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Commissioners approve $9.9M in claims, probe $200,000 cellphone payments and table insurance decision
Summary
The court approved nearly $10 million in general claims, examined duplicate or poorly‑documented cellphone charges and directed staff to reconcile accounts; a proposed property‑insurance renewal with options to raise limits or lower deductibles was tabled for two weeks pending clearer premium breakouts.
The Cameron County Commissioners Court on April 7 approved general claims totaling $9,977,669.74 and other payments, discussed unresolved cellphone and wireless billing issues that may have resulted in double payments, and tabled a property‑insurance renewal decision so staff can provide clearer comparison sheets.
Mateo Flores, the county’s senior internal auditor (speaker 8), told the court agenda item 4b included general claims of $9,977,669.74, medical claims totaling $978,494, and estimated gross payroll for the next period of $5,535,097.67. "The auditor's office is recommending the court's approval," Flores said.
Commissioners then questioned large payments to AT&T and T‑Mobile. One commissioner asked why a $200,000 check had been selected and whether sufficient documentation existed. "My my thing was, nothing is usually like 200,000," one commissioner (speaker 3) said, asking how the figure was arrived at and whether the payment would put…
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