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Consider Minutes of Special City Council Meeting of September 6, 2016.
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City of Killeen
Special City Council Meeting
Killeen City Hall
September 6, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Presiding: Mayor Jose L. Segarra
Attending: Mayor Pro-Tem Brockley Moore, Councilmembers Jim Kilpatrick, Juan Rivera, Shirley Fleming, Gregory Johnson, Jonathan Okray, and Richard Young
Also attending were Interim City Manager Lillian Ann Farris, City Attorney Kathryn Davis, City Secretary Dianna Barker, and Sergeant-at-Arms Ache.
Approval of Agenda
Motion was made by Mayor Pro-Tem Moore to approve the agenda as written. Motion seconded by Councilmember Fleming. The motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearings
PH-16-030 HOLD a public hearing on the tax rate for the fiscal year October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017, and set the date of September 13, 2016, to adopt the tax rate. (2nd of 2 Public Hearings)
Staff comments: Jonathan Locke
City Council set the preliminary tax rate for the FY 2017 Proposed Annual Budget and Plan of Municipal Services at the current adopted rate of 0.7498. The effective rate for FY 2017 is 0.7368. The first of two public hearings was held on August 30, 2016.
Mayor Segarra opened the public hearing.
Bryan Thym, 3902 Salt Fork Dr. - urged council members to look at budget closely and gave three options council could consider to help reduce deficit; vehicle expenditures, wage freezes, and sales tax.
Chalitta Moore, 2212 Silverhill Dr. - opposed tax rate increase and suggested city have a check and balance system that regulates all money in the budget.
Milsa Hazarn, 1212 Wales Dr. - opposed tax rate increase and suggested discontinuing some items such as travel expenses and city cars for employees.
With no one else appearing, Mayor Segarra closed the public hearing.
PH-16-031 HOLD a public hearing on the FY 2017 Proposed Annual Budget and Plan of Municipal Services for the fiscal year October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017.
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