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Court amends budget to pay for precinct constable vehicle upfitting after vendor delay
Summary
The court approved payment of $39,140 for upfitting vehicles for the Precinct 3 constable, amending budget lines to move $31,000 from fleet savings and add $4,000 from contingency to cover a shortfall; discussion cited procurement timing and delays in vehicle delivery and upfitter schedules.
Waller County Commissioner’s Court on Wednesday approved payment to complete upfitting work for Precinct 3 constable vehicles and amended the funding source to cover a shortfall after procurement and scheduling delays.
The court first moved to approve $39,140 to pay an upfitter for equipment and installation. During discussion staff and elected officials explained that earlier procurement and vehicle-delivery scheduling had created a timing mismatch: vehicles ordered in the prior budget year arrived late and, when they finally arrived, were placed at the end of the upfitter’s queue, producing additional cost and a small funding shortfall. Court members said fleet savings held funds for upfitting but that the precinct’s fleet line did not fully cover the vendor invoice.
How the court addressed the…
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