# Commissioners Court Nov. 10, 2026


**Body:** Hood County
**Date:** November 11, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Information Technology, Public Safety, Digital Infrastructure, Cybersecurity


Hood County Commissioners Court regular meeting, November 10, 2026. The court approved replacement recording equipment for county radio and phone systems described as end-of-life and mission-critical. A speaker cited two proposals of $65,026 and $143,918, explaining that they covered different recording functions; the transcript’s statement of the approved amount is garbled. The court also approved an MCA monitoring and intrusion-detection renewal for up to $5,300 from budgeted IT funds, and an SHI SolarWinds renewal for up to $112,000, with the first-year payment capped at $32,000, also from budgeted IT funds. It approved a $50,000 opioid-settlement-fund request for substance-abuse prevention and education. The court approved renewal of the Clear View Chiropractic Life Care lease by a 4–1 vote and authorized donation of a surplus 2021 Tahoe to the Indian Harbor Volunteer Fire Department for fire protection and emergency services.

The court heard a presentation raising safety concerns about the Apache Hill battery energy storage project and discussed obtaining an independent technical review. A motion and second regarding an RFQ for an expert were heard, but the vote is not clear in the transcript. The court unanimously retained Allison Bass LLP to assist with development regulations; the fee was not stated. It also postponed revision of the county travel and reimbursement policy until the next quarter and deferred consideration of election-related rules pending a federal court ruling. Annual investment-policy and authorized-broker reviews were approved without changes.

**Source:** Hood County