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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2458 08-17-2026ORDINANCE NO. 2458 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2026 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 11, 2026, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027; and WHEREAS, the City Council has approved, by a separate ordinance adopted on August 17, 2026, an annual budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026, and ending September 30, 2027 (tax year 2026); 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 2026; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed tax rate on August 17, 2026, 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 2026 and for each tax year thereafter until otherwise ordained: $0.390219 for the purposes of maintenance and operation $0.079861 for the payment of principal and interest on debt of the City $0.470080 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, 2026, 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 2.96 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $0.79. 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: For a disability rating of at least: but Tess than: $5,000 of the assessed value 10% 30% $7,500 of the assessed value 30% 50% $10,000 of the assessed value 50% 70% $12,000 of the assessed value 70% and over SECTION 5. The taxes levied by this Ordinance shall be due and payable on October 1, 2026, and shall become delinquent on February 1, 2027. 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, 2027. Ordinance No. 2458, Page 2 of 4 SECTION 6. If the tax is unpaid after January 31, 2027, 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, 2026, may pay the remaining one-half of the taxes without penalty or interest before July 1, 2027, 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, 2027, 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. SECTION 10. 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. 2458, Page 3 of 4 SECTION 12. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its date of passage. PRESENTED AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on August 17, 2026, by a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: Tim Stinneford, ATTEST: utter, TRMC, MMC Ci y Secretary/Chief Governance Officer APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Ordinance No. 2458, Page 4 of 4 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT I, LEEANNA RHODES, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER of the COMMERCIAL RECORDER, am over the age of 18, have knowledge of the facts stated herein, and am otherwise competent to make this affidavit. The COMMERCIAL RECORDER, of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, is a newspaper of general circulation which has been published in Tarrant County regularly and continuously for a period of over one year prior to the first day of publication of this notice. The COMMERCIAL RECORDER is qualified to publish legal notices according to Article 28e, Revised Civil statutes of Texas. I, solemnly swear that the notice hereto attached was published in the COMMERCIAL RECORDER, on the following dates, to -wit: A W M.W01 I Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of August, A.D. 2026 otary ublic, Tarrant County, Texas JOHN MICHAEL 10NDURANT JR ,g`� NoC�ry ID N118g46D07 My COMMIui®n Wires February 9, 1010 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE A tax rate of $0.470080 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of City of Euless, Texas. PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.470080 per $100 NO -NEW -REVENUE TAX RATE $0.464586 per $100 VOTER -APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.470080 per $100 The no -new -revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2026 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Euless, Texas from the same properties in both the 2025 tax year and the 2026 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 2026 tax year. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON August 17, 2026 AT 7:00 PM AT Euless City Hall 201 N. Ector Dr. 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 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: Tim Stinneford, Mayor Zariyan Stark, Place 1 Jeremy Tompkins, Place 2 Eddie Price, Place 3 Perry Bynum, Mayor Pro Tem, Place 4 Annabel Eads, Place 5 Tika Paudel, Place 6 AGAINST the proposal: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT: 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. 2025 Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $0.476466 'Average homestead taxable value $285,956 Tax on average homestead $1,362.48 Total tax levy on all properties $30,454,871 2026 Change $0.470080 decrease of-0.006386 per $100, or -1.34% $266,468 decrease of $-19,488, or -6.82% i$1,252.61 decrease of $409.87, or -8.06% $30,856,637 increase of $401,766, or 1.32% For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for City of Euless, Texas at (817) 685- 1400 or eulessinfo@eulesstx.gov, or visit www.eulesstx.gov for more information. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026 COMMERCIAL RECORDER—3 DISTRICT COURTS CIVIL COURTS 153rd Hon. Susan Heygood McCoy, Judge Suits Filed— 153-379485-26 WANDA JOHNSON VS CENTRAL MARKET Date Filed: 07-02-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, PREMISES Attorney Name(s): Mallory Moxham 153-379495-26 JAMES BISHOP VS SAMANTHA JO FRANCIS AND CHERYL FRANCIS Date Filed: 07-02-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLV- ING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Emile Lopez Vo 153-379504-26 JANE DOE VS DYNA TEN CORPORATION AND COMFORT SYSTEMS USA, INC. Date Filed: 07-02-2026 Cause Of Action: EMPLOYMENT, TERMINATION Attorney Name(s): Taylor Mccray Hunter 153-379518-26 SWH ARLINGTON SOUTH LLC VS TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT Date Filed: 07-02-2026 Cause Of Action: OTHER CIVIL, OTHER Attorney Name(s): Clemetric R Frazier 153-379520-26 SAI FORT WORTH HO- TEL LLC VS TARRANT APPRAISAL DIS- TRICT Date Filed: 07-02-2026 Cause Of Action: OTHER CIVIL, OTHER Attorney Name(s): Clemetric R Frazier 153-379532-26 CHRIS CHILDRESS AND BRANDON VS V. ZAPPHIRE HOMES, LLC AND CHILDRESS BARCO FUNDING, LP. Date Filed: 07-02-2026 Cause Of Action: REAL PROPERTY, TRESPASS TO TRY TITLE Attorney Name(s): J B Peacock , JR 153-379540-26 CHRISTIAN CZERNIK VS CHESTER DIX HURST CORP. Date Filed: 07-06-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, PREMISES Attorney Name(s): M Andre Nziani 153-379559-26 THRYV, INC F/K/A DEX MEDIA, VS ANTHROPOD CORPORATION D/B/A INC. DENNIS THE MENNIS PEST CONTROL Date Filed: 07-06-2026 Cause Of Action: CONTRACT, DEBT/CONTRACT Attorney Name(s): Katherine Stafford Carbone 153-379566-26 MARK CORNELL DBA MARK VS STEVE ALVAREZ CORNELL TOOLS Date Filed: 07-06-2026 Cause Of Action: CONTRACT, DEBT/CONTRACT At- torney Name(s): William C Boyd 153-379571-26 EXECUTIVE SEAMLESS GUTTERS, VS JEREMY PURGASON, ASHLEY LLC PURGASON, ET AL Date Filed: 07-06- 2026 Cause Of Action: CONTRACT, OTH- ER DEBT/CONTRACT Attorney Name(s): Aaron Siddique 153-379585-26 CARLOS AVILES CASAS VS CITY OF FORT WORTH Date Filed: 07-06-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Rod Blake Khavari 153-379590-26 ARLINGTON HOTELS LLC VS TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT Date Filed: 07-07-2026 Cause Of Action: OTHER CIVIL, OTHER Attorney Name(s): Clemetric R Frazier 153-379603-26 JUANA ARGUETA VS MI- CHALA PARETTI Date Filed: 07-07-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Diana A Crawford 153-379614-26 WHITE SETTLEMENT HOTEL CORP VS TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT Date Filed: 07-07-2026 Cause Of Action: OTHER CIVIL, OTHER Attorney Name(s): Clemetric R Frazier 153-379621-26 MARINER FINANCE, LLC VS MIGUEL A VILLARREAL Date Filed: 07-07-2026 Cause Of Action: CONTRACT, CONSUMER/DTPA Attorney Name(s): Da- vid W Lippman, Jon David Rogers 153-379637-26 JESSICA MITCHELL VS SHARAI JEFFERSON Date Filed: 07-07- 2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Shawn Thompson 153-379645-26 JACQUELINE N. HAMIL- TON GRISHAM VS MARTHA HEINEMAN, INDIVIDUALLY JARED A. HAMILTON, ET AL AND AS TRUSTEE ET AL Date Filed: 07-07- 2026 Cause Of Action: OTHER CIVIL, OTH- ER Attorney Name(s): James N Kuritzkes 153-379658-26 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA VS FAITHLYNN B TOWNSEND Date Filed: 07-08-2026 Cause Of Action: CONTRACT, DEBT/CONTRACT Attorney Name(s): Monica Zavala 153-379661-26 FIRST CITIZENS BANK & TRUST VS 4640 SERVICES, LLC, A COL- ORADO COMPANY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; THO Date Filed: 07-08-2026 Cause Of Action: OTHER CIVIL, FOREIGN JUDGMENT Attorney Name(s): Brandi Wilson 153-379669-26 RAM BAL RAM INC VS TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT Date Filed: 07-08-2026 Cause Of Action: OTH- ER CIVIL, OTHER Attorney Name(s): Craig J Mcclelland, Clemetric R Frazier 153-379686-26 MYRLETH JOSEFINA CASTILLO VS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL DE TENORIO JUSTICE Date Filed: 07-08-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Olawale Opemipo ‘wale’ Adeogun 153-379694-26 MARIO SORTO VENTURA VS WEST 7TH BUILDERS 1, LLC D/B/A WOOD PARTNERS, ET AL Date Filed: 07- 08-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAM- AGE, OTHER INJURY OR DAMAGE Attorney Name(s): Averie Maldonado 153-379708-26 JOSEPH LUIS GONZALEZ VS HUNTER MICHAEL COLEMAN BER- MUDEZ Date Filed: 07-08-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLV- ING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Thompson Du 153-379714-26 SIMON NGUYEN AND VS TARRANT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, NGOC TRANG DANG ET AL Date Filed: 07-08-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Joseph M Milensky 153-379727-26 PAMELA ROSE LEPAGE VS JONATHAN MITCHELL SWICKARD Date Filed: 07-09-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Katy Meraz 153-379731-26 ROSE MYERS, INDIVID- UALLY AND VS ALAN DOUGLAS BRUN- DRETT, JR AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF A.C.,A MINOR ROSS BRUNDRETT Date Filed: 07-09-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, ASSAULT/BATTERY Attorney Name(s): Colin Maloney 153-379748-26 HMB HOSPITALITY LLC VS TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT Date Filed: 07-09-2026 Cause Of Action: OTHER CIVIL, OTHER Attorney Name(s): Craig J Mcclelland, Clemetric R Frazier 153-379754-26 NORTH MILL EQUIP- MENT VS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND FINANCE LLC, ET AL WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date Filed: 07-09-2026 Cause Of Ac- tion: OTHER CIVIL, GARNISHMENT Attor- ney Name(s): Ivan Escobar, Ivan Escobar 153-379758-26 MELISSA AGUIRRE VS N & J TRUCKING LLC, ET AL Date Filed: 07-09-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Charbel El kareh , PHD 153-379759-26 ADHITH GUTIERREZ VS RUSKEN PACKAGING, INC. Date Filed: 07- 09-2026 Cause Of Action: EMPLOYMENT, TERMINATION Attorney Name(s): Andrea De la garza 153-379770-26 REAL ADVICE ASSET VS PECOS HOUSING FINANCE MANAGEMENT LLC CORPORATION Date Filed: 07-10- 2026 Cause Of Action: CONTRACT, OTH- ER DEBT/CONTRACT Attorney Name(s): Robert L Eden 153-379783-26 TALOCKA SUE VARGAS AND SARAH VS MARIA KRISTINE SHULTZ NICOLE VARGAS Date Filed: 07-10-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Jesus Rosa Marin 153-379793-26 DINA BISHOP VS DAL- LAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIR- PORT FACILITY Date Filed: 07-10-2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, PREMISES Attorney Name(s): Sadat Mont- gomery 153-379800-26 CHASE ISBELL VS DWAYNE THORNTON Date Filed: 07-10- 2026 Cause Of Action: INJURY OR DAMAGE, INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE Attorney Name(s): Daniel Morales 153-379817-26 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA VS MOHAMMED AHMED Date Filed: 07-13-2026 Cause Of Action: CONTRACT, DEBT/CONTRACT Attorney Name(s): Monica Zavala 153-379827-26 ANTHONY HERRMANN AND BRITTANY VS CR FITNESS ARLING- TON, LLC HERRMANN, ET AL. D/B/A CRUNCH FITNESS Date Filed: 07-13-2026 Continues on page 4 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE A tax rate of $0.470080 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of City of Euless, Texas. PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.470080 per $100 NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $0.464586 per $100 VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.470080 per $100 The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2026 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Euless, Texas from the same properties in both the 2025 tax year and the 2026 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 2026 tax year. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON August 17, 2026 AT 7:00 PM AT Euless City Hall 201 N. Ector Dr. 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 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: Tim Stinneford, Mayor Zariyan Stark, Place 1 Jeremy Tompkins, Place 2 Eddie Price, Place 3 Perry Bynum, Mayor Pro Tem, Place 4 Annabel Eads, Place 5 Tika Paudel, Place 6 AGAINST the proposal: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT: 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. 2025 2026 Change Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $0.476466 $0.470080 decrease of -0.006386 per $100, or -1.34% Average homestead taxable value $285,956 $266,468 decrease of $-19,488, or -6.82% Tax on average homestead $1,362.48 $1,252.61 decrease of $-109.87, or -8.06% Total tax levy on all properties $30,454,871 $30,856,637 increase of $401,766, or 1.32% For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for City of Euless, Texas at (817) 685- 1400 or eulessinfo@eulesstx.gov, or visit www.eulesstx.gov for more information. 2026 Adopted Tax Rate Form Page 1 of 1 REQUIRED – This form MUST be completed by ALL taxing units. Note: If you represent more than one taxing unit, please completed a separate form for each taxing unit. STEP 1 – Report the Tax Rate Adopted by the Governing Body. DESCRIPTION DATA ENTRY Total Tax Rate: Enter the adopted total tax rate per $100 of taxable value. The total must equal the sum of the M&O Tax Rate and the I&S Tax Rate. M&O Tax Rate: Enter the adopted Maintenance and Operations (M&O) tax rate per $100 of taxable value. I&S Tax Rate : Enter the adopted Interest and Sinking (I&S – debt service) tax rate per $100 of taxable value. STEP 2 – Report the Exemptions Adopted by the Governing Body. DESCRIPTION DATA ENTRY Optional Homestead Exemption: Enter the value or percentage of the adopted local option Homestead exemption. If none, enter 0. Note: Do not enter state-mandated exemption amounts. Optional Disabled Person Exemption: Enter the value or percentage of the adopted local option Disabled Person exemption. If none, enter 0. Note: Do not enter state-mandated exemption amounts. Optional Over 65 Exemption: Enter the value or percentage of the adopted local option Over 65 exemption. If none, enter 0. Note: Do not enter state-mandated exemption amounts. STEP 3 – Attach the Adoption Document. - Attach a copy of the signed ordinance, resolution, or order adopted by the governing body. - The document must separately identify the adopted Maintenance and Operations (M&O) and Interest and Sinking (I&S) tax rates. DESCRIPTION DATA ENTRY Ordinance, Resolution, or Order Number: Enter the identifying number of the ordinance, resolution, or order adopting the tax rate. Adoption Date: Enter the date the governing body of the taxing unit adopted the tax rate. STEP 4 – Return completed form and adoption document to TNT@tarrantcountytx.gov no later than September 21, 2026. (REQUIRED) Taxing Unit: Date: Completed By: Title: