Starr County commissioners approve multiple grant applications, budget amendments and personnel forms

Starr County’s Commissioners’ Court approved a series of grant applications, budget amendments and routine personnel and procurement items during its Jan. 26 meeting, including a cybersecurity grant application, funding-related requests for prosecution and forensic evidence programs, and a Texas A&M Forest Service grant to the La Rosita Fire Department.

The approvals were presented as individual agenda items and carried on motions and seconds recorded on the minute-by-minute record. A staff speaker described the cybersecurity application as for "cybersecurity planning and hardware," and court members approved submission of that application. The court also approved the district attorney’s grant-related items, an application described in the record as "2627 grama," and various prosecution and equipment-related grants; the record does not define "2627 grama." Several voting items (vendor claims, grant approvals, workforce agreement updates, equipment…