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Monday, August 9, 2010 Commissioners Court Met in Regular Meeting at 9:33 A.M MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2010 COMMISSIONERS COURT MET IN REGULAR MEETING AT 9:33 A.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT HON. ANTHONY COBOS, PRESIDING COUNTY JUDGE ANNA PEREZ, COMMISSIONER, PCT. # 1 VERONICA ESCOBAR, COMMISSIONER, PCT. # 2 WILLIE GANDARA, COMMISSIONER, PCT. # 3 DANIEL R. HAGGERTY, COMMISSIONER, PCT. # 4 CESAR O. NAVA, DEPUTY CLERK ________________________________________________________________ MEETING CONVENED AUGUST 9, 2010 MOTION # 1 On this day, Commissioners Court of El Paso County, Texas was called to order by the Deputy Clerk. ________________________________________________________________ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AUGUST 9, 2010 MOTION # 2 On this day, Commissioners Court began with the Pledge of Allegiance. ________________________________________________________________ POSTPONED – PRESENTATION TO CARMEN LOPEZ AUGUST 9, 2010 MOTION # 3 (Item # 1) On this day, on motion of Judge Cobos, seconded by Commissioner Escobar, it is the order of the Court to postpone for one week the agenda item to present Carmen Lopez, former Director of Motor Vehicle Registration & Titling a Certificate of Appreciation for 32 years of dedicated public service. VOTE: YES – Judge Cobos, Perez, Escobar, Haggerty NO – None NOT PRESENT - Gandara ________________________________________________________________ PUBLIC COMMENT AUGUST 9, 2010 MOTION # 4 (Item # 2) On this day, the following persons appeared before Commissioners Court to offer public comment. Esteban Zubia, Parent Liaison, Border Children’s Mental Health Collaborative, recognized members of the Region 19 Migrant Homeless Program for providing backpacks and school supplies to the children in the program. James Perry, concerned citizen, regarding animal rights and an incident involving an U.S. Customs K-9 Officer. ________________________________________________________________ APPROVED - CONSENT AGENDA; POSTPONED – QUARTERLY REPORT FROM CONCORDIA HERITAGE ASSOCIATION AUGUST 9, 2010 MOTION # 5 On this day, on motion of Commissioner Haggerty, seconded by Judge Cobos, it is the order of the Court to approve the following Consent Agenda items and to postpone for one week the quarterly report for the Concordia Heritage Association. 3. Approval of the Minutes of the regular meeting of July 12, 2010, August 2, 2010 and the special meeting of July 29, 2010. Submitted by: , County Clerk's Office 4. Pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, § 115.021, audit and settle all accounts against the County shown on the attached listing and direct the payment of those accounts. Submitted by: County Auditor Edwawr A. Dion, County Auditors Office 5. Approve amendment No. 36 to the 2009-2010 County of El Paso Operating Budget. This amendment will increase Grants by $132,374 thus increasing the overall operating budget of $287,929,659 to $288,062,033. Submitted by: County Auditor Edward A. Dion, County Auditors Office 6. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Unclaimed Money Fund Claim Forms and Indemnity Agreements and authorize the County Auditor to submit the request to the State Comptroller in order to recover the unclaimed funds as listed on the attachments. Submitted by: County Auditor Edward A. Dion, County Auditors Office 7. Approve the Certificates of Plat compliance (under Texas Local Government Code Section 232.028(a), as provided on the attached listing. Submitted by: Public Works Director Robert Rivera, P.E., County Road and Bridge 2 8. Approve and authorize the El Paso County 9-1-1 District FY 2011 Proposed Budget. Submitted by: County Judge Anthony Cobos, County Judge 9. Approve and authorize the appointment of Lee Urias to the Civil Service Commission, effective immediately. Submitted by: County Judge Anthony Cobos, County Judge 10. Approve and authorize the transfer of surplus equipment, as listed in the backup, from the District Attorney's Office to the El Paso County Purchasing Department and ITD. Submitted by: District Attorney Jaime Esparza, District Attorney's Office 11. Request approval of and authorization for the County Judge to sign the contract for Full Battery Psychological Evaluation Services between the County of El Paso, on behalf of the El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department and Guido A. Barrientos, Ph.D. This agreement is effective May 1, 2010 and shall continue until April 30, 2011. This agreement has been reviewed as to form by the County Attorney. Contract Number KK-10-161. Submitted by: Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Roger Martinez, Juvenile Probation Department 12. The DRO requests Commissioner's Court permission for the County Judge to sign the State Case Registry/Local Customer Support contract between the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas and the El Paso County Domestic Relations Office. This contract has been approved as to form by the El Paso County Attorney's Office. Submitted by: Interim Executive Director Jim Fashing, Domestic Relations Office 13. The DRO requests that Commissioner's Court approve a title change from Visitation Specialist I and Visitation Specialist II (approved 8/2/10) to Visitation Specialist and Visitation Specialist Supervisor, respectively. There is no change in fiscal impact - only title. Submitted by: Interim Executive Director Jim Fashing, Domestic Relations Office 14. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the second of four one-year renewal options with HealthSCOPE Benefits for the County's Health Plan Benefits Third Party Administration Services and with Advantage Care Network for Network Health Plan Services for the period of January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. The County's Risk Pool Board approved recommending extending the contracts at their July 21, 2010 meeting. Contracts and amendments KK-10-352HSB/TPA and KK-10- 353HSB/NETWORK have been approved by the County Attorney's Office. Submitted by: Director Betsy C. Keller, SPHR, Human Resources 3 15. Approve the amendment of Rule 2.00 (b) of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations to allow elected officials up to 90 days to submit any positions for exemption from the coverage of the civil service rules as approved by the Civil Service Commission on June 1, 2010 and reviewed by the County Attorney's Office. Submitted by: Human Resources Director Betsy C. Keller, SPHR, Human Resources 16. Approve and authorize the purchase of hardware, software and other related equipment for the Disaster Recovery Data Center at the MDR building. Request the County Purchasing Agent to purchase from the State DIR Contract. Funds are available for the Data Center Project at $1,250,000 in CPTINFRST07. Submitted by: Chief Technology Officer Peter Cooper, Information Technology Department 17. Approve and authorize the transfer of unserviceable equipment, as listed in the backup, from the Information Technology Department to the County Purchasing Department for disposal. Submitted by: Chief Technology Officer Peter Cooper, Information Technology Department 18. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign a Contract Between the County and TVP Non Profit for a term beginning July 26, 2010 and ending June 30, 2012 for the administration of the El Paso County Homelessness Prevention Program in the Central/Northwest Planning Area of the City. Submitted by: Director Rosemary V. Neill, Family and Community Services 19. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign a contract Between the County and TVP Non Profit for a term beginning July 26, 2010 and ending June 30, 2012 for the administration of the El Paso County Homelessness Prevention Program in the Northeast/East Planning Area of the City. Submitted by: Director Rosemary V. Neill, Family and Community Services 20. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign a Contract Between the County and TVP Non Profit for a term beginning July 26, 2010 and ending June 30, 2012 for the administration of the El Paso County Homelessness Prevention Program int he Lower Valley Planning Area. Submitted by: Director Rosemary V. Neill, Family and Community Services 21. Approve and Authorize the Border Children’s Mental Health Collaborative to submit the Renewing Our Communities Account grant, funded by the One Star Foundation. The grant amount is $40,000.00 for a period of 12 months. There is no match to be satisfied. Submitted by: Project Director Rita Ruelas, Border Children's Mental Health Collaborative 4 22. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Annexation Agreement with the City of El Paso to annex the Right-of-Way for Caravanola Avenue. Submitted by: Public Works Director Robert Rivera, P.E., County Road and Bridge 23. Approve and authorize the County Purchasing Agent to publish a Notice of Intent to apply and public hearing for the 2011/2012 Texas Community Development Program (TxCDBG fund grant application) as required for infrastructure improvement project. Advertisement funds are available in PLANDEVELOP-6022. Submitted by: Public Works Director Robert Rivera, P.E., County Road and Bridge 24. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign budget modification request No. 1 for the TxCDBG contract 728095 for Wastewater Improvement Project in the Tornillo area. The budget modification request is to transfer funds within the original budget. No County funds are required. Submitted by: Public Work Director Robert Rivera, P.E., County Road and Bridge 25. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to work with City contracted vendor to perform a study to evaluate the City contract on office machine leases to determine if a significant savings will be realized. Submitted by: Asst. Purchasing Agent Jose Lopez, Jr., El Paso County Purchasing Department 26. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the radio maintenance contract between the County of El Paso, Texas and R.T.C. Inc. for the El Paso County Sheriff's Office radio communications equipment. The County Attorney's Office has reviewed the contract (KK#10-344). Submitted by: Sheriff Richard D. Wiles, EPCSO 27. Approve and authorize the Purchasing Department to solicit bids for replacement X- ray machines to be placed at the El Paso County Courthouse. Submitted by: Commander Gomecindo Lopez, El Paso County Sheriff's Office- Special Operations REPORTS 28. Accept the following quarterly reports: a) Constable's Office, Precinct 4.
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