The Commissioners Court held its weekly meeting Tuesday at the Vidor City Hall. The meeting was moved to Vidor to allow Way Services to do some necessary renovations to the duct work in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Administration Building at the Courthouse.
The Commissioners had a rather brief agenda. Approving the revised Travel Policy for county employees was the main item. County Judge Brint Carlton reviewed a few of the revisions made to the policy. The nightly accommodation cap had not been adjusted for several years, and the new cap was raised to $175 excluding taxes. Other modifications were made to rental cars, employees being able to use their personal vehicles, and when county vehicles should be used by employees. Carlton concluded, “Also what other expenses we’ll pay such as parking and wi-fi fees.”
At the close of the meeting during the time for public comment Vidor Chief of Police Rod Carroll made a request of the Commissioners Court to ask the Texas Department of Transportation to do an evaluation of the speed limit on Interstate 10 from Cow Bayou to the Neches River. Chief Carroll reminded the Court of the recent accident that took two lives on the interstate near Vidor. There have been numerous accidents, and Carroll expressed concern of the risks run by first responders that are doing their job on the highway with the speed limit at 75 miles per hour.
Jefferson County and Chambers County have lowered their maximum speed limit on Interstate 10 to 65 miles per hour according to the chief. “Anyone that has driven I-10 from Jefferson County to the Louisiana line knows they’re taking their lives in their own hands often times by the way people are driving,” Carroll commented.
Judge Carlton and all the Commissioners unanimously thanked City Manager Mike Kunst and Mayor Robert Viator for the use of the City Council Chamber in the Vidor City Hall. All of them agreed it is an excellent facility.
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