STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF SEAGOVILLE  COUNTY OF DALLASICOUNTY OF KAUFMAN  CITY OF SEAGOVILLE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES  The City Council of the City of Seagoville met in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, September 3, 2009 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 702 N. Highway 175, Seagoville, Texas, with the following members present:  Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Council Member Council Member Council Member  Sidney M. Sexton, Jr. Brenda Thompson Harold Magill Jose Hernandez Carl Polnac  The following Council Member(s) were absent: Council Member Marshall Green  The following City staff members were present:  City Manager Assistant City Manager Finance Director City Manager Executive Assistant SEDC President and CEO City Secretary  Denny Wheat Mike Hitt Joe Stegall Janie Willman Carlos Vigil Sheila Martin  Mayor Sexton called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and delivered the  invocation. The City Council led the Pledge of Allegiance.  PRESENTATION/PROCLAMATIONIS)  The Mayor read the 2009 Muscular Dystrophy (MDA) Proclamation  SPEAKERS  There were no persons to speak before the Council on agenda items.    City Council Regular Meeting Minutes  September 3, 2009 Page 2of4  CONSENT AGENDA  1. Consider Approval of Minutes of the August 20, 2009 City Council Meeting. 2. Consider Resolution 43-09 Authorizing the Mayor to Sign an Audit Engagement Letter with the Firm of Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P., to Perform the 3. Consider Resolution No. 42-09 authorizing the Mayor to Sign an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with Dallas County for Reconstruction of Avenues A., B., and Motion: Harold Magill made a MOTION and Brenda Thompson to approve, Vote on the motion: Motion passed unanimously by 4 ayes-O nays.  Financial Audit for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2009  C.  the Consent Agenda as presented.  ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION  PUBLIC HEARINGS  4. Second Reading and Second Public Hearing on the Proposed 2009 Tax Rate Action: Mayor Sexton opened the Public Hearing at 7:36 p.m. with the following statement and asked if any member of the public wanted to comment The City of Seagoville's current tax rate was adopted in 2008 at sixty-three and one-half cents ($0.635) per hundred dollar taxable valuation. The currently proposed tax rate is sixty-five cents ($0.65). The proposed tax rate is inclusive of Operations and Maintenance tax of $0.569798 and a Debt Service rate of $0.080202. Following this evening's public hearing, the City Council will inform the public that the second public hearing on the tax rate is set for September 3, 2009, and its subsequent adoption set for the September 17, 2009 Regular City Manager Denny Wheat provided an overview of the overall economy and the impact on the City's tax rate; including new and existing property values, sales tax history, fund balance, the City's effective tax rate, and tax rates in Action: There being no members of the public to comment on the Proposed 2009 Tax Rate, the Mayor closed the Public Hearing at 7:43 p.m. No other  on the Proposed 2009 Tax Rate:  City Council Meeting.  Comparison Cities. action was taken.    City Council Regular Meeting Minutes  September 3, 2009 Page 3of4  ACTION ITEMS  5. Public Hearing on the Proposed FY 2009-2010 Budget and Announce the Action: Mayor Sexton opened the Public Hearing at 7:44 p.m. with the following statement and asked if any member of the public wanted to comment The City of Seagoville City Charter requires that a public hearing be held on the proposed City Budget. A notice announcing tonight's public hearing was published in the August 20, 2009 Suburbia News, ten days in advance of the City Manager Denny Wheat provided an overview of the City's budget and budget process including estimates revenues, proposed expenses, proposed Action: There being no members of the public to comment on the Proposed FY2009-2010 Budget, the Mayor closed the Public Hearing at 7:54 p.m.  Date for Considering Adoption of the Same on the Proposed FY 2009-2010 Budget:  public hearing as required.  reductions and revenue to expenses No other action was taken.  6. Consider Resolution No. 35-09 Ratifying a Seagoville Economic Development Agreement with Extreme Direct Mail, LP for Improvements at 1530 Bruce Way in an Amount not to Exceed $20,000.00 - SECOND READING Motion: Carl Polnac made a MOTION and Jose Hernandez SECONDED to Vote on the motion: Passed unanimously by a vote of 4 Ayes-0 Nays.  approve Resolution No. 35-09.  7. Consider Resolution No. 44-09 Adopting the Seagoville Economic Motion: Harold Magill made a MOTION and Carl Polnac SECONDED to Vote on the motion: Passed unanimously by a vote of 4 Ayes-0 Nays.  Development Corporation Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010  approve Resolution No. 37-09.  CITIZEN COMMENTS No Citizens addressed the Council    City Council Regular Meeting Minutes  September 3, 2009 Page 4of4  FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 8. Future Agenda Items.  No Future Agenda Items were requested  EXECUTIVE SESSION  There was no Executive Session  ADJOURN  Mayor Sexton adjourned the Council meeting at 7:59 p.m.  Approved this the 17th day of September, 2009.  Mayor Sidrey ATTEST:  AESS  frk City Secretary  P