Refugio County Commissioners Court: the 2026-2027 Budget Keeps the Part-Time Officer

The Refugio County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jhiela "Gigi" Poynter) adopted on September 8, 2026 a 2026-2027 budget that keeps the part-time veterans service office at $38,470; none of the nine agendas and notices it posts for August 11 through October 27, 2026 names a veterans item, it posts no minutes, and no benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Jhiela Poynter, Gigi Poynter, budget, Refugio, Woodsboro, Austwell, Tivoli, Bayside.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Refugio County, TXCounty

The Court. The Refugio County Commissioners' Court meets at 9:00 a.m. at the courthouse, 808 Commerce, Refugio, in regular and special called sessions; it sits as County Judge Jhiela "Gigi" Poynter and Commissioners Roy Payne, Stanley Tuttle, Gary Lee Wright and Blaine Wolfshohl. What was read. The agendas and notices the county posts: the special meeting of August 11, the regular and special called meetings of August 25, the special meeting and the budget and tax rate public hearing of September 8 with its taxpayer impact statement, and the meetings of September 22, October 13 and October 27, 2026 (scans, OCR'd). The county posts no minutes and no agendas before August 2026; the agendas' consent items approve minutes that are not on the site. What the year shows. The 2026-2027 budget's cover page, dated September 8, 2026, records all five members voting for it, and the budget was filed with the County Clerk on September 9; it keeps department 0643, "Veterans' Service", at $38,470 with a part-time officer (see refugio-tx-veterans-services). None of the nine postings names veterans, the veterans office or its officer.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Refugio County Commissioners Court: the 2026-2027 Budget Keeps the Part-Time Officer
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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