The proposed action is an effort to save state dollars and make services more easily available to those who have trouble getting to a center, state officials say.
Among those from Snyder who spoke at the meeting were Scurry County Judge Rod Waller, Precinct 1 Commissioner Ralph Trevey and several local employees of the affected agency.
Judge Waller said his comments centered on possible loss of jobs and the potential loss of services to needy citizens.
Trevey presented a petition that was circulated in Scurry County, and it was the only petition presented at the Abilene meeting, according to Waller.
Waller said, “100 percent of the speakers were opposed to closing offices, none of the crowd spoke for it.”
One of the officials emphasized the state’s plan to not have any clients drive more than 30 miles in rural Texas to get to an office.
Waller said no decisions or findings were announced Friday but he expects there will be an announcement soon as to which offices will be closed.