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Wayne Moore made BEDCO Regular Meeting – Update Presentation from HH Architecture/ Member the motion to approve the March 2nd minutes with Board Construction Approved for Hwy 121 Property Member Allen Sanderson 07/02/19 By Rose Schwartz Regular Meetings held on seconding the motion which nomic Development Corpora- of Directors. After Mr. Mc- tion. passed. A motion to approve Monday, April 17, 2023, President of the Bonham Eco-
tion, Alan McDonald, called to order at 5:30 p.m., the regular meeting of the BEDCO Board
2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the Special and
Donald established Quorum, Vice President of the Board, Kelly Royse, led an Invoca-
March 2nd and 20th, 2023, respectively: After the board reviewed the minutes, Board
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the March 20th minutes was then made by Kelly Royse and seconded by Board Member Lee Ellis. The motion passed. 3. Consideration & possible action acknowledging the monthly financial reports for March 2023: Mr. McDonald, noting that Finance Supervisor Michelle Burnett was away at training, touched on highlights of the report. He noted that February sales tax is continuing to track consistently with the budget and that the fiscal year 2023 YTD totals are about 3.9% favorable than the previous year. He then called the board’s attention to expenses from HH Architects on the downtown plan and noted that if there were any questions, he would e-mail Ms. Burnett and get back to them with her answers. A motion was then made by Kelly Royse to accept the report with Board Member Ernie Quintana seconding the motion which passed. 4. Citizens Opportunity to Speak: [The Board of Directors of the Bonham Economic Development Corporation invites persons with comments or observations to briefly address the Board for the limited purpose of determining whether the matter should be referred to staff for study and response and/or be placed on a future meeting agenda. Local practice limits comments to three (3) minutes or less. State law prohibits the Board of Directors from considering deliberations on any item not listed on the posted Board of Directors Agenda.]: There were no speakers. Continued
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