IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF

BELL COUNTY, TEXAS

August 13, 2008

AFTER proper posting of public notice, a copy of which is attached hereto, on this the 13th day of August, 2008, the County Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas, met in the Commissioners' Courtroom in Belton, Texas, in special session with the following members of said Court present, to-wit:

1. Agenda #1 - Public Hearing on Tax Rates

• MINUTE ORDER #340/08:  It being nine a.m. Judge Jon Burrows, called the special meeting of the Commissioners' Court to order and in accordance with the Texas Property Tax Code and other applicable law, the Bell County Commissioners Court discussed the proposed FY 2009 Tax Rates for Bell County, being $0.3779 per $100 valuation; and Bell County Road District, being $0.0295 per $100 valuation.  At 9:10 a.m. Judge Jon Burrows opened the public hearing.  There being no public comments, the public hearing was closed. 
  
  
  
  

2. Agenda #2a - Re-announce Date, Time and Place for Presentation of the FY 2009 Budget, Public Hearings, and Approval of the Budget and Tax Rates

• MINUTE ORDER #341/08:  Judge Jon Burrows re-announced the following dates, times, and places for the presentation of the FY 2009 Budget, Public Hearings and approval of the Budget and Tax Rates, with all meetings to be in the Commissioners' Courtroom:
          1.  August 18, 2008 at 9:00 a.m., for the presentation of the Budget, the Public Hearing on the Budget, and
               the second Public Hearing on the Tax Rates;
          2.  August 25, 2008 at 9:00 a.m., for the approval of the Budget and approval of the Tax Rates.
   



 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.