I.  Items pertaining to prudent business practices for all County Government Offices

1.  The County should initiate the “Unit” system whereby county road construction and maintenance would   be centralized under the supervision of a qualified engineer.  This could be accomplished in one of two ways.

First, as adopted in the Transportation Code – Chapter 252.001.  Systems of County Road Administration.  Adoption of Ex Officio Road Commissioner System.  Paragraph (a) The Commissioners court of a county may adopt this subchapter by an order made at a regular term of the court when all the members are present.

Secondly, Section 252.301.  Adoption of County Road Department System.

Section b.  The commissioner’s court shall submit the question of whether to adopt this subchapter to the voters of the county if it receives a petition signed by a number of registered voters of the county equal to at least 10 percent of the number of votes received in the county by all the candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election.

The court shall order the election to be held on the first authorized uniform election date prescribed by Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, that occurs after the 30th day after the date the petition is filed with the court. 

2.  The County should construct a central courthouse annex to house the offices of all elected officials in the county.  Construction of the new building to be paid for in part by disposition of properties currently housing these various offices.

3.  The County should centralize all real and commercial property tax collection under the authority of the Wise County Appraisal District.

4.  The County should create a subcommittee on emergency services under the auspices of the Wise County Long Range Planning Committee.

5.  The County should fine tune septic and subdivision regulations to incorporate the maximum authority allowable under Texas law.

II.   Items pertaining to Wise County Citizen Awareness of County Government Limitations to control growth.

6.  The County should petition state legislators to support increased ordinance and zoning power for the county.

7.  The County should educate citizens as to the role and limitations of county government regarding population growth and control. 

8.  The County should create a position of election supervisor for the county.

III.   Miscellaneous
 
9.   The County should inquire into the history and current disposition of funds received by the county from the federal government in lieu of property tax on the National Grasslands.  

10.  The County should create a study of the regulations concerning water quality and usage.