Votes at a glance: Randall County Commissioners approve routine business, accept bonds and an off‑duty MOU; vouchers total $5.46 million

Randall County Commissioners Court on Jan. 7 approved a package of routine administrative items, including minutes, bonds for elected and appointed officials and reserve deputies, a memorandum of understanding to manage sheriff's off‑duty assignments, cell phone allowances for three budgeted fire department employees, travel requests from county staff and elected officers, county vouchers totaling $5,458,064.89 and several monthly official reports.

The court unanimously approved the minutes of its Dec. 17, 2024 meeting and accepted bonds for elected officials, appointed officials and reserve deputies. County staff noted that two reserve deputies' bonds were still pending and would be brought back to the court when signed. The transcript states that two bonds for the tax assessor and her chief deputy will also be filed with the State Comptroller as required.

The Randall County Sheriff addressed the court to request approval of a memorandum of understanding with Roll Call Technologies LLC to manage off‑duty assignments for deputies. The sheriff said the vendor's platform has been tested, that other local entities in the Amarillo area have used the platform, that the vendor's fees to citizens would be less than the prior management company charged, and that the vendor provides insurance coverage for deputies working off duty as well as coverage for the county. The sheriff also said deputies are not assigned to security at bars; off‑duty assignments are primarily for private events such as weddings, banquets and similar gatherings.

The court approved cell phone allowances for three budgeted fire department employees and granted travel requests that the clerk summarized as two district attorney office employees to Austin and one justice of the peace (JP 4A) to Corpus Christi.

The court approved county vouchers and payroll items with a stated combined total of $5,458,064.89. The transcript lists the payroll and fund breakdown as: Dec. 20/Jan. 3 payroll $2,175,960.29 (General Fund), Jury Fund $2,357,692.14, County Assistance District 1 Fund $11,670, County COVID/ARPA/GRAMA funds $56,097.96 and $4,456.52 (two line items), District Clerk Preservation Fund $46.06, Unclaimed Property Fund $4,766.11, Health Care Fund $105,759.75, Courthouse Security Fund $23,858.56, Records Management Fund $2,034.50, County Clerk's Records Management Fund $7,779.13, JP 1 Tech Fund $161.93, JP 4 Tech Fund $279.20, Elections Fund $1,854.20, County Clerk's Archive Fund $5,543.26, Capital Project Fund (Radio Communication System) $1,495.20, and Pretrial Diversion Fund $3,610.80. The transcript shows the clerk stating the total as $5,458,064.89.

The court also accepted monthly official reports as presented: Randall County Clerk's activity report (November 2024), Randall County Constable Precinct 1 monthly report (November 2024), Randall County District Clerk's civil and criminal report (November 2024), Randall County Facilities report (Oct.–Nov. 2024) and the Randall County Sheriff's Office monthly report (November 2024).

Motions and votes on the listed items were recorded as carried unanimously (5-0) in the meeting transcript. Several presenters and staff were thanked for their work by the presiding judge during the meeting.

No public comments were made during the public comment period recorded in the transcript; the court later recessed into closed session under Texas Government Code section 551.071 and 551.074 and returned with no action taken on the second closed‑session item recorded.