Barns B and C at Coliseum will get face lift
Mar. 6—By 2026 the Ector County Coliseum will get more air conditioned space and a face lift for Barns B and C.
During a Thursday meeting, which was scheduled Thursday rather than Tuesday due to Spring Break, commissioners voted to update the barns by combining them. The barns, Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett said, will be combined and will offer air conditioned space by March or April of 2026.
Fawcett said funding for the project will come from the Hotel Occupancy Fund. "It will open for more events with more air conditioned space."
Fawcett said stakeholders including representatives from the SandHills Rodeo, Permian Basin Fair and the Chuck Wagon Gang offered input on what they felt for needs for the Coliseum.
Fawcett said square footage will increase and construction will pause during this year's Permian Basin Fair.
Commissioners also:
— Heard a safety corridor study by Kimley Horn and also about grant money available for safer streets. The goal is to draft a safety action plan after holding public workshops and analyzing crash reports to recommend countermeasures.
Fawcett said the exciting thing is to go after some federal funds to help bolster roadways for safety.
— Accepted a donation from Barnhart Bolt to the Sheriff's Office for $39,000.
— Approved the Early Voting Schedule and the Election Day Vote Centers for the May 3 Joint General Election.
— Approved Mike Gardner as the airport board appointee for the Odessa Schlemeyer Field Airport Board.
— Approved Judge Dustin Fawcett as the MPO Board appointee.
— Approved the Care Coordination Agreement between the Ector County Health Department and PermiaCare.
— Approved a correction on a warranty deed between Ector County, Texas, and Odessa Junior College District.
— Approved a TxDOT Consultant Selection form for the TxDOT 2406ODESA Project.
— Approved a Designation of Sponsors Authorized Representative form for the TxDOT 2406ODESA Project located at Odessa-Ector County Schlemeyer Field.
— Approved an Amendment by and between Ector County and Tyler Technologies, Inc., to grant Tyler Technologies permission to access and review data stored in the EJM Database.
— Approved a Variance Application for a Replat of Lot 25, Block 10, 385 Ranch Estates West, Precinct #4.
— Approved an annexation of a 3.94-acre tract, situated in Section 40, Abstract 593, Block 42, Township 2 South, Texas and Pacific Railway Company Survey, Ector County.
— Approved a Subdivision Plat Application for J & P Subdivision, 2nd Filing, being a 1.16-acre tract of land within a 22.00-acre tract, located in Section 5, Block 41, Precinct #2.
— Approved a budget amendment request for the Coliseum project.
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