CS - Public Hearing Notice on Proposed Tax Increase, 8-11-15PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Walker
I, Rita Haldeman, of the aforesaid County and State, do solemnly swear that I am publisher
of The Huntsville Item, a daily newspaper of general circulation
which has been continuously and regularly published at Huntsville, Walker
County, Texas, and is a legal newspaper and the attached notice was published
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City of Huntsville 1 consecutive/subsequent dates previous
to the return day thereof to wit:
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase
The City of Huntsville 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 6.98 percent
(percentage by which maximum proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate
or effective tax calculated under Tax Code, Chapter 26). 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.
The first public hearing will be held on August 18, 2015, 6:OOPM at City Hall, 1212
Avenue M. The second public hearing will be held on September 1, 2015, 6:00PM at
City Hall, 1212 Ave. M
The members of the governing body
increase as follows:
FOR: Andy Brauninger, Tish Humphrey,
Joe Rodriquez, Mac Woodward
AGAINST: Ronald Allen
PRESENT and not voting: none
ABSENT: Joe Emmett
voted on the proposal to consider the tax
Don Johnson, Lydia Montgomery, Keith Olson,
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in 2014 last year was $110,844.
Based on last year's tax rate of $ 0.4106 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of
taxes imposed last year on the average home was $455.13
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in 2015 this year is $118,765. If
the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.3838 per $100 of
taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be
$455.82. If the governing body adopts the maximum proposed tax rate of $0.4106 per
S100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home
world be $487.65
M?mbers of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.
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