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R M- MINHIM1. <br />memorandum <br />TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem. & City Council <br />Grayson Path, City Manager <br />FROM: Gene Anderson, Finance Director <br />DATE: September 14, 2021 <br />BACKGROUND: Each year the City Council must adopt a property tax rate sufficient to fund the <br />city budget as adopted by the Council. The ordinance setting the tax rate also indicates the amounts <br />of budget appropriations resulting from levying the adopted property tax rate. <br />At the proposed tax rate, the average residential homestead valued at $106,395 will pay $482.75 <br />in city property taxes. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: The City Council, having adopted the 2021-22 City budget, must now adopt <br />a property tax rate of .45373 per $100 of valuation (0.37357 O&M rate and 0.08016 I&S rate). <br />This rate should produce $8,030,000 for the General Fund and -$1,642,517 for the Interest & <br />Sinking Funds from which debt payments are made. <br />BUDGET: N/A <br />RECOMMENDATION: Motion to approve an ordinance fixing the property tax rate, property tax <br />levy, and levying the ad valorem taxes for the City of Paris for fiscal year 2021-22. <br />