Rich Paces, Kerr County Commissioner, Precinct 2

Rich Paces, Kerr County Commissioner, Precinct 2 I am a Christian conservative, committed to serving my community fairly, faithfully, and transparently.

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Here’s a photo of gravel being delivered to the CP Historic Park to create a parking area along Kelly Street. The dump t...
09/01/2026

Here’s a photo of gravel being delivered to the CP Historic Park to create a parking area along Kelly Street. The dump trailer was made available by Garner Environmental Services. It works great for small loads. Truck made available by yours truly.

Note that this trailer (not the truck) can be made available next week for pick up and delivery of small loads of gravel. Contact Robbie Pettitfils to arrange its use.

Here is a photo of the Pirate Football Stadium parking lot showing the gravel that was brought in and spread by Armour E...
09/01/2026

Here is a photo of the Pirate Football Stadium parking lot showing the gravel that was brought in and spread by Armour Excavating at no cost to CPISD. They are waiting for a good rain so they can roll and pack the gravel in. Nonetheless, a big improvement! Thank you Armour Excavating!

The gravel recovery operation at Crossing Street in Center Point is progressing nicely. We have recovered a huge volume ...
09/01/2026

The gravel recovery operation at Crossing Street in Center Point is progressing nicely. We have recovered a huge volume of sifted gravel from the site. A lot of gravel has been delivered to the future CPVFD fire station site on Hwy 27 and JJ Lane for their building foundation and parking lot. We also provided enough gravel to the CPISD football stadium parking areas and enough gravel to create a parking area all along Kelly Street adjacent to the Center Point Historic Park (still a work in progress). Gravel has also been delivered for various private road repairs throughout the county. As private road repairs continue the gravel will be made available free of cost. It’s not as good as road base, but for a severely washed out road, it works pretty well. At the moment we don’t have a loader available on the Crossing Street property, but hope to have one there all next week to finish the job.

If you would like to come and get some of this gravel for road repairs, you may do so next week but will need to provide your own trailer or dump truck to transport the material. The only stipulation is that you may not put the gravel back in the floodplain (a condition of the permit obtained by Annie’s’ Helping Hands).

To arrange gravel pick up next week, please call Robbie Pettitfils at (830) 377-1920.

Many thanks go to Michelle Bruninga with Annie’s’ Helping Hands for making the gravel removal possible.

Yesterday the Commissioners' Court approved an emergency debris pickup plan by awarding a specialized contract for the c...
08/26/2026

Yesterday the Commissioners' Court approved an emergency debris pickup plan by awarding a specialized contract for the collection of Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris ONLY starting Wednesday, Aug. 26, and continuing for the next three weeks. This plan only applies to county maintained roads in the unincorporated area of the county. It does not apply to private roads.
Residents in the unincorporated areas of the county are urged to drive with extra caution on local roads as they start to see large trucks retrieving and hauling away heavy materials generated from the July 16 catastrophic flood and the subsequent mucking out, demolition and/or construction to repair or rebuild local flood-damaged homes and businesses.
Garner Environmental Services, Inc., was awarded a debris removal contract by the Kerr County Commissioners’ Court on Monday. The contract is for work not to exceed $500,000.
DebrisTech was also contracted Monday to monitor debris collection and audit volumes.
This debris collection contract is for Construction and Demolition (C&D) materials only – not vegetative matter, “white goods” (household appliances), electronics, hazardous materials or any other types of flood-generated waste.
C&D debris often includes such things as wood, steel, concrete, bricks, masonry blocks, drywall, plaster, carpet and other flooring materials, ceiling tiles, acoustic panels, sinks, toilets, pipes, electrical wiring, glass windows, shingles, etc.

To ensure that your C&D debris is collected, county residents must be sure it is:
• Placed directly on the right-of-way at the edge of your property next to the public road.
• Not obstructing any road or blocking drainage ditches.
• Clearly accessed - Collection trucks use heavy, mechanical arms and must have clear access to the piles of debris, so do not place any near or under low-hanging power lines or trees, fire hydrants, water meters or mailboxes. Collection trucks will NOT enter or remove any debris on private property.
• No household garbage will be collected. Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that his officers will take a zero tolerance approach to those who illegally dump household garbage in with flood debris.

Please see the flyer below for additional guidance. We continue to push for a Major Disaster Declaration to release FEMA funding to assist in our recovery and rebuilding process. I will keep you informed of any new developments.

TxDOT is making good progress on the crosswalk at Kelly St and FM 480. They still have to put up signs and I believe fla...
08/19/2026

TxDOT is making good progress on the crosswalk at Kelly St and FM 480. They still have to put up signs and I believe flashing lights and paint the crosswalk. It will all be to TxDOT standards. They are also going to paint no parking areas directly adjacent to the crosswalks on FM 480 to ensure that pedestrians are visible to approaching traffic. This will also help address the problem drivers have trying to turn onto FM 480 from Kelly St when a vehicle is parked on the corner right in front of Silver Creek Winery (they can’t see around the parked car). A similar no parking area will be painted on the corner of FM 480 and Skyline Dr in front of Zanzenburg Tavern where drivers coming out of Skyline Dr are unable to see around a vehicle parked right on the corner (which is a violation). TxDOT also plans to install rumble strips on FM 480 just as the speed limit changes from 40 mph to 30 mph. Hopefully this will also serve to slow traffic down before vehicles get to the top of the hill where the congestion starts.

At the request of business owners and residents, I have been meeting with TxDOT for nearly two years to do something to slow traffic down and improve safety in this area of Center Point. While the request from Creative Crosswalks would have added some color to the area, TxDOT made it very clear from the initial meeting that they would only install a crosswalk using their standard safety markings. I support TxDOT in this regard as improving safety was always the priority. In any case the colorful creative crosswalks installed in Kerrville all had to be removed by order of the Governor.

Parking is still an issue in Center Point and there aren’t many good options. However we are in the process of adding a bunch of parking spaces on Kelly St along the Historic Park. We’ve already added gravel (from the river) which will help eliminate the muddy mess when it rains. CPAHPA will eventually add more gravel and some form of parking bumper stops to keep vehicles from entering the grass areas of the park. These parking spaces are available for public use now. Lots of improvements for our community!

08/19/2026

For those of you who responded to my post about providing help with private roads damaged by the July heavy rains and flooding, here is an update.

In the early days after the flood, I coordinated with several heavy equipment operators and excavating companies to get repairs made to some of the private roads around Kerr County that were severely damaged. Some of the worst roads were improved (bladed to smooth out the ruts and channels and in some cases, filled in with gravel recovered from the river downstream of Crossing Street). However, the list of requests was long and most of the contractors were unable to provide services free of charge for more than a couple of weeks. Initially fuel was provided for these contractors free of charge by the Fuel Relief Fund, however they quickly exhausted their supply of free fuel.

I want to thank TNT Services (Ingram), Armour Excavating (Center Point) and McDermott Construction (College Station) who all volunteered their time and equipment to help our residents in need. All three companies have had to return to work on other projects. They are happy to do more if we can come up with funding to cover their costs, so I have engaged Kerr Together to help in this regard. Kerr Together now has my list along with their own list of roads needing repairs based on requests that they received. They sent teams out last week to do assessments of the road damage to see the current status (some folks have found other means to repair their roads), set priorities, and to come up with an estimate of the funds required.

So if you sent me a request for assistance and have not seen any help arrive, you are still on the list for road repairs as and when funds are available. But going forward, Kerr Together is now handling all requests for private road repair assistance.

If you want an update on your road, please send an email to: [email protected] with your name, phone number, and address.

They are unable to make any promises but will try their best to help you.

08/18/2026

Flat Rock Park Memorial Cross Update

Earlier today the steel cross was delivered back to Michael Collins in Mineral Wells along with a 6’ piece of 10” steel pipe that was donated by Jimmy Bailor and Hot Rod Welding in Hondo. Thanks to Jeff Stone who delivered the cross to Mineral Wells.

The 6’ section will be welded onto the cross as a replacement for the portion of the cross that was damaged and had to be cut out. Michael is doing well following his surgery and will start on the restoration work for the Flat Rock cross once he finishes another cross he is working on. It will probably take a couple months before the cross is fully restored and ready for reinstallation. A lot of other work will need to be done in the aftermath of the July 16th flood. We hope to reopen Flat Rock Park to the public in a couple of weeks.

Last week I ran into Roberto Madrigal, TxDOT Area Engineer and asked him when TxDOT was going to install the crosswalk a...
08/11/2026

Last week I ran into Roberto Madrigal, TxDOT Area Engineer and asked him when TxDOT was going to install the crosswalk at Kelly Street in Center Point. He said that they would start very soon, so I was happy to see that they started working on it yesterday. At the request of numerous constituents in Center Point, I have been asked about slowing the traffic down on FM 480, especially as vehicles come up off the bridge where the speed limit changes from 40 to 30 mph. Hence I have been taking with TxDOT for over a year about this issue. While they have put in better signs, we still have people going too fast through what has become a very popular area as people enjoy check out the wonderful restaurants and shops we have on Main Street. So to make it much safer for pedestrians, a crosswalk is being installed (similar to the one in front of the school on China Street). I was told that they should finish their work by Friday. We also talked about some rumble strips close to Skyline Drive, again to help slow traffic down. I understand fines are pretty steep for not stopping at a crosswalk or speeding through one.

I just spoke with Michael Collins after his surgery. He is doing fine and the surgery went well. Please keep him in yo...
08/10/2026

I just spoke with Michael Collins after his surgery. He is doing fine and the surgery went well. Please keep him in your prayers as he is fighting a persistent infection. Our plan is to get the cross up to Mineral Wells later this week once we have the extra steel pipe needed.

If you want to support Michael’s ministry, it is best to make out a check to “Brady’s Love Crosses” and send it to:
Michael Collins
400 E. Bankhead Hwy
Mineral Wells, TX 76067

Brady’s Love Crosses is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization.

After a frustrating morning in Flat Rock Park, I headed over to the Citywest Church in Ingram for the Flood Survivors Re...
08/09/2026

After a frustrating morning in Flat Rock Park, I headed over to the Citywest Church in Ingram for the Flood Survivors Resource Fair. There were free groceries, hygiene items, baby products, legal services, help understanding insurance coverage, as well as food and drinks. There were a lot of folks there (I saw a lot of familiar faces from Precinct 2) and a long line of vehicles waiting to take some food and cleaning supplies. I decided to lend a hand loading vehicles. It was a good event to try to help flood victims.

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