October 20, 2026 Commissioners' Court Meeting

The McLennan County Commissioners’ Court meeting on October 20, 2026, approved several procurement and spending items. For infrastructure, the court approved construction supervision for a seven-bridge project with Quiddity, bridge-related invoices and pay applications including work by Knife River Corporation, and a $2,152,250 partial payment to John W. Irwin General Contractor for construction services. It also approved audiovisual upgrades for three courtrooms, fire-alarm and sprinkler expenses totaling approximately $6,985, and a temporary generator rental from Generator Source at $4,100 per month. A $500 interlocal agreement for road grading with the City of Lorena and a no-cost regional security operations center agreement with UT Austin were also approved. The court deferred fire-protection contracts with volunteer departments pending recommendations on a penalty clause for not using the countywide records system.

The court approved multiple technology purchases and renewals, including Microsoft 365 licensing through Liftoff LLC (about $41,552), CivicPlus website and security services at a net $26,609.64 after a credit, and DocAccess PDF accessibility services for $46,468.32; it also approved antivirus, endpoint-management, access-control, and copier purchases. The copier contracts are expected to reduce annual maintenance costs by about $3,000. Grant and budget actions included approval to apply for a $200,000 Texas Veterans Commission grant, specialty-court grant awards, and an ARPA budget adjustment moving $196,500 from arsenic-related funding to a generator project in Riesel. FY26 budget amendments and FY27 capital amendments were approved; the FY27 capital changes totaled $4,083. The court also approved related ARPA consulting items and a request to amend the Senator Foundation agreement to add sober-living services was discussed.