[1. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE GENERAL ELECTION OF HELD MAY 6, 2023. RESOLUTION R2023-05-13]

2023. RESOLUTION 2023-05-13.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL GOOD EVENING.

YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET AND IF YOU SO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2023-05-13 THAT WILL SET YOU UP TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE IN ITEM NUMBER TWO.

ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL ON THE RESOLUTION? IF NOT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2023-05-13.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT RESOLUTION OR MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.

THAT PASSES. ALL RIGHT.

AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.

[2. OATHS OF OFFICE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS: PLACE 2 – JAKE HAYES, PLACE 4 – WILL CARPENTER AND PLACE 6 – MELINDA REEVES.]

CITY SECRETARY.

I [INAUDIBLE] REEVES.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE TWO OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD. [INAUDIBLE] I THINK HE HE NEEDS TO DO IT BY HIMSELF.

GOT ONE OF THESE LAST TIME.

[3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNCIL – DETERMINE APPOINTMENTS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, EDC REPRESENTATIVE, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE AND AIRPORT LIAISON.]

ALL RIGHT.

THAT GETS US TO ITEM THREE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY.

ORGANIZATION OF COUNCIL.

AT THIS TIME IF THERE IS ANY ANY DISCUSSION, LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, INCLUDING THE CONCEPT OF CONTINUING WITH OUR APPOINTMENTS AS IS.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I WANTED TO BE KAMALA HARRIS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR APPOINTMENTS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

BUT THANK YOU. I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO MORE.

SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

I'LL MOVE TO MAINTAIN APPOINTMENTS AS IS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM EDC REP COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE AND AIRPORT LIAISON.

SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW OPEN INTO A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE NOMINATION OF ENTEGRIS, INC FOR THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE

[4. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE NOMINATION OF ENTEGRIS, INC. FOR THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM AS A SINGLE ENTERPRISE PROJECT]

ZONE PROGRAM. MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW KEVIN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM.

WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENTEGRIS AND DELOITTE WITH US TONIGHT TO ALSO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS NOMINATION AND THE CREATION OF A TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE HERE IN DECATUR.

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SO, KEVIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, NATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS NATE MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENTEGRIS HERE LOCALLY WITH US TONIGHT.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE GENTLEMEN, SCOTT [INAUDIBLE], WAYNE HAMBECK AND TOMMY MINER, AS WELL AS BRIAN HENDERSON FROM DELOITTE.

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THEM TAKING THE TIME TO BE OUT HERE TONIGHT.

UM, REAL QUICKLY, JUST TO REVIEW DECATUR EDC, WE BRING DIFFERENT PROJECTS BEFORE YOU GUYS.

WE DO. WE REALLY DO TWO CORE PERFORM TWO CORE FUNCTIONS, RECRUITMENT AND BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION.

THIS IS ON THE BRE SIDE.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW AND I'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES, LOCAL BUSINESSES CREATE 80% OF JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES, IN CITIES ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

THE NEW THE NEW COMPANIES ARE VERY EXCITING NEW JOBS.

BUT EXISTING COMPANIES ARE REALLY THE CORE OF OUR ECONOMY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT HERE IN DECATUR.

AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, ENTEGRIS AND POCO, SAME, YOU KNOW, ONE AND THE SAME.

THEY HAVE BEEN A GENERATIONAL EMPLOYER HERE IN DECATUR.

LITERALLY GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES HAVE WORKED AT ENTEGRIS AND CONTINUE TO WORK AT ENTEGRIS HERE AT THE DECATUR PLANT.

OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS OR SO, I'VE WATCHED AND I WANT TO COMMEND NATE AND CITY STAFF FOR TIME THAT THEY'VE INVESTED IN TRYING TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES FOR ENTEGRIS AND POCO WORKING HAND IN HAND, COORDINATING WITH SOME OF THEIR LEADERSHIP ON SITE.

THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BUILD TRUST OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT IS GOING TO CREATE VALUE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I WOULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT TONIGHT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE VALUE THAT TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS CREATE.

SO I WANT TO BRIEFLY OVERVIEW THE PROJECT FOR YOU.

THIS IS A TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT, AS NATE MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO.

SO ENTEGRIS ENGAGED DELOITTE TO HELP ON THIS PROJECT.

DELOITTE, A CONSULTING FIRM, HELPS WITH THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECTS.

I THINK BRYAN HENDERSON HERE IN THE AUDIENCE MIGHT BE THE FOREMOST EXPERT ON TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECTS.

IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? AS LONG AS LONG AS NO OTHER DELOITTE EMPLOYEES SEE THIS THAT'S TRUE.

SO NEVERTHELESS, TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT IS A STATE PROGRAM THAT INCENTIVIZES CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND JOB RETENTION, JOB CREATION, SO MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DO LOCALLY AT THE EDC.

THIS IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THE ACTUAL INCENTIVE TO COMPANIES IS THE REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE SALES AND USE TAX, AND IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF JOBS RETAINED, NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED, AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

ONE IMPORTANT NOTE THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT THE JOBS, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO MEET OR EXCEED THE AVERAGE COUNTY WAGE, AVERAGE COUNTY HOURLY WAGE.

AND SO IN ESSENCE, THEY HAVE TO BE JOBS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AND IN THIS CASE, IN DECATUR.

JUST REAL QUICKLY, WANT TO REVIEW A COUPLE OF NUMBERS ON THE PROJECT AND THEN I WANT TO ALLOW ANYBODY FROM ENTEGRIS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

THEY'RE WELCOME TO SAY SOMETHING AT THAT POINT.

OR IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

SO ON THE RETAINED JOBS.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS, BUT FOR ANY PUBLIC WATCHING RETAINED JOBS ARE EXISTING JOBS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A COMMITMENT TO RETAIN THOSE POSITIONS TO TO CONTINUE EMPLOYING THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR THOSE POSITIONS RATHER, THE RETAINED JOBS TOTAL IS 297 HERE AT DECATUR.

I MEAN, THAT'S PHENOMENAL. AND TO PUT THAT INTO ACTUAL FINANCIAL NUMBERS, THIS IS NOT ECONOMIC IMPACT.

THIS IS JUST PAYROLL.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW AND AS I'VE REPRESENTED ON OTHER PROJECTS, THIS PAYROLL IS WHAT GOES OUT AND THIS IS SPENT AT OTHER LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS CREATES OTHER JOBS.

THIS CREATES POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THOSE 297 RETAINED JOBS THAT'S AN ANNUAL PAYROLL OF 29,936,000 IN DECATUR.

THAT IS THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED IT'S SOMETHING TO BE APPRECIATED.

THE NEW JOBS ARE TEN AND TWO TO REPRESENT THAT HIGH WAGE AND QUALITY JOBS.

OF THOSE TEN NEW JOBS, THE ANNUAL PAYROLL ADDITION WILL BE JUST OVER $1 MILLION.

SO THESE ARE QUALITY JOBS IN DECATUR, TEXAS, AND WE APPRECIATE ENTEGRIS AND DELOITTE THEIR WORK ON THIS.

WE APPRECIATE ENTEGRIS'S COMMITMENT TO DECATUR OVER A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO DECATUR.

AND AT THIS TIME, GUYS, I DON'T KNOW IF YA'LL HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.

[INAUDIBLE]. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I'VE SET THE BAR LOW FOR YOU SO THAT.

NO, THANKS, KEVIN.

TALK TO NATHAN. I WON'T TELL STORIES, MIKE, ABOUT YOU BACK IN THE DAY.

FAIR ENOUGH. BUT IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE HAD AS A BUSINESS AND A CITY.

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YOU KNOW, WHEN WE REALLY STARTED THIS BUSINESS 50 SOME ODD YEARS AGO AND WHEN I STARTED 35 YEARS AGO AND WORKED WITH MIKE, WE WERE YOUNG MEN.

NOW LOOK AT US, MIKE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN POCO AND I'LL USE THE WORD POCO BECAUSE WE'RE STILL LEGAL ENTITY OF POCO IN THE CITY, AND THIS REALLY CONFIRMS AND COMMITS US EVEN DEEPER TO THAT.

SO YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE COMMITTING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WE'RE COMMITTING TO PUT CAPITAL INTO THIS AREA.

WE'RE COMMITTING TO HIRE PEOPLE ALL IN DECATUR.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE, WE'VE GOT A LONG HISTORY WITH YOU, BUT TWO, THIS IS KIND OF AN EARNED VALUE, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS TO GET ANYTHING BACK.

IF WE DON'T DO THEM, WE DON'T GET THE SALES TAX BACK.

RIGHT? SO IT'S EARNED.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A HANDOUT.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING.

WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, IF WE DO THIS, THEN WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF OF THE CITY.

I THINK THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT WE'RE IN COMPETITION AS A CITY AND AS A BUSINESS.

WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH OTHER CITIES AND OTHER BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT TEXAS.

RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO SHINE, RIGHT? WE WANT DECATUR AND ENTEGRIS POCO TO COME OUT AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE.

THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, KEVIN CAN ACTUALLY PROMOTE THAT, YOU KNOW WITHIN DECATUR RIGHT THAT WE ACTUALLY AS A BUSINESS AND AS A COMMUNITY HAVE WON THIS THING WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY VALUABLE TO THE CITY GOING FORWARD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SO MY KEY POINTS ARE WE HAVE TO EARN IT TO GET ANYTHING.

WE WANT TO SHOW THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE HAD FOR EACH OTHER LONG TERM.

THIS COMMITS US EVEN DEEPER AND WE HAVE TO DO THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE GET ANYTHING AND LET'S GO WIN THIS THING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE CAN BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND KEEP OUR BUSINESS IN DECATUR HEALTHY AND KEEP GROWING THE BUSINESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE ONLY THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS TO SCOTT'S POINT.

THIS IS WE USE THE TERM PERFORMANCE BASED IN OUR INCENTIVES.

SO THEY'VE GOT TO PERFORM IN ORDER TO GET THE INCENTIVE.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD POINT OUT, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT UTILIZING ANY LOCAL RESOURCES, ANY LOCAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

SO DECATUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CITY OF DECATUR WILL NOT BE OUT ANY FUNDS ON THIS.

THIS IS A STATE PROGRAM.

IT'S STATE FUNDS BEING REIMBURSED TO THE COMPANY.

AND THE LAST POINT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THE ONLY PARTICIPATION ON OR THE ONLY ACTION REALLY ON THE ON THE COUNCIL'S PART, WHICH IS DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE OR DOESN'T TAKE PLACE TONIGHT, BUT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS A NOMINATION.

SO THAT'S THE OTHER CRITICAL PART OF THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT IS THAT IT REQUIRES A COMMUNITY TO NOMINATE THE COMPANY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT PARTNERSHIP IS, IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW IF NATE'S GOT MORE TO PRESENT ON THIS OR NOT, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND GET OUT OF Y'ALL'S WAY.

WELL, I THINK IT JUST IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS IS THAT THE CITY DECATUR MANY YEARS AGO HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET POCO GRAPHITE TO COME TO DECATUR.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 297 PEOPLE WITH 29 MILLION IN JOBS, PAYROLL IN THEIR PAYROLL.

AND IT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THAT MEANS A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY TO BRING IN A BUSINESS LIKE THAT, TO HELP US BUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND BRING FAMILIES HERE.

I MEAN, SCOTT WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.

IT'S LIKE I MEAN, I CAME TO DECATUR, TEXAS, BECAUSE OF POCA GRAPHITE.

MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL FROM K TO 12 BECAUSE OF POCA GRAPHITE AND THEY'RE NOT JUST BUILDING PRODUCTS THAT ARE HELPING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN HELP SERVE AND AGAIN, PERPETUATE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD HERE.

AND I JUST THINK THAT'S JUST SO VALUABLE.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TEN NEW JOBS THAT THEY'RE CREATING AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE TEN PEOPLE.

ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. RIGHT.

SO THAT IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR THAT? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE FROM COUNCIL COMMENT OR QUESTIONS? IT WILL BE OUR OUR HONOR TO NOMINATE THEM, I BELIEVE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THIS? NO, SIR. MAYOR.

NO, SIR. THIS WAS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT AND THE NOMINATION.

IF YOU MOVE ON, THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE.

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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[5. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, ORDAINING THE CITY’S PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT, CHAPTER 2303, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE (ACT), PROVIDING TAX INCENTIVES, DESIGNATING A LIAISON FOR COMMUNICATION WITH INTERESTED PARTIES, AND NOMINATING ENTEGRIS, INC. TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM (EDT) THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (BANK) AS AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT (PROJECT). ORDINANCE 2023-05-12]

THAT GETS US TO ITEM FIVE.

CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM.

THERE YOU GO. SO FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO BRING THE LANGUAGE BEFORE YOU TO OFFICIALLY NOMINATE ENTEGRIS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE. AND A QUICK THANK YOU TO SCOTT AND HIS TEAM FROM ENTEGRIS AND OF COURSE, BRYAN AND HIS TEAM FROM DELOITTE.

FIRST READING TONIGHT, YOU'LL TAKE ACTION AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE SECOND READING.

VERY GOOD. UH, NATE, I ALSO SEE THAT I HAVE A PROCLAMATION UP HERE? YES, SIR. YOU CAN DO THAT AT PUBLIC INPUT.

OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

WELL, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC INPUT?

[6. COUNCIL TO HEAR PUBLIC INPUT (please complete a Speaker Registration Form before speaking) each speaker will be limited to 3 minutes, the Open Meeting Act does not allow for discussion in response to the comments, comments should be directed to the Council as a whole rather than to individual members, and no action will be taken by the Council.]

ALL RIGHT, WELL APPARENTLY I HAVE SOME INPUT.

I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ.

WHEREAS POLICE OFFICERS IN THE DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT STAND WATCH OVER OUR CITIZENS SELFLESSLY RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROPERTY AGAINST CRIME.

AND WHEREAS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS RECOGNIZE THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, HAZARDS AND SACRIFICES OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

AND WHEREAS, MONDAY, MAY 15TH, 2023, IS OBSERVED NATIONALLY AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO, THROUGH THEIR COURAGEOUS DEEDS, HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY OR HAVE BECOME DISABLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. AND WHEREAS, THE DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, HAVE RENDERED DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MIKE MCQUISTON, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, DO HEREBY DECLARE MAY 14TH THROUGH 20TH 2023 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT, APPRECIATE IT.

AND AND THAT GETS US TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS TO YOU CAN REQUEST ANY FUTURE ITEMS FOR AGENDAS.

[7. COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.]

AND THAT GETS US TO ADJOURNMENT.

YES, I'D LIKE TO PUT AN ITEM ON AN AGENDA.