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2013 10 14 CC Minutes, SpecialMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN October 14,2013 The City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas,metina Special Meeting on Monday, October 14,2013,at6:00P.M.inthe Council Chamber of the Baytown City Hall,2401 Market Street,Baytown,Texas withthe following in attendance: Brandon Capetillo Council Member Robert Hoskins Council Member Scott Sheley Council Member Terry Sain Council Member RobertD.Leiper City Manager Ron Bottoms Deputy City Manager Kevin Trailer Assistant City Manager Karen Horner Assistant City Attorney Leticia Brysch City Clerk Roger Clifford Assistant Police Chief Mayor ProTern Hoskins convened the October 14,2013,City Council Special Meeting withaquorumpresentat6:03P.M.,allmemberswerepresent,withtheexception of Mayor Stephen H.DonCarlos,Council Member Mercedes Renteria IIIand Council Member David McCartney whowere absent. 1.PROPOSED ORDINANCES a.Consider an ordinance adopting the tax rate for General Fund Maintenance and Operations at $0.43713 per $100 valuation and adopting thetax rate for Debt Service at$0.38490 per $100 valuation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. City Manager Leiperstatedthat Ordinance No.12,376 adopts thetaxrateforthefiscal yearendingSeptember30,2014.TheCity'staxrateconsists of thefollowingtwo components,each of whichmustbe approved separately: 1.theratethat,ifappliedtothetotaltaxablevalue,willimposetheamount of taxes neededtofund maintenance andoperation expenditures of theCityforthenext year;and 2.theratethat,if applied tothetotal taxable value,will impose the amount of taxes needed to pay debt service. The proposed ordinance adopts thetaxratefor General Fund Maintenance and Operations at $0.43713 per $100 valuation forthefiscal year ending September 30,2014, and adopting thetaxrateforDebt Service at $0.38490 per $100 valuation forthefiscal CityCouncilSpecialMeetingMinutes October 14,2013 Page2 of4 year ending September 30,2014 foratotal of $0.82203 per $100 valuation.The rate of $0.82203per$100valuationforFY 2014 isthesamerateasitwasinFY 2012 andFY 2013. A motion wasmade by Mayor ProTern Robert C.Hoskins and seconded by Council MemberBrandonCapetillo approving thatthepropertytaxratebeincreasedbythe adoption of ataxrate of $0.82203,whichis effectively a1.79 percent increase inthetax rate.The vote was as follows: Ayes:Council Member Brandon Capetillo,Mayor ProTern Robert C.Hoskins,Council Member Scott Sheley,and Council Member Terry Sain Nays:None Other:Mayor Stephen H.DonCarlos,Council Member Mercedes RenteriaIII,andCouncilMemberDavid McCartney Approved AmotionwasmadebyMayorProTernRobertC.Hoskinsand seconded byCouncil MemberBrandonCapetilloapprovingOrdinanceNo.12,373,whichadoptsthetaxrate forGeneralFundMaintenanceand Operations at$0.43713per$100valuationand adopting thetaxrateforDebt Service at $0.38490 per$100 valuation forthe fiscal year ending September 30,2014.The votewasasfollows: Ayes:Council Member Brandon Capetillo,Mayor ProTern Robert C.Hoskins,CouncilMemberScottSheley,andCouncilMember Terry Sain Nays:None Other:Mayor Stephen H.DonCarlos,Council Member Mercedes RenteriaIII,andCouncilMemberDavid McCartney Approved ORDINACNENO.12,376 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,ADOPTING THE RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND DEBT SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,2014, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY OF BAYTOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY;PROVIDING CityCouncilSpecialMeetingMinutes October 14,2013 Page3 of4 A REPEALING CLAUSE;CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. 2.PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS a.Consider a resolution nominating one or more candidates for positions on the Board of Directors of the Chambers County Appraisal District. City Manager Leiper stated that Resolution No.2265 nominates oneormore candidates forpositionsontheBoard of Directors of theChambersCountyAppraisal District.Each taxingentitymay nominate fromonetofive directors.After all nominations havebeen receivedbythe chief appraiser,aballotwillbedeveloped containing thenames of the nominees andthe City Council willbe asked tocastits55 votes forone of the nominees, orto divide itsvotes among twoor more nominees. City Manager Leiper further stated thatMr.Etienne Williams from Anahuac National BankwasfirstnominatedbytheCouncilon September 8,2011.In October 2011,Mr. WilliamswaselectedtoserveontheCCAD,andsincethenhascompletedhisfirsttwo- yearterm.Mr.WilliamshasrequestedtheCity's re-nomination totheballot,inorderto be considered for anothertwo-year term. Lastly,CityManagerLeiperstatedthatthe Council's resolutionmustbereceivedby chief appraiser on or before October 15,2013,in order forthe Council's nomination tobe added to the ballot. A motion wasmadeby Council Member ScottSheleyand seconded by Council Member Brandon Capetillo approving Resolution No.2265.Thevotewasasfollows: Ayes:CouncilMemberBrandon Capetillo,Mayor ProTernRobert C.Hoskins,CouncilMemberScottSheley,andCouncilMember Terry Sain Nays:None Other:Mayor Stephen H.DonCarlos,Council Member Mercedes RenteriaIII,andCouncilMemberDavidMcCartney Approved RESOLUTION NO.2265 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,NOMINATING ONE OR MORE CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBERS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT;AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF 3.MANAGER'S REPORT CityCouncilSpecialMeetingMinutes October 14.2013 Page4 of 4 City Manager Leiper reminded theCouncilthatthenextCity Council meeting is scheduled for October 24,2013,intheCity Council Chamber at 6:30 p.m. CouncilMember Terry Sain reminded theCouncilthattheHarrisCountyMayorsand Council Association washoldingitsnextmeetingintheUHHilton,Thursday,October 17,2013,beginning at6:30p.m.andBaytownwasthe honor cityforthis event and Houston Mayor Anise Parker wastheguest speaker. 4.ADJOURN Withtherebeingnofurtherbusinesstodiscuss,MayorProTernHoskinsadjournedthe October 14,2013,City Council Special Meeting at 6:09 P.M. 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