Tuesday, September 28, 2010,
Item 18

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Item number 18, consider and take appropriate action on order setting the travis county tax rates for the year beginning january 1, 2010. A, total maintenance and operations tax rate, b, total debt service tax rate, and c, total county ad valorem tax rate.

>> thank you, judge. You have before you the prepared motions for this particular item. We do need to take those motions up separately and in the verbiage you have, the first is for the m and o, .3858 and that is the maintenance and operations tax rate.

>> okay, for the maintenance and operation tax rate, i move that the property tax rate be increased by the tax right of .3858 for point and operations which is effectively a 7-point -- a 9.7% -- 9.7% increase in the tax rate for maintenance and operations. Is there a second?

>> second.

>> discussion? All in favor of the motion? Show commissioners gomez, huber, eckhardt and yours truly voting in favor. Commissioner davis --

>> vote no.

>> vote no. The second part is debt service. I move that the property tax rate be increased by .0800 for debt service.

>> second.

>> discussion? All in favor? Show commissioners huber, gomez, eckhardt and yours truly voting in favor. Commissioner davis voting no. The total tax rate is third. I move that the property tax rate be increased by .4568 for the combined tax rate which is effectively a 10.51% increase in the combined tax rate. Is there a second?

>> second.

>> seconded by commissioner huber -- eckhardt. Discussion? All in favor? Shows commissioners gomez, huber, eckhardt and yours truly voting in favor. Commissioner davis voting no. Okay. And that gets us through-that's all of 18, right?

>> yes, sir.

>> that's correct.

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