The Commissioner’s Court of Lamb County held its regular meeting on Monday in the Lamb County Courthouse, at Littlefield, Texas, to discuss an 11- item agenda.
Judge James M. DeLoach called the meeting to order at 10 a.m. He gave the Invocation and led the United State and Texas Pledge of Allegiance.
There was nobody present for Public Comment.
Consent agenda items (a) Consider and take appropriate action on minutes from previous meeting(s); There was one regular meeting, March 13, 2023.
(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; Jones asked the commissioners to approve bills totaling $848,682.15. (d) Consider and take appropriate action on payroll presented by Jerry Yarbrough; she asked the commissioners to approve payroll for Lamb County ending on March 10th in the amount of $160,433.63, and payroll for LHC ending on March 11th in the amount of $201,417.72. (e) Consider and take appropriate action on departmental reports; none.
The motion was made by Commissioner Danny Short and seconded by Commissioner Lee Logan to approve the consent agenda items. The vote being called for and all voting Aye, the motion carried and so ordered.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on information about Mid-year review of Health benefits with Kathy Daver.
No action was taken. Kathy Davenport and Stacey Bruington from Texas Association of Counties gave a Mid-year review of Lamb County’s Health benefits.
Item five on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on Contract with Vexus for Littlefield Library.
The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve appropriate action on Contract with Vexus for Littlefield Library. The vote being called for and all voting Aye, the motion carried and so ordered.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on Soil Conservation in Precinct 4.
The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve appropriate action on Soil Conservation in Precinct 4 for Keith McCain. The vote being called for and all voting Aye, the motion carried and so ordered.
Item seven on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action a request from Kender Morgan to allow them to bury a gas line. Mike Melton spoke to the Commissioners on the behalf of Kender Morgan.
The motion was made by Commissioner Kent Lewis and seconded by Commissioner Cory DeBerry to approve appropriate request from Kender Morgan to allow them to bury a gas line. The vote being called for and all voting Aye, the motion carried and so ordered. Brandon Albus and Kathy Lostroh from the Ag Extension Office gave reports on Stock Shows and upcoming events.
The Extension Office will have an Intern from Texas Tech University helping this summer.
Cindy Pope gave her report on Lamb Healthcare Center.
“We found a building for our sleep center in Lubbock,” Pope said. “We found out we have to be within 35 miles of the hospital for it to be considered ‘On Campus’, so that we can just add it to our medicare number. We went back and looked again and found a really good building. It’s off the road, not on a main road, so you don’t hear the traffic. It already has four rooms the size that we need them.”
She added, “The construction would consist of a divider in one big room and adding a door and then building four more rooms. It used to be a ministry, so there is a big section that we can divide into four rooms, that way we will have our nine that we can expand to and get accredited. We’re going to start with three, maybe six if we can get two technicians per night. We will still have to take the building to the Board for approval, of course. We are also going to put a two-bed sleep center in Littlefield, so that when people here need them we can get them done too. We may do it one or two nights a week in Littlefield, it just depends on how busy it is.”
Future agenda items brought up were: Tim Walker, JP3 may need extra money for Travel Expenses to Austin for presentation to the House and Senate regarding a Bill concerning the TCCC Civil cases. Gina Jones, County Auditor stated those Travel Expenses will need to come out of a special account.
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 vote being called for and all voting Aye, the motion carried and so ordered. The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 a.m.