NOTICE

JEFFERSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

       REGULAR MEETING

TRANSPORTATION BUILDING

305 E. AUSTIN ST / JEFFERSON / TEXAS

TUESDAY, October 8, 2024 @ 5:30 pm

 

Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the Jefferson Economic Development Corporation will be held on October 8, 2024, 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. PRESENTATIONS

a.  Kerri Esposito and Kelly Benton with M. Roberts Media 

  1. CONSENT AGENDA (JEDCO reserves the right to remove items from the Consent Agenda and consider and/or approve individually).
  1. Consider and/or approve financial report for September, 2024.
  2. Consider and/or approve minutes for the September 10, 2024, meeting. 
  1. DISCUSSION / CONSIDERATION / ACTION ITEMS

Discussion/Consideration/Action on request from Queen Horse Bedding of Texas, LLC for a grant in the amount of $47,000.00 for the relocation of a City of Jefferson water line in order to construct a new truck entrance into their facility. This item is contingent on any action that may be taken by the City Council at their special meeting on 10/07.

  1. 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:

  1. Section 551.072 – Deliberations regarding Real Property
  2. Section 551.087 – Deliberations regarding Economic Development Negotiations
  1. CONSIDERATION/ACTION – FUTURE MEETINGS OR WORKSHOP
  1. ADJOURNMENT 

Certificate of Posting

 Jami Parson

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 4th day of October, 2024, at 5 :00 pm, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.

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.

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