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Votes at a glance: Liberty County Commissioners Court actions, April 8, 2025
Summary
A roundup of motions and outcomes from the April 8 Liberty County Commissioners Court meeting, including budget amendments, contracts, equipment transfers, and procurement approvals.
The Liberty County Commissioners Court held a regular meeting April 8 and approved multiple motions on contracts, refunds, procurement and internal programs. This summary lists each formal action taken and key details recorded in the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: The court approved the consent agenda (included two added items: Road & Bridge budget amendment moving $20,000 from rodent material to supplies/repairs and a Sheriff’s Office amendment moving about $25,000 to capital outlay for equipment upfit). Motion moved by Greg and seconded by Bruce; approved by voice vote.
- Release burn ban (Agenda item 8.1): Motion to lift the county burn ban was made and approved by voice vote.
- Overpayment refunds (Agenda item 8.2): The court approved refunds for multiple accounts, including Century Communities accounts and individual account refunds (amounts were read into the record). Motion seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Treasurer contract (Agenda item 8.3): The court approved annual DocuSign software contract for $3,133.72 for the county treasurer’s onboarding process; staff said funds could come from nondepartmental. Motion approved.
- Cedar Spring Subdivision variance (Agenda item 4): The court approved a variance to road width in Cedar Spring Subdivision Section 5 (reducing width from 22 to 20 feet on an extension serving 12 lots). Motion approved.
- Hallet Materials and Harrington Aggregates site plans (Agenda items 5 and 6): The court tabled both commercial site-plan items; motion to table carried.
- County clerk intern program (Agenda item 7): The court approved continuation of the county clerk records/intern program with two temporary summer interns at $15 per hour. Motion approved.
- D.A. contract labor for DARE classes (Agenda item 8): The court approved up to $5,000 in contract labor for DARE classes, to be paid from the special investigative fund. Motion approved.
- Sheriff donation of radios (Agenda item 9): The court approved donating six Motorola radios to DeZetta Police Department; sheriff noted the radios are outdated for the sheriff’s office but useful to the small PD. Motion approved.
- Payment application #8, White Construction (Agenda item 10): The court approved Payment Application No. 8 for White Construction in the amount of $392,682.64 for work on the Northwest Annex project. Motion approved.
- Alarm upgrade (Agenda item 11): The court approved purchase of an alarm upgrade for community supervision and corrections department from A1 Telecom for $1,206 with 60/40 payment terms. Motion approved.
- Lease purchase of two Mack MD7 dump trucks (Agenda item 12): The court approved procurement through the TIPS cooperative contract for two 2025 Mack MD7 dump trucks for Precinct 3 for $259,000 and a 36-month buyback agreement. Motion approved.
- Lease agreement with Cadence Bank (Agenda item 13): The court approved the related lease agreement (number 1144670908-014) with Cadence Bank for the two Mack dump trucks. Motion approved.
- Transfer of DPS equipment to Constable Precinct 4 (Agenda item 14): The court approved transfer/acceptance of Department of Public Safety equipment (vehicles noted as possible Tahoes/pickups/SUVs) to Constable Precinct 4 under DPS’s program for economically disadvantaged areas. Motion approved.
- Real-estate option/exercise and closing (Agenda item 15): The court approved exercising the option to accept a donated tract from Liberty County Solar Project LLC and to proceed with closing (see separate article for details). Motion approved.
All motions carried by voice vote with no recorded negative votes during roll calls; specific tallies were not read into the record for each action. Some items were tabled as noted above.
