NOTICE
JEFFERSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
REGULAR MEETING
TRANSPORTATION BUILDING
305 E. AUSTIN ST / JEFFERSON / TEXAS
TUESDAY, October 10, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the Jefferson Economic Development Corporation
will be held on October 10, 2023, at 5:30 pm at the Transportation Building located at 305 E Austin
St., Jefferson, Texas, at which time the subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any
formal action may be taken are as listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on
the meeting notice. Unless removed from the Consent Agenda, items identified with the Consent
Agenda will be acted on at one time.
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Welcome/Introduction of Guests and Visitors
Public Comments – Speakers must sign up in advance and limit their comments or conversation to 3
minutes. Jefferson Economic Development Corporation Members may ask questions but shall not
discuss items that are not on the agenda. For items not on the agenda, a person may add an item to
a future Jefferson Economic Development Corporation Agenda by contacting a JEDCO board member
a minimum of 5 days prior to a Meeting.
5. CONSENT AGENDA (JEDCO reserves the right to remove items from the Consent Agenda and
consider and/or approve individually).
a) Consider and/or approve financial reports for September, 2023.
b) Consider and/or approve minutes for the September 12, 2023, meeting.
6. DISCUSSION / CONSIDERATION / ACTION ITEMS
a) Discussion on Texas Open Meetings Act
b) Discussion/Consideration/Action concerning monthly financial reporting
c) Discussion/Consideration/Action – Amend the August 8, 2023 Minutes and/or August 8, 2023 Motion relating to financial reports
d) Discussion/Update on Voluntary Petition for Annexation by Harold Nix regarding Nix
Family Property
7. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Jefferson Economic Development Corporation reserves the right to adjourn into Executive
Session at any time during this meeting to discuss any matters listed above or below, as
authorized by the following sections of the Texas Government Code:
a. Section 551.072 – Deliberations regarding Real Property
b. Section 551.087 – Deliberations regarding Economic Development Negotiations
8. CONSIDERATION/ACTION – FUTURE MEETINGS OR WORKSHOP
9. ADJOURNMENT
Certificate of Posting
The undersigned does hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting of the Jefferson Economic
Development Corporation was posted at City Hall, 102 North Polk Street, Jefferson, TX at a place
readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the 6th day of October 2023, at 5:00 pm, and
remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.
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James A. Parsons
President
Jefferson Economic Development Corporation
ATTENDANCE BY OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS: It is anticipated that members of the City Council, or other city board, commissions and/or committees may attend the meeting in numbers that may constitute a quorum of the other city boards, commissions and/or committees. Notice is hereby given that the meeting, to the extent required by law, is also noticed as a meeting of the other boards, commissions and/or committees of the City, whose members may be in attendance. The members of the boards, commissions and/or committees may participate in discussions on the same items listed on the agenda which occur at the meeting, but no action will be taken by such in attendance unless such item and action is specifically provided for on an agenda for
that board, commission, or committee subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.