Brazos County's county judge explains the reason for a more than 50 member committee

This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.A committee appointed at the last Brazos County commission meeting (June 9) has more than 50 people. After county judge Duane Peters spent more than five minutes reading the names, the initial reaction from commissioner Fred Brown was that this committee, to consider salary appeals by elected officials, was "going to be a train wreck" because there are so many members.County judge Duane Peters explained this committee is composed of members of the Brazos County grand jury. Only nine members gather for an individual appeal.Peters says state law controls the committee's action, saying if all nine members support the appeal it is automatically approved. If eight members support the appeal, commissioners make the final decision. If seven or fewer members support the appeal, the appeal is denied.After the explanation, the list of committee members was unanimously approved.