Votes at a glance: Lavaca County Commissioners Court — May 27, 2025

This is a compact summary of formal actions taken by the Lavaca County Commissioners Court at its May 27, 2025 regular meeting. Where a specific mover or seconder was recorded in the transcript the entry records the precinct; where no personal name was recorded the court’s precinct labels are used. If numeric details were not specified in the transcript the record shows "not specified." All items below reflect the recorded motion and outcome as taken on the public record.

- Designate representative to calculate the 2025 no-new-revenue tax rate and 2025 voter-approval tax rate. Motion to appoint Debbie A. Sebshek (Tax Assessor) passed (motion: Precinct 4; second: Precinct 3).

- Award and rebid concrete-and-labor bids. Court accepted specified awards to bidder 1791 (JRC Concrete) for listed county roads and rejected other bids for rebid due to price disparity (motion: Precinct 1; second: Precinct 2).

- Boiler replacement bid (courthouse HVAC): Motion to table pending additional information and review (motion revised to table by County Judge; second: Precinct 1). Outcome: TABLED.

- Proclamation: KJZT Family Life Society — declare June 14, 2025 National Flag Day. Motion passed (motion: Precinct 4; second: Precinct 3).

- Acknowledgment: Governor Greg Abbott’s renewed disaster proclamation concerning border security. Motion passed (motion: Precinct 2; second: Precinct 1).

- Acknowledgment: Governor Greg Abbott’s renewed disaster proclamation concerning serious drought conditions. Motion passed (motion: Precinct 3; second: Precinct 4).

- Authorize filing an application to claim unclaimed capital credits from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Motion to apply passed (motion: Precinct 3; second: Precinct 4).

- Declare two filing cabinets surplus property for the County Clerk’s Office. Motion passed (motion: Precinct 2; second: Precinct 1).

- Approve meter services/equipment rental agreement between Pitney Bowes and the County District Clerk’s Office. Motion passed (motion: Precinct 4; second: Precinct 3).

- Approve contract with Guardian RFID for electronic inmate check system at the county jail (one-year trial with 60‑day termination; first year funded from commissary funds). Motion passed (motion: Precinct 4; second: Precinct 3).

- Maintain current county representatives to Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission Board of Directors (Judge Keith Mudd and Wayne Faircloth). Motion passed (motion: Precinct 4; second: Precinct 3).

- Reininger Family Living Trust subdivision exemption: Approved conditioned on incorporation of Appendix I language disclaiming county maintenance and final attorney review before recordation (motion: Precinct 1; second: Precinct 2).

- Dennis Berger Jr. subdivision exemption (Precinct 3): Motion to table pending county attorney review. Outcome: TABLED (motion: Precinct 3; second: Precinct 4).

- Consent agenda: Court moved into and approved the consent agenda as read; items within consent were approved en bloc.

Ending: The court adjourned at the end of the session and set its next regular meeting for June 9, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.