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Court approves staffing changes, engineering amendments and a courtroom printer purchase
Summary
The commissioners approved use of salary savings to create a civil paralegal and a second victim-assistance coordinator in the district attorney’s office, authorized a GIS technician for the Tyler enterprise project, accepted several engineering service amendments, extended a drainage contract and approved a multifunction printer for the third‑floor courtroom.
Several administrative and procurement items were on the court’s agenda and were approved by voice vote.
District Attorney Tom asked the court to convert salary savings from unfilled positions into a civil paralegal role to support the civil division during an upcoming maternity leave and to create a second victim assistance coordinator because one coordinator currently handles about 1,200 quarterly victim contacts. "We would like to utilize some of our saved funds to hire a civil paralegal... and the additional funds we'd like to use to create a 2nd victim assistance coordinator," Tom said. Commissioners approved the staffing requests and noted the salary order would follow at the next session.
Staff also requested a dedicated GIS technician to support the county’s Tyler enterprise project and data needs for dispatch and public safety; the court approved adding that position under county IT/GIS oversight. The court approved an amendment to engineering services for additional survey and drainage coordination at the Clay At Pitts intersection and extended a drainage-review contract with Payton Dawson (funded from developer application fees). Procurement approved a multifunction printer for use by judges and clerk in the third-floor courtroom.
These approvals are administrative and budget-neutral in the session’s context (several items used existing or grant-allocated funds); follow-up steps include formal salary orders and contract documentation at subsequent meetings or in county procurement records.
