The Commissioner’s Court of Lamb County held their regular meeting on Monday, August 31st, to discuss a 13item agenda.
The meeting was called to order by Lamb County Judge James DeLoach at 10:02 a.m. and there was nobody present for Public Comment.
Consent Agenda: a) Consider and take appropriate action on minutes from previous meeting(s); there were no minutes presented for approval. b) Consider and take appropriate action on budget and salary amendments and/ or line-item transfers; there were none. c) Consider and take appropriate action on bills presented by the County Auditor; Lamb County Auditor, Gina Jones requested that the Commissioners approve bills totaling $370,624.21. d) Consider and take appropriate action on payroll; Lamb County Treasurer, Jerry Yarbrough requested that the commissioners approve payroll for Lamb County ending on August 2151 in the amount of $171,67698 and for LHC ending on August 22nd in the amount of $274,529.83. e) Consider and take appropriate action on departmental reports; there were none. f) Consider and take appropriate action Donations; there were none.
The motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented was made by Commissioner Danny Short and seconded by Commissioner Kent Lewis. The motion carried unanimously.
Item four on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on salary grievance recommendations.
A motion was made by Commissioner Lee Logan and seconded by Judge DeLoach to approve a $ 10,000 supplement for the Lamb County Treasurer, with the supplement to be reviewed annually by the Lamb County Commissioners Court. The motion carried with three voting aye, and two voting nay.
The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action on retirement for District Judge and District Attorney supplement.
A motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve the Retirement Supplement for the District Judge and District Attorney. The motion carried unanimously.
The next items on the agenda were a Public Hearing for 2026-2027 Fiscal Year Budget, consider and take appropriate action on adoption of the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year Budget, Public Hearing for 2026 Tax Rate, consider and take appropriate action on adoption of the 2026 Tax Rate and consider and take appropriate action to ratify property tax increase reflected in the FY 2026-2027 Budget.
No action was taken on any of these items.
Future agenda items were discussed.
The Commissioners went into a Budget Work Session. No action was taken.
With no further business to discuss a motion was made by Commissioner Short and seconded by Commissioner Logan to adjourn. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 11:59 a.m.