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Aransas County approves $5,000 forfeiture donation, withholds payment to Broadus amid contractor dispute
Summary
At a special session in Rockport, the Aransas County Commissioners Court voted 3–2 to approve a $5,000 donation from forfeiture funds to the Coastal Bend Community Foundation for the Children’s Coalition and to withhold payment on a disputed Broadus construction-management invoice pending further review.
At a special Aransas County Commissioners Court meeting in Rockport, commissioners voted 3–2 to approve a $5,000 donation from forfeiture funds to the Coastal Bend Community Foundation for distribution to the Children’s Coalition while withholding payment on a contested invoice from Broadus, the county's construction-management contractor.
The presiding official moved to approve the balances payable. The county attorney told the court that "these funds are out of the forfeiture funds, so they are not out of your own fund." A commissioner objected to paying Broadus further, saying Broadus had repeatedly…
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