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11 • REGULARTrinity Bay Conservation District (Chambers County)

SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH TAS UNITED MUNICIPAL & ANSWERING SERVICES FOR AFTER-HOUR

Presented in: Board of Directors Regular Meeting - June 10, 2026 on 2026-06-10
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.4/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (4 - 0)
“approve a service agreement with TAS United Municipal & Answering Service for after-hour calls”
AR
Annette Rayburn
Director, Place 3
YES
LH
Lester Hankamer
Director, Place 4
YES
JW
Justin Woody
Director, Place 5
ABSENT
VC
Victor Caraway
Director, Place 1
YES
RN
Richard Nicely
Director, Place 2
YES
MW
Michael Winzer
President
ABSENT

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH TAS UNITED MUNICIPAL & ANSWERING SERVICES FOR AFTER-HOUR CALLS General Manager Shadden - We had this through Munroe Pricer over in Anahuac before, but we went directly to the company and we were looking at an average that we receive roughly 80 calls a month for after hours, that’s a lot. We picked a plan for 250 minutes and it will be $350.00 a month plus setting it up. They have offices all over the United States, plus Canada and Puerto Rico, this is a big company. They are big enough that if we have a blow out and they get 100 calls, they can answer them. If not, if there is a hurricane or something that comes into our area, they can roll it over to Georgia, Canada or one of their other locations. They actually text it to you and they have a hierarchy in there too. That way if the crew doesn’t answer after they call them a couple of times, then they call the Supervisor. If the Supervisor doesn’t answer then they call me. They deal with a lot of municipalities, so they know what questions to ask and sometimes people can wait until the next day and sometimes they can wait over the weekend if it is a small meter leak and no one is without water or something like that. It costs more to go out and fix it than it does to let it leak for a day. Director Rayburn — Are we going to have a contract with them 1, 2 3 years? General Manger Shadden - No. We have an agreement with them that they will provide the service to us and if we do not like it, I can just s

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.4/10). 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.