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Atascosa County proclaims April observances for sexual assault awareness, animal control officers and fair housing
Summary
Atascosa County Commissioners on April 13 adopted proclamations recognizing April 2026 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April 12–18 as National Animal Care & Control Officer Appreciation Week, and April as Fair Housing Month; all proclamations passed by voice vote.
Atascosa County Commissioners on April 13 adopted three proclamations to mark April observances and recognize county staff and advocacy work.
Andrea, a representative from Safer Path, urged the court to adopt a proclamation recognizing April 2026 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, saying the agency provides services to adult survivors and aims to "raise awareness so that community rallies together so victims feel safe to come forward." The county judge read the proclamation and Commissioner Gillespie moved approval; the motion carried.
Sarah of the county animal-control office asked the court to proclaim April 12–18, 2026 as National Animal Care and Control Officer Appreciation Week, noting the county has "three full-time animal control officers that cover our whole county" and describing the difficult public-facing work the officers perform. The court voted to adopt that proclamation and thanked the staff present (identified in the record as Pedro Augustini, Eustace Coggins and Cheyenne McGee).
The county judge read a Fair Housing Month proclamation that referenced Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the Texas Fair Housing Act; the proclamation calls on residents to observe the month and support equal housing opportunity. The court adopted that proclamation by motion.
All three proclamations were adopted by voice vote; no dissenting votes were recorded in the public minutes. The proclamations will be signed and copies retained with the court records. The court moved immediately to routine business after the proclamations.
