Commissioner, Precinct 4· 2023-2026
Ellie Torres
Hidalgo County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 3
- Total speaking time
- 0:32
- Avg per meeting
- 0:11
- Segments
- 14
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Top issues during term (4)(Infrastructure)
New Courthouse and Capital Improvement Projects
Involves multi-million dollar capital investments and construction contracts.
D.T. Villarreal Subdivision Colonia Fund Construction Project
Funded through state Colonia Fund grants to improve local subdivision infrastructure.
Infrastructure Summit Quorum Notice
Colonia Public Lighting Expansion in Rancho Escondido
Funded through county colonia lighting program allocations.
Moved or seconded (40)
Motions Torres personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- movedpassed 3-02026-06-09
approval on agenda item 14.C.5.
- movedpassed 3-02026-06-09
approval on agenda item 14.E.2.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Court made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 17.C.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Court made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 19.B.1.C., w…
- secondedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Board made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda items 8.B.1-6.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Court made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 11.D.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES , the Board made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 6.I.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Board made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 10.B., subje…
- secondedpassed 4-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES , the Board made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 7.B., s ubj…
- movedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, the Board made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 8.B.8.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-05-12
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 1, DAVID FUENTES, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Court made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda items 8.A.1&2.
- secondedpassed 3-02026-04-28
Approval and acceptance of Certificate of Substantial Completion and Certificate of Construction Completion from Construx Enterprises pertaining to Construction Contract C-HCDD1-25-013-04-15 Pharr McAllen West. Project Engineer Izaguire Engineering Group PO#650877
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed 3-02026-04-28
Ratification of the Hold Harmless, Release, and Indemnity Agreement with the City of McAllen regarding the McAllen Marathon Scott Crane Run and approval for the District General Ma…
- secondedpassed 5-02026-04-28
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Court made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 27.E.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-04-28
Judge Cortez adjourned the meeting with a vote of approval at 2:00 P.M.
- secondedpassed 3-02026-04-28
Requesting approval of Change Order No. 2, reflecting an increase in the amount of $96,650.00 and 90 additional construction calendar days for the project "La Villa Edcouch Elsa Ph…
- secondedpassed 3-02026-04-28
Approval of Application for Payment No. 3 in the amount of $231,625.35 from Gonzalez Engineering pertaining to Construction Contract C-HCDD1-25-029-06-10 Phase 1 Flood Control Segm…
- secondedpassed 3-02026-04-28
Requesting approval of closing documents for RDF 1 (Gustafson Farms Venture)... Approval of payment and issuance of a manual check to Jones, Galligan, Key and Lozano for $48,302.00
- secondedpassed 5-02026-04-28
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Court made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 15.E.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-04-28
On motion by COMMISSIONER PCT. 3, EVERARDO “EVER” VILLARREAL, seconded by COMMISSIONER PCT. 4, ELLIE TORRES, the Court made a UNANIMOUS vote of approval on agenda item 14.C.2., as …
Decisions during term (6)
Recorded while Torres was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Requesting approval of the Certificate of Substantial Completion for the "J-01 Stormwater Management Project," submitted by Saenz Brothers Construction, LLC, as recommended by TEDSI Infrastructure Group, Inc., project engineer.
Requesting approval of Supplemental Agreement No. 4 to the Contract (C-24-0289-09-24) between HC and Texas Infrastructure Development Group, LLC, to extend the termination date of the agreement.
Requesting acceptance and approval of proposal from Alpha Management Professionals, through HC's membership with The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS Contract #240601), for the "Executive Infrastructure Transparency, Administrative…
AI-103559 Requesting approval to accept and for County Judge to e-sign the Public Health Infrastructure Grant Contract HHS001312200001, Amendment No. 2. The purpose of the amendment is to redistribute funds among budget categories and…
Requesting approval of Supplemental Agreement No. 3 to the Contract (C-24-0289-09-24) between HC and Texas Infrastructure Development Group, LLC, to extend the termination date of the agreement.
Requesting approval to process Invoice No. 16 for Work Authorization's 1 and 2 in the total amount of $15,842.48 from Texas Infrastructure Development Group, LLC (TXIDG) for professional construction management services in connection with…
Voting record (0)(Infrastructure)
No votes found matching Infrastructure.