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Residents raise safety and parking concerns about new courthouse during open forum
Summary
During open forum, a resident described a near‑fall on an escalator at the new courthouse and asked how invoice payments relate to escalator repairs; staff said the invoices were for project management services and that promotional items would be labeled 'Hidalgo County.'
During the public participation portion of the meeting, resident Fern McClarty questioned two invoices on the consent agenda (roughly $52,920 and $54,665.69) for project management services on the new courthouse and asked how funds would be used. McClarty also recounted a frightening escalator incident at the courthouse, saying she had to go back three times and that an escalator took off under her foot when it was slowing.
"It was scary and dangerous," McClarty said, pressing the court for details on the invoices and public parking availability after moving some spaces to the district attorney’s office. County staff responded that the invoices reflect services rendered by the project manager and that promotional items ordered for recruitment will simply read 'Hidalgo County.' The court accepted the explanation and continued the consent agenda process with the items discussed removed for separate consideration as requested.
