The Bottom Line (Ironically, at the Top)
It’s a light agenda today. The Court will weigh a resolution urging Austin to double the optional county road-and-bridge fee from $10 to $20 per vehicle. New money the Court is authorizing this week totals about $635,452, that’s separate from roughly $4.6M in routine bill-paying.
Logistics
Review the full agenda here. Meetings start at 1:30 p.m. at the Jack Hatchell Administration Building, 4th Floor, 2300 Bloomdale Road, McKinney, TX 75071. You can sign up to speak at Commissioners Court meetings in person by filling out a blue card shortly before the meeting. You may alternatively share your thoughts by emailing the Commissioners Court through their contact info here. Videos of the meetings can be viewed here.
Commissioners Court Business (General Discussion Items)
- Resolution urging the Legislature to raise the optional Road & Bridge Fee from $10 to $20
This isn’t a tax the Court is levying today; it’s a request to the state legislature for permission to someday charge more. The case for this is real: the $10 cap has been frozen since 1991, and inflation since then has whalloped us. The cover sheet cites the Bureau of Labor Statistics putting that same purchasing power north of $23 today, and road-building materials are up more than 60% since 2020.
- Regional Transportation Council monthly update — A verbal report from the Precinct 3 commissioner on regional transportation planning.
- $28,060 to fill a Title Specialist position in the Tax Office — Releases contingency funds, approved back in the FY2025 budget, to hire the last of three positions tied to HB 718.
- Continue use of Unit No. 56034 as an unmarked Sheriff’s vehicle (presumably it doesn’t say “Unit No. 56034” in large letters).
Executive Session
- No specific items posted.
Executive session is a closed meeting authorized by Texas law for discussions involving real estate, personnel, pending litigation, or attorney-client matters. Any action taken must return to open session.
Notable Consent & FYI Items
Total of $635,452.37 of your money in proposed new expenses
- $383,833.95 — Dell EMC maintenance renewal through GovConnection. A budgeted FY26 renewal of the county’s Dell hardware maintenance agreement.
- $109,533.42 — Security cameras and A/V equipment for the County Clerk’s McKinney and Plano offices.
Note that Cloud Ingenuity’s $109,533 bid came in above Packet360’s $103,344, and a note on the same sheet says Packet360’s prior award “is being rescinded.” The memo calls Cloud Ingenuity “the next lowest responsive and responsible bidder,” which generally means the actual low bidder was disqualified.
- $110,500 new / $108,000 rescinded — County Clerk records-security project.
These two go together. The Court is rescinding a 2024 project for the same McKinney and Plano equipment because, per the memo, the paperwork “does not have a funding source in its current status,” and replacing it with a new FY26 project funded from the Records Management and Preservation Fund. The work is the same.
- Amendment #11 to the county’s election voting-system contract with ESS.
- Routine items also on consent: disbursements for the period ending June 4, 2026 ($4,285,166.79), indigent defense disbursements ($322,126.73), the April 2026 monthly financial reports, and personnel appointments and changes.
Also on the agenda as mandated items: routine personnel changes directed by an outside entity, and the Auditor’s intra-county account transfers.
How to Engage
- Watch: Meetings are broadcast and archived through Collin County’s video portal at collincountytx.gov.
- Speak: Fill out a blue card at the County Clerk’s office before the 1:30 PM start.
- Read: The full agenda with linked attachments.
- Contact: Commissioners Court members and the County Judge are listed at the County’s Commissioners Court page.
— Shelby
