Upton County Commissioners Court: A 2027 Budget Without a Veterans Department, Approved Unanimously; Veteran's Day Closing

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The Upton County Commissioners Court (County Judge Dusty Kilgore) opened its public hearing on the 2027 budget on September 8, 2026 and approved the budget unanimously that day, with no veterans department, and its calendar closes the county on Veteran's Day; none of the 38 agendas and addenda of August 2025 to November 2026 names a veterans item. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Dusty Kilgore, Veteran's Day, budget, Rankin, McCamey, Midkiff.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Upton County, TXCounty

The Court. The Upton County Commissioners Court meets on the first and third Mondays of the month at 10 a.m., with special meetings between; it sits as County Judge Dusty Kilgore and Commissioners Pete Jackson, Cody Owens, Mike Smart and Cody Zamora. What was read. The 38 agendas the calendar links for August 4, 2025 through November 4, 2026 (scans, OCR'd) and the 2027 budget and proposed budget. The site posts no minutes, so the votes rest on the budget's certificate. What the year shows. The September 8, 2026 agenda opened the public hearing on the 2027 budget; the budget's certificate records its passage that day, and its cover records all five members voting for the budget and the tax rate, which it gives as the no-new-revenue rate. It has no veterans department (see upton-tx-veterans-services). The calendar closes the county for "Veteran's Day" on November 11, 2025. None of the agendas read names veterans or the veterans service officer post.

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Thresholds for Upton County Commissioners Court: A 2027 Budget Without a Veterans Department, Approved Unanimously; Veteran's Day Closing
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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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