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Nueces County court pauses plan to add broad grants-payments exception, asks for shortlist of time-sensitive programs
Summary
County grants staff asked the court to add grants to an exception list so certain vendor payments could be processed without prior court approval; commissioners rejected a blanket approach and tabled the item to Jan. 18, asking staff for a narrowed list of urgent programs (ERAP, veterans assistance, election/HAVA items and similar time-sensitive grants).
During Jan. 4 deliberations, the county—s Grants office proposed adding grants to a vendor-payments exception list so time-sensitive grant-related invoices would not require prior Commissioner's Court approval. Anna (Grants) presented a list of processed grant payments and argued some programs require rapid payment processing to avoid adverse…
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