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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL.MEETING.(PUBLIC.HEARING)AOF.THE.CITY.COUNCIL.OF.THE
CITY OF.PEARLAND..TEXAS. HELD IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX ON OCTOBER 1q.
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Pearland was called
to order by Mayor Keller with the following present:
Absent:
INVOCATION:
Mayor D. R. Keller
Councilman Melvin L. Black
Councilman Cecil W. Griffin
Councilman Carlton McComb
Councilman E. A. Wasek
City Administrator William E. Wolff
City Secretary Dorothy L. Cook
Councilman Aubrey G. Ellis
City Attorney Bobby Williams
The invocation was given by Mayor D. R. Keller.
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING:
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1. PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET 1969-70
Mr. William E. Wolff, City Administrator, presented the proposed
Budget to -the citizens present at the hearing. Questions from -the
citizens were answered by Mr. Wolff as each page of the Budget was
presented to them.
Mr. B. J. Courtright read the following statement and requested
that this be made a part of the minutes:
"On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Sherwood Civic Club,
I would like to offer the following general Objections to the proposed
city budget and urge that appropriate alterations be made prior to
it's formal adoption.
First, the latest released public information indicates that
approximately $40,000 additional funds will be needed from the 70-71
budget to meet the Principal and Interest payment on the City's
bonded indebtedness. We feel that this year's budget should help
offset this large step increase so as to.preclude, or at least cushion,
any tax increase next year. We feel that this is only common sense
foresight to try to maintain the tax rate at a status quo until
increased valuations can carry the added costs.
Second, we feel that funds should be appropriated to start a
a systematic program of re-evaluation of property throughout the
City. Those areas that have received enhanced values due to
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apital improvements installed at the taxpayer's expense should carry
the highest priority. This -:is only fair to residents of the Class
A subdivisions who already have relatively escalated evaluations due to
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capital improvements installed at their expense.
Third, the steady and gradual increase in street maintenance
funds is likened to a cancer in the human body. It is time that the
Council and residents that acquired property on inferior streets all
realize that this is a bed that they must sleep in until a self-
help assessment program can be instituted. These streets can never
be improved to a satisfactory condition by the use of general funds
under a sensible tax base and we do not feel that these people are
hardly in the welfare category to deserve our paying to pave their
streets.
In order to substantiate some of the allegations made, I would
like to challenge you to take the short time necessary to pull the
computer printed tax rolls and make of record the total dollar tax
received of each subdivision.
In closing, I would like to say we very much appreciate the
interest and strong support shown toward such departments as the
fire, police, inspection, administative staff and humane officer
thattruly serve all taxpayers equally.
2. APPROFR.IATION ORDINANCE NO. 183
Mayor Keller read the proposed Appropriation Ordinance No. 183.
It was moved by Councilman Wasek, seconded by Councilman Griffin that
effective October 1, 1969, the following Appropriation Ordinance
No. 183 be adopted on first and final reading. Said ordinance
reads in caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 183
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET ,
FOR THE FISCAL BAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1969,
AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1970.
Appropriated
to
the
General
Fund
$ 361,574.50
Appropriated
to
the
I. & S.
Fund
117,000.00
Appropriated
to
the
W. & S.
Fund
151,350,00
Motion passed 4 to 0.
3. REPORT OF EQUALIZATION BOARD AND CERTIFICATION OF TAX
ROLLS:
A report was presented to the Council as follows:
10/14/69
The Board of Equalization having been called in session to
approve the final tax roll as presented by the Assessor, the followong
summary was presented to them:
LAND $ 9,219,919
IMP. 11,755,893
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P. PROPERTY $ 1,660,159
UTILITIES 931,386
$ 23,567,357
The above and foregoing having been found correct, the final
roll as certified by the assessor was approved, along with the minutes
of the Board of Equal-ization for the City of Pearland for the year
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1969.
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Certification of the Tax Roll for 1969 dated October 14, 1969,
in the amount of $23,567,357 accepted by the City Council. This
certification made by William E. Wolff, Assessor for the City of
Pearland. ,
It Paas moved -by ,douncilman McComb, _sacdnded by Councilman Black
that the City Council approve the Tax Rolls as submitted by the Tax
Assessor and the Board of Equalization for the 1969.
Motion passed 4 to 0.
TAX LEVY ORDINANCE NO. 184:
Mayor Keller read proposed Ordinance No. 184 - Tax Levy Ordinance.
It was moved by Councilman Griffin, seconded by Councilman Wasek
that Ordinance No. 184 - Tax Levy Ordinance - in the amount of $1.15
per each one hundred dollars valuation of property. $0.6104 to
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general government and $0.5396 for the Interest and Sinking Fund.
Said Ordinance No. 181.E �.eads in caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 184
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES FOR THE USE AND
SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING FOR
THE INTEREST.AND SINKING FUND FOR THE BAR
1969-70 AND APPORTING EACH LEVY FOR THE
SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
Motion passed 4 to 0.
ADJOURN:
Meeting adjourned 9:15 P. M.
Minutes approved as read and/or corrected this the ?3 day of
A. D. 1969.
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ATTEST:
City Secretary