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OKAY.

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FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CALL FROM KELLY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS CALLED THE ORDER.

[Call to Order]

IT IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2020.

IT IS ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY CLERK.

IT IS 1:00 PM AND THE MORTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM.

UH, SO ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WE HAVE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COURT ARE PRESENT TODAY.

UH, ITEM ONE, HIS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.

DOES HE HAVE ANY, WON'T HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE TO SHARE? UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH BRINGS

[3. Discuss/Consider approval of Certified Tax Roll for Kaufman County.]

US TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS, UH, OUR TAX ASSESSOR IS GOING TO PRESENT TO US.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.

MRS. SAMPLES, LOGAN.

OH, SHE'S BRINGING THE WHOLE TROOP UP HERE.

I'VE ALWAYS GOT BACK UP, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.

I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THE A NUMBER REVENUE TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE 0.495574.

AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE 0.572951.

I THINK YOU ALL HAVE THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SAMPLES? OKAY.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR CONFERENCE COUNTY AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

OKAY.

WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER KATES AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES,

[4. Discuss/Consider approval of Certified Tax Roll for Kaufman County Road & Bridge.]

UH, NEXT, UH, UH, GET BACK TO BRENDA DISCUSS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY ROAD IN BRAILLE.

YES, SIR.

UH, Y'ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT TOO, I BELIEVE.

AND UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SAME BROKE DOWN THAT, UH, THAT THE TAX OFFICE DOES, BUT IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR AND IT'S PRETTY STANDARD AND THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE NUMBERS WERE PLUGGED IN PROPERLY AND THAT AMOUNT IS RIGHT HERE.

OKAY.

IT'S THE POINT OUT? IT'S THE 0.087915.

BUT WHAT IS THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL THOUGH? THAT'S THE DOLLARS OF THE TAX ROLL BILLION.

11 BILLION, THREE 94, ONE 78, FIVE 34.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, ARE THERE, UH, QUESTIONS FOR MS. SAMPLES, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY ROAD IN BRIDGE? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

[5. Discuss/Consider taking record vote on proposed tax rate.]

ITEM FIVE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER TAKING A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON PROPOSED TAX RATE.

UH, SO I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE THERE, SOMETHING PRESENTED.

OKAY.

OKAY.

NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD.

UH, THE PROPOSED TOTAL TAX RATE FOR YEAR 2020 2021 IS 0.504957 PER $100 ORDER QUESTIONS IF THERE'S NO, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.504957? I'LL MAKE A MOTION WHERE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBRA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KATE'S DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

THIS CALLS FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.

SO I'LL, I'LL DO THIS ABOUT PRECINCT COMMISSIONER HUNT.

YES.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

YES.

COMMISSIONER BARBER.

YES.

COMMISSIONER KATE'S.

YES.

UH, MYSELF COUNTY JUDGE.

YES.

SO THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM SIX,

[6. Discuss/Consider setting public hearing date on proposed budget for FY 2020-2021 and adopting the budget after the public hearing (August 18, 2020 @ 9:00 a.m.)]

DISCUSS CONSIDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2020 21 AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, WE HAVE THAT DATE

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SET FOR, ARE WE PROPOSING THAT DATE OF AUGUST 18TH AT 9:00 AM? ARE THERE QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2021 AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SETTING THAT DATE FOR AUGUST 18, 2020 9:00 AM HERE IN THE COMMISSIONER COURT CHAMBERS I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT MOTION FOR, FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, THE COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM

[7. Discuss/Consider setting public hearing date on proposed tax rate and adopting the FY 2020-2021 tax rate after public hearing. (August 18, 2020 @ 9:00 a.m.)]

SEVEN, DISCUSS CONSIDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED TAX RATE AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 2021 TAX RATE AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, AND THAT THAT MEETING, THAT PUBLIC HEARING OR THAT MEETING PUBLIC HEARING WOULD ALSO OCCUR ON AUGUST 18, 2020, A 9:00 AM QUESTIONED OR DISCUSSION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE AND PROPOSED TAX RATE IN ADOPTING THE 2020 21 TAX RATE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 18TH, 2020 AND 9:00 AM.

IS THERE A MOTION WHERE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND OF COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

THOSE PO'S KNOW THAT MOTION CARRIES.

OH, YOU DIDN'T WANT, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR BACK PAIN IN THE SENSE DYLAN, THE DUE DATE GRACE AND WHAT IT IS THEY MIGHT PUBLISH SAY AGAIN ABOUT DECREASING THE TECH.

YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BLAME HIM.

WELL, THE ONLY THING I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THIS WELL, THAT WAS IN EXPLAINING WHAT THE TAX RATE FELL FROM.

OH, I DON'T THINK I'D NEED TO NECESSARILY READ THAT AT THIS TIME, BUT I WILL.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THIS, THIS SHEET RIGHT THERE, OR THAT'S FOR THE FINAL BUDGET, BUT I'LL READ IT.

THE BUDGET WILL RAISE TOTAL TOP PROPERTY TAXES OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY 3 MILLION.

OH 56, 350 TO 3 MILLION.

OH 56, THREE 52.

THAT'S A 5.3% INCREASE.

AND OF THAT AMOUNT, 2,000,817 AND $6 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.

SO THE TOTAL TAX INCREASE THOUGH, FROM THAT THEME, THE 20 IS A DECREASE A 0.032155.

THE TAX RATE IS DECREASED BY 0.032155.

IS THAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP THERE.

ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.

OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES.

YES WE ARE.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL REVISIT THIS AGAIN.

OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, 18TH MEETING, SO, OKAY.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT DURING THIS MEETING, MR. PHILLIPS SURPRISINGLY MOVES TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

SO ROLL ON.

I WOULD SAY.