Travis County Commissioners Court postponed the need for a burn ban due to the recent rainfall in the county and approved the Travis County Vision, Mission, Guiding Principles and Goals document. Here are three other takeaways from Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting:

• The Commissioners Court approved a policy for resolutions of no objection that shows its support for low-income housing tax credit applications. The commissioners later approved a resolution of no objection for the Del Valle 969 Apartments on the far east side of the county. County Judge Sarah Eckhard and the commissioners also discussed the need for more affordable housing in that area and throughout the county. The resolution passed 4-1; Eckhardt cast the lone no vote.

“If it were to land bank until there were additional elements that really made this sing, I would be 100 percent in favor of this,” Eckhardt said. “But as I reviewed the data in this precinct, it is my personal opinion that adding 60 percent [median family income] to the rental stock does not actually continue doing what the market is already doing.”

• The vacation leave modification vote for Travis County employees was postponed until June 20. In November, the Commissioners Court received a briefing regarding proposed changes to the Travis County code for vacation accrual. The purpose of the changes was to address vacation accrual differences between regular employees and peace office pay scale [POPS] employees. The Travis County Human Resources Management Department gave a presentation Tuesday morning that offered six alternatives to help improve the vacation accrual program including changing to the vacation maximum to 240 hours for all employees, establishing a second vacation accrual account to retain current POPS employees vacation accruals, implementing a voluntary buyback program for POPS employees, creating a one-year accelerated buyback program from an employee’s vacation savings account and changing the pay upon separation cap to 240 hours for POPS employees. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Travis County Sheriff’s Officer Association and the Travis County Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Association were opposed to the changes leading to the postponement of the item.

“I was hoping that we could work together to roll back a policy that has been in place too long and has resulted in some unintended consequences,” Eckhardt said. “These issues are complex and need to be taken one piece at a time.”

• The Citizens Bond Advisory Committee, a group of community leaders appointed by the Commissioners Court to research the community’s priorities for a potential bond referendum, continues to research projects for the county to tackle. Commissioners heard a brief update from Travis County Transportation and Natural Resources staff on Tuesday about the committee’s progress. The commissioners agreed to go back to the committee and ask them to come up with a small, medium, and large package of projects for the county to review. The package plans will be presented at the June 20 meeting. Commissioners will then discuss the cost of the packages and the financial effects each would have on the average taxpayer.