HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Special - 8/6/2007CITY OF LUBBOCK
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 6, 2007
9:00 A. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in special session on the 6th day
of August, 2007, in the City Council Chambers, first floor, City Hall, 1625 13th
Street, Lubbock, Texas at 9:00 A. M.
9:01 A.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
City Council Chambers, 1625 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas
Present: Mayor David A. Miller; Mayor Pro Tern Jim Gilbreath; Council
Member Linda DeLeon; Council Member Phyllis Jones; Council
Member Todd R. Klein; Council Member John Leonard; Council
Member Floyd Price; Lee Ann Dumbauld, City Manager; Anita
Burgess, City Attorney; and Rebecca Garza, City Secretary
Absent: No one
Mayor Miller convened the meeting at 9:01 A. M.
1. WORK SESSION
1.1. Presentation of Proposed FY 2007-08 Operating Budget and Capital
Improvement Program - City Manager's Office: Lee Ann Dumbauld, City
Manager; Jeff Yates, Chief Financial Officer; and Andy Burcham,
Director of Fiscal Policy and Strategic Planning
Lee Ann Dumbauld, City Manager, presented Council with the proposed FY
2007-08 Operating Budget and Capital Program. The proposed budget is
recommending a 46.199 cents property tax rate, which is the same as in the
current year. This will generate 3.2 million, over the prior year, from appraisal
growth. Of that 3.2 million, 2.9 million is dedicated to increasing public safety
cost in police and fire. The sales tax forecast is at a 4.4%. She explained that
the FY 2007-08 Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program was
formulated with focus on the following areas:
Core Services — adequate, safe, and secure water and wastewater system; a
properly staffed and equipped public safety force; and a safe and reliable
transportation infrastructure.
Effective Governance — management of the day-to-day operations of the
City in a way that ensures the community is receiving the best possible
services at the lowest possible cost.
Community — quality recreational, leisure, and educational offerings, and
well -maintained and attractive parks, playgrounds and sport facilities.
Economic Development — funding economic development activities that
generate opportunities for all citizens.
Ms. Dumbauld then answered questions from Council.
Andy Burcham, Director of Fiscal Policy and Strategic Planning, presented
Council with information on the proposed tax rate and tax rate history, State of
Texas Truth -in -Taxation Laws, the effective/rollback tax rate, and General
Fund revenues and expenditures. Burcham then answered questions from
Council.
Jeff Yates, Chief Financial Officer, presented Council with information on the
General Fund "B" list (recommended but not funded), water utility, wastewater
utility, and stormwater utility, street maintenance program, and solid waste
utility. Yates then informed Council of the Budget Calendar, which includes
the notice for the first of the tax rate hearing and notice for the budget hearing,
which will be published August 15, 2007. During the Regular City Council
Meeting of August 23, 2007, the first tax rate public hearing will be held at 6:00
p.m. Also during that meeting, the date for the public hearing on the tax rate,
and the date for the public hearing on the budget will be scheduled. On August
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30, 2007, there will be a Special City Council Meeting for a budget public
hearing at 7:30 a.m., the second tax rate public hearing at 7:30 a.m., the first
reading of the budget ordinance, the first reading of the tax levy ordinance, and
schedule and announce the meeting to adopt the tax rate. On September 5,
2007, the notice on the tax rate will be published. The September 13, 2007
Regular City Council Meeting will include the second reading of the budget
ordinance, a vote to ratify property tax revenue increase reflected in the budget,
and the second reading of the tax levy ordinance. The last day to adopt the
2007 tax rate is September 29, 2007. Yates then answered questions from
Council.
9:28 A. M. COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, Mayor Miller
adjourned the meeting.
Read and approved this 23"d day of August, 2007.
/s/ David A. Miller
David A. Miller, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Rebecca Garza
Rebecca Garza, City Secretary