Cooke County Commissioners Court: the Veteran Services Budget Year in the Minutes

The Cooke County Commissioners Court (County Judge John O. Roane) moved equipment between the Veteran's office and IT (April 13 and October 26, 2026), heard officer Tim Cortes ask for a 10% raise at the June 24 budget hearing, approved the office's FY27 budget without it (July 13) and adopted a 2027 budget of $102,721 for the office (August 31); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, John O. Roane, Tim Cortes, budget hearing, pay increase, asset transfer, Gainesville, Muenster, Valley View, Lindsay, Callisburg, Oak Ridge.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Cooke County, TXCounty

The record. The Court posts its agendas and minutes through the calendar on its Public Notices page; the 41 agendas of September 8, 2025 through October 26, 2026 and the 25 minutes of January 12 through September 28, 2026 were read whole. The calendar carries no minutes for September to December 2025, and the October 2026 minutes were not yet posted. The Court sits as County Judge John O. Roane and Commissioners Gary Hollowell, Jason Snuggs, Adam Arendt and Matt Sicking. The veteran items: - April 13, 2026 (item U): "the transfer of asset tag #4069 from Veteran's office to IT." - June 24, 2026, budget hearing: "Veteran Services - Tim Cortez presented his FY27 proposed budget with a request for 10% pay increase." - July 13, 2026: "Veteran Services - Discussion by the Court on the Veteran Services FY27 Budget with a request for a 10% pay increase. Motion by Commissioner Gary Hollowell, seconded by Commissioner Jason Snuggs to approve the Veterans Office FY27 Budget without the salary increase. Motion carried, 5-0." - August 31, 2026 (Order No. 2026-08-31-001): the FY27 budget adopted, with the Veteran Service Office at $102,721 (see the office entry). - October 26, 2026 (agenda item W): "the transfer of asset tag# 15569 Dell Pro Slim Plus from Information Technology to Veteran Services." No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

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Thresholds for Cooke County Commissioners Court: the Veteran Services Budget 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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