During the regular meeting of the Bandera County Commissioners Court on June 26, officials set a public hearing date for July 24 to consider adopting a $10 County Clerk’s archive fee and accompanying records management plan.
The court also accepted a gift of property from Pauline Jackson, who deeded 0.103 acre of land located at Avalon H Block 14, Lots 23-24, to the county.
Commissioners later approved multiple property bids, including a set of 13 parcels in Lake Medina Shores and Medina Hills Harbor purchased by Tuesday Whitt.
The combined 1.739 acres were sold for $61,910, with county documents noting that the bids reflected approximately 50 percent of the current appraised values.
One property bid—submitted by Scott Johnson for a 0.166-acre lot in Avalon K Block 7, Lot 1—was approved for $800. Commissioner Jack Moseley opposed the approval, citing that the offer represented only 7 percent of the lot’s $11,500 value.
Following a request by Tax Assessor-Collector Andrea Jankoski, the court approved a contract with Spindlemedia to provide cloud-based software for the Tax Office.
The agreement includes data conversion, training, and implementation of a new system for collections and accounting.
County Auditor Darryl Sadler said the $50,000 implementation cost will be paid from the Tax Office budget—half from this fiscal year and half from the next.
Jankoski added that the contract includes a clause voiding the agreement if funding is not approved in next year’s budget.
She said the subscription will cost slightly more than the county’s current software, which has compatibility issues with a separate accounting module.
The court also approved Jankoski’s request to apply for the 2025 Election Security HAVA subgrant and passed a resolution to adopt terms outlined in Sections 12.001 and 31.091 of the Texas Election Code.
The HAVA grant is administered by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and provides funding to states to improve election security and administration.
In a related item, commissioners approved Jankoski’s proposal to increase pay for election workers. Clerks will now earn $12 per hour, up from $10, while judges will be paid $15 per hour.
The court also renewed the interlocal agreement for the School Resource Officer (SRO) program for another year, extending from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
The agreement between the Bandera County Sheriff’s Office and Bandera ISD allows law enforcement officers to work on school campuses to enhance safety and build positive relationships with students and staff.
Sheriff Josh Teitge received approval to distribute previously issued sheriff’s office badges to deputies as memorabilia. The department had acquired new badges through asset forfeiture funds. Teitge said deputies requested their former badges, and that 45 were available for distribution.
An additional seven or eight unassigned badges will be destroyed.
The court unanimously appointed Jankoski as the county’s designated officer to calculate and certify the no-new-revenue tax rate and the voter-approval tax rate, as required by Tax Code Section 26.04.
EMS Director Shannon Griffin presented the department’s monthly report for May, noting that EMS crews responded to 305 calls for service and covered 15,546 miles.
The average tone-to-en route time was 2.27 minutes, and the average tone-to-on scene time was 12.17 minutes.
The department received $124,262.70 in billing revenue, $240 from CPR training, and $100 in donations to the EMS Memorial Fund.
Call volumes for the month were broken down by area: Bandera (33%), Pipe Creek (23%), Bandera city limits (20%), Lakehills (11%), Lakeshore (6%), Medina (5%), Holiday Village (2%), and Tarpley (1%).
Griffin also reported that 14 staff members completed a neonatal resuscitation course, the department participated in career days at local schools, delivered safety presentations to 4-H students, provided a dedicated unit for the Memorial Day Rodeo on May 23, and administered a unit of whole blood to a patient in the field.
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