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Council appoints Chaise Cary to SETH and authorizes staff response in Binnacle/TNMP matter
Summary
Council unanimously appointed City Manager Chaise Cary to fill an unexpired term on the Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation and authorized staff to notify Binnacle Development that the city will decline to analyze TNMP’s demand for repayment, as directed following executive session.
The Dickinson City Council on Feb. 10 appointed City Manager Chaise Cary as the city's representative to the Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation (SETH). Councilmember Kevin Edmonds moved to appoint Cary to fill the unexpired term and Councilmember Scott E Shrader seconded; the motion passed 7–0.
Later in the meeting, after executive session under Texas Government Code, Councilmember Johnnie Simpson moved to authorize staff to provide Binnacle Development a written determination that the city declines to act on Binnacle’s request for the city to analyze the propriety of TNMP’s demand for repayment of a Contribution in Aid of Construction. The motion passed 7–0. The motion as recorded in the minutes states: "authorize staff to provide Binnacle Development a written determination that the City of Dickinson declines to act on Binnacle’s request that the City analyze the propriety of TNMP’s demand for repayment of a Contribution in Aid of Construction."
No further details about negotiations with Binnacle Development or TNMP were recorded in the public minutes; the council cited the executive-session exceptions in Texas law when the matter was discussed in closed session.
