Guadalupe County eyes itemized plan for $10 million reserve to address roads, drainage and low-water crossings

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At a June 17 budget workshop the Guadalupe County Commissioners Court discussed how to itemize a $10 million reserve committed last year for capital projects, with much of the conversation focused on road and drainage priorities, low-water crossings, engineered studies and tradeoffs between large projects and spreading funds across precincts.

Guadalupe County Judge opened the June 17 budget workshop to continue preliminary planning for the 2025–26 fiscal-year capital budget, asking the court how it wants to itemize about $10,000,000 that was committed out of county reserves last year but not allocated to specific projects.

The discussion matters because the county must present an itemized budget before final adoption and setting the tax rate on Sept. 2. “We committed those funds basically just ear tagging them and or restricting them in our budget. But we did not itemize in detail what projects and specifically those funds will be used for,” the County Judge said. The judge asked commissioners for direction so the funds can be tied to Road and Bridge priorities and other capital needs.

Road and Bridge staff told the court that some projects already have preliminary engineering underway. “You'd approved the $65,000 for the initial research to be done, which they are still doing. The cores were done 2…

Guadalupe County eyes itemized plan for $10 million reserve to address roads, drainage and low-water crossings

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