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Start. Stop. Stop.
>> I'm going to call this meeting of the

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Town of Aubrey City Council to order
August 12th, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

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Uh
Present are Josh Caldwell,

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Dell McLaren, Ken Bender, and Mayor Tim
Ratcliff.

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Um
everybody will stand

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for the Pledge of Allegiance.
>> Where he is.

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» Oh, there we go.
And And also Cecil Hudson.

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» Should Josh stand up for me?
>> [laughter]

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» Stand up for the nation.
>> Which is for you.

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» Which is for the nation.

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» I pledge allegiance
>> to the flag of the United States of

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America, and to the republic for which
it stands, one nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.

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» Honor
>> Honor the Texas flag.

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» I
>> allegiance to the Texas flag.

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» I pledge allegiance to the Texas flag,
under God,

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one and indivisible.

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» Lord, we thank you that we can come here
tonight and do the city's business. We

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pray that you will be with us and watch
over us. Help us to

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make the right decisions that you would
have us make.

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We ask these things in the name of Jesus
Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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» Amen.
>> Okay. Has everybody had a chance to take

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a look at the latest iteration
of the 2026 tax rate calculation

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worksheet? Robin and I have been working
on this for weeks.

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This latest one came out at 3:45 this
afternoon.

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Um
this is as close as we're going to get

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to the right numbers.
Um

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so

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I will entertain any questions, which I
may or may not can answer.

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And uh
>> That makes sense.

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» Uh and otherwise,
we will go down to number five,

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discussion and action to Council review
the tax rates calculated and submitted

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by the county and take a record vote
on approving the proposed 35 cent tax

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rate. The recorded vote is I will call
your name

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and you will answer yes or no and Robin
will record that vote.

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Um
and so

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if there's any discussion, this is the
time.

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» Uh I think until we hear differently
this is what we need to do.

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» Well, I will tell you that the tax
office has

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repeatedly messed this up in the last
few weeks and Robin and I have worked

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about two correct it.
And uh I think that it is

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very, very close.
We started out not very close, but we're

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at least very close now.
And close enough that it's within the uh

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uh
space that the tax that the government

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gives us to be, so.
>> We're just below

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the two rates
which

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voters could petition to have a lower
rate.

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So, if if that were to happen
then we would have to have an election

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in
November.

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Um if
majority

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happened it, then we would have to use
the

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uh

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voters
Yeah.

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» We would automatically have it.
It's questionable whether or not we're

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within the range to even for there to be
a petition, so. This has been our tax

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rate for 9 or 10 years now.
Um we don't see any reason to for this

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to be changed.
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so, I just need a motion.
The motion has to be made exactly as you

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see it on your sheet.
>> Yes.

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» The question so the 1.5%
increase

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is a 1.5 above what?
>> That's the difference between the um

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one of those tax rates. I don't remember
if it's the revenue rate or the voter

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approval tax rate. So
that's the difference between our

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proposed tax rate.

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Yeah, I don't know why I have all those
other numbers in there. It's basically

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all we're doing is saying
we proposed this tax rate.

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» Perfect example of going back to the
early '90s when you used to hear us all

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the time garbage in and garbage out.
They fit garbage into this to begin

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with. When you put it in the computer,
it spits out this form, fills in all

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these numbers, but they had the wrong
numbers to begin with

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on the taxable values. They had the
wrong numbers on and some other places.

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We had to go back and corrected them
and then go back and correct some other

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things. They left off the payment for
the fire truck. We had to go back and

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correct that this afternoon after
weeks of trying to get them to correct

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it.
So that's the reason I say that.

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We're
relatively confident

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that this is relatively close to
correct.

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» Well, not relatively, but yes.

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» Um
any other questions?

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I would entertain any other questions.
>> Any any other questions?

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» Uh I move that the property tax rate be
increased by the adoption of a tax rate

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of
0.35 per hundred, which is effectively a

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1.5% increase in tax rate in the tax
rate.

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» Second.
>> I have a motion and a second to

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increase the adoption of the tax rate of
35 cents.

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Effectively a 1.5% increase in the tax
rate, which of course is not an increase

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in the tax rate at all. So, that's you
know, we're signing off on something

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that just comes our way. We're not
trying to do anything.

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But, it's what the state requires, so
that's what we'll do.

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So, [clears throat]
I'll need a record vote.

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Council member Holloway,
how do you vote?

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» I vote to at least approve this.
>> Council member Hudson.

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» I to approve.
>> Council member Bender.

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» I vote yay to approve.
>> Council member McLaren.

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» I vote to agree.

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» I can vote, but I won't.
>> I do have to put your vote down.

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» Oh, that's right. Okay, well, I vote
yes.

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» Okay,
moving on to number six. Announcement

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hearings to adopt the fiscal year
2026-2027 tax rate and budget will begin

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at 7:00 p.m. on August 24th, 2026.
So, we will have those hearings

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um
at 7:00.

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And then, go right to the next one and
then go right to the regular meeting.

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So, with all that fun out of the way, I
need a motion to

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» I make a motion to adjourn.
>> I second.

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» I have a motion and a second to adjourn.
All in favor?

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» I.
>> We are adjourned at