Freestone County commissioners directed the designated employee to calculate the no-new-revenue tax rate and the voter-approval tax rate in accordance with Chapter 26 of the tax code.

A staff member read the statutory requirement as part of the agenda item and commissioners asked whether the assessor had the information needed. A motion was made and seconded to have the designated employee (the assessor) perform the calculations; the transcript shows the motion and second. Staff indicated they had the data needed to begin the process and will proceed.

The direction delegates routine tax-rate computations to the assessor's office and is a procedural step in preparing tax notices and the budget calendar. The meeting transcript does not record detailed vote tallies for this motion in the excerpt provided.

Provenance: Discussion and motion begin at 00:35:33 (transcript excerpt: "Employee designated by the governing body shall calculate the numbing tax rate and the voter approval tax rate from tax levy per the statute of chapter 26 of the tax code.") and motion occurs around 00:36:40 (transcript excerpt: "I'll make that motion. Second.").