County approves resolution regarding ‘Rainbow Room’

The Hays County Commissioners Court approved a handful of items up for action during its regular meeting on Tuesday. 

The commissioners unanimously approved a resolution that will return $100,000 to the county that was originally granted to the Hays County Child Protective Board for the creation of a “Rainbow Room,” which is where the board stores and displays goods needed by children and families and takes care of children. 

The resolution that the commissioners approved states that “the county and HCCPB now believe that the monies granted in October 2018 would be better utilized by the Department of Countywide Operations to improve the County-owned property being utilized by HCCPB under the License Agreement … the earmarked monies shall be spent firstly on design/improvements to the Broadway Street location of the proposed Rainbow Room and secondly on equipment and supplies for the Rainbow Room.”

In other business, the commissioners approved the authorization of the county judge to execute the Training Services Authorized Provider Agreement with the American Red Cross permitting county employees or volunteers to deliver instruction in Red Cross training courses. 

The court approved the authorization of Amendment No. 1 of a contract with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for the Tuberculosis State Grant Program in the amount of $5,374.

The commissioners approved the creation of a temporary part-time Census Program Coordinator effective Jan. 16- Sept. 30, utilizing fiscal year 2020 budgeted funds for the 2020 Census. The court also approved the establishment of one  new full-time Mobile Crisis Outreach Liaison position effective Jan. 7 for the Sheriff's Office. The position would be funded through the Office of the Governor’s Mental Health Crisis Intervention grant.