Bandera County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Office Year in the Minutes

The Bandera County Commissioners Court (County Judge Richard Evans) let American Legion Post 157 use the courthouse lawn for its 2026 community events (April 9, 2026), accepted Veterans Service Officer Mike Lauricella's 2025 department report (May 14) and adopted an FY2027 budget raising the office to $89,109 (September 10); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Richard Evans, Mike Lauricella, American Legion Post 157, courthouse lawn, department report, Bandera, Lakehills, Medina, Pipe Creek, Tarpley, Vanderpool.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

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Bandera County, TXCounty

The record. The Court posts agendas and minutes on its Agendas & Official Minutes page; the 33 agendas and 29 minutes of September 4, 2025 through October 22, 2026 were read whole (the minutes of October 22 were not yet posted). The Court sits as County Judge Richard Evans and Commissioners Troy Konvicka, Bobby Harris, Jack Moseley and Jordan Rutherford. The veteran items: - April 9, 2026 (item 6, approved 4-0): "Comm. Harris moved to approve the Bandera American Legion Post 157 usage of the Courthouse lawn for community events in 2026." - May 14, 2026 (item 7, approved 4-0): "Comm. Harris moved to accept Mike Lauricella, Veterans Service Officer 2025 Veteran Services report." The report is marked as an attachment and is not in the posted minutes. - September 10, 2026 (item 6, approved 5-0): the 2026-2027 budget adopted, with the Veterans Service Officer department at $89,109 and the jurors' Veterans Service Officer Fund at $6,200 (see the office entry). No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Bandera County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Office Year in the Minutes
Gate	Rule
No eligibility - a board record	The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

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Last updated 2026-10-31.

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