Bexar County timesheet records show relatives of county leaders repeatedly working full time hours during 2019 summer internships. Bexar County pay records show a 2019 summer intern assigned to public works consistently clocked 24 hours per week. An intern assigned to the country courts reached 36 hours worked one week, but worked fewer hours every other week, the records reviewed by the Defenders show. A majority of county interns that summer worked around 20 hours a week, county auditor records confirm. AdTime sheets for Turner show he routinely worked fewer than 20 hours a week and never topped more than 25 hours worked in a single week.

Bexar County compensation records show 2019 summer intern Madison Dupuis was paid for 112 hours during a single pay period. Bexar County Public Works Director Renee Green looks at a KSAT 12 camera during a commissioners court meeting earlier this month. Ramos, in a written statement, defended the county’s 2019 summer internship program:The County’s 2019 Summer Internship program was successful as intended. All college and high school interns performed their duties within their respective summer internship employment periods as allotted. Monica Ramos, Bexar County Public Information OfficerRamos declined multiple requests to be interviewed for this story.

Bexar County Less traffic has meant more progress for some public works projects, says Bexar County Director of Public Works Renee Green. So, if we can minimize the negative impacts of doing this type of work on the traveling public, its a benefit for everybody, Green said. A lack of school and light traffic has also allowed crews on a project along Evans Road between Bulverde Road and Wortham Oaks Boulevard to accelerate construction, Green said. We were able to do that quite, quite quickly.However, Paul Berry, a spokesman for the San Antonio Public Works Department, said while the stay-home orders in the spring resulted in faster work on streets, sidewalks, and potholes, the city was not seeing much of a change in the progress its public works projects at the moment. If some of the school districts choose to do offsite learning for maybe three weeks, then that gives us another three weeks, Green said.