Last Tuesday night, Stan Bixler, Ed Sutter, and Todd Holder met at Northwest Tech for the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority meeting. Allan Poe and Bob Firth were unable to join, but Neal Williams, the Woods County Economic Development Committee director, and Sonja Williams, former WCEDC director, were present.

After approving the last special meeting and regular meeting minutes, the group decided there was no need to convene in an executive session. There wasn't anything to discuss on the next agenda item of infrastructure expansion, so members moved on to review finances.

Holder explained th...