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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-0180 - Ordinance - 03/03/1953ORDINANCE NO. 180 ORDER OF ELECTION AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, ORDERING A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION ON TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1953, FOR THE ELECTION OF THREE COUNCILMEN: FIXING THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF HOLDING THE ELECTION AND APPOINTING JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas: A general election shall be and the same is hereby ordered to be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1953, the same being April 7, for the purpose of electing three councilmen, namely, one from each ward, of the City of College Station, Texas. The election will be held in the Council room of the City building and the following persons are hereby appointed managers of said election, towit: Mrs. C. B. Godbey, judge, Mrs. W. B. Clements and Mrs. Ernest Langford, clerks. The polls shall be opened promptly at 8 otclock A.M. and shall be closed promptly at 7 o'clock P.M. The election will be held under the provisions of the laws of the State of Texas governing general elections, and only duly qualified voters who are residents of the City of College Station shall be allowed to vote. Copies of this ordinance, signed by the Mayorand attested by the City Secretary shall, when posted at three public places in the City of College Station, serve as a proper notice of said election. Passed and approved this the 3rd day of March, 1953. APPROVED: Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary 00443 STATEMENT OF CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING ITS OFFICIAL RELATION WITH THE A & M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL To correct any possible misunderstanding concerning the official relation- ship which exists between the City of College -Station and the A & M Consol- idated School, the following statement is authorized by the City Council: The City Council and the School Board are separate and distinct elective bodies. The only official relationship which exists between them is that the city assesses and collects taxes for the school. This service is rendered primarily as a matter of convenience to the people and for it the school pays the city 4% of the amount of school taxes collected. Both the city and the school appoint their own boards of equalization. Both boards are empowered by law to equalize assessments as uniformly as possible, to review complaints, to hold public hearings and to adopt regula- tions regarding procedure. Upon receipt of the rolls, both bodies must adopt them as the rolls to be used for the collection of taxes for the current year. Neither the city nor the school has the right to make any adjustments once the rolls have been approved by the boards of equalization. The board of equalization for the city has completed its work for the year 1953-54 and has filed its report with the Council. By and large assessments for city taxes remain as before. However, in any serious study, certain adjust- ments inevitably have to be made. Some valuations, therefore, have been raised while others have been lowered. By actual count, the number of changes made in city assessments is less than 2% of the total number of assessments. The City Council has accepted the report of its board of equalization for the next fiscal year and has set the tax rate the same as heretofore, namely, 31.00 per $100.00 valuation. The board of equalization for the school has, except for minor adjustments, doubled existing valuations. A new tax rate for school purposes will be announced officially at a later date by the School Board. The city will continue to assess and collect taxes for the school until such time as a new agreement may be reached. The adjusted valuations fixed by the board of equalization for the school will be used by the city in preparing its state- ments for collecting school taxes. Both the City Council and the School Board have worked harmoniously for the interests of the school and the people who support it. It is expected that this spirit of harmony shall continue to prevail between the two bodies. Since there seems to be some confusion in the minds of many people as to just what the responsibility of each is, this statement is issued by the City Council in the hope that any possible misunderstanding will be cleared up immediately. Approved and ordered mailed to the citizens of College Station, May 18, 1953. ATTEST: FOR THE CITY CO CIL: JP14%//4` City Secretary Mayor 004E44 D. a, OF PUBL?C J Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held in the City Hall of the City of College Station, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. June 15, 1953 on the city's budget for the fiscal year 1953-54. City Secretary