The Cameron County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a series of consent items, contract renewals, awards and boundary adjustments, including trash-bash events, a regional tire-collection program, multiple renewals of county insurance and benefits contracts, selection of banking and engineering vendors, denial of a tax abatement compliance request, and the sale of county-owned property to the Diocese of Brownsville.

The court opened with public comments and then moved through a lengthy consent agenda. Commissioners voted to host the county'wide Trash Bash in May and to participate in a one-day regional tire-collection event with the LRGVDC; they approved service agreements with Republic Services for waste disposal. The court accepted a $60,400 grant from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation to purchase four mosquito-control foggers and approved a clinical training affiliation agreement with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) School of Medicine to allow medical-student participation in the Cameron County Forensic Pathology Department.

On insurance and benefits, the court renewed the county's property/casualty coverage, approving moving the county's loss-limit back to $30,000,000 (from $25,000,000) for an approximately $59,000 additional premium; it also renewed the county's administrative services-only (ASO) health benefits contract with Aetna with no fee increase. The court acknowledged evaluation summaries for the county bank depository and engineering services solicitations, awarded the bank depository contract to Lone Star National Bank subject to negotiation, and approved a pool of five firms for general engineering consulting services.

The court denied the annual tax-abatement compliance request for the company under contract number 2016CO3038 after staff reported the employer did not meet the contract's point threshold. The court also approved nine election-precinct boundary proposals in part: proposals 1 through 6, 8 and 9 were approved, while proposal 7 was left contingent on the outcome of a proposed incorporation vote for the community referenced as Starbase; the changes would take effect Jan. 1, 2026.

In executive-session business the court authorized its civil legal division to dispose of a civil case (1:25-CV-00025) and approved the sale of county property at Rutherford Park (Blocks 21 and 23, Laguna Heights) to the Diocese of Brownsville for $80,000, authorizing the county judge to sign closing documents.

Votes at a glance (selected motions recorded in the transcript):
- Trash Bash & Republic Services: Motion to approve by Commissioner Sofia Benavides, seconded by Commissioner Reese; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- LRGVDC regional tire collection participation: Motion to approve by Commissioner Benavides, seconded by Commissioner Reese; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation grant ($60,400 for four mosquito foggers): Motion by Commissioner Reese, seconded by Commissioner Benavides; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- UTRGV School of Medicine affiliation agreement: Motion by Commissioner Benavides, seconded by Commissioner Reese; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- Property/casualty insurance loss-limit change to $30,000,000 (additional premium ≈ $59,000): Motion by Commissioner Lopez, seconded by Commissioner Benavides; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- ASO / benefits renewal with Aetna (no increase): Motion by Commissioner Benavides, seconded by Commissioner Reese; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- Bank depository award (RFP 1222) to Lone Star National Bank, subject to negotiation: Motion by Commissioner Reese, seconded by Commissioner Benavides; outcome: carried (Commissioner Lopez recorded an abstention).
- General engineering consulting pool (RFQ 1400): Motion to approve top five firms (GDJ, RRP, Veil Systems Engineering, KCI, Hansen): Motion by Commissioner Lopez, seconded by Commissioner Benavides; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- SateUSA / Sata Group tax-abatement compliance (contract 2016CO3038): Motion to deny by Commissioner Benavides, seconded by Commissioner Reese; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- Election-precinct boundary proposals 1'6, 8 and 9 approved; proposal 7 contingent on incorporation: Motion by Commissioner Reese, seconded by Commissioner Lopez; outcome: carried (unanimous).
- Sale of county property at Rutherford Park to the Diocese of Brownsville ($80,000) and authorization for county judge to sign documents: Motion by Commissioner Benavides, seconded by Commissioner Reese; outcome: carried (unanimous).

Several other routine consent items, travel items and claims were approved, some with recorded abstentions noted in the court record. A number of items were tabled for additional legal analysis, including a naming request for the Harlingen annex and a proposed personnel-policy change on background checks.

The court recessed into executive session under Texas Government Code sections 551.071 and 551.087 and returned to take the actions described above.