Ordinance No. 11,038ORDINANCE NO. 11,038
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 2009
TAX YEAR IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED SIXTY
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY -FOUR AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($160.284.00): MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO: AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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 shall pay its allocation in four equal payments with the first such
payment being due before January 1, 2009: and
WHEREAS, the City's first quarterly payment is FORTY Ti IOUSAND SEVENTY -ONE AND
NO/] 00 DOLLARS ($40,071.00): 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 assessment to Harris County Appraisal District for appraisal services for the 2009 tax year in an
amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY -FOUR AND
NO /100 DOLLARS ($160.284.00).
Section 2: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve a decrease
or an increase in costs of TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($25.000.00) 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 immediZ1'roni d after its pass age by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative ity Council of the City of
Baytown this the I I 1 day of December, 2008.
6� `ACIO RAMIREZ. SR., Cit A orney
HEN H. DONCARLOS,
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