The Commissioners of Lamb County held their regular meeting on Monday, August 24th, in the Commissioner ’s Court Room at the Lamb County Courthouse, where a 13item agenda was discussed.
Lamb County Judge James DeLoach called the meeting to order 1:35 p.m. and he also gave the invocation, before leading the U.S. and Texas Pledge of Allegiance.
District Judge Scott Say spoke during public comment, in regards to Item eight on the agenda, which was, consider and take appropriate action on retirement for District Judge and District Attorney Supplement.
After some discussion in regards to item eight, it was decided that further research needed to be done on the matter, so no action was taken, and the item was put on the agenda for the next meeting.
Mayor Eric Turpen also spoke during public comment in regards to the Hospital and a potential relationship with MTC.
Item four on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on IGT for Lamb Healthcare Center.
“This is the same IGT we have already approved, we just have to get the official number on the motion,” Judge DeLoach stated. “It’s a 30 day turnaround, it’s not one that will get dragged out.”
A motion was made by Commissioner Kent Lewis and seconded by Commissioner Danny Short to approve an IGT for LHC in the amount of $375,527.81.
Consent Agenda: a) Consider and take appropriate action on minutes from previous meeting( s); Judge DeLoach stated, there were two sets of minutes, both of which appeared to be in order. 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 $713,224.45. d) Consider and take appropriate action on payroll; Lamb County Treasurer, Jerry Yarbrough stated there was none. e) Consider and take appropriate action on departmental reports; Packets. 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 Commis- -sioner Danny Short and seconded by Commissioner Lee Logan. The motion carried unanimously.
Jonathan Galley of Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP gave a report on the Fines and Collection Report.
No action was necessary. The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action on Soil Conservation work in Pct. 1.
“It’s in the middle of these two fences, it’s going to take a few machines and will take potentially a few days,” Commissioner Cory DeBerry said.
The motion to approve the soil conservation work in Pct. 1 was made by Commissioner DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Lewis. The motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on Order of General Election Nov. 3, 2026.
“I just needed to present the order, we don’t have the propositions or all of the candidates yet,” County Clerk Rene Trevino stated. “ Early voting will start on Oct. 19th through the 23rd from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 26th through the 30th from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Weekend hours will be Sat. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sun. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.”
The motion to approve the Order of General Election was made by Commissioner DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Logan. The motion carried.
Item nine on the agenda was consider and take appropriate action on Fraud, Waste and Abuse Policy.
“We recently had an audit and we had a finding because we did not have this policy in place,” Jones said. “I asked if the state had a sample, filled in our information and sent it to Ricky, but I don’t think she’s had a chance to look at it.”
Redman added, “Jerry and I had already talked about make two or three other changes to our policies and handbook, so I told Gina I would just put this with that. If it’s what we need, it’s what we need. I would be OK if you guys approved it conditionally.”
A motion to approve the Fraud, Waste and Abuse policy, conditionally on DA Redman’s approval was made by Commissioner DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Short. The motion carried.
Future Agenda Items were discussed.
The Commissioners Court went into Budget Workshop.
With no further business to discuss, Commissioner Logan made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Commissioner Lewis. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 2:33 p.m.