May 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Laini Simmons - Place 1
Andy Campbell - Place 2
Jonathan Stanmore - Place 3

All three places were unopposed, no election was held.

Description:  Nominations are needed for President, Vice President and Secretary

Description:  A consent agenda is an item listed on the regular agenda that groups routine items under one agenda heading.  This allows the Board to take a unified motion and action on all routine items listed under the consent agenda instead of taking separate votes on each item.

Description:  Audience participation at a Board meeting is limited to the portion
of the meeting designated to receive public comment in accordance
with this policy. At all other times during a Board meeting, the
audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being
considered by the Board, unless requested by the presiding officer.

At regular Board meetings, the Board shall permit public comment,
regardless of whether the topic is an item on the agenda posted
with notice of the meeting.

Individuals who wish to participate during the portion of the meeting
designated for public comment shall sign up with the presiding
officer or designee before the meeting begins as specified in the
Board’s procedures on public comment and shall indicate the
agenda item or topic on which they wish to address the Board.
Public comment shall occur at the beginning of the meeting.
Except as permitted by this policy and the Board’s procedures on
public comment, an individual’s comments to the Board shall not
exceed two(2) minutes per meeting.

Specific factual information or recitation of existing policy may be
furnished in response to inquiries, but the Board shall not deliberate
or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the
agenda posted with notice of the meeting.

 

Description:  As addressed in CCAD recent board meeting:
Based on the Cass County Appraisal District’s audited financial reports there were $78,365 in unexpended funds from the 2024 appraisal district budget.  At this time the appraisal district wishes to commit the $78,365 for use in the 2025 budget for the state-mandated homestead audit and to the Texas County and District Retirement Systems for employees retirement funding as a capital expenditure.  Attached are the two resolution’s committing the unexpended funds. The $78,365 increase in 2025 will be paid for from the unexpended funds from 2024, and will not increase the contribution from any taxing unit to the Cass County Appraisal District’s operating budget for the 2025 fiscal year.  The Board of Directors of the Appraisal District took action on this item at the April 24 meeting.

Description:  This agreement allows Region 8 Commodity Processing and Food Purchasing Cooperative to procure certain food products and commodity processing on behalf of participating members.  This is renewed each year.

Description:  Mr. Simon recommends the release and permission to auction 5 buses that have not been in use for over 3 years.  Once they have been released, they will be auctioned by competitive sealed bid.

Description:  Coach McMellon recommends the release and permission to auction the attached list of excess ag equipment. Once they have been released, they will be auctioned by competitive sealed bid.