Sep 16, 2024 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING

A SPECIAL MEETING

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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION ]

IT IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.

IT'S 4:35 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

WE ARE HERE AT BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, OUR FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS CITIZEN COMMENTS AND NO ONE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SO MOVE ON NEXT TO OUR PROPOSAL ORDINANCES,

[a. Consider taking a record vote on the proposed tax rate of $0.70042 per $100 valuation and setting a public meeting to vote on the tax rate. ]

SO, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM TWO A AS PRESENTED.

SO SECOND, A MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I THINK FRANK IS GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE TAX WORK.

OKAY.

NO, NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

MS. MCKENZIE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HAVE FUN TODAY.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

THAT'S THE WRONG MEETING.

Y'ALL NEED AN UPDATE FROM, UH, MS. MCKENZIE AT ALL OR NO? OKAY.

I DON'T THINK SO, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, UH, THIS IS JUST SLIGHTLY UNDERNEATH OUR NO NEW REVENUE, UH, RATE.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THIS RATE IT ONCE ADOPTED AND VOTED ON, UH, IT WOULD BE PRESENTING OUR CITIZENS WITH A TAX DECREASE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

SO, UM, JUST WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR OUR STAFF, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET, UM, THE CHALLENGES OF THIS BUDGET AND, UH, SOME, SOME OF THE, UH, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAYS, THE LEFT AND RIGHT BOUNDARIES.

SO, UH, DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK ON THIS.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE OF 0.70042.

AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, THE MOTION IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY, AYE.

WE'RE A HAND VOTE.

WE'RE GONNA DO A ROLL, ROLL CALL.

VOTE OR HAND VOTE? JUST HAND VOTE.

GOOD.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAND, UH, DO A HAND VOTE.

SO ALL THOSE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND ANY DISSENTING VOTES WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

SO LET THE RECORD SHOW, UH, ALL MEMBERS PRESENT, WHICH IS A SIX ZERO VOTE.

UH, FOR ITEM TWO A AS PRESENTED.

UH, BEING THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED ALL ONE AGENDA ITEM, UH, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SAFE TRAVELS.