Montgomery County Commissioners Court on Jan. 10 approved moving Building Maintenance Director Tim Stewart to the chief of staff position for Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray as well as approving $4.2 million out of American Rescue Plan Act monies to prefund the first phase of an interlocal project that will extend water and sewer infrastructure from the city of Shenandoah to the community of Tamina.

Under the consent agenda, the court moved to memorialize the contract between Montgomery County and the city of Shenandoah for the construction of the Tamina water project. The project is being funded out of ARPA funds from Montgomery County to allow the city to begin work on engineering and design; $4.2 million was approved to go toward the project.

During executive session, the court discussed fulfilling the building maintenance director position being left vacant by Tim Stewart, who is moving into a new position as chief of staff for Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray.

Also approved at the meeting was nominating Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough as the county’s representative to the Houston-Galveston Area Council board of directors with Gray as the alternate.