County human-resources staff provided the Commissioners Court a weekly update on the Tax Assessor-Collector’s office and HB 718 implementation on Nov. 24, reporting progress in staffing and reductions in backlog.

HR said the tax office had six vacancies with two positions expected to be filled by January 2026 and four being filled internally; three background checks were complete and an accounting specialist posting would close on Nov. 30. The office reported 881 pending web-dealer transactions dating to Nov. 20 but credited Saturday work sessions and scheduled, one-day rolling closures of public counters for enabling uninterrupted clerk work, producing an overall reduction of roughly 1,300 transactions in the backlog compared to prior reports.

Commissioners characterized the improvement as significant and asked HR and tax-office staff to continue weekly reporting and process recommendations from an ongoing motion-study. No action was required beyond receiving the update.