Starr County Commissioners Court approved a series of routine actions and administrative items during the session after a public hearing on tax abatements.

Approvals recorded by motion and unanimous voice vote included minutes and vendor/claims lists. The court approved nominees to the Appraisal District board and split the countys allotted votes between the two nominees as proposed. Commissioners granted preliminary and final subdivision approvals for Midway Road Estates (preliminary), Lucero Subdivision (final) and Falcon Trail Phase 2 (preliminary); one commissioner abstained on the Falcon Trail vote.

Right-of-way permits from Frontier Communications to place handholes (described in the packet as flat utility boxes) on Elizabeth N. Ford, Ponderosa Lane and related local streets were approved. The court also approved an interfund loan of $450,000 from government special service project funds to the Road and Bridge fund to cover temporary cash-flow needs until tax receipts arrive, with the expectation funds will be reimbursed when tax revenues are collected.

The court approved the countys application for the Department of Agriculture home-delivered meals supplemental grant for the countys nutrition program and approved an elections item establishing one early voting location, four election day locations, and central count procedures as presented by the elections official. The County Treasurers investment report for the fourth quarter, prepared in compliance with the Texas Public Funds Investment Act, was accepted.

An MOU between Hope and Help Center and Starr County was approved, and a suite of budget amendments (agenda items 2256) and two budget corrections (items 5758) were adopted. The court entered executive session to discuss order of salaries and safety committee membership; upon return to open session the court approved the salary order and actions regarding the safety committee.

No individual contract awards, detailed project agreements, or specific dollar-line approvals beyond the described $450,000 interfund loan were recorded in the public portion of the transcript. Where motions were recorded as "moved and seconded" with a voice vote of "Aye," the transcript did not include a roll-call vote listing each commissioner by name.