Constable Phelps responds to Court questions

After months of questions about the status of Precinct 1 Constable Kelly Phelps' performance of duties for the county, he appeared at the Oct. 28 Commissioners Court meeting.

'I have been performing my duties as Constable PCT 1 as required by state statute,' Phelps said, reading his prepared statement.

At a September Commissioners Court meeting, a vehicle transfer was approved so that Reserve Deputy Sheriff Roy Kuester could use it to serve the papers that would normally be served by the Precinct 1 Constable. Phelps, who was involved in a traffic accident in his county vehicle in June, did not return a voice message requesting information on the substitute duties.