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Votes at a glance: Ellis County Commissioners approve consent agenda, plats, procurement actions, canvass election results and accept FY24 audit

3289710 · May 13, 2025
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Summary

The court approved the consent agenda, multiple plats and variances, a sole‑source procurement and purchase for lightweight aggregate, canvassed a special election to create Emergency Services District No. 12 in parts of the county, and accepted the FY2024 comprehensive annual financial report and single‑audit.

Ellis County Commissioners Court completed a series of routine and substantive votes at its May 13 business meeting, approving the consent agenda, multiple plats and variances, a procurement exemption and one‑year purchase agreement, canvassing special‑election results for Emergency Services District (ESD) No. 12, and accepting the county's FY2024 annual comprehensive financial report and single audit.

Key outcomes:

- Consent agenda (administrative A1–A10 and financial F1–F10): Approved (motion by Commissioner Grayson; second by Commissioner Ponder). The consent agenda included routine administrative and financial items; staff had highlighted line‑item transfers related to elections/records building soft costs and hard costs for county facilities.

- Development and plat actions (development agenda items 1.1–1.15): The court took action to ratify staff approvals and to act on multiple plats and preliminary plats, including: Jordan Run Phase 2 maintenance bond with a $5,000 contingency for unresolved drainage (item 1.1;…

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