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Benbrook EDC elects 2025 officers, reviews year-end finances; holds closed session with no action
Summary
The Benbrook Economic Development Corporation on Jan. 21 elected officers for 2025, approved minutes, received a year-end financial report showing roughly $6.86 million in liquid assets, and held an executive session on real property and economic development negotiations with no action taken.
The Benbrook Economic Development Corporation met Jan. 21, 2025, and elected Kent Williams as president, Thomas Casey as vice president and Dr. Danielle Acker as secretary for 2025; the board also approved the Dec. 16, 2024 meeting minutes, heard a year-end financial report and held a closed executive session under the Texas Open Meetings Act with no action reported.
The board’s president, Kent Williams, opened the regular meeting at 7 p.m. and the board moved quickly through routine business. A motion by Gary Lindsey to approve the Dec. 16, 2024 regular meeting minutes, seconded by Thomas Casey, passed without amendment.
In nominations and roll-call votes, Thomas Casey nominated Kent Williams for president; Omar Aguilar seconded the nomination and the roll-call vote recorded five ayes and one abstention (Kent Williams abstained). Gary Lindsey nominated Thomas Casey for vice president; that nomination was seconded and approved by roll-call. Kristen Melton nominated Dr. Danielle Acker for secretary; the nomination was seconded and passed by roll-call with Dr. Acker recorded as abstaining on the secretary vote.
At the director’s report, Ms. James reported financial figures for the period ending Dec. 31, 2024. She said the board collected $179,384.74 in the half-cent sales tax for December and closed the year with $2,191,972.68 in sales tax collections year to date. Ms. James reported a checking account balance of $2,763,630.36 and a “tech school” savings account balance of $4,097,087.11, which she said brought total liquid assets to $6,860,717.47. She reported interest earnings of $19,916 and total revenue for the month of $200,378.26; total operating expenditures for December were reported as $42,836.52. Ms. James reported an overall fund balance of $3,760,854.45. (Several figures in the transcript were garbled and are reported here only where clearly stated; some encumbered-funds and franchise-payment figures in the original record were not specified in a recoverable form.)
Following the financial report, President Williams announced a closed executive session pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code — specifically Sections 551.072 (real property) and 551.087 (economic development negotiations). The board met in the conference room and returned to open session at 7:36 p.m.; Williams stated that no action was required following the executive session.
Votes at a glance - Approval of Dec. 16, 2024 minutes — Motion: Gary Lindsey; Second: Thomas Casey; Outcome: approved (voice vote; roll-call not recorded in transcript). - Election of president — Motion/Nomination: Thomas Casey to elect Kent Williams as 2025 BEDC president; Second: Omar Aguilar; Roll-call record: Gary Lindsey (Aye), Dr. Danielle Acker (Aye), Kristen Melton (Aye), Thomas Casey (Aye), Kent Williams (Abstain), Omar Aguilar (Aye). Outcome: approved. - Election of vice president — Motion/Nomination: Gary Lindsey to elect Thomas Casey as vice president; Second: Dr. Danielle Acker; Roll-call recorded as unanimous ayes. Outcome: approved. - Election of secretary — Motion/Nomination: Kristen Melton to elect Dr. Danielle Acker as secretary; Second: Omar Aguilar; Roll-call recorded with Dr. Acker abstaining and the remaining members voting aye. Outcome: approved.
The meeting adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
