Action taken by the Dawson County Commissioners Court on Tuesday will allow a company which has been doing work at the courthouse in recent weeks to immediately begin two additional projects there. Members of the court approved a discretionary exemption from the state’s bidding laws in order to allow Copper Shield Group and Chris Moreno to perform almost $21,000 in additional work at the courthouse. A previous discretionary exemption by the county had allowed the firm to paint much of the courthouse and do some interior renovations while the building was closed to the public during the COVID-19 shutdown. The additional work approved ...