NOTICE
JEFFERSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
REGULAR MEETING
TRANSPORTATION BUILDING
305 E. AUSTIN ST / JEFFERSON / TEXAS
TUESDAY, August 8, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the Jefferson Economic Development Corporation will be held on August 8, 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
- Call to Order
- Invocation
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Welcome/Introduction of Guests and Visitors
Public Comments – Limited to citizens of Jefferson and business owners; they 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.
- 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 June and July 2023.
b) Consider and/or approve minutes for the July 11, 2023, meeting.
- DISCUSSION / CONSIDERATION / ACTION ITEMS
a) Consideration/Action – Remove David Ozee and Lynn Daughrity and add Jim Finstrom and James A. Parsons as signatories to the JEDCO accounts at Vera Bank, TexPool and TexPool Prime, First National Bank and the USDA account at First National Bank.
b) Discussion/Update/Action – Approval of the 2023/2024 JEDCO Budget
c) Discussion/Consideration/Action – Approval of Economic Development Agreement between JEDCO and Queen Horse Bedding of Texas, LLC & Resolution
- EXECUTIVE SESSION
a) The Jefferson Economic Development Corporation reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session at any time during this meeting to discuss Economic Development Negotiations as authorized by:
- Texas Government Code 551-087 Deliberations regarding Economic Development Negotiations pertaining to item 6(c) above.
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 5th day of August 2023, at 12:00 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.