2002-140-RES SET PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED TAX INCREASE REQUIRED TO FUND AND BALANCE ON CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002-2003
RESOLUTION NO.
2002-140
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
TAX INCREASE REQUIRED TO FUND AND BALANCE THE CITY
MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002-2003;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Paris presented to the City Council at special
session convened on the 27th day of August, 2002, the City Manager's proposed budget which
would require a tax increase to fund a balanced budget as required by Section 59 of the Charter
of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 26.05(c) of the Property Tax Code of the State
of Texas, a public hearing must be held at which the City Council must afford adequate
opportunity for proponents and opponents of the tax increase to present their views; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate time and place for said public hearing is found to be the 12th
day of September, 2002, at 6:00 p.m., in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building,
Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That a public hearing be, and the same is hereby, called for the 12th day of
September, 2002, at 6:00 p.m., in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room
1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas, for the purpose of hearing the views of proponents
and opponents of the tax increase required to fund and balance the City Manager's proposed
budget for fiscal year 2002-2003.
Section 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Paris publish notice of said public hearing
in the Paris News on the 1st day of September, 2002, setting forth the time and place of said
public hearing, which public hearing date is no sooner than the seventh (7th) day after said
publication date in accordance with Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, Tax Code, Section
26.06(a).
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th day of August, 2002.
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk