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ORDINANCE NO. 2468
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AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO
SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1978, FIXING THE TIME OF THE FIRST
MEETING OF SAID BOARD, AND AUTHORIZING SAID BOARD TO
EXERCISE THE POWER AND FULFILL THE DUTIES CONFERRED
UPON IT BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
WHEREAS, in Article VII, Section 83 of the Charter of
the City of Baytown, it is provided that the City Council
shall each year, prior to the first day of June, appoint
three (3) residents of said City who shall be qualified
voters and real property owners, as the Board of Equalization;
said Charter also providing that the Council shall fix the
time of the first meeting of said Board of Equalization; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the following named resident citizens
of the City of Baytown, each of whom is a qualified voter
and a real property owner, are hereby appointed as and shall
constitute the Board of Equalization for the current year,
to wit:
1. Lamar Kelly
2. Alvin Miles
3. Dorothy W. Vidrine
Said Board shall serve from and after the first day of June,
1978, and as long thereafter as may be necessary to hear,
review, and determine the value and assessment of all property,
both real and personal, within the City of Baytown as said
appear on the Tax Roll for the year 1978.
Section 2: It shall be the duty of the said Board to
hear and determine the complaint of any person that assessments
of property, as made and returned by the City Tax Assessor -
Collector, are in excess of the true value of said properties
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and to review, examine, and if necessary, revise the assessments
as returned by the City Tax Assessor - Collector, to the end
that all property within the City shall be assessed as
fairly and as uniformly as possible. Said Board of Equalization
shall have the authority and shall exercise all the powers
and fulfill all of the duties granted and conferred upon it
by the express provisions of the Charter of the City of
Baytown.
Section 3: The Board of Equalizat:;.on shall hold its
first meeting on the 1st day of June, 1978, at 5 :04 o'clock
_p m. and thereafter, shall convene and adjourn from time
to time as long as may be necessary to complete their assigned
duties.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 11th day
of May, 1978.
ATTEST: EMMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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OTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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