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Agenda
Special City Council Meeting
City Hall
100 Main Street
Colleyville, Texas 76034
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
6:45 PM
City Council Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. RESOLUTION(S):
READING AND PUBLIC HEARING
2a R-09-3127 Canvassing the results of the Special Election held August 1, 2009, to fill
an unexpired term for Councilmember, Place 2
2b R-09-3128 Approval of a proposal to set the ad valorem tax rate for Fiscal Year
2010 at $.3559 per hundred dollars of valuation
3. ADJOURNMENT:
I hereby certify the above agenda was posted on the bulletin boards at City Hall on Friday,
August 7, 2009, by 5:00
Cynthia Singleton, TRMC, CMC
City Secretary
Any matter on this agenda may, at the discretion of the governing body, be opened for public
comment and discussion.
If you plan to attend this public meeting and have a disability that requires special
accommodations, please advise the City Secretary at least 48 hours in advance at
817.503.1133, and reasonable accommodations will be made to assist you.
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Special City Council Meeting
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:45 PM City Council Chambers
The special meeting of the Colleyville City Council was called to order by
Mayor David Kelly on August 11, 2009, at 6:46 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Carol Wollin, Stan Hall, Tom Hart
and Mike Taylor were present. Mayor David Kelly, City Manager
Jennifer Fadden, Assistant City Manager Kelly Cooper, Finance
Director Terry Leake, Economic Development Director Marty
Weider, Colleyville Center Manager Lin Przybyl, Library Director
Mary Rodne, Interim Community Development Director Ron
Ruthven and City Secretary Cynthia Singleton were also present.
Mayor Pro Tem Jon Ayers was absent.
2. RESOLUTION(S):
READING AND PUBLIC HEARING
2a R-09-3127 Canvassing the results of the Special Election held August 1, 2009, to fill
an unexpired term for Councilmember, Place 2
Mayor Kelly read Resolution R-09-3127 in its entirety.
Mayor Kelly opened the public hearing.
There was no one present wishing to speak concerning this item and
Mayor Kelly closed the public hearing.
Councilmember Taylor moved to approve Resolution R-09-3127.
Councilmember Wollin seconded the motion.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5 -David Kelly, Carol Wollin, Stan Hall, Tom Hart, Mike Taylor
Absent: 1 -Jon Ayers
2b R-09-3128 Approval of a proposal to set the ad valorem tax rate for Fiscal Year
2010 at $.3559 per hundred dollars of valuation
Mayor Kelly read Resolution R=09-3128 in its entirety.
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Finance Director Terry Leake stated the City has complied with the
requirements of Chapter 26, Texas Property Tax Code, which requires
taxing entities to perform an effective tax rate calculation. The Fiscal
Year 2010 (FY 2010) effective tax rate is $.3643371. The proposed rate
for FY 2010 is lower than the effective rate, and the adoption of this
resolution provides information to the citizens of Colleyville as to the
intention of City Council to set the tax rate of $.3559 per hundred dollars
of valuation for FY 2010. This tax rate will be presented to the City
Council for the first reading on September 1, 2009 and the second
reading, September 15, 2009. The tax rate is unchanged from FY 2009
and the tax rate has been in effect since FY 2008.
Mayor Kelly opened the public hearing.
There was no one present wishing to speak concerning this item and
Mayor Kelly closed the public hearing.
Finance Director Leake stated the FY 2010 effective tax rate calculation
sets the debt rate for the City and the debt service tax rate for FY 2010 is
set by the calculation at $.057262. The remainder of the tax rate is the
operations and maintenance rate. This is used to provide services such
as police, fire, streets, library and parks and the remainder of that tax
rate is $.298638.
Ms. Leake further stated, many citizens received information about the
residential valuation and, in some cases, the valuation was slightly
higher or lower and some cases remained the same. Tarrant County
Appraisal District does a calculation of~all of the residences within the
Colleyville city limits and the average valuation for 2009 was $391,133
and the average residential value for FY 2010 is $398,957. The
difference between those two values is a tax adjustment of $27.85. This
approximates to $.08 per day to citizens. The principal driver to the
increase in average property value is higher permit values for new
residential constructions with the average value of new homes
constructed in the assessment period at almost $500,000.
Councilmember Taylor moved to approve Resolution R-09-3128.
Councilmember Hart seconded the motion.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5 -David Kelly, Carol Wollin, Stan Hall, Tom Hart, Mike Taylor
Absent: 1 -Jon Ayers
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Councilmember Hart stated for clarification the first Whereas section in
Resolution R-09-3128 states ...pursuant to Section 26.04...... and it was
read Section 24.06.
Councilmember Taylor stated the City is not raising the tax rate; it is
staying the same. The City will be bringing in more money at that tax
rate, which creates the effective tax rate.
Finance Director Terry Leake stated the effective tax rate for this fiscal
year is calculated on the amount of taxes the City collected in FY 2009,
which is what is needed from those existing properties to raise that same
amount of revenue. Based on the timing of appeals that were with
Tarrant Appraisal District, the valuation of existing property on the roll is
down slightly. The increase in valuation truly came from the new
construction that was on the roll. So, the effective tax rate is actually
higher than the proposed tax rate.
Councilmember Taylor commended the City Manager and staff for
excellent fiscal management of the budget and stated, as a result, the
tax rate is not increased.
3. ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business before the City Council, Councilmember
Hall moved to adjourn.
Councilmember Hart seconded the motion.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5 -David Kelly, Carol Wollin, Stan Hall, Tom Hart, Mike Taylor
Absent: 1 -Jon Ayers
Mayor Kelly adjourned the meeting at 6:57 p.m.
APPROVED BY A VOTE OF ~_ AYES, NAYS AND C7
ABSTENTIONS ON THIS THE / St' DAY O 09.
Minutest en and prepared y:
Cynthia Singleton, TRMC, C
City Secretary
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