The Commissioners Court of Lamb County met on Monday, January 9th, in the Lamb County Courthouse, where an eight-item agenda was considered for appropriate action.
The meeting was called to order at 10:01 a.m. by Lamb County Judge James DeLoach. 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); Judge DeLoach stated that there were two sets of minutes from the Jan. 12th and Jan. 30th meetings and both 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; Lamb County Auditor, Gina Jones, requested that the Commissioners approve bills totaling $817, 951.60. d) Consider and take ap- propriate action on payroll; Lamb County Treasuer, Jerry Yarbrough, requested that the Commissioners approve payroll for Lamb County ending on Jan. 23rd in the amount of $167,557.95, and for LHC ending on Jan. 24th in the amount of $257,851.51. e) Consider and take appropriate action on departmental reports; packets. f) Consider and take appropriate action on Donations; none were presented.
The motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Commissioner Danny Short and seconded by Commissioner Kent Lewis. The motion carried.
Item four on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on Road crossing in Precinct 2.
A motion to approve Road Crossing in Precinct 2 was made by Commissioner Short and seconded by Commissioner Lewis. The motion carried.
The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action on Resolution supporting Legislation to exempt Texas Counties from the state hotel occupancy tax.
A motion to approve a Resolution to exempt Texas Counties from the State Hotel Occupancy Tax was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Lewis. The motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on surplus items.
No action was taken. Future agenda items were discusssed.
With their being no further business to discuss, a motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Short and seconded by Commissioner Logan. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 a.m.