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Votes at a glance: Titus County court approves minutes, accepts opioid settlement, moves funds for radios, approves plats and speed reductions
Summary
At its April 27 special session the court approved minutes, accepted an opioid-litigation allocation for Titus County, authorized interim funds for APX radios pending grant reimbursement, approved a subdivision plat and reduced speed limits on two county roads, and approved budget amendments and payments.
The Titus County Commissioners Court handled a series of routine but consequential votes during the April 27 special meeting.
Key outcomes:
- Minutes for the April 13, 2026 meeting were approved on a motion by Commissioner Parchman and second by Commissioner Mitchell (unanimous). - The court accepted an approximate $3,276 allocation to Titus County from global opioid-litigation settlements (motion carried unanimously). - The court approved allocating up to $70,834 from the Titus County General Fund to purchase APX radios under FY2023 State Homeland Security Program grant (#5536201) with the expectation that the county will be reimbursed; staff noted a May 31 grant deadline and the motion carried unanimously. - The court approved the plat for Matty Lou's Garden subdivision (Precinct 3) after staff confirmed paperwork was in order. - The court approved speed-limit reductions on County Road 3225 (to 30 mph, Precinct 3) and County Road 4810 (to 25 mph, Precinct 4) based on commissioner requests citing safety concerns. - The court approved budget amendments tied to the radio purchase and signed pay orders and payments.
Votes were recorded in the transcript as unanimous for most consent and budget items; the annex repair bid item was postponed on a 3–1 vote (see separate story).
