Uvalde County Veterans Service Officer (Everardo "Lalo" Zamora)

The office. SFC Everardo (Lalo) Zamora, Veteran's Services Officer, 216 W. Main Street, Uvalde, TX 78801; 830-278-4491 (his form adds a cell, 830-591-3776); [email protected]. Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed noon to 1 p.m. The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry), runs the county's veterans transportation reimbursement (see that entry), and posts the Texas Veterans Land Board's home improvement loan applications and VA PACT Act flyers. TexVet's county list names Zamora but gives 830-328-4224 and an old uvaldecounty.com address. Help for the office. Presenting his report on February 23, 2026, Zamora "expressed a dire need for help in the office"; the Court approved the report 4-0, and he presented his budget requests at the July 8, 2026 budget hearing. How the county funds it. General Fund department 0405, "Veterans Department", is $120,313.70 in the 2026-2027 final budget adopted September 14, 2026 (the county's year runs October to September), against $99,113.70: the officer's $43,479.32 salary, a new $20,800 line for a "part-time contract person ($20/hr)", the $35,000 transportation line, $6,000 of health and life insurance, $4,508.21 of retirement, $3,326.17 of Social Security, $1,000 of office expense, $3,200 of travel and seminars and $1,800 and $1,200 travel and cell phone allowances. A separate Juror Donation account, "Juror Donation/Veteran Service", shows $3,552 of jurors' donated pay spent in the budget's 2025 actual column and budgets $5,000.