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• Consent agenda: Approved as presented. Motion and second recorded; court stated “Motion carries 5 to 0.”

• Item 1 I 1 — Ballot-image redaction tool procurement: Motion to approve procurement of a commercial redaction tool (vendor transcribed as “Severa/Seveira”). The court recorded a motion and second and voted 5 to 0 in favor. The elections administrator noted that vendor-hosted public hosting is an additional service and will be budgeted separately.

• Item 1 I 4 — Personnel action: Approval of promotion of Lauren Davis (motion and second recorded). Court stated the motion carries 5 to 0.

• Public hearing on placement of regulatory signs on county roads: Public hearing opened and closed with no public speakers; commissioners moved to approve the regulatory signage as presented and the motion carried (recorded as approval).

• Boards and commissions appointments: Approved (item appeared on consent agenda and was carried as part of the consent vote).

• Policy on opposing MUDs/MMDs: Presented by Russell Schauffner. Commissioners discussed adding language about road and street responsibilities; the item was pulled for revision and will be returned to the court with updated language. No vote on adoption occurred.

• Health Care Foundation and Toll Road Authority: Each met and approved their consent agendas; court adjourned those bodies during the same session (motions carried as recorded).

All unanimous votes were recorded by the court as “Motion carries 5 to 0.” Several motions had a recorded mover but the transcript did not consistently identify seconders by name in the public record. The court asked staff for follow-up on contract/fee details for the redaction-tool procurement and asked staff to return the MUD/MMD policy with clarified language on roads.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Collin - Health Care Foundation - Apr 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of motions and outcomes recorded during Collin County Commissioners Court: consent agenda and multiple items carried by unanimous votes; one policy item pulled for revision.","taxTitle","Collin County, Texas","taxId",2696,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6576678,"Collin County to revise draft policy on opposing municipal utility/management districts after commissioners raise road-maintenance concerns",424,705000,1129000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3074642-4a839f3ccdf5a590be6e6d07dc8febdb&start=705&end=1129","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3074642-4a839f3ccdf5a590be6e6d07dc8febdb/thumbnail_705000.jpg","/articles/6576678/Collin-County/Texas/Collin-County-to-revise-draft-policy-on-opposing-municipal-utilitymanagement-districts-after-commissioners-raise-road-maintenance-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576678-3b53d2dc49203064df14876d5b17ad48/orig.mp4?Expires=1770939506&Signature=ErraUyjVN0~l6hAjSct6D8kqM~Dr-ObeV0qKxu47wP02sjyf5h-en5HN4VMKL5jR4OqIP68-R-W8LQTwGQvf5DZNvbullZLz9ojN9NSyHpTbOA7ZSIsNhC1YyaRx-4GJl7iHpJAEW1zqsc21d-A~DVPhXGhIVnzcFszrPoQurOi4UkltwmMMrRpho90ZLQvDDgv9Yl2fPGkGHo7LCYYPRvM-sgHrCVYI1KZqJNh79bnuWDVmOMc-oqLJ17qnvaeG8aIcoewTymq3UiC~z9G52MadR-0LbQpZIdVMP4FA2TnL6ho-88jCkNzo-oiOcEDjxTdYfYT-cPVlu0htKtdYuw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County staff presented a proposed resolution to formalize how the commissioners decide whether to oppose or offer non-opposition to municipal utility districts (MUDs) and municipal management districts (MMDs). Russell Schauffner, the county’s deputy county administrator, told the court the draft would codify historical practice, require supplemental contracts for police, fire, emergency services and animal control within a district, and add administrative monitoring of MUDs created through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

Commissioners focused discussion on street and road maintenance powers sometimes assumed by districts. One commissioner said the county should “look to the MUDs to basically maintain their own streets,” adding that many MUDs seek road powers and retain roads to avoid county maintenance costs. Commissioners discussed performance bonds on roads — staff stated a typical performance requirement is two years — and questioned how the policy would affect districts that seek county acceptance of roads built to county standards.

After discussion, the court agreed to pull the draft policy for one week so staff could add language reflecting the court’s direction on roads and related authorities and return the item for further consideration.

No formal vote on the draft policy was taken at the meeting; the item was removed from consideration for revision and return.","Staff presented a draft policy to formalize the court’s historical practice on opposing or not opposing municipal utility districts (MUDs) and municipal management districts (MMDs). Commissioners asked to add language about road maintenance and agreed to pull the item for revision and return it at a later meeting.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6576683,"Collin County OKs purchase of ballot-image redaction tool after staff cites time, cost of manual redaction",427,125000,552000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3074642-4a839f3ccdf5a590be6e6d07dc8febdb&start=125&end=552","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3074642-4a839f3ccdf5a590be6e6d07dc8febdb/thumbnail_125000.jpg","/articles/6576683/Collin-County/Texas/Collin-County-OKs-purchase-of-ballot-image-redaction-tool-after-staff-cites-time-cost-of-manual-redaction","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576683-9af421007c0d10d132e3c0bc3b8b4e03/orig.mp4?Expires=1770939506&Signature=BrUTq9ly4upaSwCjsNS~IdNB7ORf~ILX2X64sODVXD-wOIFObbhPpm3uykoPNbQq4jhPXhJ6UQSdwT-xIf15nSfP15T8kW8ATrT1jsR2ao~SJtclEt3JsgsWihxOj1gZyuZWTKoVrz~VdnZGAuSgQ8fA7bJmNiwQaYGfqlyggI8oQuFb3x6OG-ionC4-HCggGR5r2Khq8zpp8Kyubd~QLzu3FzzTaF7a9EV4sI69q6o8sH5ZLEHAIgmDeJbhJyl2FYqt7qzUDk1EySl1OtUUEqk2Nsov5sV2jUmGTZktd7A79M9Gcc5MLRb-n8woDi3eiwEFbBEU5AW~9k-e-PhDjQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Collin County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to approve procurement of a ballot-image redaction tool to prepare election images for public release, County Elections Administrator Caleb Breaux told the court.

Breaux said the county sought legal guidance after statewide attorney-general opinions indicated ballot images may need redaction before public release. He recommended using a commercial redaction tool used by neighboring counties and said the vendor would provide a secured, cloud-hosted redaction system that would be handed off to the county about two months after sample files are provided.

Breaux told the court the vendor allows the county to send mock-up or sample files rather than live ballot images for testing and said “we could accomplish it with about a thousand ballots or less.” He described the product as “a secured cloud hosted system” and said vendor personnel would not examine ballot files unless the county asked for troubleshooting assistance.

Breaux also gave the court a cost and time comparison for manual redaction: he said the 2024 general election produced 520,196 ballot-image records that would need redaction; at about 2.5 minutes per record, staff estimated 21,675 hours of work. With roughly 20 part-time workers, that would take about 27 weeks and cost about $324,000 to complete in-house, he said. For the 2024 primary he estimated 37,685 records would require about 5,737 hours, seven weeks of work and an estimated $84,000 labor cost.

Several commissioners asked whether the vendor’s standard hosting service — the public web hosting that would let anyone download images to audit elections — was included in the contract. Breaux said hosting is an additional service and not included in the redaction contract; he said he had budgeted for that separate service.

Commissioner Fletcher moved to approve the item; the court recorded a motion and a second and voted 5 to 0 to carry the measure.

The court did not specify the vendor’s final contract price in the public discussion and commissioners asked Breaux to confirm which fees are included in the quoted estimate. The vote authorizes procurement of the redaction tool as presented and does not, according to Breaux’s remarks, authorize public hosting fees.","Commissioners voted 5-0 to authorize procurement of a redaction tool to prepare ballot images for public release after the county's elections administrator said manual redaction of 2024 ballots would take months and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Collin County Commissioners Court actions (meeting)

Collin County to revise draft policy on opposing municipal utility/management districts after commissioners raise road-maintenance concerns

Collin County OKs purchase of ballot-image redaction tool after staff cites time, cost of manual redaction