Collingsworth County Commissioners Court: Monthly Veterans Service Officer Reports, Officer Training Approved, Veterans Day Closing

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The Collingsworth County Commissioners Court (County Judge Scot Martindale) approves the Veterans Service Officer's report with the other county reports at its regular meetings, approved JR Castillo's training on February 10, 2025, adopted a 2025-2026 budget on September 15, 2025 that pays the officer $14,102.35, approved a 2026 holiday list that closes the county on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and held its 2026-2027 budget hearing on September 21, 2026. No benefit is known to have been narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Scot Martindale, JR Castillo, Veterans Service Officer, Veterans Day, holidays, budget, Veteran Memorial Fund, Wellington, Dodson, Quail, Samnorwood.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Collingsworth County, TXCounty

The Court. The Collingsworth County Commissioners Court meets on the second Monday of each month at the courthouse in Wellington, with special meetings and budget workshops between; it sits as County Judge Scot Martindale and four commissioners - the 2025 minutes give Farris Nation, Jim Ellis, Joel Sherwood and Richard Johnson (the Commissioners Court page lists Keith Martin for Precinct 1). What was read. The 2025 minutes (January 13 to December 8, 2025, scanned, OCR'd), the 26 agendas and notices the Public Notices calendar links for August 11, 2025 through October 13, 2026 (the county posts no 2026 minutes), the approved 2025-2026 budget and the 2026 holiday list. What the year shows. The minutes list "Veterans Service Officer" among the county reports the Court approves - on January 13, February 10, July 14, August 11, October 14 and November 10, 2025 - and JR Castillo attends as the county's VSO. On February 10, 2025 (item 9) the Court unanimously approved his attending training. On September 15, 2025 it approved a 3.5% tax rate increase and the 2025-2026 budget, which pays the Veterans Service Officer $14,102.35 and carries a dormant Veteran Memorial Fund ($45.25 of interest, no budget). On October 14, 2025 it approved twelve 2026 holidays, among them "VETERANS DAY WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2026". In 2026 the agendas set budget workshops on August 17 and 25 and September 8 and 14 and a September 21 public budget hearing to approve tax rate increases and the FY 2026-2027 proposed budget; no 2026-2027 budget or record of the vote is posted. No 2026 agenda names a veterans item.

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Thresholds for Collingsworth County Commissioners Court: Monthly Veterans Service Officer Reports, Officer Training Approved, Veterans Day Closing
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No eligibility - a board record	The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

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