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Votes at a glance: Lavaca County commissioners approve donation, hires, contracts and inmate housing; burn ban left off
Summary
At its Dec. 22 meeting the Lavaca County Commissioners Court approved a $137,200 donation and personnel additions for a law-enforcement mental-health initiative, an intergovernmental agreement to house inmates in Goliad County, several vendor contracts, vehicle purchases, and left the county burn ban off after hearing fire-weather reports.
Lavaca County commissioners took a series of votes Dec. 22, approving donations, personnel additions, contracts and an intergovernmental inmate-housing agreement. The court recorded voice votes for each motion; individual roll-call tallies were not read aloud.
Key votes and outcomes
- Donation acceptance (Agenda item 2): Motion by Precinct 3, second by Precinct 4, to accept $137,200 from the Dixon Allen Foundation for the Law Enforcement Mental Health Wellness Initiative; approved by voice vote.
- Personnel additions (Agenda item 3): Motion by Precinct 1, second by Precinct 4, to add one full-time mental-health deputy and one full-time mental-health caseworker for the Sheriff’s Office, funded primarily by the donation; approved by voice vote. Salary figures in the transcript include a deputy amount cited as $65,001.93 (transcript also contains $65,193 in a separate line) and a caseworker…
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