R. Gonzalez

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

M. R. Gonzalez Secretary/Treasurer, Precinct 2 Janet Groth Precinct 1 Merrell Daggett Precinct 2 Weldon Blackwelder Precinct 3 Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. Precinct 4 Ronald Cooper Precinct 4 Vanessa Cardwell City of Fort Stockton Evans Turpin City of Iraan Terry Whigham At Large Quorum Present. Others present: Paul Weatherby, Mike Gershon, Allan Standen, Gail Reeves, Ty Edwards, Harvey Gray, Melissa Mills, Gary Harrell, Steve and Bertha Chapman, Scott Hart, Ed McCarthy, Jr., Brock Thompson, Jeff Williams, Mike Thornhill, Clarence Stephan, James Cravens, Mayor Bill Lannom, Billy Jackson, Allan Childs, Raul Rodriguez, Sammy Ragsdale, Summer Webb, Ernest Woodward, Lee Harris, Gladys Dorris, Amin Noor, Don Burns, Darrell Peckham, Geena Martinez & Fabian Mendoza with News West 9, and Frank Rodasky with the Fort Stockton Pioneer. REGULAR BOARD MEETING I Call to order@ 10:00 a.m. by Jerry McGuairt. II Executive Session pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Sections 551.071 and 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, to consult with our attorney and to deliberate evaluation and duties of District’s employees. An Executive Session was called at 10:02 a.m. by President Jerry McGuairt pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Sections 551.071 and 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, to consult with our attorney and to deliberate evaluation and duties of District’s employees. Reconvene at 11:04 a.m. President McGuairt stated that no decisions or votes were made in executive session. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes of July 15, 2014 Page 2 III Consider and/or take action on Personnel Matters Discussed in Executive Session and Annual Review and Compensation of District’s Employees. NOTE: Agenda item #VIII Consider and/or adopt Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year Ending 09/30/2014 was combined in this discussion as far as payroll is concerned. A full budget was not included in the following motion or discussion. Janet Groth made a motion to increase salaried employee’s wages by 5%; raise the general manager’s salary to $85,000 annually; and for the District to pay 100% of employee health, vision, dental and life insurance premiums. In addition a Retention Incentive of 1% of the annual salary will be distributed in June each year beginning June 2015. The changes are to be effective August 1, 2014. Motion seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Motion carried unanimously. Janet Groth made a motion to have employee evaluations to be conducted each August prior to the August board meeting. The General Manager will be evaluated by a committee of board members that will convey the completed evaluation to the full board at the August meeting each year. The General Manager will conduct employee evaluations on the employees. Seconded by Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. Motion carried without opposition. NOTE: This year the General Manager’s evaluation is due by August 19, 2014 and will be conducted by a committee comprised of Vanessa Cardwell, M. R. Gonzalez, Janet Groth, Jerry McGuairt, and Terry Whigham. IV

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 5.0/10). 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.