The following is the except for tonight's called meeting. The first item on the agenda is your property tax rate for 2011. Now I don't care if you own, rent, or are passing through you pay these taxes. Either directly or through increased rents.
So far, only 1 person has spoken either for or against the increased taxes that are being proposed (not increase tax rate, but increase because of increased values on our properties), and that person was me. The council has a chance to vote for the 'effective tax rate' which will still increase the revenues for the city because of new businesses and houses without effecting the amount you paid this last year.
The county has actually LOWERED your taxes, so why does the city want to raise them?
So tonight come visit the council at their new time of 6:30.
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser
CITY OF GONZALES CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER AND INVOCATION
PUBLIC COMMENTS Pgs.
The public comments section of the meeting is for citizens to address the Mayor and Council (as a whole).
ORDINANCES
1. Discuss and Consider Ordinance #2011-20 for Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2011 Tax Rate 1-22. Discuss and Consider Ordinance #2011- 23 for Adoption of the Revised Drought Contingency Plan 3-34
RESOLUTIONS
3. Discuss and Consider Resolution #2011- 44 to Approve the Subdivision of Property 35-43
EXECUTIVE SESSION
4. Deliberation Regarding Real Property Under Government Code § 551.072
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
5. Discuss and Consider items listed in executive session as necessary.
ADJOURN
...and the vote was..........?
ReplyDeleteThey kept it the effective rate! Good for our council!
ReplyDeleteSorry I had to miss the meeting, but as much as I like the council I love my scouts that much more, and it was registration.
Thank you council for doing what was right!
Dennis
Did you notice we have GEDC and the City Council meetings scheduled for the same time and date next week?
ReplyDeleteOff subject, but who knows the who, what, where, why, and when about the city called meeting on Tuesday concerning the purchase of property in executive session?
ReplyDeleteCITY OF GONZALES
CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
GONZALES MUNICIPAL BUILDING
820 ST. JOSEPH STREET
AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
EXECUTIVE SESSION
1. Deliberation Regarding Real Property Under Government Code § 551.072
(Section 551.072 of the Government Code allows a governmental body to deliberate the purchase of real estate in an executive session if open deliberation will have a detrimental effect on its negotiating position with a third party. It is improper to allow a third party access to a governmental body's deliberations under 551.072, but the city manager could advise the city council in an executive session of his negotiations with a third party.)
After reading the GEDC agenda for the 26th, I see they are doing the exact same thing at the exact same time at the exact same location: Executive session under code 551.072 - deliberate the purchase of real estate.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I previously posted the city's called meeting was on Tuesday-correction: Monday the 26th!
ReplyDeleteAre they buying or selling?
ReplyDeleteI don't know what they are doing. I found another explanation of code 551.072 on the office of the Texas Attorney General's website:
ReplyDelete"Section 551.072 of the Government Code. Section 551.072 allows a governmental body to conduct a meeting closed to the public "to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third party." However, the fact that a document could be or actually is discussed in closed
session does not make it confidential. Open Records Decision No. 605 (1992)."
I've been out of pocket for about a week, but I did ask about the real estate and haven't gotten an inkling what it's all about. Pretty tight lips on this.
ReplyDeleteDennis
Who's going to blink first on the place, date, and time? And is the GEDC notice legal IF they are meeting at the same time and place? Aren't they required to post a city council quorum may be in attendence?
ReplyDeleteHopefully there was a communication failure. Communication? Haven't I heard that somewhere before?
Reread the GEDC notice and it does note quorum may be in attendence.
ReplyDeleteAt a recent city council meeting, I think September 6th, the city council went into exeutive session, and then Connie Kacir call the GEDC into session, going into exectivie session immediately. It appears that they discussed this issue together.
ReplyDeleteThe GEDC hasn't had a meeting since Aug 29. This next meeting is GEDC's regular scheduled meeting.
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