Johnson County approves interlocal to join Cleburne-led tire collection grant; discusses shared trailer

Johnson County Commissioners on Feb. 24 approved an interlocal agreement to participate with the City of Cleburne and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) in a 2025 tire-collection grant application.

The agreement authorizes county staff to cooperate with Cleburne on the March 6 grant application and to support a multi-precinct tire collection effort similar to a 2023 event that county and city officials described as having collected more than 12,000 tires.

The county judge opened the workshop discussion and invited Leland Pefley, environmental coordinator for the City of Cleburne, to describe the proposed 2025 effort. "In 2023, there are actually we collected over 12,000 tires," Pefley said, and he said the city hoped the county would join the application to expand collection and tracking for recycling or disposal.

Commissioner Bailey and other commissioners pressed for closer county–city coordination than in 2023, including a shared timeline by precinct, better logs of tires and staff time, and joint public outreach. Bailey said Precinct 4 in 2023 had been inundated and required…