Public Hearing and Special Council Meeting Monday, September 19, 2022 06:00 PM 8301 Westview Drive, Houston, Texas 77055

The City Council of the City of Hilshire Village, Texas will meet on Monday 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers at 8301 Westview, Houston, Texas 77055.

 

Social distancing is requested and face masks are recommended. Any person may participate and address the City Council at the meeting by Zoom, telephone, personal appearance at City Hall, or by writing.


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1.CALL TO ORDER

  1. 1.A.Roll Call

2.PUBLIC HEARING

  1. 2.A.Public Hearing on the prooposed Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending 2023

  2. 2.B.Public Hearing on the proposed Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2022

    A tax rate of $0.577588 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of the City of Hilshire Village

    PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.577588 PER $100

    NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE $0.559686 PER $100

    VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.5775 PER $100

    The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2022 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the City of Hilshire Village from the same properties in both the 2021 tax year and 2022 tax year.

    The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that the City of Hilshire Village may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate

    The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-ne-revenue tax rate.  This means that the City of Hilshire Village is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2022 tax year. 

3.BUDGET AND TAX RATE WORKSHOP

  1. 3.A.Capital Improvements

  2. 3.B.Budget and Tax Rate Discussion

  3. 3.C.Utility Rates - Water, Sewer and Trash

4.DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION

  1. 4.A.Discussion and Possible approval of Ordinance Number 824-2022 amending Appendix “A” Fee Schedule of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Hilshire Village, Texas by deleting section 7.200 and replacing with a new section 7.200 establishing new water and trash rates: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX “A” FEE SCHEDULE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HILSHIRE VILLAGE, TEXAS, BY DELETING SECTION 7.200 OF APPENDIX “A” THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SECTION 7.200 OF APPENDIX “A”, ESTABLISHING NEW WATER, WATER DEPOSITS, BILLING CHARGES, SANITARY SEWER AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

  2. 4.B.Discussion and Possible approval of Ordinance Number 825-2022 adopting the City of Hilshire Village, Texas General Budget for the FYE 2023:  In accordance with Section 102.007(c) of the Local Government Code, adoption of this year’s budget will require raising more revenue from property taxes than in the previous year; 
    [This Vote must be a Record Vote]  

  3. 4.C.Discussion and Possible action to ratify the proposed property tax increase reflected in the FY 2022-2023 Budget in accordance with Section 102.007 (c) of the Local Government Code.  THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR’S BUDGET BY $72,481 OR 4.58%, AND OF THAT AMOUNT, $25,784 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR. 
    (This Vote must be a Record Vote)

5.ANNOUNCEMENTS
The tax Rate will be adopted at the Regular Council Meeting of September 20, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

6.ADJOURNMENT

NOTES:

*Agenda items may be considered in any order.

* In the event a quorum of the city council is not present, the members who are present may meet as a sub-committee of council to discuss the agenda items above.

*City Council may recess into a closed meeting at any time during the open meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above as authorized by Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), 551.087 (Economic Development), and 551.086 (Certain Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters).

I, Susan Blevins, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting and Agenda for the City Council of the City of Hilshire Village was posted in a place convenient and readily accessible September 16, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.

This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or interpretative service must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Hall at 713-973-1779 or FAX -713-973-7793 for further information.