(City)of MATHIS  Small Town. Bigl Lake. Great People.  411 E San Patricio Ave. Mathis TX 78368 Tel 361-547-3343 Fax 361-547-3838  The State ofTexas The County of San Patricio The City of Mathis  Special Meeting September. 3, 2024  In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551.041 ofthe Texas Government Code, the City Coun- cil ofthe City of Mathis held a Special Meeting at 7:001 P.M. on Tuesday, September: 3, 2024, atCity Hall Annex, 401 E. San Patricio Avenue. Public Notice was hereby given that the City Council may elect to go into closed session at any time during the meeting in order to discuss matters listed on the agenda concerning personnel, consultation with the city attorney, real estate acquisition, or other purposes authorized under the "Open Meetings Act". In the event the City Council elects to go into closed session regarding an agenda item; the purpose of the closed session and the section of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the session will be publicly announced by the  presiding officer.  Councilman David Garcia led the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.  1.  Roll call to determine presence ofa quorum. Councilman Israel Gonzales, and Councilman David Garcia.  Mayor Ciri Villarreal, Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones, Councilman Richard Salinas, Isabel Monsibaiz Rivera City Staff Present: City Manager Cedric Davis, Sr., City Secretary Mary A. Gonzales, Administrative Assistant  Cassandra J. Moya 2. Call to order. Villarreal at 7:01pm.  With a quorum of the Council Members present, the Regular Meeting was called to order by Mayor Ciri  The City Council oft the City of Mathis will discuss and act on the following: Consider approval of minutes for August 26, 2024 Regular Meeting.  3.  MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to approve the minutes for August 26, 2024, Regular Meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Richard Salinas and the motion carried 5-0.  4.  Citizens to be heard.  There were no, presentations at this time.  5. Open Public Hearing.  The public hearing opened at 7:02 p.m.    Special Meeting September: 3. 2024 Page2 2  Conduct a Public Hearing offering the general public the opportunity to make comments and ask questions Mr. Davis informed that the City of Mathis is proposing ai tax rate ofS1.098086 per $100 valuation for tax year. 2024. The proposed debt rate to. support. I&Sis $0.162691. The proposed. M&Orate is $0.905076. The no-new revenue tax rate for the City ofMathis is calculated at $1.098086 is above the n0-new-revenue tax rate. The no new revenue tax rate is the total rate needed to raise the. same amount ofproperly tax revenue for the City, from the same properties in both 2023 and 2024 tax year. 2024 no-new revenue rate is  concerning the 2024. Ad Valorem Tax Rate.  $1.050094; 2024 voter approval rate $1.070907; The proposed tax rate is $1.098086. There was no one present from the general public for additional comment.  7. Conduct a public hearing to discuss the proposed Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal year. This budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an approximate amount of $100,647, which is a 6.9% increase from last year's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property Mr. Davis informed this is the PublicHearing. for the Proposed. Fiscal Year. Budget; we. have discussed the budget per department and per line item. This budget will raise more revenue from property taxes by $100,647 which is 6.9% increase from last year 's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax role this year is $10,476. Mr. Davis reviewed the total budgets per department.  added to the tax roll this year is $10,476.  There was no one present from the general public for additional comment.  8. Close public hearing.  Closed, public hearing at 7:28 p.m.  9. Consider First Reading of Ordinance 0-24-09-03 adopting the Budget for the City of Mathis for the Fiscal  Year beginning October 1, 2024, and ending September 30, 2025.  Mayor Villarreal read the Ordinance adopting the operating budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 aloud. The MOTION: Councilman Richard Salinas motioned to approve the First Reading ofOrdinance 0-24-09- 03 adopting the Budget for the City of Mathis for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2024, and ending September30, 2025. The motion was seconded by Councilman Israel Gonzales and the motion carried 5-0. 10. Consider motion of the First reading of Ordinance 0-24-09-04 Levying Taxes for the Uses and Support of the Municipal government of the City ofMathis, Texas, for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2024 and ending September 30, 2025; and providing for the Interest and Sinking Funds for the Year 2024-2025 and appropriating each levy for the specific purpose; providing penalty and interest for delinquent taxes; provid- Mayor Villarreal read the ordinance aloud; and in doing. SO, Council voiced an error on the calculation of the M&o rate of80.905076. In addition, qfter some recalculations, it was determined that the M&O rate should have been $0.935395 which would change the debt rate to $0.193010, totaling the tax rate of MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to approve the First reading of Ordinance 0- 24-09-04 adopting the tax rate of$1.098086, Levying Taxes for the Use and Support of the Municipal gov- ernment of the City of Mathis, Texas, for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2024 and ending September 30, 2025; and providing for the Interest and Sinking Funds for the Year 2024-2025 and appropriating each levy for the specific purpose; providing penalty and interest for delinquent taxes; providing for the collection ofdelinquent taxes and declaring and effective date with the correction. The motion was seconded by Coun-  secondreading will be on September 9, 2024.  ing for the collection of delinquent taxes and declaring and effective date.  $1.098086.  cilman Richard Salinas and the motion carried 5-0.    Special Meeting September 3. 2024 Page3  11. Considerr motion approving the First Reading ofOrdinance 0-23-09-05 approving and accepting the Gen- eral Tax Roll oft the City of Mathis, Texas for the Year 2024 and authorizing the Mayor to execute this ordinance as a Certificate of Approval and Acceptance by affixing his signature and seal of the City of Mr. Davis informed that this is an annual requirement to accept the tax roll provided by the CAD Chief Appraiser and indicated that the Certification of the 2024 Appraisal Roll totaled $197,795,479.00. This value is used to develop the 2024-2025 budget. Mayor Villarreal read the ordinance aloud. MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to approve the First Reading of Ordinance 0- 23-09-05 approving and accepting the General Tax Roll of the City of Mathis, Texas for the Year 2024 and authorizing the Mayor to execute this ordinance as a Certificate of Approval and Acceptance by affixing his signature and seal of the City of Mathis thereto. The motion was seconded by Councilman Israel Gonzales 12. Discuss and consider the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool Board ofTrustees Election  Mathis thereto.  and the motion carried 5-0.  ballot and casting a vote for a Board ofTrustee member.  Mr. Davis stated this is a ballot that includes officials that have been nominated to serve a. six-year term on the TML-IRP Board of Trustees. Mr. Davis is one of the candidates; informing the Council to take MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to cast a vote for Cedric Davis Sr. for the Texas Municipal League ntergoyernmental Risk Pool Board of Trustees Election. The motion was seconded by 13. Discussion and presentation regarding GOGoV, a citizen notification and alerts, citizen request manage-  action on casting their vote.  Councilwoman Isabel Rivera and the motion carried 5-0.  ment application.  Mr. Davis informed that the PowerPoint for this presentation was not ready on time for the meeting and MOTION: Councilman Israel Gonzales motioned to table this agenda item presentation for the next council meeting. The motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones and the motion carried 5-  requested to table this item to bring back on the next meeting.  0. 14. Adjourn  With noj further items to discuss, Mayor Ciri Villarreal requestedai motion 10 adjourn the council meeting  at 8:00 pm.  MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to adjourn the meeting. The motion was se-  conded by Councilwoman Isabel Rivera and the motion carried 5-0. 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