The court received various presentations Jan. 17 from Ardurra Group Inc. on behalf of five nonprofits: Dripping Springs Hometown Missions, the Greater San Marcos Youth Council, the Wimberley 4-H Buyer's Pool, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos and the Hays County Child Protective Board.
Each of the five nonprofits is in line to receive anywhere from $12,000-$50,000 from the county's ARPA funding to make up for the decreased revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as previously reported by Community Impact.
The court will vote on agreements between the county and the Greater San Marcos Youth Council, Dripping Springs Hometown Missions and Wimberley 4-H Buyer's Pool.
The agreements outline how the funds will be issued and how long the nonprofits have to spend the funds.
Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund
The court will also deliberate and vote to establish a budget for the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund, which will be $100,000 of ARPA funding. The court submitted a funding application to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in October 2022 for this funding, according to agenda documents.
A fifth of the funding will be dedicated to the sheriff's office to further the current fentanyl outreach program as it continues to claim lives throughout the county. The remaining $80,000 will be used for a variety of "governmental purposes" including travel, equipment and contract services.
Salary increases
An item on the agenda also includes a 10% increase in pay to all Hays County employees whose salaries are under $100,000 and are not "bound by the collective bargaining agreement."
"The increase is called due to the delay of the salary survey that would have brought the county employees to a market wage," the agenda document reads.
The Hays County Commissioners Court will meet 9 a.m. Jan. 31 at 111 E. San Antonio St., San Marcos.
