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Burnet County approves Architexas contract to pursue historic courthouse preservation planning grant
Summary
The commissioners approved a contract not to exceed $5,000 to hire Architexas to assist with a Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program planning grant and authorized letters of support to be signed by the county judge and commissioners.
Burnet County Commissioners Court voted on April 14, 2026, to approve a contract with Architexas to assist the county in preparing a planning grant application to the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program (Round XIV). The contract amount was authorized not to exceed $5,000 and the court also authorized the county judge and commissioners to sign individual letters of support for inclusion in the planning grant application. The motion to approve the contract was made by Commissioner Joe Don Dockery and seconded by Commissioner Chad Collier and carried 5-0.
Speakers during the item included Blair Manning, Tourism and Marketing Director, and Nicole Westhoff of the Burnet County Historical Commission, who addressed historical and tourism benefits of courthouse preservation. The court’s action directs staff to engage Architexas and to include the judge’s and commissioners’ letters in the grant submittal materials.
The grant application attachments in the meeting record include the grant proposal draft and letters of support; the approved planning contract is expected to be funded from tax notes as noted in the agenda language.
