Hunt County Commissioners approve senior milk funding, contracts, budget calendar and multiple plats; deny proposed Quinlan‑area solar zoning without prejudice

Hunt County Commissioners Court approved a series of budget, contract and land‑use actions during its March 25 regular session while declining a zoning change for a proposed solar farm near Lake Tawakoni.

The court voted unanimously on multiple agenda items: it approved a proclamation designating April 2025 as National Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month, accepted the treasurer’s monthly report for January 2025, renewed immunization grant agreements for the county health department, approved vendor contracts for elections and jail commissary services, and authorized a change of financial adviser for the county’s housing finance activities.

A request from the county’s senior‑services provider for a one‑time allocation of $19,500 to buy milk for home‑delivered‑meal recipients for three months was approved. The provider told commissioners the agency has seen state and federal funding fall from roughly $1,400,000 to $545,000 and that the milk distribution program ended in January 2025. The court approved moving funds from contingency/capital improvement lines and the auditor will process an invoice for payment.

On land‑use matters, commissioners denied, without prejudice, a zoning‑change application to convert 22.03 acres on FM 276 in the Quinlan area from single‑family residential…