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Votes at a glance: Midland County Commissioners Court, Jan. 7, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Jan. 7, 2025 Commissioners Court meeting, including proclamations, contract approvals, land deed, equipment purchases, road work, library actions and personnel grading adjustments.
The following is a concise list of motions, actions and outcomes recorded by the Midland County Commissioners Court on Jan. 7, 2025. Vote tallies are voice votes as recorded in the meeting transcript; where individual roll-call tallies were not read, the court recorded outcomes by voice.
1) Acknowledge proclamation for Crime Stoppers (Agenda item 4) — Motion passed (voice vote).
2) Approve interlocal agreement and attachments with TxDOT for the HERO roadside assistance program (Agenda item 6) — Motion passed (voice vote). County budgeted $500,000 this year and $500,000 next year; PSP pledged $3,500,000.
3) Conduct public hearing and approve installation of a stop sign on County Road 1250 at Chola Road (Agenda items 7–8) — Motion passed (voice vote). Public hearing: no public speakers.
4) Approve consent agenda items A and B; pull item for additional review and acknowledge damage/incident report (Consent agenda) — Motion passed (voice vote). The court then approved Item C (damage incident report) after discussion.
5) Budget amendment for $40,000 for law-enforcement supplies (Agenda item 10) — No action taken after legal/audit interpretation that funds previously received are not "new and unforeseen." Court directed staff to include funds in the next regular budget cycle.
6) Approve various line-item transfers (page-specific transfers) — Motion passed (voice vote); commissioners discussed multiple transfers affecting facilities, overtime, vehicles and temporary staffing.
7) Approve purchase of Mack water truck from Bruckner’s with $6,500 trade-in; net cost $188,499 (Agenda item 19) — Motion passed (voice vote); county had budgeted $228,000.
8) Approve change order with Jones Brothers for reconstruction of South County Road 1130 to meet Energy Transfer’s concrete-cap specification (Agenda item 20) — Motion passed (voice vote).
9) Approve work authorization with Magram for design and construction of County Road 1080 and East County Road 84 (Agenda item 21) — Motion passed (voice vote).
10) Approve work authorization with Niagara (backup lists Grama) for intersection design of County Road 1080 and FM 307 and TxDOT coordination (Agenda item 22) — Motion passed (voice vote).
11) Approve change order number 3 for Motorola radio project to add licensing, encryption and hardware (Agenda item 23) — Motion passed (voice vote); funds available without contingency.
12) Approve line-item transfers and purchases for Constable Precinct 4: additional $2,000 for fuel (Agenda item 13) — Motion passed (voice vote); $2,100 contingency transfer for two body cameras (Agenda item 14) — Motion passed (voice vote); final body-camera contract to be returned for court approval.
13) Approve deed of 10 acres (no charge) to Midland County Utility District for initial water-facility construction (Agenda item 15) — Motion passed (voice vote); county attorney to finalize contract language.
14) Approve TWDB contract extension number 2 for 2021 flood-study grant (Agenda item 16) — Motion passed (voice vote); judge authorized to sign.
15) Approve petitions for annexation (sheriff’s office property and County Road 120-related intersection documents) to allow city processing and clean up paperwork (Agenda items 17–18) — Motions passed (voice votes); judge authorized to sign petitions.
16) Approve bills and wire transfers with one PO exception to be corrected in the future (Agenda item 12) — Motion passed (voice vote).
17) Approve line-item transfers to cover facilities staffing, facilities vehicle repairs and other budget adjustments called out on pages 8–12 of the transfer backup (various agenda items) — Motion passed (voice votes).
18) Rename Library at the Plaza to Midland County Downtown Library (Agenda item 25) — Motion passed (voice vote).
19) Adopt reconsideration-of-library-materials policy and appoint a citizens review committee to address backlog of reconsideration requests (Agenda item 26) — Motion passed with one abstention recorded citing open-meetings concerns; county attorney advised committee procedures be reviewed for Texas Open Meetings Act compliance.
20) Approve grading/step adjustments for new assistant district attorneys as set out in the materials (Agenda item 27) — Motion passed (voice vote).
This list reflects actions read into the record and voice votes recorded in the meeting transcript. For items requiring contracts, staff were directed to return final contract forms to the court for execution when applicable.
