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El Paso County Commissioners Court met Nov. 9, 2026. The court accepted public comment about election procedures, approved contracts including a $5.18 million body‑worn camera purchase, adopted a public improvement district assessment update for Tierra del Este, accepted multiple grant awards and ARPA portfolio adjustments, and approved a Chapter 381 agreement for a battery energy storage project and a small infill housing incentive.
El Paso County Commissioners met Nov. 5, 2026, and approved a request to seek cooperating‑agency status with the U.S. Army for a proposed hyperscale data center at Fort Bliss; heard a detailed presentation from the El Paso Transportation Authority about service changes including a proposed discontinuation of Route 50; recessed to executive session on a Chapter 381 economic development negotiation; and handled several procedural and litigation items.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Nov. 2, 2026, to recognize veterans and community groups, approve multiple grant awards, authorize comment on a proposed U.S. Census rule, review sheriff staffing and budget shortfalls, and hear presentations on two major roadway projects and possible State Infrastructure Bank financing.
The El Paso City Council met Oct. 27, 2026; members approved direction to draft a resolution urging closure of the Camp East Montana detention site, asked staff to pursue truck restrictions on Trans Mountain Road, approved a plan to develop downtown building-safety inspections, heard El Paso Electric updates on refunds and transmission filings, and approved several community and economic items including a pilot impaired-driving voucher program.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Oct. 26, 2026, and adopted a no-new-revenue tax rate and the FY2027 budget, approved multiple grants and procurements, advanced a public-improvement-district assessment for Tierra Del Este, and heard public comment including calls to condemn a local incident involving KKK attire.
The El Paso City Council held a work session on 2026-10-26, recessed to executive session to consider several personnel/claim matters and economic development negotiations, returned to open session and approved denial of multiple claims and authorized continued negotiations on a Northeast El Paso project.
Regular/special meeting of the El Paso County Commissioner's Court (10/15/2026) covering bond/CIP updates, Escarate Park design options and community concerns, county strategic plan closeout, parks WiFi proposal, MPO transportation items, and a brief executive-session motion; public comment period had no speakers.
El Paso City Council held a work session on Oct. 12, 2026 covering the El Paso Museum of Art strategic plan and collections policy (both approved), an ARPA funding update, the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee annual report, public comment about paddle-court disturbances, and executive-session actions including authorization to sue Paddle Ranch Health and Wellness.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Oct. 5, 2026. Public commenters urged the court to continue funding the sheriff's DWI task force; the sheriff's office presented staffing and overtime reductions at the jails and requested restoring contingency overtime budget lines; the court adopted the county strategic plan and approved multiple community resolutions and grant actions.
El Paso County Commissioners Court received a presentation on the five-year strategic plan (FY2027–2031), debated how binational affairs and travel are coordinated, discussed AI policy and a HUD-entitlement planning action, approved the assignment of a transit executive's employment to EPATS, recessed into executive session, and adjourned.
The El Paso City Council met Sept. 29, 2026, for proclamations, public comment, and a full agenda that included a failed request to permit alcohol sales near a daycare, approval of multiple infrastructure financing actions, and authorization to apply for a $4 million META community grant for climate, lighting, water and safe-routes projects.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Sept. 28, 2026. The court approved routine consent items and several budget and operational items including reprogramming available bond proceeds for courthouse and county capital needs, authorized transition of county transit operations to El Paso Area Transportation Services (EPATS), adopted resolutions honoring Madeline Park Shakespeare Festival Week and Hunger Action Month, reviewed interim financial reports, and approved staffing and contract adjustments for heritage tourism and historic-site operations.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Sept. 21, 2026, and adopted multiple ceremonial resolutions, approved formation of a Veterans Capital subcommittee, approved East Montana water and sewer rate increases (6% water / 5% sewer), and received updates on the sheriff's budget and other county programs.
County commissioners heard a multi-item update on Go Bond capital projects and park improvements, reviewed a new policy to address thousands of abandoned lots in Far East El Paso, considered regional transportation programming and briefly recessed to an executive session to discuss contract negotiations related to a data center agreement.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Sept. 14, 2026 in the Enrique Moreno County Courthouse for a regular session covering proclamations (Mexican Independence Day, Ovarian Cancer Awareness, Suicide Prevention Month), presentations on bonds and the county's debt portfolio, public comment on food insecurity and local events, approval of multiple contracts, updates on legislative priorities and tourism initiatives, and final adoption of the FY2027 operating budget after extended discussion about sheriff's overtime and jail costs.
El Paso City Council heard mayoral proclamations and proceeded through public comment and multiple agenda items, notably directing removal of Flock Safety fixed ALPR cameras, approving a $2.5 million HOME reallocation to multifamily housing, and taking up animal-welfare concerns about El Paso Animal Services.
El Paso Mass Transit Department Board met Sept. 1; members approved the consent agenda and three items including a $225,000 purchase order for Genfare parts, a $425,600 (2-year) Section 5310 grant application for paratransit software, and a low/no-emission grant application for compressor replacement. One member of the public criticized the transit app and driver behavior.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Aug. 31, 2026. The court approved routine consent items and a series of recognitions, heard presentations on the county's capital-improvement and strategic plans, endorsed a state 9-1-1 funding resolution, approved a temporary transfer of the Binational Affairs function to the County Judge's office through March 2027, and reviewed interim financial reports that showed rising jail-related costs prompting a mid-year budget transfer request.
Work session of the El Paso City Council on 2026-08-31 covering a Concord Group housing market presentation, public comments on affordability and disability-accessible housing, and adoption of amendments to the city's 90th Texas legislative agenda; council later held executive session and took several development-related directions.
El Paso County Commissioners Court met Aug. 24, 2026. The court approved multiple resolutions recognizing community organizations and individuals, adopted FY2027 budgets and tax rates for the El Paso County Hospital District and several emergency service districts, approved new parks fee schedules, heard public comment urging the county to intervene in a Texas PUC transmission-line docket, and authorized the sheriff's office to apply for a large federal grant.
