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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2022-08-18 special session1 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION MEETING, AUGUST 18, 2022 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Carrie Tergin called the August 18, 2022 City Council Special Session meeting to order at 7:27 P.M. ROLL CALL The following Councilmembers were present for roll-call: Present: Deeken, Fitzwater, Hensley, Lester, Schreiber, Spencer, Ward, Wiseman Absent: Kemna and Spicer INFORMAL CALENDAR 2022-044 sponsored by Councilmember Hensley AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY OF CITY TAXES AND ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION FOR THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI FOR THE YEAR 2022. After the reading of the bill and a brief presentation by Finance and I.T. Director Shiela Pearre, Councilmember Hensley removed the bill from the informal calendar for discussion and a possible vote. There was no public comment at this time. Councilmember Spencer thanked City Council for allowing further discussion of the bill at a special session. He indicated after further research this may not be a good time to lower the property tax rate and forfeited his efforts to reduce the rate due to timing. He would like to continue the discussion on a possible reduction for 2023. City Staff agreed. A roll-call vote was then taken on the bill. The bill passed as ORD 16269 by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Deeken, Fitzwater, Hensley, Lester, Schreiber, Spencer, Ward, and Wiseman Nay: None Absent: Kemna and Spicer ADJOURNMENT A motion to adjourn was made by Councilmember Wiseman, seconded by Councilmember Lester, and approved unanimously at 7:38 P.M.