[Call Meeting to Order]
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          GOOD MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING ORDER ON
THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2022, AT 9:30. 
          COMMISSIONER ROLAND, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION? OUR FATHER WITH ART IN HEAVEN, THE FATHER OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS THE CHRIST. 
          FATHER IT'S ONCE AGAIN THAT YOU'RE WEAK AND HUMBLE SERVANT IS STANDING HERE WITH MY MIND
STEAD ON YOU. 
          LORD, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL RAIN THAT YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO COME OUR WAY. 
          WE WAS IN DIRE NEED OF IT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE THIS
WEEK. 
          LORD, I THANK YOU FOR OUR GOING OUT AND OUR COMING IN. 
          LORD, I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO IS FOR
GOOD. 
          THESE AND ALL BLESSINGS I PRAY IN THE LOVING NAME OF JESUS, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. 
          AMEN. 
          OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ME JUDGE. 
          NONE FOR ME. COMMISSIONER ONTARIO. 
          NONE FOR ME. COMMISSIONER ROLAND. 
          ANY STAFF? OKAY, CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          NO CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT, WE WILL GET RIGHT TO IT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:32 TO CONSIDER ADOPTING REAUTHORIZING
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AND 
          [PUBLIC HEARING @ 9:30]
AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. 
          AND I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 
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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:37. 
          CONSIDERING REAUTHORIZATION OF GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 312 OF THE TAX CODE, AND GO AHEAD AND 
          [1. Discussion/Action to consider the approval of adopting or reauthorizing guidelines and criteria governing tax abatement agreements pursuant to Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code]
MOVE TO ITEM ONE DISCUSSION ACTION TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF ADOPTING AND REAUTHORIZING
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. 
          COMMISSIONERS, WE HAD A 312 GUIDELINE AGREEMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2000, BUT IT NEEDED
SOME UPDATING. 
          CHASE WORKED ON THAT FOR US, AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT HERE, AND I'LL THROW IT OPEN TO
ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT IT, AND HOPEFULLY CHASE CAN ANSWER THEM OR I CAN ANSWER THEM. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ADOPTING AND REAUTHORIZING THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA
GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. 
          SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION, AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. OPPOSED, HEARING NONE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          [2. Discussion/Action to consider the approval of Resolution 40-2022, electing to become eligible to participate in the Tax Abatement under Chapter 312, Texas Tax Code.]
ITEM TWO DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 40-2022. 
          ELECTING TO BECOME ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TAX ABATEMENT UNDER CHAPTER 312 TEXAS
TAX CODE AND THAT'S THE VERY LAST PAGE AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 40-2022 RESOLUTION OF CALDWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX
ABATEMENT. 
          WHEREAS CALDWELL COUNTY SEEKS TO GROW THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND HISTORICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY, AND WHEREAS, TAX ABATEMENT AND REINVESTMENT ZONES PROVIDES A MECHANISM BY WHICH CALDWELL COUNTY MAY RETAIN OR EXPAND LOCAL EMPLOYMENT,
ATTRACT MAJOR INVESTMENT, AND ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY, AND WHEREAS, ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022, THE CALDWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
ADOPTED GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE, AND WHEREAS, IN ADDITION TO ADOPTING GUIDELINES AND
CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS, THE COUNTY MUST ALSO 
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ELECT TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX
CODE. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH COMMISSIONERS COURT ELECTS TO
PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENT UNDER CHAPTER 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE . COMMISSIONERS, WOULD ONE OF YOU BE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION
40-2022? SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED HEARING NONE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM THREE MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. OPPOSED HEARING NONE. 
          WE WERE ADJOURNED AT 9:41.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.