County to weigh added testing for two Seguin emergency facilities

What the additional services cover

For the Emergency Response Center, UES lists technician time, soil tests, in-place density testing, steel inspection, concrete-cylinder testing, report review, a special-inspection letter and trips. The listed soil work includes Modified Proctor, Atterberg limits and No. 200 sieve tests. Its proposed $15,770 change would take the materials-testing budget from $47,840 to $63,610.

The Emergency Operations Center request lists technician and overtime work, concrete cylinders, steel and insulation inspection, report review, a letter and trips. UES puts that addition at $15,382. Its document shows an original testing estimate of $64,630, a current budget of $71,750 after an earlier change order, and a proposed total of $87,132.

The figures describe testing-service budgets, not total facility construction costs. The Emergency Operations Center current amount includes an earlier change order.

Earlier approvals and the next decision

Commissioners approved the original UES proposals for the Emergency Response Center and the Emergency Operations Center and warehouse in November 2025, with each recorded vote at 5-0. The court also approved a $7,120 Emergency Operations Center UES change order on Sept. 1, 2026, by a 5-0 vote. Those earlier actions establish the baseline for the new requests; they do not decide the Nov. 3 proposals.

The Nov. 3 Commissioners Court outcome record is the next check on whether either UES change order was approved, amended or deferred. Readers can inspect the two linked UES proposals for the services and proposed totals; the court's subsequent minutes or recording will establish what action it took.