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Elie city of Colleyville is paying Bill Marquis to restore this 19th-century log barn in McPherson Park on McDonwell School
ad."These old things will talk to you,and they'll tell you a story if you know how to listen to them,"he says.
Colleyville: Expert to make it match." For the last month, Mr. Mar- "Thislogrightheretellsyouthe
' uis has been working to recon- story, said Mr Marquis,61,point-
restores 19th-century The barn restoration is funded q in to one of wall's logs."You can
by the city of Colleyville, which 'ed shinglestruct the barn s badly c et the ot- ;tell b looking at the marks that he
log barn the old way took ownership of the structure in roof,reinforce roof Y g
rafters and restore and replace its used a poleax to cut the log and
I ByVERONICA VILLEGAS 2005.The city had it moved from p then an ad 7 to flatten it."
special contributor land near the intersection of John wooden floor.
"These old things will talk to
Mr.Marquis said the barn car-
McCain and Pleasant Run roads I q
Using just four basic tools,his- to McPherson Park on McDon- JYou,and they'll tell you a story if nes special significance.
' toric preservationist Bill Marquis u "All of this is original to the
is restoring a two -section log barn well School Road. Officials bud- �y° know how to listen to them," 1850s,and that's extremely rare,"
that was built on Colleyville farm- geted $116,000 for the restora- he said."Every day I listen •to it tell •he said,gesturing to the 42 by-16
land in the 19th century. tion. me something new.I can just see foot structure. "Houses, people
"There's lots of historical Artie-
' "I'm going to put this back the tures throughout Colleyville, butthis is lived in and took care of,but out-
way it was using the same tools only the second that the cityHe said that's how he knows buildings weren't taken care of as
and the same materials theyY that •
only four tools were used to` well,and that's why they're almost
owns, said Monica Walsh,parks construct it—an ax,an a[17,an au- all gone."
used,"said Mr.Marquis,a local re- and recreation director."It was a ger and a crosscut saw.
Iconstruction expert who has good opportunity for us to keep
worked on several projects in our history alive."
North Texas."That's the only way
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The barn is held together by
half dovetails and a few wooden
pegs.There are no nails.
City officials said the barn is ex-
pected to be complete next month,
to coincide with the opening of
McPherson Park, which is being
developed on the old McPherson
Dairy Farm land. The log barn
joins an old rock house and a metal
water tower original to the farm.
A second phase planned for the
park will include amenities so the
site can be used as an environmen-
tal
and historic education center,
Ms.Walsh said.
The City Council will vote on
the $2 million second phase in
early November. If approved,the
design phase would begin in Janu-
ary with construction coming a
year later.
"It will provide a great opportu-
nity for
pportu-nityfor kids to see something from
back in the 1800s and give them
an understanding of what life was
like back then,"she said."It's going
to be a great educational tool."
Veronica Villegas is a Fort
Worthfreelance writer.
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are
• identified two suspects who were by matching In recent months,North Texas
Ileld
1police agencies have been investi-
flying in from Puerto Rico,renting their names to g
a car, getting a hotel room,corn- rental cars spot- gating a growing number of bur-
glaries a bunch of burglaries and ted near the glaries they suspected were corn-
then flying back to Puerto Rico scenes of some mitted with bump keys.Such keys
I can be inserted into a lock and
_with the property,"Euless po- r of the crimes.
tapped with a mallet to allow the
lice Lt.Wayne Pavlik said. Investigators pp
The break-ins were initially discovered the lock to be turned.
thought to be the work of burglars men recently "After the actual arrest and the
using"bump keys; _
a modern ver- purchased - . execution of the search warrant,
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• sion of the old-fashioned skeleton round-trip tickets to Dallas/Fort evidence revealed they were'actu-
key that can overcome the locks on Worth International Airport and ally Picking the lock;" It Pavlik
Lring almost any door.But police found tracked them to an Irving hotel said.
only traditional lock-picking tools this week In Dallas,Deputy Chief David
during Wednesday's arrests. On Wednesday morning, po- Elliston said the men are suspect-
Mr. Medina and Mr. Rivera lice from Irving,Euless,Lewisville ed of 31 burglaries in his north
were being held Thursday at the and Dallas put the men under sur- central patrol division alone.Chief
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Police: Grow targeted 'Plano City Jail on one burglary veillance because they did not yet Elliston said the international
P gecharge in that city and three bur- have enough evidence to arrest twist to the case is unusual."Most
130 houses in N. Texas, . glary warrants from Dallas,police them,authorities said. of your burglars are local people
'tOOIC lOOt t0 Puerto R1C0 said.Each suspect was being held Dozens of officers from those that commit the burglaries,Chief
on$825,000 bail,police said. agencies worked together to moni- Elliston said.
By SCOTT GOLDSTEIN A third suspect, Carla Osorio, tor the men as they committed The suspects may also be re-
Staff Writer 36,was arrested in Irving and is three burglaries in Dallas,, police sponsible for as many as 30 bur-.goldstem@dallasnews.e m being held on 23 grand theft and said.Dallas officers contacted Pla- glaries in Lewisville, police Capt.
Burglars based m Puerto Rico burglary warrants from Florida, no police about noon Wednesday Kevin Deaver said. More than
ave visited North Texas repeated- Lt.Pavlik said. as the men were burglarizing an $75,000 in property was stolen
ly since July,targeting more than Lt.Pavlik said officials from all apartment in the 4700 block of from 20 Lewisville apartments
'130 homes before transporting the the involved agencies are still de= East 14th Street in Plano, police during three days in September.
loot back to the island,police said. termining how many offenses can said. • Another rash of burglaries oc-
Two men thought to be key op- be linked to the suspects.Police al- After the arrests, police found curred early this month.
eratives in the burglary ring were so plan to work with federal au- stolen goods in the men's rental
ested in Plano this week after thorities to determine whether the car and the Irving hotel room Staff writer Wendy Handley
olice from several local cities . operation may have targeted other where Ms.Osorio was arrested in contributed to this report.
watched them commit three bur-" states,he said. . the 3900 block of.West Airport
lanes in Dallas and another at a "This may not be the only area Freeway.'Police arereturning the
lano apartment,authorities said. , where they were committing of- recovered items — including lap-
'Police suspect .Johnny Perez fenses,"Lt.Pavlik said."We're go- tops, iPods and cellphones' to,
Medina,33,of Dallas and HarryJ. ing to be contacting the authori- the rightful owners.
'vera,21,of Puerto Rico burglar- ties in Puerto Rico, and well be Police also recovered tools that
zed dozens of residences in Dal- _going from there." quashed earlier theories about the
s,Euless, Lewisville,Irving and Police identified the suspects burglars'methods.
Plano.They took thousands ofdol- _.._ __
ars in cash,electronics and jewel- ,. ._
back to Puerto Rico,police said.
"During our investigation,we
IJohnny Medina Harry Rivera Carla Osorio
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INVESTIGATION
Burglary ring
g ry suspect was on run from Florida officials
The three are accused of also of Puerto County; police said. Pav
burglarizing about 40 „ ,� �
Z �¢ ' � Rico, are ac- said they are accused of bud
apartments in Euless and cused of fly glarizing about 40 apartments
dozens of others in the � w K ing into in EuZri:est
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j North Texas flifrom �^ � � �� u s are possibl>�a>
5 .;u< four times in the investigation continue.,
Puerto Rico. H.Osorio C.Osorio Rivera the past four police said Friday.
months and A break came when annasl
By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. Rico had been sentenced to 15 picking the locks of dozens of sistant apartment manager '
ramirez@star-telegram.com years in a Florida prison for apartments as they cruised Irving noticed two suspicio'
EULESS—One of the trio ac- burglary, but he never went through neighborhoods.After men in July and wrote do
cused in a Puerto Rican-based behind bars, Euless police Lt staying three to eight days in the license number of th ' I
burglary ring that has plagued Wayne Pavlik said..Pavlik esti- the area, they flew back to rental car,police said.
North Texas was on the run mated that Osorio also had Puerto Rico,police said Friday. Euless Detective
from Florida prison authori- about 200 burglary arrest war- Hector Osorio and Rivera Peterson, along with Le
ties for burglary convictions, rants out of Florida. remained in custody Friday in ville and Irving investigat it
police said Friday. "He just fled the state be- the Plano Jail. Carla Osorio tracked down leads on th
The three arrested Wednes- fore he went to prison,”Pavlik was in the Irving Jail.It was not group and learned they wer
day in Plano are accused of said Friday known whether Hector Osorio back in North Texas this week.
committing more than 130 Details of the convictions and Carla Osorio are related. On Tuesday, about 30 offil
apartment burglaries in Tar- and prison sentence were un- The three face multiple cers began an undercover surL
rant, Dallas and Collin coun- available Friday burglary charges in Tarrant veillance of the group at an Irr
ties since July police said. Osorio and Carla Osorio, and Collin counties and 32 ving hotel.On Wednesday,Ili'- '
Hector Osorio,40,of Puerto 36,and Harry Rivera,21,both burglary charges in Dallas vera and Hector Osorio drove
around the area and burglar;
ized eight apartments in Dal:-
la, Murphy and Plano while I
police watched, officials said.
The men were arrested as their
returned to their car after:.a
burglary at a Plano apartment
complex, officials said. .
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OBITUARIES
Carl K.Tyson
1winro,716,71:,-;fgCARL TYSON 11940-2007 x
ICPA .served for 12years .tiv4,
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Mr.Tyson,a Fort Worth native and TCU Services
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alumnus,volunteered for the city of Visitation:6 to 8 p.m.today at Bluebon-
Euless for more than three decades. net Hills Funeral Home,5725 Colleyville EULESS — Carl K. Tyson, 67,
Blvd. passed away at a Bedford hospital
I By JESSICA DeLEGN Funeral: 10 a.m.Wednesday at First Sunday,Oct.28,2007,after a brief ill-
jdeleon@star-telegram.com • Baptist Church of Euless,1000 Airport ness with cancer.
EULESS — Carl Tyson always knew the Freeway FUNERAL:10 a.m.Wednesday in
,numbers. Interment:Bluebonnet Hills Memorial the large chapel of First Baptist
Church of Euless,1000 Airport Free-
The certified public accountant took a Park way. Interment: Bluebonnet Hills
large bag to Euless City Council meetings, Memorial Park.Visitation:6 to 8 p.m.
where he was a member mission member in 1972.He served on nu- Tuesday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral
from 1995 to 2007. merous other committees as well. Home,5725 Colleyville Blvd.
Carl was born Aug.7,1940,in Fort
"It seemed like he had "He was such a brilliant person and a Worth. He graduated from Texas
the minutes and budgets great addition to the council,”Mayor Mary Christian University and was a certi-
from the beginning of lab Saleh said. "We will all miss his kind fled public accountant. He was a re-
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time," City Manager Gary heart." tired controller from Solar Turbines
At.,...,.:.-:.. McKamie said. "He could Many believe that he lost his council and current owner of a certified pub
Tyson always pull out something seat in May because he voted against em- lic accounting practice in Euless.His
from the past to refer to." ployee benefits the previous year as a way 35:years of service to the city of Eu
Mr.Tyson,67,-died of cancer Saturday. to cut taxes,creating a political firestorm. Council,from 1995 to 2007. He was
He was born in Fort Worth, earned an McKamie said Mr:Tyson was a devoted lest included 12 years on the City
an active member and past president
accounting degree from Texas Christian Christian who cared deeply for his family. of the HEB Rotary Club.Carl enjoyed
University and was controller for Solar Tur- His volunteerism came from a"deep sense traveling to new places and had been
bines before starting an accounting firm in of care about the community," McKamie
on numerous trips. He also loved
spending time with his family,espe-
Euless. . said. cially his grandchildren.
He belonged to First Baptist Church of Relatives declined to comment for this. He was preceded in death by his
IEuless,the Fort Worth Chapter of CPAs and article. parents, W.M. and Dorothy Tyson,
the Rotary Club of Hurst-Euless-Bedford. Survivors include wife Gaynel Tyson, and sister,Wanda Kidd.
His precision was one example of how daughters Kay Tyson and Karen Millican
SURVIVORS:d wife of Kay Tyson
Gaynel Tyson;daughters; Tyson
he cared for the community. He volun- and two grandchildren. and Karen Millican and husband,Tim;
Iteered for Euless for more than 30 years, grandchildren,Tyson and Kella Milli-
starting as a Planning and Zoning Corn- JESSICA DELE6N,817-685-3932 can;sister,Sue Hopewell;and moth-
er-in-law,Inez Miser.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
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Colleyville,817.498-5894
View and sign guestbook at
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PROPERTY TAXES
Tax rates may have
not sen
but taxesdid1
One of the least popular rites of fall is upon us:the mailing of
property tax bills.Tax bills must be paid by Jan. 31. Most
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homeowners pay their taxes along with their mortgage
payments. To help you better Senior/disabled tax freeze
understand your taxes,the Star- All school districts,the Tarrant County, I
. Telegram is providing information college district and some cities have frozen
about how to calculate your property taxes for senior citizens and the
tax bill. disabled. I
The dollar amount of property taxes for
Who pays the most, least those who qualify will not increase,unless
they make a major improvement to their
Highest combined tax rates per$100 valuation property.
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City School district Tax rate
Fort Worth Birdville Cities,counties and junior college
$zs96277 districts have the option of enacting the
Fort Worth Keller $2.848677
Fort Worth(Tarrant County) Northwest $2.826327
freeze. IFort Worth H-E-B $2.794988 Worth noting
Haltom City Birdville • $2.639577 ®You get an exemption only on your primary residence
Watauga Birdville $2.62204 •You can get exemption application forms from the
North Richland Hills Birdville $2.611277 appraisal district in your county.
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Haltom City Keller $2.591977 M Westlake has no property tax.
Hurst • Birdville $2.576277 How to reach Tarrant Appraisal District
817-284-0024 or www.tad.org
Lowest combined tax rates per$100 valuation Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector I
City School district Tax rate 817-884-1100 or www.tarrantcounty.com/taxweb
Westlake(Denton County) Northwest $1.57094 Denton Central Appraisal District
Northlake Northwest $1.86594 940-349-3800 or www.dentoncad.com
Roanoke Northwest $1.94606 I Westlake(Tarrant County) Northwest $1.971327 Denton County Tax Assessor-Collector
Westlake. - Keller $1.993677 940-349-3500 or www.tax.dentoncounty.com
Flower Mound Northwest $2.02064
Flower Mound Lewisville $2.05559
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Justin Northwest $2.06994
Marshall Creek Northwest $2.1697
Trophy Club(MUD 1 portion) Northwest $2.23145
Exemptions I
•Understate law,school districts must offer homestead exemptions
of$15,000.So if your home is valued at$100,000,you pay school
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taxes on$85,000.
•School districts also must offer$10,000 exemptions for those
over 65,and for those who are disabled.
■These exemptions are in addition to any local-option exemptions
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granted by school districts and by cities. l
•There are exemptions for disabled veterans and for the surviving
spouse or child of a disabled veteran or a member of the armed
forces who was killed in active duty.The amount of the exemption
ranges from$5,000 to$12,000 and depends on the severity of the
disability.
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HIV to calculate your property taxesAccording to a 2005 tt Nobody wants
Example:The average home value in Grapevine is.$203,924.The house is in amendment to the states lax
farrant County and the Grapevine-Colleyville school district with a code, cities that adopt tax •tO pay more taxes,
ior$tead exemption. rates above the"effective rate" ;:.and nobody Wants
irs and the value-of your home from the Tarrant Appraisal are required to conduct public
)istrict:$203,92a hearings and inform the pub- to see the quality
rhfind your taxing entities in the chart below,and the exemptions hcthat the council isadoptin g .Of our
or hone Subractthe exemptions from the home value divide that figure a tax increase.
)y 1 and multiply by the tax rate.Finally,add the total for each taxing entity The effective tax rate is the
communities
:oget your total tax bill. rate that will generate the
'al- County Grapevine same amount of property tax decline-
xe ion $0 Taxable value $203,924 revenue as the previous year. Bob Bland,department of
"axa evalue $203,924 Exemption 20% x0.20 The 2005 amendment is a public administration chairman
203,924/100 " $2,03924 • 440,784.80 truth-in-taxationmeasure at the University of North Texas
ax1 x$0.2665 Taxable value $203,924$543.46 meantto inform residents that
$40,784.80 anytime tax revenues increase
=$163,139.20 - even if the tax Iate went
:o Hospital District 163,139.20/100 =1,631.40 down or stayed the same -
xe ion $0 Tax rate x$0.3625 the city is increasing taxes.
"ax value $203,924
=$591'38 Bland said many cities hide
203,924/100 =$2,039.24 their effective tax rates from
"ax rate x$0.230397 Grapevine-Colleyville
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school districthomeowners,and boast when
Taxable value
$203,924
they leave their tax rates un-
Exemption -$15,000
:ounty College District =$188,924 Tax rates,exemptions and home values
xe ion $0 $188,924/100 =1,889.24
ax value $203,924 Tax rate x$1.29 2007 Local Local Local Senior Average
2b 4/100 =$2,039.24 $2,437.12 Tarrant County tax rate homestead over-65 disabled tax market
ax rate x$0.13938 taxing entities per$100 exemption exemption exemption freeze home value
=$284.23 Totaltaxbill =$4,326.02 County $0.2665 $50,000 $10,000 Yes $143,120
County college $0.13938 $50,000 $3,000 Yes
Thanks to growth in sales Hospital district $0.230397 $50,000 $10,000
'rcfperty tax rates don't tell tax receipts and increasing Water district* $0.02 $50,000 $10,000 '}
:he whole story: Many home values, revenue for ev- Bedford $0.446882 $50,000 Yes $153,555
:iti ;that didn't increase ery local municipality is pro- colleyville $0.3559 $65,000 $65,000 Yes $379,399
•at,.., are still increasing jected to increase this year,in Euless $0.47 20% $35,000 Yes $137,080
:axes. some instances bytens of mil Fort worth $0.855 20% $40,000 $40,000 Yes $115,470
lions of dollars: Grapevine $0.3625 20% $60,000 $10,000 $203,924
How high city tax Iates Haltorn City $0.5983 10% $50,000 $40,000 Yes $86,390
By�THERINE CROMER BROOK Haslet . $0.290311 20% $50,000 Yes $215,156
should go and how much reve
(Cromer@star-telegram.com Hurst $0.535 , 20% $35,000 $35,000 Yes $134,606
Mie is too much depends on a Keller $0:43219 1% $40,000 $10,000 Yes $251,881
Thty councils in colleyville community's needs and de North Richland Hills $0.57 15% $36,000 $36,000 Yes $144,353
3n altom City were the only sires, said Bob Bland, chair- Richland Hills $0:45067 $30,000 Yes $97,927
tw in. Northeast Tarrant man of the department of Southlake $0.462 $75,000 $75,000 Yes $451,732
County that increased ,their ,administration. at the Watauga $0.580763 $40,000 Yes $98,621
pr rty tax rates for the fiscal University of North Texas. School districts
yeatliegan Oct. 1. "Nobody. wants to pay 8irdville $1.405 Yes $116,519
st area municipalitiesmore taxes,and nobodywants Carroll $1.465 $35,000 Yes, $431,149
voted to keep their rates theto see the quality of our Com Grapevine-Colleyville $1.29 $29,600 Yes $260,230
s , and Eu "Bland said. Hurst-Euless-Bedford $1.303711 1% $5,000 $5,000 Yes $138,950
leand Fort Find ur munities decline, Keller $1.3574 $10,000 Yes $190,497
Bedford,Grapevine,Haslet, Denton County
Wo lowered total tax rate Keller, North Richland Hills, County $0.23589 $55,000 $15,000 $192,291
their rates. and see how Southlake and Watauga are Flower Mound $0.4497 $100,000 $100,000 $264,922
pa sat tax- area cities' among the cities that voted to Justin $0.499 r `` $5,000 Yes $131,858
maynot revenuekeep their tax rates unchanged Roanoke $037512 20% $10,000 $4,500 Yes $121,764
realize is that rose.9BB this year. Marshall Creek $0.59876 $10,000 $10,000 $34,057
m of them Euless dropped its rate by Northlake $0.295 $10,000 $192,133
st' dopted tax increases: almost 2 cents,to 47 cents peI Trophy Club $0.43051 $35,000 Yes $225,268
$100 in appraised property TCMUD 1 $0.23 $25,000 $207,043
value. Fort Worth shaved TCMUD 2 $0.27923 $25,000 $241,445
Westlake $0 $793,000
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about half a cent from its rate, school districts
though it still has the highest Lewisville $1.37 $15,000 $10,000 $10,000 Yes $222,168
rate in the area at 85.5 cents. Northwest $1.33505 $15,000 $10,000 $10,000 Yes $167,094
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changed. There should be
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more effort by city leaders to
make sure that homeowners
know exactly how they will be I affected,he said.
"In the long term,our cities,
our counties; our schools
would be much better off,"he
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said
Haltom City
Haltom City's rate jumped about 3 cents per$100 of property value,to 59.8 cents.The increase, more than 5 I percent,was the largest this year in Northeast Tarrant County. In the past decade,the Haltom City tax rate has
grown 28 percent.
Property taxes will bring in about$8 million this year,said Joel Welch, the city's finance director.
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The city's budget is more than$70 million.
Welch said that Haltom City residents'average municipal tax bill is below the average for area cities and that the
higher rate is needed to compete with cities that have a larger residential tax base. '
The sales tax in Haltom City generates about the same amount of revenue as the property tax, not enough to
sustain the community,he said.
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"We have been lagging behind our competitive cities in compensation, particularly for police and fire,"Welch
said.
And, he said,for the city to attract new retail business, it must invest in street maintenance,drainage,water and
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, sewer. So the tax rate continues to rise.
Grapevine from Grapevine Mills mall and
The needs of Haltom City are the Gaylord Texan Resort & Combined tax rates . ...: t ,',,
to catch up:with neighboring Convention Center on Lake To find your total tax rate,lookfor the school district in which you
cities.But in Grapevine,which Grapevine: live,then look foryour city.We've combined the tax rates feryour-
is on the opposite end of the Also,this is the first full year city,school district,county and any other taxing entities that hit you
spectrum, residents are will- that Grapevine's 1-cent sales up for money.The tax rates are per$100 valuation.
ing to support spending on tax increase, approved in No
parks and other quality-of-life vember 2006,will be in effect. eirdvitie ISD Tax rate Keller 1SD Tax rate
projects. The increase will generate Colleyville $2.397177 Colleyville $2.349577
"Cities can customize their $10 million for a crime control Fort Worth $2.896277 Fort Worth $2.848677
services and their tax liability and prevention district, and Haltom City $2.639577 Haltom City $2.591977
to the preferences of its.citi- $10 million to fund a commut- Hurst $2.576277 Hurst $2.528677
ZeriS,
"Bland said. er rail system and parks pro- North Richland Hills $2.611277 Keller 82.425867
"We like our individuality, jects.. Richland Hills $2.491947 North Richland Hills $2.563677
yet we want to make sure that "The sales tax is designated Watauga $2.622204 Southlake $2.455677
Carroll ISD Wataugz. 52.57444
lawmakers are exercising.cau- for special purposes, said Bill Grapevine $2.46377 „Westlake $1.993677
tion." Gaither, Grapevine's director Southlake $2:563277 FJorthwest MD
The Grapevine City Council of administrative services_ Grapevine-CoileyvilielSD Fort Worth(Tarrant) $2.826327
leftthetaxr'ateunchangedthis "The council chose to leave Colleyville $2.282177 Fort Worth(Drnton) $2 42594
year at 36.25 cents,which still the property tax rate the Same. Euless $2.396277 Flower Mound $2.02064 I was a tax increase. It will go toward things that we Grapevine $2.288777 Haslet $2.261638
$2.461277 Justin
Grapevine has decreased ,couldn't otherwise afford un-
KellerHurst $2.06994
its tax rate by10percent in a less we raise taxes." Southlake $2358467 NoMarth a Creek 1.86$2.1594
$2:388277 Northlake $1.86594 I The new revenue from
decade, but city revenue is Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD Roanoke $1.94606
skyrocketing-an increase of Property taxes will help the ci- Bedford $2.38687 Southlai;e2.433'
$� .,�27
ty fund park projects, mclud- Colleyville $2.295888 Trophy Club(MUD 1) $2.23145
31.23 percent this year alone. in ball fields at Oak Euless
The leap from $102.8 mil g new $2.409988 Trophy Club(MUD , $ 8068
Grove Park. Grapevine will be Fort Worth $2.794988 Westlake(Tarrant) $1.971327
lion in revenue in 2006 to a able to pay cash, rather than Hurst $2.474988 Westlake(Denton) $1.57094
projected $134.9 million this issuing bonds and increasing North Richland Hills $2.509988 Lewisville ISD
fiscal year is fueled in part by city debt. Flower Mound $2.05559
new development and money "People like having those
improvements,"Gaither said.
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IA comparison of city revenues,in millions of dollars,that were
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approval process.
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city revenue revenue change
Bedford $53.3 $50.3 5.96% In
Colleyville $32.6 $29.5 10.5%/111
Euless $102.1 $83.8 21.8%
II Grapevine $134.9 $102.8 31.23%
Haltom City $75 $65.4 14.68%gm
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Richland Hills $10.2 $10 2.00%ril
Southlake $71.2 $63.1 12.84%En
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Euless library to add space for
quiet study and city's history
By JESSICA DeLEON where DVDs are maintained. ,
jdeleon@star-telegram.com ■Three dedicated study cubi-
EULESS—The Euless Public Li- des and a section separated by a
brary will soon have more space. glass partition so patrons can es-
Construction will begin in cape noise. "It'll be a nice,quiet
December to add 1,600 square area in the library," McAdams
feet to the 35,000-square-foot said.
building.The library will end up •500 square feet in the genealo-
with more room for a genealogy/ gy section to store genealogy re-
history section and for study ar sources and historical artifacts.
eas. Betty Fuller, chairwoman of
The expansion is expected to the Euless Historical Preserva-
be completed by the end ofJanu- tion Committee,said the library
ary, said Kyle McAdams, fleet will be able to archive informa-
and facilities operations admin- tion about the city's founding.
istrator. The committee has compiled
Construction will take place .information about local schools,
when the library is closed,so ser- homes and other topics in 10 big
vices should not be affected, al- binders.
though the installation of new "Right now,they're in my ga-
carpet might affect operating rage and on shelves," she said
hours. with a laugh."So we really need a
The cost, about $50,000, repository for the history books
comes from city budget reserves. of Euless."
The project will add:
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Fire breaks out at Euless apartment complex
EULESS—A fire broke out in an apartment complex attic
Monday night„but no injuries were reported,a fire official
said.The blaze was reported shortly before 8:45 p.m.at the
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Fire investigator Vernon Gilmore said the fire was contained
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Monday night.A damage estimate was not available late
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weekdays this month. The road, Texas 2. Harwood Rd. ® Euless 1 r
121/183,is being repaired through Nov.30. ;.
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narrowed to one lane,causing delays of 40 Mapped area
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Why not do this at night?Asphalt can Airport Freeway is Tarrant County's busiest road,
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