City Council

Agenda Request

Agenda Of:

10-20-09

Agenda Request No:

viii-d

Initiated By:

Donna Svatek

Treasury Manager

Responsible Department:

Fiscal Services

Presented By:

Donna Svatek

Treasury Manager

Department Head:

Linda Symank 

Director Of Fiscal Services

 

 

Additional Department. Head (s):

 

Subject / Proceeding:

Approve Resolution No. 09-38 Nominating One or More Candidates For The Fort Bend Central Appraisal District (CAD) Board of Directors For The 2010-11 Term Of Office

Exhibits:

Resolution  09-38

Clearances

Approval

Legal:

Joe Morris

city attorney

Executive Director:

n/a

Purchasing:

n/a

Asst. City Manager:

n/a

Budget:

n/a

 City Manager:

Allen Bogard  for AB

Budget

Expenditure Required:  $

n/a

Amount Budgeted/Reallocation:  $

n/a

Additional Appropriation:  $

n/a

Recommended Action

Approve Resolution No. 09-38 nominating one or more candidates for the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for the 2010-11 term of office.

Executive Summary

Every two years, the county, cities, school districts, conservation and reclamation districts (MUDs and LIDs) have the responsibility to appoint by vote five members to serve as Board of Directors of the appraisal district.  The five members serve a two-year term beginning January 1 of even-numbered years. The current board members are Lee Duggan III, Mary Gayle Brindley, Kevin Walsh, and Wayne Poldrack, and all are not seeking re-election.

 

The eligibility requirements for serving as a board member of the CAD are:

 

Residency Requirements

Must be at least a two-year resident of the district just prior to swearing in

Employment

Cannot be a taxing unit employee

Contract Services

·         Cannot provide contracted services to the district or have a 10% interest in a business doing so

·         Cannot provide contracted services involving property tax matters to a taxing unit or have a 10% interest in a business doing so

Relative

Cannot be a relative within the second degree by blood or marriage of persons conducting business in the district as a paid property tax agent or a fee appraiser

 

The chief appraiser provides vote allocations to the taxing units for the 2010-11 election. The City of Sugar Land is allocated 130 votes out of 5,000 for this election.

 

Around October 30, 2009, the chief appraiser will prepare a ballot, listing the candidates whose names were timely submitted and will deliver a copy of the ballot to the City for voting.  The governing body will then vote and submit its result to the chief appraiser before December 15, 2009.  The City’s 130 votes may be cast to one candidate or allocated among multiple candidates. 

 

The chief appraiser is responsible for counting the votes, declaring the five candidates who receive the largest cumulative vote totals and submitting the results to the governing body of each taxing unit in the district and to the candidates.   The results will be announced at the regular Board of Directors meeting on December 21, 2009 and the formal notification of the results will be sent to each voting entity and all of the candidates on December 22, 2009.

 

Nominees must be submitted by October 21, 2009 to the chief appraiser of the district.  If the City Council would like to submit a nomination, the attached resolution can be completed and approved at the October 20, 2009 City Council meeting.

 

Exhibits

 

 

RESOLUTION NO. 09-38

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, NOMINATING ONE OR MORE CANDIDATES FOR THE FORT BEND COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE 2010/2011 TERM OF OFFICE.

 

WHEREAS, the City Council is entitled to nominate one or more candidates for the Fort Bend County Central Appraisal District Board of Directors; and

 

WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to nominate one or more candidates; NOW THEREFORE;

 

                                     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

                                       OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS:

 

Section 1.  That it nominates the following candidate or candidates for the Fort Bend County Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for the 2010/2011 term of office:          

 

NAME                                                                        ADDRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSED AND APPROVED ON _______________________, 2009.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _________________________

James A. Thompson, Mayor

 

 

ATTEST:                                                                     Reviewed for Legal Compliance:

 

                                                                                   

 

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Glenda Gundermann, City Secretary