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75c • Thursday,August23,2012 • REFLECTING THE MOC COMMUNITY • voi. 108, no.34
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McGregor, TX 76657
MISD trustees approve
1/2-cent tax decrease
By Charles Mooney
McGregor School Board
members discussed and ap-
proved the 2012-2013 proposed
budget and proposed tax rate,
which represents a half-cent de-
crease for interest and sinking at
a special meeting held Monday.
During the Notice of Pub-
lic Meeting, Supt. Houchin re-
viewed items on the required
notice with the board. “Total tax-
able value for the district is listed
at $258,621366,” Supt. Houchin
stated. “The proposed tax rate
for Maintenance & Operations is
$1.04 per $100 of taxable value.
The proposed tax rate for Interest
& Sinking is $0,145 per $100 of
taxable value, which represents
a half-cent decrease in tax rate
for the current year. Due to the
increase in total taxable value of
the district, the proposed reduced
I&S tax rate will still raise the re-
quired funds to meet the district’s
debt service obligations.”
“The district must set the
I&S rate only at the level nec-
essary to meet its current debt
By Charles Mooney
McGregor police are inves-
tigating a burglary at Tubular
Structures where someone en-
tered the building and stole 50-
foot mig welding leads and six
welding nozzles.
“Police were notified that
sometime between Sunday at 4
p.m. and Monday morning at 6
a.m. someone removed the weld-
ing leads and welding nozzles,”
Sergeant Mike Taylor reported.
“It appears that bolt cutters were
used to cut the 1” welding leads.
The leads consist of solid cop-
per. The case is currently under
investigation. If anyone has in-
formation about this burglary,
please contact the McGregor Po-
lice Department.”
In another burglary of a
building call, railroad officials
contacted the police department
Monday morning to report some-
one kicked in the door to their
supply building and stole a Hon-
da generator.
Officers were called to a
North 2nd residence on an al-
leged assault. When they ar-
rived, the subjects had left the
scene. During the investigation
a vehicle was seen leaving the
area with their lights off. Of-
ficers pursued the vehicle, but
lost it. Awhile later, the police
department received a call from
service obligations,” the super-
intendent said. “The proposed
total tax rate is $1,185 per $100
of taxable value, which also rep-
resents a half-cent decrease from
the current year. The average
market value of a home in the
district is listed at $95,422. The
proposed levy on that home is
$927.61, which represents an in-
crease of $24.61.”
Supt. Houchin reported,
“What has happened is that pay-
ment for the elementary school is
about the same every year over
30 years. Our values in the dis-
trict have gone up a little each
year. In the notice published in
The McGregor Mirror it showed
that we went from 250 million
to 258 million this year which
brings us a little bit more with
our interest and sinking tax rate,
and the law says that you levy
the tax to make the payment. We
don’t need the full 15 pennies to
make the payment because we
have more taxable value. We can
get by for a cent less, which is
good for the taxpayers. We don’t
SpaceX stating a vehicle was
driving at a high rate of speed
near where Covenant once op-
erated. The vehicle, a Chevy
pickup, matched the description
of the vehicle they had pursued.
“The driver of the vehicle
had plowed through the big
gate at the former Covenant site
and also damaged the back gate
causing approximately $5000 in
damages. The occupants left the
wrecked vehicle and fled before
we arrived at the scene. The case
is under investigation,” Taylor
said.
Vandalism was reported this
past week on West Third when a
resident noticed all four tires of
their parked car had been stabbed
with what appeared to be a large-
bladed knife.
Local police answered a call
in the 200 block of East 7th af-
ter an estranged mother showed
up at the residence, grabbed her
three children and headed for
Dallas.
“The children had been in
the custody of the father for the
last two years,” Sgt. Taylor re-
ported. “The grandmother was
taking care of the children while
the father was at work. The Dal-
las woman, the estranged mother
of the children and her mother,
were stopped and arrested by the
Grayson County Sheriff’s Office
try to bring in extra revenue,
just enough to make our pay-
ment. We can make the payment
we are required to make with a
lesser tax rate because our values
have gone up the past couple of
years.”
Concerning the proposed
budget, Supt. Houchin noted
that, “MISD is listed with a de-
crease of 2.29 percent on the
2012 notice. The proposed bud-
get shows expected revenues of
$10,755,553 and expected ex-
penditures of $10,989,595. This
represents a deficit budget of
$234,132. The proposed deficit
is due to another large decrease
in state funding for the 2012-
2013 school year. The district
makes efforts throughout the
year to reduce expenditures and
could possibly not have a deficit
at the end of the year when real
figures are audited.”
Following the discussion,
the board approved as presented
the Notice of Public Meeting to
discuss budget and proposed tax
rate.
burglarized
In Dallas on warrants for unlaw-
ful restraint. These are state jail
felonies.”
One subject was arrested
for driving while intoxicated
last week and transported to the
McLennan County Jail. Police
also answered a disturbance at
a local business on Main Street.
They found the subject behind
a laundromat and charged him
with public intoxication and dis-
orderly conduct.
Here are some dispositions
received back from the District
Attorney’s office:
• Indecency with a child
on North Main. Suspect was no
billed by the grand jury.
• Possession of controlled
substance: charges were dis-
missed when a co-defendant
accepted all charges. Sanchez
pled guilty and was sentenced to
9 months in the state jail.
• Burglary of a habitation in
the 200 block of East 6th and in
the 600 block of North 2nd: Em-
manuel Martinez pled guilty and
was sentenced to 8 years at the
Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
• Possession of controlled
substance in the 100 block of
East 2nd: Andre Lamar Dulin
pled guilty and was sentenced to
20 years at the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice.
Tubular Structures is
MCGREGOR FIREMEN RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE at 305 David Davis at 11 39 a.m.
Monday. Fire Chief Ronnie Moe Spradley reported they sent two trucks and five firemen to
the scene. He was told that a citizen passing by knocked on the door to alert a young woman
inside the house that her house was on fire. He said the fire, electrical in nature, started in
the attic. They quickly put out the fire, but remained at the scene until 3:20 p.m. No one was
injured. He wanted to thank the good neighbors who provided water and food for the firemen.
City to hold two tax-rate public hearings
By Bonnie Mullens
The McGregor City Coun-
cil approved a proposed tax rate
$0.621147 per $100 taxable
value, a nine-cent tax increase
last week. Last year’s tax rate
was $0.530184. The 2012-2013
proposed tax rate will bring in
$1,037,849 in property taxes.
The nine-cent increase will gen-
erate an additional $214,000 in
property taxes.
The average taxable value
of a residence homestead in Mc-
Gregor this year is $78,781, ac-
cording to the County Appraisal
District and County Tax Office.
If the council adopts the pro-
posed tax rate of $0.621147 per
$ 100 of taxable value, the highest
amount they can adopt this year,
the amount of taxes imposed this
year on the average home would
be $489.35. Last year’s average
homestead was $76,828 and av-
erage home was taxed $407.33.
Since the proposed tax rate
exceeds the effective tax rate of
$0.514652, the City Council by
law will hold two public hearings
prior to the passage of the tax
rate. The first public hearing will
be Wednesday, August 22 and
the second public hearing will be
Monday, August 27. Both public
hearings will be at 6:30 p.m. in
the council chambers of the City
Hall Annex located at 416 W.
2nd Street.
Members of the community
are encouraged to attend these
public hearings and express their
views.
The council will also be hav-
ing budget workshops at these
scheduled public hearing meet-
ings in addition to the Tax Rate
public hearings.
Mullen It Ovcv by Bonnie Mullens
Readin, writin, rithmatic
I KNOW I start out many of my columns with this phrase—
“It just doesn’t seem possible that it is already time. This time it
concerns the start of school. But guess what folks, summer is gone
and students will start classes next Monday in the MOC communi-
ties. This week teachers are preparing for their students and schools
are hosting their annual Meet the Teachers and other school opening
activities.
The annual Bulldog and Pirate spirit pages will begin next
week. We appreciate all the businesses and individuals who help
sponsor these pages during the school year. If anyone would like
to be added to these advertisers and supporters, please give me a
call, if I haven’t already contacted you.
I’m sure glad I was in school back in the days. I don’t know if I
would make it out today, especially having to take the state mandated
tests. Math would pose the biggest threat to passing. I am amazed
at the accelerated curriculum offered to junior high and high school
students. They are learning things way earlier than it was offered to
my generation. In those days, girls were not encouraged to take higher
math or science classes.
My brother-in-law Gene Taylor gives his wife Mynette and me
a hard time about our math skills, and neither of us can blame him.
Mynette and I are very aware we are math challenged. Mynette and I
both are like Sally in the Peanuts comic strip. You talk numbers and
all we hear is wah, wah, wah.
I will share some of his favorite stories concerning our disability.
Our first major blunder was when we decided to throw our parents
a surprise 40th Wedding Anniversary party. We ordered the cake, pur-
chased a 40th Anniversary cake topper, and ordered 40th anniversary
napkins, and invited many of their long time friends.
A couple days before the party, Gene asked Mynette when our
parents married. When she told him, he informed her it was not their
40th, but only their 39th anniversary.
We were fortunate that The Mirror was also a printing company,
and in about an hour those napkins were changed to “Almost” 40th
Anniversary. As you can imagine, our parents were really surprised
when they walked in to their “Almost” 40th Anniversary party.
About 15 years ago The Mirror purchased a cash register for its
money transactions. For years we used a cigar box for our cash on
hand to make change. In those days it was not unusual for Mynette
or me to walk around the corner after a customer handed us their
payment if change was needed. It was our little secret that we went
back there to do the change calculations on either a calculator or
ciphering. I don’t think we fooled too many of our customers. We
sure were thankful when the cash register we purchased informed us
on the correct amount of change to return to the customer.
He overhead Mynette and me talking the other day about we
needed to have a staff meeting, but only 3/4th of us were here. He
asked how we arrived at that number when there were only three of
us on staff. We didn’t respond in words, but with a look. He got the
message and decided it was time for him to leave.
Gene said our math challenged brains might explain our little
pink “honor change basket” when folks come in to buy a newspaper.
I want to thank the teachers and administrators of our MOC
schools for the tremendous job they do year in and year out in edu-
cating our children. Our communities are indeed fortunate.
Have a great day and students, have a great year!
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