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Midland County Commissioners approve multiple administrative measures including grant hires, budget amendments and a new public‑works position
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the court unanimously approved payroll adjustments, a temporary funding plan for a Texas Anti‑Gang Task Force grant administrator, a $243,501 budget amendment for a mental‑health CRT grant, a DPS interlocal MOU, library grant and subscription renewals, vehicle purchases, various plats, traffic control changes and creation of a noncapital projects manager position.
Midland County Commissioners Court on June 17 approved a bundle of routine and grant‑related administrative actions across county departments.
Key votes included: • Payroll adjustments for Deputy Kimo and Jailer Castillo to align with previously approved pay steps (Item 4) — motion passed unanimously. • Authorization to hire a Texas Anti‑Gang Task Force grant administrator immediately, with county funds temporarily covering salary until the TAG grant begins Oct. 1; the position was approved at grade 26, step 17 (Item 5). • A budget amendment of $243,501 to incorporate remaining funds for the mental‑health Co‑Responder/CRT grant (Item 6). • Approval of an interlocal cooperation agreement with the Department of Public Safety to assign a forensic scientist (Melissa Wood) to Midland through a DPS lab arrangement (Item 13); the court authorized the county judge to sign the agreement. • Acceptance of a $90,000 grant from the FMH Foundation to the Midland County Public Library Foundation for exhibits and authorization to sign grant paperwork (Item 14), and approval of the library’s OverDrive subscription renewal and participation in the state interlibrary loan reimbursement program (Items 15–16). • Approval of the creation of a new noncapital projects manager position in Public Works (grade/pay roughly $88,078 annually) with an Aug. 1 start date; the court authorized the position and to fund the remainder of the year from departmental salary balances (Item 25). • Plat approvals and land‑use motions, including Jazz Acres plat approval and owner signature for a jail property replat (Items 23, 27), and authorization of the NEST Subdivision variance to proceed to design (Item 24). • Fleet actions: authorization to purchase available Tahoes and pickups (Item 35) and to upfit two Road & Bridge trucks (Item 31). • Contracts: authorization for the county judge to sign a Trainer Inc. contract for design of a new juvenile justice center (Item 28), and authorization to cancel the Kinetico courthouse water contract and execute a Culligan agreement (Items 36–37). • Traffic control: multiple sign installations and speed‑limit adjustments (Items 29–30).
Motions were made, seconded, and passed on the record for each item; recorded votes in the transcript show unanimous approval on the listed items.
