Commissioner's Court December 19, 2025

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The Hood County Commissioner's Court held its regular session on December 19, 2025, conducting business including recognition of employee achievements, approval of employee policy revisions and contract renewals, and scheduling of development-related public hearings. The court approved several administrative matters including authorization for radio communications consulting procurement, joint primary election procedures for March 3, 2026, and payment of legal services invoices totaling $7,995. Citizens presented concerns regarding Bitcoin mining and data center operations in the county, and the court tabled the DRG architects contract for the jail expansion project pending a workshop review. The meeting also included approval of a historic courthouse plaque installation, public hearings on property replats, and certification of November invoices totaling $912,355.

• Call to order and openingThe Commissioner's Court of Hood County convened in regular session on December 19, 2025, with invocation and pledges.
• District clerk parallegal certificate presentationDistrict Clerk Melanie Grass received recognition for earning a parallegal certificate from Weatherford College.
• Service awards presentationMary Flores received a 10-year service award and the court recognized supporting organizations for victim assistance services.
• Citizens comment at large—data center concernsThree citizens presented remarks, including concerns about Bitcoin mining operations and planned data centers in Hood County.
• Historic courthouse plaque approvalCourt approved installation of a commemorative plaque recognizing Hood County Courthouse Historic District as the first in Texas to receive National Register designation in 1974.
• DRG architects contract—tabled for workshopCourt tabled the DRG architects contract for the jail expansion project pending a workshop review, voting 3–2 to delay.
• Radio communications consulting—RFQ approvedCourt approved requesting qualifications from radio communications consulting firms to implement recommendations from AVISTA's system evaluation.
• Joint primary election resolution—March 3, 2026Court approved resolution to conduct joint primary election on March 3, 2026, with participation of both political parties.
• Clear View Chiropractic contract renewal—approvedCourt authorized county judge to sign renewal of Clear View Chiropractic Life Care contract with couple of contract changes approved by county attorney's office.
• Employee policies revisionsCourt prepared to address revisions to Hood County employee policies with Melissa Welber presenting.
• Employee handbook and policy revisionsThe court reviewed three personnel policy updates, removing part-time references and making standardized corrections to align with TAC recommendations from June.
• Automatic time and attendance policyThe court approved the automatic time and attendance policy with multiple revisions marked in red for deletions and yellow for additions, primarily following TAC recommendations.
• Bereavement leave policyThe court approved the bereavement leave policy with housekeeping cleanup and one sentence added to the first paragraph that made a material change.
• Legal services invoice approvalThe court approved payment of the November invoice from Bracewell LLP for legal services in the amount of $7,995 from contingency funds.
• Consent agendaThe court approved the consent agenda as printed without pulling any items for individual consideration.
• Clean Head Development public hearing schedulingThe court set two public hearing dates for development replats on January 27th, 2026 for Portal lot 146R (Ports of Call) and Landings East lots.
• Public hearing on Landings replat lot 3199RA public hearing was held on the replat of Landings lot 3199R combining lots 3198 and 3199 into a single 2.11-acre lot in precinct 2.
• Public hearing on Adeley Oaks replatA public hearing was held on the replat of Adeley Oaks lots 4R, 5R, and 6R to revise lot line and utility locations.
• Invoice certification and vendor paymentsThe court approved certification of invoices for November 27th through December 9th, 2025 totaling $912,3559 and discussed out-of-county housing expenses.
• AdjournmentThe meeting adjourned at 10:03 a.m.