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PA council action - 08/17/2005
The Beaumont Enterprise
By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE
In other council action:
The industrial agreement with Exxon Mobil Corp. for the Golden Pass LNG facility got a stamp of approval with an 8-0 vote. Beard recused himself from the vote.
The agreement stipulates a "good-faith" effort to give Port Arthur businesses, contractors and residents opportunities for employment and requires using the Texas Workforce Commission to post available positions.
The agreement, which is about 30 pages, includes a $16 million in-lieu-of-tax arrangement with money to be paid out from 2008 to 2015.
The first shipment of liquefied natural gas is scheduled for October 2008, Tom Burger, the facility project manager, told the council.
Copyright 2005, The Beaumont Enterprise. Reprinted with permission.
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