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Commissioners approve $5.424 million pass-through to HHSC, credit-card authorizations and multiple routine contract and budget items
Summary
The Jan. 27 Brazos County meeting included approval of a $5,424,281.22 wire transfer to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission as a pass-through for hospitals, US Bank credit card and limit approvals, multiple contract and procurement actions, budget amendments and acknowledgment of monthly reports.
The Brazos County Commissioners Court approved a series of financial and administrative actions on Jan. 27, including a $5,424,281.22 wire transfer to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for the Uncompensated Care Demonstration—year 15—funded from the Brazos County Participation Fund. A commissioner clarified that this was a pass-through disbursement with no county budgetary impact.
The court approved issuance of a U.S. Bank credit card to Duane Holloway with a $2,000 credit limit for conference and travel expenses and approved a related credit-limit item. Commissioners used the discussion to raise broader questions about the county's credit card policy: Marcy Turner, the county auditor, said the auditor’s office reviews charges by line item and reconciles statements; commissioners discussed whether department heads should have delegated authority up to a threshold and whether the written policy should be reviewed in a workshop.
Other approvals included accepting donated ballistic glass worth $8,400 to support SafeShield operations, declaration of surplus property under Local Government Code §263.152, contract addenda and change orders (including a deductive change order reducing a paving contract by $164,662.99), authorization to advertise and form evaluation committees for RFPs, final plat approval for Brazos Valley Estates and routine budget amendments and personnel items. Several items were approved by voice votes as part of the consent agenda.
The court also acknowledged routine departmental reports: juvenile probation counts (153 juveniles on probation; 30 in detention) and sheriff’s office statistics (average daily jail population of 722 in December).
