Colorado County Commissioners Court: the Shared Officer at 50% in the Salary Order, the Office Funded

The record. The Court posts its minutes, with their attachments, on the Commissioners Court Minutes page; the 31 minutes of September 8, 2025 through September 28, 2026 were read whole. The agenda calendar keeps only the newest notices. The Court sits as County Judge Ty Prause and Commissioners Shannon Owers, Ryan Brandt, Keith Neuendorff and Darrell Gertson. The items that name veterans: - January 12, 2026 (item 21): the order fixing the number and salaries of office deputies and employees for 2026 approved 5-0 (Neuendorff/Brandt); its attachment lists "Veteran Service Officer (50%)" at $27,256 and Wayne Murphy as the part-time hourly Veterans Service Officer. - The monthly financial reports attached through the year carry department 0580, Veteran Service Officer. - July 27, 2026 (item 8.8): the 2027 holiday schedule set, with Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11, 2027; the county's home page announces its offices closed on November 11, 2026. - September 8, 2026 (item 6.3): the 2027 budget adopted 5-0 (Gertson/Prause), with $35,407 for the Veteran Service Officer (see the office's entry). The minutes record no appointment vote for the officer, no agreement with Lavaca County on the shared post, no Veterans Day proclamation and no juror donations to veterans. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.