Zavala County Commissioners Court: An EMS and Veterans Affair Office for La Pryor, an MIA Proclamation and a Veterans Community Fair

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The Zavala County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jesse Gonzales) took up building an EMS and Veterans Affair office in La Pryor - advertising on April 1, 2026, RFQs on April 29, construction bids on May 27 and the bid award on June 24 - a proclamation for returned MIA veteran CPL Eriverto Ortiz (May 22, 2026), a Veterans Community Fair at the Nutrition Center (October 17, 2025), and the 2026-27 budget with a $33,201 Veteran's Office (September 2, 2026); it posts no minutes after 2023. No benefit is known to have been narrowed or repealed.

Also called: Commissioners Court, County Judge, Jesse Gonzales, EMS and Veterans Affair office, La Pryor, Eriverto Ortiz, MIA, Veterans Community Fair, Veterans Day, budget, Crystal City, La Pryor, Batesville.

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Zavala County, TXCounty

The Court. The Zavala County Commissioners Court meets in regular session twice a month on Wednesdays at the courthouse in Crystal City, with special, emergency and workshop meetings between; it sits as County Judge Jesse Gonzales and Commissioners Joe Cruz, Raul Gomez, Mark Belmarez and Florencio Melendrez. What was read. The 65 agendas, addenda and workshop notices the Commissioners Court Agendas page posts for August 6, 2025 through November 6, 2026 (scans, OCR'd; the Minutes page posts minutes only for 2022 and 2023), the 2026-27 and 2025-26 budgets and the amended 2026 holiday list. What the year shows. On August 20, 2025 the Court took up the use of the Nutrition Center on October 17, 2025 "for a Veterans Community Fair", and on November 12, 2025 an informational "Road and Bridge Veteran office update". On April 1, 2026 it took up advertising "to build an EMS and Veterans Service office"; on April 29, opening and awarding RFQs for the "EMS and Veterans Affair office in La Pryor"; on May 27, advertising for construction bids; and on June 24, opening and awarding the bids. On May 22, 2026 it took up a "returned MIA veteran CPL Eriverto Ortiz Proclamation", and on September 16, 2026, donating the Old Post Office flag pole "to the Veterans to be repaired, if possible, for their own use". Its September 2, 2026 agenda carried the hearing on and approval of the 2026-27 budget, which funds the Veteran's Office at $33,201 (see zavala-tx-veterans-services). The amended 2026 holiday list closes the county on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11. Without minutes, the votes are unread.

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