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Tom Green County court approves consent agenda, auditor's report and Goodfellow access agreement; proclaims April Child Abuse Prevention Month
Summary
At its April 1 meeting the Tom Green County Commissioners Court approved the consent agenda, accepted the auditor's monthly report for February 2025, approved an access agreement for environmental monitoring with Goodfellow Air Force Base, and proclaimed April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The court took no action on a potential burn ban.
The Tom Green County Commissioners Court on April 1 handled several routine items and proclamations by voice vote and approved an access agreement for environmental monitoring with Goodfellow Air Force Base. The court also declined to act on a proposed burn ban.
Key votes and outcomes: the court approved the consent agenda (claims and purchase orders), accepted the auditor’s monthly report for February 2025, approved an access agreement allowing Goodfellow Air Force Base legal access to county right-of-way for water-monitoring wells, proclaimed April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and took no action on a burn-ban item.
The consent agenda, as read to the court, included: approval of prior meeting minutes; the treasurer’s claims register in the amount of $496,833.29; purchase orders totaling $121,908.77; personnel actions (not specified in detail); and a Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 monthly collections report showing $56,040.06 for February. The court moved and seconded the consent agenda and recorded the motion as carried by voice vote.
The auditor, appearing to present the monthly report, said the February report reflects sales-tax collections remitted in December 2024 and noted an increase of more than 18% over the prior December; the auditor said the county also made its annual principal bond payment and that budget-to-actuals are proceeding normally. The court accepted the auditor’s report by voice vote.
Goodfellow Air Force Base asked the county to reaffirm an access agreement allowing the base and its contractors to monitor groundwater near base property and in county right-of-way. Shannon McMillan with the Corps of Engineers (present as a staff contact) joined the discussion. Court members said the current action largely reaffirms an agreement initially signed in 2022 and does not change the substance of the prior approval; the court approved the access agreement and authorized the county judge to sign.
On proclamations, the court read and approved a resolution proclaiming April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The resolution text recited local investigative counts for fiscal year 2024—“over 650 investigations, over 176 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect in Tom Green County” as written in the material presented—and urged community involvement in prevention programs.
The court discussed a possible burn ban and took no action. Several small corrections and insurance adjustments from a prior week were presented and approved as part of routine business.
During announcements, the court noted that Dr. Justin Thornton, director of the county IT department, will leave the county to relocate to Oklahoma; the court thanked him for roughly 10 years of service building the county’s internal IT capability. The meeting adjourned after a reception for the sheriff’s office proclamation.
