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Jones County commission approves $250,000 payment from Engie to resolve Phase I road-use agreement, directs further Phase II talks
Summary
Jones County Commissioners Court voted Oct. 25 to have county attorney accept $250,000 from Engie to resolve a road‑use agreement for Anson Solar Center Phase I and to continue negotiations with Engie on a Phase II road‑use and tax‑abatement agreement; the vote followed an executive session.
Jones County Commissioners Court voted Oct. 25 to instruct county attorney Alan Carmichael to accept a $250,000 payment from Engie to resolve the road‑use agreement for Anson Solar Center Phase I and to continue negotiations with Engie on a road‑use agreement and a tax‑abatement agreement for Anson Solar Center Phase II.
Commissioner Lonnie Vivian moved for the instruction; Commissioner Roy Spalding seconded the motion. Commissioners Ross Davis and Joel Spraberry and County Judge Dale Spurgin voted in favor, carrying the motion. The court had met in executive session from 9:02 a.m. to 10:08 a.m. before reconvening for the vote.
The motion directed Carmichael, identified in the meeting as the county attorney representing Jones County on solar projects, to accept Engie’s offer of $250,000 as payment to resolve the outstanding road‑use agreement tied to Phase I. The motion also directed continued negotiations with Engie on both a road‑use agreement and a tax‑abatement agreement for Phase II; no further terms or timelines for those negotiations were specified in the public record.
No formal dissent or roll‑call objections to the Phase I acceptance were recorded in the minutes attached to the meeting summary. After the vote on the solar item, Commissioner Ross Davis moved to adjourn; Commissioner Lonnie Vivian seconded and the court voted to adjourn.
The county clerk listed LeeAnn Jennings as attesting to the minutes. The record does not specify additional financial terms, escrow arrangements, the precise purpose of the $250,000 payment beyond resolving the road‑use agreement, or a schedule for concluding Phase II negotiations.
