Chair leads vote to use county funds to create petition for removal from office

At a Freestone County meeting, the chair moved "to utilize county funds and resources to create a petition for removal from office," and the motion was recorded and carried on a voice vote.

The chair (S1) asked for a motion and said, "Is there a motion to utilize county funds and resources to create a petition for removal from office?" The transcript records a motion and a second, followed by the chair calling, "All in favor, aye," and a spoken response of "Aye," after which the chair states, "The line is carried." The transcript does not identify the person or office targeted by the proposed petition, nor does it include a roll-call vote or numeric tally.

The record offers no subsequent discussion that clarifies who would be the subject of the petition or how county funds and resources would be used to support it. The action was taken by voice vote without an explicit formal allocation, timelines, or assigned staff responsibilities recorded in the transcript.

The chair presided over the action and the meeting moved on to other agenda items. The transcript provides no formal next steps, implementation dates, or legal citations related to using public funds for petition activity; those details were not specified.