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          YEAH, 
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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.]
JULY 24TH, 2024. 
          IT'S 10:00 AM AND THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IS NOW IN ORDER. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL HAVE, UH, A ROLL CALL AND SU SUSIE'S OUT TODAY. 
          SHE'S SICK AND, UH, CRYSTAL'S GONNA HANDLE THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, WHEN WE START MAKING MOTIONS AND SECONDS, IF YOU WOULD SAY YOUR NAME TO HELP HER OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE KNOW WHO MADE THE MOTION TO DO IT. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO GO AHEAD, DO THE CALL, THE ROLL CALL. 
          YEAH. 
          JUDGE KELLY IS HERE. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR DENNIS. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER CALVERT. 
          AMY PUTNEY FOR COMMISSIONER CALVERT. 
          JUDGE CAMACHO. 
          RAY CALLO FOR JUDGE CAMACHO. 
          COMMISSIONER CARPENTER IS EXCUSED. 
          COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES. 
          MARCUS PR FOR COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES. 
          JUDGE K. 
          COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE FOR JUDGE. 
          JUDGE, PLEASE. 
          I FORGOTTEN. 
           MAYOR DODGEN. 
          HERE, JUDGE EVANS. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          DEAN RODRIGUEZ FOR HER COUNCILWOMAN GATO. 
          I'LL LET YOU KNOW. 
          MR. OCKER. 
          HERE. 
          JUDGE HEKE. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR HERRING. 
          JUDGE JONES. 
          HERE. 
          JUDGE ROUGE IS EXCUSED. 
          UH, MS. LEWIS, JUDGE LUTZ. 
          HERE. 
          SENATOR MENENDEZ SJA GONZALEZ. 
          FOR SENATOR MENENDEZ. 
          COMMISSIONER MOODY. 
          MR. SPEARS FOR COMMISSIONER MOODY. 
          REPRESENTATIVE BURR. 
          COUNCILMAN GOLIAS. 
          MAYOR RILEY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR SCHROEDER. 
          GOOD TIMING IS EXCUSED. 
          . 
          COUNCILMAN BRADLEY? HERE, JUDGE LAR. 
          MAYOR SUAREZ. 
          HERE. 
          JUDGE TEAL. 
          HERE. 
          MR. VALDIVIA. 
          MR. VASQUEZ IS EXCUSED. 
          JUDGE WHITMAN. 
          COMMISSIONER AIKEN FOR JUDGE WHITMAN. 
          UH, MAYOR DEION. 
          I KNOW THAT REPRESENTATIVE GUILLEN VERONICA FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE GIEN MR. HOFFMAN. 
          HERE. 
          REPRESENTATIVE TEMPLE. 
          SENATOR Z. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AND CRYSTAL. 
          MS. LEWIS AND, AND MS. LEWIS? YES. 
          MS. LEWIS CAME HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT MS. STAND FOR THE PLEDGES PLEDGE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR TEXAS FLAG OPPOSED TEXAS ONE. 
          ONE STATE UNDER GOD. 
          ONE INDIVISIBLE. 
          PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THEN DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST? THERE BEING NONE. 
          [6. Bexar County Small Business and Entrepreneurship Department - Renee Watson, Director, DBE Liaison/Title VI Coordinator]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. 
          THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          THIS IS THE BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURIAL DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, RENEE WATSON. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WELCOME. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME OVER AND SAY GOOD MORNING. 
          WE ARE YOUR LIEUTENANTS. 
          WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO OCCUPY, UH, OCCUPY THE SPACE IN THE BUILDING. 
          SO WE WANT TO LET YOU SEE BEFORE AND AFTER AND INVITE YOU TO JOIN US. 
          BUT BEFORE WE DID THAT, THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WITH OUR SIGNAGE. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED. 
          WE'VE HAD OVER 200 VISITORS SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN NOW ALMOST FOR OVER THREE AND A HALF WEEKS. 
          SO WE ARE, UH, DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH TO CUTTING OFFICE AND DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND WE INVITE ALL OF EACH ONE OF YOUR OFFICES, WHETHER IT'S PROCURING, OUTREACH, UH, WE CAN ASSIST YOU WITH THOSE VENDORS AS WELL. 
          WE RUN LISTS, WE DATA, OUR TEAM IS IN THE BACK AND WE'LL SHOW THEM AT THE END. 
          WELL, WE STARTED HERE, HERE 20 YEARS AGO WITH ACOG. 
          SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS GUY. 
          WE RECEIVED THE FIRST AWARD FOR OUR PROGRAM IN 2004 FROM ACOG. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS FROM WHAT WE DO IN HOW WE PARTNER WITH EACH ONE OF YOUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS. 
          DURING COVID, WE WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED BY ACOG FOR THE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WE HAD WITH MANY OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES WHERE, 
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UH, BURKE COUNTY, UH, DISTRIBUTED OVER A MILLION FACE MASKS, UH, THROUGH OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND SAY WE'RE OPEN TO ADDITIONAL WARS AS THEY COME FORWARD. 
          . 
          SO WE WANNA PRAISE AND THANK DEBBIE AND HER TEAM. 
          WHERE IS DEBBIE? YES, SHE IS A GREAT LANDLORD. 
          , DON'T USE THAT. 
          ALL MEMOED OTHER DUTIES AS A SIGN, RIGHT? . 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER. 
          THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE, IT HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS IN PROVIDING US AS WE TRANSITION FROM OUR HOME DOWNTOWN, UH, AT THE COUNTY ANNEX TO THE, UH, SPACE. 
          SO WHEN WE STARTED, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THESE VERY, VERY QUICKLY. 
          ALL OF US, WE WERE VERY EXCITED. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND ON THE LEFT. 
          THIS IS WHAT THE LOBBY LOOKS LIKE NOW. 
          SO WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES IN, IF YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO SHARE, WE ALSO HAVE ACOG PROGRAMS IN THERE ON OUR WALLS FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR INFORMATION. 
          WHAT WE FOUND IN THE MIDDLE NOW IS A HUDDLE. 
          WE CALL A CONFERENCE ROOM. 
          THERE'S, UM, THIS ROOM IS AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY'S, UH, MEETING ROOM SPACE. 
          AND WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO GROUPS AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES IF YOU LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS IN OUR SPACE AS WELL. 
          UH, THE ACCELERATOR, THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND IN THE BACK. 
          THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          NOW. 
          THERE'S A TRAINING ROOM. 
          YOU SEE THIS GREEN WALL. 
          WE WILL BE PUTTING ALL OF YOUR LOGOS UP ON THERE BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE THAT'S A PART OF ACCO. 
          SO WE, YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM, UH, ONE OF US AT YOUR ORGANIZATION OR YOUR COUNTY OR CITY TO SAY, CAN WE, CAN WE INCLUDE YOU IN OUR PROGRAM? 'CAUSE ALL WE'RE DOING IS DOING OUTREACH AND HELPING TO GROW THOSE BUSINESSES IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO WE FOUND THE CAFE. 
          THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          NOW, COME BY AND GET A CUP OF COFFEE WITH US. 
          WE HAVE GREAT COFFEE, UH, IN OUR OFFICE, AND WE'RE LAUNCHING A PODCAST STUDIO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT. 
          OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST A PODCAST, WE HAVE THE, UH, ROOM, THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE TEAM THAT CAN HELP YOU TO DO THAT. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME ISSUES IN YOUR AREA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GET INTO THAT SPACE. 
          WE'LL HELP YOU OR YOUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT. 
          THE REMAINDER OF THE SLIDES IS JUST TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US. 
          SO THERE'S SOME UP OUT UPCOMING OUTREACH EVENTS. 
          MEET THE BUYERS IF YOU'RE DOING, UH, ESPECIALLY TEXT OUT WORK. 
          WE ALSO DO THE DBE PROGRAM FOR THE ROAD AND BRIDGE WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          MANY OF YOU HAVE IN LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE COUNTY. 
          UH, AND WE'LL BE HELPING TO DO THAT OUTREACH AS WELL. 
          WE SEND THOSE OUT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, UH, THROUGH A BID ALERT SYSTEM. 
          AND WE CREATE THESE IN OFFICE TO HELP YOU FIND OR HELP OUR DEPARTMENTS FIND ADDITIONAL VENDORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE REGION, NOT JUST HERE IN BEAR COUNTY. 
          UH, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING EVENT IN DECEMBER. 
          IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO SHOW UP AND DO SOME OUTREACH. 
          UH, WE MAKE THAT FREE, UH, FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO EXHIBIT JOIN US. 
          THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE FOUR STAFF MEMBERS WITH ME, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THERE, A DOZEN OF US. 
          I COULDN'T BRING, BRING EVERYBODY, BUT WE BROUGHT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, JASON, FERNANDO, LINDA, AND OUR INTERN WHO IS WITH US FROM ALAMO ON THE JOBS, UH, NINE MONTH, UH, INTERN PROGRAM. 
          AND SHE RECEIVES A COUNTY MEMBER WAGE. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UH, WE FACILITATE THAT OUT OF OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE A GREAT TENANT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          DOES WE PAY YOU ON TIME? DID I I, MY, I THINK I BE MY MINUTES AS WELL. 
          YOU DID . 
          AND IF I, THANK YOU. 
          THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. 
          AND IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW AND THOSE OF YOU, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, UH, AIR COUNTY IS ENTERED INTO A SEVEN YEAR LEASE WITH AC COG AT THE PLAZA. 
          THAT BRINGS IT UP TO 95%, UH, OCCUPIED THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS A HUGE, UH, WIN FOR US. 
          AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO HELP YOU HAVING, HAVE YOU THERE. 
          UH, THE FACILITIES, I'M, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE BECAUSE ACOG MONEY THAT DID THE BUILD OUT, UH, UH, TO MAKE THIS, BUT IT'S, IT'S, OF COURSE THE COUNTY'S PAYING FOR IT THROUGH THE LEASE. 
          BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SITE NOW, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. 
          AND I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOUR STAFF AS WELL. 
          JOE NEWTON. 
          I'VE KNOWN JOE THROUGH THE COUNTY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, MORE THAN 20 YEARS. 
          UH, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE WHOLE TEAM AT BEXAR COUNTY TO GET THIS DONE. 
          AND IT'S REALLY A BENEFIT I HOPE, FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND DEBBIE HAS ALREADY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES THAT, UH, SWEE OFFERS. 
          AND, UH, I'VE HAD A MEETING WITH HER YESTERDAY SAID, GO OVER THERE AND TALK TO THEM, SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME MORE VENDORS. 
          SO, SO WE HOPE TO BE WORKING WITH YOU IN PARTNERSHIP FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU, UH, FOR REMINDING ME WHAT COLOR JIMMY HELOCK IS. 
          HAIR WAS . 
          ME TOO. 
          I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT I WAS HERE IN THE EIGHTIES, 
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NOT HERE, BUT DOWNTOWN IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY GRAY HAIR. 
          I JUST CALL IT, IT'S PLATINUM . 
          AND ONE TIME I USED TO HAVE HAIR. 
          I'D BE GLAD, I'D BE GLAD TO HAVE GRAY. 
          UH, 
          [7. Recognition of Incoming Members - Chairman Rob Kelly   Board of Directors: Mayor Chris Riley - City of Leon Valley, Representing Suburban Cities (GBCCC) Board of Directors Member - July 2024 -through July 2026 (replacing Mayor de Leon) Executive Committee: Ms. Lisa Lewis - CPS Energy (replacing Mayor de Leon)]
LET'S MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          UH, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE, UH, WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER WITH US. 
          I HAVEN'T MET HER. 
          SHE JUST WALKED IN. 
          UH, THIS IS MAYOR CHRIS RILEY FROM LEON VALLEY. 
          YES. 
          NOT LIVE. 
          OH, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY REPLACING, UH, SUZANNE DEON'S POSITION AND SHE'S STILL ON THE BOARD, UH, JUST NOT AS A VOTING MEMBER, AS AN EX OFFICIO, EX OFFICIO. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANT 
          [8. Recognition of the appointment of two Executive Committee members to meet quarterly with the Human Resources Department as per the approved June 26, 2024 amendment to the AACOG Bylaws. – Vice Chair Mary Dennis   Judge Wade Hedtke (Karnes County) and Ms. Lisa Lewis (CPS Energy)]
TO INTRODUCE LISA LEWIS. 
          UH, THERE WAS A, WITH THAT, UH, VACANCY ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, I ASKED LISA IF SHE WOULD SERVE, AND SHE HAS AGREED TO DO THAT AND BE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH US. 
          UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THE ULTERIOR MOTIVE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE WHEN, UH, MAYOR DENNIS, UH, DISCLOSES HER, HER ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VOLUN-TOLD AND AGREED TO, UH, ANSWER FOR US. 
          AND THAT'S MS. LISA LEWIS AND JUDGE HECKY FOR SERVING ON, ON THE, UH, OUR BOARD, ON OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT IS THE NAME OF THE BOARD. 
          AND THAT WAS DONE IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION LAST WEEK. 
          SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR STEPPING UP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, FOR THE ORGANIZATION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT 
          [9.  Executive Director’s Monthly Report - Cliff Herberg   A.  Staffing Updates:   B.  Program Status and Operational Updates:  	Agency Contract Performance Report (CPR) 	Aging Services 	Alamo Regional Transit (ART) 	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]
MOVES US ONTO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 
          TAKE IT FROM THERE. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          GREAT. 
          LET ME START WITH OURS. 
          START WITH OUR STAFFING UPDATES ON, UM, OUR UPDATE ON OUR FLEX SCHEDULE. 
          TO DATE, WE HAVE ABOUT 70, WELL, WE HAVE 71 PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE WORK FROM HOME SCHEDULE, UH, TAKING ONE OR TWO REMOTE DAYS OFF, UH, FROM WORK AND WORKING FROM HOME. 
          UM, I WAS TALKING TO DEIDRE THIS MORNING. 
          WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE MIGHT, IF THINGS CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THE WAY IT'S LOOKING, WE MIGHT GET TO ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SO PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT FLEX SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF COURSE, OUR DRIVERS AND OUR IDD PEOPLE ARE OUT IN THE FIELD, AND SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT A HUNDRED, GIVE OR TAKE, THAT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UH, SCHEDULE. 
          AND SO FAR IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL. 
          HOW MANY TOTAL EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE NOW? WHAT'S THAT? HOW MANY TOTAL EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE? ABOUT 312, GIVE OR TAKE ON ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS AND THINGS THAT ROUGHLY BRING UP THE FULL COMPLIMENT TO ROUGHLY THREE 50 IN ANY TIME GIVEN TIME. 
          UM, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE HAD A COMMENDATION FROM THE COMMANDER OF JOINT BASE, SAN ANTONIO, WHO RECOGNIZED THREE OF OUR ALAMO REGIONAL TRANSIT DRIVERS, UH, JOSE RIVERA, JESSE SHEPHERD, AND RICHARD GIONA. 
          AND THEY WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR WORK, UH, AS DRIVERS, UH, IN THE SOLDIER'S RECOVERY UNIT MISSION AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SHUTTLE SERVICES ON BASE TO THE SOLDIER RECOVERY UNIT FOR THOSE SOLDIERS THAT ARE GOING FOR TREATMENT AND BACK IN TO AND FROM THE TREATMENT AND THEIR, AND THEIR, UH, ON BASE HOUSING OR THEIR WORK. 
          AND SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED AND THANK JBSA FOR THAT AND THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR COOPERATION AND REALLY COLLABORATION. 
          IT'S BEEN A GREAT CONTRACT AND A GREAT INITIATIVE. 
          UM, AND AGING SERVICES. 
          OUR OPERATIONAL UPDATES, UH, ALAMO AND BEARER AGENCIES ON AGING HAVE DELIVERED 462 OF THE 550 FANS THROUGH THE, OUR COOLING FANS, THROUGH THE COOL NEIGHBOR INITIATIVE ACROSS OUR 13 COUNTY REGION. 
          SO WE STILL HAVE SOME FANS TO GIVE OUT, AND SO IF ANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT COULD USE 'EM, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO GET THEM A FAN. 
          UM, LIKEWISE, UH, ALAMO AREA ON AGING IS PARTNERED WITH TEXAS GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN AND SAN ANTONIO THREADS TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL BACK TO SCHOOL CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES. 
          THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT HAS AFFORDED THE ABILITY TO OFFER TWO TO THREE OUT PER OUTFITS PER CHILD TO THOSE BEING RAISED BY THEIR GRANDPARENTS OR OLDER RELATIVES. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, AS SCHOOL SEASON APPROACHES, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD NEED THAT ASSISTANCE, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO OUR AGING PROGRAMS AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO GET THEM THAT HELP IF WE, IF THEY QUALIFY. 
          UM, LIKEWISE, AS PART OF THAT SAME PROGRAM, IN ADDITION TO CLOTHING, THE AAA IS COLLECTING BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. 
          AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE BLUE BINS OUT BY THE ELEVATORS, UH, WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO, UM, AID ONCE AGAIN GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE RAISING GRANDCHILDREN. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR STUFF, THE BINS INITIATIVES. 
          AND THAT WILL BE GOING ON THROUGH JULY THE 31ST. 
          AND OF COURSE, UH, WE APPRECIATE ANY DONATIONS AND WE'RE, UH, GOING TO KEEP THOSE BINS GOING, AS I SAID, UNTIL THE 31ST. 
          UH, ON ANOTHER FRONT 
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ON AGING IN THE ALAMO OMBUDSMANS PROGRAM HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH SENIOR CITIZEN SENIOR CENTERS SUCH AS SILVER, SAGE, GOLDEN HUB, AND BULL VERDE ACTIVITY CENTER TO PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSING THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEER OMBUDSMAN AND AVAILABLE LONG-TERM CARE OPTIONS. 
          THESE SESSIONS PROVIDE CRUCIAL INFORMATION FOR THOSE SEEKING A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING OPTIONS, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES WHO ARE DEALING WITH REHABILITATIVE OR LONG-TERM CARE ISSUES. 
          AND SO FAR, AT THE MIDPOINT OF THIS YEAR, THE TEAM HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION TO OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS, UM, IN OUR EN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS. 
          UH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AN ILLEGAL DUMPING WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD IN HONDO ON AUGUST 16TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:30 PM REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONTACT SHAUNA DUFF IN OUR, IN OUR RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AND SHE WILL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION YOU NEED ON THAT. 
          ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S IN HONDO ON THE AUGUST THE 16TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM TO 3:30 PM AND OUR IDD PROGRAM, MELISSA HENDERSON, OUR LEAD CRISIS INTERVENTION ASSESSOR, HAS BEEN INVITED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SERVICE PROVISION MODEL TO CASE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATOR STAFF AT METHODIST SPECIALTY AND TRANSPORT TRANSPLANT HOSPITAL ON JULY THE 29TH. 
          THE GOAL IS TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE COURT CARE COORDINATION SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THE IDD PROGRAM IS ABLE TO PROVIDE TO HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM THE HOSPITAL BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IN NATURAL RESOURCES. 
          UH, WE HAVE HOSTED TWO EVENTS ON JULY 11TH. 
          I THINK YOU RECALL I MENTIONED IN OUR LAST MEETING WE HAVE THE SECOND HYDROGEN PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE ENERGY CODE ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE RECORDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS FROM BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ACOG WEBSITE IF YOU MISS THOSE. 
          UM, LIKEWISE TODAY, UM, LYLE IS GONNA BE BUSY AGAIN. 
          UH, ACOG IS CO-HOSTING AN EV TECHNICIAN AND FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING WEBINAR. 
          ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION ABOUT A, ABOUT A TWO DAY IN-PERSON HANDS-ON EV TRAINING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN THE FALL. 
          VEHICLE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, OR YOUR STAFF ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. 
          IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE WEBINAR OR HAVE YOUR STAFF JOIN, YOU CAN GO TO THE ACOG.COM/CLEAN CITIES TAB AND SCROLL DOWN TO UPCOMING EVENTS TO FIND THE REGISTRATION LINK. 
          UH, AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTIES, OF COURSE, AS WE AND, AND ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND FIRST RESPONDERS, I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN PICTURES ON TV OF THESE EV FIRES WHERE THESE CARS ARE JUST ENGULFED IN FLAMES. 
          AND THIS PART OF THIS TRAINING IS HOW FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TO DEAL WITH THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS. 
          UM, ON JULY THE 25TH AT 10:00 AM ACOG HERE AT ACOG, THERE WILL BE A CLEAN CITY STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING TO PROVIDE FINAL INPUT ON A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL GUIDE COALITION ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN FAVOR OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL TRANSPORTATION THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED A LONG-TERM INVOLVEMENT OR INTEREST IN THE ALAMO AREA'S. 
          CLEAN CITY COALITION, CLEAN CITIES COALITION IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
          ON AUGUST THE SEVENTH, FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM THE OUTREACH TEAM WILL HOST AN ACOG ROAD SHOW IN WEST KAL COUNTY AT THE MAMMON PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          THE TEAM IS WORKING TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER ROAD SHOW IN THE EASTERN CORRIDOR OF COMAL COUNTY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT GROWING POPULATION. 
          AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION ONCE WE GET THAT SCHEDULED. 
          UH, LIKEWISE, A ROADSHOW WILL BE HELD IN KERR COUNTY ON AUGUST THE 23RD FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE DOYLE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          UM, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN, WE'RE WORKING WITH JACOB. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO BETTER EFFORTS TO MAKE RESEARCH, UH, UH, OUTREACH PRIMARILY TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTIES. 
          AND SO, UH, JACOB AND HIS TEST TEAM ARE WORKING ON A MONTHLY SCHEDULE WHERE WE'LL BE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE MAYORS AND OF COURSE, THE COUNTIES, UH, WITH, UH, FROM OUR VARIOUS REGION, EACH OF THE COUNTIES, TO MEET MONTHLY AND GO OUT THERE AND, AND MAKE A, UH, A BETTER PRESENCE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ISSUES THAT ARE, UH, AND SERVICES THAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE ARISING AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM ACOG. 
          AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE OUR OUTREACH. 
          I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW WE MIGHT BETTER DO THAT, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE HEARING THEM. 
          I WILL SAY IT'S A CONSTANT TRU STRUGGLE. 
          I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE INUNDATED WITH EMAILS EVERY DAY, AND SO WE SEND OUT AN EMAIL, WE THINK IS, IM VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE GET NO RESPONSE. 
          AND, UH, IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. 
          AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN, UH, DO TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, OR IF YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO BETTER, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT. 
          UH, IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM, UH, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HOST TRAINING ON NAVIGATING THE GRAT SYSTEM, WHICH 
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THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T FULLY DESCRIBE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO NAVIGATE THE GRAT SYSTEM. 
          UM, JUST LOGGING ON CAN BE A 20 MINUTE ORDEAL. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE HAVING TRAINING ON NAVIGATING EGRANTS ON JULY THE 30TH THROUGH AUGUST THE FIRST. 
          AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED TO ATTEND EACH DAY OF THE TRAINING SO FAR. 
          UM, RESPONSE GUIDES AND STOP THE BLEED KITS ARE CURRENTLY BEING DISTRIBUTED TO ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS. 
          IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM THESE KITS, PLEASE CONTACT ME OR JUSTIN MONEZ IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM, AND WE WOULD BE GLAD TO PROVIDE THEM TO YOU. 
          AND, UH, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT IF YOU EVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THAT, STOP THE BLEED TRAINING. 
          IT'S WELL WORTH IT. 
          IT IS, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE IT, BUT, UM, THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN SOMEONE'S BEEN INJURED OR STABBED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, IT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO, AND IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE ON TV AND, AND LIKE THEY DO IN THE MOVIES. 
          AND SO THE TRAINING IS VERY VALUABLE AND THOSE KITS ARE AVAILABLE. 
          I, AFTER GOING THROUGH THAT TRAINING, I CARRY ONE IN MY CAR. 
          UH, AND SO THEY'RE, WELL, WELL WORTH HAVING IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE'LL BE GLAD TO GET THOSE KITS IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE. 
          AND AS I SAID, THE TRAINING IS REALLY SOMETHING TO, TO BENEFIT YOU. 
          AND, UM, SO TRANSITIONING TO OUR REGIONAL SERVICES, ACOG IS PROVIDING, UH, WANTS TO REMIND YOU AGAIN THAT WE DO THE GRANT WRITING SERVICES AND WE ARE ANXIOUS TO DO SOME GRANTS. 
          I REALLY WANT TO EXPAND OUR EDA, UH, OUTREACH AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOOTPRINT IN THE REGION. 
          AND SO IF WE CAN ASSIST YOU WITH GRANT WRITING, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU FINANCIALLY. 
          ONE WAY, EITHER WE'LL GET PAID FROM THE GRANT OR WE'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD RATE THAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH OR SOMETHING TO HELP OFFSET OUR COSTS. 
          BUT WE REALLY WANT TO INCREASE AND EXPAND OUR GRANT WRITING. 
          I JUST THINK THAT WE REALLY HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THESE GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THROUGH THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO THAT IF YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS. 
          UM, FINALLY, REGIONAL SERVICES WILL HOST A FACEBOOK LIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES, JULY 19TH THROUGH AUGUST THE SECOND AT NOON AND AUGUST THE NINTH AT 12:30 PM HERE AT ACOG. 
          AND AS I SAID, IT'S FACEBOOK LIVE, BUT YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON IF YOU WANT. 
          AND THIS SERIES WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT HELP ALAMO AREA RESIDENTS ACCESS HOUSING WITHIN THEIR MEANS AND WITHIN THEIR INCOME. 
          THE SERIES IS PART OF HER GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK PROGRAM. 
          AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT CLAUDIA MORA. 
          WHERE'S CLAUDIA? RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THERE'S CLAUDIA. 
          SO SHE'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO 
          [ 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.]
THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, APPROVE APPROVAL? MR HAS LOCK AND A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          JUDGE TEAL. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIES. 
          MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM 
          [12.  Consider and act upon the approval of the 2nd Quarter 2024 financial report. - Julio Elizondo A.  Dashboard  B.  Balance Sheet C.  Revenue and Expenditures D.  Administrative Budgets E. Quarterly Investment Report]
NUMBER 12, WHICH IS CONSIDERED AND ACT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE SECOND QUARTER 2024 FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          AND JULIO ELIZONDO IS OUT, UH, TODAY, BUT HE'S GONNA APPEAR BY ZOOM. 
          HE'S HERE MY ZOOM, SOME ELECTRONIC LINK. 
          HE'S COMING UP RIGHT NOW. 
          I SEE. 
          AND JOHN, HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN. 
          JOHN'S TAKING HIS SEAT. 
          I WANT TO ANNOUNCE ONCE AGAIN THAT JOHN IS NOW THE PROUD FATHER OF A JULY 4TH BABY. 
          OH, SO TIRED. 
          . 
          YOU'LL BE, YEAH, YOU GOT 50 YEARS, YOU'LL BE GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ALMOST BE INDEPENDENT BY THEN. 
          TOO BAD NIGHTS TUESDAY NIGHT, YESTERDAY. 
          HE SENSES THAT I'M COMING UP HERE. 
          , HE FEELS YOUR STRESS. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          OKAY, UH, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS JEAN TORRES, I'M THE CONTROLLER HERE AT ACOG, AND THE ITEM WILL, BRINGING ME 40 TODAY ARE THE ACOG FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR JUNE. 
          FOR THE FORM HERE, WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA COVER. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO EXPLAIN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL AND DRILL IN ON SOME KEY AREAS THAT I FEEL LIKE NEED TO WARRANT SPECIAL ATTENTION. 
          UH, STARTING WITH OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD, THIS IS MEANT TO GIVE YOU HIGH LEVEL OVERSIGHT OF THE AGENCY AND WHERE OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL POSITION STANDS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, UH, METRICS, BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE STARTING IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. 
          UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 51% OF OUR REVENUES EARNED, UH, DATE, AND OUR EXPENDITURES ARE EXACTLY AT 50%. 
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SO WE'RE EXACTLY WHAT WE, WHERE WE WANNA BE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. 
          UM, NOW IF WE MOVE TO THE MIDDLE AND THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, DO WE SEE OUR EXPENDITURE VARIANCE BY PROGRAM? NOW SOME PROGRAMS ARE, UH, OVERPERFORMING AND SO ARE UNDERPERFORMING AT THIS TIME. 
          WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WEREN'T SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION TO THE BOARD. 
          BUT I DO LIKE TO POINT OUT THERE SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE. 
          AND THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, WE HAVE OUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE OVER A 61 TO 90, UM, OUTSTANDING AND 90 OVER. 
          SO THAT'S AT 14% AND 12%. 
          SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE A BIT HIGHER THAN WHERE WE'D LIKE 'EM TO BE. 
          I AM GONNA GO THROUGH THE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE IN DEPTH LATER AND EXPLAIN KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE, STARTING WITH OUR COMBINED BALANCE SHEET. 
          UM, ON THE VERY RIGHT SIDE, WE HAVE OUR JUNE, 2023, AND THEN I'M GONNA COMPARE IT TO THE JUNE, 2024. 
          WE TAND AT CURRENTLY. 
          SO AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, OUR ASSETS WERE AT $44.6 MILLION, AND NOW WE'RE AT 46.8. 
          SO THAT DIFFERENCE CAN MAINLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN FIXED ASSETS AND OTHER, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE THREE MAJOR THINGS. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GA B 96, UH, SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT AGREEMENTS, UH, GA B 87, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR LEASES. 
          SO WE HAVE BEAR COUNTY WHO JUST DID THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          THEY HAD A PRETTY EXPENSIVE BUILD OUT. 
          WELL, WE DID THAT WHOLE RENOVATION AND THAT GOES ON OUR BALANCE SHEET AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S ON THERE. 
          AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS. 
          I BELIEVE WE BOUGHT FOUR VEHICLES FOR THE ART FLEET THAT GOES ON THERE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UH, MOVING DOWN TO OUR LIABILITIES, UM, AND FUND BALANCE, THAT BALANCE, UH, JUNE LAST YEAR WAS 44.6 MILLION, AND AS OF JUNE, 2024, IT WAS 46.8 MILLION. 
          AND THAT DIFFERENCE CAN REALLY MAINLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURE. 
          SO OUR UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE INCREASED, UH, BY ABOUT $1.1 MILLION. 
          AND THAT CAN REALLY BE ATTRIBUTED MAINLY TO OUR VETERANS DIRECTED PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THAT'S GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, UH, OUR FUND BALANCE AND UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED SUMMARY. 
          THIS IS JUST MAINLY FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSES FOR YOU GUYS FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW. 
          IF YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE FIGURES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO EXPAND IN DEPTH. 
          MOVING OVER TO OUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND NOW IS ABOUT $30,000. 
          NOW THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE WANNA BE. 
          ONE THING THAT I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS A DIFFERENCE IN OUR OPERATING CASH THAT'S DECREASED BY ABOUT $700,000. 
          NOW, GENERALLY HERE AT ACOG, WE TRY TO KEEP OUR CASH VERY LOW. 
          UM, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE WANT TO HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN IN THE INVESTMENT POOLS AND IN CDS, RIGHT? WE WANT TO BE EARNING INTEREST AND WE WANT TO BE BRINGING MONEY BACK. 
          UM, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING THAT AROUND. 
          MOVING OVER TO THE INVESTMENT SUMMARY, UM, OUR BALANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARTER WAS ABOUT $7.1 MILLION. 
          WE SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS WITHIN THE LONE STAR INVESTMENT POOL. 
          SO ABOUT $10 MILLION IN WITHDRAWALS, $8 MILLION IN $8.7 MILLION IN DEPOSITS, $33,000 IN INTEREST EARNED FOR OUR BALANCE AT THE END OF THE QUARTER OF $5.7 MILLION. 
          WE HAD A FEW CDS COME, UH, OUT FOR RENEWAL THIS MONTH IN JULY. 
          SO WE DID RENEW THOSE FOR ABOUT A ONE YEAR TERM. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. 
          UH, AS PROMISED, THE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SIDE, SO A COUPLE THAT I WANNA POINT OUT ARE, ARE H-H-S-C-T-M-H-P, THE THIR THIRD ROW. 
          UM, OUR BUILD BA OUR TOTAL ON ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE IS ABOUT $946,000 AND OUR OVER 90 DAYS IS 286,000. 
          NOW THIS BALANCE IS GENERALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SEEING BE PRETTY HIGH, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. 
          WE PERFORM THE SERVICE, WE BILL THEM AND WE, THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WE WILL, WE HAVE APPROVED THIS, OR WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THIS BECAUSE OF X WHATEVER REASON. 
          THEN WE HAVE 365 DAYS TO SEND THE REASONING SO WE CAN RETRIEVE THAT MONEY. 
          SO IT'S CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM. 
          UH, OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE WRITE-OFFS, BUT WE DO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN OUR ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, IN PROGRESS, I WILL SAY. 
          UH, AND NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE OUR T-D-H-C-A LIHEAP. 
          OUR TOTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. 
          THERE IS, UH, 640,000. 
          WE'VE BUILT 1 51 AND OUR OVER 90 DAYS WAS $95,000. 
          AND THAT WAS DUE TO OUR FY 23 CLOSEOUT THAT WAS BILLED IN JULY. 
          UH, TDHC DID APPROVE THE BILLING. 
          I DID FOLLOW UP WITH OUR ACCOUNTANT THIS MORNING. 
          THAT AWAITING PAYMENT FOR $151,000 DID COME IN AND THE FY 24 CONTRACT WAS SIGNED IN MAY, AND THE BILLING FOR JANUARY AND JUNE ACT WAS OUR IN AUGUST. 
          SO GENERALLY IT KIND OF SETS US BACK BECAUSE WE 
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HAD TO SEND OUR INDIRECT COST LETTER AND THE FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES DON'T LIKE TO MOVE UNTIL THEY HAVE THAT. 
          THEY'VE REVIEWED IT, THEY VETTED IT. 
          AND THEN SO SOMETIMES WE HIT A SNACK WHEN THAT HAPPENS, BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE APPROVED IT, WE'RE GONNA START MOVING AND THIS BALANCE IS TOO CLEAR VERY QUICKLY. 
          UH, MOVING OVER TO VIA METRO, UH, WE HAD $309,000 IN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. 
          UH, OF THAT OVER 90 DAYS WAS 1 63. 
          SO THAT NOTE IS ACTUALLY OUTDATED. 
          SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN I CAME TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, UH, WE HAVE FULLY RECEIVED EVERYTHING AND WE ARE CURRENT THROUGH JUNE, SO, UH, WE'RE GOOD TO GO WITH THEM. 
          SO THAT AMOUNT WILL BE LOWER. 
          UM, MOVING ON OUR STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE AT THE HALFWAY MARK. 
          WE'RE 50% SPENT. 
          ONE THING THAT THEY WANNA POINT OUT HERE, OUR REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES, OUR YEAR TO DATE BUDGET WAS 816,000. 
          AND OUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL IS 1.8 MILLION. 
          SO THERE WILL BE A BUDGET MODIFICATION TO CORRECT THAT, UM, TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CAUSING SOME OF THESE VARIANCES. 
          AND MOST OF THESE WILL BE CORRECTED DURING THE BUDGET MODIFICATION PRESENTATION THAT I WILL DO TODAY. 
          UH, OUR YEAR TO, FOR ALAMO AGING, OUR YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES ARE $164,000 BELOW BUDGET. 
          UM, PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY AWARDED LESS FUNDING THAN ANTICIPATED. 
          AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGETING PROCESS, WE START IN JULY AND WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER. 
          SO THERE'S SOME, SOME ESTIMATES RIGHT, IN TERMS OF CARRY FORWARD, HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA GET FROM HHS AND SOMETIMES ONCE THE FINAL FIGURES DROP, THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T EXACTLY LIKE WE ANTICIPATED. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          SO THERE WILL BE A BUDGET MODIFICATION TODAY TO CORRECT THAT. 
          MOVING OVER TO THE ALAMO REGIONAL TRANSIT PROGRAM, OUR YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES ARE $489,000 OVER BUDGET. 
          WE HAD SOME BUDGETS THAT, UM, ARRIVED IN 2024, BUT THEY WERE BUDGETED IN 2023. 
          SO THOSE EXPENDITURES HIT, THEY, WE HAVE BIG VARIANCES BEFORE BECAUSE OF THAT, AND WE WILL CORRECT THOSE DURING THE BUDGET MODIFICATION PRESENTATION TODAY IF APPROVED. 
          MOVING OVER TO IDD, OUR YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES AT $326,000 FOR BELOW BUDGET. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER PROGRAM WILL NEED A BUDGET MODIFICATION. 
          IF MY UNDERSTANDING SERVES CORRECTLY. 
          I BELIEVE THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED UP. 
          THEY'VE MADE SOME CHANGES AS WELL TO THEIR CASELOAD MIX. 
          SO I DID WANNA ALSO HIGHLIGHT THEIR JUNE 24 ACTUALS. 
          THEIR REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES IS $57,000 SO THAT WE WERE RUNNING A DEFICIT IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS BEFORE THAT. 
          UH, SO WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, VIRGINIA, HER TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SETTING US IN THE RIGHT. 
          JOHN, YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUTTA OUTTA MY MOUTH. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER EARLY ON WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, IDD WAS REALLY HEMORRHAGING MONEY AND WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF TURNOVER THERE. 
          THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED NOW, UM, AND VIRGINIA AND HER TEAM, BUT VIRGINIA HAS REALLY DONE A LOT TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND REDISTRIBUTE WORKLOADS, AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT. 
          I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND VIRGINIA. 
          SHE HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE'S VIRGINIA? THERE SHE IS BACK THERE, UH, IN THE VERY BACK. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH I THINK WE MADE $2,000 TO THE GOOD. 
          THIS MONTH IN JUNE, IT'S 57,000. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING FROM DEFICITS TO THE, TO THE GREEN. 
          SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE VIRGINIA'S EFFORTS AND JACOB'S EFFORTS AS WELL. 
          SO YEAH, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. 
          SORRY TO, SORRY TO CUT OFF YOUR FLOW THERE, JOHN. 
          MOVING OVER TO THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM. 
          OUR YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES ARE FROM $19,000 BELOW BUDGET. 
          THAT'S DUE TO OUR LIVE HEAP AND D-O-E-B-I-O PROGRAM. 
          UH, D-O-E-B-I-O WAS AWARDED MORE FUNDING THAN EXPECTED AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US, WE WERE EXPECTED TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY THIS YEAR AND IT WAS IN THE BUDGET. 
          THAT BEING SAID, ONCE THERE WAS AN EVALUATION DONE ON THE, ON THEIR SIDE, THEY REALIZED THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME. 
          SO WE HAVE AN EXTENSION THROUGH 2026 THERE. 
          SO TODAY THERE WILL BE, WE WILL BE REQUESTING A BUDGET MODIFICATION TO STRETCH OUT THAT BUDGET THROUGH NEXT YEAR, UH, TO GIVE PROGRAM MORE TIME TO SPEND THE FUNDS MOVING OVER TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS. 
          OUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, UH, TO BUDGET VARIANCE IS ABOUT 4%. 
          SOME OF THESE PERCENTAGES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGH, I REALIZE, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE REORGANIZATION THAT THE AGENCY DID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, WE ARE BRINGING A BUDGET MODIFICATION AS WELL TO CORRECT SOME OF THESE, MOVE SOME OF THOSE MONIES AROUND BETWEEN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND OUR AGENCY MANAGEMENT BUDGETS TO ALIGN MORE CLOSELY WHERE WITH HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING THE FUNDS. 
          UH, AT THIS TIME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND STAFF REQUEST 
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APPROVAL TO APPROVE THE 2024, UH, JUNE FINANCIALS. 
          WE APPROVE APPROVAL. 
          SECOND, WE GOT A MOTION FROM JUDGE EVAN, JUDGE EVANS AND A SECOND FROM JUDGE HIT ANY DISCUSSION. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          MAY I ADD ONE MORE THING, JUDGE, ON? UH, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WILL'S PROGRAM TOO. 
          WILL'S VETERANS DIRECTIVE CARE PROGRAM, I BELIEVE WILL, WHERE'S WILL, WE'RE THE LARGEST, LARGEST VETERANS DIRECTIVE CARE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, IT ACTUALLY TURNED INTO A HUGE REVENUE SOURCE FOR ACOG AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, IT'S OUR LARGEST POOL OF UNRESTRICTED FUNDS THAT, UH, WE USE TO, UH, TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ACOG AND HELP PAY FOR THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS. 
          SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIS EFFORTS AS WELL. 
          HE'LL GOOD. 
          OKAY, MOVING ON 
          [13.  Consider and act upon the recommendation from the Executive Director to approve AACOG's Annual Audit Report for the year ended December 31, 2023 - Julio Elizondo and Alyssa Rousseau, Forvis Mazars]
TO ITEM 13. 
          CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO APPROVE ACOG'S ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. 
          OKAY, SO I'M GONNA HAND THIS OFF TO MS. RUSO. 
          UM, SHE'S OUR AUDITOR. 
          WHAT? THANK YOU JOHN. 
          SO I'M ALYSSA RUSO, I'M WITH FORBIS AZAR. 
          I WAS THE ENGAGE AND EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE ON THE SHE'S AUDIT I HAVE WITH ME MCKAYLA MATHESON. 
          SHE IS OUR INDUSTRY LEADER HERE IN OUR LOCAL SAN ANTONIO PRACTICE. 
          SO I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          IT'S A LOT OF PAGES, SO I'M NOT GONNA BRING IT UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS FROM THOSE. 
          SO IN THERE, ONE, YOU'LL SEE OUR NAME HAS CHANGED FROM FOUR VISTA TO FOUR VISTA MAZARS. 
          SO EFFECTIVE JUNE ONE, WE CREATED A GLOBAL NETWORK WITH ANOTHER FIRM, UM, NAMED MAZARS THAT IS JUST FOR OTHER NATIONAL TOP 10 FIRMS, HAD A GLOBAL PRESENCE BECAUSE THE BUSINESS WORLD IS GROWING AND BECOMING MORE GLOBAL AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GROW WITH OUR CLIENTS. 
          BUT YOUR LOCAL TEAM, THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON Y'ALL STUFF HAS STAYED THE SAME. 
          THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES OTHER THAN WE HAVE A NEW NAME. 
          SO THE OTHER PIECE IS THERE ARE THREE OPINION LETTERS WITHIN THOSE FINANCIALS. 
          ONE OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ONE OVER COMPLIANCE OF YOUR FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS, AND ONE OVER THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THOSE FEDERAL, SORRY, AND STATE GRANTS. 
          ALL THREE OF THOSE GOT UNMODIFIED OPINIONS. 
          THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF, OF AN OPINION. 
          IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A REPORT CARD, THAT'S THAT A GRADE. 
          UM, VERY ATTRIBUTABLE TO JULIO, JOHN, AND THEIR TEAM. 
          I KNOW THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES THIS PAST YEAR IN THEIR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT HIGH LEVEL OF STANDARD TO PROVIDE THOSE CLEAN AUDIT OPINIONS. 
          THE OTHER PIECE I WANT TO POINT OUT, AND I THINK JOHN KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, IS THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED GS B 96, WHICH IS THAT SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT ARRANGEMENTS. 
          SO ALL THAT IS IS IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LEASES EXCEPT FOR INSTEAD OF LEASING A PHYSICAL SPACE, YOU HAVE A LONG-TERM CONTRACT FOR SOME SORT OF IT SYSTEM OR SUBSCRIPTION. 
          UM, THAT DID HAVE TO GO EFFECTIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          SO WITHIN THE FOOTNOTES YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE THAT SAY AS RESTATED FOR THE JANUARY ONE NUMBERS. 
          UM, SO THAT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE COMPARING IT TO LAST YEAR'S FINANCIALS. 
          AND THEN THE UH, LAST PIECE I WANNA TOUCH ON, ON THE FINANCIALS IS WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED GASB 100. 
          THAT IS, UM, ACCOUNTING FOR ACCOUNTING CHANGES. 
          UM, ANY SORT OF ERROR CORRECTION IN THAT. 
          UM, THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION OR IDENTIFICATION OF THAT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MATERIAL THIS YEAR AND HOPEFULLY WILL NOT BE UNLESS THERE'S MA ANOTHER MAJOR ACCOUNTING CHANGE COMING UP. 
          UM, BUT THEY DID IMPLEMENT THAT PIECE AS WELL. 
          IF YOU'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT OTHER CHANGES IN THE FINANCIALS, I KNOW Y'ALL GET A QUARTERLY REPORT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS WITHIN THOSE FINANCIALS THAT COVER THE MAJOR CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. 
          ALRIGHT, SO NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH IS THIS LETTER TO THE BOARD AND TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THE SCOPE OF OUR AUDIT IS WE WERE AUDITING FOR DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. 
          OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO PERFORM THAT AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH US GAAP AS WELL AS US AUDITING STANDARDS. 
          WE ALSO DO GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS, AND THAT'S AROUND THAT COMPLIANCE PIECE FOR YOUR FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS. 
          SO AT THIS WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEAM AS WELL AS OUR FIRM IS INDEPENDENT OF ACOG AS A WHOLE, 
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UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S OPINION. 
          OUR AUDIT DOES NOT RELIEVE MANAGEMENT OR THE BOARD OF ANY OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          AND THEN THIS LETTER IS FOR THE USE OF THE BOARD, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, AND I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ALSO AUDIT INTO GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, AND THAT'S AROUND THOSE, UM, FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS. 
          BOTH OF THESE AUDITS OVER THE FINANCIALS AND OVER THE FEDERAL FUNDS ARE DESIGNED TO PERFORM REASONABLE ASSURANCE RATHER THAN ABSOLUTE. 
          SO WE DO RISK ASSESSMENTS, WE MAKE SAMPLE SELECTIONS AND PROVIDE OUR AUDIT BASED ON THAT. 
          I'M SURE JULIO AND JOHN DO NOT WANT US TO AUDIT EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION. 
          WE WOULD BE HERE FOREVER. 
          UM, AND SO WE DO KIND OF DO THAT RISK ASSESSMENT SET MATERIALITY THRESHOLDS AND THAT, AND LIKE I MENTIONED, ALL THREE OF THE OPINIONS FOR ACOG WERE CLEAN UNMODIFIED OPINIONS. 
          THERE IS SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL INCLUDE WITH YOUR FINANCIALS THAT'S AT THE FRONT OF THOSE FINANCIALS, THE VERY COLORFUL PAGES, THAT ANNUAL REPORT, WE GET A COPY OF THAT REPORT BEFORE IT GETS INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIALS AND WE REVIEW IT FOR MATERIAL INCONSISTENCIES, BUT WE DO NOT PERFORM ANY OTHER PROCEDURES ON THAT REPORT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS SECTION HERE IS TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE OPINION AS WELL THAT WE AREN'T DOING PROCEDURES OVER THAT REPORT. 
          AND SO THIS KIND OF GOES THROUGH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          WE READ THE REPORT, MAKE SURE NOTHING SEEMS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SAW THROUGHOUT OUR AUDIT. 
          SO WHEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR AUDIT, WE DO LOOK AT THE ACCOUNTING POLICIES THAT ACOG HAS IN PLACE. 
          THOSE ARE DESCRIBED IN NOTE ONE OF THE FINANCIALS. 
          AND THE ONE THAT I WANNA CALL ATTENTION TO IS THAT SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT ARRANGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO THERE WERE SOME NEW POLICIES OF HOW TO SET INTEREST RATES AND DETERMINE THE LENGTH OF THE ARRANGEMENT THAT WERE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS THERE'S A NOTE THAT JUST KIND OF DESCRIBES WHAT THAT ACCOUNTING STANDARD WAS AND WHAT IT CHANGED FOR GOING FORWARD. 
          WE ALSO, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE POLICIES, WE LOOK AT THERE IF THERE ARE ANY UNUSUAL POLICIES OR METHODS. 
          AND SO THAT CAN BE WHETHER IT'S A, UM, DEVIATION FROM GAP OR DIFFERENCE IN INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO THERE WERE NONE IDENTIFIED WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THOSE. 
          THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE LOOK AT IS ALSO ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTING TREATMENTS. 
          SO A LOT OF INDUSTRIES HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE EXCEPTIONS TO GAP AND WE LOOK AT FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THERE WERE NONE THAT ACOC HAS. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, WE DESIGN OUR AUDIT WITH, UM, RISK ASSESSMENT AND MATERIALITY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO IS AREAS THAT HAVE MANAGEMENT JUDGMENT OR AN ACCOUNTING ESTIMATE AS THERE'S MORE ROOM FOR DEVIATIONS AND WIGGLE ROOM THERE. 
          SO WE PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO THOSE AREAS. 
          FOR ACOG, WHAT WE IDENTIFIED AS THOSE AREAS WAS THE ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS, WHICH JOHN HAD MENTIONED BRIEFLY WHEN GOING OVER AR. 
          SO WE DO LOOK AT THAT AND HOW MANAGEMENT DETERMINES WHAT THAT ALLOWANCE IS GONNA BE. 
          WE LOOK AT THE DEPRECIABLE LIVES OF CAPITAL ASSETS, THAT INCLUDES LEASES AND THOSE SUBSCRIPTION IT ARRANGEMENTS, UM, FOR THOSE, THE MAJORITY OF THEM DO HAVE SET PERIODS, BUT A LOT OF THEM HAVE EXTENSION OPTIONS. 
          AND SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE EXTENSION OPTIONS BEING RENEWED IS WHAT WE LOOK AT IN THOSE TYPE OF ARRANGEMENTS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE PENSION ASSET AND LIABILITY, AND THAT'S JUST AROUND ALL OF THE INPUTS THAT GO INTO THAT ACTUARY REPORT. 
          AND SO YOUR MORTALITY TABLES, FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF INVESTMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT FOR YOU GUYS, IT DOES TEND TO GO BACK AND FORTH FROM A PENSION ASSET TO A PENSION LIABILITY. 
          THIS YEAR. 
          IT IS A PENSION LIABILITY. 
          I THINK LAST YEAR YOU WERE ABOUT 110% FUNDED, SO IT WAS THAT PENSION ASSET. 
          THIS YEAR YOU'RE AROUND 98% FUNDED, WHICH FOR OTHER PENSION PLANS THAT WE LOOK AT, THAT IS STILL A REALLY GOOD POSITION TO BE IN. 
          MOST PENSION PLANS ARE NOT THAT THAT FUNDED. 
          WE LOOK AT FINANCIAL STATEMENT DISCLOSURES ANYWHERE THAT HAS KIND OF PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION OR INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE ON VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THAT NET PENSION ASSET LIABILITY MORTALITY TABLES CHANGE ALL THE TIME. 
          INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE HAS THAT VARIABILITY. 
          UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES AND FOR ACOG THAT'S KIND OF YOUR NORMAL SLIP AND FALL THINGS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER YOUR INSURANCE. 
          BUT WE DO LOOK AT THAT PIECE. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THE QUALITY OF THE ENTITY'S ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, THE ONLY THING THIS YEAR WAS THAT ADOPTION OF GSB 96. 
          AND SO IN THE YEAR OF ADOPTION, WE DO DO SOME 
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ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOT IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY AND THAT THE ACCOUNTING TEAM KNOWS HOW IT SHOULD BE TREATED SO THAT GOING FORWARD, IT STAYS CORRECT. 
          AND IN LINE WITH THE STANDARDS, AND THIS IS JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT GS B 96 KIND OF ENTAILED. 
          UM, IF YOU READ THROUGH IT, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LEASES. 
          IT WAS DERIVED KIND OF FROM THE LEASES STANDARD. 
          SO SAME IDEA OF BRINGING THAT EXPENSE ONTO YOUR BALANCE SHEET AS AN ASSET AND A LIABILITY AND RECOGNIZING OVER THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. 
          SO DURING OUR AUDIT, LIKE I SAID, WE SET MATERIALITY THRESHOLDS. 
          WE SET ONE REALLY LOW THRESHOLD THAT ANYTHING BELOW THAT WE WOULD NOT BRING TO MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION, WE WOULD DEEM THAT IMMATERIAL. 
          WE SET A REALLY HIGH THRESHOLD AND THAT IS OUR THRESHOLD SAYING ANYTHING ABOVE THIS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT CLEAN OPINION THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE FREE FROM MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT. 
          ANYTHING SORT OF THAT FALLS IN BETWEEN THOSE MANAGEMENT HAS DISCRETION OF WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECORD THOSE OR PASS ON THOSE. 
          SO THIS YEAR, KIND OF THOSE IN-BETWEEN ONES. 
          OUR FIRST ONE WAS AT BEGINNING FUND BALANCE AND NET POSITION. 
          UM, THAT ONE REALLY STEMMED FROM IMPLEMENTING LEASES LAST YEAR, MAKING SURE THAT AS THE TRIAL BALANCE IN YOUR BOOKS ROLLED, THAT THOSE GOT ON THE RIGHT FUND. 
          SO Y'ALL HAVE GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIALS AS WELL AS FUND LEVEL FINANCIALS. 
          AND SO MAKING SURE THAT STUFF ENDED UP IN THE CORRECT SPOT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ADJUSTMENT THAT WE DID RECORD WAS THERE WERE TWO ADJUSTMENTS THAT MANAGEMENT DECIDED NOT TO RECORD. 
          SO IN 2022, UM, THERE WERE TWO LEASES THAT DID NOT GET RECORDED INTO THOSE 2022 FINANCIALS. 
          THEY ARE RECORDED IN THE 23, SO THEY'RE NOW ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET. 
          THE PIECE THAT WAS MISSING AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 22 IS THAT IMPACT TO THE INCOME STATEMENT. 
          SO THE, ALL OF THE CASH FOR THOSE LEASES IS THERE, BUT WITH THE LEASE STANDARD, IT ADDED SOME INTEREST RATE AND PRESENT VALUE PIECE AS YOU'RE STRAIGHT LINE RECOGNIZING THAT OVER THE TERM. 
          AND SO THAT PIECE IMPACTED THAT BEGINNING NET POSITION AND MANAGEMENT ELECTED TO JUST RUN ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY THROUGH THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT IS NOT RECORDED IS THIS PAYABLE TO THE IRS RELATED TO AN AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PENALTY WHEN LOOKING AT THAT ONE. 
          MANAGEMENT HAS A VERBAL WAIVER THAT THAT WILL NOT BE DUE. 
          BUT SINCE THERE IS NOTHING IN WRITING AT THE TIME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, AND WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, WE AS AUDITORS CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S NOT THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE RECORDED, BUT MANAGEMENT ELECTED SINCE YOU DO HAVE A VERBAL WAIVER AND IT WOULD JUST REVERSE IN 24 THAT THEY DID NOT WANNA PUT IT IN THE 23 FINANCIALS. 
          AND THEN OUR OTHER INFORMATION, SO AGAIN, GSB 96 WAS THE BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WITH MANAGEMENT THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE DO ISSUE A MANAGEMENT LETTER, WHICH WILL BE IN THE FINAL ISSUED COPY OF THIS LETTER TO YOU GUY TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE THAT JUST COVERS MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES, THEM ACKNOWLEDGING THAT US DOING THE AUDIT DOES NOT WAIVE THEM OF ANY OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          AND THEN DURING THE AUDIT WE LOOK AT INTERNAL CONTROLS AND AGAIN, HOW POLICIES ARE APPLIED AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT WE CAN EVALUATE THOSE AT. 
          THERE'S A MATERIAL WEAKNESS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD, IF IT CONTINUES, COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT OF THE FINANCIALS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A DEFICIENCY THAT'S KIND OF YOUR LOWEST LEVEL THAT'S VERY UNLIKELY OR VERY SMALL AMOUNTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTED. 
          AND THEN KIND OF THAT MIDDLE AREA IS SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES. 
          SO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND MATERIAL WEAKNESSES WOULD BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU ALL. 
          AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO JOHN JULIO AND THAT ACCOUNTING TEAM IS, THERE WERE NO, UM, IDENTIFIED SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. 
          THERE WERE A FEW DEFICIENCIES THAT LOW LEVEL, A LOT OF THOSE TWO TEND TO BE BEST PRACTICES. 
          WE VERBALLY COMMUNICATE THOSE WITH MANAGEMENT, UM, AND JUST TALK THROUGH THOSE, BUT THEY ARE NOT AT THE LEVEL THAT WE THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE FINANCIALS? THE LETTER OF THOSE CHARGE WITH GOVERNANCE? DENNIS, I THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I GUESS THIS IS A CLIFF QUESTION , UH, ABOUT THE VERBAL ABOUT THIS $400,000 TO THE RS. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US PLEASE? I WOULD HAVE TO REFER UP TO JOHN OR JULIO, BUT WHAT I AM ASSURED IS, IS THE IRS SAYS THEY'RE NOT, THEY WAIVE THAT THEY'RE NOT SEEKING THAT. 
          WE TALKED TO THEM, THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE LETTER AND THEY HONORING WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND IT WAS DUE TO CAN WE PROVIDE INSURANCE TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES? UH, AND IT WAS A CLEARER, WE HAD ONE EMPLOYEE WHO CAME ON BOARD WHO WAS A 
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TEMP AND, BUT WE TOOK EVERYBODY THROUGH OUR A DP SYSTEM AND THAT TEMP WAS IN THE SYSTEM JUST FOR TRACKING PURPOSES, BUT FOR SOME REASON WE REPORTED THAT TO THE IRS, SO THEY LEVIED THAT PENALTY TO US. 
          UM, SO WHENEVER WE COMMUNICATED THAT TO THEM, THEY SAID GO AHEAD AND SEND THE CENTER, CLARIFY IT UP AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT OFF YOUR SO WE, WE SENT THEM EVERYTHING. 
          WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE, THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          IF NOT, WE OWE THE RS $400,000, UH, 353,000? YES. 
          OH 2 83 89. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE WOULD, WE WOULD FIGHT THAT VIGOROUSLY . 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          BUT AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON ALL MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND EVERYTHING THAT I READ AND DOCUMENTED THAT WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY BE ASSESSED AT, WELL JUST FOR MY PEACE OF MIND, I LIKE TO KNOW TO WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 
          YEAH, IT HAPPENED IN 2020. 
          NO, I MEAN, WHEN WE GET THE LETTER SAYING WE DON'T OWE, OH YEAH. 
          I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          I WOULD TELL YOU I WAS TALKING TO AN ACCOUNTANT THE OTHER DAY THAT IT'S TAKING THE IRS WELL OVER A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS TO, TO HANDLE AMENDED RETURNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO IT DOES, IT'S A LINKY PROCESS TO GET RESPONSE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE ANNUAL AUDIT AS PRESENTED? SHALL MOVE? OKAY. 
          MR. OCKER MADE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND IS JUDGE TEAL. 
          JUDGE. 
          JUDGE TEAL. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVING 
          [14.  Consider and act upon the presentation and recommendation to request Board of Directors approval of the 2024 AACOG Budget Modifications. - Jhoan Torres]
ON TO ITEM 14. 
          CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVAL OF THE 24 8 COG BUDGET MODIFICATIONS. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I KNOW THEY ALWAYS SLIP OUT THE BACK DOOR. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          AGAIN. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBER, THE BOARD. 
          MY NAME MS. AL TORRES AND THE ADMIR BRING YOU BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN MEMBERS, THE BOARD BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS AL TORRES AND THE FOR YOU TODAY ARE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS FOR JULY, 2024. 
          UM, GENERAL OUTLINE WHAT WE'RE GONNA COVER. 
          WE'RE GONNA COVER A MODIFICATION BY PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE GONNA COVER IT FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, STARTING WITH A AOG BUDGET OVERVIEW WHERE WE STAND. 
          SO ON THE FIRST COLUMN, WE HAVE OUR APPROVED BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED LAST OCTOBER. 
          IN THE MIDDLE, WE HAVE OUR APPROVED AMENDMENTS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED YEAR TO DATE. 
          SO, SO FAR OUR SUB AT THE VERY RIGHT IS WHERE OUR BUDGET CURRENTLY STANDS AS OF TODAY. 
          THIS BUDGET OVERVIEW IS TAKING THAT LAST SLIDE INTO ACCOUNT AND BRINGING IN THOSE PROPOSED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS IN THAT THIRD COLUMN. 
          SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS TODAY WOULD DECREASE OUR REVENUES BY $617,000. 
          OUR TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES AND INDIRECT EXPENSES BY 1.7 MILLION, DECREASED RECOVERIES BY $99,000 FOR A NET REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE CHANGE OF $1 MILLION. 
          AND ON THE VERY RIGHT, WE HAVE OUR FINALIZED BUDGET IF THOSE, UM, AMENDMENTS ARE APPROVED. 
          OUR PROPOSED AGENCY BUDGET MODS. 
          THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW BY PROGRAM. 
          I'M GONNA WALK DOWN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MODS, UH, TO THE BOARD. 
          BUT THIS DOES MAKE UP THAT REVENUE CHANGE OF $617,000 AT THE BOTTOM AND THAT $1.7 MILLION CHANGE IN EXPENDITURES. 
          UM, YEAH, BEFORE WE GET TO THE PROGRAMMATIC PART, I DID WANNA, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, AND SINCE IT'S BEEN A YEAR FOR THE REST OF YOU WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET MODIFICATION PROCESS. 
          WHAT, HOW DOES THIS WORK? SO STARTING WITH OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET APPROVAL, IT OCCURS IN OCTOBER OF THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT WE START AROUND THIS TIME. 
          SO WE START BUDGETING IN JULY, AUGUST OR YEAH, JULY, AUGUST. 
          AND WE TAKE THE BOARD THROUGH DECEMBER ONE. 
          ONE THING THAT WE DO DO IS OUR SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER FIGURES ARE FORECASTED. 
          SO WE DO FORECAST THOSE NUMBERS. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS. 
          SO ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WE REQUEST FOR AND APPLY FOR NEW FUNDING, WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IF APPROVED AND WE RECEIVE THE FUNDING, WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND WE ADD IT TO OUR BUDGET. 
          UM, THEN AROUND MOVING OVER TO THE NEXT STEP, WE HAVE OUR INITIAL BUDGET MODIFICATION MEETING. 
          SO WE REVIEW POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS OF PROGRAMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING WITH TRANSPORTATION, HEY, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS $500,000 VARIANCE? 
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OH, THE BUSES CAME IN. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CORRECT THIS. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM. 
          MOVING OVER TO OUR BUDGET MODIFICATIONS, WE REVIEW OUR PRIOR YEAR, SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER, ACTUALS AGAINST OUR FORECAST. 
          UH, SOMETIMES WE MAY FORECAST THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER TIMEFRAME, AND MAYBE IT TURNS OUT TO BE $500,000. 
          WE GOTTA BRING THAT DIFFERENCE OVER TO THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING THAT REVIEW. 
          AND THAT'S THE FIRST PART. 
          ONCE WE DO THAT ANALYSIS, THEN WE GO BACK TO THAT INITIAL BUDGET MODIFICATION MEETINGS. 
          WE LOOK AT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THAT PROGRAM DISCUSSED, AND THEN WE, WE BUNDLE IT ALL TOGETHER AND THAT'S OUR FINAL BUDGET MODIFICATION THAT COMES BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BOARD DIRECTORS REVIEW AND APPROVAL. 
          UH, ONE THING THAT I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT, SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING THIS A LOT FROM ME IN THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, IT'S GOING TO BE WHEN WE DO THE DISTRIBUTE FOR THE SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER ACTUALS AGAINST THE FORECAST. 
          UM, ONE, THE VERBIAGE THAT WE USE THIS YEAR, WHENEVER THERE ARE THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT WE HAD TO TRUE UP, I WE SAID ADJUST BUDGET TO ALIGN WITH ACTUALS. 
          SO IF YOU SEE THAT VERBIAGE, THAT'S BECAUSE WE DID THAT ADJUSTMENT, THE FORECAST THROUGH ACTUALS STARTING, UM, MOVING OVER TO THE PROGRAM, STARTING WITH ALAMO AND BEAR AGING, OUR ALAMO AGING PROGRAM, I DID MENTION THIS DURING THE FINANCIAL PRESENTATION, WE'RE REDUCING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BY $252,000. 
          AND THAT WAS DUE TO BEING AWARDED LESS FUNDING FROM HHSC FOR FI 24, MOVING OVER TO OUR BEAR AGING PROGRAM. 
          THOSE NET REVENUE CHANGES AND EXPENDITURES WERE $48,000 INCREASE REALLY. 
          UM, OUR FUND, 2090, OUR CNCS FUND, THAT BUDGET WAS ALIGNED, ADJUSTED TO ALIGN WITH ACTUALS 2091 FUND, OUR NCAA FUND. 
          UH, THAT GRANT WAS NOT RENEWED, SO WE THAT HAS TO COME OUT OF THE BUDGET AND OTHER RELEASE SHOULD READ VARIOUS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S REALLY OUR HHSC FUNDING. 
          THE REALITY THOUGH IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FUNDS THAT FALL WITHIN THAT. 
          SO PUTTING THEM ALL IN HERE, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN VERY CUMBERSOME AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD'VE ADDED MUCH TO THE BOARD. 
          SO THAT ACTUALLY WENT THE OTHER WAY THAN THE ALAMO AGING. 
          THAT FUNDING WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER. 
          UH, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT. 
          MOVING OVER TO TRANSPORTATION, UH, THAT CHANGE IS GOING TO BE $452,000 INCREASE TO REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BUSES. 
          WE DID DISCUSS THAT DURING THE FINANCIAL PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          MOVING OVER TO OUR MILITARY AND VETERAN AFFAIRS PROGRAM, PROPOSED INCREASE OF $312,000 FOR REVENUE. 
          UH, DECREASE OF $263,000 FOR EXPENDITURES FOR A NET INCREASE, NET CHANGE OF $575,000. 
          STARTING WITH OUR FUND, 1202, OUR MER GRANT. 
          UH, THAT BUDGET WAS UPDATED TO ALIGN WITH GRANT SPENDING. 
          SO THAT GRANT WAS ALSO UH, EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY, 2025. 
          SO MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT IN 2024, OUR 1801 FUND, OUR DA FUND, UH, THAT BUDGET WAS REDUCED TO ALIGN WITH GRANT SPENDING. 
          SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, REDUCING IT THIS YEAR. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR VETERANS DIRECTED PROGRAM. 
          WE HAD TO ADJUSTED THOSE, UM, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO ALIGN CLOSER TO ACTUALS. 
          UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF EXPENDITURES THAT GO IN THERE. 
          IT'S DIFFICULT TO NAIL IT DOWN, SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF CHEWING IT UP TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE WITH OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. 
          MOVING OVER TO IDD AND NATURAL RESOURCES. 
          FOR IDD, WE ARE PROPOSING A DECREASE OF REVENUES OF $534,000 AND EXPENDITURES OF $536,000. 
          UM, STARTING WITH FUND 2012, OUR TABLET PILOT, THAT GRANT WAS NOT RENEWED. 
          SO THE 2024 BUDGET WOULD NEED TO BE DECREASED BY $108,000. 
          OUR 2134 FUND, COSA ARPA, THAT BUDGET WAS REDUCED TO ALIGN WITH GRANT SPENDING. 
          SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR ADJUSTING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          AND LAST WE HAVE OUR HHSC AND TCDD BUDGETS. 
          THOSE ARE ADJUSTED TO ALIGN WITH GRANT SPENDING AS WELL FOR NATURAL RESOURCES. 
          THAT NET REVENUE CHANGES TO 121. 
          NET EXPENDITURE CHANGE OF THE SAME. 
          STARTING WITH FUND 1622, UH, ADDITIONAL GRANTS WERE RECEIVED FOR AIR QUALITY. 
          UH, SO, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER FOR THIS NEW YEAR, BUT FOR THE LAST YEAR WE HAD TO THROUGH IT UP FOR OUR GRANT SPENDING. 
          SO THAT NET CHANGE IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE A DECREASE FOR 44 0 1 CLEAN CITIES BUDGET WAS REDUCED TO ALIGN WITH GRANT SPENDING $31,000 AND OTHER IS GOING TO BE CCO AND MPA BUDGETS ADJUSTED TO ALIGN WITH GRANT SPENDING. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, PROPOSED REVENUE DECREASE OF $13,000. 
          REVENUE DECREASE OF $145,000 FOR A NET CHANGE OF 132. 
          AND THAT'S DUE TO REDUCING OUR ACADEMY REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES DUE TO CONTRACTUAL BUDGETS DUE TO LESS CADETS ATTENDING CLASSES. 
          NOW, 
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I DO WANNA MENTION THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM, SO WE ARE DECREASING THE BUDGET 'CAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT TO HIT THOSE MARKS THIS YEAR. 
          THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE ALL OF NEXT YEAR TO REPURPOSE THOSE FUNDS AND GET ON, ON TRACK WITH THOSE EXPENDITURES. 
          UH, AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT PLAN OF ACTION TOGETHER. 
          MOVING TO BUILD ON THAT REAL QUICK, JOHN, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD BOARD'S ATTENTION. 
          THIS IS A PROBLEM AREA FOR US. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY NEED 30 TO 35 CADETS IN A CLASS. 
          I THINK ON AUGUST THE SIXTH. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE GRADUATING 21. 
          OUR NEW CLASS IS 23. 
          AND SO, UH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT FORCES AT WORK. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF POLICE NOW IS NOT FAVORABLE, SO WE HAVE LESS CADETS. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE PART OF IT. 
          UH, ALAMO COLLEGES HAS OPENED UP A BRAND NEW CAMPUS. 
          SO, UH, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FIRST RESPONDER FACILITY THAT THEY'RE TRAINING POLICE AND FIRE CADETS AND EMTS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, AND THEY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO ADD, UH, TO, UM, PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID. 
          WE DON'T, UH, AND SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT THAT ACADEMY JUST OPENED THAT FACILITY, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR ATTENDANCE. 
          UM, AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF POLICE DEPART. 
          WE, WE GENERATE REVENUE BY PROVIDING IN-SERVICE TRAINING TO EXISTING CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS. 
          UH, AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS REDUCTION IN CADETS, WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS GETTING CERTIFIED BY T COLE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRAINING FOR THEIR OFFICERS FOR FREE. 
          SO WE'RE LOSING REVENUE ON THAT END. 
          WE WERE GENERATING REVENUE FROM ONLINE COURSES, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE A VERY LARGE, VERY NICE ONLINE PLATFORM. 
          AND, UH, WHILE WE HAVE THAT, IT'S GREAT, BUT WE'RE GETTING COMPETITION FROM A LOT OF FREE ONLINE COURSES. 
          AND SO WE'RE SEEING PRESSURES ON ALL SIDES OF THE ACADEMY. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO DEVELOP A PLAN. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NEW OUTREACH METHODS. 
          WE'VE DONE SOME MINIMAL, UH, WE'VE DONE SOME ADVERTISING. 
          I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS MINIMAL MINIMALLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT TRYING TO REACH OUT TO STUDENTS AND, AND COLLEGE KIDS, UH, FOR FUTURE CAREERS. 
          UH, MIKE RITCHIE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO REDUCE EXPENSES AND WORK WITH OUR SPONSORING AGENCIES TO SPONSOR CADETS AND FINE CADETS. 
          YEAH. 
          WORK WITH THEM. 
          AND SO HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB ON THAT END. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL SEEING THIS REDUCED CLASS SIZE, WHICH IS IMPACTING THE BUDGET. 
          AND, UH, ONLY TIME WILL TELL WHETHER OUR EFFORTS ARE SUCCESSFUL ON TRYING TO RAISE THAT FUNDING, UH, RAISE THAT REVENUE. 
          AND, UH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET NEW IDEAS. 
          BUT, UH, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT NEEDS POLICE CADETS AND HAS SOME, I MEAN, WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE HAVE THAT DEMAND. 
          BUT IF YOU KNOW A WAY TO GET CADETS TO US, WE'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          CLIFF, WASN'T THIS NEW BUILDING JUST BUILT, ISN'T IT PART OF SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE? YES, IT'S PART OF SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE AS IT'S LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF 35 SOUTH SOUTH BEAR COUNTY. 
          YES. 
          35 SOUTH. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S A, UH, IT'S A VERY NICE FACILITY, BUT LIKE THAT IS ATTRACTIVE OF COURSE. 
          AND, UH, AS I SAID, THEY CAN OFFER FINANCIAL AID. 
          WE'RE EXPLORING OPPORTUNITY, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE'RE EXPLORING TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE MIGHT QUALIFY AS AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FINANCIAL AID AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS AN OPTION, AS THE, THE, I DON'T TAKE ANY FUNDING FROM THE VA OR FROM THE VA. 
          NO, WE, ALL OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND, AND, AND THE STATE. 
          AND SO, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD AN, UM, INCREASE IN THAT FUNDING. 
          MARCELLA, CAN YOU, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HAD SUCCESS IN GETTING INCREASE IN FUNDING, HAVE WE? IN YEARS? IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN OVER 10 YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S BEEN TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION. 
          NOTHING. 
          NO. 
          NOW THE, THE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE VETERANS COMMISSION ALLOWS A WAY FOR THEM TO GET, UH, FUNDING FOR THEIR SCHOOL. 
          THERE ARE SOME, FOR INSTANCE, THE MILITARY SENDS US SOME CADETS, UH, AND WE DO, WE, THEY, THEY ACCESS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THROUGH THE VETERANS COMMISSION OR THROUGH THE FEDERAL, BUT WE DO HAVE, AND WE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO JBSA FOR TRANSITIONING MILITARY MEMBERS. 
          WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THAT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS AN AREA OF CONCERN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          SORRY, JOHN. 
          OF COURSE, WE'LL BE OVER FOR OUR WEATHER ISSUE PROGRAM. 
          OUR REVENUES WE'RE PROPOSING ARE DECREASE OF REVENUES OF 960,000 AND EXPENDITURES OF THE SAME, UH, STARTING WITH 1423 FUND. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE OUR D-O-E-B-I-L UH, FUND THAT, I DID MENTION THIS DURING THE FINANCIAL PRESENTATION. 
          SO THAT'S A PROPOSED INCREASE OF $601,000. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE, 2026. 
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I DO WANNA, YOU KNOW, CLARIFY THAT THIS ISN'T A LOSS OF FUNDING. 
          WE'RE JUST TAKING IT OUT THIS YEAR AND STRETCHING IT OUT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE GRANT IN JUNE, 2026, MOVING OVER TO FUND 20, 20 14, 29, OUR LIHEAP, UH, PROGRAM WAS AWARDED LESS FUNDING, UH, FROM T-D-H-C-A FOR FFY 24. 
          SO THAT ACTUALLY IS A DECREASE. 
          WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT HERE AND FOR OUR OTHER FUNDS. 
          UM, THAT DECREASE IS $203,000 REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. 
          AND THAT'S FOR OUR HOMES FOR TEXAS EUROS GRANT. 
          THAT WAS NOT RENEWED FOR FY 25 FUND, FORTUNATELY. 
          SO. 
          UM, AND FOR THE FY 23, WE HAVE AN EXTENSION OR FY 24. 
          WE HAVE AN EXTENSION THROUGH DECEMBER, AND FOR FY 25, IT'S NOT RENEWED. 
          SO WE TOOK THAT UP AND MOVING OVER TO OUR ADMIN AND DIRECT AND GENERAL FUND FOR OUR PUBLIC AGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, MOVING SOME FUNDS AROUND WITHIN THOSE TWO BUDGETS. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE A BOTTOM LINE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET, BUT THIS IS JUST TO MORE CLOSELY ALIGN WITH HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY WITH THAT REORGANIZATION THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          AND FOR OUR GENERAL FUND, PROPOSED INCREASE OF $451,000 IN REVENUES AND 49,000 HOURS IN EXPENDITURES. 
          AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUND BALANCE TRANSFER FROM A SPECIAL REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THAT'S TO COVER THINGS, EXPENDITURES SUCH AS THE TITAN COMPLEX AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CASH INTENSIVE. 
          SO, UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, STAFF WOULD, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND STAFF REQUEST APPROVAL BUDGET MODIFICATIONS TO THE FY 24 BUDGET APPROVAL. 
          OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          MARSH BRADLEY. 
          OKAY, I'M LOOKING AT CRYSTAL. 
          MAKE SURE SHE GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE, UM, BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS PRESENTED. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          [15.  Consider and act upon the recommendation to submit an application to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program) in an amount not to exceed $80 million. This will not require a 2024 budget amendment. - Lyle Hufstetler]
          [16.  Consider and act upon the recommendation to submit an application to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program) in an amount not to exceed $80 million. This will not require a 2024 budget amendment. - Lyle Hufstetler]
MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS. 
          UH, ITEM 15 IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80 MILLION. 
          THIS WILL NOT REQUIRE, UH, A BUDGET AMENDMENT. 
          LYLE AND JUDGE, MAY I DO A LITTLE INTRO ON THIS? UH, CHARGE LYLE BEGINS ITS PRESENTATION. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT ITEMS 15 AND 16, BOTH OF THESE GRANTS ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS AS FAR AS THE TYPE OF, UH, FUELING METHODS, BUT THEY'RE BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS TO PROVIDE, UH, FUELING ALONG THE TEXAS COURT, UH, TEXAS TRIANGLE, AS WELL AS OUT TO I 10 AS FAR AS EL PASO. 
          UH, THEY'RE FROM THE SAME, SAME GRANT FUNDING SOURCE. 
          AND LYLE INFORMS ME THAT THERE'S LITTLE CHANCE THAT WE WILL GET BOTH OF THESE. 
          BUT WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS, UH, UH, WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATION WITH THESE GRANTS. 
          THIS ITEM ONLY REQUEST YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, WHICH IS DUE BY AUGUST THE 28TH. 
          IF WE WERE TO BE AWARDED FUNDING, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FULL PLAN, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME ONGOING CONCERNS WITH THESE AS FAR AS, UM, WELL, AS FAR AS THE RISK AND OBLIGATION, AS WELL AS THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO ACOG. 
          AND SO, UM, THEY ARE LARGE GRANTS, AND LYLE CAN EXPLAIN BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT WHEN HE GETS INTO IT, BUT IN SUMMARY, WE'RE, WE'RE THE LEAD AGENCY ON THESE. 
          WE WOULD, IF WE WERE AWARDED THE FUNDS, WE WOULD THEN GIVE THEM TO A SUB-RECIPIENT WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF CARRYING OUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. 
          BUT ACOG IS ON THE HOOK FOR FIVE YEARS AS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE, THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS ARE WORKING AND MEETING THE FEDERAL STANDARDS. 
          AND SO, UM, AND WHEN YOU SAY ON THE HOOK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES. 
          YOU BET. 
          MEETING THE EPA AND THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT THE GRANT REQUIRES. 
          AND SO BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE TEXAS TRIANGLE AND BECAUSE REALLY, UH, SAN ANTONIO WOULD BE ONE OF THE FUELING STATIONS, UH, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EL PASO, DALLAS, WACO, UH, WILD EXPLAIN HOUSTON AND SO ON. 
          MY QUESTION TO OUR, UH, OUR TEAM AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPERS IS HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT EITHER ACOG? SO IS THERE A BENEFIT TO ACOG OR IS THERE A BENEFIT TO OUR REGION? IF THERE'S NOT, I'M NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING THEM. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS GONNA BENEFIT US? AND SO IT REALLY, IN MY MIND, AND, AND I'VE ASKED LEY, HE MAY HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION, HE'S BEEN TALKING TO THE DEVELOPERS. 
          BUT IN MY MIND, UM, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF DEVELOP, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE REGION BECAUSE THE FUELING STATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ONE OF 'EM IS IN SAN ANTONIO, THE REST OF 'EM ARE ELSEWHERE. 
          UH, SO HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT OUR REGION? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT OTHER THAN CLEAN AIR. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF CLEAN AIR, BUT THAT'S AN AWFULLY, UH, ATTENUATED BENEFIT 
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FOR AN $80 MILLION RISK. 
          UM, AND SO THE OTHER QUESTION THEN IS HOW DOES IT BENEFIT ACOG? AND SO I HAVE ASKED TO FIGURE OUT FROM THE DEVELOPER SOME WAY THAT WE GENERATE REVENUE TO RECOGNIZE, ONE, THE RISK, AND TWO, THE OBLIGATION OF, OF OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PLACES IN FAR FAR FLUNG AREAS OF THE STATE, MAKING SURE THEY OPERATE. 
          AND WE TALK ABOUT RISK. 
          IF YOU TALK TO THE DEVELOPERS, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL. 
          THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE IT, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. 
          THERE'S NOT GONNA BE PROBLEMS. AND, UM, LYLE AND I TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME WE MEET ABOUT IT. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, PRESIDENT BIDEN STOOD UP WITH, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE BUILDING, WHAT WAS IT? IS IT, UH, SOLAR PANELS OR WHAT THEY WERE DOING? I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT IT WAS A COMPANY CALLED PROTERRA. 
          AND THEY WERE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS AND IT WAS GONNA BE WONDERFUL. 
          AND TWO YEARS LATER, THEY'RE BANKRUPT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BEST LAID PLANS GO ASTRAY. 
          SURE. 
          I WANT SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE THAT RISK. 
          SO IF WE CAN'T GENERATE REVENUE, UH, FOR IT TO BENEFIT ACOG, IT'S THAT WE CAN USE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. 
          I'M REALLY NOT INTERESTED IN DOING IT. 
          BUT WE DO WANT TO AT LEAST GO FORWARD TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS AND ASK YOUR AUTHORITY TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND, AND WORK IT OUT, UH, IN THE NEXT MONTH WITH THESE DEVELOPERS TO WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO ULTIMATELY EXECUTE. 
          WHO'S THE DEVELOPER? I DON'T KNOW. 
          THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES. 
          AND LYLE WILL EXPLAIN THOSE. 
          BUT, UH, ONE OF 'EM IS A NON-PROFIT CALLED GTI IS A DEVELOPER AND ONE IS CALLED WATT EV. 
          AND, AND I DON'T WANNA STEAL ALL OF LYLE'S THUNDER, BUT ONE OF 'EM IS FOR ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS. 
          AND THESE ARE ALL FOR BIG TRUCKS. 
          THIS IS FOR BIG TRUCKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, AND ONE OF 'EM IS FOR HYDRO, UH, HYDROGEN POWER. 
          AND ONE OF 'EM IS FOR ONE OF THE GRANTS. 
          AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S UNLIKELY WE'LL GET BOTH, BUT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D EVER WANT TO TACKLE BOTH, BUT ONE OF 'EM IS FOR HYDROGEN AND ONE OF 'EM IS FOR, UH, ELECTRICAL POWER, ELECTRIC CHARGING OF HEAVY TRUCKS. 
          AND, UH, LYLE WILL EXPLAIN THAT MORE IN DETAIL ON HOW THE CHARGING AND ALL OF THAT WOULD WORK. 
          WELL, WE KIND OF CRITIQUED IT BEFORE WE GOT THE AFFIRMATIVE PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THEY'RE WORTHY. 
          THE, THE FIRST ONE'S HYDROGEN, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE SECOND ONE IS, IS EV. 
          SO I HOPE I GAVE YOU AN INTRO THAT WILL WORK FOR YOU LY. 
          THANK YOU, CLIFF. 
          AND GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME'S LER. 
          I'M YOUR ACTUAL RESOURCES PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR. 
          SO YES, THIS FIRST IM IS ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR FH W'S STRUCTURED PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS AN AMOUNT TO EXCEED $80 MILLION. 
          THE FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, PROPOSAL IS INTENDED, WELL, SORRY, FOR THE CFI PROGRAM IN GENERAL. 
          UM, IT'S INTENDED TO, UH, DEPLOY CHARGING AND ALTERNATIVE FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCATED ALONG DESIGN DESIGNATED ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS. 
          UH, A CORRIDOR DESIGNATION MEANS THAT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS OR IS PLANNED ALONG A HIGHWAY IN SUCH A WAY THAT FACILITY THAT FACILITATE FACILITATES, EXCUSE ME, LONG DISTANCE, DISTANCE TRAVEL, DEPENDING ON FIELD SITE. 
          THERE'S ELECTRIC VEHICLE CORRIDORS, HYDROGEN CORRIDOR, NATURAL GAS, AND PROPANE CORRIDORS, UH, ET CETERA. 
          AND THESE ARE ALL, UH, RECOMMENDED BY STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE FHWA. 
          FOR OFFICIAL DESIGNATION ONLY PUBLIC AGENCIES ARE ELIGIBLE TO DIRECTLY APPLY FOR THIS CFI FUNDING, BUT MAY PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST WITH PROJECT COMPLETION. 
          THERE IS A 20% COST SHARE REQUIRED, AND UNDER THIS PARTICULAR SOLICITATION FOR THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM THAT COST SHARE MUST BE PAID FOR BY THE PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT ENTITY THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH. 
          EARLIER THIS YEAR, ACOG WAS APPROACHED BY GTI ENERGY TO PARTNER ON A CFI GRANT PROPOSAL. 
          AND THIS IS TO PLACE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS, BETWEEN, UH, HOUSTON AND EL PASO WITH POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS FARTHER SOUTH TO, UH, PORTS OF ENTRY. 
          GTI ENERGY IS A NONPROFIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON NEW EMERGING TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY. 
          THIS PROPOSAL IS GONNA BE BUILDING UPON A $70 MILLION GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA BE PLACING FIVE HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS ALONG THE TEXAS TRIANGLE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ONE FACILITY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS PROPOSAL ALSO BUILDS UPON ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT, AT ACOG, WHERE WE'RE CONVENING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          THIS IS THE HYDROGEN PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT CLIFF MENTIONED IN HIS ED REPORT. 
          UH, BUT THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO HELP DEVELOP A SET OF SAFETY GUIDELINES AND SITING GUIDELINES THAT WILL INFORM A MORE RESPONSIBLY DEPLOYED HYDROGEN FUELING STATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          REGIONALLY, 
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THIS PROPOSAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, UH, RELATING TO AIR QUALITY, PARTICULARLY ALONG FREIGHT CORRIDORS. 
          UH, TRANSPORTATION IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF EMISSIONS IN IN SAN ANTONIO AND, AND NATIONWIDE, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LOCATED ONLY FREIGHT CORRIDORS, THEY TEND TO BE LOWER INCOME AND, AND EXPERIENCED DISPROPORTIONATELY NEGATIVE IMPACTS BECAUSE OF, OF THAT POLLUTION. 
          AND IN ADDITION, THIS PROJECT IS GONNA CONTAIN A, AN ELEMENT, UM, ADDRESSING COMMUNITY BENEFITS, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO WORKFORCE. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT, UH, BY THE FHWA TO INCLUDE IN THESE PROPOSALS. 
          ACOG IS GONNA BE THE PRIME APPLICANT, UM, WITH GTI ENERGY AS A SUB-RECIPIENT OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING APPLICATIONS ARE DUE ON AUGUST 28TH, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS A BOARD APPROVAL JUST TO APPLY FOR THE FHWA CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM TO PLACE THESE HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS ALONG I 10, INCLUDING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THE 2024 BUDGET. 
          AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, JUDGE. 
          NO, WE CAN'T HAVE ONE. 
          SO WHO IS DTI? SO THEY'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY DECADES SINCE THE 1940S. 
          AND, AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY'RE, THEY FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIKE NEW TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND SO WHERE, WHERE THEY, WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR MONEY? I'M SORRY? WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR MONEY? MORE FEDERAL MONEY THAN THE MORE FEDERAL MONEY, OR THAT IS A PART OF IT, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS AS FAR AS LIKE THEIR, THEIR BALANCE SHEET AND THEIR SOURCES, WE THINK ALIKE. 
          I'VE ASKED LYLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE PUTTING UP $20 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THAT'S 20% BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THESE ARE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS I'VE TALKED ABOUT, REFERENCED, YOU KNOW, THIS GTI NON-PROFITS PUTTING IN ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, THAT 20% MATCH. 
          AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THE DEAL, UH, RELATIVE TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUT OF THE DEAL. 
          AND SO I'VE ASKED LYLE, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH GPI AS WELL AS EVY, THE OTHER APPLICANT, BY DEFINITION, A NONPROFIT DOESN'T HAVE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT. 
          BUT WE CAN'T GET THAT INFORMATION UNLESS WE APPLY WHAT'S THAT AND MOVE THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          MORE INFORMATION. 
          WE CAN LEAN THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          WELL, THAT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 30 DAY WINDOW HERE TO REALLY, TO NEGOTIATE, WELL, A LITTLE LONGER, 35 DAY TO NEGOTIATE. 
          AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WELL, WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT THIS MARRIAGE TO WORK. 
          AND SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION BEFORE AT LEAST I WANT TO COME TO YOU AND RECOMMEND THAT WE TACKLE THIS PROJECT. 
          MR. MR. CHAIRMAN? MR. CHAIRMAN? YES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF INQUIRY. 
          UM, APPARENTLY LOOKING ONLINE, UH, THIS IS A FAIRLY LARGE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1941 AT THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND IT WAS FOUNDED IN, UM, IN 70 OR RE UH, UPPED IN 76 BY AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 
          SO IT'S A, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOT A LOT OF THE BIG ENERGY PLAYERS WHO ARE PART OF THEIR FOUNDING, UH, AND FOUNDED AS A, AS A NONPROFIT. 
          SO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO TO POINT THAT OUT. 
          WHAT HAS THE CONVERSATION BEEN WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, THE REVENUE SHARE? BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT SOME, UH, PERCENTAGE OF THE REFUELING GOES TO ACOG. 
          HAS THERE BEEN INITIAL FEELINGS ABOUT THAT? MORE SO THE SECOND ONE, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY APPROACHED US FIRST, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY A REVENUE SHARING AT, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE POINT OF SALE. 
          ALSO JUST LOOKING AT MAYBE A PERCENTAGE FEE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE, YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, ON HANDING TASTERS, THERE'S, THERE'S ANY ISSUES OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE RISK ELEMENTS THAT COULD, DID, DID THEY TALK ABOUT PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THIS TIME THAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE? AND DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE REVENUE SHARE WAS WITH THOSE? SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE ONES INVOLVED WITH THE NCT HULK, UH, HYDROGEN PROJECT THAT WAS AWARD EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEY, THEY WENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ROUTE. 
          SO A FEE, CORRECT? YEAH, ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, I AGREE WITH THE DIRECTOR. 
          OF COURSE, WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME SORT OF FEE. 
          I WOULD THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF MARGIN TO GET IT DONE. 
          UM, AND, UH, WITH, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, THEN I THINK IT'LL BE, UH, APPROPRIATE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT THE APPLICATION IN. 
          LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          AND AS WE NEGOTIATE, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT A REVENUE STREAM FROM, OR, OR A PERCENTAGE OF THE REVENUE FROM GTI. 
          WE DID HAVE THAT WITH EV WATT, AND THEY SAID THAT WAS A NON-STARTER. 
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AND SO I CAME BACK WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, WE REALLY CAN'T GET A LOT OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, UH, USED FROM THE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          THERE'S HUGE LIMITATIONS ON IT. 
          SO IT DOESN'T BENEFIT ACOG IN MY MIND TO GO THAT ROUTE. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO BOTH OF THESE PLAYERS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE GENERATED. 
          CLIFF. 
          ARE WE, ARE WE BOUND TO THESE PARTICULAR ENTITIES? 'CAUSE I HEAR FOLKS IN THE, IN THE, YOU KNOW, NEW ENERGY ECONOMY WHO ARE VERY WILLING TO GIVE A PERCENTAGE. 
          NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT BOUND BY ANY OF THESE. 
          THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPROACHED US. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE QUITE FRANK IN SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, BUT THEY SETTLED ON US WHEN WE SAID, WHEN I EXPRESSED AN INTEREST. 
          UH, BUT LIKE I SAY, NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT NEGOTIATION PHASE AND THEY REALLY ARE, WE'VE ONLY BEEN ON THIS A FEW MONTHS. 
          I SAY A COUPLE, UH, UH, EV WATT APPROACH FIRST, BUT, UH, THEY ARE, THEY'RE A FEW MONTHS. 
          I, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN GTI, HOW, HOW, UH, EARLY, I MEAN, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THEM WHILE ABOUT A MONTH, ABOUT A MONTH. 
          IT WAS JUST RECENT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THAT STAGE. 
          LIKE I SAY, WHETHER WE WANT TO TACKLE THIS OR NOT, I WILL PASS ALONG AT LEAST, AT LEAST ONE ENERGY, UH, PROVIDER THAT'S IN THIS WORLD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OR TWO THAT, THAT I'VE MET THAT HAVE REGULARLY TALKED ABOUT, UH, REVENUE FOR GOVERNMENT, UM, IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. 
          I WILL SAY ONE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, AND I'LL CORRECT ME IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING WRONG, UH, AS HE SAID, THIS IS BUILDING ON THE GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED TO THE NORTH TEXAS COG FOR 70 MILLION, SOME 70 SOME ODD MILLION. 
          AND THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE ALL OF THESE STATIONS LOCATED AT PILOT TRUCK STOPS. 
          AND PILOT, PILOT HAS, UH, INDICATED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TACKLE THIS SECOND PROJECT BECAUSE THEY'RE, WE HAVE ONE, THEY'RE BUSY WITH THE FIRST ONE, AND SO THEY, SO, UH, GTI IS IS CONFIDENT THEY CAN FIND ANOTHER PARTNER TO PLACE THESE AT. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL RUNNING AGAINST THAT 30 DAY CLOCK, OR, OR WELL, I SAY 30 DAYS, 35 OR 40 DAYS NOW, CHAIRMAN. 
          UM, SO WHAT I HEARD EARLIER WAS ACTUALLY PILOT, UH, TRUCK STOPS IS THIS SPECIFIC FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING FOR, WELL, IT ALSO SUPPORT LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES. 
          THIS IS JUST FOR MEDIUM HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING TRANSPORT. 
          AND IF, I KNOW, I'M JUMPING AHEAD TO THE NEXT ITEM, BUT, UM, IS THAT THE SAME THING FOR THE EV STRUCTURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL JUST MAKE, UH, COMMENT FROM, FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AT, AT VALERO, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR VALERO IN ANY WAY, BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT I SAW IN KIND OF RESEARCH AROUND, UH, THESE DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES IS THAT, UH, HYDROGEN IS SEEN AS POTENTIALLY A SOLUTION IN THE HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING SPACE, BUT ELECTRIFICATION IS NOT RIGHT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO I WOULD JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          'CAUSE THE, THE REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY AND, AND THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY REQUIRED TO, YOU KNOW, GO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILES AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE TRUCKS TO STOP FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON END, PLUS THE WEIGHT OF THE BATTERIES THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY'D BE EVEN ABLE TO DRIVE ON A ROADWAYS WITH THE AMOUNT OF BATTERIES THAT YOU'D HAVE TO PUT HEAVY DUTY TRUCK TODAY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE WAY THEY ARE. 
          SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND FROM, FROM SOME OF MY EXPERIENCE THAT I'LL JUST PUT TO THE GROUP, UM, OH, IF I CAN, I'LL JUST CHIME IN. 
          HEAVY DUTY FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING, AS HE'S REFERENCING, WE SAY THE SAME CPS ENERGY SEES IT THE SAME WAY. 
          HYDROGEN IS THE MORE LOGICAL FOR LARGE SCALE. 
          AND WELL, INTERESTINGLY THIS, AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M TAKING FROM LYLE, AND OF COURSE IT'S THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT THIS IS NEWER TECHNOLOGY. 
          THERE'S A, UH, THOUSAND WATT, THOUSAND KILOWATT CHARGERS SUPPOSED TO CHARGE 'EM UP IN WHAT, 2030 MINUTES? 30 MINUTES? UHHUH. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          SO LISA'S LIKE, HUH, . 
          SO, AND THEN JUDGE, IN TALKING TO, UH, JUDGE KELLY ABOUT THIS, THIS MORNING, ABOUT THIS GRANT, HE SAID, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT UH, THOUSAND KILOWATT CHARGERS OUT IN, YOU KNOW, MARATHON OR EL PASO OR FORT STOCKTON? FORT STOCKTON, OR YEAH, SIERRA BLANCO, WHEREVER THEY WANNA PUT IT. 
          IF I COULD JUST RESPOND TO THAT, IF I COULD CLIFF. 
          UM, AND, AND MAYBE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MORE RECENT UPDATES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE ABILITY TO RAPID CHARGE, THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS TO FASTER YOU TRY TO CHARGE THE MORE, UH, THAT THAT BATTERY DEGRADES, UH, MORE 
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QUICKLY OVER TIME, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S A PROBLEM AND IT'S A TRADE OFF. 
          THE, THE FASTER YOU'RE TRYING TO CHARGE IT, THEN THOSE BATTERIES WON'T LAST AS LONG. 
          THE MAINTENANCE, THE OPERATING COSTS OF AN ELECTRIC FLEET GOES UP. 
          AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT AND THE DISPOSAL AND FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, RIGHT? BECAUSE AS YOU'RE HAVING MORE AND MORE POWER, UH, COMING THROUGH THESE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          CORRECT ME IF YOU'RE NOT WRONG. 
          THAT'S WHY LYLE IS HAVING HIS FIRST RESPONDER WEBINAR AFTER THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU HANDLE . 
          AND I'M BEING SOMEWHAT FACETIOUS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THERE'S ALL OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          BUT OF COURSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NATIONAL POLICY VPA, THEY'RE ALLOWING THESE GRANTS OUT THERE AND WE'LL JUST SEE, LIKE I SAY, HE SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY. 
          WE'LL, WE WILL GET TO, AND WE'LL SEE, WE, WHICH ONE THEY THINK IS THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST MERITORIOUS. 
          IT'S NOT, IT NEVER HAPPEN. 
          IT'S JUST NOT THERE YET. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WITH THE CARGO, THEY'RE HAVING TO GO TO SMALLER, SMALLER AMOUNTS OF CARGO BECAUSE THE BATTERIES TAKE UP SO MUCH SPACE. 
          AND NOT TO BE FUNNY ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THEY TRIED IT ON A YACHT A WHILE BACK. 
          I READ SOMETHING THAT CAME ACROSS MY DESK AND THE YACHT WAS SO HEAVY THEY GOT SWAMPED WITH WATER AND SUNK. 
          YEAH. 
          OH GOD. 
          ELECTRIFICATION WORKS BEST ON, ON LIGHT DUTY AND PASSENGER, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO ERCOT AND THEIR TEXAS GRID? YEAH, LET'S NOT EVEN GO THERE. 
          THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          THOUGHT THERE WASN'T ANY CUSSING ALLOWED IN THIS MEETING. 
          . 
          AND JUST FROM A HIGH LEVEL OBSERVATION, YOU KNOW, IN THE 35,000 FOOT VIEW, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PUTTING THESE GRANTS OUT, BID, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A FEEDING FRENZY. 
          DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA GET 'EM AND WHO'S NOT GONNA GET 'EM. 
          BUT DO WE WANT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? THEY'RE GONNA BE SOME MAJOR DECISIONS MADE. 
          UH, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY WANT THESE GRANTS OR NOT. 
          AND THIS DOES NOT OBLIGATE US TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THE GRANT. 
          THIS IS JUST TO, UH, WASTE THE MONEY. 
          EXPLORE, LET, LEMME APPLY. 
          LET ME MAKE A AN OBSERVATION ON THE COUNTY, AT LEAST BEAR COUNTY HISTORY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, 67 YEARS AGO, YEARS AGO, THE BEAR COUNTY WAS ASKED BY CPS, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, HAVE LIGHTING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA? AND THE COUNTY SAID NO, BUT NOW WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE MOVING INTO UNINCORPORATED BEAR COUNTY AND WE DON'T HAVE LIGHTS. 
          SO THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH, UM, FLOOD CONTROL. 
          MARIA ABEL, FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT ONE IN SAN ANTONIO WAS THE, WAS THE SECRETARY IN THE SIXTIES TO THE COUNTY JUDGE AT THAT TIME. 
          AND SHE TOLD ME, SHE SAID, TOMMY, DO YOU KNOW HOW THE FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM STARTED IN BEXAR COUNTY? I SAID, NO. 
          SHE SAID, WELL, I WAS A SECRETARY, I GOT A LETTER FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND THEY SAID, FILL OUT THESE TWO PAGES AND YOU'LL BE APPLICABLE FOR FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS. 
          SHE ASKED THE JUDGE AT THAT TIME, DID HE WANNA DO IT? HE SAID NO. 
          AND SHE ASKED EVERY COMMISSIONER AND THEY ALL SAID NO. 
          WELL, SHE FILLED IT OUT ANYWAY 'CAUSE SHE WAS FROM THE WEST SIDE AND IT FLOODED HEAVILY. 
          AND THAT'S HOW OUR FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM AT BEAR COUNTY GOT STU STARTED. 
          SO WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY IS OBVIOUSLY NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE, I THINK WE NEED TO GET IN THE GAME BECAUSE OF OUR LOGISTICAL LOCATION WITH I 10 AND I 35 IN MY PRECINCT. 
          WE'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LOGISTICS, UH, PLACES FOR TRUCKING. 
          I MEAN, JUST, IT'S TOO TO, TO ME IT'S TOO MUCH. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IT. 
          AND SO I WORRY THAT THOSE INVESTMENTS IN TRUCKING, UH, 10, 20 YEARS FROM NOW MAKE DO SOME CONVERSION 'CAUSE TECHNOLOGY UPDATES AND WE JUST NEED TO BE THERE, UM, FOR THE DECADES AHEAD. 
          SO I I I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS LACKLUSTER TODAY. 
          THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE KLUTZY AT THE MOMENT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. 
          'CAUSE THE ATTITUDE, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, KNOWING THE HISTORY AND NOW HAVING TO CATCH US UP ON LIGHTING AND CATCH US UP ON FLOOD CONTROL, WE BETTER GO AHEAD AND GET INVOLVED. 
          THAT'S JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION. 
          I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TECHNOLOGY, THE SCIENCE A QUESTION, LYLE IS THE, JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY IS THE HYDROGEN FOR I 10 BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING IN THAT HYDROGEN PIPELINE AND THE GOING, GOING FROM HOUSTON TO THE WEST AND IT'S MEANT TO LINK UP WITH THAT HYDROGEN UP ON THE GULF COAST. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THE ELECTRIC IS INTENDED TO GO BORDER UP. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO NUMBER 15 THOUGH, IS, IS THE ONE WE'VE GOT IS THE HYDROGEN UNDERSTOOD? YEAH. 
          JUST SO KEEP 'EM IN ORDER, GO TO MAXIMUM, LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S THROWING AT THIS STUFF. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION. 
          MOTION 
          [01:30:01]
HAD SOME DISCUSSION. 
          I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. 
          I THINK INFORMATION IS ALWAYS CRITICAL AND I THINK BEING A PART OF THE GAME AND BEING A PIECE IN THERE IS, IS PARAMOUNT. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. 
          OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          CRYSTAL, DID YOU GET, YOU GET THE, THE NAMES AYE. 
          YES, BARDO. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? IT CARRIES. 
          OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO 16. 
          LET ME READ IT. 
          CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80 MILLION. 
          THIS WILL NOT REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, GIVEN THAT THIS IS THE SAME, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE'RE APPLYING, I'M GONNA SKIP THE COURT INFORMATION AND JUST GET RIGHT INTO WHAT WATT V IS PRO PROPOSING. 
          SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE GTI DID WAT, WHICH IS A PRIVATE COMPANY, UH, THAT'S DEDICATED TO EXPANDING ZERO REMISSION TRANSPORTATION, THEY REACHED OUT TO ACOG REQUESTING TO PARTNER ON A PROPOSAL THAT WILL INSTALL, INSTALL MEGAWATT CHARGE FACILITIES, WHICH IS SUPER FAST, FAST CHARGING AT SIX SITES ACROSS THE TEXAS TRIANGLE AND IN LAREDO. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN TEXAS TO OFFER SUCH HIGH CHARGING SPEEDS FOR A HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING APPLICATIONS. 
          TYPICALLY, THE WHAT THE FASTEST WHITE AVAILABLE SERGEANT IS ABOUT 350 KILOWATTS. 
          THESE ARE GONNA BE OF A THOUSAND KILOWATTS. 
          GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF HOW FAST. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THE MEGA MEGAWATT CHARGING SITES, UH, WATT EV IS GOING TO PUT UP A FLEET OF HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS TO BE USED AS A TRUCKING, AS A SERVICE MODEL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TRUCK RENTAL. 
          AND THIS IS INTENDED TO, UM, BENEFIT DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES AND INDEPENDENT OWNER OPERATORS WHO MAY WISH TO GET IN ON, ON, UH, A DECARBONIZATION OF THEIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
          BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE UPFRONT INVESTMENT, WHICH IS MASSIVE FOR AN ELECTRIC HEAVY DUTY TRUCK. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAT I ADDRESSED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE APPLICABLE TO THIS AS WELL. 
          UM, THIS IS PROJECT IS GONNA BENEFIT THE LOCALLY COMPANY BY SEEKING LOCAL EMPLOYMENT, UH, FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THESE SYSTEMS. AND WATT HAS COMMITTED TO CONTRACT WITH LOCAL FIRMS FOR SITE CONSTRUCTION. 
          WATT V AND ACOG JOINTLY WILL SUPPORT EDUCATION INITIATIVES AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO FACILITATE THE GROWTH OF JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, TRUCKING AS A SERVICE MODEL, IT'S GONNA LOWER THE BARRIER OF ENTRY FOR TRUCK DRIVERS, UH, SEEKING TO ACCESS ELECTRIC TRUCKS. 
          ACOG, AS WITH THE PREVIOUS, UH, ITEM, WILL BE THE PRIME OR LEAD APPLICANT WITH WATT EV AS THE SUB-RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          THIS APPLICATION IS ALSO DUE AUGUST 28TH, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS BOARD APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THIS F-H-W-A-C-F-I CHARGING, UH, AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM AGAIN, IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80 MILLION. 
          THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THE 2024 BUDGET. 
          AND I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          HOW MANY, HOW MANY CAN YOU CHARGE AT A TIME? SO EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          SO THIS, THIS PROPOSAL, IT IS IT CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AS, AS WE GET THINGS FINALIZED. 
          SO AT THIS TIME WHAT THEY'RE WE'RE PROPOSING IS HAVING EIGHT OF THESE MEGAWATT CHARGES AT EACH LOCATION. 
          SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO CHARGE SIMULTANEOUSLY EIGHT TRUCKS. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING EIGHT 1000 WATT CHARGERS? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          CPS READY 25, I MEAN BEFORE YESTERDAY, FIVE MEGAWATTS ABOUT 2,250 KILOWATTS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, SO HE'S GOT A DIFFERENT NUMBER ALREADY. 
          AND ARE THEY PROPOSING WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY? WITHIN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO ONE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT SITE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SELECTED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT, UH, ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, UH, ANA ROAD AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M STRESSING LESS. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          OKAY, GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, SO THAT'S ONE SITE AGAIN, THERE'S GONNA BE ONE IN BRE, SAME THING. 
          EIGHT MEGAWATT CHARGERS. 
          THEY'RE PROPOSING A SITE IN DALLAS AND HOUSTON. 
          THOSE TWO SITES, THOSE SITES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SELECTED. 
          ONE IN AUSTIN AND THEN ONE IN MADISONVILLE AREA BETWEEN HOUSTON AND DALLAS. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          IS THERE ANY 18 WHEELERS THAT DO THIS RIGHT NOW? THEY'RE COMING ONLINE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT TESLA, TESLA HAS ONE NOW THAT'S CAPABLE OF MILLION. 
          THE SAME STYLE AS YOUR PICKUPS. 
          . 
          THE, THE INTENT, 
          [01:35:01]
THE INTENT WITH THIS IS REALLY THE FUTURE PROOF, THE TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO AT THIS TIME ON THIS DAY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF WIDELY AVAILABLE YEAH. 
          VEHICLES, BUT PROOF OF CONCEPT KIND OF CERTAIN, I'M CERTAINLY BY THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THESE STATIONS ARE, THERE WILL BE MORE OPTIONS. 
          AND WE'RE NOT TALKING A YEAR OR PROBABLY EVEN TWO YEARS, FIVE YEAR PROGRAMS. I, I MEAN IT'S, TO ME, THIS JUST GOES BACK TO UH, UM, UH, CLIFF'S COMMENTS ABOUT RISK, RIGHT? AND IF THERE'S ONE OF THESE THAT'S A LOT RISKIER THAN THE OTHER, THE ELECTRIFICATION SIDE, UM, I MEAN THERE'S A CHICKEN OR THE EGG WHEN IT COMES TO VEHICLES VERSUS INFRAS INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THERE'S NOT EVEN FLEETS TODAY THAT COULD UTILIZE THIS, YOU KNOW, US PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EFFORT $80 MILLION TO TRY TO DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRUCKS THAT FLEETS THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, SEEMS PROBLEMATIC. 
          BUT THAT'S MY PERSONAL TAKE. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IT IS, I MEAN WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL OF THAT AND I, I CERTAINLY, WHAT I'M CONSIDERING THE REST TOO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF SOMEBODY JUST DECIDES TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THEY DON'T LIKE OPERATING TRUCKS THAT ARE ELECTRIC, JUST LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT HAS TO BE ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO US, YOU KNOW, SECURE THE, THE RISK ISSUE AND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. 
          UM, I WILL SAY, AND THIS IS MY LIMITED EXPERIENCE, I DON'T PURPORT TO BE AN EXPERT OR ANYTHING, BUT LYLE HAD A, UM, CLEAN ENERGY VEHICLE, UH, DAY HERE LAST YEAR AND THEY HAD A 18 WHEEL TRUCK TRACTOR THAT WAS BATTERY OPERATED, BUT IT'S FOR SHORT HAUL INNER CITY OR IN INTRA CITY HAULING. 
          AND IT WAS FASCINATING TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND I WILL SAY IF, IF YOU BELIEVE THE SALES GUY BECAUSE OF FUEL AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, HE CLAIMS THAT THEY PAY FOR THAT THING IN TWO YEARS VERSUS A FIVE YEAR PAYOFF ON A, ON A, UH, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE BECAUSE OF, UH, ALL OF YOUR MAINTENANCE AND ALL OF YOUR FUEL COSTS. 
          AND IT WAS A FASCINATING VEHICLE. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING ONLINE NOW, LIKE YOU SAY, WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE A SUCCESS OR WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE DESIRABLE REMAINS TO BE SEEN. 
          AND THAT'S CERTAINLY THE, SOME OF THE RISK FACTOR WE'VE GOTTA CONSIDER AND IT'S GOTTA BE WORTH IT. 
          AND, AND WE'RE JUST NOT THERE WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THESE PEOPLE. 
          AND LIKE I SAY, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING THAT COMMITS US. 
          TODAY'S APPROVAL IS JUST TO GO FORWARD PLANNING A ATION APPLICATION CLIFF AND JUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION IF WE CAN GET THERE. 
          CLIFF AND LYLE, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THE AGENCY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS, UH, GRANT. 
          IS IT MAINTENANCE OF THE STATIONS OR WE OUTSOURCING THAT TO THE WA B PEOPLE? ALL ITS OUT SOURCES. 
          I MEAN, AS THE CRIME AND IT ULTIMATELY DOES REST UPON US, BUT WE HAVE A VERY FIRM COMMITMENT AND GGI I ENERGY ON THAT PROJECT PROJECT TO CARRY OUT ALL OF THAT WORK, THE MAINTENANCE AND AND OPERATIONS. 
          SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS THEIR FIND, WHAT DOES THEIR BALANCE SHEET LOOK LIKE AS A COMPANY? SO WHAT IS A LOT NEWER AND RELIED PRIMARILY ON GRANTS. 
          I MEAN, THEY, THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2020, SO THEY'RE VERY . 
          AND SO TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, IF YOU LISTEN TO THEM, EVERYTHING IS ALL ROSES AND MILK AND HONEY AND THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE EVERYTHING. 
          BUT I'M GETTING TO WHAT COMMISSIONER MOODY'S TALKING ABOUT TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THEY'RE BANKRUPT. 
          WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR RUNNING A ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION IN, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT COUNTIES WITH ONLY ONE OF THEM BEING IN OUR, IN OUR REGION. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEGOTIATE. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, WITH LYLE AND HE'S GONNA BE CONVEYING THAT I WANT PERFORMANCE BONDS, I WANT A RESERVE FUND, AND I WANT SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT WORTH OUR RISK AND OUR EFFORT. 
          THAT'S SMART. 
          UH, AND THAT'S SO, SO, SO IN TERMS OF CONTINGENCY PLANNING, UM, I I I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE MARKET WITH RESPECT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, LOCAL IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, BUSINESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BEING THE ENERGY CAPITAL THAT TEXAS IS, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY'RE IN HOUSTON, UM, MIGHT WE THINK ABOUT SOME, YOU KNOW, FALLBACK PARTNERS JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS? YEAH. 
          MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE A GOOD THING. 
          I MEAN, LOOK, THE, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY NOWADAYS IS I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, KNOW GOING FROM THE BAG PHONE TO THE FLIP PHONE, , IT HAPPENED PRETTY QUICK. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO BETA TO VHS TO DISC BETA VHS IS THIS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THE TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES. 
          YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT THIS IS SETTING US UP FOR THE FUTURE MORE THAN THE CURRENT AND HOPEFULLY THE FUTURE WILL, WILL MOVE AS FAST AS THE BACK PHONE TO THE FLIP PHONE. 
          THAT'S 
          [01:40:01]
RIGHT. 
          WE'LL SEE. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S GONNA BE ON KING ROAD ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE. 
          UM, I HAVE A LOT OF KING ROAD AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT. 
          AND SO I'M JUST, UH, A LITTLE BIT WORRIED. 
          NOW THERE IS A STRETCH THAT GOES INTO DISTRICT FIVE, SO, UM, MAYBE THEY'RE TALKING TO DISTRICT FIVE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE THE EXACT LOCATION. 
          'CAUSE I'D LOVE TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS 36 PAGE DOCUMENT, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO HER. 
          WE, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY CONCERN IS, ERCOT, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT THIS MUCH, UH, DEMAND ON OUR, ON OUR SYSTEM STATEWIDE, WHY WOULDN'T ERCOT NOT HAVE A, HAVE A VOICE IN THIS KIND OF OPINION? THEY MOST CERTAINLY DO. 
          ERCOT, HOW COULD THEY NOT HEAR? ERCOT IS MORE TRAFFIC CONTROL. 
          SO THEY'RE THE COMING AND THE GOING OF THE ELECTRONS, BUT THEY DON'T GENERATE THE ELECTRONS AND THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTLY. 
          SO THEY'RE MORE LIKE, IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS DATA, DATA MINERS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE HUGE, UH, ENERGY DRAINS ACROSS THE WHOLE ENTIRE GRID. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN. 
          I WOULD LIKE ERCOT TO WEIGH IN ON IT. 
          I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, YOU'VE GOT A FANTASTIC, UH, THOUGHT. 
          UH, BUT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BILL THAT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, SPURRING ALL THESE, WHAT DOES, UH, THAT HAVE FOR CPS ENERGY? DOES IT HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY? IT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY, YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAPPENED. 
          I'LL DO SOME ASKING, BUT THE, THE CAPACITY, THE VOLUME OF TRANSFORMERS, THE SIZE, THE LINE EXTENSIONS, THOSE ARE THE, THAT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ALIGNED TO THE PROJECT. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AN ADDRESS IN THE CONVERSATION ALREADY HAPPENING. 
          SO, BUT, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION'S ABOUT DOES THAT WOULD BE ON US TO BUILD, DO SOME OF THOSE BILLS HAVE MORE MONEY FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE? OH, YES SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'RE APPLYING FOR GRANTS FOR JUST THOSE PURPOSES. 
          WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FROM C PS? IS THAT A 80 MILLION ON YOUR END, A 300 MILLION ON YOUR END? OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, WE JUST GOT A GRANT, I WANT TO SAY WE GOT A GRANT FOR ABOUT 25 MILLION FOR SOME SUBSTATION WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON THE EAST SIDE, AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON, PARDON ME FOR NOT KNOWING. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT'S OKAY. 
          THAT THAT'S OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE GRIP GRANTS. 
          IS IT, IS THE SUBSTATION BASICALLY A HUB THAT, THAT YEAH, THOSE ARE THE, IS THE CONDUIT FOR THE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU DRIVE BY THAT THEY HAVE A FRAME, UH, UH, PILLARS, RIGHT ON THE THOSE, SO, UH, HARDENING THOSE, EXPANDING THEM FOR THE VOLUME OF POWER THAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          AND SIMILARLY, SO THERE'S CAPACITY INCREASING, CAPACITY INCREASING. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          TRY TO GET US BACK ON, ON TRACK, BUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE'RE APPLYING FOR THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          BEFORE WE, WE MADE, I WOULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND, AND CALL RUSH, WHO'S 30 MILES UP THE ROAD, WHO'S THE LARGEST AS I KNOW OF THE LARGEST TRUCK DEALER IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND I'D HAVE A TALK WITH THEM AND LET THEM TELL YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENING IN THEIR INDUSTRY, WHAT THEY'RE SELLING, WHAT THEY'RE NOT, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AND WHAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF HIM. 
          GOOD IDEA. 
          GOOD POINT. 
          GOOD IDEA. 
          WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, IS THAT MARVIN? MARVIN? NO, IT'S HIS SON. 
          RUSTY MARVIN'S PASSED AWAY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          IT'S HIS SON. 
          RUSTY IS THE CEOI KNEW MARVIN. 
          MARVIN, OKAY. 
          EARLIER I TALKED ABOUT THE 35,000 FOOT VIEW. 
          LET'S GO UP TO THE SATELLITE VIEW. 
          PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PROBABLY THE WORLD, UH, ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT, TRYING TO DEVELOP THESE ALTERNATIVE FUELS ENERGY. 
          UH, AND WE'VE GOT TWO TECHNOLOGIES HERE ON THE TABLE THAT THEY'RE THROWING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AT HYDROGEN AND ELECTRICITY. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE'S GONNA PREVAIL. 
          I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          GRANT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW SCIENCE A LOT BETTER THAN I DO. 
          UH, I I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HYDROGEN THING, BUT THEY TELL ME IT WORKS . 
          BUT, UM, UH, IF WE REALLY WANT TO NEGOTIATE SOME SORT OF REVENUE SHARING, WHY NOT PIT 'EM AGAINST EACH OTHER? JUST TRADE IT. 
          WHOEVER'S GONNA, UH, COVER THE, THE COST OF THE RISK THAT WE TAKE, UH, IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE, WE'D BE LOOKING, WORKING WITH. 
          UM, I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 
          I'M GONNA BE DODGING ON THAT ONE BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE WHICH WAY IT'S GOING. 
          SEE, UH, BUT IT'S GOING, AND I, I THINK WE'D BE, WE'D BE REMISS TO NOT AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          MOVE APPROVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT A MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          WHO MADE THE MOTION? THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? NO. 
          OPPOSED, OPPOSED. 
          SAME. 
          OKAY, AND LET'S DO IT THE OTHER WAY. 
          AYES TAKE THE AYE VOTE AGAIN. 
          DOES, DOES IT SAY AYE? YES. 
          RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. 
          IS ANYBODY COUNTING? 
          [01:45:03]
I SAID PRETTY 19TH. 
          14. 
          LET FIND OUT THAT IT'S NOT GONNA PAY FOR IT ITSELF VOTED DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE VOTING NAY. 
          QUITE A FEW. 
          SIX. 
          SIX. 
          SEVEN. 
          SEVEN. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? I HAD SIX HAD AND WE HAVE THE  THAN MORE THAN SIX EIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          CHAIR ONE ABSTENTION. 
          I'D LIKE TO ABSTAIN AND, AND ONE ABSTENTION. 
          YES. 
          I DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS. 
          I, A DIVIDED VOTE LIKE THAT IS NOT A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. 
          UH, I'LL SAY THAT MUCH. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, BUT, BUT THE MOTION DID CARRY. 
          SO CONTINUE WORKING ON ALE AND COME BACK TO US AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS DISCUSS. 
          OKAY, MOVING ON. 
          [17.  Consider and act upon the recommendation to ratify the Executive Director's submission of an application for FY24 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement Project through the Department of Justice - COPS fund in the amount of $500,000 and accept funding if awarded.  This item will require a 2024 budget amendment. - Mike Ritchey]
ITEM 17 AND THIS, THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT. 
          UH, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO RATIFY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR FY 24 SAFER OUTCOMES ENHANCING DEESCALATION AND CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROJECT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UH, COPS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 EXCEPT FUNDING IF AWARDED IN THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT IN THE BUDGET. 
          MIKE RITCHI, GOOD MORNING BOARD CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS MIKE RITCHI. 
          I'M LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY MANAGER. 
          WITH THIS ITEM, WE ARE REQUEST REQUESTING TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO DIVERSIFY THE ACADEMY FUNDING AND SUPPORT ENHANCING OVER 280 HOURS PER CLASS FOR DEESCALATION IN CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING. 
          WE WILL TEACH ALMOST $900 OF DEESCALATION CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING EACH YEAR. 
          IT REQUESTS AN AMOUNT OF FIVE, $500,000 WILL COVER PERSONAL COSTS FOR OUR CURRENT ACADEMY STAFF TO TEACH AND OVERSEE THE PROGRAM, CONTRACTUAL COSTS FOR ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF VIRTUAL REALITY AND INCIDENT EXPENSES. 
          THE VIRTUAL REALITY EQUIPMENT WILL ADD TO A HIGH LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL INCLUDE TRAINING SCENARIOS IN THESE SUBJECTS. 
          NOW, FOR THE PORTABLE TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE REGION WITH THE SCHEDULING OF THESE CLASSES, IF AWARDED DEPOSIT WILL OPERATE FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 DUE OR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 20, 26, AND WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 28, 24. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL, I'LL ASK THEM AT THIS TIME. 
          MIKE  HAS DONE A GREAT JOB RUNNING THE ACADEMY. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM. 
          DO APPROVAL. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO SECONDED? I DID. 
          MR. CAL. 
          MR. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT, UH, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE, THE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSITION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          JUDGE. 
          THE AREA. 
          JUDGE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS THERE ALSO A SIX TODAY COMMITTEE? UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, THE JUDGES, WE HAVE AN AREA JUDGES MEETING AFTER THIS AND, UH, AFTER THAT THERE IS A COMMITTEE OF SIX MEETING. 
          I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE OF SIX . 
          AND 
          [18. Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at AACOG.]
SO WITH THAT, THE NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST THE 28TH. 
          AND, UH, WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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