El Paso County Commissioners Court on Sept. 4 moved to rescind the county judge’s Aug. 18, 2025, order that would have called an election on incorporation for the village of Pecan Valley, citing deficiencies in the incorporation petition.

County staff told the court the petition, filed Aug. 15, sought to incorporate Pecan Valley as a Type C municipality but did not include required elements needed to proceed with an election this November. “Thereafter, we met with the village of Pecan Valley because we identified that under the law, there are certain elements that are necessary but were not present in that petition to allow for the election to move forward this November,” the County Attorney said to the court.

The County Attorney told the court the petition lacked required candidate filings for the newly incorporated municipality and, in the petition as submitted, “by accident, some of those towns were included,” meaning the petition included incorporated areas of other towns or municipalities. For those reasons, the County Attorney said, “by law, we would not be able to move forward with an election this November.”

The motion presented to the court would “approve and authorize the county judge to execute an order rescinding the county judge’s 08/18/2025 order by any satisfactory proof of support of statutory requirements being met for petition for incorporation of the village of Pecan Valley as [a] Type C municipality and further approve and authorize cancellation of the same incorporation,” the County Attorney said. The court then acted on that motion; the meeting transcript records the court’s action as “Motion carries.”

Court minutes show the petition was received Aug. 15 and the Aug. 18 order was the deadline-related action that would have advanced the petition toward an election. County staff told commissioners the petition included items that must be corrected before an election can be scheduled, including ensuring the petition does not encompass already incorporated areas and that required candidate filings or other statutory elements are present.

There were no public comments on the item at the Sept. 4 special session, and court staff said the county judge was authorized to sign the rescinding order once statutory compliance is satisfied or the court determines the petition remains deficient.

The court completed the remaining agenda items and recessed. No additional timeline for a corrected petition or a new incorporation election was provided during the Sept. 4 meeting.