Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors will meet Aug. 21

Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors will meet Aug. 21.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

NOTICE is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Harris Central Appraisal District, Harris County, State of Texas, to be held Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., at 13013 Northwest Freeway, 7th Floor, Houston, Texas.

The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are listed below.

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. Presentation of the 2022 ACFR Award – Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

6. Comments from members of the public.

Speakers will be limited to three (3) minutes.

7. Presentation of the proposed 2025-2026 reappraisal plan.

8. Presentation of the proposed 2025 budget for Harris Central Appraisal District.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

9. Public hearing on the proposed 2025-2026 reappraisal plan.

10. Public hearing on the proposed budget for the Harris Central Appraisal District for year 2025.

CONSENT AGENDA

11. “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 July 17, 2024, and the special meeting of July 22, 2024.

b. Discussion and possible action to authorize renewal for general liability, property coverage, and workers’ compensation insurance through the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool for the year October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. The cost is $393,891, a 19% increase from last year.

c. Discussion and possible action to authorize the chief appraiser to exercise a one-year renewal option outsourcing all printer and Multi-Functional Unit (MFU) management to a Sourcewell Cooperative vendor DEX Imaging. The estimated annual cost is $101,000, the same amount as last year.

d. Discussion and possible action to authorize the chief appraiser to allocate funds for the continued use of the services for tax transparency website and taxing unit portal, as necessitated by the Texas Property Tax Reform and Transparency Act of 2019 (Senate Bill 2), from True Prodigy Tech Solutions. The amount for the services will be approximately $78,000, a 4% increase over last year.

e. Discussion and possible action to authorize the chief appraiser to exercise a one-year renewal option on a contract with Eccentex Corp. for VisiFLOW software and services support. The maintenance cost is $154,975, a 3% increase over last year.

f. Discussion and possible action to approve appreciation luncheons for HCAD employees and ARB members.

g. Receive the district’s monthly financial reports.

h. Receive report on payment of bills, payroll, and transfers of funds between line items. Discussion and possible action, if any, related thereto.

ACTION ITEMS

12. Discussion and possible action to review and adopt Resolution 2024-06 approving the 2025-2026 reappraisal plan for the Harris Central Appraisal District.

13. Discussion and possible action of Resolution 2024-07 approving the 2025 budget for the Harris Central Appraisal District.

14. Discussion and possible action to approve the ARB committee’s recommendations including directing the chief appraiser to issue a news release stating that applications for the Appraisal Review Board members for 2025 will be accepted by the Harris Central Appraisal District’s Board of Directors beginning September 1, 2024, and will be accepted until vacancies are filled.

15. Discussion and possible action to receive annual audit report from the district’s external auditors.

16. Discussion and possible action to authorize the chief appraiser to extend the data licensing agreement with DIR vendor Carahsoft Technology Corporation, to provide HCAD with residential transaction data in Harris County. Carahsoft will continue to provide a monthly transaction report at a rate of $5,000 a month or $60,000 annually.

17. Discussion and possible action to enter into an Interlocal Government Agreement with Harris County to cost share with HCAD to use the Pictometry/EagleView AccuPlus/Orthos and Obliques aerial imagery for a six-year term to pay HCAD $100,000 per year, a total of $600,000.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

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

19. Report on Telephone Information Center.

20. Evaluation Committee update.

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

22. Report from the Appraisal Review Board.

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

24. 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

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

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

27. Adjournment.

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