Discuss (appoint committee to study) District Finances, Revenue Sources

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

8. Discuss (appoint committee to study) District Finances, Revenue Sources including production fees. The State has mandated some sort of groundwater conservation district. If the counties do not approve the district as currently configured, TNRCC will made water districts out of the counties that do not approve the regional districts. Mr. Harris moved that the board establish Finance, Technical, Legal/Legislative and Public Relations committees. Motion seconded. Motion Carried. Committees are as follows: Finance Committee - David Minze, (chairman), Jared Patout; Milton Beckendorff, Larry Winkelmann, Paul Isham. Legal/Legislative Committee - Frank Tessie (chairman), Glenn Schroeter; Michael Blezinger; Tommy Oates; and William Thomas. Technical Committee - Bill Harris (chairman); Glenn Huebner, Orval Rhoads; Jim Ward, and James Morrison. Public Relations Committee - Les Maudlin (chairman), Joe Sandel, Shannon Theeck, Mollie Fuller, Sharon Brandes. This committee will meet to prepare answers to as many questions as possible so that when the directors are asked to answer questions they will all give the same answers to the same questions. The committees will make recommendations to the board, all actions suggested must be ratified by board to be implemented.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.7/10). 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.