Ordinance No. 3,16410528 -3
ORDINANCE NO. 3164
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO
SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1981, 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:
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 consti-
tute the Board of Equalization for the current year, to -wit:
1. Joseph Muller
2. 011ie Clevenger
3. Tommy Clayton
Said Board shall serve from and after the lst day of June, 1981,
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 of 1981.
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 -Col-
lector, are in excess of the true value of said properties, and
to review, examine, and if necessary, revise the assessments as
returned by the City Tax Assessor - Collector, to the end that all
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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 Equalization shall hold its first
meeting on the 1st day of June, 1981, at 4:00 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 the 28th day
of May , 1981.
ATTEST:
J'
I 0. HUTTO, Mayor
EILEEN P. ITALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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