5 • REGULARBrush Country Groundwater Conservation District (Brooks County)

Discuss, consider, and possibly act on General Manager’s Report: A. Report on Kenedy County GCD meeting November 19, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m. Duval County GCD November 26, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m. B. Report on Trust in Beef presentation Kingsville, Texas November 4

Presented in: Board of Directors Meeting - 2025-11-25 on 2025-11-25

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 2.7/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (9 - 0)

“Motion to approve item 5: Discuss, consider, and possibly act on General Manager’s Report: A. Report on Kenedy County GCD meeting November 19, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m. Duval County GCD November 26, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m. B. Report on Trust”

David Kelly

Director, Brooks County Place 1 (Municipal) (Brooks County Place 1 (Municipal))

YES

William Botard

Director, Jim Hogg County Place 1 (Water) (Jim Hogg County Place 1 (Water))

YES

William P Goranson

Director, Jim Wells County Place 1 (Agricultural) (Jim Wells County Place 1 (Agricultural))

YES

Robert Scott Jr

Director, Joint Brooks/Jim Hogg Counties (Industrial) (Joint Brooks/Jim Hogg Counties (Industrial))

YES

Mario Martinez

Director, Brooks County Place 2 (Agricultural) (Brooks County Place 2 (Agricultural))

YES

Jesse Howell

Director, Brooks County Place 3 (Agricultural) (Brooks County Place 3 (Agricultural))

YES

Mauro Garcia Jr

Director, Jim Hogg County Place 2 (Agricultural) (Jim Hogg County Place 2 (Agricultural))

YES

Whit Jones

Director, Jim Hogg County Place 3 (Agricultural) (Jim Hogg County Place 3 (Agricultural))

YES

Humberto Jr. Martinez

Director, Jim Wells County Place 2 (Agricultural) (Jim Wells County Place 2 (Agricultural))

YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Discuss, consider, and possibly act on General Manager’s Report: A. Report on Kenedy County GCD meeting November 19, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m. Duval County GCD November 26, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m. B. Report on Trust in Beef presentation Kingsville, Texas November 4 th,2025 C. Correspondence from Westley Wright petition of inquiry to TCEQ on CCASRCD district. D. Correspondence news article Texas’s Plan to solve the Water Crisis could change the Coastal Bend Forever.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.7/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).