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Consider recommendation from the Finance/Administrative Committee to adopt the annual budget for fiscal year 2019 and assessing aquifer management fee and program aquifer management fee rates for 2019.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 11-18-916 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors adopting the annual budget, as amended, for fiscal year 2019, and assessing the aquifer management fee and program aquifer management fee rates for 2019, as follows:
Non-agricultural management fee (General Fund) -- $46 per acre-foot
Agricultural aquifer management fee (General Fund) -- $2 per acre-foot
Non-agricultural program aquifer management fee (EAHCP Fund) -- $38 per acre-foot
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider a Finance/Administrative Committee recommendation to adopt the proposed budget, and associated aquifer management fee (AMF) and program AMF rates for 2019. EAA staff presented the General Manager’s 2019 Proposed Budget to the board on September 11. Following the recommendation of the Finance/Administrative Committee, the board at the October 9 meeting, authorized staff to conduct public meetings on the proposed budget, AMF rate, and program AMF rate. EAA staff held three public meetings on the 2019 proposed budget as summarized below:
· Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 6:00 PM, Edwards Aquifer Authority Board Room
· Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 2:00 PM, New Braunfels Civic Center, New Braunfels, TX
· Friday, October 15, 2018 at 10:00 AM, SSGT Willie De Leon Civic Center, Uvalde, TX
A total of eight individuals attended these three public hearings. Staff answered general questions on the proposed budget at the meeting held on October 11. No written comments were submitted for the proposed budget.
In addition, the EAHCP Budget Work Group, established by the EAHCP Implementing Committee, met on October 4, 2018 to review and discuss the EAA 2019 budget process and to monito...
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