1 1 2 3 KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT 4 Special Session 5 Monday, July 18, 2022 6 10:00 a.m. 7 Commissioners' Courtroom 8 Kerr County Courthouse 9 Kerrville, Texas 78028 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 PRESENT: ROB KELLY, Kerr County Judge HARLEY BELEW, Commissioner Precinct 1 24 T. BECK GIPSON, Commissioner Precinct 2 JONATHAN LETZ, Commissioner Precinct 3 25 DON HARRIS, Commissioner Precinct 4 2 1 I-N-D-E-X 2 NO. PAGE 3 1.1 Consider, discuss and take appropriate 4 action regarding interim operations of 4 Human Resources Department. 5 1.2 Consider, discuss and take appropriate 5 action regarding plan to hire new Human 6 Resources Director. 7 *** Adjournment. 5 8 *** Reporter's Certificate. 6 9 * * * * * * 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1 JUDGE KELLY: Again, it is Monday July 18th, 2 2022, it's now ten a.m., and this is a special 3 Commissioners' Court meeting. I see we've got 4 consideration agenda and executive session. 5 COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think the executive 6 session needs to come first, because that'll help make 7 the decision to get us to the right direction. 8 JUDGE KELLY: And the executive session is 9 item 2.1a, b and c. A is consider, discuss and take 10 appropriate action regarding personnel issue involving 11 the duties, pay grade/step and job description of an 12 employee in the Kerr County Tax Office. 13 B is consider, discuss and take appropriate 14 action regarding Human Resources Department. And c is 15 consider, discuss and take appropriate action regarding 16 Kerr County Animal Services Department. So we're going 17 to do all three of these first. 18 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yes. 19 JUDGE KELLY: Okay. With that then we're 20 going to go ahead and ask that anyone not involved with 21 those to leave the courtroom and we will go into 22 executive session. Take just a short break to let 23 everybody move. 24 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Judge, and I would 25 recommend going a, c and b, in that order. 4 1 JUDGE KELLY: Okay. Do tax office first. 2 Good. 3 (Executive Session.) 4 JUDGE KELLY: Court will come back to 5 session, regular session. It is 11:07, and there is 6 action after executive session. 7 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Call 1.1 first. 8 JUDGE KELLY: 1.1 is consider, discuss and 9 take appropriate action regarding interim operations of 10 Human Resources Department. 11 COMMISSIONER LETZ: I make a motion that we 12 appoint Rosa Hernandez as the interim Director of Human 13 Resources Department, and to work with the Liaison, 14 which is myself, running that Department for the short 15 term. 16 COMMISSIONER HARRIS: Second. 17 JUDGE KELLY: We got a motion and a second 18 to appoint Rosa Hernandez as the Interim Director for 19 Human Resources. 20 COMMISSIONER LETZ: And with that make the 21 signatory authority that is needed for that position. 22 JUDGE KELLY: Signatory authority. 23 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yes. 24 JUDGE KELLY: Any discussion? Those in 25 favor, raise your hand. Unanimous, five zero. 5 1 1.2 consider, discuss and take appropriate 2 action regarding a plan to hire the new Human Resources 3 Director. 4 COMMISSIONER LETZ: I make a motion that we 5 post that position, the same basic format as the last 6 time we posted that position. And leave it open for two 7 weeks and then see what responses we've had at that 8 time. The salary would be, I think it's a range. 9 COMMISSIONER HARRIS: Based on experience. 10 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yeah. Probably 11 shouldn't put the exact amount, but based on experience. 12 And make a motion that we post it as soon as possible. 13 JUDGE KELLY: We got a motion and a second 14 to post the Human Resources Director position, and leave 15 it open for two weeks. Is that right? 16 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yeah. 17 JUDGE KELLY: And that would be for an 18 unspecified amount depending on experience? 19 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yeah. 20 JUDGE KELLY: Any other discussion? Those 21 in favor raise your hand. Unanimous, five zero. 22 Anything else? 23 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Not that I have. 24 JUDGE KELLY: Okay then, we are adjourned. 25 * * * * * * 6 1 STATE OF TEXAS * 2 COUNTY OF KERR * 3 I, DEBRA ELLEN GIFFORD, Certified Shorthand 4 Reporter in and for the State of Texas, and Official 5 Court Reporter in and for Kerr County, do hereby certify 6 that the above and foregoing pages contain and comprise 7 a true and correct transcription of the proceedings had 8 in the above-entitled Special Commissioners' Court. 9 Dated this the 21st day of July, A.D. 2022. 10 11 /s/DEBRA ELLEN GIFFORD Certified Shorthand Reporter 12 No. 953 Expiration Date 04/30/2023 13 * * * * * * 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25