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Commissioners approve tri‑party safekeeping and several contracts; U.S. Marshals per‑diem negotiated higher
Summary
The court approved updated collateral and tri‑party safekeeping agreements for pledged securities, authorized bridge engineering services, approved a small modification to an ICE task order, and accepted a negotiated increase in the U.S. Marshals per‑diem for federal inmates to $112 and a raised guard hourly rate of about $40.83; a courthouse camera quote was clarified and matched to a separate budget amendment.
The McLennan County Commissioners Court approved a series of contracts, a collateral safekeeping arrangement and an updated intergovernmental rate for housing federal inmates during its May 5 meeting.
Bill Hilton presented revised tri‑party safekeeping and collateral security agreements that will allow pledged municipal bonds to be held by an independent custodian. "The custodian provided the tri‑party agreement," Hilton said; the court approved the agreements by motion.
The court also authorized a professional services agreement with Quiddity Engineering to pursue bridge and guardrail repairs after TxDOT consultants identified a bridge with a critical…
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