Brown County approves five-year cooperative agreement with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Brown County commissioners approved a cooperative agreement with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service during their meeting. The agreement renews the county’s partnership to provide agricultural, natural-resources and youth programming to Brown County residents.

The cooperative agreement was presented by Speaker 3, identified in the record as an AgriLife Extension representative. Speaker 3 told commissioners, “Thank you for your continued support for Brown County AgriLife and, the extension program, what we do, and we are in cooperation with y’all to do the same thing as to help the citizens of Brown County,” noting the Extension serves people “from the adult side all the way down to the youth side.” Speaker 3 said the agreement is renewed every five years and will next come up in 2030.

After the presentation, the board moved to approve the agreement. Speaker 1 called for the vote and asked those in favor to indicate it by raising their right hands; the meeting record indicates the commissioners agreed and Speaker 1 said both copies of the agreement would be signed and distributed.

Speaker 3 added operational details about staffing and timing, saying the position has been posted and the Extension hopes to fill it in December. A written report related to program statistics, Speaker 3 said, will be sent to commissioners’ inboxes during the day.

No dollar amounts, formal motion text, or roll-call tally are recorded in the transcript. The agreement was described as a routine five-year partnership renewal; the commissioners directed staff to sign the agreement and file the copies for the county’s records.