The Commissioners Court of Lamb County met in regular session on Monday, November 27th at the Lamb County Courthouse in Littlefield to discuss a 12-item agenda.
Lamb County Judge James DeLoach called the meeting to order at 10:04 a.m. and nobody requested to comment during the public Comment portion of the meeting. Consent agenda items: (a) Consider and take appropriate action on minutes from previous meeting(s); Judge DeLoach stated that there were two sets of minutes: Regular Meeting, November 13, 2023 and Special Meeting, November 17, 2023. Both sets of minutes appeared to be 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. She requested that bills be approved in the amount of $705,612.95 (d) Consider and take appropriate action on payroll; Jerry Yarbrough requested that payroll be approved for Lamb County ending on Nov. 17th in the amount of $167,176.20 and for LHC ending on Nov. 18th in the amount of $200,621.71.
(e) Consider and take appropriate action on departmental reports; in packets. The motion was made by Commissioner Danny Short and seconded by Commissioner Cory DeBerry to approve the consent agenda items. The motion carried . Item four on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action out of state travel to attend CADCA-LEAF grant leadership conference.
“It is a conference that Kim and I went to last year,” Toni Montes, Juvenile Probation Chief said. “It has a lot of beneficial information that works in both areas. It’s in Washington; it is just four days of tons of information, so you come back with resources and peopke who can answer questions. It has a lot of drug information and youth information.”
Judge DeLoach explained to the Commissioners that this will be paid for with the LEAF Grant, not from County money.
The motion was made by Commissioner Kent Lewis and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve out of state travel to attend CADCA-LEAF grant leadership conference in Washington. The motion carried.
Next on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action to advertise for sealed bids for paving repair in Precinct 4.
“I’ve got about six miles of road that is really falling apart, so I’ve gone out for bids to repair those spots that are bad and then cover it with a material so that it will blend in and hold those spots,” Commissioner Lee Logan said.
The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Lewis to approve to advertise for sealed bids for paving repair in Precinct 4. The motion carried.
Item six on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on accepting donation of surplus road material from TxDot.
“We do this every year and it is about $20,062 worth of material,” Judge DeLoach said.
The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner DeBerry to accept donation of surplus road material from TxDot. The motion carried.
Item seven on the agenda was to Consider and take appropriate action on Interlocal Agreement with Somervell County to house inmates.
“This is in Glen Rose, Texas, and it is just another County that we’re going to sign a contract with that has some beds, and if we need them, they’re available,” Sheriff Gary Maddox said.
The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve Commissioner Short to approve Interlocal Agreement with Somervell County to house inmates, contingent upon review and approval by the District/ County Attorney. The motion carried.
The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action to advertise for sealed bids for the parking lot of the Sheriff’s Office.
“This is something we did budget for this year; we budgetd for it last year, but didn’t get it done,” Judge DeLoach said.
Sheriff Maddox added, “It’s past time to repair that parking lot at the Sheriff’s Office.”
The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to advertise for sealed bids for the parking lot of the Sheriff’s Office. The motion carried.
Item nine on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action to advertise for sealed bids for vehicles for Sheriff’s Office.
“I’m requesting that we bid out for two pick-ups and one Tahoe,” Sheriff Maddox said. “Usually, in the past we’ve got them when we can get them, but the Dealership here has two pick-ups and a Tahoe that meet our specs. They’re scheduled to be built in December.”
He added, “If we go out on bids, I can send the specs out to several other places and have them send us back their prices, so that I can make sure we’re where we need to be price-wise.”
The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Lewis to advertise for sealed bids for vehicles (two Pickups and one Tahoe) for Sheriff’s Office. The motion carried.
Item 10 on the agenda was to discuss Lamb Healthcare Center operations.
Mike McNutt stated the Exploration of hospital as a rural emergency hospital.
“We’re still exploring that possibility, it is just exploration at this point, we want to do our due dilligence and we have some kickoff calls set up this week to take a look at that. We will do some feaseability studies and get that ball rolling and will hopefully have some more information for you guys moving forward.”
Dylan Brown gave financial reports.
They also stated that Lamb Sleep Center in Lubbock has Signage up and the Home study is basically ready, just waiting on paperwork.
Jason Spangler from the Board was also present.
Future agenda items were discussed: Bury Water Line in Precinct #1; Precinct #4 gave Infrastructure letter to Auditor; Sheriff stated SB22 regarding new cameras and changing to the Motorola System; December 18th Courthouse Open House from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., offices will decorate the halls; Extension office reported 154 Major show entries this year, up from last year; Judge is collecting bids for the Ag Barn renovations.
With there being no further business to come before this Commissioners Court, the motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to adjourn. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 10:29 a.m.