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Washington County Commissioners approve routine contracts, road additions and a $1 fee increase
Summary
At its Nov. 18 meeting the court approved Expo rental contracts, authorized bid solicitations for 2026 annual items, accepted multiple subdivision roads into the county system, approved an increase in a local $1 transaction fee to $2, and approved accounts payable including payments to Brenham and Burton ISD.
Washington County Commissioners Court on Nov. 18 approved a slate of routine administrative items including Expo rental contracts, authorization to solicit 2026 annual bids, acceptance of subdivision roads into the county road system, an increase in a local transaction fee, and payment of accounts payable.
The court approved three pending Washington County Expo rental contracts for a wedding, a bull sale and the Food for Families food drive and authorized the county judge to sign the contracts. The court also voted to authorize Engineering & Development Services to seek 2026 sealed bids for annual items such as mowing, culverts, bridge construction, fuel and asphalt; staff set the bid opening for Dec. 4, 2025, and the award for Dec. 16, 2025, in the Commissioner's Court Chambers.
On infrastructure, commissioners accepted streets in The Reserve at Chapel Hill (Precinct 1) and Washington Heights (Precinct 2) subdivisions into the county road system; staff noted the Washington Heights streets are hot‑mix and reminded the court that adopting hot‑mix roads will affect future maintenance budgeting. During discussion staff estimated the county maintains roughly 638 miles of roads (they noted online figures may be out of date).
The court approved raising the optional local transaction fee collected by the district clerk, county clerk and justice of the peace offices from $1 to $2 per transaction as authorized by Article 102.072 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure; staff told the court most Texas counties charge the $2 fee and that the change would primarily affect justice of the peace offices.
On finance, Miss Kramer reported accounts payable items described in the meeting as "717,000 for $11.58 in bills" (transcript phrasing), including $295,000 to Brenham ISD, $41,000 to Burton ISD and $125,000 for work on the ATS Building; the court approved payment by voice vote. The transcript does not record individual roll‑call vote tallies for the motions; actions were approved by voice votes where indicated.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
