Commissioners Court
1001 Preston, 1st Floor
Agenda — 32 items
- 1 Public Notice
- 2 July 19, 2024 - NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING
- 3 Appearances before court
- 4 Members of the public may attend, participate and/or address Commissioners Court in-person or may view the meeting through the following link: https://www.harriscountytx.gov/Government/Court-Agenda/Court-Videos. Members of the public who attend the meeting in-person may make comments by signing up to speak by completing an appearance request form, and submitting it one hour before the commencement of the meeting, the form can be found at https://appearancerequest.harriscountytx.gov. Speakers may address the Commissioners Court for up to one (1) minute in total, notwithstanding how many agenda items the speaker signs up to comment on. Members of the public who sign up to speak about a topic that does not address a specific agenda item will also be limited to one (1) minute and will address the Court after all agenda related comments have been made. Members of the public are also invited to email their written comments to Commissioners Court at CommissionersCourt@hctx.net.
- 5 It is the intention of the Harris County Commissioners Court to provide open access to all members of the public of Harris County to express themselves on issues addressed by County government. However, members of the public are reminded that the Harris County Commissioners Court is a constitutional court, created by the State with judicial, administrative and legislative powers. As such, the Harris County Commissioners Court possesses the authority to issue Contempt of Court citations. Accordingly, persons shall conduct themselves with proper respect and decorum in addressing the Court, in participating in public discussions before the Court, and in all actions in the presence of the Court consistent with the rules and procedures of Harris County Commissioners Court. Profane, insulting or threatening language, and racial, ethnic or gender slurs or epithets will not be tolerated. Those persons who do not conduct themselves in an orderly and appropriate manner will be ordered to leave the meeting and recognition to speak may be refused at subsequent meetings of the Court. Refusal to abide by the Court’s Order may result in a Contempt of Court Citation. Please refer to Public Notice for specific meeting as instructions are subject to change.
- 7 The Harris County Commissioners Court convened in-person and virtually at a regular session at 10:06 A.M. Commissioner Ellis, Commissioner Garcia, and Commissioner Ramsey were in-person.
- 10 There being no further business, the Commissioners Court adjourned at 10:07 A.M. The above and forgoing minutes have been read and examined by me and are a true and correct representation of the actions taken by Commissioners Court held on July 25, 2024. On this the 27th day of August, 2024. Teneshia Hudspeth, County Clerk by_________________________ Deputy
- 11 Resolutions
- 1. Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 1 for approval of a resolution recognizing the recipients of the Harris County Federal Credit Union 2024 Scholarship.
- 2. Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 4 for approval of a resolution celebrating Indian Independence Day on August 15, 2024.
- 3. Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 4 for approval of a resolution celebrating the 30th anniversary of the American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects.
- 15 Management and Budget
- 4. Request for approval of an Extension of the Credit Agreement and Amendment to the Fee Letter between Harris County and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation relating to General Obligation Unlimited Tax Commercial Paper Notes, Series C.
- 17 Universal Services
- 5. Request for approval of new vehicle control numbers and changes to attributes of certain VCNs for various departments.
- 19 County Clerk
- 6. Request for approval to revise the monetary donation from Oasis Funeral & Cremations previously approved by Commissioners Court on July 15, 2024, from $575.00 to $552.00 to cover the cost of twenty-four birth certificates for the Back to School Birth Certificate event on Saturday, August 3, 2024.
- 7. Request for approval to accept from Alpha Merit Group Educational Foundation, Inc. and Alpha Eta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. a monetary donation in the total amount of $1,500.00 to cover the cost of sixty-five birth certificates for the Back to School Birth Certificate event on Saturday, August 3, 2024.
- 22 Auditor
- 8. Request for approval of payment of Audited Claims.
- 24 Tax Assessor-Collector
- 9. Request for approval of tax refund payments.
- 25 page break
- 27 page break
- 29 Purchasing
- 10. Request for approval of a renewal option with OD's Printing (Primary) and Arching Oaks Investments, Ltd DBA Reflection Printing (Secondary) for ballot by mail supplies, services and related items for the County Clerk’s Office for the period of August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2025, at a cost of $150,000 (190140), Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - project was awarded prior to launch of County's M/WBE Program.
- 11. Request that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Rapid Financial Solutions, LLC for juror payment system for Harris County for the extended period of August 8, 2024 - November 7, 2024, with no increase in the total contract amount (220285), Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible.
- 12. Request for approval of an award on the basis of lowest complete bid to Hazmat International, Inc. in the amount of $1,851,173 for emergency household hazardous waste removal and related services for Harris County for the period of July 25, 2024 - June 30, 2025 with four (4) one-year renewal options (240031), MWDBE Contracted Goal: 7.87%.
- 33 Transmittals
- 13. Transmittal by the Office of the Purchasing Agent of a Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program purchase from Houston Freightliner in the amount of $660,644 for garbage trucks for Precinct 2.
- 34 page break
- 35 Adjournment.