Key formal actions taken at the joint meeting of the Crockett City Council and the Crockett Economic and Industrial Development Corporation are summarized below. This list reflects motions and recorded outcomes from the public record.
- Approval of minutes (City item 1): Council moved, seconded and approved the minutes from the regular session of Jan. 27, 2025. Outcome: approved.
- Resolution calling for a regular election (City item 2): Council moved and approved a resolution calling the regular election for council member in Precinct 12 and mayor for the City of Crockett. Outcome: approved.
- Election services contract with Houston County (City item 3): Discussion of an election services contract and estimated costs (city staff cited an initial estimate and said last-year reimbursements lowered the final cost). Council moved to table the contract until staff could provide a cost-sharing breakdown showing what other entities (school districts, hospital district, other cities) are paying. Outcome: tabled pending additional cost-sharing information.
- Nomination to the Houston County Appraisal District board (City item 4): The council received notice of a vacancy following the resignation of W. F. Kitchen and moved to nominate a candidate. The record shows a nomination was made and the motion carried; the transcript did not include a fully spelled or confirmed name for the nominee in the public record. Outcome: nomination approved (candidate acceptance to be confirmed with appraisal district process).
- Workforce Solutions lease (EDC/City item): The CEIDC approved a proposed month-to-month lease with Deep East Texas Local Workforce Development Board, Inc., dba Workforce Solutions, for 1505 South Fourth Street so the office could meet Texas Workforce Commission monitoring requirements; the City Council expressed reservations and did not fully concur with the EDC vote. Outcome: EDC approved month-to-month lease; City Council recorded fewer votes in favor and did not concur on the same item.
- CEIDC termination and distribution plan (EDC/City item): The CEIDC board voted to approve a resolution terminating the corporation and approving a termination-and-distribution plan and interlocal agreement with the city; the City Council subsequently accepted and approved the same plan and authorized staff and counsel to prepare and execute necessary documents. Outcome: approved by both bodies.
Where the transcript recorded specific vote tallies, those are noted in the record; where the transcript did not provide named vote tallies, the article notes outcomes as recorded (motion carries/approved/tabled).