Montague County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Memorial Wall’s Year

The Montague County Commissioners Court (County Judge Kevin Benton) took a donation toward the Veterans Memorial Wall, held a hearing on rebuilding it, put it out to bid and opened four bids on October 26, 2026, and adopted a FY2027 budget of $182,882 for the Veteran's Service Office; no benefit was narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Kevin Benton, Veterans Memorial Wall, monument, budget, Montague, Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo, Sunset, Forestburg, Ringgold.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Montague County, TXCounty

The record. The County Clerk posts the Court's minutes on an EasyDocs archive linked from the county's site; the 36 minutes of September 8, 2025 through October 26, 2026 were read whole. The Court sits as County Judge Kevin Benton and Commissioners Roy Darden, Mike Mayfield, Mark Murphey and Bob Langford. The items that name veterans: - September 22, 2025 (#25-193, all for): $1,581 from the Piston Heads Auto Club of Bowie accepted toward repairing the Veterans Memorial Wall. - October 13, 2025 (#25-213, all for): a public hearing on the wall's design and rebuilding set for October 27. - October 27, 2025 (#25-214): the hearing; the Court discussed granite and its price and said it would go out for bids. - May 26, 2026 (public comments): Judge Benton's displeasure that the monument was not repaired by Memorial Day. - August 24, 2026 (#26-165, all for): the FY2027 budget adopted, with $182,882 for the Veteran's Service Office (see the office's entry). - August 31, 2026 (#26-177, all for): sealed bids for the wall, due October 23, the county to remove the old panels and foundation to the museum in Nocona. - October 26, 2026 (#26-224): four bids opened, $279,630 to $342,200, and sent to Biggs & Mathews for 30 days' review (see the monument entry). No minutes record a Veterans Day proclamation. No veteran benefit was narrowed or repealed.

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Thresholds for Montague County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Memorial Wall’s Year
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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