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Aransas County Commissioners approve emergency screwworm resolution, tax exemption increase and multiple routine items
Summary
At its regular meeting the Aransas County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a resolution urging federal action on the New World screwworm, increased the county homestead exemption to 5%, approved an aquarium architecture contract and several routine administrative items; the court also tabled an employee handbook update.
Aransas County Commissioners Court on a series of unanimous votes approved a resolution asking federal and state authorities to act on the New World screwworm threat, adopted a higher residential homestead exemption, authorized contracts and routine administrative actions, and tabled one personnel-policy update.
Resolution on New World screwworm The court adopted Resolution R-22-2025, which the record describes as “requesting that the state of Texas and the federal government take immediate action to combat the spread of an invasive insect known in the record as the New World screwworm.” The resolution, read into the record, calls on the president and federal agencies to expedite production and distribution of ivermectin dry premix, to convert federal facilities to breed sterile screwworm flies, and to urge USDA and FDA emergency authorization for certain feed premix. The motion passed unanimously; Commissioners Cheney, Castorlein, Russo, Dupnik and County Judge voted Aye.
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