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San Patricio resident presses county over road MOU, staffing and planned mechanic hire
Summary
A citizen told commissioners she believes a memorandum of understanding and current ex officio road commissioner system wastes county dollars and urged the court to delay hiring an additional mechanic until road operations are consolidated under a road superintendent system.
Sonia Witherspoon, a San Patricio County resident and business owner, told the commissioner's court that an MOU shifting road responsibilities between precincts and the ex officio road commissioner system has led to inefficient staffing and questioned a planned new hire in Precinct 2.
Witherspoon said Precinct 2’s road mileage assumptions were set after the 2020 census and that Portland annexations have reduced the county road workload in Precinct 2. She said a memorandum of understanding had transferred some Precinct 1…
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