CM 2020-09-15 (Special)CFFELL
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
KAREN HUNT
Mayor
CLIFF LONG
Place 1
BRIANNA HINOJOSA-SMITH
Place 2
WES MAYS
Place 3
MIKE LAND
City Manager
City of Coppell, Texas
Minutes
City Council
6:00 PM
Special Called Meeting
MARK HILL
Mayor Pro Tem
GARY RODEN
Place 4
NANCY YINGLING
Place 5
BIJU MATHEW
Place 6
255 E. Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, Texas
75019-9478
Present 8 - Karen Hunt -,Cliff Long;Brianna Hinojosa-Smith;Wes Mays;Gary
Roden -,Nancy Yingling;Biju Mathew and Mark Hill
Also present were City Manager Mike Land and Deputy City Secretary Ashley Owens.
Deputy City Managers Vicki Chiavetta and Traci Leach were in attendance virtually.
Council Chambers
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in Regular Session on Tuesday, September
15, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of Town Center, 255 Parkway
Boulevard, Coppell, Texas.
Regular Session
I. Call to Order
As a result of recent Declarations of Emergency made by Dallas County and the
City of Coppell in regards to the current pandemic, Governor Abbott has
permitted for governing bodies to meet remotely and to conduct open
meetings virtually.
Mayor Karen Hunt called the meeting to order, determined that a quorum was
present and convened into the Regular Session at 6:01 p.m.
II. Citizens' Appearance
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Mayor Hunt asked for those who signed up to speak:
Davin Bernstein, 228 Hollywood, spoke regarding the proposed tax rate.
III. Consider approval of an Ordinance approving and adopting the budget
for the City of Coppell, Texas for the fiscal year of October 1, 2020
through September 30, 2021; and authorizing the Mayor to sign.
Mayor Hunt announced that presentations for Agenda Items III, IV and V would
be presented together.
Presentation: Kim Tiehen, Assistant Director of Finance, made a presentation
to the City Council.
A motion was made by Councilmember Biju Mathew, seconded by
Councilmember Wes Mays, that this agenda item be approved. The motion
passed by an unanimous vote.
Enactment No: OR 2020-1542
IV. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas levying
the ad valorem taxes for the year 2020 at $0.5800 on each one hundred
dollars ($100) assessed value of taxable property, on which $0.481178
is for operations and maintenance and $0.098822 is for interest and
sinking; and authorizing the Mayor to sign.
A motion was made by Councilmember Brianna Hinojosa-Smith, seconded by
Mayor Pro Tem Mark Hill, to adopt a property tax rate of $0.5800 cents per one
hundred dollars ($100) of valuation.The motion passed by an unanimous vote.
Enactment No: OR 2020-1543
V. Consider ratification of the vote on the FY 2020-21 annual budget which
results in more revenue from ad valorem taxes than the previous year.
Adjournment
A motion was made by Councilmember Cliff Long, seconded by
Councilmember Nancy Yingling, that this agenda item be approved. The
motion passed by an unanimous vote.
There being no further business before the City Council, the meeting was
adjourned at 6:29 p.m.
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ATTEST:
Ashley Owens, Dep}jly City Secretary
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