Harris County Appraisal District Board of Directors met April 20

Harris County Appraisal District Board of Directors met April 20.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order.

2. Pledge of Allegiance and Salute to the Texas Flag.

3. Roll Call.

4. Recognition of Service Awards and Employees of the Month.

5. Comments from members of the public.

A speaker whose intended comment as submitted relates to an identifiable item on this agenda will be limited to three (3) minutes. A speaker whose intended comment as submitted does not relate to an identifiable item on this agenda will be limited to three (3) minutes.

CONSENT AGENDA

6. “All matters listed under consent agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion, there will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.”

a. Discussion and possible action to approve minutes of the regular meeting of March 16, 2022.

b. Discussion and possible action to review and approve a one-year subscription fee with Eccentex Corporation for the Case Management System (CMS). The cost is $60,000, the same as 2021.

c. Receive the district’s monthly financial reports.

d. Discussion and possible action regarding authorization for payment of bills and payroll and transfer of funds between line items.

ACTION ITEMS

7. Discussion and possible action to approve specifications for the construction of new hearing rooms and authorize the invitation for bids.

8. Discussion and possible action to award a contract for parking garage repairs at HCAD headquarters.

9. Discussion and possible action to review and authorize Chief Appraiser to approve a one-year maintenance renewal for Veeam Enterprise Backup Suite software through a Texas DIR vendor Centre Technologies. The cost of the renewal is $59,000.

10. Discussion and possible action to review and approve the second-year renewal of a three-year Enterprise Agreement (EA) and True-Up for selected Microsoft software licenses from state DIR vendor, SoftwareOne, in the amount of $504,000, which is a $84,000 or 20% increase from 2021.

11. Discussion and possible action regarding a request for waiver of penalty and interest on taxing unit quarterly assessment and authorize waiver if good cause shown.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

12. Report on HCAD community relations.

13. Report on rendition workshops.

14. Report on the Strategic Plan for 2022-2026.

15. Report on HCAD employees’ demographic analysis.

16. Report on 2023 Budget Development.

17. Report from the Taxpayer Liaison Officer concerning the status of all comments, suggestions, and complaints in accordance with Sec. 6.052(c), Tax Code.

18. Report from the Appraisal Review Board Chairman concerning the progress of hearings, activities of the executive office and the board's attorney.

19. Report on protests and hearings, including iFile and iSettle activities.

20. Discussion between members of the Board of Directors and the Chief Appraiser regarding matters covered by Sec. 6.15, Tax Code.

21. Executive session for the purpose of: (a) private consultation with the board’s attorney regarding (i) pending and potential litigation, (ii) settlement of pending appeals to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, (iii) settlement of pending arbitrations under Texas Tax Code Chapter 41A, and (iv) settlement of pending litigation under Texas Tax Code Chapter 42; (b) considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer, or employee, including the duties and appointment of the chief appraiser ; (c) considering the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices; (d) deliberating the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person, as permitted by the Open Meetings Act, Chap. 551, Government Code.

OTHER MATTERS AND ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEMS

22. Consider and approve settlement of pending litigation, pending appeals to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, and pending arbitrations.

23. Consider authorization of appeals under Sec. 42.02, Tax Code.

24. Report on corrections under Sec. 25.25(b), Tax Code.

25. Adjournment.

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