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Willacy County court approves $50,000 match for FM 1015 street-improvement grant
Summary
The Willacy County Commissioners Court formalized a $50,000 county match for a $1,000,000 street-improvement grant for 10th Street at FM 1015 in Lasada, approved by voice vote; commissioners also discussed drainage work, a small driveway repair and a forthcoming change order.
The Willacy County Commissioners Court approved a $50,000 county match on Jan. 4 for a $1,000,000 street-improvement grant for 10th Street at FM 1015 in Lasada, bringing closure to documentation that staff said had not been recorded when the grant was accepted earlier in 2021–2022.
County staff presented the item and told commissioners the project is in its closing stages. "We just need to approve the match," said Unidentified Speaker 2, explaining that the minutes did not show the formal approval even though the grant had been accepted previously. Staff said the county match is $50,000 and that the overall grant amount was $1,000,000.
The court also discussed construction issues that emerged during the project. Unidentified Speaker 1 said grading will be required on FM 1015 to ensure water drains properly and estimated that grading work could be about $2,000, with a formal request to return to the court for approval. The discussion also noted a driveway that a resident had modified during construction; staff identified a related repair cost of about $480 and said driveways were to be restored to their pre-construction condition.
Unidentified Speaker 2 said rain and flooding delayed work and that the project deadline had been extended from Aug. 31 to Nov. 30. The same speaker described additional engineering and testing costs but did not provide a consolidated final figure; the transcript includes unclear numeric utterances during that portion of the discussion that staff did not resolve on the record.
When the motion was called, Unidentified Speaker 3 moved "to accrue matching funds for the total amount of $50,000 for street improvement grant project CFC21-0274 to be paid from capital fund 02 upon receipt." Unidentified Speaker 2 seconded the motion. The court voted by voice; after the affirmative responses the presiding speaker said, "Motion carries." The transcript does not include a roll-call or named vote tally.
Staff said it would bring any required change order back to the commissioners' court; Unidentified Speaker 2 said those additional amounts were "minimal," noting they were less than $2,500. The court then proceeded to the next agenda item.
The action formalizes the county match for project CFC21-0274 and records the approval that staff said was missing from county minutes. Additional grading or minor change-order work, and their associated costs, are expected to be brought back to the court for approval.
