County approves settlement with Skills Zone USA, adds fifth grandfathered game-room license

The County Commissioners Court voted to approve the terms of a negotiated agreement with Skills Zone USA LLC intended to end pending litigation, and separately amended the county's game-room regulation to add a fifth grandfathered license for the Midway location on Highway 64, officials said in open session following an executive session.
The agreement and the regulatory amendment were announced after the court reconvened from an executive session in which the court said it had sought attorney advice on pending or contemplated litigation protected by attorney'client privilege. "The motion that we would like to, make that I'd like to make is to approve the terms of a negotiated agreement with Skills on USA LLC in order to, end the litigation," the County Judge said before the vote. The court voted in favor by voice; the judge then moved to amend the gaming regulation and the court approved that motion by voice as well.
The court said the Skills Zone USA matter has been the subject of litigation for two years. Court members described the Midway operation on Highway 64 as having been operating before the county enacted its game-room regulations and ordinance, and therefore as a grandfathered operation. The existing regulation previously limited the county to four game-room licenses; the amendment increases that cap to five and specifically grandfathered the Midway ownership group into the new fifth slot.
No additional terms of the negotiated agreement with Skills Zone USA were read into the public record during the open session. The court did not discuss specific financial terms or settlement details during the public portion of the meeting; those details were not specified in the open-session remarks.
The court acted on the items by motion and voice vote after returning from executive session. The record shows the court passed both motions: approval of terms to end the Skills Zone USA litigation, and amendment of the game-room regulation to add a fifth grandfathered license for the Midway Highway 64 location.
Items that were described as part of the consent agenda in the meeting's business were handled separately; the settlement and the license-amendment votes followed the executive session and were recorded as passed. The court did not indicate further immediate steps for enforcement of the amended regulation beyond approving the amendment during the meeting.
Details to note: the litigation was described as lasting two years; the game-room regulation previously allowed four licenses and was amended to allow a fifth grandfathered license for the Midway ownership group; the Midway site is on Highway 64 and was represented as operating before the ordinance creating the current regulation. No vote tallies or financial settlement amounts were disclosed in the open session.
The court moved next to other agenda items after recording the two votes.