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ORDINANCE NO. 2022-062 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />FIXING THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX LEVYAND LEVYING AD VALOREM <br />TAXES FOR THE CITY OF PARIS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2022 UPON <br />ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS IN CONFORMITY <br />WITH THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY; <br />MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN <br />CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the Lamar County Appraisal District, as authorized by the laws of the <br />State of Texas, has fixed the value of all property situated within the corporate limits of the <br />City of Paris, Texas and subject to ad valorem taxes for the year 2022, such total valuation <br />being the sum of $2,423,466,605.00; and, <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with provisions of ordinances passed by the City Council <br />of the City of Paris, property owners over the age of sixty-five (65) and disabled Veterans <br />have filed exemptions; other adjustments for tax abatements have been approved; and <br />other exemptions are authorized under state law, thereby reducing the total valuation <br />subject to ad valorem taxes; and, <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Paris, <br />Texas, the City Manager has heretofore submitted to the City Council a proposed budget of <br />the revenues of the City and the expenditures for the conduct of the affairs thereof, <br />providing a complete financial plan for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2022 and <br />ending September 30, 2023; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore by ordinance adopted the budget <br />appropriating from ad valorem taxes the following sums, to -wit: <br />General Fund $8,030,000.00 <br />Debt Service Fund $2,212,281.00; and, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That there shall be and is hereby levied for the year 2022 and ordered to be <br />collected, a tax of $0.44278 on each and every ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) of the <br />assessed valuation of all property of every description subject to taxation within the <br />corporate limits of the City of Paris, and that said tax so levied shall be distributed and <br />apportioned as follows: <br />