Houston County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Service Report and the Year’s Budget

The Houston County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jim Lovell) moved a November meeting for the Veterans Day holiday, received the Veterans Service Report (October 28, 2025) and adopted a FY2027 budget of about $36,000 for the office (September 22, 2026); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Jim Lovell, Michael Maiden, Veterans Service Report, Veterans Day, budget, Crockett, Grapeland, Lovelady, Kennard, Latexo, Ratcliff, Weches, Pennington.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Houston County, TXCounty

The record. The County Clerk posts the Court's minutes on the county site; the 36 minutes of September 9, 2025 through October 27, 2026 were read whole. The link for the February 10, 2026 minutes opens the November 12, 2025 minutes instead. The Court sits as County Judge Jim Lovell and Commissioners Gary Lovell, Willie Kitchen, Gene Stokes and Jimmy Henderson. The items that name veterans: - October 14, 2025 (item 15, 3 to 0): the first November meeting moved to Wednesday, November 12, 2025, "due to Veterans Day Holiday." - October 28, 2025 (item 6): the "Veterans Service Report" received as information with the other department reports, Mike Maiden attending as "VA Officer"; the report itself is not attached. - September 22, 2026 (item 21, unanimous record vote): the FY2027 budget adopted, with $36,225.07 proposed for the Veterans Services Officer (see the office's entry). No minutes record a Veterans Day proclamation. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

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Thresholds for Houston County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Service Report and the Year’s 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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