In session Tuesday morning, November 23, the Brownwood City Council unanimously approved incentives up to $50,000 for the Brownwood Hotel Project.

The Council spent about 45 minutes in Executive Session before returning to Open Session to vote on the matter.

“The Council just approved waiving some landfill, sanitation and permit fees for the Brownwood Hotel Project. The goal really is for them to start cleaning out the building – debris, old furniture, all the kind of things that are in there,” said Ray Tipton, Executive Director of the Brownwood Municipal Development District.

“This is really the city’s first step to partner with the owners to get the project moving so they can start getting it cleaned up and get the game plan for what the future is going to hold for the new hotel,” Tipton said.

The Council took no action on executive session items which included Event Center legal discussion and Letter of Intent with Landmark Dividend for a lease option for a cell tower lease.

In other business:

The Council approved action taken by the BMDD to approve an infrastructure reimbursement incentive to Howard Payne University for street improvements, a new sidewalk and curb and gutter in the 900 block of Center Avenue, near the new HPU Welcome Center, not to exceed $42,850.