2008-070-RES Calling two public hearings to receive public comment on the city's proposal to increase total tax revenues by $510,345 or 6.11% from the preceding tax yearRESOLUTION NO. 2008-070
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, CALLING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE CITY'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE TOTAL TAX
REVENUES BY $510,345 OR 6.11% FROM THE PRECEDING TAX
YEAR; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO
THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Paris presented to the City Council
at a special meeting convened on the August 28, 2008, and adjourned August 29,
2008 the City Manager's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 which would
require a tax rate of .55 per $100 to fund a balanced budget as required by Section 59
of the Charter of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 26.06 of the Property Tax Code of the
State of Texas, two public hearings must be held at which the City Council must afford
adequate opportunity for proponents and opponents of the proposed tax increase to
present their views; and,
WHEREAS, the first public hearing on the proposed tax rate shall be at 5:00
p.m. on September 15, 2008 and the second public hearing shall be at 5:00 p.m. on
September 19, 2008, 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 15, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. and September 19, 2008, at 5:00 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 proposal to increase total tax
revenues by $510,345or 6.11% from the preceding tax year.
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 Public Hearing on Tax
Increase attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A", in the Paris News on
or before the 5th day of September, 2009, 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 2nd day of September, 2008.
Joe E. McCarthy, Mayor m
ATTEST:
J ice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. Kent McII r, ity Attorney
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Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase
The City of Paris will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax
revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 6.11 percent (percentage by which proposed tax
rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax rate calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may
increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation
to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
Sept. 15, 2008 5:00 P.M. at City Hall 107 E. Kaufman Street
The first public hearing will be held on
The second public hearing will be held on Sept. 19, 2008 5:00 P.M. at City Hall 107 E. Kaufman Street
The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as foilows:
FOR: Bill Strathern, Edwin Pickle, Will Biard, Kevin Kear, Stephen Brown, and Joe McCarthy
AGAINST: None
PRESENT and not voting: None
ABSENT: Jesse James Freelen
aver-
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Paris last year was $ 60 621 ( _
v i t i i
r . Based on last year's tax rate
of $ 56 (orecedinayear's adp~+ted tax ratel per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last
year on the average home was $ 339.48 (tax on
unit for the grgCed.in.g tax vear. dii° r idence homestead exemotions available onlyto_dis~~X
pgrsons 65 vears of aae or old~).
Paris this year is $ 68.252 (aygC=
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in
agetaxable luP of a residencP homeStead in the t~.k~ng unit for the ci!rrent tax vear disreaardina residen~P homestead
exemptions availabl I led oer5ons ox n r on 6 ygars of aae or older). If the goverrnng body adopts t e
effective tax rate for this year of $.51834 per $100 of taxable vaiue, me amvunt of taxes imposed this year on the
average home would be $ 353.78 (tax on aver,~,gg taxa bl v I~ of a residence homestead in the taxina unit
for t r i i
i
65 years of aae or older).
If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $15 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes
o+aYahiP valuP ~f
he averag n
imposed this year on the average home would be $ 375 39 (tax on t a residenr~
homestead i th t'n ifrth r t i eciardina i
disabled pPrsons or aersons 65 vearG of aae or olderl.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.
Special Provisions if Applicable
Criminal Justice Mandate (use for counties, if applicable): County has spent
The County Auditor certifies that
$ in the previous 12 months beginning for the maintenance and operations
County
cost of keeping inmates sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Sheriff has provided information on these costs, minus the state revenues received for reimbursement of such costs.
Enhanced Indigent Health Care Expenditures (use if applicable):
to on enhanced
The spent S from
indigent health care at the increased minimum eligibility standards, less the amount of state assistance. For the current taxyear,
the amount of increase above last year's enhanced indigent health care expenditures is
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