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Wichita County Commissioners’ Court reviews consent agenda, raises questions about ClearGov contract and trustee-property invoices
Summary
At the Oct. 28 meeting the court highlighted a service-order amendment with ClearGov expected to save about $6,000 and a corrected Falls Property Administration invoice reducing an amount from $32,170 to $7,120.04; a court member called the trustee-property backup materials confusing and asked whether properties could be transferred to the city.
Wichita Falls, Texas — At its Oct. 28, 2025 meeting, the Wichita County Commissioners’ Court discussed two consent-agenda items that drew extra attention from members: an amendment to extend services with ClearGov and a correction to a Falls Property Administration invoice for trustee-property maintenance.
The meeting opened at 10:02 a.m. with the presiding judge and an invocation by Commissioner Beecham. During public comment, Commissioner Beecham thanked the court after receiving an ACE award from the Wichita Falls/Wichita County Art Alliance. The court then moved to the consent agenda, which contained 11 items.
The judge summarized item 5 as a service-order amendment with ClearGov, a budgeting software provider. “I was very impressed this year by how much easier it made my job, how much easier, hopefully, it made the job in the auditor's office in assisting with putting together the initial budget draft,” the judge said, noting that the county removed a couple of unused service levels from the agreement and that the change would save about $6,000 from last year’s amount.
On item 10 the judge said the Falls Property Administration invoice dated October 2025 included an incorrect amount and should be reduced from $32,170 to $7,120.04 for trustee-property maintenance reimbursement payable to the city of Wichita Falls. He asked if there were any objections to making that reduction.
Speaker 6 said the backup materials and spreadsheets accompanying the invoice were “very confusing” and asked whether those trustee properties could be transferred to the city so the county could “be out of that loop altogether.” The judge responded directly to a related question about whether the county was receiving $7,000, saying, “No.” The exchange centered on the clarity of the invoice backup and the court’s ongoing efforts to remove county properties from the tax rolls.
The transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote or a final, recorded action on the consent agenda items included in this excerpt. Court members discussed the items and asked for clarification; Speaker 6 requested clearer backup documentation for trustee-property billing and an explanation of whether transfers to the city were possible. The court noted it has been actively trying to get county-owned properties returned to the tax rolls and that the city manages some of those properties.
What happens next: staff were prompted to follow up on the trustee-property invoice details and the consent-agenda paperwork; the transcript ends before a formal recorded vote appears in the audio excerpt. The court also continues outreach on pedestrian safety near local crosswalks and public-health activities such as employee flu clinics.
