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Public urges delay on data-center tax abatement as court moves to executive session
Summary
A public commenter urged the Commissioners Court not to approve a proposed tax abatement for a data center while state regulators pause new data‑center grid connections; the court then entered a closed executive session under Gov't Code §551.087 and returned with no action announced on the record.
The court announced it would convene a closed executive session under Texas Government Code §551.087 to deliberate economic development negotiations, including a proposed tax abatement between Brazos County and RELLIS Campus Data and Research Center LLC. Before the executive session, Precinct 2 resident Jody Quimby urged the court to postpone any incentive or abatement action for data centers while state regulators review power-grid connections.
Quimby cited a news item reporting a state pause on new data-center connections to the Texas power grid, saying: "Please don't make any decisions on a tax abatement and, regarding these data centers," and asked the court to wait for legislative or regulatory developments. The court entered executive session at 10:57 and returned at 11:18, with the presiding officer announcing no action would be taken on the record.
