The Commissioner’s Court of Lamb County held their regular meeting on Monday, August 18th in the Lamb County Courthouse, where a 10-item agenda was considered for appropriate action.
Lamb County Judge James DeLoach called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m. and he also gave the Invocation.
There was nobody present to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting.
Consent Agenda: a) Consider and take appropriate action on minutes from previous meeting(s); none. 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; Lamb County Auditor Gina Jones requested that the Commissioners approve bills totaling $419,508.59. d) Consider and take appropriate action on payroll; Lamb County Treasurer Jerry Yarbrough requested that the Commissioner approve payroll for Lamb County ending on August 8th in the amount of $170,329.12, and for LHC ending on August 9th in the amount of $222,989.96. e) Consider and take appropriate action on departmental reports; Packets. f) Consider and take appropriate action on Donations; Jones reported that the Littlefield Library received a $1,000 donation and also received crayons and markers.
The motion to approve the consent agenda items was made by Commissioner Danny Short and seconded by Commissioner Lee Logan. The motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on Order of Election for November and approve Polling Places and Election Workers. County Clerk Rene Trevino explained, “We will have a special election on Tuesday, November 4th. Early voting will start Oct. 20th through the 24th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 27th through the 29th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and then on Oct. 30th and 31st from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.”
She added, “I have the same election workers as of now and our polling places will be the same as last year.”
The motion to approve the Order of Election for November and polling places and election workers was made by Commissioner Cory DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Kent Lewis. The motion carried.
The next two item on the agenda was to Schedule Public Hearing on FY 2025/2026 Budget and the FY 2026 Tax Rate.
Jones explained, “I didn’t get a budget notice to the Newpaper last Wednesday, so we’re going to reschedule to September 8th at 10 a.m.”
No action was necessary. Item seven on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on the Burn Ban.
After a brief discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Logan to reinstate the burn ban. The motion carried.
Future agenda items were discussed.
LHC CEO, Mike McNutt, gave an update on the hospital, saying, “The Health Fair was a big success on Saturday. We had a huge turnout and had over 50 vendors. I thought it went really, really well and a big thank you to everyone who pitched in. We’re already making plans for the next one. August volumes seems like it’s a little bit more busy then it has been. Last week was pretty steady, so hopefully that is an indicator that we’re getting out of that seasonal dip that we always have.”
He added, “I spoke with Dr. Gagnon and she is going to come help us out during Labor Day weekend and during Thanksgiving, so our providers can have a little family time as well.”
During Budget work session, Judge DeLoach told the department heads that if they have any changes to their budgets, this week was going to about it.
With no further business to discuss Commissioner Lee Logan made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Commissioner Short. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 9:32 a.m.