Item 8B - MemoCITY OF
SOUTHLAKE
MEMORANDUM
September 30, 2025
To: Alison Orlowski, City Manager
From: Amy Shelley, City Secretary
Item 8B
Subject: Resolution No. 25-040, nominating candidate(s) to the Tarrant
Appraisal District Board of Directors.
Action
Requested: Approve Resolution No. 25-040, nominating candidate(s) to the
Tarrant Appraisal District Board of Directors.
Background
Information: The Tarrant Appraisal District is seeking nominations for candidates
to serve on the board of Directors. The terms of service for the
members of the current Board of Directors will expire on December
31, 2025. Each voting unitmay nominate one candidate foreach of
the two positions to be filled but are not required to make any
nomination or may nominate any number up to two. Nominations
must be submitted to the Chief Appraiser as a resolution or official
action adopted by the City Council by October 15, 2025.
The current Board of Directors up for reappointment are:
Mike Alfred
Wendy Burgess
In order to be eligible to serve as directors, the nominees must
have resided in Tarrant County for at least two years prior to
January 1, 2026. They may serve on the governing bodyof a taxing
unit in the County and still be eligible to serve as a Director.
However, an employee of a taxing unit is prohibited from serving as
a Director unless that employee is also an elected official of the
governing body. A Director may not be related to a person who is in
the business of appraising property for property tax purposes or
represents property owners for compensation in proceedings in the
appraisal district or appraised property for use in a proceeding in
the appraisal district or who is employed by the appraisal district. A
person is ineligible to serve as a director if the individual or a
business in which the individual has a substantial interest, enters
into a contract with the appraisal district or enters into a contract
with a taxing unit in the district, if that contact relates to the
performance of an activity governed by Title I of the Texas Property
Tax Code (for example, appraising property for tax purposed or
determining eligibility for exemptions). A substantial interest exists
where the individual and spouse have a combined ownership of at
least 10% of the voting stock or shares of a business, or either of
them is a partner, limited partner or an office.