COMMISSIONERS APPROVE BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMSSIONERS COURT RESOLUTION

  

The Washington County Commissioners approved a Resolution in support of the budgetary responsibility of the Commissioners Court and the implementation of Senate Bill 1913, which preserves the process for Commissioners’ court approval of all expenditures at their regular Tuesday meeting this morning at 9am.

Also, the Commissioners approved Washington County Emergency Medical Services the authority to purchase a 2016 F450 Chassis, as well as a 2016 Ford Expedition with 2016 budgeted funds.

The purchases are being made locally due to area dealers coming in with the lowest bid. The purchases will be available after the first of the year.

The commissioners approved the reappointments to the Brazos Valley Council of Governments’ Regional Transportation Planning Committee. The commissioners name two names from the county and two from the city. The names of those approved are Don Werth, County Judge John Brieden, and City of Brenham Manager Terry Roberts. The fourth position, the city engineer position, is being left blank for now until a city engineer is hired.

County Judge John Brieden noted that these meetings of the BVCOG are well attended, and the committee continues to be very active.

Also being discussed is the awarding of the bid for the abatement of a public nuisance located at 17365 FM 912 in Old Washington.

The County has consistently tried to get the landowner to comply with fixing up the property, but have been unwilling to do so.

Three bids came in to do the work, with the lowest bid of $3,400 coming from Justin Flasowski, the contractor who did the work last year.

A contract between Washington County and Kofile Preservation, Inc for Preservation of District Court records was also approved.

The contract is for four years, and will restore court records, which is required and approved by the Texas Legislature. District Clerk Tammy Brauner says that the money for this project does not come from a raise in fees, but the money collected from court records fees, and has been accumulating. This will help getting a full set done per year. The money raised stays in the county. The volumes being currently worked on are from the early 1800’s and were greatly in need of restoration. The work is guaranteed for approximately 500 years, and are also being digitized for easier access by the public.

Also approved was the Sheriff’s Office monthly report, as well as the Washington County 911 and EMS report and IT Department report.