Brazos County commissioners table request to extend the contract with its road bond consultant

This podcast includes comments from the June 3, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.Brazos County commissioners decide to postpone a vote to extend a contract with its consultant that is managing the bond issue for road projects that voters approved in November 2022.Before three commissioners attending Tuesday's meeting (June 3) made that decision, new commissioner Fred Brown said he was ready to vote against the extension because he has not seen the original contract and he is opposed to the east loop highway that is one of the bond projects.Brown was not present at the commission's May 27th meeting when the consulting company owner presented an update on seven projects, one of which was the east loop.Seven public speakers who oppose the east loop also spoke against the contract extension.County engineer Prathana Banerji asked for the contract extension. She said the consultant was hired because county staff does not have the expertise to work on bond funded projects associated with the Texas department of transportation...which includes the future widening of Harvey Road and Leonard Road.Brown agreed with Chuck Konderla's request to table a decision. Also voting to table was Wanda Watson.Click HERE to read and download the contract extension that was tabled at the June 3, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.