Title
Consider Minutes of Special City Council Meeting of September 4, 2018.
Summary
City of Killeen
Special City Council Meeting
Killeen Utilities Collections Conference Room
September 4, 2018 at 5:02 p.m.
Presiding: Mayor Jose Segarra
Attending: Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Kilpatrick, Councilmembers, Butch Menking, Juan Rivera, Gregory Johnson, Shirley Fleming, Debbie Nash-King, and Steve Harris
Also attending were City Manager Ronald L. Olson, City Attorney Kathryn Davis, City Secretary Lucy Aldrich, and Sergeant-at-Arms Cole.
Approval of Agenda
Motion was made by Mayor Pro-Tem Kilpatrick to approve the agenda as written. Motion was seconded by Councilmember Fleming. The motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearings
PH-18-025 HOLD a on the proposed tax rate of 0.7575 for fiscal year October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, and announce the meeting to adopt the proposed tax rate on September 18, 2018. (1st of 2 Public Hearings)
Staff Comments: Jon Locke, Executive Director of Finance
On August 21, 2018, City Council set the preliminary tax rate at 0.7575 per $100 valuation and adopted a resolution scheduling the adoption of the tax rate for September 18, 2018, and setting public hearings for September 4, 2018, and September 11, 2018, on the proposed tax rate for the FY 2019 Proposed Annual Budget and Plan of Municipal Services. The effective tax rate for FY 2019 is 0.7449. The rollback tax rate adjusted for sales tax for FY 2019 is 0.7575. Since the preliminary tax rate was set above the effective tax rate, Texas Property Tax Code requires that two public hearings be held prior to the adoption of the final tax rate. Staff recommends the City Council conduct the first of two public hearings to receive comments on the proposed tax rate of 0.7575 per $100 valuation for fiscal year October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, and announce meeting to adopt the proposed tax rate on September 18, 2018.
Mayor Segarra opened the public hearing.
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