Motley County Commissioners' Court: A Veterans Memorial at the Courthouse, $12,120 Raised; the Veterans Service Officer Resigns

The Court. The Motley County Commissioners' Court meets on the second Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom in Matador, with special meetings between; it sits as County Judge Jim Meador and Commissioners Douglas Campbell, Roegan Cruse, Franklin Jameson and Timmy Brooks. What was read. The minutes posted for August 11, 2025 through August 10, 2026, the Commissioners' Court agendas the Public Notices calendar links for August 11, 2025 through October 13, 2026 (scans, OCR'd), the 2026-2027 and 2025-2026 budgets and the 2026 holiday schedule. What the year shows. On October 14, 2025 (item 8) Marisue Potts presented a proposal for a Motley County Veterans Memorial at the courthouse. On January 12, 2026 she reported, as chair of the Motley County Historical Commission, the first donation, kept in an account separate from the museum's; on April 13, 2026 that $8,325 had been raised and that the public could buy a paver with its information for $300. On August 10, 2026 (No. 751) she reported 26 donors and $12,120, and the Court, on Commissioner Campbell's motion and Commissioner Cruse's second, unanimously approved buying the five panels and placing the wheelchair-accessible memorial where the gazebo stands. The September 14, 2026 meeting held the public hearing to adopt the 2026-2027 budget and set the tax rate; the budget's certificate records its passage that day. The October 13, 2026 agenda carries Marisue Potts's report on the fund raising (item 10) and the resignation of Veterans Service Officer Rodger Vinson (item 13; see motley-tx-veterans-services); its minutes are not yet posted. The 2026 holiday schedule closes the county on Veterans Day.