2019-165 Nominations for DCAD Board of DirectorsDate: August 16, 2019 Report No. 2019-165
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Nominations for DCAD Board of Directors
BACKGROUND:
The Denton Central Appraisal District (DCAD) has requested nominations to their Board of Directors (memo attached). This item will be included on the September 17, 2019 City Council Agenda. The purpose of this informal staff report is to notify you of the nomination process in
advance so that you can give adequate consideration to your nominee(s). The City can nominate up to five candidates. Please let me know of your recommended nominee(s) by September 9, 2019, in order to prepare the documents for the City Council Agenda.
Board members serve two-year terms, and all five board member positions are subject to the
nomination process every two years. The number of votes a taxing unit has is determined by their proportional share of the total levy in the district from the prior tax year. There are a total of 5,000 votes throughout the district. One thousand votes are the maximum number needed to elect a local representative/nominee to the Board of Directors. In December of 2017, the City of Denton cast 191 votes George Pryor to serve on the DCAD Board of Directors.
The current Board of Directors is as follows:
Charles Stafford - Chairman David Terre – Vice Chairman
Mike Hassett – Secretary Roy Atwood – Member George Pryor – Member
Michelle French – Ex Officio Member
DISCUSSION:
This year, the City has 174 votes, DISD has 671 votes and Denton County has 548 votes. The following is a summarization of DCAD’s nomination process.
Prior to October 1st - DCAD notifies taxing entities of the number of votes they are entitled to cast for appointing board members.
Prior to October 15th - Nominations are submitted to DCAD by each jurisdiction. Each jurisdiction
can nominate up to five candidates.
Date: August 16, 2019 Report No. 2019-165
Prior to October 30th - DCAD compiles a comprehensive list of the nominees and forwards to each taxing unit in the form of a ballot.
Prior to December 15 - The taxing jurisdictions choose by written resolution the candidate (s) of their choice. The jurisdiction then submits the name (s) and the votes cast to DCAD.
Prior to December 31st - DCAD tabulates the votes and forwards the results back to the jurisdictions. The five candidates that receive the most votes become the Board of Directors as of
January 1st.
ATTACHMENT:
1.DCAD Memo
STAFF CONTACT: David Gaines, Director of Finance
(940)-349-8260
David.Gaines@cityofdenton.com
REQUESTOR:
Staff Generated
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS: Finance
STAFF TIME TO COMPLETE REPORT: 2 hours