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Votes at a glance: Coryell County Commissioners Court actions and tablings
Summary
A summary of motions, votes and outcomes from the Coryell County Commissioners Court meeting, including approvals of plats, leases, a SART, a 9‑1‑1 resolution, an RFP publication and several tablings.
Below are the formal actions recorded in open session during the Coryell County Commissioners Court meeting.
Votes and outcomes
- Consent agenda (items 5a–5d): Approved (motion by Commissioner Basham; second by Commissioner Taylor). Outcome: approved.
- Road and Bridge report (item 6): Accepted (motion by Commissioner Basham; second by Commissioner Taylor). Outcome: approved.
- Exception to platting for property ID 101917 (item 7): Approved (motion by Commissioner Basham; second by Commissioner Taylor). Outcome: approved. Staff described the request as a two-acre division to provide housing for an employee; driveway access will require a permit if/when requested.
- Replat of Ranches at Buena Vista (item 8): Approved (motion by Commissioner Basham; second by Commissioner Weddle). Outcome: approved. Staff said no lots had been sold and the replat moved an entrance at TxDOT’s direction.
- Hazard-mitigation/grants updates and DR-4781 discussion (item 9): Update provided. No formal vote recorded on grant awards during open session (CDBG-MIT pending; FEMA DR-4781 Cat A/B/C updates reported).
- Update on construction projects (item 10): Report received. No appropriation vote in open session. Subsequent item to consider actions on construction projects (item 11) was tabled until after executive session (motion by Commissioner Weddle; second by Commissioner Basham). Outcome: tabled.
- Budget amendment number 4 (item 12): Approved (motion by Commissioner Weddle; second by Commissioner Taylor). Outcome: approved. The item transferred $48,000 back to the capital improvement fund from the tax assessor-collector’s previously budgeted rent line; staff said the assessor agreed to return the funds.
- Budget amendment number 5 (item 13): Motion to table (motion by Commissioner Weddle; second by Commissioner Basham). Outcome: tabled until after executive session. The amendment proposed transferring $386,000 into the capital improvement fund from multiple lines to cover construction expenditures; staff said additional bills remain outstanding.
- Lease option for four motor graders (item 14): Approved (motion by Commissioner Basham; second by Commissioner Taylor). Outcome: approved. The court chose to refinance previously leased road graders rather than make a balloon payment.
- Establishment of Coryell County Adult Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and appointment of members (item 15): Approved (motion by Commissioner Weddle; second by Commissioner Basham). Outcome: approved. Staff supplied a statutorily prescribed membership list and noted most appointees are volunteers with no county financial obligation beyond employee participation.
- Resolution CC25-03 — creation of 9-1-1 emergency communications district (item 16): Approved (motion by Commissioner Basham; second not specified). Vote: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (Commissioner Whitel abstained). Outcome: approved locally; district formation requires unanimous adoption across the regional COG to become effective.
- RFP for sheriff’s office inmate trust accounting and commissary services (item 17): Approved for publication (motion by Commissioner Basham; second by Commissioner Weddle). Outcome: approved; staff to add solicitation dates and convene scoring panel.
- Grant applications for victim-coordinator/liaison positions (items 18 and 19): Approved (motion by Commissioner Basham; second by Commissioner Taylor). Outcome: approved. County will submit grant applications for positions in the district attorney’s office and county attorney’s office.
- Employee handbook (item 20): Tabled to 03/25/2025 meeting (motion by Commissioner Weddle; second by Commissioner Taylor). Outcome: tabled.
- Pay bills (item 21): Tabled until after executive session (motion and second recorded). Outcome: tabled. The court noted $1,172,163.44 in bills had been presented but deferred payment until after executive session.
Meeting procedure notes
- Multiple routine items carried by voice vote with unanimous ‘Aye’ recorded unless otherwise noted. - Several substantive items related to construction accounting and budget transfers were tabled to allow for discussion in or after executive session.
Ending: Items tabled in open session will be revisited following the scheduled executive session.
