[00:00:07] NICOLE CONLEY: GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE TRAVIS CENTRAL [Public Hearing On The 2027 Proposed Budget] APPRAISAL DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL [1. Call To Order] YEAR 2027 BUDGET TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 11:32 ON THURSDAY, JU LY 09, 2026. WE'RE CONDUCTING THIS HEARING AT TCAD HEADQUARTERS, LOCATED AT 850 EAST ANDERSON LANE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AND A [2. Establishment Of A Quorum] QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING THIS HEARING THROUGH ONLINE BROADCAST AND WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS AS A COURTESY. ALL RIGHT. MISS MANN, AND SO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS [3. Citizens Communication] CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS. CITIZENS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, WHETHER GIVING A COMPLAINT OR PRAISE, M EMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ASKED TO REFER TO STAFF MEMBERS BY POSITION OR BY THEIR ABBREVIATED LAST NAME. WHILE CITIZENS MAY SPEAK ON ANY TOPICS THEY CHOOSE, THE BOARD CANNOT AFTER COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT NOT LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. DO HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? I THINK WE DO, RIGHT, MISS MANN. LEANA MANN: WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING. NICOLE CONLEY: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MOVING ON THEN. ITEM NUMBER FOUR: PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 27 TRAVIS CENTRAL [4. Public Hearing On Proposed 2027 Travis Central Appraisal District Budget] APPRAISAL DISTRICT BUDGET WILL MOVE NOW TO THIS ITEM. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR BUDGET 2027 TRAVIS CENTRAL DISTRICT BUDGET ITEM FOR A OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT [4.A. Open Public Hearing] THIS TIME. I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. ANY COMMENT? NO COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET, RIGHT? LEANA MANN: NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. [4.B. Receive Public Comment On 2027 Proposed Budget] NICOLE CONLEY: ALL RIGHT, MISS MANN, IT'S YOUR SHOW, LEANA MANN: AND THIS IS - WE WON'T COVER ANY OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL DO THAT UNDER THE REGULAR MEETING. THIS IS JUST TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENT ON THE HERE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE NO ADDITIONAL NOTE SPEAKERS. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 4C CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC [4.C. Close Public Hearing] HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BUDGET IS NOW CLOSED. NO BOARD ACTION IS REQUIRED DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET REQUIRED DURING THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING. AND SO WE HAVE REACHED ITEM FIVE. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, [5. Adjournment] AND WITH THAT POINT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE FISCAL 27 BUDGET HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVED BY MR. ELFANT, SECOND BY MR. LEVINE? ALL IN FAVOR OF, ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE BUDGET HEARING. AYE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THERE ARE NO NAYS, AND WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO HAVE TO CALL IT AGAIN. CALL THE HEARING [1. Call To Order] TRAVIS CENTRAL PRISON BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ORDER AGAIN. IT'S 11:34 ON J ULY 9. WE'RE CONDUCTING THIS MEETING AT TCAD HEADQUARTERS, LOCATED 850 EAST ANDERSON LANE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING THIS MEETING THROUGH ONLINE [2. Establishment Of A Quorum] BROADCAST WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS AS A COURTESY. NOW I KNOW WE DO HAVE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION FOR THIS APPORTIONMENT IN THE [3. Citizens Communication] HEARING, RIGHT, MISS MANN? LEANA MANN: WE DO. JACQUELINE HARRINGTON HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM, NICOLE CONLEY: MISS HARRINGTON TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYER: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JACKIE HARRINGTON. I'M HERE REGARDING TRAVIS COUNTY, TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S HANDLING OF MY PROPERTY RECORDS, PROTEST EXEMPTION, AND OWNERSHIP CHANGES AND PROCEDURES THAT DENIED US THE DUE PROCESS. MY CONCERN IS NOT SIMPLY A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT VALUE. THIS IS A PROCESS NOTICE, A DUE PROCESS AND INTEGRITY OF APPRAISAL RECORDS. WHILE MY PROTEST WAS, AND MY WHILE MY PROTEST WAS PENDING, CORRECTION REQUESTS FOR PENDINGS, AND MY PROTEST WAS ACTUALLY CANCELED RELATED TO WHAT I CONSIDERED AN UNRELATED ISSUE. THERE WAS A NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING THAT WAS FILED INTO THE RECORDS. I WOULD SAY MAYBE AUGUST OF 2025 THAT NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING WAS NOT ROUTED. THAT NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING INCLUDED A JUDGMENT. IT INCLUDED INFORMATION ON AN ON AN ATTORNEY THAT WAS ACTING WITHOUT AUTHORITY, PURPORTING TO HAVE MADE A SALE THROUGH TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND SO THAT ENTIRE TIME I'VE ASKED FOR RECORDS, LIKE, WAS THERE EVER A TITLE? I BROUGHT THAT TO THE ATTENTION. I FILED A 3536 PAGE NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING THAT INCLUDED THE SAME UNSIGNED ORDER AT THAT TIME WHEN I COMPLAINED, AND DURING THAT TIME THERE WAS A SHIFT AND A CHANGE BACK FROM OWNERSHIP FROM MYSELF TO DON GRANT, WHO WAS MY ELDERLY SPOUSE, BACK TO ME, AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH. THERE WAS A PRIOR JUDGMENT THAT CHANGED IT FROM BUILD THE ASSET TO ME. THEN IT WENT FROM ME TO DON GRANT, THEN [00:05:02] IT WENT FROM DON GRANT TO ME, AND SO THERE WAS A SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH REGARDING THE FILINGS OF THE BANKRUPTCY TIMING, AND IT APPEARS THAT EVEN IN YOUR OWN RECORDS THAT WHEN THAT BANKRUPTCY WAS FILING, IT JUST SHIFTED AWAY FROM IN BETWEEN ME AND DON, WHO, WHO ARE THE MARITAL SPOUSES AT TRAVIS CENTRAL, TRAVIS CENTRAL, TRAVIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, SO THERE'S A PENDING DIVORCE RIGHT NOW. THERE ALSO WAS THAT NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING, BECAUSE AFTER THAT DIVORCE, TWO DAYS LATER, THESE DEEDS START POURING INTO TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN FILED. IT HAD DIFFERENT SIGNATURES ON IT, YOU COULD BARELY READ IT, BUT IT WASN'T MY SIGNATURE, NOR MR. GRANT'S SIGNATURE. SO, WHEN I COMPLAINED, I ALREADY HAD PROTESTS PENDING. WHEN I COMPLAINED, THE EX, THE ACCOUNT ACCESS WENT OFFLINE. SO I'VE SENT INFORMATION SHOWING THAT, HEY, WE CAN'T ACCESS OUR LOT NOW. WE'VE GOT A PENDING PROTEST, BUT WE CAN'T GET ONLINE TO DO ANYTHING. WE DON'T GET THE HEARING DATES, WE DON'T GET ANY OF THAT, BECAUSE OUR PROTESTS ARE TAKEN OFFLINE. LATER ON, APRIL 30, I TALKED TO LOUIS ESTEBAN, THE DIRECTOR, AND HE TELLS ME THAT HE'S GOING TO REMOVE SOME OF THE AFFIDAVITS, AND HE'S GOING TO KEEP THE OWNERSHIP WITH DON GRANT. TWO DAYS LATER, HE EMAILS ME AND SAYS THAT HE GOT AN ORDER, WHICH IS THE SAME NOW SIGNED ORDER THAT'S IN THE FRAUDULENT NOTICE, AND HE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY, MISS ISRAEL. AND THEN, MR. ELFANT , CELIA ISRAEL: I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE TIME, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS AN INVOLVED SITUATION, BUT WHAT GOT MY ATTENTION? DID YOU PROVIDE US WITH ALL OF THIS? TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYER: YES, MA'AM. CELIA ISRAEL: OKAY, OF COURSE WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT. OKAY, BUT I KNOW STAFF WILL WORK WITH YOU. HAVE YOU BEEN TREATED PROFESSIONALLY AND FAIRLY? TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYER: NOT AT ALL, NOT AT ALL. I TRIED TO GO THROUGH THE LIASION OFFICE. I MEAN, I SPOKE WITH MR. TONY, I SENT AFFIDAVITS, BECAUSE IN THE MIDST OF THE GOING BACK AND FORTH, WE PROVIDED CORRECTIVE AFFIDAVITS. WE LIKE, WE'RE LIKE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S OUR RIGHT TO, EVEN IF YOU HAVE THIS, TO PROVIDE THESE CORRECTIVE AFFIDAVITS. NOW THEY'RE SAYING TO US, WELL, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER, YOU CAN'T FILE A PROTEST. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD RECENTLY. SO WE SAID, THEN REINSTATE OUR OLD PROTEST. WHY WE NEVER GOT A DISMISSAL ORDER. SO EVEN IF WE WANTED TO GO TO ARBITRATION, EVEN IF WE WANTED TO CONTEST IT, OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US COMPLETELY. AND NOW OUR HOME. CELIA ISRAEL: ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, MISS HARRINGTON, IS YOU GOT MY ATTENTION WHEN YOU USE THE PHRASE FRAUDULENT FILING. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY FRAUDULENT FILING? TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYER: THERE WAS A NEW LAW THAT CHANGED AND WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2025 AND ONCE THAT NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING IS FILED, I MAY NOT KNOW ALL OF THE LOGISTICS, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROUTED FOR REVIEW, BECAUSE IT WAS A NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING AGAINST A REAL PROPERTY. SO, ONCE THAT CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE IS FILED, THERE WAS A WHOLE STATUTORY SEPARATE REVIEW THAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE, EITHER STARTING HERE OR DIFFERENT CLERK, AND THE ACCOUNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD NOW. TRAVIS COUNTY HAS STANDING ORDERS, SO ALL OF THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STANDING ORDERS WITH THE DIVORCE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THAT THEY CHANGED IT ANYWAY FROM A JUDGMENT THAT WE HAD AGAINST THE SAME COMPANY, SO THE BACK AND FORTH HASN'T BEEN FAIR, AND THEN TO ACCEPT AN ORDER BY THE SAME CHALLENGED ATTORNEY THAT IS LISTED IN THE NOTICE OF FRAUDULENT FILING IS ABSURD. CELIA ISRAEL: AN ATTORNEY FILED WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE, TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYER: HE FILED WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE, HE WENT TO COURT, WE NEVER APPEARED IN COURT, AND HE GOT A SUMMARY JUDGMENT. WHAT IS DISTURBING IS THIS SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTS WRIT OF POSSESSION. HE ASKED TO EXPUNGE THE LIST PENDUS THAT THE VERY SAME MATERIAL ISSUE THAT WOULD DEFEAT A SUMMARY JUDGMENT. SO THIS THIS SUMMARY JUDGMENT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AND THERE WAS SEVERAL DEFEATING FACTORS, SUCH AS THE DIVORCE, THE PENDING DIVORCE, SUCH AS THE PRIOR JUDGMENT THAT DID NOT GET ADJUDICATED. I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO. HE GOT A JUDGMENT WITH SEVERAL PARTIES THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THAT JUDGMENT, AND THOSE SAME PARTIES ARE NOW USING THAT JUDGMENT NOT JUST TO CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP BUT TO SHUT DOWN OTHER MEANINGFUL COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO SAY, OH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADJUDICATED. THE JUDGE SIGNED AN ORDER, AND TCAD CHANGED THE OWNERSHIP, SO Y'ALL AREN'T AS ANYMORE. SO, THIS IS HUGE. NICOLE CONLEY: OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ELFANT . BRUCE ELFANT: YEAH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE DURING CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW. SO WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A RESPONSE FROM THE FROM STAFF AS [00:10:06] TO WHAT I DON'T KNOW IF NOW'S THE TIME OR NOT, BUT LEANA MANN: THERE'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO REFRAIN FROM COMMENT AT THIS TIME. NICOLE CONLEY: MS. CARTWRIGHT, DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT: COULD YOU COME BACK UP A MOMENT? YOU, YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT TREATED WELL. DID YOU SAY THAT? DID YOU SAY THE TAXPAYER LIAISON OFFICER? MY POINT IS, I WOULD ASSUME THAT HE TREATED YOU PROFESSIONALLY. HE MAY NOT HAVE DONE WHAT YOU WANTED, BUT WAS HE PROFESSIONAL IN HIS DEALINGS WITH YOU? TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYER: IF, IF WE CALL PROFESSIONAL, AND THIS IS WHY I SAY, AT THE SAME TIME THAT I WAS TALKING TO HIM, THAT'S THE SAME DATE OR DATES THAT OUR PROTEST GOT CANCELED. SO, IF HE TELLS ME, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU CAN FILE A PROTEST, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S ALREADY CANCELED, DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT: I DOUBT HE KNEW THAT YOU SEPARATE FROM YOUR PROJECT VIEW BOARD. OKAY, WE ARE VERY.. WE WANT OUR TAXPAYER LIAISON OFFICER TO TREAT EVERYONE PROFESSIONALLY, AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE DID. YOU JUST DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT HE DOES. TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYER: WELL, I DON'T, BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED HIM TO FORWARD THE INFORMATION, HERE'S MY THING: I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW A LOT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, SERVE SEVERAL RIGHTS, AND EVEN WITH WHAT I'VE COME UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD RIGHTS, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE WERE STILL UP UNTIL THE CHANGE PROPERTY OWNERS, SO WE HAVE A RIGHT TO, OKAY, THERE'S A MISTAKE, LET'S CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP NAME, LET'S FILE THESE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEEDS, LET'S FIX IT, AND AND WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM, SAYING OKAY, THAT WE HAVE THESE CORRECTIVE AFFIDAVITS ON FILE, HE SAID. I FORWARDED TO THE RIGHT, THE PARK DEPARTMENT. SO I SAID, OKAY. NOW WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME COMMUNICATION. CAN YOU TELL ME WHO YOU FORWARDED TO, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING ROUTED APPROPRIATELY? AND HE JUST KEPT SAYING, WELL, THEY DID, THEY MADE THEIR DECISION, THEY MADE THEIR DECISION. SO WE DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE, AND WE HAD ALL THIS BACKLASH, SO I CAN'T SAY THAT THAT WAS PROFESSIONAL. I WASN'T PROVIDED WITH WHO THEY WERE FORWARDED TO. I WASN'T PROVIDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CORRECTIONS AT THAT TIME, AND IN THEIR ACCOUNT WAS TAKEN OFFLINE, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S PROFESSIONAL. DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT: WELL, THAT ISN'T HIS JOB. SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I NEEDED AS A CLARIFICATION ON THAT POINT. THANK YOU. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM [4. Consent Agenda] NUMBER FOUR, THE CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ACTIONS MAY, THESE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON BY ONE MOTION, UNLESS THERE IS A SEPARATE MOTION TO REMOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS TO FOR DISCUSSION SEPARATELY. NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF VOTER CURRENT LESS REQUESTED BY A BOARD MEMBER. THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 11, 2026 REGULAR MEETING, SECTION 25 DOT 20 5B REPORT, ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS, AND PERSONNEL REPORTS. I'LL GIVE THE BOARD A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW THESE ITEMS AND REQUEST ANYTHING BE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION, DO ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY ITEMS FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? THAT BEING SAID, A MOTION IS NEEDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, I HAVE A MOTION FROM MISS ISRAEL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. MORENO. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AYE. NEXT [5. Regular Agenda] ITEM IS FIVE A, OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, AND THIS IS A [5.A. Discussion And Possible Action On Taxpayer Liaison Officer Report] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TAXPAYER LIAISON REPORT, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. TONY TRAN TO GO OVER THIS ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. TRAN. GOOD MORNING. TONY TRAN: GOOD MORNING. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPUTY TLO, SO THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE AGGREGATE REGARDING OUR ACTIVITY. HOWEVER, THE METRICS ARE GOING TO BE SEPARATE, BECAUSE SHE KEEPS SEPARATE METRICS THAN I DO. BUT OVERALL, WE YEAR TO DATE, INCLUDING THE DEPUTY TLO, INQUIRES ACTIVITIES. WE HAD 434 ACTIVITIES YEAR TO DATE, AS OF JUNE 30. THAT IS A 10% DECREASE FROM YEAR TO DATE, FROM 2025 IT WAS 483 AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, IT WAS AN INCREASE IN JUNE. IN JUNE, WE HAD AN OVERALL ACTIVITY OF 137 VERSUS 131 LAST YEAR IN JUNE. SO, ABOUT A 4% INCREASE OVERALL. OUT OF MY INQUIRIES, THERE WERE 113 67 OF THAT, OR ABOUT 59% WERE INITIATED VIA EMAILS. 35 WAS IN PERSON, SO ABOUT 31% AND THEN THE REMAINING 11% OR REMAINING 10% WHICH IS ABOUT 11, WAS INITIATED VIA PHONE. REGARDING THE COMPLAINT LEVELS, OVERALL THERE WERE MAINLY INQUIRES, GENERAL. INQUIRIES, 72 OF IT WERE GENERAL INQUIRIES, LEVEL 233, WERE WHERE [00:15:07] PROPERTY OWNERS FELT THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISTAKE ON BEHALF OF THE AIRBNB OR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT APPEARED THAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE AIRB DID FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, AND THEN THERE WERE EIGHT THAT THERE WERE LEVEL THREE COMPLAINTS, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY THERE WAS AN ERROR, POTENTIALLY IN REGARDS TO SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY. I'M HAPPY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FIVE OUT OF THOSE EIGHT WERE RESOLVED IN THE SAME DAY, SO THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT OF GOING THOSE DEPARTMENTS, REALIZING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL MISTAKE ON IT, REVIEWING THE ACCOUNT AND MAKING THE CORRECTIVE CHANGES, TWO WERE CORRECTED THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND THEN ONE TOOK FOUR DAYS FOR FURTHER REVIEW, AND THEN POTENTIALLY CORRECTED AFTER THAT. OVERALL, REGARDING THE INQUIRY TOPICS, SO IT WAS OUT OF THE 113 THAT WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE THAT I RECEIVED 68% OF THAT WAS REGARDING MARKET RELATED, SO OBVIOUSLY WITH PROTEST SEASON GOING ON, PROPERTY OWNERS COMING OUT OF THEIR FORMAL HEARINGS HAVING ISSUES OR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOLLOWING IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE ARB DECISION, SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM, I'LL LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS AVAILABLE TO THEM IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE ARAB B DECISION. SO, MYSELF AND MS. ARNO, THE DEPUTY TLO, ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM IN REGARDS TO THAT. THEN, REGARDING THE INQUIRIES BY ZIP CODE, SO FOR JUNE SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS HEAVILY CONCENTRATED IN THE WESTLAKE AREA REGARDING MARKET VALUE INQUIRIES, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME, SOME IN THE EAST PART OF TOWN, AS WELL AS LEANDER, MADE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE INQUIRIES OR PEOPLE THAT WE SPOKE TO IN JUNE, AND THEN CONTINUING, AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP OR ELABORATE ON THE DEPUTY TL LOWE'S INQUIRIES THAT SHE DEALT WITH, SO ALL HER INQUIRIES, SHE HAD 25 INTERACTIONS, HERS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, SHE GENERALLY HELPS THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN. MOST MAJORITY OF THEM LANGUAGE ASSIST, 16 OUT OF THE 24 WERE LANGUAGE ASSIST. SHE GENERALLY, THEY'LL COME IN, FILE THEIR PROTESTS, USUALLY PAPER FORM. SHE'LL HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY, EXPLAINING THE PROCESS, TYPES OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY MAY WANT TO PROVIDE DURING THEIR FORMAL HEARING TO REFLECT WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE TRUE VALUE IS, SO SHE'S, SHE ESSENTIALLY HELPS THEM ALONG THE FULL PROCESS. MOSTLY TO HER INTERACTIONS WERE PHONED, AND THEN, AS MENTIONED, 16 OUT OF HER 24 WERE LANGUAGE ASSIST, SO ABOUT 67% WERE FULL LANGUAGE ASSISTS ON THE INTERACTIONS THAT SHE HAD. BUT THAT'S MY OVERALL PRESENTATION, AND OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION, MR. ELFANT ? BRUCE ELFANT: SURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY TRENDS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE POSITIVE, CONCERNING, OR JUST INTERESTING IN THE DATA OVER TIME? TONY TRAN: SO, OVERALL, I MEAN, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL TRENDS, BUT IT'S PRETTY IN LINE WITH THE NUMBER OF INQUIRIES THAT WAS RECEIVED LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR, AND AGAIN, ASSUMING YOU KNOW, BEING AN APPRAISER BEFORE COMING HERE, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE PROTEST SEASON, SO PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOING TO MAINLY FOCUS ON MARKET VALUE, SO THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT ESSENTIALLY I IMAGINE WOULD BE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, NICOLE CONLEY: MR. LAVINE DICK LAVINE: JUST LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF THE TOP ONES IN THE DETAILS. TONY TRAN: YES, SIR. DICK LAVINE: THERE SEEM TO BE A FEW WHERE THE FORMAL WAS SCHEDULED BEFORE THE INFORMAL. TONY TRAN: YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT. SO, WHAT IT IS, IS THE FORMALS AND INFORMALS ARE SCHEDULED MANUALLY, SO THEY'RE GENERALLY SCHEDULED IN BULK, MEANING YOU KNOW, THOUGH ONE MANAGER WILL SCHEDULE THE FOREMOST, AND THEN ANOTHER MANAGER WILL ESSENTIALLY SCHEDULE THE INFORMALS, AND THAT CAUSED SOME CONFUSION. BUT FORTUNATELY, WHEN THOSE SITUATIONS ARISE, ALSO BRINGING IT OVER TO THE PROPER DEPARTMENT, THEY REALIZE THAT THAT CONFUSION, AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO RECTIFY IT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MANAGEMENT IS AWARE OF AND LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR ON DICK LAVINE: IT MAY BE REALLY A QUESTION FOR THE ARB OR FOR THE CHIEF APPRAISER, NOT FOR YOU. LEANA MANN: SO, FOR INFORMAL HEARINGS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SCHEDULE THEMSELVES, AND SO WHAT WE FIND A LOT IS THEY'LL SCHEDULE FOR THE VERY END OF THE SEASON, AND DURING THE PROTEST SEASON, THEN WE START SCHEDULING FOR THE ARB BASED ON THEIR DIRECTIVES, AND SOMETIMES THOSE CAN OVERLAP. PROPERTY OWNERS CAN ALSO CANCEL AND RESCHEDULE THEIR INFORMAL, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THE INFORMAL SCHEDULING. IF THEY DON'T GO IN AND SCHEDULE THEMSELVES, THEN WE DO BULK SCHEDULE ANYONE WHO REQUESTED AN INFORMAL, AND SOMETIMES THAT FALLS AFTER THEIR FORMAL HEARING, JUST. DEPENDING ON VALUE AND MARKET AREA THAT THEY'RE IN, AND HOW THE ARB [00:20:04] DIRECTS US TO SCHEDULE, DICK LAVINE: BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CURE THE PROBLEM BY POSTPONING THEIR FORMAL, SO THEY HAD A CHANCE AT AN INFORMAL FIRST. LEANA MANN: YES, WE EITHER RESCHEDULE THEIR FORMAL HEARING, OR WE'LL EVEN BRING THEM IN EARLIER FOR THEIR INFORMAL. WE USUALLY LEAVE IT UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON WHAT THEY PREFER, NICOLE CONLEY: MISS ISRAEL CELIA ISRAEL: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT A DROP BY 48% WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? LEANA MANN: THE DROP BY 48% IN HIS DATA. YEAH, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE HOMESTEAD VERIFICATION PROCESS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR. THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, MULTIPLE TOUCHES FOR EACH PROPERTY OWNER, SO THEY, THAT GENERATES MORE INQUIRIES. AND THIS YEAR WE HAD REFINED THAT PROCESS, PROPERTY OWNERS HAD HEARD ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES NOW. SO I THINK THAT THEY HAD UPDATED THEIR CELIA ISRAEL: STATUS LAST YEAR, THE YEAR PRIOR. THANK YOU. NICOLE CONLEY: ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. TRAN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT DISCUSSION 5B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE [5.B. Discussion And Possible Action On Appraisal Review Board Chairperson's Report] APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD CHAIRMAN CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR MISS, OUR IRB CHAIR, MISS MEG BROOKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS BROOKS. MEG BROOKS: GOOD AFTERNOON. MY REPORT WAS A LITTLE BANAL BECAUSE WE'RE JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROTEST SEASON, SO WE'RE FAST AND FURIOUS, TRYING TO HEAR AS MANY CASES AS WE CAN EACH DAY, AND LAST YEAR Y'ALL RAISED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE WORKING EACH DAY, AND THAT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THAT WE'VE HAD SOME FLEXIBILITY TO ADD PANELS AND HAVE A FEW MORE EMPLOYEES WORKING ON THE DAYS WE THINK WILL BE BUSIER, AND WE'VE GOT EXTRA PEOPLE SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE 17TH, SO WE'RE HOPING WE WILL GET EVERYTHING HEARD BEFORE THE 17TH. WE LOST ONE OF OUR FIRST YEAR MEMBERS TO A JOB, SO SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME JOB, SO WE KNEW THAT WAS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE, BUT OUT OF OUR CLASS OF 31 IT'S NICE TO HAVE ONLY IN ALL THIS TIME, I'VE ONLY LOST ONE PERSON, SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT, AND YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BUT EXCEPT IT'S CRAZY BUSY, NICOLE CONLEY: WE'RE SURE IT IS. THANK YOU, MISS BROOKS, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MISS CARTWRIGHT. DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT: HAVE YOU HAD TO DO A LOT OF RESCHEDULING? I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. REQUEST HAS THAT BEEN GOING ON? MEG BROOKS: TWO OF US ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, ARE RESCHEDULING, SO IT'S A, IT'S A MIXTURE OF INDIVIDUALS AND WE TRY TO BE AS CONSISTENT AS WE CAN, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SAY NO IF THEY'VE JUST WAITED TOO LONG AND DON'T HAVE ANY GOOD CAUSE FOR WANTING TO RESCHEDULE, AND BUT WE TRY TO RESCHEDULE THE HOMEOWNERS AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND THEN THE AGENTS HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONFLICTS WITH OTHER COUNTIES, SO IF THEY HAVE A, IF THEY HAVE A, IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER COUNTY THAT WAS SCHEDULED BEFORE OURS WAS SCHEDULED. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RESET THEM, AND THAT CAN BE HUNDREDS OF CASES. SO, IT'S, DO DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT: YOU SEE THIS AS A PROBLEM FINISHING THE PROCESS AND GETTING THE ROLE CERTIFIED? MEG BROOKS: I DON'T, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO JUST SHUFFLE THE CHAIRS, SO I WISH THE LEGISLATURE WOULD KIND OF CHANGE THAT RULE ABOUT CONFLICTS WITH THEIR COUNTIES, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE 200 CASES SET AND THEY'VE GOT TWO CASES IN ANOTHER COUNTY THAT THEY WERE SCHEDULED BEFORE OURS, AND THE LAW DOESN'T MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR THE VALUES OR THE NUMBER OF CASES YOU SCHEDULE FIRST, YOU WIN, SO THAT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, OR IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR ME. I'M SURE IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR THE ARB SUPPORT STAFF AND THE TCAD THAT HELPS US WITH IT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. THANK YOU. NICOLE CONLEY: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM MS. BROOKS? THANK YOU, MS. BROOKS. NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM 5C DISCUSSION AND [5.C. Discussion And Possible Action To Include Adoption Of The 2027 Proposed Budget] POSSIBLE ACTION TO INCLUDE THE ADOPTION OF THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND MISS MANN WILL BE CARING FOR WITH THIS PRESENTATION. AM I CORRECT? LEANA MANN: KAT HARVEY, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, HAS GOT A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. ELIZABETH MONTOYA: HELLO, EVERYONE. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET. IT'LL BE HIGH LEVEL BECAUSE WE WENT OVER IT AT JUNE 11. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION. SO, JUST TO NOTE, DISTRICT STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY TAXING ENTITY REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR. SO, I'M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS FROM THE TAX CODE, SO 6.06 A SAYS FOR US TO PRESENT A PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SUBMIT A COPY TO EACH TAXING UNIT BEFORE JUNE 15. 6.0 6B SAYS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE BUDGET AND PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PRESIDING OFFICE OF EACH TAXING ENTITY ON. UM, NO LATER THAN THE 10TH DAY [00:25:01] BEFORE THE DATE OF THE HEARING, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ON BOARD ON JUNE 11, 2026 DISTRICT STAFF MAILED A COPY OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO EACH PRESIDING OFFICER OF EACH TAXING UNIT ON JUNE 12, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, THIS MORNING, JULY 9, AND THE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS SENT TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF EACH TAXING UNIT ON JUNE 12, AS WELL. SO, SECTION 6.062 SAYS NO LATER THAN THE 10TH DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE CHIEF APPRAISER SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BY PUBLISHING THE NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION. SO, THE REQUIRED NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS RAN IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN ON JUNE 20-FIRST, AND HERE IS A CHART SHOWING THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF ADOPTED BUDGETS, SHOWING A 7.23% CHANGE, TOTAL BUDGET OF $36,631,529 SO SO PART OF THIS PROCESS WE DID REVIEW OUR STAFFING, AND SO THE BOARD APPROVED 12 NEW POSITIONS FROM 2023 TO 2025 SEVEN JUST LAST YEAR. IN 2027 DUE TO RESTRUCTURING, WE DID NOT ASK FOR ANY NEW EMPLOYEES. WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING DOWN ONE POSITION, SO WE ARE GOING TO NOT FILL AN OPEN EXISTING VACANT POSITION, NO FILLED POSITIONS WOULD BE ELIMINATED, AND SO AS PART OF THAT STAFFING EVALUATION AND PER RECOMMENDATION BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, WE REVIEWED CURRENT CPI DATA AND COMPENSATION ACTIONS TAKEN BY PEER ENTITIES TO REVIEW TO SEE IF POSSIBLE COLA WOULD BE REQUIRED OR OPTIONAL, SO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS ROSE 3.8% OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, AS OF APRIL OF 2026 AND OUR PEER ENTITIES KEPT PACE WITH THAT COMPENSATION, SO TRAVIS COUNTY DID THREE TO 5% IN THEIR LAST BUDGET CYCLE, CITY OF AUSTIN DID 4% IN 2026 AND SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES RECEIVED 5% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES, WITH SOME TARGETED RAISES ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 15% SO, IN 2026 TCAD'S COMPENSATION PLAN WAS TARGETED. IT WAS LIMITED TO SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS, LEAVING ABOUT 63% OF THE STAFF UNAFFECTED, AND OUR YEAR-END MERIT INCREASES, EVEN THOUGH WE IMPLEMENTED THOSE, DID NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. SO WE HAVE BAKED IN A 3.8% COLA INTO THIS YEAR'S 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND HERE IS OUR BUDGET COMPARISON FOR THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET WITH A 7.23% INCREASE IN A TOTAL BUDGET OF $36,631,529 AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU, MISS HARVEY. IS THERE AN.. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET? OKAY, HEARING NO COMMENTS. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED? MISS ISRAEL IS PROPOSED, MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. WANG. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE PROPOSED FY 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THERE ARE NO NAYS. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS MANN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND EFFORT IN GETTING US TO A BUDGET THAT WAS MODESTLY PROPOSED AND INCORPORATE SOME OF THE NEED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHANGING FISCAL TIMES AND ABSORPTION OF INFLATION. WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING VERY AUSTERE, AUSTERE CAPACITY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT THIS WILL SORT OF CATCH US UP WITH THE OUR ENTITIES THAT SURROUND US, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND FINDING WAYS TO SORT OF MINIMIZE THE BOTTOM LINE IMPACT. THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO INCLUDE THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEMS RETIREMENT [5.D. Discussion And Possible Action To Include Adoption Of Texas County And District Retirement System (Tcdrs) Retirement Plan Rate For 2027 Plan Year] PLAN RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 PLAN YEAR, AND MISS HARVEY, YOU'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ONE AS WELL. ELIZABETH MONTOYA: YES, SO THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED PLAN AGREEMENT OF EACH YEAR. SO, THE PROPOSED PLAN AGREEMENT HAS A REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION RATE OF 10.27% NO OTHER CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED, AND THERE IS OUR CHART SHOWING WHAT OUR REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION PLAN RATE IS AT 10.27% QUESTION, NICOLE CONLEY: THAT'S 10.27% DICK LAVINE: IT PAID BY THE DISTRICT, [00:30:01] ELIZABETH MONTOYA: CORRECT? DICK LAVINE: IS ANYTHING PAID BY THE EMPLOYEES? ELIZABETH MONTOYA: YES, IT IS. 7% IS PAID BY THE EMPLOYEES, AND THEN WE CONTRIBUTE 10.27% ON TOP OF THAT, LEANA MANN: SO IT ENDS UP BEING A 2.5 MATCH FOR THE EMPLOYEES. THEY CONTRIBUTE 7% AT RETIREMENT. ONCE THEY'RE VESTED, THEY GET THAT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT MATCH, 250% MATCH, AND THAT'S HOW THEIR RETIREMENT PENSION IS CALCULATED. IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY FUND THAT MATCH, WE HAVE TO PAY THE 10.27% THIS YEAR, NICOLE CONLEY: BUT THE MATCH HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS, CORRECT? LEANA MANN: THE MATCH HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 2012 WE'RE AT THE MAXIMUM MATCH THAT WE CAN BE AT UNDER THE PLAN, BUT THE REQUIRED RATE, BECAUSE WE PAID LUMP SUM, I THINK WE DID THAT THREE YEARS IN THE LAST DECADE, MADE LARGE LUMP SUMS TO OUR RETIREMENT PLAN. IT REDUCED OUR REQUIRED RATE BECAUSE WE'RE ADEQUATELY FUNDED, WE'RE AT A JUST UNDER 97% FUNDED RATIO, DICK LAVINE: THAT'S LUMP SUM TO THE TO THE PLAN, NOT CORRECT RETIREES. LEANA MANN: YES, THAT'S CORRECT. NICOLE CONLEY: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS MANN? WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PLAN YEAR 2027 AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED WITH A CONTRIBUTION RATE OF 10.27 IS THERE A CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. LFAN MOVES A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. LEVINE. ALL IN FAVOR, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION RATE OF 10.27% ALL ARE IN FAVOR. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM WILL MOVE INTO ITEM 5E [5.E. Discussion And Possible Action On The Order Of General Election For Other Political Subdivisions] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ORDER OF GENERAL ELECTION FOR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO MISS MANN. LEANA MANN: THANK YOU. AS Y'ALL ARE ALL AWARE, WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP IN NOVEMBER FOR OUR THREE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS. UNDER THE ELECTIONS CODE, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CAD HAS TO ORDER THE ELECTION, AND THAT IS WHAT AGENDA ITEM 5E WILL BE FOR. WE HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 17 FOR THE BOARD TO ORDER THE ELECTION, SO WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE PRIOR TO CANDIDATE FILINGS HAPPENING. UNDER THAT AGENDA ITEM, WE'VE GIVEN YOU BOTH AN ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSION THAT WILL BE POSTED, AND THEN I'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE ELECTIONS DIVISION ON A NOTICE OF HOW TO FILE FOR THE PLACE ON THAT BALLOT, AND THEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS ALSO PUT OUT SOME GUIDELINES, WHICH I'VE INCLUDED JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. SOME LIGHT READING, WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE ACTUAL CALENDAR FOR THE ELECTION FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THEY HAVEN'T PUT OUT A DEADLINE CALENDAR YET, AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO THE BOARD. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING THIS ITEM? MR. ALFOND, BRUCE ELFANT: DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE OF WHAT OUR COST IS GOING TO BE? LEANA MANN: WE DO NOT AT THIS TIME. WE TYPICALLY HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE THE ELECTION. THEY HAVE TO GET ALL OF THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE ENTITIES, FIND OUT WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THAT JOINT AGREEMENT BEFORE THEY CAN ALLOCATE COST. BRUCE ELFANT: REMIND US WHAT IT WAS LAST TIME, LEANA MANN: 1.4 AND SOME CHANGE, 1.4 MILLION. NICOLE CONLEY: WE EXPECT IT TO REMAIN AROUND THAT LEVEL FOR THIS SUBSEQUENTLY. ARE CORRECT, THINK LEANA MANN: IT'LL BE SIMILAR. A LOT OF COUNTIES ARE HEARING THAT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION SHOULD BE LESS MONEY TO RUN THE ELECTION. WE'VE HEARD THE OPPOSITE, THAT THEY HAVE MORE POLLING LOCATIONS, MORE WORKERS, SO THE ACTUAL COST OF A NOVEMBER ELECTION IS HIGHER NICOLE CONLEY: CAN YOU DO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ONE LAST QUESTION. THIS, SO THIS, THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING TAKING THIS ACTION EARLY IS A GOOD INDICATOR, AND IT GIVES US SUFFICIENT TIME TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES TO CONSIDER THEMSELVES, AND KNOWING THAT WE SORT OF ALLOTTED THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THIS ENDEAVOR. LEANA MANN: YEAH, THE ELECTIONS DIVISION IS GOING TO HANDLE MOST OF THE CANDIDATE INFORMATION, SO THEY'LL RECEIVE THE CANDIDATE FILINGS, ANY FEES THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY, AND THEN DO THEIR VETTING, AND THEN LET US KNOW IF THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO BE A CANDIDATE, SO WE'RE LUCKY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HANDLE MOST OF THAT FOR US. NICOLE CONLEY: GREAT. ALL RIGHT, WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS ITEM? ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, MISS MONTOYA HAS, IS MAKING A MOTION. MISS MONTOYA, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE MOTION? ELIZABETH MONTOYA: I MOVE TO ORDER THE ELECTIONS FOR THE TRAVIS COUNTY. CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, [00:35:02] PLACE ONE, TWO, AND THREE FOR THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU, MISS MONTOYA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. MORENO. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, MS. CONLEY. LEANA MANN: ONE COMMENT. AS Y'ALL ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH THOSE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE BOARD, THE FILING WILL OPEN UP JULY 17. THEY HAVE TO COME HERE AND SIGN A CANDIDATE INFORMATION SHEET. ONCE THEY'VE SIGNED THAT, THEN THEY CAN GO FILL UP, PROVIDE THEIR APPLICATION TO THE ELECTIONS DIVISION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP. SO, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DOCUMENTATION HAS TO BE FILED WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM MY WAY. NICOLE CONLEY: WILL DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT ITEM ON [5.F. Discussion And Possible Action On Required Notice Of Drawing For Place On Ballot And Proposed Date For Drawing] OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 5F DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE REQUIRED NOTICE OF DRAWING FOR PLACE ON BALLOT AND PROPOSE DATE FOR THE DRAWING. THIS MAN, WILL YOU COVER THIS ITEM? LEANA MANN: THANK YOU. SO, CANDIDATES WILL BE ABLE TO FILE THROUGH AUGUST 18, I BELIEVE, AND AFTER WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE CANDIDATES' INFORMATION, WE HAVE TO DO A DRAWING FOR HOW THEY APPEAR IN WHICH ORDER ON THE BALLOT. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE HOLD THIS MEETING AUGUST 25 OR 26TH THAT'S A TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. WE DO ONLY NEED TWO BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT TO CREATE A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE NOTICE. WE JUST NEED TO SET A DATE FOR THE NOTICE OF DRAWING. NICOLE CONLEY: IS THERE A PREFERENCE ON WHICH OF THOSE DATES FROM THE BOARD? MISS MANN, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THOSE TWO OPTIONS? LEANA MANN: BOTH WOULD WORK FOR ME. NICOLE CONLEY: BOTH WOULD WORK FOR YOU. WE CAN ALL WE CAN DO EITHER. LEANA MANN: SO LET'S SET IT FOR THE 26TH NICOLE CONLEY: YEAH, LET'S DO THE 26TH OKAY, SO CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THE 26 MR. ELFANT CAN YOU READ THE RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE? AND AS READ THE RECOMMENDATION AS PRESENTED IN THE PACKET, LEANA MANN: AUGUST 7. AUGUST 26 26TH 2026 AT AUGUST 26 AT 11:30AM BRUCE ELFANT: AT 11:30AM ORDER THE ELECTION FOR THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PLACE ONE, TWO, AND THREE FOR THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. I FURTHER MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF APPRAISER TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED NOTICE OF THE DRAWING TO ANY CANDIDATES. NICOLE CONLEY: IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MS. MONTOYA. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDED MOTION, AYE. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO ITEM 5G DISCUSSION AND [5.G. Discussion And Possible Action On Election Agreement Between Travis County And Travis Central Appraisal District To Include Joint Election Agreement For The November 3, 2026 General Election] POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ELECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION, LEANA MANN: AND THIS WILL BE OUR LAST ELECTION ITEM ON THIS AGENDA. I'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH TWO AGREEMENTS: ONE IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE ELECTIONS DIVISION TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION, AND THEN THERE'S A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT THAT ALSO NEEDS APPROVAL, WHICH ALLOWS US TO COST SHARE AND PARTICIPATE WITH OTHER ENTITIES IN THAT ELECTION, AND THOSE ARE PROVIDED STARTING ON PAGE 85 OF YOUR PACKET. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU. SO, YES, MISS ISRAEL CELIA ISRAEL: QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR, HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING US TO ADMINISTER THIS ELECTION FOR THIS ENTITY? LEANA MANN: WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A COST ESTIMATE YET, BUT OUR LAST ELECTION WAS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION, $1.4 MILLION DOLLARS FOR ONE COUNTY. OH MY GOD, AND I CAN GET Y'ALL EXACT FIGURES. I'LL NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BECAUSE, WOW, BEEN A FEW YEARS, BUT AND AGAIN, WE THINK IT'LL BE ABOUT THAT OR MORE SELECTION, NICOLE CONLEY: SO NO POTENTIAL SAVINGS WITH ADDITIONAL ENTITIES THAT ARE GOING TO SHARE IN THE ELECTION, BUT WE THINK 1.4 MILLION IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE PAID IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE, SO NO SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE GOING FORWARD. LEANA MANN: NO SAVINGS, IN FACT, IF WE HAVE A RUNOFF, WHICH IS A POSSIBILITY THIS YEAR, SINCE I THINK THIS ELECTION WILL BE MORE KNOWN, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THESE POSITIONS. IF WE HAVE A RUNOFF, THEN WE WOULD DOUBLE THAT COST. NOW, THE BOARD HAS ADEQUATELY FUNDED OUR RESERVE, AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. SO, WE'VE GOT SOME RESERVE FUNDS TO COVER ANY ELECTION COSTS. NICOLE CONLEY: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IS THE COST OF. GOVERNANCE, MR. MR. WANG. [00:40:01] SHENGHAO WANG: YEAH, SO LAST TIME WAS THERE DID TRAVIS COUNTY HAVE AN ELECTION ON THE MAY BALLOT? LEANA MANN: THEY DID. SHENGHAO WANG: OKAY. DO YOU RECALL WHAT THAT ONE WAS? LEANA MANN: I COULD GO BACK AND LOOK THAT FOR YOU. SHENGHAO WANG: NOT, NOT IMPORTANT. AND TRAVIS COUNTY, BECAUSE THIS IS COUNTYWIDE, THEY'RE THE ONLY JURISDICTION THAT WE CAN SHARE THIS WITH, AND IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THINGS LIKE ACC, THAT KIND OF SPREAD ACROSS COUNTIES, OR LEANA MANN: IT WOULD BE ANY ENTITY THAT HAS AN ELECTION THAT'S COUNTYWIDE THAT WE COULD COST SHARE WITH. SHENGHAO WANG: OKAY, LEANA MANN: WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE ELECTIONS DIVISION GETS ALL OF THEIR JOINT AGREEMENTS BACK, THOUGH. SHENGHAO WANG: OKAY, YEAH, THAT IS PRICEY. NICOLE CONLEY: IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BECAUSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE COST OF ELECTIONS WERE AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS. SO, WITH ESCALATING FACTORS AND COST ESCALATION, 1.4 SEEMS REASONABLE. LEANA MANN: SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WE COULD PROPOSE AS OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD CHANGE FROM A MAJORITY TO A PLURALITY, SO THAT IF YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, 12 PEOPLE RUNNING FOR PLACE ONE, YOU COULD TAKE THE TOP THREE VOTE GETTERS AND SPREAD THEM OUT OVER THE THREE PLACES, VERSUS HAVING RUNOFFS, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HOLD SOME COST IF WE GOT THAT PASSED, SHENGHAO WANG: JUST HAVE ONE BIG POOL LEANA MANN: AND THE HIGHEST VOTE EARNERS GET THE THREE SEATS, SHENGHAO WANG: AND OKAY, AND WOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE TO VOTE THREE TIMES? NO, THEY WOULD STILL LEANA MANN: VOTE ONCE. YOU WOULD JUST VOTE. OH, WELL, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YES, I GUESS THEY COULD VOTE FOR ALL THREE PLACES. SHENGHAO WANG: YEAH, OKAY, THAT'S SOME INTERESTING GAMESMANSHIP THERE, LEANA MANN: AND OUR GOAL AS A COMMITTEE IS JUST TO AVOID THE RUNOFF COST, SHENGHAO WANG: WHICH TOTALLY REASONABLE FOR THESE HOTLY CONTESTED, DEEPLY SOUGHT AFTER POSITIONS, LEANA MANN: AND FOR COMPARISON, I'VE HEARD HARRIS COUNTY SPENT ABOUT 7 MILLION ON THEIR, NICOLE CONLEY: OH MY GOODNESS. LEANA MANN: SO, AND IF THEY HAD A RUNOFF, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER SEVEN. SO WE'RE FORTUNATE IT WAS NOT SEVEN, I GUESS, IS ONE OF THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. NICOLE CONLEY: ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WITH THAT? I'LL TAKE A MOTION. IF SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A MOTION AS PRESENTED IN OUR MATERIALS. DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT: I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2026 ELECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED, AND APPROVE THE 2026 JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED. NICOLE CONLEY: MS. CARTWRIGHT HAS MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? MS. MONTOYA HAS SECONDED THAT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED MOTION, AYE. ANY OBJECTIONS? THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS 5H DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION [5.H. Discussion And Possible Action On Chief Appraiser's Report To Include: 2026 Protest Season, Community Outreach, And Taxpayer Experience Snapshot] ON THE CHIEF APPRAISER'S REPORT TO INCLUDE THE 2026 PROTEST SEASON COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TAXPAYER EXPERIENCE SNAPSHOT. MISS MANN, THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. LEANA MANN: AND KAT IS PULLING THE ACTUAL ELECTION COST, SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT BEFORE WE PUT IT OUT THERE TO START THE CHIEF APPRAISER'S REPORT, I WOULD LIKE TO DO A FEW AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. WE RECEIVED NEWS A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT TCAT HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATION. THIS WAS A VERY CUMBERSOME PROCESS. WE ENDED UP SUBMITTING ABOUT A 500 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINED EVERY PROCESS AND PROCEDURE THAT WE DO HERE AT THE DISTRICT, AND NOT ONLY DID WE RECEIVE THIS AWARD, BUT WE RECEIVED A GRADE OF 100% AND SO THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS THAT WORKED SO DILIGENTLY ON THIS, SO THIS AWARD IS FOR THEM, BUT IT'S IAAO , ONLY HAS 11 APPRAISAL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THIS AWARD. SO, IT IS QUITE AN HONOR. NICOLE CONLEY: CONGRATULATIONS. IS THIS OUR FIRST YEAR APPLYING FOR THIS AWARD? LEANA MANN: IT IS OKAY. NICOLE CONLEY: WELL, FANTASTIC. USUALLY, THAT DOESN'T USUALLY YOU DON'T PULL IT OFF THE FIRST TRY. SO, DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT: AM I ASKING, YES, YES, MISS CARTER, DO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT SPECIAL THAT HAPPENS WITH THE METHODS AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? IF YOU GET THIS, COULD YOU, COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? LEANA MANN: YES, WHEN YOU GET THE CEAA, YOU GET TO GO THROUGH A LIMITED SCOPE MAP REVIEW, WHICH IT'S ABOUT HALF OF THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY CHECK, SO THAT IS ONE ADDED BENEFIT WE GET WITH THIS, NICOLE CONLEY: MISS MANN, I ASK THAT MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO BE PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT CERTAINLY LET THE TAXING ENTITIES BE AWARE OF SORT OF YOUR GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOW YOU'VE MET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AS IT RELATES. SOME IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ACROSS APPRAISAL BOARDS, [00:45:02] LEANA MANN: WE'LL RECEIVE THE AWARD IN OCTOBER, AND ONCE WE DO THAT, WE CAN GET A PRESS RELEASE THAT WILL SEND OUT TO THE ENTITIES. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU. LEANA MANN: AND OUR FINANCE TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION TRIPLE CROWN AWARD. THIS IS FOR OUR 2024 FISCAL YEAR, AND THE TRIPLE CROWN AWARD MEANS THAT YOU RECEIVED THE AWARD ON YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS OUR AUDIT REPORT. YOU RECEIVED AN AWARD ON YOUR BUDGET AND ON YOUR POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS A VERY CONDENSED VERSION THAT THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW AND GET HIGHLIGHTS OF FINANCIAL MATTERS, AND SO THIS GFOA IS AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND THERE ARE ONLY 441 ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE TRIPLE CROWN AWARD, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINANCE TEAM FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR WHERE THEY'VE RECEIVED THIS AWARD. NICOLE CONLEY: CONGRATULATIONS, AND OF COURSE, GFOA IS THE GOLD STANDARD IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING AND EXCELLENCY ACROSS GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ACROSS THE BOARD, SO THAT DOES SAY A LOT ABOUT THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN OUR FINANCE TEAM AND OUR ABILITY TO DO, BE A TRIPLE THREAT IN THAT REGARD, AND HAVE A CLEAN AUDIT, GOOD BUDGET, ALL THE ACCOLADES, SO TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE FAIRLY REASSURED WHILE WE'RE HITTING THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS WITH FISCAL MANAGEMENT. SO, THANK YOU, MISS MANN, AND YOUR TO MISS MANN AND HER TEAM. LEANA MANN: WE ARE IN THE HEAT OF OUR 2026 PROTEST SEASON. WE RECEIVED 226,000 PROTESTS AS OF YESTERDAY. WE WERE AT 71% COMPLETE. WE ARE PROJECTED TO CERTIFY BY NEXT WEEK, THANKS TO THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE ARB AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND AGENTS WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH US AS DILIGENTLY AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE A FEW EVENTS SCHEDULED COMING UP, SO ON JULY 18, WE'RE GOING TO DO AN EXEMPTION CLINIC. WE CALL THESE OUR LAST-MINUTE EXEMPTION CLINICS. THIS ONE WILL BE IN DEL VALLEY, AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND BRING THEIR DOCUMENTS, ASK US QUESTIONS, AND GET ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. WE'RE GOING TO DO A SIMILAR CLINIC ON AUGUST 6 IN PFLUGERVILLE, AND THEN ON THE 11TH, WE WILL DO OUR WEBINAR. THIS IS AN ANNUAL WEBINAR WE DO THAT COVERS TRUTH AND TAXATION, TNT, AND TRAVIS TAXES.COM WHICH IS OUR WEBSITE THAT PUBLISHES VALUES AND PROPOSED RATES FOR BUDGETS FOR THE ENTITIES. AND THEN LATER IN AUGUST, WE'LL DO A FEW DIFFERENT BUDGET AND TAX RATE SEMINARS, ONE WITH DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY COALITION. WE'RE GOING TO DO A RESILIENT URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS PRESENTATION FOR CITY OF AUSTIN, AND THEN ANOTHER BUDGETS AND TAX RATES ON AUGUST 15 WITH DBCC. NICOLE CONLEY: MISS MANN, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS, I'M SO SORRY, THE CERTIFICATION LEVELS, IT SAYS WE'RE PROJECTED AT 92 POINT 89% AT THE TIME OF UNDER LAW, DON'T WE HAVE A STATUTE REQUIRES THIS BE AT 95% CERTIFICATION LEANA MANN: FOR LARGER APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CERTIFY AT 90% OR EXTEND YOUR CERTIFICATION DEADLINE, EXTENDING THE DEADLINE THROUGH AUGUST REALLY DOESN'T SERVE OUR ENTITIES AT ALL, SO WE'VE ALWAYS OPTED FOR THE 90% CERTIFICATION THRESHOLD. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MR. LAVINE. DICK LAVINE: ACTUALLY, JUST TWO QUESTIONS: ONE IS, WE'RE UP ABOUT 88% AGENTS, LEANA MANN: THAT'S CORRECT, DICK LAVINE: INCREASING EVERY YEAR, LEANA MANN: WE WERE AT 87 LAST YEAR, DICK LAVINE: AND THE OTHER IS ON THE RESOLUTION TYPE. IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO TELL WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL IS TOP LINE. LEANA MANN: AS OF THIS REPORT, IT'S ABOUT 26% BUT WE WILL END THE SEASON WITH UPWARDS OF 80% TOP LINE DICK LAVINE: TOTAL COME UP LEANA MANN: 8080 YES, SIR DICK LAVINE: AND THOSE ARE ALL AGENTS, LEANA MANN: YES, THE MAJORITY. BUT WE ALSO DO A LOT OF TOP LINES WITH OWNERS TOO, AND THAT TOP LINE, JUST FOR FAMILIARITY, IT PRESERVES SOME RIGHTS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, SO A LOT OF AGENTS ARE HESITANT TO DO AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT WHERE THEY SIGN AWAY THOSE RIGHTS TO DISTRICT COURT OR ARBITRATION, SO THE TOP LINE JUST ALLOWS THEM TO PRESERVE THAT THAT REMEDY FOR THEIR THEIR CUSTOMER. AARON MORENO: QUESTION, HOW COULD A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION REACH OUT TO THE TCAD AND CONNECT WITH THEM ON MAYBE HOSTING A, YOU KNOW, TCAD ONE ON ONE INFORMATION INFORMATION SESSION. LEANA MANN: SURE, WE HAVE AN EMAIL DEDICATED THAT, SO IT'S OUTREACH AT TC AD CENTRAL.ORG CYNTHIA MARTINEZ HANDLES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SCHEDULING. SO IT'LL GET DIRECTED RIGHT TO HER. [00:50:01] AARON MORENO: GOTCHA. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, NICOLE CONLEY: MR. LAVINE. DICK LAVINE: ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY, HAS THAT CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THE LEGISLATURE MADE? LEANA MANN: TVOLUME OF PROTESTS WITH DICK LAVINE: CAN THEY BE DEALT WITH MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE SO MANY ARE UNDER THE MINIMUM? LEANA MANN: I THINK IN FUTURE YEARS, YES, THAT WILL BE THE CASE. THIS FIRST YEAR, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY RENDER, WHICH MANY DID NOT, AND SO THERE'S SOME, A LOT OF PROTESTS THAT SURROUND THAT. I THINK ALSO SETTING THIS FIRST YEAR AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE EXEMPTION, THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR QUESTION. SO, THEY'LL PROTEST TO ENSURE THEY'VE GOTTEN THE EXEMPTION ON THEIR NOTICE ONCE WE SHOW THEM THEY HAVE IT, THEN THEY WITHDRAW THEIR PROTEST. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SHENGHAO WANG: SO WE STARTED HOLDING HEARINGS. WHAT END OF BEGINNING OF JUNE LEANA MANN: IT WAS THE TUESDAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. SHENGHAO WANG: OKAY, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW IN CERTIFICATION WE PLAN TO, YOU PLAN TO DO JULY 17, IS THAT CORRECT? LEANA MANN: SO THE ARB WILL APPROVE THE RECORDS ON THE 17TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY, AND THEN THE CAD HAS UNTIL JULY 25 TO SEND OUT THE ACTUAL CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTS TO THE ENTITIES. WE WILL LIKELY SEND THOSE OUT SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 21ST OR 22ND SHENGHAO WANG: OKAY, I'M JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE 71 TO 92 93% IS A PRETTY BIG JUMP, AND THEN IT DOESN'T SEEM PROPORTIONAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME LEFT, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S ELAPSED. DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT AS TO WHY, WHY WE THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT BIGGER GAP? WHAT, WHY THE PROGRESS WILL ACCELERATE? LEANA MANN: YEAH, IT'S BASED ON SCHEDULING, SO WHAT'S SCHEDULED, AND SINCE WE SCHEDULED TOP DOLLAR DOWN, THE HIGHER VALUE PROPERTIES ARE SCHEDULED FIRST, SO IT'S JUST BASED ON WHAT'S SCHEDULED WITH THE ARB, WHAT OUR RESOLUTION, WE THINK, WILL BE ANY PENDING TOP LINES THAT WE HAVE, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT. SHENGHAO WANG: OKAY, AND JUST IN LAST QUESTION, WE HAVE ALMOST 87 AND A HALF PERCENT THAT ARE AGENT FILED, BUT STILL ALMOST HALF OUR PAPER FILED AT 46% I'M WIRE PAID. WHY ARE AGENTS FILING SO MANY PAPER PROTESTS? CELIA ISRAEL: CHOOSE THESE WORDS CAREFULLY. LEANA MANN: I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, I CAN SAY THAT FILING A PAPER PROTEST EXTENDS THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THE DATA ENTRY, SO SHENGHAO WANG: YEAH. OKAY, WELL, IF THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION, MAYBE THEY COULD THINK ABOUT FILING ELECTRONICALLY IN THE FUTURE. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU, MR. WANG. ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MISS MANN? MISS MANN IS AT THE END OF IT, DOES THAT CONCLUDE? LEANA MANN: YES. OUR, WE JUST HAVE OUR TAXPAYER EXPERIENCE SNAPSHOT, SO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS STILL AT A 4.64 AND THEN OUR PROTEST SURVEYS ARE COMING BACK AT 4.37% OR 4.37 OUT OF FIVE, AND I'VE ALSO INCLUDED JUST SOME COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT THE INFORMAL PROCESS SPECIFICALLY, AND THEIR APPRAISERS THAT THEY'VE WORKED WITH, AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ELECTION COST, SO THE TOTAL COST WAS 1.4 3 MILLION, NICOLE CONLEY: ALMOST SPOT ON. LEANA MANN: WELL, I QUESTIONED MYSELF AFTER I SAID IT, SO AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT. NICOLE CONLEY: THANK YOU, MISS MANN. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO [5.I. Discussion And Possible Action On Litigation And Appeals Related To Pending And Anticipated Lawsuits] OUR NEXT ITEM, FIVE. I, WE'VE BEEN HIGHLY EFFICIENT THESE DAYS, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON LITIGATION AND APPEALS RELATED TO PENDING AND ANTICIPATED LAWSUITS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REVIEW TODAY, SO THERE'LL BE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO, THEREFORE, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA, AND SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING, ALTHOUGH I [6. Adjournment] LOVE SEEING IT'S DELIGHTFUL SEEING ALL OF YOUR FACES. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MISS ISRAEL HAS MADE A MOVE TO ADJOURN. ANY SECOND, MR. LAVINE? MR. WANG SECONDED BY MR. WANG. AND WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL BOARD MEETING, I LET THE RECORD SHOW THERE ARE NO NAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.