Jul 23, 2026 REGULAR SESSION AGENDA

[1. Call to Order.]

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD AFTERNOON. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL TODAY.

IT IS THURSDAY, JULY 23RD, 2026, AND IT IS NOW 1:00 P.M.

I CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WELCOME TO OUR COURTROOM AND THANK YOU TO THOSE JOINING US THROUGH LIVE STREAM.

WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.

PLEASE STAND. COMMISSIONER MEYERS PLEASE LEAD

US IN INVOCATION. >> WELCOME TO FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. THANKS FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU'VE BESTOWED ON US, AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE THOSE BLESSINGS APPEARED FATHER, WE PRAY FOR PEACE AND HARMONY IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE CONSIDER THE ISSUES BEFORE TODAY, FATHER WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE YOUR WISDOM, YOUR COURAGE COME ALL THE THINGS YOU DO BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED. WE PRAY, AMEN.

>> AMEN. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO THE U.S. FLAG AS WELL AS THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

>> 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 ALL.

>> NOW THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE SEE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO TODAY'S MEETING OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

BEFORE WE BEGIN I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT WORK HAPPENING ACROSS FORT BEND COUNTY.

EARLIER TODAY WE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FORT BEND COUNTY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND WHEN DISASTER STRIKES. BASICALLY OUR SHELTER.

AS WE WERE REMINDED THIS WEEK WITH TROPICAL STORM BERTHA, HURRICANE SEASON IS HERE. WE MAY NOT FACE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FROM EVERY STORM, BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE PREPARED FOR THE STORM THAT DOES COME OUR WAY.

THIS PARTNERSHIP IS ABOUT EXACTLY THAT, BEING PREPARED.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WHEN FORT BEND COUNTY RESIDENTS NEED HELP, WE HAVE THE FACILITY. WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO RESPOND, AND THAT IS REALLY PART OF THE MUCH LARGER STORY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY. TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, WITH NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED FROM THE COUNTY. THAT IS A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, AND IT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF OUR DEDICATED COUNTY STAFF WHO CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES HOME TO FORT BEND COUNTY. THIS GRANT, ALONG WITH THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PARTNERSHIP WE HIGHLIGHT AT THE EPICENTER THIS MORNING DEMONSTRATE WHAT OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE. THAT WILL ALWAYS BE DISAGREEMENTS IN GOVERNMENT. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE POLITICS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PEOPLE OF FORT BEND COUNTY EXPECT US TO DO THE JOB THEY SENT US HERE TO DO.

THEY EXPECT THEIR ROLE TO BE BUILT.

THEY EXPECT PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE A PRIORITY.

THEY EXPECT US TO BE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES, SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES, MANAGE TAXPAYER DOLLARS RESPONSIBLY, AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT OUR GROWING COMMUNITY DEPENDS UPON.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE ARE FINDING RESOURCES. WE ARE BUILDING PARTNERSHIP, WE ARE PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY, AND WE ARE DELIVERING RESULT FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. THAT IS WHAT GOOD GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ABOUT, SOLVING PROBLEMS, WORKING TOGETHER WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND GETTING THE JOB DONE FOR FORT BEND COUNTY. MY COMMITMENT IS TO KEEP FORT BEND COUNTY MOVING FORWARD, SO AS WE BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING, I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF FORT BEND COUNTY.

[3. Approve minutes of regular meeting held on July 16, 2026. ]

NUMBER THREE. >> APPROVE MINUTES OF THE

REGULAR MEETING JULY 9TH, 2026. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES 3-0. WE NOW CONSIDER --

YES? >> COULD I STOP YOU FOR A MINUTE? I BELIEVE THERE WAS ALSO A

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>> THAT'S CORRECT. WE AMENDED TO ADD THE JULY 9TH, THERE WAS A FEW MINUTES OF THAT MEETING BEFORE IT WAS ADJOURNED, AND THEN WE HAD THE ACTUAL MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD AS A

SPECIAL MEETING, ON JULY 16TH. >> SO 2 MINUTES.

>> WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 16TH

MEETING. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES, 3-0.

WE NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE COURT HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS?

>> I'M HERE IN BODY, MAYBE NOT IN SPIRIT.

[LAUGHS] I'VE BEEN SICK.

AND I WENT TO THE DOCTOR THIS MORNING.

HE SAID IT'S NOT WORKING, INCREASED MY MEDICATION, TOLD ME GO HOME AND GO TO BED. [LAUGHS] HAD I DONE THAT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'M HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING, AND WE WILL TRY TO MAKE IT SHORT FOR

YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> LET'S DO THAT. ALL RIGHT.

NO, NO, IT'S JUST FOR THE COMMISSIONER COURT MEMBERS.

[4. Public Comments regarding the Agenda and Announcements.]

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? >> WE DO.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT CHECKED IN PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND THE

FIRST ONE IS THOMAS CAMPUS. >> HOW MANY DO WE HAVE, I'M

SORRY? >> EIGHT CHECKED IN.

THE FIRST ONE IS THOMAS CAMPUS, AND HE IS HERE TO SPEAK TO

AGENDA ITEM 31. >> OKAY.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS THOMAS CAMPOS.

AND BACK IN 1974, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY DISCOVERED REMAINS WITHIN THE CITY, IN A SUBDIVISION CALLED QUAIL VALLEY.

THESE REMAINS WERE TRANSFERRED TO FIS CEMETERY ON FIFTH STREET BY ORDER OF FORT BEND COUNTY. WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I HAVE BEEN READING THAT A CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS SPENDING $3 MILLION FOR PARK AND FREEDOM TREE AND KENDLETON THE COUNTY IS BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY, AND THAT'S GREAT.

I WAS JUST GLAD TO SEE THAT BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT CARRIED THE 28 REMAINS TO THE CEMETERY ON FIFTH STREET, AND I SAW THEM PUT ALL 28 IN ONE PLOT. FOUR BY SIX.

52 YEARS LATER, THE COUNTY HAS GROWN.

MAY BE A MISTAKE WAS MADE ALONG THE WAY.

BUT IF IT WAS, I'M HOPING THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT LOOK AT THIS ISSUE AND POSSIBLY, MAYBE, WE COULD FIND SOME FUNDS, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, THAT COUNTY MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN SOME FUNDS, BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLAQUE ON THEIR P PLOT. SO, LIKE I SAID, I WILL PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH AT LEAST ONE OF Y'ALL INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN THE FUTURE, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING BECAUSE 28 BEING IN ONE PLOT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CROWDED.

I DON'T KNOW. I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING.

NEXT. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA

CRUMP JONES ON 16. >> HELLO SIR.

MY NAME IS BARBARA CRUMP JONES, COMMISSIONER MORALES, AS YOU KNOW I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KENDLETON, THOUGH I NOW LIVE IN RICHMOND, MY HEART WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN KENDLETON.

REGARDLESS OF PRESET BOUNDARIES THE COURT WORKS TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL OF CARBON COUNTY. I APPRECIATE THAT PHILOSOPHY.

COMMISSIONER MORALES, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE HAD TO WORK TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS.

TODAY I ASK THAT THE CITIZENS OF KENDLETON BE GIVEN THAT SAME CONSIDERATION. AS I LOOK TO TODAY'S AGENDA AS, I SEE EXCITING PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS TAKING PLACE ACROSS FORT BEND COUNTY. I CELEBRATE THAT PROGRESS BECAUSE EVERY COMMUNITY DESERVES OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.

HOWEVER, KENDLETON HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN LEFT BEHIND.

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TOO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. NOT ONLY HAS KENDLETON STRUGGLED TO RECEIVE EQUITABLE INVESTMENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE WATCHED OPPORTUNITIES LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY, THE PROPOSED COWBOY MUSEUM, $1.4 MILLION GONE, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING OUR KENDLETON FORUM. TODAY WE FACE THE LOSS, NOT THE GAIN. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TELLS THE SAME STORY. SOME OF OUR STREETS REMAIN IN UNACCEPTABLE CONDITION. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN TO SWIM FAMILIES DESERVE SAFE ROADS TO TRAVEL, NOT ROADS THAT RESEMBLE THIRD WORLDS.

OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES PARKS, REPRESENTATION, PLACES WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN GATHER JUST AS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CLAIBORNE COUNTY. I UNDERSTAND KENDLETON IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST, BUT A COMMUNITY SIZE SHOULD NEVER DETERMINE ITS WORTH OR WHETHER ITS RESIDENTS RECEIVE TREATMENT AT ANY OTHER PLACE IN THIS COUNTY. I ASK THIS COURT NOT TO FORGET KENDLETON. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT. WE ARE ASKING FOR FAIR TREATMENT. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME CONSIDERATION AND OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED TO EVERY COMMUNITY IN FORT BEND COUNTY APPEARED WHEN THE FULL COURT BE CONVENED COME I WILL RETURN AND PRESENT THE SAME UNTIL I KNOW I HAVE BEEN HEARD BECAUSE I BELIEVE KENDLETON'S FUTURE IS WORTH INVESTING. THE CITIZENS OF KENDLETON HAVE INVESTED IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS.

WE SIMPLY ASK FORT BEND COUNTY TO INVEST IN KENDLETON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT? >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS VICKY

KAUFMAN ON AGENDA ITEM 20. >> COMMISSIONER MORALES, I HOPE

YOU FEEL BETTER SOON. >> I'M MR. MYERS.

>> OH, COMMISSIONER MEYERS, I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

HELLO AGAIN, I'M VICKY KAUFMAN, YADA, YADA, YADA.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, AND YET HERE I AM.

THE AGENDA ITEM I'M OBJECTING TO IS ONE I FOUND THE SAME WAY I DID LAST TIME, SEARCHING THE AGENDA FOR THE TERMS JUDGE.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW FACEBOOK CAN BE A BIG WASTE OF TIME, BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN LEARN STUFF. YES, THIS IS RELEVANT.

THIS MORNING I FOUND MYSELF MENTIONED BY REPUBLICANS, SOME OF WHOSE NAMES I RECOGNIZED ON FACEBOOK, NOT BY MY NAME BUT BY MY METHOD OF FINDING AGENDA ITEMS, PARTICULARLY A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR A LAPTOP. WELL, THEY SEEM TO HAVE MISSED MY POINT. MY OBJECTION WAS NOT TO ANYTHING TECHNICAL OR REQUIRING DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT. MY OBJECTION WAS TO SOMETHING ANY KINDERGARTNER COULD SEE, WHICH IS THAT APPOINTING A CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE TO THAT SAME OFFICE IS WRONG AND AN ETHICAL PERSON WOULD HAVE TURNED DOWN THE APPOINTMENT.

AN ETHICAL PERSON COULD STILL SOMEWHAT MITIGATE THIS MESS BY RESIGNING. I AM HAMMERING THIS POINT BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN OBSERVING POLITICS, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT DECADES, KNOWS THAT REPETITION WORKS.

BESIDES, IT'S A POINT ON■ WHICH EVERYTHING ELSE RESTS.

I DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL POINT THIS TIME.

I UNDERSTAND QUITE ENOUGH ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM I'M OBJECTING TO THIS TIME, WHICH IS THAT REPUBLICANS ON THIS COURT CONTINUE TO BUY OUTSIDE OPINIONS WHEN GIVEN OPINIONS THEY DON'T LIKE BY OUR ELECTED COUNTY ATTORNEY, WHOSE JOB IT IS TO GIVE THEM SAID OPINIONS. OH, AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND HER STAFF HAVE BEEN WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING FOR TWO MONTHS. IN WHAT KIND OF THIRD WORLD COUNTY DOES THAT HAPPEN? LOOK.

I MAY BE NAIVE, BUT I LIKE TO THINK I'M NOT STUPID.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS ANY COINCIDENCE THAT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WAS APPOINTED TO FILL THIS VACANCY.

I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY COINCIDENCE WHO HE HIRED AS STAFFERS. OF COURSE THIS IS JUST SPECULATION ON MY PART. I'M NOT ANY KIND OF POLITICAL INSIDER. NOT OF THE MIX AND MINGLE AND BACKROOM TYPE ANYWAY. THIS IS JUST SPECULATION FROM A DOOR HANGER DELIVERER AND A POSTCARD WRITER, BUT I CAN SURE PICTURE IT. ANYWAY.

I'M SICK AND TIRED OF DOING THIS.

THE ONLY REASON I'M DOING IT IS BECAUSE MY CONSCIENCE WON'T LET ME DO OTHERWISE, AND IF NOBODY STOOD UP AND SPOKE, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY WAS OKAY WITH THIS, AND I'M VERY STUBBORN WHEN I'M PUSHED FAR ENOUGH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THIS HAS BEEN YET ANOTHER OPINION FROM NOBODY IN

PARTICULAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA GINYARD ON AGENDA ITEM

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20. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SIRS.

I LOVE MY COUNTRY. IN ALL OF ITS GLORY AND ALL OF HER FLAWS. AND I LOVE MY COUNTY.

AND I, TOO, KEEP HAVING TO COME UP HERE, AND I DON'T LIKE IT.

I'D RATHER BE AT HOME. BUT THIS SITUATION WE ARE IN, I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT APPROPRIATELY AND BE APPRO APPROPRIATE. BUT SINCE JUNE 16TH, I BELIEVE, A DEVELOPMENT CAME ABOUT, AND OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY DENOTED IT, AND IT'S BEEN DISMISSIVENESS, DISRESPECT, AND DENOUNCEMENT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN HER POSITION AS DULY ELECTED AND EMPLOYED COUNTY ATTORNEY. SO WE ARE HIRING ANOTHER LAW FIRM. OH, TAXPAYERS MONEY, OH, TAXPAYERS MONEY. BUT WE ARE HIRING A LAW FIRM.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? I DON'T KNOW.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. BUT I BET YOU IT IS NOT $5.

BUT WE ARE HIRING A COUNTY ATTORNEY WHEN WE HAVE ONE FULLY EMPLOYED TO DO THIS JOB AND RENDER LAWFUL DECISIONS.

OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY IS THE VICTIM OF WHAT I CALL THE MRS. FACTOR APPEARED YES, MRS. MISOGYNY, RACISM AND SEXISM.

HAVING BEEN IN ADMINISTRATION SINCE 1995, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. BEEN A VICTIM TOO OFTEN.

WE MUST HAVE ANOTHER ATTORNEY COUNTERACT WHAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS. WOULD SOMEBODY JUST SHOOT ME? WE WENT DOWN A WRONG PATH A FEW MONTHS AGO.

AND AS I'VE SAID TO YOU BEFORE, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND HIT THE RESET BUTTON AND SAY THIS IS DOMINOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINO IN THE WRONG DIRECTION IF WE DON'T DO THAT IF THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

>> 30 SECONDS. >> I LOVE MY COUNTY.

LET'S BE ABOUT THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS AND THE CITIZENS AND NOT ABOUT ALL OF THIS JOCKEYING FOR POWER AND POSITION, WHICH LEADS TO CORRUPTION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING. [APPLAUSE]

>> NEXT SPEAKER IS EMMA LAKUTIS ON 7.10A AND 10D.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I DO APPROVE OF 10A. I DO NOT APPROVE OF 10D.

AND NUMBER 7. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I DO NOT APPROVE OF COUNTY JUDGE'S ITEM ON THE AGENDA NUMBER 20.

MY NAME IS ANNA LAKUTIS. I'M A FORT BEND RESIDENT.

IT IS REALLY A MOCKERY OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, OF JUSTICE, OF ANYTHING LAWFUL THAT ALL THREE OF YOU ARE SITTING HERE TODAY AND PARTICIPATING IN AN IRREGULAR AND POTENTIALLY UNLAWFUL SESSION OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THIS IS MADE CLEAR BY OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, BRIDGETTE SMITH-LAWSON. AND YET, THIS FARCE OF A COMMISSIONERS COURSE IS STILL CONTINUING TODAY, WITH NUMEROUS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THE ONE THAT IS MOST STRIKING IS THAT THIS COUNTY JUDGE WHO THINKS HE'S THE COUNTY JUDGE IS NOT THE COUNTY JUDGE. I'M SORRY, MR. WONG.

YOU ARE INTERIM, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT EXPIRED ON JUNE 17TH IN THE CASE WHERE JUDGE SETH HAD ORIGINALLY TEMPORARILY APPOINTED YOU. THAT CASE WAS DISMISSED.

AND YOU SHOULD HAVE TERMINATED AUTOMATICALLY.

THAT IS 101 LAW SCHOOL BLACK LETTER LAW, AND YET YOU CONTINUE, DESPITE THAT, UNELECTED, AND CERTAINLY DEFIANT. I HEARD TERMINOLOGY FROM YOU

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NO ONE SENT YOU TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT A JUDGE OUT OF GALVESTON COUNTY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.

AND THAT HAS ENDED. AND YET YOU REFUSE TO VACATE THE SEAT. AND THIS IS WHY OUR TWO OTHER COMMISSIONERS, PRESTAGE AND MCCOY, ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN UNLAWFUL COMMISSIONERS COURT SESSION. AND SESSIONS, BECAUSE YOU REFUSE, FOR THE PAST FIVE WEEKS, TO VACATE THE SEAT.

IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO WATCH YOU IMPERSONATE A COUNTY JUDGE.

KP GEORGE IS STILL THE COUNTY JUDGE, ALTHOUGH HE IS SUSPENDED COME HE IS STILL THE COUNTY JUDGE.

YOU CANNOT HAVE TWO COUNTY JUDGES.

YOUR INCUR NO INTERIM APPOINTMENT HAS TERMINATED, ANDY JUDGE SETH IS COMING DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE, AND IF HE CLARIFIES HIS ORDER, WHICH HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE AGAIN BLACK LETTER LAW, AND SAYS MR. WONG, YOUR TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT HAS TERMINATED, ARE YOU PREPARED TO LEAVE THE SEAT? OR ARE YOU GOING TO DRAG TAXPAYERS AND FORT BEND COUNTY RESIDENTS THROUGH MORE LAWLESSNESS? LAWLESS. LAWLESS AND DISRESPECTFUL.

EARN THE SEAT. DON'T STEAL IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING. [APPLAUSE]

NEXT? >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TERRY WEBSTER, AND THAT IS ON AGENDA ITEM 20, AND THEN AGENDA ITEMS

33A THROUGH 33K. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS TERRY WEBSTER, AND I HAVE LIVED IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I STOOD HERE LAST WEEK AND TOLD YOU THIS IS WRONG, AND I'M BACK AGAIN TO TELL YOU AGAIN THAT IT'S WRONG. I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEMS 20 AND ITEMS 33A THROUGH 33K. YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL AND A STACK OF CONTRACTS, WHICH IS REAL MONEY AND REAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER A MAN WHOSE RIGHTS TO THAT CHAIR IS LEGALLY IN DISPUTE. HE IS ESSENTIALLY SQUATTING.

EVERY ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS IS A LEGAL TIME BOMB.

IF LONG IS REMOVED, LOSING BIDDERS CAN CHALLENGE EVERY AWARD IN COURT, THAT MEANS LITIGATION, THAT MEANS TAXPAYERS PAYING TWICE, ONE FOR THE CONTRACT, AGAIN FOR THE LAWYERS DEFENDING DECISIONS MADE WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE THEM.

AND LET'S CALL THIS WHAT IT IS. THE SAME PARTY THAT RAILS AGAINST DEI, THAT SAYS POSITIONS SHOULD BE EARNED, NOT HANDED OUT, IS PROPPING UP A MAN WHO NEVER WON THIS OFFICE APPEARED WONG DIDN'T EARN THIS SEAT. HE WAS HANDED IT.

IF HE WANTS IT HE SHOULD GET OUT AND EARN IT.

THE SAME STANDARD HE AND HIS PARTY DEMAND OF EVERY ONE ELSE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS DIRECTLY TO COUNTY ATTORNEY BRIDGETTE SMITH-LAWSON. YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB.

YOU HAVE A STATUTORY DUTY TO ACT WHEN SOMETHING UNLAWFULLY HAPPENS IN THE COUNTY. AND FOR DOING THAT JOB, YOU HAVE BEEN SUED AND ATTACKED BY A MAN WHO HAS NEVER BEEN ELECTED TO ANYTHING IN THIS COUNTY. THAT IS WRONG.

AND YOU DESERVE THE COUNTY'S SUPPORT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD HERE THAT JUST TWO DAYS AGO, A MR. WONG, YOU POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL COUNTY JUDGE WEBSITE ABOUT A SEAT APPRECIATION DAY. AFTER MONTHS OF A COUNTY ATTORNEY AND HER STAFF NOT HAVING AIR CONDITIONING IN THEIR OFFICE. A C APPRECIATION DAY IS JULY 3RD, SARAH, SO IT DOES NOT TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW WHAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY DOING.

PERSONALLY, AS A CONSTITUENT I FOUND IT PETTY AND I FOUND IT PITIFUL, AND THAT'S NOT THE BEHAVIOR I LOOK FOR IN THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT REPRESENT ME.

NOW, BACK TO MY OTHER REMARKS. COMMISSIONER MEYERS AND COMMISSIONER MORALES, I DO HOPE YOU GET BETTER, BY THE WAY, BUT YOU KNOW THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS WRONG.

THE ATTORNEYS YOU ARE CONSULTING THAT ARE TELLING YOU THAT THIS IS OKAY, I HOPE YOU ARE PREPARING TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK

BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OKAY. >> 20 SECONDS.

>> A SIXTH GRADER COULD SEE IT. TO 4, EVERY COMMISSIONERS COURT, YOU NEED TO BE HERE, SIGNING UP TO SPEAK AND MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD UNTIL THIS MADNESS STOPS.

I WILL BE HERE UNTIL IT'S OVER. SO IF WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS AND YOU CONTINUE TO SIT THERE INSTEAD OF GOING OUT AND EARNING YOUR SEAT AND NOT SQUATTING IN THAT SEAT RIGHT THERE, I'LL BE BACK. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT.

[APPLAUSE] >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS REMINGTON

KECKLER ON AGENDA ITEM 20. >> HOWDY.

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I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 20.

NOW I COULD GO ON UNTIL I'M RED IN THE FACE ABOUT HOW THIS IS VERY SKETCHY IN A WAY, ALL THE MONEY IT IS GOING TO COST US IN THE FUTURE IF SOMETHING BAD WERE TO HAPPEN.

BUT MY QUESTION IS WHY DO WE NEED OUTSIDE COUNSELING HI IN MY OPINION, I THINK IT IS A WASTE . WE ALREADY HAVE A PERFECTLY EXCELLENT COUNTY ATTORNEY. AND HALF THE COURT REFUSES TO LISTEN TO HER. PERHAPS IF WE TOOK THE PRIDE AND THE WAX OUT OF OUR EARS, WE COULD HEAR THAT WE DON'T NEED THIS EXTRA COUNSELING. AND DON'T WE JUST WANT TO SAVE PEOPLE'S TAX MONEY? LET ME TELL YOU A STORY.

IN ABOUT A MONTH, I AM GOING TO LEAVE FOR COLLEGE, AND CAN YOU GUESS HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST ME? IT IS GOING TO COST ME $50,000 FOR MY FIRST YEAR, AND IT IS GOING TO TRIPLE BY THE TIME I AM OUT OF COLLEGE.

AND NOW, OF COURSE, MY PARENTS ARE GOING TO HELP CHIP IN TO PAY FOR THE INTEREST, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING TAXES FOR 30 YEARS.

BUT WITH PAYING THOSE TAXES AND THE INTEREST AND HELPING ME BUY SUPPLIES, IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. WE ARE A COUNTY OF REMARKABLY BRIGHT STUDENTS. I MEAN, SOME OF THE BEST NEWS THAT COMES OUT OF OUR COUNTIES ARE FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AND ALL THESE KIDS, THEY WANT TO GO TO HARVARD, YALE, IVIES, AND BORDERLINE GREAT STATE SCHOOLS, BUT THAT COST OF ADMISSION IS JUST SO MUCH, IT CAN BE SO DISHEARTENING, AND SOMEONE MIGHT CHOOSE A COLLEGE THAT IS NOT RIGHT FOR THEM.

BECAUSE THE FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY.

I URGE EVERYONE ON THIS COURT TO VOTE NO SO YOU ARE INVESTING IN OUR COUNTY'S FUTURE. SO YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME AND ALL THE PEOPLE MY AGE PAY FOR COLLEGE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING.

NEXT. >> THE LAST SPEAKER IS MARIE

MCKINNON ON 33E. >> ARE YOU READY? MY NAME IS MARIE MCKINNON, AND I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK OF A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT GOING UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT 17707 HIGHWAY 36, SKY, TEXAS, PERMIT 183358.

IT'S GOING TO BE A 24/7 OPERATION.

SINCE GUY LACKS A CITY COUNCIL, THE FORT BEND COMMISSIONER COURT IS OUR HIGHEST GOVERNING BODY. THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY USES A STANDARD OF 440 YARDS, WHICH IS A QUARTER MILE FROM THE FACILITY'S PROPERTY LINES.

HOWEVER, ADVOCACY GROUPS AND RESIDENTS ARGUE THIS MINIMUM OF 440 YARDS IS INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RESPIRATORY ISSUES.

REVIEWS AND STUDIES PUBLISHED IN PUBMED, EPA, AND SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE ASSOCIATION OF CEMENT PLANTS AND ADVERSE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS OR LUNG CONDITIONS FROM LIVING WITHIN A 5-MILE RADIUS. CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS PRESENTS SEVERE HEALTH RISK. ONE, THE SILICA AND PARTICULATE MATTERS, BREATHING IN THE FINE MATTER AND SILICA DUST POSES SEVERE HEALTH RISK, PRIMARILY AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS. SILICA DUST CAUSES DEEP LUNG INFLAMMATION AND PERMANENT, IRREVERSIBLE SCARRING.

LONG TERM OR INTENSE EXPOSURE SEVERELY INCREASES THE RISK OF LUNG CANCER, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, AND KIDNEY DISEASE. THESE PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN THE AIR ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS AS THEY CAN PENETRATE DEEP INTO THE LUNGS AND ENTER THE BLOODSTREAM. THEY TRIGGER ASTHMA ATTACKS, WORSEN EXISTING HEART AND LUNG DISEASES, CAUSES IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS, AND INCREASED THE RISK OF HEART ATTACKS.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID ABOUT THE PARTICLES IN THE AIR, WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT OUR JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL JUST A MILE UP FROM THE ROAD. WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUARANTEE THAT THESE PARTICLES COULD REACH THE SCHOOL WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT THESE AIRBORNE PARTICLES DON'T REACH THE SCHOOL WHEN THE WIND BLOWS.

WHY WOULD WE PUT OUR KIDS AT RISK FOR INHALING THESE TOXIC PARTICLES? IT'S NOT JUST KIDS PRACTICING FOOTBALL, SOFTBALL, BANNED, RPE, AND ET CETERA.

THE SPECTATORS WHO COME WATCH EVENTS COULD ALSO BE AT RISK IF YOU REMEMBER THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT IS A 24/7 OPERATION.

NUMBER TWO, MASSIVE MIDNIGHT NOISE AND LIGHT WILL DISRUPT NEIGHBORS SLEEP. THREE, HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC AND DIESEL TRUCKS IDLING WILL EMIT NOISE AND FUMES, LEAVING MACHINES, CONSTANT MIXING, AND HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS CAUSE MAJOR GROUND VIBRATIONS. FOUR, IT WILL BE A THREAT TO THE LOCAL PRIVATE WATER WELLS. FIVE, DANGER TO THE LIVESTOCK

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S ALL.

[ Engineering: Hold public hearing for acceptance of the following traffic control plans for: a. Dyer Lakes Section 1, Precinct 1; b. Holly Ridge Section 9, Precinct 1; c. Cross Creek West Section 15, Precinct 1; d. Tamarron Rice Harvest Road Phase 2 Street Dedication, Precinct 1; e. Torrey Pines Drive, Rockcress Lane and Lavender Basil Lane, Precinct 1; f. Park Point Drive in Park Pointe Section 1, Precinct 3; g. Courageous Trail Extension Phase 1 Street Dedication, Precinct 3; h. Ryehill Section 2A, Precinct 3; and i. Ryehill Section 2B, Precinct 3.]

IT IS NOW 1:30 P.M. WE NOW MOVE ON FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SEGMENT FOR AGENDA ITEMS FIVE SUBSECTION A THROUGH I AS PROPERLY POSED AND PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY? I WILL ASK AGAIN, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TODAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING HI HEARING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED AGENDA ITEM SUBSECTION A THROUGH I IS READY FOR ACTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM FIVE, SUBSECTION A THROUGH I, AS PRESENTED?

>> YES, JUDGE, I MOVE THAT 5A THROUGH 5I.

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

[ CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS: (6-19) ]

>> AS EXPLAINED, YES. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

[20. COUNTY JUDGE: ]

AGENDA ITEM 20 AS PRESENTED? >> AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> I DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR

[21. COMMISSIONER, PCT. 1:]

NEXT I WILL CONTINUE WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21 PRESENTED BY

COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE. >> FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR

[22. COMMISSIONER, PCT. 3:]

NEXT WE WILL CONTINUE AGENDA ITEM 22 PRESENTED BY

COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THREE. >> APPROVAL 22 AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR

[23. AUDITOR:]

AGENDA ITEM 22 PRESENTED BY AUDITOR.

COMMISSIONER? >> 23.

>> 23. I'M SORRY.

>> YES. JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO PULL THIS ITEM. THERE HAS BEEN SOME INFORMATION THAT HAS SURFACED SINCE MONDAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL PARTIES COME TO THE TABLE AND DISCUSS IT BEFORE IT ESCALATES AGAIN BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT.

[24. COUNTY ATTORNEY:]

>> ALL RIGHT. ITEM WILL BE REMOVED.

LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM 24, PRESENTED BY COUNTY ATTORNEY.

>> YES, I HAVE A MOTION. >> TO PASS AGENDA ITEM 24?

>> CORRECT. >> PLEASE READ THE ITEM.

>> TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION AND ORDER DECREEING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY TO BE A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION AND PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION BY RECORD VOTE FOR THE BELLAIRE BOULEVARD AT GRAND MISSION BOULEVARD TURN LANES -- PROJECT NUMBER 23416, PRECINCT 4, FUND: MOBILITY BONDS.

>> YES, I MOVED THAT FORT BEND COUNTY BY RECORD VOTE AUTHORIZED THE USE OF POWER TO ACQUIRE ALL NEEDED RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE BELLAIRE BOULEVARD AT GRAND MISSION TURN LANES PROJECT NUMBER 23416, PRECINCT 4, PROPOSED TO BE SITUATED ON LANDS GENERALLY CONSTITUTING THE ENTIRETY OF INTERSECTION OF BELLAIRE BOULEVARD AND GRAND MISSION BOULEVARD AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A TO THIS MOTION AND INCORPORATED HEREBY REFERENCE.

LOCATED IN PRECINCT 4 OF FORT BEND TEXAS.

BY ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY TO BE A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION AND PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF LOCATION IMPROVEMENT, ALIGNMENT, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND

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THIS MOTION APPLIES TO ANY AND ALL PARCELS OF LAND AND OUR ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS. THEY MUST BE CONDEMNED OR EXAMINED FOR POTENTIAL CONDEMNATION, A LAW OR ADJACENT TO THE DESIGNATED INTERSECTIONS AND THE APPROACHES THERETO.

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> THE RECORD VOTE. >> MORALES, HOW DO YOU VOTE?

>> YES. >> JUDGE WONG, HOW DO YOU VOTE?

[25. DISTRICT CLERK:]

YES. >> COMMISSIONER MEYERS, HOW DO

YOU VOTE? >> MOTION PASSES.

>> MOTION PASSES 3-0. AGENDA ITEM 25 PRESENTED BY

DISTRICT CLERK. >> MOVE APPROVAL OF 25 AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND.

[26. ENGINEERING:]

AGENDA ITEM 26A THROUGH F PRESENTED BY ENGINEERING.

>> MOVE APPROVAL OF 26A THROUGH F AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

[27. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION:]

AGENDA ITEM 27A THROUGH F PRESENTED BY GRANTS

ADMINISTRATION'S. >> MOVE APPROVAL OF 27 GRANTS ADMINISTRATION A THROUGH F AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> I DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?

[28. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES:]

MOTION PASSES 3-0. AGENDA ITEM 28 PRESENTED BY

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. >> MOVE APPROVAL OF 28 AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND.

[29. LIBRARY:]

MOTION PASSES 3-0. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29A AND B PRESENTED BY LIBRARY. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF A REQUEST TO PULL AGENDA ITEM 29A. THEREFORE DO I HAVE A MOTION TO

AGENDA ITEM 29B AS PRESENTED? >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> I DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND

[30. MEDICAL EXAMINER:]

MOTION PASSES 3-0. AGENDA ITEM 30, PRESENTED BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. SPEAKER MOVE APPROVAL OF 30 AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?

[31. MISCELLANEOUS:]

MOTION PASSES 3-0 AGENDA ITEM 31 PRESENTED UNDER MISCELLANEOUS

SPEAKER MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

SPEAKER I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

MAYBE A DRINK OF WATER. TO LOOSEN MY TONGUE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. ANY DISCUSSION?

[32. PARKS & RECREATION:]

MOTION PASSES 3-0. AGENDA ITEM 32 PRESENTED BY PARKS AND RECREATION SPEAKER MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF 32 AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> I DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR

[33. PURCHASING:]

AGENDA ITEM 33A THROUGH K PRESENTED BY PURCHASING.

SPEAKER MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF 33A THROUGH K AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?

[34. SHERIFF'S OFFICE:]

MOTION PASSES 3-0. NOW GO TO AGENDA ITEM 34A AND B PRESENTED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF 34A AND B AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND SPEAKER I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

[35. TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR:]

MOTION PASSES 3-0. MOVING ALONG AGENDA ITEM 35A AND B PRESENTED BY THE TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR.

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF 35A AS PRESENTED BY THE TAX ASSESSOR.

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

[36. Approve Bills.]

[37. Ratify the release of time-sensitive disbursements made on July 30, 2026, and August 6, 2026, to be ratified by Commissioners Court on August 13, 2026. ]

MOTION PASSES 3-0. NOW I PRESENT AGENDA ITEMS 36 AND 37 APPROVALS OF THE BILLS AND OTHER TIME SENSITIVE.

>> TOTALING 90,000,002 -- ALL OF WHICH ARE ROUTINE DISBURSEMENTS. SPEAKER MOVE FOR APPROVAL 36,

37, AND 38. >> NOT 38.

>> NOT 38. >> 36, 37.

>> SECOND. >> I HEAR MOTION AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES. [LAUGHS]

3-0. >> EXCUSE ME, MEMBERS OF THE COURT, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, CAN WE STATE OUR OBJECTION ON THE RECORD AS WE MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION?

>> YES, BUT I WOULD STILL MOVE WITH CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL

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>> OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COURT, AND WE HAVE ALREADY ADVISED THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF OUR OBJECTION NOT ONLY TO THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, AND I'M NOT SURE, MR. WONG, DID YOU AGREE TO THE RULE 11 FOR THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT

PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATIONS? >> I DON'T RECALL THAT NEED TO

BE DONE. >> OKAY.

>> SO WE WILL RENEW OUR OBJECTION TO ATTENDING CLOSED SESSION BUT I BELIEVE THE MEMBERS OF COURT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADVISED OF THE ITEMS AND YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO COME BACK IN OPEN SESSION TO DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS. WE ALSO WANT TO RENEW OUR OBJECTION TO ITEM NUMBER 20, THE RETENTION OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS. YOU ALREADY DISCUSSED OUR REASONS WITH THE COURT AND ADVISED, BUT JUST TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER, AND WE CAN PROCEED AS WE HAVE.

THANK YOU, AND HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER, MR. MEYERS.

>> WE HAVE OPINIONS ON THAT, ALSO.

>> YES, YOU DO, ON ITEM NUMBER 20.

>> ON ALL OF THEM. >> YES.

WE SENT THAT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT, BUT IT'S JUST OUR SAME OBJECTION THAT YOU CAN'T RETAIN OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO USURP THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AGAIN, OUR OBJECTIONS ARE ALREADY ON THE RECORD, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT.

>> UNDERSTOOD. AND ALSO I WANT TO PUT IN RECORD

[38. Meet in Closed Session to deliberate the following matters as authorized by the Texas Government Code:]

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 38.

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED AGENDA ITEMS 38A ONE AND 38A2 HAVE BEEN PULLED. PLEASE PROCEED.

>> 38 MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, A SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.

THREE CAUSE 26-C CV-079254. B DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

ONE PROJECT 2026-02. TWO, PROJECT 2026-03.

THREE PROJECT 2026-0 FOR. >> MAY I?

>> YOU WANT TO DO IT IN OPEN SESSION?

>> SO WE HAVE WHAT WE PRESENTED LAST WEEK IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE WORK DONE AND IN ABSOLUTE PROOF THAT WE ARE NOT REFUSING TO DO OUR JOB. WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE UP THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED FOR LITIGATION.

IF THE MEMBERS ARE COMFORTABLE DOING IT LIKE WE DID LAST TIME ON THESE BRIEF SETTLEMENTS, WE CAN PROCEED THAT WAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? >> WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT AND MOVE THE COUNTY BUSINESS FORWARD.

>> THAT REGARD I WILL MOVE FORWARD.

>> THAT IS FANTASTIC. WE WILL DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, OKAY? GO AHEAD GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD AFTERNOON.

I ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM AND THIS IS COMMISSIONER MORALES' PRECINCT.

THIS IS THE SETTLEMENT AND APPROVAL OF A SETTLEMENT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY VERSUS ONE OF THE BOWSER ROAD PROJECTS.

MOTION ORDER -- [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU. SO YOU WANT TO READ IT?

>> UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I'M DONE.

>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE --

>> IS THIS 38A3? >> YES.

>> OPEN SESSION. >> AND I MOVE THAT IN THE AGENDA ITEM 38A3 26-C CV-079254, FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS VERSUS NORBERT NDOFOR ET AL, BOWSER ROAD PROJECT NUMBER 2306 PARCEL R38239 UNDERSCORE 27, PREC PRECINCT 1, BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY THE CONDITIONAL RULE 11 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED AND DOCUMENTED BETWEEN LEGAL COUNSEL ON JUNE 29TH, 2026, FOR ACQUISITION OF THE PARCEL AND ALL APPARATUSES IN THE ACQUISITION, IF ANY, TO RESOLVE THE CONDEMNATION SUIT AND FUND AND CLOSE THE ACQUISITION FOR THE SUM OF $50,000. SET FORTH IN SUCH CONDITIONAL RULE 11 AGREEMENT AND THE MOBILITY BONDS BE DESIGNATED AS

THE FUNDING SOURCE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES 3-0.

AT THIS TIME, THE FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL SESSION MEETING IS IN RECESS FOR CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

NOW IT IS 1:44 P.M. AND I CALL FORTH THIS MEETING OF THE

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TODAY IS THURSDAY, JULY 23RD, 2026.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS

PRESENTED. >> APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

>> SECOND. I HAVE MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES 3-0.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE? SPEAKER MOVE APPROVAL THREE AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES 3-0.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> AT THIS TIME THE FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ADJOURNED.

ADJOURNED COMMISSIONER COURT REMAIN IN RECESS.

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THERE IS A PLEDGE TO SIGN.

LET'S DO THE CLOSED SESSION AND THEN WE SIGN THE PLAN.

THAT'S OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO TO CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

I WILL DO THAT. THAT IS GOOD ADVICE.

JUST STATED 38B. >> 38B.

>> READ 38B. >> YES, SIR.

38B SECTION 551.087, DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. ONE, PROJECT 2026-02.

TWO, PROJECT 2026-03. THREE, PROJECT 2026-0 FOR.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE

[39. Reconvene Open Session and consider taking action on the following matters:]

>> WE NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.

IT IS NOW 2:01 P.M. >> 39B SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ONE

PROJECT 2026-02. >> NO ACTION NEEDED.

>> TWO, PROJECT 2026-03. >> [INAUDIBLE]

>> AND THREE, 2026-04 FOR THAT PROJECT NUMBER.

>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJ ADJOURN? COMMISSIONER COURT IS NOW ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.