Brazos County commission continues accepting state grant money to raise pay of some employees in the district attorney's office

This podcast contains comments from the October 28, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.Brazos County commissioners continue to accept state grant money to help pay for some employees in the district attorney's office.The unanimous vote to accept the $275,000 grant approved at the October 28th meeting follows similar action on October 14th affecting the county attorney and sheriff's offices.District Attorney Jarvis Parsons says this helps what describes as a "prevailing crisis" in keeping prosecutors. Parsons says prosecutors make less money than their defense counterparts while having two to three times the case load.The grant money can be applied to salaries of prosecutors, investigators, and/or victim witness coordinators, and/or to hire additional staff.Parsons says affected employees sign an agreement acknowledging that the additional pay is not a given.Commissioners were reminded that if and when state grants go away, they will have to decide whether to spend local money to maintain those salary levels.Click HERE to read and download the state grant agreement approved at the October 28, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.