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

El Paso County Courthouse, County Judge's Conference Room
500 E. San Antonio Street, 3rd Floor, Room 301
El Paso, Texas 79901
Website address: http://www.epcounty.com
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Budget Hearings

AGENDA
Special Meeting, August 12, 2019  - 1:00 PM

All matters listed on this agenda may be discussed in executive session at the discretion of the El Paso County Commissioners Court following verbal announcement, if an appropriate exception to the open meeting requirement of the Texas Open Meetings Act is applicable


1.OPEN MEETING
REGULAR AGENDA
2.Discuss and take appropriate action on the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 budget for the County of El Paso, Texas.
Wallace Hardgrove, Executive Director, Budget and Fiscal Policy Department (915) 546-2262
3.Pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, § 152.013 (b), discuss and take action on the proposed annual salaries, expenses or allowances for elected County and precinct officers for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019.  Any proposed salary or allowance increases will be published in a local newspaper of general circulation.  These salaries and any proposed increases would take effect on October 1, 2019 and upon the adoption of the County Budget.
Wallace Hardgrove, Executive Director, Budget and Fiscal Policy Department (915) 546-2262
4.Discuss and take appropriate action on the El Paso County Hospital District’s Capital and Operating Budgets for FY 2020 and proposed tax rate.
Wallace Hardgrove, Executive Director, Budget and Fiscal Policy Department (915) 546-2262
ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA
5.Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071, receive legal advice and consultation regarding the judicial salary plan.
Jo Anne Bernal, County Attorney, County Attorney's Office (915) 546-2050
Posted Friday, August 9, 2019 at 1:30 P.M.
6.Approve and authorize to accept emergency supplemental funds from the Office of the Attorney General’s Office to provide victim services (Victim Coordinator and Liaison Grant) in the amount of $56,000.  The funding will be used to provide victim service counseling, transportation assistance and general operational supplies. El Paso County will receive these funds upon approval and, if accepted, must be encumbered by August 31, 2019.
Erica Ortega, Senior Grant Analyst, Budget and Fiscal Policy (915) 546-2262
Posted Friday, August 9, 2019 at 1:50 P.M.