Commissioners vote to reinstate Burn Ban at regular meeting

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The Commissioners Court of Lamb County held their regular meeting on Monday, March 11th, at the Lamb County Courthouse in Littlefield to discuss an 11-item agenda.

Lamb County Judge James DeLoach called the meeting to order at 10 a.m. and there was nobody present for public comment.

Consent agenda items; (a) Consider and take appropriate action on minutes from previous meeting(s); Judge DeLoach stated their was one set of minutes from the regular meeting that took palce on February 12, 2024, and they 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 appropri-ate action on bills presented by the County Auditor, Gina Jones.

(d) Consider and take appropriate action on payroll; presented by Jerry Yarbrough.

(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 motion carried.

Item four on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on sharing cost with the City of Littlefield for the sprinkler system and grass across the street from the Courthouse.

The Motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve sharing cost with the City of Littlefield for the sprinkler system and grass across the street from the courthouse. The motion carried.

The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action on appointment to the Lamb County Library Board.

The motion was made by Commissioner Cory DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Logan to approve appointment of Laura Alcaraz to the Lamb County Library Board. The motion carried.

Item six on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on reinstating a County wide Burn Ban.

The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve reinstating a County wide Burn Ban. The motion carried.

The next order of business was to consider and take appropriate action on Video Magistrate software.

The motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve Video Magistrate software from Net Pro Tech in Glen Rose, Texas. The motion carried.

Item eight on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on an amendment to Interlocal Agreement with Hockley County regarding upcoming jury trial.

The motion was made by Commissioner DeBerry and seconded by Commissioner Short to approve an amendment of the date to Interlocal Agreement with Hockley County regarding the upcoming jury trial. The motion carried.

The next item on the agenda was to consider and take appropriate action on sealed bids for the sheriff;s office parking lot.

The motion was made by Commissioner Logan ans seconded by Commissioner Short to approve sealed bids for the sheriff’s office parking lot, contingent on the finishing the road job in Sudan, Texas. The bid was received from H&B Paving Company. The motion carried.

Future agenda items were discussed.

With there being no further business to come before this Commissioners Court the motion was made by Commissioner Logan and seconded. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.