Aransas County approves request to seek extension of CDBG contract deadline

The Aransas County Commissioners Court voted unanimously in a special meeting in June 2025 to authorize the county judge to sign and submit a letter to the Texas General Land Office requesting Amendment No. 7 to CDBG contract number 20-065-098-C270, extending the grant end date from Aug. 31, 2025, to Feb. 28, 2026, to allow unfinished construction work to be completed and grant paperwork to be finalized.

The extension request matters because it would give county officials additional time to complete construction on a community building and to collect and verify payroll and contractor documentation necessary for reimbursement under the Community Development Block Grant administered by the Texas General Land Office. A staff member told the court that the amendment was requested by the GLO grant administrator to allow the county to finish on-site work and complete outstanding administrative requirements: "This actually, this amendment was kind of even, asked by our GLO." The staff member later said the extra time would let the county "get all the paperwork complete and all of the payrolls and all of the contractors that have not met all of their requirements so we can get all that done and reimbursements confirmed."

During the meeting a commissioner moved the motion to "approve and authorize county judge to sign and submit a letter to the Texas General Land Office requesting a state contract amendment to the CDBG … Amendment number 7 would extend the grant end date from 08/31/2025 to 02/28/2026 to allow for construction completion of unfinished project sites and to facilitate successful completion of the grant." The court then voted with the following tally: Commissioner Cheney, aye; Commissioner Castellan, aye; Commissioner Russo, aye; Commissioner Dubnick, aye; Judge Garza, aye. The motion passed and the court adjourned.

The action taken was limited to authorizing a request to the Texas General Land Office; the transcript does not show whether the GLO has approved or will approve the amendment. The transcript identifies the affected project generally as a community building; no dollar amounts or additional project details were specified during the meeting.

The special meeting was held in the county court-at-law courtroom at the Aransas County Courthouse in Rockport. The transcript records a brief discussion led by county staff and a single formal vote; no public commenters were recorded as signed up or speaking.

Next steps: the county judge was authorized to submit the amendment request to the Texas General Land Office; any change to the grant timeline or project work is contingent on the GLO’s approval of Amendment No. 7.