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15 • FINANCEMiddle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (Pecos County)

Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Correspondence.

Presented in: Middle Pecos GCD Board Meeting - 2018-07-17 on 2018-07-17
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.9/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (3 - 0)
“permits. Pump tests. Budget Workshop. Tax Abatement Guidelines. XVIII Adjourn Board meeting. John Dorris made a motion to adjourn the meeting.”
MR
M. R. Gonzalez
Director, Precinct 1 Place 1 (Precinct 1 Place 1)
YES
WT
Wayne Tinkler
Director, Iraan Representative (Iraan Representative)
YES
JS
Jeff Sims
Director, Precinct 3 Place 2 (Precinct 3 Place 2)
YES
VC
Vanessa Cardwell
Director, Precinct 4 Place 2 (Precinct 4 Place 2)
ABSENT
WB
Weldon Blackwelder
Director, At-Large Representative (At-Large Representative)
ABSENT

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Correspondence.  Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts: 7th Annual Texas Groundwater Summit date is August 28-30, 2018. Held in San Antonio.  Region F Regional Water Planning Group will meet on July 19th in Big Spring, TX.  Groundwater Management Area 7: The desired future conditions explanatory report is administratively complete. The Texas Water Development Board will provide modeled available groundwater values for the GMA7 aquifers soon.  Article “State Climatologist: Texas facing long, hot summer” Parts of West Texas have received rain in July, but then will return to dry conditions. Minutes prepared by Melissa Mills Middle Pecos GCD Minutes for July 17, 2018 Page 8 XVI Directors’ Comments. None An Executive Session was called at 11:53 a.m. by Presiding Officer Jerry McGuairt pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Sections 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, to consult with attorney regarding Agenda Item XII. The meeting was recessed for lunch at 11:53 a.m. The Executive Session adjourned at 12:53 p.m. The regular session reconvened at 1:02 p.m. President McGuairt stated that no decisions or votes were made in executive session. No action taken in Open Session. XVII Consider and/or act upon agenda for next meeting. 1 or 2 permits. Pump tests. Budget Workshop. Tax Abatement Guidelines. XVIII Adjourn Board meeting. John Dorris made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Puja Boinpally. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 1:02 p.m. __________________________________ __________________________

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.9/10). 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.