Palo Pinto County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Office Made Full-Time

The Palo Pinto County Commissioners Court (County Judge Shane Long) took up making the Veterans Office a full-time position (December 22, 2025), renewed the office's VetPro software licence (August 10, 2026) and adopted an FY2027 budget of $60,234 for the office (September 14, 2026); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed in the agendas.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Shane Long, full-time position, VetPro, budget, Palo Pinto, Mineral Wells, Gordon, Strawn, Mingus, Graford, Santo, Possum Kingdom.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Palo Pinto County, TXCounty

The record. The Court posts its agendas on its 2026 meetings page and earlier ones on the FY2025 page; the 37 agendas and amendments of September 8, 2025 through September 28, 2026 were read whole. The county posts no minutes, so the outcomes below come from the agendas and the adopted budget. The Court sits as County Judge Shane Long and Commissioners Richard Ralls, Mike Reed, Jim Pollock and Jeff Fryer. The veteran items: - December 22, 2025: "Consider/Approve making the County Veteran's Services office a full-time position". The FY2027 budget moves the officer's pay to a single $47,151 salary line (see the office's entry). - August 10, 2026: "Consider/Approve renewal VetPro Annual License Fee for Veteran's office software". - September 14, 2026: the FY2027 budget adopted (agenda item 36), with $60,234 for the Veterans Office. No agenda carries a Veterans Day or Operation Green Light proclamation or a veterans' assistance item. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Palo Pinto County Commissioners Court: the Veterans Office Made Full-Time
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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Last updated 2026-10-31.

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