Houston County commissioners approve cadet training tuition, courthouse plaque and heavy-equipment purchase

The Houston County Commissioners’ Court met Jan. 27 and approved a series of routine and program-specific actions, including county-paid tuition for two sheriff’s cadets, placement of a historical plaque on the courthouse grounds, and the purchase of a new Mack dump truck for Precinct 2.

County Judge Jim Lovell opened the meeting at 9:00 a.m.; Commissioner Willie Kitchen gave the invocation and Judge Lovell led the pledges. The court first approved prior minutes and routine financial items, including a correction of $55.60 to Precinct 1 Road and Bridge in the accounts-payable motion.

Sheriff Zak Benge described recently approved dispatch software equipment that “puts spoken words into written word on their system,” saying that without it agencies would have to rely on analog systems that would not be…