Brazos County's acting county judge calls a special meeting to consider additional funding for the Brazos Valley Food Bank

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County acting county judge Kyle Kacal and WTAW's Bill Oliver.Brazos County commissioners have scheduled a special meeting for this Thursday morning (November 6), in part to consider additional funding for the Brazos Valley Food Bank after SNAP benefits were suspended.Acting county judge Kyle Kacal is proposing the food bank receive $25,000 dollars.Kacal says he has also met with the mayors of Bryan and College Station. And he will be attending a meeting Monday (November 3) organized by the food bank and United Way of the Brazos Valley to address local programs impacted by the federal government shutdown.Kacal's additional funding request for the food bank follows commissioners approving at its October 14th meeting a yearly stipend of $10,000 dollars to assist low and moderate income residents.