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Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors met July 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

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. Recognition of HCAD 2025 Summer Interns.

6. Comments from members of the public.

Speakers will be limited to three (3) minutes.

7. Report by a committee chair or a designee of the committee chair summarizing the result of the committee’s latest meetings.

8. Presentation on the proposed budget for the Harris Central Appraisal District for year 2026.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

9. Public hearing on the proposed budget for the Harris Central Appraisal District for year 2026.

10. Board discussion on the proposed budget for the Harris Central Appraisal District for year 2026.

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 June 18, 2025.

b. Discussion and possible action to approve travel for the board members who plan to attend the International Association of Assessing Officers Annual Conference September 21 through September 24, 2025.

c. Receive the district’s monthly financial reports.

d. 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 approve Resolution 2025-06 to consider the establishment of an election services fund.

13. Discussion and possible action to review and approve the award of a contract for print and mail services for the appraisal district headquarters building at 13013 Northwest Freeway.

14. Discussion and possible action to approve the purchase of additional servers and a one-year VMware licensing subscription for the district’s main data center. The purchase would be made through DIR vendors Centre Technologies, Inc., and Accudata Systems respectively, in the total amount of $498,000.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

15. Report on protests and hearings, including electronic settlement activities.

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

17. Report from the Appraisal Review Board.

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

19. Executive session for the purpose of: (a) considering the appointment of appraisal review board members; and (b) 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; (c) 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; (d) considering the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices; (e) 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

20. Discussion and possible action to approve the press release, posting, and job description to fill the chief appraiser position for Harris Central Appraisal District.

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

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

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

24. Adjournment.

https://hcad.org/assets/uploads/pdf/resources/2025/Agenda-final-Regular-meeting-July-16-2025.pdf