November 10, 2026 Commissioners Court | Regular Meeting

Hardin County Commissioners Court regular meeting, November 10, 2026. The court approved county bills and several budget and staffing actions, including converting Senate Bill 22-funded District Attorney positions to investigator roles and reallocating $84 from travel and training to a victim-assistance grant fund. It also approved a $15,000 transaction involving a surplus 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe and corresponding FY2027 budget changes. A request to authorize the county judge to sign a Westlaw/Thomson Reuters law-library services contract was presented, but the transcript does not preserve a clear vote on that item. The court appointed an evaluation committee to review proposals for an independent auditing firm, and approved fuel bids for county precincts and emergency generators; vendor names and bid details are garbled or absent from the transcript.

Infrastructure-related actions included approval of change orders for additional culvert and driveway work to address erosion and runoff, and safety-related changes to a CDBG mitigation project, including stop signs and guardrails; officials said the latter remained nearly $1 million under budget. Commissioners also approved a motion concerning the Brook project and communications towers, with a reported budgetary estimate of about $3.85 million per tower, and discussed using remaining funds for ditch work, with further consideration planned for December 8. Separately, Spindletop Center reported a $4.7 million HHSC pass-through grant for Jefferson County’s diversion-center buildout and said its own nearly $3 million FY2026 surplus would support facility improvements and replacement of 13 aging vehicles. No vendor names for the county awards were legible in the transcript.