Special Council Meeting
Special MeetingTomball, TX · September 27, 2021
Minutes
MINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF TOMBALL, TEXAS
Monday, September 27, 2021
5:30 PM
The City Council of the City of Tomball, Texas, conducted the meeting scheduled for September 27,
2021, 5:30 PM, at 401 Market Street, Tomball, Texas 77375, via video/telephone conference.
A. Mayor Pro Tem/Council 5 Klein Quinn called the meeting of the Tomball City Council to
order at 5:31 p.m.
PRESENT:
Mayor Gretchen Fagan – video conference
Council 1 John Ford
Council 2 Mark Stoll
Council 4 Derek Townsend, Sr.
ABSENT:
Council 3 Chad Degges – Excused
OTHERS PRESENT:
City Manager – David Esquivel
Interim Assistant City Manager/Police Chief – Jeff Bert
City Secretary – Doris Speer
Director of Public Works – Beth Jones
Finance Director – Glenn Windsor
Fire Chief – Joe Sykora
Assistant City Secretary – Tracy Garcia
B. No public comments were received.
C. Old Business
1. Motion made by Council 4 Townsend, Sr., Seconded by Council 2 Stoll, to “move
that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of
$0.333339/$100, which is effectively a 2.29 percent increase in the tax rate” and
to adopt, on Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2021-34, an Ordinance of the City of
Tomball, Texas, Setting the Tax Levy of $0.333339/$100 Value Assessed for the
Year 2021 on All Taxable Real and Personal Property Located in the City of
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Tomball, Texas; Providing for Penalty, Interest, and Additional Penalty on Taxes
Not Timely Paid; and Providing Other Matters Relating to the Subject
Voting Yea: Council 1 Ford, Council 2 Stoll, Council 4 Townsend, Sr., Mayor
Pro Tem/Council 5 Klein Quinn
Absent: Council 3 Degges
Motion carried unanimously.
D. Motion made by Council 4 Townsend, Sr., Seconded by Council 2 Stoll, to adjourn.
Voting Yea: Council 1 Ford, Council 2 Stoll, Council 4 Townsend, Sr., Mayor Pro
Tem/Council 5 Klein Quinn
Absent: Council 3 Degges
Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 5:34 p.m.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of October 2021.
Doris Speer Gretchen Fagan
Doris Speer Gretchen Fagan
City Secretary, TRMC, MMC Mayor
Agenda
NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF TOMBALL, TEXAS
Monday, September 27, 2021
5:30 PM
Notice is hereby given of a Special meeting of the Tomball City Council, to be held on
Monday, September 27, 2021 at 5:30 PM, City Hall, 401 Market Street, Tomball, Texas
77375, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda items are
subject to action. The Tomball City Council reserves the right to meet in a closed session for
consultation with attorney on any agenda item should the need arise and if applicable
pursuant to authorization by Title 5, Chapter 551, of the Texas Government Code.
MEETING AGENDA AND AGENDA PACKET ARE POSTED ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://TOMBALLTX.GOV/ARCHIVE.ASPX?AMID=38; A RECORDING OF THE
MEETING WILL BE MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.
In accordance with Texas Government Code, Sec. 551.127, on a regular, non-emergency basis,
Council members may attend and participate in a meeting remotely by video conference. Should
such attendance transpire, a quorum of the Council members will be physically present at the
location noted above on this agenda.
A. Call to Order
B. Public Comments and Receipt of Petitions; [At this time, anyone will be allowed to speak
on any matter other than personnel matters or matters under litigation, for length of time
not to exceed three minutes. No Council/Board discussion or action may take place on a
matter until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law
- GC, 551.042.]
C. Old Business
1. Adopt, on Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2021-34, an Ordinance of the City of
Tomball, Texas, Setting the Tax Levy of $0.333339/$100 Value Assessed for the
Year 2021 on All Taxable Real and Personal Property Located in the City of
Tomball, Texas; Providing for Penalty, Interest, and Additional Penalty on Taxes
Not Timely Paid; and Providing Other Matters Relating to the Subject
D. Adjournment
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CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board of City Hall,
City of Tomball, Texas, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the 16th
day of September 2021 by 5:00 PM, and remained posted for at least 72 continuous hours
preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.
Doris Speer, City Secretary, TRMC, MMC
This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or
interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary’s office at (281)
290-1002 or FAX (281) 351-6256 for further information.
AGENDAS MAY BE VIEWED ONLINE AT www.ci.tomball.tx.us.
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