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At a glance: Van Zandt County Commissioners approve auctions, reimbursements, plats, scholarship endowment and move to executive session

December 18, 2025 | Van Zandt County, Texas


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At a glance: Van Zandt County Commissioners approve auctions, reimbursements, plats, scholarship endowment and move to executive session
At its regular session, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court approved a series of routine and substantive items in single or separate motions.

Key outcomes included:
- Authorizing the auction of four Chevrolet Tahoes and other sheriff’s vehicles with proceeds to return to the sheriff’s vehicle-purchase line (motion passed).
- Approving an over-45-day reimbursement of $388.64 to Precinct 4 Constable Bob Keltner for uniforms and office supplies (motion passed).
- Appointing Brian Cummins to Emergency Services District No. 3 (motion passed).
- Awarding the unblended road oil bid to Blazer Resources (motion passed) and directing staff to revisit bid language for fluctuating commodities.
- Approving an equipment-auction plan consolidating precinct surplus items into a single auction (motion passed).
- Rejecting change order No. 5 from L3Harris for critical spare equipment and requesting the vendor appear at a future meeting (motion passed).
- Ratifying vendor selection and approving $15,497 from the economic development/capital credits fund for courthouse holiday lights performed by Star Services of Wills Point (motion passed).
- Approving over-45-day travel reimbursement for a transfer-station attendant (motion passed).
- Approving the Falconwood replat (Van Zandt County Road 3811, Precinct 3) and the BHE Creekside subdivision plat (CR 4111, Precinct 4) after staff confirmed applicants met county requirements (motions passed).
- Authorizing the county judge to sign a GRAM to establish the Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing Scholarship Endowment at Trinity Valley Community College Foundation (motion passed).
- Authorizing the county judge to sign an amendment to the Drury Construction contract to include FEMA provisions (motion passed) and approving a consolidated Ricoh lease for 18 replacement copiers (motion passed).
- Approving the consent agenda and then adjourning regular session to enter executive session under the Texas Government Code.

The court recorded votes by voice; individual roll-call tallies were not read into the record for most items during the meeting.

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