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Denton County Commissioners Court approves consent items, road projects, grants and personnel actions
Summary
At its February meeting the court approved the consent agenda and a series of motions including subdivision replat, interlocal road agreements, equipment purchases, personnel additions and grant agreements; most votes were unanimous.
The Denton County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to approve a number of consent and regular-agenda items during its February meeting, including a subdivision replat, multiple interlocal agreements for road and public-safety services, equipment and software authorizations, budget transfers to create positions, and grant agreements for public-health programming.
Key actions recorded on the court's agenda and approved by recorded motions include:
- Approval of the consent agenda (item 2). Motion by Commissioner Falconer; second by Commissioner Williams. Motion carried unanimously.
- Burns Branch Estates Phase 3 replat (Lots 14R and 15R, 11.25 acres in Precinct 4). The court opened and closed a public hearing and then approved the replat. Motion to open public hearing by Commissioner Edmondson, second by Commissioner Mitchell; motion to close by Commissioner Evans, second by Commissioner Mitchell; motion to approve the replat by Commissioner Edmondson, second by Commissioner Mitchell. Motion carried unanimously.
- Approval of the weekly bill report (item 5a) for various forfeiture and fund payments, presented for recording. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, second by Commissioner Edmondson; motion carried unanimously.
- Authorization to advertise RFP 242839 for transportation of human remains and appointment of an evaluation committee including Jennifer Hernandez, Bob Murphy and Matt Richardson (item 6a). Motion by Commissioner Evans, second by Commissioner Falconer; motion carried unanimously.
- Declaration of surplus and trade-in authorization for NetGuardian RTUs and purchase of four new NetGuardian 832 Gen X RTUs from Digital Prototype Systems Inc. in the amount of $15,386 (item 6b). Motion by Commissioner Falconer, second by Commissioner Edmondson; motion carried unanimously.
- Approval of funding transfers and creation of four positions in the Tax Assessor-Collector's office (one assistant department supervisor, one super senior clerk, two deputy clerks) with transfers from non-departmental contingency totaling $208,166 (item 7c). Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, second by Commissioner Falconer; motion carried unanimously.
- Personnel and hiring actions reported for recording purposes (item 8a), and approval of the 2025 PEBC budget as presented (item 8b). Motion to approve PEBC budget by the chair; second by Commissioner Mitchell; motion carried unanimously.
- Approval of the Health and Human Services Commission WIC grant agreement HHS0015034000022 to fund the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program for October 2025 through September 2030 (item 9a). Motion by Commissioner Falconer, second by Commissioner Edmondson; motion carried unanimously.
- Approval of the City of Dallas renewal extension for the agency participation agreement with the Denton County Sheriff's Office for the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) program for Oct. 2024 through Sept. 2025 (item 12a). Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, second by Commissioner Edmondson; motion carried unanimously.
- Drawing and approval of names for the 2024 grand jury to serve on the Denton County Salary Agreements Committee (item 12b). The court approved the names as drawn; motion carried unanimously.
- Approval of completion of required continuing education credits by Denton County District Clerk David Trantham for calendar year 2024 as required by Section 51.605 of the Texas Government Code (item 13b). Motion by Commissioner Williams, second by Commissioner Mitchell; motion carried unanimously.
- Approval of an agreement between the City of Denton and Denton County to provide hotel-occupancy tax revenue of $296,200 to the Denton County Office of History and Culture (item 14a). Motion carried unanimously.
- Interlocal agreement for the Mackenzie Hembree project with a county contribution of $1,000,000 toward right-of-way and project starts (item 14c). Motion by Commissioner Mitchell; second by the chair; motion carried unanimously. Funding source identified in the agenda item was precinct-specific bond/trip funds.
- Temporary construction license and consent to easement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Shady Shores Road project, a four-year construction license ending July 2028 with a listed cost of $380 and no cost for the consent-to-easement structures (item 14d). Motion by Commissioner Falconer, second by Commissioner Mitchell; motion carried unanimously.
- Approval of multiple 2024-25 interlocal cooperation agreements for fire protection and ambulance services between Denton County and 15 municipal and volunteer fire departments listed on the agenda (item 14f). Motion by Commissioner Edmondson, second by Commissioner Mitchell; motion carried unanimously.
Votes not accompanied by roll-call tallies were recorded on the public record as unanimous with "Aye" and "Motion carries unanimously." No motions on the record failed or were tabled during the meeting.
The court recorded several items for "recording purposes only" (reports, miscellaneous equipment/service reports and personnel actions) and took no executive-session action at this meeting.
