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Hemphill County approves Recreational Trails grant application with $75,000 local match
Summary
On Jan. 26, 2026 the Hemphill County Commissioners Court authorized submitting a Recreational Trails Grant application requiring a 20% local match totaling $75,000; the motion passed without opposition.
The Hemphill County Commissioners Court voted Jan. 26, 2026, to approve a resolution authorizing submission of a Recreational Trails Grant application that requires a 20% local match, stated in the motion as $75,000. Commissioner Nicholas Thomas moved to approve the resolution and Commissioner Dawn Webb seconded; the motion carried unopposed.
The vote authorizes county officials to seek funding through the Recreational Trails Grant program. The agenda caption and the motion recorded in the transcript did not specify project-level details, timelines, or which county department would manage the application or any subsequent project; those details were not provided in the record. County Judge Lisa Johnson opened the meeting at 9:00 a.m. and noted a full court was present before the vote.
The resolution as approved commits the county to a local match equal to 20% of the grant request, which the Court recorded in the motion as $75,000. The transcript does not state the total grant amount being requested from the grant program or which specific trail or site would receive the funds. The record shows the motion carried without opposition; individual roll-call votes were not listed in the transcript.
The Court took no further substantive action on the item in the available transcript. Next procedural steps (such as staff filing the application, deadlines, or allocation of matching funds) were not specified on the record.
