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August 25, 2003
RESOLUTION NO.
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 2003-2004;
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
Regular session convened on the 7th day of August, 2003, the City Manager's proposed budget
which would require a tax rate of 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
__ day of September, 2003, at 6:00 p.m., in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology
Building, Room 1206, 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 __ day of
September, 2003, at 6:00 p.m., in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room
1206, 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 2003-2004.
Section 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Paris publish notice of said public hearing
in the Paris News on the __ day of August, 2003, 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 25th day of August, 2003.
ATTEST:
Curtis Fendley, Mayor
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney