BIDCorp approves four funding requests in March meeting
BIDCorp board approved up to 225000 in incentives for Birdsong Peanuts and funded up to 60000 for a terminal building at Terry County Airport. The panel delayed Coronado’s Sel-Cor Bean and Pea proposal due to quorum issues and heard a 3035 monthly sales tax rise offset by annual declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerise J. Merritt
Bidcorp
Bobby Knight
Gilbert Guttierez
Susie Bray
Tony Phillips
Rodney Keeton
Jack Cargill
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Cargill
Terry County
Airport Board
Basilio “Bossy” Coronado
Sel-Cor Bean and
Pea, Inc
Phillips
Coronado
Keeton
B&b Construction
B&b
Bill LaRue
LaRue
Birdsong Peanuts
Brownfield
Birdsong
Board Room
Brownfield City Hall
BISD Board Tables Facility Use Policy Item
Brownfield Independent School District officials reviewed facility use rules in a lengthy session. The facilities committee proposed non profit users get complimentary access while for profit groups pay fees. public access and custodial costs were debated. Three requests were approved for use of BHS facilities with insurance and a $100 security deposit, others tabled for possible policy changes.
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Bisd School Board
Brownfield
BISD
Oak Grove
Charlotte Panda
Adrien Martinez
Scott Jackson
City of Brownfield Water Department
BHS
Texas Water Utilities
Terry County Coop Gin
BMS
Brownfield City Council Prepares Bid Items and Regional Cooperation
The Brownfield City Council will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday March 20 with agenda items including bids for the 2003 group seal coat project and mayoral contract authorization, bids for a City Electric Department pickup, BIDCorp board appointment, a presentation by Mitch McElroy on West Texas Regional Electrical Licensing Agency software, a resolution on regional cooperation, and a briefing by the Community Pride Awareness Committee.
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Brownfield
City Electric Department
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Bidcorp
Mitch McElroy
West Texas Regional
West Texas
Community Pride Awareness Committee
Paper n Ink Awesome Weaponry By Lynn Brisendine
The author recalls 1980s military training at Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, Nellis and Vandenberg. He describes M1A1 tanks Apache helicopters and artillery demos, mocks a million dollar minute and a mad minute battle, and notes Warsaw Pact era simulations shaping U S forces now facing potential conflict with Iraq. The piece urges support and prayers for troops and a swift victory.
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Lynn Brisendine
Fort Hood
National Guard
Army
Kuwait
East Texas
Rae
Taining
Geseris
Las Vegas
Saddam
United States
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Toudy
Higie
Owe
Teow In
Higite
Ube
Prutty
Chowdy
Upper
Nellis
Air Force Base
Nevada
Vandenburg Air Base
California
United States Air Force
Warsaw
Cacuieno
Epa
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