20 & 21 - 2017-18 BUDGETItem Nos. 20 & 21
memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: 2017 -18 BUDGET
DATE: August 17, 2017
BACKGROUND: I previously presented a balanced budget to you that includes some new
equipment, two new employees (Codes and Drainage) beginning in mid -year, continued capital
maintenance in Utilities, debt payments on the new utilities and street bonds, continued costs
associated with the new northwest EMS station, and increased costs for various pay increases. A
5 cent increase is recommended in the current tax rate ($0.50195 per $100 of valuation); no
increases are planned for water or sewer rates.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Should the council wish to make any changes to the recommended budget,
those need to be completed fairly quickly. Our first public hearing will be at a special council
meeting conducted on Tuesday, September 5; the second one on September 11. The budget is
scheduled to be adopted at another special meeting on Monday, September 18.
BUDGET: NA at this time.
RECOMMENDATION: Call for public hearings on the budget and tax rates on September 5
and 11, and provide any additional direction and clarification to staff 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 5, 2017 ON
THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
2017 -2018; 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 28, 2017, the City Manager's
proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017 -2018 as directed by Section 45 of the Charter of
the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2017, the City Manager filed his proposed budget for
Fiscal Year 2017 -2018 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
2017 -2018; and,
WHEREAS, said public hearing shall be held on the 5th day of September,
2017, 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 5th
day of September, 2017, 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
2017 -2018.
Section 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Paris publishes notice of said
public hearing in the Paris News no less than five (5) days prior to September 5th,
2017.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of August, 2017.
Steven J. Clifford, 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 2017 -2018; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on August 28, 2017, the City Manager of the City of Paris presented
his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017 -2018 which would require a 5 cent increase
in the current tax rate for a total of .55195 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 5, 2017 and the second public hearing shall be at 5:30 p.m. on
September 11, 2017, 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 public hearings be, and the same are hereby, called for
September 5, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. and September 11, 2017, 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
2017 -2018.
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 2018 Tax Year
Proposed Property Tax Rate attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A ",
in the Paris News on or before the 31st day of August 2017, 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 28th day of August, 2017.
Steven J. Clifford, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney
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A tax rate of $
NOTICE OF 2017 TAX YEAR
PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR
.55195
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 City of Paris proposes to use revenue attributable to the tax
rateincrease forthepurposeof payment of bond debt for street and park improvements and operating costs
PROPOSED TAX RATE $
PRECEDING YEAR'S TAX RATE $
EFFECTIVE TAX RATE $
ROLLBACK TAX RATE $
•55195 per $100
.50195 per $100
.48454 per $100
.56576 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 2016 tax year
and the 2017 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 = ( ) x ( taxable value of your groperly / 100
For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, please contact:
Gene Anderson
City of Paris tax assessor - collector
135 1st SE Paris, Texas
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: September 5, 2017 5:30 P.M. at City Council Room 107 E. Kaufman Paris, Texas
Second Hearing: September 11, 2017 5:30 P.M. at City Council Room 107 E. Kaufman Paris, Texas
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