REGULAR MEETING OF THE
DUMAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
August 10, 2026
12:13 P.M.
BE IT REMEMBERED THAT THERE CAME, AND WAS HELD A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DUMAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF DUMAS, TEXAS, IN THE DUMAS EDC OFFICES, 900 N. DUMAS AVE., OF SAID CITY:
Members Present: Greg Thompson, President
Pat Sims, Secretary
Harold Grall
Shawn Frische
Pritesh Bhakta
Members Absent: Junior Ortega and Bob Brinkmann
Staff Present: Brandon Cox and Bethany Salcido
Others Present: Valerie Trujillo, Jennifer Goolsby and Spencer
Greg Thompson called the meeting to order. Pat Sims gave an invocation. Harold Grall led the pledge. Guests were welcomed.
Harold Grall made a motion to accept July 13th, 2026, minutes as presented. Pat Sims seconded the motion with unanimous approval from the Board.
Junior was absent and will go over and approve financials next month.
Brandon Cox reviewed his status report of projects and leads that are ongoing. The following items were discussed:
TEDC Annual Meeting in San Antonio Oct 6-9
Texas lass has $678,834.79
Sales tax returns for May 2026 came in at $124,589.52 an increase over last may of $25,817.04
New road is about done
Elliott Eclectic deal is done
We paid off loan of Panhandle first bank with money from sale of Elliot electric and Whataburger lot
Committee needs to meet and discuss raise and contract
Brandon went over fossil bend apartment update
Brandon went over updates on the gold lounge and project big box
Brandon went over updates on ELI and food truck park
Spencer has a few projects going
Spencer went over the Chambers request and introduced them to speak on their ask. The board asked questions they had and listened to the request.
Greg Thompson called an executive session at 1:27 p.m. The executive session ended at 2:15 p.m.
Greg Thompson called back the formal session.
Pat Sims made a motion of approval to give the Chamber $7,030.00 for fixtures and a POS system for their store. Harold Grall the motion with unanimous approval from the board.
The board picked new members for Brandons yearly evaluation. Greg, Shawn and Junior will be on this committee.
The board discussed setting a meeting date with the evaluation committee sometime before next board meeting for Brandon’s annual evaluation.
The next board meeting will be held on Monday, September 14th, 2026.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:26 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat Sims
Secretary