Kunafin "The Insectary" who has been in business for fifty years in Quemado requested the lease of the "Blue Warehouse", a County property in Pct. 3, for the expansion of the visionary business founded by Joe and Frank Junfin in 1959 and have been producing and supplying beneficial insects for Biological Integrated Insect Control (BIIC) programs. Byar Junfin informed The News Gram of their excitement over the approval of said lease, "We're ecstatic about the possibilities of moving forward with another phase of our expansion," said Junfin who was on hand Thursday with brother Blaine to formally request the approval of the $1,500 per month lease, "It's an opportunity to increase production and our field of view as well as potential endeavors we will now be able to take on due to the acquisition of this facility." Joe, an entomologist trained in Europe, and Frank, a graduate of Texas A&M in entomology, began by consulting and supplying Trichogramma wasps to farming operation for insect control in field crops. In 1978, the mass rearing facilities for the production of various species of fly parasites was established. Kunafin supplies fly parasites to cattle feedlots, dairy, poultry, horse, hog and kennel operations. The other positive note of this gathering was the lease of land on the property at Maverick County Airport for the installation of a weather radar which will provide weather updates to AirMed, a helicopter company which provides transportation to urgent medical patients to and from hospitals in major cities such as San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Laredo and Houston. Representatives from AirMed were on hand to inform Commissioner's Court and the public in general that once installed, the radar will be able to be accessed by anyone in this area, much in the form one may access The Weather Channel for local weather reports and updates. "Both these decisions will be beneficial and are part of the business development in Maverick County," stated County Commissioner Jose Luis Rosales in relation to these two examples of businesses willing to invest in Maverick County and not seek to expand elsewhere, "It's an opportunity for growth and in the case of Kunafin, they've been here for fifty years and with the acquisition of this warehouse, they are making another fifty year commitment to Eagle Pass and Maverick County." In other matters, Maverick County chose to go another route in terms of insurance coverage for its employees changing from Entrust, the existing insurance carrier for the County, to Aetna a large insurance firm who carries The City of Eagle Pass. According to the Aetna representative, his pitch was that the County would be saving close to $140,000.00 with this company as well as having bigger discounts due to the volume of business Aetna does in comparison to Entrust. Finally, two concerned citizens presented themselves before Commissioner's Court to voice their opinion as to the possible approval of the purchase of seven law enforcement units by Maverick County Sheriff's Department to be paid with confiscated funds from Precinct 2. Commissioner Heredia sponsored the item yet when it came time to vote, the item received five dissenting votes to none in favor.