Regular Session Wednesday, February 04, 2026 09:00 AM Waller County Courthouse, Hempstead, Texas

Waller County Courthouse
836 Austin Street
Hempstead, Texas 77445

Said meeting will be a regular meeting for the purpose of transacting the business of the County and to discuss and take possible action on any of the agenda items listed below:

CALL TO ORDER

• 1.Approval of Agenda.

PUBLIC COMMENT

CONSENT AGENDA

Items identified within the Consent Agenda are of a routine nature and will be passed with one vote without being discussed separately. If a member of the court or public requests that a particular item be discussed, that agenda item will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed as part of the regular agenda at the appropriate time. One vote will approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda.

• 2.Approval of Minutes.

• 3.Request by County Treasurer for Approval of Payroll Disbursements.

• 4.Request by County Auditor to Approve and/or Ratify 2026 Budget Adjustments and Departmental Line-Item Transfers.

• 5.Request by County Auditor to approve Quarterly Reimbursement of Juror Payments.

• 6.Request by County Engineer to declare excess yard ditch/concrete debris as salvaged material and grant County Engineer permission to dispose of.

• 7.Request by County Engineer to approve the Final Plat of Bessies Creek Estates and accept the Subdivision Bond in Precinct 3.

• 8.Request by County Engineer to approve the Final Plat of Sabine Springs Detention Reserve “A” in precinct 2.

• 9.Spread upon the minutes a Certificate of Completion for County Clerk Debbie Hollan for the required hours of Continuing Education for 2025 as prescribed in Section 51.605 of the Texas Government Code.

• 10.Request by County Engineer to acknowledge Substantial Completion of Arborwood Estates and Release Construction Bond- with roads being private, under a Road/Street Maintenance and Warranty between Developer and Homeowners Association.

• 11.Request to approve  transfer of 2020 Ford Truck to Waller County AgrilLife Extension.

• 12.Request to approve Fixed Asset Transfer from the County Clerk's office to IT.

• 13.Request by District Attorney to approve Fixed Asset Transfer for salvage to Best Buy.

• 14.Spread upon the minutes submission of the Waller County Fire Marshal's Annual Racial Profiling Report for the reporting period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, required by Article 2.132 CCP Law Enforcement Policy on Racial Profiling. 

• 15.Spread upon the minutes the Sheriff’s Office Annual Racial Profiling Report for the reporting period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, as required by Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 2.132 CCP Law Enforcement Policy on Racial Profiling.

Requests to approve payments on the following:

• 16.$2,592.00 for Invoice dated January 12, 2026 to County Judges and Commissioners Association from line item 125-411-562300 [County Organizational Dues].

• 17.$8,250.00 for Invoice #09915 to Brazos Valley Council of Governments from line item 125-525-546900 [BVCOG]. 

• 18.$1,500.00 for Invoice #2025-1007 to Highway 36A Coalition from line item 125-411-561302 [Highway 36A Coalition]. 

• 19.$5,200.00 for Invoice #1614 to Fort Bend Medical Examiner from line item 125-423-540702 [Autopsy]. 

• 20.$1,295.00 for Invoice dated December 10, 2025 to Magnolia Funeral Home, Inc. from line item 125-423-540705 [Transport to Morgue]. 

• 21.$5,000.00 for Invoice #2701 to Hawes Hill & Associates LLP to be paid from line item 125-411-540300 [Legal].

• 22.$4,305.00 for Invoice #1011 to be paid to J&M Cabling from line item 606-606-58139 [Courthouse Soft Cost].

• 23.$34,503.87 for Invoice #81708-01-05 to Gannett Fleming, Inc.  For Professional Services rendered November 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item 605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 24.$132,103.27 for Invoice #85206-01-04 to Gannett Fleming, Inc. for Professional Services rendered November 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item 605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 25.$173,094.50 for Invoice #202558999 to LJA Engineering, Inc. for Professional Services rendered November 29, 2025 through December 31, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item 605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 26.$49,561.76 for Invoice #711005-7 to Volkert, Inc. for Professional Services rendered October 18, 2025 through November 21, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item 605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 27.$11,612.59 for Invoice #38041 to BGE, Inc. for Professional Services  from November 22, 2025, through December 26, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item  605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 28.$14,239.00 for Invoice #37497-8 to BGE, Inc. for Professional Services  from November 22, 2025, through December 26, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item  605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 29.$105,983.67 for Invoice #76966-09 to Binkley & Barfield, Inc. for Professional Services  from November 01, 2025, through November 30, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item  605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 30.$24,241.80 for Invoice #77897-8 to Civil Corp for Professional Services through Wednesday, December 31, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item  605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 31.$86,659.69 for Invoice #77526-10 to DCCM INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. for Professional Services  from December 01, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item  605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 32.$143,979.72 for Invoice #77665-10 to DCCM INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. for Professional Services  from December 01, 2025 through December 31, 2025. Funds to be paid from line item  605-605-545405 [Prof. Services].

• 33.Request by County Auditor to Approve and/or Ratify Accounts Payable.

PROCLAMATION

• 34.Discuss and take action to approve Proclamation observing February as Black History Month.

WALLER COUNTY CHILD WELFARE BOARD

• 35.Discuss and take action to approve the 2025 Agreement between Waller County and Waller County Child Welfare Board and payment of $30,000.00 from line item 125-411-547220 [Waller Co Child Welfare Board] as allocated in the 2025 Budget.

• 36.Discuss and take action to approve the re-appointment of the following Child Welfare Board members: 

  Jory Chevis and Robert Goodspeed for a 1 year term ;

  Wendy Williams, Carolyn Miedke, Patricia Sanderlin, and Candice Adams for a 2 year term ; 

  and Anthony Pulci, Sherry Whiteley, and Alan Younts for a 3 year term. 

COUNTY COURT AT LAW II

• 37.Discuss and take action to approve contract for indigent defense services for calendar year 2026 in Waller County Court at Law Number 2. 

ELECTIONS

• 38.Discuss and take action to approve permanently relocating the Main Ealy Voting location from the Road and Bridge Annex, 775 Hwy 290, Hempstead, Tx, to the Waller County Joe Kuciemba Annex, Waller County Elections Office, 425 FM 1488, Hempstead, Tx. 

• 39.Discuss and take action to approve Joint Resolution for the March 3, 2026 Primary Election and any necessary Runoff Election.

• 40.Discuss and take action to approve the Joint Resolution for the May 2, 2026 Entity Election (City, ISD, District). 

COUNTY ENGINEER

• 41.Discuss and take action to approve a Change Order #1 for DVL Enterprises in the amount of $4,730.08 for Riley Road Bridge Replacement adding a 48" RCP.

• 42.Discuss and take action to approve Change Order #2 for DVL Enterprises LLC in the amount of $7,509.96 for Riley Rd Bridge Replacement for additional Cost for Night Work.

• 43.Discuss and take action on the First Amendment to Engineering Services Agreement between Waller County and DCCM Infrastructure, Inc. (formerly known as Binkley & Barfield, Inc.)-Clay Rd.

• 44.Discuss and take action on the First Amendment to Engineering Services Agreement between Waller County and DCCM Infrastructure, Inc. (formerly known as Binkley & Barfield, Inc.)-Penick and Mathis Rd.

• 45.Discuss and take action to accept and execute Letter of No Objection for Hilcorp Texas LLC - (Hilcorp Energy Company) for proposed installation of  facilities: Resurfacing of Morton Rd above Hilcorp Energy Company's  existing Easement containing twenty inch (20") dual header pipeline system and fiber optic line located in Katy, Tx, Waller County (TX-1027).

SHERIFF

• 46.Discuss and take appropriate action on a request from the Sheriff’s Office to direct the County Auditor to review and audit the Sheriff’s Office Annual Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture Report filed with the Office of the Attorney General.

• 47.Discuss and take appropriate action on approval of annual renewal of Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's) between the Sheriff’s Office and participating municipalities within the county for the provision of Animal Control Services (Hempstead, Pine Island, Prairie View and Brookshire).

• 48.Discuss and take action to approve out of state travel for a Waller County Sheriff's Deputy to attend "Basic Under Cover" training in California. Total cost of $1,716.65 to be paid from line item 125-505-563000 [Training & Conference Expense]. 

COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT 2

• 49.Discussion of Highway 36 A Coalition. 

COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT 3

• 50.Discuss and take action to retain a third-party legal consulting firm to prepare a memorandum regarding county authority to create Tax Increment Investment Zones (TIRZ).

DIRECTOR OF POLICY & ADMINISTRATION

• 51.Discuss and take action on a Strategic Plan Update. 

GRANT MANAGER

• 52.Discuss and take action to authorize the County Judge to submit a HB3000 Rural Ambulance Service Grant Application to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR

• 53.Discuss and take action to approve Agreement with Enterprise Fleet Management, pursuant to Sourcewell  Contract #030122-EFM for Fire Marshal vehicle lease. Funds to be paid from line  item 125-509-587523 [Fleet Management Lease Payment].

LIBRARY

• 54.Discuss and take action to accept $50.00 from Anne Marie Newcomb and post the donation revenue budget line 125-000-472210 [County Donations]. The proceeds will be expended from budget line 125-537-536600 [Donations/Library]. 

AUDITOR

• 55.Discuss and take action to approve the following debt payments due February 15, 2026:

  (a) WC General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017 totaling $532,400.00, payable to Amegy Bank.

  (b) WC General Obligation Bonds, Series 2018 totaling $1,697,628.13, payable to Amegy Bank.

  (c) WC Tax Notes, Series 2020 totaling $7,650.50, payable to JP Morgan Chase.

  (d) WC Tax Notes, Series 2022 totaling $983,350.00, payable to Regions Equipment Finance Corp.

  (e) WC Certificates of Obligation, Series 2022 totaling $186,725.00, payable to Amegy Bank.

  (f) WC Certificates of Obligation, Series 2023 totaling $1,498,625.00, payable to Amegy Bank.

  (g) WC General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024 totaling  $500,825.00, payable to Amegy Bank.

  (h) WC General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025 totaling $5,006,641.67, payable to Amegy Bank.

  (i) WC Tax Notes, Series 2025 totaling $1,290,769.44, payable to Amegy Bank.

  Total of $11,704,614.74 to be paid from the following budget line items:

  $6,270,000.00 from 515-635-57500 [Principle]

  $5,434,614.74 from 515-635-576000 [Interest].

TREASURER

• 56.Discuss and take action to approve Salary Order amendment 2026.2 effective February 15, 2026.

MISCELLANEOUS

• 57.Discuss and take action to approve Order authorizing Texas Independence Day Firework Sales. 

• 58.Annual Review of the following Departments:

  Environmental

  Library.

• 59.Approve deliberation of business and financial issues in executive session based on determination and recommendation from the District Attorney's Office that deliberation in an open meeting regarding business and financial issues related to the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real properties would have a detrimental effect on the position of the County in negotiations with third persons.

• 60.Approve deliberation of business and financial issues in executive session based on determination and recommendation from the District Attorney’s Office that deliberation in an open meeting regarding business and financial issues related to contract negotiations for it would have a detrimental effect on the position of the County in negotiations with third persons.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

• 61.Consultation with District Attorney related to advice about pending or contemplated litigation or a settlement offer.

• 62.Deliberate business and financial issues related to the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real properties pursuant to Government Code Sections 551.072 and 551.0725.

• 63.Deliberate business and financial issues related to contract negotiations pursuant to Government Code 551.0725.

• 64.Reconvene in Open Session to take any action necessary on matters discussed in Executive Session.

ADJOURN MEETING

NOTICE

The County Commissioners Court of Waller County reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberation about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 Personnel Matters, 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices) and 551.086 (Economic Development).