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EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Tuesday, September 16, 2025 06:00 PM 213 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140

1.MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

2.INVOCATION

3.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.CITIZEN’S COMMENTS

  1. A.PUBLIC HEARING - TO HEAR CITIZEN TESTIMONY ON THE 2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE. A TAX RATE OF $1.026080 PER $100 VALUATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN. THE NO-NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS $1.026385 PER $100; AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS $1.042718 PER $100. 

5.DISCUSSION ITEMS

6.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION

  1. A.RESOLUTION NO. 2025-09-01 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERAN TEXAS RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE CITY'S ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET, WHICH IS A BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

  2. B.ORDINANCE NO. 843 - AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY FOR THE TAX YEAR OF 2025 DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND At~ EFFECTIVE DATE CLAUSE.

  3. C.Actions Concerning Appointments to Various Boards, Commissions, or Committees

7.EXECUTIVE SESSION

  1. A.Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters - Past performance, review and evaluation of the City Manager

8.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION

9.CITY MANAGERS REPORT

10.MAYOR’S REPORT

11.ADJOURN

I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday September 11, 2025.

/s/ Mindi Parks
City Secretary

Citizens may watch city council meetings live on YouTube. A link to the City of Everman YouTube channel is provided on the city website at: www.evermantx.us/government/citycouncil/

Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sec. 551.127, on a regular, non-emergency basis, members may attend and participate in the meeting remotely by video conference. Should that occur, a quorum of the members, including the presiding officer, will be physically present at the location noted above on this Agenda.

Pursuant to Section 551.071, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, Council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session(s) from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting, to receive advice from its attorney on any posted agenda item, as permitted by Law. Additionally, Council may convene into Executive Session to discuss the following:

A.    Section 551.071 - Pending or Contemplated Litigation or to Seek Advice of the City Attorney.
B.    Section 551.072 - Purchase, Sale, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property.
C.    Section 551.073 - Deliberation Regarding Prospective Gift.
D.    Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters.
E.    Section 551.087- Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations.
F.    Section 551.089 - Deliberations Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits.

Citizens wishing to submit written comments should e-mail the City Secretary at mparks@evermantx.net. Comments that are received at least one-hour prior to the start of the meeting will be provided to all council members.

According to the City of Everman Policy on Governance Process, individual citizen comments will be restricted to three (3) minutes unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of the Council. The mayor is responsible to enforce the time limit. Citizens may address City Council either during the Citizen Comments portion of the meeting or during deliberation of a listed agenda item. City Council is only permitted by Law to discuss items that are listed on the agenda. Citizens wishing to make comments should notify the City Secretary as soon as possible.

City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Parking spaces for disabled citizens are available. Requests for sign interpretative services must be made 48 hours prior to the meeting. To make arrangements, call 817.293.0525 or TDD 1.800.RELAY TX, 1.800.735.2989.