Mark Hutchins

Brought and moved a county resolution calling for laws to ban spreading treated sewage sludge (biosolids) on land. The court passed it with no one opposed.

February 25, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Made the motion to extend the county's COVID-19 rules and social distancing guidelines. The court passed it with no one opposed.

February 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Made the motion to buy Flock license plate reader cameras for the sheriff's office. The first year cost $90,750, then $79,000 a year. The court passed it with no one opposed.

February 25, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motions to buy police and fire radios from L3Harris. One deal was $967,905 in federal relief money. A second was $1,270,413.15 more, bought without the usual bidding under a state-law exception. Both passed with no one opposed.

December 10, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on putting all remaining federal pandemic relief money (ARPA) into the Puddin Hill county office building. That was $2.1 million restricted and $4.67 million unrestricted. It passed 4-1.

November 19, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to give county retirees a 3% cost-of-living raise. It cost $1,378,717 in the next budget. The court passed it with no one opposed.

September 27, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on the county's 2024-25 budget, which raised more property tax money than the year before. It passed 4-1. He also voted no on the tax rate of 0.323328, which passed 4-1.

September 27, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on a 15% raise in county support pay for 13 volunteer fire departments. It passed 4-1.

September 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Proposed about $2.5 million in cuts to the county's 2024-25 budget. His motion died because no one seconded it.

September 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Presented the county radio committee's report and moved to spend $2,411,950 on new emergency radios. The money came from federal pandemic relief funds (ARPA). The court passed it with no one opposed.

September 10, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded a motion to spend $2.3 million in federal pandemic relief money (ARPA) on radios. The radios were for volunteer fire departments and local police. It failed 2-3.

April 23, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on giving $75,000 in federal pandemic relief money (ARPA) to Women in Need. The money was to help families hurt by domestic violence. It passed; he was the only no vote.

March 26, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to buy Flock license plate reader cameras for the sheriff's office. The first year cost $90,750, then $79,000 a year. The court passed it with no one opposed.

February 25, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Made the motions to buy police and fire radios from L3Harris. One deal was $967,905 in federal relief money. A second was $1,270,413.15 more, bought without the usual bidding under a state-law exception. Both passed with no one opposed.

December 10, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Presented the county radio committee's report and moved to spend $2,411,950 on new emergency radios. The money came from federal pandemic relief funds (ARPA). The court passed it with no one opposed.

September 10, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: apps.huntcounty.net

Seconded a motion to spend $2.3 million in federal pandemic relief money (ARPA) on radios. The radios were for volunteer fire departments and local police. It failed 2-3.

April 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Made the motion for a county resolution backing state money to repair NETEX rail tracks and bridges. The court passed it with no one opposed.

May 28, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Made the motion for a deal making a pipeline builder prepay for road damage. The Lake Ralph Hall water pipeline crossed 13 county roads in Precinct 1. The court passed it with no one opposed.

April 9, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Won a second term as Hunt County Commissioner for Precinct 1 on 2024-11-05. He had no opponent and got 7,859 votes, per the county's official results.

November 5, 2024

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Made the motion to approve a property tax break (tax abatement) for ORBIS Corporation. The court passed it with no one opposed.

February 27, 2024

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Voted against turning down a petition for a new emergency services district and its tax cap. The petition asked to put it on the November 2021 ballot. The court turned it down; he was the only no vote.

July 27, 2021

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Won election as Hunt County Commissioner for Precinct 1 on 2020-11-03. He had no opponent and got 6,385 votes, per the county's official results.

November 3, 2020

Source: results.enr.clarityelections.com