The Denver City City Council met in regular session on Monday night, September 19, where they passed several ordinances, including the ordinance adopting the tax rate for 2016-2017.
During the announcement portion of the meeting the Council once again listened to concerns from Denver City residents Bill and Jill Trice concerning a drainage ditch just south of their home. They were also at the last meeting telling the Council that recent rains have washed away land close to two storage units and they were concerned these unit would eventually tumble into the ditch.
Several ideas had been discussed at that previous meeting and how the city could help solve the problem. This time they returned with pictures showing how the land had eroded and how close the units were to possibly sliding into the ditch. Mayor Tommy Hicks along with Public Works Director Dave Tedford assure them they would address the issue as soon as possible.
Also in attendance was Joe Nevarez, another resident, who had concerns about large transport trucks passing in front of his house and the possible damage that might be taking place on the city streets. This led to another discussion concerning these transports being parked on city streets at night time. Once again Mayor Hicks informed Nevarez there were city codes that addressed these issues. Chief of Police Jack Miller said members of his police force were aware of these transports and had been addressing these issue.
Moving into the business portion of the agenda the Council unanimously approved the Budget Ordinance – FY2017. City Manager Stan David and the Council had comprised a budget, starting on October 1, 2016 and ending on September 30, 2017, that set the revenues of the City of Denver City the sum of $6,069,501 that will be raised by taxation. This amount will be necessary to defray all expenditures and expenses of the City during said budget year.
In the next ordinance the Council then unanimously approved the Tax Ordinance which set the new 2016-2017 tax rate at 89.9 cents per $100 ($0.899) on each One Hundred and NO/100 Dollars ($100.00) valuation of property. This rate will generate the funds for the new 2016-2017 budget. The prior tax rate was .7326.
The Council also unanimously approved a resolution on rates and fees for FY2017 and also unanimously approved the city employees’ salary schedule for FY2017. Each city employee received a $1200 raise.
And in the last item City Manager David discussed the budget revisions for FY2017. These revisions are from the current budget were adjustments have been made for various items.
After approving to pay all bills the Council adjourned.
Council members Joan Breith, Ronald Weir, Clinton Bowman, Mark Sherman, and Keith Mensch along with Mayor Tommy Hicks were in attendance. Councilman Robert Hanneman was not in attendance.
The next meeting for the Council will be on Monday, October 3 at 7 pm in the Council chambers.
