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Your local County it's the hands and feet of 
Texas and as a result has a lot to do so who's

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in charge of overseeing that all of this gets 
done well that would be your local Commissioner's

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Court Commissioner's Court isn't the sort of 
Court you may think of when you hear the word

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you know what I mean the kind that settles 
disputes with Witnesses evidence and juries

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no Commissioner's Court is a special kind of 
business Court made up of one County Judge

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and four County Commissioners the County Judge 
serves as the presiding officer of the court

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with the four Commissioners representing each 
of their respective precincts you see every

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County in Texas no matter how big or small 
is divided into four precincts based on the

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County's population and the voters of each 
Precinct elect a commissioner to represent

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them in County matters and at least once a month 
sometimes we weekly Commissioners hold an open

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meeting called Commissioners court it's usually 
held on Mondays or Tuesdays it's here where they

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conduct County Business and make big County 
decisions like adopt the county budget and tax

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rates authorize County contracts approve budgeted 
purchases fill vacancies and county offices set

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County salaries and benefits as well as address 
matters of public health and safety they also

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deal with any issues relating to elections jails 
health districts Parks museums transportation

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it's a long list each commissioner is also 
in charge of overseeing projects on the roads

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and bridges of their Precinct so these matters 
come up very often before the court along with

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any other Precinct specific issues the local 
commissioner needs the court to address it's

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all important work and that's why you have 
a direct impact on who gets elected for the

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job it's also why Commissioners court is open to 
the public so county citizens like you can voice

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their opinions and speak directly to the issues 
that matter most to you its local accountability

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and accessibility at its finest so that's 
Commissioner's Court if you're still confused

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go and attend one they'd love to have you and 
you can see firsthand how Texas Counties Deliver