Bryan city council special meeting to consider transferring a tax abatement agreement

This podcast contains comments from Bryan mayor James Edge during his visit on WTAW's The Infomaniacs on April 8, 2026.A special meeting of the Bryan city council that is scheduled May 5th to consider property tax abatements involves a building on the RELLIS campus that is already under construction.Mayor pro tem James Edge says there is a new owner of the building that he says is close to being finished.Original story April 8, 2026:The Bryan city council will be holding a special meeting May 5th to consider giving property tax breaks to a proposed data center on the RELLIS campus.A city spokesman says no other information can be released at this time about what may be offered to an unidentified company to build and equip a $298 million dollar facility, when it might be built, or the number of employees.A spokesman at the Texas A&M system, which owns the RELLIS campus, tells WTAW News that there is nothing to share at this time.There have been no public notices from Brazos County or Bryan ISD about those governing bodies considering similar proposals.