Receive a Recommendati on from the Finance Committee and Consider Adopting Resolution #2020-015, Adopting the Annual Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and Schedules for th e Red River Authority of Texas, and Take Any Other Action Deemed Necessary. (continued) two new employees, and moving t

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he Maintenance Division into the Utility Division. Mr. Sandefur added that the Environmental Services Division (ESD) d id not perform as well as budgeted previously. Mr. Heaney stated that the COVID Pandemic greatly affected the ESD, as revenue was down due to oil and ga s clients not bringing in sam ples for analyses, and Clean Rivers Program were unable to travel and conduct surface water quality monitoring due to the pandemic. He stated that hopefully the ESD will bounce back so on, as sample analyses are increasing. Mr. Heaney added that it was also decided to not r eplace an employee that recently resigned. Following additional discussion on the report, Mr. Sandefur exp lained that he w

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.0/10). 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.