HomeMy WebLinkAbout2315 08-22-2022ORDINANCE NO. 2315
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2022 FOR THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS
THEREFROM; ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO
THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on August 9, 2022, the City Council held a public hearing on the
proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved, by a separate ordinance adopted on
August 22, 2022, an annual budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2022, and
ending September 30, 2023 (tax year 2022); and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that an ad valorem tax must be levied to provide
the revenue requirements of the budget for tax year 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed tax rate on
August 22, 2022, and complied with all other statutory and constitutional requirements
concerning the levying and assessing of ad valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, all citizens and interested persons were given an opportunity to be
heard regarding the proposed budget and the proposed tax rate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
The City of Euless, Texas does hereby adopt and levy the following tax rate for tax
year 2022 and for each tax year thereafter until otherwise ordained:
$0.370847 for the purposes of maintenance and operation
$0.089153 for the payment of principal and interest on debt of the City
$0.46 Total tax rate
The above tax rate shall be assessed and collected on each One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) of assessed value of all taxable property, real, personal and mixed, situated
within the corporate limits of the City of Euless on January 1, 2022, and not exempt from
taxation by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Texas. The tax so levied and
assessed shall be apportioned to the accounts and funds in the amounts as set forth in
the annual budget of the City adopted for the fiscal year.
THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 1.61 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE
TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY
APPROXIMATELY-$32.04.
SECTION 2.
There shall be exempted from the assessed valuation of all residential homesteads
for which proper application shall have been made, an amount equal to twenty percent
(20%) of the assessed value of such residential homestead. The exemption shall be
granted to any such residential homestead and improvements qualifying for same as
provided by law.
SECTION 3.
The sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) of the assessed valuation of
residence homesteads of residents of the City of Euless who are sixty-five (65) years of
age or older shall be exempted from all ad valorem taxes herein levied by the City.
SECTION 4.
There shall be exempted from the assessed valuation of all residential homesteads
of disabled veterans for which proper application shall have been made a portion of such
valuation in accordance with the following schedule as allowed by the Texas Tax Code,
Section 11.22:
An exemption of up to:
$5,000 of the assessed value
$7,500 of the assessed value
$10,000 of the assessed value
$12,000 of the assessed value
For a disability rating of
at least: but less than:
10% 30%
30% 50%
50% 70%
70% and over
SECTION 5.
The taxes levied by this Ordinance shall be due and payable on October 1, 2022,
and shall become delinquent on February 1, 2023. Except as provided in Section 7 below,
payment of such tax is due in one full installment. Taxes shall be payable at the office of
the Tarrant County Tax Collector. There shall be no discount for taxes paid prior to
January 31, 2023.
Ordinance No. 2315, Page 2 of 4
SECTION 6.
If the tax is unpaid after January 31, 2023, such tax will become delinquent and
penalty and interest will attach and accrue as provided by Section 33.01 of the Texas Tax
Code.
SECTION 7.
A person who pays one-half of the taxes before December 1, 2022, may pay the
remaining one-half of the taxes without penalty or interest before July 1, 2023, as provided
and authorized by Section 31.03 of the Texas Tax Code.
SECTION 8.
As provided by Section 33.07 of the Texas Tax Code, in the event the taxes
become delinquent and remain delinquent on July 1, 2023, and in the event such
delinquent taxes are referred to an attorney for collection, an additional penalty in the
amount of the compensation to be paid in connection with the collection of the delinquent
taxes as specified in the contract with the attorney shall be added as collection costs to
be paid by the taxpayer.
SECTION 9.
The Tarrant County Tax Collector is hereby authorized to collect the taxes levied
under this Ordinance. The City and Tarrant County shall have available all rights and
remedies provided by law for the enforcement of the collection of taxes levied under this
Ordinance.
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All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent
of conflict only.
SECTION 11.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance
are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this
Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance
of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
Ordinance No. 2315, Page 3 of 4
SECTION 12.
This ordinance shall become effective from and after its date of passage.
PRESENTED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AN
meeting of the Euless City Council on August 22, 2022,
nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Linda - artin, Mayor
ATTEST:
i Sutter, RMC, CMC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
n 11L, j a, *��
ara Leahy White, City Attorney
Ordinance No. 2315, Page 4 of 4
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FINAL READING at a regular
by a vote of 7 ayes, 0
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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Order Number
Identification
Order PO
Amount
Cols
Depth
10663
299147
FTW-8-5-2022
Tax Rate Notice
$675.00
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CITY OF EULESS
201 N ECTOR DR
EULESS, TX 760393543
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON TAX INCREASE
A tax rate of $0.460000 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing
body of City of Euless, Texas.
PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.460000 per $100
NO -NEW -REVENUE TAX RATE $0.433030 per $100
VOTER -APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.467831 per $100
The no -new -revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2022 tax year that will raise
the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Euless, Texas from the
same properties in both the 2021 tax year and the 2022 tax year.
The voter -approval rate is the highest tax rate that City of Euless, Texas may
adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no -new -revenue tax rate. This means
that City of Euless, Texas is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2022
tax year.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON
August 22, 2022 AT 7:00 PM AT Euless City Hall 201 N. Ector Drive Euless,
Texas 76039.
The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter -approval tax rate. As a result,
City of Euless, Texas is not required to hold an election at which voters may
accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support
for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the
Euless City Council of City of Euless, Texas at their offices or by attending the
public hearing mentioned above.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN
BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
Property tax amount= (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100
FOR the proposal:
AGAINST the proposal:
PRESENT and not voting:
ABSENT:
Linda Martin, Mayor Tim Stinneford, Place 1
Jeremy Tompkins, Place 2 Eddie Price, Mayor Pro
Tem, Place 3
Harry Zimmer, Place 5
Perry Bynum, Place 4
Tika Paudel, Place 6
Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database
on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes,
including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings
of each entity that taxes your property.
The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter -approval
tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.
The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence
homestead by City of Euless, Texas last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed
on the average residence homestead by City of Euless, Texas this year.
2021
2022
i Change
Total tax rate (per $100
$0.475000
[$0.460000
decrease of
of value)
;
-0.015000, or -3.16% 1
Average homestead taxable 1$192,283
$229,600
increase of
value
137,317, or 19.41 %
Tax on average homestead
$913.34
1$1,056.16
(increase of
142.82, or 15.64%
Total tax levy on all
$22,306,107 !$23,890,414increase of
properties
1,584,307, or 7.100/10;
For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for
City of Euless, Texas at 817-685-1400 or citysecretary@eulesstx.gov, or visit
https://www.euiesstx.gov/home for more information.