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Commissioners grant variance to Duffy Energy Storage Project on 10-job requirement
Summary
Matagorda County Commissioners voted 4-0 to grant a variance to the county's tax-abatement guidelines for Duffy Energy Storage Project, LLC, waiving the Section 4(m)(2) requirement to create or retain a minimum of 10 jobs after the petitioner showed good cause, the minutes state.
Matagorda County Commissioners Court on July 21 granted a variance to the county's tax-abatement guidelines for Duffy Energy Storage Project, LLC, waiving the section of county policy that requires a minimum of 10 jobs be created or retained.
Commissioner Mike Estlinbaum moved to grant the variance to the Matagorda County Guidelines and Criteria for Granting Tax Abatements in Reinvestment Zones and/or Enterprise Zones, specifically to Section 4(m)(2). Commissioner Charles "Bubba" Frick seconded the motion, which passed unanimously, 4-0. The minutes state the variance was granted "due to good cause as shown by petitioner's Variance Application." The minutes do not record additional conditions or performance milestones tied to the variance.
The variance affects how the county will apply its local tax-abatement policy to the Duffy Energy Storage Project, LLC's petition. The minutes do not specify the project's anticipated scale, investment amount, timeline, or whether abatements were otherwise approved; they record only the variance to the job-creation/retention requirement.
County officials directed the county record to show the variance; the minutes do not list further public comment or follow-up reporting requirements. Next procedural steps, if any (for example, a separate abatement agreement or public hearing), were not specified in the minutes.
The motion and approval are recorded in the official minutes for the July 21 meeting.
