Ordinance No. 12,741ORDINANCE NO. 12,741
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT TO HARRIS
COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES FOR THE 2015
TAX YEAR IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY -NINE AND NO 1100 DOLLARS
($180,449.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, each taxing unit participating in the Harris County Appraisal District (the "District ")
is assessed for a portion of the operations budget of the District in accordance with Section 6.06 of the
Texas Tax Code; and
WHEREAS, each taxing unit is obligated to pay its allocation in four equal payments with the
first such payment being due before December 31, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown has been billed for its first quarterly payment in the amount of
FORTY -FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWELVE AND NO/ 100 DOLLARS ($45,112.00); and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to authorize funding for all quarterly payments for tax year
2015 in an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY -
NINE AND NO/ 100 DOLLARS ($180,449.00); NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes the payment of
an annual assessmentto Harris County Appraisal District for appraisal services for the 2015 tax year in an
amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY -NINE AND
NO/] 00 DOLLARS ($180,449.00).
Section 2: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve a decrease
or an increase in costs of FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO. /100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less, provided
that the amount authorized in Section 1 may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent (25 %).
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediZfro nd after its pass age by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative City Council of the City of
Baytown this the l I 1 day of December, 2014.
CARLOS, Mayor
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LETICIA BRYSCH, City erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Ci ttorney
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