Marshall City Council authorizes negotiator on B Street Kinder Morgan relocation

The Marshall City Council reconvened in open session after a closed session and authorized city negotiator Jim Shadd to negotiate terms and price for the B Street project, which includes a Kinder Morgan pipeline relocation and a possible second amendment to a disposition and development agreement with Angston Properties Inc. and Presidio Companies LLC.

City Attorney said in open session: "In closed session, the council gave authority for negotiating to Mr. Shadd regarding the B Street project." The closed session had been held under Government Code section 54956.8, which governs conference with real estate negotiators.

Council members did not state vote tallies on the record in open session. The item recommending a motion related to Proceeded Companies LLC was pulled from the open agenda; the mayor and staff said the item was the subject of the closed-session negotiations. The agenda language indicated the closed-session discussion would include "terms and price." No additional contractual terms or price figures were disclosed in open session.

The mayor announced the council's next regularly scheduled meeting will be held June 17, 2025, at 6 p.m.; the June 3, 2025, meeting was recessed.

Background: The council read the publicly noticed closed-session description before adjourning to closed session. The notice identified the B Street matter and a separate labor-negotiations item as the two subjects for closed session. No public comment on the closed-session matters was recorded before the council recessed.

Ending: The city did not disclose details of the negotiation authority beyond the authorization to negotiate; further public updates would appear in future meeting reports if and when the council votes on specific agreements or discloses negotiated terms.