Presidio County Commissioners Court: A New Veterans County Service Officer, Monthly Veterans Officer Reports, a $36,588.53 Department

The Court. The Presidio County Commissioners Court meets in regular session monthly, usually on the second Wednesday, at the courthouse in Marfa, with special meetings between; it sits as County Judge Jose Portillo Jr. and Commissioners Deirdre Hisler, Margarito Hernandez, Obed Escontrias and Frank "Buddy" Knight. What was read. The 37 agendas the Agenda/Schedule page posts for August 7, 2025 through October 28, 2026, and the 29 sets of approved minutes the Minutes and Recordings page posts for August 7, 2025 through July 22, 2026 (meetings from August 5, 2026 have recordings only), and the FY2027 and FY2026 budgets. What the year shows. On August 20, 2025, on Commissioner Hisler's item, the Court voted 5-0 to advertise for applications or letters of interest for appointment as Veterans County Service Officer; on September 10 it approved the job posting 4-0; on October 22 it voted 5-0 to hire Denise M Estrada; on November 12, after an executive session, it voted 4-1 to move the VCSO into the Annex office formerly kept as a "Commissioners Office"; and on February 25, 2026 it moved a filing cabinet from the Sheriff's Office to the Veterans County Services Office. From March 11, 2026 the regular agendas list a "Veterans Officer Report" among the department reports; on April 8 and May 6, 2026 the Court approved the reports "with the exception of the Veterans Officer Report", and on March 11, June 10 and July 8, 2026 it approved all of them. At the March 11 meeting Commissioner Hisler announced that a "Veterans grant helps with utilities bills, house repairs"; no agenda or budget read names the grant. The August 25, 2026 special meeting was called to hear and adopt the FY2027 budget and tax rate; the adopted budget carries the $36,588.53 Veterans' Services department (see presidio-tx-veterans-services).