In February, new Brazos County commissioner Fred Brown drew some laughter about the county using the less popular Diners Club credit card.
During the commission’s April 15th meeting, Brown again drew some laughter after questioning a request to double the credit card limit of an I-T employee from $5,000 to $10,000 dollars.
Brown said “I don’t know that I would even raise my wife’s credit limit by that much. Now any of y’all that know my wife please do not tell her I said that.”
The employee’s department head, chief information officer Eric Caldwell, told Brown they have one card with a $10,000 limit and were requesting to raise the second card to the same level. Caldwell explained that they regularly have expenses that can only be paid by credit card that reach the $10,000 limit. Without it, Caldwell has to go to the county’s purchasing office to use their credit card.
Brown, who accepted Caldwell’s explanation, was part of the unanimous vote approving the request.
Click below to hear comments from the April 15, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.