# Walker County Commissioners Court Regular Session, October 19, 2026

Walker County Commissioners Court regular session, October 19, 2026. The Court approved the Safe House funding agreement for FY 2026–27 and the Child Welfare Board agreement for FY 2026–27. It also approved an amendment to the county’s jail food-services contract with Summit Food Services for an employee food-purchase point of sale; the vendor will provide equipment and the county was told it would incur no cost. For EMS South Station mold remediation, the Court authorized moving forward with a bid package, including work on the HVAC system; no bid or project cost was presented. The Court approved AT&T replacements for PRI circuits and POTS lines. The PRI change was reported to reduce the monthly bill by $535.75, from $1,925.89 to approximately $1,390.14. The Court deferred action on renewing or adding Optimum fiber circuits and requested further review of alternatives and bids. It approved a network-switch upgrade to increase inter-building connections from 1 gigabit to 10 gigabits, with no cost stated in the transcript.

The Court approved IFB C2360-26-25 material awards: Rock and G Construction as primary for delivered Type A Grade 1 at $46.20 per ton and Grade 2 at $47.20 per ton, with LSD Walker as alternate delivery supplier; for pickup, LSD Walker was primary and Select Materials LLC of Willis was the alternate. Budget actions included recording an EMS equipment payment of $182,200 and transferring $300,000 in unspent EMS funds to a projects fund. The Court approved a Texas Community Development Block Grant application resolution with a stated $15,000 match, and approved a cybersecurity governance and planning grant resolution (SLCGP grant 5871901). It also denied the requested subdivision variances, directing the applicant to return with revised plans and information on access and road standards. A retiree health-insurance renewal was approved with a reported $15-per-month increase.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Information Technology
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 19, 2026

### Sources
- [Walker County Commissioners Court Regular Session, October 19, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3wJ-Pl7u6U) - Walker County TX, County Court