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December 12, 1966
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On motion made, seconded, and unanimously passed, the Court voted to approve all
reports and to pay all bills which have been properly filed and approved. j
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
SPECIAL MEETING - DECEMBER 19, 1966
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A special meeting of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas, was held in the
:ommissionera' Court room in the Courthouse at Bryan, Texas, beginning at 10300 A. M., on
4onday, December 19, 1966, with the following present-
Y. C. Davis, County Judge, presiding,
Raymond A. Nolan, Commissioner of Precinct 1,
George Dunn, Commissioner of Precinct 2;
Clyde J. Porterfield, Commissioner of Precinct 3;
W. A. Stasny, Commissioner of Precinct 4.
In accordance with previous action of the Court and public advertisement, the Court
took up the matter of the Budget for the year 1967, as submitted by the County Judge on
November 29, 1966.
On motion by Commissioner Dunn, seconded by Commissioner Nolan, the Court voted
unanimously to approve the Budget as submitted and ordered it certified and filed for
official use for the calendar year 1967. -,i
The transmittal and summary of this Budget are, as follows:
"Bryan, Texas ;
November 25, 1966
"The Honorable Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas
"Gentlemen
"As your budget officer and in accordance withthe law, there is submitted herewith the
proposed Budget of Brazos County, Texas, for the fiscal (calendar) year of 1967,
including all anticipated revenues and the proposed disbursements. The Budget here-
with submitted contains the necessary schedules and tabulations in proper detail.
"The Statutes require that the County Budget be prepared and submitted and that public
hearing thereon be held, after which it shall be finally approved and adopted by the
Commissioners' Court and then strictly adhered to through the following year.
"The within Budget calls for a total expenditure during the year of 1967 of S834,000.OC
as compared to 5774,500.00 for 1966, or an increase of $59,500.00.
"REDUCTION AND INCREASE OF INDEBTEDNESS
'For the year of 1967, Brazos County Road Bond maturities will be for 573,000.00 plus
518,150.00 in interest, making a total of 191,150.00. The State benefits accruing
from the State Assumption and the gasoline tax will total $27,150.00, leaving 564,000.(
to be paid by the County. The total road bond indebtedness at the end of 1967 will be
5419,000.00.
"In addition to road bonds we will have Courthouse-Jail bonds maturing for $42,000.00
plus $6,980.00 in interest, making a total of $48,980.00. This will be the thirteent)
payment of Courthouse-Jail bonds, and after this payment the total balance of Court-
house-Jail bonds outstanding will be $307,000.00. In addition to these bonds the
County has outstanding a series of Courthouse-Jail warrants issued March 15, 1956,
remaining unmatured in the amount of $60,000.00. During 1967 principal maturing on
these warrants will be $10,000.00 plus 51,200.00 in interest, making a total of
511,200.00. The total outstanding indebtedness on Courthouse-Jail bonds and warrants
on January 1, 1968, will be 5357,000.00, of which $307,000.00 will be Courthouse-Jail
bonds and 550,000.00 Courthouse-Jail warrants. In addition to the above Courthouse-
Jail bonds and warrants, the County has outstanding a warrant issued February 10,
1966, in the amount of $95,000.00 for the purchase of property across the street
from the Courthouse for parking purposes. Principal maturing on this warrant will
be for $10,000.00 plus 54,275.00 in interest, making a total of 514,275.00. The
total outstanding indebtedness of Brazos County at the end of 1967 will be 5861,000.0
of which 1419,000.00 will be road bonds, $307,000.00 Courthouse-Jail bonds, 550,000.0
Courthouse-Jail warrants, and $85,000.00 parking lot warrant.
"TAX RATE
"In 1956 the people of Texas voted to amend Article 8, paragraph 99 section S. of the
Texas Constitution so as to allow the Commissioners Courts of Texas to exercise
judgment and discretion in levying taAes for the several different funds so long as
the total operating levy does not exceed 95 cents per hundred of assessed valuations.
Based on actual need, the within Budget, supported by detailed estimates of anticipat
revenue and the proposed expenditures, calls for a levy of 45 cents for the General
Fund, 4 cents for the Jury Fund, 23 cents for the Permanent Improvement Fund, 23 cent
for the Road and Bridge Fund, and 15 cents for the Road Bond Fund, making a total
k County rate of $1.10 per hundred.
"CONCLUSION
"The within Budget should be accepted by the Commissioners' Court, filed with the
County Clerk, and public hearing set thereon. It is hereby urgently recommended
+ that this Budget be finally approved and adopted in its present form and after the
Y conclusion of the statutory hearings. "Respectfully submitted,
/s/ W. C. Davis, County Judge."
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Expended Budgeted Proposed fo
Fund in 1965 for 1966 1967
Jury f 16,083.55 f 14,000.00 f 16,000.00
Permanent improvement 83,172.38 75,000.00 F~ 90,000.00
General 169,532.69 167,000.00 178,000.00
Road and Bridge 275,641.04 282,500.00 r 285,000.00
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Salary 141,269.27 176,000.00 195,000.00
Interest and Sinking 1,478.27 60,000.00 70,000.00
Terracing 38,318.49 X X
Social Security 20,753.14 X X
County Employees 11.957.43 X Xt
TOTALS 5758,286.26 $774,500.00 $834,000.00
"ANTICIPATED RECEIPTS-
Ad Valorem Taxes $3649000.00
Auto Registrations 175,000.00
' Officer Fees of office 165,700.00
Various Other Items 16,000.00
Cash Balances Jan. 1, 1967 113,300.00
TOTAL ANTICIPATED RECEIPTS $834,000.00 "
On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix and levy
occupation taxes for Brazos County at one-half (1/2) of the rates levied by the State of
Texas, and to fix and levy the County poll tax at twenty-five cents (250 per eligible per-
son for the tax year beginning October 1, 1966, and the Court voted further to request the
Tax Assessor- Collector and the Sheriff of Brazos County to strictly enforce the collection
of occupation taxes'levied by the County. ' ' 1 -
On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix and levy
the total County-wide tax rate for Brazos County, Texas, for the *ax year beginning October
1,`1966, at $1.10 per $100.00 of valuationbf property within the County, according to the
following schedule, .r
SCHEDULE OF TAX LEVIES
Fund Year 1965 Year 1966 „ Year 1967 r
General .46 .44 .45
Permanent Improvement .25 .23 .23
Interest and Sinking .20 .15 r
Jury .04 .05 .04
Road and Bridge Regular .05 .08 .08
Road and Bridge Special .15 .15 .15
TOTALS .95 1.15 1.10
WHEREUPON, the meeting adjourned.
The foregoing Minutes, beginning on Page 546 and concluded on Page 549, were examined
nd approved in open Court pry the 9th (Jay of 1967,
W. C. DAMS
~//9,' NOLAN Yf GEORGE DUNN
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County Judge Commfssioner, Precinct 1 ffM~;
ATTEST:A. B. SYPTAK CLYDE J. PORTERFIELD County Clerk C
ommissioner, Precinct 3 Commissioner, Precinct 4 F
REGULAR MEETING - JANUARY 9, 1967
A regular meeting of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas; was held in the
ommissioneral Court room in the Courthouse in Bryan, Texas, beginning at 10:00 A. M:, on
onday, January 9, 1967, with the following present
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