Fort Bend Central Appraisal District Board of Directors • Consist of 5 members • Serve a two-year term begins on January 1 of even-numbered years • Elected by the county, cities, school districts, conservation and reclamation districts (MUDs and LIDs)
Eligibility Requirements • Residency Requirements – Must be at least a two-year resident of the district just prior to swearing in • Employment – Cannot be a taxing unit employee • Relative – Cannot be a relative within the second degree by blood or marriage of persons conducting business in the district as a paid property tax agent or a fee appraiser
Eligibility Requirement (cont.) • Contract Services – Cannot provide contracted services to the district or have a 10% interest in a business doing so – Cannot provide contracted services involving property tax matters to a taxing unit or have a 10% interest in a business doing so
Allocation of Votes (5,000 Total)
Sugar Land Other Cities 186 121 MUDs/ LIDs/ Other 1,234
Other Schools 1,309
Fort Bend County 837
Fort Bend ISD 1,313
Current Board Members • • • • •
Al Abramczyk Jim Kij Paul Stamatis Albert Glover Rhonda Zacharias
Potential Candidates: Current Board Members Agreeing to Serve Another Term if Elected: • Al Abramczyk • Jim Kij • Paul Stamatis • Rhonda Zacharias Nominated by Conservation & Reclamation Districts: Sam Mayson
Outline • October 6 – Approve Resolution to nominate one or more candidates for the ballot • Before October 15 – Nominations due to the Chief Appraiser • By October 30 – Chief Appraiser will prepare a ballot and send to the entities for voting • December 1 – Cast votes • Before December 17 – Entities will vote and submit the votes to the Chief Appraiser
Recommendation Approve Resolution No. 15-34 Nominating One or More Candidates for the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for the 2016-2017 Election