The impact
The 2026 Commissioners Court meeting dates, according to the county’s website, are:
January:
- Jan. 15
- Jan. 29
- Feb. 12
- Feb. 26
- March 5
- March 26
- April 9
- April 23
- May 7
- May 21
- June 11
- June 25
- July 9
- July 23
- Aug. 6
- Aug. 20
- Sept. 3
- Sept. 17
- Oct. 8
- Oct. 22
- Nov. 5
- Nov. 19
- Dec. 10
- Dec. 17
State law now requires public meeting notices to go up three business days before a meeting, replacing the prior 72-hour posting requirement, as previously reported.
County officials said the Thursday switch gives staff a clearer runway to meet the new deadline. In the July discussion about the coming change, Precinct 2 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler said the county had already built schedules around the existing calendar, and “[they] adopted a county calendar at the beginning of the year ... [commissioners] also set [their] calendars based on that,” and that the date change ought to take effect starting in 2026.

