An intergovernmental agreement related to the Marshall County Crossroads Regional Stellar Initiative came before Argos Town Council members a few times when they met last month.
Members first saw the agreement during their first meeting in October. However, they voted to table it at that time since councilwoman Suzanne Umbaugh was absent from the meeting and she has played an important role in the town’s Stellar efforts.
When members met for their second meeting of the month, they unanimously approved the agreement. The document states that two Argos representatives will sit on the board which is tasked with overseeing the administrative functions of the County’s stellar initiative if the designation is received.
Marshall County Economic Development President and CEO Jerry Chavez was present at the meeting. He talked briefly about the Stellar efforts and mentioned that Argos specifically included a trails project as well as a potential housing development in their portion of the Stellar application. He noted that housing is a common theme in the Marshall County Crossroads application.
Chavez added that this group is in a unique position since most other applicants only included a few communities and Marshall County Crossroads incorporated all 7 jurisdictions in the county’s application.
