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Uvalde County keeps $5,000 capital-asset threshold, staff recommends managed-services contract for records backups
Summary
County staff told the commissioners court it will keep the established $5,000 capital-asset threshold and recommended adopting an HTS managed-services omnibus contract to secure growing electronic records, including body-camera video; the recordkeeping policy is in place but no recorded final vote appears in the transcript.
Uvalde County officials told the commissioners court they will keep the county's capital-asset threshold at $5,000 and asked the court to adopt a managed-services contract that would standardize off-site, encrypted backups for county records.
County staff described the $5,000 base amount as the threshold that directs county offices to book purchases above that level as capital assets and said grant-related assets under $5,000 are booked separately for grant reporting. Staff said the county maintains an asset listing and can provide Excel spreadsheets to outside auditors or grant agencies.
The staff presentation said the county must adopt the threshold annually and that…
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