Hays County Commissioners court voted unanimously to appeal the final judgement related to the lawsuit that made the Hays County Road bond null and void at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.
Hays County Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe said she was supportive of looking at utilizing Certificates of Obligation to try to move forward with funding the road projects initially while pursuing an appeal. According to the Texas Comptroller website, COs are a form of borrowing, “which some local governments can use to fund public works without voter approval. COs provide local governments with important flexibility when they need to finance projects quickly, as with reconstruction after a disaster or as a response to a court decision requiring capital spending.”
“We went through the election process. The voters, to me, spoke clearly [and] voiced their opinion on us moving forward with the bond election and improvements to our roads,” Ingalsbe said. “I think we need to move forward with an appeal.”
