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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.