Erath County commissioners approve replat, preliminary plat, interlocal agreements, contract amendment, grants application, budget adjustments and payments

Erath County Commissioners Court on Sept. 8 approved a series of routine land-development items, contract amendments and budget items during a regularly scheduled session in Stephenville.

Approvals included a replat combining two lots in Mountain Lake Section 2, formal presentation approval of the preliminary plat for Comanche Moon phases 3 and 4 (Precinct 4), an amendment to an interlocal agreement with the North Texas Tollway Authority, an amendment to the Bennett real estate contract for Precinct 1 adding a right of first refusal, annual filing of sheriff and constable fees for 2026 (no change from 2025), county application for an SP22 grant for the sheriff’s office, multiple net-zero budget adjustments across departments, and payment of four payable packets totaling $356,488.83.

Land development: Mr. Gardner, the county’s land-development presenter, described the Mountain Lake item as “a pretty typical replat” in which a property owner who bought a neighboring lot wanted “to combine the 2 into 1 lot just to have some more space between them and the neighbors.” The court approved the replat after a motion by Commissioner Edwards…