10 • FINANCEMiddle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (Pecos County)

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

Presented in: Middle Pecos GCD Board Meeting - 2016-05-17 on 2016-05-17

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.2/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (4 - 0)

“or act upon agenda for next meeting. e Proposed Rule Hearing e Renewal of Tax Abatement Guidelines XVI Adjourn. Merrell Daggett made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:09 p.m. Motion seconded by John Dorris. 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

Weldon Blackwelder

Director, At-Large Representative (At-Large Representative)

ABSENT

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Correspondence. e Pecos County Commissioners’ Court passed a resolution in support of the Middle Pecos GCD and the decisions made by the District to protect Pecos County water with regard to Fort Stockton Holdings LP case #08-15-00382- CV e Texas Groundwater Summit, August 23-25, 2016. e Jeffery McMahon turned in his resignation from the Board on May 16, 2016 e Janet Groth and Vanessa Cardwell will review and award the $1,000 scholarships for the submitted essays for the Imperial and lraan High Schools. Gladys Dorris will review and award the $1,000 scholarship for the submitted essays for Fort Stockton High School. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes for May 17, 2016 Page 7 XIV Directors’ comments. e Janet Groth asked if MPGCD rules have a statute of limitation, and the answer was no. XV Consider and/or act upon agenda for next meeting. e Proposed Rule Hearing e Renewal of Tax Abatement Guidelines XVI Adjourn. Merrell Daggett made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:09 p.m. Motion seconded by John Dorris. Motion carried unanimously.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.2/10). 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.