Zapata County Commissioners Court: the Housing Grant Outreach Specialist's Wage, a Veteran-Led Suicide Prevention Run and the Grant Funds' Growth

The Court. The Zapata County Commissioners Court meets on the second and fourth Mondays at 9 a.m. at the courthouse, 200 E. 7th Ave., Zapata; it sits as County Judge Joseph Rathmell and Commissioners David R. Moya, Pedro Morales, Jose A. Solis and Roberto Garza. What was read. 22 agendas of October 14, 2025 through October 26, 2026. The Agendas page lists the year's meeting dates and a "MINUTES" label for each, but links only the agendas of October 14, 2025 and October 13 and 26, 2026, and no minutes; the others were read at the same address pattern on the county's server, where those of January 26, March 2, May 26 and July 7, 2026 are missing. The Agenda Archive's minutes stop in 2016. What the year shows. - October 14, 2025: at the request of Adolfo "Pope" Gonzalez, Veterans' Service Officer, the hourly wage of Marlyna Salinas, Housing for Texas Grant Outreach Specialist, from $17 to $18, "fully funded by the TVC Grant" (see zapata-tx-tvc-veterans-grants). - June 8, 2026: "Support for The Signal Run: A Veteran Driven Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Initiative", at Commissioner Solis's request; the agenda does not say what support was sought. - September 14, 2026: the adoption of the FY 2026-2027 budget (item 13), which carries the Texas Veterans Assistance fund at $300,000 and the Housing for Texas Heroes fund at $400,000, and the outreach specialist's raise to $19 from September 1, 2026, again at the officer's request. Without minutes, the outcomes rest on the agendas and the adopted budget.