MINUTES
Special
Meeting – Board of Trustees
September 8,
2008
In accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of Texas Government
Code, the Board of Trustees of the Austin Community College District convened
in public session on Monday, September 8, 2008, at 11:55 a.m. in the Board Room
(201) of the Highland Business Center of Austin Community College located at
5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin, Texas, with the following members present: Ms.
Nan McRaven, Chair/Presiding Officer; Ms. Veronica Rivera, Board Vice Chair; Mr.
John-Michael Cortez; Mr. Allen H. Kaplan; Mr. Tim Mahoney; and Dr. Barbara P.
Mink. Trustees Raul Alvarez, James W.
McGuffee, and Jeffrey Richard were absent from the meeting.
It is further found and
determined that in accordance with the policies and orders of this Board, the
notice of this meeting has been posted and return thereof made pursuant to the
terms and provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code, and there has been full compliance with the terms and
provisions of said act, including the timely posting of the subjects of this
meeting.
Items for
Discussion and Possible Action
Agenda Item
8501
Adoption of 2008
(FY09) Tax Rate for Austin Community College District
Chair McRaven introduced the item and Mr. Ben Ferrell, Vice President for Business Services, stated the adopted Fiscal Year 2009 balanced budget requires a $0.900 Maintenance & Operations tax rate per $100 assessed tax rate and the tax debt service payment requires a $0.0054 Debt Service tax rate per $100 assessed value.
Mr. Ferrell said the adopted FY2009 Budget included $83,387,828 of property tax operating revenue and $5,086,171 of property tax debt service. The 2008 Proposed Tax Rate of $0.0954 is a decrease of 0.4% from the 2007 adopted tax rate of $0.0958. The proposed elderly/disabled tax exemption is $95,000, which is an increase of $10,000 over the 2007 exemption.
Trustees Barbara Mink moved and Veronica
Rivera seconded that:
MOTION:
The Board of Trustees of the Austin Community College District increase
property taxes by the adoption of a tax rate of $0.954 ($0.0900 per $100 for
Maintenance & Operations and $0.0054 for Debt Service) per $100 assessed
valuation.
VOTE: The motion passed on a
unanimous vote of 6-0.
FOR: Mr. John-Michael Cortez, Mr.
Allen H. Kaplan, Mr. Tim Mahoney, Ms. Nan McRaven, Dr. Barbara P. Mink, and Ms.
AGAINST: None.
ABSENT: Mr. Raul
Alvarez, Dr. James W. McGuffee, and Mr. Jeffrey Richard.
(Attachment A.)
Trustees Barbara P. Mink moved and Allen H. Kaplan seconded that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees of
the Austin Community College District adopt the Order Approving Tax for
Residential Homesteads Including Additional Exemptions for Elderly and Disabled
persons.
VOTE: The motion passed on a
unanimous vote of 6-0.
FOR: Mr. John-Michael Cortez,
Mr. Allen H. Kaplan, Mr. Tim Mahoney, Ms. Nan McRaven, Dr. Barbara P. Mink, and
Ms. Veronica Rivera.
AGAINST: None.
ABSENT: Mr. Raul
Alvarez, Dr. James W. McGuffee, and Mr. Jeffrey Richard.
(Attachment B.)
Trustees Barbara P. Mink
moved and Veronica Rivera seconded that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees of the Austin Community
College District Adopt the Order Approving Partial Taxes for Certain Landmark
Properties.
VOTE: The motion passed on a
unanimous vote of 5-1.
FOR: Mr. John-Michael Cortez,
Mr. Tim Mahoney, Ms. Nan McRaven, Dr. Barbara P. Mink, and Ms. Veronica Rivera.
AGAINST: Mr. Allen H. Kaplan.
ABSENT: Mr. Raul
Alvarez, Dr. James W. McGuffee, and Mr. Jeffrey Richard.
(Attachment C.)
Executive
Session
There was no
Executive Session.
Adjournment
Having
no motion before the Board, the September 8, 2008, Special Meeting of the
Austin Community College Board of Trustees was adjourned at
Approved By
James
W. McGuffee, Secretary