City of Marion, TX

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON TAX INCREASE

 

A tax rate of 0.4715 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of City of Marion.

 

PROPOSED TAX RATE	$0.471500 per $100
NO-NEW REVENUE TAX RATE	$0.439500 per $100
VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE	$0.484200 per $100
DE MINIMIS RATE	$1.093900 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 the City of Marion from the same properties in the 2021 tax year.

 

The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that the City of Marion may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate, unless the de minimis rate for the City of Marion exceeds the voter-approval rate for the City of Marion.

 

The de minimis rate is the rate equal to the sum of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for the City of Marion, the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate for the City of Marion. 

 

The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that City of Marion is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2022 tax year.

 

A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 at 6:00 pm at the mcl Community library 303 S. Center street, Marion, Texas.

 

The proposed tax rate is not greater than the de minimis rate.  As a result, City of Marion 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 Clerk’s office at 830-914-2391 of City of Marion at their offices or by attending the public hearing mentioned above.

 

YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:

 

property tax amount = (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property) / 100

 

The members of the governing body voted on the proposed tax increase as follows:

 

FOR: Abigaile Maberry, David Bauch, Deshon Blyden, Alex Gonzalez, Shane Pawelek

AGAINST:

PRESENT and not voting:

ABSENT:

 

The 86^th 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 Marion last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by City of Marion this year:

 

	2021	2022	Change
Total Tax Rate (per $100 of value)	$0.4801	$0.4715	decrease of $0.086 or .98%
Average homestead taxable value	$185,509	$206,391	increase of % 11.26%
Tax on average homestead	$891	$973	increase of $82 or 9.20%
Total tax levy on all properties	$323,481	$361,473	increase of $37,992 or 11.74%

 

For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for City of Marion at 830-914-2391 or visit guadalupead.com for more information.

CITY OF MARION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OPERATING BUDGET:

The City of Marion will hold a public hearing on September 26, 2022 at 6:00 pm, located at 303 S. Center St., Marion, Texas 78124. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the City of Marion finances for the upcoming 2022-2023 fiscal year. This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by $37,992.37 an 11.7% increase, and of that amount $17,130.89 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.

The last day for summer (twice a week pick up) is Thursday September 01, 2022.  

Apache will start picking up once a week every Monday, starting on September 05, 2022. 

Thank you, 
Suzanne Gonzales 
City Secretary