0625071.11
COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND TEN COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND
DOCUMENTS TO
BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: _Pat Tinley
OFFICE: _County Judge
MEETING DATE: June 25, 2007 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (please be specific) Consider, discuss and take appropriate action on
proposed updates and / or measures of the courthouse security plan.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON):
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
Judge Tinley
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:
5:00 P.M. on the Tuesday prior to the meeting.
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office 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 your request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda
Request Rules Adopted by Commissioners' Court, Court Order No. 25722.
INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM
To: W. R. Hierholzer, Kerr County Sheriff Date: 06/14/07
From: Chuck Brecher & Dan Thomas, Courthouse Security/Bailiffs
Subject: Directive of Kerr County Judge regarding Courthouse Security
Please be advised that Kerr County Judge, Pat Tinley, has directed Deputies Brecher
and Thomas to prepare a viable plan to enhance security within the Kerr County
Courthouse. It is Judge Tinley's intent to present these recommendations to the
Commissioner's Court, and upon approval, immediately implement said plan.
We respectfully recommend all lower level (basement) doors to the Courthouse be
locked and remain locked at all times to prevent public access. County employees who
require lower level access are issued keys and may enter with their assigned key.
Personnel not issued keys are deemed to have no need for access beyond regular
business hours. Panic bars on lower level doors allow exit in case of fire or other
emergency.
We recommend maintenance staff unlock ground level (1St floor) doors at 7:50 a.m. each
working day. County employees arriving for work earlier than 7:50 a.m. are issued keys
and may enter whenever necessary. The first floor stairwell door is equipped with a
panic bar for emergency exit if necessary. It is further recommended that "as necessary"
and for limited periods of time, security personnel be permitted to deny public access
through the front (Main Street side) doors for the purpose of monitoring and/or screening
of persons entering the Courthouse first floor lobby from the East and West entrances.
Further, we recommend the installation of deadbolt locks on the magnetized doors on
the upper (2"d) floor to limit access to jury rooms, judge's chambers, court coordinator
offices and detention cells. These deadbolt locks will be secured each evening and
unlocked during regular business hours, except that the doorway adjacent to the bailiff's
office will remain locked when it is deemed appropriate by court staff, and all access
approved or restricted by court coordinator, Anna Beth Patterson.
We finally recommend, in the interest of individual protection, that designated parking
slots assigned to County officials be numbered rather than identified by name or title.
Signs, ("Reserved for #4," for example) can be made by Kerr County Road & Bridge
Department at minimum expense and installed by the Maintenance Department.
It is our eventual proposal, as funding becomes available, to have security cameras
installed in certain hallways, foyers and stairwells of the Courthouse with monitors and
recorder mounted in the bailiff's office.