Commissioners Court, February 17, 2026
Approves Appointment to elections voter engagement advisory committee (item 59), passed
What happened
Bexar County Commissioners Court approved a ten-year 50% tax abatement for Ecord, Texas Inc. (a $160M recycled agricultural-waste building-materials facility with 150 jobs in Precinct 4) and designated the associated Ecord global reinvestment zone.
- Jurisdiction
- Bexar County, TX
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- February 17, 2026
- Decisions
- 13 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, passed
Free sample: decision 1 of 13
Deferral of Casita de Merced item (item 45)
Item 45 under economic development pulled and deferred at the request of the department; identified as the Casita de Merced issue.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Bexar County Commissioners Court approved a ten-year 50% tax abatement for Ecord, Texas Inc. (a $160M recycled agricultural-waste building-materials facility with 150 jobs in Precinct 4) and designated the associated Ecord global reinvestment zone.
Key Decisions (13)
Deferral of Casita de Merced item (item 45)
Consent agenda approval
Valero Texas Open golf tournament permit
Ecord global reinvestment zone designation
Ecord tax abatement agreement
Plan Your Vote SA website funding (item 53)
Appointment to elections voter engagement advisory committee (item 59)
Jail mandatory overtime authorization (item 62)
Eminent domain for Cagnon Road flood control (item 63)
Eminent domain for Cagnon Road flood control - second parcel (item 64)
Anchovia Group contract amendment (item 65)
Late-file item to consider 66a
Voter registration/elections management system agreement (item 66a)
Development Activity (3)
Ecord recycled building-materials manufacturing facility
Industrial
SENCO Japanese manufacturing facility
Industrial
Cagnon Road realignment bridge over the Medina River
Infrastructure
Market Signals (4)
Commercial Demand
Two industrial manufacturing operations (Ecord and SENCO) secured county tax…
Infrastructure
County advancing eminent domain for the Cagnon Road flood-control bridge…
Sentiment
Strong community opposition to a proposed federal ICE detention center…
Labor
Adult detention center staffing improving (vacancies down from ~300 two…
Who Spoke (23)
On the record: the chair, 4 commissioners, 4 staff members, the clerk, and 8 members of the public.
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