The following actions were recorded during the Lubbock County Commissioners Court regular session on Oct. 13, 2025. Where specific vote tallies were not read into the public record, the court adopted motions by voice vote; the transcript records outcomes as indicated.

• Approval of minutes — Motion to approve minutes from the Sept. 15, 2025 meeting (mover: Commissioner Rackler; second: Commissioner Corley). Outcome: approved.

• Approval of minutes — Motion to approve minutes from the Sept. 22, 2025 meeting (mover: Commissioner Shaw; second: Commissioner Rackler). Outcome: approved.

• Auditor line‑item transfers — Motion to approve line item transfers in the amount of $7,001 (presented by Miss Williams, County Auditor). Outcome: approved.

• Payment of claims — Motion to authorize payment of claims totaling $6,725,012.74 (presented by Miss Williams). Outcome: approved.

• Acceptance of unaudited financial reports — Motions to accept the monthly unaudited financial reports for July 2025 and August 2025 (presented by Miss Williams). Outcome: both reports accepted.

• Acceptance of fraud, waste and abuse policy — Motion to accept the Lubbock County fraud, waste and abuse policy as presented. Outcome: approved.

• Consent agenda — Motion to approve consent agenda items 8 through 18 as presented. Outcome: approved.

• Public hearing (item 19) — Court received public comment regarding traffic control devices at 150th Street and Kelsey Avenue (Buena Vista Estates). Outcome: public hearing held; no vote on devices at that time.

• Traffic control devices (item 20) — Motion (mover: Commissioner Dalby; second: Commissioner Corley) to approve installation of two stop signs as recommended by Road and Bridge was placed on the record; the court later voted to postpone consideration to Oct. 27 pending review of prior engineering studies or a new engineering study (motion to postpone by Judge Parrish; second by Commissioner Cooley). Outcome: postponed to Oct. 27, 2025.

• Proclamation — Motion to approve a proclamation celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Daily Toreador (Texas Tech University student newspaper). Outcome: approved.

• Venue and short‑term rental tax collections — Presentation of September totals for venue and short‑term rental taxes (presented by Jasmine Sanchez). No court action required.

• Election staff appointments — Motion to approve Danielle Martinez and Penny Morin (or Moran in transcript) as bilingual election clerks for the Nov. 4, 2025 special election pursuant to Texas Election Code §272.009. Outcome: approved.

• Presiding judges appointments — Motion to appoint presiding judges for the Nov. 4, 2025 special election (pursuant to Texas Election Code §32.001). Outcome: approved; court chair authorized emergency replacements as necessary.

• Guardian RFID system renewal (item 25) — Motion to authorize the County Judge to sign the Guardian RFID System Agreement Renewal and Addendum for the inmate tracking solution used at the jail (presented by Isaac Badu, Technology Director). Outcome: approved.

• Interlocal inmate housing agreement (item 26) — Motion to authorize the County Judge to sign an interlocal cooperation agreement for inmate housing with Andrews County (presented by Dan Corbin, Sheriff’s Office). Outcome: approved.

• Fiscal year 2026 agreement with the Lubbock Public Defender's Office (item 27) — Motion to authorize the County Judge to sign the FY26 agreement with LPDO after negotiated oversight changes. Outcome: approved (unanimous).

• Holiday calendar (item 28) — Motion to amend the 2025/2026 county holiday calendar (several amendments discussed). Outcome: consideration postponed to Oct. 27, 2025 to allow staff to provide cost and operational impact analysis.

• Critical needs funding for contracted fire departments (item 29) — Motion to approve FY26 critical needs funding applications for contracted volunteer fire departments; staff said the line item was cut this year from prior levels and recommended an 11‑way split. Outcome: approved.

• Appointment of director of public works (item 30) — Motion to appoint John Scott Taylor as Lubbock County director of public works. Outcome: approved unanimously.

• Caliche contract (item 31) — Motion to authorize the County Judge to sign an agreement with Kollick/Colic Farms for removal and processing of caliche as awarded in ITB 02/51400 (09/08/2025). Outcome: approved.

• Notices and executive session — Court provided notice of potential quorum at a United Way event and convened an executive session under the Texas Government Code; the court reconvened and adjourned at 11:47 a.m.

This roundup lists items taken from the court transcript and the actions recorded on Oct. 13, 2025. For items deferred (traffic devices and holiday calendar), the court set Oct. 27, 2025 as the next decision date for follow‑up reports and studies.