Remie A. Ramos

Led the money side of a plan to bring back the flow of Comanche Springs in Fort Stockton. On January 11, 2021, the group Quantified Ventures picked the city and its economic development corporation, which Ramos ran, for a Texas finance contest. The pick came with expert help to raise $5 million for the spring. The spring has not flowed reliably since heavy groundwater pumping began in the 1950s.

January 11, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Cut a contractor's bill to the city by $13,733 on March 20, 2023. The contractor billed $71,733.12 for survey and easement work on a sewer line for the Lancium data center project. Ramos asked the Fort Stockton city council to pause the project, pay only $58,000, and buy and store $40,000 of pipe and manholes instead of paying a restocking fee. The council approved the smaller payment 6-0.

March 20, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Read the final version of a resolution giving up to $750,000 in city sales tax money to Springhirst LLC to fix up the historic Springhirst Hotel. The Fort Stockton city council approved it 5-0 on May 11, 2021. Asked by a council member what the deal did for local jobs, Ramos said the corporation wanted to support hospitality training at the Williams Regional Technical Training Center.

May 11, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Presented the terms of a $350,000 city economic development pledge for utility work at the historic Springhirst Hotel on April 27, 2021. Ramos told the Fort Stockton city council that a bank and an outside inspector would control when any money was released, and that the city would be repaid in full if the hotel sold within five years. The council also approved his resolution updating the corporation's bylaws that night by a unanimous 5-0 vote.

April 27, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Reported to the Fort Stockton city council on April 10, 2023 that 685 jobs had been added since January and that unemployment held at 4.4 percent. He said city sales tax money was 40 percent above 2022 at $1,289,417 for the year so far. He also started a program in March 2023 that tracks shopper and visitor movement through cellphone data.

April 10, 2023

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Worked with the Pecos County commissioners court from 2017 through early 2022 to bring new industry into the county. The trade magazine Texas County Progress reported on April 4, 2022 that the partnership grew the county tax base by more than $2.1 billion and locked in nearly 20 years of fixed company payments to the county in place of regular taxes.

April 4, 2022

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Raised a concern about a plan to pay Fort Stockton farmers to pump less groundwater, in an article published July 22, 2021. Ramos said farmers could be pulled away from a crop with a proven record of selling well. He backed the other half of the plan, better irrigation equipment, saying he was fully on board with the efficiency work.

July 22, 2021

Source: bigbendsentinel.com · researched September 6, 2026