FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF SERVICES AND GRANT. AND WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR, UH, STAFF ON THAT. UM, WEATHERIZATION ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE NEW GRANT FOR LIVE. UH, WE CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO NEED ADDITIONAL REFERRALS TO THE RURAL AREAS AND WE LOOK FORWARD WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT. WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE ABOUT THE BUILDING AND IN ANOTHER DELAY, UM, YOU ALL REMEMBER THE RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WE HAD A HARD FREEZE. WELL, I REMEMBER THE, THE DAMPERS ON ONE BUILDING THAT OPERATE THE HVAC CONDENSER ROOM PROPERLY. AND SO THOSE OPEN DAMPERS CONDENSER ROOM AND ONE OF THE CONDENSERS TUBES AND FIRST, SO WE HAVE THAT DRYWALL THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE INSURANCE. AND SO, UM, WE SHOULD BE THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THAT NOW. SO REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A AGENDA ITEM COVER FOR YOU TODAY'S AGENDA, UM, WE ALSO ASSIGN LEASE TENANT ON THE THIRD FLOOR AND A NEW TENANT ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AND WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO FINALIZING, UH, WITH ONE OF OUR GOVERNMENTS. A LEASE FOR THE REMAINING SPACE THAT'S OVER IN THE CLASS. SO WE ARE HAVING INTEREST TENANTS, UH, VISIT AND WE'RE [00:25:01] ALL PREPARE FOR CONSTRUCTION, A GRANT TEXT OUT. SO, UM, WE KNOW ABOUT THAT MARCH. SO WE CONTINUE TO SHOW IT AND GET REALLY GOOD INTEREST IN OUR SPACE AVAILABLE. UM, AND OUR ELEVATOR THEN SHOULD BE THAT CONVERSATION. OUR CLOSED SHOULD BE FINISHED AND THEY GET TO START ON THE ELEVATOR. OTHER ELEVATORS THAT IS PROGRESSING OUR GENERATOR. WE CAN HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT OUR NEW GENERATOR WAS ORDERED OVER TWO YEARS AGO, WAS IN PLACE AND FUNCTIONING THE GENERATOR THAT WE ORDERED STILL HERE AND WE STILL UPDATES ON SO IT'S NOT, BUT WE GENERATED A CLIFF WITH ALL OF HIS LEADERSHIP, WAS ABLE TO SECURE SURPLUS AND SAVE $75,000 WAS GOING BE DELIVERED LAST WEEK. AND THE THAT WAS PICKING IT UP TO THE TRUCK. SO THEY'RE HAVING TO GET A NEW FULLY AND THEN OUR GENERATOR WILL BE DELIVERED. THE GOODNESS IS WE HAVE THE COPY. SO IT'S EVERYTHING. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE DELIVERY THAT GENERATORS. AND THEN WE'RE FOR THE ELECTRIC, BUT WE'RE MAKING MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS SUGAR THAN WE WOULD HAVE. AND $75 CHEAPER. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT HERE YET. SO THAT MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M AVAILABLE. QUESTIONS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, YOU SAID THE CADET CLASS GRADUATED LAST NIGHT? I'M SORRY? YOU SAID THAT CADET CLASS GRADUATED LAST NIGHT? YES, IT DID. WHEN DID THEY START'S A SIX MONTH. OURS IS SIX MONTHS AND IT'S FULL FULLTIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. 1100 HOURS OF TRAINING AND 300 MORE OF THEM THAN REQUIRED. YOU CAN TELL WHO IS THERE LAST . ALRIGHT, MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT [8. 2023 Executive Committee member appointments. 2023 Air Quality Committee appointments.] IS, UH, AMERICAN FERRIS JUDGE EVANS CLAY FLORES, COUNCILWOMAN. MR. JUDGE. JUDGE AND THE AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE ARE FOLLOWED. S CHAIR, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, JUDGE DEV, MR. CALVER, UH, JUDGE, UH, MS. LEWIS LEWIS, JUDGE STK, JUDGE WHITLAND AND MR. HOFFMAN. ALL NOW WHERE IT GETS, UH, HERE, IT GETS FAST. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM [ Consent Agenda - Chairman Teal The consent agenda consists of items considered being of a routine nature and contains items recommended for approval by the Executive Committee or by the Board Chair and the minutes from previous Board of Directors meetings. These items will be enacted in one motion, or any member of the Board may request that items be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately for purposes of discussion and voting.] NINE THROUGH 17. MOVE APPROVAL MOTION BY MR TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND BY AMERICAN DISCUSS ITEM 12. WE HAVE, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE DESCRIPTION IN THE BODY THAT SAYS IT DOES REQUIRE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. OH, I'M SORRY. UM, 12. IT DOES REQUIRE THANK MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMON TAKE THEM SEPARATE. 12. ITEM 12 IS A SEPARATE ITEM. ALRIGHT, I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 12. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED MOTION, CARRIE? ALRIGHT, MOVING TO ITEM 12, CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION AUTHORIZE OBJECTIVE TWO. AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY ITEM DOES REQUIRE. [00:30:02] THANK YOU. AND IF I CAN JUST BRIEF Y'ALL, UM, THAT FULL PRESENTATION, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD, UM, AN, A PHENOMENAL PILOT THAT'S BEEN RUNNING WITH COUNTY THIS TIME FAIL ONE. SO THIS IS JUST THE SECOND YEAR OF CONTINUE. AND I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU HAD THE DISCREPANCY IN THE LANGUAGE FOR THE BUDGET. SO YOU ALL WOULD THAT WITH THE BUDGET. MOTION. MOTION. MAYOR ON SECOND JUDGE DISCUSS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. KNOW HE PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT US, BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE JUDGE, IS THAT LEAVING AT THE SEE MECO, MY CHIEF OF STAFF AND MATTHEW, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. UH, MY NAME'S MATTHEW POLANCO. UM, I'VE BEEN AROUND A LITTLE BIT, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING FOR JUDGE. AND HOWEVER, HELP OUT LET ME KNOW. AND I'VE WITH, UH, THE, UH, MUNICIPAL MAYORS AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, AND I'M EXTENDING THAT TO THE REGIONAL COUNTY JUDGES THAT I AM COMMITTED TO HAVE COUNTY WORK IN A VERY COLLABORATIVE AND COORDINATED WAY. I SEE US TO COME TOGETHER AND DO WHATEVER ISSUES OR PROCESSES WE NEED TO DO, MAKE OUR ALL CITIZENS IN THIS WHOLE AREA. THANK VERY MUCH FOR OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, JUDGE. SO ITEM, UH, [18. Consider and act upon approving the 2022 Year End financial report. - Julio Elizondo A. Dashboard B. Balance Sheet C. Revenue and Expenditures D. Administrative Budgets E. Quarterly Investment Report] 18, UH, THE 2022 YEAR END FINANCIAL REPORT. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS I, THE DIRECTOR OF COUNTY 2022 FINANCIAL STATE. UH, JUST TO GIVE A BACKGROUND INFORMATION EVERY MONTH, UH, THE ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT, ERICS, UH, FINANCIAL PRESENTATION FOR Y VIEW OR FOR YOU, FOR Y'ALL TO, TO REVIEW, UH, ON A RECORDING BASIS. WE, I GAVE A PRESENTATION GOING OVER OUR, OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ADDITION TO OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD. UM, SO TODAY WE WILL COVER THE FINANCIAL DASHBOARD, WHICH ARE, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THAN I USUALLY DO. UH, JUST HAND GIVE YOU THE, THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION METRICS. UH, IN ADDITION WE'LL COVER OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHEET AND THE STATEMENTS OF, SO AS I MENTIONED, OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD. UM, THIS WAS, THIS WAS REQUESTED BY BOARD MEMBER, A FEW YOU THE FINANCIAL DASHBOARD. IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF VIEWING, UH, OR SUMMARIZING STATEMENTS. I PRESENT SOME KEY METRICS. SO THE, THE VERY TOP ONE, THE PERCENTAGE EARNED IN EXPENSE GIVE YOU A VIEW OF WHAT OUR ANNUAL BUDGET WAS FOR THE YEARBOOK, CORRECT EXPENDITURES. AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU WHAT WE ACTUALLY, WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND REVENUE. SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF, UH, 22, WE DID, UH, EXPEND ABOUT 98% OF OUR BUDGET. THAT THERMOMETER IS JUST ANOTHER, UH, WAY OF SUMMARIZING THAT INFORMATION TO THE FAR RIGHT. YOU HAVE OUR ANNUAL TRENDS, WHICH IS OUR MONTHLY TRENDS OF BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. UH, INFORMATION SHOWING YOU KIND, WHICH ONES WE, WE, WE DID, UM, REALLY WELL. WHICH ONES WE DID THOUGH. UM, THE RIGHT BELOW THAT IS A WATERFALL METRIC. UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE VERY IT'S OUR YEAR TO DATE BUDGETS. AND THEN AS BEEN PROGRESSED RIGHT YEAR TO DATE CAPSULE, UH, IT SHOWS WHERE EACH PROGRAM FELL UNDER BUDGET OR OVER BUDGET. LETS SEES THAT YEAREND NUMBER TO THE LAB. WE HAVE OUR CASH INVESTMENTS METRIC, OBVIOUSLY FOR, FOR, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE YOU HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO WHERE WE WERE YEAR AT THE END OF YEARS MONTH. AND RIGHT BELOW THAT, EXCUSE ME, BELOW THAT, WE HAVE OUR CHANGE IN ASSETS. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS SUGGESTS OUR, WHAT WE ADDED TO FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE USED AND DEFINE. AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEEDOMETER METRICS [00:35:01] BALANCE, UH, SUMMARIZED WHERE OUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES ARE FOR BOTH 61 AND 90 DAYS AND OVER 90 DAYS. UH, THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE HIGH, HIGHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE. UM, BUT I WILL COVER THE, THE REASONS WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IN DECEMBER. UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, UH, SLIDE IN A FEW MINUTES. AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT WE HAVE OUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, UH, YEAR TO DATE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE WERE AT 8 MILLION. IT'S KIND BEEN THE LOWEST THAT IT'S BEEN ON YEAR. UM, BUT, UH, WE HAVEN'T TRIED TO RUN ANYWHERE. 10, 12 MILLION. HERE. WE HAVE OUR COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS. UH, WE HAD TOTAL ASSETS OF 42.3 MILLION AT THE END OF DECEMBER. UH, SITE INCREASE AWARD A YEAR AGO. UH, THE ADDITIONS, WE HAD SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR FIXED ASSETS REASON. JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF OUR BALANCE SHEET, A LITTLE MORE SUMMARIZED HERE. WE HAVE OUR FUND BALANCE, BOTH UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED, UH, BROKEN IN MY PROGRAM AT THE END OF DECEMBER. AND THEN GIVES YOU A LOOK BACK AT WHERE WE WERE LAST MONTH AND THEN A YEAR AGO AT THE END OF DECEMBER AS WELL. AND AGAIN, I'LL COVER IN THE THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, UH, WHICH PROGRAMS USE FUND BALANCE, WHICH, UH, WHICH ADDS OH, JANUARY, OCTOBER, OUR CASH INVESTMENTS, UH, AGAIN, AS MENTIONED. VERY IMPORTANT SLIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE UP WERE A YEAR AGO. UM, A THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR HIGHER INTEREST. AND HERE WE HAVE OUR INVESTMENT SUMMARY, WHICH IS, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED C DO AS PART OF THE FUNDS WE ACCOUNTS AS WELL AS OUR INVESTMENT POOL AND CDS WE DID, AND I MENTIONED EARLIER, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. UM, THREE OF THE, OVER TWO OF THE TOP THREE CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE A REALLY LARGE OVER 90 DAYS, UH, RECEIVABLES WAS DUE TO, UM, JUST SOME ISSUES, UH, BACK AND FORTH, UH, THAT WE, WE WERE DOING WITH HS. UM, I AM PRO. UM, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THOUGH, WE DID RECEIVE A LITTLE LESS THAN $2 MILLION, UH, THE FIRST WEEKS OF JANUARY, WHICH CLEARED UP THE, ALMOST THE ENTIRE BALANCES FOR THOSE OVER 90 DAYS. UH, TMH P UM, THIS IS THE MEDICAID FOR, FOR I D UH, PORTION. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REBUILD, UH, DENIAL CLAIMS. 365 DAYS AFTER, UH, TECH STOP. UH, THERE'S ANOTHER LARGE BALANCER OF TWO 62,000 OVERNIGHT. UM, AGAIN, AS AN NOTE SAY THERE, WE DID RECEIVE 200,000 ON, ON JANUARY 12TH, WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THAT NIGHT REMAIN THE REMAINDER THAT WAS SOME ISSUES AND US, AND TO SAY THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED. AND THEN CEC, THAT'S ACCORDING BUILDING. SO THE HUNDRED NINE 85,000 PLUS BILL, UM, OR THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS FILLED. UM, LAST WEEK AND LAST WEEK, UM, WE WERE, UH, JUDGE EVANS REQUESTED THAT WE HAD ADDITIONAL SLIDE TO GIVE YOU SOME, UH, INFORMATION ON THE, UH, WRITEOFFS, THAT WRITEOFFS THAT OCCURRED IN THE T HB UH, ACCOUNT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DID HAVE A TOTAL OF ALMOST HUNDRED THOUSAND IN WRITEUPS IN 2022. MEDICAID WRITEOFFS, THE TOTAL WAS FIVE. SO ITS LESS THAN 2.8% OF IS. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE OUR STATEMENTS OF AND EXPENDITURES, UH, ADMINISTRATION. UH, WE DID, UM, BUDGET ON, UH, THIS WAS DUE TO SOME BUDGETING ERRORS, UH, WITH THE GSA CONTRACT. UM, ALAMO AGING DID FALL SHORT OF THEIR BUDGET, SIX 66,000. UH, AS WE HAVE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BOTH NUTRITION INCOME SUPPORT FELL, UH, THEY FELL BEHIND IN THOSE BUDGETS FOR THE YEAR PROGRAM. DID BUDGET FOR 500,000 FOR THE 23 BUDGET. WE ARE STILL WAITING BY FIGURES FROM HS. SO CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE BUDGET AMOUNT, HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT IT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE THAN ACTIVELY BEAR AGING. WE RUSH OVER 2.6 MILLION ON BUDGET. AGAIN, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO ALAMO, UH, NUTRITION AND IT SUPPORT. THEY JUST, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CARRY FORWARD THEIR BUDGET. [00:40:03] EXPLAIN FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS. UM, THE NUTRITION IS YOUR FEEDING PROGRAM, THE CONGREGATE MEALS THAT ARE IN THE SENIOR CENTERS. SO MANY OF THE SENIOR CENTERS WERE STILL EITHER NOT OPEN OR OPERATING MINIMALLY. AND SO MANY OF OUR SENIORS HAD NOT RETURNED TO HAVE A CONGREGATE MEETING. SO THAT PROGRAM RUNNING REALLY LOW, IT'S NOW UP JUST ABOUT WHERE IT SHOULD BE, BUT BOTH OF THOSE WERE LOW. SO WE DON'T LOSE THAT MONEY, AS JULIO SAID, THAT WILL ROLL FORWARD TO THIS NEXT YEAR. UH, THAT IS WHY BOTH OF THOSE WERE, UH, LOW. SORRY, JUST POINT INQUIRY. MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, MADAM DIRECTOR, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT A MOBILE FOOD SERVICE, UH, LIKE MEALS OR WHEELS OR PARTNERING? WE FUND MEALS ON WHEELS. SURE, BUT I MEAN IN TERMS OF THAT DEFICIT. AND SO THEY DO MEET THE NEED FOR THAT. WE DO NOT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE CONTRACT, UH, WITH SEVERAL CONTRACTORS WHO DO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. AND IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY UP DURING THE LOCKDOWN WHEN COVID WAS DOWN. AND IT HAS, UH, FALLEN A LITTLE BIT TO MORE RESUME NORMAL STUFF, BUT IT IS UP OPERATING BEAUTIFULLY. I'M VERY INDEBTED TO ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS. THEY REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. WHO ARE SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE DOING HOME DELIVERY? UH, FEEDBACK HAS SOME AND THEY'RE HERE. UM, SENIOR CENTER IN AL DOES SOME, UH, BOTH IN KEVILLE AND, AND FREDERICKSBURG. THEY OUR CENTERS. AND THEN, UH, SENIOR CENTERS. THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF SERVING SOME OF THOSE OUTLYING RURAL ONES. AND WE CAN GET YOU A FULL LIST OF OUR CONTRACTORS, UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ARTS, UH, OF THEIR BUDGET THOUSAND, THEY ALSO HAD DEFICIT FOR 60 EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THEY DID PURCHASE SUB USING UNDER FUNDS DEFICIT. IN ADDITION TO THAT PROGRAM. DID TRADITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH BEGAN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY OF THIS YEAR COMING UP. UH, OF COURSE SOME BUDGET RELATED ISSUES AS WELL. VETERANS AFFAIRS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WE DID, UM, UH, THEY FINISHED THE YEAR 3.8 MILLION ABOVE BUDGET. UH, THEY ALSO ADDED ABOUT 1.7. SO SURPLUS TO THEIR GUN VIOLENCE, UH, PRIMARILY CAUSE THE VETERANS DIRECTED. AGAIN. UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT FUND, THOSE, THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE DID FUNDING FOR YEAR AS OPPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WE'VE BOTH SHOWN OF OUR BUDGET, 66,000 DUE TO THE TQ GRANT. UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, NOT TO UNTIL FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. SO AS A SHORT, UH, SHORT OF THEIR BUDGET FOR 3000, UH, REVENUE SIDE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAD DEFICIT SIX 70,000. UM, AS, AS MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR LAST YEAR, UM, THEY DID FALLOR IN THEIR MEDICAID TARGET ON REVENUE SIDE, UH, WAS A DIRECT OF VACANCIES THAT THEY HAD. UM, IN ADDITION PROGRAM DID PAY HIM APPROXIMATELY TWO 20,000 IN, IN RETENTION DESIGN ON SYSTEM NATURAL RESOURCES. UM, THEY SHORT HUNDRED 49,000, UH, LOW BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURES SIDE. THIS WAS DUE TO THE DEEPER GRANT. UH, THE ORIGINAL RECIPIENTS NOT, UH, SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR, FOR BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANIZATION. AND THE LAST, BUT LEAST WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS BUDGET OF 4.8. WE DID EXPAND ABOUT 4.65. ANTICIPATED A GREAT THING THOUGH BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT DAY. JUST OBVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE TO STAY AS AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL OBTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE JUDGE EVANS. JUDGE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION. THANK YOU. ITEM [00:45:01] NUMBER 19, [19. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to enter into various contracts for infrastructure improvements to the Titan Building and Titan Plaza and to enter into a long-term loan agreement with the State Energy Conservation Office (“SECO”) to fund the improvements in an approximate amount of $1,765,000. – Cliff Herberg ] CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, VARIOUS CONTRACT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT BUILDING AND PLAZA. ENTER A LONG TERM LOAN AGREEMENT WITH STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE SECCO TO FUND THE IMPROVEMENTS IN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF MILLION SEVEN 65,000. UH, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE WELCOME BOARD, LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, AS UH, GENERAL COUNSEL AND THE SENIOR DIRECTOR HERE, I HAVE, UH, OVERSIGHT OF THE FACILITIES. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IN, UH, IT TODAY CONCERNING THE TITLE. AND GIVE YOU, UH, BEFORE I BEGIN, LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU, UH, MR. WHO IS THE ENGINEER OVERSEEING THE PROJECT WITH ENGINEERING SERVICES AND OUR PRESENTATION, MR. EVENT, YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? A LITTLE BIT. HISTORY BUILDING. WE PURCHASED THIS BUILDING BACK IN APRIL OF, IN APRIL. BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED, I BELIEVE IN 1983. IT HAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. WE KNEW THAT GOING. IT HAS ORIGINAL LOT OF THE OTHER ORIGINAL SYSTEMS, THE VENTILATION SYSTEM, THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND THESE ARE OUTDATED SYSTEMS. THEY'RE ENERGY INEFFICIENT AND OF COURSE THEY'RE BEYOND THEIR SERVICE LINE. SO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE OBTAIN TODAY SEEKS TO, UH, OBTAIN A LOAN. SO IF YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM, WE WILL BE APPROVING, UH, A LOAN FROM SECCO FROM THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE TO FUND THESE AS WELL AS VARIOUS CONTRACT WOULD BE NECESSARY. THE, UH, UPGRADES. SO I'LL THROUGH THAT GOVERNMENT SEEK OF OWN PROGRAM. THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT IS OFFERED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. LEMME SEE THIS PROGRAM, HERE WE GO. UH, SECCO RESOURCES IS, IT'S A LONG TERM LOAN THAT'S A 2% SPACE RATE LOAN IS 2%. YOU APPLY FOR THE MONEY AND THEY WILL PRESERVE THE FUNDS. AND THEN, UH, PART OF THE THING I THINK IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO SOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT MIGHT BE FACING THE SAME SITUATIONS WE ARE, IS THAT ENGINEERS AND THE GROUPS SUCH AS MR. KAHN ARE BY SECCO WITH ONE OF THEIR RESOURCES. AND THEY PROVIDE A FREE PRELIMINARY ENERGY ASSESSMENT OF THE FACILITIES. THEY'LL COME OUT AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AND, UH, HELP YOU DESIGN TO UPGRADE YOUR FACILITIES. AS I SAID, IT'S A LONG TERM, 2%. UH, THE OTHER BENEFIT OF CICO OR YOUR COMFORT LEVEL, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU AS WELL TODAY IS THIS IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF YOUR STAFF AND CONTRACTORS, UH, RUNNING OFF THE RESERVATIONS WHO, UH, SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY ON UPGRADES. THIS IS CICO OFFERS A THIRD PARTY REVIEW. AND IT HAS TO MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE. THIS, THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO FUND THEMSELVES IN PAYMENT THEMSELVES OVER LIFE ABOVE. SO WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS A REDUCTION, ENERGY SAVINGS THAT IS, UH, THAT OFFSETS THE INTERJECT. ONE THING. SO FOR MANY OF YOU ALL, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH PACE AND MANY OF YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED PACE. SO THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM COMPARABLE TO PACE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO IT'S FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS. AND THE THEORY ON BOTH OF THEM IS THAT YOU MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN THE IMPROVEMENT AND IT'S PAID FOR OUT OF THE SAVINGS OF YOUR ENERGY COSTS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A 2% LOAN, BUT IT'S REPAID AT MINIMUM. IT HAS TO AT MINIMUM REPAY IT. USUALLY YOUR SAVINGS WILL EXCEED WHAT THAT INVESTMENT IS. SO, UH, WE, WE GET BETTER EQUIPMENT, IT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND THE END, WE ALL ARE SAVING MONEY FOR ENERGY. I'M SORRY. WELL, EXACTLY. THAT'S PERFECT. AND THAT LEADS EXACTLY TO WHAT I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT. THIRD PARTY IS THEY VALIDATE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSUMPTIONS AND, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT, AS DIANE SAYS, IT PAYS LORD ITSELF OUTTA THE SAVINGS. AND AN IMPORTANT FACTOR, REMEMBER HERE, IS THAT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE MADE TODAY ARE BASED ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BUILDING. AND AS, AS, UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE THAN ANTICIPATED OCCUPANCY THAT OUR EFFORTS TO CONCEPT THE BUILDING WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE BUILDING WAS ABOUT PERCENT LEASE. MOVING INTO THE HIGHEST LEASE AND GETTING [00:50:01] THERE, UH, AND GETTING THE BUILDING LEASED UP. BUT AS WE LEASE THE BUILDING UP TO A DESIRED 95% OF CAPACITY, WE'RE GONNA SEE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS. THIS, THESE ASSUMPTIONS HERE ARE JUST, I SAID BUILDING. SO WE'LL GET NORTH SAVINGS OUTTA THIS, THE BUILDING AND INCREASE THE LOAD REQUIREMENTS ON OUR ENERGY SYSTEMS. UM, THE SYSTEM, LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SYSTEMS UPGRADED ONE, I SHOULD SAY THAT WE HOLD TO BRING IT UNDER, UH, THE COST THAT THERE'S A CONTINGENCY FACTOR OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUILT INTO THIS LOAN PACKAGE. SO WE HOPE TO BE UNDER THAT AND, UH, SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR AGO UNDER THOSE NUMBERS, BASED ON PRIOR ESTIMATES WE HAVE. BUT WITH THE ESCALATION PRICES THAT MAY NOT BE AS OPTIMISTIC, BUT WE STILL BELIEVE WE WILL COME IN 0.765 APPROPRIATE BY UPDATE. LET ASSESSMENT THE, FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD SAY IT'S A TURNKEY PROJECT. AND HIS TEAM, WHO WE HAVE HAD AN EXCELLENT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH AS THEY DID THESE, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, WE'LL OVERSEE THE PROJECT, THE COMMISSIONING, THE INSTALLATION, THE ON THE SYSTEMS, IT WILL BE A TURNKEY PROJECT. THE BUILDING CURRENTLY HAS TWO SHOULDERS. WE WOULD REPLACE ONE SHOULDER AND THAT WOULD BECOME THE PRIMARY SHOULDER AND THE OLDER CHILLER WOULD REMAIN AS A BACKBONE. AND THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED SO THAT THE NEW CHILLER WILL, WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY, UH, THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BUILDING. AND I SHOULD SAY CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO, AS I SAID, AND WE HAVE TO RUN BOTH OF THEM SOMETIMES CAUSE THEY ARE BEYOND THEIR SERVICE LINE. THEY'RE COMING UP ON 40 YEARS OLD. UH, SO WE WOULD REPLACE ONE EACH OTHER. UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE EXISTED IS THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE. ALL THE FLOW OF THE, OF THE HEAT AIR CONDITIONING THROUGH THE VARIOUS, WHAT THEY CALL B BOXES THAT WILL BE UPGRADED SYSTEMS REPLACED BY CONTROLLED INTERNET ACCESSIBLE SYSTEMS WITH SENSORS IN THE BOXES, THE SOFTWARE SUPPORTING. IT'S OUTDATED. NOBODY KNOWS EVEN HOW IT WORKS. YOU'LL FIND THIS ROOM MAY BE INCREDIBLY COLD. NEXT DOOR IS INCREDIBLY HOT. UH, THAT WOULD BE ALLEVIATED WITH, UM, THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE D BOXES THINKS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPERATING COSTS OF THE BUILDING IS THE, UH, ENERGY COST. SO WE EXPECT TO SEE A NICE REDUCTION, UH, SAY THIS IS WHAT STAFF DEPART WAIT FOR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING AN AIR CONDITIONING AND WE'RE RUNNING HEATERS. SO STAFF IS EAGERLY AWAITING THIS. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. THAT'S QUITE TRUE. YEAH. SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH FREEZING OFFICES RUNNING, RUNNING ON, UH, HEATERS. AND SO, UH, THAT WILL BE ALLEVIATED BY THESE REFURBISHMENTS AND MODERNIZATIONS. THE OTHER THING, KEY, UH, ENERGY SAVINGS IS THE LIGHTING. CURRENTLY AS YOU LOOK UP HERE, YOU'LL SEE THEES ESENT MARY'S ENERGY EFFICIENT AS NEW LED WHEN WE DID OUR REMODEL AND TOOK OVER FLOORS FOUR AND FIVE AND AND REMODELED MOST OF BACKEND HERE OF 41. UH, WHEREVER THERE WERE NEW OFFICESS CONSTRUCTIVE, WE ALREADY PUT IN L E D, BUT THE REMAINDER WOULD BE UPGRADED TO INCLUDE LD LIGHTING THROUGHOUT. LIKEWISE THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE BUILDING UPGRADES TO THE THERMOSTAT, THAT BUILDING AS WELL AS NEW LIGHTING. UM, AND AS I SAID, CCO HAS ALREADY APPROVED. I I, I DON'T THINK ZCO YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO APPROVE LOAN, BUT SECCO HAS ALREADY APPROVED OUR APPLICATION. THEY HAVE RESERVED THE FUNDS. AND IF YOU APPROVE THIS, UH, SLOAN PACKAGE, THEN THAT WOULD BE EXECUTED. WE WOULD BEGIN THE SERVICES FOR THE MAY HAVE. MR. UH, SO FOR, UH, FOR MUNICIPALITIES, WOULD THIS ALSO APPLY TO LIKE STREET LIGHTS OR IS IT BUILDINGS OLD? YES SIR. IT DOES APPLY TO STREET, UH, STREET LIGHTS TO WASTEWATER. AND I LIKE TO HEAR MYSELF TALK SO MUCH. FORGOT TO RUN THROUGH MR. UH, SHOW SECOND SLIDE. SAME. THE, THE PACKAGES 1213, [00:55:03] SO THAT'S WHAT THOUSAND A YEAR IT COST. THE OTHER THING THAT MR. UH, KAHN WANTED ME TO, UH, UPDATE YOU ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT HEARD THIS PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, UH, IT'S A QUANTIFIABLE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS THAT WE ACHIEVED BY THESE NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT PROGRAMS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT, THAT FOUR, SIX ACRES OF US FOREST IN THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU REMEMBER WHAT A HECTOR LIKE, OH MAN, LAND. SO THAT'S INTRODUCTION. YEAH. SO QUESTION. YES SIR. CLIFF, ON THE, ON THE CHILLER, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENSE FOUND DURING AN INSTALLATION, IS THAT A REAPPLICATION PROCESS ON THE LOAN OR IS THAT ON THE CO? WHAT WAS THE LAST IS IS IT OR IS IT ON US? THE, ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENSES FOUND DURING INSTALLATION PROCESS ON THE CHILLER? I'M GONNA LET MR ANSWER THAT. SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE ASPECT OF IT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OF WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. SO IT WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, WE ARE FULLY CONFIDENT WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDING FROM TABLE. IT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE MOUTH. AND I JUST ASK, BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THERE ARE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISES, ALWAYS OVERPRODUCED, ESPECIALLY IN THIS, THIS DAY AND AGE WITH THE MARKETS AND INCREASED, UH, EQUIPMENT. SO JUST DIDN'T WANT ANY SURPRISES. AGAIN, THE, UH, ONLY THING I, I SHOULD TELL YOU AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THE INCIDENT WE HAD WITH THE GREASE AND THE FIRST LINE UPSTAIRS BECAUSE THE SENSORS IN THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DIDN'T SHUT THE DAMPERS FULLY, THE COLD AIR PIPE. SO WITH THIS, THE SENSOR WILL HOPEFULLY BE WORKING PROPERLY. NO PROBLEM. UH, THANK YOU CLIFF FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU DIANE AND ACOG FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE WHOLE CCO AND, UH, PACE PROGRAM, UH, PROLIFERATION. UH, TH TH THOSE ARE REAL IMPORTANT RESULTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT TO THE CARBON EMISSIONS. YOU'RE SAYING THAT ABOUT A THOUSAND, THE REDUCTION OF THE AIR, THE CO2 S EQUATES TO PLANTING A THOUSAND ACRES OF TREES? IS THAT WHAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. SO, SO UM, BASICALLY WHAT THEY SAY SEVEN, SEVEN, UH, CO2 REDUCTION, WHATEVER THE ENERGY SAVINGS ARE, THE FORM DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT IMPACT YOU HAVE. THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S AMAZING. SO, SO I THINK THAT ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE LOOK TO OUR AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS GETTING WORSE IS, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GALVANIZE ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO LEVERAGE THIS FUND TO HELP THESE KINDS OF THINGS HAPPEN. AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WITH OUR NEW COURT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, UH, ACOG TO DO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PACE IN BEAR COUNTY. UH, NOT JUST THE SMALL MUNICIPALITIES, BUT I'M VERY, UH, OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NOT ONLY THE, UH, THE AIR BUT ALSO THE JOBS CREATED BECAUSE A LOT OF CONTRACTORS ARE SEEING A REDUCTION IN THEIR WORKLOAD BECAUSE THE HOUSING STARTS ARE SLOWING DOWN RIGHT NOW WITH THE INTEREST RATES INCREASING. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS SOMETIMES, UH, I THINK WHEN WE'RE PUTTING PLANS AND AD HOC ON AIR QUALITY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF AT THE FOURTH SOUND TO USE A FOOTBALL ANALOGY. AND SOMETIMES WE'RE RUNNING PLAYS THAT ARE A YARD OR INCHES INSTEAD OF THROWING FOR 10. AND, UH, I I WONDER IF WE COULD GET SOME PROJECTIONS EITHER WITH SECCO, IF ALL OF OUR MEMBER COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS UTILIZE THESE MORE IN ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS. HOW MANY, UH, THOUSANDS OF CARS COULD WE TAKE OFF OUR ROADS IN TERMS OF AIR EMISSIONS, TREES PLANTED, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND SET SOME GOALS THAT ALLOW US TO REALLY PUT A DENT IN THAT. SO I I, WITH OUR AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE WORK, UH, TO TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME, SOME PROJECTIONS. CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, THE, THE RIGHT GOAL SETTING. SO I JUST WANNA APPLAUD YOU AND JUST SAY THAT THIS IS GREAT AND HOPEFULLY THIS EXAMPLE CAN INSPIRE A LOT OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO GET INVOLVED. AND BUSINESSES JUST TO BUILD ON THAT [01:00:01] FOR PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR GOVERNMENT AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES. AND UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT LIKE I SAY, WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. HIS TEAM. UH, AND FORGOT TO MENTION THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE REQUEST QUALIFICATION FOR THE PROPOSALS. MR TEAM BROUGHT IN 48 OF THESE PROJECTS SECOND SUCCESSFULLY. SO HE HAVE THE WRONG TRACKER. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, WE, UH, HAVE, SO, UH, JUDGE, ALL ALL I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION FOR THE NEW MEMBERS IS THIS IS THE, I BELIEVE THE THIRD MOVE FOR ACOG. ACOG WAS ORIGINALLY DOWN ON BROADWAY, THEN IT MOVED TO THE TESORO PETROLEUM FOR YEARS. WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING. SO MUCH SO THAT SOME DAYS STAFF COULDN'T EVEN WORK IN THE BUILDING. THE ELEVATORS WEREN'T WORKING, HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS, ET CETERA. SO THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO GO OUT AND TRY TO UH, PICK UP A BUILDING THAT WE COULD, UH, HAVE. WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME ISSUES HERE. BUT ALL IN ALL, I THINK WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE AND WE NOW CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY. AND SO FOR THE NEW MEMBERS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT OF THAT'S, THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME? THE TIMEFRAME, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT JUDGE ADDRESS THAT AS A, THE TIMEFRAME YOU USE BETWEEN UH, UH, 12 MONTHS TO 18 MONTHS TIMEFRAME. BASICALLY DESIGN AND THEN COMPETITIVE BID, BASICALLY YOU THOSE PROJECT AND THEN GOES INTO IMPLEMENTATION. SO 12 TO 1218 MONTHS TO TO FINISH. TO FINISH, YES. TO FINISH. OKAY. AND ALSO JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED, TWO SIDE BENEFITS. UH, ONE IS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE GETTING REBATES FROM CS. WE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL FINANCIAL OVERHEAD. AND ALSO WHATEVER PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY THE AND THE LIGHTING, IT WILL BE UNDER ONE, UH, FOR FIVE YEARS. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER SITE BENEFITS OF NAME SAVING THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE, THE WAY THEY JUST WANTS TO LOOK AT THE ENERGY, UH, SAVINGS. BUT THERE ARE SITE BENEFITS. THANK YOU. I'M MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY JUDGE. SECOND JUDGE. DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK SEEK CONTRACT PERFORMANCE [20. Agency Contract Performance Report - Diane Rath] REPORT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS OUR CPR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL CONCLUDE. UH, YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR CPR, UH, WHICH HAS EVERY CONTRACT, EVERY PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT WE UH, WHEN I CAME, NO WAY. ANYTHING. SO COMPLETE RECOMMENDATION OR PACKAGES PROVIDED FOR YOU WITH THE BRAND COLOR? I'LL GO OVER THE VARIANCE. SO YOU HAVE, UM, AGING. WE WERE, UH, ISSUE FINANCIAL. SO THE NICE THING IS THAT SINCE ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE PERFORMANCE, UH, BASED, UH, ONCE YOU HEARS, YOU CAN MONTHLY BASIS I FINANCIALS. SO ONCE I SEE WHAT OUR IS, I KNOW WHAT OUR FINANCIAL, SO YOU THE ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCE FOR BOTH ALAMO AND THEIR AGING, THAT BE A MISSING, UH, MEALS DELIVERY AND OF CARE COORDINATION. WE'RE BOTH DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO IF YOU WERE THAT EXPLANATION, I'M VERY PLEASED THAT AIR AGM WAS ALL BRING THIS CONCEPT AS SHOW THE IMPROV PERFORMANCE AS WE GO FORWARD. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ALAMO AGING IS CONTINUING TO IMPROVE ALSO. UH, OOPS. UH, THE RIDER SHIP IN GUADALUPE IS HOLDING NICE AND STEADY. YOU'LL SEE THAT TARGET THAT'S HOLDING STEADY AND MR. TARGET AND PERS HAD A DRIVER SHORTAGE NEED YOU ALREADY HEARD, MISSED ONE OF THE PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE MEDICAID REVENUE. AND THIS MONTH WE MISSED IT CAUSE WE HAD TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. THAT AND IS WHAT CAUSED US TO MISS MISSISSIPPI, THAT PROGRAM. AND UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPROVEMENT IN OUR NUMBERS FOR THE MEDICAID WA PROGRAM CONTINUING TO IMPROVE, UM, IN THE, UH, TCD SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM. AS YOU A LOT [01:05:02] INCREASED RSV THAT WAS GOING AROUND IN DECEMBER, THAT REALLY IMPACTED OUR CLIENT'S ABILITY, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY. CAUSE THE CLIENTS WERE EITHER OR THEY WERE REALLY ISOLATING SO THEY WOULD NOT GET THERE. AND ON THE LAST DELIVERABLES ON THAT PROGRAM, ON PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY RUNS IN A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. THE FIRST YEAR, THIS IS WHAT WE DELIVER ALL OF THE, AND THEY CALL SERVICE TRAINING FOR OUR WIFE CASE OFFICERS. USUALLY THE FIRST TWO WE HAVE PARTICIPATION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S OF SECOND YEAR CAUSE THEY'RE SCRAMBLING TO GET ALL OUR HOURS IN. SO WE'RE INCREASING OUR COURSES THAT ARE SCHEDULED. SO HAVE ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY FOR OUR OFFICERS GOING THROUGH AUDIT ON THIS. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE YOU'RE BEING A PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND WHETHER NATION, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, YOU CAN APPRECIATE, UH, THIS WAS ALL GREEN. I HAVE THANK ALICIA FOR A TREMENDOUS JOB THAT WHETHER NATION HAS DONE THIS YEAR, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND IN TERMS OF DELIVERY. AND DECEMBER, WE WERE HOLDING THE DEPARTMENT ENERGY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE ENOUGH HOUSES, THEY HAVE BEEN EVALUATED. BUT IN JANUARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IS ALLOWING GREATER FLEXIBILITY. SO WE HELD THOSE HOUSES AND DIDN'T REALLY, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY INTO MORE REMEDIATION OF THOSE HOMES COME JANUARY. SO THAT IS, WE'RE MISSING IT BY DESIGN AND AS OF TODAY, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT FLEXIBILITY TO COME. SO WE ARE WAITING TO GET STARTED. AND YES SIR. ALL RIGHTY. UNDER NEW BUSINESS, MOVING [21. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the proposed Method of Distribution (MOD) for $1,317,225.00 in Hurricane Harvey Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Local Infrastructure Program funds; authorize the executive director to submit the MOD to the Texas General Land Office (TXGLO); authorize the resolution adopting the AACOG Hurricane Harvey CDBG-DR Local Infastructure Program MOD; and authorize the resolution adopting the AACOG CDBG-MIT MOD approved by the AACOG Board of Directors on December 7, 2022. - Claudia Mora] ON TO EM 21, CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION PROPOSED METHOD DISTRIBUTION FOR ONE MINUTE THREE 17,225. LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED EXECUTIVE TO SUBMIT THE METHOD DISTRIBUTION TO THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. AUTHORIZE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTION, THE ACOG HURRICANE CDB R LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM OD AND AUTHORIZE THE RE BT APPROVED BY A DIRECTOR ON DECEMBER 7TH, 22. WOW. CLAUDIA, GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBER. I'M CLAUDIA, THE REGIONAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR HERE AT AECOM. I I'M SO GLAD I'M TO REPEAT EVERYTHING, JUDGE, BUT IN ANY CASE, DETECTIVE CLIENT OFFICE ALSO MANAGED THE ADMINISTERS, THE HURRICANE HARVEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, DISASTER RECOVERY LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, BLOCK ACRONYMS, BUCKET ETHOS. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,000,317, UH, THOUSAND HUNDRED $5, AN UNUSED LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, PLUS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR THE ALAMO AREA BACK IN 2018. THE GLO HAS GIVEN A THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A AAUD FOR THE UNUSED FUNDS. THE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. WE HELD, UH, WE DEVELOPED THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PLAN THAT OUTLINE ALL THE ACTIVITIES WE WERE GOING TO HAVE IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE, UH, THE PUBLIC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MO. WE HELD A PUBLIC PLANNING MEETING IN NOVEMBER ON NOVEMBER 10TH TO COLLECT COMMENTS THAT WOULD GO INTO DEVELOPING THE BODY. UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE MOD AND POSTED IT ON THE ACOM WEBSITE TO RECEIVE RESPONSES. UH, AND AS OF THE DEADLINE, WHICH WAS, UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MOCK. AND THEN, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 10TH THAT, UH, I'M SORRY, UH, UM, IN DECEMBER 21ST COUNTY COURTHOUSE. I WANNA THANK JUDGE ATTENDING THAT. UH, PUBLIC HEARING PER THE 70% OF THE FUNDS MUST BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES OR AREAS, UH, WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA. SERVICE AREA OF THE BOT STAFF DEVELOP THE BOT TO ALLOCATE FUNDS IN SIX COMMUNITIES. AND THOSE INCLUDE ALBERTA, SPRING BRANCH, ALL CITY, FARM CITY, KENNEDY, AND MARION, AND ONE COUNTY, WHICH IS BARN COUNTY. AND WE USE THE DISTRIBUTION FACTORS OF LMI SOCIAL [01:10:01] VULNERABILITY INDEX AND POPULATION AS THE DIS DISTRIBUTION FACTOR. THE ALLOCATIONS ARE PART OF YOUR AGENDA THAT INDICATES, REQUIRES THE BOARD RECORDS PASS RESOLUTION, APPROVING THE MOD PROCESS ALLOCATIONS AND SUBMISSION AH, MOD TO THE G O. THE RESOLUTION FOR THAT IS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET. THE SECOND PART OF THIS AGENDA, I REQUEST THE PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE C D G MITIGATION MOD, WHICH THE BOARD APPROVED BACK ON 10TH SEVENTH. THE RESOLUTION, UH, IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROCESS, THE ALLOCATIONS AND THE SUBMISSION OF THE MOD TO THE G O. THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT. STAFF STAFFER CLAIMS THE APPROVAL OF THE HURRICANE MONEY DISASTER RECOVERY MOD AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT THE MOD TO THE G O APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION FOR THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CBG MITIGATION AUDIT. AT THIS MOTION TO APPROVE IT ALL, I'LL SECOND JUDGE EVANS AMERICAN MOTION SECRETARY, DISCUSS NONE ALL IN FAVOR. I'M JUST THANKFUL Y'ALL ARE GIVING ME SOME MORE MONEY. THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THIS MONEY'S COMING OUTTA NOWHERE. SO THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF IS, IS SOME COMMUNITIES GOT IT AND, AND WE'RE AWARDED MONEY AND JUST NEVER SPENT IT. UH, SO YOU, YOU GET AWARDED. WE GOT, GOT SAY WE SUMMED IT UP BEAUTIFULLY BECAUSE IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARDED WITHS, SO THEY KIND OF DID A SWEEP AND TOOK ALL THE UNSPENT MONEY. THANK YOU ALL. I WILL [22. Consider and act upon the recommendation to ratify an amendment to the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services biennial Performance Contract with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) accepting additional funding in an amount not to exceed $ 509,320.67 for total funding value of $5,162,011.00. The request for ratification is due to a timing issue as notice of the amendment occurred after the December Board meeting and required immediate execution. This item does not require a budget amendment. - Virginia Charles] 22, WE'LL SUSPEND IT. OH, CONSIDER AN RECOMMENDATION TO RAT AN A TO DISABILITY. HERE WE GO. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES BY CONTRACT. ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO PROCEED. $509,320 67 FOR TOTAL FUNDING VALUE OF $5,162,011. THE REQUEST FOR RATIFICATION DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE AS NOTICE OF THE AMENDMENT OCCURRED AFTER THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING AND REQUIRED IMMEDIATE EXECUTION. THIS ITEM DOES NOT BUDGET ME. MS. CHARLES, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN IN MEMBERS OF BOARD. I'M VIRGINIA CHARLES YOUR DIRECTION. INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES, UM, A CONCERTS, THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES HERE IN BEAR COUNTY. IN THAT ROLE, OUR I P D SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND DEBILITATION COORDINATION ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WHO LIVE IN BEAR COUNTY RECEIVE NECESSARY EQUALITY SERVICES. THESE CASE MANAGEMENTS ACTIVITIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT REVENUES. THE CONTRACT FUNDS FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR 2023 WILL ALLOW A TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE COMMUNITY SAFETY SERVICES FOR INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES HERE AT BEAR COUNTY. THEIR ON THEIR OWN IN GROUP HOMES AND IN CERTIFIED NURSING FACILITIES. THE PROJECTED HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FUNDING WAS FUNDING WAS INCLUDED IN THESE ACO 2023 BUDGET. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT. THIS IS NOT REQUIRED. AMEND ACCEPTING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE NOT TO EXCEED FIVE. ANY QUESTION AT THIS MOTION TO APPROVE APPROVAL? SECOND, MR. AND MAYOR BAIL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR VOTE CALL MOTION ITEM [23. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to execute a contract with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for the 2023 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for an estimated amount of $1.5 million. This item will not require a budget amendment. - Alicia Avila-Penalver] RECOMMENDATION EXECUTIVE CONTRACT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT HOUSING AFFAIRS FOR THE 23 LOW INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS AFFECTIONATELY REFERRED TO [01:15:01] FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT. 5 MILLION. THIS ITEM WILL NOT. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, MY NAME IS AND I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE WEATHER EFFICIENCY OF BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO COSTS INCREASE EFFICIENCY. ASK THE BOARD AFFAIRS ESTIMATED THIS FUNDING WILL SUPERVIS ASSISTANCE NOT REQUIRED? I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTION. A MOTION? HOLD. MOTION, JUDGE LEWIS. SECOND. COUNCILMAN BRAVO. COUNCILMAN BRAVO. I APOLOGIZE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, [24. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to apply for and accept funding for an estimated amount of $1.2-$1.5 million, if awarded, from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC), Military Installation Resilience Review (MIRR) Grant to conduct a study of energy infrastructure and Water and Wastewater back up energy on JBSA and the Port of San Antonio. - William McKnight] CONSIDERING IF AWARD FROM THE OFFICE OF LOCAL, UH, DEFENSE COMMUNITY CORE OPERATIONS D, MILITARY INSTALLATION GRANT TO CONDUCT THE STUDY OF ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER AND WASTEWATER BACKUP ON SAN ANTONIO AND THE PORT OF SAN ANTONIO. MR. MCKNIGHT BARRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD WILL MCKNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF AGING IN MILITARY AFFAIRS, AND THIS IS CALLED, DID A GREAT JOB THROUGH THE ACRONYMS TO, UH, POSSIBLE HERE. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO SUBMIT, UH, PORT SAN ANTONIO, KELLY FIELD JOINT AIRPORT, AIRPORT ALL PART OF ALL SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS OF JBSA. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR ASSESSMENT ON ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATIONS BACKUP STATION, THE KEY OUTPUT OF THIS STUDY ONE WE'LL RECEIVE AN ENERGY RESILIENCE REPORT. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS ESSENTIALLY DISCUSS ALL THOSE COMPONENTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED. SECOND THING THAT WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET ENERGY RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN. WHAT THAT IS, IS PRIORITIZE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. AND THEN THE THIRD THING THAT WE'LL GET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL, UH, FUNDING PLAN. SO THIS IS DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING, BOTH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL THAT WE CAN USE AS WE PUT TOGETHER PLAN AND SUBMIT PROJECTS FOR, FOR FUTURE, UH, GRANT APPLICATION. SO IT REALLY POSTURES US A GREAT POSITION TO SET US UP FOR A FUTURE PROGRAM LIKE PROGRAM, UH, AS, AS A TO, AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT PERSON. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT DOING THIS, UH, AND AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT US FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRIORITIES WITH OUR JBS PARTNERS AND OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AS ADDRESS OUR, UH, RESILIENCY ISSUES. AND I WILL JUST SAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE MORE OF THESE COMING IN FUTURE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF JOINT BASED ANTONIO, 11 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND THE MULTITUDE OF FUNCTIONS. SO THIS IS, WE ARE TOLD TO REALLY KEEP IT SPECIFIC STATEMENT MEDICAL JUST ON THOSE SPECIFICATIONS AND THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL FOLLOW ME COMING BACK, FOCUSING MORE ON RANDOLPH OR FOCUSING MORE ON A DIFFERENT GROUP OF THINGS WE NEED TO STUDY. SO IDEALLY, WE'LL, WE'LL BE A SUCCESSION OF THESE IN COMING YEARS. SO ACTUALLY THERE IS A FINANCIAL IMPACT. IF WE ARE IN FACT AWARDED, UH, WE WOULD REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE 2023 BUDGET STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. ABSOLUT NOT ONLY APPROVE, APPLY, APPROVE EXECUTIVE AWARD POINT OF INQUIRY, MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING ACOG HAS A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MILITARY AND HAS A LOT OF GREAT CONSULTATION THAT GOES [01:20:01] ON YEAR ROUND. UH, I JUST WANNA DOUBLE CHECK THAT THE PRIORITIZATION HAS GONE THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND THAT THEY'RE, THEY'VE GIVEN KIND OF A NOD TO THIS PARTICULAR NARROWING OF THE, I I UNDERSTAND WHY ARMY NORTH, ARMY SOUTH BLACKLAND, BUT I JUST WANNA DOUBLE CHECK. SURE. NO, EXCELLENT QUESTION. NOW THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN AREA WHERE WE WANT TO, TO SEE MORE PROJECTS IN THE ENERGY SUBJECT. UH, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THOSE AREAS. UM, THAT'S KIND OF AHEAD OF OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND FORT SAM, CAMP BULLIS AND RANDOLPH. SO WE THINK IT'S A GREAT ENTRY POINT IN SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS THAT BE IN THE OTHER OPERATING LOCATIONS. I THINK THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF STUDIES AT RANDOLPH ON, UH, BACKUP WATER AND ENERGY AS WELL, SO MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY IT ROTATED THIS WAY. BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA DOUBLE CHECK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I CAN ALSO, I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS IN THIS CAUSE WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD AND WE'LL BE THE GRANT RECIPIENT, BUT I REALLY HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK BOTH PORT SAN ANTONIO CPS SAWS, UM, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACTUAL CASH FROM THE CASH MATCH. SO IT DOES REQUIRE A CASH, A 10% CASH MATCH. UM, THE CON PART OF IT CAN BE IN KIND AND EYES OF A COMBINATION IN KIND AND CASH, BUT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS ARE PUTTING FORTH ABOUT $15,000 EACH EXCEPT CPS, WHICH IS 30,000. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. BUT I WANTED TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR, UM, NOT ONLY COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP, BUT ALSO THEIR REAL HARD CASH CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THAT QUESTION. YES. SO WHY ISN'T BEXAR COUNTY A A PARTNER IN CONTRIBUTING? UM, WE HAVE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH BOTH CITY SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY BECAUSE THE ACTUAL FUNCTIONS ARE, ARE BEING PERFORMED. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL DO THE WORK THERE AT THE P FOUR MEETING. WE BRIEF THESE AND WE HAVE RUN THE DRAFTS THROUGH ALL THE PARTNERS. EVERYONE HAS SEEN OUR APPLICATION, SIGNED THE APPLICATION, BUT THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WILL BE DOING THE WORK. WE WOULDN'T EXPECT VERIFY TO DO ANY OF THIS. THIS IS REALLY, I JUST, SO OUR 15,000 OF ACOG IS GONNA BE IN KIND OR CASH. OH, WE'RE SUPPORTING IT WITH STAFF SUPPORT AND A 15,000 CASH THAT WILL COME OUT OF OUR FUNDS THAT WE EARN FROM VETERANS DIRECT. RIGHT. I MIGHT GET A MOTION TO MAYOR WILLIAMS. SECOND. SECOND, MR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENT QUESTIONS? NONE. AYE. AYE. MOTION [25. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to apply for and accept funding for the Alamo Area Regional Law Enforcement Academy in the approximate amount of $1,160,000 from the Office of the Governor – Criminal Justice Division (CJD) for 2023-2025; and adopt a resolution in support of the project. This item will not require an amendment to the 2023 budget. – Pat Michalec] RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE ALAMO AREA REGIONAL RESOLUTION. MR. GOOD MORNING. INITIALLY THE GRANT IS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING A RECOMMENDATION THAT IS A CONTINUATION GRANT SERVICE TO TRAINING APPLICANT. YOU GOT PEACE OFFICERS, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, AND EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATORS. DURING THE GRANT, THE ACADEMY TESTIFIED THE MINIMUM OF SIX BASIC PEACE OFFICER COURSES, FOUR BASIC CORRECTION OFFICER COURSES AND SIX TWO GRANT AND IS IN EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2025. THE AMOUNT RECOMMENDATIONS IS $1,160,000. COMMUNICATION DIRECT FIVE FULLTIME EMPLOYEE MUST GENERATE CONTRACT. MAYOR, MR. HOUSE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A, UH, WE'D TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING SIMULATE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S CS COME OUT WITH A LEVEL OF THAT [01:25:04] NO COME LATER. A PLATFORM. BASICALLY WE HAVE DOOR THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY ASSIMILATE. THE DOOR ACTUALLY SIMULATE CRACK BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR. HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, SCENARIOS THAT YOU CAN GO VERY BASIC TO. UH, ACTUALLY THE WORST CASE SCENARIO CAUSE I SHOOTER. SO THE GUNS ARE REAL. UH, FOUR BLOCKS THAT ARE JUST FITTED WITH THE LASERS ON THERE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY ACT EVERYTHING PERSON RUNNING CAN, UH, MAKE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THE WAY YOU REACT TO IT. BUT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO COME SEE IT IS ADD A LITTLE SHOT SENSOR THE BACK OF YOUR SPINE. SO IF YOU DO GET SHOT, YOU GET SHOT. SO RAISE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. LITTLE REALISM. IT'S A PHENOMENAL RESOURCE FOR ACTIVE SHOOTERS. EVERYTHING FROM THE AIRPORT, THE COURTHOUSE FOR MOVIE THEATER. WHAT A WONDERFUL THEY HAVE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND IT HAS BEEN, UH, REQUESTED QUITE A BIT MORE THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO CHIROPRACTIC RELIEF. THANK YOU. UH, ALL RIGHT. I'M NUMBER 26. CONSIDER NEXT ON THE RECOMMENDATION CORRECT. FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING PROGRAM, THE OFFICE HOMELAND SECURITY AND RESOLUTION SUPPORT PROJECT WILL REQUIRE BUDGET. GOOD MORNING BOARD CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS, I'M THE HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING COORDINATOR. THIS ITEM IS REQUESTING CONTINUED PLANNING FOR THE HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING, WHICH EFFORTS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND REVISION OF DOCUMENTS AND DELIVERABLES FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION. IN ADDITION TO THIS GRANT, THE CORONATION OF THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY. MOREOVER, AS A RESULT OF BETWEEN A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MANAGEMENT, WE WERE INFORMED THREAT AND IDENTIFICATION. COMMON HOW ONLY REFERRED TO AS A THY THE THRA DETAILS. THE THREATS IS A FORM OF SCENARIOS USED TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES AND THAT SOME CAPABILITIES IN OUR REGION TO RESPOND TO SAVE LIVES. THIS DOCUMENT IS REQUIRED BY FEMA OF THE AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE STATUS HELD BY THE STATE OF SAN. IN ORDER TO STILL COMPLETE THIS DOCUMENT, OUR PROGRAM IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL $25,000 TO COVERAGE TRANSFERS THAT ARE PROGRAM WILL TAKING OVER THIS DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH A 12 PERIOD. THE GRANT REQUEST COVERAGE, PERSONNEL COMMUNICATIONS, CONTRACTUAL CORRECT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL 25,000 APPROVE 2023 BUDGET WILL LEAD TO DE MODIFIED ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. I MOTION POINT OF INQUIRY. YES. COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE RESOURCES? THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, PUT TOWARDS A SUBMISSION WAS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WROTE IT, OR NO, SIR, WE, WE DO THE WRITING. UH, I HAVE TO REALLY THANK, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR COOPERATIVE. THEY ARE DESIGNATED AS AN URBAN, UH, SO THEY'RE THE UASI, UH, AND WE REALLY WORK CLOSELY. SO WE WILL DO THE WRITING OF THE THEORY, UH, PLAN, WHICH IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE. AND I HAVE TO SAY JUSTIN DOES A SUPER JOB ON IT. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE $25,000 WILL CO THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IN THE APPLICATION WILL COVER THE COST OF THAT. AND THEN WE REALLY DEVELOPED A VERY CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THEM. YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN. WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER PARTICIPATING IN? WELL, THEY'RE NOT DOING THE WRITING OF THAT PLAN, AND WE, THIS IS THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOREVER. OKAY. JUST WANTED, SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW ABOUT THIS. SO WE WE'RE VERY CLOSELY REPACK WORKS VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER. AND JUSTIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT OR BASICALLY, UM, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT, UH, COORDINATOR TO, UH, PERSONNEL THAT WE'RE ASSISTING HIM IN WRITING THEIR PORTION, THE, UH, SO WE'RE JUST KIND HOLDING, WE'RE GONNA HOLD HIM STEADY IN [01:30:01] THE MEANTIME TILL THE, UM, IONS MOVE APPROVAL MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVER. SECOND DISCUSSION. HEARING ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. REPORTS. WE GOT CONSIDER [26. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to apply for and accept funding in the approximate amount of $265,000 for the Homeland Security Planning Program from the Office of the Governor - Homeland Security Grants Division (HSGD); and adopt a resolution in support of the project. This item will require an amendment to the FY2023 budget. – Justin Monarez] [27. Consider and act upon the recommendation from the Resource Recovery Committee (RRC) to remove closed landfill U2708 from the AACOG Closed Landfill Inventory, and authorize the executive director to submit the required Closed Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Inventory Revision Form to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). - Claudia Mora] RECOMMENDATIONS FROM RESOURCE RECOVERY INVENTORY. AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED SOLID LANDFILL REPORTED REGION REVISION FORM TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION QUALITY. MS. CLAUDIA. THANK YOU JUDGE TAYLOR. MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC HAS REQUESTED THAT LANDFILL YOU 2 7 0 8 BE REMOVED FROM THE ACOG CLOSED LANDFILL INVENTORY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CLI. THIS LANDFILL IS LOCATED AT 1 2 3 5 WOMAN HOLLERING ROAD, INSUREDS FAIR COUNTY, TEXAS. THAT'S A COOL ADDRESS, THE RESOURCE RECOVERY RECOVERY COMMITTEE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RC HEAD IN OCTOBER, TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY TERRACON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ON BEHALF OF O TAYLOR. THE INFORM INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS PART OF YOUR AGENDA PACKET. A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT WAS PERFORMED BY TERRA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REQUIREMENTS. SO SOIL SAMPLES FROM CERTAIN LEVEL BELOW GROUND WERE TESTING THE RESULTS. INDICATED THAT THE SOIL, UH, BELOW CUR, UH, BELOW THE SURFACE IS CURRENTLY AT ACTION. UH, HAS, UH, CURRENT ACTION LEVELS, UH, THAT DO NOT REQUIRE, OR I'M SORRY, THAT, UH, ARE NOT HAZARDOUS. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING EVAPORATED IS NO LONGER THERE. I THINK IF NOT A FEW PIECES OF CONCRETE BELOW THE SURFACE. THE REVIEW SHOWS THAT HAZARDOUS ARE MATERIALS EXISTED. UH, THE RRC THEN CONCLUDED THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, UH, ON THE PROPERTY, UH, DEMONSTRATED THAT IT COULD BE REMOVED, REMOVED FROM THE CLI. SO THE RRC RECOMMENDATION TO THE ACO BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS TO APPROVE. SO REMOVAL FROM CLI OF LANDFILL 2 7 0 8. AND THAT CLOSED PHYSICAL LANDFILL LANDFILL INQUIRY REVISION, HE SUBMITTED. UT AT THIS TIME, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. HAVE ONE POINT OF INQUIRY, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE, UH, UH, THE, THE REGULATORY DATABASE, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY, UH, IS SUBMITTED TO, IS THAT TCE Q OR IS THAT, UM, ANOTHER REGULATORY AGENCY WHERE IF SOMEONE WANTED TO GO BACK AND SEARCH THE TITLE, WELL, NOT THE TITLE, BUT THE USE OF THE LAND IN THIS WAY IS THERE, THERE ARE FEW PLACES THEY CAN BE GONE TO. DEFINITELY TCE Q BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON WHETHER OR NOT ACOG REMOVE IT FROM THE INVENTORY. AND THEN THE OTHER PLACE WILL BE, UH, ACO. UH, CURRENTLY WE ARE REVAMPING THE CLI AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT PROBABLY THIS TIME NEXT MONTH, THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE ON THE ACOG WEBSITE. SO YOU LET, YOU YOURSELF CAN GO IN THERE, TIE IN THAT ADDRESS, EASY AGREEMENT, AND UH, IT'LL, IT'LL EITHER POP UP AS IT DOESN'T EXIST OR THAT IT HAS BEEN UP OR THAT IT'S CURRENTLY STILL THERE. AND SO ONCE WE GET THE OKAY FROM TCQ TO REMOVE IT, WE WILL DELETE IT FROM OUR, SO THOSE ARE TWO PLACES YOU CAN GO CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S STILL THERE. AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PETROLEUM TANK THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY, UM, WAS THERE ANY FINDING ABOUT ANY LEAKAGE OR ANY REMEDIATION THAT'S NECESSARY OR ANY STATUS? UH, THERE WAS, UH, FOR THE PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, UH, THERE WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE ANY TYPE OF CONTAMINANTS IN THE SOIL. UH, HAD THERE BEEN SOME THEN A PHASE TWO WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED AND PRIOR TO THE PHASE TWO TAKING PLACE, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO DO SLOWER DH TRACK. DOES OUR, UM, DOES OUR INVENTORY INCLUDE THE LISTING OF THE PETROLEUM TANK AT ACOG OR IS THAT JUST, UH, T CQ AND THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONER? I BELIEVE TQ AND THE RAILROAD COMMISSION ARE THE MENTS THAT WOULD HAVE THAT TYPE OF PERMISSION. OKAY. I MOVE APPROVAL MOTION, MR. SECOND. SECOND FIVE. MAYOR, DISCUSS HEARING MOTION. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT [ Executive Session] BEFORE WE, [01:35:01] UH, I WANTED TO ASK, WE HAVE SO MANY NEW FOLKS IN THE ROOM, I WANTED TO ASK MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE BEFORE WE DISPERSE, AND SOME OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE TO LEAVE. UM, LIKE ERIC, I WANT YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF REAL QUICK, PLEASE, AND TELL US WHO YOU WORK FOR. SO, I'M ERIC HERE ON BEHALF OF ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL NEED, FEEL WE CAN GIVE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FREE TO, YOU GUYS NEED A BUSINESS CARD OR ANYTHING? SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE? SURE. UH, MARIO BLATO JR. CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO MANY OF Y'ALL AROUND THE TABLE. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF THE COUNTIES AND AROUND FAIR COUNTY AND WITH MANY OF YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WE THANK ANYBODY, STATE OR A NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, CONGRESSWOMAN, REPRESENTATIVE, SENATOR, YOU GUYS, ANY AGENCIES, Y'ALL PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. TWO, SO MANY OF YOU, I'M NEW AND I REPORT TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU, YOU AND HELPING YOU WAY WE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS RICARD, THE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THANK SIR. THANK WE AT, WE'RE BACK IN 1155. ALRIGHT, THANK EVERYONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO, UH, CONSIDER THE EVALUATION AND, UH, RAISE. ALL RIGHT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE ACOG BOARD, MRS. RATH, UH, CURRENT SALARY OF $242,052. ACOG IS BUDGETED 24,206, WHICH CAN BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE MERIT AND BONUS FOR MS. WRATH. AT 5% INCREASE WOULD BE $12,103, WHICH WOULD INCREASE HER BASE SALARY FOR 2023 TO $254,155. THE REMAINING 12,103 OF THE 24,206 THAT A HAS BUDGETED CAN BE APPLIED TOWARDS A BONUS IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, MRS. RAF'S SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE YEAR OF 2023. SECOND MOTION BY BY MS. CLAY FLORES. COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COMMENT. I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, TOO LONG PROBABLY, BUT, UH, WE, WE'VE COME FROM A TIME WHEN WE HAD A GOOD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO WHERE WE WERE WORRIED IF WE WERE GONNA BE INDICTED AND WELL, WE COULDN'T EVEN FIND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AND NOW WE HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT WE HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE TOTAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S A QUESTION THAT GETS ADDRESSED, THE ANSWER, WE DON'T GET TO RUN AROUND. AND THE OTHER WORD I WON'T USE, BUT, BUT THE, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE TO, TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THAT DOES PAY ATTENTION, THAT DOES CARE ABOUT THE, THE CO. SO I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE JOB SHE DOES. IT'S A LONG BOARD. YES. OKAY, GO AHEAD, MS. ROTH. I DO WANNA THANK YOU AS A NEWLY ELECTED JUDGE. UM, THE COMFORT YOU GAVE ME IN GUIDING ME TO THE RESOURCES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO LISTENING TO US THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HOPE THAT MORE HELP IS COMING FOR US. UH, YOU WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND, UH, YOU LISTENED AND THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE I TOOK OFF THIS. SO I APPRECIATE EVERY EFFORT YOU'VE MADE, DEAN. VERY, UH, UH, QUICK TO ANSWER AND RESPOND TO EMAILS, UH, THAT IS SO APPRECIATED. AND IT ALSO, UH, GUIDING ME TO WHERE I NEED TO BE AND SENDING YOUR REPS TO ME. WE ARE ALREADY GOT 'EM ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT, SO I KNOW WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT PATH. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES, MA'AM. YES. SO THOSE OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND AND OVER [01:40:01] THERE. TWO, WE EXPERIENCED YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, WE REALIZE HOW ON TARGET YOU ARE WITH EVERYTHING. I MEAN, I'VE NEVER ASKED A QUESTION. I'VE NEVER HEARD QUESTION. YOU DID NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. AND DID YOU, THAT'S WHO YES. WANNA THANK YOU. UM, MR. RATHFORD, UM, MACON, ME, UH, FROM ONE OF THE SMALLER CITIES PROPERTY YOU HAVE, UH, TO MAKE US FEEL AT HOME AND, UM, UH, LISTENING TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU KNOW, SMALL CITY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. I HAVE TO SAY, DIANE, THAT PROBABLY THE WISEST DECISION IT WAS EVER MADE IN, NOT THIS BALLROOM, BUT THE OTHER ONE WAS TO HIRE YOU. AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN, IN THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING YOU IS, UH, BUILD A REPUTATION OF THIS COG THAT, UH, WAS SADLY, SADLY LACKING. SO, DIANE, CONGRATULATIONS AND YOU DESERVE ALL THE ACCOLADES WE CAN GIVE YOU. WE'RE PROUD TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. CAUSE I AM SO INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KNOW THE REGION AND TO REALLY WORK WITH EACH OF YOU. I TELL MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT I HAD SUCH A COMMITTED AND DEDICATED BOARD AND IT WAS INTERESTING. UM, I DON'T KNOW. NO, CAUSE IT WAS THE PD COUNCIL WHEN I HEARD SOME OF MY COUNTERPARTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY REALLY DON'T BRING EVERYTHING TO THEIR BOARD AND THEY REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN DO THINGS AND THEY'RE CUTTING DOWN ON PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, TERRIFYING. SO I'M, I'M VERY LUCKY TO HAVE EACH OF YOU, WHAT Y'ALL DO FOR YOUR REGIONS INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR OVERALL REGION. SO I'M, I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU CAUSE YOU'VE GOT A FULL PLATE BEFORE YOU EVEN BEGIN TO TAKE OFF THIS. SO THANK VERY MUCH AND THANKS FOR YOUR ACTION TODAY. OH, JUST MOTION PREMATURE. ALL FAVOR. AYE. VOTE MOTION. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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