Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors met May 17

Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors met May 17.

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.

Speakers will be limited to three (3) minutes.

CONSENT AGENDA

6. “All matters listed under consent agenda are considered to be routine and may be enacted by one motion, there will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion of an item 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 15, 2023, and the special meeting of March 24, 2023.

b. Discussion and possible action authorizing board members to attend the ESRI User Conference and the pre-conference Senior Executive Seminar.

c. Receive the district’s monthly financial reports.

d. Discussion and possible action authorizing payment of bills and payroll.

ACTION ITEMS

7. Discussion, creation, and appointment of board committee members.

8. Discussion and possible action to approve a purchase of additional hardware and software to expand the district’s business continuity plan and fail-over capabilities to the co-location to include the GIS users’ infrastructure in the amount not to exceed $525K. The purchase would be made from Texas DIR vendors Centre Technologies and Accudata Systems.

9. Discussion and possible action to purchase software and implementation services from a Texas DIR vendor Precision Task Group to migrate to a full suite of Workday product to perform Human Capital Management, Financials, Payroll, Time Keeping, Recruiting and Talent Optimization. The cost of the migration is not to exceed $1,700,000.

10. Discussion and possible action to review a lease renewal for the rental of warehouse space and authorize the chief appraiser to enter into a lease agreement. Annual renewal costs are increasing by $15,947.

11. Discussion and possible action to approve Resolution No. 2023-01 relating to review and approval of the Harris Central Appraisal District Investment Policy and Investment Strategies. No changes are proposed.

12. Discussion and possible action to schedule the date, time, and place for the proposed 2024 budget workshop.

13. Discussion and possible action to schedule the date, time, and place for a public hearing on the proposed 2024 budget.

14. Discussion and possible action to approve request for waiver of penalty and interest on taxing unit quarterly assessment and authorize waiver if good cause shown.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

15. Report on Automatic Over-65 letters.

16. Report on rendition workshops.

17. Report on property appraisal and tax workshops.

18. Report on organizations HCAD is a member of and explore board members interest in attending events.

19. Report on providing the 2023 preliminary rolls to the taxing jurisdictions and certified estimates to the school districts, county, and cities.

20. Report and discussion regarding the security of district funds on deposit that are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.

21. Report on Houston Chronicle’s Top Workplaces.

22. Report on Texas Cyberstar Certificate awarded to Harris Central Appraisal District by the Texas Department of Information Resources.

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

24. Report from the Appraisal Review Board.

25. Report on protests and hearings, including iFile and iSettle activities and report on publication of the newspaper notice of property tax protest and appeal procedures.

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

27. 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

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

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

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

31. Adjournment.

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