Ellis County Commissioners approve consent agenda, development plats, contracts and settlement in unanimous votes

Ellis County Commissioners Court approved a series of routine and substantive items in a single meeting, voting unanimously on a consent agenda, multiple plats and contracts, vehicle purchases, and a settlement agreement related to a municipal utility district application. The court also ordered a Nov. 4, 2025 special election on 17 proposed constitutional amendments and approved an early voting schedule.

The court approved the consent agenda (items A-1 through A-19 and F-1 through F-7) on a motion by Commissioner Lane Grayson with a second from Commissioner Stinson. The court recorded no opposition.

Among the development items approved were preliminary and final plats and a replat: preliminary plat Skyline Estates Phase 2 (approx. 24.462 acres, 16 lots), final plat Howard Hills (approx. 36.055 acres, 7 lots), Overbay Addition replat (approx. 9.999 acres), and Barajas Valley Estate (approx. 2 acres, 1 lot). Motions and seconds were recorded on the record and each item passed unanimously.

The court released maintenance bonds and accepted infrastructure for The Ranch at Stonehill (approx. 125 acres), approving release of drainage and paving maintenance bonds in the amounts of $597,422.59 and $819,317.48, and accepting eight roads totaling 9,675 linear feet into the county maintenance system.

Purchasing approvals included a $101,574 contract with Capital Construction Group for renovation work at the Ellis County juvenile facility (using TIPS cooperative contract #22010702), and two replacement vehicle purchases for the District Attorney’s Office: a 2025 Ford Explorer from Ennis Ford in the amount of $40,314.46 and a 2025 Ford Explorer from Sampac Ford in the amount of $39,553. The juvenile facility project will begin with $20,000 from…