[Call to Order, Pledges, and Invocation]
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SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026. WE HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENT, SO WE WILL BEGIN THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH INVOCATION PLEDGES, AND I'LL LEAD US IN A QUICK PRAYER AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGES TOGETHER. FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING GIVING YOU ALL THE GLORY, ALL THE HONOR AND ALL THE PRAISE. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH US AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THIS CITY. AND LORD, I PRAY THAT WE JUST REFLECT YOUR WILL IN THIS COMMUNITY. TO YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS EVENING ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER ONE
[2026-315 Consider and act upon an ordinance, by record vote of the City Council of the City of Midlothian, Texas, levying and assessing municipal ad valorem taxes for the City of Midlothian, for the fiscal year 2026-2027, at $0.336585 for Maintenance and Operations and $0.303415 for Interest and Sinking Funds, for a total of $0.640000, specifically for the purpose for which said taxes may be expended and directing the assessment and collection thereof; repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions; including a severability clause and establishing an effective date]
IS 2026 315. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE BY A RECORD VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS LIVING AND ASSESSING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 AT A .336585 FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND 0.303415 FOR INTEREST AND SINKING FUNDS FOR A TOTAL OF 0.64. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAID WHICH TAXES MAY BE EXPENDED AND DIRECTED ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF. REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND WELCOME. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, THIS ITEM IS DOES REQUIRE RECORD VOTE. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE TOTAL ASSESSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE AS ESTABLISHED BY THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS ATTACHED, IS 0.64 OR $0.64 PER 100 EVALUATION. THIS RATE REPRESENTS A $0.01 DECREASE FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OVERALL TAX RATE.SO AGAIN, THERE'S A $0.01 DECREASE OF FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDED MOTION IN THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. AND TAMMY, DID ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. MOTIONS. THERE IS ONE THAT'S WRITTEN. IT'S IN THE PACKET. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING SAID MOTION, IT WOULD BE. IT SHOULD BE ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE AGENDA ITEM IN BOLD. IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. I MOVE. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.6 $0.04, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 5.83% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
MOTION ON THE TABLE IS ARE SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD. COUNCILMEMBER RENO. HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES. CHESHIRE.
YES. YES. YES. WICKLIFFE. YES. WEAVER. YES. SHEFFIELD. YES. OKAY. ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.
[2026-316 Consider and take a separate vote to ratify a property tax revenue increase as reflected in the FY 2026-2027 Annual Operating Budget when compared to the FY 2025-2026 Annual Operating Budget; this budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $5,560,152 which is a 12.19 percent increase from last year’s budget and, of that amount, $5,001,958 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.]
MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM FOR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING 2026 316. CONSIDER AND TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY A PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE AS REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET WHEN COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $5,560,152, WHICH IS A 12.19% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. AND OF THAT AMOUNT, 5 MILLION. WHAT IS IT? $1,958 IS A TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR AND. AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS. I'LL JUST BRIEFLY STATE THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 102.007 C, REQUIRES A CITY THAT'S ADOPTING A BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.CONDUCT A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE RAISING MORE REVENUE, THAT IS WHY WE'RE HAVING TO HAVE THIS
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AGENDA ITEM. OKAY, TAMMY, ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? OKAY. WITH NO PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS CASE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF AN OR STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS? ROSS. I JUST AND I'M REMIND ME FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE I ALWAYS ASK, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS PUTTING IT IN THERE. HOW MUCH IS NEW, HOW MUCH IS EXISTING. BUT LAST YEAR IT WAS CLOSER TO HALF OF THE INCREASE WAS FROM EXISTING. HALF OF THE INCREASE WAS FROM NEW, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ROUGH MATH ROUGHLY. BUT. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING AT 90% OF. THE ACTUAL REVENUE INCREASE IS COMING FROM NEW PROPERTY CONSTRUCTED AND ADDED TO THE TAX ROLLS, AND ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THE INCREASE, WHICH IS THE $560,000 DIFFERENCE, IS COMING FROM EXISTING PROPERTIES. BUT THAT WOULD BE HOMESTEAD OR OTHERWISE JUST THEY WERE ALREADY BUILT IN HERE, RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TESTAMENT THAT OUR GROWTH IS, YOU KNOW, STILL GOING AND IT'S STARTING TO BE REALIZED, WHICH IS ALLOWING US TO LOWER THAT TAX RATE LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR BY A PENNY, SO THAT THE INCREASE IN THE OVERALL REVENUE FROM THE CITY IS PRIMARILY COMING FROM NEW PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S WORTH HIGHLIGHTING. THANK YOU. ROSS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOTIONS. WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDED MOTION IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO THAT. ANYBODY INTERESTED IN MAKING THE RECOMMENDED MOTION. THAT'S KIND OF THE VERY BOTTOM. SORRY ABOUT THAT MARK. YES, A THIRD ONE. YES, YES. FROM LAST NIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY AMOUNT OF $5,560,150, WHICH IS A 12.19% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR IS $5,001,958. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE. ANY IS THIS ROLL CALL VOTE? NO. THIS ONE IS NOT. THEN I CAN'T ACTIVATE THE VOTE BUTTON OVER HERE. I JUST FORGOT WHERE TO DO IT. IT'S BEEN SINCE LAST NIGHT. HERE WE GO. YEAH. PLEASE VOTE.ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH NO THANK YOU. AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS THIS EVENING, WE WILL ADJOURN. AT WHAT TIME IS IT?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.