Weatherford TIRZ #2 Board Meeting – December 16, 2025
Weatherford TIRZ #2 Board Meeting – December 16, 2025
The Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #2 Board met on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 5:15 PM in the Weatherford City Hall Council Chambers. The board considered an amendment to the project and finance plan for TIRZ No. 2, which covers the downtown core. The meeting adjourned at 5:20 PM. Council member Matt Ticzkus was absent.
Approval of Minutes
- The board approved the minutes of the September 22, 2020, TIRZ No. 2 Board meeting (motion by Heidi Wilder, seconded by Luke Williams). The motion passed with one recusal (likely the absent member).
Discussion Items
- Ordinance O2025-52 – Amendment to TIRZ No. 2 Project Costs and Final Project/Finance Plan:
- Presented by Matt Leppla, Director of Public Works, with an overview by Jordan Sawyer of P3 Works, the city’s consultant.
- The amendment modifies only the project list and funding plan; no boundary change is proposed. TIRZ No. 2 was created in 2018, terminates in 2040 (unless earlier satisfaction or extension), and the city participates at a 50% increment rate. No other taxing entities (county, hospital district) participate.
- The original project list (shown in blue) was updated to a new list (shown in yellow) that includes downtown streetscape improvements, a downtown public bathroom, the Chamber of Commerce building, and other projects aimed at improving the central city area.
- According to the consultant, development values in the zone have added approximately $175 million, generating roughly $42 million in tax increment over the life of the zone. Of that, 50% ($21 million) is retained by the city. Public improvement costs for the updated project list total $14.1 million.
- The project list is not a priority order; the board can prioritise as funds become available.
Key Outcomes
- Motion to recommend approval of Ordinance O2025-52 to the City Council: Made by Heidi Wilder, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Zack Smith. The motion passed (no roll call vote recorded; all present members voted in favor). This recommendation forwards the ordinance to the full Weatherford City Council for final consideration.
- No citizen comments were offered on non-agenda items.
- The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 PM.
Meeting Transcript
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is 5 15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16th, but I'm going to call to order and announce we have a quorum present for the tax increment reinvestment zone number two meeting. Let the record reflect that council member Tiscus was not able to attend tonight. Item two on the agenda is approval of the minutes. 2A is considered approval of the minutes of the TERS number two board held September 22 of 2020. Motion for Heidi Wilder. Thank you for that. Second provided by Luke Williams. Any conversation or questions on the minutes before we call for vote? Let's vote on. We have uh the item passes with one recusal. Item three on the agenda is regular agenda items three A is considered recommendation of ordinance o 2025-52, admitting the project costs of reinvestment zone number two, City of Weatherford, Texas and approving unamended and restated final project to finance plan for reinvestment zone number two, City of Weatherford. Welcome back, Mr. Matt Leplett. Mayor, members of council. Uh the amendment before you is for reinvestment zone number two, better known as TERS Two. Uh this proposed amendment is a change to the project and funding plan only. There is not a boundary change proposed with this amendment. Uh to give you a little bit of background and some details about this amendment. We have our consultant, Jordan Sawyer. Welcome, sir. Good seeing you all again. Yes, sir. It's been a long time. Well, and and with that piece, I'm gonna run through these first two slides, Jen. Just really, I know since it is a new meeting, really just kind of a broad overview of the TERS process. Just for the record, you're with P3 works. Yeah, quick B three words. I'm the regional director for North Texas and P3 words. Thank you very much. Yeah. So, yeah, TERS process. We're gonna just really click through this. TERS allows a designation of a specific area to use the tax dollars to let it in there for specific purposes. So clicking through that piece. As Matt mentioned for TERS number two, right now we're really just modifying the project list. Uh so there's no boundary amendment. This is the boundary of TERS 2. Uh, as we as we looked at TERS 1 earlier, it was on the I-20. This is really kind of the heart of Weatherford. This is really the downtown area that we approve that looks so beautiful for Christmas right now. Uh so this was created back in 2018. Uh, at that time the city agreed uh to participate at 50 percent. Uh, there's no other participants in there, so the county of the hospital district don't participate in that. Uh, this TERS terminates in 2040 cents, or again, if it earlier satisfies all of its obligations, or it could be extended uh if the turn in accordance with the TERS at if there's a decision to do so. Uh so here, really the the meat of what we're talking about tonight is this project change. Uh so there's an update here. You see in the blue, uh, those are the original project list. Uh, tonight, what we're really looking at is updating this down uh to those those boxes in the yellow there.
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