Washington County commissioners approve TxDOT bridge funding agreement, adopt-a-road and other routine items

Washington County Commissioners Court voted through a set of routine agenda items and a key infrastructure funding resolution during its public meeting in Brenham.

The court approved a TxDOT Advanced Funding Agreement (AFA) resolution to replace two bridges on Caney Creek Road and Tiger Point Road. Unidentified Speaker 7 said the projects were now "a little over $2,000,000" and explained that the AFA process "requires 10% funding from the local jurisdiction, which would be Washington County." He said the county may satisfy the match with equivalent in-kind local projects (for example, replacing a failing 96-inch corrugated metal pipe on Gilmore Road and culvert work on Fluellen Road) rather than an immediate cash payment. The resolution passed on a voice vote.

Commissioners also approved several consent and routine items by voice vote:

- Approval of pending Washington County Expo rental regulations and authorization for the county judge to sign (motion by Unidentified Speaker 5, carried).
- An amendment to the CSG (Forte) payments agreement enabling carrier registration and text-notification services (Miss Hollis said this portion had been omitted from the previously signed Intech JP software agreement); the amendment contains no changes to the original agreement terms and authorizes the county judge to sign. Motion passed (mover Unidentified Speaker 6).
- Adoption of the January 2026 commissioners court meeting minutes (mover Unidentified Speaker 3).
- Approval of an Adopt-a-County-Road agreement with volunteer John Judas to adopt roughly 2 miles of Pickens Road in Precinct 1 (mover Unidentified Speaker 5).
- Approval of a proposed update to Exhibit A of the agreement with Brandon Industrial Group for the annual spring cleanup event labor with no increase in cost (mover Unidentified Speaker 6).
- Approval of accounts payable for the period totaling $276,367.82 (presented by Miss Catherine; motion by Unidentified Speaker 6).

The court then recessed into executive session. No public actions were taken during the recess that were discussed on the record.

Ending: The court approved the TxDOT resolution and multiple routine items by voice vote and moved to executive session; next public actions will depend on the outcome of the closed session.