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Leon County amends 391 application, bars commissioners from serving on 391 Committee
Summary
The Commissioners Court voted March 23 to bar its members from serving on the county's 391 Committee and to replace a 10-year residency requirement with an affirmation of continuous full-time residency in Leon County for applicants.
Leon County's Commissioners Court voted March 23 to prohibit any sitting commissioner from serving on the county's 391 Committee and to revise the residency requirement for 391 applicants.
County Judge Byron Ryder moved the first measure, seconded by Commissioner Joey Sullivan; the motion passed 4'to—2, with Commissioner T. J. Foley dissenting. Immediately afterward, Judge Ryder moved to amend the 391 resolution and application to remove a 10-year residency requirement and instead require applicants to "affirm continuous full-time residency in Leon County, Texas." Commissioner Kyle Workman seconded that motion, which also carried.
The changes were taken as separate, formal motions on the agenda item concerning the 391 application and resolution. The transcript records the court's vote breakdown on the conflict-of-interest prohibition (Yes: Ryder, Sullivan, Bing, Workman; No: Foley) and records the amendment to the residency language as approved.
The court did not specify additional implementing language or a timeline for taking the revised application into effect during the public session. The record also does not show whether staff will reissue the application or when the recruitment or appointment process will resume under the amended terms.
The 391 program (referenced in the agenda) concerns local development financing and related applications; the court's action alters who may serve on the county's review body and loosens the stated residency threshold for applicants.
The court adjourned the 391-related discussion after the motions were carried; no further deliberations or public testimony on this item are recorded in the public transcript.
Next steps: The transcript does not state a deadline or administrative steps for distributing the revised application or how the court will solicit applicants under the new standard.
