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Court adjusts agenda-posting schedule under HB1522 and approves small budget amendment for Hurley Waterworks
Summary
After discussing HB1522/ Government Code §551.043 requirements to post meeting notices three business days in a public place, Scurry County court agreed to post agendas on Wednesday (with Tuesday noon internal cutoff); the court also approved a budget amendment moving $1,005 for Hurley Waterworks insurance/operating supplies.
Scurry County court discussed statutory changes described as HB1522 (referencing Government Code §551.043) that would require notice of a governmental meeting to be posted in a place readily accessible to the public for at least three business days instead of the prior 72-hour rule. Speaker 2 explained options: change the posting date or change regular meeting dates. The court agreed to change the public-posting day to Wednesday and set an internal deadline of Tuesday by noon for items to make the agenda to ensure three business days of public access. Speaker 9 clarified: "It has to be 3... business days," (Speaker 9).
Separately, Speaker 6 presented a budget amendment to move $1,005 to operating supplies/insurance for Hurley Waterworks; Speaker 2 noted the Public Utilities Commission hearing is upcoming. The court recorded the budget amendment and closed business on that item.
What happens next: staff will change the posting practice to meet three-business-day requirements and will complete the Hurley Waterworks budget amendment in the accounting system; the county will publish notices and maintain the new internal deadline for agenda items.
