Lubbock County Commissioners Court approved a slate of routine administrative and fiscal items during its Sept. 29 regular session, voting largely by voice to carry a package of budget, policy, contract and election-administration measures.

The court approved line-item transfers totaling $355,005.62 and budget amendments of $380,000, accepted the county’s investment policy and debt management policy, and adopted local rules and decorum for the Commissioners Court in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

The court authorized the county judge to sign the Traveler’s Insurance crime policy and an excess workers’ compensation insurance policy for the period covering 10/01/2025 through 10/01/2026. It also authorized several contracts and interlocal agreements, including: an interlocal agreement with the Regional Public Defender’s Office (RPDO) for indigent defense services; an agreement with HCAA Medical Group P.A., doing business as Occ Med Associations LP, for pre-employment and promotional physicals and drug/alcohol screening (RFP 250602); and fiscal-year 2026 fire suppression and rescue services agreements with the county’s 11 volunteer fire departments.

Elections administrator Roxene Stinson presented a package of election items for a Nov. 4, 2025 special election and the court approved the notice of election, early voting dates/times and locations, the elections office at 1308 Crickets Avenue as the main early voting polling location, early-voting lead clerks and ballot-board members, appointment of central counting-station supervisors, and bilingual clerk appointments. The court also approved procedures for the provisional-voter “cure” period under the Texas Election Code.

Other routine approvals included Lubbock County community-center policies effective Oct. 1, 2025, and the appointment of Mike Dalby as presiding officer in the county judge’s absence for fiscal year 2026. All of these items passed on motions and seconded votes with no roll-call tallies recorded in the meeting minutes and were announced as passed by voice vote.

Why it matters: These approvals establish the county’s budget controls, insurance coverage, election infrastructure and personnel roles needed to operate through the coming fiscal year and to run the special election.

Background: The accepted investment and debt policies are annual submissions; the RPDO interlocal agreement covers capital-murder indigent-defense coverage and does not replace the county’s regular public-defender contract, the court noted. The medical-services contract follows an advertised request for proposals (RFP 250602). The elections approvals implement early-voting and election-day logistics under multiple provisions of the Texas Election Code.

Next steps: The county will execute the approved contracts and interlocal agreements and prepare for the Nov. 4 special election with the approved early-voting schedule and staffing assignments.