Votes at a glance: key actions from the Gonzales County Commissioners Court meeting

The Gonzales County Commissioners Court took a series of routine and substantive actions during the meeting. The list below summarizes motions taken, the item number where applicable, and the outcome as recorded on the meeting record.

- Approval of minutes for 03/10/2025 (item 1): Motion carried. - Treasurer’s monthly report (items 2–3): Court accepted the treasurer’s report pursuant to Local Government Code sections cited in the record; motions carried. - Proclamation: Designating April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month (item 4): Approved. - Proclamation: Designating April 2025 as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (item 5): Approved. - Prevailing wage resolution (item 7): Motion and second; approved. - Burn ban motion (item 8): Court voted to place a burn ban into effect beginning the upcoming Monday if no significant rain occurs; motion carried. - Appointment of county fire marshal and acceptance of CNA surety bond (item 9): Motion approved to appoint Jimmy Hartas as county fire marshal for a two‑year term and accept a $5,000 surety bond (bond no. 6661221). - Variance approvals under the Gonzales County subdivision order (items 10, 12): Variance in Precinct 3 (Stone) approved; variance in Precinct 1 (Burrow) approved. - Vacate and replat (item 11): Vacate Lots 154 and 155 into Lot 154A, Settlement subdivision (Patriot Ranches area) approved. - Rental-community permit for Precinct 2 (item 13): Tabled for further information and developer/engineer attendance. - Final plat for Welder Twin Acres Subdivision, Precinct 2 (item 14): Final plat approved. - Waive permit fees for Gonzales Independent School District driveway permits (item 15): Motion and second; court approved waiving permit fees. - Resolution regarding district-court organization (item 16): Court approved a resolution supporting creation of one district court with general jurisdiction to begin Jan. 1, 2027, while preserving two district judges serving Gonzales County during the transition. - Add bloodborne-pathogen exposure control plan to policy manual (item 17): Approved. - Hepatitis B vaccine offering and reimbursement procedure (item 18): Court approved offering and paying for hepatitis B vaccine for deputies, jailers, bailiffs and custodians; staff to implement reimbursement process for vaccines obtained via primary care and to pay for uninsured employees. - Proficient flexible-spending advancement (item 19): Court approved payment of $7,566.77 as an advancement to cover a projected deficit per the Proficient full-service agreement. - Right-of-way easement for new electric service through GVEC for sheriff’s shipping-container storage (item 20): Approved. - Memorandum of agreement with ICE for warrant-service officer program (item 21): Approved; allows county jail staff to serve certain detainers/warrants under the MOA. - Declare Attachment A (tax office items) salvage and order destruction due to privacy/technology concerns (item 22): Approved. - Property-insurance renewal with the Texas Association of Counties (item 23): Approved. - Sole-source justification for an item from P Squared (item 24): Approved (details not specified in transcript). - Sole-source purchase of a 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe with equipment from Plastics Plus for the sheriff’s department (item 25): Approved. - Budget amendments (item 26): Court approved the listed budget amendments (25-22 through 25-27 as read into the record). - Pay bills as submitted: Motion carried.

Notes: Where the meeting record did not specify the mover or specific vote tallies the court recorded the motions as passing by voice vote. For items described in the record without full contract or specification details (for example, the P Squared sole‑source justification), the transcript lists the item but provides limited detail; the article marks those as “not specified.”