Pecos County Commissioners Court: a New Veterans Officer Hired, Veterans Day Proclaimed and Memorial Day Wreaths

The record. The county posts the Commissioners Court's agendas as web pages, not its minutes; the 35 agendas of September 22, 2025 through October 26, 2026 were read whole. The Court sits as County Judge Joe Shuster and Commissioners Francisco Ramirez, Jerome Chavez, Mickey Jack Perry and Nathan Reeves. The items that name veterans: - October 27, 2025 (item 14) and October 26, 2026 (item 5): proclaiming November 11 "to be observed as Veterans' Day in Pecos County". - November 24, 2025 (item 7): "request for Applications and Resume's for County Veterans Service Officer". - December 22, 2025 (items 26 and 27): a closed session to "Interview Applicants for Veterans' Service Officer", then action "for the Hiring of a Veterans' Service Officer". - January 26, 2026 (item 10): a copier lease "for Veterans' Service Office"; April 13, 2026 (item 14): a budget amendment "for the Veteran's Office for a Copy Machine, to be paid from Contingency Funds". - May 11, 2026 (item 5): a "Donation of Wreaths from Gerardo and Darrla Pules, to be placed at Zero Stone Park for Veterans on Memorial Day"; the same agenda took up proclaiming May 25, 2026 Memorial Day. - August 10, 2026 (item 9): "request to assist Veteran's Officer with additional Funds for remainder of 2026, amount to be set by Commissioner's Court". - August 24, 2026 (item 17): the 2027 budget adopted by record vote, Judge Shuster and Commissioners Ramirez, Perry and Reeves for and Commissioner Chavez against, with $76,075 for the Veterans Service Office (see the office's entry). What is not on record. With no minutes posted, the hiring vote, the amount added in August and the proclamations' text are not public. Ask the County Clerk, Liz Chapman, 432-336-7555. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed on the record read.