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Home My WebLink About2200 09-11-2018 ORDINANCE NO. 2200 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2018 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 28, 2018, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019; and WHEREAS, the City Council has approved, by a separate ordinance adopted on September 11, 2018, an annual budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018, and ending September 30, 2019 (tax year 2018); 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 2018; and WHEREAS, the City Council held public hearings on the proposed tax rate on August 28, 2018, and September 4, 2018, 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 2018 and for each tax year thereafter until otherwise ordained: $0.371710 for the purposes of maintenance and operation $0.090790 for the payment of principal and interest on debt of the City ------------ $0.4625 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, 2018, 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 9.23 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $10.65. 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: For a disability rating of An exemption of up to: at least: but less 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, 2018, and shall become delinquent on February 1, 2019. 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, 2019. Ordinance No. 2200, Page 2 of 4 SECTION 6. If the tax is unpaid after January 31, 2019, 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, 2018, may pay the remaining one-half of the taxes without penalty or interest before July 1, 2019, 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 , 2019, 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. 2200, Page 3 of 4 SECTION 12. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its date of passage. PRESENTED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on September 11 , 2018, by a vote of 7 ayes, o nays, and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: Linda Martin, Mayor ATTEST: Sutter, TRMC, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: Wayne K. Olson City Attorney Ordinance No. 2200, Page 4 of 4 Star.Tejeg�ijREC IVEED/A Arlington Citizen-Journal I The Keller Citizen I La Estrella JCP 17 2010 Mansfield News-Mirror I Star-Telegram Northeast I Weatherford Star-Telegram star-telegram.com 1 808 Throckmorton St.I Ft Worth,Tx.76102-6315 1800.T76.7827 CITY OF EULESS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION FINANCE DEPT. Account# Ad Number Identification PO Amount Cols Depth 600565 0003810026 $680.72 3 10.50 in Attention: THE STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF EULESS 201 N ECTOR DR County of Tarrant EULESS, TX 760393543 Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this day personally appeared CHRISTINE LOPEZ, Bid and Legal Coordinator -- for the Star-Telegram, published by NOTICE O F 20 1 8 TAX YEAR the Star-Telegram, Inc. at Fort Worth, In Tarrant County, Texas; and who, P R O P O S E D PROPERTY TAX after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the attached clipping of RATE FOR CITY O F EULESS an advertisement was published in the above named paper on the listed dates TEXAS A tax rate of $0.462500 per $100 valuation has been 1 Insertion(s) proposed for adoption by the governing body of City of Euless, Texas. This rate exceeds the lower of the effective Published O0 or rollback tax rate, and state law requires that two public August 17,21a hearings be held by the governing body before adopting ``"t"r'' DEBORAH JEAN BAYLOR the proposed tax rate. Notary Public, State of Texas The governing body Of City of Euless, Texas proposes to j ,+` Comm. Expires 10-29-2019 use revenue attributable to the tax rate increase for the 4 m,,,t „' Notary ID 13042344-2 purpose of funding the City of Euless Proposed Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget as detailed at www.eulesstx.gov and at 201 N. Ector Drive. PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.462500 per $100 PRECEDING YEAR'S TAX RATE $0.462500 per $100 (PrinapalClerk) EFFECTIVE TAX RATE $0.434906 per $100 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO ROLLBACK TAX RATE $0.463482 per $100 BEFORE tME,he THIS 28th day of August in the year of 2018 The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Euless, Texas from the same properties in both the 2017 1 tax year and the 2018 tax year. Notary Public-Deborah Bay or The rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate that City of Euless, Texas may adopt before voters are entitled to petition for an election to limit the rate that may be approved to the rollback rate. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: property tax amount = (rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100 For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, please contact: Janina Jewell City of Euless Director of Finance 201 N. Ector Drive Euless, Texas 76039 (817)685-1444 jjewellCeulesstx.gov www.eulesstx.gov You are urged to attend and express your views at the following public hearings on the proposed tax rate: First Hearing: August 28, 2018 at 7:00 PM at 201 N. Ector Drive Euless, Texas 76039. Second Hearing: September 4, 2018 at 7:00 PM at 201 N. Ector Drive Eule§s, Texas 76039.