NEWS
Commissioners meet Monday morning
Members of the Montague County Commissioners Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Feb. 10 in regular session.
Monthly reports from the sheriff’s office and veteran’s service office open the agenda.
The court will consider hiring temporary help in the district’s clerk’s office, a request tabled from the last session. District Clerk Lesia Darden told the court on Jan. 27 during the past two years there had been a lot of transition in her office as she lost two experienced employees, one to illness and one to retirement. The clerk also said she plans on retiring in December.
Darden said she has someone in training, but with her pending retirement there is no way that person can learn the duties of a clerk, the criminal portion and training another clerk. Tammy Brown who retired, has an interest in returning part-time, so Darden has proposed a part-time person who works two days a week for six month, which would cost about $9,000.
Uncertain where they could find money in the budget for that addition and if it could wait until budget time. There also was a question about when Brown can come back to work to meet the requirements of the retirement program. She could not return until at least Feb. 15. The item was tabled to find those answers.
Other topics on Monday’s agenda will include: Introduction of Harris, Kocher and Smith Civil Engineering Services; open sealed fuel bids for unleaded gas and off-road diesel; approve an equipment trade in precinct two trading in a Case TV380 to buy a Bobcat T870; precinct one to enter the Allen Howard property on Allen Road to clear a fence row and the Mike Abbott property on Rogers Road to correct road drainage and consider pay for Texas Association of Counties for delinquent health and employee benefits.
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Montague County Commissioners wrapped up a few items before the end of the year as they met on Dec. 23.
Grant Coordinator Charley Lanier asked the court to go ahead and obligate $276,961.84 from the American Rescue Funds to complete the new wastewater treatment plant that will serve the courthouse complex.
He explained Dec. 30 is the last date where grant funds can be obligated, and he did not expect any issues since this project had already been approved in court using ARPA funds, he called it a “safety net,” to avoid any problem and possible return of the funds to the federal government.
Montague County has about $276,961.84 in grant funds which has not been allocated.
The court gave approval on the request.
Lanier also asked the court to apply for a grant for a tire cutter. Funded through the Nortex Regional Planning Commission and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the application will ask for $26,865 to purchase a larger gas-powered cutter on a trailer, which can be moved around for use. It would cut the larger tires into four pieces, which would be allowed into a landfill. Lanier said if the cutter comes through the county would need to obtain a permit for its use from TCEQ, which he added should not be an issue.
Commissioner Mark Murphey said he picks up more tires abandoned on the county roads than he disposes of at his own yard, adding he probably has 500 at his yard. The court gave approval to apply for this competitive grant.
The remainder of Monday’s brief meeting were year-end items. Bonds for the justice of the peace one, county clerk, county attorney, district attorney, sheriff, commissioner three and constable two were accepted.
A cooperative agreement with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the county was approved, along with a license and services agreement with Local Government Solutions to provide software for both justice of the peace officers. The county attorney’s Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture report was presented with no new seizures or forfeiture.
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