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PRESENT, UH, WE'LL DISPENSE THE OPENING CEREMONIES AND, UH, WE IMMEDIATELY ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY FOR THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, UH, I HAD A TWO PAGE, UH, HANDOUT AND, UH, I'M GONNA READ THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN PRETTY SHORT AND POINT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT THE 20 15 20 16 BUDGET THAT WE WORKING ON AND TAX THIS WE'LL, UH, CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS MORNING.
AND, UH, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE, UH, TAX RATE WILL STAY THE SAME.
THE, UH, THE NUMBER THAT MAKE UP THE TAX RATE, THE, UH, FULL AMOUNT, UH, WILL, WILL CHANGE INTERNALLY, BUT THE TOTAL TAX RATE WILL STAY THE SAME.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS, IS THAT WE'RE, UH, UH, INCREASING, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES INTO THE ROAD BRIDGE BUDGETS BY MOVING 1 CENT FROM THE, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, UH, TAX MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET TO THE ROAD BRIDGE BUDGET AND MAKING SOME OTHER CHANGES, WHICH INCREASES THAT BUDGET TO, UH, BY AMOUNT OF ONE TOTAL TO SPLIT PRECINCT.
AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER FUNDING THAT GOES INTO THE, UH, ROAD BRIDGE.
AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME I ASK THE KIND OF EXPLANATION OTHER FUNDS ARE INTO THE REVENUE FOR, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS THERE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, ALL OF US.
THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS THAT GO INTO YOUR TAX.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT AT, AT A TIME PRETTY SOON.
PRIMARILY THE LARGEST ONE, THOSE IS REGISTRATION, BUT THERE'S OTHER FUNDS TOO AND I THAT, SO, UH, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UH, UH, WE, UH, UH, ARE ABLE TO DO THAT PRIMARY REASONS IS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE, UH, FEDERAL MARSHALS, UH, OF OUR JAIL BUDGET.
I'VE INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING UP AND I BELIEVE MR. OFIELD HAS, UH, SIGNED UP.
AND RONNIE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND, UH, SPEAK, UH, WE HAVE A CHAIR RIGHT HERE, OR YOU CAN STAND UP IF YOU WANT.
ALRIGHT, SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
YOU, I WANTED TO START, UH, TODAY BY, UM, REBECCA BERG AND HER HIGH LEVEL SKILL AT LEGAL RESEARCH.
UH, THE COUNTY TREASURY ASSOCIATION, THE BEST S IN TEXAS, WHICH THEM THE BEST COUNTY S IN THE UNITED STATES HAD CONVINCED ME THAT, UM, WE HAD TIES THE POPULATION THRESHOLDS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE US TO IMMEDIATELY DO A BAIL BOARD.
AND, UM, WHEN YOU READ THE STATUTES, THAT'S THE WAY IT READS.
BUT REBECCA, THROUGH SKILL FOUND AN ATTORNEY GENERAL RULING THAT, UM, STATES THAT IT'S BASED ONE OF YOUR MOST RECENT CENSUS, NOT, UM, TESTAMENTS OF POPULATION.
SO I WAS THANKFUL THAT SHE DID THAT.
AND CHIEF WAS VERY, VERY PATIENT, JUDGE PATIENT AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT, UM, WE'LL ALLOWED COUNTY TO TAKE THAT MESSAGE TO THE TREASURER'S ASSOCIATION AND CONTINUING SO EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO START OUT THIS WEEK.
I, AND I WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR WORKING ON THE BUDGET.
I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF WORK TO GET ADDITIONAL
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FUNDS FOR THE ROADS AND BRIDGES AND UM, YOU KNOW, AS I TOURED ROADS WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE SO MUCH DEFERRED WORK THAT HAD NOT BEEN BEING DONE.AND I GONNA, THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO, UM, TAKE THE HORNS AND REALLY DOWN ON, ON GETTING SOME AND I PROCESS, IT'S JUST QUITE INSPIRING TO SEE THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JUDGE.
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE DUE ON THE SECOND SHEET OF THE HANDOUT THAT THERE ARE ON THE TABLE OVER THERE, YOU DO HAVE A NOTICE THAT WAS, UH, REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED IN, IN THE COST, UH, LAST WEEK.
AND I WANT A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT.
AGAIN, THE TOTAL TAX RATE IS GOING REMAIN THE SAME, WILL NOT CHANGE 5, 7, 6 2 AND YOU'LL SEE THAT'S PROPOSED TAX RATE.
UH, THE PROCEEDING TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE YEAR INCLUDING IS THE SAME AMOUNT.
THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS 0 5 6 4 6 1 5.
UH, AND THEN THE ROLLBACK TAX RATE, WHICH WE'RE WELL BELOW IS, UH, SIX, I'M SORRY, WE ARE ABOVE THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
AND THAT IS A, UH, CALCULATION THAT IS PERFORMED BY THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT PREPARED THIS, UH, UH, THIS INFORMATION.
AND, UH, THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, UH, TAKES LOTS OF, UH, I DON'T EVEN WANT GET INTO TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT IT TAKES, UH, LOTS OF OTHER INFORMATION, UH, CONFIRMING COLLECTIONS AND PROPERTY VALUES.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALLOWED US TO NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT TO, UH, CONSIDER EVEN TALKING ABOUT TAX INCREASE WAS THE FACT THAT WE HUNDRED MILLION BUT CONSTRUCTION IN OUR COUNTY LAST YEAR.
AND I EXPECT, UH, AND WHEN I SAY LAST YEAR, I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE 2014 YEAR AND THE TAX DATE IS ALWAYS JANUARY 1ST, 2000 OF EACH YEAR.
SO WHATEVER IS ON THE TAX LEVEL, WHATEVER NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT DETERMINING DATE FOR THAT IS ALWAYS JANUARY 1ST.
SO BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, I THINK THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTY, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY EVEN SEE A MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES NEXT YEAR.
UH, IT ALSO REQUIRES MORE MONEY FOR ROLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE POPULATION.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S HOW THAT IS, UH, APPLIED.
WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A SECOND HEARING IF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT BOTTOM, UH, WHICH WILL BE NEXT MONDAY AT A REGULAR COURT MEETING, UH, WHICH WILL BE, UH, AUGUST THE 24TH AT NINE 30 HERE.
AND WE'LL HAVE A SECOND HEARING ON THAT DATE TO, UH, DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TAX FOR 20.
SO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANY COMMISSION HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY.
IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXIT THE, UH, HEARING MOTION, MOTION TO EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO, UH, DISCUSS.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR WILL BE TO DISCUSS DAY, TIME AND LOCATION OF MEETING TO ADOPT TAX RATE AS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND AT, UH, TWO 50 SEPTEMBER AT NINE 30 IN THE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER, UH, COURT MEETING HERE.
AND SO THE REASON WE'RE HAVING THAT, OUR MEETING THAT IN SEPTEMBER, OUR REGULAR MEETING IS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14TH.
AND THERE ARE LAWS THAT REQUIRE US TO HAVE A, FROM THE DATE THIS FIRST NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER, BUT YOU CAN'T BE LESS THAN THREE DAYS, MORE THAN 14 DAYS.
THAT'S THE REASON WE SINCE SEPTEMBER MEETING IS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST
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FOUR, THAT'S TO ADOPT BUDGET AS WELL AS THE, UH, TAX.WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FIRST.
UH, AND THEN WE SET THE TAX RECORD.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, MOTION SET THOSE DATES? COMMISSIONER? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER SHANE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A MOTION NOW TO EXIT THE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING AND ENTER INTO THE WORKSHOP MEETING.