County names commissioners, designee to newly formed homelessness advisory committee

After the City of Wichita Falls approved a resolution to create a homelessness advisory committee, the Wichita County Commissioners Court on Aug. 26 appointed three county representatives to the new panel.

The court chose Commissioner Jeff Watts to fill the seat reserved for a member of the commissioners court, assigned the county’s resident slot to Commissioner Mark Beauchamp, and named Steve Sparks as the county judge’s official designee. The motion was made and approved 5-0.

The judge noted the court will notify county offices and other stakeholders of committee meetings and asked that county offices be present as issue experts where implementation tasks arise. The court said it expects the advisory committee to include county liaisons and representatives of county offices when substantive implementation questions surface.

Commissioners who will serve were asked if they were willing to participate; those named accepted the assignments. The court asked staff to ensure meeting notices are sent to the appointed commissioners and to other county offices that may need to provide technical assistance or implementation support.