Jim Wells County commissioners approve proclamations, appointments and routine business

Jim Wells County Commissioners Court on April 14, 2025 approved a package of proclamations, administrative contracts, and appointments while taking routine votes on payrolls and a tax‑sale purchase offer.

The court voted to proclaim April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and to recognize April as Autism Awareness Month and April 27–May 4, 2025 as Texas Soil and Water Stewardship Week. The court also proclaimed April 2025 as National County Government Month.

The proclamations were presented to the court during the public portion of the meeting. Jaylene Garza, outreach coordinator for Brush Country CASA, said, “My name is Jaylene Garza and I'm the outreach coordinator for Brush Country Casa,” and asked the court to observe April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The proclamation text read by a court official stated in part, “Now therefore, I, Pedro Pete Trevino junior, county judge for Jim Wells County, do hereby proclaim April 2025 as child abuse prevention month in Jim Wells County.”

Richard Geva, the county elections administrator, presented an item to designate Julio U. Martinez as the county 9‑1‑1 address coordinator while Martinez remains acting deputy in the county election office. Geva said the elections office “also, takes care of 9 1 1 address responsibilities” and that…