Gaines County Commissioners Court: the Officer Search, the Memorial Wall and the FY 2027 Budget

The Gaines County Commissioners Court (County Judge Cindy Therwhanger) appointed a committee to interview veterans service officer applicants on November 5, 2025, heard that interviews were under way on January 14, 2026, added three names to the Veterans Memorial wall in May and June 2026, and on September 9, 2026 adopted an FY 2027 budget that carries the officer as an open part-time post; no benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Cindy Therwhanger, Veterans Service Officer, Veterans Memorial, Veterans Day, budget, Seminole, Seagraves, Loop.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Gaines County, TXCounty

The Court. The Gaines County Commissioners Court meets at 9:00 a.m. at the courthouse, 101 S. Main, Seminole, on the dates of its yearly calendar (the FY27 calendar was approved September 23, 2026); it sits as County Judge Cindy Therwhanger and Commissioners Brian Rosson (spelled Rossen in the minutes' roll), Josh Elder, David Murphree and Biz Houston. What was read. The monthly minutes of September 2025 through September 2026 - 28 meetings, September 24, 2025 to September 23, 2026 (scans, OCR'd). October 2026's are not yet posted. What the year shows. November 5, 2025: the committee "to review and interview the Veteran's Service Officer application and present to court for approval" (Commissioner Rosson's motion, carried unanimously); the Judge's announcements note the courthouse "Closed for Veterans Day, November 11". January 14, 2026: "The interviews for a Service Officer are being conducted today." May 2026: volunteers sought to place flags on veterans' graves on May 22; on May 20 two names were approved for the Veterans Memorial wall at $65 each, and on June 22 a third. July 29, 2026, at the budget session: "Veterans Memorial - approved to be taken from General fund - $2,990.00 for supplies and fertilizer & poison". September 9, 2026: the FY 2027 budget adopted unanimously on Commissioner Houston's motion; it carries department 24, "Veterans Service Officer", at $22,910 with the post open (see gaines-tx-veterans-services). The FY27 holiday schedule closes the courthouse on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2026. No minutes record an officer's appointment.

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Thresholds for Gaines County Commissioners Court: the Officer Search, the Memorial Wall and the FY 2027 Budget
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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