Tom Green County approves $4.82 million military access-control grant, swaps parks contractor

At its Feb. 2025 meeting, the Tom Green County Commissioner's Court approved a $4,821,472 grant agreement from the Texas Military Preparedness Commission for a Defense Access Control Point project at Goodfellow Air Force Base and adopted a budget that includes a $200,000 cash contribution from Tom Green County.

The agreement (DAG-2025-01-07) and the adopted budget authorize a $4,821,472 increase to building-construction budget lines funded by intergovernmental grant revenue, and a transfer of $200,000 from other county revenues into the building-construction line to cover the county share. County staff said the United States Air Force must formally accept any improvements produced by the project before final gifting and that the acceptance process could take several months.

Why it matters: The grant and resulting construction will fund security and access-control work tied to Goodfellow Air Force Base. County staff characterized the agenda items as a routine step in the grant acceptance and budget-adoption process; the court voted to approve the agreement and budget…