[00:09:39] THE VETERANS CAPITOL OF THE USA. FROM INSIDE THE ALICIA CHACON COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM OF THE [00:09:45] ENRIQUE MORENO COUNTY COURTHOUSE. YOU ARE WATCHING THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TODAY IS MONDAY, [OPEN MEETING] [00:10:07] OCTOBER 27TH, 2025. COMMISSIONERS COURT IS MEETING IN REGULAR OPEN SESSION THIS MORNING. WE ARE JOINED BY ASL INTERPRETERS TAMARA MARQUEZ AND JAMES GARCIA. COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THIS MORNING'S PLEDGE GROUP? YES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. SO TODAY WE WILL BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY OUR CLINT ISD FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. SO IF WE COULD HAVE ALL OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE CLINT FOUR-H PROGRAM JOIN US UP FRONT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR EXTENSION AGENT, DENISE RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] HERE FOR HELPING TO COORDINATE. THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING A RESOLUTION A LITTLE BIT LATER DURING THE MEETING, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE YOUTH LEADERS, THE ADULT LEADERS. EXCUSE ME, WHO HELPED PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER? MRS. QUINTANILLA, MISS ROSALES, MISS VILLANUEVA, MR. ALTAMIRANO, AND OF COURSE, JOSE RAMIREZ, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS ACE PROGRAM AT CLINT ISD. WELCOME, EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. GOOD GOD. THE TEXAS FLAG. AND ALLEGIANCE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. YES. FUTURE ORATORS. I WANTED TO STATE BECAUSE THEY ARE THEY'RE GETTING A RESOLUTION. OH, YEAH. SO THEY ARE. SO LISTEN TO SOME OF THOSE. INCREDIBLE. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL. AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOUR RESOLUTION IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. NEXT WE'LL RECEIVE AN INVOCATION FROM JOHNNY TERRAZAS, LEAD PASTOR AT HOPE CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I AM THE GRANDSON OF ONE OF THE HONORARIES TODAY, [INVOCATION] ELISEO FERNANDEZ, WHO'S 101 YEARS OLD. AND HE'S GOING TO BE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET US PRAY. GRACIOUS AND ETERNAL GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY OF EL PASO, A COMMUNITY RICH IN CULTURE, COMPASSION, AND RESILIENCE. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE UPON OUR CITY LEADERS, OUR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUDGES, AND ALL WHO LABOR FOR THE GOOD OF OUR PEOPLE. GRANT THEM WISDOM IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS, COURAGE AND THEIR DECISIONS, AND HUMILITY IN THEIR LEADERSHIP. MAY EVERY CHOICE MADE IN THIS CHAMBER REFLECT FAIRNESS, JUSTICE, AND A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE DIVERSE VOICES THAT MAKE EL PASO STRONG. BLESS THOSE WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME FAMILIES, WORKERS, TEACHERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, VETERANS, AND THOSE IN NEED OF HOPE. MAY OUR ACTIONS TODAY HELP BUILD A CITY THAT IS SAFE, THRIVING AND UNITED IN PURPOSE. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, WE ASK FOR CLARITY OF MIND, PEACE OF SPIRIT, AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO SERVE WITH INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION. AND WE ASK THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HOW AMAZING IS THAT? TO HAVE AN INVOCATION FROM THE GRANDSON OF THIS INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER. JUDGE, DO YOU HAVE SOME OPENING REMARKS FOR US THIS MORNING? YES. I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COMMISSIONERS, WE WELCOME YOU TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. TELL EVERYBODY I'VE GOT GOOSEBUMPS FROM ALL THE ENERGY. THIS IS REALLY TALKS ABOUT WHY WE ARE THE VETERANS CAPITAL. WHEN YOU HEAR ALL THE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, YOU'LL REALIZE THAT BEYOND A DOUBT, EL PASO WAS ALWAYS, I BELIEVE, ALWAYS A VETERANS CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE JUST HAD TO PROCLAIM IT AND LET OTHERS KNOW. AND IT'S GOTTEN SO MUCH TRACTION, EVEN SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM OUTSIDE OF HERE. THE MILITARY HAS REALLY ENGAGED IN IN SUPPORTING THE VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TODAY, TODAY. I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED. SO I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU. HAVE A JUST AN AMAZING MONDAY, BUT JUST A VERY BEAUTIFUL WEEK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUDGE. ITEM NUMBER [00:15:05] FOUR IS THE CONSENT AGENDA COMPOSED OF ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH 40. WE DO HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM 40 FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE TRANSIT OPERATIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY [CONSENT AGENDA] ITEMS THAT MEMBERS OF THE COURT OR THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION? NO, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE AUDITOR IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS PERTAINING TO ME ON THE SETTLING OF THE ACCOUNTS. NO, SIR. WE'LL LIST THOSE AS SEPARATE WHEN THERE ARE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. CAESAR. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THE VOTING IS OPEN AND MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE. B, APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ELISEO SILVA FERNANDEZ AS EL PASO COUNTY'S HONORARY VETERAN OF [B. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing Private First Class Eliseo Silva Fernandez as El Paso County’s Honorary Veteran of the Year for 2025. Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-273-3591] THE YEAR FOR 2025. WELL THANK YOU. WE'LL WE'LL KICK OFF WITH THE VETERAN OF THE YEAR. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND. IT'LL BE BE OKAY. APOLOGIZE. YEAH. ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. UPON ELISEO FERNANDEZ, A FATHER. GRANDFATHER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION. AND THAT WAY YOU CAN. I'M JUMPING. I'M JUMPING AHEAD. YES. NO DOUBT IT'LL PASS, BUT WE'RE. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND APOLOGIZE. YOU CAN HEAR. YES, BUT HARD OF HEARING. OKAY. ARE WE OKAY THERE. YES. OKAY. WELL I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL. AND I'M SO PROUD OF COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT WE DO RESOLUTIONS. BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I'M SURE HE'S BEEN HONORED SEVERAL TIMES. BUT TO HONOR HIM AT 102, 101 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE JUST SO VERY PROUD FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT WE GET TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS LIKE MR. FERNANDEZ. SO I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION AND THEN I'LL HAVE THE FAMILY TALK ABOUT THAT AND AS WELL AS OTHERS. WHEREAS EL PASO, TEXAS PROUDLY HOLDS A DISTINCTION AS A VETERANS CAPITAL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHERE EVERY DAY IS VETERANS DAY, WHEREAS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ELISEO SILVA FERNANDEZ, BORN IN 1924, IN WELLSBURG, COLORADO, AND LONGTIME RESIDENT OF EL PASO, IS THE OLDEST LIVING WORLD WAR II COMBAT VETERAN IN OUR REGION. HAVING CELEBRATED HIS 101ST BIRTHDAY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. WHEREAS PFC FERNANDEZ COURAGEOUSLY SERVED THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A MORTAR MORTAR MAN WITH A 530TH COMPOSITE UNIT PROVISIONAL, LATER KNOWN AS MERRILL'S MARAUDERS, A TOP SECRET UNIT FORMED BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT FOR LONG RANGE MISSIONS BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN THE CHINA BURMA INDIA THEATER. WHEREAS DURING THE GRUELING CAMPAIGN THROUGH THE BURMESE JUNGLE WHERE DISEASE, HUNGER, EXHAUSTION CLAIMED NEARLY 75% OF THE UNIT, PFC FERNANDEZ FOUGHT WITH VALOR, SUSTAINING MULTIPLE COMBAT WOUNDS FROM AUTOMATIC FIRE GRENADE SHRAPNEL, FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS GALLANTRY IN ACTION, ALSO EARNED HIM THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, RANGER TAB, AND PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION. IN 2020, CONGRESS BESTOWED UPON MERRILL'S MARAUDERS A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL RECOGNIZING THEIR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM, WHEREAS FOLLOWING HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1946, EL FERNANDEZ CONTINUED A LIFE OF SERVICE AS A CIVILIAN BODY REPAIR TECHNICIAN AT FORT BLISS FOR 30 YEARS, RESTORING ARMY VEHICLES VITAL TO NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND THEN LATER OPERATED HIS OWN AUTO BODY BUSINESS WELL INTO HIS 80S. WHEREAS MR. FERNANDEZ AND HIS BELOVED WIFE, TRINIDAD CALDERON FERNANDEZ, SHARED 71 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, BUILT THEIR FAMILY [00:20:05] HOME IN CENTRAL EL PASO IN 1950 AND RAISED SIX CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM IS ALSO A VETERAN. HIS FAMILY NOW INCLUDES 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, WHEREAS PFC FERNANDEZ COURAGE AND WORK ETHIC AND DEVOTION TO FAMILY EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF MILITARY AND CIVIC SERVICE. EVEN AT ONE 101 YEARS OF AGE, HE REMAINS INDEPENDENT, MENTALLY SHARP AND SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF HIS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. WHEREAS EL PASO COUNTY RECOGNIZES THAT VETERAN DAY IS NOT ONLY A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THOSE LIVES CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND PROCLAIM PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ELISEO SILVA FERNANDEZ AS EL PASO COUNTY'S HONORARY VETERAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2025, SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THE VOTING IS OPEN. THE MOTION CARRIES. I SERVE MY COUNTRY AND I'M PROUD THAT I'M STILL ALIVE. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. WE ALL LOVE YOU. AND NOW THE GENTLEMAN THAT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, COUNTY JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, A FRIEND OF MINE ASKED ME IF I'D SPOKEN TO ELISEO FERNANDEZ. AND SO THAT STARTED ME ON ON THIS QUEST AND, YOU KNOW, AND COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, COMMISSIONER BUTLER, KNOW MY INTEREST IN LOCAL MILITARY HISTORY. SO I JUST KIND OF WENT INTO IT. AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS ONE OF MERRILL'S MARAUDERS, AND THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. BUT AFTER MY INVESTIGATION, THERE'S NO QUESTION HE WAS ONE OF THE MERRILL'S MARAUDERS. IN A TESTIMONIAL THAT HE DICTATED TO JOSE FOR A PAMPHLET FOR THE REUNION OF MERRILL'S MARAUDERS, HE STARTS OUT WITH ONE PARTICULAR MISSION. I SAID, THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE KEY. ANYHOW, WHAT WE DON'T GET IS THE SITUATION. BACK THEN, WHEN FDR STOOD UP THE 5,307TH COMPOSITE UNIT OF VOLUNTEERS, 3000 SOLDIERS, 300 MULES TO GO THROUGH THE BURMESE JUNGLE WHERE THERE WERE NO ROADS, THERE WAS ONLY JUNGLE AND HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND RAIN AND ALL KINDS OF JUNGLE CREATURES. THEY WENT THROUGH THERE, SOMETIMES TAKING A DAY TO JUST GET A MILE OR TWO FORWARD. BY THE TIME THEY COMPLETED THEIR MISSION, THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY 95% CASUALTY RATE. ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE DUE TO TYPHUS, MALARIA, DYSENTERY, JUNGLE ROT THAT WE HEAR OF. JOCK ITCH. WELL, JUNGLE ROT IS STEROIDS, YOU KNOW. THEY WERE IN THE JUNGLE SO THEY COULD THEY COULD ONLY GET RESUPPLIED BY AIR EVERY THREE DAYS. CONSEQUENTLY, THEY HAD MALNUTRITION AND STARVATION AND THE EXHAUSTION ON TOP OF IT. AND MR. ELISEO TOLD ME ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR FIREFIGHT IN WHICH HIS BUDDY GOT HIT BY A MACHINE GUN FIRE, AND HE GOT WOUNDED. AND A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF HIM, THE GRENADE WENT OFF AND HE GOT SHRAPNEL ON THE OTHER SHOULDER FROM THAT GRENADE. AND THEN HE'S TELLING LAYTON, YOU, YOU CAN VISUALIZE. I CAN VISUALIZE WHEN HE SAYS THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE MOSQUITOES OFF OF HIS WOUND, AND HE PULLED OUT THE BULLET THAT WAS IN HIS SHOULDER. ONCE THEY COMPLETED THEIR MISSION, THERE WAS ONLY A HANDFUL. AND ELISEO WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS STILL FIT FOR DUTY. AND HE WAS GIVEN AN OPTION TO DO A OR B. HE CHOSE B TO TRAIN CHINESE OFFICERS ON INFANTRY WEAPONS UNTIL HE WAS [00:25:03] DISCHARGED. THE STORY AMAZED ME. I DID MY RESEARCH ON THE ON THE MERRILL'S MARAUDERS. THE FAMILY HAS AMAZED ME. THERE'S THREE DAUGHTERS HERE. THERE'S ONE NOT WITH US. AND THERE'S A BROTHER, TWO BROTHERS STILL TO COME. AND THEN THE REST OF THE FAMILY. THEY'RE JUST AMAZING PEOPLE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GO INTO THE HOME THAT HE HAD BUILT IN 1950, WHERE HE STILL LIVES, AND WHERE HE RAISED ALL OF HIS CHILDREN. AND SO FOR ME, IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE TO GET THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER AND GET IT ON TIME. AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR AGREEING WITH ME THAT THAT WE OWE HIM OUR OUR RESPECT, OUR ADMIRATION AND OUR APPRECIATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JAIME. JUST A FEW LAST WORDS. I TELL MY CONGREGATION MEMBERS HOW TOUGH MY GRANDFATHER IS, AND HE'S 101 YEARS OLD, AND I JOKE WITH HIM THAT I'M GOING TO BE THEIR PASTOR FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE FAMILY, AGAIN, THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL HONOR OF LA SALLE FERNANDEZ. WE WOULD LIKE TO, AS A FAMILY, EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR COUSIN, FERNANDO TORRES AND OUR AUNT ANGIE'S DEAR FRIEND, JERRY PINEDA, FOR HELPING US CONNECT US TO JAIME HERE. AS YOU HEARD THE STORY AND THE RESEARCH AND ALL THE HARD WORK HE DID INTO GETTING THE STORY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK ANTOINETTE HUNT AND MIKE BARNES. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR THE VETERANS OF EL PASO, AND ESPECIALLY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ELISEO FERNANDEZ. YOU BELIEVE THAT HIS STORY WAS WORTH TELLING, WORTH REMEMBERING AND WORTH CELEBRATING. YOUR DEDICATION HAS BROUGHT US TO THIS MOMENT AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR FAMILY'S HEART. WE ARE SO EVER GRATEFUL. TODAY IS MORE THAN AN AWARD. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND OF BRAVERY AND INTEGRITY. IT'S A REMINDER THAT FREEDOM IS PROTECTED BY ORDINARY MEN WHO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. ELIE SALLE SERVED WITH THE MARAUDERS IN WORLD WAR TWO. HE FACED DANGERS WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE. YET HE RETURNED HOME AND CONTINUED TO BUILD A LIFE OF FAITH, FAMILY AND LOVE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HE LOVES. EL PASO, TEXAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE WANT TO HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO? HE WAS OUR SPOKESPERSON. YEAH, SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US. WE'RE ALL CHICKEN, OKAY? WE'RE ALL CHICKEN. WE KNEW THAT. SO WE KNOW SHE BRIEFED US LAST WEEK. I DIDN'T I'M NOT TELLING YOU. YOU'RE A CHICKEN. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR MR. FERNANDEZ FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD. IT'S OUR HONORARY VETERAN OF THE YEAR PLAQUE. MIKE BARNES WILL PRESENT IT TO HIM. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER PRESENTATIONS FROM VARIOUS. I THINK THE VFW, CONGRESSWOMAN ESCOBAR AND A COUPLE OTHERS HAVE THINGS TO GIVE TO HIM. SO GO AHEAD, MIKE. JUDGE, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO. ARE YOU ALL MICROPHONE HALF OF EL PASO COUNTY? I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY SEND ME. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY AS MANY OTHERS AND YOUR LOVELY FAMILY, YOU ARE MY HERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING VETERAN OF THE YEAR. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING THAT MY FATHER, WHEN HE WAS RAISING US, HE PUSHED US, ALL SIX OF US, TO GO TO COLLEGE AND HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN PUSHING US ALL BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. AND SO WE THANK HIM FOR THAT. OH, YOU'RE SO KIND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING SIR. MY NAME IS MICHELLE AND I AM THE VFW DISTRICT COMMANDER. AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE BELT BUCKLE, WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS. AND I'M GOING TO PUT A PIN ON YOUR HAT FROM THE STATE COMMANDER, DAVE WALDEN OF THE VFW. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU. SO I'M JAMES GREENE, I'M THE DISTRICT THREE COMMANDER FOR THE DAV STATE OF TEXAS. I'M ALSO THE COMMANDER OF CHAPTER 187 FOR DAV. WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 101 YEARS OLD. I HOPE I LIVE TO MAKE IT TO 101, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND ON BEHALF OF DAV, I WANT TO [00:30:07] PRESENT YOU WITH THIS COIN. ALRIGHT. AND FROM CONGRESSWOMAN ESCOBAR, WHO IS WHAT WAS SHE IS ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF VETERANS. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN HONOR FROM HER OFFICE AS WELL. SO GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AFTER RETURNING. CONGRESSWOMAN VERONICA ESCOBAR. I WANT TO PRESENT THIS FLAG TO YOU THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE US CAPITOL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, PLEASE. OH, FOR THE BROADCASTING. OKAY. WAIT WAIT WAIT, WAIT. WHAT ABOUT ME? YEAH. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SORRY. SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING COOL. THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS. SIR, I'M A RETIRED MAJOR. 27 YEARS IN THE ARMY. SO WHAT I CAN GIVE YOU IS IT BREAKS CUSTOMS AND COURTESIES. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SALUTE. SO I KNOW NORMALLY WE AS OFFICERS RECEIVE A SALUTE. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SALUTE. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. JUDGE, ONE MORE THING. YEAH, I'M TAKING OVER THE COURTROOM. ALRIGHT. SO SHE SHE'S ALREADY DONE THE CUSTOMS AND COURTESIES, BUT I WOULD LIKE ALL THE VETERANS TO STAND UP ON THEIR FEET. EVEN. EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A VETERAN, STAND UP ON YOUR FEET. AND WE WANT TO GIVE HIM A PROPER SALUTE. 101 YEARS OLD, WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN. HE DESERVES THAT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL MY VETERANS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO. COURTROOM TEN. SALUTE. TWO. THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT'S WHY WE ARE THE VETERANS CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL RECOGNITION. WE HAVE TWO PILLARS. ONE IS THE MAKING SURE THAT WE CLOSE ALL THE GAPS OF BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS OWED TO OUR VETERANS. AND THE OTHER ONE THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED HERE TODAY IS RECOGNIZING SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE VETERANS FROM OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL NOW BE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES WITH ALL OF YOU. THIS IS SUCH A HEARTWARMING. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD SOMETHING THIS AT THIS LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT AND ELECTRICITY IN THE ROOM AS WE HAVE TODAY. SO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND HONORING THIS INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO. NO, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT. THE WHOLE GROUP. OH, OKAY. ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT OKAY. YES. COMING UP. [00:36:18] INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. CALIFORNIA. YEAH. YOU. READY? RIGHT HERE. WE NEVER MISS. TWO MORE CAMERAS. ONE MORE, ONE MORE, TWO MORE. ONE BEHIND YOU. ALL RIGHT. OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT BACK THERE. WAIT ONE MORE. SHE DID, SHE DID. ALRIGHT. YEAH. I JUST. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? OH. OH. OUR FIRST RESOLUTION OKAY. THERE YOU GO. I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER BEEN DONE. OKAY. GOOD. [00:40:12] GOOD MORNING. ITEM NUMBER FIVE BE APPROVE AND ADOPT. EXCUSE ME. ITEM NUMBER FIVE A APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING RETIRED STAFF SERGEANT JAMES H. GREEN, JR AS THE. AS THE 2025 [A. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing Retired Staff Sergeant James H. Green Jr. as the 2025-2026 Veteran of the Year in El Paso County, Texas. Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-273-3591] 2026 VETERAN OF THE YEAR IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. JOINING A VERY ELITE GROUP. IT'S VERY SMALL PRINT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HERE ABOUT HIM, SO I'LL TRY TO DO THIS. WELL THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, ALWAYS SUCH AN HONOR. LIKE I SAID, PART OF AN ELITE, ELITE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE HAD, JUST MINUS ONE, WHICH IS MISTER PETE FLORES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT HURTS TO KNOW THAT HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT EVERYONE ELSE, THE VETERANS OF THE YEAR ARE HERE TODAY. SO I WILL READ THE RESOLUTION WHERE STAFF SERGEANT RETIRED JAMES H. GREEN JR WAS BORN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND RAISED IN ARTESIA, MISSISSIPPI, BEGINNING HIS MILITARY SERVICE IN APRIL 1994 WITH THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, LATER TRANSITIONING TO ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVING HONORABLY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, INCLUDING THREE COMBAT DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND WHEREAS, SSG GREEN SERVED AS FORT DRUM, NEW YORK, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY. AND FORT BLISS, TEXAS, HOLDING KEY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, MENTORING SOLDIERS, AND CONTRIBUTING TO MODERNIZATION EFFORTS SUCH AS THE ARMY'S DIGITAL TRAINING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH REMAINS IN USE TODAY. WHEREAS HIS VALOR AND PROFESSIONALISM ARE REFLECTED IN HIS MANY AWARDS AND DECORATIONS, INCLUDING COMBAT ACTION BADGE, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, TWO AWARDS. ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL SEVEN AWARDS. MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL FIVE AWARDS. CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE CAMPAIGN STARS. GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE AND EXPEDITIONARY MEDALS IN THE MILITARY OF OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, AMONG OTHERS. WHERE SINCE HIS RETIREMENT IN 2019, SSG RETIRED, GREEN HAS CONTINUED A LIFETIME OF SERVICE THROUGH TIRELESS VOLUNTEERISM, DONATING OVER 2000 HOURS ANNUALLY TO VETERAN CIVIL AND AND SAFETY CAUSES ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY, WHERE HE SERVES AS COMMANDER AND SERVICE OFFICER FOR DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. DAV NORTHEAST CHAPTER NUMBER 187, DISTRICT THREE EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON FOR DAV DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, DEPUTY VETERANS AFFAIRS, VOLUNTARY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DAV NATIONAL AT THE EL PASO, VA AND ALSO SERVES AS THE ALTERNATE ON THE DAV NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADVOCATING FOR VETERANS, VETERANS BENEFITS AND WELL-BEING, WHEREAS HE ALSO SERVES AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VETERANS ORGANIZATION, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ADVANCE UNITY AND ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF ALL EL PASO COUNTY VETERANS AND WHERE SSG RETIRED. GREEN'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXTENDS BEYOND THE VETERAN COMMUNITY, SERVING AS BOARD MEMBER OF THE CRIME STOPPERS OF EL PASO, A CERTIFIED CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIAN, A CARPET COORDINATOR WITH THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS, AND THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, AND A MEMBER OF THE EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT DISCIPLINARY REVIEW BOARD, WHEREAS HE ALSO SUPPORTS THE EL PASO CHAMBER OF AMBASSADORS COMMITTEE, THE GHQ VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, PROVIDING FREE TAX PREPARATION AND NUMEROUS INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS COMPASSION, LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY, JAMES H. GREEN HAS EMBODIED THE TRUE MEANING OF SERVICE BEYOND THE UNIFORM, BUILDING BRIDGES AMONG VETERAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHILE REPRESENTING THE VALUES OF HONOR, SELFLESSNESS, AND DEDICATION THAT DEFINE EL PASO COUNTY'S VETERAN SPIRIT AND WHOSE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OTHERS AND MEASURABLE IMPACT [00:45:01] ACROSS THE COMMUNITY MAKE HIM A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL WHO SERVE AND MOST DESERVING RECIPIENT OF THIS RECOGNITION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY DECLARE STAFF SERGEANT RETIRED JAMES H. GREEN, JR, AS THE EL PASO COUNTY VETERAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2025 TO 2026. WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HIS CONTINUED DEVOTION TO THE VETERANS AND CITIZENS OF EL PASO COUNTY. SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025. TONY, YOU WANT A MOTION? JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THE VOTING IS OPEN. AND YOUR VOTE? JUDGE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HUNT, VETERAN COUNTY SERVICE OFFICER I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE VETERAN OF THE YEAR WAS CHOSEN BY THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VETERAN OF THE YEAR POLICY ADOPTED BY THE COURT, OCTOBER 23RD, 2023. I HAVE VERIFIED ALL OF HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND HIS DISCHARGE STATUS, AND HE MEETS ALL OF THOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TONY. GOOD MORNING. COURTROOM. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW DAN WEBB. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S IN THE CROWD, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT I DO. LET THE COURTROOM SAY AMEN. AMEN. LET THE COURTROOM SAY AMEN AGAIN. AMEN. AMEN AGAIN. AMEN. ALRIGHT, NOW I GOTTA PUT MY GLASSES ON BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. GRANDPA. ALRIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. FIRST, GIVING HONOR TO GOD WHO IS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE. I THANK HIM FOR WAKING ME UP THIS MORNING AND STARTING ME ON MY WAY, FOR KEEPING HIS HAND ON ME THROUGH EVERY VALLEY AND EVERY VICTORY. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD ON MY SIDE, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY. TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND DAUGHTER FOR THEIR LOVE, PATIENCE AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT. YOU HAVE STOOD BY ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN, THROUGH LONG DAYS AND COUNTLESS COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS. YOU ARE MY FOUNDATION AND I SHARE THIS HONOR WITH YOU TO MY ENTIRE FAMILY HERE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS REMINDING ME WHY SERVICE AND COMPASSION MATTERS MOST. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS HONOR, AND FOR YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING VETERAN VOICES AND INVESTING IN PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR SUPPORT ENSURES THAT THOSE WHO SERVED HAVE A VOICE AND A HOME IN THIS COUNTY. NOW TO THE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS. I TOLD TONY I WAS GOING TO BE GOOD. YOU HAVE ME FOR ONE FULL YEAR AS THE EL PASO COUNTY VETERAN OF THE YEAR. ANYONE IN THIS COURTROOM WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I WILL BE ALL OVER EL PASO AT DIFFERENT EVENTS FROM SUNUP TO SUNDOWN. WE PROUDLY CALL THIS THE VETERANS CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVEN MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO HOLD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, ALL Y'ALL UP THERE ACCOUNTABLE, NOT ONLY AS THE VETERAN OF THE YEAR, BUT AS A VETERAN WHO BELIEVES THAT WHEN WE SHOW UP TOGETHER, WE LIFT THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND SINCE I WILL BE RACKING UP THE MILES, JUDGE, I WILL BE EXPECTING A GAS CARD FOR ALL MY TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. I PROMISE TO KEEP IT RESPECTFUL AND I ALSO PROMISE TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT. TO THE PEOPLE WHO PUT ME IN FOR THIS RECOGNITION, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO NOMINATE ME. YOUR CONFIDENCE IS HUMBLING AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO BE WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST. YOUR TRUST TO MY VETERAN FAMILY, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE ALONG SERVE LONG AFTER TAKING OFF THE UNIFORM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD. I'M PROUD TO STAND BESIDE YOU THROUGH THROUGH THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS NORTHEAST CHAPTER 187 UNITED AMERICAN VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS. AND IF I DON'T SAY MVP VETERANS ONE STOP MY TWINS SHALL LIVE WILL KILL ME. SO VETERANS ONE STOP. WELL, LET ME PUT IT OUT THERE FIRST. CAROLYN FROM UMC. I VOLUNTEERED WITH THEM FIRST WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2015. I'VE BEEN WITH THEM THE CAR SEAT PROGRAM FOR TEN YEARS. THEN I [00:50:02] THEN I STARTED VOLUNTEERING WITH SHELIA AND SHE JUST VOLUNTEERS ME FOR EVERYTHING. MY CALENDAR IS BOOKED BECAUSE OF HER, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU, SIS. ALL RIGHT. TO MY COMMUNITY FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP THIS MORNING AND FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR OUR VETERANS. EL PASO SETS THE EXAMPLE FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT HONORS SERVICE. THIS RECOGNITION IS NOT MINE ALONE. IT BELONGS TO ALL OF YOU WHO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE EL PASO COUNTY VETERAN OF THE YEAR, I SEE IT AS MORE THAN A TITLE. TO ME, IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY, A REMINDER TO CONTINUE SERVING WITH PURPOSE, TO BE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK AND TO LIFT OTHERS AS I CLIMB. YEARS AGO, MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME, LET THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE SPEAK FOR YOU AND EVERY COMMUNITY. THERE ARE SOME WHO FOCUS ON THE TITLE AND THE RECOGNITION, AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHO SHOW UP, PUT IN THE WORK AND NEVER ASK FOR RECOGNITION. I CHOOSE TO STAND WITH THE ONES WHO SHOW UP AND SERVE, BECAUSE THE WORK SPEAKS LOUDER THAN ANY TITLE. THIS HONOR IS NOT ABOUT WHAT I HAVE DONE, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ALL CONTINUE TO DO TOGETHER. IT IS A CALL TO ACTION TO KEEP BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN OUR VETERANS AND OUR COMMUNITY, TO ENSURE THAT NO VETERAN EVER FEELS FORGOTTEN, AND TO SHOW THE NEXT GENERATION THAT SERVICE IS A LIFELONG MISSION. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION WITH GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY, KNOWING THAT I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MANY WHO SERVED BEFORE ME AND ALONGSIDE MANY WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, YOUR FAITH IN OUR MISSION, AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR VETERANS. MAY GOD BLESS OUR FAMILIES, OUR VETERANS, OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, AND THIS GREAT COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME. THANK YOU. OH, I GOT TO GO. OH, Y'ALL LOOKING AT ME. I'M GONNA STAND BEHIND. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. STAND BEHIND. TONY. OH, YEAH. YOU NEED TO BE. I'M ALREADY A VFW MEMBER. YOU DIDN'T. YOU DIDN'T. OH, MY BAD, THE VFW. AT AMERICAN LEGION. AMERICAN LEGION? YES. YOU GET IN THE PICTURE. THERE SHE IS. GET IN THE PICTURE. OH! COME ON. VETERANS OF THE YEAR. THE FAMILY FIRST. THIS IS THE FAMILY FIRST. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. Y'ALL JUST WANT TO SPEAK FOR A MINUTE. I'M TRYING TO GET YOU BETTER. THANK YOU. NO, THEY NEED IT FOR THE RECORDING. ALL RIGHT, JAMES, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THERE ARE WEEKS LIKE THIS WEEK COMING UP. I WILL LITERALLY SEE YOU MORE THAN I SEE MY OWN WIFE. YOU'RE WELCOME. NO BUSY WEEK, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD AND THE COUNTY OF EL PASO, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY. BUT I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU TO MY BATTLE BUDDY. DEVIL, WHERE YOU AT? RIGHT HERE. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. I KNOW YOU GOT WARRANTS. HEY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU LATER. BUT YOU'VE BEEN AN AWESOME BATTLE BUDDY FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR ALL THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES OUT THERE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, JAMES, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HEAVY RUCK, BUT WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST YOU IN CARRYING IT. YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD THE WAY. YOU'VE BEEN A MENTOR. YOU'VE BEEN A ROLE MODEL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NOW YOU'RE THE VETERAN OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. VETERANS OF THE YEAR. LET'S GO GET A PICTURE. YEAH. WE JUST WE HAVE SOME MORE. WE HAVE SOME MORE. YEAH, WE HAVE SOME MORE INDIVIDUALS TO HONOR. JAMES. SO IF YOU TAKE A SEAT REAL QUICK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE. OKAY. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. YEAH. GET THAT VOLUME UP PLEASE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE, CYNTHIA [00:55:06] TREJO AND THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR, IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO JAMES GREEN. THE 2025 2026 EL PASO COUNTY VETERAN OF THE YEAR. MR. GREEN, YOUR LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION AND LIFELONG SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND COMMUNITY EMBODY THE HIGHEST VALUES OF COURAGE AND COMMITMENT. REPRESENTATIVE TREJO REGRETS BEING UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY IN YOUR CEREMONY. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN COUNCIL, BUT SHE WANTS TO CONVEY HER DEEPEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO SERVE OUR VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONOR. HOLD IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REALLY QUICK. I GOT ONE MORE THING. OKAY. TONY. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING. AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS FROM MY HEART. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS POSITION WHERE I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW. AND. JAMES. SHELIA, MIKE BARNES, MY TEAM. GOD SENT ME A BUNCH OF ANGELS TO TO HELP ME IN THIS MISSION, AND I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT. WITHOUT THEM, I MEAN, THEY SUPPORT EVERYTHING I DO. THEY COME UP WITH GREAT IDEAS FOR US TO GET, GET IN TOUCH WITH VETERANS AND CONNECT WITH THEM AND GET THEM THE BENEFITS THAT THEY DESERVE. WITHOUT THEM, I COULDN'T DO MY JOB EVERY DAY. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JAMES. THANK YOU TO SHELIA, TO MY VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD, WHO SUPPORTS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO MISS DEBO, WHO WE HAVE. I TRIED TO COLLECT PICTURES FOR HER AND THERE ARE LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PICTURES. I HAVE PICTURES EVERYWHERE. BUT IT HAS BEEN A BUSY YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR WITH JAMES SERVING AS THE VETERAN OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TONY. YOU WANT TO? JAMES WILL GO RIGHT DOWN. TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH YOU. OKAY. YES. SO. THANK. YOU. OKAY. OKAY. YES. SO. ALL. COME ON, COME ON. GET OVER HERE. HOLD ON. Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO GET ALL THESE PICTURES. IT'S THE LAST TIME I'M WEARING A SUIT. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME. THIS IS LIKE A TRUE STORY, I KNOW. I KNOW. JAMES WATERMELON. HEY, I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NOW. THANK YOU. IT'S YOURS. YOU GOT THIS. OH, I GOTTA TAKE THIS. THIS IS MINE. EVERYWHERE YOU GO, EVERYWHERE I GO. LET ME GIVE IT AWAY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO I DON'T KNOW. LOTS OF STAPLES. WRAP IT AROUND. YOU. WRAP ME AROUND. OKAY. [01:00:18] ITEM NUMBER FIVE. C APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 23RD, 2025 AS LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. [C. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing October 23, 2025, as “Lights On Afterschool Day” in El Paso County, Texas. Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-273-3591] I GOT SOME MORE PEOPLE COMING UP. YEAH. A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN KIDS AFTER SCHOOL AND WHEN THEY HAVE THAT LITTLE GAP AND THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND LOVED. SO I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS THE PEOPLE OF EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, STAND FIRMLY COMMITTED TO QUALITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE SAFE, CHALLENGING AND ENGAGING EXPERIENCES THAT HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND ACADEMIC SKILLS. SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES BY ENSURING CHILDREN ARE PRODUCTIVE WHEN NOT IN SCHOOL. BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BY INVOLVING STUDENTS, PARENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS. ENGAGE FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ADVANCING YOUTH WELFARE AND OFFER YOUNG PEOPLE MANY PROVEN BENEFITS, PARTICULARLY IN ACADEMICS, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, AND OVERALL PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. WHEREAS THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN EL PASO COUNTY CONTINUE TO INNOVATE WITH ENRICHING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, STRENGTHENING TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND DEVELOP THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO PROCEED TO SUCCEED WITH. EL PASO COUNTY IS HONORED TO BE HOME TO NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE LEADERSHIP IN YOUTH, HEALTH AND EDUCATION ENSURES THAT QUALITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS PREPARE CHILDREN TO GROW INTO SUCCESSFUL ADULTS. WITH PASO DEL NORTE HEALTH FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF INVESTING IN HEALTH, EDUCATION AND DISEASE PREVENTION THROUGH INITIATIVES SUCH AS HEALTHY KIDS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY, WHERE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE STRENGTHENED THROUGH THE BOOST NETWORK. WHEREAS RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATE IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS PERFORM BETTER ACADEMICALLY, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN RISKY BEHAVIORS. AND WITH THE LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL, THE NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 23RD, 2025, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AND THE DOORS OPEN FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY DESIGNATE OCTOBER 23RD, 2025 AS LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT INNOVATIVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ENSURE ALL CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE, ENGAGING AND HIGH QUALITY OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY. SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THE VOTING IS OPEN. YOUR VOTE. JUDGE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SANDRA DAY. I'M A PROGRAM OFFICER WITH THE PASO DEL NORTE HEALTH FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF THE PASO DEL NORTE HEALTH FOUNDATION, UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY, AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. RECOGNIZING LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL 2025 AFTER PROGRAMS ARE VITAL SPACES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DISCOVER THEIR STRENGTH, BUILD CONFIDENCE, AND STAY CONNECTED TO CARING AND TRUSTED ADULTS. AND WE ARE HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS UNDER OUR HEALTHY KIDS INITIATIVE THAT YEARLY SERVES THOUSANDS OF KIDS ACROSS OUR REGION EL PASO COUNTY, DONA ANA COUNTY, AND CIUDAD JUAREZ AS WELL. WHEN THE LIGHTS STAY ON AFTER SCHOOL, OUR DOORS REMAIN OPEN TO OPPORTUNITY OF LEARNING AND STAYING SAFE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU, JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND COMMISSIONERS FOR [01:05:04] YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR OUR KIDS AND TO KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON, SHINING BRIGHT FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILY AND OUR FUTURE LEADERS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? NO. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I. I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU ALL SUPPORT OUR NETWORK BOOST THROUGH THE UNITED WAY UMBRELLA AND WITH THE SUPPORT WITH THE HEALTH FOUNDATION. WE SUPPORT MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, THEIR PROFESSIONALS, AND WE ARE JOINED BY A COUPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HELP US THERE, LIKE THEY THEMSELVES ARE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDERS, THAT THEY WORK WITH THE KIDS DIRECTLY. SO WE USE THEIR EXPERTISE, WE USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO PIVOT AND CHANGE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO THROUGH OUR EFFORTS. SO IT'S BECAUSE OF THEM THAT OUR OUR NETWORK AND OUR INTERMEDIARIES HAVE SUCCESS. SO WE HAVE REBECCA REYES WITH US. WE HAVE GABBY AGUIRRE, WE ALSO HAVE MIRIAM MARQUEZ ON THE BACK OVER HERE WITH ALSO WITH THE FOR EACH PROGRAM AND CLINT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING OVER HERE AT UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY. JOINING ME I'M ENRIQUE GARCIA WITH UNITED WAY EL PASO COUNTY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU GOT YOU INTRODUCED EVERYBODY RIGHT. YOU GOT I DID YES SIR. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF MY EXPERIENCES, JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER, THINKS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED AND SOMEONE HAVING TO GO HOME BY THEMSELVES VERSUS TO BE IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT, IN A LOVING ENVIRONMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I CAN TELL YOU, EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN THE KIDS WERE STAYING BY THEMSELVES WITH NO PARENTS, WE HAD SOME REALLY DIFFICULT ISSUES OF WHAT WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE PLACE. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. BUT THAT CLOSING, THAT GAP OF HAVING SOMEONE THERE AFTER THEY FINISH SCHOOL AND THAT THEY COULD GET TO THEY COULD TO STAY THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, ACADEMIC, EMOTIONAL. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A VERY BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY WORKING INDIVIDUALS AND WORKING FAMILIES THAT CAN AFFORD TO, TO TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT PROGRAM BE PART OF THEIR LIFE. SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY THEN I'LL JUST SKIP AHEAD TO HERS. YEAH. SO YEAH WE'LL OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK. YOU. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ITEM NUMBER 5EA PROVEN ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH 11TH, 2025 AS OPERATION GREEN LIGHT IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. COMMISSIONER BUTLER, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUR EFFORTS AND TO TO ADD TO OUR CELEBRATION OF OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY. THIS MORNING, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION. AND I THINK IT'S TONY. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A FEW WORDS. OKAY. THANKS. WHEREAS THE RESIDENTS OF EL PASO COUNTY HAVE GREAT RESPECT, ADMIRATION AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SELFLESSLY, SELFLESSLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND THIS COMMUNITY [01:10:03] IN THE ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN VITAL IN MAINTAINING OUR FREEDOMS AND WAY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS EL PASO COUNTY SEEKS TO HONOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE COUNTLESS SACRIFICES FOR FREEDOM, AND WHEREAS VETERANS CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, CIVIL SERVICE, AND BY FUNCTIONING AS COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS IN 29 STATES TO HELP FELLOW FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS ACCESS MORE THAN $52 BILLION IN FEDERAL HEALTH DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS EACH YEAR. AND WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000 SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITIONED TO CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES ANNUALLY, WITH AN ESTIMATED 20% MORE ANTICIPATED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND WHEREAS STUDIES INDICATE THAT 44 TO 72% OF SERVICE MEMBERS EXPERIENCE HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS DURING TRANSITION FROM THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LIFE, AND WHEREAS, ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITIONING FROM MILITARY SERVICE ARE AT A HIGH RISK FOR SUICIDE DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR AFTER MILITARY SERVICE, AND WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ENCOURAGES ALL COUNTIES, PARISHES AND BOROUGHS TO RECOGNIZE OPERATION GREEN LIGHT FOR VETERANS, AND WHEREAS THE AND WHEREAS EL PASO COUNTY APPRECIATES THE SACRIFICES OF OUR UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL AND BELIEVES SPECIFIC RECOGNITION, RECOGNITION SHOULD BE GRANTED NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED WITH DESIGNATION AS A GREEN LIGHT FOR VETERANS COUNTY, EL PASO COUNTY HEREBY DECLARES NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH 11TH, 2025 AS A TIME TO SALUTE AND HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OF THOSE TRANSITIONING FROM ACTIVE SERVICE. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT EL PASO COUNTY ENCOURAGES ITS CITIZENS IN PATRIOTIC TRADITION TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING ALL THOSE WHO MADE IMMEASURABLE SACRIFICES TO PRESERVE FREEDOM BY DISPLAYING GREEN LIGHT GREEN LIGHTS IN THE WINDOW OF THEIR OF THEIR RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. FROM NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH 11TH, 2025. SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BUTLER, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME, TONY. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. ANTOINETTE HUNT, VETERAN COUNTY SERVICE OFFICER. THIS VETERANS DAY, WE CELEBRATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION GREEN LIGHT, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COUNTIES, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS INVITE THE NATION'S 3069 COUNTIES, PARISHES AND BOROUGHS TO JOIN US IN SHOWING SUPPORT FOR VETERANS BY LIGHTING OUR BUILDINGS GREEN FROM 4 TO 11 NOVEMBER BY SHINING A GREEN LIGHT, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS WILL LET VETERANS KNOW THAT THEY ARE SEEN, THEY ARE APPRECIATED AND THEY ARE SUPPORTED. AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THE LIGHTS BEHIND COMMISSIONERS COURT HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO GREEN IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE SOME GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE COURT AND ONE FOR OUR NEW VETERAN OF THE YEAR. AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IN THE AUDIENCE, I HAVE ABOUT 40 OF THEM COMING TO ME TONIGHT. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE A GREEN BULB YOU CAN STOP BY MY OFFICE STARTING TOMORROW TO PICK ONE UP. AND PLEASE PARTICIPATE AT SUCH A SPECIAL THING. I MEAN, YOU CAN IMAGINE A VETERAN PASSING BY A NEIGHBORHOOD, SEEING THE GREEN LIGHT. SO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ALSO WOULD BE GREAT TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THIS. THIS IS VERY SPECIAL FOR US. ALSO, THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY WHO ARE ABLE TO GET THE STAR IN THE MOUNTAIN LIT GREEN FROM 4 TO 11 NOVEMBER TO SHOW OUR VETERANS THAT THEY ARE SEEN AND APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY, LUTHER, FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT FOR ME. WE GOT A WORCESTER BANK I THINK IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL, AND SOME OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE. SO IT'S A GREAT GESTURE. SEEMS SMALL BUT VERY POWERFUL. THANK YOU TONY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JIM, CAN WE TAKE A QUICK PHOTO? YES. [01:16:22] ITEM NUMBER FIVE F APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING RADFORD SCHOOLS 115 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND DECLARING RADFORD SCHOOL DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, GO AHEAD AND INVITE THE FOLKS FROM RADFORD UP TO THE TO THE PODIUM. I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION THAT IS RECOGNIZING RADFORD SCHOOL. THEY'RE CELEBRATING 115 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1910, RADFORD HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF EDUCATION IN EL PASO, CULTIVATING CURIOSITY, DISCIPLINE, INTEGRITY, AND EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS THROUGH ITS DOORS. GENERATIONS OF GRADUATES HAVE CARRIED RADFORD'S VALUES OF DUTY, HONOR, AND INTEGRITY INTO THEIR LIVES AND CAREERS, CONTINUING TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT FOR OUR REGION AND BEYOND. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR OUR GUESTS. THE RESOLUTION STATES. WHEREAS RADFORD SCHOOL, ESTABLISHED IN 1910, HAS A LONG STANDING TRADITION OF FOSTERING A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING BY EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO GROW INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY AND ETHICALLY IN A VIBRANT TRADITION, RICH, ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS ENVIRONMENT. AND WHEREAS RADFORD SCHOOL INSTILLS IN ITS STUDENTS THE CORE VALUES OF DUTY, HONOR, AND INTEGRITY WHILE PROMOTING CLEAR AND OBJECTIVE THINKING, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, STUDENT INSIGHT, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF PREPARATION, STIMULATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS THE VISION OF RADFORD SCHOOL IS TO GRADUATE RESPECTFUL, CONFIDENT, MATURE AND PRODUCTIVE YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE PREPARED FOR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND BEYOND. AND WHEREAS, RADFORD SCHOOL CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A PILLAR OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS NOVEMBER 7TH AND EIGHTH, 2020 MARKED THE 115TH ANNIVERSARY OF RADFORD SCHOOL, AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT NOVEMBER 7TH AND EIGHTH, 2025 ARE HEREBY DESIGNATED AS RADFORD SCHOOL DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY IN RECOGNITION OF THE SCHOOL'S LONG STANDING DEDICATION TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOMMENDS RADFORD SCHOOL, ITS LEADERSHIP, FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND ALUMNI FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL FABRIC OF EL PASO COUNTY FOR THE PAST 115 YEARS. SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, SECOND FROM COUNTY JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND COMMISSIONER. BUTLER, COMMISSIONER STOUT, COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER CORONADO, MY NAME IS MANUEL, AND I AM HUMBLY HONORED TO BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR RADFORD SCHOOL. IT IS MY HONOR ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND FAMILIES, TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 115TH BIRTHDAY OF OUR GRAND OLD INSTITUTION. THE FINE OLD LADY WE HAVE. SHE HAS A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS IS MIRRORED IN WHAT THEY DO, BOTH WITHIN THE EL PASO COMMUNITY AND AT LARGE. IT IS BECAUSE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE INSTILL THOSE VALUES AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT RADFORD CONTINUES TO BE THE [01:20:01] BEACON OF EDUCATION IN THE EL PASO COMMUNITY. AS I SHARED WITH OUR STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT IS, IT IS IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN 1910 FOR A GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES TO VENTURE. I THINK IT WAS 4 OR 5 YOUNG LADIES TO VENTURE ON THIS JOURNEY AND ESTABLISH RADFORD AND ITS FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, AND WHAT IT WOULD STAND FOR AND THAT IT WOULD LAST, YOU KNOW, GIVING A TOP QUALITY, QUALITY EDUCATION BASED ON A STRONG CURRICULAR PREPARATORY ROUTE FOR ALL OF THE GIRLS AT THE TIME. AND THEN IN 76, MAKING THE TRANSITION TO BECOME A COED SCHOOL FOR BOTH YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. AND THE TRADITION NEVER WAVERED AND THE VALUES NEVER FALTERED, AND THE EXPECTATIONS HAVE RISEN. AND SO IT IS WITH THAT THAT WE ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION. ON BEHALF OF THAT, I AM PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY BOARD CHAIR CARLOS MARTINEZ AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBER OMAR AVILA. FACULTY AND STAFF. MR. STREETER, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE SCHOOL FOR OVER 27 YEARS. MR. IBARRA, MISS EVELYN CORRAL, MISS LINDA GRAY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR STUDENTS CARLOS MACIAS, LIAM JOHNSON, SARAH KIM, TATIANA SPENCER AND LUNA VILLA AND WITH THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE ARE THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU. AND ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON ON 115 YEARS. I KNOW NONE OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT LONG, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHAT A WHAT AN AMAZING INSTITUTION. AND I WANT TO THANK CARLOS MARTINEZ FOR FOR BRINGING THE RESOLUTION TO MY ATTENTION. HE'S OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE AMAZING GRADUATES OF THIS SCHOOL AND SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE AT THE COUNTY IN MY OFFICE AND HAS GONE GONE ON TO TO DO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE BETTER, BUT BIGGER. GENERALLY. YES, BUT BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR FOR BEING HERE. THANKS TO THE STUDENTS FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHOOL DAY. I KNOW I RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE STUDENTS AS THE CHILD OF OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, LUNA, AND OF COURSE, OMAR VILLA, WHO USED TO BE A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, IS NOW GENERAL COUNSEL AT UMC. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO TO THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT THAT THAT ARE THAT ARE PART OF YOUR INSTITUTION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR JOINING US. AND CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN ON ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU SIR. DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE ANYONE ELSE CAN. YEAH. CAN EVERYBODY JUST STEP UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES FOR THE RECORD. THANKS. MY NAME IS ANDREW STREETER. I'M THE HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHER. I'VE BEEN AT RADFORD SINCE 1998 AND IT IS TRULY A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE VALUES THAT THE SCHOOL STANDS FOR AND THAT WE INSTILL IN OUR STUDENTS. AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO TEACH THE FINE YOUNG WOMEN THAT WE HAVE AS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE HAVE AS STUDENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HE ALSO MENTIONED TO ME HE WAS CARLOS'S MATH TEACHER WHEN HE WAS THERE. SO FOR FOUR YEARS. PLEASE. HI, I'M SARAH KEMP. WELCOME, WELCOME. I'M IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS HELLO. MY NAME IS LIAM. I'M IN MY NINTH YEAR OF STARTING HIGH SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M TATIANA SPENCER, AND I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS CARLOS ENRIQUE ENRIQUEZ AND I AM A SENIOR. AND I HAVE BEEN AT THIS SCHOOL FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS NOW. AND IT MEANS A LOT THAT I GET TO GRADUATE FROM THIS SCHOOL THAT ONCE WELCOMED ME AS ONE OF THEIR OWN. THANK YOU. AND I'M LUNA VILLA. I AM A SOPHOMORE AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE SCHOOL SINCE THE SIXTH GRADE, AND I LOVE ITS ENRICHING HISTORY AND TRADITIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU LUNA. OUR VERY OWN WELL, GOOD MORNING, OUR VERY OWN. AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR. OMAR VILLA, A PARENT OF LUNA VILLA AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD AT RADFORD SCHOOL. THIS IS A GREAT HONOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS GLENDA GRAY, AND I DO GRANT WRITING AND DEVELOPMENT FUND DEVELOPMENT FOR RADFORD. I'M ALSO A GRADUATE CLASS OF 1987, AS IS MY MOTHER, CLASS OF 64, MY BROTHER CLASS OF 94, AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A TEACHER THERE IN 47 AND 48. THANK YOU. AND MY NAME IS EVELYN, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS AT RADFORD SCHOOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. AND TO THE STUDENTS, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY PROUD, BUT ALWAYS BE AN AMBASSADOR HERE IN EL PASO. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE REALLY REPRESENT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. I [01:25:02] MEAN, WE COULD GO TO DIFFERENT GRADUATE DEGREES, BUT WE SORT OF FALL BACK ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT. BUT ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS HONOR YOUR SCHOOL. THERE'S SOME AMAZING INDIVIDUALS THAT I'VE MET THAT COME GRADUATED FROM RADFORD SCHOOL, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS REPRESENT YOUR SCHOOL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY AND EL PASO AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE RESOLUTION PLEASE. WITH THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOW ABOUT ME? HAPPY TO SHARE I'M SORRY. SIR. ARE READY OR WHAT? YEAH, THAT'S HOW WE. THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT, MAN. JUST CHECK ON, MAKE SURE THEY'RE WARM. MAKE SURE YOU GOT. THE. SCHOOL. YOU GOT A DOCTORATE IN THAT YOU ALWAYS DO. NO, NO, NO. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP AHEAD TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ANNUAL JUNIOR LEAGUE FUNDRAISER, WHICH TAKES PLACE OCTOBER 30TH 1ST TO NOVEMBER 2ND, 2025, WITH THE THEME AN ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS. COMMISSIONER STOUT. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF READING THIS [I. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing the annual Junior League Fundraiser, which takes place October 31-November 2, 2025, with the theme “An Enchanted Christmas.” David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-273-3559] RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD. IF I CAN HAVE THE LADIES FROM THE JUNIOR LEAGUE APPROACH THE PODIUM. YOU KNOW, SOME SOME I THINK TRADITIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN EL PASO JUST FEEL LIKE HOME. THEY MAKE EL PASO, EL PASO IN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE. CHRISTMAS FAIR IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE. EVERY YEAR, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS GATHER TO ENJOY A HOLIDAY CHEER, SHOP LOCAL VENDORS, AND SUPPORT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER. WHAT STARTED IN 1974 AS A SMALL COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEER LED MARKET HAS GROWN INTO A BELOVED TRI-CITY TRADITION, COMBINING FUN, FAMILY AND SERVICE IN A WAY THAT ONLY I THINK THE JUNIOR LEAGUE CAN DELIVER. SO WITH THAT, I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU ALL, THE RESOLUTION STATES. WHEREAS THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO, INC. CHRISTMAS FAIR BEGAN AS A HOLIDAY MARKET BEGUN BY VOLUNTEERS IN 1974 AND HAS BLOSSOMED NOT ONLY INTO COMMUNITY EXTRAVAGANZA BUT ALSO A FAMILY TRADITION FOR MANY OF OUR TRI CITY REGION, DRAWING THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS THEMED AN ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS AND WILL ONCE AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, SHINE LIGHT ON LOCAL BUSINESSES AND VENDORS WHILE FUNDRAISING FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS. AND WHEREAS, THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO, INC. IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WHOSE MEMBERS GIVE MORE THAN 4000 VOLUNTEER HOURS EACH YEAR TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, AND THIS EVENT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THEIR MISSION TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FOR MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGH VOLUNTEER ACTION, COLLABORATION, AND TRAINING. AND WHEREAS, THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS BENEFITING FROM THIS YEAR'S EVENT INCLUDE INSTANT IMPACT PROJECTS, SINGLE DAY SERVICES EVENTS WITH DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS SERVING INDIVIDUALS FROM SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN TO ADULTS, WHICH INCLUDE DESSERT SPOON, FOOD HUB, EL PASO, APHASIA CONNECT CENTER, LA NUBE, AND TEXANS TO THE RESCUE. HEALTHY BITES, A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU EAT I EAT FOOD PANTRY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND WELLNESS ITEMS TO SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN NORTHEAST EL PASO. BUTTERFLY HAVEN IN COLLABORATION WITH HOSPICE OF EL PASO, CREATING OUTDOOR RESPITE SPACES FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. OFFERING OFFERING COMFORT AND SERENITY DURING [01:30:05] CHALLENGING TIMES. CONNECTIONS. RENEW, RESTORE RECHARGE MONTHLY EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RIO GRANDE CANCER FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT CANCER SURVIVORS, GIRLS ON THE RUN AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT CREATIVELY INTEGRATES RUNNING TO INSPIRE GIRLS TO BE JOYFUL, HEALTHY AND CONFIDENT, AND MUSIC THERAPY FOR THE ELDERLY. THE LONGEST RUNNING PROJECT, INITIATED IN 1990, CONTINUES TO OFFER NURTURING CONTACT THROUGH MUSIC. MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FOR AGING, EL PASOANS AND WHEREAS. MAJOR PARTNERS OF THE EFFORT INCLUDE CASA AUTOGROUP, EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ESM GROUP OF COMPANIES BEASLEY MITCHELL AND CO AND TWO HILLS. WE ARE FOR EPI. AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT COMMEND THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO INC FOR ITS CIVIC ENDEAVORS AND WISH THEM A FANTASTIC AND ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS FROM OCTOBER 30TH 1ST TO NOVEMBER 2ND. SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025, THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU, JUDGE SAMANIEGO. MY NAME IS AMY FIELD. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO. AND I'M JOINED HERE BY A CHRISTMAS FAIR, 2025 CHAIR, DALIA GARCIA. WELCOME. AND A CHRISTMAS 2026 CHAIR, LAUREN AGUILAR. WELCOME. ON BEHALF OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT JUDGE SAMANIEGO FOR COMMISSIONER STOUT AND INVITE YOU ALL TO THE 52ND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FAIR, RUNNING OCTOBER 31ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 2ND. AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THIS IS CHRISTMAS FAIR IS A BELOVED TRADITION OF HOLIDAY EVENTS AND MARKET THAT FUNDS THE MANY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS OF A JUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO TARGETING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS. SO WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE OKAY, WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND INVITE YOU ALL TO COME IN AND ENJOY THIS TRADITION WITH US. WE KNOW THAT IT HAS BECOME THE STARTUP OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AGAIN. JUST TO RECAP, WE HOPE YOU ALL WILL JOIN US THIS COMING WEEKEND. AND ALREADY WE'RE ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS 2026. SO LOOK FORWARD TO IT. AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU DO, BUT YOU KNOW THE TRADITION I THINK EL PASO WE REALLY FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, OUR HISTORY, OUR TRADITION. AND THAT'S I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE THAT STANDS AS STRONG AS YOURS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE KICKOFF RIGHT, FOR THE FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, BUT ALSO VOLUNTEERISM. THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT. WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE SORT OF LOST TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANTING TO VOLUNTEER. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO REENGAGE MORE PEOPLE IN VOLUNTEERING. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU ALL. ONCE AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT YOU ALL DO AMAZING WORK WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR VOLUNTEERISM. I HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF YOUR ORGANIZATION. AND THEY TALK. THEY TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO I'M JUST GLAD TO BE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR YOU ALL TODAY WITH THIS RECOGNITION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE G APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION HONORING DIA DE MUERTOS AND ITS CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE PASO DEL NORTE REGION. COMMISSIONER STOUT, ONCE MORE, I GET TO HAVE THE HONOR OF READING THIS RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD. [G. Approve and adopt a resolution honoring Día de Muertos and its cultural significance in the Paso del Norte Region. David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-273-3559] GLAD TO BE JOINED HERE BY BY MEMBERS OF THE THE MEXICAN CONSULATE HERE IN HERE IN EL PASO. JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT THIS IS ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT TRADITION HERE IN OUR [01:35:05] COMMUNITY. DIA DE MUERTOS IS NOT JUST A CULTURAL. CELEBRATION, BUT IT'S A REFLECTION OF HISTORY, IDENTITY AND DEEP BONDS THAT CONNECT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS BORDERS AND GENERATIONS. DE MUERTOS IS A TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, BUT NOT WITH SORROW, WITH JOY, COLOR, GRATITUDE FOR THE LIVES THAT THEY LIVED AND THE LEGACIES THAT THEY HAVE LEFT BEHIND IN OUR REGION. THIS TRADITION CARRIES UNIQUE MEANING ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS BORDER. FAMILIES COME TOGETHER TO BUILD ALTARS, SHARE STORIES, AND HONOR THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH. IT'S A CELEBRATION THAT UNITES EL PASO AND CIUDAD JUAREZ, REMINDING US THAT LOVE AND MEMORY. THERE, THERE ARE NO WALLS FOR THOSE. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO IN EL PASO FOR THEIR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THIS TRADITION, AND FOR PARTNERING WITH EL PASO COUNTY THIS YEAR TO CREATE A PUBLIC ALTAR HERE AT OUR COURTHOUSE HONORING THE LIVES AND EXPERIENCES THAT SHAPE OUR BINATIONAL COMMUNITY. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS. THE RESOLUTION STATES, WHEREAS DIA DE MUERTOS OR DAY OF THE DEAD IS ONE OF MEXICO'S MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL TRADITIONS, WITH ORIGINS IN ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MEXICA, MAYA AND PURÉPECHA, WHO HELD CEREMONIES TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO PASSED ON. AND WHEREAS THE TRADITION INCORPORATED TWO FESTIVALS, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE THIS WORD, BUT. MILITANTLY DEDICATED TO CHILDREN AND INNOCENCE, AND WE. MICHELI THE GREAT FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD, WHICH WERE LATER INTEGRATED INTO THE CATHOLIC OBSERVANCES OF ALL SAINTS DAY, NOVEMBER 1ST AND ALL SOULS DAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. AND WHEREAS DIA DE MUERTOS HAS BECOME A VIBRANT CULTURE EXPRESSION BLENDING INDIGENOUS AND EUROPEAN TRADITIONS SYMBOLIZED THROUGH THE COLORFUL ALTARS, OFRENDAS MARIGOLD FLOWERS, CEMPASUCHIL, FOOD, MUSIC AND ARTISTIC REPRESENTATIONS SUCH AS CALAVERAS AND CATRINAS CELEBRATING LIFE WHILE HONORING THE MEMORY OF LOVED ONES. AND WHEREAS, IN 2003, UNESCO RECOGNIZED DIA DE MUERTOS AS PART OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY, AFFIRMING ITS VALUE AND AN ANCESTRAL PRACTICE THAT FOSTERS FAMILY UNITY, COMMUNITY IDENTITY, AND RESPECT FOR THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH. AND WHEREAS, IN THE PASO DEL NORTE REGION, DIA DE MUERTOS HOLDS PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE AS A BINATIONAL TRADITION CELEBRATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE UNITED STATES MEXICO BORDER, WHERE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES GATHER TO PRESERVE AND SHARE CULTURAL HERITAGE, STRENGTHENING US AND TIES BETWEEN EL PASO AND CIUDAD JUAREZ. AND WHEREAS, EVERY YEAR THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO IN EL PASO HONORS THIS TRADITION BY PROMOTING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT PRESERVE AND SHARE THE ESSENCE OF DIA DE MUERTOS, FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MEXICAN HERITAGE AND OUR BORDER COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THIS YEAR, THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO AND EL PASO PARTNERED WITH EL PASO COUNTY TO CREATE AN ALTAR INSTALLED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE EL PASO COUNTY COURTHOUSE THEMED AROUND UNITED STATES MEXICO NATURAL DISASTERS AS A TRIBUTE TO SHARED EXPERIENCES AND TO CELEBRATE OUR BINATIONAL UNITY. AND WHEREAS, THE OBSERVANCE OF DIA DE MUERTOS IN THE BORDERLAND PROVIDES A SPACE FOR REMEMBRANCE, CULTURAL PRIDE AND INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTION, ENRICHING THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF EL PASO COUNTY AND REAFFIRMING ITS SHARED HERITAGE WITH MEXICO. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT THE COUNTY OF EL PASO HEREBY COMMEMORATES DIA DE MUERTOS AND EL PASO DEL NORTE REGION, RECOGNIZING ITS DEEP CULTURAL ORIGINS IN MEXICO AND DESIGNATING IT AS A WORLD HERITAGE TRADITION AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE BINATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT CALLS THIS BORDER REGION HOME. SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025, THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STONE, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME. THANK YOU. JUDGE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS FELIX HERRERA. I'M THE DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL. THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO HERE IN EL PASO. WITH ME IS ADRIANA MARTINEZ. SHE'S THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OFFICER. ON BEHALF OF CONSUL GENERAL MAURICIO IBARRA PONCE DE LEON, I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND THIS DISTINCTION HERE IN EL PASO COUNTY COURTHOUSE. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, HONORING ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL CELEBRATIONS OF MEXICAN CULTURE AND TRADITION, DIA DE MUERTOS, CELEBRATED IN MEXICO ON NOVEMBER 1ST AND SECOND, IS ONE OF OUR COUNTRY'S MOST CHERISHED AND PROFOUND TRADITIONS. IT IS TIME TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY, AND TO CELEBRATE LIFE THROUGH REMEMBRANCE. REMEMBRANCE IN EVERY FLOWER OR FLOR DE CEMPASUCHIL, EVERY CANDLE, EVERY ON EVERY OFFERING WE SEE REFLECTED THE LOVE AND RESPECT [01:40:04] THAT DEFINE OUR CULTURE, ONE THAT VIEWS DEATH NOT AS AN END, BUT AS A CONTINUATION OF THE BOND WITH OUR LOVED ONES. CELEBRATING THIS OCCASION IN THE UNITED STATES IN PARTICULAR HERE IN EL PASO, HOLDS A SPECIAL, HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL MEANING HERE, WHERE THE BORDER UNITE US MORE THAN IT SEPARATED US THAT DIA DE MUERTOS ALLOW US TO SHARE WITH PRIDE OUR ROOTS AND TO SHOWCASE THE RICHNESS OF MEXICAN TRADITIONS THAT ENDURE AND TRANSCEND BEYOND BORDERS. DIA DE MUERTOS REMIND US THAT AS LONG AS WE KEEP MEMORY ALIVE, OUR LOVED ONES NEVER TRULY LEAVE US. THAT IS WHY WE INVITE THE ENTIRE EL PASO COUNTY COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THIS TRADITION WITH RESPECT, JOY, AND PRIDE, ONE THAT UNITES US AS MEXICANS AND AS BORDER CITIZENS AND THAT AND THAT ALLOW US TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD THE BEAUTY OF OUR CULTURE. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK WE WILL INAUGURATE OUR DIA DE MUERTOS ALTAR HERE AT THIS BUILDING IN THE FIRST FLOOR, A LIVING EXPRESSION OF THIS MEXICAN TRADITION THAT WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL VISIT, ENJOY, AND REFLECT UPON. THE ALTAR WILL FEATURE THE ELEMENTS THAT GIVE MEANING TO THE OFFERING. LAS FLORES IS THAT GUIDE US, THAT GUIDE THE SOUL'S PATH, THE CANDLES THAT LIGHT THEIR BACK, THAT THEIR WAY BACK. EL PAN DE MUERTOS AND OTHER FOODS THAT SYMBOLIZE GENEROSITY. THE WATER THAT SATISFIES THEIR THIRST FROM THE JOURNEY AND TEQUILA TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT EVOKE MEMORY AND THE COLORS THAT CELEBRATE LIFE. THIS ALTAR REPRESENTS LOVE, UNITY, AND THE PRIDE OF OUR HERITAGE. THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO AND EL PASO INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH AT 5 P.M. HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE FOR THIS CELEBRATION AND TO SHARE TOGETHER THE PRIDE OF OUR TRADITIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ADRIANA MARTINEZ WITH THE MEXICAN CONSULATE. IT REALLY IS AN HONOR FOR US TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND HAVE THE ALTAR THIS YEAR, LIKE WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. AND JUST TO SHOW THE WORLD THE PRIDE THAT WE HAVE AS MEXICAN NATIONALS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU CANNOT LEAVE WITHOUT GOING TO THE ALTAR. IT IS JUST AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF WORK. CONSUL GENERAL MAURICIO BARRA HAS BEEN SUCH AN AMAZING PARTNER OF MAKING SURE THAT THE MEXICAN TRADITION CONTINUES HERE IN EL PASO, PROBABLY STRONGER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU, OF BOTH OF YOU, OBVIOUSLY, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. BUT IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, IT IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. I HOPE YOU GET TO GO DOWN TO THE TO THE FIRST FLOOR AND ANYTHING WE'VE PARTNERED BEFORE AND SUCH AN HONOR WHEN WE GET TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, WE PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT SCULPTURES AND OTHER ARTWORK AND NOW THIS, IT'S VERY SPECIAL. SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STOUT. YES, I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK COMMISSIONER STOUT FOR THE INITIATIVE. OF COURSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL HERRERA AND MARTINEZ FOR FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING AND REPRESENTATION OF OLIVERA. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHO WHO HELPED BRING THIS RESOLUTION TO OUR OFFICE AND ALL ALSO INVOLVED IN HELPING TO KEEP THIS BEAUTIFUL TRADITION ALIVE. THE LOCAL ARTISTS, THE EDUCATORS OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE OPENED THEIR HOMES AND THEIR HEARTS EVERY YEAR TO TO OUR LOVED ONES AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMIND OURSELVES THAT THIS TYPE OF RESOLUTION CAN SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT REMEMBRANCE IS A FORM OF RESISTANCE, AGAINST FORGETTING, AGAINST DIVISION, AGAINST ANYTHING THAT SEEKS TO ERASE OUR SHARED HERITAGE. SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, AND LET'S TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE RESO. THANK YOU. GRACIAS. GRACIAS CON NOSOTROS. AMEN. [01:45:44] THANKS. THANK YOU. BUENOS. HEY. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. SEE? JAKE? MAYBE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. J APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING OCTOBER 31ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 2ND EACH YEAR AS OFFICIAL TAMALE SEASON IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. OKAY. GLAD TO. GLAD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HONOR OF READING THIS RESOLUTION INTO [J. Approve and adopt a resolution declaring October 31-February 2 each year as “Official Tamale Season” in El Paso County, Texas. David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-273-3559] THE RECORD AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK OUR FRIENDS FROM FOOD CITY FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. YOU KNOW. THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE WEATHER COOLS DOWN, FOOTBALL IS ON THE TV, AND SUDDENLY EVERYBODY'S THINKING ABOUT WHAT? TAMALES, HOT TAMALES. BUT THAT TIME HAS ARRIVED. IT'S HERE. AND WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO OFFICIALLY DECLARE THAT OCTOBER THROUGH FEBRUARY IS IS TAMALE SEASON IN EL PASO COUNTY. THEY'RE NOT JUST GREAT FOOD, BUT THEY'RE A TRADITION THAT PROVIDE COMFORT AND A REASON TO GATHER WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. FROM FOOTBALL SUNDAYS TO HOLIDAY FEASTS FROM CANDLEMAS ON CHRISTMAS, AND THINGS LIKE DATES LIKE THESE. TAMALES HAVE BEEN JUST PART OF WARMING OUR HEARTS AND OUR PLATES FOR GENERATIONS. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS. THE RESOLUTION STATES. WHEREAS FOR CENTURIES, TAMALES HAVE MARKED IMPORTANT GATHERINGS AROUND CELEBRATIONS AND HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT LATIN CULTURE. AND WHEREAS ANYONE MAY ENJOY TAMALE ANY TIME OF THE YEAR, THERE HAS COME TO BE A PEAK SEASON FOR TAMALES IN THE BORDERLAND. AND WHEREAS OCTOBER AND THE ONSET OF FALL REKINDLES CRAVINGS FOR WARM AND DELICIOUS TAMALES. AND WHEREAS TAMALES EASY TO HEAT UP, IT'S THE PERFECT FOOD FOR PAIRING WITH THINGS LIKE FOOTBALL AND A SUPPLEMENT TO TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING FEASTS. AND JUAREZ TAMALES ARE A HEARTY MEAL DURING THE FEAST OF THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE ON DECEMBER 12TH FOR THE MATACHIN DANCERS AND THE FAITHFUL. AND WHEREAS CHRISTMAS TIME IS A PEAK HOLIDAY SEASON OF THE BORDERLAND, WHEN NO MATTER THE FLAVOR RED PORK, GREEN CHICKEN, GREEN CHILI CHEESE OR SWEET TAMALES, EVERYBODY RUSHES TO THE STORES TO GATHER AND GATHER AND MAKE THEM AT HOME. AND WHEREAS SOMALIS ARE ALSO CONVENIENT, HEARTY MEAL FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. AND WHEREAS TRADITION HOLDS THAT THE PERSON WHO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND THE LITTLE TOY BABY IN THEIR SLICE OF THEIR ROSCA CAKE ON THREE KINGS DAY ON JANUARY 6TH, IS OBLIGATED TO HOST A PARTY FEATURING HOT TAMALES DURING THE MASS ON FEBRUARY 2ND OR THE THE CANDELARIA. AND WHEREAS IN EARLY 1980S, DOMINICAN NUNS FROM MEXICO STARTED MAKING TAMALES AT FOOD CITY SUPERMARKETS AS A FUNDRAISER TO BUILD THEIR CHAPEL, AND AS A RESULT, FOOD CITY WAS BLESSED WITH THE ICONIC TAMALES, FOR WHICH IT IS NOW VERY FAMOUS IN THIS REGION. AND I HAVE TO SAY, THE MY MY PRECINCT HAS THE BEST TAMALES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT THAT. BUT. NO, THEY'RE ALL GREAT. AND WHEREAS FOOD CITY, THE FOOD CITY FAMILY HAS BEEN PROUDLY MAKING TAMALES FOR DECADES BY HAND AND IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE PROMOTING THE LOVE AND TRADITIONS OF ALL TAMALE MAKERS AND PURVEYORS THROUGHOUT THE BORDERLAND. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY DECLARE THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 30TH 1ST TO FEBRUARY 2ND EACH YEAR AS OFFICIAL TAMALE SEASON IN EL PASO COUNTY, SIGNED THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025, THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, [01:50:01] A SECOND FROM COUNTY JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME, STANLEY. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAMANIEGO. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER BUTLER AND COMMISSIONER STOUT. COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER CORONADO, MY NAME IS STANLEY SANTOS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FOOD CITY. I'M PROUD TO SAY WE CELEBRATE 61 YEARS AS A LOCAL FAMILY BUSINESS THIS YEAR, THREE GENERATIONS. AND WE'RE SO HONORED TO KICK OFF THE SEASON. SO WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE ALL TAMALE MAKERS, THOSE THAT MAKE THEM AT HOME, THOSE THAT MAKE THEM IN IN THEIR BUSINESSES. IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL TRADITION, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO KICK IT OFF. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MELISSA, MY DAUGHTER, PART OF THE THIRD GENERATION, TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU STANLEY, WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT GIVES US SO MUCH JOY AS A FAMILY BUSINESS TO KNOW THAT SO MANY FAMILY TRADITIONS AND MEMORIES START AT FOOD CITY WITH THE FOOD, AND SO WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT. AND FAMILIES ARE A HUGE PART OF SO MANY FAMILY TRADITIONS AND MEMORIES, AND WE MAKE THOUSANDS OF TAMALES BY HAND EVERY YEAR. AND IN FACT, IN DECEMBER WE HAVE TO PUT A LIMIT OF TWO DOZEN PER HOUSEHOLD PER DAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. AND THIS YEAR WE ALSO INTRODUCED A LIMITED EDITION FLAVOR OF CHOCOLATE CHIP TAMALES. SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WE HAVE SOME TAMALES FOR YOU IN THE ROOM OVER THERE FOR YOU ALL TO TRY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. INTRODUCE YOURSELVES PLEASE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS I'M CARLOS LOWERY, VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE THIRD GENERATION WITH MY COUSIN MELISSA. THANK YOU. CARLOS LOWERY. HIS HIS FATHER AND PART OF THE OWNERSHIP GROUP OF FOOD CITY. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RICK ELLIOTT. I'M ALSO BROTHER IN LAW, PART OF THE FAMILY. PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE FOOD CITY FAMILY. THANK YOU. I'M KATHY ELLIOTT, I AM STANLEY'S SISTER, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE HERITAGE THAT MY FATHER HAS LEFT US. AND THANK YOU FOR FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE DAY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRADITIONS AND EL PASO. I MEAN, THIS IS I DON'T THINK ANY ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD HAS THAT KIND OF TRADITION, THE UNITY AND AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU BRING. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES. AND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST HONORING ALL ANYBODY THAT MAKES TAMALES. IT'S PROBABLY A BIG PART OF OF WHY YOU'RE SO SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK COMMUNITY WISE, NOT NOT JUST FOR THE COMPANY. AND IT'S BEEN JUST A GREAT HONOR TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND WE THANK YOU. AND MOST OF ALL, MY FELLOW DOMER HERE FROM STANLEY, FROM NOTRE DAME. THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE TRADITIONAL. SO SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND COMMISSIONER STOUT, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR FOR A GREAT RESOLUTION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE. IT'S GREAT. I THINK WE DID THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, AND I WANT TO KEEP THE TRADITION ALIVE. AND AND SO FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WHO ARE LISTENING, WHO ARE HERE, WE HAVE AS, AS MELISSA SAID, TAMALES AND PAN DULCE OVER THERE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR YEARS. SO AFTER WE FINISHED WITH THE RESOLUTIONS AND WE WE BREAK, WE'LL HEAD OVER THERE. BUT IF PEOPLE ARE READY TO GO NOW, PLEASE HAVE AT IT. THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO YOU KNOW. KIND OF LIKE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO STAND RIGHT HERE AND. [01:55:04] THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. RIGHT. YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD. SO. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO. YEAH. OH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN. ENGAGE WITH GARDENS. OH REALLY? WITH. JUST WAIT FOR THEM. INSTEAD OF COWS I'M ASKING FOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. H APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION OF THE EL PASO COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT, LAST ONE FOR ME, BUT CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY CERTAINLY NOT THE LEAST HERE. REALLY [H. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing the National Accreditation of the El Paso County Criminal Justice Coordination Department. David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-273-3559] HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO TO GATHER TO RECOGNIZE OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE CALL THE CJC HERE FOR EARNING A NATIONAL ACCREDITATION FROM NAPSA, A DISTINCTION THAT THAT IS ACHIEVED ONLY BY SEVEN PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE AND THE FIRST HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SINCE ITS BEGINNING AS THE PRETRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 2015, THE CJC HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THE THROUGH CAREFUL ASSESSMENT, SUPERVISION, AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY SET A MODEL FOR EVIDENCE BASED PRETRIAL PRACTICES, AND IT'S ACCREDITED. THIS ACCREDITATION REALLY REFLECTS THE DEDICATION AND THE PROFESSIONALISM OF EVERY STAFF MEMBER WHO CONTRIBUTES TO A SAFER AND MORE JUST COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HERE JOINING US THIS MORNING. WHEREAS IN 2015, THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ESTABLISHED A PRETRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ASSESS AND SUPERVISE PRETRIAL DEFENDANTS IN LINE WITH NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. AND WHEREAS, THIS DEPARTMENT BECAME THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION DEPARTMENT, CJC WITH TWO DIVISIONS, ONE PROVIDING AROUND THE CLOCK ASSESSMENT OF DEFENDANTS AT THE DOWNTOWN DETENTION FACILITY AND THE OTHER SUPERVISING ALL PRETRIAL DEFENDANTS RELEASED ON PERSONAL BONDS AND JUAREZ. IN DECEMBER 2022, THE REENTRY UNIT WAS PLACED UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE CJC, CREATING A SEAMLESS CONTINUUM OF SERVICES FOR PRETRIAL DEFENDANTS. AND WHEREAS CJC DEPARTMENT IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCIES, NAPSA, WHICH PROMOTES PRETRIAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES, AND CORE VALUES LIKE TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT, AND INTEGRITY. AND WHEREAS, NAPSA CREATED THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION IN 2011 TO SET NATIONAL STANDARDS AND OFFER VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION FOR PRETRIAL PROGRAMS, AND WHEREAS IN 2021, THE CJC BEGAN ITS ACCREDITATION JOURNEY BY REFINING POLICIES, REALIGNING OPERATIONS, AND CONDUCTING A THOROUGH SELF-ASSESSMENT. AND WHEREAS IN 2024, THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH NAPSA TO FORMALLY BEGIN THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS. AND WHEREAS, IN JANUARY 2025, THE CJC ENTERED OFFICIAL REVIEW WITH NAPSA FOLLOWING SORRY, FOLLOWED BY AN AUGUST SITE VISIT DURING WHICH ACCREDITATION ASSESSORS MET WITH JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS AND CONDUCTED A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS. AND WHEREAS, IN SEPTEMBER 2025, NAPSA AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS HONOR OF NATIONAL ACCREDITATION TO CJC FOR MEETING ALL STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR PRETRIAL RELEASE. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION DEPARTMENT FOR BECOMING THE SEVENTH PROGRAM IN THE NATION AND THE FIRST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ACHIEVE THIS DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. SIGN THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025, THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WELCOME. GOOD [02:00:05] MORNING. KATHERINE JONES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIRECTOR, WITH YOUR NATIONALLY ACCREDITED CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION DEPARTMENT, HONORABLE COUNTY JUDGE, HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS. AND TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THIS DEPARTMENT. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A COMMISSIONERS COURT WHO NOT ONLY ENCOURAGED, BUT DEMANDED THE VERY BEST OF US. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST PROVEN WE ARE THE BEST. YOU KNOW, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY INCREDIBLY PROUD, BUT ALSO A LOT MORE RELAXED THAN I WAS THREE MONTHS AGO. THIS HAS BEEN I WAS TRYING TO ADD IT UP. THIS HAS GOT TO BE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE, STANDING NEXT TO ME. THIS TEAM AND THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY TUNE ME OUT, BUT I WANT THEM TO HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW. THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT I AM HONORED TO CALL COLLEAGUES, THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THIS BUSINESS. THEY COME IN EVERY DAY AND WORK TIRELESSLY AGAINST INCREDIBLE ODDS, AND THEY PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY. I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD TO WORK WITH THEM. THEY ARE THE REASON I GET UP EVERY MORNING AT 4:00 AND COME TO WORK AND HAVE A SMILE ON MY FACE. I GENUINELY ENJOY WORKING WITH THIS TEAM. THEY ARE PHENOMENAL AND THEY ARE THE REASON WE ARE ACCREDITED BECAUSE THEY WORK SO HARD AND DO SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO TO SAY I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD. WE CAME AWAY 100% IN COMPLIANCE. THERE WERE NO ACTION PLANS FOR US. WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. AND I'M VERY HONORED TO TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS ACCREDITATION. AND I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF YOU. AND I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THIS COUNTY. I TELL YOU TIME AND TIME AGAIN, I'LL PUT US AGAINST ANY PROGRAM IN THE NATION. AND NOW I'VE GOT PROOF. I'VE GOT THAT PROOF. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JOEL BISHOP. HE GAVE ME THIS JOB. AND WHEN I CAME IN MY FIRST DAY, HE GAVE ME A LIST OF THINGS THAT HE WANTED ME TO ACCOMPLISH. AND ACCREDITATION WAS ONE OF THEM. AND I THANK HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND I THINK MAYBE, JOEL, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS? WHERE'S JOEL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU KATHY. COMMISSIONERS JUDGE JOEL BISHOP WITH COUNTY ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN KATHY CAME IN, AS SHE MENTIONED, THIS DIDN'T SEEM AS REALISTIC, BUT THAT WAS WHAT I FELT LIKE GIVING HER WAS THE UNREALISTIC GOALS THAT THOSE HIGHER LEVEL ACHIEVEMENTS AND AND IT WASN'T. I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN WATCHING PROGRAMS GET ACCREDITED FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR OVER TEN YEARS. AND I DID THINK EVEN WHEN I WAS IN COLORADO, I THOUGHT, I DON'T THINK OUR PROGRAM CAN REACH THAT LEVEL WHERE WE'RE AT. AND SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK, AS KATHY MENTIONED, OF THIS, OF THIS TEAM THAT YOU SEE STANDING HERE AND PIECE BY PIECE, PROGRAM BY PROGRAM AND JUST PARTNERSHIP BY PARTNERSHIP, IMPROVEMENT BY IMPROVEMENT, WE BUILT UP THE QUALITY TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. THIS ISN'T AN EASY THING TO DO BECAUSE YOU'RE INVITING AUDITORS TO COME IN AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING WRONG. AND THEY'RE NOT JUST ANY AUDITORS. THESE ARE THE TOP EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY ON THIS TOPIC. AND SO TO INVITE THEM IN AND OPEN THE DOORS AND LET THEM SCRUTINIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE AND COMMITMENT AND CONFIDENCE. AND I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH KATHY AND HER LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE. SHE SAID, WE CAN DO THIS. THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IS SUPPORTING IT. WE'RE READY. AND AND I WAS SO PLEASED AND I HEARD I PERSONALLY HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM NAFSA AND HOW IMPRESSED THEY WERE WITH THE PROGRAM. AND SO I'M VERY PROUD TO TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK. WE DON'T GET TO DO THAT ENOUGH. AND MISS JONES FOR HER DEDICATION AND GRIT IN SEEING THIS THROUGH AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THIS ISN'T JUST AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE THE STAFF WORKING AROUND [02:05:01] THE CLOCK, THE SUPERVISION TEAM, THOUSANDS OF DEFENDANTS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF. AND ALSO THEY'RE A REENTRY TEAM THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAD A VISION FOR TEN YEARS AGO THAT HAS REALLY COME TO FRUITION UNDER THE WINGS OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND HAS DEVELOPED INTO A MODEL. AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WHEN YOU IF YOU GO TO A NATIONAL TRAINING, IF YOU GO TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN RENO NEXT YEAR, YOU WILL HEAR EL PASO IN THE TRAININGS AND THE ONE ON ONE AS AS A MODEL. AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY WILL PULL UP OUR OUR ASSESSMENT ON THE BOARD. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT OUR SUPERVISION MODEL. AND IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF. IT'S PUT EL PASO ON THE MAP NATIONALLY. AND AGAIN, I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK KATHY AND THIS TEAM FOR THEIR EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOEL. CATHERINE, WE'RE SO PROUD. BUT YOU KNOW YOUR LEADERSHIP. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS RECOGNIZING SHE ALWAYS MAKES IT AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR US IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO. AND THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION, IT HELPS A LOT BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, YOU DON'T ONLY CARE ABOUT THE ONE IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND SO YOU BECOME THAT ROLE MODEL AND THAT, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IS IT THAT THEY DO AND GET OTHERS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT'S JUST IT'LL BE TO YOUR YOUR BENEFIT AND YOUR HONOR OF OF KNOWING THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL BE FOLLOWING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, MY CAREER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, STARTED AS A JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER. AND I REMEMBER, I MEAN, HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS AND THE LACK OF RESOURCES. AND, I MEAN, IT WAS YOU AND THAT CHILD AND THAT WAS IT. I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T HAVE RESOURCES. IT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION. AND YOU TRY TO DO EVERYTHING AT THAT MOMENT. AND THAT'S AS MUCH AS YOU HAD AT THAT MOMENT. IT'S SO FRUSTRATING. BUT TO SEE HOW IT'S EVOLVED IN THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE AND THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU HAVE, IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. AND BEING HERE AND REMEMBERING WHERE IT ALL STARTED. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I KNOW SOMEONE. COMMISSIONER CORONADO, I KNOW YOU'RE SOMEONE THAT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THE SYSTEM. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU. JUDGE. ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONERS. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS QUITE A FEAT THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD OF OUR REENTRY AND PROMISE PROGRAMS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET INVOLVED IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE THAT WE JUST NEED TO GIVE THE RESOURCES TO REDIRECT THEM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BECOME PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE ABOUT, ABOUT REHABILITATING PEOPLE. AND THAT'S STARTS WITH YOU ALL WHEN THEY FIRST GET INTO COME INTO OUR SYSTEM. SO I'M REALLY VERY PROUD. THANK YOU CATHY. THANK YOU JOEL. AND ESPECIALLY TO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PARTIAL TO LIZ AND DOMINIQUE FOR THE REENTRY AND PROMISE PROGRAMS. BUT REALLY, ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME INTO OUR SYSTEM INITIALLY AND TRY TO GUIDE THEM AND DIRECT THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY. SO VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU ALL DO. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEADED IN NOTHING BUT GREAT OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF, OF THIS PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER STOUT, CAN WE HAVE EVERYBODY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES REALLY QUICKLY? THANK YOU. OR MAYBE IT WON'T BE THAT QUICK BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF YOU, BUT. I'D LIKE TO. GOOD MORNING ALICIA MEDELLIN CJC REENTRY. THANK YOU. ALEXIS CJC SUPERVISION OFFICER THANK YOU. KATHLEEN ESCALANTE CJC SUPERVISION OFFICER THANK YOU. HELLO, PRISCILLA. SUPERVISION OFFICER. HELLO, DOCTOR. LESLIE BAMBA, EL PASO COUNTY OPIOID RECOVERY PROGRAM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. YVONNE LINDSTROM, ASSISTANT IN INTAKE MENTAL HEALTH GRANT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, DAVID ALARCON, SENIOR SUPERVISION OFFICER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, AMANDA CHAVEZ. REENTRY. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE MARTINEZ, MENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISION OFFICER. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD MORNING, DOMINIQUE OLIVAREZ, REENTRY, EL PASO. THANK YOU. YAY. GOOD MORNING, VANESSA AVILA, REENTRY PROJECT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MILTON. RHONDA REENTRY. THANK YOU. MORNING, IVAN BAEZ, SUPERVISION OFFICER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, TERESA LORENZANA. REENTRY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MICHELLE CHAVEZ SENIOR SUPERVISION OFFICER THANK YOU. [02:10:08] GOOD MORNING, LESLIE MELENDEZ SUPERVISION OFFICER THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, AARON PALOMINO MENTAL HEALTH REENTRY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, NICHOLAS CULBERT, SENIOR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT OFFICER. THANK YOU. MORNING. CESAR GARCIA, ASSESSMENT AND ASSISTANT MANAGER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I'M BRITTANY GALLON AND I OVERSEE THE SUPERVISION SECTION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. LA ROSARIO ASSESSMENT AND INTAKE MANAGER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, BRITTANY SUPERVISION OFFICER THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, ELIZABETH ARELLANO REENTRY MANAGER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JOSE LUIS DATA ANALYST THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MARTIN RAMIREZ, GANG SUPERVISION OFFICER THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT EVERYBODY? GREAT. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN. I THINK I'M THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THAT WAS ON THE COURT BACK WHEN WE STARTED THIS ENDEAVOR. IT WAS A VERY HEAVY LIFT. IT WAS A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL. WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF RESTRUCTURING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION TO PUT TOGETHER THE CJC, AND BUT I KNOW THAT THAT THAT COURT AND I THINK THIS COURT ARE JUST SO PROUD OF WHAT'S COME OF OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THAT. AND THE REASON WHY THIS HAS COME ABOUT IS NOT IS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF COMMISSIONERS COURTS. IT'S BECAUSE OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STANDING HERE TODAY, THE LEADERSHIP IN IN YOUR IN YOUR OFFICE. CATHERINE, SO MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL. TO JOEL, TO BETSY FOR OVERSEEING THIS, THIS TRANSITION AND THIS THIS CREATION OF SUCH AN AMAZING DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO DON'T NEED TO BE IN JAIL, OUT OF JAIL. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKEN CARE OF NOT ONLY WHILE THEY'RE IN JAIL, BUT WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING AS WELL. AND I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BELIEVES IN THAT MISSION AND THAT VISION. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR DOING THAT FOR, FOR MAKING US LOOK GOOD. AND I'M SO PROUD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING IN RENO. THAT'S AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS. SO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE, FOR FOR ALL THESE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY STAY UP HERE AND THEN JUST HAVE I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK WE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS GOING. WE HAVE HUGE PLANS IN 2026. JUST WAIT. JOEL, COME UP HERE. SO WE CAN LIKE SHAKE, SHAKE EVERYBODY'S HANDS. WANT TO COME IN ONLINE. [02:15:41] ITEM NUMBER FIVE K APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO HONOR NIGHTTIME CHEER MAGIC FOR THEIR HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT AND AND PROCLAIM OCTOBER 27TH, 2025 AS NIGHTTIME CHEER MAGIC DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. GOOD MORNING. YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS SO JUST INCREDIBLY PROUD [K. Approve and adopt a resolution to honor Knight Time Cheer Magic for their historic achievement and proclaim October 27, 2025, as “Knight Time Cheer Magic Day” in El Paso County, Texas. Iliana Holguin, Commissioner, Precinct 3, 915-273-3594] TO LEARN ABOUT JUST WHAT AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES WE HAVE HERE IN EL PASO. AND IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO HONOR THE ATHLETES AT NIGHTTIME CHEER MAGIC. I KNOW WE HAVE WITH US EMILY CANOVA, WHO IS THE ALL STAR DIRECTOR AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR ATHLETES WITH US HERE TODAY. AND I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE FROM NIGHTTIME, ANYONE ELSE WHO'S HERE, GO AHEAD AND COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION. AND THEN IF WE COULD HEAR FROM YOU, MISS CANOVA. WHEREAS NIGHTTIME CHEER MAGIC IS A YOUTH LEVEL TWO ALL STAR CHEERLEADING TEAM COMPOSED OF PASSIONATE, TALENTED YOUNG ATHLETES BETWEEN THE AGES OF EIGHT AND 12. AND WHEREAS THIS TEAM MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST IN THE CITY OF EL PASO TO CONCURRENTLY EARN THE PRESTIGIOUS TITLES OF TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPIONS AND YOUTH SUMMIT CHAMPIONS IN THE SAME SEASON, DEMONSTRATING ELITE PERFORMANCE ACROSS MULTIPLE MAJOR NATIONAL CHEERLEADING EVENTS. AND WHEREAS DURING THEIR UNDEFEATED SEASON, NIGHTTIME CHEER MAGIC DELIVERED FLAWLESS PERFORMANCES, HITTING ZERO DEDUCTIONS ON BOTH DAY ONE AND DAY TWO IN EVERY COMPETITION, AND SHOWCASED EXCEPTIONAL PROFICIENCY IN TUMBLING, STUNTING, JUMPS, AND CHOREOGRAPHY. AND WHEREAS THE TEAM'S SUCCESS INCLUDES FIRST PLACE FINISHES AT MAJOR CHEERLEADING COMPETITIONS SPANNING DENVER, COLORADO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DALLAS, TEXAS. ORLANDO, FLORIDA. FLORIDA, AND TAMPA, FLORIDA, CULMINATING IN THE TRIPLE CROWN DISTINCTION AND THE YOUTH SUMMIT CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEREAS NIGHTTIME CHEER MAGIC EMBODIES THE VALUES OF TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, DEVOTION, SPORTSMANSHIP, AND PRIDE IN REPRESENTING THEIR GYM AND THE GREATER EL PASO COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THEIR COACHES HAVE GUIDED THEM WITH A PHILOSOPHY OF PUSHING FOR EXCELLENCE WHILE NURTURING A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND A CULTURE OF POSITIVITY, MAKING THE TEAM ROLE MODELS FOR YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HONORS NIGHT TIME CHEER MAGIC FOR THEIR HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT AS EL PASO'S FIRST TRIPLE CROWN AND YOUTH SUMMIT CHAMPIONS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 27TH, 2025 AS NIGHT TIME CHEER MAGIC DAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO? THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M EMILY CANOVA. I'M THE ALL STAR DIRECTOR AT NIGHTTIME CHEER. AND I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF COACHING EVERYONE TODAY. I DID JUST WANT TO SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW TRULY HONORED AND GRATEFUL WE ARE TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE TEAM, THE ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU TO THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON THESE INCREDIBLE YOUNG ATHLETES, AND FOR GIVING CHEERLEADING THE RECOGNITION IT SO OFTEN DOESN'T RECEIVE. AS A COACH, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING THESE KIDS GROW NOT JUST AS CHEERLEADERS, BUT AS TEAMMATES, LEADERS, AND FRIENDS. THEIR DEDICATION AND FOCUS, AS WELL AS RESILIENCE THEY'VE SHOWN, IS SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT THEM. THIS PAST SEASON WAS TRULY SOMETHING SPECIAL. NIGHTTIME CHEER MAGIC MADE HISTORY AS EL PASO'S FIRST TEAM TO EARN BOTH THE TRIPLE CROWN AND YOUTH SUMMIT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES IN THE SAME SEASON, THEY WENT UNDEFEATED. THEY HAD ZERO AT EVERY COMPETITION, AND THEY DID IT WITH HEART, SPIRIT AND WITH LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. THESE ATHLETES HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS OF HOURS IN THE GYM AND THROUGH IT ALL, THEY'VE SHOWN WHAT CHEERLEADING REALLY IS ABOUT TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, TRUST, AND PURE PASSION. CHEER IS NOT ALWAYS SEEN AS A SPORT, BUT ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN WHAT THESE ATHLETES DO KNOW, IT ABSOLUTELY IS. IT TAKES STRENGTH, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT. AND I COULDN'T BE PROUDER THAT TODAY OUR COMMUNITY IS RECOGNIZING THAT. SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR ATHLETES AND CELEBRATING THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS TODAY. THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO THEM AND TO ALL OF US WHO BELIEVE IN WHAT CHEER TRULY REPRESENTS. LOVE IS ALWAYS WHAT SEPARATES US. CONGRATULATIONS, MAGIC. YOU'VE MADE HISTORY AND YOU'VE MADE EL PASO PROUD. THANK YOU GUYS. [02:20:01] THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN WE GET THE GIRLS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. YES. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAYING THEIR NAME AND HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN CHEERING. HI. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ARIANA AND I'VE BEEN CHEERING FOR FOUR YEARS. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SOFIA AND I'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR FIVE YEARS. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS AUBREY AND I'VE BEEN CHEERING FOR SIX YEARS. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS KIANA AND I'VE BEEN CHEERING FOR FIVE YEARS. HI. MY NAME IS ANDREA AND I'VE BEEN CHEERING FOR FIVE YEARS. HI MY NAME IS MIA AND I'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR SEVEN YEARS. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I MEAN, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. OKAY? YOU LEARNED ABOUT HARD WORK AND BUT ALSO IMAGINE HOW YOUNG YOU ARE AND YOU'RE ALREADY PUTTING EL PASO ON THE MAP. I MEAN, THIS IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. AND AND YOU'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO. AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO AMAZING JOB THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE. SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING. IT'S WHEN YOU READ THE I WAS HEARING THE RESOLUTION. IT'S JUST AMAZING YOUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE FOR THEM. AND THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS ARE SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTED PROPERLY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, YOU ALL SHOULD BE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ESPECIALLY HOW YOUNG SOME OF YOU ALL ARE. BUT LIKE THE JUDGE SAID, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. SO CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE ALL INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU AND KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU. JUDGE. ARE WE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH OR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE EL APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AND PROCLAIMING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025 AS WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S DAY IN EL PASO [L. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing the work of the Alzheimer’s Association and proclaiming Saturday, November 8, 2025, as “Walk to End Alzheimer’s Day” in El Paso County, Texas. Iliana Holguin, Commissioner, Precinct 3, 915-273-3594] COUNTY, TEXAS. COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, THANK YOU. IT IS ALSO MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD, TO HONOR THE AMAZING WORK OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY AND OF THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION. TOO MANY OF US KNOW THE PAIN OF HAVING A LOVED ONE BATTLE THIS DISEASE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF YOU ALL AND YOUR ORGANIZATION, I KNOW THAT ONE DAY WE WILL FIND A CURE. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HONOR YOU TODAY. WHEREAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS A PROGRESSIVE, DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE BRAIN, AND WHEREAS THE DISEASE IS NOT A NORMAL PART OF AGING AND HAS NO CURE, AND WHEREAS CURRENTLY THERE ARE MORE THAN 7 MILLION AMERICANS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S, AND WHEREAS 460,000 INDIVIDUALS IN TEXAS HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND 16,000 RESIDE IN EL PASO COUNTY. AND WHEREAS THERE ARE OVER 1 MILLION UNPAID CAREGIVERS IN TEXAS, PROVIDING OVER 1.9 BILLION HOURS OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE EACH YEAR TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S. AND WHEREAS THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION IS THE LEADING VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION [02:25:01] DEDICATED TO ENDING ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIAS, FOCUSING ON ACCELERATING GLOBAL RESEARCH, REDUCING RISK, PROMOTING EARLY DETECTION, AND PROVIDING QUALITY CARE AND SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS, EL PASO COUNTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH, TO PROVIDE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR ALL AFFECTED, AND TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF BRAIN HEALTH. AND WHEREAS THE 2025 WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S WILL TAKE PLACE AT ASCOT PARK ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025, AND ALL OF EL PASO IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY AND RAISING FUNDS FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT MISSION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025, AS WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S DAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I'M VALERIE SANCHEZ. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION WEST TEXAS CHAPTER. WITH ME TODAY. I HAVE OUR WALK MANAGER, VERONICA HARKNESS. I HAVE OUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR, LILIANA OAXACA, AND ONE OF OUR CORE VOLUNTEERS, MISS JUDY MEZZACAPPA. WELCOME. AND SO, JUST ON BEHALF OF THE 16,000 EL PASOANS LIVING WITH THE DISEASE, I THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ALZHEIMER'S AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND OUR WALK. OUR WALK IS DUBBED THE LARGEST SUPPORT GROUP OF THE DAY OF THE YEAR FOR ALL OF EL PASO, AND WE ALL COME TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER THAT ARE GOING ALONG THIS JOURNEY. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, INCLUDING STAFF, COUNTY STAFF. WE'RE HERE TO HELP BECAUSE 4% OF ANY STAFF IS A CAREGIVER. AND THAT IS QUITE A JOURNEY TO EMBARK ON WITH ALZHEIMER'S OR ANY OTHER DEMENTIA. AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT ASCARATE IS OUR PERMANENT HOME AS LONG AS Y'ALL HAVE US. THANK YOU. WE LOVE ASCARATE AND WE WANT TO THANK MISS BETSY KELLER AND HER TEAM. YOU ALL HAVE MADE IT SO EASY TO WORK WITH AND TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR US. YOUR PROBLEM SOLVED FOR US, YOUR SOLUTION BASED AND YOU QUELL OUR ANXIETIES WITH THE BIG EVENT. IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND WE WANT TO BE OUR PERMANENT HOME FROM HERE UNTIL WE FIND A CURE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, ASCARATE IS KNOWN FOR MAKING MEMORIES AND WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF PRESERVING THOSE MEMORIES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US THE WORK. AND JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT ALONE. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT EVERYONE FACING THIS, THIS DISEASE. AND HOPEFULLY TEXAS WILL LEAD THE NATION IN DEMENTIA RESEARCH AS OUR PROPOSITION IS UP ON THE BALLOT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING IT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING DISEASE, THE FAMILY, THE IMPACT IT HAS ON FAMILIES. SO I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH RESEARCH IS NOW COMING UP AND MORE UNDERSTANDING. BUT WHAT YOU DO MEANWHILE, IS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN FAMILIES JUST DEVASTATED. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, WHAT YOU DO FOR. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THERE'S RESOURCES. THERE'S FDA APPROVED TREATMENTS. SO WE'RE IN A BETTER TIME. NOW. WE ARE IN THAT NEW ERA OF TREATMENT AND SUPPORT. SO AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU VALERIE. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK. AS I SAID, IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIND A CURE. I KNOW THAT WE WILL THANK YOU FOR MAKING US YOUR HOME. WE LOVE HAVING YOU THERE. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN EL PASO. ALZHEIMER'S AFFECTS ALL OF US. WE'RE ALL TOUCHED BY THAT DISEASE IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE PARTICIPATE AND TO PLEASE REACH OUT. REACH OUT TO VALERIE AND HER TEAM IF YOU NEED HELP, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, IF YOU NEED ANY GUIDANCE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. AND IF WE COULD COME UP HERE AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, PLEASE. EXERCISE IS PART OF BRAIN HEALTH. SO HOW MANY TIMES. THAT'S GOOD. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [02:30:01] THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE M APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO COMMEND THE FOUR-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, AND THE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, VOLUNTEERS AND FAMILIES WHO MAKE FOR A SUCCESS [M. Approve and adopt a resolution to commend the 4-H Youth Development Program, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, and the many young people, volunteers, and families who make 4-H a success, and in appreciation of the 4-H students of El Paso County for their dedication, leadership, and example in serving our community, to proclaim October 26 - 31, 2025, as “National 4-H Week.” Iliana Holguin, Commissioner, Precinct 3, 915-273-3594] AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE FOUR-H STUDENTS OF EL PASO COUNTY FOR THEIR DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND EXAMPLE IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. TO PROCLAIM OCTOBER 26TH THROUGH THE 31ST, 2025 AS NATIONAL FOUR-H WEEK. COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THANK YOU JUDGE. SO THIS IS ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO PRESENT BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS THE AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. I WANT TO THANK DENISE RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS OUR COUNTY AGRILIFE EXTENSION DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS MR. JOSE RAMIREZ, WHO I THINK IS ALSO WITH US TODAY, WHO IS THE CLINT ISD TEXAS ACE DIRECTOR FOR FOR BRINGING THESE STUDENTS FORWARD AND FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK. SO WHEREAS FOUR-H IS AMERICA'S LARGEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, EMPOWERING NEARLY 6 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THE SKILLS TO LEAD FOR A LIFETIME. AND WHEREAS IN TEXAS, THE FOUR-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE HAS FOR MORE THAN 116 YEARS PROVIDED EXPERIENCE BASED EDUCATION THAT HELPS YOUNG TEXANS ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS, AND GROW INTO SELF-DIRECTED, PRODUCTIVE, AND ENGAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, ACROSS THE LONE STAR STATE, MORE THAN 550,000 YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-H PROGRAMS EACH YEAR, REPRESENTING URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS HERE IN EL PASO COUNTY AND PARTICULARLY THROUGHOUT PRECINCT THREE. AND WHEREAS FOR EACH MEMBERS RANGING IN AGE FROM 8 TO 18, LEARN BY DOING PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE, HEALTH, CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP, GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF HEAD, HEART, HANDS AND HEALTH. AND WHEREAS, THE DEDICATION AND GENEROSITY OF MORE THAN 30,000 VOLUNTEERS STATEWIDE, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS PARENTS, MENTORS AND SUPPORTERS MAKE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE BY GIVING THEIR TIME, TALENTS AND RESOURCES TO OUR YOUTH. AND WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT ITS PROUD HISTORY, THE FORAGE PROGRAM HAS BUILT CHARACTER, RESPONSIBILITY AND RESILIENCE IN COUNTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE, CREATING ROLE MODELS AND LEADERS WHO REFLECT THE VALUES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IN COMMENDATION OF THE FOUR-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, AND THE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, VOLUNTEERS AND FAMILIES WHO MAKE FOR H A SUCCESS AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE FOUR-H STUDENTS OF EL PASO COUNTY FOR THEIR DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND EXAMPLE IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 26TH THROUGH 31ST, 2025 AS NATIONAL FOUR-H WEEK. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN AND A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THIS PHENOMENAL GROUP OF YOUTH AND ADULT LEADERS TODAY TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL FOUR-H WEEK. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH CLINT ISD, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THE FOUR-H PROGRAM INTO ALL OF THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THE STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LESSONS ON AGRICULTURE. THEY HATCH CHICKENS IN THEIR CLASSROOM EVERY YEAR. THEY LEARNED ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND WHAT BRINGS THEM HERE TODAY, IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THE PROCLAMATION, IS TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECT AS THEY JUST COMPLETED THE KEYS TO THE COURTHOUSE CURRICULUM, AND THAT TEACHES THEM YOUNG PEOPLE, NOW MORE THAN EVER, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ENGAGED INTO THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON WITH YOU ALL. WITNESS COMMISSIONERS, COURT IN ACTION. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH AND THE LAW LIBRARY THAT WE WILL BE TOURING LATER ON TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ONE OF OUR FOUR-H LEADERS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK A FEW MINUTES. MISS VALERIE ROSALES. THANK YOU. WELCOME. WERE YOU THERE? I'M SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VALERIE ROSALES AND I AM ONE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE COORDINATORS OVER AT CLINT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. SO ON BEHALF OF CLINT ISD AND THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING [02:35:02] OUR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S COMMISSIONER COURT, AS WELL AS ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE LAW LIBRARY AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, THE KIDS HAVE PREPARED THANK YOU LETTERS FOR EACH ONE OF YOU. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE OUR THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU. DO THEY WANT TO. YEAH. THEY CAN DEFINITELY COME UP. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU ALEXANDER. THANKS FOR THANK YOU FOR THE CARD. HI. OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? DID MR. RAMIREZ ALSO WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? HE HAD TO STEP OUT. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, WELL, THANK YOU ALL. I THINK YOU ALL ARE SUCH WONDERFUL AND POSITIVE EXAMPLES FOR EVERYONE IN EL PASO COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THE DAY WITH US, WANTING TO LEARN ABOUT EL PASO COUNTY GOVERNMENT. I THINK YOU'LL REALLY, REALLY ENJOY THE TOUR THAT YOU'LL BE GETTING FROM OUR LAW LIBRARIAN. SHE'S FABULOUS. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE THIS MORNING. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON ALL YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IF WE COULD HAVE ALL OF YOU ALL COME UP AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU AND YOUR RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. I'LL STAND RIGHT HERE. HERE. DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK HERE? COMMISSION. DO YOU WANT TO GET BACK? JUST A SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN TOUCH. JUDGE, I'D QUICKLY LIKE TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE FROM OUR RESOLUTIONS. APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING TRISTAR AUTO TITLE INCORPORATED FOR 32 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF EL PASO COUNTY IN ADMINISTERING MOTOR VEHICLE [D. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing and honoring Tri-Star Auto Title Inc. for 32 years of dedicated service to the citizens of El Paso County in administering motor vehicle title and registration services. Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-273-3591] TITLE AND REGISTRATION SERVICES, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO DELETE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THE VOTING IS OPEN. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. AND I JUST LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'LL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR COMMISSIONERS COURT BREAK AND WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER AND THEY'RE READY, I THINK, IS THERE AN ISSUE OF I KNOW BETSY HAD ASKED, THAT WE DON'T PROLONG IT ANY FURTHER THAN WE SHOULD. WE WOULD. OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU KNOW, SOONER IF THE COURT CAN JUDGE. OKAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. DO WE STILL HAVE MISS CRAWFORD ON ON THE LINE? ITEM NUMBER SIX IS PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS CRAWFORD. GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT A CHRISTIAN VIEW OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THERE'S A LOT OF CLAMOR GOING ON IN OUR DAY, FROM THE FAR POLITICAL [PUBLIC COMMENT] LEFT AND FROM THE FAR POLITICAL RIGHT. AND SADLY, MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN REDUCED TO [02:40:05] SIMPLISTIC LABELING. THIS MONTH AS MANY WOULD CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE WORDS OF THE LORD JESUS RECORDED IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, REFERENCING SATAN, THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS. THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL AND TO KILL AND TO DESTROY. I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. THE WORDS OF THE LORD JESUS I WOULD URGE TO FORGET FOR A MOMENT THE POLITICS OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT LABELS, AND JUST THINK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT A CHRISTIAN VIEW OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS TRULY IS. MANY REGARD GOD'S WAY, THE INSTRUCTION OF THE BIBLE AS A WAY TO RUIN ALL FUN. IN OTHER WORDS, I WANT TO LIVE LIFE MY WAY, MAKE ALL MY OWN CHOICES. SO SHUT UP ABOUT THE BIBLE, ABOUT THE JESUS STUFF, THE COMMAND OF THE BIBLE FOR FAMILY IS INDEED NARROW. IT'S ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN UNITED IN MARRIAGE FOR LIFE. WHY WOULD ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WANT SUCH A RESTRICTIVE LIFESTYLE? MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ASK. THE HANDMADE SYMBOL, AS WE KNOW, HAS BEEN USED TO MOCK THOSE OF US WHO STAND IN OPPOSITION TO ABORTION. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PRESENT THE WAY OF JESUS AS LESS NARROW. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S EVEN MORE NARROW THAN THAT. NOT ONLY DOES THE BIBLE FORBID SEXUAL INTIMACY OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE, IT FORBIDS EVEN THOUGHTS OF SEXUAL INTIMACY OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE. IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT MATTHEW CHAPTER FIVE, THE WORDS OF JESUS AS HE SPOKE TO THE MEN THAT WERE LISTENING, WHOEVER LOOKS ON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER HAS COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER ALREADY IN HIS HEART. THE WAY OF FOLLOWING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS UNSPEAKABLY NARROW. WHO WHO CAN DO IT AND WHO WOULD WANT IT FIRST? NONE OF US CAN MEET GOD'S HOLY STANDARDS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED A PERFECT SAVIOR. BUT WHO WOULD WANT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE? I HAD THE UNSPEAKABLE PRIVILEGE LAST MONTH OF MEETING AND HUGGING THE FORMER HAMAS HOSTAGE, THE YOUNG MAN, EDAN ALEXANDER. HE WAS 19 WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED AND PRAISED. GOD RELEASED ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO. A GROUP OF US HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS HOSTAGE SITUATION CLOSELY, PRAYING AND PRAYING. THESE PAST FEW WEEKS, I'VE GOTTEN TO WATCH AGAIN AND AGAIN WHAT I AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE SQUEAL. IT'S THAT SCREAM WHEN THE FAMILIES FIRST GET TO EMBRACE THE FREED HOSTAGES. WE WATCHED THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS OVER AND OVER, AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THAT FIRST REUNION. AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF TORMENTED SEPARATION. THE OTHER DAY I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW PRECIOUS, HOW ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS IT IS IN A VERY, VERY SMALL WAY. THAT IS AN EARTHLY EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT WILL BE FOR A CHRISTIAN WHEN HE OR SHE ARRIVES IN HEAVEN. ABSOLUTELY NO WORDS FOR THE JOY. JOY OF SEEING JESUS FACE TO FACE. JOY BEING REUNITED WITH LOVED ONES. A JOY THAT WILL GO ON FOR ALL ETERNITY. A CHRISTIAN IS NOT A PERSON WHO EMBRACES ETERNAL ASCETICISM. JUST DENY YOURSELF ANYTHING FUN. THAT'S NOT A CHRISTIAN. A CHRISTIAN IS SOMEONE WHO REALIZES THAT WHAT IS TO COME IS SO AWESOME THAT IT'S WORTH THE SACRIFICES NOW AND WHEN NECESSARY, THE SUFFERING NOW. WHEN THAT COMES OF LIVING FOR THE SAVIOR, WHAT'S AHEAD IS SO GREAT THAT THE TEMPORAL PLEASURES OF OF LIVING A PARTY LIFE, INDULGING EVERY PLEASURABLE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND NOW WOULD BE NO COMPARISON AT ALL COMPARED TO WHAT IS TO COME. THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE, EYE HAS NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM. THIS IS WHAT DRIVES THE CHRISTIAN WOMAN TO SAY NO TO WHAT MANY WOULD CALL WOMEN'S RIGHTS. FOR THE CHRISTIAN WOMAN, SHE KNOWS THAT THE ULTIMATE PARTY IS NOT ON THIS EARTH. THE ULTIMATE PARTY IS FUTURE AND YET TO COME. THANK YOU AND HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON, ELIZABETH. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CORONADO. COMMISSIONER CORONADO. THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANT TO ALERT EVERYBODY AGAIN. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EARLY VOTING FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, REMEMBERS THAT WE ARE WE HAVE AN ELECTION NEXT WEEK, NOVEMBER 4TH, I BELIEVE. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THROUGH THESE AMENDMENTS. DON'T JUST READ THEM. GO BEHIND WHAT THEY STAND FOR, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT VERY SELF-EXPLANATORY. AND THERE'S OTHER CONSEQUENCES TO THOSE. SO MAKE SURE YOU ALL GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT AND VOTE. THANK YOU FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER. THAT COMPLETES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. JUDGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE AFTERNOON RECESS? TAKE A BREAK OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK [02:45:02] YOU. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECESS FOR ONE HOUR. IT IS 1215. KANSAS A LA MITAD CON ESTAS VECES. NUNCA SE TE VOY A ESCAPAR EL CARRITO DE LAS NIEVES. MI ICE CREAM VIENE TODAS LAS TARDES Y ENCONTRAR LO PAN COMIDO ES LA GENTE ESCUCHAR LA MUSICA Y NOS BUSCA Y BUENO AL MENOS CON LOS NINOS SI FUNCIONAN. YA LO HABIA VISTO TODO AGARRATE PORQUE NAZCA TAMBIÉN HAY GANANCIAS PARA CUALQUIER DEPORTE SE OCURRA AQUI NO QUIERE HACER NADA. SIMPLEMENTE NO SALE. PERO QUÉ MUCHAS PARTES SON DIVERTIRSE. QUIERAS COMO UN MAGNATE SIN UN COUNTRY CLUB. EL GRAN CAMPO DE GOLF DE ESTE LUGAR VEINTISIETE HOYOS Y CLASES PARA TODOS LOS NIVELES. DE ASCARATE HABIA PURO CAMARON DE SOPA INSTANTANEA ESTAS MUY EQUIVOCADO PUEDES ENCONTRAR DESDE CATFISH CARPA LA BAS, LA LLUVIA APROBAR TU SUERTE SI LO TUYO ES RELAJATE CON UNA CANA PARA MI LA JOYA DE LA CORONA DEL PARQUE ASCARATE ES ESTE INMENSO LLEGO DONDE PUEDE PASAR Y POR SUPUESTO, DISFRUTAR DE UN AMARILLO Y DORADO ATARDECER CLARO LAS MEJORES AVENTURAS DE PENSAMOS NOS VEMOS EN LA PROXIMA PARADA. YO SOY MIGUEL CONTRERAS DE NOTICIAS 26. EL REPORTER FAVORITO DE TO REPORTERO FAVORITO. [02:57:07] YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD ENJOYMENT, GOOD RELAXATION, GOOD THERAPY COMING OUT HERE [02:57:12] AND COPING WITH SITUATIONS AND RELAXATION. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S QUIET, IT'S NICE IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT'S NICE AND COOL DOWN HERE. ABOUT 8:00 IT STARTS GETTING WARM, BUT IT'S NICE AND COOL. COME DOWN HERE, RELAX FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND FACE THE WORLD. THE BAIT, IT VARIES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT HERE, THEY WERE HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. THEY STOPPED HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. WHAT'S VERY POPULAR IS WEENIE HOT DOG. AND THEN THEY STOP HITTING ON THE HOT DOG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START HITTING ON THE SHRIMP, AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON THE SHRIMP. NOW I'M USING SOME STINK BAIT AND IT REALLY STINKS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WITH SOME STINK BAIT. BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN THE FISH ARE BITING. IT'S GREAT. YEAH, THE TROUT WILL PUT THE HOOK IN THEIR MOUTH. AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY PULL ON IT LIKE THEY PULLED BEFORE. THEN YOU YANK ON THE LINE AND GET THE HOOK SET IN THEIR MOUTH, AND YOU GOT TO TROUT. IT IS KIND OF HARD FISHING FOR TROUT. LIKE THAT, BUT. YEAH. THERE HE GOES. WELL, THE LARGE ONE, THE LARGEST ONE I CAUGHT HERE WAS A 15 POUNDER. YEAH, YOU CAN EAT THEM. I DON'T BECAUSE I LIKE TO CATCH AND RELEASE. I WOULD IF I WAS GOING TO EAT FISH I'D EAT THE FISH. AND I'VE BEEN FISHING HERE FOR 60 YEARS. AND YOU LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. [03:00:56] MAS GRANDES DEL PASO ES EL PARQUE ASCARATE MUCHAS PERSONAS LO TOMAN POR SENTADO ENTRE SUS VERDES DECENAS DE ACTIVIDADES Y RINCONES. QUÉ NO TE ACABAS EN UN SOLO DIA? ES LA MANERA PERFECTA DE ARRANCAR ESTA AVENTURA MAS DE CUATROCIENTOS EN EL PARQUE MAS GRANDE DEL CONDADO DE EL PASO Y LO MEJOR EN VERANO DE CINCO Y. SIEMPRE. TEXTOS ES EL VERANO ESTA ALBERCA OLIMPICA TIENE LAVADOS. CHAPATI. TOBOGGANS. Y VOLLEYBALL DESDE ESTE DE JUNIO, LUNES A 4 P.M. FIN DE SEMANA DE DOS CINCO TAMBIÉN OFRECEN CLASES DE NATATION CON HORARIOS FLEXIBLES NO IMPORTA TENGAN TODOS OPORTUNIDAD DE APRENDER A NADAR CON COMPANEROS, PUES DE SU NIVEL DE SU EDAD PADRES DE FAMILIA. CUANDO LES DIGO UNA CLASE DE NATATION A LA ENERGIA DE SUS PEQUEAS. ENCANTADOS PORQUE COMO SE VA A DORMIR EL TOQUE ESPECIALES LLEVARLO DESPUÉS POR ESO SERA SUFICIENTE NO OBSTANTE EL AGUA ES PARA TODOS LA CANTIDAD DE BENEFICIOS, TANTO FISICOS COMO ES ENORME EL MOVIMIENTO DEL AGUA. EL SONIDO DEL AGUA ES RELAJANTE PARA EMPEZAR LA TRANSPARENCIA. EL COLOR DE LA TEXTURA BUENO EL AGUA Q LES PUEDO DECIR ES ES NUESTRO AMBIENTE. ES DE VERANO. PUEDES VER LA FANTASIA DE MICHAEL PHELPS O VIENE DE LA SERENA. DESPUÉS DE NADAR A QUEDAN ENERGIA'S. QUÉ UN PASEO DE LA TUA O RENTA UNA HIBRIDA POR SIX DOLARES AL DIA RAPIDO Y NO TE KANSAS A LA MITAD CON ESTAS VICES. NUNCA SE TE VOY A ESCAPAR EL CARRITO DE LAS NIEVES. ALIVIAN MICKEY ICE CREAM VIENE TODAS LAS TARDES Y ENCONTRADO ES COMO ES LA GENTE ESCUCHAR LA MUSICA Y NOS BUSCA Y BUENO AL MENOS CON LOS NINOS. SI FUNCIONAN. Y SI VISTO TODO AGARRATE PORQUE TAMBIÉN HAY PARA PRACTICAR CUALQUIER DEPORTE SE OCURRA AQUI QUIERE HACER NADA. SIMPLEMENTE NO SALE PERO MUCHAS PARTES SON DIVERTIRSE. COMO UN MAGNATE SIN UN COUNTRY CLUB. EL GRANDE CAMPO DE GOLF DE ESTE LUGAR, HOYOS Y CLASES PARA TODOS LOS NIVELES. DE ASCARATE HABIA PURO CAMARON DE SOPA INSTANTANEA ESTAS MUY EQUIVOCADO PUEDEN ENCONTRAR DESDE CATFISH CARPA LA PAZ LA LLUVIA CON LICENCIA SUERTE. SI LO TUYO ES RELAJAR CON UNA CANA PARA MI LA JOYA DE LA CORONA DEL PARQUE ASCARATE ES ESTE INMENSO LLEGO DONDE PUEDES PASAR Y POR SUPUESTO, DISFRUTAR DE UNA AMARILLO Y DORADO ATARDECER CLARO LAS MEJORES AVENTURAS PENSAMOS NOS VEMOS EN LA PROXIMA PARADA. YO SOY MIGUEL CONTRERAS DE NOTICIAS 26. EL REPORTERO FAVORITE, FAVORITE. [03:13:57] YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD ENJOYMENT, GOOD RELAXATION, GOOD THERAPY COMING [03:14:01] OUT HERE AND COPING WITH SITUATIONS AND RELAXATION. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S QUIET, IT'S NICE IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT'S NICE AND COOL DOWN HERE. ABOUT 8:00 STARTS GETTING WARM, BUT IT'S NICE AND COOL. COME DOWN HERE, RELAX FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND FACE THE WORLD. THE BAIT, IT VARIES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT HERE, THEY WERE HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. THEY STOPPED HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. WHAT'S VERY POPULAR IS WEENIE HOT DOG. AND THEN THEY STOP HITTING ON THE HOT DOG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START HITTING ON THE SHRIMP, AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON THE SHRIMP. NOW I'M USING SOME STINK BAIT AND IT REALLY STINKS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WITH SOME STINK BAIT, BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN THE FISH ARE BITING. IT'S GREAT. YEAH, THE TROUT WILL PUT THE HOOK IN THEIR MOUTH AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY PULL ON IT, LIKE THEY PULLED BEFORE. [03:15:02] THEN YOU YANK ON THE LINE AND GET THE HOOK SET IN THEIR MOUTH. YOU GOT TO TROUT. IT IS KIND OF HARD FISHING FOR TROUT. LIKE THAT. IT. IS. THERE HE GOES. WELL, THE LARGE ONE, THE LARGEST ONE I CAUGHT HERE WAS A 15 POUNDER. YEAH, YOU CAN EAT THEM. I DON'T, BECAUSE I LIKE TO CATCH AND RELEASE. I WOULD IF I WAS GOING TO EAT FISH, I'D EAT THE FISH. AND I'VE BEEN FISHING HERE FOR 60 YEARS. AND YOU LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. DE LOS MAS GRANDES DEL PASO Y ES EL PARQUE MUCHAS PERSONAS LO TOMAN POR SENTADO ENTRE SUS INMENSA VERDE, DECENAS DE ACTIVIDADES Y RINCONES CANNOT ACABAS EN UN SOLO DIA. ES LA MANERA PERFECTA DE ARRANCAR ESTA AVENTURA MAS DE CUATRO VIENTOS DE DIVERSION. EL PARQUE MAS GRANDE DEL CONDADO DE EL PASO Y LO MEJOR EN VERANO DE CINCO Y MEDIA. SIN PRE-TEXTOS EL VERANO ESTA ALBERCA OLIMPICA DE CINCUENTA METROS TIENE TOBOGGANS Y VOLLEYBALL. DESDE ESTE CATORCE DE JUNIO DE DOS CUATRO MEDIA PM FINES DE SEMANA DE DOS CINCO TAMBIÉN OFRECEN CLASES DE NATACION CON HORARIOS FLEXIBLES NO IMPORTA LA EDAD Q TENGAN TODOS OPORTUNIDAD DE APRENDER A NADAR CON COMPANEROS, PUES DE SU NIVEL Y DE SU EDAD PADRES DE FAMILIA. CUANDO LES DIGO UNA CLASE DE NATATION A LA ENERGIA DE SUS PEQUEAS ENCANTADOS Y POR QUÉ ES COMO SE VA A DORMIR? EL TOC ESPECIALES LLEVARLO DESPUÉS POR ESO SERA SUFICIENTE NO OBSTANTE EL AGUA ES PARA TODOS LA CANTIDAD DE BENEFICIOS. TANTO FISICOS COMO MENTALES ES ENORME EL MOVIMIENTO DE LA AGUA. EL SONIDO DEL AGUA ES RELAJANTE PARA EMPEZAR LA. TRANSPARENCIA EL COLOR TEXTURE BUENO EL AGUA Q LES PUEDO DECIR ES ES NUESTRO AMBIENTE. ESTE VERANO PUEDES VER LA FANTASIA DE MICHAEL PHELPS O VIENE DE LA CINTA. DESPUÉS DE NADER AUN T QUEDAN ENERGIA'S. QUÉ TAL UN PASEO EN LA TIRE O RENTA UNA HIBRIDA POR $6 AL DIA RAPIDO Y NO KANSAS A LA MITAD CON ESTAS VICES. NUNCA SE TE VOY A ESCAPAR EL CARRITO DE LAS NIEVES. ALIVIAN MICKEY ICE CREAM VIENE TODAS LAS TARDES Y ENCONTRAR ES COMO ES LA GENTE ESCUCHAR LA MUSICA Y NOS BUSCA Y BUENO AL MENOS CON LOS FRENOS. SI FUNCIONAN. Y SI YA LO HA VISTO TODO AGARRATE [03:20:02] PORQUE TAMBIÉN HAY GANANCIAS PARA CUALQUIER LOCURA. AQUI NO QUIERE HACER NADA. SIMPLEMENTE NO SALE PERO MUCHAS PARTES SON DIVERTIRSE. QUIERAS SENTIRTE COMO UN MAGNATE. UN COUNTRY CLUB, EL GRAN CAMPO DE GOLF DE ASCARATE ESTE LUGAR 20 OJOS Y CLASES PARA TODOS LOS NIVELES. DE ASCARATE HABIA PURO CAMARON DE SOPA INSTANTANEA ESTAS MUY EQUIVOCADO ENCONTRAR DESDE CATFISH CARPA LA BAS, LA LOBINA CON. SI LO TUYO ES RELAJAR CON UNA CANA PARA LA JOYA DE LA CORONA DEL PARQUE. ASCARATE ES ESTE INMENSO LLEGO DONDE PUEDES PESCAR Y POR SUPUESTO, DISFRUTAR DE UN AMARILLO Y DORADO ATARDECER CLARO LAS MEJORES AVENTURAS DE LO PENSAMOS NOS VEMOS EN LA PROXIMA PARADA. YO SOY MIGUEL CONTRERAS DE NOTICIAS 26. EL REPORTERO FAVORITO REPORTERO FAVORITO. [03:30:47] YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD ENJOYMENT, GOOD RELAXATION, GOOD THERAPY COMING OUT HERE [03:30:52] AND COPING WITH SITUATIONS AND RELAXATION. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S QUIET, IT'S NICE. IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT'S NICE AND COOL DOWN HERE. ABOUT 8:00 STARTS GETTING WARM, BUT IT'S NICE AND COOL. COME DOWN HERE, RELAX FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND FACE THE WORLD. THE BAIT, IT VARIES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT HERE, THEY WERE HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. THEY STOPPED HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. WHAT'S VERY POPULAR IS WEENIE HOT DOG. AND THEN THEY STOP HITTING ON THE HOT DOG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START HITTING ON THE SHRIMP, AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON THE SHRIMP. NOW I'M USING SOME STINK BAIT AND IT REALLY STINKS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WITH SOME STINK BAIT, BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN THE FISH ARE BITING. IT'S GREAT. YEAH, THE TROUT WILL PUT THE HOOK IN THEIR MOUTH AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY PULL ON IT, LIKE THEY PULLED BEFORE. THEN YOU YANK ON THE LINE AND GET THE HOOK SET IN THEIR MOUTH, BUT YOU GOTTA TROUT. IT IS KIND OF HARD FISHING FOR TROUT. LIKE THAT, BUT. YOU. THERE HE GOES. WELL, THE LARGE ONE, THE LARGEST ONE I CAUGHT HERE WAS A 15 POUNDER. YEAH, YOU CAN EAT THEM. I DON'T, BECAUSE I LIKE TO CATCH AND RELEASE. I WOULD IF I WAS GOING TO EAT FISH, I'D EAT THE FISH. AND I'VE BEEN FISHING HERE FOR 60 YEARS. AND YOU LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. CON UNO DE LOS MAS GRANDES DEL PASO Y ES EL PARQUE MUCHAS PERSONAS LO TOMAN POR SENTADO ENTRE SUS INMENSA AREAS VERDES DECENAS DE ACTIVIDADES Y RINCONES. QUÉ NO TE ACABAS EN UN SOLO DIA? ES LA MANERA PERFECTA DE ARRANCAR ESTA VENTURA MAS DE CUATROCIENTOS EN EL PARQUE MAS GRANDE DEL CONDADO DE EL PASO Y LO MEJOR EN VERANO DE CINCO Y MEDIA [03:35:01] AM1PM, SIN PRE-TEXTOS EL VERANO ESTA ALBERCA OLIMPICA DE CINCUENTA METROS TIENE DOS. TOBOGGANS Y VOLLEYBALL. DESDE ESTE CATORCE DE JUNIO DE CUATRO Y MEDIA PM. FIN DE SEMANA DE DOS CINCO TAMBIÉN OFRECEN CLASES DE NATATION CON HORARIOS FLEXIBLES NO IMPORTA TENGAN TODOS TENGAN OPORTUNIDAD DE APRENDER A NADAR CON COMPANEROS, PUES DE SU NIVEL Y DE SU EDAD PADRES DE FAMILIA CREAM. CUANDO LES DIGO UNA CLASE DE NATATION AGOTAR LA ENERGIA DE SUS PEQUEAS ENCANTADOS Y POR QUÉ ES COMUN Y SE VA A DORMIR? TOQUE ESPECIALES LLEVARLO DESPUÉS POR ESO SERA SUFICIENTE NO OBSTANTE EL AGUA ES PARA TODOS LA CANTIDAD DE BENEFICIOS, TANTO FISICOS COMO MENTALES ES ENORME EL MOVIMIENTO DEL AGUA. EL SONIDO DEL AGUA ES RELAJANTE PARA EMPEZAR LA. TRANSPARENCIA. EL COLOR DE LA TEXTURA BUENO EL AGUA Q LES PUEDO DECIR ES ES NUESTRO AMBIENTE. ESTE VERANO PUEDE VER LA FANTASIA DE MICHAEL PHELPS O BIEN DE LA CINTA. DESPUÉS DE NADER AUN TE QUEDAN ENERGIA'S. QUÉ TAL UN PASEO EN LA TIRE O UNA HERIDA FOR $6 AL DIA. RAPIDO Y NO TE KANSAS A LA MITAD CON ESTAS VICES. NUNCA SE TE VOY A ESCAPAR. EL CARRITO DE LAS NIEVES. NO ALIVIAN. MICKEY'S ICE CREAM VIENE TODAS LAS TARDES Y ENCONTRADO ES COMO ES LA GENTE. ESCUCHA LA MUSICA Y NOS BUSCA Y BUENO AL MENOS CON LOS NINOS. SI FUNCIONAN. Y SI YA LO HABIAS VISTO TODO AGARRATE PORQUE TAMBIÉN HAY GANANCIAS PARA CUALQUIER DEPORTE OCURRA AQUI NO QUIERE HACER NADA. SIMPLEMENTE NO SALE. PERO ES QUÉ MUCHAS PARTS SON DIVERTIRSE. QUIERAS SENTIRTE COMO UN MAGNATE SIN UN COUNTRY CLUB. EL GRAN CAMPO DE GOLF DE ESTE LUGAR DE HOYOS Y CLASES PARA TODOS LOS NIVELES. DE ASCARATE HABIA PURO CAMARON DE SOPA INSTANTANEA ESTAS MUY EQUIVOCADO PUEDES ENCONTRAR DESDE CATFISH CARPA LA PAZ LA LLUVIA CONSIGUE APROBAR TO SUERTE. SI LO TUYO ES CON UNA CANA PARA MI LA JOLLA DE LA CORONA DEL PARQUE ES ESTE INMENSO LAGO DONDE PUEDE PASAR Y POR SUPUESTO, DISFRUTAR DE UNA MARIDO Y DORADO ATARDECER DE CLARO. LAS MEJORES AVENTURAS CERCA DE LO PENSAMOS NOS VEMOS EN LA PROXIMA PARADA. YO SOY MIGUEL CONTRERAS DE NOTICIAS 26 EL. REPORTERO FAVORITO FAVORITO. [03:47:37] YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD ENJOYMENT, GOOD RELAXATION, GOOD THERAPY. COMING OUT HERE AND COPING WITH [03:47:44] SITUATIONS AND RELAXATION. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S QUIET, IT'S NICE. IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT'S NICE AND COOL DOWN HERE. ABOUT 8:00 STARTS GETTING WARM, BUT IT'S NICE AND COOL. COME DOWN HERE, RELAX FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND FACE THE WORLD. THE BAIT, IT VARIES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT HERE, THEY WERE HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. THEY STOPPED HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. WHAT'S VERY POPULAR IS WEENIE HOT DOG. AND THEN THEY STOP HITTING ON THE HOT DOG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START HITTING ON THE SHRIMP, AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON THE SHRIMP. NOW I'M USING SOME STINK BAIT AND IT REALLY STINKS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WITH SOME STINK BAIT. BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN THE FISH ARE BITING. IT'S GREAT. YEAH, THE TROUT WILL PUT THE HOOK IN THEIR MOUTH AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY PULL ON IT, LIKE THEY PULLED BEFORE. THEN YOU YANK ON THE LINE AND GET THE HOOK SET IN THEIR MOUTH, BUT YOU GOT TO TROUT. IT IS KIND OF HARD FISHING FOR TROUT. LIKE THAT. YEAH. THERE HE GOES. WELL, THE LARGE ONE, THE LARGEST ONE I CAUGHT HERE WAS A 15 POUNDER. YEAH, YOU CAN EAT THEM. I DON'T, BECAUSE I LIKE TO CATCH AND RELEASE. I WOULD IF I WAS GOING TO EAT FISH I'D EAT THE FISH. AND I'VE BEEN FISHING HERE FOR 60 YEARS. AND YOU LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. [03:51:27] MAS GRANDES DEL PASO Y ES EL PARQUE. ASCARATE MUCHAS PERSONAS LO TOMAN POR SENTADO ENTRE SUS INMENSA SALAS VERDES, DECENAS DE ACTIVIDADES Y RINCONES. QUÉ NO TE ACABAS EN UN SOLO DIA? ES LA MANERA PERFECTA DE ARRANCAR ESTA VENTURA MAS DE CUATRO. THEM WITH AN AUDIENCE. 530 AT SAINT PATRICK'S. I MEAN, IT'S NICE TO HONOR THEM. YOU KNOW. WE'LL GET YOU A GOWN. YEAH. I LOVE THAT KIND OF A LITTLE JUDICIAL. YOU, COMMISSIONER. RED MESS. OH, BUT I DID WANT TO ASK YOU, JUDGE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS RECONVENED INTO REGULAR OPEN SESSION. IT IS 1:22 P.M. BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'D LIKE TO READ IN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN B. TO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, DISCUSS LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES PERTAINING TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. PARTICIPATION IN THE EL PASO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION MEETINGS AND THE MPOS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ITS BYLAWS. WE'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THIS ITEM TO BE DELETED, AS WELL AS REGULAR SESSION ITEM EIGHT A TO DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION PERTAINING TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT PARTICIPATION IN THE EL PASO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION MEETINGS AND THE MPOS. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ITS BYLAWS. IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO DELETE BOTH ITEMS, PLEASE, I'LL MOVE SECOND. OKAY, VOTING IS OPEN. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT. VOTING IS OPEN A. I THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER CORONADO IS ABSENT. THE MOTION CARRIES. ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT IS FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN EL PASO COUNTY, THE EL PASO AREA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, AND FIRST TRANSIT INCORPORATED FOR THE PROVISION OF FIXED ROUTE ADA PARATRANSIT AND DIAL A RIDE TRANSIT SERVICES FOR THE RURAL [T. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Public Transportation Services Agreement between El Paso County, the El Paso Area Transportation Services, Local Government Corporation (EPATS, LGC), and First Transit, Inc. (subsidiary of Transdev Services, Inc.) for the provision of Fixed-Route, ADA Paratransit, and Dial-A-Ride (DAR) transit services for the Rural Transit District service area from November 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, with five (5) one-year renewal options, pending final review and approval from the County Attorney’s Office. Funding is available in SG-RURALF25-OPERATING EXP.  (Contract No. 2025-0665) John Andoh, Executive Director, Transit Operations, 915-273-3838] TRANSIT DISTRICT SERVICE AREA FROM NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2030 WITHIN WITH FIVE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS PENDING FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN SPECIAL GRANT RURAL F 25. OPERATING EXPENSES. YES. TOP OF THE AFTERNOON. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS JOHN ANDO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF [03:55:07] TRANSIT OPERATIONS. I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM. WE DO HAVE A FEW MINOR CHANGES THAT WAS MADE TO THE CONTRACT. SINCE THE ATTACHMENT, THE CHANGES ARE BASICALLY UPDATING THE EXHIBITS. C WITH LOWER PRICING AS IT RELATES TO THE HOURLY COST AND THE FIXED COSTS. CLARIFYING ON THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE AS IT RELATES TO THAT, THE AGREEMENT WILL TAKE PRECEDENCE. FIRST OVER. FOLLOWED BY THE RFP, AND THEN THAT IF THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE AGREEMENTS AND THE EXHIBITS, THE AGREEMENT WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE EXHIBITS. SO THOSE ARE JUST THE MINOR CLARIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE TRANSIT AGREEMENT. OTHERWISE, ULTIMATELY, THROUGH OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH TRANSDEV, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE THE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS. AS SOME OF THE EXPENSES WE WOULD BORNE DIRECTLY IN THE TRANSIT BUDGET TO PAY LOWER PRICING THAN IF WE HAD TRANSDEV AS A FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, PURCHASING THOSE ITEMS ON OUR BEHALF. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. THANK YOU. JOHN. WONDERFUL. MR. UNDER. JUST FOR THE RECORD, ERIC ROSALES ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. I'M SORRY IF YOU SAID THIS AND I MISSED IT. THERE WAS JUST ONE ADDITIONAL EDIT IN 3.3 WHERE THERE WAS CLARIFICATION THAT EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE OWNED BY THE COUNTY UP UNTIL IT WERE TO. THE CONTRACT GETS ASSIGNED TO IPADS, AT WHICH CASE IT WOULD BE OWNED BY IPADS. IF THE COURT LATER ASSIGNS THE CONTRACT, THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER EDIT. I SHOULD ADD THAT THE IPADS BOARD DID APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, AND ALSO OFFERED ITS RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR APPROVAL AS WELL. EXCUSE ME, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BUTLER. VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. MY READING THE 551.0725. I'M SORRY. YES. NO. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN C AND 7D7C FIRST, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 AND FIVE FIVE, 1.0725 DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE US MARSHAL SERVICE FOR HOUSING OF FEDERAL DETAINEES AND ITEM SEVEN PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0725 DISCUSS ONGOING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TEJANO MUSIC FEVER REGARDING A REQUEST FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDING. THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS ERIC ROSALES, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. SECTION 551.0725 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AUTHORIZES THE COURT TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATING TO A CONTRACT UNDER NEGOTIATION IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET. SO ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS CARLOS MADRID AND CHRIS HERNANDEZ HAVE DETERMINED THAT DELIBERATION AND OPEN MEETING CONCERNING BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR BOTH. ITEM C, THIS IS THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE US MARSHALS SERVICE FOR HOUSING AND FEDERAL DETAINEES. AND THEN FOR ITEM D THESE ARE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MUSIC FEVER REGARDING A REQUEST FOR HOT FUNDING. THOSE WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE COURT IF DISCUSSED IN OPEN. SO WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO VOTE THAT DELIBERATIONS AND OPEN WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT, THAT ALL DELIBERATIONS TAKE PLACE IN CLOSED SESSION. AND THEN WE WOULD FURTHER REQUEST THAT THE COURT DIRECT THE COUNTY STAFF TO ENSURE THAT ALL PROCEEDINGS IN CLOSED SESSION BE RECORDED. WE'VE SENT THIS MEMO TO MR. NAVA. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO. THE VOTING IS OPEN AND MOTION CARRIES. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS. ITEM SEVEN A, SEVEN C AND SEVEN D PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.0725. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECONVENE TO TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION. IT IS 1:29 P.M. [04:05:51] YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD ENJOYMENT, GOOD RELAXATION, GOOD THERAPY COMING [04:05:56] OUT HERE AND COPING WITH SITUATIONS AND RELAXATION. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S QUIET, IT'S NICE. IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT'S NICE AND COOL DOWN HERE. ABOUT 8:00 STARTS GETTING WARM, BUT IT'S NICE AND COOL. COME DOWN HERE, RELAX FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND FACE THE WORLD. THE BAIT, IT VARIES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT HERE, THEY WERE HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. THEY STOPPED HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. WHAT'S VERY POPULAR IS WEENIE HOT DOG. AND THEN THEY STOP HITTING ON THE HOT DOG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START HITTING ON THE SHRIMP, AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON THE SHRIMP. NOW I'M USING SOME STINK BAIT AND IT REALLY STINKS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WITH SOME STINK BAIT, BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN THE FISH ARE BITING. IT'S GREAT. YEAH, THE TROUT WILL PUT THE HOOK IN THEIR MOUTH AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY PULL ON IT, LIKE THEY PULLED BEFORE. THEN YOU YANK ON THE LINE AND GET THE HOOK SET IN THEIR MOUTH, BUT YOU GOTTA TROUT. IT IS KIND OF HARD FISHING FOR TROUT. LIKE THAT, BUT. YEAH. THERE HE GOES. WELL, THE LARGE ONE, THE LARGEST ONE I CAUGHT HERE WAS A 15 POUNDER. YEAH, YOU CAN EAT THEM. I DON'T, BECAUSE I LIKE TO CATCH AND RELEASE. I WOULD IF I WAS GOING TO EAT FISH I'D EAT THE FISH. AND I'VE BEEN FISHING HERE FOR 60 YEARS. AND YOU LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. MAS GRANDES DEL PASO ES EL PARQUE. MUCHAS PERSONAS TOMAN POR SENTADO ENTRE SUS INMENSA VERDE, DECENAS DE ACTIVIDADES Y RINCONES NO TE ACABA EN UN SOLO DIA. ES LA MANERA PERFECTA DE ARRANCAR ESTA AVENTURA. MAS DE CUATRO. EL PARQUE MAS GRANDE DEL CONDADO DE EL PASO Y LO [04:10:03] MEJOR EN VERANO, DE CINCO Y MEDIA A M A SIN PRE-TEXTOS EL VERANO ESTA ALBERCA OLIMPICA CINCUENTA METROS TIENE ZAPATERO TOBOGGANS Y VOLEIBOL DESDE ESTE DE JUNIO DE CUATRO Y MEDIA PM Y FIN DE SEMANA DE DOS CINCO TAMBIÉN OFRECEN CLASES DE NATATION CON HORARIOS FLEXIBLES NO IMPORTA TENGAN TODOS OPORTUNIDAD DE APRENDER A NADAR CON COMPANEROS, PUES DE SU NIVEL Y DE SU EDAD PADRES DE FAMILIA. CUANDO UNA CLASE DE NATATION A LA ENERGIA DE SUS PEQUES, ENCANTADOS YA POR QUÉ ES COMO SE VA A DORMIR? EL TOC ESPECIALES LLEVARLO DESPUÉS POR ESO ES SUFICIENTE NO OBSTANTE EL AGUA ES PARA TODOS LA CANTIDAD DE BENEFICIOS. TANTO FISICOS COMO MENTALES ES ENORME EL MOVIMIENTO DE AGUA. EL SONIDO DEL AGUA ES RELAJANTE PARA EMPEZAR LA TRANSPARENCIA. EL COLOR DE LA TEXTURA BUENO EL AGUA Q LES PUEDO DECIR ES ES NUESTRO AMBIENTE. ES DE VERANO. PUEDES VIVIR LE FANTASIA DE MICHAEL PHELPS O BIEN DE LA CINTA. Y SI DESPUÉS DE NADER QUEDAN ENERGIA'S. QUÉ UN PASEO DE LA TIRE O RENTA UNA HIBRIDA POR $6 AL DIA. Y NO KANSAS A LA MITAD CON ESTAS VECES. NUNCA SE TE VOY A ESCAPAR EL CARRITO DE LAS NIEVES. RASPA NO ALIVIAN MICKEY ICE CREAM VIENE TODAS LAS TARDES Y ENCONTRAR LO ES COMO ES LA GENTE ESCUCHAR LA MUSICA Y NOS BUSCA Y BUENO AL MENOS CON LOS NINOS. SI FUNCIONAN. Y SI YA LO HABIAS VISTO TODO AGARRATE PORQUE TAMBIÉN HAY PARA PRACTICAR CUALQUIER DEPORTE OCURRA AQUI NO QUIERE HACER NADA. SIMPLEMENTE NO SALE. POR QUÉ MUCHAS PARTES SON DIVERTIRSE. QUIERAS SENTIRTE COMO UN MAGNATE. UN COUNTRY CLUB. EL GRAN CAMPO DE GOLF DE ESTE LUGAR VEINTISIETE HOYOS Y CLASES PARA TODOS LOS NIVELES. DE ASCARATE HABIA PURO CAMARON DE SOPA INSTANTANEO ES MUY EQUIVOCADO PUEDES ENCONTRAR DESDE CATFISH CARPA LA PAZ LA LLUVIA CON. SUERTE TUYO ES CON UNA CANA PARA LA HOYA DE LA CORONA DEL PARQUE. ES ESTE INMENSO LAGO DONDE PUEDE PASAR Y POR SUPUESTO, DISFRUTAR DE UNA MARIDO Y DORADO ATARDECER CLARO LAS MEJORES AVENTURAS CERCA DE PENSAMOS NOS VEMOS EN LA PROXIMA PARADA. YO SOY MIGUEL CONTRERAS DE NOTICIAS 26 EL REPORTERO FAVORITO REPORTERO FAVORITO. [04:22:41] YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD ENJOYMENT, GOOD RELAXATION, GOOD THERAPY COMING OUT HERE [04:22:47] AND COPING WITH SITUATIONS AND RELAXATION. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S QUIET, IT'S NICE. IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT'S NICE AND COOL DOWN HERE. ABOUT 8:00 STARTS GETTING WARM, BUT IT'S NICE AND COOL. COME DOWN HERE, RELAX FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND FACE THE WORLD. THE BAIT, IT VARIES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT HERE, THEY WERE HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. THEY STOPPED HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. WHAT'S VERY POPULAR IS WEENIE HOT DOG. AND THEN THEY STOP HITTING ON THE HOT DOG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START HITTING ON THE SHRIMP, AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON THE SHRIMP. NOW I'M USING SOME STINK BAIT AND IT REALLY STINKS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WITH SOME STINK BAIT. BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN THE FISH ARE BITING. IT'S GREAT. YEAH, THE TROUT WILL PUT THE HOOK IN THEIR MOUTH AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY PULL ON IT, LIKE THEY PULLED BEFORE. THEN YOU YANK ON THE LINE AND GET THE HOOK SET IN THEIR MOUTH. BUT YOU GOT TO TROUT. IT IS KIND OF HARD FISHING FOR TROUT. LIKE THAT. WELL. YOU. THERE HE GOES. WELL, THE LARGE ONE, THE LARGEST ONE I CAUGHT HERE WAS A 15 POUNDER. YEAH, YOU CAN EAT THEM. I DON'T, BECAUSE I LIKE TO CATCH AND RELEASE. I WOULD IF I WAS GOING TO EAT FISH, I'D EAT THE FISH. AND I'VE BEEN FISHING HERE FOR 60 YEARS. AND YOU LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. [04:26:31] MAS GRANDES DEL PASO Y ES EL PARQUE. MUCHAS PERSONAS LO TOMAN POR SENTADO ENTRE SUS VIAS AÉREAS VERDE DECENAS DE ACTIVIDADES Y RINCONES. QUÉ NO TE ACABAS EN UN SOLO DIA? ES LA MANERA PERFECTA DE ARRANCAR ESTA VENTURA MAS DE CUATROCIENTOS EN EL PARQUE MAS GRANDE DEL CONDADO DE EL PASO Y LO MEJOR EN VERANO DE CINCO Y A M A UN SIN PRE-TEXTOS EL VERANO ESTA ALBERCA OLIMPICA DE CINCUENTA METROS TIENE DOS. TOBOGGANS Y VOLEIBOL DESDE ESTE CATORCE DE JUNIO, LUNES A CUATRO PM, FINES DE SEMANA DE DOS CINCO TAMBIÉN OFRECEN CLASES DE NATATION CON HORARIOS FLEXIBLES NO IMPORTA Q TENGAN TODOS TENGAN OPORTUNIDAD DE APRENDER A NADAR CON COMPANEROS, PUES DE SU NIVEL DE SU EDAD PADRES DE FAMILIA CREAM. CUANDO LES DIGO UNA CLASE DE NATATION AGOTAR LA ENERGIA DE SUS PEQUES ENCANTADOS. Y POR QUÉ ES COMO SE VA A DORMIR? TOQUE ESPECIALES LLEVARLO DESPUÉS POR ESO ES SUFICIENTE NO OBSTANTE EL AGUA ES PARA TODOS LA CANTIDAD DE BENEFICIOS. TANTO FISICOS COMO ES ENORME EL MOVIMIENTO DEL AGUA. EL SONIDO DEL AGUA ES RELAJANTE PARA EMPEZAR LA. TRANSPARENCIA EL COLOR TEXTURE BUENO EL AGUA Q LES PUEDO DECIR ES ES NUESTRO AMBIENTE. ES DE VERANO. PUEDES VIVIR LA FANTASIA DE MICHAEL PHELPS O VIENE DE LA SERENA. DESPUÉS DE NADER. AUN TE QUEDAN ENERGIA'S. QUÉ TAL UN PASEO EN LA RENTA. UNA HIBRIDA POR SIX DOLARES AL DIA RAPIDO Y NO TE KANSAS A LA MITAD CON ESTAS VICES. NUNCA SE TE VOY A ESCAPAR EL CARRITO DE LAS NIEVES. ALIVIAN MICKEY ICE CREAM VIENE TODAS LAS TARDES Y ENCONTRADO ES COMO ES LA GENTE. ESCUCHA LA MUSICA Y NOS BUSCA Y BUENO AL MENOS CON LOS NINOS SI FUNCIONAN. Y YA LO HABIAS VISTO TODO AGARRATE. PORQUE TAMBIÉN HAY CANCHAS PARA CUALQUIER DEPORTE OCURRA AQUI NO QUIERE SER NADA. SIMPLEMENTE NO SALE. PERO QUÉ MUCHAS PARTS SON DIVERTIRSE. COMO UN MAGNATE SIN UN COUNTRY CLUB. EL GRAN CAMPO DE GOLF DE ASCARATE. ESTE LUGAR VEINTISIETE HOYOS Y CLASES PARA TODOS LOS NIVELES. DE ASCARATE HABIA CAMARON DE SOPA INSTANTANEA ESTAS MUY EQUIVOCADO PUEDES ENCONTRAR DESDE CATFISH CARPA LA BAS, LA LLUVIA CON SUERTE. SI LO TUYO ES RELAJAR CON UNA CANA PARA MI LA JOLLA DE LA CORONA DEL PARQUE ASCARATE ES ESTE INMENSO LLEGO DONDE PUEDES Y POR SUPUESTO, DISFRUTAR DE UNA MARYLAND DORADO ATARDECER DE CLARO LAS MEJORES AVENTURAS DE LO PENSAMOS NOS VEMOS EN LA PROXIMA PARADA, YO SOY MIGUEL CONTRERAS DE NOTICIAS 26. EL REPORTERO FAVORITO FAVORITO. [04:39:32] YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD ENJOYMENT, GOOD RELAXATION, GOOD THERAPY COMING OUT HERE AND COPING WITH [04:39:39] SITUATIONS AND RELAXATION. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S QUIET, IT'S NICE. IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT'S NICE AND COOL DOWN HERE. ABOUT 8:00 STARTS GETTING WARM, BUT IT'S NICE AND COOL. COME DOWN HERE, RELAX FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND FACE THE WORLD. THE BAIT, IT VARIES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT HERE, THEY WERE HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. [04:40:06] THEY STOPPED HITTING ON CHICKEN BREAST. WHAT WAS VERY POPULAR IS WEENIE HOT DOG. AND THEN THEY STOP HITTING ON THE HOT DOG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START HITTING ON THE SHRIMP AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON THE SHRIMP. NOW I'M USING SOME STINK BAIT AND IT REALLY STINKS, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WITH SOME STINK BAIT, BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN THE FISH ARE BITING. IT'S GREAT. YEAH, THE TROUT WILL PUT THE HOOK IN THEIR MOUTH. AND WE'RE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY PULL ON IT LIKE THEY PULLED BEFORE. THEN YOU YANK ON THE LINE AND GET THE HOOK SET IN THEIR MOUTH, BUT YOU GOT TO TROUT. IT IS KIND OF HARD FISHING FOR TROUT. LIKE THAT. YEAH. THERE HE GOES. WELL, THE LARGE ONE, THE LARGEST ONE I CAUGHT HERE WAS A 15 POUND. GO AHEAD. YEAH. COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS RECONVENED INTO REGULAR OPEN SESSION. IT IS 2:11 P.M. WE'RE ON ITEM EIGHT B FROM REGULAR SESSION. DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MUSIC FEVER, LLC. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS ERIK ROSALES, NICK GAGLIONE, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. WE'RE ASKING FOR NO ACTION FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THE STAFF WILL BRING BACK A CONTRACT IN THE FUTURE FOR THE COURT'S CONSIDERATION. NO ACTION FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT B. AND THIS CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. JUDGE. [B. Discuss and take appropriate action to direct staff to continue negotiations and execute an agreement with Tejano Music Fever, LLC. Roberto Ransom, Director, Economic Development Department, 915-273-3583] OKAY. THANK YOU. WISHING YOU ALL A GREAT WEEK FOR INTERPRETERS BACK THERE. THANK YOU. PROMOTION TEAM. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING AT 2:12 P.M. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.