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Mason County commissioners approve salaries, contracts, donations and set tax‑rate hearing
Summary
At its Aug. 11 meeting, the Mason County Commissioners Court approved a 3% pay increase for elected officials, accepted donations to senior nutrition and the library, authorized multiple agreements and contracts, and set a public hearing on the tax rate for Aug. 25, 2025.
The Mason County Commissioners Court on Aug. 11 approved a series of routine financial and administrative measures, including a 3% pay increase for elected officials, several donations to county programs, and contracts for courthouse maintenance and services.
The court approved the 2026 elected officials’ salaries as presented — a 3% increase and $5.00-per-month longevity pay through the end of 2025 — on a motion moved by Commissioner Dave Underwood and seconded by Commissioner Fred Estes. The minutes record the motion as carried; the published minutes do not specify a roll-call tally.
The court accepted a $2,033 donation to the Senior Nutrition Program and a $3,500 donation to the Library MBE Fund (motion moved by Commissioner Reggie Loeffler and seconded by Commissioner Dave Underwood). The court also accepted a material donation of caliche for the Road and Bridge department from Darrell Arhelger and Laura Austin; quantity was noted as "to be determined." Each donation motion is recorded as carried; vote tallies are not specified in the minutes.
On procurement and services, the court approved a trial of an HPUE mobile booster to be installed in the County Road & Bridge Administrator’s pickup (motion moved by Commissioner Fred Estes, seconded by Commissioner Reggie Loeffler). The court approved a quote from Xtreme Clean Plus for exterior courthouse window cleaning in the amount of $1,790.00 and two quotes for Christmas lighting (roof line only: $6,379.92; roof line plus window-outline addition: $13,806.00), to be discounted and honored for three years; fund 6700 was cited as the funding source and the county will request a certificate of insurance. All motions were recorded as carried; minutes do not list numerical vote counts.
Interlocal and intergovernmental agreements cleared the docket: the court approved an Interlocal Agreement for 911 Public Safety Answering Point services and approved juvenile detention agreements with Grayson County and Taylor County (each motion recorded as carried and referenced in Commissioner’s Court Minutes Vol. 23). The court also voted to retain the current optional vehicle registration fees for calendar year 2026: $10.00 to Road and Bridge, $0.75 to Bluebonnet CASA and $0.75 to Hill Country Advocacy Group per registration.
The court scheduled the required public hearing on the property tax rate for Aug. 25, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. after voting to continue the proposed 2025 tax rate at the current rate of $0.642700 per $100 of assessed value. The motion to continue the rate was moved by Commissioner Fred Estes and seconded by Commissioner Reggie Loeffler and is recorded as carried; the minutes do not include a roll-call tally.
The meeting adjourned at 11:59 a.m. on a motion by Commissioner Buddy Schuessler, seconded by Commissioner Fred Estes.
Votes and motions: All actions noted above are recorded in the meeting minutes as "Motion Carried." The minutes commonly list the mover and seconder but do not provide roll-call vote tallies; where a numerical tally or individual yes/no/abstain is required for legal effect, the minutes reference the Commissioner’s Court Minutes volumes for the formal record.
