SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE In accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 2254.1036(a)(1), Buna Independent School District provides the following written notice to the public. The Agenda for the meeting of the Board of Trustees for Buna Independent School District on the 8th day of September, 2026, contains an agenda item for the consideration of a contingent fee contract with the law f

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

1. SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE In accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 2254.1036(a)(1), Buna Independent School District provides the following written notice to the public. The Agenda for the meeting of the Board of Trustees for Buna Independent School District on the 8th day of September, 2026, contains an agenda item for the consideration of a contingent fee contract with the law firm of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg, and Allen, P.C., for the collection of delinquent property taxes and legal representation pursuant to Texas Tax Code Sections 6.24(d) and 6.30. Specifically, the Board of Trustees will discuss and consider whether McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. is a well-qualified law firm based on demonstrated competence, qualifications, and experience in collecting delinquent taxes, and whether the contract negotiated between Buna Independent School District and McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. is for a fair and reasonable price as provided for in Texas Tax Code, Section 6.30(c) and Texas Government Code Section 2254.1032. In accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 2254.1036(a)(1), Buna Independent School District provides the following written notice to the public in connection with the above Agenda Item: Buna Independent School District (the “School District”) is pursuing the legal services of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C., a delinquent tax collection law firm, and intends to begin a relationship with McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. The desired outcome of the legal services would be to provide for the efficient and effective collection of the delinquent property taxes that are owed to Buna Independent School District and to obtain legal representation for the School District. There is no current or prior relationship between McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C., and Buna Independent School District. Buna Independent School District currently has an interlocal agreement with Jasper County through which a contingent fee contract for the same services with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP exists, and Buna Independent School District desires to terminate this interlocal agreement and contingent fee contract, and simultaneously enter into a contingent fee contract with the law firm of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C., for the collection of delinquent property taxes and legal representation. McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. has been competently collecting delinquent taxes for over sixty years and currently represents hundreds of Texas taxing units in the collection of delinquent taxes.  McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. is a competent, qualified, and experienced delinquent tax collection law firm that provides effective collection of delinquent property taxes in as short a time period as possible for the statutory contingent fee provided for by Sections 6.30, 33.07, 33.08, and 33.11 of the Texas Tax Code. Texas Tax Code, Section 6.30 provides that the Board of Trustees m

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