September 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Supplemental Notice

Agenda

Agenda

1. SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
In accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 2254.1036(a)(1), Buna Independent School District provides the following written notice to the public.
The Agenda for the meeting of the Board of Trustees for Buna Independent School District on the 8th day of September, 2026, contains an agenda item for the consideration of a contingent fee contract with the law firm of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg, and Allen, P.C., for the collection of delinquent property taxes and legal representation pursuant to Texas Tax Code Sections 6.24(d) and 6.30. Specifically, the Board of Trustees will discuss and consider whether McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. is a well-qualified law firm based on demonstrated competence, qualifications, and experience in collecting delinquent taxes, and whether the contract negotiated between Buna Independent School District and McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. is for a fair and reasonable price as provided for in Texas Tax Code, Section 6.30(c) and Texas Government Code Section 2254.1032. In accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 2254.1036(a)(1), Buna Independent School District provides the following written notice to the public in connection with the above Agenda Item:

Buna Independent School District (the “School District”) is pursuing the legal services of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C., a delinquent tax collection law firm, and intends to begin a relationship with McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. The desired outcome of the legal services would be to provide for the efficient and effective collection of the delinquent property taxes that are owed to Buna Independent School District and to obtain legal representation for the School District.
There is no current or prior relationship between McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C., and Buna Independent School District.
Buna Independent School District currently has an interlocal agreement with Jasper County through which a contingent fee contract for the same services with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP exists, and Buna Independent School District desires to terminate this interlocal agreement and contingent fee contract, and simultaneously enter into a contingent fee contract with the law firm of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C., for the collection of delinquent property taxes and legal representation.
McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. has been competently collecting delinquent taxes for over sixty years and currently represents hundreds of Texas taxing units in the collection of delinquent taxes. McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. is a competent, qualified, and experienced delinquent tax collection law firm that provides effective collection of delinquent property taxes in as short a time period as possible for the statutory contingent fee provided for by Sections 6.30, 33.07, 33.08, and 33.11 of the Texas Tax Code.
Texas Tax Code, Section 6.30 provides that the Board of Trustees may contract with a private attorney to collect delinquent taxes for a contingent fee not to exceed 20 percent of the amount of the delinquent taxes and accrued statutory penalty and interest collected. This contingent fee is added to the amount paid by the delinquent property owners. The delinquent property owners pay for the collection services provided by McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. Therefore, the delinquent tax collection services provided by McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. pursuant to the contingent fee contract are without cost to the School District.
The legal services desired by the School District that are the subject of the contract cannot be adequately performed by an attorney and supporting personnel of the School District due to the high cost of implementing the appropriate infrastructure and technology and employing sufficient attorneys and staff to perform these activities.
The legal services desired by the School District that are the subject of the contract cannot be reasonably obtained from attorneys in private practice under a contract providing for the payment of hourly fees without contingency because the School District does not have funds in its budget to pay the estimated hourly fees and other costs incurred to implement an effective delinquent tax collection program under a contract providing only for the payment of hourly fees and costs. Texas Tax Code, sections 6.30, 33.07, 33.08, and 33.11 allow the School District to recover a penalty to defray the costs of collecting delinquent taxes, only if the School District has entered into a contract with a private attorney pursuant to Texas Tax Code Section 6.30.
To defray the cost of collecting delinquent taxes as provided by Texas Tax Code, Sections 6.30, 33.07, 33.08, and 33.11, to save money and ensure that the collection of delinquent property taxes is diligently prosecuted throughout the School District, a contingent fee contract with McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. is in the best interest of the School District and the residents located within the School District.
Except for the contingent fee for delinquent tax collections as provided for by paragraph 3. and 4. above, there is no additional charge by McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. for the legal representation of the School District as provided for by the contract.

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