Val Verde County Commissioners Court Set to Meet March 25 in Del Rio

The Val Verde County Commissioners Court convenes Tuesday morning at the Old County Court-At-Law Building on 207B E. Losoya Street in Del Rio, with a packed agenda that ranges from a significant procurement policy change to a county water well utility agreement and a community closet project seeking space at a county facility.

The most consequential policy item on the 45-item agenda asks the court to double the county's performance bond threshold for public works contracts, raising it from $50,000 to $100,000. The proposed amendment to the county's purchasing policy is framed as an alignment with recent legislative changes affecting contract approval thresholds for commissioners court.

Also drawing attention is Item 22, which would authorize Val Verde County to enter a cooperative membership agreement with Rio Grande Electric Cooperative to bring electrical service to a county water well off Dolan Creek Road. The agenda authorizes County Judge Lewis G. Owens Jr. to sign the agreement on behalf of the county.

The court will also hear a quarterly update from CASA of Val Verde, the local Court Appointed Special Advocates program based on E. Chapoy Street in Del Rio, which regularly reports to commissioners on its work representing children in the court system.

Two smaller but locally notable requests also appear on the docket. MJ Ybarra is asking the court to approve use of the Tony Faz Community Room for the "Fairy Godmother Closet" project, a run that would begin March 24 and extend through April 30. Separately, County Treasurer Aaron D. Rodriguez is sponsoring an item to approve an unspecified event on April 22 in recognition of National Volunteer Appreciation Week, which runs April 19-26.

On the operational side, the court is set to approve $449.75 from Constable Precinct 3's operating budget to cover five pairs of jeans to be used as uniforms. A partially redacted item tied to Precinct 4 references a budget line of $791.00, though the full scope of that expenditure was not available in the posted agenda text.

Item 45, which opens with a recognition of March as Procurement Month, was truncated in the posted agenda and the full requested action was not publicly available ahead of the meeting.

The agenda was posted to the county's Agenda Center on March 20. The meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. and is open to the public at the Old County Court-At-Law Building at 207B E. Losoya Street. The county judge's office can be reached at (830) 774-7501.