At the Huntsville City Council’s regular session Tuesday, councilmembers moved forward with a vote on the council’s intention to adopt a tax rate. Councilmember Vicki McKenzie read the motion to councilmembers.
The intention to adopt a tax rate was unanimously passed in a roll-call vote.
According to the council’s agenda packet:
“Because the tax rate included in this agenda item exceeds the “No-New-Revenue” rate, the tax rate at which the City would collect the same amount of property tax in Fiscal Year 23-24 as it will for Fiscal Year 22-23; (excluding new property added to the rolls) a public hearing on the Tax Rate will be required. In order to comply with timing requirements in the “Truth in Taxation” laws for public hearings and adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget and Tax Rate, the Public Hearing on the Tax Rate should be held during the September 19, 2023 meeting. Senate Bill 2 from the 2019 Texas Legislative session now only requires one public hearing on the Tax Rate, and the hearing can be the same meeting as when the actual vote on the rate is scheduled. The actual vote to adopt a Tax Rate will be scheduled for the September 19, 2023 City Council meeting.”
