A hectic series of meetings and work sessions during the past few weeks by the Lamesa city council is about to reach a conclusion. After finalizing the budget on second reading this past week, the council will now be turning its attention to the city’s property tax rate. Council members will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to consider, on first reading, adopting a tax rate of 83.4607 cents per $100 worth of property value. That proposed maximum rate, established earlier by the council, is about a half-cent higher than last year’s rate but is expected to generate about the same ...