[1. Call to Order.] [00:00:11] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, TODAY IS THURSDAY APRIL 23RD, 2026, IT IS NOW 1:00 P.M. I CALLED TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE JOINING US ON LIVE STREAM, THEY ADVISED. PLEASE STAND FOR PRAYER. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HUMBLE HEARTS, GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. LORD PLEASE BLESS ALL THOSE WHO WORK DILIGENTLY OFTEN WITHOUT ANY RECOGNITION TO MAKE FORT BEND SO SPECIAL. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES WHO GIVE THEMSELVES EVERY SINGLE DAY IN HUMILITY, LET US REMEMBER WE ARE SERVANTS FIRST, CALLED TO LISTEN, CARE, AND LEAD WITH GRACE. MAY EVERY DECISION MAKE A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, MERCY, AND THE WELL-BEING OF ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM, GUIDANCE AND PEACE AS WE CARRY OUT THIS WORK AND JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASE BE SEATED. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERY SHORT STATEMENT, GOOD AFTERNOON, TODAY MARKS A NEW CHAPTER OF COMMISSIONERS COURT AND I STAND HERE WITH EXCITEMENT AND A DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT, THE COUNTY CLERK, I WILL COUNTY ATTORNEY, FOR THE DEDICATION OF SERVING THE PEOPLE OF FORT BEND COUNTY. MADE THIS COURT BRING EXPERIENCE, PERSPECTIVE AND A VOICE THAT REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT TOGETHER WE CAN DO GREAT THINGS FOR FORT BEND, AS A COUNTY JUDGE I WILL LEAD WITH HONESTY, I WILL ENSURE OUR ACTIONS ARE OPEN, OF HER PROCESSES ARE CLEAR, AND OUR ACCOUNTABILITY IS UNWAVERING. I WILL LEAD WITH INTEGRITY. THAT MEANS DOING WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT EASY. EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT POPULAR. AND I WILL WORK EVERY DAY TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN TRUST AMONG THIS COURT, TRUST WITH OUR STAFF, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TRUST WITH THE RESIDENTS OF FORT BEND COUNTY. I WILL WORK DILIGENTLY, FAITHFULLY, AND ALWAYS TRY TO EARN YOUR TRUST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] [3. Approve minutes of regular meeting held on April 9, 2026. ] NOW LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. WE WILL PROCEED TO ITEM NUMBER 3, CONSIDER APPROVAL IN THE MEETINGS AS PRESENTED, DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR [4. Public Comments regarding the Agenda and Announcements.] HAND? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ACTION ITEM NUMBER 4, PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE AGENDA AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND ONE PROCLAMATION, WE WILL BEGIN WITH ANNOUNCEMENT. FIRST ONE IS EMERGENCY DEPENDENCE EXPO. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE GREG, GREGG'S HERE, WONDERFUL. FROM THE FORT BEND COUNTY HOMELAND SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE DETAILS REGARDING THE UPCOMING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXPO SCHEDULED FOR MAY NINTH, 2026. GREG, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN PUSH THAT WE ARE HAVING OUR THIRD ANNUAL EXPO FOR NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS, AS WE COME INTO THE SEASON, NOT ONLY TO PREPARED FOR HURRICANES BUT ALSO FIFA. WITH THE FIFA FOR GAMES GOING ON, HURRICANE SEASON COMING UP, FLAG SEASON, WE ARE JUMPING UP [00:05:02] AHEAD, NORMALLY AHEAD OF ONE WE NORMALLY DO THIS. WE HAVE OVER 100 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS COMING DOWN TO BE PRESENTED FOR US, OUT IN THE PUBLIC TO BE READY FOR THE UP AND COMING HURRICANE SEASON. WE HAVE SPONSORS THAT HAVE GENEROUSLY PUSHED FOR US, CCS, PUT MONEY THROUGH OUR SUPP SUPPORTERS, ALSO PRESENTING FOR US AT THE EXPO. IT WILL BE GREAT, COME OUT ON MAY NINTH, 10-2:00, WONDERFUL STUFF FOR THE KIDS HE CAN BRING THE KIDS, BRING THE FAMILY AND BE PREPARED FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON. >> SOUNDS VERY FUN! THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR SHARING INFORMATION, AND THE CONTAINMENT EFFORT KEEPING OUR MAY BE PREPARED AND INFORMED. DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ANY PHOTO? NO? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION, I'VE LOOKED INVITE BOBBY AVERY, COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS, OBSERVED MAY THIRD-MAY NINTH, 2026. BOBBY PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> EMBERS OF THE COURT, A PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CITIZENS IS A PARAMOUNT CONCERN FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, WHEREAS THE RESILIENCE AND PREPAREDNESS FOR ABOUT A COMMUNITY ARE VITAL IN FACING THE CHALLENGES POSED BY HURRICANES AND OTHER NATIONAL DISASTERS, WHEREAS NATIONAL HURRICANE PAIRED "NEWSWEEK" OBSERVED ANNUALLY FROM A THIRD THROUGH NINTH, 2026 SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE READINESS, PLANNING AND COOPERATION IN SAFEGUARDING OUR HOMES, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES, WHEREAS THE FORT BEND COUNTY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN COORDINATING EFFORTS TO PREPARE FOR, RESPOND TO AND RECOVER FROM HURRICANE AND OTHER EMERGENCIES, WHEREAS THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, WHEREAS THROUGH PROACTIVE PLANNING, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES, FORT BEND COUNTY CONTINUES TO ENHANCE ITS READINESS AND ABILITY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS, AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF FORT BEND COUNTY TAXES HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY THIRD THROUGH NINTH, 2026 AS NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE IN SAFEGUARDING OUR COMMUNITY. >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE INVITE FORT BEND COUNTY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FUND FOR A PHOTO WITH THE COURT. -- AT THE FRONT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, OUR ADOPTED RULES. >> SORRY I JUST HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN. SORRY -- NO WORRIES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY, SO GREAT TO HAVE Y'ALL HERE. THANK YOU ABILITY THEY CAME AT OUR EARTH DAY CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, I AM STILL SORE FROM SOME OF THE POSES WE DID OUT THERE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR PARTNERS WHO MADE THAT A GREAT SUCCESS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS HAVING THEIR PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE GARGLING THE ACTION PLAN -- REGARDING -- HOW TO EXPAND MONIES FOR HOUSING AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROJECTS, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICES AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. THEY ARE INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO COME PARTICIPATE AND MAKE [00:10:01] THEIR VOICE HEARD IN THE PROCESS, FOR OUR NEXT ACTION YEAR. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE THIS EVENING AT THE RANCH LIBRARY FROM 6-7:00 P.M., THERE WILL BE MEETING AT THE CIVIC CENTER ON APRIL 27TH 6-7:00 P.M. AND APRIL 30TH, AT THE MISSION BEND RIGHT -- LIBRARY AGAIN FROM 6:57 P.M. PLEASE COME OUT, PARTICULAR THOSE WHO SERVE ON NONPROFIT BOARDS, THAT'S OVER THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A VOICE HEARD ON HOW THAT MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT. THEN ALSO, NOW OUR BRIGHT HORIZONS PARTNERSHIP IS NOW LIVE, THIS IS PROVIDING EMERGENCY CHILD AND DEVELOPMENT -- INDEPENDENT ADULT CARE FOR OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. IF EVER THERE IS AN EMERGENCY AND YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO WATCH YOUR LOVED ONE, OR YOU NEED TO TO TAKE A BREAK, AND NEED SOMEBODY TO WATCH THEM WHILE YOU GO TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL ACTIVITIES, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS COURT DURING THIS LAST BUDGET CYCLE, WE ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO SIGN UP AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. ANOTHER INVESTMENT AND NEVER FAMILIES CAN FORT BEND COUNTY TO LEARN MORE, YOU CAN VISIT HUMAN RESOURCES WEBSITE AND NICOLE I CAN SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT IF SHE IS HERE. SORRY, SHE WOULD YOU SHARE A BRIEF WHERE PEOPLE CAN -- >> HELLO NICOLE? >> GOOD AFTERNOON COURT. AS THE COMMISSIONER JUST SHARED, WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED, THIS PROGRAM LAUNCHED APRIL 15TH, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH BRIGHT HORIZONS WHICH IS A FAMILY SOLUTIONS RESOURCE, TO PROVIDE BOTH FAMILY SUPPORT DESIGNED FOR ONE LIFE ACTUALLY HAPPENS. THEY SPECIALIZE IN EARLY EDUCATION CHILD CARE FOR KINDERGARTEN PREP, CARE FOR CHILD AND IN PRISON CAMP FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN -- IN PERSON -- AND ACTIVITIES ONLINE. YOU CAN FIND THIS INFORMATION ON OUR HUMAN RESOURCES WEB PAGE, THERE IS A LINK THERE THAT WILL NAVIGATE YOU TO WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER, THE FEES ARE EXTREMELY DISCOUNTED FOR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES JOB WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE COURT CHAMPIONING THIS INITIATIVE, IT TOOK US SEVERAL YEARS TO GET HERE BUT WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE EXCITED. AND INVITE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO CHECK OUT THE FAMILY SOLUTIONS RESOURCES, THANK YOU. >> SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUES WITH THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, APPRECIATE THAT. BEFORE WE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENTS WE WILL REVIEW OUR TOPIC PRO PROGRAM, THE SESSION FROM THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RULES AND PROCEDURES, CONDUCT AND QUORUM. >> YES JUDGE. RULES OF PROCEDURE, CONDO DONE TO QUORUM, AT MEETINGS AT COMMISSIONERS COURT, SECTION FOUR, FORT BEND COUNTY BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY THE MEMBERS OF FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT AND BY THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY STAFF, ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, CONSULTANTS, EXPERTS AND/OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, REQUESTED TO BE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATE. WHILE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND ALL MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT EXCEPT EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, TO THE PUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION THAT THEY ARE IN IS LIMITED TO THAT OF THE SERVERS UNLESS THE MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE OR ISSUES. OR UNLESS THE MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMPLETE A PUBLIC AT PARTICIPATION FORM ON AN AGENDA ITEM AND SUBMITS THIS TO THE COUNTY CLERK PRIOR TO THE TIME OF COURT CONVENING. JAY, YOU JMA BRAVO THE PUBLIC WHO APPEARS TO BE AFFORDED THE COMMISSION RECORD MAY BE LIMITED TO MAXIMUM OF 3 MINUTES TO MAKE HIS OR HER REMARKS, TIME FOR EACH SPEAKER SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY CLERK OR SUCH OTHER PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. B, MAXIMUM DISCUSSION ON ANY AGENDA REGARDLESS OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SHALL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. IN THE EVENT WAR THEN SIX MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON A PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM OR ITEMS, NO MORE THAN SIX MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK, AND THAT NUMBER SHALL BE DIVIDED EQUALLY [00:15:05] BETWEEN THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK FOR THE AGENDA ITEM OR ITEMS. AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST THE AGENDA ITEM OR ITEMS, WITH SPEAKERS SELECTED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED BY THE COURT. C, IN MATTERS OF EXCEPTIONAL INTEREST TO THE COURT, THE COURT MAY BY THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING, SHORTEN OR LENGTHEN THE TIME ALLOCATED FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND/OR THE AMOUNT OF TIME ALLOCATED FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS AND/OR A SPECIFIED AGENDA ITEM. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? >> WE DO. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 14 PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS, BASED ON THAT SECTION THAT WE JUST READ FOR YOU, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT PARTICIPANTS FOR ONE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, AND THE REST ARE A FEW FOR EACH OF THE 1-4 REMAINING ITEMS THEY ARE SPEAKING. I CAN PROCEED IN THE ORDER WE RECEIVE THEM WITH YOUR PERMISSION, OR YOU CAN LET ME KNOW OTHERWISE AT THIS MOMENT. >> PLEASE PROCEED. >> OKAY. THE FIRST ONE, PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGNED UP IS VICKI, SHE HAS SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM 7A. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. HELLO AGAIN ZHOU MY NAME IS VICKI, RESIDENT OF UNINCORPORATED WOODBINE COUNTY FROM 1957-1961 AND 1991 THROUGH THE PRESENT. AND NOBODY IN PARTICULAR EXCEPT THE PERSON WHO OBJECTS TO THINGS I CONSIDER WRONG, FRANKLY I'M GETTING READY SICK OF FEELING I HAVE TO DO THIS. I AM AWARE THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE YET HERE I AM. THE APPOINTING OF 11 I GUESS COUNTY JUDGES WRONG ON SOME LEVELS I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN, -- DANIEL WONG -- IF MR. DANIEL WONG WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION AND INTEGRITY, HE WOULD TURN DOWN THIS APPOINTMENT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW, AND INCUMBENCY IS USUALLY A BIG ADVANTAGE IN AN ELECTION. THIS APPOINTMENT MAKES MR. WONG A CANDIDATE FOR THIS OFFICE, THE INCUMBENT WITHOUT HIS EVER BEEN ELECTED. THAT ALONE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS APPOINTMENT. IF MR. WONG DOES NOT SEE THAT, OR DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT, OR DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THAT, I CONSIDER THAT DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE OFFICE EITHER APPOINTED OR ELECTED. THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM, IS MR. WONG APPOINTED TO REPLACE A DEMOCRAT. I KNOW THAT HE WAS ELECTED TWICE, UNFORTUNATELY IN MY OPINION, AS A DEMOCRAT. THE LAST ELECTION FOR THIS POSITION WAS WON BY A DEMOCRAT, NOT A VERY GOOD ONE BUT A DEMOCRAT. KP GEORGE WAS NEVER ELECTED AS A REPUBLICAN. TO COMPOUND THIS OUTRAGE, YES THAT IS HOW I VIEW IT, WE HAVE WHAT IS USED IN PUBLIC MEETING POLITELY CALLED UNUSUAL APPOINTMENTS. I WILL SAY. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 22 HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, APPARENTLY YOU EITHER DON'T REALIZE WHAT BAND COUNTIES NOT 100% REPUBLICAN OR YOU DON'T CARE. MY MONEY IS YOU DON'T CARE. IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT IF FORT BEND COUNTIES ON 1% REPUBLICAN, IN RECENT ELECTIONS YOU RECEIVED 27,592 VOTES AS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THIS OFFICE. MHMM. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE RECEIVED 209,000 VOTES FOR JOB 50,020 VOTES WERE CAST IN THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY JUDGE RAISE, MHMM VISUAL 72,736 VOTES WERE CY JUDGE RAISE. AND YET SITTING IN HIS CHAIR YOU SHOULD NOT BE SITTING IN. IT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE APPOINTMENT. THIS HAS BEEN AN OPINION FROM AN [00:20:01] ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS NOBODY IN PARTICULAR. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN ON AGENDA ITEM TEN. >> THERE WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME, MY NAME IS JOHN, I AM A RESIDENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, I'M A CATHOLIC, FATHER AND HUSBAND. A LOOK TO BEGIN BY SAYING SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT EXPECT, EP GEORGE DESERVE TO BE REMOVED, HE WAS CONVICTED OF FELONY MONEY LAUNDERING AND RESIDENTS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY BUT THAT IS DECISIVE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT ENDS, ORREGAARD ABLE TENTH WAS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY IT WAS A SUBSTITUTION OF ONE FAILURE FOR ANOTHER. THE SECOND FAILURE IS MORE INSIDIOUS BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE OF PROCEDURE. A VISITING JUDGE APPOINTED FROM OUTSIDE IS COUNTY USING DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL INSTALLED WITHOUT A SINGLE VOTE CAST, REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR THAT VERY SEAT. THE APPOINTEES FIRST ACTION OFFICE WAS TO PLACE THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE AS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF. NO ELECTION, NO PUBLIC PROCESS, ZERO CONSENT. IT IS WORTH KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT VISITING JUDGE, JEFF JONES WAS REMOVED FROM THE SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL CAPITAL MURDER CASE IN 2023 AFTER DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ESTABLISHED HIS FORMAL LAW PARTNER DISCUSSED REPRESENTING HIM, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST JONES REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE VOLUNTARILY. AN ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE HAD TO FORMALLY DISQUALIFY HIM AND EVERY RULING HE HAD WAS AVOIDED. THAT SAME JUDGE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO FORT BEND COUNTY MOST SENSITIVE CIVIL PROCEEDINGS WHICH HE AGAIN DECLINED TO EXPLAIN HIS REASONING TO THE PRESS. THAT OUTCOME REQUIRED CHOICES, SPECIFIC CHOICES MADE BY SPECIFIC PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIC DESIRED RESULTS. TWO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES NOW HOLD PAID COUNTY POSITIONS NO FORT BEND VOTER AUTHORIZED. I THINK THAT TIMING WAS INCIDENTAL. -- NOT INCIDENTAL. THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH EVERY DEMOCRATIC LAWYER DEPENDS WAS NOT OVERTURNED BY FOURS OF FRAUD, IT WAS BYPASSED BY THE MECHANISM TECHNICALLY PERMITTED AND POLITICALLY ENGINEERED. THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE THINGS IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A DEMOCRACY AND I MANAGED ONE. THE FOUNDERS HAVE A PHRASE FOR THE PRINCIPAL BEING VIOLATED HERE, THEY CALLED IT INCENTIVE GOVERNMENT, IT IS NOT A PARTISAN IDEA, IT IS THE OPERATING PREMISE OF OUR GRAND REPUBLIC. FORT BEND COUNTY IS A MAJORITY NONWHITE, IT IS ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC THE SIGNIFICANT. [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN MOVING AWAY FROM ONE PARTY RULE FOR A DECADE AND EVERYBODY IN AUSTIN CAN WAIT A DEMOGRAPHIC MAP. WHAT IS UNFOLDING AS ON THE COURTHOUSE DECIDING A CIVIL MATTER, IT IS AN APPARATUS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION BEFORE THE ELECTORATE CAN WEIGH IN. NO PROCEDURAL MECHANISM. HOWEVER SOPHISTICATED, HOWEVER WELL DRESSED IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FREE AND FAIR VOTE, AND THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA ALSO ON LETTER -- 7A. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE WONG AFTERNOON, CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE IS THE PROCESS. THE POWER OF PEOPLE WAS TAKEN AWAY IN THIS PROCESS. THE PRESIDING JUDGE MADE THE DECISION, NOT THE COURT. HE COLLABORATED WITH SOMEBODY ON THAT. AND AS JUDGE WONG AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, THAT POSES A PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT. AS SUSPECTED, OUR REPUBLICAN WOULD BE SERVING AS INTERIM JUDGE BUT NOT ONE ON THE BALLOT. ONCE AGAIN, THE PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE A VOICE AND NOT. I SUSPECT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE COLLABORATED, AND I TAKE ISSUE WITH LACK OF COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICT TEAM. [00:25:02] I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THREE OF THOSE PROCESSES, WHAT WE HAVE NOT IS A HOT MESS IN THE SKILL. [INAUDIBLE] A CONFLICT OF INTEREST I SUSPECT, YOU HAVE BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY OF FORT BEND SIR, POSSIBLY YOUR SUBSIDIARIES. AS YOU SAID AS COUNTY JUDGE, AND YOU HAVE CONTACTS WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THAT IS SOMETHING I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. ONCE AGAIN ASSERT, CONGRATULATIONS, AND IS GREAT TO MEET YOU. IF I DID NOT SAY TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS, GOOD AFTERNOON? THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS VANESSA ALSO ON 7A. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. DANIEL WONG, WONG IS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THUS FAR, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. I AM BESIDE MYSELF. HOW CAN SOMEBODY BE REPLACED? I HAVE BEEN HEARING THINGS, I'M NOT UP-TO-DATE ON A LOT OF THINGS BUT I HEARD HE VOTER ON SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE HERE INSTEAD OF SYMBIOSIS WAS ALREADY ON THE BALLOT. I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT, CORRECT ME IF THAT IS THE CASE. THE OTHER THING IS, HOW CAN YOU PRAY AS A CHRISTIAN, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE A MAN OF CHARACTER WHEN HE KNOW WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG? YOU DID THOSE. THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY. THAT IS NOT THE PROTOCOL. YOU SHOULD HAVE TURNED THIS DOWN. HAD SOMEBODY ELSE GOING A PLACE. AS A CHRISTIAN, AS A MAN OF CHARACTER, YOU SAY YOU HAVE CHARACTER, CHARACTER IS WHAT YOU DO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. APPARENTLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS YOU'RE NOT DOING IT WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND I'M VERY UPSET THAT HE WOULD ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE PUSHED INTO THIS POSITION. THIS IS WRONG. AS A REPUBLICAN, AS A DEMOCRAT OR INDEPENDENT, I HAVE VOTED FOR ALL. I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. HE DID NOT GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. RIGHT NOW I KNOW JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE I AM AGAINST YOU, I WILL CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOU BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. I COULD HAVE BEEN ON YOUR SIDE WHAT YOU ALLOWED THEM TO BUTCHER IN THERE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO THAT? MAN OF CHARACTER, A MAN OF GOD? THE CHRISTIAN? THAT IS JUST WRONG. I AM VERY UPSET. THAT IS IT? THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ON AGENDA ITEM 7A AND 37A. >> HELLO MR. WONG. >> CAN YOU SPEAK UP? I CANNOT HEAR YOU VERY WELL. >> HELLO? OKAY. I AM A RESIDENT IN TEXAS, THE CORRUPTION CABAL IS COMPLETE. OF A PUBLIC AND STATES, DESPITE FORT BEND COUNTY HAVING TWICE ELECTED DEMOCRATIC COUNTY JUDGE BY WIDE MARGINS. YOU CAN GERRYMANDER, LIKE, DECEIVE AND ILLEGALLY TRIED TO STOP THE VOICES OF VOTERS, BUT YOU WILL FAIL. YOU SPEAK ABOUT INTEGRITY AND TRUST, I'M ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH YOUR RECORD ON SUGARLAND CITY COUNCIL THEY DROVE I SAT ON THE CITIZENS ETHICS TASK FORCE WHICH WAS CHARGED WITH REVISING ITS ETHICS CODE BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT UNETHICAL CONDUCT BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE WILL BE KEEPING OUR EYES ON YOU SINCE WE ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THREE ENGINEERING COMPANIES. AGENDA ITEM 37B SHOWS VOTING ON ENGINEERED CONTRACTS OCCURRING TODAY, HAVE YOU HAD ETHICS TRAINING, WILL YOU BE DISCLOSING AND REFUSING YOURSELF? YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RELY ON HOUSE STATUS, WE KNOW HE WILL BE DESPERATE. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED ABOUT PULLING UP THE LADDER BEHIND YOU, JUST KNOW THAT WE KNOW. MY CORRUPTION CONCERNS ALSO RELATE TO JP PRINCE INKED THREE, SUNGJAE IM REFERS HAS BEEN [00:30:01] HEARING CASES HAS NOT BEEN HEARING CASES AND DESPITE OF THE JUSTICE AND POSSIBLE STAFF GETTING PAID. HOW ARE YOU THE TAXPAYERS BEST FRIEND COMMISSIONER ANDY MEYERS? THE PREVIOUS COURTROOM WAS PVC USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSES, WIRE TAXPAYERS PRIORITIES AND ACCESSING THE CORDS NOT CONSIDERED? HOW ABOUT NO MORE RACES TRAVEL GAGE AND QUESTIONING A JUDGE DOING NOTHING AND GETTING PAID $50,000 THUS FAR? IS THE OTHER COURTS GETTING EXTRA RESOURCES TO COMPENSATE OR ARE THEY BEING WORKED TO DEATH WHILE THE APPOINTED JUDGE GETS PAID VACATION? STOP THE CORRUPTION CABAL, SAY NO TO NABO MALES, WONG IS WRONG FOR FORT BEND COUNTY. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING, NEXT. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA ON 7A. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY HELLO. I AM A SUGARLAND RESIDENT, FORT BEND COUNTY RESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MAKE COMMENTS. TODAY WE ARE HERE BECAUSE I AM OPPOSED TO 7A, MR. WONG I AM OPPOSED TO BEING INDUCTED INTO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, WHAT IS HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS A MOCKERY OF OUR DEMOCRACY, IT IS A RIG SYSTEM BY A HYPER PARTISAN COUNTY JUDGE WHO DECIDED TO INSTALL A CURRENT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY JUDGE AND ROOM TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, HAS ALSO INSTALLED THE REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN OF FORT BEND REPUBLICAN PARTY AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND CONTINUES THE INSULT TO INJURY, HAS ADDED AS CHIEF OF STAFF, TREVOR NIELS RUNNING FOR HIS BROTHER'S SEAT, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 22. SO OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE NOW GOING TO BE PAID FOR A HYPER PARTISAN, MAGA TAKEOVER OF OUR FORT BEND COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THIS IS HAPPENING WITHOUT ONE SINGLE VOTE BEING CAST. THIS IS UNETHICAL. YOU STARTED COMMISSIONERS COURT TODAY WITH A PRAYER, YOU TALKED ABOUT HUMILITY, YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, YOU TALKED ABOUT MAINTAINING TRUST, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT JUSTICE. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN THIS SITUATION? THERE IS NO JUST AS. THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRUST, YOU HAVE NOT EARNED OUR TRUST, AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT IS, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER BROUGHT UP, YOU HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM AND OTHER ENGINEERING FROM ASSOCIATIONS WHICH CREATES A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WITH SO MANY ENGINEERED CONTRACTS AND OTHER BUSINESS CONTRACTS COMING BEFORE OUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. THESE ARE OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THESE ARE BEING SPENT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE BEING TOLD WE CANNOT HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT TO AIR MONITORS BECAUSE HE CANNOT BE AFFORDED, WE ARE TOLD IN PLACE FOR THE COUNTY CANNOT BE PAID FAIR WAGES BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE AFFORDED, HERE WE WILL BE PAYING KEEP YOU GEORGE AND ANOTHER 50 OR WHATEVER THOUSANDS, WHAT HE STAYS ON THE TAXPAYER ROLE, NOW WE ARE PAYING FOR G.O.P. MAGA CANDIDATES TO LEAD OUR COUNTY WITHOUT A SINGLE VOTE. THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF TRUST, THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF JUSTICE AND IN THE SENSE OF HUMILITY, I AM SHOCKED TO LEARN OF THIS APPOINTMENT. THIS IS COMING DOWN FROM THE MAGA GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL. CONSPIRING TO TAKE OVER OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT. [INAUDIBLE] THIS MAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS. [INAUDIBLE] DO THE RIGHT THING. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KEN MATTHEWS ON 6A. >> GOOD EVENING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, LAMENT -- I'M KEN MATTHEWS RESIDENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY. I AM HERE TO SPEAK LARGELY ABOUT EXPENSES. I BELIEVE THAT EACH OF YOU CAN PROBABLY REMEMBER WHY YOU RAN FOR OFFICE THE FIRST TIME, I AM PRETTY SURE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT YOU SAW THINGS NOT GOING THE WAY THAT YOU WANTED THEM TO GO, AND YOUR MONEY NOT BEING SPENT THE WAY YOU THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE SPENT. [00:35:03] IF YOU DON'T SEE IT NOW, THAT IS HOW THE CITIZENS OF FORT BEND COUNTY FEEL RIGHT NOW. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR ANYONE, AND WE HAVE AN UNBALANCED BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU APPROVE WHAT COULD BE CONCEIVED AS LUXURY TRAVEL, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO DO THINGS WE NEED TO DO, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION IN THE COURT MEETING TO DISCUSS WHILE YOU THINK YOU SHOULD APPROVE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST DECIDED BEFORE YOU CAME INTO THE MEETING. I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO RETHINK THAT. LET'S BRING BACK SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. LET THEM HEAR HOW EACH OF YOU FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN ITEMS. ESPECIALLY IN SPENDING. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, WHILE THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DOES NOT HAVE ANY HARD NUMBERS TIED DIRECTLY TO WHICH PEOPLE GET TO GO ON COMPANY PAID CONVENTIONS, THEY DO HAVE SOME LOOSE NUMBERS THAT THEY CALCULATE. IF YOU INCLUDE TEACHERS, WHO MOST OF THEIR IN-SERVICE TRAINING IS DONE LOCALLY, IT AVERAGES ABOUT 82-85% OF PEOPLE DON'T GET TO GO -- IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE TEACHERS, 82-85% PEOPLE DON'T GET TO GO TO COMPANY PAID TRADING. IF YOU DO GOOD TEACHERS IT DROPS DOWN TO ABOUT 73%. -- IF YOU DO INCLUDE. THAT IS 73% OF THE CITIZENS YOU REPRESENT, NOT ONLY NOT THIS YEAR, BUT WILL NEVER EVER INTO THEIR ENTIRE CAREER GO ON A COMPANY PAID CONVENTION. DON'T OF THE CITIZENS DESERVE THE SAME LEVEL OF BENEFITS WE ARE GIVING OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES? YES, I THINK THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES EARN THEIR MONEY AND BENEFITS. BUT THE PEOPLE PAY THE BILLS DESERVE THE SAME, DON'T YOU THINK? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANTONIO ON 7K AND 9A. -- 7K. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNTY JUDGE WONG. EMMA RESIDENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, MY NAME IS ANTHONY, I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NONPARTISAN UNION, I'M SAYING NOT OUT OF PERSONAL ANIMOSITY BUT OUT OF DEEP-SEATED CONCERN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT GOVERNS THIS COUNTY. BE FIND OURSELVES IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT, WITH A SUSPENSION OF THE PREVIOUS COUNTY JUDGE WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS, THE DECISION TO APPOINT A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AS THE INTERIM COUNTY JUDGE BY AN ACTIVIST, IS NOT THE SOLUTION OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. IT IS A CIRCUMVENTION OF THE VOTERS RIGHT TO CHOOSE. LET US BE CLEAR, DESPITE THE GRATUITOUS PRESS AND LEARNING OF THE INSTALLATION, OUR COUNTY JUDGES NOT A PRIVATE CITIZEN TAPPING INTO HELP, HE IS AN ACTIVIST -- ACTIVE CANDIDATE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. A REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN THE SEA BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION, THE COURT HAS EFFECTIVELY PUT ITS THUMB ON THE SCALE, WITH A YEARLONG EFFORT TO TAKE OVER THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, LAST MAY YOU REMEMBER, BROUGHT SELFISHNESS AND POWER LAUNDERING AND WASHINGTON TO A GREAT CO COUNTY. THIS IS WHAT THE OPTICS LOOK LIKE. I WOULD GREATEST DIVIDE IS NOT POLITICS IT IS ETHICS, IT IS OF INTEREST IN THE DESPERATE NEED OF A FEW TO HOLD ONTO POWER, CONTINUE THIS TREND IN THE FACE OF CHANGE IN FORT BEND. THE APPOINTMENT GRANTS THE COUNTY JUDGE THE POSITION WITHOUT A SINGLE VOTE FOR THIS OFFICE, ALLOWS HIM TO KEEP PROSPERING AS A DIRECTOR OF HUMANS RESOURCES, TO CAMPAIGN FROM THE BENCH. THIS CREATES AN INHERENTLY UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR THE OPPONENT AND SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS AT THE OUTCOME OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION IS DECIDED BY VISITING JUDGE THEN THE PEOPLE. THE QUESTION IS NOT JUST OPTICS. WANT TO REMIND CITIZENS NOT ONLY IS OUR COUNTY JUDGE INSTALLED, BUT ALSO. [INAUDIBLE] CHIEF OF STAFF, THE MOST RECENT CHAIRMAN INSTALLED AS DOCTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. IRONIC. [INAUDIBLE] FURTHERMORE, FORT BEND IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE NATION, 186,000 DEMOCRATS CAST THEIR VOTE IN THE GENERAL, [00:40:11] ADDITIONALLY THE COUNTY SIX PRIMARY JASMINE CROCKETT, 85% DEMOCRATS VOTED RESISTANT TO 5000 FOR THE SENATE. [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS WHY I STAND AGAIN 7K -- 7A. >> THE TIME IS UP. >> I HOPE YOU TAKE THE HIGH ROAD CERTAIN. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DAMON O'NEILL ON AGENDA ITEM 6A. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS DAMON O'NEILL. I AM SPEAKING AGAINST AGENDA ITEM SIX A. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL. THEY HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITIES I BELIEVE YOU'RE OFF TO A GREAT START. I WILL NOT INSULT EVERYONE, THAT DOES NOTHING. THAT JUST LEADS TO CONFLICT. PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES NOT SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER. I WOULD LOOK TO REACH OUT TO YOU EQUALLY. OKAY, 6A. I AM HERE TO SAY THAT BEING A TAXPAYER, THE COUNTY SHOULD BE SPENDING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS, AND SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO. I BELIEVE IN BALANCING THE GROWTH OF OUR COUNTY AND WHEN NECESSARY SLOW IT DOWN IN FAVOR OF PAYING DOWN OUR DEBT WHICH IS MORE THAN $2 BILLION. THOMAS JEFFERSON FAMOUSLY WARNED PUBLIC DEBT IS A BIGGER THREAT JAMAICAN LIBERTIES THAN STANDING ARMIES. ANY MONEY WE CAN MAKE OR RECEIVE FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE USED TO PAY DOWN THIS DEBT. PLAYS COMPROMISED AND IF YOU CAN, VISIT GOVERNOR AUSTIN TO REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAXES. DON'T BE LIKE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL, WITH A TUG-OF-WAR WITH THE GOVERNOR OVER $140 MILLION. HIM OVER I.C.E. ORBIT ENDS. I ALSO HOPE THAT COUNTY MONEY WILL LET THE SHERIFF AND CONSTABLES, WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE SAFETY AND. [INAUDIBLE] THE PEOPLE TAXPAYER MONEY. I'M ALREADY WARY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS USING TAXPAYER MONEY, A CONGRESSWOMAN A CONGRESSWOMAN WAS RESIGNED AFTER SHE STOLE MILLIONS IN FLORIDA, THERE IS ENOUGH DIVISION AND SOCIETY, COME TOGETHER AND WORK ON ISSUES YOU AGREE WITH AND COPPER MINES ON ISSUES YOU DISAGREE WITH. LET'S MAKE THIS COUNTY WORK WITHOUT BRINGING ANY MORE UNNECESSARY ATTENTION. FOR MILLENNIALS LIKE MYSELF AND GEN Z, HOME AFFORDABILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY AN END REPAIRING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE PRIORITIES. -- AND REPAIR -- LET'S USE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THAT. YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL ENGINEERING THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE LATTER ISSUE IS YOUR EXPERTISE. THE COUNTY DEBT AND PROPERTY TAXES ARE TOO HIGH AND MUST DECREASE. I HOPE WE CAN AGREE ON THOSE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VISUAL. >> WE DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE NOISE, I.T. WILL HAVE TO JUST RESTART REALLY QUICK, SHOULD NOT TAKE MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES. IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO RECESS FOR 5 MINUTES? 3 MINUTES? >> OKAY. RECESS FOR >> ARRAY LET'S RESUME OUR MEETING, SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY. ITEM NUMBER 5, PUBLIC HEARINGS, LET'S CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS -- >> SORRY, WE STILL HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS LEFT. >> I'M SO SORRY. LET'S PROCEED? THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SALLY ON 7A. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SALLY FROM SUGARLAND. FORT BEND RESIDENT SINCE 2015. IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL MR. WONG BUT I AM AGAINST YOUR APPOINTMENT. FOR MANY REASONS. IT IS PAST THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. [00:45:01] BYPASSING THE BALLOT BOX WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE, MAKING MATTERS WORSE. [INAUDIBLE] ONE OF MY BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH THIS. YOU ARE YOU HAD THAT TITLE NEXT TO HIM, THE COUNTY JUDGE. HIM IT'S NOT FAIR. A DOES NOT SEEM -- [INAUDIBLE] REPUBLICANS NO. [INAUDIBLE] BACKROOM DEALS WITH POLITICIANS. WITH REDISTRICTING, PASS CLAUSE IN AUSTIN, THEY DATED WITHOUT ELECTIONS -- THIS IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE POWER GRAB. AND AS A FORT BEND COUNTY RESIDENT I AM CONCERNED AND NOT APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. WHILE IT MAY BE LEGAL, IT REEKS OF SOMETHING, POSSIBLE BACKROOM DEALS. SO I HOPE YOU WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT, HE SAID EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT A POPULAR, THE RIGHT THING WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT AS THE CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT. LET THE ELECTION PROCESS PLAY OUT. AND YOU CAN STILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT, AND MAY BE HARDER NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCEPTED IT BUT THE RIGHT THING IS NOT TO BE IN HIS POSITION AS A CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT AND FINAL SPEAKER IS JAME EDWARDS ON 5B. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I COME AS A 30-YEAR RESIDENT OF BREYER GATE. AND I AM PART OF FORT BEND HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOOD 41, INCLUDING BENCHMARK, RIDGEMONT AND OTHERS. AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL ABANDONED BY THIS COUNTY. AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW WE FEEL. BECAUSE THIS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ALL AROUND US, WE HAVE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON? NO ONE HAS BEEN WILLING TO MEET WITH US FROM THE COUNTY'S OFFICE TO GIVE EXPLANATION. SO I COME TO THIS COMMISSION ASKING THAT HE MAKE A COMP COMPULSORY, THAT COMMISSIONERS VISIT COMMUNITIES AT LEAST QUARTERLY. WE HAVE OLDER CITIZENS, DON'T REFER THEM TO WEBSITES, COME OUT AND MEET WITH THEM. I WENT TO A COMMUNITY MEETING IN FRESNO, THEY GOT BROCHURES, THEY HAD ANIMATIONS AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY WERE TOLD ALWAYS STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. HE WANTS THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT OKAY FOR ANYBODY TO BE DISRESPECTED, I WILL NOT ALLOW OUR COMMISSIONER TO BE DISRESPECTED. IF WE COME, WE COME WITH PURPOSEFUL QUESTIONS TO PROACTIVELY DEVELOP A STRATEGY ON HOW TO APPROACH THE CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE ONE LAST MEETING, I AM REACHING OUT ABOUT, IT IS ON MAY 14TH THURSDAY AT 7:00 P.M. I WILL ASK THAT WE HAVE ATTENDANCE THERE, AND THAT WE GET ANSWERS AND GET STRATEGY AND A PROACTIVE APPROACH ALL OF THE WAREHOUSING AROUND OUR AREA. WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU FOR COMING. IS AT ALL? [5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1:00 p.m.: Conduct Public Hearings and take all appropriate action on the following matters:] >> YES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 5 PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARINGS, ALL APPROPRIATE SECTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AS PUBLISHED AND PRESENTED. ARE NOW MOVING TO PUBLIC HEARING SEGMENT FOR AGENDA ITEMS 5A, SUBSECTIONS K THROUGH M AND 5B, AS PROPERLY DESCRIBED ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON [00:50:03] THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY? MAY I ASK AGAIN, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TODAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC H HEARING? HEARING THEN I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. ENGINEERING TO NOW, IS IT ANY MOTION ON AGENDA ITEMS 5A SUBSECTION A AND 5B CUT ANY MOTION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. [ CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS: (6-24) ] NOW AT PRESENT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM -- >> YOU'RE ON HER CAN BE PULLED 6G,. >> FIRST OF ALL I HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF ITEM NUMBER 11, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE, NUMBER 11 HAS BEEN PULLED. 6G HAS BEEN PULLED. >> I AM ASKING TO BRING IT TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. >> OKAY. >> IT IS BEING TABLED ALTOGETHER? >> YES, SIR,. >> I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE. 6-24, SECTION 11, WE ARE PULLING 6G. >> NE SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. [G. Medical Examiner: Approve out-of-state travel for seven (7) employees to Las Vegas, Nevada, July 18, 2026, through July 24, 2026, to attend the Annual 2026 International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners Conference. (Fund: Travel)] LET'S GO TO -- >> EXCUSE ME 6G? >> LET'S DO THAT. >> OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER HERE. >> MEDICAL EXAMINER? >> AGENDA ITEM 6G, I DID SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF HIS STAFF TAKING THIS PARTICULAR CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS, HE GAVE ME A LONGER EXPLANATION, I WON'T TRY TO GIVE IT TO YOU, I PREFER HE EXPLAIN IT SO WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS. CAN WE DO FOR THIS FOR THE NEXT COURT SESSION? -- DEFER. >> ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTION? COMMENTS? >> IT'S NOT HERE. SECOND. >> MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. >> SECOND. >> YOU CAN JUST TABLE IT. >> I CAN JUST TABLE IT? IF SOMEBODY SAY TABLE THIS ITEM I CAN TABLE IT? >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION. >> CAN WE MAKE SURE THE GOOD DOCTORS HERE NEXT TIME SO HE CAN EXPLAIN THIS? >> WE MAY WANT TO PUSH THIS LATER IN THE AGENDA AND GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GET OVER HERE TODAY? I KNOW IF HE HAS A DEADLINE. >> WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL? NEXT MEETING? >> NO -- AND EXPEND THIS ITEM? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE THIS ITEM LATER. THAT IS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF IT IS OKAY -- COMMISSIONER? [25. COUNTY JUDGE: ] OKAY. SO WE PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, LET'S NOW MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION AGENDA ITEM AFTER SECTION THREE OF THE AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25 PRESENTED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE OFFICE, FOR DISCUSSION, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 42. A WORKSHOP LATER IN THE MEETING. [26. AUDITOR:] NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26A AND B, PRESENTED BY THE AUDITOR. >> MOVING 26A AND B AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. [00:55:03] NOW LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 26B. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 26B AS PRESENTED? >> IT WAS 26A AND B. >> I AM SORRY. >> I WILL BE CLEAR NEXT TIME JUDGE I'M SORRY. >> LET'S DO IT ONE AT A TIME YOU DROVE APPRECIATE THAT. >> WON A TIME WE WILL BE HERE LONG TIME. WONDERFUL. [27. ENGINEERING:] DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION ITEM 27? AS PRESENTED? A THROUGH B? -- P? >> ALL RIGHT. >> ANY SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ALONG, AGENDA ITEM 29, PRESENTED BY THE FAIRGROUNDS -- >> 28. [28. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT & PLANNING:] >> AND THAT WE DID -- 28A AND B, SORRY. >> APPROVAL OF 20A AND B. >> SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR [29. FAIRGROUNDS:] HAND? APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. TWENTY-NINE, PRESENTED BY THE FAIRGROUNDS. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 29 AS PRESENTED? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR [30. FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY: The Board of Directors of the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority reviewed the following items at their regular board meeting held on February 16, 2026, and makes the following recommendations to Commissioners Court:] HAND. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 30 PRESENTED BY THE FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY. >> MOVED AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR [31. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION:] HAND. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE GO TO AGENDA ITEM 31, A THROUGH E, PRESENTED BY THE GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. >> AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? >> SUMMARY FROM LIBRARY HERE? >> ANYBODY FROM LIBRARY? >> THIS IS REGARDING C, JUST WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS SUMMER AT THE LIBRARY GRANT PROGRAM PARTICIPATING IN, OF NOT THEY CAN BRING THAT UP LATER. >> TO BE HAVE ANY INFORMATION? >> THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT HELP THEM TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER, AND THEY GET AN ASSOCIATE ACTUAL WORK IN THE LIBRARY THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM. REALLY GREAT WORK IN OUR LIBRARY TEAM FOR SECURING SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS WILL ALSO GETTING QUALITY PROGRAMMING TO CHILDREN. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DEXTER MCCOY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. [32. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES:] MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE GO TO AGENDA ITEM 32 JAY THROUGH C PRESENTED BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. >> APPROVED ITEMS AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR [33. HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:] HAND? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 33 PRESENTED BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. MEMBERS OF THE COURT HAVE BEEN INFORMED THERE ARE CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA ITEM 33. THERE IS NO VARIANCE -- NO REQUEST FOR VARIANCE. THE ACTION BEFORE THE COURT IS TO ALLOW THE IDENTITY -- IDENTIFY EMPLOYEES TO TAKE HOME COUNTY VEHICLE. >> MOVED ITEM 33 AS AMENDED. >> ANY SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. [34. HUMAN RESOURCES:] MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. AGENDA ITEM 34, PRESENTED BY HUMAN RESOURCES. >> MOVE READY FOR AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> IS HUMAN RESOURCES HERE? >> SORRY THESE ARE USUALLY [01:00:02] IDENTIFIED A BIT MORE CLEARLY, WHAT IS THIS REGARDING? >> I WILL DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE BUDGET OFFICER FOR EXPLANATION. THIS IS NOT AN ITEM THAT HUMAN RESOURCES PUT ON THE AGENDA, ARE DEFER TO THE BUDGET OFFICER. >> THIS ITEM IS TO TRANSFER $40,000, 52,200 -- 52,520 FROM THE NONDEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY TO PAY FOR A SALARY. >> THAT IS COMING FROM NONDEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY? THIS IS SOMETHING WE STATUTORILY HAVE TO DO? FROM THE NONDEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY? I AM SAYING -- NO, FROM NONDEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY THIS IS USUALLY FOR EMERGENCIES, THESE FUNDS. YEAH. >> PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. >> FIRST OF ALL. [INAUDIBLE] >> THE ORDER -- DID NOT DECLARE OR SAY WITH OR WITHOUT PAY. SINCE THAT ORDER IS UNCLEAR, WE ARE DEFERRING TO PAY OUR SUSPENSION WITH PAY, UNLESS OR UNTIL THERE IS AN ORDER STATING WITHOUT PAY. AND THE FUNDING SOURCE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE. [INAUDIBLE] >> SO THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR NONDEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY IS USUALLY FOR AN ITEM THAT HAS NOT -- THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT BUDGETED. >> THERE'S NO LINE ITEM ALREADY AVAILABLE WITHIN AN EXISTING BUDGET TO DO THIS? >> THERE IS NOT. >> I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE VOTING TO PAY FOR TWO SALARIES AT THE SAME POSITION AT THE SAME TIME. EVERYBODY ELSE CAN DO WHAT THEY THINK BUT THAT IS MY POSITION. >> LEGAL COUNCIL PART OF THE OPINION, WE DON'T -- >> I CAN USE MY VOTE HOWEVER I CHOOSE. NO CONTROVERSY. I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS ITEM. >> OKAY. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OUTPOST? MOTION PASSES 4-1. [35. MEDICAL EXAMINER:] LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM 35A AND B PRESENTED BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM 35 JAY AND B? >> MOVED FOR APPROVAL OF 35 JAY AND B AS PRESENTED. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND, AT ANY DISCUSSION? >> WERE YOU ABLE TO REACH HIM? >> HE WILL BE HERE IN 20 M 20 MINUTES. THIS ITEM MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND, I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND, ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [36. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:] I AGENDA ITEM 36, LETTER A AND B PRESENTED BY PUBLIC TRANSFER MAKE -- TRANSPORTATION. >> MOVED AS PRESENTED. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR [37. PURCHASING:] HAND? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 37, 8 MAX RUDE Q PRESENTED BY PURCHASING, DO I HAVE THE MOTION? >> AS PRESENTED. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [38. SHERIFF'S OFFICE:] LET'S GO TO ITEM 39 -- >> 38. >> HARD TO READ THROUGH ALL THESE PAGES. >> SORRY ON THE LAST ONE ON 37, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, ITEM P IS MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AT 99 AND 98, FOLKS WERE CALLED WHEN THE HARVEY INTERSECTION FLOODED. IT WAS A LOT OF FLOODWATER IN THE INTERSECTION. I AM GLAD WE ARE FINALLY MOVING THE PROJECT TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THE COMPLETED IN SHORT ORDER. >> FANTASTIC. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM 38 PRESENTED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> MOVED TO APPROVE 38 AS PRESENTED. >> ANY SECOND? MOTION TO SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE WAYS YOU HAND. [39. Approve Bills.] [40. Ratify the release of time-sensitive disbursements made on April 16, 2026. ] [41. Ratify the release of time-sensitive disbursements made on April 30, 2026, and May 7, 2026, to be ratified by Commissioners Court on May 14, 2026. ] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AGENDA ITEM 39, 40 AND 41 [01:05:05] APPROVAL OF THE BILLS, AND OTHER TIME SENSITIVE DISBURSEMENT. >> ALONG WITH THE TIME SENSITIVE BILLS, FOR A 6-MIL AND THEN HUNDRED 40,765, 21,082,459 WITH ROUTINE DISBURSEMENTS OF 6,442,000,. >> MOVED TO APPROVE. THIRTY-NINE, 40 AND 41. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. [42. WORKSHOP:] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AGENDA ITEM 42 IS A WORKSHOP. PRESENTED BY WITH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS. PLEASE READ THE ITEM? >> 42 WORKSHOPS, TO RECEIVE THE FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S ANNUAL REPORT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU JUDGE WONG AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. THE FORT BEND COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS A VOLUNTEER BODY OF 48 MEMBERS APPOINTED TO TWO HERE TERMS STARTING AN ODD NUMBER OF YEARS. BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. OF OUR ROLE IS TO ADVISE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON MATTERS OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, AND TO PROMOTE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ANNUAL REPORT EACH YEAR. THE WORK OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS PRIMARILY DONE THROUGH OUR COMMITTEES AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, ARCHIVES, CEMETERY, CULTURAL RESOURCES, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, ORAL HISTORY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, RESEARCH MARKERS AND TURNING 250. IN OUR NEWEST ONE WHICH IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. APPROXIMATE 1400 VOLUNTEER HOURS AND SERVICE WAS GIVEN BY HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS OVER 2025. HERE'S A SAMPLING OF THE ACTIVITIES AND THE THE COMMISSION. HISTORIC CEMETERIES WERE VIS VISITED, MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND SURVEYED 11 PROPERTIES AND CONSIDERED ADDITION TO THE ENRICHMENT HISTORIC DISTRICT. SEVERAL SECTION REQUESTS FOR COMMENT ABOUT PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS WERE RECEIVED, AND REVIEWED BY CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED. RESEARCH AND MARKERS COMMITTEE RECEIVED MULTIPLE HISTORICAL MARKERS, AND ESPECIALLY THE DEDICATION OF THE SUGARLAND 95 STEAK LABOR CAMP CEMETERY MA MARKER. WE ALSO HOLD OUR 2025 HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST FOR FOURTH AND SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND RECEIVED MORE PARTICIPATION FROM STUDENTS THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. EXCELLENT ESSAYS WERE CHOSEN AS FIRST AND SECOND PLACE WINNERS IN BOTH GRADES. YOU CAN SEE THE ONE AS THEY ON-SCREEN. THANKS TO THE FRIENDS OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSION, FUNDING THE 250 AND $150 PRIZES, WINNERS WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE. I WILL NOW HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC PROJECTS WORKED ON BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. THE FIRST IS WITH THE COUNTY'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO COORDINATE A DISASTER TRAINING EXERCISE WITH THE U.S. ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS DIVISION, RECORDING THREE MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTY, IN WHICH TRAINING EXERCISES WERE HELD ON HURRICANE PREPARATION AND RESPONSE WITH MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS TEAM AND CONSULTANT FROM INSTITUTIONS. HIM CHC MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE ALSO PRESENT. THE CIVIL AFFAIRS TEAM PRESENTED THEIR PRELIMINARY REPORTS TO REPRESENT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, A LARGER GROUP FROM THE MUSEUM, AND THE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THE FALLS REPORT WAS LATER SENT TO ALL PARTIES. SUPPORT INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION SERVE AS A LIAISON BETWEEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MUSEUMS WERE RELATED TO ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IT HAS AGREED TO THIS ARRANGEMENT AND BEGAN CREATING A COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE THIS EFFORT. PENDING AN EXECUTION THIS YEAR. FINALLY, 2024, HIS BOOK COMMISSION FORMED A COMMITTEE CALLED TURNING 250 HONORING THE AMERICAN JOURNEY, TO PLAN [01:10:04] SUBMISSION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE THIS YEAR. THE COMMITTEE MET BIMONTHLY AND CHOSE A TWO-PRONGED EFFORT TO OBSERVE THIS IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, THE FIRST PART IS A RESOURCE HUB, WHICH IS PART OF THE HISTORICAL WEBSITE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LINK AND THE QR CODE ON HIS SCREEN, IT IS LIVE HERE JOAN WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH COUNTY I.T. DEPARTMENTS TO DESIGN AND PRODUCE THIS RESOURCE HUB AND A GRAY THINK HE GOES TO THEM. THE LISTING OF THE HISTORICAL MARKERS ARE THE COUNTY, THE WINNING ESSAY FROM THE ESSAY CONTEST, AND AT THIS DAY IN HISTORY FEATURED THE DETAILED EVENTS IN TEXAS REVOLUTIONS. AND WILL INCLUDE A CALENDAR OF A CELEBRATORY EVENT HELD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY EVENTS DECIDE WHICH HUNDRED AND 15 FORT BEND COUNTY PLEASE LET US KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP TO GET TO WORK -- GET THE WORD OUT. THE OTHER CELEBRATION AS A WORLD FAIR EVENT NOVEMBER 21ST, 2026 AND CONJUNCTION WITH THE HARVEST FESTIVAL. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE FORT BEND MUSEUM, AND FORT BEND ASSOCIATION WITH A BOOST FROM LOCAL HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS CHANDLER'S STORIES GET DEMONSTRATIONS, MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, WITH A COMPANION IN THE MUSEUM, AND HOPEFULLY MUCH MORE. WE HAVE BEGAN SPEAKING WITH THE HARVEST FESTIVAL, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WORK. WE TALKED ABOUT CLOSING THE STREETS RIGHT HERE BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND JACKSON STREET, POSSIBLY OFFERING TOURS OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES AS WELL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE -- HELP TO MAKE OUR EFFORTS HAPPEN OVER NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN MAY, I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN WE HAVE THAT SETTLED. WE THINK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THESE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> I AM VERY EXCITED TO HEAR AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CELEBRATION. 250 YEARS OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU FREE WORK, ANTI-SUPPORTIVE WHEN WE TRIED TO GET THE HISTORICAL MARKERS. SUMMARY MESSAGED ME ABOUT THIS, THERE ARE SOME FOLKS IN RICHMOND THAT WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON A HISTORICAL MARKER FOR AN ELEMENTARY, IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN ALSO I KNOW THERE WERE GRANTS AVAILABLE TO LOCALITIES DOING THE AMERICA DO HUNDRED AND 50 CELEBRATIONS, HAVE WE APPLIED FOR ANY AS OF YET? >> WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF FUNDING FROM FORD'S BANK COUNTY MIKE FORT BEND COUNTY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NEEDED WE WILL REACH OUT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE THAT. AT THIS TIME WE WILL TO CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON AGENDA ITEM 25, PLEASE BRING THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD. >> 25 COUNTY JUDGE TAKE ON APPROPRIATE ACTION ONLY ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN TEXAS AND AMERICA 250 COMMISSION AND FORT BEND COUNTY THROUGH THE FORT BEND HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION, YOU EHSASSI TRADEMARK AMERICA 250 AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY. >> SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. PLEASE PROCEED WITH AGENDA ITEM. >> 43, MADE IN CLOSED SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, LETTER AT, 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY, NO. 26-CCV-078929, 25-DCV-33246, THREE, CAUSE NUMBER 19-DCV-263509, FIVE, 25-CCV-077510, SIX, CAUSE NUMBER 26-CCV-078984, SEVEN, CAUSE NUMBER 25-CCV-078245, B, SECTION [01:15:02] 551.072 DELIBERATING REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, BARBARA JORDAN PARK, C, 551.087 DELIBERATING REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ONE, FOR DIVINE COUNTY TOLL ROADS, NUMBER 2, HOTEL CONFERENCE ENTRIES GARAGE, THREE, WEST GARAGE. >> AT THIS TIME THE GENERAL SESSION MEETING WILL STAND IN RECESS FOR CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE FORT BEND DISTRICT. THIS IS 2:25 P.M. AND I CALLED TO ORDER THIS MEETING OVER THE FORT BEND DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR, TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2026. OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON APR APRIL NINTH, 2026, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 20? >> -- NUMBER 2. >> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT TO PRESENT THE COURT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3 AS PRESENTED? >> APPROVED AS PRESENTED. >> HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 4, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4 AS PRESENTED? >> MOVED AS PRESENTED. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 5, DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 5 AS PRESENTED? >> APPROVE OF NUMBER 5 AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 6, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6? >> SECOND. >> ANY SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CHEMICAL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> ADJOURN. >> ALL RIGHT. ADJOURNMENT. AT THIS TIME THE FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED, NEXT YOU WILL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO OUR JOINT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY ASSISTANT DISTRICT TWO, SIX AND 90 MEETING. A CALL TO ORDER THE DIRECTOR MEETING OF FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT NUMBER 2, 6 AND 9. IT IS NOW 2:27 P.M., TODAY'S THURSDAY APRIL 23RD, 2026 THERE'S A ITEM NUMBER 2, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS HELD AS PRESENTED. DO HAVE A MOTION? >> MOVED FOR APPROVAL? I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. REPRESENT THE COURT ITEM NUMBER 3, DO HAVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM THREE? >> MOVED FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND? SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 4, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4 AS PRESENTED? >> MOVED FOR APPROVAL AGENDA ITEM FOUR. >> SECOND, I HAVE MOTION AND SECOND, FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 5, TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5 AS PRESENTED. >> MOVED FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. >> ANY SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION SECONDED, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE A H HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 6, TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6 AS PRESENTED? >> MOVED FOR APPROVAL. >> ANY SECOND? SECOND. HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> IF I CAN STOP YOU -- I APOLOGIZE. >> NO PROBLEM. >> SECOND ON ITEM NUMBER 4. >> SORRY, SO FAST. >> I AM THE SO SPOKEN ONE -- SOFT-SPOKEN? YES, SOFT-SPOKEN. HERE IS MY FAVORITE MOTION, TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> MOVED. >> ANY SECOND? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE JOINT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF FORT [01:20:01] FORT BEND COUNTY ASSISTANT DISTRICT NUMBER 2, 6 AND 9 IS NOW ADJOURNED. THE GENERAL SESSION OF COMMISSIONERS COURT REMAINS IN RECESS. [43. Meet in Closed Session to deliberate the following matters as authorized by the Texas Government Code:] I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THEY ARE WAITING FOR MY SIGNATURE. WE REMAIN AND [44. Reconvene Open Session and consider taking action on the following matters:] >> WE WILL RECONVENE THE OPEN SESSION FOR FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT, IT IS FOR 22:00 P.M., YOU WILL NOT RECONVENE. PLEASE PROCEED. >> AGENDA ITEM -- >> WE WANT TO PICK THAT UP FIRST. AGENDA ITEM 16? PLEASE COME FORWARD DOCTOR. >> GOOD MORNING, HERE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THE STAFF -- >> AT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE, THERE ARE CERTIFICATIONS BY DIFFERENT GROUPS, THE DOCTORS HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CME'S AND OUR INVESTIGATORS AND SEVERE CERTIFIED AGENCY HAVE TO HAVE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. AMERICAN BOARD OF LEGAL INVESTIGATION CREDITS. THAT IS YEARLY CONTINUED EDUCATION SO ON AND SO FORTH. THE THREE MAIN CONFERENCES FOR OUR WORK, OUR GROUPS, IS THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, THE NATIONAL MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. AND PROVIDES CREDITS AND FOR THE INVESTIGATORS, TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION THAT OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE CERTIFIED AND WE ARE CERTIFIED AS WELL. WE ARE CERTIFIED AGENCY. WHERE THE FIRST MEDICAL EXAMINER AND THE ONLY MEDICAL EXAMINER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE DOUBLY CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. TRAVIS DOES NOT HAVE IT, DALLAS DOES NOT HAVE IT, BARRY COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE IT BUT WE HAVE IT IN THIS COUNTY. SO IT WAS STARTED BY THE CLARK COUNTY CORONER OFFICE, CLARK COUNTY IS LAS VEGAS. IT IS RUN FROM THEIR OFFICE IN LAS VEGAS AND THEY HAVE A YEARLY CONFERENCE ONLY IN LAS VEGAS, DOES NOT TRAVEL AROUND. THE ACADEMY -- THAT MEGAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENTIST AND THE NATIONAL EXAMINER TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT CITIES, SOMETIMES KANSAS CITY, SEATTLE, BALTIMORE, NEW YORK, IT IS ONLY EVER IN LAS VEGAS FOR THIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED. TO GO THERE, YOU CAN ATTEND THEIR TO GET YOU CREDITS, YOU HAVE TO GO TO VEGAS. IT IS NOT TO PLAY SLOTS, IT'S TO GO TO GET YOU CREDITS. IT IS NOWHERE ELSE. THAT IS WHAT WE PUT IN FOR OUR INVESTIGATORS TO GO THERE. IECME BRINGS BROAD TARGETS, -- SUBJECT, TOXICOLOGY, SENIORS, WE HAVE NEW DRUGS APPEAR HERE IN FORT BEND THAN A NOD BEING REPORTED IN OTHER COUNTIES. TECHNIQUES, PHOTOGRAPHY, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. IT IS A BROAD RANGING CONFERENCE THAT PROVIDES ADVANCED TRAINING FOR OUR INVESTIGATORS THAT INVESTIGATE DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY. -- COUNTY. IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN VEGAS EVERY YEAR, GOES NOWHERE ELSE. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> OH ONE AND THAT ON THE RECORD, THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT TRAVEL. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT IS ESSENTIAL, REQUIRED. WE HAVE TO TRAVEL, WE HAVE CONTINUED EDUCATION APPOINTMENTS ALSO. BEEN HERE 36 YEARS, STILL HAVE TO GO GET TRAINING TO BE A COMMISSIONER. BUT I WANTED FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS TRAVEL IS NECESSARY FOR YOUR STAFF, TO HAVE TRAINING AND FULFILL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, CORRECT? >> CORRECT, INVESTIGATORS CAN GET CREDITS AT LOCAL MEETINGS, THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND SINGLE TOPIC, LIKE BUGS IN [01:25:01] FORENSICS. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT 30 YEARS IN MY CAREER. DIGGING UP BODIES. IT IS A SINGLE TOPIC MEETING, THREE DAYS HERE, FOUR DAYS THERE, ET CETERA. IT IS A BROAD RANGING TOPICS WITH EVERY CORONER AND MEDICAL EXAMINER SEES. THEY TRAINED THEIR INVESTIGATORS AND THE THINGS THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME. SPECIAL HOMICIDES, NEW EMERGING AMMUNITION, DRUGS, STUFF THAT IS HERE. I DUG UP ONE BODY IN 30 YEARS. >> I THINK THE POINT IS THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE IT, I THINK, THE COURT WANTS TO SEE IT. IF WE CAN GET OUR CONTINUED EDUCATION CREDITS HERE IN THE STATE, OR SOMEWHERE AROUND, WE PREFER THAT BE DONE FIRST, AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GET THOSE CREDITS. SO WE UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO GO THERE. I HAVE TO HAVE 16 CREDITS PER YEAR, I GO TO BRIAN COLLEGE STATION, THAT'S WHERE I CAN GET THEM. I THINK THAT IS THE POINT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HERE. >> IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE WHO WOULD SEND THEM THAT, JUST HAPPENS AT THE CLARK COUNTY CORONER OFFICE STARTED THIS WHOLE ORGANIZATION COUPLE DECADES AGO. IT IS VEGAS. EVERYBODY THINKS VEGAS AS A VACATION SPOT. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD, VERY ACTIVE CORONER, ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO MEDICAL EXAMINER. THEY STARTED THIS BECAUSE IT WAS TO HELP TRAIN CORONER. THAT AMERICAN ACADEMY ALREADY EXISTS, BUT THE CORONER DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING. SO THE NEW CLARK COUNTY CORONER STARTED WITHOUT BENEFIT. HE COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. THANK YOU. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6G AS PRESENTED? ANY SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO BACK TO OUR AGENDA ITEM 44 A ONE, 44 A ONE, FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS PROJECT NUMBER 20225X, STREET, FOUR PARCELS, R77953, AND R77941, PRECINCT 2. AUTHORIZED TO SETTLE THE ABOVE SUITE FOR $87,000, FOR THE PARCEL IN THE ACQUISITION IS AIMED ON THE BASIS OF CONDITION, AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED WITH COUNCIL TO RESOLVE THE SUIT AND ALL MATTERS AND DISPUTE, AS THE FUNDING SOURCE. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 44A2. >> I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE THAT BUTCHER THESE NAMES. A MOVE AGENDA ITEM 44 THAT A TWO AUTHORIZES TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND TO APPROVE SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS FOR THE FALL SETTLEMENT AND CALLS A NUMBER 25-DCV-332468. WEGDAN ALEDRESI AND DEBAJ ELEDRES PLAINTIFF, AND STINA CHARLOTTA FLODIN GRADY PRESTAGE COUNTY AND SEVEN COUNTY EMS DEFENDANTS IN THE EVENT OF $159,000. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. THAT KIND. [01:30:03] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 44 A THREE, 44 A FOUR? >> I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS A PATIENT, SETTLEMENT OFFERS FOR ASSOCIATED PHARMACIES INC. AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATED PHARMACIES JM SMITH COMPANY, LOUISIANA WHOLESALE DRUG COMPANY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND OTHER DEFENDANTS WITH MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION, CALLS NUMBER 19 -- 19-DCV-263509 COUNTY OF FORT BEND, TEXAS VERSUS PURDUE PHARMA, LP IN THE 400TH DISTRICT COURT OF TEXAS MDL PRETRIAL CAUSE NO. 2018-63587 IN THE 1502ND DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS,. >> ANY SECOND? MOTION HAS REMAINED, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S GO TO ITEM 44 A FIVE. >> I MOVE THAT IN THE CAUSE OF ACTION REFERENCED IN AGENDA ITEM 44 A FIVE, 25-CCV-077510 FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS VERSUS LARRY FLECK, MARK FLECK, ET AL; BIG CREEK EASEMENT, PARCEL R39905 & R39906, 19 EASEMEN PRECINCT THREE, RICHARD SMITH LAWSON, THE AUTHORIZED TO INCUR ADDITIONAL LITIGATION AT ALL COST OF PRETRIAL APPEAL, INCLUDING POTENTIAL ALREADY AUTHORIZED, ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 -- AU 40064399 -- 6400 VR -- 17 BIG CREEK CATEGORY 32 BE DESIGNATED AS A FUNDING SOURCE. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, LET'S GO TO ITEM 44 A SIX. >> I MOVE THIS AGENDA ITEM 26 -- CCB -- 07894, FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, BOULEVARD PROJECT NUMBER 20402 PARCEL ONE PRECINCT FOUR BE AUTHORIZED PER LITIGATION EXPENSES FOR ANY AND ALL COSTS OF PRETRIAL, TRIAL INCIDENTAL COSTS INCLUDING FEES, CITATION AND OTHER EXPENSES IN AN EVENT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000 AND THAT MOBILITY BONDS BE DESIGNATED AS THE FUNDING SOURCE. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S GO TO ITEM 44B. WE HAVE NO ACTION ON THIS CORRECT? >> INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT PLACED ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA. >> ITEM 44C, FORT BEND TOLL ROAD EAST GARAGE AND WEST GARAGE, INFORMATION ONLY -- WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION. >> IF WE CAN GO BACK TO 7 UNDER LETTER A? WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THE RECORD. >> CLARIFY THAT? >> WAS NOT PULLED? >> IT'S PULLED. >> I SHOULD BE LOUDER, DO IT AGAIN -- 4487 IS PULLED FROM A THANK YOU I'M JUST JOKING. JUST HAVING SOME FUN. ITEM NUMBER 45, THE BEST ITEM. >> I DON'T NEED A SECOND, LET'S [01:35:04] GO HOME -- THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR COMING I APPR * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.