15 & 16 - BUDGETItem Nos. 15 & 16
memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: BUDGET
DATE: August 12, 2016
BACKGROUND: I previously presented a balanced budget to you that includes some new
equipment, one -half of a new police employee, continued capital maintenance in Utilities, debt
payments on the new fire apparatuses, design and partial construction costs associated with the
new northwest EMS station, and increased costs passed on by the Corps of Engineers for our
operations at Pat Mayse. No increase is recommended in the current tax rate ($0.50195 per $100
of valuation), or in any of our water or sewer rates.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Since our last budget discussion, we have received final tax values from
the tax appraiser, enabling us to add some funding for over -due tennis court refurbishing
($22,000) and bridge work on the Lake Crook road ($58,000). Should the council wish to make
additional changes, they need to be completed fairly quickly. Our first public hearing will be at a
special council meeting conducted on Tuesday, September 6. The budget is scheduled to be
adopted at another special meeting on Monday, September 19.
BUDGET: NA at this time.
RECOMMENDATION: Call for public hearings on the budget and tax rates on September 6
and 12, and provide additional direction and clarification to staff as needed.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 ON
THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
2016 -2017; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED
TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Paris has submitted to the City
Council at a regular meeting convened on the August 22, 2016, the City Manager's
proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016 -2017 as directed by Section 45 of the Charter of
the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2016, the City Manager filed his proposed budget for
Fiscal Year 2016 -2017 with the City Clerk of the City of Paris in accordance with,
Section 102.005(a) Tex. Loc. Govt. Code and the City Charter; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 50 of the City Charter, a public hearing
must be held giving all interested persons an opportunity to be heard for or against
any item or the amount of any item in the proposed budget for Fiscal Year
2016 -2017; and,
WHEREAS, said public hearing shall be held on the 6th day of September,
2016, at 5:30 p.m., which date is at least fifteen (15) days after the date the proposed
budget was filed with the City Clerk, in accordance with Vernon's Texas Codes
Annotated, Local Government Code, Section 102.006(b);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are
hereby in all things approved.
Section 2. That public hearing be, and the same is hereby, called for the 6th
day of September, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman
Street, Paris, Texas, for the purpose of hearing written and oral comments from the
citizens of Paris concerning the City Manager's proposed annual budget for fiscal year
2016 -2017.
Section 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Paris publishes notice of said
public hearings in the Paris News no less than five (5) days prior to September 6th,
2016.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of August, 2016.
A.J. Hashmi, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, CALLING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2016 -2017; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on August 22, 2016, the City Manager of the City of Paris presented
his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016 -2017 which would require no change in the
current tax rate of .50195 per $100 of value to fund a balanced budget as required by
Section 59 of the Charter of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 140.010 of the Texas Local
Government Code, two public hearings must be held at which the City Council must
afford adequate opportunity for proponents and opponents of the proposed tax rate
to present their views; and,
WHEREAS, the first public hearing on the proposed tax rate shall be at 5:30
p.m. on September 6, 2016 and the second public hearing shall be at 5:30 p.m. on
September 12, 2016, in the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman Street, Paris,
Texas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are
hereby in all things approved.
Section 2. That a public hearing be, and the same is hereby, called for
September 6, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. and September 12, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., in the City
Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman Street, Paris, Texas, for the purpose of hearing the
views of proponents and opponents to the City's proposed tax rate for Fiscal Year
2016 -2017.
Section 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Paris shall publish notice of said
public hearings substantially in accordance with the Notice of 2017 Tax Year
Proposed Property Tax Rate attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A ",
in the Paris News on or before the 1St day of September 2016, setting forth the date,
time and place of said public hearings.
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 22nd day of August, 2016.
A.J. Hashmi, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney
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NOTICE OF 2016 TAX YEAR
PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR
CITY OF PARIS
A tax rate of $ .50195 per $100 valuation has been proposed for adoption by the governing body of
City of Paris . This rate exceeds the lower of the effective or rollback tax rate,
and state law requires that two public hearings be held by the governing body before adopting the proposed tax rate.
The governing body of
rate increase forthe purpose of
City of Paris proposes to use revenue attributable to the tax
debt service on fire trucks, EMS station, grant match on trail and sidewalk grants
PROPOSED TAX RATE
PRECEDING YEAR'S TAX RATE
EFFECTIVE TAX RATE
ROLLBACK TAX RATE
$ .50195
per $100
$ .50195
per $100
$ .46707
per $100
$ .52071
per $100
The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for
City of Paris from the same properties in both the 2015 tax year
and the 2016 tax year.
The rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate that City of Paris may adopt before
voters are entitled to petition for an election to limit the rate that may be approved to the rollback rate.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
property tax amount = ( rate ) x ( taxable value of your property ) / 100
For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, please contact:
Gene Anderson
City of Paris tax assessor - collector
135 1st SE
903 - 784 -9241
ganderson @paristexas.gov
www.paristexas.gov
You are urged to attend and express your views at the following public hearings on the proposed tax rate:
First Hearing: 9 -6 -2016 5:30 pm at City Council Chambers 107 E. Kaufman Street
Second Hearing: 9 -12 -2016 5:30 pm at City Council Chambers 107 E. Kaufman Street