7 • GeneralHays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (Hays County)

Authorization for Staff to contract with a Hearing Examiner to conduct a preliminary hearing to

Presented in: Hays Trinity GCD Board of Directors Meeting - May 05, 2022 on 2022-05-05

Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 4.8/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (1 - 0)

“Motion to authorize Staff to contract with a Hearing Examiner to conduct”

Linda Kaye Rogers

Director, Place 2

YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

7. Authorization for Staff to contract with a Hearing Examiner to conduct a preliminary hearing to determine Protestants’ standing to contest the Horseshoe Ridge RV Permit Application: After brief discussion, the following motion was made. Secretary/Treasurer Worrall moved to authorize Staff to contract with a Hearing Examiner to conduct a preliminary hearing to determine protestants’ standing to contest the Horseshoe Ridge RV Permit Application. Director Jones seconded. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Aye: Holly Fults, Linda Kaye Rogers, John Worrall, Doc Jones, Toby Shelton Nay: None Absent: None.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.8/10). 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).