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UGRA seeks to continue funded patrols of litter-prone Guadalupe River crossings in Kerr County
Summary
Upper Guadalupe River Authority asked the court to renew an interlocal agreement to fund licensed peace officers to patrol litter-prone river crossings; UGRA pays officers directly while the county provides uniformed personnel and vehicles. A motion to approve was made; vote not recorded in provided transcript.
KERR COUNTY, Texas — The Upper Guadalupe River Authority (UGRA) asked Kerr County Commissioners Court to continue a summer program that funds licensed peace officers to patrol litter-prone Guadalupe River crossings, a program UGRA has run with the county since 2017.
Tara Bushno of UGRA told the court UGRA “will fund licensed peace officers to patrol some litter prone crossings throughout the county that are identified through our trash pickups,” and that the authority pays officers directly while the county allows them to patrol in uniform and use county vehicles.
Bushno said the program has been coordinated with county contact Reagan Givens and has run each year since 2017; this year UGRA expects the patrols to start the weekend after Memorial Day and continue until the allocated 126 hours are exhausted. When asked about the start date, Bushno said, “this year’s a little funny because Memorial Day is before our board meeting, so it will have to be the weekend after Memorial Day … and then we’ll go through until the hundred and 26 hours are exhausted.”
A commissioner moved that the court approve the interlocal agreement between UGRA and Kerr County for the Guadalupe River crossings patrols. The provided transcript ends with the motion; no vote or further discussion is recorded in the excerpt provided.
