7 • FINANCEMiddle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (Pecos County)

Consider and/or act upon Mileage Rate

Presented in: Middle Pecos GCD Board Meeting - 2016-01-20 on 2016-01-20

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.8/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (4 - 0)

“or act upon Mileage Rate John Dorris made a motion to set the standard mileage rate at 0.54 beginning 1- 01-2016. Motion seconded by Janet Groth. Motion carried unanimously.”

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

Consider and/or act upon Mileage Rate John Dorris made a motion to set the standard mileage rate at 0.54 beginning 1- 01-2016. Motion seconded by Janet Groth. Motion carried unanimously. Xl XIl Middle Pecos GCD Minutes for January 20, 2016 Page 3 Consider and act upon Depository Contract with Pecos County State Bank John Dorris made a motion that MPGCD set policy and strategy to invest District funds in Demand Deposit accounts, Certificates of Deposit and other interest- bearing bank accounts at Pecos County State Bank- in compliance with the Public Funds Investment Act for the next 12 months. Motion seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Motion carried. Progress Reports: Well Registrations, Production Permits, Drilling Permits, Data Loggers, Drought Monitor Map and ongoing Water Quality Analysis. e Well Registrations: Progress report in notebooks. e Drought Monitor Map: The current drought monitor map in their notebooks.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.8/10). 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.