Zavala County Veterans Service Office (Eloy Vera): La Pryor and Crystal City Hours, a $33,201 Budget

The office. The county's Veteran Services page: Zavala County Veterans Service Office, Eloy Vera; phone (254) 220-1201; e-mail given as "veterans@zavalacounty. gov" ([email protected]). Office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., at 121 E. US Highway 57, La Pryor, TX 78872; Wednesday and Thursday, the same hours, at 1700 US Hwy 83 N, Crystal City, TX 78839. The page links the VA, VA forms, service records, VA education, the Veterans Crisis Line, the Texas Veterans Commission and the Texas Veterans Land Board. The officer files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). How the county funds it. The 2026-27 approved budget (fiscal year ending September 30, 2027; the Court's September 2, 2026 agenda carried its hearing and approval) carries the Veteran's Office at $33,201: $15,000 of personnel (the officer requested $25,000), $1,260 for a cell phone, $13,341 of fringe benefits, $1,500 of office supplies, $1,000 of travel, $500 of equipment and $600 of telephone. The 2025-26 budget carried $33,128, of which $19,752 was spent by May 31, 2026. A county of under 200,000 people is not required to keep an officer (Government Code 434.032). A new office. The Commissioners Court voted to advertise for an EMS and Veterans Service office on April 1, 2026, took up the RFQs for the "EMS and Veterans Affair office in La Pryor" on April 29, construction bids on May 27 and the opening and award of bids on June 24, 2026 (see zavala-tx-commissioners-court-veterans-record). TexVet. TexVet's county list names Pablo Aguillon for Zavala, at 830-854-7090, [email protected]. No county page or agenda read names him; use the county's page. County contacts. The County Judge's office, Judge Jesse Gonzales, 200 E. Uvalde Street, Suite 9, Crystal City, TX 78839; phone 830-374-3810, fax 830-448-3144; [email protected]. The County Clerk records discharges (see zavala-tx-county-clerk-discharges).