Chisum ISD approves amended §313 agreement with Eagle Springs Solar after brief public hearing

The Chisum ISD Board of Trustees voted Dec. 12 to approve an amended Appraised Value Limitation application and Amendment No. 1 to the related agreement with Eagle Springs Solar, LLC (Comptroller Application #1948), a proposal submitted under Texas Tax Code § 313. Trustee Judd Oats moved to approve the amended application and agreement; Trustee Matt Patterson seconded, and the motion passed with Trustees Travis Ball, Oats, Patterson and Larry Rickman voting for the measure and three trustees recorded as absent.

The board opened a public hearing on the amended §313 application at 5:43 p.m. and closed it at 5:52 p.m.; the transcript records no additional public testimony during the hearing. Before voting, the board voted to acknowledge conflict‑of‑interest policies BBFA (LEGAL) and BBFA (LOCAL) in connection with the amended application (motion by Judd Oats; second by Matt Patterson) and to establish an application amendment fee pursuant to Board Policy CCGB(LOCAL) (motion by Larry Rickman; second by Travis Ball). Those procedural motions passed by the same 4–0 tally among trustees present.

The actions recorded are administrative approvals and procedural acknowledgements connected to a §313 application administered through the Texas Comptroller’s office (Comptroller Application #1948). The transcript does not record the dollar values, tax implications, or negotiated terms of the agreement in the public record; those details were not specified in the meeting text.