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Latest Update: Monday, 17 October, 2022 > in progress

On this page: : Current Financials' Current City Budget Journal; Past Budgets; Research and Tutorials

Tags: #Finance #PropertyTax

Willow Park Civics Resources > ​​
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  • Current auditors for the City of Willow Park. Snow Garrett Williams Certified Public Accountants

  • Current List of Debt - in progress

  • Current List of Grants - in progress

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City Budget and Current Finance Journal

 

  • 27 September 2022 Council Meeting 

    • ​6. Discussion Only: Discussion of City Debt with Erick Macha, Hilltop Securities. Presentation from Hilltop Securities Erick Macha, Hilltop Securities. 

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  • Budget Breakdown = Fiscal Year 2022-23, posted 19 September 2022. The Willow Park City Council approved the budget and tax rate for Fiscal Year 2022-23 at the Sept 13 City Council meeting. You can watch a video that breaks down all the details here. To view the budget in its entirety, click here.

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  • 13 September 2022 council meeting

    • Agenda Items 3 and 4 Public Hearing / Discussion/Action: To consider and act on adopting an ordinance providing for the adoption of the City of Willow Park Municipal budget for Fiscal Year 2022 - 2023.  

    • Agenda Items 5 and 6. Public Hearing / Discussion/Action: to consider and act on adopting an ordinance adopting an Ad Valorem Tax Rate and levy on assessed property not to exceed $0.538450 per $100 valuation for tax year 2022 for the City of Willow Park, Texas including a Levy for Debt obligations ($0.254509) and a levy for Maintenance and Operations ($0.283941) consistent with the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Municipal Budget. 

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  • The Community News, 26 August 2022 edition, City says planned improvements will solve majority of drainage issues, Public hearing set for budget/tax rate,  online and in .pdf .

    • Public hearing set for budget/tax rate. The council set a date of Sept. 13 for a public hearing concerning the proposed 2022-23 Fiscal Year budget and the newly proposed property tax rate.

    • At a budget workshop in June, Grimes revealed the preliminary projected revenue from property taxes to be $1.9 million with the projected sales tax revenue being $1.7 million. Those numbers are up slightly from the projected $1.849 million in property tax revenue and $1.4 million in the 2021-22 budget....

    • Grimes also recently presented the council with his recommendation for a lower property tax rate for citizens of 54 cents per $100. That’s a decrease of three cents from the current rate of 57 cents per $100.

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  • Notice of 13 September 2022 Public Hearing for Proposed 2022-2023 Fiscal Year Budget and Tax Rates

    • Willow Park Civics > City Government > Public Notices​  

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  • 23 August 2022 Council Meeting set date and time for public hearing for 2022 - 2023 budget and tax rate for September 13, 2022 at 7:00 PM at the Willow Park City Hall located at 516 Ranch House Road

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Past Budgets

  • 2021

    • 24 August 2021 Council Meeting​

      • 4. Discussion/Action: To consider and act on adopting Ordinance 837-21, an ordinance adopting an Ad Valorem Tax Rate and levy on assessed property not to exceed $0.56665 per $100 valuation for tax year 2021 for the City of Willow Park, Texas including a Levy for Debt obligations ($0.26503) and a levy for Maintenance and Operations ($0.30162) consistent with the Fiscal Year 2021- 2022 Municipal Budget.

        • ​3. Discussion/Action: To consider and act on adopting Ordinance 836.21, an ordinance providing for the adoption of the City of Willow Park Municipal budget for Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022.

    • ​Notice About 2021 Tax Rates, Property Tax Rates in City of Willow Park, Posted  06 August 2021 > This notice concerns the 2021 property tax rates for the City of Willow Park

  • 2020

  • 2019

  • 2016 - 2017 Budget .pdf 

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​Research and Tutorials

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  • The Comptroller of Texas >

    • > Texas Cities  

      • Texas has more than 1,200 incorporated cities. They range in size from Houston, with more than 2.3 million residents, to over 400 towns with populations of fewer than 1,000.

        • Revenue and Taxes - Look up your city's • local sales tax rate by address • sales tax rate by city • sales tax rate history • city annexations and dis-annexations

        • Budgets and Spending

        • Debt - Texas cities issue debt to fund a variety of purposes, including infrastructure projects, public utilities, sports facilities and performing arts venues, etc. They can issue both tax-supported and revenue-supported debt, the latter to be repaid through the revenues generated by the project that the debt supports, such as a park’s admission fees.

          • Look up your city's: • Debt at a Glance profile • bonds on the ballot and bond election results​

    • > Tax Rates And Levies -  Tax Code Section 5.091 requires the Comptroller's office to prepare a list that includes the total tax rate imposed by each taxing unit in this state, as reported to the comptroller by each appraisal district. https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/rates/

    • ​​> The Texas [State] Budget Process: A Primer

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