[00:00:02] GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 16TH BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. [Board Meetings on September 16, 2026.] FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM. DIRECTOR. CASADA. DIRECTOR. WAMBSGANS. DIRECTOR. MICHALEK. HERE. DIRECTOR. HEWLETT. VICE CHAIR. DODD. HERE. DIRECTOR. BAKER. DIRECTOR. KNIGHT. PRESENT AND DIRECTOR. CAM. HERE. ALL RIGHT, FULL HOUSE. IF WE CAN STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'LL BRING US TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO ANY SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT THAT WILL BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS. FIRST THERE'S AN INTEROPERABILITY E-ZPASS PHASE ONE PRESENTATION. RICHARD ARCE WILL HANDLE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND THE BOARD GET THE HONOR TODAY OF SHARING SOME GOOD NEWS WITH YOU ALL. AS YOU KNOW, MTA HAS TAKEN A MAJOR LEADERSHIP ROLE IN NATIONAL INTEROPERABILITY. WITH THAT, TODAY MARKS A MOMENTOUS AND MARK ACHIEVEMENT FOR MTA. AS WE WERE ABLE TO GO LIVE WITH THE THE E-ZPASS INTEROPERABILITY HUB AND THE CENTRAL US INTEROPERABILITY HUB, SOMETHING I KNOW THE TEAM'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD. JUST TO BRING BACK A LITTLE BIT REAL QUICKLY, THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS NOT ONLY TO OUR CUSTOMERS. IT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO HAVE SEAMLESS TRAVEL ACROSS, BE ABLE TO NOT JUST WITHIN THE CENTRAL HUB, BUT NOW WITHIN THE HUB. I WILL SHARE SOME STATISTICS BRIEFLY WITH YOU, AND ALSO IN WHAT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN VERY HARD FOR US TO COLLECT FROM OUT-OF-STATE CUSTOMERS. THIS NOW GIVES US A GUARANTEED PAYMENT TO NTA, TO THE TO THE CENTRAL US HUB WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS. WE WENT LIVE ON AUGUST 30TH AND AGAIN, A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT TO NTT AND ALL TO OUR PARTNERS WITH THE GROUP ONE. AS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE CENTRAL US IUP AGENCIES THAT WERE PART OF THE GROUP ONE PHASE AND ON THE RIGHT, THE SIOP PHASE. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT WITH THE HIGHLIGHTED STARS, IS CURRENTLY ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE INTEROPERABLE WITH. AND TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF, OF SOME FIGURES TO THAT FOR NTT, WHAT IT'S MEANT FROM A REVENUE AND FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF TRANSACTIONS ON OUR ROADWAYS. OVER ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE QUITE A MARKED NUMBER OF VEHICLES FROM ILLINOIS AND OTHER AREAS. AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU WILL SEE THE NET PAYMENT TO NTA AGAIN, ABOUT 172,000 JUST WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL LIFE ACHIEVEMENT. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE TYPICALLY WE WOULDN'T SEE IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR US TO COLLECT IN THESE OUT-OF-STATE VEHICLES. SO IT'S SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF WHERE WE'RE AT FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE FOR NTA. AND AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL FOR OUR PASSENGERS. YOU ALSO SEE FURTHER DOWN BELOW THE ACTIVITIES THAT NTA CUSTOMERS CUSIOP CUSTOMERS ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING ON E-ZPASS LAND. WE'RE ALREADY 39,000. ROUGHLY 39,000 VEHICLES HAVE BEEN USING OTHER ROADS WITHIN THE CECIOP INTEROPERABILITY HUB. TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT OVERALL NATIONAL INTEROPERABILITY HAS MEANT TO THE AGENCY FROM JANUARY OF THIS YEAR TO AUGUST 30TH FOR OUR CENTRAL U.S IOP PARTNERS DRIVING WITHIN THE ROADWAYS ITSELF, IT'S REPRESENTED ABOUT $171 MILLION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE TRAVELING ON THE CENTRAL U.S., IOP HUB IS REPRESENTED ABOUT $154 MILLION FOR OUR PARTNERS. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE FEES THAT ARE EXCHANGED BETWEEN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL U.S, IOP HUB AND THE SOUTHEASTERN IOP HUB. WE'RE ALSO SEEING REMARKABLE ACTIVITIES AGAIN FROM JANUARY OF THIS YEAR TO AUGUST, AUGUST 30TH. ALREADY, NET PAYMENTS OR FTE SOUTHEAST INTEROPERABILITY HUB TAX DRIVING IN OUR ROADS REPRESENTED A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION AND VICE VERSA. OUR VEHICLES DRIVING ON IOP ROADS REPRESENTED $1.5 MILLION. SO SHOWING AGAIN THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE ADDING VALUE WITH OUR NTA TECH TO OUR CUSTOMERS. IT'S HELPING TO ADD A SEAMLESS TRAVEL ASPECT TO OUR CUSTOMERS. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE A ONE WAY INTEROPERABILITY, AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS MAP BETWEEN CALIFORNIA TCA SPECIFICALLY, [00:05:04] AND AND NTTA AND YOU SEE FROM FROM THIS YEAR, WE'RE ABOUT $373,000. ALL THESE ARE JUST SAMPLES OF WHAT WOULD BE NORMALLY VERY HARD FOR US TO COLLECT ON REVENUES, THAT THESE INTEROPERABILITY AGREEMENTS ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME GUARANTEED REVENUES, LOWER OUR COLLECTION, LOWER THE COST FOR US TO COLLECT ON THESE VEHICLES, TOO. SO WITH THAT, I'M VERY PROUD. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD FOR SUPPORTING THIS AND FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION OF RICHARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. THAT'S PRETTY EYE OPENING, AND BY NO MEANS DO YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT NOW. DO THESE REPRESENT PRIMARILY PASSENGER VEHICLES OR IS THERE, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF ANY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES BECAUSE, I MEAN, CLEARLY, IF YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS DOING LONG HAUL STUFF THROUGH THIS REGION, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON. I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF, OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC IS AS IT RELATES TO THIS BREAKDOWN. BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN, WE CAN GET THE ANSWER TO THAT LATER. BUT THIS IS A QUESTION AND I WILL FOLLOW UP TO GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DID HAVE ONE LAST WEEK BEFORE LAST, I DROVE ALONG THE ILLINOIS TOLLWAY WEST NORTHWEST OUT OF CHICAGO UNTIL THE UNTIL IT ENDED. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY HOW THEY DID A NICE JOB. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AS WELL MAINTAINED AS NTAS STUFF. THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THEY, THEY OPERATE IN A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT. BUT EVEN IN CHICAGO THERE WAS A WARRANT IS TOO STRONG, BUT THERE WERE A BUNCH OF SMALLER TOLL ROADS THAT I NEGOTIATED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD INTEROPERABILITY. I'M ABOUT TO FIND OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ALREADY UP AND RUNNING. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. VERY. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY DID THINGS. AND I COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ROAD CREWS OUT AND DOING NOT JUST IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE JUST WHAT WE CONSIDER MAINTENANCE, BUT MORE CONSTRUCTION STUFF ALSO. BUT IT SEEMED TO BE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS WITH THEIR BRANDED VEHICLES DOING THE WORK. ANYWAY, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING. AND, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENCY IS, YOU KNOW, FOR CONSUMERS IS WHERE IT'S AT, I THINK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND JUST REAL QUICK, I MISS THE NEXT STEP. BUT IT'S IN YOUR POCKET IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS. SO BY ROUGHLY PHASE THREE, BY 2027, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE REMAINING AGENCIES COME ON BOARD. SO AGAIN, CREDIT TO ALL OUR TO ALL THE PARTNERS AND PEOPLE INVOLVED. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU RICHARD. THANK YOU PETE. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. IT WAS JUST REAL QUICK. YEAH. THIS THIS IS IMPRESSIVE. OKAY. IT'S SOMEWHAT AMAZING. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY SO MANY FROM ILLINOIS? IS THAT JUST CHICAGO OR IS IT JUST. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. WE WERE QUITE AMAZED, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO SHARE IT. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS CUSTOMER BASE IS COMING FROM. SO IT'S REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION. YEAH. I WANT TO TAG IT ON TO WHAT MARCUS SAID. I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MANY HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL THAT IS. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING IN THE IN THE CHAIR SEAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO JAMES AND LESLIE AND THE REST OF THE STAFF FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER THE WAY YOU DO AND FOR THE BOARD. WE'VE HAD GREAT DISCUSSION AND PROFESSIONALISM AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN FAIRLY EASY TO DO THIS WITH THE SUPPORT THAT I GET. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH ARE THIS SEPTEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND THOSE ARE IN YOUR PACKETS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE REPORTS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS THAT WILL BRING US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 2026 REGULAR BOARD MEETING. IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM DIRECTOR MICHALEK AND A SECOND FROM VICE CHAIR DODD, ALTHOUGH ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? NO. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THAT WILL BRING US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THAT. THAT'S ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 11 IN THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 11 ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT 11 WHICH IS THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. [00:10:04] MAY I ASK SOME QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. MR. PORTER. WHAT HOW DO YOU HOW MUCH OF THIS BUDGET DO YOU SEE AS A SHIFT FROM EXPANSION TOWARDS OPERATING A MATURE AND MATURING SYSTEM? MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY A 5050 SPLIT. AS YOU DO KNOW, WE HAVE THE EXPANSION PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON, WHICH IS GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO AUGMENT THE EXISTING OPERATIONS FOR THE FACILITY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND GET BETTER AND RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGES THAT THIS ENVIRONMENT PRESENTS US. ONE OF THE AREAS OF CHANGE IN THE BUDGET IS ADDING 55 OR SO NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TO SERVE AS D AND T, THE D AND T EXTENSION. WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS FOR YEARS NOW. HOW DO WE DECIDE? HOW DID YOU ALL DECIDE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH MORE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES HERE VERSUS OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS. I'LL START. I HAVE 27 OF THE 55 THAT YOU MENTIONED, AND OURS IS PRETTY CONCRETE, NO PUN INTENDED. IT IS AN EXTENSION OF OUR ROADWAY THAT IS IN THE PROXIMITY OF OUR EXISTING WORK FACILITIES. SO IT MADE IT A NATURAL EXTENSION TO THE NORTH, JUST THOSE SIX MILES, AND THAT MAKES SENSE FOR YOUR AREA. PHILOSOPHICALLY, THOUGH, I DO WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW NTT DECIDES THIS IS RIPE FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND THIS IS RIPE FOR CONTRACTORS. AND I'M NOT EXPECTING ANYONE TO KNOW THE ANSWER NOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE LEGAL BUDGET. WHAT'S THE GROWTH IN THE LEGAL BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR? PLEASE. OR THE CHANGE? SO THIS BUDGET RIGHT SIZES WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, THE INCREASE OF THE EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU SEE IN THE BUDGET IS REALLY THE CIVIL LITIGATION PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, WE SPENT $1 MILLION TO HAVE IN HAND $2.5 MILLION. SO THAT'S THE INCREASE OF THE BUDGET, THAT MILLION DOLLARS. AND OUTSIDE OF LEGAL, OUTSIDE OF COLLECTION, THE LITIGATION SECTION, I'M SORRY. OUTSIDE OF COLLECTION EFFORTS, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN TERMS OF THE USE OF OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS VERSUS INSIDE? SO I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THAT WE'VE HAD YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THE NUMBERS. AND THIS IS REALLY BECAUSE LEGAL FEES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO. SO OUR BUDGET HAS STAYED THE SAME IN TERMS OF OUTSIDE OF CIVIL LITIGATION AT THE 3 MILLION, WE'RE USING THEM A LITTLE BIT LESS. WE GOT A THIRD LAWYER AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON A FOURTH LAWYER WHO HAS SOME REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW. SO I ANTICIPATE I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO GO BELOW THE 3 MILLION WE'VE GOT FOR EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE CIVIL LITIGATION. AND BUT WITH LEGAL FEES GOING UP, I CONSIDER THAT A WIN. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE AREA THAT YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO ADD AN ATTORNEY. WHAT AREA? MAYBE. OKAY. SO IN WORKING WITH ELIZABETH AND HER TEAM, IT TURNS OUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RIGHT AWAY THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. SO I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE THAT WILL THEN TRANSITION INTO MY TEAM OF MORE OF A GENERALIST ROLE. OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO START TO LOOK AT IS HOW WE ARE UTILIZING OUTSIDE COUNSEL VERSUS FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. I'M NOT NOT CRITICAL OF IT. I JUST THINK WE OUGHT TO WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOME VISIBILITY INTO THAT. THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY A LARGER DISCUSSION, NOT JUST BUDGETING. I MADE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET LATER ON. I THINK WE'LL SEE IT AGAIN IN OCTOBER. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM 11 OR ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I TAKE I CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 11 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMINDER THAT THAT WAS JUST THE PRELIMINARY PASS THROUGH THE THE BUDGET. AND WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THE BUDGET AGAIN. SO MOVED. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES. I'LL. I'LL HAVE MINE COUNTED AS A SECOND SO THAT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FROM DIRECTOR KEMP AND A SECOND FROM DIRECTOR KNIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT. THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 11. ITEM 12 IS THE ELECTION OF NBTA OFFICERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 20 OF THE NBTA BYLAWS. [00:15:03] WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THIS ITEM AT THE END OF THE MEETING SO THAT THE TRANSITION WILL BE MORE SMOOTH. WE DON'T HAVE TO JUMP AND CHANGE CHAIRS IN THE MIDDLE. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 13. THESE ARE BRIEFING ITEMS. THE FIRST BRIEFING ITEM IS ANTICIPATED COOPERATIVE AND EXEMPT PROCUREMENTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2026. RICHARD ASKED WILL MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS. THESE ARE THE ITEMS WE'RE ANTICIPATING BRINGING TO YOU IN Q4 OF 2026. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF EIGHT ITEMS OUT OF THOSE. SEVEN. ARE IT RELATED? THOSE SEVEN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN FOR OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACING OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED, WHETHER IT'S SWITCHES OR OTHER AREAS. AND THREE ARE LICENSING FOR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE. IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN ANY OF THESE ITEMS, I'M WILLING TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER WITH YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, RICHARD, ON ON ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SECURITY PLATFORM. YOU'VE GOT THREE YEARS, 21 MILLION. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. WHAT IS THE NATURE? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THAT'S GOT TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY. BUT IS THAT IS THAT CONSULTING FEES? IS THAT SOFTWARE? WHAT IS THAT. SIR, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE ITEM AGAIN JUST FOR ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SECURITY PLATFORM. THREE YEARS, 21 MILLION. YEAH. THIS IS ACTUALLY A THE NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE SECURITY PLATFORM THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT IS FOR SECURITY RELATED. IT WAS WHAT WE HAD IN THE DISCUSSION ASSOCIATED WITH PALO ALTO AND BRINGING SOME NEW PLAYERS INTO, INTO THE SECURITY ASPECT OF, OF IT. SO BUT REMIND ME IS THAT CONSULTING FEES, IS THAT HARDWARE? SOFTWARE? IT'S IT'S HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ALONG WITH THE SERVICES OF MONITORING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RICHARD ON THIS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU RICHARD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT. THIS WILL BRING US TO ITEM 14, THE CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY PERFORMANCE REPORT. MR. PORTER WILL KICK OFF THIS ITEM ONE WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO GO THROUGH OUR MONTHLY METRICS. IN YOUR PACKET IS THE ONE PAGE SNAPSHOT THAT COVERS THE THREE FUNCTIONAL AREAS. I'LL JUMP INTO THE FINANCE METRICS HERE ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE, WITH TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE MTA SYSTEM THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY. AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT, $818 MILLION OUTPACING THE BUDGET AS WELL AS REVENUES FROM LAST YEAR, DRIVEN IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF STRONG INTEREST EARNINGS WE HAVE BECAUSE INTEREST RATES UNFORTUNATELY ARE GOING UP. THE WEST SIDE OF THE COIN, YOU KNOW, THE EXPENSE STANDPOINT, WE ARE UNDER BUDGET BY $10 MILLION. SOME SAVINGS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THIS WELL AS WE WORK THROUGH THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. FROM A COVERAGE STANDPOINT, AGAIN, THE BONDHOLDERS REQUIRE A 1.5 WHERE 2.5 AS WE CLOSE OUT THE MONTH OF JULY ON FIRST HERE AND CHAIRMAN FOR FIRST AND SECOND YEAR COMBINED IS 177 OUR ANNUAL TARGET FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH FUNDS THE PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THE BOOK AT YOUR TABLE TODAY. THAT TARGET IS $381 MILLION. ROUNDING. WE'RE AT $221 MILLION TOWARDS THAT ANNUAL GOAL. AND THEN FINALLY, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. RICHARD, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TSA PERFORMANCE TOTALING SERVICE AGREEMENTS WILL BE PROCESS TRANSACTIONS FOR OUR PARTNERS. WE'RE AT 3.5 MILLION POSITIVE CASH FLOW. IT IS A VARIANCE COMPARED TO THE BUDGET, BUT THERE ARE FEWER TRANSACTIONS ON THE MANAGED LANES THROUGH THE FIRST MONTH, THROUGH THE SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO RICHARD, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU RACHEL. SO LOOKING AT OUR TOTAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM, WE SEE A SLIGHT DIP COMPARED TO OUR FORECAST, BUT DEFINITELY A IMPROVEMENT AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. ACTUAL ACTIVITIES. LOOKING AT OUR TRANSPONDER PENETRATION, WE HAVE SOME IMPACTS ON SEASONALITY. WHEN YOU DO SOME COMPARISONS FOR LAST YEAR. AND ALSO REMINDER THIS IS FOR THE FIRST. THIS IS A 90 DAY LOOK INTO THIS. SO THAT FIGURE WILL DEFINITELY HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WE LOOK AT THE FULL FULL IMPACT. AND IF BY ANY CHANCE HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO PAUSE OUR TRANSPORT TRANSPONDER PENETRATION AND OUR TSA AGREEMENTS. AGAIN, IT'S A 90 DAY LOOK AT. WE HAD KIND OF ALL OUR TSA TEXTS ON THE ROADS IN HERE. THE DIP AGAIN, WAS SOME OF THE SEASONALITY THAT WE SAW, THE IMPACTS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC THE TRANSPONDER PENETRATION DURING THIS AREA. [00:20:08] IN OUR TRANSACTIONS. WE CONTINUE TO BE AHEAD OF OUR, OF OUR TARGET. ONE THING THAT'S VERY INTERESTING, IF YOU SEE THE BIG INCREASE IS. IF YOU RECALL, WE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH THE TEXAS PLATES. SO IN MAY AND JUNE TIME FRAME, WE WERE FINALLY ABLE. TEXAS REDID THEIR NEW CONFIGURATION. SO WE'RE FINALLY ABLE TO ACTUALLY CONSUME ALL THE NEW PLATE SITUATIONS. SO YOU SEE THAT THIS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD ON THE COLLECTION SIDE. MAY I ASK HOW IS IT THAT WE IMPROVED OR YOU ALL IMPROVED PROCESSING OF THAT INFORMATION? WE WERE READY TO PROCESS. THE ISSUE WAS ACTUALLY CONFIGURATION WITHIN TEXDOT ITSELF, THE DMV, TEXAS DMV. SO ONCE THEY MADE THEIR CHANGES IN THEIR SYSTEM, WE WERE QUICKLY ABLE TO CONSUME THOSE TRANSACTIONS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, DIRECTOR QUESADA, WE WE FINALLY STARTED RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT WASN'T ANYTHING ON OUR END. NO. NO CHANGE. OKAY. NO, WE WENT ALMOST A YEAR WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY TRANSACTIONS. YEAH, THAT'LL DO IT. SO. OKAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THEY RELEASED, THEY OPEN UP THE THE FAUCET AND WE STARTED CONSUMING THEM. AND SO TO THAT POINT, WE BELIEVE THIS IS A PERMANENT FIX ON THE TEX DOT SIDE. THAT IS OUR HOPE. AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S DMV, WE NARROW. WE REALLY CAN CONTROL. WE HOPE IT IS. WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF TRANSACTIONS COMING IN AND CC BY BY THE SHARKS. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO TRACK THE COMING MONTHS. SO SHOULD WE I GUESS ON OUR SIDE, WHAT BECOMES A FLAG OR A TRIGGER THAT SAYS HEY, HEY, HEY DMV TEX DOT SOMETHING'S NOT FLOWING. AGAIN, LIKE, I MEAN, DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF THRESHOLD OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN. AND AGAIN, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT I HOPE WE'RE THINKING OF THAT BECAUSE CLEARLY WHEN IT'S WORKING, IT'S IT'S WORKING. BUT THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG WILL IT WORK? GOOD QUESTION. DIRECTOR, NOT. OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TEAM IS ACTUALLY ESSENTIALLY EVALUATING THE NUMBER OF FILES THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ON A DAILY BASIS. SO IF WE SEE ANY DEVIATION FROM THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY REACT AND REACH OUT. ON OUR COLLECTION PERFORMANCE. IT'S KIND OF A TRICKY GRAPH BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. IF YOU THINK OF IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THE, THE LETTER, THE PART ON THE LEFT IS REALLY ALL THE OLD TRANSACTIONS. WE'VE HAD 24 MONTHS TO COLLECT ON IT. THE ONES ON THE RIGHT REPRESENT THE NEWER TRANSACTIONS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE KIND OF THE NATURAL REACTION THAT REALLY IS A RIGHT TO LEFT LOOK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. WE'RE STILL BELOW THE TARGETS. WE'RE STILL TAKING ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES. AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN JANUARY, THERE WILL BE ONE OF THE KEY AREAS OF STRATEGIC PRESENTATIONS THAT I'LL BE PROVIDING TO THE BOARD ON WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR PERFORMANCE IN THIS COLLECTION RATE? IN OUR TOTAL ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES. YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED A YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE. AND AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE AREA REPRESENTS THOSE THAT ARE COMMITTED OR PROMISED TO PAY. THE COLLECTED, THESE WERE ACTUAL PAID SIP CASH PAYING CUSTOMERS. AND THEN ON THE TOTAL TECH TRANSACTIONS, THESE WERE THOSE, THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY CONVERTED OVER TO GOOD CUSTOMERS. BUT WE CONTINUE TO TRACK. AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO DROP OFF OF THIS AREA BECAUSE REMEMBER, THEY WERE USED TO BE BAD CUSTOMERS THAT WE CONVERTED. SO WE'RE HOPING NOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND BE ABLE TO CONVERT WHAT WE CONSIDER BAD CUSTOMERS OVER TO GOOD PAYING CUSTOMERS. OUR CALL CENTER PERFORMANCE LEVEL, WE CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE OUR TARGETS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE TEAM IS WE'VE BEEN RIGHTSIZING THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN THESE AREAS, MEANING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF STAFF, AND WE THEN MEASURE WHAT THE IMPACT IS BY LOWERING THE STAFF, BUT YET STILL MEET OUR OVERALL KPI PERFORMANCE GRADE. SO WE ROUGHLY THE OVERALL IMPACT BY RIGHTSIZING THE STAFF AS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 SECONDS. OUR AVERAGE TIME TO ANSWER WOULD BE THE IMPACT IN ANY TIME. BUT OUR AVERAGE SPEED TO ANSWER ON A DAILY BASIS IS 6 TO 8 SECONDS. JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A OVERALL OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS AS WE'RE RIGHTSIZING, BUT YET STILL REMAINING WITH OUR HIGH LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE IN THAT AREA. AND SO WHEN YOU SAY RIGHTSIZING, DOES THAT MEAN UP DOWN OR IT'S IT'S DOWN? IT'S RIGHTSIZING TO THE NUMBER OF VOLUME THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE, YET STILL MEETING OUR STILL MEETING OUR OBJECTIVES. WE'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE DRAFT GOING DOWN, IT'S ACTUALLY WE'VE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF STAFF AT OUR CALL CENTER. [00:25:06] OKAY. SO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STAFF YIELDS A MORE A QUICKER RESPONSE TIME. NO, NO, IT'S ALL THE EPISODE ROBOTS REPRESENTING IS WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OR COULD BE THE IMPACT AS WE REDUCE THE STAFF IN TERMS OF, HEY, THE CONCERN IS, ARE WE STILL MEETING THE KPIS? ARE WE HAVING AN IMPACT TO THE CUSTOMER? THE NEGATIVE IMPACT WOULD BE ROUGHLY A 1 TO 2 SECOND AVERAGE HANDLING TIME TO RESPONSE THE OUR DAILY KPI ON THAT. WE'RE RIGHT BETWEEN 6 TO 8 SECONDS ON OUR AVERAGE AVERAGE HANDLE TIME, MEANING BY US REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND RIGHTSIZING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT YET SEEN ANY MAJOR IMPACT IN OUR KPIS. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. SO REDUCING STAFF IS THAT CONTRACTORS OR EMPLOYEES OR KIND OF OR WHAT'S THE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONTRACTED STAFF. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTION? CAN I PIGGYBACK ON THAT. IT'S IT'S BROADER. BUT I RECALL THIS IS NOT FULLY FORMULATED AS WELL AS WILL BE OBVIOUS IN A FEW MOMENTS. WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, I KNOW, JAMES, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME EFFORTS AND THOUGHT YOU HAD PUT INTO OUR MIX OF CONTRACTORS VERSUS STAFF AT THE TIME, AND IT'S COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME. I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER NOW, BUT WHAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ON A BROADER LEVEL FOR THE BOARD AND WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS IS WHAT'S THE GOAL IN THAT REGARD? AND WHERE ARE WE? AND REALLY, WHAT THE, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE CURRENT MIX? WHAT IS OUR STAFF VERSUS CONTRACTOR WITHIN THE CONTRACTOR FIELD? HOW MANY ARE FULL TIME VERSUS PART TIME? PI DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BENEFIT ME. I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. NOW, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT. SO NO PRESSURE TO ANSWER ANY OF THAT TODAY, BUT IT WOULD BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO ME GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR BAKER, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ON THE NEXT GO AROUND. SO AGAIN, OUR CUSTOMER, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE RATING CONTINUES TO, TO BE ABOVE. ONE INTERESTING, INTERESTING POINT HERE IS THAT WE RECEIVE ROUGHLY BETWEEN 10 TO 15,000 RESPONSES TO OUR SURVEY PER MONTH. SO IT'S A GOOD RESPONSE OF OUR CLIENTELE. SO IT SAYS A LOT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS HIGH LEVEL OF RATING. AS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AS PART OF NTA. YOU'LL SEE WE'RE ABOVE GOAL AND ACTUALLY IN ALL THREE CATEGORIES. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO IF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. JUST ONE. RICHARD, CAN YOU GO BACK TO WELL, ONE FROM ME? CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE TEN? ONE MORE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM JUNE OF LAST YEAR. AND SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNWARD TREND THE PAST THREE MONTHS, WHICH YOU SAID MIGHT HAVE BEEN CYCLICAL. BUT BUT DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT THAT TOLTEC TRANSPONDER PENETRATION IS DROPPING OFF? AND IF SO, DO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE REASON IS FOR IT? WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE SEASONALITY IMPACTS, BUT ALSO WHAT ARE THE OTHER THE OTHER BRIDGES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S IMPACTING THAT CHANGE IN DIP? THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY GETTING THAT INFORMATION. SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE IT READY FOR FOR THIS MEETING, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE TO COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RICHARD BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ELIZABETH? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU RICHARD. SO GOOD MORNING. OUR NEXT METRIC IS OUR MAINTENANCE RATING PROGRAM SCORE. AND THIS MONTH WE DID BE OUR GOAL OF 90. WE MISSED OUR ROADSIDE SAFETY SERVICES CLEARANCE TIME THIS MONTH, COMING IN AT 19 MINUTES AND 17 SECONDS TO HELP NEARLY 3300 CUSTOMERS. WE BEAT OUR AVERAGE ACCIDENT CLEARANCE TIME GOAL THIS MONTH, COMING IN AT APPROXIMATELY 43.5 MINUTES TO CLEAR 450 CRASHES ON THE SYSTEM. AND FINALLY, PROJECT WORK CONTINUES ACROSS THE SYSTEM TODAY. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A PROJECT FOR YOU AND SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS ON CHISHOLM TRAIL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE REALLY IN THE THROES OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SOUTHERN 13 MILES IN JOHNSON COUNTY FROM 1187 DOWN TO 67. THIS IS A $230 MILLION TOTAL PROJECT. WE'RE ADDING ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION TO A RAPIDLY GROWING AREA. [00:30:01] EARTHWORK. DIRT. SUBGRADE. ALL THE THINGS. THIS IS ALL WRAPPING UP TO MAKE WAY FOR ALL THE DRAINAGE, THE INLETS, THE CULVERTS, EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED TO BUILD THIS ROAD PROPERLY. I AM PLEASED TO SEE THE BRIDGES GOING UP. I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WELL. PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD. THERE'S A LOT TO SEE. THERE'S BRIDGES, THERE'S BEAMS, THERE'S THE DECKING IS EVEN GOING IN IN SOME OF THESE BRIDGES. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SAY THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD NICELY. JOHNSON COUNTY IS SO KIND TO US, AND THEY REALLY INVITE US OUT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE WE'LL BE WORKING AND SUPPORT US SO MUCH. SO WE REALLY ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ON BUDGET AND ON SCHEDULE FOR IT'S A MID 2028 OPEN TO TRAFFIC. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE'LL START. I'M BRINGING A PROJECT FORWARD, MAYBE MULTIPLE PROJECTS. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. BUT WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT WAY TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ELIZABETH, IS YOU THOUGHT PICTURES WERE VERY USEFUL FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO TALK LESS, SHOW MORE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELIZABETH? YES. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELIZABETH? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ELIZABETH. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL BRING US TO ITEM 15 THE JULY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT. THE REPORT IS IN. YOU HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. OKAY. VICE CHAIR, GO AHEAD. YEAH. ON THE NEW CONTRACTS ITEM NUMBER TWO. CAN SOMEONE ELABORATE ON THAT? TELL US WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THE COMPANY DOES. PLEASE. YEAH. PROTIVITI IS A CONSULTING FIRM, AND THEY PROVIDE US WITH CONTRACTOR RESOURCES. THIS IS A PERSON TO HELP US WITH CREATING. YEAH. PEREGRINE. SORRY. PEREGRINE. THEY PROVIDE RESOURCES. THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IS A PERSON TO HELP US WITH REPORTING. SO WE HAVE A SHORT TERM SPIKE IN REPORTING, AND THIS PERSON IS TO COME IN AND HELP US MAKE THAT HAPPEN. RECORDING. IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID, RECORDING OR REPORTING? AND IS IT JUST ONE PERSON THAT $280,000 CONTRACT FOR ONE PERSON, OR IS IT. YEAH, IT'S A PERSON OVER A. I THINK IT'S OVER A YEAR. YEAH. SO FOR ONE YEAR, WE'RE PAYING 1%, $280,000 TO DO SOME REPORTING. YEAH. THEY HAVE EXPERTISE IN TABLEAU, POWER BI, AND MICROSTRATEGY. OKAY. BUT THAT'S A JUST TO BE CLEAR, JAMES, THAT'S A SINGLE FTE. SO IT'S A SINGLE FTE THAT WILL BE WORKING IN OUR A IBI ENVIRONMENT TO GENERATE THE REPORTS THAT WILL LIVE PERSISTENTLY WITHIN OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND WE WON'T NEED SOMEBODY TO BE REGENERATING THOSE REPORTS. SO IT'S EXPERTISE TO COME IN TO DEVELOP THOSE REPORTS IN OUR AI AND BI ENVIRONMENTS USING THE TOOLS THAT HE SAID. AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE THERE, THEN STAFF AND WHOEVER ELSE CAN RUN THOSE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS, ON AN HOURLY BASIS FOR 280,000 OR A FIXED FEE. WHAT IS EXE. IS THAT EXACTLY? WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? EXE THAT'S AN EXEMPT EXEMPT, EXEMPT. OKAY. THIS IS AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE EXPERTISE THEY HAVE ACROSS MULTIPLE TOOL SETS REPORTING ENVIRONMENTS. AGAIN BOTH TABLEAU POWER BI AND MICROSTRATEGY. AND IT'S AGAIN, THEY MAY WIND UP WORKING MORE THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK. SO WE'VE FACTORED THAT INTO THE BUDGET TO HELP US MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER. SO THERE ARE HOURLY IS THAT, BUT IT'S NOT TO EXCEED TO 80. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. YEAH. IT'S HOURLY NOT TO EXCEED. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. IT'D BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE. A LITTLE BIT MORE ELABORATION ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS. THAT AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS KNOW. I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON THAT ITEM. SO ARE WE ARE WE BRINGING THIS PERSON IN AS AN EMPLOYEE OR ARE WE ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT? NO, IT'LL BE A CONTRACTED PERSON. IT'S NOT AN EMPLOYEE. SO IT WILL BE A CONSULTANT THAT WILL COME IN, A CONTRACTOR THAT WILL COME IN AND ACTUALLY GENERATE THESE REPORTS FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE UNIQUE SKILL SET. WE NEED IT FOR A TEMPORARY TIME PERIOD TO GENERATE SPECIFIC REPORTS AND SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS THAT THEN WE WILL UTILIZE, [00:35:04] AND IT WILL BE AN OUTSIDE EXTERNAL RESOURCE. AND WHAT'S THE RATE? WHAT'S THE HOURLY RATE FOR THIS PERSON? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. OKAY. YEAH. AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU. THIS WILL FOLD INTO THE LARGER DISCUSSION THAT. OKAY. DIRECTOR QUESADA AND DIRECTOR BAKER HAVE ASKED ABOUT AS WELL. RIGHT. AND WE DO HAVE AN OPEN POSITION FOR FOR THIS RESOURCE AS A STAFF. SO THE INTENT WOULD BE AS, AS WE GET THAT PERSON HIRED, WE WOULD ROLL THIS PERSON OFF AND MOVE THE WORK OVER TO STAFF. AND WHEN, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS PERSON TO START? IT LOOKS LIKE SEVEN, EIGHT, 20, 26. SO THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED. YEAH. THEY WERE AN EXISTING RESOURCE. YEAH. OKAY, SO MAYBE FOR THE NEXT WORK WORK SESSION FOR THE NEXT ONE, MAYBE YOU CAN BRING US SOME MORE INFORMATION. COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING, YOU KNOW. OKAY. IF IF TIME IS ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU. YEAH, CERTAINLY. ALL RIGHT. ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN. NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE. NUMBER FOUR. THOSE ARE BOTH IN IT. WHO'S HANDLING THAT? THOSE ARE BOTH IN IT. OKAY. HOW MANY HOW MANY STATIONS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW MANY STATIONS? BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN. $90,000. SO YEAH, THOSE THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WE HAVE FOR SORRY, THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SOFTWARE APPLICATION, FOR PROJECT DELIVERY, FOR BENTLEY, FOR THE COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN, MICRO STATION, OPEN ROADS THEY USE IN THEIR IN THEIR DEPARTMENT. HOW MANY DID YOU SAY? HOW MANY? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE NUMBER, BUT IT'S. WELL, HOW DO WE COME UP WITH 90,000 IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STATIONS OR HOW MANY, I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ME. BUT I CAN I CAN LOOK THAT UP FOR YOU. THAT WILL BE GREAT. THANK YOU. SURE. ALL RIGHT. THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ALSO. NUMBER FIVE. YES. NUMBER NUMBER FIVE IS GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. SO THOSE ARE THE CABINETS THAT WE PUT OUR LANE CONTROLLER EQUIPMENT SWITCHES AND READERS IN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE EXTENSION. SO THE TWO MAIN LANE PLAZAS, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY REQUIRE CABINETS FOR THOSE. BUT WE DO NEED THOSE FOR THE RAMPS. THE RAMPS. AND HOW MANY HOW MANY ARE THERE FOR $275,000? BELIEVE THERE'S A TOTAL OF. THERE'S TWO PER LOCATIONS. SO I THINK IT'S 20. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE MODIFICATIONS, PLEASE. WHAT WOULD BE WHAT MANNER. WHILE WE'RE WHILE WE HAVE MR. ROBERTO UP. OKAY. YES. TALK TO US ABOUT ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE. SORRY. MR.. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SURE. THAT CONTRACT IS FOR COMPUTER AID, AND THAT IS TO HELP US INTEGRATE THE SERVICENOW ASSET MANAGEMENT MODULE. SO WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT MATURING OUR SERVICENOW PLATFORM WITH SAM PRO AND HAM PRO, WHICH HELPS US MONITOR AND DETERMINE HOW MANY SOFTWARE LICENSES THAT WE NEED. GETTING BACK TO THE BENTLEY POINT AND THE HARDWARE ASSETS. SO THAT BRINGS A LOT MORE VISIBILITY TO THE HARDWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS, SERVERS, ALL THE PERIPHERALS THAT WE USE BRINGS THAT INTO SERVICENOW AS OUR IT BACK OFFICE AND ALSO THE SOFTWARE LICENSING SO THAT WE KNOW IF WE'RE OVER LICENSED UNDER LICENSED, DO WE HAVE SOFTWARE THAT'S OUT OF DATE OR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR UPGRADED? SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE MODULES DO WITH SERVICENOW, AND THIS COMPANY IS COMING IN TO HELP US INTEGRATE THAT MODULE. OKAY. AND THIS. OKAY. LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT THAT LATER ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES. I HAVE ALSO A QUESTION ON THE MODIFICATIONS ON ITEM NUMBER THREE AND FOUR. KARINA, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE TWO 99,000 UNDER SEPARATE CHANGE ORDERS? YES. WE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL FUNDS ON THE FIRST ONE TO COVER THE COST OF A DIRECT HIRE FOR AN HR MANAGER. SO WE USE BRIDGE WORK AND THEY HELPED PLACE THAT PERSON. AND THEN NOT LONG AFTER THAT, WE REQUESTED ANOTHER 22,000 TO PAY THE FEE ON HIRING A SENIOR COMP AND BENEFITS ANALYST, WHICH ARE BOTH ARE STILL WITH US TODAY. SO BOTH EXACT SAME AMOUNT FOR ONE WAS 26, ONE WAS 22. RIGHT? OKAY. WELL, YOU HAVE TWO $99,000 ORIGINAL CONTRACT, AND THEN YOU ADDED SOME MORE. THE ORIGINAL. I'M SORRY. YES. WE WERE GOING TO USE UP TO 99, BUT WE NEEDED A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE THEY SENT US MORE CANDIDATES FOR OPENINGS WE HAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND NUMBER FIVE AND SIX, WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER FOR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I GUESS WHO'S HANDLING THAT? [00:40:03] MISS MESHKANI? YES. THESE CHANGE ORDERS WERE FOR THE MLP SEVEN ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THERE WERE UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION, SO WE HAD TO CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FIVE. THEY HAD TO DO AN EXTRA DEMOLITION WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE UP THE ROOF. THE OLD ROOF, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOUBLE DECKS, SO THEY HAD TO MODIFY THE DESIGN. AND THAT'S WHY THAT THAT'S CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FIVE AND CHANGE ORDER NUMBER SIX. AS THEY WERE DOING REPAIRS. EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE DAMAGES WERE FOUND ON THE FASCIA SO THAT WE HAD TO DO ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER THERE. SO THESE ARE RELATED TO CONCEALED CONDITIONS THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN BEFORE THE BID. CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE THE CONTRACT ENDED IN NUMBER SEVEN, I BELIEVE. YEAH. 2027. THERE'S ONE THAT. OH. I'M SORRY. NUMBER EIGHT. THE CONTRACT ENDED IN JULY OF 15, BUT THE TWO MONTHS LATER, WE'RE GETTING A CHANGE. ORDER IS THROUGH JULY. THIS REPORT IS IN ARREARS. OKAY. SO THIS WAS YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS JULY REPORTS. SO IT WAS THE FINAL CLOSEOUT OF THE CONTRACT IN JULY. THESE WERE ALL DONE IN JULY. AND THE CHANGE ORDER CAME IN JULY. BUT NOW YOU'RE REQUESTING IT. NOW, ALL OF THESE CAME IN JULY AND WE REPORT TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTHS, EVERYTHING IS TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTHS OLD. YES. EVERYTHING IS. YES I SEE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I DID I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MARIO SINACOLA MODIFICATIONS. COM LAST MONTH. IT WAS ALMOST 300,000. THIS MONTH IT'S A LITTLE OVER 200,000 AT LEAST ON THESE REPORTS. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU READ THAT RIGHT. THIS MONTH IT'S 221. OH. LAST MONTH WAS LAST MONTH WAS MARIO SINACOLA WAS LIKE ALMOST 300,000. YEAH. REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT I DID IS THIS MORE A FLEX OR. NO, NO, THIS IS THE MODIFICATION. THIS IS SOMETHING WE REQUESTED AND IT'S ACTUALLY FOR SAFETY. SO THE DESIGN CALLED FOR CALL IT SIX MONTHS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS EXACTLY SIX MONTHS, BUT IT WAS A PROLONGED TIME OF CLOSING THE INSIDE LANE OF THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD AS WE WORKED ON OUR PAVING. I WILL TELL YOU, ONCE WE GOT INTO CONSTRUCTION THAT IT WAS NOT GOOD. THE CONGESTION AND THEN THE ENSUING SAFETY CONDITIONS FOR THAT FRONTAGE ROAD TRAFFIC. WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND WE DIDN'T WE, WE DIDN'T LIKE IT. WE DIDN'T WANT IT. SO WE CHANGED HOW THE CONTRACTOR WAS DOING THAT WORK. WE DO NOT LET NOW WE DON'T ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUOUSLY CLOSE. THEY HAVE THE LANE CLOSED ALL THE WAY UP TO THE OUTER LOOP. UNDER THE DESIGN. SO NOW THEY PICK THAT UP. THEY WORK IN SECTIONS AND THEN SO CLOSE IT AT NIGHT, PICK IT UP DURING THE DAY. SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET FREE FLOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY. SO THIS IS A REQUEST OF THE NTTA WELL, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT I'M NOT FUSSING. I MEAN IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL NEEDED TO DO. ARE YOU WHATEVER LESSONS OR WHATEVER EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE FROM THAT, DOES THAT GET BUILT INTO YOUR NEXT BID FOR THAT TYPE OF DEPENDS ON THE PROJECT FOR SURE. THIS IS A DEFINITELY A GOOD ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 16. AND AT 10:44 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026, THE MEETING IS CALLED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071, TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AND AN INTERNAL AUDIT UPDATE. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED AT 12:19 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026. NO FINAL ACTION, DECISION OR VOTE WAS TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE'S NO ITEMS OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER. WHICH TAKES US BACK TO ITEM 11. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'VE GOT A MOTION. I WOULD, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ELECT MOJIE HADDAD AS THE CHAIR, PETE CAMP AS THE VICE CHAIR, LESLIE GARZA AS THE SECRETARY, KAREN MADISON PONS AS THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY HORATIO PORTER AS THE TREASURER. AND MISS KELLY MCGUIRE AS THE ASSISTANT TREASURER. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE VOTE THOSE ALL AT ONCE BY ACCLAMATION. [00:45:03] DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY DIRECTOR CASADA AND A SECOND BY DIRECTOR KNIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. AND WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.