Council approves assessment ordinance for Windmill Crossing O&M public-improvement district

The Odessa City Council approved an ordinance levying and assessing operations-and-maintenance charges for properties inside the Windmill Crossing Public Improvement District. Jordan Sawyer of P3 Works, the city's PID administrator, briefed the council on the second-year assessment. He described the assessment as an operations-and-maintenance charge that is billed through a third-party collector and that "this will be an assessment that does place a lien on the property." Sawyer said the 2025 assessment amounted to about a $301,000 budget and is equivalent to roughly 14 cents per $100 of assessed value; assessments are capped under the original development agreement at the lesser of actual cost or 18 cents per $100. Sawyer said the budget categories covered by the assessment include beautification (primarily mowing contracts and open-space maintenance), utilities, city administration, a replacement reserve, safety and insurance, and collection costs. He said the PID administrator and city staff will return annually to update the assessment as costs change and to reallocate assessments across lot types (for example 40-foot and 30-foot lots) based on benefit. The council opened a public hearing; no members of the public spoke. After closing the hearing, the council moved to approve the ordinance and assessment plan and voted unanimously. City staff emphasized the PID's purpose is to localize maintenance costs to properties within the district rather than pull from the city general fund. The adopted plan is a five-year budget prepared by the developer and will be updated as improvements are completed and dedicated to the city. Council members asked and staff confirmed the assessment applies only inside Windmill Crossing and not citywide.