Fayette County Veterans Services (Jesse Lednicky)

The office. Jesse Lednicky, Veterans Service Officer, 255 Svoboda Ln., La Grange, TX 78945; office (979) 968-5254. The page posts no hours or e-mail; call first. TexVet's county list still names Jacquelyn Wessels at the same number. What the page says. "The Veteran's Service Officer is an advocate for all claim's by Veteran's, Widow's of veterans, and children of veterans, for claim's submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs. They see veterans in their office, in other towns, in hospitals, in jail, and in nursing homes." So a housebound veteran or one in a nursing home can ask for a visit. The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). How the county funds it. General Fund department 405, "Veterans Service Officer", is $42,046.12 in the 2026 adopted budget (the county's year is the calendar year): $30,564.70 for the appointed officer, $6,961.42 of payroll costs, $1,500 of travel and training, $2,800 of telephone and $220 of postage, miscellaneous and furniture. The 2027 proposed budget, filed August 14, 2026, sets it at $43,953.26, the salary at $31,787.29; the Court adopted the 2027 budget on September 10, 2026, but the adopted document is not posted. The budget pays the officer alone; it carries no assistant.