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Van Zandt County commissioners approve grant applications, training travel and subdivision rule change
Summary
The Van Zandt County commissioners on Feb. 2025 approved multiple grant resolutions including a youth diversion grant and the VOCA victim services grant, authorized travel for two communications staff to an L3Harris training, amended subdivision rules to allow recycled crushed concrete as a base material, and approved a requested payroll/travel reimbursement; they also directed staff to submit the annual road-and-bridge expenditure report and signed a resolution seeking state hotel tax relief for counties.
Van Zandt County’s commissioners approved a bundle of routine and policy actions during their February meeting, including grant applications, staff travel, a change to subdivision road-base rules and a formal request to the state legislature to exempt counties from the state hotel occupancy tax.
The court voted to authorize submission of a grant application to fund a statutorily required youth diversion position after Speaker 6 moved the resolution and Speaker 3 seconded; Speaker 6 noted a recent success story tied to the program. The court also approved reapplying for the VOCA grant that funds the district attorney’s victim assistance coordinator. Both grant resolutions were approved by voice vote.
On training, the court approved airfare for two employees — Jeremy Jones (Sheriff’s Office) and Ron Beaver (IT) — to attend the annual L3Harris user conference and training symposium. Speaker 3 said the total airfare cost for both attendees is $600 and that the expenses come from the communications department budget.
Finance and reporting items included authorization for the auditor to sign and submit the Texas County Lateral Road and Bridge annual expenditure report (Form 40-133) for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. County staff…
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