EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING

EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM 213 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140 MINUTES 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor Richardson called meeting to order at 6:01pm. 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS A. PUBLIC HEARING - TO HEAR CITIZEN TESTIMONY ON THE 2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE. A TAX RATE OF $1.026080 PER $100 VALUATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN. THE NO-NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS $1.026385 PER $100; AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS $1.042718 PER $100. Mayor opened up the Public hearing at 6:03pm to hear public comment on this matter. We had no citizens comments on this matter. At this time City Manager, Craig Spencer wanted to state this on the record: A Tax rate of 1.026080 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of the City of Everman. Proposed Tax Rate $1.026080 per $100 No-New Revenue Tax Rate $1.026385 per $100 Voter-Approval Tax Rate $1.042718 per $100 The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for he 2025 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for Everman from the same properties in both the 2024 tax year and the 2025 tax year. The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that Everman may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate. The proposed tax rate is not greater than the no-new revenue tax rate. This means that the City of Everman is not proposing to increase property taxes for the 2025 tax year. Mayor closed the Public Hearing at at 6:04pm. 5. DISCUSSION ITEMS 6. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-09-01 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERAN TEXAS RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE CITY'S ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET, WHICH IS A BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried B. ORDINANCE NO. 843 - AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY FOR THE TAX YEAR OF 2025 DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND At~ EFFECTIVE DATE CLAUSE. Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 1 Sanders. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. C. Actions Concerning Appointments to Various Boards, Commissions, or Committees This will be on the next meeting. 7. EXECUTIVE SESSION A. Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters - Past performance, review and evaluation of the City Manager Mayor convened into executive session at 6:08pm. Mayor reconvened meeting at 6:20pm. Motion made by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey to approve raising the City Manager salary 3.5%, the same as the employees coming up and direct the city attorney to amend the contract and authorize the Mayor to execute said contract, Seconded by Place 5 Sellers. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Voting Nay: Place 3 Allen Motion Carried. 8. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION 9. CITY MANAGERS REPORT Craig stated that the News Letter will now be every month and we will be changing it up. This will be story based and highlights. If council would like to highlight anything in the month they can get that to Mindi as well. Rodrick Miles is going to expend dollars to do a rebuild on Roy C. Brooks road. All new road for Roy C. Brooks. 10. MAYOR’S REPORT Mayor had nothing to report. 11. ADJOURN  Mayor adjourned the meeting at 6:26pm. I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday September 11, 2025. /s/ Mindi Parks City Secretary Citizens may watch city council meetings live on YouTube. A link to the City of Everman YouTube channel is provided on the city website at: www.evermantx.us/government/citycouncil/ Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sec. 551.127, on a regular, non-emergency basis, members may attend and participate in the meeting remotely by video conference. Should that occur, a quorum of the members, including the presiding officer, will be physically present at the location noted above on this Agenda. Pursuant to Section 551.071, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, Council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session(s) from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting, to receive advice from its attorney on any posted agenda item, as permitted by Law. Additionally, Council may convene into Executive Session to discuss the following: A. Section 551.071 - Pending or Contemplated Litigation or to Seek Advice of the City Attorney. B. Section 551.072 - Purchase, Sale, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property. C. Section 551.073 - Deliberation Regarding Prospective Gift. D. Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters. E. Section 551.087- Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations. F. Section 551.089 - Deliberations Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits. Citizens wishing to submit written comments should e-mail the City Secretary at mparks@evermantx.net. Comments that are received at least one-hour prior to the start of the meeting will be provided to all council members. According to the City of Everman Policy on Governance Process, individual citizen comments will be restricted to three (3) minutes unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of the Council. The mayor is responsible to enforce the time limit. Citizens may address City Council either during the Citizen Comments portion of the meeting or during deliberation of a listed agenda item. City Council is only permitted by Law to discuss items that are listed on the agenda. Citizens wishing to make comments should notify the City Secretary as soon as possible. City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Parking spaces for disabled citizens are available. Requests for sign interpretative services must be made 48 hours prior to the meeting. 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