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Commissioners approve wheelchair lift contract and add emergency manager to county EOP

Cameron County Board of Commissioners · October 16, 2025
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Summary

The board approved a $72,560 contract for a wheelchair lift and adopted an emergency operations plan update naming Blaine Manganel as emergency management coordinator and adding him to distribution lists.

Cameron County commissioners approved a contract for a wheelchair lift and updated the county Emergency Operations Plan to add an emergency management coordinator.

For the accessibility upgrade, S2 asked for a motion to approve a wheelchair lift project to Moyer Building & Remodeling in the contract amount of $72,560; S1 moved and a second was recorded and the board proceeded with the item. The motion to award the contract was adopted without recorded opposition.

On emergency operations, S2 moved to adopt the Cameron County Emergency Operations Plan naming Blaine Manganel (spelled 'Manganel' in one pass of the transcript and 'Mangonel' in another) as the emergency management coordinator and to add him to the EMA distribution plan. The board voted to approve the formalities for the new employee in emergency management.

Provenance: wheelchair lift motion introduced at SEG 481 and concluded at SEG 489; EOP appointment at SEG 500-513.