[10. Receive, consider and act upon the Montgomery Central Appraisal District Board of Directors Election ballot of the Special Districts Candidate and approve a resolution in connection therewith;]

>> SECOND . . - >> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE . >> THE MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE MONTGOMERY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION BALLOT OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS CANDIDATE AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH YOU CAN READ FROM PAGE 46 OR 49 ON YOUR

LAPTOP. >> AS THE BOARD IS AWARE THE

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TOWNSHIP IS TREATED AS A CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT -- ELECTION PROCESS. IN DECEMBER THE BOARD DID NOMINATE ARTHUR BREDEHOFT AS A CANDIDATE AND IN THE CURRENT PHASE YOU DO HAVE A BALLOT THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AS A WHOLE WILL CAST FOR AT LEAST ONE OR YOU CAN DIVIDE YOUR VOTES AMONG SEVERAL CANDIDATES. THERE IS A BALLOT WAS SEVEN CANDIDATE NAMES. THEY ARE LUIS PEDRAZA ROBERT WALKER ,,CHARLES SHIRLEY KIMBERLY PARRISH ,BRUCE RIESER ,DALE INMAN ,. -- BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PIECE THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD WILL DO RIGHT NOW.

>> THANK YOU. >> I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT THIS AND WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED PHONE CALLS I ASSUME BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT HAPPENED AND LET SOME OF THE DIRECTORS ASK QUESTIONS.

>> MY NAME IS SHERRY HUNTER AND I AM THE NEWLY APPOINTED -- OF THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND I WAS INFORMED THAT WE WERE TO BE GOING THROUGH AN ELECTION PROCESS FOR A NEW BOARD FOR OUR FIVE APPOINTED BOARD MEMBER STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2025. WE TOOK ACTION TO START CONDUCTING THE ELECTION WHICH WE ARE DOING NOW. THE PROCESS IS FOR OUR RESERVATION -- RECLAMATION AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT. USUALLY CALLED SPECIAL DISTRICTS BUT, RECLAMATION AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT. WE ARE DOING THAT NOW AND THAT ENDS ON FRIDAY SO EVERYONE WITHIN THE MUD DISTRICT AND -- ARE TO CAST A VOTE AND HAVE THOSE IN BY FRIDAY. YOU CAN SEND THOSE BY EMAIL, MAIL THEM IN, OR SEND THEM BY COURIER.

WHEN THE VOTES ARE CAST I WILL CALCULATE VOTES AND THEN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, WE WILL SEND OUT THE GENERAL BALLOT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE BOARD IN PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING ON A HOLDOVER BOARD BECAUSE THE ELECTION GOT STARTED LATE AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS WE ARE DOING THE MAIN BALLOT AND STARTING FEBRUARY 24, THAT PARTICULAR BALLOT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH MARCH 21ST, THE DEADLINE MADE FOR ALL VOTES TO BE IN TO US AND THAT IS FOR SCHOOLS, COUNTIES, CITIES, AS WELL AS THE MUD AND ESD. WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE WE WILL DO THE CALCULATION AND THE BOARD WILL BE SEATED FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH 2025. WITH THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD FOR

2025. >> SO, THERE WILL BE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL SERVE ON THIS BOARD?

>> YES . >> A TOTAL OF FIVE BUT WITH THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT, WOULD THAT BE DIFFERENT THAN THE SCHOOLS, COUNTIES, CITIES? SINCE THIS IS A NEW PROCESS, WILL THERE BE TWO SEPARATE? OR WILL THIS BE A SPECIAL-PURPOSE

CANDIDATE IN THE MAY ELECTION? >> THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THE ELECTION ENDS ON FRIDAY AND THAT WILL BE THE NOMINEE FOR THE SPECIAL DISTRICT. THEY WILL GO ON THE GENERAL BALLOT WITH THE OTHER NOMINEES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITIES AND THE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE COUNTY. A BALLOT WILL GO OUT TO EVERYONE TO VOTE

IN THAT ELECTION. >> EVERY ENTITY LIKE THE SCHOOLS, COUNTIES, NOT A GENERAL ELECTION FOR ALL RESIDENTS?

>> IT WILL GO TO EVERYONE. THE SCHOOLS, COUNTIES, THE MUD DISTRICTS. EVERYONE THAT IS ENTITLED TO VOTE .

>> HOW WILL THAT GO OUT? VIA EMAIL?

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>> WE TYPICALLY SEND THOSE OUT VIA MELT BUT WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS TO SEND THEM OUT VIA EMAIL AS WELL.

>> THAT, THEN WE AS A BOARD WILL VOTE IN MAY?

>> IN MARCH . >> WE WILL VOTE FOR ONE OR FIVE?

>> YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTES HOWEVER YOU WANT. WHEN I SEND THE LETTER TO YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW MANY VOTES YOU ARE ENTITLED TO. YOU CAN CUSS THEM ALL FOR ONE NOMINEE OR SPLIT THEM AMONGST NOMINEES BUT YOU CANNOT VOTE MORE THAN THE ALLOTTED ENTITLEMENT YOU RECEIVE.

>> WHAT IS THE TERM OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS?

>> WITH THE NEW SENATE BILL 2 WE HAVE FIVE POSITIONS OPEN THAT ARE FOR APPOINTED DIRECTORS. THREE ARE ELECTED AND THE OTHER FIVE ARE APPOINTED. OF THE FIVE APPOINTED, THREE WILL GO THROUGH A TWO-YEAR TERM AND TO WILL GO THROUGH A ONE-YEAR TERM .

>> HOW WAS THAT DECIDED? >> IT WILL BE THE TWO THAT RECEIVE THE LEAST NUMBER OF VOTES. THE TWO THAT RECEIVED THE LEAST NUMBER OF VOTES WILL SERVE THE ONE YEAR TERM.

>> AS RESIDENCE -- AS RESIDENTS WE GET ABOUT AS WELL?

>> NO. THOSE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS .

>> CAN YOU MAKE THIS A LITTLE LESS CONFUSING? PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE OPERATING UNDER STATUTE. SO, IT IS A BIT STRANGE BUT A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROLLOVER OR HOLDOVER BOARD. WHEN OUR NOMINEE CAME TO US LAST MEETING AND WE ALL NOMINATED ARTHUR BREDEHOFT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WE COULD ONLY NOMINATE ONE PERSON. THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT BUT NOW WE HAVE FIVE NOMINEES TO CHOOSE FROM. COULD WE HAVE NOMINATED MORE

THAN ONE PERSON THAT NIGHT? >> YES .

>> WE COULD HAVE. BUT WE DID NOT KNOW THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE INTERESTED AT THE TIME. AT LEAST I DID NOT. AT LEAST IN THE WOODLANDS WAS INTERESTED NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON ON THAT LIST WHO ACTUALLY SERVED ON THIS BOARD FROM THE WOODLANDS SO THERE WOULD BE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW CANDIDATES THAT LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS. I HEARD YOU SAY WE CAN ONLY VOTE FOR ONE

TONIGHT. IS THAT TRUE? >> I DID NOT SAY THAT. DOES FOR CLARIFICATION, THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE, THE BALLOT THAT YOU HAVE, IF YOU CHOOSE TO CAST VOTES AMONG EVERY PERSON YOU CAN OR YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTES ALL TOWARDS ONE PERSON, OR YOU CAN SPLIT THEM AMONGST THE PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT. IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO

YOU. >> AND CAROL WILL EXPLAIN HOW WE CAN VOTE. SO THE HOLDOVER BOARD, ARE YOU ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS? EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT OFFICIAL?

>> YES, WE CAN. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE BOARD ATTORNEY HERE WITH ME TO CLARIFY. HE IS THE ONE THAT I HAD TO REACH OUT TO AS SOON AS I FOUND OUT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AN ELECTION.

>> IS THIS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE STATE? IF YOU CAN ADDRESS

THAT TOO? >> MY NAME IS JOE LONG GORIA WITH AND WE ARE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND LITIGATION COUNSEL. WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT THE HOLDOVER BOARD, THAT IS GOVERNED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION STATES THAT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IF THEY RESIGN OR COME OFF THE BOARD FOR WHATEVER REASON OR IF THERE TERM IS EXPIRED. IF THEY COME OFF THE BOARD AND LEAVE A VACANCY, THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSOR IS DULY

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QUALIFIED. THE DULY QUALIFIED ASPECT OF THAT CAN OCCUR IN A VARIETY OF FASHIONS. IN THIS INSTANCE IT WILL OCCUR WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE ELECTION. WITH OTHER ENTITIES THAT CAN BE BY APPOINTMENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY. OR IT CAN BE AN ELECTION OR A SPECIALIZED ELECTION SUCH AS WE HAVE HERE BUT THAT ALLOWS -- THEY HAVE A DUTY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND DISCHARGE THEIR DUTIES. THIS BOARD HAS CONTINUED TO MEET TO DO THE BASIC OPERATIONS OF GOVERNANCE SUCH AS AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF VENDOR FEES. AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS. AUTHORIZING DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. MISS HUNTER IS THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND THE BOARD APPROVES HER OPERATIONS AND GIVES HER DIRECTION TO COMPLETE POLICY REQUIREMENTS. IT IS MY OPINION AND I HAVE SAID IT IN WRITING AS WELL TOO MANY DISTRICTS, WHEN THIS OCCURS, HOLDOVER MEMBERS CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BODY. THEY COUNT TOWARDS A QUORUM AND UNTIL THEY ARE REPLACED THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS, INCLUDING OLD CASE LAW THAT HOLD THAT SO IT IS LONG-STANDING TEXAS CASE LAW SO THAT IS WHY THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO SERVE UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE DULY QUALIFIED WHICH WILL OCCUR WHEN THE ELECTION IS COMPLETED. AND YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION?

>> IS THIS A GENERALIZED PROBLEM ACROSS THE STATE? OR JUST OUR

COUNTY? >> CHIEF APPRAISER HUNTER REFERRED TO SENATE BILL 2. THAT IS A NEW LAW THAT WAS PASSED BY THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATURE AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME ALL BOARD MEMBERS OR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WERE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNING BODIES OF ALL OF THE TAXING UNITS IN THIS SPECIAL ELECTION YOU ARE GOING THROUGH NOW.

TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THE LEGISLATIVE SPECIAL SESSION, THEY FOURTH SESSION, THE BILL THAT WAS PASSED INCLUDED A PROVISION THAT CONTAINS NOT ONLY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR FIVE APPOINTED MEMBERS, WHICH YOU ARE GOING THROUGH NOW BUT ALSO THE CONDUCT OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, SUBJECT TO THE ELECTION CODE, OF THREE ELECTED MEMBERS AND THAT IS STATEWIDE WITH REGARD TO POPULOUS COUNTIES. I BELIEVE THAT IS COUNTIES THAT HAVE POPULATIONS OVER 120,000. THE COUNTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOU, THEY ARE TINY. THEY ARE OPERATING UNDER THE OLD APPOINTMENT PROCESS. AND THERE ARE PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT BY THIS STATUTE. IT IS THE LONG WAY AROUND THE BARN BUT THIS IS A NEW STATEWIDE APPROACH THAT AFFECTS CERTAIN COUNTIES.

IF THEY ARE OVER 120,000, IT AFFECTS THEM.

>> FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE ONE MORE. I THINK THERE ARE SEVEN LISTED IN THE BOARD PACKET. ARE THEY ALSO THE ONES THAT THE SCHOOLS, COUNTIES, AND CITIES WILL SELECT? WILL

THEY VOTE ON THE SAME PEOPLE? >> IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION

CORRECTLY -- >> ARE THE NOMINEES, THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM THAT ARE LISTED ON OUR BALLOT. ARE THEY THE SAME SEVEN THAT WILL BE ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? THE CITIES, THE

COUNTIES? >> NOT NECESSARILY. YOU MIGHT HAVE A CROSSOVER WHERE A CANDIDATE IS PLACED ON THE NOMINEE LIST, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE ALL DOING NOW. YOU MIGHT HAVE A CROSSOVER WHERE SOMEBODY NOMINATES PERSON A AND A COUNTY NOMINATES PERSON A AS WELL. IT JUST DEPENDS. THINK OF THIS AS, WHAT YOU ARE ALL CONSIDERING IS WHO WILL BE THE NOMINEE FOR THE MAIN BALLOT. THAT IS WHAT MISS CONNOR WAS REFERRING TO. YOU WILL SELECT A NOMINEE, SPECIAL DISTRICTS. ALL OF THOSE GO TO A

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SPECIAL DISTRICT BUCKET OF VOTES AND WHEN THOSE COUNTS ARE COMPLETED, THE WINNER OF THIS ELECTION WILL WIND UP ON THE GENERAL BALLOT ALONG WITH ALL OF THE NOMINEES OR ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES, SCHOOLS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

>> I AM SURE THE SENATE BILL HAD GOOD INTENTIONS BUT THIS IS THE MOST COMPLICATED THING. THIS IS CRAZY. I JUST THINK, THEY ARE IN SESSION RIGHT NOW AND THEY NEED TO FIX IT.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THIS IS SOME OF

THEM. >> WHAT I THINK I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THEN, IF THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT NOMINEE IS THEN PLACED ON THE OVERALL, THEY MAY NOT BE ELECTED OVERALL.

>> THAT IS POSSIBLE. >> THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A POSSIBILITY EVEN OLDER THE OLD METHOD.

>> WHAT ACTION ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THIS EVENING?

>> I WANT TO BE SURE EVERYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ANSWERED. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK?

>> I JUST WANT TO TALK THIS OUT. OF THE INDIVIDUALS WE ARE CONSIDERING TONIGHT, ONLY ONE IS MOVING ONTO THE BALLOT FOR SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICTS AND I THINK WHAT I HEARD DOCTOR SCHNEIDER SAY IS THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET ONTO THE GENERAL

BALLOT. >> THE WINNER OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT NOMINATION WILL BE ON THE MAIN BALLOT. THEY MAY NOT

WIN. >> OKAY.

>> IT IS NOT QUITE A PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION BUT IT IS ANALOGOUS TO THAT. THERE IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY, NOMINATE A SINGLE PERSON THAT WILL END UP ON THE BALLOT.

>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW MANY VOTE AT THE END?

>> I WILL DEFER TO MISS HUNTER.

>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?

>> I AM JUST WONDERING, AFTER ALL THESE VOTES OR NAMES ARE PUT ON THE BALLOT, HOW MANY PEOPLE END UP VOTING? ARE WE TALKING

THOUSANDS? HUNDREDS? >> IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE APPOINTED MEMBERS THE PUBLIC DOES NOT

VOTE. IT IS THE JURISDICTION. >> RIGHT.

>> IT IS THE SCHOOL, CITY, COUNTY, ESD. SO, TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION I DO NOT HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> YOU CANNOT TELL US HOW MANY VOTES CONROE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT HOUSE? >> OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD?

>> APPROXIMATE. >> BETWEEN 13 AND 1365, I

BELIEVE. >> THE VOTE ALLOCATION IS CALCULATED ON A PRO RATA SHARE OF THE TAX LEVY SO THAT GIVES

YOU AN IDEA. >> I AM GLAD YOU ARE BOTH HERE.

>> IS THIS WORTH THE AGGRAVATION? THAT IS THE SECOND

QUESTION . >> IT IS COMPLICATED.

>> IT WILL TAKE UP THE WHOLE NEWSPAPER TO REPORT ON THIS THING. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT TO

EXPLAIN THE PROCESS? >> THANK YOU, BOTH FOR COMING.

>> THIS WAS A BIG HELP. >> I WAS GOING TO HAVE YOU

EXPLAIN THE PROCESS . >> JUST A QUICK RECAP. THIS IS THE SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTION THAT YOU ARE VOTING IN. WHOEVER ADVANCES WILL GO INTO THE GENERAL BALLOT FOR ALL TAXING

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DISTRICTS TO MOVE VOTE ON WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION WHICH IS WHAT THE RESIDENCE VOTE IN. THE GENERAL BALLOT WILL DETERMINE WHAT FIVE DIRECTORS , THE GENERAL ELECTION THAT THE VOTERS WILL VOTE ON WILL DETERMINE THEORY THE THREE

VOTER ELECTED. >> SO THE PUBLIC GETS TO SAY

THREE PEOPLE? >> RIGHT.

>> NOW I HEARD THAT THE PUBLIC DID NOT VOTE ON THIS.

>> THE GENERAL BALLOT, THAT THE TAXING DISTRICTS VOTE ON, ARE ONLY -- IT IS AN ELECTION PROCESS TO GET TO AN APPOINTMENT. WE GO THROUGH AN ELECTION PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHO IS ON THE DSC AND IT IS REALLY JUST BALLOT VOTING --

>> SO MY NEIGHBOR DOES NOT VOTE ON THIS?

>> ON THE THREE THAT WILL COME LATER, THAT IS WHERE YOUR NEIGHBOR OR ANY -- IN THE DISTRICT WILL GET TO VOTE .

>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THE TOWNSHIP HAS 130 VOTES AND THERE ARE SEVEN CANDIDATES SO, WE WALKED THROUGH A PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHAT MIGHT BE THE MOST SYSTEMATIC WAY TO NARROW DOWN WHO THE BOARD WOULD CAST VOTES FOR AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIMILAR PROCESS WHERE WE ARE NARROWING DOWN CANDIDATES TO GET TO WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD STANDS WHEN WE GET TO THE PROCESS, WE PUT TOGETHER A BALLOT PROCESS THAT LOOKS MUCH LIKE THAT. RENÉ WILL PASS OUT A BALLOT TO YOU. WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS IN TWO ROUNDS AND THE FIRST ROUND, WHAT YOU WILL DO, YOU WILL MAKE AN X OR A CHECKMARK NEXT TO ANY CANDIDATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CAST VOTES FOR. ONCE WE HAVE DETERMINED WHO THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN CASTING VOTES FOR WE WILL

DETERMINE. >> WHY CAN WE NOT SAY WE WOULD

LIKE TO VOTE FOR A, B, AND C? >> IT IS HONESTLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD TO TRY TO HAVE A METHODICAL APPROACH TO IT SO, IT IS NOT A SERIES OF MOTION AFTER MOTION. IF EVERYBODY AGREES IT IS SIMPLE. EVERYBODY MAKES A MOTION FOR WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR AND IF IT IS MORE THAN ONE PERSON, HOW THOSE VOTES WOULD BE CAST IS THAT YOUR PREROGATIVE. BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE, YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN THREE OF THE CANDIDATES. YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY ONLY INTERESTED IN ONE. YOU COULD BE INTERESTED IN CASTING VOTES FOR ALL SEVEN AS MISS HUNTER EXPLAINED. YOU CAN DIVIDE THE VOTES HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH BASED ON HOW YOU HAVE HANDLED OTHER PROCESSES. THIS WOULD BE A WRITTEN BALLOT. IT IS NOT A SECRET BALLOT. THIS IS ALL PUBLIC RECORD.

>> OKAY. SO HERE AGAIN, WHAT YOU WILL DO IS JUST MAKE A CHECKMARK IN THE BOX NEXT TO THE PERSON FOR WHOM YOU WOULD LIKE TO CAST VOTES AND SIGN THE BALLOT THEN RENÉ WILL COLLECT THOSE AND WE WILL SEE WHICH CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES HAS AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN CASTING VOTES .

>> SO THIS CAN BE MORE -- YOU CAN PUT YOUR MARK NEXT TO MORE

THAN ONE NAME? >> YES. ANYONE AT ALL THEN WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHO OUT OF THE VOTES THAT ARE CAST, WHOEVER HAS AT LEAST FOUR DIRECTORS AND INTERESTED BECAUSE THAT IS THE MAJORITY NUMBER ON THE BOARD.

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>> HAVING REVIEWED ALL OF THE BALLOTS THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE THAT RECEIVED FOUR OR MORE VOTES AND THAT IS ARTHUR BREDEHOFT . WE DID HAVE ANOTHER CANDIDATE RECEIVE VOTES BUT ONLY RECEIVED THREE. SO, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD HAS SELECTED ARTHUR BREDEHOFT. BASED ON HOW WE HAD DISCUSSED THE PROCESS THAT WOULD MEAN ONLY THAT CANDIDATE WOULD ADVANCE AND RECEIVE ALL OF THE VOTES. IF THERE WAS A FOURTH PERSON THAT WAS IN INTERESTED IN FORMER DIRECTOR RIESER WE WOULD VOTE ON THAT BUT THE WAY IT WAS SET UP, THEY ALL GO TO ARTHUR BREDEHOFT BUT IT IS THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD TO FOLLOW THIS.

>> SUE WE WOULD NOT GIVE A % TO BRUCE RIESER?

>> NOT BASED ON THIS BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD DID NOT

CAST VOTES FOR RIESER. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO READ NOW. LET ME ASK, WHAT IS THE PROCESS IF WE ALL AGREED TO

CAST VOTES FOR ARTHUR? >> AT THIS STAGE THE BOARD JUST NEEDS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CAST VOTES. IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN VOTING DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A MANDATED

PROCESS. >> I CALL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE NUMBER RESOLUTION 005-25 CASTING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP VOTES FOR THE MONTGOMERY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION AND AUTHORIZE THE BOARD CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE OFFICIAL BALLOT.

>> SO MOVED . >> WHAT ARE WE DOING?

>> THAT WOULD BE CASTING 130 VOTES FOR ARTHUR BREDEHOFT.

>> SO, IF WE WANTED TO REGISTER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE LIKE 10% OR 20% GO TO BRUCE RIESER, HOW WOULD WE DO THAT? OR IS IT IMPOSSIBLE? I KNOW WE ALREADY VOTED BUT -- I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN DO THE OTHER.

>> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TONIGHT THERE IS ONLY ONE

CANDIDATE . >> WE CAN'T GIVE 10 OR 20% .

>> NO, YOU CAN. >> BASED ON THE PROCESS THAT WE USED THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAD A MAJORITY OF BOARD INTEREST WAS -- MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT TONIGHT, THE PRIMARY .

>> IN A REAL PRIMARY ONLY ONE GOES FORWARD BUT WE CAN DIVIDE

OUR VOTES . >> THE MAIN ONE IS COMING BACK THOUGH AND WE CAN VOTE FOR FIVE AT THAT TIME?

>> ONCE WE TURN IN THE BALLOT, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WILL COMBINED OUR VOTES WITH THE VOTES OF ALL OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND WILL DETERMINE WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST VOTE AND IF

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THEY RECEIVE 10% OR MORE OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT VOTE THEY WILL ADVANCE TO THE GENERAL BALLOT WHERE ALL TAXING DISTRICTS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE. SO IT IS LIKE A PRIMARY BUT YOU CAN VOTE FOR

MORE. >> BUT IN MARCH YOU CAN VOTE FOR FIVE PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD ON THAT. AND THAT IS IN GENERAL, SO

TO SPEAK? >> THE NEXT STEP IS WHAT DETERMINES WHO ULTIMATELY SITS ON THE BOARD.

>> I WILL CALL A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE NUMBER RESOLUTION 005-25 CASTING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP VOTES FOR THE MONTGOMERY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION AND AUTHORIZE THE BOARD CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE OFFICIAL BALLOT. ARTHUR BREDEHOFT REPRESENTING OUR 130 VOTES. DO I

HAVE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED .

>> SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED?

>> I GUESS I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE IT IS A BIT TOO OPAQUE

FOR MY BLOOD . >> THE MOTION CARRIES. THIS IS

[11. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;]

GREAT NEWS, RICHARD. NO LAWYERS WERE NEEDED. THIS IS AWESOME .

>> WE DON'T NEED ANY ATTORNEYS FOR THIS YET. WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING. WE HAD THE PRECINCTS OF THE CONSTABLES FROM CREEKSIDE FOUR AND THEIR COMMANDING OFFICERS AND WE HAD THE CAPTAIN ATTENDING. WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION AMONG THE CONSTABLES, DEPUTIES, AND BOARD MEMBERS AND I WOULD BRING UP THE MAIN SUBJECT, WHICH IS NOT A SURPRISE, THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS EVERYWHERE, PARTICULARLY SINCE CHRISTMAS AND IT IS A STATE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER UNTIL THERE IS ACE CHANGE AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT WAS VERY GOOD AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THE SITUATION AND THE ABILITY TO POLICE THOSE ACTIVITIES. IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND WE HAD ALL OF THE PRESIDENTS EXCEPT FOR ONE .

>> AT ABOUT THE SCOOTERS. SINCE THERE IS AN EFFORT, WE DO HAVE INPUT SO WE KNOW WE HAVE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. CAN YOU BRING THIS UP TO THE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR

CREIGHTON? >> I THINK WE ARE A BIT OFF THE

AGENDA ITEM . >> BUT WE ARE A VOICE AND WE CANNOT PASS OUR OWN ORDINANCES BUT I THINK IT IS A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT DEAD CHILDREN OR DEAD SENIORS KNOCKED OVER OR HAVE A CONCUSSION OR A BLEED BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS SCOOTING AROUND ON A MOTORIZED BICYCLE OR SCOOTER.

>> WE WILL MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DISCUSS THIS AND FIGURE IT OUT. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REPORT?

>> SO MOVED . >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIES . THERE IS

[12. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;]

A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION SO, WE WILL RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO 551.072, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE; DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO 551.087, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE; DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS PURSUANT TO 551.074, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE; DISCUSS IT NETWORK OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY PURSUANT TO 551.089, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE; AND TO CONSULT WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP'S ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO 551.071, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. WE WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC SESSION

[13. Reconvene in public session;]

[14. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;]

>> WE ARE NOW RECONVENED. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME. WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 14, CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. I

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KNOW SHELLEY PROBABLY HAS A LIST BUT SHE IS NOT HERE. I WOULD LIKE A REPORT ON REFORESTATION AND THE TREE REMOVAL FROM THE HURRICANE AND WHERE WE STAND ON THAT. WE OWN PROPERTY AND I THINK -- IS A LITTLE BEHIND IN THE TRIMMING AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SOME -- ON TOWNSHIP PROPERTY THAT ARE KIND OF BARREN. SHELLEY YOU BROUGHT ONE OF THE OTHER DAY .

>> YES. THE INTERSECTION AT SOUTH MILL BAND AND GROW BEN'S MILL. IT HAS BEEN WORKED ON AND IMPROVED BUT, IT IS SCALPED AND IT DOES NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE HOW THE WOODLANDS SHOULD LOOK.

WE HAVE PIPES COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. IT NEEDS HELP BUT ALL ALONG THE PARKWAY, ALL ALONG WOODLANDS PARKWAY BETWEEN 45 ALL THE WAY TO 2978 IT IS BEGINNING TO LOOK MORE AND MORE LIKE 242 WHICH IT SHOULD NEVER LOOK THAT WAY TO BEGIN WITH. WE DON'T WANT TWO MAJOR ROADWAYS IN OUR TOWNSHIP TO HAVE FEWER AND FEWER

TREES ON IT. >> CAN WE LOOK AT THIS AGENDA ITEM? LOOK AT REALLOCATING SOME OF OUR REFORESTATION TREES TO SOME OF THE YES 1A? TO HAVE TREES PLANTED THERE.

>> WHERE THEY ARE NOT SO VISIBLE TO THE DRIVING PUBLIC.

INAUDIBLE ] >> IF WE CAN WORK IN AGREEMENT

WITH THE COUNTY . >> IT HAS TO BE COUNTY BECAUSE WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR THE ESPLANADE. I THINK THIS REQUIRES A WORKING DOCUMENT WITH BOTH COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER RILEY AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER WHEELER.