Brownwood Bulletin
Brown County Commissioners Court members agreed Monday to have a town hall meeting on April 14 to to hear comments on a possible tax abatement for the proposed IP Radian solar project near Brookesmith.
The meeting will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Adams Street Community Center.
Commissioner Gary Worley suggested that speakers on both sides of the issue be allotted a total of 50 minutes per side.
Worley also said the commissioners court should not respond to speakers or become involved in the discussion.
A representative of the Allison, Bass and McGee law firm, which the commissioners court hired earlier to assist the court in the tax abatement debate, will be present to answer questions, Worley said.
Letters of retirement were approved by Brown County Commissioners when they met Monday morning, April 5.
They accepted letters of retirement from Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace, Jim Cavanaugh, and Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace, Mike Holder. Cavanaugh’s retirement is effective June 30, 2021. Holder’s retirement is effect April 30, 2021.
Commissioners voted to approve that applications for appointment to fill the unexpired term of JP 4 be accepted and to establish a committee to review and interview applicants then make recommendations to Commissioner’s Court.
Applications will be accepted until April 23, 2021 at 4:30 pm. The committee considering applications will be Commissioner Larry Traweek, County Attorney Shane Britton and Precinct 1 JP Doug Hurt.