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Votes at a glance

- Approval of meeting minutes: The board approved minutes from the regular board meeting of 11/18/2024, the joint meeting with city council on 12/03/2024, and the strategic planning meeting of 01/13/2025 (motions carried by voice vote).

- Financial report received: The board received the FY 2023‑24 financial statements (fiscal year ended 09/30/2024) and monthly financial reports for October, November and December 2024. Staff reported a year‑end sales tax decline, a refund paid to MOCA Ventures of $814,612.96 and that Accutronics site‑readiness costs had not yet been paid. The board accepted the reports.

- Support services agreement (4f): The board approved an updated support services agreement with the city (IT, finance, HR, rent, utilities, custodial) at an amount reflected in the packet; the updated agreement added rent and building services to reflect the BEDC move to City Hall.

- Main Street agreement (4g): The board approved an updated funding agreement to support Main Street operations; the budgeted BEDC contribution was adjusted to $25,000 for the year.

- Resolution lifting suspension (4h): The board approved rescinding the prior suspension of property sale negotiations that had been put in place during the sports complex feasibility study. The board then approved an easement to Bastrop ISD to connect wastewater to the lift station across an EDC flag lot; staff noted the easement increases the value of the industrial park by providing sewer access.

- Adjournment: The board recessed to executive session and upon return took no additional open‑session action and adjourned at 7:42 p.m.

Where relevant, individual items were the subject of separate coverage in the meeting (for example the Career Tracks presentation and the Roscoe Bank revolving‑loan resolution). For full motion text and sponsor names see the official meeting minutes and packet.

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Organizer Mark Anthony Baca described the program as a one‑day intensive of free classes and demonstrations tied to his longer calendar of events and anti‑bullying and suicide‑awareness outreach in local schools. \"Anybody that wants to take the classes can take them for free,\" Baca said, and added that he would pay instructors and was also investing his own funds toward the program.

Baca said the event expects wide attendance (he described projected attendance around 5,000) and listed celebrity participants and program elements intended to attract families and students, including special‑effects demonstrations, stunt and makeup workshops, and a screening. He requested $10,000 from the BEDC to help cover event costs; he said he would also provide private funds and sponsor support.

Legal counsel advised the board to consider whether the request qualified as a promotional expenditure for the city and reminded the board that promotional spending is subject to statutory limits (counsel referenced a 10% cap on promotion). Board members discussed available budget for promotion — staff described a lean budget and no dedicated promotion line item — and allocation options (sponsorship versus grant). One board member announced a conflict and recused because they had helped the applicant with initial planning through the arts center.

A motion to approve the $10,000 sponsorship (producer level), with the expectation that the BEDC be promoted as a donor in event materials, passed by voice vote; the motion carried.

Follow up: the organizer and staff agreed event promotion would include BEDC as a sponsor and staff noted the city could request a representative booth at the event. The board did not attach additional conditions beyond standard sponsorship recognition.

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Dory (BEDC staff) described the reorganization of the program, originally launched in February 2023, to position the BEDC as the primary marketer and guarantor while Roscoe Bank serves as the originator and loan servicer. The updated materials submitted to the board included a public facing program overview (guidelines and eligibility) and a referral agreement describing roles and procedures.

Representatives from Roscoe Bank (Michael Hancock and Johnny Sanders) were present. Board members asked about the guarantor role and loss exposure; legal and staff responses explained operational practice: the bank follows its collection processes and any unrecovered amounts would be a write‑off for the BEDC as the guarantor after the bank's collection efforts.

The resolution (R2025‑1) authorizes an agreement with Roscoe Bank to administer a revolving loan fund using donated funds from Roscoe Bank and BEDC funds in the amount of $30,000 per fiscal year. The board approved the resolution by motion.

Board members said the BEDC intended to open participation to other banks if they wish to serve in similar roles in the future. Follow‑up tasks include posting the program overview to the BEDC website and implementing the referral procedures in the agreement.

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The presentation, led by Janice Bruno, executive director of Career Tracks, and Alan Butler, Bastrop County coordinator, summarized local labor-market data and Career Tracks’ existing programs and partnerships. \"We're not here really to ask you for any money,\" Bruno said, but she described program successes and gaps. Butler said Career Tracks serves Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette and Lee counties and works with employers to design training tied to high‑demand occupations.

Bruno and Butler said the organization runs allied‑health training (RN/LVN and allied health certificates), CDL commercial driving (about 60 placed and nearly 100 trained to date), public‑safety courses (EMT, paramedic, firefighter) and IT and finance training. They said Career Tracks has processed about 600 people historically, with roughly 400 currently in the training pipeline and 17 educational providers on contract. Butler highlighted county demographics the group uses to plan programs: a county population near 112,000, a labor force of about 51,437 and roughly 2,115 people counted as unemployed in the county.

Bruno and Butler urged the BEDC to consider supports that help move prime‑working‑age unemployed residents (ages 25–54) into jobs, and to partner on apprenticeships, scholarships and earn‑and‑learn models. Career Tracks said it recently secured additional slots and funding: eight more licensed chemical dependency counselor slots, and approval to train 20 more nurses with up to $10,000 per nurse in support funds. The presenters described work with school CTE programs and with Workforce Solutions Rural CAT on career coaching and outreach.

After the presentation the board considered agenda item 4(c): donating surplus BEDC equipment (computer monitors, stands, a projector, keyboards, cables, a webcam, headphones and related items) to Career Tracks. Dory (BEDC staff) provided a light inventory and said the equipment accumulated over more than a decade of staff turnover. Legal counsel advised the board that donating surplus equipment to a training institution is a common municipal practice when equipment is unnecessary to ongoing operations.

A motion that the BEDC recognize the listed equipment as surplus and donate it to Career Tracks passed by voice vote; the motion carried.

Staff follow‑up: presenters agreed to share the Career Tracks slideshow and supporting Lightcast data reports with BEDC staff. Career Tracks asked the board to consider future non‑monetary supports such as help with legislative advocacy and connections to potential facility partners for a larger training center model.

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