The Commissioners Court approved tax abatements for eight residential properties in Vidor at Tuesday’s meeting. The properties are all part of the Pride and Progress program begun earlier this year in Vidor and which Orange County joined in June. Vidor Mayor Robert Viator attended the meeting. He informed that at least two of the properties already have families in them. Viator reminded that the tax abatements are good for seven years on a graduated scale for the new home owners.
The Commissioners approved moving the Local Registrar of the Texas Department State Health Services whose duties include birth and death records from the four Justices of the Peace offices to the County Clerk’s Office effective January 1, 2017. County Clerk Brandy Robertson indicated her staff took over doing birth and death records in July for the City of Orange and have issued 658 certified copies. Fees generated for the county’s general fund from the various births and death certificates total $12,502 according to Robertson.
In a split vote the Commissioners approved a line item transfer of $32,558.55 for the Orange County Convention and Expo Center. The money will be used for landscaping at the Expo Center. Commissioner Jody Crump opposed the expense when the contract was awarded to Frey’s last week, and he voted against the line item transfer.
The exit inventories were received by the Court for Commissioners David Dubose and John Banken, Tax Assessor-Collector Lynda Gunstream, Justice of the Peace David Peck, and Constable Weldon Peveto. All five of the elected officials are leaving their offices at the end of December.
Prior to the Commissioners Court’s weekly meeting the local AgriLife Extension Department provided a recap of its activities this year. The one hour workshop included comments from several citizens including Sandra Hoke who have benefitted from the many AgriLife programs and classes. The Commissioners thanked the AgriLife agents for their outstanding service to the county.
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