Williamson County Commissioners Court took a series of routine and substantive actions at its Oct. 28 meeting, approving routine expenditures, proclamations, contracts and several project-specific requests.

The court approved the electronically submitted county funding report and warrants totaling $14,394,391.07 and separate payments totaling $768,526.68. The court adopted consent items 4–29 (with item 20 held for correction and later approved with an account-number correction). Multiple proclamations and resolutions were approved including a proclamation naming November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and a resolution honoring Parks Director Russell Fishbeck on his retirement. The court also approved a resolution to light the courthouse green in observance of Operation Greenlight for Veterans from Nov. 4–11, 2025.

On procurement and contracts, the court authorized a subscription agreement with Ferrell Data Solutions for data backup and recovery services (Rubrik subscriptions) totaling $677,000 and approved routine road-and-bridge items (49–53). It approved a multi-jurisdictional bond-related action requested for Ascension Health Alliance (see separate coverage). The court voted to adopt precinct boundary changes and related election-administration adjustments reflecting 2024 congressional map changes (Plan C2333) and the resulting county precinct updates.

Grants and program authorizations included approval for district courts to apply for federal juvenile-related grants (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Bureau of Justice Assistance FY2025 local solicitations). The court approved a supplemental request of $253,415.70 in ARPA interest funds to assist the city of Granger with a water-line bore under the Union Pacific right-of-way (see separate coverage for details and discussion). The court voted on all listed items; individual tallies are shown below where recorded in the transcript.

Votes (as recorded in the meeting transcript):
- Approval of funding report and payments: motion carries 5–0.
- Approval of consent items 4–29 (excluding item 20): motion carries 5–0; item 20 approved later with corrected account number (motion carries 5–0).
- Proclamation (Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month): approved by voice vote (motion carries; recorded as majority).
- Resolution honoring Parks Director Russell Fishbeck: approved 5–0.
- Resolution Operation Greenlight for Veterans (light courthouse green 11/04–11/11/2025): approved 5–0.
- Ferrell Data Solutions (Rubrik) subscription contract (item 40): approved 5–0.
- Approval of items 41–47 (consent contracts): approved 5–0.
- Approval of Ascension Health Alliance financing-related resolution (item 34): approved 5–0 after clarification.
- Precinct boundary amendments and election precinct updates (items 38–39): approved 5–0.
- Authorization for district courts to apply for OJJDP and BJA FY2025 solicitations (items 36–37): approved 5–0.
- Funding assistance for City of Granger (item 48): motion carried with court support; recorded in transcript as a majority approval (see article on Granger funding for discussion and request for financial accounting).

The court recessed for an executive session at 11:04 a.m. to discuss real estate, legal matters and economic development negotiations and reconvened with no public action announced. The meeting adjourned at 12:50 p.m.

For details on substantive debates or questions raised during the meeting (Ascension Health Alliance bond request; Granger water-line funding; election security and ballot-on-demand concerns; Jester Annex policy workshop scheduling), see the separate articles published from this meeting.