MINUTES

The Uvalde County Commissioners Court met in regular session on July 12, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Uvalde County Courthouse with the following members of the Court present:

William R. Mitchell, County Judge

Randy Scheide, Commissioner #1

Mariano Pargas, Jr., Commissioner #2

Rodney Reagan, Commissioner #3

Jesse R. Moreno, Commissioner #4

John P. Dodson, County Attorney

Lucille C. Hutcherson, County Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk

Of The Commissioners Court of Uvalde County

Also present were County Treasurer Joni Deorsam; County Auditor Alice Chapman; and Road Administrator Wayne Everett.

The Court opened with the Honorable Rodney Reagan giving the invocation; the following proceedings were had:

1. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Moreno

· Second by Commissioner Reagan

The Minutes of June 28, 2004 regular meeting; June 28, 2004 budget workshop meeting; June 29, 2004 budget workshop meeting; and June 30, 2004 budget workshop meeting were unanimously approved with changes.

2. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON CLOSING, ABANDONING AND VACATING COUNTY ROAD 363:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Reagan

· Second by Commissioner Pargas

The Court unanimously approved to close, abandon and vacate a portion of County Road 363, as indicated on the map that is attached to these minutes.

3. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON SETTING VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Scheide

· Second by Commissioner Moreno

The Court unanimously approved setting a $10 vehicle registration fee.

The provision of Section 502.172 of the Transportation Code permits a County Road and Bridge Fee in an amount that does not exceed $10.00 for each vehicle registered in the County.

4. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON SETTING DATE AND LOCATION OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CREATIONOF EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Reagan

· Second by Commissioner Scheide

The Court unanimously approved setting a public hearing regarding the creation of an Emergency Service District for August 6, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. at the Utopia School in Utopia, Texas.

5. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON COUNTY CLERK’S REQUEST TO UPGRADE IMAGINING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE USING RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUNDS:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Moreno

· Second by Commissioner Pargas

The Court unanimously approved the County Clerk’s request to upgrade the imaging software and hardware using records management to fund this project.

The County Auditor discussed the funding of the upgrade as follows with the Court.

-Cost of upgrade $62000.00

-$20000.00 down payment – records management

-Balance to be financed – monthly installments paid from records

management

6. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON PAYROLL APPROVAL:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Moreno

· Second by Commissioner Reagan

The Court unanimously approved the payroll.

7. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON PAYMENT OF BILLS:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Scheide

· Second by Commissioner Reagan

The Court unanimously approved the payment of bills.

8. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ROAD ADMINISTRATORS REPORT:

FLOOD DAMAGE REPORT:

Road Administrator Wayne Everett gave the following report:

· River crossings all passable with exception of CR 202 and CR 412

· Most roads in the County passable

· Surplus materials which were received from the State will be used to repair roads

· Blading roads

No action was taken under this agenda item.

9. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON LINE ITEM BUDGET AMENDMENTS:

None were presented to the Court.

10. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF MONTHLY REPORTS:

· Upon motion of Commissioner Scheide

· Second by Commissioner Reagan

The Court unanimously approved the monthly reports.

11. CONSIDER AND ACT IN REGARD TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT PROJECT, AND MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO, WITHIN THE COUNTY OF UVALDE:

Richard A. Reyes, II of Innovative Government Strategies appeared before the Court with a presentation regarding an economic development project, which is aimed to benefit the County. IGS proposes to develop one or more necessary Public/Private partnerships to build a Federal Transfer Center within the County boundaries. All fees and/or costs for these activities being provided as part of the through private investment instruments and/or grant funds. At no time will The County of Uvalde be required to pay fees or expenses to Mr. Richard A Reyes, II dba Innovative Government Strategies, (IGS) from the County of Uvalde general tax revenue fund. See a copy of the agreement that is attached to these minutes.

The Court decided to take this item under advisement and allow the County Attorney time to review the agreement and ask questions of Mr. Reyes. A special meeting was set for July 16, 2004 at 12 noon in regards to this matter.

12. CONSIDER AND ACT TO DECLARE EXCEPTION TO PURCHASING ACT TO ACQUIRE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTING CONTRACT WITH RICHARD REYES II DBA INNOVATIVE GOVERNMENT STRATGIES:

No action was taken due to the results of agenda item #11.

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION (As permitted by 551.087, 552.110 Texas Government Code):

The Court did not enter executive session.

14. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF APPROPRIATE:

No action taken, as the Court did not enter executive session.

15. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS:

The Court approved resolutions in honor of the following, with the meeting being closed in their memory:

Javier Del Toro

Jo Ann Collins

Jerry Dorris

With no further business, the Honorable William R. Mitchell adjourned the meeting of July 12, 2004.