# Public Forum(Meeting) re:Ad Valorem Tax Rate - September 1, 2009 > Auto-transcribed civic record · September 1, 2009 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/1024 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/1024?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2009-09-01 - **Last revised**: July 17, 2026 - **Length**: 265 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The City Council held a meeting on September 1, 2009. During this session, the Council heard one agenda item and received one public comment. The meeting included a public comment period on a proposed ad valorem tax rate, which was handled as an informational matter. No votes were taken during this meeting. ## Public Comment During the public comment period [timestamp: 00:04:46], there was an indication of interest in addressing the council regarding Ed Warren tax rates. However, no speaker ultimately came forward to present comments on this or any other topic during the designated public comment time. ## Public Comment on Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate The council opened a public comment period regarding the proposed ad valorem tax rate [timestamp: 00:04:46]. Despite multiple attempts to solicit comments from members of the public, no one came forward to speak on this matter. Following the unsuccessful solicitation of public input, the council proceeded to adjourn the meeting at 7:10 PM based on a consensus decision to do so. --- ## Full transcript So I helped her out, she said climb in So I ditched my old truck just to see where the party would end We spent the weekend in Reno, in a honeymoon this week Never saw the casino Barely took time to eat I never dreamed She would take me that far But by Sunday that lady Had taken a hold of my heart It's a modern day romance A new kind of game With no time to slow dance In the fast lane I try to love her Without any strength Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone here who wishes to address the ad valorem tax rates? I see none. I think it would be appropriate for us to stand by for five or ten minutes to make sure somebody is not inadvertently delayed. So we'll try again in about five or ten minutes. Thank you. ...is to address the council on the matter of the Ed Warren tax rates. All right. Please, not all at once, really. We can only listen to one at a time. All right. It's up to the council. If you're ready to adjourn, we can. If you wish to stay, we can stay a bit longer. I'd like to stay another five minutes just to give latecomers that are trying to get down here. And we'll recess for another five minutes. Being done, I think the consensus a moment ago was that we would adjourn at 7.10 if no one wished to speak. So if there's no objection, we'll stand adjourned. Thank you very much.