JAMES VALADEZ: GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING [00:00:02] OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 11:32 ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022 WE ARE [2. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM] CONDUCTING THIS MEETING AT TCAD HEADQUARTERS, LOCATED AT 850 EAST ANDERSON LANE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING AN AUDIO FEED OF THIS BROADCAST ONLINE AS A COURTESY. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZENS [3. CITIZENS COMMUNICATION] COMMUNICATION, AND I HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. TOM MCKAY, NOT PRESENT, OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR ON OUR [4. CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON BY ONE MOTION. NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OR VOTE OF ANY OF THE ITEMS WILL BE HAD UNLESS REQUESTED BY A BOARD MEMBER. THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 30, 2022 WORK SESSION, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 01, 2022 REGULAR MEETING. I'LL GIVE THE BOARD MEMBERS SOME TIME TO REVIEW THOSE ITEMS AND THEN HAVE A MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MISS CARTWRIGHT AND SECONDED BY MISS CONLEY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA FIVE, A [5. REGULAR AGENDA] [a. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHIEF APPRAISER REPORT TO INCLUDE RANSOMWARE CYBERATTACK AND PERSONNEL UPDATE REPORT] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHIEF APPRAISER'S REPORT TO INCLUDE RANSOMWARE CYBER ATTACK AND PERSONNEL UPDATE REPORT. MARYA CRIGLER: THANK YOU. WE DID, AND WE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE NOTIFIED YOU GUYS LAST WEEK, WE DID GET HIT BY RANSOMWARE ATTACK, WE ARE WELL PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT. I WON'T GO INTO VERY SPECIFICS ON OUR SECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT WE'VE GOT IN PLACE. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OF THAT NATURE, WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCOVER OR TO DISCUSS THAT. BUT AS OF THIS MORNING, OUR MAIN SYSTEM THAT WAS AFFECTED PUBLIC FACING WAS OUR PHONE SYSTEM AND OUR PHONE SYSTEM AND CHAT ARE BACK ONLINE AS OF THIS MORNING, WE NEVER HAD ANY REAL IMPACT TO OUR COMPUTER ASSISTED CAMERA SOFTWARE. SO MISSION CRITICAL TASKS CONTINUED. WE CONTINUED OPERATIONS. IT REALLY AFFECTED SOME OF THE BACK OFFICE NETWORKS THAT WE DEAL WITH, AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF OF RECOVERING THOSE BUT PROGRESS IS GOING VERY WELL FOR US, AND WE EXPECT FULL RECOVERY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. SO WE ARE WE WERE WELL POSITIONED TO DEFEND ABOUT DEFEND AGAINST IT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE NEW IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HARDEN OUR SECURITY, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, BUT WE ARE PROGRESSING VERY WELL FROM THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK. IT DOES PUT A LITTLE KINK, BUT IT'S MAINLY BACK OFFICE FUNCTIONS THAT IT'S IMPACTING. JAMES VALADEZ: OH, ABSOLUTELY. MARYA CRIGLER: THE SOME OF OUR DATA SETS THAT WE USE FOR JUST BOARD MATERIALS AND THOSE KINDS OF FILES ARE DOWN. THE ACCOUNTING SERVER IS STILL SHUT DOWN AT THIS POINT. WE DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN INFECTED, BUT WE'RE TAKING IT VERY SLOWLY, ONE SERVER AT A TIME AS WE RECOVER, AND THAT'S ONE THAT WE HAVE NOT YET BROUGHT BACK ONLINE, BUT OTHERWISE OUR SYSTEMS ARE OPERATIONAL. JAMES VALADEZ: YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS? DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT WOULD WARRANT GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? ABSOLUTELY. PERSONNEL, OR WOULD WE ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE LAST ONE THERE? OH, SEVEN, SIX. MARYA CRIGLER: YEAH. TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PERSONNEL, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF JOB FAIRS AND OUTREACH AND HAVE FULFILLED A LOT OF OUR VACANT POSITIONS, AND WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE, BUT MOST OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE GOT LISTED RIGHT NOW ARE NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING ADDED IN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND STARTED ADVERTISING THOSE EARLY SO THAT WE COULD GET THEM FULFILLED, SO THAT WE CAN GET SOMEBODY STARTED AND HIRED, HIRED IN STARTING THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. BUT WE ARE THAT IS ON PAGE 25 YES. SO WE HAVE DONE AGAIN, OUR JOB FAIRS AND OUR OUTREACH HAVE BEEN [00:05:08] VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND HELPED US FILL A LOT OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAD. AND AGAIN, MOST OF THE CURRENT OPENING POSITIONS WE HAVE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NEW JOBS, THAT ARE BEING ADDED NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, STARTING FOR JANUARY 1 OF 2023, BUT WE'RE ADVERTISING THOSE EARLY JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW IT TAKES US A COUPLE WEEKS, COUPLE MONTHS TO HIRE SOMEBODY INTO THOSE POSITIONS. WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL HAVING A STRUGGLE CLERICAL. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINDING THAT OUR CLERICAL POSITIONS, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CHURN IN THOSE POSITIONS, BUT WE'RE BETTER POSITIONED THAN WE WERE BEFORE. YEAH. WE ARE. OUR STARTING IS 18, 1850. THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ONE OF OUR ASKS WHEN WE START PREPARING OUR 2024 BUDGET IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET FAR ENOUGH AHEAD THAT WE STAY COMPETITIVE. YEAH. JAMES VALADEZ: THE CITY ISI AT 22 RIGHT? OR 20? MARYA CRIGLER: THEY'RE AT 20. JAMES VALADEZ: YEAH. THERESA BASTIAN: I HAD A QUESTION. IT SAYS THAT ONE OF THE SEPARATIONS WAS THE IT MANAGER, AND I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING POSTED AS AN OPENING, IS THAT POSITION NOT GOING TO BE FILLED? MARYA CRIGLER: THAT WILL WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOT OUR NETWORK MANAGER THAT HAS STEPPED UP AND IS DOING THAT WORK. SHE'S REALLY DURING THE ENTIRE RANSOMWARE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THERESA BASTIAN: SPECIFICALLY WHY I WAS CURIOUS JAMES VALADEZ: YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY? YOU WANT TO TAKE IT UP. I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE IT AT THE END, RIGHT? OKAY, OKAY, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5B OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA DISCUSSION [b. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN AGREEMENT FOR PLAN YEAR 2023 TO INCLUDE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR RETIREES] AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN AGREEMENT FOR PLAN YEAR 2023 TO INCLUDE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR RETIREES. MARYA CRIGLER: AND SO THE ADOPTION OF OUR PLAN AGREEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO ANNUALLY WITH TCDRS. THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF OUR STANDARD PLAN AGREEMENT. ONE OF THE ONE THINGS THAT WE ARE ASKING THAT IS DIFFERENT IS TO DO A COST OF LIVING FOR OUR RETIREES. WE RECENTLY DID A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR STAFF, BUT WE'VE NEVER DONE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR RETIREES. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO OF THE 5% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE RETIREES, COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE DID FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THAT IS ON PAGE 30 SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT IS. NICOLE CONLEY: I'M NOT SURE ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM WORKS, BUT IS IT SORT OF GOVERNED BY OVERSIGHT BOARD? DO THEY SET THE COLAS FOR NEXT YEAR? AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE THINK THIS SLIDE SO WITH MARYA CRIGLER: TCDRS, WE'VE GOT AN OPTION, AND WE HAVE OPTED TO DO ONE TIME COLA. SO IT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHETHER WE DO IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT WAS THE OPTION, THE ROUTE THAT WE CHOSE TO GO WITH OUR COLA. JAMES VALADEZ: I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A RELEVANT TIME TO BRING THIS UP. BUT CAN EITHER YOU OR LEANA SPEAK TO THE FUNDED RATIO AND KIND OF HOW THAT'S EVOLVED OVER THE LAST LIKE 10 YEARS OR SO, AND WHERE WE STAND NOW VERSUS WHERE WE'VE WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST? MARYA CRIGLER: SO PROBABLY ABOUT WAS IT MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO, OUR FUND RATIO WAS HIGH 60S, LOW 70S, LEANA MANN: 72 WHEN I STARTED MARYA CRIGLER: 72 AND WE HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO BETTER PROTECT OUR RETIREMENT FUND AND GET TO BE CLOSER. WE ARE NOT AT 100% FUNDED, BUT WE ARE AT 98% FUNDED, WHICH IS VERY, VERY GOOD FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR RETIREMENT PLAN. AND THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK. AND THANKS, THANKS TO THE BOARD, WE WOULD TAKE A LOT OF OUR IF WE HAD EXCESS FUNDS AT END OF YEAR, WE WOULD APPLY THAT TO THAT UNFUNDED BALANCE. AND SO WE'VE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD STRIDES TO MAKE. SURE THAT OUR PLAN IS HEALTHY AND THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT BY NOT ONLY OUR CURRENT [00:10:05] EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO BY OUR RETIREES. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE IN SURPLUS THAT WE CAN USE. YES, YEAH, AND WE HAVE NEVER, IN THE 40 YEARS OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, HAVE WE EVER DONE A COST OF LIVING FOR OUR RETIREES. SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME, BUT I THINK GIVEN, GIVEN WHAT THEY'RE FACED, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. LEANA MANN: WE HAVE LITTLE OVER 100 MARYA CRIGLER: YEAH MS. CONLEY, YOU HAD QUESTION NICOLE CONLEY: ONE TIME. ONE TIME, ACCOMMODATED IN THE BUDGET ALREADY. LEANA MANN: SO TCDRS ALLOWS YOU TO FUND FOR A COLA OVER 15 YEARS. WE'VE CHOSEN TO DO A LUMP SUM PAYMENT TO KEEP THERE THERE'S NO SUBSEQUENT IMPACT. SO THE 1.45 COVERS ALL FUTURE COSTS OF THE COLA. THERESA BASTIAN: SO UNKNOWN: I WOULD MOVE WE APPROVE THE TCDRS PLAN AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT CAREER RETIREES, AS EXPLAINED ON PAGE 2930, JAMES VALADEZ: OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MS. BASTIAN AND SECONDED BY MS. CONLEY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT SPELLED OUT, BUT YEAH. LEANA MANN: WE DON'T, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE APPROPRIATE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET. [c. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT] JAMES VALADEZ: WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5C OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT. MARYA CRIGLER: AND I'LL LET LEANA SPEAK ON OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT. LEANA MANN: BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING SHORTAGES, WE DO HAVE SOME BUDGET SURPLUS THAT IT'LL BE ABOUT 2 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSFER THOSE, THOSE SURPLUS FUNDS, INTO OUR RESERVES, AND SPECIFICALLY OUR LITIGATION RESERVE AND OUR CAMA TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT RESERVE. THE LITIGATION RESERVE WILL COVER THE PVS LITIGATION THAT'S ONGOING, AND LET US PUT BACK SOME MONEY AS WELL NEST EGG FOR THAT. THERESA BASTIAN: I MOVE WE APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, MOVING FUNDS TO LITIGATION RESERVE FOR 2022 JAMES VALADEZ: OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MISS BASTIAN AND SECONDED BY MISS MONTOYA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO [d. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NUMBER OF APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR 2023] ITEM 5D DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NUMBER OF APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR 2023. MARYA CRIGLER: AND WE NEED TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO THE JUDGE DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS FOR OUR APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD SO THAT SHE CAN DO THE APPOINTMENTS THAT SHE NEEDS TO WE DID DO THE SURVEY REQUESTED OF THE OTHER CADS, METRO CADS, TO DETERMINE HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THE OTHER METRO CADS, AND BASED ON THE RESPONSE AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THOSE OTHER METRO CADS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH ARB MEMBERS THAN WE PROBABLY SHOULD FOR THE MOST COMPARABLE CADS, THE NUMBER OF ARB MEMBERS IS BETWEEN 50 AND 65 WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ARB MEMBERS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5O TO 100 AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION, BUT I THINK THAT THAT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF OUR ARB MEMBERS IS APPROPRIATE. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL FORMAL HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE, [00:15:03] AND RELATIVE TO WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN OTHER APPRAISAL DISTRICTS DOING THE SAME VOLUME OF WORK THAT WE DO. YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE WERE PREPARING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO ALL OF OUR HEARINGS AT A FORMAL AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF ARB MEMBERS TO HANDLE THAT. BUT THAT NEVER REALLY MATERIALIZED, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THE BULK OF ALL OF OUR HEARINGS, EITHER THROUGH INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, TOP LINE AGREEMENTS, AND A SMALL PORTION OF IT GOES TO OUR FORMAL, FORMAL, FORMAL HEARINGS. AND IT JUST, I THINK IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO MAKE ANOTHER READJUSTMENT. I I THINK YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS NEWNESS OF ARB MEMBERS WILL ALWAYS LEAD TO LESS EFFICIENCY, PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE VERY FRESH AND VERY GREEN. MORE SENIOR MEMBERS TEND TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN HEARINGS, AND THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE, BECAUSE WE'VE WE HAVE TO REACH THAT NUMBER OF 200 ADDED A LOT OF ARB MEMBERS ALL AT ONCE. BUT AGAIN, BASED ON THE COMPARISON WITH WITH OUR OTHER CADS, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN OR WE'VE GOT MORE ARB MEMBERS THAN WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS. BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT WE'VE GOT THAT ARE RETURNING MEMBERS AND ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT, THERE WOULD BE 74. AT THAT POINT SHE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT REAPPOINTMENTS OR REPLACING IF SHE CHOOSES NOT TO REAPPOINT SOMEBODY A REPLACEMENT FOR THEM. YES. MEACHAM YEAH YES, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE JAMES VALADEZ: IT'S ON PAGE MARYA CRIGLER: YEAH, YEAH. BASED ON BEXAR CAD HAS 50 MEMBERS, AND THEY DID 19,000 FORMALS. EL PASO HAS 45 THEY DID 14,000 FORT BEND HAS 65 MEMBERS. THEY DID 27,000 FORMAL HEARINGS. SO 75 WOULD PUT US JUST SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THEM. I ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE 18 TO 20,000 FORMAL HEARINGS NEXT YEAR. WE DIDN'T GET, YES, THEY'RE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES IN DALLAS, AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET DATA FROM THEM. NO, THEY THEY WANTED TO PLAY. THEY JUST CAN'T AT THIS TIME, THEY ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING A RANSOMWARE ATTACK. NICOLE CONLEY: I THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT WE PAY VERSUS THE ATTRITION OUTPUT. JUST WANT TO LOOK AT SORT OF HARRIS COUNTY TWICE AS SO. I'M WONDERING IF IT'S WHAT ABOUT THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT REPORTS TO ANYTHING, BUT JUST WONDERING NUMBER AND PAYROLL, [00:20:02] MARYA CRIGLER: OUR DIFFERENCE IN PER DIEM, WE MAY BE FIVE TO $10 LOWER ON A PER DAY PER DIEM THAN THE OTHERS, BUT WE'RE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF LINE WITH WHAT THE OTHERS ARE PAYING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT OUR PER DIEMS ARE WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE IN OUR PER DIEMS. I KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL ARB MEMBERS, WE MAY BE FIVE TO $10 LOW IN DAILY PER DIEM BUT IN TERMS OF OUR OFFICERS, WE'RE PROBABLY HIGHER THAN THE OTHERS AS WELL. BUT WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY. NICOLE CONLEY: DON'T NEED KNOW, WHY ARE WE UPLOADED ON INFORMAL ACTIONS. MARYA CRIGLER: AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, THE PREFERENCE FROM THE TAXPAYERS AND THE COMMUNITY IS TO DO INFORMALS AND HAVE TIME INFORMAL WITH OUR STAFF. WE WERE LIMITED BECAUSE OF OUR STAFF SIZE AND STAFFING LIMITATIONS. BUT NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO FULL STAFFING, AND WE'VE ADDED POSITIONS IN BOTH OUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US PROVIDE EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFORMAL ENGAGEMENT. JAMES VALADEZ: I WANTED YOU TO REITERATE THE THE NUMBER OF ARB MEMBERS THAT ARE ROLLING BACK ON 74 MARYA CRIGLER: THE NUMBER BETWEEN THE NUMBER THAT ARE RETURNING AND THOSE THAT ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT IS 74 IS THAT CORRECT? 74 74 JAMES VALADEZ: YEAH, I THINK SO. I THINK IT'S WARRANTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MISS CARTWRIGHT AND SECONDED BY MS. GARCIA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? HEARING NONE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5E [e. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON JOB POSTING FOR TAXPAYER LIAISON OFFICER] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON JOB POSTING FOR TAXPAYER LIAISON OFFICER. MARYA CRIGLER: AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MISSED DOING IN PRIOR YEAR, BUT THE BOARD LIKES TO, EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, JUST GO OUT AND SOLICIT NEW APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION. AND IT'S JUST TIME FOR US TO DO IT, TO SOLICIT NEW APPLICATIONS AND ALLOW YOU GUYS TO MAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE AS YOUR TLO. SO THIS IS JUST A ROUTINE SOLICITING OF APPLICATIONS FOR OUR TAXPAYER LIAISON. WE WANT TO GET TO APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS. WE WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THE DEADLINE MID JANUARY, JUST BECAUSE, I THINK DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THERE MAY NOT BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET YOU APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR FOR YOUR REVIEW MID JANUARY. SO THE WAY THAT THAT YOU'VE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST IS YOU FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, AND I THINK I WOULD RECOMMEND, AT THIS TIME, APPROVE THE SUBMITTING OF THE JOB POSTING, AND THEN FORM YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD GO THROUGH, DO THE INITIAL REVIEW, AND THEN SELECT A FINAL SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO BE INTERVIEWED BY YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF WE CAN GET A SELECTION MADE BY THE FULL BOARD. FEBRUARY, WE'LL BE FINE. WE IT'S A CONTRACT, AN ANNUAL CONTRACT. LEANA MANN: IT'S 2500 A MONTH. JAMES VALADEZ: YEAH. SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND FORM THAT [00:25:59] SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP? MARYA CRIGLER: YEAH, ONE WE'LL WANT TO GET APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS, A MOTION TO APPROVE US POSTING. AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WOULD WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO DO IS APPOINT YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE. JAMES VALADEZ: I'D LIKE TO SEE MISS CARTWRIGHT YEAH, SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE MR. ELFANT, MS. CARTWRIGHT, MISS GARCIA OKAY, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MS. CARTWRIGHT AND SECONDED BY MS GARCIA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO ITEM FIVE A ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CHIEF APPRAISERS REPORT TO INCLUDE THE RANSOM CYBER ATTACK AND PERSONNEL UPDATE REPORT. THE BOARD MAY MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE ANY MATTER AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551, POINT 01, OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO INCLUDE PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL. I'M SORRY, 551, POINT 076, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES, SO PERSONNEL MATTERS AS WELL. YEAH, OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT THE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY? YEAH, WE'LL CITE REAL PROPERTY AS WELL. FIVE, 1.072 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY AND THEN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. OKAY, MOVED BY MISS CARTWRIGHT. I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD GO INTO PERSONNEL MATTERS, A MOVE, MOVED BY MS. CARTWRIGHT, SECONDED BY VIVEK, AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, TAKE A VOTE TO CODE EXECUTIVE SESSION ALL THOSE OPPOSED, NONE. OKAY, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR STANDS ADJOURNED AT 12:01 OR STANDS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION 1201 THANK YOU. [6. ADJOURNMENT] THE TIME IS 12:53, AND THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECONVENING OUR REGULAR MEETING. I BELIEVE THE ONLY ITEM WE HAVE LEFT ON OUR AGENDA IS 5F WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVED BY MS GARCIA, SECONDED BY VIVEK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL [00:30:01] DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR STANDS ADJOURNED AT 12:53. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.