The head of Convalt Energy will present a proposed solar panel plant to Gallup's downtown business board

Hari Achuthan, chief executive of Convalt Energy, is listed as the guest at the Gallup Business Improvement District board meeting Sept. 17, according to the board's agenda.

The topic is a proposed solar panel manufacturing facility to be located on GLP property. The meeting is at 3 p.m. at Rico Motors.

The district's work plan, attached to the agenda, says the federal government stopped payments from a grant awarded to gallupARTS to create the website for its WPA Virtual Museum project. That left gallupARTS $17,000 short of what it needed to finish.

The City of Gallup provided $10,000 toward that shortfall, and the district provided the remaining $7,000.

The board is also set to hear that Camille’s Cafe is rebranding as Midori Cafe. It will request a reimbursement from the district's sign grant program when the work is completed.

The agenda ends with a closed session on renewing the employment agreement of the district's executive director, Francis Bee.