The Commissioners Court of Lamb County met in regular session on Friday at the Lamb County Courthouse to discuss a 12-item agenda.
The meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. by Lamb County Judge James DeLoach and the invocation was given by DA Rickie Redman. Judge DeLoach led the Pledge of Allegiance.
There was nobody present for the Public Comment portion of the meeting.
The five Consent Agenda items to be considered are: a) Consider and take appropriate action on minutes from previous meeting(s). Judge DeLoach stated that there was one set of minutes and they were in order. b) Consider and take appropriate action on budget and salary amendments and/or line-item transfers; none. c) Consider and take appropriate action on bills presented by the County Auditor; Gina Jones requested that the Commissioners approved bills totaling $586,605.54. d) Consider and take appropriate action on payroll; Terra Hopper requested that the Commissioners approved payroll for Lamb County ending on May 16th in the amount of $167,487.21; and for LHC ending on May 17th in the amount of $228,260.41. e) Consider and take appropriate action on departmental reports; Packets. f) Consider and take appropriate action on Donations; the Olton Library received a $100.
The motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Commissioner Cory DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Danny Short.
No action was taken on the Burn Ban.
Item five on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on Victim Notification System Contract (SAVNS).
“This is a grant that we have with the state, and they are changing vendors for the Victim Notification,” Jones said. “That is done at the jail and it calls victims to let them know when people are getting out of jail.”
The motion to approve the Victim Notification System Contract was made by Commissioner Lee Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short. The motion carried.
The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action on appointments to the Lamb County Library Board.
They requested to appoint Savvanah Ellis and Kathy Lostroh to the Lamb County Library Board.
The motion to approve those two appointments was made by Commissioner Short and seconded by Commissioner Logan. The motion carried.
No action was taken on Item seven, which was consider and take appropriate action on an agreement with Texas A&M Agri-Life Extension.
Item eight on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action to purchase and finance a motor grader for Precinct 4.
“ The motor grader cost is $351,900,” Jones said. “I’ve received three quotes for financing, the first was 5.49%, First National Bank in Wichita Falls rate is 5.85% and Government Capital’s rate is 5.119%, so I recommend that we go with Govenemtn Capital.”
The motion to approve purchase and finance for a motor grader for Precinct 4 was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short. The motion carried.
The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action on Bond for Lesa Kloiber.
The motion to approve the bond for Lesa Kloiber was made by Commissioner Short and seconded by Commissioner Logan. The motion carried.
Item 10 on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on IGT.
“We’ve got a couple of small IGT’s coming up that I wasn’t quite comfortable funding ourselves just yet,” Mike McNutt said. “One is $28,778.94 and the other is $25,993.63. One of those is due May 29th and one is due June 5th.”
The motion to approve funding the IGT’s was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short. The motion carried.
Future Agenda Items were discussed.
With there being no further business to discuss the motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Short and seconded by Commissioner Logan. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 10:38 a.m.