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Commissioners halt payments, call lawyer after disputed fence and road change orders
Summary
Commissioners questioned whether county funds paid to replace a fence on private land were proper; the court tabled further payments pending county attorney negotiations and recommended settlement agreements or landowner releases before final approval.
Dimmit County commissioners paused payments and asked the county attorney to negotiate with affected landowners after an extended debate over change orders on a road project that also included replacement of fence lines.
The dispute centered on change orders tied to the Briscoe Ranch road project. One commissioner said inspection records and right-of-way releases were missing and that at least one fence on the project's path appears to be privately owned. "It looks like we built a private fence with taxpayers' money," another…
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