Atascosa County Commissioners Court approves personnel moves, permits, purchases and payroll in April 14 session

Atascosa County Commissioners Court on April 14 approved a package of routine county business including personnel appointments and pay changes, land-use and road permits, equipment leases and payroll disbursements.

Key outcomes at a glance: commissioners approved (1) personnel appointments and pay adjustments across several departments, (2) a proclamation declaring April 2025 Child Abuse Prevention Month, (3) the lease purchase of a Quadient mail/parcel machine using the Buy Board procurement cooperative, (4) authorization for J and M Truck Tire Shop Inc. to deliver a 48-foot trailer to remove tires from the old Atascosa County landfill for $2,300 (no taxes), (5) multiple subdivision and certificate-exception approvals, and (6) approval of payroll claims and vendor payments.

Personnel and human-resources actions: the court approved several hires and internal changes including a juvenile probation officer (Jaime Carmona, $25.48/hour), an EMT (Caitlin Seen, PRN EMT at $15/hour), kennel staff hires and pay adjustments in animal control (including a new kennel tech Tori Starkey at $18.27/hour and a pay increase for Mariano Rodriguez to $20.19/hour), public defender office adjustments (Sandra Woodall corrected to $19.23/hour, promotion/position changes for Kirby Wayland and David Cuellar with stated annual salaries of $88,000 and $100,000 respectively), juvenile supervision staff promotion for Alice Lopez to juvenile supervision officer ($22.03/hour), and several road and precinct hires (including Jorge Roberto…