OR 45 Appoints Lawrence G. Molck, A.W. Dobecka, & Mrs. C. T. Water to Board of Equalization ORDINANCE NO. 45
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, APPOINTING
COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE AS THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR THE YEAR
1968; FIXING A TIME FOR THE MEETING OF SUCH BOARD; SETTING FORTH
CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONDUCT OF HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD,
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAiN)L0 BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
and ~' ' are hereOF
8op~ll, Teza3, in ~ccord~nce ~ltk Article 10~, Vernon's
Civil Statutes of Texas.
Section 2: The meetings of the Board of Equ~l]z~tion
shall be conducted in five phases. My. oh ph~ae may require
than one sesSion~ ho~ever, e~ch phase sh~ll be referred to here-
in as the FIrst, Second, Third, Fourth.or Fifth ~eetin5 of the
~ard.
Section 3: Th.e first w. eeting of the Board of Equali~a-
tion for the City of. Coppoll, Texns~ shall be held 2t ~%
o'clock :~. ~fS~, irl
the Comm~ ca the 8th 1. day of . ~[. _..I,
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Section 4; ~,FIRST MEETING:
Prior to the First ~eeting of the ~card, the Xayor shall
have provided each uenber of the Soard with ~ c~py of thi~ Or~
dinonce.
The rlrs~ Eeetlng of the Board sh~ll be opened by the
llaror of the City ~ith the City Secretary zcting as secretary of
the Doard.
Th~yor shall have the Oath of Office ~d~inis%ered to
the appointed Ce~iss!onere.
The M~yor shall then open nom~in~tioas fox' Chairnan oZ
the B~ard who ~ill be selected by a majority vote o~ th~ members
of the Board,
The elected Chairman of the B0~rd ~ill then zssume the
office and take charge of the meeting.
The Eoard nay appoint an ex-officio secretary to the
Bo~rd nhoUld It appear that the clerical dutle9 of the office will
require the ~amo. If appointed, the ex-offlcto secretary ~tll
relieve the City Secretary of the dutte~ of "Secretary of the
'? and ~h~ll, durlm~ the tern of np.v. oint,aent, act ~n the
Board,
official c~pacity ~s th~ "S~cre~ary to tho E~ard,!' until relieved.
by final ~dJeurv=~nt of the Board or other. crd,~rs of th~ Board. '
The e~-o~Ylcio secret-~ryshallb~ Faid for his or her ~ervices
In ~ounts c~ may be ~u~u~lly a~¢~d'upon bet~oen said sacrctlry
and th~ ~oax'd of ~quali~atAon ~u~ject to the approval of the City
Council.
~heu the Chalrnan of the Beard finds that tho. Bo~rd
qualified and is ready to enter upon its ~u~ies, he
upon the City Tax A~s~ssor ~nd Collector to 5rZn~ bolero the
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that may be ~ade at thor ti~."'in the event the Bo~rd determines
that the ~alu~s on the list~ or ~Ooks of the T~x A~ssor ~all'
b~ changed, th~ Board ~h~ll make such correction so that the
value~ of such properties are set ~t the prope~ ~iEure. ~hen
the Doord hn~ made its examination and has determined that the
~alue of such properties arc correctly equalized, the Bva~d Bhall
adjourn to a date ~et for their "Second Meattag" which ~hall.bO
not less thou ten (10) nor mo~c than fifteen (15)-days fro~'the
date of adjournment, such date to' be fixed in the order of
3oursmeat.
Section 5: gOTiCE OF SF~OP~MEETiNG:
In all ca~es where. the Board of Equa~ization shall raise
the value .of any property app~rinZ on t~o liSt.or books of the
Assessor or ~hnll raise the value o~ any property ~bove lt~ value
as established for the precedin$ y~ar or shall raise the value st
any property above the ~aluo at rendered by the c~ner of such
property Or the person rendering the same, ~he Board shall c~se
the Secretary of the Board to ~ive ~ritten notice to the oVoer of
such property or to the person rendorin~ some, ~hich said No~ice
shall state the lucreneed valuation placed upon such property and
that the o~Ber m~y.appoar at such "Second Meeting" iE they desire,
to file their pro~e~t b~fore the Board requestin~ that the Board
sehedule their ease for a h~ring so that they m~y sho~ cause
~hy. their property should not ba so valued, The Beard shall
also direct that the Becret~ry publish in the official newspaper
of the City notice of this u~eeting of_the Board of Equalization,
Section 6: ~CO}~ MEETING:
The Second Meettn~ Of the Eoord of ~quallmation ~holl
be for the sole purpose ol receiving fro~ each person wAShing to
appear b~fore th~ Board his request for a l~e~rin~, A copy of
the "R~qu~st for Eoarin~" for~ to be Eiledby persons wishing
to appear b~fore the Bo~.rd is ~ttached hereto as ~hibit '~,"
and f~led A separate Bequest for Eeariv~ for~ust be filled out
. for each persob wishin~ to app~,~r beZore the ~o~rd. -
Any attorney representin~ any person or persons must fill out a
separEte "Request for Roaring" fo~ for esch p~rson he ~ill
represpnt b~£ore the Board. The Bo~rd of Equali~ation s'illnot
hear cases at lt~ "Second E~etin~" andes soon am all p~rsons
wAshin~ to file Requests for Hearin~ hmve done so, the Bo~rd
shall recess and meet in a non-public executive session for the
purpose of sch~dulln3 the Requests for Hearing. The Board ~ill
then reconv~ne its public session and announce the date o~ its
next raeetin~ and the n~me~ of tho:~e scheduled to appear before
the Boarda~ such time. The Chairman of the BoSrd sh~ll then
~Aroctthe Secretary to notify cash person scheduled.for ~
hearing of ~he time and place of soma. Such NOtice to be by
letter addressed to the person makinZ the Request for H~aring
at the address shown on his Request for Eearin~ form. Any person
wishin~ to be heard by the Board of Equalizat!Oncust~tle or
Cause to be filed with theBo~rd his Request for gearingot said
Second Meetin~ of the Board and a~6ep~ aSprOvidedforinS~ction
8 of this Ordinance, the Board shall notreceivoOrsChedule for:
hearing any ~equesZ for Hearin~ not ~Aled prior to the ad~;ourn-
ment oZ s~Ad Second MeOWinC..
: Section 7:: T~lPu9 MEBTING:
" The Th]trd Meetin~ orph~e of the Board,s hearin~
shall be devoted to hearing the various c~ses f!led-wit~the "
Board. Said'Third phase of the Boord~shearls~ shall con~i~t Of
as ~anymeetinEs as shall be necessary to hear all o~ therequests
filed vlth the Bo~_rd at it~ "~coMd ~eettug." At the end
each meetln~,.tho Beard shall announce the names of the p~rson~
scheduled to be heard ~t the next ~eetin~ of the Board and ~.11
insure that such perso~s ~ro SO notified. When ~he ~o~rd ftnd~
that it h3~ 61yon ample opportunity to tho~o request!mE a he~r-
l.n~ to have such hearing, includ!n~ tho~o porson~ requestln~
hearin~ uuder the provisions of Section 8 o~ this Ordinance, She
Board $h~ll close its public hearings and recess to cOnven~ on
Call of the Chai~an o~ the Beard. "
Section 8: CO~PLAI. HT:
Any person who has failed to file a Request for Nearing
with the Beardprior to the cad of the Bonrd'$ ~.-cond Ee~ting
and wi~hes to be h~ard by the ~ourd u~y file ~ith the Bo~rd at
nny ti~e b0fore the final action of the -Board a Wrl~ten Co~plaint
~ddre~cd to the Chairman of the Board of Equ~!i~atton and the
BoBrd slmll seh¢dulea hearin~ on s~ld Co~plaintp~ior to
closing the public he~rln~ before the Board. ~aid Complaint
shall he in vritiul, shall set forth the description Of the
perry involved, and shall state the complaintantes rend. on for
uo~ filln~ his Request for Eearin3 with the Board prior to the
clostn~ ot it~ SecOnd MootimE. Provided, however, that said
complaintant shall have the right to b8 h~ard by the ~o~rd even
though h!~ excuse for failtn~ to file hi~ ~pplicat$on for hear-
lab be without merit.
On call by the Chairman of the Board of Equalization,
the Board shmll redonoons for ira Fourth l~eottn~ or phase, 2t
vhich ti~ethe Board will rovie~ and delib~r~e the v~rlou~
cases and mmRel~s decision in regard to the snm~. The ~lard
~ha.ll dlrcct the Secretary to notify all perscud ~ho have
before the B~ard of the decision of the Boa~d With respect to
their property.
When the Board is of the opinion that the values on
the lis~s or books of the Tax Assessor have been equalized,
the Board shall by a ~otlon duly passed, approve said list or
books and return same to ~he Tax Assessor, dire~tin~ her to make
up therefrom a ~nersl Tax Roll and return said Tax Boll to-
Eether with the approved list~ or books to the Board at it~ next
meeting. The Board shall then recess until its next session to
be called by the Chairm~n.
Section 10: FIrtH ~',~TING:
At the Fifth Meeting of th6 Board of Equali~atiou the
Board shall receive from the ~ax Assessor th~ "C~neral T,~x Roll"
as m~de up from the npproved lists or books Of t~o Tax Assessor
and if, upon examination of the s~r~e, the P~oard i~ of the opinion
that the Tax Roll is correct in accordance .ith the approved
lists or bcoka o~ the ?~x Assessor, the ~o~rd shall ~pprove
s~id "Gener~l T~x Roll" and u~vu ~lndlu~ no further buslne~s to
co~e before the Board, ~h~11 a~eurn for ~ho year 1967.
Section !1: PRESENTATION OF-TAX ROLL TO CITY COUI~CIL:
Upon approval of the "General Tax Roll" by the Board
of Equalization, the Tax Assessor shall pre~ent seue to the City
Council.
' SeCtion 12: Fi!ERGENCY CL,~USE:
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th~ an Ordinance be passed fixln~ the time e.,. o~ t~e'
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Bo~,rd of Equalization of th~',Ci~y of Cop~-~ell, T~x~s, ~nfi tb~ fa~t
that this Ord~nanc~ t~ke effect t~uedl~tely fro~ and after it~
InssaEe.
DVLY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,
,~PROVBI) AS TO FOPJ~: