* 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. OKAY, [00:00:03] LET'S COME TO ORDER. IT IS WEDNESDAY, [1. Meeting called to Order 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.] JANUARY THE 24TH, UH, 2024, 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IN THE ALAMO AREA. COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IS IN SESSION. UM, NOW THAT WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL. SUZIE. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, JUDGE KELLY. HERE. HERE. COMMISSIONER CAL. AMY PUTNEY FOR COMMISSIONER CALVERT. JUDGE CAMACHO. HERE. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER. SORRY. THEY EXCUSED. UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES HERE, JUDGE CO. COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE FOR CO MAYOR ION HERE. MAYOR DODGEN. REMEMBER, SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT SHE IS WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM AND OH, BUT SHE'S WATCHING JUDGE EVANS. HERE, JUDGE MAYOR EICHNER. HERE. COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA IS EXCUSED. COUNCILWOMAN GATO. LATIKA SIMS FOR COUNCILWOMAN GATO. MR. HASLAUER. HERE. JUDGE HEKE. HERE. JUDGE JONES. HERE. JUDGE ROUSEY. HERE. MS. LEWIS. HERE, JUDGE LU. UH, COMMISSIONER CASTI FOR JUDGE LU. SENATOR MENENDEZ. SERGEANT GONZALEZ FOR SENATOR MENENDEZ. COMMISSIONER MOODY, MISTY SPEARS FOR COMMISSIONER MOODY. REPRESENTATIVE MURR KELLY EARLY FOR REPRESENTATIVE MURR. COUNCILMAN ELIAS. MAYOR SCHROEDER ING GONZALEZ. MAYOR LIGHTLE. COUNCILMAN BRADLEY. JUDGE DELOS ST. STEL. JUDGE TEAL. HERE, MR. VASQUEZ. GERALD BUMP LOPEZ FOR, UH, SYLVESTER VASQUEZ. MR. VALDIVIA, JUDGE WHITMAN, COMMISSIONER MARTIN FOR JUDGE WHITMAN. MAYOR WILLIAMS IS EXCUSED. REPRESENTATIVE GUILLEN VERONICA, AKA FOR REPRESENTATIVE GUILLEN. MR. HOFFMAN. HERE, REPRESENTATIVE TEMPLE, SENATOR ZACH FORUM VERY WELL. AND LET STAND FOR THE PLEDGES, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. ALL HONORABLE TEXAS FLAG ARE P TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE. JUDGE, WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR. UH, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. DO WE HAVE ANY TODAY? VERY GOOD. THEN [6. JBSA Air Show Presentation ] WE'LL START GOING TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION FOR THE JBSA AIRSHOW PRESENTATION. MR. MCKNIGHT? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD KNIGHT SENIOR DIRECTOR HERE AT AOG REALLY GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE AS A, A SOLDIER FOR LIFE HERE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE ME, WILLIAMS SERVING AS THE GREAT TEXAS AIR SHOW. YOU GOT IT NOW? OKAY. THERE, WE THAT'S MUCH BETTER. GREAT TEXAS AIR AIRFIELD DIRECTOR. TYPICALLY IN THE ARMY, WE TEND TO, UH, JUMP OUT OF THE GOOD AIRPLANES BEFORE THEY LAND, SO IT REALLY GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UH, , MAJOR WILLIAMS AS SHE GIVES US A PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO OUR TEXAS AIR SHOW SHOW. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MAJOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE, UM, WITH YOU ALL IS, UH, OUR AWESOME COMMUNITY. UM, SO IF WE CAN, I'M GONNA START WITH OUR TICKER. UM, AND SO EVERYBODY LAUGH EVERY TIME I SAY THIS BECAUSE, UM, I'M ALSO VERY, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE AIR SHOW. I DO NOT ENJOY JUMPING OUT OUT OF AIRPLANES, . THAT'S OKAY. I WILL STAY IN THE PERFECTLY OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT. UM, JUST LOVE YOU TOO. UM, BUT I DO WANT YOU, WELL AS A COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT AS OF TODAY, WE ARE 72 DAYS OUT FROM OUR AWESOME, GREAT TEXAS AIRSHOW. UM, AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING, UM, AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE JUST AS EXCITED AS I AM, UM, ABOUT THE AIRSHOW. SO IF WE CAN'T GO TO THE NEXT, [00:05:09] IT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AWESOME. THEN YOU SEE WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME. UM, WE ARE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, THE AWESOME, AWESOME, UH, THUNDERBIRDS ARE GONNA BE HEADLINING FOR THE AIR SHOW. UM, AND THEY ARE SO JAZZED OUT TO COME COME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO. UM, EVERY TIME WE TALK TO, TO THEM, THEY'RE EXCITED, EXCITED ABOUT BEING THE CITY TO BEING BACK, BACK IN SAN ANTONIO. SO WE'RE GLAD THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT, OFFER THAT TO THEM. UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY SOLIDIFIED A LOT OF OUR DEMO TEAMS, UM, THAT ARE GONNA, UH, BE COMING IN WINGS OF BLUE, UM, OUR, UH, AIR FORCE ACADEMY JUMP TEAM. UM, AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SHOWCASING, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE JOINT BASE, BUT BECAUSE AS A COMMUNITY WE FIGHT AS A TEAM AND IT'S A LOT OF JOINT, NOT JUST WORKER, BUT JOINT PARTNERSHIPS. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG KICKERS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AND WE'RE GONNA SHOWCASE THROUGHOUT OUR . UM, AND THEN, UH, LOT OF STATIC WARBIRDS MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE PROMOTE THE HERITAGE OF ALL OF OUR SERVICES, RIGHT? UM, AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE, WE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER IS ONE OF THE LARGEST STEM VENUES EVER. AND I'VE ALREADY BOASTED AND SAID THAT WE WILL HAVE THE BEST STEM SHOW OUT OUT OF ALL THE AIR SHOWS THIS YEAR IN 2024, I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE THAT. WHY? BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO HAS, HAS SOME GREAT COMPANIES THAT BOOST. THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR US NOT TO DO IT BIG, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO IT AWESOME FOR OUR YOUTH, RIGHT? AND, AND GET THEM JAZZED UP ABOUT GETTING INTO STEM CAREER FIELDS, UM, AND, AND CONTINUING THE GREAT WORK THAT ALL OF US STUDENTS DO. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AGAIN, FUN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DO IS START WITH, THANK YOU BECAUSE A LOT OF YOU IN THIS ROOM HAVE ALREADY BEEN PARTNERING WITH US. UM, SO WE'RE ALREADY WORKING GOLF CARTS, WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, UH, TRANSPORTATION, YOU ALL ARE SUPPORTING US WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY. SO ALL OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UM, ARE ALREADY TIED IN. SO I WANNA SAY A GREAT BIG THINK BACK. UM, YOU ALL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE ALREADY OFFERING US, UM, THROUGH ALL OF, UH, WHAT YOU ALL DO. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FIRST, UM, FOR THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED, I WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE IS WE ARE MEETING WEEKLY NOW. SO AS WE STARTED JANUARY, WE STARTED MEETING WEEKLY, UM, AFTER I LEAVE HERE, THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE HEADED AFTER THIS MEETING. UM, AND BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE ARE MEETING EVERY WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, UM, AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE UNTIL THE AIR SHOW, WELL AFTER WE AIR SHOW, RIGHT? UM, SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT, UM, UH, IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US, 'CAUSE WE ARE LOOKING STILL FOR, FOR SPONSORSHIPS AND OWNERSHIP. SO IF THERE ARE ANY GREAT COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE WILLING TO SUPPORT US, ANY OTHER FOLKS ARE WILLING TO JOIN OUR STEM EXHIBITION, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'RE HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH THEM. I PROVIDED MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND I'M ALSO, UM, I PROVIDED MY DEPUTIES ON THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS. UM, SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO CONCENTRATED ON IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH TRANSPORTATION AND WITH OUR SECURITY FORCES AND OUR DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH THE CITY. RIGHT? UM, SO I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT UP IS TRAFFIC FLOW, GETTING OUR KIDS INVOLVED IN THE AIR SHOW. SO WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH, UM, REACHING OUT TO JAY RAZZI. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO OUR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM 'CAUSE I PARTICIPATED IN THAT IN THE PAST AS A MILITARY, I'M REALLY BIG ON OUR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY. UM, SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE, SURE. THAT WE INFUSE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAYS YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE TIED INTO THE COMMUNITY, ANY OTHER IDEAS YOU HAVE FOR US AS WE MARCH 72 DAYS INTO OUR INITIAL, HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE IONS FROM YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. AGAIN, FORGIVE ME MS. FORM, JUST TO, TO TALK WITH EACH AND UPDATE YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU MAJOR. MR. CHAIR MAMIE, IF YOU COMMENT. YES, THANK YOU. UH, THANKS MAJOR WILLIAMS FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I WANT TO ECHO HER. THANKS TO A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM HERE WHO ALREADY JUMPED IN FEET FIRST WITH US AND ARE HELPING US IN [00:10:01] A BIG WAY. UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP SPRAYING THE WORD OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM. YES. UM, AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR REQUEST HERE THIS MORNING TOO, IS TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU AND GENERATE MORE INTEREST OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM TOO, IN, IN PULLING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT AND THERE'S TONS OF EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, UM, BUT ALSO SHOWCASING THE WORLD'S GREATEST MILITARY. RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST AIR FORCE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, SOME NAVY AND ARMY STUFF OUT THERE TOO. YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME. WILL. THANK YOU. . THINKING ABOUT YOU, THINKING ABOUT YOU, BUT MOSTLY AIR FORCE STUFF, LET'S BE HONEST, , UM, WE ARE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. AND, UH, THERE'S STILL, LIKE MAJOR WILLIAMS SAID, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH US, UM, BY WAY OF IN KIND DONATIONS OR OTHER AREAS TOO. SO THERE'S, THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BUSINESS ASPECT TOO, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO JUMP IN IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT THE DATE IS. UH, SO, SO OUR AIR SHOW, OUR KICKOFF DATE IS ON THE FIFTH. AND THAT'S OUR STEP, OUR STEP DATE ON APRIL. AND THEN OUR MAJOR SHOW DAYS ARE OUR APRIL 6TH AND SEVENTH. SO APRIL FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES MA'AM. WHERE'S THAT ECLIPSE IN KERRVILLE ON THE EIGHTH? THE VERY , I'M GONNA PUT THAT ON THE COUNTER, CORRECT? YEAH. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. A LONG WEEKEND. YES MA'AM. IS IT? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU MAYOR WILLIAMS. BRIAN, ARE WE, HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS? UH, OKAY. WE HAVE INDEED. WE HAVE INDEED. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PLAN THAT'S GONE TO THE STEM EVENTS SPECIFICALLY. YEAH. UM, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO IN THAT AREA, SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO PULL IN MORE. SO I, I WOULD SAY CONNECT WITH MAJOR WILLIAMS OKAY'S. NOTHING LIKE OVER COMMUNICATING. ALRIGHT, THANK, THANK YOU. AND MEMBERS, IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT THE MAJOR TOUCHED ON IT. UM, OUR ART PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDING SHUTTLE SERVICE THROUGH OUR BUSES THERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR PROCUREMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT, AS THE MAJOR MENTIONED IS LOOKING AT, UH, GOLF CART SUPPORT. SO TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. SO ANYWAY, UH, ACOG'S INVOLVED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I FIND IT AMAZING. UH, IF I REMEMBER THE LAST P FOUR MEETING, THE ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE, THAT THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 200,000 PEOPLE. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? LARGER? THAT'S PER DAY. WE'RE TRYING TO EXCEED THAT. IT'S A PHENOMENAL EVENT. YEAH. WE'RE LOGISTICS. WE'RE, UH, HALF A MILLION AND ABOVE, SO, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 500,000. YEAH, THE LOGISTICS IS AMAZING. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. FIVE, THANK YOU. [7. Welcome New Board of Directors Member: - Chair Kelly Mayor Donna Dodgen, City of Seguin - Area Cities, Group B] MOVING ON THE AGENDA, ITEM SEVEN, UH, WHICH IS TO WELCOME OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER, UH, UH, MAYOR DONNA DOGEN FROM SINE. I UNDERSTAND SHE'S ATTENDING REMOTELY, UH, BUT WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, UH, BE SURE AND, UH, MAKE HER FEEL WELCOME. UH, MOVING [8. 2024 Executive Committee member appointments. - Chairman Kelly] ON TO, UH, THE, UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. UM, YOU SEE THE TAB, LOOKED AT IT. UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE THE SAME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH THE ADDITION OF MS. DELE. WELL, AND, AND OF COURSE, UH, VICE CHAIR, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S MAYOR DENNIS. YEAH, THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE. AND WE, WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT TO APPROVE THE, DO WE GET LONGEVITY PAID? IT'S YOUR APPOINTMENT. OKAY. DOUBLE. AND I'VE, I'VE, I'VE MADE THAT APPOINTMENT, THOSE APPOINTMENTS. [9. Executive Director’s Monthly Report - Cliff Herberg A. Staffing Updates: B. Program Status and Operational Updates Agency Contract Performance Report (CPR) Aging Services Public Affairs & Communications Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services Natural Resources Public Safety Regional Services Environmental Conservation Military & Veterans Affairs Weatherization Assistance Program C. Organizational and General Administration Updates: Building Update Administration Policy Review Chief Financial Officer General Counsel] SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. UH, THIS WILL BE CLIFF'S VERY FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT. SO, UH, BE GENTLE. . OKAY. GOOD MORNING. UH, MR. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS, AND AS THE JUDGE, KELLY, KELLY SAYS, THIS IS MY FIRST, FIRST ONE, AND SO I HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT, UH, PRECISE, BUT, UM, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON, AND SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN I THAT I, UH, WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT IN THE FUTURE. IF YOU WANT, WANT THEM SHORTER OR LONGER, BE SURE TO LEMME KNOW. UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M EXCITED TO, UH, UPDATE YOU ABOUT IS SOME, SOME OF THE STAFFING CHANGES I'VE MADE, I'VE MADE SINCE TAKING THIS POSITION. WE WAITED, THIS IS SOMETHING, SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO INITIALLY EARLY ON, BUT I WAS PERSUADED, WAITED BY OUR ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT THAT IT WOULD HAVOC MANAGING THE BUDGET, CHANGING THINGS AS WE CLOSE, CLOSE OUT THE YEAR. AND SO THESE CHANGES WERE MADE EFFECTIVE JANUARY THE FIRST. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORG ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ABOVE YOU, THESE ARE SOME OF THE STAFFING CHANGES. I'VE, AND PRIMARILY WHAT I HAVE DONE IS PUT IN A LAYER OF MANAGEMENT THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO DIANE'S TENURE. AND I'VE RESTORED THAT, UH, BY CREATING A DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S POSITION. AND I BELIEVE IT PRIOR TO DIANE, THERE WAS ONE, I'VE MADE IT TWO. AND THE IDEA IS, UH, AS I SAID IS TO, IT WOULD PREEXIST TO DIANE. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR DIANE, SHE [00:15:01] WANTED TO BE MORE INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE TROUBLES THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE AGENCY PRIOR. AND IT MADE SENSE. I THINK NOW THE AGENCY AGENCY IS IN A VERY GOOD FOOTING. AND THIS REALLY TAKES, TAKES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OUT OF THE WEEDS FOR BETTER, BETTER FOR, UH, MORE PRACTICAL, UM, UH, STATEMENT OF WHAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO DO IS TO DELEGATE THAT AUTHORITY AND, UH, DELEGATE ROUTINE OPERATIONAL TASKS AND AS WELL AS CREATE A DEEP BACK BENCH OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, UH, AS WE MAKE PROMOTIONS GOING FORWARD. UH, AND I, I PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY BELIEVE FROM MY STANDPOINT THAT IT'S, IT'S VALUABLE TO HAVE TWO DEPUTIES WHO BRING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO THEIR ROLES, UH, WHO WILL ADVISE ME ON CRITICAL DECISIONS FOR THE AGENCY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING MADE AS THE DEPUTY DIRECTORS. AS YOU CAN SEE, JOHNSON AND JACOB LUKI BUDINSKI, UM, DEIDRE BRINGS HER EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE FROM HR AND ADMINISTRATION, AND OF COURSE, JACOB. JACOB BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UH, AND WITH DEIDRE, JACOB AND I BOTH MOVING OR ALL OF US MOVING INTO NEW ROLES, THREE VACANT VACANCIES FOR SENIOR DIRECTORS GROUP WERE CREATED. THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOW NOW FILLED BY VIRGINIA CHARLES, WHO WILL TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF, UH, IDD AS HER PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S OUR LARGEST PROGRAM AT ACO. AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THEIR, UH, ANCILLARY PROGRAMS THAT SHE WILL ALSO OVERSEE. WILL MCKNIGHT, WHO BRINGS OF COURSE, UH, AS HE MENTIONED, HIS CAREER IN THE MILITARY. AND A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING VETERANS AFFAIRS. AFFAIRS WILL, WILL REMAIN IN CHARGE OF THAT, AS WELL AS OUR AGING PROGRAMS AND HIS COUPLE OF OTHER AMOR, UH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT HE WILL OVERSEE. AND THEN SEAN SCOTT MOVES INTO A SENIOR DIRECTOR'S POSITION, AND ONCE AGAIN, REMAINS WITH HIS OVERSIGHT OF ART, BUT ALSO TAKES OVER THE POLICE ACADEMY AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE, UH, BEFORE YOU THERE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARGE. IF YOU LOOK AT ALSO AT THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, YOU'LL SEE THAT DEIDRE IS MAINTAINED DIRECT SUPERVISION OVER THE HR DEPARTMENT. AND WE'LL HAVE A DIRECT, DIRECT REPORT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE BOARD. AND THAT'S, UH, INDICATED ON THE DOT LINE FROM POSITION TO THE BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND I'LL ADDRESS THIS IN MORE DETAIL THAN TODAY'S, TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH IS CONCERNING THE ADMIT BYLAWS TO MAKE THAT EFFECTUAL CHANGE, UH, CONCERNING OUR PROGRAMS STATUS AND OPERATIONAL UPDATES. UH, OUR IDD PROGRAM CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH ISSUES IMPACTING ITS ABILITY TO MEET SERVICE. AND WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. UH, BUT, AND, AND BEFORE I GET INTO, INTO THAT, ANN, PLEASE REPORT THOUGH THAT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS PROGRAM HAS BEEN, HAS REPORTED APPROXIMATELY $90,000, UH, IN SO REVENUE. AND, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T DELIVER THE FEE FOR SERVICE, WE DON'T GET PAID. SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF THAT'S NECESSARY AND WE JUST REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT. UM, THE, I'M SORRY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE VACANCIES AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT FULL STAFFING. AND IT'S CONTINUED PROBLEM BECAUSE THE COLD FACTOR HONOR THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE UNDERPAID IN THE PROGRAM IS STARVED FOR MONEY. UM, ACOG'S BASED FUNDING ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE, THE STATE HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE, AT LEAST BEFORE 2010. SO IF YOU CONSIDER INFLATION AND, AND THE OTHER COST THIS PROGRAM IS, IS STARVING FOR MONEY. LIKEWISE, THE FEE, FEE FOR SERVICE RATE USED TO PAY OUR SERVICE COORDINATORS FOR TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE BEFORE 2010 AS WELL. AND SO, UM, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS SHARED BY ALMOST EVERYBODY THAT HAS ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS AREA, THAT THEY'RE ALL SUFFERING THE SAME KINDS OF PROBLEMS. AND CHAIRMAN KELLY SHARED HIS, HIS EXPERIENCE IN, IN HIS REGION AS WELL. AND SO IT'S CONTINUES TO TO BE A PROBLEM. AND, AND I THINK THE CHAIRMAN SAID IT EXACTLY RIGHT LAST WEEK, IS THIS IS A FORGOTTEN POPULATION OF PEOPLE. AND, UM, MAYOR DENNIS MENTIONED, I THINK, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED SOME CHAMPIONS OF LEGISLATURE, SOME, SOMEBODY THAT WILL CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE PROPERLY FUNDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS UNDERSERVED POPULATION GETS BASIC SERVICES, UM, ON A HAPPIER NOTE, ARE BETTER. AARON'S DIRECTOR OF CARE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS AND GENERATE AND IS GENERATING SIGNIFICANT SURPLUS REVENUE FOR ITS FUND BALANCE. UH, THE POLICE POLICE ACADEMY HAS A NEW BASIC POLICE OFFICER CLASS, CLASS BEGINNING FEBRUARY 20TH. WE TYPICALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE 35 TO 40 CADETS IN THAT CLASS. WE USUALLY 1 30, 2 30, WE'RE NOW UNDER 30, RIGHT ABOUT ABOUT 29. SO IF ANY OF YOU DO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, ARE LOOKING TO SPONSOR A CA CADET, PLEASE CONTACT ME OR, UH, MIKE RITCHIE, OUR ACADEMY MANAGER, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM IN THE CLASS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT POPULATION UP. AGING SERVICES, UH, WE RECEIVED AND [00:20:01] MET OUR TARGETS. WE ACHIEVED GOOD RESULTS OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THIS IS USUALLY A LOW SERVICE TIME JUST BECAUSE 'CAUSE OF THE, THE TIME OF THE YEAR. BUT WE DID MEET OUR TARGETS. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION, ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS. JANUARY 31ST. WE HAVE OUR INTAKE AND RESOURCE SUPPORT AT THE PLEASANTON LIBRARY, PLEASANTON, TEXAS ONE 15 NORTH MAIN STREET. THOSE OF YOU ARE INTERESTED. UH, IN FEBRUARY THE 14TH, WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY SENIOR LUNCHEON AT THE LAKE HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER CENTER IN LAKE HILLS. SO THAT'S FROM OUR AGING PROGRAM AND, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS. PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS, OUR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS HAVE RECEIVED OUR MEMBER DUES, NEWSLETTERS AND INVOICES FOR 2024. SO PLEASE LET THOSE CHECKS IN. UH, WE APPRECIATE THE, THE SUPPORT. UM, THE PACKET ALSO INCLUDE, INCLUDED YOUR 2023 RETURN ON INVESTMENT REPORT FOR YOU. UH, ALSO FROM COMM COMMUNICATIONS, THE FIRST ROADSHOW OF THE YEAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN ATASCOSA COUNTY ON JANUARY THE 26TH FROM 10:00 AM TO TWO 2:00 PM AT THE J PUBLIC LIBRARY. AND PLEASE HELP US SPREAD, SPREAD THE WORD AND GET THAT OUT. OUR IDD SERVICES PROGRAM HAS, HAS PRESENTED 10 IDD 1 0 1 TRAINING SESSIONS TO 105 SUPERVIS SUPERVIS LEVEL CORRECTIONS CORRECTION OFFICERS AT THE BEX COUNTY SHERIFF SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS DONE IN DECEMBER. AND THESE ONE HOUR TRAINING TRAININGS FOCUSED ON HELPING THE OFFICERS BECOME FAMILIAR AND WITH RECOGNIZING THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS. A PERSON WITH AN IDD PROBLEM OR DISABILITY MAY EXIST OR MAY EXHIBIT, PARDON ME. AND, UH, WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH BEXAR COUNTY ON THAT. UM, NATURAL RESOURCES WILL HAVE A TABLE AT KRN STEM CAREER EVENT ON, ON FEBRUARY THE 24TH. AND, UH, ACOG AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS EFFORT WILL OAKS COLLEGE, UH, FROM ONE TO FOUR FOR THE AS WELL. UH, THE DEADLINE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN MARI MOUNT GUADALUPE AND WILSON COUNTIES REPORT THEIR ANNUAL ANNUAL ENERGY USAGE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS IS MARCH THE FOURTH, 24. AND AS YOU KNOW, STATES STATUTES REQUIRE THESE ENTITIES TO COMMIT TO REDUCING THEIR ENERGY USAGE BY 5% ANNUALLY AND REPORT THEIR THEIR USAGE TO THE CONTROLLER. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUE QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT LYLE HUFF OR HE'LL BE BACK. AND TO ASSIST YOU WITH MAKING THOSE REPORTS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FRONT, UH, OUR REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY ACADEMY HOSTED OUR SCHOOL AL PROGRAM. WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW AC ACADEMIES IN THE STATE THAT ARE, THAT ARE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES FOR SCHOOL AL SERVICES. I BELIEVE THERE'S SEVEN NOW ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE. WE SERVE PRIMARILY, UH, THE SOUTH TEXAS REGION REGION, BUT WE GET, WE GET ALL OF THESE ATTENDANCE FROM, UH, T COLE. THEY MANAGE THE CLASS AND SEND THEM TO US. SO WE'RE THEY RECIPIENTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE? UH, ATTENDANCE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. AND AS I SAID, WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM JANUARY THE SEVENTH THROUGH THE 14TH. UH, AND WE TRAINED 8 18 18 SCHOOL MARSHALS IN THAT, IN THAT EFFORT. THE, NOW SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE, THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. MARY LEE, YOU DID. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE IS A BIG ISSUE. AND SO, UH, KEEP, UH, OUR 9 1 1 PRO. OUR PROGRAM IS CONTINUING AND KEEPING, UH, THAT PLANNING UNDERWAY. UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS GOING ON AND IT'S CRITICAL FOR THOSE COUNTIES AND THAT ARE IN THAT, THAT SWEET SPOT WHEN THAT, UH, ECLIPSE IS GONNA COME OVER. HER GILLESPIE, BANDERA, KENDALL AND MEDINA COUNTY, UH, WILL ARE HAVING MED ARE HAVING MONTHLY MEETINGS UNTIL THE EVENT ON APRIL THE EIGHTH. SO THOSE OF YOU, YOU THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT EFFORT, IT IS. AND FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, APPARENTLY THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT AND I'M SHOCKED TO FIND, FIND OUT THE NUMBER, NUMBER OF ATTEND ATTENDEES AT THESE THINGS. AND SO BE READY. I WAS TALKING TO, TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR THE OTHER OTHER DAY, AND ALL OF THE HOTEL ROOMS IN SAN ANTONIO WERE SOLD OUT ALREADY FOR THAT TIME. SO THERE'S A WAVE OF PEOPLE COMING YOUR WAY IF YOU'RE IN THAT, IN THAT SWEET SPOT FOR ECLIPSE, WE RECOMMEND COUNTIES THAT OUTSIDE THE PATH TO STAY UP TO DATE IS THERE RESOURCES MIGHT BE CALLED UPON THROUGH THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS. UH, AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED, MENTIONED, I THINK, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THE, FOR THE AIR SHOW ISSUES BY THIS, UH, UH, REMEDIATION OF ALL THE PEOPLE LEAVING THE, THE ECLIPSE AND COMING TO. AND SO, UH, YOU MAY BE CALLED UPON FOR ASSISTANCE. UH, AND LIKE-WISE, THE COMMISSION ON STATE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WANTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ALL PREPARED AS A REGION. UH, HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING, PLANNING DIVISIONS WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE ALAMO REGION THAT THE OFFICER, OFFICER OF THE GOVERNOR OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING THROUGH FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH AT 5:00 PM AND SO, UH, PLEASE GET YOUR APPLICATION [00:25:01] FOR THE OOG AND PLEASE CONTACT, UH, JUSTIN RE AT, UH, ACOG HERE. IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, HE'S IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM AND JUSTIN WILL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU. LIKEWISE, OUR REGIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM HAS POSTED, ITS SAID, IT'S IT'S COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH IS UPDATED EVERY, THE NEW PLAN IS POSTED DOWN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A 38 PERIOD. THAT'S THE PLAN FROM 20 24 29. THERE'S A LINK TO THAT PACKET IN MY REPORT IF YOU WISH TO REVIEW THAT, UM, OR REVIEW THAT DRAFT PLAN ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. OUR COMMITTEE SCORED 13 GRANT APPLICATIONS IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, AND THOSE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS. UH, WE CONTINUE OUR ROBUST, ROBUST NETWORK OF 228 PARTNERS WHO ARE SERVING THE VETERANS COMMITTEE. WE FIELDED 700 CALLS IN DECEMBER, AND THIS IS ALL SLIGHTLY BELOW THE AVERAGE 900, BUT THIS IS DUE TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON DECREASE, UH, IN SINCE AUGUST OF 20 20 23, VETERANS DIRECTIVE CARE CONTINUES TO SERVE AN AVERAGE BY 580 INDIVIDUALS. AND THIS TEAM REMAIN REMAINS THE LARGEST DIRECTIVE PROGRAM IN THE NATION. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM. ON OUR WEATHERIZATION SIDE, THIS IS ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE STRICT GUIDELINES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'VE ALWAYS STRUGGLED TO HAVE ELIGIBLE HOMES. SO, UH, IF THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED, UM, OR HAVE IDEAS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED WEATHERIZATION, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS, UH, TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. LIKEWISE, WE ALL ALSO NEED CONTRACTORS VERY TIGHT REQUIREMENTS, REQUIREMENTS IN THE, AND THE FUNDING, OF COURSE IS MINIMAL, VERY, VERY, UH, EFFICIENT IN WHAT THEY PAY. AND SO WE NEED CONTRACTORS. IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT YOU CAN SEND US OUR, OUR WAY, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR PROCUREMENT PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE OR, UM, ANYBODY WHO NEEDS TO APPLY AS A VENDOR FOR A FINALLY ON OUR BUILDING UPDATE, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE BUILD OUT OF THE MAYER COUNTY SPACE OVER AT THE PLAZA PLAZA IS MOVING FORWARD. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THEM IN IN MARCH. AND WE ARE, UH, EXCITED, EXCITED TO WORK WITH MAYER COUNTY ON THAT PROGRAM. IT'S LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A, UH, VERY NICE SPACE. IT'S HOPEFULLY HAVING THEM THERE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. UH, REGARDING THE TITAN, TITAN BUILDING, THE NEW CHILLER IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN FEDEX. PLEASE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. UM, WE CURRENTLY, WE, YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE DECISION, DECISION TO DO THIS DURING THE WINTERTIME 'CAUSE THERE'S, UM, LAST REALLY COLD DAYS AND A LOT MORE HOT DAYS IN THE SUMMER. SO WE ARE HOPEFULLY TO HAVE THE CHILDREN IN AND GET THAT UP AND RUNNING BY THE, UH, SPRING SPRINGTIME WHEN THE HEAT HITS. UH, AND AS WE CURRENTLY SIT HERE NOW, YOU CAN SEE, SEE THE PORTABLE HEATERS. UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HEAT BUILDING WHILE ALL OF THIS IS BEING TAKEN DOWN, THE NEW ENERGY A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS BEING INSTALLED AND WE HAVE NEARLY COMPLETED THE ENERGY LIGHTING, EFFICIENT LIGHTING HERE, THE LED LIGHTING IN THE BUILDING, THAT'S ALMOST DONE. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO SEE THE ARRIVAL OF THAT CHILLER. HOPEFULLY THE SUPPLY CHAIN WILL, WILL COME THROUGH FOR US. AND WE, WE WILL HAVE THAT EVERYTHING INSTALLED AND OPERATIONAL AND COMMISSIONED HOPEFULLY BY MAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RECORD REPORT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT ANSWER TOO MANY QUESTIONS, , MY FIRST ONE, IT'S AN EASY WAY. FIRST REPORT REGARDING WEATHERIZATION. WHAT IS THE INCOME, UH, QUALIFICATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE WEATHERIZATION? WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO ALICIA. UM, AND ACTUALLY SHE'S NOT IN TODAY, SO MAYOR, WE'LL GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU OKAY. ON THE EXACT AMOUNT. SO BREAK THAT. AND OUR PROBLEM IS NOT, NOT SO MUCH THE INCOME, IT IS THAT THE HOUSE IS VERY DIFFICULT. YOU WANT TO WEATHERIZE THE HOUSE, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOWER INCOME WHO NEED THE ASSISTANCE. BUT IF THEIR HOUSE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MOLD, IF IT HAS A LEAKY FAUCET, IF IT HAS A ROOF, IF IT HAS A FOUNDATION THAT SAGS A LITTLE BIT AND THESE PARENT BEAM, THEY DON'T QUALIFY. AND SO THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THE HOUSE TO MAKE IT QUALIFIED FOR THE SERVICES THEY NEED. AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE, UH, QUALIFIED HOUSING STOCK. SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. BUT, BUT IT IS INCOME BASED. AND WE'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION ON MR. ER. THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO GO BACK, UH, AND POINT OUT, UH, I'VE ASKED BRETT SNYDER, WHO'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BARE [00:30:01] METRO 9 1 1, TO WORK WITH ACOG RELATIVE TO THE ECLIPSE. IF, IF ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO DO IT. TWO OF OUR DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE TODAY AND, UM, SO, UM, WE STAND READY TO HELP IF CALLED UPON, BE ABLE TO HELP. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. I NOTICED THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A GENERAL COUNSEL ON YOUR ORG STRUCTURE ANYMORE, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES MAKE SENSE. IS THAT A SUCCESSION ROLE YOU'RE GONNA LOOK FORWARD TO DOING OR ARE YOU GONNA OUTSOURCE GOING FORWARD? WE'RE PLANNING ON OUT PLANNING, OUTSOURCING, ANYTHING THAT WE NEED AND, AND WE, UH, GENERATE, WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE MUCH LITIGATION THAT ISN'T COVERED, COVERED BY INSURANCE OR I SHOULD SAY LEGAL NEEDS. AND SO I WILL CONTINUE, CONTINUE IN MY ROLE AS ED TO REVIEW THE CONTRACTS ANYWAY BEFORE SIGNING 'EM. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OUTSOURCED. I GOT IT. WE'RE GOOD. I HAVE A COMMENT AS FAR AS THE WEATHERIZATION. UM, MY CONCERN IS DO WE HAVE THE MANPOWER TO, UH, GET THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN TO GET THEM MOVING OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER RATHER THAN SITTING AND KIND OF WAITING AND NOT HAVING OUR CITIZENS GET A RESPONSE OF SOME SORT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM. I BELIEVE IN REVIEWING THE APP, LIKE I SAY, THE MAIN GO OUT AND THEN SURVEY THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE IT QUALIFIES. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. DO WE HAVE, SO THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE THAT? WE DO HAVE THE CURRENT MAN. OKAY. AND, AND TO DO IT, IT, LIKE I SAY, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE QUALIFIED PROPERTIES IS THE BIGGEST HURDLE. AND THE VENDORS, VENDORS, WE, WE, UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL VENDORS, BUT IF ONE OF THOSE DROPS OFF, WE'RE ALWAYS IN A PINCH. SO WE ALWAYS LIKE A, A, A LARGER QUANTITY OF, OF VENDORS. I THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. LISA, THIS IS KIND OF A QUESTION SORT OF FOR YOU. UM, YOU SAID THE LIGHTING, THEN WE'RE GOING TO THE LED DO, DOES CPS STILL GIVE CREDITS FOR THAT? 'CAUSE WE GOT LIKE A HUGE CHECK FOR OUR YEAH. OUR REBATES AVAILABLE. SO IF THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO, TO OUR FOLKS, THEN YOU SHOULD. YEAH, I, I BELIEVE OUR ENGINEER IS, IS GOING TO PROCESS. THEY USUALLY THEY'LL DO IT FOR YOU. YES. YEAH, OUR ENGINEER IS GONNA BE PROCESSING EVERY KIND OF REBATE WE CAN GET OUR HANDS OFF. AWESOME. AWESOME. LOTS OF TIMES THE FREE CONTRACTORS DO IT FOR THEM. SO IT'S BUILT RIGHT INTO THE COST TO THEM ALL. THANK, THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, NANCY. I WAS JUST SCRATCHING MY HEAD. OH, OKAY. , THANK YOU. VERY DANGEROUS TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S STRIKE ONE. [ Consent Agenda 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.] OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, KEEPING 'EM ON THEIR TOES. I MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I DO THAT SECOND? GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? APPROVED. MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 6TH, 2023 ORDER OF DIRECTOR MEETING MINUTES. I THINK THAT WAS ALL, YOUR HONOR. THAT'S ALL CONSENT. 13. SO WE GO TO 13 MM-HMM. , UH, [13. Consider and act upon the recommendation regarding the Year End 2023 financial report. - Julio Elizondo A. Dashboard B. Balance Sheet C. Revenue and Expenditures D. Administrative Budgets E. Quarterly Investment Report] CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE THIS ITEM 13. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE YEAR IN 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT. ELIZONDO? GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAPPY YEAR. MY NAME IS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TODAY COVERING THE, UH, YEAR FINANCIALS. I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THESE ARE THE INITIAL PRELIMINARY FINANCIALS. WE DO HAVE AN AUDIT, AUDIT, OUR AUDIT YEAR IN AUDIT, SCHEDULED FOR MID-MARCH. SO YOU WILL SEE FINAL FI FIGURES, UH, LATER, MID, MID MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR. UH, SO THERE ARE SOME YEAR, YEAR END ENTRIES THAT ARE STILL MISSING FROM THE BALANCE SHEET. CONVERTS OUR FUND LEVEL FINANCIALS INTO GO WORLDWIDE, WHICH ARE REQUIRED, UH, FOR THAT EXTERNAL AUDITS. SECOND HERE. SO TO COVER OUR OUTLINE, WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE FINANCIAL DASHBOARD, OUR BALANCE SHEET, UH, CASH AND INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTS, UH, STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS. HERE'S OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD, A SUMMARIZED VIEW OF OUR FINANCIALS THAT WE PROVIDE, PROVIDE TO THE BOARD EVERY MONTH. UH, THE COUPLE THAT I, THE, THE COUPLE METRICS THAT I USUALLY POINT OUT, UH, WHEN I PRESENT IS THE PERCENTAGE EARNED AND SPENT UP IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER, AS WELL AS THE AGE THE COUNCIL RECEIV DOWN THE BOTTOM RIGHT. UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SITTING, WE'RE SITTING AT A VERY HEALTHY POSITION, UH, FINANCIALLY FOR THE AGENCY. UH, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AT THIS MEETING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAS TYPICALLY BEEN AROUND THE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. AND WITH SEVERAL OF OUR CUSTOMERS PRIMARILY BEING TEXT OUT AND VIA, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY AND PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THOSE ISSUES NO LONGER CONCERN CONCERNS. WE'VE, UH, DONE A GREAT JOB OF, OF COLLECTING THOSE AGE RECEIVABLES. SO CURRENTLY AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT ABOUT $7.7 MILLION. THAT OVER 90 CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT USUALLY [00:35:01] SITS IN THE R RANGE. THE BURNT ORANGE COLOR, UH, IS, IS DOWN TO ABOUT 11%. UH, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THAT WAS TINKERING IN THE, IN THE AREA OF 20%, WHICH IS KIND OF NOT IN A GOOD POSITION TO BE, BE IN. AND THEN ON OUR, OUR BUDGET SIDE, WE DID, UH, ALMOST SPEND EXPEND THE ENTIRE BUDGET. WE WERE ABOUT 99%. NOW, WE DID HAVE SOME, SOME PROGRAMS THAT, UH, DID, DID, UH, OVERSHOOT OR OVEREXTEND ON THEIR BUDGET. SOME FELL SHORT OF THEIR BUDGETS. COVER THOSE IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. OUR COMBINED BALANCE SHEET SHEET, YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR TOTAL ASSETS SYMBOL WAS UP AROUND $48 MILLION. UH, A COUPLE MILLION HIGHER, HIGHER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR, UH, AT DECEMBER. THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO SOME EMISSIONS IN OUR FIXED ASSETS. AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE AT ABOUT $1.7 MILLION IN REVENUE REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES. HERE WE HAVE OUR FUND BALANCE, UH, SUMMARY, BOTH BROKEN UP BY UNDER UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED. IT'S, IT'S IN DETAIL, UH, AT THE END OF DECEMBER, BROKEN UP BY BY PROGRAM. UH, THERE ARE SOME, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT, UH, 8.9 MILLION, WHICH IS QUITE AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, UH, 7.1 MILLION. UH, THE PRIMARY REASON FOR IS MB MILITARY VETERANS AFFAIRS, AS WE KIND OF MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, THAT PROGRAM DID REALLY WELL AND, AND ADDED A GOOD SURPLUS TO, TO THEIR FUND BALANCE. THE END THE YEAR. CASH AND INVESTMENTS, A VERY IMPORTANT SLIDE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE. WE'RE SEEING THAT $10 MILLION KIND OF DOUBLE, DOUBLE DOUBLE FROM WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO. AGAIN, THE PRIMARY REASON FOR FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF THOSE COLLECTIONS OF THOSE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE STAYING AGGRESSIVE ON SOME OF THE OLDER RECEIVABLES THAT WE HAVE. IT'S NOTHING THAT'S A CONCERN, CONCERN TO ADDRESS TO THE BOARD BOARD TODAY. BUT AGAIN, UH, GREAT POSITION TO BF FINANCIALLY AND OUR INVESTMENT SUMMARY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PUBLIC PUBLIC FUND'S INVESTMENT ACT. YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THAT CASH, CASH ON HAND. UH, WE, WE DID COLLECT QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AT THE END OF THE 2023, WE EARNED ABOUT 90,000, WHICH IS ALMOST A HUNDRED K, UM, A GREAT POSITION TO BE IN. WE LIST OUT ALL THE RATES FOR OUR INVESTMENT POOLS AS WELL AS THOSE CDS THAT WE DO HAVE. UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE CDS THAT WILL BE, UH, MATURING HERE SOON. AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO CHURCH, BANK AND TRUST. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE CONTINUOUSLY, UH, STAYING COMPETITIVE AND OFFERING A GREAT RATES BREAK. AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, MENTIONED, THERE'S, THERE'S NO REALLY ALARMING, UH, CUSTOMERS HERE. THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE CURRENTS. UH, YOU CAN SEE TEXT DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OVER 90, UH, THAT HAS BEEN BILLED ALREADY. SO WE DON'T, DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE IN COLLECTING THAT HERE, UH, PRETTY SOON, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND THEN THE, THE REST OF IT'S IS KIND OF PROMO OPERATIONS STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EX EXPENDITURES. UH, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN, IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE SITTING AT 1.7 REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES. HERE WE HAVE AMO AGING. UH, THEY DID FINISH THE YEAR $1.41 MILLION OF A BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURES. UH, THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS IS DUE TO, UH, WHAT WE CALL DELEGATE AGENCY MATCH. UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS, IS HH SS, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FROM HHS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, ENTER ON OUR BOOKS. UH, ANY CASH MATCH PROGRAM INC. OR IN KIND THAT IS, UH, CONTRIBUTED FROM ANY, I WOULD SAY AGENCY. UH, THIS IS NOT TANGIBLE, TANGIBLE. THIS HAS NO IMPACT ON THE ACTUAL PROGRAM DOLLARS. UH, IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE THIS, UH, PROGRAM FELL WITHIN 3% OF THAT BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT HH SS FOR ONCE HAS FINALLY GIVEN US, UH, SOME PROPER GUIDANCE ON HOW TO CALCULATE THIS. IN YEARS PAST, THERE WASN'T A REAL EXACT SIGN ON HOW TO CALCULATE A MATCH. AND SO IT WAS REALLY AN ESTIMATE. UH, AND, AND FROM THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, IT'S ALWAYS, WE'VE ALWAYS, ALWAYS EITHER OVERSHOT OR JUST FELL RIGHT BELOW ON THE MATCH BEAR AGING, THE EXACT SAME REASON THEY CAME OVER $1.3 MILLION, UH, FROM THEIR BUDGET. UH, AGAIN, UH, WE DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THAT SHOULDN'T BE CORRECTED. AND FY 24 GOING FORWARD. AND JULIO, IF I MAY, UH, WE'RE GOING, AND AS JULIO POINTED OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE'RE REALLY WITHIN BUDGET. WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET, BUT IT SKEWS THE NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THESE JULIO LIKES TO CALL IT FUNNY MONEY. HOW WE CALCULATE THIS IN KIND MATCH, UH, ON YOUR NEXT BUDGET REPORT, WE'RE GOING TO REVISE THAT SO THAT THIS, THIS SEPARATE MONEY IS ACCOUNTED MORE IN A FOOTNOTE SO THAT YOU GET A TRUE PICTURE OF WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE. UH, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE'D ALREADY CLOSING OUT THE BUDGET AND IT WAS ALREADY IN THERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA REDO THE FORMULATIONS ON THE PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU SEE REALLY THE, THE IN-KIND MATCH VERSUS THE TRUE, THE TRUE BUDGET. CORRECT. AND, AND THANK YOU CLIFF FOR POINTING THAT OUT. SO ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON ONE OF THE, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS PRESENTED TO YOU ON, IN, IN A VARIOUS OR DIFFERENT, UM, UM, WAYS OF SHOWING YOU ALL. [00:40:01] UH, BUT WE WILL PULL OUT THAT MATCH AND JUST SEPARATE, HAVE IT AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE THE TRUE PROGRAM TRULY LIES, UH, WITH REGARDS TO, TO THEIR ACTUAL BUDGET. SO WE WILL START BEGINNING DOING THAT IN, UH, JANUARY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OF COURSE. WE'LL, IN ARTS, UH, WE DID FALL A BIT BELOW BUDGET, UH, 700, 4,000. I SAY A BID, BUT THAT'S KIND OF A BIG CHUNK. UH, BUT THERE'S A GREAT REASON FOR THAT. THEY DID HAVE, UM, SOME BUSES BUT BUDGETED IN FY 23. A FEW OF THOSE BUSES DID COME IN. UH, BUT WE, THEY PROGRAM STILL WAITING ON SEVERAL, SEVERAL OF THOSE. UH, THEY DO FORESEE THOSE, THOSE COMING IN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO WE WILL NEED TO BUDGET MODIFICATION TO ADJUST TO FFY 24, SINCE THOSE WERE NOT, UH, INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET. IBD CURRENTLY 4,000 DEFICIT. AS CLIFF MENTIONED EARLIER IN HIS REPORT, UH, THE PRO PROGRAM DID HAVE A GREAT, UH, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER TO END THE YEAR, THEY DID ADD ABOUT 90,000 SURPLUS, UH, WHICH REDUCED THAT HUGE DEFICIT THAT WE, WE HAD FROM EARLIER THE YEAR. AGAIN, AS WE'VE MENTIONED ALL YEAR THOUGH, THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THOSE RETENTION BONUSES THAT WE PAID OUT TO KIND OF HELP MITIGATE THAT, THAT ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARDS PAY AND STAFF. YES, MA'AM. SO THE BONUSES THAT WE PAID OUT TO HELP, UM, KEEP STAFF, RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A ANALYSIS ON IF IT ACTUALLY HELPED TO KEEP STAFF? SO YEAH, JACOB ACTUALLY, THEN JACOB ANSWERED TO THAT, YES, WE DO. AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE BOARD. THE BONUSES DID HELP, UH, RETAIN STAFF. UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, IT WASN'T SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH I THINK TO REALLY MOVE THE, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT. SO Y'ALL ARE GONNA MAKE A SUGGESTION AS TO HOW TO RECRUIT OR RETAIN. WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA, I WAS TALKING TO THE CHAIRMAN EARLIER TODAY. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRINGING TO THE BOARD SOME DIFFERENT THINGS OTHER THAN PAY RAISES THAT MIGHT HELP ATTRACT AND RETAIN PEOPLE TO CRUISE OR SOMETHING. YES. RIGHT. WHEN WE, DO, YOU KNOW, JACOB HAS ERIC, I SAID A CRUISE. YEAH. OH, A CRUISE, YOU SAID? YES. I THOUGHT YOU SAID A CRUISE APPROVE. I THOUGHT YOU SAID APPROVE SUBJECT. I SAID CRUISE. CRUISE. WELL, AND YOU SAID YES. YEAH, NO, A CRUISE WOULD BE GOOD IF THE BOARD WANTS TO PROVE IT. UM, BUT JACOB MAKES A GREAT POINT. WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM. AND, AND DEIDRA WILL TELL YOU AS WELL, WE TRAIN THESE SERVICE COORDINATORS UP. THEY DON'T GET PAID VERY GOOD PAY. AND THEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR GRABS THEM. STEALS THEM. YEAH. AND SO WE TRAIN 'EM UP AND THEN THEY'RE GONE. AND SO I WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO, TO RETAIN THEM. YEAH. AND JACOB POINTS OUT TO ME, AND, AND JACOB IS THE AUTHORITY ON THIS, BUT, UH, I'LL ALWAYS DEFER TO HIM AND HIS KNOWLEDGE, BUT, UH, HE SAYS, IF WE COULD KEEP ONE HERE FOR A YEAR, WE PROBABLY HAVE 'EM FOR A GOOD LONG TIME. THEY, THEY GET INTO THE GROOVE AND THEY'RE GLAD TO BE IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THEY'RE KIND OF PEOPLE WE WANT. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO DO IS, UH, EASE UP SOME OF THE PRESSURE. THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS CASELOAD. YEAH. DO I FIND IT OVERWHELMING? I FIND THE CA WHEN HE TELLS ME WHAT THEY DO, I, THESE PEOPLE WORK SO HARD AND THEY'RE SO DEDICATED AND THEY REALLY DESERVE, UH, OUR RESPECT. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRESSURE COOKER AND THEN THEY GET OFFERED BETTER JOBS, BETTER PRICE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, BETTER WAGES. AND THEY'RE GONE. AND SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO TRY TO RETAIN THESE PEOPLE. AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON IDEAS TO ALSO TO, UH, TRACK THEM. AND, AND JACOB, I DON'T KNOW IF THE NUMBERS CHANGED, BUT LAST TIME WE TALKED YOU HAD ABOUT A DEFICIT OF ABOUT SEVEN. WE HAVE ABOUT 140 SERVICE COORDINATORS. WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN OPENINGS. AND THAT'S A KIND OF A CONSTANT REVOLVING WHEEL. AND IF WE HAD THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE DOING THEIR CASELOADS, WE WOULD BE POSITIVE, WE WOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE. UH, AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF CONTINUING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE AND KEEP THE ONES THAT WE GET. SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU. PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY DID FALL SHORT. THEIR BUDGET IS, WELL, FIVE, 3000 ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. UH, THE TARGET PLANNING GRANT, UH, THAT WAS BUDGET FOR AN FY 23, UH, DID NOT GET EXPENDED. THAT WAS INCLUDED THE FY 24 BUDGET. AND THEY DO, UH, THOSE FUNDS AS WELL. AND JUST MIGHT ADD TO THAT, UH, WE SAID TARGET PLANNING GRANT. IT'S REALLY THE TARGET RANGE PLANNING GRANT, THAT'S OUR GUN RANGE GRANT. AND BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSES WE HAD ON OUR RFPS, WHICH WERE INSUFFICIENT, WE HAD TO SEND IT OUT FOR ANOTHER RFP AND THAT MONEY DIDN'T GET EXPENDED. BUT IT'S, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, NEXT MONTH BRINGING YOU THE, UH, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THIS MONTH WE'RE BRINGING YOU THE CONTRACT FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU, SIR. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE WHETHER AUTHORIZATION AS CLIFF EARLIER AS WELL, DIFFICULTIES IN PROGRAM. UH, THEY DID FALL SIX [00:45:01] 50,000, UH, BELOW THEIR BUDGET, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE LIHEAP AND DOE PROGRAMS. UH, THAT PROGRAM FOR THE LIGHT GRANT DID, IT DID END IN IT, IT ORIGINALLY IN DECEMBER, BUT WAS, UH, THEY DID, DID REQUEST COURT REQUESTED AN EXTENSION. SO THAT IS, HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH MARCH, MARCH OF 24. SO PROGRAM ASKED TO EXPEND ALL OF THOSE RESPONSE BEFORE THAT DEADLINE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE DID FALL 10% SHORT OF OUR BUDGET. UH, THIS IS A GOOD POSITION IN, AS WE MENTIONED FOR, FOR THE, FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO WERE AT A DECEMBER MEETING, UH, PRESENTING OUR, OUR 20 24 4 BUDGETS. UH, WE MENTIONED THAT WE ARE FORECASTING IN UNDER RECOVERY IN OUR INDIRECT BUDGETS. THIS IS GONNA HELP CLOSE THAT GAP GAP FOR US, UH, NEXT YEAR. AND THAT THERE'S NO PRESENTATION. NOW. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION, QUESTIONS YOU'LL HAVE AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS, APPROVAL OF THE, UH, BUDGET IS PRESENTED. IS IT SUBJECT TO AUDIT OR JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT? I'M, I'M SORRY. SORRY TO APPROVE IT. OKAY. UM, OR SUBJECT TO AUDIT? YES. SUBJECT TO AUDIT. SUBJECT TO, YEP. IT'S THE FIRST OF DIRECTION. FIRST DURATION. SO, OKAY. I'LL SECOND THE YEAR END REPORT. YEAH. I'LL SECOND GOT A MOTION. AND THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE, UH, YEAR END 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [14. Consider and act upon the recommendation to amend the AACOG bylaws to require the Executive Committee to appoint a member to meet quarterly with the Human Resources Department. – Cliff Herberg] MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS. ITEM 14, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE ACOG BYLAWS TO REQUIRE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO MEET QUARTERLY WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, MR. HERBERT. AND, AND BEFORE YOU START, BEFORE YOU START, LET, LEMME JUST SAY, I PUT HIM UP TO THIS . I, I'M, I'M THE ONE THAT, THAT I SAY I, JIM AND I DID TOGETHER. UH, SO IT, HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T, UH, INFLICT THIS ON ANYBODY. . WELL, YES. THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S A GREAT LEAD IN, UH, WHEN WE HAD OUR ISSUES IN, IN OCTOBER CONCERNING SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS, ALLEGATIONS OF A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT AND DISCUSSING ON HOW, HOW SOME OF THESE ISSUES MIGHT BE ADDRESSED. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THEN CHAIRMAN TEAL AND VICE CHAIRMAN, NOW CHAIRMAN KELLY, THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF BETTER REPORTING TO THE BOARD CONCERNING HR, UH, ISSUES. AND, UM, THE WAY I'VE DESCRIBED IT IN THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, ISSUES CONCERNING MORALE AND DISCIPLINE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO, CAN WE BRING UP THE ORG CHART AGAIN REAL QUICK? AS I, AS I POINTED OUT EARLIER ON THE ORG CHART, WHAT I'VE DONE WITH THIS PROPOSED BYLAW CHANGE, JUST CREATE THAT DIRECT, DIRECT LINE TO THE BOARD SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE INTERNAL AUDITOR, UM, TO, AND QUALITY CONTROL. SO THAT THERE IS A PERSON THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD ON HR ISSUES. AND THE BYLAWS CHANGE TO PROVIDE BASICALLY THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WOULD APPOINT 0.1 OF ITS MEMBERS QUARTERLY, UH, AND ACT AS THE BOARD TO DETERMINE AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE AGENCY ON THOSE ISSUES OF, AS I SAY, EMPLOYEE MORALE DISCIPLINE. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES. OUR BYLAWS DO PROVIDE A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD, UH, BEFORE OR A NOTICE BEFORE AMENDING THE BYLAWS. AND SINCE WE HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU THAT, WHAT I PROPOSE IS THAT WE, UH, CONSIDER THIS MATTER MATTER AND THEN, UH, TABLE IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOU TO, UH, VOTE ON IT. BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS, IS TO CREATE THIS LIAISON POSITION FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHO WOULD MEET WITH HR TO, UH, DISCUSS OUR EMPLOYEE SITUATION. NOW, LEMME EXPLAIN WHY WE RECOMMENDED THIS. WHAT JIM AND I FOUND WAS, UH, DEEDRA REPORTED EVERYTHING THAT SHE WAS AUTHORIZED TO REPORT. UH, BUT WE HAD SOME, SOME ACTIVITIES GOING ON THAT WERE HIGHLY IMPROPER, UH, AND VARIOUS EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE HER TO BRING IT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ATTENTION. AND SO, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WE HAD ALL THESE GLOWING EVALUATIONS FOR DIANE EVERY YEAR, AND WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. AND IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOING ON. UH, AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS OPEN IT UP SO THAT EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH A BOARD MEMBER, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT OR ANYTHING, UH, TO SEE IF THERE'S A SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. BECAUSE DEIDRE, I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED. I SEE HER BACK THERE WAS VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SHE WOULD ASK IF SHE COULD TAKE THAT COMPLAINT, UH, TO THE BOARD OR EVEN TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE INTIMIDATED. IT WAS A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. UH, AND SO THEY WOULDN'T DO IT. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO GET SOMEBODY ON THIS BOARD TO REGULARLY MEET WITH DEIDRE, UH, AND GO OVER ARE THERE [00:50:01] COMPLAINTS OUT THERE THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND THAT HAVE NOT REACHED US? 'CAUSE THESE LAST ONES REACHED US ALMOST TOO LATE. SO WHO, WHO SELECTS THE PERSON? IT'S THIS GROUP? WELL, THE EXECUTIVE, THE, THE BYLAW CHANGES PROVIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE SELECT A MEMBER IS WHAT THIS PROPOSED DRAFT PROVIDES FOR. I, I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU EITHER SELECT MULTIPLE MEMBERS OR THAT THE PERSON COMES TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. I THINK ONE PERSON PRESENTS THE POSSIBILITY FOR A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT EITHER THE, THE HR REPRESENTATIVE COMES TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND FILLS 'EM IN, OR WHATEVER TIME THINK IS APPROPRIATE, OR THEY MEET WITH AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS OF SO THAT YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE. I DON'T HAVE MORE PERSPECTIVES. SO JUST SOMETHING TO JUST, SOMETHING TO BE MINDFUL OF HAVING BEEN THROUGH A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE . VERY GOOD. OKAY. I'M FINE WITH THAT. JIMMY. OH, HAVE THESE, HAVE THESE BEEN VETTED? LIKE SOMEBODY THAT WE USED, THE ATTORNEY, THE OUTSIDE ATTORNEY THAT WE USED, HAVE, HAVE THE, HAVE THESE BEEN VETTED? I DON'T HAVEN'T, NO, I HAVEN'T. I HAVEN'T. I, WELL, LET ME BACK UP. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER, MIKE HOLLAND, I COUNSEL FOR ACOG, DURING, DURING THAT TIME, UH, DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT AND HE SAID, SAYS, THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO THE, TO DOING IT THIS WAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS EACH, AS, AS WITH ANY, ANY DECISION, I THINK THERE'S NO A, UM, UH, CONSEQUENCE OF SOME SORT, SORT OR ANOTHER ON DOING IT THIS WAY. UH, HIS CONCERN TIME WAS WHETHER OR NOT YOU OPEN UP A CAN OF WORM WORMS BY HAVING THE BOARD INVOLVED IN IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FLIP SIDE OF IT IS YOU OPEN UP A CAN OF WORM FROM THE BOARD IS NOT RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T REALLY PUT THAT INTO OUR MEMO, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS HIS COMMENT AT THE TIME. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE DONE REGARDING TALKING DOWN, TALKING OUTSIDE COUNSEL. WELL, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE LITTLE COMPANY THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH, WHEN WE HAVE THESE ISSUES, THERE'S CERTAIN PARTS OF THESE COMPLAINTS THAT ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ACTED ON QUICKLY. AND I WANNA BE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A STOP GAP THERE THAT PREVENTS US FROM BEING ABLE TO JUMP ON. AND I, AND I THINK DEIDRE UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHERE I'M COMING FROM TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE GET ON THESE, THESE VERY SERIOUS TYPE OF, IF THERE'S AN ALLEGATION THAT'S BEEN PLACED THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO COVER. AND I WILL SAY WE, WE DO DO, AND AND NIRA CAN SPEAK ON IT BETTER THAN I THAN I I CAN, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE TYPE OF COMPLAINT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE DO MOVE IMMEDIATELY. OKAY. WHETHER THAT BE EITHER, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ALLEGATION COULD BE AN IMPROPER ADVANCE OR COMMENTS OR WHATEVER, WE JUMP ON THOSE THINGS RIGHT AWAY. THE SITUATION THAT THE CHAIR IS TALKING ABOUT IS THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THE EMPLOYEES REALLY DON'T WANT COMPLAIN. IN THE CASE OF DIANE, I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU QUITE FRANKLY, FOR A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT DIDN'T WANT TO COMPLAIN WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DIANE WAS ON THEM FOR LEGITIMATE REASON. HOW SHE HANDLED IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THOSE ISSUES TO THE BOARD BECAUSE OF, OF THE ISSUES THAT GAVE RISE TO THE, TO THE PROBLEMS WITH DIANE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE. AND SO THIS GIVES THEM AN AVENUE TO TALK FREELY. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE GOAL IS. SUZANNE, AND SIR, I, I AGREE WITH LISA. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE. WELL, AND THE, THE, THE FAIL FAILURE POINT FOR US, WHAT HAPPENED IS THERE WERE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS THAT NEVER MADE IT TO US. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS BOARD MORE AVAILABLE TO STAFF SO THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS SOMEBODY AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO TALK TO. UH, IT'S, WHETHER IT GOES TO A FORMAL COMPLAINT OR NOT IS TO BE DETERMINED. UH, AND I'M PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING TWO PEOPLE DO IT. OKAY. UH, ALSO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT DOTTED LINE FROM, FROM THE INTERNAL AUDITOR DOES NOT GET A BOOK AS WELL. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, WE TALKED ABOUT DEIDRE'S, UH, DOTTED LINE, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT INTERNAL AUDITOR AND, AND QA, THERE'S TWO DOTTED LINES THERE. THERE YOU GO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES. THANK YOU. AND I THINK I SHOULD CLARIFY, CLARIFY JUDGE KEEL. I DIDN'T MENTION THAT IN MY PRESENTATION. JUDGE KEELEY MENTIONED THAT THERE, BECAUSE OF PRIOR HISTORY OF THE FINANCIAL ISSUES, THAT WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, POINT AND I TO MEET WITH THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN THERE THIS TIME [00:55:01] BECAUSE THOSE SITUATIONS ATIONS AROSE BEFORE ACOG HAD AN INTERNAL AUDITOR AND THAT INTERNAL AUDITOR WAS IN PUT INTO PLACE AS A RESULT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU RAISED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. AND SO THEY ALREADY ACTUALLY HAVE THAT.IN LINE IN THE, IN THE CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T CHANGE IT AT BYLAWS ON THAT. OKAY. IN LOOKING AT HISTORY OF OUR SITUATION. SO THERE WILL BE THE SAME MEETING THAT, THAT DEIDRE HAS WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER WILL BE HAPPENING WITH THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND THE QA WELL, THE INTERNAL AUDITOR MEETS WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE QUARTERLY NOW AND MAKES AN AFFIRMATIVE REPRESENTATION THAT THERE, THERE IS NO ISSUE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF. THEY COME, THEY COME TALK TO US EVERY QUARTERLY ANYWAY, SO WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THERE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE CLARIFYING THAT IT EXISTS. OKAY. I, YEAH, I JUST, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM BECAUSE OF THE TOXIC, IF, IF THAT CONTROL WAS LORDED OVER THE AUDITOR, IT WOULD BE A AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSE TO THE BOARD. AND THAT'S THE POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND AS A GROUP. YES. AND I WILL, AND I, I CERTAINLY WANT TO AVOID, YOU KNOW, AS AN ATTORNEY COURSE, AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS WELL. I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE THAT THE INTERNAL AUDITOR IS EMPOWERED, EMPOWERED TO REPORT THE THINGS THAT HE OR SHE CURRENTLY THAT HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO REPORT TO THE BOARD. YEAH. THAT'S MAKE WE, WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL POLICY IN PLACE. IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE. SO THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WHENEVER YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE UPPER MANAGEMENT, YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS. SO THIS IS THE END RUN AROUND. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING. RIGHT? BASICALLY. BASICALLY. BASICALLY. BUT IT'S REALLY TO BE MORE AVAILABLE TO THE RANK AND FILE EMPLOYEE. WELL, BUT WE HAVE TO, THEY SHOULD FOLLOW THE PERSONNEL POLICY. CORRECT. FIRST WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU DON'T, AND THIS IS, THIS IS JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT ONE OF US WOULD, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T UNDERMINE YOUR LEADERSHIP. EXACTLY. YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE WRANGLER POLICY FOLLOWED FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE END RUN. THAT'S WHAT THE HR DIRECTOR DOES. SO, ONE OTHER QUESTION REAL QUICK, IF I MIGHT. UM, IS OUR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK UP TO DATE? YES. OKAY. YES. MATTER FACT, WE MADE REVISION REVISIONS, I BELIEVE, WAS IT LAST MONTH? I MEAN, IN AUGUST. IN AUGUST. TIME FLIES. I THOUGHT IT WAS LAST, LAST MONTH. THAT'S AUGUST. I WOULD MOVE. WE POSTPONE THE ACCIDENT ON THIS TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. YOU GET TO GIVE THE PROPER NOTICE. SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SURE. SO THE TWO PEOPLE, OR IF THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, IS THERE GONNA BE LIKE A POLICY OR AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WILL HOLD EVERYTHING IN CONFIDENCE? I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YES. I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO AS AN HR THING, YES. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE SUCH WRITTEN ONCE, DON'T YOU STEP IN THAT, THAT THAT CONE OF SILENCE WITH THE, UH, HR DIRECTOR, IT'S CONFIDENTIAL, IS THE OBJECTIVE THAT THE HR DIRECTOR BRINGS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP OR THE ONLY, OR ARE THEY GOING TO DISCLOSE ALL OF THE CONCERNS OR ISSUES? IS THERE A, I GUESS A DELINEATION OF WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING? THAT'S FINE. I THINK SOME OF THAT HAS TO FLESHED OUT BETWEEN THE, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND, AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT. I, IN MY MIND, I ENVISION, AND, AND, AND LET ME BACK UP FROM A PROCEDURE STANDPOINT, I WILL NOT ATTEND ANY, ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS, RIGHT. BECAUSE OF WHAT JUDGE WITH THE JUDGE, UH, UH, EVANS AND JUDGE TEAL. SHE'LL POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, I WON'T BE THERE, BUT IN MY MIND, I ENVISION THE HR DIRECTOR TO TALK FREELY WITH, LET THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THE STATE OF AFFAIRS CONCERNING ALMOST ANY ISSUE WITH THE HR, HR, UH, I MEAN, WHETHER HR, HR EMPLOYEE, UH, CONCERNS, WHETHER THAT BE, UM, PROBLEMS WITH SOMEBODY WITH THEIR MIDDLE MANAGER, MANAGER OR SOMEBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH ME. AND SO I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST IN MY MIND AN OVERVIEW. JUDGE KELLY, MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMETHING, HAVE SOMETHING DONE. NO, I, I AGREE. BUT IT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WORK ENVIRON ENVIRONMENT. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING FALLS THROUGH CRACKS. A LOT OF THINGS FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS THIS LAST TIME. AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS LET'S TRY TO FIND A SAFETY NET TO TRY TO CATCH SOME OF THIS STUFF. AND IT MAY BE THAT AN EMPLOYEE DOESN'T WANT TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH HR. UH, IT MAY BE THAT HR DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE YET. YET, UH, AT THAT TIME, I, MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THE CONSTRUCT OF NOT WANTING THE BOARD MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT STAFF ISSUES, BUT BEING INFORMED ABOUT MANAGEMENT [01:00:01] SENIOR LEADER ISSUES. AND SO THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE MY QUESTION WAS. AND I WOULD, I WOULD DEFER TO YOUR HR TEAM AND THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHERE TO DRAW THAT LINE IF WE, IF WE FOLLOW THE, THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANAGER, WE HAVE FIRST, RIGHT. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WE CANNOT TAKE THE AUTHORITY AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE WE HIRE TO RUN THE AGENCY BY DOING THE IN RUN. WELL, AND I ASSUME THIS BOARD HAS ONE EMPLOYEE AND THAT'S CLIFF. I ASSUME THAT'S THAT IT'S THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE CLIFF AND CLIFF'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE THE ORGANIZATION. AND THIS IS A BACKSTOP TO ENSURING THAT CLIFF'S SETTING THE RIGHT TONE AMONG THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. OKAY. YEAH. BUT, BUT WHEN YOU START DOING END RUNS, RIGHT? THEN YOU, THEN HE HAS, YOU GET IN THE WEEDS OF MANAGING THE DAY TO DAY. YOU'RE OUTS, YOU'RE NOT IN THE BOARD SPACE, YOU'RE IN, WELL THEN HE HA HE HAS NO VALUE. 'CAUSE THEY SAY, WE CAN GO TO THE BOARD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE GUYS THAT WE WORK FOR. GOTTA BE REALLY CAREFUL. COUNTY JUDGES KNOW THAT WAY TOO. WELL. WAY. YEAH. THAT'S SORT OF LIKE COUNTY GOVERNMENT. WE'RE USED TO THAT . SO YES, SIR. HA. HAVE, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, UH, A HOTLINE THAT'S A NON, I MEAN THAT SOMEONE EITHER DESIGNATED THE HR DIRECTOR OR WHATEVER THAT, SO THAT THEY, THEY HAVE SOME FEEL OF CONFIDENCE WHEN THEY WANT TO REPORT THIS, THAT IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T DONE LIKE A HOTLINE. I GUESS YOU COULD DO A, UH, SUGGESTION, SUGGESTION BOX TYPE THING WHERE PEOPLE COULD DROP SOMETHING OFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT A HOTLINE TYPE THING. QUITE FRANKLY, I HOPE A LOT OF, A LOT OF THESE THINGS WILL BE RESOLVED. UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, AS THE OWNER OF A HOTLINE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU END UP WITH A LOT OF ODDS AND ENDS IN THERE. SOME OF IT'S VALID AND SOME OF IT'S, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO GRIND, BUT YOU HAVE TO PURSUE EVERY SINGLE THING. SO YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY MINDFUL WHEN YOU INITIATE THAT. YOU'VE GOTTA FOLLOW ALL OF IT. TO THE END. YEAH. AS WITH ANYTHING, THERE'S ALWAYS BENEFITS AND DOWNPLAYS. THAT'S UPS AND DOWNS. YEP. SECOND, I, I'LL SECOND JUDGE EVANS MOTION. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO, UM, PUT, PUT, PUT THIS, UM, POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MEETING. THE BY THE PROPOSED BYLAW CHA, UH, CHANGED. PUT IT OFF TO THE NEXT MEETING. MUST BE, AND JUST SO FOR CLARIFI, FOR CLARIFICATION FOR ME, I'LL AMEND THIS DRAFT AND TO MAKE IT TWO MEMBERS FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, OR AT LEAST NOT THE GUIDANCE. AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS AT LEAST. AT LEAST. AT LEAST AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS. ALRIGHT, I'LL DO SO AND THEN WE'LL BRING, BRING IT BACK IN FEBRUARY. OKAY. CERTAIN MOTION PASSES. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? GOOD. WE'LL PUT IT OFF TO THE NEXT MONTH. GO. THEN WE'LL MOVE [15. Consider and act upon the recommendation to ratify the Executive Director's acceptance of the State Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services Biennial Performance Contract funding with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in an amount not to exceed $5,245,000. This item will require a budget amendment. - Virginia Charles] ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO RATIFY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE STATE FISCAL YEAR 24, 20 24, 20 25. INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY SERVICES, BIENNIAL PERFORMANCE CONTRACT FUNDING WITH THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,245,000. AND THIS, THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT. MS. CHARLES, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM VIRGINIA CHARLES CHARLES, SENIOR DIRECTOR OVER INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES. AT THE, AT THE JULY, 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS APPROVED TO ACCEPT THE STATE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY PERFORMANCE. COMBINING PERFORMANCE CONTRACT. HOWEVER, AN AMENDMENT FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SERVICES COMMISSION LATE DECEMBER RAISED THE CONTRACT VALUE ABOVE THE AMOUNT PRE, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. THIS REQUEST IS TO RAT STRATIFY ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT AND INCREASE THE CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO, TO EXCEED 5,000,200 245,000. THE CONTRACT CONTRACT FUNDS FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR 2024 WILL ALLOW A O TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LOCAL AUTHORITY SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH INTE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY. OUR IDD SERVICES SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY CASE MANAGEMENT, REHABILITATION COORDINATION, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY NET SERVICES FOR PERSON PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL, INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR FAMILY HOMES, GROUP HOMES, AND NURSING FACILITIES. THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTED HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SERVICES COMMISSION FUNDING WAS INCLUDED IN THE ACOG 20 20 24 BUDGET. HOWEVER, THE ITEM DOES REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT BY $76,087 4 CENTS 4 CENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE APPROVE. OKAY. GOT A MOTION? SECOND AND A SECOND. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CHAIRMAN. YES, I AM MISSING. WHO IS OKAY, MAKING MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. [01:05:01] THANK YOU. ITEM 16. [16. Consider and act upon the recommendation to apply and accept funding for Year 4 of Clean Cities Coalition Network Activities in the amount of $110,000. This item will not require a 2024 budget amendment. - Lyle Hufstetler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onsider and act upon the recommendation to approve and adopt a resolution for the AACOG CEDS 2024-2029 and submit it to EDA for review and approval, subject to a 30-day public review period. - Claudia Mora] ITEM 17. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR THE ACOG SAIDS 2024 TO 2029 AND SUBMIT IT TO THE EDA FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD. MS. MORA. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M CLAUDIA MORA, YOUR REGIONAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR. THE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ALSO KNOWN AS, IS A STRATEGY DRIVEN PLAN FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT IS A RESULT OF A REGIONALLY OWNED PLANNING PROCESS DESIGNED TO BUILD CAPACITY AND GUIDE THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND RESILIENCY OF A REGION. THE SETS IS A PREREQUISITE FOR DESIGNATION BY, BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. ACOM WAS ONE OF THE, THE FIRST FOUR EDDS DESIGNATED BY EDA BACK IN 1968. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE RELEVANT ANYWAY, BGDD MUST UPDATE THEIR SETS AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR EDA ASSISTANCE UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROVOST DURING 2023, STAFF WORKED FOR THE SETS COMMITTEE AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO DEVELOP THIS. ICO SETS 2024. 2029. IN ADDITION TO THE SETS COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THE REGION MEETINGS WERE HELD IN OSA, KAMAL, CARNES KERR, AND BEXAR COUNTIES, REPRESENTATIVES FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESS GROUPS, HOSPITAL SYSTEMS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. DURING THESE MEETINGS, STAFF [01:10:01] PROVIDED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO EACH SUB REGION, AND THEY CONDUCTED SWAT ANALYSIS SESSIONS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS TO EACH SUBREGION. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND BROADBAND WERE AMONG THE COMMON THEMES OF ALL THESE MEETINGS. THE INFORMATION DERIVED FROM EACH MEETING'S DISCUSSION WAS USED TO DEVELOP AND USE SETS. THERE WERE FOUR GOALS THAT WERE, THAT WERE DEVELOPED. NUMBER ONE, FOSTER METHODS OF ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION TO STRENGTHEN THE ANIMAL REGION'S RESILIENCE AGAINST CLIMATE RELATED IMPACTS. NUMBER TWO, CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE ALAMO REGION, WHICH WHICH IS TRANSPARENT, PROMOTES ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION AND PRIORITIZES AND ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES. NUMBER THREE, DEVELOP, RETAIN AND ATTRACT. ATTRACT AND EDUCATED WELL-TRAINED, VERSATILE, AND COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE. AND NUMBER FOUR, STRENGTHEN BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCREASE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY OF BROADBAND SERVICES TO SUPPORT RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AS PART OF THE SUDS DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS, THE DRAFT DOCUMENT MUST BE POSTED FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. DRAFT DOCUMENT WAS POSTED ON THE ACOG WEBSITE ON JANUARY 17TH AND WILL REMAIN ON THE WEBSITE THROUGH FEBRUARY 16TH. THIS ITEM DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE FY 2024 BUDGET. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE BOARD PASS THE RESOLUTION, WHICH APPROVES AND ADOPTS THE ACOG. THAT'S 2024 THROUGH 2029 AND AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF THE SENSE TO EDH TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL PENDING A 30 DAY DATE OF THE COMMENT REVIEW PERIOD, WHICH ENDS FEBRUARY SIX 16TH. AT THIS TIME, I WILL, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANY APPROVAL? JUDGE TE, JUDGE EVANS MED MOTION AND THE SECOND JUDGE AG, UH, MAYOR AGNER. THEY'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE ACOG SIDS 2024 TO 2029 SUBMITTED TO THE EDA FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [18. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to apply for and accept funding in the approximate amount of $250,000 for the Combating and Identifying Domestic Violent Extremism 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 FY2024 budget. – Justin Monarez] 18. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT FUNDING IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR THE COMBATING AND IDENTIFYING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXTREMISM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS DIVISION, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FY 2024 BUDGET. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING. BOARD CHAIR, CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JUSTIN EZ, THE HOMELAND SECURITY CRIMINAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING COORDINATOR. JUSTICE. THIS ITEM IS REQUESTING CONTINUING CONTINUATION FUNDING FROM THE OFFICE, THE GOVERNMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE CORE CAPABILITIES IN THE AREA OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXTREMISM, WHICH WILL CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND FIGHTING EXTREMISM. ABOUT 15% OF THE STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM PLANS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THESE PROJECTS ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON, ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXTREMIST ASSESSMENT, WHICH WITHIN ALL COUNTIES IN COORDINATION WITH THE SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO INFUSION CENTER TO ENHANCE INTE INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING OVERALL. IN ADDITION TO THE ASSESSMENT PROJECT, SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TERRORISM AND VIOLENT. CURRENTLY THE DE TEAM HAS PROVIDED BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS, TRAIN TRAINING TO CLOSE TO 700 INDIVIDUALS AND VISITED AND ASSESSED SITE SECURITY FOR, UH, MORE THAN 1,008 AGENCIES. THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF 250,000 INCLUDES COST PER, PER CONTRACTING WITH AN ESTABLISHED DBE TEAM THAT INCLUDES FIVE CONSULTANTS. THE TEAM IS ALSO TASKED WITH OUTREACH AND INCORPORATES INTELLIGENCE INTO THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS FUSION CENTER. THE PROJECT TIMEFRAME IS OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020. THAT RESOLUTION IS ATTACHED TO THIS MEMO. IF FUND IT, THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AMENDMENT 2024 A COD BUDGET. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS, UH, WHILE READING THAT, YOU HAD SAID THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF, I THOUGHT YOU SAID TWO 50. YES. YES. AND HERE IT SAYS ONE 50, IT SAYS TWO. NO, IT SHOULD BE, UH, TWO 50. I KNOW WHERE THAT'S TWO PIECES. IT'S TWO 50 ON THE, ON THE [01:15:01] PAPER ON THE WRITTEN AGENDA IT SAYS TWO 50. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW TO TYPE THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S 2 50 50 ON MINE. MINE TOO. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTIONS MATCH. HMM. NO MATCH. WE DON'T HAVE TO MATCH ANYTHING. OKAY. MATCH. WE'LL HAVE TO MATCH ANYTHING. IS THERE A MATCHING REQUIREMENT TO THE GRANT? NO. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ACCEPTING THE FUNDING OF $250,000, UH, FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS DIVISION AS PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [19. 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 not require an amendment to the FY2024 budget. – Justin Monarez] 19 CONSIDERED AN 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, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. THIS ITEM WILL NOT REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FY 24 BUDGET. MENARDS? YES. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTING CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING GRANT, WHICH FUNDS PLANNING EFFORTS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT AND REVISION OF PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND DELIVERABLES FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. UH, THE, THEIR HOMELAND SECURITY MASS DIVISION. IN ADDITION IS GRANT FUNDS COORDINATION OF THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, KNOWN AS A REPRE REPACK. ADDITIONALLY, UNDER THIS, THIS GRANT, UH, OG AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OFFICER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORK TOGETHER TO UPDATE THE THREAT AND HAZARD IDENTIFICATION RISK ASSESSMENT KNOWN AS THRA, WHICH DETAILS THREATS IN THE FORM OF SCENARIOS THAT IDENTIFY RESOURCES AND GAPS AND CAPABILITIES TO RESPOND AND SAVE LIVES. THE GRANT REQUEST COVERS, UH, PERSONNEL, BRAND COMMUNICATIONS, CONTRACTUAL AND INDIRECT. DO YOU REQUEST AN AMOUNT THAT 265,000 IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE 20 20 24 AC BUDGET AND DOES NOT REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION. THIS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE, UH, RESO RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING PROGRAM. GRANT, ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T MY ARE NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO CATCH EVERYBODY'S JUDGE PEEL AND COMMISSIONER MARTIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [20. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to apply for and accept funding in the approximate amount of $65,000 for the Investigative Topics for Victims of Violence Against Women Program (VAWA) from the Office of the Governor – Criminal Justice Division (CJD); and adopt a resolution in support of the project. This item will not require an amendment to the AACOG FY2024 budget. – Michael Ritchey] ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT FUNDING IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $65,000 FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE TOPICS FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PROGRAM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. THIS ITEM WILL NOT REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACOG 24 BUDGET. MR. RICHIE? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. BOARD, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIKE RICHIE. I'M HERE ACADEMY MANAGER. WE'RE REQUESTING TO APPLY FOR AN ACCEPT FUNDING FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE BOB GRANT, THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION REQUIRED BY THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION. THE PROJECT PROVIDES FREE MANDATORY SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH CRIMES INVOLVING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN THROUGH BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE COURSES. AND THE ACADEMY STAFF RECENTLY MADE IT A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL BASIC POLICE OFFICERS, OUR CADETS, TO TAKE THE ONLINE BIBLE CLASSES BEFORE ENTERING PER CLASS. THE BENEFITS ARE MANY, JUST IN JUST A COUPLE OF, PROVIDES AN ENTRY LEVEL TRAINING FOR THE INCOMING CADETS TO HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF MANY OF THE ISSUES OF CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN. TRAINING ALSO GIVES THE RESPECTIVE EMPLOYING AGENCY CERTIFICATION BY THESE OFFICERS SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO SEND THEM OUT TO THESE CLASSES AT A LATER DATE. ALSO, TRAINING ALSO ENSURES THAT THE CADETS UNDERSTAND THE BASIS FOR THE THESIS LOGICAL RESPONSE OF THE VICTIM. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE, OR THE PROPOSED POLICY WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2025. THE ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE QUESTION. RESOLUTION IS ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ANSWER 'EM AT THIS TIME. APPROVAL. SECOND. DID YOU GET THAT HOUSE LOCKER? OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UH, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND, AND THIS IS TO ACCEPT THE $65,000, [01:20:01] UH, GRANT FOR INVESTIGATIVE TOPICS FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IN THIS WOMEN PROGRAM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO [21. 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 2024 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) not to exceed $1.4 million. This item will not require a budget amendment. - Alicia Avila-Penalver] ITEM 21. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE 2024 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR LIHEAP, AS WE CALL IT, UH, NOT TO EXCEED 1.4 MILLION. THIS ITEM WILL NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT. YOU MAY PROCEED. AND THIS IS NOT ALICIA. NO, I KNOW IT'S NOT. ALICIA . GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M, I'M NOT ALICIA. MY NAME'S ANDRE FURMAN AND I'M THE PROGRAM PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ACOG HAS BEEN OPERATING THE LEHE PROGRAM SINCE 1987. THIS FUNDING ALLOWS THE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO SERVE QUALIFIED RESIDENTS IN THE ACOG REGION WITH ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES AT NO COST TO THE CLIENTS. THIS IS A REOCCURRING GRANT, WHICH FUNDING ALLOWS US TO MAKE APPROXIMATELY 57 LOW INCOME HOMES IN THE ALAMO REGION OR ENERGY EFFICIENT, NO BUDGET AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH T-D-H-C-A IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 0.4 MILLION. AT THIS TIME. I'D BE HAPPY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, MS. MARTIN, THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? VERY WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THIS IS ANDRE'S FIRST PRESENTATION, ISN'T IT? ? GOOD JOB RIGHT HERE. I LOVE THAT RIGHT. YARD . [22. Consider and act upon the recommendation from the Resource Recovery Committee (RRC) regarding the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) FY 2024-2025 Solid Waste Pass-Through Grants for $300,000. This item does not require a budget amendment.-Claudia Mora] OKAY. ITEM 22 IS THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE RESOURCE RECOVERY COMMITTEE REGARDING THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FY 24 25 SOLID WASTE PASS THROUGH GRANTS FOR $300,000. THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT. MS. MARA BACK, UM, MR. BOARD, BOARD MEMBERS SINCE 1991 CAUCUS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OR ITS PREDECESSORS TO OPERATE THE AREA REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PROGRAM AT THE AUGUST, 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING THE BOARD CONTRACT FOR THE 2024. 2025 BY ALLOCATION OF $769,000. THE BIENNIUM RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 30TH, 2025. $300,000 OF THE ALLOCATION WAS BUDGETED TO OFFER GRANT FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS WAS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2023 TO SOLICIT PROJECT APPLICATIONS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE ACO REGION. WE RECEIVED 14 APPLICATIONS REQUESTING OVER $665,000. THE RESOURCE RECOVERY COMMITTEE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RRC, IS A, IS AN ACO APPOINTED BOARD. AND THEY MET ON JANUARY 12TH, 2024 TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE APPLICATIONS AND TO MAKE THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. A COPY OF THE RRC MEETING MINUTES IS PART OF YOUR AGENDA PACKET. THE MINUTES OUTLINED THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. 11 PROJECTS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR PARTIAL OR FULL FUNDING. THE RRC RECOMMEND RECOMMENDS THAT THE ACOG BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THOSE FUNDING OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT PROJECTS AS LISTED IN THE JANUARY 12TH, 2024 RRC MEETING MINUTES, AND ALSO TO AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF THE PENDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO TEACH Q FOR THEIR APPROVAL. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ANSWER, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS I MOVE TO ACCEPT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO, TO ACCEPT THE, UM, UM, SOLID WASTE PASS THROUGH GRANT FOR $300,000. AND JUDGE EVANS SECONDED. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? GRANTED. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, [ Executive Session] WE'RE GONNA BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN JUST A MINUTE. UH, THIS IS ITEM 23 AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, WILL CONVENE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE AND RECEIVE ADVICE REGARDING THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND, UH, THAT WILL END CONVENE AND THE TIME IS 1126. [01:25:05] OKAY. IT IS 1143 AND WE'RE AT COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, WRONG BUSINESS. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION MOVE RECOMMENDED, UH, RATING AND SALARY, WHICH IS A 5% TO THE BASE SALARY AND A 5% A ONETIME BONUS. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM LISA AND JUDY'S GOT THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PUT BALLOT CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. KELLY, ALSO, YOU'RE MARRIED. YOU WANT TO, KELLY, DO, DO YOU WANT TO STATE THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT? THE TWO, BUT DEIDRA DO THAT. OKAY. IT'S $10,932 AND 42 CENTS. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. EACH ONE FOR THE BASE SALARY. ONE FOR THE ONE TIME BONUS FOR A ENDING SALARY OF 2 2 9 2 29 5 80 0.82. THAT SHOULD BE IN THE, PRETTY IMPORTANT DOWN TO THE, DOWN TO THE PENNY? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOWN TO THE YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED [25. Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at AACOG.] FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 28TH AT 10:00 AM UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE GROUP TODAY? YES, SIR. KAREN, JUST WANNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE SOME COMMENTS. AND I KNOW WE'RE STILL IN WITHIN JANUARY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PASS ON SOME KUDOS ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LIGHTLE TO CPS ENERGY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF US. UH, IT'S, IT FEELS GOOD, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. AND YOUR TEXTS CAME THROUGH. WE HAD A WATER PUMP THAT WENT DOWN AND WE CALLED IN AND THEY WERE ON SCENE. NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING THE WATER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO PASS THE KUDOS TO CPS ENERGY. THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING CARE OF US AND THEIR SUPPORT HERE IN THE LAST MONTH. PASS THAT ON, LIKE WHEN YOU CATCH SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. , WE'RE NOT REALLY USED TO THAT. THANKS. YEAH, CELEBRATE THAT. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * 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.