Hill County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Service Office Year in the Minutes

The Hill County Commissioners Court (County Judge Shane Brassell) kept the Veteran's Service Office among the jurors' donation choices in its Jury Selection Plan (January 27, 2026), gave the officer a county cell phone (May 12) and travel reimbursement (June 9), heard the office at the July budget hearings and adopted an FY2027 budget of $91,443 for it; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Shane Brassell, Brad Orban, Jury Selection Plan, cell phone, Tidal Wave, budget hearings, Hillsboro, Whitney, Itasca, Hubbard, Covington, Mount Calm, Abbott, Aquilla, Malone.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Hill County, TXCounty

The record. The Court posts its minutes on a minutes page and its agendas, with briefing memos, through its calendar; the 41 minutes of September 23, 2025 through September 22, 2026 and the 55 agendas and packets of September 2025 through October 27, 2026 were read whole. The Court sits as County Judge Shane Brassell and Commissioners Jim Holcomb, Larry Crumpton, Martin Dudik and Martin Lake (Scotty Hawkins sat on the Court earlier in the window). The veteran items: - January 27, 2026 (Court Order 2026-5017): the Jury Selection Plan approved, letting jurors donate their daily reimbursement to the Hill County Veteran's Service Office, the Child Welfare Board, the Crime Victims Compensation Fund or CASA under Government Code 61.003. - May 12, 2026 (item 9, Court Order 2026-5160): "approve a cell phone for the Veterans Service Officer Brad Orban." - June 9, 2026 (Court Order 2026-5224): "approve reimbursement for lodging expenses incurred for Veterans Services Officer Brad Orban during official county travel" ($180, by his brief). - July 21 and 22, 2026: Veterans Services among the departments heard at the budget hearings. - October 13, 2026 (agenda item 28): "the Tidal Wave yearly subscription for Hill County Veterans Service Officer, in the amount of $219.67 for one vehicle." - October 27, 2026 (agenda packet): a wage/status change for the Veteran Service Officer effective October 1, 2026. The October minutes were not yet posted. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Hill County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Service Office 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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