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Votes at a glance: Waller County Commissioners Court, July 23, 2025
Summary
Quick reference listing of actions recorded in the July 23, 2025 Waller County Commissioners Court meeting, including consent approvals, tabled items, minor land-use approvals and administrative contracts.
Here are the formal actions recorded in the Waller County Commissioners Court transcript for July 23, 2025. Where the transcript did not name a mover or provide a roll-call tally, the outcome is recorded as noted in the meeting record.
- Consent agenda approved with revisions: The court approved the consent agenda after removing agenda item 20 and revising item 25 to read Schlipp Road from U.S. 90 to Morton Road (agenda item 25 was corrected from Franz Road to Morton Road). The transcript does not record a roll-call tally for the consent vote.
- Agenda item 20 (tax certificates or related item) — tabled: Item 20 was removed from the consent agenda and, after discussion noting missing information, a motion to table was made and carried. (No mover/second or roll-call tally recorded in excerpt.)
- Item 47 — public hearing on the Rio Acres replat (Bosque Estates): The court opened the public hearing; no public speakers were recorded in the provided excerpt and the hearing was closed at 9:10 a.m. The transcript does not show a separate formal vote on the replat in the excerpt.
- Item 48 — subdivision variance approved: The court approved a variance request concerning minimum lot size per dwelling (subdivision/development regulations, engineering design standards) for Venta Property LLC (Fabian and Gloria). County environmental staff reported receipt of a septic design meeting setback requirements and public water service; the motion to approve the variance carried (no roll-call tally in excerpt).
- Item 49 — Centennial Life Development Agreement: Approved. (See separate article for full details.)
- Item 50 — Swagit (Granicus/Swagit/streaming subscription) approved: Contract/subscription services for live streaming in the new courthouse were approved. Staff said most of the expense is equipment/products; subscription fees are minimal. Motion carried.
- Item 51 — Tyler Technologies annual property tax software maintenance approved: Court approved the annual property tax software contract/maintenance for Tyler Technologies.
- Item 52 — Salary order amendment to add two deputies for Waller ISD approved: The court amended the salary order to add two deputies assigned to Waller Independent School District; county representatives stated the arrangement with Waller ISD has been working well.
- Item 53 — Alternate members drawn for salary grievance committee: The court selected three members (Roderick Burnett; Lisa Osterkamp of Katy; Reuben Escobar of Brookshire) and three alternates (Jamie Bonilla Meja/Mejia of Brookshire; Justin Pristina of Katy; Mario Tort of Hempstead) to serve as alternates on the salary grievance committee that will hear elected-official salary grievances.
- Item 54 — Agreement with Focusing Families for $15,000 approved: See separate article for details and statements from the organization’s representative.
- Items 55 and 56 — withdrawn from the agenda: These items were withdrawn by staff prior to action.
- Item 57 — court recessed to executive session for consultation with the district attorney on pending or contemplated litigation at 9:28 a.m.; the court returned at 10:11 a.m. and reported no action taken in open session. Item 60 was withdrawn after executive session.
- Meeting adjourned following a motion to adjourn (no roll-call tally recorded in excerpt).
Where the transcript recorded only a generic motion/second and an affirmative voice vote (“all in favor”), this summary records the outcome as carried/approved and flags where no roll-call or named mover/second is present.
