The Railroad Commission of Texas met on October 10, 2017 to take up a full agenda. The report below covers discussion on administrative matters such as technology services, internal audits, and the hiring of a new executive director.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
185. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. Recommendation to approve contract award for the Business Process Mapping Solicitation.
- Sitton- So this is an opportunity to get an evaluation of us to help us get an idea of what people see that we might not?
- Yes, so we know what we need to do, and how it can be done the most efficiently.
- Sitton- So getting more efficient at the business side, and worry about the tools afterward?
- Yes correct.
- Motion Passed
186. INTERNAL AUDITOR. Proposed Internal Audit Plan for Fiscal Year 2018.
Paul Delany- I developed this audit plan from a risk assessment.
- Motion Passed
187. OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL. Pending and/or contemplated litigation, rulemakings, and other actions initiated by or involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Department of Transportation, and other federal agencies that may impact the State of Texas, including, but not limited to, the energy, pipeline, and natural resource industries.
- Nothing to report today.
188. RULE ADOPTION. Amendments to 16 Tex. Admin. Code §8.1, relating to General Applicability and Standards.
- Haley-Amendment changes the effective date of the rule to October 30th, this change is necessary to comply with funding requirements.
- Motion Passed
189 COMMISSIONERS. Commissioner Sitton. Discussion of: personnel matters related to the positions of Executive Director and Division Directors; policies surrounding the selection and employment of individuals in these positions; and appointment of Interim Executive Director.
- Sitton- I would like to agree on what practices we use and agree on as we search for an executive director.
- Sitton- Went over the process he thought would need to happen when hiring an executive director.
- Craddick- Thinks the concept of this is a good idea.
- Christian- We need to be very careful with checklist, I agree basic talents we need to consider, but I don’t want to limit them to a checklist. I also think the Executive Director might need a Deputy Executive Director to help them out, this is a big job.
- Sitton- Something the three of us can improve on is being more direct with what he goals are. The job posting, we had last time was a very typical checklist.
- Sitton- Would like to require that there is at least a quarterly performance update.
The committee moved to executive session to discuss items further.