The Littlefield Economic Development Corporation Type A met at noon on July 22nd at the Chamber of Commerce Office to discuss a 15-item agenda.
President Joel Griffith called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. and Graham Henley led the invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, which was led by Lori Zinn.
Nobody was present for Public Comments and the motion to approve the minutes from the May 3rd meeting as read, was made by Zinn and seconded by Henley. The motion carried.
Executive Director Justin Balderas presented the Financial Report and the motion approve the report was made by Henley and seconded by Zinn. The motion carried.
Balderas presented the Director’s Report, including meeting with State Representatives regarding HB 1566. He also met with Workforce Solutions South Plains regarding job postings for our community and got out information to restaurants and other businesses. Balderas met with Webb, Webb and Wright for audit and taxes to be submitted. And, he also met with Greg Last with EDP Best Practices for potential generation of a policy for LEDC A incentives.
Henley made the motion to approve the Director’s Report and it was seconded by Zinn. The motion carried.
Next, the Board discussed bids for construction of water well improvements.
They received three bids for the Water Well project, with the lowest big being $442,254.00. There were eight bids for the pipeline part of the project with the lowest big coming in at $186,270.00.
The motion was made to accept the lowest bids and continue with the previously approved amount from the May 3rd meeting of $534,620.00 from the LEDC A by Henley. The remaining $93,904.00 amount is requested be paid by the City. The second motion was made by Griffith. The motion carried.
The Board considered costs of Routine Airport maintenance Program (RAMP) Grant 2021.
Balderas suggested to approve the costs provided in packet for work completed at this time. They are still awaiting the monument sign.
The motion was made by Henley and seconded by Zinn. The motion carried.
Balderas and City Manager Mitch Grant gave updates for the amount projected for the new hangar facilities, saying, “The engineering costs came in lower because we said we don’t need engineered buildings, we just need Tarmac, foundation engineering and a few other things. So that cut it down to $35,000. Something that surprised me was the cost of the erection of the hangar doubled. I’m still waiting on a few other figures to come in.”
Henley made a motion to approve the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget and it was seconded by Zinn. The motion carried.
Rent for Chamber Building was on the agenda, but the Board decided to table the item until the next meeting.
Next up on the agenda was the Standby Agreement with EDP Best Practices, LLC.
The Standby Agreement will promote economic development and utilize information and guidance for future incentives.
The motion to approve the Standby Agreement was made by Zinn and seconded by Henley. The motion carried.
Lastly, the Board discussed Incentives-Policy Proposal from EDP Best Practices.
Balderas said that Greg Last with EDP Best Practices will generate an Incentives-Policy Proposal for our LEDC A for $4,500.00. There would be no additional cost unless continued meeting needed with him.
The motion to approve the Incentives-Policy Proposal was made by Henley and seconded by Zinn. The motion carried.
With no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 12:54 p.m.