[1. Call to Order]
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TO SIT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 302. GAVIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE THE INVOCATION? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. MAY WE BOW? DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE COME ONCE MORE. JUST THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ALL THE PROVISIONS. YOU'VE GIVEN US THE THINGS WE ARE UNWORTHY OF LIFE, HEALTH, STRENGTH, FOOD AND CLOTHING. BUT YOU STILL SAW FIT TO PROVIDE FOR US. GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU MANIFEST YOURSELF IN THIS MEETING. GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU COVER US, OUR THOUGHTS, OUR WORDS, AND THE DEEDS THAT WE TAKE TODAY. GOD, WE ASK THAT WHATEVER WE DO TODAY REFLECTS YOU IN THE LIGHT THAT YOU SHED UPON US, AND THAT WE SHED AND EXPOSE TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL FOREVER GIVE YOU THE GLORY, THE HONOR, AND THE PRAISE. LET EVERYTHING THAT WE DO EDIFY YOU. ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN.
THANK YOU. MIKE, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE PLEDGES? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. SIMPLE. THANK YOU. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE
[4. Consider the Minutes of May 14, 2026]
TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES OF THE OF MAY 14TH? YES, YES. ANY CORRECTIONS? ADDITIONS? OKAY.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY TIM. SECOND BY RONNIE PHILLIPS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY OF ITS AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE OR DURING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
[6. Presentation and discussion of ODC Contractor reports]
THEN WE'LL GET OUR CONTRACTORS REPORTS. THIS IS THE THIS IS THE QUARTER. IS THIS THE QUARTER? SO YOU GIVE THE REPORT OR IS IT NEXT MONTH? OKAY, IT'S NEXT MONTH. SO OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM GIVE THE REPORT EVERY QUARTER, THEY JUST, THEY'RE IN OUR PACKET.AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS SUCH NICE REPORTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DID THE FIRST ONE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. TOM USUALLY SAYS SOMETHING. AND HE'S GOING TO THIS TIME. WELL ACTUALLY BY THE WAY GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT Y'ALL REQUIRE HERE EVERY MONTH. SO I WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO COME ONCE A QUARTER, BUT UNTIL Y'ALL GIVE ME THAT PERMISSION, I'M GOING TO BE HERE EVERY MONTH. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A SECOND. SO THERE YOU GO. NO SECOND ON THAT.
NO SECOND ON THAT. WELL, MY REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKET. AND YOU WILL SEE, BEGINNING WITH ODESSA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, NEW PROJECTS, Q ONE AND TWO FOR 26. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THEM COME UP MOVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. I'LL REMIND YOU, A LOT OF THESE, ESPECIALLY THE BIGGER ONES, CAN BE MULTIYEAR DISCUSSIONS. BUT YOU SEE SOME OF THEM CURRENT WINSTON, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY THEY MADE AN OFFER ON A PIECE OF LAND HERE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
LANDOWNER ORGANIZATION ACCEPTED THE OFFER. THERE WAS A CONTRACT DRAWN UP. IT IT HAS GONE BACK TO THEM AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD IT NOW FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. AND SO THEY KEEP TELLING US THAT IT'S IN THEIR ATTORNEY'S HANDS, BUT IT JUST HASN'T COME BACK. AND AND SO THAT'S NOT AN O-T-C ■LEGAL MATTER ISSUE FOR CONSIDERATION. IT'S IT'S THE LANDOWNER. THE CONTRACT CAME FROM THEM. BUT WE TRY TO PUSH THOSE AS HARD AS WE CAN TO GET THE TO GET THE PROJECT MOVING.
BUT IT WOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD ONE. AND WHEN IT SAYS TEN PLUS NEW JOBS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY A COMPANY ALREADY IN ECTOR COUNTY. THEY RELEASING. THEY WANTED TO OWN THEIR OWN BUILDING AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW. MORE TO THEIR SPECS, THEY IDENTIFIED A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF ODESSA, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT, I BELIEVE, 15 TO 17 EMPLOYEES. AND WITH THE WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE NEW FACILITY, THEIR INTENTIONS ARE TO EXPAND TO 27 TO POSSIBLY 30
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NEW EMPLOYEES. SO AT LEAST PROBABLY TEN NEW EMPLOYEES. PROJECT FAITH WOULD BE VERY GOOD. WE'RE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO PUSH THEM, SEND THEM A COUPLE OF EMAILS THIS WEEK.HADN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM THE LAST. OUR DISCUSSION WAS WITH THEM. IT SAYS 100 PLUS NEW EMPLOYEES. AND THIS WOULD BE AN ORGAN OR A COMPANY NEW TO ODESSA, NEW TO ECTOR COUNTY.
THEIR INDICATIONS WERE THEY WOULD BUILD A 500 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND EMPLOY 2 TO 300 NEW EMPLOYEES. THE SITE THAT MATCHED THEM BEST THAT WE IDENTIFIED, AND WE SENT ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT SITE TO THEM, IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN ODESSA CITY LIMITS. AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT LATELY WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, LIKE DATA CENTERS AND STUFF THAT WANT 400 ACRES OR, OR, YOU KNOW, 600, 700. WE JUST CAN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THE CITY LIMITS. AND SO CERTAINLY OUR PRIORITY IS TO, TO PUT PROJECTS IN THE CITY LIMITS. WE IT JUST CAN BE DIFFICULT SOMETIMES. A LOT OF OUR SUCCESS IN THE CITY LIMITS IS THROUGH OUR BURN PROGRAM, GOING OUT AND MEETING WITH THE COMPANIES AND TALKING TO THEM AND FINDING OUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EXPAND AND KEN ODYSSEY HELP WITH WITH YOUR INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM MOVING THROUGH THOSE, I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON EVERY ONE. I WILL MOVE OVER, MAKE SURE I HAVE IT ON HERE.
PROJECT HAWK ON ON THE NEXT PAGE OF ACTIVE PROJECTS, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE WE THIS WAS THIS WEEK FOR OUR OFFICE WAS EVERYTHING DATA CENTERS.
AND SO WE. WE. ONE WE ADDRESSED DATA CENTERS IN GENERAL WITH A COMMUNITY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WHERE WE HAD ABOUT 60 PEOPLE COME IN. WE HAD A PANEL OF FOR DATA CENTER EXPERTS, AND THEY DISCUSSED ALL THE ISSUES THAT THAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH, INCLUDING ELECTRICITY, WATER, NOISE, ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO DATA CENTERS NOW FOR THREE YEARS.
THIS SPECIFIC ONE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THEIR THIRD NAME. AS FAR AS THE PROJECT NAME, IT STARTED OUT THUNDERSTORM. THEN IT WENT TO BLIZZARD KING AND NOW IT'S HAWK. HOPEFULLY WE'RE DONE THERE. BUT WE STARTED TALKING TO THEM OVER TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE JUST NOW SPENT TWO AND A HALF DAYS WITH THEM IN ODESSA. THIS PROJECT HOPEFULLY IS COMING TO FRUITION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SEVERAL THINGS WE LEARNED ON THE VISIT IS A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE HEARING IN SOCIAL MEDIA ONLINE IS ACTUALLY CORRECT. IT'S JUST OUTDATED. WATER. THEY'VE ALL GONE FROM COOLING TOWERS, WATER COOLING TOWERS, WHICH USED ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER TO CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS. THE PROJECT WE'RE TALKING TO, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 TO 25,000 GALLONS A DAY OF WATER USE. THE INITIAL WATER WOULD BE TO CHARGE THEIR CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM. THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR FIVE PLUS YEARS. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO RECHARGE THE SYSTEM AGAIN. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL NOTICED IN THE OH, THE GOVERNOR CAME OUT WITH, WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS HE'S GOING TO PUSH IN THE SESSION THIS NEXT YEAR. A LOT OF THOSE THINGS, THE DATA CENTER PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING TO, ARE ALREADY TELLING US THAT THEY'RE ON. THEY'RE DOING THAT. THEY'RE ON BOARD. I THINK THEY KNOW THESE THINGS ARE COMING.
SO I GUESS THE BIGGEST THINGS I WANTED TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE WITH Y'ALL, ONE, THE MEETINGS WENT GREAT. ALL THE MEETINGS, I KNOW A NUMBER Y'ALL JOINED US FOR FOR 1 OR 2 THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. AND IT WAS VERY POSITIVE. THE RESPONSE WE GOT BACK THE THIS PROJECT AND THE OTHER ONES BEHIND THEM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE TALKING TO, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN POWER GEN ON SITE AND IT'S GOING TO BE BEHIND THE METER. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE GRID. IT'S NOT GOING TO PULL FROM THE GRID. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT YOUR UTILITY BILLS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN. AND THEY ALL ASSURED US THAT. AND I KNOW IN ONE MEETING THEY SAID, WELL, WE CAN PUT THAT IN A CONTRACT. AND THEY SAID, YEAH, WATER. I JUST MENTIONED THE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM THEY'VE ALL GONE TO. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THE GOVERNOR SAID HE'S GOING TO PRIORITIZE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UTILIZE THAT NOISE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE. PROJECT HAWK SAYS THEY HAVE A NOISE ENGINEER AND THEY DESIGNED THEIR PROJECTS NOT TO BOTHER NEIGHBORS. AND WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP, WELL, I HEARD OF THIS AND I HAD LUNCH MEETING WITH THE LADY WITH THE COMPANY TODAY. AND AND SHE SAID, GRANBURY, THEY HAD ONE THAT'S REAL LOUD, OF COURSE. SHE FINALLY SAID A LITTLE LATER, IT'S BITCOIN, WHICH THEY HAVE A REPUTATION OF BEING LOUDER AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T NECESSARILY
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WANT TO PUT THEM NEXT TO ANYBODY BUT. WHAT, WHAT OUR FOLKS WITH PROJECT HAWK SAID IS, WELL, YOU'RE DEALING WITH WITH IF THEY'RE TOO LOUD, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE DESIGNED POORLY AND THEY WEREN'T DESIGNED WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN MIND. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A TRACK RECORD. WE'RE. HE SAID, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HOST YOU TO OUR. WE'VE GOT A BIG DATA CENTER IN GARLAND. AND HE SAID, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM. IT IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THEY'RE NOT BOTHERED AT ALL WITH IT. AND SO IF IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO PUT TOGETHER A TRIP TO GARLAND, LET ME KNOW, TEXT ME OR EMAIL ME. I ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO ACTUALLY SEE ONE AND GET A FEEL FOR WHAT'S GOING ON, SO I CAN START LOOKING INTO THAT IMMEDIATELY. MEDIEVAL TIMES WHEN YOU GO, DO I THINK IT'S THE MEDIEVAL TIMES? OKAY. HEY, YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE. SO, SO THOSE WERE KIND OF THE ONES I WANTED TO REALLY TOUCH ON RIGHT NOW. MOVING ON, YOU KNOW, BACK BACKWARDS TO THE THE NEW PROJECTS. A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE DATA CENTERS. PROJECT LANDMAN IS, IS LITERALLY A WEEK OLD AS FAR AS OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, BUT THEY ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY. THEY AGAIN ASSURED US BECAUSE WE ASKED THEM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE WATER AND ELECTRICITY, AND THEY SAID, YEAH, WE'RE BEHIND THE METER AND WE USE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM. SO I THINK THEY REALIZE WE'RE WE'RE REGULATIONS ARE HEADED. AND SO THEY'RE ALL STARTING TO FALL IN LINE WITH THAT. BUT THAT IS A DATA CENTER AS WELL. THAT IS A DATA CENTER AS WELL. WE WE CURRENTLY ARE TALKING TO. SIX, SIX DATA CENTERS OF VARIOUS SIZES. WE WERE AT FIVE IN THE DAY AFTER ANDREWS COUNTY PUT A MORATORIUM ON THEM FOR A YEAR. ONE CALLED US. SO WE WENT FROM 5 TO 6. AFTER THAT, YOU SEE A COUPLE OF DEVELOPMENT ODESSA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WE THREW IN THERE BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN GRANTS NOW FACADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.SO YOU'LL SEE THE ONES THAT THAT ARE OF RECENT PASS OR PAYMENT OR ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE ON THAT LIST. I THINK WE GOT TWO DOWNTOWN GRANTS TODAY EMAILED IN TO US, FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS THROUGH OUR. ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND THEN THERE'S JUST A LISTING OF SOME OTHER SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE HAD. AND IN THE PAGE ACROSS THERE, JUST SOME PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES. AND REALLY THAT'S JUST EVERYBODY WE WORK WITH IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATION, TEXAS TECH, UTPB, OC, THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED BY THE WAY, WITH IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS WITH THE DATA CENTER TUESDAY MORNING, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO OC NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH REGARDS TO DATA CENTERS, THEY'RE ALREADY KNEE DEEP IN DEVELOPING A, A CREDENTIAL PROGRAM SO THAT YOU CAN GET A DATA CENTER TECHNICIAN'S CREDENTIAL TO ASSIST WITH WORKING IN THAT. AND OUR DATA CENTER TEAM THAT CAME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT. YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS AFTER THAT. FOLLOWING THAT, YOU SEE MONICA'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND THE THINGS SHE'S ENGAGED IN. SHE'S TRYING TO BRING TOGETHER A LOT OF COLLABORATIONS AND HOW WE CAN NOT HAVE TOO MUCH OVERLAP, BUT WORK TOGETHER WITH REGARDS TO WORKFORCE TRAINING AND FINDING THE NEEDS OF OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS. AND A LOT OF THAT WE TRY TO DIG OUT WITH OUR BERNIE VISITS, WHICH LEADS US TO THE BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION REPORT. AFTER THAT, YOU SEE THE ONE FOR MAY 2026. Y'ALL PROBABLY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THAT. THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT THAT GEORGE PAYNE FROM OUR OFFICE HAS ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO. AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HE PUT DOWN THERE AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSES WERE. AND THAT ALSO CONTINUES ON TO THE NEXT PAGE AFTER THAT. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET AS SPECIFIC AS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF TOM? ONE THING I THINK I FAILED TO MENTION, I WANTED TO WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH THIS ONE DATA CENTER, THE NUMBER THEY GAVE US, THEY SAID, WAS 35 TO 40 EMPLOYEES. WHAT THEY FORGOT TO TELL US WAS THAT WAS PER BUILDING, AND THAT'S GROWN A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS, THIS ONE PROJECT ON THE SITE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PURCHASED. THEY'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING SIX BUILDINGS AT ABOUT.
30 TO 40 PEOPLE. THEY SAID THEIR MINIMUM EMPLOYMENT IS GOING TO BE 200 FULL TIME
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EMPLOYEES. AND THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE FAIRLY WELL COMPENSATED. SO IT'S A IT'S A MUCH BETTER NUMBER THAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING TO THEM WITH THE NUMBER 35. YEAH. SO DID THEY. I DIDN'T REMEMBER THEM SAYING, BUT WHAT DID THEY SAY? HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE EACH BUILDING OR STAGE OR WHATEVER IT IS? I MEAN, DID THEY BUILD THEM ONE AT A TIME? THEY TALKED ABOUT LIKE STARTING ONE, BUT THEN KIND OF GOING INTO THE FIRST TWO BUILDINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THESE ARE LOOKING AT BEING 600, ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS. SO YOU HAVE THAT AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A SITE PLAN ON HOW THAT LOOKS ON THEIR ON THEIR SITE. I TALKED TO THEM THIS MORNING AND BECAUSE OF CONNECTIONS THEY MADE WHEN THEY WERE HERE, AND OTHER THINGS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SPEEDING THAT UP. AND SO I THINK THEY WERE DISCUSSIONS CENTERED AROUND A 5 TO 7 YEAR PHASED IN PROJECT. THE INFORMATION THEY SHARED WITH THEIR HYPERSCALER, WHO WAS NOT HERE THIS WEEK. THE HYPERSCALER WAS WAS VERY EXCITED. AND, AND I THINK THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH ANOTHER PROJECT. THEY WERE TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND. SO NOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OUR PROJECT A PRIORITY AND MOVE IT FORWARD FAST. NOW WITH THAT SAID, AS PART OF OUR OUR MEETINGS THIS WEEK, WE. WE ALSO HAD THEM IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION. NOT FOR ANY NEGOTIATIONS OR ANYTHING, JUST TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE ALSO HAD THEM IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AND I KNOW THERE WERE WAS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OR TWO THAT THAT SAID, WELL, THAT'S NOT TRANSPARENT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHY ARE THEY IN CLOSED MEETING? AND I SHARED IN OUR PANEL DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES HAVE A LOT OF REASONS FOR IT. USUALLY AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, IT'S WITH REGARDS TO KEEPING THEIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. THEY DON'T WANT THEIR COMPETITORS TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE UP TO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, I MEAN, WALMART DOESN'T COME TO TOWN AND GO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THAT 100 ACRES OVER THERE. MR. NEWSPAPER. AND SO WE NEED TO GO APPROACH THE OWNER AND START TALKING ABOUT THAT. WELL, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PRICE OF THAT HUNDRED ACRES? AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE COMPANIES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM THE CITIZENS.THEY JUST ARE NOT READY TO EXPOSE TO THEIR COMPETITION AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING. OKAY. SO I THINK WE EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO TOM AND HIS STAFF AND MONICA. THEY'VE HAD A THEY'VE HAD A REALLY BUSY WEEK. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK PROBABLY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AND TOM IS WHO WE WOULD IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL TOM BECAUSE HE'S REALLY. HE HE CAN REALLY. NOW JUST TELL YOU THE ANSWER TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST. WELL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT DATA CENTERS, THE AMOUNT OF WATER NEEDED WAS JUST. IN FACT, WE SET UP A WATER TASK FORCE SO THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT KIND OF WATER.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE ELECTRICITY. SO THESE PROJECTS HAVE REALLY MORPHED INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, WHICH I THINK OUR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT. SO THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT WAS OUR GOAL OF THIS WEEK. AND IN FUTURE WEEKS, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM. WE'RE SCHEDULING THEM NOW FOR SOME CIVIC MEETINGS AND THINGS DOWN THE ROAD. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT THE OTHER NIGHT AND THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA. YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN INFORM PEOPLE BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE HAD PEOPLE CHALLENGE ME ON THEM. MY, MY 27 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, I HAD TO CONVINCE HER ABOUT IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PRESENT PEOPLE WITH THE FACTS AND LET THEM ASK QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS WEEK WAS ABOUT. AND SO WE TRIED TO PUT THEM IN FRONT OF AS MANY FOLKS AS WE COULD. AND I FELT IT WAS IT WAS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL. YEAH. SO, WELL, I'M SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY OPENING FOR THEM IN A POSITIVE WAY, FOR SURE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED. I WOULD ADD THIS, I KNOW WE SAID THIS THE OTHER DAY IN JUST IT'S HOW LIFE HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED FOR OTHER CITIES FOR THESE FOR THESE ISSUES. I GOT APPROACHED TODAY ABOUT SUING A CITY TO STOP, TO STOP THIS. AND SO I THINK THAT THE MORE THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE TOWN HALLS OR THOSE CIVIC HALLS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. I THINK THAT PREVENTS THAT.
AND I, I'M ALL FOR IT FOR FOR THESE FOR THESE PROJECTS. BUT JUST KNOW THAT IN OTHER CITIES,
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THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO STOP THEM. AND, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT FOR THEM. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO BE AS EDUCATED AS WE CAN ABOUT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE PEOPLE AND ONE OF THE MEETINGS WAS UPSET THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE SO MUCH WATER FOR THIS. AND EVEN WHEN SHE WAS TOLD, AND CORRECT ME IF I'VE GOT THIS WRONG, TOM, EVEN IF SHE EVEN WHEN SHE WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE 25,000 GALLONS A DAY, SHE SAID, THAT WAS JUST TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. WELL, THERE'S 2 OR 3 CAR WASHES IN TOWN THAT USE MORE THAN THAT EVERY DAY. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE NEED TO BE ARMED WITH, BECAUSE THAT'S A FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MEETING BEFORE THE MEETING WHERE I MET WITH THE PANELISTS AND ONE OF THEM STARTED GETTING REAL TECHNICAL. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN WEST TEXAS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN'T HANDLE TECHNICAL. BUT I SAID, YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THE ENTIRE GROUP AND, AND RELATE IT. AND I THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB. THEY GOT THE MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN FROM IRELAND TALKED ABOUT THE DRYER, THE, THE DECIBELS THAT THAT YOUR DRYER MAKES IN THE UTILITY ROOM, RELATING THAT TO THE SOUND WITH, WITH THE NOISE OF A DATA CENTER.AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DID THAT IN THE CAR WASHES THE, THE, THE FOUR CAR WASHES IN TOWN, BY THE WAY, IT'S ALL THE SAME COMPANY. SO THEY'RE EITHER REALLY GOOD OR THEY JUST USE TOO MUCH WATER. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY RELATABLE FOR EVERYBODY, I THINK. AND SO WE'RE OUR, ESPECIALLY IN OUR OUT OF OUR OFFICE, ONE OF OUR CHARGES IS IN ADDITION TO GETTING EVERYTHING DONE, WE NEED TO, TO GET THESE FOLKS ACROSS THE GOAL LINE IS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE CONCERNS. YEAH. SO. OKAY. OKAY. TOM. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE CHRISTIE, CURRENT MEDIA INFORMATION IN OUR PACKET.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIE? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? CHRISTIE. ARE WE GOOD? YEAH. OKAY. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HER. WE GET ON DOWN TO 14 ON THE AGENDA. SHE'LL BE UP.
YEAH. RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE CHRIS'S BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? GOOD. THANK YOU. CHRIS UTPB THE SB, DC. I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE, BUT HIS REPORT IS IN HERE AND JAMES ISN'T HERE. BUT WE HAVE THE MOTRIN REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED UP. WELL OKAY. DO WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THOSE. DO WE KNOW THEY'RE JUST SOMETHING AS A MATTER OF INFORMATION? NO ACTIONS NEEDED. PARDON ME. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW, BUT WE HAVE OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY HERE. YES, THAT'S A DIFFERENT. AND HE MAY HAVE BEEN HERE LAST MONTH. I WASN'T SO OKAY. WE GAVE HIM A STANDING OVATION LAST. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT US TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER ONE THIS WEEK, WE'LL YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. NO PROBLEM. MAKES US FEEL A LOT
[7. Presentation, discussion, and approval of ODC Financials]
BETTER. OKAY? KAYLEE. KAYLA, ONE OF THE. KAYLEE. YEAH, THE. WE DIDN'T HAVE FINANCIAL. NO, IT WASN'T IN THE PACKET. WE. THIS LANDED RIGHT IN BUDGET WEEK. AND JUST A SECOND. KAYLA.I PROMISED THAT I WOULD I KNOW SHE'S WITH THE CITY, SO YOU KNOW, BUT I PROMISED THAT I'D HAVE EVERYBODY SAY THEIR NAME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. FULL NAME KAYLA HEDGES, THE INTERIM CFO FOR THE CITY. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS NOT BEING TO YOU SOONER. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THE P AND L. THIS LANDED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BUDGET, AND I'VE HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN BUDGET THAN I WANTED TO. BUT I HAVE. SO IT IT KIND OF CAUGHT UP WITH ME. I WILL GET IT CAUGHT UP, BUT I DID DO THE INVESTMENT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT IS OUR FUNDS.
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF THE INVESTMENT REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU. I'LL PUT IT ON YOUR DESK ON YOUR IN FRONT OF YOUR SPOT. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF ACTIVITY, MAINLY JUST WE RECEIVED OUR SALES TAX, WHICH IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. OUR SALES TAX REVENUE IS, IS UP ABOVE, ABOVE WHAT WE EXPECTED. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 6% A LITTLE BIT AROUND THERE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WE EXPECTED. SO WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD ON THAT. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE OF YEAR EXPENDED AND PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE RECEIVED. WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD ON THAT.
I WAS WORRIED WITH THE INTEREST RATES BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I WATCHED THE NEWS LIKE EVERYBODY
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ELSE, AND THAT HASN'T REALLY AFFECTED US TOO MUCH YET. YOU CAN SEE WE WENT FROM AN AVERAGE OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS OF 4.29% TO 4.24%, SO THAT IT IS GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR NEXT MONTH, I'LL HAVE SOME TRENDS AND STUFF TO SHOW YOU HOW THE INTEREST HAS BEEN DOING AND HAVE THAT ALL READY FOR YOU. OKAY. BUT THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT. ON THE INVESTMENTS. THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT THERE. OUR FINANCIALS ARE. DO YOU OWE US THREE MONTHS? JUST ONE TWO MONTHS, ONE ONE MONTH. YOU MUST HAVE GIVEN THEM LAST MONTH. I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH. WE MISSED YOU. YES, MA'AM, I HAVE IT, BUT I CAN GET THOSE EMAILED TO YOU AS WELL, IF YOU WOULD. IF YOU WOULD EMAIL THOSE TO ME, I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY. YES, MA'AM. I WILL DO IT. MAKE MYSELF A NOTE. OKAY? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF KAYLA? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO[8. Presentation and discussion of ODC Committee and Officer reports]
MUCH. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WE HAVE OUR OFFICERS REPORTS. IF THERE WERE ANY MEETINGS, TIM, WAS THERE A PARTNERSHIP? I THINK IT WAS TOM. I DON'T THINK IT WAS BEN THOMPSON. NOT HERE. YEAH, THOMAS ISN'T HERE, BUT RONNIE HAS OUR ADVERTISING REPORT, THOUGH. RONNIE? YEAH, WE MET WITH KRISTI YESTERDAY ACTUALLY, AND IT WAS KRISTI, MYSELF AND TIM. AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN HERE? I THOUGHT I WAS. WILL YOU HAVE A SOFT VOICE? CAN YOU ALL HEAR? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I'LL STAND UP AND PREACH AT YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE MET WITH CHRIS, WITH CURRENT MEDIA PARTNERS YESTERDAY, TIM AND I AND KRISTI AND SAW ALL THE THINGS SHE'S GOING THROUGH. IT'S IN YOUR REPORT, BUT WE'RE ASKING TODAY TO ADD SOME MONEY FOR THE BRE FOR THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. WE HAVE ANOTHER $50,000 WE HAVE IN RESERVE, AND WE DECIDED WE'D LIKE TO USE THAT $35,000 OF THAT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE BUDGET. IT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGETS, NOTHING EXTRA. BUT WHAT THEY'LL DO IS, AS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL, THROUGH CHRISTIE'S GUIDANCE, WILL GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY FIND BUSINESSES ALREADY GOING, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY GOING AND TRY TO IDENTIFY MORE PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP. AND IT'S A 24 WEEK, SIX MONTHS PROGRAM THAT THEY'LL GO EITHER PHONE CALLS, PERSON OR WHATEVER THEY DO, CONTACT, MAKE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ASK THEM WHAT COULD HAPPEN, WHAT THEY DO, WHAT IS ODYSSEY DO, WHAT IS. IT'S MAINLY TO HELP US HELP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY GET OUT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND FOR US TO SEE WHERE WE CAN HELP THEM. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF DOWN SOUTH AND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING ON NOW ON ON GRANT. SOME OF THAT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHEETOS IS UP FOR APPROVAL TODAY. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES YOU SEE NOW. IT WAS AN OLD RUN DOWN, RATHOLE LOOKING PLACE. BUT THEY'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME.AND ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES WE TURN IN IF YOU'RE HUNGRY. HEY, THERE'S A NICE BURRITO PLACE RIGHT THERE. BUT THAT THAT WAS KIND OF TOM, AND I THINK TOM AND AND GEORGE HAD SOME INFORMATION THAT CHRISTIE, THEY ALL MET AND TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TOO. I'M SPEAKING FOR THEM NOW. BUT IS IS THAT WHAT YOU CHRISTIE WANTS TO DISCUSS ON 14.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT SHE'LL GET UP AND EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I DO. I'M KIND OF GIVING YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OKAY, OF IT. I MEAN, THE MEETING ONLY TOOK FOUR HOURS.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SHORT. NONE OF US COULD FIND THE DOOR AFTER WE LEFT, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. OKAY. BUT ANYWAYS, IT'S ALL OUT OF THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET COMING. AND, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUDGET MEETING COMING UP FOR NEXT YEAR ON THAT TOO, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THE 35 FOR THAT. AND SHE'LL, SHE'LL EXPLAIN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY. WELL, BUT OKAY, I UNDERSTOOD IT. OKAY. ON COMPLIANCE, JEFFERSON ISN'T HERE AND I WAS GONE LAST MONTH. BOY, WHEN YOU MISS IT, WHEN YOU MISS A MONTH, YOU REALLY MISS A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON DOWN HERE. THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN MISS. SO, RONNIE, WERE YOU AT COMPLIANCE? NO, I WAS AT ANOTHER DOUBLE E SCHEDULED THING. WHERE'S TOM AT? ACTUALLY, I WAS I GOT A PHONE CALL ABOUT RUNNING A, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. HE DIDN'T APOLOGIZE. HE'S MADE EXCUSE. WELL, COMPLIANCE HAS GOT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS IN ON THE AGENDA. SO WE'LL HEAR FROM THAT. THOSE INVESTMENT REVIEW. DID YOU GUYS HAVE A MEETING MIKE.
NO. OKAY. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL WATER TASK FORCE. A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING THOUGH ABOUT WATER. YEAH. AND SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS. SO WE'LL HUDDLE BACK UP. WE THERE WAS SOME RESEARCH BEING DONE, SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING NEXT MONTH. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I COULD SAY TO THAT, I THINK I CAN SAY THIS WITHOUT GETTING IN TROUBLE. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE BIGGER ONE WITH THE COUNTY AND STUFF ON, I THINK IT WAS MONDAY AT THE COURTHOUSE AND THE, THE THE SENATOR WAS HERE TOO. KEVIN SPARKS FOR OUR AREA WAS HERE AT THAT MEETING
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TOO. SO YEAH, WE NEED TO TALK MORE. OKAY. NUMBER NINE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING[9. Consider a resolution approving a performance agreement with Team Refurb]
A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH TEAM REFURB. WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK TO THESE FROM COMPLIANCE.I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF COMPLIANCE. WOULD COULD YOU REAL QUICKLY BEFORE YOU DO THAT TELL ME OR US ABOUT COMPLIANCE NOW DO WE WE I SAW WHERE YOU APPROVED ONE PERSON LAST TIME.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE SHORT ON COMPLIANCE NOW? I THINK WE'RE STILL SHORT. TWO. TWO NOW. WE HAD A QUORUM LAST TIME THEY MET, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON HERE. I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT TWO APPS THAT I'VE SENT OUT TO PEOPLE THAT REQUESTED THEM. AND SO I CAN SEE US WITHIN MAYBE HOPEFULLY Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING THAT WOULD GET US BACK TO FULL COMPLIANCE. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. SO, BUT YEAH, WE DID HAVE A QUORUM AT THE LAST ONE. AND BRIAN, IS HE STILL GOING TO AGREE TO BE PRESIDENT UNTIL WE CAN GET SOMEBODY ELSE? YEAH, I GUESS HE'S INTERIM UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES IN THERE SAY HE WAS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT FOR LONG. SO SO USUALLY IF THEY IF THEY CAN'T BE HERE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I, I'LL FILL IN FOR THEM OR, OR IF THEY PASS IT ON TO LIKE THE VICE PRESIDENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU. VICE CHAIR. SO. WELL, I KNOW BETSY HAS COME A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT SHE'S GOING OFF OF COMPLIANCE TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. AND WE REALLY WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO, OKAY.
AND WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE THERE. YEAH, YEAH. NO, IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ALL WANT TO. AND THEY, YEAH, THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS. YES, SIR.
SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TEAM REFURB. IF YOU REMEMBER ME, I GUESS LAST MEETING OR TWO MEETINGS AGO Y'ALL PASSED. WELL, NO, THEY CAME BACK AND ASKED FOR SOME CHANGES. ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS COULD THEY HAVE THEIR EXECUTION DATE BE THEIR APPLICATION DATE? AND YOU ALL AGREED TO DO THAT. THEY ALSO ASKED IF THEY COULD RECEIVE MAYBE A LARGER SUM OF THE TOTAL THAT YOU AGREED UPON UPFRONT. AND SO COMPLIANCE MET AND DISCUSSED THAT WHAT THEY LOOKED AT DOING IS DOING AT THE END OF IN ALL OF THESE ARE PENDING A SUCCESSFUL COMPLIANCE AUDIT.
BUT WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED IS 50% OF THE GRANT AMOUNT, WHICH THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT WAS 2008 OR EXCUSE ME, $2,880,000, $880,873.22. AND SO THEY RECOMMENDED THAT 50% OF THAT BE PAID AFTER YEAR ONE, PENDING A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT. AND THEN THE REMAINING 50% SPREAD OUT OVER THE REMAINING FOUR YEARS, WHICH EQUATES TO 12.5% PER YEAR. AND SO THAT THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM THEM. AND TO PUT BEFORE Y'ALL TODAY. YEAH. AND THEY'RE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE $5 MILLION CAPEX ON THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE DONE BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. SO THEY WILL HAVE SPENT 5 MILLION AND THEN ALL 27 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. IT LOOKS ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS THE EMPLOYMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE UPFRONT. THESE WERE NEW. YEAH.
YEAH. THEY HAD AND THAT'S WHY THEY ASKED ABOUT 44 FULL TIME. THAT'S WHY THEY ASKED ABOUT THEIR EXECUTION DATE, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO START HIRING. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HAVE THEIR CAPEX DONE BY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. BUT BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WELL AHEAD OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE WITH HIRING A NEW PAYROLL. AND SO I THINK THAT LOOKING AT THE AGREEMENT, THEY FELT LIKE THEY WOULD THEY WOULD MEET YEAR ONE ON ON HIRING AND PAYROLL. OKAY. AND THEY RECEIVED A RETENTION GRANT, TOO, BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT MIDLAND. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THE WAY I READ THIS IS THAT THE $5 MILLION BUILDING HAS GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31ST. IS THIS A EITHER OR? I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO. IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION FOUR A, THEY AGREE TO SUBMIT THE PAID INVOICES FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES IN A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. I'M JUST ASKING, IS THAT PROBABLE? BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT IF IT'S NOT. I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THIS MONEY, THIS HALF OF THE MONEY UP FRONT, IT'S BECAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR BUILDING DONE AND, AND HAVE 27
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NEW EMPLOYEES IF THEY DO NOT. ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ON COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIT, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, THEY DIDN'T MEET PART OF IT. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH THEM. I MIGHT SAY JUST FROM OBVIOUSLY THAT'S FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION. NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, POSSIBLY TABLING IT TILL NEXT MONTH AND GETTING CONFIRMATION FROM THEM THAT THIS MEETS WITH THEIR, THEIR SCHEDULE. YEAH, I DON'T PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH IT, BUT THERE'S NO POINT IN SIGNING SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW ISN'T GOING TO THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COMPLETE. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE. YEAH, I THINK THE EMPLOYMENT WON'T BE A PROBLEM AT ALL. I THINK HAVING THEIR CAPITAL EXPENSE ON THEIR BUILDING AND EVERYTHING DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S AGGRESSIVE. OKAY. WELL, YOU MIGHT CHECK WITH THAT AND THEN JUST BRING IT BACK TO US BECAUSE WE ARE A PROPONENTS OF THE PROJECT, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO THE AUDIT TO COME BACK THAT THEY DIDN'T MEET IT. AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT PART WE'RE GOING TO PAY.YEAH. IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE HERE IN TOWN, I CAN FIND OUT SOMETHING BY END OF DAY. OKAY? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT? TILL NEXT TIME. SO MOVE. GAVIN NORRIS MOVED SECOND.
MIKE WITHROW SECONDED. SHOW THAT ABSTAIN BECAUSE THAT CLIENT SAY I ABSTAINED. OKAY.
TIM ECKMAN ABSTAINED. HE THEY'RE A CLIENT OF HIS. SO OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING SAY AYE I POST OKAY. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH ON THAT ONE. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT ONE
[10. Discuss and consider the application from The Spring Water Store for an infrastructure grant]
IS THE FACADE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FOR SPRING WATER STORE. AND BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE DETAIL TO THESE THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE, AND I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING. I WAS AT THE A BOARD RETREAT LAST WEEK WHEN THE COMPLIANCE MEETING OCCURRED. I'M GOING TO ASK GEORGE PATTON TO COME UP. HE ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. I WILL MENTION THAT AT LEAST ON ONE SPRING WATER, AND HE HAS PROBABLY GREATER DETAIL WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. THE COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE WAS INFORMED THAT THAT THE PROJECT, I THINK, ACTUALLY WAS COMPLETED BY THE TIME WE GOT THE GRANT. AND THERE WAS ALSO WHEN THERE WAS SOME STAFF CHANGES. AND I KNOW CHRISTINA POINTED OUT IN POLICY, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. SO WHAT WE TOLD THEM IS, IS ALL WE KNOW IS WE'VE GOT THE APPLICATION. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF Y'ALL. THIS IS WHAT THE POLICY IS. AND THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO CONSIDER IT. AND THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER. AND SO I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT UP FRONT. SO THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO GEORGE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO YEAH, WE HAVE THE SPRING WATER STORE COMPLETED THEIR APPLICATION, I BELIEVE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THEY'RE THEY LAID DOWN NEW PAVEMENT. AND I THINK I BELIEVE THAT WAS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. AS TOM MENTIONED, OUR PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE DID NOT STATE THAT THERE WAS A CLAUSE WITHIN THE APPLICATION THAT WOULD. THEY REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE GRANT PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AND SO THIS WAS TOLD TO THE COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. BUT COMPLIANCE FOUND THAT IT SHOULD STILL MOVE FORWARD AS THIS IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, AND WE ARE ALL TRYING TO COME TOGETHER AND TRY TO REBUILD, REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND SO THEY'VE SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR $40,300. AND PER THE. PER THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, WE CAN ONLY FUND 50% OF THE 80% TOTAL. SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE MAXIMUM VALUE GRANT OF 16,120.OKAY. SO THE 50% IS NOT OF THE REQUESTED AMOUNT. IT'S OF THE 80% OF THE REQUESTED AMOUNT.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. DO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICY OF NOT COMPLETING THIS OR NOT GRANTING THIS UNTIL THAT THE PROJECT CAN'T BE STARTED, RIGHT? WHATEVER THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, DO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THIS IF WE WANTED TO, WITHOUT EITHER SUSPENDING THAT? OR DO WE HAVE DO WE EVEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO? I MEAN, COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE WANTED TO DO THAT, BUT DO THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE POLICY? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION, RIGHT? IF IF I MAY, I HAVE THE BUILDING
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IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACADE GRANTS, PROGRAM REGULATIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A COPY, BUT IT'S UNDER ARTICLE TWO AND IT JUST SIMPLY STATES ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS SHALL BE REIMBURSED UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AND THE SUBMISSION OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR COMPLIANCE REVIEW. AND THEN THIS LAST SENTENCE IS WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING ONLY QUALIFYING INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INCURRED AFTER RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION BY ODC ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO I BELIEVE THERE'S NO THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT GRANTS ANY ABILITY TO TO PROVIDE ANY WIGGLE ROOM. NOW, IF THE IF THE BOARD WANTS TO COME BACK AND AMEND THESE REGULATIONS AND THEN COME BACK AND LOOK AT THESE AGAIN AT ANOTHER TIME. BUT I MEAN, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO STICK TO YOUR REGULATIONS BECAUSE ONCE YOU START GOING OFF OF THAT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT BROUGHT UP TO YOU AGAIN LATER ON. SO YOU'RE ONLY GUIDING RULES ARE THESE REGULATIONS AND YOUR GUIDELINES. BUT THE BOARD CAN MOVE FORWARD AND PUT FORTH EFFORT TO MAKE AND CARVE OUT THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW THESE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS IN THE FUTURE. BUT AS WE ARE AS WE SIT RIGHT HERE TODAY, IT'S A IT'S A SIMPLE DECLARATIVE SENTENCE. AND OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THESE REGULATIONS WERE PUT TOGETHER, THE INTENT WAS TO REQUIRE TO NOT ALLOW ANY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS OR DECLARE THOSE INELIGIBLE UNLESS THE APPLICATION CAME BEFORE THE WORK WAS DONE. WHAT PREVENTS US FROM TWO THINGS ONE, MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS AND A CARVE OUT. SO CARVING OUT AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, AND THEN TWO, MAKING THIS RETROACTIVE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS US FROM DOING THAT? I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT THE. I THINK YOU SHOULD AMEND THE REGULATIONS BEFORE YOU DO IT. I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT UNLESS THE REGULATIONS GRANT YOU THE AUTHORITY. I MEAN, I THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY BRING THE REGULATIONS BACK AND AND DO WHATEVER IS REASONABLE, YOU KNOW, TAKE WHATEVER REASONABLE STEP. IT'S JUST YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF HAVING A WHATEVER ACTION THAT IS TAKEN TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING REGULATIONS. AND OF COURSE, WHAT YOUR REAL ISSUE HERE IN THESE TYPES OF SCENARIOS, AND WHAT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IS NOT SO MUCH THIS APPLICATION, BUT FUTURE APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE YOU'LL GET THIS AGAIN. AND SO IF THIS IS JUST A JUST SOMETIMES YOU DISCOVER GOOD. SOMETIMES YOU DISCOVER THE NEED FOR AMENDING REGULATIONS WHEN YOU HAVE MATTERS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD. CAN YOU READ THAT SENTENCE FIRST, THAT LAST. OR AT LEAST JUST THAT THAT REGULATION FOR THE LAST SENTENCE IS ONLY QUALIFYING INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INCURRED AFTER RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION BY ODC ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. AND SO BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US, THIS APPLICATION THAT STARTED THE PROJECT, THE APPLICATION CAME IN. THEY HADN'T COMPLETED THE PROJECT YET, BUT BASED ON STAFF CHANGES AND THINGS, IT WAS NEVER REALLY PUSHED THROUGH ON THE STAFF. CHANGE IS A THE PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE STAFF CHANGING. HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? I HATE TO POINT THE FINGER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WE FOUND THE APPLICATION IN A DESK OF A PREVIOUS STAFF MEMBER. THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS, HOW COME IT TOOK US THIS LONG FOR THIS TO BE AN ISSUE? I MEAN, THIS WAS STAFF, THIS APPLICATION. NOW, I WILL MENTION, AND I'M NOT SAYING TO SOMETHING TO TACKLE TODAY, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. BUT BUT DOWN THE ROAD WE AN ISSUE WE DO RUN INTO A LOT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DOWNTOWN GRANTS IS IS BY THE TIME WE GET TO THEM AND MAKE A, B, R AND E VISIT, THEY THEY JUST STARTED SOME PROJECT AND IT'S LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW Y'ALL DO THAT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL. AND SO, I MEAN, I JUST THROW THAT OUT THAT, THAT WE ACTUALLY, THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. I BELIEVE WE WENT BACK AND FOUND IT IN A DESK. I GUESS I THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE IS THAT DIDN'T MJ SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING UP AND DOWN GRANT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THESE. YES. THAT WAS WHAT WE DID IS YOU KNOW IT. AFTER SOME CONVERSATION WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK IT WAS PART OF IT WAS WITH THAT JOINT MEETING NOTICE BOARD HAD WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I THINK WE DID IT BEFORE THEN. WE ACTUALLY ADDED A TIER THREE, WHICH WAS CONNECTING THE THE MAIN PART OF DOWNTOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN GRANT TO I-20. AND SO RIGHT AFTER THAT FOR BERNIE, OUR OFFICE HAD MJ GO LITERALLY UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD AND, AND KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR AND MULTIPLE BUSINESSES WERE, WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OR BEGINNING OR END OF, OF DOING A PROJECT THAT[00:45:07]
MIGHT HAVE FIT EITHER FACADE INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. WHEN DID THIS PROJECT, WHEN DID THEY SEND IN THE APPLICATION? WHAT WAS IT? IT WAS SUBMITTED IN DECEMBER OF 25. SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 5 OR 6 MONTHS AFTER THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETE. PROJECT WAS JULY OF 2025. JULY OF 25. YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT WITH THE QUESTION. EVEN THOUGH WE FOUND IT LATER. IT WAS SUBMITTED AFTER THE FACT ALSO. RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY KEY KEY DETERMINANT OF FACTOR. YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD REASON TO MAKE THAT WHAT WE DISCUSSED, CHANGING SOMETHING TO MAKE IT FIT. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING. IF WE GOT A SPECIFIC REASON OF A MISS APPLIED, YOU KNOW, IN A DRESS STORE OR WHATEVER, I COULD, I, COULD I HAVE SOMEBODY CLARIFY FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON COMPLIANCE TOO. BUT I MEAN, IT ALMOST SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION AFTER THEY'VE DONE THE WORK THAN BEFORE. BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T QUALIFY, WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE MONEY. BUT BUT IT'S PROOF THAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT THIS WRONG, BUT IT SEEMS I DON'T I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE HARMED. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOESN'T THE POLICY DOESN'T SAY THAT. BUT IN THINKING OF WHETHER WE SHOULD CHANGE THE POLICY, WHAT HOW ARE WE HARMED? YEAH. WELL, I AGREE WITH YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT BECAUSE THE PROJECT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE SAYING WHETHER SOMEBODY PUT IT IN A DESK. I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN WITH INVOICES FOR YEARS. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S NOT PAYING INVOICE BECAUSE SOMEBODY BEFORE DID SOMETHING FOR A REASON. BUT THE PROJECT IS DONE, IT'S FINISHED, THE MONEY'S THERE. IF WE HAVE TO BACK UP AND CHANGE OUR REGULATION A LITTLE BIT, IT'S ALREADY DONE, LIKE YOU SAY, AND LIKE YOU, UNTIL SOMEBODY WENT DOWN THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE. AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, I COULD HAVE GOT SOME HELP WITH THIS AND STILL CAN, I CAN GET MY MONEY BACK FOR DOING THIS. I MEAN, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A TIME FRAME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT DID WORK, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO CAN'T COME AND SAY THAT. I THINK MY ONLY CONSTERNATION WITH WITH THIS, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON IS JUST THIS. THIS WAS SUBMITTED FIVE MONTHS AFTER NOW, I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY FOUND OUT, RIGHT? I THINK BECAUSE WHAT I WAS TRYING TO MY QUESTION WAS TRYING TO GET TO WHEN DID MJ DO THIS? WAS IT DURING THIS PERIOD? WAS IT AFTER. SO THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SITUATION WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF WHAT MJ DID, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY WENT AND APPLIED. AND SO.WELL, DIDN'T SHE GO DOWN THERE DURING DECEMBER, SOMETIME AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME? THAT'S AROUND THE TIME IT WAS OF 2020. IT WAS KIND OF A NOVEMBER TO JANUARY HIT. EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS BETWEEN I 20. IT COULD HAVE BEEN DURING THAT TIME PERIOD WHEN THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CONTACTING EVERYBODY. SHE HIT HIT THEM. AND, AND THERE'S BEEN 1 OR 2 OTHER GRANT APPLICATIONS WE'VE HAD BEFORE, Y'ALL, BUT THEY THEY DID THEY STOPPED. THEY LOOKED AT STARTING SOMETHING. AFTER FINDING OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO TABLING THIS, AMENDING OUR RULES AND THEN BRINGING THIS BACK UP AFTER WE OR CHANGING THE POLICY AND BRINGING IT BACK UP. MIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU SEE? I MEAN, DOES DO YOU SEE THE NECESSITY OF OF THE APPLICATION? BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, WE HAD A TERRIBLE REPUTATION TILL WE GOT HOLD OF THIS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD APPLICATIONS TO WE TURNED IT OVER TO YOU GUYS. APPLICATIONS JUST SAT ON THESE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHY WE TURNED IT OVER TO THE TO THE CHAMBER BECAUSE WE WERE DOING SUCH A POOR JOB OF ADMINISTERING IT. ONE I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT ONE THING. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TWO POINTS IS YOU HAVE THIS UNDER YOUR FACADE GUIDELINES. YOU HAVE THE EXACT SAME STATEMENT.
SO CLEARLY THAT THAT PARTICULAR SENTENCE IS RESTATED AGAIN UNDER THE FACADE REGULATIONS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A CLEAR INTENT TO TO DRAW A LINE ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS. BUT WHAT'S PROBABLY THAT I CAN SEE IS MISSING. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT SOMETIMES YOU LEARN THIS WHEN THESE COME TO THE BOARD IS A VARIANCE A SET OF VARIANCE RULES, IN OTHER WORDS, HAVE A SIMPLE VARIANCE PROVISION IN HERE THAT WOULD GIVE THE BOARD THE ABILITY FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND ASK FOR VARIANCE FROM AN EXISTING REGULATION. SO YOU CAN KEEP THE REGULATION THEN. BUT THERE MAY BE GOODS THAT WOULD. BUT WHEN YOU CHANGE THE REGULATION, YOU'RE STUCK WITH THE REGULATION. BUT IF YOU HAVE A VARIANCE PROCEDURE THAT ALLOWS SOMEONE TO COME IN AND SAY, YES, I KNOW MY APPLICATION CAME IN FIVE MONTHS, BUT HERE IS WHY. AND THEY CAN PRESENT THEIR POSITION TO THE BOARD, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL HAVE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE YOU
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GAVE US A GOOD REASON OR NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIFT THAT REQUIREMENT. THAT WAY. YOU'RE NOT FOREVER GIVING AWAY SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT MAKING A PERMANENT CHANGE, BUT YOU DO HAVE A VARIANCE PROCEDURE THAT PRESERVES THAT DISCRETION TO THE BOARD. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DRAW IN A WAY, A PROPOSE THAT THINKING AS A LAWYER, THAT DOESN'T PUT US IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY BRINGS A 14TH AMENDMENT, EQUAL PROTECTION CLAIM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL PUT SOMETIMES WHAT WE DO VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF CRITERIA, OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT ARE APPLIED. WHEN YOU SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, THE A GOOD REASON AS TO WHY IT SHOULD BE APPLIED. IN OTHER WORDS, JUST OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT THE BOARD CAN CONSIDER BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY REALLY KIND OF DOING THAT. NOW IT'S JUST THE RULES AND REGULATIONS DON'T ALLOW YOU TO, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, A FIVE MONTH VERSUS THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU BROUGHT UP, YOU'VE ALREADY KIND OF HIT, YOU HIT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRITERIA WOULD BE YOUR TIME PERIOD WOULD BE ON A THREE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SAY NO, BUT ON A FIVE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO SAY YES BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO END UP BEING CONSISTENT. IF YOU HAVE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT'S GOING TO BE APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD. WE DO. AND THIS IS A TESTED PROCESS. WE DO IT ALL THE TIME IN THE CONTEXT OF LAND USE AND ZONING, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SOMEONE WANTS A A VARIANCE FROM THE BUILDING REGULATIONS. AND THERE'S OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT ARE CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT OF THE TYPE OF BUSINESS OR THE PERSON OR WHATEVER YOU KNOW, OR HOW MUCH MONEY IT IS. IT'S JUST OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT THE BOARD CAN APPLY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE RULES WILL MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS HOW, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THE BOARD STILL FOLLOWING A SET OF RULES. CASE LAW. IF WE UTILIZE THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ANALYSIS, CASE LAW COURTS TEND TO SAY, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVE CRITERIA AND NOT JUST MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO, THAT TENDS TO BE UPHELD. THE BOARD GETS THE RESERVES THAT DISCRETION, AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESPECT GIVEN TO THERE. AS LONG AS THERE'S A SET OF GUIDELINES AND RULES THAT YOU FOLLOW. AND SO YEAH, THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK. AND THERE'S A SOMETIMES YOU JUST LEARN THESE THINGS WHEN YOU GET A PARTICULAR APPLICATION THAT SAYS, HEY, WE NEED A, MAYBE WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL ALLOW THIS. WELL, I THINK THE WAY THAT THE THIS FACADE GRANT AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT HAD BEEN HANDLED BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST THE CITY WAS SO SHORTHANDED, BUT THE WAY IT WAS HANDLED, I THINK, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUT PEOPLE MAKING AN APPLICATION IN A HARD SPOT BECAUSE THOSE APPLICATIONS WOULD SIT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SO IF THEY HAD TO WAIT TILL THEY DID SOMETHING. IT MADE EVEN MADE US LOOK BAD. SO DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR PROCESS NOW THAT WHEN YOU GET THE APPLICATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING IT RIGHT AWAY? YES, MA'AM. SO THEN I WOULD THINK THAT IF EVERYBODY AGREED THE VARIANCE ON THIS ONE, I THINK THERE'S A SEVERAL SET OF REASONS WHY IT COULD THAT WE COULD. WHAT DO YOU THINK, TIM? I THINK WE NEED TO GET A VARIANCE PUT IN THERE. I THINK WE NEED THE GUIDELINES PUT IN THERE BEFORE WE CAN GRANT THE VARIANCE. WITHOUT A DOUBT. OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST EXPOSING OURSELVES TO BE OBJECTIVE. WELL, I THOUGHT THE VARIANCE WAS FROM THE EXISTING GUIDELINES. IT WOULD BE IN SOME OF THE CRITERIA. LIKE WHAT I WOULD JUST RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY THAT WOULD BE DILIGENCE, BASICALLY TIME PERIODS AND DILIGENCE. BUT ALSO IF WE ARE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, SHORT STAFFED, YOU KNOW, YEAH, FINDING IT IN A DESK BECAUSE A FORMER EMPLOYEE DIDN'T PROCESS IT. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT SAYS, YES, WE'RE GOING TO GRANT THE VARIANCE. THE GUIDELINES STAY THE SAME, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER SECTION THAT ALLOWS THE BOARD TO CONSIDER VARIANCE. OKAY. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN THEY WOULD BE REQUESTING THAT VARIANCE. AND THE COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE COULD BE PROVIDING AN OPINION ON THAT. THEY CAN SAY, YEAH, WE THINK THE VARIANCE SHOULD BE GRANTED AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR OPINION OR WE DON'T THINK THE VARIANCE SHOULD BE GRANTED ONE OR THE OTHER. AND THEN THE BOARD CAN DECIDE AND IT'S YOU KNOW THIS PROCEDURE IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN OUR P AND Z COMMISSION. WE DO THE SAME. THEY DO THE SAME THING P AND Z OR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ALREADY. SO THE PROCESS IS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN USED BEFORE IN A LOT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I SEE NO REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD, CLEAR SET OF RULES THAT THAT THIS BOARD CAN FOLLOW. OKAY. OKAY. SO I GUESS WHAT WE WOULD DO THEN IS WE WOULD TABLE THIS AND ASK YOU TO WORK ON THAT VARIANCE, AND WE WOULD TABLE THIS TILL NEXT TIME. AND YOU STRUCK THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND WE CAN'T APPROVE IT YET, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A VARIANCE THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE THEM GETTING THIS MONEY. IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? YES. AND NOTIFY COMPLIANCE TOO. SO I THINK WE'RE TAKING AWAY SOMETHING THEY DID RIGHT. WE AGREE WITH[00:55:04]
THEM. WE JUST NEED TO GET YEAH WE'RE FULLY COMMUNICATED HOUSE AND ORDER. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY.DO WE NEED TO TABLE MOTION. MOTION TO TABLE. YES. MOTION TO TABLE. OKAY. TIM MADE THE MOTION TO TABLE. THIS SECONDED. MIKE WITHROW SECONDED. WE WILL TABLE THIS AND BRING IT BACK UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. HOW ABOUT PANCHITO? I LOVE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY
[11. Discuss and consider the application from Panchito’s Burritos for a facade and infrastructure grant]
MAKE THE BEST BURRITOS, AND IT REALLY LOOKS GREAT DOWN THERE. ARE THEY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICATION? YES, MA'AM. THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN COMPLIANCE. THEY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THEY COMPLETED THE PAVEMENT AND THE SIGNAGE WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME, WHICH WAS I BELIEVE WAS END OF FEBRUARY, BEGINNING OF MARCH. SO THEY'VE REQUESTED BOTH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACADE, 71,000 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.AND WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO ALLOWABLE GRANT FUNDS OF 28,600. ON THE FACADE SIDE WITH THE NEW SIGNAGE IS 14,018 WITH $0.38. AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GRANT FUNDS IS 11,002 1470, WHICH BRINGS A GRAND TOTAL OF 39,814 WITH 70 IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THE REGULATION SAYS FROM WHEN THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION OR WHEN THE APPLICATION IS APPROVED SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION. PARDON ME. IT'S SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION IS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AND THEN THE WORK MAY BEGIN IN ANY. SO WHEN THEY ACTUALLY APPLY AND THEY START DOING THE WORK, NO ONE'S GIVEN. NO ONE HAS ACCEPTED. NO ONE HAS GRANTED. YES, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. EXACTLY. YES, MA'AM. SO THEY'RE TAKING THE RISK ANYWAY. I MEAN, IT'S JUST AN APPLICATION, RIGHT? IT'S JUST AN APPLICATION. SO AFTER RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION THAT'S THE TRIGGERING EVENT. AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL. SO IT IS PRETTY IT IS PRETTY LIGHT AS IT IS. SO THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. SO DO I HEAR A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PANCHITO OR YOU TOLD US THE AMOUNTS. YES MA'AM. THE AMOUNTS. I MEAN THEY'VE THEY'VE UPDATED THEIR THEIR SIGNAGE TO THE DOUBLE SIDED LIGHT UP SIGN, AS WELL AS LAYING DOWN PAVEMENT.
AND AS MR. MR. PHILLIPS HAS ALLUDED TO, IT LOOKS PHENOMENAL. MOST MOST OF OUR COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE AGREES IS IT DOES BRING UP THE THE AREA ITSELF. AND SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. SO THEIR TOTAL REQUEST IS 39,800 1470. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PANCHITO'S. NO MOTION TO MOVE. OKAY. TIM MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL. SECOND.
SECOND BY GAVIN NORRIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PAYING PANCHITO, APPROVING THEIR GRANT? AYE. OPPOSED. OKAY, SO THEIR GRANT IS APPROVED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. TOM, ARE YOU
[12. Consider a resolution approving a performance agreement with Kyvek Energy Services]
GOING TO TALK ABOUT KIVACH ENERGY? YES, MA'AM. I'M GETTING MY STEPS IN TODAY. YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH KIVACH ENERGY. THEY WERE APPROVED FOR A GRANT BACK IN. I CAN REMEMBER THE PROBABLY FEBRUARY. THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $117,804. AND THAT WAS BASED ON KIVACH RETAINING 21 FULL TIME POSITIONS AND CREATING SIX NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS AND SPENDING OR, EXCUSE ME, RETAINING AN ANNUAL PAYROLL OF $2,963,510 AND CREATING A NEW ANNUAL PAYROLL OF $425,200. AND THEN I'M LOOKING FOR THE CAPITAL EXPENSE ON HERE. BUT I THINK IT WAS ALL BASED ON EMPLOYMENT, WASN'T IT? YEAH. 780. SO 780. BUT THE BUT THE ACTUAL GRANT WAS BASED ON, ON EMPLOYMENT. AND SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. AND, AND WHEN YOU PASSED, WHEN YOU PASSED SUPPORTING IT, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU. NOW THE AGREEMENT IS IN FRONT OF YOU. OKAY, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF TOM? OKAY. I'D ENTERTAIN A[01:00:10]
MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TO GRANT KIVACH. $117,804 GRANT ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS FOR THIS RESOLUTION. SO MOVED, SO MOVED. GAVIN NORRIS. TIM. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. OKAY. SO THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. I GUESS.I GUESS THE CORRECT THING TO SAY IS THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT IS OKAY TO SIGN. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS A MEDICAL. THIS IS ANOTHER FACADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
[13. Consider a resolution approving a performance agreement with ABE Medical]
YEAH. ACTUALLY I BELIEVE IT'S JUST FACADE. JUST FACADE. THEY HAD TURNED IN A LIST OF THINGS THEY WANTED SUPPORTED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT. IT WAS EQUIPMENT AND THINGS THAT THAT DON'T FALL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS FOR THAT. BUT THEY DID. WE, WE DID TELL THEM THAT THAT SIGNAGE, GETTING THAT SIGNAGE, THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT. OKAY. AND I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT GREAT, THAT GREAT PICTURE THERE. I, I PERSONALLY TOOK THAT, BUT LOOKS NICE. SO I THINK THEIR TOTAL THAT THEY QUALIFIED FOR WAS 33,000. YEAH. $3,998.24. OKAY. AND THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THEM AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS EXPLAINED WHY THE, WHAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WOULDN'T PASS. OKAY. OR QUALIFY. YES. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF TOM.ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS TO PAY THIS FACADE GRANT. MIKE WITHROW MADE THE MOTION A SECOND, SECOND. TIM RICHMOND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU. I POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ON THE PAGE OF THAT RESOLUTION. IT'S GOT DAVID BOUTIN'S NAME UP THERE WHERE THE BOARD IS. I DON'T KNOW, MR. PARKER, IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE OR NOT. SO SIGN AND FIELD THE DOES THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT HAVE THAT. YEAH. THEY MET A MEDICAL RESOLUTION NUMBER HAS THE WRONG NAME ON IT ON A MEDICAL. YES, MA'AM. MINE SAYS THOMAS BLACKSTONE SAYS GAVIN NORRIS.
MINE SAYS DAVID BOUTIN. GAVIN. TIM THEN DAVID BOUTIN. YEAH. OH THAT'S WHAT I WAS POINTING OUT ON THE OTHER. YEAH. OKAY. WHAT'S THE RIGHT NAME ON THE BOARD MEMBER. YEAH. MIKE, YOU GOT DEMOTED. WELL NOW. IF IT'S OKAY WITH US. I MEAN, YEAH, I'M JUST POINTING SOMETHING OUT. SO BEFORE THOMAS SIGNS THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. OKAY. GOOD CATCH. RONNIE. I DON'T HAVE
[14. Discuss and consider amending the contingency portion of the budget for Current Media Partners]
ANYTHING ELSE TO DO. I'M PETER. OKAY. YOU WANT TO. CHRISTY, DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US? I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME FOLLOWING WHAT RONNIE WAS SAYING. RONNIE WAS TOO. NO, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU. YOU GOT A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY YOU WANT TO SPEND OR SOMETHING, BASICALLY.SO JUST TO START WITH THAT, THE REASON I'M ASKING, I'VE GOT ABOUT $50,000, ACTUALLY $50,000 EXACTLY. IN A CONTINGENCY THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE BOARD ORIGINALLY KIND OF EARMARKED FOR ANY BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO RUN ADDITIONAL ADS OR DO THINGS ON. SO THAT MONEY I'VE ASKED FOR THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IF WE DON'T USE IT, IT USUALLY JUST SITS THERE. BUT JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, WE PARTNER WITH GOLDEN SHOVEL, WHICH IS WHO RONNIE MENTIONED AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
WE STARTED WITH THEM ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. THEY DO THE WEBSITE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CURRENT MEDIA. THEY'RE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WHO DOES MARKETING AS WELL. SO WHAT THE REASON WE ORIGINALLY REACHED OUT TO THEM, THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH TO CREATE. SO IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE, MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THEM. TWO YEARS AGO, THE SAME GROUP DID A TARGET INDUSTRY ANALYSIS FOR THE BOARD THAT WE NOW USE AS KIND OF OUR ROADMAP FOR MARKETING. SO IT'S PART OF THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NOW, BUT IT WAS ABOUT A SIX MONTH PROCESS WITH WITH THEM BEFORE WHERE THEY CAME IN, INTERVIEWED OUR BUSINESSES, OUR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IN THE COURSE OF ONE OF MY MONTHLY MEETINGS, THIS BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION, STRATEGIC PLAN BASICALLY IS WHAT IT IS CAME UP AND I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT WITH, WITH GEORGE PAN BEING SO NEW IN THE BERNIE ROLE, WITH MONICA BEING
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RELATIVELY NEW, I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS. SO BASICALLY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM. THIS PLAN WOULD COME UP. THEY WOULD SPEND, LIKE RONNIE SAID, 24 WEEKS, THEY'RE GOING TO COME, THEY'LL BE ON THE GROUND. THEY'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW UP TO 150 BUSINESSES. THAT'S WHERE THEY CAP IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET TO QUITE THAT MANY, BUT IT'S REALLY TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS, WHAT PEOPLE DO NEED.AND IT COMES OUT WITH BASICALLY A 24 WEEK PLAN, BUT A 12 MONTH STEP BY STEP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. IT ALSO COMES WITH MARKETING TACTIC RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO REACH THESE PEOPLE. BUT IT'S A PRETTY IN-DEPTH STUDY, BASICALLY, OF WHAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES NEED, WHAT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO RETAIN THEM. AND I THINK IT COMES BACK WITH ALMOST A RECRUITING LIST FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE FULL PROPOSAL WAS EMAILED OUT LAST WEEK, BUT THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. I'VE GOT A FEW MORE BULLET POINTS, BUT ANY ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ON THAT. SO THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE PAYING OUT OF THE MARKETING BUDGET. BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CHAMBER. I MEAN YOU'RE WORKING IN PARTNERS, RIGHT? YES, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP. AND WHEN WE FIRST REVIEWED THIS, GEORGE WAS ON THE CALL WHERE WE WHERE WE REVIEWED IT. TOM HAS REVIEWED IT AND REALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE DEPARTMENT. I'M ASKING BECAUSE IT WOULD COME OUT OF MY BUDGET AND THERE IS A MARKETING TACTIC TO THAT, BUT IT BENEFITS BOTH OF US. SO. BUT YES, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING MAINLY BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE AND THE MONEY IS THERE. IF WE COULD START NOW, IT JUST GETS THEM GOING QUICKER RATHER THAN WAITING TILL OCTOBER WITH THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. YEAH. SO YOU COULD ALMOST YOU WOULDN'T USE IT ALL BY THIS BUDGET CYCLE, BUT. OR WOULD YOU. YOU WOULD PAY IT UP FRONT AND WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. THE $35,000 IS FOR THE FULL PROGRAM. AND MY THOUGHT WAS TO PAY THAT OUT OF THIS YEAR. BUT THEY ARE THEY ARE WILLING TO LEVEL BILL THAT TOO. YEAH. WELL, IF IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE AND WE'VE HAD IT, I MEAN, I WOULD SUGGEST WE WOULD PAY IT OUT OF THIS YEAR. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH. TIM. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH MY MY POINT IS WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE. WE HAVE THEY THAT REPORT COMES BACK AND DOCUMENTS EVERYTHING, WHO THEY TALK TO AND EVERYTHING. I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL REALIZE WHAT OTC IS DOING. RIGHT. AND WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT BACKED UP. AND AND THEN IT LEAVES THEM A LIST OF WHO TO CONTACT AND WHAT. AND IT'S PRETTY ROBUST. AND, AND JUST THE COMPARISON, HAVING WALKED THROUGH THEM WITH THE TARGET INDUSTRY STUDY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I MEAN, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ON CALLS WITH US AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT EVERY MONTH TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO, THE RIGHT COMMUNITY, PARTNERS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO WE'LL BE MANAGING THAT DUALLY. SO BUT THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CONTACT PEOPLE ABOUT ODESSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. YES. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? LIKE IT? OKAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO TO LET CHRISTIE SPEND $35,000? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OR SECOND GOLDEN SHOVEL. YES, THE GOLDEN SHOVEL PROJECT. IS THAT OUT OF THE EXISTING APPROVED BUDGET? YES. OKAY. SO MIKE HAD A MOTION FROM MIKE WITHROW AND TIM EDGEMON SECONDED TO USE THAT CONTINGENCY PORTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.
OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. WE'LL BE ANXIOUS TO HEAR HOW IT WORKS.
[15. Discuss and consider the Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025]
OKAY? OKAY. KAYLA. HELLO AGAIN. YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU OUR AUDIT. THIS CAME TO ME PRETTY RECENTLY, SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T GET IT BEFORE NOW. BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS I HAVE TO SAY, AND I'M PART OF THE AUDIT. SO LET ME READ THROUGH THIS AND THEN I'LL I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO THIS FISCAL AUDIT IS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS ARE WEAVER AND TIDWELL, AND THEY ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED CLEAN OPINION ON THESE 2025 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THIS MEANS THAT THE STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED AND THAT OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. THE UNMODIFIED CLEAN OPINION IS THE BEST OPINION YOU CAN GET. SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S THE BEST OPINION YOU CAN GET.
THIS MEANS WE DIDN'T ARGUE. HE DIDN'T FIND ME DOING ANYTHING CRAZY. SO IT'S A GOOD IT'S THE BEST ONE WE CAN GET. THEN TO KIND OF GET INTO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT A LITTLE BIT AND STOP ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, PLEASE. THE NET POSITION INCREASED BY 5.72 MILLION, UP TO 98.38 MILLION. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT PAGE NINE, THAT'S WHERE I AM ON THAT. ON THAT
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SAME PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TOTAL ASSETS INCREASED TO 116 MILLION FROM THE 96 MILLION.OUR SALES TAX REVENUE INCREASED TO 15.38 MILLION. AND OUR INVESTMENT INCOME TOTALED 4.7 MILLION. THAT LEFT OUR YEAR END FUND BALANCE AT 98.38 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE NEXT DISCUSSION TALKS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS. SO THE COMMITTED FUNDS INCREASED TO 46.36 MILLION. THIS WAS MAINLY DRIVEN BY. AND YOU GOT TO REMEMBER AND WE'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE. THEY SEE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE AUDIT THAN WHAT WE SEE ON OUR BREAKDOWN OF OUR FUND BALANCE. AND WE'LL GET TO THAT. BUT THE MAIN DRIVER ON THIS WAS TEX DOT THE MONEY WE SET ASIDE FOR THEM WITH THOSE RESOLUTIONS ON 13 PAGE. THAT ONE IS JUST IN THE NOTES. THAT'S JUST MY NOTES, I APOLOGIZE. NOTES ON PAGE TEN. YEAH. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.
THEN WE WENT TO BUDGET PERFORMANCE AND YOU ALL PRETTY MUCH KNOW HOW THAT IS. WE DID GOOD ON THAT. WE REVENUES EXCEEDED BY 7.49 MILLION. HONESTLY, THE MAIN REASON THOSE REVENUES WERE HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED IS WE JUST BUDGETED A LITTLE TOO CONSERVATIVELY IN THAT, AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IN THIS BUDGET SEASON. AND OUR EXPENDITURES WERE BELOW BY ABOUT 38.7 MILLION. AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF HOW WE PAY OUT THINGS. YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS TO PAY OUT. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE OF JUST BASIC. ONE OF THE BEST ONES TO LOOK FOR IS PAGE 13. AND THIS IS WHERE I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WHERE THEY SAY OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. AND I KNOW THIS IS A POINT OF CONTENTION AND WE CAN WORK ON IT FOR THIS YEAR. WE DO HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE CONSIDER UNASSIGNED, WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER COMMITTED, AND WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER UNASSIGNED. THIS LEFT US AT 52 MILLION UNASSIGNED. WELL, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT THERE ARE MUCH MORE PLANS OUT THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST MONTH IN THE FINANCIALS, OUR UNASSIGNED UNIDENTIFIED FUND BALANCE WAS 1.9 MILLION. SO THAT'S A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE. SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO A FEW THINGS ON THOSE SPREADSHEETS TO ASSIGN AND RESTRICT FUNDS THAT TAKE BOARD ACTION FOR THEM TO BE ASSIGNED AND RESTRICTED IN THIS AUDIT. SO WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME BOARD ACTION THAT WE TAKE. SO WE CAN'T DO IT ALL, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER THAN THIS 52 MILLION. AND WE HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT. YEAH, I LOVE THE DETAIL ON OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE WAY YOU HAVE IT SET UP, BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLEAR TO US WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE HAVE PROMISED AND WHAT WE THANK YOU. AND I'M WORKING ON GETTING THAT. I'M WORKING ON GETTING THAT BETTER. WE DID HIRE AN ACCOUNTANT WHO HAS JUST PROVEN TO BE PHENOMENAL IN PROJECT ACCOUNTING AND LIKE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT THINGS. SO I'M GOING TO START EMPLOYING HER HELP AS SOON AS I GET HER OVER. I GOT TO BREAK HER IN AND GET HER TO WHERE SHE DOESN'T RUN CRAZY, RUN, RUN AWAY. BUT THAT'S GOING TO GET EVEN BETTER. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION WE'RE CREATING MONTHLY AND APPLY THIS TOWARDS THE THE UN COMMITTED FINANCIAL FUND BALANCE. SO IT DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD. OKAY. AND NOTHING AND I WANT TO TELL Y'ALL, NONE OF THIS WILL SURPRISE YOU, BUT WE DID HAVE A FINDING LOOK ON PAGE 43. AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SHORT STAFFED, EXTREMELY BEHIND ON AUDITS. KAYLEE AND I HAVE BEEN SURVIVAL MODE FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS. WE ARE NOW OVER THAT CURVE AND WE'RE DOING MUCH BETTER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO NOT GET A FINDING. I ANTICIPATED THIS FINDING. I PRETTY MUCH HAD IT READY AND HANDED IT TO HIM BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHERE WE FAILED THAT CAUSED THIS FINDING IS BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING, MISS SEEING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE THINGS BROKEN DOWN IN OUR FUND BALANCE BASED ON AWARDS. WE WERE NOT ENCUMBERED IN THOSE PROPERLY IN OUR SYSTEM. WE WERE ON PAPER AND WE HAD THEM ACCOUNTED FOR. WE WERE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THEM OFFICIALLY IN OUR SOFTWARE. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WE HAD THIS FINDING, IS WE JUST WERE NOT ACCRUING ITEMS. WE WEREN'T PUTTING THEM OUT ON THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORD, BETTER. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE OUR PLANNING IN THE SYSTEM APPROPRIATELY. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS, THIS MEETING? I DON'T THINK SO. WE DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE. I REALLY DO SPEND THE TIME AND GO, NO, I WANT YOU TO
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AND THEN ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A LOT FOR US. JUST IT IS OKAY, THIS IS GOOD. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT TODAY, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE COULD DO THAT. YES. NEXT TIME. IS THAT OKAY? OF COURSE, OF COURSE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. THE SOONER YOU COULD GET ME THE QUESTIONS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT THAT WAY. IF I'M UNSURE OF ANY ANSWERS, I CAN MAKE SURE I GET IT TO YOU. OKAY. YEAH, I YOU KNOW, I WILL CALL YOU IF I WANT YOU TO. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THIS RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THIS, WE WILL TABLE THAT THOMAS IS GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, DID YOU DO ANYTHING, PEGGY? YOU TABLED EVERYTHING. YOU'RE JUST VERY GOOD AT THIS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND YOU WANTED TO SHOW HIM. SO MOTION TO TABLE. OKAY. SECOND, TIM MADE THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS. TILL NEXT TIME. AND RONNIE PHILLIPS SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE YOU.[16. Discuss the General Development Plan for FY 2026-2027 ]
THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. TIM AND I ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAST YEAR ON IT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO. SO, KAYLEE, YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT IT? YES, MA'AM. FOR CRYSTAL'S RECORDS, MY NAME IS KAYLEE BAND, THE CURRENT FINANCE DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THAT. AND I SAY CURRENT. AND KAYLA WAS GIVING ME DIRTY LOOKS EARLIER BECAUSE THIS IS MY LAST MEETING WITH YOU ALL. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IT'S BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE ODC. I WAS ON COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE, AND THEN I CAME TO WORK HERE AND GOT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU ALL. SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT ADVENTURE. SO WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MAY I ASK? YES, OF COURSE. I'LL BE CONTINUING MY FINANCIAL SERVICES JOURNEY AS THE DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING AT ISD. SO WITH WHAT ISD ECTOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BACK ON COMPLIANCE? SURE. SEND ME AN APPLICATION. WE'RE SURE. SERIOUSLY THOUGH, KAYLA AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT LIKE, HEY, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I COULD DO AGAIN. I HAD TO RESIGN FROM THE COMMITTEE WHEN I CAME TO WORK HERE. SO I THINK WE'RE TOO SHORT. I THINK YOU SHOULD FILL OUT AN APPLICATION. ALL RIGHT.I COULD GET BACK ON COMPLIANCE EMAIL TODAY. PERFECT. OKAY. SO YES, THIS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR GUIDING LIGHT FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DO TAKE A LOOK AT IT ONCE A YEAR THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE. AND SO I SENT IT OUT TO YOU ALL. I JUST PUT TOGETHER A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS.
WE ARE JUST REVIEWING IT TODAY. WE'LL BE ACCEPTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS FROM Y'ALL AND APPROVING IT AT A SEPARATE MEETING. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS, IT'S REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS OF THE ODC THAT A GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS APPROVED AND THEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL EVERY YEAR. AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS TO ENSURE THAT THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL REMAIN IN ALIGNMENT. RIGHT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME REASONS. THESE ARE THE STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES THAT YOU APPROVED FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN. SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IN THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. I JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE THEM HERE. SO FIRST WAS TO PROMOTE JOB RETENTION AND CREATION AND THEN OF COURSE ATTRACT CAPITAL INVESTMENT THROUGH THE BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. NEXT WAS TO SUPPORT ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THOSE INCLUDE COMMERCIAL ROAD PROJECTS AND ALSO TEXDOT PROJECT SUPPORT. THEN CONTINUE AND EXPAND THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS. I THINK THE CHAMBER TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT THIS YEAR, LITERALLY PUTTING BOOTS TO THE GROUND AND GOING OUT AND MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF OF THE PROGRAMS. SO NEXT, ENHANCE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA. AGAIN, I THINK KRISTI AND HER TEAM ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT. AND THE THE RESULTS ARE VERY VISIBLE. NEXT WAS TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH OCPS UTPB, THE LOCAL CHAMBERS, AND AGAIN, THE ACTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN
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THIS YEAR THROUGH SOME OF THE GRANTS YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT. THE NEXT IS TO INCREASE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ODC AND CITY LEADERSHIP. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE IN THAT AS WELL. MAINTAIN AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY THAT ENSURES ADEQUATE LIQUIDITY. AGAIN, THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE DID WAS MORE ACTIVE THIS YEAR THAN IT HAD BEEN IN PRIOR YEARS. NEXT WAS TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL WATER RESOURCES TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, AND THEN TO ADVOCATE FOR TAX ABATEMENTS AS A KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. SO THESE WERE ONES, AGAIN, THAT WERE APPROVED FROM THIS YEAR. FOR THIS YEAR. THESE ARE ALL SUBJECT TO REVISION AND CHANGE IN THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THERE WERE SOME NEW GUIDING PRINCIPLES ADDED THIS YEAR. THE INDUSTRIAL WATER WAS NEW TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS YEAR, THE TAX ABATEMENTS THAT WAS NEW, AND THEN THE MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING CITY PROJECTS. THAT WAS NEW TO THIS YEAR'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS WELL. THE TARGET INDUSTRIES. THESE ARE FROM A PRIOR STUDY THAT WAS DONE. THERE'S TWO STUDIES REFERRED TO IN THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. ONE OF THEM IS THE PERRYMAN GROUP AND THE OTHER IS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. THAT WAS DONE IN A FEW YEARS PRIOR. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES THAT THE ODESSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OIL AND GAS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, MANUFACTURING, ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, MANUFACTURING. YOU CAN SEE THE REST THERE. I WON'T READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT THESE ARE THE TRADITIONAL NAICS CODES THAT Y'ALL DO SUPPORT. WHENEVER GRANTS COME FOR INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS. AND THIS IS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME REOCCURRING THEMES ON HERE. THE LAST ONE, THE AI AND DATA STORAGE THAT WAS ADDED BY THE BOARD LAST YEAR. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE NEW GOLDEN SHOVEL COMING IN. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY GENERATE ORGANICALLY. SO WE'LL JUST KEEP ON TRUCKING.OKAY. SO THE MULTIYEAR AGREEMENTS, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES. THIS YEAR. WE DID IMPROVE THE TRACKING PROCESS A LITTLE BIT ON THE FINANCIALS BY BREAKING OUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGREEMENTS ON THE FINANCIALS, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN HELPFUL. SO THERE IS THE BUSINESS INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM. THERE ARE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS, AND THEN THERE ARE WORKFORCE PROJECT PROGRAMS. SO THESE NUMBERS ARE AS OF YEAR MARCH FINANCIALS AS OF THE MARCH FINANCIAL. THE REMAINING GRANTS THAT ARE COMMITTED ACROSS ALL THREE OF THOSE CATEGORIES ARE ABOUT $55 MILLION. I BROKE THEM DOWN BELOW BY THE CATEGORIES 10.8 MILLION FOR BUSINESS INCENTIVES, 7.3 FOR WORKFORCE, AND THEN THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE 36.8. THE BULK OF THAT IS TECH DOT SUPPORT MONEY. SO LET ME SEE. THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY HERE. I LOST IT. IT'LL COME BACK TO ME. ON THE TXDOT PROJECTS. THERE IS ABOUT $16 MILLION THAT IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS, AND I HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN ON THE NEXT PAGE. THERE IS $7.5 MILLION, WHICH JAMES WITH MOTRIN CAME LAST LAST MONTH'S MEETING AND KIND OF REMINDED US OF THAT NOT NOT REMINDED, BUT SPOKE TO THAT, THAT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY THERE TO COMMIT TO SOME PROJECTS. AND THAT WAS IN THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. Y'ALL WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND COMMIT EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD TO THE APPROPRIATE PROJECTS FOR TXDOT. SO THIS IS JUST THE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE COMMITTED TO. I CAN SEND THIS OUT TO YOU ALL AFTERWARDS AS WELL SO THAT YOU HAVE IT FOR REFERENCE, TOTALING $16 MILLION. OKAY. AGAIN, THE DOWNTOWN GRANT PROGRAMS HAVE FLOURISHED THIS YEAR UNDER THE CHAMBER FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE. THOSE WERE HANDLED BY THE DOWNTOWN ODESSA GROUP THAT WAS DISBANDED A COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS AGO. SO THE CHAMBER TEAM HAS TAKEN IT ON SINCE THEN AND HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THAT. THE GRANT GUIDELINES THAT MR. PARKER SPOKE TO ARE IN THE
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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN EVERY YEAR, AND SO AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR THEY GO IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. SO THAT IS A GOOD TIME TO DO THE CHANGES YOU'RE REQUESTING. BUT IF WE WANT TO DO IT PRIOR, KIND OF LIKE HOW Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AND JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE, STILL KIND OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE ON. SO I THINK, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY INTERESTED IN GETTING THAT DONE BY OUR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. MR. PARKER HAS THE TIME. YEAH, WE CAN HAVE A DRAFT PRESENTED. SO FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW NEXT MEETING.OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THE WELL, WE'LL GET TO THE CALENDAR IN A SECOND. SO THESE ARE JUST YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OR PARTNERS. THEY SUBMIT RF Q'S TO YOU EVERY YEAR JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICES WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEY'LL SUBMIT A COST PROPOSAL TO YOU. AND THAT GOES IN YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT. SO IN SUMMARY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS GOVERNMENT, I'M SORRY, GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS TO ACCOMPLISH ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, AND LONG TERM COMMUNITY GROWTH. FOR REFERENCE, THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET CALENDAR IS HERE, AND THIS GOES FOR FINAL APPROVAL OR IS SCHEDULED TO GO FOR FINAL APPROVAL. LET ME SEE. BUDGET REVIEW. ON JULY 23RD. WE HAVE A PROPOSED SPECIAL MEETING. SO IF MR. PARKER CAN BRING THE DRAFT OF THE THE NEW RULES FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLANS BY THE NEXT MEETING, Y'ALL COULD EITHER APPROVE THEM THERE OR YOU WOULD HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AT THAT SPECIAL MEETING. WHEN YOU DO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, FINALIZATION AND APPROVAL.
I WENT THROUGH A LOT VERY QUICKLY. I MORE JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR THIS ON YOUR RADAR SO THAT MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE SOME CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO HADN'T SEEN IT BEFORE. AS YOU REVIEW THE COPY THAT I SENT OUT. AND THEN LAST YEAR, WHAT MR. BOUTIN DID WAS HE REACHED OUT AND WE HAD A MEETING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HE DISCUSSED WITH THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS. SO IT CAN BE DONE THAT WAY, OR IT CAN BE DONE AS A, YOU KNOW, A GROUP SETTING. AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BOARD MEMBERS. SO EITHER WAY, I GUESS IT WOULD BE UP TO MR. BLACKSTONE HOW HE WANTS TO HANDLE THAT. BUT YES. ANY QUESTIONS? SO OUR CONTRACTOR PROPOSALS GO TO YOU AND THEN YOU BUILD THEM INTO OUR BUDGET. AND THOSE ARE DUE. WE HAVE THEM JULY 1ST. YES, WE HAVE THEM DO IT JULY 1ST. WE COMPRESS THE TIMELINE WHEN WE SENT THOSE OUT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE LET OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS KNOW IF THAT TIMELINE WAS TO COMPRESS, TO JUST LET US KNOW.
AS WE UNDERSTAND, IT TAKES SOME TIME TO PUT THOSE PROPOSALS TOGETHER. SO DO WE. ON THE JULY 23RD MEETING, IS, I MEAN, THE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ON ONE OF THESE DATES TO ACTUALLY HEAR OUR CONTRACTORS PROPOSALS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY ACTUALLY TALK TO US ABOUT IT, RIGHT. AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? IS THAT ON THE 23RD. YES, YES. SO THESE NEXT MEETINGS ARE WILL REALLY BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'RE SETTING OUR GOALS AND OUR BUDGETS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO HOPEFULLY THAT THE JULY 23RD IS THE EXTRA MEETING THAT WE THAT IF EVERYBODY CAN TRY REAL HARD TO MAKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. OKAY. ANY OTHER ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS OR WHAT WE DO OR WHY WE DO IT WHILE STILL HERE? EVERYBODY GET IT. TIM. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE THIS. THE CONTRACTORS THAT TALK TO US WHAT THEY WANT, WHY AND YES, AND YOU'LL SEE THEIR PROPOSALS BEFORE THEY COME TO TALK TO YOU.
SO THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REVIEW THEM FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR THEM WHILE THEY'RE HERE ON THE DYESS. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I YOUR
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HAIR'S A LITTLE GRAYER THAN WHEN YOU STARTED. IT DEFINITELY IS. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M JUST EMBRACING IT. YEAH, I AM TOO. BUT BUT A SINCERE THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A REAL DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL CAUGHT UP IN THE BUDGETS AND YOU KNOW THAT THINGS ARE REALLY GOING GOOD BECAUSE I WAS READING, YOU KNOW, THE MOODY'S WE HAVE OUR BOND RATING BACK ON MOODY'S AND AND WE'RE TELLING S&P TO JUST GO KICK A ROCK OR SOMETHING. IS THAT YES, WE ARE. OKAY. BUT BUT THANK YOU FROM EACH OF US AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE HAD TO DO TO GET CAUGHT UP. THANK YOU.IT'S BEEN AN ADVENTURE. AND THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR. HOPEFULLY I'LL BE AROUND. YOU KNOW, HE HAS A THE NEXT COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. YEAH. THEY'RE EMAILING YOU AN APPLICATION. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO PROVE THAT WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU.
MIGHT EVEN WANT TO BE PRESIDENT OF. YOU NEVER KNOW. RIGHT. I HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THE PROCESS. YES YOU DO. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KAYLEE. OUR NEXT MEETING. I
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THINK THAT'S NEXT. YEAH. OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 9TH. YEP. AND THEN THAT THAT'S GONE. BUT WHAT WAS THAT EXTRA? WHAT WAS THE 23RD? 23RD. YEAH. WE NEED TO BE SURE AND GET THAT ON EVERYBODY'S CALENDAR BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT MEETING. SO DOES THE NINTH WORK FOR EVERYBODY OR MOST EVERYBODY. THAT'S OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. EXCUSE ME JUST A MINUTE. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT. YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT. I MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT I'LL BE IN TOWN. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. GAVIN NORRIS MADE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN AND TIM RICHMOND TO SECOND. YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US? I, I AM THE DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY. I THINK I'LL BE COVERING THESE MEETINGS FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. YEAH.SO SHE'S YOU KNOW, NORMA'S ALWAYS SITTING THERE. AND WHAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME? CRYSTAL.
TAYLOR. CRYSTAL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. DID WE GET ENOUGH NAMES FOR YOU TODAY? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
THANK YOU. I THINK WE GOT TO TAKE THE VOTE, THOUGH. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, I OPPOSED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.