Cooke County Texas Commissioners Court Budget Hearings 6-23-2026

Cooke County Commissioners Court · June 23, 2026

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Opening: call to order and County Court of Law budget overview

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6:22 → 8:59(2m 37s)

Court called to order at 9:05 a.m. Commissioner leads introduce day two and ask Judge Townson to summarize requested County Court of Law salary and expense changes. Judge Townson reports the prior line ($237,817 for Judge Morris) included judge longevity that the new judge does not receive; he lists his base ($175,000), supplement ($15,210) and juvenile board supplement ($1,200), and requests a conference budget increase to $1,500.

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Cooke County commissioners held a multi-hour budget hearing reviewing department budget requests, staffing changes and outside funding requests. Officials discussed a reduced county court salary request, election administration needs, treasurer staffing, a county attorney request for extra prosecutor capacity, and outside agencies’ hotel-occupancy (HOT) funding asks; the court later voted to renew existing insurance and add $10,000 for a market survey.

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