City of KENEDY 4B CORPORATION REGULAR: MEETING MINUTES Monday, April 22,2024- 6:00 P.M. 303 W. MAIN ST., KENEDY, TX78119 CITY COUNCILCHAMBERS, IN THE RUHMAN C. FRANKLIN MUNICIPAL BUILDING MEMBERS PRESENT: Gary Richards, President Felipe Leal, Vice President Leslie Wynn, Treasurer Cindy Saenz, Secretary Maggie Gonzales, Director Walter (Trey)Hilll III, Investment Officer CITY PRESENT: Melissa Gonzalez- City Manager Maggie Gonzales- = City Secretary Benjamin Reed- EDC Manager MEMBERS ABSENT: Lajuana Kasprzyk, Director CITY ABSENT: 1. Call meeting to order and announce a quorum is] present. President Richards called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and announced a quorum was present. 2. Public comments. No public comments. 3. Discussion and possible action to approve the March 2024 Financial Reports Leslie Wynn made the motion, seconded by Felipe Leal, to approve the March 2024 4. Discussion and possible action to approve thel Regular Meeting minutes for March 25, Walter (Trey) Hill III made the motion, seconded by Cindy Saenz, to approve the March 25, 2024 Regular meeting minutes as presented. All in favor- -Motion carried. 5. Discussion and possible action to approve the bills for March 2024. financial reports. All in favor- Motion carried. 2024 Felipe Leal made the motion, seconded by Leslie Wynn, to approve the March 2024 bills. All in: favor- Motion carried. 6. Presentation on the Horned Toad trip to Eastland, Texas. April 22, 2024 EDC4 4B Minutes Page 1of3 Dr. Wade Phelps was] present and went over his trip to Eastland, Texas for the horned toad 7. Update on the Retail Coach reports. (presenter: Ben reed, EDC Manager) celebration in memory of"Rip". No action taken on this item. *Void Report EDC Manager, Ben Reed went over the Retail Coach reports as of right now. No action 8. Discussion and possible action to set a Workshop for the Small Business Assistance Ben Reed went over the reasoning for a Workshop. After further elaboration, Leslie Wynn made the motion, seconded by Maggie Gonzales, to set the Workshop for May 13, 2024 at 9. Discussion and possible action on the 4B's monthly bill/payment process. taken on this item. Grants. 6:00 P.M. All in favor Motion carried. Ben Reed went over the current payment process. After further discussion, Felipe Leal made the motion, seconded by Leslie Wynn, to allow the EDC Manager to work with the City Manager regarding the Kenedy 4B Corporations monthly bill/payment process. All 10. Discussion and possible action to approve the line item transfers to the 2023-2024 Felipe Leal made the motion, seconded by Maggie Gonzales, to approve the line item transfers to the 2023-2024 Kenedy 4B Economic Development budget. All in favor- Trey Hill shared that he would be making the transfers in the morning for the bond 11. Discussion and possible action to approve the payment of the new playground equipment to Playground Boss for the Joe Gulley Park and for the removal of old Leslie Wynn made the motion, seconded by Maggie Gonzales, to approve the payment of the new playground equipment to Playground Boss and for the demolition not to exceed 12. Discussion and possible action to approve the payment for the City of Kenedy Trey Hill made the motion, seconded by Felipe Leal, to approve the payment for the City ini favor--Motion carried. Kenedy 4B Economic Development budget. Motion carried. payments. equipment. $103,000.00. All in favor Motion carried. entrance sign. ofKenedy entrance sign lights. All in favor- -Motion carried. April 22, 2024 EDC 4B Minutes Page 2 of3 13. Items to consider for placement on future agendas. ZacTax Agreement, Convention Center transfer off funds. DC Manager Update: EDC Manager, Ben Reed went gave an update on the Johnny Bear Concession Stand, and the Johnny Bear Baseball Field concession stand. 14. Executive Session Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code Chapter 551. The Kenedy 4B may at any time close the meeting and hold an executive session pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings. Act codified as Chapter 551, Texas Government Code which permits closed meetings pursuant to Section 551.071 for purposes of consulting with its attorneys; Section 551.072 deliberating about real property; Section 551.073 deliberating about gifis, and donations; Section 551.074 deliberating about personnel matters; Section 551.076 deliberating about security devices; Section 551.084 regarding exclusion of witness in connection with an investigation; Section 551.86 deliberating, voting, and taking action as a power utility on a competitive matter; Section 551.087 deliberating about economic development negotiations; and Section 551.088 deliberating about test items to discuss and/or deliberate any of the posted matters to be considered during the open meeting. Ifit does go into Executive Session, the Kenedy 4B may deliberate ine execitlvesession, vote on the matterine opensession, andannounce itfor the minutes. None. 15. Adjourn. Maggie Gonzales made the motion, seconded by Leslie Wynn, to adjourn tonight'smeeting at 7:31 P.M. All in favor- Motion carried. APPROVED: s 2352 Gary Richards, President Maggie 3 April 22, 2024 EDC4 4B Minutes Page 3 of3