When Brazos County commissioners adopted the fiscal year 2019 budget, that included 20 amendments.
There were unanimous votes on all but one of the amendments.
There was a 3-2 split approving the addition of the first deputy in the precinct one constable’s office in ten years.
Precinct one commissioner Steve Aldrich says he proposed the addition after hearing from residents in the district that includes south College Station.
County judge Duane Peters says the constables are not delivering the volume of court-related paperwork as the constables north of Dallas in Collin County.
Peters also said the constable’s workload wasn’t high enough to justify another deputy.
The judge added if there was a demand for another law enforcement officer to handle traffic enforcement, there should be another sheriff’s deputy.
Click below for comments from Steve Aldrich, Duane Peters, and Sammy Catalena from the 9/11/2018 county commissioners court meeting:
Constable Jeff Reeves, who was at an out of state meeting during the commission’s deliberation, told WTAW News he’ll never understand why there was opposition.
Click below for comments from Jeff Reeves, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.
Joining Aldrich to add the deputy constable were Nancy Berry and Irma Cauley.
Joining Peters in voting not was Sammy Catalena.
