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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Pat Tinley OFFICE: County Judge ~"~
MEETING DATE: September 22, 2003 TIlVIE PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
Discuss and consider establishment of a policy concerning use of Courthouse Facilities.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
County Judge
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter
551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
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All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's OiTice to determine if adequate information has been
prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will be
appreciated and contribute towards you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules
Adopted by Commissioners' Court.
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.
September 15, 2003
During the past, questions have arisen concerning the use of Courthouse Facilities by
persons or groups which do not have a direct or indirect connection to the conduct of
county business.
I have inquired and have been unable to find a policy which has been placed into effect by
Commissioners Court for the use of Courthouse facilities. In order to avoid confusion and
provide guidelines for response to persons or groups inquiring about the use of courthouse
facilities, a policy established by Commissioners Court would be appropriate. It is
suggested that any policy should be non-discriminatory in nature i.e., if any political,
religious, civic or similar group is given permission to use courthouse facilities, then any
and all persons or groups of that same type should be afforded that same privilege. In
addition, I would suggest that consideration be given to individuals or groups who request
the use of courthouse facilities after normal business hours, inasmuch as that use might
raise security issues and overtime or compensatory time to county employees.