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A Word from
I The City of Euless
the Mayor
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0 D Euless, Texas 76039 11
Dear Citizens,
Once again we are happy
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to report to our citizens a
decrease in the tax rate.
he economy has offered many financial
challenges to residents and businesses alike, ;
The City Council has
either decreased or held Mayor Mary Lib Saleh
but the City of Euless continues to weather
maintain a strong fiscal
the tax rate since 1994.
This year's rate will be a reduction from .495 to
these challenges and
position. Euless' tax rate will be lowered to
.491777. The city had a small increase in our assessed
the Council has passed that decrease
491777 per 100 of assessed value, which is slightly lower than ',
home
to ovaluesur citand
previous rate of .495. This is the tenth consecutive year that
the tax rate has either been maintained or reduced.
This year's budget is very conservative but still allows a
With a population exceeding 50,000, the City of Euless 2005-
pay increase for our employees and provides for six
additional employees. That includes the three firemen
651 037
2006 general fund budget includes expenditures of $24, ;
that the council agreed on last year. Each year for
which is $1,026,192 or 4.3% more than the previous budget.
three years three firemen will be added to our fire
This increase provides for three additional firefighters/
department. As a growing city with increased
paramedics that will enable the City to continue to work toward
I population and housing plus increasing businesses, we
staffing a third ambulance. The addition of a third ambulance
I must be prepared to continue the great services we
will enable the fire department to reduce response times and
already provide.
provide better coverage for emergency response. Other public
the addition of two dispatchers to
The new fire station on South Main Street should be
safety enhancements include
enable the City to continue to provide enhanced emergency
completed by year end and a new fire engine has been
Acme Brick officially opened in July and
medical dispatching of 9-1-1 calls. Enhanced 9-1-1 allows the
on life-saving medical
ordered,
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dispatcher to instruct the caller
one it er
havePipeine
announced planned shopping cent
techniques while the ambulance is en route.
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side of Texas 121 in our city. Additional shopping
has continued to see significant new development which
centers will be located on Glade Road. The city's future
Euless
totaled $77,632,696 during 2005 bringing the City's total
looks bright and healthy.
taxable value to $2,282,473,521, an increase of 4.87% over the
Our Mission is to provide our citizens the most
prior year.
efficient services possible that protect and enhance
The City's water rates are expected to remain unchanged;
qualiof l planning and visionary
lift urrCi y Council and Staff work diligently
hich
however, sewer rates are anticipated to increase by 7�, wh
adershi
to remain true to our Mission.
represents the increase in treatment cost that Trinity River
Authority expects to charge the City. (continued on back page); - - - - - ---------------
Rate
The City of Euless offers the following
1995 0.606000 Yearly Tax
exemptions and deferrals for homeowners:
1996 0.544980
1997 0.524754 065 _
• Homestead Exemption of 20%
1998 0.524754 °6 - -- -
• Senior Exemption of $35,000
1999 0.514754 0.55 -- ---
- - - -
• Freeze the property taxes for home -
age 65 and over or disabled.
2000 0.514754 0.5 - - - -
owners
2001 0.497254 0.45 -- ---—
The owner of a house valued at $100,000, who
2002 0.497254
1998 2000 2°2 2ooa 2006
°'has
the 20% homestead exemption, would pay
2003 0.495000 1992 1996
;
$393.42 in City taxes annually. Senior citizens
2004 0.495000
with the same value would pay $221.30 annually.
2005 0.491777 � . � �
(continued from front page)
The
General Fund Expenditures - $24,651,031 Total Expenditures
water and sewer fund budget includes proposed
expenditures of $15,231,419, an increase of $532,778
Community Services
or 3.6% over the current budget. This includes the
addition of one computer
Admin/ (g%)
Development
support position and
provides for approximately $1 million dollars of water
; (18%) Non -departmental
and sewer line replacement to keep the infrastructure
Pub(ic
sound.
°/Works
,
The 2006 Capital Improvements Program includes
Capital
Fire (3%)
drainage improvements at McCormick Park, street
(23%)
overlay, traffic signal and street lighting improve-
ments, a bridge replacement on S. Pipeline Road,
security upgrades for the water/sewer system, park
equipment upgrades, renovation of Building B, and a
Police (33%)
new public works facility. No debt issuance is planned
during
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the upcoming year.
"Euless
Tarrant County College Tarrant County
staff works diligently to provide the most
(5%) (10%)
efficient delivery of services to residents possible.
City of Euless
Long-term planning and a conservative approach to
(17%)
the budget has allowed us to continue the trend of
not raising taxes while providing quality service to
citizens," said City Manager Joe Hennig. ,
Tarrant
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IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION
County
Hospital
(8%)
Tarrant Appraisal District
817-284-0024
www.tadorg
ISD* (60%)
,
*HEBISD - $1.7230. GCISD - $1.7000
Tarrant County Tax Assessor ;Where
Does Your Sales Tax Go?
817-884-1100
www.tarrantcounty.com/etar ,
Property Tax Reduction (0.25%)
Crime Control
Tarrant County College
and Prevention
817-515-8223
District
www.tccdedu ,
,
(0'25%)
,
John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital 11
817-921-3431
www.jpshealthnet.org
HEB Independent School District
Library, Parks
817-283-4461
and Economic
www.hebisdedu
Development
(0.5%) General Fund (1%)
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Independent School District
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