M • FINANCEMiddle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (Pecos County)

R. Gonzalez

Presented in: Middle Pecos GCD Board Meeting - 2012-08-09 on 2012-08-09

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 5.0/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (4 - 0)

“. Merrell Daggett made a motion to adopt the proposed budget for 2012/2013 as presented. Seconded by John Dorris. Vote: 9 FOR, -0- Oppose, -0- Abstain, and 2 Absent John Dorris made a motion to adopt by resolution the budget for fiscal year ending 9-30-2013. Seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Vote: 9 FOR, -0- Oppose, -0- Abstain, and 2 Absent Middle Pecos GCD Minutes of August 9, 2012 Page 2 III Consider and/or adopt Proposed Tax Rate for 2012 Merrell Daggett made a motion to set the proposed tax at .025 per $100 valuation. Motion seconded by Vanessa Cardwell. Motion carried”

M. R. Gonzalez

Director, Precinct 1 Place 1 (Precinct 1 Place 1)

YES

Wayne Tinkler

Director, Iraan Representative (Iraan Representative)

YES

Jeff Sims

Director, Precinct 3 Place 2 (Precinct 3 Place 2)

YES

Vanessa Cardwell

Director, Precinct 4 Place 2 (Precinct 4 Place 2)

YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

M. R. Gonzalez Secretary Treasurer, Precinct 2 John Dorris Vice President, Precinct 3 Janet Groth Precinct 1 Merrell Daggett Precinct 2 Weldon Blackwelder Precinct 3 Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. Precinct 4 Vanessa Cardwell City of Fort Stockton Houston McKenzie At Large Quorum Present. Member Absent: Ronald Cooper and S. Evans Turpin. Others Present: Paul Weatherby/General Manager, Melissa Mills, Gladys Dorris, Jeff Williams, and Gary Bryant. I Call to Order at 6:40 PM at the MPGCD office by President Glenn Honaker. II Consider and/or adopt Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2012/2013 and Adopt 2012/2013 Budget Resolution Manager Paul Weatherby presented a tentative budget to the Board for their review. After discussions, the budget had total projected income of $1,145,301.00 and projected expenses of $756,783.00. Merrell Daggett made a motion to adopt the proposed budget for 2012/2013 as presented. Seconded by John Dorris. Vote: 9 FOR, -0- Oppose, -0- Abstain, and 2 Absent John Dorris made a motion to adopt by resolution the budget for fiscal year ending 9-30-2013. Seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Vote: 9 FOR, -0- Oppose, -0- Abstain, and 2 Absent Middle Pecos GCD Minutes of August 9, 2012 Page 2 III Consider and/or adopt Proposed Tax Rate for 2012 Merrell Daggett made a motion to set the proposed tax at .025 per $100 valuation. Motion seconded by Vanessa Cardwell. Motion carried unanimously. 9 votes FOR: Weldon Blackwelder, Vanessa Cardwell, Merrell Daggett, John Dorris, M. R. Gonzalez, Janet Groth, Glenn Honaker, Houston McKenzie and Alvaro Mandujano, Jr 2 absences: Ronald Cooper and Evans Turpin. IV

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 5.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.