Borger public meetings in 2023
3 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
City Council
City Council approved the FY 2024 Operating Budget and set the combined tax rate at $0.647500 per $100 valuation. The Council also adopted a five-year Community Investment Program for 2024-2028 and authorized the BEDC to purchase downtown property.
- Approved FY 2024 Operating Budget via Ordinance 0-007-23 (All Aye)
- Approved combined tax rate of $0.647500 per $100 valuation via Ordinance 0-006-23 (All Aye)
- Approved FY 2024-2028 Community Investment Program via Resolution R-023-23 (All Aye)
- Authorized BEDC to purchase 423 & 425 N. Main St. for $90,000 via Resolution R-024-23 (All Aye)
- Approved $118,619.61 bid to Performance Truck Houston for a Travis Live Floor Trailer (All Aye)
- Introduced Ordinance 0-008-23 to amend the FY 2024 Fee Schedule on first reading (All Aye)
- Introduced Ordinance 0-009-23 to renew the Transportation User Fee on first reading (All Aye)
- Approved payment of expenditures for the last half of August 2023 (All Aye)
City Council
The City Council conducted a work session to discuss the FY 2024 Budget, a proposed fee schedule, and a potential tourism services contract with the Borger Community Theatre. No formal votes or decisions were recorded during this session.
City Council
The City Council adopted Resolution R-021-23 to deny a proposed base rate increase from Southwestern Public Service Company. The council also authorized a vehicle purchase and introduced a proposed tax rate for Fiscal Year 2024.
- Denied Southwestern Public Service Company's application to increase base rates (All present voted aye)
- Approved $496,586 purchase of 10 vehicles from Caldwell Country (All present voted aye)
- Introduced Ordinance 0-006-23 on first reading to set FY 2024 combined tax rate at $0.6475 per $100 valuation (3-0)
- Re-appointed Glendon Jett, P.E. to the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors for a two-year term (All present voted aye)
- Accepted the Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (All present voted aye)
- Approved payment of expenditures for the first half of August 2023 (All present voted aye)
- Approved minutes from August 1, 2023 work session and regular meeting (All present voted aye)