Travis County Commissioners Court
September 7, 2004
Item 10
10. Consider and take appropriate action on issues regarding the implementation
of the Travis County hospital district. On Friday of last week, actually,
last Friday at 2:00, Commissioner Sonleitner and i, along with other members
of the internal committee, did meet with representatives of the maxwell, locke
and ritter accounting firm, they are the one who's did the verifications,
Commissioner Davis, Commissioner Sonleitner at the meeting, we will give you
a copy of what they gave us. This will be on the court's agenda next Tuesday.
What they did basically was to indicate after looking at appropriate documentation
from Travis County that they would verify a tax rate similar to the one that's
we have been using. And that is at .0144. Or 1.46 per $100 valuation. Which
is completely in line with where -- what we have been discussing. This would
be posted on next week. They are still working at the city of Austin and I
think [indiscernible] they hope to have their work done by late this week.
So we ought to know where they land with the city of Austin as the tax rate
by next Tuesday, also. The other thing that we will have next Tuesday at 1:30
p.m. Is the budget recommendation from the Travis County hospital district
board of managers. So all of this ought to fit right in together. Nicely.
>> and [indiscernible] obviously the reason that we are concerned
about what is the reduction over the city of Austin is because their reduction
is directly proportionate to what is the money coming into the hospital district
so that they know what their revenues are coming in from tax will be for this
next year so we can appropriately set our [indiscernible] yeah.
>> mr. Collins, any other issues that the Commissioners court
needs to address today regarding the Travis County hospital district?
>> I'm sorry, between the time that the item came up and
the time that I got down here, you had some discussion and I'm not sure what
that is.
>> tax rate verification work done by maxwell, locke and
ritter accounting firm, that was the only issue that we discussed as well
as the board of managers recommended budget being on our Commissioners court
agenda next Tuesday at 1:30.
>> yes, sir.
>> which will be probably after the corporations, so about
-- not 2:14 as today, but hopeful by about 1:45.
>> yes, sir. I have told the board and they will post a meeting
so that they may all be here if they choose. The only other thing is, I know
that you know this, is that you do have a request for cash transfer pending
on the Commissioners court's agenda. So when you are ready to take that up
--
>> request for a cash transfer today? Budget amendments and
transfers?
>> no.
>> I think that you have in the administration budget in
the county judge's office a sum of money that's at the disposal of the board
of managers.
>> I'm talking about the request for the 2.5 million. The
board is --
>> dreaded r word.
>> a little different than the administrative budget.
>> whole lot different.
>> the board is set to approve their budget tomorrow night.
At this point they don't have anything official from either of the two possible
bodies about what might be transferred. I know there's been discussion from
this dais about your inclination to do that. So I don't know what reaction
the board will have if they don't have anything official. But that -- you
just asked were there other issues, that's the only other issue that I know
of.
>> tomorrow.
>> we will do the right thing at the right time.
>> sure.
>> jim, jim, jim, before you run off ... I made a request
last week, I don't know you may have -- my office may have it, I don't think
so.
>> your seven questions.
>> no, not those [laughter] those haven't been completely
answered yet. But the request that I made on the reserve from urban counties
that have established hospital districts. We are working on collecting that
information. I do not have it completed.
>> okay. I just wanted to know the status of it. Thank you,
jim.
>> judge, the only other thing that I wanted to add to everybody
is that I'm sure earl when he gets him, they were extraordinarily compliment
terri of everybody -- complement terri of everybody at Travis County that
worked on this, very nice things to say about the quality of paperwork that
was presented to them, made their job very easy.
>> anything further regarding this item? It will be back
on next week with the -- probably changed wording.
>> okay.
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