#39A1 SEP 242024 ORIGINAL  COMMISSIONERS COURT DOCKET SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 SPECIAL SESSION  THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY  BEITI REMEMBERED that on this the 6th day of September, 2024, the Honorable Commissioners Court of Montgomery County, Texas, was duly convened in a Regular Session in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Alan B. Sadler Commissioners Court Building, 501 North Thompson, Conroe, Texas, with the following members of the Court present:  County Judge Commissioner, Precinct 1 Commissioner, Precinct 2 Commissioner, Precinct 4 County Clerk Absent:  Mark Keough Robert Walker Charlie Riley Matt Gray L. Brandon Steinmann  Commissioner, Precinct 3  James Noack  INVOCATION GIVEN BY Commissioner Charlie Riley.  THE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  RECITED.  THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS STATE FLAG RECITED.  CITIZENS - AGENDA. ITEM 6 No citizens addressed the court.  COMMISSIONERS COURT IS RECESSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA ITEM 7A: Conduct aj public hearing on the proposed county budget for fiscal year  FOLLOWING:  ending September 30, 2025.  AGENDA ITEM 7B: Conduct aj public hearing on the 2024 tax rate. CONCLUDED AND COMMISSIONERS COURT RECONVENED.  THERE BEING NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS    Session of September 6th, 2024  Page 2of3  1.  RESOLUTION AND ORDER APPROVED - ADOPTI FY24-25 BUDGET- - BUDGET Motion by Commissioner Riley, seconded by Commissioner Walker to approve the Resolution and Order adopting the budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.  Aye: Opposed: Motion carried.  Commissioner Walker, Commissioner Riley, and Judge Keough  Commissioner Gray  2.  PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE APPROVED - TAX-ASSESSOR COLLECTOR Motion by Commissioner Riley, seconded by Commissioner Walker to approve that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of the tax rate .3790 which is effectively an  8.9% increase in the tax rate.  Aye: Opposed: Motion carried.  Commissioner Walker, Commissioner Riley, and Judge Keough  Commissioner Gray  3.  ORDER AND RESOLUTION APPROVED - MAINTENANCE & OPERATION- Motion by Judge Keough, seconded by Commissioner Riley to approve the Resolution and Order that sets and adopts the 2024 Ad Valorem Tax Rate for Maintenance & Operation. The tax rate for 2024 tax year be established at a rate of. .3790 cents per hundred dollars evaluation at 100% market value: that out of the above established tax  TAX. ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR  rate .3345 cents be used for maintenance and operations.  Aye: Opposed: Motion carried. COLLECTOR  Commissioner Walker, Commissioner Riley, and Judge Keough  Commissioner Gray  4.  ORDER AND RESOLUTION APPROVED - DEBT SERVICE - TAX ASSESSOR Motion by Commissioner Riley, seconded by Commissioner Walker to approve the Resolution and Order that sets and adopts the 2024 Ad Valorem Tax Rate for Debt Service. The tax rate for 2024 tax year be established at a rate of. .3790 cents per hundred dollars evaluation at 100% market value: that out of the above established tax rate .0445  cents be used for debt service.  Aye: Opposed: Motion carried.  Commissioner Walker, Commissioner Riley, and Judge Keough  Commissioner Gray    9AI Page 3of3  Session of September 64,2024  5.  RESOLUTION AND ORDER APPROVED - 2024 AD VALOREM ADOPTED TAX Motion by Commissioner Riley, seconded by Commissioner Walker to approve a Resolution and Ordera allocating the 2024 Ad Valorem Adopted Tax Rate for Montgomery County and Directing the Assessment and Collection Thereof. The adopted tax rate of. .3790 cents per one hundred dollars valuation for 2024 for Montgomery County, Texas, be and the same is hereby allocated and fixed for the specific purposes and funds hereinafter listed the respective rates hereinafter set forth; 1. for General Fund purposes, 2906 cents on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) 2. for Road Maintenance Fund purposes. 0439 cents on each one. hundred dollars 3. for Interest and Sinking Fund Purposes, 0.445 cents on each one hundred dollars  RATE-TAX ASSESSOR  valuation; and  ($100.00) valuation; and ($100.00) valuation.  Aye: Opposed: Motion carried. COURT ADJOURNS ofCourt. Motion carried.  Commissioner Walker, Commissioner Riley, and Judge Keough  Commissioner Gray  6.  Motion by Commissioner Riley, seconded by Commissioner Gray, to adjourn this session  The above and foregoing minutes were read and approved by the Court.  ATTEST:  L. Brandon Steinmann Montgomery County Clerk Clerk of Commissioners Court Montgomery County, Texas  BY:  SIONER  hnfe COUNTY CLERK  JN UDGE  GOMERY