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Rockwall County appoints contracting officer to sign assurances for Cedar Creek Site 16 and 16A
Summary
At a March 30 special meeting, the county appointed a contracting officer and authorized execution of 'assurances' documents so required NRCS dam paperwork for Cedar Creek Site 16 and 16A can be filed before a March 31 deadline; both motions passed unanimously.
The Rockwall County Commissioners Court met in special session March 30 and voted to appoint a contracting officer to sign required documents for Cedar Creek Site 16 and 16A and to authorize execution of related "assurances." The court approved the motions by 5-0 votes.
Commissioner Lichty described the matter as long-running coordination between Rockwall and Kaufman counties and county counsel, saying, "they put a March 31 deadline and as we were getting everything together we realized that the prior contracting officer is no longer a member of this court and somebody has to sign all these papers and get them submitted." The judge made the motion to appoint a contracting officer to allow timely filing; the court recorded the motion as passing 5 to 0.
The court then approved a separate motion authorizing the contracting officer to execute the documents titled "assurances" relating to real property acquisition for both Cedar Creek Site 16 and 16A, with the approval noted as "subject to receiving the final legal opinion from our legal counsel" and, for Site 16, subject to Kaufman County's execution where applicable. Commissioner Lichty told the court he and counsel negotiated terms with a federal agency and expected legal opinion documents imminently.
Court members did not identify further conditions beyond final counsel review and Kaufman County sign-off for the Site 16 documents. The court did not record individual roll-call vote names in the transcript; both motions were announced as passing 5 to 0. Next steps reported on the record included obtaining the final legal opinion and filing the completed documents before the stated deadline.
