Henderson County Commissioners Court unanimously approved dissolving the Cedar Creek Hospital District and redirecting its remaining funds to create the Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing Scholarship, the court heard during its Thanksgiving‑week meeting.

County staff told the court that voters in the former hospital district approved dissolution in November and that the district is effectively defunct. "The Cedar Creek Hospital District is no longer providing medical care; it's defunct. It never got off the ground," the presenter said, explaining the statutory process required under the enabling legislation filed with the Legislature.

Under the court's action, the district funds will be distributed to the three counties that overlapped the old district—Kaufman, Van Zandt and Henderson—and then routed to the Trinity Valley Community College Foundation to create the Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The presenter said recipients will need to reside within the boundaries of the dissolved district to be eligible.

The court authorized the county judge to sign the necessary documents and directed staff to prepare a memorandum of understanding that will lay out the distribution and oversight details before the scholarship is formally administered. The presenter said a follow-up court appearance will establish the oversight committee and finalize the written MOU with Trinity Valley Community College leadership.

The action was taken pursuant to the election outcome and the referenced legislative bill cited during the presentation. The court voted unanimously to approve the dissolution, transfer of funds and naming of the Trinity Valley Community College Foundation as the scholarship oversight committee.

The next procedural step is for county staff to return to court with the written MOU and the formal structure of the oversight committee for the foundation, at which point the scholarship's administrative design and any additional eligibility details will be finalized.