Woodbine council approves Kelley's Scrap Metal settlement after executive session

Mayor Pro Tem Louise V. Mitchell presiding, the Woodbine City Council voted Nov. 18 to accept a settlement agreement with Kelley's Scrap Metal following an executive session, approving the deal subject to attorney revisions about subdivision of the property and a transfer station on the maintenance property.

The action came during a called meeting that opened at 10:30 a.m. at Woodbine City Hall. Councilor C.C. Higginbotham moved to approve the settlement and Councilor Rick Baird seconded; Mayor Pro Tem Mitchell declared the motion unanimously approved. The executive session had convened at 10:31 a.m. and the council reconvened at 11:40 a.m.

The meeting minutes state, "Mayor Pro Tem Mitchell advised that during Executive Session, council agreed to accept the Kelley's Scrap Metal settlement agreement." The approval was recorded as subject to revisions by the attorneys concerning the subdivision of the property and the transfer station located on the maintenance property; the minutes do not include further terms of the settlement or dollar amounts.

The minutes record that the agenda was approved at the start of the meeting (motion by Councilor C.C. Higginbotham, second by Councilor Rick Baird) and that there were no public comments. The meeting adjourned at 11:42 a.m.

The transcript lists City Clerk Marissa Pacheco among city officials present and then—on the attestation line—records "Elaine J. Koch, City Clerk." The minutes do not reconcile those two names; the article reports both as they appear in the record. No additional details about the settlement terms or any scheduled follow-up were included in the minutes.