PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE

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PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE Call to Order at 11:12 a.m. by President Jerry McGuairt. Receive public input on Proposed Budget and Proposed Tax Rate for Fiscal Year ending 09/30/2025. No comments received. I Adjourn. President Jerry McGuairt adjourned the hearing at 11:13 am. REGULAR BOARD MEETING — CONTINUED at 11:13 a.m. Vil Consider and/or approve Budget for Fiscal Year Ending 09/30/2025 and sign the Resolution to Adopt the Annual Budget. General Manager Ty Edwards presented the Resolution and Budget for the fiscal year ending 09/30/2025. Puja Boinpally made a motion to sign the resolution and adopt the annual budget as presented. Motion seconded by Vanessa Cardwell. Motion passed. Vote: 7FOR -0-Oppose 4Absent 0 Abstain FOR: Jerry McGuairt, Puja Boinpally, Jeff Sims, Allan Childs Jr., Ronald Cooper, Vanessa Cardwell and Weldon Blackwelder AGAINST: None ABSENT: Larry Drgac, M.R. Gonzalez, Janet Groth, Alvaro Mandujano, Jr Vill Consider and/or adopt a Proposed Tax Rate for 2024-2025. Puja Boinpally made a motion that the proposed property tax rate be decreased by an adoption of a tax rate of $0.0195 per $100 valuation, which is the no new revenue tax rate. Motion was seconded by Vanessa Cardwell. Page 3 of 6 SS ——_—a——L—LLLLLLLESSSS LL LL_L Motion passed. Record Vote: 7FOR -0-Oppose 4Absent 0 Abstain FOR: Jerry McGuairt, Puja Boinpally, Jeff Sims, Allan Childs Jr., Ronald Cooper, Vanessa Cardwell and Weldon Blackwelder AGAINST: None ABSENT: Larry Drgac, M.R. Gonzalez, Janet Groth, Alvaro Mandujano, Jr IX Consider and/or act upon Setting a Public Hearing Time, Place and set a Meeting Date/Time/Place to Adopt a Tax Rate for 2024-2025. Puja Boinpally made a motion to set the public hearing on the proposed tax rate of $0.0195 to be held at the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District office located at 405 North Spring Drive, Fort Stockton, TX on August 26, 2024, at 5:30 pm and also motion to set the Date to Adopt the Tax Rate on August 26, 2024, following the public hearing. Motion was seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Motion passed. Record Vote: 7FOR -0-Oppose 4Absent 0 Abstain FOR: Jerry McGuairt, Puja Boinpally, Jeff Sims, Allan Childs Jr., Ronald Cooper, Vanessa Cardwell and Weldon Blackwelder AGAINST: None ABSENT: Larry Drgac, M.R. Gonzalez, Janet Groth, Alvaro Mandujano, Jr x Consider and/or act upon Order of General Election for November 5, 2024. Ronald Cooper made a motion to Order an Election to be held on November 5, 2024. Motion was seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Motion passed. Record Vote: 7FOR -0-Oppose 4Absent 0 Abstain Xl Update and Possible action on San Andres efforts at RRC and TCEQ. A prehearing conference with the Railroad Commission was held on September 26, 2023, in accordance with Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 89.041 to Determine the Proper Plugging of Twelve Wells, Pecos County, Texas; District 08. The conference was continued to allow for more briefing and introduction of evidence regarding jurisdiction. A second prehearing conference was held on February 6, 2024, which required extensive argument, witness testimony, and examination and questioning by the Judge and accompanying Technical Examiner. The Judge ruled in favor of the RRC and denied the District's request to hold a hearing on the merits. This RRC position is not a surprise, and the procedure was required to exhaust administrative remedies before seeking a judicial opinion about RRC’s jurisdiction and duty to plug. The District filed an original petition for judicial review, declaratory relief, and mandamus relief in the Travis County District Court on August 16, 2024. Page 4 of 6 ee The District has met with TCEQ’s senior management and program staff and discussed the new grant program to plug wells in Pecos County. Awaiting TCEQ rulemaking. XII Update on Fort Stockton Holdings, L.P. (FSH)-MPGCD Joint Study, Implementation, Threshold Water Level Update and Drilling of New Rustler Monitor

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