2019-188 DCAD CandidatesDate: November 8, 2019 Report No. 2019-188
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT
TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
List of Candidates for DCAD Board of Directors
BACKGROUND:
The Denton Central Appraisal District (DCAD) has provided the list of candidates for their Board
of Directors (memo attached). This item will be included on the December 3, 2019 City Council
Agenda. The purpose of this informal staff report is to notify you of the process and provide the
list of candidates in advance so that you can give adequate consideration before the Council vote
on December 3, 2019.
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 for 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. On
September 10, 2019, City Council voted to nominate Rick Woolfolk. City Council may elect to
cast all Denton’s votes for one candidate, or split the 174 votes among multiple candidates. 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: November 8, 2019 Report No. 2019-188
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:
Regular report
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS:
Finance
STAFF TIME TO COMPLETE REPORT: The estimated amount of cumulative staff time to
complete the report is 2 hours.