The Collin County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to allow the sheriff's office to apply for the FY2026 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) election security grant through the governor's office.

Yoon Kim, Collin County administrator, told the court the grant would pay part of salary and fringe costs—"roughly $9,136"—while the remainder of the salary and fringe for the positions would come from a 2025 regional grant. Kim said both grants are federal funds with no county match required.

Kim cautioned commissioners that the positions supported by the grants are not funded from the county general fund: "if this grant were to go away or be rescinded or canceled, there are no funds budgeted for these positions out of the county's general fund, and so these positions would go away if the grants go away." The county approved the authorization for the sheriff's office to apply for the UASI grant.

Ending: Commissioners approved the application by motion and voice vote; staff indicated there was no county match and no current budgeted general-fund funding for the positions if grant support ceased.