Called Council and Budget Public Hearing

BOGATA CALLED COUNCIL MEETING – AND BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING

Date:  September 26, 2025,  Time: 7:00pm               

Bogata Community Center, 201 NW 2nd St, Bogata, Tx 75417

NOTICE: Members of the Council may appear by telephonic and/or video means for this hearing. Any input will be amplified so those in attendance at the meeting will be able to hear any conversations.

D. Ross,  C. Kennedy,  T. Allison,  M. Kerby,  C. (Tex) Loftin

Ill. ESTABLISH QUORUM

Members of the public may speak on an agenda item during the meeting when an item is called for discussion by the Mayor. Speakers are allowed three (3) minutes per speaker, and the time cannot be saved, transferred, or assigned. Consistent with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Council members cannot discuss or respond to non-agenda presentations.

All speakers are expected to maintain a proper decorum when presenting and while in Council chambers. Threats, personal insults, vulgar or profane language is out of order and may result in forfeiture of remaining time and possible removal from the meeting.

1.  Follow-up on request from David Anderson to build dome houses, and rules for water meters          and number of occupant structures on property.

1.   Proposed Tax Rate  2025 – 2026. (No New Revenue Tax Rate – 0.475320)

\ (2024-2025 tax rate - 0.499999)

\ (voter approval rate - 0.619930)

Individual votes required to be recorded.

2.   Public Hearing:  2025 – 2026 Proposed Budget

3.  Action / approval of 2025 – 2026 Budget; Resolution # 092625

Individual votes required to be recorded.

4. Action approval of tax rate for 2025-2026.

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IX EXECUTIVE SESSION: The City does not routinely list Executive Session items. This provision has been added to the agenda with the intent of meeting all elements necessary to satisfy TEX GOVT CODE 551.144(c). The council may vote and/or act upon each of the items set out in this agenda. In addition, the City Council of the City of Bogata has the right to adjourn into executive session at a time during the course of this meeting to discuss any matter authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney); 551.072 (Personnel Matters)551.076 (Deliberation regarding the deployment of security devices or the implementation of security policy; 551.087 (Deliberations regarding Economic Development negotiations).

X.  ADJOURNMENT-

Attendance by Other Elected or Appointed Officials- NOTICE OF POTENTIAL QUORUM: It is anticipated that members of City Council or other city board, commissions and/or committees may attend the meeting in numbers that may constitute a quorum of the other city boards, commissions and/or committees. Notice is hereby given that the meeting, to the extent required by law, is also notice as meeting of other boards, commissions and/or committees may participate in discussion on the same items listed on the agenda, which occur at the meeting, but no action will be taken by such in attendance unless such item and action is specifically provided for on an agenda for that board, commission or committee subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.

CERTIFICATE:

I hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting was posted on the front door of City Hall on

09/22/2025 ,  at a place convenient and readily accessible to the public at all times, and to the city’s website, https://cityofbogata.com in compliance with Chapter 551, Texas Government Code.

Larry Hinsley, Mayor                                                                                    Bobbie Jarvis, City Secretary