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BRAZOS COUNTY
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NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
WORKSHOP SESSION
BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
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BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET I N A WORKSHOP SESSION AS FOLLOWS:
MEET[ NG DATE: May 24, 2022
MEETING TIME: 10:30AM
MEETING PLACE: Brazos County Administration Building, 200 South Texas
Avenue, Suite 106, Bryan, Texas 77803
1. Call to Order
2. Presentation and discussion by General Counsel Bruce Erratt on the creation and structure of
a Salary Grievance Committee.
3. Adjourn
The Brazos County Administration Building, 200 South Texas Avenue, Suite 106, Bryan, Texas 77803 is wheelchair
accessible. Handicap parking spaces are available. Any request for sign interpretive services must be made tvw working days
before the meeting. To make arrangements, please call (979) 361-4102.
MINUTES
MAY 24, 2022
BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
WORKSHOP SESSION
Call to Order
A workshop session of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas was held in
the Brazos County Commissioners Courtroom in the Administration Building, 200 South
Texas Avenue, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
May 24, 2022 with the following members of the Court present:
Duane Peters, County Judge, Presiding;
Steve Aldrich, Commissioner of Precinct 1;
Russ Ford, Commissioner of Precinct 2;
Nancy Berry, Commissioner of Precinct 3;
1 rma Cauley, Commissioner of Precinct 4;
Karen McQueen, County Clerk.
The attached sheets contain the names of the citizens and officials that were in
attendance.
The County Judge called the meeting to order at 11:09 a.m. at the conclusion of the
regular meeting and invited Bruce Erratt to speak.
2. Presentation and discussion by General Counsel Bruce Erratt on the creation and
structure of a Salary Grievance Committee.
General Counsel Bruce Erratt began his presentation by discussing the salary grievance
process and timeline. Mr. Erratt then explained to the Court that the purpose for today's
workshop is to discuss the committee structure they wish to implement in the event an
elected official wishes to grieve their proposed salary. The two structural options created
by statute include "Option A", made of six elected officials, three members of the public
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and the County Judge as chairman of the committee. "Option B" is a committee of nine
public members and the County Judge as chairman. Mr. Erratt stated that if "Option A" is
the chosen structure, the District Attorney would prefer the County Attorney to be
appointed to the committee instead.
Judge Peters discussed that his preference would be a committee made of nine public
members, due to elected officials not wanting to serve on the committee in years past.
Commissioner Aldrich questioned the benefits of "Option A" versus "Option B" and
asked whether it would be helpful to hear the opinions of the other elected officials on
their stance. Commissioner Cauley interjected that she feels this is a decision to be
made by the Commissioners Court and it is unnecessary to reach out the the other
officials. Commissioner Cauley believes the safer decision is to go with the committee
of nine public members. Auditor Katie Conner and Budget Analyst Nina Payne
concurred with Judge Peters' statement about the past issues in getting the elected
officials to serve on the committee. Judge Peters then explained how the salary
grievance process works and what exactly the salary grievance,committee does.
The workshop session concluded with Mr. Erratt stating that staff would work to create a
resolution to be voted on in Commissioners Court that establishes the salary grievance
committee structure of nine members of the public.
The workshop session was then adjourned.
3. Adjourn
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The foregoing minutes of the Commissioners Court Workshop Session held May 24, 2022, have
been examined and are approved in open Court this the 7th day of June 2022, in Bryan, Brazos
County, Texas.
Duane Peters Steve Aldrich
County Judge Commissioner, Precinct 1
Russ Ford
Commissioner, Precinct 2
Irma Cauley ��
Commissioner, Preci ct 4
Attest:
Karen McQueen
County Clerk
Nancy Ber
Commissioner, Precinct 3 .
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