Val Verde Commissioners To Sign Larger Laughlin Aerospace Grant Application Wednesday
Val Verde County commissioners will consider authorizing a $4.85 million state defense grant application for an aerospace and manufacturing initiative at Laughlin Air Force Base on Wednesday, plus a TxDOT agreement for a Cienegas Terrace pedestrian project.
DEL RIO, Texas – Val Verde County commissioners will consider authorizing County Judge Lewis G. Owens Jr. to sign a Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant application for $4,848,870.84 for the Val Verde Aerospace and Manufacturing Innovation Initiative at Laughlin Air Force Base, according to the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting.
The court will also consider authorizing resolutions naming the county’s authorized representatives for the grant, according to the agenda. The item was placed by County Engineer Carlos Velarde.
The new amount is about $146,352 more than the $4,702,518.94 application commissioners approved at their Oct. 21 meeting. At that meeting, Velarde said the grant would buy three pieces of equipment, including a metal 3D printer, so base personnel can make aircraft parts that are no longer available because of the planes’ age. The agenda does not explain the change in the amount.
Cienegas Terrace pedestrian project
Commissioners will also consider an advance funding agreement between TxDOT and the county for the Cienegas Terrace Pedestrian Improvement Project, TxDOT project number CSJ 0922-11-052, and authorize the county judge to sign it, according to the agenda. The agenda does not list the project cost.
Other items
- Family violence program: an interlocal agreement with the City of Del Rio for mutual family violence protection program funding.
- CASA report: a year-end report from CASA.
- Adult Probation remodel: a $52,124 contract with DLP Construction to replace flooring and paint the Adult Probation offices, with $33,505 from the insurance account and $18,619 from the county’s contribution to probation.
- Target range: a $23,000 change order with J.P. Sanchez Construction for interior work at the Target Range Facility, paid from the 2023 tax note.
- Street light: a new LED street light at 109 Owens Road at Cienegas Road for $151.21, paid from Precinct 4’s budget.
- Sheriff’s Office phones: a corrected monthly cost of $131.97 for an AT and T data plan approved Oct. 21 and a county cell phone for an investigator.
- Community events: requests to use the Judge Antonio “Tony” Faz County Annex for a law enforcement luncheon Nov. 13 and a Christmas Around the World event Dec. 13.
The meeting starts at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Old County Court-At-Law Building, 207B E. Losoya St., in Del Rio. A live feed is available on the county website, according to the agenda.
Read our earlier coverage: Val Verde County Approves Record Paving Loan And Laughlin Air Force Base Grant Request
Sources: Val Verde County Commissioners Court agenda, Nov. 4
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