Commissioners Court 10 28 2026 9am

The San Jacinto County Commissioners Court meeting on October 28, 2026, included several procurement and funding actions. The Court approved a road-materials bid package and directed staff to rebid recycled asphalt after no bid was received. It renewed Brooks Watson & Company’s engagement for the FY2026 financial and single audits at the existing fee. The Court also approved a patrol-vehicle purchase using 287(g) funds: a demonstration vehicle offered for $60,000, subject to complying with applicable purchasing and advertising requirements. It approved donating expired body-armor carriers to the University of Houston for training and purchasing 16 ballistic vests; the unit cost was unclear in the transcript. An engineering-services agreement for technical review related to a development project was approved subject to changing the dispute venue to San Jacinto County. The landowner was to pay the fees, with work capped at $50,000; the agreement was discussed as technical, not legal, review.

The Court approved pursuing a Texas General Land Office CDBG application with project concepts including radio communications, senior facilities, and shelters. Members also discussed an approved $5 million grant for a shelter in the Point and reported on fire-service grant awards, including four tankers at about $300,000 each and a Shepherd brush truck at $265,000. No industrial-permit policy was adopted; a committee including the Fire Marshal was appointed to review the policy and fee schedule. Legal-services RFQ responses were referred for committee and district-attorney review, while the engineering/consultant RFQ item was tabled; no consultant award was made.