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Kinder Morgan gives Houston County $120,000; company offers extra $50,000 for 11 local nonprofits, county to amend agenda
Summary
Kinder Morgan delivered two $60,000 checks to Houston County for right-of-way crossings and acknowledged it missed smaller checks for 11 nonprofits. The company offered to increase the allotment to $50,000, and county leaders proposed amending the agenda to add the $50,000 to the donation line so the county can cut checks to the organizations.
Speaker 1 announced that Kinder Morgan representatives visited the county and delivered two $60,000 checks, a total of $120,000, tied to pipeline crossings in Duffer Park.
According to Speaker 1, the company told the county it had omitted smaller payments to 11 local organizations under a prior agreement. "They brought us 2 checks where they paid us to cross in Duffer Park. Houston County, we received 2 $60,000 checks, 120,000," Speaker 1 said. Speaker 1 said the smaller checks — previously planned at amounts between $2,500 and $5,000 per organization — were not brought to the county during the visit.
Speaker 1 said company staff acknowledged the error and offered to increase the total available for the 11 nonprofits: rather than $30,000 previously allocated, Kinder Morgan offered $50,000, which Speaker 1 said would amount to about an additional $1,800 per organization. "We'll give every organization an extra $1,800," Speaker 1 said; the speaker added the company expects to deliver a $50,000 check within two weeks, before Thanksgiving.
To accommodate that check, Speaker 1 proposed amending the meeting agenda to add the $50,000 to the county's donation line and for the county to write checks directly to the 11 organizations once the county receives the company payment. Speaker 1 said county staff had supplied required W-9 paperwork and that the county would handle distribution to make the process "the cleanest way to do it." Miss Barker was noted as an intended recipient for one of the smaller donations but the individual checks had not been handed over at the time of the meeting.
The commission did not record a formal vote in the transcript on the amendment during the meeting; Speaker 1 said staff would place the amendment on Monday's agenda for formal action.
What’s next: County staff expect a Kinder Morgan check before Thanksgiving and plan to present a formal agenda amendment at the next commission meeting so the county can distribute checks to the 11 organizations.
