2015-09-08 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTES' MINUTES OF A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015, AT 6:30 P.M. IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS.
Mayor Reid called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor
Mayor Pro -Tem
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
City Manager
City Attorney
City Secretary
Tom Reid
Tony Carbone
Derrick Reed
Gary Moore
Keith Ordeneaux
Greg Hill
Clay Pearson
Darrin Coker
Young Lorfing
Others in attendance: Claire Bogard Director of Finance; Jon Branson Deputy City
Manager; Matt Buchanan President of Pe,arland,Economic Development Corporation; J.C.
Doyle Police Chief; Trent Epperson Assistant' City Manager; Chris Orlea Interim Director
of Parks and Recreation; Michelle Graham Interim Director of Human Resource; Lata
Krishnarao Director of Community Developrpent; Frankie Legaux City Planner; Sue Polka
Director of Engineering; Vance Riley Fire Chief; Kim Sinistore Executive Director,
Convention/Visitors Bureau; Eric Wilson, Public Works Director; Sparkle Anderson
Communications; Joel Hardy Grants Coordinator; Skipper Jones Assistant Director of
Capital Projects; Michael Leech Assistant Director, Public Works; John McCarter
Management Assistant; Daniel McGhinnis Chief Information Officer; Lawrence Provins
Deputy City Attorney; Jennifer Huhn Court Administrator; Letitia Farnie Municipal Court
Judge.
Call to Order
Purpose of Hearing — Public Hearing on the Proposed 2015 Tax Rate for the 2015-2016
Budget.
Staff review: Proposed 2015 Tax Rate for the 2015-2016 Budget.
City Manager Clay Pearson thanked Council for their diligence and extra time regarding
the recommended budget and proposed tax rate.
Budget Officer Tara Kilpatrick gave a power point presentation on the Proposed 2015 Tax
Rate for the 2015-2016 Budget. She stated City Council voted on a Proposed Tax Rate of
$0.7053 per $100 property valuation on August 17, 2015, a reduction of $.0068 cents per
$100 property valuation from the current tax rate of $0.7121 per $100 property valuation.
The proposed rate exceeds the lower of the effective tax rate or the rollback rate, requiring
two public hearings to be held on the proposed tax rate prior to adoption of the tax rate.
The Proposed 2016 Tax Rate for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) is $0.2225, the Debt
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Service is $0.4828 with a total of $0.7053 per $100 property valuation. '
Citizen Comments: None.
Council/Staff Discussion: None.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:38 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this the 12th day of October, A.D., 2015.
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