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Replats: The court held public hearings and approved two replat items after no members of the public spoke.
- Hudson Addition: The replat of Lots A-1, 1B and 1C (Hudson Addition) passed on a motion and second and was approved unanimously.
- No Bad Days East: The replat of Lots 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D (No Bad Days East) also passed unanimously following the public hearing and motion for approval.

Promotions and consent agenda: The court congratulated three employees who received promotions (Francisco Berumen, Kimberly Manzano and Stephen Domen) and approved those personnel actions as presented. The court took a voice vote on the consent agenda; the court chair called the vote \"aye\" and the clerk recorded the items as passing unanimously except for the specific consent items that were pulled by a commissioner for further review.

Other procedural items: The court adjourned the Collin County Healthcare Foundation session and the Toll Road Authority session as part of routine business; both actions were approved by voice vote.

Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: approved with several items pulled for separate consideration (items 1F1, 1F2, 1F3 and 1M8 pulled by commissioners). Outcome: approved as amended (unanimous on remaining items).
- Personnel promotions (Francisco Berumen; Kimberly Manzano; Stephen Domen): approved unanimously.
- Hudson Addition replat (Lots A-1, 1B, 1C): motion seconded and approved unanimously.
- No Bad Days East replat (Lots 2A–2D): motion seconded and approved unanimously.

Recorded votes: Votes were taken by voice and recorded as \"aye\" with no roll-call tallies in the transcript. Where the transcript recorded unanimous voice votes, the article records the outcome as unanimous.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Collin - Health Care Foundation Jun 02, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Collin County Commissioners approved public-replat requests and confirmed staff promotions; members pulled several consent items (including e-bond items) for further review before final action.","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},6545513,"Public commenters urge Collin County to delay ES&S maintenance contract pending federal, state standards",321,2474000,2795000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3626290-874894a81476cd0eaaeb04171f95fcd1&start=2474&end=2795","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3626290-874894a81476cd0eaaeb04171f95fcd1/thumbnail_2474000.jpg","/articles/6545513/Collin-County/Texas/Public-commenters-urge-Collin-County-to-delay-ESS-maintenance-contract-pending-federal-state-standards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6545513-7c66bfbc2b349bc892e1ef126bc5b3de/orig.mp4?Expires=1770519653&Signature=mUtmeAEUd5Y4H4OPajnt5QmBqqf2WksskUCovq2X9VxD3EsPBRjOygN9PfhQqqa7qam~YwThQDm3uWdqtt5xvkBUdoYTpPcFawwCXnWmtQWfi9ozgzeSGDEu3kJ6pjFwZdNthhwdHdrwSpsx7ui2rV5qWc8P4JHEJI1Vm~s7sqTqT9yw~Eo-FpSAwZul-EIsUaIwWNlv1a~6KDBozeCXUxmcdJoiXsUXQbB8vMRPoX8BeQTMBiVMu0CwZt1Nt90tRh2syM40uEDrTepB49icQyfXLM~NI6rwIEihaE1g2iLe4grae5vlgY0knRP9BMm43B5KBogQrAkC7V32CVLdoQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Several public commenters urged the Collin County Commissioners Court to delay or add protections to a planned maintenance contract with ES&S, the county's voting-system vendor, until federal certification and pending state election-law changes are resolved.

Lee Moore (public commenter) asked the court to delay approving an ES&S maintenance contract valued in the hundreds of thousands and to work with ES&S to include contract provisions allowing refunds or adjustments if federal or state requirements change. Moore cited President Trump's Executive Order 14248 (issued March 25, 2025) and said the order requires certain standards — including limits on bar codes and QR codes on ballots — to be met within 180 days of issuance. \"Signing a contract before these matters are resolved risks committing taxpayer dollars to services that may become unnecessary or require costly modifications,\" Moore said.

Moore and other speakers told the court that, as of early May, ES&S had not submitted a system for VVSG 2 (Voluntary Voting System Guidelines version 2) certification to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), and they cautioned that the county has already invested heavily in ballot-marking devices. In public remarks, a commenter said Collin County had invested about $13.5 million in ballot-marking devices and that early-voting site counts and election-day site counts mean many locations currently use hand-marked ballots and might not need replacements if state rules change (speakers cited 45 early-voting locations and 17 election-day sites in prior remarks).

Another speaker identified as Reynolds urged adoption of more hand-marked paper ballots and criticized ballot barcode translations. \"Hand-marked ballots are recommended,\" Reynolds said, arguing that electronic translations can reduce transparency.

There was no recorded vote to approve or delay a contract at the meeting; speakers urged commissioners to include escape clauses or amendments to protect taxpayers if federal or state standards change. Commissioners acknowledged the public comments and staff earlier noted pending state legislation (SB 2753) that could affect early-voting timing and equipment needs.","Multiple public speakers urged commissioners to delay renewing a maintenance contract with ES&S for ballot-marking and voting equipment until federal EAC/VVSG 2 certification and state election-law changes are settled; speakers recommended hand-marked ballots and contract escape clauses.",{"_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},6545518,"Commissioners hold electronic bail-bond items after staff memos flagged liability concerns",138,94000,232000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3626290-874894a81476cd0eaaeb04171f95fcd1&start=94&end=232","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3626290-874894a81476cd0eaaeb04171f95fcd1/thumbnail_94000.jpg","/articles/6545518/Collin-County/Texas/Commissioners-hold-electronic-bail-bond-items-after-staff-memos-flagged-liability-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6545518-3fc441638d73326038ec07c393ab61f7/orig.mp4?Expires=1770519653&Signature=d7GfvXA1dTC6~ld5QmbJtSu5YVkRLZOwPwuLYH8yqGH33MXwwTkpIuG~eiXACvyo41EiiN1XKrGKuuOl4YuO6usZSb~IcXtL5wBUhaXSOIANaGlC9QK4TVwcMxpupP5SilVPjwdL~C1~sp~MP6DbSOsieMOLwDCSWAAKTuJ9qM28F68ECPKyyqM9WtzAeERV2xuXgHZV0w-1MDpL9sVtcpcN8eAm63B9P628awkGFe3N3a6S~YQWhMHkRy0v-MPjFAW9-mh3zDavDw-HQj5qGBD8QNk4TINYkE5CtSR~4wVeUu3jquj1dGHmGRY~~z1zSp73SqkTRLxxC7~UX2m-Qw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Collin County Commissioners Court agreed to hold several agenda items related to electronic bail-bond implementation after Commissioner Webb (first name not specified in the record) said staff memos raised unresolved liability and implementation concerns.

Commissioner Webb said he had reviewed staff memos included in the meeting packet and found several unanswered questions about county liability and exposure. \"There was actually a staff memo for each of these items raising a lot of concerns for county liability, but there was nothing in the packet that's addressed any of the concerns raised by staff,\" he said. \"At this point, I can't support this. I think additional due diligence needs to be done to address the questions raised as to county liability and exposure.\"

Webb said he had discussed the project with the auditor, purchasing and IT earlier the same day, and those offices told him they believed the project was inactive. \"When I talked this morning with the auditor, I talked to purchasing, I talked to IT, they all thought the project was dead. So I don't know what's going on,\" Webb said.

After discussion, the court agreed to hold the related consent items (identified in the agenda as items pulled by the commissioner). Court staff indicated the items could be brought back when the departments completed the outstanding due diligence and returned with clarifying information.

No formal vote on the substance of the e-bond contracts or policies occurred; commissioners temporarily removed the items from immediate consideration to allow staff to gather more information.","Commissioners pulled and agreed to hold several agenda items related to electronic bail-bond (e-bond) implementation after a commissioner cited staff memos raising county liability questions and inconsistent information from county departments.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6545522,"County court judge tells commissioners Collin County needs up to 11 county courts by 2030",1457,283000,1740000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3626290-874894a81476cd0eaaeb04171f95fcd1&start=283&end=1740","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3626290-874894a81476cd0eaaeb04171f95fcd1/thumbnail_283000.jpg","/articles/6545522/Collin-County/Texas/County-court-judge-tells-commissioners-Collin-County-needs-up-to-11-county-courts-by-2030","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6545522-a32c7c40068cec0a49172ae2e76fb2b1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770519653&Signature=Zv~IxilrL-a7a2xC2DsAk6cyNPY3aE-OvvOfsEZjSDU0trCqo9NgCjOKCsYxYK1MjmWFbMaM688gXCfNUVyM9BhTGZlP21NnocuBCRjs0P6eFkwo3~tMr68VxO2mx7r8sRpBRq9MpTsjENxun9qP0i9B4y6QuXtVZnwaXUAgzID3hD1cKxFiCyCPfgQCdnPTem9p2srvS0LynHeGbVOZTd92CBmsV5nC2a1GWO0uJoCoIBraKfQSSXrdx1Yf9GytP18-DsNoAz4Fii6K7hr-s084fIxHN2B7BW2pIfWWEqRSH8F2dmvZdMC9HpUHBpDPOpfIMx~HNF9mK~6bk2SKmw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A county court at law judge told the Collin County Commissioners Court that the county should plan for as many as 11 county courts of law by Jan. 1, 2030, and that the courthouse lacks the physical space to add the courts now.

The judge, speaking at the commissioners court at the request of Commissioner Webb, said the Office of Court Administration (OCA) calculates Collin County needs 8.6 county courts now — effectively nine — and projected case-growth means the county will need two more by 2030, a total of 11. \"If you extrapolate that out, by 01/01/2030 we should be about 11 county courts out there that are needed,\" the judge said.

The judge said population growth is the main driver. He told the commissioners that Collin County's population has grown from roughly 700,000 when County Court No. 6 was added to about 1.3 million today and could reach about 1.6 million by 2030. He said OCA workload data show Collin County judges are carrying about 22% more workload than the benchmark and that adding two courts would bring workload to roughly 100% of the OCA standard.

Beyond population, the judge described statutory and procedural changes that have affected dockets. He cited changes to civil discovery and expedited civil dockets, criminal code adjustments such as changes to DWI sentencing and deferred adjudication that reduced jury trials, and the decriminalization of low-level THC offenses as factors that temporarily reduced filings. He also described a recent uptick in eminent-domain cases and eviction appeals.

The judge credited technology with improving court operations, noting the county's move to e-filing, a document-management system (Odysee), Zoom for remote hearings and a juror-summons system that sends jurors directly to courtrooms instead of central jury rooms. Those changes helped preserve operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, he said, and reduced some preexisting physical constraints.

But he said physical courtroom capacity remains a limiting factor. He told the court two rooms that had been earmarked for county-court growth were reassigned to the district courts during building planning. \"We don't have any space to add to it, which is why now I think we're looking towards the courthouse to actually be expanded,\" the judge said.

The judge urged commissioners to consider future legislative changes when planning new courtrooms — for example, bills that would expand civil jurisdiction or increase jury sizes to 12 in higher-value civil cases — and recommended designing jury boxes to accommodate 12 jurors plus alternates.

Commissioners asked about temporary measures such as rotating judges between courtrooms or night court; the judge said he did not see those as practical long-term solutions and reiterated that expanding the courthouse remains necessary. The judge also warned of new pressures from increased filings if the Legislature reverses decriminalization of THC or changes DWI jurisdiction, and he described an increase in filings related to municipalities along the North Texas Tollway corridor that can affect Collin County dockets.

The presentation did not include a formal request for specific funding at this meeting; the judge framed his remarks as a needs assessment to inform planning for a courthouse addition and to guide commissioners as they consider future bonds and construction timing.","A Collin County county court judge told the commissioners court that population growth and changes in law and caseloads mean the county will need additional county courts of law, but the courthouse lacks physical space for new courtrooms.","actionData","errors"]

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