FY2024 Budget / Tax Rate

July 20, 2021

Agenda Regular Meeting
Board of Commissioners
July 20, 2021

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BLANCO COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 2 WILL MEET IN REGULAR SESSION ON July 20, 2021 AT 3:00 P.M. AT 431 BLANCO AVE, BCESD2 STATION TRAINING ROOM, BLANCO, TEXAS AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS SHALL BE DISCUSSED AND ACTION CONSIDERED AND/OR TAKEN.

  1. Call to Order / Announcements – Establish Quorum.
  2. Public Comment – No action may be taken on these items unless on agenda.  Please limit comments to 2 minutes per person.
  3. Consent Agenda – Items will be approved with a single vote.  Items are removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. 
    • Approval of the June 15, 2021 Meeting Minutes
    • Financial Report as of 6/30/2021
      • Monthly Financials:
        • Texas Regional: $1,368,620.27
        • TRB CD: $132,311.73
        • Lone Star MM: $246,530.88
  4. Fire & EMS Auxiliary Report
    • 3rd quarter report
    • Consider approving FY 2022 Auxiliary Budget
  5. Chiefs’ Report
    • COVID-19 Update
    • Operations Reports Fire & EMS
      • Lavender Fest / Marigold Fest Meeting – July 29th ? (Ann)
    • Review & Approve Surplus Equipment
    • Workers Compensation Coverage for FY2022
    • Facilities Report
  6. Finance & Planning Matters
    • Savings Strategy / One-Time Use Tax Payment
    • Consider Interlocal Agreement with Blanco County for Fire Inspections
    • Budget & Tax Rate for FY 2022
      • Examine Certified Estimate of the taxable value in ESD2
      • Review proposed FY 2022 Budget and consideration of any changes.
      • Consider approval of the FY 2022 ESD2 Budget (including the Auxiliary Budget).
      • Consider approval of Interlocal Agreement with BCESD1 for shared expenses for EMS Chief. 
      • Revise Tax Rate Planning Calendar – Public Hearing, if needed, to Thursday, August 12, 2021, 12:00 noon.  
      • Set proposed tax rate. 
  7. Executive Session – Discuss personnel matters, real estate, meet with attorney as authorized by Texas Government Code. 
  8. Return to Open Session: Discuss and consider action on matters discussed in Executive Session
  9. Adjourn:  Set Date & Time for Next Meeting 

The District reserves the right to consider and take action on the above agenda items in any order.  It also reserves the right to enter into a closed meeting on any agenda item as allowed by law.  If at a meeting of a governmental body, a member of the public or of the governmental body inquiries about a subject for which notice has not been given as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, the notice provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act do not apply to a statement of specific factual information given in response to the inquiry; a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry.  Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for the next meeting. 

CERTIFICATE OF POSTING 72 HOUR NOTICE
The above Notice of Meeting was posted at 3:00 P.M. on this 17th day of July 2021 at a place convenient to the public at the Blanco County ESD 2 Station, 431 Blanco Ave., Blanco, Texas and on the Blanco County ESD 2 website at bcesd2.com.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL of office on the above date.
By: /s/ Ben Oakley