Votes at a glance: Brazos County Commissioners Court, March 11, 2025

Here are the formal actions taken (or recorded) by the Brazos County Commissioners Court on March 11, 2025. Items are listed by agenda number and include motion outcomes and key details as stated on the record.

• Agenda item 3 — Proclamation (PROCLAIM 25-016): March 2025 as American Red Cross Month — Motion to approve; court recorded "Aye" and the motion carried.

• Agenda item 4 — Approval of Ordinance 25-003: Prohibiting solid waste disposal in Brazos County and providing civil and criminal penalties — Motion to approve; court recorded no opposition and the motion carried. Public comment included concern about a salt dome under a potential landfill site; the court said the ordinance is intended to restrict future landfill siting subject to TCEQ permitting.

• Agenda item 5 — Donation to Child Welfare Board: $24.75 from Stop Child Abuse license plates — Motion to approve; carried.

• Agenda item 6 — County burn ban — Motion to approve a county burn ban; motion carried.

• Agenda item 7 — Approval of arts renewal for Texas Association of Counties (October conference) — Motion to approve; carried.

• Agenda item 8 — Contract 25-105: Wireless tower support and maintenance with Alpha Omega Wireless — Motion to approve; discussion clarified the contract provides tower-climbing services to maintain communications equipment; motion carried.

• Agenda item 9 — Awards for 101 North Texas Avenue (CIP 25560/25-563): Recommended award to Plan North Architecture (architect) and Spall Glass Construction Company (construction manager at risk) — The court received the recommendations; a subsequent motion to table further action on the overall project was made and carried (see below). The court stated the architect’s fee was currently estimated at 9% of cost of the work and the construction cost ceiling was noted in the record as $50,000,000; commissioners requested additional programming documentation before final approval.

• Tabling action on agenda item 9 — Motion to table award/authorization for the 101 North Texas Avenue project — Motion and second to table passed; the record shows 1 abstention and the motion carried. Staff agreed to provide programming documents and a short delay to allow newly seated commissioners to be briefed.

• Agenda item 10 — Award of RFP CIP25-569: Littered Road Stabilization Project — Recommended award to Solid Bridge Construction (Precinct 4 project) — Motion to approve; carried.

• Agenda item 11 — Wicks Creek SUD utility permit to construct a road bore at 9508 Wheaton Loop (Precinct 2) — Motion to approve; carried.

• Agenda item 12 — Final plat: Karnata Estates Phase 1; variance request under Brazos County Subdivision Regulations — Motion to approve; carried.

• Agenda item 13 — Expenditure journal (FY24–25): Cash contribution $42,266.42 to specialty court program — Motion to approve; carried. Commissioners discussed reduced state funding for specialty courts.

• Agenda item 14 — Tax refund applications (A–I) — Motion to approve; carried.

• Agenda item 15 — Budget amendments (FY24–25) — Motion to approve; carried.

• Agenda item 17 — Personnel change of status and payment of claims (claims packet numbers cited in agenda) — Motions to approve; carried. Commissioners confirmed payment packets covered the period listed in agenda materials.

• Agenda items 20–24, 25: Acknowledgments and departmental reports (appointments to RFP committees; juvenile probation, community corrections acknowledgments; budget-to-actuals statements; detention and jail population reports) — Acknowledgments accepted as stated in the agenda.

• Agenda item 18 — Convene executive session under Texas Government Code §551.087 for economic development negotiations; reconvened to open session with no action taken.

Ending: The court adjourned after reporting no action from executive session.