10.D • The following items are of a routine or administraHidalgo County (Hidalgo County)

AI-101989: Approval of 2026 appropriation of funds to establish operating budgets for the following programs: A. Sheriff CCP59 (1227) - $31,500.00 B. Sheriff Federal Sharing-Treas (1228) - $32,100.00 C. Sheriff Federal Sharing-DOJ (1229) - $125,999.00 D. Contributions Fund (1243) - $86,020.00 E. TAC Special Vehicle Inventory (1246) - $821,130.36

Presented in: Hidalgo County Commissioners Court - January 20, 2026 on 2026-01-20

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 8.7/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (5 - 0)

“AI-101989: Approval of 2026 appropriation of funds to establish operating budgets for the following programs: A. Sheriff CCP59 (1227) - $31,500.00 B. Sheriff Federal Sharing-Treas (1228) - $32,100.00 C. Sheriff Federal Sharing-DOJ (1229) - $125,999.00 D. Contributions Fund (1243) - $86,020.00 E. TAC Special Vehicle Inventory (1246) - $821,130.36”

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

AI-101989 Approval of 2026 appropriation of funds to establish operating budgets for the following programs: A. Sheriff CCP59 (1227) - $31,500.00 B. Sheriff Federal Sharing-Treas (1228) - $32,100.00 C. Sheriff Federal Sharing-DOJ (1229) - $125,999.00 D. Contributions Fund (1243) - $86,020.00 E. TAC Special Vehicle Inventory (1246) - $821,130.36

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 8.7/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).