EL PASO COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS COURT

CARLOS LEON
Commissioner, Pct.1

VINCENT PEREZ
Commissioner, Pct.3

DAVID STOUT
Commissioner, Pct.2

CARL L. ROBINSON
Commissioner, Pct.4

RICARDO A. SAMANIEGO
County Judge

Commissioners Court Chambers, El Paso County Courthouse 
500 East San Antonio Room 303 El Paso, Texas 79901
Website address: http://www.epcounty.com
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AGENDA
Regular Meeting, July 29, 2019  - 9:30 AM

Strategic Plan Priority

1.OPEN MEETING
2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.INVOCATION
A.Receive an Invocation.
4.CONSENT AGENDA

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

All matters listed under the Consent Agenda will be considered by the Commissioners Court to be routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the Court or persons in the audience request that specific items be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda for discussion prior to the time the Commissioners Court votes on the motion to adopt the Consent Agenda.

All matters listed on the Consent Agenda and Regular Agenda may be discussed in Executive Session at the discretion of the El Paso County Commissioners Court and following verbal announcement, if an appropriate exception to the open meeting requirement of the Texas Open Meetings Act is applicable.

A.Pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, Section 115.021, audit and settle all accounts against the County shown on the attached listing and direct the payment of those accounts.
Edward A. Dion, County Auditor, County Auditor's Office (915) 546-2040
B.Approve and authorize the General Assistance Program, a unit of the Community Services Department, to accept a grant award from the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of United Way for $70,183 for rental and mortgage assistance from Phase 36 Local Board Plan- Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act funds. No County match is required. (Contract No. 2019-0507)
Irene G. Valenzuela, Executive Director, Community Services Department (915) 775-2708
C.Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the letter to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission requesting a six-month, no cost extension of the FY 2018 Technical Support Grant #18-TS-08. (Contract No. 2019-0318)
Joel Bishop, Executive Director, Criminal Justice and Community Support (915) 546-2024
D.Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the First Amendment to Agreement between El Paso County, on behalf of the El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Prevention and Intervention Grant for the 2018-2019 Biennium for the term beginning September 1, 2018, through August 31, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $51,560.  Funding is available in TJJD Prevention & Intervention Demonstration Project Grant 2019.  (Contract No. 2019-0374)
Roger Martinez, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Juvenile Justice Center (915) 849-2500
E.Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Advance Funding Agreement Amendment #1 to the El Paso County Mission Circulator Project to extend the agreement to October 31, 2020.  (Contract No. 2019-0483)
Jose M. Landeros, Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015
F.Approve the Certificates of Plat Compliance (under Texas Local Government Code Section 232.028(a), as provided on the attached listing.
Norma R. Palacios, Executive Director, Public Works Department (915) 546-2015
G.Approve and authorize the transfer and removal of surplus assets from the respective departments to the Purchasing Department in compliance with Texas Local Government Code Section 262.011(j).  See attachment.
Debra Carrejo, CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing Department (915) 546-2048
5.RESOLUTIONS
A.Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing July 28, 2019 as "World Hepatitis Day" in El Paso County Texas.
Vincent M. Perez, Commissioner, Pct. 3 (915) 546-2144
B.Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing the newly unveiled El Paso County Veterans Wall of Honor and encourage the continued efforts to promote El Paso County, Texas as the Veterans Capital of the United States. 
Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, Commissioners Court (915) 546-2098
6.PUBLIC COMMENT
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
7.Discuss and take appropriate action regarding the FY2020 Strategic Plan. 
Betsy C. Keller, CM, Chief Administrator, County Administration (915) 546-2215
AUDITOR
8.Pursuant to Texas government Code, Title 10, § 2256.003, please accept the attached investment report for the third quarter and nine months ended June 30, 2019.
Edward A. Dion, CPA, County Auditor, County Auditor's Office (915) 546-2040
TAX ASSESSOR - COLLECTOR
9.Accept the 2019 Effective and Rollback Tax Rates for El Paso County.  Effective Tax Rate: $0.450682 /$100.  Rollback Tax Rate: $0.488997 /$100.  If El Paso County adopts a 2019 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.450682 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2018 taxes by $2,924,550.
Ruben P. Gonzalez, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Tax Office (915) 771-2300
10.Accept the 2019 Effective and Rollback Tax Rate calculations for the El Paso County Hospital District.  Effective Tax Rate: $0.253519 /$100.  Rollback Tax Rate: $0.267747 /$100.  If the El Paso County Hospital District adopts a 2019 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.253519 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2018 taxes by $1,810,765.
Ruben P. Gonzalez, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Tax Office (915) 771-2300
11.Approve and authorize the publication of any and all related Tax Notices in the El Paso Times, El Diario, and the West Texas Courier for El Paso County, the El Paso County Hospital District, and the El Paso County Emergency Services District #1 on or about the week of August 4, 2019.  Funding is available in GF-TAXOFFICE-ADVERTISING.
Ruben P. Gonzalez, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Tax Office (915) 771-2300
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
12.Receive a presentation from Dover, Kohl, and Partners on the Mission Trail Comprehensive Masterplan.  
Sam Trujillo, Interim Director, Economic Development Department (915) 546-2177
PUBLIC WORKS
13.Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Fourth Amendment  to the Interlocal Agreement with the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority for additional construction services to the Vista del Sol Widening & Reconstruction Project. No County funds are required.  (Contract No. 2019-0476)
Jose M. Landeros, Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015
14.Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the First Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority for additional design services to the Pellicano Widening & Reconstruction Project. No County funds are required.  (Contract No. 2019-0477) 
Jose M. Landeros, Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015
15.Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the commitment letter to provide in-kind technical services in support of the El Paso Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Center's application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality-Nonpoint Source Program for the development of the Greater El Paso Watershed Protection Plan. No County funds are required. (OP 19-459)
Jose M. Landeros, Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015
PURCHASING
16.Approve and authorize the purchase and installation of fifty-five (55) Motorola APX 8500 All-Brand MP Mobile Radios for the County of El Paso using Department of Information Resources (DIR) Contract DIR-TSO-4101 awarded to Motorola Solutions/RTC Inc., of El Paso, Texas, in the amount of $287,978. Purchasing approved on 7/16/2019. Funding is available in SG-JAG2017-OPERATING EXP and SG-INTEROPCOMM19-CAP OUTLAYS.
Debra Carrejo, CPPO, CPPB Purchasing Agent, Purchasing Department (915) 546-2048
17.Approve and authorize the Interagency Agreement between the County of El Paso and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services of the State of Oklahoma.  (Contract No. 2019-0515)
Debra Carrejo, CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing Department (915) 546-2048
BUDGET AND FINANCE
18.Approve amendment No. 42 to the County of El Paso’s 2018-2019 operating budget.  This budgetary amendment will increase Special Revenue by $3,250.00, increase Grants by $1,102.43, thus increasing the overall budget of $444,894,998.05 to $444,899,350.48.
Wallace Hardgrove, Executive Director, Budget and Fiscal Policy Department (915) 546-2262
19.EXECUTIVE SESSION

Only the members of the Commissioners Court have a right to attend an executive session, except that legal counsel must be present if the executive session is held pursuant to Government Code section 551.071. In addition to legal counsel, Commissioners Court may include in executive session certain officers and employees if it finds that (1) their participation is necessary to the matter under consideration; (2) their interests are not adverse to the county, and (3) their presence will not waive the attorney client privilege. Generally, the Chief Administrator, Budget Executive Director, County Clerk's representatives, and County Auditor's Office representatives attend the closed session items based on the enumerated criteria, and certain other persons may attend based on the above-listed criteria or as otherwise provided by law.

A.Discuss findings regarding persons necessary in Executive Session.
County Attorney's Office (915) 546-2050
B.Discuss the pending administrative matter regarding the Auditor's Office Renovation, County Attorney's file number 0187-19-AA, pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071. 
Jed Untereker, Assistant County Attorney, County Attorney's Office (915) 546-2050
C.Discuss potential real estate property acquisition in Downtown El Paso for revenue and economic development purposes, pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.072.
Betsy C. Keller, CM, Chief Administrator, County Administration (915) 546-2215