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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-09-24 Special Meeting~ ~ ~ MINUTES - SPECIAL ~~EETING LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION - SEPTF11gBER 24, 1947. 7:30 P. M. Special meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Mayor Pfeiffer with the following members and officials pre- sent: Commissioners Jas. S, Crate, Jr., Jas. E. Stewart, City Attorney Jno. S. Kiibler and City Clerk J. E. Muld©on. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pfeiffer for the pur- pose of discussing the tax values and tax rate of the City for 1947 with a committee from the Citizens' Protective Association. The committee, with Geo. L~. Sharp, Sr. as Chairman, was composed of the following members: Gordon Ellis, Everett. du Puy, Nelson Johnson and W. J. Rhymes. George Sharp stated that, at a meet- ing of the Citizens' Protective Association, a resolution was adopted requesting that the tax rate be fixed at X1.50 per X100.00 value with a 40~ increase over the 1946 assessed values and that new improvements be assessed at 1946 levels and increased 40~. Mayor Pfeiffer informed the committee that the City will take the recommendation: under advisement to see if 'it would produce sufficient money to operate the City during the current fiscal year but that the City would equalize the assessed. values. Geo. Sharp said that equalization was not mentioned in the Association's resolution but that it was the consensus of opinion that the values should be equalized. Mayor Pfeiffer stated that the City Commission would consider the matter and contact the committee later. Motion by Crate, second by Stewart that the meeting adjourn. Carried. ~\ ~ ~ ~ ~ E. Muldoon, ity Clerk o J. P i fer, Ma or of the the City of La Porte, Texas. City o ~ La Porte,'I'exas. ~;' ,/