Jack County commissioners back appraisal district’s plan to buy office building in 4-1 vote

Brian Keith Umphress, County Judge, moved that the court sign a resolution supporting the Jack County Appraisal District Board’s recommendation to purchase an office building; Commissioner Amy Salazar seconded the motion and it carried on a roll-call vote, with Judge Umphress and Commissioners Salazar, Henry Birdwell Jr. and Terry Ward voting yes and Commissioner Gary Oliver voting no (4-1).

The minutes record the court’s formal support in a resolution but do not include detailed debate, fiscal figures or a text of the resolution in the transcript. The record does not show whether the resolution creates any binding county financial commitment; it records only the court’s signed support for the appraisal district board’s recommendation.

The action was taken as a discrete agenda item following a presentation period earlier in the meeting. The minutes do not show additional amendments or a vote to allocate county funds for the acquisition; any funding or formal purchase steps would require subsequent staff work and additional approvals not recorded here.

Other routine business approved earlier in the session included payment of accounts and claims and a multi-item consent agenda (see below), which the court approved unanimously before the resolution vote.

The court adjourned at 12:24 p.m. No further procedural steps for the appraisal district purchase are recorded in these minutes.