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Washington County approves generator contract, bank depository awards and routine items
Summary
At its March 3 meeting, the Washington County Commissioners Court approved a $63,650 grant‑funded contract for emergency generators (county share 10%), appointed a TESRS trustee, granted a permit for a community run, awarded county depository and subdepository contracts, approved a subdivision variance and authorized accounts payable of $380,316.99.
The Washington County Commissioners Court on March 3 approved a package of routine administrative actions, including a grant‑funded contract for emergency generators, the selection of county banking partners, personnel appointments and accounts payable.
A county presenter asked the court to approve a contract with Miller Electric LLC to install emergency generators at the Washington County Expo, the Expo Annex and EMS Station 3. The contract amount was stated as $63,650; the presenter said the county would be responsible for 10% of that total and that the remainder is covered by grant funding. “This will bring the total number of generators that the county is responsible for to 10,” the presenter said. The court voted to approve the contract and authorized the county judge to execute the necessary documents. Staff noted plans to add a preventive maintenance program in future budgets and cited a recent outage on Highway 290 when a generator functioned as expected.
On personnel and board matters, the court appointed Mark Rosenbomb as the trustee selected by the governing entity to serve on the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System (TESRS) local board for the Washington County Volunteer Fire Department Association, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of the prior representative. Commissioner Korn asked that Rosenbomb serve in the interim while the county seeks a permanent fire services director; the court approved the appointment "in accordance with section seven of the TESRS participation agreement and Texas Government Code Title 8, Subtitle H."
Land‑use and event items included approval of a subdivision variance request to split a roughly 14‑acre tract fronting FM 1155 in the James Keegan survey (115A-068, Precinct 1) into a ~4.1‑acre and ~10‑acre parcel; county staff (Mr. Stokes) said the proposal met acreage and frontage requirements and recommended approval. The court also approved the 2026 Run for the Youth (Blue Fun Run) permit application after brief remarks that the event is well run.
On finance, County Treasurer Peggy Kramer reported three bids for the county depository for 2026–2030 (Citizens State Bank, Brennham National Bank and Vera Bank) and said the finance committee recommended Brennham National Bank as the depository; the court voted to award the contract. The committee also recommended Brennham National as the subdepository, which the court approved. Kramer presented accounts payable totaling $380,316.99, including a voter‑equipment payment of roughly $95,000 and nearly $90,000 for the jail roof project; the court approved the payments.
Motions on each item were moved and seconded, and the court recorded voice votes approving the listed actions. The meeting adjourned after those routine items.
The transcript records these approvals and budget figures but does not include roll‑call vote tallies for individual commissioners.
