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Votes at a glance: Liberty County Commissioners Court — June meeting
Summary
A roundup of motions and formal actions taken by the Liberty County Commissioners Court during the June meeting, including approvals for grants, contracts, invoices, purchases and several tabled subdivision items.
The following is a concise list of formal actions, motions and outcomes recorded during the Liberty County Commissioners Court meeting in June 2025. Where the transcript recorded a motion and vote but did not show an exact numerical tally, the outcome shown is as stated in the meeting record.
- Consent agenda (with add-on): Motion to accept consent agenda including add-on payroll correction for the District Attorney’s office ($11,724.83) — motion carried.
- Item 8-1 Veteran Services: Approve grant renewal from Texas Veterans Commission for $50,000 for FY 2025–26 — motion carried.
- Item 8-2 Emergency Management: Accept donation of trailer generator from CenterPoint Energy (community generator program) and add to county preventive maintenance schedule — motion carried.
- Item 8-3 Tri-County Behavioral Health Board: Reappoint Gail Page to the Tri-County Behavioral Health Care Board of Trustees (Page has served since 2016) — motion carried.
- Item 8-4 TIRZ reimbursement: Certify and approve reimbursement to Gulf Inland TIRZ in amount $154,019 — motion carried.
- Item 8-5 Permits & Inspections: Accept roads and commence two‑year maintenance period for Santa Fe Subdivision Section 14; replace surety bond with two‑year maintenance bond (engineer recommendation attached) — motion carried.
- Items 8-6–8-10 (Permits/Inspections, ARPA Hardin project): Approve change order #1 to LJ Engineering $329,449; approve estimate payment #3 to King Solutions Services LLC $250,139.16; approve invoices to Schaumburg & Polk ($11,880) and LGA Engineering ($996.25) for city of Hardin sanitary sewer rehabilitation using ARPA funds — motions carried.
- Item 8-11 County Clerk: Approve purchase of four replacement laptops for $3,730.76 from County Clerk records management funds — motion carried.
- Items 8-12–8-13 Elections: Approve purchase of 35 replacement poll pads (Hart InterCivic & No Inc) for $38,500; approve ballot-redaction software license and professional services (license $2,487.50; services $5,200; annual support $2,125) — motions carried.
- Item 8-14 Jury Plan: Approve Liberty County jury selection plan submitted by district judges — motion carried.
- Items 8-15–8-19 Sterling Traditions subdivision: Multiple variances and preliminary plats for Sterling Traditions Sections 1–3 were considered and tabled for further study and to address reviewer‑conflict concerns — tabled (unanimous or majority votes as recorded).
- Item 8-20 Precinct 3: Approve use of county employees to obtain and deliver Houston Food Bank food to Cleveland Senior Center — motion to table pending legal review (court directed legal staff to review liability and funding/account rules).
- Item 8-21 Interlocal – Inmate housing: Approve interlocal agreement with Burnett County for housing Liberty County inmates at $85 per day — motion carried.
- Item 8-22 Pre-application Liberty Meadows: Receive pre-application presentation for proposed Liberty Meadows subdivision (no action taken) — court took no action.
- Item 8-23 Lease (old Chamber building): County attorney requested tabling lease agreement between Liberty County and Charles Wiggins for 1801 Trinity Street pending further negotiation — tabled.
- Item 8-24 Real estate closing: Approve amendment to commercial real estate contract to reschedule closing to Aug. 1, 2025 and allow buyer partial possession for 30 days after closing — motion carried.
- Item 8-25 Notices kiosk: Approve purchase and installation of notices kiosk at Cleveland Annex from Covenant for $9,829.76 paid from County Clerk records management funds — motion carried.
- Item 8-26 Emergency ambulance services: Authorize solicitation of Requests for Proposals (RFP 25‑11) for emergency ambulance services and name an evaluation team (named representatives) — motion carried.
- Item 8-27 Sheriff asset: Declare a 2002 crime scene trailer (asset #1289) as salvage — motion carried.
- Item 8-28 Fire Marshal fee schedule: Approve proposed fee schedule for Fire Marshal; implementation plan and posting required before enforcement — motion carried (one recorded nay).
- Item 8-29 Elections grant: Authorize filing application for Texas Secretary of State grant funds (HAVA-related) to cover poll pads and associated costs; approved resolution to request grant funds — motion carried.
- Executive session: Court met in executive session to consult with county attorney on potential financing and costs associated with construction of a new jail (Texas Gov’t Code §551.071); court reported no action taken in open session afterward.
Notes about vote tallies: The transcript records many motions as “All in favor, say aye” without a roll-call tally in the record; unless the transcript recorded a specific count (for example a reported 3 ayes and 1 stay on one item), the item outcomes above reflect what the court announced on the record.
For reference: Items were discussed in the order presented on the court agenda. Several complex land‑use items were tabled to permit additional technical review and to address possible reviewer conflicts.
